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ins lupin an Iranian: 'rEnroaMANCEs 11 THE LAST 100 YEARS. a..â€" . Lambert’s ‘ Great Leapéclzaiidle‘r's Jump of 39 Feet Un- beaten. "From time immemorial great, lumping feats havc'been performed by horses, and while ~many recorded are unreliable and opcn'to question, ‘the majority are genuine. "hovers a breath of romanticism, is the oft mentioned leap of Black Bess the. tireless steed .of the outlaw Dick Turpin. The more -is said to h. ve clearedrthe Hornsey toll gate on the .ou'tskirts of London with Turpin on her back. Whether or not such an ' eventcver happened it is impoSsible now to determine, but long after --Turpin passed away .the Hornsey toll gate was pointed out.’ It ‘was ii feet 10 inches high, and on the Itop bar was a cheveaux dc frise; but however daring this jump, there are dozens of a much later date and un- quostionable which cast Black Bess’s completely in the shade. Hunting counties produce great jumpers. One of’the most historic horse leaps known to the Old World is which took place near New-castleâ€"onâ€"’ ‘yne. took "Lamber't’s Leap,” in 1759, Cuthbert Lambert’s mare ‘ One‘ of the former class, around which yet fright, and on reaching a bridge the ' parapet of’ which was 394;;feet high, ju‘mpo‘d upon and off it, clearing a . barn below and covering a distance. of 46 feet,;.the actual height- of the drop being 36 feet. The bough of a. tree broke the fall; but though the rider-was unhurt the mare died, and 'thc'sh'ock was so great that all the joints of her back were dislocated. this exploit was carved on To commemorate "Lambert’s Leap" - one or the coping stones of the bridge. Curiously enough this stone'was knocked away in 1767 by another horse, ridden by a man namâ€" ed Nicholson of Newcastle, which jumped over THE PRECISE SPOT. More curious still, there was a third leap at the same spot in 1771, the rider being the servant of Sir John Hussey Delaval. 'As already mentioned, Lambert escaped unhurt, while in Nicholson’s case “the man it was that died,” and both Sir J ohn's horse and rider were killed. There is a substatiated record of a horse having jumped a wall six feet high and one foot wide in the neighborhood of Paisley. The late G-en. Wallace once made a bet with Cunningham of Craigends that a horse belonging to one of the officers of the regiment would jump six feet. The bet was accepted, the liorse was named, and he won the money easily for the General. The trial took place over a wall bounding a. cottage gar- den, and before the horse could: be pulled up be cleared another wall 41} feet high. Alongside of these reâ€" cords it seems nothing out of the way to learn that on New Year’s Day, 1877, when the Duke of Beau- fort’s hounds met at Colcat Barn, Major Hayley, riding a pony, 14 hands high, cleared a wall 5 feet 6 Inches in height. The merit of the leap is, however, enhanced when it is rtnnembered that it took place with hounds and that the pony was not brought fresh out at the stable. A still better jump with hounds is that taken by one Perkins, whip of the East Sussex hounds in 1823. Af- ter a good run the fox made for Lord ChichCSter’s seat, Stammer Park, near Brighton and scrambled over the wall with the pack at his brush. Perkins was in a good place and evidently carried away by the excitement of the moment rode at and cleared a wall SEVEN FEET HIGl-I. These leaps are not given as any- thing approaching to an exhaustive list of high jumps, but are merely sclecte'tl-‘Ibecausc they are authentica- ted. One of the best- performances over Water is unquestionably that of "Al- exander Campbell of Menzies in jumping the River Team; In 1856 Baker’s hounds were running in the neighborhood. of Granborough, when the Learn came in the way. Camp- bell har’ no idea 120 was so near the river, and even when he saw it had but a poor idea of its width. Howâ€" ever, seeing that at last there was something to jump he held a. tight rein on his gray horse Deceiver and jammed him at the river. The horse just cleared the water, which, on be- ing measured, proved to be 27 feet 7 inches. “Campbell’s leap." as it is now called, naturally caused some commotion and eventually a Mr. Gibson backed five of his horses for £50, to jump the Leam at the place crossed by Campbell, The horses, however, were entered to be sold at Tattcrsalls, so the match was made, conditional on their not being sold One was disposed of and the wager was decided with four horses. The test came off in May 1856. Mr. Martin of Rugby backing the water. The horses were ridden by a 126â€"pound man. He first tried a narrower part. of the river and all got over with a. scramble. Over "Campbell’s Leap" the first horse, a gray, fell on landing and thus lost the first .950; the othersjuinpcd inâ€" to the” water and Campbell’s feat re- mained unbeaten. Three dayslater a dinner and a silver cup ~\vel‘e.giv0n to Campbell in liOllOl‘ of the occaâ€" sion. While hunting villi the- Queen’s houndsabout eighty years ago» Lord Villers cleared twenty-seven feet over a. canal. <But in point of distance all these performances are cast; in the made by Chandler's famous newly made ,stake-an'dâ€"barred a steeplechase in' England. jump at Warwick in 1847. It is stated that the distance cleared was 39 feet, but there is some testimony that IN FAVOR OF 37-FEE’1‘; ‘ The uncertainty seems arisen from two distances mentioned: in Bell’s Life of that itself the disâ€"l Lance is given as -87.-feet, but in a. paragraph in another part of ' the paper it was stated 1,039; feet. ~'_William Archer, father 'of the, jockey, Fred Archer, Saw- the jump," how- ever, and in later “years testified in favor. of the latter distan’ce;- ‘ a Lord Ingestro's horse Lather jumped 27 feet '5 inches .over damar pit. in -.a run hounds. A horse named Culverâ€" thorne is. said to have jumped 39 feet at Whissendcne, but there does not appear to be any trustworthy record of the leap. . At the close of 1887 'Mr. .Muntz,.‘li-I. .I’.,-‘jumped into a chasm 40 feet deep, and one of the “leading cases” in this style of jumping ., .is the famous chalk .pit adventure of Paulet 'St. John, who in 1733 unintentionally jumped into a, chalk pit 25 feet deep on Hunsley Down Hants. By a great good luck neither horse nor man was inâ€" jured,- and just a twelvemonth later the same pair won a hunters’ race, the horse being entered in the name of “Beware Chalk Pit.” On Farley Mount, not far from the scene of St. J ohn’s exploit, a monument was erected, the inscription giving the particulars just stated, and saying that the horse was buried ‘under- heath. To acertain extent history repeat; ed itself 114 years- later, in March, 1847 wheanarton Wallop, hunting with the Hursley Hounds, jumped a fence and landed in a, pit, the bottom of which was fifteen‘fect below: the top of the fence. "A young gentleman of Lancashire earned a. niche in the once gallery of notables by jumping on the battlement of Egremont'llridge n'ear Whitehaven and dropping twenâ€" ty feet into about one foot of water, with no worse consequence than a sprained ankle. Another man While hunting in the year 1790 dropped thirty feet into an old shaft. The horse was killed, but the rider esâ€" caped ' WITHOUT A S CRATCH. Foreigners often wonder that Irish horses are such adept jumpers. The reason is. plain. In the olden times in Ireland a country stallion was prized not for his good looks, make, conformation or breeding, but for the manner in which he could acquit himself over a country. At the old spring country fairs in Ireland it was no unusual sight sixty or seven- ty years ago to see a string of about twenty stallions’ all ridden by their owners or owners’ sons, car-eering about madly and taking sensational jumps. For it was well known that he that got through the most sensa- tional performance was sure to com- mand the largest share of patronage from the onlookers, and hundreds of intending breeders used to ‘atâ€" tend such fairs for the purpose of judging for themselves as to the merits of the representative candiâ€" dates for stud honors. The fair in the County Waterford, held on May 1, was a great‘place for showing stallions, and several notâ€" able jumps were made. 'A great many years ago a horse named Sky- lark, owned by a Mr. Predergast, and ridden by Mcrgin, a, groom, jumped into the pound over a. Wall 6 feet 1 inch and jumped out of it again. 'At the fair of Glynn, held in the southern limits of Tipperary, this stallion’s jumping was greatly in vogue. ,On one occasion great competition was being carried on, and two brothers of the name of Walsh from Kilkcnny, with their stallions, were in it. Finding they could not best their opponents, one of the Walshes laid flat on the top of a fiveâ€"bar gate while the other jumped the stallion over him. Lord Waterford, father of the present Lord Charles .Bcresford, rode a horscovcr a sixâ€"foot’wali after a, long. run with the bounds. But a jump ofreal daring Was performed in 1870 by John Ryan, oldest brother of the Ryans of Sear~ teen, on his mare S'tcalâ€"aâ€"Way. The (leer-.and hounds had got into Crokâ€" er’s domain at Ballin'igardc, around which there was a stone wall TEN FEET HIGII. All the horsemen started to go around to the entrance gate, but no such unsportsmanlike tactics for Ryan. He had a. man who was carting crushed stones pull his wagâ€" on Within a few feet of the wall. 'l‘hcn turning the mare around he slapped her on the neck and drove her at it. Knowing what was exâ€" pected of her, Steal-a-Way, with the agility of a fawn, hopped up on the box of stones and with another bound went over the wall. 'A younger brother of the same family, named Clement, rode a. hunt- er over an iron spiked gate feet ‘5 inches high in a. run with the Tipperary hounds in 1889.. At the Charleville race in 1875 a chaser named Sailor, owned by Capt. Stamâ€" ar G'ubbins, brother of John Gubâ€" iins, owner of Ard Patrick, cleared 33 feet over the water jump with 170 pounds on his back. This horse ran fifth in the Grand National of 1874-, with 175 pounds up. A horse named Cigar, owned by Allen 'McD'onOugh, jumped'29 feet in l l wit h » the Pytchley‘I l was truly a ever was bridledâ€"a rushing devil that no one could ride, and yet he could jump 6 feet from a to have standstill. .â€"â€"â€"+~â€"â€" ABOUT PEOPLE’ AND THINGS. Notesmf Interest From an Over v the World. - . Matrimonial troubles are on the- increasc inf-Germany.- Last year di-' vorce cases increased from 4,675 to 5,278. “The Weekly Review for the- Adult Blind'LWiII be published next year in Vienna. according; to-the dispatches. This innovation in journalism is commendable. A radium industry has 'chelope'd in Germany and France. Though one gram costs only a little less than $2,000,‘ the manufacturers are Said to have orders for several hunâ€" dred grams. ' The father of lexicographers is not Doctor Johnson, but Griffith Hiraeâ€" thog, the Herald bard of Wales, who died in the year 1564 AJ). An abbreviated copy of this dictionary is now at Cardiff. The magnetic pole‘expedition has sailed for Greenland in the Gjoa. The party will attempt to pass north of the American Continent to Bering Strait. This will take them near the North Pole. The. , mortality from tuberculosis is higher among the negroes than. among the whites. Consumption" causes the'd‘cath-ofr485 out ofevcry 100,000 negroes, while only 126 out of 100,000 whites die of this, disease. What is heat lightning ? Not the reflections of'distant storms, the modern authorities tell us. It is now quite generally regarded as "an- alogous to the brush or glow dis- charge of an electrical machine," says Nature. Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf, is supposed to be the hottest place on the earth. The mean temperature there for the entire year is 99 dg. In summer the thermometer night after . nighf‘at midnight stands at 100 dg. and by 3 o’clock in the afâ€" ternoon it is often 140 dg. Rapid transit is apparently the least dangerous. Trains in Russia are slower than in any other Euro- pean country, but there are more acâ€" cidents on the Russia than on any other Continental system. 'A few so-callod fast expresses reach the speed of fortyâ€"two miles an hour, the average speed of a passenger train being thirty-six miles. 0n 29,000 miles of railway last year the num- ber of accidents amounted to 9,890. The chief reason for this enormous number of accidents, is said to be the old and insecure method of using rivets and staples in laying the permanent Way. Poor King Peter of Servia, osâ€" tracized because of his failure to punish the assassins of his predeces- sor, bears a name that is unlucky among monarchs. England has nevâ€" er had a King Peter. Peter (or Pedro) I. of Brazil was compelled to abdicate, and his son, Pedro IL, was driven to Europeby the success- ful revolution of his people. ' Pedro the Cruel, of Castile and Leon, was slain in combat by his brother. Petâ€" er the Great of Russia, perpetrated frightful excesses; his granson, Peter 11., died of smallpox after a reign of only three years; and Peter III. was dethroned and strangled by conâ€" spirators. Is there anything in a name? _ That‘the devotees of Golf should give themselves so assiduously to the avocation need not be wondered at, in view of the followed item, re- cently brought to light, which shows how seriously the game may be reâ€" garded: On September 9, 1637, Francis Brounc, son to John Broune, wabstcr in Baum/was convicted by the borrow or justice court of the burgh of breaking into the buithc of‘ Patrick Shand and stealing thereâ€" from' “sumo gold-ballis.” and the judges "or dainit the said Francis tobe iresentli‘e‘ tacken and careit to the go lowshiil of this-’burghe, and haUght on the gallows, thereof to the death, whereof William Wat; 'dempster of the said assayisg gaive do ome.’ ’ .__.._._i+.__..__. THE QUARREL, Dear little heart, I did not know I gave the thorn That hurt you so. * What can I do, What can I say, Dear heart, to wipe Those tears away? Why, sweet, I’d give My all to show I never meant To hurt you so. Tell me that you Forget the’ word, Or, sleeping, that You never heard. Dear heart, don’t sob, Don’t mind, for, oh, I never meant To hurt you so. + "Papa," said the beautiful girl, w_ .1“; as she hid her.blushing face on her. Donough, a brother of thesame man father's Shoulder. “WOUM you‘ Obie“ rode a horse‘ called Perfection over to Mr. Hankmson .as a sonâ€"inâ€"law?” ,sixl‘walls, 6 feet high for a big-wag. of the gentleman, er. I George Low, owner "N-no, I suppose not," said ‘the old apathetically; “he. might mighty Barcal.'(lino.-l_uul nugrayhorso as Well be. costing; me something. -in immerl' Jack Soring that jumped a groceries as in gas and coal." (iâ€"foot wall at the Dublin horse show of 1873, and repeated the perforr malice at Waterford. 4’ Jack M'â€" The forWard look stimulates the Springr forward step. about the mostqfuligfaiilldlgditotilsoe'brugz A thazipur, vas GHAZIPUR, INDIA, NOTED- FOR ITS. GARDENS. Bewildering Mass of Colorâ€"Culti- vators of the Poorest Class. ' vWit'hjn 500 miles of». the mud and I steamy moisture: of .Calcuttathere aru‘ historical-and picturesque spots on. both banks of the“Gangcs, line, dry townshipsand"meadowlands 'full ' of the-:wealthof old associations. Ghaziâ€" pur is just such atownship. It is 450 ‘milcs to the northwest of the metropolis, high --on the riverside, built here and there .on heaps of brick-red ruins, some of the old walls and structures still remaining intact. It is a < Mohamniedan“towu “mostly, the-name Gliazipur signifying the city of the martyrs. An Islamite fanatic and .- martyr is a. Ghazi, who still flourishes in the frontier provinces of the northwest, rushing occasionally into British territories to kill or to be killed, which means the same thing. to him, and 'to be translated into paradise immediately by an im- mediate downrush of ferishtas (ang- els), both male and female. The Ghazi is a very shaggy and fierce in- dividual, with hair, beard, mustache full length, dressed and turbaned, carrying no other weapon but a sharp knifc,.wliich never fails of its deadly purpose. He is not to be, met with at Ghazipur now, ,or, in- - deed, in any. settled British province, but -he..is still extant and held‘ in great reverence by‘every faithful fol- loWer of the Prophet. When the Ghazi founded Ghazipur no one can tell. ‘ The town ,is sparsely populated, having large fields and pastures, large mosques in every stage of de- cay, big tanks half dry and .gardens ancient and mediaeval, growing- Wild, but still inclosed in crumbling walls. lthe very break of dav it is gathered In the interspaces of the extensive meadows dividing groups of popula- tion they cultivate roses and one OI‘I tWO other flowers, the roses always! predominating. No less than 1,000 acres are under rose cultivatikn, yield-l 'ing daily about 100,000 roses per acre. The cultivators are almost all of them Hindus, men, women, boys, girls, who stir very early in the; morning, before the first gleam of sunshine has dried a drop of dew on the petals of the. flowers. CULTIVATORS OF POOR CLASS. The flowers are not large, nothing like the traditional rose of Sharon, or the product of the gardener’s hotâ€" housc; they being to the species known as the Rosa Damascena; but the scent is so sharp as to be almost intoxicating, and penetrates the atâ€" mosphere, not to speak of the house or the place of manufacture. It is quite a scene to find your way into one of the plantations in twilight in the genial months of March or April. The roses never bloom before or af- ter those Spring months. The loud, piercing notes of the papia, the bird of the. Spring, are in the air, besides other minor choir; the morning breeze creeps up from the west; the swaying shouts greet your cars from all sides and as you are in the middle of the fields heaps of crisp, fresh roses are be'ore you in baskets, in swelling waistcloths, or still unplucked on the dark bushes around; the color and perfume almost bewilder you. Re- member, no human beings under a civilized government. are so crushed with poverty as the Indian cultiva- tor, csnecially in the western and northwestm-n provinces. Millions of them never have a full meal in the day, and Whenever drought occurs and famine breaks out they are the first victims, dving by thousands. Nearly 150 years of British rule have not inun'ovod their lot. And these rose cultivators of Ghazipur belong to that unfortunate class. first and most significant thing a. morning is the wonderful good huâ€" mor and remarkable courtesy of the people. There is no gloom of the foulist on their faces; there is no evil-snorting squalor of pauporism about. them. Pleasure and enthusi- asm mark their movements. In it the adaptation that is natural be- tween trade and temperament, or is it the very genuis of the Hindus of all clasrcs? Why should the civilizaâ€" tion of free and wealthy races teach us wants which they do not care to supply, and which we, hard Workers as we are, cannot find the means to remove? Leave us alone with our humble cheerfulness, that is enough. These cultivators strive to explain every detail of their work in their simple, rude patois, and make liberal presents of their rosebuds. The plants stand in long rows in a. light, loamy soil; they are not manured, but. kept scrupulously clean and plen- tifully watered from the open wells that lie in their midst. the harvest time is the two Spring months. If the Wind steadily blows from the west, the flower unfolds its petals slowly and economically, and yields the right amount of attar (es- sential oil). Ilut if the east wind makes itsunwelcome visit, the flow- ers open prematurely in large masses, nor-is the yield of attar up-to the mark. The cultivator has little “tron-4 ble with the plants which "would stand on the .vground for .years; . he has. only. to keep :out .vtho-zwceds .and' pump out ‘- the water. - . MANUFACTURE OF PERFUMES. My host, one of the first men at a manufacturer of s -hesitated to tread. uponâ€"~nay, Practically icompletion.Toronto Truth. 5 [rose water and attar. I was‘ some- times invited to witness the promo- es. The distillation, like the gather. ing in the fields, must commence very early in‘tho morning, helm the sun isin the sky, and when everything in in pureness and coolness. The “(dz of the house really presides over tb V, operation; the,.gentleman only unpar- visea. :Sli83"h&8‘-‘t0 dress in-weli- washed Iwhfteugarments, and - sent her-'-. self on a-.low.s_to'ol~ before~.tbe..immenae': boiling pot, which isplastered up to the [neck With‘ a..thick‘ coating of clean, finely ground-earth; A glowing hot fire of dry, plentiful, fuel; «free from smoke or ‘dirt of every kind, burns underneath.- On. all important . occasions;- when -any~=responsiblo work has to begin, the Hindu instinctively assumes asolcmn ceremonial mood, 1 as if therevis-a presence to be pro- pitiated.» .Roses and religion, in loot flowers of all kinds, have a necessary relation to the .Hindumind, ..and he to touch -with his footâ€"abrigbt. blooming flower, as if it had a-lifo and a missionl Fully 1,000.1'0303 are crammed and crushed into the boiling pot in an almost sacrificial spirit, while we all silently stand around, and the heavy lid is pressed down and pasted round thickly and firmly. It seems like a. mascara of the innocents, but the fragrant steam soon makes its way through the com- plicated tubes of the still into an- other .huge potâ€"immersed in cold wa~ ter. All day-the distillation goes on; the next; day another thousand. roses are put in the alreadydistilled water; --the. day after --another thous- and again. After this thirddistillaâ€" tion is concluded, the real Ghanipur rose water is bottled .and sent to the market. If, instead -of’- the rose wai ter, attar, the essential-oil of 1'0508, has to be extracted,- the thrice-disâ€" tilled Water is exposed over night in shallow, wide-faced basins, and by the morning the cream, in-a very thin crust, floats on the surface. At carefully with a soft downy feather and the scanty, golden semi-fluid is stored in a crystal phial. - It is a ghastly sight at the close of day to look at the colorless lump cast. :out of the boiling potâ€"that is the only remnant of the thousands of bright, beautiful roses crushed into it. But their beauty, sweetness, life and use are now changed into new, higher. and more ethereal forms for larger and better use. . Sacrifice, hard, hot, cruel sacrifice, is theonly process by which mortal virtue can ever be per- petuated in immortal life. ~+.___â€"â€" A MODEL RAILWAY. What Our Travelling; Representa- tive Says of the G. 1‘. R. A recent trip to “The States" 'brought “Truth” in contact, among other things, with the Grand Trunk Railway, and its incomparable din- ing car. service. A brighter, cleaner, more efilcient plan of eating while journeying, does not exist on any railway anywhere, and “Truth” has travelled on most of the leading lines of the world, and is therefore in a position to know. The “Club” Breakfasts are an excellent feature, which appeals to many travellers- The attendants are courteous and obliging, and don’t appear to be al- ‘Ways looking for a “tip.” The fine, heavy double track of rails between Toronto and Suspen- sion bridge makes it possible to run that distance without delays of any kind, and you are landed at your destination right on time to the minute. The great improvements on the main line east, between Toronto and Montreal, have been very costly,'and have in some cases meant the al- most entire reconstruction of the road. The line has been straightenâ€" ed, the gradrs lessened, and “Truth” But the .is told that very shortly. a train will you be put on find . on entering); the plantation of] Toronto and Montreal that will make the disâ€" tance in very much less time than even The. International Limited does now. “'l‘ru'll” seldom travels on railway passes,- the above statements can therefore be considered pcrfectly.un- biased, and are made purely- beâ€" cause of the excellent. facilities af~ fordcd the general travelling public, and because of the pride "Truth" feels in one of our great national highways. l The Grand Trunk Railway Com~ pony certainly made. no mistake when they handed over the reins of .control to Mr. Charles M. Hays, for a. more capable, allâ€"round railway man does not exist to-day. The Passenger Department is most efliciently directed by G. T. Bell, W. E. Davis and Il. G. Elliott in Mont- real, Geo. W. Vaux in Chicago, and J. D. McDonald in Toronto. We bespeak great things for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway on its 1: c lav con 4â€"...“ They were uttering the tender non- sense that succeeds the great ques- tion. “And,” said thegirl, bravely, “ifpoverty comes, we will face it to- gether.” - ‘.‘Ah, dearest,” he replied, "the mere gsight'of your face _ Would scare the wolf away.” And ever since he;has wondered 'Why she re- turned his ring. .To inpst persons a sense of.,..ob1iga,- tion insupportable. Beware-upon whom you inflict it. A woman’s favorite word is always athe last one. - oven » .. AAAAAAAAAAA