HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe East Huron Gazette, 1892-01-07, Page 7LIKE A TRAPPEDEAL,
Irw, Miners Leave a Apoinpanit-n
Bottonsof a fifty -Foot
Shaft; -
about to fashion an arrow from tlielbellance
of his pipk. He made one, heairedat one end
and ilg,ht in the Oat, and strung the other
iece to the bong withetbratded. yarn. He
laiddhe balance of the eiaritttinta loose circle,
tied the end_ to:theerrotathetind, with his
heart throbbing likeinad, made ready.
By this time it .was afternoon. 4.14the
AFTER A WHOLE DAV SPENT IN pAROT- first attempt the arrow struck the stilit*d
NSVIN oF HORROR HE DEVISES AN clattered back, beinging some loose#irt
INGENjOS PLAXOF ESCAFR w t 0-13 held theyaxand*ed4tgin:
- Undetionfithe ainowteinf "dhoppliti oftside.
Bgt-inen:Withk. Sigjit of Retell° *Ws AP,44;4 awrxery ten**, leo bt
Thenninet felt thei shreat 43tant-lon hiii fere-
theitringthe drevilit in tanaii*
time he did not dare look up. Had he done
so he would have seen the arrow leap straight
end:true into thethitter air, pause for an in-
t -telt like A bird on wing, and drop back on
the otheraide of thohyindless shaft.
fellahlits; feetched when he saw the
cord suspended in the air he burst into
Wildlteits of ley. lite hand shook so that
he cofild scarcely attach the rope, but it
was made fast:at last and went slowly up,
over and back.- again. He waited not a
,instant, but, gathering his strength for a
fmaLeffort, seized the rope and started up,
band over hand. But before he ascended a
dozen feet he was seized with a promeni-
tien so potent that be slid back, and, tear-
ing an old letter intwo, peneiled his name
and story on the inaegin. "That in Case of
accident," he muttered between his teeth,
and welle he did so.et Had he forgotten it
this story, at least, would never have been
told for when he was within a fathom of the
top, when hie haggard eyes had caught the
green create of the pines andthe 4: obitirpf
heaven was in his mouth, the weak rope
parted, and he fell headlong into space.
Some wandering miners found his corpse
the next year. Gotland the Spaniard Jupenz
were never heard of again.
lianeee re4,1 agd He js Dasjniid to*,
- Fearful Death. -
In the summer of 1850 three men penetrat-
ed that part of Colorado now known'
Gunnison county. 'They were a niftier
named Hall, an ex -sailor named Goff, and a
Spanish Indian whose surname of Juarez'was
corrupted into "Horace" by his compete
ions. They came from California.Galchem
Lake county, CoL, and were looking for
gold. In those days the presence ef silver
was not suspected in that part of the Rock-
ies and the mines were, all " placers."
They were all three adventuterseand thiff
and the Spaniard were, in addition to that,
frontier desperadoes of the worst
Hall was a young fellow from Pennsylvania.
They had fallen together haphazard and
started on their venture upon fortune with
a few weeks' rations packed on a " burr o, "
their tools, arms, and the clotheithey stood
in.
They found, eventually, a promising spot
and went into camp. It was on the margin
of a. little stream whete the Rand at first
showed gold in the washing -pans, but after
a time the placer played out, and. certain
surface croppings prompted them to ;fink a
shaft. As they -went dean the .. ope that
they encountered, a sort of rotten -quartz,
seeraed continually on the point of growing
richer, but continually failed, so a month's
timefound them with an unprofitable hole
of fifty feet, worn out, discouraged, angry-- Buffalo is naturally strongly opposed to a
in brief, ripe for tronble of any kind. ship canal :being constructed between the
Old miners will never go into the moan- great lakeiled theltseaboard, whiela is end,
tains with a party Of three, : They: knOtti ofthesubjeets to lig clinsidered by the deep.
that harrnonyis impossib1ejsueh aegreup,waterways:convention-et Detroit. Bfit the
- and the present instance wana hate inpoipt._ cleverand Leader suggeates that the chief
Hall had favored going nit With the' tvoik ; and feremitst briteuiesdattlile convention
the other two were eager to abandon it and be the use ()fall rescemeenwhiehiteari
cern-
reproaehed him with the failure. This led ma.nd :in hastening the cotinhgt of the' day
to hard words, quarrels,. and nights when when thereeshall be a- channel at least'
never a word was spoken at all. An older twenty feet deep between the head of Lake
hand would have smelled blood in the air; Superior and the foot of Lake, Erie. Our
but Hall,. as I have said,was a yonng fellow, contemporary argues that thetnllusefulness
and, besides this, be had a tolerably good of the lakes ai highways of Cheap and rapid
opinion of himself. transportation between the Northwest and
One morning all three went to the shaft, West and the Atlantic Coast and Europe
Hall and Horace deseending . and Goff re- will never be realized till the twenty -foot
maining above to work the windlass. They channel -which will soon be completed be -
ascended and descended by means of a rude tween Duluth and Chicago and Lake Erie
rope ladder, as one man's strength did not porta shall -have bee extended to tidewater.
suffice to draw them up in the bucket. In Then steam -ships Carrying, 3,000 or 4,000
the course of an hour or two the Spaniard tens will ply ,regelaity between .the lake
.made tutine excuse to return to the surface, cities and the po ts of the old world, and
and while he was gone Hall filled the the western grain fields will be brought
bucket. He gave a signal and up it went, nearer the markets of Europe than ever
but when he turned to his pick again he before. The seeleoardwill vietu.alfy_be Moved
heard a peculiar noi'
ee and looked around 1,000 Miles into the head of the continents
- to see the rope ladder being withdrawn. It and lake vessels can be used twelve months
was then a dozen feet above his head. At in the.year insteadof seven oreight Man.
that his veins ran ice and hispetil flashed ifestly such a connection between these in -
before his mind as clear as day. land seas and the oceans is sure to be made
"Hallo! abonethere !" he shouted. "Don't in the near futatee. ,Tht only question is
take the ladder out !" di - how -is the work to be done.t The Dominion
By that time both ladder and bucket -were Governmeht iir steadily -going ahead with
clear of the shaft and the flat, sinister face improvements in our canal system between
of the sailor peered over the edge. Lake Erieaud Mentreal, which is designed
"Bawl away lad !" he called tauntingly ; to furnish adequate means of communication
"we'll gine summat to bawl about !" between the lakes and the high seas. It is.
"God in heaven !" yelled the miner, only a matter of time when these Will con -
"you an't going to leave -me here, are tror the principal route ot commerce be.
you ?"' tween the emperepart of the Mississippi
The Spaniard appeared at the verge with Valley -and the entire lake region and
a chunk of rock in his hands. "What for ,Europe,
you ety ?" he said. "You loyeethe -
ver' good -you stay in him. Stop nciwt or
smash you dead.' . _ _
-
But the Goff remenstiated. It was a bit
of satanic cruelty nictie to his fancy to let
the fellow starve there, and at last, laugh-
ing heartily, they wavedehim -adieu and_
went away. Ten minutes -dater helleardthe
burro's hoofs :patter down the .gulch and
knew he Was abandoned. .
Hall sat down and tried to think. He
knew that rescue by other miners wasim-
possible, for they were the only white men
in the district. Discovery by Indians was
a contingency almost equally remote, and
such a thin'- would iroan, nothing_ less than
the Stake. Plin sides of the shaft were not
timbered, and it was altogether out of the
question to attempt to climb them. Helenas
naught?' dtkeIt(21-rapped rat, and turn the
issue however he would it took no othenform
than death. In fact, ie was leekihg death
right lietweenethe eyes. In a fawinitirs he
must b-egitatadauffer froint thirst, ' -in few
more from hunger, then all the hideous
stages of famine and inadnessd-he was Stitt
ied alive.Ms !heir istood on end at the
thelightnandlotrittered by lerror, he, teaped
to his feet and split the air with shrieks and
curses. The hollow shaft echoed them back_
again until his lunge.- wore themselves- out
and he WaS stilL
Thesitnetion wee deadly in its Vettrtsim-
plicitetednittadill he; c'Ottldenot Take tiplus
mind to died Between his paroxysms of
horror he gathered his senses and conjured
upend dismissed a thousand hopeless plans.
Only enie did he attempt to_pet into exeeui
time; that was to cwt steps in the shaft aide.
He carved a dezenwith. bin PICI4. 6ut the
soft formation crumbled under his toes and
he knew Thus fhe- balance -Of
the day pa.ssed and the night.
Morning found him pacing a tire -le -at the
baton), of the shaft, his eyes glassy, his
breath coming in quick gasps, and When&
weaving the air in . aimless .gesticulation.
The tor mentWof thiret aridlinirger,latightlimith
ed a hundred. _fold by antinipation, were upon
Seinetimes 'he sobbed like a Child ;
,e
..., The Great Latiesanddheeteabeenrd.--
. ,Yat and,theAltsters.
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sOn cif Hthenent hid peen sent by his
Master to theginty to' milialiase half a bushel
of oysters, but was absent so long that ap-
prehension.s were eetertained for his safety.
He returned at litatehowever puffing under
his load he the meet musical style.
"Where the dickens have you been ?" ex-
claimed his master.
“Where have r been? Why, wher
would I be but to fetch the oysters ?"
"And what in the name, of 'St. -Petrick,
kept you so long ?"
" Lepgt ,Beyerny eewl j_bave,
been pretty quick, considering all thing,s."
"Considering what things ?"
"ponsidering what things? Why, con-
sidering the gutting of 4414
" Gutting whet fish ?P
" Wilattfisht?' 3ithyg, the oysters, to be
qure4" -4
" Wiat-c14:431otilmeaiv?" -
" What do I mane? Why, I mean that
as was etreeting myse3/4f doyen tereetenstette
Pickled Herring, and heving Otto Ode •
ertme a.jintleenaneaxed tee ,:ithatt I'dtght
in the t'agele. "brifitert,,h- said L " Let's
look at them,' said he; and he opened the
"'SW thunder and praties !" said he,
who sowld you these?' It was Mick
Carney!t says., J,,-; aboard...441)4ton/ dleolli
sma gotta Carnenit4tItetlet)iieftohhii
weildlit tat's-Veld what' et'lltlaelegtffi.d 'he
must he to give them to you without, gutt-
ing l' - *And aren't they gutted?' says I.
'Devil a eneeet them!! seysehe delklusbette
then,' kips I, hihatkiifil I Dolt says h-
'i'd sooner donit unpelf.th'afcha;ve you ab
ed And so he takes' Indoors, and gu t
them nate and thine, ne_yon'll'eneetkopeniti
thedienie Cane his bagof oyster-sirells,
which had -been cleanly stripped of the suc-
culent bivalves.
-When an „editor, sneers neatly at
'taffy:it treatee the harrible'Sinspiefon that
helloesak get as:much of s thistaket at be
2 an ers or. -
sometimes, he dropped mains knees and tried' - - - -
to pray, and Vane he sprang aorhis feet 470ung.man cannot begin to ltha true'
with a -jargon of oaths, *leek-his:clinched inentmitiltat some point`hie -life takes tem
fist, and -celled on his murderers to -meet iT0qt: in. the morale- reelitiese There -is .110;
him in pergitmig, sohd genuineness character Moil one has
When he looked tipliiaid he sit,/ ebfnei &and a Point Of crystalization for -his life
disk ot sky,-_. nut in teyabu. by, the tvincuass around something which heetielievesnand‘
bar: He stared at this; and as he stared he which he knows it would be personal dis-
g-hve a sudden yell of joy. He seized his integration far hint to _give up.--tNewinan
Ptdk and -scrutinized 1110, handle: It-i*as §.-Etrelie h t •E't d 'I" f' =ai! =2.2
made of stout, well -Seasoned hickory, and
vent iligeffilly he 'off 1 piece from end
to end about 'the blown!. of bis tburnb
Then he tapered it the, extremities.
wan-trne and lgastien and; sprang under
his fingeykktwetzol, This denele,sttatch-
ett off hitd'heitts. •Thanks to the loth,' of an
eta inotherNtelt_13 Pennsylvania, he wore
long blue siteekings, ktiAtecl- of sound, hon-
est; -hoinelY yarn: He ',deemed a eimend
trembling totiett,andititudidelei10
1'Intittlittle While ite laytin a -coil at bis
hfeet. - --Thent he stood erect and thought.
WTL had tatitintthternethet would make- a
e stripped711iinielt to his Ilannele,
id tore his clothing, New by Itteedoe to
itkelkkeathIiet
was
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of caul; Ina-ceitt was lino' with "i-
cfnff amb:- rdhscl aDart. inafireinds
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FAR WESTERN HAILItoADING.
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Animal We as seen rroni the liamomotive
-An Atmosphere that Deceives.
Many a strange story the locomotive en-
gineers tell of their experience with animals
on the prairies of the far West, says the
Rocky Mountain News. Between the Mis-
souri River and the Rocky Mountains are
the great plains, spreading out for hundreds
of miles. Probablyin no part of the country
do.theengineers come more in contact with
animal life. They have taken the place of
old jehus of the overland mail and express
in the more modern days of rapid transpor-
tation. Often the old stages were in great
danger of the great herds of stampeding buf-
falo. The driver, express agent, and pas-
sengers, all of whom were well armed, only
found safety in the shaip crack, crack of
the rifle. This would either turn the buf-
falo, rushing with almost the roar of thun-
der over the plains, or would split the herd,
so that it would pass in two droves on eith-
er side of the stage. It required men of
nerve, for sometimes the buffalo would hard-
ly swerve from their course until almost
upon the stage and passengers. The rear of
the herd, crowding and urging on the lead-
ers, made it a difficult task, testing the
courage of the men who faced them.
The buffalo, or bison, more correctly
named, still roamed the plains after the rail-
roads came. The old engineers of the Union
Paeiffc, Kansas Pacific, and the Santa Fe
used to cut their way through the herds of
buffalo. The blow of the whistie and the
discharge of firearms would make them
scamper away. Sometimes they would
blockade a train, but often raced with the
locomotive, giving the passengers an easy
chance to slaughter them. Trains were also
stopped to give the passengers a chance to
kill them. The
RACING OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.
with the wild horse and the buffalo is a
thing of the past. The buffalo is al-
most extinct and the wild horse is rarely
found. Roping the wild horse used to be a
rare sport and industry. A few are stid
said to roam the Laramie plains and remote
sections of country.
But notwithstanding these changes there
is still much of interest to the engineer, as
well as to guard against, on -the great plains.
Recently at Holyoke, in Northeastern
Colorado, near the Nebraska and Kansas
line, I was detained over Sunday. It is
in the -heart of the plains country, and is the
division station of the Burlington branch
that extends from Holdredge, through
western Nebraska, northeastern Colorado,
to Cheyenne. Wy. Locomotive engineers
are good story tellers, and many an incident
was related that Sunday afternoon of their
experience on the great plains. J. S. Wil-
lard, who then pulled a freight train be-
tween Holyoke and Cheyenne, I found an
interesting talker.
" Sheep," he said, "cause more trouble
than any other stock. An engineer always
tries to guard against killing stock, but if I
had my choice I would rather run into cattle,
horses, hogs, or any other animals, rather
than sheep. Many thousands of sheep are
in the great flocks that sometimes cross the
tracks of theweliterntailroatist „Where -there
are nc feneettda cenielt -tent in' the -head
through a cut may find the locomotive mow-
ing right throughthem. ,- It is well known
how sheep follow- theirleader. Notwith-
standing th(1 tntiving traie they continue to
rush under- the cars, and tiometimed Many
are killed that theltilocoMotive never ftenehd
ed. They ieally commit suicide cro'tvding
under the ,veleet.: before the train can be
stopped' Schnetunes oVer'200 or goo* weep
have been killed. But the wool gets into
the running gear of the engine, and this
causes thetenghteerl-mete teotible than the
killing ot etilienateelnd Sennetimes..the en-'
'gineer is compelled to stop and clean out the
weed that works_ its way into the more deli-,
ccineAt the end of- the trip.
seaigh 1St teo ihade 'for netiot thathaVe
escaped the attention of the engineer in his
examination. .dt
"Yes, we have a good deal of expericnoe-
with wild animals," he continued, "but not
so thrilling as that of the engineers on the
estern roads when the buffalo was corn -
mon on the plains. But there is enough still
left of wild animal life to make -it interest-
ing. The eyes of the wolf, coyote, wildcat,
jack rabbit polecat, and other animals look
like a red light when
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FACING THE HEADLIGHT.
d not the animals quickly undeceive u
turning their heads, an engineer mig'a
nk his train was being flagged and sto
engine. There are plenty of wildca
tween Wellfleet and Eiwood, Neb. 0
dicine Creek they trap for beaver. 1
ms to be a favorite fishing place for heave
d coons. Yes coons will fish. They hay
le paths down to the edge of the stream
d there, secreting themselves, catch fis
h their paws.
Wolves and coyotes are numerous, bu
rarely struck by an engine. Near th
rbert ranch, east of Cheyenne, I hay
n a coyote on a wire feneh, which seem
ave been thrown there by an engine
e wolf of the plains is caught in traps o
sportsmen closing in on a pack in a drive
metimes the, are killed by ranchmen put
g poison on the carcasses of cattle and
ep. Wolves hamstring and then kill
ck. Coyotes suck the blood of sheep. The
f drive is a fine sport on the plains. The
f, wildcat, and coyote are 9,uiek, and
p from the track. But the jack rabbit
less fortunate. The headlight has a
nge fascination for tbi3 anima, and often
killed."
story was told on how a wolf caught in
teel trap had escaped with the trap, but
amain caught by the chain becoming
niled in a wire fence. The engineer
ped the train, and the express inesseng-
nd mail clerk tried to kill it, but failed.
engineer called "time," rang the bell
the live wolf was left, still tangled in
wire fence.
he antelope still wanders, sometimes
into the section of wire fences. Be.
unable to escape this fleet animal runs
the train, making one of the prettiest
s in the West. One engineer- told a
of how in eastern Wyoming a pet
lope was kept on the ranch of a stock -
The owner had
ts
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,teriein ,which. -neet ,fore the tranneetion o story
ntiitteSe on thwlOtk-inst.,Twill for the ficie ante
timedintivehisterk of the terittatiii have 'man
authority to etpend-ii centhidertible itroPord
-tion totthe way voted by, the Pirltanien
of Canada foe _ttertithriallititRidieki 0.4 -half
Of the financial year will have ' expired on
January 1 and, Subitot tn, all expenditure
madeor-1jabijtieg incurred up to that time,
tali airing sumshave been placed at the
disposal of the Assembly st to any - commit;
tee it may vpoint for, the moseedptdeak
ing-vit-A-the -tittkeZiirfilnee :
Travelling expenses of officials. .... 2,000
Phebele eicost of el_ectiOlutt eon hi dent MO -00
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-SatM.Wilittioni to newspapers...nee
Schools,3- $100.000 less Meat of wellwrthg machinees.3,00
(files $5,0' 0 -required
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to grants in Import of-,selooledie
nareprevented tereirany), 95,000
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they and the antelope were great
ds. Often from his cab window the
eer had seen the antelope and the
ds playing together.
cident,s were related by some of the
y of the slaughter of birds. In the
g thne prairie chickens, on a wet morn
often sit on the rails and are sometime
ed by the engine. Quail also meet a
r fate. Thousands of snow birds are
killed. An engineer related an inter -
g incident of a meadow lark that was
ued by a mouse hawk. The frightened
took refuge on the running board, hay -
less fear of the engineer and fireman
its enemy. It remained with the he
till safe from the hawk, and thee
ts pereh on tile running board. Owle
mouse hawks are sometimes killed hy
breaking throu the windows orthe
cab.
Engineer Willard agein reatimed, saying,
"I think the swift is one of the most inter-
estinganimals on the plains. flaw one at
Akron, CoL, that was about eighteen inches
long and ten inches high. It was reddish in
color, had a white belly, and a bushy tail.
It is very fieetas its name signifies, and can
outrun a deerhound. They teed mostly on
birds. I have seen meat held out to this
one, but the swift would not touch it. But
turn your head, and the swift would grab
the meat in a second. I never heard of a
swift being
KILLED BY AN ENGINE.
Prairie dogs? Well, they are pretty thick,
but they nearly always get out of the way
of an engine. "The prairie dog," said the
engineer, philosophizing, "is being driven
westward, like the Indian, by the march of
civilizstiou. The cultivation of the soil is
gradually driving the prairie dog from the
plains to the mountains."
A story was then told of Engineer Hurd
and bis pet mouse, when laying the trace
from Holyoke to Cheyenne. The mouse
found its way into the engine and made its
home in the waste box. Two or three thnett
a day it would leave its cosy nest and feed
on the grease of the swab of the piston. The
en-gineer and hreman made a pet of it. The
mouse was with this engine about three
months. It would run and play around
the cab and then seek its place in the waste
box.
As the railroads on the plain begin to near
the Rocky mounteins the light atmosphere
extends the vision and you can see further
than in the murky, moist weather of the
East, An engineer from an Eastern road is
at first greatly deceived as to distances. At
one section of the Burlington, in eastern
Colorado,a headlight can be seen forty miles.
A tenderfoot would think it was not more
than two or three miles away. "In this
clear atmosphere," said an engineer, "when
it seems that I am close to a headlight I
look to see if the reflection of the opposite
light is on the rails."
At Stonhan, Col. a station on the Chey-
enne branch of tne Berlington there is a
straight track of eight miles, Where trains
meet half way for the side track. It took
some new engineers a long time to get used
to it, for at first they would slow up their
trains long before they were near the on-
coming train, which at first seemed so
near.
Stories have been told of how new engin-
eers have whistled down brakes on the
plains, in mistaking the morning star for a
headlight. There may be more truth than
romance in it.
Are They a Practical People.
The London Echo writes • as follows:
"The English are supposed to be a very
practical people, and so they are in many
respects; but in other respects the means
they use to secure ends are palpably inade-
quate. We rejoice in our constitutional
system, in the House of Commons and its
supposed supreme adaptation to realize, in
the cireumstancesrethe maximum of results.
This is a ',Mistake which a glance at facts
will show. In engineering, in shipbuilding,
in navigation, in banking, in soap -boiling,
sugar -refining, in spinning, in electric light-
ing; and the thousand and one industries in
constant-mob:4i we put the hest -fitted man
atlthe heed of the enterprise or the indus-
try or **department, whatever it may be.
.This isdlietugedo,ne in every vrbolesale or
retell, esteblishmenteiu, every printing office
or manufactory, or store, or farm, or work-
shop. But how differently we act as a na-
tion when we select our law -makers, or law -
menders, or law-repealers. Aman is select-
ed -as- a candidate to Contest a.constituency,
not because his an adept in Parliamentary
work, note that he understands la.w-mak-
ifig or la-vtimending, not that he has
paid particular attention to political
or social questions, not that he will,
if' returned, keep a sharp eye on
the -national expenditure, and scrupu-
lously protect the public purse; but be-
cause he is supposed to command local,
social, or political influence; and local,
social, and political nfluence generally
cmsist in family connection, or wealth, or
territorial power. The wealthy man, in nine
cases out of tell', stands a better chance, be-
cause he is wealthy, and because of the ad-
vantages which accompany wealth, than in-
tellectual fitness. One man wants to get
into parliament because he and his family
may get into society,' as it is called ; an-
other, in the hope that he may get a title ;
another, to air his vanity and to astonish
the Browns;' another, to advance himself
and get, if he can, nne of tne prizes of the
profession' -the tribe of the barristers who
get into parliament, or who try to get
here, are of this ilk; another because he
has nothing else to do, and because the
house of commons is supposed by many to
be the biggest and best club in the country;
another, to protect the aristocracy and to
champion privilege -most of the brothers,
or sons, or nephews, or cou3intiof peers who
offers -themselves as candidates come within
this category ; another, because he is a
multitudinous railway director or because
he wishes to become one another, because
his father was in parliament before him;
and so on with a majority of those who
enter parliament, or who wish to do so."
We leave our readers to judge as to how
far this applies to Canada. Though by no
means to the same extent, yet in some inst-
ances we act, in selecting our representa-
tives, both parliamentery and municipal in
the manner he-- described.
AIP
The wife murderer, Loppy, who was leg
ally killed at Sing Sing, New York last
week, was the sixth person put to death in
that State under the new capital punish-
ment statute. Conflicting reports as to how
this man passed into eternity come from the
death chamber. On the one hand we are
told that his sufferings were horrible; that
the spectacle presented in the death chair
when the awful current was turned on was
shocking to every feeling and instinct of
humanity. On the other hand the assurance
is given that there was no undue suffering
and that the new method of execution is an
improvement on the old one.
This was the objective point when the
ancient system was swept away -that
when it was necessary to take life it should
be done as humanely as possible. Science
came forward and offered the remedy. Is
it or is it not an improvement? Owing to
the secrecy thrown around electrical execu-
tions by the law no satisfactory answer can
be given. In this respect the law is faulty"
and should be amended. While the State is
undet no obligation to make smooth the
pathway of the murderer and send him out
of the world plinlessly it should not torture
him. Is electrocution torture? This is rhe
question, and science should be able to fur-
nieh the answer. lf it is, then eleetricityas
a death penalty instrumentality should be
abandoned. If 18 18 not, we should adhere
to it. Let us have the cold, clear light of
science on the subject The doubts must
be dispelled or the law repealed.
_ A FEW ODD FACTS
MARKETING EXTRA HEAVY OATS.
Thirty-two pounds per bushel is the stand-
ard weight for oats, and it is the best for
hersenes that gives a proper proportion of
chaff for good feed. Among hostelries where
horses are boarded a weight rather under
than over the standard is liked best. The
oats are sold by measure, and on a light
they will with oats at standard weight of
awboeivgehtsix ., or eight quarts cost less than
WHY HOG MANITRE IS RICH.
The old-fashioned notion that manure
from pigs or fattening hogs is richer than
that from other animals is mainly due to
the fact that hogs are generally fed on grain
or other concentrated food. Hoge have also
the faculty of puttingon more fat from the
same feed than other animals. Even when
they are fed corn, their manure is rich, for
they put in their excrement the flesh -form-
ing elements richest in plant food, and use
chiefly those that go to make fat, and
which are of little value as fertilizers.
ROOFING FOR FARM BUILDINGS.
Slate is now much more used than it used
to be. Shingles are dearer and generally
of poorer quality as there ar- now few rived
shingles, that can only be made from the
straightest grained timber. Sawed shingles
absorb the water and rot out quickly. On
all wooden roofs the pitch should be meek
steep. The water runs off faster, and so the
shingles, being kept dryer, last longer. But
we prefer a slate roofing. Here the pitch
is of less consequence, and there is safety
in case of fire in neighboring building that
cannot be had with buildings Ilea ing roofs
of inflammable material.
MATING BREEDING SOWS.
The period of gestation of the sow is a
trifle more than sixteen weeks, usually
about 115 days. They should be mated as
early in December as possible. Thi e will
bring pigs the last of March or early in
April. A record should be kept of each
sow so that her time for farrowing may be
known and an especially warm shelter pro-
vided for her then. A March pig is worth
much more if well eared for early than is
one a month or six weeks younger. The
first will acquire strength of digestion re-
quired for a corn diet in Fall. To the
younger pig corn may be too difficult of di-
gestion, stunting rather than fallowing him.
VERMIN -PROOF CORN mares.
It is hard to keep a cornhouse entirely
free from mice or rats. It is impossible un-
less the accumulations of corn and cobs are
cleared out regularly, at least once a year.
The best device we have seen for excluding
mice is to set the crib on posts capped with
an ordinary milkpan with flaring sides.
This the mice and rats cannot get over.
But they are liable to cotne in other ways.
We have knowo mice nests in heaps of corn
husked in the barn to be shovelled into the
corn crib with young mice in them old
enough to make their way in the world.
Once in a crib with plenty of feed and mice
breed rapidly. They have no care, and
nothing else to attend to.
SUNSHINE FOR FARM STOCK.
In all discussions about covered barn-
yards too little account is made of the
beautiful sunshine. This for farm stock,
equally as for mankind, is of the greatest
importance. Every other requisite for
health may be present, but if t e light of
the sun be withdrawn disease will be the
certain result. Men have found that as forests
are cleared away health improves, until
much more than the threescore years and
ten is often attained by man. It is quest-
ionable whether the flesh or milk of animals
is as healthfulwhere they ere kept in close
confinement, and especially if sunlight be
excluded. Whatever affects animal health
is first shown in its influence on secretions"
of which, in a milk -bearing animal, milk is
one of the most important.
VALUE OF SNOW FOR WHEAT.
Wheat is considered a hardy plant, but
exposure to continued low temperature
freezes the soil down to the depths of the
early Fall roots and leads to that brownish
tinge often seen on the ends of wheat leaves
at such times. It is then that the benefit
even of a light snowfall is seen. It is not
only helpful by preventing quite so severe
freezing of the soil, but what is of greater
importance, the snow furnishes the mois-
ture to the wheat leaves, or at least pre-
vents the drying winds from reaching them.
Wheat protected by forests or by side hills
from prevailing Winter winds is always a
surer crop than where winds have full sweep.
Only a slight snow covering is needed.
Wheat under snow -banks, behind fences,
is apt to be smothered by too long exclusion
from air and light.
- MILK IN CELLARS.
As cold Weather approaches many house-
wives find it necessary, or at least think
they do, to put milk in the cellareoften fill-
ed with all kinds of vegetables, each giving
off their various odors indicative of decay.
Milk is one of the most absorptive of fluids,
receiving and holding noxious smells, so that
even the slightest impurities in the air affect
the quality of cream and butter made from
it. Even where creameries are used there
should be a separate cellar for milk, parti-
tioned off, with closely fitting doors and
good opportunity for frequent ventilation
on suitable daps. It shoutd be kept light as
possible and scrupulously clean. Thus kept,
milk in cellar( may be preserved as free
from foul odors as it often can be upstairs,
when the, weather is such that doors are
closed most of the time, while many smells
that are scarcely noticed by the family are
revealed in,a poorer quality of butter and
cream.
The proposition ot the C. 1?. t. to establish
a line of fast transatlantic steamers by
which passengers can be carried from Liver-
pnol to Chicago in about the same time
it now takes to go from Liverpool to
New York,' is causing considerable sat
isfaction in Chicago. The Times of tha
city eays that for some years Gotham'
only claim to eminence has been in, th
fact- that -she' was the landing place fo
perk:Ohs On their ,way to Chicago, but i
seems now that even this melancholy relic
of grandeur is to be snatched away.
There appears to be a danger of our neigh-
bours going a bit too far in their narrow-
minded policy of the United States for
natives only. That most liberal of liberal
papers- the Newcastle on Tyne Daily Chroni-
cle BaYfil:f-S- The iMportant question
whetlier-th-i`Separate States of America
have power, tu.prehibit foreigners from hold-
ing land.intheir' jurisdiction seems to be
coming up in Texas. It is a question which
will interest many British capitalists who
have-itoltileedlande or invested in land there.
And-hit:fist= *At :possible that the doubt
whi4ithedittriain will check future invest-
ments Mail 13 be decided. Indeed, the
enecoursed9fee ,Wtledkinerichen polity of late has
""ca a°1°PPittettlIto -dealing fairly with cap.
italists outside their own bounds that there
-is likely to be acheck to international deal-
ing and international investment.
TIT -B T
. .„ juvenile Generosity.
Mrs. Grayneck-Johnny, I am very glad
to see that you gave your sister the I trger
half of your apple.
Johnny-Yes'm, I was gled to give it to
her.
"My little son, do you know how it de-
lights me to hear youseneso."
Yes'm ; there was inlitig worm hele in
that half."
She SucceedecL
Asker-" I've often wondered bow
Etna would make out in her married life.
She's been married about three years now,
hasn't she?"
Tasker-" About that, yes."
"Well, I've often heard her say, in days
gone by, that it she ever had a husband
she'd make him stand around."
"She's succeeded. She's made him stand
around the tavern barroom in preference to
enduring the daily anathemas she breeds
for the home atmosphere.
A Good thing Recommended.
"Good bordig, Browde. I see you still
have that bad cold."
" Yes ; l'be pretty biserable."
"'You ought to try Sbitherse lauedza
Bixture. It gobpletely cured be."
Too Much of a Show.
Jack -I know Ethel loved me.
Tom -But you had no show with her
tether, eh?
Jack -.Oh, didn't 1? I had a regular cirt
cu s with him. That's where the trouble
came in.
Insuring a Perusal.
Fangle-What are you cutting that piece
out of the paper for?
Cumso I'm going to take the paper home
and I'm very anxious for my wife to read
the article, as it is on economy in dress. if
I merely take the uncut paper home she
won't see it.
Fangle-But I don't see how she's going
to see it if you take the paper with the item
cut out.
Cnmso-Well, when she sees the place
where the article was she'll be so curious to
know what was cut out that she'll send and
get another copy.
True Philosophy.
First Chappie-Deah boy, are you ill?
You are on that couch most of your time.
Second Chappie-No, Cholly. Not ilL
Only me bwairt is so beastly wigowous it tires
me out, and I must always lie down when I
thwink. Evewy day I pawsicively envy the
common fellahs who can thwink staaisliseg
up.
Too Mild for Description.
Beauty: This is a nice simple little Lon.
net; don't you think so, John?
The Beest : It is more than simple, my
dear; it is idiotic.
He Oared it !
A country gentleman employed a half.
witted youth to do odd jobs about the house
and garden. One day he gave him half-a-
crown, and watched to see what he would
do with it. The boy hid it under a stone
in the garden. As soon as he had gone away
the gentleman pnt in its place a shilling.
The next day the boy went to look at it.
He took it in his hands and said:
" You have grown less !"
He replaced it beneath the stone again.
His master took it away, and put in its place
a sixpence.
On the following day the boy went again,
and took it out, and said:
"You grow less every day !" and then re-
placed it again.
His master then put a half-sovereigu be-
neath the stone.
Next day the boy went to the stone again,
and when he saw the gold he took it in his
hands, and said:
"Poor old chap ! You look as if you
were going to be ill, so I had better take,
you away, or I shall be losing you altogetn-
er," and so he picked it up and put it in his
pocket, and walked away.
Lids° Johnny Tells a Story. -
One time there was a young gote which
felt butty, and there was a ole ram wich lay
in the road, haf a sleep, chune his cud. The
gote he had been shet up in a pester ol his
life, an had never saw a ram, an he sed to
his sister, the gote did. "You jest stan
stil an se me whipe that freek off the face
of the erth."
So the gote he went up before the ram
an' stomp his feets an' shelep his Lead real
fritefnl, but the ram he dident git up, but
only jes kep a chune his end and wotched
out between his i lashes. Bime by the gete
he backed of and tuke a rim, an' then arose
up in the air an' come down with his hed on
the ram's hed, week! The gote's hed was
busted, but the ole ram he never wank his
eye. Then the ole ram he smiled with his
mowth, an' sed to the butt gote's sister.
"Pears to me, miss, that kangaroo of yourn
is mity careless where he lites, he come
gum dasted near making me swoller my
cud."
Mop With the Chill OiE
A wolf who was taking a constitutional
through the forest one day before breakfast
came across a nice young kid, and prepared
to make a meal of him.
"Spare me !" said the kid; "I'm such a
little one; Pli only make you feel hungrier
than laefore."
"1 certainly regret you aren't bigger,
replied the wolf, with tears in his ey es
"but we cannot expect to get all we would
like on this side the grave. I must just ge
along as best I can with a light break fas
and an early dinner."
"Do let me off this time !" said the kid ;
" I'ma poor, friendless orphan, and my
aged parents have no other means of sap
port but myself."
"1 resemble your aged parents," answer-
ed the wolf, looking round with a heavy
sigh, "for I don'tsee that means of support
but yourself either."
"Then," continued the unhappy kid,
" Pm a helpless stranger."
"Quite so," interrupted the wolf while a
hospitable smile played around his expres•
sive lips, "you are, and I will take you in.
Welcome, little stranger 1"
And he -took him in !
Almost Elio d
Cholly-Did you heah about poor deah
Cecil? The poor boy is at the point of
dweth.
Reginald -Why, no. Wlaakeveh is the
mattah?
Cholly-His beastly cad of a furnisher
actually twied to sell him ready-made
tie. -
The coal output from the Soringhill, N.
S., mines for this year will be nearly half •
million tons.
AGRIC
teThe prices len
With the cold w
now is to induce
ir most. The
full at this seasot
will not pay for t
feeding, systemat
fort, and genera
life of the pourtri
As the weather c
of the hens shou
the chickens sho
pared warm food
good order, and t
Is boarded up se
ie let in. .A gre
their health ch
weekly and often
In our changeab
inost-a necessity
-yeas applied to t
better layers in
cold spell comes
freeze the best I
it is true that tb
thoroughly, Of ti
The nest of th
ant point to stud
of clean, soft, wa,
made, both as reg
Put this in some
cannot blow, no
Do not neglect td
and put fresh heel
in the nest do nol
the hay, but ta
others, and put ii
in this way will n
the nest.
A word about
the eggs. A hen
there are eggs in
to have china or
Keep two or three
and it will plea -se
gathering the egg
washed off at onc
basket. Later
on the shell it wi
get then clean,
well when sent to
ones are always s
App
I do not know t
ed, in these colu
apple culture, in
formation of disti
This arises no dot
a few kinds are fa
to winter's cold
not beieg.
exposed
southern orchards
more or less true
for the apples of
.,:being largely of ti
--Ittiseis, which co'
very little inter-ci
parts, the same
local families of 4
each other, but of
turity. The Borer
embraces some six
already known in
in a nomber of ca.
such names as Ti
Riga, &C; while
tonovka) of early ;
last case a good nu
pointed in getting
and Prof. Budd, a
T.kie which hardly 1
This is a fine app
tree Ls very handl
dtictive, but it is 1
an early winter ai
stand from Mr. all
Experiment at Ot
he distinguishes at
trne winter sort, s
ed, and no doubt e
me. I have a num
ter now in bearing
of its short season.
Of all the Rus
(Oldenburgh,) see
greatest variety of
and notwithstandi
who claim to be ar
the capacity of prc
ing quality. Mr.
Pewaukee. is half
all -winter apple"
nat,ed in laortheen
vitzky seedling, w
of the Maine Boa
me to be not only
but to be a good
originated.
I think it very
for the benefit of ,
"Cold North," the
eian apples. Eve
is ef importance t
that ve7 few of th
session specimen t
of the Borovitzky
butthongh hardly
somewhat differen
eat qualities. Fiv
H. Howlett of Ba
m1a81fdozenpovrai
of eah70import.
me.
me. Among them
Anis," which 1 w
-land still have, so
the true Anis famil
Fruited, but inste
proved to be a larg
indistingui
Ofdenburgh. This
to be -the Anisofk '
is an earlier Oldenb
of much less acidite
sert apple. In reg -
the Oldenburgh ty
teritlye in Rural
family we have th
Cinnamon, and o
fruit almost iden
he, appearance, s
ing, but fifty per
for any use. We
(Russian) varieties'
free in bearing, as L
fruit, superior in qa
acidity from very
the Duchess, and foi
to the succeeding Fe
tindeugh men will r
$t17 -that ." the Dui
littition from Russia '
And now, in regj
about Russian fruits
ini that even experk
sections where mond
guihed, should be ale
tirely new family of
:those who have perf
tion to them are yei
-than a quailed ja,
them. Though there
- information, and wit
in regard to Russiai
. one am thankful th
- and most prominent
big -to give them a "
whenh
yellanirsea,s ee,
taueo with R
oesegaed with the
VeNr any a them we