Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-07

ant to our feelings and desirable to oul
 purses" says The Journal, "to enter e large store and purchase a twenty-cent collar for nineteen cents, but it trans
 forms us into pestiferous and cranky in. dividuals to be compelled to stand on one foot for twenty seven minutes and wait for the return of the penny due in change"
 The breeding cs - .ches in captivity is common s.5e among the natives of South Afrfc.. Large numbers of them are kept in inclosures of fftasn or twenty acres encircled by high stone walls for the purpose of securing successive crops of their feathers. Their eggs are usually matched artiacially by being kept at a temperature of about 160 degrees by the aid of sn oil lamp. The long white feath- ers of the male bird are the most valua- ble, bringing from $1S0 to $200 e pound, eighty feathers usually making up this weight. The feathers from the wild birds are, however, considered more valu- able than those taken from the csptives on the farms.
 The schooner Fannie E. Wolston has been drifting about in the North Atlantic since October 5, 1881. At that time she had been on fire several days and wss final ly abandoned by her crew. She was then near Cape Hatteras, and instead of going to pieces she began voyage which has lasted till now. On November 5, twenty one days after she vas abandoned, she was sighted coo miles from where the crew left her. Since then she has been seen repeat sdly, the last time on May s, when che was right in the track of ocean steamers, 330 miles east of Charleston, South Caro- lima. She Is constant menace to nsvigs- ton, and 1t is expected that an effort will be made to find and sink her.
 Budsva Menkudinof and Ssragua Ulan- of, the two Buddhist Tartars, who recent ly succeeded In entering the oity of Lhas- ss, the sacred city of Thibst, had perilous journey. Their object was to get ta supply of rayer-whsels and books that could be relied upon as genuine. They left home three years ago, and 1t took them fourteen months of constant travelling to reach the been expressively called 'sths roof of the world" they passed over mountains so high that the blood flowed from their eyes and ears. By concealing the fact that they were Russians they were enabled to enter Lhssss. The Lama personally gave them @ Buddhist Bible, in 12a volumes, and they bought twenty large packages of prayers, charms, etc.
 The authorities In London and in Man dalsy seem still to be in doubt ss to the truth or falsity of the story of the steal- ing of the Burmese regalia by two British soldiers when the city was occupied in November, 1885. The genaral opinion sp- pears to be that the whole yarn Is fsbri- cation, but, on the other hand, there is the indIeputable fact that the crown jewels or most of them are missing. According to one of Theebaw's old court officials, the regelia included two head pisces-one hel- met shaped, the other resembling blsh- ops mitrs; two oross-belts, two spears, the famous peacock, 8 golden sword in golden scabbard, q necklace composed a triple row of rubles and diamonds inter- mingled, eight fans, chains with orders, rings for the hands and feet, two royal state suits, the state slippers and pair of earrings. All these articles were profuse- ly studded with diamonds, brillisnts and rubies, the only precious stones permitted to be used in the crown jewels. There were @ number of articles of secondary importance, the enumeration of which would demand considerable space. As to the value of the collection, no one is able to form even an estimate. At latest &C., counts nothing had bsen heard at Msnda- ley of White, the soldier who claims to have concealed the jswels.