Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-10-7, Page 7THE FARM. It Makes a Man of Him. It tenet tho worst thing that might hap- pen to* boy to he hereon a atony farm., It wan the Tooke and the stamp that were In the way, and which had to be oleered'Cut to make amooth land fit for cultivation, that developed the energy and pere,leteeee that have made some of our great meal what they are, A boy that oan undeake.the job of plaiting small Stones from a`four•a'ore' Held and Darty ' it through without com- plaining, has acquired a training that will carry him through almost any difficulty he may be oalled upon to overoomo,:in after life. The men who project tunnelm,throngh: mountains and nnder rivers, who dig canals and build railreade across oentinents, are not mon who s hen boys bad everything done fo ,ebem,, but they are men who when Wyk d to do for themselves or go with ant,;' o had to hoe their own row, out their a swath, and take . their fair share of the diaagreoable werk that somebody must do in this busy world, Stunted Animals Never Beoover. Very rarely le an animal worth raising that is stunted, during the growing period of eta life. The profits en raising stook aro toe small to allow of keeping and feeding young animals that have for any length of time stepped growing, A mature animal may get thin in oold weather or on short feed and then fatten up again when the conditions are made favorable to a gain, but a month or a week of hat time in the Iife of a growing animal van never be re- gained. If the growing period is past with- out making the growth that le natural to the individual that individual, whether it be a calf, a oolt, a pig, ohicken, er a child must remain under size through life. le • gently: while traveling we met a boy from Neva Scotia, said to re 16 years old, that watt but twenty-four inches high, find weigh- ed but eight pounds. Such dwarfs as these may enjoy a fair degree of health, but by no syetom of feeding oan they be grown te the natural standard of the species. The bones, though small, are matured bones, and (isn- ot be made to enlarge. The majority ef farmers seem net to be aware of the fact, or to hoed it if they know it. The fundamental rule of growing stook may be expressed in those terms : Feed a enf&cienoy and of the proper kind of food to keep the animals always growing as rapidly as ,possible. As long as the rela- tive prlcee of feed and meat make stook growing profitable at all it will pay to feed after this rule. Timely Suggestions, An old farmer says he never knew " a whistling, laborer" who 'gave any trouble about his feed, lodging, or any little extra work. Such men are generally kind and genial to children and to animals of all de- grees ;.- they come around him without fear, Ge orally snoh men have clear oon- sofenoe , clean tongues and morale, and are safer a9nonyoungpeople than the majority of strolling hans are, whose presence among them, when not guarded, is pollu- tion and perdition. Heaves is a specific diaorder arising from indigestion as one principal cause. Musty hay and grain is ene of the predloposing Caney. Among the more prominent symp. tome .la a grunting corgb, mere er leas emaciation, a staring coat, and a general dis- ability for work. The treatmentis to feed nothing but the most digestible food, and with Wit little hay as will properly dittoed the e2'ellnach. Give but little water at a time, but as often as necessary, and never immediately after eating. Do not drive the horse hard, and never within an hour after eating. Gratis, any fruits the horse will eat, scalded Bound eats, and ;bran mashers will be indicated. If the bowels are constipated give the following : Five drama Bsrbaooee aloes and 1 dram eaoh of gentian and ginger ; make into a ball with soap or sirup and give. As a tonio to be given in soft food the following will bo good : One-half ounce sulphate of iron, 1 ounce nitrate of potash, 2 drams fenugreek seed, 2 ounces linseed meal ; powder, mix, and give a teaspoonful morning and night, Let the horse cool slowly and then groom him quite dry, first with a wisp of straw, then with a brush. ThIe remove° dust, dirt, and sweat, and allows time fer the stomach to recover Itself and the appetite to return. Allo let his lege be well rubbed by the hand, Nothing no soon removes a strain, It oleo deteota theme or splinters, soothes the animals, and enables him to feel com- fortable. Saimaa In the dairy depends ,entirely upon the dairyman. A good dairyman, first of all, will see that he has the neon - nary appllanoee to insure auooees--good Dews, suitable feed and buildings, and the proper utensile.and 'knowledge for turning out a first-olaes product. In foot,the in- telligent and enterprising dairyman would be eatiefied,wlth nothing else, I have a farm well tiled that was wet before tiling ; now it Is a fine tame -grass land, About three to three and a half rode each aide of the tiling the °leder has grown a geed eeoond orep, while the land on the outside, mowed the same day, has hardly started at all. My neighbor has a corn- field whioh shows the same thing.', No water has run through the tiling since about; June 25. Promoting Civilization.. • The campaign of the English in Abyssinia, 'entwine ten years ago, and the later Invasion Nltbecountry by forces sent to the relief of Gen; Gordon, have ted to some unusual correspondence between the two l,ievern• menta. Diplomatic notes have been sent, and acknowledged with the nasal formal, - ties, To emphasize the more strongly the expr .of mutual respect, many pre. sente 1 pen made on both sides, Same ef thee\ mutates were attended with a using- rite, according to a recent Eng - If h iwrite:` after the wan with Abyssinia, an Eng - i, gran asked a chief what gift he would nix: t like In return for some aseistance he had rendered, and the Ethiopian at onoe re- plied that thorn was one thing above all others that his heart coveted, and that was —not a rifle, or a telescope, or oven' a can. non—but the full dress of a British general efflux.. Mrs, Mackay, who has boon so aucceeeful in London aooiety, and whose ontertaln• mute at Cowes have been the talk of Eng. lash people, will in a wook or so leave the lade of Wight for Switzerland. A Brooklyn lady at Greenwood Lake put her baby on a bed to eleop, and, fearing that it might roil' cff, `placed an 'open trunk half hill of clothing by, the bodaide that the child might fall into it 'if it full % from the bed. The child did fall from the bed, and did fall into the trunk, but when the another found it it was dead. It had tangled eta head in the clothing 'and srndth-' , erect, GIRL WORK Rtt; 7N COAL ' PI"OO. A Picture el; 11'4.110.9 141d life lathe Realm 011 Sims Zemma. A young unmarried girl of 17 meld in reply to questions : " My work:in the eoal'pite ,begone it 5 o'olook in the morning and ends between 9 and ;:11 f' at night. 'I lead from sixty to seventy oars every day, and I earn 2 frames (204.) a day, I went regularly to echeol freer my eighth to my twelfth year, I could read once, but'Ihave forgotten it ail now; Pit work eight to be prohibited fer girls,,' Upon befogreseed more closelybythe Preetdent ohm said it ruined the orae of every goed•IookIng girl, "The overseers bribe the prettleet'glrla by giving them the best paid work;" A married woman Field : ". The weak be- fore haat my hueband earned 13 hence (11s,) He had never earned a larger sum in a week. It is impossible' for no to live on ouch a wage. When I have bought our food and firing the whole waga is spent It is' net enough cover renand clothing." 8h to The mother of a family replied : "I scarcely dnow the taste of meat." Another young girl laid that her working day in tte pita began at 47e er 5 A. M. t d closed et 11 P, M,, for which she received 1 franc 80 centimes to 2 francs, A younger Blsteal left off work at 6 P. M., but she only earned 1 franc 50 oentimee (lc: 3d. )' Nearly all the girle volunteered, in almost the same words, the emphatic statement, "Girls ought not to bo allowed to work in the pita;" and they were unanimous in their complaint of the temptations put in their way by the evermore. The President asked each of them, �� What nourishment do you have! Do you often take meat 1" One girl replied : ".Three menthe ago we had some meat on our table ; I have never tasted any since."` Another maid : "I take a bottle ef water with the fruit every morning ; I oannot afford of ffee, ' The President askedan old workman who had spent his life in pits why no effort bad been made by them to bring their condition before the notice of the public, "I would gladly have given evidence," said he, " but 1 knew that I should be dlemiesed if 1 told any story about the works. My oemradee have urged me to speak for them, as I have had so long an experience. But I was afraid to do It." His present wages are 2 frame a day (le Sd), When he was younger and stronger he used to earn the sum 2 francs 50 oentimee a day. The President inquired if the workers found regular wages or pieoewerk more pro- fitable. "The day wages is mleerable," said the old man, "but poem work Is no better, for if the overseers find that a man earns re ore by piece work, the terms are at once lower - One of the working-olaee leaders, whe was examined at great length by thePresident and Cemmiseionere, dented that the work folk were Socialist revolutionaries, They will follow any leader In their despair, but their own actual demands are very simple. The -President asked him to formulate as 'shortly as-possiblethe real programme de. aired by the workingmen and women in the pita. Speaking of the employment of children, he said : " We want the work day for children limited to eight hours, and their wages fixed as follows : Children of 12 te 13 yearn, 1 franc 20 centimes a day ef eight hours; from 13 to 15 yearn, 1 franc 60 con - Alines ;15 to 17 years, 2 francs. The President—Then you would not abel- ieh child labor ! " We would not abellah families. My family consists of nine persona, only three of us earning anything. We have to keep six who are net earners. The united yearly Income of'Ihe three of us whe aro workers is 1,500 franca," The President asked if they would net like their children to go to school after the twelfth year, "No," replied the workman; "It is net possible for the parents te wait until a long school term is ended, as the family needs the wages of the elder ohildren. We have not only to keep one young children, but also our old people. After hie fiftieth year a man can earn little in the pito, and is usually diemissed, . This speaker -whom the workera were particularly anxious to have examined, as he ie in good repute both as a workman and an orator—told the Commissioners that the average weekly wages of the head of a house- hold in full work is from twelve to fourteen frame. "I need net say that a family can. nog live upon that ; the wife moat work when she can, the children as aeon as they van," A married woman, whe had been a worker in the coal pit, said :' "I am the mother of six children, Wo ' are very poor ; but I would gather, starve than that one of my girls should go to work, in the pits. The overseers um all meaue in their patder to ruin the girls. ' If nothing' else sucoeede, they will put a timid young girl to work in a eol- itary place until she is terrified. When she was asked what wage her family eai(ned,,,ohe repiled'that her husband had thirteen franee ' a week, and ene of her sone eighty centfinee a day. To the question as to the food of the family, she said : " Every Sunday and Thursday I buy a pound of meat; en all ether days we live en potatoes and bread," He was Surprised. When it comes to lying the Southern negro has few equals and no superiors; "What do you mean by using such violence towards your wife 1" asked the Austin recorder of Sam Johnsing. " I didn't use no violenceboss." " But you did i her face s all molten np from the blow. 'Didn't you strike her?' " Yes, bola, but hit was an accerdent. I se neah-sighted." " What's that got to do wibh it ?" " Heaps, � 1? s boss bea s. Yer see I wee at do gate and was gwinter go down town, and I else kissed my hen' ter Matildy." " Kissed your hand to her t" "Yes, boss, kissed my han' to her, bub owing ter de defect in my eyes, I sposed she was mor'n twenty feet off,' but she wasn't. She was so clue ter me dot de back ob my han,' hit her smack in de motif,., I nebber was so ,sprlaed ase my life." tr Well there is another surprise n prlso in Store for you. You pay twenty dollars and coats or you go to tine country jail." A Cordial Invitation. Scone, front door, Tfme;,.I2o'olook Sun- day night. She : Say, George, • ,whoa aroon,conain y g again? He : Oh I'll be here Monday d y night, She; ay,,Goorge, can't you come be= lore Mon dye Horrible,k$ay Bever, It is on outgrowth of modernale llieatien, and occurs only In persons, WbQ powers Is certain epeelai sneoeptibility'ef the nervone system, either hereditary or acquired. It SO more oemmen In .men than women, and prevails among men of letters einchintelleot- nal culture, The Peat exciting oe.uee' is now well asoettatned to be pollen of certain plants, such am the graeses,rye, wheat; oats, ragweed and Roma wormwood, The poi- ion of different plants excites ,It In .different person,, but whatever cause produces it onoe will produce It again In the tame per- son. Hence It appears eftentiniei v.lth strfot regularity year after year, at seaa,ens varying from May to October, The first symptoms are these ef itching of the eyeltde and nasal paseages, followed by f ro ue nt sneezing and the eoherhsofa ee eu efluid, Ward Beecher, imaelf a eufferer, says You never before oven suspected fluder, what It reallywas to sneeze, If e. pane of glees is gone you sneeze. If you leek into the sunshine yousue< zs. If you•aneeza onoe you eneeze twenty times. It le a riot of sneezes. First, a single one, like a.leader ' in a''fiock of sheep, bolts ever ; and then,. in spite of all yon van do, the whole flock daehiog over in twoa,in fives, In.bunobes of twenty." Next, there is redness and water- ing of the eyes, swelling ef the mucous mem• brane, of the nese and genera/ febrile Ey rn• Atoms, Sometimes the nose is entirely olosed by the swelling, ' Cough follows, more or leas frequent and violent, generally with but little expectoration, In a certain proportion of oases there are parexisma of asthma, more er less severe. After a vari- able duration the sneezing oeaeea, the die, charge becomes thick and leas abundant, the swelling subsides and all the symptoms abate, The only method of preventing the disease in susceptible parsons is to avoid ex- posure to the exalting cause, Certain local. itiea have gained wide notoriety fresthe immunity which they afford from this disease Bethlehem, N. H., is one of the moat famous of these. Others are found among the mountains, at the eeaaide and en Wanda. A voyage at sea always gives relief. Apples for the Sick. THE LIME -KILN 'CLUB. I1elegates to.tho ireventh annual .election and pionk of the Um, Kiln ()tub began is arrive at midnight en Wednesday night. The first one to put In an appearance was Col, Dodo Rockafellow, el Coviog*oe, Ky. He made; the trip afoot in exaotiy twenty days, By midnight on loriday 207 honorary members and delegates had appeared and. been furnished quarters. The only States. not represented were Kantae, California, Nebraska, Maine and Vermont. The two New Mampehlro delegate, were on the road six weeks, but arrived here in a very en tueiaatlo mood. Among the verypr osin- , tint degel atom presentwere thirty-four colonels nineteen nisjeq,:fourteen: judges,, twenty-one professore, thirty elders and six sirs. The most commanding and the beat chewed delegetlen wero front Senth Carolina and, oenaisted of Judge Preheualle Smith, 'Col. Danforth Gore, Prof, Oaoilla- tion Baker and the It v, Pennine Path - Dr, Whitmanof Beaufort, S. C., says : " 1 find good, ripe, fresh apples one of the very best articles of diet where the patient manta a little something to eat, and only a little. I preemie there is mere at fault in the manner of giving them than in the art- icle itself, where faulty digestion results. If the attendant will pare the apple, and then scrape it with a spoon er common vase knife, and give the soft pulp of a fresh apple, it will hurt no one. To the contrary the stomach will frequently retain it, and the patient enjoy it, when nothing else can be taken. I have used the pulp of ripe apples for a relfeh in fevers, when nothing else would seem to satisfy the patient's craving, and would not like to have to dis- card It, en the score of indigestibility, Great chunks of half ripe apples are good for no one, but the scraped pulp of a geed apple will harm no ane." - Good Disinfectants, This Is the season of the year when disin- fectants are ef the greatest service, and should be regularly employed in every house where there le an eooaafen for their use. Everything which can properly be eo diapered ofshould be burned. Potato par- ings, remnants of food from the table, and all sorts ef garbage can be usually more easily disposed of in this way than any other. Substances which oannot be gotten rid of in this way such as house slope, etc,, may be disinfected by means of copperas, or sulphate of,iron. It la well to have a solution of disinfectant always en hand, Dissolve two ponds of copperas In a gallon ef hot water. Keep in a wooden or earthen ves- sel, A quart of this eelutaen will thorough- ly disinfect several phone of decomposing matter in fold farm. Hints on Feasting. The carving knife le mightier than the sword. Mustard improves a lobster, but mine a ohicken Bated. A goad digestion le mere to be desired than great riches, It le brutal te drenoh an oyster with vine- gar er pepper ranee. He Is a fool whe indulges to excess either In eating or drinking, Peace at a dinner table reelect digestion, angry wards stir np bile. The tinkle of the dinnerbell is a ploasant• er sound than the blare of the trumpet Praise your housekeeper for her successful dishes, and regard leniently her failures. Never accept the Invitation of a man to take " pot luck " with him. He degrades the name of dinner, and also, insults yen. Nature is a great physician. Don't be afraid to trust her ; she looks carefully after the interests of her patients' stomachs. Let an invalid have whatever he calls for to eat ; it is net he whe craves It, but Na- ture,;and rhe will net permit him to eat to execs%, A few spoenfule of soup, poosesaing body, taken on an empty stomach, gives it tone and prepares it to receive acceptably mere eabetantfal fare. In the progress of civilization the frying. pan disappeared with the advent of the gridiron; which in tarn has been super - ceded by the wire -boiler. A drop er tem of lemon -juice and a dash of cayenne on ad oyster may be tolerated, but itis best eaten directly from the shell flavored with its own juice. A dyspeptic has no right to dine among civilized beings, He . should take a sea voyage, er ge into the wilderness and live for -a while, like John the Baptist, en tenets and wild honey. The Arab in the desert dividing his last handful of dried datee, and his few remain- ing drop of water with a wandering brother ropresenta the, highest type of hospitality, TheClerkCould Go To Bed. A countryman and his son " put un " at a betel during the Toronto fair. Son out seeing the town, Old gent comes down from hie room at midnight and Saye to the night clerk— " Has my son come in yet Y•' himi Nght,, Clark-" Guess net, Haven't seen Old Gant—" Well, you needn't set up fer hies any longer;" w�+-- Unfortunate Esca"e, Mand---" What a queer aoodent, "A young lady's horse,• frightened by a dog, reared and plunged in auoh a manner as to get the siding habit fast in the saddle and then threw her out of her dress into the street.", •Edith-•”..bearme'f ;:Tae ebe killed; bion" " How the must have wished She was," Ae eaoh delegate arrived,, at the tallbe was dusted off with a horse brash, given a pint of Iced tea and assigned to quarters ,with come local member. The only tease of attempted fraud was on the part of a Strang er claiming to be a delegate from the White Rase branch club at Sandusky,' 0. Tho, oredentlals he 'submitted proved to be a recipe fer mixing a horse liniment, and. when flung down on his beak and stepped on he admitted that he woe one Samuel !)avis, ef Telede4 who wantsd,to learn the inside werkinge of the olub and go about personating Giveadam Jones, The way he was hustled down three pair of stairs will live in his memery for a hundred years to come. A bullion meeting was held in the Library Friday evening, at whioh all com- mittees reported, The thanks of the club are extended to the many DatroItere who game"to the front to make the banquet a grand success. At 8 o'olook on Saturday ramming, preced- ed by a band whiob threw off sweet stratus at every step, the procession marched to the foot of Eighteenth street and embarked en a barge to be towed down to Fighting Inland. Moet of the local members were accompanied by their wives and children, Among the banners in the preoessien were noticed those bearing legends as fellows "Never let go of a spring ohicken te look for an old hen," " Five hundred years hence the black will be on top," " The man who poisons a watermillyon deserves the rope," " We have get our headsabove water." At the inland everything had been arrang- ed for a good time. Before beginning the games which were te teat the strength and agility of the members, Brother Gardner mounted a barrel and made a brief spook. He referred to Cleopatra, the doge of Troy, the New Orleans Exposition and the recent trouble with Mexico, and expressed an earn- est wiah that every member should stand ready to lay down his life in ease the United States decided to go in and give France, Germany, Austria, Roumania and Runde a gentle drnbbtng. His remarks were received with snoh enthusiasm that Maj. Powhattan Green, a delegate from Virginia, fell in a fit and had to be soaked in the river eighteen minutes before he Dame to enough to miss his Waterbury watch, The following le the list of the games, winners and prizes Throwing an anvil—Prize, an ell painting of a canal beat going ashore in a dreadful item, Won by Capt. Behemoth Smith, who succeeded in throwing it on Elder Toots' left fent. Standing j amp—Prize, a kerosene lamp with a green body and warranted not to ex- plode. Won by Prof. Set hue White, who brekea pair of six shilling suspenders in se deing. Footrace ef 100 yards—Prize, a decorat- ed wall basket, which van alae be need to held potatoes, parry game or kneok burglars out. Won by Shindig Watkins, whose di- veroed wife was proeent, and felt se elated ever hie victory that she returned home with. him. Boxing match—Prize, telithograph of John L. Sullivan, Won by Gievadam Jones, who knocked out three aspirants in such a manner that they inquired what year it was when they had been revived, High jump—Prize, a fine large bottle of cement to mend crockery and glaeasware. Won by Snowball Cotten, who cleared the stink held at five feet, but ;name down en his head and drove his neck back three inoheo. Wheelbarrow race—Prize, four bunches of celery with hand painted stalks. There were eight oentestants, and the prize was. borne cff by Truthful Taylor. Playing the harmonloan—Prize, a door- mat on which was the word " Weloome," About forty members-oentested for this prize,and during the half hour in which the struggle took plaoe passing soheonere were driven ashore and acycione Inst mfseed the. island. The winner was Samuel Shin, but he lay exhausted for the next half hour. At half -gait 7 o'clook lathe evening Par- adise Hall was thrown open and speedily filled. Brother Gardner made another speech ef welcome, in whioh he trusted that the club' would at onoe' turn its attention te the Bulgarian and Mexico question, and he was followed by Snowball Cotten, Sir Ieaao Walpole and Cel, Rigid Coleman. On. motion of DIffioulty Johnsen, of Tennessee, Brother Gardner was re-elected President by acclamation. There was considerable strife fer the ether poeftlone, and the follow- ing candidates wero elected Vice President—Cel, S. Cantilever. Sooretary-Alsolute Smith. Treasurer—Sympathy Jones. Grand Keeper ef the Seals—Snowball Cotton, The appointment of local committees from active members will be made at the next regular meeting. The delegates began to depart about midnight Saturday night, and by Sunday evening the great majority had headed for home, each ene seaming to feel that the coun- try had been pulled through a thrilling crisis, and was safe ter another year. The Health Seekers, Two physioiana happened to moot en the streets of Toronto. " How de you do ; busy ! "I should say so. 1 ana on the go all day and all night. I am almost worn oat," " The same with me, I'll be bury , for the next two months attending to people who have returned from their health•getting tripe." "So will I, When people are out of town at the health resorts v have a quint time, but as soon ao they get book they aro euro to send for us. I've got mere general debility on hand than I hove any use tor," The elootore, of 14a municipality of Sb. Jeseph, in !!;astern Algoma, have voted down a•by,-law,for grantingla.benne of $1,000 to establish a 'grist mill', at lflohard'e Land - big, x4T.4;POMIN QN NEWS. cora ,Luoknoroof al.w Methodists have had a green The Mayor of Fest Selkirk, Man , hai signed, and it is stated the oeuaeilwill fol- low bis example. - Fit4y thousand quarts of blueberries were shipped to the States during the month of August from only three stations en the New Brunswick Railway, Boys In a barn at St. Thomas, disturbed a neat of"bemnete• They at once attacked a oat that was on the barn floor, and tatting her to death before she could get away. There war oangbt at Pert Stanley a few bday. veagod tao sturgby aeoniweodds ighithnge 100 gpouestnds, eliebo. l larfish EEver caught on the north there of Lake Erie. The Part Ha a Cbiof of Pelloe hob se n• p s ve teen nntaggect :dogs in ene day ;recently, The Times intimates that every deg which fails to secure a tag IS bound to receive a ball. A Kingston alderman opposes the pay- ment of city money for Mayer'e piotures, He alleges that if the pity cannot spare money for street lighting and other useful purposes it oannot afford to buy pain "age, ea arBll tot4 the C! Hallhaso t too ' Peal. YY rea. Chadyrlea Kirat, aocueed of tho murder of a men nameu Glide at Kamloops, l3. C., has been discharged and an Indian girl' commit- ted for trial for the crime. The 'girl states she was afraid "she would bo put in prison for life, and therefore stemmed Keret of Dom. matting the murder. The bedy found near Copetown recently has been identified as that e £ Arthur Todd, who lived in the vicinity ef Toronto. The general belief is that he was murdered, and the moat thorough inquiry will be made with the object of clearing up the mystery surrounding the olraumetances ef his death, Recently a Newburg woman invited a Salvation Army Captain to her heuse for dinner, but her husband refused:to .permit him to enter the home, and thereupon the wife promptly returned to her father's reef, and refuses to ge back to her husband until he agrees to give her full authority to invite wham she likes to their home, Two fierce Newfoundland doge invaded an enclosure at Halifax where 30 sheep had been'shut up preparatory to being taken to,tbe slaughter house en the following day, and in the morning fifteen of them were found dead or dying, frightfully mangled, while all the others were mere er leas injured. Mr. Thos. Brown, ef Sherbroek, N. a, an old man ever 70 years of age, has sheared during the protect. year 660 sheep. Several of the farmers for whom he sheared this year be worked for in same oapaoity 30, 40, and even 50 years age. He commenced shearing 56 years age, and since then he has sheared ne fewer than 30,710 sheep. A Pentpoel oerrespendent states that dur- ing the excavation of a cellar at that place one of the workmen found whab at first ap- peared to. be a lump of lead, but upon inves- tigation proved to be an almost pure gold nugget weighing Se ounoes. Smaller quan- titive have once oeen fend in the same section, and also small quantities ef plati- num. It is stated at Edmeatoo, N. W. T,, that two well -armed. suspioioue characters have been seen near Eleanor, and an Indian who entered a white man's Damp near there while the occupants were sleeping declares that there were tour men with their revol- vers belted on and gems by their sides, and that their horses were picketed close by. It is auspeoted that the object et the men ie to intercept partiesgoing out from the scrip issue at Lao la Blohm to Calgary by the Vice torte and Battle River route, At Zurich a fen nights age, a gentleman whe happened to be out late, while preceed- ing homeward, fancied he saw a couple ef persona at the window of a dwelling on his route, He at once j amped to the conclusion that they were burglars, and dropping on his hands and knees he proceeded cautiously toward the house, and was Intensely dis- gusted to find that his euppesed burglars were simply a young man helping his lady love into the house by way of a windew at 12:30 a,m. Mr, Arch. McIntyre, Lieenee Inepeotor for East Elgin, has instructed his solicitor to enter an action against Rev, J. R, Gandy, of Aylmer, for $2,000 damages fer libel. The alleged libel is contained in the following statement which Mr. Gandy is re- ported to have made at the late meeting of the Dominion Alliance :—" In the County of Elgin the Aot was in force. They asked the removal of the inspector there whe was not In sympathy with the Aot. He waa frequently Been reeling about the street." A St. Thomas veterinary Burgeon pulled a dog's teeth recently. The canine was braved up on its hind legs on a chair, and opened Ite mouth quite naturally. The sur- geon took advantage of the opening and with a' pair of horse foroepe took a firm hold of an eye tooth. The dog yelded and wrap- ped his lege and tail around the surgeon's arms in a desperate grip, but the forceps kept held, and after a hard (struggle the tooth was tern from its fastenings. The doe fell back in a dead faint, but was seen re- vived and set at liberty. The story is told that while Mlle Rhea, the actress, was at St. John, N. B., a few weeks ago,: a reporter oailedenpon her "jest as she had completed a breafaet ef boiled ohicken and while the skeleton of the ohicken still reposed on the plate at her olbew. The reporter, wishing to air his French, said lightly but with not quite the Parisian accent, "Bon jour, mademoiseIle." The soften stared at him for a moment, thinking that he was speaking Eoglieh, and that he said, "Bones your !" Then she re- garded the remnants of fowl complacently, and replied, "Oh, yea, the benne are mine," The baby alleged to belong to a witness in the Long Point murder vase which was recently put to nurse at St, Thomas, en the understanding that the father would pay $2 a week for its malntenanoe, died on San. day night and was buried in the St, Thom- as cemetery, The people who adopted it profesato know nothing of its parontage ex• nope that the woman who bait if in their charge visited it onoe or twice subeequont ly, and that the alleged father called on the day of its death and made arrangements for the funeral, bat was not present at the oem• story when the interment took place, Mra, Burne, of Fredericton Junction, N, B,, WAS mtsaing from her hdrne six days and, six nights. During that time all the sum reuniting country was soured by searola. parties but without finding any trace of her, and all hope of her return had been aban- doned, But about midnight en Tuesday` lent she name Home, and being questioned. by her husband stated that:, she had been out of bed for a,00nple of hours and feeling cold the thought she would return, Where she had been or how rho had evaded those In search of het is involved f n the deepest mystery. .Some years ago,Mra, .Burns was for a short time an inmate of lunatic asy- A Fatal IJmbrtlla "Tait's old AS. Morris. Looks wiser» able, you aay'7 Well, I deal *tippet* there is a more wretched wan In the world,'" The speaker, a well known citizen, had in sneerer to an in,ggiry, q ok ep of a white-hafre man, who, apparently Ander a heavy load' of bitter recolleotion, totter- ed along the street, " $e'a not as old tie by looks," the well-known olt'z-,n continued. " I can remember when he was the finest-lookin B and most promising man In town. Whir - key 7 Well, yes but It is not the same old story. As i' said, he was the most promising man in town. He had an excel- lent business, a wheleeclo hardware 'store. No one had gentler manners, no one wan more accommodating ;' that is, whet. he was sober. He did non driuk often, got drunk probably about once a year, but no one thought the less of him, for in this country, especially at this time, an occasional spree was not looked upon with disfavor.. While drinking, Morrie was another man. He was rude, and was actually violent. Re didn't seem to care what he did. T once saw him while drank anatoh a piece of bread from a hungry man's hand, throw it away, and then, after getting sober, look for him and not only abjectly apolo glze but insist upon his accepting money. One dark, rainy night, while drunk, Aj met a woman ore the street.' She carried au umbrella and he, without speaking, snatched it from her. Without uttering a word the woman hurried on. The next morning, after spending the night in the streets, Ab came to me and said : "' John, I wiah that somebody would ki I m+. When I think of how'I treated that woman I am tempted to shoot my- self: If I knew who she is I would go to her, get down on my knees and pray for her terglvenesa. I have taken my last drink and I aoa going home, put my hands on tho Bible, and to the presenoe of my wife, take an oath to that effect' " When he reached home he found hist wife in bed seriously 111. He took the oath and she put her arms about hie neck. and wept like a child, " She continued to grow worse. A. physician who was summoned said that she had pneumonia. Ab did not leave her bedside. I was present when she died. Ab and I stood at the bedside. Ab's baby, a crowing little fellow, layon the bed catching at the sunbeams that came through the window. "' Abner,' she said. "' Yee, previous.' "' You will never break your promise.' "' No, Angel.' Then Ab, whispering to me, said : ' Shall I tell her about that umbrella?' "' No,' I replied, 'It would only dis- trees her.' "' Abner,' she said, 'I want to tell you something—tell you why I am sick. Yon won't scold me, will you ?' "' No, darling,' be replied. "' She was going faab and it was some time before she could speak -;again. Sev- eral nights ago,' she said, 'the baby waa sick and I went down town do get some medicine for him. It was raining, bub I had to go. Jnsb as I was turning the corner of a street somebody snatched my umbrella and I had—had— " Ab fell heavily to the floor. I sprang to him and attempted to raise him. A gurgling sound came from the bed. I eased Ab down. 'The woman was dead. " The wife was buried before the wretched husband regained consclouanese. The little child soon followed' its mother. Ab has never been drunk since, but there is no drunkard in the world so miserable as he. I was in his room the other night when the clock struck. He looked up and said : ' Another hour has gone, thank God,' A gust of wind blew down an umbrella thatI had brought with me. He covered his face with his hands and ehuddered." The Agricultural Fair. "What class do you want to enter your horse in ?" said the president of the agri- cultural fair as he met the honest farmer at the gate. " Enter my hose ?" I ain't got no hoes to enter nowhere." " Don't want to pub either of your horses on the track ?''' ' "No, sir." " Got a wheel of forbune or any such thing you want to set up ?" "Naw,' " What then are you driving in with the team and waggon for r " Why, I've got a punkin here four feet high, and a lot of big corn and some o' the best squashes in the whole country, and there's a two-year-old steer tied be- hind the waggon that beats anything you. ever see, I know l" " That may be my friend, but this is no place for you. If you've got a horse that you want to pat on the track or any kind of a confidence game you might come in, but as it is we have no room for you. Come, move on there, and give Colonel Toeweight a chance to drive in. Go and feed your garden truck to your big steer." Height of the Atmosphere, By observing how far the 'sun has to sink beyond the horizon before the top- most summit of the air is cut cff from its rays, Mendel -1r Bravais, some years ago, determined the greatesb upward limit of twilight to be 378,000 feet, or nearly seventy-one miles above the sea level. By observing the earth's shadow on the moon during eclipses, astronomers had in- ferred that the atmosphere mnab be salt!. ctently dense to produce twilight for at least 240,000 feet away from the earth's surface A Calf'6Vith Two Faces, Mr, J. M. Fersuson, a hotel lieeperof Greenwich, has a live ourioaity. It is a calf with two faces almost perfectly,form ed. Below the eyes, on either side of the front, the features are well outlined. There is only one none in the centre, but there are two months, with teethand a tongue in one of them. Mr. Furguton will keep it as a curiosity. The double head it lust twice the size of a single one. "Paa," Raid a liable �i'i ; Papa," ve year-old,'. pointing to a turkey f1 gobbler strutting g e around in a neighbor a yard ; ' aimt t,; that red -nosed chicken got an awful`',I bustle 1"