Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

< NEWS NOTES. GREAT doubt is felt in expert circles as to whether any very considerable fighting wiH occur during the continuance oi hostilities between Spam and the United States; but at the same time it is not considered likely that a (satisfactory and conclusive adjustment of dif- ferences will bei arrived at for some' little time to come. President McKinley, it is Understood, .will not consider the question if peace until the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are occupied, and that the terms of final settlement will be the payment by Spain of the cost, of the war, together with an in- demnity for the, Aestruction of the Maine. This is clear enough; butwill it be acceptable straight- away in Spam < IT is reckoned by those in the know" that the loss of life in connection with the Sierra Leone rising will number little, if any, short of a 'thousand.' The latest mail from the West Coast of Africa apprises us that during a recent attack upon a British prospecting expedition one of four Europeans was killed and another wounded. V l t THERE is to be established at Pekin almost immediately a university on, a European, model. Thus does thtLWesterner assert himself. LORD. CHARLES BERESFORD, in, a lengthy communication on the needs of the British Navy, advocates a return by the authorities to the five years' programme of naval expehditure legalised by the Naval Defence Act of nine years ago,' and the raising of the present. 'tot:l" for new construction to thirty-eight f millions, a sum based on the normal estimate under that head for the last three years. Lord Chiles urges that the building of eight, steam colliers to steam sixteen knots, and the re-arming of seventeen useful old iron- clads should be placed on hand at once by a supplementary estimate for as much of the work as could be carried out, and that the re- mainder of the money should be spread over the next five years. Lord Charles, wind- ing up, affirms that if the Government do not seriously and promptly grapple with the question of new construction, tke only resource for those thoroughly awake to the need's of the hotir will be to arrange a series of stirring meetings up and down the country and torce the matter to, the front. Not all of us are as enthusiastic as Lord Charles Beresford is for the upkeep of our first line of defence at any cost, but we all admit him to be a man whose views should, have serious consideration. {"A GOOD deal Of grumbling goes on about the weather, and the slowness of the arrival of '¡settled'summettide.' We get an occasional hot day, and little spells of genuinely seasonable ,I sunshinE!; but in the main the skies in most Sarth are overcast two days output of three, itrid |,ipie Q £ ,yWr 'a moist or rainy atmosphere. We want June of. th^ expected sort to put all things in.tune, a liberal following of the glowing glory of hot July. That alone can make glad the hearts of the farmers, and when the farmers are pleased with the weather conditions other folks; generally, are satisfied. Chra views with regretful displeasure the moving up of troops into South Wales in con- nection with the coal disputes. Surely the dis- agreements of masters and men might be adjusted without recourse^ to the aid of the military It is high tiflvp' that the Govern- ment, seriously undertook the task of setting up a cpurt of industrial arbi- tration and appeal. Trade paralysed, money lost never to be retrieved, ill feeling per- pe ,tuated, and lives likely to be sacrificed; all these are comprised in the complicated outcome 'of such quarrels between masters and men. An administration of full utility should be able to spare time from other business to mend a matter of this deplorable sort. itoom" PAUL, after endeavouring' to wash his hands of the British suzerainty, is, likely to have trouble of very considerable magnitude with the Swazilanders. He may be. glad yet to cry back to our. Colonial Office for support. Anyhow, the outlook in Pretoria for the Boers is neither glorious or pacific. OH What a happy place is Canada! All is concord, there the promise of harvest is abun- dant, the people have no differences of any moment amongst themselves, their relations with dwellers elsewhere are pleasant, their trading connections highly satisfactory. As far as the human eye can see Canada at the moment might be re-christened the "Land of Heart's Desire." A LITTLE while ago a speech delivered by the Prime Minister at a private meeting of bankers and other financiers, on its purport becoming publicly known, gave rise to a good deal of comment. It is useful to note therefore an explanation put forth on Lord Salisbury's behalf to the effect that, speaking to an assem- blage of business men, the Premier felt that he could not but point out to them that in their calculations for the future that they should not lose sight of this fact, that this 'is a period in which wars may occur, though not 1 necessarily wars in which this country should be ] engaged. There was nothing sensational in this little piece of prudential observation; and the assurance' that Lord Salisbury meant nothing more than he said should satisfy every- one. |

AMERICA MO> SPAIN. .# t. WtEsEWT smJlTrotr; j There is still no sign, (said the.Jiaval. expert,f the writing on Mpndaj?) of the arrival, of any American expedition. pn a.,r)c.ongiderable scale at Santiago, ana Admiral Satnpsoij ia reported to. bo tnuph aqpoyed at the Continued delay. He has, how- .over, seelweil a base f or his ibips by seizing the Bay ,pt GiiantapaHy?, which lies ^5 roJs st gf Santiago Harbour. Here he can coal with ease and security, -and hither, in case of rough weather, his heavy battloships can retire, leaving the work of blockade the cruisers. Such ft pomtoir,unfortified and un- :srovidgo with docks, is commonly ca|led a seqoo- dary base." The Japanese, wnen attacking Wei- Hai-Wei, seized an anchorage similar to Guantanamo, in Tengchow Bay. Admiral Sampson has landed 850 marines— force which .should :be -quit&. sufficient, when sup- ported -by the guns of the ships, to prevent any Spanish attack,. It is probable .that the bombard- ments of Santiago, of which.wp have heard so were carried on to, coyer, the.Iandipg of thif force by districting the ^p^niar^s'attention; ^Guantana,pip Ihq Americans,are in telpgraphic copimunicatip^.wj^ Washington—a doubtful advantage. s [ AdmiralpSamp^n considers that 10,000 jnen,voulfl fake Santiago in 24 hours.or so we are told. though the Spaniards are not good soldiers or sailors, they have at times fought with the utmost obstinacy and dete>min#j^r^w3teips3 M An4xAipola. Santiago will be captured beyond doubt, but pro- QIJ1Yi American expeditions indicates that the tKOftps»?re tfi «?M.theJeld,u Ar.Q.^tdl' without proper clothing—etn amazing omissioxij,j The four mysterious SpaQisho^ryAsefii, h%y^ijthe Araertean coast-liner" It is evident that they .belong to ,th# .g&ipp.^tgggfx ,qf Jflp^gii»ry11,^h\Pf.JftR,)^he '«9.(Jrqu seejQ;.pff Ifoya, JSqoti^. J At .Grand Ga^rv i .range comings and goings are reported, a, .Spanish c,ojlic; taki;ig eqal -Qpfqr, three or toixf.foya, j^.nd then retynpea^i'ng, ^pipty. C?in,jheRly enfptying the cofd ipto the Atlantiq? or b^s the.iQj^V2 fleet reached one of the other Canaries? It in- structive, JQ Jrp, that, the; three torpedo-boats at Las h -I Pallurts are in'a grievous state of disrepair. We now see why Cervera's destroyers li^ve been so useless, STARS AND STRIPES --EEGIS-TEI)l OURA. The lahdin^At uantarimo-Bay, 40 miles east of Santiago, on Fridhy of last week, was made by 8:50 niarineS'.fi'om the'troopship Panther Under the pro- tection of three warships. The place was found to be deserted, and the American flag a hoisted on the site of tl>e" abandoned Spanisfr'C&tfip.— Quantities of weapons; artpnumtion, 'tools, and provisions were found scattered about, as well as several old brass f-ajirtcn. The lu^rinps are establisliing a, fortiHed cajjiijj, Threq thousand Spanish troops occupy tlip °ltPQs.ite,p,Q.l:e'Qf the harbour, r •-1 TO CONQUER ,THE PHILIPPINES. General" Merritt expects to stårt"foT¡,aniTd,'in about a fortnight (according to a Washington mes- sage) preceded by 20,000 troops. 1 IMPENBaTG-'lN^ASIONi' t I learn .(says a New York correspondent).that the {)lans for- the invasion of Porto Hico .inclade thfe adding of ^0,000 troops ija t.h«.vicinity rof fSan Juan, followed by a combined attack, in which battiest?;ps, cruisers, mon1{oi^3, and torpedo boats will 'take «pwfc. Recent reports show that tropp-, in the island. "While no-riew^-is "Obtainable at the- tlnited Stated Navy Department, it is generally believed that 27, £ C0 troops pestined for the invasion of Cuba are col- lected at Key West, and will embark almost imme- diately for Santiago. The transports will be strongly cqny.oyed. Spaniards at Santiago are energetically repair-t ing tbe.d&wage done by the bombardment. j Negotiations for the .exchange of prisoners are still in progress. Food is said to be getting scarcer every day in Santiago. ? PROSPECTS OF PEACE. An extremely bad impression is current in Madrid as to the outcome of events. Business men are inTI cliried to the bèlief that the war will be short-pr.ol, bably qnly lasting one month more. Military mep, however, hold the opposite view, considering Spajin can put much reliance on the elements. "t: r.s: ARMY SAIriS Polt CUBA. The United States War Department formally an-i nounced on Monday morning that aa expedition hud- feft Key West, all the officers and men beingregularsi Except a few volunteer organisations. The force in-1 eludes infantry, mounted and unmounted cavalry, and' batteries of light artillery,, and siege artillery. The' War Department officially announces that a third, army of invasionis in preparation, and will be ready to move in a week. The Department refuses to allow the destination to be cabled. GUERILLA FIGHTING FOR THIRTEEN HOURS. Ths following telegram has been recei ILA, New York, from the newspaper despatch boat; Dauntless off Guantanamo, dated Sunday morning, via Moje St. Nicholas, Sunday evening: ".Tbe, marines, who landed on Friday, have been. engaged: since three o'clock yesterday evening in beating; off an attack by Spanish regulars. Guerilla; fighting was almost continuous for 13 hours. Then'; the Marblehead landed-reinforcements. Four Ameri-' cans were killed and OIMV wounded, but the advance- pi qkotw, are not accounted for. The Spanish loss i a; not-known, but is believed to be considerable. Thb' fight, began.-with- desultory tiring on the pickets, whifch were driven, in,, bttt finally rallied and pursued the enemy.).- • SPANISH FORCES. IN CUBA. It is officially stated in Madrid that the Spanish Army Corps under the command of General Pancjp, in the provinces of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba, consist of 36 battalions of infantry, 12 regiments of cavalry, four mountain batteries of ar- tillery, four companies of garrison artillery, and six companies of engineers. t Out of this force 13 batta- lions of infantry, four regiments of cavalry, one moun- tain battery, four companies of garrison artillery, and fpur companies of engineers,numbering in all 8000 men. are now at Santiago under General Linares. There are also at Santiago four, battalions of volunteers and some landing parties from Admiral Cervera's squadron. AMERICAN WAR LOANS Three New York -banking houses have made an offer to Mr. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, to take at par the whole Government loan of 200,000,000 dollars, or whatever part of it the public does not subscribe. CAPTURE OF A BRITISH COAL STEAMER. A telegram fromSt.. Nicholas to the New York Herald says that thètnercbantman captured by the St. Louis off Morant Point proves to be tblT3ritish steamer Twickenham, laden with coal for'the Spanish squadron under Admiral Cervera. A Spanish' officer was in charge of the cargo on board, and when tfie cruiser approached he threw the Twickenham's papers overboard. A prize crew was placed on board, and the Twickenham was sent to Key West. AFFAIRS AT MANILA. The situation at Manila continues to excite great anxiety in Madrid,, as it is now believed that the arrival cf the American troops will be followed by a combined attack on the- city, and probably I great loss of life. Th$Goyerx^pr entertains no hopes of saving it. Senor Giron, Minis- I in a L' t ter for the Colonies, in an interview, said ths't, in his opinion, nothing short of a. miracle could rescue the city of Manila. The Government has instructed the Spanish Consul at Hong Kong to charter a steamer to go to the vicinity of Manila in order to ascertain the latest particulars of the situa- tion. TAXLESS FOOD FOR CUBA. The Spanish Consul-General states that by Royal Decree ot the Insular Government of Cuba, all articles of food are admitted into all ports of the said island free of all duties, and without being sub- ject to the usual Customs formalities."

AT Konigstein is the largest cask in the world. Ai was'b^gim in 1722 and finished in 1725. The dia- meter of this cask is 26ft. The cask, as soon as finished, was filled with 6000 quintals of good Meissen wine, which cost £ 6000 sterling. It contains 619 hogsheads more than the famous tun of Heidelberg. The top of the cask is railed in, and affords room sufficient for 15 or 20 persons to regale themselves and several sorts Qf large goblets, called welcome raps, are offered to those who delight in such hohoura. a- V'

A; MATRIMONII TUB MOTHER OF FIVB. M a tmy tSomereet fom tnSea' tbwnoF Badst&ck.'vhere lives at Rose Cottage, Mr. K. N. Nicholas, manager °,f lar £ e Xw* witb^his ,vrif§ .aid five bonnie children. v ,o £ iliirtj m^ wljose patien^r .(jar^-worn face tells tliat ehe S^S^t (si^fer^r, (f AllJipujh but>thirty MS OFRFIYE«BOAN»>STRFTIGI»T» limbed, rya.y cjplcjren, ),Hot»-ith!3tanding,th»t thejf 18f J,l.u'm-st ,{ooo.t;.a4J)'rp.jQtll\). )vhi.ch als after her conGaenieiit, an event qf sqme fe,w wqeks ago. She. described, -tht froubl^ she has. recently .undergone to a press rtjprer jjeo|.g.tiy^ho onljer^as follows; t » Weeks before ,nay last baby was born, I suffered iterr^blj indigestion,, sjiiasniSj iind Weakness .of ^th^ B,erses, to such an,.extant thab.my hearf ang,brain wereKal%:ted, and I oot^d not bear „,anypw to com^n^r me. • For. thftlaskthree.yeftr? I co had suffered from these complaints, but attJurtil116 I Mention my. health went from bad- to worse, and ^ny husband and myself dreaded my expected confijie- ment. About then, however, J- happened to read -in 5 P?Ber of tb«t many women cure# by Dr. Williams' ink, ills PrT,% J^eoplp.and I askfi^my rhual^nd to -buy irie a do* of the Pills. Jle did-SO,andafter takyif »..them. I. improved so much that when'my, child was born 1, had less trouble than with any of the other children. The doctor-sand neighbours were aeton* ished. Soon after I was getting abbukftwd strwig again I had a severe attack'"of infTuenza which tlireV-mi v back, but I resumea piling Dr. Wiriiams'Pink"Pilli and found tETem of great service my strength." 1, You' can honestiv recommend t,heso pi^e from your own experience r" T 1 I can. They have proved valuable principally diiring my c«nfiiiement, but they have also improved my digestion, strengthened the nerves, and my fiejid and h'eart are very much' better .now, I have seeii many doctors, and they all told me it was nothing but overwork and weakness that caused my suiferinf. and they could do nothing for me." ° Air. Nicholas corroborated what his wife had said, remarking, "In the spying she was so ILL that WQ thought sne would not keep her mind. She su|Cti-ed viery much until'slie tried Dr. Willi^ips' .Phj^,5ijls. Mr.' and Mrs. Nicholas each said they were willing to have their statements published that their experi- ences may benefit others, and after expressing pleasure with such sincere and straightforwaid testi- niohy of thq value of Dr. "Williams' Kick PiJj^, the reporter departed, It is not'only f pr.tl for«isof w female weakness that Dr.. ba T p prQ'yed themselves valuable. They hare cured,, paralysis, locomotor ataxy, rheumatism, and sciatica'; ^.Tso.fiu diseases arising from impoyerishment qf the fcloodj scrofula, rickets, chronic erysipelas, consumption of the bowels and lungs, anicmia, pale,and sallow, com- plexion, general muscular weakness, lqBA of appetite, palpitations,, pai'ns in the back, nervou^ h^ad^che, and,early decay.. These pills are sol<^ by chemista and by pro Williams' Medicine Company,, Jffolbof.11" viaduct, London, E.C., at 2s. 9d.t a box,, or .six for 133.' 9d.. Pills sold under any other title than, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palp people, are fjaqre sub-i stitutes, which will prove quite worthless. J .t\ï

TRICKS OFTRAiXE. In the course of a letter to the Times.pn thesuhjget of the manufacture of "Modern" Dresden China, Mr. Isidor Spielmann says it may mot be generally known that factories exist, in eertain capitals-of Europe for the manufacture of all ^tinds of werks of fert that ara likely to attract amateur collectors. This in itself would be unobjectionable *were it not that the articles manufactured are intended to deceive. Not only are modern -articles of china and faience stamped with the old marks- and imitated so cleverly aa" to Kiake experts doubtful of their origin, bubarms arid1 armour af e, treated with- acids to eat away portions" of the metal to- reproduce as nearly- as possible' the ravages of time. Carved -ivories "areS Stained With oife to make them yellow, and subjected to heat to produce cracks ih' them. Piedesf of furniture have' worm-holes artificially drilted-in them, and-there is' is not' no^ imitated with the intention to' deceive. Even' "Greek and Roman coins and other antiquities are re- produced, and often in a very perfect way; indeed, some coins tftdf were recently sent to England" from Turkey were very wonderful and dangerouS feamples of these inanufactHrea. In connèctionwith these industries aflother trade of semi-spurious objects has devèlopêd: Cabinets, tables, clocks, and furniture containing only fractions of old work apparently justify the JjriaJrers and tendors in selling them as old and at vey ih prIces.. ,For example, a genuine old clock would be divided. the dial being put into one new clock, the hands and works into another, and the case into a third all of thorn would be cleverly completed arid sold as three genuine old clocks. In the same Way a Cabinet- may have but an old panel in its door the top-of a-table may be the only old part .aboutJit.; a 'te smay.p^rt of a,- tapesti-y panel .of. a cbair.'ma.ype genuine, yet seven-eighths I'of e- whole jnpy be made up." :■ ,( r ''It is not suggested that respectable dealers, countenance this trade in any way, yet there aye persons to whom quantities of these spurious irtils I are consigned for sale, and: the fact'remains that) these objects, manufactured chiefly for the Engli,h and American markets, find a ready.sale at extrava- gant prices. j

• THE NATIOXAI, GALLERY. The report, of Clia-Directorof the National Gallery for the year 1897 has been published. It appears that.four pictures were purchased during last year,, aii follows: "Christ Disputing with the, ,Doctors;" by Ludovieo Mazzolino, cost £ 350;. thc; Portrait of Edmund Butts," by John Bettes, cost £ 4G2 Por- trait of Mrs. Mark Currie," by George JRomney, cost £ 3500; and Portrait jof the Artist^" by Madame Vigúe-le Brun, cost F-600. Large numbers of pic, turep, have been received by, bequest,and, donation, including 67 water-colours and bronzes givett 'by Mr. Henry Tate, which are now at the New gallery at Millbank. Other bequests imlude/18 paintings from Mr. Watts, and 85 paintings, water- cplours, bronzes, and. sculptures from the Chantrey Bequest.. The gallery in Trafalgar-square was visited by 423,421 persons in the free-days during tho y^af, showing a daily average attendance on. such days—- 206 in number—of 2055. The Gallery of British Art at Miilbank has been visited by 104275 persons on the public days from August 16 to December 31", showing a daily average attendance of 1337.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND ETIIIGS. • It was rather neat that jnst before' the meeting" of th^: American Medical Editors' AsS6ciati'6n a fkcetioua advertiser should throw temptation in the way of the medical Press of America, and, remarks the Hospital, should lead the managers of many journals to stray from the paths of virtue. It happened in this way. The proprietor of a much-advertised patent medicine, who as is the way with his kind, knew somewhat of human nature, drew up an adver- tioement which was'certainly somewhat of a shocker, and one to try the nerves of any who stickle for pro- priety in medical journalism." This bait he scattered broadcast before the managers of 119 itiedif-al journals' in the United States and Canada, and, having ha9 his little joke, he amiably published to the world the' names of the journals which swallowed the bait. More than half of the journals, took no notice what- ever of his communication; a good many declined tlu advertisement—some with scorn, some wit li regret; but 30 of them yielded to the tempter, greatly to the amusement of the virtuou& reminder.' One of the latter says, "It is humiliating to note the avidity with which the bait was gulped down—bob, hook, and sinker—by some editors who boast of the huge circu- lation and lofty moral tone of their journals/' Easy as it is to laugh, however, it is not always so easy to avoid being taken in. Nor is it always easy to fix a standard.

A MEASURE which has pas.sed the Norwegian' Government prohibits the sale of tobacco in towns to persons under the age of 16. In country-districts tobacco may be sold to juniors provided with a written order signed by some person known: to the seller. THAT Wicked flea kept me awake all night, simply because I forgot to get a tin of, "Keating'a Powder'" the unrivalled Killer of Fleas, Beetles, Moths, which is sold everywhere in 3d., 6d-, and Is. tins. Harmfefes to everything but Insects. See the signature M jThqmas Keating.on.qutsjde,labels „ „ >( t v

HUMOURS OF THE THEATRE. .vo'"mem'gh t. be filledwith character isticanecdctea of the humours of the theatre (says Mr. J^obert M. Sillard in the Comhill Magazine,) and he goes on to following. Like most actor-manageri Mac- ready was pestere'd-by the would-be dramatic authors. An ambitious young feUowc Dronght him, a. fiveact tragedy one morning to Drury Lane. "My piece," nWldtl,y..plp.;JL6Ll ,.Ahe -author, "is a; chef- A.gyur§e J.or^^ita success,, for hqI :Wn.p.lt.. tlw. Dgu.jnary taste, of tA0 pubhcj h^y: fra^ed^4 if tragic tbat all f Qj^at end of the third *ct; uh wl^nr tl^ep," jp«ked the manager, .do on> 1?.^SVQp of thelasttw« acts?" ith the ghosts those who'died in the third!" On the production of a piece called, tha Spy," the early acts showed that, It KS goin^ to prove a failure. So when it i a. certam point a character had to rush on and shout; i ivo hundre/Lponndsfor the spy," the author- actor AY ho., was^xaiieealed behind a jrock, arose and :.r(d, It s yours—copyright,.manuscript, and parts!? jlijit was the..cn^qf w¡m8.I\ç. Could rllO driiiiiatic pr iiqs^n the Dublin press of the prpsent daylland their editors," cpgy ^gujvl to he foilowing "nCtica" of h. first appearance ip the rrisfi"metropdlis ot Mrs. Siddons, which appeared jn rf'he Dublin- Journal more than a hundred years ago? "Yesterday, Mrs. Siddons, about whom all the world has been talking, exposed her beautiful, adamantine, bft, and*'lovely'r person ''for the first time in the fhëafrüRoyaJ, Smock Alley, in the bewitching, melt- ing. and all-tearful character of Isabella. From the repeated panegyrics in the London papers we were ranght expectsight of a heavenly but how < siij^erriaturally sur- i prised into the most awf-til joy in beholding ap êarthlygoadess," TIre house' was crowded with 'hundreds more than it could hold, with thousands of idmiring spectators wherwent away without a sight. I.hid Extraordinary phenomenon of tragic excellence, ;.h?a star pf Melpomen^, this comet of the stage, this sun of the firmament of 'the muses, this moon of jblank ?PI'e.t]lJS quaen and princess of tears, exceeded ;jcpcot«itions, went, beyond their belief, and soared flb<}ve all powers of description. She was nature it- she is the-n»di8t exqusite work of art; in short, sjio was t-lie boitquet, of Parpassus. Several persons • tinted before/the curtsrin went up; but 'when- shd ^aioe_ta^he scene -of partini* with her wedding-ring, ojli, wliat'a sight was there! TheTcry orchestra,' albeit moused to) ho iheltingmood,' weptiike hungry children. Nature sure, in one of her beautiful moments, in one of her humane leisure hours, in one of* her smiling days, in one of her weeping fSouths, made this acme of perfection. Oh, sgi>y flibernia. blessed isle, what bright excellence excellences.#and- the turf df thy fruitful earth rdfiv frpfti KiHarney, from Galwjiy from east* and from wt"st, from north 4Vd south, shall thousands to, Smock Alley fo see,t.hiS"woman True it is, M r. Gar rick once, remsed to engage thee. True it i s the London audience once-did not like thee but what of that-! Risf thou bright goddess, and soar to .immortal r^ionifl, for'envy will merit, as its shade pursiio. •t

1 t I r. t AN.OKCHIB AFFAIR, au),oW'- "seen the Odontoglossum-luteo- ViH']«tekean.utn Or ;the'Laclia-Ca-ttleya (C. Iiw- und L.^Cinnabarhja),? Or tbe-Miltonlbpsis Blcn«ina Ro^ea?- A -imA--bre,.tk.ers (s;Lyg,,a -fteetioiis \\¥ittr.m the jvtoxftbiy Jjcader) have been missing for fihEeek.; r: r £ b«y. are-.not, 'aa,.might; possibly be thought from- their--niines, leviathans of the deep or larg^sEKerl giraffes, r They are merely f16\¡:efs bfrliids, In fact, of marvellous beauty and great price, \Vheu-last-seen, they were reposing on a table at the Tetnpl6Jsardens JFlowprShcw. Their owner is: t{.{1,kt.llye; of Ghent, and he is said to value tliem ifc jc360 in EngUsh currency. For the three -of life- slfpw they were\the observed of all "oligeryers at th^.Teuipio,: and njjpierous cases of lock- rqqcttrr$i -fo -people,ivho, without going into • fr'autiiig. beforehand, Tentnred upon, pronouncing (XIontqglossmn Jutes Vuyl stekeanum. Then the lovely orchfd» ,vwent" into the Ewigkeit aud left not »9racfe-bel*ifi&—~— At six p.m. on Friday week list the-ihoW-"Si 'Closed to thfr*general public. The exhibitors then began packing it M. Hye's manager, who w,,ig- i i chaitge -of the pilreiüu8 plants; left t-lie-tent about nine o'clock, and was away for a short space. On his ratuisn the tlateollundre4 ancl-sixkv pounds' worta of brchids had gone. -««. Who took them. ? It is possiWer that they were grower's exhibits4; but no-word has como to those who are trying to get "them back for the mYner. The suggestion that some; proiessional-' orChid*grower fonnd the temptation of these strotig for his virtue, and passed from enthtwiasm to theft, is-indignantly scouted by ofc.r.IÎdWln,'Cirles; .Yet generai public had been "cleared oirt- -of ,thè "I!!how:'iit'remains that the present possessor Of J'the. plnns tniuot, be- in some degree or other a pmfessionai. The plants were about a foot fit hcight-v'nnd™ there were some'seven or more of thetart" -• •••• Tho planta carcbe' ol no erlrthly nee to the thief or thei ejvthasiust-who' has ttieirt, for the- simple reason limb if they were offered' -fo.r sale theyvwbuld be at once'8yotted-and expbihatSons asked. They can only be turned to the purpose of private edification; and seeing that orei-nrirans-are so- fanatical-in their devo- tion to the plant it may well be that M. Hye's 1 orchids wiHdar years tacomer shed the IListre,of their bea,j;ty;.upqn ..tlii unknown enthusiast who greatly dared fiiwl stole them..i 'Poor M. Hye bas ho fMource at'la'w, it'is believed, ggainst either the Royal Horticultural Society or the lynchers of Hie Iiinext-Teriiplei'The-Ro I If L' I Wral Society is protected by a olause in the'conditions ^nder which if assumes the management of- shows against claims for Joss or damage sustained by ex- h\jJitoI'B,ö:d the Benchers of the Inner Temple can of course have no legal responsibility whatever. '• r.

t v, -} ¡ I THE ;AKQES^ORS OF TOE HORSE. It is uncertain where* the first wild ,horses lived. n. The Hon. M. C..K. Xeigh, ■in the Siaiday at Home, pqints CKyt. that.in very early ages there appears to have existed in the old- world an animal which naturalists believe to have beeo* an ancestor of the ho'rse, with three,toes, andrab'out the size of a small jioTiy, while in America, the bones of ancestors of the ho'rse having four or five toes have been found. Later in the world's -history, but still. before the Flood, trie horses of a sifi&ll size appear to have lived in England,, in company with. reindeer, stags, bears, lions, hytena.s, beavers, rhkiQcerbses, and elephants, the fossi} bones of,oart:'theSe animals hating been disco-vered in the gre^Crtverfi& called Kent's Hole in AVl\t1S1h-¡A_ '} u. n..

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TUB greatest size to which a horse has been known to grow is'20 hands high. This is the record of a Clydesdale which was on exhibition in 1889 in New York. The-animal weighed nearly 30001b., and a)though only five years old, measured 32in. round the arm, 45in. round the: stifle, or knee-joint, 95in. girth, 84iin. round the hip, and lift. 4in. in length. 2 It wnit'óf perfects proportions, with a head 36in. in length,r'or i-liri. longer than an ordinary flour-barrel. A British dray-horse has been known to stand 18 hands' higft^fDnd weigh nearly 18cwt., while one of Womb^'Wft''W(irtagerie horses was once shown at a fair at 0$?Wr&?treasuring 17 hands 3in. high. It is ^tatied'fhat'k4¥8aWterifc'-in'Illinois has a horse that has nevet tx'erv'hrok'eh in or: shod. It weighs 2,5001b.,

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THE PA-LACE OF VERSAILLES. The Palace of Versailles, in Paris, is supposed to be the coolest ever built. It is said that Lonis XIV., to prevent the vast sums which he spent upon this wonderful palace being known, threw, all the docu- ments relating to .it into the fire.

TEUTII learns that in future the SouthKensington 11 Museum is to be named the Victoria and Albert n' Mnseum, a designation which the Queen will formally announce when she lays the foundation stone of the new buildings. -^uchess of Fife have gone to stay perty has chaDged h&nds j • «i last 100 years. S6Veral times during the MR. ASTOR'S mule battery of SIX three-inch Hotch- kiss guns is now complete,with the exeeptioa of die men s uniforms, these were delivered. but. the cut was so unsatisfactory that Mr. Astor rejected them I intoto. Tommy Atkins marching through the desert » With'soleless bpots hag no millionaire to look, after ( him. • \w>- r i t