HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-7-1, Page 2THE BRUSSELS POST.
THE BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE.
BY ERNEST CRU1KS11ANI{.
The;emaenler of the British artilleryy were centered. Ithou left the field. Lieut,
twee at the same tune brought forward until 1rulani= informed me that the enemy
the muzzles of the guns were only a few charged his party at the guns, and made
garde asunder, and the battle thencefor• therm all prisoners, but that be dabbed
Ward became a confused, ferocious, and through their arowd and escaped."
sanguinary struggle, waged frequently at Equally conclusive is the evidence respect
'Ehebayonet s nomt, or with clubbed ems• ing the demoralized condition of the Amer -
lots, the British striving desperately to re bean army, derived from the sante sources.
gain the ground they had lost, and their We are informed that but two platoons of
opponents to thrust thein down into the Scott's brigade could be collected under
hollow beyond, and drive them from Leavenworth, and several officers affirmed
the field. Regiments, companies, and sec. that no more than 500 mon in all returned
• tions were broken up and mingled together, to camp in a body, the remainder having
They retired, rallied and were led to the dispersed,
-charge again, For two hours the contend• she battlefield remained in the =die-
ing lines were scarcely ever more than turbed possession of the 13ritieh during the
'twenty yards apart, and by the remainder of the night, but they were in no
light of each successive volley of mus- condition to pursue their disorganized
ketry they could plainly distinguish the encenies. Pearson's brigade had marched
faces of their antagonists; and even fourteen miles, and had been deprived of
the buttons on their coats. It is next to im- sleep the night before; Morrison's detach.
possible to present a consecutive narrative sent had accomplished the eurne distance;
of the closing hours of the strife. It is as- and the remainder not less than twenty-one
'Betted by the Americans that they three miles in the heat of a July day. Almost
times repelled the attempts of their mdver. ono -third of their entire number had been
paries to regain their lost position. In one killed or wounded, or were missing. The
of these, we learn that the 103rd being survivors were utterly exhausted, and
largely a boyregiment and this its first ex- threw themselves down to rest among the
perieuce of battle, again gave way, and was dead and dying upon the bloodstained htl
only rallied by the strenuous exertions of they had finally reconquered.
Major Smelt and other officers. In another, Thus ended the most stubbornly -contest -
the assailants forded their way into Major ed and sanguinary engagement es er fought
Hindman's battery and compelled him to in the Province of Ontario, after having
eplke two of his guns. In the short interval continued five hours rind twenty-three
betweerthese attacks, Generals Bre wuand minutes. By American writers it ie fre•
Scott consulted together, and, in cense- ryaently styled the battle of Bridgewater or
quenee, Scott's brigade was moved into Niagara Falls; in British official records, it
Lundy's Lane, and took post in line immedi- is known by the name of Niagara, and, in
ntely in front of their artillery, which was commemoration of the act, the Royal
now rendered nearly useless by the very Scots, 8th, 41st, and 59th, bear that word
proximity of the contending forces. Upon emblazoned on their =lore, bit among
the repulse of the second attack, Scott Canadians it usually receives the more
formed his regiments into close column, left homely appellation of Lundy's Lane,
in front, and hoping to profit by the disorder The loss ou both sides was severe in pro.
in the -British ranks, led then to the charge portion to the number of combatants engag-
in turn. The 50th reserved its fire until its ed, and according to the official reports,
assailants were within twenty paces when a nearly equal. The British return showed
volley was delivered with suoli fatal effect an aggregate of five officers and seventy-six
that they recoiled in confusion to the rear. man killed, thirty offieers and 532 amen
Their plane in the line was at once occupied wounded, fourteen officers and 210 men
by a portion of General Porter's brigade, missing and prisoners ; that of their oppon.
and Colonel Levsnworth rallied and re- Buts, eleven officers and 100 men killed,
forn.ed the broken platoons upon the left of three generals (Brown, Scott, and Porter),
their former position. Raving changed front fifty other officers std 520 mon wounded,
they were again led forward by their indom- eight officers and 109 men missing, But
itable commander, who had already had two there are several cogent reasune for
horses killed under him, in an effort to suspecting the truthfnlnees of the latter
force back the British right. Again repelled return. James asserts that 210 of their
with heavy lcss,theywere ogain rallied, this dead were counted on the field by British
Mine on the extreme left of their Line. Gen- fatigue parties, and that indications of a
eral Scott was himself wounded by a mus- number of new -mode graves were afterwards
ket ball, which fractured his shoulder, and, discovered Dear their camp. Drummond
baying likewise received a painful pontes. stated in his official letter that several hell-
ion in the side, was removed from the field. dred prisoners bad fallen into his hands, and
His regimental commanders, Colouels it would be indeed retnaekable that a force
Brady, Jesup, and McNeil, and his Brigade- in the admitted state of disorganization to
Major, Smith, had also been disabled. The which the American army was reduced
31th and 22nd U.S. Infantry went entirely should have lost no more than the number
to pieces, and the 9t alone preserved its stated in missing, especially when a con-
formation, kept together by the exertions siderable p °portion of that force consisted
of Leavenworth, its colonel, who was like- of militia acknowledged to be usually prone
wise wounded, The entire brigade had to desert and disperse in the event of a
shrunk to the dimensions of one weak reverse, while their opponents, who held
battalion, stumbling blindly about the field. the field lost more than double that number,
More than half of the officers of these regi. An officer writing from Buffalo two days
ments had been killed or badly hurt, and it after the 'rattle to his father, a Senator in
was subsequently related by deserters that Congress, stated that their first brigade
on one occasion, being hard pressed, (Scott's) was almost annihilated, yet the
the survivors actually threw down their official return only admitted a loss of a little
arms and attempted to surrender in a body, more than five hundred men, or about one.
but finding that the British sent continued third of its effective force. Major Foster
their fire, resumed their weapons in de- testified that but fifteen or twenty of the
spair. Be this es it may, the list killed and 11th escaped unhurt. Major Hindman re-
woundedbore eloquent testimony to the latesthatofTnppan'sContpanyofshe 23rclU.
courage end determination with whioh they S. I., numbering forty-fiveraukrind file when
had maintained the contest. Before the it went into action, only nine answered
close of the notion the number of effective to theirnnmes at r:ll•oal! next morning, and
ellen remaining in the field of the four regi- estimated that not more than 1,100 men of
ments, composing General Scott's brigade, the entire division could then be mustered,
was aotually redeaed to 150 or 200, exelu• nave already referred to the loss of Tow.
sive of otfiyers. son's artillery. At one of Captain Ritchie's
About the same time General Brown re- gnus, everyman is seed to hard been disabled,
nerved a flesh wound in the thigh, and find- at another all but two, and yet the entire
ing that Scott had ((heady retired from the loss of the whole of the artillery was return -
field, made over the chief command to Gen. i ed at forty-six of all ranks. Detachments
eral Ripley. The two remaining brigades of the 2nd Rifles and 1711 and 790 Infantry
had suffered less, but their losses had been are known to have been engaged; one officer
severe, and most of the regiments were touch belonging to the former and two of the
shaken. The new commander, with the latter corps, were certainly wounded, but
entire approval of his chief, determined to no statement whatever of their loss is to be
retire beyond the Chippewa. 1Vith this in. found in the official report, Finally, Major
tention, all the guns that could be horsed Herkimer and thirteen other officers of the
were withdrawn, and some of the wounded volunteer brigade, in an open letter pub.
removed, dished in several newspapers, flatly accused
While Ripley was preparing to retreat, General Brown of falsifying the returns and
Drummond was resolutely reforming his of understating the loss of their regiments.
shattered battalions for a final and supreme lir•. Hildreth states that the American
effort to retrieve the fortunes of the fight. Army was reduced by their losses to sixteen
Bleeding profusely from a wound in the hundred effective men. If this were tone it
neck, whioh narrowly missedbeing fatal, he would indicate a loss from casualties and
paid ,so Ettle attention to it that he did desertion of more than two thousand. A
not even dismount to have it dressed, very correct and circumstantial account of
Twenty minutes later hie horse was shot the action by an eye -witness, published in
dead beneath Wm. Colonel Pearson, Lieut.• Poulson's American, estimated their loss in
Col, Robinson, and many officers of inferior killed and wounded at twelve hundred.
rank had been disabled. Needy one-third Another letter slated at Fort Erie, August
of the rank and file bad already been num. 1st, remarks : "Many of our men secreted Even at the tithe of Her Majesty's acmes•
beret with the dead, or ware suffering from themselves in the woods, and were not Dol- Sion to the throne barbarity to the young was
wounds. With indomitableresolation, the leated till within a few days." As they the rule and human ft
'scattered detaohnients were rallied and the were not vigorously pursued, it is probable n y th e exception in
Christian h
line reformed for another attack, Really, that most of these stragglers rejoined their both sexes very often
oftft, Young npprentieos of
when it was almost midnight, the thinned regiments, en slept in cual•oellars,
and wearied ranks were again closed and On the part of the British, the battalion were fad on the foulest amps and wets
urged up the hillside. Headed by the light which bore the brunt of the action were of their
flogged ab the will or the caprice
the hei
company of the 41x1, led by Captain (,dew Royal Scots and the 80th, and theft losses their masters and inlet mesas A ptrtsh
they pressed steadily up the slope and at were correspondingly severe, 01 about 500 apprentice was a convertible term for a
length stood triumphantly upon the summit, men of the former regiment, who want into drudge. schools, both public) and private,
throughout the lard bursa -closer recon -
Their opponents were surprised in the aot notion, 172 were reported killed, wounded,
of retiring, and their rearguard was easily or missing, while the 30th lost not lose than bianoe of Brfdewells and Houses of Correo-
overthrown and dispersed, The two 24- 254 out of an aggregate of 100 of all ranks, tion than to places of edaeation• kale
pickled m brine, straps, genes and rehirepounders they had lost were recovered, but Of the provinoial corps, the Incorporated
the 6•pounder had been already removed, Mb!itie. suffered most, toeing 142 officers and were the daily pabulum of English boys,
An American field -piece of the same calibre teen, of whom not lees titan ninetytwo were from the patrioiau ,youth at Jami or Hai,
eves, however, taken, the whole of the de- missing, out of about 300 engaged ; the row down to the poor littlo yellow-ham-
"tachmeet serving it with but two exceptione Glengarry Light Infantryy lost fifty-seven mers of the charity schools. Small drum -
having fallen in its defence, The officer the 104th flank oompauies, six, the Dm,- mer•boys were scourged by the sergeants in
commanding the party at the guns put goons, three. Many of the wounded being the barraok-roo111, while .cabin -boys were
spurs to his horse and escaped, but most of slightly injured by buckshot were soon able rope -ended to .a jelly, and leometimes to
his men ware taken prisoners beside thorn. to do duty again, and a number of the miss- death, by brutal s ippors. Boys and girls
Several tumbrils and horses were also nap- ing rejoined their regiments in a few days, 1» coal mines toiled from morn till suns=toed, and the ridge was profusely strewn Next morning General Rile again half naked, anti stimulated to their labor
with the bodies of those seriously injured. crossed the Chippewa with as large a force bby the r t nfor aetbi ea throng
othe f
anger.
Desultory firing continued in various guar- as he oonld muster, with the intention, as thele renin wasted or broke out in
Ors of the field for a few minutes loner, he stated, of buryingthe dead and recover• their; until waft little away oyes (meld bre so out in
under cover of which general Ripley with. ing the wounded, whom he had Ieft behind,
drew from the field all of ifs troops that Most of his officers agreed in regarding thea see the machines they wore tending, and if
stili held together. as an act of the most eoneummete folly, they slept
scioe s heir task the were re lye -
Almost all American writers, following But finding tiro field occupied in force by „ „ ,.
thecue furnished by General Brown's official his antagonist, he immediately totem, de., labored with a billy -roller lite street of
• latter, convey the impression that their straying the bridge bellied hit -mend proper. every city swarmed with child•begggars,
forces retired voluntarily, and were not ex• eel for instant retreat, The wounded and °Etat pumelrnsocl or hired by spaoulatrve
pelted from the position they had won, and prisoners were then sent actress the Nia- tramps, who lived in coarse luxury on rho
none of them admit the loss of any artillery, gars, a quantity of Damp equipage and other alms bestowed by kind-hearted bet in.
The statement of these points contained in stores was destroyed or thrown into the opnsi(lerate people on the shivering
Sir Gordon Drummond's official letter are, river, Bridgewater Mills and Clark's were. little mendicants; young chimney -sweeps
however, fully eubstantiotod by aflidavits house etGhippawewere burned, and aretro. were beaten with wire brushes until they
published in General Ripley's pamphlet al• grademown/Ione was effected wet; such bled, and thrust tip narrow and tortuous
chimneys, while then 1000100 ryas quicken.ready referred tie, as well est by several celerity that, although they did not oom•
letters 'from uilfeers and men nitao American monad their march until noon, the entire ad by the applico bun of birthing straw to
army, which appeared in different contem- f0re0 arrived on the heights opposite Black the soles of ttor bare feet; there was no
pnrary newspapers, Major Hindman, corn. hock at midnight in such a state of exhass- (reel of law to cheek labs farming, and
finally workhouse children, or "tvarlthouso
manclant of their artillery, testified, for in. tion that they lay clown to sloop without
stance, that'" (general 'brown said to brim : pitching tents or lighting flips. Thee would brats, endured 5ystematio ill -maga ten
Collect your artillery tie well as ,you certainly bo extraordinary oonduot on the times worse than thatohronioled by Charles
Dan, and retire immediately; wo will all part of a victnrioue army. In fact itis Dickens in Oliver Twbet, ---[London Tele.
As soon as Ripley's intention to retreat
became apparent, the British light troupe
ware sent in pursuit, and suceeetbud in mak.
ing a few prisoners, but feeling himself too
weak fn numbers to attempt the investment
of their fortified cramp at Vert Erie, Sir
Gordon Drummond dismissed the militia,
who had Dome forward so cheerfully, and re-
mained with the bulk if his force near
Lundy's Lane until the arrival of reinforce•
menta enabled hint to prosecute his adven-
Cage farther.
AN EXPLORER'S TRrAGIC) DEATH,
)Yblla in nos Trams ne Hogan the Afriein
B+plorlUous that Made Ulm Famous.
Henry D uveyrier, once a eobbrated b'renoh
explorer, walked into Uro edge of a forest
near Sevres on Apri125 and with it revolver
blew out his brains. It was the molanoholy
end of a career that had dawned brightly.
Duveyrler accomplished brilliant thhlgs
wails it very young man, mid when he NILS
[0110 n:ln.] 25 years of age hfs name was known togeog-
repliers throughout the world. He wee
only 52 years of age whet he ended his life
Unknown to History, so tragically. No other man et so early an
age, except Joseph Thomson, ever acconr
They were boy and girl together, Like ppushed so much in African exploration as
flowers that grow side by side without ask. Iluveyrier. He was only 19 years old when,
ing why or wherefore, these two had al- in 1800, he penetreted the hoetile desert south
ways been together, laughed anti wept to- of Algeria, going where no other explorer
gether, all through tine dream lapse of had ventured. Although eo young he was
their childhood. One clay they dallied in a well equipped for scientific exploration. He
field where daisies grew, 0105 an exact observer, had advanced at.
"Which isyour favorite flower, Margie?" tainments in botany and geology, and pos-
asked the boy. messed a talent for languages which enabled
"Why, Harry, don't you know? The hint in a short terve to hold easy intercourse
daisy, ' and she,piekod oue as she answered. with all the tribes he met,
"And why?" he queried further, It was the time when Franco, having con.
"Beeauae they have hearts of gold," she quersd Algeria was endeavoring to enter
said, "which means that they are true and foto relations with the people of the Sahara,
faithful." And then they talked of other and even with the treaoheroas Touaregs.
things, while overhead the new moon ell. Marshal Bandon had established tine
vered in the sky and colored evening oane. influence of France ht Wargia, smith
Soon after, from the little cottage on the of Algeria, and Capt. Bonnemain had gone
hbll,Mergaret heard the salting of her mime, as far south as Ghadames. It was desired
and then the children said.good•night and to push the French influence further south
went to dreams which only children know. to Ghat and other oases along the principal
The years rolled on and brought their Oracle route leading to the Soudan. Thou
changes. The boy and girl were man and Duveyrier entered the field. He had been en
woman. The country was at war. The air enthusiastic stadentofthe trayslaofRichard-
reverberated with the echoes of the cannon- son, Denham, Clapporton, Lyon, and others.
ads on Sumter, in whioh ominous peal of lie bad derived much inspiration and in -
iron thunder every men whose blood ran struction by personal intercourse in London
young and strong had heard the galling of with the greatest of all explorers of the
his name. Harry had beard his and an- Sahara and Soudan, Dr. Barth. So in hes
mwercd THerel" and Margaret approved. 19th year he made bis first journey from
They were engaged, and yet she bade him Lagliooat far south through the desert sands
go. The wedding clay was fixed, and yet to EI Golea, and before many months the
she bade him go. learned world was giving mach attention to
Oh I woman, how sublime thou art -in mo. the suoosas of the audacious young travel -
meets such as these! WVhicin blood, I won- ler, who, though he had been imprisoned in
der, will be thought most sacred on the El Golan and menaced with death, returned
reckoning day—the red blood of men shed safely to civilization.
amid the glory and the din of battle or wo• Duvcyrier then started on the more diffi.
man's tears—those colorless blood drops of cult task of exploring the southern part of
the heart - shed unseen amid the common Tunis and the country further south. He
places of existence? Which I wonder, will made his way 600 miles into the desert to
be deemed the hero, he who gives his life the Asgar distriot, of which Ghat is the
and dies or she who givee her life and lives? most important oasis. The success of the
The night before he went Harry came to young man. His "Esplotatbou du Sahara"
saygood•bye. It was soft and balmy and the testifies, to the thorough oornpeteucy of the
moon was full. Margaret met him at the hands into which the investigation of that
cottage door, and they strolled together m part of the Stahara had been intrusted. The
the meadow whore the daisies grew. Site volume was interesting to geographers, his -
picked and gave him one. "Take this," torians, and naturalists, Geographers
she said, "and wear it," Harry. Let it be speak today of the high scientifio value of
the 9lizpab of our separation—this little Duveyrier's work. He described the =um
flower which we have loved together since try of Asgar with exactness, and made a
our childhood. Let it be our emblem in the map of the region, which is still a model.
face of death—if death needs be— true to By this rare tact and resource he =millet -
the last, golden hearted to our country and ed the hostile people, and the famous old
to one another. Muy God be merciful, she Targui chief, Ilchenoukhei, really treated
prayed and rested her head on Harry's with tenderness the beardless boy who had
onkler. dared to penetrato so far into the great
He took the flower, but lie could not desert among euemiee, without weapons
relying wholly on his politeness and tact to
secure a friendly reception. A letter bat
reoently been found from Si, Otlmlan, the
Touareg guide of Dnveyeier, iu which he
said that the only criticism iia could make
on the young man was hie reckless courage.
"We know not how," he said, "to restrain
this fearless fellow."
The treaties that France made after the
return of Duveyrier with the people of (Ma-
dames and Asgar were the direct restdts of
the prelimfuary work that the young ex -
At first he wrote each day, and then less plover had done. He had sport three years
often, and then for weeks there came no exploring desert regions and extending
word at all. At last it letter came, and as French influence toward the South, All
she opened it a withered daisy fell upon her that France had to do was to goon and per -
lap. She read as follows : feat end extend his work-. That was France's
"It is the eve of battle 1 to -morrow we grand opportunity to advance to Lake
fight our first great fight. I shall place tlto Tolled; but, after all, eothi g was ever done
daisy which you gave me in this letter when although for a year or so the French talked
completed, and wear the letter 5ex0 my of the Great projects they were about to
heart, If I be of those who stay upon the carry out intim Sahara, Duveyrisr returned
field, some friendly band, I ltnow, will speed home nearly dead from the privations and
this letter on its way, but if—" fatigue of Ins long wanderings. He was
She read no more. Her hands dropped attacked by a serious fever, which nearly
listlessly at her sides; the letter dropped. cost him his life. He was never fully him.
Motionless she gazed, like one entranced, self again. The disease left his mind a little
through the open window where she sat ; darkened by melancholy that cling to hien.
site sav the field where they had picked the Having sapped the strength of his youth he
daisies in their childhood—the field where was never able to carry out his projects for
they had said good-bye—the field where future explorations. That was the great
they should never meet again ; then sudden- Dross he had to bear. Ho urged with the
ly a darkness, as of moonless night, fell on utmost earnestness that France should
her vision and she swooned away. Then establish her power in the Sahara, and al.
came the sick -bed, then the clays of hope, though he was listened to with attention
of despair, and then sweet death. and reapeap none of bus suggestions was ever
carried out. Daveyrier was the first to tell
the world abomb the now sect of the El
Senoussi, the so-called Mohammedan re-
formers who for years hams been calling
upon Islam to return to the simplicity of the
,Mohammedan faitbaud wage relel tlessof war
alike on the Christians and the 'reeks, who,
they say, hero degraded the Mohammedan
religion, In 1854 France selected Duveyriee
to carry out a work of seientificexplored=
in Morocco, bet his health forbade him to
assume the trust. He published in that
year a list of the altitudes, lot:Ra e% and
longitudes of 1,600 places in Africa. With.
in tine last few years he had been heard of
very rarely in geographical circles, He re -
prided himself as forgotten by the world
and believed that his explorations were
failures because France did not take advan-
tage of them to extend her Influence) across
the Sahara. He always maintained that
the massacre of the Flatters mission, the
Catholic Fathers, clime. Tinne Paint, Doule
and others might have been avoided, and
th at by the exercise of taot and firmuese the
hostile peoples of the Sahara would have
become the friends of Prance and Nhito men
might have gone among them, praotioally
unarmed,
Duveyrier died of a broken heart, Ho
holds, however, a very respeotebls place Out yonder in the moonlight, wherein God's
among African explorers and the work he ro ,
did will always, be ranked high, for its GO angeAcls wlipsullcdnq 410 and fro, cringing their
thoroughness and scientific value, He re- lullabies;
ceived the gold modal of the Paris Geo- noiraroblondcwinter
me are folded and their oyes
graphical Sonbsby. AsthOy sing am Ong ti imbeds whereon the flow -
graphical de ight to grow;
"Sleep, oh, sleop 1
HORSES_DROWNED, TheSlnotthore guardoth his sheep!
Fast spoodeth the nightavay,
1n Txcittag Adventure �6'hlah Took !'Ince Soon cometh the glorious day;
Steep, wormy onus, while yo may—
at 3Guroticic, *uteri°. Sleep; oh, slcopl"
A ,llanotialc, Ont,, despatch says;—Pa. gChoflowarslWthin,Gocl'sAcraoeobbatfairand
Clete Delan's tenni ran reruns Friday even- and tvonrswithin,sight,ei
ing and was drowned. Hip son, Patrick, a And hoar the angels singlnX to rho sleepers
boy of about 12, was driving then, when through the nigg�ht;
they tools fri ht hear the iron bride, and And, lel LhreuguotL Lho hears of clay thOso
g , S genie f(owore proton6•
in spite of the boy's efforts they motto head. The nmsla of th° nngedS hn �lyat tendon slumber
Way and made on the street to 7vlr. Lind. song;
"Sloop, ole, Mace
say's store and on till they °ame to lar. The ShophordlnvothBloom)!
Harris residensn and burned clown the cot, ito that gaaqrdeth His fleck the host
nem Which loads to the river down a hill, hath folded thein to Ills loving broad;
Here the boy Was thrown out uninjured, So,ele=pyenow and talceyomrt'ost—
but the horses were gong so rapidly they Sleep, oin, sloop l"
could mit stop, and they swan to the mitt• From angel and from flower rho yoarehavo
tan led itof the atho harness,ind lrpn l'heturned,
r dnaine gob And wil,Inmed ' l'a'soothing
n 4' 10100 song,
11 ° days
some time A, Collins and Ti Thole seem, and nitridelle cling:
PSo,Ghimil'.h allllmo,whosofflghtthnShophord's
od the services of Mr, lVicldolrs boat, but vigit,lrlolPy',
p graph, the pawing of the horses upset it and they Gid"ssve el1lnbvrobh in the grace of that
mare; to in together,' 15, then remark. almost certain that their commander tad s, heti to swim to ehore,_ "Sleep, oh; sloop]"
ed that nearly ell tubs ofileme lied been kill• determined to re•oross the river next Clay, "rho dhephord Invoth ibis sheep!
ed oe wounded, tied that he hfineclt wee bet ihndiugthat he was not pursued in foruo,. llmneact - " And now, Eddie, °an you toll " I wish 1 tuna twins," said Willie, 311 .4 speed ell; lite niirin, away,
woohrled, and he tlliltglnt ii lost to reliie, lie elteralnped voider the guns of Vert Brie me what velocity 141" Eddie--"''f11at'a whet, '''Wh 1" '< 111 *'nd the other half of lila ('lien =meth Nu, glorious clay;
Idi% n nY the boat n y, o goy -Sleep ncal'1' sleep
while ye tnay-•
I lotted uhe on°my m rr,nssc•aaenu of the gnus and .sub, every available man at wick with f Pettit g l late with to•sla to school and this half tvottitl fishing, '— Stoup, ells, sleep 1
and vegan, Some oP the limo and men exs aid speedo to entrench ble/neition, isn't it, mamma?"—[l3rosltlyn Life [Ilarper's Bazar,—(EnBleep, lel dfeLlulios'llomp Jouruflh
speak. Ithat elect they said, what else
they did, is secret to the vagrant clouds and
heeded treetops. All that we know is that
they parted tin that stilly night. Yet no
ons saw the moon grow paler, nor heard the
woodlandssbudser,nor the nigh t wind moan;
not even robs were beard—no noiseless is the
breakug of a human heart, as noiseless and
unheeded es the falling leaf in Autumn,
The days --those clays which seem as
years—crept on and brought their changes.
Harry was (least and Margaret slowly dying,
if 0 5 * 5 0 • *
Her grave is in the little churchyard of
the village, and bears those words :
"Diel for ho country.
",Margaret Mayfle',d. Aged 25,-1562,"
Should yon chance that way and want to
see the spot, ask soma one for the grave
where the daisies grow !
Cruelty to Children.
The Conundrum of the Workshops.
When int 1 flush of a nnw•b0'u sol f011 Brat on
1. d ,1 n green and gold.
Our fa tilr Adam sat ender the Tree and
seraltl e,l wtl it a stick in the =mid ;
And the inrind,, sketch that the world hod
seen was Joy 10 lila ill I gll t' howl,
Till llao Jlet'll whispered behind the leaves:
It's pretty, but is 10 Art 1"
Wherefore be called to his wife, mrd lied to
fashion itis work anew—
'the first of his race who cared a lig for the
first, most dread review;
And be left his Toro to the use of his gens- and
When the Devil glorious
nnul leilk'1I, It Art I" In the
cat of the branded Chin.
They Wildest it tower to shiver the sky and
wrench the stare apart
Till rho Peen grunted behind the bricks ; "IL's
strllcing, drat is 1t Art 1"
The steno was dropped at 1110 quarry side and
rho lotus doruaotc swung.
While each one talked of the aims of Art, and
each in an alien tongue,
They fought and they talked in the North and
the South, they talked and they foughtin
the West,
'1111 the waters rose on lhepitifulland, and the
poor Red Cloy had rest—
IHatl. rest till the dank bionic -canvas dawn when
the dove was preened testae,
And the hovil bubbled below the keel ; "It's
human, but is it Art?"
The tale is tus old es the Eden Tree—and new as
the now -out tooth—
For each man knows ere bis lip -thatch grows
hole master of Art and. Truth ;
And each neon hears as the twilight nears, to
the boat of his dying heart,
The Devil drum on the darkened pane ; " You
did it, but was it Art 1"
We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to
the shape 01 a serp!lce•peg,
We have learned to heti leourpnrsnts twain 111
thoyelk of an addled egg,
We know that the 1abl mese wag the clog, for
the ;mese is drawn by the cart ;
But the Devil whoop,,, as he whooped of old
" Ifs clever, but is it Art 1" •
When the flicker of London sun falls faint on
rho clubroom's green and gold,
Tho Sons of Adam sit thea down and scratch
with their pens in the mould ---
They scratch with their pens in the mould of
their graves, and tho ink and the anguish
start,
For the Devil matters behind the leaves : "ICs
pretty, butts 1t Art 1"
Now, if we could Nin to the Edon Tree whore
the Four (Arcot Rivers flow,
And the Wreath of Eve faxed on the turf as Rho
loft it long ago.
And if we aseldcenie when rho sentry slept and
softly scurry through.
By the favor of God we might know as much
ns our father Adam know,
—iltudyard Kipling,
Oharlie's Hien,
Tho slay was gray, and the grass was green,
When the Bonnie Prince in err glen was seen;
The grass was green and the sky was gray,
When on his horse bo redo away;
When ho rode away with score and ten
Who were blithe to go with Charlie's Men,
0loath was I from my love to part—
Hamish the tall with the steadfast heart—
But thlmoe Ywrhl,co kissed lightly my cheek and
AndnowLen, d me," he said, "your sweetheart
And when 000 ramie victorious, then
You shall wed the bravostot Charlie's Mon."
I watched them springing down the brae,
For they took the short and the dangerous way
I saw their spears gleam far and bright
Till the lir 11.004 hid them from my sight,
Till faint and small as the chirp of a wren
Wore the pipes that played for Charlie's l ton.
The sky was blue, groon was the grass,
When Joyful word cane up rho pass;
The grass was groan, the sky was blue,
And da•Io•browed Maalcolm's dream was true1
Although the foe for one were ton
The light was won by Charlie's ,lion,
But other tales we had to nark
As grass grow gray, and skies grew Clark,
And the strati]. was filled with roar and sigh
For sires std sons who had marched to die;
And }Iamdsdl, 103' own, the pride of lila glen,
Lay dead on rho hold with Charlie's Mon,
1' might be blind, for I never see
Eut spearhrade gentile bonnillip;
1 might bo deaf, for I only hear
Tho pibroch ringing shrill and clear:
And by moor and meadow, and brae and ben,
My thoughts are thoughts of Charlie's NIcn,
---Nratato Citcusone,
Mr. Peters and his City Relations.
I don't know why it is, but I dolt seem to get
on well
With them o' my relations that down In the
city dwell—
Except whoa summer's oommin,' or when sum-
mer's reoly here :
Them times they sort o' I rear =like as though
y
'Nd through July'nd August I utast generally
500the0 held rue dear,
A half a dozen of 'put hero beneath my eilum-
tree%,
But when It comes 1n winter, when there's
oin' much to do,
'Nil Igo down to cep talent In the town a week.
onrtthwo,
You'd think, the way they look at 1010, they'd
never ho ,rd my name,
Or bloat 1'd brought It pen on all 50100eoveiest•
in'sihn1110.
0003' ions nboow:litetni. New -Year's time, I hap.
psua1 In ate night,
When they was ha,ln' dinner, and you'd
thought I was blight.
Hy cousin's wife site got its rod as any healthy
bo
When I ob. ed sono oyster mhos 'n<1 est for
solid id meat—
Though I remember mires t•y well at my place
nly
She turnedInebjloon book of roast corn'•boof 'nd
made It nuc,) on pig.
05d just bemuse 1 n•-; 1,, :111110 they had at that
thor0 mural
If he wasAlary •0nutl:+;.cn,e.; man, "Maroc"
began to squeal.
It ain't their hearts float's %•anon' they're af-
100010n1010 rnougll—
They show that whoa rhos came to mo tvhon
city hent gets tomglt.
It's in the brain—crud, after all, I ain't a bit
t revised
By just ono week of city life I'm nearly para.
ly ,
'Nd all Notioottr litho quoprnosses Heel ought to bo
set down,
I Wrhu<, t0 thtow nnnat'ral life they load down
thorn in town,
CA0L0Lie $ntrl'ii,
The Singing in God's Aore.
J1.'1,1 1, 1802
Useful Elute.
To take out grass amine frum little trans•
ars try tubbing them well with melees00,
letting it dry on the patch and then rub-
biug,git 0111 1n water. Ainillonlia diluted
will remove very obstinate ones on cloth.
You clue remove tar or axle grease (stains
easily enough, if your ehiisi is fond of
climbing about wagons, by covering the
spot with lard or cosndoliue, letting this
stiffen on the trousers, and then removing
the grease and all with benzmo or ammonia,
For the hands. Rosowater and glyoerine
do not suit ell skins, rosewater being very
drying in its tendencies. Try lepton juice
and glycerine; the proportions are not 10a.
toriaL
According to Dr. Lauder Brunton, gold
water is a valuable stimulant to many if not
all people, Its notion on the heart in more
stimulating than brandy, His own expori-
evoe is that sipping half a wine glace of
over
cold wat100,er will raise his pulse from 76 to
There are many people now living who
will have only one birthday to celebrate for
nearly twelve years to come. This strange
circumstance is due to the fact that they
Were born on February 29110, and to the
farther fact that the year 1900 will not be a
eap year.
Scouring drops for cleaning the collars of
coats, ale., aro excellent if made from the
following recipe :--Mix one teaspoonful of
essential oil of lemon with a wlneglasafdl
of spirits of turpentine ; keep in a bottle
tightly corked. Drop a little on to flannel,
and well rub the greasy parts.
A Gorman doctor has started a theory
that most drunkards can be cured by a very
simple and pleasant course of treatment—
namely, by eating apples at every meal.
Apples, Dr. Tnplott maintains, if eaten in
large quantities, possess properties whioh
entirely do away with the crewing that all
confirmed drunkards have for drink. The
doctor says that in Many bad eases which
have come under his notice he has been able
to affect a cure by this means, the patient
gradually toeing all his desire for alcohol.
One of the moat delicious modes of cook-
ing the remains of a joint of mutton or beef
is to cut the meat into slices abo•at an inch
thick, and fry in bacon fat till well browned
over 0 quick fire. Take out the meat, drain,
and pile on a hot dish in front of the fire,
Add to the gravy and fat In the pan a tea-
spoonful of sager, the Santo of made mus-
tard, two tablespooufals of vinegar, and a
seasoning of pepper and salt. Lot this boil
up, stirring till the ingredients are smooth-
ly mixed; then pour it over the meat and
serve up "steaming hot,"
Golden Thoughts For Every Day
llotiday-
0 timely hermit timely wise,
Heart. that 00111 rising more MSC;
Eves that the beam celestial view,
That evermore mnkee all things now.
Now every morning!. the lore,
Our waking and uprising prole ;
Through sloop and dnrknc+e stol(ana- brought
hectored to life, ale power and thought,
Old friends, old scenes will lovelier be,
As mot 5 of !tca'an in emit w0 sec ;
Some softenng gleam of love and prayer,
Kill dawn on ovary cross and care.
Only, 0 Lord, in Thy dear lova.
Fit lie for nobler seenos above ;
Ansi help us this and every clay
To live more nearly 110 we pray.
—Joe REaux.
Tuesday -There is nn power of love so
hard to get and keep 0s to kind voice. A
kind hand IS deaf and dnnnb. 1t may he
rough in flesh and blood, yet do the work of
a soft heart and do it tint)) a Boit touch, But
there is no ono thing bloat love oo much
heeds as a sweet voice to tell what it means
autl fools; and it Is hard to get and keep it
in the right tone. One Hurst start in youth,
and be on the watch nigh:, and day, at work
and play, to get and keep a voice that shall
speak at all times the thoughts of a kind
heart,—[Ebbe Burritt.
Wednesday—If you want to do well,
keep well, if you possibly can. Do not lot
even your ednention rob you of your health.
It is about the worst thing you can do tinder
the whip and spur of a noble parpose, and
it is what vast numbers do to their life-long
regret. When a fine painter took the
butcher to see one of his pictures he said:
"Aye, lelaister Hayden, it's a grand pic-
ture, hufI doubt whether you could have
done it if you had not Baton my beef." And
I think there was a grain of truth in the
remark. They say baseball is getting into the
hands of the gamblers, and that young men
of good breeding are shy of it. I should be
very sorry to think so. It is the haudsomesb
game that was suet• played, and one of the
itetltbiest. Play base -ball and pull a boat,
and get your chance in vacation at long
tramps anti hard beds and rough, whole-
some faro ; eat well and sleep Well ; be as
°leen fall hrough and all over as you are in
a drawing room, and then you will be able
to do your clay's work in this world like a
man,
Thursrlay-
Welcome, sweet day 05 rest
That saw rho Lord arise
Welcome to ,110 reviving b
0breast,
And these roioioing eyes,
The King 1l hnself draws near
TO feast Ills saints to -day;
Item. may we sit and Him see hero,
And love and praise end pray,
Ono tiny amidst the place
Whore Chrls1, my Lord, has boon
Is bettor than bon thousand days
OP pleasure and of Sin,
—(Anon,
Friday—Speak kindly in the morning. It
will lighten all the cares of the they, turn
sorrow into gladness, make household, pro-
fessional, and all other anus move along
more smoothly, giving peace to the one who
thus speaks, and grateful joy to him who
hears, Speak kindly at the evening hour,
for it may be that before dawn of another
day some tenderly loved one may finish his
or her span of life for this world ; then it
mill be too late to retract, an unkind word,
or even steak forgivenese for an injury in-
flicted upon the heart of a loved friend do -
parted. Remember that kind words can
never dig.—(Anon,
Saturday -1n the ever-inereaaing move-
ment of life in the perpetual flow' of days•
and years, foots are lost, fade away and.
disappear ; loot the past stands out clean
and bright, bathed in the light of breekfng
dawn. We may forget a regent ditto, a face
seen but, yesterday, but we ever remember
the pattern on the walls of our childhood's
nursery, and a name or lullaby of the time
when we could not road,—[Alphonso Dau.
del.
Unpromising Futures.
First Tramp—There ain't gofn' to bo
good livin'for our profession in the fntgre,
1'In afoar,
Second Tramp—Blow mel how's that 1
Hirst Tramp --It's this 'era obvilization.
Those 000kht' schools is toaohin` gals 'ow
to use ap the gold whiles.
t1 Lith," said Paddy, "Oiln ahead of
the railroad this totem. O ivo'bo,rght a r0 -
turn ticket and O'im not goin'back, "
What loops like sauce for ono than makes
a goose of another.