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THE KAISER'S Bid CANAL, 01VES THE GERMAN MAVY TH KEY TO THE BALTIC SEA. II Twe fn..rm ill. lrk -irU a*>4 trmmrr fqna.lr 1 ! tmufr M*r **>r lUltu Ik* ul Blc 'ii Uih Ie arri.iuiu*4air iirrai rieei* r t>a<ilaz >*.*!* While tne general public *e* in trie open- ing of th Baltic and North Sea Can*! the completion of one of tbe greatest tDgiueer. lag feat* 'of tbe century, France, Russia, Er.giand and Denmark and Sweilen now realise that Germany by building thu new waterway bailor. irieU hnlfto completely M to be ln.oet i in pregnable. TnU seemingly commercial ent*rpris* I* of such paramount importance to Rm a, that two ) eari ago, by mtani of a balloon, her officer* were enabled to obtain a birdV ye view of ihU great engineering work md also of iu *trategical possibilities to Germany'* navy. The information thiu gamed i moat religiously guarded in ner War I >e par tinea I. Frauce, squally aniiou* to diecofer what her great rival wae doing, ent two or three ya n^e to Kiel during the summer of 1893 and the Franco engineer! on board procur- ed important information by meani of map *hot camera*. But, untoriont.it y, the Frenchmen were discovered. They were arreiled, impnoned and only reiea*- ed uut a lew month* ago. Kiel owe* the prominent poeitiun which the noldi to-day more to her (landing a* a MILITAKT ABD NAVAL PCaT than a* a commercial on*, i'he commander of tnr Nortn German Squadron isitationed there and the majority ai the e*tabli*hment and uockyard* ol tb* navy are centred there. The headquarter* ot nearly all the) maritime authorities are located there the aval conilructora, the divinon of marine*, the diviiiou of laborer* and workmen, tbe marine achool*, magazine*, factor.** for the manufacture ol naval uniform*, etc., etc., Tbu canal wi 1 give the key of the Baltic to l-ermauy, and will b*tow on her soine- Wiiog of toe tame position which would belong to Kg) pi a* regard* the Sues Canal, were Egypt a power of the tint rank. The canal wiil almoet double tbe tffioiency and lighting power of the German fleet. Wnue RuHian ironcladi in time of war will e labouring through the daugerou* water* aiout; me narrow tound between Denmark and the Sw*duh ooait, thote of tierm >ny will pa** quietly from on* tea to the other over this new magnificent waterway. ferhape if Hamburg had had her way Lhi* Haitio and North Sea Canal would never have Leeu huiit, for It certainly threaten* her paramount position a* ti.e great entrepot ol Cierinau,foieisjn ID i o on- iai iradr. but It was not commercial consideration* which determined toe build- ing of the work. For the primary impulse we mu*t go back to what Mollke said aome year* a^o, "thai ID the event of a naval war (iorraany would have to begin by securing r.er.elf againsl *.he en To. iim^n * or tier neignuor*. ' Tne jaual ha* many point* of tecl.m *1 in', rrtt J uui it, but ctnefe*t of them all are the lock*, two in number and c;IGANTI< IN *!/.*, which Hand like *enlinei* at either end one keeping guard over the baltio, the other over the North Sea. Of the two the tirun*buttel lock, near the mouth or the river Elbe, which e'nptie* into the North Sea, i* (lightly the larger. It I* ol more importance than the lock at Holtvnau, near Kiel, on the Baltic, fur the reason th t it will be Called constantly into ue. Flood tide and ebb on the Baltio *eldnm present any marked difference. Such a di terenc*. wnen it .loee occur, happen* only about twenty-live or thirty time* a year, to that the locc ii Hoiteoan will be open practically all of the year. A very different condition of affair* prevail* where th* cinal louche* the Elbe. The difference in tide here make* the depth of water vary from ten U nearly thirty teeu The foundation* of the lock at Br in*- buttel are unique became of their HIM. The wall* are built of brick and square blocks of itone, and altogether there are over 100,000 tquare yard* ef matonry. It consist* of two chambers, parallel and adjoining, each having an available length of 4WJ feet and a w;dth of SO feet ea.-n. Only one other lock in the world *urp**e* this in 114*, the one at Bremerhaten, near the mouth of 'he We*er, but which i* not a part of tbe system of any gre.it canal. Tbe Hrunsbuttel lock u provided with three let* of gate*, and the regulation* concern ing then a*e are that they are to be cloeed every four hour*. HYDRACLin FOWIR operate* their mechanism, there being in the centre of the ba*in light, miwiuging gats to relieve the mam gates of a portion of the pressure. Pontoon* are to be n*e<i for making the basin* water-tight when repair* are needed. On the canal, juit beyond each lock, inner harbors have been constructed, great (cooped out and masoned ba*ina,which will accommodate a large number of vessels, The mrface width of th* canal i* 217 feet and the depth of th* tide i* 19 feet which i* quit* ample, when it U con*id*r*d that few of the baltio trading vessels draw more than 18 feet. In tbe cent re the depth it 10 feet, and to admirably have the lidee beeo constructed that the *peeili**t ircn-clad in th* world could steam through it at it* highest rate of ipeed without doing any damage. Tbe oauai'* total length i* 63 miles, and the average time set for pasting through it, i* thirteen hour*, thi* including the delayi in the lock*. Seven special little harbors have been constructed along it* course which will aocommodate]the largect hips afloat. The oanal's course ie from Brunibnttel on the Elbe, opposite I'uihaveu, to a point on the Baltio three) and a half mile* north f Kiel, running in a slightly northern direotioD for about half the distance and then turning east. The two end* are practically in th* same latitude, %u I in a raiK'ht line are about fifty mile* apart. At Brunioutlel, at tb* termination ol the canal, there i* a large and serviceable harbor, 128 feet wide an I I :>12 feet long. Her* th* Lib* tide* ran nigh and *trong, but with the *ff*otiv* opening and closing of tb* lock gate*, a* <!e*cribed above, there will be no trouble m chip* getting in an>i out. The 'Uluc Canal wa* built within tin- eciHdii eight yearn estimated for it* con ftrucunn. and its total cost came wi'hm the app opr. uion ma<ie for it, (37,440,0"). PC* THE BICYCLE WOMEM. Bv Hi-'dlNK Th*.!- w.r.l. er WMasji hr 1*111 Cam ami Desrrve ike Bespeet er !> < ..mm u nil/ on reel aaJ 4 )<? I Don't be a fright. Don't faint on the road. Don't wear a man'* cap. Don't *top at road-hous**. Don't forget your tool bag. Don't attempt a "century." Don'l const It i* dangerous. Don't *ay "Feel my muscle." Don't get loit in me country. Don't boast of your long rid**. Don't wear loud-hued ieggmgi. Don't "talk bicycre ' at the able. Don't cultivate a "bicycle face." Don'l lit on your pocket oil can. Don't re use asiistance up a hnL Don'l waar clothe* thai den I fit, Don'l wear jewelry whiio on a tour. Don't powder >onr tace on ihe road. Don't wear rubber-soled cycl.ng suoe*. Don't race. Leave that to th- -corcher*. Don't imagine everybody i* looking at 700. Don't wear laoed toots. They are tire- ome. Don't keep yonr mouth open on dirty road*. Don't convene while in a icurutiu.g posi- tion. Don't nde where a man would fear t wheel Don't carry too many things in your pocket*. Don't wear whit* kid gloves ; silk I* the thing. Don't go oat after dark without a male Mark Don't chew gum. Exercise your jaw in private. Don't use bicycle slang. Leave that to tbe boys. Don l neglect M carry a compact little toilet can. Don't go out without a needle, thread and thimble. Don't allow your dear little Fido to accompany you. Don t tniiin you look as pretty as every fa*h ion-plate. Don't let your go, den hair be hanging down your 1 k. Don't try to have every article of your attire "m*ttt.. ' Don't . i pear in public until y.u hav* learned to ride we. I. Don'l iguote the iaw* of the road becauae you are a woman. Don i iv erdo tnmg*. Let cycling be a recreation, not a labor. 1' n't wear the gay co.ore ol a race hor*e jockey. It ie bad foiui. l)u't Hi.uk mat every man yon meet on a wneel i* a gentleman. Don't icream if you mee?acow. If *he I *ee> you hr*i *b wil. ruu. Dou'i <ay thai the girl* who ride with you are noi in your *ooial let. Dou'l forget to jumpolf your wheel when you hi/* appii*.i the nrak. Don't cultivate every tliiLg '.hat i* up to date became vnu ride a wheel. i'ou t ijo turitier than a mile from the near**t keroienecan after dark. Dou'i emui.Me your brother'* attitude if be nJ** parallel with the ground. Don'l undertake a long ride if you are not conrileiit f performing it eatily. l>uu t a) p'ar to lj up or " record* ' and "record smathing." That is sporty. Uou'l.tor^ei that iheia u a difference between a ia.iy bicycl:*t anil a M :y..'. la.iy. Don't l<e ashamed to wear dark blue or muk-hu*d -un gla***< on long rule*. Uou't trave. without a tiuu gcasamer oloak. It will prove handy in many ways. Don't go ut without some money in your pocket, for It may be a long walk home. Don't try to salute your Iriende with great xrace while you are on your wneel. Don't decide that a worn out woolen treet dreas will do to wear on your wheel. Don't wear a sash for ornament. lie end may become entangled in the wheels. Don't loot back lo "nee what eheha* got on. " Eve's urionty went before th* tall. Don't <io anything on a wheel that you would not do on a fiuhionabl* promenade. Don't itup and discipline *mal> boy* who may think it funny to make remarks about you. Dout't use a brake until you have been thoroughly instructed as to bow and when to apply it. Don't icream loudly for as*i*ianc<j be- came you *ee a *trauge man in a fieU' it may be a tcarecrow. I'oii't wait, until you are *trandd fifteen mile* fru.ii home before learning the m*e of your tools. Don't think ih bicycle will reduce m- per6tiou* fle*h if yon in*i*t upon satisfying the bicycle aiipoti'e. Don'l go out wilh a young man who will pedal away for a*s:*tance should tramp* or ' u oo.l lim * make trouble. Don't r.iie at ail if you are in doubt a* to the benefit* to be derived, until you have consultp.l your family phyncian. Don't make the comparative .nerit* of vanou* bicycie* the (abject of discuxion. It is a* dangerou* a theme a* religion or politic*. Don't think the btoycl* a substitute for a baby carriage. There is danger ahead not only for tbe infant but the bicycle and younelf. Don't try to soala mountains on your wheel. Only beginners do that, and ol course you iou't uare to appear a beginner, even when you are one. Don't attempt a ourly bang if your hair do** not wave naturally. Console yourself with th* thought of your appearance on th* home trip with straight dejected locks floating in the breeze. Pattl In London. Adelina P%tti ha* again won the heart* of Londoner* with her glorious voice, aad thi* too after an absence of twelve years. They find her acting infinitely better and her line* and middle note* quit* a* iweet aad mellow a* they were twenty years ago. A* high a* $30 was paid for one it all on tb* niijht of h*r reappearance, and thi* is considered a verv practical test of her Attraction*. PRACTICAL FARMING. Haulln/ Hay from Soft Ground. On many farms there are marshes and other !<oft pieces of land into which tbe wheels of the ordinary hay rack cut deep'y 1'niing hay from lucli land i* slow and 'i-dioua work. Oi*n can often be taken upon land wnere narrow eart woee.s cannot go. A wood sled filled with such shoe* a* are figured herewith can thus be used 'o nt-il ni off bay. An inch thick board i* awed repeatedly aero** one end, a* shown in the upper (ketch, and is men forced into the shape deaired. Stripe of j >ice are fastened to .he upper i ie, leaving ju*t room enough between them for the side of the wood sled to set in. A bolt slipped nrouKh i he j >iat and through ihe ide of the *led at me t'ront ami rear hold* the noc on rir-nly. An ajih hoard make* s *ervioeabl* tiioe of mi* *ort and one *a*iiy bent into *hape. -altm? Hogs Bogs need *alt a* regularly and a* fully a* any other itock on the farm, and ae with other *sock in n*arly all canes tbe better plan i* to keep a supply where they can hoip themeelve* rather than to depend upon giving them a email *upply at state 1 interval*. If they are obliged to go with- out for some time and then nave auce** to all they can eat at once, mere i* al*ay* ome dinner of their eating too much. A better plan than that of giving call alone, even when a luppiy i* kept where they can help themselves, is lo lake aibe* and *alt iO'i miz well together, put m a box in a corner of the feeding place and replenish before the box i* entirely emp'y. The hog* will help themselves and will keep healthier an I thriftier than if tne salting i* only done at mterva.s. The Uncertainties of Farming*. Ever) business ha* it* uncertamtiM That ot th* farmer ha* more than *om other* and less than have maay. He can not predict tbe yield of his crops. The severe froeis of May last were entirely unexpected. Now large reition* are suifer- ing from drought and attacks of insects while other large regions which, last, year, suffered much from these cause*, hav* favorable wsather and promise of large crop*. He can not predict the price* for hi* crop*. It remain* true that *upply and demand finally control price*, but there are many diiturbing condit on*. Specula' ion tempoiarily dvauoe* or reduce* price** With modern mean* of transportation th* crop condition ID even a con*id*raiile part of the country ha* let* influence in riling price* than have the crop yield* o' even distant countries. Ihe recent ion arkible advance in the price of wheat wa* not anticipated by many. No on* knew, no one now knows, whether 'he hii(he*'. point ha* been reach- ed. 1'herr is an unfounded opinion that "peculator*" hav* absolute control in such matters. Now, as always, the specu- lator* ar* divnied. One pan hope* for an advance ; the other *ek* to reduce price*. Both cl**e** pay earnett attention to all pouible mean* by wh:ch an intelligent forecait of the probable narvect in ihi* and other couotre* may be made. Reports of good ram* depress pi ice* ; report* of drought advance price*. After year* of waning, year* which broughl loa* to many aud fai.ure loiom* beef cattle breeder* and feeder*, we now have good price* for good fat cattle. Thi* advance ha* beru confi- dently predicted by intelligent men year after year. During last fall and early winter the evidence teemed conducive that price* for hog* would advance more than tney have. The advance in price* for sheep and lamb* name sooner an I was more marked lhan the writer had anticipated. There i* Urge difference of opinion among intelligent farmer* a* to the course at price* for nor*** during the nexi few year*. The writer believe* th* price* tor good draft hone* will advance within two or three years. This last opinion is dependent on a mat- ter of great importance in affecting prices tor farm product* -the general prosperity of tbe country. The i-n possibility of cer- tainly predicting thi* ad Is to in* uncertain- ty of tn* farmers' buiine**. There are good indication* of a revival of buine** in general, but no one can ay positively whether these ar* to be fulfilled. Kvcauee of the** uncertain tie* it ha* never seemed wise to me to go so far a* many do in advocating ipecialty farming, either for a locality or for the average individual farmer. Under favorable cir- cumstances the specialty farmer secures larger profits than does the one who has a greater diversity of crops, bat he run* more rnk of lo**. Speoial fit nee* of land, of location, or of the man frequently make* it wi* to kTive almost exclusive attention lo the production of one crop, but thi* i* not true as a ml*. The *a.'*r practise u to elect two or three leading line* and also giv* attention to *ome minor ind>.*tne*. Trying to do a little of everything is even leee advisable than i* having an exclusive specialty, if thi* ha* been well selected. One line of argument might a* well b* abandoned once for all Thi* i* the claim that it i* impossible to overdo some par- ticular agricultural induatry. We may as well accept the fact that any agricultural product,, for the production ot which any considerable part of this country 1* well fitted, can be so abundantly produoed that th* supply will exceed the demand. For year* it wa* insisted, with elaborate argu- ment* to sustain th* position, that it would b* impossible to ovwr-*upply the durnand for boric* ; but this wa* don*. For many year* it ha* been held rank hereey to sug- gest th* possibility of overdoing th* dairy busine**. Certainly the preeent condition of th* dairy busine** i* suoh M to make it wis* for those not engaged in it to oon- sid*r very carefully before deciding 'o r*. com* dairymen. l'rta Ji a .'nmnn and taking uuwer to wor.Uof ,Mntion such a* these. Tin* con- *t*is 10 repeating, " Trwre is always loom at the top," " The very busi is never plentiful," etc. It is true that a few cattle nave sold at uigh price* eacn year during the depression. It is tra that a small percentage of the hone* now sold brings high prices. It u true that a considerable number of <lairymen are now getting such prices for milk, or cream, or butter as give* them a larg* profit. Th* question for each farmer to ak is whether it is pro- bable he is so situated that he can expect to secure these exceptional price*. ARMEUIA IN SHOULD WIVES OBEY ? Tfer *irw Woman <nti ie *)mie Irrespective er I >e Arlllloc II r Warrlace Much is said both wise and otherwise, in reference to the obedience which a wit* vows to yield to her husband. Bride* boast j that they have evaded the word ' obey" and su-.*-itui*d " go gay," " say nay," tome other similar sound. After her wedding a lady of this kind remarked to the minister who had perform ed the oeremony ; " Now I call yon to witnes* that I entertain no intention of obeying. " Th* minister answered, with* sad, sweet smile . " Ah, madam, you little know the bleisedne** of obedience." Of course, no one worthy of at'ention believe* that it i* a wife's duty to obey when her husband wishes her to ait con- trary lo the liiclatei of conscience. littie is sh* expected to conform to a standard of obedience and service such a, was laid down in a conversation overheard between two ehiMren who were playing on the sand together. Small boy to iiule girl : " Do you wish to be my wife ?" Little girl, after reflection : " Yea," Small boy : "Then pull off my boot*.' THE IDEAL win. On a krcat many point*, however, con- cerning the pecuniary or other interests of ths family th* husbaiid will usually b* tbe wisest, and may molt properly b* treated a* the sen or partner of the firm. A woman may like to ha* her own way, but *ne oa* littie respect for tn ; husband who give* in to her in everything. The ideal wile claim* the liberty of being her- self and managing her houa*, but she never refuse* loyalty to an affection which support* and protect* ner. Depoti*m and obedience are indeed term* that have no meaning in a matrimonial alliance ef the right sort. I'h* word " obey" bad not a* great tor rors for the Que*u of England when sh was going to be married a* it ha* for th* " New Woman." When arranging about th* service the Archbishop of Canterbury a*k*d Her Maje*ty whether it would be desirable to omit, ihe word "obey," and he answered ; " I wish to b* married a* a woman not as a Queen." At a negro wedding, when the clergy- man rend the worde " love, honor and obey," the bridegroom interrupted him and said : " Read that agin, sab ! Read u once mo' so de lady kin ketch d* full olemnity of d* meaning. I'se bmn mar rieu befo'." wivu fti'LB WILL. A* a ruU, however, when th* rein* gel into the hands of wives the domestic coach goes much more comforahly even for ine nu*band* themselves, and we ar* not sur- prued that to msny wive* consider their husband* creature* that have to be lookeu after as grown-up littl* boys, intending, piquant. mdispen*able, but shift!***, head- trong and at tho bottom absurd. A husband is continually liable to say and do foolish thing* or lo otfend people from want of tact. It 1* a wife's lu'y to prevent him from doing so. Nor will he object to be wound up like a clock and made to go right in reference to each mat ter*. What can b* pleasanter lhan for a hus- band to b* well managed, and at the sam lime allowed to fan :y thai he is managing himself ' Only the other day I heard on* wo:nau pasting in the (treat say to another : " He'* a man who would be nolhing without hi* wife.' When a woman has a husban 1 ot thi* kind it is her duly to guide him rightly ini'ead of allowing mm to com* to nothing or worse. On one oc -.asion a Scotch miniiter knock ed at the door of a house where a husban I and wife were quarrelling. When admitted be inquired : " Wha'* the hetd of tn house ?" The man quietly replied : " Sit yenti' donn, mon, sit yers*!' dooo ; we'r* just trying to settle that th* noo." A Tree Hitching- Post. It i* often denrable to use a tree for bitching pod, but there i* danger that the horse may gnaw tbe bark, or rub his bar neu again*! th* tne. Th* out ihow* i levite to obvia!* both difficulties). The horte thu* hitched can neither reach the tree nor move in either direction by it. Another efe contrivance to prevent horse* from gnawing tre* coniilt* of a *tapl* to which an attached three or (oar links of a onam, a half-inch rod thirty inch** long, then three or four rnor* links, with * snap at th* end. What They Get. Teacher If sixty men work sixty day* at sixty cent* a day, what do 'hey get T Boy - O*t mad 'nough to str ke, I gue**. A Long Sermon. Mr*. D* Oeode What did th* minister preach against to-day t Mr. D* Good* (wearily) He preached against time. COLLECTING THE WHOLK YEAR'S TAXES IN ADVANCE. rtjxiri. Tkal IhrBrroraM l> mantli-4 Will *> Cirraoe) hr Turks a tni.-r Blew -rrl.ea.-rs Taken In I ...lamlnuplr. The Armenian revolutionist pruoners who were betrayed by the Turkish govern- ment at Tchibookla, on May 19, were tak>n from the prison at Van, very early oa th* morning of Sunday, June J, and started on tueir way to Constantinople. This wsi don* un,ier the order* of the sultan. No one knew that the prisoner* were to be transferred until they actually had left Van, the order having come from Constan- tinople late Saturday night. Instead of being dragged along on foot, to* nun were mounted on horses. The men bad been IB hiding in ihi mountains wailing for r* eu'orcement* making plan* for oarrving on their work, and th* weather having turned cold and wet they went u> the house nf Bahto, bead man of Tchiboukla, to warm ihem*eivM an, 1 dry tneir clothing. Hatlto was supposed to b* friendly to th* Armenian cau*e, a* be wo* not a Turk, and groat number* *f hi* fellow countrymen had been mauacred by th* Turkish government in the Mo*ul district m 1'9-J. Upon arriving at Hahto's nous* th* men stacked arm* in to* corner and gathered about me or*. Whil* tn*y were squatted about the fire Hahlo's scribe, a Turk, called hit master out ol sh* heat* and musied tnat they be Oanded over t*> tii* lark lib govern menu Th* scribe threatened lo denounce Hahto to the gov- ernment ul**e th* men were betrayed. Han to then called together a force of Kurd* and Yezides and ordered ineiB to make th* capture. The villager* went into tne room on* by on* and took part in me on verna- tion. At a signal they a*iz*d th* gun* and commanded tne men to surrender under pain of initant death. Taken *omp,*iely by surprise, the revolution.*!* maid* no resistance. Of the fourteen member* in the parly only on* escaped. Each man had a noidin rifle and us of tne party hod revolver*. There were largs nnmoera of cartridge* and some material for making dynamite bomb* and a gtlatin* copying pod for making duplicate* of letters. TOKTCHKD ON TBI TRIP. Tbe prisoner* were taken to Sei th* next 'lav by *oldier* and were marched sixty mil** to Van, wher* they arrived We<ine*iiay evening. Their arrival wa* watched by a larg* number of Turks and Armenian*. On the way tney were beaten by nun butt* and prodded with bayonet* and otherwise maitreaied. A* the EngiMh member of the party wa* unable to walk tho whole distance, h* was given a horse to ride the lost twenty mile* of to* way. Tbe (Englishman told the oci*l* that h* wa* Harry Williams, of London, Hn father was William Williams, of the cam* atlilr***. H* had with him a photograph of a young woman and an EoKiinn passport mode out to Harry Williamson June 14, i-J. He docland that h* wa* the cor- respondent of a teiegtapnic agency ol Lon- don and that hi* card of credential* was made out in the name of Paul (jueinei. He was, h* eiplained.on hu way to the Mouih and Saasoun region to investigate tne Armematituation. Hi* thirteen companions wsr* in hi* pay a* .guard* aganxt attack* by Kurda Tbe other pr.sonm told too same itory. All were drtsted a* Kurd*, including William*. At tint William* denied that he could ipeak Armenian, but ui>ei'<|uently, under the pressure of torture, he admitted that he could. After a week of experimenting with various kinds of persuasion* known lo ih* Turkiib jailer* th* governor of Van said that \\ i. iam* had confessed everything. Nobody believe* tin*. Up to May 30 William* na.l iieen unabl >|lo,*e* the British vice consul at Van, although Mr. Hallward wect o far a* lo ask tiie governor unofficially to let him oo William*, but ih* request wo* refused. All of th* pruoners were 'nrlured during their *t*y m the pnion at Van. The situation in Armenia grows more critical day by day. Th* Associated Pre*i is constantly in receipt of stone* of robbery, outrage* anil murder. The condition *f Armenian* has been worse during the pa*t *ix month* than it ha* ever oeen Before. Even in the City of Van soldier* hav* bei placed on guard at the Armenian chuich**, th* official* fearing an npruing. The Government is now collecting 'he whole year's taxes in advance, which is a most unheard of and cruel proceeding. Th* demand is accentuated by beatings and bayonet thrust*. Thousands of poor villager* are living on root* and green*, and oo the Mo'iih plain* the wretched Sauoun- li* ate literally starving to death. The protests of (ireat Britain and America have 'alien on contemptuously deaf ears. That Turkey ha* no intentions of carrying oat any *ort of reform* is shown by the daily increase of pressure now being put upos> th* helpless Armenians. ^ Orderly Music A colonel in the French army, who bod great *y for neatness, but not much of an ear for music, took occasion on* day to compliment hu banumattor on tbe appear- nee of his men. " The uniforms are neat," aid the colonel, " and their instruments are nicely polished and kept in order, bat there n one improvement that I must insist upon." " What is it, colonel " " You must teach your men, when they perform, to lift their b'n^orsall exactly tn* am* time, and at regular interval* on their instrument*. 10 One. two ' One, two !" A Husband s Revenge. Some time ago ihe proprietor of a travel- ng wild b*a*t menagerie well known in Italy, quarrelled with hu wif*,an,l the pan eparat*<l. The wife soon afterwards went Into businen on her own account in the wild b*a*t line. Last week th* husband's monogeri* arrived in Bologna, and it was followed two dayi later by tnatoi hnwifs. Th* husband wa* equal to th* occasion. He bad th* wall* of th* town placarded with th* following arobiguou* announce- ment: "In consequence of the arrival ol my wife m this town my itock of wils) beast* has beon increased,"