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• it MILWAY. TO. JUROR,
A 1PE4VLIAR SECT.
• • ..Geman thaluer for talioa;
Auelonetene Voreesitv,
There is a proposition to make Ostend
into a rival of Monte Carlo and Montreux, a
favorite resort of Russians.
The chemical expert oldie Sanitary Board
a Ga.retav, Russia, has reported an
estimate that that city drinks about 40,000
pails daily of its own sewerage.
The losses by Ore on insured property in
Russia in the mouth of Anus', amonted to
9,314,000 rubles. The governments of Mos -
mow, St Petersburg, Tan -limy, and leestroma
one itir the lareest proportion. ,
The ...Meet soldier in the Prussian army
bas metered the Dolly Company of the FRO
Foot Guards. Ho is about seven feet four
inehn in height, or eight inches more than
PliskoVe, ea,ptain of the company,
hitherto the *allot men= the army.
The house ea Nizhniy Norgoro:1 has been
preserved in which l'eter the Great lived
before he went on his famous Asov eempaige
in 1695. In the eourtyerd of that house re
at pretent a wheel for river nevieratore.
The builtlinewiU bocouvertea ideates, into
a museum.
Frederick Lecher, The amietant of a Pro.
testant pastor, who had converted e Greek
Catholic girl to his faith, wai tried 'refine
the court in Hip anti enamelled to inn
prisormieut for two montireaud to the lose
of his ministerial quality and title. His
tuperior, the pastor himself was exiled to
Siberia on a previous trial.
The Holy Sentra of St. l'eteraburgbas ap-
pointed a avowal COMmiSSIOn to devise plans
for the suppreseion of drunkenness and per.
rrty. Its principal aim ex to draw up reale
letions bywhich the laborers of manufactur-
ing distriete and the crowds of people at
munieiral area local monthlies shoale be
prevented from (blueing too much liquor.
and nee can be held in the opeu fhe
police have power th break up and disperse
any meetingPoliUeal assooiations must
always furnish the police every information
desired. They must have no leases 9r Liege.
No women can become members ni ralitwal.
p
A peculiar sect calling themselves the
slaws of Owlet " has been discovered in
the district cif Dunilevo. Government of
Vladimirsh. The adherents of the sect be-
lieve that if one ales by the "red deeth"
hie soul goes directly to the abode of the
saute. One who makes up hie iniud to die
like a saint gots baptized and partakes of
the holy communion. Re then lies down on
the floor with his feet to tee door. There
from beneath the floor or froma cavity made
especially for the purpose, creeps a maxi
dressed in red clothes with a large red
pillow in hie hauds. The attending wor-
shippers begin te sing a dirge, while the
red man throws the pillow over the doomed
man's face, and holds it there until the mau
is suffoceted. If the man who dooms him-
self to the red. death "is strong be is bound
to the floor with ropes, so that in his
struggles at the last moment he may not, be
able to overpower the "slave of Christ " who
executes the terrible ceremony at his re-
quest.
Some Of the beat peying railroads are in
new countries. Before their empletion it
was thought likely they would evil( the
capital invested without ever makmg ade-
quate returns. On the island. of Ceylon, for
eastance, the receipts of the 180 miles of
reilroade have ben constantly increasing
4=1883, and Int year the (Heiden& were
11 per cent, on the subscribed capital.
The railroad whieli runs from Reegoon far
north to upper Dermal), has for a umber of
ever* paid. thvelends of 6 and 7 percent. One
of the costliestrailrods in the world is that
from Rio Junior to Sao l'aulo, and vet
this Toed for same yemehaii been one of the
most profitable lines in existence Perhaps
One reason why these lines ere very pro.
Stable is that they here go competitieri, and
are permitted to charge tolerably high
tariflie
A certain hi. Beadolianeky of Odessa has
conceived the Idea of manufaeturing chain-
paane ant of Cannier), liesearablau, and,
Crulicau grapes. He put Memel into cam-
munication with niarinfeeturers of that
article= Charropegue, France, and succeed.
nrl in iutereatingin his undertaking eouto ef
Itis rumeeved that the rne'eterienesPeetrei thewealthiest among them. A. careful Uhl
known ns the White Lad -.hilt is attraP I
bwas made of the Rumen rare and it wee
ellered to Wear at the death (4 a 'metal.'" fond that they would yie d t litiest
of the Imperral family, Mai made its atpni. ties of ehempeeammemegesielea company of
tin at the Heiberg, and tthistaken to e
an , reeuee wumereoeueele been Ramie
58111e3lieU 44‘ the' late 44 the Arebduk° a°14°^ with Roataiannky at thbas
a head ; large
The renige in tb° rahre aro bald to l'ar° factory, with all the neceesary mechinety
been it,,reltly tinfterveill• and even the mildiera for the vroeugeeeaue lee efue, of ebemreegme
on mind were frigiatened, • lin bren belle in Odeesa, ma experts lave
lireidee the ra,Urine which will presently beenengaged. The wholeouttit at thefactory
tahe teurism from the sea to Jerusalem, was imported Loin Chau -imam France
another route is being eurveyeil from the even the ilint million of bottleswere artier.
comt to ihunatene. Just now the engineers ea from there. But if it will. be found that
nye at work in the inotnitaire north -of the bottles strongenoue,h ,ean be made in RUliSia.
eea,01 Willem In three or four months rail a specialglass factory will be built in Oilema
hying
g 11111 begin at the Melons) ettyof Acre.
re'the purpore of the eompaay to rim a
slimmer on the. ne of fiellice, for which
they have oluainea a eimeetsion. Thus mod-
ern intimation are rapidly invading the
Ihrly Land.
St. Petersburg tlailv, reports that one of
the strulents In the University of leitarlior
is a living anatomieal curiosity. Ile has his
heart on the right dile of his breast, his liver
neer the lefe, like, the spleen on the mixt
side, and thehight lung longer than the left
The playteciariti nho have examined him be-
lieve drat his svhale inside is just reversea ;
they my that be is the only specimen ofthis
kind whielt they have lima of.
The sanest piece of water on earth is, ac-
cording to Consul -General Stewart, the Lake
ot Uremia in Persil, situated more than
4000 feet are the sea level. It is fnuall
salter than the Demi Sea, the water being
found, on itua1yaltit0001110.1nnear1y:12percent
of salt. The lake is Se milesiong and 24 miles
broad, and its northern coasts are encrusted
with a border of mat glittering white iu the
sun. It is said that no living thing cau sur-
vive in it except, a very small species of jelly -
,
tei:•
313epply the requirmeuts of the now gem-
pThe Government authorities of the Polish,
Lithuanian, nod Voillenian provinece have
eantea atringent measures for the preven-
tion of emigration. The borderguartis have
been reenforeed by strong military detaelt-
melds, and arame bare been given to them
to intercept. the emigrant and to send them
back to the ifiterier, lint the push oternigra-
lion is so atrong =tag the peasants that
nothing can avail. Where twenty or thirty
emigrants are caught and returned, a =mil.
red others findsmans to eseapetlievigilance
of tho guards. There seems to be a settled
conviction among the peasants and the me-
chanim of them provinces that there is no
rest and no security for them in Russia, and
that in Brazil they will find both. Two caus-
es are aseimiedfor this emigration fever ; the
interference of the Government with the
management of the Catholic ana the Protes-
tant churches, and the greed of land. ownera
and of manueseturers who oppress the labor.
era. All the Russian papers aro full of am
counts of emigration incidents ana of sugges.
tions to stem the tide of emigration.
It is reported from Bissingen in Wurtem-
berg that a new stalactite cave has been
discovered not far from there in one of the
State forests. It is deacribea as being meek
more beautiful than any discovered during
late years. The entrance is said to be 15
metres high by 3 or 34?- wide; but the place
will hare to be cleared and a better access
to the cave will have to be secured before
the public can safely be allowed to visit it.
A German paper states that a woman
from Lunen eame into the market place at
Dartmund, bringing with her, in a wicker
carriage, a. child, six months old. A crowd
ef market people, curious to know her busi-
ness, soon colleeted round her, and were
astonished to hear that she wanted to sell
her child for ten marks. The crowd grew
indignent, and from the threatening aspect
of the market people the unnatural mother
deemed it prudent to beat a hasty retreat.
The newspapers of Constantinople an-
nounce that the Government intends to
send Mohammedan missionaries into the
Turkish possessions in Africa with the pur-
pose of preserving the followers of the
Prophet from the seductions of European
missionaries, who have gone into those parts
to spread the Catholic faith. The propag-
andists will give a very practical direction
to their enterprise, and, besides inculcating
the true faith, will found many schools and
establish asylums where the poor may get
• shelter and food without pay.
There are thirty-four periodical reibli'ca.-
dons in the Armenian language. Nineteen
of these are issued in Turkey (eighteen in
Constantinople and one in Munn.). Their
contents are political, literary, belletristie,
humoristic, and juvenile illustrated respec-
tively. Russia there are eight df these
publice,tio. s, among which are two daily
papers, the monthly magazines, end one
illustratedeeeekly. In London three Armen-
ian papers appear, and Austria, Italy,
France, and America, have one Armenian
paper each.
The first German steamer intended for use
on the Victoria Nyanza has been shipped
from Hamburg for the east coast of
Africa. It is called the Wissmann, and a
; few months more will see a steamboat.
' ploughing the waters of the greatest of
African lakes. It is to be followed by
another Gerznan steamer, and if the
British raise money enough they will be
also send a steamboat. There is now a good
prospect that within a year or so there will
be at least three steamboats on this lake,
among whose stormy waters Stanley and
other travelers had such exciting and dan-
gerous experiences in their frail little boats.
The new Japanese law on public meetings
permits one to be held on forty-eight hours'
Janice instead of three days.' The notice
must also state the residences and ages of
the speakers. An adult male Japanese in
possession of public rights can alone project
la meeting. Soldiers, sailors, Government
Instructors, students, infants, or women may.
'not attend. No foreigner can speak at them,
The Embattled Parmera.
The forme= of the United. States are up in
arms. They are the hone and, sinew of the
nation ; they produce the Lumen share of
its wealth ; but they are getting, they seer,
the smelleet share for themselves. The
American fanner is steadily loosing ground.
Ifis burdens are heavier every year and Ms
gains are more meagre ; he is beginning to
fear that he may]; sinking into a servlle
condition. He has waited long for the re.
dress of his grievances; he purposes to wait,
no longer.. Whatever he can do by social
combeaations, or by united politine action,
to rem= the disabilities under which he is
sufferiem be intends to do at nee and 'with
all hismight. There is no doubt at all that
the farmers of this country are tremendous-
ly in earnest just now, and they bare
reason to be. 13eyond question they
are suffering sorely, The business of
farming has become for some reasons,
eictremely unprofitabfe. With the hardest
work and. _with the sharpest economy, the
average farmer is unable to mite both ends
meet; every year closes with debt, and the
mortgage grows till it devours the land.
The labour bureau of Coenectieut hes shown,
by an investeeatiou of 693 representative
farm, that the average anneal reward of
the farm proprietor of that State, for its
expenditure of Insole and braiu, is$181-31.
while the average annualwages of the oral-
ary hired man is 080.30, Even if the price
of hoard must come out of the hired man's
stipeed, it still leaves hillt a long way ahea4
of bis employer. In Illassaehusetts the can
le a little better ; the average fanner Rieke§
e326,49, while his hired Man gets e345',
in a fertile district, in the State of Now
York, a few weeks ago, an absentee
landlord advertised for a men to manage his
fano. The rerouneratien offered, was not
plincely. The farm. manager was to have
his Teem his garden, pasturoge for one cow,
and a eatery of M.150 a year, for hie servicea
and those of his wife. There was a rush of
applicants for the place, Who were they .
Miley of them were tapable and intelligent
famine who had Let their own fame Litho
hopeless struggle with adverse condition,
and who were now well eontent to exchange
their labour and their experience against a
yearly reward of M250. The instance is
typicaL Throughout the easteru States,
with the home market whiclt protection is
supposed to have built up at their votm
doors, the fanners are falling, Ueda. Says
Professor a $, Walker
A careful study of New England farm.
ing in the light at all points of view, carried
au for the past ten emote by menus of stetim
-deal =vestige., time pea:an:It observation dem
itigearriame drives front Cameda to Lang Is -
lana Sand, and. intimate association with
all deems of farmers, assures roue that the
man who cultivates an average inn and de-
pends upon its profita alone for the support
of hinmelf and family, if he pey hie taxee
and debts, nutlet comeete with bie brothers,
or (Mein to their standard of living, who,
with equal pewee), employ them in other
walho of life."
The same story is heard in tho centre'
States. In Ohio farms are offered for beg -
gayly rents, and even en these favourable
termsfarming does not pay. Tenant farm.
ors are throwing up their leases and room
ing into the cities, well content to receive
as common labourers a dollar and a quarter
a day, and to pay such rents and ran such
rises of enforced idleness as the chimp in.
valves. At the South the case is oven
worn. Under a, holey burden of debt the
farmer struggles on froni year to year, the
phenomenal growth of the manufacturing
Interests in his section seeming to bring
him but alight relief, And even in the West
we find the same state of things. A large
share of recent corn °repaints been consumed
for fuel; and. over vast areae, Mr. C. Wood
Davis tells us "wheat sells at from forty to
fifty cents, wits at from nine to twelve manta
and corn at from ten to thirteea cents a
bushel, and fat tattle at from one and a.
half to three cents a paned." Under suelt
conditions the life of the western farmer
connot be prosperous. From Kansas and
Nebraska, and Dakota tlio cry is no less lotii
and better than from Connecticut and Nem
York tura North Carolina.
An Unexpected Uonfession.
Doctor Peptus—" Good morning, Mrs.
Listrerty ; what can I do this morning?"
Mrs. Lafferty—" Dade an' Oien In a bad
way, &other. There's a ha.ynius thumpin
at inc Cab an' the tastne in ma mutis
that mien() Oi can hardly reckonoize me-
silf, at all, alL"
Dr. P.—" Um—yes. Have you taken
anything lately that disagreed with you ?"
Mrs. 1,.—" Shame on me for bavin' to own
it, docthor, but Oi have; Of tuk a whoite
underskurt out of Mrs. Duffy's wash an' it
dishagreed wid me moightily when the
Joodge sintinced me to fewe days for it, so
it did."
The Needle Industry in France.
A telegramfromParis says :—The Munici-
pal Council of St Ormer has decided to cele-
brate next year the 400th anniversary of
the foundation of the.first needle manufac-
tory in France by Christopher Greening, an
Englishman. The process of manufacture
was greatly improved by one of Greening's
successors, Jean Gruez, who made a large
fortune, and the reputation of St Ormer's
needles spread even abroad, surviving in
England until the last century. The needle in-
dustry in France is at present in a decaying
condition, all the finer sorts of needles sold
in France being made in England.
A Twil ght Vision.
The firelight glanced on the pictured walls,
In tho home of my boyhood days;
And the sound of music swept thro' the halls,
Whore Beauty thrilled the gaze.
But away from the ball -room's giddy whirl,
And the gleam of Fashion gay,
I stole to a room that my memory loved.
In the evening twilight grey.
And here while the shadows thicker grew,
• And the fire was burning low,
•Dify thoughts from the, brilliant dancers flew
lo the days of long ago.
The steady and. =creasing migration from
the farms to the cities is in part an effect of
the depression of agriculture and in part a
cense of that depressiom If a large part of
the most vigorous and enterprizing members
of the farmers' families leave the farms,it
is evident that the farina will not be carried
on with the enterprize and vigour which are
neeeSSary to the suecessof any business.
The Farmers' Alliance is not uneonscious
of its power. The movement is running
like watt -Oro over all our hills and prairies,
and M is realined OM forty members of the
next Congress will be pledged to support its
,ilemends. What will be its demands ?
1. Cheap money, to begiu with. The farm-
ers are generally debtors; they want (heap
,money wherewith to pay them debts. Of
course the cheaper the money, the less gro-
ceries and clothing and machinery cam be
bought with it; but the farmers think of
them debts more than of their necessities,
and the longing of their souls is for cheap
money. They are therefore iu favour of the
free omega of silver; but they insist that
even this would be an ineffectual remedy,
since only about 845,000.000a year, at the
utmost, could thus be added to the currency
of tbe country, and this amount, they think,
would be ridicialouslyinadequate.
2. 'The sub -treasury plate et) called, by
which ware -houses are to be built in every
couuty where they are demanded, whereat
the farmers may deposit cotton, wheat,
corn, oats, or tobacco, receiving in return a
treasury note for eighty per cent. of the
value of the product so deposited, at the
carrot market prin. These treasary notes
are to be legal tender for debts and revile.
able for endow. A warehouse receipt,
also, is to be given to the depositor, ilesig-
fleeing the anoint and grade of the produet
deposited aue the antent of money ad -
lanced upon it, and indicating Met interest
upon the money thus advanced is to be pale
by the depositor at the rate, of one per nut.
per annum. These receipts are to be
uegotiable by endorsement, The holder of
a receipt, by presenting it at the warehouse,
returning the moues advanced, and paying
haunt and charges, may obtain the product
(=polled; and the money thus returned is
to be destroyed. by the Secretary of the
Treasury. This scheme for getting an
ample aupply of money directly into the
bench of the farmers, at a nominal rate of
interest, appears to here the endomement
of the Alliance. The journale of the °rani-
zation are dismissing It freely, and. are
adducing various hotorical =stances to
show tint the pfluciple involved in it has
been tested and fond valid ; but the ver-
dict at mat, economists and Unandere is
strorgly against the measure:
3. Theownership by the Government of all
the railroads, telegraphs and telephones isanother plank in the pia:farm of the Alliance
Here is a measure which is certainly debate
able ; letter hope that the farmers will secure
for it a thorough diecession.
4. The prohibition of gambling in stocks
and. tent of alien owuership of land are pro-
positione whielt will ale° receive considerable
support outside the Alliance.
o. The abolition of national benksand the
substitation of legabtender treasury for am-
tional.bank note e will not, probably, com-
mand universal asseut
0. The adoption of a constitutional amend -
moat refplirIng the choice of United States
*enters by the people, seem to be a popular
measure among then ethers of the Alliance.
To this they will bo able to rally a strong
supeort.
IN Maltese and other demands inscribed
upon their banners, the farmers aro in the
field. How long they will hold together is
difficult to predict. It may be that the dis-
cussions in which they must take part will
show them that some of the measures of
direct relief on which they are chiefly de-
pending aro =practicable; and. it is comely -
able that this discovery will tend to de-
moralize them. That they can become a nom
moment political force is not likely, for
parties which represent only classes cannot
live in a republic. But several results, by no
means undesirable, may be looked for as the
outeome of this farmers' uprising.
The demagogue politician who now at-
tempts to army sectional. prejudice in order
that homey keep farmers equally divided on
important questions is about to confront a
superior intelligence, that will soon convince
him thee his occupation is gone.—Washing-
ton Gladden in the Barton, for November.
And I seemed to sco in the fading light,
The forms of those I loved,
And I seemed to hoar their laughter bright,
As my twilight Fancy roved.
. .
The room seemed changed, and the summer air
Had crept thro' the open door,
And the moon's pale rays like a phantom fair,
Was flooding the oaken floor.
And I heard the words of an evening hymn,
Rise up and float away.
While the chorus swelled tillmy eyes grew dim,
In tho evening twilight grey.
The enormous tribute which the farmera
of the West aro paying to the money -lenders
of the East is ono source of their porerey.
Scarcely a week passes that does not bring
to Inc circulars from tanking firms and in-
vestment agencies all over the West begging
for moneytobe loaned on farms at Maim
or nine per cont., net. The cost of negotia-
tion and collection, which the farmer roust
pay, considera,bly increases these raters
The descriptive lists of farms wbich accom-
pany these circulars Show that the mort-
gages are not all given for purchase money.
I had in one of the agricultural papers the i
following figures indicating the ncrease in
farm mortgages in Dane Cottuty, Wisconsin,
during the year 1889. The number ofinorte
gages filed was467 ; the average amount of
each, $1,259; the total amount, $584,-727-
80 : the number of mortgages given for pur-
chase money, only nine. But whether the
mortgages represent debts incurred in the
purchase a the land or those incurred for
•,other purposes, it is evident that when they
bear such rates of interest they constitute
a burden under which no kind of business
can be profitably denied on. , The farmer
who voluntarily pays such tribute as this to
the moneyeenders quite too sanguine.
Other business men will not handicap them-
selves in this way. But probably the lar-
ger proportion of these mortgages are extort-
ed from the farmers by hard necessity. Not
their hope of increased prosperity makes
them incur these debts so often as the pres-
sure of obligations Which have been incurred
and which must be met.
For it seemed like a voice from other lands,
Fromthe friends so far away;
And out in the darkness I stretch my hands,
But only the winds sigh low.
For tho dream Is o'er. a.nd its brightness fades,
Lilco the friends so far away;
And I hear the words of another song,
In the evening twilight grey.
B. KELLY.
It you were to take the conceit out of
some people the remains would defy identifi-
cation.
THE CROPS OP ONT.ARIO.
Mr, Meortimid mums )(eat etcetera
The following is extracted front the annual
report of Mr. Archibald Blue, secretary of
the Bureau of Industries and. Apiculture :
The results of the thrashing are disappoint-
ing. The wet weather of June and July
caused considerable rust, which resulted to ruost Important experiences were in Thibete
AOltOSS THE 0ENT3IAL ASIAN DE3-
ENT,
An interesting tale of exploration aud,
adventure is tarnished, by lar.Bouvalot, the
tratrelliug companion of Prince Henry of
Orleans in Central A414. They set out
more than a year ago from Rusela aud pass-
ed through Siberie and China. But their
a more or less shrunken grain, especially in
the case of spring wheat and eats. The Bonvalot, "1 cast secret glances at LhaSSO,
le' de loolung toward. Beting, says JYt.
quality of fell wheat is more favorably com-
end esheeially at the lofty unexplored. table -
muted upon than that of any other cereaL lands of Thibet Prjevalsky, the Russian,
Suring wheat is a. comparative failure.
arta Carey, the Englishmen, were the erst
ehere is a considerableand the last since the day of Fathers Ilea
barley.. Oats have proved a great 41164P.
discoloration of and
auto,
who have attempted to visit
pointment, the yield being short. ana the
these unknowu regions. A perusal of their
berry small and light. The straw is COO-
fi
eerretive bad eonrinced me that tile dif-
sidembly rusted, which will injure it forculties they had bad to surmount were
' nothing now or roloommon to me. upon
leeding purposes. Peas have been attacked
in nearly every:district by the bug. one occasion Prjevalsky bad. to tura beck
Owing to raiuy weather it was soft, and
The quality of corn is below the average.
he was attacked; upon a third for want of e
for want of money; upon another because
there is a tendenerf to mould in the crib. guide ; Ana then agent, because of threata
Beans are far from being a fair yield, and on addressee to elm from Legesa. Beeept
upon the shore of 'am lake svhich never
freezes,' be bad followed the caravan omen,
and that taken by Fathers Hue aud Gabet,
making towards the efouroursou or Upper
Yangtse. Carey had followed for several
days a fresh route leading from Tcharkelik
(at the further end. of the Lob -Nor) toward
Boealik and the Teeidam. Vedette reasons
had led him to retrace Ms steps toward the
account of a -et weather were late in ripening
and difficult to gather. Buckwheat is not
le gely sown, hut the yield per acre is large
toad the qualityegood. Frost dial slight
injury to the crop, and also touched, very
late beaus.
The potato crop appears far the most part
to ban turned out rather light in yield and
often small in sample. The damage to the
seed wasgeneral Mons heave ram, and the north, but, as he eays in his narrative, ' I
drought of summer nosed *the tubers to had not reempezed thet it WU impossible ter
mature before a largo size had, been attain. tad.vanee el a seutherly elreeteme. / wee
ed. The crop did beat on lighter soils, but firmly resolved
was almost a failure on clay lands. Rot ie
0 AVOW 4
complainml of from all quarters, and, as it 2.VIE 4110005
sometimes continues after housing, it may
, into which these two travellers fell. Beth
pessibly further diminish the told be'°re had run short, at a, given moment, of pro -
spring. Turnips, mangels an earrots are milna, guldes—and prudence. So we had to
good crops almest everywhere particularly rcanry with us ample provisions for man and
mongols. Turnips are small in some local. Ibeast, end than forgot the eietetes of mu-
ities, but dull= rainli are said to liaVe intime. so we lefideee goleNor with Aout
prOVed, them, six months' provisions of food, nit ready ter
In serenely any section of the provinn can 1ruu say sort of risk, It is arid that to
it be said that, the apple erop ha3 been an venture is to succeed,- we have ventured.
abundant ono. In the counties of Essex, and Are have succeeded."
Ilea, Elgin, Lambton end Middlesex the The Mennen made their way, on the
apple crop was nearly an entire failure, and vast plateaus of Thibet, across a thousand
of other fruits there has been not more that. me„ of &aut.
a sofildieney to supply local demands. In at an altitude varying
from 13,000 feet to 19,000 feet, and reachetl
most of the Wert Midland counties there has the south of Lem Teeoeseee vela is mey
been a small flurries of wieder apples., and a, dayes journey ou horseback*from Lhasem.
there, as well am In the Niagara Penn's"( They then made eastward by a new route
pears, 'dams awl"' and graPra and other formeriy followeil by tire French IlliS31011.
small fruits have been moderately plentiful, arieg .4 From Tehasg.Q1ta," says M. Das.
but Melee are the only fruit of evuieh any valot, "we went to Eatang, and by LeBaron
minsidemble shipments have been trade. Au to Ta-Telexelem, where we fell= wide some
vedettes of peaehee wen name. Apples compatriots. Alto.gether we bare travelled
were a good erop. in the countlee of then L
about eo miles la an unknown region
Bruce nil Huron, and also moderately good. nearby ball of tee way without a gaule. A
in SWIM. rrent the first three at these is true that we have had a territtle neuter,
counties large tpautieties have been shippell the quieksilver freezing and we have lema
at geed preen. From the township of tit
Vincent (Grey) it is statee that 15,000 bar- ASSAIL= Ifr TflItnIELV MOMS,
rale have 'been shipped. Pears were gi°11er" W1iigl1 took our breath away, which blinded,
ately plentiful also, walleye generally turn- us, and which made it still mare trying to
ea out Letter than apples, walk at so great an altitude. We ean Mill
There has been considerable increase in hear in our ears the hovelug of the wind
acreage,and the condition of the ground at Malt blow from the west, and we can feel
the time of sowing, except on clay land, in fancy the sand being dashed up againse
which was rather dry aud stiff, was most our hoods. Such were the conditions uuder
suitable for a gotta start. The general ap. which we had to eeek our way; at times we
pearanee of the ileitis is such as to evoke ad- could not distinguish a man ten yards in
ndration. The Odd cause for fear lies in front ef us; sometimes we coulht not even
the fact that the plant has made rather too open our eyes; so it is noteurprisiug if wo
rank a growth. Tho prevailing opinion is loet some of our men and cattle and were in
that a better outlook for the new orop of fall a constant state of apprehension. The only
wheat has never been reported. during the combustible we bad was the droppings. of
first week of November. the wild yaks, and no water. For a ported
Fall pastures have been in unusual fine of two months we made our tea with icon
condition all over the province, and are for which wa.sgenerally dirty and mixea with
the most part still quite fresh and green ow- sand and earth, so that a bit of pure ice was
ing to the abundance of warm showery a great treat, and we filled our bags with it
weather. Hay is very abundnt, and of whenever the opportunity offered. For we
straw and course feed there is a aufficieeey. marched more or less at haphazard, and had
All kinds of live stock are consequently in a to take eprorisionofice andyaks' droppings
thriving condition, but with the exception of enough to last several days. After a long
hogs their numbers aro somewhat smalL day's march we often had to wait hours and.
Sheep are in good condition, but not :tumor- hours for our tea, as the yaks' droppings—
ous. Thera as been a greater demand than argol, as Father Hue calls it—would nab
usual for breeding sheep. There is quite a burn properly.
tioteble increase ui the number of home all "Our beasts of burden—camels and. horses
over the pros -ince. The deinand for einem& alike -were decimated, or, to speak more
of live stock has so far ben brisk; in senle accurately every on of them died of fatigue,
localities in the southern part of tho prov- thirst and hunger. The snow was swept off
ince buyers bare piked up nearly every- by the wind, and the ;minas bad nothing to
thing, and fair prices have been paid. The drink. Upon the other hand, we had not
number of silos appears to be slowly but enough combustible or lime tomelt theice for
steadily increasing, notaley in Huron, Ct
etnY them, even when we happened to be near a
and Bruce, frozen pool. Twice we had hot springs close
Tho past season has been a favorable one to our camp, and the bones which slaked
to the dairying industry, with plenty of grass their thirst at them died the following day
and water. In the eastern .part of the ere- from over -drinking themselves. You Avill
vinco especially cheese rnaltmg has flourish- see thee none of us were too well off. One
ed, and farmers seem well satisfied with the of the camel drivers, robust as be seemed,
returns. Throughout the rest of the pro- died of what is known as the mountain corn-
vince cheese appears to lime taken the lead plaint, his face being tumefied, after bleed. -
also and to have given better results than ing a good deal at tbe nose. Two days be -
butter, except in the neighborhood of cities fore reaching Lake TengrelsTor we 1‘,..lea. a
and large towns. Durham and their grades
second camp follower
are still the favorite breed for the diary co, who had his teeCOW
frozen off, an
in the west, but Holstiens ami Jerseys are d who died teee night while tea
being introduced to a considerable extent WOLVES WEEE IIOWLING
where butter is made, and they are well lik-
ed. Holsteins, Aryshires and Durhams and
their grades are the most popular breeds.
The revised estimates ot cereal and legu-
minous crops show lower yields than the
estimate of August, but it is only in spring
wheat and oats that the decrease is material.
The wheat was injured in the ripeningstage,
a few days following the date of August re-
turns, and the effects of the blight upon
oats was not fully recognized until the
threshing season opened. AS a consequence,
the yield of spring wheat is 2,000,000 and of
oats nearly 4,C00,000 bushels less than the
August estimate. The acreages of sprum
wheat, oats, peas, corn, buck -wheat and
beans are greater than their respective aver-
ages of nine years, while those of fall wheat,
barley and rye are less. Fall wheat anti
buckwheat are the only crops whose yield
per acre is ginner than the average of nine
years, while peas, corn, buchwheat and
beans are the only crops whose aggregate
yield is greater than the average of the
same period.
Mainers Two Hundred Years Ago.
We must be careful that our looks be full
of sweetness, kindness and modesty, not
affected and without grimmes ; the carriage
of the body decent, without extraordinary
or apish gestures ; in all our ordinary ac-
tions, be it in eating, drinking or the like,
vre must show modesty and follow that
which is mostreceivedamong those with whom
we converse, for that courtier is but over -
punctual, who in a countrygentleman'sbouse
will strictly practice all his forms of new
breeding, and will not be content to express
his thanks and esteem to others in the same
manner and with the same ceremony that he
receives the respect of others ; his practice
shows like a correction of the other, and
oft puts the modest company into a bashful
confusion, and constrained distrustful be -
homier and conversation. It is necessary
that a man who visits ladies wear always
good clothes, even to magnificence, if he may
do it without impairing his fortune ; the
expense we make in habits bear us through
all—as an ingenious man oneo said, it opens
all doors to us and always procures us an
obliging reception, and as the exterior part,
striking first the sight, is that which makes
the first impression on our spirits, doubtless
Ave ought to take some care to render that
impression favorable.
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Cannr : Y' lead me a cat and dog loife, y' do.
Mos. CAREY : A011, it's that worry thing Oi do. You layin' an' loathe aron' tie hoase
and me workin' hard th' whoile t' feed ye.
Sensowlem
around our bivouac. It was time that we
should get back among our fellow -men, for
most of us could not have gone another week
After some long negotiations with the author-
ities of Limn we obtained what horses and
yaks we required and made eastward, keep -
Mg to the north of the highroad from Lhasa°,
to Batang. I am unequal to giving you any
details, for I lia,ve too much in my head, and
my impressions are so accumulate(' that I do
not know where to begin ; and besides, lam
thinking more of what remains to be done
than of what we have already accomplished.
" At the same time, I may acicl that we
lived up on the tableland of Thibet, amid a
chaos of mountains ; that we traversed num-
berless passes so high that one seemed to be
mounting up to heaven, therebeing one chain
after another, with summit overtopping sum-
mit. Down below, in the plain, were white
surfaces which Might have been taken for
lakes, and which were merely salt or frozen
pools, over which we made died cuts, or
else vast sheets of water lashed by a wester-
ly wire -Land so salt that uot even apolar cold
could congeal them. The only inhebitasits of
It is especially in the Argentin Republic, these deserts were herds of antelopes, vast
ttroops of yaks, a few crows and native birds
he child marriages of India beieg kept out
Some days we saw nothing, not even the
of the count. Official statistics amplest pee. crows, which follow the caravans as a shark
lished showing that 5pereent of the girls who does a ship, the solitude being almost over -
et married in the Argentine are under is. whelming, so that after a few days of it our
The Argentinians encourage early marriages. men. were on the lookout for some human
Having the population question in view, fere) just as shipwrecked men look for a
sail upon the ocean. They were in high glee
when they thought that they eoula see e,
horseman, a pedestrian; or a horse even, but
when then proved to be optical delusions
they became gloomier eban ever. These are
things I shall never forget. The mania
dust man has for his follow -men would go to
show that, if he is not Menem reasonable, he
is nearly always sociable." .
Prince Henry of Orleans showedhimself
a good. traveller, enduring and courageous.
The eiplorers finally came out in lado;China
and made their way to Hanoi, in Tonquin
where they were first heard of by the civil-
ized world after many months.
Where They Maly Young.
their statesmcnpraise the practice, and they
have songs in recommendation of it So
have we:
Gather yo rosebud/3 while ye may,
Old time is sti lo flying;
And this same flower that smiles to -day,
To -morrow maybe dying.
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That ago is best which is t ie first,
When youth and blood aro warmer;
But being spent, and worstand worst
Times still succeed the former..
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while yournay, go marry;
For having lost but once yourprime,
You may forever' tarry.
A Calculating. Machine.
The most astonisbing novelty in Paris is a
calculating machine, invented by M. Bollee,
of Le Mans. By simply turning a wheel it
adds, multiplies, or divides any • number of
figures upto lines of fifteen, and with amaz-
ing rapidity.
He -m" 1 have just returnedfrom the comn
tcya Have spent a couple of weeks there.'
She—" Indeed ?" He -"Ye' T enjoyed my-
self hugely and feel mucheenier for the trip."
She—"You evidently 4o. You seem to be as
fresh as ever."
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