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"ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH.
" Those who go a•borrowing, go anon ow.
ing," cath the old adage ; and a wiser naw
never camp out of the mouth of experiotoe,
I have tested the truth of this proverb since
my settlement in Canada, many, many timeo,
to my oust ; and what emigrant Me nob?
So averse have I over boon to this praotica,
that 1 would at all times rather quietly tab.
rnib to a temporary ineonvenienne than ob.
taro anything I wanted in this manner. I
verily believe thee a demon of mischief pre.
aides over borrowed goods, and taken a
wicked plotter° in playing off a thousand
malicious pranks upon you the moment he
enters your dwelling. Pintos and dishes,
that had been the pride and ornament ot
their own cupboard for years' n0 sooner en.
ter upon foreign sorviuo than they are bro
ken ; wine -giants and tumblers, that have
been handled by a hundred careless wenches
in safety, scarcely pass into the bends of
your servante when they are aura to tumble
upon the floor, and the eocident turne out a
compound fracture. If you borrow a gar-
ment of any kind, bo euro that you will tor
it; a watch, that you will break it; a jewel,
that you will lose it ; a book, that it will be
stolen from you. There is no end to the
trouble and vexation arioing out of this evil
habit. if you borrow a horse, and ile has
the reputation of being the best•behevod
animal in the district, ycu no sooner be.
come responsible for his conduct than he
loses his character. The moment that you
attempt to drive him, he shows that he has
a will of hio own, by taking the reins into
his own management, and running away in
a contrary direction to the road that you
wished him to travel. He never given over
his eccentric capers until ho has ertkon his
own knees, and the borrowed carriage and
harness. So anxious are you about his safe.
ty, that you have not a moment to bestow
upon your own. And why ?—the begat is
borrowed, and you aro expected to return
him in as good condition as he came to you,
But of all evils, to borrow money ie per
haps the worst. If of a friend, ho thews to
be ono the moment you feel that yon are
bound to him by the heavy clog of oblige.
tion. If of a nearer, the interest, in this
country, soon doubles the original sum, and
you owe an increasing debt, whioh in time
swallows up all you possess.
When we first aamo to the colony, no-
thing surprised me more than the extent to
which this pernicious cuatom was carried,
both by the native Canadians, the European
settlers, and the lower order of Americana.
Many of the latter had spied out the good -
nos of the land, and borrowed various por•
tions of it, without so much as asking leave
of the absented owners, Unfortunately, our
new home was surrounded by these odious
squatters, whom we found as ieno•ant as
savages, without their courtesy and kind
nese,
The place we first occupied was purchao.
ed of Mr. B—, a merchant, who took it in
payment of large debts whioh the owner,
a New England loyalist, had been unable to
settle. Old Joe R—, the present ocou•
pant, had promised to gait it with his fami-
ly, at the commencement of sleighing ; and
as the bargain was concluded in the month
of September, and we were anxious to plough
for fall wheat, it was nuseieary to be upon
the spot. No home was to be found in tho
immediate neighborhood, save a emelt dila.
pated log tenement, on an adjoining farm
(which was scarcely reclaimed from the
bush) that had been some months without
an owner. The merchant assured us that
this could be made very comfortable until
such time as it suited R— to remove, and
the owner was willing to let ua have it for
the moderate sum of four dollars a month.
Trusting to Mr. B --'a word, and being
strangers in the land, we never took the
precaution to examine this delightful sum-
mer residence before entering upon it, bub
thought ourselves very fortunate in obtain-
ing a temporary home so near our own pro-
perty, the distance not exceeding half -a -
mile. The agreement was drawn up, and
we were told that we could take possession
whenever itsuited us.
The few weeks that I had sojourned in
the country had by no means prepoeaesaed
me in its favour. The hameaiekneee was
sore upon me, and all my solitary hours were
spent in tears, My whole soul yielded it-
eelf up to a strong and overpowering grief,
One simple word dwelt for ever in my heart,
and swelled it to bursting—"Home 1" I
repeated it waking a thousand times a day,
and my last prayer before I sank to Bleep
waa still " Homo 1 Oh, that I could return,
if only to die at home 1" And nightly I
did return ; my feet again trod the deleted
meadows of England ; the song of her birds
was in my ears; I wept with delight to find
myself once more wandering beneath the
fragrant shade of her green hedge -rows ; and
I awoke to weep in earneab when I found it
but a dream. But this is all digression, and
has nothing to do with our unseen dwelling,
The reader must bear with me in my fits of
melancholy, and take me as I am.
It was the 22nd September that we left
the Steamboat Hotel, to take possession of
our new abode. During the three weeks
we had sojourned at , I had nob
seen a drop of rain, and I began to think
that the fine weather would loot for ever;
but this eventful day arose in Maude.
Moodie had hired o covered carriage to con•
vey the baby, the eervant•maid, and myself
to the faint, as our driver prognosticated a
wet day ; while he followed with Tom Wit -
son and the teams that conveyed our luggage,
,The scenery through whioh we wore pose.
ing was so new to me, so unlike anything
that I had ever beheld before, that, in spite
of its monotonous character, it won me from
my melancholy, and I began to look about
me with considerable intercede Not so my
English servant, who declared that the
woods wore frightful to look upon; that it
waa a country only fib for wild beasts ; that
she bated it with all her heart and soul,
and would go back as goon as oira was able,
About a mile from the plaoe of our destina-
tion the rain began to fall in torrents, and
the alt, whioh had been balmy as a spring
morning, turned at chilly as that of a Nov-
ember day. Hannah shivered ; the baby
cried, and I draw my summer shawl as close-
ly round ae poggiblo, to protect her from the
Budden change in our hitherto delightful
temperature. Just then, the carriage turn.
ad into a narrow steep path, overhung with
lofty woods, and after laboring up it with
considerable difficulty, and ab the risk of
breaking our neoke, it brought 0e ab length
to a rooky upland clearing, partially cover.
ed with a second growth of timber, and sum
rounded on all sides by the dark forest.
"1 guest," quoth our Yankee driver, "that
at the bottom of this 'oro swell, you'll And
yourself to )titin;" and plunging into a short
path out through the wood, ho pointed to a
miaorable bub, at the bottom of a stoop des.
tent, and oraok}ng hie whip, exclaimed,
"'Tia a smart location that. I wish you
Brititbars may enjoy it,"
I gazed upon the plane in perfeot dismay,
for I had never seen such a oiled called a
house before. "You mule bo mistaken;
that is not a haute, bub a eattlo•thod, or pig-
sty,'
11
The man turned hio knowing, keen eye
upon me, and smiled, half humaroualy,
half-maliotouoly, es ho said,
"You wore raised in the old eooutry, I
guess ; you have much to learn, and more,
perliape, than you'll like to know, before
the winter i8 over."
I wee perfectly bewildered—I could only
stare at the place, with my eyes swimming
in tears ; but, es the home plunged down
into the brolten hollow, my attention was
drawn from my now rosideneo to the perils
which endangered life and limb at every
step, The driver, however, was well used
to such rondo, and, steering us dexterously
between the black humps, at length drove
ep, not to the door, for there woe none to
the house, bet to the open apace from whioh
that absent, but very necessary, appendage
had been removed. Three young steers and
two heifers, which the driver proceeded to
drive out, were quietly reposing upon the
floor. A. tow strokes of his whip, and a
loud buret of gratuitous aurae, own effected
an ejectment; and I dismounted, and took
possession of this untenable tenement.
IIcndie was not yet in eight with the teams.
1 begged the man to stay until he arrived,
ae 1 felt terrified nt beingleft alone in tide
wild, atrange.lookivg place, He laughed,
as well he might, at our fore, and said he
bad a long way to go, and must be off ; then,
thanking his whip, and nodding to the girl,
who was crying aloud, he went his way, and
Hannah and myself wore left standing in
the middle of the dirty floor.
The prospect was indeed dreary. With•
out, pouring rade; within, a fireless hearth ;
a room with but one window, and that con.
taining only one whole pane of glass ; not an
article of furm}turn to be seen, save an old
painted piue wood cradlo, whioh had been
loft there by some freak of fortune, This,
turned upon its side, eorved us for a suet,
and there we impatiently awaited the am
rival of Moodie, Wilson, and a man whom
the former had hired that morning to smith
on the farm. Where ahoy were all to be
stowed might have puzzled a more sagacious
brain than mine, It ie true there was a
loft, but I could see no way of reaching it,
for ladder there was none, so we amused
ourselves, while waiting for the coming of
our party, by abusing the plane, the coun-
try, and our own dear selves for our folly in
Doming to it.
Now, when not only reaoncilad to Canada,
but loving it, and feeling a deep interest in
its present welfare, and the fair proopoot of
its future greatness, I often look back and
laugh at the feelings with whioh I then re-
garded this noble oountry.
When things come to the worst, they
generally mend. The malas of our party no
sooner arrived than they net about making
things more comfortable. James, our ser-
vant, pulled up some of the decayed stumps,
with which the small clearing that sur•
rounded the ehanty wssthiakly covered,
and made a fire, and Hannah roused herself
from the stupor of despair, and seized the
oorn•broom from the top of the loaded
wagon, and began to sweep the house, rids.
ing such an intolerable cloud of dust that I
was glad to throw my cloak over my head,
and run out of doors, to avoid suffocation.
Then commenced the awful bustle of unload•
ing the two heavilyloaded waggons, The
small space within the house was soon en-
tirely blocked up with several trunks and
packages of all desariptione, Thera was
scarcely room to move, without stumbling
over come artiole of household stuff.
The ram poured in at the open door, beat
in at the shattered window, and dropped
upon our heads from the holes in the roof.
The wind blew keenly through a thousand
apertures in the log walls ; and nothing
could exceed the uncomfortableness of our
situation. For a long time ebe box which
contained a hammer and nails waa not to be
found. At length Hannah discovered it,
tied up with some bedding whioh she was
opening out in order to dry. I fortunately
spied the door lying among some old boards
so the back of the house, and Moodie im
mediately commenced fitting it to its place
This, once accomplished, was a great addi-
tion to our comfort. We then nailed a
piece of white cloth entirely over the
broken window, which, without diminishing
the light, kept ant the rain. James con
struoted a ladder out of the old bite of
boards, and Tom Wilson assisted him in
stowing the luggage away in the loft.
But what has this picture of misery and
discomfort to do with borrowing? Patienoa,
my dear, good friends ; I will tell you all
about it by-and-by.
While we were all busily employed—
even the poor baby, who was lying upon a
pillow in the old cradle, trying the strength
of her lungs, and not a Little irritated that
no ono was at leisure to regard her laudable
endeavours to make herself heard—AM door
waa suddenly pushed open, and the ap.
parition of a woman squeezed itself into the
crowded room. I left off arranging the
furniture of a bed, that had been just put
up in a corner, to meet my unexpected, and
at that moment, not very welcome guest,
Her whole appearance was so extraordinary
that I bit quite at a .load how to address
her.
Imagine a girl of seventeen or eighteen
years of age, with sharp, knowing -looking
features, a forward, unpudent carriage,
and a pert, flippant voice, standing upon
one of the trunke, and surveying all our
prooeedinge in the moat impertinent manner.
The 0reaber° was dressed in a ragged, dirty
purple stuff gown, nub vary low in the nook,
with an old red cotton handkerohief tied
over her head; her uncombed, tangled
looks falling over her thin, tnquieitive fete,
in a state of perfect nature. Her legs and
feet were baro, and, in her coarse, dirty red
bands, ebe swung to and fro an empty glass
decanter.
" What oan she want?' I asked myself.
" What a strange creature I"
And there she stood, staring at me in the
most unceremonious manner, her keen black
eyes glancing obliquely to every corner of
the room, whioh the examined with critical
exaotnese.
Before I could apeak to her, she eom-
menoed the oonvorsation by drawling
throegh her nose,
" Well, I gums you are fixing hare."
I thought she had come to offor her gen
Vioee ; and 1 told bor that I. did not want a
girl, for I had brought one out with me,
"How I" raeponded the ereabure, "1
hope you don't take mo for a help, I'd have
you to know that I'm 00 good a lady as
yourself. No ; I just !topped over to see
what was going on. 1 seed the teams pass
our'n about noon, and I says to father,
'Them etrangers are num ; I'll go and look
arta them.' 'Yes,' oar he, ' do—and take
the decanter along. May bo they'll want
one to put their whisky fn. ' I'm goin' to,'
says I ; to 1 cum across with it, an' hero it
is. But, mind—don't break it --'bis the
only ono we have to hum ; and father oat's
'tie so mean to drink out of green glass."
My surprise lvereheed every minute. It
earned such an alb of dieintsroatod goner.
may thug to anticipate waste we had neyer
thought of. 1 wag regularly taken in,
THE BRUSSELS POST
" My good girl," I begin, " thin ie really' of -the -way place, surrounded by these
vary kind—but-1' j savages, I was really afraid of Centring their
"Now, don't go to °all me 'gal' -•-and roq!uoats,
pace off your Eog;ish airs on 00, Wo ere Teo very day our new plough ammo home,
ganttine Yankooe, and think ourselves as the hither of this bright dameel, wbo went
goad --yea, a great deal better than you. I by the familiar end unenviable title of 01d
AM a young lady." Salon, came over to borrow it (though we
"Indeed 1" said I, 'Allying to repress my afterwards found out that he hada good ono
notoniahmenb. " I am a atrangor in the of Ms own). The land had never been
oountry, and my aogaaintaeoo with Cana. broken up, and wet full of rooks and ebumpa,
than lediea and gentlemen is vary small, 1 and he was anxinue to novo his own from
did not menu to offend you by using the injurythe 0oneequence was that the bor•
rowed implement came home untie for use,
jest ab the vary time that we wanted to
plough for fall wheat. The tame happened
to u spade and trowel, bought In order to
plaster the house, Satan asked the loan of
them for one hour for the some purpose, and
we never saw them again.
The daughter came one morning as usual,
on one of these swindling expoditione and
demanded of me the use of some jive slack.
Not knowing what she meant by /the elacb
and weary of her importunities, I said I had
none. She went away in a rave. Shortly
after she came again for some popper. I
was at work, and my workbox was open up.
on the table, well stored with threuda and
spools of all desoriptious. Mint Satan oast
her hawk's eye into it, and burst out in her
usual rude manner,
" Iguess you toted me a tarnation big lie
the other day."
Unaccustomed to such language, I rose
from my seat, and pointing to the door, told
her to walk out, as 1 did not choose to be
insulted in my own house.
(TO BE CO1TI\t01ccD.)
term girl ; I was going to mute you that
we had no need of the decanter. `'Ve have
bottles of our own—and we dont drink
whiskey,"
" How 1 Nob drink whiskey? Why,
you don't say 1 How ignorant you must
be 1 May bo they have no whiskey in the
old oountry ?"
"You, we have; hat ' t is nob like the
Canadian whiskey. Bub, pray take the de.
canter home again --I am afraid that it will
get broken in thie confusion,"
" No, no ; father told me to leave it—and
there it is?" and she planted it reoolutely
down on the trunk, "You will find a use
for it till you have unpacked your own."
Saeiev that she was determined to leave
the bottle, I said no more about it, but
asked her to tell me where the wall was to
be found.
The wall 1" dhe repeated after me, with
a queer. " Who thinks of digging wells
where they can get plenty of water from
the oroelr 1 There is a fine water privilege
not a stone's -throw from the door," and,
jumping off the box, she disappeared as
abruptly as the had entered. We ',Sleeked
at each other; Tom Wilson was highly
amused, and laughed until he held his alias.
" What tempted her to bring this empty
bottle here ?" said Moodie, ' It is all an
excuse ; the visit, Tom, was meant for you."
" You'll know more about it in a few
days," acid James, looking up from hie
work. "That bottle is not brought here
for nought."
I could not unravel the mystery, and
thought no more about it, until it was again
brought to coy reoolleotione by the damsel
herself.
Our united efforts had effected a complete
transformation in our uncouth dwelling,
Sleeping -berths had been partitioned off for
the men ; shelves had been put up for the
a000mmodation of books and crockery, a car-
pet covered the floor, and the ohairo end
ables we had brought from gave
an air of comfort to the place, whioh, on the
first view of it, I deemed impossible. My
husband, Mr. Wilton, and James, had
walked over to inspect the farm, and I was
sitting at the table ab work, the baby creep-
ing upon the floor, and Hannah preparing
dinner. The sun alone warm and bright,
and the open door admitted a current of
fresh air, which tempered the heat of tba
fire.
' Well I gueos you look smart," said the
Yankee damsel, presenting herself once
more before me. " You old oountry folks
are so stiff, you must have every thing nice
or you fret. But, then, you clan easily do
it ; you have stacks of money ; and you can
fix overyth'ng right off with money."
" Pray take a seat," anal offered her a
chair, " and be kind enough to tell mo your
name. I suppose you moat live in the
neighborhood, although I oannot perceive
any dwelling near us."
" My name I So you want to know my
name. I arn't ashamed of my own ; ti8
Emily S— I am eldest daughter to the
gentleman who owns this house."
" What must the father be," thought I,
" if he resembles the young lady, his daugh-
ter?"
Imagine a young ladyr dressed in ragged
petticoats, through whose yawning rents
peered forth, front time to time, her bare
red knees, with uncombed elf -locks, and a
face and hands that looked as if they had
been unwashed for a month—who did not
know A from B, and despised time who did.
While these reflections, combined with a
thousand ludicrous images, were flitting
through my mind, coy strange visitor sudden-
ly exclaimed,
' Have you done with that 'ere decanter
I brought across yesterday ?"
" Oh, yes 1 I have no occasion for it," I
rose, took it from the shelf, and placed it in
her heed.
" I guess you won't return it empty; that
would be mean, father same He wants it
filled with whiskey."
The mystery was solved, the riddle made
clear. I could contain my gravity no long.
er, bub burst into a hearty fit of laughter,
in whioh I was joined by . Hannah. Our
young Indy was mortally offended ; she
tossed the deoanter from hand to hand, and
glared at us with her eyes,
"You think yourselves smart 1 Why do
you laugh in that way ?"
" Excuse me—but you have euoh an odd
way of borrowing that I oannot help it,
This bottle, it seams, was brought over for No Ftlrther Hope,
sorryour ato dwn isappoint e'y u, formine.
shave no "All is over, darling," he Bald, in a tone
whiskey." of intense pain, and, leaning his head upon
I guess spirits will do as well ; I know hie hands, he writhed in anguish. I see
there is some in that keg, for I smell it,'' nothi'ng before me but dark despair ; we
"It contains rum for the workmen,"mush part, and forever 1 I've just Dome
Better tthin.I calculate when you've
beau here a few menthe, you'll be too know-
ing to give rum to your helps. But old
oountry folks are all fonts, and that's the
reason they get so amity sucked in, and be
so soon wound -up. Cum, fill the bottle, and
don't be stingy. In this oountry we all live
by borrowing, If you want any thing, why
jug send and borrow from us."
Thinking that the mighb be the mutant
of the oountry, I hastened to fill the deaan.
ter, hoping that I might get a little new
milk for the poor weanling child in return ;
but when 1 coked my liberal visitor if ehe
kept sows, and would lend me a little new
milk for the baby, she burn nut into high
diodain, "Milk 1 Lend milk? I guess
milk in the fall is worth a York shilling a
quart. I oannot sell you it drop under." All the military forces of Germany are
This was a wicked piece of extortion, 08 said to be in the highest state of effteioney,
the name article in the towns, where, of and the vast engine of war which has been
course, it was in greater request only brought constructed at such immense oast awaits
three, pence the quart, only the touch of Haber Wilhelm to begin
"If you'll pay mo for it, I'll bring you its deadly operations. The acerbity and
some to.morrow. But mind—oaslr down," irritation that has been menifeebod along
"And when do you mean to return the the French frontier over trifling matters of
rum," I said, with some asperity. disputa between the authorities of the two
" When father goes to the creek." This nations furnishes a convenient spark whioh
was the name given by my neighbors to the may at any time set Europe in a blaze. The
village of P , distant about four friction will doubtloee be increased by ninon
miles. of the harsh measuree which Germany has
Day after day I was tormented by this adopted to stamp out Freuoh ideas and in.
importunate creature, alta borrowed of me home itt the two conquered provineet of
tea, sugar, candles, starch, blueing, irons,' Abaco and Lorraine. Among these are the
pots, bowls—in short, every article in coin- euppreseion of the study of the French len.
mon doneetio ane—while it was with the gunge in sahoole or by private tutor, the
utmost difficulty we could get them return- abolition of French money 118 the commercial
ed. Athletes of food, ouch as ten and eugar, medium of business transactions, and the
or of convenience, like eandleo, staroh, and threat of expatriation which hangs over the
them, she never dreamed of being required ab halide of the largo landed proprietors, This
her hatde. This method of living upon latter measure would be toothed to reluot•
their neighbours le a most convenient ono to anbly, if at all, yet it cannot be doubts that
unprinelpaled people, as it dans nob involve the ultimata intention and desire 0f the Gen
the penalty of stealing; and they nen keep man Oovornmenb le to dotroy the ilargo
the geode without the unpleasant neoeeeity tended estates in th000 pprovtnoea by Dotting
of returning them, or fooling the moral obli- them up into small holdings, to bo 000upied
gotten of bon gratefulgg
for their ono, Livingbya new infueton of telly Germanized peas
-
eight 8 Y
instep f�om- , I fatted these antsy. It the aritioal sentiment of the ago
constant onaroaohmonto a heavy burden on will penult, Alamo and Lorraine 00 Fronoh
Our poor puree ; and being ignorant of the oommunitieo may yet bo as oompletoly mak-
country, and residing in suck a lonely, Out, patod no Prnosian Poland has been,
A MONSTER 01' THE DEEP.
It Patted the Cabin hoof of the Bark Isar•
barium with one of Its Pins.
" We made a very narrow escape from
being run into by asee. monitor °Isomekind,"
said the mate of the British bark Barbarian
the other day. Ile was on board his vessel,
lying at Philadelphia, where she is diecharg.
ing a cargo of sugar from Batavia, Java.
llardly had the reporter got on board than
he was taken in hand by all of the thew,
each desirous of telling his story of the en-
counter with the "terrible thing," as they
expressed it. Many of the °row were
Japanese sailors of minute proportions.
They were unable to speak Eaglish, but
made motions with the hands to express
that it was a long and terrible object, and
something which it would be healthy to keep
away from. The mate of the vessel, who
has been a coasting pilot on James Gordon
Bauuatt'e yacht Namouna while in Javanean
waters, as well as a mac of integrity, said:
" On May 22 while in las 8°18 north, and
long. 25° west, just a few miles north of the
equator, in a dead calm. I suddenly saw an
immense Hag -looking object bump up against
the vessel. 'It gave the boat an immense
shock, whioh almost knocked me up off my
feet, and caused the moo at the wheel to get
on the lower dock as fast as possible, in
doing wbiahhe fell and scraped him elf . I1rsa
thought di was an immense whale, as I have
often seen them in these waters ; bub the fine
aamo up to and hung over the vessel, flapp-
ing against the cabin roof with terrific force.
It completely covered up thedeck companion
way entrance to the cabin. In a short time
a heavy swell muted the monster to mem
balance and drop into the water with a
terrific splash, whioh caused all hands to
rush to the vessel's side and watch the mons.
ter gradually disappear in the darkness."
The Jap sailors would nod patent to what
the mete acid and drew on;paper whet they
thought the thing resembled. Their drawing
was something after the style of the Japanese
dragon often aeon on Japanese ware. " No
more America for us," was their ary, The
crew were the moat mixed that it was
possible to find. There were on board
Germane, Nortvegiana, Greeks, Frenchmen,
Irish, Scotch, Welsh, Japanese, and o
Jersoyman, the second matc,with a home in
Camden. -
She Wanted Him to See the Fun.
About ten o'offeck one morning two men
met and began threateninv and palling each
other names. One finally called the other a
liar, and the two were about to grapple
when a woman opened the door and said :
"Gentlemen, are you about to fight?"
" We are I" they answered together.
" Then have the kindness to wait a mo-
ment," she continued; "my husband has
been ill for weeke, and is now just able to
sit up. He is very down -hearted this morn-
ing, and if you'll only wait till I can draw
him up to the window I know he'll feel very
grateful to both of you."
She disappeared into the house, and after
one look into each other's faces the men
smiled, shook hands and departed together.
from your father,"
"Great heavens, George 1 gasped the
iaiuting girl, " did papa withhold his eon
sent 7"
Ah, yea ; until he hag looked me up in
Bradsbreete' 1"
The Sick Man of the Bosphorus ie too
constantly harassed by botheration of one
kind or another to have any really fair
chance of recovery. The poor fellow is a
regular D. B. now, and is being badgered
by Russia to pay up the war idemnity, a
thing which it is absolutely imposoiblo for
the poor wretch to do, and so he ie reduced
to the humiliation of bogging his hard-
hearted creditor to have patience, and he
will pay him all.
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FOR WOA1EN, A YOUNG GIRL'S FALSE STEP.
MSS I'1t17llps Steals 5720 From her IPat)tor'G
Miss Geneva Armetrou , the daughter of
a farmer in weotern New York, hie invented
a preetioal device for feeding cattle on moo -
nit truer:,
Queen Victoria is declared to be highly
pleated with her xperhnent of using an
1 Indian serva,.t, and has sant to India for
some more to come and wait in the rot al
household,
Miss A• L. Wilson, general manager of
The San Premise° Breeder and Sportsman,
is one of the best informed persons In ,Amor.
ice on the pedigrees and history of trotting
I .horeee, She is also an able writer on turf
mutters generally, Tho oex teem to be mak-
ing " vood time ' in all directions.
The reign of that treacherous exaresoenoc,
the bustle, is fast approaching its seroma.
tion, Mra. Cleveland, it is said, has die.
carded it, and fuehioneble American belles
are following her example. Once more the
eye of the artist will be delighted with
graceful and natural lined in the contour of
woman,
In Parie wide flea of theme or foulard or
ohina ailk, in white or pule tints, have quite
superseded ribbon for tying inside the col-
lar. They area yard and a quarter long
and scalloped all around, or alae have frills
of rather wide lace across the ends, and are
tied into rather flembuoyant bows o little to
theleftof the thin.
Two clever Buffalo girls have seized the
opportunity long awaiting women, that of
carrying on a drug store, They have bought
out one of the oldest of our Hain street drug
stores amd have taken possession. Beth are
qualified by lung and highly responsible
liminess training to make a success of the
enterprise, and they have taken the curse
in pharmooy at the Medical college. Each
resigns a One beeinesn thus to go np higher,
The seamstresses and women dressmakers
of London, England, are organizing a trades
union under the active petranage of Lady
Dilke, who hes distinguished herself by ad.
vocating many movemente having for their
object the alleviation of the lot of the toil-
ing menace. If there was ever a Mass of the
community in England which deserved some
amelioration of their condition, it i8 that
composed of the woman who ply the needle
for a living. Although oiroumetantea have
changed since Hood wrote bis " Song of
the Shirt," seamstresses and droesmakere
still suffer frota miserable pay and long
hours of toil.
An interesting feature of the United States
Presidential 000teat is the part being played
by the women. Of course, everybody knows
that the W. C. T. U. and kindred organize -
tions form almost the backbone, at any rate
some of the moat powerful sinews, of the
Prohibition element of the campaign, but
the other parties are not without friends of
the gentler sex who constitute a formidable
factor in the contest. In Milwaukee the
Democratic women have organized a club,
the object of which is modestly oat forth ae
" a more thorough understanding of the
great political questions of the day regarding
the teriffeProteetion and good government
with the beet ways and means to be employ-
ed ot continuing the latter." This olub,
which has been started by women of stand-
ing and refinement, is likely to be at once
duplicated on the Republican side, and there
is little doubt the movement will spread,
Prince Ferdinand.
The pillow on which the princely head of
Ferdinand of Bulgaria reposes is even loss
rase•aoft and fragrant than regal head -rests
of that kind are proverbially said to be.
Whether the resent hob -nob of the two Em.
parent had anything to do with it or not
is not certain, but it is said that Germany
now eeoonda Russia's demands for the dim
missal of Ferdinand and the election of a
new ruler according to the terns of the
treaty of Berlin. Whatever England may
do in the premises, it is not thought likely
that she will actively oppose this arrange.
ment. Austria also .seems to be turning
the cold shoulder on the poor man, and
altogether its present treatment by the
powers is about as discouraging as was that
meeted out to the Stuarc Pretender when it
became prudent to cultivate Britain's goop
will. One may, perhaps, feel sorry for Far•
dioand, though there are many other
much more deserving objects of eym.
pathy. To have one's ambitions so badly
crushed cannot bepleasant, and anobherchance
of regal dignity is not likely to offer itself.
But for the peace of Europe it would be
well if that Kingliug of Bulgaria could be
given an effectual quietus, It is not likely
that the Eastern question can be satiefaotor-
ily settled as long as he continues in the
way. Of course it will not be all plain sail.
ing even with him well shelved. The
question of his suooesaor will be a difficult
one to solve, on the proviso that he is to
have a an0000500, Itis quite possible that a
more facile solution of the problem may be
found worth trying. Prince Waldemar,
Denmark is spoken of as a successor but as
yet at least it is not likely that anybodl
kuowa anything about the matter.
Canned Chinaman,
Sixteen little tin boxes, each about the
size of a lawyer's deed box, and holding the
bones of as many Chinaman who died be.
tweou 1870 and 1832, are on the way by ex-
press to San Frenoieco. Thence the bones
will be shipped to the Flowery Kingdom for
re. burial. The express charges on the six.
teen boxes, whioh altogether weighed 015
pounds, were $105, and the video placed on
each by Hop Ah Tong, the agent of the
"Asylum "which attends to thisaorb of thing,
was $100. The Chinaman of Philadelphia
and other oibiee are assessed $5 a year each
by the San Prauoien° asylum. For this sum
ibunderbakoa to see that their remains are
taken to China for burial.—(Rochester
Democrat.
Gentleman is a term whioh does not apply
to any station, but to the heart and feelings
of every station.
A Small Chanae to Win,
Dumley (who has entered his horse in a
race)—'Pori my soul, Fsabherly, I think my
horse will win
Featherly—Impossible 1
Darnley—Nonsense. Why 6p0e8ibl°?
Peatherly—Beoaueo all the other horses
would have to fall down.
A Vory Funny Affair.
It was his fret visit to the city. As he
stood on the ourbetone shaking his dela with
laughter ho was worsted by one of Toronto's
finest.
" What's the fun, etranger 1,'
" Fun 1 Can't you see it? Just look
how that thing (pointing to a watering cart)
Leake, WVhy, the blamed fool won't Have a
a drop lei when he gets horde I"
With gowns of wash fabrics Dome parasols
to match, -
boost.
A Pittsburg deapeeeh ear ,-.The arrest
of a lrandeonte blonde for the theft of 8720
free a guest of her parents has developed
a roman do atom,. The girl is Mamie Phillip,
awl she i0 0100 yet 18 yore of age, Her
parents are respectable readouts of Al.
k+gneny City, home time ago Jarmo Devin
who wag staying with Mt. Phillipe, missed
$720 that had heat Wien front his thank,
Mr.;Devine never euepeuted any One about
the house, and the matter was pinned in the
heeds of the police, the result 1 sing Mies
Phillips's arrest,
Several months ago the newspapers ehroni-
aled the brave 1108 of a young girl, who, ab
the risk of her own life, saved an old lady
from being run down by a horse oar. That
young lady wee Mise Phillipa, She wap
walking along the threat when she saw an
old lady in deadly peril in front of a rapidly
advancing street oar. Tho girl sprang for-
ward, seized the old lady, and resound her.
The old lady thanked the girl, asked for her
address, and drove off in a oarri0ge, There
the matter ended for a weelc. Then there
Dame an expreae package to the young lady's
house containing a lady's gold watch and
ohain. There was no menage or ex -plana-
tion of any kind. The gift was attributed
by the girl to the mysterieue old lady, and
the parents wore delighted. The following
week there arrived a handsome set of plush-
oovered furniture for parlor use. The fam-
ily said it moat be a mistake, and protested
against its receipt, but the expressman was
8016 it was all right, and showed the plain-
ly -written address on the tab attached.
What would come next ? That was answer-
ed in a few days by the arrival of a hand-
some piano, with a card addressed to the
young girl. The excitement in the family
at the reoeipb of this present can •be imegin.
ed. Still there was no word from the donor.
The next gift was in the shape of two silk
dresses and some other handsome articles of
clothing. At loot, about ten days ago,
there came a letter with a considerable cum
of money enclosed. The writer said the
money was to be used for muse lessons for
the girl, so that the piano would not be a
useless present. The donor said be was the.
son of the old lady who had been saved by
the girl, and be added that he was in the
insurance business in New York. He did
not wish to have his name known at present,
but he said that inquriea had been made
about the girl and she had been found
worthy of asoittence. At some future time
the writer declared he would make himself
known, and as he bad no relatives but hie
mother he hoped to give eubebantial aid to
the girl and better her condition in life.
Armed with these and additional fasts a
detective called at the residence and was re-
ooivedby the mother of the girl, The lady was
questioned concerning the recent accessions
to her daughter's poesestiona, and then the
story of how she had managed to account;
for the aoaumulation of geode was brought
out. The mother said that her daughter had
rendered an important service to a wealthy
old lady some time previous, and that the
latter had presented her with the articles
as a manifestation of her appreciation. She
produced a letter which purported to be
whiten by this person, but of which the girl
was the author. The girl was then called
iota the room, and was formally accused.
She denied the oharge vehemently for up-
ward of shall hour, but as she was confront•
ed with one proof alter another of her
actions, finally broke down and confessed in
a flood of tears.
There the matter now rests. The gentle-
man who lost the money does not want to
pr0ee0ute if he can secure the return of the.
funda, and it ie very probable that an ar-
rangement will be effected. In the mean-
time the parents of the young lady are near-
ly heartbroken over their daughter's con-
duct.
Where Monev Is Made,
The actual oast of each Bank of England
note issued is about 5 cents. An ordinary
day's issue of notes, with a corresponding
number canceled, ie from 20,000 to 30,000.
As an offset to thio expense, the yearly gain
to the bank in notes destroyed by fire and
water amounts to a large aunt, which how
ever, is taken into account by the Government
when adjusting its national debt and ex-
ohrquer arrangement with the bank. The
"Old Lady of Threadneedle Street," as the
Londoner lovingly calls the inetititution
whioh,next to hie Queen, he moat deeply
reveres, is very liberal when dealing with
casae of votes destroyed or mutilated. The
secretary's cffioe attends to those matters,
and there may be seen daily remnants of
notes which have undergone every conceiv-
able ordeal short of absolute destruction.
Little pulpy masses whioh have passed
through the digestive apparatus of doge and
children, half -burned pieces that have un.
wittingly done duty as cigar lighters, rem-
nants of every kind of which enough is left
to indicate in the faintest degrees the anginal
worth—all receive full consideration, and
the a mien lose nothing. Even total de-
struction, when folly proved, is no bar to
indemnification, when good security against
possible mistake is given.
Prigin of a Glove Fad.
Women who wear different colored gloves
with full drew coetumee know but little
probably of how that fashion waa first set.
A charming Fceueh Duchess, so goes the
story, bad recently promised to be present
at the festivity for some benevolent purpose
at the Trouville oasino. Being rather be-
hind time, the lady put her gloves on while
driving, and never noticed till she stood in
the full blaze of the cosine drawing.room
that to her bleak and white silk costume she
had put on one white and one black glove.
It appears that her maid had laid two pairs
of gloves ready for her mistress to choose
from, and that the Duchene in her hurry had
taken one of each pair. The mischief, how.
ever, could not be undone, and the gratify-
ing result was that at the next fashionable
assembly all the ladies ab Trouville wore a
glove of a different Dolor on mob hand—s
custom which hag beoome eo genthal that at
present all the ladies at Truvillo have
adopted it.
,Su geetions to Ntlrewl.
How many nurses ever think of washing
a baby's mouth, either before or after it
eats? This should always be done. Babies
mouths, lilto the mouths of older people
collect more or leas irnpurities from the ail
oometfinea from other sources. The baby!'
mouth should be rinsed out before eating;
and after eating the remains of food should
be oarefully removed by means of a soft
brush or the (Artier of a wet napkin, Boras
water is cleansing and antiseptio, It may
be used with benefit, in the proportion of,
two drams to a pint of water.
Father (returned from business)—Wall,
has Tommy mot with any eorfols accident
to -day ? Mother—No, butanxeously> it is,
a full hour yet bolero hie bed time.