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ness-like air. While they were still here,
much relaxed as regards attire and atti-
tude, my attention was attracted by the
rush through the outer room (where
myself was seated of the four older
eunuchs They had been idling about; they
had even gone down the stairs, leaving to
the youngest of their number the task of
serving the sherbet; but now they all APP
peared again. and the swiftness with which
they crossed the outer room and dashed into
the winter garden created breeze. They
called TO their charges rs they came, and there
was general smoothing down of draperies.
The eunuchs, however, stood upon no cere-
mony; they themselves attired the ladies in
the muffiing cloaks, and refastened their
wells securely. as nurse dresses children,
and with quite rs much authority. l no.
ticed that the handsomer faces showed no
especial haste to disappear from view !:
but there was no real resistance; there
was only a good deal of laughter. l dare
say that there was more laughter still
(under the veils) when the cause of all this
haste appeared, coming slowly up the stairs.
1t was a small man of IS or 20, one of my
countrymen, attired in linen buster and a
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life as thirty tons, they take up good deal
Of room.
One Of the most extraordinary of them is
creature called the hypsirhophus, which
was about thirty feet long and walked erect
upon its hind legs. This is the animal, re-
Gently discovered, which defended itself
chiefly by wagging its tail. That append
age was armed with tremendous spines in
PAIRS, blow from which must have been
death to its adversary. Owing TO the enor-
nous size of this tail and the Importance of
its use. the reptile had a sort Of second
brain in its pelvls, which was an enlarge
ment of the spinal cord more than ten times
as big as the actual brain in its skull. The
beast doubtless rested habitually upon its
tail and massive rear limbs, as on tripod,
utilizing its fOrearms for grasping. Its
whole body. incuding the throat, was
sheathed with armor, but its most remark
able feature was a row of immense hony
plates along its back. the biggest OF which
were each four feet across. Its head, con-
tanning proportionately the smallest brain
belonging to any known vertebrate, was
diminutive and covered in front by horny
beak. 1t was sluggish stupid, and aquatic
in its habits, wadiDg near shore and feeding
upon soft and succulent vegetation.
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IN CAIRO.
A BeVy Of Ladies in Charge Of a Guide Seeing
the Sights.

One day when was passing the hot hours
in the shaded rooms of the museum, sur
rounded by seated granite figures with their
hands On their knees (the coolest COM
panions l know l heard chatterlng and
laughter. These are unusual sounds in
those echoing halls. where unconsciously
everybody whispers, partly because of
the echo, and partly also, I think, on
account of the mystic mummy cases which
stand on end and look at one so queerly
with their oblique eyes. Presently there
came into view ten or twelve Cairo ladies,
followed by eunuchs, and preceded by
guide. The eunuehs were las eunuchs gen.
orally are) hideous. though they represented
all ages. from tall lank boy Of seven
teen to withered old creature well be-
yond sixty. The Cairo eunuchs are
negroes; one distinguishes them always
by the extreme care with which they are
dressed. They wear coats and trousers OF
black brOadcloth made in tho latest Euro
pean style, with patent-leather shoes. and
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ferently built. having very long necks. with
shorter tails. They did not attain length
of more than twenty-five feet. In appear
ance they have been described as resem-
bling the body of a tortoise strung through
with snake. the fiippers with which they
swan being like turtles. There is no
doubt Of the fact that they lived in the shoal
waters, near the land, feeding upon the
fishes OF the shadows. Another curious
fact is that neither ichthyosaurs nor plesio-
saurs seem to have been very plentiful in
the seas of this part Of the world. 1t is in
Europe that their remains have been dug
up in such great pIofusion. Apparently.
they ruled the ocean over there, while the
mosasaurs were dominant here.
One OF the largest of the amphibious rep
tiles contemporary with those above de-
scribed was the camerasaur, which was
seventy feet long and dwelt in the ocean
shadows. In pursuit of the seaweeds which
formed its diet it walked along in water
deep enough to cover its back, while 1t ex-
tended its enormously long neck so as to
lift It's head above the surface and look
about for food. As a convenience inlpor-
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infantryman on wheels, who dismountS to
fight.
One Of the interesting weapons carried by
English cyclists in military service is
9l-pound Gating gun. The gun carriage is
formed by coupling four safety machines to-
gether. These machines are operated by
four men, and if the roads are good they
can be ridden at the rate of nine miles an
hour. When a steep hill is reached or a bad
bit OF road the cyclists dismount and push
their machines Another unique use of the
military bicycle is in ambulance service.
Two safety machines can be coupled to-
gcther in such way that a stretcher can be
swung between them. on which wounded
man can be carried at fair rate of speed,
provided the roads are good.
= That prOYiSO of coed roads is the strong
est objection to the introduction of the
bicycle in our National Guard. There Is no
provision in this State for the establishment
of bicycle corps. Adiutant-General Por-
ter says tEat he has no objection to such an
organization. Captain Luscomb, who is one
If tie most enthusiastic cyclists in the
Guard, says about the scheme: There is
work that man on a bicycle can accom-
pliSh that would be impossible for a cav
alrvman. The machines are nOiseIess, aud
can be transported by rail murh more easily
than horses. The cyclist can ride along
roads unseen, where a cagalryman would at
once be noticed. Then the eycliSL by bend
ing over his machine, makes himself shorter
than the ordinary foot soldier. More
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A GREAT POET
And EDITOR.
Visiting Sir Edwin Arnold in the London
Telegraph" Office.
Americans Chances Of Success in England.
An Opinion of American Journals-Better
Newspaper Illustrations
Special to THE SUNDAY CAuL

LONDON, Oct 1, 1871 had received a
kind note from Sir Edwin Arnold. inviting
me TO call upon him for chat The note
ran thus:
81 have not much time to devote to inter
views, but l can spare you at least few
minutes. although l am a very busy man."
Sir Edwin Arnold, poet, scholar, diplo-
mat and journalist, is the powerful chief of
the Daily Telegraph, the most widely circu-
lated newspaper in Great Britain.
A young man in the business Offices of
the great newspaper on the ground floor re-
ceived me blandly and looked upon me
somewhat pityingly when l told him whom
l wished 10 see. Still he took my card and
disappeared When he returned he re-
spectfuly requested me to accompany him
and felt that had grown several inches
in his estimation. He showed me at once
to the great editors sanctum or at least to a
part of it.
"Sr Edwin was temporarily engaged"
my guide exclaimed. Would l wait for a
short time?"
OF course | would and did and meanwhile
examined my surroundings A cheerful fire
buried in the CRATE. There was a comfort
able looking leather-covered sofa on one side
of the room and three or four chairs Near
one of the windows stood table and it is at
this that the editor works.
While was inspecting the sanctum of the
editor door opened and the man sought
was before me. Sir Eiwin's features have
been so often depicted that it is unnecessary
for me to describe them at this time. One
would scarcely take him to be nearly 60
years of age from his appearance, he carries
his age 50 well. Evidently hard work has
not injured him to any appreciate extent.
First L referred to statement made by
Mr.. Bret Harte to the. effect that he could
get nearly three times as much money for
his stories in London as in the United
States, and 20 another by an ex-MayOr of
New York, A. Oakley Hall. in which he
said he could live in London for less than
two-thirds what it cost him in Now York,
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1t Can Be Scented From Afar.

Every one knows how subtle. penetrating
and permanent is the rich perfume of alta
of roses. The larger part OF the worlds sup
ply of this delicious scent is made in Persia
where there are many hundreds of acres de
voted to the cultivation of roses for this
purpose.
AT certain seasons Of the year long cara
vans OF donkeys, laden with the altar, and
under guard of soldiers to protect the rich
booty from attack by robbers, journey from
Central Persia to the little town of Bushire,
whence it is exported to Bombay. Other
donkey trains, similarly escorted. pr oceed to
ports on the Caspian Sea, whence the altar
Is conveyed to Turkey and Russia, which.
after Hndostan, are the largest consumers
of the costly luxury. When the wind is in
the right direction the approach of one of
these caravans is announced by the scent
long before it can be seen. and the line of its
progress can be traced by the odor for days
after it has passed by.-Harper's Young
People.
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placed in it, provided 1t Is not too high, a
piece Of bread or cardboard, a pen-knife, a
key. cork. etc.
There are some clever amateur jugglers
who have become expert in executing the
feat with victualS even. dish of beans for
instance.
Professor Van der Mensbrugghe executes
very neat experiment based on centrifugal
force during his lectures on natural science
in his class-rooms. He ties the end OF cord
twelve to fifteen inches long to an endless
metal chain measuring from eleven to thir-
teen inches. The links of the chain must
be very small, however. He then holds the
string in a vertical position and begins tc
give it rapid rotary motion, the same as If
he meant to twist it between his fingers
Zig. 81 The chain opens TAI and as the
rapidity OF the motion increases, the heavier
part which is the chain, is thrown further
out, and ends by forming circle on heri-
zontal plane. The cord assumes sort OF
con0id surface movement. caused by the
centrifugal force. Fig. B shows exactly
how the whole presents itself to the eye
while the motion lasts.
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THE BICYCLE
IN War TIME.
The Development Of al Idea That Was
Put Forth in Jest.
Italy Used the Machine in Maneuvers Sixteen
Years ago, Then Switzerland European
Armies Have Bicycle Corps.

There are some people who say that the
credit for the introduction of the military
bicycle is due to the comic English paper
Punch. 1t was back in the early seventies,
when bicycles were not what they are now
by good many pounds. Punch saw in the
two-wheeled machine that occasionally
dumped Its rider in an undignihed way an
opportunity for very funny sketch. 1t
should be so absurd in its idea that there
could be no possible doubt about its being a
Caricature An artist executed this idea
and the readers OF Punch smiled when they
saw troop of soldiers of the English army
mounted on bicycles. So unreasonable did
such a suggestion seem then that it was
really funny. Less than five years later the
bicycle made Its appearance in military
service, and to-day the military bicycle has
almost passed the experimental stage in
Europe. lis value as an adjunct to the
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body Of bicyclists among her regular troops.
They have done the work assigned to them
in a satisfactory way. 1t is in her volunteer
battaliOns however. that the bicyclist comes
out strong. A recent report shows that
nearly every volunteer battalion in the
kingdom has attached to it cyelst section,
numbering in all about 800 men. Twelve
of these military cyclers, under command of
a sergeant, rode not long ago, fully armed.
a distance of 102 miles in 16 hours and SO
minutes, including a halt of five hours.
English army men have not been slow to
approve of bicycles in military service.
Lord Wolseley said in favor of bicycles in
the army:
There are very few countries in the
world where you cannot use cycles. During
the whole time / was in India during the
mutiny | do not remember except when ac-
tuGlly in the hills for three or four days
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cattle, hog products and corn. During the
recent heated term corn was just maturing,
and cold snap would mean an immense
loss. One of the large dailies headed its
editorial column as follows: LET poor,
suffering humanity swelter, the corn crop
is saved!I'
The eyes of the people OF the United
States will turn to Chicago for the next
three years more than to any other point on
this continent, and she has risen to the &C.
caSion. MRS. L. L. THANE.
CHICAGO Oct H. 1891
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when asked him if there was any truth in
the reports of his intention of settling for
life in Japan. he promptly replied:
Not the slightest. 1t was not worth
contradieting. or would have done so.'
Although Sir Edwin lives quietly, he is
by no mean hermit. You will find the
foremost men of London at his house at
times. men " no stand in the front rank in
art, music or literature, and very delightful
meetings these are, too. He is member OF
most OF the leading clubs and is a frequent
visitor at their rooms. In addition. he il
regular theater- goeer, and as first-nighier
ranks with Mr.. Justin Mccarthy and La
oouchere. He figures some in society and
West End, who are always on the hunt for
lions " to set off their receptions and the
IKE. lie does not like to be lfonized, but
he is good-natured, and the designing ones
manage to capture him very frequently.
Such is the life Of the great poe. and ed
tor at work and in his home He is one of
England,s really great men. His lines have
now fallen in pleasant places. He is rich
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MONSTERS OF
THE PAST.
4 Singular Collection in the Museum at
Washington, D. c.
Animals That Were Fifteen Feet High and
From twenty-five to Ninety Feet in
Length-An Immense Skull.

A first installment of the gigantic fossil
reptiles, mammals and birds which the
Government has been digging up and col
Letting during the last nine years has
reached Washington, and. under the skilled
hands of astrological experts, these Won
derful monsters of the past are rearing
anew their mighty forms in the National
Museum, writes a correspondent from
Washington to the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. OF giant lizards alone United States
Archaeological Marsh has stored away in
New Haven enough to half fill the Smith
sonian's great building with their skeletons.
lnasmueh as they run all the way from
twenty-five to ninety feet in length, some Of
the specimens having weighed as much in
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over, the cost and staying power of
the bicycle make it superior to
horse for many kinds of service.
l think that If is unnecessary for a military
cyclist to carry a rifle. His fighting. if any.
would be ut close quarters, and pair of re-
yolyers is all he needs. His principal duties
are those of carrying dispatches, skirmish-
ing and accommodating. The man on the
wheel can cover long distance in short
space of time, and can make himself very
useful in reporting the state of the roads
and all the little details that are so import
ant in the advance OF an army. There will
be an an effort made this winter to organize
a bicycle corns that shall be recognized as a
part Of our National Guard. and the time is
coming when the twO-wheeled machine will
be an important feature of our military
service. The new safety bicycle can be run
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equipment Of an army operating in civil
zed countries is admitted. Bicycle CORPS
have been organized in most of the countries
on the Continent and in England. and it is
probable that q bill will be introduced in
the Albany Legislature this winter making
provision for bicycle corps to do scout,
skirmish and signal duty.
1t WIS during the field maneuYers in Italy
in 1879, when the cyclists Of ,SOmma were
called into requiSition to carry dispatches,
that the bicycle began to attract the atten-
ton Of military men. 1t was a machine
easily handled and cared for, and on a good
road 1t was more trustworthy for a long run
than a horse, The result of rereated tests
If the availability Of wheels in Switzerland
Is bill for tho organization of bicyclists'
divisions in the standing army. This bill
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fghting-I do not remember one days
march or any one fight in which we took
part where cyclists could not have been
used with the greatest possible advantage.
London has the Twenty-sixth Middlesex
Cyclists Corps, numbering 120 men and d.
vded into two companies. They have done
a good deal of fancy work at the military
exhibitions in the shape of lemon cutting,
tent pegging. and fitting at the ring. They
have also shown themselves capable Of very
useful military service.
Our own National Guard has been slow to
adopt the military bicycle. There have been
several small corps organized, but their
work has attracted very little attention.
Lieutenant w. ii. Bowen in his report to
the War Department OF the results Of his
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provides for bicycle corps that shall act
as light cavalry. One officer and fifteen
pTivates are 10 be assigned to the general
staff Of the high-class troops; to each
Of tie stats of the general army
corps are to be assigned Que adjutant
n0n-commissioued officer. and eight priv
ates, 10 each of the division STATS, for itself
and the bodies under 1t, one adiutant nom
and to every brigade staff Of tile military
one H0n-c0mmi ssiOned officer and three
pTiva,eS. The Swiss bill says that the BIZ
cyclists must provide themselves with ma
chimes, and shall be recruited from those
who for special reasons are not adapted to
carrying arms. Switzerland proposes to
make the bicycle corps useful for scouts and
Tor carrying dispatches, although Switzer-
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land as a country is not well suited for run
ming a bicycle.
Germany has not missed the significance
of the military bicycle, and number of re-
cent tests OF speed there between cavalry
men on horses and infantrymen mounted on
bicycles have brought this machine into
favorable prominence. Belgium has even
gone so far as TO attach bicycle schools to
most of her garrisons, and to test the utility
Of the service the War Minister ordered two
companies Of wheelmen to maneuVer from
their garrisons r month ago. The reports
on these maneuvers have not yet been pub
ilshed.
The twO-wheeled machine has been con-
demned as a toy unfit for warfare" by
many men who do not know what has been
accomplished with it. England has a gOodly
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ord. Portraits of the pair herewith appear.
The bride wore a gown Of the richest
ivory satin duchesse. with full court train.
The skirt was plain, but the bodice, which
was cut to show the throat, was softened
round the neck with deep frills of antique
point lace. The sleeves were slashed with
the same costly lace. and q wide satin sash
was arranged round the waist to fall in long
ends to the feet. Her bridal veil, the gift
of Lord Dudley. was of exquisite antique
lace and covered a small wreath of real
orange blooms. Her ornaments were a
superb string of pearls, the gift OF the
Duchess Of Bedford, and a diamond motto
bracelet, the gift of the Duke Of Bedford.
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lay Of money for costly mechanical aids,
says the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch. Here is
one with plate and a napkin ring:
Into an ordinary dinner plate napkin
ring Of ivory or laeQuered wood is placed
The plate is then held by the edges at the
extremity of the diameter and spun in the
air, so that it turns around itself. Fig L.
1t will fall fat into your outstretched hands
and the ring will have adhered to the bot
tom Of the plate as though it was glued to it.
This is one of the effects of the centrifugal
force. The plate rOtates around an axis,
passing outside the edges, and it is easy to
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Cabling between New York and London.

Cabling Between New York and London.
1t is not generally known that on an
average about 800 messages are sent daily
from New York to London between the
hours of 10 and IL Although half an hour
is considered fair allowance for the de-
livery of a message within the city, mes
sages are sent 10 London and replied to
within four minutes. The result Of this
wonderful service is that the New York
and London markets are brought so close
together that either city feels the slightest
fluctuation in the markets of the other al
most neously.-Electricity.
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tant to this manner of life its backbone was
composed of vertebie which were mere
shells filled with warm air from the lungs.
These served as floats to support its huge
body, while its solid and massive legs and
tail were useful for anchors.
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travel-worn high hat; his silver-haired head
was bent over his guide book. and he wore
blue spectacles. don't thiuk he saw any
thing but blue antiquities, safely made of
stone.-From "Cairo in 1890" by Constance
Fenimore Woolson in Harper's Magazine
for October.
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TRICKS FOR YOUNG JUGGLERN.
Some Experiments That Boys May Try at
Home.

Youths who have been attacked by the
juggling craze after witnessing the perform
ance Of a Hermann may practice some
tricks at home which do not require the out
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Queen Olga of Greece, who has Just cele-
brated her fortieth birthday, became
grandmother at 49, The Empress Frederick
became grandmother AT tho same age.
while the Empress of Austria attained that
dignity at Sc
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Night School for Workingmen and Boys.
Miss Sophie 3. Wright Of New Orleans

MISS pUpHIU d. HITBut UI NtW OTItaub
teaches free of charge night school for
workingmen and boys. This school num-
bers some fifty men and boys whose daily
labors debar them from attending day
schools. Miss Wright is a teacher by pro-
fession and conducts a school called the
Home In stitute. She is a semi-invalid and
is often compelled to teach her night school
supported In her chair by pillows, yet she
never wearies in well doing.
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LORD DUDLEY'S BRIDE,

One of the Most-TaIked-Of Weddings in
London.
Perhaps the mOst-talked-of autumn we'd
ding in London was that OF William Humble
Ward. second Earl of Dudley, and Miss
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As an evidence of the way IL rains In India,
Consul-General Merrill, who is stationed at
Calcutta, says that g. feet OF rain has been
known to fall there within year.
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see that the napkin-ring is held to the bot
tom of the plate by the laws of centrifugal
force, and cannot possibly escape from it.
An interesting modification Of this trick
consists in placing the ring in the plate or
throwing it into it from affair." In order
TO do this the plate must be gwen a rotary
motion around an axis passing near the
bottom of the plate or on the outside of it
The centrifugal force pulls the object from
the surface on which it has been placed and
projects it either 10 the nose of the Operatur
or one of the unsuspefting spectators OF this
cunning piece of jugglery. A hollow plate,
like a soup plate, is best adapted for these
experiments. Almost any object may be
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aud famous. But probably the most pleas
ant thing about this in the mind of the poet
is that his success has been won honestly by
his own genius and industry.