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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1885-11-27, Page 2IMMIIIIMMIN.M011111. 1 P•11. n irr1111l HOUSEHOLD. Aunt Susan's Opinion. iafepuard,acoording to German military au - I've ben over to the Johnson's a-visitln,' thorities, but its siege would be more dif- an' I'm free to say that I hasn't been so nil- fioult than in 1870. ed up in a good spell as I was there. They A genuine Engna t sole is reported to treated me first rate, an' Mis Johnson, she have been caught in Long Island Sound near seemed real glad to see me, an' urged me to New Haven, a few days ago, and sent to a come agin, but it was the foolishness of prominent naturalist for preservation, them girla that stirred me up so.« Of thirteen lynchings conducted by one They've got what the papers call the de- band of vigilantes in Montana during the eorative craze." They've got it real bad, too, three months, it is claimed that the right I dunno how they'll come out of it. If they man was hanged in twelve instances, Agit over it, I'm dreadful afraid it'll leave ens kind o' senseless. They seem that way, Careful examination shows that in Mas - new, to me. 1 could oure'em of it, if they saohnsette 32 per cent. of females in the wasmy girls. I'd prescribe a good, thurer laboring classes and 11 per cent. of males amuse o' hoose -work for 'em, an' I'd make work on Smiley, in addition to their week - 'em take it in good sized doses ev'ry day. ly services'. New I hain't no objections whatever to The Russian Government hats decided that seem' things fixed up nice an' party. I like liquors shall be retailed only in hotels and to see 'em so, but there's sense in all things. eating houses, As a result of this edict 90,- I say it's all nonsense to tie rlbbine round 000 volka shops will be closed on Jen, 1, the lege o' the chairs, an' it's all foolishness 1886, to bring in an old milk -stool an' paint it, an' A court martial recently condemned the daub pinters all over it, an' put bows on it, chief surgeon of a Rhenish infantry regiment an' set it in a corner an' call it ornamental. to nine years in the penitentiary for illegal - It ain't purty, an' it ain't useful, an' if ly letting cff young men from military ser - things ain't one thing or tether, what's the vice. cod o' havin' 'em round.' MiA Jaatice In Georgia recentlyundertook g " I don't fancy 'em," sez s Johnson, sez she to me, " but land 1 they're all the go. an' to marry two couples at once and married the girls won't be behind the times. I dun• both women to one of the men before he was aware of the fact. He afterward got the matter straightened out to the satisfaction of the contracting parties, The Commission appointed by the Spanish Government to investigate the great An- dalusian earthquakes last Christmas report that over 17,000 buildinga were injured in Granada and Malaga, of which 4,400 were ruined; 745 persons were killed, and .1,485 wounded. An ocean steamer lately took out to New Zealand a consignment of bumble bees, At present clover does not seed in that country, because there are no bumble bees to fertilize the flowers. The importer hopes that the bumble bees will save him 85,000 a year in clover seed. The price of the Genesta, ssya the .London Court Journcd, is going up. Four thonaand pounds starling has been refused, but it is intimated that a compromise between that sum and the price asked for the cutter, £6,- 000, may be effected. This should mean that five thousand will do it. THE WORLD OVBR,i Killing a Man -Eater. Only two oreaturee are distinctly known as "man-eaters," namely, the shark and the tiger. Thousands of human beings are devoured annually in India by tigers, so that nothing can strike greater consterna. tion into the hearts of the poor defenceless villagersof that great country than the cry of "tiger 1" Any one who kills one of these beasts is regarded as a public benefactor; and perhaps among the reasons why the Brit- ish have gained sucha foothold in the ooun- try, is that Englishmen are so passionately fond of hunting, scores and hundreds of tigers, not to mention other wild animals, falling victims to their prowess every year, An officer in the Britiah army of India gives the following desoription of his filet experi- ence with a man-eater I waited for daylight with much anxiety, and directly there was sufficient light, t got nay people up and started for the place where we had tied a calf. Soarot3ly two hundred yards had been passed when we heard the tiger, which infested that part of the forest, roar loudly. My guide, the father, of the only remain- ing family in the village, whispered, "Wuh hal—that he is 1" I replied, " If you run, you are a dead man. Keep behind us." Placing in frontmy headjhunter, Mangkalee, who has a very good eight, while, in the dark, my own is very bad, we hurried along the path. Coming to some rooks from which I knew that the tied -up calf could be seen, and thinking that the ahikaree might not have remembered the spot, I pulled him back cautiously. I looked. There was the white calf, apparently dead. Mangkalee remark- ed as much in a whisper. The younger shikareo, Nursoo, was behind mo on the left. We all gazed at a tail, The distance was some sixty yarda from us, but we could not make out the tiger. At length the end of the tail moved. Nursoo, making a similar anotiun with his fore• finger, whispered in my ear, " Doom- hilta-has" (The tail's moving). I now made out the body of the animal clear enough, Not a blade of grata nor a leaf was between us. A single forest tree, without a branch on it for thirty feet from the ground, was twenty yards nearer the tiger. It was very probable that he would see us, but it must be naked ; so pressing down my shikareo, Mangkalee, with my hand be- hind me, and keeping the trunk of the tree between the foe and me, while I said with in myself, " If I get behind that tree with- out your seeing me, you're a dead tiger," I passed rapidly forward. So intent was the huge beast upon the poor calf, that it did not hear ms. I placed the boa rola of my rifleagainat the tree, but was obliged to wait. The tiger and the calf lay contiguous, tails on end to us, The calf's neck was in the tiger's mouth, whose large paws embrac- ed his victim. I looked, waiting for some change in the position of the body, to allow me to aim at a. vital part. There were some forty paces between us. At length the calf gave a struggle, and kicked the tiger, on which the latter clasp- ed him nearer, arching hie own body, and exposing the white of bis belly and chest. I pulled the trigger very slowly, aiming at the white and firing for his heart,—he was on his left side,— as if I was firing at an egg for a thousand pounds. I knew that 1 laic the spot aimed at, but, to my astonishment, the tiger sprang up several feet in the air with a roar, rolled over, and towards me,—for he was on high- er ground than I wan,—when, bounding to hie feet as if unscathed, he made for the mountains, the laet rock of which was with- in forty yards of him. Immediately the tiger sprang to his feet and exposed hie broad side to me, I stepped from behind the tree and shot him through the heart. He went straight and at undi- minished speed, each bound covering fifteen feet at least, for twentyfive yards, and then fell on his head under the lowest rook of the mountain, in which was his stronghold. His extreme leng'h, as he lay dead, wee ten feet eight inches ; his tail was only three feet three. Hits head was very large. The points of all his large fangs were consider- ably broken ; this had saved the calf, who, though much scratched and with sundry holes in his neck, was alive, and is now well and happy with my milah cattle at Naypore. The new fortifications around Paris are no no's there'll be a solitary thing in the house that ain't decorated by the time they git thrn. Jeat see this boot -jack," sez she, an' Y swan if that hadn't been " decorated " an' had a big blue bow on it 1 " An' 'totherday the girfa read about it bein' all the rage to have a decorated bucket in the parlor, an' they've been a huntin' all over the neighbor- hood to find one that ust to bo need in some- body's well. Father, he saga its all foolish- ness, but 1 s'pose the girls like it, an' want to be kind o' like other folks." " I agree with him," sez I. " It is all foolishness." It a e't style. It never will be. It's jest folks a tryin' to do somethin' an' they don't know what. A thing ain't worth spendin' time an' money over unless there's some idee in it, an' you can't say there is one idee of sense in boot -jacks with bows on 'ern. Bows ain't intended for boot -jacks, an' boot - jacks ain't intended for parlor ornaments. It's ridio'I'ue fer folks to putter with such nonsense an' try to make themselves think they'er bein' artistic 1 Artistic ? Pehaw 1 There ain't the first thing artistic about it ! It Is doubtful if a legislative bodyin Its worse than the card -board craze that g any wo had a few years ago, an that was bad country ever passed a law that was so com- enough. If girls would only get up a little pletely and universally ignored aa the anti - enthusiasm over helpin' their mother an' treating act of the last Legislature of Ne- makin' things pleasant for her, it 'ud be a vada. Everybody claims the right to treat great deal nacre to their credit. Decorate a friend, and the claim is so reasonable that her life with little acts o' klndnesa that she even the officers do not dispute it. can appreciate. They will make you look It required three men with a large wagon better to her than all your fess -work, an' to move in lively fashion during the whole you 11 git real pleasure out of it, fer there's of a day lately to gather up and return to an idee o' some in it. Its bright'nin' up other Hillsdale College, Mieh., the 600 chairs and folks' lives, an' I take it we can't spend benches that had been distributed among our time in a more aatisfact'ry kind o' deco- the barna and fields in the neighboring ratin' than that is. Fritterin' away tier e on e.onntry on the preceeding night by the coot -jacks an' buckets, an' tyin'ribbins on students. to ohair legs, an' all Bich outlandish foolish- Late measurements give the height of the nese makes folks shaller, an' selfish, an' all Mexican volcano, Popocatepetl, as 17,S09 on the outside. Its jest dein thioga fer feet above the sea. The crater, which is show, an' tryin' to cover up old trumpery so completely obscure within by sulphurous it'll look fancy to other foolish folks. It vapor, is about 2e miles in circuit and 1,000 ain't good sense, or good taste, or good any- feet deep. The entire centre of the top of thing.— AUNT SUSAN. Choice Becipee. the mountain seem,‘ to be solid sulphur, which is deposited at the rate of about a ton a day. BROWN Bamen.—Three cup's of corn meal, At the Garman naval port of Wilhalme- two cams of ryemeal, one tablespoonful of haven, on the North Sea, a number of la - salt, two heaping tabbespoonfula of molasses, borers who were engaged he cleaning the mix with water or milk soft enough to pour iron hull of a steamer ate the museela they in a pan ; bake slowly three hoursor steam ford clinging thereto. The consequence was that nineteen of the men were taken two hours and bake one. ms BUTTEBBSILx MUFFINS —These have but violentlypoison ill,gawndth nuthe course of a few of poisoning, i and in the course a few to be tried to became a atanding breakfast hours four of them died, dish. Beat hard two eggs into a quart, and ra An old Inhabitant of the English village stir in flour to make a thick batter—about a quart when it is mixed—and lastly, a tea- spoonful of salt and the sumo of soda. Bake is a hot oven in wall -greased tins. Muffins of all kinds should be cat around the edge, then pulled open with the fingers. Fzsn PODDING.—Take a well -cleaned fish, sad after boiling pick it free from the bones, whish Inst put over the fire, with a little of the water that the fish was boiled in, and let them stew gently. In the meantime put the flesh of the Bah on a mortar, and pound fine. Then mix it with the water from the bones and sufficient milk or cream. Season with white pepper, salt, and a grate of nutmeg. After standing a short time, this will be- come a white jelly, and should be served with a rich white sauce. Snow CASE Half a cupful of granulates: sugar, one tabieepoonful of butter, two eggs, one cupful of flour, and a teaspoonful of baling powder and two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk. Bake in a square pan and cut into little egnarea when cool. For the snow, take one cupful of stewed and sifted sour apples, ono cupful of white sugar, and the white of one egg Beat all thoroughly to - of Wednesbury, named Edward Hampson, a coachsmith, has jest come into possession of $4.000,000 under the will of his uncle, Adam Roades, cattle dealer, of New Zea- land. Roades, who was a Wednesbury man, left his native town fifty-three years ago almost penniless, and since that time he has acquired his wea:th by means of cattle farming. The French Government has commission- ed Lien. Palat, who is about to undertake a journey across the Sahara desert, from the Mediterranean Sea to Timbuctoo, to in- quire into the feaa'bility of establishing a caravan route between the Soudan and Al- geria, with a view to diverting to that pro- vince some of the commerce of the Soudan. ese and Saharan tribes that now flows only to Morocco and Tripoli, One hundred and five years ago Nicholas Thomas and Lucy Somes lived in Mt. Desert Me., and wanted to be married. There was no minister within thirty miles and so they married themselves, On the town records ander date of 1780, is the contract which they drew up and signed—agreeing, in gether, and spread between your squares of "the presence of God, the angels, and these witnesses, to love, to cherish and nourish, ca e. Vi a x A BBFAD.—Sift in a pan, four lbs. and to "love, honor, and obey," as husband and if as long as God should continue of flour, move it from the centre to the their liven, sides, and pour on one qnart of milk and To Mr. Willis, the well-known 73ritish water, and stir into it sufficient flour to student operator isphotography, form a thin batter ; then add a pint of milk she aucc and achieved in the aoIs doe in which is dissolved an ounce of salt, and chemical .printing in metallic platinum pho o. one and three -fourth ounces of yeast. Com its metallic state as a meta, but In obtain - in er the pan with, a cloth and set for three- in rmanent and radical results b a obtain - quarters of an hour in a place free from g Pe P Y draughts. Then stir in the rest of the flour method in which the particles of pigments until the dough will leave the surface of the forming the pioturea are imbedded in and pan, andlet it stand two and one half hours ; entangled among the fibre of the paper on divide the masa into one -pound pieces, to be which they are printed, not depending for their e,dheafon on the use of any sizing ma. sett into twelve parte, each. Make them in tenial, Paper is coated with a mixture - of to square pieces a little more than three aqueous solutions of ferric oxalate and t inches thick, and turn the corner toward q pot. the *entre, turn over on the moulding -board, aside chloroplatinate, then dried, and ex- the thirty minutes, then bake in a hot Posed to light ander a negative. After' it oven ten minutes. has had a sufficient exposure it is floated on a hot aqueous solution containing teetaasie seagasssers—..... oxalate and a salt of platinum. This solo - The Charleston News and Courier says tion instantly davolopec the picture, which there ie a deplorable condition of, morals Is then washed in one or two solutions' to among the colored people on the Sea Islands. remove the chemical salts adhering to the If left to themselves they will sink to the Paper. lowest level of degradation in a few gener- aliens. Here is a wide field for missionary soh i LittleeaohJoer y,on he knew being wraked by his ant effort. by "at par," replied that "Ma was, always Handy Hester, a colored citizen of Jas- at pa when he came home late." per, Gm, purchased a bedstead from a lady of his color last March for twenty cents. Ho Billy's little Mister had fallen and hurt he paid fifteen cents on the bedstead in two nose ; and she Dried a great deal over it payments, and recently asked permission to Hearing hie mother tell her to be careful -visit her, but was positively refused on the lest she'd emelt it next time, he said ground that he had not paid the remaining " Wh at's bis thews ahe good of a nolo to her I She nfive center, Glints of Home Life. BY ANNIE L. JACK, Au'.umn is passing. The children aro busy biding a pumpkin and some large white tur- nips for the witching hours of Hallowe'en. There are no leaves left on the vines, and any bunches of grapes that are left in the vineyard are frozen and taatelesa except the little frost grape that improves by freezing, as some natures improve by the touch. of ad- versity. The nights are fresh with the breath of near November, but the middle of the sunny days are treaaures.to value, and delight in. And though wo regret the sum- mer, and the golden autumn, there isa charm about the so-called " dreary " month ' bo - fore us .that is very pleasant to those housekeepers who have been busy all through the season, For we can settle down to sew or read or enjoy the shut in privil- eges while the rain beats on the roof and " The vine still clings to the mouldoring wall, And at every gust the dead leaves fall." To day we made a new soup that seems so suited to the season that it is worth while transcribing it. There were some fine cauli- flower in the garden end we cut one up, soaked in water for an hour, and chopped it fine with an onion, a bunch of parsley and a little seasonirg. It wasboiled till tender in two quarts of water and then two cups of milk added and ono tablespoonful of butter rolled in flour, This thickens it suflioient. ly and it is poured into the souptureen on the top of three or four soda craokors, and eaten with cream crackers. It certainly is very nice, I suppose it is not generally known that in boiling cauliflower, cabbage, or anything strong smelling, aorust of broad boiled in the pot will destroy any disagree- able odor. How nnpleaaant it is to go into a parlor and smell the fragrant onion or calm bage that has formed part of the dinner, or the steam from the soap suds, But the witches aro out. I see the glimmer of a Will o' the Whip afar off, Perhaps it is a fair r maiden taking a lantern to pull a atrafght hail stock ; if so that breaks the charm, But the laugh is merry, the hearts are light and gay, there is happiness among the young folk, and they can afford to be merry at the expense of ghosts, past and present, The Red Indican of Newfoundland. BY A, 0, 1VINTON. Little is known of the once powerful though now extinct Bethuka or B000thio tr.be of red Indiana, the aborigines of New- foundland, that at one time sported along the sea•ootst, and in the interior of the country, pitching their wigwams along the margin of its beautiful lakes and river., which teem with fish of the finest descrip- tion, and giving chase to the noble oarribon or reindeer that in vast numbers traversed the country from north to south, displaying their skill in the handling of the bow and arrow which they Den use with great dexter- ity, and shooting the rapids with their Light swift canoes, made from skins or the bark of birch trees neatly sewn tpgether. One oan',easily imagine that Newfoundland, with its wild animals, its numerous lakes and rivers teeming with fiah, its marshes swarm- ing with poarmigana, curlew, plover and snipd, whilst on the plains or barrens may be met counties herds of reindeer; what a paradise this must have been to these wild and savage aborigines, where :— "Untamed, untaught, !norms or arta unskilled; Their patrlmonal soil they rudely tiUed, Chased the tree rovers of the savage wood, Buena, ed the wild bird, swept tile scaly flood ; Or whoa the halcyon sported in the bre, re, In light canoes they skimmed the rippling sea, The passing moment,;all their bliss or Dare ; Such as their sires had been—the children were." Here they sported along its shores, and, with the returning winter, sought refuge in the Interior, where amidst its beautiful forests ;game, in abundance could still be found. Here in perfect security, their hunting groundimnintrudedupon, they erect- ed their wigwams far from the reach of civ- ilization. Here in perfect happiness and savage luxury they reigned undisturbed. When, therefore, John Cabot discovered Newfoundland in 1497, and came in contact with the aborigines of the island, who were clothed with skins and painted with red oohre, they naturally beheld his approach with terror and astoniehment, thinking that the ship be had traversed the ocean with, was an enormous bird or animal. As no re- sistance was made, and as they seemed in- clined to come to friendly terms, Cabot, with his crew, landed, and at once a friendly in- tercourse took place amongst them, It is evident that they must have become warm and close friends, for on Cabot taking leave of the New -found -land, three Indians aeoom- panied him on his return voyage. But, un- fortuuately, the discovery of the ieland pfov- ed fatal to them, From the firet frierdiy feelings had always existed between the In- dians and their white invaders ; this friend- ship, however, could not last long. The In- dians, reared in their savage state, knew not the difference between right and wrong. Children of the forest though they were, loving the wild nature and freedom which were always theirs, bounding through the thick forests seeking the wild birds, and chasing the reindeer over barrens, on their swift and powerful steeds. To euro them of their wild and s,vage state was impos- sible. When the island, therefore, became more thickly populated, the Indians became more and more reserved towards the whites. They now suspected that their territory would be taken from them acd become the property of their invaders. Already the axe of the woodman and settler could be heard resounding through the forest., The sea- coast began to swarm with men, busy and eager to gather the fortune that awaited them. Here, on the waters, could be seen bea'a of all nations gathering in the harvests that were of more value than the rich minds of Chili and Peru or the diamond fields of Africa ; and over the barrens could be heard the sound of the rifle, as the hunter or trap- per emerged from the outskirts of the for- est, and bounded over the plains, scattering the rabbits or hares from their covers, in their wild and mad career. No wonder, that envious and jealous feelings gathered within the breasts of the Indians, as they saw their beautiful forests give way before the march of civilization, the wild animals robbed of their beautiful furs and thesea of its riches. Inetead of friendly intercourse with the whites, a feeling of revenge and hatred came over them. These savage children of the forest began at first to show a tendency to appropriate the white man's goods and wares whenever the opportunity occurred; this'led to disputes and finally bloodshed. The bunters and trappers felt that the Indians were a source of annoyance, and they were looked upon as only fit to be destroyed. The peace and harmony which the Indians had previously erjoyed were now about to be ended forever. 'Their hunting grounds were invaded by a tribe of Micmacs from Cape Breton and Nova Scotia, who, having learnt the use of fire -arms, carried on a war of extermination against them, which con- tinued for a number of years. The Govern- ment made strenuous efforts to bring about a peaceful settlement, but of no avail. The. unfeeling, barbarous hunters and trappers, assisted by the savage brutality of the Mice mace, had raised the savage nature of the once powerful red Indians, and at length "war to the knife" was proclaimed between the two races. Everywhere the Bathuko were hunted like wolves, Their bows and arrowa could avail them nothing against the fire -arms of their invaders. disne,inoluding the ohief,acoompanied Lieut. Buchan back to a place where he had left some presents, promising to be bank the next morning. As the Indiana and whites had become very friendly, two of the whites remained behind until the return of Lieut. Buchan the next morning, The followi'tlg day, finding that Lieut. Buohan bad not re- turned with their ohief, the Indians began to suspect treachery and immediately mur- dered the two ire and fled, Shortly after Lieut Buchan returned and was horrified to find the corpses of the two men with the heads severed from the body, The Indiana who had accompanied him, seeing what had occurred, and fearing that a similiar fate awaited them, if they remained, fled, and were never seen again. (TO BE CONTINUED,) MISCELL©NIOUS ITEMS. In order to bring about a reconciliation, the Governor, Sir John Duckworth, soon after his arrival in St. John's, in the sum- mer of 1810, issued a proclamation enjoining all persons who came in contact with the red Indiana to treat thorn with kindness so as to oonolliate their affections. He also offered to anyone who should bring about and establish a permanent peace upen a firm and settled footing, the sum of one hundred pounds, andauoh a person he would honor- ably mention to Hia Majesty the King. But, unfortunately, it came too late ; the In- dians who had at onetime maintainedfriend- ly relations with the white man, became at length fierce and implacable fees, and rotes - ed all overtures for peaceable intercourse. In the Autumn of the same year, Lieut,, Buchan, with the asaiatance of 'William Cull, formed an exploring party for the purpose of seeking the Indianaand if possible opening up communication with them. Having pen- etrated about one hundred and thirty miles in the interior, he came upon Bomb wigwams of the Indiana, These he surrounded, and their occupants, to tho number of seventy, fell into his hands. He soon, however, ovor- oame their terror, and established a peaceful foetingwith them. beefngthatthe white men wore friends instead of foes, four of the In, One minute's imprisonment in jail was the punishment imposed on a man charged in a Clarendon (Ark, ) court with having sold the products of land for which he had failed to pay the rent: The trial occupied several days, and up: n the verdiot being pronounced the condemned walked across the court room and placed himself in charge of the Sheriff, who took him to the jail, where he served out one minute's time. The general depression of trade has made itself very eeverely feltin the artist world of England. Some of the artists, poor fel- lows, have been reduced to sore etraita, as pictures are about tido first things average humanity economizes in when it wishea to draw in the reins of self indulgence. Well- known artiste of established reputation find it difficult to dispose of their productions, and it is said that one painter has been so far reduced that he is glad to keep the pot of life boiling by the lowly industry of clean- ing u, Poole,picttheresfamous London tailor, who died some time ago, was no Cookneybut a Simon- pure Yankee. The Ame•ricen Anglo -man- iacs who patronized him under the fond de- lusion that he was thoroughly ' Eoglieh, you know," felt thoroughly disgusted when they learned the truth. The fact of the matter is, it is extremely doubtful if first-class Am- erican tailors are not facile princeps in their business. And that English tailors, the real sort, that is those who have never been anywhere else but in England, with all their excellencies, have not the same gift of giv- ing stylish finish and cut to clothes as the architects on this side the water, Here is a good example of the practical value of knowledge anti the disadvantages of ignorance as to the relative values of things. A Connecticut man received a Persian rug as a present, Small-souled oreature and bargain -hunter that ho was, ho got an opportunity to trade it for an iugrain carpet and snatched at the chance, thinking he had a good thing. The man who gave the carpet was equally ignorant of the value of the rug, and so were several other ignor- amuses through whose hands it passed in course of trade. Finally, a connoisseur got posaeseion of it for $20 and found no difficul- ty in disposing of it for twenty tie es what ho had paid for it. What is the use of casting pearls before swine? The days of skating are coming round again, and already pleasing anticipations of many an hour's pleasat t sport are making glad the hearts of youth, and of a good many also that are not so young, Graceful- ness is nine -tenths of the art of skating, and all who indulge in this moat exhila-sting of all winter sports, should seek with all their power to secure a graceful esariage while on the ioe. If there is anything awkward - looking on earth it is the skater who sprawls along at an angle of thirty or thereabouts, with arms going like the wings of a wfipd- mill, and legs exhibiting curious gyrations. There is no greater mistake that young skaters can make than to sacrifice grace for mere rapidity. Such rapidity is too dear- ly bought. Nobody need despair of a Chinaman. He learns the ways of the white man's civillze- tion with remarkable quickness. A good example of this Domes from California, where they have recently establiahed a trades un- ion, and tested it a few days ago in the most approved fashion by ordering a strike of the, sixty celestials employed in a cigar factory where there were 28 white laborers, the sole object being to compare the dismissal of the latter. There was no complaint about wages —the offensiveness of pale -faced competition it was that troubled Ah Sin, The, strike appears to be exactly of a kind with, the coal miners' strike it Wyeming against Chinese labor, except that the heathens have shown a superior humanity and regard for the forma of law, A St. Louis paper deals very auoceasfully with those crude thinkers who Aro constant- ly bewailing low prices as if they were a na- tional calamity. "Is it," nays this level-head- ed journal, "a calamity that a million fam- ilies shonldibe able to buy flour at 21 instead of 3 cents a pound ; sugar at 7 instead of 10 cents; a cookinstove for$0hist eadof$15;, a suit of clothes for $5 instead of $10; and a blanket for $2 instead of $4 ? Are there not more consumers than producers in the country, and are not low prices, therefore, favorable to the larger number V Of coarse they are. Every father of a family can See through that problem with half an eye. So let nobody be deceived by anybody's wan- ings about low prions, it is himself be le mourning over, nothing else. To give lawyers their due they are a pretty, long suffering class in their relation to the judges. They have a reaped for the Bench whioh it takes a good deal to overthrow is the person of any partionlar occupant there- of, The majority of them reveal a submis- siveness of feeling in receiving inubbii;ka from their Lordships which nays a great deal for their self-restraint. And so we oon- elude that things must be in a very bad way, indeed, when a resolution like the following, respecting the Judge of the County Went- worth, was carried by a vote of 51 to 4 by the Hamilton bar:—"Resolved,—That the dissatisfaction existing in the minds of a large number of the bar of this county with his Honor the Judge of this county, owing to his habitual discourtesy towards them while in the discharge of hie duties as Judge, is well founded, and is a matter of extreme re- gret." Thiele certainly very strong. If not too strong, then tho Judge in question la assuredly unfit for his position. A man who Is "habitually discourteous" in the discharge of his duties has utterly mistaken his func- tions.