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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-12-2, Page 7i DEO. 2, 1892 tassaluommeareessmastaelsowsweseseteasomaaasannoreasuansessweasmatataaaasa AGRIC'ULT'URAL. Sea:1011We Suggestions. Dry, clean boddiug is it neooesity if you would keep the stock cow forteble and healthy through the winter, Icor this per. pogo @ good supply of straw should always be under cover. If stacked outside there wilt frequently be times when it can not bo had unless tvet or covered with snow or iso It is no 1rgnment against the value of Well-bred stook that wo o0cusio nally find au animal of very obscure pedigree which embraces first-class qualifications for °out° speoial purpose, We have known common steer's Whosu feeding gValitiee could hardly be exulted, and some fine utiloh cows whose origin was very seruhby," bnt the fact re- mains that such cases are the °sceptiou, and not the rule; while with thoroughly well-bred stook it is a rule that the progeny is the ex- ception. c tie col t nl l good, a eof well-bred stock prepotency Diene 7."ho i r p > —the power to transmit its qualities to its offspring—is a foot that must not be over- looked, It may be a valid objection against the Jerseys that they do not give a suifioient amount of milk to suit the heads of the dairyman who sells that article, instead of making butter, yet oven Wiese would find it cow of 1 to have at occasional o v of advantage whole this breed in order to give colorlothe w product. By putting bells upon the sheep inuah an- noyance from dogs may be avoided. Have a bell to every fifth or sixth animal, and when they run there will be so much notes that the dogs will think best to retreat. The attention of the farmer will also bo at- tracted by this means, so that ho may come to thoir assistance. Tho experiments being conducted for the aero of lumpy jaw in cattle, under the di- rection of the Department of Agrioultnre, appears to be quite successful. A better knowledge of the means for controlling dis- eases means a better profit for the stook grower. When cattle are soon licking each other it may usually be taken as an indication that they need salt, Not having it, the briny exudations from the skins of their companions attract them, and the habit of liclrhng each other is formed. By this means largo quantities of hair aro taken into the stomach. Being indigestible, this forms into hard balls and becomes a source of disease, and sometimes causeo death. A want that is so easily supplied as this should not be neglected. --- ing milk the cows are to bofattooed. Other- wise such feeding moults In great waste of food, is of Infrequently the cause of the low profito in dairying, and makes the barn. yard :nannl'e expensive. The systo,n of individual feeding is moat nasi] carried out in praotieo whim each animal has its own soparato manger. In the oonetruotion of new cow stables this ar- rangement le very strongly reed inended,no matter clow largo the herd may be, At each feeding the extra quantity of colleen - Lr sed foodcann than be 'nixed dry with h th e chopped fodder iu the manger, Whore long, continuous mangers, without partitions, aro used, the basal ration for each animal, which is the sane for all, may bo placed in the manger and the additions of eoneeltra- ted food given twieo daily in the watering pails, Or Weems may be grouped according to their productiveness and the stage of the mincing period which they aro in and those of each group fed together, The rations far each group are then mixed together its the right proportions and fed in long mangers Lo the cows of that group, Cows which give an extraordinary yield of milk and hence are to have richer food than that given to any single group, can Sumba given the °atat amount of concentrated food in watering pails, THE BRUSSELS 'QST.. ORDEAL BY POISON ON THE CONGO. 101 wild Supers ti len, In a recent number of T1ic Kathotisrhen .l/issiwrn e, Herr A.Keller, a missionary on the Congo, deaoribee do ordeal by poison and the charmers of the Congo iegr000. One of the greatest 'metal °vile of Lilo Congo negr0ee, he says, 10 the ordeal by poieon (Nkassat. In the great Congo coun- try It is tltie stupid superstition that does the most harm, and the feet that more consequence uence of mei cl dottWt in s diva to 'legume,q titsuperstition than die in war or from cliseaseehould lie sufficient proof. For years missionaries have tried to become me - (painted with the religious views of the Congo eegroea, but it hats been utast diffi- cult 1 for it is ,just in thio matter that the negroes are so elms, partly from shamo, as foreigners generally make fun of what they Boar, and partly from fear lost the (ods avenge themselve' 011 the betrayers of this secrets. Still, the following facts are not far out 1 All sicknoea, miefortnne, adverse fate, and eapiiolally death, are not, in the eyes of the negroes, to be ascribed to Providence or the forces of nature, but to the hostile spirits of gods, or charmers, called " ,dot - 'chi.' Whon a negro is taken ill, a Ndot- sohi is working for his destruction. When any one dies it is a Ndotschi who has taken his life or, as they say,who has caten him. Profitable Butter -Making. that t in la i our exchanges aro saying Some of 1 Y g $ no is all wrongto ergo more farmers to turn their attention toward dairying, as we are already suffering from an over -supply of dairy produots. This is sheer nonsense. Possibly in amp markets there is a reported glut of butter, but lot a shipment that is strictly "gilt• edge" go in, and it world at once find ready buyers at high prices. We have never known, in this country, a time nor 0 market where there was an oversup- ply of really good butter. If farmers pro- pose to engage in dairying merely to adrl to the stock of poor staff' with which we aro already deluged, then they had better stay out; but with our present knowledge of advanced dairy methods there is no excuse for one beginning on this basis. It may be difficult Lo get out of old ruts when ono has been in them a long time, but there is no excuse for going in them in broad daylight. Planting Pruit Trees. Oross or Pure Bred. Among the questions discussed in a sot paper, and afterwards debated at the late British dairy farmers' conference was ; " Whether it is better to cross breeds or breed pure for the dairy." The regular paper was read by Mr. Henry Simmons, who had tried a series of experiments. He -crossed a pure bred Shorthorn bull and jersey cows with the greatest success for first or even second cross, then arose the difficulty—that of maintaining the cross, as the animal drifted bank to the pure breed of the sire. Ho selected animals so pro- duced from the herd and crossed them ro- spectivelywith the Jersey, Guernsey, Devon and other pure breeds, but in no case was it oatisfactory, as a more or lose mongrel off- spring resulted, so that he was forced to the conclusion that, whether your fancy is with the Shorthorn, Jersey, Guernsey, Hereford, Polled Angus or any other pure breed, according as you want to produce beef or milk, you do well after the first Dross to go back to the pure breeds on both sides, that is, grade up towards the pure breed. In the discussion that followed no one attempted to controvert what Mr. Simmons had advocated ; in fact the obstacles that Mr. Simmons had met were recognized to be insurmountable. A correspondent has asked us whether we advise fall or spring planting of fruit trees. We have not space now to enter into a discussion of the relative merits of the two systems, but just now we certainly advise fall planting, and for the following reasons; It is better to plant now than not to plant at all, and many who put it off until spring will neglect it entirely. Be- side, the autumn affords more leisure for doing the work properly, and a tree that is well platted now certainly has a better prospect for a profitable existence than one that is poorly planted in the spring. Therefore, just now we advise fall planting, and shall continue to do so until the ground freezes up. --- Chiokens in Winter. When fouls aro shut up in the winter they often want for some things which are 'essential to their wellbeing, and which win be supplied with a little labor and thought. The dust bath is necessary to keep them free from vermin, and this should be pre- pared now while the ground ie dry. Road dust is excellent for this purpose, and a suf- ficient amount can easily be gathered up and put away in barrels to last until the spring. Keep an open box filled with it all the time in the hen house. If you neglect to procure the dust in time wood ashes may be used as a substitute. A supply of limo is also necessary, and the best way to pro- vide this is to give pounded oyster shells. Bones pounded fine, Bo as to have long splinters, may also be used, or fine gravel which contains limestone. Attention to the little things is what makes poultry pay in winter. Add to these comfortablequartera good food and perfect cleanliness, and your winter's income frotn the fowls should be very satisfactory. AWFUL RESULTS OF AN EARTH- QUAKN. A Muth Atnel•fean Town Eel's to Pieces and Vessels in Port ere Wrecked. The occurrence nob long since of an earth. quake in California, Bays a writer, recalls to my mind a terrible oatiutrophe in South American waters in August, 18613, ori ginr.b. ing from a convulsion of nature, and result. ing in the loss to our navy of two valuable warships, together with the destruotion of the lives of upward Ypard of twenty gallant men. r be the time 1 chanced to f- r 'nen. At t 1 too 0 o was n serving as a bhe-jacket, Tho "Fredonia" was a small vessel, and hod been commis. :cloned 00 a etorealiip. Owing to prevalent* of yellow fever at Callao she had been order- ed with ad to duty at Africa, and, in .°nips iy vtth the "\Vaterco" Was gniotly riding at author when the first Blanch of au earthquake was felt, Suddenly the waters in the bay re- oeded leaving the vessel upon the bottom. Ina moment the waters returrtel with tee- mentions fouls, and striking the already doomed craft smashed her to fragments. There was no opportunity afforded the of. floors and enlisted men to Base themselves, twenty-seven of their number being drown- ed, with two sailors rescued and three of- ficers. Tho latter, fortunately for them. soiree, were at the time on shore. f was on watch at about Ave o'clock of the clay of the earthquake, there being no other Person but sos and our en on (leek. Tho officers myself then o n f 3 soiling 'nester's wife were below at diener. Of a sudden I felt the ship traniIdo, and looking towards the town, Ism that it was enveloped in clouds of dust, and that mas- ses of earth, houses and huge rooks were falling into the sea. By this time I was fairly paralyzed with fear, and for the life of me could not give any warning to those below. Soon, however, tho officers and crew came pouring on deck. Again 'look- ed in the direction of the town, and, as the wind blew away the clouds of duet, I could see that nearly every !louse in the place had fallen, while the streets nearest the sen were swarming with the affrighted residents of the place. Meanwhile the "Fredonia" continued to roll about in a frightful man- ner, and, having read of the tidal wave which had nearly destroyed the "De Soto" and "Monongahela" on the other side of land during the previous year, I mentally decided that we were now about to expari- en0e a shriller 0ATASTR0l'itE TO 0°R VESSEL. By direction of our officers, the crew now hurriedly made preparations to meet com- ing emergencies. Every man behaved nobly. There was no confusion among them, all seemingly being cool and collect- ed, and working well together. While prep- arations were being 'nada to save our ves- sel, our surgeon and paymaster were sent on duty ashore to ascertain the extent of the damage done there, while the former was directed to render such medical or other service as might bo required of him among the injured inhabitants. By this time I could not observe any threatening indica- tions seaward, and began to feel more re- lieved in mind. Suddenly, and without any previous warning, save what 1 have already described, the sea receded bodily from the bay, Leaving our vessel high and dry, she in- stantly turning over on her side. Of course everything was now contusion on board. Even though the ship had again floated site w ould not have righted, owing to the shift- ing of her cargo when she oareened as de- scribed. In a few minutes the sea returned with terrific force, and striking the "Fre- donia" broke her Win atoms. The next momentI was washed overboard with others of the Drew, and, managing to reacts a per - Lion of the wreck, I securely lashed myself thereto, by means of any silk neckerchief, Our master-at-arms floated near me, and I succeeded In grasping him by the hair, hold- ing him long enough to enable him to seize the portion of wreck to which I was secur- ed. The sea appeared to be running in every direction, my companion and myself being borne hither and thither until day- break, when we were discovered and rescu- ed by the Drew of the Peruvian corvette "America," which, with an English bark and the "Wateree," wore among some of the vessels in the harbor when the "Fre- donia" was lost. I shall never forget the scenes of misery and suffering I witness- ed that clay after being put on shore from the ' America," Tho ground still continued to tremble, while such of the houses as wore only partially destroyed by the first shook of the earthquake were now slowly falling into utter ruin. Those of the natives I met with were panic-stricken with fear, and begged of our officers to bo sent on board ole of the A RELIEF Ix 17lltORTALITY. All negroes believe in the immortality of the soul. " We are, it is true, less than the white man, " they say ; " but still wo are not as animals, having no soul at all. " They believe the souls of the dead to re- main ,n the neighborhood of the villagee, in the woods, or in their graveyards, which generally adjoin a wood, The souls of the wicked or life -eaters are tortured in a place called " binnsohi, " whence there is no re- deupUon. The souls of the good visit their owngravee frau, time to time, and it is the custom to have placed on the graves figures, plates, jugs, and especially betties, sometimes to the number of fifty and more, and these arc filled with alcohol or palm - wine, that Ole departed spirits may re- fresh themselves. And no negro, however much ho may like brandy, will ever dare to steal it from the graves. LIFE•1arrous. While the Ndotschi are thelifo-eaters the "banta ba Nsambi" are the men of God. The latter are good and kind, and their bodies are like these of normal men ; the Ndotsohi, on the other hand, aro wicked and greedy, and have, besides a large stomach, a little magic sack (tnaukundu) 10 their breast, which is regarded as a sort of personality with the gift of a charmer. With the help of this charmer the Ndotschi conquers the life of his neighbor and eats him, not in a natural but in an invisible way, as befits a spirit. lienee his name life -eater, not soul -eater as some mission• aries call pini. The operation inay last for years, so that the victim only loses his strength very gradually—gets slowly thin- ner and thinner till he dies. The power of rho mankundu puts its possessor into an ecstatic condition ; with his help the Ndot- sohisoes and enters souls, and flits through space as fast as thought. The mankundu himself can break out in flames, and when he is hungry for then emits flames of fire. In this state he is apeoially to be feared, and to moot him is most dangerous. FEAR AND FETISII, As the Ndotschi practice their cruel buei- ness by night, the negro endeavors to be at home before sunset as much as possible; and as they can make themselves invisible, the negro protects himself by wearing amulets, in the form of little bells, tails of small enamels, ore. Once the missionary en- tered thesleelting apartment of a Congochief, and saw stationed en both sides of the door several idols with the most frightful faces, and armed with little knives, Herr Koller tools up one of those fetishes in his hand to look at it more closely, when the chief flew at him, exclaiming, "Tschina, tsahina (for- biddeu) I 011, the white luau I" A heed - sone present was then l:rotnised the ohief if he would allow the fetish to be taken to Europe. "Never, at any price 1" he re- plied ; " for these idols rave already pro• tected me so long, and they have prevented the Ndotsohi entering my abode in the night, and therefore I am safe from death." An- other mode of the protection from the Ndotsohi is the painting of the body. It is the duty of the priests (Gauge), with the help of the gods and medicines, to make the Ndotschi harmless, to snatch thein away from their victims, or to find them out when they have been the cause of death, and to convict them of their primo by the ordeal by poison. Poultry -Keeping for Women. The attention of women who are looking for some money making occupation which they can pursue at home without interfer- ing with home duties, can safely be directed to the poultry yard and garden. How often we hear the question asked : " How can we keep our boys on the farm 2" but the ques- tion iu my rood when I see so many farm- ers' daughters leaving home to pursue some other occupation, some as dressmakers, some to serve as clerks in stores, and still others as school teachers, is ; " Why do they not stay on the farm and engage in the poultry business 2" Their ramuueration, if the business is properly conducted, would far exceed the wages paid in stores or at school teaching. There is no more desirable oc- cupation for women, and there is nothing the farm ptodnces that will make quicker returns of profit than eggs and poultry. But it should never be treated as a side line, leaving the feed and care to the hired man, the chore boy, or any ono else, but should be under the supervision of some member of the family. Poultry raising has always been considered woman's work, and when it is combined with gardening, fs the only labor on the farm that she eau engage in and run successfully without being considered out of her sphere. When her poultry and eggs find their way into the market, her labor will bring just as muoli as though a man had raised them. ft atm be started with a little capital, and from the very start the business can be made to yield an income over and above all expenses. But fowls cannot be kept with profit on the farm unless they are yarded during May, June, and July. This is why so many farmers claim that it " don't pay to keep hens," because they are allowed to run over the grain fields, in the strawberry patch, through the door yards and the garden, A yard two and one-half rods wide and Ave rods long will easily aaeommodato one hundred hens, and theyshould be kept in this enclosure from the frst of May until after harvest. And right here is where we derive benefit from the market garden for the poultry; all the tops cut from the vege- tables, the raking,weeds, ate., can be carri- ed into the yards and thrown under shade trees, and the fowls will be kept busy all day, besides furnishing the necessary ma- terial for eggs. There is a vast difference between raising poultryfor market and for sale of pure breeds. In rateing poultry for market no difficulty will be nhet, for the object is only weight of carcass and yellow good flavored flesh. While wo could not got along without the fancier, the farmer wants to raise poultry and eggs for market, and to rho this we must keep our flock of'thor- oughbredn, for we cannot produce proper crosses with pure breeds, and the most suc- cessful market poultry is that which is ob= tainod by judicious orossing, The Dairy in Winter. When one has the proper facilities for conducting the business, winter dairying may be made Much more profitable than summer dairying. It must be kept in mind, /however, that it does not pay any better to 'turn out a poor produot then than at any other season, but good butter will sell in winter at a price so much higher than in summer tinat it will much more than balance the difference in the cost of fend and care. Good feeding will be required in order to produce fine butter of good oolor and free from streaks. It must be carefully handled, and will sell to best advantage if put up in small neat packages, which may be sold direst to the consumer. The perfect but- ler is firm, fiue•crained, of a rich golden Dolor, sweet and with a nutty flavor. If you will study your husinesa and learn to produce such uniformly, you will find that Winter dairying is about the most profitable occupation that you can follow. WIFE OR DAUGHTER? A Itontnnce 01' the 8inetoectu centery— t Peihndylvatinn ROW VIM lie MO la/meted 21010 i.en:;-Lest Daughter. A Chic ego d ;spatalI says :—Couneol Was retained the other day its one of the strang- est cases ever brought to the notice of the public, Tho facts outdo those of any of Rider floggerd'e °vela, and verify the old axions that, "Troth hi stronger than fir+tlnn," The lawyer in question is Jas, \V, Droull. lard who lila au office in the Chamber of Commerce building, and thco'otis Sam. uel Clinton \fillets, who asps the lawyer to decide for hiin whether a w0(110n whom ho married ahem two years ago is his wife or hie daughter. About 17 year's ago, according to the story told the lawyer, Air. Willets was married to Bliss Mamie E. Evans at Erie, Pa, Ile was auly 17 years of age, while she was just turning 16. They event to live with Afr. Willets' parente, and for At the end •ora happy.A a year they were n and baby girl was born, of that time a is 1y ;, 1 , to joy of the yotmg couple knew no bounds. As time passed, however, dis- sensions arose, and quarrels were fro - (meet, A crisis was at list reached. Ono night when young Mr, Wilhite re- turned from his work his wife and little child were gone. Shortly afterwards ho h diol Six ears that wife had heard teaY after his wife deserted him, Mr.Willets married Caroline Stevens, a young girl whose parents resided at a small town adjoining, Erie. In less than two years a son was given to them, but his wife was taken away. He named the child George. It grew and prospered in health, and when 17 years old ite mitered the employ of the firm of Hard- ing, Davis & Company, wholesale hardware dealer's in Pittsburg, 1'a. In a few years he was sent on the rood by the firm. In a few years the father moved to Pittsburg, and took up his residence with his sou, On Christmas night, in 1860, Mr. \\ illcts sat waiting in his apartments for the return of his son, who had been on the road for three months. Finally the door opened and the welcome viaiter aamo in. He was trot alone. With him he broughta yyoung and beautiful wife. She was a Miss Helen Wright, and young W illets had met and won her in Cleve- land, Ohio, while traveling for the firm. Both her parents had recently died. Mr. Wil - lets took a strange fancy to his son's bride, and as time passed it was difficult to say which loved her the more, father or son. For 28 years the cople lived happily to- gether, and old Mr. Willets seemed content- ed. On December 8, 1888, George Willets died after a painful illness of six months. A few months after his sot's death, Mr. Willets and his daughter-in-law went abroad. A singular attachment had sprung up between them, and on January 18, 1890, they were married in West Kensington, London, Eng., by Rev. Ways MoLeonarcl, an Episcopal minister. Shortly afterward they returned to America and travelled. Much of their time they spent in Chicago, as they intended to eventually make this city their home. A few months ago the pos. aibiliby that halted married his own daugh- ter began to dawn upon the mind of Mr. Willets and he was forded to believe that his wife was the little girl who had been born to him many years before in Erio, Pa. Since then he has learned that his first wife after deserting bim, went to Cleveland, whore in leas thanseven years she married a man named John Wright. She brought her little girl up under the name of Wright. Shortly after the marriage her now foil:d husband deserted her. She was left alone with her daughter, and in a short time died. Miss \Vrighb, lefb alone, sought em- ployment, and earned her own living un- til she met George Willets in ahouse where she was boarding, and fell in love with him. Mr. Willets anti his wife, or his daughter, as he now wale her, are living on the North side. Mr. Willets has Gent a private de- tective to Cleveland to trace the career of his first wife. Individual Feeding. The cow of the highest prodnebive capacity will naturally need a larger quantity of nutrients, counmensurabe with her large pro- duction of milk. But the amount of nutrients in the daily ration of ono and the same cow should also vary as her milk pro- daction varies, being greatest early in the milking period when site is producing the most milk, and gradually decreasing with the advance of the period, until as she bo - comes dry the concentrated food is discon- tinued altogether and the basal ration alone is fed. While this means of feeding of course requires attention it insures the greatest possible profit from the animals, and results in tho highest development of the milking qualities of the herd, width being branamtbted by heredity, effects a continual improvement of the stook. To food an animal during the most pro• ductive part of lactation pays well, but be food the entire herd egaally well, without regard bo individual production, can prove rctnuuorative only Whon in addition to yield - Freddie Thought of a Way. Freddie Gray and his Aunt Helen, who was visiting the Grays at their Summer home, were one day crossing a pasture to- gether. When they were half way across the lady noticed two oxen and paused doubt- fully. ' 1 don't Icnow about going past those oxen, Freddie," site said. Freddie tightened his hold on her hand encouragingly. "Don't he afraid of them, Aunt Helen," he said ; "they won't hurt no. The first time 1 came down here I was afraid of them. I didn't darn to go behind them and 'didn't; dare to go in front of them, And I didn't want to go baok and never go through the pasture at all, so T thought of a way to get by," and the throe -year-old sage looked brightly rap into Aunt Helen's fade. "I just crawled under them." And Re Was Bating Cloves, WEDDED TO THEIR SUPERSTITIONS, Herr Koller gives many instances of tho mischief wrought by the ordeal by poison At one deathbed when he was present the Conga, who was trying to discover the wick- ed Ndotschi who was the pause of the sick- ness, made the moat terrible noise with his musical instruments, partly to prevent the Ndotsohi entering the dwelling, and also to make himself important in the eyes of the negroes. When all was giiet again, a wom- an in the early hours of the morning went about the village for about half an hour, howling and crying and searching and screaming and singing, " He is ill ; his life (mutate) has been token ; Ndoteohi, wicked man, bring it hook ; woe to him and to me if thou oat him 1" Later, negroes came to weep about the hub. They were in holiday costume, including the rod umbrellas. While they peeped through any little crevices into the but they shouted to the dying man, " Ho ns dead, iai, iai, iai ; cursed be the Ndotschi who has eaten his life," etc. Mean lisle the Gauge de• Oared to be'he Ndotschi that negro who the night before had played the part of the "Tura," that is, ho with his mouth full of water had premised to restore life to the sink man. The Tide denied'theaaousation, but as the sick man bt•eathhed his last the same evenieg, the accused took refuge in the woods, and a few days later went to the mission station to beg. Then he sought a priest to clear him of the suspicion of being the Ndoteohi, but in va11 ; so fu tie presence of a number of negroes he drank the poison, and its three hours was dead. It is useless for the missionaries to per evade the accused to fly. The suspected Ndotschi make it a matter of honor to drink the poison, believing God will interfere when they are innocent, and in any ease glad to be assured that they have not the life of the dead in that'. ebontaoh. To get rid of the guilty Ndotsohi is ordered by the gods, and therefore a good work. Iso (as the onrtairl falls) t " sly dear, I believe I will go into the lobby to stretch my logs." he lobby tllroa She . " Irnu'vc been tot y tines to atreteh your lags, aid the last time when you came beak they soonhod real weals, 1 an afraid you aro stretching their too ninth." In Tokio, Japan, enrgioal operations are very su000ssful, soul the healing ph ooess rapul, owing to the abstinence 0f the people from alcohol, and their not being flesh eaters. The mortality is only twenty per one thousnncl,inspite of thelarge infan tmo. tality clue 18 lack of cure. It isnotumusual to 000 a woolrold hahy strapped on the hash of a oltild about eight, and sent out to he jumbled about a• its mfantntirandioports ftsolf with other ohildrnn in the streets. GRAINS OF GOLD. Life is as the wind. A;good friend makes a bad enemy, .A friend in need is a plague indeed. Little sins carry big ones in their arms. Tho smallest draught the thirsty may re- lieve. Don't try to earlyall your religion in your head. The fat man's laugh takes the longest way round. u Dressing eonspiauo sly is a confession of inferiority. Tee only argument against the last wind is to put on an overcoat. Warily to wed and advertise makes a man wealthy, envied and wise, Ho that will follow good advice is a great- er man than he that gives ft He who thinks he can't win is sure to bent righth t about it ;For ho haa already lost, A boy's quickest,s rest meaua of be e m- ing an angel is affoded by the cigarette. A man never knows how large the world is until he tries to travel on his fame. It is well to be dethroned before one ham done anything to deserve dethronement. The vaeious, notwithstanding the sweeet- neaS of their words and the honey of their tongues, have awhole storehouse -of Dison withinits. their r he0. The rade luau is contented if he but sees something going on ; the 1111111 of more re- finement must be made to feel; the man en.- tirely refined desires to relied. Don't be on the lookout to find where they people are right. wrong They to dwhere out ore otri ht if the sner, or ifthey are yviolent. Igor are we either. I pray you, with all earnestness, to prove and know within your hearts that all things loving and righteous are possible for those who believe in their possibility, and who determine that for their part they will make every day's work contribute to then.—[Ruskin. A man may walk virtuously, but if he lives in secret an impure life his unconsei- eus influence for evil will destroy the effect of his words. Character influneos indepen- dently of one's professions, and this influ- ence of character is tho heaviest weight in. the scale of life. VESSELS IN THE HARBOR. All about me I could see huge fissures in the earth, and was told that many of the in- habitants had been swallowed up by the earth. This statement, however, I was loth to believe, as the fissures were not above a foot wide andpossibly three feet deep. With each succeeding tremor of the earth the dogs in the town would utter the most dismal howls. Men rushed about frantical- ly proclaiming the end of the world ; while women remained for hours prostrated upon their knees, moaning and praying to Heaven for succor. The scenes of desolation I that day witnessed were truly of an op - paling oharaoter. No less than fifty distinct shooks were eonnted by me, and I am posi- tive that nearly double that number mom. red. The wounded were oared for by the surgeon of the "Trodonie," and, as the doctors living in the town had all fled, the task devolving upon the former was a rather trying one. The Peruvian corvette "Anted - ea," together with the " Wateroe," were both thrown high and dry upon the beach by the humming waves, the former losing her captain, several offioors, and a number of her crew. The " \Wateree" did of lose a man, The merchant vessels were both sunk, not even a trace of them being loft. On the third day of the earthquake a riot broke out among a drunken mob of negroes, which was nob entirely quelled until bhe following morning. All kinds of liauore were freely obtained and as freely drunk by the natives, whose ranks were soon aug- mented by the advent in Africa of a number of refugees from neighboring towns and villages. With the arrival of the "Powha- tan," tnaterialwas promptly fnrniehed from the ship for the oouatruabion of temporary hospitals on shore. From the wreckage along shore enough valuable property was recovered to supply well-nigh every one of the surviving residents of the town with such articles as they needed to begin anew housekeeping. 1 he " Wateree" was thrown ashore at a point about six hundred yards oe more from highwator mark, She was found to be badly strained. Owing to her position and the foot that it would cost to again launch her considerably more money than she aotnally was worth to the govern- ment, oho WAS oondemted and sold for a paltry son on the spot. Charles Kingsley once said: "Make n rule, and pray to God to help you to keep it, never, if possible to lie down at night without being able to say, I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier or a little better this day. You will find it easier than you think, and pleasanter." Remorse may disturb the slumbers of a man who is dabbling with his first experi- ences of wrong; and when pleasure has been tasted anis gone, and noticing is left of the crime but the ruin which it has wrought, then, too, the Furies take their seats upon the midnight pillow. But the meridian of evil is, for the most part, left untaxed : and when a man has chosen his road, he is left alone to follow it to the end, —(Froude. Every morning on waking, whatever may have been my troubles or shortoominga on the previous day, to rise promptly, joyfully, generously, determined to do better, without any sadness ; and with this thought, that, with confidence in God and with good will, one can overoome difficulties. When there comes upon me a perfect storm of work, to resign myself simply, even joyously, and feel that God asks this of me. " " I must not get discouraged even when Ifeel I have done things imperfectly. Only set myself to do better, humbly and courageously,—[Mgr. Dupanloup. Different Kinds of Oonscienoe• Thomas Fuller says 1 " There be five kinds of conscience afoot in the world i First, an ignorant conscience which neither seeks nor smith anything, neither beholds the sin in a soul, nor repents it. Secondly, a flatteriog eons:nenae, whose speech is worse than silence itself, which, though seeing sin soothes men in the commission thereof. Thirdly, the seared conseienoe, which has neither sign, epeeab, nor sense in men that aro past feeling. Fourthly a wounded conscience, frightedwithsin. The last and beat is a quiet nonsoienco, pacified in Jesus Christ. Of these the fourth is inoomparably better than the three former, so that a wise man would not take a world to change with them, Yea, a wounded con:enenca is rather painful than sinful ; an affliction, no offence ; and is the ready way, at the next remove, to be turned into a quiet a0ns0i0000." Bears. From the talk of the district one would be induced to believe that a bear is ono of the most formidable and savage animals in the world. Many women and children and "tenderfeet," to use a western phrase, are scared for their lives to walk through a piece of bush or a lonely road, especially after nightfall. We have heard of one good woman, not long from the front, who used to keep her courage up by whistling along the road that bhe bear might think she was a man. The good lady did nob know she had more pluck than some who call them- selves men. To listen to some people talk you would think there were more bears to the square mile in our section of the oountry than anywhere in this globe. The number of bears near the settlements -is grossly ex- aggerated. Tho writer has for eight years traversed most of the distriots, often at night on foot through lonely bush roads, and yet never once encountered a bear. He has gone along bush paths said to be frequented by bears and yet never once naught a glimpse of bruin. A pretty thorough acquaintance with the habits of bears gained in the wild west authorizes the statement that the bear is a timid animal, usually sees a stranger passing through the bush or along the road before he can catch a sight of it, and then oanmonly slips away and is very difficult to trail. The ghastly pioture of the bear, standing on his bind legs, pursuing the hunter with terrible roars and howls is a fancy sketch for sensational novels, Whon hunted the bear is shy and difficult to ap- proach, shotes no disposition for a fight with Inman beings, and is very hard to reaoh and kill without resorting to trapping. Even the grizzly, unknown in this section of country, and by far the strongest physical- ly of all the animals on the continent, shows nokeenness to assail and will almost always rum rather than fight. Wounded or corner- ed he is a dangerous antagonist and will rush, head downward with a swinging gallop on the hunter, determined to kill or be killed. Distance lends enchantment or terrror to the view. The more familiar aegnaintance ono has with the ways of wild somata the more confident will he bo that they act on the maxim, "You let mo alone and I will let you alone," The bear is more afraid of the presence of man or woman titan the most timid are of him. What lamb's Ilo'h is to 11s, so is the goat's flesh to the Arab of North Africa. In the provinces of Graeae, too, whore goats are to be found in abundance, their flesh is meth oaten, The kid is reckoned by 0pionres to be equal, if not auperio', to lamb, while the gosh of the Walt and the lady goat aro both exooilctt, She Thought Better of It. "And yon won't, Mabel?" "No, George, dear, much as I esteem you I cannot, but in me you will always fund an ever admiring sister." "Sister 1" "Yes, George." "Real sister, Mabel?" "Of course." "Like Frank Jones's sister 2" "Ye -es, George, dear." "Well, perhaps it's best, for if there's any one I really appreeiato it's Frank's sister. Such an awfully sensible girl, Mabel. Mends all his Books and looks after the patching!' of his wardrobe, and is never too tired to answer any letter he hasn't time to attend to. Then she introduces all the most eltarminif of her young lady friends to hiin, and -- "George 1' "And besides—" "George dearest t" 'Yes, Mabel. "I—or think we'd better get married, after all, don't you2" Last Resort. The most highly valued gift at the Queen of Denmark's golden wedding was a crown of golden wheat ears and clover, bought with the pennies of 10,000 school children. Tipperusalem is the name of a new town n Oklahoma. One promoter wanted it named Tipperary and the other desired to call it Jerusalem, so ¶Iiippernsalem Was the happy' compromise. Alajor Allat, of the 13rltish army, thinks that duels would he preferable to pigeons for carrying naval despatches over the sea, because they would drop down and sit on the water when tired, and resume their flight after resting. Moreover ducks can fly by night, while pigeons cannot, Major Allot also euggeats that ca gulls night be reined for tnestago boating, "Is this Mmo. Pompon?" breathlesslyin- quirod a man who had climbed several Bights of stairs and been admitted into a darkened parlor. "It le,' replied the stately personage whop he lead addressed. "The famous elairvoyaseb and fortune. teller 2" ' The sante." " Do you road the mind?" " With perfect ease." "Oen yen foretell the future "The future holds no mysteries that I cannot unravel."i "Can you unfold the past 2 " The record of all things past is to me en open book." Then said the caller, feverishly take ing from his pocket n handful of silver, " I wish you would tell me what it is that my wife wanted me to bring home without fail ibis evening and name your prime. Money is no (Meet to me." --- The oldest hotel in Switzerland, and probe ably the oldest in the world, is the Hotel of the Three Kings ab Basle. AnnngsLits guests in 1020 worn the Einhoer Coined I1.. his son Henry III., and Rudolph, the, last King of Burgundy.