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 kmatenr »R to the •*7» "put "jp.. "J wordfcrlt' "'»«»» yon ooaj' great muy ij ned to be U^ used and looked i«. iliDgConrtaiidj^ •a kind and fonZ I Ta£ SPEIHG BBTAKE CMOP. «T «tfti« sBd Us Sou farther a Kick :al. "Ye«,- r, " bnt it is nidi y to comfort yottJul ight that ToViJI recently called J f proving the corCl wa« atked wheZI :e several viritg ^1 i danger. "No," ftl onaidered the patjul e doctor contbntdli n," said an ewneill ay eomething for qiwI the lady. "I'd r»th,| I tmeet listener ere he was stopped hi i^oung lady's face, i2| ' half an honr after 1^1 d and left him. to congratulate ycil with that oharmitil Hangarian, "she J I intelligent." "Oh,! he lady, "bat dos'il 3 conceited " "Why! self in her place, uil seited too " wm thi| (lent. accompanied a friasll they seated themMlT«| loatess remarked "l| lake allowances, Mr J It left me anezpeoMl;! :o cook the dinner myT y, n^y dear madu,! the truest with gratl up with anythbg." lip took rhe form of ul r speech. There wal m by an Earl deserredT xtremely handsome ud| ely. Thci evening jk benignant old gentie'l I toast. He spoke witil V be said the oppodttl •I feel," said he, "thitl ^uire like myself to ti\ npany is indeed to cutl Never was so snccei]' Ho could get no fnrthil Ihe company applandT as though they wosldl ilnds of Diess. nets.â€" All the earlieitl ade entirely of velT(t[ ith black lace, withi 1 under the edge, es shaped just Vktil which covered itwMi a loss what to get fa get one all of wliitil lace fallâ€" the white ill randma says theyinl nd of bonnets fadiiofrl girl. All the d««| withonti flounces, and SUks.â€" The nefl or summer are allnl pen, alternate 8tri{ Red and ash gree^l gray and gray M»l the favorite oombul ny of the lighter iflbj a dots, and the neweM match tham. E»(4| fferent, and sometiJWj Ika dotted, and tlnl little scarfs and pl»| Id from smallest Id muslin, Ahigh(X)lWJ I back, and to the ly one yard **f C rred a bit to the w»lrt| |raij;ht, or is dra^'F eash ends. "'"' Iblue surah or ' bit of color on a Ihie Harvest at Csiydaa, Pa. locality is the headqnartan el mora ^ee than can be fonn I in aoy other northwestern Pennsylvuiia. Tha •fioce of Henry Martin and hia son cap "'"rmiX Martin and his family wring a ** ^^bsistence from a rocky farm on tha k of the Alleghany River. L8t Friday b*"' 1^ Martin and his son Charles were **" Ijn^ a hues pile of stones, the oolleotion f Sber of years' pioktog I" the field ltu.earthedwhat«em^_tol«abailof u k rope, knotted and curiously interlaced. T'h mass was as large as a bushel basket, ^%nTered with a li«ht powdery subatanoe •D""" ki;„«-hran than anvthlnor eliM. n reaembling, bran than anything else. ?T.nn was Bhining with mnch warmth for April day, aad as.thbali felt its genial f"flQence ii bejran to quiver. Old Martin «lled "Snakes," and jamped away. rhtfles who was of a moreinqniiing turn of i«A o'ooared a long pale 'nd stirred up ,^fl rapidly yielding mass. The touch and !»rmth revived the dormant reptiles, and !ufl (urfaoa of the ball was seen atndded !ritb rattles that swayed to and fro with rsonad resembling the blowing of wind Lgngh the dead leaves on a tree. The tills protruded more and more aa the oakei unlocked their intricate ooihi. They appeared to be packed with riie heads in the centre. One of the „en tossed a small stone into the writhing ma« to "stir 'em up." He succeeded moat effdctnally the ball of snakes fell apart, diaclosing some fifty or sixty rattlesnakes of ail sizes, those within covered with wkitiafa jlime that had exuded from their baidies. ThoroQgHly aroused, the venomous reptiles lished their tails in fury and glided over each other, with surprising agility, their wicked little eyes shining with rage, their mouths wide open and forked tongnea pro- tin Jiog as they hissed defiantly at their per- secutors. Gae huge reptile, nearly six feet in length, glided from the centre of the group, and turning its flit ug'y head toward the intruders, opened wide iid month, and BW»ed to and fro, hissing angrily. An- other stone was thrown, this time of some weight, crnsbiDg and maining many o the reptiles in its fail. The scene then was simply frightful as described by the men. Id their agony the wounded snakes writhed andhis?ed with redoubled fury, twisting over and over in the blood and slime, while the uoiojured ones, escaping from the pile, glided toivard the Martins with heads up- raised and rattling ominously. The air was filled with the peculiar musky odor exhaled by the rattlesnake when alarmed or angered, to much afifeotiog the two men- that they felt a deathly sicitneas. It is said the venom of the rattlesnakes is especially deadly at this season. The situation looked decidedly inpleasact, and the two men armed them- selves with stout clubs and b^^ killing makes. The largest sported seventeen rattles, which old man Martin cnt o£F and took home with him to convince diabelievera. Fifty-six snakes were laid low. Never in the ophidian records ot Corydon had there been inch a capture. Ind Moutll. la recently afk^d \nt of a certain ligs were expected. fie said, "but ol ^86 and a big moaHtj worth a row he less It is tr°*JJ ., and women of P"" tnres. This is «â- ?*, Iworld. AtaliteflBll noses or big in»»M ble. The samel itual seance. A* ashipgton the ba tifttfTtunM nM*' |e at a riUard |h. Mrs. Julia ..-,| twi tbii Phoaoffraphic Toys. ThephoDograph promisee to afford aa mnch recreation to children as it does interest to giovrn folks; Tne phonographic doll is the first step in a long line uf phonographic toys upon which inventors are now at work. When these are put upon the market they will cieite a wonderful sensation. A- moDg tt em may be mentioned phonogra- phic animals. These are toys made out of papier-mache, paste-board, compoaition and other material, each and all of which are itrong and durable. Each animal con- tains in his interior a phonograph, which, vhen set in motion, produces all the natural dies of the original. There is a cat that puns, meows, spits and catarwanla in the most approved style a h^rse that neighs ud whinnies a dog that barks, snaps and howls, and a sheep that bleats in a way that voald deceive the mother ewe. By using a n'gaphonic attachment the amount of noise may be increased to almost any desired ex tent. Mach more interesting than the phon- ographic animala are the phonographic hirds we have secured the melodies of the wit, Tfte linnet, finch, robin and canary wd, and can repr'if^uoe them indefinitely. ^ith canary birds the success is notable. "ehave preservud in metal the entire re pertoire ot a mimber of the finest bred and »)ghe8tpricedbirdaiathemarket,aijdbyoom- Momg the songs of two or three into one whole »ehive an artifioiskl canery that will out- ing any nitural one whatever. The phono- jraphio orc.^JC8•ra and the phonographic ""iiiiature theater are other novelties to be ?!»n produced, la the former a band of ' uttle images, dressed up in glaring nJlitary â„¢ors, are seated on the stage as in some ««»t concert, or stood around a drum-major *!°'!» parade. The moment the phono- 8r»pny 18 set going, each little musician T^o'shandsand instruments inthenatur- ,L"y'.*liile the cylinder inside reprodncca «« music of a fa!! orchestra with startling .., â- ! y* In the theater we can reproduce a aggregate ffl«^l »*- meeting M°^ I hasabig«^ to. Julia YfTM but very lEliofa no«e ally looks as « ed people ii** ,1, ft, from the, paW* l[i ' -- ""c Luoater wo can •"tne spoken parts of the play. Another iriH K? " ** 'â- ^^ *3y and half a Inxury C u-,^®*"»"°"' »11 mothers whose â-  Mu""""" insiet on being song to before thw, ,TP- It i«a phonograph into 1 C«* P " '^^S her beat soaga at her crT ""f ^^eb is placed near the crib or 6 m^i.- "" ^o^oh upon a spring starts I Bwik l""y *°^ gives the child as much Wre of L" t^" '"^y "" singular «ieS ^^" Plioaograph is the tact that if pitch ofJi, mech^nUm be increased the «ned .t^ '°"=® " reproduces is height- thenit-L .°'J ^^^ other Hand if it be slowed ^kZ " T^f ei- At the same time the W Th- ^°" »« °»t changed in ttie ""Wrh^" u^'^P^""^i"'ty enables a man **«nbon V" "°^'^^ w°°ld sound if it had *«jonr!!!:,?" *«°or like Campanini, or Iro£y^8,prl If she had been boriaT iThe Eat. It a rat in a trap 2 "Have I •â-¼*J' yon ne the 1' J J' " Not at aifc lloose? Yoase^/ caotly the trottW* er has been aoJJ, War, and I J» "Si [nddie a Hng*? [eroyaot.^d" en a »*«*^. |f I 'bS^,^"^*^^' that at no distant date i '«leBhoni '"'™®°* '^iU assume control "Bgdom Tv,'*^°°*°***"» **»« Unitad ^y deiiiii, "«nch Government haa al- ?*'"'P«l?of f;, "P"" » "Jnular â- *•?• Tht r Wen,i« """ipany which ia operating ^T», *^'«a |aU"ia run ^t from oo'"" htrolt *•' ' ' MX! September, and tlie propoaea to pnrchaae ita ,-pinyri--^ tliem itself. In 1886 the " PflSv 5 ««»tract with the Depart- ^vs^l!^ Telegrapha forate^ot 2'»i4 to^ar*" "*** » wot waa to ^1?«», Wi?^ which, at. th. «Dd^ I ** ^*»»M not ntlfiad by Pi THB EBOAPB Or' THB OALLlOPi â- aw a Kaat t. tk» Teeth aftte Cale waa AU the U-Mmat Mlp eaaU Ba. Sydney, N. S W. gtvea tha folbwing par ttonlaraof tte thrilUag expari«w^~n. C^ope" hi the recent ovioae at Samoa -Her M.jW.ridp CUIiope haa arrived from Apia, S«noa. bringing foU oonfirma MM of the terrible and deetrnotive hnrrioane laat nsonth. and pardcnlars of her own won- derinl escape from the fate which befell the American and German men-o'-war. Tne Captain of the Calliope atatea that the ablpa barometers gave dne warning of the appTMohing storm, but no one snppoaed it woold be more aeriona than othera which bad been previously experienced. The nsual precautions, however, were taken. Even whei the barometer had fallen nnusal- jy low and the hurricane waa almoat at ita height, aome natiyea on board the Calliope declared it waa nothing more than an ordin- ary atorm. The hnrrioane increased in fury every hour, and at length it became evident that the Calliope in her then poaition would not be able much longer to atand againat it. Already one after aaother the cablea of four out of her five anchors had parted before the tremendous atrain, and the vessel had commenced to drift. One anchor alone waa holding her. and that waa per- ceptibly dragging. For a while the Cap tain thought the beat plan would be to beach the Calliope on a aof t patch to which he thought he could guide her. But such tremendous seas were running that it seem- ed impossible that any ship could hold to- gether for long after bebig run ashore. The captain therefore determined to risk every- thing in an attempt to reach the open sea beyond the dangerous reefs. The remain- ing anchor was therafore slipped, and the Calliope's head turned toward the most practicable opening in the line of reefs. The wind at the moment was blowing with tro- mendons force. The Calliope's engines, capable of steaming at a speed of fifteen knots, aeemed almost powerless, and, as a matter of fact, the higheat speed attained in the teeth of the gale was half a knot, at which rate the vessel gradually got out of the dangerous harbor. The Vandalia of the American squadron was still holding by her anchors, and the Calliope twice came into collision with her, bnt fortunately without serious damage to either vessel. The Calliope, however, sprung her f oreyard, damaged her heaul and stem, and lost all her boats exoepb one, partly by the collisions and partly by the seas. S^e did not, however, lose a single man, though one seaman waa aerionaly hurt, bnt his injuries are not conaidered dangerona. KlSQt lULN'B C0N8TAHT r£ABB. His Dally Ufe a Misery, Tkrongh Dread of Assassination. No wonder King Milan wanted to get ant of Balgrade. He waa aa much a martyr to dread of aaaaasination aa the Czar of Russia. It ia tolithat he slept in a room with double doors, iron- cased, which he locked himself and bolted from the inside. A powerful maatiff alept at the foot ot hia bed, and he kept a loaded revolver on the table. There waa no chimney-place in the room, leat dynamite should be dropped down it and no coal waa burned in any room which he oconpied, t)ecaute he onoe aaw a murder- ous Nihilist engine which looked outwardly 1 ki a lump of coal. He was so afraid of poison that he always had the wine he drank uncorked beforo him. Hia coffee was Mways made in his presence with a spirit of wine apparatus, and he would never when eating alone, touch a made dish bnt only plain toast or a boiled egg â€" for there is no putting poison into an egg. Suspicions of bread, he ate brown- bread biscuits cf English make, of which there wero alwaya a tinfnl in hia atndy. WOKAILT COUSIOB II OAIOER. â- at •venaase 1^ Clcaaslns Eyca In a Minoritv Oan Defeat Majority. The New York "Herald" recently publish- ed a remarkable table showing that it is poaible for apolitical party in the United Srates with a popular majority of over 8,000,- 000 to be defeated at the polls in a presiden- tial election. This is due to the fact that there is no common unit of representation in the Electoral College, that is to say, an elecor from one State may represent ten times as many people as an eltctor from another. For example, a Montana elector represents about 13 000 people, while a New York electoi represents over 147.000. Ten votes of the people in New York, therefore, have no more power than one in Mon- tana. In the next Electoral College there wUl be 414 votes, and the "Herald's tible shows that the aggregate population of t .irty one S fates which wUl have 2C8 ot these votes is 21,788,000, while that of eleven S bates which have the remaining 206 ^teaia 27 832.000. Should the Statea divide in thia manner at a Presidential election, the aide having a popular majority of over 6 OUO.OUU would nevertheless be in a minority of two in the college. This, of oonrae, would be an extreme case, bnt, aa our.readora are aware, at the laat election the candidate who wm the ohoice of a minority of the people aeoared the Presidency Empress Eutseme's Stolen WealtL Besides the large aums of money remitted to England by the late Emperor Napoleon dunnf hU rin "Vl^T.^'^EmnrlS behalf by Meaars. Cutta, the Empr«« Eageni* haa alao the capital anm whloh waa handed over to her on aooonnt of the aala of auch poaaeasiona in France aa were proved to the aSSafaotion of the French C iurta to be the privato property of the f«P»'" third aonrce of her large •«" "• '"??°" "^^ Spain, where ahe had several vf'««^ •"•?*" Ul t^neighborhood of Granada. I* wj" ^e to visit thia Spaniah property that the «- E JJ«« wiU ahortly iSave E»8l«i "tf ol wm probably atoy on the moat beantifnl rf W Mtatea daring the Spring mpntha. Her ib^^^be a datean « Espagne of the mS mbatantial kind, which ahe haa not ?ro^oS?r vWtod ainco ahe left It to b«om. KjS of FfMce. thirtyaeven years ago. The adventarons man, ^^'^^J^l w. t^kAn aa a Bood inatanoe of tne w«iiMlnoanisdth6naina of B*»«SB- Kia^ ta. BO tgO*to^ N0rth^£ffi/g did ha •*•!â-  ll^.»J^S^f^JS!^ to ten Wadalqr HaU li a larxe, dd-iaahioMd Engliah hooae baUt daring the raign of the Tndora. It ia a piotaresqnra ^la, aitoafead amid extanaive gronnda, and partly lilddaa from the pablio gass by great oaka aad tall poplara. Two milea to tha aaatward Ilea S^tffiald, the third "â- "â- "i fa irt uring town of EnsUnd. At! the time of which I write, my brother had just attained liia twenty-firat Inrthday, and m honor to the anion of tha family, a party waa given liim. Then wen many gueaia preaent, and the house waa awhirl in merriment far into the wee ama' honra. My room had been given a friend down from London, and I waa aaaigned qoartera with my mother. The ohimea pealed forth 3 beforo we aonght onr room. We were neither of na long in disrobing, and wiiile mother waa putting away the diamonda that had been heirlooma for gedbrationa, I hied me to bed. By chance, I turned to look at mother who was then paying her devotions on her kneea. meanwhile gaziog intently upon a suit of armor. My eyes wandered to the same object, which stood ab the end of the room.^ Gradually I became awan that two gleaming eyes were Iroking out from the visor of the helmet. I knew at once a human being waa concealed in the armor. What waa to be done As quietly as if all waa well, mother arose, and after extingniahfaig the lighte came to bed. I felt by intuition ahe too was awaro of that awfu preaence, but I did not apeak. To be brief, the houra pass- ed very slowly, but dawn came at last and we aro e. The eyes had diaappearod and we knew we wero iJone. The jawela were missing, however, which surprised neither ot us. After dressing, we went out ostensibly for an early walk, and wended our way afootto Sheffield, where, with the asfistance of Sheriff Ulayton, we secured a wrrrant for the arrest of one James Elmore, our butler, whom my mother at once ^reoognizad as the ^burglar in the helmet. He came in the dining-room to serve us at breakfast, aa uaual, and was captured immediatol searched, and ihe diamonda and other atonea found upon his person. Although it is many yeara since the above happened, I can recall every detail aa vividly as if it were only yesterday. THB BEFxSL TOWER. tke TaOast ArtUdal THE DABMASE. â- eseae at her Passeagers and Crew by the Steamer Hlssaarl. LiSBOir, April 24. â€" Three hundred and twenty paaaengers and 42 of the orew of the Danmark have arrived here. Mr. Biben, the first officer, who is among them, re- ports that on April 4th the Danmark'a ahaft waa broken. On the next day the disabled steamer met the ataamship Miasonri, from London, March 28 ^h, for Philadelphia and Baltimore. The Miuonri towed the Dan- mark nntU the 6:h, when the latter aeemed to be about to aink. At firat the Missouri waa only able to take aboard 20 of the D tn- mark'a paaaengera, bnt after having jet- tisoned a portion of heir cargo ahe found aooo nmo Nations for all the orew and paa- bungqrs of the Danmark. The Missouri then proceeded to the z vea and left there the firat and aecond officers and 320 pasaenr- en. She then continned her journey to Philadelphia with 340 paasengers and the remainder of the orew. Tne captain and three engineen of the Danmark left the Azores on the 14-h for London on board a ateamer from Damerara. The Dtumarck waa about 800 milea f rem Newfoundland when the acoident happened. Sime aay that the enginea broke down. Engineer Kaaa was found dead in the engine room after the accident. Forty two aailon and all the passengers left at the Az ra8 by tne Missouri came to Lisbon on the steamship Acer. The steamship Missouri is a new vessel and ibis is her first trip She is in the carrying trade between Linden and Phili- delphia. Wild Horses in the Northwest. Up in Northeastern Wyoming and North- western.Nebraska many bands of wild.horses still roam as fearl ns and as fleet as in the days when the country was an unexplored wilderness. Now that the buff^do has gone here is big game to hunt. All through the West ranchmen and cow-boys have regularly organized parties to go out and kill off the wild stallions. The loBSof mares anatained by horae- breed- en haa at last become so large that aome measures mus!i be adopted to reclaim mares stolen away by the wild stallions. In Col- orado, Wyoming, Southern Idaho and Nev- ada there must be now roaming at large fully 5,000 wild horses. Each stallion seleote twelve consorts. If a band ia large enough they are divided into amall loteof twelve mares and one atad. Oocaaionally a male ia fonnd wandering alone by himself, but he is not a bachelor by choice, haWng been driven away by the stronger inalea. Aa far aa poasible these family reUtiona are strictly kept upâ€" that ia, held at an even dram. An old hunter who ad acoured the Big Horn and aonthern â- pon of thoae monatroaa piles from child- hood oDoe diaoovared far in the depths and bevond an almon impaaaible rooky barrier a ba«ntifnl basin, wherein waa one poor old stallion and twalv* fine, beantlfal marea. This eld fellow, not able to hold hia own against the younger and stronger males on Se plains, had aonght out this repeat and entioed a family of twelvb to go with him. He was in clover, so to apeak, keeping hia family intact without fear of moleafation. as the entrance to thia horae Eden waa evident ly known to none of hia rivals. He never lett tha atronghold and never allowed any of hia matea to wandar away. Had he ohoaea 9 home on the plaina bbfamOy would no donbt have been atolen from Urn ona by 'nOSTXStBOB.' The fertDe North-wsat rivala the Sahara inmiragea. The town ol Madldne Hat haa npratedly been aaen from Graasy lake, fif^- five mUea distant, and oowslonaljv the people of Lethbridge get a glimpse of Don- mn, which is ona hundref and aliia mUes iww. At Oodsrioh. on lake Hnron, the opp^ito MIohl^iMhore ha. hjjSD ««|. «d iiii* daaart rsgioos ol both Afeloa aad Amim. rindlaily ranaarkaMa iMtofoss^ as the Tha atoDStroas tower dasigaed byEnghi- eer EifEsl for tha Paris Expoaitioa has three stories or diviatona. The fint story ia aixty matrea high (a metro ia equal to turty-niae inches) aulreata on thearahea which join the four foondation oolnmna tliat carry apon them tiM eodre weight ol a hoga tower. The tower haa fonr dktinot aeotiona. Each wing ia provided with a irefreahment saloon that may be reaohod hy maana of winding atairoaaea under the foundation piers. Notwithstanding tne centre of the spaoa haa been aet apart fpr the elevator there atlll remain 4,200 aqnwe metrea of floor room for the aooommodation of visitors who may deain to promanado and enjoy a view of the city from that height. The apartmente an very roomy, and pre oantiona have been taken to insure the vis iton against all possibility of accident. An iron ndling abont fonr feet hUrh, with an arehed roof to exdnde the intenae rays of the sun, surroimda the extreme edge of the platform, aa It may be called, which has been reserved aa a promenade for those who desue to walk about. The requirements for the comfort of the inner man, too, have not been forgotten. Kitohena, atorerooms, ice-cheate and the like have been fitted up in the moat handy manner imaginable, ao that there ia little occaaion to fear that the supply of stimulating refreahmenta will give out, even in the daya when such lodg ings in the hotels and private houses will not be obtainable for love or money. Each one of the fonr cafes is provided with a eel lar capable of storing 200 tuns of wine. Everything about the structure is abeo lutely fireproof, for iron is the only material that haa been need in ita construction. Two thoiuand peraona per honr can aaoend aud deoend the staircases leading to the plat- form, and 4 000 can find seats to rest upon in the cafes an one time. The seoond story, waich ia aixty metres above the first one, is also reached by four staircases bnila inside of the supporting columns, which make a sharp inward curve, leaving but 1,400 square metres of surface for the platform and promenade. Here, too in the commodlotia and handaomely decorat- ed cafe the thinty and tired aighteeer may fidd aomething more potent than Seine water to recuperate his atrength. Thia atory is 91 metrea above the tip. of the Notre Dme steeple and higher than the tower of the palace of the Trooadero, on the other aide of the river, and, as may easily be imagined, the view of the sur- rounding country to be had from -noh an altitade ia almoat indeaoribable. From here on the oolnmna of the tower fall in towarda each other until they ascend a dis- tonce of 275 metres above the ground, where the toird and laat atory ia aituatod. Only one ataircaaeleada to the thirdatory, which iafor the exolnaiv enae of the penona employed in the tower, and all visitan are expected to nae the elevaton, two in num- ber, to reach that point. The platform is 1 8 metrea square, atlll large enough to erect thereon a comfortably aized dwell- ing. The view here is dmply superb. The atory la equipped with reflecting mirrora and a Isu-ge anpply of field glasses for those who wish to use them. It has been estimat- ed that the ordinary eye can discern obj -cts seventy milea away. The tower terminatea In what Is known aa the lantern, 25 metrea shove the third section, bnt this place has been aet aaide for the use of the acientiata for making obser- vationa. King Milan's Dread. One of the reaaona which induced King Milan to yield to the pressure brought to bear upon him, and to relinquish his throne, was a dread of assassination. The pre- cautions which he took seem almoat in- credible. There were double dpon, plated with iron, to the room in which he alept, and a powerful maatiff kept watoh at the foot of bis bed, whil« a loaded revolver lay ready at his side. His breakfast in private consisted prinoipally of ceufs a lo eoq, and toasted bread, wnile his coffee was made in his presseenoe with a spirit lamp. Brown bread biscnite of English manufacture and tinned maats opened by his own hand), formed his lunch, and when dining it was al trays observed tha) he keenly noted who was partaking of the same dish as that to which he helped himaelf, and dallied with his food until he saw It was eaten freely by others. In public, and when wearing his State uniform, the king looked mnch stouter than when in plebeian costame, and this wss caused by a light anit of protective mail, which he invariable donned beiote leaving the palace. He waa extremely par- tioular abont his attondaate, and nervously anxiona to aecnre thehr good will by lavish preaenta. The maid of Mme. Chrlatica waa the recipient of aome munificent gifte, and the confidential valet who watohed over the amorona pair during their private interviewa reaped a rich harveat aa the reward of hia discretion. jj Two Eo^fliahman Gliasa the Golden Gate Bpeoial 500 MUee and Uatch It t^ Among the arrivals by the Golden Gate apecial who walked into the Palace V Hotel in San Franolieo abont 10 o'clock the other night were A. J. H. CarUll. of LsndoD. and Loring Boahbv of Fooohow, China. These are ^e two Eagliahmen who chartered a apecial trabi at Omaha on Wednesday after- noon to oatoh tile Golden Gate special, which was five hours ahead of diem. The oharter- ai train had the right of way, and every- thing possible was done to facilitate the pas sage of the speedy ttavellen The Golden Gate, which awaited the special, waa caught at Cheyenne at 4 o'clock on Thnraday morn- ing. The 600 mile run waa made In very good time. Mid the record would have been taioken bat forthe heavy wind wUdh blew agUnst the EngUshmea'a train. Several miles wero made in less tiiao fifty five aeo- onds. The E igllshmen wanted to oatoh cHe Arabic, which aaila for China thia afternoon. The little run ooat them |600, bnt they did not aeem to mind it aa they lelanrely aign- ed their namea on the Palace raglater. "Carbill" aeema quite an appropriate name for anoh a trip. This sodal slip Is even worse. A city maaoomplalnedbittarly of the oondnoa of his SOB. He related at length to aa old friead all the yomm naa's ssoapf^as. You shoold spsafc to hiss with fitiimsMsH iMllhiato htadaty," said the fflsM. Aa« tte Mrd • Via reddler Matehe* SsIIlSBA UMto whOfc The man who has sever had aaytliing to do with game chickens can't give a n-iater oredtt what there ia In him. One of tte right blood likea a battle, and the right sort ot a tiainer oan teach him taotios which yon â- vonld tiiinfc oidy hnman beli^ oonld learn. Down In L thirty yean ago we had tlia champion fighting oook of the State. He was picked up la the oonntry 1^ a oUokea buyer, and ao one knew hia breed. Hewasbigaad solid, aad after he had beea taught how to "ave his wind and to nae hia apun he deaned out everything wlildi oonld oe pat down be- fore him. His longeat battle laatad only seven minutes, and the nambw of odoka ha knocked oat la two or three would fill a movinff van. He waa in liia zenith, and tha half dozen of ua who owned him were ia fi- nancial olover when a tin peddler drove lata the village one n^ht, and began to banter as to sell. He offered us $5, $10, |30, for " Fighting Bob," bat we would not have taken $200. " I've made a big offer for a aeoona-daas bird," he aaid aa we laughed at him. " Second olau I Where ia one to whip hhn?" "Right in thia yen waggon. He oan lick the atnffia' outer that rooater in fira mia- ital" " Bet yoa two to one 1" "Go a leetie alow, boys, a leetle slow. I've got a fightin' bird in tiiere, and don't you forget it, but he's got a peoooliarity. He won't ^ht with the lighta on. If he would I'd bet you ten to one. If your bird oonld only fight in the dark we might make a matoh." " How In the dark " **Wall, s'poaen we put 'em In a box atallia the barn The lamp will throw aome light, but it'll be dark enuff for 'Jinnary,' aa I call him, to feel his oats. We'll shet'em up together fur half an honr, and if your on- terrified terror hain't lilted by that time you kin take my hundred dollan. If your bird licks mineâ€" wall, I'll liet two to one he don't. We were wild for a fight, and we soraped up $60 and bet it againat |100 that onr "Bob" would lick the atranger. He had good eye sight, and as we had the privilege of putting gaff J on him we felt tiiat he oonld take care of himself against anything. Tlie peddler got his bird out of his wagon, keep- ing him covered with a piece of cloth, and by and by the pair were placed In a atall near the back end of the barn. Allot as withdrew to the lantern hanging in front. In a couple of minutes we hMrd a sort of " Who-who 1" followed by a cackle of alarm and a flapping of wings, and we nudged the peddler hi the riba and expreaaed our aym- pathiea. "That'a aU right, boys--aU right." he re- plied. " Give 'en three minntes more uid then see which Is on top." At the end of five minntes we carried tlia lantern down and opened the door. Our Bob lay then, dead aa a herring, and standi lug over him was an owl almost as big as a goose. That waa the "bird" the peddler had rung in on as, and as we looked from one to the other in our amszament he said " Kinder sorry for ;on, gente, bnt yon orter sold me thitt 'ere rooster when I offered yon $30 dollairs for hisa." It Saved in Spite of Themselves. The London was literally " swamped" at sea, and there are no recorded parallela to the caae on auch a acale. Veaaels, indeed, aro often lost by great leakage produced by collision, but the cases are rare In modem days and ln|well-found ahioa, where ordinary leakage and water "ahipped" on deck makea any great difference, and in ateam-ships the pumps worked by the " donkey" engine, as a rule, effectually prevent any danger from these sources. The London was a firat-claaa passenger steamship of her day. She waa nearly n^w. of 1,700 tons, and valued at £80,000.. She belonged to a distinguished firm, and had been constructed on the moat approved principles. Her commander, Capt. Martin, was an officer of ripe experience, and this was her third voyage. She had acquired a first-class reputation and for months before the time of sailing, bertha were so eagerly engaged that it would have been difficult to accommodate, in the rough- est manner, many more, while in the saloon there were no vacancies. One lady, who waa desirous of proceeding with her family from Plymouth to Melbourne had made repeated applications, to the owners' agente, and the captain had been conanlted, but, fortauately for the applicant, had declared that the cabina were ao full that he could not poaaib- ly accommodate her â€" a result that, at the time, fcaused her much diaappolntment afterwurda ahe nad reason to thank her good fortone. A aeoond-olaaa male passe nger was so alarined at the rough weather whuh tiie iiondon encountered on her way firom the Thames to Plymouth, that on arrival a* the latter, he went ashore, resigned his pas- sage, and retamed to ^his home, thna aawlttingly saving his life. A young maa, as the result of some family quarrel, had left bis home, and taken a passage by Ae London. He was advertised for In tiM T'lmes, and importuned to ntarn, his frieada bei^ at fint unaware of his whereaboatsu Messengen wen sent down to IPlyoionth, his friends having later acquired aome daa to hia movement^ and aa faiflaoitial ahip' broker In the town waa empli^ed to inter- cept his flight should he attempt to aail thence. Fortunately, he waa detected among thepassengen of the London, aad the fact communicated to his family by the broker, the result of whioh was that brother of tiie young maa weatdowa to Plymouth^ I and penuaded the would-ba emignat to:forego his voyage. ii. â€" hn Brteht could not ba buried In West- minster Abbey because he had not bsptfzid according to the ritaal of the Established ' Cnnrch of England. Bnt a monument is to be erected w the memory of Matthew Arnold, who more than any man, perhapa, aapped by hia writings and beliafs on whioh the Charoh of Enj^d isfonaded. As the son of a diatlngnbhed olergymaa of the Bogliah Eatobliahmeat, he was, M oonts*. baptised aoaording to the rabiio ct tha* Charoh. Thos the oostodlaas are saved Mm ta p r e ao h ti refnsbg s ilml ssi nn to eae at the meat dhtfagidshed aad awat so^oisin e( The lacfsr pars at the f36«- t usnsr will sSitsfei a â- wwfal st sfths*«i till r i-' â-  i H ^\ ,, *»â-  Ji m •ii- I' y m rrt- â-  I i •1 m^