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8.3 lace 1am a deck of ely Vesagl lady and gan- ‘ous servants. ural children. '8 draij_ by 1.8 tormer cap- little' schoon- nd, and joined . who were for on warfare in lots of Henry P9030 be refused n01 \\ a sma fishin 11'8 30mg t 183E 11 hen wooiaaton, a. England, tho awe from the his paternal _re_allzed all, state done {94311de no gon- ing and 1 seem- premely 48 Cal" BVOI‘Y‘ ll 1‘, have au‘uon, n it. SB ll on 0W"- )nivte and “fill you 9- W“ lad Char- look ODâ€" ad the r. and I Lona V11- vera Iout {ave MONSTER BEASTS ENLISTED IN THE INDIAN ARTILLERY. . *‘U .nvl drags the biggest guns as if they? I vere feathers, keeping a steady pace'gu mm the tramp, tramp, tramp of the;k nfantry. He is no laggard at any time i; 3 mid deep indeed must be the mire and g V nigh the barricade which he cannotil walk through or demolish. In one reâ€"gs meet the elephant in artillery is like‘fl Napoleonâ€"he never knows defeat. 1:1 The officers and men of the Indian l,i irmy have for years been working with! i )he idea of making the elephant more if and more useful. At first the big beasts i was used on the fortifications, for haul- i . lug timber, and all kinds of tasks for; 7‘. which strength,absolute obedience and 33 doeility were required. The elephantis not a particularly intelligent beastiifi 1nd therefore his progress has been? flow along the lines laid down by the disciples of Mars. Now he knows as: well what to do as the best posted aruiE tilleryman and will bring his gun to; the regimental front with as much preâ€"i cision as the veriest martinet wha- wields the sword could desire. i Everybody who {knows anythingi about elephants is aware of the fact’; that when excited, he is in the nature; oi a terror. Oddly enough, however. THE TRAINED ELEPHANT rarely gets into that state of mind. With the knowledge he gains seemel to come the power to control himself and do his duty as best he can. ‘ The. particular use to which the ele- phant is put in the artillery line in lndia, is as a beast of draught for the heavy batteries and for the guns of the siege train. These instruments of ear are tremendous in size and eXceed- ingly heavy. Until the regime of the elephant, it had been the custom to locks. There was, however. no end of : arises trouble with these beasts. They were‘gglifili‘z hard to control and so many of them E a 0131‘; were required that they proved 3- good ; ing 5‘ deal‘ 01 a nuisance. 80 1t 18 that theihas r! British artillerymen rejome-s at 'thegnflW ( 811b8tllutlon of the elephant for the‘édirect bullock. One elephant will draw v*ithâ€"§ A s out effort a piece of artillery Which- is a f a long line of bulloeks would have de- P13 4 furulty in movmg at all. .restin liwry one of these heavy batteriesfi - -"-hth h ' . 1 "mg? unit. e elep aznt motes from p ace 3 and 1 In place consists of four 40-pounders.§are 1 and two 6 and 3-inch. howltzers. \thle ance one elephant can draw, if necessary, a E on t1 single piece of artillery, In order . not! the f. to Strain h-Lm at. all they are sometimes 3 out o paired or driven tandem. For instance, is let in such a. battery as the one just de- - . , .. - - ms t scribed, twelve elephants are utilized. A ‘ These are not all employed in drawing I fair the artillery at the same time, for ition t is well not to work an elephant too sign“ hard, because, if that is done, he is '\ man APT TO BECOME STUBBORN. short all that is asked of them. 4 ithe The elephant battery, or rather the ‘, coup? guns thereof, is always accompanied by ; bestt ammunition wagons and bagoage. 0w- 3 at 1i ing to the fast that the su ply of pro-‘ werly trained elephants is imited, bul- locks are still utilized as the beasts of aughlt for the battery ‘accompanzi- t for cuts. The fact that 262 bullocks are 5 five required to draw the ammunition and ‘ clog \baggage forms a striking contrast beâ€" oblu fl tween their powers and these or the whe elephants, for the gross weight of the ammunition and the baggage is infin- itely less than that of the artillery (itself. -_ ,g M, ,, A ILBCLL. ,The British artillerymem do not at- d." ' w tempt to manage the big beasts that lnary P0 ‘ gnaw the guns. To accomplish this . Miklashevsl ask, there is employed a staff oflpuring the twelve mahouts, With twelve ascnstants, Baltic aqua the latter being under the command; d' t of an official known as jemadar, oriat a. 13 31 captain. All are natives of lndia. Then E who care for the bollocks. Therefore, it can be seen that a battery of artil- , lery in India amounts to something. the compoa In faot, it is a little army in itself, for l keeps secr every one of the natives employed is: two tubes flipgiosed to be competent, and ready. which, bei 1ght if necessary. _a liani red \Vhenever 1t happens that the bat- bination oi as an aid, if it can possioly be made avallable. In such cases, 1t. 15 neces- car. , house in appearance, wrth one end omitted. In this little house sits the mahout. or attendant ot’ the elephant. who sees that during the journey he! does not become frightened, and has? no opportunity of injurgng - .imself, v0- no opportuniot‘y of. Lnjurgng himself. Ov- rest . 1 ed to thee care of about the size From the highest of the sections of! steel on the side rises a thin piece ofa steel to a height which carries it just' clear of the elephant. Running from the top of these eman‘ pieces of steel in the form of the letter V is another steel section, and the whole prevents the elefihant from rising or sitting gown. e must either lie down entire- y. or stand up straight. Straight " toss the car d attached to the lower 'ieciion of. etee on the sides, is a big ham that keeps the elephant frem be« “'10: Greatest i118 thrown against the end of the car by a sudden jolt. Entrance and exit from the car are made by means of a heavy platform. In this way the ele- phant is able to move by means of the railroad from place to place fear of injury. . Strange Communityo or ummeyuc s. u mu. Pursues Its Secluded Life in the Hills of Pen sylvanta. One of the strangest sects in the United States, whose existence was until recently practically almost unâ€" known, are the Hinkleyites, who occupy a small settlement among Pennsyl- vania’s hills, nod: far from the city of Bingihamto'n. There, strange as it may :seem in these hard times, money is a. 1-1,. drug on the market, and yet the inhab- itants are contented and happy bUt it is doubtful, though, if all the money in- the community were scraped 120- gether it would foot up more than 310 at any one time. â€"â€"â€"â€" n a ore, rtil- ing. f0? ! keeps secret. .T‘he. working parts are? ?3dY:w:hich, being pressed, . bat lien-t red or green flash; by 3.0m. , bination of flashes messages are form- drs- ed, The powder keeps dry unider wa- ter. Each lantern costs about 100 ru- This peculiar settlement is known as Hinkley’s Corners. It consists of a half dozen house , alike number of barns and other outbuildings. and a frame structure used as a place of wor- S-hlp 1n cold weather. As long as the of this strange sect are held in the Open air, usually in a cave near the woods. THEY LIVE AND' DIE UNKNOWN. . . . r f at " nt Wlthmn {we 3ears._ I . 31:53:; that time the; farm 15. not ‘ ;for the priest, who Ls the chlef e); §tive officerpf the COIDIIIUHIty, _ 4-1) J-Ln nnlInlp glen; With cheery notes. From Willing throats. Make the woods echo train. Bid winter drear, No longer harp . Tarrygng, ch111 u (ram, . All hearts re 301cc: When the soft voice Of the cuckoo proclaims thy coming overuse mvua): tgo. Big.” Maryâ€"" Yes; you must have_ glvené him the number of the street mate-ad at the number of your shoe.” “ â€"- __- 4.1.- Heâ€"“W'hf do they call woman the fair Sex?” Sheâ€"“To dlstmgzuish them from the unfair sex, no doubt.” Kate-â€" Ld HAIL. may of Hinkleyites; Which Secluded Li ft? in the Hills of GENTLE SPRING. “a ti“.- _____ requires them to to lure together as then performs a , the conclusion ofi :es the couple unâ€"r next. funeral or on d solemn sight? the joyous re- CONSTRUCTION OF A COLD STORAGE BUILDING DESCRIBED. lnvalnable to Farmers, ‘Fl‘fllt'Gl'OWCPS, Makers and Handlers of Produceâ€"A Pamphlet Issued by the Department of‘ Agriculture. A little six-paged pamphlet has just been issued from the Department of Agriculture, the work of Mr. Jas. W. Robertson, Dairy Commissioner, which gives detailed instructions for the erec- ing, and will be found invaluable 'to farmers and others. The pamphlet is accompanied by drawings for “cold stor- age building, small size,” ShiO‘Wlng fibe- OOInstrnction of a. cold storage room to be cooled by ice stored in one end 01 the building. T’hese» excel-lent drawings have been supplied by Mr. T. W. Fult- 161‘, oi the chief. architect’s office of the Department of Public Works, and the Whole will be found a. complete “vade mecum” to this important subject. The instructions are as follows:â€" The insulation of a cold storage building should make it as nearly air- tight as practicable. A' cold storage room should not be larger than is ac- tually necessary. - . AN INSULATING MATERIAL Is any Substance which prevents 01‘ al- most Wholly prevents the passage through i: tself of the form of energy known as heat. Different substances oomduct 'heatt more or less rapidly and a very poor insulating material; and. a ham, or nonâ€"conductor, of heat. REFRIGERATOR ROOMS. For the insulation of a cold storage building the requirements are that the interhor of the room or rooms where tlhe products are to be stored shall be 1 separated from the ground and from‘ the ordinary atmosphere 'by efficient insulating substances. Among these are wood, paper, and still. air, such as air oomfined in hollow spaces formetd by lumber and paper, or by some other in- sulating materials, such as mineral wool, dry sadesust, or dry wood shav- ings. If the sawdtust or other ma- ? terla'l becomes saturated with water it 1 . . . . *loses Its insulartlng qualities and be- goomes practically a heat-conducting i material, like a bodyof water: 1‘ 1 MlCL 11, £an w UUUJ u:- uuwvv..- Air in circulation is practically al- ways oomveying heat or cold, and is (me of the best. distributors or carriers of heat OII‘ cold. BLIJit it is slow. to convey heat, except by its own mo- tion, and thus it becomes an insulator which offers the greatest obstruqtiop W'Jlleu U‘J-LULD Luv 5 Luuwu V'VMU- “V to the transference of heat through it: self, when it {has not freedom to cia‘czu- late. . ' x .The insulating efficiency of hollow Spaces in the walls depends upon- THE CLOSENESS of their construction. If the air in them can circulate, to that ex“‘ut their msulating quality is lessened. 1‘0 pre- vent the circulation of air every pre- caution should be Itaken in putting on It‘he bublding paper 'to make the places where it laps thoroughly close; and two ilayers of building paper should be put ~--“~L Lnnflrln 11w UL” v». M“--‘-_i__c L J . ,, 1 on the outside of the rough boards on the studs. ‘ Building paper is an excellent in- gsulating material. It is practically air- proof, and thus prevents circulation of ‘air through itself; but if the places lwhere it laps over, in being put on are intot made perfectly close, that air-.- iproof quality is lost. Particular pains Â¥should be taken in‘ putting the build- i. iqhg paper on to see that it is not torn ‘2 at any place, and that there are --'no holes in it. \Vhere-ver a hole appears a patch should be tacked on», making that part close. Two layers of build- ing paper should he used between the ,‘two boards which make the inside lin- ,m§ of the refrigerator room. . l *t is necessary that the paper used 'ishou‘ld be free from all offensive od- l ' orr. Tar paper is not suitable. It should u; be strong. and it is preferable that it _ should be waterproof and vermin-proof. EDiffe-relnt qualities of paper cost dif- " ’. ferent prices. Paper suitable for use A- ~ 1L-“ a---“ +n lel'eulb yl lLU»). .1- tuyux. :vâ€"- -»â€"-_._V ____ may be purczha. ' d, costing from two to four dollars per thousand square feet. The hollow spaces between the rough boards on both aides of “the studs Should be filled at the. bottom. to'a depth of six inches with} :. ing. Jineral wool is ‘ sawdust should be used Insulating quality of th be satisfactory, buIt saw fer a few years, to be< to give gff smegls Wh A-MJ MINERAL WOOL 1 THE INSULATION IS THOROUGH and 3151' cannot get out or in at the, cor- 1181‘s. 3 . The layers of paper in the walls should also, where practicable,, be brought down under the tOp thickness of the flooring Lumber. If an pening occurs in the floor, or between t. e floor and the walls, then the cold air of the refrigerator, Will flow out through that, as water would flow out of a ves» sel Li a hole existed in the side or. bot- tom of it. . * The lumber for insulation should be I spruce, basswood, hemlock or other‘ wood hear from objectionable odor. No pme or other wood of strong odor should be used, All-l rooms Should be Whltewashed inside before being used for storage purposes“ \Vahen the door of a refrigerator room is open-ed intoa chamber or place Ewhere the air is warm, the cold alr of the refrigerator flows out quickly, and the warm air of. the other place flows 1511. To prevent injury from that gauge to products which may be held 11; a. refrigerator, ii. is recommended in ev- ery case that a. receiving mom or ante- room be constructed. The do_or_of it gray J'UVJâ€"lâ€"L MU vv;§~Ȣ “v-- he closed before the door of the refrig- erator is opened. The doors shall be of double thickness, and *one door should be hinged to both sides of the wall. Attention to these small mat- ters will permit the refrigerator to be kept at a uniformly low temperature for the p'reservatilom of its contents. If butter be cooled to a temperature of even thirty-five degrees thr. during twenty-two hours of the day, and left to warm up to forty-five degrees Fahr. during the other two hours, the injury to the butter lessens its keeping quali- itles and its commercial voaluew‘ The £-_J same 18 1 products. Arousal Ber Sleeping Master to Ills Danger ~Showed the way to “'here the Intruder Lay Hidden. Tfhrough the remarkable Sagacity of a big black cat belox Cring to John Aitt. a saloon keeper, of 310 Myrtle avenue, , Baltimore, not only was a robbery pre- vented, but tlhe thief was caught and sentenced for one year in the peniten- Ltiary. The cat attained celebrity on the night of January 5, or, more proâ€" perly speaking, 111; was the following morning that the cat’s gentle slumber on a chair was disturbed by the entry with’ felonious attempt of a colored bur- glar. who subsequently proved to be Ernest Bell. The cat immediate-1y ran upstairs to the bedroom of the Aitts. She pushed her way into the room and began in a vigorous fashion to tug away at the bed clothes and scratch on the ‘bed- posts. The Aitte were evidently sound sleepers, for, as they subsequently stated in their evidence, they heard the scratching of the eat, but it was not sufficiently to thoroughly arouse them from their slumber. An [ .1 thm' “kl; I As 'he reached below the he bottle he saw Bell lyin‘ig upon The intruder shouting murde for the open door. Ti-Ieanw Aitt had come down. and Ait gotten out his pistol. hesitate for fear of hitting: his wife. Bell got out and for a Wh: the officers. He was suhsequ tured and arraigned for ‘bur entering Aitt’s premises. It denlt that his purpoee was t! . cashâ€"drawer, but as he had t: inzg he was indicted on the being a rogue and a vagal told the story of his cat’% 'work when placed. on the wit The cat was not produced as but Bell was sent enced to tentiary for one year. English Jam mus RM] \1 aysâ€"(‘ap English journals the idea that Can the capital expendq wards the cost of this mileage the 1 has contributed an mile, the Provinei 847, and the munic Altogether the n inglish Journals’ epinions of Canadian AI, but: Mimi in... a _ .. chat he would have no (lily'ctl Railwaysâ€"Capital: Expanded. ‘ ' Queen were to confer an Lar \. English journals are impressed with his grandson. the el , he idea that Canada. is building her eldest son, ' . ‘ ’gra‘ndson of the grand old 0] failways too fast. The latest. available t , 1d 1 1 b ,1 - - . ~ - , . - a welvelâ€"year-o ar, ear-s ’tiLtlStlcs .shom . that there ‘1”? “”091 of. \Viziliazm, and is preparing rules of line laid in the Dominion, and He is destined on his gra the capital expended is $894,660,559. To- death to inherit ihP] $11038. warden property, \V’hlch, Wit wards the cost of the construction of . . . . . . . . 1 , ab.e collueries, clay pits, c., this mileage the national Government iarn income of $80000 a year- has contributed an average of $9,369 per say, quite sufficient to keep He has asked that the mile, the Provincial Governments $1,- age. . 847, and the municipalities $881 a mile. Wk? the form Of an earidor Altogether the subsidies amount in P0015131 VIEW 0f. the 131181; 1 round figures to $195,000,000. It is held the city of 1,136 birth, as well that the results obtained do not justify Of his famLiY for many 68 liberality so great. A correspondent. 'Hawardevn Castle came tc points out that in Cape Colonyithe pro- stone through 11115 mar T153438 portion of the net revenue to the cap- ancestral country seat 0f- ‘ tal cost of the railways is 5.75 per cent.; faimnly 0f Glynflea and when in India, 4.96 per cent; in Soluth Aus~ stone's elder brother, the 1: bralia, 3.13 per cent; in New South. ,' ‘ , , - \Vales, 3.46 per cent; in New Zealand, ht to master and to her 3.78 per cent; but in Canada the ro- thfi condition that at the d portion is only 1.57 per cent. In as- mania alone, of all the British colonies, eldest 8011s .01‘ t0 the latte alorWer return. The cost of a " is there railwa ,.it hasâ€"been laid down by some authorities, should not be more than HABIT OF DOING ‘ “kl. 515.: V'VJum ______ is true of other perishable food VVifeâ€"â€"Why mg about 12113 for marrylrng Husbandâ€"Be are you alwa t $10 you Paid POOR INVESTMENT. swindled. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE PREPARATIONS BEING MADE IN THE ' CITY OF LONDON. Twenty Thousand Troops “'11! Be Present â€"-’l‘he Procession: Will Be a Mile Lon: -Specnlatlon In House and Shad Windows. The British \Var Office will have to put some 20,000 troops in the streets at London on J1me 22-, the day when ‘ Queen Victoria, will proceed from 31101:- ingham palace to St. Paul’s cathedral to offer up thanks to God for her 1038‘ reign. If the original programme had been adhered to, 10,000 men would have sufficed, the “Tar Office could have managed that on its head, so to speak: Now it is nearly off its head at the prospect of 'what is regarded as the biggest military display since the Crimean war, more than forty years ago. There are no barrack accommm dations in London for more than the normal garrison, and 20,000 additional troops cannot, it seems, be quartered in the garrison towns within easy dis- tance Olf the metropolis, because the (mite enough to do on the great day to bring the htmdreds of thousands of- sightseers safely to town and back? avg'ain. The soldiers, therefore, to all a-Ppefl.1‘ance, will have to camp in the parks, which will be a novel sight for cockneys. There is not the slightest doubt that the display next June will be the great-. est and largest ever seen in London; The Royal procession itself will prob- ably be a mile long, and the array 0‘ Princes and Princesses in it will exceed the jubilee show in numbers and gor- geo'usness. Physicians and courtiers are already shaking their heads, pre- dicting all sorts of evils likely to result 1 to the aged sovereignirom , ~n‘.‘ A "T Lu“ ‘vaâ€"_â€"._e such an undertaking will involve. Vari« ous curious and Ingenious arrange- ments are being made to save her need- less fatigue, including a specielly de- signed revodving spr ng seat in her. carriage, by means of which she w be able to bow. from side to side to flip acclaiming multitude with the mini- mum of exertion and maximum of effect‘. . . A \JWLALu 'Thev'lgelégraph declares known millionaire has Ijun 000 for the. use 911 ‘Jubi. ee The route of the possession IS a popular one with the masses; the only. protest against it comes from the Col-« onial Offices and the occupants of flats in Victoria street. An open air ser- vwe Outside St. Paul's was suggested by the Bishop of Winchester, but the ed escort. Princesses, peeresses, and Wives of members of Parliament and leading officials, who are accustomed to claim the chief seats at great func- tions, foresee that. they will not be privileged spectators. The present 11 will not enable either the masses 01: .' ’ - . givmg service, . , many questions of etiquette. “.111 Refuse a ”THIP. l’refrrring to Remain a (‘OEnmmu-r. Mr. Gladstone, having been sounded as to Whether he. would be willing to accept a peerage from the crown, in honor of the diamond celebration of Her Mnsmrv {has replied to the negative, Mr. Gladsi‘ome, having been sonznded ms to Whether he would be Willing to accept a peerage from the crown, in to be known untill the day 0 by Uhe name under which he has serv- ed ”his country for more than (‘60 years. minor member or “ Ito Uhe accessxm o Lflhrone. - .. 1-.. Lao. ;nfimflt9d warden property, which, With its valuâ€" iabie colliieries, clay pits, 820., now yields lam income. of $80,000 a. yearâ€"that is 1'0 say, quit-e sufficient to keep up a peerâ€" ' He has asked that the latter .may 001, in View of t. 3 latter having been the city of his birth, as well as the home of his family for many generations. ‘Hawardevn Cas-‘izhe came to ' . stone tihrough his marriage. , ancestral country seat of. the anoiunt famil of Glynn-e, and when Mrs. Glad- stone's elder brother, the late Sir Ste- “31...... (1117:1119, Hind as a baChelor he let‘ it to his. sjster Learning to do well is like learplgg tic-swim. You wade into the harm. bull: not far. for fear you" will d‘roWn. Ydu try again, and do a little better. You swallow a good deal of water, but you keep on splashing, and finally can swim. So you must keep on doing well until you learn how. A habit is ' -hioh we have. ‘-l'l.‘hat is What the weird meaps. 'It often be-