Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-20


wABrBURo cAsrLE.
The mountain-cock is an extremely scary
bird and il is necessary for the hunter to
take his station during the night. or he
would have little chance of getting near
the game. The mourtain-cock generally
has q favOrits tree whore lie spends the
night ct this time of year. The hunter
crcepe softly up TO the tree which the game
frcquents before daylight. and az the first
elimmer Of dawn the cock begins cluck-
Ing and purrng and tapping his wings, his
purpose being 20 call the hens and give
warning 90 any other cocks that may be III
the vicinity. While he is .purrlng be IL
deaf to any sound, and therefore the skilful
hunter finds little difficulty IN. getting
within easy range Of him 10y moving while
he SINGS"
The Emperor is n great sportsman. and
he has been in the habit for years past OF
visiting his uncle the first day Of the noun
Hancock season. fo- q tramp through the
forest with his gun. He generally has good
luck. Last year two excellent specimens
fell into his bag the first day he was out.
The cocks were sent to Berlin and their
beautiful black plumage was made into
fan, which was presented to the Empress
as a sourcnir OF Thuringia. where great
part of her childhood was spent.
UNEASY TIE HEAD.
Alexander the Tsar, the Gear, the Cesar
of all the Itussias, is enjoying his bath In a
frcshet of new worries When last saw
him, il was several years ago, no was
Misunderstanding fellow, every inch
king as the saying goes, but seventy-five
or six inches of physical kingliness are evil
IDENTIFY no guarantee of wholesome Tsar-
ship. He could then crush glass COB
let with the grip of his hand and bend
silver dollar double with his thumbs,
yot he is too feeble 10 hold a mere sceptre
tine right way, and straight though hs
backbone then was IL isn't az all good
for use az a ruler. His would-be annihlla-
tors are at it again, Another raid must be
made on the University students and an
other nosegay Of tho flower Of kussias
intellectual, progressive life must be slung
into the Siberia post hole. Where is it to
end? Not even pseudo-sacred Gar is
omnipotent enough to drain or dam the
likelihood Of his people without sapping his
coantry's vitality: the demon of great
and goads him into plotting and tilibuster
rug IN other domains 20 divert his
remnant OF mind from the trOu-
hles OF hand A new pretender has
riseu up in turbulent Afghanistan. one
Ishrk Khan. who is bribiug his followers
with Russian gold 10 upset the rule OF Alb
durrahmau. the ruler subsidized 10y Eng
u. II ~
intention, nor even remote hope OF con-
ouering the Afghaus as q step preliminary
Il aun0xing India In any circumstances
those schemes belong TO the next genera
ton. not TO ours, The motive OF tho Isar
is simply the old one familiar To all mon
archs VINO sit on insecure thrones, they
must tickle their subjects with visions OF
conquest and keep the soldlery good humor-
ed with prospects OF glory and loot.
WHO WILL GEr TIE TURKEY?
Russia and France have Tor these fifteen
years been CoQueitiDg in cOld-bloOded
way. France has had an eve TO friendly
lift IN view of q possible scrimmage rev
years hence. Russia has been trying to
hope for one European Power sympathy
or AZ least snpineness, when some day she
tries TO gobbie up the poor little Sultan.
Dreams idle dreams Both delude
each other and themselves. France has
had and is likely 70 have as much
domestic scrubwork to do as she can
manage in her parlor and Office. twenty
i've ministries IN nineteen years does
not look like a solid settlmg-down TO bust
ness. Outdoor jobs can AFFORD to wait,
and wait they must. Eussia's short-sight-
ed miscalculatlOus are now about to he
exploded IN way least expected. When
Bismarck gave up business the keys went
into the hands Of younger manager with
plans and methods OF bus own. The young
German Emperor is bitterly anti-French
in union matters. He Will have no French
cooks nor cookery, No Frencmiied WAYS
for him, a true-born German, but diplo-
macy * quite another thing. Suppose
Germany Offers the kiss of recOncilia-
ton 10 sister France. accompany the
svmbol with a substantial git or two per-
haps the return of things formerly owned
and still coyerted by tho other suppose
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hands and hearts and interests as near
neighbOrs shouldY SUPPOSE they agree to
give the cold shoulder 10 that ugly bear
and Keep mis- nose from smiling the bird
eonsecTated to the uses OF Uncle Sans
Thankseivfng day? Well, what's aInlss
with these supposing. Wait awhile;
listen hard at the keShole. and You VIII
get both eve and ear opened that may sur
prise you.
TIRE GAY AND FESTIVE LADnY.
The eyer-gay and mystic Labouchere is
under a cloud He implied, or more than
that. that Lord Salisbury was liar. The
a Ligqer. and dear Labby's tender heart
wellenieh cracks whenever he has been
weak enough 20 blunder. As self-eiected
cbamuion of several extreme schools OF
political thought no has not seldom been
Tepudiated by members oil eaeh Tor ex-
traVagant Sp0tcnes. NOW n thVi" ever
MAS a canny man in the Scotch sense,
Henry Labouchere might any time these
twenty years have taken the cake, as he
takes everything else IN lte-that IS; with
perfect eAso Of conscience and brain.
Henry is unique. A born diplomatist he
never got his rights in the ambassadorai
realm, 30 no carried his mastery OF arts
into the commercial field first and made
fortune or two. Then ne jumped them
over the hedge into the theatrical held,
whore be bagged Il pretty wife. and other
treasures. Then he slipped through
the ever open gate into the swampy
frsd Of journalism, where he exhibits the
s,t OF gayly Swimming along the surface OF
ii6rs innumerable without sinking like the
thonsands of common mo-tals who pre-
eefed and Others who attempted TO rival
him. None but I.abonchere would dare
10 stick The alias truth" as the
descriptive OF any. newspaper, much
lees Laboucherean gossipsper:, NO
eaint OF old ever was half a. cody as
Iabouchere looks but isn't; no learned
punsit could possibly be ~ grave and self
contained o. fAboucbere seems 10 be, ana
no Merry Andrew, Grimaldi, or badcap
Hoyden lad a tithe OF the bnbbling WIT
end roilicking deyii-may -carishnoss OF tins
soif-ssme Henry Of Northampton. Henry.
says Tim Healy, the bouncing bantam,
" Henry bates Banagher. an All the warruid
knows that Bsnzghef tangs the OWL
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