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.