LORI BERERFORD'S CAREER.
Tlir llcro of tho llomlmnliiieitt of
lrln—l.ort! ftiiirlr* ItrrcolorU unl III*
.\l venture*.
A New York reporter fell in with an
Irish waiter at a restaurant who had
served with Lord Charles Beresford
and was full of interesting reminiscen
ces of his career, lie said: " Well, i
sir, 1 give you my word that young
fellow was the wildest, most reckless
boy I ever saw in tny life. Ho had
everything in the way of money any
one could want, and he would risk his
life twenty times where I wouldn't
risk mine once, who was slaving for a
living. There was nothing he wouldn't
do. And with all that he was a
splendid sailor, lie could show older
©Ulcere than he was all over the ship.
Wild as he was, too, he was always up
straight to the mark when on deck, but
between decks—well, there was noth
ing too hot for him. if there was ever
a dangerous place to get into Beresford
was there first. I rememlier during
the Fenian troubles in 18b7 we were
olf (ialway in a had storm. We had
been warned not to go out, but there
were rumors of cruisers comiag from
America, and we bad to go. The top
sail had to be furled, and it was really I
dangerous to go aloft, for she was
washing her yards under. Well, sir, if
a British sailor gets his order to go lie
will go, but the captain was not will
ing to send the men aloft without an
©flieer. 1 mean he would not risk
men's lives where he would not risk an
officer's. He turnisl to the officers and
asked for sue to lead the men. I give
you my word, sir, Beresford was out
on the end of that yard before another
officer could look aloft.
"Ueisaslight-built man unless he has
falhTi into flesh since, but at this time
he would not weigh more than 110
pounds, but he fought the ship's cor
poral, who was a big man, and a boxer,
too, and made him give in. <>f course
it wax kept very quiet, as it was a
breach of discipline, bat 1 knew about
it. We were in the harbor at Holy
head. and the corporal went to call
him in the morning. He said he
wouldn't get up. The corporal made
liim, or said lie would, or something,
but anyway Itcresford jumped out and
says to the corporal: 'Look lu re, cor
poral, you're a pretty big fellow and a
good Ixixer, and you think you're
the cock of the ship. Now you
say nothing al>out it and I
won't, and we'll settle this thing at
once.' So he dressed and went for
ward. There was no one alxiut at that
hour—alxmt -1 in the morning and
we lx-ing in harbor—except the sentry,
and there they set to. Well. sir. you
never saw so battered and bruised up
a pair in your life as these two men.
They were both good lxiAcrs, but the i
corporal, as big as be was, had to give
in. At the same place Beresford went
ashore one night with another officer,
and they came to a public bouse called
the Kagle. There was a big eagle, all
goid aud paint, and great big wings
over the dcxir. Beresford eliinWsl upon
the other man's shoulder and pulled it '
down, .lust as be was getting it down
the man inside woke up by the noise,
jmd opening the window liegan to yell
for the (sdice like mad. The two
started for the beach with the eagle,
ami the police hot fixit after them; as
■oon as one would get exhausted carry
ing the eagle he'd drop it, and the
other would pick it up and go on.
, They got to the beach and Beresford
jumps into the lmat and says to the
t boatman: • Now get to thn( ship if you
want to save your life!" At that time
I was after being made second ward
room steward, and when I came into
the room in the morning to set the
breakfast what should I see hut this
big wooden eagle set out on the table,
with a stick-up collar and a little
pair of white pantalets. I knew it
wax s une of Bcreaford's work ax soon
as I saw it.
" One trick <4 his I know of, lieeau.se
I Haw the picture, but where it oc-.
curred 1 can't remember, because
it was Istfore I knew him. Any
how, young lieresford and another ixiy
like himself were ashore, and there was
a flag-pole carrying the flag at the
America! consul's residence. It was
at night, ami for pure devilment the !
boys rlimlxd the polo and carried off .
the flag, took it atxiard the ship and
hoisted it at the mainmast in a basket.
Well, sir, you may believe there was a
time when the captain came on deck in
the morning. He was in an awfiM
stew, and of oounte the coosul, or who
ever was in charge, was tearing mad.
There was a great row, the two boys
were brought up, and the c*d of it was
they were sentenced to climb the pole
and put the fhy hack. Then llereaford
saiil he Wouldn't do it, Of course
lie would have been dismissed
from the navy for insubordi
nation, but some one who knew the
family well sent word to his mother,
ami she telegraphed to him that he must
do it for her sake. There was nothing
he wouldn't do for hitt fhothor. When
alio came to visit him on the ship he
used to have grand ceremonies of re
ception—not on hoard, of course, lav
cause discipline would not allow any
thing to he done there, hut on shore.
I(o thought the world of her, and when
she telegraphed to him he said
he would put the tlag hack be
cause of his mother's request. Then
they put it hack in grand style. There
was a public ceremony, he had a pho
tographer on the ground, and there ho
was taken climbing the pole, he and
the other boy, with the American Hag
trailing over his shoulder. lie hail the
picture enlarged, and kept it in a scrap
book with all the newspaper notices of
the affair cut out and pasted under it.
The Research, when I was with him,
was paid off in lSt8. I next heard of
him as Hag-lieutenant on board the
(ialatea, and since then he lias been
out of the way until 4 saw about his
commanding the Condor at Alexan
dria I used to think lie would only
remain in the navy long enough to be
able to retire with the title of Captain
Beresford. but lie seems to stick to it, so
I suppose he lias some higher ambi
tion."
Keep Chwrj,
One (if the most delightful sights we
know of is that of .sunshine in human
faces. How such a man draws us to
himself. See his large, sunny nature.
Nothing seems to cloud his face. While
others are gloomy and discouraged he
is full of hope and full of courage, lie
looks on the bright side ; lie laughs at
adversity and snaps his lingers in the
face of discouragements. He Laics up
all around him. Soldiers on the march
feel the invigorating effect of such a
man's presence. Tired workers every
where ;ire cheered and strengthened by
the sight of sfich faces and the sound
of such voices.
This is a priceless possession to a
mother, wife, teacher, minister or any
leader of men. Think of the discour
agement and weariness of working on.
day by day, by tin* side of oneor under ;
the authority of one who is always
glomy ami morose. It were as pleas
ant and as easy to labor in darkness
and in shadows.
I 'beery limn and women are stronger
men and women. Tliey do more. They
age Uss, carry no useless s and
avoid much friction. Their faces are
known and read of all unci, and w hat
a joyous, health-giving tale they tell.
Do you say this is all beautiful and
true, but these we speak of have no
trials? No ill-health, tr broken for
tunes, or erusbisl hopes hn% e e\ • r come
to shadow and embitter their lives?
Stay, friend, this siip|xsitiiin of yours
is all wrong These men .tad
women could tell you often
of severe sickness or great
reverses of fortune. These things have
not prevented them, need not prevent
any one from li>ing in the sunlight.
Oh, how we need such men and wo
men now. We nesl them in every
home and every church. Are you one
of these? Then you are doing gmxl
contanually ; doing it as the sun shines
in heaven or the rain falls on Hie
earth, tlixl lihws you in your helpful
ministry.
Are you not one of these? Tlusi
you mias much of the great sweetness
and 'joyousness of life. Get out from
under the clouds. Ton were never
meant to live in tears contain ally. Re
joice! Cheer up! Whistle, siag. do
something to bright •*> yourselves. Live
honestly before tuxl and man and do
gixxi. Cheer up others and thus fill
your soul with sunlight. "God bless
us every one," and fell oitr souls with
the sunshine f His presance, and our
daily life with wmny faces, kind wunls
and unselfish acts. Uolthn Huh.
Eight Hundred Ton* of Silter hollar*.
A Now York llnlhlin reporter n!e
tained permission some time ag<> to ,
WO the vault at tho Xew York SIIIH
treasury, in which the silver now ac
cumulating .*<> rapidly, is deposited.
He was courteously ushered by Sule
Treasurer Acton through the offices, j
anil tlnci lowered hy a lift to the vault.
Its entrance is guarded hy a massive i
safe door, with complicated lock. I'n
derneath the vault are, it is said,
twenty feet of solid granite, and
the sides are aliout eight
feet in thickness. The vault i
is divided into twelve compartments,
each having its door of stout wire.
, Here are stored, in 28,000 canvas hags.
: no less a sum than $28,1)00,000 in dol
-1 lars and smaller silvw coinage. The
money weighs 800 tons. immense
( stock of silver coin lias Is en received.
I it is statist, within the past two years.
To the door of each compartment is
attached a laliel stating the value of
its contents. This accumulation Is ex
pected to grow larger so long as the
coinage of silver goes on. The public
dislike handling it in large sums, pro
vided greenbacks or certillcatea can be
obtained.
Traffic In Old SIIOM.
Says a New York paper : Hows of
shorn .st;*ad at the head of basement
stairs on the lower side of llaxter
street, all the way from Chatham to
Canal street, from early in the morn
ing until late at night. They are
patched and pieced, and the soles and
heels on them are new, but their ap
pearance tell of long and hard wear.
There is not an unworn shoe to be seen
along the entire street. They are all
second-handed and in the worst pos
sible condition at that for the most
part. Peering down into the gloomy
basements hundreds of others w ill he
seen on the floors, while on insecure
benches from one to four cobblers will
be stitching, patching, soling and heel
ing dilapidated shoes. Here, scarcely
a minute's walk from the busiest part
of the metropolis, in the lowest quar
ter and in the most unpretentious
manner, is condueted a business the
proportions of which one would never
suspect.
The old shoe trade is confined almost
exclusively to Baxter stris-t, although
here and there in Sixth and Seventh
avenues are places where better grades
of second-hand articles are sold. Both
men's old boots and women's shoes are
dealt in. From five cents tosl a pair
is paid for men's shoos. Boots are
worth a little less because the sale for
them is not so large. For women's
shoes from five to thirty-five cents a
pair is paid. So long as the uppers are
not 'completely spoihsl the shoes can
be utilized. Shoes that most people
would suppose were entirely past r
demption can be patches! up and made
presentable. After soles and heels
have been pat on the sh'K-s and the
rents conceuhsl by patches, the
price is increased ulsuit fifty
cents on the average. A pair
of SIUH-S for which twenty-five
cents was paid are sold, when repaired,
for seventy cents. The profit to the
dealer is from ten to thirty-five per
cent. The dealers pay their cobblers,
as a rule, eighty cents a pair for n
! constructing sh>M-s, and in addition to
this they count the cost of b-.-ither in
their exjens, and thus it will lie wen
that their profit is not heavy. One of
the shopmen was asked how b>ng the
sliis-s would hist. "We don't like to
sell sh'H-s jn wet weather," he replied.
| " The soles are liable to float off and
leave the uppers without any liottoms.
Mavis- they will wear for one day and
mavis- they w ill last for one month.
We guarantee no goods because the
pr--fits are so small. 'The cobblers'
can't afford to put in many pegs.
■id w>- can't afford to put in
much leather." The reporter picked
up a pair of AIK-*. and he was
lint b>ng in reaching the conclusion
that, likp glass, they mu*t Is
liandlnl with ran*. The business is
nut t<> the retail trade, hilt
includes the wholesale. A great many
' c.wd nf the shoe* are -11ij• jI tu It.il
mure, Washington, Boston and other
cities on the order* f second-hand
.dotli<f( dealers. The profits in the
wholesale trade range from live to ten
: per cent, tinder those in the retail.
The patrons of the place are from
the poorer classes. The busiest days
in the retail tr;ule are Saturday and
| Sunday, more particularly the latter.
"Hie shops open, some of them, a* early
as ft o'clock in the morning, and many
:of them do not clone until midnight.
The rent of the basements is from #25
to fi'st per iiunth. This is the
greatest expense to the proprietor, and
little wisider is it that he pulls his
customers in by main force to make uj
I for the heavy drain.
The question will naturally he asked
where all the shoes come from. The
Italians, those scavengers of tlie streets,
tish old shix* out of the ash barrels hv
the hundred.*. They know their value
as well as they do the worth of rage.
I miles and Isittles. They carry the
shoes to their quarters, scrape the ashes
off of them, and take them to Baxter
street. The junk and rag dealers buy
or ask a gift of old shoes in their wan
derings, and they take them to Baxter
street. The lmothlarks at the hotels and
other places seize upon old slim*
as prizes. Some of the pawnshops and
old clothes stands buy old shoes, and
irnly when thev are in good condition.
It is only at the shojm that the slim*
which neeil to he reconstructed are
Ixiught. Moderate fortunes have lie en
made in the old shoe trade in Baxter
str et. Men have gone into it, and ad.
van red to the trade In new goods or
retired altogether. Many of the pres
ent dealers own their plates of busi
ness, and seem to prosper at least as
wall as the old clot hi* men.
Louisiana's salt mine, which is in
Iberia parish, so vers an area of 140
acres and is a solid deposit of remark
able purity. The rock in very soMd
and is without fissure or seams. Over
1,300 sacks are the present daily out
put.
THE EAMU-V IM)tTUB.
Spices, condiments, etc., vn small
quantity, when needed by the Weak,
infirm or aged, stimulate the flow of
saliva, and of the gastric juice, and
these may help digestion. But tie
young and strong should reserve tie
use of these until infirmity of age
makes them partially necessary, and
they will he all the more useful, be
cause the system lias not become so
habituated to them that they will have
ittle effect.
A physician writes from (Peru to
make known the result of his observa
tion of malarial, or intermittent, fevers
and their cause. lie believes more in
surface chilling :LS a cause than in
germs. In places of high altitude,
where there was no chance, as he
thinks, for malarial germs to thrive, he
has seen typical and extreme attacks of
intermittent fever from exposureduring
the cool of evening in the same cloth,
ing which was worn in the tropical
heat of the day. To properly protect
oneself by remaining indoors during
the evening, or by wearing an overcoat
when going out, was quite sufficient,
in his experience, to prevent, or avoid,
so-called malarial troubles.— /'r. l'm>tc'n
Health Monthly.
The most dangerous of the vegetable
poisons at this season of the year are
the hemlocks (including the hemlock
drop wort, water hemlock and the com
mon hemlock), fool's parsely, monks
hood, foxglove, black helleliore, or
Christmas rose, buckbrun, henbane,
thorn apple arid deadly nightshade.
In a ra*e of vegetable |M>isoniiig, says
Knowledge, "emetics (the sulphate of
zinc, if procurable) should las used at
once, the hack of the throat tickled
with a feather, and copious draughts
of tepid water taken to excite and pro
mote vomiting. Where th-sc measures
fail the stomach-pump must IK* used.
Neither iperaruiuiha nor tartar emetic
should la UJUKI to cause, vomiting, as
•luring tlm nausea they produce IK-fore
vomiting is excited tb<- jxiisoti is more
readily absorU-d. Vinegar must not
be given until the poisonous tnatti r
lias been removed ; but afterward it
may !>•• given in doses of a wineglass,
tal, one part vim-gar to two parts
water, once every two hours in mild
e.ivc-, but oftener to half-hour -
m cases of greater severity. Where
tlieri is --tup r. the patient shtsld IK
kept walking alMiut, and if the stupor
is gre.it cold water may be dashi-d
over the head and chest. Strong
ciiff#*e may be used where the narcotic
• fT-ct of the poisoning is very marked.
It is all-inifKirtant that in cas<-s of
vegetable {Kiisißiiair a mistical n.w.
should b< sent f■ r at • <-<-.
Japanese Pinner*.
The peony is the standard of beauty,
a applied to the charm* of the fair sex
in Japan, says a letter fran that com
try. No higher compliment tan Is*
offered a lady than to compare her to
a peony. The Japanese do not give a
glance and turn away from their
favorite flower, hut w ill sit fr hours
contemplating a floral display. They
n >t only give their time to visiting
them, but they appear to iadnlge in
blissful intoxication of sentiment while
they fonteinplgle their lwautie*. The
chrysanthemum is also found here in
great variety, and of all shades of
color and of enormous dimensions.
The chrysanthemum display in Tokio
every year is one of the notable inci
dents of t lis season, and is visited from
far and near. To lie deprived of this
pleasure is one of the pains of life.
The iris is also found in gr*t pro
fusion. attaining a size and beauty un
known elsewhere. The variety of
shades wd form of flower is almost
endless. Lilies are lilies here, putting
it beyond the Wasting of any other
hmd ta equal them. Camellia* att.iin
the dimensions of forest trees, bearing
such a wealth of flower* that with
hesitation one would dare to attempt
t> skate, approximately, the thousand*
that inav le wen upon one tree. One
could o* weil number the blossom* on
an apple tree. The hartnonv of color j
that is so noticeable in ovirytliing the j
Japanese make or wear is no doubt the
result of constant association with
their beautiful (lower*. There mast
lie a large sale for the different (loners
in their season, as there are numbers
of plants peddler* constantly porani* ;
lailnting the streets with different ,
varieties in |Kita, or in mat coverings
for the protection of their roots. At
night, all through the par, there are
exposed for sale on the streets large
collections of plants in (lower. There
arc no bouquet sellers, nor ore cut
(lowers offered for sale on the street.
The great passion appeals to he to see j
them growing and attached to the
mother plant. About the 20th of
April ruses are in bloom. The rose
lias lieen widely introduced in Japan
from abroad Mid Onds a songenial
' home here.
The Ituello In Louisiana.
In an account of some duels fought
years ago in Louisiana, a New Or
leans correspondent says: A type of a
Southern duelist was young Orrin
Bird, every member of whose, family
li.-ul the reputation of having killed
•' his man " and died " with his Issds
on." Bird would never have struck
the average observer as a dangerous
or determined man. The son of a
Carolina preacher, lie had been thor
oughly educated, and was refined and
gentlemanly in his manners, lie was
a great ladies' man, much admired and
petted by the young ladles of New Or
leans, and, witli his delicate com
plexion, graceful figure and faultless
costume, gave one the impn-ssion of
being somewhat effeminate.
lie, was never disputatious, quarrel
some or Isiaslful, always sober, and
extremely courteous to every one, and
while lie never sought a duel he never
shirked one, and always seemed blessed
with success upon the field. One of
liis first affairs was with Colonel
Richard Hagan, whose utterly fearless
character had been demonstrated in
half a dozen " affairs." In one of
these, at Natchez, Miss., he hail receivi-d
! a wound which ninety times out of a
j hundred would prove fatal, his carotid
' artery lieing severed bv the ball of his
antagonist. His life was savs] by his
siirgi-ou, Dr. Slone, and lie recovered to
tight a second time the man who had
so seriously wounded hirn, and this
time to kill him.
The meeting Ix'twetn Bird and Ha
gan. which occurred on the Mexican
(iulf railroad, wax awaited with in
tense interest by every one, as it was
well known that loth parties were
good shots. To make the affair sure,
the two principal* were posted in the
center of tin* track, thus affording
them a much 1 tetter aim. Both com
batants, as was expected, made line
shots. 1 lagan's ball passed through
Bird's leg, inflicting an unpleasant hut
not a serious wound, while Ilagan's
femoral artery was cut, a wound gen
s-rally deemed mortal. Fortunately
for liiiu. lie had tie- same physicia® as
it the Nat' her duel, and his life was
again saved. But he was never the
same man, and when he again ap
pearisl in the world, after months of
nursing.it was •• crutches, crippled
b>r life, but still the same brave
spirited, popular gentleman he hail
alwavs lw-en. It should In- stated, by
the way, that this duel was fought on
th< very eve of Bird's marriage.
llMttrhkj'i Pigeon.
A writer in the Journal Korku re
lates a touching incident in !>ostocfsky's
exile life In Silieria. In the household
of a cert ain "ffi < r. to whose charge the
novelist anil other prisoners were at one
time committed, wa* a governeas, to
whom belonged a number of tame
pigeons. The governess was ctasidered
to have great influence over the officer,
and the exiles stood duly in awe of her.
though among themselves she was
spoken of as " Nyetka " (a disrespectful
iliminutive of Anna). " Nyetka's
pigeons used often to fly into our
yard." says the narrator, "and many
of us looked at them with covetous
eyes. The warders, however, kej* a
sharp lookout that we did not catch
any of them."
One young pigeon grew particularly
attaihed to Dostoefsky, w ho fed it reg
ularly with bread, so that it came every
•lay to him for its dole. At first the
warders were for preventing this, but
accing that Dostoefsky meant the bird
no harm they winked at the slight in
dulgence. One day the prisoners, on
account of some unusually laborious
work upon which they had been em
ployed during the day, were brought
ha 1 k to the prison a little earlier than
the wonted hour. It happemsl that
they passed by the officer'i: house just
a* the governess was feeding her pig
-1 eons. A madcap thought came into
Tkwtoefsky'S head. He yielded to it,
' and whistled hi* favorite to him. The
hint* all rose in the air, and the pris
oner's pet flew up to hiin and began
circling round bis head. The gover
ness, enraged at this, rushed straight
up to Dostoefsky. "Is that you, yon
scoundrel, who entices my pigeons?
You shall pay for this." The narator
could not catcli the wonts of Dostoef
sky's reply;] they However, to
| convey some impressive rebuke. Con
trary to expectation, Dostoefsky was
| not punished in any way for his bold
ness. A fortnight later the prisoners
learned that Nyetka had g<me hack to
Russia, taking her pigeons with her.
But the bird that the novelist had at
! tached to himself continued to eome to
his hand. Whether It had escaped and
returned to him out of its own accord,
or whether it was intentionally left for
the prisoner by the impulsive, but per
haps good-hearted Nyetka, remained a'
mystery. One tMng was certain—the,
treatment of the prisoners grew more
harsh after her departure—AtAeneura
a
Hotel Mff In Hlelly.
Charles Dudley Warner write* a* fol
town: We found at Syracuse another
Sicilian hotel worthy of mention. ThlT
in the Locanda del Hole. It Is only
alxmt half a* dear a* the Vittorlm #
whieh we tried first, hut it is a littl*
worse. We did not understand at l'ut
why there were no belle in any part of
the dirty hou*e, hut we soon discovered
that there was nothing to lie had if w
could have rung for ft. It is a very old
and not uninteresting sort of barraclufc
ami its rambling terra*** give good
views of the harlsir and of /Etna. Th*
rooms, too, are adorned with '|ialnt
old prints whieh give it an old-tlma
air. It ean Is* fairly said of its man
agement that the attendance is as good
as the food.
I do not know how long it would
take to starve a person to death
or to disgust him with victuals to that
extent that death would be preferable
; to dining, hut we touched close upon
the probable limit of endurance in five
•lavs. It was a lengthy campaign of a
morning to get a simple early break
fast. It was a work of time, in the
first place, to get anybody to serve it.
When the one waiter was discovered
and coax I*l into the dining-room, I or
dered coffee arid the usual accompani
ment*. In alxiut fifteen minutes he
brought in a jot of muddy liquid and
a cup. I suggested, then, in season, a
sjHxin ought to go with it. A sj>oon
was found after some search—sugar,
also, I got by importunity. The |r<—
curing of milk was a longer proofs*.
Evidently the goat had to be hunted
1 up.
By the time the goat oaine to term®
the coffee was cold. I then brought up
the subject of bread. That was sent
out for and delivered. Butter, alsow
was called for, not that I wanted it, or
could cat it when it came, hut lx-causa
butter is a conventional thing to have
for breakfast. This butter was a sort
of poor cheese gone astray. The last
article to be got was a knife. Tlie
knives were generally very good, or
would have lt*n if they had lx*n
clean. By patience, after this you can
have arM mullet and an egg and soma
sour oranges. All the orange* in Siiily
are sour. The reason given for this,
however, is that all the good one* ara
sltipjxil to Ami rica. The reason given
in America why ail tin 1 Sicily or.fcgcn
an- smir is that all the good onta .are
kept it home.
When the traveler rendu* Malta and
Tangier he will ham what an ' range
i really in. Ido not know that I ran say
am thing more in favor of the lintel
sole, except that the proprietors were
as indifferent to our departure as to
I our comfort while we stayed. We left
at 10 o'clock at night, to take the train
for Malta. We procured a f;u-< hinn
outside to move our luggage, and not a
soul connected with the hotel was visi
hie. The landlord had exhausted him
aelf in making out our hills. Them
i was some difficulty in separating our
several accounts, aTul when the land
lord at last brought a sheet of paper
on which the various items were set in
i order, and the figures w ere properly ar
ranged, he regarded his work with ju
tiliable pride, and excUimed, "It is un
cont* magnified." We agreed with
him that, in some respects, the account
w as magnificent.
A Show Faglc Willi a History.
Th<- Denver (OoL) Tribune says:
For some (lays past the large gnl.ira
••agio placed on exhibition in frait of
the curiosity store in the Windsor block
has received much attention ; but the
many who have pared at it in wonder
ment have little thought that the bird
had a history quite tragic in detail.
The story has been told in paragraph,
but never in detail before.
La<t February a ranchman living
near North Platte. Nebraska, was pre
paring to take his family to town to
| spend Sunday. llis child, one year of
age, was left alone in the wagon which
was to serve as a means of conveyance,
while the father went hack. While ha
was in the house he heard the shrieJa
of the bahy outside, and rushing to tha
door he found the little one in the mid
talons of a huge bird, which w as slowly
ascending, striving to escape with it*
precious prire. The father was at ftrA
unable to move, so greatly afraid was
he that the bird would drop the littla
one to the ground. But before tha
eagle could get out of reach the farmer
secured a gun and lired. The bird
came down slowly, and it was tlioaght
the child would be saved, but when
within about ten feet of the ground
the child was dropped, the oagle#and
ing near It. The baby was tilled in
| stantly by the fall. The eagle was rid
dled with shot and was supposed to ba
dead, lie was placed in a box and
sent to a taxidermist in this city, who
upon opening the box found the bird
still alive. He was carefully nursed,
and is nw as well as over.
Prussia has over 360 agricultural
schools and colleges.
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