The New Era, 1884-01-18, Page 10The setters Drawer.
In the boot ebuttberef the house,
Shut up in diln ungertaiii
There ',mai au antique chest Of drawer/4
Of foreign wood, with bragoeo bright,
one inorn a vonnue,..frsil and gra)
fice.PPV tottwitigly across, the door;
Latin, sedd she," the light of day;
Theli, Jeep, nnloolc the bettom drawer."
Vie girl, in all her youth'elovel bless,
KuIi down with eag,r; curious f..ce;
rerehaliee she dreamt of Indian sidle.
Of iewelo, and of rare old lace;
But when the summer'e sunshine hal
- linen the.treasureaboarded. there,
The teen' rushed to her tender eyes -
Her heart was solemn as a prayer,
"Dear grandromul" she goftiy sisecd
ring a withered rose ad un
B tins the elder fade we naught
lint street content and peaceful
Leaning upon her staff, oho gazed •
II a baby's helf-wern ghee,
A 1 rook of finest lawn,
with tiny bolts of blip".
4 ball xnade fifty years. ago,
A little glove, a tassled cap,
A half -done long -division sum,
dome school bookfastened with a Strap,
Slie touched them all with trembling lips;
"How much," slre said, the heart can beer
Ah, Jean! I thought that I should die ' --
The day that first I laigthem there.,
But new it seems oo good to know . •
That throughout all theme weary years ;
Their hearts havp been untouched by grief,
Their eyes havE been unstained by teasel
Dear Jean, we see with clearer
When earthly ley° is almost o'er ;
Thoge children wait me in the skies
For 'whom I looked that tutored drawer."
THE FAMILY CIROLE,,
Whyladies.of our Household Should Study
• to be 'Tidy and Beautiful. '
HEALTH, KITCHEN AND FASHION NOTES.
. _
(Compiled by Aunt Rate.)
• Desponding Miothers. .
"1 have done nothing tu-day but keep
things straight in the house,' you limy
wear v at the close of it. Do you cell that
no ? Nothiag that your ohildren.are
he nd happy, andasecured--frottratil
influ ? • Nothing that neatnen and
thrift, a dswholesome food follow tbe teach
of your finger•bips ? Nothing that beauty
in plan of ugliness moats' the eye crf the
cheertul little ones, in the plants at your
• window, in the picture on the wall ?
• Nothing that hoine to them means home,
•,)
• and will always do eo to the end of life,
what viciesitudes never that may involve?
Oh, oarewora mother, is all this nothing?'
Is in nothing that over tsgainat your florae -
time Fnietakes and sometime dinourage;
menu shall be written, " She bath done
what she could?" •
•
fir Beware Duty. • .
One of the first duties of a wpman is to
always look as pretty as pessiole.
It goes without saying that wives,
mothers and maidens shall tie good -tem-
, . pared, ekilledan housewifery, true hearted
and kindly tatapered.
Laaving the greater matters of ' the un-
written laws or life, hOwever, among the
; minor ones is that which makes • it an in-
stinct with beauty to adorn hernia
And, what is more, woman Ought no.
more to negleot trying to look pretty to the
end of her days than she ought to forget to.
...,„„„adeaher duty.
A bit Of ribbon' here, artaillailiaaracolor
, there, charm the face and figure, shapely
boucle land pretty feet, &timely waist and
.....empple neck; here, there and everywhere..
about beauty% person, from the curve Of
the dainty little pink ear to the slope of
, the shoulclers aaa the carriage of the person,
- there is one manifest voice to be beardz--"t
am 4trying te look my beat."
...,• . ..Wiatedoel not know theedear old grand-
mother, whose sweet, wrinkled fan, clean
bap, clean rims and lavender -scented lace
• collar carry oue back to childhood's" deaca'a
a. -There arrapreasi there, and the .experience
-of trouble, the sadness of losaes, inemoriell
o • als and of graves, and a rapid
to those_s_hent •churohyard gang
e must all walk whether we will
dmothereis pretty still, and will-
ty till the •white hands are,
the quiet breast, and she
hose who went home before
.matter how poor ,she is,
0 cares of family, ought. to
•ore pains with her dresii
A young girl may wear
. A matron, however;
first plump chant and
ty youth has to be can-
ing or e Pulse.
pulse has. rather a Wide •
e general -a crap, has been
follows : At birth, 1.10;- at
; at from 16 to 19"yeare, 80;
75; old age, 60. There are,
t variations: consiatent with
eon's Pulse is said to have
the minute. A soave is also
althy man of 87 whose Polee
ver 30 during the last two
lo, and ninetiines not over 26.
n _of 87 years of age enjoyed
•and aphits with tapulae of 29,
is also on remora the catioue.
ea ot a man chose pulse in health
never more than 45, and to be num-
;'• • in his inconsistency, when he hisd
a: over his pulse fell to 40, Instead of rising,
•
pound Of 'met, three ounces of flotir'two
ounces of peel, six engem of sugar, alittle
nutmeg, one gill of water, one tablespoonful
of ealt.
"Married hullo do not "turn down the
=Pere of their visiting cards" unless there
fboarPrhiloBrot °a• Pecatad BIT:111d PI: iles1 get% in
na tab:oh:hut ea:
out in societWataid then one card is made
to do tbe duty of two by turning up one
end of it. Were the second person in the
bowie a lady of a certain age, a married
WOIXIan, Or a friend only .visiting in the
house, two corks ehould be left.
To make taffy, melt three ounces of
butter in a eniall sauoepan over a clear
*ma stir into it one pound of orovvu sugar;
keep otirring until it is done, whiph can be
ascertained by dropping a little into a cup
of cold water, when, if it hardens and
breaks betweenthe teeth without nicking,
it is (hone, and may be poured out into*);
buttered dish. It may be flavored with
almond,lemon or ginger, and will take
twenty minutes to boil.
Pudding zne,de of cracked wheat is Very
agreeable andigourishing. To one quart of
sweet milk allow nearly half a cupful of
cracked wheat; put it in a Pudding dish
and bake slowly for two hours; stirring it
several •"times. If you choose to do so you
oan add raisins and a little cinnamon for
/layering, but most -people prefer it well
seated, and to eat ib with a little cream
auger. This is nioe, both warm and cold.
Gushionnide.Wrinklea and other Notes.'
• •
Ragged -edged note paper s still a favorite
among English ladies.
Sable is the most fashionable Inc in Eng-
land among those who can afford it.
'High beets are no longer *ern on evening
shoee, but are still used upon day boots.
'In India 8,182,000 females are engaged in
industrial occupations.
, Wonien compose the principal part of the
California Silk Culture Association.
The besb dressmakers no longer put
puffed waietooata Or Moliere •fronts on
.corsages.
Frills of lace down the, front of the cor-
sage are considered more elegant than
buttons.
Plain-ortinelitriped-eillt-flossahose are
met fashionable for both,day 'and pvening
Evening dresses with p�inted waists. and
V neoke are as becoming as they are
fethioriable.
The len underolething worn the better
the fit of the drees,•heocia ,fianntil Wider -
clothing, being light, theitigh, warm,
is better, even though it is note° ornamen-
tal le the 'furry 'pique which the French'
prefer,
Tho ladies of'Greenville, 8. C., will build
reeniiment to the Confederatedead of
that county. - • • .
"Too have lovely teeth; Ethel." "Yes,
George,". she fondly lisped.; af they'were.a
Christmas present from Aunt Grace."
*Os and nada ere warn •with
louse. dresses. They are attached to nar-
row velvet dog•Oollars.
• 'The fiohu bow, knot of flowers, or narrow
lane -pin is worn at one side of the neck by
very young ladies.
ThO crape-finiehed border is a _striking
novelty in mourning note paper, the imita-
tion ailing wondertals-' •. •
The -•evening oloak par excellence is of
oashniere, lined willaphish, and having a
'crape boeatrikamed with laoe. •
Pretty Parisian aapotes are made of velvet
• applique nn-oolored. lace, with. a bum% of
velvet flowefien one aide:, • - . ,
. The small niuff of velvet, lace, plush -
Jur, and even (MB matoliTiog the capote
shade and material, is the latest fancy,.
For street wear some Of the'Pe% risian
milliners, have brought out .exquisite
• little.Fanchoo-like bent:fete of gray Swedieb
•
- ' The new and lovely little theatre bon-
nets . of black velvet and white tulle,
'embroidered with pearls, are worn .without
strings. : •
Oapcites for evening wear are made of
white crepe, edgedwith silver lace or
braid, and trimmed With white marabout
feathers. .
a,. • • •
The high Greek coiffure, With' several
fillota encircling. the beak takes the ' place
-with Intrisianil:ot the mention in' the nape
'et the neok.. •. . • •
The Enipiess of Russia recently ordered
.a cloak of sable fur, trimmed with gold and
enriched with precious stones. 'The whole
to cost..29,000. . " • •
.A lawyer, attempting to browbeat a
banal° witness, told her • she had: braes
enough to make a saucepan. The woman
retorted.,•" Add' you have sauce enough to
fill it." • •.• • •
". &Eris usual.
meatus Hints. •
Don't go to bed with cold feet.
Dos': stand on hot air registers.
Don't lie on the Daft gide too much.
Don't inhale hot air or fumes of any acid.
Don't lie o.t. your back to keep from
snoring. . •
• Don't eat in less than two home aftet
bath la g.
Don't eat the smelled_ _mortal unless
hungry, it well.
Don't start a day's work without eating
a good breakfast.
Don't take leng walks when the stomach
-is entirely empty. . •
Don't forget to take &drink of pure water
before breakfast. •
Donit-jump out of bed immediately ort
awakening in the rooming. •
Don't *Main your eyes by retialng on an
empty stomach or when ill.
Den' fill the gash With moot, sugar or
any', else to arrest the heinorrliage
whet ut yourself, but bring the parte
togethet ith strips of adhesive plaster.
Ilousehold Recipes.
A Scotch haggis is made of the heart
lungs and liver of a eheep, with suet'
onions, oatmeal, salt and poppet, all boiled
in a sheep's stomach.
Turkey aud celery make a delicion
• salad, preferred by many to chicken gala&
especially modern ohioken."-salad, which
is lsrgely composed of veal,
Rich Plum Pudding. -Mix Well the fol-
lowing ingredients, and boil in- plenty of
watet for four home half pound .ertebofour-
rants and atoned raisins, three-quarter Of a
It Couldn't lie Done in the city..
Leominster farmer recently *take his
horse uf a " balky" freak in a; very gain
and, as he claims ziot a cruel manner, His
horse lain excellent flesh; and .shows no
iaigns of neglect on the part of his master,
fie drove aim,: attached to a rack -waggon,
to the wood lot for a smolt -load of wood.
The animal would..not pull a pound. , He
aid net boat aim'with wolub, but tied him
ateatatree and let him ataacl.",age +oat to
the lot at sunset and asked him to •draw,
:but he would not straighten a tug. I
Made up illy raind,". said -the 'farmer,
". that when that horse wnt' to -the
barn he would take that load Of ooa.
The night Was not cold. I went . to
the beiro;got blankets and ocatered tae born
warmly, and he stood until morning., Then
he refund to draw. Al noon I 'went down,
and ho was probably hungry and lonesome:
tie are* that load of wood the first time I
asked him. I returned and got another
load before I fed hini. Lathert--"onwarded
him with a good dinner, whir:al:lie eagerly
clevourea. I have 'drawn Several loads
; alma Once he refused ta draw, but as
voon as he saw nte start for the house, he
Started after Me with the load. A horse
becomes' lonesome and diseentented when
left alone, as 'much no as a person, and I
claim that this Method, if rightly used, is
far lees pruel, and is better for. beth horse
audaraeo, than to beat the animal with a
The Difierence. •
" Which is -the beet, to -owe, or to have
SCmething owing to you?" asked Col. Lager -
'
Leer of Gus DeStnith one day.
Why, to have something owing to you,
of course," answered Gus, Who is One of the
brightest riornety youthe, '
" X don't agree with you," saidtagerbeer
• "Well, why not ?"
Because, if you have something owing
to you, you may never get it. But, if you
Owe eoniething, when you are able to pay
itayonbave Value received, anyhow; and if
you never pay -Why, then you are sure to
make a littudeome profit."
•
Lord Ernest Ilaniilton, a,younger son of
the Deke of .Aberoorn, has left the Ettnasars
in order td bedtime a 14°0k -broker.
A
$10111101MIt ..advertiaement—" Wanted, a
•fernalOwliO hail a knowledge Of fitting beote
Of a good irfOral character."
COLD WEATHER IN MANITOBA.
••••••,....4111}
The Great Lone Itootblesek-Piongii..
I assert with confidence that no person
whca enjoyed the winter carnival in
Montreal last year would dad the slightest
discomfort here with the thermometer at
the lowest figure it has been here during
the daytime, raoging from 10 to 82 degrees
below zero and lower. I remember doe
titiotly one of those days: X sallied forth
dressed in fur overcoat and cap, knitted
gleam and leather boots without overehoes.
There was a slight wind -there alwaysiie a
breeze here, even with the thermometer at
320 or 420 below'as the case may be -
and the stnoke, looking like huge 3eta of
steam, drifted to leeward ingreat masses
as if from the funnele. of :evvifily propelled
eteamboate. The snow sparkled in the
.
bright sunlight
LIKE A C3A1IrwT OF eranzonos,
and the athiosphere was delightfully clear.
felt ndincenvenience whatever. The air
filled myi lunge without any nese of pain,
and 1 walked /thing gaily without thought
of danger. Now and then a tingling sensa-
tion would be felt in an uncovered portion
of the face for the firet few minutes, but the
exposed part once, being rubbed, seldom
troubled Me again.. My feet seen began to
be cold, but a hearty kuok or two and they
were all right again, and in ten minutes I
was as warm and comfortable as one could
wish. If two gentlemen whom I met Roca
dentally are to be believed they each of
there opent the (oldest night laet year, with
the thermometer as low as 560, on the
prairie one driving and the other walking
and sleeping. With the thermometer the
lowest it has been this year, 1 have walked
with pleasure in my slippers over and
through the snow for quite a distance and
with rat, hands bare.. Last year, I am
informed, on the coldest days the refugee
Jewesses were to be Seen on the streets
thinly clad, begging for jobs of scrubbing,
but
AS rat Ane nosy ionise As PoSSIsLE. •
This year they are tole seen quite as fat,
but wearily clad. My gonviotion is this,
that wheif the thermometer here gear below
151:' it can dip to almost •any extent
without any appreoiable degree of discom-
fort to those who are well fed and warmly
clothed, and the number bete :outside ,of
'this class is very small indeed. Those who
least fear the cold are the best off in regard
to it ; for myself; I allays feel colder after
looking at a thermometer, and in this , I
am not alone. It is . qulte w 'nun° of
amueement on a oold aay to watch the
people across the street stop and book at
the spirit thermometer that regietere about
;twelve degrees lower than anyin the 'city,
and then rub" their oars, tura up their
;collars and buatle off as it something were
the matter.- With regsrd to the 0110W, it
is f reap perfeetly dry and does net adhere
to the boots; in consequenoe of which
wet feet are unknown in winter. It falls
in the form of very email powdery crystals,
whit% peek admirably and fern?
, ,
-Ynt near =nitwit *men Beal
I ever have seen.' For this reason there is
but one boot lank in Winnipeg during the'
winter, as everybodyknows that boots
require to be pplished but once between
November and April, Which is nol. ea much
an .exaggeration as might be thought. Not
even. amobget laboring men have 1 seen
Buell a t.uiog as -foxy bhots.° Thele,et of the'
matter is that with a warm house -and
there are plenty to be had in this city now
a -imitable clothing, ohief amongst which is
a tut boat or jacket, which eons' from 525
for a buffalo, iipviarde, and plenty to - eat,
no one need heed the cold of this country.
Driving, enoe-shoeing and tobogganing are
popular amusements here, With which' the
cold seldom interferes, And, as to the. Drat,
there are mote fine drivers and fast horses
than I have seen in any -city in the Domin-
ion. I have noticed hero. with great
amazement • that', the coldest, or
perhtsps mere properlyapeakieg,
the rawest winds • come from the
south, and three 'hundred mile ra south of us
-the thermometer has ranged all along fram.
five tp ten degrees lower than here. And,
stranger stilh.afar west of us; at Maple
Creek, near the Saakatohewan, the tem-
perature all the winter hatabeen eneption-
ally Mild. There the cattle_ were kept out
all last winter, and the following letter was
received last . week Jay the C.P.R. Lana
Department bore • •
" MAME, °Unit, Dee; 12th, 18832.
Last Sunday / took a look at the wheat
,
and oats sown by..you liore, and; lindthat
on the higheet ground they are both sprout-
ing. The weather here for thevast few
days .has been exceptionally, war, the
mercury having reached 880 in the shade.
The frost is all out ofthe ground, and nil-
terdeN and the day before I noticed farm -
ere ploughing. -W. D. Mauna"
Truly;this,•is a (reentry of great contrasts
at, well as of greaklistarieear.--eorrilfuntreta
Witness.
SHIVER AND SHAKE.
People itiddiltat Along "Wok .the Ther,*
inotnoler Far Iffelleve Zeron-Nuinerou0
Cetrualitiem--Trala and Mali !stoppage.
The following are the points below zero
that were registered on Saturday night at
the places named
Chicago, 111. 27 Jamestown, Dak. 48
Ramses City, Bismarck, Dak.„„ .... 30
Bt. Yam], Minn. 2o Cincinnati, O. 20
Omaha; N eb et C1evId,O. 14
133 Chaltan0Oga,Tenn.„,
Des Melees, Iowa, "4 611.1401•1111, 28
25 Barre, Vt. 18
. Fort deo% Rs. ... .. .21
Indianapolis, 2) Lelivenworth,li,. 28
Cielumbuoi 0: 8 St. Joeepir,... . . 82
Duletb, 22 Topoka,Ke. 22
New Cedar Bookie, Iowa, 85
Madison. Ind. 211 P'ort Wayne, Ind....„.24
Montreal, 10 Quebec. 21
Toronto, 0 Hamilton,
Parry Sound. 20
In view of the fact that Canada is so much
denounced for its cold weather, the above
records afford intereetingreading, Remem-
ber that all the figures represent below
zero. Reports from everywhere assert that
the wave has been the bitterest felt for
twenty or thirty years. Businees bas been
partially suspended at many points and
railway traffic carried on with great &fa-
culty. 'Cattle have suffered terriblyaand in
some oases MAIM been frozen to death.- A
llentnoky despatch says : specials !fop
_different parts of the State report several
fatalities from freezing, and frost-bitten
eve, noses; 'feet and hands are common.'
Wear Fort Scott, Kan., sixteen =lee were
frozen. to death. Near Kansas City, Mo,
a train carrying 300 mules was snowed in
and a hunared died. Snow ia reported is
general throughout Virginia and North
Carolina. ;
A New York report says; On the Oceini
the weather has aeen unusually severe,
The steamer Egyptian Monarch, from Lon-
don; renbed heamer on Sunday resembling
a gigantio iceberg. Capt, Watkins said it
"was intensely cold off the coast during
Saturday night. The flea ran very high,
dashing completely ever the vessel. Wher-
ever the Water touched it froze. The aft.
core and creviliniffertia intensely and many
of the latter bad their fingers frpot-bitten.
The decks were 'one mass of ice, so that it
wasditlioult and dangerous to &cm about.
The ioe thickened on the riggieg, spars,
smokestacks and deck -houses of the eteamer
during the night, and when the sun rose
on Sunday, Capt. Watkins says the sight
was a magnificent on. Every- portion of
the vessel glistened like abated. The ropes.
ovate swelled to twice their utnial size and
appeared Ake great barrof gold as the rays
of the sun played upon them. Before the
vessel multi be'sworrg Intl; her berth itaia,s
`found necessary to chap the ice app4, from
the ropes in order to use them.
• '
tamp tsedlion.
,
Dubuque,Iowit,
Merens iia Thieve's.
. •
'hyena are amusing thieves, who steal
*for the, pleasure -of .• hiding the stolen
• articles, An English gentleman, who owned
ataaettavan-routtiMerearkuttell-pldfliat e
•11 Was found to hollow to the
core, and the hollow was discovered to be a
sort of "robber's cav,e 'I for the use of tho.
raven. rOtia of this 'hollow was taken a
basketful of things -a -the accumulation of
months -that haa,heen stolen and • hidden -
away by the raven. The hoard Wassof a
most miscellaneous character -spoons,
knives, thimbles, and peas; a pair: of Nis-
sors, a oomb, a bundle of boot -laces, a
meerschaum pipe, two vests boxes, etc.
Leaving the things on tile ground beside
the fallen tree, we got a hold of Meanie=
Corvuo Corea apa Iaid him down quickly
beside these proofs of his dialioneety, won-
dering what- he would have to say to it,
And the rascal was quite equal to the occa-
sion. Be straightwayaesumed an
Isspeet and attitude of joerfoot ineo-
centre and. unconcern. • 'With one eye
fixed upon our face, he seemed to inquire:
what it was all aboutaand to ask what in
the 'world as„had to do with it, While with
the other he glanced at the things spread
upon the ground, with many a merry blink
and twinkle, that • very unmistakably
indicated a lively reeolleotion of the
light' .erstwhile the stealing of there
a .rded him. We hid ourselves. When;
he !wand hinitielf alone, the raven, looking
keenly around, eroaked twiee a deep, gut-
tural croak, and walked round and round
the dieentorabed artiolee, as if admiring
ludono then took up a Spoon in his bill,
and carryieg it with quick, decided atop to
the Opposite aide of the garden, hid it care.
fully away under the broad leaves of
gigentio rhubarb plant; and this he did,
and very quickly, with every article of the
hoard. When he had finished the job, he
uttered a famous exclamation 'of his when
•he imagined he had lint done something
exceedingly oleimr and Was Ai:featly Bathe
fled with himself --a curious combination
of laugh, chuckle Dila Croak that seen:led
specially restated for such odcaoions.
Character resembled cloth, Mimii a
iltas yard wide, but not all Weeh
' on,
Talk list.AND VOIVININEST/
Sketches oi Australls.
Tee greatest difiloultY of all thin country
is this one of water. There are no great
rivers sucli as we havein America, endow's
as there are: either appoar in raging temente
or a zumession of WinserboltevIdany ogtke
larger streams have no outlet, but end in
lagoons or disappear by evaporation.
Experimeete show that there is quite ouffi.
cleat raiofall to supply the WILMS of the
couutry, butit is so irregular that to depend
upon it would be precarious in the extreme.
Artesian walk have been discovered in, car-
otin localities, but they are yet not Ammer.
ous floongh to teat their practicability. The
onlyremedy that atpresentappeaxe feasible
is that of making reservoirs for the siOrage.
of water during the rainy season. for ;supply
during the- long drouths. " Neeessity itt
the mother of invention," and X have
DO doubt that this or some other
plan will be aadopted for irrigating
Ale land, time making it capable of
supporting millions of people. During the
dry : season it is extremely hot in the in-
terior, Ole thermometer often rising to
120° Fahrenheit in the sbade. The groond
becomes baked and cracked, and so hot as
to burn the feet into blisters it not well
protected. The atmosphere is extremely
dry, otherwise it would -be impossible for
huine.n beings to endure it. Thousands of
cattle ani sheep perish during the dry sea -
801113. The only way of keeping them alive
is in driving theta to gomewater-hole where
'they -may drink, while for food they subsist
on the dry and parohed grasses of the
plain which, strange to say, have retained
all their nutritive ,qualities, though withs
ered by the sun.
Shepherds Bay that oheeK as well as.
cattle and horses, will fatten en, this grail%
and that they will ohoose it inpreference
to the greener grass of Abe rainy season.
Large droves aileron and:cattle, aliolt and
fat, may be seen running .wild over then
i
plains n the dryest seasons, especially in
distriets where a plentiful. supply of water
may be found in water -holes, es above men-
tioned. These horses are often so numer-
ous as to begon2e a pest, and BB they axe of
no use on account of their intractability,
they are Often driven into corrals and killed
by the thousand.
metraossiinary resreeztna Saelle or
• Peat. *hues.. • • •
It hi' a bit of coincidence, pays the Cleve-
land Herald, that the comet, upon which
Napoleon's • soldiers gazed' seventy years.
ago, when they Were. making that.dreadful
'ma,roh •from a/Lwow, which Oesulteaain
the death from void and • exposure of
400,000 men, should be aationipanind on ...he
reappearance with a , hitter cold epell of
weather. When it eiCePt out of sight the.
world witnessed an imilsuallar, eevere win-
ter.. The inoident, well as the present
eold.soap, recalls otheosetere winters. :In
October, 760, and February; 761; the; deni-
zens of the pities et mosquera and 'minarets
were eatoroished by a cold sped of weather,
and the two trees ot Constantinople 'were
frozen over Lor twenty days.- In 1063 the
Thames was frozen 'evertor fourteen Weeks.
In 1-107 the bold was ad intense in England
that all the: small birds ,periehed,and itt.
lap the large fowl of the air •weie driven;
by tbe terrible cold into . the towns And
cities of Germany. . „:-
'In 1468 the. winterWas so Severe in klio;
.waeirths htaltothe ttiijr • —_
wine distrilnited woe : out
The year 1658 *as noted for cold
weatherin Eoglank Thousancut of forests
and shade trees were split by frost; birds.
and ,stook perished, a iiiie•of stages ran on •
the:Thames. for several Weeks, and ehope.
•were_bailt on the ice in the middle Of the
Thatnee. • ;,a, . ••• • a
In 1691...the wolves were driven by the
bold ilito Vienna, where they attacked men,
sod cattle On the streets: , • : •
..In • 1810' quicksilver fain in the ther-
inoineterbulbs at atIonow. •• One of the
most rematke,ble Ohangps Of temperature
was witnessed at Horneey: and Hammer-
smith, near :near London, in 1867. The ther-
taoreeter was three degrees bele* zero on
the 4th of ilanuary,,itial seventy,two hours
• later it had. leaped ,55.degrees above,
Zero. ' • • • •
With respeet to ..Aradriba, some of the
remarkable cold•spells were as follows': In
1730, and again "in 1821, New York harbor.
was frozen over so that teanie were 'driven
across this joe to Staten Island. The neigh-
boring State of Indiana saw weather bola
enough to-tongeal themercury xn 1865.
ThIrWiliterot-1881 was made memorable
-by cold weather. In the. 1$1h acid 261h
days of, January many deaths occurred.
from' the interne cold, and the • mid -trate of
Mobile saw the thermometer eink to zeros.
A anent of Gold sieges would • be, imper-
feot without a mention (gibe terrible gm&
Aleirstorm31M--evreprWi the country -in
1863, Which has gone into history as the.
cold New Year's, A drayman Was: !team
to death in Cincinziati while driving along
the Street; a man olimbing a fende 1111/Iilln
nente, froze to death and toppled °Vet into
!thettrowl* while 'the loss of human and
animal lives in all parts of the 'country 4as
inaMerise. •,
Goinhay'rflore crowded Than London.'
• (Manchester Examiner.)
•
One of the results Of the Indian amens,
the various returne of whioh are now being
collated, is to show • that Bombay, the
second City in the tram Emore., itt more
orasedeathan London Marla The density
of population in London in the 'tiadat
,deneely peopled parts is less than the
density of twelve most ,orowded seetiOns of
Bombay with a population- of nearly
430,000 people.. These, sections havean
„average pooalaticai of 458.57 persons ,pet -
lime. In Bottahay the averagetaponulation
ie about 52 per aorta; in Louden, 49. The
extreme in London rises, tO 222 per aore,
whereva in Bombay it Oleos to 759. The
population o e BOO El 111
f tho Vonwhich the
crowding is doebie that of the most
-e.rowded division of London, is equal to
more than $7 per cella of the total poptila-
tioe, buti the area of then entions is only
gi per tent, of the land. Io other words,
87 per omit. of the population are crowded
on 31 per omit. of the Baden of the land.
Danced to Death.
A young girt nameci Frances Campbell,
the daughter of the station Master of the
LateroOlotilel Railway at OampbeUton, N.
13., dropped on the floor of a house of ill-
rephto in Montreal last Wednesday night,
and expired it a few minutes, from hem-
orh'age of tho Iungo. , .
DZ Mary Welker, attired in a full blaok
suit, fur -bound Ottartioat add plug hat, Paid
her respects to the President on New
lettee Day,.
. • '
The timber on then plains is of orie
genus; namely, the eucalyptus. 'That° are'
many species, but alf have the earns:penal
'appearance. Generally epeaking, the trees
are sparsely scattered over the greund, and
but very seldom do we find thick-
set forests such as we have in America.
The eucalyptus dna not -look unlike our
spiamore. It don notathed its leaves, which
are of a sombre green color and very crisp,
but annually the bark dries up into thin
shreds and falls off. So liglitand.dry is it
that the east . Wind will carry it away as
our leaves are driven away by the autumn
wink New bark is formed before the old
'falls off, andthe tree is lefa quite white and
new:lboliing at the-beginntog-of-eaoh year=
of its life: • • Some of these tren grosato
enormous height; Incleed,• the higheat
trees in the world are of this genus; and are
to be found in Gippelaud, in the eastern
Portion of Australia., I Some of the tallest
are over 500 feet fn., haight. They grow
very straight, and as muolo.as 100 feet from
the ground there is neither limb nor per-
ceptible diminution of diameter. ,The lum-
ber from thiti tree is an important , article
of commerce and very durable.-Oorris-
pondenee Cleveland Tiered.
'
Drennia rind 'fbeir Cause. "
, A Dr. Granville writes to the London
Times,: "Many persons who aro not by
habit I dreamers ' are dreaming a great deal
justnow and wondering why they do so.
The answer is very eimple. When cold
1EASILISIIIS *
Something About the People of Oaf Mx.
chseive coolie
.(111 a meeting of the Boy ,.I Geographical
Stanety, which WAS held ni the theatred
the Thilvereity of London, Mr. W. W. Me,
Nair, of the Indian medical foal/ice read is
paper desoribing "5 *it to Ralliletan,"
that alined hermetically sealed region
lying to the northeast of our empirelie
crossed the British frontier on the 13th of
April in the present year, aud his travels,
01 whichhe gave a detailed account, covered
about a couple ot months. The countrypt
the Indian Refire he defined asbelittled on
the north of the Hindoo Koosh mountains,
on the south et the limier range ;L .
for its western Jimit IA has the
Aliehang river witn its tributary,
the Alingar ; its - (diatom boundary,
taken roughly, would be the Kunae river,
from its junotion with the Cabul to where
the former receives tbe waters of the
Kelashgum, thence following of this affluent
to its eouroe, a line from that point to the
Dare pass Imola be well within the march.
Da would also take in a small tract peak -
west of that pass a;nd subject to Bitinjal4.'
There are three main tribee-Ramgals
Vingals, and Bashgals, answering to the
three ohief valleys of the. country. Tho•
Vaigale are the most powerful, holding the .
largest valley. Each has its dietinotive
dialect. • The entire population is Ott.
mated at over 600,900. Thsir country
is pietureeque, thiekly wooded, and wild in
the extreme; the men are of line ap-
pearanoe, but, like all hill tribes, shore •
of stature; they are daring to a fault,
hut lazy, • leaving all egrioulturat
work to their women, epending their days,
. when not at war, in bunting; passionately
fond.of dancing, in which both poxes, join,
indulging in it almost every eveining arOund.
a blazing fire. , It is purely owing:to their
having no blood -feuds among tliemselVes
that they hold their own against ' the
Mohammedans, who hem them in on alt."
Maras, and with sv.hoto they are alwaytt
fighting. Toward the Britleh they are a
exceedingly well disposed. Slavery exists -
to a certain ,exteet among them, but the
trade in slaves would -non die out if hu-•
roadlieshwere not inealeablb at jellalabad,
Kune,r, Aemar and Chitral. Polygamy is,
; mildcorporal punishment me
flioted one wifeforadultery, while the ,
Male offender is fined so many :heads of •
cattle. •4 'The ':dead •••• are ooffined
but never buried. One supreme, being -L- ,
Imbra-is universally acknowledged.
Priests preside sit their temples, in which
noxed'stoties 'are let up, but -to neither
priests nor idols la exceesive reverence paid.
In evil spirite, authors of ill luck, the.
Kaifirs firmly believe.. They have been
said to be great wine bibbers, but this is ta
mistake, since their driiik is the pure' juice
•of the grape, neither fermented nor dis-
tilled. Their arms are bows and arrows ;
a few matchlocks have found- their wed?
ring thernfrisro'Calitil, but •
have been made to imitate them. Wealth •
is reckoned by head of cattle. There areaa____
eighteen ehiefe in all; chosen ' for bravery •
maiuly, but with Berne regard to hereditary •
claims. Their etisple food is whom.
' •
•• :The IDeli Wether: •
A foot of Snow is reported At Memphis
Tenn;• •
. . '• •
. ,
• ' Seieral inoheii ofenow fell on Sunday in
Louisiana: • ' ' •• • • • • • •
During the pieseot cold • spell the tem-.
s •
.perature has been lower at Nashville,Tenria
than known for 50 years, one day excepted..
Six inohes of snow fell. , •••• . •
• •
. Reports indiciate stations damage by •
frosts to the -young 'orange- groves along
• the Gulf coast as far soutiati,sallattatee,Fla..
,,,Neather_epts in
at night, the head, which. is uncovered, has •Tho true way to render oureelved happy
the blood supplied to it driven from the is to love our duty ova find in lb our.
surface to thejeep parts, notably the brain pleasure. -Mme. de Motteville. • •
,
--the organ the mind. The results are Mother Mary Frances Clark, who fonridedt
the Order of tbe Sisters of Charity, is now •
80 years -of age, but vigorous in mind and
body. She now conducts and directs the•
business of the community,. which •is eta • •
tellished in the large cities of Iowa, Ilia- '
light sleep., and dreamo. The obvious
remedy is to ' Wear a nightcap or wrap -the
head warmly, ot least while the cold
weather lasts. I believe we of this gener-
ation auger more from brain' troubles than
our predecessors ' because we leave the
nob, Nebraska and Kansas. pho is living,
head exposed at nightfand the blood veas' • in quiet seclutrion at hi
tifOur cerebral organ!' aro seldom un-` nine miles from 'Dubuque, Iowa, whoa&
lOaded.”
' was conetrooted forty-eight years ago.
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