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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1889-2-28, Page 2THE EXETER TIKES. A Russia iVolf Mint Publisao4 everY ThilreijaY Vera 110M TIMES STEAM PRINTING NOUSE litaiti-Street,nearly opposite Vitten's Jewelery atoretlizeter,ilut„ by Jo ha W1xive 44' .Sone,Pro- orietere. PATES OF. ADYDIrrESZNO. VITO i8881:4011tPDX ;r ••" aeu 6°' illacla sob cum, t insertion :pe"r"Line cents, To fasere insertion, 84Vertiesmouts should be eeet tri ao t la ter thee Arodueeday aieraing • OuJO INTIDit.PAATI$14NT is ono f tb,e largest and best equipped in the County f Elwell, All work entrusted to us will reookr ur prompt attention, ne io ne Reg°. edin NoVe S- jeannene. 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An Indian overtaken nv a Train and in- stantey OnumA, FEB. 21 -About four o'clock on Snaday morning as the Pecifio exprese near-, ed Longford, about eight miles north of this place, the engineer observed a man lying on the track and immediately reversed his en- gine, bat too late to prevent the train pass- ing over. bim. On the train hands going back they found that it WAS the body of an Indian named Thoma Jordan, who 'had worked for Mr. A. McPherson at Longford. Be had been over in Orillia all day and ;skirted bo walk home by the track late at nighe He was the worse of liquor and, it ie suppoeed, had fallen' into the culvert where he lay, and gone to sleep. •The engine striking him tore the upper portion of his .head off, mashed hie hand which lay •%atoms the track to a pulp, and horribly mutilated the body, dragging it some tance and atrewing pieces along the track. The train men gathered tbe remains up and took than to Gravenharat, where an inquest was held. They were returnecl to Longford on the eight oettook train this morning and taken charge of by the /Lama radians, who interred tbem in the' ludiesn cemetery, ,Tor. dem was about 30 years of age and came from New 13tnnswick about two years ago. A Snub for Bismareln Renuat, Feb. 21, 1889. -The Czar, Czar. ina and Ozarewitch attended a reception given by Sir R. D. Monier, BritisitAmbassa• dor at St. Petersburg, on Tuesday. In view of the qaarrel between Flit Robert and Prince Biamarok muck comment has been meted by thia ae the attendance of the three members of the Insperial family at the recep- tion will he a mark of unusual pa bronage. A Qnser Story, , A queer story is told of Radcliff Dobson, a Pennsylvania oil millionaire. Dobson went to Bs den-Bulen, where he drank heavily and lost large eume of money gambling. Elia wife heard of it and followed him. She out off • her hair, dressed like a man, and gambled • with her husband until she won Ins entire fortune. Then she revealed herself. Dobeon • was overjoyed, and gave up all his bad habits, hut two months Mir he blew out his brains in a public park. The &Malan _Empress Recovering. • The Empress of Ruda is gradually re,. covering from the shook to her mind aod . nerves caused by the Borkt diameter. She begins to go to halls and appear in publics, widen the had not done sloth the day she so tiarrowly escaped beigg killed. A letter ,from St. Petereburg earl on good authority that the p/ yak:tans, who at first took a des- pairing eiew of her mese, are now confident that /the will recover. Von Bulow's Sharp Way, Here ie one of the latest stories of ths greet von Bulove. He was walking one day In Berlin wben he met a man with whom he • had formerly been on 'somewhat intimate terma but whose acquaintancehe was desir- ous of aropping. The quondam friend at once accosted him. "Row do you do, von •Daiwa 1 delighted to see you I Now bet that yon dm:ammo:ober toy ame?" You've won that bet," replied von Billow, and turning on his heel he walked off in the op- . ,poeite direction. Be thin nowthea During the winter of 82, busineo com" Pliotktioas made it nage:Mary ior me to teke a journey into e wild and remote part of ktueeie, The Ilene@ wiph Whiolt 1 wee con neettd. had had some Very tuttleadadory ,deelinge with one of its branchefis and thinge had gone to suoh a pasta that te visit froth a member of the main establishment had become imperative, It was lete in January when I bad to make my stern and the weather had been unuanalty oold. I could travel 750 ninth oat of ray journey of 1,000 by ail;ebut the •beim:toe of ehe trip would have to be made by Blodgett, not a very rapid or convenient mode of trearportation, though it has the advantage of enabling the traveler to regu. late hie Vilna th he feels disposed. Beum extremely fond of field sperm, and know. ing that the section of country I was going to visit would, in all probability, canteen Plenty of gem, I carried my Coles breech - loading shotgun and a fine Wirieheeter re - ?eating rifle, with a good atore of ammuni- tion for both. ' Well, I arrived at the end of my railroad journey without any emoident or incident other than the register daily skirmithea for meals and hot tee at the not °verde= sta- tions. We were fortuume in having a dear line, no snow having fallen for over a week -rather a remarkable cirournetance in Ruseia-so we were not compelled to dig out any snowbanks, though this form of amusement is by no means unusual, The morning after my arrival at Udalle 1 sent to make arrangements fer a eledge at the poet ing-station. This was soon done, and in an hour 1 svas clear of the town and fairly start. ed an the second half of my long jouruey. • In Russia the sledges are generally roofed over -especially those used for tray- eling.-sotnewhat after the fashion of our buggies, and are very low, so that, pro- vided there areplenty of rugs and furs, one Jan reeks a trip comfortably enough, and even sleep at hie pleasure. The picture in the mind of travel of this description i8 of three horses abreast, gayly dashing along in Sae style; but in my 080 the actual facts were very different. Before we had gone two -versts from Udalla, the road became very bad, for the snow was deep on each side of the track, and though the track itself was broken, the snow was in greab lumps. Over there the sledge thumped and banged, while the horses stumbled and floundered along aa beat they could. The driver, meanwhile, consoled himself by alternately clueing the horses, the road, and his bad luck at having to come out, with an oucasional voggi as me for a crazy Englishman who wanted to kill something so badly that he had co go hunt - bog in the dead of winter ;, my language and impedimenta giving rise to various isn- birthed rumors, while every one speaking English is put down as an Englielimiin by the peasantry in this part of Russia. We reached the post-stattos, at the end of cur first day's, travel, long after night- fall. After a hot supper, I conthined my journey all night, taking a number of naps, but no regular sleep, because, at soon as I began to does, I would tangle° my ribs to be a corduroy road, and my vertebrie a troop of army mules crossing it and kicking off ilia.' 'However. I managed to get along tolerably well, all thinge considered, and had the satiefaotion of knowing that my unfortunate driver was having considerably the wothe time of the two. Daring the fourth day's journey, while we were passing through a vary extensive for- ams, several wolves came out into the road and followed as a mile or more, butt at quite e. respectful distance. Tatar number W.1.8 too small to cause me any uneasiness, though my driver did not at alt like their presence, and. the horses betrayed their alarm by their evident desire to hurry along. One large Meek fellow tried to get up some ex- citement, and howled most; dismally, so I made my driver atop, while f got out my heavy Smith St Wesaon revolver. Taking a rest over my left elbow, I let fly at his shoulder as he stood etheways to me, and had the satisfaction of seeing him stumble forward, and take to the timber again with hie friends at his heels. My driver told me theta sledge bad been attacked 1.1 wolves on this very road a couple of symters be- fore, and both horses and 'inissengers eaten up, but that the wolves had • been rather SOSTO8 sine.e. I had heard much about wolf -hunting as practised by the Russians of the Steppes, viz., driving a sledge through the woods and over the plains with a piece of meat drag- ging behind to attract: the wolves, thus giving the hunters in the sledge an oppor- tunity to hill them. I had promised my- self to try this plan and have some sport in spite of the fent that my driver told some blood -curdling tales of the fierceness of the wolves when banded together and made desperate by hurter. It was nearly night on the fifth day, be- fore I arrived at my destination, and, a may be imagined, I enjoyed a good night's sleep, as well as a muoh better slipper than I had been having. The following morning I had to attend to the businees that had brought me so far. I soon discovered that only vrompb action would save 118 heavy losees, so 1 at once dis- charged the local manager, as well as two collectors, whose honesty I had cause to suepciet. This threw much work on my hands, so I had very little time at ray own diapthal. However, I managed to make the acquaintance of a Captain Komanoff, who o wned a small estate in the neighborhood, and vrho was devoted to sport in all its branches. When I mentioned my desirefor a wolf hunt to him, he laughed and said he had been on several, and had generally had good verb. Ile added that he would ar- range to go with me whenever I should be ready. In the course of ten days I had the rather omplioated again pretty well in hand, and there had been a datnp fall of snow, id - owed by a frost,. I concluded I ttould spare ime for my hunt. Accordingly, I notified koznanoff, and one clear, main night we on. ered an open sledge'that Without any top, and with three good horses harnessed breast, set out. I carried my ihotgatt, with a bounteous upply of cartridges loaded with small buck - hot, thinking it a better weapon than a rifle o use at night, while Korneasoff had an tarty carbine, carrying a large-sized ball, ith whioh, he told MO, lee had killed many bear and wolf. Each of um was also arrne d with a revolver and heavy hunting knife. be driver Whom we had engaged for the Ight had a Couple of nietole and a knife in Is belt, and as he was a pinoky fellow and la hunted (or been hunted by) Waived be - ore, we were pretty well prepared for any. hing. Ivan (the drive) torile care that we also had a tiMall basket of lunoh and a tittle of brandy, so We wine, quite in the timer to make A night of it. The snow was Well melded over, and daily bore our l'orthe, that making a hard, evoi seethe to travel weer, elm reducing he thatithe of a capeize, Which, if elle woke urtivenit might give the Rare a very differ. - Cate iii Egypt. a 1 Eeipt ladies need to carry their dews- t -tion. for their feline pets as far as to go into • mouthing for them when they died. And t bove do you think they went into mourning Why, by shaving off their eyebrowe Favor- a itie eats tised to be embalmed, too, and I know of no quainter or more grotoequis objecita than e the mummified eats which may be seen settle 8 Btbtish Mustiem. Even tiow eats are held 1, t in high esteem in Egypt, and in at teed cum 01 the Kliedivent palaces at Cent° there is a w free ration dittributed every day to any oats 'a AMmhy cafe to Apply. e IlleieVit Mistake. "Veil," said Mr. Initaccitein to hie clerk h isat he took off his emit, 4° heW vies peczniss f 'vile 1 volt end?" "X sold a two.dollar piefol,° replied the clerk. • "Deis vas goot, cleoob-goot." h 114" De attention= wanted it to blow his hie brains arid," tioletizined Jacob. e "Oh !" Wad reethstein, dubioteely, I "dot vie had, Very bed. He *Multi inif paid b five ent eliding from that intended, • When web out frene the village and near the edge of the eimber, the bait (in thie thee a quaeter of oaf t well rubbed with thefeetida end bound With Straw) was thrown over and allowed to drag at the end of a Stoat eord about forty feet behind us. It was certainly a grand night, the moon neing at tie fall, an the refleetien en the show made objects almost COS elearly die- oernible as in the daytime, Foe np on the northern horizon the Aurora Borealis alter- nately fleshed and paled, now throwing up bars and raysof violet and gold,. and again diffesIng itself over the heavens 1u a soft' bat ever-ohangeful glow. • We had been riding slowly along for a couple of bours, when Koma.noff remarked t "1 am afraid we shall have our trip for nothing; thii wolves don't them to be about to -night, and yet date wood is a feanous place to look for them." Don't be 'enemy, Captain," mild Ivan; " I am going to make a °mole and OMB our track again, and I think you will have some shooting yet." The worde were hardly spoken before we heard, far off to our right, the long -drawn, sepulchral howl of a wolf. He had evident- ly struck our trail, and the Teel amelled good, so he wee yelling for hits Intends, The team was at onoe stopped, while we 'listened and heard several more bowie in response. The horses heard them too, and at once showed their fear by an attempts to get away, but Ivan had thorn web under control, and ouly permitted them to walk, not wish. bag to blow them before the beta began to gather. "1 see a woff," said lioneanoff ; look away beck there on our traok, right under the moon. Ala I and there are several more; I think they will come along now," Looking back, I saw several blaok objects coming out of the timber, which we knew to be wolves, and the way they increased in size showed they were tollowing ua at fall speed. Every now and then several more would dart out of the woods and join our pursuers; but not a sound waa heard, for wolves, unlike dogs, run mute, We now prepared to receive them, and we removed our heavy outer coats so as to allow us a better chance to shoot. The gavial) were al- lowed to trot, though it was all Ivan eguld do to hold them, as they were pulling the aledge by their bite, whilst they alloyed by their rolling eyes and cettioltbaokwardglanoes, their extreme terror. Our friends in the rear now numbered fully twenty, and to my surmise they owe rushing boldly on, as though we were no more to be feared than some timid deer which they had cornered. When they had come within thirty 3 earls gave the foremost my right barrel and bl- atantly followed it with my left among the pack. I saw the leader's tail go up as he plunged forward on his head, and Komanoff exclaimed that two more had dropped to my second shot. I fully expected that the rest would scatter in all directions, bat they did nothing of the kind; they simply fell upon their defunct oompanionaiand tore them to pieces almost before theethad done kicking, and then immediately resumed their pursuit of us. When Komanoff saw this ha looked rath- er grave, and told Ivan it wonlcl be well to head for home. "Por," said he, "when they eat each other in that manner, it's a sign that they %ea staryinee-and „should a large path gather, we would have a poor chance of eacape." Accordingly, Ivan let hie team go along at an easy gallop. The wolves were again coming along in hot pursuit, and, were al- most in range, when Ivan uttered a shout, and the horses made a sudden swerve, so that the sledge waa neaely upset. Koraanoff and I were thrown in a heap in the bottom, his gun being dlatharged by his fall, fortun- ately without doing any damage, Quickly recovering ourselves, we saw that a fresh and large pack of wolves had come out of the woods, and had nearly elm into us, caus- ing the team to bolt at full speed. I fired right and left into the thick of them (they were only a few yards away), while Roman - off began to empty his revolver. This fusillade oheeked them for a few moments, till our original peck had thine up and joined them. Then, having devoured the slain, they came for no again with re- doubled vigor, their appetites having evi- dently been sharpened by the taste of blood. As they dosed upon 1111 we fired'as rapidly as we could load, bub without alarming them at all, only a few stopping to bury the dead (in their stomachs), while the main body tried to come up with our horses and sledge. Komanoff now oat our hait loose, for we had had all the fun we wanted. As the wave of wolves, as one might say, rolled up over it, we fired into the thick of it, and, as they were in a death man, must have done eonsilerable execution. But they were only delayed a moment, end on they mime again, their long, tireless gallop soon bringing them up with us. It Wa8 indeed a fearful sight, and enough to shake the stoutest nerves. There was that vast pursuing horde, °nay with him - ger and Wild with lust of blood, clashing after ue relentless as death. Their long black bodins swept over the snow, the hind - moat constantly leaping over the foremost in their eagerness to press on, their eyes a. shine with great flecks of foam on breasts and sides, while the ?glimpses we caught of their long white teeth showed us just what our fate would be should there be an scot - dent to team or vehicle. Komanoff turned to me and said "If they ever peas us and leap on the horties we are' dead men. Keep 000l and shoot only time that try to plies on your side mid I will do the same on mine." So we dashed on for A mile or id; lieeping up a rapid fire, and shooting' a number of our dusky friends. They were thoroughly in earnest, and made repeated attempts to get at our horses, but so far we had been able to foil thero, when suddenly a big gray fellow dashed past on Komanoff's side (who missed him), and thing hinvielf on the out- side horee. Ivan shot at him se he did /30, but the horse swerved and Stumbled, break- ing both traces before he could recover him- self, The wolf fell as the ball etruck him, but our teeth was now alerted unmanage- able, and we were liable to be upset at any moment. Portutettely Ivan kept; hie head, atta eueeseded in turning his hotaes thwards a deserted charcoal -bather's hut, %ilia he knew, and applied his whip lustily, to we dashed forward with renewed elseed. "1 know where he is going," said Ko manoff, "but out chance is small unless the doot be open; but les our ouly hope now, therefore be ready to jump the inatant I do. Tithe nou the Arita, while I help Ivan with the horsed," A theft dittattee farther and we Flighted the cabin. The door was ajar, and as we palled up / Warbled out the guns, robes and luneh.basket, and with it rethiver in 08,011 hand faced our pursuere. Our sudden stop and the tared Ora& of iny pistele flew:tied to confuse the pack, and choked them long enough to enable my eerupations to out the horses tooth. They indent* &rhea off through the foreet, it portion of our hungry assailants after them irt hot pursuit, whilat we reit itati the hieuth and barred the door i the fece 01 those that remained. la 0 few seconds there Wite it nerfeet Omni of Wolves round. us, some Of them frentioelly digging at the wane, and others tryiug the door wtth theit teeth" Fortunately it wail stout One or thie etory would :sever beve been written. After reeting tittle, we found a °husk or two in the Walla through whiele We Qelild hoot, and agein opthed ..qee, After we had knooked over some twenty five or thirty of them, the eurvivore drew off, though they flail continued to prowl round and fight over the beim of the dead, for all we shot were instantly devoured by their companion* Meanwhile we had oontrived to etart a diet;, and having eaten our heath we lit oar pipes and welted for day to break', thinking then our savage foes would raiee the Beige. In this hope we were not clieappoiated, for as the morning light became clear the wolves sneaked off one by ops, casting, however, many wistful gletesei th our direction. We gave them a few parting shots by way of farevvell, and as soon as the aun was feirly up we thine out of our house of refuge and started on our eveenile tramp for home. We had nob prooeeded far, however, be- fore we met a well -armed company of Men coming to look for as, as one of the horses had reached home and they judged from his condition, as well as the out hathesa, that we were in as ocrape of eame kind. We ate rived home Bafely, and after it good sleep were none the worse for our adventure. The °that' two horses, however, never turnea u.p, but ther bones were found in the foreab idtuleosBwbf:o.lhlesiagspewrethepring oor6nuefarimt aie11%8 mbeen hut,nhpune a This experience cured me of all tiepin for wolf hunting, and theugh I spent several menthe at the post, and bac plenty of sport, I never cared to eee a wolf again. A OANADIAN RIFLE. Important Terento Invention th lifillitary niuns. The problem which the British War °fame has for some time been abteingbing to solve, that of how to make the gun that will best snit the exigencies of military warfare, seems to be likely to fiad an im- portant step towarbs its solution in thie city; and if the new Cooper-Oisahmorerii3.e a sample of which Mr. W. Cooper, of Bey street, submitbed to a jury of pressmen and othera yesterday, is as good bit actual pram the as it appears to be by inspection and handling, it is among the few beat military 81148 which the inechanioisl ingenuity of the gun -making centrea have yet produced. Since the battle of Sadowa was deoided by the Prussian needle -gun, the weapons of all the armies of the world have undergone two or three revolutions, and as the old "Brown Bess" was,pushed out by tne Enfield rifle, so sucoessive arma have come to the front, and have entirely superseded their. predecessors. The barrel and magazine of the newrifie are made of one piece of steel, and are strong enough to resiet any amount of banging about. There would be no danger of the barrel bending in a bayonet charge. It may be said; by the way, that a sliding bayonet it attaehed eo the rifle, whittle is slid up and looked is position with great readiness. The calibre of the rifle is 32, and the cart- ridge, whioh is of spaded pattern and con- stamobion, is of more than ordinary length, while the operations of loading and firing are psrforined by a simple levet-action simi- lar to that of the Meirthenlienry, bub vrith the advantage of a much shorter, stroke. Bue the principal feature of the new rifle lies in its loading meohanisra. This is so arranged that the solid breeoh.block, which takes up the recoils of the exploaive, is iso lated from the loading and firing median. ism, while the breech is so strongly built that it will stand the strain of the most powerful explosive. Another feature of the Cooper -Cashmere rifle is the impervionsneee of its working parts to water or dust. Ib can be instantly changed from a single - shooter to A repeater and vice vergo. Taken as a whole, the new Canadian rifle promises to be a very important addition to eontem- poremy arras. Two Queer Fitots. The economical reform in the Queen's household, to which it is said the+ Prince of Wake has been decidedly oppoaed, Wive re- vealed is couple of queer faiths. The custom has been to present Epiphany offerings of "gold, frankincense, and myrrh:: ottliehelf of the sovereign at the eller of the Chapel Royal of Si. Jamas Palace. The offering wae supposed to omelet of fifty sovereigns, until Prince Albert, who had a keen scent for abuses, once went to the vestry before the eervices and opened the box, where he found ten shillings only. It was explained that an old habitgm the rest of the money to oar - vain officials as perquisites. Another peer menu appropriated at the beginning of eaoh yeat fifty-two bottles of royal Madeira, whereby the officiating clergy at St. James's were supposed to regale themselves ettoh Sun- day after morning service. Yet none of the clergy had ever seen a drop of it. A Word To Little Girls. Who is lovely? It is the little girl who drops sweet worth, kind remarks, and pleas- ant smiles, as she passes along; who has a kind word of gympethy for every girl or boy elle meets in tremble, and a kind hand to help her companions out of difficulty; who never molds, never contends, never teases her mother, nor woke in any way to diminish, but always to increase her happiness. Would it not plethe you to pick up a string of petals, drops of gold, diamonds, or precious Moues, as you pass along the street? But these are the _pre- cious stones that can never be lost. Take the hand of the friendless. Smile OD the sad and dejected. Sympathize with those in trouble. Strive everywhere to diffuse around you sunshine and joy. If you do tide you will be sire to he loved. What Art OWeil to Oorameree. The "Pali Mall Gazette" direete atten- Van to the fact thab many of the most liberal patrons' of modern British art hive belonged to the commercial oltsee. It says :-" Mr, Vernon who hes 'spent Z150,000 on English picturea, and whole collection iS one of the glories of the National Gallery Wats is horse dealer. Mr. Seeepahmaks, whose picturee Were the making of the South Kensington Gallery, wee it partner in a Cloth imathetse ab Leeds. Mr. Horrocks Miller's piotute's ware bought out of the proceeds long cloth.' Mr. Jacob Bell, who watt the donor of Many of the becrieknown 'Engltah pictures irk the National Gallerete was is eheMiet. So far as art goes, cultute ' would have been ht a very had way if it bed not been for the ' Philistinee."" 6' Are you tile superintendent of tido tain way " Yes sir, why ?" "I want tt pose." 41 Are you employed by tide road ?" " Yes, stir." "In What esspadityl" " a mem- bur of the Nebraska Legidattire.'" • gaal),Vian ROIJA MBABO 4Q, TRE OON00 OANNIBAL% A DestNOPTIen elTieelreinatems and "labile nits none rotund is 1fee1' Afterwards mid NOW the Murderer le la 4PRatedr. Four yeare ago Cornelius Sink, an old soldier, living at Plymouth, 14a. drew Ponfil64 amounting to oyer $1.300! Abeue is week af eerward Sink mysteriously clamp. Feared and clid not tonere, A year Atter. Ward his hotly woe disoovered 300 feet down in the abandoned Grand Tuneel Mines neer Avoidale, three maws from Plymouth. •Though the body was minas decomposed it ,was clearly icleatifiecl, and it was oilcloth; ;beyond doubt that he had been murdered end robbed of ell hie pension Motley, for thea was miesed itt hie boarding house at the same time he left. At the time Sink distill - peered. there lived ab Avondele one Jeole Bracken, a deaperate character, and his smitten disappearance trent thAt aeighbort hood, at that time was eufficient to mates many persons tlaink tnet tee oki seldier's diaappearcince was due to Briteken. After the body was found the town Burgeae of- fered a reward for the arrest et Braokea, and clout his deecription tonll the oitiee and towns in the country. Recently a telegram was received announcing the arrest of Brack- en in e. Colorado mining town, and that he had confessed to the murder of the old 401. titer. She WouRn t be Beaten. A brace of " anxious o 00 revere, 'a ut e each other's shadow ere the subetamtiel fad. tel, stepped into a photograph oar on the line of the New Haven Road one day last week to sit for their 66 piobures." The lady gave precedence to her swain, who, said she, " had got to be tuck that and real natural." He brushed up his tow heed of hair, gave a twist or two to his handkerchief, arcked his girl if his third collar looked about right, and planted himself in the operator's their, where he aaaumed the physiognomical char- in:teddies of a poor mortal ina dentist's' hands and about to part with one of hie eye. teeth. "Now, dew look piney I" begged the lady, canting et him cite of hermose languich- ing glances. The pioture was taken, and when product. ed it reminded the girl, AS she expressed ie " jut how Josh looked when he got over the measle a r spa As this was not an era in her suitor's history particularly worthy of her commemoration she inaisted that he should sib again. He obeyed and she attend- ed him to the chair. The poor fellow tried to follow the inde- finite Injunction. "La 1" she said, "why you look,all pude- ered up 1" One direction followed another, hut with as little autumn. At last growing impatient and. becoming desperate, she resolveci to try au expedient which she considered in' • fallible and exclaimed': "1 Lint keer if there is"folks around I" She enjoined the operator to stand at his camera ; she -then sat in herfelleles lap, place ine her arms around his neck, managed to cast a shower of flexen ringlets as a sereen between the operator and her proceedings, which, however, were betrayed bra 8110098, atou of amorous sounds which revealed her expedient. • When this " billing and cooing" had last- ed a few minutes the cunning gal jumped from josh's lap, and clapping her hands, cried to the astonished artist : "Now you have got him! Put him through 1" Shorthorns for Profit. Mr. J. W. Wise, of Stephenson County, writes b2 relation to Shorthorns as fol - bows: Where is the breed that makes beef like the Shorthorn, gives milk rich in cream, that will keep on moderate rations, with- stand the winter's cold, and yet Is so gentle in disposition, and that in traveling to the shows performs its mission so perfectly ? Every breeder should do all he can to en- courage the fairs and shows" for by so doing he helps the business in which he is engaged. Strike the fairs and the agricultural papers out of existence, and we would have it blank that could never be filled. So, breeders should rally together at the faith and do the work which falls to them well, Tf you are alt effieer in an aseociation, or a superin- tendent of a department, or an exhibitor, or a man -of -all -work, do your work thoroughly, conscientiously. We should not be engaged bit stock-raiaing for tlae money alone, bat becanee we like lb. We should feel proud to be known as encouraging the raising of a better class of stock, and as assisting in the work of introducing improved breeds among the farmers and atock raisers. I have noticed that whenever farmers give the thoroughbred a fair trial, they are as enthusiastic in tlae matter as anyone ' • for they learn of their value in the way ofim- proving their stook. The value of a good Shorthorn bull, properlymanaged, can hard- ly be eatimated.-(Praires Farmer. Care of the Byes. A doctor gives the following rules to be observed in the care of the eyes for school work: -1. A oomfortable temperature, and especially let the feet be warm and dry. 2. Good ventilation. 3. Clothing at the neck loose; the same as regards the rest of the body. 4 Posture erect ; never read lying down or stoopinte S. Littlestudy before break fast or directly after a hearty meal; none at all at twilight or late at night, 6. Great caution about study after recovery f ram fevers. 7. Light abundant but not dazzling. 8, Sun not shining on desk, or on objects in front of the scholar. 9. Light coming froth the left hand or left and rear, under some cirourostances frotn in front. 10. The book held at right angles to the line of sight, or nearly so. 11. Frequently rest by looking up. 12. Distance et book from the eye about fi teen Inches, ---miethele SE It Wasn't B.er Fault. A mother finding it neethatery to be away from bome for a few days, one of her dangle. tars thought she waseozgpetenb to talee charge of the cooking during her absence. At the text breakfast the young lady made her debut with egg(' for it bachelor broteer. The attempt was not a etsecese, for the brother required his eggs very soft, whereas the mice placed before him were harder than comparatives could be found for theta Due- hig the meal he made some remarks which disgusted and instated his sister, and she vowed he might do his own cooking, for it was not her tan% but the eggs, for she had kept them boiling for fifteen rainutee and Vhsy were stillar A Good Article, 'Young Ur. Guildereteia-"Mr. Iseacste- in, I vat a traitor for gout daughterti hand," Mr, letiaoseein-"Vell, Mr. thfilderetein, Rebecoa van it fullevidth und. all -wool "Viil ehe Vasil?" Vali, nob lately she 1100: vaeliett She has been reading ant und dot Retserclise. Capt. Coquilhat, en offielel of the CoagO Free State, with resided ter opo or two yto.re among the Riegela of the Upper' Copp, 'and effected 'mob wonders in gaging their frieedship and thufidencei, and in winning them over to military service uuder the Free State Geaernmeat, gives in his re- cent book ,graphie ,deeteriptioes of the fre- quent warlike expeditions undertaken by one sseetion of the Bangela againd other kindred end adeouung ,tribeeeseennogly for the sole object ef obtaining J18118%11 fleoh to mit, And yet, as he pourte out) their country is well provided with a venety of vegetable feed and demeans animals, such as fowls, dogs, goats, ..and sheep, to say Ileshthingin 01 thaeuir in4laldbleof aulankde7,7° mil have rivers. The same observation hel e good about the Moubuttu on the Upper elle, of whorn we had mush vivid descriptions from Dr. Schweinfurth and Eniin Pasha. In ilia pleasant land of gentle mennerscl, sunny -tempered people, where the loveli- nefie of surrounding nature memos to im- part a joyance tootle native life and it keen appreciation of beanty, which provokes a deoiclea aesthetic' development ot decorative art ; in this ootintry of etately forests, where the viyid isearlet of is parrot's tail feetherie or the blumgreen and prarple harmony of the plantain eater's plumage, or the cream- whitellower braets of is inusstenda, and the graceful polee of it swaying oil palm, appear to exsite a keen nue of pleasure in the native mind -in ,this land of beauty and abundance, oannibelisns is as established, poetical, and ordinary a enetom ae our eat. ng beef, mutton, and pork in Ragland. In Monbuttuland droves of slaves and cap- tives are herded and fatted like cattle against killing day. Se it is to a great extent among the Measymna people, whoae occational relapses into anthropophegy, even while serving as porters in explorers' oara- vans on the Upper bongo, have' excited somewhat exaggerated homer among th,e Europeans who reported the news. I say "Exaggerated," because the Europeans ili question dated their reports from the Bsn. galit district, almost in sight of cannibal repasts which took place from time to time wi ilicrut excitingranch comment. This phase of cannibalism is, in' fact, one of sheer gourmandise, and is chiefly confined to the savages of Africa, whose lands are well sup. plied with food, and it scarcely applies to the more sombre eating of tran's flesh which takes place in Polynesia.and Anstrdica'eutid arises rather from deficient food or meat supply, or from religious motives, than frora a depraved liking for this particular kind of flesh. • Phantom Danger Signals. • Two weaker ago a brakeman on a railway running into Charlotte was killed hear Con- cord, N.C. In some mysterious weetthe train was stopped there by it Meager signal, and Campbell fell between the axe afid was ant to pieces. Since then it is claimed that a danger signal 12 nightly displayed thee°. Yeaterday W. B. Ryder, Superintendent of the Richmond and Danville Railway for this division, passed Concord on his special tr ' He took a good book at the switch .4 poor Citrapbell was killed, and then toward -Charlotte. On hie return dark, the eagineer of his train atari" down" at the switch by a danger mg The train stopped, but upon approathing the place nothing could le seen.. The en- gineer then pulled up at the depot, and all looking back taw the same signal waving the car back. Ryder then cinepetched young telegraph operator, namterBapp, back to the place. Upon his near approach the signal auddenlydieappelared. The moon WAS shining brightly ard there was no place to conceal any one. This is workin on the superstitious greatly, but thou vj are not superstitions cannot account for us affair. The switch is near the railr bridge, and &neihe country is clear and d aboue it. Sapp was within it few feet the signal when it disappeared. Mr. Ryder and many others saw the danger signal and a the lights working. The occurrenth is m- ating a great deal of tan George's Interruption. " No, George," faltered the maiden, " I fear lb cannot be. I admire you as a gentle- man, I respect you as a friend, lane---" "Laura!" he exclaimed, "before you pass sentence hear me out. A. recent lucky stroke in business has enabled me to buy a beanie- ful home on Prairie Avenue, which shall be in your name. I will ineute my life for $25,000, and—" " Georgia" calmly inter- pozied the lovely girl, "yon interrupted me. was about to my that the sentiments of respect and esteem I feel for you, though so strong, are feeble in comparison with the deep love which -amid& I--whielt I have long-donhe George, dear 1" Por George had interrupted her again. " Yes," sheiroallied,Oinldatnivges; to something he said, "the old songs are beautiful. " 13 sautifui 1" he exclaimed enthusiastically; "beautiful hardly desoribes theta. They are -- -they are -well, compared with them, the songs of to -day are trash, bhe veriest of trash:" "1 agree with you, yet the old temp sometime contain sentiments that one cannot wholly approve." "I think you are mistaken." "I will 'give ycu an illuetretion. There is John Howard Payne'e Home, Sweet Home,' for inatanoe. Yen surely do not agree with all the seatiments it con- tains?' " W'ay not ?" 'he asked warmly.. , "Why notV' `Bismuth," ahe said, glanc- ing at the cloak, which was marking the hour of eleven, "because there Is a line in that song which says There's no place like home.' Yet you do not believe that, do you]?" Then he coughed a hollow cough and moth and trent silently out into the night. A, • • A NEEDLESS DENIAL czar and Amcor are as Ever (ihe Best Friends. Lonoone Fele. 21, 1889. -Advices .from Kerki via St. Petersburg state that the Atneer of Afghanistan is making no move - moats against Ruesia. The exportation a gooda from Afghanistan hes been resumed, And there is no obethele klaoed in the way of at• aliterylm. 1°Nrotattati;rit:414pureptiagti000adesarinergetiehge made by Afghanistan, Buried Alive. St. Mary's Feb. 26.-A very panful aced, dent, resulting in the death of Mr. Win. /lefties is laborer, occurred lately on the farm of Mr. Wm. Sinner's, townehip. of Van, chard. It appears that Raines was engaged cleaning out a sand pit, when outldenly the pie caved ire butying the unfortunate man in the debrie. He leaves a wine and several small children to mourn his untimely end,. Charles Xing, of MiddletonMasa., has net lived 108 years In vain, 'Ile has 000 descendants