The Exeter Times, 1887-10-20, Page 15STORIFS OF ANIMAL LIFE.
Er.afoliAliT WIT.
A correepondent of Nation reports that
the elephants in Central Park are often Been
th over their beaks with new-moe n grass,
taking it up by the trunkful anti canefully
thatching theinfielves against the Bun's rays.
Ann another eorreepondent of the same
journal sends the following t3teteMe1t1te..-
vrhioh make it necessary to revise the old
eying then man is the only animal that uses
tools ;
"One evening, soon otter triy arrival in
Eastern Amearn, and while the five elephanta
woe being fed oppoeite the buugalow, I ob-
served a young and lately caught one step
up to a bamboo fence, and quietly pull up
one of the stakes, Placing it under his foot,
it breke off a piece with its trunk, end after
tilting it to.ite mouth, threw it away. It
'repeated this twice or thrice, and then drew
another stake. Seeing that the bamboo was
4 ld and dry, 1 asked the reason of this, and
so
Vas told to wait and' see what the elephant
would do,
" At last it seemed to get a piece that
. suited him, and holding it in the trunk
firmly, ancl etepping the left fore -leg well
forward, it passed the piece of bamboo under
the arnapit, se to epeak, and began to
scratch with Borne force.
"My surprise reached. ita climax, when I
saw a large elephaneleech fall to the ground,
quite six inchea long, and thlele as one's
finger, arid Whieh, from its position, could
not be easily detached n itInint this rcraper
which was deliberately 'fade by the eleph-
ant. I subsequently found that this was a
common occurrence. Simla scrapers are used
by every elephant naily.
" On another occasion, when travelling
at a time of the year when the large flies
are so torraentirg to eat elephant, I noticed
the one I rode had no fan or wisp to beat
them off with. The driver, at my order,
slackened space and allowed her to go to the
side of the road, when for some moments
she moved along, rummaging the smaller
. jungle on the banks. At last she came to a
cluster of young shootwell branched, and
after feeling among them and selecting one,
raieed her trunk. ana neatly stripped down
the stem, taking off all the lower branches,
and leaving a fine bunch on top. She de-
liberately cleaned it down several times,
and then laying hold at the lower end broke
off a beautiful fan, oreswitch about five feet
long, handle included. With this she kept
the flies at bay, flapping thein off on each
side.
"Say what we may, these are both really
bonze fide implements, each intelligently
made for a definite purpose."
ter was locken up. There heiug noth-
log on the body to show ins identity,
the Police Comunfteary made nee of the dog
to ascertain the abode of the suicide:. The
animal was releaeed and made etraightfor a,
Louse in the Rue des Merles, The police
.
on aiming there, found that a working car-
penter was misting, and the dogwas reeve
eized by the coemeree as belonging to him,
The animal has teen Adopted by eome of
the inmates of the house.
It is curious what a variety ofmaterials
. Cattvnet weineem.
Baltimore orioleNeal me in the :onetrum
tion of their nestle lit the lawn of one of
the prettiest homes in the State of Mayer -
land a pair of orioles oeleeted a tree in which
to build. It was a large fir -tree, about I
forty-nve feet from the house. The lady of I
the house was sewing by One a the witieloWe
opposite this tree early one beautiful sum-
mer morning, and on being called away to
some other room, eh e placed her spool of
cotton on the window -sill. When she re -
Teta Caxiseane.
The catbird. is one of the mest inteeesting,
and at the same time, most exeeperating of
birds. He theme to give up all hie time to
the pleasure of hearing himself talk. He is
O first cousin of the mockingbird—whom he,
resembles in person much more than in
voice. As a matter of fact, his jerky utter-
ance is so strikingly' harsh that some one
bas aptly termed it asthmatic.
\Ile The caibird is unmistakably a Bohemian.
He is exquisitely formed ; has a beautiful]
slate -gray cent, set off by a blank head and
tail ; by nature he is peculiarly graceful;
and when he chooses, can pass for the most I
polished of the elate:trod Philistine exiatoc-
racy. But he cares nothing for all this.
With the laziness of a self-indulgent Bohe-
mian, he site by the hour with relaxed mus-
cles and wings end tail drooping listlessly.
His cousin is on artist, but he—is he a
wag as well as a caricaturiat, or is he in
sober earnest when he tries to mimic a Wil-
son's thrush? If he is a wag, he is a 80e-
44,cessiu1 one, for he deceives the unguarded
into believing him a robin, a cat, and —"
• bird new to science How he must chuckle'
to himself over the enthusiasm with which
Ms notes are hailed in their different charac-
ters, and the bewilderment and creatfallen
disgust that come to the more diligent ob-
server when he finally •cenehes a glimpse of
the garrulous mimic.
He builds his amet as he does everything
else, The great loose tmeas of coarse twigs,
heaped together and patched up with pieees
of newspaper or anything that happens te
come in. Ms way, teaks ea if it would hardly
bear his weight. He lines it, however, with
fine bite of dark mote, and when the beauti-
ful green eggs arc laid in it, you feel sure
that euch an artistic looking bird must
take a peculia.n pleasure in the contrasting
colors.
High trees have an masocial aspect, and
so we find Min in low bushes on the edge of
O river, or even by the aide of the gardeta,
enjoying the sun and Ms own company.
CLEVER MeNIIEYS.
It is odd that mankind has not more gen-
erally attempted to utilize the cleverness
and imitative faculty of the monkey. Per-
haps, bowever, this little four -handed crea-
ture is too miechievons to be trusted very
extensively,
A woman in Toulouse one day locked up
her money in a desk, and went out shopping,
On her return she missed a considerable
sum,nbut there was no trace of a burglary.
Very much bewildered, the woman was
deep in reflection over the matter, when
she heard a roar of laughter from,her neigh-
bor's garden.
"On, the thief 1" cried several persons.
"Where has he etolen itt"
The dame instantly ran out, saying, "Ob,
my money, messieurs! Where in the thief ?"
"He is up a tree, madame," 'minting to
• o a monkey on a hili branch abeero them,
'but here is the money. •
The monkey had been seen to climb into
one of the lady's windows, had malocked
a drawer, found the mottey, and concealing
it in his cheek, brought it to his master.
No less an authority than Buffon declares
that a female chimpaezee, who went out to
service at Loango, made the beds, swept
the house, and so far aseieted in the cooking
as to turn the spit.
A nasal officer tells of another chimp-
anzee, 00 board a French man -et -war, who
assists the cpok, turns the capstan, and furle,
sail as well as any of the aUos.,
In Chine, monkeys belp in the tea -nicking,
and Lord Monboddo used gravely to contend
that epee could. talk readily enough, but
that their euperior cunning told them to
hold their tongues, lest they should be put
to hard work, '
turned she found the spool was gone, and
ort lookum for it, discovered it on the floor
of the perch which was just outeids of
the window. $he found that a consider-
able length.of the cotton wan unwound, and
looking for the end of it she traced it up
to the nest of the oriole, and saw the bird
busily Weaving it into the nest. The lady
placed the spool in the window, and it was
shown as a curiosity to all who visited the
house
How to Avoid Premature Old Age.
The following good advice) is given by Dr.
Benjamin Ward Richardson : The rules for
the prevention of Benne disease are all per-
sonal. They should begin in youth. It
should be a rule among grown up people
never th subject children to mental shocks
and unnecessary griefs. When, in the sur-
rounding of the child life, some grave ca-
hunity has occurred, it is best to make the
event as light as possible to the child, and
certainly to avoid thrilling it with sights and
detailwhich stir it to the utmost, and in
the end ouly leave upon the mind and heart
incurable wounds an oppressions. Children
should never be taken to funerals, nor
eights that cauee a sense of fear and iread
combined with great grief, nor to sights
'whioh call forth pain and agony in man or in
the lower animals
To avoid pthinature old age in mature life,
the following are important points to re-
member : •
Grief anticipates age. Dwelling on the
inevitable past, forming vain hypotheses as
th what might have been if this or that had
or had not been, acquiring a craze for re -
countering what has occurred—these acts
do more harm to future health and effort
than many things connected with calamity.
Occupation and new pursuits are the beat
preventives for mental shock and bereave-
ment. Hate antleipates age. Hate keeps
the heart always at full tension. It gives
rise to oppression of the brain and senses.
whole14 ouafusos the It roba the
stomach ot nervous power, and, digestion
being impaired, the failureef life begins at
once. Those, therefore, who are born with
thie passion --and a good many, I fear, are
-s-should giveit up.
Jealousy anticipates age. The facial ex-
pression of jealousy is old age, in however
young a face it may be cast. Jealousy
preys upon and kills thenteart. So, jealous
men are not only unkeppy, but broken
hearted, and live short liven I have never
known a man of jealous nature to live any-
thing like a long life or a useful life. The
peevention of jealouey is diversion of thind
toward useful and unselfish work.
Unchastity anticipetes age. Everything
that interferes with chastity favors vital de-
terioration, while the grosser depart -tures
from chastity, leading to specific and !here-
nitary disease, are •thrtainly accuses ofeor-
genic degeneration and premature old age.
Thus chastity is preventive of senile decay.
' Intemperance antioipates age. Thelmore
the social cauaes of:mental and physical or -
manic 'diseases are investigated, the more
.closely the origin of degenerative ocganic
changes leading to premature deterieration
.and deoay are quesnoned, the more elosely
,does it come out that intemperance, often
not suspected by the pereon himself who is
implicated in it, so subtle is its influence, is
at the root of the evil.
When old age hies really eommenoed, its
march toward final decay is best dela.yed by
attention to those :rules of conservation by
which life is sustained with the least eriction
ann the leaat waste.
The prime rules for this purpose ate:
To subsist on light but nutritious diet,
with milk as the standard food, but queen
aeeordiog to season
To take food in moderate quantity, four
times in the day, inalading a light meal be -
lore going to bed.
To clothe warmly but liehtly, so teat the
body may, in all seasons, maintain its equal
teniperature.
To keep the body in fair exercise; and the
mind active and cheerful.
To maintain an interest in what is ;ping
on in the world, and to take part in reason-,
able labors and pleasuces, as though old age
were not present.
To take plenty of eleep during sleeping
hours. To spend nine hours in bed at the
least, and take care durine cold weather that
the temperature of the bedroom is maintain-
ed at 60 0 Fah.
To avoid passion, exoitement, luxury.
Farman/. TO THE LAST.
A touching instance of fidelity on the
part of a dog has jest occurred in the east of
Faris. Sorne gendarmes, going their rounds
O day or two since, found en a waste laud,
near Menilmontent gate a man hangixig to
a shrub. His euieide was a most determined
one, for hie' lees were extended along the
ground, and hie hande touched the eoil,
low was he suspended. Between his legs
O dog lay sleeping. Inie poor eatiniet when
areueed by the footeteps of the gendarmes,
tried to make there understand in claret/
show what had happened to his master.
The body was cut dome and carried away
to the morgue, in spite of the frantic pro-
tests of the foutfooted Mend, and the lat..
TEE offANBEL isLANDs.
el en Pe. S.
Lunen, Sept. 27,—To use a popular but
comprehensive expression, "(me might go
further and fare worse" than to take one's
September holiday not very far from Mettle.
For the enjoyment of wild, picturesgee
s tenery, sport, belmy airs, and southern
ft ma, it is not necessary to rush to the
Highlands in the wake of gums and dogs, to
the Hebrides, Norway, or the Mediterranean ;
it is useless to undergo ths hardshtpe of long
travel, the extortions of hotel keepers, the
fatigues end boredom of protracted vete-
age. Nothing more is required of the
traveller than to get on hoard a coMfertable
boat at Southampton. or Weymouth end
steam over leisurely in the night to the
Cilseenel felende. He will be well repaid
for his trouble.
It le supposed that Jersey, the queen of
the group, WAS part Of the French mainland
till it was violently separated from it by
the geographical convulsion of 709, which
Dua 0EANNEL BETWEEN vitae
of nearly eighteen miles. For mauy cen-
turies the little archipelago was viewed
with suspicion by both continents aa a cut-
throat resort for pirates, robbers and
thieves. Now it is as familiar to the loung-
er in Piccadilly as to the boulevardier, and
the pretty miles around Si, Helier have be-
come ahnost as fashionable as those of
Trouville and Decenville, Folkestone or
Brighton. Guernsey remains hallowed by
the all-pervading memory of Victor Huge
and Will ever lee impregnated, as it were,
with the atmosphere of his genius and his
exile. Sark or Serk, as it was originally call-
ed, the smallest ot the Pleiad, was some
years ago put up for sale by public roup. It
still looms as an advance bastion, frowning
gloomily on any possible invader of the
cherished inviolability of the Channel Is-
lands. It contains one solitary church ;
the tombstones in the nave and in the tiny
cemetery record many deaths by shipwrecks
or drowning. As you enter, on a black
marble headstone you read that "Pierre L.
Telley, Esquire, Lord of Serk, was drowned
at the Point of Ney in a tempest on the 1st
of March, 1837, at the age of 40. His body
was not found, but "The sea will give up
its dead. Apoo., chSxx., v. 23."
Alderney or Aurigny, ars it ih always called
in French, is the third island in size, and
the least frequented by the tourist. It may
not be the old and mysterious Thanet, but
it is assuredly the Aurica of the ancients.
It consists of an elevated table land five
miles broad and a mile long ; it carries a
lighthouse eighty feet high, and yet
red erenite with a square massive
tower. 4 road leede to it, which
in ta9t, a well,paved road, peesing be-
tweeaeubstaneial, neat, froth little houses
with tiled roofe, forming a city, divided
into agricultural, commercial, and bourgeois
nuertere. Disseeting chapels of every de-
nomination abound, Uattioliceare in the min-
ority. Alderney le at once highly religious
and very democratic), Toward the north
of S. Anne, at the entrance el
A DEF,P WOODED GORGE
surthunded by apple orchards and smiling
gardens lies The Manor," the old feudal
abode Of the Le Mesuriers, now the rest
deuce of the military commander of the is-
land. The building dates from the seven -
teem% century, le entirely of granite, and
has an imposing presence, with its tall
stacks of chimneys, its broad windows, and
grim gray wells of extraordinary thickness.
leut the special charm of the spot lies in the
enormous height and spreading feline of
the red beeches and green oaks etretching
their massive shadows over the old plea-
suranefs enclosed in iron railings and gate,
with lance -head apikee. Beyond is a oourt,
as silent and mysterious as the cloisters of
a monastery. Not only giant forfeit trees,
but fig, orange, and lemon trees, geraniums,
oleanders, and fuehsiae flourish in the open
air; they bloom and prosper in the mild
climate of those shores, bathed twice a day
by the tepid current of the Gulf Stream, pro-
tected in their tender and verdant loveliness
by the rugged barriers of their frowning
rooks.
The natives of the Channel Islands under-
stand the English language and f3peak it
with more or less fluency, but although vir-
tually annexed to Great Britain after the
Norman conquest, the English element is
far from dominant, never exceeding an ave-
rage of 20 per cent. At Sark it is null, at
Alderney it is at its highest, owing to the
former influx of masons, stone cutters, and
other artisans employed on the fortifica-
tions ; their descendants are still recogntz,
able by their aquelme meets, their
PALE Axe: nue:lumen Feaeunes,
and dark eyes, while the men of NorPaan
race have clear, warm ecimplexione, fair
hair, and blue eyes.
The beat lands of Alderney are situated
around "The Manor," and justly famed
throughout the archipelago for their culti-
vation and fertility. The meadows are in-
tensely green, the crepe surprisingly abund-
ant, the fruit trees bend under the weight
of apples and pears, the waters from the
springs are carefully collected in cool reser-
voirs in the shadiest nooks, whence they
llow into a small stream at the foot of the
slopes and turn the wheel of a solitary mill
on the very brink of the bay. From the
-high table land a long line of the French
coast is plainly vieible ; the broad plateau
is bare of houses and frees, although in as
high a state oi cultivation as the valleys.
Cattle are penned in the field, sheep graze
at liberty ou the short grass of the surround-
ing downs, and wander over the wild
heather made bright with wild flowers and
the golden drone of the gorse. The sharp
and plaintive notes of innumerable sea birds
break on the silent air, And bending over
the steep cliffs they can be seen circling
over the reefs. These unchecked marauders
flock to Alderney from all the adjacent
headlands. They congregate and build
their nests in the caves and eyries where
formerly the smugglers sought shelter, hide
their contrabaind cargo, and not curtfrequent-
ly buried the corpses of their victims fallen
in some bloody affray.
TIIE viennerce oe THE' WAVES,
propelled by contrary currents, is such that
they are often known to rise and dash right
over the lantern. There, in 1744, the Eng-
lish man-oawar Victory, commanded by
Admiral'hlhd
returning from Gibraltar with eleven hun-
dred men on boerd. The dangeroies ap-
proaches are ever strewn with debris &at-
, ing in the foam, and the bottom of the sea
is covered with the hulke of huge founder-
ed vessels. The mail boats and other ship-
ping give it a wide berth: Only twice a week
O small steamer leaving St. ,fierre or
Guernsey brings letters and visitors to
Alderney ; dczolngthe winter ell coaramunica-
tion has been atopped for as long as a
month at a time. It is, nevertheless,
beautiful, fertile, pictureemie, and hiatori.
cally interesting 10 00 ordivarydegree. The
British monisechs were prone to turn the
Norman archipelago into a place of exile.
Queen Elizabeth more especially found the
old Aurigny a convenient spot for the
exercise of her feminine and political en-
mities. Belem+ was sent in disgrace to
Jersey, a.nd before ordering the execution
of her vela -tile favorite, Rene, the made
him a gift of Alderney, where an old farm
house and a modern fort still bare his name.
After various changes and vkiantudes, the
Waal beeame for over a hundred years the
property of a native family—the ILe Mesuri-
ers—who,, in consideration of a modest tithe
of thirteen shillings per aniauna, payable to
the Britt -Ai Crown remained in peaceful
possession of all the feudal rights enjoyed
by.the other islands. In 1825 Wellington,
who could not master a vague fear and dis-
trust of France, even after the battle of
Waterloo, turged upon Parliament the ad-
visability of converting Alderney into a
strong fortified post, making it a constant
threat to Cherbourg aud a paralyzing post
of observation. The Government responded
to this suggestion of the Iron Duke's, pur-
chased all the seigniorial rights of the Le
Mesuriers, ,aud proceeded at onee to lay the
plans of an almost
Modern War Sh:ps.
The announcement that the Trafalgar,
which has just been launched in England,
will probably be the last of the great mora -
1 el , comnes justas the suecess of the ponein
matte dynamite gun has been established,
and there is, no doubt, a close connection
between the two facts. The Trafalgar has
armour from fourteen to twenty-four inches
thick, and iti the most powerful of the tur-
ret and barbette ships projected by the Ad-
miralty in 1885. Her cost 15 in the neigh-
borhood of fe5,000,f 00. It would seem, how-
ever, that even such a leviathan would have
little chance of surviving a slibt from one of
Lieutena,nt Zalinski's dynamite guns, and
no one can yet tell what will be the ultim•
ate limit of the destructiveness of the latter.
This weapon, the torpedo boat and the eel).
marine crueler appear to have ended the
lontg end varying 'struggle for soprernacy
between projectile and armour, and time
is every reason tip believe that the warshipe
of the future will not be the huge steel float
ing fort, built at enormoue oost, but the ac-
tive cruiser, relying for its own safety chief-
ly epon ite speed and agility. The amount:
of Money enpended mem a -teasel like the
Trafalgar evoiild build a 'whole fleet of such
boata and, what is more, the risk of loss
whieh ie now , very great, would be muel
teaselled.
IRIBILECITABLE LINE 91? FORTIetTIONS.
Stone• was there in abundance. Irish nav-
vies were.ehipped over in squadeons, bar-
racks -and bastions, battlements and glacis
rose as 1.1 ,by magic, but the dietra'aulty of
making a harbor appeared insurmountable.
The Bihy of .St. Anne, selectecrfor that pur.
pose, was deficient neither in. breadth\ nor
depth • but to convert it into the safe and
menacing port desired neceesitated the
•erection of a rowerful breakwater to pro-
tect it kgainet the fared of the ailments in-
vading it from all quarters. During forty
years the English engineers fought their
battle •against the opposing seas. Their
plan was to imild a jetty, which was to
rival the jetty- of Cherbourg. They spent
nearly"three millions of money, but the
waves obstinately destroyed the labor of
man. At last one day the work was com-
pleted; it stood 2,600 feet bong, 45 feet,
broad, its bulwarks rose to a height of 40
feet; aud then the sea gathered up all its
. .
s reng a g to
forces of a storm and tne equinoctial tides,
dashed itself upon the breakwater, opened
O breach of 200 yards, and poured triumph-
antly upon the other aide. England rec-
ognized the futility of further efforts, and
accepting. her defeat, retired froin the con-
. .
11' d
test, leaving
non, and a garrison of 500 men. The popu-
lation of Alderney is well guarded, but an
Anglo-Norman Gibraltar will never exist.
The vital blo^ar struck to the prosperity of
the island was; however, the cessation
of contraba,ncl trade between France and
England, which died a natural death after
the ratification of the free -trade treatiee,
and had been for many years the richest
source of revenue to the inhabitante. Al-
derney, being nearer the French coast, was
the '
STRONOITOLD S'AIUGaLERS.
,, They had their " eaches,'' their stores, their
taverns, their secret rallyingplaces, and
sdattered in the receesee o the rocky
and apparently inhospitable shore ley a
squedron of fleet sailing vessels laden with
tebaeco, spe its, and goods that had never,
paid duty. Now the om gruff traders in
tht3ir dangerous end illicit commethe are
COMrelled to buy their tobacco at the auth-
orized Goverumentel B !Or' 6621 de trakte, but,
the native population has dwindled rapidly
from 4,000 to 1,500 souls, not includieg the
, garrison.
A Peremptery Order.
" Lafayette 1 Ifist yerself dat gardiog
and finish waterin' de ra punkin pie plants
sot ont yisterday, 'fore deb big raan come
ep and you'll hab ter quit and come in d
hentee 1 You hear me, you trifling nigger l'
01 'I •
Corning upon Alderney Dern the Bay of
s St. Anne the island appears as a succeesion
e I of verdent elopes undulating getttly in their
deecent to the sea, crowned by a churoh ID
Parker and Beecher.
Dr. Joseph Parker has been.ereabing qui*,
O sensation tn New York, but not to emelt
an extent as many of his admirers, and per-
haps himself among the number, expecte&
Those who remember Beecher aim the differ-
ence between the old orator ited the new,
and many prefer the former. • This, hew -
REALITY IN BRBAMLAND.
man geese a 'aInUy er Wheal Ise lad
Dreamed MbJy..
Twenty poem ago a bachelor :In Oakland
dreamed ef visiting e family consisting of
parents and two little eirle, who were elm
lornown to him in hie weleing hour.
From that time forth he continued to
dream of them for a score of years. He
saw the children grow from childhood to
womanhood. Tde was present as the closing
exercises when they graduated. In fact, he
shared all tl•ie pleasures and griefs of this
farnily. •
His friennship to his dreernlend friends
ermined so zeal ehat he often remarked that
he fele certemhe would know them in
reality 04 some fn .
Two months (ego he saw in a dream the
husband die, and from that time he ceased
to &earn of them for the nret time in a
period of twenty years, About six weeks
ago ha was meteeiehed at receiving a letter
from New York eityt the writer being a
widow of a thesin of his, with whom he had
never had any intercourse since hia boyhood,
over thirty years. The widow wrote that
she wished to make San Francisco her
future home, After exchanging a few
letters it was arranged for him to meet her
and the two daughters at the Oakland
wharf upon the arrival of an Eastern train
ou a certain day. On their arrival imagine
his surprtee to see his chum friends. Tney
were equally so when he related his strange
series of dreams in which they figured. He
told them incidents connected with their
past lives which he could not have known
under ordinary circumstances. He dethrib• rather than exite.
ed their former home, even to the household The principal public recreattons of thee
•
ornaments, which was correct in every par- Turks are three. no is, to witnees the
ticular. The sequel is that he recently burlesque acting of a company of men, whca
married the widow, and is living happily in do not Use any stage for their peeformaneme,
this city. but issue forth from behind a simple screen -
Her Signs. These players go about from place to place, erecttheir screen in the °pert air, and give
their preformanees before a motly ceoevn on
of turbaned idlers who gather around theme
Another favorite amusement is what the
writer referred to calls the "Turkish Punch
and Judy." This show, however, is given
by means of shadows cast upon a white
sheet. The effect of this is very weird made
striking.
The third public recreation is the gather-
irg in the street, or on the open spaces, to
listen to the thrilling tales of the "meddalisanee
or professional story -tellers. The meddahm
take the place, in Turkey of lecturers
America. They relate the most excitirme,
stories, with many emphatic gestures, con-
tortions of face and modulations of -tlae
voice. They sit in the middle of an atten-
tive circle and often rouse their hearers tos
arahttiognh. pitch of breathleas interest and ex-
citement by their dramatic powers of_ nan-
The Turkish women are alToweci to win-
ness the burlesque acting; but they are ifer-
bidden to be present at the Punch and Judy
shows, and at the story -telling of the need -
dohs. The women, moreover, are not per,
miteea to attend the theatres and opera -
houses.
Like all Orientals, the Turks are very foutitea
of music, and of dancing. But their aim -
musical instruments and dances are entirely:
different from those of Western Europe, -
They partake very much of the nature of the -
race as seen in other ways. The TarkhlhA
music to Western ears sounds,, soft, melt
odious and monotonous. The Turks, on:
the other hand, regard European musioas;
too loud, boisterous and confused insomnia
A choir, or an orchestra, in Turkey, all sing
and play the air only.
The Turks like ceremony, and all their.
recreations are pursued in a sedate, quiet,
ceremonious way. The musicians, dancers,.
story -tellers are ushered before and away.
from their audience with flourishes an&
obeisances, and are rewarded with much 301- -
enmity of demeanor.
There are very few recreations in Turkeye.
in which men and women are allowed to taken
part in common. When both sexes witness
the same preformance, the women sit in m
group behind a screen or thick lattice, so,
that they can witness what is going forwartn
without seeing, or being seen by the men.
But in this catte the best point from which
to view the perfermance is accorded to the...
women
Turkish Recreations.
, .
The traits ole. people may Often, Do ,1101,g4)04
as correctly from their pleftennes and Xeceette
times, as Item their history and eleTione enne
duct. In the freedom a the idle, pleueneete-
eeeking hours, inpeople will betray whether
they are imeginattve or matter -of -leen,
whether they are gentle or rengle, whether
they are sober or bouyant of spirit
It is usual 44 And that a people who dwell
in rugged, inhospitable lands, in regions e,
storm and gloomy skies prefer amusement's
which are hardy and active; while those
who dwell in toter, sunnier dimes entioee
themselves in milder recreations.
The old French chronieler, Froisaart, ehe
served, ;when in England, that the Englisis
"took tit* plealburee very sairThi." Te
English, and especially the Scotch, dwellin
es they do in a capricions climate, are note
for the ruggedness aud hardihood of titan=
sports. - The buoyancy and gayety of tile
French character, on the other hand, are
etrickingly reflected in the lightness and
sparkle which appear in all their favorite
pastimes,
The recreations of Oriental peoples ame
more interesting, because less familiar th nB„,
than those of the Western peoples; and af-
ford quite as reliable a key to natioxial
character.
.A. recent sojourner in Turkey has given m
very entertaining account of the ways he
which the subjects of. the Sultan beguile
their many idle, hours, The Turks are et.
very indolent people. The languor at their
beautiful climate reuders them prone to,
take the world easily, to have frequent holi-
days, and to enjoy pleasures that eoothe
It is impossible not to think of the old ad-
age about the longevity of fools, when one
meets avith superstitious pereons, like those
described below. Cartnor compels us to say,
however., that such believers in signs do not
all live m the " back districts." A trav-
eller once put up for the night with a
simple-minded old couple, in a lonely farm-
house. As he rode ue to the door, he heard
the old lady say, in a tone of deep convic-
tion:
"There 1 I knoeved somebody 'd come
before night, for I dropped my fork on the
floor this morning, and it stuck straight up.
Then I dropped the dish -cloth at noon,—
another sure sign of company."
In entering the house the visitor careless-
ly struck his foot against the step, mad came
near falling.
"Ah 1" said the old lady, quickly,
"which toe did you stub, the right or the
left ?"
"The right, was the reply.
"That's good; it's a slime sign you're
going where you're wanted. Pa, shoo that
rooster off the fence. If he crows there, it
will ram before morning."
A litle boy suddenly ran into the room,
'crying ont, 0 grandma, look Here's a
'copper I found in the road."
"I'm not a bit surprised. Don't you re-
member, Tomtuy, that you dreamed of find-
ing a neat of hen a eggs last night? I told
Sou then that you'd find some money before
a week."
A young woman was washing on a porch
at the back of the house, and the old lady
suddenly cried out:
"There, there, Susan; if you havn't
splashed soap -suds allover the front of yous
dress? And if you den't get a drunken
husband foe it, I'm wonderfully mistaken.
I've known that sign to come true often and
often. But you can keep it from coming
true by hanging all the clothes on the line
wrong side out, and you'd better do it."
So Susandid, as the traveller noticed to
his great amusement.
ever, was to be expected. It was absurd to
reckon upon a mere reproduction of the It
former favorite. Indeed, had such a thing STATISTICS.
,
been possible it would net have been de-
sireble. Let every one be this own proper: The vaban of the year's crop 'in the North
self—eaying his own thoughts in his oven! West which will be available, for export is
way, and following hie own natural tendon- t estimated as follows:—Wheat, 10,000,000
cies, without even once thinking of what bushels at ,55c. 5,50 'NO. Barley, 1,000, -
Beecher said or somebody else thought. - 000 bushels at 30c, $300,000. Oats, 2,500, -
Indeed it is a poor sign when one greet 000 buehele at 18e, $450,000. Flax, 150,000
man row:Made people of some other suppos-1 bushels at 175c, $112,500. Potatoes, 1.000,-
edly great man. There must in one 000 bushels at 25c, $250,000. Tota114,650,-
' way or other be more or lees of imi- 000 bushels. Total value, $6,612,500. It
tation in such cases, Bald that le a,
something always to he deprecated.
Joseph Parker . is an excruciatingly vain
man. Every. one who has ever seen or
heard him is quite agreed about that. But
he is an exceedingly able max. all the same, During the nine months 'ending Sept. 30,
, and the •fierooklyn folks will make a mie- 15,704 immigrants have arrived at the lm -
are not sent out to learn what the people o
take if they decline to have him simply be- migration Sheds, Toronto, compared with
cause he is not like Beeether. One thing, 10,373 for the same period of 1886, an certain countries prefer. No, if they don'
take what Britishers choose to send so much,
, which, is more for his consideration than for crease of 5331. 177 arrived in Jan., 254 in
4586 m the worse for them. The Germans- au&
theirs, is that Americans are very touchy Feb.-, 612 in March, 2376 in April,
1685 in July, 1738 in others have a better phn. They try to -
about their country, ancl pr'eachers from May, 3124 in june,
ascertain what their customers prefer, and:
other lands who cannot get up much en- Aug. and 1152 in Sept. Of this total, 7702
then do their best to meet their wishes. I
thusiasm about republican institutions and paseeed on th the Staten leaving 7912 as the
the same wan a great many English mer -
traditions are apt to have a hard time. If net arrivals for Canada. The largest pro- '
chants resolutely refuse to look forward to.
' Joseph Parker can please the Brooklynites portion, 4447, were English, 1683 Irish,
the time when they must give place to,
in this respect, as very likely he can, it will 1416 Scotch and 34 German.
others and so neglect to properly train their'
be all the better for him if he determines to , The following table is interesting as show -
employes. The result is that old English,
cast in his lot with the people of the ing, iu bushels, tee wheat crop, of the
firms are decayiug for want of neNW
Great Republic. • i world for 1E85-6 in comparison with that of
is safe to add for the value of (lulu pro-
ducts, stook, vegetables, wool, hides, etc.,
available for export not required in Mani-
toba, $500,000, making a gross total of
$7,112,500.
British Manufacturer.
Even Eaglish papers are beginning. to an --
knowledge thett the reason why British
manufacturers are rather losing in the indus-
trial race is their miserable conceit which
leads there to neglect improvements, and to
be haughty and even indifferent to their
customers. They don't trouble themselves
about the tastes of their customers, while.
Continental complaisance does Travellers
I l887 :
European Other Total
Tea was brought to Egypt by the Dutch countries. countries. production.
in 1610. ' 1187 est —.1,180,000,000 S10,00,000 loo,000seo
: There is perkape too much being made of 18813, et p...1,170,000,00e 803,000,000 2 029,000,000 too conservative, and if they don't waken
: the illness of the Crown Prince of Germany 1885, crop...1,214moms 700,000,000 2010. 000.000, up and accommodate themeelves more toe
Average cropt,201,000,000 844,000,000 2,055,000,000
and too great efforts put forth to convince i he actual world in which they me 'hinge
the public that there is no danger. Every i It will thus be seen the production in they will be left behind. They have to at
blood, while the Germans are earefuily
looking out for and training competent
succeesors. The short and the long el it
that Biitishers are getting toe eon •eited, and.,
one will be glad if latch should be the case. Europe is a trifle below the average, while large extent already lost the trade of South,
for" Our Fritz" le a general favorite even ,, in other countries, Including TJnite States i A i I d
mer ca., n eed they are losing their OWnt
in circles which take little stock In Imperial- ' and Canada, India and Australasia, the a,g- home trade In such au a ,e as this •t •
ism. If not, however, the world will man-
age to get along without him though one
naturally has sympathy with the heir of a
great patehnony, Who finds himself shut out
just apparently when the pear was ripe and
gregatc promises to be about 4 per cent. , impossible to stand. WE with anythieg like
below an average production. saf .ty.
The Hermit of the Wind :Mountains -
He Showed Tact After Alb •
about to fall.
A grown,up men, a man of mature yeeers, character known as " Wind Rivctr Clark " or
The Wind Mountains coneeel a strange
The Germans seein bound at all hazards to would not heve done it. He would have the "Golden Hermit." This Mane is
increase their subject territory. They have , put his arm around her and said gently :
been fooliug about and hankering after the , "Dear, I don't like your painting ana solitary, shunning his kind and of:Nee
sSoammeo atninIi time
anNcl so wi .n they
haSouthernvetru oceanrnpo aIt doeen't make you look nice." alone with nature in her most savage t
for
ipoAwndderisnhge. 'would have told h im that she IwiiistIol :It/1;e c\ovmildpaaalliloinms!! 8 roof rtfhortIrlycnel•beathas •
some paltry excuse for deposing and kid. thought it did, and if he didn't like it he ' this
napping the reigeing sovereign mid. have I could go and get another girl, or somethfng aorne"iGnpliteeltd!laerVte'e'sZdoef thise sn°-iiiit,ht
put !mother who win be more eceommodat- , like that. At the best she -wouldn't have Wind al ountaine. Cold or heat seems
ing in his place. All 1hie is very naughty, 1 telten any notice of the remonstrance. But impress tem
only one ecarcely Pees bow Britein is to he was a y clung man, and that was not his not. Tee or three times a yea
1 proceedings in the way ot absorption and theatre, ana, knowico; her peculiarity,
He was fi''''ing to take her t° tilL". I.,h\9'ra,:lpift'keianr,81ot,litdetalicei ofe,71 nwtii°trh 1.1')a01511tql.)c)Ife furs
east a stone at them fordoing so for her own !Ivey.
deposition have not been iew, and nave not put a powder puff atui a box of rouge in his ealtemeacagrci:137diugdUent ailiincl,ilthrbeibgu,g(elit,:,kifilosrac \i'll'iiine
alwaysleceu exectly What could ha nte boon poGktt, When she 08,111e clown stairs ile 1 ' Cl I " " l / ' A t
liver ar e is a ini d ty I LI Ti uctr
c eeire eaw She WnS decorated as usual. He im- and the "Golden Hermit," is the al, ta•
tieles, put them to soak over night in cold and rintet hitneelf up.
What Made film Needy.
Mr, l'aivnbroker—" So you pet yo
money on dot Thistle, eh ?"
Ah—yaash, unfortunately,"
" Viet so. Mein sthere ish lull altogeth
Ont Mit tingS .paWned by dese—tot yet
call—Ando-Maniacs vet pet on dot Thistle
and hang it to dry, first pulling it as near. "All right." You will haf to take a toiler on dis or go t
ly as possible into its original sliape. The "But she thought better of it and she ataidder !Ahem."
ibbeve rule, straitly followed, will j make the accepted hie berg:tam She WO.S very pretty j "Doeced hard, old fellah, but hand i
attielee good as netv. after that. ; ovah."
To wattli knitted and crocheted yarn am mediately rifled out his rouge and powder poaitory of the mouetainn gold socretn,
water, with a itttle borax ie it—one tea- " Inset are yon doing ?"
epoonful of borax to two quests of water.- Only making myeell handsome.
In the morning add soap sufficient to make ," I will pot go out with you like that
a good suds, but do not put any soap on - t‘ Why mot ,
the articles themselves. Wash them care- " It woula mortify me to death."
fully by dipping up and downinthe water (not "Well, I'll make a bargain. If you will
rubbing) ; then instead of ringing them, wash oil yours, I will wash off mine."
I press each article gently between the hands, " We don't go out then."