HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-1-4, Page 7HERE'S GOOD LUCK.
The touch of ahand, the glance of an eye
Or a word exchanged with a passerby;
A glimpse of a face in a ciowded street,
And afterward life is incomplete;
A picture painted with honest zeal,
And we lose the old for the new Ideal; .
A chance remark or a song's iefrain,
And life is never the same again.
A fidendly smile, and love's en -Meting !Tat
Leaps into flame and illumines the dark;
A whiapercd "De Wave" to 01/r fellow men,
And they pick up the thread of hope again.
Thus never an act or a word or thought
But that with unguessed importance i fraught;
For 6rna11 things build, up eternity
And, blazon Cie ways for destiny.
-Answers.
TILE DRUMMER
AND
THE DRUMMER
A Story pf War and Peace.
BY CHARLES [-1. DAY.
L—WAR.
"Why, you're a Yankee, aren't your'
That was what Gladys Clayton, a lit-
tle southern glrl, said one morning to a
small boy dressed In blue who upon
her approach had half risen to a sitting
' posture beside a patch which led both
to a spring and a negro cabin, within
hailing- distance of the spot where the
recliniug uniformed figure was gazing
In open eyed wonder on the vision of
juvenile lovellnees.
"Yes, I'm a Yank," replied the boy,
InstinctivelY saluting. eyea can tee been interrupted by the civil war and
ilever regained; never regained be -
that by my blue." Then he paused for
a second and said hesitatingly, "Of cause the house hacl never made an ef-
course you are -are a" --
The boy in blue blushed, and the lit-
tle maid, with a twinkle In her eyes,
said:
"A little rebel. Do you surrender?"*
"Hardly," replied the boy, making- an
tion stores at the crossroads which car -
endeavor to take his feet, but falling
back until he supported himself upon ry suchbig stocks of our very lines.
his elbow. An expression of pain And as for the'salary and commission.
swept over his face whicb startled the the house will guarantee that your
child as she exclaimed In sympathetic trial trill in the new section shall be no
loss to you." '
When the day for the salesman's de-
parture for Virginia came. the head of
the house at parting said:
"Weil, you are advaucing on Rich-
mond this time under somewhat dif-
ferent circumstances."
"Not so very different," interrupted
the salesman, with a quiet chuckle. "I
was a drummer then, and I'm a drum-
mer now."
Just at dusk one night he drove up
to the store on the Clayton plantation
and walking into the establishment
announced himself and his business by
presenting his card, as he said:
"1 want supper, feed and keep for
my horse, lodging for myself and will
talk business later."
A young tnan behind the counter re-
plied:
"That'll be all right, Mr. Lines. The
proprietor will be here in a moment."
Then he ordered a lounging darky to
"take the horse round to the barn." ,
The drummer was just geing to ask
the condition of trade when a woman
entered.
"Miss Clayton, the proprietor," said
the clerk, introducing the newcomer.
The greeting of the two was so
hearty that 'the clerk almost fell over
the counter.
"Why. N.Valterl"..
"Why, Gladys!"
path on either side, and at length she That "clerk was a jewel. He knew
discovered the wreck of the martial his business. He hurried out of the
Instrument. 1,store to feed the drummer's horse.
"Here it is, tittle boy," said the girl, In inclosing an order for a large bill
with much dignity. of goods on the ensuing day. the drum -
"Thanks, miss," said the soldier boy. mer in a communication to the bead
"The rebs have shot it full of holes, of the house wrote:
1 have entirely recovered from that
and it's no good. Throw it away."
The girl threw the .shattered drum wound of the heart In Miss Gladys
Into the bushes. ' Clayton 1 have found an old acquaint.
"What can I dofor you?" asked the ance, a new Woman of the new south,
girl. somewhat perplexed at the sltua- whom I shall have no trouble -in bring -
ton.
*•••••••`..
an. But for all' that we mustn't let
her know of this little chap Pahldin
'ere any more titau's if tyas a-bidin
l4lukuwhisaclf."—
IL--PEA.CE,
"Lines," said tIte head Of the house
to a fmvorite coMmerch.11 traveler who
had just returne,c1 from an exteuded
tour, "do you know anything of the
SOuth?" •
"A little," Was the rePlY.
"EOW far South have you neon?"
"Richmond."
"Alal" exclaimed the head of the
kouse. "Long getting there?"
"Pretty near three years."
"First time that I ever heard that
you were in the 9ate unpleasantness,'"
returned his employer. "Never heard
about your adventures In that line."
' "Well," interrupted the salesman,
"you 'See, 1 am the only man engaged
In the civil war wbo is not writing for
the /magazines."
"Ira many battles?" asked the manag-
.
Mg partner.
eyes."
"Wounded?"
"Twiee; once in the leg and the other
time In the heart."
"Recovered from the effects of both
wounds?"
"Recovered from the shot In the leg;
the wound in the heart is still open."
"Um!" was the finale of this running
conversation.
The salesman nodded, and then the
converse became "strictly business."
The desire of the firm was concisely
this -to renew a southern triule Pre-
viously held by the house which had
fort to resume business relations with
that section.
"Walter," said the senior partner, be-
coming familiar, "we must win all that
trade back again. I not only want the
city houses, but those remote planta -
tones:
"Oh, dear, wbat a pity! You are
wounded, and only a boy!" Then, as a,
reassurance, she added: "You needn't
be afraid, Yankee boy. r won't hurt
you, and all the gray soldiers are gone
away."
"Where am I?" asked the drummer
boy.
"You are on the Clayton plantation,
Yankee boy. My mother says -that it is
20 miles from nowhere and the last
place that was made."
"There's been a IA; fight," said the
boy. "Which licked?"
"Mother says that she reckons they
both got all they wanted and then
withdrew in good order," answered
the girl.
"Where is your father?"
"Licking Yankees," was the reply,
with 'a great deal of energy thrown
into the words.
"Oh, he!" exclaimed the boy, and
then; in spite of himself, he permitted
a groan to escape his lips.
"Oh, dear!" said the girl, coming
• close up to him. "Are you hurt much,
• little Yahkee boy7a
For the Moment the boy in blue had
forgotten himself as he asked in anx-
Iety:
• "Please, little girl, have you seen my
drum?"
The girl looked up and down the
4'1'11 tell you," replied the boy. "And
1 want you to do it right quick. 1 want
you to get me out of this `right smart,'
--'for a scouting party of' rebs might
come riding tbis way and captureme-
or Worse" -
"Yankee boy, My mamma would
have a fit If she saw you In that blue
suit. She hates you all! Let me see -
let me see!"
Then she clapped her hands and ex-
claimed: .
"I limeys what I'll do. I'll go to old
Si, down at the cabin. He and auntie
are the only ones of all the slaves who
have not run away to follow the Yan-
kees. SI will do anything for me. Be
as patient as you can while 1 am gone,
for it won't be long." a
It was not long that the lad had to
wait, but when the people returned
witb the two colored people he was
suite faint, and gasped:
"Water!"
"Bring the gourd from the spring!"
commanded auntie, who had arrived In
advance of her rheutnatie husband.
hale labors of' years and perfect
'health had given tbe black woman Im-
mense strength, and the drummer boy
was little more of a burden to her than
an infant.
Gladys ran on ahead to the cabin.
Auntie strode on, taking such Immense
steps that her husband, in a vain en
-
cleaver to keep ion Was taken:with a fit
of couehlue and was obliged to talte a
long rest by the. wayside. When he
did arrive nt the cabin, the ,boy la blue .
was, snugly bidden way In its privacy
and receiving the kind offices of tl3e
ing into the Union. At present her
mother is rather a hopeless ease, but
I am quite sure that she, too, will be-
come thoroughly reconstructed In aue
season." -Charles 11. Day iu Home
Magazine.
Probably She Meant It.
"When she will, she will. you can
depend on't," Is a line which. many
men have quoted of many women, Tbe
saying is often unjust, and the woman
Is often justified, but now and then
the cap fits perfectly.
Not long ago a fast express was
bowling over the sands of Arizona.
Just how It happened was frequently
eXplained and never understood, but
as the train sped along the side of a
parched river it suddenly left the rails,
rolled down the bank and landed in
three feet of muddy water at the bot-
tom of the river bed.
Within the cars there Was some nat-
ural confusion. Men,' women and
lunch boxes were thrown intoa heap,
and not an unibrella or Parcel was left
In the racks.
I• One by one the occupants of the rear
car extricated themselves • from the
niass and, sought for Means of escape
whlie stanelaing variotts wounds caus-
ed by broken glass. Every .'sit was,
jammed tight: .Just then, In the midst
of the doubt and cola tiSIOn, rose a )v0-,
man's voice in emphatic, (leniend:
"Let me out! Let me out! If you
don't Int inc out. I'll break a windOWI"
-Youth's ,Conaprinlon.
colored ivotritin. who hart tiled many
years of experience in titirsittg.
Now that the,a,,o3inded iltemimer.boy
was niade as^"eornfortable as
1111111de' closed the eabln dear and said'
as IthpreSeively:as If she were reciting
one of lier best gliost storits:.
."You near inc. itlikle Gladys, yoo,,
ole meta- . Yon both done ,keen yer
mouth Shut ',boat this 'ere young tin.
;Yon' bOtli rill know, that' the.,, niissy ftt
the big hotise is Jest pr.ien on the Aran.
keei4 for all she's si dreffui geed. woM-
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.,<r FIGHTING MEN II,
• +
tI IN KliAKI
to 4
bY the British tiert,'Ilnent
. Do Nat Wear '11,e fir Clxty•
forms Ia Senth A.frtca.
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1,1 By Lieutenant H. R, Gahan.
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Khaki may prove to be the winding ,
sheet of the Boer republic. Khaki is the
dust colored cloth of which the new serv-
ice uniforms of the 13ritish soldiers are
made.
VAIlien the British foug,lit the Boers in
former years, the soldiers of the queen
went up against their sharp eyed foes
clad in the glaring hued clothes which
made their evolutions et Aldershot suck
brilliant spectacles. They wore scarlet
tunics crossed by white bands, bright
helmets with waving plumes, huge bear-
skin shakos and Manr gay trappings, gal
pleasing enough for parade, but entirely
uneuited for war.
But sinee the days of Laingsnek and
Majulitt Hut England has discovered
that the fanciful toggery which wins ad-
miration on a line of march at home is
not the thing for a battlefield. So things
have been changed, Nowadays when tilo
British soldier goes forth to war he stows
his gay uniform the home barratats
and gets into --khaki, which is durable,
comfortable and unobtrusive to the eye.
Perhaps this explains • the apparent
falling off in Boer marksmanship. In
former wars the burghers opened at long
„range and did terrible execution. Against
the dull green veldt youcan see a scarlet
tunic a long distance. The Boers were
In the habit of picking out individual sol-
diers just as they would pick out a mark
et a shooting contesa The "rooi battjes"
made fine marks.' "Root battje" is Boer
for red coat.
But in this war the Boers have not
done so much long distance shooting.
Instead of distinctly marked lines of red
tbey have been confronted with indistincd
lines of soldiers who were hastily to be
recognized as such at 1,000 yards. be-
cause' their uniforms were so nearly of
the color of mother earth.
As a consequence the Boers were sur-
prised and grieved. Gladly did they wel-
come the Gordon highlanders, who wentl
A FIGHTING LORD
General atetlinen, onto Isinning;
neitisti ViettoriOtiij. S^utlit Arriett.
GOIlarat Lord 3lethueii, who has been
prominent in the expedition sent by Bul-
ler for the relief of Kimberley, conies
from a famous family of soldiers. He
himself has already won his spurs and
is reekonoel as one or the "fighting gen-
°I.14.11sis."full title is Si: Paul Sanford Me-
thuen, third baron of Methuen, K. C. '13.
He is 54 years old. Although he was the
heie to the peerage, be insisted on an
army career and entered the Scots guards
as a lieutenaut in 181;4. For some years
he saw no service. But Lord leletlinen
was anxious to pee some fighting and, se-
cured ,permission to go oil special service
to the Gold Coast in 1873.
The following, year, so distinguished
had his service been, he was appointed
brigade major tit Ashanti. In 1877 he
became assistant niilitary secretary to
GENERAL LORD METILLIEN.
the commander in chief in Ireland, and,
,after being a military attache in
assistant adjutant general and assistant
quartermaster general for the home dis-
trict. he was in 1882 appointed to the
important post of commandant at head-
quarters in Egypt. '
Shortly after the Bechuanaland cam-
-
anion Lord 'Methuen was appointed
dep-
uty adjutant general in South Atrica,
and in 1800 he hemline a major general.
He succeerlecl to, the peerage in 1801,
and from 1892 to 1807 he was in cow-
) mend of the' home district. He did not
a leave the Scots guards until he had be-
come colonel of that famous regiment.
It was during the Bechuanaland cam-
paign that he raised and commanded that
famous body of cavalry known as "Me-
thuen's horse." He is a tall, vigorous,
active man, a great walker and one of
the best swordsmen in the army.
Alas sa ___
(la
assettaasa ,
ana
Otto
HUSSAR IN MIAS/ AND PARADE EXTFORM,
into action wearing their kilts and tar-
tans which they had Insisted on retain-
ing. The fatalities &MODS this regiment
have been great.,
The accompanying illustration shows
how decided is the contrast between
the new service uniform and the one
used for home duty. It represtnits a
Hussar in both costumes. What a tine
mark he would have made in his peace
uniform with its wealth of gold braid,
scarlet facings and nodding pompon!
But all that finery he has left at home.
His stout calves have been Wound with
putties: he has put on khaki riding
breeches, and his khaki tunic has never
a facing or a color in sight. Even his
White helmet has been covered with thin
'khaki, and at 1.500 yards be melts mys-
teriously into the background.
Nearly all the -regiments sent to South
Africa have been uniformed in the same
way. Many of the officers, too, have
adopted uniforms partly of khaki. 'The
war °Wee is now talking of putting all
the oflicers, even the generals, into khaki:
The high rate of mortality among the
officers who have faced the Boers during
the recent battles has brought aloout this
result.
A writer in a London paper recently
contributed some sensible views on the
subject. He said: e
"Does the man in the street reflect
that we aro paying, too heavy price
just now for the paraphernalia of regi-
mental ornament? Tartan and • tunic
make a brave show at a review or in a
march through London. At the P.slaco
theater every night you may see in the
biograph the swinging stride of the Goia
Lan highlanderpt with their kilts; and
bare logs nial Whet the Kaffirs call their
petticoats. A throb or pride runs through
the house,at ttA., sight of them. Yes, we
are right to reel proud, but whY, in tile
name of sense, lire they dressed like that
when they face t le oer eineri Ery
man in a tartan is Waiving target for the
most egpert marksmen in the world.
"Every officer goes to almost certain
death because he 1VOttl'S 31 UnifOrra that
can be easily distinguished, waves a use-
less sword and stands in the most ex-
posed position even when his men are ly-
ing under cover.
tIr
GREAT ENGLISH SURGEON
14•-•-m-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•-•.7g Mr. Frederick
Treves who has
j II° Ras G°°.° t° ; gone to South
a Africa as con-
? ra, conps, is ono of
IKs°9-'-•“""'"n:'''' the most suiting abtrai.
! Front In South
•4 eian to the Brit-
Airtaa f medical
promi-
nent members of his profession in Eng-
land. Ee takes with him his own surgi-
cal apparatus and ttvo nurses of special
experience in his line of work.
Mr. Troves won for himself it place
among the greatest masters of surgical
art at an unusually early age. Born at
Dorchester in 1853 and educated at Mer-
chant Taylors' school and afterward at
the London hospital, lie became a mem-
ber of the Royal College of Surgeons in
18/4, • proceeding to the fellowship in
1878. In the following' year he was ap-
pointed to the surg,ical staE of the Lon-
don hospital, where also he held the chair
of anatomy and tater that ea:surgery.
In 1881 be was elected professor of
pathology and afterward professor et
anatomy at the Royal College of Sur -
I B ?141R. FREDERICE TRETE&
A tetcrue Syint):;1.0t Preed,r,m,
• A curious custotn is 'observed iti the
village of Great I3,00kiitart, Surrey,
Eti,ela rid. Ntrtieti the .wift? of a trfules-
man goes off for tile usual stninuer
holiday, to the scas.de, one or two ex-
• pert (3.110ibers 118(.4.'13*(1 et ,0)1(13)Ightto
[tie roof of 1110 litease 1111(1 Insert ,old
brooins In the cliirillieys as a that
the lmtirl of tile Maine thi,
vision of the 4-1()ra(ddie ineratigt‘iii(,nts In
ndriltien to his oi.cliiXtit'y tv,orla
C'sv.i.lofewitilofbottl)eT ti,Nvnevri•ttligayd(!paaritdtItc,i;;(.1,nnot %vile
et than elitlit brobufe tedoreed the
11101:ute.-1)1tsburgRulIettn
I rely wonderful 3111(1 ,terrible is the
constuwatisto of our race! Yon w.otild
think that.in midi a de:1(11y hiisintss ap
war, Ivilen it is .of the utmost importance
to husband ,lives, 1.1a, practical Britt)n.
Wtqu3i(1 lOOkO his soldiers .88 itiemispicuous
118 possible. No sueli ,tiling. Lives ere'
saeriliveti for the salc.e Of' n 'bit of gold
lace .or 5 hunch of feathers:or it regi-
mental color. Somehotly li 3M 817ggastad ,
that ah officer in action should he (Iress-
cd hbe his trier) end o'u Iy a carbine oe 33
rifle. , Why not? Wrifild (m(1les 1)0
. .
any the lesii obey(d, his 08)1103)10 any the
lees ,;iii)rieletaig? thai the ()Meese
..rif the grousisetateln (lispaiSlied to, Africa.
are not to, lie deeoretert targete, It le
tune. Alas, [113131' 11111 2001138 and their and
, part/motives are the veritable trappings
d it 'et
geons. In 1884 he gamed the Jac tsonian
p '17,e of the crilitia. for an essay an "In-
testinal Obstrectio i." which has been
translated into sr;'veral European laii•
giages. • The abdomen, which not so
many years ago ants almost outside the
p 'evince of active surgery, is the sl)liere
h which 'tile nmst triratiphs
0 o(lern science leave twen won and in
whist) the greater progress haa been &c-
3)031.31)111311 ed. *,
s it( 'dance Mr, Ttcves ha hcn
one of tile 6.1111 laildOrti and ninny of .111s
writings duel with the anatomy, pathol-
ogy and sergery of 3130 n bdomivalo
galls Ilut h iqamt a 'aPd•inlist in (bit
narrow sense. Ile has Written large15
tt
and well oil many cliseaseat 1.1e lois
0,113 Lcd it wel t 1(11)833l "INfantifti of Bur-
gerY." 'find lie IS 1110 1111,,flor of 33 001.11 '011
operetive surgery tvlaeli is one or the
• cliso;)peii,rcrl early In April` and the
first real troet of tile fe.11 wet ' not
until the eth ofi'Oettlb0e..,
The deeli,hleell intOrspersedS'S, th
1:11(”lerlf Cla:i:'111. 8 •of tIlisdiaal, literature
Among Ills wrie
tings re 11 tiaiitise (3133
1313ysiettl 0(t0,'8 (1,3(1 p1ti301e ((11 his ta-
vorite rr
eciiiition bind saillag. 1,1e has
brain It or la the 01111tI'ssilitts of
'
Cambridge Aberdt,eti and Dulrhant and
M the Colloie of StIrkfvona.
AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN.
a GIs factoryOe41,,,i tree a or X'resper
, ,
Ity ttleiny narotti,g clam, ip
the .n.rovineo Of
The reports of t,lia Ontario Bureau
of Liduatries anord a valuable in.ricx
to the conationaad in'osPeats of the
'Province and record of it deyeloP-.
meat highly useful. for purposes ' of
reference. 1 -'he repent Ion
1808, iust iSsued by the Department
of agriculture, points to some very
satisfactory `conelosibps regarding
the prosperity of • the farining class
and the stelcidy growth of the lead-
ing brantelies of agriculture industry.
It is particulnrly pleasing to note
that for the first . time in tea 'years
the aggregate valuation of farming
land, so long depreciated, shows an
increase which, though small, is en-
couraging, white in donnection with
other items the growth in' value has
been very, decided.
.4.01.4.?:Itt;o and alutin.
The total rural • area assessed
amounted to 28,892,584 acres, being
an -increase of 32,1_66, acres over
1897. Of this '7,198,605 acres wece
weodlancO'and 3,200,065 waste* and
awaxiip lands, the percentage of clear-
ed land being 55.5.. The area devot-
ed to pasturage eomprised 2,705,048
acres, being, 49,798 more than 'the
previous ..year, and the acreage under
cultivation was -8,835;272 acres, an
increase of 133,567 acres.,
'The wane of, fa-rin lands was 8556,-
240,569, as compared with 9554;-
054,552 in 1897. Buildings' had- in-
creased in value from '9200;090,159
to $210,054,552, implements from
951,299,092 to 952,977,232 and Jive
stock from S93,649,804 to 9108,74,4,-
223.Taking all these items to-
gether the total augmentation in
value of farm property amounted to
nearly eighteen. million dollars, the
Bgtmes. being 9923,022,420 in 1393,
as against 9905,093,613 in 1897.
Crunmery,But tea. Ou tpult,
KOSt of the statistics enibraced in
this volume as to the, output of farm
product's' have already been presented
in the bulletins issued by the Depart -
meat, but the details with, regard to
some leading industries are here
given for the first time. Tile figures'
a' to the production of butter and
cheesehave -not been previously pub-
lished, as there was considerable de-
lay in compiling' the returns, owing
to the fact that the output of the
factorlea is- •frequently not marketed
for some months after the. end of„the
year. The 'returns are of interest ,as
showing the rapid growth • of .kate
creamery system, whereby' butter is
corning to the front in competition
with cheese. The total manbea of
creanieries in Ontario' Was' 282,uthere-
118 in 1897 'they numbered 214. 'Sta-
tistical returns were furnished by
93, 'which formed a baSis for an es-
timate of the total producCion, which
was placed at 9,005,992 pounds, be-
ing 1,300,727 pounds in excess of 'the
previous, year's Output. The •patrdna
of creameries -were paid 91,294,200
for milk or cream supplied, •lieinga at
the rate of 60.6 cents per 100 'pounds
of nailk. In 1598 the production of
butter' was only 2,707n570 pounds,
'so that this liniustay 'has advanced
by leans and hounds. These tgures,
of eourbe, do not include home-made
butter. . In the extension of the
creamery system producing, a first,
class article of uniform quality and
appearance'resis the hope of develop-
ing a large butter export trade, • as
the butter Made at farmhouses, isnot
readily' marketable in Beitain, owing
to its great variation in these re-
spects.
Clieema Manufacture.
The production of cheese has been
somewhat, lessenecl by the develop -
anent 'of the creamery system, -though
the number of cheese factories shows
in
,pects`of.diffe . h'ref,4, '0
tore, 1,4,kg/O0C",,
,ontain
Tahose 'relating' to the 'd,ta001t/iiki.
Via way ,Of Procuring fat'in'taber'
.001nestie servire nre particularly,,in
teresting as. illUstratll/g' the Preseot
unsatisfactory Oolldition of thlo labor
question., and a groat alany ,renulclim
are propOuncietl,' setae of which are,
Worthy of.consiclel'atiott,
Tile' closing portion of the
relates. to Zbo(1; tei inortga'ges.
,i).,
Glorisul Lee Burt, at Glienta has set
to the State„ Department a .desoriP^
tion of a new life,.saving Collarnedniala
he believes far superior to either the
life buoy or cork jacket, as the boehy..'
is submerged with the excePtiana
the head, which prevents ,expoonrkt
and congestion, while the arms ar
perfectly free, aad it is 'impOsSible to
capsize,' sa'ys The Chicago Tribune.,
The invention consists 'of a cork col-
lar, having an exterior diameter of
sixteenand oae-half inches; the neek
opening has ,a* circumference • 'of
eighteen inches, and is composed of
-dyne, half collars , ,fastened together
with, a htea-e, in which there is a
strong, spring,- destined to maintain
the collar always closed and firm.
The opening is opposite the hinge.
On each side the ,opeuitig there is a.
&mailer holder, made of oak, three,
inches in height and two inches km.
diameter, securely fastened. Whoa
pressure is exerted on the two hold-
ers the collar spreads open ancl allows
the head to pass in. On letting go-
of 'the holders the, collar clasps
slf automatically. The collar bit
'formed -of 30, pieces.oft cork, each
"eee having the forxn of an isosoeles
,trianale, with angles rounded, o
which • the base is four 'and three-
quarter inches and the height five
and five -sixteenth inches-. The pointa
are directed towards • the interior,
which gives the collar 'an elevation
, at its periphery effour • and three-
quarter inches, while at its interior
there is a, thieliness of one and three -
sixteenth inches. The pieces are cut
•
radially andare stating on two heavy
steel wire stems concentrically rivet-
ed to the folding shutters of the
hinge. 'The weight of the apparatue
Is about bye and . one-half 'pounds,
tina its clisplacemeat of water about
twelve quarts; consequently, its as--
censional str'eng'th represents con-
s tautly from eig,htema to twenty
'pounds of iron.
e \VI. a ivoisen,y-
,The death of Trooper Wolseley at
the battle of Elandslaagte demands
,record, says The Newcastle Chroni-
cle, that „not, be given ,to, it by
these whose eye a can scan only alto
lists of ofileers among, the killed. Yet
Trooper Hubert josephayolseIey or
thb Lmperial 'Light Horse belonged t.,o
the family of which the Commander -
hi -Chief of -the British aiiny is proud
to call lihnself 'cadet. 'The second
son Of ,Mr. Edward Wolsel,ey. :Of Wes,-
bridge, hetwas also the 'plea/ of
Sir Chaales Wolseley of. e easeley.
ninth baronet, who holds,ltorday the
deer park Inc ancestor enclosed in the
reign of Edward ' Then slam
trdoper, who/ was tall enOUgh to be
a specially good target for, 13ber bun -
lets, 'NlraS 'a 'fine horseman, end whoa
the War broke out he left the mines
in Johannesburg and 'went forth un-
der Colonel Chisholme to meet th€
foe. - This Jai did so' gallantly that
he outrode hie companions in the
race' for death or' glory, 'and was at
first reported as "missin" only be-
cause his dead' body was' not found,
in the forefront until it had re.stee
there for six days.
,xxinettor, of silk! 311aortri.
judgi'aa, irem .1.1.e recent report of
the ,Registrar -General ; of New Zeal-
.
a slight increase. There were 1;157 land, that fine martial race, the
fa.ctories in operation in the Pro- Maoris., is going the way,of ala
vine°, a net increase of 26 over 1597, aborigines whose country has, become
and the *output, though „larger than colonized by the *whites. They may
any preceding year, Was considerably not become absolutely extinct for a.
less than that of the large yield few more decades, but their doom.
lit 1897, tise figures being 137,36n,, is sea,ied. Among the causes official -
916 'pounds for '97 and 1280.16,924- •ly assigned for the thinning of their
for '98. The value of -the cheese
manufactured was 911,719,468 in '97
and 910,252,240, in '98, the price
having decreased , half a cent per
pound. The, amount' paid to patrons
for milk were 99,709,0,04 in '97 and
98,417,535 in. '98—being equivalent
itt the latter year to 61.2 cents per
100 pounds. , The falling off in cheese
manufacture is confined to the west-
ern counties, which show consider-
able' decreases, while many of the
eastern counties produce more than
ever. The banner county in cheese
production is Hastings, which with
96 factories • produces 11,505,0S2
pounds, while Oxford, .with 9,922,-
553 pounds, the product of 43 fac-
tories, takes the next, place.
Another Ifi'na7tsur3endwro"rutih;:Y.
of notice
Is the very large anarease in hog -
numbers aro the high infantile mor-
tality resulting from improper food,
exposure and the vva.nt of ordinary
care, constitutions debilitated by
past debauchery, the belief in native
docCors' and nealect of the sick arid
the adoption of European habits and
costumes leading to diseases of the
respiratOry organs. A Maori M.A.,
Mr. Ngata, in adclressine. it recent
conference of his countrymen, said
that drink was pauperizing them and
sapping their vitality.—London
Chronicle.
S.:111,11.n Bay oh..
A proposal is being ventilated
among scholars of Eindoo literature
for the formation of a Sanskrit epic
texts society, with tho object of in-
stituting a systeniatic collection of
manuscripts of the Mahabharata and
production. The total number 0,i. I other, texts relating -to I -Endo° epic
swine of all kinds was 1,640,737, bei poetry from all parts of India, says
irig an excese of 355,824 over the The Pittsburg Dispatch. The society
output of '97, A department; which would also provide, for and siiperin-
is also attracting much more of the tend the publication of texts, trans -
attention of farmers latterly is that lations or ani/ treaties tending be
of poultry raising, the progress of throw light on the history, religion,
which is indicated by the augraenta- philosophy, the laws and customs
tion of the number of:poultry of all and the civilization of ancient India.
varieties, which stands at 9,084.,- The ntoposai for the formation of
273, an increase of 648,923 over the the society will be ,bronght before
previous year. In both these depart- the 111(11(10 section oi the forthcom-
ing international congress of orients.
'alists at Rome with a view i,o the
'learned societies in,* Europe and
'governmonts and academics an
tAmtliPutliOirtilteletaral,Minslitt thoef a supero;onrittil io•tfeovawrlilaftich9
merits much has been dene to pyo -
mote the export trade, .and with bee
creased, knowledge of the ,require-
nients and taates of the British:mar-
ket and greater skill In breeding and
lraislug' 'of profitable .v,arietiep it is t0.
behoped' that shortly the profits ,of
the -Canadian farmer will be largely
,
augmented from this source.,
I 01 In a te 'ci"rc isca int t
The report ,coinpriscs a full review
05 U.K.*, weather, coinpficd from re-
turns furnished by tho Dominion
nieteorologica.1 a'erviee, Showing the
temperature, rainfall and sunshine
ottring thr gro'Nenag season. Iliere are
k, sacsonabla •notes from the
Teinisca,nttigtie 1)istrict of ixintel,ici31
interest, ti,s showing the mildness of ,
tho clitilate and , t.he length of the
growing season, in that, portion. of
1
.1Sataleo
natnraliet- fordid that, black ante
were clet•aloring t,lto sicins of
bird specinens an a 1(11)10' 8(3 ,
tar circlms • 011 bour plecee of '.14,I)e,
and pet One ander each len of the
table. ALlIS Will not, . crass'.
Pretty ebort he, 20 10(1 the, (in re -
at sneo ond, -.1(1tnting. . ,the
tar cir.ele, *fotind ,e1011 ,ern t3rnign'
ea by ,t)its of S, (01 313)101) (Pc 'clever
azitS batl",brOfigil 0 In .frtnn 0130 81101)13
the ISrovinee, 1.Shere tanertvhaLl
31
.
aitetc—It' m be , pre tinjt ,
orbd,ex
the reinarlts of coeres,p()Iidendentatr,
Stand, en?
iponeorning cortitit,ipa 4%,411 101i'0!"' lateb:I'mhionvge'' 64 1)6