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supplement to the free press acton thursday december 14 1882 her majesty aw the troops distribution of jkcy uan medals at windsor castle spoooh by tho ouoon mrlltuc ceac v wuhlnihc lamou quad a broad ejcamof vtintry suuslurc flooded all parts ot t quadrangle in tiicnnpcr ward 01 windsor easilcj except that ode on which arc the queens innate apartments so that the tent or porchukc pavihoo erected in the south east corncrjjust below the pro- jectisc window of hqr majestys broakfasl- room was left in cold shadow throughout the iiipasivc and memorable ceremony which ladled from half put twelve oclock till twenty minutes pass one on the 21 it ult sae tic london tv fro a some utile time before the lour of noin had sauudod the spacious enclosure bejanj to fill with a gradu ally incrcasidgthroagtllrecfourthaof whom at leant were m uniform this part of the castle pertains to the- site added by edward 1ei and it u surrpunded by the rooms of windsor castle not even excluding its ancient keep is seen nobly in the gi imm irmc anuututrrnc oi rut yrai the worthy kuight having remodelled this together with the whole exterior of the buildings in the cppr ward raising them a store v higher and hinging them into a palatial uniicnmty of chiractcr though net epen to the pablic the quadrangle may be very well eecn from thepassag at the west- em end behind tbj qacstrian statue of cuarles it this mediocre piece of sculpt ure wis presented to tac sovereign whom it commemorates by toby rustatc a page of the back stairs who described hy evelyn as a very smrc ignorant but honest and loyal creature andj who gave a thousand pounds for the work jtojjosias ibach stada tne man and horse nays walpole may fcrve f r a sign to drive the passengers eye to the podestax thisj indeed is an ex- qcistc piece cffionl carving by the famous cinnlmg gibbons on ae north side of the quadrangle is the stain sntrance with its boldly projecting cirr age- porch ijeneath which till called upon o join in yesterdays ccrcircnv stood tal latne officers non- coxuaiiijncj oiceri tal men of the indi an cxntinjent the gtard chamber ii over tits jvru o andat the windows were gath- criduiaj spectators cf the scene it was on this side o the grouid that all spectators admtni bi card we e stationed on the broad signed fcolwiy opposite on the outh sve near qearge lvs gateway wh ch flanked on ritb x hand by the york ana luyisur towti commands a full view of the lorg v jk from end to end were placed the hajid ot the household brigade- the cavaiiy being dismounted across the ground fro n north to south a ruard of lauor omiosrd of three compan ies of tbe it bit tabid comitreaai guards under tie cccmnj a lies unantcoloool ucruc wth ctptainifcrtescue and lieuten ant sir h ilijlcr sno 1 in open order hav- nz tc inni on tiilijrirht rnpr fjr luce ere nony which was toon to e nj e- thus fir complete while yet the greater number of those who were to take prmat part an it were in the midst of their j jcracy from t jwn the halfpast tn traiu wis lviitil ati two parts one ordinary and the cther special this last cocv trv ec lie dikeai i dachisfl of con- nasclt xr garnet o lie ley and about cghty or rinxtj offixrt whose assembly on the main downplat ftrm had b en watched with kc i i tc rest by aj erowd of ladies and gcntlemn a imttt d u ilnin the barriers and by a much larger gal hiring who looked on from mri removed situation among the mot i eujilv letjm v ho erthaxged m leg rcupi bfcrl cutirxa the train were cir fohu arjc vho wks accompanied by his ton gairak vwlhi micphcrion sir el- ward ifiiiilj il kn wood and sr john cirttairs mcslj admirals sran- thonj hfkidj- fctrl w ljwcil and sir fran l j sslhwc caouin kiwsoa u k zni ciplaii darc lnic- it x a figure in the urng who attracted much notice wis the ilipruouej iaidshipman mr de chair uhese stisxiaiaad anxieties incip- tivity bars left o trace of baneful e0et on bis coastitatiou tile special train having 1 started punctually raade a rapil run to windsor and the bjuliant company of tra vellers on alighting ipuiada birge crowd as sembled tn the station tardto greet theirar- nvab tec town ws fgaily decorated and tn the bright sunshine looked as smilingly as o i any ot the eventfal occasions which from trne to time enliven the eoyal borough ad ditional brightness if wolo- faai been given t o the trfeete by the rnacy ujufonnj brought down bv earuer trjinsj and the popularity of the blues the 2nd ife guarns and the iirigideof toot guard j wa agreeably de- moustratsd by the wslcome which war every where accorded to the men as they passed throach the crowded iboroughfares even more enthusiastic pcrjiaps because the o- casion was less familiar were the cheers that broke forth as the sqnads of buejtckets marched up the hill about eleven oclock the duke and duchess of albany who had travelled en the soui h- western line entered windsor and were ot dly cheered as they drove in an open car uge to the castle fol lowed by the dnke and duchess oftecfc- immediately after cam a the indian contin gent in private omoimses and carriages the duke of albany ore his full uniform of colonel of the jaforth highlanders while the duke of teci wa in toe uniform cf the 1st surrey volnj teers halfpast twelve i h chimed when the royal pavilion began 10 fill with the princes and princesses of thfc 1 loyal family and their several suites her ma esty soon afterwards appearing io front irith the prince and princess of wales 03 her left hand mr cnilders secretary c state for war the earl of xorthbrook hirst lord of the ad miraltyj and the mirquis of hartington secretary of state jfor the indian depart ment stool on the ii ht hand of the dias and bocd low oa the queen approached eee huestt who looked remarkal iy well wore over a back dress whichj baidea the orders and decorations was ornamented with a bow of white ribbon a long black velvet mantle izxzlz office- 1 chatted in trimtned with fur in the pavilion besides the prince and princess of wales were the puke and duchess of edinburgh the duke of albany princess beatrice the dukoofcanv bridge the duko and duchess of connaught tho grand dakc louis of heesc and pnnco and princcn christian tho inito in attend- ancoidclndoc general bir h f ponionby thcdowar duchess of hoxburghc the dowager marchioiicss of ely major general du piat sir john cowell captain liigge colonel bir j c mcneill colonel ellis col onel cordon msjor egerton general feir dightou probyn and the lion a vcrke as the queen camo fonvard the guard cf honor hawofl adanccdncanr towards the dais saluted and the band played god save the queen hlk uuestv tu1a atdjulu the tuootfi iu a voice su clearly audible and so perfectly modulated that one off the words were htad on the opposite side of the ground and m particular the sentence lam proud of my soldiers and aailors fell on the listening cirs ofsomc who could not have expedted at bo great a distance to dutinguish a single syllable of the hcyal address which was as follows i have summoned yoa here to day to confer upcu yoa the wellearned medals commemorative of the short and bril liant although arduous campaign in which all have done their duty well and with cour ageous and enccastng demotion tell your comrades that i thank them heartily for the gallant aerticcs they have rendered to their queen and country and that i am croud of my soldiers and sailors who ha e added fresh glories to the victories won by their prdccs- 800 the lhec lines of officers and men retired at the close of this gracious and earnest ad dress and wheeling to the right anduav- ing her slajest facing only the commander of the expeditionary force they stood in or der to file befora the pa ilion the band of the 2nd lite guards playing sec the con quering hero comes as an appropriate pre lude to the ceremony handels march of honor was still resounding through the wide space and bearing to many bearers beyond its boundary a signal of the chief incident when the first medal of the day w as pinned to the breast of iu utt et w olsclev adding fresh lustre to a long row of similar honors a moment or two aftcrwardc came yiceadmiral sir w doweli leading the bluejackets other naval officers a the head of the naval brigade vcre admiral sir francis sullivan admiral sir a hos kios capl eawton capt darcy irvine and mr de chair the marines brought up the naval division whose members were in troduced severally by admiral hoskings while lord northbroot handed the medals some of these her majesty pinned on the breasts of the rccipenta this process beini relieved of its former tedious difficulty 4iy an ingenious though simple appliance which quickly attiches the ribbon to the cloth tsjtonlyin the case of those who lave re ceived the clasp for telelkebir did the queen affix the medal some five or sir to one took it limply from her majestys hand this being a grei though not the great est bonor and afterwards attached it on their breasts the decoration which is suspended by a ribbon striped ver- ticauy with alternate wute and blue bears her majestys profile in frosted silver with the folds of a veil drooping from a diadem over the back of the head on the obverse of the medal is a sphinx the emblem of egypt vhen the small contingent of the naval brigade had gone by and the turn of the army had come mr childers was the introdaccr while fax garnet wolseley look np the task of handing the medals to her majesty from a small table in front of the dais sir john adyc was first to present himself and when the queen had aifiied the medal the fnnce ot walei who wore the uniform of a general with the bias rib bon cf the garter heartily shjok hinds with llie distinguished chiei of the staff this act accompanied with fitting congrat ulations his bo si highness repeated in several casei during the ceremony generals willif and sir e hamley commandirs of the first and second division of infantry in egypt followed sir john adye then came the duke of connaught and when he had stepped np to the dlivnd had sal uted his hoyal mother in military form the qaeen in pnuingthe medal to his breait leaned forward and afrectiovixeia klsatd him the moment must have been a proud aud happy one on either part and as a tender episode in a ceremony graciously formal in its general charrcter the action had a deep interest for all beholders the duke of condaughtwas folio red by three heroes rf the victoria cross jiajorgeneril mac- pherson mjorjeneral sir evelyn wood aid sir john carstairs mcneill the last named of whom like the duke of teckwho followed a few minuta later had the hon our of kissing hands with the queen the succeeding grorp of officers included colonel butler sir onel tanner who wore the green tunic and led pantaloons of the be- roochcsmjorfitzgeorzeind colonel tul- loch this officer will be remembered as having performed the gallant act of swim ming ashore with- the party at alexandria to spike the guns and is the only man io the army- with ihe clasps both for bombardment and for the battle of telelkebir the itdiax coxtlygest who had remained under the porch of the state entrance till the ceremony had begun but who hadnow joined the body came last being led by colonel pennington and cap- tiin mbay eich of the orientals whose appearance on this memorable scene confirm ed the favourable opinion of their soldierly bearing was in turn presented by the mar quis of hartington and her majesty fast ened on the medal in every case touching the hilt of each native officers sword before the salute was given the order in which ths indian watiors came forward to receive from the empress of india the reward of their loyal services were as follows f nd bengal lincen 7th bengal infantry 10th punjaub and 29th belooches it was noticed as a concluding incident of the days inter esting ceremony that the first officer of the indian contingent came forward to receive his medal as the first gun of the royal sal- ute was tired at the close of the distribu tion to the british troops baton von hage- nan the prussian military attache to the expeditionary force had tne honour of an introduction to the queen and was decorat ed with the medal with the conclusion of tho interesting ceremony her majesty with the hoyal princes aud princesses re tired from too quadrangle the band again playing the national anthem and ever one saluting the pestered man of xxth as if the actual suffering of mankind from the arious diseases ccmrron to tho lot of all was not sufficient the haltnemanntan month- it of philadelphia enumerates tie follow ing possible causefor many mysterious com plaints which bafllctho skill of the most ex perienced physicians to cure aud enough in number to frjghten a well person into a ner vous fever commencing at the mouth the wrulcnce of human saliva seems to have been proved it is supposed to be due to micrococci the human mouth is a culture chamber which is maintained at a constant temperature and is furnished with a con stant a apply ot pabulum namely sahvi these circumstances are highly favorable to the sustenance and multiplication of the mi- croccus if now it is asked why ccry man docs not suffer from an to- inoculation it may be answered that micrococci mayltill an herbivorous animal a rabbit for instance but cannot destroy a carnivorous or omniv orous animal as man see philadelphia medial tlmta september 9 b82 most earnestly do we urge vegeterians to take timely warning but what is to become of the genus homo anyhow vibrionea tickle his nose into hay fever the bacillus tjphosu gnaws at his bowels the murocccus diph- thcnarwells up his throat or clos his larynx with fatal croup sarcuu invade his stomach and micrococcus envenom his saliva if he eats a bunch of grapes he must needs crunch the parasitic sacharomyces adhering to the skins and if he inadvertently exposes the contents of his pantry to the open air a blu9 green mould from the penicilbum glau- cam spreads itself over tho b st preserves bubbles line the glass jsrs and wrigglng organisms and motionless forms looking like beads on a string sour his milk the gteed cf the yeast plat for oxygen is the cause of the raising of his bread and the same crav ing on the part of the mycodenna vini 6up- pbes him vita wine but if he does not carefully watca these results of fermentation mould gathers on one and the other falls a victim to the spores of the viscous ferment and becomes thick ropy and unpslat- able if he indulges in pork trichina nestle cosily in his tissues or the cysticercua eel la loses deelops into twenty feet of taniato the discomfort of his alimentary canal in infancy and childhood thread worms and lembneoides disturb his sleep and torture him with colicky pains disease germs ex pose him to whooping cough and mumps and threaten him with a long unc of exanthemata and when the gauntlet run he comes into youth that fell destroyer consumption fed if block is to ba believed by bacilli leaves him but tix out of seven chances of ever reaching the period of ma turity if by cool fortune he escapes this dan ger others meet hjm at every step through the parsimony and dishonesty of city offi cials streets are filthy and sewers are im perfect if he flies totnc country perchance a dry summer and an open winter permit the generation o miasmata and even if he seeks the salubrious atmosphere of a sea resort defective sanitation poisons his bed- coom or permits the discharges from a drain to empty a few yards from his bath ing place aid finally when he falls a victim to dis ease fungi or happily escaping them dies of good old age his mortal remains are no sojner consigned t- the grave than a host of maggots and kindred scavengers complete the work of devastation and thus does the man of earth become converted into the namerousbolies of his nuineroas destroy ers tne home of our cnlldnoad docs anybody know what has become of the jolly old fashioned timeexhat used to be long to our uth they are miasjng and we cannot find them the days when the mention of thanksgiving meant joy and plidness and reunion and merry feast ing when all the members of the family assem bled around tbe pleasant boartf and tie great fire burned cheerfully in the great fire place how thebrightly polish brasi andirons caught the ruddy reflections of the blaze and danced around like geld fairies does an body remember such a fireplace the hearth was of freshly painted red brick and the maitel was high beyond the reacb of the children the brass candlesticks turned np in a row and the almanac hung at one end the shovel and tongs had their separate corner and there was a crans in the back cf the fireplace where the tea kettle used sometimes to sing like a night ingale whey are they cone there was a pantry too have you seen it with a smell of cheese mine pie dough nuts aud a tempting display of jars tied np with white cloths there was one not so tightly tied aa the rest and naugaty hands woull reach after the peach preserves some times anybody know where all thoso pan tries have gonet there were two old rocking chairs with cushions pieced up from scrap of dresses the paint was worn from the arms and they tipped over if you rock ed too far back but we wish they could be found there was a kitchen tos it went away with all the rest a sweet kitchen where there was alwajs a smell of good dinners a spicy and aromatic odor of garden herbs no tea or cofiee has ever been found since with such a delicious aroma tnero are thousands of great residences with every modern appliance for comfort where they have state dinners with no end of pomp and show and style where the china is costly aid the epergnes are of cut glass and silver and the wines are costly they are splendid but somehow todip we want the pld log house thero ara echoes which come down from its smoky rafters and thy fall upon the heart with a mingled feebngof pleasure and pain there are voice aad fo titeps and laughter and songs and the patter of baby feet all min- gleain theechoei sounds that we shall never hear again save in the mystic hau of memory header you know of such a house and you can tell why the mention of holidays btings a nameless longing to look once mora into the old empty rooms once so thronging with life boixntzfxc o0s8ip germany is to cite 25000 for scientific exploration in africa and other countries during the financial year 18s34 this is the receipt for agate glass ten parts of broken glass arc melted and to it are added 13 part suboxide of chromium and of manganese 02 part each of oxide of co balt and nitrate of silver 01 of uranium 4 red argols and 3 part boneieal each oxide is added separately and at intervals of ten minutes after heating the mixture for an hour 3 or a part oi tine toot is put in regarding the uew ordnance which of late jearshas been introduced intog rest britain a correspondent of xaurf writes in the autumn of 1541 sir h gough took the batteries of chusan by a turning movement and thus spoiled the chinese preparations the fcrce captured a large number ofnns some very fine ironza ones but thereywere also a good many smaller iron oneaand as these were of no value they were ordered to be destroyed the royal artillery tried to burst these without success at first and only after sinking the muziles in the ground did they succeed it was then ascertained that the reason of the extreme strength of this kind of gun irose from the strange manufac ture it had an inner tube ol wrought iron over which the gun was cast anticipating by many years a somewhat similar plan cf pal- user dr c w siemens believes that the pres ent conteit between gas and electricity will cad in the utter winning the day aa the lgbt of luxury but that gas will nevertheless find an increasing application foi the more humble purpose of society he strongly argues again the use of gas as the cheapest form of fael for towns and of making a general supply of heating gas besidej illum inating gas by collecting each into separate holders while the process of distillation is go ing on the result would he says be this 1 lighting gas would have a higher dlura- rnating power 2 there would be no coal to distribute or ashes t codect over town 3 the smoke nuisance would be abitcd l there would be a large increase ol those vale able byproducts tar coke ammonia ac the annual value of which already ex ceeds by nearly 15000000 that of theccal consumed in the gasworks some correspondence has occurred in ha 2s au rt with regard to a statement by de bronardcli that a girl who lately committed suicide by jumping from one of the towers of notre dame had probably died from as- phxia caused by the rapid fall the critic isms have thns been summarized m bin- tempspointi out that the deotb cf fall hav ing heen c6 metres tne velocity required in the time leas than four seconds cannot have been so great as that sometimes attain ed on railways yet we never hear of the asphyiiation of enginedrivers and stokers he considered it desirable that the idea in question should be exploded as unhappy persons may be led to choose suicide by a fall from a height under a notion that they will die before reaching the ground again m goisin mentions tnat a tew years ago a man threw himself from the top of the colairn of july and feu on an awniog which sheltered workmen at the pedestal he suffered only a few contusions m reny says he had seen an engushman leap from a height of 31 metres into a deep river uninjured and he was shown in 1sj2 in the island of oahu by missionaries a naive who had fallen from a verified height of more than 200 metres and his fall having been broken near the end by a growth of ferns and other plants he had only a few wounds when asked as to his sensation in falling he said he only felt darrled news from the bockies gold found in tho kick in horse pass trouble between tho black- feat and cree indians- calfarry boom- las the taw ujl at ca has shut down for want of logs it is expected that pro isions w jl be scarce during the winter tne south piegan indians are killing cat tle in the vicinity of the marias pinchcr creek is much inconvenienced by the lack of a regular mail service and proper means for distributing at thst point tne woodturner ranche on willow creek has been fenced with wire and is now quite a respectable piece of prop erty sergtmajort like of then w m p calgarry arriv ed with mr williams he is on his way to canada to recruit men for the police a p patrick sent thirty one head cf horses up to his ranche on the bow river one of the horses was either lost orstolen from the band the snow is very deep still between high rivr and calgarry and probably will sfmain all winter travelling n good from hujh nver to macleod joseph victtarand has about finished hi3 threshing he has 2000 buihels of grainof which 250 bushels is wheat the number of acres sown was about eighty calgarry is reported as booming new houses spring np constantly a man goes to bed at night and whsn he gets upin tho morning lo a mansion the creation jf a nifht stares him in the face it is reported that rich gold and silver bearing quartz has been struck in the kick- inghorse pass in the selkirk range specimens have assayed 90 to the ton great excitement prevails at koote nai the black eet indians at the crosiing have been 6et afoot by the crees the thieves dropped all the poor horses at the pile of stones not bones the blackfeet intended to start on the trail of the crees and make raid on their horses as soon as crowfoot returned from maoleod the police ball at calgarry was a grand success the wealth beauty and fashion of the place were there the barrackrcom was handsomely decorated one in particular being a motto formed of polished winchester cartridges another pretty and appropriate one was s sevenpound gun with the union jack on one side and the stars an 1 stripes on the other tbi fttonsteb tkxx8 of califos nia what arc called biff trees in california nleo elevations from wntch to look y over tho bnrronadtns country as regards tho wonderful bus ot the se quoia tnat is a matter which dot not at nrt fujiy come to one the fact that all the trees afc so large that one failto realize the magnitude of the giants ajj have in creased m proportion it require a mental calculation to convince ones selj that the transformaton is something quite out of the common jt is only when you come t walk in and out of the hollow trees and to circle round them and take a constitutional by w alking alongside of a fauen giant or per haps if it has done duty as a chimney be fore it cune to grief by nding up inside the hoi ow for a considerable distance that you begin lo understand their size you do so best when standing on the ground beside af prostrate tree lying buried in a dich of its own making you look up at a red wall ris ing perhaps 15 or 20 teet above yourhead bulging outward considerably and extend ing in a straight line for 300 teet along the ground and tell yourself that it is only a tree the ow ntrs of the beautiful grove near the hotel have erected tall bidders to enable people to climb on to some of these heights and walk along the fallen trees if on garden terraces it sonnds cockney but it is decidedly pleasant to gain a view of the forest from an elevation of 30 feet and it is nt every one who can scale the red rampart without the aid of the ladders if you choose to clamber along the upturned roots you may find an airy 6eat some 40 feet above the ground this sounds high but on fur ther consideration you begin to marvel how such extraordinailv smal roots can ever have formed a fit pedestal for so ponderous a weight they have uterauy no depth and a conparativeiy small spread so they have merely a superficial hold on the earths sur- fae yet this aught support has enabled these huge bodies to resist the wild storms of many centuries all the big trees of the district are concentrated in two groves namely tie little forest geni of calaveras and a much larger belt known as the sentb park grove on the stanislaus river about six miles further in the calaveras grove all the beqaoias lie within an areaof 50 acres overwhnh space about 100 he scat tered singly or in groups of these 20 at tain a circumference of abont so feet near thebaee and one which is distinguished as the father i f the forest is found to meas ure 110 feet round i now ues prostrate and has apparently none so for many a cen tury for the wellnigh imperishable wood is in part decayed and long use as a chim- t ney had burned out its inside and destroyed f its summit era it fell the portion that stql remains is like a long mountain and two large archways have been cut into the side of the said mountain in order that those whose taste ues in that line may ride into the hol low trunk and come out by the further open ing it is estimated that the tree when perfect must have been about 450 feet in height of the trees now standing four ex ceed 300 feet in height and one measures 325 about 25 are said to exceed 250 feet one can perhaps better realize what these sizes mean by finding the amount of houseroom to be obtained within a hohowed tree sev eral such as miners camp and pio- neers camp hare been used as temporary bouses in the latter 50 penons can find sitting foem others are used for stabling horses g p gordon cunming in ihe gen- tlemsn magazine the dice sated them an incident in- the fnistun military service this story is found in the memoir of a prussian officer of distinction he was at the time on the staff of gen winterfield one of the most skilful and competent cap- i tains of the day and winterfield was the gene al in command at the time spoken of two soldiers had been condemned to death in a drunken condition at night they assaulted an officer of the line and one of had them had drawn a knife upon him but he could not positively uy wnich of the twain held it and the men themselves did net know n either of them remembered any thing about it so both of them were con- demned to be shot they were both excellent soldiers and only ona had been gnlty of using a wea- pon tne officers of the division including him i who had been assaulted asked that the men might be pardoned at length winterfield said be would pardon one of them only one had held a knife and only that- one ought to die he would pardon one and the men mhst decide which of them should be shot let us shake the dice said one of the condemned j and the other agreed to it jand it was agreed to by all interested tpe two men took their places by the side of a big dram and were to throw the dice u xn its head two dice wre given them and i proper box for hiking the first man threw twd sixes he groaned in agony he felt thai he had con signed his comradb to death but when the second came io throw he also threw two sixes wonderful cried the lookers on they were ordered to shake and throw aaia th time the second man threw first and threw two aces good you will live peter but when peter came to throw the dice presented two aces and now tho beholders were wonder stricken indeed another throw was ordered and peter hrew a five and a deuce the other threw five deuce after the excitement ha again subsided ths men shook once more the first threw two fours oh i now throw fives and save yourself peter peer threw two fours at this point the colonel ordered them to stop he went and reported the marvelous result to winterfield said he clearly gentlemen providence wiu have thasa men to be saved and saved they were the general cared not to oppose the wonderful fate of the dice it did seem providential and bo he accepted it and the redeemed soldiers uved to prove that the saving fate had given back to prus sia two of the very best and bravest of her sons