HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1888-8-9, Page 6WHAT SMALL FARMERS DID,
The Creat 'Mistake of Engagtag In Farming
on an Extensive Scale, •
�eanta ConSfitiefeen: Man naturally wants
the earth, :or, at least, thae part of it which
adjoins his particular estate; bat he makes
a great mistake when he engages in farthing
•
ori an extensive scale.
Prince Rrapotkine, who has made a care
ful etudy of tete subject in France, gives %
number of instances to the gauntry districts
argnnd Paris, where comparatively ignor
ant farmers bale Puede small market ger-
'dente enorneowaly productive, One farm is
mentioned by hilt of two and seven-tenthe
acres which produces annually 125 tons of
market vegetables of all kinds. The owner
el this farm by building walls to protect
his lands from eold wind$, by whitening the
wails tee secure all possible radiated heat,
and by the conatmet and iudietous use of far•
*lfzere, has hie little farm, in *productive
t'ondition from •the first of January to the
last of Deeemb r. • Ey ein:plc end ieexpee•
sive means he baa practically legatee his
farm in the tropics,
A crencb gardener does not ease what
kind of soil be •starts with. He would be
eatiafied with are aaphelc pavement, because
he makea bin soil, and se ranch, of it that he
has to sell it to keep his place from being
gradually raised above the level of the aur=
eendersta ode ading the awn of user* atryehe has
to diihenity, in making soil thatcentaine all
the materials needed far plant We.
.fringe I%repotkieespee,as of one gardener
who baa covered halt alt tete with a blase
roof, and ton steam pipes supplied by a
suet boiler under the ground sheltered by
this! covering. Ttie Ma k ha* been that:lie
hew cat every der€ for tett menthe from 1,090
Pct 1.2e0. large bunehea of aspera.exua, a pre,
duct which under. erdtuery eamditione mead,
require eisty acres of lent*. Ilut thin result
haat been surpassed by au Entitle farmer,
who baa made a etre acre nushrorut farm
yield him anaannel ineoute nfe$5.O0O.
lander the French teethed of cniture it
would be. possible to teethe one Square 'mile
support 1,00 human beings, elm auch a
scale et productive capacity tbia country
would *Terpet t ai pepulstistu of 3,01;0.000,t104
Even when we kuo.k off 4 fair percentage
for Pnistakes, exam ;eretioua and nnievere
able conditions, -it will be seen that we are
in no danger of having an overcrowded
population for celaturiee to come. There ie
no reason why our eastern farmers should
go west for more elbow teem. Their great
drawback iS not the want r.f •more land, it
is the pGaa;eet:Iom of tee teach. laud.
Ira Same 144411dt-I in Switzerland the era -
yeller ua the plain or in the valley* look*
up to as towering precipice 2.CO0 feet above
itis head,. Whereto luberieuely clicelts to
the sttmtnit, expecting to find mething but a
bare rock, he tete before lei ri the antihagex•
pante of productive Beide, with pretty
cottaaeedoetipgthelancieeepe Thegeaeaus
preen -asters started with only the naked
reel: under them. They carried• the rich
Neil of the valley in baskets on their butte
up the uteuutetu aide, and went to work
with at will until they trensfermed their
sterile paeehete into Wonting garden .
The *Riege :5 of European farmers with all
the foreea of nature again*t them should be
au inspiritsg lesson to our tillers of the soil.
The Arnerienn email farmer has only to
unite brain work with hand werk to make
himself iudependent and comfortable, if not
rich. Bat without this union of the brain
and hand there can be no great and pone -
nate Buccal/.
Cattle Imported Into Great
Britain.
The number of cattle imported into
the United Kingdom et Great Britain and
Ireland during the Near 18S7 ia 2 99s,439, a
clecreaco of 250,e74 compared with the
recop:a of Wei. The report shows—
Prom Canada there were imported in. 1 S7
to the r.orta of Aberdeen, Bristol, (:dasgow.
Liverpool and London, 187 caryoea, and
part of one cargo wrecked near the Scilly
islands was landed there. 'Iheso cargoes
copaiated of 65,154 cattle, 35,479 cheep,
and three swine; 840 cattle and 847 sheep
were thrown overboard during the voyage;
twenty-four cattle and eighteen sheep ;vero
landed dead, and forty-one cattle and
seventy-one were so much injured that i
was necessary to slaughter them at tht
place of landing. e
These figures show a very considerable
increase in the number of cattle from Canada
lost and injured during transit last year
as compared with the looses in 1886; this
is partly accounted for by' the loss of 203
cattle from one vessel, which as stated above,
was wrecked, and the cattle saved from the
wreck, 250, were landed on the island of
Annet, the nearest available place. The
losses of sheep were very small last year,
being less than one-fourth of what they
were in I886.
From the United States of America there
were imported into the ports of Bristol,
Glasgow, Hull, Liverpool, and London 350
cargoes, consisting of 96,812 cattle and 1,027
;heap; 2,256 cattle and 162 sheep were thrown
overboard during the voyage; 281 cattle and
two sheep were landed dead; and five cattle
were so much injured that it was necessary
to kill them as soon as they were landed.
Thus it appears that 4,105 animals were
thrown overboard, 325 were landed dead,
and 117 were so much injured or exhausted
that they were killed immediately after
landing, making a total of 4,547 which were
lost on the passage or so much injured that
it was necessary to slaughter them at the
place of landing.
[Arctic and Antarctic Icebergs.
It is not generally known that a marked
difference exists in the form of the icebergs
of the two hemispheres. Those of the Arctic
Ocean are irregular in shape, with lofty
pinnacles, cloud -capped towers and glitter-
ingdomes, whereas the Southern icebergs are
flat-topped and solid looking. The former
reach the thereby narrow fords, but the for-
mation of the latter is more regular. The
Northern are neither so large nor eo numer-
ous as those met with in the S luthern Ocean.
In 1855 an immense berg waa sighted in
42 ° south latitude, which drifted about
for several months and was sighted by
many ships. It was 300 feet high, sixty
miles long and forty miles wide., and was in
shape like a horseshoe. Its two aides in.
closed a sheltered bay measuring forty miles
across. A large emigrant ship ran into this
bay and was lost with all on board. Only
about one -ninth of an iceberg is visible
above water. There are several well auth-
enticated accounts of icebergs 1,000 feet
high having been sighted in the Southern
Ocean. This would make their total height
9,000 feet, or nearly two miles.
SOME ASTRONOMICAL QIJER-
IES.
D',d you everanywheythat es not
see w
Didyou ever have thegood fortune
milky?
Did to see
Venus horizon from the sea?
Did you ever go behind the hills to see if
anything had been hatched out by the set.
tinge eau?
Because your baby wants to get up at
o'clock be the morning ia be any brighter
than the atm that rises at
Did you ever get a splinter in your hand
through too great familiarity with a anooa•
beton?
\Vbat'a the difference between the star-
light and the theodolite ?
Does the nioen get fall at the great b'ar?
How did 0 Bion`lose theB out of,his name,
and is his name really O'Brien ?
How much does Leo and who are his
creditors ?
In what battle did Ursa Major win his
title 4
Do you suppose :Sagittarius is on g .od
terms with Taurus ?
And if he is does this prove that Sagit-
terus never bit the bulls eye?
Da the Twins ever say " by Gemini;?"
£le$ Sirius ever smile, and when he does
ia it because of the comet'a funny tale ?
Dees the man in the Amen ray " I swan"
when Cygnus aotnea round?
When the sore begins to sink do they
ever use the dipper to bate him oat?
When Jupiter Rete thirsty deee be eail
for leis ,
Tia you rhyme Terpsichore with tiler
or hickory 4
Dees the wind ever blow through the
whiskers of Capricorn?
Da you know any ruore abqut aatrottehiy
uow then you did two rainutes ago?
.GAT.WYERS AND THEIR WATS,
Peter the Great waa apposed to litigation:.
Ile issued an edict that no trial should last
to exceed eleven days.
A lawyer making- bin will bequeathed his R
estate to fools and madmen, for, said he,
"from each I bad it and to mach t give it."
Salon compered the people to the ceaand
the Weave* to the wield, " The eve," he
aaid, "will be calm and quiet if the wind
lees not trouble it,"
in the reign of Henry Vl,cou.rtawere held
at [larking every three weeks, wed there are
instances of malts lasting six teentha, and re -
tubing in damages et four pence and east* of
twelve pence.
European civilieetion may kava wrought
changes, but up to * few year* ago the
CMneae code wee so simple that the services
of attorueye were not necessary, and thele
was not a lawyer in the whale empire.
Dr. Garth, alluding to the practice of
lawyers, wrote :
"For fees, to any term they mould a rause.
The worst has merits and the beat has :laws:
rive guineas make a criminal today,
And ten to•arers= wipes the'taua away."
In the rolls of the Rritieh Parliament,
1145, is a petition from two counties eettlag
forth that the number of attorneys had lately
iuereased from six to twenty-four, whereby
the peace of theeo counties had been greatly
interrupted by law suite. They asked that
the number be reduced to fourteen.
Addison tells a gory about the Neapoli•
tans, who were much given to litigation.
One of the Yapese made a requisition upon
the Viceroy ref Naples for 81,00 head of
etvine. The Viceroy replied that the swine
could not be spared, bttt if his Holiness had
any use for 30,000 Lawyers they were much
at his service.
lienat'kint,
From the earliest time the kings of Eng-
land have taken a delight in hawking and
spent largely upon it. Alfred the Great is
reported to be the author of a treatise on the
sport, and Edward the Confessor devoted to
hawking whatever time he could spare
from religious exercise. It was at first un-
doubtedly a Northern amazement, and spread
sou:hwarda—whore it was quickly appro.
elated—when the ancestors of William the
Conqueror settled on the northern ahores of
France. Tho Norman Conqueat gave fresh
life and vigour to the pastime in England,
and from that time it became more a
•" class " sport than before. It was costly to
a degree; to obtain a thoroughly efficient
bird often necessitated a special journey to
Norway All through the reign of Henry II.
the Exchequer accounts show heavy pay-
ments for "Norweyan" hawks, The taste
for the sport was fully shared by the aristo-
cracy of the Middle Ages. To train and
skilfully manage a hawk was part of the
gentlemen's education. The famous " Boke
of Saint Albans "(A D. 1486) assigns to every
rank its particular kind—for the king a
" gerfalcome ," for an earl a "peregrine,"
or a lady a "merlin," for a "young man" a
"bobby," for a priest a "sparrow; "while a
" holiwater clerke " had to be content with a
"musket."
Which Was the More to be En-
vied?
When Lafayette was last in America, re-
ceiving ovations wherever he went, he was
entertained nowhere with more ardent de-
votion than in New Orleans. He was for-
mally received in the old Spanish building
situated on the Place d' Armes, no A Jackson
Square, north of the cathedral. He was
very affable, and particularly agreeable to
young men. Illustrative of his happy faculty
of making himself popular by being, in a
social way, " all things to all men, " the fol-
lowing may be pertinent. Two young Creole
gentlemen were successively introduced to
him. " Are you married ?" asked the mar-
quis of the first. " I am, General, " was
the reply. " happy man -happy man !"
said Lafayette, warmly pressing the youth-
ful Benedict's hand. The second made a
negative answer to the same question,
" Lucky dog—lucky dog !" said Lafayette.
patting the bachelor on the back.
Georgia produces vigorous old men, and
75 -year-old Mace Newman of Wilkes county
is a sample. The old man was sitting in his
shop the other evening, reading, when a fox
ran in and lay down by the side of his ohair.
Mr. Newman struck the animal with a
square, and, when it jumped out of the win-
dow, followed in hot pursuit, and after a
short phase caught and killed it.
ltI:TJRDEROT;`S NATIVES.
They Attack a nrlttiteecbeoner one the Yam
"schema Coast.
Advices received by the steamer Belgic
give an account of a murderous attack by
nativea upon the crew of the British otter
hunting schooner Nemo, off Copper Island,
on the •coast of Kamtschatka.. The Nemo
sailed from Yokohama last April ou the ns -
nal hunting voyage, and on May 2$.h while
Copper Island Capt. Sao* had three
oats lowered to pull around in the vicinity
of the vessel and look for otter; The boats
weremanned by Japanese, Capt, Snow being
the only white than on board. While the
beats were. approaching alarge reek Are was
suddenly opened by a concealed party Open
the eaptain'e Twat which was then but a
short distance from the •rocks, One bullet
struck Capt, Snow in the hand, and he int -
mediately ordered the men to pull away,
Bnlleta then began to fall like hail, and see-
eral men rolled or the treats. When the
boats reached the vessel it was found that
three rued were mortally wounded, add
they died,after *few hours; ,An enquiry
was afterwards held before the British con
sul a; Kanagana and the testimony showed
that the attack was uuprevoked, Captain
Arrow believed that the assailants nnmbered
a dczen at least. An .investigation brought
•out the feet that it was the general belief
that the rifles had been furnished the na-
tives by the Alaska Commercial Company
to guard the coast against the depredationa
of seal huuters, bat it is stated that the na-
tivee who mate the attaek could not have
meed this as as excuse, as it is a. well-known
fact that there are no seals in these waters
till a month, later.
Euealyptus.TrceS..
The eueel ptusbelousetothemyrtletribe,
It; is said that there are as teeny as cue hue•
dred and fifty varieties of the tree. They
arenative to Australia, but leave already been
introduced into most of the tropical and
tenperatecountries of the world,
Two kinds have been chiefly,eultivated, the
redgtsui,reehlifrn,andtheblue guru 3Foludue,
Which ie tltebetterkuown, It is UM/014W its
rapid growth, as it often makes au increase
in height of f1:4tn siie to nine feet a year. The
tree centime growing at this rate nail it
bas reached an CM/SOUS size,
In 1862, itis said, an Auetralian merchant
desired to fend to the London Exhibition a
specie -met of the large -growth eucalyptus, but
no ship could be found bug enough to carry
the giaut:
heproduets of this tree are numerous and
varied. Tbeweod is said to be valuable Inc
the cecpenter's and builder's uses. The guzu,
or resin, to employed in the manufactures of
"aovs,court.p.a*ter,haiments, syrup, pom-
ade*, toilet viuegere, a; well as many prepar-
atime need for artistic purposes, such as
varitfabing oils, veueer and iraeiug-paper,•'
There has been for some years catabtished in
Paris a store for the sale of eucalyptus per-
rnery.
Eat by far the meet valuable end impudent
property of this tree is ita power of eerrect-
ing malaria. °Tie quality le, perhaps, due
to the aromatic oil which the tree contains,
or more probably to the drainage effected by
its room. It has hem proved in many coun•
tries In which the tree has planted. In Al.
geriethe cultivation of the tree hasrenderea
many low•lyiag or marshy districts inhabit-
able, where, to the early years of French.
occupation foreigners could not live on ac.
count of deadly fevers.
Tho cucslyptus was firat planted in Algeria
in 1i62, and now there are reckoned to be
not leas than two millions of these trees in
that country, each from fifty to sixty festin
height. From what tho tree has already
done for eolonieWtfon, it is evident that it
must play 'an important part in future
schemu for making settlements, particularly
in tropical regions.
Another Zulu War Imminent.
Telegrams Iron Durban, bring news of
yet another Waiver. Intelligence has bean
received of the return to INr'Konjeni of the
police and soldiers, and the native levies
forming a support to the former, from
Hlopekulu Hill. The Miura were found
in a strong position among dense, bushy
kloofa. Atter six hours' resistance they
were dispersed with heavy loss, 1,000 of
their cattle being captured. The casualties
on the British side include—killed, Lieu-
tenant Briscoe, of the Inniskilling Fusiliers;
Mr. Trent, leader of a native levy, and
three natives ; wounded, one Bente auto (danger-
ously), and seven others. Tho extent of
the losses among the native levies is as yet
unknown. Iahingnna's fate is uncertain,
but it is said that he escaped on horseback.
A later telegram says a force comprising a
detachment of British troops and police and
native levies attaeked the rebel chief Iehin-
guna, and utterly rooted him after nix
hours' severe fighting. Intelligence re-
ceived from Zululand states that four chiefs
of the Inkandhla District attacked the
loyal chief Sokotyata and looted hie cattle.
They afterwards attacked the residence of
the district magistrate, who, with the help
of a few native police and Sokotyata's men,
repulsed the enemy with heavy loss after
several hours' fighting. The loss on the
British side was trifling. More encounters
will have to follow if, as some suspect,
Dinizulu and his following ars acting with
the connivance of the Boera, Dinizulu re-
presents the power of Cetewayo, or what is
left of it, and he is at deadly feud with a
chief under British protection, whom he
has just overthrown. Usibepu, his enemy,
was only saved by timely flight to a British
police station. The engagements have
probably been brought about by a punitive
expedition against Dinizulu. If he has the
Boers at his back it will be easy to err by
trying to punish him too much.
Sir Robert Peel's Honor.i
A private letter, it is said, should never
be produced, and as proof of this the conduct
of Sir Rebert Peel toward Mr. Disraeli is
cited, Mr. Disraeli had commenced a series
of venomous personal attacks against Sir
Robert in the House of Cemmons. Sir Rob.
ert hinted that their cause was to be found
in his having refused to give him office. Mr.
Disraeli indignantly replied that he had
never asked for office, and challenged Sir
Robert to produce ono single proof that he
had. Sir Robert had at the time a letter
from Mr. Disraeli asking him for office, but
neither produced it nor alluded to it, because
his high sense of honor would not allow him
to make use of a private letter, the pro-
duction of which would have crushed his
opponent. Had he not taken this view there
would, in all probability, have been no Lord
Beaconsfield, no Primrose League, no "Peace
with honor."
Angel Josie 4 Snowy Spirit.
sr imam Bromism.
Angel Josie 1 enmity spirit,
Far above the milky way :
Brightest star that blese'd our heavens,
sweetest song teat cheer'd our day.
0-meback, darling,—mor tal hearts say—
But a higher voice replies—
" Rather wait and join her anthems ;
Where thy songster never dies."
Angel Josie 1 snowy spirit,
Byes must weep and tombs must fill,
Ere life's gloomy tempest enters
'leavens rad aat ' }'.ace be stein"
There amid unfadingblossoms,
Where dark sorrow never blights ;
Rand in hand, we'll Jove and loiter.
Basking in the Light of Lights..
Not Strangers There.
ar 1.rxDA MASA LanawAn
To whom would }leaven's door so freely }'pen
As to a little child,
who Mande with timid feet upon its threshold,
Lavey and nndell'ed?
And such a one, of Jate, was lowly Jyirg,
With fast receding breath ;
Over her face the first, last shadow falling—
She was afraid of death
Her loved one Paid, "" Ob, do not fear to enter
That land, so wide and fair."
To all their words .cf cheersbe could but acswer,
"I do uot know them ,hexa i"
But, even as she spoke, her bands were lifted
In sudden, s. set surprise.
And the reelection et some dawniog splendour
Illumined ber wondering eyes.
\o tenger clinging to her tender watchers,
Arad darkened by their woe,
And was in bane to go. beckcn,
She !coked as if she saw same loved one
what aha beheld we saw not, and her rapture
Our hearts not Tet aught share,
Out with a tact bright smile sae whispered gladly,
"They are not serener u there t"
Willi Flowers.
.
sr s n. ettass:or.
Alone; the pleasant country road,
Beneath a cloudless eke
We strolled, thetgolden summertime
MY pet and 1;
The deep, deep oyes were drinking In
The beauty, where it spread,
Aad tie' thought* were busier still
Within her head.
She'd never known the eauatry thus.
Dressed in its colors etre.
\rhea nature strews ber wild flowers, bright
Besoodco upare,
The houses, as we passed, revealed
Their lawns and *lowers beds,
Rut here, unkept, the need Rowers shock.
Saucy heads.
"Rotuma, who owns these pretty Rowers,
Dees thtaheuae er that one?'
1 stopped a minute where nay girl
titAd in the wan ;
"Maher. lay dear. Rod planted theca
Fes Moulds lake, on,
Hell let:yea take on you c ua p;tlt,
If }tau ehocse te."
liar hands were full --env bear* wens too.
Aewith amotherS ple.n-are,
I watched her gather in ber arms
Her t•rasure
Then. on her knees the darling drogped,--
Wathan; a minute's tcarnir g- '
l thank you, Gad, fcr sending thee,--
Gesd morning!"
nreaebles of Etiquitte.
It is a breach of etiquette to stare round
the roam when you are making a call.
To remove the gloves when making a
formal call.
To open the piano or to touch it if found
open when waiting for your hoateee to enter..
To go to the room of an invalid without
an invitation.
To walk about the room examining its
appointments when waiting for your hoatess,
To upon or shut a door, raise or lower a
curtain, or in anyway alter the arrangement
of a room in the house at which you are a
caller,
To turn your ohair so as to bring your
back to some ane seated near you.
To remain after you have discovered that
your host or boatels is dreaeed to go out.
To fidget with hat, cane or parasol during
a call.
To preface your departure by remarking
" Now I must go," or to insinuate that your
hostess may be weary of you.
To resume your aeat after having once
risen to say adieu,
For a lady recieving several callers to en-
gage in a tete-%•tete conversation with one.
To call upon a friend in reduced circum-
stances with any parade of wealth in equipage
or dress.
Coins of Great Price.
Coin collectors have got another treasure
to look after; for, a few weeks ago, a small
issue of the ]ate German Emperor's coinage
was made from the royal Mint at Berlin, and
a limited number of gold Fredericks have
got into circulation, but they are already so
exceedingly scarce that they command fancy
prices. The mint offt:iala are now busy
with the coivage of the new Emperor, which
is to be issued at once. At a sale of coins
a few days ago a five guinea piece, dated
1820, fetched £100, and £13 was raid for
a Queen Anne farthing.
Quicksand.
Quicksand is composed chiefly of small
particles of mics mixed largely with water.
The mica is so smooth that the fragments
slip upon each other with the greatest facil-
ity, so that any heavy body which displaces
them will sink and continue to sink until a
solid bottom is reached. When particles of
sand are jagged and angular, any weight
pressing on them will crowd them together
until they are compacted into a solid mass.
A sand composed of mica or soapstone, when
sufficiently mixed with water, seems incapa-
ble of auch consolidation.
Herr Tisza.
Herr Tisza, the Austrian prime minister,
is a Hungarian, and was born in 1830. He
is a very wealthy land owner, having in-
herited a large estate from his father.
Ordinarily Tisza is not a striking -looking
man. He dressses in such poor taste that
tailor recently put an article in the news-
papers saying that he was not responsible
for the premier's lack of style. Tisza is a
tall, lean man, with strong features, bright
eyes, and a long, white. beard. Ile is said
to look like "an aged Mephistopheles."
Tisza is not a great orator, but he is an un-
tiring worker and of wonderful versatility.
THE SITEENA EXPEDITION.
For the Rescue of 'White People Besieged
by Indians.
Oa Sunday of last week the steamer
r` Caribou Fly" arrived at Victoria, British
Columbia, from the Skeena River with re-
ports to the effect that a band of Indians had
besieged the Hudson'a Bay officers and their
families, together with the law ofieera sent
up to arreat an Indisf l murderer. According
to thcse reports, vehicle were unconfirmed,
the Hudson's Bay Company's factor at Hazel-
ton, en the Skeente River, and one of the law
officers had been murdered and unless quick-
ly rescued all the whites would be massacred,
ee, atoall force of provincial police was got
ready :and this body, together with 0 Bat.
tery of regulars stationed at Victoria
marched to Esquimau, lt, where they em-
barked on H.ld,A., "Carolina,",which will
convey the whole expedition to Skeena, a
village at the mouth of the Skeen% river.
The Skeena river flows int) Hecate Strait
about fifty miles south of Fort Simpson, the
weft -known Hudson's Bay Company's post
and about five hundred miles north of Vie-
toria, B C. Hazleton. the scene of the
troubles, is abont ninety or one hundred
Miles up the river at the junction of the
1 ilumaa river, known as "The Forks."
of the coast of British Columbia, tamers the
relative positions of Victoria, Vancouver,
the Skeen':, River, Skeena village and Hazel-
ton, as well aa of Alaska and Washington
Territory.
Tiles °Bleu. Ola' ran TAW=
is
neew-thuspiper relat:ed in a recent Victoria (ll. C.}
Mr. 1iorland, a well known packer, arrive
ed born Hazelton on the gentler " Bos o.
wits" to eaufer with the AttorneyGekerel
regarding the state cf affaira at lifaz:itou on
the Skeane, River. Leat year an Indian
named liitwon Cool JIm murdered au Indian.
doctor at the thrice of the<Skeena. A flues
of ,specials wader blit. Waahburne was aeuc
frem tbie city to arreat the murderer,
When they arrived. et Hazelton it was die,
covered *bat Jim had gone to the mountains
to elude the elft era. The party consisted of
Washbnrne, Loring, Green, Holmes end Per.
neer. They encamped et Ii'atzalron and await•
ed the return of the murderer. Early in June
they received information that Jim was at a
place called Kitangar, about fifteen miles
below the Forks. On the morning of the
19th of June an Indian brought news that
Jim, was in house at I'itangar. .Early in
the morning three of the party-welked down
to the louse, whlcb was accepted by twenty
Indiana. Jim was among the number, and
was called upon to surrender. He made a
break far the door and ran towards the
both. Holmve fired a revolver over his head
Alter calling him to eurreuder but ho still
kept on. Green then lraieed, a 1 incheeter
rifle and fired striking him in the heel:, the
bullet going clear throur'h hie body. Jun
fell mut expired ins a abort dew. Wash -
bum and Loring onto to the scene of the
tragedy an hour after the abooting, and
handed the body over to an Wien, who
is acting as miesiouary. The) latter told
Washburno to take Ids apeclale to a place
of safety on account of rho Umtata made
specialsa thenndes
turnedQtocreH'ez Ilton where
they are atresent hemmed in by the hostile
Indians. They have erected bastions of tim-
ber and bags of sand, and can hold out for it
mouth if the Indians can be prevented from
burning the place. Borland is engaged in
packing goode for the Hudson% Illy Ca, be-
tween Hazelton and llabine'a Lake, or Fort
llabine. His freight train a ith five men aro
above Hazelton, and no freight can be carri-
ed up. He had great ctiflioulty in coming
down. Ilia come was stopped by one party
of Indiana, and the occupants were ordered
to return. Borland was determined to got
through, and at last convinced the an.
tives that he was not connected with the
specials. At every encampment Itis four
Indians went ashore and held a conference
with theirbrethron. Among the whites in the
locality where the shooting took place are—
Mr. Ctiffert and wife (in charge of the Had.
son's Bay store), the Rov. Mfr, Fields and
wife, and Mrs. Hankin and family. They
are very much troubled over the state of
affairs. The Indiana demand Green to bo
handed over to them, and ono thousand
dollars paid them. If the specials refuse
to accept their demands they threaten to
burn down the houses and murder every
white parson in the locality. An Indian
trapper is still out on the mountains and
a number of their mon at work in the
canneries. Indian women aro calling on
their warriors to avenge the death of Jim.
Mr. Borland says prompt steps should be
taken by the. Government. Should an upris-
ingtakeplace thelliveaof allwill be sacrificed.
The Indians will not allow another white
person to come down the river, and unless
a large party proceeds to Hazelbon without
a moment's delay the result will be the
massacre of the specials. The river is not
navigable for a man of -war, and the Gov-
ernment will probably send a small stern
wheel steamer and a large force of specials
np.
The Empress Victoria's,Devo-
on.
If an example is wanted of devotion en
the part of a woman the story of the Ern -
press Victoria at her dying husband's bed-
side will be quoted for all time. Germany
little knows the amount of self-abnegation
and devotion that the widowed Empress
has displayed during many months. In her
husband s critical state it was absolutely
necessary for her always to wear a cheerful
and hopeful face, and her country people
reproached her for her hopefulness. But
without this the late monarch would doubt-
less have succumbed long since. It was of
the highest importance to him to feel and
imagine that there was always a chance of a
better turn in his malady. Those in her
Majesty's immediate vicinity know well
how she always checked them when they
tried to use words of sympathy, for she
said :—" If you begin to talk of pity I
shall break down, and I dare not shed a
tear in the Kaiser's presence."
Precaution.
Fenderson is always equal to an emergen-
cy. He had but one burglar alarm and
three doors. It could be attached to but
one door, but Fenderson did not long hesi-
tate. He put it on the front door and placed
this notice on the outside of the other doors :
"Burglars will pleeae operate upon the
front door, otherwise their presence may
not be known. N. B.—The front door is
the only one furnished with an automatic
burglar alarm."