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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-9-13, Page 2FUTURE OF TRANSVAAM0 frith the ItateeeQ1K5 er the ever Itrehen navel teeveintatient Itiu reattee Country Ininieviscly turn. Though there is no man more large - interested in the development of the Transvaal than 3Ir. J. B. Robin- son. nor any onei who knows more about South Africa, ha has had other things to think about for some; weeks than the fatu.re of $outh. "What is to be tiro future of the TransvaalI" he said, repeating ray estion. "That is a matter which lies large- ly with the z.itisit Government. Such fighting as is still a:Ling on 15 reeiely ganrrale, whieta while it may cense hams trouble, cannot be re garded too seriously. The backbone of the resistance is undoubtedly brok- en. It colthl not be otherwise. 1 be- lieve the Eeem are only lengthenin out their resistance because of tea of whet may lappea to them when they surrender. Once th:. t*ople feel assured that no terrible results will follow' sarrea.ler. they will bow to the inevitable. "Up co now ties develepracaut of the Trevesveel hes berely hehan. To open up 104;1 yi-111 EttUd7, hero ratlwaye. (iroat etretchers a zol bud have rat-a:heed unneteleal bee U.50 it w46. im.peacticable to 'Pelee, chitteey to were: them. The firet p in the expiation of the Trees veal will he the heilabee of rallwaye direction* Sthetny eionereeles iU he theited, ;nasty li-ebitilt, and ' res of pounds' woreh efiU and pleat will he relit cut from England. "With thee building of rallwaY wiU come develepraeut of the eaa fields. The Trartsvael oae et th richest 000l territories on earth. Oo ow own properties we find great seams of, eval ranzCiV/4 r.r.,111:1 with the teenta of gal, 'end leeve el - reedy worked ear CC..,3i 14C extent. Eat tla„Wo Stritia5 of U)4t1i are rUtiarsing all OVekr the Rl they ere al au dcp2h to work, aul eitete ace tee- 14-11'..had call'hift (16 ceeep fuel. hiktetnelaeeitivtalutit vhsaia fue nitAsonleett the begiontoe ot (Alter mooing. oport from to.)14. ihore ore extraieriiiteire aratnate of cop- per in the getriliena pat of the Treasvaah 14Imeuetaine copper, as well ae Leaver, eubelt„ lea ad dietuttede." AN aNiaLuz.0 s.rosa tortoiso is a, grea.t eh: er atet that eliaraeterietto yiIJ.' tb Leatiori Spectutor a !many eatery o ono which was a domestic poi ba coantry butte°. sas hie tirae, for hihrrateitte, drew n1b beelemed A quiet earnerzi the dimly lighted cue' eellari anti there teenipweed hireeelt to sleep. A, new cook lees appointol soon after. She knew not, tortoises. In. a few months, with tb.e lapse of time, the. tortoise woire up Lind eellied forth. Surcease teem broke the kitcheree calm. Enteaug that department, the lady of the hew* found. the Amok gell- ing in awe-stem:it woutier, and ex- eleimiug, es with unsteady hand she pointed to the tortoiee; "sly con- vey:am:I Look at the estate that rve broken the mai wi! a' winter!" • NECESSITY OF COVER DURING SLEEP. The object is simply this: Nature takes the time when one is lying down to give the heart rest, and that or- gan consequently makes ten strokes less a minute thau when one 13 irt an upright pasture. Multiply that by six- ty minutes and it is six hundred strokes. Therefore in eight hours spent in lying down, the heart is sav- ed nearly five thousand strokes, and as the heart pumps ex ounees ol blood with each stroke, it lifts thirty thousand ounces less of blood in a night a eight hairs spent in bed than when one is in an upright posi- tion. As the blood flows so mud: more slowly through the veins when one is lying down, one must supply then with extra coverings the warmth usually furnished bet circulation. SNAKES AS PETS. As the inseparable:friend and com- panion of snakes, a gentleman who occupies a lovely old house in Chelsea bears away the palm easily. This gen- tleman and his beantiful wife and daughters are known throughout so- ciety everywh,ere in connection with their pet snakes, and not long ago a section of neighbours threatened le- gal proceedings through certain of the pets going a -wandering: The lunch- eons at this house are unique. Huge cobras coil round the nettle and aboui the body of the host at the eead of the table; smaller esaakes twine there - selves round the ladies' arms, and try to eat from their plates. A visitor about to sit down finds that the beteutifuli eu.shien on the chair is a living- snake coiled up. This is at home; but country -house invitations to the family- are many, thougJa the inflex- ible rtule of the gentleman is " Reese me, house my snakes." Bailee:SC na- turalists thank this gentedmain for one thing at least -he heeestablished the fa.et that all stia, es -ane eobras especially-he,ve pense enough to be jealous of other creat es, and even of human beings, wig, are made much 8 Id by the owners of. the pets. e SUFFICIENT UNTO THE AY," Rev. Dr. Talinage Discourses on a Common Evil. ae A despatch frezo, Waeldegton saye:1 of tremble, and So he apportione it for Rev. Dr. Teltreae,e preached from the ;nU the desa and years et ear life. following text:-"Staffieleut unto the never look at my memoraedum-book day Ls the evil thereof."-aTatt oh, 34. to see what engagements and duties The life of every man. NNVEctan, and are far ahead. 1.4.e.t every week bear thild, is as clee'ely uuder the diriatO, its own attune= care as though eueb persoa were tIm Go to -marrow and write on your day only an, woman, or child. her are book, Or on your ledger, or your aceidente. As there is a law money-e.afe. autfieleat unto the day storms in the natural world. so Its the evil thereof." Do not worry there is a law of trouble. a law ut tlLs- !about notes that are far from due. aster, a law of mistortUne; but thO no, not pile up on your counting -desk majority et the troublee of life are the financial anxieties a the next imaginary, and the mast oft - h Se twenty years. The God who has tak. tielpated sever come. At any rate, en care of year worieller oeoupatiou ere 13 na cause of complaint against guardhog yoar store from the torch Ste ht)w 74"14 batb dQue t� of the incendiary and the heY of the 1": 4tee /42-5 4uusinfte 441eL113; burg/tar or the red arra or the revolii- rth with. feZothe 13131.thag rall3"`lw tion will be faithful to the last. rin and hate for the moon- burgareireeanese for the msef ess. froa I: toere atot orsatai for the bil- Waae-?4iau at llaaaare!' the future. They make out very well tbe eiVIT;141 ii‘.41W5 " now, but they are botheriug theta- h"thradies IA/ Min eelece ebeat future pleurises, and litter, teas to chenti hsa raatenatime, and neuralgias, uod fel," b14*.t.4-414: leuldaw'Muweg1/3! es. 'their eyesight IS feeige end they 44'5 watt its St44g1 ."" are worried lest they entirely lose it. (411c.'r sPienduur '413 Their hearing ia Indistinct. and they zaoi eevering upall other .1 ere aiartn d t th h eitle Its gartamie, and 014- f a toe all other thrones with lee teStainioa-de:Iiereeve for a Wet. world threagh the (iteat Redeemer. 1 discourse this morning of the sin borrowizig trouble. Vire.: Simla a habit of mind a tart is wrong, beeauee it etas on deSpOPtletley that ill fits h7 ty. persons here in feebee bash, azut they are worried atittet f. They felt chilly to -day, and are gan attaeA of typhoi4. They atbwn troubled for weeks evitb rplexing malaely, and dread b eientanglte.ioaietvalleist Tate, ,arre ee he.a4th Bowl; ;int trust Gott tor tiara. lie not guilty of the blase y of aa/T,',11J, him to take care of Y021 whlie sou oleep with your win- dows Cglut down, or toe chicken -salad at e.:erea o'cloelt at night, ur eit down ke of ice to root 9i'f. Bo Prudent en be confident. : The habit of borrowing, rale. w eagerly preptro",! for rOt,-1,:nqs 13 a 12,4u Sits dowe uritier ise'oeeted aliettoilenel eJrtee's. "1 do. an tItal;'; aswerea." 11 lea give, .h expect tbey will eteel t.he g. becaueeit uailts us it when it oetuatily dots come. We n chtb.itaa but waitron, eatirt alwayS here smooth 13 tumgo ;t T.141, eh path will ofteu tumble among! It. Hew (Atli a man deel.vitine. and. tateuut a steep, and be rwu lau,1 of nth h‘ art thterep.ereed. Judea will hilie our 0s bL Hue, :and book, and bait !clAwk' and th'n Bud us for thirty catch lizerls and water -serpents? .V.eees 1 aiiver. "lumen scoru wiii try et fon bats and hawks, and hats to. crucify uo be.tween. two thieves. uirth hwks you, um find. unut for o v1111 hear the iron gate of the, robia-reelbreaets, and you van and ',seem:0LN creak and grind aa it. shuts robleereelbreasae. One night a gle aria au owl got into fierce bat - le; the eagle, unwed, to the night, was no =etch for an owl, which is oar kindred. But. we cannot get reidy tuw - • thins by toreboslings. They whe fought imeginaey woes will of breath hack conflict with most at borne in tha darkness, and the armed ,deeteters ot the Iuture. he king of the .sir fell helpleee; Their ameuttnitioa will have been but the nverning rose, and with it rola wasted long before they came under the guns of reel misfortune. the eagle; and the Quin and the leight- hawks, and the bats game a send annally: The habit of borrowing trouble is wrono, beeause it is unbe- Into the conabit; now the eagle, the euniight, with a. strente et his lief. (3°.1 has premised, to take care . f us. The B talons and a great cry, cleared tible blooms with heo as - air, and his enemiee, wiai torn fea- suranees. Your hunger will be fed; hers anti epleehtel with blood, tura- e our eichness will be alleviated; your led into the thickets. Ye are the sorrows will be healed. The summer children. of light. In the night of de- clouds that seem thunder -charged eponde.ncy yea will hve no reaily carry in thole bosom harvests ichance of wheet, and eltoeks of corn, aud against your enemies that flock up vineeards purpling for the wine - from beneath, but, truAing God press. and standing in the reinehin) of the ' "Let Pleasure chant her syren song, promises, you. sh "renew your youth like the eagle." hlis not the song tor me; To weeping it will turn ere long, For this is Heavens xeoree. But there's ;Leong the raesomedsing To Jesus their exalted King, With eoyetal heart and tongue, Oh, tbat's the song for mai" Courageamy brother!. The father does not give to his son at school euough money to last Lum several years, but, as the bills for tuition, and hoard, and clothing, and books come in, pays them. 8o God will not give you grace all at once for the future, but will meet all your exi- gencies as they come. Put every- thing in God's hand, and leave it there. Large interests money to pay will soon eat up a farm, a store, an estate, and the interest on bor- rowed trembles will swamp anybody. "Safficient unto the day Is the evil thereof.' Agairt: Thehabit of berrowing trouble is wrong, because it has a tendency to make us overlook pres- ent blessings. To slake manes thirst, the rock is cleft, and cool waters leap into his brimming cup. To feed hie hunger, the fields haw down. with bending wheat, and the cattle come down with full udders from the elover pas- tures to give hiat milk, ante the orch- ards yellow and ripen, casting their juicy fruits into his lap. Alas! that amid snob exuberance of blessing, me.a should. growl as though he were a soldier on. half rations, or a sailor on short allowance; that a man shenld stand neok-deep in htrvests looking forward to famines that one :hotted feel the strong pulses of health marching with regular tread thraugh all the avenues of life, and yet trete, ble at the expacted assault of sick- ness; that a man sheuld sit in his pleasant home, fearfal that ruth- less want will sozne day rattle the broken window -sash with tempest, and pour hunger into the breadtray; that a Man. fed by Him who owns all the harvesta should expect to starve; that one whom God loves and sur- rounds with benediction, and at - tenets with angelic, eseert, and hovers over with mare thin motherly tond- aess, should be looking for a heritage ef tears! Has God been hard with thee, that thou shouLast be forebod- ing? Has be stinted thy beard? Has he, covered. thee with rags? Has he spread traps for Llay feet, and galled hy cup, and rasped thy soul, and ,vreeked thee with storm, and thund- ered upon thee with a life full of ea fatuity ? 11 is high time- you began te thank God for present blessings. thank Him foir your children, happy, buoya.nt, and bounding, praise Ellen for your home, with its fountain or song and laughter. Adore Him lox morn.ing light and evening sha- llow. Again : The habit of barrowieg trou. ble is wrong, beeanee the present is efficiently taxed with trial God eee that we all need a certaiu amount FILIAL PRESCIENCE. Fond Mother -You say Mr. Willing objeets to n:y presence in the draw- ing room when he calls? Daughter -Yes, mamma, Fond Mother -I wonder why 1 Daughter -Pm sure don't know unless it is because he loves me for myself alone. A SUMMER PICTURE. The fields are all alive, There'e a buzzin' around the hive - For the bees are mighty busy makin' honey ; The maple leaves are hlinkine Arid the water lilies drineine Till they stagger where the river rip- ples sunny I PERFECTLY SAFE. Oustomer-Your safety matches are horrid; they won't strike whatever you do. Chandler-Exactle, you can't have auything safer than that. HER RE,MAIii.h. einsband-Didn't you tell that cook f wanted my breakfast right on tlac in inute7 Wife -I did. And what did she say? She said that we ell have aux disap- pointrneuts." TIIE S S -4SSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SeP. 16. le Melt Foot. Luke 1343„ Ouliteu TeNt-ailitaat Sbiall It proat a Mall If fle t.nie the whole worie and L.he OM it $eethe PRACTIGAL NoTEs, Verse 13, Gee of the company. One ot the bystanders. Master, speak Le me' brother, that he divide the In- heritance with me. The Jews fre- claentlY sought the arbitration 01 their rabbis in questions of disputed ownership; but the ablest and, holiest of the ralehis declined thus to act, 34. Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you. Who so appointed ar eenstituted axle? Our Lord speaks with eozne allusion to the ease of Moses, Exod. 2. 14. As in the auese tion about tire tribute money, Matt. 22. 21., he declines all jurisdiction in temporal matters. His kingdom, was riot of this world. Hat why might not Cbrist aet as judge? 1,,kha1y a few weeks of life remained to laim. Be had hardly any time even for miracles, ad seems to have spent entire days 13 preaching. 2, His work was not to deterw.in particular cases, but to e et T a Le, Be lazy, gluttoeous, drunken, ane licentious. Pleasure is always in the future, never quite realised. 20. God said. God's vseiee is an un- welcome laterruption to every unde- vont neverie. God speaks oftener than men liee,r. Thou fool. Or. "Thou Senseless one." The word in the original le equivalent to "Nebel" 1 Sam, 23. 25; see Pea, 49, 20; jame 4. 13, 14. In the Bible the fool is al- ways the men who lacks moral sense. hile folly appears, in forgetting God; 2 in raise estimates of life; 3 in rung for cselt; 4 in forgetting death. The man Whotal the world cello' wise and prudent Is often the man whom God calls a foal. this night. Any men's sonl may he summoned at any instant, and how foolish not to make preparation for the call. Thy soul shall be required of thee, means, literally, "le required of thee," as if, disease and death were Godes sees - wagers egmanottieg the Mares soul Then whose Shall those things be. which thou best providedt When the rich mem coatemPlated his wealth be regarded it as "nay fruits and my goods." God does not say, "the things then pirgeeseeet, thy possessioasl" lw says, 'the things then bast provided.' S: So ie he. Everybeily who lays tablisk universal principles. Chri es speak to every man conceruiu his ((inflect toward his brother, bo it is tn change his heart rather tha to direct his specifie actions. of15.cZektiLhouteecli'llitellaQrutrilyti;u13z•ts'le‘l'avres against the grasping. tendeney. calving wxo ,9474Zid, tuf..4 man's appeal him• Jesus tures his diszotuse to a ware- ing against that Sin. Covetousness is not necessarily coveting; it is no merely the wicked desire to posse that which already belonge to anot er; It la an tuordinate desire for wealth. The low between tile lawful and the unlawful wit -ti must be up treesure for himself in place !. laying up foe God le such a fool as was ' thin man. The eiu is ace in having, n cc in laying up the treasure, but in doing this tor self. Not rich toward a God, Ile is riolt toward God who lula thoee things r.thwa./.' 4!(.44,:21,,k,c4-41.11:4141r"4,. .,,., ,..m.,...ii,,,•,,, k. ' ilideee'ttpe character and earneat 22. .‘, herefore I say nut° you. Tlie benevol ce. following discouret'ie thee connected with the preoediug parable. When the Itibie was turned into Begliali the word "thought" Wad used where "einxiety" or "care" would be now, 1Pet. 5.7, lint against foreeight or reasonable prOViSiOn for the future, does Je.stis eauee his dieciplas, but against "worry" and vexation. One 01 the best ways to "take no thought" t for tee future la the ilible SOUSG is to "take thought' for It, in our present I use of that phrase; Christians must work and eat, their own bread, and drawn by each luau's conscience un- der Gael% eye. Ile hose Oiler aim in life is to get rich is a sinner, whe- ther he be fraudulent or honest, eov etc/in:mess is more nearly universe tkan y " , natt 11 ane breacl at God's law can he worse than an other this is morally the worst. Th love of utoacy is the root o all evil 1" Forgeries, swindlings, op pression of the poor, strikes, and law suits will be no eaure when all elasse take heed and beware of eovetoustiess A man's life consisteth not. His rick es cannot lengthen his life; much less is his true life, blessedness, and the hepe of immortality, to be found in riches, as if they were conduoive to it but rather are they destructive et the life of God 13 the soul, as may be seen m frothe following parable. And yet even Caristians sometimes ask, Mauna ratan dies, "Whet was be worth" forgetting that hie worth is not to he reckoned by dollars, but in virtues. Not what a man has, but what he is, ooestitutes his true life. 10, 1.7. A parable. 41. story enfold- ing a great moral principle. The ground . brought forth plenti- fully. This min neither forged a cheek hor wrecked a benk; he simply gatheaell in a rich harvest. Wlanu was h13? Theught. Here is where his s15. begins. Literally, he "dialegued" eith himself, as it two elaments within hit nature were en- gaged in. diecuesion. What shall do? "Other men. are perplexed to get wealth this man is perplexed to know how to dispose of his."-Whe- don. I have no room. Ambrose cen- turies ago. beautifully wrote, "Yes, thou. hest; the. bosoans of the poor, the hoeeee of widows, the mouths of in- fants, these are thy barns." Bestow, Gather together. Fruits. Produce of all sorts, partioularly grain. 18. I eill pull down my berme In orielutal eountries harvests are often stored in caves; sometimes pits like coal vaults are used; but this rich farmer would appear to have poss- essed buildings erected for the pur- puse. There will I bestow. He would hoard his grains not use them. "Grain. stored grown m.usty. Money locked up nety be stolen. hien em- ployed :Amply in. gaining knowledge without diseeminating it grow nar- row and pedantic. The innate forces of natures are in harmony with God's law in almost forcing us, whether we will or net, to work, for others." My fruits. The: repetition. of the pronouns "my" and "I" in this par- able, as inalicativ,e of selfishness, is notie.e.d elsewhere. The rich man seems to be represented as speaking of tikeins as his own, forgetting thaa they were the gift of God, Psa. 49, 11, 12. 19. Say te my soul. As if his soul_ could feed on. grein:- One might as well attempt te satisfy hunger by leading a daily paper as to satis- fy mnta el an4 moral longings by much goods laid up for many, years. Be forgets who LS Master of time. Bow bard ib is far men to believe they. are net to live torevei 1 There may be a warning in the language here also; he speaks to his "soul," white he seeme to have no theught but of pampering and indulging his body, GOOCLSIU is nearly Ofdd teat inarly every :language secular possessions have been called "goods," So prone are we to forget the intrinsic woethlessnees of wealth a na the genuine werth of charaeter. Take thine ea,se, eat, drink, and be merry. • "provide for their own, and sspeelally a' these of their own house," 2 Them 3, r Ids I, Tina.5.8. 23. Life. The same word 13 la other: passages translated "soul." It in. S eludes all sides and phases of our • lives. Ile who gave us life and the body , • not, ram to give me what as need- ful for them, when we seek it The greater benefit Ls our pledge and earnest for the less. Meat. Feod of all sorts. "We near the words of one • who speaks to peasants, with simple yet pressing wants."-P.uuaptre. God has pledged himself to eare for our soul and body; if you believe in him, anxiety is iticonsistent. ALEXANDRIA'S MUSEUM. "Hi Inn:wore 11111 IMO 01011 Whell et, Pyramids nave Passed etvay." The "Museum" of Alexandria, the great educational inetitution of an-, client tines, has exerted the greatest e Influence upon mankind. Founded by Ptolemy Soter about three cen- tu.rielt before the Christian. era, it at- tracted to itself the greatest intel- lects of the age, and became the Locus of letters, learning and research of 4. 0 the thencivilized world. It was the a birthpl,tee 01 raodern seience. The v principles of true scientific investi- gation, as propounded by Aristotle,' were appliej by its professors and students with the most brilliant re- g suits. Among its leading lights were Euclid, the founder of geometry; a Archimedes, probably the greatest of the predecessors of • Newton; Eratos- a thenes, who discovered the rotundity se of the earth; Hipparchus and Pto- lemy, the most noted at ancient as- tronomers; Hero, the discoverer of the a steam engine, and many other illus.- es trious scientific men. The ethical v teaching of this famous university t was scarcely lass influential than its g science. 11 uaeheld the high moral h standard of the Stoics in a corrupt age. By its prineiples were molded thit chaxaoter of some of the noblest patriots and Mimes, from Brutus to Marcus Aurelius. But for the ine terference of monkish bigotry and tee exterminating fury of Moham- medan fanatic sin this noble institu- time might have lasted on till the. middle Ages, and would have prevent- ed the gathering of the intellectuai darkness which overspread Europe for more than a thousand years. "Its influence will last when even the pyramids have passed away." WHIRLWIND UI V WATER. THAT 18 WRREAATLLyA ATERSPOUT selentine teephinalten or the InterestIna mice:emote -Supersittente anit 'racer - les ersaners nee -armee, It. The water -spout that performed near Joe Beaore'e landing, St. Clair Flats, recently, was one of these rare phenomena that are only infre- Osontla heard of on the great lakes. Coming unannoueced as it did, and staying only a few minutes, meteorite !nista had no opportunity to reach the melee aid add to their seientific knowledge of water -spouts gener- ally. The obeervers a it, however, say that it did not differ in any ma- tertil respeet from the water -spouts dthem:vh;ve read abeat, some a h whic have atanif4sted a, More energetic thongh hardly less awe-inapiring ten-, The term weterespout is really nakeeaster. A more acenrate titl would be aienespout, tor the phonoseen- an an effeet ooming from a eau,Se perating equally on land and sea. It la nothing text a revolving column of air -a small whiriwind-of the Sattle arolly eith theoo meteors seen in de. s and known as sand -spouts, whieh in India are known as= "devils." According to the best soientifie authority, Water-spoets,t sendeepoats and "devils" aro bat e elfin =lees by whiett differeat , eat members of the class N kfriANYZ4 They have a commoo 9r bat display theanselve.s 13 difforen ways. They are not under the same Law as the greatest of whirlevinda, the cyclones and the hu,rricane.s, for they do not always re.volve in the Satae di- rection, but they ptrtake of their citirstoter sofar AS teexhibit the same inclination to trevel with the win at 04 Wind'S velocity, and over iamis timelier epac5 to work wit equel fury. Tha eddies frequent' sem whirling around leaves or du gathered frorn roeds the eountr axe ekin to those wideh effect wate though it 15 euggested that the el vatien of the leaves and dust is du to an operation partly meelmnica wherens in the lerger manifeetatio of the en= Influence tin frietio caueed by the rubbing together a many particles of air in rapii revo lutien evolves an eleetrical pow() whith keels its Aid to heighten th effect of the ctu.se tint has set i 13 altaost invariably wide, above than below, and has sometimes the form of an inverted cone, somethetes of a funnel and aometiraes of a sonaewhat twisted horn. The middle pert is commonly numb, narrower, is fre- quently bent, awl sometimes exhibits opposite sinnositiee. The lower part! 13 apparently leech widened, but pro- bably only apparently so, owing to the potions of water and earth harleti rowed itself by the vortex. A height of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet has been assigned to mast watere spouts; but some have been seee ate such <Retail:tees that the height cannot have been less thaa 5,a* to feet Tlae diameter of wh/er-epoute varies greatly, The lower portion has generally a diameter of some hue- areh, sometimes above a. thobsarali feet. The vortex of drops, or eoliel particles, which the water -spout hurls along with it hap, however, beeri eonne- times- Included in the mese forraieg the. lower preiou. The color most freqnently assigned to water -spouts is gray, dark blue, dark brown and fire red; from which} Lt W01114 SeeM that the colore are till game whieth the clouds aaaanae- in their different states of illumination, The middle portion of water -spouts is of. ten transparent, but this holds good only ha those whioh oconr over water, One watoosspont Was nOticed WhOSe Middle portion was opaque while it traversed the land, bat becatae trans- parent when it proceeded toter a routs last lin e rt ar ey ant,. X ey tin.ue far half an hour and there la, hardly One example at an hour's dur- ation. These etwoop/aerie disturbazioes are, onion aceosaPanied by a. vieleut noise, resembling the roar of a great wa- terfall, end a whistling or piping • sound is not lufrequently heard. a They often leave behind au unpleas. • ant sulphurous smell. They are y more abundant on sea than on land st more frequent on coasts than tar out 7 at sea, and mere often notieed in r, warm ri;giono than in cold ones. a- WILD THEORIES.. e The optical illusions accompanying 11 • water -spouts often produce tile wild. r, cot kind of theorie.s. Many naviga. Li tors haggine it is the water of the sea fleet rises in the speut, whieh, they . believe, pumpe it up and peu.ra it into ✓ the antis. They never pause to in- ce quire how a tuba of vapor can bold t and contain torrents or water. Thir mouoss. It was largely maintained at on time tint electrioity was solely re sponsible for these phonomena. WIIU it is true tis it the eleetrical condi tion of the air is distu,rbed by tit tremendous mechnnicel action set ea so that it even vents itself in th shape of "balls of fire" and "fleeh. of light" frequently seen by observ ers, and while it is passible some o the effect 'imam:led "may be ascribe to electrieity hating upon the object drawn up, it is now believed that th lectrical display is rather accident than otherwise -an incitient growin out of a cause inelepandent of it.. A SCIENXIFIC EXPLANATION. Th*'t general law governing wafer- por I is thus stated by an authority teee subject; "When there exist, in current of water, differmaces of elooity between two adjacent threads of fluid, a regular gyratory move - mane around a vertical axis -in oth- er words, a whirlpool -is the conse- uence. The spiralseiescribed by each xnolecule of fluid are virtually cir- tiler, with the axis for their centre,. More exattly, they are the spirals of slightly conical and deteanding, rew, so that, in following the course f any one molecule, you find that t rapidly revolves in a circle round n axis whieh it insensibly approach - see the clouds welling and bulgin e out with the water ptimpel out are distributed amenget them, and that is o enough. Sailors have mingled their supersti- • times with water -spouts. When the ships of Ferdinand Colon, son of a Christopher Columbus, Were assailed s by a water -spout off the Zorobaro 14 - lands, the, crew fell to repeating the gospel of St. aohn, whioh they believed d saved them from destruction. They s breve often parsed over smell ves- • sels with little harm, and the reeords of dkeister to craft from. this source • ie not great. Fish ponds have beeu emptied arid the fish ec.a.ttered around tsheir margins. The veleta thut oper- a13 on, land have greater opportuntea for working destruction. Obje014 little weight are carried a great tame, it being )a raatter of record that a letter was blown. through the air a distance a twenty miles. Chickens have been stripped of their feathers, cattle impaled by flying boards, and men carried far into the air and killed. Whole towns have been practically wiped out by the destructive and death -dealing torna- do. These are more frequent in the Mississippi valley and in certain sec- tions of the southeen states, titoug,h they have been. reper.ted in, all the states east of the great plaisns, anal are known in leas frequent occure renew in Europe a.nd in other parts of the. world. , descending all the while with a elocity very much inferior to its ro- ation. The same thing occurs in 41.S00,11.S masses that are traversed by orizontal ourrent,s, unequal velo- cities in which will engender whirl- ing movements with vertical axes, whose figure is an inverted cone, which becomes visible if any tigng troubles the transparency of the air. Exactly as an water, the revolution of a molecule) wall be all the, more rapid as it is nearer the centre. The me- ehanical ;Identity of wbirlpools and whirlwinds, in liquids or in gases, is manifested by such details as the, de- c,entling movement of water -spouts whose, point gradually approaches the eoil, and by tee ravages they cause on reaching it • by throwing down whatever obstructs their rotary mo- tion. Tbst trad,ewinds :tnd their turn curre.nis ttre a pro)( that we hav.e, veritable rivers of air above our heads.' V1* n a waiJ.I.,-sp,Att; app..3ar. we have only to look at the, cloeht to perceive het a in spite t calla below, there are pa werful herizoatal currents :sloth blowing at, different rates, and theeefore caueing rotary motions in the atmosphere. In a stream of wa ter the temperature nearly the seme from tha &unlace to Ili e. bottom; tothe a tinesphere the up- per stra ta tare ntta ley colder. Carried drOfIV DAV arcll, by i,he spirztl 1CV,ILILJOI, blicy condense the moistute In the lower stritta and render the spoil( visible by easing les eirite,rier wee t. sheath at miet." thealtACTERISTICS. The upper part 01 a water spout 1, MATATMONIAL LOTTERY. A matrimonial lottery takes plstee four times a year in Smolensk, Russia, A yonng maiden is Taff! ed for, 5,000 tickets being issued at one rouble eaoln The, money is given to the girl as her dowry, and the le,older of the lucky ticket marriee the girl, serne- times, for a consideration, he aesigns her Lo another man. In esese ehe de- clines to marry the man who has wen her, the money is equally divided between there. ‘ElereV'slulianDerCy'llofuH e;:litia-eSIP:°11:ttnieLmOeCnKt.o'ot some kind in that loeke.t of yours ? Precisely; it is a lock of My hus- band.'s hair, But .yourhusband is still alive, Yes ;' but 'his hair is all gorse. FOIL CHOLERA INFANTUM,- Make a poultize by boiling the leave and stems of the srnali leaved varie ef smartweed; when tender thicken with meal or bran and place between tw.o layers of thin cloth. Bind thie Octultice across the bowels, ahanging the poultices frequently. Tea from sraartweecl is also excellent for dysen- tery. In all cases of inflammation smertweed is a good remedy. CONVINCING EVIDENCE, Well, yer wurehip, the prisener, wag erasing a dist ur ban Ce outside 0'. Ryan's public house, and. I told hint to desist. Ansi did he? it,sked the J. P. No, yer wurshie; he did net; but immediately turned around and --lifting the bandage -he gave me a elack oi which Oi new produce, AFFECTED I-IER I)IGNITY Ac,quaintance-llow did you e713ey your trip on ,the lake? efts. Upjohn, who hacl been veaten1- .1y seasick -Not at ill. It is such.ri undignified way to travel. Only. one Chinaman has been seen-. larly ordaineda minister of 133 Goe- pelills name is Jam Jee, ape be tivez in San Francisco.