The Exeter Advocate, 1890-9-4, Page 3Tim.
"When the auteum windy were sighing, when the
golden leaves wore dying,
In the ambulance casae Tim,
And, wenurses ,gatbor'dround him, as the gruff;
house -surgeon bound him,
Gently bound each sbatter'd limb
Such a handsome little follow; like a halo hung
the yellow
Curls around We shapely head,
And we look d at one another when he cried out
for his mother,
As we tuok'd him in his bed,
Alai sad cause was there for weeping—in the
dead -house one lay sleeping
Peacefully,,wuose frenzied love
Flung her darling from the easement to the fire-
men nigh the basement,
lire she breath'"; the flames above;
One more victim where the bottle rears aloft its
hideous throttle,
Spewing forth its hellish fire;
One more worn, long-suffering woman, victim of
the vile, inhuman
Fury of a, drunken sire.
Could we ever hope to save him? or did Death
already crave him ?
Said we atour midnight meal
Would the light of boyish gladness fade beneath
the pallor'd sadness
Of the grim destroyer's seal ?
Since the good God would befriend him, of His
mercy He would tend him,
Yet His purpose who can tell?
Not at Him for us to cavil Who the future can
unravel,
And Who doeth all things well.
Life and Death march side by side—tears and
laughter are allied
In those wards where Love, divine,
Rath upraised the blessed altar, where the blind,
the bruis'd, the halt are ,
Soilzied at Compassion's shrine.
And we laugh'd at his odd fancies, smiled on
little Tim's proud glances
At his bed -card, on which he
lead dictated, " Tiuisey Pidgin, age eleven ; fur
religiu
Put me down'a Methody."
Aye! and could the gentle Wesley to our ward
have gain'd access, he
Would have lov'd Tim's patient smile.
(Potent witness that the lowly are not shunn'd
of the Most Holy,
Nor the back slums Wholly vile,)
For, beside the psalmist's verses, harmless fell a
father's curses
(Born of many a drunken scene).
y a mother's prayer from harm he had enlisted
in the army
Of the humble Nazarene.
Yet our petting never spoiI'd him—God, in suf-
fering, had assoil'd him
Of all frowardness of heart;
Nought but kind words could ono utter to this
offspring of the gutter,
Who had sought the better part.
E'en that tough, nicknam'd " The Parson " (in a
language kin to arson).
Fealty swore to little Tim ;
And " Surly" (ours'd of corns and bunions) said
(in accents ting'd with onions),
" Pity thar warn't more like him,"
How he lov'd those sacred pages, and that dear
hymn " Book of Ages "
(Balm to earth's sad, weary ones).
-:Passing sweet his childish singing, after many
days. came ringing
Down our ward those treble tones.
-Brave young heart, and good as fearless—his the
only eyelid tearless
When we learned all hope was vain—
:Nay! a beauteous smile came o'er him, as of one
who sees before him
Visions of lost loves again.
Autumn fading into winter saw his strength
grow daily fainter,
Yet he smil'd with childish glee
WBen our Santa Claus had sought him, and with
many kind smiles brought him
Presents from our Christmas tree ;
But his glaz'd oyes' solemn warning told us, ere
the coming dawning
Yon dimm'd glance would know us not ;
.And from all the ward arose a wail of woe when
we drew closer
The death -screen round his cot.
In the sbadow'd hours dispelling, while the bel-
fry's natal swelling
Usher'd in the Christmas morn,
One more earthly fetter riven—one more with
the saints in heaven—
One more white -robed singer born
;But so peacefully he left us, such the last sigh
that bereft us
Watchers, lingering at his side,
/ "That we only wept, and wonder'd when the soul
and body sunder'd,
For we knew not when he died,
,Far removed from earthly sorrow, in that land
whose stainless morrow
Knoweth not the parting tear,
Where, in peace, the shivering mortal stands
illumin'd at the portal,
And the shadows disappear
'Yes! and while dear memory lingers, till we join
the angel singers,
Till we gaze ones more on him,
' We shall bless the woe that taught us, and the
midnight hour which brought us
Bruls'd and batter'd little " Tim,"
HEREWA in K. COMM.
A STORY ON THE DAY.
William Wallace, the Hero of Scotland,
Executed in London, Aug. 23rd, 1305.
William Wallace, the celebrated Scottish
chief and hero, was executed at Smithfield
r in London, Aug. 23rd, 1305. Romance has
invested hie character with many noble
attributes, and he is to the Scotch what
Washington into the Americans—the type
of a perfect man. Itis more than probable
that he had his faults, but it is equally
certain that his virtues were remarkable for
the barbarous age in which he lived. Physi.
ically he was the superior of
most men of the time. He was tall,.
strong, and tireless. The stories of his
personal powers in battle are most likely
exaggerated, but it is undoubtedly true
that in the use of the oracle weapons of the
day he was the equal of three or four
ordinary soldiers. His name was a terror
to his enemies and an inspiration to his
'friends, and, had ho been backed by an
organized army, he would have been in-
vincible. His power was broken at the
battle of Falkirk, and after that he was a
hunted fugitive. Philip the Fair of France
promised to help hem, and gave him a
letter to the pope, but afterward Edwerd
bribed the fickle monarch by giving him
authority over Flanders, and the Scotch
hero came near being surrendered to the
'English king. He managed to escape to
his own country only to be betrayed by Sir
/ John Monteith. Wallace was given a
niook•trial at Westminster, and on the 23rd
'of August, 1305, was put to a cruel death.
QOLONIA + LOYALTY..
In the. August Nineteenth Century there
is a dialogue between an English Globe.
trotter And a New Zealand Colonist, whioh
ought to be widely read, not only in the
Mother Country, but in ell the colonies.
The Englishman has been running from
point to point, as fast as the steamboats
and the railway oars could carry him, and
after mentioning that he had been struck
by the absence of laborers' cottages near
the 10,000 -acre wheat fields which he so
much admired, he proceeded to answer the
inevitable question, " What do you think
of New Zealand?" He had noticed a great
many men oue of employment, and had
observed with great pleasure the.
loyalty manifested toward the old
country, and the earnest wish
for a closer ' connection, but he
admitted thdt he had not talked with any
of the working class on that subject. When
asked by the Colonist what he meant by
loyalty, the following conversation ensued
Globetrotter. Well, I should say that
loyalty implies attachment to the mother
country, and a firm determination to up-
hold the connection between the colony and
the mother country.
Colonist. At all hazards—in time of war,
for example?
G. Yee—yes; otherwise your loyalty
would be a mere sentimental feeling, of no
practical value to us.
C. And you think that the mother coun-
try could depend on the aid and support of
the Colonies in time of war?
G. Yes, as far its their means permit.
They would, for example, be open to receive
any prizes our fleet might make; they
would give shelter, coals and provisions to
the navy; they would serve as hospital
depots fur the sink or wounded. We should
hardly expect any contingent, as in the
Soudan affair, but you might afford a re-
cruiting ground.
C. Yee, that is exactly what an old
colonial, to whom I was talking on this
very subject the other day, said the ooloniee
would do. But in return for this you
would, of course, protect our coasts and
ports ?
G. That would have to be done, in great
measure, by yourselves. You see, our fleets
would have all their work cut out for them
in protecting the coasts of the United
Kingdom and the mercantile marine from
the enemy's armed cruisers.
C. Then you mean to imply that you
could not supply a sufficient naval force to
protect us from the enemy's fleet ?
G. I don't think we could. It would
require a very large force to do that. You.
would have your Australian squadron, of
course.
C. Unless it were very urgently required
nearer home ?
G. Precisely so.
C. Then, my dear sir, on the principle of
do ut des, why should we incur the risk of
having oar port towns laid ander contribu-
tions, and our territory invaded, just for
the sake of supplying the British fleet
with coals and provisions ? The profit on
those transactions would not pay for the
risk.
G. Bat you're looking at the matter
from a purely commercial point of view.
C. Precisely so ; in what other way
should we look at it ?
G. Surely, you would have somepatriotio
feeling towards the mother country ; you
would be prepared to make some sacrifice
for her sake ?
C. Has she ever made any sacrifices for
our sakes ? Hae she ever done anything to
foster or cherish any other feelings than
those of mere self-interest 2 She has lent
us money, or rather her 'capitalists have
lent us money, because they tbonght it a
secure and profitable investment. But a
man's creditors are not exactly the persons
for whom he entertains feelings of the
fondest affection. He is not generally pre-
pared to risk his life and property for their
sakes.
G. Bat what could you do in case of
war ? You are British possessions after
all, and the Queen has certain rights in
case of war.
C. We should declare our independence
at once, and with that issue a declaration
of neutrality. Neither party would care to
attack us, for our naval force, small though
it would be, would suffice to enable us to
obtain 'respect as independent republics.
The Australian navy would be at least as
large as that of a South American Repub-
lic. And the smallest of them has con-
trived to maintain her independence as
against European powers.
G. Yon certainly put matters in a new
light. But how do you account for the ex•
pressions of loyalty in 3 oar leading papers,
and amongst the old colonials in England?
It was married Women's Night.
At White Sulphur Springs last Friday
'night a bal poudre, a " married ladies' ball,"
was given. It was a very amusing sight
—to see the girls demurely sitting against the
wall chaperoning their sisters, cousins,
aunts and mothers. The beaux were in
l;posseseion of the married women all the
evening, and the girls were not even allowed
on the floor during the dancing. Such a
novel state of affairs seemed highly enter-
staining to the girls, who declared they had
never spent so agreeable an evening nor
felt quite so important.
Sir George. Stephen's Birthplace.
The Duke of Fife has opened the " Ste-
phen Cottage Hospital," at Dufftown,
;Banff, Scotland. His Grace referred to
the generosity of one of Dnfftown's• sons,
who, having found fame and fortune
abroad, now sought to connect practical
benevolence with the sentiment of "Home,
••$sweet Home." The gentleman referred
to
is Sir George Stephen, Bart., of Montreal,
*Who has given $25,000 for the erection and
endowment of the hospital called by his
,name. •
Tmo Duke of Edinburgh was never
-ohargeable with being a spendthriftand an
4noident has jest occurred which shows his
eo
ono
minaltscn of mind
Last
spring
he
opened the Exposition in Auld Beattie, at
,the request of the municipal authorities.
:He did not do the job for nothing, it seems,
e item of the bill whioh he rendered
and on _,. , , •
for a special train which he did
was 1000... p
$ , right
not have, but claimed that Ice had. a r g
to have had, and hence should be allowed
the money' that it would have oodt
on wool -Blips, crops, eta,, to carry on with.
As they wore charged 10 to 12 per cent. for
all these advanoee, it will be easy to under-
stand how it happens that so many of them
have never been able to free themselves
from the yoke,
G. But, pardon me, are we not wander-
ing from the point in question ? What
can this have to do with the loyalty of the
colony to the home country ?
C. Well, a good deal. if you have a
whole class of men oppressed by sordid
cares and nnxieties,trying to keep up a false
position, trembling at every slight fall in
prices, with no reserve or capital to fall
back on, you will find that they have no
room in their minds for sentiments of the
higher kind. Their object is bread.and.
cheese for themselves and their families,
and you may depend upon it not one firth•
ing will they risk for the sake of the old
country.
They next disouesed Imperial Federation,
the Colonist suggesting that the scheme
might be received with more favor if it
included free trade between the colonies,
with differential ditties on foreign products.
"That," said the Globetrotter, " would
mean a total change in the commercial
legislation of the United Kingdom,"
Colonist, It would mean more than that.
It would mean that your absurd panios
about Russia and her designs on India
must cease and determine. Let the Hes-
sians have Afghanistan if they like, and let
their frontier and our Indian one be con-'
terminons. Better to have a civilized
power than a savage one for next-door
neighbor. At any rate, of this you may
rest assured, that on no possible plea will
these colonies allow themselves to be
dragged into war for the sake of British
India, We don't care one solitary straw
about India.
G. If you fairly represent the ideas pre -
veiling in the colonies, I don't see any ad-
vantage in keeping a nominal suzerainty
over them.
C. You are quite right. Looking at the
question from the English point of view, I
should say most decidedly, put the gees•
tion to the colonise fairly and squarely.
Ask them whether they will contribute an
adequate amount to the Imperial army and
navy. Let it be understood that a certain
number of the Imperial land forces shall
be always kept in the colonies, and a oer•
tain proportion of the navy, of course
have residences for the officers command.;
ing the army and navy forces respectively ;
and let us feel that we really are part of
the British Empire. Let an Imperial Par-
liament. be assembled to meet for three
years in London, and then every fourth
year in some colonial city. If the sovereign
did not choose to follow the Parliament for
a few months, the viceroy would answer
every purpose. Bat if you want to keep
us from Republicanism you must let us Bee
something of royalty.
G. You have had visits from the Duke of
Edinburgh and the sons of the Prince of
Wales.
C. A new generation has arisen since
then. We ought to have some of the royal
family residing amongst us. At present
most colonials are Republican. The fact
is that when Great Britain withdrew the
troops from these colonies she ought to
have cut the painter altogether. She would
not have more effectually destroyed any
lingering sentiments of loyalty amongst
the mass of the people. No country ever
acted in such a way to her colonies before
in the whole history of the world.
G. It was thought at the time a proof of
the confidence Britain felt in the loyalty of
the colonies.
C. It was a slap in the face, and was
intended, as is now well known, to produce
a separation. But the colonies were hardly
strong enough at the time to go alone. Still,
when the last British regiment embarked,
the colonies became virtually independent.
The Colonist told the Globe-trotter that
the paltry questions which now turn out
British ministers must he handed over to
County Councils or Local Parliaments,
and Britain must cease to regard the col-
onies as poor relations, if there was to be
any hope of imperial federation. The fol-
lowing is the concluding part of the conver-
sation :
G. But what do yore think will be the
result of the movement towards Aus-
tralian Federation ? Will that not pave
the way towares Imperial Federation ?
C. I very much doubt it. Australian
Federation is absolutely necessary for de•
fence against China and European powers,
but it is looked on here as a first step, not
to Imperial Federation, but to independ-
ence. New Zealand has refused to join in
the federation, partly because New Zealand
thinks that she is a favorite colony in
Britain, and that Britain would certainly
try and defend her even if she left Austra-
lia to shift for herself, and partly because
she does not wish to be mixed up in any
way with colonies tainted by a convict
origin.
G. But if Australia were to deolare her
independence and New Zealand were to
remain a British Colony, she would be in
an awkward position, would she not ?
C. She would be just in the same posi-
tion as Newfoundland or Prince Edward
Island was when the United States declared
their independence. New Zealand has
nothing to fear from Australia. Besides,
if Australia became independent, Canada
would follow snit, and the probability is
that a great federation of English-speak-
ing republics would be formed, including
the United States. In that case New
Zealand would join as a separate state, as
Texas did.
G. And you think that such an annexa-
tion would be popular with the majority of
the' colonists ?
C. My dear Sir, if the question of an-
nexation as a state to the United States of
North America twere put to the ;vote to-
morrow, there would not be a thousand
votes against it.
G. You, at least, would vote in its favor
[with some bitterness] ?
C. Pardon me, but there you make, a
mistake. I have worn the Queen's uni-
form. I am an Englishman by birth and
descent, and an Englishman I mean to
die. But my children—ah 1 that is a
different matter. With the exception of
the eldest, they will all probably be in
favor of Australasian independence, as
they are all Republicans.
C. My dear sir, many of ' our leading
papers' are the property of rich men who
belong to what is colonially termed the
Upper Ten,' or else are mortgaged to the
banks, and obliged to write whatever the
commercial aristocracy dictate. Few daily
newspapers in any large town of the colony
are wholly free from similar influences, or
adequately represent public opinion. Look,
for example, at our banks and more"see
companies. Their prosperity and large
dividends necessarily mean a high rate of
interest drawn from those cultivators of the
soil who have borrowed their money, and
this in turn entails innumerable bank-
ruptcies and tracts of country which were
once inhabited left bare and desolate. Yet
no single paper in the colony ventures to
point out the inevitable results of these
proceedings. Banks here mean establish.
menta that lend money on growing crops,
on clips of wool still on the sheep's backs,
on farming implements, on cattle, on the
animals employed about a farm, on house-
hold furniture, on stocks in trade
and trade fixtures; to say nothing
of mortgages of houses, land and farm
buildings, which fall within the more or-
dinary scope of business. A farmer and
' freeholder' of a thousand mores of agricul-
tural land has often only the clothes he
stands up in that he can truly call his
own ; everything else is under lien, mort-
gage, or bill of sale,
G. Yon astonish me. This, then, may
account for the dreary sordid look of the
dwellings of so many farmers, who in
similar holdings at home would mix with
the upper middle class.
C. Precisely. The same causes that pro-
duced the hideous misery of the Irish
shanty under the old system operate hero.
A well -fenced, neatly cultivated garden,
bright with flowers and shrubs, would mean
labor diverted from the one absorbing em•
ployment of meeting the charges on bor-
rowed capital.
G. But how Domes it that these people
are so over head and ears in debt ?
C. liens acu tetipiati l The' reason is
this. Those who name There in the early
days obtained land whioh, by increase
ofp o ulation and the formation of
L?
roads, bridges and railways, has increased
enormously in value. These people are
safe" and have become the great land-
owners, who Spend their income in London,
or Paris, or Melboutne. The people who
came later found all the beet land already
e had toput
in private ownership; th y up
with land either inferior in fertility or far
more distant from a Market or port. They
embarked in the business with insufficient
capital, and, dazzled by the examples of
their predecessors, gave in many oases ox.
orbitant priced even for Crown lands; were
obliged to mortgage, and to obtain advances
8TYI"ES IN UGHTNINGG.
The Frevall ne Fashions Followed ley Lisa
Frisky and Elusive Fluid.
As to the term "forked lightning,"
fo ked the
representations given by artists, says a
writer in " Longman's Magazine, which
resemble the so-called thunderbolts placed
in the band of Jupiter,arequite absurd.
The flash, when phoo ra ed, exhibits
itself as a line which is con i uall Oban
ing its course, and is described as
" decidedly crooked " by a very careful
observe. It never proceeds for a time in
a straight line, and then, turning at a
sharp angle, going on further in an equally
straight line, as is represented in pictures..
The forking of it is very marked, and this
occurs by side flashes passing off from the
main track, and eventually losing them
selves, like the ramifications of tree roots.
Occasionally the lightning appears to
start from a point, from which several
flashes diverge in different directions,
" Sheet. Lightning,'—Whenever -a flash
passes from cloud to cloud or from oloud to
earth, the light produced by it illuminates
the sky in the neighborhood, and the more
intense the flash the more brilliant and
extensive the illumination. At times sheet.
lightning has been proved to emanate from
an ordinary storm distant more than a
hundred miles from the point of observa-
tion. It is, however, maintained, and
apparently with good reason, that coca.
sionally lightning of the "sheet'' type,
Boob as what is called " summer lightning,"
takes place without any thunder; so that,
inspoh cases, no actual thunder storm is in
progress.
" Globular Lightning."—This is a rare
phenomenon, and one that no one has as
yet been able to produce in the laboratory,
whereas the phenomena of the two pre-
vious types are easily produced. The gen•
eral description of the occurrence is that
a luminous ball is seen moving very slowly,
not touching any object, and eventually
breaking up with a violent explosion and
the appearance of several flashes of ordi-
nary lightning. It is reported that per•
sons have gone out from a house into the
street to follow snoh a ball and watch its
movements, so that the occurrence must
have lasted at least a number of seoonds.
Ordinary lightning, as is well known, is
praotioally quite instantaneous. The size
of the ball on different occasions has varied
from that of an orange to that of a large
glass lamp globe, or even larger. Many
physioiste refuse to believe any accounts of
this manifestation of the electrical die-
oharge, but the reports of it are too numer-
ous and circumstantial for us to consider
them to be entirely baseless.
In the witness Box.
Judge—You reside ?—
Witness—With my brother.
Judge—And your brother lives ?—
Witness -With me.
,Judge—Precisely ; but you both live ?—
Wines ogt —T ether.
An Exception.
First Senator—Harrison takes every-
thing that is offered to him.
Second Ditto—Oh, you wrong him.'
First Senator—What has beep offered to
him that he didn't take?
Second Ditto—Advice.
u
This is Max O Rell a idea of the type
T s
":
p
ideal cant Take the hair of a in -
of ido bHin-
doo, the nose of a Greek, the mouth of the
English, the complexion of a German, the
height of a Norwegian, the feet of a Chinese
woman, the teeth of an African, the arm of
e Belgian, the leg of an Italian girl, the eye
of a Spaniard, the grace or a French
woman.
A. CAUTIOUS FUNOTION4"Ii;', e
lee War a Popular Constable and Would
Not endure USe Reputation.
" Am I the constable ? Well,es ; but
why do you. want to know ? An arest ?
Umph 1 that's a serious matter. Now,
see n� e. If you .elan avoid making an
,.
agree, you'd better do it, People ing this
villa , don't like to be arrested. YOU see
it maces me unpopular, and I was made
constable because I wee popular. Mak.
ing arrests hurts my political future."
But I ()aught this men in my house
helping hirngelt to whatever was handy,"
said the helpless city man who had moved
into the country.
" Well, take m advice don't arrest
him. Who was he ?"
" His name is Stillman—Bob Stillman,
they call him."
" Don't arrest him."
" But I will."
" He's the toughest man in this village."
He rens the town."
" I don't care."
Bet if you do he'll break your windows
and throw atones at you."
" !'hen I'll have him arrested again."
" See here," said theaonsta .le, earnestly.
"" I don't want to arrest that roan."
" You must."
" S "y," he said, appealingly, " the last
time i tried to arrest bun ne broke my
nose, and threatened to link me more the
next time he saw me. Can't you fix it up
some way ?"
" Can't do it."
" Bat I can't arrest him. He can lick
Check Too Early Marriages.
Canada Health Journal.
Only a few months ago we protested
against early marriages. It is a subject,
however, which is not considered and die -
cussed as fully and as publicly as it should
be. Early marriage means early maternity,
with its great responsibilities and often
troubles and trials, to the wife. This is,
indeed, a very serious question, and one
whioh all parents who have at heart the
future well-being of daughters, should
deeply consider. A vast amount of sick-
ness and misery has resulted from too
early marriages. As we have said, in more
primitive times the early marriage of young
women or even girls was less objectionable
than it is now when marriage involves
greater responsibilities and duties. A re-
cent number of the Lancet says : " A variety
of arguments, based on science, prudence,
and economy, have often been urged
against the headlong folly of very early
marriage: Reasoning of this kind, how-
ever, has unfortunately bat little influence
with such as those who commit the folly
in question, for, indeed, it is not reason in
any recognizable degree, which guides their
crude calculations. If it were, the proba-
bility of overstrain in childbirth,
which is the natural counterpart of early
functional activity, of domestic discord and
beggary, tend their too common social ac-
companiments, would not be so freely and
frequently encountered. These matters are
part of the tribute which will always be
paid while, for the want of native sense
and sound home -training, fanoy'is allowed
to guide one of the most important con.
cores of life. The one available care
for this prevalent evil consists in a just
exercise of parental control, but Ibis, we
need hardly remind ourselves, is only too
easy of evasion." The Holborn Board of
Guardians have decided to notify the Re-
gistrar -General as to the wisdom of in-
etruoting an official to make personal in-
quiry, in suspected oases, respecting the
wishes of the parents in regard to the mat.
rimonial ventures of their children. " The
proposal is certainly a sound one," says
the Lancet, " and represents the minimum
of justifiable interference."
What is the age to first marry ? Complete
maturity—completion of growth—woman-
hood and manhood. This period varies in
different families, but is rarely reached in
temperate climates in the female before the
age of 20, often of 25 years.
Decided.
" Charles and George have both pro
posed to me. I don't know which to take.'
Is George rich ?"
�"
No. He has $1,500 a year."
""
How much does he spend?
$1,400."
" How much has Charles?"
" $10,000 a year."
" How much does he spend?"
" $12,000 a year."
" Take George."
Modern Romance.
Miss Sweetlips (just after the proposal)
—Oh, Mr. Poseyboy, you don't know how
glad and grateful I am 1
Mr. Poseyboy (ecstatically)—Then you
really love me 2
Miss Sweetlips—No, but your proposal
brings my record up to nine this month,
and wins my bet with Miss Giggletitter.
s _Y
When she was a Girl.
Mrs. Riverside Rives—My dear Miss
Fulton, how lovely to see you here t Were
parties very different in your day 2
Miss Ann Fulton—Well, somewhat. In
my day the girls wore one -buttoned gloves
and dresses buttoned up to the neck ; now
they wear one -buttoned dresses and gloves
buttoned up to the neck.
Hog and Goose.
Speaking of the recent " baby " and
" mother' show in Hamilton, the George.
town Ii'earld very sensibly remarks:
" A baby show is silly ; a mother show
is infinitely more so."
If Toronto is a " huge hog " in some
matters, Hamilton is certainly a "huge
goose" in other directions.—Streetsville
,Review.
" Aren't you a constable 2"
10 Of course, I'm the constable of this
village," with great dignity, " but do you
think that I want to everybody down on
me ?"
" What's a constable for if he can't arrest
ruffians and breakere of the peace 2"
" What's a constable for 2" he repeated,
soorntully. " Don't you know 2 Do you
suppose that I don't know the dignity of
my position ? I was elected by this
village to protect their property and their
lives."
" Why don't you do it, then 2"
"You aren't reasonable. If you just
think a moment you will see the position I
am in."
Don't you ever make any arrests ?"
" Not many," doubtfully.
" How do you make your living, .then 2
Where do you get your fees ?"
" Oh, being constable ain't my regular
occupation. I'm a whitewasher."
" Are you the only constable in the
place 7"
" Certainly, sir. I don't need any assis-
tance. I understand my duties perfectly.
I'm the best constable the village ever
had."
" Well, you mn,i arrest that man."
" I tell you it's ' great mistake. He's a
terror, he is. B i tee, 1 have a terrible
headache. Won', next week do as well 2"
•
"If there is one time more than
another,"
says
an experienced erienoed married.
mthaen muudw.
h"on a woman should be left alone,
it is when a line of olothed comes down in
" How to lay on shingles without using
nails" is the heading of "a newspaper
aa
ostiole. BO we didn't read read it. We
know all about it. We were a boy Undo
bnreelvee
BOW FICION3DIS.
A Hind of Fungus That Makes 7Iavo4 Wilk
the Insects,
ter Moods, houseflied are
Like many o h se ,
subject to the attacks of a parasite fungus
which destroys great numbers of them,,
especially toward the end of autumn. We
sometimes see the corpoes of such as have
mot this fate glued to the window panes in
the attitude of lite, with the legs widely''
spread and wings raised as if in prepara-
tion for flight, but with a white halo pn the
glass all round them, and with bodied palet
unhealthy -looking and distended. The
spores of the fungus, which are excessively
minute and are present in the air, are oar.
ried against the fly's Lady, and such as
strike its under surface may become.
adherent, when each spore sends out a long
tubular projection, which penetrated the
skin and enters the body,
Once here, its host's doom is aerial%
says Knowledge, for it meets with suitable
nourishment in the shape of the fluids of
the fly's body, by the aid of which it will
speedily propagate itself until its victim,
drained of its life support, finally suc-
cumbs. The thread-like tube first produces
a series of detached, rounded bodies, some-
thing like the cells of the yeast plant.
These cella, which have an indefinite power
of self•multiplication, are carried by the.
blood to all parts of the body, and thus the
disease spreads. They, in their turn, give
rise to a number of branching tubular
threads, similar to those of the earlier
stage, which, in process of time, penetrate
the skin. Each thread which thus makes
its appearance outside gives rise to a cart
of head which contains spores like those
with which the series started. These
are oast off with considerable force and
multitudes of them no doubt perish, while
others are ultimately wafted against the
bodies of other flies to deal destruction
among them as among their predecessors.
The particular species of fungus which
makes havoc with the house flies is called
empusa muscae, and is one of a group,
which are distinguished by their habit of
subsisting upon living insects. The matur-
ation of the fungus involves the death of
the fly, the fluids of whose ' body serve ae:
food for the parasite. Under its attack the
fly becomes gradually feebler, and finally
quite unable to move, and then the viscid
secretions from the pads on the feet hardens
and glues the insect to the surface to which
it is clinging, while the fungus spreads
around it and leaves some of its spores ad-
hering so as to form the halo above de•
soribed.
" No."
" Besides, I can't, arrest a man unless I
have a warrant. Ic ain't fair, you know.
People would get mad at me."
" I'll get a war, ant, then. Where's a
justice of the peace ?"
"Oh he's out of town."
" Where ?"
" He's away on his vacation. He won't
be back for some time."
" Who is taking care of this town, any-
way ?"
" I am, sir. Haven't I explained that I
was the constable 2"
" But you won't arrest a thief."
" Now, look here, mister. Haven't you
any intelligence at all ? Can't you see that
if I try to arrest Stillman he won't vote for
me next year ? It seems to me that is
plain enough. Be reasonable about it. A.
constable must look ahead jest like any
other man. Why, air, I ought to be a
councilman if I make a good record. Do
you think it's fair to ask me to sacrifice my
future ? Do you want me to ran the risk
of getting linked for a fee of $3 7 It's an
honor to be a constable now, but do you
suppose that if I made myself unpopular
the people would show their confidence in
me by re-electing me 2 Ain't that reason.
able ?"
Perhaps it was, but, at any rate, the city
man turned and went home, New York
Tribune.
THREE PINn STEAMERS.
Vessels Building for the C. P. B's. Canada
Japan Trade.
The three new steamers for the C. P. R.
—the Empress of India, Empress of China
and Empress of Japan—are approaching
completion at the yards of the Naval Con-
struction and Armament Company,
Barrow-in•Furness. The Empress of In.
die will be launched on Aug. 30th. The
other two vessels are to follow at intervals
of two months. No expense has been
spared and all the work is of the best char-
acter. The vessels are twin-screw steam-
ers of 10,000 horse power, gross tonnage of
5,700, and are contracted to do 18 knots
on the measured mile, and 16e knots on a
400 mile sea trial. The dimensions
are: Length, between perpendiculars,
485; breadth, moulded, 51 feet, and depth,
moulded, 36 feet. Eaoh vessel will be
lightly rigged with pole masts and fore and
aft canvas, and the form, both under and
above water, is of such symmetry and
finish as to ensure propulsion at the high
speed required. The greatest possible
attention has been paid to precautions for
the safety of the vessels.
The accommodation for passengers is
extensive and luxurious. Each vessel will
carry 120 first class, 50 second and 300
steerage, as well as nearly 4,000 tons of
cargo. On the upper deck an extra pro-
menade is provided for the use of passen-
gers, while a good many special staterooms
are also to be found on this deck. On the
lower deck, which is 220 feet long, there is
a covered promenade of 100 feet, where
shelter and fresh air may be sought in wet
weather ; while the dining saloon, library
and other parts of the saloon accommoda-
tion are richly upholstered.
The total cost of the three vessels will be
between £600,000 and £650,000 sterling.
It makes very little difference how badly
a man treats his wife, she will talk of him
with pride to strangers.
"She refaced to go in bathing."
" Why ?" " I don't know, but possibly the
excuse women always have—nothing to
wear."
Proverbs of the Sea.
The sea refuses no river.
The ocean is made of small drops.
It is a great way to the bottom of the
sea.
It is but a stone's -throw to the bottom
of the sea.
He that would sail without danger must
never come on the main sea.
He sets his sail to every wind.
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
Being at sea, sail; being on land, settle.
He who goes to sea must sail or sink.
It is easy to sail with wind and tide.
A big ship needs deep water.
A mariner must have his eyes on rocks
and sand as well as the North Star.
He that will not sail till all dangers are
over will never put to eea.—dmerican Notes
and Queries.
Kept It Sweet,
Ah, Harry, before we were married yon
used to say : ' Look in the tea, love ; that
will make it sweet.' "
" Did I ?"
" Yes ; and now you put a napkin over
the top of the cream pitcher when you pass
it to me."
An Excuse-
" And you allowed your girl's father to
kick you 2"
" I did. But how can a fellow help what's
done behind hie back 2"
Exchanging Views.
" I wouldn't run away with any girl. I
remember going boldly up to the old man
and asking him for his daughter. He told
me to go to hades." " And did you go ?"
" Well," be answered, with hesitation, after
serious reflection, "" I married the girl."
Delegates representing the workmen of
all the Scotch railroads met in Glasgow
yesterday and decided to formulate a
demand for shorter hours of labor, and
similar action was taken by employees of
the Great Western Railway. These move-
ments have undoubtedly been stimulated
by the success of the strike of the Welsh
railway employees.
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