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4 BF GREAT BRITAIN EZLOVED AND Bi-TSPECTSD BY THE WHOLE WORLD. Ilci- i'roqirrous Reign of Fillyâ€"ills!“ hairs ftnrlu the hrrnlrst Epoch In the Ilium-y urure-t ltrhnln-ller ('oronn. iiou a maximum spectacleâ€""arrlaze o {be Que-cu to Prince Albert. In: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and limpress of ludia attained her seventy' sixti. birthday on the 24th of May, and on June ‘21), Will have completed the fifty- eignxh year of her reign. It has been one of the greatest periods in the world’s his- tory and marks a physical and intellectual program unparalleled in time. Above all it is the most brilliant epoch in the history of the British Empire, ever to be renowned for the splendid galaxy of great men and women it has produced. Among these no name will stand forth more illustrious or more iniperishable than that. of Victoria I. As sovereign and woman her life has been open as the day, to be observed of all men, and it has been from the beginning pure, honest and uusullied. As wife,mother and queen she is peerless among women. THE KING 1‘! DEAD. The eigtttaith birthday of the Princess Victoria, when she came of age, was cele- brated With great pomp and festivity on the 24th of May, 1837. All England re- jotccd in the prospect of a youthful sover- eign, who must inevitably soon be called to the throne, for the “sailor king," William lV., was enicebled by age and disease. A few weeks later be was fast ap1.roaching his final hour. June l9, 1837, he received . the final consolnziens of religion at the hands of the Archbishop ofCanterbury, and at 2:20 o’clock on the morning of the 20th he passed to that state which king and sub- jut alike must enter and ceased to be King til the British Empire. He died at Wind sor (Jusrlc, and cre his body was cold nies- l scngvis were dispatched to Kensington ' l'alace to inform the princess that she was queen. 'l‘iie messengers were the Arch- bisl up of Canterbury and the Marquis of Conyugham, Chamberlain of the palace. Few scenes in Victot izt’s long reign are more pic -sinc or more affecting than those in which she heard the news of her accession and received the allegiance of the ministry and the lords of the privy council. LUNG LIVE THE QUEEN. 'l‘he lll(‘S~iel|L{t'l'S loft Windsor at 3 o’clock l in the Hli)l'lllll,_; and arrived at Keiisiugton : 'l‘he prinCess was i Palace, in Li ntlon, at sleeping in her mother’s room, which had always bcen her custom, and was summon- lshould marry. x prominent question, and it. was Lord Mel- b-iurne’s duty to ascertain, if possible, whether she had formed any thoughts on that subject for herself. As a matter of Iii-Ct. she was already in love with her youthful cousin, Prints Albert of Saxe. Couurg, but he was three months 'ner ,iunizr and far from being matured. Nothing had been spoken between the cousins, but in the respective families the idea had long been maturing that this young couple How widely this fact was known is now difficult to say, nor Would it be a matter of grave consideration to the statesmen of England, for royal marriages had been rarely based on affection or personal choice, but were usually considered as afiairs of state. Pondering over the “black Lord Melbourne at last broached it. to the Queen. “Was there,”he asked with some trepida- tion, “any individual oi the other sex for whom she entertained a preference beyond all other men 3” Startled and confused, the young Queen blushed and inquired whether the informa- tion was wantedas a matter of state policy. IZIIB lordship replied that under no other Circumstances would he have asked the question. I “In that case,” said Victoria quite solemnly, “there is one person for whonfl entertain a. very decided preference.” “Will your Majesty pardon me for asking his name 2" “The individual I mean,” said the Queen, “is the Duke of Wellington l" There must have been a twinkle in her eye when she said this, but it baf‘fied Mel- bourne for the moment. Many months did not elapse before it was no secret that the destined husband of the Queen was to be Prince Albert. THE QUEEN IS CROWNED. Meantime preparations for the coronation were going forward, and this magnificent spectacle occurred on the 28 of June, 1838, a few days more than a year after the Queen’s - accession. On Feb. 10, 1840, the marriage of the SPRING SMILES. 29-" You are the only girl who can m3“ me “9953" She (coqnettishlylâ€" “.51”? Heâ€"“ Y0! ; I have tried all the others." “ No, Maud. dear, the quarterdeek of an excursion steamer is no: so called because you can get aseat on it for twenty~five cents.” “ Money talks,” said the oracular board- er. “It talks pretty conclusively.” admitted the Cheerful Idiot, “ but at times it gets rattled. ” “ Did you look at that bill I left yester- day, sir 2" said a collector to a member of congress. “ Yes,” was the reply. “ It has passed first reading.” _ Heâ€"“ Why does Miss Middleage persist in singing ‘My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon ‘3’ ” Sheâ€"“ Because he can’t come down and deny it." Undergrad Bummler (espying his tailor and his shoemaker sitting together in a tavern)-â€"“ Donuerwetter ! A meeting of creditors, I do believe l” Mrs. Grillâ€"“0h, dear ! I’ve sang to this baby for an hour, and she hasn‘t stopped crying yet.” Mr. Grillâ€"“Probably she has been waiting for you to stop.” Miss Moneybags took sweet revenge Upon gay Willie Fleet. She heard him call her dull, and so She cut him on the street. Teacherâ€"“Which letter is the next one to the letter ‘H’3” Boyâ€"“Dunno, ma’am.” Teacherâ€"“What havs I on both sides of my nose?” Boyâ€"“Freckles, ma’am.” Ain't a bit 0’ use to fretâ€" Take life as you find itl Best world that- we’ve been in Smile and never mind it 1 Fordâ€"“Your lawyer made some pretty severe charges agai eat the other fellow, didn’the ?” Smallwortâ€"“Y-e-e-s,but you ought to see how he charged me.” yetâ€" “The curious thing about my business,” Queen to Prince Albert took place and a said the mosquito, alighting softly upon new career of happiness and love was open- . the nose of his sleeping victim, “is that ed before her. The world knows the story ' it] more fun to go to work than it, is to by heart. grew in popular favor, and what a. useful and prudent statesman he became, how all parties came to value his worth, disinterest- edness and noble virtues; b “v he took part in advancing the arts and ~.. :ences, and how on more than one occaston his far- seeing statesmanship saved England from embroilment with other nations. The Queen still mourns her husband, though she has nobly borne her sorrow and shown still further her greatness as a woman. â€"_.__._‘.â€"____ DEALING WITH BEGGARS. Rlnlic Your Inquiry Into Your Brother's Need Prompt and Effective. The Pall Mall Budget recently gave a graphic description of agloomy house in which are kept the biographies of beggars ‘n London during the last century. Here, ml hastily ; she enfered the presence of the 73150» are Pl“:kets “Dunning their PhOW' incest-iich wrapped in a dressing gown, wlLll slippers on her naked feet. l'oiiynham {obi be: their crritn-l, and addressed her as “ Your Majesty," She int out her band, and ilir-y klsdt‘il it. in homage, and through: out the recital of the news behaved with admirable self-possession and modesty. As they departed she said to the archbishop hour or two later Lord Melbourne, prune minister, who was soon to acquire an ‘ influence with her which he never abused, l and \Vllll'll was of untold value in the way f of her education in statecriift, called am“ prepared her for the opening act of the; stately drama now to beam. He had prc~ l pared ln-r speech to the ureatcouncil, which l was 'u assemble at 11 o’clock in the : i‘ei-epiinin-room of the palace. There were ' assembled the great olliccrs 0f state, the! prime minister and the lord high charcel- I lor, the Archbishop of Canterbury and i York, and heriincles, the dukes ofCumber- ' land and Sussex. With these were to be seen cabinet ministers and great peers of, the realm, the Duke of Wellington, the? Earl of Lansdowne, Sir Robert Peel and a great number of others, the most famous‘ and powerful of her subjects. l Asked whether she would be accompan- l ied or would enter the room alone, she said 3 she would go in alone. \Vheu all the lords ' were assembled the folding doors were thrown open and Tm: Yor'riirm. QUEEN ENTERED. She wore a plain mourning robe, her hair and in a tight coil at the back of her head. I But her aspect and demeanor won the unbounded admiration of all present. Few ‘ of those present had ever seen her save] perhaps at a distance, for she had been! brought up and educated in great seclusion and now her self-possession and serenity struck them with amazement. She bowed and read her speech in a clear. unfaltering ‘ and sweetly musical voice, and then took ; the oath for the security of the Church of; Scotland. Next the privy councillors were sworn, the royal dukes of Cumberland and ' Sussex first by themselvu. As these two i venerable men, her uncles, kneltbefore her , and swore allegiance she blushed to thel eyes and kissed them both cordially. It' was the only instance during the long cere- mony that she showed embarrassment. and her eyes revealed the tenderness of her affectionate nature as she rose from her chair out of regard to the infirmity of her Uncle Sussex and moved toward him with outstretched arms. Her department charmed every bnholder and the Duke of \Vollington declared that bad she been his own daughter he could not have desired to see her perform her part better. TALK OF MARRIAGE. lt wasa fortunate thing for the Queen, for Great Britain also. that Melbourne was - prime minister at the time of her accession. l He was a Whig, but. not a partisan, and his ; impartiality was often so great that some of the keeuest of his own party followers ' called him a Tory at heart. To his hands was committed the first initiation of the Queen in her constitutional duties. He was no longer young, but was not old. and she gave him her confidence. He was as l passionately fond of her as he would have 7 been of a daughter, and he always treated her with a sort of parental care, and at the , same time with respectful deference. ; The marriage of the Queen soon became a ' graphs, their aliases, and the countless pre- tended miseries by which they cheated the public. Besides this, there is a room in which are cases of begging letters, labelled and indexed so that a person, on receiving , such an appeal, can find whether it comes . V H 1, “ I ask your prayers on my behalf." An ; from a member 0‘ the trade. the l Here are banners displaying pictures of explosions, fires and battles by which the bearers were said to have been maimed or wounded. It isasingular fact that while hundreds of these banners are carried in London, there are only ten different designs. Not only in London, but in American cities, stories are told of the success of members of this wretched profession. A miserable cripple in filthy rags was lately arrested on the Strand while plying his trade. When he was released, his wife came for him in a carriage, and tick him by night to a handsome villa in Kensing- ton. A certain woman, known to charitable people in Philadelphia as “good old Mar- garet,” died. leaving her savings to a spendthrift daughter, who with them fur- nished a house as for a princess, paying an extravagant sum for the hangings of one room. Another beggar in the same city was found at his death to have boarded large sums, which were concaaled in his wretched garret. Almost every year we hear of men dying of starvation and cold, {look dry. side Husks (waving the dipper away)â€" lOiO! How the Prince year after year stay to hum," Weary Wiggins (handing dipperlâ€"“You Here's a drink of water." Way- “VVhat’s the use of spoiling a good thirst like I’ve got?” Miss Wellalongâ€"“I think I made quite a sensation in my antique costume at the levee last evening.” Miss Marketmadeâ€" “Oh, decidedly ! Everybody exclaimed, ‘How appropriate 2’ ” Mr. Figgâ€"“Do you know, my boy, that it hurts me worse than it does you when I give you a whipping?" Tom -“Honest, paw?” "Yes." “Just gimme another lickin’ now, will you, paw ?” “She treated you pretty shabbily.” “Yes. She’s angry with some one.” “With you ‘2” “Oh, no; not with me.” “How do you know ‘2” “Because I’m the one she’s vent- ing her feelings on.” Though the new woman to usurp Man’s rightful place aspires, She’ll still permit him to get up And build the morning fires. Johnnyâ€""Maw, I should think it would be s. heap more careless to cast pearls be- fore chickens than to cast ’em before swine." His motherâ€"“Why so,Jobnny ‘2" Johnnyâ€"“’Cause they’d eat ’em." Rollingstone Nomossâ€"“Did you ever hear about Ragsey’s financial difiicultv 2” Taterdon Tornâ€"“No,wot was it?” Rolling- stone Noumeaâ€"“Some gent give ’im a quar- ter, an’ be swallowed it.” Weary Wigginsâ€"“Uneasy Walker is de luckiest feller on de road. ” Tired Traddles â€"-“How’s dat ‘2" Weary Wigginsâ€"“He’s a somnambulist. an' does all his walkin' in his ,sleep. but gives him all day to loaf in.’ I Mr. Nonintentions (carelesslylâ€""Aw how would you like to marry a man who had only $10 a Week '2” Miss Passe (eager- 1y)â€"“ Oh, George, this is so sudden, but I think we can worry along if pa lets us live with him.” Mr. McSwart (getting ready for church) â€"“ Lobelis, what’s the matter with this necktie of mine? I can’t find any way to fasten the thing on.” Mrs. McSwartâ€"“O ! Put that down, Billiger ! That’s my new but.” “ That girl in front of us is very fond of opera,” said the young woman at the then- ter. “ She must be," replied the young man. “From the sizeof her hat you’d think she was afraid some of it might get although they have carefully hidden, or at past her." . i _ (their credit in bank, money enough to. dressed in close hands about. her forehead fmlpply men- wants. buch facts as these] are urged by the societies for repressmg brggary to prevent all almsgiving without previous inquiry. A woman With her starving baby wandered from house to house in the city of New York, and being turned away from them gical question to ask you. on my l . ‘ . . . . . ’1, lhere isauotherside to this ugly picture. I no” wah mm my feet ‘ deer. are not hollow.” “Doctor, I have an important physiolo- When I stand head the blood rushes intc my head. Now, when I stand on my feet why does it “ Because your At the tableâ€"“Do ou know Ain- aryllis,” y ' asked the Cheerful Idiot, “ why a”. a” down on the steps of a church. the letter S is like the presentation of a The crowd passed her without notice, having made inquiry into her case. When a policeman came to her the woman was unconscious and the child was dead. This is one case out of many equally pitiful. In large cities this question of charity comes almost daily before every man and woman, boy and girl. The answer is, Inquire into your brother’s need. But let'your inquiry be prompt and effective, as though you saw the Master where He stands watching you. Frozen by Heat. Melted by Cold l In Germany. the land of scientific curioa cities, asubstauce has been produced by chemical experiments which seems to con- tradict the law that heat melts and cold solidifies. The new substance is called “cryostaz,” and is formed by combinin equal quantities of phenol, camphor and sapouine with a little turpentine. When its temperature is lowered below the point at which water freezes, it becomes liquid. but when it is heated it turns to the solid state. -â€"â€"-â€"-.â€"-â€"â€". Raising Rice. It. is not perhaps generally known under what. hurtfulcnnditious the culture of rice is carried on. It necessitates, in fact, the inundation of the tract. of country where it ii cultivated, and obliges the laborer to carry on his work during the portion of the year with his legs submerged in stagnant: “Iél’. not cigpr to a colored gentleman ‘2” The waiter . gn- ave it up. “ I will tell you, Ange- line, ’ continued the Cheerful Idiot. “ It is because it makes the moke smoke.” Papa, soberlyâ€"“ That was quite a mons- tromty you had in the parlor one evening." Grace, nettledâ€"“ Indeed! that must de- pend uponone’s understanding of the term ' monstrosity.’ ” Papa, thoughtfullyâ€" “ Well, two heads upon one pair of shoul- ders, for example.” A NIH? VERSION. Little drops of water, Falling with a thud, Though they hadn’t oughter, Manufacture mud. â€"â€"_'.___ A Gloomy Prospect. Mr. Finemindâ€"My clear, my scientific works are bringing me in a fortune,and we will soon be rich. Mrs. Finemindâ€"Too bad. Now we will have to associate with a lot of nobodies who inherited their wealth. Ending a Discussioa. Mr. Grumpps (hotly)â€"-Yon must be crazy. Mrs. Grumppe (icily)â€"-Just what every body said when I married you. During a great part of l894, 14.4 per cent. of the laborers of France were with- out work. ‘ ' .\\ ‘ rICKER’S STAND AND CASE. pulling on the berry roll it ofi‘. Never ex- égRlCULTURAL -‘ A \~\\\\~- Preparing Small Fruits for Ship- ment. Strawberries especially should be carefully attended to. Mulch with straw or any coarse litter. This keeps the berries from becoming dirty during a showar. When pickers are at work, watch them ; allow no bad or dirty fruit to be placed in the boxes. All imper- fect specimens must be thrown out. Fill boxes neither too full nor too scant. Leave calyx and stem on strawberries. This gives them a much nicer and cleaner appearance when placed on the market. They also stand a long shipmentmuch better and keeplobger. Do not allow them to be pulled off,“ much fruit is then mashed. This applies to all small fruits. Never pica raspberries and blackberries with atoms on. Instead of Observe strict cleanliness. pose small fruits to the sun or wind. If stands are used see that they have a cover for protection. The accompanying cuts represent a picker’s stand and case, used on the Theyer fruit farms. Fig. l is a 6 quart case and Fig. '2 is cover attachment. Fig. 3 is a square tin box into which a quart box fits. It is fastened about the waist with a. strap, and is used only for raspberries and blackberries. Be sure all boxes and cases into which fruit is placed are clean and well made. Covers .must fit tightly, so no air or dust will strike the fruit. In hauling to place of shipment always cover with canvas or some similar material. Direct all cases neatly and in one particular place. Place the consignor’s name, as well as that of the consignee, upon every case. Ship only to reliable and trusty dealers and commission men. By neglecting proper preparation and careful shipment much small fruit goes on the market in bad con' dition, bringing low prices and also injury to the reputation of the grower. Wheat Makes Better Pork. It is generally admitted that wheat when fed to hogs improves the quality of pork. More loan is the usual result, or rather the loan is in layers in midst of the fat, when wheat and corn mixed form the diet of a fattening porker. The addition of oats, rye, barley, cottonseed meal, etc., gives still greater variety, and in equal parts mixture of four or five kinds of grain, it may be expected that the quality of the meat will maintain the highest standard. Even when worth $1 a bushel it usually pays to feed a fattening hog three bushels or more in producing the last 150 pounds of growth and fat. The framework of the animal is made stronger by the flint-like material of the wheat, particularly the muscles and sinews, than in the case of corn feeding exclusively. The composition of the meat is accordingly better adapted to the wants of man for nourishing and restoring decaying and broken muscles bf the human frame. Skeptical people are ready to object to feeding wheat worth $1 per bushel to bogs worth four cents per pound gross; but if it is realized that people will use one- third more pork because of the improved quality obtained by mixing wheat in the food, we have practically the worth of the wheat in the increased price. The greater the demand for any article of food, the greater the price, is the almost unexcep- tionai' .rule. There is the advantage, too, of retaining on the farm the manureâ€"gross products of the wheat, sending away not to exceed twenty-five per cent, of the bushel of wheat when converted into, meatâ€"the net selling product. With a regular use of wheat for feeding, the farmer will plan his crop accordingly. It can always, with advantage, be mixed with oats in sowing and will usually be the “saving quality” in preventin the winds from leveling the grain in the old before it is harvested. The mixture is ready for feeding ina form that is to the desire of most practical stockmen. It is unwise to plant all of one‘s acres in corn and outs for stock food when one~fifth the corn area devoted to wheat may fur- nish a good amount of wheat and straw for feeding purposes, whereas the corn and oat. crops may be short by reason of unfavor- able weather. Especially is it rash tolimit the varieties of grain grown, when one has climate suitable for winter wheat and rye (valuable for winter pasture) and the failâ€" ure of which can stil be supplemented by spring crops. Wheat as a stock-food can truly be studied with interest. Value of Bran in Feeding. The feeding of coarsely ground wheat, bran and all, is in some measure an advance on the value of bran feeding, mixed with other foods. But there cannot be too much insistence on the value of bran mixed with other foods. Mr. W. C. Backwood, in al recent contribution refers to the subject: Bran is one of the very best of the grain foods of all kinds of live stock. In fact, its value is not half realised. Too many farmers and stock breeders think of it only in connection with bran mashes more as a medicine than anything else. They con' sider it to be useful as a laxative, and cool- ing to the system; but there its value ends. In reality it is of more value to the stock raiser than any other single food for all classes and conditions of animals upon the farm. It holds no rank perhaps as fat producer : that. is, not strictly speaking. In actual sound, healthy bone and muse e growing elements it is rich ; and animals in thrifty, growing condition will always be fat to a certain extent, yet to an animal for the shambles something besides bran would be necessary without doubt. After years of feeding all kinds of grain feeds, both home grown and purchased, to all kinds of stock which are usually kept on a farm, I have come to regard bran as a necessity, and consider it cheap at almost any figure. Without doubt it commands a higher price in market than it should, in view of the present low price of wheat, but in my estimation it is still the cheapest feed a man can buy. I have made it one of the principal parts of the food for my pigs from weaning time until they are soldâ€" with the exception of a few weeks finishing off on corn. I feed it to all breeding bogs, being especially good for sows suckling pigs. For young stock it is the standby, mixed partly with something also perhaps, such as ground barley or oats. For the horses it is excellent as a part of their rations at any time, and while not sufficiently heavy of itself for hard work, is good when fed with other grain. ltkeeps the bowels in good condition and there will be no trouble with colic. Some farmers feed straw to their horses in winter with corn meal as a grain food. Such horses get colic frequently,but if bran is given in connection with it there is no trouble, as the bran acts as a reventive of impaction in the stomach and owels. A STAR SHELL Constcriisllon the Native: at Churn]. A wounded Pathan, who was captured after the fight north of the Panjkora bridge, has given our political ofiicers a most vivid account of the enemy’s action on that occasion. Every movement of our men was watched by the enemy from the hill, tops. They saw the efforts to construct the bridge, and reconnoitered as closely as they dared the entrenched camp of the Uuides’ Infantry. Then the brilliant idea struck their chiefs of launching the heavy logs up stream to wreck the bridge. He says: “We saw the floating roadway break up, and its pieces swept away in the rapid waters. Our watchman signaled the news from hill to bill, and the clans gath- ered for the fray, for we believrd that the soldiers separated from their fellows, were delivered into our hands. Then our mul- lahs came and prSached to us the right- eousness of our cause, and showed that Allah was mindful of his children by plac- ing 1,000 rifles and much ammunition within their hands to grasp. “ Now, we sorely desired those guns, and the words of our mullahs excited us greatly. We saw the men from the\ river bank marching toward us, and we believed vic- tory to be certain. But. when they saw us they went back slowly, and we could neyer get close to them, for some of their guns always firing among us, and many were stricken and fell. \thn the men had reached their camp and the Sahibs across the river began firin gupon us, too, we went back to the bills for shelter. Then our mullahs and chiefs talked together and de- cided that we should creep upon our eno- mies in the night and fall on them when the night was darkest. And every man went willingly for the guns we sorely needed. “There were 2,000 hillmen who set forth that night to crawl up to the soldiers’ camp. VI 8 lay for hours in the wet fields, with the rain falling steadily, waiting for our chief to give the signal for the great rush. Word came round from chief to chief to be ready, and every man crouched grasping his weapon to run forward. But at that very moment a devil’s gun boom- ed forth, and 10! instead of bullets and balls coming out, there burst over us a mighty light, so great that we thought the night had suddenly become day. And we cried aloud to Allan to abate his wrath against us, and when the great light faded We all hurried away, and our mullahs had no word to say." The explanation is that, in order to guard against any such nocturnal attempt, to rush the position a star-shell had been fired from the British camp, When the shell burstit shows it brilliant magnesium light, vividly illuminating the surrounding country. Throws Into _â€"-â€"-â€"*â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-â€" The Electric Age. All railroads will be eventually operated lectrically. The first changes from steam will probably be made, and have in fan already begun, on short suburban roads where the traffic is heavy and the trains are run at frequent intervals, and thus ap. proximate more closely to the ideal condi- tions of the economical electric railway, These electric sports will then be gradually extended until in the course of time the entire line will be adapted to the new order of affairs, and a new generation of railroad officers, less wedded to the older methods will have cone into existence. So far a new, light railways are concerned, such it. those contemplated in England at the pres - out time, and which are rapidly increas ing in the United States, electricity pre- sents advantages which mnnot be disputed. It has even been suggested that such agri- cultural roads might largely increase their income by supplying electric power for farming operations in the districts through which they pass. Some trolley roads do this now. Absent-Minded. Customer (with chapped handI)â€"Have ’yon anything that will drive away chaps t Druggist (man of family)-â€"Yoe-ii, I keep adog. .- , .J..(‘ A... _~.u~s-.‘.¢-. .- â€">‘v> . ~.w~.~‘w «4.. ~vfif' ; - A A,V~"IW