The Exeter Times, 1885-8-13, Page 2FOR THE rARER.
Dairy and stook Topics.
Salt for stock is not a necessity. Here
y be a saving.—Cot. F. ,p.. Curtis.
A, New York oaurymaneaysbe is convine-
that every bushel of windfall apples fed
*COWS *as worth a pound of cheese.
(lows should not be heated up by being
eel, excited by bad usage, etc., and
nld hewve a shade from the extreme heat
the sun.
A. beef animal is like an apple—firet the
With which a person will attend to the bust,
news.
Keep the old hen cooped, but let the coop
be ac, looated that the cbfeke can have a long
run on grass or in a garden. They will kill
myriads of small insects, to their own and
the farmer's good, and do no harm. Young
chickens should be petted a little, by feed-
ing them from the hand and otherwise, so
they will remain tame. This will ease the
work and add to the pleasure of caring for
them very much,
Want of cleaniinees in one of themostcom-
stage ; second the ripe stage, and thirds mon causes of failure in poultry keeping..
e user-ripestage—where it begins to de -
orate,
Good pigs never come from poor care and
!poor feed. Good care dosis not, however,
The boneea jahould be leaned; daily, orsemi•
weekly at the longest Sweep, whitewash
and use =belie acid often enough to keep
floor clean, and the roasts and nests res
ly imply gorging a growing shote j from lino. Nest eggs made of calclined &n-
th rich food until it is a Tama of diseased ter, wet up with Ovate in which are a few
dropa of carbolic acid, are eecell for keep -
Give to the cows none but the beat and III mg lice away from the nests,
t food. With no ether stock is this so I Keep the chicken's growing now, and feed
UAL for the reason that ithas been fully as if they were layingfowl. Now lathe time
onstreted by ooznpetent authority that to force them along if it is desired to have
is a very prolifiio s onree of transmitting them lay early. A little extra feed and care
ase germs from impure food, and eepeelal- during the first three months will do more
from impure waters. good to make them good winter layers than
In selecting a dairy cow see that she has any patent poultry food can (loafer Thanks.
bag. This is where she carries her giving. If breedingthoroughbredd fowl, they in and calling on the Hol Spirit, if small, she Daze not much. ! ehouldbeeeparated fromotberbreedeatthree 1 g g y P , and
ver buy e. cow with teats an ii ch long; months old, and better at six weeks if Leg then calling out : 'To -morrow mornirg I
some one else havesber, and get one with G horns or game are with them, will go and destroy the soldiers, and at
that the hand can This in a R Early maturity is an important tactor in a night I well. go and destroy Fort Carlton.'
grasp. His eyes were like the devil's. lie is not
rmnimarMwt point le time rgait°•ip of A;
pRllat, and hence it IA now loo late to secure His
Riel; he bas a very good.mind, but
COW. R them early, The best cense to porno ie to
To make m►
gentle milker, a calf should be r make up the time by crossing with cocks be le extremely wicked."
the time It is two menthe old. It from the early mRtsmrIng breeds. The beet
"Same hours after he left -before day
01:111be rubbed and stroked and petted. cock for this purpose is a Leghorn. Pullet. a light, in fact— I left and escaped to Carlton
teats and adder should be handled fro- from a Leghorn cock;arid ordinary common to give the news that Riel had declared a
tly from the beginning. Thus, when bens will lay when six menthe old, and eon- new govermmment, and so to prevent a aur'
*mime is ready to become a cow, it still "sapiently if the pullets are hatched In Jane prise and a massacre. The Fort wan full of
familiar with the motioua of milking 1 they will lay in llaoember U the winter doom b.aJS-breeds, so I Raid nothing except to the
t# correspondent of the London, Lire stork not come in too soon. clerk, aid told him to tell Major Crozier
owned hits been looking up ancien milk } Geese should not be plucked until the "feast had left. In consequence of this ac•
am
gds, midfields ong the Uwe of a Welsh goelinga are all batched and able to take tion of rain°, which was so
in me way told to
g, $owel Dd=, made as early as the tenth , care of themselves,. The geeeeruay be pluck- Kiel, I was afterwards condemned to death
may': that prices were fixed for the cur-. ed twice --once in July and once in Nevem- by the council. C"roseing the river and ar.
t value of certain animals. For any de- ber, as they will bave nothing to do after riving at mr mission, 1 found all quiet
t or blemish of any anima at the time of 1 thin month in the way of leehaeor sitting there. On the same night free half-breed
parstion and restitution must be made It should be remembered that the renewal "new"—including that of Francois Primeaa
*eller. y of the feathers is a great drain on the ayatera, --crossed the river from near C 'eltcn and
wooden utenall should be used in milk and the geese should be well fed, and given followed me to my misslon, where I hid
is settle milk. Wood absorbe the a warm, drythem from the 18th of march till the 7th of
$ B pleat at night until they aro
to its pores, and when the pail is a fully feathered again. April.
thle niilk b000mea coagulated, fes Eggs ratty be packed in salt for winter use Twit* during that time "—Father
decompose., and will surely Ins Coal ashes, plaster, well -fitted oats or con, Paquette continuos—"half-breeds came to
, by infecting It with leaven of
Pails pans should 6rst and even duet may be used, but gait is the my Fie" from Riel to got government cat'
t7. Tto hod with ails waxer, than. with bot best. Dry pros es are more convenient tie. On the tint occasion -.•march
than liquid methods, and the later they ere Joseph Delornme and ltaptiate Ouellette,
and soap to ranter* the greaao, than,preserved the better. The chief point to be °"a " to u,y recut with loaded gnus, say ung
d finally scalded with boiling hot obeervod, however, is to frequently turn that they were sent by 'the government'--
water, wiped with clean dry towels, and 1 the egga, and kfep tho boxes in a cool plane. moaning the rebel government—forenimals,
placed out of doors to sir In sun- Under domestication fowls regale' e tri• and &eking me if I thought the Iodises
would give them up. I said I Wallet know,
butI would see the chief. 'If they give the
animals,' one of the envoys said,'I promise
that we will leave the people qulet.' Oa
the same day, teeing these two half-breede
coming in the dlstaune, I hadrang the
church boll ; it had been agreed that on
hearing that aigual at any time the Indians
would mike off to the wood's. They did so,
but I knew where to find them, and leaving
Deforms and Oaellette, I sought out the
chief and told him. Riel eaya that if you
dont give up your cattle he ill come with.
many men and fetch both oxen and Indlans..
To which he replied that he didn't want
to go with Riel, even if he died for. it.
I advised him to go to the hills with all
his heat cattle, leaving only nine head. He
did so, and I told the two half-breed, tbat
the nine were all that there were now, ao
they took the nine and went away.
FATTIER EAQtTETTE'U ADVENTURES.
An i'nread Chapter of the Rebellion.
Father Paquette, who bad charge of the
R. C. Mission at Muskeg Lake, has given his
experiences to a reporter. His story, even
when it relatea to facts already known, is
most interesting, especially when given in
his own words:—
"On the 13th of March I was staying at
St, Laurent,4 miles from Duck Lithe. About
fifteen minutes before midnight, just as I
was going to sleep, someone knocked at the
door. It was Louis Riel. Two men were
with him, Dumas and Moine Ouellette ;
Jackson, who I think was insane, was also
at the mission at the time, When Riel got
in, be began, to say, in a loud voice: ' The
I'rovisoire to declared, and we have got five
prinaxieta already 1' 'I have already de-
etroyed the old. Romain, and have a new
Pope, Archbishop Bourget 1' And to me
he acid ; ' Yon are to obey me.' I said 1
would never obey him. 'If you will not,:
he replied, 'the churches will stand, but
they will stand empty.' Among other out.
rageous things be said; ' You are in danger
here; I have an affidavit against you, and
will get some Indiana to fix you.' Riol
stayed there two hours, at one time kneel-
& ine.
Tho straw from beans is a, natural food for
eep, and they are the only stock which
fond of it. It is a healthy food for them.
Rous food, with a little ammoniate or= in a
while, to give relish. Any simple condiment
like ginger, or pepper, is atimulating and
helps to make them thrifty, but they should
t straw is better for sheep than say un- i not be fed on such quantity es would cause
table hay. They will pick out all of the 11 undue action in the system, but merely to
es and heads of allkinds of straw, buts "tone up." Ii fowls are fed in this way
ey do not like the coarse straws, and will there is no reason to expect they will keep
sat them unless forced to by hunger, in good condition and: make thcmeelves val.
w, to be goo I for sheep, should not be cable to their keepers,
.ripe, musty, or full of ergot. Oa this
not rye it the poorest, and wheat next. SGIEi10E.
give sheep a keen appetite, no more
nld be given them than they will eat up f
They come to a tweot smelling and One of the properties conducive to dura•
h rack of food with a relish. 1 bility in timber is its odoriferousness, which
repel insect foes as a rule.
The pewees r,f curling feathers cansiate
y lambs will sell for quite as much as t beating them slightly before the fire, then
e sheep oast in the first place, thus leaving stroking them with the beck of a knife,
the parent stock and wool to the good. In when they will curl.
tact, sheep breeding is one of the best pay- IThe increase in etrength due to seasoning
ng branches of mixed farming, especially in + of different woods is given as followa—White
his country, with ite dry climate and rich r pore, 9 per sent ; elm, 12•3 per cent„ oak,
�astures, There le no country In the world 26'6 per cent.; ash, 4 41 per cent.; beech
here sheep thrive so well, are soiree from 61'9 per cent.
Dr. Sydney Thompson suggests the fol
owing formula In erysipelas --Fluid extract
of jaborandi, twenty-four parte ; laudanum
and glycerine, each four parte. This mix-
ture is to be painted over the affected sur-
faces every four home.
A. good subatitute for ground glass is
made ac, follows : Work together equal
parts of white lead and common putty un-
til quite soft, then form it into a ball, and
roll it over the surface of the glees, and a
ground-glass appearance is the result.
Shoe -dressing : Gum -shellac half a pound,
alcohol three quarts ; dissolve, and add cam-
phor one and a half ounce, lampblack two
ounces. The foregoing will be found to give
an excellent gloss, and is especially adapted
to any leather the surface of which isrough-
ened by wear.
Persons who use brass letters on glass
windows or doors are often troubled by
their dropping off, from unequal expension,
or from too violent efforts on the part of the
window -cleaner. The following is said to
be a sure cement—it should- be mixed just
before using—Litharge, two parts; white
lead, one part; boiled linseed oil, three
parts ; gum copal, one part.
The following mouth -washes are recom-
mended for sick persons, whose teeth and
gums often become unhealthy through in-
suffioientnourishment, medicines, or want of
cleansing—One part per manganate of pot-
ash to from one hundred to one hundred and
fifty parts of water, to which can be added
some camphor, as the metallic taste is dis-
agreeable ;
is -agreeable; or a solution of baracic acid one
in twenty or thirty; or the following--tinc-
ture
ollowing tineture of benzoin, ten parts; tannic aoid,twenty
parts ; alcohol, thirty parts ; oil of pepper-
mint, a sufficiency. Put ten or twenty
drops into a glass of water.
A;flock of al:map, says the Rura-i Canadian,
should doable themselves each year, and
incase, and attain such perfection, as in Ca-
via, Those farmers who are neglecting this
portant indnetry are standing in their
jyn light, and those who have kept their
he by careful breeding have never done
well as during the past few years."
iShying or dodging horses are made so
erally by impaired eyesight which gives
m an imperfect view of objects, and they
not recognize ordinary things and are
tined by them; whereas, if they could
well they wouldnot shy. Poor eyesight
y be canoed by over -heating, over -draw -
and by wolf -teeth. For the first there
uld be cooling diet, such as grass, carrots,
bran mashes, together with laxative
dicine, glauber salts being the beat, fed
py with the mashes, one-fourthpound, un -
the animal gives evidence, by the bright -
is of its coat and general appearance that
blood. has become purified and the fever
mut of It. When this condition is reached
eyesight will be improved and perhaps
tored. Over -loading horses is both stupid
1 wicked, and strains the nerves of the
in for which the only remedy is to wash
eyes two or three times daily with a
d extract of witch hazel, or some good
e -water. When this straining is severe
thing will cure it, and the horse usually
omen blind.
Poultry Points.
ell allmroduets of the poultry yard as soon
hey are ready for market.
'eed the poultry just before it goes to
it, and again' just as soon as it is light
ugh to see, or leave the food where they
get it themselves in the morning.
-ever wait for a rise in the price of young
ka. It never comes. As soon as aspar-
s appears in the market, is the time
sn they may be sold to good advantage.
en once the prices begin to decline, they.
down until the "old hen" standard is
hed.
ave for the business and faithful =ten
-
to it puts the poultry raiser a long way
he road to aucceae. The difference he-
m a basket of eggs and no eggs at all
in that, and in the result of the fidelity
Those really anxious to grow plants will
always find out ways and means to gratify
their tastes, even 'under apparently ` insur-
mountable difficulties. A properly arrang-
ed window -box, judiciously planted and
oared for, may sometimes give more plea-
sure to its owner than a large garden.
"The Indiana then came back, but mere-
ly to get their property, and immediately
went away again to the hills—three days'
journey. Only my hired man stopped at
the Mission. On the 7th April, early in the
morning, an Indian from Battleford passed
and told me I had better run, as five other
Indiana on horseback from Battleford, and
two priests had been killed already. The
half-breed families with me thought it best
to go ; and I was the more afraid because
some Battleford Indians had demanded pro-
vide= of me last 'summer and threatened
to break into my store, saying that when
they were numerous they world come and fix
me. Taking the most precious articles
with me, and locking all the doors, I set off
for Shell River, where there is a half-breed
settlement.
"Arriving at the Hudson's Bay fort, I
advised the clerk to load up his four boats
with gun -powder and provisions, and take
them to Ile La Crosse, putting all ammuni-
tion into the lake. He did so, sending the
boats to Beaver River, ten miles distant, and
thereby keeping 246 kegs of powder from
the Indians. In the morning, when one
boat was following with the families,
twenty-seven Indians from Loon Lake ag
peered and caught us. When the people
had got ashore, the Indiana forced Mr.
Sinclair, the clerk, to go back with them to
the fort. There, as they were very hungry,
they started by getting something to eat,
but they ahro destroyed all the goods includ-
ing property of Protestant and Catholic
missions. They wanted to take Mr. Sin-
clair prisoner, saying they had Riel's order
to catch him or kill him ; but he managed
to escape with two Carlton half-breeds, and
to make his way after us down the river in
the boat. An Indian named Makasia, aim-
ed at him ; but a chief, to whom Mr. Sin-
clair had just given his gloves, pulled the
gun aside.
"The journey to Ile La Crosse took four
days, It was a terrible journey. It was
extremely cold—snowing and rain—and we
got very wet. We camped on the shore
each night. On the third day, Mrs, Sinclair
became amother, and I was ohoeen godfather
of the little child. The Indians, in honor of
the event, fired off abontthreehundredshots.
I had sent a letter to Lacrosse saying that we
were on the way, and the people at the fort,
when they heard the shots, fancied that the
Indlans were killing us. The next day,
when we got to the fort, we found only the
clerk (Mr. Franklin) and one pig 1 The chief
factor, (Mr. Ross) the Sisters and all th
half-breeds had gone off to an island about
sixty miles North, West. Our boats had
stopped where Beaver river enters the lake
as the lake ice had not yet broken up, so I
had to walk nearly the whole of one d..y
across the ice, accompanied by my Indian
boy and a carpenter. Iwas very hungry when
I got to the fort, and my clothing was very
ragged. her. Franklin not only gave me
plenty to eat but gave me his own clothes,
and these are his boota and pants I nus
wearing now. The other people waited until
we sent back dogs and pulled the boats over
the ice. The provisions were hidden in
every direction through the woods,
" I told the clerk to get all the half-breeds
together, so he sent off for them without
delay, and the next afternoon (enth April
they all assembled at tbefort. ,Eibont sixty-
five or seventy, all then, were there ; half-
breeds and Indlans, including Chippewayans
and Wood Cress, some of whom had come a
good day's journey from Canoe Lake. 'spoke
first and math= though they were poor, I
knew they were goad and honest. A half-
breed then declared that he had, an order
from Mr. Lawrence Clarke and Mr. Rose
to take whatever in the store hewanted tor
his own nye. Mr. Sinelaix awe Mr, Franklin
both said it was not true, and I asked who
had brought the letter. The man std,
'Augus Mackay.' Then I said, 'You He,
because 1 read the letter, and there was not
a word about inch a thing,' To that he made
no reply. Then. I spoke strongly to theut
for nearly an hour. I -told them, 'Those who
will not listen to me, I will excorumurticate,
because Riel lea heretic and an apostate.'
And 1 told every one who was for me to put
up hie hand, Alt put up their hands except
one, rho explained to me that he had only
a stick and conaequently could mot fight.
The one who had spoken was a very geed
Catholic,, and holdup hie hand like the one
From that' time all were againat Rte1 and
all lived quietly.
"Two days afterward three boats were
sent to Green Lake, escorted by about fifty
armed men. They travelled for two days
and then riot Inclines, who told them that
Big Resrwas coming through the woods to
burn Fort Ian Crosse. The boats turned
back and brought the news that perhaps Big
Bear would be at the fort that very might.
On the people's advice 1 then went over to
tee island where the others wore, The
chief of the Chippewayausbrought two hun-
dred men, with their families, to pretest us,
and we took advantage of Chia to awry en a
mission among them. After three weeks on
the ie]aud we returned to the fort—where
Fraukfii and. Sinclair had remained—and
about four hundred men, Indians and half-
breeds, stayed there to'protest the mission
Rad the fort,
"Only whoa news eau (about May 27th)
of R.iei's capture did they allow me to return
to my mission. Ontarriving, after -three days'
traveling, at greenLeke, Ifound everything
destroyed ; even my harness had been cut to
pieces with a knife. After four days more
I reached Shell River. Then, coming to
Muskeg Leke, I found that my mission had
been pillaged and everything broken, the
damage amounting to $1,392. Two men,
one woman and two children had done- all
the mischief, ono of the men having been
my servant for three years, and the woman
having bad charge of the church linen for
the same time, Really, those whom we have
done the ;moat for scam to turn out the
worst,"
"I stayed at my mission or two days,"
Father Paquette concluded, " without any-
thing to eat, and I was glad to arrive here.
Now I am going to Prince Albert, where
the Bishop is. Ido not know yet what is
going to bo done with the mission."
Hard Experiences.
It is easier to tell a lie than it is to catch a
fish.
A woman's bonnet must be orthodox be-
fore her prayer -book ia,
Winter sets in when poverty coma.
Principles, not pulpits, make a church.
The best fitting coat is one that is paid
for.
God makes the roses and the devil put
the thorns on.
The hand opens when the heart does.
The sculptured face cn a gold coin may be
beautiful, but neither tears nor smiles ever
break eta monotony.
Hearts build religion for brains to tear
down.
Girls think men are all soul; women know
they are all stomach.
The preacher turns love's young dream
into a nightmare.
Fortune feeds soup to most men with a
fork.
An Advertiser's Novel Expedient.
One ;of the largest advertisers in New
York says: We once hit upon a novel expe-
dient for ascertaining over what area our
advertisements were read. We published a
couple of half -column " ads" in which we
purposely misstated half a dozen historical
feet*, In less than a week we received be-
tween 300 and 400 letters from all parts of
the country from people wishing to know
why on earth we kept such a consum-
mate fool who knew softie about American
history. The letters kept pouring in for
three or four weeks. It was one of the beat
paying "ads" we ever printed. But we did
not repeat our experiment because the one
I refer to served its purpose. Our letters.
oame from schoolboys, girls, profeasora,
clergymen, schoolteachers and in two in-
stances from, eminent men who have a world-
wide reputation. I was more impreseed
with the value of advertising from those two
advertisements than I should have been by
volumes of theories.
An English Railway Train.
Inc first impression which an American
who is experienced in railroad travelling in
his own country derives front the exterior
aspeet of an English train to unfavorable.
The cera, as he must necessarily call them,
seem to be small; they lack, apparently,
the weight and solidity of the American pas-
aenger-coach, the compartments are narrow,
the ceiling low, the ventilation apparently
doubtful. They stand upon two, three, or
more pairs of gaunt high wheels, to the ex-
Ies of which their springs are directly geared.
They Miller platform, the Janney coupler,
the link and pin—of all the familiar devices
of the United States there is not one to be
seen. The brakes 1 None viable, Nor,
for the matter of that, a brakeeman. This
influential and numerous person has no ex-
istence. in England, There is not even e.
rudimentary type of him. That you do not
find him Is the Sondem intimation you re-
ceive that in English railroading there are
no autocrats. The wheels are fitted with
brakes, however, and the trained eye notes
a rubber hose commotion between the carrl-
agea, quite different in its applicationto.that
known at home, but which nevertheless be-
taken, the air -brake. lie takes account of
of the distinctions of class, and reflects upon
his country's veiled progress is tbat regard
in the matter of parlor cars and limited ex-
press -trains. Then he finds that there is no
baggage -master to waft the volatile Saratoga
to its doom, as his own newspapers would
express it. There is perhapa a luggage van
or two, or there are in the carriages them-
selves luggage compartments according to
the way in which the train le made up, the
length el journey it is to take, or the =atom
of the particular line under observation.
Iiia final contemplation is perhaps devot-
edto the engine, and Ube haseverglvee any
of his attention to the American locomotive,
it fills him with a deep concern. He recalls
the imposing splendor of the latter, its
comfortable and lofty cab of oiled and pol-
ished wood, Itsgay brass bell, the souLatir.
ring whistle, the noble heed•Iight and the
cow -destroying pilot, the great cinder con-
suming amoke-atack (unless it be it hard -
coal burner,inwhich moo thatfeaturesbrieks
to moderate proportions) the powerful dri-
vers and compact cylinders, the ocoentrie
connecting -rods, and all its parts radiant
with the glitter of polished steel orburnishn
ed brass, or decked with appropriate ver-
milion or emerald green. In all of these
matters the .lr►glish locomotive compares
wins it much as a lawn -mower does with a
New ro: zs drteouslua..It is it humble, awls•
r ird green or monochromatic machine, It
has neither polish nor decoration about it.
There is no cab. The engineer and bin fire-
man --that is to say, the eugineclriver and
his stoker., es they are styled in Fugiand
—perform their duties with only such shelter
es is afforded by a board screen in front of
them, pierced by two round apertures filled
with stout glees, technically known= "spec.
teaks, " The smoke -stack is .hort and thick ;
there Is an unsightly green hump en the
beak of the boiler; the oylindera are under
the front of the latter instead of an each side
before the drivers; the wheels .are all large,
and the body of the engine is perched high
up above them, and looks top.heavy and
dangerous. The whole thing is rigid and
stiff -looking, and to the observer who bas to
do with the external aspects of locomotives
it is unprapoaeessing and unlovely. The
practical American engineer whistles thought-
fully as he surveys it, and wonders to him-
self how long it would be before ho would
ditch his train if he had to run cn a new
Western railroad with snob an engine,
Where would he be on a sharp curve, or how
would such running -gear adapt itself to an
unevenly ballasted track! The low centro
of gravity of the American locomotive, the
weight distributed well down between the
wheels, the play of the small broad flanges
under the pilot truck, and the external gear-
ing of the driving -wheels, all give theAmer-
ican engine an appearance of stability which
impresses not merely the layman, but also
the expert.
Warned by a Dream.
Dr. Glesse'a son George, who became a
clergyman, was acquainted at college with a
dissolute set of young men, who turned reli-
gion into ridicule, and aimed to extract as
mush so-called pleasure out of life as pos-
sible. On one occasion a member of the
group entered the room where the rest were
assembled, with an nnusu+.11y depressed
countenance. All railed him upon his grav-
ity, and demanded the cause. He explained
that on the preceding night he dreamed he
was breathing stifling, oppressive air, in a
large, gloomy hall which was densely
thronged with undergraduates, their gowns
wrapped round them, and their countenances
indicative of suffering and extreme dejeotion.
Inquiring where he was, "This is Hell," re_
plied a melancholy young man, unfolding
his gown and revealing in his breast a trans-
parent heart as of crystal, in which burneda
fierce flame. "Good God!" he exclaimed,
appalled by the sight, "cannot I escape
from this place 2" "You have a chance for
nine days," answered the gloomy figure,
folding his arms within his gown and con-
cealing his burning heart. They laughed at
his disordered fancy, drank deep, and per-
suaded him to spend the ensuing nine days.
with them in especial gaiety. On the ninth
day, however, whether from the natural
effects of excessive debauch or solemn fulfil-
ment of the warning, he suddenly died—an
event which produced a strong and salutary
effect upon some of his comrades, who began
an amended life from that day.
A young Southern man, the heir to a vast
estate, having lost confidence in his judg-
ment and fearful of temptation, deliberately
appointed a guardian for himself and pro-
perty,
ON TEE RAIL.
I aewa Puerta and Anecdotes Ij'ustra tine of
141e .on the "Modern Ill mhway."
Americans have 5125,000,000 invested in
Mexican railways.
The republic of Chili now owes on account
of her railways $22,470,000. In 1883 the=.
railways earneda revenue of $5,516 048, on
a capital of originally less that 560,000,000,
and which is now reduced to $22,450,000
Good management and liberality on the part
of the Government have brought about this
splendid financial result.
A New Yorker has patented a railroad in
dicator, to Ito used, to indicate the time at
which traine pass a station. The indicator
is composed of a clock set in a case about
tight feet above the ground. The dial looks
like an ordinary clock ; the hands are staff
tionary except when a train passes on the
track where the indicator is attached, when
the hands suddenly move to the hour, min-
ute and second, giving the correct time
when the train pasaee. The hands point at
this time until another passes, when they
move on ahead as before. The invention
has been satisfactorily tested.
In the United. States some 150,C00 miles
of railroad track are now laid,and this rests
on 396,000,000 ties, the product of 3,960,000
acres, au, area larger than the states of Con-
nectiont and Rhode blend. Thirty yearn
are required to grow trees of imitable size,end
the average life of a tie ie seven y ire
fore 16,971,420 scree of growing force are
needed to supply the annual demands of the
roada that now exist. This forest arse is
larger than New Hampehire, Vermont, and
Masaacbuaette, ,And, inasmuch as the miles
of railroad are growing every year, this cal-
culation shows in an iunpressive way the de•
muds which our forests will be called upon
to meet for thia cue item alone.
The Mexican Railway Commissioner has
reported that the Mexican Central Railroad
has plainly and unequivocally forfeited its
eoueessiou by snaking discriminating rates
with roads in the United Statea to bring in-
te Mexico goods at extraordinarily low rates,
which des:riminaticn is espresaly forbidden
by its contract. The report further sliegae
that the Central has frequently braught
goods to the City of Mexico which were des-
tined for points up the road, charging extra
for returning them to thole original des-
tination, Other violations are also alleged.
The t'onmmt„etouer recommends tbetthecom-
pany be forced to scot, making rates unau-
thorized by the Doper timeritofPublic Works,
and be compelled to render to the Govern, -
meat an exact statement of all freight upon,
which unauthorized charges have been mad°.
For such violations he rceomumenda the im-
positior of it tine, as provided by the rails
reed regulations' of July 3, 1853.
A train on the Mexican exteneion of the
Southern I'aeifie road passed under an enor-
mous cloud of grasshoppers that were dying
westward, So dense was the living mass that
for half an hour sunlight mail obscured. The
train was stopped and the passengers gather-
ed specimen, which prove to boocuata of
KammthKammvariety. But a few if the in-
seeta alighted near the train. The cloud
appeared to be about fifteen miles in length,
and two miles wile. Old Mexicans say nc
such numbers of grasshoppers have been
aeon in Coahuila in fifty years. Laura
a hundred and twenty miles south of Eagle
pass. Tho people throughout the.ate of
Coahuila and C'hiauahua are terror-stricken
at the prospects of a famine before them.
Superatitious religious zealots and fortune-
tollere aro everyn here predicting the most
direful and bloody calamities imaginable.
Recent heavy rains on the Charlotte, Co.
lumbia and Augusta railroad caused large
washouts at several places on the line. While
a train was going at the rate of thirty mites
an hour between Charlotte and Columbia,
the cars filled with passengers, the engineer
saw a light swaying to and fro a short dis-
tance ahead of him. Be barely had time to
reverse his lever and apply the air -brakes,
and the train was brought to a stop so sud-
denly that the passengers were thrown for-
ward in their seats. The train had been
signaled by a colored man who stood there
with the light in his hand, while athis back,
about fifty yards distant, was a great gap in
the track where the; flood had swept away
embankment, rails and cross -ties. Johnston
was overwhelmed with thanks by the pas-
sengers, and Conductor Clarkson called him
up, and, in a neat speech, told him his he-
roic act had saved many Iives. The negro
listened attentively, and then said : "Tell
you de truth, boss, I knowed if de train hit
dat ar gap it would tumble right over on my
tater patch by de side er de road, and ripe
and t'ar dem 'titers np. 'Tater, is ekase
die year, and you'd er sot up jiss the same
as I did of yo patch was nigh run over by a.
train of kyars."
One of the faateat runs ever made in this
country was accomplished recently by a�spe-
cial train of three cars on the 'West Shore,
drawn by engine No. 45, Engineer Smith.
The train left East Buffalo about 9,30 o'clock
in the morning, and covered the distance to
Genesee Junction, 61 miles, in 57 minutes.
The run to Frankfort, 202 miles, was made
in exactly four hours, which deducting 34
minutes for arbitrary stops, makes the actu-
al running time between the two points 206
minute#, which is claimed to be the best run
of the distance ever made. The distance
from East Buffalo to Newark, 39 miles, was
made in 89 minutes. The speed of the train
at time. was over 80 miles an hour. One
of the officials on the train stated that sever-
al of them with , stop -watches noted rune of
from five to eight miles, in which the train
made each mile in forty three seconds. The
train arrived at Weehawken at 7.30 o'clock,
having made the entire distance of 426 miles
in ten hours, an average of forty-two and
three-fifths miles an hour, including stops,