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elope‘ and the nit-hives:3 Mr. James shrewdly points out that travelling for sport is one thin and travelling for exploration quite snot er, and that any attempt to combine two can only end in spoiling both. It must not, therefore, be complained if the book is so lar ely a record of wild beasts killed and wounded. For the benefit of all interested in such matters, we ive a list of the game mentioned in the bctfii, taken from a very copious indexâ€"antelope, ariel, buffalo (ve ry frequently mentioned), elephants, gazelles, irafies. guinea-fowl, hippopotami, leopards, 'ons, ostriohes, panthers, partridges, sand~ grouse, and wart hog, to say nothing of ven- omous snakes, and, on one occasion, a, boas constrictor. Not that Mr. James was by any means unobservant of all the points in an unexplored country which give general in- terest to a record of travel. There is ample evidence in the pages of his book that he and his friends did not go to the Base ooun‘ry merely “to shoot something.” For instance, the book is accompanied by a map of the country made by Mr. W. D. James and Mr. Aylmer from daily astronomical observa- tions. Thus, as the author says,aportion is added, however small, to the map of Africa. The map is also made a very practical one by the marking down On it of every place where water is to be found. Among other things which'the travellers took out with them from England was a magic lantern furnished with slides specially ohosen,whioh they frequently exhibited, much to the amusement and amazement of the spectat- ors. Mr. James’ hunting party comprised ten Europeans and a number of natives, the force being thus strong enough and sufli- ciently well equipped to ensure respect under ordinary circumstances. They left the port of Souskim. on the Red Sea, on the 15th December, 1881, and proceeded to Casiala, the capital of the fertile Eastern Soudau, and in regard to the extent of population next in importance to Khartoum, the people of the region being a mixture of Arabs and negroes. Here they were unfortunate enough to lose one of the Swiss servants from an attack of dysentery. Canals. is the centre for a number of Germans who gather wild animals for the various zoological col- lections of Europe and America. One of these Germans, whom Mr. James met, had a ent eight winters in the Soudan, visiting urope every summer, He had also been twenty-three times to New York selling his animals. Haikota, to the east of Cassala. is the residence of the Beni Amer chief, Sheikh Achmed Ageer, described as the best-man- nered and most plausible Arab the author ever met with. This important rsonage called upon the travellers, and v0 nnteered assistance to them in getting through the Bases countrv, sending with them a detach- ment of four horsemenâ€"for a consideration of twenty-five dollars per month- for each manâ€"this being the Sheik’s method of. levy- ing taxes cn travellers coming within his jurisdiction. In the region of Haikota the country literally swarmed with guinea-fowl, and there were abundance of partridge, vyhile the sportsmen often shot the telel ant- At the beginning of the book 'Mr. J ames gives some amusing extracts from the re- plies to his advertisement for a. competent medical man. One applicant stipulated for a cigar after dinner and supper, a glass of mild ale, and meals at regular hours. An- other, after giving a long list of his qualifi- cations and requirements; concluded by saying, “I am engaged in devising a series of tests to determine whether people are re- ally dead before they are buried ; and Egypt is a good country to make observations of this sort in.” ’ entié'd puispoaeta,a and ‘the f‘general reader” will like it; all the homer for its non~elabor- ation,'eapecially as the numerous excellent engrayings giye a goosi'idea!r of the ‘count‘xI-y Mr. J ames’ descriptions of the country and the people are not so full as some per- sons would hke, but he wrote the book as a ,of canning adventure and not for soi- : ;_..__-_-- ...*.l 11.. u nnnnn on! mail..." sated to be fierce and treacherous in their ealings with s1rangera. Mr. Powell (bro- ther 0! Mr. Powell, the late membcr for Malmesbury, whose fatal balloon ascent is fresh in the public resollection) perished at their hands, together with his wife and child, some fourteen years ago. Mr.James, however, while finding these Base a. very debased and brutal peopleâ€"and of this he gives ample illustration at page 99â€"found no difficulties but even as could be met by decision, tact, and watchfulness. In hie preface M; James apologizes for adding another to the many books on Afri- ca. but the apology is scarcely needed, in- asmuch as the last expedition of the three referred to in the title-page was made into a territory previously unexplored. The terri- tory in question, the Base country, lies be- tween the Egyptian Soudan proper and Abyseinie, and the Base the‘mselveeare‘ re- Probably one of the most interesting reg gione to the British public just now in that mysterious territory which bears the general name of the Soudmes territory which stretches far heroin the African continent from the Red'Sea, and of which the Khal- ive’s dominions fqrzn but a very small 'part. There are some portions of the Soudan which have not been trodden by European feet, at least not so far as recorded. And the ad? yenturone careerot the _Mahdi‘ lends peon- tition. But these strange people are not ' ely to attach themselves to the Mahdi, or join in any fanatical rising, because the legal _to have_no religiog whateveg. _ ‘ 1m interest to the portions of the Soudan near the Nile and its tributaries. The pre- cise whereabouts of the False Prephet is not known just now, but there is a' general im- pression that he is bringing under subjec- tion the independent tribes on his flanks, so that he can advance with greater safety to- wards Upper Egypt. ‘ In ’fact, the latest news su gests that the Mahdi may in afew days be fore Khartoum. where the White and Blue Niles form a fork. In a book just published entitled “The Wild Tribes of the Soudsn" Mr. F.‘ L. James. M. A., giyes a," Very readable accbunt of sporting experi- ences in. a; part of the Sendai: which few; of the Canadian public have probably heard of before. For a frontispiece it has an engrav- ed portrait of a. " roiessional beauty” of this region, and the ady is ugliness person- ified, rings from nose and ears assisting in the ugly efi‘ect ; but she is a. fair represent- ative of her‘rnne (the Bases), who would be certain to gain the palm for deformity of feature if there were an international com- o e. fitter some days’ hunting the sporting “THE WILD TBIBES OF THE ' SOUDAN.” The Base grow durreh, the staple food; of the Soudan, which contains much starch, and is considered more nourishing than wheat. They also manufacture from it a kind of sour beer, of which they drink a great deal, with the results to be ex eoted. They can ry liquids in olosely-plaited askets ‘made from palm-leaves. Conse'quent‘ on the dread inspired among their followers by the Abyssinian raiders. Mr. James and his party went westward and pitched their camp on the banks of the Settite, a. tribu- tary of the Blue Nile, where lions were “he god in plenty, besides hippopotami, gire ‘es, antelopes, and such sma -deer, while the river yielded fish‘ of over 301bs. weight. The kelb-el-tahr seems to be a. fish speoirlly delightful to anglers, as it is “a most sporting fish; always fighting to the *last gasp. In this-respect, as in its appear- ance, it resembles the salmon. It possesses a moveeble upper jaw and frightful teeth, . which fitting into one another are very sug- gestive of the rat-trap. The best sport was, however, with the beggar, which is exactly like the erch except in regard to the stripes, which it aoks. The author believes that it ‘ is with the milky juice of the q'uol-quol the Abyssinians estch fish. They’ throw a. quantity into the water, when the fish be- come insensible‘ and float on the surface; and "a. drop of this: juice inadvertently get‘ ting into_one’_s eye is egin tote" be sufficient embarked for Engla'nd at the fort of Masse- weh. This is the baldest outline of Mr. James’ narrative, but it will serve to give some idea. of the ground he covered, and as it was strange ground for Europeans his book Will be read wiih speeiaiinterest. The Bases get a bad name from their neighbors, but Mr. James found thcm ve rv agreeable, even if not good looking. The book is very readable alike for the matter it conlains and. the manner in which it is presmted, and it is sure to be (eglrly perused, while other travellers, especially those of sporting pro- clivities, will be disposed to try their luck aim mg the wild tribes of this part of. the Soudan. The following notice respecting rabies or dog-madness (hydrophobic) has been issued by the Brown “Animal Sanitary I nstituo ticn” under the Government of the Univers- ity of London : This disease occurs in dogs of all age, and may appear at any season of the year. It is recognized by a change of demeanor of the dog, which becomes deject- ed, morcse, inclined to roam, and anxious to hide itself. The animal gnews at wood, stones, and any refuse which it sees, snaps at imaginary objects, and becomes unusually excited by strange or sudden noises. It rubs its throat with its paws, as if striving to get rid of some object lodged there; at the same time there is a more or less abund- ant flow of saliva from the mouth. The eni- msl is, moreover very easily excited, and harks with a peculiar, harsh, strange cough. The dog will attack its master, or animals of any kind ; but it is most easily roused to fury by the presence of other dogs. It is feared and shunned by healthy dogs, not only when it attacks them, but when the disease is in e very early stage. There is throughout the disease no dread of water. Before the tendency to bite shows itself, the animal me be unusually eifectionete to its master, lic ing his face and fawning upon him. In one form of the disease called “dum madness" there is paralysis of the jaw and therefore inability to bite. Precautions in cases of supposed hydrophobia:â€"1f a. dog has shown any of the symptoms of madness mentioned above, or an unusual tendency to bite other animals, it should be at once loose muzzled and securely chained up ; but it is advisable that it should not be destroyed until it has been examined by some author- ity capable of determining Whether the ani- mal be rabid or not. Owners of dogs are warned of the danger they may incur by al- lowing their feces~ and hands (especially if scratched) to be licked by the animals. even if they show no sign of madness. All dog- bites should be immediately cleansed by suction and washing, and the wounds should be cauterized as soon as possible.â€"-CHARLES S. ROY, M. D., Professor-Superintendent, the Brown Institution. to cause blindness.” Wart-hogs and g bou- oonsbriofor w'ere also “baggedf” “One lion shot measured nine feet two inches in length, and had a splendid mane, unusual in the Soudan. Subsequently they again passed thuough the oguntry pt th_e ugly £61k and party entered the Bases, country. They came suddenly uphn eight or teanses, who fled in terror, leaving up a baobab tree one I who was appee‘sed’ with presents. ‘At Base ‘ villages the chiefswerc found smeneble to the influence of gifts, Manchester cotton set- ting their minds right. The exhibition of ‘ a. magic lantern: was mgr-eat success, and ‘ the portraits of the, Queen and Princepf Wales we re received Mthxapture. Follow- ing on these came pictures'of the wild beasts of the country, the crowning success being the picture-of amen escaping ’up s'tree from _a crocodile. which opened and shut its month in it; attempts to get at him. Mr. James talks of another expedition to the Soudau, and in view of this we would sug-‘ gest to him that a Punch and Judy show might prove even a. grfatrr hit than a magic lantern, _The country abounded in large game, while the rivers swarmed with fish. An attack was made upon two members of the party while out shooting)»: a. body of Abyssinians who had raided across the ‘ irontier. The lreebooters woundedan Arab servant, spearing him in the abdomen in .a. frightful manner. His companions could ; ‘not discover his where-abouts, and returned to'camp without him, but next morning he- rea peered having crawled eight miles amid aw ul agony only to die nearly as soon as he reched the camp. Base volunteers accom- ‘ 'anied the travellers, and the Sheik’s son, 7 ngay was a devoted follower, cleaning the knives and otherwise making \himself useful. “He often, too,” says Mr. James, fi‘induced others among his people to work for us, when without his help they would have done nothing at all. On parting from us he fairly shed tears, and altogether he was the best specimen of the completely ‘untutored lava e’ Iever came across. “The native servants eclared the Bases resembled baboons, and they rest by lacing the sole of the right foot against 1 e lett knee. is practice believed to be common among tribes on the White Nile. a . The weakest spot of every man is: where he thinks himself thestrongest. Hydrophobia. Btherfiigé' requirei. There is not the slightest doubt but that the present financial crisis existing all over America. is due in no small degree to the spirit of speculation that has swept over the land during the past two or three years. Legitimate business, When properly con- ducted, is generally attended. with success, but when the attention of the merchant is attracted into the wondrous snare oi specu- lative gambling the reverse is the- case. This passion for speculation has wrought much evil in the country, and no one knows such to be the case better than he who has watched the record of business in the North-West since ,the advent of 1881. It matters not whether the operator de- votes his attention to real estate, bank stocks or grain margins, the result isall the same. The amount of‘money sunk in this way every year, even in the Dominion of Canada, it it could be ascertained, would astonisb every one. This it is which must, to a large extent, be held accountable for the demoralization in commercial and mon- etary circles that now existsâ€"Winnipeg Commercial. Tucked on the beams over a collar, a few thicknesses of newspapers are equal to an extra floor or ceiling placed there, in keep. ing the rooms above warm. Nailed up so that they will not be wet by rain, around the horse and cattle stalls, or the chicken abodes, or any buildings occupied by ani- mals, human or otherwise, newspapers are warmer than the outer board siding, rough or planed; and they can be renewed at pleasure at no cost, and be removed in spring for additional ventilation. In short, the judicious use of newspapers may be made to save half the fuel in well-to-do homes, and supply its lack to. the poverty- stricken. We call the special attention of benevolent societies to this fact. Farmers may by using newspapers save much feed otherwise used up by the animals in keep- ing warm. Eggs will be far more abundant if the hens are kept warm, by linin their winter quarters with newspapers, an stool: poultry ‘‘go through well on half the feed The capacity of statistics to yield inter- esting results .is observed with admiration. One statistician proved beyond doubt that more people died in bed than in any other way, and he argued from' this that it was dangerous for people to go to bed. Figures recently prepared for the French govern- ment show that of eight hundred tramps who were arrested in Paris for vagrancy, twenty ranged in age from ninety to ninety-nine years. The evidence afforded by these facts in favor of sleeping under a roofless sky is rendered still more conclusive by the admission from the months of some of these ancient wanderers that they had not occu- pied beds, exoept when the were in jail, for more than thirty years. ears ago it was contended by men of science that the‘natur- :11 position of man was on all fours, and the' proposition has been reproduced very lately. N o doubt it is man’s vanity that makes him walk on two feet instead of four; It was probably vanity also that first suggested to man that he should live indoors with an ar- tificial covering over his head.- He would be much more healthful if he spent niore of his time out of doors. It is unlikely, not- withstonding the statistics which have been produced in favor of living out doors, that societies will be established for the abolition of houses. In a country like this. where people are compelled to_live indoors so rnuch édfighé any lung diseases.â€"Toronto Tela Brittle “wood-pulp” newspapers are more impervious to wind currents than the thick- est carpet.- Three or four layers of them with the air spaces between. are as good non-conductors as e plastered wall with its minute air cracks or as an ordinary bed spread ; and one or two placed between the blankets are equal to an extra quilt, to keep in the warmth of the bodies of the sleep- era. in {he that so “ That was only the complaint of a man who thinks there is no times like the old times,” said a flour dealer to whom the above was related. “If he wants ground. husks instead of clean flour he can get it. and for less money. ' Few mills now grind the shucka and all togather, but the flour is to be had. If the new-process flour were not better than the old, it would not now be taking the lead.â€"-.New York Sun. "up... n...- - . ._-- i .____V “I ordered buckwheat just because the name brings up pleasant memories," said pne. .E‘Here is a case in; which evolution has wiped the thing avoluted. p, Whgn‘ VI was a. boy my father usédvto catty buckwheat to mi11_mf1d bring back a gg'éyésh an‘r. ‘My “- Fhel’buckwheat flour. The buckwheat of my youth was cleaned and then ground between the stones like any other grain. Not long ago a men who wanted to make a beautiful flour to look: at concluded that he could do so if he could entirely remove the shuek from the kernel of buckwheat. To do this he made a machine that consists of four serrated or corrugated rollers. Two are placed at the end of a screen over which the grain passes, and as the grain passes be- tween them it gets a nip that breaks them up and separates about all the meat from the husks. Then the meats drop through a short screen, and thehusks ones on through the second set of rollers. They are further broken up and the remaining meats are seg- arated. The meats are ground and this white, tasteless stuff is 'the result.” it.” '9‘Yes, ‘ but you said something about the evolution spoiling the thing evo- lutedf’,‘ "‘ " ,1 “Buckwheat cakes I” said a man in a downtown restaurant. “Wheat cakes I” said another man by his side. In a short time a waiter brought three broad thin disks, that were white yithin and a oris (brown with- out,‘ to each men. 111 looks; e cakes were exactly alike. A man with e‘sensitive taste could have determined after one, or two trialg thapthexdid. not taste Hike; " mill and bring back a grayjsh flo‘nr. ‘my mo‘thgar mjxed it_up at yighEfin‘d _th9 next morning I sat do§vn to bféalifast before a. [yegpâ€"bnt no matter. ‘ We won’t talk about ' Evolntlenin Buckwheat Cakes. Comfort from Old Newspapers. Don’t Speculum. Living Outdoors. That was just what Robin couldn’t do. I don’t believe he much wanted to. Whiz-z-z went the slay on to the ice, almost taking his breath away. ‘ "Whoop l” cried he ; "it isâ€"-â€"-” Oh dear ! At that yery minute the ice cracked dreadfully, and into the water, which wasn’t deep, but so cold, wen't Robin, sled and all. "It'wasn't the' thaw that made all this trouble," said Aunt Helen. severely; “it was a little boy who didn’t mind his mo- that." “Iâ€"‘I think 'twas the sled,” said Robin, faintly. What do you think? Where Young snakes Go to when Swal- lowed by Their Mother. Abour twenty-three years ago, in Beebe, Ark, I had a guinea hen sitting near my house, in the garden. One ‘day, while hoe- ing in the garden, I noticed the hen flying, flutterin , and apfiarently fighting some thing. gwalked, co in hand. caretully up to the nest. Curled up in the nest lay a. blow snake. or what some call a bull snake. I carefully approached her, and when she "What I can slide down the hill just the same,” said he. “I’ll stop before I get to the bottom." W Joiham w'aa the hired man, and he waded in through the ice and water and pulled Robin out. The Rev. Mr. Wood, in a recent lecture in Boston, explained the peculiar structure of the skeleton of birds, combining the great- est strength with least weight, and describ- ed the peculiar breathing apparatus, which also serves to increase the buoyancy of the bird. The air even enters the hollow b0 es of the limbs and wings. He related, in il- lustration, an anecdote of a sportsman who, desiring to put a wounded bird out of pain as speedily as possible, held its head under water for some minutes, but the creature re- mained as lively as ever. U on making an examination it was found t 1: one of the large wing feathers had been shot off, and that the bird had been breathing through the quill. The vertebrae of the neck in all mammals are alike in number. Those of birds vary from thirty in the swan to nine in- the common sparrow. He gave a curi- ous description of the methods by which birds of prey change the focus of their eyes, which, as in the case of the’hawk and eagle for instance, are telescopic when looking at objects at a distance. A hawk half a mile in the air will discover a field mouse on the ground. - As he rushes down to seize his prey the form of the eye is changed so as to always keep the object within the focus of" vision. As compared with their bulk birds are enormous eaters, the food consumed largely going to the production of heat. Many interesting remarks in regard td‘tl'fe structure and use of feathers, the modifica- tions in the physical conformation of the dif - ferent species to adapt them to their widely varying modes of life, were brought out. “NB’m,” said Robin, slowly; and he meant to remember, ‘though he didn’t be- lieve mmma knew much about ice, any- way}. ' .. ... .. .. .u- n . .1 H VHérscreafixed as loud as he could, and the noise brought out mamma. and Aunt Helen, Eng J otham, wiyh hi9 rgbb'er boo§s_ on. Robin’s teeth ohattered as if every one was tryin to make more noise than all the others. d when he got to the house he was at straight to bed under a mountain of bl ate, and dosed with ginger. So the fun was over for that da . “I d-don't like thaws,” sai Robin. ‘They’re awful} horg'id._"’ ” w‘"l‘lxcax'g’li7347:Enough now left for that," said Aunt Helen. But Robin couldn’t be quite sure of it, until he tumbled out of bed the second morn- ing and found the fields were coyered with a. glistening goat ofnice. . ‘ u - u-nJ- r-“Look: like a fidsied cake,” cried Robin; “and there’s a reg’lar pond at the foot of the hi1); in the pasture. I can slide right across it. “I wouldn’t,” said mamma; “maybe it won’t bear you. I don’t want you to, Robin.” 7 7 _ _ Once on a. time, when Robin was a little boy, it be an to rain ; and it kept on rain- ing for a ay and a night and another day. “It’s a genuine January thaw,” said papa. “It’s a mean thaw,” said Robin ; “when I wanted to slide.” There are disagreeable habits of body-â€" like scowling, winking, twisting the mouth, .biting the nails, continually flicking at some- thing, twirling a key or film ling ate chain, drumming with the fingers, screwing and twisting a chair or whatever you lay your hands on. Do not do any of these things. Loam to sit quietlyâ€"like a gentleman, I was going to say, but I am afraid girls fall into such tricks sometimes. There are worse habits than these, to be sure, but we are speaking of those little things that are only annoying when persisted I'mâ€"Kind Words. ‘ Nearly all the disagreeable habits which geople take up come at fiat from mere acci- ent or want of thought. They might eas- ily be dropped, but they are persisted in until they become second nature. Stop and t1]:le before you allow yourself to form t em. OUR YOUNG FOLKS. Disngreeable Habits. Facts About Birds. Flew from her hand, E s all broken . y in the sand. Daisy's brother, Beein the wreck, Cried “ ow you’ll have A whipping. I s'peok 9' “I’m not a bit. Afraid,” laughed she, “ For I’ve a grandma At home. you see I” Daisy Button. . A maiden of four. Started one day To bring from the stoma A basket of cg”, For mamma to main Ajleapgifuluhzosted, Birthday Cake. Swinging the baske“ To and fro. Bklgpin along, 8 e té'fpped her toe. leckl Athb‘ paskfat Robin’s Slide. Grandma. The mode of doing it is very simple. It consists in writing upon the egg shell with wax or varnish or simply with tallow, and then immersing the egg in some week acid, such, for example, as vinegar. dilute hydro- chloric acid, or etching liquor. Wherever the varnish or wax has not protected the shell. the lime of the latter is decomposed and dissolved in the acid, and the writing or drawing remains in relief. Although the modus operandi presents no difficulty, a. few precautions must be, taken in order to be successful on a. first experiment. In the first place, as the eggs that are to be engrav- ed, arernsuelly, "previously blown. sea. they may be preserved without alteration, it ' is necessary before immersing them in the acid to plug up the apertures in the extrem- 3 ities with a. bit of beeswax ; and, moreover. as the eggs are very light, they must beheld»; at the bottom of the vessel full of acid ‘ means of a thrc ad fixed toe weight or woulr 'r'a round the extremity of a glass rod. 11’ the acid is very dilute, the operation, though it takes a little longer, gives better results. Two or three minutes usually sufficeto 've characters that have sumoiept relie .â€" Nature. A bad man shows his bringing up when he is brought up by a policeman. In the vacant lots. ravines and favorable spots in and about Austin” Nevada, as also in all parts of the State, native wild tobac- co grows profusely. It seems to acquire little or no water, but the fresh, green- lookiug plant grows vigorously in all its sticky, juicy nastiness everywhere. Itis simply a filthy weed, which few respectable animals care to browse upon. Over in Como, where I was twenty years ago, an old Missourian, who knew all about tobac- co, headed down and trimmed some of the most vigorous plants, and thus succeeded in making quite a peroeptibly recognized substitute for real smoking tobacco. The Piutes and Shoshones smoke it to asmall extent, but they much prefer the white man’s tobacco. Yet this shows very con- clusively that tobacco can be raised in New; vada with the most perfect facility, if not with profit. Tobacco is said to grow in any looality where cabbages can, but in this State it certainly ‘grows in localities where cabbages would perish from thirst or any other nutrimant. Perhaps Nevada may be- come noted as a tobacco-producing State by. -andby. I; A ood many people are at resent uzâ€" zled fiver the “Soudan,” of whicph they hear so much. They are not quite sure if it would betray an unpsrdonable amount of ignorance for them to confess to a general kind of unacquaintedness with what this Sondan is and how far it extends. Would it give these peopleâ€"who, by the way, need not be ashamed to confess their ignorance- any kind of satisfactory information to tell them that Soudan is the name given by the Egyptians to all their dependent empire stretching‘ from the Third Cataract for an in- definite distance towsrds the lakes, and from the Red Sea. to the western border of the Darfur? This empire comprises much of Nubia, all Scnnasr, all Kyrdofan and all Darfur. It is said to be about 1,000 miles square, or as large as India. This vast ex- tent of a. million of square miles is said to be inhabited by about 12, 000,000 poo 1e, most of them Mussulmans, and many 0 those of exceptional ferocity, fanaticism and daring. Eventually, it seems likely, the English will have to tackle with this wild, ferocious crowd, if, at any rate, it invade Egypt, which is far from nnlikely.-â€"London News. Some time ago there was a man who stood upon the street corners and in the public iqueres selling egg shells upon which were engraved names, devices or flowers. The art of engraving upon eggs is connected with acurious and little known historical fact. In the month of August, 1808, at the time of the Spanish war, there was found in the patriarchal church of Lisbon an egg upon the shell of which was announced the approach- ing extermination of the French. This fact caused a lively fermentation in the mind: of the superstitious Portugese population, and came near reusing an uprising. French commander remedied the matter very ingeniously by distributin throughout the city thousands of eggs that ore engrav- ed upon them a contradiction of the predic- tion. The Portugese, greatly astonished, did not know what to think of it, but than- ands of eggs giving the lie to a- prediction engraved on one (nly, had the power of the majority. In addition, a. sew days after- ward, esters up on all the street corners pointe out the manner in which the miracle wag performed. _ A straightened out to run, with one blowin- the hoe I cut her head clean from her I. I straightened her out and was examin‘ her, and preparing to take her length, when a young snake about six inches long, and about the size of a common lead , made its appearance. 1 out its head of, ' and othrrs fdllcwed. until I had cut the? heads off of twenty-seven. Some of their remained dead in the cavity of their mother so that I know they did not occupy a place in the stomach. The snake had swallowed twelve guinea eggs, which I proceeded to eject by squeezing from her stomach and throet. The eggs I found came from one apartment, and the young snakes irom an- 0th r. This induced me to examine the head and neek‘ which I had out off. I dis- covered that there was an opening under the tongue, through which the young snakes entered the cavity in which they Were found, and that that cavity was separate and di- tinct from the stomach where the guinea eggs were found. I took two smooth sticks. I ran one down the throat from above the tongue and the other through the opening under the tongue. Both came out, but through separate and distinct passages. Hence I say nukes do not swallow their young. but something like the opposnm or kangaroo have a. soon or pocket for then, which is entered through the month all under the tc ngue. Some one may want to know what was done with the guinea eggs. I answer, I put them back in the nest, and in about a week twelve young guinea chicks were hatched from them.â€"-Correspondmee American Field. Wild Tobaccoin Nevada. Engraving on Eggs. The Soudnn. L her 1. examin‘ :gth, when long, and head 91,7 :1 out the?