HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1885-12-04, Page 3The Lachine Bridge.
The construction of a new bridge oro the
St. Lawreuoe river is not yet an event that
ocoure so frequently as to pass unnoticed,
and in many teapeots the new bridge at La.
ohne the contracts for whioh have hoes let
by the Canadian Bacifio Railway Company,
ie as important au occurrence in the hlsto:y
of Canadian railways, at least, as was the
oonatuetion of the Victoria bridge gometwen-
ty-five years ago, The Viotoria Bridge not
only opened a winter outlet to the sea for
Oaneda that was independent of olimatio in
ifuenoes, but it opened a way for the pro-
ducts of the West to reach the met the year
round. The Leohine Bridge will break the
monopoly held by the Grand Truuk as the
owners of the only bridge across the St. Law-
renes, and it will, with the addition of a
abort piece o£ road, complete the Canadian
Pacific Railway without a break from ocean
to ocean. As a piece of engineering work
the new bridge cannot begin to compare with
Stephenson', masterpiece, the great tube
3,460 yards in length, onoo one of the won -
dere of the world ; but will be a more settle -
factory bridge as a bridge. It is to be au
iron trues girder, resting upon eleven piers,
and 1,057 yards in length from abutment to
abutment. The spane, with the exception
of the two great channel spans of 409 feet
each, are comparatively short, and,
the only striking feature will be theariee
of the girder in these spans above the
traok. .At the abutments the track will be
eixty feet above the water, and a somewhat
striking feature of the stone work is the in-
sertion of four panels on each side ;of each
abutment bearing the arms of the provinces.
Already a line has been constructed from
the Mile End Station of the Canadian Paci-
fio to within a few miles of the site of the
proposed bridge, and it is tt be carried across
the Grand Trunk line and tee canals with-
out any special engineering feature. Upon
the south bank of the river a lint is to be
built to connect with the South -Eastern at
St. Johns, and thus a oouneotion is to be
made with all points south. From West
Farnham, on the South•Eaetern, a connect-
ion has to be made to Lennoxvillo, there to
connect with the line of the International
Company, the corporation last devoured by
the Canadian Yaoiflo. An almost perfeot
air -stns will thus be completed between
Montreal and the Maritime Provincee. The
Ontario and Quebec Short Line, for whioh a
charter has already been obtained, is to run
from Smith's Fella to St. Ann's, where it
eroeees the Ottawa alongside the Grand
Trunk, and passing through St. Genevieve
it will efioot a junorioa with the approach
to the bridge upon the high level. When
these links, all dependent upon tho bridge.
are completed, the Canadian Pacific will
have by far the shortest route from Toronto
as well as from Winnipeg to the sea by way
of the Maritime Provinces and the comple-
tion of the Credit Valley from St. Thomas
to the Detroit River will complete their line
as a competitor of the Grand Trunk in al.
most every particular, and they will have
the advantage of an air line.
Boycotting with a Vengeance.
One of the most extraordinary contests
between two classes of people in thesame
country is now in progress in Ireland, ao-
cornpanied by the usual exhibitionsof burn-
ing animosity conspicuous in the contentions
of that warm-hearted and mercurial people.
Cablegrams say that the government; finds
the task of fighting this boycotting with the
police to be a most formidable and vexatious
strain upon the resources for the praerva-
tion of the peace of the country. Thia is
easily conceivable when it is understood that
families who have talon land from whioh
former tenants had been evicted find it not
only impossible to work it, but even to ob.'
tain the nooeesaries of life from the shop-
keepers of the vicinage.
One of the oddest forms which this system
of boyootting has assumed is the. refusal of
the Cattle Dealer.' association of Munster to
ship oattle to England in the vessels of the
Cork steamship company, unless the com-
pany refuses to ship cattle boycotted by the
National league. In fact, the demand is that
no oattle be shipped unless the shipper can
produce ,certificate of league membership.
Oae curious part of this procedure is that
neveraI stockholders of the company are
land leaguers, andthat a majority of them
are liberals in politics. This gives color to
the change on their pert that the catttle deal-
ers are only making these demands in the
interest of monopoly.
Another curious circumstance in this met-
anoholy contention is that the boycotters are
indirectly working against the interest of
cattle raisers in the country, for the reason
that if the cattle are not shipped the values
of those remaining iu the country must
largely .decline.,
Indian Sumner.
There is nothing that happens with such
unfailing regularity about which there is
more dispute than our Indian summer.
What is it, when is it, and why is it, are
questions that are discussed as often as it
comes. The causes of our Indian summer
are not very hard to find, During the sum•
mer the earth becomes heated to the depth
of several feet. About the time of the ao-
eurrenoe of the autumnal equinox there are
atmospheric ohangea in the northern hemi-
sphere that result in storms o£ mild rain and
often enow. When these rains cease,, and
the weather becomes aottled, the snrfaee of
the earth has been cooled by them, but it
at once begins to bring the heat from the
ground below tv the surface where it is ra-
diated and the water rapidly evaporated,
whioh gives the atmosphere its peeuiiar blue,
hazy appearance. The escaping heat of the
ground, added to that of the sun, causes the
warm, pleasant weather of the Indian hum-
mer.
From what has been said title delightful
leaden may be expo' tea any tie o after Sep•
tembet. it comes earlier in the east than
the west There it is expected in October,
while here it usu lly does not come until
November, and itis generally of longer dur-
ation in the interior then on the ooaat, main-
ly because there la lest wind in the interior,
and the heat is radiated more slowly and
retained in the air, In 1869 our Indian sum-
mer lasted until the middle of December,
anti every ono will romombor the long sea-
son of warm, dry weather that soemed at -
Most providentially to follow the Chioago fire
in 1871. In 1874 ft lasted until the day be-
fore thanksgiving and wound up With the
most bointorous snowstorm of the winter.
S;:tILLIANTS,
Peace la a panful oouree is one of the great•
est of nurses.
The highest and most important use of
this world ie the development of a noble
map,
'The way to speak and write what shall
not go out of faehlon is to epoalt and write
sincerely.
Mystery is another name for our Ignor-
ance ; if we were omniscient, all would be
plain.
Selfishness blinds and destroys ! While
we hug our fancied insults the deyll is laugh-
ing In his sleeve,
Truth is the best policy. Every person
feels flattered by the reflection that you
think him too clever to be cajoled.
Let a man learn that everything in nature,
even motes and feathers, goes by law and
not by "luck," and that what he sows he
reaps.
The effect of water poured on the roots of
a tree is seen aloft in the branches and fruit
so in the next world are seen the effects of
good deeds.
Feelings come and go like light troops fol-
lowlog the victory of the present; but prin-
ciples, like troops of the line, are undisturb-
ed and stand fast.
In these words is comprehended the whole
code of courtesy : Put everybody on the
same level as yourself and put yourself into
everybody's place.
Every man has some peculiar tEain of
thought which he falls book upon when
alone. This, to a great degree, moulds the
man.
There is no leveler like Christianity, but
it levels by lifting to lofty tableland accessi-
ble only to humanity, He only that is bum-
ble can rise, and rising, lift.
It is one thing to love truth, and to seek
i •, for its own sake, and quite another to
welcome as muoh of it as tallies with our im-
preesious and prejudices.
We are in danger of looking too far for
opportunities of doing good and committal -
eating. In reaching for rhododendrons we
trample down the daisies.
There exists not any man in any nation,
who may not improve in virtue if ho adopts
his own true nature as his guide. When I
say nature I mean nature in its genuine
parity.
Good-humored gossip is the salt of ordin-
ary conversation, but no well-bred person
will indulge in the gossip that peers into the
privacy of domestic life and either invents
or misrepresents.
Tho worst things are the perversions of
good things. Abused intellectual gifts make
the dangerous villain ; abused sensibilities
make the aocomplishei tempter ; abused af-
fedi me engender the keenest of all miseries.
The world is governed by three things—
wisdom, authority, and appearance. Wis-
dc m for thoughtful people, authority for
rough people, and appearance for the great
mase of superficial people who can look only
at the outside.
Nature presents always a harmony which
gives the rule to taste. Tnus all the work-
ing is fine art ; and the infinite Father, who
worketh hitherto, follows in his own work-
ings the way'he has given us the Inetinotive
desire and the inspired power to pnraue.
Pronouncing matches have taken the place
of the spelling bees of a few years ago, The
smallest Welsh newspaper would be suffic-
lent to put down both aides of the largest
American pronouncing obese in the country,
For example ; Pronounce Wgnllbrunllyg,
Duty is a power which rises with us in the
morning, and goes to rest with us at night.
It is coextensive with the action of our in-
telligence. It is the shadow which cleaves
to us, go where we will, and which only
leaves us when we leave the light of life.
How lovingly are grouped along the waits
of tender memories many a pleasing picture
illustrating anew a cheery "Good -morning,"
a sweet "Good -night," a tender "Good-bye,"
or a sad "Adieu" from loved ones to dear
ones—from casual acquaintances even—and
these, when once spoken, are "words that
never die." Pleasant greetioge smooth the
thorny pathways of life, win friends, con-
found enemies, and the homes where they
are the rule, and not the exception, cannot
be otherwise than happy ones. By all means,
then, let no cultivate the practice of family
alutations and adieux.
Ambition, that high and glorious passion
whioh makes such havoc among the sons of
menarises from a proud desire of honor and
distinction, and, when the apleodid trap-
pings in which it is usually caparisoned are
removed, will be found to consist of the
moan materials of envy, pride and covetous-
ness. It is described by different authors as
a gallant madness, a pleasant poison, a hid-
den plague, a secret poison, a caustic of the
soul, the moth of holiness, the mother of
hypocrisy, and, by crucifying and disquiet-
ing all it takes hold of, the cause of melan•
oholy and madness.
The example of Lady Grenville Gordon,
who, under the pseudonym of "Liorre," a
short time ago opened, milliner's shop JAMay
Fair, London—where it is said the Princess
of Wales bought goods to the value of $500
—has fired the ambition of other ladies to
go and do likewise. A late student of Girton,
adopting for business purposes the name of
Mmo. Isabel, has now become partner in a
Well-known bonnet shop in Wigmore street,
A leading motive iu'these English ladies in
taking up millinery as a earecr, next to the
laudable aim of earning money thereby, is
to lead English fashions to be more inde-
pendent of Continental inspiration, working
after designs better adapted of English habits
of lifo and olimate, and also mo, a In har-
mony with the laws of p:etureequenees, •
£100,000,000 IN Tat IInzTxsn COMM or
CrtAsicnav 1—A largo part of this vast sum
belongs to the popple of America, Cox &
Co., 41, Southampton Buildings, Holborn,
London, Eng.,. have just published aLxsT or
the heirs to thus enormous wealth. Roeder,
nand a dollar and they will forward you tins
valuable LIST ; and if you find by it that you
are entitled to any money or property, claim
your own. Cox & Co, will show you the way.
" Where did the prophet Elise bio ?" asked
a Texas Sundaysohool teacher.. " Ile went
into the desert." "What was Eliaswhilehe
was iu the wily "ernes 1" r' I dunno what
he wa"i while he was in the dosart, unless he
was a deserter," replied tko hopeful pupil,
TEE+' FARM.
Winter-leeaing sheep.
Upon the eubject of winter feeding sheep
the American Sheep -Breeder and Wool -
Grower says :
"There le a wide difference of opinion as
to what sheep should be fed in winter. The
old-time idea that sheep would do plenty
well enough on bean -stalks and buckwheat.
, straw has been'pretty generally abandoned in
those enlightened days when stools-grow!ug
and breeding keep pace with other linea of
progress, There are tome who still adhere
to the old traditional motion, but they are
vastly in the minority and rapidly becoming
fewer.
"We have often allowed sheep to pick off
the leaves and fine tender portions and then
throw the coarse portions remaining over
to the horses and oattle in the yard, where,
by the way, stock will often eat greedily
what they would be slow to attaok in the
stable. Sheep and young calves should, we
are satisfied, have the finest, tenderest hay
that the plana affords, Earlyout June hay,
well cured, is very much relished by them
and will he eaten up quite Olean. Sheep
like the heads and leaves of even the comae an
ripest timothy, for the: a is much grain in
the heads, but they should not be expected
to eat the coarse stalks.
"To be sure, there are some kinds of fod-
der—the bean stalk, for inetance— that sheep
will readily eat, while no other animal will
touch it if given a choice in the matter, but
that is no proof that a sole diet of bean -stalk
or other coarse fodder is the beat thing in the
world for sheep. Sheep do not thrive beet
on woody, fibrous fodder, nor does any other
farm animal. The slighter grinding power
and emaller oapaoity of sheep render them
less capable of consuming such fodder than
larger animals are. in proof of this, look
in the mangers of cheep and oattle and make
a comparison. But little 'arts' is left in the
cattle•marger, while a large amount is left
in the sheep racks. The woody stems of
timothy bay and the clover -stalks are near-
ly all lett, unless, indeed, the poor sheep are
starved down to such diet.
"Perhaps more than any other animal,
sheep need a little grain in winter. They
may pull through without, but they will not
thrive. Especially the ewes with lamb need
this supplementary ration of grain. It must
be borne in mind that the ewe with lamb is
doing double work at thie season. She is
growing a heavy fleece of wool and at the
same timesustaining the demands of the
living, growing organism that ehe must soon
bring forth. This double strain upon her
system must be met and supported by extra
good rations. These demands upon her vi-
tality and enduring powers in the midst of a
cold, hard winter must be sustained by the
proper amount of fuel.. The animal machine
has only n certain fixed capacity, and he nee
bulk cannot be made the substitute for qual-
ity. A small portion of condanood grain
food is necessary to the welfare of the ewe
under these conditions. A pint a day each
of corn and oats will work wonders in the
thrift and appearance of a flock."
The Water Used by Animals.
•
Poor drinking. water has killed much live-
stock, and the following from the Kansas
Farmer is pertinent : When we consider
the quality of the drink supplied to hogs we
have yet greater cause to wonder that the
amount of disease is not greater. Horses,
cattle, and sheep are given comparatively
clean water because they will not tiring
filthy water unless forced to do so, and be-
cause the opinion juatly obtains that fur
water is to them destructive of health ; but
hogs are given, or rather oircu estances are
allowed to supply them with foul water, be-
cause inherited tendencies and education are
such that they will drink foul water, and
because the opinion unjustly obtains that
they are not ro injuriously affected by foul-
ness of drink as are other animals. But we
certainly ought to know, and certainly we
are fast Iearning, that foul drink is just as
productive of a diseased condition of the ,
body when drank by a hog at when drank
by a horse, and as we learn more of the
nature and cause of swine plague we under-
stand that so far ate the health of the animal
is concerned we would better give foul
water to the sheep, cow, or horse than to
the hog, for foul water prolongs the life and
favors the vigor of the bacillus, and when
drank introduces the germs of this most vir-
ulent of all swine diseases directly into the
bodily organs. If we would safely preserve
the health of our swine we will not force
them t ) drink water from pools, ditches, and
creeks, but will supply them ,with water
from a well protected from impurities.
Butchering Pigs.
Most of the farmers here, white they al-
ways fatten pork for domestic use, because
the low prices of late do not do much in the
line of fatten ing for the market. There are
some who prefer to winter pigs which are
purchased in early fall, and keeping them
in a thriving condition through the winter,
commence to fotten early, and so get their
pork killing out o: the way before extremely
cold weather sets ha This is in accord
with that economy whioh believes that an-
imals will fatten more enccosefully in warm
than in: cold weather. Such animals, when
kept until they aro a year or fourteen menthe
old will weigh frr,m 300 to x,00 pounds, ac-
cording to the ambition of the owner. One
is mentioned that belongs to Albert Brown,
that is said to possess frame enough, when
weIl fattened, to weigh 700 pounds or more.
But as a general rule most farmers prefer
to purchase pigs in the spring, keeping them
until they are from eight to sten menthe old,
and at butchering will weigh from 250 to
400 pounds, aecordiug to the extent of their
being orowded at feeding, or the breed to
which they belong. For family use the solid
pork and hams from hush oaroaases is much
more desirable than that of a coareo grained,
overgrown, large boned animal,
Useful Suggestions,
Some farmers are trying to counole them -
solves with the idea that rotten potatoes left
on the ground will be worth considerable as
manure, The idea is fallacious, Tho potato
is mainly carbon and has very l.ttle rnanuruxl
valeta
The flavor of inuttrn man be greatly un-
proved by fattening upt;n the be. t of fool
and removing the viraemia wiblr all pornible
dispatch after rho atirual in bled, using care
not to cut or zupt^aro the entrails, so as to
brlug their content. is eon lad with the car-
eens, •
Sheep on the farm are almost a necessity
in these time, of advancement in farming,
The highest authorities on agrieeltnrai econ-
omy claim that there must be a variety in
stools as well as in crepe to attain the great -
meccas on the farm, and sheep are admitted
to be the best ar'apted to foul lands. Their
size snakes them • very convenient to .furnish
meat for the farmer's family, Their products
are marketa' le when there le little else o4
the farm to bring in ready cash. They fit
well to the large gap between hogs and
oattle,
Put away the old idea that a, shote is a
shote, no. matter how poor he is, and that
something that will save lite is all he needs.
Keep the pigs growing, and if you sell them
let them go by weight. Then po one is
cheated and you will get pay for your extra
care,
MISOELLAITEOUS ITEMS.
Terrible chargee of extravagance, and per-
bape something worse have been formulated
against DeLesseps in connection with his
Panama Canal.
The projected visit of Mr. Parnell to Chica-
go this winter can have but one object, Irish-
men in Americo will be expeoted to contri-
bute very liberally to the cause of HomeRule
in Ireland.
Civic officials would do well to remember
that they were not elected for their own
glorification, but to do the work of the com-
munity. If they are honest men they will
do that work to the best of their ability.
In a few years at most the empire of
Brazil will have freed herself from the
blight of slavery by the operation of a
measure whioh is confidently expected to
become law, aacl aur the perfecting of whioh
both the political parties of the day are har-
moniously working.
" A fair woman which is without discre-
tion" le likely to prove the curse of Spain
should King Alfonso succumb to hie serious
littlest. In that event a regenoy would be
impossible owing to the unpopularity of the
Queen who is a stickler for caste and othi,r
foolish trifles, and a Carlist rising is looked
upon by many well-informed persons as in-
evitable.
Less than 9 per cent, of the amount need-
ed for the Grant monument in New York
has been subscribed. They had better in-
stitute a system of street corner collection
boxes into which passersby may drop their
nickles and coppers as they feel disposed.
In time no doubt the gratitude of the Great
Republic will be equal to the emergency,
and the memory of the " greatest soldier of
modern times," as they proudly call him,
will be honored with a suitable monument.
One of the most horrible manifestations
of the devil in human nature, is that habit
of vitriol throwing in whioh French women
seem to have acquired a most unenviable
notoriety, A very dreadful instance of this
direction of apassionate woman's vengeance
was afforded in the Paris Palais de Justice
recently in whicha;woman, who was involved
in a lawsuit, dashed the contents of a bottle
of vitriol into the face of the opposing party,
burning out both his eyes, and otherwise
disfiguring him frightfully, Death for such
an offence would not be too severe a punish-
ment for such fiendishness.
It is satisfactory to know that the bigoted
Irish cattle -dealers who boycotted the Cork
Steampaoket Company and tried to ruin
their business, bec,tuss in accordance with
their duty as common carriers, they refused
the League's dictation as to what they
should carry, are in a fair way to be whip-
ped in the fight. Agitation is a perfec+ly
legitimate means of attaining one's objeot if
caa'riet•on legitimately, but when pushed to
suck extreme lengths as have been witnessed
in Ireland, it can attract no sympathy.
Pittsburg (Pa.) sets an exampie which
might be followed with advantage by cities
elsewhere. This is the inauguration of a
society there for the protection of married
women, the chief object being the creation
and maintenance of a fund for the prosecu-
tion of wife-beatera. Such an organization
is likely to do good, The collection of a
trifling admission fee from each member and
even a smaller amount as fees would go far
towards securing the best legal advice, and
making it tolerably pertain that the coward-
ly ruffians who indulge in the pastime of
wife-beatixig shall obtain the treatment the
law provides.
For rascally ingenious trickery, oommend
ne to the wolf in sheep's clothing, who, in
the guise of a clergyman, tried bis hardest
to lure a young girl into a taiga marriage
with him. She peraleteutly refused to have
anything to do with him ; but, determined
not to be outdone, if it were necessary to
outdo Satan himself in order to accomplish
hie purpose, he filled oue one of his marriage
certificate blanks, signed it himself, and got
a firm of New Yorkbawyers tocertlfy to the
legality of the marriage. Fortunately the
girl had still intelligence and strength of
inind enough to refuse to be humbugged,
and the fellow had to loeve town,
Some women in the State of New York
have made up their minds to test what they
regard as their rights at the ballot box, on
the ground that ,the oenstitntiort nowhere
declares that women shall not vote, though
it does say that male oitizehe of certain
qualifications may vote. The hopefully
courageous character of these excellent
ladies is well established if they have al -
roads Uteri into account the atetement of
the constitution which declares that a qual-
ified voter must be a "male citizen." Their
first efforts, one would think, would be to-
wards securing a much needed modification
of this part of the constitution.
The custom of sending in flowers as a trib-
ute of respect to a departed friend or ac-
quaintance is being pushed to an extreme.
It ie beoorning vulgarized, in short, and not
infrequently an occasion for very misplaced
ostentation. One would think that as any -
rate refined feeling would dictate some be-
coming reticence in the matter, and 'that the
varlone crosses, omens, pillows, broken col•
unrns, harps, mottoes and what not, with
the mutes of the donors, would not be blaz-
oned forth in all the newspapers. When we
ltave the feehlotinblo funeral f,9 well as the
fashionable wedding, the knell of civilization
will have sounded.
W hetover May bethought of the »raotieal
charaet r of a reoofnt invention there can be
no two op!nlons as to its novelty or the in-
genuity of the man who cxusatved It. The
man in question hails fromhnffalo, Isis name
•
is Morrison, and his invention, is a sohame aw
renal navigation by mealps of batioonp, bk.
eontinnoua series of balloons is auehored Lou
the ground, adjustably as to height, and toa
wire cable is stretched from one to the °these
Along this cable care ate made to travail'
that always reliable motor—•gravitation,..
When a train ie ready to start tee first bal-
loon is allowed to The high enough to rnakat
the cable between it and the next balloom
aninclined plane, down whioh the caro rut
with great rapidity. At the next balloon the
promise in repeated and so on until the fina
destination is reached..
M the recent meeting of the British .A
sooiation, Sir Lyon Piayfalr complained ok
the neglect of soientific'studies and reader.,
languages in the public schools. Therein
seems to be good reasons for hie complaint.
At Oxford .and Cambridge certificate err--
eminations of last summer, 703 b •vs passed-
in Latin and 673 in Greek, but only 131 ire
any and all branches of science. There were
only 263 proficient in Frerch and 94 in Ger
man, while, most deplorable all, the num-
ber of those who passed in English did not:
rise above 113. That ie to say. it worm,.
seem that more than six times as much at.
tention has been paid to Latin as to Eng.-.
lash, and that all the science, had bean es-
teemed of less than one-fifth the value el
Greek. Truly, if the atudy of the ancient
tongues of Greece and Rune fs dying, it is
dying remarkably hard.
Like many greater men Ned Hanlan seemn
to have taught his competitors how to beab
him by the process of thraebingthem so often
His right arm has either forgotten its mine
ning, or other men have learned the secret,.
and are beating him at hie own genie.
There seems strorg reason to believe that
not only has the sceptre of the rowing word.
departed from this part of the globe, but
that the chances of its ever coming hack
again are of the faintest. Ned had better
just at once join tto noble army of retired
oarsmen, before hie fate becomes worse.
Let him come back and attend to business,
and fight hie battles o'er again to his heart's
content. It may be that if he tarries toe
long, he will have no laurels to carry into
retirement along with him.
The newest phase of fashionable .fadieua
in Britain would seem to be the making of
pilgrimages to certain historic spots. A re-
peat progress of this sort was made to the
tomb of Edward the Confessor in Westmin-
ster Abbey. The pietists were five hundred
in number and most of them ladies. They
were in " sombre attire," and knelt around.
the tomb engaging for some time in prayer,
A Britieh xi wsp•aper, commenting on the -
above, says : " It is to be hoped that pil-
grimages to Westminster Abbey will not
become the fashion Nothing could be more
easy than for a dynamite c Inspirator to ob-
tain entrance to the Abbey in the role of a.
pilgrim, and, while apparently praying over
the tomb of Edward the Confessor, or some
other pious notcbility, to carry out his.
nefarious design of laying the Abbey is
ruins.
The field of scientific resew ch appears to
have a fascination for all clones. Even the
unworldly clergyman is not proof againd
the spell We hear it recently announced
that the Ray. David Swing has discovered
the startling fact that "puttfwg an egg iu
coffee to make jt clear is stili an. active hum-
bug." We doubt not that the reverend gen-
tleman has made this a profound study, Ana
would not for worlds attempt to belittle the
importance of his discovery, but we are not
exactly "clear" ours, Ives as to v: hether ho
means that it is the egg or the coffee that
fails in the c1arif}ing process. We can
readily understand the failure in the case of
the egg, should the latter be of an advanced
age 1 In any case, the announcement is aure-
to create much interest in poultry circles,
The clerical scientist furthermore informs
us that "although the nineteenth century
is nearing its erose its blaze has not yet
shined into the coffee pot.' Well, now than.
we think of it, this seems most unfortunate.
We are hourly hoping to bear that the Rev.
David has relier ed the paelic concern by de-
vising a transparent coffee pot, so that this
"blaze" may have a fair chance to pour in
its effulgent beams. Query : Would that
which we cal coffee bear too Multi light 1
Lillie's Prayer.
alidnight in ehe marble mansion :
Heartiwere beating wild with fear ;
Though with luxury surrounded,
All wee dread and sorrow here.
For the darling of the household
in hie little cradle lay,
.and the ean+is of 1110 were running
All too rapidly away.
" Oh, my darling 1" Bobbed the mother,
M she kissed the 1 yreheed white ;
And the poor awe-stricken father
Glazed with sorrow on the,igbt.
They bad never beef, so solemn
Or despondent in their lifa—
A profane, ungodly husband,
And a pleasure -seeking wile.
This mwaet babe their greatest idol, .
Loved and worshipped by them all,
Must he now be taken fe m them
While he was so young and small 7
Neat them stood their little daughter ;
Though her face was pale and whits,
She had borne with meek submission
All the sorrow of the night.
in the Sabbath Sohooi for children
Where she Went with Kitty Small,
She bad learned of God our Father—
Now Re loves and bares for all.
And she knew, wbate'er ilii doing,
Nothing ever could be wrong ;
For, though she was young and childlike,
Still her faith was very etrong.
" Lillie, gide' exotaimed rho father,
And he bushed her on the arm,
" Tell ma why you're not melted ;
Telt me whp you are so calm ;
Don't you see the boy is dying 7
fie ear:alive througbott the nigh',"
" tib papa," said Nelly eatalres.
" Don't you think God will do tight P'
"Ltllie pray," the father faltered,
" Pray the Lord his life to spare ;
rot if you like this can tnitt Him,
Surely He will heatyaurprayer."
Down upon her knees dropped Lillie,
And these simple words she aria :
" Wit be Thy will, oh Father.
Please to spars dear brothbr Fred 1"
Still no change • the silence doepche
And the hours glide eiowi r en.
Set, he smiles t his oyes are Open 1
Can it be that death has gone t
The disrese has Ctestd the crisis,
And the baby as belay,
Very slowly seemed improving ;
Detto has surely passed away,
" Lillie "' ono more said the lather,
"If rev {toy it spared forme,
i 11 believe the Lord forever,
And my S,deur he shalt be "
And the little one grew butt=r.
And the puma doto•day
Tilos the time wh'nllttle Lillie
Taught thein tumbly hots to pray.