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BAD LUCK TO TUE 11411011
It Mine of a Visit of a Pretty Young
English Bride,
THE BRUSSELS POST.
Mane ol Brea/awn epeed Wads an arm-
. sad litannie and a Fatal stisime that Pre.
veined ot Worse Tratredn,
When the cattle raising business was at
the zenith of ins prosperity 10 Wyoming,
and whom Cheyenne Was in is glory, thens
W ore no more familiar fignms at the Choy -
On no
(Mab then those of two youeg En1lish-
011 on who were making big money out of a
loo rge ranch some thirty miles from tho
to wn, where they not only raised beef, but
br ell dreught horses from Peretheron and
Clydesdale stallions, Both were under 30,
Ta Meer, the elder, came of an old fatnily,
while Walsopp was the soe ot t rich mann.
f aeturer who had sent him off to the West
to keep him front flieging money into the
London gutters. It wee generally suppos-
ed that Walsopp's father had paid for the
remelt and stook, but the two appeared to
divide the profits, and, at any rat,3, were
on the very best of terms, anti, though a1.
waye guynig and laughing at eaoh other,
were praeticelly inseparable.
One day, a little while after the spring
round up, they, in company with a number
of othev cattlemen from the club, had saun-
tered down to the station to watch the
Paeifio express go through, svhich was one
of the olays diversions, when the flrst overt
proof was given to their companions that
neither of thom bestowed a thought on the
life that they had left behlud them,
and from whoch they had apparently
SEPARATED 00.IEIISELVE9 ENTIRELY,
Lor they nsually went to ..California when
they left the ranch insietto t running over
to England when they could get the chance,
as did most of their compatriots in the cattle
tountry. There came out on the platform
of the observation car a young and very
beautiful English woman, followed by
an elderly man, who was obviously her
husband.
Tailleur and Walsopp both caughtsight
of the pair at the same moment. The blood
rushea to their faces tool the) stepped for•
ward. The English woman started a little
as she recognixed them, onol then held out
both her hands. There was an imirmated
hemdshaking all retold, and then a quick
interchange of questions and answers, in
which the fine -booking old husbend joined
prfreely until the train 'pulled out.
Marmot the short interview the partners
had with Mrs. Forbes•Brinton (whith mity
/ stand for her real name) she must either
have given them an -address to which they
/ subsequently wrote, or then and there have
, promised them a visit on her return for she
and her Misbaed appeared again al Chey-
enne, going east, in the eourse of a week or
ten days, and stopped off, to be met by her
old lovers and carried ofi to their ranch,
where she was royally entertained, Aunt.
ing parties were made up for them, and the
guides said that she was a good shot and
handled a Wmehester riff' with ease, Also
she took a gest interest in the live stook,
and that was the beginning of all the dia.
malty; or rather it was what supplied a
focus for the trouble that arose sifter she bad
gone away to concentrate itself upon. Those
two ponr young fellows should have been
satisfied with their ill lack in meeting the
girl whorn they ought to have forgotten.
Probably she had no idoot she WAS doing au
unwise thing in accepting their hospitality,
and never suspected afterward that her
visit was anything more than
A CASTAL ISCIDENT
of their rather lonely life. Anyhow, Mrs.
Norbes-Brinton went away after a few days'
stay loaded rip with more mementoes of
Wyoming life than she could possibly have
-wanted, and having accepted, after sorne
urging, the promise of a pair of farm horses
eeleeted from among the colts which her
boats then had on their stock farm. Alter
she had gone both went back to the club and
drank more then was good for them. And
a man can stand a good deal when !leis rid-
ing all day long.
brinking did not hurt Weisman's temper,
though it madehim inattentive to business,
but Tailleur's nerve suttee ed badly. He be-
came moody, growled, or remained silent
when Weisep tried to joke with him and
gavt signs that he needed lettiug alone.
Walsopp, however, was not Clever eeough
to see this, and the moodier Tailleur grow
the more he endeavered to rouse him to
share his earn reckless gayety.
..94e: flay the foreman of the re,noh rode up
to the house to ask for directions an some
matter ot business, Walsopp talked it over
with him, and he was about going away
when Trailleor looked up from the easy
chair in whioh he wan sitting and said:
"Fairbanks, I want you to brand that pair
of draught horses which was set aside for
Mrs. Forbes -Brinton."
The foreman looked at him in some aston-
ishment, and Walsoppsaid quickly: "Why
Tailleur, what in the name of goodness do
you went this done for ?"
" That's ray look out," said Tailleor, ris-
ing, "1 want it done. I mean that she
shall know they came from us, do you on.
derstand ?"
"Why, who else would they come from,"
said Walsopp. "My dear dear boy, are
you mad ?"
Tailleur turned and walked away, A
-day or two later he brought the subject, up
again and vowed that the branding should
be done at once. Walsopp, who in the
meantime had been warned by the fore-
man that Tailleur's mind was not running
quite amoothly, and who had had the good
sense to shut down at once on his own grog
managed to smooth things over for the mo•
ment, but Milieu showed an ugly persist-
ency and insisted on postponing the busi•
nets only for the brandy bottle. Walsopp
consulted with Fairbenke whether it would
riot be better to humor him the next time
and brand the milts, and they doeided that
• this course had bettor be takee, In the
• meantime Walsopp wrote to Cheyenne for
• the doctor, asking him to come out to the
Otto ranoh as if for a friend ly
Ile came and had a talk with Walsopp,
• but ft Was only too evident that Tailletir
had been br000ling too long, He was heard
muttering to himself about Mrs. rorhes-
Brinton, end had apparently oome to a de-
terminationth at the unlucky colts should
make some sort of vicarious saclike
000111i10 REEIEIAL
0/ himself and Walloopp and subeognent mar -
Nage, Be did not again speak of branding
them, however, and in his exited andition
Otto doctor deemed it best to allow his mind
to follow its bent of the moment, whatever
that might he.
At this juneture lvairbanks proposed that
he shnuld out at the root of the matter by
driving the colts acmes country to a, neigh.
boring ranoh, w'nere they eoula be kept out
of Taillettee way until he recovered hie
maid health or until they could be Rola. Re
*as to be told that they hot strayed away
or had boon stolen by rustlers. Unfortun.
' Moly is expedient, the wisdom of which
was entirely eitperficial, Me adopted, and
after tho colts had been epirited off the nat.
tnal result followed. On learning of their
boas, Taillcur flew into n great passion, abus-
ed overybod3, for incompetence and Ohre
leafless, and insisted on advertising in all
the Wymnieg paperS 011,1 on notifying all
Otto stockmen. Of mime the milts Were UOt
found, and Tailleur, who now assorted with
frantio and. painful vehemence that his solo
remaining interest in life was to place them
lit the hands of 5/rs. Forbes -Winton, took
to mounting A horse and riding all day in
search of them or the ruetlere W110 had ear.
ried them oft. This leite 5 good thing in
one way, for conatent life in the Fonda%
agent might have begun a oure, but Welsopp
became alarmed, and in his fear that Tatl.
lour would come to Sonia herrn on these long
solitary tides ea whiooll he would allow no
one to accompany him, ordered Fairbanks
to bring the colts back at mom and cook up
any story that would satisfy Damns And
now the last piece of bad look was yet to
come, for it so hompened that Fairbanks,
who slipped off after the oolts one day whoa
it was thought that Tailleur had gone on
one of his pretreated journeys, rode out of
a little wood into his arms with the colts in
halter.
Tailleur rode at Fairbanks and the oow•
boy who was with him like is madame, and
Inc hoarse voice demanded to know where
he had found the colts. Fairbauks stammer-
ed over his reply,. and Tailleur instantly
accused him of having
ATTEMPTED TO sTDAL
Fairbanks recovered his presence of mind
at once and began an explanation, but it
was too late. Tailleur would not listen.
Redrew his revolver and ordered Fairbanks
to ride home with hiin at mice, and have
Otto matter settled at the ranelo. Faltbauks
asserted his mirthless to comply, and throw•
ing the halters to the cowboy olrove Ids
enure into his horse, Tarnow', wheeled to
accompany him, and they had gone but a
few paces when the mailioion perceived that
Otto colts were being loft behind. He reined
in and shouted angrily to the cowboy to
follow at top slued. This left Fairbanks a
little bit advanue, Tailleur, thinking that
be was trying to escape, tired at him and
missed him.
The foremost seeing that it was a mad.
man with whom ho had to deal, drew his
own revolsor. Tailleuv overtook Mtn, and
they vooie cm side by side, covering eaoh
other with their drawn weapons. The
cowboy turned the colts loose and followed
them. For miles they rode on thus together,
Otto horses galloping at breakneck speed,
Fairbanks es:pouting that every moment
would be his last, and yot, by sheer force of
will, restraining himself from firing. The
madman's burningeyes were glaring into
his, and that their fierce threateniugs of
instant death did not once unnerve !AM
during that long and ewful ride is the high-
est tribute to his powers of self-control.
He felt, however, that unless Tailleur again
suspected hion of tryiug.to escape he would
be satisfied with the nnpression that he
was driving his prisoner to the ranch. So
he did not pull the trigger.
They had been riding for over an hour
when they. passed the first line of wire
fences, winch, as they were a little out off
Otto treats, their horses took on the gallop,
leaping them side by side. As they settled
down into their stride again Tailleur seem-
ed to notice that they were nearing home,
and looked forward as if to see if the house
was on sight. Fairbanks made it, sudden
lunge and knocked the pistol from hie hanct,
Tailleur turned in fury. At the same mo•
ment his horse stumbled and threw him.
He was picked up dead, his neck having
been brokenwelsopp sold the ranch
shortly afterward and went hom3 to Eng -
laud. Nothing more has been heard of
him in Wyoming.
Going' to Law.
Two Dutehmen, who had built and used
for years in common a small bridge over a
streain which ran through their farms, had
a dispute concerning repairs whioh it requir-
ed, one of them positively refusing to bear
any portion of the expense necessary to the
purehase of a few planks.
Finally, the uggrieved party went to a
neighboring lawyer, and placing two five -
dollar notes in his hand, said I'll give
yon all dish menish if you'll make Hans do
justice mid de priclge."
"How much will it cost to repair it?"
asked tile holiest lawyer.
"Not more thou five toilet," sold the
Dutchman.
" Very well," said the lawyer, pocketing
one of the notes and givieg him the other,
"take this and go and get the bridge repair.
ed 1000 the best course you can take."
" Yeas," said the Dutchman, slowly,
"yeas, dat ish much better than tb quarrel
mit flans,"
But as he went along home he shook his
head frequently, as if unable, after all, to
see quite clearly how he had gained any•
thuag by "Going to law,"
--
A Hopeful View,
• He (oleepondently)—" Our marriage will
! have to be postponed. I have lost my
Situation, and hovena any income at all,"
1 She thopefully1—" That doesn't matter
. now, my dear. We won't need any. I've
earned how to trim my own hats."
--
A Merchant's Test.
Merchant (who has advertised for a boy,
to tenth applicant) : " Well, my little man,
which would you prefer to do—work or
eat ?"
Tenth Applicant (earnestly): "1)1 rather
eat, sir, any time."
Merchant (approvingly) : "That's right, I
my lad; you'd be a fool if you wouldn't ;
and you may have the situation I offer, as
you are the first lad who has applied for it
that has told the treth."
A Delioate Point,
Molly " Do yon think, my love, that
your father will consent to our marriage?"
Angel "01 course papa, will be very
oorry to lose me, darling."
Cholly " Butt will say to him that in -
!demi of loeing a daughter he will gain a
son."
Angel : "1 wortidn't do the,t, love, if you
really want me. Pape, has three such sons
Id:eying hero now, and he'e a little tottohy on
those points.
Misinformed.
Stranger—" ts this Mre. Slimdlet's board.
ing.honse?" ..•
Mrs, 14„ (Sharply)--" This is not a board-
hottee, eta"
" Item 1 Must have the wrong nutnber,
Can you toll me where Mrs, Mlimdiet lives?"
" I am Mrs, Slimdiet,"
"Indeed 1 And you do not take board-
ers?"
"Certainly not, This is a private house,
sir—a, home, note, boarding.house,"
" Then I have been misinformed."
ci I should say so, Being lonely, I take a
few gueets at eight dollars e week, Would
you like to see the roofne 1"
There are two plum whore it requires an
effort to keep Ones hatanoes—on the leo and
et the bank,
AGRICULTURAL.
Old -Time Raying.
oht tile ilaYing, swot:to-4 haying!
With swi tossing sentioas aorteam
Its merry -in akers all Afield
WW1 morning...8 rosy beam,
Its clover scents and bobolinks,
lts diamond mw, Its (Moor
The haying thin) the best, meilvinks,
Itt tvll the goodly year.
When whooling up the purple east
The gorgeous sun has lit
Tito yl ow bee M flowery feast;
The grass.groon minaret—
The haystack, cone(lIko, giving out
A world of perfume, borne
Throng!) 1)10107 000110)10, a Miry route
To fields of shining corn.
When flashing 'mid the gra,s, lush groom
The gleaming rork and ser the,
And eyes as keenly bright, 1 woos,
As any orbs alive;
When floating up frail stainless Ups
'le farmer 8 song rings clear,
011. what eon haying time eclipse,
In all the happy year
The haying timel so beautiful
With labor's romance fine.
When heart8 embrace the dutiful,
And wator flows for wine
When sleep, too Sweet for idle king,
Is won by toll's rough hands,
And, scorning fashion's tinsel things,
This honest yeoman stands.
A monarch of the blessed soil,
A knight of high degree !
Who only owes to tappy toll,
Tribute and fealty,
God bless the world! Its autumn prime,
lie whiter, cold and drear;
And bless teivfold, the haying time.
The glory of the year.
Medial° Mob.
Dairies and Creameries.
From the Department of Agriculture of
Otto Province of Ontario has been received
over ' Annual Reports of the Dairymen's
awl Creameries' Assooiations of the Province
nuci Ontario" for the year 1801, It contains
over 200 pages octavo, filled with matters
of interest, aud value to Canadian dairy -
mom Among tile subjects discussed at the
meetings of thee° associations was ilia of
tostiug the milk of the individual cows, and
of the combined dairy in order to ascertain
the real value of the milk for butter and
cheese. It is a very mammon custom for the
managers of oheeoe and butter factories to
pay each patron the same price per pound
for his milk as is paid to all other patrons.
While it seems just to pay the same price
per pound to all patrons, there le more or
fess dissatisfaction beoause some fanners
feed their cows so well, in order to get all
the milk possible, that their milk is evi-
dently richer; that is oontains more but-
ter in a given quontity than does the tnilk
from the half-starved oows of another pat-
ron. Milk contains three constituents—
fat, caseine and water. In the right pro.
portion these will make a perfect cheese.
Poor milk from ill -fed cows, has too much
writer and too little cof the other substances.
It is found that tlie fat and caseine are gen.
orally proportionate to each other, and the
weter ie the variable constituent. The dif•
ferenee in yahoo between poor and good milk
was illustrated by Prof. Robertson by in -
steaming the case of two farmers taking
each a fat steer to market, One of the
steers was a slab -sided, coarse animal, fair-
ly fattened, and weighed 1,000 pounds.
He was 4 yeaes old, having been stunted
when young. Seth an animal would be
sold at 3 cents per pound, bringing 331 The
other steer was a 2 -year Md, which had
always been svell foci, and also weighed
1,000 pounds. This steer would se 1 at 0
cents per potty(' quicker than the other
would at 3 cents, and would therefore bring
350. Together the steers would bring 630.
and if the money should be divided ac-
cording to the weight of the steers, butter -
factory style, one former woeld get 310 less
than belonged to him., and the other 810
more. Prof. Robertson gave tests of milk
each inooth at a Version) creamery, which
receives the milk front 700 dairies. The
milk here is paid for according to tile
amount of butter -fat in it In June the
poorest dairy received 56 cents per 100
pounds of milk, and the best one got 81
cents. The difference increased rapidly
month after month, until in October the
poorest milk brousht 92000108, and the best
31.56 per 100 pounds. Prof. Robertson
advised every creamery and cheese factory
to get a, Babcock milk -tester, auci me it
constantly. Dairymen who make their
own butter would find the tester useful in
pointing out the poor and unprofitable cto ws
in the hord. The Babeoek tester is sold by
dealers in dairy ontensils, aad those who
have tried it find it accurate, and it is not
expensive. It does not pay to keep poor
cows in a dairy, and judgIng from the dis•
otteSions at the Ontario conventions, the
Babcock tester affords an easy and cheap
method of detectin_g the useless cows.
Canadian. bred Clydesdales.
Canadian -bred Clydesdales are not, as
might be supposed, those bred and foaled
in Canada, but in the horse shows of that
on:gantry they are a class limited to those
animals which do not trace on the eine of
Otto dam to an imported mare. At the Pro.
vineial Spring Stallion Show, held at To.
onto, in Mar* the winner of the first prism
in the aged class was Pride of Dollar (962)
who was ale° the winner a year ago. He is
stated to be by Pride of Perth (282) out of
o mare by Sir William Wallace (123), The
winner of first in three-year-old class was
Oliver Yet (1838) who is by Oliver Twist
(873) out ole mare by Boydston Boy (215.)
These examples will illustrate to the reader
Otto defects, from an American standpoint,
in the breeding of what are known as Cana.
diambred Clydesdalea, and indicate why
they are denied importation duty free as
pure bred. As the breeding ohows, they
are merely high grades.—(Westeru Farm
Journal,
Paying PO—in—ts elf Cows,
Professor Robertson, the well.kuown
Canadian dairy authurity, specifies five
points for judging a oow that will prove
profitable, and properly holds that 'moon -
&iambic conditions of keeping, as to stable
or defective feed, will neutralize even tho
best equipment The points are as follows:
"f long udder lengthwise of her body ;and
10 ehould be very elaotio in quality) the
elastio quality means roora to make ntilk.
A soft skin—a mellow skin covered svith
mossy, silky hair ;ot cow has only one skin
—onto skie around her laody and clear
through by way of her storeaeb. The skin,
if coarse or harsh, 11104118 sluggish digoetion
umicle and thet meant; an expensive ofAV
thet does not Oigest her food or thrive well.
Then, a Cow should have is large
roomy barrel with broad ribs wide
apart, for holding plenty of • good,
rough, bulky, cheap feed ; it should 1m fill.
ed up twice a day, See that Oho milk.voine
under the cow'e belly are ptominent;prontin.
enee le a far more important indication than
aetualsizewouldhe. Itirm museleeioo the eh.
demon mean good. constitution ; they aro
one of the best old/lama of onduranee and
thrift that you 000 find ito o cow ; and On.
&trance to genet the strain of giving milk
continitouely is what you want, A 000'
should have broad loins With lot% rump, A
rather long, Man neck, with cleati,cut face
and prom in ent eve& Theo% poi n ts ie,Itoato
(unloving newer to stand the strain 0,1 00 long
onllkioog eeason, if a 00W has these five
pointe she will mildly have the power of
serving oo man well."
Poultry for Women of SmaS Oapital.
Some one hots said that "there is nothing
Web it woman oan dose well es a Mao 00.
eept to shoo a lion out of the garden," It
is certain that there is nothing whieh 10 we -
man ean do at home which will yield 00
mush tomato, pleasiore and "hard cash " (vs
the care of poultry, for the mune outlay,
Even the poor, frozen, lice.eaten fowle (1
had almost written it fouls) which one
usually Rees on a farm take heart when
warm weather acmes and yield eggs and
stolen broctli of thickees enough to keep
Otto family in groceries, and if the seeson lo
vory favorable there may be money euon,oh
left to buy the mistress a new gown, The
muter says it would be cheaper to get rid
of the troublesome things and have enough
vegetables left in the garden for faintly use
instead of keeping a pack of limy hens 10
match up every seed and oat the (mamas
mid tomatoes, never thinking that if he
treated his cows and pigs as he does Ins
have, letting them not as fancy dictated,
they would work even greater harm,
while yielding little if eny moro money.
The first thing to oonsider in starting
into a poultry bueiness is 10 house for
their comfort. It may be very chea.p
and ungainly, but it outlet be warm nt
winter and admit no drafts or it, will
not bo a sucoess, If money is Beare° a
very cheap house for ten or fifteen hens
may be made by setting two forked
sticks in the ground ton feet apart,
having tlieln seven feet high when set. Lay
a strong- pole acmes the sticke and put
brush or rails along the side, resting ono end
on the ground and the other on tile pole.
Cover one end hits the sides but the other,
which should face the sou thmenst be board-
ed up and supplied with a wide door, the
upper half of whieh is glased with cheap
window glass. Cover with straw,. coarse
weeds or other refuse, holding 1) 100 place
with mirth. This makes a wartmlight hovel
of the eort which used to be made to store
potatoes and apples in when collars were
not so plentiful. If umnatehed boards are
us.ed for the front the cracks should be bat-
tened with lath and the inside covered with
paper. Strong wrapping paper pasted on
smoothly will do very well if it is not desir-
ed to Arend money for tarred paper.
selecting fowls the beginner must de-
cide whether she in tends to make a specialty
of eggs or dressed poultry. If fur
eggs, the small breeds are no doubt
best, though there are few of the best
known breeds winch will not reepond
to the proper kind of care. I have pure
bred Brown Leghorns and a mixture of
Light 13rahmas and Wyanclottes in my (look,
and while the Leghorns take the lead when
Oho circumstances are all favorable, they
feel a chance chill more than the large
fowls, and they aro such opinionated little
wretches that they sometimes insist upon
leaving their snug quarters for some cold
corner, if given their liberty, and the moult
is disastrous to thein egg record for a few
days.
Fowls should be kept under perfect con-
trol in winter aud not ollowecl to wander.
But their evident enjoyment tempts 100 00
let them run out on sonshiny days snd 10 is
often the ease that one pays for the pleasure
in a loos of eggs.
Most poulthymen agree that the 1Vyan-
clotte,orPlymonth Rock is the farmer's fowl,
and no doubt they are as near "general.
purpose fowls " as one can find. But what-
ever breed is chosen seleot pare bred stook
from a good strain, It is wise for a novice
to begin her work with poeltry inthespring,
as all the conditions are favorable and ma
nue provides to, great deal of substance for
the hen at little or no costs If the fowls
have unlimited range, as they tonally do on
O farm, they will do wall and not be unduly
mischievous if they have one good feed each
day, with plenty of pure water and a pan of
sweet milk, if obtainablems a reserve supply,
If the morning feed is mode in the form of
mush so mooch the better, as variety can bo
obtained much easier than when grain is
fed whole. Dry beans, turnips, carrots,
small potatoes, and even the litter from the
hay mow may be boiled and thickened with
buckwheat, ba,••ley or other grain ground
and mixed with wheat barn or sliip•
stuff, Some tneat should be given in
some fortn. If a bone cutter is awes.
sible there is nothing better than green
bones, Any one can pound small bones
into avealable shape with a small sledge
hammer and a big stone. Oyster and elam
shells may be reduced in the same way. If
Otto bones are large and totigh roast them in
Otto oven until crap, and there will be no
trouble with them, and the fowls like the
change. Raw beats are much relished by
hone and keep them in good condition, but
A hen must be very hungry before she will
eat raw turnip unless it is chopped fine. The
wont enemies with which fowls have to oon-
tend aro lice end moisture. Their housee
should be kept clean and dry and kerosene
in some form, should be used freely so long
as a louse is left in their guacters. The
easiest and safest way is to use kerosene
emulsion Ny161, a force pump. such as is used
to spray fruit trees, The irtature should be
used very strong and care ehould be taken
to make it reach every crevice in the build.
ing. This should hoe done in the morning
soon after the hens have loft their perches,
ae the lioe are then on the roosts and fall
easy viethns. After two or three holm,
throw dry lime around the house, whi oh
will absorb moisture and purify the air,
Hens cannot bo made profiteble if lice
abound.
Liked Spelling.
Visitor—m 1V hab do you study M31011001 V
Little Giel—" Readin' an' writin' an'
'eltlimetic an' spellin'."
"Well 1 Well 1 What a bright little
girl you are. Now, which study do you
like beat 4"
",
Most children do not. Why
Lodeelloicit0
t "
do you like apellitig 1"
" 'Canoe every time I spell a word teach
er laughs."
Re Proba—lb 37—Remained.
Papa (front the head of the stairs)—Oh 1
Mary.
Danger—Yes, father.
"05 fumy down there yet'?"
" Yoe, dear father,"
"Toll him to wake me up for the live
'olook train as he goes vet, will you 7"
Obeying Instrnotions.
jaws' little boy had been told before
dinner not, to make any remarks about his
atintie'is wee, whioh was rather inclined te
be rda,
He had behaved very well indeed, and at
Otto end of the repast walked tip to the old
lady and Wilt
" 1,Vasn't 0 very good, mottle, X norms
said anything about your 11040
JULY 15, 1892.
DEPLORABLE LOSS OP LIPP,
A Sad Shipwreck off Yarmouth N.S.
ttonrioen 'ANTE Lost Out or a Total or
'Ewen I PAIWPII 4414 10,1,5,11 - Mho Cantata's
Wire and ChlId Aitione the LONI-Try.
5 400 Exarrienee er the 1t1.44.1led-The
VessieN Owned la London.
A Vermouth oleapateli stop I—A sad ship-
wreck, levolving the loss of I -I, lives, occur-
red ollYarmouth harbor last night. At 9
&Weak this morning a great quantity of
deals drifted ashore »orth of C/liebogue
point and then a damaged life boat with
thirteen exhousted smilers wots washed
ashore in tile serf, end the men wore helped
up to the Ionises and oared ion They proV-
ect to he Capt. Henry Hughes, his firsG mate
and 11 of the craw of the Liverpool iron
ship Peter Stuart, henna from St. John for
Liverpool with deals. The second mate
and IS others, including the captain's wife
and ohild, were drowned. The Stuart was
towed es far tIB Briar Island on Saturday
tnorning, and the captain, after getting
within 10 miles of the lurchev buoy, van 50
miles west, and then 110,10101 down the bay,
although he thought he had made allowance
to carry him far Mr land and ledges, They
brought up at 8 o'clock Sunday evening on
some rock off Cliebogue Point, supposed to
Gannet rook ledge,
011.10 01110 1111010E re
mid all LIM boate bolt the life boat were
smashed. In cutting away the life.boat she
CapSizoil, The captain's wile end child
wero 10000 eeen again. 6ome of the crew,
who Wet e thrown on the floating deals feom
Otto broken -up vessel, managed to right, the
boat and found the captain still alive under.
natal'. All 10110 00,11 be soon wore picked
up, and Otto boat stood by till daylight,
when the first mato and some of the others
were picked up. With 18 out of the 27
lives the boat stetted away from the soene
ot the wreelc, not to vistegs of the vessel re-
maining. The boat had been damaged, and
filling, wan again capeized, but they got her
righted and steered towards land. Four
more had, however, been lost, end before
they got to land it was found a dead body
named Alexander Troop wits washing about
in the almost submerged boat and the corpse
was pushed off. This body drifted ashore,
end so far has been the only one recovered,
The captain, mate aud several of the crew
were badly bruised, and thio seilmaker had
his leg broken. The vessel was loaded by
Alexander Gibson, and the oargo was prob-
ably ittsured. 11he vessel was uninsured,
She was owned by Thomas Stevens & Son,
London.
S1I0SE8E LE ST, 3011E.
ST, JonE, July 4.—Tho vvreok of the
Peter Stuart, with its terrible loss of life,
caused sad feelings here, though none of the
dead belong to this province. Several of
the men shipped at, this port, but they were
foreigners. (baptain Hughes, during his otay
here, macho many friends. His wife formed
O circle of pleasent acquaintances by whom
she was much liked. The child wan about
5 years old. The lumber cargo of the Peter
Stuart was furnished by Alexander Gibson,
and, like het vessel, woos insured in England,
CANADA'S LUMBER INDUSTRY.
The 0111,Pilt from tINA Ottawa Distrtet.
A despatch from Ottowa says t—It is
estimateol that 3,000,000 logs will come
down the etrearns of the Ottawa district this
summer. These logs will come down the
Ottawa, Gatineau, Mississippi, Blanolle,
North Nation, aud Rouge rivers, and will be
used toy Otto milts at Ottawa, Arnprior,
13raeside, Hawkesbury, Rockland, Carleton
Place, mid booiOroab. Of the 3,000,000 logs
mentioned, about 2,000,000 will come clown
Otto Ottawariver, 600,000 doovn the Gatineau,
200,000 on the Blanche, Worth Nation, and
Rouge rivers, an1 200,000 down the kliseis-
ippi. Three million logs, at an estimated
average yield of 125 feet, board measnre,
per log, will give a total board measure of
375,000,000 feet for all the iptilo of the
Ottawa district. This quantity of sawn
lumber, at an average price of 615 per 1,000
feet, will mean a turnover of capital to the
soon o f615,775,000 in the mills of the Ottawa
district. Of the 3,000,00010gs coming down
a fair peroentage belongs to those left over
last season. Therefore the animal cut in the
woods during the past season cannot be
judged by the figures given. From all
information that can begathered the lumber
drives are now all safe, except a few small
ones Diet were abandoned early in the season.
As a result of the heavy rains the water in
Otto streams has remaineri about etationary
et a good level tor the last three or four
weeks.
Bleotrio Light on Battlefields.
The ubiquity of eleotrieity is becoming
almost proverbial. Fvom the "brightest
spot on earth" to the bloodootained battle.
fields is rather a Ito ery, but there is nO
end to the application of electricity. A
reoent telegram from Austria described
some experiments of great interest which
have recently been carried out successfully
there. 11.110 didletilty of searching for the
wounded on the nighb after a great 13attle
has been one which has long occupied the
attention of military reformers, and the
artny medical service in Austria has been
endeavoring to determine how for the
electric light may be utilized for thie
humane end, The value of powerful search-
lightS With reflectors has been proved in
naval affairs, and at Suakim and eleewheee
soldiers have found them very effective on
open ground. They would be equally
effective, under similar conditions, for as-
sisting in pinking up the wounded, but when
the batle has raged over a wide extent of
country, or when the fighting has occurred
amidst woods and brushwood, the use of
this oleos of light is attended with difficulty,
The need for a special form of light for this
purpose having been recognized-, the Ans.
trittn medical service have been experiment-
ing with portable auntie lanterns feel by
secondary batteries eontained in the Imp.
seeks of the inen who carry them Those ex-
periinen ts, concludes the Electrical Review,
have been earthed ottis under conditions as
nearly as possible Minder to those whieh
would emir in actual warfare, and Dm re.
sults were so encouraging that it is highly
probable that the portable "settroli((lig hi)"
Will be taktm lip in earnest by the military
authorities in other countriee,
Ignorance, in the midst of the refinements
of society, is the most hateful of all mix-
tures.—Eklino. de Steel.
That oothing is tnore easily forgotten than
an umbrella or cane is proved by to recent
sole of uto,laiined property by a railroad
company, The lot oomprised nearly 2,000
um rellto, more than 1,000 walking Wake
itud300 Demote, •
The rate of progroseion of a storm is often
fifty Intim fin hour, aod Bohm has often
been trained in a dr006 11110 from north to
south a distanee of 400 tn000s, The average
altitude of thunderstorms has been found to
he not 0011 ,000 foot above the surfaue of
Otto earth,
TAKEN CAPTIVE BY CANNIBALS.
A 31Issionary's Ian of a Region
Where lie Was a Primmer.
In May of last year an English missionary,
Dr. Mountgee, who mooted oo etation near
the (mast on the modem part of British New
(3 ulnae, suddenly disappeared, and for eome
th»e nothing was known as to his fitte. It
was discovered finally thet while out in the
forests boyoud his station he lied boom cap-
turea by the Tnngere cannibals, a tribe
living [either west in Dumb New Cininea,
that had never before been known to von titre
so far east. The zavages curried Dv. .11,100.
tape on' to their OWn country, a laud that
was practically unknown to white people.
There be lived until February of this year,
when ho was rescued by a Dutch steamer.
Very little news has yet been received with
regard to Dr. Montague's experiences. We
know only that as a eaptive ho had nothing
seriously to complain of, except the poov
quality of the food served to hini, Ile
modestly refrains from saying much about
himself in the brief report he has made of
Ids sojourn.
AMOEU TUE oassanotas
and devotes most of his paper, which has
recently appeared in Globus and other Glen
inan geographioadpublioations, to the dis-
coveries he made on the land of the Tenger°
oannibals. AB they did not harm the
doctoe, perhaps the world owes them some-
thing for making a prisoner of him for a
while. His involunttvry sojourn has oer-
teinly been productive of some very in.
terosting facts,
The people who captured Ilion still livo ia
Otto stone age, The eastern limit of their
country begins about twenty miles west of
the DutelaBritish boundary and extend%
westward to Prince Frederik Hendrik is -
/and, Along this extensive coast live a
number of warlike branches of this tribe,
aud the region is thickly populated, They
inhabit large villages both on tho (mast anti
inland, and on the coast the towns are so
numerous that the whole shore seems to be
lineol with unbrolcen rows of huts. In their
intellectual ancl phyaioal development, these
people belong to tho finest of the New
Guinea tribes. The men are handsome,
=molar, well-built fellows,
00I011. PoREITEADS,
end many of them are light yellow in oolor.
Although they wear no clothing whatehr,
they lavishly paint and adorn their bodies.
They wear twee rings, and their weapons
consist of bows arid arrows and atone clubs.
Their arrow tips are poieoned. They build
rude canoes from thirty to forty feet in
length, which they propel with paddles.
All Unt subdivisions uf this large family
maintain with one another the friendliest
relations.
Among their house animals are pigs anti
dogs, both of which are eeteamed as table
delicacies. The dogs aro used on kangaroo
hunts, which are a favorite diversion with
Oho natives. Sago, yams, and sager cane
are cultivated. 'Food is in great abundance
and the fruits of harvest are stored away
for future use. Along the coasts and at
some places in the interior CoC00, paling
thrive atiely, and the lowlands ere very
rich and fruitful. The improved omen is
very extensive. The fields are kept in ex-
cerent condition, and the natives have
quite advanced ideas of irrigation, which
they practice to some estent in their agri.
culture. The plains are specially adapted
for raising large amps of rice and sugar
eane, and Dr. Montague believes that pots
tions of this new region could be turned
into profitable plantations under European
management.
The forests swarm with butterflies, birds
of paradise, and vorious kinde of pigeons(
and abound also with the most valuable
sorts of wood, small as cedee, sandal wood,
and other kinds. The rivers and the la-
goons along the colist are fall of fish end
water fowl. The elimate, says Pr. Mon-
tagne, le as good as eon bo found anyivhere
110 TRoV1C.00, COITSTRIEs,
and is far more healthful than most other
parts of New Galileo, The reasou is be-
cause the teeritory lying on and near the
south and west coast boas the benefit for
eight. months in the year of the south mon-
soon, while during the remaining four
months the northwest monsoon prevails.
De. Montague lived in the country nine
months, and, although his foot' was bad, he
enjoyed excellent health. Only one lan-
guage, with some dialectic differences, is
spoken along the whole coast, and the mis-
sionary is now engaged upon the prepares
tion of is dictionary tif the language.
He found that the people are afflicted to
some extent with leprosy. They are very
fund of eating the bodies of Teeple they
take in battle, but only those who are kill-
ed or captured on their war expeditions go
into the cannibal put. Unlike most other
savage peoples, child murder is tmknown.
Dr. Montague believes that a very profit.
able trade could be developed. There are,
however, hardly any good harbors, though
there is good anchorage in the river mouths
for vessels of light draught.
THEY ALL WANT IT.
Maritime PrOvineeranere ltrae the Necess-
ity or Better Steamship service.
A despatch from Efaltfax says 1—News-
papers of the maritithe provinces are urg-
ing.upon the Government the necessity of
au improved Atlantic service, pointing out
the great benefits that woad mimeo to
Canada, eepecially this part of the Domin-
ion, if one e mai cm superior to the crook
lines were established. A number of papers,
irrespective of politics, fovor negotiations
with the C.P.R., tviiich company they as-
sort, would give a service reseal to repnre-
rnents, and infuse into the east that some
energy and en terptise which has been dis•
played in the west through its efforts, and
redinact here the marvellous development
noticeable beyond lake Superior. Judging
front their eclitorialmtterances any fair and
reasonable arrangemeet whioh would gear.
antes) a eervice as efficient on the Atlantic
as the C.P.R. p05000005 00 the Peolfia would
meet with unbounded favor,
Narrow Escape of a Wedding Party.
The Welsh newspapers report an exciting
ecene at 'Mumbles Heed, where a marriage
party, eon:diming of six persons, arrived from
the ClIgorrior Valley, They hired a beat
with acoomedation for four, but squeezing
themselves into the craft, they attempted
to row round the Mumbles Head. They,
however, got into a strong ourrent, and
were being carried out, to sea, when load
cries melted them !tom the shore, They
made frantic efforts to return, but in the
struggle both oars wore lost fit the Watort
and the party wore loft at the moray of
waves, 'Before aid eould teach thorn the
boat was dashed to p10000 00 the rooks. The
oecupants WOre throWn into the water, but
atm, it meet exeiting some they succeeded
in mulling tho realm The bride and bride.
groom wore in an tmconsciotts oondition for
about an hour, The party was (wontedly
MOW( T110 beide Is still in a proottrione
condition,