HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-6-11, Page 7"GOD °'AITE ME 'QUEEN Of world, and after that a royal. prinee or prm-
eess seemed te be thequeeuts mile, in despite
of which she Succeeded in fulfilling all the
it ?ravel' it/ Witieqa itenerien
roper Fterretttly %Pollee;
duties be r high atation. The children
n wen anxiously and carefully reared, the
collet puritied and uplifted, and the national
interests looked after to the utmost.
But even loyalty mast bow when tha
despotic king—Deatie—bende his scepter
° Albert the Goods as he had COMO to be call
ech, pessed, in 1801, from the honors
prince cousort into the great beyoud, The
queen had now fealearn the leseon of bereave-
ment as humbly as her peorest subject, and
the splendore of state, of pomp, and eireuna
stance had oat fitted Jeer for the lieevy task -
"There is no one to eall me Victoria, now,"
was her piteous wail, and never has shere-
tained her 1,appere age, liever hem! Witi0W-
, 1004 the eeeeseihie severeien of her wife.
- hood. Slowly she Lae eroused hereelf to per-
form heriledies, hut all state ceremonials and
spleetiors she has put by awl still continues
to ehrink from. Her mourning robes have
never
been laid off, and in her heart there is
one image—that of her beloved prince, where
even the queen of I:luglend, Irehtud, Soot.
and, and iYeles, and emprms of India could
not. reteia to gladden her own life a single
• meiteot topple lfer life is almoet a pri-
vete cambut the erne halms:ice is felt
throughout England even as a perfume pene-
trates throb eloeed doors. The-Vic:aerials I
age taa been brilliant in great men aed will
rank in history as the mestprommentera
Englarid. Little gneen viee is very dear
to her loyal saltieete, mut toeley in every
church in England mid the broad coloniee
the reverberating authem will be sung:
God eave our gracious queen
Leng live our noh!e queen.
Gad save the queen!.
In Cauda, so 00,40 to us than there is
ecarcely difference in leeks, manner, aud
enetturte, bonfiree will be lighted. and roeltets
will tiseeed. It is the queen's birthday, the
great eetional holiday (which must this
year he kapt a day late), a day wet, to
Christmas in importance and in the holiness
of IVA mete:talons. Let the caution on top
of Parliament hill boom aaventy-two three
and every bell will rieg forth "God save
the queen "
Victoria 1.1lexansirina iew1ies theSeventy
&.nen.4. Mile Poet cei Her Jame
ney a Life.
4 o getewertIrt 1feet:tents In - the career
. •
Woman 'Mee riees :node 3tany
or Elie:esti Mistory,
In connection with the celebration of the
eeventy email birthday of Queen Victoria
the Cbicago Times has the following arti
c e on the eveute awl. incidents of her
reign ;—
To -day Victoria Alexandriem queen of
Great Britain and Ireland, empreseof
upon whose dominions the sun neeer sets,
7 chime the teuty-mecud cluipter of her
We.
Seventy-two years laden with events' Snell
As come to but few, even of there marked
for hie destinee have pessed shire Litti.10
Drina, • as she wee thercUed opened her
&eaten -blue eyes to the ehesuut blooms at
A-enelhgtolo May 2-1, 1819, She sva$ the
daughter of the duke a Kent and the Pri-
ese Vietoria Mori? Louise a Saxe -Coburg
Saalfiehi, widow of Prince %Arlo of Leine
been.
The father, EdWard, duke of Kent, wee
fourth and the best son of George III,
1/e ha4 not been a favorite child, so was
polled by iedulgeuee, Ilis lealunge were
eral, hia taetes contineetat rather then
glish, and thee* traits made him, SO dis-
t etly unpopuler that be was cut off with
a niggardly allewenee, lived poor and died
or,
it vele not into a home of luxury that
future queen of Englend was born. Nor
le at all tottered that oho would reach
the throne, Once the childrea el the /inked
Clarence, an elder brother of the duke of
vitt, stood between the throne and her.
It is odd to think of Victoria, neer One of
the rieliest eovereigus in the wor1d oa e
vinglicenecrimpsti In the matter Ovary%
having to weer cheep cotton (hews end
dowdy bate. But it was so, and the little
man prinees.e throve and waa contented,
twught, tempest both herown coustitn.
n and that Of the &Walt goverument, stud
holier both the lama of God and health.
These wholesome days of plain diet and
welt exercise did their duty well, in that at
*goof 42 the queen elle upon her throne
, cell -collected, eud in heidth that a
OMan half her age might env.
The whole of each an Milgrim life is
11 of interest, for the most democratie of
Ante:deem lme an Intuitive reverence for
bat" divinity which doll; hedge a king."
peasant to note the illustrious lady in
eratudieue girlhoixl, to reed of the gray
timing when the solemn words " the lciug
dead "Bounded through old Windsor, to
beefellowed as an echo by "Long live tho
teen, ' when the royal ministers hurried as
st as post -homes could cerry them—there
o cable -cars or swift railway trains
then— to Kensington palace, that rea brick,
Uutelidoeking home of the PrincesVic-
. :aria. Here they knocked, they rang, they
thumped for a considerable time before they
pould arouse thee porter at the gate; they
were tosain kept•weiting in the courtyard ;
•hen turned into ono of the lower roome,
vhde they seemed to have been forgotteh by
verylenly. They rang the bell and desired
that the attendant of the Priucess Victoria,
laigli Leant to inform her royal lughuess
that they requested an audience on business
of impertance. After another delay and
nother ringinueo inquire the cause the ate
endaut s cuisines med, who stated that the
Oncese was inseuch a sweet eleep that pito
,alti not. oistnrb Ler. Then they said :
• We are come on Witham of state to the
ueen and even her Amp inust give way to
that." ff'd It is quito funny to tbink
of theee dignitariee cooling their illustrious
heels in a °bill parlor become° an 18.yeareld
id d was enjoying her morning nap. Audit
neerer et to think of tl 11 tl
The rriFa of Wales,
So accuittomed have Canadieue Leeorne lo
hearing Amerimen journals speak dopreciat-
ingly, If not alendemosly, et tholsearsappar-
mit tho British throne, that auy deviation
from. QMIttan Inag.ti4O iiiipteS%ti from
ita very novelty. ror tide reasen, therefore,
if for no other, the rezent letter in the New
ork Iftraeal front tte 1.eaden eerreepond-
ent will be sure to attract attention. But
spirt from the feature of novelty the letter
Is noteworthy as ehteting, the writer (Arable
of Apprecieting the peiluliar situation in
which the Prince of Wales is plaved, ansi
the meny and limey calls upon his financial
reaourcee. Certainty, £25,000 0, year a
pears a Urge suut to than. whose yearly
Income expreesed in dollars has never crept
up into four figures, but for toe man who
atande meat to the throne of England, and
who is expeeted to entertain in a manner
befitting his high sthefen, the amount is
not extravagant. Indeed, as tilt% Hern1W8
correspondent remarke, It neefl not sur-
prise anybody Oust the Prinees !lumina deal
not enable bun to keep even with hie ex-
oditure. Ho has had. live children to
tiring up, and they have now arrived at
man's estate. Then their edueatiou has been.
all that their position and duties in the
world. call for. .rhe Plinen of 'Wake cannot
economize hie t utelter'e bill or keep n. minute
cheek over the expenditure of a large house-
hold. NVberever lie goes he is expected to
give presents or pend money freely, and
the people would soon cry out if he showed
it tendency to be oiggeadly. He mat sub-
acribe to many charities, keep up two or
three houses for the family, epend a great
deal in travelling, meetly on enable business,
autl conduct all his affitirs on it r,cale suitable
to the lielmapparent. The people would not
like to tee him going about inashatby cos.t,
or crawling along in a foutewbeeled cab.
The Princes income was never calculated
ter the responeibilities which have mown up
around him, It was adapted to the require -
ments of short minority, but the Prince i
a
urry latIpaesinte middle age, and has to discharge
their final words Paused, since the poor many of the duties of the Sovereign, and his
young fett an waited tot to dress, but ren income has tot been increaseil in prop, ortion
down to the gentlemen in her loose, while:to his expenses." Then after further
ightteown, it shawl over hershoulders, her vindicating the Prince front the charge of me-
re feet in slippers, her nightcap thrown travagauce the writer adds a word as to His
{young ladies wore nightcaps in those Royal Higbee& hold upon the affection of
ye, with cute littlo. frills on 'em), and —"II the people, declaring that " he becoinesmore
er pretty brown haw tumbling down her =a more popular every year, and the
baek. There was haste at last It is said:tongue of seaadal 110W is almost silent con -
death and her aeceeeion to the throne with veiled to admit that the Prince faithfully
a burst of tears. Upon this a poet wrote a ilischarges his duty to his country: Eng -
famous poem beginning : ."Site wehb, she land cannot produce a father more devoted
wept to wear a crown." /6 melee said that to home had family ; there has never been it
her first queenly words to the primate -were word of truth iu any of the rumours casting
"1 be your grace to pray for me," which' a shadow on his domestic life. Such
the archbishop did, then and there. The rumours are the penalty of it high position
situation was it key to the queen's later life, and so is the constant intermeddling with
womanly, tender, and intensely religious: his private affairs. They cease to do him
Great things followed the proclamation any injury in the public estimation, but that
and the coronation. But none of these so. they cause him snitch annoyance is not to be
'nteresting to Americans as the simple story concealed."
in,
of her love, courtship, and marriage. The
affection between herself and her cous.'
Suicides From. Radioule.
Prince Albert of Sexe-Coburg, dated from!
hfidhood, but he was only a German prince-! An extraordinary case is reported from Le
ling and she was the queen of all Esmond. :Maus, in the French Department of the
Love is much the Fame in palace and Sartb. The sou of a farmer, living at Man-
age, and love was as real and tangible a smne, having been consigned, as a result of
thing to the royal lovers as ever to the poor- the conscription, to the auxiliary branch of
esti American couple. But us
Albert, alack-a- . the army, stead of to the more dashieg cav-
ay ! dared. not to speak of his love for her, alry or artillery, the young man became des -
ince she, being the superior in musk, needs pendent. His dejection increased when he
nust take the initiative. So there was noth- went to a wedding recently and was ridieul-
g left for the queen to do but to propose. ed there by his companions as being " no
ike the brave little woman she is, she am 'good for active service." Returning home
opted the situation, sent for the prince, ' he told his father and mother that he could
• nd offered him her heart and hand, telling not bear the disgrace to which he had been
him in a pitiable, womanly way that he subjected and the sarcasm of which he was
would make her so happy:if he could only the object, so he had resolved to make away
make the seceifice of beconung her husband. with himself. His parents not only approv-
The marriage which followed wee so happy ed of his deplorable project, but actually.
that it woutledmost seem to be an honorable determined to die with him rather than sum
• precedent for feminine proposals, a proposal vive the slur which had been cast upon the
which thereisno doubt wasmadewithdignity family. All three then partook of a bowl of
and was "pure womanly" if unusual. chocolate, in which they had mixed phos -
There wit no honeymoon is ithdrawal, for a phones and rat poison. Death not ensuing
•queen has irmuy duties, and one day's corn- sufficient celerity, they tried to suffo-
plete seclusion at Windsor was all that was cate themselves with the fumes of burning
granted, but they managed to be very happy charcoal; but, this proving insufficient, the
all the same, as the queen's letters and jour. son and the mother went out and threw
nal show. They led a methodical, clam, themselves into a deep well, where they
domestic life as much as consistent with were drowned. The survivor was appalled
state duties. They had their trials; discon- at the sight of the death, and refrained from
tett amdklisturbanees in the country, difficul- throwing himself in, and sank down by the
ties in Canada, India, and China, and even side of the well and mooted for help. •He
Me or two attempts to assassinate the
novereign. Still, the queen's humor never
changed, and she wrote in it letter of that
date: We all have our trials and vexation!,
but if one's home is happy then the rest is
comparatively nothing."
Could an thing be more womanly?
s Feb. 10, 1840, was the date of the que3ena'rs your arms around the shapely waist of a
enarriage, aria November of the same re
pretty girl is—capital. Married arid your
few her the mother of the Princess Royal. wife chasing little flannel shirts up and
Prince Albert feared that there might be down the weeebeeee is eteeee,
some cilsapeointment among the people at
tee sex ,ES Chilli, but the queen laughingly Furniture polish --Equal parts sweet
assured himRa
, ving : Never ed, the next oil and vinegar and a pint of gum arabic
shell be it beyer Riot okeee she kept well powdered ; shake the bottle and apply
her word, for in less than a year Albert with a rag' It will make the furniture look
Ff.dward, prince of Wales, came into the YstY nice*
that she received the news of her uncle's , cueing meeeyheeyee he says, rs cern.
MI1/0.,-•••••-•-•-••
was carried home by neighbours, but is still
very feeble after his calamitous experiences
of poison and asphyxiation.
•
Civil Service Examiner—" Give me an
illustration of the difference between capital
and labor." Applieant—" Sitting with
AN ;MAI ON FT.I.E$,
some orxao vaarac—tertstics. .or Insect
'MIRA Done* Man, ,
he fly has Sense adventAge over a man,
instance, be has a pair Of -double corn
pound eyes, and with theta he can see in any
direetion or in all direetien$ at ogee withoot
for an instant turoiug his head.
These eyea have 4,000 dietinct facto, Anl.
all of them have direct eominimication with.
thetween, Se thatif. a roan cerues. aloug onoue
side of him and lump, sugar on the •otlier
he • will be able to weteli both of these and
stay for the sow long AS it IS Sak na A
efietit of maw
When1 1 d d I
other, that is exaelly what he does, and he
does not 'hew to tivist his welt in two trying
to keep track of the opposite object,'
The: fly is particular about the air he
breathes. Ile Won't a -very big mouth and
his lusigs are small in proportion to hie
body, hut he is partieulef evbethe pots into
tlxGeAoile'd green tea, Wit AS the best el the
grocers tell for a sO:eped pretty
stroug and Well sweetened, will kill at metier
flies as drink of And they will driok of
it to reedily as e "coon" PleY eroPe. lt
is e3tinial..,41 that a posited of tee and two
pounds of suger wilt rid a room of flies
urizhin two deem—that is, a small rem.
• Flice are voOecions eat•ers. They do not
care eo much what they ezit. me when, they
eat its They are particelar about regular
weed*. They ¬ co lorigat a tune nor-
muoh at a time. but they eat often.
Careful thservere have stated that a
common house fly wilt eat 42,200 *rare
meals in twelve honre... One female fly will
produce 20,000 young Ones -in ;tingle day,
end they will develop eo rapidly as to
evease two Itundred4Old, in WRAP to twenty
four ileum.
.8eientiete have never Wm able to tell
how it fly wallet on the .ceiling ; or, rather,
they Imre utter beet able to agree about
it. Allof them have teld, but not wo are
alike in their .explanetion, Seine eay the
fly has an air -pomp in eimie of its -isomer-
ous feet, laud that he -wanes -up there by
heatiug a rectum in his instep anti al.
loiftwing the Kamer° of the air to gatitelo
Others think he ettriee a minute bottle of
rnucilage Amend with hint end hiltricatee
is Loci& wit,11 it, se that be Can Stay ea
long as he wants to oa any surfaee, wet-
ter what the attractiou of gravity may
hew to say about it. Between then two
sehools of thought you may take your
choice,
011RIOSITIFA Or RaUltru
VOW Or the Many queer Things to ii
Found in the World,
French scientists aro puzzling over a
spider which was discovered in it cavity in
A delta. It i estimated that the :stone must
be atleaet 4000 yeare old ; thisnot with stand-
ing, however, the spider is quite lively and
very youthful in ito maks. It is blind and
hits no mouth.
Crows are commonly said to live for 100
years, and turtles are reported to have even
longer life; but if the late Professor Baird
be right, the greateat amount of longevity
is possessed by fishes. Professor Baird once
mutt that as a fiSb has no maturity there is
nothing to prevent it living indefinitely and
growing; continually. He cited, in proof, a
adke in Emilia whose age is known to date
back to the fifteenth century. In the Royal
Aquarium at St. Petersburg there are hund-
reds of fish that were put in over 150 years
ago.
It is said by scientists that fishes and
mollusks living et it depth of more than
three miles limier water have to beara pros -
sere of several tons, the weight beiug that
of the superineuinbent brine, which exerts
its power from all aides. The reason they
Are able to bear tide trememlone weight is
because they have exeeedingly loose tissues,
which allow the water to ilow through
every Interstice, thus equelming the weight
When the premere is removed they die al-
most, instantly.
There is is horse on ,Tames McCloud's
farm in Sooth Dakota 'which has eight feet ;
otherwise it is perfectly formed m every
respect. Noe until the fetlock mint is,
reached an the descent frem the shoulder
to the the foot is there any difference between t
this horse ana any other. At the pastern
joint, however, the branch begins, and two
perfectly formed hoofs are found on each
of the four legs:
Within the Antarctic Circle there has
never been found it flowering plant. In the
Arctic regions there are 762 different
species of ilowers. Fifty of this number are
really polar flowers of varied colers ; the
rernmuder are 'almost colorless, being mainly,
it yellowish hue.
A 17 -Year -Old feldri Marries an .Aged 31=
and Loees Her Life in
• Consequence.
Wolf a Creek is elite° hamlet in the inidet
of the Frog mountains on the border of North
Corolina teed Tennessee. Its population is
made up of mountaineers of more then ever
age intelligence, who are all more cm less in,
terested in illiett whisky, "Old Man"
Ben has for many years b,:ezi the patriareh
of tide community, the leader of many a
loislasight fray which left tile dead body of
a United Otetes morel:el as a warning to
here who might attempt to disturb the
!serenity of the famaishiners' occupetion.
Belt's wife died Mereli 18. lie seemed
crazed with grief then, hut, though he has
passed his allotted three score years mai ten,
three weeks later he led to the altar Mary
Williaans, a haridisonoi mountain lass of 17
summers, His family protested, his daugla
ti' raged, hie sons finned, hut "014 Mao
Bell asserted his right rode as he pleased.
Mary Williasns, though young, WAS 110t
above repraocli, and the Bell family deter -
:mixed to drive her away. Shescerned their
tbreeta and clung closer to the side of her
stalwart husband. ',est Tuesday is fevr
women induced Mary to go with them into
the woods in eeerch of strawberries. Whoa
lielf a mile from her houee Alary found her-
self sorrounded by sixty Inaqzed women
aud is few men. A committee disrobed her
end while her eareams woke only the echoes
from the surrounding reeks, tied her to Pi
tree.
IA' WOMEN,.
Then the steplarighters'the old mania
three girls. adminietereflalternately 100
lashes. Before the hot was given Mary had
fitieted away and the bleed was flowing
freely from her inaegled limb. When she
Was eArried hem "014 Man" Bell became
furiens.
Airiong the men present at the whipping
was John Bellew, who tame Bell the ponies
of POMO of the women, aud the old man
swore out a, werrant for their arreet, but
before the trial at the justicis'a offiee his
young wife died, ahriekingwith agony. The
mountaineers approved of the whipping and
determined to make an example of Bellew,
After Ming up oe " moonshine" whielAy
forty cif them went to Bellew's homes lie
heard the drunken mob before it melted
hiecabin and waapreparedto receive it. with
hisWinchester,
44 COMO OUti You whitediveredsceundrel?
yelled John Bell. Baug 1 and Bell fell dead
from IleUewhi &at shot.. Bilt Bell, /limn
Martin, and John, Johnson were mortally
wouuded, ansisevers)
before thecrowit retreated, Craig Miles of
the DeektOwn Reporar wrote an account et
the affair. Twenty or thirty of the nen
Ky, armed with Wincheateen, rode into
ektown with the avowed purpeee of kill.
Lug Miles, who was compelled to flee the
town. The Bell faction and their syrepathite
ra to the number of several hundred have
sworn to revenge the death of John Bell, and
have left their stifle and fields and, mind
with rifiee and liberally supplied with liquor
have taken possession of the region about
Wolf's Creme.
Pitar.int.NO TO 71011T.
Bellew,. old Bell, and their sympathizer;
are bank ta the mountains, also armed, and
it conflict betweou the two factions is in.
evitable. The coroner of Polk county is
unable to held au inquest,. No one is
willing to servo on the pry. The sheriff is
organizing a poem and mints to start. to-
mght for Wolf s Creek. Pulk county is in
the extreme southeastern corner of Tenuem
see, remote from railroad or telegraph
facilities. The women who were said by Bal.
low to have takeripart in the whipping were
ordered committed to jail, but the constable
WAS warned not to attempt to take any of
them itt eliarge under penalty of death.
Bell deeleres thet the murderers of his
wife shall pay the penalty of their crime,
oven though his daughters go to the scaf-
fold, and he vows -that if necessoty he will
take the law into his own hands. Be ex-
pressed no regrets at the killing of Ilia son
ohn by Ballow, anyiog it -was the prove,
deuce of God that be should die for Ins
miserable conduct. 13,41 forfilty years has
been an active member of the hardsholl
Baptist, oturch. He is it man of wealth and
influence, ands, local preacher. His infatua-
ion for 3Iary Williams is mid to have has-
ened his first wife's death. It is now report-
ey thopeop e opposing bit that she did
not die a natural death, but that he and
Mary Williams conspired to poison her.
Foreet Fires.
The forest tires which have been for two
weeks ravaging the valuable timber regions
of Michigan aud Winconsin have about
burned themselves out, and it is hoped they
mey not again assnme sway, Hundreds of
miles of splendid timber have been convert-
si into blackened and useless waste, and the
°se mounts up far into the millions. Over
score of villages have been wiped out, and
nnumerable lumber camps and farm houses
wept away. In many instances human
ife has been sacrificed, and the number of
.
arrow s apes auc . mg experiences mi
he effort to outrun the flames would fill it
olume.
The Cattle Trade.
i
The counnittee appointed by the e
Parliament to enquire into the trans-Atlan- 1
tic cattle trade have completed their inves-
tigations and presented their report. The •he
report, which approves the United States
regulations for the inspection and shipment
of cattle, condemns the use of steamships
which are only occasionally chartered for the
ocean cattle trade, since in most instances
the vessels are unadapted to the uses to t
which they are put, and the men employed to e
feed water and otherwise attend to the cat-
tle are generally unskilled and in many
eases totally unable physically to endure
the hardships of a rough voyage. The coin-
mittee is inclined to believe that cruelty
to cattle is rarely practised except by the
inferior class of cattlemen known as drstiirs,"
the employment of whom it says should be
stopped. The committee recommends more-
over, that where ample ventilation for
cattle is impossible the vessel shall be con-
sidered unfit for the trans-Atlantic cattle
trade. It also suggests that the foreman in
charge of the cattle, • and his assistants,
should be required to sign the ship's articles,
and the men should be thus placed under
the antherity of the Captain of the vessel.
These recommendations it edit. be seen are
principally in the direction of the sugges-
tions made at Montreal last winter when
Mr. Plimsoll was in this country. It is evi-
dent that their adoption would greatly in-
crease the comfort of the cattle while on
board ship.
Apropos of the trans-Atlantic •cattle
trade it may be added that the Dominion
Government has just issued is new order -in -
Council governing theshipmentof the cattle.
The order requires t het all animals intended
for shipment shall be in the stock -yards for
rest and inspection during twelve hours of
daylight before embarkation. The trans-
portation compeides are to provide chutes be
which the animals are to be inspected.
Each animal, after passing the chute, shell,
if found to be healthy and suitable for in-
spection, be 4Mnred With the letters V. R.,
and no animal shall be allowed to embark
unless so stamped.
• Embroidered chiffons made up over taf-
feta or satin for evening toilette
The Cheapest Plan.
Miss Tawker "Uncle George, I have is
elegrarn to write, and I don't know how to
et about it. I want to tell Cousin Emily
that I can't go to see hen
Uncle George.: "That's easy enough.
Write just as if you would tell her if she
were here."
Miss Tawker " Oh !" (Retires, and in
the course of half an hour exhibits the tele-
gram.) .
Uncle George: " Phew! Look here,
my dear, it will be a great deal cheaper for
you to go to Hastings with this than to
send it by telegraph."
• Bioely Put,
"What ever became of that tall handsome
valet uf yours, Lord Noodleby?" asked Miss
Hobbs.
"Oh I had to dischawge him. Strangers
would mix us up, ye know, and take him
for Lorcl Noodleby, and me for the valet,"
returned the peer.
"Oh, dearene !" said Ethel. And doesn't
that prove the truth of the old saying,
Never Judge by appearances ?"
In a remarkable address which he recently
delivered, on the occasion of his being ;are-
sented with the freedom of the city of Glas-
gow, Lord Salisbury said that the chief
obstacle to the success of diplomacy was, not
party hostility', but publicity. When I
conclude a treaty," he said, "of course I
desire that my fellow subjects shall approve
it But I desire no less ardently that they
shall abstain from saying so." The reason is
that exultation at home means distrust and
resentment abroad, and conversely. " We
must do our utmost that our expression of
opinion on foreign affairs should be as little
as possible tainted with party prepossessions
because words that are uttered with but
slight effect at home have an intense effect
aliturd.".
All 0 irriRll OREAT WATERF4.143,
14 llus 4a44 Been Discovered -1u =trace, and
at moo water is a WonAter.
Another big Waterfall has reeeetly been
discovered. It was fouled. by Mr, detai
Beam:leo he a journey he wide a few months
Age aloof; the southern freutier of I.,'Iyasan-
Ian& Tile falls ewer ia the Rim River,
which has figured in the repent troubles. be.
Meows the Portuguese end. English, The
Rua is, named in the treaty between 'those
cowl -tiles as the boundary lute between.
Ikitisti Nyassaland and the Portuguese
memseione.._ Mr. Itoclialieu wee open the
uo Faille At, low water, se he did not see
them in their full grandeur, theugh at any
SWAM of the year they afford a Magnificent
spectacle. They are ehout twenty-five milee
fro.ni the mouth of the river, *high is a
tributary ef the Shire, mei are about, 1,400.
feet above the sea. At high water the fells
are 690 feet wide and taltit a giant leap of
200 feet Into a foeueing Oyes,. 'whose depth
Mr, iluchenan had no means of estimating. u
The general outline.of the fella is that oha
horee,ehom. rer Abmite. half year, therefore5
these bile, of which we never heard before,
and which are within twenty-five miles of A
route trevelled by Many White men ever ,
sou* Livingstone rimeevered Lake .,Nyweree,
May be nnuthered among the Moat stupend-
ous seeterfalte of the world.
Wheo Buchanan San' them at low
water tbe felle were l2Ofestwzde, The Wepter
from the Miriam ebennele Wive the falia
cidleeteintoone main stream, whichthiluders •
down the chem. sending eltyward cloud*
of vapor and dashing aloug. Angry course
Aftee 'spreading into a breedtle of 450 feet,
During the rainy season, While the river it;
full, Mr. Bechanau seem the fano must be
ono of the iirait MagniiiCent sights itttho
world, aod even when he SAW it he thought
that It
was worth travelling many .mtlet to
Spring -Cleaning.
By spring-cleaning we do not Mean as
annual beating of =mete, washing of wino
&we, and geizerel overturn of everything
Worms, for evhich wommu are roman& What
we aro thiuking of is a, spring-cleaning for
men—it work whieh, if it were feithfully
done, woold lemma the deetlorate.
One thiug of_ptime importance ie the care
of the cellar. The air etreulatea es freely
from caller to Attie an the blood eiroubithe
in the body, foul thet, tco, in *pita of elased
doom, Judged, the cellar should be kept
pure the year round; but if this hoe not
beca done, the time to rectify the mistake ix
before the diseasiebreethog heata of aumtner
are upon us.
If there are decaying vegetables in the
cellar, or rotten woosi from boards that reat
upon the ground, tvhether loot: oras a fixed
floor, or accumulations of uselese rubbish in
the earners, or under the stairs, or wider
the front doorateps, by all mOan8 let them
be removed.
Tile collar fluor should be thoroughly
swept, and the aweepings removed. Effec-
tual ventilation should be kept up from this
time until winter. Whero it is poseible,
have the floor cemented, Wooden floors Are
often death-traps. Keep the air of the
colter as pure as that of the parlor.
Another important thing is to examine
nnew the sowoge-pipes horn the kitchen and
hatleroom, to inako sure that there is no
leakage. Such leakage is often going on
ander floors, whieh conceal it, but do not
preveut the deadly mistildef.
Now is the time to clean out the cesspool.
Let it be examined Afresh, to see that %to
disease -bearing gases eau mum back from it
into the house, Note, too, its distance from
the well, and ifthis is less than one hundred
feet, remove the cesspool to at least that
distance
If, during the winter, the slops have been
thrown upon the ground near the house,—
au unwholesome and filthy practice,—see
that every vestige of them is removed, and
clean sand or soil or green turf put in their
place. Let teething remain that can in any
way corrupt the ter or annoy the sight So
fares posstble melte the surroundings pleas-
ant as -well as pure.
Sir Robert Years Daughter.
Society has a way of avenging itself for
the wronas committed on the lowest of all
its members. Sir Rebore Peel gave his
daughter a magnificent rifling habit on her
nineteenth birthday, and, attired in the
embroidered gown, she rode side by side
with him in the parks of London. She had
scarcely returned home before she was
taken ill with the most malignant form of
typhus Lever and in ten days was laid to
rest in the churchyard. And the secret
was a very simple one. The poor !seams-
tress in a garret in one of the slums, while
she was embroidering that garment looked
upon is husband shivering in the paroxysm
of chills, and she took the half -finished
garment and laid it over bit; ana the gar-
ment took up the germs of fever, and con-
veyed them from the hovel of the poorest
to the palace of the statesman. And so we
are bound together in one bundle of social
life, and if we neglect the poorest and the
lowest, society will avenge herself in the
destruction of the highest and the richest
and most cultivated.
Poisoned Herself.
A telegram from Quebec sams:—A young
woman was picked up on the Beauport road
this afternoon suffering from the effects of
poison, and conveyed into one of the houses
by the road side. When she was discovered
she was leaning over the fence and Paris
green coming out of her mouth. She was
unconscious at the time and died soon after.
Ws evidently a case of suicide. The deceased
is an unknown stranger here.
Narrow Quarters,
Chappie—I've had you in my mird a
day, old fellow.
Cynicus—I felt cramped, but couldn't
imagine what the cause was.
The Caucasus is full of highwaymen, who
make the roads unsafe. But there are also
knights of good order there, of whom the
highwaymen are in terror. The Listok of
Tiflis reports an interesting illustration: A
merchant of Tiflis made his way to a neigh-
boring city to purchase horses; he had a
large sum of money with him. In the dis-
trict of Bortchalinsk he wee assailed by
three Tartars, who tied him to a tree. One
of 'them held a dagget over his head, while
the other two unbuttoned his garment and
made ready to steal what he had. But
suddenly a man on horseback appeared from
behind the hill. As soon us the robbers
sighted him they called out "Sheltie' hotir!"
(Satan comes), and mounting their horses
disappeared in is moment. The man onhorme
back freed the unfortunate merchant and
told him to mount and resume his journey.
The merchant offered a hundred -ruble bill
to his liberator, but the latter disdainfully
declined to accept it. "If thou haat many
of these thing," he saia, " endow the poor
and hide the rest. Shatro does not want
thy money. Go thy way and include Shatro
hi thy prayees to Allah.
SITYMTIE, SAILlitite
"Wlao was the author or. the eoylog
44 Thera LS alweyeroma at the top!" "The
hotel clerk, I believe,'"
There hie great deal that is ,soggestive of
heaven in a cleild Asleep, .ad vougitimes a.
.suggestien of another piece whenthe mune
• child is awake.
Ethel—" Why are you aloteem lacking
because I leave other admirers?"' • -m" Oh if
yen waat to make a syndiCate of yourself.
'-.dou't object,"
Wit are Mid that some day the bee end
the lamb will lie down together, 'butit this
acasou ie ie -the hotelier who is doing the
meet, lying aheot 'the Web,
It le a mournful commentary 00 intMan
vanity to see the inouroers • looking • back,
en turning the corners, to two if the proces-
sion le worthy of the eorpse,
.dizoptimistie a MAU who thinkshirneelf
good as he can posaitily.lee ; eed a 'Pessimist
IS A Man who t uske Id» omeslibers Are M
bad as they can postobly be.
It must 07.440 the angels" to Mideristend
what some Men mean by their telkin prayer.
Meeting When they see' how littie mish they
take to eberelt with there en Sunday.
For hereto but vain endeavors toleolt pleas'
ed Aothirgean equid the feelaiexpreseiene of
tee girla compelled to. dance with emit ether
On SW:MA.44 of 'the mm14, of the mem
"Latliere"eeidThe old grey,beederl teacher
rra ) el ea:item le, ut 1 rether •lia.Ye
five yohinf men frills thehigh. !wheel them:ems
of yew 'So would we, teacher," was the
general, reply.
"Von know that you are not obliged to
say Anything that will commit teourielf,"
gent the Judge, mechanically, "Now,
honor bright, Judge." replied the prieoner,
if promise to be notamorrimittal will
you?'
My husband ie the dearest, moot mu-
eiderate maa in the world." "ow does lus
show it?" " He knows' hate tobacco smoke
in the house and so he gem to the club every
night after supper aiiel smokes there,"
Filet passenger—" They say that every-
body is more or leas euperatitioue. llow ut
15 with you! Do pm believe its Aigust"
Second passenger—" Believe iu algae? You
bet your life 141 I make my living paint-
tzz em./It
Detective--" Your description of the man
with your wife le too vaeue. 'Mathu hoard -
with yA
von And ia,croes-eyed islet turh.
derkolf—" Yale He viesvery fond of °alone
Mrs. Wedsoon (pentiogly)---"Mra. Oldwife
next door bee hed two nowdresses to my
one." Mr. 'Wedsoon (imam No. 2)—" Yes,
my dear, hue you've nail two new hush:aids
to her one. That Knaves you,"
Figgs—" That men Brobaon has awfa
luck. Firit he lost all Isis money end now
his wife has got. o divorce." Diggs—" What
does he say. about the diva= ? " Figgs
" Says Ida luck seems to be changing,"
Perdita,".." Come, Penelope, don't mope
so. You were right in refusing him. Re is a
worthlese scamp." Peoelope—"Yea, Perdita,
but just think. What will the poor fellow
do for a living now that lie cannot marry
mor
A little innocent misunderstanding is
aometimes very useful in helping ono over a
hard place. ". :Mabel," said the teachers
you nmy spell kitten." "X double.ht-e-no"
"Kitten has two i's then, has it? "Yes,
ma'em, our kitten has,"
' Cita you give ea no venger seen I un.
The Clergyman's Retort,
There is a 'Unitarian etergyman who isnot
without is power of keen retort, and who is
none the leas gifted with the gtace to Corn -
Mend hie tongue rather tlafin allow his
tongue to command him, says the Boston
Courier. Be has in his congregation one of
those women who make is pretense of frank-
ness au excuse for rudeness, and who are
given to boasting:that they are plahespolten,
when the truth is that they are simply in-
bred and insolent. This especial holy is
wealthy, and there are not many in the list
of ber acquaintances who dare rebuke her,
albeit they do together console each .other
for the wounds they suffer from her tongue
by abusing her roundly.
it chanced that one erersing the lady and
the clergyman were partners at whist at the
house of is common friend, and so successful
-were they thee, they won almost every game
for the evening, Like people who arefond
of having their own way the lady was in
bigh humor over this success, and when the
play was over, she pushed batik her chair
from the table with the characteristic and
graceful remark to her partner:
"You do play a good game of whist, Mr.
Blank. If you only preached as well as you
played whist it would be a treat to go to
church to hear you."
The cleegernan was quite equal to the oc-
casion. He kept his temper and his face
under perfect control as he replied :
"Thank you, Miss Sharp; but on know
anybody cau learn to play whist, while
genius and good breeding come by grace of
Sunny Rooms for Health.
The rooms occupied by children should be
made bright, light, and pleasant. It is sel-
dom thought of ELS mueh as it should be,
how essential to the health of chddren
plenty of light—especially sunlight—is.
One reason why poor peoples children thrive
in the face of most adverse surroundings is
that they are nearly all day out of doers in
the full light of day in the air. Keeping
children excluded from sunlight and petting
them in dark, gloomy robins, is similar to
caging a young bird and keeping it always
in the shade ; it will soon droop and lose all
brightness, becoming dull and songless.
Scene children look pale and delicate, al-
though surrounded with every comfort—.
ne,y, luxury --well fed, wall looked after,
and the real cause is often want of lightm!
want of sunlight—and want of cheerfulness
in the people and in the rooms they inhabit-
ed.
A mysterious murder took place nt Genoa
two days ago, and has only just come to the
notice of the authorities. It appear s that
at a meeting of Socialists, held late at night,
a disturbance took place, with the result
that a man, whose name was found to be
Micheal Benedetti,was carried to the hos-
pital in s. dying state. Re had been stabbed
in three places with ft:dagger. Two of the
wounds were of a, mortal nature. Benedetti
died during the night, refusing to the last
to give up the name of his assassin, whom
he kneweor to say what was the cause of
his being ,stabbed. When pressed to give
his assassin up to justice, he replied •that
the affair was one which concerned his
party a,nd not the courts of justice. These.
were is last words. The murdeeed man,
who was a leader of the Anarmkiet Society
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of Travelli is supposed to have failed
carry some order of the Anarchist etimmittie •
and that inconsequence he was eau4nenes1 „s `9,4"e.•_„,S
to death.
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