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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1892-8-4, Page 68 gt. TRE SIGNAL: °WAWA OJT. THURSDAY, AUGUST t, 1108. IN THE FIJI ISLAND° ' p— d ' WHERE THE KING SPORTS A GROWN OF 1104INT TIN. f!e reser. Irene Ssppties a rtensee •.es of t# -Mins Tosie Alain and Nye s.ae,a mfrs t.s.triated no T,.. -Tfe Mars Are Det epenatbat. Dhow, hot Nosey Obrbitiena D AL Millar, • wholesale enarehan4 el Lemke, Fiji Islands, is at the Leland with his wile. Mr. Millar s ou • ktimerdy 1oar- ssy to he ad home in Soaked, maktag steps from two to three weeks as points alr.g the way that plan his lls..7� Eur ttse.ty years he her bredb the Fiji Island., e far down is the rwtberehemiuphere that daily Papers gr., • ellow with age before they reach him, and were the tight el • ett�rtg. white face is en m the year. "I'h. Fiji Weeds w civilised as rapidly as church mimics Engem rule ma do the work. The hihahita.ta are a goodmitured lot of people who are crick to learn and who take kindly to o.rt•ta oto the European customs. Twenty yein�s •aggo� ae e aibelien stall existed uponthe slaodi, while mow 75 per cast. of the people are cpfessed Christian living at and rwny with their teUow ,nee. It is rest a poor white emu's country, our island, and • 6urtpean or an Americas without mossy, looking for • new country in which to locate, had better choose • land that ones lees to get le and from which the walking is better. Sugar is the principal industry of the islands, but the cane plantations and the sugar mills aro an the hands of rets living in Atutralia, and whatever profit there is is the busmen leaves the country. Cocoanuts or ..paras, l.•nenas end pineapples rank in the .saner t ame.l eo far as their importance is concerned, but the distant* from our ports to Auckland and other Australian porta makes the growing ofthese products rather hazardous from a financial stood - point. When I first went to the Fiji Islands the islanders were not so far advanced in theu ideas of civilization as at present. There was no written language there,tbough the spoken language was both expressive anti poetical in to sounds. The N e.leyen mssaom established there soon made many convert*, and through them there was made a written language. Of course there are many who speak • little Knglanh, but it means difficult for than to master it_ Twenty years ago there wan little cloth except the rough motive stuff made from the fibre of • plant which grows om the aelan.ls, resembling horsehhir. It served its purpose, however, and had the added advantage of being practically lode - 'truer dole. The fortunate female who was 1 of • strip of calico was considered the height of fashion when she strolled oat with at wrapped about her. Bat the oat of it was so great to them that they were necessarily ver' frugal in the wearing of at. It was wrthing unamunon to see • girl ..r woman employer as a field hand go to the field weanng this predate' piece of alto -o, and when there get behind the friendly .hank of a banana plant and es- dt•mgc• it for an improvised due made out of • broad and ample banana leaf. which is IOW two feet wide and six feet long, wrapped about her waist. The banana leaf snakes a cod and amtfurtabk working cos- tume, one which neither coats money nor Warr in its A- pe at ion, and which servs its purpose admtrnhly. There is seen • dts- por.ttton on the par ,of some of the islanders to adopt dress and European sets and trousers, but it as by no ,neons general. "The Fijians are a pe oemble, honest clans of people with mores in every way better than the inhabitants of most islands au the southern seas. They are very cleanly in their personal habits, and one need never be afraid of string the food they .et before their vi.it..rs. They are not particularly thnfty, but it as not to be expected when • man nun earn en .ugh au two months to keep him an comfort, If not In luxury, for the re- muntng ten months of the year. By this I do not intend to convey the idea that the popular theory regarding tropical countries el true- that all one need do is to open his mouth for ripe fruit to drop in. While fruit grows in tolerable abundance, they need • certain amount of cultivation. The natives have their yam and plantains. their cocoa- nuts and pinestppks, and there is not much else needed. Mage there are very low. A field hand will revive oft Jul average six - peace a .bay, and a laborer in a sugar mill patulin double that sum. The Fiji Islas s are under the control of PLngoand, and • t:dvernor is stationed at the blonds. When i was there the first time, in 1972, the aborigine. were in control of their own laws, with chiefs over the several tribes (:akalau, the greatest of the chiefs in point of following, was ruler over the stand of Viti Levu, which means frig Fiji, and about the year 1R73 two Europs•oa cane to the.xuntrryy They saw the peed• bilitiee of • ktng.lown, and through some scheme induced 1 .akabu to consent to be Ike valet. A crown was made, a affair made of sheet tin covered with cols arwmemu, which, I was told recently by the men who made it, oust g3, and Cahalan wee duly invested with the gokly toyy and Welber' in the ermine of • big. width by the way, was out from a bolt of calico. King Callahan kept has job for shoot seven yeah, though hos thou* haratne • little shaky at Lima. because d the disooatemt def e n almost equally powerful chief. in 1H80, or thereshouta, the Weeds were formerly odd to (creat Britain, and have once hoes under English control. 11y • sort of coin- cidence, John Thurston, one of the men who aarrVtated the scheme for . kingdom wick C'akahau at its head, who came to the islands se monad mate of • sailing revel. aid at onee became a photetgraphee, has sow berme Sir .Sohn Thurston, governor of the !blonde The f3 investment Inc the tis .ewe with the coffin ornaments proved • paying investment.-1:'hicego Tribune. pear Wars. t>♦ Dieing is not in Japan the serious brei. .tea it is in I nglead. The Japanese do so, meet to eat, 'out eat bemuses they have est, and conversation and amesemeat form the principal port of • beaquet. Coeveraatha red not be held only with your nolglthers. for 11 a man wishes to speak to • friend in .mother part of the roan he quietly the ppaapper� panel behind him, pinto ass vrsnda t, enters the room again, sad mita dawn on the finer before his friend. ix- ebaaging cups is the chief cerernnny at • impasses Omer. Anka --a spirit mads from bl�y d le and cherry Y � mpg eat � throstjhout diviner ; aid the tures, whe nit on their heels in the open spans of t1e ler, patiently wash for every opportunity r ill year cep with mks When • gentle - was would .tehaoge .ape -widish le equiv.• kat to detains/ your health --he efts owe r beet of you sed bepp the boon. Tee empty your mrp Into • bowl el water, have it flied with ask*, &risk, Wash kelpie. lied heed it to your frtsad; he ratans It to hl. Seehead, hews, has N filed. wed drinks. As fdds w.meq hes tebe gene through with a be., MA*" is often • men w m lining b. ktwever, bee • ,mall V. • meend. w to tams ab b the ed s girisff *OS tat= ila n es die slap= w. alliellifiewer map Wthey beg pest�.t wisheensdth erp�e . Tb. & nets are elnaen , sad their inemea•ets are we i.Nr- wVfo s ..Nb anything seen la >arspe. that we trete► them with • anthem sews d pimento -its bbl.. Tee Cass. Came dew net rad. .b dI , That Yost se wide ate /air; ▪ .war ea boar being pity, Wm end he Sound tale ..re 1 Ti walls are high r hes sealeak the teems o arra The dreamy wales glide. Tinian lair as the earth at mar.aug. the hove* them ONIts light •gloms orw lag re and askung.[tea The users at said an shoat r, Aad Thy sorrow deepeaeth ala; One madness within and without abet. O.s bottle blind sad shrill 1 tee the crowds forever Go by with hurrying fact Throngh doors that darken never i bar the enema heat 'tlrwttk d.n sed alights that follow The milt-Vb.mi swain ; Ila the s.idnight's windy hollow I bear the rear of trains. Ito sound of lute or tabor Where 'Weftlips env dumb, And bre ie cos kt.g labor, Tall death or freedom come. Ab 1 the Growth that forever are Bowing - They neither laugh nor weep - 1 me them comingaod going, Likethings idtt move in sheep. Csixidres and burdened brothers, 18.014,110youngtfair, Wee cheeks and id mothers, And the girls with golds hdr. Care she is many • Cambial', Grown grey on many • bad, And Ups are turned to .then, Whose years have right to red. Cann thou not met. oh Nay, That tied so wide and fair Mall never an hour bring pity, Nor sad be found for osre -Archibald Ianipmasn, in The Week. ntese a Alder. .1 Ootkaa On. oaf the extraordinary spectacles on Broadway is the bicycle rider. With the sew small -wheeled vehicle sod its big, rub- ber tire the rider may dare almost any city street on which he may get sufficient head- way. But the Broadway rider baa the knack of following the able groove, on which he trundles swiftly along on every stretch between aril N ben he overtakes • car he glebe mut and around with a grace- ful curve, to ems in again upon the cable slot just ahead. A rod ruler an thus make wonderful ume,uptown at knot, and to him any other method of rapid transit is not in it. Occasionally even women riders venture the slot on upper Broadway, and when they do 'lois to be for the moment the of all eyes. The small -wheeled, low with multiplying gear and wire protection for her dress, divests the lady rider of that peculiar, bol.', and horsey appe•rsnoe that formerly characterised her on the road On the broad asphaltum -paved boulevard the gets a wader swing, and there she as be seen every pleasant day. The women riders have greatly increased with the decrease of the dangers and difficulties of learning and the introduction of the new machines Stacks of ladles' wheels may be sae piled up at the express offices every day, marked for shipment to the interior and to the wotenng•places. The bicycle riders, male and female, are evidently rapidly increasing in town and country. ataaarek Use a hoed Appett@s. Biebarck, like all vigorous m.s, eats hearty, and what the discngushed gentle. man cense: nee daily would kill any ordinary individual The ex -chancellor lovesa dinners and no one bestows more are o0 them than he doe.. His meds mud be prompt enol well -served, with plenty of tame to enjoy them an. One of his regular dinners consists of • mixture of champagne and porter to wash down •11 he consumes, and the rate at which he drinks his favorite mixture world paralyze an ordinary Ameri• out A _quart at • time s • comm -in occur rends. e consumes first • large spiced squantity of highly spiced soup; yet. it is, he still adds a spoonful of ginger and eance. After this has diappeared, then • large piece of beef steeped to a half -picot of brandy. Following tnmea • favorite Oar. num cheese dish, to which he adds the juice of garlic. This is baked in butter natal it bemuses hand. After ails has goo* to join the rest, lie clonal has feast with mediumaizel eel pie, '•n lei, en eery," that it would seem to have been baked in the hottest corner of our despised hales. This is follower closely by • chilled un- wholesome fowl and some sweetmeats, .11 being nuk down and digested the s pgoaBrouq of a quart bottlettle off by �r A wonderful mewl, for • still • ul men. All Teel wee sold AN..t Rla Jim Webster was being tried for tryiag to bade • colored witness, Sema Jomreisg, to testify falsely. "You ay this defendant offered you • bribe of filth to testify an his . behalf Lowyer (long. to Jolansing Yes, soh. h.' "Now repeat precisely what he said, us- ing hie own words. •' "He said he would get an. $50 if 1 —" "He can't have used those words He didn't speak as • thinl parses." "No, ab; la tuck good ken dat that was no third passim. pprree.seenat Dar wee only two us two. De 'ferolant an ton smart ter had anybody Itd'ate' when he an talk. in' about his own ra kility." "i know that well eno■`h, het he volts to you in the first person, didn't he !" "I was .1e feat ppua..n myself." "Ton don't .nder•eteaal me. When he was talking to you did he tsar the words 1 will pay you filo ' " "No, Loa., he didn't ay muffin about you porta' me ♦50. Tawe mane wasn't men. tinned, 'oeptin' dat he tole ns of ober I got inter • serape dat you was de hest lawyer is San Antrim to fool de jade, and jury in be', yon' was de hest lawyer i• de town is sevrtnup any kind of re.ki tt) "Yoe an step dawn. "- Grids. News Largess al.vat.r la the wart&, Tb. hrgeet grain elevator in the world was built at Minneapolis Jellaba i. Iltl■l. The warn baaMmg s Rig feet {ung. W hist wide and 173 fad high. it stewing ea/amity ;. 2,Q■1,000 herb.l of gratis, says the Phdedelphie Prow. fieriSts .ue- stredioa the =rp.steh wad ted I ►,f fl0 tet of IhrnMr.f 1r rillhh thirty -tare melo.dr of .N1a�Th•.s malts filled 10,fMM) o ntRIW.e tail lege, sad het rakelaters say that there were kat Inds ■het ef Ammo, of them diem Tele the (renes brealln. FARMING IN FIRER* LANOO. A KM epeeist rims Ise a sable . Flower" ugust !he main tin■& W benm w trade he The O,eea. De�rrtmr.t.f p rts, IMO' • pile.. d wq r► pert, kw' ape. She Animism trey Along the coast d Pae Wee Is ne fele- e serried on by a mime t sirriga- tion. Owiag le the city Nesse ea Now Seeth Wake the aunt trim the peps ars* w mach lemerir thea meal Ise tis@ vfafya just ailed. A dairy. stook lane, and .grfw&eral ex- periment Minim ate to he setiblWed this y�eeaarr, in gc..sstbs with the University, at I.,ipsig. A Swim semen has the reedit of r-4 Sia milk to • dry powder, so thea, by Thiid dation of water, it at nano seeeensa its .star - •l propectisa The best 8shlmwig-Hokiads hatter, with 710 per Deet. of Galician or Male\ better e nd eatss added, is being sold as faster, or pecked butter in Nampa The district of Albert.. N. W.T.. is a rich dairy region with colt ober streams„ and luxuriant grassesThe rashes .re also raising nuatber• of sheep ..d harem A show et live stock, ch and implements has bean held at. Brrdspedb, Hungary. woreawarded, for horned cattle *5700, sheep 1300, bog. $100, poultry $19). New Brunswick produces every kind of grain and net drop that is grown in !tug- boat" The forests are also • tonne of gnat wealth, the expurta of forestry product*, led year, being 114,341,000. Crop reports from Rum!• aro fsvonabb as to the coalition of winter wheat sad sno..etatful spring farm work. In the Can - cams there are tears of an invasion of lo- custs, ocasts, against which no precaotio.e have been taken In addition to ata adaptabilityfor sugar- cane culture, the island of auritius is z=e of producing amine, vegetables, w, ooceanut, ooUescoo, tea, cin- ohon•, palms oer.nls, silk, spies •ad •U tropical fruits Citrons grow well in the Weft Indies, and btar large crops in toil •t irrionimdroly. The fruit is Inc export cutting it in pieces, removing pu, placing the rind in barrels. and oovering with strong alt and watt. Foot and mouth discs hes appeared im Italy. In Germany, 183 districts, with 774 ammonium, were •Neoted with it, the disease ettackin1 attle, sheep and hogs American bacon is being so rigidly impact- ed for trichinosis that its importation is practstally prohibited. Poisoned jam has been successfully tried for killing rabbits in Australia, oma ounce ol strychnine teeing required fa 13 pounds of jam This should help to get nd of any surplus fruit as well as rabbits, the only trouble being that horses and dogs will at jam in shy quantity. In Western Australia the oust of prodeo- ing wheat is fifty canto poor bushel with • double -furrowed plow. With • three or four furrowed plow, and • correspondlag saving in the us of larger harrows .ad ins - Fovea harvesting, this cat can be reduced twelve or twenty .ants per bushel. The Queensland parliament has voted • mtuider.Me amt of money for the erection of an agricultural college and the establish- ment farm. the oolo.y has been a large purchaser of foreign agricultural products, and is now making an effort to •oust and protect the farmer. In the northern part of Went Australia farmers have to stand by an see their flocks dying for want of food and water The sheep actually eat soil to allay the pangs of hunger. which only hastens their death. The settlers are virtually bewared with nothing but poverty daring them in the face Strict regulation, prohibiting the adul- teration of butter, ..r the colowrng of mar- garine, are now in fon* in France. Any anfracton of the laws is pnni h•bk by im- prisonment of from six months to two years, and any omission to carry out the regub- sticua by similar penalty of fifteen days to three months. In Frena the vines have been damaged by late fart., and ret same sections the plum crop as almost kat. fare, apricots, cherries, peach** end nuts hese suffered. Early potatoes had their stalks scorched ; early peas, tomatoes, beans, . !trona and edom, were treell' destroyed. Cereals were not injured. British C'olttn:`,,ia s divided into two di. - tinct agricultural parte by the mrunr•ins which fon., the enat range. The oust repos has • mild tellable clitnhes, whdb the interior h.. • climate of extreme., the southern part being very dry sad needing irrigation. Cultivation, se a ran., is re. atrictef to the valleys. °raps have been .hipped through the tropias, from Sydney to Fiji, and back again, on the deck of • steamer. When pocked, the end of the stalk of each beach was lathed in sealing wax. the trait bating them put ins paper beg and packed in saw - duet. Air the doable voyage the grapes were in perfect oo.ditio.. In the Argentine, both wool sad wheat growers have suffered frees the fail in value of their produce, sad the depreciation in paper money. Sheep and sows have al.s dropped off in prim, 1,000 .heap, heel from . pleadtd ram, snfing at 70 emits each that were worth 010 not keg age, and another lot nt 5,000 good thespians •$ 40 mote pen head. in New South Wales ewes have bees t old .t le cents paw bead, ..d bids were subsequently made of 134 mets. A .leve of on.. wee offered et 81 30 sash, fat hid- looks e4look. omdd not be placed at 010, •ad 500 two-eeeth ewes Vint at 50 matt, no bib . eirmirn•N. on. • further let of 3,00a w y mad droetb w.. aoentabls /se ef •faire pvremeat tsaienioa in Wester. A.slr� hes jai mad. an exhaustive t► pmt epee the proems aeadniom of i.re in that atony, together Vitt the sins sisstise th..uaa.. The eammisebe also saigraeted whet way the eahiv.liet at the amt might be avenged sad the grew parity d the hemmers inerena.t One J Ib ssclesi ons arrived se was that .grteM.rd deprenmioe w 11111kaewa there The reimports d arable 'sad deity fh.se. Ile Nortbiw. Q.seaeuad were sot premia - fag .t the bg.ahrg d April There W been little or no mai., aid the weond wee bare, fried e.IF with dry da.atrbiens Math of gram Weller beim were dry, esewgens► ly nee stock wllbredird d swallowbed to he - - ype 0.0 le..ow in ed was as herd es babel breis The eg.mgr weather had emended seer mix grgalk , the thermometer berm* r- NV Mwo 'hada Petr taw yeses I suffered terribly walk seems& tenahia and was for all that 1i ee awir tilmemont a physides.fl X14. teaw everything, said stomach wain raCit wets out. and that I would have to cease eating solid food for • time at least. I was so weak that I could not work. Plaa1Iy as the recom- mendation ef a friend who had used y o n rtions with beneficial re- sults, I procured a bottle of August Plower, and com- menced using 11 It seemed to do me good at once. I gained in strength and flesh rapidly ; my ap- petite became good, and I suffered no bad effects from what I ate. I feel now like a new man, and con- sider that August Flower has en- tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its worst form. Janne K. DEB/MICE, Saugerties, New York. m•- W. B. Utsey, St. George's, S. C., writes: I have used your August Flower for Dy•pea and find it an excellent remedy 0 A wore -out Stomach. CRISP ANO CASUAL Ask ref n1Yfd t and tate a. Whom Francs hes • mine 4,000 fed deep. Toratosa were not culuv.td 100 years ago. Musical mow, as now used, were inves- ted in1380. The rooms in which Napoleon 1. died is n ow a stable. Berlin's 1,315,600 people hare only 26,- 000 dwellings. Postal cards are now made to be used as blotting pada There are more republics is the world than monarchies. Then ars thirteen mils of bookshelves in the British museum. The popul•tin of America increases by 7,000 penises • day. Keep Ry.N'. Larmeor la ate Ileums. Among 200.000,000 of the world's pop.la- tiioo slavery 'till exists. For every foot of stature a man •bo.ld weigh twenty -.ix pounds. It is said that the beet walking pace is @ event, -five steps per minute. Asa rule, the length of the face is the same as the length of the hand. The rent of land in England 300 years ago was about • shilling an acre, A few animas are vo teles, as the gir- a re, the armadillo and the porcupine. Th. Cines national debt u one of the smallest, amounting to only 038,500,000. The planet. Neptune has the longest year, consisting of more than 60,000 of our day.. «tsar/', Wriest Is seed by Pkratet.aa• Some watcbes now made are guaran- teed to keep time to within ten *somas • month. gpsatN the /Saha. 11 the Duke of t ork ever comes to the throe d Ragland hie subjects will at bast have the satisfaction of knowing that be has • practical koowledge of the nessiebe of the good, old-fashioned word, ep•aklag, When serving se . midshipman he desW.d one night to turn out, ea be should have done, to go on watch. His fellow -middy, whom be was designated to relieve. .ad who wanted to tun in, t.ndeavord to arouse the prince. The latter, ..'ter receiving two or throe good shakings, soddenly opened his eyes, swore a big oath and let drive his fist at his fellow middy's right eye. The young fellow made no response, but returned to his pod, resumed his watch and thus did duty for the Innen But ea the following day he stated his case and showed his eye to his comrades. The midshipman bold • drumhead court martial, found the prince guilty and sentenced him to be sparked by the lad whose eye he had blackened. Ac- cordingly the royal culprit was seized by four of the onions and held face downward on • table, while the midshipman with the di•6rsred optic, hie sleeves rolled up to his elbows, carried out the matenca of the mti•hlpeneera court until hie hands emailed. When the prime +as released he was twi- cea with rage and threatened v.sgea.ce, but in a day or two be thmwlet better d it and came to ifs nee state who had epeaked bi.t mid apologised for the blow which be had gime him. The midshipmen •eo.Oed his springy end Modred his owe is : mn for the stashing which he had administered. During the remainder of the cruise the t rines pet ea se airs, but was as agreeable and charming • yoeng fellow as could be There ie no doubt that be vas herniated by the spanking. sew. Ab..t Tows. It ie the current report sheet teen that Kemp'. Balsam for the threat and lungs is making some remarkably ares with ppeeooppIbs who are troobted with eoagbs, .ore altruist, asthma, bromehitie sad ooa.umprwm. Any druggist will give you • trial bottle fres of eon. It is geaeeateed te relieve and cure. The erge battles are 50e..ed fin. (bow) 81 /flog To MIMI ISA Le OF -' 1B0IT, 111111111, ITO,, FO! 31hk?rH1iEt ¶�JJJJ� Fruit do it. Try it, you willl�ZZor i d �1 half the trouble and expanse of any other method,t more reliable and For Older it it cheap and decidedly the best knowk method for keeping it sweet. It will effactly allay or prevent fermentation jjtai preserve all kinds Fruit, Juices, Sauces, Spice, perm, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Etc. Full directions inside each package. FRASER & PORTER, SOLE AGENTS, GODERICH, ONT. Agents for Butterick's Patterns. July Delineator to bead. NOW TASD BOOTS :LVD : 3Hf FOR INSTANCE. It makes little diner- encewhat others say, the leading place in the trade for years and years has been occupied by E. DOWNING, Cr. East -et sad Square. Pas.—The latest and best Spring and Summer designs just to hand, YOU KILL ONE FLY 12 come to the funeral. T&NGLEFOOT STICKY FLY PAPER CATCHES the whole procession. Poison Papers, Insect Powder. PURE PARIS GREEN. LIME JUICE. ---Hire's Root Beer 5 gals. for a delicious Summer drink. W. C. G000E, - THE CHEMIST AGAIN ON TOP WITH EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN IN THE SHAPE OP' IMPLIIIONTEI. + + + + + + + Just arrived, the biggest stock of Lawn Nov*, shown in this county, and the price will snit every b Garden Hose away down- Agents for Budge Everybody,knows they are the best. R. P. WILKINSON & Oo. NOT1OE TO THE PUBLIC. We have just received a rerfleioise lot el NEW TEAS! BLACK, GREEN AND JAPAN Which we guarantee to gall .t bast 10 Cents per Pound Cheaper Than can be bought from truthfulness ♦ trial order will vines you of the of this assertion. sell the best 0077EE obtainable. REES PRICE & BON.