HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-2-9, Page 7CIIINA'S GREAT vilF,AurrY,
(.searietai Corropondent London SegIgiorcl.)
It needs ao Befall stretch of the imagina-
tion foipeopleie, Zugland, perfeetly Delimita-
ted as they ere with the gigentic river
which Wee, centaries ego, anel fittingly, dm
nominated " Chipahtsol
rrow " ooompzet-
hend the extent, of jte leteet vtaltation
thebeantiful Provinee of /Tynan. The Aetna
et the U extent of the diseeter evee hero
tai only now beiug aecertained, altheugh the
breech in the embaeldnents by which the
teeeelteroes. waters of tb Ea,g1Io, or
"ThilevrBiver are 404allt te be kept within
bounds oecne'red as far back As the 20th
September and it waa lteetle that the
Orat Wilerealt el the rainaiwollee waters
many eleieet ',owns and vinagea inflamer.
able weee oilmterged and countless theme
ands ef Pereene el•itehery reek drowned.
Bute as its Olean>, the case the (Adele in
eltar.ge. of the liver at fult attempted to
mmuntee the extent of the disaater in their
memoriale te the Throne. A higher few-
tioitery, however, was directed to r eport the
fllfaeta of the eeeerrenee, and Ws story
gave a very differeot aspeob 0 the tale.
About nue sixth of the entire area et the
" woke of Ch" es Hona aatyleti,
now couverted lute a. veet lake. wtth here
aed there e pagoda, top or the gage ef some
higher wall Twig over the iecreeeleg watem
to meth tSOS Olifte ef what were, a theet time
ego„ preenerene ities of many thousand la.
h.aleitaxite. The rein ot the ntry le over-
ran with ttle wretched re ee who were
feetentate efeePsh to ePaye wtth their live%
theeigh with emeght elee. In Intudrede et
lueletwee Mee who three alert ineene ego
were Mee of 'Wealth' Wiley eit gezhaaoa
the Wend " 0114E10, bogey, atupid
sod dejeeted, without a rag to weer er a
menet ef food he at The inundittiere
eitmeevimed at le little diatange from Kid-
FeeetFri, vele el the lergeet cielea ef the
PreTtekeek, MA Cle Itiatallt Setae four utiles
of the eoltd enthaiikuleet of gone, brick,
eeed awl
by were Wept. aWay" with- in.
nemberiehle melee femme& In the die,
Woe QI Ctieg.c.b9w end Chelmaeltew
leint *halt
TitilitgToousAterk W:04 TIAXAOSS
Are Stated te have been a:wilted le a very
few momenta and Rareely any of their U.
feted people heel time to gave themselves,
IS the breath eveurred le the eight, time
The ketch% ref the dieneter will he better
uudetethed when I aay that en exteut of
ilealantry ramie larger Men the Pehieipelity
el W*1'01414.0 lettell mere tlidekly pimetated,
te WA' a eve med. U Vim inliehitente either
drewined lied, The people ea. terribly
ebbed eatmetztamber ferehoztof the whole
pepulatiou of Itched, ae the Provieee in
choke eheeet t weut yfive udilionse with an
arta Of eiNty tee them:end eau= miles.
and the waten ef ehe river now caver be.
tween eight feed toe thou=e1 Paean Mika
Tim aZtOtlete day publiehed in the eative
arA Wan pepere and la the Inithittg
ette, :reveal the ADOSt hattUge euiT nog dor
the xervivora, who ere ptlielidiag of famine.
I am told that in hinedeede of tostencee on
the preeent cegau the people, when the
water be into the citheaweeplogwaUe
bowies end everythiug befere them, refuted
to mite awl met their deethe with that won-
deefel ludiffeeeeee which eh rte the
Chineee in come eaeol—for the Celestial Is
:within if twee, fetaliet, of the meet prow:mete
eel Nt1 unreaeonieg type. Aeconling to the
best
an moot truetworeby euthoriden which
I have been tale to „cousult, the lots of life
will not be uumbereil by theuende or ten
*mummies hutliteraliy by huudreds of thou.
tanda, while• the
ktrAININO retiree steer AMOUNT¶O MANN
=twee,
who ate utterly teggared and who tire de-
pending for subsietecee upon the charity ot
inhere. The Emperer,tiaa already contribut-
ed one hundred, thousand meld out of the
Pziey puree, beside* ordering two million
tools auto! the Imperial Treasury towards
the relief of the aufferare. The Chinese awl
foreiguera leave contributed litterelly toward
the 1an&
110t thiule that there is any Eaglish
mapwbc givee all the towne end cities
which have been deetroyed, but a few of the
ineipalareChiug-ehow, Wei.SI,Chungeme,
'eUuItteIttioe Sidiai, Tein-ohow, Cho
chia.Kow, ,Tahlhang, Taiping, and Veg.
chowe the letter being in the Ngineltwily
Province. The tenntry around these cities,
which sore *heated in a greet, plebe was,
just before the calamity, in a most prosper-
ous condition and covered wittt rice fields,
mulberry groves and other products by
which the industrious people subsist. The
potent Hood is the most serious one that
ever occurred slue the mythical and deified
Emperor "YR is recorded totliave drawn away
into their old bed the tributaries of the terri-
ble river hundreds of years before Western
civilizetion cethistoty Vegan. It has changea
the petitions Of several placee with iegard
to the Moog Ito. Kia-futg fit (spelt on the
maps Kiafong) is now to the laorth of the
river, which partly returned to its old bed
—that discovered dry in185S. At Kia-fung-
In the river took a northeasterly bend; it
now flows southeast, havingas a matter of
fact, eavallowed up the Kwei or Little Yel-
low River, through which a portion of the
waters of the main river now enters the sea
through the Province of Kiangsu, and no
longer 'waters Shangtung. The submerged
district consists of thegreat and fertile plain
occupying the eastern tomer of Konen and
the northern portion of Ngatt-Imwy, end the
depth of the wa.teraverages from ten tothirty
feet. Recent reports stated that a portion
of the water of the Yellow River was work-
ing an outlet for itself into the Yankteze
Kiang, but this has since been found. to be
inoorreet, and what is a most
EXTRAORDINARY SUTURAL. REVOLUTION'
is now lowed to have taken place. For
nearly two months the immense volume of
water of the Jioang Ho has not reached the
seat but is engaged in converting the great
plain mentioned once more into the vast in-
land sea that is chronicled bythe historians
of China as having extsted in the time of
the mythical Imperial engineer referred to,
and as having been compedled by him in
those remote ages to recede into the dimen-
sions of a river, which. he enclosed in the
predecessors of present great embank-
ments by -which it was forced to flow into
the ocean. Indeed, if tradition let° be be-
lieved, Abe dykes and fascines which have
lately collapsed with such awful consequen,
ees are, in „ some instances, the teerieelele
•works of Yii and Ms immediate successors.
The inroads of time, no doubt, had weaken-
ed these gigantic embankmente, and the
heavy rains which .preoeded the calamity
o
also helped to bring labout. But the chief
eause, I am inclined to believe, of the disas-
ter is the gradual change in the conform -
tie* of the poieSt 9f the Gulf of pechith into • •
which the lioaeg ,Bbelitiereide and which hart
been .eonetantly but slowly rising up. But
no .cloubt the Settee, of :gait, which has al-
weys been carried in goat remeetitiesby all.
the rivers in Chitia, hee ba4 imeteelairog elee
to do with bringing about tete extraordinary
and, eidemiteuei melt. Thet thte amigo
was not 'noferkteen by the Ohteeee officiate .
is shown by the feet that . some menthe ago
it wee: actually suggested that the river
elereld be divettedta former bed hy epee.
leg the Cenhankeeeate Kal,fang fu, he
.4itiariter had • • .
oiteetteer .PISTINUSSerk.TriA Ilit'artrAT, • UMW
Fekieg" MA the Btepeter and Empreee-
Mettwe •heve 41t9W4 the gyeetett etelicitude
for the sutTerere. The PlidegtGaettie saya
that the "Beepreee-Mothertme nelther •elept
nor eaten for dale in ,coneeentoree Stripe
lievett e-ceu tekeato raise the e.norreetis .•
enleant ef meetly for WOODS 144011, 10
hoped,. wiU have the effete of dimpling the
edger leto the old clewed °nee more, reed
member of the GrazeOouniI a Tery
angelt fonatiOnary" bee been deepetelled
•troin Pattie to the one aud orderedto
travel. night awl day. The ineeent required •
.eettineted at the loweet et ten miilioe
te,elet and it is believed by Mae foreiga en,
ewers. here that it will takeyeata ter do
the Weriet if it gen he deeri"at a11 Amcieget
the meeutree hi.y.whicie the Imperiel- pelvet-
era eaggeet mitring the inemeeety f mule arm •
istopentig the perelemee of Arum arid •mitei.
deem oftwar throughoet the Empire, peyleg
ther hteeehe end Cifieeee •Bener • troope
rive. ileeteed 'of nemey (whielh wit/.
tempted. teed proliehly • to a .revolteateter.
ping the retitle Fey alloWed to ell prevtueitil
*Melo, aed levying Weider* texee epee
geetein ertielee ot ordlnerywe. liet „en-
tire mIlitary tem of the Province is oleo
Pieced et the gemmed of the offelela era.
ite the wotk, -ito al to - IOWA the,
Amount to be peld for labor. To league
the .difileultiee • of the ..nedertekieg, the
meteriele eegekilary are :Pert ehtitielableat
the river, bet Mutt be brought front -a die.
teem But thew& el -gettieg he river
Itt only Of aecomeery teepee,
eud the resenteert of the comatry are
ugh for the prezent be the dettieude
their eiteritet km the million% of farm
Kea
people whe wUJ perish if not
iowptJy Med. • - •
Female Labour.
It 1,1 400, that fully hell the employee 1
the geeat eitiee are now ef the tonic: sex.
note therefore. elirprislOg to beer
the worieieg-Weatell f New Yet*
organitheg wIth a view • to autor.
for themeelvee egurat ;Wahl here
law el labeler. 'rite it:equality t
nitweation given to mut awl tewo
dieing preelrely the Ultra we
g la= a reeled to peliticel erStia-
and a atilt greater ming to the we.
there, Whether the latter C411 cor.
h injustice, real or anrarent, by any
dnion arraegereent may he deuineee
ly the CM:Se lo bdng wrought o
surely by the gradual aubstiteatiou
ele tor male labor In meet employmen
;ere the mac h ae ficient, or eerily as
relent, as the other. Aceerilieg to the
New link ?or, statements ei fact, or ef
alleged feet, made at the mectiom in which
it euya the women taking pert In the move
neat dieeatted the workers' condition with
telligenee and eelf restreint that might
• advantage be enutteted by their limb.
terested in the betterment of the con -
of the toiler—go to ebow that in
Ity of Nea,les is by ne rneens the wore
f which women totters of vaelous
bssu bac to complain, It le merely a deek
stigma, upeamole employera and foremen ;hat
co-operatiog workieg women ahorild think
if neeessary to enthooy amongat the abuses,
for which such retires* le sought by their
orgenizetion, such outrages against honesty,
honour and truth as evasion of the law re-
quiting etiets for shop girls by fining these
who use thorn; robbing girls of their vunes
by fines exaoted upon ell sorts of petty pro.
texts; their subjection to bleating awl
abusive language, awl to debetinginflueneee
by the aerangement of shops and work -
vixens, etre If auch things areat Allem:non
they minuet too SOOn he dragged iuto the
light by publie exposure, and the injured
women owe it to thenwelves and to the pub
lie to inalm the exposure.
Our Big rrIend Itt the Shy.
..i'llepheatienenelly cold •weather of Tench
wetteareitutt had ""tpAtte), ad which has beea
attended by auoll frightful eireuesetenees
of suffering and dheister• in the Itorthw.eine
he Well pelculated to leapeeee the feet .thet,
Ian for egthideai4, cereeog to tui out of the
depths
of .space,, we shot*/ be unable to
exist epee tl4a gtolie of Mire for a single
week" Arbon:the ceettnent hese been betted
fee *eV vreitheiu torote, ani ley leleete from
the Frigid &lee Oenle to aselst•le. eitinieg
theeetreosethere below the priletof leinkan.
endereltem It le to the een ;time that we
OSA 104k.. for reeeee •front the froth, . Thie
meet have seented ,overwhelmiegly evident
tee tfteee reilreed phesengtre Ju Dakota who,
huddling together in a *ogle ear, hugging
the steeetend covering theneettheee aa emit
they wield garments, blankets, zasil
begs, and whether* woad 'Serve to keel) in
the heat of the body, looked forward tde-
spairingly to theretute. ef the sunehine
Wither Mettle heel no warmth le her boogie
for them, ited tine, ehildren in the panty
acteally.froze to death. In .summer the gee
makes theme raine plidett, over width they
parteed with, teeter .aitilgreet eulfertee, Ogee-
eut with grease and liowera ; and yet, se nee -
row iee the mergie of heat suppliedto the
earlin that * few menthe late, • whore the
globe hae relied ita wirthere fath
away from tte Me". MAO Meet fight leettie
feebis life with the erereaehieg frest. •
We get very strikleg idea et the actual
eithetien which we crieupy • if we meleefor
etorreiVe$ a telerkleeatela ttatere' of the emit
and genii. Let a litre, gte10 as largo as an
Keep, bleeteg with inliteee heat and light,
rep/aeon the eum.• nee a Mete wertiele,
ebent one fertieth et an. thaelt ineffeeeetereen
mere epeek Of duet, mintier 'then the Mated -
vet plethi represent the yeah.
Let iit•theet at a distetwe of tweetrent..or
tweiaty.geven 'feet • fat= the. Mineture elan
and elowly revelve Armed it. 'Suppeee aU
the eurroituding ;elate to he *Ives owl ter-
rffleally ria ai intereteller eptere
le, Aud we have before el the acteel
ditiee -sf thiege in • the - seler eye -
The IittJo earth, but for the kindly
the reeighborieg • ZURF WORM eiltigidy
so to. aeAtb• It torus ell ite indeit in
don towae4 Atte eon ried Rote them
med.- It preserves .4 little beat in ito
cep -here
and .by. the .old of the vapor
the alterable% from ita o•zemert, etd yet
thri. time 'elliveriug at the teeth
spar. First one Lemlekbelo and
dotter le tureet. he the weetnieg
Saar heerth, Mid the aide thee
alrey melt • tempeearily entIe.r ter
,eanfert, that the ether elde cujeyst If
arth didn't tine en ita erriti It would be
Oa ORO tide and freeze ea the other.
geged le. a Milestone effete to keep
- we. •
het if the Sett .shouill withdrewits
t if the fuel f I the miier-. furuac
on low? ..What • if grevitatiou an
azab =Oleo' Should -g0. en etrilie 7
astreuemere termite their inuminat
tit met thiegia While the mu shinee
to thinle of it as never *owing dim.
Atodumit sumeilet people will be wonderieg
.hy in the werid it es ea het.
The IlIodrsa ROssim* Army
There Are, indeed, peilete in which Bus-
tle meet be imitated by all Whir inoeee for
the Tenealan is now the Meet =Ode= Pt. all
-luedeen areeiee. We may regret as nkeell as
we pleasek the lots. of -beilltaticy„ and ogee
the'theeo aneerbleal, but the .absence of
buttons from the e.eve Russiazs mild -erne
Moms that dee Attention hare been, given te
the relieving of the men. Ione the *hominy
of weeting the tineepee cletteleg then-
uniformeto the mew. •thileting 9f their eel.
term. by the mee intime of war, and to
the exeleelon .freee Soldiers' dress,„ and
espeeially from the dreee of eaheiry, of
everythhog Which will 'entele the light Med at-
traet attention at e 4144400. We letter
remota with the shelter me:meaty ter pre-
veeting uoise, is also the reason for the Rum
•slee rothetitetion of loather for metal theta.
heal. Whether an eight or wren
thinking that a ,cavalry Of the itesialme type.
is preferable to r eeevelry of the Anetteett
type or general wariere, time cep, I 0.10,
tie neteloeitit that for the Merge •ef Leaden
a•eevalry forme letended to feet otherwise
then by ebergee in the field, "meld he meet
neefel"To alt Who admire Joeal fere* there
minim mech attreetioe in our yeoreeneyt
for it la almost the ideal of 74 local force
It la euefortunete that Amadeu bee bed err
Mnelt to deg_ in ear army as in all areelee,
with the drill and , teem one .el
rrederiele Retorts, who is not * men to •
rieglect thegrects ef hrflJiaut horeeenuthip
and all •thae makes oevalry lorazdamt as
allOW" has, eererthelets expreeth.d the
ileelded °plata .that we . waat a great re-
form in ein eeitelry egeteen that the ohetei
ole to that Morin te the pritheot eeet of veer -
Wry, and that • there is eethieg ritOrt WM'
Mut to our militery future thee thin we
ahould set ourselves te devise "a cheaper
Article" ef tide Mud, in order that the num-
here of our• eevidry meey he luereeeed
Outn therogiondieg necrease In expeeem.
The, Reetieus have devised a deeper mil- •
cleeand the•reeelt eti thet,die Ares Afilithire
de Manger et Oete.$0 Is Able te toy,. "On
Fent -.done dire, ewe etrageratien, -gee la
cesalerie nutee eat tonne couetemuniat war
le pied de euerre." and to eetimate• its ment-
he:a Oa mobilleetiou, of 23000 mem With
.235A00 heroes.
LOS= DT ria -E,
hittl at Temente/lie–A rdllieten
illitee to Idettedelptile.
te, Jan. 24 .—The fellowing
were turntout het night :—
Atazhs Ikos, Adolph Reiter, Shoeumeu
WM,Souee, Tettheuser & ee. Trim -
Talmo, nth street; W. A, Clark,
aemet for Butterick'a petterae, SOD Arch
/Arcot, and Wee Avelte heertling home, in
the kiatri0 huildieg. A barge number of
the tenth elle at .Axch street Were
ged by heat and flooded with water
cli an eXtent *et their loteee will ag.
egete upweede of a million dellem. Neer -
all the establithmente were insured. The
evinit Were are Marko Ilms. $11('40,030 ;
IMMOikce, MAO ;4 4 L Dexter,
,0110.
Kee:rhyme, Oat, Jam f.'4.—Shortly
four &cloak this morning a tire was die-
ded in a large pile of hemlock bead:,
nutted within a tow feet of Menne Main's
ery. A part of it had tnet been rebuilt,
having been destroyed by lire not long einee.
Thia le supposed to be another etee of in.
eendiarierr. Notwithataeding the extreme
cold the lire engine did exeellent SerVICO for
about five home. The firemen protein, to.
mother with others, worked Me heroes, and
long before they bad the devouring elements
fully under control, their clothing was frozen
eoliii. Lees probably about $200.
1.8
The South Airleau DIggi
Thogold del& of Stud* Afriatt are for
to exteneive and very rieh. A Mr. Mir-
y, who eppeare to he a kind of gold tang
that regiou, recently raid to a represent.
I the Pall Mall (lavit , "is le the
eguifictent gold field In the world,
you—a mild field the wealth of
I is :simply incalculable. I have con.
glomerate hero from the richest veins of the
iteutit, which will yield ten mere to the
ton. This, however, is exordium% There
are other lodes which average from five to
sJ twee to the ton; but take the whole
of the Ileildt reef it will average fully ape
ounee °flare gold to the ton of Qouglorner.
ate? "The particular reef of whieh I am
speaking," be continued, "Is ale:ter-five miles
long and how deep no one knows. At pre-
sent mime have gone down 200 feet below
the surface and have not touched, bottom
yet." The Remit lawn the only reef. There
aro "dozens" of °there though .ot so rich
In gold. These now gold fickle aro in the
Transvaal, end Mr. lifurrey, odweighe many
ahem, deeply regret that Great Britten lute
allowed so rich a territory to DUI) out of her
hands. This new Et Dorado is 000 miles
from the Cepa, 000 ot which aro traversed
by railway. The remainder of the tdismnce
is acmes a level country. The new diggines
have developed and aro developing wonder-
fully. Johannesberg, which was but the
other day a settlement that could boast of
only a few scattered shanties, is now "
town of ten thousand inhabitanta, with
churches, chapels, stone built inansions,
courts, cake, hotels, in short all the ap-
pliances of etvilizetion except newspapers
and a railway." And the whole country is
still rapidly undergoing the most extraordin-
ary transformation.
SCIENTIFIC AND rsilygli.
The road to emote he Opea to MI, but
toe many want to get there without the
trouble of going.
Phyritcians now Cia1KO thee there is great
virtue in oniens. Oeioes are etreng enough
to he virtnoue.
It has been discovered by naturalists that
it taleeri a dog ninety days to forget his old
home and tae to a pew one.
Scientific tests in Ifengary :thew that
corn will produce the largest yield ef milk
while sergheun will Foch:ice mine of the riela
est quality.
The Adrian, Mich., Press Bays one of the
queatiens *eked bythe inenthers of the
Varilrere i
Club up n Franklin, Was
llow does a chip:mink dig his hole with-
out throwing out dirt"
satladr12413411:1:4143itia4daellacIrreguw "r:Peninvairrigun'
ig
celled the ,Archimedee, which teteurelt
neith,er powder nor cempressed air. Je is a
clever arrangement of extreneely powerful
;twins, and le ea% to earry quite art far an
any ordinary army rifle,
An umbrella with a paten e errengereent
in the handle for attaching it to any object
ao that no one but the evnter can release st
will supply a tin% felt need.
Very correct people MS BOOR spell Van-
der* name Ilaeudel. But they don't go far
enough. The family newt of the Pimplier
was variously written Pfeudel, Handeler„
liendeler and lEfentittler.
Several yeare ego three Ittmeirdi "Lady
el tom' Jaunted at Taithkewl a coneulthate
pital for Meesethem4 WOM40" FrkeM tilt
umilog the experiment proved A lateeeteh
the populeritytof the heApitial has beer;
ea
e leg ever mum Denim the lime
e OW44tbS no fewer thee roo
iona vo been given.
A Lin WINO BRIC%.--Prof, Gee. tr.
The , of Reedier, Pee hes keit bad pa,
•" life rieviug bath." The him.
on contiets of a hollow steel brick to be
%dewed the bus of any *Winery brick.
The brieks are te he firmly cemented awl
iteelweed le the frout wall of any latildieg,
two feet apart, mantle; from bottom to top.
They are So cottetreeted that a tlrawan or
can WWI them in Irvin and 'tenant.
Udder perdue itself <Mk
Ilint up any height eceneely
the Axel Map are :strong
o bear *ten. A company will he
et to ntromfeetere the kith,
ea Nye la alieeked at M. itisterarht
to earepageto chicken chelera
tablets of Awittalie "1 etiefease"
M. Pasteur's eng,geetior: dile me
Of all the 'thence of thepalue
his is merely the man litexplI.
ennitifel NORM Should two so
iattere that 1; is iieceouraim to
n malignant &ease runeug the
nat inueeent animals In ruder to warner.
t their Ron:City. The pact has drawn
u a picture of a itertale Utzle ereature
ondlimatts own leirinleee whichif
ite race is to he destroyed wholesale by
artideial cholera wo had better diemise
from our recolledion,"
The London correspondent of the S'eets.
rem wiites: Cheraittry seem i destined to
ploy almost ma important a paet In t110
male of trade as did the euhstitntion of
autehluery for hataildetieur. I hear that a
chemiet hae &covered a eutistitute for
whict eau to produced at much leas
coat then the artiele which now pleys meth
an important part iu the medicine of to day,
aud the artificial production is mid to pos.
sets all the mediclual 4p:elides of the famous
bark. This, it it indeed be so, will almost
certaiuly deetroy the trade in Indio. and
Ceylon, which nee growe of late year; to
such proportions that it has practically
atoppeol the report of the bark from Peru.
A substitute has also, I believe, been found
for vanilla, and ahould this artificial pro.
dilation obtain the place in come ore° which
is predicted ler it, there can be little doubt
that the sugar planters of Mauritius and
elecwhere where the N'Anitla, plant has
gradually' been introduced in place of the
eug, r-cene, will find that their new industry
ties been stricken with a blight as severe as
that which hos overtaken the sugar in.
ditstyre .
Ono
of
the eiumlest of barometers is a
epider's web. When there is a prospect of
rain or wind the spider shorteus the lila.
meets from which its web is suspended,
and leaves things in this state as long as the
weather is variable. If the itseet elongatea
its threads itis a sign of fiite calm weath-
er, the duration of which may be judged of
by the length to whieh the threads are let
out. If the spider remains inactive it is a
sign of rain butif On the contrary, it keeps
at work during the rain the letter will nee
Int long, and will be folloe ed by fine
weather. Other observations have taught
that the spider makes changes in its web
every twenty-four hours, and that if sub
changes are made in the evening, just before
sunset, the night will be clear and beautiful.
THE 31101.1. A MIGHTY SC \VENDER.
It is chiefly as the producer of our ocean
tides that the moon renders us such signal
service. The sun, it is true, as well as the
moon exercises an influencem the produc-
tion Of this diurnal phenomenon '• but it is
on the moon chiefly that we depend for tiiie.
important recurrence. By inland dwellers
the tides are thought of as monotonous
events of no great moment ; but they have,
a far wider significence than many imagine.
Exactly as the sun preserves through the
agency of winds a healthy circulation in the
atmosphere, so the moon performs a eimilar
service to the waters of the sea, and the
great tidal rivers which fiow into it. But
for this work as a mighty scavenger our
shores where rivers terminate would become
stagnant deltas of corruption. Twice a
day, however, the decomposingmatter which
our rivers deposit is swept sway by the
tidal wave, and a source of pestilence is
thus prevented.
A Bit of a Bully..
Seine of our neighbors across the line
seem to think that there is a disposition in
Canada to play "a forcing game and to use
the language° theNewYork Star, 'too ob'ain
advantages from the United Statee because
of the unwillingoeSs Of two great powera to
go to war upon visual *Meta are not of high
importance to either of them." Those who
have come to this conclusion geatly ode -
understand the people of Canada. They
have no desire to ple.y "a forcing game" or
to presume on Canada's position as the de-
pendency of a great power. All they ask of
She United States is the recognition of their
strictly legal rights. So far from desiring
to force their neighbora into compliances
which are distasteful to them what they
most heartily wish for is afar and equitable
settlement of all mattere in dispute between
their countryand the Unitea States. The
i
proof of this s that they have always been
willing to refer these matters for settlexnent
to impartial arbitrators. The representa-
tives of the people of the United States have
not been always so conciliatory, neither have
they exhibited so strong a faith in the
strength and the justice of their contention.
Little disputes and misunderstandings must
continually arise between such near neigh-
bors, but it is not the mark of a friendly
disposition to exaggerate them and make
them the occasion of blustering threats,
A few quiet words of explanation from the
proper quarter will, we aro quite sure, prove
that the action of Dominion officials on the
border was not actuated by unfriendliness
the 'United States, and when the Star, with
no greater provocation, dilates upon Canada's
"ambitious policy in striving after Eaten
commerce and transcontinental trade,"'and
threatens it with the adoption of Cliftries
Sumner's advice "to insist upoo the re-
moval of all foreign liege from this centinent
and from the buttresses thereto," it is act.
ang the part of eebully who is bound to pro-
voke a quarrel With one whom he regards as
wealeer than himeelf. This we are satisfied
is not the attitude, which the great majoriey,
of the people of the Vnited State desire tp
assume towards Canada. They; like us,
want to be good neighbors, to live and let live.
We don't rest with much confidence open
anything that is uncertain.
When to Expect a Thaw.
If clouds drive up high from the south,
expect a thaw.
if shooting stars fall in the south in
Winter, expect a thaw.
In Winter, if the fences and trees are cov-
ered with white frost, expect a thaw.
Very heavy white ftost in Winter is
followed by a thaw.
White frost on three suceessive nights
indicates a thaw.
Hogs rubbing themselves in Winter indi-
cutee an approaching thaw.
When in winter pigs rub against the side
of their pen, it is a sure sign of a thaw.
When little black insects appear on the
snow, expect a 'thaw.
If the trees are frosty and the sun takes
it away before noon, it is a sign of rain.
' If there be an abundance of hoar frost,
expeot rain.
•-
The preparatiop of the trousseau of the
future Empress of China is under full head-
Nee•Yt although thewedding will be in 1889.
Thousands of hands ' are now busy, and it
will be the greatetit ever made. The hats
.fere peetioularly numerous.
-cardinal 'Manning is a, frequent guest at
luxurioue banquets, but in the midst of such
feasts generally makes his dinner off a baked
potato, Wed* ef beef and a glass of water.
The Cerdinahkises at 5 in summer and 6 in
a inter.
• Y,‘Yen Hoon, the Chinese Minister
at Waibitigton, stands high in the list of
Chinese noblemen. His family is of the
oldest and wealthiest in China. His home
is at Canton, where he has an enormous
palace, and an enclosed garden that is
famous even in China for its rare plants.
+.01104 NSW.
Ile Lona a Pine Dog.
"You haverefinelerge family of children
said the visitor.
"Ob, yes," sighed the Texan, wearily;
"house is full of 'em Ce.in't go in any
direction. 4thout etoppin' on a youug
Always in the way. Drat 'eni 1"
" 1. should think," pursued the vieltor,
"you would be afraid some of these for-
oeious looking doge would bite the little
darlings."
44 Dogs 1" orelaireed the father, brighten-
ing np. " Ain't they beauties 7 I've got
rel0 that soya then' hain't 'lawu finer hounds
in all Texas 1"
Chicago. MAX NAINS.
-7 MO— MN
A useful discussion, which the Toronto
Worki claims the merit of having initiated,
is going on in the newspapers, with regard
th the necessity of vigorous action to locate
and develop the mineral wealth of Ontario.
The belief is common and no doubt well-
founded that large mama of the Province
are rich in mineral ores of various kinds, but
notwithstanding the extensive geological
surveys that have been carried on by the
Dominion Government, there seems to be
still a lack of definite information, such as
can be readily turned 0 practical use.
Should Sir Charles Tupper succeed in ob-
thining a measure of reciprocity in natural
products, with the United States, the
opening up of an extensive market would
no doubt prove the best means of stimulat-
ing discovery and development of our min-
eral resources. But in any case it is doubt-
ful if the Local Government could do better
service than in devoting a considerable sum
to careful exploration and to making the re
sults known to the world. The field of
geological and mineralogical research is one
in which the Dominion and the Province
could well afford to work side by side.
There is ample room for both, and whatever
brings to light the vast stores of natural
wealth, which now lie buried beneath our
hills or crop out here and there in our
ravines, will rebound to the prosperity of
both.
An American exchange of recent date,
conunenting on an interesting article on
Medical Examinations for life insurance,
has a suggestion which seems practical and
valuable. The general habit of medical
men and the requirement of the companies
is to reject all but the very best class of
lives. This results very often, of course,
in disappointment to those whose lives al e
thus 'branded as "tainted," and places them
at a great disadvantage in providing for
their fathilies. Why should not the com-
panies, our contemporary asks, make a
classification of life risks, corresponding to
that which obtains in fire riders ? A good
business might be done, and a service ren-
dered to thousands at the same time, by in-
suring certain classes at least of " tainted "
lives at such increased rates of premium as
would guard the company against risk of
loss. Here is an unocoupied field for enter.
prise and philanthropy.
The Blizzard.
Residents in the Northwesb have always
been disposed to ridicule the idea that they
really ever had any blizzards in that coun-
try, but the recent storm was so widespread
and terrible that there is nothing for them,
to do but to go to the other extreme and
elaim that there is no pert of the world
where worse weather is to be found. This
latter claim would not be unreasonable.
Outside the Artio circle such a. record of
suffering as has been made during the putt
week in Dakota and the adjoining States is
without precedent. The stories of the
fiercene'ss of the storm and the extent of its
ravages would indeed be incredible if they
were not substantiated by overwhelming
evidence—It:Y. Post,