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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-11-19, Page 8YOUNG FOLKS. 'MOM TEE sE&DQw oi‘ TuE owoED. stresionewes 4DVRSTCRE IN Bremen. "XIII the white Men WI the traitors I" "TO to 1334rket web them to the mo- tet Deatht eit faranes r (foreigeers) " Wein them into the river, itzta let them fleet down, te their coentrymen 1' Nem baathere ben sech lunar in the old, Beaune ohy of Rupee siege ita uney eoleeed, templet tett looked ciewn oe the bread browstream a the Domed- dy. Any stmegerwhe heti come atiddenly tete the Weld of that rnslaiog crowd of ITRMS OP INTDIVaSt• Japer en fan in Oireltat Jepan, emit per 1,00Q. Georgie *tamers sa,y thee,- kill a thousand rice bird et 4 ehot. A FreMout, Neb.. druggiet boa a 12 pane Eogletheein 074 yeare, oti, Smallpox. ware first deacribed A, D. 90Q by Reaz:s, en Arabian Oval:den. Whe ente a the epLiemic a $044upox *At Uoutread a likely to route $3.009,000. King Laavvigo Bevariatbreshat thedee- tist every time he bee 4 tooth pelted. The Kin of Itelfa heir ie turniog white, ued the 444ven it very womb troubled, over A Carlisle dog cemmittel suicide by earthing his head under e glee rind chokeng leap, dark -chum(/' ffeceeteyed 'Met their to (teen,. quaint Restore these, when hare brevet e. eons were brenclithing legion hatchets. „ it4wesh", • Seatlen41 le earnest I'd Ole 1:16' etonee, or beevy glebe, ea if heating dowse nete'4441 FIS4e3tMa itOhiRSOU CrOtOe'll 4 Mad deg, would have wondered very gzul alut sok chvst." ranch what could be the minter,. Ho would A lerees wren etine token from a ceelea probahly have woenerel 2011 more whea eeizzern en Alex leant* eepotee sego% 040. toned tbet all this fury seemed to be di- iina, turn out to be a $1,000 emerald, teeted *g4iwit tW4 C1,4444°°kIng 33"1 In The Belgians Ind the wee in the matter Iteropeart olothen gene unrifled, arid to a of he/newts to eneeete totheno Tweet, *penmen ee harteleee eat men teled be. the here el the greatetReek a Belem role But then: Waa a good reemere fer all thie teeries,hae heee agthozieed, to let his hair excitement Etigleuel was et war witle mid bee a grov as e prepteationfor reetima- Bantialn ET•Id ROD3k4 tv44ther4rAlit hail lug hie positioet la extra -rental ;moiety three come, he thee moraineherith tee news that csmutbs beam tlee,y hed Pena tquareu of Britian nip neeng up the elver to ern dre tepee tee eeegy le toe tone of eteleorom Dengue*, eitea , !the Valid of Patin Weed eadere thetell un - When thie g4t abroede the W4491e ethated perverse II0P4t appokr whidu two tome named e mad et cum H therte the Si:Maim weliveye believed Uwe there were , theteeued Rieglitherieut al- together, the*. these few were an ueeded te ketp dove the Oe ?pie. 011$41:11% 414 th4t, althousti Ehglazul eughtdeciere wer agthuit them seed tbruteu to Attack the, abo would never be Ole to doite The King 9f Berneeb binwelf —who uever int a chrelee et bownies whet a greet men he wee—bed put forile Pfl)dateetioti decluieg tint it the • Eu$1,1*/4 pig*" tiered to distarb him, lee would sweep them ell thee the 403* or awn them aa elavee in front et his panel'. But now that the enemy wee racily et band, the peeple of Itingoou began to recollect how many their gium wore out Pi order, hew neecle of their powder wea be end hew old mad tunflelo dowiethelr well+ were. 8=0 el theRI Weal iright4Is14,1 out et their 14,0544i °Inlet° hh: hhhiphs, flk huh huhrAgt°'w we? I Vie ma" pedal sitablee et Bullet there roe "*" oeutly ben the acne et t rejelciuge the %mule* a Herr Heise, Rmperor Wil. liem'scesebenee celebretiug tAu fiftieth an. eivereary of hie appoluttriente A 1 4 A num tr trlegtanne Jetta*, sod cards, Bat the groit mai TA4 "CUY 1/12 414" cougratuheing tte veteran enema; were A cue ef email -pox keying enema re - week* to Neve the ermo eereped, epey to of fifty emit* for every clity they wet travagaineted after then In In* Ebel) 4 1041114;04 the neap= bed, ma terrore for Hemiethi home. The Regain journal of the Fiance ftn ister ham publiatied the g article on the faxen* el Eutere Siberie, The Itamencie forget* et Ogee, lerchea, fire cedere, blrebes, myna, and Maws which form almost the excleeive wealth of thi* nee regiee beloug fee the gceeter pert to the Stete. Daring* at number ot yearo thia ammo et wealth Almost eutirely emproductive. It ie only den 1869 thee a mere or hes reguier dminietratien of foreete leas been establisht and et the preitent t:me the extent of ornte la Ihuitern Siberie fe eetimeteed 72„3%5,339 delete:ea (ebeut 11 equilee pad* ca h) wilvesat tbe feet ef the Wel* that steed there. A few werit dean tether elver to 4:,4 for theewelees, hoeing th4t perhepa the tertible *hive :night not be coming it en. down till *treater Ytindlit br the hie° -el followed by preente :rem colleague* mad the twoneeezion zabieterierinwho wow Itv. ihttehhh, huh hhhgthhhhithxy addhe„ hout ir*gbe the town. shin the WU broke item highest stable seetterittee. But the i:out these two miseloneries had betel la °cutout pe:11. To the ignorant Burmese all wham men were a on natIon, aua re- peated etteeopts had bean mode to kill theta both, u a densince to the other "white fan*" wbo dared to fight agabeit Butmate Some of their BUrtae4t3 frielgi4 hied begged them to %see the Own, offering to hide there In their own country themes tin the denser was pest ; but the breve War* VOt to be :moved. 4' No soldier would dtaert his post jut before e. tattle," add they; "stud we, who ere solaiers too in o.nother way, must not desert ours," Now, however their ourage seemed likely to cost t clear. Dragged before the Governor city by &hewn:1g rabble (which sem on pt from killing them on the spot by the pe of =eking tilem seer still more before they died), they beel ben Inatenced to death al cumin mid traitors1 eued were now being led away to the plum of exaltation in the great market, with a He of fiemedooking native 'Waters on either aide, end the ragtag mob yelling around them 4 0 .ly one %Inner could save them neve, and that WU the Corning up of the E teeth Inert. They knew well that the bate nes cf the 0130i event rf the day Wal the arrival of se present of MO merits fioni the Emperor. =4 a cheek, with the buetof the Emperor, from the Empresis. It bee loci; been leuewa that a place named Cumodunum, not farm tbe Luke of Couotince, wits the centee oi great Roman rsillitary let% Inlet la Vindelicts, ancl the headquartees of the third Ilene legion. It settee to, helm held the next placeL importauce to Peetiebon In ell thst regime But waui desultory searchee, re. rieWe'd Rt irreguler interwar, failed to bring to light may et the relic* which ought to have elan loath such a sotto. Q the lately a more cereful exp'oretion hia UM bent the foundations of e great Doeuen building, the mortar, pee -amen; opue reticulatum, drain pipes,. and gutter Wee heing of unquestion- able Roman origin. Further investigatione will probably diselose more extwasive re- mains. A licotelz cobbler, described briefly as a notorious', offender, leas pseud Ms life In a certein village. The other day a Forfar magistrate aentenced him to e, fine of half it orown or twenty-four boere's imprionment. It he ohne the letter he would be taken to the juil at Perth, The cobbler canamuned with himeelf. "Then Ihl so to Perth," he tower Mane chance against men-of.war, and i said. have business int e town, at any that the flat brosdeide would pr haely send irate" An dilated conveyed him by t .ain to theBarmese flying. Bat would the ships Forth, but when the presence reached tae come in time ? 3Ail he *aid that he wuuld now pay the fine. Just in front of them stalked the public Ole G nether found that he would have to executioner, a tea, Wen, hideous hoeing tate it. "And now," trail the cobbler, "I mem whosegaunt brown face nas spotted. • elk° the hide of a leopard. En wore nothing but a white turban and a pair of cotton drawers (both thickly stained with blood), and. carried in his hand a huge knifo, tread and heavy as a Itatche.es chopper. But even this horrible sight had to effect upon the two gellatt men, who walked calmly on without a tegn of Reaching. And now they reached spot, the fatal and the tangs crowd prattled eagerly forward to see them die. The soldiers tied their hands behind them, and forced them down on their knees, while the headsman feeling the edge of his cruel knife, looked' tower(' the Governor for the signal to strike. Just then one of the Burmese offieers, a man of high rank, who Wati secretly friendly to the two captives, stepped up to the Governor, and whispered that if the city were really to be attacked, these men might , valuable as prisoners, whereas their murder would only stir up their countrymen to take vengeance. The old tyrant paused in tineertainty ; but at thia sign of hesitation such a yell of fury arose from the blood- thirsty mob around, that he could see plain- ly what he had:to expect if he dared to da appoint them of thew prey. He held up his hand, and made the signal of death. The doomed men looked at eeeh other, and their lips were seen to move, but those last words of farewell were heard by none but God. The executioner trode forward, and his terrible blade glittered in the morn- ing sups e as he brandished it for the fa,tal bl came a roar that seemed to rend the very sky, timbers and roofs flaw in splint;e' re on every side, houses came create - Ing down, the air shook as if a storm wen sweeping past, and the savage crowd fell like dead men to the earth, which trembled under them with the skock of the English cannon. ' The altimehed come at last • The two Americans hat been thrown • dome in the' coefusiou, thus eecaping the ce.nnon•bells weiletling overhead ; but as they le,ye they- could heal broadside after bandside come thnndering from ,the :there, debwriieg the feeble fire of the +Burmese hatteties, At late as the cannonade slack- ened, they ventured to rise and look around them. Theerelling mob had vanished, the Governor atiehis sildiers were gone, the vast square was empty aad silent as a grave, but the grim extioutiener lay headless be. slide them, aranh tile hetlife stilt clutched in hie stiteningliand. • Steldenly a hearty English hurrah was • herd above the distante firing, and a body s if sturdy blue•jackets, 3ust landed from the eet, came charging across the eaarkeieplace cutlets in 114tid. They unbound and carried off in tritunath the rescued men, who lived eoedo noble', work in other lands, and to tell many a Wane how they had once been :saved even under the shadow of the sword, absence, threw the body out on the floor The first thing in a boot Is the laet, land drove away with the caeket, want zny fare home." The 0 teenier de- murred, made ingeiries, and diticovered that there wee no alternative ; the prisoner must be sent at the public' expense to the piece he had beeu brought from. Piain Talk Prom a Clergyman. The Rev. Dr. Mark Trafton the vener- able ana widely -known Metliculiw clergy man, made a tansation at a late conference of Methodist ministers, by denouncing the modern church service, and by defending the non•church-going manes. "I confess," he said, al don't like to go to church. I am sorry to say it. When I was a boy I was glad when they said: "'Let us go into the house of the Lord.' "I enjoyed tbepreaching, the tinging, and the praying." A Voice.—"You were very pious in then days." -Yes. Well its no wonder I've baolcalid- den with such easoolatea. [Laughter,] Let me start out, now, to go to churn and worship God. At home we have had our private devotion. We come to the church door, (I am saying what took place exact- ly,) and we see plenty of seats vacant. We ask one of the young nipper -suppers, with a rosette In his button -hole, for a seat. He says: "'You wait awhile and I'll seen "By and by, when the bell stops tolling, the man says: " 'You can find a seat in the gallery." A Voice.—" What church was that ? ' " A.Chriatian church. In the gallery you see four young people talking and laughing. Suddenly the organ starts, and then as 'nice denly the four grow solemn, jump up, and begin to squall. You can't understand a word they say. They sing a hymn you never heard before, and never want to hear again. You can't sing with them. Call that singing God's prease ? It's not only folly, but it's blaspheray. You've no busi- awe to introduce such trash as that, and call it devotion. Then the prayer 1 In the old times the minister used to pray, to sup- plicate, to implore, just as if he expected something would creme, and sometkinn did come. Now thie brother who prayed, de• livered a homily, an address to the people, a strained effort. It wasn't praying. I con - fees it didn't touch me at all, I kept say- ing to myself: 'Oh, nonsense 1 ]?iddleeticks 1' "I say this ought not to be. We ought not to go away disgusted." There was much more in the same strain, and then the ministers decided to cm:alder the 'subject at length two weeks later, A Liverpool coffifteneher, who had far. cashed a casket te a poor women for her de. ceued husband, failing to get paid immedi- etely, broke into the widowahouse in her THE DOMINION CAPITAL. RX EDMOND COLLINS. Befo,itiful a* Zion, for situation., leine jewel-like within tbe boom. of 4 lovely vat - ley where every plume of Neturcaa heauty, tie rock atul river, field geed format, meed and menntabet witirIpmi and tvaterfall, ehe may be surveyed at one bread weep of entrapoed vision ; weering the OPhleat pile of pelatie building* le the celony epee her tr eled brow; frit:feed all about with mingled men. siren villa) lawn and grove, and holding the rival hale of thuederous Cheudiere and 'Awntri. Rideau in eitbox band." Thin doee 4e, Jemee Alacdonald Oxley pourtraer Oi• Uwe. "Au arctic lumber vill ig� thrned into a political cockpit" Suole Ilde Gold - win Smitten deseription of the tome eity M then two gentlemen do not exactly agree in their estimates, 1 have givee both their version ; thomeh I meet not get myeeli int% hot water by geeing which deem to be the moat accurate, But Mr. Oxley cu- tlet make thie city ruore proud, any more tbaa Mr, Smith can make it more humble; so that regardless of tee dieparagement or the prahe it falls to my lot to give a very brief and untabitione eketch of the past and preewat of wee Oepital, accarding to my OWII understencling. A little while after the • begining of the preent century one nom Wright, of Woburn, Meseaclaueettet left Ithe native pine and proceeded to Mon- • weal. From this mint, With a caravan of Ove familia,, theledthg thirty men. fourten hovel, eight eXell mad twee eleigies, loaded deep with znill Iron, um', +mettle% honand ell otter Minh of thole, together with number of RARREL`.. PP .FLEAR roan et his own ragtag, lesproceaten to the Chau diero Fella, where he erected for himself ree hebitetioe, lie built the village of Wright. ville, uove UuU, OAR of the darkeet Inking chic,* le the world, be elate of ell the Went tUumiutiop etered up ire he tikotateo, directly sepiolite Ottawa, and for a trifiiug nen the Lunt upau whicb-the city etude fell iuto the huts of QUO Ntcholee Sperke, a per - eon in the service of Mr. Wright. There wao considerable nervounese for umay yeAre alter the war of 1812 15, and thee feeling led to the construction of the Iticleatt Dena), a water route which would Nerve our people or eur eitiops, in time of ware to came and go %pen, evithotte ititeeruptiou. Tile ince titql of thi4 MAI with the Ottawa river waa mede preeleely Attlee pelat whereMr. Sperks tied purettaitel the lend. La it, little while thee ;melees ef a settlement rude h* eppear. awe, eurl then with the growth of the nu - al traffic, there apron a thrising piece cell ed Bytown,110 named after Calomel By, the engineer of the canal. As for Mr. Sparks, he seen fouud himself busy aelliog lobs to the Iwpedal Goverment and to enterprisiog settlers, till be boon a the newer ce a cool half a million doling, In 1851 Bytown bouted ot no fewer than 800) irhabitmata ; arid the greet bulk of thou were concerned, ehlier directly or indirectly, with the lumber trate. To this pert of Canada aterntol to nine from ell quartersi men of the eturdint enterpriee, as wl nue the tomes of the Skeede, the Eddym thothloore. the Gilmour., the Partys, the Pettoye, the Hauditone, the Wright*, and the palmy others hardly lets .itOVENTURE.SOMg ANO SUCCESSIMI. in acblevemeuts, The new city now began to grow dluatisiled with her nemeeind longed for one with more poetry end more MII4i0 in its sound. So Bytown wee changed to Ottawa, which appellation had taken the place of the iltwa of the Indian. It would MIR as if some guiding hind were preparing this little northern town for the lure% soon to be pieced upon her brow. In 1841 the old proeiaces of Upper andLawerCiunda enter. ed into union, and the seat of the new Gov - *element was established at Kingston. But three years later It was decided that parlia- ment ehould go " boarding round the does - tact," so to 'speak; in other worcle, it was resolved that the seat of government should go four yearsto th•A French province, and for a like period t the Ertglivh one, alternately. Mon+real was given the honors fer Quebec, ant Teronto held them tor Oatario. But be 1849 aTory mob In Montreal aid Unit the credit of burning dowu the perliament build - begs, atoning theGovernor (tonere' and pok- ing sticke through a portran of the Q teen. The representatives never zeturned to the notove city, but chose Quebec in its stead. In 1859 the legislature bad grown:reek of the continuous packing, moving, and unpacking; and decided to ask Her Mojesty to become arbitrator in the matter, and eta ne a city for the permenent residence of parliament. The Qaeen took a map of the wild colonies, and called one or two of her trusty councillors to her side. The Duke of Wellington put hia pointer upon a little black dot marked " Bytown," and *aid, "That is a suitable place, Your Majesty. It etude on the border of both province's, and it is a place of little importance in. the English previnee." Her Majesty accepted the advice, and algal fled her choice to the Canadian government Not a little excitement was manifested wben it became known that the place chosen for the Capital was "a certain znodest villa.ge-town, perched meekly on high bluffe and uaterven• ing ealleye between the spray and roar of headlong waterfalls," This decision at once brought the "arctic lumber villrege" into prominence; and a gentleman With a very bitter and therefore somewhat unreliable tongue, in lateryears, when referring to it* , selection said, 'It was to become the cem- etery of political morality for this country." Of course the city has never considered that it receieed any honor in being chosen; but quite the contrary. Its very insignificance yeas its passport to distinction. As Mr. Ox- ley has happily said, it was the "dark horse" in the contest for the oapitalehip Clever writers may sharpentheir wits as they may to say diaparaging things of our little capital; they carnet alter the facts. In the best sense, God made Ottawa and neither the hostile critic nor the occarhonal politinal villainy enacted here, can blot out the gran- deur of its rushing rivers, and of its thunder- ous waterfalls, The population of Ottawa is now about 33,000, and comprises some 15,000 French, more or less, The latter people seem to have preferred the low ground ; and therefore Lower Town is pretty much in their hands, end may be regarded as presenting fair types rif their civilization. - They are fairly moral, are open-hearted, courteous, and enterpris- ing; but they are , NOT VERY MUCH IN DREAD OP SMA.LL-PDX Ibis disease, I regret to say, is a sort of institution among sera° of our French- Canadiaa people, and it has come to %%etre certain vested rights among them Vaccination is an infringement, and it is treated now and again to a little correction at the hands of the mob. The are three things which a good many of our French brethren must have, and these are: theix religion, their laugusete and their tanall•pox they will defend either one of these to the death. • 01 course,I do not wish rny readere to suppose that the educated French -Cana dim or the bulk of the people has as many '‘institutions" as his unlettered confreres. The English folk are found upon the more elevated ground, and their location is an ex- tremely healthful one, There is considerable butane activity and contractor% are stead ity putting up ziew buildiega, I 'teepee° that my readers will infer me 17,pper Toon as well aa a Lower Town here from my ob. eervations. Toe chief business of the city is confined to one street leading from the Claaudiere Falb: to the Rideau River; and that thorouglifere bas various itamete The portion ef it in whiele young people given to etreet dieting are most interested, is wry nafatQerPToifmi:intY lettulb:clauStyP,azIkiatrilt inland *be be. fore visiting Ottawa, tine Toronto carried the palm away from all her Canadian testers; but I must counees that I now regard the iesueas eatibtfat betwixt her and our lit- tle Ottawe. We have the two type* of beauty here,tlae (Settle and the Aught Sexon, while Toronto enters the lista with ooly one. Our Frene girls have more colour than their Eagle& Restore; that is to nay, they wear the carnation n their elaeek, and. the other woare the rue, 1 alacaild judge the French gerrs face to be the prettier, and her figure to he not me good. tier eyes are pretty sure to be dark, with, the lustrous gleam of Nor- mandy in thein; the Englieh girl's eye Bug., gene a fire kindled at a star. I Ruppoee heve made myself quite claw on these pint*. The otores here, with the exception of cue,. are not ereteetione in appearance; but peen are te lettle lower than a; Toronto, 1 derel know whether the liceneed grocer* SNIUGOLE TIIP.IR SPIRITS or not; but they *ell a large " equare " bottle of a-0bn D. Kuyper for 60 cents ; whelet the Toronto grocer eeles the emu for 7a cente, In most of the otoree the elerke speak both French, and Engliele The pnblie building* of Ottawa I imed hardly refer to. Crowning en airy hill, • overlookiog the Ottawa River, etands the Perliemeat end. Departmental Buildings, megulteent atructuree, castiug over tee nilUou dollars, and cenetruotal of Ohio endetone endeTreaton umedepe, The aolare are WarIII yellow and Qeekera gray, bet how Ruekin would rage ae seeing those rocherthe built ati the wall above door and window -arch. About the grounds are timer plots; and derive the kite autumn a large rieroleaus bed aweetened the whole air about withodor. Government have reeently taken over the Nepecin Park horn the city. It was very beatitifal in the autumn ; but ;met year, Sir Hector Largevin hew arranged, it *112 surpees in gorgeoneness. Treaton rook forme the city'e foundetioute and the contractor need* but to ;seek hie drill under the buildbag lot to obtain an exquisitely tiated blawgrey *teem A number of pd. vete madmen and the ciele buildings are gonetrueted of this Ataxia Tbe City Hell e be.ndeome structure of aornewhet too ooldly blue sthent the top; aud rebuke to the squat, tamale -down pile if ugly brick in Wbieh OA City Father sof the Q4eent City gougregate. Little type name to be very feetticenble In Ostewe, ; and the naines of the streete are Owe, in upper cue letters, a little larger them the typein a novel but not snub larger. If you went to fied catt the zame ore Street planted upon a corner. board, a good way is to take a ladder or an opera glue, Of course 1 sine only talking from hurray ; aa I have never seen any of tbe letters. In autnmer,of course, it 1* quiet in a social way in (Wawa, but in Muter there le a con - anon round, of parties, anocieshoe tramp; and toboggeutog at the Rideau slides and Teethes Hill. The chief social event la the State Ball at Rhin; to which seven or eight hundred persons are invited. Toboggatang at the Hell at night under tbe flue of torch. es, bonfire and, (Wanes° lanterns presezte a very picturesque and beentiful spectacle, Their present enellencies have become eery popular, and the good sense, industry and zeal which his Lordship bas shown since COMiDg amend tut will very probably peva part of the way to India. There is not nn. restrained social intercouree between the French and English oirolea here; but the dividieg line 10 every year beconaing len rig- id. Fur colts largely prevail during the reign of parliataent ; and the ladies have begun for the seance to carry their steel. pointed canes. For my part I am unable to see why a lady should not carry a cane as well as a gentleman. (I hope my words will not be misconstrued bore 1) if it be granted that there is any utility in the are pondage But let me enter ray eolemn pro - net against the bideoue dolman or Mother Hubbard in which so many. •of the Ottawa louden BIOS Timm PRETTY' PIG tams. One girl in four hundred can wear a dolman and look graceful,but that is all. Dolly Var. den is about the only eirl that I ever knew who could do so; and leis very questionable if the robe would not have taken much of the peetry out of her. I believe Wile gar- ment is " affected ' in Ottawa beceuse a cer- tain not very exquieite taste in the matter of dress adopta a similar robe. Any- thing that tends to hide the natural curves end granola the human figure ieharbarons; and the pinched -up back of a dolitean upon a lady has always reminded ma of a caner. Horrible Recital. J. Hrivele, Starucca, Pa., who murdered his four children, and then shot and pro- bably fatally lei urea himself, on renver- ing consciouanese confessed to the coroner the killing of his children. Howell was an industrious man, but sickness during the pad year has affected his mind con- siderably. He says that one day his wife and daughter drove to the village store, and as soon as they were out of sight; he set about his murderous work. He haduced his four children, whose ages ranged from 4 to 12 ream, to take arsenic, and when they had fallen into a stupor he successively placed a revolver to the forehead of each and drove a bullet' into the brain. Howell then anted himself with the cocked revolver in his hand to await the coming of his wifeand daughter, intending to add there to his liat of victims After waiting three hours and they not returning, he shot hlmseletwice, and fell =nuclei:le near the murdered children, where he was ,found by his wife and daughter upon their return shortly after. No one holdthe wrebohed man respond.- ble, as his insanity is generally conceded. [t is thought he cannot recover. In the weddiog trousseau of the Princess Marie d'Orleans is a pearl necklace Inted in the Chinese war by then. Pallkaiao, waited at $25,0130. Ia Ceylon the natives cover down newly killed venison with honey, in large earthen pots; these are not opened for three years, and the meet so preserved is said to be of exquisite fleece. Pneumatic tubes between London and Paris is spoken of as the latest scheme. The trouble ie nowadays that you lie down ae eight to dream of some "latest" eneme of this kind and you ri e in the morning to find that one still later has apeing up in the night, like Jonah's gourd, It is expectea time by this pneumatic tube solaeme, lettere can be carried between these two cities, 475 miles'in one hour, The cost of the enter. • priseirs estimated at $7,000,000. THE LIME -KILN CLUB. am my inhibit dooty to announce clat de Hon. Step .Back Cahoon am la de ante- room an' wattle' to deliber a 'rootage bolo' die chile" said the President 40 the meetog opened with 4 red. -ht fire th tb.e StOV I and nelogetethecroeraseeer.es'au" hghtleg ell the ai "De gerolen named has a wide reputatilitin in de Sentient as 'De Modern Cicero.' 13e erreve bob at bieown xpenee, email preper y moeuraged, wit open a fondry fur de pur- pose of graduetin' orators an' poets—terms very reasonable, De eubjicie of hie lechtin' or Warns to -night will be: "De Dangers of Anabishunn I bespeak Inc him your rapped attenshun. Doorint hie deliverySainuel Shin will let de atove severely alone, ani if Sitifiel Smith goes to frowin' apple-oeres around de hall he will be made to realize dee die sons coat world an' chit all &tele am. grass. Da orator will now be bring in." ue ENTERS. Pickles Smith and Trustee Pullback ab e nt e4 theme:lees for a brief wails and theu re. turned with, the distinguished stranger. Ci- • cero appeared. to be close ueun the bnialc of • being a bownegged men, an 1 hie years were not far from 50. That he was end to pub ito usemblages could be told at a glanee, He seemed to feel act much at home as if brought into court ona charge of abdueting a hog. Advancing straight to the platform, he saluted each official With a bow, to which was mingledthe grace of a courtier arid the feleudneee of 4 tell gate keeper, aril after itu Wang a full pint of water be Rented tebe ready to let on ream. ABORT aNDITION. "My true" he began be evell.built voice of two•horae power, "1 bas trabblecl ober a thouvied Lunn to spoke to you from ale pletform. Your President, end whom I ant now etopeing (board free and shame on the spare bed), leas doubtless outlined my leek - ter' antney inteushuns. I will darfore at- tack de subject wielout furder preface. "What am ambialawa, ? It am a desieh in de turnip heart to gib ahead —to oar high- er -4o climb up—to make ourselves better Q'. Who AM anihiehtla ? All of no, from de loweet to do highest. De Roo* man events to be rich, do nob man wants to be Sea/Woe Gavheer or Ptesident. Oue man am ambishus to become a ret; second wants to quit whitewaehlierent became a lavryer ; a third gem far de time to (Wine when he kin quit bleekin` atcoree an' alt in de Legielanur. One woinau wants to lead in the church; another in soelety ; a third/4 Whence Am Mahan am allus spookia around an' leolciseg fur a ladginhplace in de Unman heart. I dour *awn diet dar' ani one 'bogie pusson le diahaU who'a heart atadevold,of am bishun (Sensation) De Keeper af de B ar Trap would like zie be ,tilwarlan ; de reibrortien, would like to be Treasurer; de Trearturer halIkera to be Preeident, and de Preddent would be tickled all ober if nominated for Congrese. VIE DANCERS. "1 hev known epeakero an writer% to 4o - oar' dat dis seutithent of ambishan orter be cultivated an' enouraged In &human breast but I tell you it am a dangerous thine. It am a sentiment (1st shouldn't lm fooled wid. When you eot out to encourage ambiehun in de heart of a gemlan who has nen de lan stick ef wood put on de fiali—de lest handfal of flour scraped out o' de bar 1—do last paler in de house 'tufted Into a broken, winder, you tereh a lighted match to a beep of sh wins an' Outs flame doe may lick up O hose barn wid ite fiery tongt,e51 [Decided lell•Ieltotien make a portent Ilhistrashun, take de nee of ShindigWatkine His wife urns an aiverage of $3 per week at de wash -tun He moves an steerage of twelve timrs a y'ar to sayerent He pleya policy to de amount offifty cents a week, an' am content wid one squar' meal a day. Be am a alemberin' Volcano. So long as he am content der' am no dug, r, but let aornebody tell him dat he has a fucher somebodysow de Beetle ot ambishunt an' dat elumberini volcano would get up an bust an' roar an' shake an' send riltera of mete tea lava riumins frew do lead 1 [everybody looks at Shindig in fear and awe "Fur another example take de case of Elder Toots. He wake abed is id hie hands in histpookets. His countenance wars a serene an contented expresbutta Aa dive am de same to him, bekase he knowe dat his son -in law vvill send ober grub an' fuel, All nights am peaceful, bekase he knows dat hie wifias fender will pay de rent an' put a beta of older in the cellar in de fall. Men look upon him as a good old mata, an' day speak of how gently be am al ppin' dowa de path which leads to de grave. But, let somebody drop a hint to de Elder dat he or - ter set up a wood -yard, or run for Alderman, or lib in a houee wid inside blinds an font doah-bell, an' no human baba kin predict de result. [Pee Wrier sleeps on, as tweet) Atabishua might lead him to rob a bank, kill his son -in law, forge mew, become a livin' tenor instead a a guilelees Ltd man. "I has seen anabishun lead de owner cf one poo' ole white mule to feelin' dat he ran hey a open of shiney black ones, an' he went prisou fur fifteen y'ara "I has seen ameishan lesd de man who couldn't pay fo' dollara a month rent go oft an' steal a bale of cotton an' sell it to make de fuse payment on a inenehun hevin' front an' back stahri an' only one pane of glass to each winder. [Gestures of horror.] "I has seen ambishun fo'ce de man who was makin' a dollar a day by beatin' carpets an' aleanhe up back yards into buyin' a $30 suit of clothes an' two watch intim an' try- in' to be 'hided Justice of de Peace. In three short months, dat werry man stabbed his darter; run away from his wife; shot at a preacher; sot a gin house eefire ; hatn- strung a mule an' blowed up a oull'd meetin' house wid stolen gunpowder. [Expressions of horror from aeventy-eight members.] "I tell you, you can't be too keerful about innuraghe die wild beast celled Ambi - shun. If I should sot down wid Trustee Pullback, who has an ole accordion in de house an' plays it wery sweetly, an' tell him he orter her a grand planer an velvet car- pets it wouldn't be two weeks afore he would break into de club safe an' steal your $7,000 an' start out to buy a house on Wood- ward avenue. [Decided sereation "In closin' dos address which has bin • chopped in two in de middle in order to 'low you to git home at no airly hour, I return my hottest thanks to one an all of you fur de seamen' attenshun bestowed upon my humble effort, an' my fond prayer am to de effeck • dat happiness will continer to attend you. Any oolleckshun tooken upInc my benefit i will be regutebly aceepted n de apeerit ten dered, an' no one kin precliel what results it may lead to." HIS OWN seen. When the gentleman had retired the Pres- ident arose and said: "To present de Hon. Cahoon wid a sum of money will be to encourage his ambish.um an' you hey heard from his own lips the dan- gers of etch a course. No oolleckshun will dat-fore be Woken up, an' die meetin' will now be adjourned." The rector of Se Helen's (Eng.) lives at Bath, has never performed any duty what- ever, and has received as 'salary $125,000 in t welve years, , C ANADA'S Lon LAND. Alt Interesting Account of Oweil(rs in the Wiideraess. Mr. Themes Inmate D. L. 3, of Graven - hunt, Oat., has returned home from spend- ing four nionthe he 4 part of Canada almost unknown to the rest of the Dominion. He 'muted out in the early pert of the 'mason Ow Rat Portage, vetth a party of four besitiee no aessary guideo hater% a local knewleige of the country to be traversed, and to rnaae a route survey of the beundary line of On. tube The route traversed by him extend- ed from Ret Portage deem the. Winnipeg river to the mouth of the Eeglish river to Lake Salla; from there alrOa4 the height of lend to Lake Si. Joseph, and following that lake dew/a to the head water e of the Albany River. He then turned back and followed Cat River up to Cot Lake, reaching thereon the 4 4 of October. At that time the lakes and rivers, were beginning to freeze up, thence he returned by an almost direct route to Lake Sell° by a river uot shown on the map His instruc' ion bed been to re- turn by way of Berens River, but he found that he would not have time for this, as the ice had already formed on the small lekes or marellect, ao that it had th be broken in travelaug, From Oen lake he returned to leo Portage in Petettioro nuns in fifteen days. Altogether the party traversed be- tween 500 aod 600 miles, the distance thing from Rut Porta. ge to Lette Salle, via the mouth wen 200 mites from Labe Onto to Osneburg, R. B. Poet, on Lake St. Joeepb, 151 miles ; from Oeriaburg te CU Leto, 145 udiee. The dietriet traversed by Mo Faweeteee describes as similar tn that in the vicinity of Rat Pertage, being rooky, with numerouts lakes and Or, arta, and having but a emelt proportion adapted to cultivation, tine rock formatioe L. the Laurentian and Hern- iate and the timber meetly 4C11141e, tamarac, poplar and pine, and genteelly a entall size. Tile only Inhabitants of the centre are Indians, with the exe.eptiou of the offi :ors of the U. B. pont Cet Lake a youtig man is in charge of the poet, and he is the one white person; while at Onaburg alr. Wilson, the officer, has the aociety of his wife and children to relieve his destitution of white companionship. Some idea of the reraotenecia of then plecea from the central le( olvilizetion may be obtained from, the following fade : Me Feweett bad 710 mail communication during the wit ere four et tithe of hie absence; the mail being re- ceived only twin in the year. 014 mail heves Oeneburg for the coaet at Fort Al- bany, on James' Ray some 500 miles dietant, about the let of January and gent book about the Wit of Aimee, LOP 650U11a UI8U us brought when the boats come in aurrimer. It teen 54 days to bring a boat ap to Cat Deice from Fort Albazy on the coast; 45 deers being *pint iu zeaching Osnaleurg, and the remideing 10 days in going from there to CU LAke. From this', and the fed that it reteuired twelve men to manage tee boat, it will be nen that transmrting good, Int volves no little expense, Tnere are in con. nection with the poet, the supplying of whin involve -is all this lane, only some twenty Indian familial, The officers in charge of the post send out their orders for supelles one 'season, the orders reach ,their deed:melon the next year, and the following searion the geode aro nut Mr. Valium at Oanaburg, sent about a year ago to the Old country femme co:Wound milk for chit - then, and he expects to get it next summer, Having gone to Lake Salle, 151 miles away, he fi.st heard there a short time ago of the re. Million of lest spring. Tnts excursus at Oenaburg had heard nothing whatever of it, Mr. Fawcett coroidere the Indians of the clietriet referrei to as euperier in civilize. tion to those of the Webt. SOMq of them an red and write in the Cree cheractere, heving learned them, nine down at Jimos Bey and ahem at Moose Factory, They live widely state:red, each family haying its e own hunting ground, except, during a fow months of the euznzner, uhen they gather at the purte Taey ere well ;provided with elothing °Maned frt no the trading "cots in excite:Igo foe furs; an 1 hen plenty of food, as the lakes ab eind with fieh, sueh as white fish, pike, selmon trout, pickerel, eturgeon, etc, of which tiny catch their whear aupply just before the u eters freeze up, They ar I very frreadly to the uhites. Converaing with some of than through an i terpreter, Mr. Fawcett learned that though they htd often h• ard of money, they had never aeon any; and that they bad also never seen a horse or a cow. About the and of August or early ia September they get advan:e of supplies irate the H. B. C., ohne they start out to hunt, and e h -n they re- turn thee- pay their debts' with the furs they have tiken. bo. Joseph, Mr. Fawcett describes as about 75 miles long, while Lake Salle is something over 100 miles in length. Both are narrow lakes, s. ldom exceeding In or 12 miles in width, while their average width is pa haps not mare than three miles. Winter sets ia somewhat earlier than in Manitoba. An intelligent Indian at Cat Lake, who kept a record of all the dates of the freezing up of the lakes and rivers, told Kr. Fawcett that they were all firm by the 20th of October. At Oartaburg, Lake St. Jeseph, the H. B. C. °facer in charge, told him that last year everything was frozen solid by the 28th of October. The tempera- ture In summer is very uniform and plea- sant, the warmth continuing up till October the no frosts of any account occurring. Very good potatoes and roots of different kiwis are grown at Lake St. noseph. . A special work of Mr. Fewcetta was that of taking observations of magmatic force. On his return east the results will be care- fully compared with other facto known. In generel, he s'ates that, as he want north and east, the magnetic force seemed to in- crease. In some places the magnetism was affected by local attractions. --,,,eateeoesaseemen— Boston reports a freak of nature in the shape of a child born with natural eye- glasses, the frame being of bows, and the glasses of a tender skin stretched like a arum -head. For boldness in, adulteration the Rus - dans take the paha. The now G ove rn ment inspectors of provition lately found pack- ages of tes adulterated with 40 per cent. of pea shells. A tea -packing factory has been shut up for repacking exhausted tea A dozen years ago an Asetwerp tailor bought for a franc a dirty little picture which had belonged to an old doctor then recently deceased. The tailor hung the picture upon the wall, but did not think it eorth the cost of cleaning, and nobody found it, very attractive. A little while ago, however, en Artist heppenect to see it, ana induced the owner to lend it to him to clean. No sooner was the Brat coat of dirt rernoye than there was nen in one of the corners the signature, ;Pietro Paulo Ruben, 1614." The picture represents Christ 'dea- ling the world and is said to be in excel - Wilt preservation. The tailor has already received several good offers for hie pioture, but he is waiting until a doh Engliehmen comes along.