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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Advocate, 1887-07-07, Page 6'.• A • JAMAICA, AND TRINIDAD The Colonial ana. Inaian Exhi bition 1886 accumulated nelson gathering for yeas, collies to a orisie at laat, the (lector pro- nounces his dithase degeneration a tie heart, or degeneration of the liver—with - this respectable reasot (?) for the cause of hie death, the man dies drunkard very teeny yeers etare his system would have beee worn 001 and eppeers before God as a suicide, auiie of the most guilty, the blackest stamp ; caw who wilfully, while in the full possessioo of all his reasoning powers, eommenced takieg a oiset fee fashion Belie, or that he might wider the exeieernett of the poison, indulge his brutish passions to e greeter extent. Thet wleile the skin, the nerves, the its* coat- ing of the stonaach and the liver were all being harOeoed by the best rem, brendy, whiskey, gin, wine or beer, en the liner feelings of the man have been hardened headee than the nether millstone; he has become the terror, the tormenter ef his wife and children, whom he reduces to slavery, to beggary, to untold misery and unutterable woe—a curse to his neighbors, e curse te the community, a curse to his poor wife and children, a °urge to himself. No Wine can beat that of the Blue Moun- tains, but low, and still lower prices are crippling all these industriee, and a silent revolution has been gradually forming a new economic system. The nogrees, who have been steadily inoresaing in tumbers, are acquiring small farms, and are making good use of them. They have become gardeners and fruit growers; they to a large extent supply the home markt3t, and there is a constantly increasing quantity of their fruits exported, to the American markets every year. Mangoes—the prince of West Indian fruits—oranges, batanas ancl cocoa nuts form the chief articles of export. A good deal of coffee is aleo grown by them. Tobacco has been successfully grown, but the euring of it ia a tenure, The Government has a Botanical Department on the heights of the Blue Mountains, where cinchona hay been suceessfully grown and cured, but they have oot been fortunate in manufacturing quinine yet. The pimentos of St. Ann's produce large quantities of allepice. The trade in dye weeds is rattler large, logwood and fustic are the chief articles in this line. The primeval forests have mostly fallen before the woodman's axe, and now forest conser- vation is a pressing question; but there is a great deal of woodland still on the hills, some of which is excellent, especiallythe mahoe and yucca, which are surpassingly beautiful for cabinet work. There are a soap factory, a watch factory and a couple of faotories for preserving of fruits and turtles. If the bounty system of the Euro- pean countries were to cease, and a better System of manufacturing sugar adopted, Jamaica might become one of the foremost countries in the world. A great deal of the land in Jamaica has been overworked, and e Vey Thomas 0, Watkins.) Jamaica—the " Pearl of the Aeltilles:" ," Brightest gem in the British diadeni," are the terms which have been applied to this beautifyl island in history. No groans of distressed planters, no complaining of discontented eubelterns, cat seriously damage its reputation for charming scenery and fertility of soil. " The land ofsprings,' as its uame imports, is 144 miles long and 49 broad, with a range of lofty inouxitaios running its whole length, the highest peaks of which rise 7,000 feet above ehe sea. The scenery is picturesque in the extreme. Few, if any, spots in the world can aurpass the drive by the coast round the east end of the island, xvitla the white flecked waves of the blue Caribbean Sea gleaming over the tops of waving cocoanut groves; while the inland view takes in a far distant peep at the peaks of the Blue Mountains away behind the valleys and ridges of Portland. The climate is healthy if reasonable precautions are taken in diet, cleanliness and fresh air. No doubt there is intense heat in the low lying districts. Vete and a few other places are quite parched and dry, but generally over most of the island there is a balmy feeling in the atmosphere, whioh is delight- ful for several hour:: of the day, and up on the hills one can ascend to a temperature vntioli requires a fire daily. The island contains 4,193 square miles and is about equal in size th Somersetshire, Devon p.aa Cornwall to- gether, being the largest of our insular possessions in the West Indies. It is divided into three counties and fourteen parishes. We owe Jamaica to the vigor of Oliver Cromwell's administration. Penn and Venable e saved their mismanaged ex- pedition frorn lasting disgrace by wresting Jamaica from the Spaniards, The British have held it ever since. The earthquake and the pestilence bespoke the vengeance of heaven on the recklessness and debauthery of Port Royal. The statue of Admiral Rodney,looking out over Kingston Harbor, testifies to the relief the great admiral brought to the colony frorn French and Spanish attacks. In early days it was the centre of all the wealth and all the profli- gacy of the British buccaneers. A long internecine war with the Maroons, or .escaped negroes, net:ammo amass AND itousenorns. Yet, amidst all the horrors incident to civil war there grew up an aristocracy of British planters—" the old time men, as they are plaintively called now. The very names of their estates speak of the hopes, realizations and disappointments of that prosperous era. The abolition of slavery and the equalization of the sugar duties were sudden blows from which Jamaica, with the rest of the West India Islands, are hardly recovering yet. With the loss of wealth °erne a decay of political power • where the whole system was oligarchical, a government by an oligarchy, based on the British representative system, was in ac- cordance with reason; when the old oligarchy fell, agitators and jobbers were elected to the House of Assembly. In 1865 great riots occurred, which recalled the remembrance of the Maroon war of 1831-2; great consternation filled the minds of the people and. the House of Asserably voted away their existence during a panic. Crown Government succeeded. Its actions have been severely criticised lately, and fierce attacks made upon it, but no fair critic can deny that under it, for the last twenty years, Jamaica has prospered, ateettatrelAp regaining the position she formerly te heldlii*e Pearl of the Antilles. In 1882 the Fiore% , vote produced an agitation which ende ' 'n the constitution being changed and a "' resentative system being established again. -ll friends of the colony &hailed this change••*a_h pleasure, and t ."et Inat the wisdom endnamoderation .0 Eincutive Cotmeil will stify the con eiorpnade oy the Quee Situated at the head 4: one of the flne harbors in the West a . ies, Kingston site in her quiet beau with her 40,cfi inhabitants. When the Pa a Canal I opened, this land -locked wa ay beco one of the greet coaling stat of thelt eworld. De probable competitor tlif harbor of Castries in St. Lucia. ' on is the seat of government, the resi of the Governor being four miles o he slopes of the hills. Spanish Tos,, the capital, is picturesque, but sleep : looking. It Is situated. some thirteen milete inland. yi There are thirteen ports of entr besides Kingston ; St. Ann's, Falmon h and Savanneele-Mer are the chief. T ere are Several good truck toads, which hale been greatly unproved lately, which fieeke a regular and excellent postal service ptacti- eable. Telegraph lines are being spread evet the islayknetteatelefeitieteeneeetened and matiaged hyythe GovernmenthWlitnelacten extended to points which will tap the riolktea districts. itt An effort was made lately to introduce' e Indian eysteni of irrigation, but the wos have beet a burden et the colony so fare:end hew: damped the ener- gies of the peoeffintat this direction, and the otherwise splendiatlain of Vero lies barren for want of a prepellaysteM cif irrigatiOn. The agriceltutal lade fillyhder WO divi- tions—the sugar plentationktothe south and east; the nehe, or granitigefarme, interspersed with pitnento treerf,A%the north and west. Sugar is the largdk industry in the islaticl. Us rune is :laid to be the best in the World; that is, we pee - setae, that it coOtaine Moro alcohol, which is a deadly poison, end eonsegitently will harden the brain tissues and teteee of the throne of regatta cause partial peattivais of the nerves of the stomach, and delay or prevent digestiOn, so that a person who drinks Mitch of it og.rntet anar =dr on acedult of the nerves of the steitilieh being butdotted mid perelyzed by the AIWA, It else, by its hardening ION.- eilee en the netvile, I:tot/erste the functions ef the itystein aotheg freely, mud tbo poison. one waste matter Whir/ is constantly being ptedtteed in the body iir not thrown off by the teepiratory Ogees, ter garottgh the pored of the skin, but are retained in the gystern arid ferill fatty iTiatter around the heart et IiVer) and the victitn of the aleohol it the rent gteWe sheet, Blida of breath, ..ted a Ot reddish blitek in the face; he CLIIMSY MODES OF FARMING will no longer pay. Ultimate success de- pends largely on making a wise choice of suitable soil for the cultivation of the dif- ferent products indigenous to theparticular kinds of earth. Many moderate profits are still made by careful attention to the chernical constituents in the soils required for coffee, cocoa, tobacco, cinehona and sugar cane. Our farmers in Canada would do well to pay more attention to the differ- ent kinds of soils and manures required for wheat, oats, peas, beans and barley, and also for the various kinds of fruits they wish to cultivate. The colony ships a large part of her aroclucts to New York, Were the steamers to run at regular intervals this trade might be greatly increased; but there being a regular line via Southampton, it receives a large share of. the products of the colony which are carried to England. The Royal Mail Com- pany's steanaers take fifteen to eighteen days to make the run, which causes much fruit to spoil in transit ; but with a better class of steamers the voyage might be shortened to ten or twelve days. Jamaica, would make a charming winter resort; a voyage from thefreezing climate of Canada over the tropical sea has both health and romance in it. December and January are 8liarping months; no one can complain of excest‘t eat then. A short, pleasant sail of a few s brings a person from an osphere b5lqv zero here to the balmy br ti of the% elightful land, where, sitting the evenhlA in a moonlit veran- dah, WI Itsqittlae hi1 of the sugar mills at woillta.4_beloivt o compels° the mind to peacefulealits, 'one, or happy amongst the e day -tine, irds flitting the scene is and ecstatic: eed to fear of anticipations of future joy ; tropical flowers and treee in with the ohatming humming. over the purple Boganvillia ono of calm, soothing pleasu i ht, while there is n • von... nakes or beasts Of prey, The of Jamaica by the last census was 680,000, being at increase of 73,650 during the previous tet years. Of these 14,432 'were whites; mulatoes and quadroons, 100,040; the negrotts were 444,- 186, the remainder being coolies and Chinese. The value of the exports during the year 1885 were £1,408,848; the im- ports for the same period Were 4,487,858. The revenue was £545,000 during the same etiod. The ohief eXpotts Were: Sugar, egoz 826; rum, 4284,053; tropical fruit, £18 , • coffee, £167,281; dye woods, £155,526 , 'raento, £58867; ginger, £20,- 168 ; beesvva *led honey, £7,775 ; cocas, £6,369 ; lance -ea -fend spars, £2,005.. The produce of the lids et is exported BA fol- lows : Great Brit. 87.2 per cent.; 'United States, 42.2 p • cetta Dominion Of Canada 5.4 percent, al ther countries Were represented by 16.2 per • t: t. The set - face of the island is greatly di sided, aid %enables fotmers to oultivift o great .44rcal plants froth th ea level t high on the to tains. Large nininberg 4044100}(10 ses are taieed en the nottheth slopes of the island, where the nutritious Guinea grass affords them excellent pasture all the year rothad. During the year 1885 the exports of rum rom Jamaica Wore 2,080,471 gallows, vane Z234,058. Thig industry is one of the largest in the island, and the rum is export- ed to all parts of the Cheistiett *fetid ealled " good, flee, old jamitiea ruin, of the finest brands in the world." But Oleg, fol- low the distribution of it, and ten eon - sand tittee itnore of alcoholic liquots io errands a await amongst tho Christian (I) nations of our earth, and you find fcknoss, getrotv, tnieery, woo, brolten.,hearted wives dying, murdered by inches by the cruelty tituriken husbands—husbands driven to despait by their untakkg tVIVEgi ELITDbOklOOR et/Alone left is burdens On the community by their drunken parents,1 in 258 gtlus and 780. troops, The crows of drinking themselves to death to try to these ;ships, as well as the troops, were pc, satisfy their ins:040;1e apnettte ler elcoliel mach reduced by fever that theY were un- -that appetite which the more it gets the able to make much resistance, and the more it watts of Oat devil in solution, small gerrieen which Gtaterieor C..lae.coe had until it inaddells tile brein, the horrors of at his conmeand eoeld not add nitteh alga - delirium tremens seize on the uufortunate tive strepsth to the Spatisn throe in the vietitus—and under its vile, stimulating harbor ; so after a few shots had beet ea- effecte robbery, murder and the Meat °hanged he surrendered, and the eepittlae heartless, larutal menage are perpetreted, tem wa,s eigned the next day. Sir Ralph which bring its votaries to our jails, our then appointed Lieutenant-Colonel (after - penitentiaries and the gallows. But, thank weeds the famous Sir Tbomag 1400) to God, the eastern Buddhists Brahmins he the Mist Britien governor of Trinidad. and evbn aeme of the Pagan nations haVe ; a/met:T.4 nem neNegeoue roar, too much sense to tough tine seductive' Pnition, and no doubt many of them will wadheieeileluebkee fitIoleciteifeeroo!oixny'rererertlYniatheagrweeest enter the kingdom of heaven while millionsof prcfe sr achritia winlnrt e IYedtqa t Britain at the wlio seetioha\ooijspaktlgopgoot. ayofATieus,We000sit91vas people' the rein and deselatien it is Spread. • f6%rni31:11113:\Y°hPOPPSSal tre iNmagelreentatdhveannFtaigrese in.g over our weary, yet must have their which would accrue tea eommerciel natien wine, their tweedy, their in, their rum, like Britain from the possession of an thist ci rabiseteirieTadaand wmilillantiootn gfolvresa% the9settingil3seof wilich, from its geograehioal posi- ti n could command the trade of the great a good example to their ehildren, to their rivers of South America, and possessing a neighbors and to the world. Like Caip, harbor in which all the mercantile fleets of when he murdered Abel, is reply t G d as "Am I my brother' Y' keeper e" t -° °- i the world could ride in safety. An idea of W' -Athe volume of this trade may be gathered Godmakes us our brothers keepers, and as , from the fact that Miring the first five the blood of Abel eried to GO fl:°111 tile I years after the capture of the island Btitieh ground on which he WRI3 Blain, so the blood goods to the value of 81,000,000 Were sold of millions who have learned to love Alcohol annually by the merchants of Trini- at their parent's table, or by the influence, dad to the traders from Venezuela example pr persuasion of others, cries now alone. This was the legal trade, from the ground in our cemetertes for vela- but a far larger one was carried on privately, geance on the heads of those who have in- duced them to enter the saloons, or the as is knoWn 1;ly the returns of Col. Pieton to the Secretary of State, that Spanish taverns, the gileed ball -rooms, or the quiet vessels sailing from; Trinidad took goeds of dinner parties to join in drinking British manufacture away with them to that poison which has out short their the value of eight million dollars annually. lives, and brought them down by degrees The fears of Napoleon were groundless, as to suicides—to drunkards' graves. Jamaica British statesmen and the colonistmerely supplies the world with allspice, whith is bent their energies to make Trinidad a not exported in large quantities from any great sugar producing country. The con - other country, Thepimento tree, which is quest by the British was not favorable to tts commercial prosperity at that juneture, as Wilberforce and hie followers were than thundering forth their anathemas against the cruel iniquities of the African slave trade. The British Government, seeing that they must yield to the loud, claims of justice and merey, decided to make Trini- dad an experimental field for the grand work of striking the shackele from the slaves, and they inaugurated their glorious system of manumission in Fruits and spices are easily cultivated, and this island. In spite of this great change a much larger trade might be donem them. in the autonomy of the colony it still pros - Medicinal barks, gums, leaves and roots are produced largely. There are many very useful fibre plants, which will no doubt come into very general use in the manufac- turing arts before many years. The Jamaica Court presented a most interest. ing and imposing scene to Canadians, who, although living so near grand luxuriant tropical scenery, yet never had an oppor- tunity of viewing it before. Trinidad is the most southeastern of the chain of islands lying between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is situated to the eastward of Venezuela, between 10 de. and although lt has its difficulties, it has grees 3 ininutes and 10 degrees 60 minutes been Of very great advantage tothe planters north latitude, and 61 degrees 39 minutes commercially. But what has saved of west longitude from Greenwich, and bas Trinidad from the disastrous resu/ts an area of 1,754 square miles. It was of the great decline in the prioes on the 31st july, 1496, that Colurabus, then of the chief products of the West Indies on his third voyage, first sighted this has been mainly that she did not depend island, to which, when taking possession a upon sugar or any other one or two articles it in the name of the Sovereign of Spain, of her productions, but by cultivating he gave it a tame at once commemorative cams, and following other industries of the date of the discovery and indicative hitherto untried, they have succeeded in of the. faith of the discoverer, who first overcoming the difficulties which had so caught sight of it on Trinity Sunday.' YOB NEARLY A CENTURY (lately threatened their ruin. Sugar is the principal production, but in varying their products the way was opened and brought allied to the nayrtle family, grows abund- antly on the warm limestone hills at eleva- tions of 1,500 to 2,500 feet. Beneath the trees eattle and horses are pastured, feed- ing on the nutritious pimento grass. The woods of Janaaica are very valuable for cabinet work, and also for dyeing purposes. Lignuna vitt°, legwood, fustic, mahogany, rosewood, mountain fig and very many more, which are used for the above pur- poses ; cane grows in large quantities. pared, especially from 1818 to 1829, while Sir Ralph Woedford held the, office of Governor, whose firm and enlightened policy was the salvation of the colony at that critical period. In common with the other West Indian colonies, Trinidad suffered from the manumission of the slaves, and was on the verge of ruin in 1884, but Lord Harris, who was Governor then, adopted the system of coolie immigration, and by his energetic and prompt measures urged that system upon the planters and had it firmly established. That system has been continued to the present time, subsequent to that eventful day the history to the front a body of small proprietors, of the island is involved in obscurity. The who heretofore had only been squatters, little that is known is contained in the who are adding largely to the general chronicles of the Dominican monks who wealth and prosperity of the colony. Not- eccompanied the Conquistadores to that withstanding the prejudice which has island. About 1684 Don Antonio de Bartley existed in all the colonies formerly culti- Ones, the founder of Spanish Guyana, Voted by slave labor against the opening up made Trinidad his heednuarters, and built of the Crown lands to small proprietors, the city of Sat Jose de °rune, 'about six this ',enjoy was established by Sir Arthur miles from the coast of the Gulf of Paris. Gordon, who was Governor ftom 1867 to This town (which remained the united of 1870, and has been successfully carried out the island until a few years before its cap- to the present time with great advantage to ture by the British) was burnt by .Sir the colony, and consequently the Welter Raleigh in 1595. From that time until 1781 the colony made thamely MIDDLE AND LOWER enassus, any progresa, for in 1733 there were only having farms of their own, have in the late 162 male adults in the island (exchisive of crisis scarcely felt the pinnate of the herd Indians and skives), and of these there were times. The trade with the Spanish Main, only twenty-eight whites. The whole though by no Means so flourishing as it mettle of the colony was only $231 thee.. ought to have been, has also been of great In 1781 M. Roume de St. Laurent, a assistance to the colony, and served to sus - French planter of Grenade, when at a telt its eredit., XIs itey be feitly ptedioted visit to the island, was surprised at its that, as Trinidad becomesbetter knowhe extraordinary resources, and fotined 5 its parprieingly large eject varied resources to induce foreign imInigrants to Bottle will be turned to good account, and its in the colony, it thing whicla the Spanish ftuite, roots, woeds, medieinal productions, Government had hitherto prohibited. Be barks, gums, oils, nuts, fibres for inekitig went to Caracas first, atcl *et to Madrid ropes, cloths, etc:, dye woods and many ta obtain the sanction of the Geyer/le:lent other produetiteas Intst be utilized, and fot his poheing, in whioh he Wee successful, will prove to be on enbrmoris advantage to and in November,1783,a dethilo Or Warrant the colony. The climate is healthy, and, wee genteel by the Spatieh niointeeh: with the ordinary preoatitiohs, not hi the This important. undertaking was tonfided least injurious to Europeans. The math to the care Of Don Jose Maria Chaotal; terepetettire isebont 7e e) Fahrenheit dating Who was, destined to be the leet of the the 0°01 Masten, end 79 in the hot season. Spanish Govethore of Trinided. It resulted The soil is very fertile, and seitable to at once in a great infint of popnlation, produce a great variety of etens. Sugar faint the Old Frech island, to Which it and °Mae are its staples coffee hiealto xnuch greater impetus Was given 'a few gtown, And Only for the scarcity of labor years Wet by the events in timed Odonide, it mid tobacco WOW be .grown extensively. which wem prodnged by the French Reit- Cocoa nuts would also be cultivated pre. In 1783 the pinardatiOn Of thefitelely were there a geed stippiy of /abet - island demisted of 126 Whitee, 295 fine ' eta. One of the most remarkable features colored people, 310 sieveif and 2,082 Itidietie. of the island is its Piteh hike of Soule Feurteeri years later, in 1797, the popula- ninety :Otos it extent, Whieh is a consider. tion Was elassifiee at 2,151 whites, 4,4741 able Seethe Of wealth to the colony. The free colored people, 1,078 Indiana and population in 1881 Was 153.128, There are 10,000 slaves, Which shows conclusively the twenty-six gee:I/neve arriving yearly /rent goal damage Whieli Was effeeted by the all.parts of the world. The linports in teithdtitteal of the Spatieli lethhibition 1885 *ere £2,241,478, And the eXpottir against inatiligrantg coining into the colony: 12,246,664, The publie debt on the 8015h It also elieWii how the adVititee of the white Of septoraboi,,,1885-, was i6583,820. Oppo- Mari Mode to thr destriiation of thetridiane, site the Trinidad Cattt the Anglo -Conti - who, On learning The 'deed of 'big pale faced lientel Guano 'Weirks exhibit a collectiOn Of brothers, geen vanieb froth the eetth like invite dine§ froth all parte 01 the Wolici. the morning thoWer or the evanitigaleW. Atte side by side the different varieties' While they deoreased neatly ong.halfo, the ftoin east, yeast,north and south can be other inhabitants increased over elk tiit5s POrtinOted, The tetfie used in oultivating 59 tidily. The entinstroad of the iskpa was the tate :Lita making sugararo also slierivh, eortiecl on by One emell ship of 1e0 tote and spedinene of the ket-killing, thong:beet betcleleptevitares to 1788,allidi vitateaTritt. and cithe, berate Make the •dithibit it veil chid fittii the Batch Island of St. BusW attractive hria intdregatis bile. When We tious thiCie tiitree eadh put; and &ought etteeider the Voetriete 'Of the territerieS, arid ortieles cis the colonists tacit:tired', the hundreds Of niilliong of Warne:Sal •feit Which they oxobuirged thine 6adeAf Outs rifled irver bV Britain, we ate le'd to vanilla, indigo and cottee: From 1784 to inquire wbet is the titesource of her greet. 1701 the- average tonnagewitsbetween 1,000 ries& P,viclently the Bible. This IS the and 8,000 tens per annutil ), in 180 it read great lever which has taisedher to that proud to 15,000 tone. The total tonnage lot the aseendermy, that pileinicleo OWeri• that colony in 1885 was 1;069,121 tete: OA the mighty influence which she holds ainonget 16th February, 1797, tt Health ilea of the nations of the earth: Tho Bible 18 The eighteen veseels, carrying NO guns, finder sword which shall slay infidelity, it is the the centhiand ot Adelina BotVey, gelled Intininet tvluob shall etrish artinicelineeg, into- the Gulf Of Perla With 6;150' troops from earth don te ita native hell frein tinder Sir Ralph Abeteteriaby, Thete wore Whenee it Carrie, it IS the God-given power in the hatbOttenteSpaniell Vesgola, carry- which shell .taigo, the World to that high moral and religious pre-eminence whicd4 shell lead men In every land to look upon hie fellow -roan as a brother. Then peva and goodwill shall reign supreme upon this earth, and loud preens of praise tO the great Father of all shall resound and reyerherate thronghout tho mighty vault of heaven, and atgel voices shall take up the loucl ac- claim: Glory to God in the highest; peace on earth, man ie freed from the dread curse of elcohol, that demon in solution is lataished. from yonder menden° sphere , down to his native bell, never, never to purse mat again. Row, Sharpers " ayerk Dnuntry atheee. A eorrespondent writing from Linwood describes the methods of sharpers who have lately been infesting Waterloo end Wellington counties and working MI the eastegoing and unsuspicious shepkeeper. Re says that two sharpers liave been work- ing in that district in the following man- ner : " Sharper No. 1 goes into a store, purchases some trifle and lays down a ii20" bill. When the elerk has made up the change the sharper objects to its bulk and. substitutes, we will say, a §10 bill, He then gets the attention of the clerk by talk- ing and, sharper No. 2 conies in from the buggy and pays for the article. Sharper No. 1 now gets back his big bill by picking it out from the pile of money on the coun- ter, and the pair are out of sight before the clerk discovers that the sharper has not. only taken his met money but also some of the merchant's." Clerks sheuld be ontheir guard against any such dodge. Dird Stories. In a great storm of snow and sleet last winter, in England, the wings of rooks froze fast to their bodies and hundreds of the birds were killed by falling trees, being unable to fly. yiegount Arbuthnot, of London, has a brown eagle that has been in his possession caged for more than twenty years. He always supposed it to be a mak until Maid. an egg on April 5th: A correspondent of the London Field tells of a robin that built its nest on a shelf in,his dressing -room and ha a laid threeeggs in it. He says of the mother robin and her mate "A, small window is always open a few inthes, and of a morning when dressing one or the other of the birds will be at the opening watching me and enter he room the moment I leave it." Laws that are Not Enforced. The Obi° Legislature recently passed a. law declaring that "the husband is the head of the family." ]tis easy enough for a set of cowardly men loafing at the State Capital, away from home, to make a law like that. Let them go home and shout it , and attempt to carry out its provisions. There is a law that says the colored man must have the same rights as the white man and can sit in the best seats in an Opera House. Personally the colored man does not care to try it on.—New Orleans Picayune. Most Difficult. Looking up from a desk which had just. been given him, the ambitious young re- porter, fresh from the favorite educational: institution of the State, thus addressed the grim old editor : "What do you find it most difficult for inexperienced vien to write ?" "Sense," the old fellow replied. There was nothing harsh in liis voice, yet the young fellow turned to his desk and didn't speak again during the evening. All }essential Difference. Major Kincaid (who has just popped)_ I'm not so very old, Miss Daisy. King Solomon was over a hundred, you know,. when be married, and I'm sure he made a good husband. Miss Crozier—Yes, but be had so many wives at a time that the—er—care of him was nicely distributed, don't you know. Gastronomical. She—I like this place immensely sinoe. they have the new French chef. He (weak in his French, but generous to. fault)—Waitala bring chef for tveo. Tins year being the tercentenary of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, it is. proposed to hold at Peterborough an his- torical exhibition of portraits, rings, mis- sals, and all objects ofinterest connected with that unfortunate Queen. The exhi- bition will be opened on the 13th of July and closed On or about the 9th of August, so as to include the date of Queen Mary's burial in Peterborough Cathedral, The Queen hem given her patronage to the un- dertaking, and the Dean of Peterborough is the president of a very influential come Mittee by which the exhibition will be, inalaaged. Sixteen toms of licerice root, out and baled, is ready for shipment frointhe ramth of Isaac Leal, Sacramento Valley, Califor- nia, who has Made quite h success of its culture. "It's a solemn thing,young taith,"said the broken-hearted father, "to borne into the home of an old man and take away his only daughter, the light of the household, and the prop and solace of his declining years. , But you have my blessing, and I wish you every Joy, and--." "But I won't take her away, sir," interrupted the young man, in- expressibly affected. "We'll both stay with you." One of the world's energetic and succeed- frd women is Elise Buckingham, who. Manages a fruit fajta ef setterin hundred acme it Cantor/lie, and makes money at it. She urgesotherwoinen to take up the smile kind of work, Mr which she thinks women are well fitted: New York My has eight &Awed_ physioians. Fterieh teriewl Who was hieeed fee bed singing, gave tluci little endech to the andienee '" Ladies and gentian -len, I have a wife And five children to Stinnett. Ther' fore, it 18 useless fOr you to hiss ; for, being a vat husband and father, I shall be Obliged te ging as long its I havebreath." Biehati White, of Paninayleania, Wee. Sitting Ond day at dinner with tiler bola fixioncie& Of revolutionary tlineeti Robert Morris, when the latter said: "Ilishop, X have made my will, and have devised tO you all rey iniptdence,." "In that ease? replied the Pishop, "you have certainly left moth° greater pett Of Stolle estate." " Yes, Ilieliep," inteeposeA IVira, White,, rind 115 18 pleat that you bead Mitered inn, inediately liven peer inharitithee,"