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:e some of the interesting facts he gave. The Lflicisl name of this region is the :itish Central Africa Protectorate. It was mly four years ago that European planters ‘egan to hear that there was a chance to ‘nake money in this new domain by raising cofiee. At that time the total white popu- ‘letion was only 57. Today it is nearly 400. The trade of the coun try in the past year has exceeded a half million dollars. Four years ago there were on Lake Nyassaand the rivers only eight British steamers, while to-dsy seventeen steamers and 12-1) barges or sailing vessels are plying these waters. Four years ago Europeans were cultivating about 1.000 acres, while the area under crops has now been increased to more than 8.00:) acres. Over 5,000,000 cofiee plants are now grow- ing, and when they all come into hearing. as they will before long,there will be ample freight for the railroad which is to be built around the sixty miles of rapids in the Shire River. When this road is completed freight may be taken by steam from the north end of Lake Nyassa to the Zambezi and the ocean vessels which will await it in the Chinde branch of the Delta. WHEAT IN INNER AFRICA. (Her Hair a tlllllou Colroe Trees .Irlsl Comv lug Into Ilearlngâ€"‘l'own Lois Near Lake Nyassa Selllng for $500 to $1,000. The fit? wonderful record of progress that has come out of tropicil Africa is the story of Nyassaland. No one would have believed twenty years ago that a. garden spot would be found there where white men could live within the tropics in perfect health and prosperity. NO one would have dreamed that to-day native telegrapners in the lake regions would be sending messages to the sea and to Europe: that upon the mountain sides native woods- rnen would be cutting pine trees and saw- mill hands would be turning the logs into lumber, and that a half million codes trees would be flourishing. Many of them are now bearing their first crops on the plan- tations of the white farmers. The wilder- ness Where Arabs followed the slave chase is being turned into a garden; and the secret of this remarkable transformation is that the uplands of Lake Nyasse are high above the ocean level. Nyussaland may be called one of the little islands that are lifted high above the sea of miasma which overapresds nearly the whole of tropical Africa. So among these elevated valleys and mountains south of Lake Nyasaa the white man is turning to good account, and in having a. potent, and a beneficial influence upon the natives who thirty years ago had never seen a white ‘nan. Mr. H. H. Johnston, her Majesty’s ‘nmmismoner in British Cenbral Africa, has Let. told the story of this development to he Royal Geographical Sofieby, and here THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE DOING IN NYASSALAND. Those who have read Livingstone’s des- criptions of this wilderness when he first made it known to the world will be struck by the amazing contrast which Blantyre and the other European settlements present to-day. In these towns are clean, broad. level roads, bordered by handsome avenues of trees, and comely red brick houses, with rose-covered veranda: peeping out behind clumps of ornamental shrubs. The natives who pass along are clothed in white calico. A ball rings to call the children to school. The planter gallops past on horseback, or a missionary trots in on a white donkey from a visit to an outlying station. Long rows of native carriers pass in Indian file, carrying loads of European goods, or a smart-looking policemen in black fez, black jacket and trousers marches off on some errand. About four-fifths of the land surface is from 3,000 to 5,000 feel, above the sea. The immediate result of this elevation is a. much conler climate than is found in rroac parts of central Africa. It, is a. well watered country” with many perennial streams. and the water in almost all places is wholesome to drink. {our years ago was selling for from one cent to six cents an acre. 'lo-day unimproved land ranges in price from '25 cents to $1.50 an acre, and in a number or the seven or eight. European settlements lots are sold at. from $500 to $1.000 apiece. Native bricklayers and carpenters are building houses in the European style. Through the open doors of the printing office natives may be seen setting type for the little newspaper that appears every week. The visitor Will sees Post Office, a. court of justice, and perhaps a. prison, whose occupants, however, during the Working hours are out repairing ihe roads under charge of a black policeman. On the out- skirts of the townu are brickyards, where the natives turn out thousands of bricks as well made as those used in our ownbnilding operations. .The most interesting feamre in the peighborhood of these settlementsmowever, which are the chief cause and support of the prosperity of Nyuseland. The first and biggest planter, Mr. Buchanan raised last season a crop that was valued, at $35,000. Sixteen years ago a small coffee plant was sent from the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens to Blant re, and from this plant the greater part of t 0 5,000,000 cofl'ee trees now grow- ingare descended. The mother tree is still alive in the mission grounds at Blantyre. The climate and soil of Nyasaaland seem to suit the coffee tree to perfection, and the crops are unusually large. One strong inducement to plant coffee is the abundance and cheapneas of native labor. The planters are now able to secure an enormous supply of labor from tribes that- are scattered far and wide around. Natives travel on foot, several hundred miles to get; work on the European planta- tions. They know they will be well treated. well pairL and Lhat they may THE COFFEE PLANTATIONS THE RICHES OF NATURE AGRICULTURAL LAND return in safety to their homes with the wages they have earned, because the Gov- ernment has put an end to the murderous business of the slave catcher who used to lie in wait for unwary natives. The increase in the native population of the protectorate has been remarkable. In the southern part of the district 10,000 peOple are now living, where there were Only about 1,000 in 1891. In the northefif'half the native population has almost doubled by immigration in four years. It is be- lieved that before long this region will become one of the most densely peopled portions of the continent, and with plenty of black men to till the soil, the white settlers will be able to produce in enorm- ous quantities all the most valuable crops of the temperate and tropical regions. They are already raising nearly enough wheat for their own needs. Mnde Even Brlllsh Ronny tome to Ills Terms. Sir Hercules Robinson, who at the ad- vanced age of 71 now returns to the Cape of Good Hope as Governor-General of British South Africa. is a very well pre- served end cheery old gentleman, who looks nearly a score of years younger than his age, and is exceedingly popular alike at home and in the colonies. He was lormerly in the army, but resigned his commission as Lieutenant. in the Eighty-sevemh Royal Fusiliers on eloping, when barely 22 years of age, with Lord Valentia‘s sister, the Hon. Nes Annesley, her parents having opposed the match. The runaway couple, however, were forgiVen in due course, but inasmuch as neither was well provided with cash a. continuance of life in the army was out, of the question, so the late Lord Valentin made use of his influence with the Cabinet to procure for his soldier son-in-law a lucrative colonial appointment. Since then Sir Hercules and Lady Robin' son have been jointly representing their sovereign in various British colonies, finally winding up with the Cape of Good Hope. which they quitted a few years ago. Sir Hercules hoped to be able to spend the lemainder of his days in peace, all the more as Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who unites in his huge person the Premiership of the Cape colony and Lhe control of all these numer- ous schemes that, have been started by the South African Company, had put him into a lot of ” good things,” wuh large pecuniary resulLs. Sir Hercules thought the time had come to enjoy the fruit, of his labors, and accord- ingly settled down in London, where he was in grain socml demand. He caunted, how- ever, withonn his hostJor Mr. Rhodesfind- ing himself in perpenual conflict, with Mr. Hmrcules‘s successor as Governor-Generalâ€" namely, Sir Hemy Loch,s. man who deemed in to be his duty to prevent- the interests 0 the empire at large from being sacrificed and being subordinated to those of Mr. Rhoda‘s South African Companyâ€"came over to England from the Cape and secured from the Government a. solemn promise to recall the obnoxious Governor, and to re- place him with a. man more amenable to when he considered good senseâ€"preferably Sir Hercules Robinson. No end of pressure was exerted by Mr. Rhodes during his recent visit to England to bring about this appointment, and it is no secret that the influence of the Prince of Wales and of other members of the royal family Was invoked for the purpose,though the Prince would certainly never have done such a thing hazl he not been under deep o‘bligations to Mr. Rhodes. ‘ Sir Hercules now goes back to the Cape in the guise of a. mere tool and instrument in the hands of the man to whom he is in- debted for the greater part of hi4 wealth, and it is rlitficult to understand how one so largely interested in the manifold enterq prises of Mr. Rhoies will ever be able to; find the independence necessary to defend r the position of the English Government against the encroachments of the very companies of which he himself is aDirector and shareholder. A fire which burnei down a factory in New York city has probably destroyed an important scientificinveution for the im- provement of the electric light. The in- ventoris alive, but it is feared that his secret is gone with the building that contained it in its almost completed mech- ; anical embodiment. The genius had so: iven himself up to the heir of his invention ; that he is now worn out in body and mind. The blow which the destruction of his I apparatus now inflicts on him may maker the recmnmuncement of his work impos- sible. Few have the calm fortitude of Sir Isaac Newton and Thomas Carlyle, who set about and rewrote the great works that' were destroyed by fire, in one case through i the fault of a little dog,in the other through the carelessness of a friend. The world cannot afiord to lose any important discov- eries or inventions which would promote our control over electricity, and increase the utility of that great force of nature. We have made great progress in our subjug-I ation of this force, but it may he that we have not more than begun. In its appli- cation to lighting purposes alone there is room ior vast development, a development that may very materially alter the con- ditions of life in some respects. 1f Tesla’s workshop had not been burned possibly the invention he was engaged on might i have proved a great advance on all other lamps in roint of efficiency and economy. It is to be hoped on his own account i and on that of science the loss of his apparatus may not crush the inventor. ‘ Curiously enough, Sir Hercules has a brother who also married a. daughter of the late Lord Valentin, is too, a Colonial Gov- ernommd has received the honor of knight- hood in the same manner as Sir Hercules‘ Au Invenlnr's Scleullflc Invenllun Burned â€"illu 526"! Gone wllh Ihe nullding. Young animaxls are sometimes slowto drink cold water. Be patient. It does not pay to drive them away from the trough before they have drunk. Give Animals Time to Drink. DICTATOR RHODES A GREAT LUSS‘ A picture should not be hung from one nail ; the diagonal lines formed by the cord have a very discordant etiect. Two nails and two vertical cords, or, what is far more safe, pieces of wire eordage, should be used insbesd of the single card. Picture cords should be as near the 0010: of the wnll u on which they are put as possible so that. t ey may be but little seen. When one picture is hung beneath another the bottom one lshould be hung from the one above, and not from the top ; thus we avoid multiply- ing the cords, which is always objection- able. I A good hue for walls where prints or photographs nre to be hung in a rich yellow lbrown, or a leather co'or. Luster to the black of the print. or the tone of the photo- i graph is thus imparted. The wall paper ,lehould have no strongly defined pattern, i and should be of one uniform color. such as 1 red inclining to crimson or ten green. The lcenbre of the picture, as a rule, should not ‘I be much above the level of the eye. Merely popping an egg into boiling water and letting it bubble until the band of the ’ clock has marked three or five minutes, 9.8 the taste may dictate, is acommon mistake. Au egg will be more evenly cooked as well as more delicate, if it. does not boil at all. Therefore, either put. is on in cold water and bean gradually. or else in boiling water and remove from the fire allowing it to . stand on the heisth or back of the above, for 10 or more minuLes. BuLLered eggs, as prepared in the east, are said to be very delicious. A heavy pottery dish is set; over a clear, hon fire and thoroughly warmed through. Then into Lhis buLLer, salt and pepper are placed and l when the l utter is melted the eggs are ‘ dropped in, cooked slowly With little stir- j flag and served very hot. minutes, shell them,dip them in batter and fry brown in hot lard. Dip them and fry again and so on until they become goodly t sized balls. Serve withawhite sauce made I by thickening milk with a little flour and ; bugle: yvell mixed together. I Nuregnburg Egge.â€"Boi1 the eggs for 20 Wall Pictures. A room with pictures and a. room with- out, pictures difler nearly as much as a room with windows and a room withou Windows ; for pictures are a loophole of escape to the soul, leading it to other scenes and spheres, where the fan’cy for a moment. may reve1,refreshed and delighted. Pictures are consolers of loneliness and a. elief to the jaded mind, and windows to he imprisoned thought ; they are books, histories, and sermons, which we can read without the trouble of turning over the leaves. ’l‘hei'r steps 1:67 évenx Them go More sure and slow‘ They are such little hands! _ Be kindâ€"things are so new. and 11 re but stands A step beyond Lhe doorway. All around New day has found Such Lempbingthings to shine upon; and so The hands are tempted oft, you know. They are such fond. clear eyes, That widen to su rprifie At. every turn! They are so often held To sun or showersâ€" showers soon dlspelled By looking in our face; Love asks for such, much grace. They are Such fair, frail gifts! Uncertain as the rifts Oflig‘nt that lie along the skYâ€" They may not; be here brand-by. Give them not love bun moreâ€"above And harderâ€"patience with the love. By hanging pictures low you increase the apparent, height of the room. Colored pictures! should not, be hung in hallways or on staircases unless there is plenty of light for them. In such places strong photo. graphs, engravings, and drawings In black and white go best. ThL Eggs in Newport, Style.â€"Soak one pint of bread crumbs in one pin! of milk, whip eight eggs very light and mix with the soaked crumbs, heating for five minutes. Have ready a saucepan in which are 2 tablesponnfuls of butter melted and hot, but not scorching. Pour in the mixture, season with pepper and salt and scramble wit): the point of a knife for 3 minutes or until well cooked. Serve on a. warm plat,- ter, heaped on slices of buttered boast. Egg kromeskys are eggs first poached theu dipped in a flour and milk butter and fried for a moment, in deep fab. Egg fritters are poached eggs inclosed in a. crust of mashed porulo and fried in a. liLLle grease. Shirred or baked eggs are broken inco cups, small dishes or muffin rings what have been well buttered. care being taken not to break the yulks. They are then sprinkled with sultand pepper and put in the oven just. long enough to set. the whites. Egg Nests.â€"Beat the whites of eggs very stiff and pile on squares of toast. Then drop the yolks which have been left. in the shell in a hollow in each and bake in aquick oven. Egg balls are formed by stirring boiling water that has been well salted until it. whirls rapidly. Then drop in the egg, which has already been broken in a cup, and stir the water round until it is cooked. Do but one an a time. Hard-boiled eggs Ere the foundation of many dainty diabes,one of the most popular being __ Stufl‘ed Eggs.â€"The boiled eggs are cut in halves and the yolks scooped out. The yellow is then ruboed to a paste and mixed with mustard, vinegar and a very little olive oil. The whites are re-filled with this mixture, which is heaped quite high, and are set on a platter garnished with lettuce leaves or parsley. Potted hem and tongue that comes put up in small tins, also make a very nice forcemeat for stufiiug eggs. After the eggs are filled some roll them in Omelet sonflie is 3 delicious luncheon or supper dish. Its ingredients are 6 white: and 3 yolks of eggs, 3 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and a flavoring of vanilla crwuba anilmf'ry a light brown, but. this is LIOLA ueqessary.“ These}? plce f_or picnics. Ten Ways of Cooking an Egg. y are such tiny feet! 5' have gone such a little way to meet years which are required to break it steps to evenness, and make THE HOME. Be Patient or lemon. Beat the yolks and sugar to a light: cream and add a few drops of flavor- ing. Then whip the whites to the stiflest possible froth, as on this chiefly depends the success of the waffle. Have the yolks in a deep bowl, turn the whites over them and with a spoon give it a rotary motion, mixing all carefully together. Turn the mixture on to a baking dish, either of earthenware or tin, with sides two or three inches high and slightly buttered. Smooth over the top, sprinkle with sugar and put it into a moderate oven. If it. has to be turned or moved while baking do it as gently as possible. When it has risen well and is of a fine yellow color it, is ready to be named, which should be at once else it will fall This is the American mode, but a. French chef who is famous for his omelet: and souffles gives this‘ recipe : For one portion use the whiws of six eggs; beat them well, add 1 tableapooniul marmalade or little pieces of fresh peaches and mix with pow- dered sugar. Bake in on a dish rubbed with butter, in a rather quick oven. An Ingenlous Time 'I‘elllng Plece of Mechnulsm In France. A thing to rival the seven wonders of the world, if not, in size and elaborateness, at least in ingenuity and variety, is a clock that. requires winding only once in 100 yam-s. Noi- ia it. a modern piece of mechan- ism. Such a horological curiosity is actually in existence and is now in the possession of M. Pottin, who lives in Ivey-sur-Seine, France. Nearly a decade ago he bought, it of a farmer, who had inherited it from his father. Neither the Inner nor his son could tell how it came to be an heirloom in the peasant. family. Expert clock moiiers claim that it is the Work of some inventive genius of the period of Henry II. For some mysterious reason all imitations thus far attempted have been failures. The original is a sort of water clock, not, however, altogether such in the accepted sense of the term. As is shown by the picture it is made in the shape of a narrow, upright chest. In its front slits a cylinder is suspended on stout cords. The cylinder turns on its aris as it moves up and down and indicates the time on the two face boardsâ€"on the one the hours an 1 on the other the half and quarter hours. When the cyclinder is on top then all the cord is twiaed around it and in proportion to the rapidity of its descent the cord is unwound. It takes the cylinderjust thirty~ six hours to make the round trip, eighteen hours each way, the movement maintaining a perfect regularity. It is thus that the points of the axis are made to serve as corâ€" rect time indicators. What puzzles the investigator most is how it is made possible for the un- wound cylinder when it has arrived at the bottom to again wind the cord around itself and be drawu up to the top. It is vested with this power of regular movements by a very complicated system of small water- filled reservoirs, with which it is connected and which serve ssa. propelling power. The incessant moving up and down of the cylin- der keeps up a. constant change of the centre of gravity. The receiving tubes are so constituted that only a. measured quantity of water is admitted into the reservoirs and the same precaution is taken at the outlets. It; has Heel] calculated that the cords wear out, in a little more than a hundred years and than enough rust collects in the buckets to require cleaning or replacement, after the same length of time. Slr EdWanl Grey's Statement In the Com- mums Causing Alarm. A despatch from London sayszâ€"The statement which Sir Edward Grey, Par- liamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, made in the House of Commons on Thurs- day night saying that an advance of the French into the territory of the Upper Nile valley, belonging to the Royal Niger Company, and therefore under British protection, would be an unfriendly act, and that it was well known to France that Great Britain would so regard it. is causing a profound sensation here and on the Continent. Sir Edward’s announce- ment, which was read from notes believed to have been written by the Secretary of State for Foreign Afleirs, the Earl of Kimberley, is looked upon as revealing the extremely critical relations nowexisting between France and Great Britain. The fact that the statement was prepared in writing beforehand emphasizes the seriousâ€" ness of the situation, and shown that every word embodies the views of the Cabinet. In brief, the statement is that it is becom- ing daily more difficult to live on good terms with France, that Great Britain has made concession after cancession in the past two years in the interest of peace. but that the end has now come, and that it is found necessary to warn France from the Ministerial bench. The most im- portant and significant portion of Sir Edward Grey’s statement was the follow- ing :â€""But something besides our own ieflorts is necessary, and that is the co- operation of the French Government and the French people.” TROUBLE WITH FRANCE. ONCE IN A CENTURY. THE WONDERFUL CLOCK. NEW SHIPS FUR THE NAVY GREAT BRITAIN WILL SPEND THIS YEAR $93,500,000 0N WARSHIPS. 'I‘hls Gives an Idea of Ike Resources or the Brutal: Empireâ€"F! fly New Ships In Two Yenrs-Nnvnl Approprlallon! by the lending Natlnln for the Current Year-â€" Eug!and sun glands in the Front Rank. The British budget for the coming year bears upon its front the very large item of $93,500,000 for naval expenses. This not. only gives us an idea. of British resources, but it shows that England is well under way with the five-year shipbuilding pro- gramme laid down about a year ago in continuation of the work accomplished under the Naval Defence Act of 1889,which has added 70 modern vessels to the British navy. While information is lacking as to the exact amount of this estimate that is applicable to the construction of new ships, the increase of $90,00,000 over the estimates for the current year is doubtless due to the larger number of vessels W be laid down during the coming year. The naval sotivrty displayed by neighboring powers during the past few years has had a marked in- fluence on England’s naval policy. A very comprehensive plan has been outlined for new construction during the next few yen-s as marked out for 1895-96 provides for the building of 50 new ships of various kinds. One of the significant items is afiorded by the four first-class cruisers. which are an improvement on the Blenheim type. The Americans sayâ€"without much groundâ€" that in these ships the British Government are “ making an attempt to equal or exceed the performances of the Columbia. and Minneapolis of the United States navy." There is also a. rumor that they are to match two " corsairs” which- France pro- poses to build. However that may be the new British cruisers will be very remark- able boat-s. They will be 400 feet long, and they will have engines aggregating 25,500 horse-power. The proposed French cruisers will be 26 feet longer, and will have 1,000 horse-power additional. The four second- clsss and two third-class cruisers, the twenty torpedo boats, and the twenty torpedo boat destroyers included in the estimates will be modifications of types already represented in the British navy. Under the Spencer five-year programmepf which this work is a part, there are already under construction eight 15,- OOO-ton battleships of the Magnificent type, one 12,500-ton battleship. two 14,0UO-ton cruisers, nine 5,600ton crui- sers, and four sleeps. In the past five :years102 vessels of all sizes and types, exclusive of torpedo boats, have been added to the British navy, 27 of them having been completed during 1894. ‘ . u,. ____I It is interesting in studying the naval question to compare the appropriations for this purpose by the leading nations of the world for the current, year. The following figures show for new construction. England appro- priates this year $32,045,310 ; France, $16,359,860; United States, $9,994,725; Russia, $8,334,164 ; Germany, $2,745,461 ; and Italy, $4,825,000. The activity of the French in navel matters has no doubt awakened a good deal of energy in England. Only a few weeks ago the London Times “counselled those who seriously concern themselves with the strength of the navy, and with the national interests involved in its sufficiency, to watch with jealous and even suspicious vigilance the provisons made in the forthcoming estimates.” The Work lmd out by the French Ministry of Marine for 1895 includes the construction of a. liattEeship of 11,232 tons displacement, two first-class cruisers of 8,000 and 8,500 tons, one second-class 4,000-bon cruiser, t-wo third-clues cruisers, two sea-going tor- pedo boats, five first-class torpedo boats, five 144cm aluminium torpedo boats. and a deapatch boat. for foreign service. Three years ago France prepared a scheme of naval construction that provided for the building of 82 vessels within a period of ten years; but. changes in the Ministry of Marine have somewhat cur-bailed this plan. According to the latest, available figures, which are but a few months old, of the naval standing of the leadlng nations with regard to the number of their vessels, Eng- land still stands pres-eminently inlshe front. rank. She has 73 armored ships, while the United States has 47, France 43, Emma 40, Germmy 3‘2, and Italy 13. In unarv mored warships England agaln takes the lead with 23S vessels, France has 147, Italy 72, Russia 52, Germany 39, and the United States 12. Fate of a. Cowardly Father. ' A Russian correspondent writes to the London Chronicle as follows: “A peaaant with his wife and child were driving in a sledge drawn by one horse irom the Nes- hinsk market to Bobrovitz. Soon there met the travelers’ eyes a pack of hungry wolves. The brave horse still galloped forward, while the peasant. seeing that escape was impossible, proposed to throw the child to the Wolves. but the mother would not consent. Hereupon a short struggle took place in the sledge, which ended in both wife and child being thrown out to the ravenous creatures that were running after the sledge on both sides of the road. The wolves, giving all their attention to the horse, did not even notice the mother and child left to their fate on the roadside. These eventually reached a neighboring village in safety, while the cowardly and unnatural peasant fell a victim to his hungry pursuers. Employment Agentâ€"You did not stay long in that. last place. Domeaticâ€"Oi cudn’t ahtand that woman’s inaultin’ an’ vulgar language. In what way? She says Fill bh’ coal-bod, instead av Plaza, will yeh condiaoind to repnznish th ntbracite vase. ' Too Much for Endurance. THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS THE PROGRAM!“ 8