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AGRICULTURAL. A ttl l KKHII Mli> tbr lUrft-lan Uld N ii... me I* < 111 i. t Ot Hi.- \lmry ii iiui without I! ix i.-n illr H .11 & (own t>t about I ,."MX> In- habitual-* suud.ijuiel plaee, wlii.-ti n*v T I. . .-ne.1 or hiistlfl. >' Hie ltu>k of IU*t. . villa," a* the ligu'reid, wu a two-stord In i k li'uldiiii,', jiltin aud iiinttauti*!, and At the annual meeting of the Dominion Svine Breeders Association last week, one of the most interesting papers read was by Mr. K. W. Fearmau, the widely known pork packer of Hamilton, Oat, who sai.l . "The hisU>i*y of swine, or the hog. is in- teresting, snd dates back to ve-y early times. We read of him in th* " r.pturc. and other books of rally date, when Mososl forbad. ith. ; use of pork a. food but it ap- . - wa, a man of 4.V. unnW. IT ","'**' "" n \^ w ".tTn ned.andanold maid sister kept house for Und in the New I estameut I I | The Unker wa< known J a method . kept when the ev!l spirit. J>nt = .^ ^ ^^ in hi , |IYe , t(nenU .,, ami w.-re dnveu into MB , {( _ %ar of t i [K:atar overu .^ HK niln . stated that ^^ffff^^g^ Now and tL he hl been warned tl.a'l safe of tlio .Unities hi set )>e (ieurge Carter, vole owner of the bunk, wu ptrssnially known to almost everybody in " with Cleopatra, ed whole, as one fore that celebrated woman. The hog ha* survived change* in all these year* that hat) swept great number* of other animals from blowers might pay him a vmt. but he not taken any extra precautions. He hi 1 a large fire and burglar-proof aafe, and a man slept in the room at night. the surface of our earth, but he n a till here, and has the- aatne characteristic*, but i* much improved compared with the hog of i former periods, and 11 now one of the moat neoeaaary and, most valuable animals in ; use of mankind. Although in many On a certain April morning soon after ih. cloM of the war Sir Carter arrived at the bank at exactly 8:30. That wa* his usual time to a second. The curtaics were always up and the. watchman at the door. On this the use of mankind. Although in many i morning, however, something was wioug. part, of th. world it is found in it. original Tb curtains were down and the door was wild state and t. still hunted with horses. | loal "' <1 - * " w ? **.* > P nel hal dogs and spear, as of old time, but when | secured and the flesh prepared there is no ! jf alne '/- wonder thai Moses issued his edict against it. In I-evitn-us, reference is made to the cloven foot of the twine, but there are several exception, to thi*, as in Norway ami iu Sardinia and formerly the Berkshire of F.ngland had an en'ire hoof, and I have seen the same peculiarity here yean ago. The wild boar or wik! hog H still in exist- ence in some part* of .he world, notably in Austria, Cermany, We*t|.halia. India and the South sea ID those l.-ft there by the Spaniards > years ago, and the island of Hermuda wa* overrun will- hogs, the proceeds of those left by old John Bermuda* whrn ..n hi* voyage to Cuba, and when the Knglish d : scovered the island t!iry found thousands then-, and of su.-h value that theooin of the country bore on it* face a wild hog. In Florida the ' ed out of it that entrance wa* There **t Davis, the watchman, bound fast to the chair and a gag in hi. mouth, and the Bate door stood wide open. A hole had beu drilled and the bolts red-handed, but in this case it did seem u if the truth wa* being spoken. Had Steve got hia $7,000 out of that boodle he would not have deul broke so quick, for, unlike nearly all others of his ilk. he was a miser, and never gambled. I returned to llaxter- ville with my new* and asked Mr. Carter if it was not possible that he. had pUcd the money somewhere els*. " It i* not, sir ''' hs replied, with moro acid in hit voice than the occasion seemed to demand. "Thataaf.wa* here to put my money in. I put it there. I stacked up tlie p n-ka^es with my own hand. I locked the door myself. I alone knew the combination. My bookkeeper never hand lea a dollar o( the money." " But you have searched eUewhere iu these cupboards and drawers?" I asked. " No, sir ; but as you seem to wish it we will do au> now." For a long hour we searched desks and drawer* and cupbo.rd*. bat we made no dis- covery. He was as sure that he put the money in the safe as he wan that he was a living man, and the bookkeeper was sure that he aw him carrying some of the pack- agon ba.-k there. What had become of that money ? If it. w** there, why didn't Steve Pratt and his gang get it? That they didn't I w.n now pretty well convinced. The only way that 1 could reason it out was that some one had roblwd the safe before the Pratt gang got there. If so, however, it was dune by opening the door in the regular way. The banker had said that he alone knew the com ft A aKUTBON'A I in. > A VUII * Ike Me*Trrrlble Whirlpool Im Use WerlsL It you take a map and turn to the western coast of Norway, in the <>%sn degree of lati- tude, you will find tract il U" T. on the i.amc in*)** and then caught by a current and tu n d several nc'nts toward destruction, so that the rnvtr shouts Irantioally, and the sailors make almost superhuman exertion* to keep her from rushing madly into the vortex, aid you P r y agonizingly, with E i[r>n 1 -.1 aud hair standing oo rod, till the wavering balance ha* inclined to life at* UK L*r.;<i.4Dd most terrible whirlpool in , _ u l nv yoa ^ to tni- ,jj tne rft:> yoa the known world. This maelstrom. nys a writer, i* a'xwit a mile ao4 a half in t\ rrii. nt'l oc^u uriiic.i 1*11 i vric uuiha . thrown back, and the 123.000 safely locked ^nation. I lei up to the matter again, and up the evening before wa gone. he aim ill* 1 that hi* sister also had it as a Davis had all the particulars at his tongue's end. He had been aroused at midnight by some one knocking on the door, and asking him for a lipht by which to mend a broken harness. He denied that he had been asleep, dr 1 "^ "re" n- ! b-l a-med to be - ihmking." 8=! J ? E9OVHI e ninu*i. inero *rc ii'jw ; ... . , , , , Florida wild hogs, the descendants of no evl1 he opened the door, and three men 1 at once rushed in and overpowered him. After making him secure they got their tools out of a bag aud began operations, and in an hour or so bad the safe open. His state ment thus far wa* all right and reasonable. l-ioin thence on it was a puzzler. I was sent down from the city in answer to the telegram for a detective, and Davis was, of course, the lir -t man to bo eiaclined. He hail not .w all that look wore maik* and face*. He de- clared iSat they did not get a dollar in money, and that they C'lrscd and raved and when hunted and caught ,. held up by the " tan,, and if the rr.r en.l goes down he *>" "indfol led, and he aa. cou. ,lrr,d fit to kill, f not h. is allowed to pl*c. though Ibe barR-an, w ,o 1,11 falter. The ..timmtej value of pi '"" "? K et . "8 ht ,/ thelr go till falter. Th* estimated value of pig* t one time in 'Jr. -it Itntaiu alone wai'2U, (mi, Km, and the annual number and value of the crop nf hogs in the li< state* ol America is immense. of hogs there for Its'.) wa* e>umatJ at 35,- OOO.IMI), winch, at 3tf cents, live weight amounts to f2.r,-r<,'Hxi,OllU. In CanaiU there wen in the same year packed nearly 3-J7,W> h.)t(i., which wa<, 9, KIO more than the year before, whu-h. at an average of I7."> pound* dress nd weight at .*>,' rent*, amount* to f3,\r.t V.'I.T.O.'HI. 1 may state here the ee- timate for the 8tttes inclu<lrs 1 .1.OflO.OOO hogs tliat were eatimatvii to bn killed ami producing 1 threatened to burn the buildiiig in o MHO The numlwr ! queuce. They pulled everything out of_the safe and op -nod all the large envelopes. But tlie sack they had brought along wa* lying on the floor as proof of l>avis's story. At f> o'clock of the previous evenh.g M'. CtM.-r had placed in I hat >afe$'JI,OUO in greenbacks, most of it in small bills. The package* would have filled a lawyer*' waste basket. Had Ihc burgler* got them the aack would have lon used, a* that sort of men do not lit down and count up and divide country place*, while for Canadt there their plunder on the spot. Davis was not are no figures to represent lhu*e localities. The hog of ( 'anad.i u of mixed brn*d, and priucii>lly fo in li-.l ou the lluikt hire, while the Kisex, Yorkshires. Chester WhiUxi, I'oland China*, Tainwmlh* and others are unly believed to be honett, but Mr. Carter Iwheved his story. It is needless to olieerve that I did not. I judged from his pinion nomy t tat he wai chicken hearted. He had , . ..,i...,. i... .4". ..*..... -. . DO milks to prove that hf had resisted the to lie found in dilTrmit luarUofthv country, burglars. 1 believod he lied when he said and, take them as a whole, they are valuable he wa* not asleep. Asa matter of fact, I and compare well with the hogs of any conn try. Tim ylm of feeding in thi* country is a va*i improvement 011 that of any other made up my mind that he Kid " stood in" with the burglar* an.l either beeu " left" on inis share or had .ecreted it around the build animal fr.l lirst on grass and elo\ -r, then ing and then let them bind and ga^ him. 1 on grain in the pen. The remand for lean I think the theory was nol only reasonable, er pork lhal haa laken place in this decade i but just the one which any other duleclive owing to the great change the increase of |H>|iulat um in and cities in i m ) o-n > of a larger aii'iti'it of of inaiiuf .t ! '.ri'., tin) light- er work on the form nwiii^ Ui Ui- usrnf in:- proved agricultural machinery ami the ah suit: of clearing land, 1'iinU-iin,: und Ing- rings of ol' I tniios. reul tiiik,' in 1 1,' ''' '"r leaner, lighter und mure palatable p k, ami t | n now many farm. r< sell all thoir hogs and buy the better prepared meat* from the of Can.la r.l an.l is now >ld by packer*. 1 lie hog . rop of I's almost entirely handled, ."ire. tin pt.-kers, and tlio meal* that are ship| d to Kngland hrinif much higher prices it. an in labor, I would have adopted. our town Fortunately for the hank and it* deposi tors the proprietor had plenty of reterve, and business went on as u*ual. I was told to go ahead i.n the case and work out any- thing 1 . "ill I, and my lintt move wa* to search for Davia'a share of tha money. No sign of it could be found alxml Hie building. 1 spite of all my efforts ha stuck to hi* ! itory just as he first told it, an.l 1 had to myself that he appeared perfectly any other sent fn.-n this continent. Hut still there is not a nuhY-ieut mini bor of hog*. as the IH it time for the trade is with live |,one*t and sincere. In dcx-ribnig the burg [. a , w ,,|| M he was able he mentioned that one i if till-in wai a very tall man with a ha<-king oiujli. That exix'tly litt'd Mm- safeguard against accident. I now began work on an entirely new theory. I felt that the key of the mystery was in the hand* of tlie sister, though I wa* far from hinting any such thing to a living soul. I took up my quarters in the town lgan on the new theory. I soon found that Anna Carter was a spinster of 35, and was generally regarded as a strong-minded wo- meter, and it* rortei ha* an inclination of 4-'i iltgrc , or about that of water in a large fuiKiel when half run out. Its condition u variant. Sometimes it i* not at all danger- ous ; at other limes il U so power/ully des- tructive that the largest vessel ever con- structed, if once fairly caught iu its whirl, could be no more than a mere feather. Everything that enters it at such a tima U crushed and torn to pieces. The causa of ihis immense whirlpool ha* been variously stated bu I it is only guess- work and theory after all. Some have thought there I. a subterranean passage, and that the waters come out at a great dis- tanceone writer even giving the (Julf of Bothnia for their terminus. Others again, and with more plausibility, argue that Ihe whirl is solely the effect of the water, of the tide, during its ebb and flow, being pent up by ledges of rocks, over which they fall with the Vr-l/XTTy OK A <MT\|:AT and as-mme the gyratory movement in their efforts to escape or reach a level. Froji the fact that the great whirlpool is only six hours in motion at one time, with a perfect lull ol fifteen minutes at the turn of the tide, I am inclined to the latter hj pothesi*. The word " maelstrom" mean* "muU- strcatn," and is said to have been given to it because it* rush resembles that of a mill- sire km when il U let loo*e from confine- ment. Busmen of * commercial nature led me to visit some of the ports of Norway and the She had money of her own", and knew j Loffoden ''-"I', "f **"> withineasv how to invest it to nuke a profit. She now and then, so it wa* said, gave her brother hints which he found to be valuable in a business way. Coming down closer to the burglary I found that she wa* under the care of the doctor off and on for a mouth previous with s.nie nervous trouble. For some reason which she did not explain Miss Carter refused even to see me while I was consulting with her brother al Ihe house. There are plenty of people, and good people, too, who dislike detectives, but I take no offence at it. Kvery man to his no- tion, say I, provided his notion doe. not lead to crime. Had 1 sat down to interview the lady, however, the case might not have been helped along any. 1 1 had occurred to me, at you may have suipccled, that the sister had robbed tlie safe herself while in a slate of somnambulism. I bad a talk wilh her doctor, and he agreed that her condition during th* lirst week of April favoured such a thii.g. Imle -.1, on the morning the rob- bery was discovered he had been called in. lo find her very much exhausted, and she hail declared thai she wa. as slitT and lame as if standing at the wait >ib all day. I wa* now satisfied that I wai on the right trail. I found 'hat Mr. Carter always carried his key home, and that the watch man never left his in Ihe lock al night. I went for Davis a^'aui, and be liually admit- ted that he was a*lveu from In o clock until aroused by the burglars. The end uf the caw was ai mysterious a* the lieginnint;. One night when I had reasoned il all out and fe!l satittird in my own mind, bulcould so* no way to secure proof*. I got so nervous that I arose at midnight aud went out on the street for a walk and a smoke. I took no heed of mv direction, but al the end of ten minutes found myself m front of the linker's coiry home. It was in total dark- nest, a* well a* others in tlie village, but 1 leaned up against a tree box and stood gazing at thr windows as if expecting some- thing to happen to pull my case through. Something ill. I happen. I wa* within six re -I of the gttn, and I suddenly mw a figure in a female droas rom around from a si. le door with a large market basket on her arm. Sho wa* f'll.y tressed, and from the first instant I belicv- ( ,,,| v , wo M ,,,,a, after serving a ten y. .^i,.,,,.,.. St-ve bail his throat injured by h<>g in lh summer, when they are always , w ,]|,,wmg a fish bone an I kept up a con scan-*). These parking h'Uf M .w employ | l(4> .|, ln>! ,. v ,. n , |,,, ,),, )|,. ,!,..,,!, many mm of skill to nit, run and |>r<r r , ,| iiotber as very short and stout, with a for market, and a larije amount of cipital is f,| Mt to voi.-e, and 1 sin|..-ted I c was Alt re'j""'*'' Taylor, who wan then mi(ipo-d to Iw in T I'M* i, a burglar who ha 1 been out of Juliet m | ,t was the hankers sister. I thought he looked full at mo aa she pa**ed out The Canadian hog is veiy f ..... fr..m di- sease. Wo have but little or no malady in tin. ...untry, and would have still les* if proper care was gn.n to the rlwuhness and ..... i'rt of the animal, as llir pig isnoi a dirty -reature if given IsMsMsVM t k.-.'p himself clean. There is a gieat impn.M The third man I i-nld not place. \\\ lt \ e , t j|| suspecting l>aus of having a |, 11( l j,, the job, and .e.-uring the icrvice* ,,, a | 1H ..i| ,,,|,,.,., ,,, wsu .|, him. 1 began a hlllll f,, r t | le (lt hers. I got track of Sieve |VaU nf ,, r few days and located him in , ,, .,,, !!. w.is too unn k for me. an I inrnt of late yoar in the keeping of Irngn at | |,,|| owe ,| him loClnet^o. Hrgot Ihe start chew fa.-torir*. They are now fed more ,,, . ^ ln aml | e ,| t(lp wsy u , Tluffalo, .in. I ongraiiiaiiHkeplin.ov.-n"! pen. an.l r.. K n 1 there seemed to s.nk into the earth For Urlv cleaned, and are much morn profitable , Wl) Iolll( W(<k , | WM , n g*xod with the to Ui* fwdsr. and of iimr* value to the | m . a | , )M i,.,. r , .,.,t ri .h,ng for him, but our packer. Hut -till then, are somo fa.'torion rff(irt ,, ,,., wj , h .nocess. One day I who knep their st*ick ill filthy open yard* tonk ft rm) llowll , the K<kl |, wltn f r ,,, n ,|, will, no pi>,l tionol any km.) from the ..in ,,, we wn| , , t| ,,. | Illerll ., j,,,,,, n,,,.^ o|| orr.m.a nni.tn<- to tl... whole. nei^hU.r- ,|,e Canada si.lo, for dinne.r. Wo were seal hood, an.l should lH.subjo.tl..l I, .!., u^u P( | , | |,e otln-r. whrn there was a sudden lat.ngciiielly I o animal- Muoli lin* U-.-i, | nlll ,. ry ( r ,, h , , he clerk U-liiud the railing. wrillxn in regard Ui points and shape of a A mnn h,| cool), walked in behind In,,, h.. K r..,,iiie.lt.y thelrad*. VM.ile thorough- [ ani | .^ en M tnB m ,, ll( . y f ,,|, r till and I.,.. I |.ig> arc a nroi-ity. 1 have alw .v* WM walking out with It. W had a pretty found gra,les from ali.iont any l.ree.1 M b )|ot timo , , l<( . 1|re hjnii h , WM jn . ,!, rarcaiH. suitable for my trade. \\ r.-i|iiiru when ilnsie.l, a carcaM weighing l.'.'i t 'JM lt.*.,*l seven month* old. A long lio.ly, thick heavy ham, small head and ne, k.linlil ihoiildrr, deep anil tlin-k side, w-ll m..-l fal and Iran, and a line shade of lean .'1 tlnoiiL-'i, and ligbt m thu Inme I am not so particular as to color, but brooders should pay attention to thr alnive (Hiints, so an to arrivn at a perfect h >g for thr. paekrr's use at il,. |n. . nt .1 ,y All pa. U. -i* In,. I that there n a certain perrntitage of polk that will no) i iiro, and foiiaideialile loss is sna tained theii-liy This i* ai'iviutUd for by the sows not bring spayrd. This iiin|ilii o|>eralion is attoinlrd to lrn IK in Kni'land, lirl tnd and olliei ...unti ie*>n.| inlhestaUui It is largely practised. Tim lime will soon nun.' that an nnsptyed aow like a Iniar or slan will lie unsaleable. The b from tins t I. Urg". from Canit.la hi>x*lh*n ally fitbi-i i.i.niitr\. With thrnrfrw remnrk* I will i l<*e,ai.il a* now wi liavr the im|u.. \.-.l nr- .1* and the liner nirat. prepared by I 'n.en h or aom* one else took it ..nt I. MtentlDo enre *> M to l.-n,|,t tl,.. apt-til.- of (| , rr W( , ^ ,, 1CI . JUnker. somelim,.,. ,,,l, tin most .Irlioatr, wo have fttosl got rid of t |,,. M1K ,,| that l<iiiip..fr.tl.th..S,,tlnlk and thr alligator I | BX .,U, 11(> ,H,, him that K wa. nol so In -o B a.,,l ll.e four mw bcf, that *MU l"'t ( ,|,,, , , t .e, ami ho wa. a mueli inyMitird ovor ' UK- raiie as 1 ha. I liien. I In l..n nn; tin- btnk prrato m.iod, but when we hail him faxl I n o^ni/eil the . hap I b.t.l been hunting for. Mr wit* Steve Pratt and no nnaUtkx. Ho dallied it, of coiirNr, but inside of three days I produced such proof* that hi finally kinx'ked under. 1 wa* novrr moro astound e.l in my life than when I eamn lo interview him about Ihe Ilattrrvillo lUnk afTalr. He \ei itii-'l tin. story of tho janitor In every liar. " I shall get ' soaked ' for thi* hotel job, anyhow," lie said, "and so I might as well tell yon altit the other. There were three of IIS. We tin. Ml. 'lie. I lo kill llrtvin, and overawed him. Wr got the safe door open to tinil wo had IM-..II in .|,-.|. I'm a coim.'t and all tli.i. hut I'm talking straight when lnaytliMwe.ini not tind a ililUr II. i. l* whxt we I.. I tin. I and nil we brought away 1 took it foi In. k a S|iainih piucn with a hole in it." Hut Carter put f.M.ilOO into that safe at his iioe through Iho row of ...in, aloii the nut d, cured would ilup awy sun. the foil, III I hat when like an loi.-le m the More than a niillinn |.-..|.li air lir(e.l in the b.*nilnls of ca.'h \>-,n, they ha<l liv kod the dour from wiihoiit an.l I. ..I in. .1 llio kry a mile liefnu- Ihniwini; It away. They had KOI., rmpl v handed and mail rnough to kill Davis. I don't go i.itirh |ou the de. laratum ol i-onvi. U caught agitiu of the gate, but nevertheless >he walked off p the ittr.'ui wilh the l^ukel ou her arm. followed a few yards behind her, and sho ..I I .teadily on and went straight to the ttnk. 1 was sure of her then. She itausod at the door for a few so-..n.|< t unlock it an.l thon .It* i|ipearo.l insi.lo. Five seconds ater Davis was shouting an.l a woman's voio* could be heard uttering shrill cream's. I open?.! the door an.l ontrivd, an.l tli.- ins'lory was solvwl at last. lli.n. SI.KH! Miss Anna, just aroused from sleep, id in the basket on her arm was that mis ig money. Davis was lying down, but not asleep, when she entered, and ho had al lice *oi/od her. How did she get the money from thesafo T She had been l oa.lmg about burglars and p.ii" t i the bank in her sleep. She had nt. -ml and secured the money and left reach of Ihe wonder of Ihe world, I became possessed with a great desire to see it for myself. In this conversation with an old Norwegian fisherman, I learned, to my great surprise, that he had not only Bailed close rouu'l it when it was raging with great fury, hut that he had more than once ventured across it, wilh a strong breeze, du ring its) regular lull at the turn of the tide. " Do yon think I might ventun near it without any unusual risk ? Near enough to I behold it in sll it* terrilic sublimity, without | laying myself open to the censure of fool i hardineas?" " Ye*, I think you may," replied the old fisherman, thoughtfully, " provided you have a good, trim, easily managed schooner, a favorable breeze, and a careful, experienced pilol. " " Where, then, can I find and charter such acraft ?' " Why, if your honor wis'ies it," said the old seaman, dotliui; his hat and quietly smoothing down his silver locks, " I think I might furnish you something lo your lik- ing, and offer myself as pilot. This mailer being settled, preparations were immediate ly hastened for setting forth on the curi m* and, to me, fearful adventure, and the next day saw me walking the deck of a snug, well-rig j"d schooner, on my way to a sub- lime scene of peril, thai for many a long year hail often come up iu my fancy with a strange kind of fasciualion. I need not de- scribe my voyage down lo the maelstrom, for that is of no moment in this connection. It had its excitement, and even peri), as all cruising mint along thai rugged aud danger ous coast, sleriug sharply among rocks through A FOAMIS.:, i. \-ni v: M \, Xutall thought of minor dangers w* swept from my mind when for the tint lime I came within hearing of a sullen, heavy roar, that my Norwrgiau friend informe 1 me proceed- ed from tlie awful vortex we a-ere on our way to visit. A sudden tremor seized me at this announcement, which, though the visible eifocts of excessive awe, seemed rathrr that of terror to the iiinple minded ii*hrm*n wh at once declared his willing- ness to return if 1 feared to go forward. " No t" Haul I. regaining my wonte I com- posure ami IHMMM.III^ moro oinuh.ttic through a souse of shame at my physical porturha * get perhaps as good an external of the i du *" ! and situation of the beholder as my descrip- tive powers are able to convey. Amid the bewilderment of this indescrib- able scene, my eyes dazzled with the wliirl- ing, ruining, flashing of the waters, my ears) stunned with their hissing, dashing, tl nn- dering roar, my soul going down into tne foaming vortex, and thence onward into the eternity beyond, the old fisherman !ai ! one hand upon my arm, pointed with the other and shonted: "Look! Behold!" I mined and saw one of the seamen hold- ing a large seabird, to one of whose legs was) attached a long cord, the other end of which was secured to a short heavy stick of timber, which another saiior was in the act of cast- ing into the sea. As the timber struck the water, the one holding the bird let him go, and with a wild scream be flew to the end of his tether and then struggled m the air to break hi* bond* and i scape. But tlie cord held him, and the moving timber took a gra- dual inclination toward the vortex. With the schooner run safely back from the gyra- tory draught, I watched the bird with a glass, a* t ha descending timber dragged him downward, fluttering and screaming, and seeming to my excited fancy like some un- fortunate spirit beitv dragged to perdition. Roaud and round wr:r the timber, slowly at first, and with steadily increasing velocity, till at last, with quick jerking* and r>[>i<I descent, the flut tering bird disappeared from my view. I hail aeen onough I had felt the emo- tions of a lifetime compressed into a few hours and we sailed away from the never- to-be forgotten scene. tion. I. ! us o forward to the very brink * far a* the hoi. Kit ever of destruction dared I" " Woll, there i* no great danger after all on such a.biy as this and with such a bieen>," he replied in a iaa*aring tone; "and though thr novol idea oi sailing within tlio suction of such a roaring, deafening whirl nf waters may make your honor a tn'lo tnni.l and uneasy, yet only keep stout faith in the .Minion and skill of Harold S.tufgar and you'll live to tell your friend, a tale of woii.li'r." From the moment I first heanl the dis- tant rimr of tho maelstrom we sailed direct- ly towanl it for more than an hour, the rotr gradually increasing in volume as we ueaied it, until it hc.-ame so loud lhat it was with I .litli ulty I eon). I >li<tin ;ui*h iho> different "- / - * , .Mi'i noiiu'. ithout it. arousing Uavis. The I fi ,, lrr IMen . s rapid orders of was r\ -nod b\ daring strange . . , burglars earn., later on. She I, t.l tk* the- 1 emot i on . ,>,, |,,| c only the sense of heni- >lu '" 18 "* '" lhe S** nry bonii' and concealed it. but in what pot sho lonld never iletormine. She |.r>. Itably .III not walk again until the nit;lit she returned it. There was a new aafo and new combination, but as she knew tho word she might have restored the in . ney and o*fapo.l unseen but for the vigil. in. . nf the H. tti Inn. m. To this day no one in that lllago r\.'..pt brotlior, sisti r. and Utvis knows how that i i.mey w.tx reston'd. 'I'bey even declare that not a dollar wax ever 10 o\ero.l. and that 1 bail lo throw up the t -ase for want of brains to strike a cluo. i _ : in i IB in, l , "Th3 Duty and Destiny ol England IB India ' is the title of a remarkable article by Sir Kdwin Arnold in the February X< rf% Am-rifan Kcri IP. Sir Kdwin takes occa- sion to courteously remind American, that no matter how careless or iudifleieut certain sections of th* community may profeu to be regarding Russia's design* on India, it i* really a matter in which the I'nited State, should be profoundly interested. Should the Ciar ever seriously challenge th* Bnu-h poseession of India, and perhaps even some day succeed in ousling her from the 1'eum- sulk, il would be a dire event for human pmgre**, and indirectly for the I'nited State, themselves. It would be the triumph of the Slav over the Saxon, and would set ba-k the development of Asia, and the ad- vancement of the human race generally, at least a thousand year*. " I can imagine," says Sir Kdwin, "some of the clever young newspaper men, whom I have been every- where glad to me. d'OK in familiar local phrase *o tl. Well, but it would not be o*r funeral ' Iu thi* respect they would find out t h. :r mistake if they should live 'o g enough. The Ice* of India to Kng- land would mean the breaking up and decay of our ancient empire ; the eventual spread of Slavonic and Mongolian hordes all over the vacant place* and open markets of the world : the world's peace gone : again, a* in day* of Boluurius, the march of science., trts, religions, arrested as when Omar burned the Alexandrian Library : and history oaco more put back to the be- ginning of a new effort, under no. el and gloomy au*pice*, to effect that which is the perpetual object of its course and it* combinations the final amalgamation of all the peoples uf the globe under one law and one common faith and culture. . . . The clear duty to F.ng- land, therefore, towards India i* to legis- late and it.l in i nister for her good, regard- less of neltiili considerations and unly care- ful not to lose step with the slow progrr** of ths Asiatic mind by adopting the lestles. pace* of Western reform. From the begin- nit; until today that duty has never Iwen put out of mind. Seventy years ago, when somrlio.lv foi'.n.i Mountatvwart Klphinstone siuing in hi* tent at night surrounded with piles of school-books, and asked the Cover- nor of Kombay what he was doing, he one of the most devoted of administrators re- n' -.1 : ' I am paving our way out of India, o not believe tlie Knglish Government would hesitate at any measure, even if it involve.! the eventual loss of India, could it I* made clear to them that that measure was for the sure and lasting benefit of the millions committed to our charge in thoee wide regions. Hut il is their opinion, and it is honestly in.no. who love India as well as I love Kinilan.t, th\t the connection be- tween the two peoples is one ordained by Divine I'roviilence itself, aud the issues of that long strife that gave the great country to u*, out of the hands and ab >vo 'lie brad* of so many ti rce claimants, waa a liappy result, for India, tint, and after that tor t-hu'My for her in the noble e mighty aud I ... I i. nl - M..'| . . f.H li ilr I The Ittnk of F.n;Uiid' d.Mir* are now noliiioly l.tliiii.'.'il th.tt thn clerk, by pressing a knob under his dnsk, can ejone the outer loors instantly, and tlioy can not In- opened mm. oxfopt by s|>ocial proces*. I'I.K i* .lone to pn .\ent tin. daring umt ingrnioii* uneni|ilo\ed of the groat niotro|mli* from robbing tlie f.inioiK intitntion. The bill lion ilep;ii l ment of tins and other great Kn^li'li li.ml.iiiK el iKIinlunentu am nightly s ilmierKsd in several feet of water by (he a 'lion of the m.uhinrry. In some of the I. m. I. Hi linnk* thr bullion departments are , i. mi". -te.1 with the manage! 1 * steeping room*, and an omntnoo oan not lie pffeeted without netlinti oil an alarm near tlie |..M aon's head. If a dixhonr*t ollicial, during day or night, should tako even its niii-h a* from one pile of I.IKHI sovervigns, the whole pile wonl.l instantly sink and a |> .! nf water lake it* pla.T, U-*i.le Intting every p. ....... is) the o*tablislimi>nt know ol tho llieft. nig wa* ren. In .1 : but when at !>. ;ih m.-nt wa* also brought t boar upon the whirl. .1. gulf, and I U'hold the inky waters rvvolvi.i;; no nul what seemed a migtity p-t or cav. rn .in.) then rolling, tumbling and las'iing llu-ir "\\ifl pa*aags downward to a win elied of foam at the bottom of the great de->p, 1 hr>- ramc thrilled with a sublimity that earno.l my humbled and awe stn. -ken soul hoy.n.l thr .oiisoiouime** of time into the very pres em-oof some great, almighty, Mid incom- prehensible power. I can never describe tho awful marlstiom as I saw it and felt it. Im.iiMtie ail are* of one and one half mile* in ilia:n.'trr. To do this fully mid comprc- ' hensivwly you should fix y> ur eye or your' mind upon some object a mile and onerous charge laid upon her. HI .*!< N iiiox tl ill >i> w II >< .. i I..MI etl bjr (kr i .it > i h..i i' Tlio grrtt pir: wln.-li the Kusnian nation- al hymn has playrd in wrtrrn Kurop* suii'o the Firn.-h fratrrniratn.il with Kuasia has started m.u-h ni.|uiry alnit its origin. A.-oor.hin; to tho Frankfurter X.eitung the hymn is not pst sixty years old, ami wa* first used for il* piesont purpom< under czar Nii-li.'l.t* Wh.n In- made his tour of PriHsia and Austria in IS3.1, h was an-oin- ptniod by Adjutant tirneral .\\tel Femloro- wiN.-li t.uolT, a pastionate violinist and a >-omp>*tr of some skill. Tho C.-r wa* im|no-o.l by thr fact that every rx>grim*ntal poi some, oject a mile and a half , from wbo'e yon -irr. Thon fan.-y thi* l.r.st I I>IV " 11 ln ' Wrlm '"' '" Vienna grrrtvd him *pa,e to bo all water moving around in a "J P'^y'K tll<% national hymn of their own eirelo. slowly " the outer edge, but gradu >"">. and tins was apologue.1 for by the .tlU hMrMline in \clo.-ii v to.id thoeenter. with a downw.tid ine1iii:ttii<n of 4"> drgrre*. k ""'> .lwm-e jf any ratMsjttiasjd national ' '*' S' vat 'n\| ire. winch he ruled. . . so that it looks like a va*t h.illow lull of "** sofc tsnfNsMd sM tlie deti- awful depth. j cirn.-y, and during Ins return j.uirnry to- Then imagine yonnrlf aailing around on ' * r>l Sl - l'''"'* 1 '"^' had much talk with ths ouioi i-d^n of'this immeniM. Tunnel, with '""" "I"" 1 lh * * >l1 ')' ''' " l Uil thr witter bli.'k an.l level on one side of hlm '" ' N "I K a hymn for the Kuasian a tho.i*Aii.| Niagaras! It to .ill tin. yon a.1,1 lll t "V xr of l>e,\ 4. of the sanu ,. >i tbr fan.-ythat > on ..re Mitatmg around thm h' ordorr.l i: lo be adopted M the n awful giilf ina frail vessel, that seems only 'vmn of Ki:.ia. l.u,.!f wa.i nol only r.- an an TiiibMr, to be wardo.l by tho gilt of a gold nuff Un wt MVKIKIN tx > ri su n with di.vron.ls, Lut (>enni*ion was i;i\ en u> ' him and In* heir* to adopt llie hr.1 I 1 lie tl an Jwhioh, while driMiig before tb wind, u h^uui as Iho family uiolto.