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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1889-2-21, Page 2•••••••,, "ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH." ITUBLISRED BY HUNTE11, Rosa de Co., TORONTo e CHAPTER XX1L—Twe Wawa TO DUM- ItEn. We trod a weary path, through silent woods, Tangled and dark, unbroken by a sound Of cheerful life. The melancholy shriek Of hollow winds careering o'er the snow, Or teasing into waves the green pine tops, letaking the ancient forest groan and sigh Beneath their mocking voice, awoke alone The solitary echoes of the place,. iReader I have you ever heard of a place situated in the forint -depths of this far west- ern wilderness, called Dimmer ? Ten years ago, it might not inaptly have been termed "The last clearing in the world." Nor to this day do I know of any in that direction which extends beyond it. Our bush.farm was situated on the border -line of a neigh- bouring township, only one degree lees wild, leas out of the world, or nearer to the habi- tations of civilization than the far-famed "English Line," the boast and glory ot this teVra Zncognita. This piece, so named by the emigrants who had pitched their tents in that solitary wilderness, was a long line of cleared land, extending upon either side for some miles through the darkest and moat interminable forest. The English Line was inhabited chiefly by Cornish miners, who, tired of burrowing like moles enderground, had de- termined to emigrate to Canada, where they could breathe the frail air of lteaven, and obtain the neceseeries of life upon the bosom of their mother earth. Strange as it may appear, these men made good. farmers, and steady, industrious colonists, working as well above ground as they had toiled in their early days beneath it. All our best servants came from Demmer; and although they spoke is language difacult to be understood, and were uncouth in their manners and ap- pearance, they were faithful and obedient, performing the tasks assigned to them with patient perseverance; good food and kind treatment rendering them always cheerful and contented. My dear old Jenny, that most faithful and attached of all humble domestic friends, came from Demmer, and I was wone to re- gard it with complacency for her sake. But Jenny was not English; she wasa generous, warm-hearted daughter of the Green Isle— the Emerald gem set in the silver of ocean. Yes, Jenny was one of the poorest children of that impoverished. but glorious country where wit and talentaseem indigenous, spring- ing up spontaneously in the rudest and most uncultivated minds ; showing what the land could bring forth in its own strength, un- aided by education'and unfettered by the conventional rules of society. Jenny was is striking iestance of the worth, noble self- denial, and devotion which are often met with—and, alas I but too often disregarded —in the poor and ignorant natives of that deeply -injured, and much abused land et few words about my old favourite may not prove unintereeting to my readers. Jenny Buchanan, or as she called it, Bo- hanon, was the daughter of a petty exche inan'of Scotch extraction who, at the time of her birth, resided near the old town of Inniskiilen. Her mother died a few months after she was born; and her father, within twelve months married again. In the mean- while the poor orphan babe bad been adopt ed by e. kind neighbor, the wife of a small farmer in the vicinity. In return for coarse food and scanty clothing, the little Jenny became is servant. of -all -work. She fed the pigs, herded the cattle, assisted in planting potatoes and dig- ging peat from the bog, and was undieputed mistress of the poultry -yard. .As she grew up to womanhood, the importance of her labours increased. A better reaper in the harvest.field, or footer of turf in the bog, could not be found in the district, or a wo- man more thoroughly acquainted with the management cf cows and the rearing of young cattle ; but here poor Jenny's accomp- lishments terminated. Heraesefulness was all abroad. Within the hot& oho made more dirt than she had the inclination or the ability to clear away. She could neither read, nor knit, nor sew; and although She called terself a Protest- ant, and is Church of England woman ehe knew no more of- religion, as revealed to man through the Word of God, than the semage who sinks to the grave in ignorance ot a Redeemer. Hence she stoutly resisted all idea of being a sinner, or of standing the least charce of receiving hereafter the con - emulation of one. "Ooh, shure thin," she would say, with imple earnestness of look and manner, al. nob irresistible. " God will never thronble limier about is poor bard -working orathur ike me, who never did any harm to the -flattest of His makin'." One thing was certain, thab a benevolent Providence. had " throubled Himael' " about poor Jenny in times past, for the warm heart of this neglected child of nature contained a stream of the richest benevolence, whicb, situated as she had been, could not have been derived from any other source. Hon- est, faithful, and industrious, Jenny became a law unto herself, and:practioally illustrated en the golden rule of her blessed Lord, "to do 4. unto others as we would they should do unto nu." She thought it was imponeible that her poor services could ever repay the debt of gratitude that she owed to the family who had brought her up, although the ob- ligation muot have been entirely on their aide. To them she wee greatly attached - 1 or them she toiled unceasingly; and when evil days came, and they were not able to meet the rent -day, or to occupy the farm, she determined to accompany them in their emigration to Canada, and formed one of the stout-hearted band that fixed ite location in the lonely and unexplored wilds now knoven as the township of Dimmer. Daring the first year of th the means of obtaining the common neces- mica of life became ete precarious, that, in order to tweed her friends with a little ready money, Jenny determined to hire out into some wealthy house as a servant. What ube the term wealth ae applied to any bush - settler, it is of °aurae only comparatively; hat Jenny wee concious to obtain a place with isettlere who enjoyed a small income indepencleab of their forest means. Her first speculation was a complete fail- ure. Far five long years she eerved a master from wain she never received is farthing of her atipulated wages. Still her attachment the family vvas so strong, and had become much the neceseity of her life, that the 'oor creature could not make up he. mind leave them. The children whorri she had ceived into her E.1111Ei at their birth, and honi she had indeed with maternal tender- eme, were as dear to her aa if they had beert ,,et own • she Continued to work foe them although'her defiles were worn to tatters, and her own facie& were too poor to re. plebe theta. Her muter, Captabe INT —, hand, sonic, dashing officer, who had served many yeare in India, etill maintained the carriage end asciaearanee of a gentleman, in spite of his mental and moral degredation arising from a constant state of intoxication; he still promised to remunerate at some future day her faithful services : and although all his neighbours wellknew that his means were exhaueMd, and that that day would never come, yet Jenny in the simplicity of her aith, still toiled on, in the hope that the better day he epoke of would soon arrive. And now a few words respecting this master, which I trust may serve as; a warn- ing to others. Allured by the bait that has been the ruin of so niany of his clam, the offer of a large gram; of laud, Captain N -- had. been induced to form a settlement in this remote and untried township; laying out muoh, if no all, .of his available miens in building a log house, and clearing a large - extent of barren and stony land. To this uninviting home he conveyed a beautiful young wife and a small and increasing family. The result may be easily anticipat- ed. The want of society—a dreadful want to a man of his previous habits—the total absence of all the comforts and decencies of life, produced inaction, apathy, and at last, despondency, which was only alleviated by is conetant and immoderate use of ardent spirits. As long as Captain N— re- tained his half -pay, he contrived to exist. In an evil hour he perred with this, and quickly trod the down -hill path to ruin. And here 1 would remark that it is always a rash and bane -demi step for any officer to part with his half -pay; although it is al- most every day done, and generally follow- ed by the same disastrous reaults. A certain income, however small, in is c suntry vhere money is so bard to be procured, and where labour cannot be attained but at a very high pecuniary remuneration, is invaluable to a gentleman unaccustomed to agricultural employment •, who, without this reserve to pay his people' during the briet but expen- sive seasoos ofseed.time and harvest, must either work himself or starve. I have known no instance in which such sale has been attended with ultimate advantage ; but alas 1 too many in which it has terminated in the most distressing destitution. Theee government grants of land, to half -pay offi- cers, having induced numbers of this class to emigrate to the backwooda of Canada, who are totally 'ten& for pioneers; but tempted by the offer of finding themselves landlords of what, on paper, appear to them fine estates, they resign a certainty, to waste their energies, and die half-starved and broken-hearted in the depths of the pitiless wilds. If is gentleman so situated would give up all idea of settling on his grant, but hire is good farm in a favourable situation—thet is, not too far from a market—and with his ha1f-pay hire efficient labourers, of which plenty are now to be had, to cultivate the land, with common prudence and economy, he would soon obtain a comfortable subsist- ence for his family. And if the males were brought up to share the burthen and heat of the day, the expense of hired labour, as it yearly diminished, would add to the general means and well-bemg of the whole, until the hired farm became the real property of the industrious tenants. But the love of ahow, the vain boast of appearing richer and better dressed than our neighbors, too often in- volves the emigrant's family in debt, from which they are seldom able to extricate ehemselves Without sacrificing the means which would have aeoured their independ- ence. This, although a long digression, will not, I hope, be without its use, and if this book is regarded not as a work of amusement but one of practical experience, written for the benefit of others, it will not fail to convey* some uaeful hints to those who have con- templated emigration to Canada; the best country in the world for the industrious and well -principled men, who comes really out to work and to better his condition by the labour of his hands; bub a gulf of ruin to the vain and idle, who onlyset foot upon these shores to accelerate their ruin. But to return to Captain was at this dirastrous period that Jenny entered his service. Had her master adapt- ed hiwhabits and expenditure to his altered circumstances, much misery. might have been spared, both to himself and his family. But he was a proud man—too proud to work, or to receive with kindness the offers of ser- vice tendered to him by his half -civilized, but well-meaning neighbours "Hang him 1" cried an indignant English settler (Captain N--- was an. Irishman), whose offer of drawing wood had been re- jected with unmerited contempt. "Wait a few years, and we shall see what his pride will do for him. I am sorry for his poor wife and children; but for himself, I have nity." ea man had been uselessly insulted, at the very moment when he was anxious to perform a hind and benevolent action; when like is true Englishman, his heart was soft- ened by witneesing the sufferings of is young, delicate female and her infant family. Deeply affronted by the captain's foolish conduct, he now took a malignant pleasure in watching his arrogant neigbbour's pro- gress to ruin. The year after the sale of his commiesion, Captain N-- found himself considerably in debt. "Never mind, Ella," he said to his anxious wife; "the crops will pay all." The crops were a failure that year. Cred- itor% pressed bard; the captain had no money to pay his workmen, and he would not work himeelf. Disgusted with his loca- tion, but unable to change it for a better • without friends in his own class (for he was a gentleman then resident in the new town- ship), to relieve the monotony of his exist. emus with their society, or to afford him advice and assistance in his difficul' tiee the fatal whiskey bottle became his refuge from gloomy thoughts. His wife, an amiable and devoted crea- ture, well-born'well-educated, and deserving of a better lot, did all in her power to wean him from the growing vice. But alas 1 the pleadings of an angel, in such circumstances, would have had little effect upon the mind of such a men. He loved her as well as he could love anything, and he fancied that he loved his children, vv,hile he was daily re- ducing them, by lite, favorite vice to beg- gary. noxious to his humbler neighbors, yielded at length to the inordinate craving for drink; the man who had held himself so high above his honest and industrious fellow - — hone I what hem not that amete of a man to answer for ? "'heard" continued Mrs. 5--9 "that they have tasted no food but potateee for oreaturete, could now, unblushingly enter the lase nine months, and sCaraely enough their cabins and beg for a drop of whiskey. of thorn to keep soul and body together; The feeling of shame once subdued, there was no end to his andaoioue ntencluoity. His whole time was spent in wandering about the country, calling upon every new settler, in the hope of being asked to partake of the coveted poison, He was even known to enter by the window of an migrantes during the absence of the owaer, and remain drinking in the house while a drop of spirits could be found in the cupboard. When driven forth by the angry owner of the hut, he wandered on to the dieted town of P-----, and lived there In a low tavern, while his wife and ohildren were starving at home. "He is the filthiest beast in the town - hip," said the afore -mentioned neighbour to me ; "It would be a good thing for his wife and children if his worthless neck were broken in one of his drunken sprees." This might be the melancholy fact, but it was none the less dreadful on that account. The husband of an affectionate wife—the father of a lovely family—and his death to be a matter of rejoicing a blessing, in- stead of being an affliction 1—an agony not to be thought upon withoat the deepest aro- row. It was at this melancholy period of her sad history, that Mrs. N.-- found, in Jenny Buchanan, is help in her hour of need. The heart of the faithtul creature bled for the misery which involved the wire of her degraded master and the children she ao dearly loved Their want and destitution called all the sympathies of her ardent na- ture into active operation; they were long indebted to her labor for every morsel ot food which they consumed. . For them she eocced, she planted, she reaped. Every block of wood whioh shed a cheering warmth atound their desolate home was cut from the forest by her own hands, and brought up is steep hill to the house on her back. For them, she coaxed the neighbors, with whom she was a general favourite, out of many a mess of eggs for their especial benefit;; while with her cheerful songs, and hearty, hopeful dieposition, she dispelled much of the cramping despair which chilled the heart of the unhappy mother in her deserted home. For several years did this great, poor wo- man keep the wolf from the door of her be- loved mistress, toiling for her with the strength and energy ot a man. When was man ever so devoted, so devoid of all selfish. nese, so attaohed to employers, yet, poorer than herself, as this uneducated Irish- woman? A period was at length put to her unre- quiten services. In a fit of intoxication her master beat her Beverly with the iron ram- rod of his gun, and turned her, with abusive language, from his doors. Oh, hard return for all her unpaid labours of love She for- gave this outrage for the sake of the help- less beings who depended upon her care. He repeated the injury, and the poor creature returned almost heart -broken to her former home. For awhile, he confine* hie excesses to his own fireside, but this w eo long a period teethe sale of a and land would supply him wit the mens of criminal indulgence. After a theme alletbese resources failed, and his large gran e Oreight hundred acres of land had been converted into whielrey, except the one hundred acres on vehicle his house mid barn stood, embrao- higthe small clearing from which the family derived their scanty supply et wheat and potatocie. For the sake of peace, his wife gave np all her ornaments and houeehold plate, and the best artiolce of a. once hand- some and ample wardrobe, in the hope of hiding her Femme frona the World, end lieepmg her litiebend at borne, The pride, that had rendered him so ob- that they have aold their last cow; and the poor young lady and het' second brother, a lad of only twelve years old, bring all the wood for the fire from the bueh on a hand. Maga." (TO )3E CONTINUED.) SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL, ' A ray of light travels 11,160,000 nines in is minute. Leominister, Mass„ is likely to have both eleotrio lights and an eleotrio railway. Robert Stevenson, of Glasgow, Scotland, claims the honor of an invention which will give ocean ships a speed of forty knots an hour. Stearn issuing from a pipe or hose under a preeeure of ninety pounds per steam gage Gravels at a velooity of about 1,900 feet per second. According to Prof. Thompson, with wires near the earth electricity travels with only about one-half the velocity that it does ou wires with a very high altitude. Thinking that his spite would subside in a few days, Jenny made a third effort to enter his house in her usual capacity; but Mrs. N— told her, with many tears, that her presence would only enrage her husband, who had threatened herself with the most cruel treatment if she allowed the faithful servant again to enter the house. Thus end- ed her five years' service to this ungrateful master. Such was her reward I I heard of Jenny's worth and kindness from the Englishman who had been grevions- ly affronted by Captain N—, and sent for her to come to me. She instantly accepted my oiler, and returned with my messenger. She had scarcely a garment to cover her, I was obliged to find her a suit of clothes be- fore I could set her to work. The smiles and dimples of my curly -headed, rosy little Donald, then a baby boy of fifteen months, consoled the old woman for her sep sration from Nellie N—; and the good -will with which all the children (n:w four in number) regarded the kind old body, soon endeared to her the new home which Providence had assigned to her. Her accounts of Mrs. N--, and her family, soon deeply interested me in her fate • and Jenny never went to visit her friend in Dummer without an interchange of good wishes paining between TM he year of the Canadien rebellion came, and brought with it sorrow into many a bush dwelling. Old Jenny and I were left alone with the little children, in the depths of the dark forest, to help ourselves m the best way we could. Mon could not be procured in that thinly -settled spot for love nor money, and I now fully realized the extent of Jenny's usefulness. Daily she yoked the oxen, and brought down from the bush fuel to maintain our fires, which she felled and chopped up with her own hands.—She fed the cattle, and kept MI things snug about the doors; not forgetting to load her mas- ter's two guns, "in case,' AS she said, "the ribels should attack us in our retrate." The months of November and December of 1838 had been unnaturally mild for this iron climate; but the opening of the ensuing January brought a short but severe spell of front and snow. We felt very lonely in our solitary dwelling, crouching round the blaz ing fire, that scarcely chased the cold from our mieemble log tenement, until this dreary period was suddenly cheered ky the unex- pected presence of my beloved friend, Emilia, who came to spend a week with mo in my forest home. She brought her own baby -boy with her, and an ample supply of buffalo robes, not forgetting a treat of baker's bread, and "sweeties" for the children. Oh, dear Emilia! best and kindest of women, though absent in your native land, long, long shall my heart cherish with affectionate gratitude all 'your vieits of love, and turn to you as to a sister, tried, and found most faithful, in the dark hour of adversity, and, amidst the almoetitotal neglect of those from whom nature claimed a tenderer and holier sym- pathy. Great was the joy of Jenny at this acces- sion to our family -party ; and after Mrs. 5 was well warmed and had partaken of tea—the only refreshment we could offer her—we oegan to talk over the news of the place. "By -the -by, Jenny," eald she, turning to the old servant, Who was undressing the little boy by the fire, "have you heard lately from poor 1VIrs. N— ? We have been told that he and the family are in is dreadful state of destitution. That worth - lose man hae left them for the States, and it in supposed that he has joined Mnokenzieei ban& of ruffians on Navy Island; but whether thie be true or false, he has demerit - ed hie wife and children, taking hie oldest son along With him (who might have feen of some service at home) and leaving them without money or food. ' " The good Lord I What will become of the erathurs ?" reeponded Jenny, wiping; her wrinkled cheek With the back of her hard, brown hand. "An' thiet they have not sowl to chop arid draw them firewood the Weather ett n egev Messrs. Moore and Lyon, two Danbury, Ct., engineers, have invented an emparatue by which all the cars of is train can be heat- ed by hot air direct from the locomotive. Southbridge, Mass, has the largeet specta- cle factory in the world, the products of the institution last year having been over 1,500;- 000 pairt gold -bowed spectacles and eye- glasses. Germany claims to have the fastest ar- mored cruiser in the world. It is the "Grief," of two thousand four hundred horse power. She attained a speed of twenty- three knots. The English are making use of electric lights in their operationa at Suakim. The value of electiic lights in warfare is becom- ing well recognized, and is emphasized by their employment in Africa. Aebestos clothing has been pub to We by the firemen in Paris and it proved to be a good protection against the heat. It is said thathhis kind of clothing will Boon be adopted by the firemen of London. The statment is made that aluminium has been successfully manufactured from Ken- tucky clay. A plant was erected at New- port capable of turntng out a ton a day at an approximate cost of $44. The price of aluminium is now $6 per pound. The report of Electrical Control of New York cits shows that 4,500 miles of tele- graph, telephone and electric light wires have been put under ground, but in spite of this there are to -day more overhead conduc- tors than there were a year ago. Experiments on the relative advantages of different covering materiel for steam - pipes, recently made at St. Denis, proved waste silk the most effectual of all non- conducting compositions; and it is stated that notwithstanding its high price this material is greately used. Acids in lubricating oils may be detected by analysis in a laboratory, or by putting the sample to be tested in a clear glass bettle with a copper wire running down through the cork, air tight; etand the whole in a sunny place for two or three weeks, and then, on removal, if verdigris or green rust appears, on the copper, an acid is in the oil. 'Rochester, New York, capitalists interest- ed in the proposed electrical suburban rail- way are meeting with considerable oppoei. don from the R.,W. & 0. railroad company, with which it will compete. The electric railway company has been granted the right of *ay over the entire route, excepting on the R., W. & 0. bridge, and it is expected that a commission will be appointed at an early day and condemnation proceedings begun. Mr. Gordon, mining inspector, who was d spetched by the British government to the Hiarmer Springs in New Zealand to report upon the effects of the recent earthquakes, states that he found fissures ranging from one to four inches in swampy ground at the extremity of is line extending twenty miles northwest from the Springs. He found rents in hard ground some two feet wide. He at- tributes the recent phenomena to chemical rather than volcanic action, owing to the vast quantity of eulphuretteel gas liberated in the disturbed locality. , TBLEGBAPIEIG nevi, A, fall errand ice Will be gathered on the Upper Hudson. he French Budget eetimates for 1890 allow an increase of $5,000,000. An epidemic has broken oub amongthe Indians at Oold Lake, N. W. T., The situation on the Afehen frontier limns to promiee a collision between the Russians aud the Ameer'a farces. Signor Costa, a Member of the Italian Ceamber of Deputies, is to be prieeeouted for making revolutionary speeches. ' The provision market in Change continues depressed, and is now very low. Pork is down to $11 20 and lard to 06 65. The Russian Government has granted a conoeseion for 81 year to a company pro- posing to join tee Bleck Sea and the Sea of Azotvi Is reported from Ottawa that the reply to the Ottawa Government's inviteetion to the Australian Governments is not very favor- able; is stated M.M. Istee, of California, has been offered and has accepted the Secretary- ship of the Interior in Gen. llarrieon's Cab- inet. In the House the Poatmaster-General stat- ed that the Depertment would increase the limit of weight for single -rate letters to an ounce. The Kingston City Council voted dome a motion to reduce the number of liquor lic- ensee, but adopted a petition to Parliament in favor of total Prohibition. Mr. Blaine argues very strongly that the States shoule purchase Cuba, and expresses hie belief that Canada will seine day fall like an apple into the Yank ee hand. e Yesterday Bishop Dowling, of Peterboro', received the Papal bull appointing him Bish- op of Hamilton, and promoting Dean O'Con. noreof Barrie, to the Peterboro' Bishopric. Music Ender Difficulty, "Hasn't that youngman gone yet, Clara?" impatiently asked the old man from up stairs. "If he doesn't start soon he'll find the parlor ceiling giving way." "He's going in a moment, pa, just as soon as I finish singing 'I'm Going to be Married, ha, ha, Mamma." "I don't hear any sineing," growled the old man. "No, papa, I'm singing it in a low soft tone for tear of rousing the dog." What They Objected To. Thereare somaplain-spoken people in the Eastern States, vide the following excerpt from the advertising columns of a Boston paper . Wanted—A really plain, but ex- perienced and efficient governess for three girls, eldest 16, Music, French, and German required. Brilliancy of conversation, fasci- nation of manner aud symmetry of form ob- jected to, as the father is much at home. and there are grown-up sons. Addrees MAT. ER, Post -office, Newburyport, Mass. Pat Got Left. An Irishman, traveling on one of the rail- roads the other day, got out of the cars for refreshments at is way station, and unfortun- ately the bell rang and the train was off be- fore he had finished his pie and coffee. " Hould on I" cried Pat, as he ran like mad alter the cars; " honld on, ye sputtering ouid stame ingine—ye've got a passenger aboord that is left." ...rld•••••••.•• Special Circumstances. After breaking the wiehbone :—She— "There, it's your& Now Wieh; but mind, you mustn't tell your wish or it will never come true." , He (tenderly) —"But may I not tell you ?° She—"Oh dear, no." He (patheticially)—"It can never come true unlet e I do tell you." She (shyly)—"Well, then, in ouch an ex- ceptional moo, perhaps you had better tell — , A Fatal Mistake. 7 i Ambitious Mamma—Ethel, didn't I see young Mr; Fergueon paying particular atten- tier, to you hat evening at the party? ' Ealiel—Yes, mamma; but I snubbed him effeo Y before the evening- War! over, NA tll ll Ma—Horror of hoer% I Are you °VIZ , ' _ Ethel—Not ab all, nieritins, Not this Winter, Hie father is art iee.packer. ' Mamma—o�, but he makes artificial qaughter fainte.) STATISTICS. New York City has reasone for boasting of her greatness, with is net debt of $91,000,000. The war of the rebellion cost the United States $6,189,929,900. The number of fed- eral troops was 2,859,132. The falls of Niagara carry down 10,000,000 cubic feet of water per minute, equal to about 3,000,000 horse -power. According to the English official crop esti- mate for 1888, just out, the wheat yiela is 4,- 000,000 bushels less than last year. Since January 1, 1888, the receipte of do- mestic potatoes at New York have reaohed 317,463 barrels, against 345,147 barrels same period in 1887. July 1 to date the exports aggregate over 47,00,0000 bushels of wheat and flour, as ccmpered with nearly 68,000,000 bushels in the same period last year. The States exported 11,051,011 pounds of clover seed in September and October last against 1,967,684 pounda in the same time in 1887. Exports of timothy seed in the two periods were relatively 1,633,347 pounds and 331,814 pounds. According to Gaskell's Atlas, Moline Her- cules, in New Guinea, is the higihest menu- tain in the world. Its height s given as 32,768 feet. The same authority gives Mount Everest 29,002 feet, so that) Mount Hercules leads the world as the highest mountain by 3,766 feet. According to the recently issued annual report of the Salvation Army greater advanc- es were made during the past year than ever before. The number of corps increased from 2,267 to 2 587, the number of outposts from 553 to 653, and the number of officers from 5,687 to 7,107. As many as 885 cad- ets pained through the Training Home. At the shelter for the destitute poor opened in the early part of the year 2,350 beds were pro- vided, while 250,000 meals at is penny each were supplied o adults, and 220,000 at a farthing and a halfpenny to children. In the United Kingdom the army uae 1,575 buildings, with sitting accommodation for 700,500 persona. The rent roll of these buildings is upwards of £100,000 per annum. Upwards of 2,000,000 meetinge were held and 3,000,000 houses were visited. Nearly 'thirteen and a half millions of the War Cry five and a half millions of the Little Soldier, and over half a million of All the World were sold in the United Kingdom. A Lyrio of London. THE 20BIC 1{PTG'S DAUGHTER, AN)) TEM' no, PEOUNIMIS DIIKE4 Euphrates Titus 13Iazer, U. 5, A., refliboted "1 g.uese I've cornered—wal, successfully) in pork; And my financial status ie, you& bet, re- spected In circles slicing slightly bigger than New' York." And then he called his daughter to him,, just remarking, "Look here my gal, as you will have En pretty Ike, And no doubt air prospecting matrimonial larking, We'll cross the pond and go is regular blest in etyle, For dollars can site anything across that water. 'So, though, there's catches 1.4re that might be fixed up, fit, A British nob's the lead for E. T. Blazer's daughter — For, darn them and their title—they are' real grit." Thereon they crossed the pond, and foundi themselves located In princely ciromnstanoes at the Metro- pole, And E. T. Blazer was delighted and elate& To find how much on this side dollars, could control. His every word was listened to as weighty By all who sought his pleasant company - to gain, He drenohed his friends in Pommery and Greno, eighty; Each new acquaintancewas cemented with champagne. He paid his way. He purchaeed friends by score& Was caught up, Asked out, invited, toadied, fawned, on everywhere. He spent his dollars freely, and at knelt he - bought up The entree to le ducal paha° in May- fair. The Pope has lately examined the am counts of his income and expenditure dur- ing the yeaa 1888. The following are the principal' figures :—From St. Peter's Pence he received £300,000; from interest of capi- tal invested abroad, £100,000; from alms and other sources, £20,000; to which must be added about £80,600 received during the jubilee. The ordinary a.nd extraordinary expenses of the Vieticen during the year have been as follows :—Alms given in Rome, £4,000; alms given abroad, £4,000; alma given in Italy, £4,000; ordinary euesid. iesin Rome, £20,000; ordinary subsid- ies in Italy, £3,200; ordinary subsid- ies to the Church generally, £6,000; ordinary anbeidies to poor priests, £60,000; sums for the propaganda, £20,- 000; sums for the missions, £40,000; administrative expense, £40,000; mainten- ance of apostolic palaces, £20,000; expenses of public monuments, ,£10,00ea pay of the Cardinals, £80,000; maintenance of semin- aries'£90,000; diverse expenses, £100,000. The total expenditure is £339,200, which leaves a surplue of not much less than a quarter of is million sterling.—[LondonDaily News. It was his Grace of Beeinghell's well.known town MEUIEll011, Where things, had formerly been done in royal state, But where to -day, his income showing no expansion, The dinners, wines, appointments, all were quite third rate : In faot it ordly owner simply was restricted In showing hospitality through lack of means, For all histenants paid no rent, and un - evicted Had thus to wrack and ruin brought his wide demesnes. His troubles to conceal his Grace made no profession. At Basinghall closed shutters faced an unkempt lawn ; At Mayfair he allowed is man Wasik pm session, Ana all the famed ancestral jewels were in pawn. Norw His last few thousands hecseh s hadrtt : h And,ammadly ieds y m Invested in is specious beef and hacon- na speculationa had turned oat bub a His Grace at last himself knew n which way to turn. Then E. T. Blazer saw his chance; ap- proached quite hearty, And said, "Wal, Mister Dook, you bet, I'll make your game : It's flat that you're a blazin' impecunioue, party, And so, I guess, I'm fits on purchasing your name. That means my daughter must be fixed up as your Duchess. I dessay that your price will be a tidy one, And so I've drawn this check that seven figures touches. That equeire you! eh ?" The Duke re - fleeted, then saidoc!I._° So at Mayfair no more a man vrea---in -pen, sennwgsine0rin 0; No lothe ancestral eewels were p The Duke, he went ib e lived well up to his ,profeesion, And Basinghall again looked on its well kept lawn. And at his wedding all Society delighted. Rejoiced exceedingly, and hailed the wel- come fluke That saw, with sound commercial instinct, thus united, The Pork King's Daughter, and the Im- pecunious Duke, --Runeh De Lesseps' Pitiable Collapse., PARIS, Feb. 16.—M. de Leeseps is ill. Hitherto he has defied is year& but old 'age has suddenly Men upon him with the col- lapse of the Panama Canal scheme. His daily levees have ceased and the family will not allow visitors to refer to the Benams. Canal. It is reported that he is going to end his days at his villa. at Ismaila. On the Bourse yes- terday Panama Canal shames closed nominal-, ly 56. There were no buyers. The last hopes of the supporters of the undertaking rest upon the Credit Foncier scheme to create a company after hearing the report of the works and the capital neceasarv to com- plete the canal. At any rate the active career of M. de Lemacipe i over. If a new company is ever formed M. Christophe, the Governor of the Credit Fonoier, will be pre- sident. , Oliver Wendellmad his Books , Dr. Oliver Wendell Holiness in presenting hie medical library to the Boston Medical Library Association, has par ted with a col- lection which has taken a lifetime to gather. The oldeat book in the Series was written in 1490 and the latest in 1887. Says Dr,Hohnes "Theo books are dear to me ; & twig from some of my nervee runs to every one of them, and they mark the progress of my study and the stepping -stones of my profes- elonal life. It any of them can be to others as they have been to me I am willing to part with them, even fie they are 13116 old and be- loved companions." A Sias Now and Then. Yon may bring me the choicest of fruits and of flowers, The daintiest morsels that money can buy, To cheer me and comfort me in the darkeed of hours, When under the shadows of sickness I lie ; The couch may be soft, and the noides around me Subdued, so I hear not a single foot -fall, And though grateful for this, yet I cannot help thinking That a kiss now and then would be better than all. A kiss now and then How it lightens our labors_ It brightens our homes, and it sweetens the crust; And when from the lips of is loved one 'tis given, It adds to our joy, and increases our trust. The children demand it with innocent coax- inge, And who will deny thee our great, bearded men Are better prepared for the conflicts they're It sof tewnsegtihneg If somheatt of the verieet miser( tehbeondy gives them a kiss, now and 'Tis ample reward for much trouble and ' And nonearo4ar;e the poorer—nay, rather the For nOV413hr— anedthen giving a kiss or caress. These delicate tokens of love and affection We may in our folly pretend to despise Bub whteentihoenrse's neglect of these able at* nt What hearnaches and heart -breaks, and burnings arise 1 Rich fruits and bright &Wets niay please for a moment, But, oh, they've no power to help or to heal Like the lingering touch that so fondlY and truly Expresses the tender emotion you feel. Though the table may groan 'math the Weight of lite viands, And money be plenty, the heart may not thrive, And there'' many, oh, meaty a lately ono sighing Vor a kiss now and then, jtiet to keep theta alive. ,