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Show W1t N FOOD FOR A ZOO. (if!, 5V ;tstii , a AN 11- HAT IT TAKES TO IEEI) THE ANIMALS. 1- ENGLInII EBITOK, v0FT Soiiu thing About Editor Mead of the Ialt Mall tia.ette. In I.nglaml tl.e editor of a news-pap- Curious Pacts About a London cal Garden. 7 Zoologi- Iwst all toutid article in the s:n s the Pall .Mall Garotte, Quarterly, ''bablfv la decidedly the of the con-i- e 27s.; gumption of food at the Zoo. Mr. oliina. Burtlo t, the superin'endent of our ; famous gardens, has supplied some It is rather instruet-- 't torO'tinp facts. Mu.,, ivc," says the writer, to consider at Lathi, one of the daily items consists of loti ''ouid pounds of fresh whiting, whi e tre iiirn'i, uuiiiUt of until worms ieipiired for .'lit the birds and some other creatures is counted in many tliousands daily. The '0 is in captivity brp cost of feeding an that u,. in England differs considerably from tinier the cost inclined in India, w here it as Hi; sometimes lives entirely on coarse liial io; grass, earning its own food is it INtivt- - wanders about in a watery marsh full -. Tinda ly wi, of its favorite uliii, provision for a full grown elephant is there u calculated Bartlett at 15n by M than f pounds altogether in weight, consisting i' ll.itli :.of hay and ttr w, roots, rice, blend H ship, and Elephants are f.ndof lott hi. spirits, but the Zoo elephants are Wil- at 11 irid Juwsoiiites. ingvtv The food of the liippopotanr.io N tion; i estimated to be about 2 u pounds a lJHWte-da- y in weight, and consists eliielly of t by H, hay. grass and roots. The daily p runs; by f vender of a giraffe weighs about bn elmonir pounds. It is rather a dainty feeding steamer mutual, and prefers clover, eliatl, bran 2, 1100 te- ami oats, and green food in summer. wageCg The lions ami tigers obtain eight or tons; nine pounds of meat per diem. This f 200 tor ia usually horseflesh, as there is a Conner of supply of carca tes of horses to ehoouct be bought tit a cheap rate. The fol-- ) tons, lowing figures rcp.esent the sums paid c a do. iu 1887 l'or the prineijal items that constituted the food of the animals; Tin intiof 1 l 1 ! - -t bisi-uit- . . 31s, u: JCorsi fh- -li .o:itli-- . ad. Ion" rS:lsf l'2(-- li Live tish 12s Ivatl h Jnsccts. worms 4SS amt vegetables t'Totat nos ami roots and groceries oil of re off oro ,5iscuit ,tl 0 tt'shd : there v.nratt AN.ize and rii-- w. urn (WVtoVer o to ary at npany K haff 1st To s.T 152 i 1(15 12S 1112 1(H) (121 Oitt iv .15 50 Tltere are a fW articles which are to ordreiasfed as miscellaneous, whiie tlie and ffijgardens themselves supply several a of ttsinaM items, such as the surplus guinea t may eipigl or the young sparrows, which are s and Latched in nests that the old birds ini-- ', no trj ,iid ntlr build on the premNes. There no inat'is scarcely an animal in the gardens ink that .that is not ready to catch the live spar-obutt rows that audaciously enter their cages, order uA lion has been seen to seize and svval-i- s an olowan impudent sparrow that was hat'ply fprckiiig at (lie bones in bis den. As to i can pthe jackals and foxes, they make very w also abort work with any bird that lias t rescan ii passed in their cages, while the tnon-- y select keys are still more excited when they uonicolcati'h a vietim, and, with the inherent race, they usually ug einpl'Cniolty of tln-iuld enti torture the miserable bird by pulling haven, tout its feathers before they bite its lent ttndbead off. .ronirle s at r have sc it- - A Wingless Bird, ir hair t The Zoological Society of London t is qiihiivS jnst acquired two speeimens of to the two ) interfetlu: apteryx in addition rhateloi'-whichave been already exhibited for ionic to liPotne months. These birds sliou'd be attractive to the visitor for several Mews, reasons. In the first place', they are aoiuewhat diflicult to catch a glimpse v0fFortunately for themselves for renmb10y have no doubt flourished and nks be. M .itiplied on account of tiiis very habit wd to hnl, unfortunately for the public, people ill), y are nocturnal the rarity of their out then nr will therefore add to their franco ost cqttsii.jcn-s- t when they are seen. In the e overt) s. coml place, tliev arc rentarkable even men wingless birds for the very those 'rudimentary character of tlieir wings, a late rich a Ii fo entirely d 'voted to a si ere as ifghlly hunt after worms has almost hite ved away altogether; but if t he 3 Ontraij,(,ryX ias 110 w;nrS worthy the name and all has a pair of very stout legs which I alongilqliow it to liurry over the ground at a (man TVcry respectable rate, and to defend oiid that itself by vigorous kicks. Titc apteryx triinl torpnly ocenrs in New Zealand, and it has on the said to make its nest in a way whicli seems very charael eristic of its s chance Antipodean habits. Instead of de-.nut (positing its eggs in a nest and then t, small fitting tipo-'- t them, the apteryx first in reserrbunes its eggs and then digs a hole , too, W'um1orneath it., in which it remains, and when i.lius sits not upon, but under the neat, scr than - er has no such intei-.-tinpersonality as lie has here. Nobodv takes the slightest interest in him. No matter what the influence or circulation of a journal, the name of theeditor is rareThe two notable exly Uskeil for. ceptions, who prove this rule, are iSir Edwin Arnold, of the bail v Telegraph, and V. T. Stead, of the 1all Mall Gazette. Of ihce two. Stead is by far the most notorious. f.,r i;a (t!e most striking j The Tail Mail Gaer.e is the one seiisatiomil daily of London, and mativ a seii'H-ti'it has made. One of them landed Stead in prison and fame. That was everything to me cer thing to me, he was wont to say iu his nervous, rapid way. Why, do yon know, a woman told me that sin and a lot of other m omen Ma oil on the (.ape of Go,.d Hope used to have a prayer meeting for me every day. Since then Stead has never dropped below the public borri.oii for more than a week at a lime. No one gave such attention to the Ma brick eii'C, or managed to gather so many little interes'ing items ol sensational interest regarding it. No one keeps such a sliai p look out on public events, or moral lapse; no one makes so much of bis material, or so arouses public seoru and sense of justice. A man of social standing who finds himself 011 tin' verge of being implicated in an unsavory' scandal, thinks shiveringly of the Pall Mall Gazette, before he does of ' the w it ness stand. Stead has a motive in sens itianalisin as tie from love of- notoriety ami the sale of his paper. He is a religious man, fanatically so, and is powerfully inipii-sst-with the idea that l.e lias a mission in lift', "i hat mission is to expose sin and promote viitue, am. lie "liu.kes for righteousness, to quote his own pet expr for all he is worth. I lis energy anti enterprise arc phenomenal. No celebrity living has ever put his or her foot in England without being interviewed by JMead, and there are few in Europe whom lie lias not managed to meet some time or other. lie may never print these in tervievvs, lie may stow them away in a room kept for the purpose, but sooner or later tlmy hive tlrir value. He works ten hours a day. The first to reach his office, lie is tlie last to leave it, and during that time lie superintends every article that goes into bis paper, writes every leader, reads and replies to a correspondence which flows in like waves of air, and receives innumerable visitors. In appearance he is short, wiry, active, vv itli a fine head, and bright, restless, china-blu- e eyes. When a visitor is shown into his private office in the little alley oil the Strand, be makes a grab for Ids hand and rattles along with such volubility, darting from one subject to another, haranguing, preaching, laying down tlie law, advising, reproving, that the bewildered visitor forgets his errand which is probably vvliat Stead intends. All the time his blue eyes dart right into ones very soul. Stead tints know s his man, without being obliged to bear bint talk. Suddenly lie springs to bis feel, grabs your hand again, and, when lie is in one of bis more inexplicable moods, bursts into peal after peal of laughter, which echoes after you as you grope through tho labyrinthine corridors, as you stumble down the rotting staircase, and into the narrow little street. It is reported that Stead will sever his connection with the Pall Mall Gazette in the spring, come to this country, study American journalism and return to London to establish a paper whose idea, original with himself, will assuredly he like no other of which the world has ever dreamed. D Mushrooms, error that mushrooms grow to their full size during a single night, and that they dissolve and vanish after tlie sun shines upon them. They are rapid in growth and rapid in decay; hut tlie same mushroom may he watched growing and expanding for two or three days, and then graduMuch depends ally decaying away. oil the dampness or dryness of tlie season. In some seasons tliev arc exceedingly plentiful, while at other times This they are comparatively rare. also is believed to depend eliielly 011 climatic condition. It is not unusual for cultivated mushrooms to become attacked by a parasitic mould, which This renders them unlit for food. misfortune rarely happens to tlie wild form, until it is in process of decay. The catacombs of Paris arc noted for their production of mushrooms in imfly aft' From tlie Mivv mense quantities. An Elephants Wonderful Sagacity. niiigde eaves as many as 11,000 pounds re h akes The stories illustrating the sagacity sometimes sent to market daily. A c ifely ii,',)f the elophaut are innumerable; but have heard of a crop being grown in a ss tlie '''few are more remarkable than the fol-e- d hatbox. with .owing one, recorded by a writer in a d freer Bombay, India, Largest Sailing Ship in tlie Morlil. p;ljK,r Uj)()n theattlaor- Le Yacht, in a recent number, gives ty of an artillery officer, who was a (fitness of the incident: The battcr-'hj- f a detailed description of the remarktrain going to the siege of Ser-o- f able sailing vessel called the France, ad to cross liie sandy lied which is now being built iu the Jius-se- ll a river that resembles other rivers Yard, at Port G.a'gow, for the t oilier Fast, which leave during the firm of Ponies A FIN, of Paris and die din i!l season but a small stream of IJordeaux. Tlie France will be, it is eli ise a!j,r running through them, though claimed, ti e largest sai.ing ship ever beds are mostly of considerable built, her dimensions being: Length i,r (lie tB'p'p 1 51'i'ail h, very ft.; beam, 49.3 ft.; heavy for draught and over all. Sii quicksand, it happened depth, 00. ft. ; net register tonnage, In ftn ortillcrvinan, who was seated ;,CbO tons. TI.c vessel is built f hitectsr!a; 111 ItO tumbril of one. of the ess by steel, with double bottom on tlie cellu,Cbuild1 rmo a'e lent fell ofT in such guns, sidia-- f lar system, and will a carry water le in a minute or two the hind ballast. She will probably be the only collron must have gone over him. The sailing ship on the ocean with five ecessiiry f',''0'll which wtis stationed behind masts; of these four will be of tlie evV:''s';'hant, ins The the predicament in same jcngth and square-riggeie.Knn loreeiving lis ntnjf G,e man was, instantly, without lower mast and t- pinad arc in one; ore. K. after-mast- ,. winch is d Jo soi,T15r warning from its keeper, lifted up the t. a wheol it is and with its kept rigged, trnnk, onC(,rie A 3,000 ton sailing ship has just ;,!';?r!'ded till tho carriage had nassed Hear of him. been launched at Path, Me. It is a popular nt s ' d. - fore-and-a- pole-mas- ft Sanscrit sala, floor, for shawls were TIT NPDlCTv TV iO 1 0 I. I'KYTITTY first used as carpet and tapestry. Ban- IL.N 1 Lvi 1 . daua is from an Indian word to bind OUlecrs of Congress Who Draw Pat or tie, because it is tied in knots be- HEAI TIFCL MKKOl MMNC.S OF Salaries and Perquisites. fore dyeing. Chintz from the Indian Tlli.IU tONMIMS. the The Sergeant-at-Arm- s after is, ehott. Delaine is tlie French of Clerk, -the officer diaw ing the highest wool. '1 rude Journal. salary,says a Washington letter to T.?o Llonaiteries of tlie Order ia tie the littsburg p tell. He ha.' $ Lb 10 Authors as Letter Midlers, United States. a year, a good deal of patronage and Because uiitimr is my trade is no some perquisites, lb: is not only the Chief of Police of the House, but is reason m by 1 should be expected to The cloister of Trappisfs to-dexalso tin head b nher. His deputy follow it for pleasure, said Mark isting iu Kentucky and know 11 as the T wain O w a " in t'l t year and the titer the Indianapolis sergeant receives 2.i owes its Abbey of Gcthscm-meNews, and forthwith the humorist de- direct cashier of Ills ha: k to the Abheyof Da Meill-eray- e origin The lloorkeepe. has th'1 largest pat- stroyed scieral letters It ing before him of the Departments Loire ronage of any of the officers of the on his desk. And this opinion is in France, sa s the St. Louis shared by not a few of the House, and very nice pci qui- ites. lie eh. The abbot of the latreceives a salary of $.',001 a year, an famous w l iters of the day. had ma le an arrangement with the ter Bret llarte, for example, positively Trench Government to may legit nnatelv swell that sum by lay the foundrefuses to answer any but letters of a ation for a convent of their several thousands. Order 011 business al-o s is The Iostnia.-te-! an elective nature, or from friends. Ten- property situated on tlie Island Maroffice, and the Postmaster receives a nyson ignores ail letters w illioiit distinique, and denoted to them by Louis salary of $2, hod a year. He is not criminatin'.'' except in l ure instances. Philippe. After tlie downfall of his Il'ibert Louis Mcvensoii travels regime the original plan was abandonreally a postmaster, but is a clerk who receives and gives out the mails of the around so much that most of his letters ed in favor of a colony in the Fniled members and officials, lie lias an as- iieier reach him, and those that find States, which was accomplished in him receive but scant attention. Mr. 1848. sistant, who gets 2,(itirt a year. Outside of these offices, those having Howells is not oier particular w it h bis The TrappNts possess but two monthe highest salary attached are the correspondence, and James llus'ill asteries ill tlie Failed States (hellhole elei k'hips of committees, the pay for Low ell is even loss so. mentioned, nlficli is the oldest, undone Ouid.i takes pride in saying that but. neat' which is from 2.000 to $2,500 a year. Dubuque, la., a brunch of the one letter in a hundred receives reply The clerk of a committee is a No in of Ireland. Abbey some sense the ; rivate secretary of the at her hands. Mrs. Oiiphant, the EngThe dominions of the Abbey of lish is uNo a Chairman of committee, and, though noielist, poor correspond- Gcthsciminc comprNe about seven hunsome of them are worked hard enough, ent except w ii h her intimate friends. dred acres of land, of which is 1 tank B. Siockloti has recently cultivated, the other part the majority have sn easy time of it, of consisting and tlie office is considered one of tho formed the habit of answering letters woodland tills, which furnish after have been repealed two the timber for the steam sawmill of the most desirable wit! in tlie gift of the only they House. These clerks are chosen by or three times. George Bancroft's age monastery. In the midst of this area the committees, and are not elected, as prcTcnts him from being attentive to a are found the settlements of farmers. officials are. miscellaneous ooriespomlenoe, while The lii'i't of tin monastery itself is reached by Hit tier and Wu.t Witinau in tlie Senate a private secretary is the poet follow ing a long avenue, inclosed on allowed each Senator, except the (.hair-ma- n have been compi iled for the same each side by a cedar hedge mid shaded of a committee, w ho is expected reason to resort to science in numerous by a oiv of magnificent English elms, to utilize the clerk of the committee. eases. nil of which were grown from one A number of the clerks of the Senate original tree. New York As a Worlds Fair ( ity. committees are sons of other relatives Wandering through this delightful ea-e of Senators, and in such The impaitial investigator would be avenues wondrous quiet, interrupted the work of that clerk usually devolves on other guided in making a choice by consid- but now and then !i the soft rustling employees, while the clerk draws and erations affi'eting the sie of the assem- of the tree tops and the spends his $2, bud or more a Tear. blages, facility of transportation and twitter of the birds nestling jn their of accommodation, and would regard branches, one reachesthe porter's lodge, tlie finances of the fair as praeticadv a low brick structure, flunked on either Statistici as to Hunchbacks, assured. The city of New York side by two stone walls, it liich tints T 11 ye.tr ego this u 01 th, . 11 1879, a temarkahl: character would he pr eminent in these res eels. scpnratq two worlds lr 111 each other. a center of population, ied in P ris. He was known alover It l'epre-ent- s Emerging from the covered walk of Prance t ml the greater art of all En-ro- p mid literally a national metropolis, of tlie lodge there spreads before tlie enchanted eye a delicious corner of landscapas Tlie Learned Hunchback. oxer three millions of inhabitants. It may lie considered in tliissensh as e-gardening avenues and walks He was very wealthy, anil spent a and so mint of money in the last fifty ears of second in size to Ivondon only of all bordered by cedar liedgi Within the thickly strewn with shavings that the Lis life, travelling in t.ll directions the cities of the globe. tlie heaviest footfall is lost unheard. Beaumaking researches con eniing hi limits traced by a ten mile radiu-But tiful pattern-bed- s and luxuriant greenh t chhacked brethren. It was in the above population is included. milder p rtions of Europe that he this is not all. Distance may bo ex- swards contrast harmoniously with the found the misfortune n ost preva cut pressed in time. Within eight hours deep shadows thrown by solemn-lookinY Benedictine trees a splendid place Spain supplied the gr at-number, of New ork by fast trains a number and ,11 a eircu 1. scribed locality at the of great cities are situated. Jlocliester for pious recreation und serious confoot of the Sierra Mo ena lie ton d 011 tlie west and Boston on the east, templation. Near the end of the grounds we find that there was one humpbacked per- come well within tne above limit. son to ever thirteen inhabitants. Between them lie a number of eeniers hedged in an immense family of white They we e aNo found to be quite nu- of population, all of coiisidei abie im- rabbits, enioving tlieir playful sports merous in the valle of the Loire n: portance. Going south, the cities of surrounded by ibis grand and quiet lran. e. The little humpbacked sta- Philadelphia. Baltimore, and Wash- solemnity. The Abbey of Gelh'emoue is a tistician came to the cone u.sion that ington would be eont' ilmtors within i list it nt ion . in which the there was one humpback in ea h 1,000 the eight hour line. O11 this basis, it inhabitant, or an a. grcgate of l,0q0,-Om- ) lias been calculated that a home pop- well man is maintained, the sick tlie cst mate I thousand ulism of ten millions of people wilt be nursed and the dead buried. Tl.e daily again-- t within eight limns of New York. millions of the entire c th. occupations are quite varied, resemAfter the eath of this eccentric in- From Cliauney M. Depew's Speech. bling those in one of our modern factories, and offer sufficient, play for the dividual his heirs found in place of a various grades of intellect. The Petroleum Industry. will a voluminous mamisri ipl of 2,00' The TrappNt Order subjects its Some interesting figures have pag' s, all c tieerning humps. Tt.e Nst members to all the cloistral vows in connection with the j page, although it said nothing about tlie disposition t f property, expressed industry. Tlie present annual eternal and extreme poverty, chastity, the authors wish to have a hump of production is about 2.HH,00(i,(0i) gal- industry, silence, separation, penitence and submission. is promrble raised ver his grave, with this lons, of wi.ich ab' lit one-haNo Trappist mor.k is allowed to in cription: . Here lies a humpback duced in (lie Un ted States. The Caswho had a taste for hum s, and who pian region of B;ku produces ubo it it alk outside the cloister without perknew more about them than any other 420,000,00ft gallons, and many of tlie mission; all tender and sympathetic wells have had to be closed beer use the emotions, which in this life visit, the St. Louis Hepublic. lminpiaek. oil could not be taken away. Gallicia human heart, he is obliged to suppress. The death of his nearest relative is about Burundi He 30,000,000, produces IVlty Played the Sucker. never announced to him. Forgotten General Spinola regaled his friends about 7,000,000 and Canada ab uit The resources of by tlie world, he himself forgets the with a good poker story the other day. gallons. He said: I was coming down tlie Burmali and Canada are only just be- world. Hudson one night in company with ginning to be developed, and it is imThe American Fade. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thurlow Weed, possible to tell what magnitude tho Dean Kichmond and Georgo Law', trade will amount to when improved D Ims been proposed lately to ornawhen AVecd proposed a game of poker means of transport have bee provided. ment lbs tip of the flagstaff's used ill and I was asked to come in. I hesi- In tlie basin of the Mackenzie Itiver is the regular army of the Pnited States tated, for I had only about $4000 in believed to be tlie most, extensive oil with a representation in metal of tho my pocket, and I knew that it was to region in the world; but it is about halil eagle, which is tin: emblem of our four hundred miles north of tlie Canabe a game w ithout a limit. I mentionrepublic. The staffs of regimental ed the state of my finances to Law, but dian Pacific Ibiiiiv y. There :'s no standards now terminate with a like. Le told me to take a hand, and said uoubt that, when the difficulties of Tin: eagle lias already done duty in bis Unit lie would hack me to any amount. transport have been surmounted and wav upon the standards of other I am wii ing to lo-- c $30,000 or $10,-0- 0 cheaper oil is available, it is destined nations, and particularly upon those of to be a formidable tival of coal for Home lie said, and J and Franc. 'I lie American the I will tell Ton rnv reason. firing of eagle, however, is of a diff 'cnt variety $0 the many purposes, especially metallurgical from tl c eagles of France and the one game started and 1 stayed in, hugg.ng boi ers, and for Tarious the shore pretty close, and getting processes, for which i s freedom from Homan Bepuhlie. It is an variety startled every once in a while when sulphur, etc., renders it paitirularly tlie bald, or white-heade- d eagle. some one went a thousand dollars suitable. Tin: ordinary name of the bird is a blind. When we quit at daybreak I It is not bald, but s'mply misnomer. Reetl Morn Out M idi tlie Gavel. white-headehad won about but Law bad (lie feathers on tlie head No one looking at the massive fratno and neck of adult specimens being lost ten times that amount. The next I will tell you, of Speaker Heed would imagine that snowy white. day 1 met him. Tlie honor of first naming this bird Frank, he said, whv I lo-- t that this exercise of the gavel in maintainmoney. I wanted Vanderbilt to think ing order would have any effect on his as tlie emb'e.n of tlie Fni'ed S ates be1 was But it does, longs to John S. Au ul) it, the a a sucker, and so I played like muscular organization. A few days ago in y I all tho same. who-- e Tlie result was that one. name wid be forever assold him a lot of steamboats for near- riding fiom the Capitol in a street car sociate I w it li ttr bird-- 1 lc Ilee.k'd Wash. 11 ;U 11 the baid cage the ly $000,000 more ilia I ever expected with the Speaker, in icply to my quesbccatt-e- , he sad, to get from him. Pon't you think, the tion lie said: Wash eag'c, I dont know whether I will go was bn.ve, ; s tne cag c i . L ke money was well invested F I feel too it, too, i.e wis the terra' of bis enehome during the rcro, s. tired to do anything, and have a strong mies, am! Ifis f.itno, ' xtcii-tii- g f oni Origin of Names of Fabrics. Damask is from the city of Damas- (ruling for rest and quiet and a bottle j)0 e to pol , les'iiilil' s tne tir'jes ie be surprised, pi soaiing I the mightiest. f the leeth-ere- d cus; satins front ZaytOTvn in China; of arnica. You will to leant that pound ng on the tribe. If Am' rica lias reason 0 calico from Calicut, a town in India, desk with the gavel lias made till the he proud f her Washing n, so lie celebrated for its cotton cloth, formerly It she i" b proud of be ' great eng.c. and where calico was also printed. muscles of my right arm painful. Ne which lias In cxen tut them le' bald agle, w.tii Hongs extended given Muslin is named from Mosul in Asia. But f r di'pla , e proper, as n is alio have not been accustomed. Alpaca from an animal in Peru of tlie itthey is a great privilege to pound with n heraldry, was n ado the tnb cm f Llama spee:o, from whose wool the that gavel, and I guess I can stand il as the Initcd Slates in t ic yi ar 178 . is woven. Buckram takes its fabric Mill, it a city of the Middle long as the 11 ii'e can. name from Fo-ta- t, We carry til','1 j'J, seem ridiculous for me to say tliad ConteetiolK ry. is the modern which Cairo from Ages, The peopl;: a Good gp descended. Taffeta and tabby from a ping on tlie dc'k with an iii'tii Doors, Wit ionet Beds street in Bagdad. Cambric from Cam-Ina- l. so small and lie lit not only tnaki, Promptly a Gauze lias i!s name from Caa: tired, but sore, and the hurley Sp C. and D. fid not baize for Bajac; dimity from Pami-ett- chuckled at what he believed i y( n and jeans front Jean. Drugget is strike those who knew Him as b 1.' derived from a city in Ireland, Drog- in' 011 tlie improbable and the. ah ingly Iff heda. Duck comes from Torque, in Blanket is called after Interesting to ( hampngne DrinD Normandy. t did Tlie entire wine pioduet of Thomas Blanket, a famous clothier ilannl, connected .with the introduction of for 1889 is estimated at about OOlijl'i 4 : io-- u However, as a pn woolen into England about 1340. 000 gallons. PPfiP cut. sLwfi the that . pun winegrower says Serge derives its name from Nerga, a i Franc-onSpanish name for a peculiar woolen product of champagne in Jia? IU "t . of the last ten years woul blanket. Diaper is not from DYpres, as is sometimes stated, hut from the supply London alone for one in Greek diaspron, figured. Velvet is it may not be worth while for Rt , l z", from the Italian vellute, woolly (Latin, Yorkcrs to take much interest r fci k .i 1 2 E. ti. . d of Shawl Is the above figures. Tellus a hide or SNAIN AT THE t'.VMTAL, III dignity as well as o' brave-- y anil beaut ', and it- - st tug attachment to its home certainly .ecommciida itas au American emblem. i 1 ay , lost-Di-p- a 1 1 high-salari- 1 half-lm-I.e- il ei 1 , g r 1 lf ht ttr-al.- to-da- 11:-t- 1 -- o'ts a, ii ALiiKiyr ll pelt). i Physician, utall: Day or OTTO (j Epl True (.curtesy. poss bl to learn salutary lessons from all kinds ol people, iu all sot Is of placs. Anna Dickinson was, It i years ago, invi ed to a Chinese reception over the shop of Chi Lung, iu San Francisco, and owned that, as a school for go.. d niannei s, fhe should no' object to sued in experience of-ten- The seat on the right band side of the en ranee farthest from tl.e door is the is! of honor. To this was I con- ducted, mounted in state oil a chair and lett to my own devices, to behave as well as I knew how and m fell into disgrace! There came to tne a sedate-lookin- g servant, carrying a lurne box divided into com- -' Iartmen's crowded with nuts and sw eetmea s. What did I do? Lo( ked at it, pick-i- d n out a goodies lrotu tin: iialf-i- l en sections, put them on the bioad. tl it arm of the chair that served as a table, and winched the progress of ti e man and ! is box to my next neighbor, who, to my auiaemenl took but one sugared drop. The box moved on and to one and aunt tier and anoth-- r, each one helped himself to a solitary sweet, vv bile 1 gazed with huror at my ovv 11 pile. I lost tq petite, and watched the sed date servant ero 8 to the side. Did the tii st of my celestial hosts take one sweet, and then stop, I should be lost ! But no, he gathered a handful to surpass my own, and heaped it on the table beside him. breathed again, the more freely a9 1 saw one and all follow h s example. Afterward I learned that hail I entertained these people at my table, and had one of tneui torn a chicken limb from limb vv itli bis fingers, he would have done no greater vio cnee to our code of good breeding than 1 had done to theirs. The question remains whether I should have bad lliooourage to fall foul of my dinner in tlie same v iolent manner for the sake of putting my guest at ease. liigli-back- ed half-doze- left-han- 1 M aslilngtons Boston VNit. Toe hundredth anniversary of Vah-'ngtoivisit to Boston, recently celebrated in tlie Old South Church, remits the foct that tw.ro on that occasion lie gave the citizens evidence of ids punctuality. An hour w as appoin ed for hi re-- c ption by a committee of Bostonians at the line between Hoxbury and Boston. Punctually at the moment Mf was there, and by some was detaine two hours waning the arrival of the committee. A raw noimcust wind was blowing, and Washington's exposure gave him a severe cold. Tl.e crowd win laigo, and so many persons also caught cold that the affection was called the Washing on Influenza. On his departure for Portsmouth lie gave notice that lie should b part at eight o clock in tho morning. At tho moment he left the house, and as tint escort was not ready, he went without tli'Mn. They followed and overtook him. Another incident of the visit illustrated Washingtons character. John Hancock, vv ho was Governor of the Mate, took tlie position that as the representative of the Commonwealth, ho should be first visited ty tlie President of the United States. M'ashington refused to resjiect this cxhib.tion of state rights, and caused Hancock to be informed that, he would not see tlie President unless ho saw him at his lodgings. Outlie fourth day after Washington's arrival Hancock went in his coach to the house where Mashingion vva. As he bad given out that un attack of gout had euused the delay of the official visit, lie appeared wrapped in red baize, and was carried by bis servant into the house. i's ash-ingt- on 1 A Fast Locomotive. On tin: Big Four road, between Cincinnati and Indianapolis, is an engine which advances the maximum speed-lim- it enormously. It is one of live engines built according to the latent of an inventor named Strong, and is being tested by the Big Four oople. It is claimed for it that it is capable of hauling a heavy passenger train at the to ninety late of from seventy-fiv- e miles per hour, and the tests made, while not severe, have tended to sustain tin: claim. Tho engine itself contains many nxvel features in construction. It has cylinders in which the eeapeof steam, after it lias been used, is so arranged as to be a vast improvement over the common. The boiler ia very long and there arc two fire boxes. An ingenious contrivance consumes the gases and smoke, so that economy in the Use of fuel is one of the advantages claimed. The fireman has a cab to himself at, tlie, reirof the boiler, while the engineer occupies a separate call perched on the top of the boiler, a little to tlie rear of the ectiti r. The tons and rests engine weighs sixty-fiv- e upon eighteen wheels. l!s drivers are sixtv eight inches in diameter. -- Turf M'innitigs of Nobility. The Duke of Portland again bends the list of English winners on the tin f during tlie, pa-- t vear, bis gains amounting to $370, ('lift. In 1888 lie bail about $135,000 to bis credit, or altogether $500,000 in the two years. The Duke of Portland's success has which i' quite unprecedented naturally affected considerably tlie winnings of other owners. Both the Duke of Westminster and the Marquis of llartington won over $15, 0(H) the past season, while the Duke of Beauon die fort and Dint failed to secure a single race. The P: iee: of Males won only $1000. Ho.-eber- y, eon-Irar- y, |