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m- ' "" A FIGHT Til HE DEATH; A. E o NdAE-ILHNAUL'. ’* The Intelligent Animal at First Exhibited Decided objections to Going up in a.’ - in my ability as o slayer of big game. My ' previous calculations with regard to this shooting question had not been carried on under such formidable conditions; however, YOUNG FOLKS. A MissIEâ€"lIeâ€"d Tail- hundreds of feet below. Upon this the ex- pedition was abandoned, and after burying in a. “cache ” or “cairn ” what remained of their late companion, the remaining eleven 1"?" " 3' ,~ 13.n- The Hunter and the Silver Tin. In Their neth snug-lo Man and Bear “'cm Over the Clul‘ Together to Be Dashed to Pieces. The natural home of the American bear is the eastern slope of the Rocky Moun- tains, among the foothills reaching down into Montana near the Yellowstone Nation- al Park, and close to the northern boundary of Wyoming. Here are to be found nearly every species of the animal on the North American Continent except the polar or white hear. The fierce grizzly, which makes his home near the perpetual snow line ; the dangerous silver tip, which woull eat a. man as quick as wink; the ugly-natured black, the ravenous brown, and the huge cinnamon bear that inhabits the plains and coulees ofrthe cattle ranges, feasting upon cows, calves and fat steersâ€"all these are to be found in unlimited numbers, in winter and summer alike, in Montana, Northern ‘Wyoming, and among the Big Horn Moun- tains. In the heavily timbcred country sur- rounding the Black Hills of Dakota some of the fiercest and most dangerous of the species are oftenvencountered. The period of gestation among all mem- bers of the bear family is about eight months. At 2 years of age the femalel usually produces one at a birth breeding every second year. The second breeding, brings forth two, and when of mature age ‘ - the litter is three, and in exceptional cases four. When born the cubs are very small, are totally blind, and nearly naked. It takes ten weeks for the for to couie out strong, at which period the eyes also arel full open. The young are usually brought forth in the month of February, and in May, when the weather is warm and mild, the dam leaves the den or cave in search of . food. On these foraging trips the dam 1 places the cub or cubs on her back, where ‘ they cling and nestle in the long thick fur. When old enough the cubs ramble by her side or look out for themselves. THE MOTHER AND HER YOUNG.“ It is curious to see the mother hear when pressed by the hunter or when danger threatens. In such a case she keeps the lit- tle ones always in front, shielding them with her own bulky body, and when suddenly startled. or set upon she sends them to a tree " and takes herself off to a distance, either to ‘ be in better form to look after them, or to throw hunter and dogs off the trail. An enormous hear was killed on Spanish Creek near Bozcman last fall. This member of the bruin family was exceedingly fat, turning the scales at 1,600 pounds. He killed a few dogs and maimed a couple of men before he was overpowered and slain. The silver tip is by far the fiercest, ugliest and most pow- erful of the species, being a cross between the grizzly and the cinnamon, combining all the ugliness and aggressiveness of the former with the strength and ability of the latter. His fur is beautiful in season,‘ as each strand is handsomely adorned with silvery white tips while all else is of a polished ebony hue, rendering it indeed one of the _ finest native furs in the whole Northwest. i 011 the other hand the grizzly’s fur is coarse : and gray, many of the strands being entire- ly grizzled throughout their entire length. The fierccness and hostility of these ani- { male to mankind are very well known in;! Dakota, Montana, and \Vyoming. Soon ! after the Black Hills gold excitement was at its height among others who came to that rich aurifcrous camp was a huge Scandi- navian who was a perfect giant in strength and pluck. Together with a party of gold- ‘ hunters from Deadwood, he had started off to prospect the country to the north and west near the head waters of Big Box Elder Creek in Montana. '- The band numbered twelve hardy and ex- perienced prospectors, among whom, as re- marked, was the big Swede, who stood nearly 6 feet 10 in his stockings. IThey were climbinga steep mountain, all on foot, when the Scandinavian branched on ahead with his rifle to see if he could not stir up a deer or an elk for Slipper. Owing to the difficulty of the ascent the others followed on behind slowly, and after awhile found” themselves winding round the edge of. a l steep precipice many hundred feet above the jagged rocks beneath. A TERRIBLE DEATH STRUGGLE. As the eleven miners had about attained the summit, or at least where the narrow pathway broadened or opened into a sort of clearing, they saw just ahead of them a small grove of brush, from which proceeded the most awful growlings and heartrendiug cries imaginable. The bushes were shaking and swaying about as if two terrific mon- sters were fighting to the death. The party hurried forward and when with- in about two hundred yards of the spot were her-rifled to see their comrade and an enor- mous silver tip bear, that must have weigh- ed sixteen or seventeen hundred pounds emerge from the thicket engaged in deadly combat. The man was covered with blood from his head to his feet, and the hear was in about the same condition. In the hands of the former was a huge hunting knife, streaming with crimson gore, which the powerful man was plunging as often as he could into the body of his enemy. The silver tip evidently had the best of the fight so far, and he was getting the bet- ter of it all the time, for he fought the Scan- dinavian back step by step, closer and closer to the dangerous precipice, now only a few yards away. The eleven companions of the unfortunate fellow were too far distant to render him immediate assistance. and they could not use their rifles for fear of killing their comrade. ‘ While they were gazing spell-bound at this awful scene, all at once the monster raised one of his huge paws and brought it down with tremendous force on the crown of the wretched Swede. The whole top of his head was nearly torn away, and he was blinded by his own blood. The bear rush- ed at him again and drove him to the very edge of the precipice, when the doomed man, seeing there was no hope for him, throw away his knife and madly clutched the animal around the neck. The force of i the last onslaught‘carried the beast too for Gun- forward, and together they went over the awful precipice in the last embrace of death. The others, who had been coming one. run, arrived within a few feet of the com- batants when the terrible catastrope occurr- ed, but Were too much overcome with horror to gaze at their comrade or his an- , tag! oist, who were dashed and crushed into an unrecognizable mass on. the jagged rocks | one who found one of the floats to deliver ' twentyâ€"nine on the British Isles, thiity-six ‘Africa. twenty-three on the “fest Indies, A little buoy said, “Mother deer, May I go out too play 2 The son is bright, the heir clear, Owc, mother, don’t say neigli‘." of the party returned to Deadwood, and it is saidsoon afterward gave up prospecting for good and returned to the East. .â€" “Go fourth my sun." the mother said, The an! said. “Take cwer stay. Your gneiss know sled, awl painted read. But do knot lose your weigh.” “Ah, know.” he cried, and sought the street With hart scw full of glee-- The wlilothter changedâ€"and snow and s cc , And reign. fell steadily. PHYSICS OF THE. OUfiAN. Experiments of the Prince of Monaco [0 Asccrtain the Direction and Speed of Currents. For seven years past Prince Albert of Monaco, has sought to determine more definitely the currents of the Atlantic Ocean and their rate of speed. In the years 1885, 1836, and 1887 he made a series of ex- periments upon the currents of the eastern Atlantic in his sailing yacht Hirondclle. 1n the first year he launched 160 floats at intervals along a line about 170 miles long near the Azores. These floats were wooden casks. copper globes,-and glass bottles, all weighted so as to prevent any part of their bulk emerging from the water and catching the wind. This experiment being fairly successful, his work next year was on a larger scale. He launched 510 floats along a line in the Atlantic 510 miles long. His most extended operations were in 1887, when he launched 931 floats of thick glass covered with cop- per along the line extending from the Azores to the Grand Banks of Newfound- lan 1. Each float contained a document printed in ninelanguages, requesting any Threw anwdrlfts grate, threw watery D00 . He flue with mite and maneâ€"â€" Said he. “Though 1 wood walk by rule. I am not rite, ’tis planc. “I’d like to meat some kindly sole, For hear gnu dangers weight, And yonder szairs a treacherous wholeâ€" l‘wo 5109 has been my gate. “A peace of bred, a nice hot stake, 1’d chews if I were home, This crcwel fete my hurt will brake, Eyclovc knot thus to roam. “I’m week and pull, I’ve mist my rode,” But. here a cartc came past He and his sled were safely toad Back two his home at last. â€"[Aprii St. Nicholas. MY FIRST BUFFALO. BY E. J. GLAVE. When at the age of 19 I was left by Stan- ley' in command of a Congo garrison, at: it to the nearest maritime authorities with place and date of finding it. Oi these floats, launched far across the North Atlantic, 2'27 were returned to the Prince. Thirty-seven of them were washed up on the shores of the Azores, six on Maderia, twenty-one on the Canaries, three on Iceland, twenty-two on Norway, the natives living in the neighborhood at once instituted. an elaborate examinationE of myself and my belongings. Atlfirst‘v they looked upon me as some supérnat-l ural being, and thought that I might be a7 deceased savage returned again to the world. ’ The natives of Central Africa are very superstitious, and any strangeness in their usual daily life or surroundings is attrib-- uted at once to some mysterious unseen in- fluence. In every village there is a charm doctor, who is believed to possess extraor- dinary powers ; he can create or stop a rain-storm; he can interpret dreams and predict the future, and a small dug-out canoe can ride the roughest waves when under his protection. The possession of on France, fourteen on Spain, seven on and four on the Bermudas. The general result of this work seems to show that a little to the southwest of the Azores is a great vortex in the ocean. \Vhen the floats enter this region they remain there for months. The Prince found that the circulation of the currents is more active on the west half circle of the vortex than on the eastern half circle, and this is explained by the combined action of the Lukolclo, far away in the heart of Africa, IneCESSil‘Y be Compeued to Strike inxl'he ’ A). native name. ~ tained a more serviceable weapon, my reputation was at stake, so, with un- steady aim, I pointed my weapon for a spot behind the shoulder and fired. The report- of my rifle was answered by a about of de- light from the natives, as the buffalo stag- gered for a few moments, then fell heavin to the ground dead. I was commencmg to congratulate myself on being a. first-class shot, when I noticed that my ball had entered the brute’s brain, two feet from the mark I had aimed at 1 This. however, was a secret which I decided to keep to myself. At the brute’s death, my dusky friends, who had witnessed the proceedings from the tree-tops, clambered hastily to the ground and very soon had cut off every ounce of flesh. After an hour’s work there remained nothing of the animal him a little pile of bones and horns, and a good- humored procession of savages tramped briskly back to the village, smacking their thick lips in anticipation of a banquet of buffalo meat. stewed and toasted. The natives, who had never before seen a white man handle a. rifle, were amazed at a single bullet killing such a tough beast as a buffalo; not knowing the truth of my fluke hot, they attributed the buliulo’s death to my clever shooting, and I at once took an opportunity to explain, as forcibly as my meagre Congo vecabulary at the time would permit, that when hunting big game I some- times fired at the head, at other times I put the bullet behind the shoulder, and occa- sionally I aimed at the groin. This state- ment would enable me to account for any erratic shooting in future, as a ball would of neighborhood of some of the parts I enum- erated unless I should miss the beast a1- together. My killing of this buffalo was to their minds so ably accomplished that they decid- ed to record the event by bestowing on me In the regions of the Upper Congo the most successful hunter is known as Makula, which means “arrows,” and henceforth I became known by that proud title. Soon after killing my first buffalo I 0b- a long Martini Henry, a powerful rifle of great ac- curacy and penetration. ‘I practiced per- sistently with this till I became a good marksman. Since my first experience with big game, I have known many a man gored , twenty-four hours. trade winds, equatorial current and Gulf Stream. The velocities which were most accurate- ly determined were those furnished by floats recovered on thickly populated coasts because they were quite certain there to be soon picked up. The mean velocity for the region comprised between the Azores, Ire- land, and Norway was found to be about 3.97 nautical miles in twenty-four hours. Between the Azores, France, Portugal, and the Canaries it was 5.18 nautical miles in The current from the lanaries to the West Indies, the Bahamas, and Bermuda attained 10.11 nautical miles in twenty-four hours. Some of the Oddities or Distinguished Men. Confucius, it is said, was passionately fond of watermelon seeds. Samuel Richardson wrote his novel while attired in a full dress suit. ‘ Mark Twain is fond of cats, and has one named Satan, another called Sin. Samuel Clarke was fond of robust exer- cise, and was sometimes seen jumping over his chairs and tables. Herrick, the poet, was fond of pigs as pets, and taught one to follow him about and to drink beer out of a mug. Handel used, when travelling, to order dinner for three, or, if hungry, for five,and then eat the whole himself. Cardinal Richelieu hated children and loved cats. When he died his favorite An- gora pet refused to eat and soon perished. Philip, the Duke of Burgundy, spent much time in contriving trap-doors in his house and grounds to souse unwary strang- ers in water beneath. valuable charms is supposed to enable the charm doctor to do these wonderful things. His collection of snakes’ heads, birds’ beaks and claws, feathers, leopards’ teeth and elephants’ hairs, combined with herbs and roots, of which he alone knows the powerful properties, is believed to enable him to protect himself and the villagers against accident, sickness and death. My dusky neighbors advanced the theory that I might be one of these wonder work. ing individuals. Rifle, revolver, watch, compass, etc., were mysterious implements which they had never seen before, and personally I was exceedingly odd and un- like anything they had ever encountered. I was white, spoke a strange tongue, and according to their ideas of attire, wore sufficient clothing for a whole tribe. The rigid investigation into my charac- teristics and capabilities by the natives re- vealed to me the necessity of my distinguish- ing myself in some way in order to obtain the regard of my neighbors by proofs of my superiority over them. I felt that my rifle presented the best means of earning a rep- utationâ€"dis loud “ping” interested and awed my dusky friends, and I gave them most exaggerated accounts of its deadly powers, how with one shot I could bring to his knees the biggest elephant that ever roamed the forest, or with the same supply of ammunition silence the plunging of an angry hippopotamus. As a matter of fact, at that time I knew very little about the use ofa rifle, and I was ignorant of the dangers of big game hunting. I took it for granted that my rifle was accurately sight- ed, and I foolishly imagined that I could hit- an animal in the head or heart, or any ‘ other part of the body I decided upon, and then, without further trouble, I might have a broiled steak for the next meal ! The jungles around my station were scarred throughout with tracks of wild animals, large and small ; I was often rude- ly wakened at night by the shrill trumpet- ing of a herd of elephants tramping about Next to money,Rembrandt loved nothing so well as his monkey. He shed tears when the ace dicrl, and painted a portrait of his pet from memory. Julius Cmsar was ashamed of his bald head to death by wild beastsâ€"and had it not been for my lucky had shot, my first buffalo might possibly have brought my African career to an abrupt close. For six years I was known throughout the regions of the Upper Congo as Makula, an envied name, which the savage can only earn by attack- ing on foot, with a spear blade, the elephant or buffalo. \Vhile I, with a rifle, stole the reputation by a chance shot. England at the World’s Fair. Sir Henry \Vood, secretary of the British Royal Commission to the World’s Fair, ‘is now at Chicago for the purpose of putting England’s exhibits in place in the different buildings. In the departments of electric- ity and machinery, the display, taken as a. 3 Whole, will be the strongest Great Britain ' has ever made. The greatest display will be in fine arts ; there will be them from famous private collections and the remainder recent works of British art- ists. In manufactures the biggest display I will be pottery and furniture. Jewellery and plate will be well.rcnresentcd. The famous i banqueting hall at Hatfield will be repro- duced, by a furniture firm, in the English pavilion. - ‘ Hardware and cutlery, sporting guns andammunition are poorly represented, “on account of the McKinley tariif,” Sir Henry explains. In the transportation building some of the most important contributions interest. There will be found examples of the finest specimens of shipbuilding which has recently been turned out of the British yards. Among the steamship companies competing in this section are the Cunard, \Vhite Star, Donald Currie, Peninsular and Oriental and the Union ; among the builders will be found the Fairfield Co., Messrs. Laird, and the Themes Iron \Vorks. .Among the railway exhibits the London and North \Vestei‘n is sending an engine and two car- ' command to step and when it became shiny he constantly wore a laurel wreath. . The soldierly Duke d’Epernay became sick for hours if he saw a hare and once kept his bed for a week because one leaped on him. Cowper loved pets and had at one time five rabbits, three hares, two guinea pigs, 8. magpie, a jay, a starling, two canary birds, two dogs, a “retired cat,” and a squirrel. Macaulay took his Sunday dinner alone at a coffeehouse. After dinner he would build a pyramid of wine glasses, which us- ually toppled over. He would pay for the broken glass and go. .â€".â€"â€".â€".â€"_â€"-â€" Deaths from day. Frightend Grief. We read in Livy that when Hannibal had vanquished the Romans in the battle of Canine two woman, seeing their sons, whom they had supposed dead, return in good-health, died immediately from exces- swe joy. A Frenchman who had by chance passed over a narrow plank lying across a deep gorge in the dark on viewing the spot the next day fell down dead while contemplat- ing the dangers of the previous night. Montague relates the case of a German nobleman who died of excessive grief on discovering that his son had been killed in battle. “He stood,” says Montague, “like a stock, with his eyes fixed on the corpse, till the vehemency of his sorrow having overwhelmed his vital spirits, he sank stone dead on the ground.” McSwiney’s Gun- In Ireland, near Horn head, in county Donegal, there is a remarkable natural hole in the rocks of the sea coast, which is known all over Britain as “McSwincy’s ” It is believed to be connected with a 881 cavern. \Vhen the sea “ runs full” the “gun” sends up jets of water to the height of more than 100 feet, each spouting being followed and preceded by loud explo- sions. The “ gun” is a perfectly smooth hole, about 10 inches in diameter, and its history can be traced to the first settling of the country. No one seems to know, how- ever, liow it got the name of “ McSwiney’s Gun ” rushed into my news that a big buffalo had taken possess- ion of his wife’s plantation and threatened close to my hut, buffaloes and antelopes had worn out paths leading from the inland plains to their drinking places on the river and troops of the ungainly hippopotami snorted and grunted as they wallowed in the shallows near by ; a cunning leopard would often steal around my clearing, silently en- circling my hut in the hope of finding that my dog was not locked up, or that my goats - and fowls were not securely housed. The natives, who are very fond of a meat diet, suggested that my deadly rifle, which I boasted so much about, might be charitab- ly employed for the purpose of replenishing the village larder, and I at once expressed my anxiety to give them an evidence of its power when a fitting opportunity pr! :nted itself. . In a few days’ time an excited villager camp and gasped out the to destroy all her crops. My dusky visitor implored me to go and kill the beast. At that ,time. I was not acquainted with the hasty temperate and revengeful disposition of such an animal, so, despite my indiffer- ent weapon and my small ability as a marks- man, I promptly accepted the invitation to rid my neighbor’s plantation of the destruc- tive animal. As I tramped off in the woods a crowd of hungry natives followed in my wake, butin spite of their being armed with knives and spears, they all climbed up into trees in order to see from safe quarters, the interesting developments liable to result from the competition between an old Snyder rifle and an ill-tempered bull-buffalo. , ’Even the man who had invited me to un- dertake this contest deserted me when we arrived in the vicinity of the game. In a few hurried Whispers and some ingeniously suggestive signs,I Was urged to believe that it was a great advantage to conduct such a venture alone. I crept along stealthin through the long grass in the direction pointed out, and very soon I could see; just a little way ahead of me, the shaggy old buffalo leisurely crop- ping off the tender leaves in a peanut patch ; as I cautiously leveled my rifle above the grass, the great brute, about thirty yards away, caught sight of me ; be stretched out his neck, switched his tail, threw forward his ears and glared at me in such a threat- riages which will attract attention as exam- ples of a system unknown in America, and the Great \Vcstern is sending a broad- gauge engine. The SchoolBoard of London will send fair specimens of work executed in the schools of that city by children of all ages from four to fifteen. In the kinder- garten department the articles will consist of paper folding, pattern making, with needle and worsted, bead threading, paper plaiting, weaving, basket work, clay mod- elling and macrame work. It is said all g the needle-work displays much skill. There will also be a. large display in card , board and modelling. Great Britain and her colonies have a. large space allotted to them in the \Vorld’s Fair buildings. Not including the space set apart for the official headquarters of England and Canada the little Island and I her dependencies get more than 500,000 square feet of space and of this England will occupy 315,000 square feet. - LATEST FROM HONOLULU. Arrival or the [British Warship Garnet at Victoria Yesterday A Victoria, B. C., telegram says :â€"H. M. S. Garnet arrive I yesterday from Honolulu. The officers say the English residents of the islands, next to being taken over by England, prefer being annexed by the United States, in order to secure more stable government, meaning greater secur- ity in property interests. The natives, how- ever, prefera monarchical government. The officers of the Garnet say the leaders of the revolutionary movement have little to do With the financial interests of the islands and are regarded as of the “ adventurer ” type. It is thought the planters will oppose annexation. __..__ 4,..__ __ Short but Effective Oratorv- Police Magistrateâ€"“ Prisoner, the case against you is clear enough. You seem /to be a chronic loafer and deadbeat. Have you anything to say in» your own behalf '2” Surly Vagrantâ€"“ Reckon not, Jedge. _You don’t‘ ’xpect me to do no fine talkin’, do ye '2” ' Police Magistrateâ€"“ No, I’ll attend to that. Fifteen dollars and costs. Commit- ening manner, that I at once lost confidence ted until paid. Next, 1" ' Balloon, but Nowllc ls Perfectly as Home [in the Air. The latest novelty launched on the circus- going public of Germany is designated on the programme of the famous Corty-Althofit‘ circus as “Osman Pasha, the great and only equine aeronant of the nineteenth century. ” Osman Pasha, who thus graciously permits himself to be used as a drawmg card for the hippodrome, and by a single act at each performance coins money for his owners, is a proud black stallion whose fine head and symmetrical proportions suggest that he is entitled to this exalted position above his fel low-horses. Much progress has been made in recent years in the art of tamingr and training animals, and the German exhibit- ors especially are constantly preparing sur- prises for their patrons. The ferocious hycna is made to walk a rolling globe by Herr Martin ; the elephant is advertised as a heavy weight gymnast, and does every thing but turn somersets; and the celebrat‘ ed Hagemann astounds his spectators by entering a huge cage filled with a mixedlot of wild beasts, of snarling tigers, roaring lions, and growling wolves and bears. After compelling mutual friendship he superintends their romps and gaml'ols, makes a. lion and tiger ride togetherbn a velocipedc, followed by a. bear dancing a polka, and concludes his maneuvers by pro- senting the noisicst pell-mell of rushing, tumbling, howling, and screaming beasts imaginable. But the trick horse has always proved the greatest attraction of the circus and menagerie. Since intelligence is a prereq uis- its in animal training no better subject Can. be found than the horse. \Vitliout instruc- tion he has displayed superior sagacity in many instances. Ponies have been known to go to the horseshoer of their own accord when they required his services; horses have prevented people from drowning by their powerful teeth, and a Canadian horse was in the habit of turning the tap of a water barrel and shutting it again after having quenched his thirst. The planners of the equine aeronautics found little difficulty at first in inducing the stallion, who was very docile, to step in the car of the balloon, and in order to prevent accidents two stout straps connect- ed his bit with heavy iron rings fastened to the sides of the car. After his first aerial trip, however, he strenuously objected to leave terra firma, and it required several months of patient and careful training be- fore Osman could perform his feat grace- fully. And even now, after many trials, he exhibits each time a certain lack of con- fidence. A horse is instinctively cautious. especially avoiding marshcs'and all suspi- cious ground. When Osman receives his into the balloon convey- ance he acts like a woman on the point of taking a. cable carâ€"lie wants to be sure that the thing does not fly away before he is comfortably installed. During the ascen- sion he behaves phlegmatically and stands perfectly still, notwithstanding the manip- ulations of his keepers below, who are constantly pulling on the ropes attached to the car, swinging it violently back and forth, so that screams of terror escape the . . (lune 1:100 gladies. who fear that the poor beast may works of art in the collection, many of; tumble down at any moment. The only symptoms of fear the horse evinces occur during the pyrotechnical finale. From the moment the attendant approaches with his flaming torch with which he kindles the fireworks the stallion begins to stamp and snort furiously. During this part of the : performance his fiery eyes and prickcd cars denote his interest, and when he is finally released there is a sudden dash for the stable, under the unroarious applause of the appreciative multitude, In this connection it is interesting to re- . 11th f1t th.t l ' l'S.,J b will be found and will be of the greatest‘ca e ab '3“ W mu, m l 3 osep Montgolfier experimented with his primi- tive balloon at Versailles in the presence of the Court of France a sheep, a rooster, .and a duck were placed in a suspending cage, so that the first aeronauts were three domestic animals. The sudden ascent, however, had a bad effect on the peace of the family, the otherwise meek sheep going so far as to lose his temper and kick the rooster, fracturing his right wing. A Bridge Across the English Channel- Most of our readers will remember the state of abject dismay into which a large part of the people of England were plunged by the proposal to pierce the bed of the Channel between that country and France With a tunnel. For a time it seemed as if the century had been turned upside down, and Englishmen were living in dread of “ Buonaparte ”~â€"they took a silly pleasure then in using the Italian spellingâ€"and expected to see the invinc1ble body-guard charge out of the black hole on the coast and the imperial army follow, to lay waste the land. capture the men, and captivate the women. The fact that a dynamite cartridge which an Englishman could carry in his sack-coat pocket would block a tunnel beyond repair for months was not given a moment’s attention. The girdle of the in- violatc sea was threatened. The thought was intolerable. But now it is grovely proposed to bridge theChannel ; and though this is a project as old as the English rail- way'systcm, it has been very elaborately developed by French and English en- gineers, aided by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. designers of the Forth Bridge, and it is evidently to be pressed in good faith and with hope of success. It is intended to be nearly 18 miles in length, resting on 72 piers, alternately 1310 and 1630 feet apart, and constructed on the cantilever principle. But if Englishmen were alarmed at a tunnel, what will they say to a bridge that requires six dozen obstacles of a most formidable kind to the navigation of the Channel? But then Eng- lish panic is a most uncertain phenemcnon, quite as apt to be missing when it would be reasonable as to be very unreasonable when there is no occasion for it.-â€"-[Horpor’s \Veekly. A Wisconsin paper, after describing a farm which the advertiser wants to sell, adds; “The surrounding country is the most beautiful the God of Nature ever made. The scenery is celestialâ€"divine ;also two wagons to sell, and a yoke of steers.” “ Doctor,” said Mr. Israels, “ when you send in your bill for the boy please to re member that he came unfinished. He hasn't a hair on his laced or a tooth in his mouth. You ought to throw off at least ten per cent.”