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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-10-29, Page 7seeedosiesseesiestseegimester „ that these een never feel " alone" in their company. )3ut go to the praibie eountry and look around --you may eee the bright. colors of butterfly and deem', you may balite at, the cunning looles a the little rabbit -litre sort of creatures ealled " prairie dogs," who rear themselves up on their hind legs and look at you, and then " beigh, presto," they are off; you may hear the rushing through bile air of the flocks of wild geese overhead, on their way to their winter quarters, but of human habitation you will sue but scant signs. Your eye may scan many +square miles around, and yet you may scarcely be able to detect any indication of the fact that the lords of this rich harvest land are beginning to enter upon their inheri- tance. Yet it is so. And if we had paid our Western visit during harvest -time, we should have seen some such sig,lits as you see represented in the accompanying pic- tures. When you are reading this, we shall be hearing rejoiciug accouuts of the bounteonmess of the harvest which fa' m- ere in Manitoba and the Northwest have been gatheriug in thie year without any damage from the dreaded early frost. And I shall be tryiug to grew wise as to the rea- eons why the Manitoban black mud, which lies from two to four feet in depth on the surface of theemil, is so rich as to produce magnificent crops without manure. Once more, too, it will be impressed on eta that the settlers who do best are those who adapt themselves most to the methods of farming found successful in the new coun- try. For instance they must not plough deep as they do aehome, but onlyabout two inches, and then ti they must put n a crop at the first breaking, as this has been found the best way of subduing the sod, besides the advantage of yielding profit to the farmer the first year, when his means are not generally plentiful. This sod is very hard to break at first, but subsequent ploughings are easy. As we went along, we found one and another of our fellow -passengers quite willing to tell us about all these things, and to explain the reasons as to why ens, man fails and the other succeeds. It was especially interest- ing to us to COME; across young men, from our own dietrict in Aberdeenshire, who could speak in cheery tones of their past ex- perience and their future prospects. One of these, Mr. Well, from Methlick, who came and chatted with us on our car for a bit, had been working for a year or two on one of the huge 10,000 acre farms, formed originally by Sir John Lister -Kaye; when we met him, he was about to buy a farm of his own, and to bring to it as mistress an Associate of the Radii° House Association. So there is no fear of his not succeeding—is there? For "Onward and Upward' will be the motto in their house. This young man's experience,and that of others whom we met, points to the fact that one of the best ways of getting on is for a new comer to hire himself as laborer to a good farmer for a year or two, so as not only to,save up money for his start, hue also, even if he have some capital, to learn the ways of the country under practical guid- ance. In looking to the future and to the probability a the continuance of the rich crops which have been obtained these last few, years from Manitoba and the Northwest, there is one encouraging feature which was brought before as by a gentleman at Ottawa, Mr. Hurlbert, who has prepared a series of very interesting maps under the. sanction of the Canadian Government. One of these maps which we have reproduced Isere on a sinalfscale, shows us that all over the world there are regions where summer droughts prevail, where ram talLs but rarely during the period while the crops are growing and requiring moisture. If you look at the map, you will see that but a small part of this region is included in the Dominion of Canada, and this is a matter of no small fin- porta,nce to intending settlers. As we getfarther Wes; we begin to hear about other sources of prosperity besides wheat—we hear of the grass lands of Alberta, and its openings for large ranches for the breeding of horses ; we hear, too, of coal .fields of such extent that all past fears as to the fuel resources of Canada have been set at rest. Then, too, there is timber and large petroleum deposits. But I cannot enlarge on these things in this paper, nor will I describe to you the young towns of this region: .Regina the capital of the Northwest, where too are the hea.deriarters of the smart red - uniformed Canadian Mounted Pollee Medicine Hat, a little town in a cavity, surround by strongly indented hills, where •we had the pleasure of inspecting a charm- ingly -appointed hospital, erected through the efforts of Mr. Nehloelc, one of the C. P. R. Superintendents ; and Calgary, at the foot of the Rockies where lives one of our associates, who still takes pert in our competitions, though so far away. • If space had permitted 1 would have wished to tell you something of the former' masters of this country, the Indians, who are diminishing in /lumbers, and will ere king disappear. Their tents or "teepees" are pitched in groups on the plains you pass by, and miserable specimeus in dirty squalid -colored blankets haunt the railway stations, with the object of selling buffalo horns, or batleets, or feather -work Their babies, whom they call "-papooses," and who are strapped to boards which their mothers carry on their backs,, seem to be model babies. You never hear one crying. There they are, swathed up tightly on their boards, and they appear to be equallte unconcerned if they are riding on their mothers' backs or are put down against a wall, whilst their guardians are other- wise occupied. But travelers who /NIBS through these countries only by the railway can know nothing of the lives and customs of the true type of Indian. For knowledge of these est ninst go to the hunter, theHud- son Bay Company trader and the mission- ary, and we must hunt records of the past, which already have supplied material for tales of thrilling adventure to the writers of boys' books. When the uropeans came to America, all this vast region of which we have been speaking, was only inhabited by various tribes of Indians who lived almost entirely on the proceeds of their fishing' and hunt- ing. Gradually the white men came to re- alize what a smite° of wealth existed in the herds of fur -covered animals which roamed over these endless plainsand mouritains,and the skins of which could be obtained ;very easily from the Indians for a few beads, ornaments, ote better still, for mus- kets when they had learned how to use there, or for the spirit•s, which were to work such havoc among the native races. And in 1669 Prince Rupert formed a Company, which was widowed by King Charles II., with " all countries which he within the entrance of Hudson's Straits, in whatever latitude they mybe BO far as not pOSSOBBea by other Christian States." The new Com- pany entered vigorously on its work, estab- lishing central trading :stations throughout their dornaM, formed of a few wooden huts, and surrounded by palisades oe walls and well -barred gates. These Were generally near rivers, and to these the savages brought their merchandise of skin, and feather, and horns, at stated aeasone of the year. They encamped before the fort, and a solemn transaction of bartering and affectionate apeeches took place, and on the re- sults of this bartering the company grew fabulously rich. A century later their THE AI3ENDEBI,l'S IN OANADA., The Northwest Pe(telitle ite Seen by the (lottuLlri):t]. TUE Witielease .4a1I elate auri.t.110.1. leastaielne. Sotituste ea the Via get:1114a what 801210 leadies—trateourcee t ihlietettlevvest--it he ladsans. (From Onward and 'Upward for October.) In the English itewepapers at last October appeared telegraphic repot Is of a railway acciderit west of Winnipeg, finishing up with the statement that Lord and Lade Aberdeen were on the train, tend that while the former event about miuietering to the wants of the wounded, the latter took 'Sketches of the scene. That was a tolerably hard-hearted proceeding, was it not ? wonder what these of our members and associates who hisepeiliel to notice the statement thought of the doings of their President while she was here beyond their reach. Well, here is the tree, unvarnished statement of the facia, ass written at the tine: " We started from Winnipeg soon after six"and about eight we had just gone across' . to the dining -ear and begun our dinner, when there came a. sudden. tremendous ,serewing of the brakes, a series of jerks, an abrupt transference of crockery and glass from tables to floor, ad then the car was raotionleaa, and ail was perfectly still. People looked at one another for a moment —the same unuttered thoeght passing threugh erech mind, then came the tidings, The engine is off the rails 1' A. rushed off with °there to see what had really oecurred, and we were a,anitzed to find how much damage was done, when we remembered the comparatively slight shock we had felt. The engine was lyieg on its aide, on the bank, all crimpled and torn, the Mune' half into the ground and still smoking away; the tender, upside down across the rails, towered above the luggage. van on its side. On the other side of the line, one car half down the bank, and three xnore off the rails, the three last ears, in- duilhig the dining -ear and ours, were still on the rails. No one could ascertain the , cause of the accident, and for a fewminutes there was great suspense as to whether any orte was killed or injured. Marvel- lously and mereifully no one was killed, and the engine -driver, fireman and express messenger wore' only somewhat cut and bruised. The driver, had, with great presence of mind, turned off steam, and put on the brakes at the first jerk, and then jumped off ; the fireman remained, thinking, as he himself expressed it, that the • engine would not go right over. It is won- derful how he escaped, when the part of the iengine where he was sittheg was all broken. Ali in the darkness and by the light of a lantern held by A., I tried to make a sketch of the wreck, but it was so dark and driz- zling that it was rather difficult work. It all laoked very weird. The engine gave ono the unpression of a great gasping living thing, with its head buried in the earth, atiU hissing and steaming in impotent 'misery, and to increase the mystery of the scene, dark figures flitted about, here there and everywhere with lanterns, and in the near distance there loomed a great threat- ening fiery eye, barring our way. This Jotter apparition tamed mat to be the lights of the engine of a freight train, which had been waiting at the next station (Poplag Point) till we should pasS, and now came up to see what could he done. It was pane 12 when we heard the tinkling bell announcing the arrival o f the wreck -train with break -down gang' from Winnipeg, thirty-five miles away, with superintendent, doetor and en- gineer aboard. We, from our post of van- tage at the end of the train, saw the lights approach slowly and cautiously. A party from our train were on the outlook for them, and motioned them to proceed by swinging a lantern backwards and forwards, but they •crept up inch by inch,making sure of their way as they came. Ad then all at once the place was alive with groups of the new- comers surrounding the remains of our train, examining, enquiring, testing the amount of damage done, and ere long set- ting tie work with pickaa.xe and spade, to remove the wrecks which lay across the torn -up line. It was soon decided that the quickest method was to construct a tempo- rary new line for the few hundred yards or so whichhad been destroyed, and while this was being done theuninjuredonswere being pulled bite,k to Raeburn, the first station back. It M wonderful how such accidents do not occur ofteneron dark nights, when the train is passing along such long stretches of un- fenced land, over which (tattle roam at their own free will. As it happened, there were fences on either side of the line at this par- ticular spot, so the cattle must have strayed in by an open gate, and Were doubtless lying on the track because of its compara- tive dryness after the deluge of rain which had been coming down. You will notice in the illustration of the fallen engine the ironpointed contrivance in front in- vented on purpose to guard against such accidents. It is called the "cow -catcher," and is intended to. sweep any animal off the line who may be bout on self-destruction. Our accident, however, proves that it is not always successful in its ,purpose, but I shonld add thee accidents on the C. P. R. have hitherto happily been exceedingly rare, owing to the constant and vigilant care of those in charge of the line, and who arrange perpetufel: supervision of every part of the track, so that all possible danger may be., averted. cow -catcher" in front of the engine bas sometimes been put to another and original. use at times. Adventurous travellers have obtained permission to sit on it whilet travelling through tha magnifi- cent scenery passed en the C. P. R., iu • order to obtain the best possible views of all that is to be seen from the Hee. You , would not imagine such a position very comfortable, would you? But those who • have tried it speak of their experiences with enthusiasm. Amongst, others Lady Macs donald, the wife of the late Premier of Canada, took a trip West on the "cow- catcher," of which she has written a charm- .' .ekg aeeount. We were not so bold, and entatented ourselves with the outlook from owe ear, and this for two or three days after leaving Winnipeg consisted solely in vast ;etre es, which the poet Bryant describes asi-- The ga ens of the Desert; these. ' horn flake boundless ana 'beautiful, For 3,0 tate speech of England has no nam= d he prairiees.' kbehold them' for the first, And my heart ssl vvbile the dilated sight Takes in the encire, ng vastnees. Lot they lie Tri airy undulations. Itar frame', As if the oeertn, in hi 8 gentlest swell, 'Stood stillewith all 1 is rounded billows fixed And motionleSs for e er.—Motionless1 NO—they are all uric aimed again. The clouds teweep °VW" With tlueitt shisdoses, and beneath The surface rolls and actuates tit the eye. Alone! Yes, I th' ynairie tenet iJYgt11,9 le that settlerst on the at eolitude means in a way which can kee g be understood by those living in mountain° s legions. The mountains and tieemiarl crage SCOLn to encircle and protect those ho dwell atnong • them with se mat ad Iii g a persionality continued auccess caused another compaaY to be formed, and many were the leads which cleated, until the two decided to elite and to work together'. Oh, the yarns that might be told of thine golden days of huntime, of the adventures and hair- breadth eiscepesi and in all the red man telays a conspicuous part t. Hound his loyalty or bit enmity centres many a tale. Those days are over now. In 1869 the 00V -eminent took over the domain a of the Duclson Bay Conipany for £300,000, and certain eau& round the trading stations, and from that time the era of the Indian was over. They cannot stand before the forces of civilization, and they are doomed to give way to those who have entered on their predestined work of cultivat- iug the laud and building cities, thus multiplying the population and replenishing he earth. Meanwhile, the iniesiouaries havelbeen busy. The authori- ties of the Beldson Bay Company always encouraged their efforts, and did much for them by forbidding the use of spirits at their stations, and in later times the Government has endeavored to exercise a paternal care over these perishiag tribes, gathering them into reeervee,trying to teach them cultivation, educating their children, granting gifts and pensions, and in doing all in their power to promote the seccess of the mission, But of heroic work of these missionaries, and of what they have been able to accomplish, we must tell you some other time, if you will not tire of the sub- ject. And of the American Indians, as they now are, we hope very soon to be able to give you some exquisitely -done drawings from the pen of Mr. T. 0. Millais, which we trust he will supplement with thine &scrip- tious of his experiences when sojourning amongst theme..- ., Einsbauds• Privileges. A New York Magistrate, in lately dis- missing a suit for divorce brought by a wife who complained that her husband had called her out of her name, took occasion to remark, in explanation of his action, that " good husbands even sometimes swear at their wives." The judicial announcement that a husband may demean himself in his parts of speech like a Jack the Ripper without detriment to his standing as a good husband before the law opens up some rather delicate legal and moral questions. If a good husband may do this " sometimes," the interesting question arises : How many times? At what precise number of ex- pletives does the excess of virtue become a vice and an offence in law. • In less progressive days than these a somewhat different standard of good hus- bandry preveiled. It was even held in primitive times that the good husband was he who felt it to be especially his duty, when things went wrong about the house or with his meals, to moderato the tones of his voice ; to speak soft answers, and to assume a sunny smile. lie was, in truth, esteemed a model spouse who, upon finding that some favorite garment—for instance, a coat only half Worn out, which he had hung securely in the darkest •corner of the closet for a third "season's wear—had been transmuted by the process of free trade into a pair of angel statutettee for the front parlor, should stifle the sentiments raging within him and mask his personal feelings by imitating the facial expression of his new art treasures. The new dispensation leaves the husband legally free to say more than his prayers ; in short, to take on like an arnay itt Flanders, provided he only does it some- times—that is to say, not in an incessant stream. Happily for the interests of domestic tranquility and good morals there is a higher law than that expounded by the magistracy; and while the Decalog,ue's, place in. politics may be somewhat hazy in the minds of many men, few • of them will have the hardihood to assert that it is not a binding force in matrimony. If at times the force may seem to be relaxed, it is not a difficult assumption that it is rather from want of thought than from want of heart. Temperance Notes. The Columbus bell, whose first tones were heard at Isabella, Santo Domingo, in 1843, has arrived in Chicago for the World'sFair. The English brewers are secretly combin- ing against the Liberals, fearing that a Liberal Parliament will legislate unfavor- ably to their business. Mr. Isaac Pitman, the "father of short- hand," was, fifty years ago, in very ill health, and not likely to live. He gave up meat and alcoholic drink, and has ever since enjoyed the best of health and capacity for the hardest of hard work. The W. C. T. U. Coffee House, of Oak- land, Cal., has carried on a highly success/1i business for several years, the year just closing having amounted to $20,255. Over $1,200 of the profits have been expendedin temperance work, the balance beingapplied to a new building fund. , The Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, has or- dered his priests in the diocese not to say mass, nor attend the funeral, nor recom- mend the deceased to the prayers of the congregation in any case where intoxicating drink is supplied at the wake of a deceased person, or at the funeral. Of 600 cases treated. for inebriety at the Fort Hamilton, N. Y., •Inebriates' Home 265 had one or more relatives addicted to intoxication. Dr. Norman Kerr, of Lon- don, had treated 1,500 cases of inebriety, and of these he was able to trace a family history of intoxication in 746 cases. robe Leo's tat est Portrait. The pope has been sitting for his portrait for the second time since he assumed the Papal tiara. M. Chartran, the Parisian artist, was the fortunate painter, and had much trouble to persuade His Holiness to endure the tedium of posing: He has re- presented Leo XIII. seated in a red arm- chair, his hands resting on the arms, while one foot in a red slipper peeps out on a red cushion. A red mantle drapes His Holiness' shoulders, and a diamond and sapphire ring • and a Pontifical croes on hie breast relieve the pure white costume. The portrait is to be engraved for the benefit of the faithful. 'Who Are the People • Wives and Daughters : Frequent refer- ence is made to the low moral tone of "the people." But the reinsof Government have never been held by representatives of the people. They have always been in the control of the representatives of less than half the people. The general moral tone of more than one-half the People of Canada remains as it has always been—law-abiding, gospel -abiding, home -loving and humanity - loving. Bat this greater' half of humanity of which we speak is composed of only women, who have no more political impor- tance than lunatics and paupers. The Bishop of Derry, Dr. William Alex ander, an eloquent preacher and the author of a work on the Psalms, has accepted an an invitation from Columbia College to deliver a course of lectures next year on the evidences of ehristianity. --" You say you don't drink, George ?" "No," "Nor smoke ?" "No." " Nor gamble?" "No." "Nor stay out at, night?" "Never." Well, we never could be happy as man and wife, George. I have been brought up in New York, not heaven.' Mire E IS1TEflEM2�, lint lite Chance to Get Even. Waft Tao Boot' to be iii,$seti. The big man was half drunk,and when he leered at the young woman she tried to pass hint ou the extreme outer edge of the side- walk. Ile stepped in front of her'and she tried to pass to the other side of him, Be was in front of her again, and ex- claimed : " Don't hurry, my petty." She was about to turn and run Arfien another man emerged from the shadow of a " Hold on here he said. " What's the matter?" "None of your business," retorted the first man. Well, Avo'll see," said the second. "You've been annoying this lady." ' " Mebbe she's your wife," sneered the first. " Well, she isn't." Or your sister 1" " Or your sweetheart?" Never saw her before." "Oh, you're trying to make a mash, tor), are • Pugilists would have called the blow a "beautiful " one, but the kick that followed it would certainly have been declared a " foul." "Oh, sir !" cried the young woman, vehen the smoke of battle had, cleared away, "Go on home 1." exclaimed her champion. "But, sir, have---" "Go on home, I tell you, and don't be chasing around nights again," lie inter- rupted'. But you noble action," she began again. "Noble action 1" he interrupted again. "I've been watching for that man for six weeks, and it's the first tine I've found him so drank that I could smash him without getting the worst of it. Go on home! This *as business, not ronaance. He beat me out of $1.50." • He lit a clear aud sauntered clown the street with the air of a man who had settled an outstanding debt. A DEADLY; CANE. The Novel Weapon A Ciriatinata Detective Carries, Detective John T. Norris is in the city, and as usual, has a new firearm to display. Detective Norris has a hobby of collecting odd weapons of various kinds, but his latest acquisition is probably the most formidable of his whole collection. It is a cane of about three feet two inches long and seem- ingly harmless. It has a rather long steel - pointed ferrule, which, when the oane is used in walking, keeps its owner from slipping, but when he is cornered by a crowd it can be turned to use as a bayonet. The cane, with this exception, shows no signs of being the dangerous weapon it is. By a siinple device ehe long steel ferrule can be loosened in a second and in its place ap- pears the barrel of a, 32 -calibre gun. An- other secend suffices to pull back the handle of the cane and the weapon i(3 cocked and loaded. The detective can kill a sparrow off the top of the tallest telegraph pole or hit his man a square away with this little Winchester. If the first load doesn't bring him there are five more cartridges in the handle which can be fired with lightning - like rapidity. The hannner and trigger are just at the beginning of the curve in the handle of the cane. The whole barrel of the gun and the curved handle as well are covered with thousands of feet of plaited fish lines, the work of Evan Jones, a watch- man of the snag -boat C. S. Senter, which ii plies up and down the Mississippi Raver.— . Cincinnati Enquire-. Why Seine Men Are Bachelors. In other words, why are some men una,ble to find a woman to love? There are many reasons. One given by a prominent New York bachelor was that "he didn't go out in ladies' society enough to select any particu- lar one." And then, perhaps, the like and dislike is on the other side. Perhaps he isof ajealous, selfish disposition and shows it; or perhaps he has some traits which are not the best in the world. The girls are not slow to see into these—ah, no ! As one young girl said lately; "It is all over between Jacques and me ; we have said - good -by. I can never marry a jealous man —never !" And the same silly quarrel often separ- ates a young man and Ms sweetheart. Both are too proud to give in, and though they love each other desperately, they will, for want of one little word, separate for life. Many a man in this case has readied his grave unmarried and unloved, being at the same time almost too worldly to admit it. • Thus, whenever you see a gay, handsome bachelor who never bothers to turn his head ever so little toward the fair sex, do not condemn him, dear girls, but just think a little, and may be you will be able to cameo him. Dreadful Possibilities. Fair Visitor—Dearest friend, what is the matter? Mrs. Knewliwed (sobbing)—This mum-- mum—morning I made some lul—lovely F. ? Mrs. K.—And dear John ate a great lot and gave a little piece to the kitten before he went to his train. F. W.—Well? Mrs. K.—And the the kick—kick—kitten hsts just died and the telephone has been ringing like mad ! The Shah of Persia has recently become so unpopular with his subjects that they are said to be ripe for revolt. Mars -du -Din has never been very much liked by his people, and his latest action in endeavoring to make a minister,of war out of the obnox- ious boy who accompanied him on his tour of western Europe has raised a Din to which even the royal eara are not deaf. Old Mrs. Bently—Have you heard how Mrs. Brown is gettin' on? Old Mr. Bent- ley—She was doin' very well, and althou„ah one lung is gone, the doctor said he thotight she might live for some time; but las' week she ketched cold, which developed into pneumonia. Old Mrs. Bentley (with pensive hopefulness)—Ah, well, if she's only got one lung, she can't have it very bad. "1 do love Mr. Dhoveell's books for summer reading." "Yon like realism, then?" "Oh, no; but his characters do nettling so gracefully." Lady Olivia Taylor, who is soon to be- come the bride of Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck, is considered one of the most beatitiful women in London society. Her features are fine and regular and her figure is tall and slight. Her hair is light—almost golden—and she has a Curious "white feather" among her tresses. It is not indicative of her character, howevex, for she is a lady of very high spirit. Miss Smith (to Miss Jones, talking abont Mr. Noodles)—Does he know anything? Miss Jones—Know anything? No. Ile doesn't even suspeet anythinq. The hero of 1VIr. Howells' newest novel is a cashier who speculates " in the iltreet,' and then runs away to Canada, leaving his family behind, 110MaRlinfacfassalumessimmozeili ..• ; •, • ' 4- itilt1,4`Akt`,_ for Infants and Chiidrello ooasteriaisso wen adapted to children that Castar14 cures Collo, Constipation, kalrecolvuomtomertnled,lassaupelloArztociirarnlyt,pAres.pc.rtiption Sou:eSsttio:711, Diarracea, Eructation, /eine Worms, gives sleep, and promotes: an 111 Bo. Oelord Feta Brooklyn, N. Y. Wit.hout Miurious mastication. PRE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 Murray Street, N tint14' $1414) 411 4E' la)14Pirtitiq.: is OF BLUE BLOOD. Mrs. O'Shea•Paritoelillunt.is a Cultivated w Mrs. Parnell is a woman of intellece and refinement, and comes of the bluest English blood. Her brother, Sir Evelyn Wood, is one of the best generals in the British army and, after Lord Wolseley and Sir Frederick Roberts, who are both Irishmen, next in the line of promotion for commander-in- chief. Mrs. O'Shea is handsome, with a pearly white skin, a wealth of golden hair, and a graceful and voluptuous figure. She has a fascinating manner, • and is charming m conversation, with cultivated literary tastes and a man's knowledge of politics. The breath of suspicion had neve/ touched her until she met Parnell. She started in to help him politically and ended by be- coming infatuated with him. The fascination was mutual. O'Shea is the son of a Limerick attorney, who left him a large fortune, which he squandered in horse -racing and gambling. He was an officer in a crack cavalry regi- ment, a dashing, lady -killing fellow with a good figure and attractive manners. He married Kitty Wood when she was in her teens, but the pleasures of the mess room and the race course had more attractive. ness for him than home. When he lost his money he left the army and lived on his wife's, spending it freely on wine, women and horses. Ile often remained months away from home, and utterly neglected his wife. Getting into Parliament for county Clare, through the influence of the C,atholie bishops, 'he foisted -himself on Parnell through his wife's entreaties and pro- ceecled ta earn a good Government berth by making himself usgul. He closed his eyes to what everybouWknew, and finally only acted from mercenary motives. He is the most thoroughly despised cad in London to -clay. Under ordinary circum- stances and with a man for a husband Ms. O'Shea would have made a good wife. "Smart has married Miss Dasher." I heard so : it seems to me a rash experiment." " Why so ?" "He's a self- made inan and she's a tailor-made girl, and it is doubtful if such a combination will work well together." The Austrian corvette Faunae is about to make a voyage round the world. CA RTE RIS ITTLE VIER PILLS. Sick aeadache and relieve all the eroublea mci- dent to a bilious state of the' system, sueh as Dizziness, Nausea. Dro vsiness, Distress after e.ating, Pain in the Side Sec. While their most remarkable SUCCESS ha.s been shown in curing Headache, yet CARTER'S LITTLE Lrvzs. PILLS are equally valuable in Constipation, curing andpreventing this annoying complaint, while they also correct all disorders of the stomach. stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels. Even if they only cured Ache they would be almost priceless to those who suffer from this distressing complaint: but fortunately their goodness does not end here, and those who once try them will find these little pills valuable in so many ways that they will not be willing to do without thern. But after all sick bead is the bane of so many lives that here is where Ave make our great eboast. Our pins cure it while others do not. • CARTER'S Lreree Ltyza Bins are verysmall and very easy to take. One er two pills make a dose. They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by their gentle action please all who use them. In vials at ee cente; five for Sl. Sold everywhere, or sent by maaL CASTER MEDICINE Co., New Yort. i11 i111Small Dose. Small hoe, Is a dangerous condition directly due to depleted or impure blood. It should not be allowed to continue, as in its debility the system is especially liable to serious attacks of illness. It is re- markable how beneficial Hood's Sarsa- parilla is in this enervating state. Pos- sessing just those elements which the system needs and readily seizes, this medicine purifies the blood, and im- parts a feeling of strength and self-con- fidence. Hood's Sarsaparillais the best remedy for that weakness which pre- vails at change of season, climate or life. 3 "1 believe it is to the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla that I owe my present health. In the spring, I got so com- pletely run down I could not eat or sleep, and all the dreaded diseases of rife seemed to have a mortgage on my system. I was obliged to abandon my work, and after seeking medical treat- ment and spending over $so for different preparations, I found myself no better. Then my wife persuaded me to try a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Before the first bottle was gone I began to amend. I have now used two bottles and have gained 22 pounds. Can eat anything without it hurting me; my dyspepsia and biliousness have gone. I never felt better in my life." W. V. &MOWS, Lincoln, 111. ak-'s the tron421 Running Through Ills PropertY. Apamphlet of 'nformation and ab- stract of the laws, showing How to Obtain Patents, Caveats, Trade marks, copyrights, sent Inc Addle!! MUNN .St CO. 361 Broadway. New York. Neunlber of Stitches in a Shirt. There are just 21,000. There are four rows of stitching in the collar, 3,200 stitches ; cross ends to the collar, 550; button and buttonhole, 150; gathering the neek and sewing on the collar, 1,205; stitching wristbands, 1,328; ends of the same, 68 ; button holes in wristbands, i48; hemming slits, 261 ; gathering the slee-ves, 810 ; setting on wristbands, 1,468 ; stitch- ing on shouder straps, 1,880 ; hemmine the bosom, 393 ; sewing in sleeves and making guesees, 3,050 ; sewing up seams of sleeves, 2,554; cording the bosom, 1,104 ; "tap- ping" the sleeves, 1,526; sewing up all other seams and setting the side gussets, 1,272. That represents the amount of labor that must be put into a shirt, and explains why the homeonade article has gone out of fashion. "Workers and the Fair. Rochester lierald : A Knight of Labor writes to the New York Advertiser giving the "hearty thanks.' of the Order to who- ever was instrumental in locating the world's fair in Chicago. " Events," he says, "are rapidly developing the fact three it is going th be a curse to labor in Chicago. Such an event is sure to concen- trate an immense supply of unorganizel workMgmen, far exceeding the demand, about its location. This supply of labor stays after the demand has ceased. It is a serious question whether any poor man was , permanently benefited by the Centennial exposition in Philadelphia," In the Due de Riven. Brooklyn .Life Salesman — Vood ze madame not like ze bust ze great Napoleon —very fine. Ze madame vill have se bust certa,irtement. Mrs, Silverlode (from Denver)—Yes, I would like a stachooette of Napoleon, but I prefer one showing the side face; it is mueh more striking. " Salesman—Ah, ze madame p—r—refer 7,C p—r—ro--feel. Vood ze madame be so kind to stand on ZEi side of ze laist. ZaTC is ze p--r--ro—feel ! pf afeenietque "Early last spring I ,Was very Much run down, had nervous headache, felt miserable a.nd all that. I was very Much benefited by Hood's Sarsaparilla and recommend it." Mits. J. M. TAY- LOR; 1119 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 0. "1 was very much run down in health, had no strength and no inclination to do anything. I have been taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and that tired feel- ing ha8 left me my appetite has re- ' turned, 1 are like a new man." CHAUN- CEY, LATHAM, North Columbus, Ohio. to eee e ; P ro • Sold by arna.gis13. trJ see ler iee. Prepared only by L HOOD ie; 00,, Leitiell, 40aS3. 106 b000t Ono banal.. ' Washington Star : "I never saw it man run through bis property like Blinx did," remarked a department clerk. " Why," exclaimed the man at the night desk. " I thought he was very steady -going." "Yes but you ought to have seen him when the bull Chased him over the farm his uncle left him." —Ex -President Grevy of France was thrifty. He died worth 30,000,000 franca. A Hannibal man bought two pills and put them in his vest pocket. He also bought a small pearl cellisr button and put it in thc same pocket. When it came time to take a pill he opened his mouth, shut his eyes and gulped one demi. He was relieved of his headache and went on his way rejoic- ing. Afterward, having use for the collar beeton, he felt in hie pocket, and found two pills, but no batten. Lord Grantille, speaking of Wilkes, mid that on the occasion of an election hiehumor was unrivaled. Once he asked an elector to vote for him. Ne,' replied the man, warmly ; rather vote for the devil.' Yes,' responded but in ease your friend doesn't stand ?'"