1 i Yj i PLIGHT (HM.OCUSTS. Inatantlj They Mike ftn Oasia a Desert. TIio Syrian Peasants Take An Epicurean Revenge. V j wore (lifting on tlm hills with our Imckn tiinii'il to tlm went wlmt, which wa safely Mowing frniu tho Mediterranean, says Hir l'.ilwin Arnold ill tlm Loudon Teli-irraph. Tint horses were picketed closo liy, Rramip; the sweet liiiiiiiitnin (rmss. Tho Arnli of our caravan were cooking; a "pillaw" a littln distunce (i IT. Around us were laid out tin- wherewithal of n HirM luni'li, aiming which wa nn oi-ii mnr tnnliulc jitr. I wn thinking of Ahuli, ninl won tlcrinii how ho ci n M put up ho long with Klijuh, especially when, oil thin very spot, t he proplii't Miiiit to tin king, "Ai the Lord liveth, in this plni'o whore ilogK licked tho lilooil of Nuhnlli, shall Iik lick thy lilooil ovun tliiim" when smMotih- right into tlm iniiriniiliiilo tlirro dropped wlmt I took to lio n griiHshuppcr. It win yel low mul gri!i, with long jumping li'gt mnl n dig Iiihi1, mul while ( wa Ink ing it out of tho j hi- two other fell into it pinto of soup, Hint half n dozen mora of tint same kin 1 upon n dish of naiad. At thi mhiiiu moment my ho rue Mumped violently, and I saw more of tliemi griiHMhopporit pelting his lionkif ii it 1 1 haunches. Turning round to II lid w li Mie - this insect shower cam I witnessed wlmt whs to mo ail extra ordimiry HpertHele, though common enough, of course, in the enst. A Urge cloud, denser in ita lower tlmil its upper piirt, tilled nil eighth part of tho weMtern heinieyele. Tho remoter portion of it ai as thick, nt brown aud lirumoiiN a a London fog. The uenrer side opened Hinldeiily up into millioiiH mid billion mid trillion and acxtlllion of tho sumo green and yellow insects pelting ill a rloHO-wmged crowd ipiito as thickly an linker of Btiow upon all tho hillside fur and near. You could not Htimd a moment agniiiHt tho nggrcimive and otVeiiNive rain of those lm.ing creatures. The horses even swung themselves rouml and Htood with lowered crests, taking tho storm upon their bucks and Hunk, You hud to turn up the rollur of your coat to keep them out of your neck and button the front not to linvr your poeketM filled with tho repulsive awnrm, which in two tiiiiiiiti-H hud ho peppered tho wholu hcciio round ubout that its color and character were en tirely altered. Kvcry little creature of the interminable flight on alighting veered himself round head to wind on the em Hi, just aH if he had dropped anchor and swung to tho breeze ; and it wan curious to notice that tho gen oral tint of the ground of thoir count loan bodies was brown if you looked to windward and green if you gazed to looward. But very quickly the ouly green to be seen round about was the hue afforded by this sudden invasion H.ven wuilo we prepared to yielil up tho spot to them and pack our lunch baskets for depnrturo they Lad cleared off grass and leaves and every verdant thing around ; aud when they rose again from the soil or from any clump of trees, in a hungry throng, the place they quitted bad already assumed a barren and wintry aspect. The Syrian peasauta passing along the roads were beating their breasts and cursing the ill fortune of the plague. Home of them, none the less, gathered np a cloth full of the noxious things ; for the lociiHt is dis tinctly edible. Half in wrath and reveuge.and half for a novelty of diet, the Arabs to this day eat a few of them, roasting them in wire nets or in earthern vessels over a slow Are till the wings aud legs drop off and the locust becomes crisp, in which state it tastes,as I am able to say from personal experience, something like an unsalted prawn. But it seemed as if, had all Syria and the globe itself taken to living ou locusts, they would have hardly made a sensible mark pon the extraordinary number that drifted over our heads. Queerest Canines In the World. Just think of a collection of five dogs, each canine possessing only two legs, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. That is the remarkable possession of O. W. Zinn, a switchman in the em ploy of the C. H. k D. Railroad Com pany. Mary and John, the bead of the family, were ushered into the world two years ago minus their front legs. Handicapped as they are most dogs would lis down and grieve them' elves to death. But Mary and John didn't do anything of the sort When but fsw wseks old they displayed wonderful agility, and it was not long before they proved themselves- eqaal to the emergency wuion Battue bad forced upon thoin. They soon learned ii stand crcet and hop along ns easily as thoir more fortunate four-footed companion would. Lart July Mary became a mother, nd her offspring proved to be also ol tho "walk-stnuding" variety. This pup was named Colonel. The Colonel lecame quite famous, and hundred of visitors went to hi kennel to see tho youngster and his biped parents. He grew to be quitu n husky youth, but ('parted his two-leged life on tho Hist if lust December In a tit of hiccough. Mr. Zinn felt his loss very keenly, nit last Hiindny his grief gave way to oy, for Mr. Mary, like the good mother that hIio Ih, presented her inns- or with three puppies, two male and female, eucli one having only two eg, llicv have neon named i ni, inn and liridget. 1'nt I a brindle, he exact counterpart of hi fnther, John, while liridget is a pocket edition of her mother. Han Is a sort of com- osite of the parent neutral, a it were, in color. The parent of the queer littic fnm- ly are brother ninl sister. John is H ii indie, aud Mary's hair i a delicate hade of yellow. They are quite small. Their mode of locomotion is remark ably grHceftil.nnd from all appearance Mnrv and John are never iueotiveti- inecd through being "short" iu tho latter of leg. Drew the Line lit Colonels. Colonel William M. Olin, the sec retary ot the commonwealth, distill- KUIhuciI himself tlm other evening lit the dinner of the New Kng- hind Club of the Helta I'psiloti, by telling hnlf-a-do.en really excellent stories. The one I most distinctly remember hn never iippearud in print, so funis I know. Mr. Olin will Hpeaking of the case with which the soldier of tho great iiruiie of both the North and the South returned to their homes to take up agniu their regiilu - pursuit, aftei the war was over. '"One siimiiier,"Haii hc,"a few yean after the war. Colonel Higgiuson wat travelling iu tho South, aud he got to talking with n f irmer iu some littic town, who employing n considerable number of men nt his haying. The farmer told Colonel HigKinnon that limit of them were old --Confederal soldiers. " 'You aco over there, where those four men aro working? asked ho. Well, all of Vm fought iu tho war. One of 'em was a private, one of 'cm mi a corporal, one whh a major, and that man 'way over in the corner war a colonel.' ' 'Aro they good men?' asked Colo nel Higgiuson. " 'Well," a nd tho farmer, 'that pri vate's a ft rut-clam man, and the corpo ral is pretty good, too." "But how about tho major aud the colonel?' " 'The iimjor so-so,' said the farmer. " 'But the colonel? ' "Well, I don't wuut to say not hi n' against any mail who was a colonel in the war,' said the farmer, 'but I've made up my mind I won't hire no brigadier- generals.'" Boston Herald. A Laujh on the Uirls. A good joke was played on the girls of Marion receutly by the youug men of that town. The boys had been rather remiss in their attentions to the young ladies and had been "Htagging" it to the theatre, parties, etc, until the girls got tired of being loft out iu the cold, and decided to show their independence. Consequently fifteen of the girls hired a box at the theatre and made a very charming theatre partv. The play was, "Wanted; A Husband," and tho girls sat serene through it all, never dreaming that the wicked boys had taken oin of the largest flaring posters : "Wanted j A Husbaud," and fastened it around the box so that all the audience might read. Indianapolis Sentinel. An Imurove meiit. "Isn't Willie Wibbles a terribly poor conversationalist?" said Maud. "Yes," replied Mamie; "but he'i ever so much better than ho used to be." "I wonder what the cause is." "He has such cold be can hardly speak above a whisper." Washing ton Star. An Example. ieacher I have said that an uni corn is an animal with one horn. Can you give roe an example? Small Girl Yes'm ; our oow. Teacher Your oow? Small Oirt Yes'm ; it's only got one horn. The other one was knocked off. ' ' The largest cargo of ooffae ever brought into the United States num bered 07,491 bags, and oanie from BrasiU LADIES' OF. TAUT. HE .XT, AS KXMNSIVS rAKCT. A lady recently wore lior hair con fined in a net studded with diamonds and real pearls. It was much re marked upon, but not universally ad mired. A good many smart women aro turning their hair straight back from their foreheads, leaving of their fringe ouly a tendril here and thero. The change make as much difTurcneo in femine physiognomy a shaving off the mustncho doe in the tnsle, and consequently mere acquaintance who have adopted it aro a little dillleult to Identify. New York World. rom a iiKAt riri r. rAxa. The new fun this season nro mar vel of beauty and aro highly sngges live of rephyrs and butterfly wing Tho leave are of inotisscline do soie, exquisitely painted aud richly studed with tiny gold paillette. A charming novelty i the illusion tulle insertions, between tho rows of point lace, which permit the owner to observo a la ciichutto. A lovely fan 1 of pink and white chiffon decorated with a Hpray of yellow jessamine cross ed with uriihcHquo iu gold. A delicate heliotrope fan ha painted on the point laco bunches of violet. A debutaiito fan hn a sweet armour flying from one of Beauty's Queens. The ivory carving of the stiok is the new style, which i very tine. Now York Mail and Kxpress. (IIIII.S IIAISINO III H1 aoiirh. A Iioiidoii Society journal says: "The recent visit of tho Infanta Kiilalia of Spain to the United State has supplied tho fashionable ilumsels of that country with n new and dis tinctly sturtling craze, nothing less, iu fact, than an attempt to cultivate mustache. Like most Spanish womeu tlm Infanta pososse just the slightest shudow,of down upon her up. ter lip, which in persons of rich Southern blood often con: ituti-s a ghiirm. "The Amnion girl, however, with her fair, clear complexion, would never look anything but ridiculous in i mustache, and her attempts, there fore, to cultivate it aro rare, not only arth'tilarly foolish, but afford a itrikiug instance of the snobbish wor ld ip of blue liloo 1 which characterizes this great Uepublic." TUP. r-OPI'I.AU HllllIT WAIHT. Tho shirt waist will hold! it own this season, and no sensible girl will lie without a goodly supply of them, made in cotton or silk good. In cot ton goods, percale, Madras, lawn, miiusook aud dimity mako up prettily aud have tho advantage that thev can llways bo washed aud 11111110 to look fresh and clean. They aro the ueat dHt aud most comfortable aud cleanly garment that can be worn and look now every time they are laundered. Make them uuliued aud with the bag loams, aud shirt or mutt ju-legssleovcs. Use only shoulder aide seams, iiid cut sufficiently long to set well bo- low the belt skirt. Have a high-rolled oollar, or if you like a stiff colhir aud stiff like tho tailor-made shirts, but never have much starch in the rest of the garment. No trimming is appro priate but tho good embroidery, or plain chambrey, such, for instance, as collars and belt aud cuffi of plain blue, on a blue and white percale, or plain collared lawn on an all white one. The plainer the waist the more stylish it is, provided the fit and material are , cor rect, the belt and necktie what they should bo, and the color beoomiug to the wearer. New Orluaus Ficuvuno, PUrSIf EMBROIDERY. By the use of plush embroidery, sumac, cockscomb, goldunrod, priu cess feather and similar flowers, which wore previously very imperfectly rep resented by a biiuuh of knot stitches, are closely imitated in texture as well as in coloring. To make it first till iu the flower wit!) larga knot stitches of the prevailing color; then (using but tonholo twist) bring the needle up bo tween the kuots, lay 11 double straud of filling silk on tho funo of the work against the needle ; take the needle down in about the some place it came up, but from the other sido of the filling silk, so that whon drawn dowu the stitch has caujht tho rilling silk one-fourth of an inch from its end; draw the stitch down tightly, which will cause the ends of the tilling silk to spring straight np ; clip them off with a very sharp pair of scissors. This completes one stitou. Repeat for as many stitches as are required to sover or nearly oaver the knots. It is not easily described, but with a little practice is easily aud rapidly done, and with taste and judgment in the oliji ping, and iu the number of stitches used, so as to partly, uot completely, oover the background of knots, good effect aro produced. Make oook comb a rich, velvety crimson. nr.AoK and w hits t.Arr.. Delicate white lace are oleanod with calcined magnesia. Spread the lace on a sheet of writing paper, sprinkle it well on both sides with the magnesia, plaeo a second pinco of pa per over it, put away between the leave of a book for tlirro day and then shake off tho powder to find the lace perfectly (dean. Laces are given a creamy hue by putting strained cof- feo or powderod saffron in tho rinsing water Imtil tho right cream or ecru tinge is produced. Whito silk luce are soakod in milk over night, then soused in warm soapHiid, rinsed and finally pulled out and carefully pinned down while damp, Laces must bo soused, gently aqileeed and clapped between the hand until dry or nearly so. Lace inny bo whitened by let them stand covered with soapsuds in tho sun. Fine bread crumbs rubbed ou will clean lace that is not very much soiled. White cotton Inees nro washed in warm sonpsmls, well rinsed, then boiled, rlusod again, clnppad nearly dry and pinned down on a smooth bod, over a clean towel ; every mint of tlm scallop should bo pinned. If luce are ironed, which the bent cleaner do not approve of, the ironing should bo doiio over a soft flannel cloth, and with a cloth between tho iron slid lace. Black laco may be freshened with a teaspoon fill of liornx to a pint of warm water, using an old black glove for a sponge and pinning it down to dry ; If ironed do it on the wrong side, over black c.iiubrie. Bo rax, ooffee, diluted alcohol and tlio water in which a black kid glove ha been boiled are all excellent renova tor for black luce. (Ireeu tea 1 also a favorite wash for hue. Avoid dry ing black lace near the Are, a heat i apt to turn it rustv, Oold and silver lace aro cleaned with part of a loaf of stale bread mixed w ith a quarter ol a pound of powder blue, rubbing tho bread flneiiml mixing tin blue with it, Sprinkle thickly over tho luce aud in a short time it will brighten, then brush off tho crumbs with a picco of tliiniiut and rub softly with a pieoa of red velvet. Lubes' Homo Journal. FASHION NOTES. Illack and white appuur iu largo pat ter nod brocades. I'liensmt brown will Iu a fashion- ablo shndu among browns. Anno of Austria collarette in laco and guipuro aro very fashionable. Anarchist bonnets aro flut-ahnpcd, with little round high velvet covered crown. Sleeve ami skirts in spring fash ions match, but bodices are to bo iu contrast. An up-to-diito fad is the utilizing of a miniature fao-similo of an idol a a watch charm. . A sensible dress for town or coun try wear i toast brown cloth trimmod with black fox. Black trimming will prevail, and crcpon is rumored as the fuvorito ma terial for dresses. Iu the spring millinery pale blue consort with violet and bluish-gray hyacinth aud pink. Home of tho now capos are of tho Chnrlos II. period, having double frills of moire and vol vet, with hand some jet trimmings. Black, brown, dark green and navy blue will bo tho colors in jackets. These will have full skirts and collar ettes and very large sleeves. Colored stones are iu tho ascend ancy with a vengeance. Among them amethysts aro predominant, especially for wire bangles with hearts aud other devices. Tho properly flttj.1 and "swell" gaiter for spring has a liuiug of satin, the cloth beiug very thin but costly aud t'ao button so closely set as to render tha unfastuniug a task. Fabrics resembling iu appearance tailor-made suitings are seen in gran ite grounds, with combination color effects of tuu, mul-browu, myrtle, sage, ecru, reseda, cadet blue, mauve, old rose, coffee, and light shades of green. The butterfly back is the latest thiug. The back of tho skirt is made quiet long and raised in the center the fullness forming wiuglike puffs just below tho waist, simulating the out spread wings of the butterfly, hence the name. A hair receiver may be made of white linen, embroidered iu some slight design, lined with wash silk and folded to a triangular shape, then over handed together. If the maker ohoosee it ean be punched for eyelet holes and laced together with nar row silk eord. . This enables the quite necessary taking apart and frequent waabinar. KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS A nui.ftto oft nocTona. STATt MSnlCAf. Council, SASS OUT AM SOT RS tnss Arri.lc AST. naisnfi-The Mat Mmllcal Council ilnelilod that no application fur ll'-on tc praMlcs moilli'lim anil suriinry In this Htatr will tie onnsldnrivl exenpt thme from this Htntn and Nw York, fur th reason that otlmr Hlati' hnvlnir amlnlnn Ixiarils ilo nol mimlrfi r aurnVlrntlv hlifh stamlanl ol mmll. eal prolti'lmiey to mt ihn rnlrnmnnUi nt iris iinw rmiusjrivaiiia law, ann oinrrs hut mi I'Sfl'lHllnn at all on tlm sutijmt. Thnan anal iainlnatlun f applicant for llcens" will Ix'Ulli Jims II nt. 'I hn al!opsths will Ix pxsiiiIiiciI on thn ams rlsti-s In ThUsiM- nhln snil I'lltslitirir Ihn homith In I'hila- ilnlphla ami Ihn nclm'tlc In this Ally. .iiin I thH mmlli-al noiim-h will newt 10 no- chin on the ipnntl'itis to I askml applicant. STOCK I SO ' STB K A MS. llAnsisiumo- Thn Pennsylvania fish com mission I ilnlnir much to rculxiilsh flshwl out striinnis. Monilay It sent Its caront from tlm iisti linry los'l'-il witn r.i,iiu yum trout for illstrll.iillon, llvlilod as follows amoiio; the various eninitln: Westmornlnii'l H'i.lHMI: l amlirta 45,000; HuiiHnu'l"li, S.IXK). lllalr ri.iHHi! .onrwn 7,000: nsrr)i Ofl.ooo I :enter I) isiOj Warren MfVH sift flrawfxnl I'J.OIIO. I hn Allentown hatchery has done Its sham townnl rnstoeklns; th stream ot the eastern countl'. TWO MKN KII.I.KU AT A SATKTf OATS. Wii.KrsHARRK. John f'homilx and Kamiml Young, when on their way homn (mm work iitnpHl Insliln thn safety gates of tho Penn sylvania railroad crossing to wait the passage ot a freight trnln. A rinsway horsn dashed Into the gates and the flying wood struck tbn two men nml hurled them under the wheels ot the train. Doth were killed. TH MAROSISII STATS I.ISC RAILROAD. Hkavrr Vki.iA. The Mahoning Ktstn I.lun railroad will m built this summer. Till Is a lirnncli linn five mile In length, running from Lowdvllle. Ohio, to llillsvllle, tap ping tho Immense limestone Holds In that vlelnltv. One bridge UH) feet long will have to lie Inilll. TIIHKK rnil.lJRK Dir. IU n.AMM. Hi ramto. Ily the burning of Philip Hcbnelder's dwelling In Houth Hcranton three of his children, who were In an npM-r room, ytntn burned to doath. The lire originate'! from a defective flue and spread rnpldly. en veloping the building In flume before help could roach tho children. PKXAIOX tiRASTrn. At Washington the following pensions hsvn lx11 grunted by the department of the In terior to citizens of I'1'inylvsnlH: Original, William Hchmldt, Alleghenyi original widows, etc., Ursula Zil'.-li, Curry; Ann J. Lucas, IHIefout. Thk West Vlrglnla'ltat" Knonmpmnnt of the (1. A. ft. was In session at Parknrshurg. Four thousand old soldier were In attendance. F. H. C'rngo, of Wheeling, was elected Com mnndiir. I a collision on the Wlllhimsport and North llrnnch rullroad at I'nnnsdsle, pa., Miriam P. Welsh was killed and Mrs. llulley and John Clonathno Injuns). Ai.hkrt ToRsssrs, a dairyman at New Hhirll"li, llonvor vounty, was attacked by a mad bull and severely gored. Ho will re cover. Thk aunnnl reunion of posts forming the Northwestern Pennsylvania aswH-bttion ol (1. A. II. will occur in Oil I Ily ou June 2. J. C. Mi.C'i.aix, of Altoona, died of lockjaw, the result of an Injury to his right bund in a street war wreck several week ago. I.ioiitniso destroyed tho handsome resl. donee of Frank Knee of Hhnron. Tue occu pants of the house were not hurt. Is the burning of Oeorgn Hlliherd' hous In Wheeling, June lledman, aged SO, lost hei life. rroorty loss was tii.OOU. Hix-rru-oi.i Kfnn Young, whlln playing 011 tlm bank of Ijiurel creek, near Htut College foil Into the water and was drowned. Jamrs IIkattv, small carrier, was struck by a Ft. Wayne partsengor train at Itochcstoi aud was killed. I' I nr. destroyed the Darlington Hotel at Darlington, lluaver county. It was fully In sured PROMINENT PEOPLE. Tssodorb Tiltom wss born In 123, Kossdts'r library will be placed in the Budapest Museum. Gladstoks's sight hss grown so dim be is unable to recognise friends. Fbascis Josefs, F.mperorof Austria, laths no: accessible monarch la Europe. Msi.lis Osast Bastoris, daughter of Pres ident Grant, bat decided te settle In VHaaa Ingtoa, PADRRRWAir. the pianist, ha decided in make a third tour ol the United States la January next. Macros Jorai. tha great poet of Hangary, la also editor of the best comic piper ot that country the Comet. Carter Harrison's memory will bo per- Returned by the tallest monument la Graae ind Cemetery, near Chicago, where bis body rests. Astspr Balvocr, the Conservative leader ot England, belle v Lor l R in lolpu Church Ill to be the most brilliant conversationalist ot the day, Srmatos DashuoI Virginia. Is considered to be the handsomest man In the 8enate, having a pitrician faee an 1 clear cut feat ares that remind one ot Booth. Ex-Postmastrr-Grssrat. Joh Waxa akrr has purchased tl.200,000 wortn ot real estate in Philadelphia during the last eight week, paying nearly all cash. Psrsidrict Carrot's salary as chief of the French l'.epuMie has aggregated 41.750.000. besides t'U0.00)ln allowanoes and bis houie rent free lor seven yaar. Hrxrt Ccst. H. r.. the editor ot William Waldorf Astor's Pjll M ill Gax-rtte, is a gnat society man, and counted as one ot tbn most promising youaj meu lath House ot Com mons. Lars Krcsk, who was drowned recently In Denmark, had ssvmt several hundred persons from drowning. Eight King htd placed decorations on hi breast la recognition ot bravery in stving lives, and a monument will be erected to bis memory. Japanese at Hawaii. Ths Japan question is ths all-absorbing toplo of Intereat at Honolulu. Blnoe the ar rival of the new Japan warship, th Taki shlbo, th Japan hav taken on a more in dependent air than formerly, and are openly claiming th right to a vole In th affair ot government, Th warship Nanlws went to Hllo, oath Island ot Hawaii, reoently, car rying t he Japanese Minister, Jojui. with her. n Minister has not yet returned. and Is said to b eoolsrrlnc with th Japaaes contract laborers. -"-.. As there are many ' i(n-- of thus la borer 00 th Island, th pople are baeom Init alaroMsl as to wast the ova some may be. ft Is ssratssd that II th Japanese insist oa lb votiasT rrsMhia and It Is iwrased them they wilt try to take ssartasw la their owa heads, aasl oetnpal tha rrovsslasutl Oovwcm meat to reooe-wlse thesn. nhoald sash a eo llanocy oeewt tt Is mar thaa w.ly that th OhUMS wo04 loirn lures with, theism as, sad the white popwlatto ot th tslssde wwsw sfssras poor easaoeoi vvnery. SOLDIERS'COLUMN AN ERRAND OF CHARITY. Ths Kindheartedness of Two Oonnaotlowt Tsnkees Whoa Chicken Dinner was Bpolled. DL'IIINfl tlm month nf May. I SI I, on the Petersburg and) Ulchmond turn pike, three or four days Imfore th battle, of Drew ry's fllnrT. and) about halfway be tween I'eterslairg and Itlchmond, W, Vs., my comnwl and I, who be longed to the H- coielillrlgade ((!ol. Ortflln A. Ktoad man's), Hocond ll vlslon, F.lghteentli Corfis, started off to the loft of th turnpike, or, la other words, icIIh crntcly swung to tho lefi.ln accord ance with (ten. Ornnt's tactics of ths campaign. Alsiut a mile and a hall brought lis to a farm house that had l"-n pretty well ran Asekod before vro arrival, t'lidor tbn iram whicb had Is-on overl'Kiko'l, we dlscovnred iiliout a down or more hens sotting quietly upon their eggs, not knowing tfiat the orilev had gone forth "that the rclsilll m must Iss put down If it took tho lust chicken 111 th Confederacy." My comrade crawled under the barn and passed out the le-ris. through whl'-h you could o diiyllgut.so far had they been reduced, living 011 short Mtlonsand nobly doing duty for the Confederacy, kept me busy wringing their nocks, nfter which w UeA their legs together, swung th'-m over our shoulders, and starts back to the turnpike, congratulating oursdvos uon what a nio r-bii'ken dlmi'-r we should have when we got bivk to our command, lint our jubilant ej iwtiitions W"rn pi'n-mptorlly demolished by Hie dlrcel ord'-r of a Ocnoral. Just as wo emerged from the thicket on th left of the turnpike earns In conta i with llciijiimlii F. DuMor! 'I'iie (l-neral Iwkoned to us to come up to when ho was sitting ou his horse. After saluting him very r-siootfully, and trembling very jerceptihly, the llrst question asked was: 'Where did you get those chickens''" My comrade, a tlng as s.okesmaii, replied: 'At the farm-house to tlio loft, alout a mile and a half from hero." The next question was a iios -r. "What aro you going to do with them?" We thought wo w -ro in for It, an I w Should 1st punished for capturing old sotting bens, whereas nice tat chickens might have passed with the General as legitimate spoils of war. Ho my chum p-plb-d: 'We are going to take thorn back to th hospital for the sik and wounded." The hospital was aliout si mll'-s to tho roar. 'I ho fioncrnl called an Orderly, who was mounted, slid gave him thefollowing general order: "Orderly, go back to the h'ispluU with these men, and see that thoy deliver those chickens to the Hnrgeon in charge." If a cannon-ball bad struck us wo could not have felt more crestfallen. The nest morning we worn escorted ba"k to our eom niniids, where we remained during the battl of l)r"rry's IlluU, ou tho morning of the 16tb of May, lsiil. I saw tlen. Hutler Ufifin one occaon aftof that, which brought vividly to my mind that lost anticipated chicken dinner. O. W. Fuiiu, in "National Tribune." Farragut in th Rigging at Mobil. A grout deal has been written relative to the position of Fiirrugnt In the Mobile fight, and tho Incident of leliig lashed to the rlg- gingtios oeen.Hioneii coiisi'icraoloooiiirovnrsy. (Joitsiuly, 110 ipiotion concerning the post oooiipieil by Furragut could arise among those who were on lard the ll.tgship and wltu".-s..i tne enifiigement. In the iort muiu-riggiug, a few ratlines above the siiir-olet where he could elearty oliS"n'e all thai was transpiring aisiut Dim, stood Farragut. As tho smoke increased rolling aliove and around the admiral, b mounted the innin-rigging higher and higher, until bis head was l-voi with the buttock baud. At that oint. Cat. Drayton, fearing some accident might o-cur, sent Knowle with a tilei'e ot new lead line to maketb admiral more soeuro. This honest old sailor. in speaking of the incident, in ls0, at whlcfa time ho kiw qusrtor-miistor on the L'. it. steamer "rhlox, stationed at the Naval A"H'l'my. eiressMl himself a follows: "Pilot Preeinan, whp was a fit to talk too much, I knew very well; but that man Bald win, who yarn it ubout the admiral and put hbn In tne mtiirrtvart reaie-ruaiao, under the top, he dors uot know what he Is writtlng illicit. I was chief quartermaster of the Hartford' and tne man that lashed tha admiral to the rigging, and I ought to know something alsjiit It. When we if it up close to the forts, I heard Mr. Kimberly, the executive olfl.-or, tell Mr. Watson, our naJ-llHutenout. to nave a rop piuMed around the admiral. I was busy at the time with some signal flags for th monitors, when I was ordort! to go up th port main-rigging and put a rope around th admiral, t cut a fathom or two from new lead line which was lying on the dork, went up the ratlines to whore the admiral waf standing, with fleld-glaase in Ills hand, just under the buttocs snrouds, and made the forward end of the line fust. As I took tb after end around the admiral, be passed th remark that the mini was not necessary, but I went on and made the after end secure. I don't think he noticed the ro around biro, a we were square abreast of Port Morgan, and it was pretty hot work; but when th hips got clear of the forts, the admiral had to cost the roie adrift before he cvuld noma down." "L'uiou Jack." In Clue and Gray for Marco. FEET USED AS HANDS. Natives of Iadla t-erform lone Kenearfc able Acts. In the native quarters of the towns of India the strange spectacle may ts3 seen of a butcher seizing' a piece of meat in his bands and cutting- it In two with a stroke of hut knife held between the first and sec ond toes of his foot. The shoemaker use i no last, but turns the unfinished iboe with his feet, while his hands are) busy In shaping it 0 the carpenter holds with his great toe the board he Is cutting, anl the wood turner han dles bis tools as well with his toes as with his fingers. This use of the feet to assist th hands in their labor Is not. however, the mere result of practice, but Is prin cipally due to the fact that the Hindoo foot Is Quite different from ours in its anatomical conformation. The ankle) of the Hindoo, and the articulation of the back ot the foot, permit consider able lateral motion. Then the toe uovsese a surprising mobility. The) treat to can be moved freely la ail directions, and the first and second toe are separated by a wide spao. sometime as much as flv-lghtlis ol an inch aoroas at th baa of th toe sad two itaehee at their xtremltia. Th articulation of th hip is alas pe culiar, and this renders it easier to us the toe in handling th object by eBblltSaT th Hladuo to sit In a squat ting posture) atitoh saor ooatfortalMjr than w cm do. m
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