HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-4-19, Page 3SCIENTIFIC AND I SEFUL..
Tue Lo tzav M.
There are 1,400,000,040- people living on
the planet which we now inhabit. And yet
there is now and then a man who wonders
what the rest of ms will do when he dies;
There are people in "society" who honest-
ly think that all the world otosea its eyes
When we lite down to sleep. There are wee
who fear to act according to their own eon-
'fictions. because. perhaps,tea persons ie a
*rowel of 1,40,,000.000 will laugh, at theist.
Why, if a Haan could only realize every mo-
ment what a bustling, busy,, fusey important
little atom he is in all thisgreat ant Bill of
important, faasy little atoms, every day he
would regard himself less, and think still
less of the other molecules in the corral..
Ronan'r J- Benne-ire.
A 13nifalo doctor ,says that the street Ceara
that city, which are unwarnted, are re-
apousible for many cases of pneumonia.
Celluloid has recently been need as a sub-
etitnte for copper he aheathing the hulls of
'vessels, and has been found to answer the
purpose admirably,
That unsightly excreseenee commonly
called a wart Can be removed by touehusg it
several tines a day with castor oil. This is
the airieplest known remedy.
The Transatlantic Steamship Company
(French) has equipped all its vessels with
apparatus for epreadipg oil on the waves
dg atorme, having thoroughly tested int
ffs
y
Die Orem of Geneva, lues lately expert.
mooted with himself in htruging. His ex.
perimeate established that the eeuaatioae
were only warmth and a burning in the head,
without convulaioud,
Anew mnaical bratrument the Calvi harp,
the inveaitioi3 of bl;, Dietz, of Braves?a, has
phased a aucceesful private trial, It bee a
keyboard like a plane, but the ineehanieni
Armies the atringa like a harp matted of
striking them, Any pianist can play it
Ice cat be so secured that it will not lose
Z per cent. of its weight in six days, even
he a room the temperature of which ie 80 Q.
This can be done by placing the piece of ice
inabag, and then in a box cantainurgenamgr
barley Chaff to aurround it with a Rayer five
or air inches thick.
Prof: Eliaha Gr ay'a new telentograph is
said to preduce at One end of the wire as
exaet fee-aunile of the writing of the rnestnge
sender at the other end. An artietnray draw
a picture with the pencil in (.hic3go and it,
w il be reproduced synchronously by the
Pencil in New York.
Instead of weighing in pounda and ouyees
A newlyinvented scala iudiceteethe valueef
articiee weighed. For example, if amen buys
butter at 40 coats a pound an indi ater la
Aimed at 30. This so adjusts the *gale that
the lower indicator ahowa the value of any
weight of butter at that price that is put on
the cosies,
To remover a foreign body from the eye,
wrap dry white silk waste around and thor-
oughly over the end of a wooden toothpick,
brush with this carefully over the part of the
eye where the substance ie lodged, and it
will become entangled in the Birk, Bits of
steel or may other sharp subatnnce which
may bosom° imbedded in the eyeball may
be removed by this means, -
Herr Karclin made some interesting and
valuable exporimente during the eclipse at
Jurjowitz. Ifo fore that oue•aixtioth of a
second was long enough for a plate to be ex-
pused during a solar eclipse ru order to ob.
in a good negative, lie also obtained a
photographic landscape during the eclipse,'
and from a comparisou with the time require
ad to obtain a aimilar :result during the full
moon he concludes] that the light during the
solar eclipse was ,fifty six times ae bright as
at full moon.
A simple method of accurately cutting a
bottle is to place it upon some level founds,
tion and fill it with linseed oil to the point
at which you desire the line of separation
to ocour. Then take an iron rod of as great
a diameter as will pass into the bottle make
it almost white hot and dip it into the oil.
After tho ]apse of a few moments a sharp
orack is heard, and the bottle is found to
be as neatly cut as if with a diamond. If
the bottle is very thick, and the cracking,
sound not heard in a few seconds, a Tittle
Bold water thrown on the outside will ac-
complish the desired result.
The other day an old lady came to me
with the request to saw a ring from one of
her fingers. It was her wedding ring,
which she had never bad off since she was
married forty-five yearn before, and she was
delighted to hear that I could remove it
without nutting it. I wound the finger
round from the top downward with flat
rubber braid, which seemed to push the
flesh down almoat to the bone. Her band
was then held above her head for a few
moments. Then the bandage was quickly
taken off and re -wound on the finger. After
repeating this operation three times I was
able to remove the ring with ease.
It has long been a question with scientists
whether flying fish actually fly, or ate only
carried forward through the air by the im-
pulse which they gave to their bodies while
still in the water. Prof. Mobins expresses
an authoritative opinion and claims that they
are totally unable to fly, for the reason that
the muscles which move the pectoral fins are
not sufficiently large to bear the weight of
their bodies in the air. In birds the aver-
age weight of the muscles which are con-
cerned in the movement of the wings is ono -
sixth that of the entire body ; in bats one
thirteenth, while in the flying fish it is only
one thirty-fifth. He affirms, therefore, that
the impulse to the propulsion of the fish in
the air is delivered while they are still in
the water.
It appears that Professor Plateau, of the
University of Ghent, while tryingto observe
the effects- of the irritation of the retina
gazed steadily at the sunfor twenty seconds,
the result being that chronic irido-choroidi-
tis developed, ending eventually in total
blindness. A number of cases are known in
which choroiditis and retinitis occurred in
persons who had observed an eclipse of the
sun. The single flash of a sun reflector has
been known to cause retinitis, , and other
temporaryvisual disturbances of a,funcnon-
al character have been frequently noted. M.
Reich has described a curiouh epidemic of
snow blindneea, which occurred among a
body of laborers engaged in cleaning a way-
through the masses of snow which obstruct.
ed the road between Paaaanaur and Mteti,.
in the Caucasus ; the rays of the sun reflect-
ed from the vast stretches of snow on every
side, produced an intense glare of light,'
'which the unaccustomed eye could not
support without the protection of dark.
glasses. A, few of the eeturelieet among the
laborers were able to work with impunity,
but the majority suffered so much that
among seventy strongly marked eases.
thirty were no severer that themen were
absolutely unable to f continue work or to
find their way home, and lay prone on their
faces, striving to hide their faces from the
light and crying out from pain. Recovery
Was gradual but complete.
A writer in Chanikra' .km7;4 describes s
£" curious new induatry,"' the possibilitiea of
which cannot at present be estimated. It is
nothing more nor leas thea the mauufaeture
from air of oxygen for application to various
uses. Methods of extraotfng oxygen from
the atmosphere have long been known, but
they have not been eufffeieatly praotieal to
make it an article of commercial value, By
what hi known as. the Bun process, however,
oxygenis now being made at a cheap rate
and in large quantities, and, we are told, it
is certain to have a great commercial future,
It cart be need as an illuminator, and it le
expected that it will prove of immense value
to phyaicians, as it already atands high as a
remedial agent. The Brin Oxyen-Company
have a system by which milk can be char ed
with oxygen as it coma fronn the cow,
fore it aures en its travels, and ita benefit
to children and invalids under such applica-
tion is incalculable. Milk treated In this
way, it is claimed, is rendered not only free
from disease, but richer and improved in
taste; It will also when oxygenated remain
freak and pure for a fortnight. The new in -
44E47 is still only in its infancy, and it may
be that the extent of its possible develop -
mot is not yet even dreamed. of. It may
be even poaaslbleKerte day to apply itprauti.
golly to dilatory legislators, An oxygenat-
ed Senate, for instance, would be pleasing
novelty, provided its artificial Activity did
riot all run to talk.
TWO $AVI YDO $ BONS.
They Stand Their Ground ealnst'rwit
Cateneounia, and Kilt. Them cloth,
Phar CAREW, I'a.. April 12.: Two boys,
Willie Chambers and Frank Weston, have
been trapping akunk during the winter for
a furrier in I'niladelphia. They have caught
and shipped o•er two huadredsinee the first
of January, Oa Friday they were going to a
trap et thele on Trout Run, when they have
were coufrouted by anmemento eatanount
tbet sprang out of the busbee and crouched
don in front of them a few feet away. The
b
c+,ya hada single barrelled shot un, Aad
5i'eaten ,fired at the cntesmount, ledging the
cbargeofabotiuita body. The auimaljumped
up and ran anew for a short diatauee ; and
then turned end made a dash at the boys.
Weston clubbed his gun and hit the rata-
meuntwitbtheatc ek as itleapedtoward Nina
The blow stemmed the animal for moment,
when it reuewed the attack, Young Chum -
here had in the mean time procured a heavy
club, and the two boys pitched iu, and afters
severe :Fight, in which the clothing waif torn
from both of them by the sharp claws of
the catamount, they suceeededIn killing it.
They shouldered their trophy and went on
to their trap, where they were surprisedto
find another eetaluouut, We one fast by one
leg in the trap, It was ferocious, audepraug
forward to attaek the boys, hampered as le
was by the trap, Tho force of the jump
snapped the chain by which tho trap was
fastoned to a *apling, and before the boys
had recovered from their astonishment the
catamount sprang onyoung Weaton and fes.
toned its clava in his 'shoulder. Before it
could seize him by the throat Chambers'
atruck it a blow With the butt of the gun,
knocking it locso and breaking the gun.
The catamount thea turned on Chambers.
The flesh was stripped from the Weston
boy'a ahoulder, but, he wont to his compan-
ion's aid. With the olub and tire gun barrel
the two boys killed the second catamount,
but not until they were both badl 'hurt,
� Yo
They started borne with tho two big auinanla
they had killed, but became so weak from'
lona of blood that but for the appearance of ,
a peddler, who was driving in the direction
of the boys' home, and who took the boys in
his wagon, they would not have been able to
get there, and would doubtless have perished
in the road. Tho bays are 12 and 14 years
old.
Tho same day, in thesamo locality, Henry
Clapham killed two catamounts within -. a
mile of the place the boys had their fight
with their aeeond one.
Against Trusts.
The New York Herald says :—The bill
prepared by the Trust Investigating Com-
mittee and introduced in the Senate at Al-
bany is a sweeping measure. It declares
that it shall be unlawful for any person,
company or corporation to enter into a com-
bination or agreement to limit the produc-
tion or raise the price of any necessary of
life, or to establish a monopoly or prevent
competition in the case of such a commodi-
ty. It farther declares that it shall be un-
lawful to put the management or control of
a corporation in the hands of trustees for
such purpose. A violation of the Aot by a
person is a misdemeanour. A corporation
that violates it is liable to forfeit its fran
chises in this State.
Twelve hundred immigrants arrived in
Winnipeg last week.
We fear that agriculturiata, or anybody
else, who look for an advance in the price
ct wheat are doomed to disappointment.
Manitoba, the Western States, India, Ras-
sia, in fact all the sections of the world that
share our markets, report immense stooks
in store that are rather increasing than
diminishing. The trouble ie that in Russia
and in India the cost of growth is so low
that their prices rule the market and make
the production of wheat in America much
less profitable than is warranted by the
amount of capital invested and labor be-
stowed. In five Russian parts alone two
million quarters are in stook, so that with
this year's crops there will be unprecedented
quantities for shipment. Townspeople, of
course, glory in the markets, but what to
our farming friends say In the House
of Lords the other day Earl de is Warr,
speaking on the existing agrioultural de-
pression, drew a desperate pictureof
things. He declared' that the farmers of
Great Britain had la it ;,600,000,000 in ten
years; that 40 to 50 per cent. of the land-
owners of the kingdom were unable to live'
in their own houses; and that nearly a Mil-
lion of agricultural laborers were out of em-
ployment. All this was due, he hinted, to
the fact that foreign wheat -growers were
able to take their produce duty feels into
English markets.'
SCIENCV AND IlELItCION,.
$sr +leu naaalurox,
Popular books regarding; the spirituel
World have not enerall rofessed to he
anything but works of theima -shon
y g gin ,and,
of course, have no more than a literary
valet). The lateat book, Light on the
Hidden Way," proteases to deal. with fasts,
In assuring u$ of the truthfulness of the
writer, Rev. Janes freeman Clarke has
done all that can. be done, alt that is necea-
saryto do in that direction. What remains
ie be judge from the narrative itself of ita
reasonableness.
Of all pretended communications from the
spiritual or unseen world thin is the only one
I have ten which carries moral furca enough
to aceennt for itself. The assumed apirita
which it describes dwell entirely on charac-
ter. Whatever their source, this woman,
wheat days are filled to overflowing with
practical duties and common; round of Cares,
has given rte ideas of duty and truth which
are harmonious with the latest Conclusions
of the deepest thinker,, and which seem to
me to be far in advance of popular spiritual
beliet, perhaps because they toucla the very
basis et morality,
Wtten the author was A girl of lib years
she had set her room in order ono Saturday
morning, and, being in baste far her Flay,
had a►wept and dusted around the tug. As
She started to go ahe saw be ' father 144114
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11)g en the rug and looking demon on it in-
tently. Raising his nolerurs eyes to hers, he
told her to lift owe end of It. And thea, iii
her mortigicatiou, he charged her to remem-
leer that no net or thought is, hidden, and
that every alighted duty to a sin against the
ideal life,
TAM Airs itR TAD/US Itti CONDUCT.
Pretty small doinga fer an angel i" fa
the general it not ntiiversal verdict, That
is because our moral perspective is not cor.-
r€etly a<ljtsnted, Nothing seaman that heals
on *erecter, Fidelity toduty, irreapeetive
of the eizs el the daty, hi fit work for all
worlds. If we suppose that the rolationa of
earth are continued beyond earth, that
fatherly love exists beyond the grave, what
more nature, than that a father, keenly die.
cerrring right and wrong, as the unblended
epiritual eyes must, *mild attend hie little
fatherless and metherleas earth•cbild to
guide her teuderfeetin the right path?. The
ouly probability against it is that it le eel -
dem seen, I should far sooner expect that
It would alta a °near than that it would
weer, cur. There ere A theuadmd rodless
tieue that the presence tf a pure departed.
spirit may be felt by n spirit atilt involved
in matter. Where is no inherent prebatiaility
that the ppure spirit 1A incapable of discern,.
beg or influencing the apirit not yet cleared
from matter.
It might require names °enrage to give so
aimple a uarretive to a world teat demands
front the unseen universe impossible tidings.
Wo target that we are yet In a etago et ex -
lettuce in which knowledge is ccmmunicat•
ed only through the seaaeo. In a certain
way, therefore, we can learn only what we
knew before. Spirit* themaelvea can not,
on any conceivable theory, commuwicete to
us what is not recognizable through the
physical eeohen, In every attempt by any jrave hardened off a few days they may be
revelation no onehas gone beyond the, gym. potted, or transplanted' to the open border.
bedlam of this world, ' imagination can create If it is desired to root the Plante in thumb
new combinations. It never creates materia?. pots, set the pots close together in the tray
A11, therefore, which any revelation can do and pack with sand or, moan, and they will
Is to use this, tsorld in Ito beat types AS in. root quite as readily as on the greenhouse
dicativo of the other, and elucidate moral bench,
With a small propagating caao like tide
and a few plant trays to match, AU immense
number of cuttiuga can be rooted for the
house or borders. It is also well adapted
to atartingplants of alt kinds from seed,
sapedally those of a delicate nature, In
starting seeds it is beat to have a glass cover
on the tray arranged so it can bo drewn
aside a little at a time as the planta oamo
up. .All seedling planta mast have abun-
dance of light and air to prevent them from;
becoming drawn, or damping off,
It is but a ,single step outward, onward,
to annihilate epees beyond'the earth, to
penetrate the earth, civa'ity itself, We
hold tin our grasp that moat anbtle • and
atrong of forces, electricity, utilizing, bat
In nowise comprehending it. There is a
spiritual body as a natural body. The znu-
tnal relation of the two are but d:in}ly dis-
cerned, but slightly nnderateod. There is
nothing is the past to demonstrate or to in-
dicate that the world et matter baa reached
its utinoatrefinement, or that its: relations
with the world of spirithave attained their
closest intimacy.
Firopogatling Case and Trays.
One of the chief di0icultiea that the area,
tour propagator meets with in rooting get -
tinge of many kinds of plants to a lack of
bottom heat Top treat he can get easily
enough; but bottom heat ie the key to sac-
cess to propagating plenty by cuttings, as
every gardener and fieriest well knows.
1 reprsseot atfig. 79 A sketch of a. ''propa-
gatrng case" that, fudging from my Own ex -
Ire Case or War.
The probability of war breaking out be.
ween Canada and: the United States 3a, gi
course, very remote, hat thia fact does not
prevent the discussion 1 military oirelea
aoroaa the border of the bearing upon etch
an event of the relative poeitie s of the two
countries. The March number of tbe
nal of oftheMilitary :serefce lrrstftution contains
a paper by Lieut. b', M. Woodruff, of the
United States regularArmy, deeling with
"9 Our Northern Frontier, and diemmeing-
the present aed potential military strength
of thea country. As the paper rev ived first
prize in a competitroa a' the institution,; it
may be accepted as a fairly accurate state-
ment of the views of the military authorittea
at Washington on the *object,
Lieut. Woodruff states that the p0eekble
arra-bearing force of the Dominion cauaiste
of militia, which, if turned out to the last`
roan, would produce "about 900,000 effee..
tives for active :service, though it would be
practically impossible toplace so great a
number under arms After giving some de-
tails reenacting the organized militia ferce,
and calling attention to the inaufcieney of
'to training, be says that the weakest paint
n the organizetiorr ie its lack of a "nuclena
f a trans=port eyatew," admits, how„
ever, that during the smut antbreek tri the
North.West the troupe were moved to the
front with remarkable rapidity. Canada's
chief advantage, our writer says, lies in the
poasesaian of admirable railway anti inl:wd
navigation ayateipa, By means of theca
Eaglieli troop,, seat ant by steamers of the
canard, Wen, White Star and Iumaii lineae,
could lee quickly distributed t►t important
points throughout the eountry. The part
which the I;lOgliah deet of gars -beat* and
cruisers would play is thus described
,F Forty-three of three vessel% draw leas
an seven, feet of water, and sense would
ediately pass thrueu h the Richelieu
and Chaimbly canal to I,eke Chari,
this naval foram wield be euxiltsree
and force that would approaelc the
°utter et New York from Moutred. Prem
Halifax and St. John, N. 13,, a etrorg naval
force would threaten the important eitiee
from Eastpert, Me,, to Hampton R ads, and
s4 abealutely defeneeless are all these citiefs.
that they would be placed nutter tribute.
England would seed acme of her fleet to oc-
eupy Gardeners Bay, at the Fietern end of
bang island, the a oupetion al which would
be of the highest etrategieel importanca as
it would furnish the enemy witha aeaure
harbor for bis tramp?rte, argil it would serve
as ass moat impartaut base of operation.
Frim St. John Eeglsud would scud a lend:
fore, into Maioe, and thus secure control of
life
retie -04s even as far as I'ortlaud, where
*he would already have bail same of her
irowelade, From Bermuda she would send
her vessel@ to lay the cities of the Heath
Atlantic and Gulf cease Meier tribute,
end finally fromi," iororfa aha wawa
send them to San l rancisro and P<irtlend.
Oregon. On the entire 'render the only,
point at which the United S.atea poesesaea
the whole advantage ie 3lInuosota and Oa,
kota, where wecould quickly send a force
to 'evade Manitabe, and ens off communfea.
tion with the extreme Wese In addition
to the bases of operation° named, Kiorretou,
Toronto and llamilton, timid serve as bases
upon Lake Oatarie for naval operations ;
and as every effort would ba .made to keep
the Welland eanal intact, they wonld also
serve as bailee for operations on Lilco Erie.
The ordnance stores and war material pos.
aessed hy the Englirse and at the disposal
of Canada and the perfect systema of naviga.
tion and railroad oanvuunication from
Montrealwhich is only fifty miles from
Reuse's Point would soon place the whole
of Northern Now York under control of the
enemy. This world include the two frontier
railroads and tho city of Oedensbargb."
Up to thin pryint Lieut. Woodruff concedes
the advantacc to the enemy, but he holds,
that as the
Tnr"
L tod Shame could arm And'
equip 20,000 men every week matters would
soon be " evenos up." In the meantime the
following programme would probably be
adopted by our neighboura
Regular troops would be massed at four
or five points on tote frontier, viz.,. at St
Vincent, Minn, a Detroit, Mich. ; l3uffnlo,
Ogdensburg and Rouso's Point, N. Y. U,.
on the declaration of war the troops nhonld'
bo ordered to occupy and hold at all hazardu
Windsor, opposite Detroit; FortErie, oppo-
site Buffalo, and Prescott opposite Olgens-
burgh c a bold dash by some picked men
would probable give as the possession of
the four bridges across the Niagara River:.
viz,, the Seapension bridge, Cantilever and
the International bridges, and the 7fmal1
Suspension bridge. The troops taking
possession of Fort Erie should make a des-
perate effort to reach and deatroy the Wel-
land canal, or disable it as much as possible,
and the troops from, Ogdensburg should at-
tempt the destruction of the Point Iroquois.
Junetien and Galops canals ; the latter is
only seven and three -eights miles below -
Prescott. That this might be done by a
fearless commander is highly prot able, for
it was along this portion of the frontier that
the Fenian raids were successfully made.
The troops from Detroit should conatruot
earthworks at Windsor, and also occupy
Sarnia. and Courtwright, and the comman-
ders at these three places should be made to
understand that there was to be no snole
thing as withdrawal or surrender. The,
troops from S. Vincent should move to.
Winnipeg, and hold that point to sever con-
nections by the C-snadian Pacific with the
extreme West. Troops should be sent to.
Binger, Me., to concentrate there a large
pertioa of the National Guard of that State,
and if any delay occurred in the operations -
of the Canadians, these troops should at
once move towards Vanceborough, and if -
possible MaeAdam, N. 13."
The man being thus placed in position in.
this game of war, our military readers may
find it interesting to carry on ,the subse-
quent moves and to endeavor to ascertain,
which side would come off victorions.
Those, however, who do not take.-, pro-
fessional interest in such matters will find
Lieut. Woodruff's paper chiefly suggestive
of the immense damage to the material=
interests of both countries which a war be-
tween Canada and the United States would':
entail
perience with in will meet all the revise
meute (tithe Amateur fleriat,and enableinea to
eompete.succesafully with the beat appointed
greenhouse in the world in rooting a limited
number of rosea and other favorite or high.
priced plants,It is simply a box 10 inches
pl
eep, and as ung sad wide as may be de
sired. The box is made of inch thick a:itif,
aud iu it ie placed a galvanized iron or tin
tank 30 inches deep, and three Taches lore
in diameter than the Weide of tiro ll=x, The
one aid a half rock of apeee between, the
tank and the aides of the hex should be
packed with aawdust. At one aide is a Fill'
ang tube, as shown in the sketch, mule faucet
for drawing off the water. A few plant
treys, four inclsea deep and large enough to
closely fit imide the tipper parr of the cue
over the teuk, are needed. They should be
made of half-inch etufl: If desired they
may bo made one or two inebea deeper and
have -a cissa cover to fit over the top.
Put about three inches of Band, or fine -
friable soil in one of these trays, set the cut,
tinge In it, .till the tank with hot water, and
keep it hot, or quite warm, by drawingofla
portion deity and replacing with more that
as boiling. In a few days the planta in the
tray will be rooted and it can be taken out
and another filled withcuttiu s put in its
lace, After the planta in the first tray
truth which le eternal, that ie, which has no
relation to time. 'Shia modest seer touches
with firm band a great truth, evithout mita
givings, without even sell-eoue iouanees,
Another principle of the widest scope is
presented with the same light, firm touch;
the light, passing touch of ono to whom it
has been given, and net the ea, or groap of
one who lute found it rafter extraordinary,
life-long seeldng, When naked what seem-
ed to her the 'meet lrnpreeaivo fact disclosed'
by the unseen life she hesitates a little, In
certain.childlike fashion, and then says par-
leys it is the perfect ardor of the universe.
Under this order cab. out finds its exact
level and place by na unfailing a law as that
which eryataliren'the anew and paints the
TWO and holds the stars in theirorbits. Thus
she discerns the unity of moral and material
taw.
THE LTTE ATTER DEATH.
Following this line of law, her friends of
the unseen world teach what the highest
reason we can exercise seems to teach, that
there is nothing in death to change a sinner
into a saint except that the clear epiritnal
eye, "the unclothed soul," is forced to see
its own condition and pass judgment on it-
self. The ataiu of normal life shows in-
stantly all its blankness in the white light of
the spiritual atmosphere. A reaction from
the belief in a literal hell to a comfortable
but deadening assurance that death will
make all right receives from these spiritual
advisers no countenance. "Hell -fire" hard
ly is too strong a word for them to use far
the light of heaven, only that it is a purify-
ing rather then a punitive flame, but it
brings an almoat intolerahle pain to him
who has loved and lived in darkness. And
it brings an unexpected joy to the soul
which has gone further than it knew in the
attainment of noble character.
Two of these sup prised spiritual sufferers,
who learned their evil deeds only after they
had passed from earth, were men who had
left ample endowments' to public institu-
tions, but
WHOSE RELATIVES WERE ABANDONED
to need and distress. Most miserable of all
who came to this seer were such as these—
self-constrained to watch constantly the
hardships and anxieties which they them-
selves might have averted, unreconciled to
their own helplessness to aid where once aid
was in their power; held back from progress
by unavailing regret and remorse, driven
into a hell of unrest.
The communications of these assumed
spiritual beings teach a God of science, of
logic, of the devoutest:religion ; teach a
gospel of purity, of human service, of stern
fidelity to truth end duty. They are in per-
fect and impressive accord with the highest
conclusions of the intellect, the tenderest;
aspirations of the heart, the sternest dic•
tates of the conscience. ` To this extent they
demand recognition.
What in the history of the visible world
forever bars it from oonsoioua''conneotien
with the invisible world ? Progress ,has al-
ways been in that direction. The epic of
civilization is the epic of spiritualization.
The mass of rough stone has became artiatio
beauty, family consecration, religious wor-
ship. Space has been overcome by spirits
upon the earth.
Will Tliero be Trouble?
In spite of the praolamation of the Lieu-
tenant -Governor of British Golumbi ►, warn-
ing the seal fishers of that province to main-
tain the peace in Behring, straits, there is
grave cavae for apprehension that trouble
will arise if the huge monopoly, at present
protected by the United States government,
attempts to interfere with the operations of
Canadian boats as it did Iast year. A num.
bei of sealing vessels are reported to have
started out from British Columbia and
Nova Scotia, all manned by men determined
to resist seizure by American cutters plying
in the interest of the fur company that rules
everything in that region with, an iron
hand, The Governor of Alaska has de-
nounced this monopoly in the most un-
measured terms for its treatment of people
who make the slightest attempt to thwart
its purposes; and what he says only con-
firms the opinion that has prevailed for
some years as to the outrages committed by
this corporation, which pretends to be act-
ing under the laws of the United States ani
with the sanction of the authorities at
Washington. Americans, Canadians and
Indians have suffered too many indignities
at the hands of the Alaska Far Company,
and it seems hard to blame any of the suffer-
ers if they now take the law into their own
hands. This the Canadian victims of the
monopoly, it is said, propose to do, and they
have put for the grounds prepared to con-
test the claims of their oppressor. ' The
State Department at Washington should
take notice and put a veto upon the
measures taken in Bshrings Sea to lock up
the treasures of those waters for the benefit
of a corporation that has seized upon pro-
perty that is not owned by the United
States. If the Governor of Alaska is to be
believed, no time should be lost in stripping
the pirates composing the fur company of
the power conferred upon them, under a
misapprehension, by the United States. No
American statesman can honestlydefend the
tactics pursued in Behring', Sea to exclude
Canadians from the sealing grounds, and
no ane competent- to form, an unbiased
Opinion has visited Alaska and Dome away
without deciding that the Alaska Far Com-
pany, conducted as it is, is in the highest.
degree:Arnica' to the welfare of that Ter-
ritory.
One hundred years ago the town of Wil-
ton, N. H., passed the following vote d"That
the town provide one barrel West India rum,
five barrels New England rum, one barrel
good brown sugar, half a box of goodlemons,
two loaves of loaf sugar, for franiing'and
raising acid meeting house."
Chieag' has a thrifty street car conductor
who has been raising mushrooms inhis .cele
ler and selling them to the several large -
hotels for the past year. ` The mien is a::.
sturdy young Irishman, and he learned the
trade of a gardener in Dublin. Lash March
he raised four pounds daily: to every square
foot of bad and sold them ataood price.
He was seven years in solving the olistic
problem," but at last aueoeeded and now
raises a' product far superior to foreign• grown,
mushrooms ,