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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-8-26, Page 7Aro178T 19, 1892, .A.GRIOULTURAL, Thl) DeVelOpMent dame's, A farmer will seti an ordinary enw to some person in the _neighboring village, who St once commences to slop and feed the cow I1 a generous manlier. She gets all the re. fuse of the table arid a good grain ration be- sides. In e yens) or so the former owner is astonished to her of what wonders Diet eow can clo, and very likely reproach se hinm dell for not knowleg better than to sell such valuable oow out of 1118 herd. But in reality she is not the eame cow that lie sold. Under generous care elm has become de- veloped. The lamer might have done the same thing if he would, Prof. E. W. Stewart, in his work on "Feeding Animals," gives instances of this kind. One woo a heifer with her third calf at four yeala old, that had, with her first and :mend calves, given a very moderate quantity of milk, during the fourth week With her second calf having made in a week 0 pounds of butter from 150 mends of milk, During the fourth week of her third !commit she made 5 1-8 pounds of butter from 160 pounds of milk. Thee the experiment be. gen of developing her. It was tho latter part of Jaenary, and her food had been timothy and clover hay with ono peck of carrots daily. The additional food began with one pint of oil meal and three quarts of bran, gradually increased to the first month to six quarts ot bran. The second month she received one quart of oil meal six quarts of bran ancl two quarts of cornmeal, which was continued until grass came, and then she had one pint of oil meal and forte quarts of bran through the summer. In July she was tested, and in one week gave 106 pounds of milk and made six and ane. hall pounds of butter. Before having her fotirth calf she was fed for six woke with one (pert of oihneal, four quarts of bran and one quart of cornmeal per day. This had a remarkable effect in developing her udder, so that she had to be milked a few days before coming in. After she °erne in she was fed the same as the year before. In fourteen days, commencing the fifteenth day after calving, she gave 462 pounds of milk and made twenty pounds of butter. This cow was kept till eighteen years old and proved a first class cow. As this in. stance might be oledined to be due to the natural development of a heifer another trial was made with a cow six years old which yielded only twerity•five pounds of milk per cloy in the flush of feed. Ten weeks 'before it was time for her to come in she was fed al the other cow had been and in the third week after coming in she gave thirty pounds of milk a day and made eight pounds of /setter in a week. She was treated in the same svay as the other cow auclafter thee:ante in the next year in the third week she gave 280 pounds of milk and made twelve pounds of butter, thawing an increase of one year of one.third in milk and one-half in butter. This Cow was kept till she was twenty years old and gave 6,278 pounds of milk in her nineteeth year. A heifer calf was raised. from each of these three calves before development and after. The 1201 1001 raised after development proved to be excellent cows, while those raised ha - fore development proved to be very milli- ary milkers ; showing that the am -mired milking qualities of their dams were trans- missable to their offspring. Developing the heifers and cows opens the way of perman• ently improving the dairy herd. For Farmers' Danghters. A well-educated and at the same time a good farmer gives, in the "Mirror and Farmer," the following advice: Nowadays a great many people have a hobby of some kind. This is a very good Idea if it is not carried too far. It should never be allowed to interfere with our real work, A hobby should be used as recre- ation. The study of botany is a good hobby for a farmer's daeghter. There are mre plants to be found in nearly all locations, if one will only hunt them aut. Make a col- lection of all the plants and flowers in your vicinity; mount some on cards, properly named; also tell where they grew. Use these cards to exchange with persons who live at a distance and are also making a col. leetion. Those you keep for yourself it is better to put in books, as they are more easily proteoted from injury. In some lo. militias the randy of mineralogy and geology may be made interesting. Make a collection of bugs of all kinds - of butterflies, nsothe and millers ; learn what kinds aro injurious to vegetation. Watch the different kinds of caterpillars and see if they do any harm ; find ollt what kind of a moth or betterfly Donne from each worm To do this, if I Bed them eating a plent,I put them in a box with plenty to oat, and. finally in the course of a few clay they will do themselves up in a, ocemon or ohrysidie. A wooden salt box is what I use to keep the worm or caterpillar in. Cover the bottom of the box two inches deep with moist earth, and also plasm a twig oe two in the box ; cover part of the tops/CO° box with fly netting and part with a piece of glass. This will give you a chanoe to watch the worm et work and also give it air. If it bevies itself in the earth, Iet 18 10- 0)0121 there. If a 0000011 is formed on the twig, you Call put 1(1158 121 another box,' but always Iceop the covet: on all boxes you have chrysalides or cocoons in, oryou will probably lose your miller, or whatever hatches out, As it rule the cocoons and chrysalides are formed in the fall and are burst in the spring, but not always If I have cocoons or chrysalides, 1 generelly bring them into a warm room the last part of the winter, when they usually burst within a week. To have the inaeot develop fully, the room should not be very warm, and the air rather moist. In this Way you can -get speeimene more perfect than those you catch out in the open air, as the wings of these are often faded and torn, Keeping Applefa By taking pains enough, almost any kind of fruit can bo kept much longer than is generally supposed. Apples may bo had fresh and erisp the year round. The seeret is in keeping them dry and cool, In the first place they must be aerefully picked and handled eo as to keep them perfectly free frbm bruise, Only 'perfect Huh will pay for suoh care. Put them into a cellar Wheals the temperetnre can be maintained at or very neon the freezing point. If the cellar is nrell aired and dry and free from Mold and all kinds of fungoid growths and made clath, and the apples are plaoed 011 shelves 00 in shallow boxes, so that they clo nob press meth upon each other, if they are roe actually free froni contaet, 01 11 they are Wrapped in soft paper, very little thange 111 them will be observable. Of eouree they /should be carefully inspected now and then and myy apple that ehowe eiges of decay ehould be promptly removed, not Only from the test but limn the cellar, 00 that it may net generate any of the baoteria ageociated .with dermy, If the collar is not poefectly dry, a mothoit pradieed and r000mmeteted by many may be rethrted to. Sprihkie the bottom of beese 01 barrOla abard tiro Mulles (if dry sand -he sure that thci sand 18 free from moisture-uarefully place in tide *layer of apples ; then eprinke in more sena coul place another layer of opplee-tio on until the barrel is filled to within a couple of Mabee or 00 01 the top ; and then oover thie with sand. 118120 cellar is kept cool, as before indicated, those who heve tried this method declare 811218 8115 apples will come 0118 1(2 July almoett OM crisp and Medi es when first packed, If one has the cellar, thia Method 10 eaSy to try, -Mirror end Farmer. ••••••• The Dominant Breed of Sheep, There need be no hesitation, as there ean be uo uncertainty, hi naming the dominant brood. We have seen that the world's (Make total some 650,000,000 of eheep. Of those more than one-third, nearer one-half, are merinos. That this is not, an overesti- mate a moment's thought will make plain, Practically the whole of the 16,000,(00 of itheep which Auetratia, has added to her flocks during the lest four years aro merinos and of the total 122,000,000 of sheep in Australia it is probably within the mark to sity that 100,000,000 are fine wooled. In South America, also, the increase of the merino has been something phenomenal ivithin recent years. Of the 75,000,000 of sheep in the Argentine not fewer than 43,- 000,000 are merinos ; of the 28,500,000 mil- lions of sheep in 11 exieo, Chili, Peru, BraZil, etc., 16,000,000 are merinos ; of tho 40,500,- 000 of sheep m the United States and Canada, probably more than 5,000,000 are merinos, makieg in all 85,000,000 of merinos in America, In Europe there must be very nearly the same number. Spain, we know, has more than 12,000,000 Merinos, and France, Germany, and Russia must each 12020' have almoet as many fine -wooled sheep as Spain, while the merino either predom- inates or is bred extensively throeghont every other European country outside the British isles. Asia and Africa, with 78,- 000,000 of sheep, 1)020 08 least 15,000,000 of merinos. There are thus some 250,000,000 of pure-blooded merino sheep in the world now, not to mention the various other breeds which have one or ntore crosses of the merino in them. Not only does the Merino far eolipse every other breed in point of numbers, but no other breed, nor, indeed, all the other breeds put together, can show suth an enormous rate of increase at prese»t eml for thirty years past. -Prof, John Scott in Irish Farmers' Gazette. A QUACK IN AFRICA. 000 10001 Cottle 80 12000 and 1118 Elerd Soon liiIlitbes'ed a Thousand Animals. A German agent in the southwest African possessions of Germany writes to headgear. tem in Berlin, that confldence men anti scamps have invaded even that sparsely settled and half.savage region. Rs says that a year ago a white man went wander. through the country, cerrying on his back a bag filled with medical nostrums. Little attention was paid to him, 1)08 18 was found Intel' that he knew nothing whatever of medicine, aud that, h is 1 ittleplae tors, wafers, and drugs were worth no more then so much fetish. He 1101,0418cl his coming everywhere, just, as the quack floaters dein this country, and the simple-minded natives flocked to him from far and near to secure the benefits of his wonderful treatment. He remained 011132 1100 or three weeks in apiece, and then would seek other fielde. He took payment in cattle, and from place to pleat) he drove his herd, which cost him nothing for food and kept rapidly increasing in sin. Finally he reappeared on the coast with a herd of about 1,000 cattle out of which lie bad hunceed the natives, .9s he had no medical skill, and the contents of his mysterious bag probably were not worth $10, he found the businesS 1 very paying one. The natives, after he had swindled them, mide up their minds as to his true character, and the German agent writes that it probably would not be safe now for any itinerant dealer in mectioines and cures to travel through the country, however 1100588 2112(1 competent he might be. The agent says, however, that there is a fine opening in southwest Africa for some young practitioner who is haviog hard work building up a practice in Germany. Ile names the town where the young man should settle, and says he is codfidene that a few years practioe among the natives there would enable him to return to Ger- many. with a snug little fortune. The agent will exereise great care to prevent any more quacks and humbugs from getting into the country and giving the natives an unfav- orable impression of all white nien. Night mud Morning. NninT„ Flom burns our fire or driftwood; overhead (taunt mapies lift long arms against tho night; The stars aro sobbing-serromashaken, white, And high they hang, 01 8110)0 sort oyos grown rod With weeping for their Queen -the moon just dead. Weird shadows backward rool when tall and bright The broad flames stand and fling a golden light On mots of soft, green mess (120)211(1 210(281-00(1. A sudden broom, 040100 111 from oil' the sea, The vast old forest draws a troubled breath, A. lest Awakens; up the shore of 0041(1. The black tide, silver•lipned, metal noiselessly The comp lire dies, then Silence deep OR (1028111, T40 darkness pushing down 111)00 1115 lend tIORNINO. Abed 211 501)00 end a half -burned brawl Now marks the spot where last night's camp fire sprung And licked the dark With slender, scarlet; tongue. The sea draws back from shores of yellow sand Nor stmaks 1001 110 wake the sleeping land; 0001 trees grow 0118 01 shadows; high among Their sombre boughs one dear, sweat song is sung; In deep ravine by drooping Wars spanned .All drowned in gloom, a, flying pheasant's whir Ronda morning's solceein hush; gray rabbits run Aeross the covered glade; then far away, Upon a hill each expectant fir Holds open 2021110 111 welcome to the sun - Great, pulsing heart of bold, advancing day. The Canada Weatern Road. A Victoria'B. C., despatch says 1 -The- odore Davie, Premier of British Columbio. entertained Frank Bakeman, Judge 131aok, Man aed Colonel Haile of Chleago at a din- nerggiven on account 01 81)0 successful con- clusion reached between Bakeinan ericl his ease:slates and by the Government for build - Big the Canada Weetern Railway. Tide road trill extend from Victoria to Seymour Narrows on Vancouver Island, croseing to the maieland by a bridge er ferry. Surveys home been made for the Canadien Peeific by Ivey of Rate Inlet to the eastern boundary 01 1118 province, at Yellow/feed Pam% Rocky Mountains, there to 001111Ce8 with the lino now being built; through the Canclian North- west, Tho Government has elready inds- eitlized the road svith 20,000 acres a, Milo. His mho tinclorstoocl that the Government has wood to aid in the oonstrucalon by mums of gueranteeing ititoreSb, Victoria will also aid in the et:Moans Everything iebitter to iihn 00 has gall in his mouth, THE BRUSSELS POST, 1RK ENG BUNKER BEAD. She Was the Widow of One of the Siena- ese Twins. -- How Chang awl Eng Wooed -Their EttOlY DOMMI ft Illappinees Sueeeeded by Last - Dig Dbieord -Eimer Compact W11 1011 MI,' 0 red Peace -SIMS, or the etre 00 00.0 The recent death near Mount Airy, N. 0., of Mrs, Sallie Thanker, widow of -Eng Bunker 000 01 the world-renowned Siamese twins, recalls, to mind mueli of the domes. tie Watery of these gentlemen and their Enmities, but comparatively little of which has ever found itS way into print end which now comes direct from One who lived in the Old North State, and who was a per - clonal friend of the twins from hie youth up. Cbang and Eng wore born in 1811, in tile lowlande of Siam, of hinnble parentage, and at an early age lost their father. Ae 00011 as they were old enough to be any nee to their mother she put them to the light work of tending a laige ficeek of decks, which they used to carry out every morning in a boat, to a neighboring marsh, whore the wild rice was plentiful ; there bhey remained all day, end at night, at the blowing of a horn, the clucks would wocklh back to Die boat, crawl aboard, mai then the twins would paddle them home. When the boys were probably 12 or 13 years of age an English traveller named Bunker happened that way, and after viewing them with amaze- ment for a stipulated consideration with their mother obtained possession of them. AMASSED A FORTUI.I.E. Leaving the east shortly afterward Mr. Bunker for several years exhibited the twins in every pert of the known world, treating them with great kindness and making money by then wherever be went, until in 1352118 had amassed a fortune, and the twins being by this time of age bo considerately gave them their freedom, with permission to adopt his name and enough reedy cash to start them comfortably in life. This ham penecl in Raleigh, N.C., ancl the young men, though they loved their protector well, loved freedom better, so with a friendly parting on both sides they started out to make their way alone -and yet together. While in Raleigh they heard some talk re- garding the excellent hunting to be found m the mountainous part of the State, and wishing for a little recreation they journey- ed to the Piedmont section, whore they fin- ally took up their residence at the house of we11-80-60 farmer named Yates, living 111 the county of Wilkes, situated at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, end 75 miles west of Greensboro. COURTSIM AND MAREllACE. Farmer Yates was fond of the chase. Living in good, old-fashioned style, with plenty of negroes and dogs, raising supplies of all kinds and surrounded by a large fami- ly, he took life easy and made it pleasant for the twins, who boarded with him for a considerable time. While there Eng Bunk- er became greatly attached to Miss Sallie Yates, and Clhang Bunker lost his heart to Miss Adelaide. Some Mine between 1835 and 3840n double marriage took place at the residence of Father-in-law Yates, and the twins coin - mimed the marriage life on a farm whioh was in easy distance of their wives' old homestead. Here they lived happily, farm- ing part of the thne ancl at intervals going on the road with Barnum and others, returning home occasionella to their families and fireside with well filled pockets. But the farm on width they lived did not snit the tsvins, so they purchased about 2000 acres in the adjoining oonnty ot Surrey, within three miles of the then little village ot Mona Airy, now the terminus of the Cape Fear and Yee Velley Rai/road. On this eatate they arm:Lod a limge, comfortable frame house, with all ueoassery improve- ments, Being of a cheerful, kindly disposi- tioa the lives passed smoothly for many years, while several children wore born to each wife. A SEPARATIOST, Some of the children were nearly grown when one (My from some cause or other a equabble Gummi, in Whi GI) the niother took part, and subsequently Chang and Eng, being men of spirit ainl courage, drew knives and were about to attack each other when the wives, seeing the denser, begged them to desist. The twins °oohed struggling, but decided that they would then and there be separated, and at ono sent to Mt. Airy for their family physician, Dr. Hollings- worth, a man with quite a local reputation as a skilful surgeon. Ise arrived with his instrementee and, after being told what was wanted, remarked 1 " Very well ; just get ((p011 61100 table 21116111 fix you ;but which would you prefer-thet I should sever the flesh that connects yea 02 0518 oft your heads? One will produce much about the saane re- sults as the other." This brought the twins to their seuses, forthey lc new very well that the great surgeons in London, Paris and New Pork hat decided thet it would be death to separate them, TIIE TUBER DANS COMPACT. In a peeplexity of mind how to guard against future warfare in their household the twins called in Dr. Hollingsworth and Messrs. Gilmore and Rawley of IVIount Airy hit arbitrators, These gentleman, after re- volving the problem in their mincls,clrew up a legal eontract whose principal provision!) were that out of the money owned by the twins a similar mansion mid like outbuild- ings as those which they then owned should be built on the large estate, about 0130 nide from the existing linnestead; thet the land abould be equally divided between the brothers by a competent surveyor ; that no transaction of a business nature should talce place on these farms between the brobliers ; that the family of Chang should live in one house, while that of Eng should live in the other, and while the WiyeS occasionally visited each other it was worth noting that for manyyears the children did not% inter- thange visits, though thoy 11108 08 church or in the village. It was also agreed that Eng should spend three dame and three nights with kis fellts and thatiChang (who of nurse, could not 1101p being present) should dur- ing thet time remain passive and not in any way interfere with the arairs of Eng ; then Chang should spend three cloys and three nights at his own house, Eng beieg during that time as mincifel of attending etrictly to his own busitoss and not that of his brother as Chang hod boom These pro- visions were accepmd and religiously ob. served hy the brother:: tintil death, they alternating every thrthe clam) in their visits to their family. Indeed so particular were they in no having business transaotions with each other that if, for instanee, Eng needed corn for his cattle and Chug had it kW sale ling 1101.0r once hinted at buying from his brother. And againl as sometimes happened, 11 0110 brother received an Invito. tion to dinner or tea the other would of tomMe, go, but mien lerwing would remark to his host ; "I will pay my visit to you at imme fitter() tine," 11‘,14FAM111.144.10.16.12.6111.1=6.1.17.4111, Agitil=_IG)...C.A.121.1-.1111.03)18.4110efanasMieraffeilLAIII.M.1211 war lin STAYED IS Jinn, Allusion has inade to the eheerfel die esition of the twine. They Wore lively au very fond of 8 joko, and several mighe be related did imam) permit, Two will sof. hoe, 011 one occasion, while driving through Gana, the PeighbOr11004 in Lb buggy, they were My rand) mid brum 1 cannot see, 2(132 (1(00 thrown out, resulting in one lieing badly „, ,s9,07,11Medsrplullea inyven. have on bruised, while the other escaped without a I ^"Y"Tgilt.,,sgtis 1" serateh. 18 2115(2 became neceseary for the Bus 011 1814 WOO t's o tgI,t to me, for baby's ha til • YOUNG FOLKS, Ifs Rad Rio Way. My shaving. brush 1.1 miesing and my Moe tor is Igrose piece of presuinpt ion on the part Ot the till la attack him, It wee 114t outrage, 0anuAgilerr0 1*111011. Ido 1,1(11 (lhnr(1ed 011 111,11 igsiu, 1118 0081. 1,iailo 120 jolnped n too so on -1,11d brought delve his sapling, with a sounding thwaok, upon that ant., raerialamp' Ling Boy out, of his grasp, anax before he could recover it, the boil Waa again upon. him. This titne he had all ho could do to avoid the rush. The great body Miley grazed hirrt. lie hardly knew 10)108 60 do but a sutla don inspiration seized him and as sudden., ly, be, in turn, seized the b'ull's tail. Fot tunately for him, he got a good, firn. grip, and the bull's tall was long. Tho. Brat strain upon his arms was trernendousg, and he was jerked off hie feet ; but art the: slaked up to turn, be roc:event:I himself aucl got his balance. The bull whirled round sharply, imp eete ng to dislodge his aesailant at once. Rut. Charlie held on, and nimbly kept his legs. Upon this 6118 1)011 went fairly wild with rage, He bellowed and snorted, whirle round and roans!, ond finally set off at a, furious gallop clown the pasture. It was 0. desperate race for Charlie, buts I e Lad practiced 12)211(1)0,5 00 to the bac:kept. W55$0110, and wes not to be disconcerted. Bo bounced lightly from hillock to hile look. He kept a wary eye on either skim for stumps and other such dangerouse obetaoles. Ile kept Ids wind, anti what was of most importance he kept his grip. Semi the bull stopped his race and re., sumed his tactics of whirling round /nick round. This Charlie found the more tryingh but ho did not lose his nerve, He caught. a glimpse of the cows Inuldleel in a frightened group over by the bare, and, he would have laughed if he could. But. be eouldn't spare the breath, and, mores over, the way lie was being knocked about, made it unsafe for him to epee his mouth., To his great sotisfaction, now, he on that the bull was getting tired. For so fats an,1 heavy an animal, such exercise hi trying in the extreme, In two or three minutes the bull stoppeit whirling and again set off on a gallop ; ands, !low his bellowing had rather a note of ter, ror than of rep. Nevertheless, Charli did nee deem it prudent to let go. Presently, in the course of their singular - career, the bull and the boy came along be., side the pasture fence. When just within, two or three feet of the mils, Charlie let g,' the animal's tail and dropped in a juniper, bush. Instantly he was on his feet agams his hand on the top rail of the fence, read), for escape. But the bull had had enough. Instead ot whirling to renew the fight, a.s Charlie ex-. peeted he would, he continued wildly down, the field, and retreated to the ferthest core ner of the pasture. There lie stood, with, hie head up, as if he wanted to jump the, fence -the picture of a thoroughly beaten, animal. Then Charlie strolled across the pesters In a leisurely fashion, picked up his sapling, and drove the cows nome to be milked, He was out of breath and badly thumped, but his heart swelled with the joy of vietory, injured twin tn remain in bed for It 10ee10 and, of resume, hie brother had to do like- wise, explaining to a friend who called to see them thee he Mayed there to look after his brother and keep off the flies. The other joke occurred on the trip they made from Greensboro to Raleigh. Before starting Eng purchased one tieket ; they then boarded the train, and after awhfle the conduotor owe around for tickets. Eng handed his up, and Chang, with 5 merry twinkled in his eye, rentarked : "I have no ticket and I have no money." Then when the conductor threatened to p11811152 Eng interposed and told him that could net be done, as he (Eng) had given up his ticket. At this the passengers raised such a laugh that the ounductor concluded to pass Chang, whoee passage was, however, soon after pro- perly peel, for in all dealings they were strictlyhonorable, So far as can be learn- ed their lives ati their hoines svere irre- proacheble ; they were virtuous, temperate, serum/lonely honest, sociable, charitaLle, and while never having professed religion, they often attended churoh. Their mannem and those were those of gentlemen, though their education had been gained entirely by travo/. They were naturalized citizens and regularly voted the Democratic ticket. A HOMER SOCNCED. When the war ended it found them with 40 or 50 slaves, and though these of couree were liberated, they had hidden supplies of gold which carried them eomfortably through. The fact was well known, and after Stoneman's raid through that section the twins were one day surprised by a comp follower, who forced himself into their pre- sence and demanded their gold. Upon an immediate refusal he threatened to shoot, whereupon they both rose from their chairs on which they were seated and exclaimed . " D-- you, &loot 1" and then hustled the fellow out. FAMILY AND FORTUNE. During their tmvels the twins accumulated much money, and in thin absence from home their wives managed their property in an excellent manner. Se veral children were born to each wife, and these all neeived a first-class education and were brought up as members 01 8)10 church, prineipally of the Baptist denomination. All the children, save one deaf and dumb daughter were healthy and strong, have married and are counted on as some of the best citizens of that section of the State, and inherited about 820,000 left by their fathers. The last scene in the history of the twins was as sad as it was remarkable and with- out precedent. While with Barnum in 1873 Chang had suffered frona a slight stroke of paralmes, but after medical treatmeet and rest had apparently recovered and Chriatmas was spent at home. About ,Ton. 15 or 16, 1574, the twins were 0002 206 Eng's house' and after a comfortithle supper, fol- lowedby their usual pipe, they retired in seemingly good health. Early the next morning Eng woke upend callieg to his wife asked her to aeeertain what ailed Chang, as he oould not be awakened, and airs. Sallie Bunker, very soon realizing that Chang was no more, diapatched a boy on horseback to the village, some three miles distant, ler Dr. Hollingsworth. After the messenger had gone Eng complained of feeling numb and cold in Ins extremities, and his family did all they could to restore the circulation. He rapidly grew colder, and within an hoer after awakening, and before the doctor ar- rived he had joined his brother on the far - tiler shore, As soon as possible Dr. Holt- ingsworth telegraphed the news to Dr. Pan- coast of Philadelphia. This gentleman took the next train for Greeneboro, and upon his subsequent arrival at the house of Eng he arranged with the families of the deceased, so thet, by giving heavy bonds for their safe return, he was permitted to take the bodies to Philadelphia in the interest of acience. Theywere then embalmed and would have remained there for some time had it 3308 been that Chrietophor Banker, one of the sons, who was in the west at the time of his father's death, returned home, and objeot- ing to the bodies being in Philadelphia', went there at once and had them brought book to the farm, where they were buried in a grave in front of Mrs. Adeline Blinker's house, and a heavy granite monument WOE thereupon erected to their memory. SAYS RE KILLED LOED LEITRIM. -- The Singular enlaces ton er it Prisoner 11530 Glasgow Jail. A Landoll despatch says :-A prisoner in the jail at Glasgow cleoleres that ho took part in the murder of aVilliam Sydney, third Earl of Leitrim, who was murdered April 9, 1878, by being shot by unknown assassits on aeommt, 1813 alleged, of his pmetice of seducing the daughters of tenants on the Leitrim estate, The Fleenor also confesses that; he was engaged in the assassination 'of William Browne do Montmoreney, Viscount Mountmorres, who was murdered near Clonher, county Galway, Ireland, Sept. 25, The Earl of Leitrim, his olerk and driver, were shot dead near his lodge, Manor Vaughan, in Donegal. The murderers fired from behind a hedge', and, did their work so effectually time no witness survived to tell the story. The statement made by the prisoner is that he was engsmed to assist in both crimes by. the murderer of Carey, the informor, and that bOth murders had been decreed by the central authority of the Hitch Revolutionary party. The authorities are not inclined to believe the story, although they are making inquir- ies to ascertain whether there is any evidence to corroborate the statement. ConVenient Paper -weight. An Italian cure was aboub inaking journey. Many friends ogled to say good. 1)32, and ite had happened before each gave him a paper on Whieh was jotted down a list of things which the ivritoe wished the traveller to purchase for him. Only one of those friends accompanied his memoram slum with the necessary Money. Shis one friend's commission the oure carefully/ es:malted, end delivered the arti. oles to him. When the others called for their goods, ho said 1 " Soon after sailed I took out all your papers to look thin over and claesify them on the deck before me. Suddenly there chine o gust of wind, and they were ell blown away. I could not remember whet they contained, and so I could not du your avoids." "But," they objected, " you brought 001108 00.01111.80 asked you to got." 011 3:08," fetid 8150 01100. You see ho enclosed the cesh with his memoranditin end that kept it irons blowing away." What though my shoes are minim string, M nianuserfige awry iknpwetailistfteittiienb,.ek toens babe's b eon spared Is there not, pleasure In the thought that bah Whatilia.ligebu:nd day I liwtho 111 oor is over strewn with tom) by night a It butte to have my /nu:Macho pulled, ancl games at 4 Ake not just suited to my mind; but John Is fond 01 111052, And after all it HUOPIN to me. no mon can well gelnitay. That there 10 tote and lote of fun when baby has bis way, So, son and heir, continue on thy happy, blest career. Ne'or.skialgthlyeac,la, ddy interpose to raise the Whateer discomfort conies to ine, erase not tbySeyoue play As far ae =earned, my boy, (20 011 and have thy Way. 32 20 32 -Wolin Kendrick Bangs School Chastisements, Some grown persons would seem to think that there is no true place for chastisemee t 'n a system of education. Such at all events is our impression of those, and there are many parents among them, who regard en ordinary beating given in school as al. met an indietable form of assault. People 5( 811(8 kind have evidently forgotten the singularitiee of their OWil wayward youth, r perhaps their lives knew only a genial and untronbled springtime of good condect. Ia neither cage can their judgment be relied pon to form a rule of discipline for the guidance of school teachers. The bad bay will Continue to deserve, and to repay with -enter behavior, his needful thrashings, and even the good boy will sometimes err and will profia by corporal reproofs. The truth about physical punishment, we may take it, is that 18 10 indispensable -en evil perhaps, but a necessary one. It must be borne, and in order to attain success with the least possible amount of injurious (rim tion it must also be regulated. There must be no impulsive psslling about, no random strokes with the hand or the ruler, no ear - boxing with ite probable sequel -the rup- tured tympanum. The head should never be struck, not even slapped. We may say the same of the body, but for one most ton - der but safely paddedprominenee which 'op P02100 to mark the naturally appointed ecat of childish affliction. We peed hardly ems phaeize the import0000 of guarding jealously against all displays of temper while inflict- ing mulish:I-lent. No doubt this is difficult with refractory shildren, but such a degree of self-government as will enable parents or tetehers to oa oid the angry moment is nevertheless requisite for success. A ease occurred lately which illustrates this point. It was that of a boy who was beaten about the back and hand the day following a school misdemeanor, Singularly enough, he injured hisbead next day, and being at the time in poor health, though believed to be well, died in a week from tubercular meningitis. At once his teaCher Was blam- ed, but proof being brought that the chas- tisement inflicted was delibemte orderly and proportionate, though the means ein- ployed wore not quite regular, he was en. tirely exoperated a8 a, subsequent inquest. It would indeed in many eases render the duties of 0 school master as barren as diffi- cult if he were not allowed a reasonable freedom in physical eorrection. The possi- ble occurrence of such incidents as the above must, however, impress what we have said as to method in its application. A BOY AND A BULL, 110 Minus D. ROBERTS, IN "0011112011 Charles Barnes iPsAaY:t4Urdy boy of sixteen, not toll for his years, but very active and muscular. With his light hair, fair com- plexion and smiling blue eyee, he looks asni- able and gentle, rather than resolute. But when he is in earnest there is a certain steady light in these blue eyes that gives one a confidence in his ability to carry cut, wh_ktitoloinegthh undeertoarkseeso. and cattle of his fath- er's farm at Woodpoint Ms exercises a thor- ough control, such as none of the bingl "hands" can compete with. He is able to govern the onirnals by kind- ness, because they feel instinctively that be- hind his kindness is an inflexible filminess. Cattle and horses are like mankind gen- erally in their readiness to take advantage of that runiability which is not secretly hacked up by strength of character. One afternoon, not long ago, Charlie went to the cow -pasture to bring home the cowe for milking. He carried s. tough bit of sam ling, which he used as a leaping -pole, omits. ing himself by its aid in jumping wide ditches and patches of shrubbery, end spots of swampy ground. The pasture WaS a wide piece of wet up- land, oevraoded hele and there with clumps fofd Not till he had penetreted to the very middle of the field did Charlie find the cows, Ile fonnci, at the same time, that there was an undesirable stratiger among threding in the centre of the herd was a large, dark red Durham bell, which had evidently broken no from a neighboring pas - term It was a bull with a very had reputa- tion and a very excellent pedigree, and, recognizing the animal Charlie felt a little apprehensive. He 1008 1108 the boy, however, to stand much in awe of a 1111112 he was too well accustomed to inaking such animate obey him. Ile milled to the cows, " Co -petty 1 co -petty 1 Co 1 oo 1 co 1" and atarted them in the direction of the pasture -bars. Aegean 08 1110 cows began 80 01008 the bell stepped in their way and elands his head threateningly at Charlie. Charlie decided that he had better drive the bull along with the rest of the herd, and trust to getting them separated at the, bars, " Get along I" 0 0 Said emphatically, dap. Ing the bull on the flank with the eapling he e0021e<1. The lingo 0010101 instinetively obeyed, turned about and walked along 0, little way svith the COWS ; hot apparently 116 was thinking as he walked, mud prosentlyhe made up his mind. thet he WOO not going to he ordered around in OM Ivey by a boy, Charlie was evalking a little way behind, whistling and glaneing abontithtiopaetfrttiia for irushroono, SuddenlySuddenlyiio bnlv ed, snorted Angrily and charged upon him so swiftly that the boy had barely dm to jump cteide, At this attack, Charlie wee mere indig- nant than frightened, 31 ficonsed 80 him 58 Europa at Feaoe. A general survey of Europe at the present thee reveals on that continent rasher peaceful aspect than one foreshadowing the, near approneh of the great war whieh haa been so often predicted. The indication0, are that war will not breakout, at least dims Ing the year 1592, and that She suenner DIA autumn will pass without the so long dread, ed (dash of arms. The vast armaments, the steady warlike. preparations, the constant attention given,. by the various powers to military affairs, 00' course show the =Mufti fears and jealousies evhich exist, and remind us that the vague - danger of It great war is always present in Europe. On the other hand, these very erinamenea„ burdensome and injurious to the prosperity of nations as they are, may be regarded in. one lighe as a safeguard of peace, since they keep each nation in wholesome fear of tine prowess 01 110 rivals. Everywhere in Europe the sovereigns anct statesmen are proclaiming their devotion to. peaee, and their resolution to maintain it. The reeent meeting of the Russian Czar 1(064 the German Emperor at Kiel, and the nation, al festivities which took place at Nancy on, the occasion of the visit there of the French Presiderm, Carnet, are both regarded as in. eidents tending to European tranquillity. The relations between Germeny and Russ sla have not been very cordial of late, and, this hics been looked on as one of the most, serious 1001110005 80 European peace ; but the. meeting cf the sovereigns has tended to allay the fears which have hese enteeteine4. of a eollision between these twopowers, At Nancy, which is the chief town ot bind part of Lorraine, which remained tn. Franco after the Franco -Gorman War, 00 demonstrations were not hostile to Ger- manes and ell ambience of offence to that country was carefully molded, At the, same time, the prom= at Nancy of it, brother of the Czar of Russia seemed, to bct an assurance to France of.the continuanels of the friendly feeling of the Russians to, ward that republic. The marriages of princes do not area: European politics to the extent that the32. did in former times, but the betrothal oe. the CreWn. Prince of Roumania te the, daughter of the Duke ancl Detheas of Mins burgh is 0110 10111011, as far as it is likely to, have any effece at all, tends to promotes peaceful results. Roumania has shown a spirit of jet/lone, independence and almost one of hostility to, Russia. This feeling is likely to besomee what softened by the marriage of Roue nania's fuels% sovereign to the Czar's niece, The relations, moreover, between Russia. and Turkey appear to have become less trained. No irritating question, threaten.. Mg 2111 0011156 collision, is being agitated be, tween them. In southeastern Europe Buie garia, Greece and Servia are pursuing their domeatic affairses if they had, for Is while at least, laid aside those restless ambitions 5111011 have so often theeatened tho peace. of Enrope. The Triple Allienee between Germanyi, Siestrinalifungary and Italy is evidently alt trongly knit as ever, in spite of the fad, hat the financial burdens of tlio armaments emissary to give the allianee reality mitt ore° beer severely at least upon Atletairm Reegemy and Hely, and even 11,510151031 8116 otter owe( with &col (11000800,The interesting Mattires of the situation n , umet)°, in ahort, consist just nw omat8. n the domestic problems which are being, onsidered in the different states than 111,0021110e pm:arias, Tim general °Motion in England, the so, ution of the difficulties between Norway ml Sweden, the adjustment of Italian film 13000, tho revision of the conetitsition 015125111,the new administration in Groceo, he fate of the now ministry in France, the iostility between the Gorman EMperor and ismarek-these are the subjecits svhieh let resent overshadow that of the relation etwon the fali.artnea Dome. 11 1 1 13 1 13 11)