HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-8-27, Page 2THE F.ARIVI.
torn Scrag.
When pipes lira plover o'er the mem*
Away tc ilia fields I hie, '
To mige awry upon the weed*,
'Till the corn laan"bad, by."
"leo care, no corse so emus the saw,
WW work therewith s will;
It bowerke not, reape not." fa * *ve
store colones situ.
cup at dawn and tar awpy
The sotto toBghtly tozm,
Par there i' wee tune for play,
WM* Jenne Aright bum
Me ribber* atene'ieg in the light.
The leans wesve many a maze.
Ot toot and tansy, dark or brigine
about the bray days,
+auaeelnediere mares ng down the line,
With move* dutt'ring tree,
make these r
snits, where green Mesita shine
mighty host for me.
And whey *ball win tree: son snit &lower,
eft wealth *wady spore;
Erhaif bring me Fara--Positioo. Power;
oneeseneme vast;—ommore,
' hems -.where love shall Vet x41de
Be mine or wee or late.
Nay weal with tbo a bright blades betide
To heio me eoneuar lata l
leigh over nit tree warns eon eineles.
Thele ewe stare oe the hill;
solely uudueeting nays.
The. beat goes wavering stilt.
Tike ammo ammo eon*, nturteriee bye
Tris lceg leemewbewertme,
"Work ear;" "areellemi Oaten nigh ;"
it wally thee;
New 1e rIeW.
Many I mere de oat take the interest is
Ode work they should, owing partially to
ignorance, or they do net want to take
the trouble to accomplish thins work relem-
tihcally, supposing there is nothing import -
out about it,, Yet re great difference is ab•
nerved in good and tad plowing, anti the
crop is invariably the emelt ; lienee a great-
er interest should be taken in this work, and
should some farmer; follow the example
shown et some plowing matehee, it would
be a greet benefit to them..
It is usually the case thet nIovsirmg is cam-
rriaaced et full depth by turning a fiill-fu
new and thrown against the fence, more duan
can to taken from the foam, Alio whole e
feed i; plowed labi 1, a full -furrow is tuna -
ed up sihen back -furrowing, which makoa a
ridge through the field, homy for the team
to draw, and often mum trouble afterward.
Semot€mps the mowing machine is running
on the ridge, the guards making mark; in
the dirt, the vectises working lively among
the ;mall atones which sometimes crack and
break them,
Another disadvantage ie, in case of a dry
*MOD, when plowed on such back -furrow it
is very difficult to keep the plow in the
ground, Leaving a double dead -furrow le a
poor idea, in my estimation ; Wean be avoid-
ed in almat any sbeiped hold, by working it
strip down to an erlual widthfrom end to
end, and thea tinieh in a manner I shall tur-
tle= allude to, Tho ridge can be "voided in
two ways r One way is to set the plow to
draw only une.third deee the first round,
the next two•thirda, the third round the
whole depth you inteed to'plow; by taking
this course you haves level back-fnrrow,.
Yet there is the usual strip of land covered
ander the filet round not plowed by such
back•furrowing, and a strip of weeds is often
teen in simmer fallow, or small grain;. To
avoid thin, set the plow one-third deep ; on
returning turn the new dirt back into the
furrow you made, andmore with it ; the
next furrow out .throw on top of the other
two, then set the plow at half depth on re.
turning, the depth you intend to plow.
Than the plowing is commenced properly,
and no ridged back -furrow or strip of land
severed over.
Another good feature in plowing is to keep
the furrows straight, and this can be done,
and time is saved by no doing. You save
short work. Where lands are struck out
nasally in long or square fields, it will then
be equal at the finish. When at two fur-
rows wide, set the plow at half depth across
the piece, then set it the whole depth return-
ing ; then strike out another land one-third.
deep. By so doing the plow is at the other
end of the field. Then set the plow half
depth to bring back the half farrow left on
the other land ; thus yon have a single dead.
farrow. Then go to the other land one-
third deep, turn the dirt back on the furrow,
the next top of that, then half depth, next
whole depth, When thelaet land is to be
made, no ether furrow to strike out, you must
go to the other end of the field without
plowing, in order to bring back the last
furrow. Should it be a three cornered
or a bowing field, and yon intend to finish
in the centre, and the work coining together
at the narrow; part of the field, let the plow
run out of the farrows at a about two fur-
rows wide, set in on the other side, leaving
a strip through the piece, the widest part,
worked down to two furrows wide. Should
the wide part be in or near the centre, go to
the end of the piece to commence by setting
the plow to finish, as I have before stated.
Thus you have a single dead -furrow in most
any shaped field. Time is saved by doing
this way, rather than to do as some do—
make two or three extra rounds plowing in
their back -furrows, turningup sod, or what-
ever the top might be doing more hurt than
good. When making the eingle dead -fur-
row it is nearly filled by the drill or drag-
ging, and is better for the crop and machin-
ery.
A late device for checking the collections
of street oar conductors is a photograph ap-
paratus that at intervals photographs the in-
terior of the car and its passengers.
In telephone lines phosphor bronze has
about 30 per cent, of the conducting power
of copper, silicon bronze about 70 per cent.,
while steel in wires has on1Y 10,5 per cent,
Ifrs. Grant.
The following beautiful tribute to the
wife of General Grant is from the Wasi'ing-
ton Republican t --
It was the happy fortune of bine whom
the nation mourns to love and to bp loved
by JuliaDent-the model daughter who be-
came the ideal wife and mother. Who. can
estimate the indebtedness of the republfo to
thielady2 Who can say—who will venture
to say—that a less fortunate marriage might
mot have prevented the development and
fruition of all the great porsibilitee of Grant's
naturo
The story of the wedded life of this couple
la a benefaction to humanity, teaching lea.
sons of the purest domesticity, oommendfng
mutual love and confidence as the only stere
foundation of a happy bone and the beet j exeminatlon of the outer walla ahowed that
equipment for * worthy career. the rats had no means ofingress or egress.
There were dark days in the earlyears It was determined to remove the old wooden
. y floor and substitute a routed bottom in its
of this .couple; they trod a narrow, rugged
path, but they made it wide enough to go place.
side by side,hand in hand,heart to heart,for IOno morning after breakfast the earpen-
they clang close to each other. There were 1 ters appeared in the kitchen armed with
times when, bad the wife been despondent,
fretful, complaining; when, bad abe been
anything but the tender, trine, loving, bright,
hopeful woman that she was, her husband
might have fallen by the wayaide, 111* high
RATS IN A1JR1JE1V PRISON.
Ay, Acre/emit era great Battle with *been-
vaders fu widen the .Convects Jollied.
Owing to the presence of rata in large'
numbers, Aieburn f'risonhasbeen named "the'
rat hole," and it has been known locally by
that title for emerge Copper John's rat pop-
ulatfon outnumbers the convicts two to one.
The largest organized rat hunt in the hiatory
of the institution occurred in the fall of 1876
The storeroom adjoining the kitchen, which
fs used es a depository for the edibles con -
mimed by the conviots, et that time, WAS at
the meroy of the rodents. Their work of
destruction was very great. •Flaur,potatoes,
and cooked meat suffered. It was thought
that 910 a day would not cover the loss,. An
crowbars and hammers, All hands were
summoned to the slaughter. Fifty men
responaed, Board after board was removed
until six rows only remained. The rats
;tampered to the rear of the building, where
deathly unsuspected, hia =zee almost un- i their escape was cut off by the thick atone
known. "Arne€d the dome and sorrows ee wall, They were wedged in so deeply that
life the affeetions of man um),veer, but urs. the space between the floor timbere and the
eoea ed *n ground at this point was 1'storaUy ked.
g d unchanging is the true heartof � pecked.
woman ---she lovea acid levee forever;" Tho t Four dogx— all renounod rat destroyers -.-
participated in the sport. The brutes were
as eager for the fray as the fifty oonvicta
armed with etioka and Oahe.
After a few boards had boon removed the
dogs were sent under the floor. The enemy
out:lumbered them and drove them out in
short order. The canines were badly denier-
aIbed, and, eve one tau terrier, refused to
return. Thia dog made the nomad trip, and
cams back witha large rat in its mouth,
fence But poverty did not ebili tho heart, Spots ef blood on its side and back told
dim the eye, aa:ldea the velem or weaken the plainly cf the hard encounter, but the game
confidence of tee w lir. And the husbsnd, Ilene fellow never uttered a Cry of distress.
cheered and solaced by hopeful aempathy, The rata were finally cornered and the'.
kept his troubies from the world and quietly work of destrnetiiou began. It was aeight
pursued the path of duly, although it 10 which will always, be remembered, and as
ely poerible that be could have been ` viewed from a lofty poeition an a cros* be*m,
ntirely ignorant cf his own great caraeities. , presented a heterogeneous Zeal of rats,
coni the tires when Grant entered the striped shirts, and an occasional glimpao of
veiunteer army, called out to three the Re. a dog. The battle lasted fully ten minutia
public, until the collapse of the rebellion at , Thesbouting of the men, the squealing of
Appomattox, there was scar. ely an hour ` the rata, the barking of the dogs, and the
when hiareputation was secure.- The world swiughT of the weapons was a *eerie of rare
can never know how muchhe wan made to occurrence, Strong: men quailed before the
'nf er by caret miereprotcntations. But foe, and one moment the crowd would 'urge
wawn envy, =Hoe and dotraetioa were de. back, and in the next move forward. The
rats fought savagely, and so did the mon..
When the haat rat had bitten the duet a
loud cheer went up from the victorious army,
which brought the convicts from the sur-
rounding buildings, to the scene. of conflict,
The victors removed the bodies to an ad-
joining lane, whore they were depoalted,
and by aotual count numbered, 467.
In springtime, when the water in the out-
let is high, the prison yard and ;hopsswarne
with sower rats. Tbo animals are Urger
than the common rat. They are vary faro.
cions, and will battle with an ordinary -sized
dog.
Some conviata adopt rate as pate. They
capture and tame them while young, and
carry them *bent their person. A negro
once had three of the atrange pets. He car
ried them inthepooketa of his jacket. When
he called them by name they would come
forth and perch upon his shoulders, and neve
er left their quarters in his coat untileech
was summoned by name. One of them was
a clever tight -rope performer. Night guards
were occasionally privileged to witness the
performanoe of this athletic rat npon a stout
cord stretched aorose its master's call.
tea
storms were not so dark nor the aorrowa so
thick ex to cause any change or shadow of
veering in the Attention of U. S. Grant for
h -ss young wife,, and her deethleas love wax
the light of a fixed star.
There were yearn of poverty in the ante•
'Willem life of the Grafts, and the wife was
called, by stern neoeseity, to forego many of
the lururlw whieb leiul a ebas n to home
and mitigate the Caren and troubles of exiat-
ing their worst belied one safe refuge --the
love, the trust, the unwavering faith of his
wife. And whenthe war was ended, and
the world was paying tribute to the genian
of Grant, there was ono person who felt no
surprise at his achievements, for lee had ao
complisbed jaat what she had expected.
Her filth had anticipated all, and may we
not nay that her faltb, her love. her oonsol.
story and cheering influence had. made It all
a posalbility
Of Mrs. Grout as mlatrese of the White
House it must be said by him who writes
justly that no lady ever filled the place more
dmirebly. She bad noambiticn to take part
in the affairs of state. She did not care to
be influential in the disposal of patronage.
Her only desire was to bo a good wife to the
President, as she bad. beento the captain,.
to the leather dealer, to thocolonel, and the
general. AU that public duties required of
her she did, not ostentatiously, nor yot
with bashful timidity, but with the grace
that comes of good sense and right purposes.
Her happiest hours were those devoted to
her children, and no children in this or in
any other land had a better mother. Wher-
ever the Grants have been or however situ-
ated, whether in poverty in Missouri or in
splendor in Washington; whether in the
highest stations at home or the most hon-
ored guests of kings and emperors of Europe
or Asas, whether in the lap of Iuxury or
buffeting the waves of financial disaster
Mre. Grant has been true to the promise of
her youth—has been the beet gift of. God to
man—a model wife and mother.
Her place in the nation's heart is secure,
and the prayer of the people is that she may
long live to witness their • devotion to her
husband's memory, and to be bleat by the
loving care of her children and their child-
ren.
Remarkable Predictions.
For one prediction that comes tree many
hundreds fail, of which we never hear.
Many a fond motherpredicts a professorship,
or judgeship, or bishopric for a favorite son,
who, nevertheless, slinks through the world
among the crowd of unknown people. For
all that, sundry remarkable predictions have
at various times been uttered which have
come true, and yet nothing' miraculous has
been attributed to them.
Sylla aaid of Caesar, when he pardoned
him at the earnest entreaty of his friend, "
"You wish his pardon—I consent; but know
that this young man whose life you so eager -
BALD -HEADED JOKES• ly plead for will prove the moat deadly
enemy of the party which you and I have
The saying, " There is always room at defended. There is in Caesar more than a
the top," was invented by a bald-headed Marius." The prediction was realized.
man. Erasmus wrote a composition at twelve
The bald head that is not susceptible to years old which was read by relearned friend
the patter of a fly's festive -feet is an unfeel- of Hegius, and he was so struck by its merit
ing mockery. that he called the youth to him and said,
A thoughtful mind can find fodder for scanning him keenly, "My boy, you will one
much rumination in the announcement that day be a great man."
72 per cent. of the bald-headed men in this Cardinal Morton, Archbishop of Canter-.
countryare married. bury, early predicted the greatneas of Sir
The Lord made nothing in vain,but why, Thomas More. Pointing to the boy one day,
oh why, did he make flies with such an ex- he said to those about him, "That youth will
ecrable insanity for mistaking a bald head one day be the ornament of England."
for a parade ground. Cardinal' Wolsey, though a butcher's son,
A bald-headed man who has heard that had an early presentiment ef his future great
the hairs of a man's head are numbered eminence. He used to say that if he could
wants to know ifs there is not some place but once set foot at Court he would soon he
where he can obtain the back numbers. troduce himself there. And scarcely had
The bald-headed man has a hard time of he obtained admission at Court, the posses
it in church these days. The sermon in- sor of a humble benefice, than he did not
clines him to drowsiness, but the flies insist hesitate to say that henceforth there was no
upon keeping him awake. favor to which he dared not aspire.
Hie head I know is hairless, Marshal Turenne in his early youth pro.
But his heart I'm Duron pure. phetically `foretold the distinction in arms
Much pain be would endure.
to which he And to lighten human misery would raise. But,'doubtless,
M<
But, alas, be apeakeprofanely there are few youths who enter the army,
When he cannot sleep awink, full of ardor and courage, ` who do not
Arid the f iee upon hie bald pate predict for themselves the career of a hero
Make a busy skating rink. and a conqueror.
A man in harness has lifted 3,500 pounds
by allowing every muscle to act simultane- Popinjay says that he wishes he could in.
ously, under the moat favorable circum. duce his wife to try the early -closing move -
stances, went on her mouth,
Retook° Sufferers.
All reporte'froni Batoobe and the country
generally that was the centre of the trouble
in the spring agree that the deluded men
who took up.armain rebellion .atthe inetiga
tion of Mel and hia associates have coon-
pletely, changed their views since the date of
the fight, Up to that time they firmly be-
lieved that Biel was divinely inspired, and
that all the benefits he promised would
surely follow their obeying his commando,
The result of the conflict—the knowledge
that troops were massed on every side of
them --the abject terror that Riel displayed
when he found power slipping from hie
hands ---the belplese condition in which they
found themselves when driven out et their
rifle pita and put upon the move, combined
to force upon them the conviction that they
had been deceived, and that in taking . up
arm* they had forfeited their lives and pro-
perty without securing anything in return.
At his bidding they had neglected their
work during the most of the winter, relying
on his assurance that the Government he was
going to inaugurate on the Saskatchewan
would supply all their wants, but when
spring came, and with ita dispelling of the
illusion that had kept them up, they found
themselves without the =cane of putting in
even,such crop as the lateness of the season
would yet permit of being planted with a
reaaonablo hope of reaching maturity. The
to which they wero reduced sat them think -
log and their esteem and admiration for Biel
Ile the patriot who was to melte them all
wealthy, was changed to hatred and condenr-
natisn of the mountebank who had deluded
them, accompauledby the keeueet regret that
they had given ear to his teachings, They
can scarcely realize the idiocy that led them
to believe in bin mummeries and ab;urd pre-
tensions, and are to=day aa eager 'to see biro
hanged se were the troops on the field of
Batoche to eee him shot. So high is thin
feeling amongat those who were his most
devoted followers, that it would be safer to
set Riel free amongst the men who fought
againat him than to send him back to hie
seat of government on the South Branch
amongst those whom he deceived. How
far the expresaion of feeling Is tree, and
how mush prompted by the ever -prevalent
desiro to kick a man when he le down, we
shall not attempt to decide. Instead of
finding their condition betteredthey see
when too late that in their niadnoea they
deetroyed the very sources out of which
they made their living. Tboy paralysed
trade, so that there is no freighting; they
se impoverished their country that none
are able to give them employment. In
their extremity they are
IMAVISO Tell: c.UNTRT,
aomegoing to Qu'Appelle and other diatricts
in which they have friends, others crossing
the line, in the .hope that amidst new our.
rounding, they may be able to make the
living they deprived themselves of at homy
They all bear testbnony to the magnan-
iniity and forbearanoe of the tcoope, wlio
spared their lives when they might eaeity
have taken them. So longus they had arma.
in their hands they bad to take the chances
of war, but when they were Basten and
forced to surrender they looked upon it sa a
matter of course that they would be killed,
Riel had told them so, and such had beon
the custom in all the ware on the plains in
which they bad previously been engaged.
That it was not ao—that they were spared as.
soon as they laid down their arms, is !minim
thing they do not fully realize. They did not
look for defeat, but when they mat it they
did look for the annihilation of themselves
and families. But it was far otherwise. Riel
proved himself a false prophet; the white
soldier was,more merciful than they knew or
hoped --more merciful than the rebels would
have been had theviotory been on their aide.
It is better feral' parties theeit should be as.
it ia; and had it not been that they inatigated
the Indian to his deviltry, their own crimes
and folly would have been the more easily
overlooked.
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DOGE THAT LIVE IN CLOVER.
Owners of pugs pay $3 a week board for
them in some White Mountain hotels.
A Newfoundland dog affiliates with a goat
at Schooley's Mountain, and they are driven
tandem by a little girl to a pretty wagon.
The largeet dog on Long Inland is in all
probability the St. Bernard at the Canoe
Place Inn. He is a tremendous fellow, but
very gentle.
A shepherd dog belonging to Mr. Schalk,
of Monmouth Junction, N. S. plays ball.
He never "muffs," no matter how the ball
is thrown.
A lady from Newark has her Skye terrier
with her at the Rotel Kaaterskill and has
regular board paid for him. The animal
cost in England $3.000.
Puck, the beautiful pug of Mrs. A. L.
Eakin of Halifax, has his dainty meals
prepared for him as regularly as hia mistress
has hers. His early name, Punch, was too
plebeian, and if he is called by it he cries.
Zip, the fa"inous Scotch terrier of Mrs.
George W. Childs, has his meals brought
to him on a burnished tray, "drives out with
Mrs. Childs behind a dashing team, and
takes his ocean bath at Long Branch regu-
larly.
The Sanitary Society of Lambeth, Lon-
don, has been analyzing samples of ice
cream, and reported finding nothing serious-
ly injurious in it, adding: "It is, however,
desirable the inspectors should keep their
eyes open, because a dirty and corroded zinc,
pail might give off a dangerous quantity of
metallic matter. The mere fact of the hasty;
consumption ef ice on a hot day and an
empty stomach would in itself frequently
cause unpleasant results, even if no poison
ous articles were present."
DOMESTIC RECEIV'TS,
Summer Drinks.
RASPBERRY SuRvs. -,Place fresh, ripe
raspberries in a jar, and cover them with
vinegar. Let it stand in a cool place for
twenty-four hours. The next ,day add as
many berries as the vinegar will cover, and
let it stand another twenty four lecurs; then
set the jar in a kettle of water, and bring
the berries and vinegar to a scald. Strain
the juice through a linen bag, and to every
one and one half pinta of the juice, add one
pound of sugar. Then, heat the juice and
sugar to a boiling point, in a porcelain ket.
tie, and removo the scum. When cold, bot-
tle. This may be kept for years, and makes
a most refreshing drink when a email quan-
tity is mixed with water, sept cially grate
fel to the sick,
'iTERY£SCING LEaro;; .DE POWDERS. —
Mix three and one-half ounces of bi-carbon-
ate of soda, fourteen ounces of crushed ang-
er, sixty drops of extract of lemon, and four
ounces of tartaric acid. Powder separately,
dry, and mix, after having rubbed the ex.
tract with the sugar. Putin a wide-mouth-
ed bottle, and cork tight. For use, stir a
teaspoonful of the powder into a glass of
cold water, and then drink.
Srxewnsaxv Sriena T — Take one quart
of fresh, ripe etrawberries . id crush to a
smooth paste. Addthree pints of water,
the juice of oue lemon, one tablespoonful of
orange -flower water, and Iot it stand three
boors, Strain over three quarters of a
pound of white auger, squeezing the .cloth
hard ; stir until the sugar is dissolved, strain
again and set on ice for two houre or more
before yon nee it.
Leesoxtna an ,S mown --Pare thoyellow
peel, of three lemons, and, uilleea you iateud
to use theaherbet immediately, leave it out,
,It given a bitter taste to the sugar If left long
in it, Slice. and equeeze the lemons upon.
the sugar, add a very little water, andlet
thein stand fifteen nninutea, Then All up
with water ; ice well, stir and thou pour it
out..
To alias a nice summer drink, take
pound of red currants, bruised with sauna
raspberries, ball a pound r 1 auger, added to li
a gallon of cold water ; stir well, allow it to
settle, and bottle, A little cream of tartar
or citric acid may be added.
'WATER, sweetened with molasses, with
a'little vinegar, and, if liked, ginger, snakes
a cheap and refreshing drink,
A.LniozT any fruit boded in water, and the
liquid then strained, cooled, and sweetened
to the taste, melees a,niee drink.
Ozsar r tun is made in the same manner,
eubatituting oranges for the lemons.
Getting Property from Sunken
Wreclk&
It has been often said by those who ought
to know that the bottom of the Sound be
twmen Stamford harbor and Stamford Point
light is strewn with wrecks of vessels, some
of wbieh went down thirty or more yearn
ago.Until recently there has been much
mystery respecting the location of these
wrecks, but it bee been largely dispelled by
Captain Henry Young. Since he began op.
orations with his wrecking ateamer, the
Chester, in April last, be has shown how easy
what was onoe considered a difficult feat
under water cat now be performed. After
digging the Chester with a new pump for
deep water operations, his first work was to
motet in raising the sunken Hudson River
steamer St. John. His machinery emulate
of six engines each operating independently
of the others. The big pumping engine is of
55 -horse power and the capaoity of the pump
13,000 gallons per minute. The tube whiob
extends from the decks to the bottom of the
sea is about 10 inches in diameter, in short
sections adjustable to any depth. When in
complete order 100 tone of coal can be pump-
ed in an hour. Daring the pumping the cap-
tain invariably descends to the sunken ves-
sel to superintend the feed. The tube pas-
ses into the vessel's hold and he stands by
with proper appliances to see that its full
duty is done. He says that all he wants to
know about a wreck is information that will
bring him within five miles of it, and he will
guarantee to find it and getout everything of
value. Speaking of the schooner Fannie
Crocker, lost off Saybrook in 1853, he says
that the copper alone recovered from her by
him yielded over $2,000 in cash in New York.
He preserves on board a specimen of copper
brick weighing 200 pounds as a reminder of
that exploit. The brick is as bright as a new
cent and there is notbing to indicate its
thirty-two years repose in fifty-five feet of
salt water. Captain Young hopes to get the
range of the steamer Lexington sunk oft Old-
field light on the Long Island aide of the
Sound in 1840. From those who some years
ater tried to raise her, and he believes that
he can recover the safe and its wealth of
specie. All the ooal and other property
taken from wrecks like those described are
the captain's the moment they are in hand.
A few days ago he began work on a schooner
which went down twenty years ago off Pen-
field Reef in seventy feet of water. She has
800 tons of coal on 'board, About seventy-
five toes that were recovered and brought
into Bridgeport were as bright as when taken
from the mine, ,nor had the coal lost any
value as fuel. The captain expects to pass
the winter at Nantucket and Martha's. Vine-
yard, where there are many valuable wrecks.
waiting attention.
A country seat that always rents -The
barbed wire fence.
Reflexion is a flower of the mind, giving
out wholesome fragrance ; reverie is the
same flower when running to seed.
There are houses where people are brigh
without mistrusting it ; there are others
where people are stupid in spite of them-
selves.
The ressimist wailing' met by Brassey's
Stubborn Beets.
Sir Thomas Braseey M,P., tins meets the
pessimist wailings about the condition of
the British navy, He says that in ironalade
of the first class we have fourteen shape
while the French have but three. To know
what a first-class ironelad is like we must
turn to such monsters as the Devastation or
the Inflexible,ethe latter of which carries
four 80 -ton guns whilst the former is a
mastless turret ship, carrying four guns of
thirty-five tone each, which can fire shell
or shot of 700 pounds each at 900 miles an
hour, The Devastation also carries twelve
torpedoes, and is armed with a reveraiblo
ram, 80 that her fighting powers maybe said
to extend as far below the surface as above
it. Her engines will enable her to charge
in one directionat the rate of sixteen miles
an hour, and in two minutes to charge at
the same speedin the opposite dircction,
Electriclights. and aerie= contrivances
protect here.against the subtle approach of
foes inethe dark, It is this and similar
vessels, and gun boats bearing the suggestive
names of Weazle,lPike, Snap, and Ant, that
formed the evolution equadren. It alone of
foreign powers has in recent years :meat
much on armoured ships. Resale baa only
onefirst•olaes ironclad, the Peter the Great,
We leave laid down'eleven armoured Alpe
in the time that the French hexa laid down
four, But Sir Thomas Brass went auto
say that in second and third•ela irani:Aube
aleo, our superiority 1s assured, while in un -
armoured ehipe itis conapiouaus, tWe have
sixty-two vessels of the latter kind, with a
displaoement 01 173,000 tons, againat thirty-
four
hirtyfour vessels with a displacement of only
79,000 tona in the French navy, But Sir
Thomas's statements were intended to prove
that in point of naval armament, not only
are we in advance of other powers, but this
government le In advance of the haat. It
has constructed faster sailing cruises. It
has energetically proceeded with the task
of arming the fleet with breech -loading guns.
It increased the parliamentary estimates for
tho purpose of ordivauce from £300,000 e.
your --the annual appropriation for that pur-
pasen when it took office -to £700,000,
which arm, during the present year, willbo
swelled to over two millions, Three immense
guns of 110 tone each, and a lot of smaller
ones are being constructed. The farmer will
throw the "Woolwich Infant' quite into the
shade. Their projectiles will be 161 inches
In diameter, will weigh nearly two thousand
pounds each, will require nine hundred
pounds of gunpowder to discharge thero,wil
leavethe muzzle of the gun at thereto of two
thousand and fifty feet be a second, and will
at tbedistanco of a thousand yaeds,penetrate
armour nearly thirty inches thick. The pith
of Sir Thome Bras/royal speech would seem
then, to be, that there is no .likelihood of
Britannia's ceasing to rifle the wave.
,-,..410414.11,....11
Rest in Action,
Absolute perpetual reat and absolute per.
petual activity are equally inccmyatible
with life, Each, duly balanked, is the com.
plement of the other. Steeple simply rest
in its complotoat form --rest of the m incle,
rest of brain, and rest of all the organs, sero
those neoeasary to existence. The tough.
heart rests between the beats, nor can it be
much accelerated by stimulants without
immediate or remote injury. y The harder.
working lungs seat botween inspiration and
expiration.
The brain must have rent, or fail.. Such
a case of unreating activity as that of Hen-
ry Rieke White—and there have been thou-
sands like it—should show scholars that na-
ture holds it an unpardonable sin to rob the
brain of its rightful rest. Others, who toil-
ed like White, instead of paying the penal-
ty in early death, -have exchanged genius
fox madness or imbecility.
But a large partoffour needed rest may
be secured in connection with a high degree
of activity, The clerks threatened with
" writer's cramp" may escape, not so well
by lying for a month in a reclining -chair as
by engaging in athletic games, chopping
wood, or rambling in the fermata.
Generally only a small:part of the brain is
unduly need, and that may ;be recuperated
by calling into action some:other part ; that
is, by change of mental application. Glad-
stone doubtless rests his brain from the cares
of the State as muoh by snob studies as
Homer as by the sturdyblows of his axe.
The pastor's calla at the homes of his flock
not only double the good of his preaching,
but moat effectually rest his brain by the
change.
The mere money -getter tends to become a
monomaniac. The miser, dying in filth and
rage beside his hoarded gold, is the end of
avarice. The power and the disposition to
accumulate need to be balanced by the
disposition and the;power to use acquisitions
properly and wisely.
If one has overworked both a mach and
brain, let him beware how he iel to the
temptation to stimulate them"artificially to
their wonted activity.',On the contrary, let
him give each a long rent, while he bestirs
himself to a general invigoration of his phy-
sical system.
So whatover organ has been overused, rest
that. And this can commonly best be done
in connection with :Yell, or a special, actio-
ity of other parts.
—eweareicre.--mo....Among the professional journals compiled
n Paris in M.S. is the Bon Guide, the organ
of beggars, containing information of great
utility in their calling. For a subscription
of eight sous a month they . may consult it
for a few minutes daily. It does not con-
tain literature or politica, and all the arti-
cles are to the point. One may read : "To -
mon -ow at, noon, funeral of a rich man at
the Madeleine ;" "At 1, marriage of clerk,
no importance ;" " Wanted, a blind man
who plays the flute ;" or " A cripple tor a
watering place."