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THE BRUSSELS POST:
MAT 16, 1890,
YOUNG FOLKS.
A Bit of Wisdom,
"Grasp the nettle with both Mande,
And it shall not sting."
Take this bit of wisdom, dear,
Into everything.
If the lesson's long ams hard,
At it with your might
Do eat let it conger you
While you've strength to fight,
Foolish people stand and fret,
Wonder what to do,
Bear the trouble twenty tinles-
Such a silly crew 1
Jet the trial over, dear,
Nevar frown and pout ;
With e breve and steady look
.'„ the foe to rout.
Carry not to -morrow's load,
Little heart, today;
Trip with happy feet along
Life's Uneven way;
"(.rasp the nettle with both hands
And it shell not sting."
Take this bit of wisdom, dear,
Into everything.
have a sobool hero, for those who will come
and study with 010 5"
0f memo, Mrs. Lane said, (yes P-- ,elrt
Ihnr's U'oine.lfetuttziee
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Hew the etmerioane Treat Their Indians.
•
In his book, "My Life 'Amen the Bo
diens," Bishop Whipple presents teas whites
should flush with scarlet the cheek of every
elan who has the honor of the Auterienn
nation at heart an,l who states oppression anis
wrong -doing. The record of the United
States in its treatment of the Indian tribes
is fully as lufamous as that of the Spaniards
of the natives of South America and Mexico ;
It is of a 01198111l' 111 whieh cruelty, robbery,
slaughter, are the salient traits. ' The In-
dian," says Bishop Whipple, "is not in any
groes souse an idolater. His universe is
peopled with spirits. He recognizes a Creat
Spirit ; ho believes in a future life, He has
a passionate love for hie children, and will
gladly die for his people, He is a true
frieed and ie bitter enemy. I have never
known an instance where the Indian was the
first to violate plighted faith." These are
filets. History will prove that there never
has been en Maims war in the United States
in which the b,diats were the aggressors,
The treatment extended to the Storax and
Ojibway Indians is one 11)8talnoe like a thou-
sand others. The latter tribe " justly
claimed," according to the bishop, arrears
for more than 850,000, ander obs treaties
which had never been paid. " Theo sold
501110 of the most beautiful laid fn !Minne-
sota for a cent old a half an acre ender the
promise that it should become the !tome of a
friendly body of Indians, who would be a
protection against their enemies, the Deco-
ta115."
No sooner was the treaty made than tie
region was opened for white settlement,
He further says that the Dacotahs sold 800,-
000 acres of land for the purpose of seeming
money to aid hi their civilization. At the
cud of four years all the land thus sold was
taken up by whitesettlers, and the Dacotalls
had not received a single Dent, "This,"
writes Bishop Whipple, "and the withhold-
ing of their annuities n11802 for two months,
precipitated that awful Inassecee in which
800 of our citizens were slain." Is it strange
that these and similar occurrences "tnacle the
cheeks of the bishop blush with shame?"
Ho denounces the Indian policy in vi oroes
and scathing language. It was n blunder
and a crime. "It recognized no personal
;righto of property, it gave no protection to
person or life; it punished no crime. Its
emoluments were rewards for political ser-
vices, and most of the Indian treaties were
need as a key to unlock the public treasury.
lAt best, it established heathen a111sllonses
to graduate savage paupers. He relates some
' of the incidents connected with this policy
in the region where heserved. "Three white
men passed a sleeping Indian, One said, 'I
will kill the darned redskin,' and drew his
!rifle and shot ]rim. No one was punished.
'An Indian woman (lied n1 a border village
from brutal violence. The agent was ap-
pealed to and said, 'it is none of my busi-
ness.' A mixed -blood killed an Indian
woman; he was arrested and sent to the
United States fort. After a confinement of
three months the Secretary of War ordered
his discharge, saying slat there was no law
to punish an Indian, Such are some of the
features of his experience with the Italians,
He relates ppethetic incidents involving the
love of mothers for their dead children and
of the longing of Indians to bo near the
grave of their relatives, lie saw an old ratan
sitting on the bank of the Upper Missiesipppi
and gave him some food. He invited the old
man to go with him for is week daring his
stay in the Indian country. "If you will go
with me I will feed you, for I have plenty
of provisions. and when we part I will give
you all the stores I have left.' He said:
You have a kind heart, I thank yet, My
old wife ie sleeping in ie grave yonder. I can
not go away from her, for she will be lone -
sone." The Indians believe that the depart-
ed spirit lingers by its grave,
Tommv's Business Venture,
Tommy wenteu some money. He hadn't
many ')helices to earn it, though willing,
eery willing to work pretty hard for it.
Ile wanted ten dollars before the next
winter's winds and snow's shut the Lane
family in for day's, inside thelittle redfarM-
house et Maple Grove farm, five miles from
a neighbor.
Ten dollars would, if divided right, briug
weekly and nl0utlrly bright periodicals from
different portions of the busy world into
their own little home.
And then when the .blizzards came, awl
he sat at the little mend table getting hie
daily lessons, motley and father, too, welld
spend the !tours delightfully, sitting beside
the fire reading something eery "good."
It's not nice to be a "shut in," when your
home is a shall cabin away out upon aweir-1
ie if you have nothing new to read and very
few neighbors, and those living out of sight.
Tommy's home was part dug out, Their
Ere in the winter was fed by bundles of
twisted grass, sun flower seed, corn•stelks,'
dry weed stalks, and sparing handfuls of
coal. Coal was precious. le ood was eery'
valuable.
Tommy helped with all his strength the
loving mother gather, in their seasons, first,
the wild. strawberries, then raspberries,
plums, grapes, and hoe in the garden from
,planting until harvest time.
Between thou they had filled jars and
glasses full of nice fruit for winter use, gather-
ed in a supply of pumpkins, squashes, beans,
potatoes, and other good things, width were
stored in the "cave"for the rainy days when
they could not work.
Tommy helped his father, too, in the
" aro tending and gathering, Mr. and
Mrs tale thought their littlelat l a " wonder-
fully Lriaht boy." At twelve, Tommy was
stout and tamed.
All through the winter of 1887 and 1SSS,
he had, while " studying" mhcler Mr.
Lane's direction, been trying to plan
a way to earn at least ten dollars, tnikcmg�
over his desires with both father mud
mother.
Before plenthtg-time rolled around, Mr.
Lane ono day said :
" Toumly, couldn't you raise seed corn to
sell? I mean if I give you a pates and
break it for you, eau you plant and tend it
without help? The corn that I ani planting
I paid five emits for each ear. It is very
fine for this climate. I have now quite a
start, and 01u1 supply ;you with enough to
raise quite a crop. You might also try
planting the several varieties of popcorn.
There is the rice grained and a large yellow."
" That is the very thing ! 0f course, I
can tend a crop! Moth ! mother 1 we'll
have 'em, we 11 have Mother 'em by next Novem-
ber 5" shouted Tommy, as he ran to pick
out 1118 share of the fine corn.
The "groans" was broken, the corn
planted. 'foamy bad managed to get to•
gather seven varieties of fee corn besides
the popcorn.
Friends from Buffalo, after hearing of his
wonderful plan sent him packages of the
very best varieties, the early roasting ears,
also field corn,
Tenney's mother became interested, and
could not resist helping "just a little."
Tlralad laidouthis rows with Care, saying
"he wanted every row straight."
The grains sprouted well, the tender
blades grew thriftily, and Tommy battled
royally with the orows, taking care that
the mules and 10'0 COWS (ltd not have the
opportunity to trample down his growing
( The weeds grew fast, and Tommy's hoe
had to "swing" out lively sometimes, to
keep them down.
Mrs. Lane, pitying the tired and hoL lit-
tle -fellow, often wanted to rest him, but
he had a chivalrous care over her, and
gently put her aside with "it do5en't seen!
Just right, mother, for women to hoe, when
there are boys to do it."
Late in October, that harvest was goth•
erect and pecked in large baskets ready for
market.
The result was very gratifying to Tommy,
whose visions of books and gapers to :nape
the lonely days of winter go by more pleas-
antly, he felt sine 180114 80011 be realized.
Bob where to.dispose of the orae to tie best
advantage was the question now to be
settled, While he was talking the !natter
over with 1110 parents, neighbor Ewing came
in, and being informed of the subject of the
Conversation, suggested that the cow be
taken to Carney, a village some ten miles
distant. "In Carney," said he, "you 'will get
a good price for it, as this and the
adjoining settlement is settled up with
farmers that need just what you ]pat e to
sell. It is always a satisfaction to mo to
know that the article Tin eolith' is goin' to
help somebody. There isn't an inferior
variety of corn in the lot you've reified,"
I couldn't have clone so well without
father and mother to help me. Father
thought it ant for nee," returned Tommy,
pleased and happy.
" Toles/1y has earned a rewards for he Inas
tolled manfully to raise his soon" staid Mem,
Lams, proudly, anti neighbor Ewing 811c1:
'( I'll warrant ye, work tells on any crop."
The seed -corn was taken to the nearest
town, fifteen miles away, and left with the
Storekeeper, who also kept the post -office,
A few weeks, later neighbor !;wing went
"tetown," and asked ebout'I.'ommy's corn, if
there had boon &demand for it.
The post master replied c
"A putty consider'bto of &demand. livery
grainless boon sold, and folks come nowask-
in' for =reef that seed- corn, Carry
this to Tommy, an' tell tient I don't ehu'go
!lint anything for schen' his conn, as I'm an
admirer of Beth industrious little fellers, and
want to lend en' a helping' hand."
When the several silver dollars were
]randed Tommy by n.a ggfor Ewing, he
o
iehl all i1Mrs. Lane's lap, saYrin :
"Mother, it'll matte so happy all through
the long winter. There'll 11e something for
you and father, toe, Say, mother, cant we
German Drummers and English.
Ws are Ooltlnllauy hearing of German
commercial travelers in neutral countries
cutting out representatives of English houses,
or doing business simply because English
houses have no representatives able to speak
the language and introduce their goods.
But a letter to a Gemannewspaperdeplores
the inaction of German financiers, compared
with the energy of English houses. It appears
that Mr. John Baring, member of the fires of
Baring Brothers & Co. of London, heel arrived
at Buenos Ayres last January on what the
correspondent calls an "informations jour-
ney" --one of those round trips which Eng-
lishmen of position are credited with tinder -
taking just to make themselves acquainted
with commercial pion and manner's abroad.
A dinner was given, of course and toasts
were drunk to the continual prosperity of
the city of Buenos Ayres. Beyond that no-
thing is said, but the lesson set by this come-
epnndent, in his anxiety to keep German
merchants and financiers up to the mark, es
( hitt Berlin and Ft•3wlcfort 311001)1 also 50101
representatives of their best firms to South
• America, and have dinners given Mem there,
WORKING FOURS ABROAD.
The 1•en510 or no if,nnorinit stay km {'urians
carom* 100un rl0s.
A Turltieh 1u.burieg day lasts atom sundae
to sunset with eer'ta is intoi'vels for refresh -
meet and 80)1080, ;aye C li mb:men journal,
Iu 1\loutenegeo tate day taboret' begins work
between 5 and IS in the morning, kno,ks off
at 8 for half an hour, worsts on till noon,
restsuntil2, and then labors on until sunset;
This is in summer. In winter he (ionu0000es
week at 7 11111 oe 8, ('este from 12 to 1, and
works uninterruptedly from that time to
onset, The phloe- respeetiog skilled labor
are teoretieell}' the same, but considerable
]).city prevails 10 practice. In Sel'via the
princtpl0 of individual COnv011i011CC rules in
every case, In Portugal from sunrise to
snueet is the usual length of working day.
iVith field laborers and workmen n the
building trade the 5111111051' working day be.
gins at 4:30 or 5 in the morning and otitis
at 7 in the evening, two or three hours' rest
beteg taken in the middle of the day, Iu
winter the hours are from '1:30 to 5 with
a shorter interval of repose, In 1181111
factories the rule is twelve hoops in summer
and ten in winter, with an hour and a
half allowed for meals.
Elevenhours is the average day's labor 111
B 1310111, but brewers' Wren workfrron ten
to seventeen hours; brickmakees, sixteen;
the cabiuetonakcrs of Brussels and Ghent
are oftou at work seventeen hours a day ;
tramway drivers arc on duty from fifteen to
seventeen !tours, with an hour and a half off
at noon 1 881118ay guards 00101111100 know
what it is to /work nineteen and 3a half hours
at a stretch, end in the mining districts
women are often kept at truck -loading and
similar heavy labor for thirteen or fourteen
hones.
The normal workday throughout Saxony
is thirteen flours, with t1)0 hones for meal -
taking. In Batten the medium duration of
labor is from ten to twelve !hours, but in
some cases it far exceeds tits, often rising
to fifteen ]tout's in stoneware end china
works and cotton -mills ; hu sae -mills to sev-
enteen hours ; while the workers 01 the sug-
ar refineries, where the shift system is 1u
vogue, work fortwontyfour -hours and then
have twenty-four hours free, and in maty
of the Baden factories Sunday work is the
rule. In Russian industrial establishments
the difference in the working hours is some-
thing oetraordinary, varying from six to
twenty. It is remarkable that these great
divergencies occur in the same branches of
iud11stry within the same inspector's dis-
trict and among establishments whose pro-
duce realizes the sauce market price.
In Favor of the Prayer,
A ballot was taken after the performance
of Steele Maokaye's play, "Money Mad," at
the Standard Theatre last evening, on the
question w110t1108 Aunt Plaillis's prayer is
sa0ri1egtoes or net, Aunt !'kilns (?1r0,
Annie ')')aeons) is a colored mammy, whose
mistress has married a poor artist and has
fainted on the stage for look of food, This
is .41011 Phillis's prayer.
0 Lord you know. I's a wicked ole woman,
yes a pet'feet ole sinter, but den my missy
be a angel, al' fo' Isar sake I pray ole Lord
to hear do sinner's pray'r. Lord you knows
I'se always believed in you an' 1101 (let my
pn missy be a starvin' I come to you fo' help.
You's all I's got Lord, but don you's almigh-
ty nn' all lo1'11t' an' all merciful. Dat's your
repetatiou, Lord, an' 1 sticks my faith by
dot, 0 Lord, let me do all de starvin', for
I's a worthless thing, no good nor fit to lib.
But my missy she be sinless. Spar' her,
Lord, spar' iny po' little, helpless lamb dot
never did nobody no harm. Dear, precious
Lord, spar' 0 spar' my helpless chile. Don't
go leek on you' reputation :Us time, Lord,
an' I'll bless you fo' eber an' eber-Amen.
Mr.Mackoye stepped in front of the curtain
as it Wee about to ho lifted on the act in
which the prayer is uttered snot explained
his high neral purpose in writing the prayer
and the lesson whisk it was intended to im-
part, "Those of you who feel with me,"
said lir. Maekaye, "that this heart cry of the
unselfish servant is helpful to our common
humanity will please vote fpr its retention."
Mr. Mackey) announced that Judge John
R. Brady, Judge H. A. Gildersleeve, and Mr.
Charles Delmonieo would count the ballots,
and then Ire ;oncluded: "It is w'1ti1 entire con-
fidence in the humanity and enlightenment
which you represent thatllook forward to the
result of your voting."
There was applause when Mr, 41ackaye
fini5lee, and the delivery of the words of the
prayer which followed presently was greeted
with appiause.
Nearly 1,000 votes were cast, among which
were counted but twenty-four against the
continuance of the prayer. Sixteen of these
ballots were signed, the others being anony-
mous.
The Tory Scheme,
Englishman -"Patrick, what (lo yen think
of emigration as a cure for the Ills of Ire-
land?"
Patrick -"Emigration do be all roight,
sop, but th' landlords lnllst bo th' 1011115 to
emigrate."
A Useful Boy.
Irate Suse'iber (11 thunder tones) --
"Where's the editor of this sheet?"
Smart Boy --"He jilt stepped In next door.
Cone along an' 111 those you." [Leads the
way to a building occupied by severe! den-
tists.]
Irate Susoriber (stopping in hall way)-
"leh 1 What's that yelling upstairs?"
Boy-"Guees the editor has caught the
man he was after."
Subeoribmr (hurriedly) -"I'll -I'll call
again."
A Disoouraging Addition
Cora•--" Doesn't it snake you feel nice for
people to remark how well you are getting
on ?
Merrill,-" Yes, 11)11')58 they add ' they
can't' understand it.' " Lippinrotf'e dla;pa.•
Sweet Revenge,
',.
Vruca from speaking tubo -"Help l
1I -e•1• 1 I've caught a man in my roots.
Oh, evi:at shall I do ?" v
Clork(to himself)-r<.Chats that funny
old amid in 40."
Clerklthroegll the tube) --"Look the
deer; you'll never have a thence to catch
' another."-'f/come.
ogoo l in ( arguing There is u a pin with the in.,
6 6
evetalplo, The only aroma available
with an eat wind is 10 pat 00 yens over-
coat
Write Them in English,
A New York druggist struck a true
note when lie remarked that there is no
good reason why doctors' prescriptions
should not be written nowadays in plain
English, so that everybody could read and
understand them. There is absolutely no
necessity that requires proscriptions to bo
still written in a language that even a Well
admitted mal is not, now supposed. to know."
The Latin of the pilarolaoies is about as
much like the Latin of Cleero and H0111o0
as it is like Portuguese, and the technical
twaddle is no longer of use to anybody ex,
()opt quacks who hke to 111'0001'i118 saccharum
and aqua pure to a lot of hypoclondriaos
whose woos would vanish if they knew they
were taking sugar and water from a tea.
spoon, There would be fewer Mistakes du
the compounding of prescriptions if drugs
were Called by their English names, We
have got rid of the Latin as a language for
other sorts of learning, and medicine will
harbor fewer imposters when patients know
what they are swallowing by order of phy
aims.
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A Question of Relationship,
"Here I" exclaimed an irate young man,
entering a headquarters for boost agents,
"take back tine prospe;tue thou gayest and
fork twermy 32,50,"
"Why the excitement?" inquired the pro-
prietor ; "you are unduly agitated. What
11 wrong?"
"\'o111' instructions don't work. I cent
ingratiate myself with ladies of the home
cirele accordieg to your rales."
"Explain yourself," persisted the head
center of the literary emporiums.
"It's this way. I (1111 just es you said to
do at the first house 1 creme 10- rang the
bell and stood with hat off awaiting an ans-
wer. A lardy came to the door and I said :
Is Mrs. Q. ell?"
" I ant 411'e. Q.,' she ('((1)11(01.
"i:xoue rate, madam,' 5 said, • but I took
you for her mother,' "
• \\that did she do then ?"
" Slammed the door 111 my face,"
" Of course she did, That is not what X
told you to silty at mi."
„ ghat was it 1"
d r c la
1 told you t p smile and when a lady
Y
came to the door inquire Is Mrs, Q, in?'
If she said '1 am Moe you were to re,
ply in your sweetoetac:outs s 'l:xouseme,
madam) I desire to see your Mother,' "
Naim,
The City of:Vain, by the fountain of waists I
Though brightness toll 11eauly be v11uis1'
s,l 11,11(1 gone'.,
Thy pante unto all the world's 010110rs and
Qanghtaz'e,
Is symbol of !hope like the buret of a
du Iva!'
Thongss sad and forsaken -unshorn of thy
glossy --
Enshrined in all hearts thou wilt eve'
ren1(,1nr_.
Of hope the bright day -star in song and its.
story, :.-
Tho pearlitic! City of Nein.
In fancy I see thee, --as on that bright morn-
ing
The mourners eat110 fortis with the gift for
the tomb 1
Though sunlight Gilboa's fair brow was
adorning
The Hearts of thy people were shadowed
fn gloom :
The desolate heart of a widow was boat[%
The bars of iia prison int passiona.0 poen :
7.'he shadow : the sunlight: the part[%: the
sheeting
Of Christ and the widow- of Nein.
She knew not His c0nling, no day's -man
had sought him
For succor, or calla Him to hasten with
sped :
'Plan th pulse of a soul in sore sorrow that
brought 111111 ;
'Twee one breaking heart overburdened
with need.
He Conte, --and his conning brought life and
rejoicing
Where heave -cords by death had been sun-
dered in twain :
The words which He apake, Itis 00111pan810115
were voicing
For more than the willow of Hain.
Ho cane ,and up roll'd tie dark veil of pro-
bation
Mile one wh 1 had passed it came back
into time ;
Who knows but this token is God's 1•e•
relation
0f mercy for all, in His purpose suillinle?
The words and 111e deeds of Divine Incarna-
tion
Aro symbols and types wherein Christ
doth explain
The plaunhlgs of God for our human saloa-
tion.
What hope in this message from N'a1n 1
He feels all the pains of our loss and our
sorrow
Itis help and His healing have loving sure
prise :
The sunlight of lope crowns the hills of the
morrow
Where -darkly -despair o versimdo w'd the
skies.
Though joy -bells be mute, and the heart -
veiled M minces -
Is writing that ,ill life's ambitions are
81611), --
He waits by the death -gate with infinite
gladness
And life for eac11 weeper of Nain.
Ito lever is late, though he seemeth to
tarry ;
He knows all about us, and pleasures our
need ;
His gifts, for our helping, do never miscarry
He sees ell the light that goes out with our
dead ;
His word still is :-"Weep not, " How
tender His caring:
What peace and what resting 1 What
blessing for bane !
\'hat comfort and love His kind heart is
preparing 1
'Twos thins for the widow of Nein.
Just once thou art mentioned, fair beautiful
City 1
Ono touch of the Christ and immortal
art thou,
A bosoms of loving, compassionate pity t
The time-bnrnish'd coronal still on thy
brow
Is proof that the dust of the world's silent
sleepers -
Who rest from their wearisome labor and
pain -
Shall atvtllt0, like the one who was mourned
by tie weepers :-
Tho Son of the Widow of Nab.
White Men ill Africa, widths date Vi
oroable News,
Notwithstanding all the stories that ate
told of Afrleun eat awry, comparatively' few
tlx�lOrerS other th men11,1'e mot v10
tont „ie.,. at the halide:4 the natives. We
hoar a goad Ileal of hostile native0 in the
Congo Yasin, but of the hinldrotl0 of white
mon 1811') have been scattered far over the
Congo valley for several year's past, 1101 0110
has beet killed by savages, nnlees the story
is trite that a white man at a h1'onolt station
on the Mohangi giver lies retinal), fallen a
victim to the cannibals of (lint regent. 11 is
not foeg0t1en that one of the linglielin/lsoion-
aries and Mr. Deane, an agent of the Congo
Tree State, were badly w'ouucled in lights
wilt hostiles.
There is now 110 reason to doubt, however,
that Cent, Trivler's f)1thA11 eonnede, 1'101110
Weissenburgor, was killed by the eati8es
now the south one of Luko'I'atganyika last
mime. Trio -101' is one of the last white
plan t0 cross Afriva and when 110ettered isle
continent a year neo last Doemn1101' north of
the Congo, he had 11'eissenhurger with him
as a comrade. T1107110(10 a v0ry raped)01tr•-
ney, ro(101011 Tanganyika in safety, and the
little caravan 1'0801, ate way 10 Lake Nyassa
and the Indian Ocean, One day, when the
expedition was in camp, Woisseolsu'ger start-
ed Into the forest for a hunt, He expected to
return b1 the evening, but he never calve back,
Parties were sent out in all directions to hunt
for flim, but they feend no trace. Not the
slightest inforin d:ion could be obtained from
the natives. Trivier delayed hie 1(1(61'01 foe
nearly a week, but sorrowfully 3av0 up aha
hunt at lest. Ile beliet'etihiefetend hadheen
killed either by a buffalo of soneother wild
!beast, or by unfriendly natives. At the
banquet given lis his honor in Paris the other
clay hesaid he felt it to be a great sorrow
that the comrade of his travels W118 not by
Itis side to share the great w-018onte he had
received,
A letter has just been received! from Mr.
Wright, all English Missionary at Fuanbo,
near the south unci of 'Tanganyika, saying
that the body of poor \\'eissonbur ger had
been found in a brook, where it had been
thrown by the natives of Penes after trey
had assassinatod the young man and decapi-
tated him, Tie few white nl in in that
region are not at precut in -a position to
punish the murderers.
Refuse to Shave Widows' Heads,
The agitation among the batters of Bon -
bay 101110ly to result 111 their refusal to shave
widows' !reads. Of course, those who are
acquainted with native views in India will
recognize ti111t this intimation is 1101 so com-
ical as it sounds, but has a very serious
meaning and reflects great oredit on the
native barber, It is a relic of a system of
cruel treatment of native widows that they
should have their hair shorn off at the mo-
ment of their affliction. Native journals
1111vc recently been denouncing the creel
pravlieo in spite of tie opposition of the
Brahmins, who have tlroniselves threatened
to out the hair of the widows if the barbers
refuse. This, however, it is said the 'Brah-
mins could not do Without losing caste.
The revolt ill Bombay is due to the excess -
11"e cruelty practiced toward widows there.
Up oouu1ry, 883:8 an I1141011 contemporary,
thepreatce of allaying the willow's head isnot
so persistently enforced as in Bombay. The
hair Is allowed to grow again, and the widow
i8 0111y expected to submit to a renewal of
to unwelcome operation when she visits a
slulne of special sietity. In Bombay
widows are shaved regularly once a week,
and this causes then deep distress.
Good Results May Follow.
Although last week '0 interview between
the Queen of England and the German
Emperor at Darmetadt is discussed by the
press of both countries as a political event,
it can scarcely have any serious state signi-
ficance, The Queou utas no such personal
outthority as the Colt1nental menarche pos-
sess, and that she, with neither Lord
801 May no' any of her Ministers in attend -
wen, les made any treaty or come to any
important political underatauding with her
grandson is an idea too fanciful for credence.
The interview luta, however, mach personal
interest of a gratifying nature, inla5nlu010 as
it indicates a more oot'dbol feeling between
the young Emperor and bis august relatives.
He has made amends to his nether ; he shoo
1000tme reethei10(1 to. his uncle, the Prince of
\\'i6los, 0910118110111 ho WMsscarcely on speak-
ing terms ; aud apparently he 18 allowing the
respectful at14 sffectioato side of his (life
position toward his royal grondmothor. All
of which is undoubtedly highly commend-
able in rho young h;tnpeer, though it
scarcely carts a figure iu the domain of
serious politics,
When you slake a mistake don't cop
b&re at it long, 'lake the reason of the
thin. into your oyvu pnbul and tial look for.
ward.
• rqp Mistakes aroloss r
015 0f teisdonl. The
)past mina be 0lnalged '.l'hc Inline s yet
li your p0We'.--refey't,iley Leith,
Qnser Women,
A woman oats faint away et the sight of a
bit of blood on her finger, have all the chit.
(leen in the house screaming with fright,
require eau de 0ologne to bring her to and
be nervous for twenty -fm r !lours )`ter, yet
the same 0011)011 Can in pc [•feet anon ie stand
h} and help a doctor )0)108m an operation
that play Mean cleath o et Ise one she 10195,
A 18'0111011 con scorn whet she calls made -
over clothes, can 1811311 at indiscriminate
charity, and yet the same woman can 015' as
if her heart would break and take all her
spending money to buy an overcoat for a
newsboy she met in the street cars because
his fees was so pitiful,
She can take two hours and a bili to
dress to go to the theatre end then tell
Charley she knows she looks like a dowdy,
but the same women can pac'it a trunk with
things enough to last ler for two weeks in
twenty minutes when she gets a telegram
saying : " Cone as soon as possible ; your
mother is sick."
She will Y111te a chicken until it is b80811
and then calmly ask the m(08108 of Ile estab•
lislenent if Ise doesn't think the English
way of roasting is preferable to any other,
Warm Weather Enjoyment,
To swing with a sweep that is tree from all
jar,
In a llmnrmook, that's hung where tie big
branches are,
And smoke, with its odor, the sweetest by
far,
A cigar; 'tis a comfort that nothing can
mar
To swing in a hammock aid smoke a cigar.
-II'ashinpton Post,
To swing in a hammock fend smoke a cigar,
And then to descend. with a dull-thucddtsll
jar,
With the spine driven up some two inches
• too fax,
Is something to slake you see many a star,
Is al agony mounting away above par,
One had hotter seek comfort in front of a
bar;
If he'll drink lemonade, yes he'd better, by
gel.!
And then sit in a 011x1' while he smokes a
cigar,
((Always hunl7so Somewhere."
P11e1'e 15 14w'8y'0 0l1111'180 oontewilel'e !
Though the night bo romlcltheo drown,
Somewhere ot]Il the East 18 brightening
With the rosy Hush of how'd.
What 111011311 near the bat is flitting,
And the raven croaks his lay,
Somewhere still1115min-bird's greeting
Haile the rising of the day I
Should beroavonlent's heavy shadow,
Pull -like clothe thy stricken heath,
And the very stars 01)075 thee
Cease their lessonto ililpart,
Think the clear one, whose departure
Round the' soul such darkness cast,
Somewhere finds the heavenly morning
That may rise on thee at last. •
Gropest thou in failure's valley,
Sad, disheartened, and displayed,
Lest as in the past thy footsteps
Whey be yet again betrayed.
Fix thin eyes upon the Orient,
Turn thee from the Sorrow's feast,
Till the lto'erdailing 1001180
Glorifies the darkened Beet t
Let us lay to heart the comfort
In this sweet reflection found,
That, however dense one darkness,
Somewhere still the world around
Dews are glistening,, flowers uplifting,
5Vild birds warbling, as reborn,
Lakes and streams and woods and Mont•
tains
Melting its the kiss of morn 1
Ne'er was night, however (111511111,
But withdrew its twinge of gloom,
N0'or was earthly, but a day -star
1115104 of the morr'ow's 1)100511 1
No'ot' was woe, but in its bosom
Was tie sped of hope impearlod;
There is still a sunrise aom0w11010,
Speeding, speeding round the world 1
Instantly K(llled.
Donnexo, May iii, -Mr, Janes Carr, a
tnachht3t, who resided at No, 285 Bathurst
street, :net his death at Taylor's safe works
Taceday oveniug, He mei foul' other men
wore removingheavy stick of thither from
a waggon by 8 bearing it on their shoulders.
The o fortrnate Ivan was not on the same
side of the tinder as the others, and as it was
thrown to the g6geoutd lin did not manage to
extricate himself, awl was 0rusled by the
Tog. 11o poor fellow's
head was ila 8nas1et
and he expired almost instantly. '1'110 do -
waited W110 rnarrfed, 111111 leaves is fanny of
small o1i1rlren. I'Iisber'oa'oel wife /Sat pre -
ten in ill•10alth,
Queen Viotoria at Home Again -A Surprise
in Stone for the Germans in Africa --The
Union Jack Already Floats Over the
Ter'r'itory Emit has Gone to Sown --
The Panama Canal,
Queen •Victoria bas returned to \Windsor
Castle mulch improved in health by her
Continental holiday.
1\' then lemin Pasha a fortnight ago started
for the lisko country at the !lead of is Ger-
man expedition and with the lnldlegulse(l
intention of forestalling the British in the
amexatioe Yusinese in those remote regions,
the English newspapers vehemently abused
the British .least Aft'isoo Company for their
apparent eupinet015, and indulged 111 1004
jeremiads over the prospect of England's
certain defeat ie the struggle for supremacy
til the lhtrk Continent. Sir William Mac-
kinnon, President of tho company, and See
Praucis do \1Vinto!, its 111)N1 Governor, pro•
footed great indignation at Eniin's ingrati-
ttule, fuel dad not Hely that they' had leen
ettnlanceuvl'ed. Stanley upon being appeel-
otl to merely shrugged his 010111dere eud
opined One Ervin would not he able to do
mu015, 111e cat is now out of the bag,
and 11 most 111(1)10 sant animal he is, from
the German 1)0101 of 81018, Emin Peuha,
in tact, has a disagreeable surprise
awaiting hips. Tho country over wheit
he hoped to hoist the Gorman flag,
sioi a `
south of his old possessions, has heady been
opened rap by au expedition led by Mr, Jlek•
sol, which was quietly sent out last summer
by the British hist African Company, and
the whole of the Uganda territory lan'1 pos.
sessions on the north of the lake have been
pieced tender English protection. All this
late:thed six months ego, and its DM 1isnot
a bggfiler, he will probably 1100')1)1 a000m•
plislrud freta,
It will he interesting to 800 what he does
with the vast store of presents which he has
taken with bins to gilts a eexation pills which
native king�o and testae were to have stwal'
lowed, The list 111011tded toy' cennans, gun-
powder, helmets, carpets, breast plates, sil-
ver plate, velvet robes, nteohauical toys,
Edison phonographic dolls, model steam en-
gines and steamboats, one sewing Ma0hine,
and a clockwork 1011x'.
Capt, Casati, Emin's plucky Italian col•
league in the 801dan, arrived at Cairo lest
week end had it great receptiol. The
entire J:teljan eel9ty, headed by the Consul,
turned out to (lo hint honor. Ca8ati will
etart Next weep foo• Rome, where he will re•
oeive at the hands of Bing Humbert a com-
mission to proceed to Abyssinia to help the
Italians in their African enterprises,
There have been rumors in cnntmereial cer-
ates this week that the great oil svelte of the
Caspian are beginning to show signs of ex•
h utstion, and this report hits caused consider-
able uneasiness in liatounl, The English
Consul et thee port says the rumor lens me
doul,todly arisen solely from the circumstance
that, though tie quantity of crude oil prp•
duced last your exceeded that of the year
before by More than 1,250,1100 tons, prices
are rising. He says also that there are
other important petroleum fields along the
Caspian 1)111ch will be available whenever
the present district begins to fail but that
there are no iodi0ations of this contngeney
yet, since, besides the many still productive
welts at 11aia1, there etre three fountains at
the !place spouting with unabated force, and
yielding daily the enormous quantity of more
that 5,010 tons,
The Temps says that the liquidator of the
Panama Cana Company has appointed N. 13,
Wyse to 00114001 negotiations looking to the
formation of is new company, and that Mr.
Wyse goes of n mission to the government
of Colombia to obtain an extension of the
time of the concession in the interest of the
new organization.
RUSSIAN HEBREWS,
Disathilittrs of tl,e de11'lsn inure in the Cza rrs
Empire.
A envious and important appeal case huts
just been decided by the court of eessatiot
of the senate, which affords e striking ex-
ample of the co111plieuted disabilities of the
Jews 111 Russia, says the Loudon Tome. A
law student of Jewish race executed a deed
of transfer be' which he made over his p, rop-
erty in Kieft eotisistilig of house 161111 land,
to his wife in her OW11 right, but the notary
public refused to legis! a0 it on the ground
that the wife, who was also of the Jewish
faith, had no right to acquire landed prop -
mew fn 1tiol', whatever plight bo the 11ght
of her husband.
Tho matter went to court, and it was de-
cided that, although it Jew possessing a di•
plonla of either of the three learned degrees
hada right to reside in 3611 parts of the m11
pits, and in virtue of such right might ac-
quire property in the district of his resi-
dence, yet this right to acquire property was
the result of an cm:option to the law grant-
ed in favor of the Jewish doctor or master
of law marts, as 1110 case might be, eudil'iclu•
ally, and leas not 001111111.11110abl0 to his wife
or children.
This decision was upheld mil confirmed
on appeal to the senate in St.Potersburg.
Possibly 180 shall soon clear of 1110 wives and
families of Russian Jews not hexing the
right to reside with their husbandas and
f1athers in districts where 110 standard of
their education gives them the privilege to
180)
What She Wanted to Knows•
"Souse me, ma'am, but I'd like to ask you
a queetion," said a long, leathery, keca.eyed
woulau to ell elegantly clad and aristocratic
looking lady sitting in front of her on is rail-
road train.
"Very well," replied the linty hauelttily,
"141o11, tier, sero goes: Theca settled bo•
hind you for three mortal lours trying 10
flgger out if your hair is all your own or if
part of it's a switch, and blest if I kin yin,
You've is sight of it if it's all yo' own, an if
it's a switch lyes very good watch. Which
air it, anyhow?"
A Row Up in the Empyrean.
"Wore, Neptune, yon 10081111 1,1115 that
way to Becalms. Iwon't have such langeog0
aboral here," said Jupiter, after Neptune had
spoken to Bacchus in a very 8Cm'rilels man-
ner.
"'Then he I mate% call me McGinty,"jre.
totted Neptune,
To be Explained.
"You El() not believe lira fish diet, do you,
fo o
IpCo flu r?
"Certainly,"
"Thor: why (lo yon say inr>tu' boost on
'health' 'Do not go 1>'lo the �vtater after a
hearty meal 1-"'