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The Brussels Post, 1894-3-9, Page 2LA.. THE TROUBLESOME DY R IV i111 should say 1 oma sickness if I toil the C1TAlaTir truth, but Loa lad ib mountain fever, Well, "if 10ver b0°0100 poor anal friendless,' elle was dying, yea know, and here, as and should be walking along the streets ofCraig ie site ing alone over the fire, 6000ee a a city about six o'oloeic et night and the � lady in a yellow silk gowie (Mike Geld loci emelt of fried onions were wetted towards ' Craig: you needn't think you've been talk• tree, 1 should become a orlminsl, I would in in your sleep). On her white nook aro Meal," said Doctor Jelin, firfAy, "00 tiler 1 ugly breiees; wolta from a whip are on her aleo might have them." mine, and the little dog elle twinge with "Bathe); a lowly taste, said Oliverlakfly. her hoe beau Metal kicked. She throws They had been to the top of Slaty a Peak herself at Craigs feet, and begs hhn to We for elk all that day, but found no sig Her—_' that oval little one, only a young antelope, bhe chops of. , You don't never tell me which, with the fried omens, Mike was foreigner dared strike Minor fatten 1' 000king'or supper. cried the old lady. "Oh, I'd like to git my The doctor, rraadient Mills flowered dress- heeds on titin 1 All her mother's fault,— Ing•gowa, but: alas, minus his beautifully always taking up with strangers." „aid embroidered cap, stirred the tobacco i0 his "Any man would have helped her, s pipe, and leaned comfortably baok in his Oliver; then he went oilRail told what the ohair, did, and how he left her safely at the train "Don't scorn onions, Craig. 1 know you he omitted her eccentric farewell;—possibly better. Bore in this desolate region miles because he had forgotten ie awayfroot women•kind,you positively revel} "The poor little bird,". sobbed the old in em. woman, "my dead Urotmlier'e child; and WMnen•kind?" Olivet asked, vague. what a man he was t—arster of a ship at l'y. "The vegetable, fortunately. Your thirst for toba000, your oenseles8 haste to return to Denver, your restlesenese, are bad sins, Eve entered our paradise, and baok we go to eiyilizatiou to -morrow because we expect a letter from her. I Abell prescribe for your 08.00 a close of moral reflections, with refer• enoes to celebrated oases of the sort I have heard you discuss with disgust." "How far imagiaatiou will carry a man? —almost to idiocy 1" murmured Oliver. " The question, continued the doctor, plaintively, as if he had not heard, "is,what ere you going to do? You meant well t I should have no doubt assisted the Trouble• seine lady,—not driving eo far or so fast, perhaps. But your honest Mexican accom- plice rode his 'goods, beaata' to Parkviile last night, and he and the well-mannered Louie were amiably intoxicated together. Monsieur is probably well informed of all that took plaoe.'j Which was little enough. I would ,have told him ; but 1 had no desire to quarrel with him, or perhaps fight a ridiculous Frenolt duel over a young woman I had only Been twice, and both of us duellists possibly landed in jail for breaking the peace by some sagacious sheriff." • "I would not go your bail, either, my friend," smiled Doctor John. "1 would like to see you shut up awhile : you've sent .enough to prison walla in your time. 1f I don't mistake,—passers are few this lonely way, and his horse was a roan,—here comes the Mexican and his ' goods beaata,' also a nondescript creature following, who I hope ,is not the Troubleeome lady returning." "Your judgment in matters pertaining to female kind is not accurate," Bald Oliver, who had jumped up anxiously at the dor. tore words, ' This ie an elderly, gaunt, .and tall female, and she sits that mule as gingerly as if he were liable to go out from under her any moment. Do you know, I ;half believe that is Aunt Hannah." "Didn't know you had relatives," said the dootor, following Oliver to the road. "1 haven't. Mrs. bunny has ; and if the old lady is seeking Iter, where is the young lady, and what kind of a difficulty have I got myself into? Sne looks warlike enough." " I have brought ze•a.lady from ze rahl- roa," said the Mexican, obsequiously. "She coma Monsieur de Restaud. He Bent - e here for Madame." "So you told him 1 had taken her to bite train ?" Oliver said, quickly, a dangerous light in his gray eyes. "You were a fool. I shall come here again, and Imp pay more than the Frenchman. I would even have bought that horse of yours at your most exorbitant price." "You haf not enough mon.nay for to buy my horse, senor. Ile is one racehorse. He haf win grand mon-nay for me. I leaf ze lady with you : my :pule he tire: she yell all ze way and bump zeround." While he spoke, the old lady, with more haste than elegance, slid to the ground, un- fastened a carpetbag tied to the saddle, 'straightened her bleak alpaca skirt, and delivered a five.dollar bill to her guide. •' All you'll git," she said in a high. pitched nasal voioe, "if you talk lingo for- ever. I ain't to home in a kentry where my native tongue is butchered as you do it, and that's all I'll pay you, if you talk balderdash all night." " Si senora," gasped the Mexican. "Yis I do see ; and I've a mind to report your insolence to the authorities, for that see' is all I've got of you elle whole way. And if we ain't leagued over un- profitable meaders and everlasting hills this day, and barren wastes, to last me tilt I die. When I git back East I'll hate to lock at the eettin' sun, for getting remind- ed of this journey an' Minny's misfortune here, Now, he being gone, misters," she said, abruptly, as Juan rode rapidly away, —"that Warn, es he calla himself,—which of you is the man that made the misohief in my nephew by marriage's family?" It was rather au embarrassing question. The doctor politely requested Haat she ait down and rest, as she seemed much flurried, and they could talk more comfortably. After a sharp glance at him, she consented, sit- ting carefully in a chair with a groan. She was a tall, raw-boned woman, flat as an ironing•board, tanned and wrinkled, with strong features, a mass of untidy gray hair, and handsome blue ayes with a sly twinkle in them as if she could see a joke and make ons too. Somehow the barren life of New England brings wit and pathos to the sur• face, of the first the dryest, quaintest sort, as of the other the saddest and most hops. less. Her ungloved hands were work -worn and large -knuckled, hands of that pride of the village, a good housekeeper and one who has {lowers in Bummer of her own tending. She pushed an unstable bonnet she worn back on her head, and looked at Oliver severely. As she seemed to know, he said, abjectly, "I helped Mrs. de Restaud get to the rail- road," "I didn't need no telling," ehe Rumored, promptly. " I'm clean beat out. I never rode on an animal before of any Bort of kind. "I've got real rheumatic pains in my bank and shoulders. It le hard for a woman at my age to have to gallivate over an onset• tied country hunting a connection," "Hero are some cushions, " said Doctor John, coming out, his arms full. "These chairs are uncomfortable. Now, isn't that better ? " " Yls. I suppose I' 11 oat my meals off the mantel piece for a week. Now. you being old and settled -like, why couldn't you have helped lilainy ?" Became 1 was not here. Obicet to o.nolting?" "No, land sakes, no; keep theskeoters off, if they be any that Iain gll, e, living up here, Now, thie is coney, " continued the doctor, lighting his pipe. Oliver eat down near them, "Yon see, 1 was called nIT to a sick wnma', and ehe died, -- poor acme" "Of what?" ,eked the now•Omncr, SELS P Q S< NORTHWEST RANCH. LIFE, Ag. D. Itlokiaohlralt on Bauo'41.ag and the Battele Ooaiitry. Tho '4 Omni pa6;es" ,Gtr 111' A.11hertaw.Tbe Ancient winter Hems of the JIxII1tet Iiuslahlo—lWbere Cattle roomer. In a lecture delivered in Montreal reoet:t- ly on " Ranching and Ranch Lite," Dr. 0, Mo Eachran said :-To these who have not visited the vast regions wept of Manitoba traversed by our greet national railway, the Canadian Paoil a, commonly known'ae the Northwest territories, we may convey some idea of Oda very extensive country by mops end atatemente of 0uperfioial areas, but, only diose who have not only travelled across the Ya0b prairies, on the railway, bub have travelled on wagon, buckboard, or better ettll, on horseback for weeks over the seemingly interminable grass land, can form any idea of how extensive an inherit, ono the Government of Canada acquired by purohaae for a few thousands of dollars, A reference to the map will ehow the stretch of oountry,abont819 miles between Winnipeg and Calgary, known as the great prairie, extending from the, boundary line north, for probably 1,500 miles—in which aro to be found millions of Roma, 11 not miles, of laud presenting every diversity of anrface--prairies, where the black loam is eight feet deep, hills, yelley0, mountain ranges, lakes and rivers, of vast extent—a riots inheritance indeed awaiting only men and money to utilize ire great resources, It is a very minute portion of this groat tee- ritory, however, that we have to do with bo -night, that narrow strip of country skirting the Rocky mountains and forming the foot hills of the great mountain ranges, extending, let us say, from the boundary line for 250 miles north and 75 to 1007niles east, forming the southwestern portion of the district of Alberta known as nineteen ; and here's his \finny he idolized living iu nowheres•landwittiacrazy3rendt- man, I pub up with him for months when I visited here, for her Rake ; but one day,— the Pattens is all quick, on my mothers aide I'm a IKnox, and thisb'ry tells what he was, —and I slapped Henry right in the face like he'd been a young one. He set me out the door, and hie man hove my trunk after me. Back I had to ride in a snrinh+tese wagon, and, gifting horao; found things going to rack and ruin with the shiftlean folks I left taking care of my house. I did advise Minny to atay,thouah, Mr. Oliver," she said, loolrine at him with her honest,' kindly gaze. "I'm an old-fashioned woman, so 1'lowed it was her duty : she'd made her bed and had to lie on it. Yon can't never tell me a girl is made to gee married in this keutry,whatever it may be in France, an' Miuny is awful frivolous. I hain't no liking for ' men that sympathizes with young wives when they air young an pretty." I should have dragged her back, to he killed next time," Craig said, coldly. She arose and held out her hard, wrin•. kled hand. "I think you donenoble by her Mr. Oliver ; and though by your looks you seem to ho one of them city bachelors that ain't no good moral characters, I know her own dead father couldn't have done kinder by her. How you rid them miles in that time 1 can't see, for that Warn an' me set out afore sus -up art' got to the Frenchman's jeer turned five o'clock. Now, how much money did you give Minny to frivol away?" She took nut an old leather wallet and began unwinding a strap that held it tight. "I have no account. Wait until you hear from her." "1 am well-to-do, and Minny'e all I've got to leave any property to ; so that needn't worry you; and I don't like her being under obligations to strange men. How much did you loan her?" Oliver looked confused: "I—I don't know ; there might have been three hum dred dollars in the roll, —perhaps more." " What?" almost screamed Aunt Han- nah. "Heavens to Betsy 1 you and me won't ever set eyes on Minny Patten tilt every cent of that money is gone• She don't know the value on 1. She never had none of her own to spend afore." " 1 think she will use it to good adean- tage," smiled Oliver. "Besides, it is bet. ter site has pleety, as she seeins to have missed you. How did that happen ?" "I've been away six weeks, visiting eon- neotions by marriage in Iowy, an' I was coming here to see how she wan treated, for she ain't writ to me 'most two menthe, an' he's mean enough to keep her from it. None of the neighbors knowed where I'd went, on account of their curiosity: I told 'em mebbe Floridy, au' boarded up the lower winders in my house." " Well, the neighbor's will take care of Thor," said the doctor, cheerily. " Here is Mike : so, Miss--" " patten, --Hannah Patten." "There is nothing for you to do but to accept our hoepitaltty, city bachelors live well, you know,—and to-tnorrow go down to Denver with us. Mr. Oliver probably has a letter from Mrs. Minuy at hie office waiting for him, as she promised to let him know if she got home safely." " I believe I will, and thank you," said Miss Patten, beginning to smooth down her (hair. "The smell of them fried onions struck me all in a heap, for 1 ain't eat since breakfast, my niece's husband not even offering me abate to set ou,let alone some. thing to eat, and I've got a feeling of gone - nese that reminds me of one of Cap'n Sam's sea•stories,--Minny'e father, you know,— where a shipwrecked crow eat their boots and chewed sticks to keep e'm alive." " You see," smiled Doctor John, " I was right about oor humble vegetable. It tip. peals to every heart." " And stomach," said Miss Patten,walk- ing majestically up to the house. " It mayn't be proper forme to stop hero, but I guess our age protects ne." " Why, certainly," 'mid Doctor John, meekly. " It's in the air out Isere to do erratic things, but the neighbors in year town shall never know, I swear it." (To DE CO\TINGED.) HERO IC TESTS OF ANTIDOTES. TILE "RANcaING COUNTRY." It aoosieta of geese covered hole intervening valleys, open stretches o y, forming mature prairies, uplands plateaux. The land is cut into by 9 coulees and water courses, sago ire physical features to a mag ling grass country to which the prairie is not applicable. In some p the lying lands and river b the Boll is excellent and every oar lie toHofound, from thedeoploam cloy to the wind blown and earth d ,vel or rooky upland on which t the creeping jumper grown. The de varies from 2,001 to 5,000 feet e sea. There is no country in the at excels this as A NATCRAL ORA7.LY0 GROIIND It is covered with a thfok mot of great variety and wonderful n qualities. The ;"bunch graee" L ispklata, is most most by stockmen ;blue joint, Aprop scuta, rye grana, wild valance, d an slmoet endless variety of nutritious cover the range. most eeaeona, owing to plentiful r they grow abundantly; at other times aeons are dry and grass is scare city of the air and dryness of tl e, e'speoially in the fall, cause the dry and cure on their stalks, atural hay, whish retains its n qualities almost as well as if out an hay of, so much ao that horses and Ill not only live and fatten on it, b former :an be ridden o+' driven ton eye taken right off the grass fifty miles at a stretch with comfort than our grain -fed, stabled east can do twelve. This foothill was long the wintering Noma of t lo, which vs late se seventeen ago existed in vast hetrla on these Captain Twining, chief astronomer ounuary survey, uI his report, me h[e, says: "This herd, which rang the ;Yliasouri river north to the Saskatche- wan, made its appearance, going sou the last of August. The number Ria is bsyond all estimation. Lo the front of the hard from an ciao 16800 feet above the level of the as unable to see the end in either d yet, strange to say, that five yen Iia vast herd was rat visit to the reentry in 189 L Uu ffa hitened the plains. A fete yea nsly treaties were made with th thee, the Blackfeet, Bloods, Pieg aroees. They were all i;ved to sal reserves where they chose, and elected Southern Alberta, because knew that the buffalos wintered there, THEIR IIOR9E8 WINTERED TIIID without food or elielter, except w found for themselves. The olimat ag in mind the altitude and p to high mountain ranges,manyof t of which carry perpetual avow, la U You can understand that the air dry and rare, in fact it is most ex ng, has been called "abampag One feels buoyant and invigorate ding through this grand air. mer at midday the aur may scot kin and tan you like an Indica, om indeed are you without a breeze, and you never experience ex- haustion er fatigue from it do in a more humid The uighte aro always coo eldom regaire more than nor lase than two padrs of blanket n or out of doors. During May a local showers and sometime severe forms occur. Tho winter climate often fine beyond description, cool atmosphere, dry and bracing ky and unclouded sunshine will or weeks together. At Limes t urometer drops as law as thirty de ow zein, but seldom for longer t days, Snow sometimes Palle six inches, or in bad seasons still des the constantly prevailing winds U the hillsides, exposing the grass a iug the stock to food. Tho Chino are winds which are produced b changes occurring when the moist air comae in contact with the to temper- ature of the snow clad penke of t tains, condensation of moisture n cation of the air producing air which despond from the mount heated Wind before which the sue ed and twirled into alio air, wile it freely. What is not thus to blown into coulees and thus the exposed. I nava known of the the rising fifty degrees In a couple 0 foot of snow will often disappear four boors. Thin ST001CMAN'a SI'.IEI^as R as rapidly as. the thormmm�tor hahen ho hears the roar of tae welcome wind which conies to save kis otarvlug herds, The destruction of tho Ranching In- tluetry Company in Alberta for any pooel. ble reason would moan the ruin of the only indnetry ppracticable In that dietriot and the wivhd rawal of five or six millions ;of with in f coun- ty ds and pjnumer- ohi which ch nificent rel name ortions in ottoms, iety of eoiof the va enuded gr nothing hu ho alai• to above th world th dopers; aye, mere than that, for any 'n I t tat r e 1 tion n h s owl G u a nonny ties 1 n i i dietrieb blas Neon brought there by the ranching companies or their friende who kava been indua0:1 to leveeb tbrongh them and it wound elao mese the end, for this dooad° e t loast, of all investmonla of outside capital In that country, In selecting a range, natural boundaries a1'o ootaiderod, rivers and eitllanke of rivereeepooislly, Is is inhpossible to keep all of tite ltor'd on the owner's mage oe leased lend, bolt an effort should be made to keep a0 many u0 poestble on their own range, '.Chey will seldom Orese rivers unless drifting before etorme when they are frozen in winter, or in aoaroh of better grass In dry aeaaone when the water ie low. e0svMNI5u oew81#0@ 'eit0 1.AND, An average range in Alberta will parry ohne animal' to twenty scree, whereas in Texas twioe that acreage is needed. A well watered range will carry a larger par• ventage than ono where there may be more Sea0e on dry uplands, as the cattle will, invariabl hang round springs or oreeka and ea6 the grnes bare and keep tlhemlolvea poor ratkor than travel two or three miles for water. Therefore, a rolling country with abundance of water and fair grazing is, better than a super.abundance of grass and scarcity of water. .Cattle do better in winter wlhen there io some snow on she ground, eapeoially if it is cold enoegh to freeze the streams or springs, as they are thus, in a measure, independent of water. A medium sized hoed, say of 10,000 head, ie necessary bo matte it profitable. The only source of inoom° is from the sale of eteere and fat cows, the draft of which from a small herd will not more titan meet expenses. The increase of a mixed herd ie usually about 25 per cent. of the entire herd or about 60 to 65 per cent. of the cows over tliroe years old. Tho winter losses may, according to managementandseasons, be from 5 to 3.1 per cent, Winter feeding. cannot be practised except for full calves, weak crows, thoroughbred hullo, and weak• liege,of the herd. Whoever tries to feed the herd tails as surely as does the man- ager who neglects to feed the latter. Feeding eorrale and wintering enclosures of large area are indispensable. Tho lecturer then proceeded to describe the ranch outfit, buildingo, horses, men, etc., describing the receiving of a herd driving on the trail, camping, croeeing rev era, a notable fact being that cattle will seldom cross a river with the sun in their eyes. A stampede, night herding during bad weather, and other cowboy experiences were described. By explaining the nutting out, branding, roping, cowboy sports, cow. boyo racing to dinner and a large number of interesting lime light views of ranching and ranolh life he couoluded the lecture. greases is utritive qu %t•ieoma (e et priz- ed hyrttnb OL peavine an highly nu During m ainfall, th es the se e. The ra Ie clint- ak grasses to making n utritive d made cattle w ut the fog jour- n and do more cphorses ea country ho buf- fs n years plains. C r on the b ntioning t es from katohe- w th aboub t of eel - m oking ab ation of plain, I iv irection rs later tjOn my d to bones `v rs prev. ie, a Indian tr ans and g ect their r they all e se they ere, and nE tv hat they { e, bear. i roximity he peaks uoyant. i0 both hilarat• i ne air." O d when ri la elem. clh your e but sel- d cooling b nce ex - has you climate. 1; you a th res s either { nd June j re rain- y mate is u clear, a blue a continue f lee tber- grees bo - 1 hats three t or eight per, bet low it off nd allow• ok winds y thermal are laden w ho moun- nd rarifi- ourrents sins a dry w ie boss- h absorbs ken up is graee is rmometer f hours; a in twenty - TSE NAWO 01" B1+0QTLT0ITY• A 05'111130 11163. ICOR Y0060 R0EOTRIOrANO,.' One of the bugheara of the yonog oleo• trichtn is the dlfl`leelty of remeniborhtg wbdob way a magnetic) needle turns when a current of eleobrioity le cont along a wire iu its vicinity, Ampere gave a colo which many fled' it troubleaomo to remember, and othere have anise tried to improve on it.' Prof, Dsmell potato out that If a poltllolder be lhelrl in the right hand in thio astral way' of welting 11 may be taken to represent the wire, and the flow of ink the current, Z now, the thumb be stretched a little aaro0a thte penholder, it will represent tho position of the magnet, . the thllmb•nail peipgg the. north -seeking pole. Prof. Holten, of filen, mark, now ohfere a rule which ho pays ble etudentehavealways taken to very readily, The outstretched right hand is plaood with the fingers pointing in thio direction of the current, and the palm turned towards the magnet, The norttu0eeking pol of the magnet will then move ie, the` direction of. the outstretched thumb. -- onetime neve ea Occnsloa Deliberately Pieced Their Own Lives In Jeopardy. There is no difference of opinion among doctors as to the heroism displayed by Dr. William Moor, the specialist on thereto=tics, who bas discovered that permanganate of potassium is an antidote far morphine poisoning, and proved it the other day when he counteracted the greets of whatordinari- ly would he a fatal dose of morphine by swallowing hie new found antidote. Some of the doctors who were present loft the room. Those who remained had the oppor- tunity of congratulating him on Ida dia- cuvery and self-000fideuoe. Such oases are not uncommon. Almost all successful Or Melons have, at come time, placed their lives in jeopardy to .experiment on them- selves. Drugs, poisons and narcotics are the favorite subjects of experiments, and phyeiaians boast that many absouro heroes have laid down their lives in the interest of seienco because tbeir calculations failed. k Brooklyn phyeiofan, while travelling in France with his wife, was forced to go through the cholera districts some years ago. He had it new theory of his own for the cure of oholera, and his wife was iu a fever of dread over the alhanoe of infection. Thio man inooulabod himself with the germs of cholera, and then, with two paid atten- dente, isolated himself from the rest of the world and puthis theory into practice, hay. ing left minute directions for his treatment before delirium set in. In a week be was aired. Shortly alter his wife was stricken and he confidently applied his remedy. Hie wife died end ho never again tried his dieoovery, To this day the doe net know whether his experiment was a 0000500 or eagerly, all curiosity, not. But it was none the leas heroic. JUST LIKE POOR LO. the pporator, wliq 0antrole blheliglht ab will , Ln elite way a long thea of 0/1500606 can b 0 rapidly and effectively inepooted, and wile 11 bhiesystem fa used in oenjunetlon With a means of oonnnanieating the 650111 at bit o inspeetlon instantly to any given point i6 will be seen Ithat a valuable element in defepvit'e warier° has been provided, Bear and Serpent. Sema olohhehors were getting their note for game in au Indian jungle when thole attention was attracted by Hideous noises— roars of pain and rage, and u prolonged hisaing, like the escape of steam from an engine, They hastened to the spot—o6 toward ib,as seems more likely—and beheld what the - Madras flail: describes as a " Homeric conflict," A jungle boar •Wee fighting 101 Ito Ilfe with u 001080,1 serpent. Probably the serpent had been 040108 itself in the game track when the bear eeme along, and rte neither alihnai would yield the path to the other, a oonteot beoanho in. evltable, What the olenehero saw is thus deaoribod 7,'ho eerponb wound ire 00060500 fetch around the bear ; the bear dashed from side to Bide and rolled on the ground in its frenzied attempts to get free, roaring angri- ly all the while and snappingito jawalrko castanets at the serpent's foldo. It conn not reach them, however, on amount of the way in which they were tightened` around the bear's quivering body. Thus engaged, the combatants swayed to the brow of a hill, down which the boar oast himself with a velocity that plainly demon.' oerted the serpent, for it unwound bwo or three of its folder and threw its tail around a tree, hoping 00 to anchor the bear. The . inanreuvre resulted in its own undoing, in more way0 than one. The rigid, outstretched line of tail gave the bear a chance to seize its aosailant, a chance which up to this time had not been afforded. The bear was quick to seize its opportunity, and fastened its jaws in the snake's quivering fieoh.. The hiseing Was now frighful, as the snake rapidly un• wound itself and struck savagely ab the hear's jaws, By way of response, the bear roared furiously, dashing from aide to aide, and worrying the mouthful of serpent in ibe jaws in paroxysms of rage and pain. Once more the serpent wound itself about the bear, the bear howled and gasped, and both, still etrugggling,rollod out of view tato the High grass of the forest. Their track was marked with pools of • theywere again seen they and when had parted. The snake was coiled in an attitude of defence, with its heed ereot,and hissed apprehensively. It had had enough, and wished only to be left alone. Not so the bear. Though almaoteruebed to death, it would not retire from the coin. bat. After a moment's pause it rushed upon . the serpent, seized it by the head and dragged it about with•roare of triumph. The undergrowth was beaten flat by the oonvulsive strokes of the great serpent's tail as the beer crushed its head to pieces, and finally it lay dead beneath the aseaudta of its vindictive enemy. Whin wizen/VET, 1N ELEO1RIC 511165? 7r lihu Thompson says thee whilewe may reasonably look forward to being able to telephone through an ocean cable under, the Atlantic, it is hardly likely that we shall travel over it in ships propelled by eleotrioity. It would actually be possible to oonetruol electric motors able to turn Berea's and propel our largest"ships, but the supply of current energy to them for fire days ooatinuously would require the carrying of a storage battery of; enormous cost, and so heavy that it could not be placed on board without sinking the ship. But hero the indiscretion of propheey- ingbomes in; and if there Ea anything 1n the world that it is unsafe to prophesy about itis the limitations of electrical pos. eibilities, Prof. Thomson, while framing hie opinion according to modern liglhts, is not blind to thie fact, for he adds : "lb should, however, be borne-ooustantly in mind, in dealing with the subject of eleo• trdaal applications, that .a new discovery might at any time change the aspect of every prophecy based on present know- ledge and conditions." '• Native Australians NbOffices, .timte0s,Won d or Lldner. For many years there has been an atinual dietribulion of blankets and other neces- series to native Australians, says a writer in Chambers' Journal. Mission stations have also been established by government and private funds in different parte of the country, where as many of the blacks as are willing to conform to the mildrules laid down for the conduct of the establishment are licueed, led and taught. Their want of constraint and their instinct for a free, roaming life, ihowever, generally weigh more heavily than does even their liking for regular rations and a lazy life. The majority prefer tab:mon:a haogers•oo about the townships and stations, eking out ex. ietenee by begging and doing odd jobs. Every station and township has its little band of black fellows and their"gins," who wander about in wonderful assortments of the east off clothing of the whites, begging from everyone and not always clearly dis- tinguishing between " meum" and tuum." "Berea" and sixpences are what they most favor, but nothing at all comes wrong. The men and women are alike inordinately fond of tobacco and intoxicants. This FONDNESS FOR DRINK has had not a little to do with their down- fall. It is a pitiable sight to see the poor oreaturosloafing about the hotels, begging and praying for the maddening poison which they know too well is fast destroying them. Once having acquired the vices of the whites, their ruin is swift. A few, but not many, are employed as cdttlomen, shepherds and general help about the stations. They are also drafted into the police force as mount- ed troopers and trackers, and have done and are doing some splendid service in hunt. ing down criminals who escape to the bueh. Many are fine runners and athletes, but since abandoning the old wild life their prowess in thew respects is waning. Mis- sion work among the blacks cannot he said to have been auaeoseful. Undoubtedly good work has been done by the devoted mission- aries who have spent their lives trying to raise and enlighten the native tribes. Lite' low typo of intellect, the ehiftleos, aimless life, the wandering habits, the traditional instincts of the aborigines and the too often evil example set them by tihe rough settiere have been hard to overcome. EL'1?OTRICITY 1N THE I1000RN 16005E. Eleotrieity is becoming an absorbing foo• torte the luxury of modern life. The des- cription of the part it is to play in a new Now York residential building sounds like a fairy tale. The elevators will be runand lighted by electricity. They will resoluble huge gilt bird cages iu appearance. The shaft for them will be of plate glass, set in bronze columns and protected by elaborate bronze grilles. The elevator doors will open and shut automatically by means of an electric device, • and there will be no ropes or appliances visible except the cables which pull the oars. The pressing of a button will start or stop them, light the electric lamps or extinguish them. There will be no direct artificial light In the halls or salons. The sooree of light will be in- visible. Tho illumination will be dependent on artfully concealed electric lamps, whose light will bo simply reflected, or blended with single or combined tints, according to the situation and tate hangings of the apartment. Thus to a room furnisher) ,n white, a predominant tone of any given color can be imparted by the changing of the lamp shades, and the tints of colored rooms can, he modified in the same way when desired. Attached to rho building there will be a kitchen department. The cooking and most of the work of the de- partment will be done by electricity and the same agency will keep the house warm in winter and cool in summer. ELECTRIC WINDMILL PLANTS, A prize has been recently offered by a Netherland society for the best paper on obtaining energy by meansof windmills, aoommhlating this energy electrically, and transmitting it or snaking 15 portable. This question has already assumed a very prao• tioal form in this country, The three ele- ments on which this utilization of wind power depends are : the windmill, the dynamo and the storage battery, and all those have now, in this connection, arrived at the commercial stage. The windmill has hitherto been mainly for pumping, drainage and irrigation, and its new employment for generating electricity will be a source of great convenience to country communities who, without it, would he debarred the advantages of electric light and power. The estimated average speed of the wind throughout this country ie seven and three. quarters miles an hour, and any one with a windmill can have electric lighting by hitching on a small dynamo and a few storage batteries. That this can be done is shown by the working of a small and simple plant at Jersey City. The windmill has a diameter of 18 feet, and at n speed of twenty miles an hour can deliver three horse -power. The dynamo is driven by a belt connected with the mill gearing, and has a maximum capacity of thirty-five am' pares at thirty-five volts. It occupies a floor spew of only 30 inehea square, and is but 15 inches high. The storage cells furnish current for twenty-four ineandee- ceuttemps. _ -- • HLEOTRICITY IN ARTILLERY WORK. Revealed by Death. " Life is perfected by death," and ib ie also revealed. A story told in the " Life of Sir Richard Burton" illustrates the clear• nese with whidt death reveals a man to kis comrades. A lieutenant in a British regiment was honest, etoady, quiet and full of eterliug qualities ; but he was dell, reserved and religiously inclined. His brother officers laughed at him, and associated but little with him. Though well -horn, he was poor, and had no powerful friende. He therefore remained without promotion or society ; but he never complained and did his best. A battery was to be talon in the Crimea and the lieutenant's regiment was selected as the storming party, It assaulted and was driven book. The lieutenant rallied his own amorally, and with a laugh flung his shako before him, and rushed through the breach luta the battery, followed by a handful of men. They never came out again, That night at the regimental mese there was not atnan but regretted that he bad not bettor understood the otlioer whose gallant death had revealed his superiority. All retnembered a thouennd good qualities and incidents which ought to Neve endeared him to therm They were aeits.nied of the :ontemptwith which they had trotted him, and of the fact that they had never shown him the least kindness. FLUCTUATIONS OE LAB.B ONTARIO. ,rn interesting Paper Read Before 100 tlam"111111 Institute ley 311r. Rivas Tai , C. W,. An1yenteresting paper was read at the Canadian Institute, Toronto. on Saturday evening by Mr. Kivas Tetley, C. E. on "The Fluctuations of Lake Ontario,"being a continuation of a former paper read at the Canadian institute on March 2'2, 1879. As aha survey of the groat lakes hes been completed by the United States, Mr. Tully was able to give accurate information as to the wator•aheth, water surface, and levels of the lakes, which could only be considered approximate in the former paper, though pro0ured from the beet authorities. The great decrease of nearly three inches in the average rata and snowfall in the last fifteen years, as compared with the previous twenty-five years, was ascribed to the de• truetion of the forests, without mush at- tempt to replace them by planting trees. The decrease in the average snowfall is corroborated by the decrease of more than three inches in the moan level of Lake Ontario for the last fifteen years. These decreases were substantiated by the records of the Meteorological observatory for the past fifty yeurs,whioh•alhowa diminution of 2,602 inches, the figures being 36,040 inches the mean of seventeen years in 1358, and 14.338 inohes, mean of fifty years in 1891. These facts deserve the serious consideration of the whole community, particularly the farming portion, as a diminution of rain- fall means a diminution in the fertilizing of the soil. Doing the Whole Thin;. Mrs. Nulyriche—Are you pubtbn' " 1'.I', C." on them °alba' oards Aiishy .Alicia—Yes, mamma. M re b' ulyriahe—Well then;put "R.S. V. P." on 'em, too. Blame '1 l'tu goin' to lot anyone got ahead of me fur style. Ther ai'o 2.10at131111 3 Millie in Lendvn and suburbs, with a.memborehip-of 10,006' Artillerists are recognizing that electric• ity will prove a most useful adjuncb to their offensive and defensive tactics. It Iran ab ready been used with great success in range -finding, aiming and firing, and it is now being introduced tor the working of big guns, which, whether on board ohip'or in a fort, ]haver hitherto been manipu. MOW by steam or by hydraulic power. To obtain the maximum effectiveness the gun must be arranged to load, aim and fire while in motion ; and these obj trete may be attained by the use of electric motors with the greatest facility. Again, the angular movements of a ship In motion with reepeot to the gun oan bo produced and maintained in battle, and at the same time the guns may be kept pointedalways on the enemy. The same.may be said of the elevation and other movements, and an eleotrically con- trolled gun has a knack of shooting straight even in the ohoppiest oea. lint one of the main nos of eolectricity in the game of war of the future will be the operabion of projec- tors for newest work. The two principal f nnotions of projeatore in connection with ar- tillerypraotloo on elhore ar0:(l) The recogni- tion of distant points or objects. (2JThe filo• mination of extensive :tenant shnrbdistano• es, 7'ho first requires great concentration• and the second dispersion Of light. Pro. footers for distant illumination sihoald be esteblesbed on elevated positions ; these they aro i5 [null as much as the reporter which aro intended to illuminate extensive theyape mors. H0 considers Ler honorrte of zones at short distances should be as close as posstble to the sea level. Tho most hie paper as a soldier does that of hie flag, the public may be gratified. Hindoot believe the moon is the food o Expedients of Reporters. M. Vizetelly, an Eoglish publisher, whose autobiography has recently appear. ed, tells the following anecdote of a report• er's energy and determination in serving his paper : When Beranger was buried, immense crowds followed the funeral procoeoion, and as Paris was in an insurrectionary mood, thegovernment feared that an out- break would take place at the grave. A large fords of gendarmes were detailed to keep the peace. A reporter of the Figaro had received orders to return from Pere la Chaise with an account of the ceremonies in Lima fur the afternoon edition of the paper. The orations were interminable•, and the report er, inferring that they would laet for hours; started fur the office at the proper time. Ho found the gates of the cemetery locked, and his fellow -reporters storming inside. He tried to scale the wall, but every point was guarded by a bayonet. Time was flying. His copy would soon bo too late for the press, At that moment ho saw the hearse magnificently draped passing slowly by. He pressed close to it, and managed to hide nndcr the pall, and then tooroep into the place lately occupied by the coffin. The hearse woe permittedto pass through the gate, and the reporter roohed Paris in time to make " a beat" for hie paper. A reporter of a New York paper ones monopolized a valuable place of news for hie paper by an odd device. He secured aetatrel of the only wire, and required the operator, after sending the news despatch, to telegraph a large part of the Committer tion of the United States, while the seoceee- tul reporter's rivals waited in anguish for the release of tho wire, Was ib unfair? Yea, Eager competition bite no g5nerOs• ity. There aro many spoors at the " prying reporter." lent the readers of daily papors should remember that if the eeldohness of " beats," and the personal gossip and solo dale m the papers are unwortlhy,it ietho pub- lic who demand•this mental food, end that went proposition as to the :iso of Ino electric projootei' for coot defense is to mount the li ht upon an electric car which often risking heltltb and Ilk. Why ? That rune upon a lino of rails. On the oar tate the gods.