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EMPEROR AT_ALDERSHOT, KAISER WILLIAM REVIEWS 12,000 BRITISH TR03PS. lk-rt K, markai.lr IMIillrr- UkOlntbe Pluii.1. ...... lalf-.i-m .likr Kjm' Mr WarsBlt V*mtrmmt*tr4 ike fk<- Mn inchl I pi.a I he Itrarlnt flkC r. 1'ublic interest in thr nnvfimnH of the German Eirpertr in Kn^land wa on Moo- day transferred from ('UWM to Aldersliot. He rode throunb *treets flank sd by Vene- tian masts, while red, an.i blue, entwined and interlinked with bannerette*, aiiisldi, and flags, including the Start and Siripei ad the French, Italian and German tn- colon. The Duke of Connaught rode on ahead ID order to formally receive the Emperor on the review ground, where for erne boon pact the 1'2,OOU men who were to take part in the day'i display had been assembling. At twenty minute* put ten o'clock, the Duke of Connaught appare< ou the) review ground. The German 1m penal standard, with the iron crou, wa< hoisted no the flag-staff at the) saluting tatioo. The Emperor galloped on to the field, nil silver helmet glittering in the ann light and hit black piumei waving in the breeze. Hi* Majesty who wore the ribbon of the Garter, looked remarkably toldier- likt in the liandsom* uniform of the Royal*. A* *OOB a* he bad taken hi* place at the luting point, there wai a 'loyal salute, followed by the presentation nf arm*, whilit the infantry maned baudi played "God Save the Queen." Hi* Majesty, ac- companied by hie itaff, and having been joined by the Duke of Connaoght ai Gener- al Commanding, proceeded to pau down the line for the purpoie of inipection. While thi* wa* going on, there wae little for the va*t crowd* of ipectator* to ee : but there wa* plenty of compensation in the way of WIRRI.NO MUSIC. During the inspection of the cavalry the band* *tr Jck up a tune which date* from the time of the Thirty Years' War, and which ii a great favorite with th Emperor namtly, "The March of th* Fin- land Cavalry." After the inspection the Emperor, with the Duke of Connaught, and attended by their *uit**, rode back to the saluting point, where His Majesty leaking in Herman, engaged in a prolong- ed conversation with the Unchess ol Coo naught, who, with her children, ocoupied'a carriage on the grounj. The march past then commenced. Heading the column were the massed bandi of the cavalry brigade, who took up a position opposite the saluting point and played a Prntsian march a* the artillery and cavalry pasted by. When it came to the torn ot to* lit l>ragoons to oome up to the saluting Italian, the Emperor himself rode out ana, amidst the keenest manifestation* of interest, took his place at the head of the regiment. Having led them past, he rejoined the Lhike of Connaaght, and resumed hi* close scrutiny of the various moving columns, squadrons, and batteries. Thr Seoul ireys, who made a strong show, came up to the tune ot "The Garb of Old OauL" The Grenadi*n, who marched as on* man, evoked A* AHMIKIN.: HFXIC. The 1st Soots i.nanlt were heralded with the tuna " Highland Uddie." The Cold- streams, who were accompanied by their Maiim gone, had % stirring inarch played in their honor. The fllit Highlanders in their picturesque costume came next, and, appropriately enough, the inspiriting bag- pipes gave forth " The Campbells are Com- ing." Some relief t > th* long line of bril- liant color wa* afforded by the more*omb>-e uniform of the 4th Rifle Brigade, of which the Uukeof Connaught is honorary Colonel, and which contingent now pa seen ths sal- uting point. The lit West Yorkshire Regiment attracted some attention. The '2d Royal Wl*h Fusiliers were, of course, beaded by the inevitable white goat. This animal, remarkable for the lngth of ita horns and its general comeliness, wa* a* usual led along by a trooper, and appeared to excite not merely curiosity but oonsider- able wonderment amongil the visitors from the Fatherland. Following the WeUhmen came the lit Wiltshire Regiment, who were) played by a tune familiar enough in that county, namely, " The fly is in the turnip." The massed bands struck up " Ws'll all go hunting to-day," as the ad Leicestershire Regiment put in an appearance. The various contingent*, it should be explained, were) usually played past by ths masted band* of their brigade, which took up a position opposite the laluting station, and generally found aome appropriate air for each regiment. The 2.1 Cheshire were beaded by their pioneers, with arei and trenching tool*. Completions in their hel- met* were small BUNCREfl or OAK I.KAVKS. It may b* recalled, a* explaining thli dis- tinction, that at the battle of Dsttingen they rescued Charles II. from beneath an oak tree, when he had taken refngs from the enemy, and ever afterwards tliuy have ported the leaf when in the preience o' Royalty. "Whistle o'*r the lave o't" wa* the air which brought tne 1st Highland Light Infantry past the saluting point.and the straini of the Scottish tune had scarce- ly died away when "Come Back to Erin" took their place and the 2d Leioiter Regi- ment walked briskly up. Next followed the *2d Worcestershire, with their white) r.filmeti, after whom oame the Medical Staff i 'firps.iu whose honor ths bands struck up "The Boyiof the Old Brigade," With the coming and going of the Ordnance .Store) Corps and th* military police the first march dail was brought to a close. Th* infantry brigades, which had first marched past in column ol double companies with armi at the shoulder, now returned in mass with arms an the trail, and then pass d again in lines of quarter column. The cavalry, which had gone by first IB squad rone at a walking pace, returned at a trot. The final gallop, however, was one of the moit inking ipeotaclee. The Hone Artillery with th* ponderous gun* in th* rear iwept ove- th p.i!~ at a marvellous pace, throw- Dg up .loids of .lust. Tne Kmperor, shift- ng in biisaddle, turned and watched the fly- ngnolumn with along an J scrutinizing gaze. l'he military display wss now practically over. The troops, having returned 10 their original ponton*, advanced in review order and naluted, thus finally bringing tie man- uvres tn a cloen. The i-i nnaii Kmperor, riding up tu his "all. lia I a brief conversation willi them. Next tin Mijea-y advanced tn the L>uke ol I onoanghl, an<i shaking him by the land, warmly O'.ngralulat<l him upon the appxarance and performauuM of the troupe. THE* WANT HELPMEETS. The iiTrrs>sit ef Weatera) 4u.rr.il. Will .rnd larco.r Ctrl. rr. Crr.l rliala. A large number of the colonitt* of West- tern Australia are Ions men, without wivee or sweetheart*. But they are not orphans, and will not bo so long a* their present motherly Government is spared to them, which has set its heart on seeing them happily mated before it passes away. That homely-minded Administration has in- structed it* agent in London to ransack the British matrimonial market for help- meets for its subjects, and to send forward a cargo of them at its expense. Itexeroi*** th* maternal prerogative of making the general choice, drtiuing the limit* within in young fellows can pick out their partner*. It probably will stop at that, and not insist on allotting the bevy, upon the strength of it* inperior knowledge of what i* beet for the boys. It sent abroad for the maidens not because, like Rebekab, it was weary of the daughters of the land, but because moet of theee daughters were already chosen and there yet remained THOCSANIM Or WEST AUSTRALIAN*. who would fain be husbands, it by any chance they could get them wives. There is a dearth of woman'i crarmi in that land of pastoral peace. There always was. Th population has lacked in balance from the very beginning of the colony. Just now there an about 30,000 men and boys against about 20,000 women and girls. Throughout the last thirty year* the ratio of the fe- male to the male population his on the average been lower than this. In the other colonies the sexss are more nearly on an equality in point of number. Western Australian has very much the smallest pop- ulation of the four colonies aa the island, the next loweet having lix times as many settlers as W eaten Australia has. Since the land doea not attract men, bow 3an it beexpected to attract women ? They have a right to a better marriage settlement than merely a free passage to a country they will not voluntarily go to. The con- victs who were sent to Swan river, in ths same colony, had their passage paid, but that did not reconcile them to the life ap- pointed to them there. Some of the young women now imported may have a larger freedom than certain of the founders of the old families hod, ami some may not. Th* Government of Western Australia seems to think that marriageable girls are something of a drug on the British market, or it would offer A MORE TBMITINi: PREMIUM to get malee for its forelorn bachelors. But it may have to rovUe this belief, and bid higher. If it tk- statutio* a* a guide it will find narrow baaia for Uw theory that the United Kingdom has a big surplus THE EYES OF THE FLEET, THEY WERE GALLANT OLD TARS THAT MANNED THE SHIPS. The WiMMle* Walls are Changes! ** Ibe *>plrl( ef Ike Vrews-Mrte* keer- Mre a>r MaSl Mlqaelle. The introduction of steel armour into the navies of the world has made many change* in the life aud train inr of th* bine- jacket of l h* present day, in the Royal Navy. The departure of the graceful old wooden three decker* and fast frigates), " the eye* of the fleet," a* Nelson called them, with their towering ma*U and bewildering network of rope* and par* will always to the old salt remain aiouros of regret Heroic men will* in tb past, command and roan tk* armorclad*, and do a* brave deed* in the future for th Kriush Navy, a* when a Howard, a Drake, a Blake, a Jarvi* and a Nelson led th* van of their fleet* to victory The typical " old sea dog " has gone out with the wooden walla. But so has much O f the brutality whioh the seamen had to endure a century ago. There i* little like- nss* between the life in the ship* of to-day, and when th* press gangs flourished and men were kidnapped to uil up the ihir/i company . According to Marryat and Smol lett, tbo cruelties that were practised on those old warship* are not, however, to be charged to the officer* alone. The Govern- ment and the Admiralty had a good deal to answer for. And yet, notwithstanding all their hardship*, the sailors ot tbo old time inch i* th* influence of th* ra, *uoh it* freedom, and inch the wonderful stimulus given by salt air to the imagination w*r* able to sing those hopeful and voeileron* long* in which a little cherub is stited to be lining up aloft keeping watch over poor Jack. "Jack dance* and sings, and I* always con- tent ; In hi* vows to his las* he'll ne'er fall her: Hit anchors atrip when his money'* all ipent And thi-. is the life of a sailor/ One would hardly expect to hear the** cheerful eenliment* from a man who had been knocked down by a ones- gang, load- ed with irons, and stolen from his wife and family. And y*t these song* were inng in htttle to victory again and again, and long before the "Jacks" had hammocks to iwing between deck*, or table* were thought of for th* mo**, before they even tot decent food, but the best of grog. The Royal Navy of the British Empire may be said to date from THE TIMK Or THE ..RUT HARRY, built by King Henry VIII. It was a pon- derous construction and not unlike com* of the armored battle ship* of to-day in style. The guns, however, wore "pop guns ' com- pared to th* mammoths of to-day. This was really the first great warship and was the modxl on which Spain built her Armada fleet, which three centuriee ago attempted to invade Kngland, and was quickly 3is- persed, defeated and almost totally destroy- ed by the Engliih fleets under Howard of Kmngham, Sir Francis Drake, Frobishsr, Hawkins and other gallant sailor* who had no fear of Spanish galleons, and much love of Spanish prize money. Round the coast ths Dons were chased by the small British cruisers, and Spanish ship* were destroyed i far north a* Flamborough Head, in Yorkshire, when lack of ammunition called the English off. The wild wave* did the rest. Beaten and dnring the Crimean war the fleet in front of Sobastopol wae joined by several gnu- boat* of the most diminutive type. An officer of one of the war veessls had occas- ion to visit one of these mimic boati, and, ranting up alongside in bis barge, stepped from his barge, (which wa* nearly a* long a* the boat he wae visiting) over the port quarter of the gunboat, when the lieuten- ant in command, in a tone of insulted dignity, informed him hi* veeotl bad a gangway, it being the proper thing for of- ficer* to always enter a veeeel by the gang- way. Hi* vessel might be no bigger than a yawl, but so long a* it was in commission he did not propose to have any of the usual rulee of etiquette omitted. 1 ife between decks includes a!*o that of th* officer*. They have a fairly good time of it in every port they visit with the sum- mer girl. Unlike th* " tars" the officer* are considerably distributed and on a OUR LUMBER EXPORTS. Tfcr rrevneel far Ike Inker Trade aMa vf Inter l i:\.-eiieui. From the other lid* ot the line a demand for lun.ber flung itself on this market a* soon a* th* passage of the United State* Tariff bill wa* iseured. The English demand, which has boon exceptionally good all sum- mer, continues to operate. From the begin- ning of the year up to the r resent month Britain took timber and lumber from Canada u the value of in million and a half dollars, while in the same period last year she took only four million three hun- dred and si i ty thousand dollar*' worth. Her greater purchases were appreciated thi* of womankind. But perhaps it proceeds upon ths fact that thsre i* a large visible supply of unmarried women. This is because there is a largo visible supply of unmarried men. But, again, the West Australian Government may assume that these two visible supplies do not be- come one for the reason that the men are coy. That is open to quealion. However, iVeitern Australia open* it* arm* to th* aireit that chose to seek a ahelter there, t will be likely to have to throw in a large lowry than a free passage and its blessing <i cause any great rush of the flower of iritiih womanhood to its shores. Why loes it not offer three acres and a cow, or Hue other substantial prixe ? France, and .he old trading companies to whioh she rurned over the early government of this nlony , had mor* gallantry than to ask any ady to com* out here for the mere reward >f a free passage and a huiband. Land wa* freely beitowed, yet bachelor* here tad to pine in lolitude because of the re- uotanos of their countrywomen to embrace o dreary a life. But \\eiiern Auitralia .reat* the girl* a* if they ahould be thank ul it dose not impoa* an import tax or' i loll tax upon them. Were ever maiden* n inch faahion wooed ! flagship are numerous. The Admiral snd Captain have each a separate men. Ths wardroom and gunroom officers, over whom the senior officer presides, have decidedly the boat of the captain and the Admiral, for they bar* aome society, and even quar- reliome lociety i* preferable in certain mood* of th* human mind to solitude. But the captain keep* to his cabin, which is guarded by the marine, and both lie and tie admiral are (unrounded by a ma** of etiquette. When the captain grow* tired of reading he can *mok* and console him elf with th* reflection that when be n admiral he will have his staff mess with him. When he grow* weary of reflecting on the glories of admiralhood, he can play solitaire, and when he i* tired of that he can denounce hi* own idiocy in yielding to such an amusement. The wardroom of- ficers A\D r. IV ROOM MIDSHIP*!* have each a moos. Sometime* th* captain and the admiral live very much together. Usually t.ieir quarters, which are in th* tern of the ship, are so arranged that they can be thrown into one set of apartment*. The admiral and hi* fleet captain ought certainly to be on such terms of friendship that living together would be a pleasure. But there have been instances where a short sxperienc* at ssa has been quite enough to master what had seemed to be a friendship ashore, and to effectually close the door between the cabin* of admiral and the captain. Then the two would not speak until the end of the cruise, if they were compelled to remain together for so long a time. This, however, is not the case with so genial and kindly-hearted a gentleman a* Sir John Hopkins, who 11 popular with all hi* officer* sad men, and can take and give a joke with a young middy. The officers' quarters on the ship* are comfortable, a* far a* th* limited space will allow and the proverbial courtesy of British naval officers is only surpassed by their open handed hospitality to their friend* and vin lor*. They Should Roug-h It Evidence multiplies to luitam til* belief that tuberculosis ii developed most reeulily n warm modern stable* and under what may be called hot-house conditions. A writer in Country Gentlemen, in ipeaking of a case at Lenox, Ma**., in 1888, when thirty-two cattle were destroyed, say*: "Thes* cattle were kept in a nsw barn built only after careful study into every detail. Stable* w*re light and clean. Watir was supplied In each ittll. Kven ths mom rigorous snap of a Berkshire winter failed to produce a freezing temper- ature in these (table*, and for day* at a lime theee oow* remained iniide, where they were well groomed and supplisd with ths beit of feed and water. The warmth and comfort of these stables sesmsd to pro vide hot bed conditions for the nurture of the tuberculous bacilli. Berkshire county has had at least six serious outbreaks, or rather development*, of tuberaulosi* since, all of whioh have occurred in herd* of oow* kept in costly barn* of modern construc- tion, with the twit of care, and I know of no instance where cattle left to 'rough it' have been troubled exoepl in isolated oa**s whioh were easily traceable to here- ditary inoculation. " There u no legitimacy on earth but in a government which 11 the choice of the na- tion. Joseph Bonaparte. discouraged, with more than a third of his Armada lost, Hidonia. sailed away into northern *tormy seas. On the wild *hor** of Morven the great galleon Florida wa* wrecked, others on the Outer Hebrides. On the coast of Lancashire a rock that only ibow* its bead above low water once in a hundred yean did deadly work on a Span- ish ship. The itormy coasts of Wales and ol the Isle of Man had their victim*, and i 'harle* Kingiley vividly describee how that Santa ( 'atarina went to pieces on Lundy. It wa* on the coast of I reland, however that most damage was don* to the scattered Armada. Mary vessels were wrecked. One veaael with a number of youth*, scions of the nobleet houses in Spain, was sheltered for a time and put to aea again, and than wa* beaten to piecee on a rock in a bay near the Giant's Causeway, under the clifl* of Bengoro Head. The name* of "Spaniih Rook," "Spaninh Bay," "Spanish Urgan," are memorials of that dread time, whioh the visitor to that grand coast hear* in connec- tion with tradition now grown somewhat mythical. From this period, l.'.ss, to the present day "BRITANXIA" HAS "Rri.cn THE WAVE*," protecting the weak t cd defying the tyrant and braggart That the milder wateas ol Southern seas have produosd groat naviga tors and enUrpriiing traders i* true, but they have not brought forth the mighty captain* of war who claim to have the blood of the old None Vikings and Berserks in their vein*. The blue-Jacket who enlists to-day has a more comfortable time of it on the larger vanele than thno* who gained the battle* of " Copenhagen," the ' glorious 1 it of Juns," " St. Vincent," Abonkir" and " Trafalgar." He has now better food, welt cooked, nd a variety of it; the brutal- ly of the "cat" is abolished; he get! more ihore leave, haa better pay; ha* a skilled lurgeon to look after him when ill in the lick-bay, whioh is now well lighted and ventilated, when the state of the weather psrmita. Hii dutiee too call for more in- Lslligenoo and study than in th* past. Sail drill i* not now the " pon* asinorum" of a man-o'-wsnman's education. Now he must knowa little of that, be a good gnnnsr, up in torpe.to practice, and infantry land drill and in all it is pleasing to stave the great majority of the teamen of the Royal navy ate profloent. Now let u* take a turn aft from forecastle . TOTHE QUARTER DECK. There wa* alway* mor* punctiliousness about enforcing all the minute distinctions of etiquette in the navy than in the irrny. and many laughable incident* are related of thi* peculiarity ol naval ofB-jere. The mailer the venel the more emphatic were the officer* in exacting all that wa* due thfir rank and itation. It i* related that A WIND OF DEATH. A TMTlkle Heirrlcane en the iea r Aaaf FrefcaMya Tknd Uvei l.-i -rri !>. .(ru. ii> r Property. A St. Petersburg despatch aays : A tor- riblx hurricane ha* iwept over the Sea of Azof. The force of the wind raised heavy sea waves which have swept away many of the coast village*, not leaving a house stand- ing, and drowning a large number of people. In addition several steamers have been loet dnring the hurricane, and their crews have been drowned. A wind of death no other narce can de- scribe the cyclone swept acroa* the Sea of Azof the other day. It will be impomibl* for day* yet to compute the damage done, but it i* almost certain that at lent 1,000 people have poriahed, some by drowning, others by being crushed under falling houaee and tree*. The wind was first fslt at Nogaisk. Nogaisk is peopled mostly by fishermen, who were oat on the water. When the hurricane had swept out to th* year because those of the United States had so greatly fallen off. For cull* and th* cheaper board* we depend entirely on the United State*. The reduction of the lumber duty by the McKinley Aet fTKRCHED Till DEMAND south of th* bound ary and enable* n* to hip thi* olaas of lumber there, though be- fore that it* low value made a two dollar duty a bar to it* sale there. The cause, for th* United State* demand falling off so sharply this summer wa* th* expectation that the duty would be removed. Coupled with this a* a hindrance to an export de- mand from that source wa* th* alternative that free log* gave the United State)* im- porter. Nearly all the timber product o*nt across the line this year wa* in the form of log. Now thit the duty u off lumber there ii an initant call for that, and activities have receive.! a fresh impulse in the valley of the Ottawa and in Gecrgian Bay district. The prospect for the winter i* excellent. There'll every likelihood that more men will be at work in the wood* during th* coming winter and in the saw milladur- ing th* following vpring and summer than there have boon for years. Lnmbsroperations on a reasonably large scale in this country will of themaelvee initiate and sustain a respectable circulation of money. Both log* and sawed lumber are free. The eit ion i, to which will the United States demand be tbo more partial ? The reassn why log* were preferred this summer i* plain. On them there wa* no r ink of loaa through a change in the tariff or through the action of our Government, for log* were free of either an export or an import duty. With lumber it wa* otherwise. On it THERE WAS A DUTY, which was expected to be removed, a* it ultimately was. The bia* of this ia*on' demand toward* log* i* no ground for assuming that logs will always be preferred, and that we shall lose the labor of cutting them into lumber. Such an assumption i* the basis ot the plea far an export duty on logs. The imposition of inch a duty would at one* reitore the United State* import dnty on lumber, as lumber n on the free list now only upon the condition that duties will not be imposed on timber products by the country from whioh it comes. No doubt that proviso was put in at ths mitigation of the Michigan owners of saw mills. It in- dicates a desire to bring in logs, and logs we may expect to see towed acroo* to Michigan. But there will be a large part of the United States demand for lumber which eur mills can a* -amly connect with a* th* Michigan mill* can. The cutting of the greater part of the lumber will be .Tone on thi* aide of the line A BRAVE BURMESE GIRL. er s*eesstal t'Kkl wltk 'a Tl*er eelvesZn steward of *)e drr* mm north a terrible scene wa* presented The village was riisirl. overturned a* if an immense plough had bseo pushed through it. Lying everywhere were women and children dead or in the laat agonies of death. The ihallow water* of the Sea of Azof were lashed into luch a hsight that it was plain that every fishing boat muit have been sunk. The cyclone (Wept on to th* north ait, after wracking Nogaisk. It* path seems to have been unusually wide, for at Marinopal it devaited the country to a point 11 mile* io-land and its outer edge tar upon the sea. Marinopal wai practically blotted out of existence. Not three houses in a hundred are left standing. It i* estimated that over 300 perished in this town alone. North of Marinopal ths storm seems to have made a sudden turn to th* eastward over Dolgapoint, its left edge inflicting flight damage to the town of Bordimsk. Houeei there were unroofed, and a dozen persons were killed by falling timber*. Once at sea the storm made its full fury felt Uf the (teamen that touched at Ber- dimsk not one had come in at the hour of the latest report. Great fear is expressed that every craft on ths **a ha* gone to th* bottom, and that every passenger is drown- ed. When the windswspt over the north- ern end of Azof it took a new course, going southerly along the coast of the land of ths Black Cossack. In turn Kisk and Aoheuv were ravaged, each town being almost totally destroyed. Telegraphic communica tion with this district is suspended, and it is impossible to learn the extent of the de- struction, but at least one thousand per eons must have died on the two shore*. The (term, a* far as can now be learned, seems to have suddenly loet its foroe near Temerink, and pasied off with comparative quiet southerly over the Black Sea. Ills Plans. He You know, my angel, it will have to be a case of live in a cottage. She That will be just heavenly. Where is the cottage? He Um! I haven't got the cottage yet. Yon. a**. I am saving up money for a bi- cycle tint; much cheaper than a hone, you know. _ Surely they who devour the possession of orphans unjustly shall swallow down nothn.g but nre into their bellies, and *ha' broil in racing flame*. Koran. The following act of bravery by a Bur- girl i* recorded in th* Indian news- paper*. In th* Tanngdwin Chaong. a lateral valley falling from the west into the Chindwin river, near Mingin, mJ.he Upper 'hindwin district of Burma, on* evening in th* month of May throe jrirls, aged from ightetn to twotty-one years each M m way n. Mi Mintha, sisters, and Mi Shawayu, friend won returning with firewood rom the jungle in single file to fieir village, tha. Mi Shawayu, who wa* in front, arried an ordinary .1 ha (larg* knife or chop. ), the others were unarmed. Suddenly, with a loud roar, a tiger sprang on the 'ounger sister, who wa* last in the line. ["he two others ran forward a fsw steps, h-i Mm way ben teeing her sister being mauled by the tiger, ran forward, snatched the dha from Mi Shwayu, and returning, (truck the tiger a terrible blow on the lead. In a moment he had her down and Mgan mauling her also, but striking again, Jin way bvB killed the brute on the spot, kleanwhile the third girl had run on, and riving the alarm the villager* turned out mil found the dead tiger and the two wounded girls lying together, and discover. ed that th* younger sister had gouged out one of the tiger'* eyes before her inter returned to the rescue. Th* girls, after ix weeks in hospital, recovered, and are abepl again. The (kin of th* tiger, which muit have been nearly nine feet in length, in t tin possession of Mr. W. N. Potter, Deputy Commissioner, Upper Chindlong, aud shows a clean cut on the head nearly ix inches long. An official enquiry was leld, and reported to th* chief commission r, and the gitl we* strongly recommended for a reward, whioh wa* granted, in th* shaps of a hundred rupee* in cash. The Largest Bible. Th* largost Bible in the world i* to bo foundin Home. Iti* written in Hebrew, and weight $20 pound*. It is a* much a* throe men can do to carry it. In th* year 1512 a yndioate of Venetian Jeweoffered Pope Jul- in* II. th* weight of the Bible in gold, but His Holiness declined to part with it. At the present vain* of gold the Bible would be worth 1375. OHO. Ye Family Filter. Liu!* Dick "I* thi* th* filtsred water?" Little Dot" I don't know. Ta*te it" " It tastxn like old straw." "Yes, that's altered."