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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-8-20, Page 6I'll Tell Yoe Year To°tine, Pretty Maid. I `I'll all yon 'your fortune,' pretty maid 1" "You may, if you telt it true," '' Well, I can see that you love right well A lad In sailor's blue. A sailor lad with a bright black eye, And a heart both kind and strong," "Nay, gossip," she sated, with, a merry laugh,, "Yon never werefurther wrong.; "The lad I love has a bright blue eye ; A better lad never was born. He isn't t match behind a plculh, Nor yet in the hay or ecru. $e never was in A tossing ship ; He never was near the sea; His home, It stands in a field of wheat. r • And under an apple tree." •°A f armer boy 1 And you love hinwell? Ab, that 13 abetter fate. duct cross my baud, and I'll tell you, child, allow long you will have to watt k - I,y - � .x Ere you shall smile at the weddingping, Aad thee bOJAImorn mete set, e Otte And go to tie home in the wheat field Set under the apple tree, r , ..,._ - "It is not long, if the stars speak true— ^'" '"'And when do they speak in vain 9 e=;r `i1 You will marry the termer coy you love " When the Summer °owes again," 'then merrily rang a mock.ing laugh— " Ak. augh—"Ab, goaelP, hew little you know 1 For my farmer boy and I were wed, A year and hall soot "Whatever of good may came to us, Wnaterer grief or ill, Oomee not f rom any p'auet'or ster— n comes from our Father's will, The j oy or sorrow of the future years 11No mortal °mild over show;‘7_,!i14,1"3 13dkuoweth the wag thzt we °ball take,; Abd ,that to enough:to know." Ie 1 LONDON IN THE Wltb tke eteepe out oa Pthe Steele j h indices. In the dim ehadowa of a hal!-lighted hel. are gathered together ono of the strangest earl sledded atiemblies that eves London, the city of strange sights, can show. The gas is lowered to induce the slumber cf the poor crow:urea, who have abandoned them. *elves to almost every conceivable attitude to obtain rent and eleep. Some lie stretched full length upon the bare floor, others grouch by their chairs and rent their hearse on the hard wooden seats, some aro bent almost doable, their faces on their knee* ; others again, Bait holt upright, nave for their weary heady, whioh are sunk on their breasts. Men, women, and even little children are here, in ever./ woeful stage of poverty, rags and dirt. From the voicela-s dumbly rime a hoarse murmur of moans and groans' and stifled cries, as over and again the dietresa of life breaks even into the sleep of some poor wanderer, and he dreams painful dreams. Theme poor creatures are London outoaste —.the veritable wanderers of the midnight streets --poor wretches, who, being absolute- ly penni'oes, are compelled to shiver and shrink throughthe keen winter night, with :no roof above them but the pitiless sky, or to seek a shelter in any hole or corner they may find. And they have been aoeght out and b ,ought hither by friends connoted with the London Congregations. Union, who are endeavoring to help them both physically and spiritually. Oi all the cad a ghta which London streets unhappily present there are few more sad than that cf these homeless wanderers. In the light of day, when the streets are crowd. ed, and the beetle and noise creat their height they are hardly noticed, the full extent of their misery is not seen ; but when the hour of midnight is pureed, and the thoroughfare, are deserted, and such silence as reatlese Lon. don ever knows has deacended upon the wil- derness of houses, then their weary, aimless walk, their deplorably sad faaes, their piti- ful rags blowing in the night wind, all pre- sent a terribly painful picture, and their aw ful misery is strikingly apparent. We proceed over lflackfriare Bridge. Alas, what a eight is here 1 Huddled together out of the wind are quite a number of midnight wanderers—starved, cold and terribly help, less they appear. Some have sunk to their fail Iength on the hard pavement at the foot of the bridge -head, and one we meet further on is a woman, with a piteous -looking baby fare peeping from the folds of her tattered shawl. Others stand against the wall, with hands in pockets and shoulders raised, shel- terieg themselves from the cold blast which sweeps so keenly over the river. The deep- ly receeeed teats are crowded with wretched occupants, thronging together to obtain rest and warmth and slumber, Over sixty poor wretches have thus been found on the bridge alone. They are of va- rious trades and occupation, and from all parts of the country ; one has been a Hamp- shire laborer, another a Margate ostler, this span a Cambridge stonemason, that woman a needleworker from Doreetshire. Mantle makers, domestic servants, governeasee, char- women, bricklayers, law -writers, coopers pianoforte makers, laborers of every deacrip, tion are found among them. Some have been sleeping out in the street three nights, some five, some one. On London bridge the same sad sight is presented, and numbers of men and women of all characters and employments, as just described, are to be found crouching into the seats in search of rest and shelter. For some reason the bridges are favorite resorts of the sleepers -out. Perhaps the sight of the silent river, with its rows of shining lamps, its shipping, and its far outlook, is more welcome to the wanderer than the stony streets. In any case here they congregate, and as many as 130 poor wretches have been .found on London bridge alone. The embankment is not such a place of re- uort as might have been expected—at least, not in the winter months. Eightpereons have been found passing the night there, but its :seats are too exposed to the wind, Neither is Waterloo bridge much frequented—six only having been discovered sleeping there, 'Trafalgar Square is more in quest; no less than forty-seven have been found wandering 'In the dimly lit apace fronting the National Gallery and surrounding Nelson's monument.. The Green park side of Pitoadilly also fur. niahea its contingent, and sleepers have been found crowding within the railings of the mutt -yard frontingBaronBothschild's house, The contrast between poverty and riches is sharply enough defined then i Many—a majority, in fact —of these wretched wanderers are from the country Frcue north, south, east and west they tramp up many miles to the metropolia in hope of finding its streets paved with gold, and too citen, alas ! they find them instead paved with poverty. Tbeir speech is of the country whence they c me, their hands are yet horny with the toil they have left. They have lost work there, " times being so bad," and with a Iittle money be their peckote, have bent their etepa hither. They areunused to Lon- don iota London ways. Their little funds are soon exhausted, and tbey tramp about the streets weary and heartsick and full of desp. ir, LIVE U DEATH. Si w y on l'1»Flair Discusses " What becomes off tsDead:" If we follow the process of decay; which takene place in the grave, it will be found that living organisms take part in the decay of the buried body, just as they do when beef or mutton is consumed by a man. In absolutely pure air flesh does pot decay, and Le in fact preserved for an indefinite time. But air is seldom absolutely pure, for in it are an infinite number of floating micro orgenieme, either as operas, or fully dovel oped, On the tops of mountains these organ. isms, whioh are named bacilli, bacteria, or microcoeai, are sparsely found, In the air of the country they are common, in that of towns they thesnd, over eew'are or allsve churchyards they positively swarm, What are they? Aro they plants or aaitnels? This is a "inaction that *deuce has not yet decided. Chemises are inclined to consider them animals of a very low type, bocaose animate are ehiedy engaged in performing analytical functions, that is, pulling organic matter to pieces, while plants perform ayntheticed functions, that is, building up atmplex organic matter out of simpler nxa. tennis ; for example, moulding orgauients out of carbonic acid, water and ammonia. low, the great function of thews iulcro.or- ganisuls which play auch an important part in the economy of the world is to convert potential energy into actual energy, or to put it mora simply, to convert passive allin itioe into active aflielties, In organized matter there is for a time the repose of the chemical attractions of thoae four elements —carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, which constitute the great bulk of body. The micro organisms are engaged in the resolution of the dead body into those se. tive forme of chemical energy—carbonic sold, water, and ammonia. When these in. numerable little beings have, free play they are the greatest benefactor's to the human race, for they are most powerful or all eta - reagent, and they purify air, water, and soil so as to render them fit for the living. But if you oppoae their free action by re- stricting their tweeze by !shutting off the free circulation of air necessary to their life functions they become intensely malignant in their character, the true vampires of the dead, for they fly about planting themselves in the blood of the living and producing our well-known epidemic, dieeaaee—zymotie or "filth" diseaaee. In the fluids of patients suffering from such diseases these micro- organisms swarm. Mankind has only re. gently recognized how much we owe to the micro -organization, Wine and beer are produced by their agency ; by I them vine. gar is formed; by them we get those vast beds of saltpetre or nitre whioh is one of the forme into which they convert decaying matter. Oar ancestors used to live with rushes on the floor. When the rushes be- came filthy new ones were put on the top, and frequently accumulated to considerable thickness. Then the dreaded "Fetremen" of the Ring came and insisted on digging up the clay floor which had become satur- ated with saltpetre formed by these busy micrococci, in order to save the inhabitants from pestilence produced by their filthy habits. These little organisms, whether they be plants or animals, are infinite bene- factors to the human race or terrible scourg- es, according as man is obedient to the wise Tawe of the Creator. A REPEN TANT ATHEIST. Acknowledges His Error and Is Praised by the Pope. The Garibaldi branch of the anti -clerical league met in Paris for the purpose of expel- ling Joyaud, alias Taxil, the penitent free- thinker and atheist, who has recently meant. ed and published his return to the church. To the amazement of the meeting. Taxil pre- sented himself before the assembly and made a defiant speech. He declared that his pub ligation called "Amours of Pope Pins the Ninth," and other similar pamphlets, were mere fictions. He denounced the league in vehement language, and said that he accept. ed his expulsion from that body with plea- sure. A great uproar ensued upon the con- clusion of Taxil's remarks, and the chairman ordered Taxil to leave the hall. He left amid the furious denunciations of his former colleagues. The Pope has written to Taxil, approving his action and encouraging him in his new allegiance to the Holy See. Taxil was one of the chief promoters of the recent anti -clerical congress at Rome, and has al- ways taken a prominent part in the demon- strations against the Roman Catholic Church, His wife declares that he is insane. "You don't mean to aay that you wish your wife would turn into a pillar of salt?" "Not exactly, but—" "But what?" "I wish she wasn't quite so peppery." AN 1MPERL%.L NAVY. How 1t Is Proposed to Federalize the Fleet. A correspondent in the Pall Mall Gazett roposes to federalize the fleet. He says that a glance at the map of the British Empire will show that there are four great groups of colonies where Englishmen may make a home and rear their children without injury to their own health or race deterioration, Mete four are Australia, Canada, the Cape and New Zealand, In more or les close proxim- ty to these &teat colonioe minor groups under our flag, where the climate, though in moat casae fairly healthful, is not favorable to the nhiinteuance of English vigor without the constant iaintioa of fresh blood --where in short, atatiatics show that the settlers, or at least their children, tend to fall below the standardaf Begliah energy and Tit}lii:y. Th; s)3 minor groups are Papua, Labuan and British Borneo near Austr..lia ; the. West Indies and Belize near Canada ; Mauritius and the Wtst African settlement', pear the Cape ; Fiji and British Polyneale, near New Zealand, Can- ada, the Cape and Australia (including for the time New Zealand) are at present, naval stations, each under an admiral's command, Federalizing the fleet means placing in the hands of each of these four colonies the care and command of the squadron that protects it. Take the Dominion as an illustration. We sherd(' put the North American and bleat Indian equadron into a thorougbly fit condition, and then transfer it to the Cana- dian Government, which would nnelerteke to maintain it in such a state of efficiency as should ensure the proper performance of its duties in time of peace and its active ctmp- eraticn with the mother country in time of war. The Dominion would also have the re. sponsibility of the el'ectual protection of ite ooasts, herhora, Total sea trade, and: refitting docks, unless the Imperial Government specially undertook any of these duties. The naval juriediction of the squadron would embrace, as now, the Weet Indian Islands, which would contribute a portion of the expenses', The home Admiralty might continue to enlist the necessary number of men, but the Doutinion would pay the wagee Canada would, within reaeonabie limits of safety, decide when newahips, guns, &c, were wonted, and tate Home Admiralty would sup ply whatever wee required at coat price, un. lens Canada akould prefer to employ private firma, • • • Canada, thanks to her meg, nifioont waterways, fisheries, harbors and timber, bas developed a splendid merceutile marine, and she will not fail In thew task of proteetiug it, It is proposed to extend her naval rule to the Weet Indies for several resume. Tne Iolanda are aori:ouely thinking of joining the Domiolon, they are not rich enough to protect tbemeelvee, and they are of great imperial value, If Cabe and Hayti belonged to Britain it might he possible to orm a amtll sap irate union, Bat Spain. though willing to eell, still holds Cuba, and Hayti remains an independent nuience to her neighbors, So the West Indies must continue as et present under the guardian- abip of the North American (thatie the Can adian) squadron, The docks of Halifax and Bermuda would probably be required and kept up for Imperial use, as also would a harbor in Vancouver, and we might there fore continue to police the Prcific coast of the Dominion for some years. The Disposal of the Dead. The time has come, in my opinion, when those who prefer burial for the dead should be obliged so to conduot It that it will do no harm to the living. I have ofclally inspect- ed many churchyards and made reports on their state, which even to re -read make me shudder. I do not intend to inflict any of these on my readers. The newspapers with in the last few weeks have given horrible instances, especially in Ireland. My friend, Mr, Seymour Haden, in his beautiful letter "Earth to Earth," has shown how buria may be conducted with safety to the com- munity. The essence of his system is that the coffin should be of perishable material, such as papier-mache, or wicker -work, so that the air may obtain free access to the body, and speedily effect that resolution which is not only inevitable, but le neces- sary in the great cycle of life, that the dead shall yield their material to the living. But that is not enough. The earth must be se- lected on account of its porosity, and to keep it porone it must be adequately drain- ed. Bodies must have space and earth enough for resolution. The modes of bury- ing paupers in a common hole or ditch into which many bodies are shovelled cannot be spoken of as graves ; they are pits of putrid- ity. If land be too dear to give them de- cent burial, respectful to the dead and in- nocuous to the living, a thousand times bet- ter it would be that their bodies should be burnt and their ashes buried. Reform i our modes of burial would vastly increase those tender associations of the past which we desire to preserve in connection with those that are dead. As at present practis- ed, the grave cannot be, looked upon with the eye of knowledge except as an evil to the living and a dishonour to the dead. Surely no religious feeling can be offended because I state the well-established truths of science in regard to the wonderful cycle of organic life and death, one of the moat exquisite proofs of 'creative wisdom known to science, Let US take part in the fulfilment ofthis great law, and not by ignorance or prejudice try to retard it, for we cannot frustrate pro- visionswhich were established by the Creator to keep mankind in purity and sanity., Although we don't see Judge Lynoh, he moat be hanging round somewhere, for the statistical man of an esteemed contemporary reports that ninety-nine people thus far have been provided with free executions. A treaty of comments) has been concluded between Germany and Turkey. WHAT A FISHERMAN SAW. A Ills serpent with Beoked Tpet1 and Eyes Like Trade Dollar*. The famous and aged Lake Michigan sea serpent, which has been seen occasionally by mariners ever since vessels sailed on the great lakes, has been sighted again. Phil Jeannette, a fisherman living at St. Joe, whose honesty and truthfulness are vouched for by all the inhabitants of the east shore, saw the big snake last week. Phil says he has eeen the mentor twice this season. The last time Phil was about half a mile from St. Joe lighthouse, It was past 6, and he was returning home after a day's fishing outside. Suddenly a monster darted out of the water and, raising itself about four feet, turned and looked directly at Phil. Before the fiebernhan could recover his presence of mind and lower the sail the boat atruck the snake. The shock almost knocked the fish- ermen down, Ile looked over the bow and saw a writhing serpent as big around as a beer keg, a dark green color, and with a leathery hide. A ridge extended along its back, and there was a white streak under its throat. Its teeth were hooked a little, Ito jaws a foot deep, and its eyes, as big as silver half -dollars, stood out from the vi- cious -looking head and glistened wickediy. While Phil was looking at the monster it ducke 3 its head in the water, darted off in: a strait line, dived, and then came to the surface, aplaslsing ita doh -like tail and seem- ing bent on aatiefying its ouriosity by a more intimate acquaintance with the fieber- man and his boat. Phil thinks the snake was forty or fifty feet long, No attempt has been made to capture the tuoneter. The ftahertnan said that could not be done without a harpoon end stout line, which he did not have aboard, PEOPLE WHO THINK ALOUD. Instances of Crime Discovered by Hearing 'maple talk to Ther teeivrs "It is interesting to sometimes hear the remarks people make who talk to themaelvas while walking along the etreeta," wild a Pinkerton detective in the Contenential ho- tel, Philadelphia. "I remember, years ago, when I was a private detective in this city, how I cleared up a case just in that way, Several thou sand dollars had been stolen from a prom'. nent merchant. He suspected hie son, a rather fast young man, and employed me to find whether his suspicions wore correct. I etadowed the young fellow closely for weeks, but I couldn't discover any good reason for connecting him with the robbery, "Finally, late oma night, when I was thinking of giving up the °sae, I noticed him going up Chestnut street and heard him talk log to himself. I got up close behind him a Id listened and in a minute I knew he was the thief, the affair worried him, and for re lief he talked about it to himself and thus gave the whole thing away. "A most important instance occurred to me in New York a year ago. A little girl was found murdered one morning in one of the worst parts of the city. The child had boen smothered to death, and for several weeks I tried to discover the murderer. But found the person at last in a moat unex. pected manner. It was during the winter, and one bitter oold day as I was going through Central Park I saw a woman ahead of me acting very strangely. She was poor- ly dreased and 1 thougt at firat she was in- toxicated. She was throwing her arms wound wildly and talking to herself. "You should have heard that woman. She was raving about a child that was mur dered and called on Heaven to forgive her for having killed it. Then she moaned on something about the child having been cold and freezing and starving and she coudn't see it suffer any longer. I soon found out that she was the very person I was looking for. Well, I arrested her, but the poor thing died before her trial came off. I was glad she did. The Power of Song. The following touching incident is record ed of Madame Marie Rose, during her so- journ in America, and while on a visit to Auburn prison, New York, where elle sang in presence of nearly all of its inmates, in- cluding upward of twelve hundred convicts, on her arrival she desired to know if all the prisoners were present, and being answered in the negative she requested that even those in solitary confinement should, as a special privilege, be permitted to Dome into the chapel and join the other convicts in listening to the music she proposed to sing, The request was accorded, and the poor fel- lows some of them for the firat time in many, years, were permitted no only to look once more on the face of a beautiful woman, but to hear again from an accom- plished artist the sweet notes that reminded them of the innocent days of youth. The chief selections of Madame Roze were "Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer," and "Th Sweet By and By," and even the moat hardened criminals were stirred to tears. After this the fair cantatrice made a tour of the institution, the prisoners meanwhile being retained in the chapel, and on her re - tune she sang the old familiar air, "Comin' thro' the Rye." The most intelligent of the convicts prepared a testimonial of thanks, which was duly signed and present ed to the lady. It closed with the follow• Ingquotati "Good senton: Hie singers upon earth With song of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men And bring them back to heaven again." "A good base -ball player gets a better selary-than the governor at Rhode Island." Well, he has a larger field to work in. e A TALK O1I HEALTH Faurr. We approach the nearest to a perfect phy- sical development when we rely moat upon those goods which nature provides for us. Certainly, in regard to fruits, there need be nothing added to wake them either more palatable or nutritious. From the ripe, juicy strawberry in the apring, to the rosy peach and purple grape of the fall, we have a constant succeoaeon of various kinds of fruits, which are among the mast healthful of food substances. One of the most essential oharaeteristics which make fruit ao valuable during the ;Lot summer menthe is its lightness. If fruit is ripe, and eaten while fresh, there is nothing about it as far as composition is concerned, that will disagree or disturb the most delicate stomach. Of course this statement would not hold true if one had eaten too much, or at the same time eaten heartily of substances wbich are known to be of a very different class of chemical con- stituents. It is therefore important that fruit should always be eaten alone, or at least as a dessert to one of the lightoat meale. Too much !trans cannot be laid upon the importance of pxocuring fruit in its proper and beat condition. With do- mestic fruits this is more easily accomplish. ed than with foreign, or thoae coming long distanoos from the South. Fruit culture should be euoouraged, and thaw made more of a food than haebeen the custom informer years. It le in the intermit of the houao-wife to use fruit largely during hot weather. Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raapberrfes each in their turn, should be found upon our tables, These, with a few alines of bread and a gime of freak milk, will snake a roost aubetantial and ensile prepared meal, The oh, miatry of berries deserves a pas. sing notice. One of the moat important coustituenta of this varietyof fruit is certain kinds of acids, nearly all of which are neoee, nary to carry on the natural proceaa of di- geetion, and which are not always supplied by the stomach, and other digestive organs. The presenoe of these acid* in the atoutaoh has a stimulating effect which is of spread importer= at this season, of the year, A deficiency of a proper amount of stimulant motion of the liver will cause the condition commonly known u "blliousneas." Tho acid contained in fruits is a much better correction of thi* affection than medicine. Another advantage to be derived from the nae of fruits during the summer months is in theirpar oentage of water. By their liberal nae the bowels and pores of the skin are kept open, and thus they are bettor able to perform their natural functions than when dry and heat -producing subetancoe are need. We need the medicinal action of the pure fruit acide in, our system, and also the tooling oorrective influenoc of the watery portion which they contain. Preferenoe should always in given to the soft, inlay, atonelese kinds of fruits ; also the akin of certain fruits, if tough, should not be eaten, Fruit should largely be sub- stituted for pastry, certainly during that portion of the year when it can be obtained freah and ripe. As a matter of expense able it is on the aide of economy. But it is very foolish to buy deoayed or partially unripe freit because it can be obtained oheap. Fruit shonld also be eaten leisurely; never in a hurry, and It should be thorough- ly masticated before it is swallowed. As regards to cooking fruit before eating it, a word is in place. With many of our common !mita, cooking destroys the acids which they contain. This has a tendenoy to make them insipid, and consequently sugar mnet be added in order to make them palatable, Now if the fruit is ripe and is perfect con- dition there is enough acid and sugar in proper porportionao that cooking is unneces- sary. If additional auger is desired it is sole- lyas aeondiment,and not became it requires it. It is related of a distinguished physician that he once made the remark that "if Ws patients would make it a rule to eat a couple of good oranges before breakfast from Feb- ruary to June, his practice would be gone." While such a statement can hardly be taken literally, yet there can be no doubt that the more general use of good ripe fruit in the early part of the day would be found bene- ficial, and often prevent many cases of illness. Why He Obtained a Substitute. A very good story was told the other day of a young man painfully conacione of an exterior scaroely worthy of hie character, Accompanied by:the young woman he had married, he stepped into a photographer's and drew the artist aside. He wanted their " pioter's" taken, but had a special favor to ask. " Her folks," he exclaimed, "go a good deal on style. They never naw me, and, if I send them my face they'll be dead agin ane. I'm a sight better than I look, and, when people come, to know me, they vote me a brick. Now then, what do you say? Will you attend in? She's willing. Those big whiskers of youra'li take them at once and create harmony. You look like a solid capitalist, and they'd take me for a petty larceny thief 1" 'Of course the photograph- er could not refuse a favor so flatteringly proposed, and the distant relatives, no doubt, in due time:were gratified with his portrait side by side with that of the young lady. "But the funniest things are said by drunken people. I often see comical in. stances of intoxicated men staggering home, swearing at themselves for getting drunk and solemnly promising not to do it again, Then again they often have a seri- ous conversation with themselves as to how their wives will receive them when they get home. Pere used to be more like an old job print Eng prase than she is now, whenehe had her Incas, ROUND TICE WORLD. Interesting Items front all Parts of the World. The great Jew residentel quarter of London now is a part of St. John's Wood, where many have spacious mansions and gardens, Mina Blanche Williams, colored, who has matriculated at Toronto University, la said to have passed an excellent examin. atioa in French, and German as well as in English. A prominent physician suggeststo mea - pante of summer houses that a wood fire ie. the evening, when the moiature iu,the at- mosphere is excessive, prevents many cases of sickness. A woman carried enough blueberries to a store in Salisbury, N. I3'., one day last weak to buy a barrel of flour and other supplies). They are bought by weight, fifty pounds to the bushel. Lord Lyons, who tendered hie resignation as Minister at Parte on the retirement of the Gladstone Ministry, has consented to remain at his poet until June of next year, when he will retire. An extraordinary instance of the depreoi ation in the velum of land in England is noted by the London World, 14 1375 Pewit Island, near Harwich, containing 270 acres of freehold land, was bought at a cost of £7,900; and on July 16 it wan sold by aue- tion for £420, The burglar *soon ha* commenced act Loudon with the approach of the annual out•of-towniog, and all the auburhan police Item been ordered to arm themselves with revolvers, Daring the last few months they have been taking lessons ire the art of bringing dawn burglars, A bottle sealed and corked and containing a check os) a Newhuryport bank for $141,16 was found in the surf at Coffin's Beach, Masa,, ons day last week. With the check, which was signed and dated Aug. 17, Peat, was a note, stating that the finder of the battle might have its ooatente. The flag of the Chicago Socialists le red and black, signifying destruction, and some of the deviate carried in a recent procession wore "Every Government Ie a Conapiraoy Against the People," "Tile greatest Crime To -day is Poverty," "Down with the Throne, the Altar, and the Moneybag." In view of the fact that Dartmoor Prison, n Bof;land, offer. profitable employment for Notelet" for years to Dome, many more are to be sent for. Meanwhile "that nrifortune ate noblomau," the element, 10 long the principal and certainly the moat ponderous figure there, baslapaedintocomplete obaear- ity. limit/ Foie, alluding to the prevalent diatress in longhand, says that at Newmark- et lately thirteen of Mr, Chaplin'* yearlluga only averaged 1,030 guineas each, and some of the more feebionably bred animals only 3,000 guinaaa apiece, one handsome silty being disposed of at the tato of but a guinea an ounce. Appalling, indeed 1 The proaent populeti* of the city of Baenoa Ayrea la °etiolated at 400,000. One of the local newepapera predicts that in a few yuan it will be the New York in a southern hemisphere. Emigrants are arriv- ing in a steady stream, and if the proportion of the firat six months of the year is kept up, their number will be 40,000 before the 1st of Janrary next. Italiana form the great majority of the incomers. Alaska, according to a newspaper correa- pendent, is a soot of fairy land in anmmer. The almost continuoue light of day shines up- on bright green elopers, varied here and there by dark timber belts, rising up from the deep blue waters. An endless variety of bright - hued flowers, the hum of inmate and melod- ious song of birds make the land seem almost a aeoond Eden, but the intensity of the san'a heat dispels any hasty imp-eeaiona of this sort. Mr. G. A. Sala is known by his wi:ite waistcoat, "I have worn a white waistcoat," ho says, "every day, winter and summer, for five and twenty years. Once, in Paris, at a shop where I used to bey my gloves, a serving woman amid tome : , Yon always wea a white waistcoat.' 'Yea ; I always wear one the year round.' 'All the year round ?' she exclaimed. 'A clean one every day ?"Yes,' I said. 'Oh,' she exclaimed, 'if I had only been your washerwoman!'" The London Echo draws attention to th difference between the peerage and the aris- tocracy, a difference suggested by the recent creation of peers. It points to several un- titled magnates who are essentially mem- bers of the arietooracy, and remarks, on the other hand, that such a man as Lord Cairns], although a member of the peerage, is not a member of the aristocracy, a distinction of- ten lost sight of. One or two of the new peers are even quite unknown to persona moving in what is called "high life." In the gardens of a welllnown noble- man's country seat in the eolith of Ireland painted boards were set up in different parts of the pleasure grounds, with this request, "Please do not pull any flowers without leave." Recently the district praotioal joker passed that way, and at daybreak added an "a" to the last word on all the boards, which had the effect of making things pleas- ant—until the cause was discovered—for tourists and strange visitors who cherished a latent passionfor floral gems. 1—asse.essee, A young woman now serving out a sentence for burglary in jail has received several offers of marriage from apparently respectable young men, two of whom are farmers. They evidently think that the sentence of the judge was not sufficient punishment for the girl's crime. Ex -President Arthur, more grayed as to beard than hair, and looking taller because not so stout as formerly, attracts mach at- tention as he nonchalantly walks about New York.