Lucknow Sentinel, 1891-10-30, Page 71j
THE ABEEDEENS IN OAIIADA.
The Northwest Prairies u Seen by the
Oountess. •
• 1110111 -WRECK ON- THE CANADA I'AC1I�IC.
Sulitudo of the Plain Meeting wItk Home
Fucks—Resources of the Northwest—The
Indicans.
f Fr-ominnward in
pwa
ri for October
1.
In the Iae1is ue aea ers oi last October er
appeared telegraphic reports of a railway
accident west ot Winnipeg, .finishing up
with the statement that Lord and Lady
Aberdeen were on the train, and that while
the former went about ministering to the
;w�?Yi't ate1i6':.p"ilii!tIeil;t�iii3`� TatL`y °°
sketches of the scene. That was a tolerably
hard-hearted proceeding,, was it not ? I
wonder what those of our members and
associates who happened to notice the
statement thought of the doings of their
President while she was here beyond their
reach. Well, here is the true, unvarnished
The gardens of the Desert these.
The unshorn fields boundless and beautiful,
For whicnamefi the speech of England has no
—
The Prairies. I behold them for the first,
And my heart swells, while the dilated sight
Takes in the encircling g vastness. Lot they lie
In airy updulgtions, gar away,
As if the ocean in his gentlest swell,
Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed
And, motionless for ever.—Motionless f
bio—they are all, unchained again. The clouds
Sweep over with their shadows, and beneath
The surface mile and fluctuates to the eye.
Alone ! Yes, I think that settlers on the
.prairiamust. realisewhat..solitnde.means nn,
way which can scarcely bederetood by
those living in mountainous re iona. The
mountains and tree -clad. crags.. seem to
encircle and protect those who dwell among
them with so real and living a personality
that these can never feel " alone" in their
company. But go to the prairie country
and look around—you may see the blight
colors of butterfly and flower, you ma
iiniiie uG "t11e=cuiihhr fdoll+ri�=off--I;ho ii""t£"ie
rabbit -like sort ot creatures called
" prairie clogs," who rear themselves
up on th'eia• hind legs and,look at
you, and then " he"gh, presto;they are
off ; you may hear the rushing through
the air of the flocks of wild geese overhead,
on their way to their winter quarters, but
signa our eye may scan Many square
miles around,. and -yet you may scarcely be
able to detect any indication of the fact
that the lords of this rich harvest land
are beginning to enter upon their inheri-
tance. Yet it is'so. And if we had paid
our Western visit during harvest -time, we
should have seen some each sights asyam_
see represented in the accompanying pic-
tures. ` When you are reading this, we
shall be hearing rejoicingaccounts of the
bounteousness of the harvest which farm-
ers in Manitoba and the Northwest have
been gathering in this year without any
damage from the dreaded early frosts. - And
I shall be trying to grow wise as to the rea-
sons why the Manitoban black mud, which
lies from two to four feet in depth on the
surface of the soil, is so rich as to produce
magnificent crops" without manure. Once
more, too, it will be impressed on us that
the settlers who do best are those who
adapt themselves most to the methods of
farming found.succeseful in the new coin -
try. 1?cr instance, they must not plough
deep as they do at home, but only about two
inches, and then they must put in a crop
at the first breaking, as this has been found
the best way of • subduing the sod, besides
the advantage of yielding profit to the
farmer the first year, when his 'means
are not generally, plentiful. This
sod is very hard to break at first,
but subsequent ploughingsiare easy. As we
went along, we found One and another of
our fellow -passengers quite willing to tell
us about all these things, ,and to explain the
reasons as to why one man fails and the
other succeeds. It was especially interest-
ing tons to come across young men, from
our own district in Aberdeenshire, who
could speak in cheery tones of their past ex-
perience and their futuie prospects. One of
these, Mr. Well, from Methliek, who came
and chatted with us on Our car for a bit,
had been working fora year or two on one
of the huge 10,000 acre farms, formed
originally by Sir John. Lister -Kaye ; when
we met him, he was about to buy a" farm of
his own, and to bring to it as mistress an
Associate of the Haddo House Association.
So there is no fear of his not succeeding—is
there ? For " Onward and Upward" will
be the motto in their house.
This young man's experience, and that of
others whom we met, points teethe fact that
one of the best ways of getting on is for a
new comer to hire himself as. laborer to a
good farmer for a year or two, so as not only
to save up money . for his start, but also,
even if he have some capital, to learn' the
ways of the country under practical guid-
ance. In looking to the future and to the
probability of the continuance of the rich
crops which have been obtained these last
few years from Manitoba and the Northwest,
there is one encouraging feature which was
brought before us by a gentleman at Ottawa,
Mr. Hurlbert, who has prepared a series of
very interesting maps under the sanction of
the Canadian Government. One of these
maps, which we have reproduced here on a
small scale, shows us that all over the world
there are regions where summer droughts
prevail, where rain tails but rarely during
the period while the crops are growing and
requiring moisture. II you look at the map,
you will see that but a small part of this
region, is included in the Dominion of
Canada, and this is a matter of no small im-
portance to intepding settlers.
As we get•farther West, we begin to hear
about other sources' of prosperity besides
wheat—we hear of the grasslands of
Alberta, and its openings for large ranches
for the breeding of horses ; we hear,
too, of coal fields of such extent that
all past fears as to the fuel resources
of Canada have been set at rest. Then,
too, there -is, t im,ber. .and -lase .,petroleum
deposits. Bat I cannot enlarge on these
thaings,in this paper, nor will I describe to.
you the young towns of ' this region
Regina, tles capital of the Northwest, where
too are the head -quarters of the sma'r't red -
uniformed Canadian Mounted Police ;
Medicine Hat, a little town in a cavity,
surround by strongly indented hills, , where
we had the plea -sure -of inspecting a charm-
ingly -appointed hospital, erected through
the efforts of Mr. Neblock, one of the
C. P. R. Superintendents 1; and Calgary, at
the foot of the Rockies, where lives one
of our associates, who still takes part in our
eompbtitions, though so far away.. '
If space had permitted 1 would have
wished to tell you something of the former
masters' of this country, the Indians, who
are diminishing in numbers, , and will ere
long disappear. Their tents or " teepees "
are pitched in groups on the plains you pass
by, and miserable specimens in dirt
squalid -colored blankets haunt the railway
stations, with. the object of selling buffalo
horns, or baskets, or feather -work Their
babies, whore they call "papooses," and
who are 'strapped to boards which their
mothers carry on their backs, seem to be
model babies. You never hear ono crying.
There they are, swathed up tightly on their
boards, and they appear to bo equally
unconcerned if they are riding on their
mothers' backs or are put down against
a wall, whilst their guardians are other-
wise occupied. But travelers who pass•'
through these countries only by the railway 1
can know nothing of the lives and customs
of the true type of Indian. For knowledge
of these we must go to the hunter, thollud-
son Bay Company trader and the mission-
ary, and we must hunt records of the past,
which already have supplied material for
•
n : e :
" We started from Winnipeg soon after
six, and about eight we had just gone across
to the dining -car and begun our dinner,
when there came a sudden tremendous
screwing of the brakes, eerier of jerks, ari
abrupt transference o ckery and glass
from tables to floor, then the car was
motionless, and all was perfectly still.
People looked at one another for a moment
—the same unuttered thought passing
through each mind, then came the tidings,
' The engine is off the rails !' A. rushed off
with others to see what had really occurred,
and we were amazed to find how much
damage was done, -when we reinembei°ed
the comparatively slight shock- we had
felt. ' The engine was lying on its side,
on the bank, all crumpled and torn,
the funnel half into the ground and still
smoking away ; the -tender, upside down
across the rails, towered above the luggage -
van on its side. On the other side ot. the
line, one car half down the bank, and three
more off the rails, the three last cars, in-
cluding the dining -car and ours, were still
On the rails. No one could ascertain the
cause of the accident, and for a few minutes
there was great suspense, as to whether
any one was killed n ured. Marvel-
lously and mercifully • , �a'.'• e was killed, and
the engine -driver, fire s : n and • express
messenger were only eo newhat cut and
bruised. ' The driver, . had, with great
presence, of mind, turned off steam, and put
on the brakes at the first jerk, and then
jumped qff ; the • fireman •remained,
thinking, as lie himself expressed it, that the
engine would not go right oyer. It is won-
derful how he escaped, when the part of the
engine where he was sitting was all broken.
All in the darkness and by the light of a
lantern held by A., I tried to make a sketch
of the wreck, but it was so dark and driz-
zling that it was rather diflicglt work. It
all looked very weird. The engine gave one -
•the impression of a great gasping living
thing, with its head buried in the earth,
still hissing and steaming in' impotent
misery, and to increase the mystery of the
scene, dark figures flitted about here, there
and everywhere, with lanterns, and in the
near distance there loomed a great threat-
ening fiery eye, barring our way. This
latter apparition turned out to be the lights
of the engine of a freight train, which had
been waiting at the next station. (Poplar
Point) till we should pass, and now came
up-- to see what could be done. It
was past 12. when we heard the
tinkling bell announcing , the arrival
of the wreck -train with a ' break•down
gang' from Winnipeg, thirty-five miles
away, with superintendent, doctor and en-
gineer aboard. We, from our post of van-
tage at the end of the.train, easy the lights
approach slowly and cautiously. A party
from our train were on the outlook for them,
and motioned them to .proceed by swinging
a lantern backwards and forwards, but they
crept up inch by inch, making sure of -their
way as they came. And then all at once the
place was alive with groups of the new-
comers surrounding the remains of our
train, examining, enquiring, testing the
amount of damage done, and ere. long set-
ting to work with pick -axe and spade, to
remove the wrecks which lay across the
torn -up line; It was soon decided that the
quickest method was to construct a tempo-
rary new line for the few hundred yards or
so which had been destroyed, and while this
was being chine theuninjuredears were being
pulled brick to Raeburn, the first station
back.
' It is wonderful how such accidents do not
occur oftener on dark nights, when the train
is passing along such long stretches of un-
fenced land, over which cattle roan at their
awn free will., •. z;' it •happenede-chore -were
fences on eithmeide of the line at this par-
ticular spot,'' she cattle must have strayed
in by an open gate, and were doubtless
lying on the track because of its compara-
tive dryness after the deluge of rain which '
had' been coming down. You hill notice
in the illustration of the fallen engine
the iron -pointed contrivance in front in•
vented on purpose to' guard against such
accidents. It is called the " cow -catcher,"
end is intended to sweep any animal off• the
line who may be bent on self-destructiort.
Our accident, however, proves that it is not
always successful in its purpose, but I
should add that accidents on the C. P. R.
have hitherto happily been exceedingly
rare, owing to the constant and vigilant care
of those in charge of the line, and who
arrange perpetual supervision et every part
of •the track, so that all`possible danger may
be,.averted, 1
' e ho " pow -cat er " in front of the
engine has aometirr besn put to another
and original use at times. Adventuroua
travellers have obtained permission to sit
on it whilst travelling through the magnifi-
cent scenery passe on the C. P. R., in
order to obtain the best possible views of
all that is to bo seen from the line. You
would 'not imagine ,such a position very
comfortable, yvould you ? But those who
have tried it,speak of their experiences with
entle i iesin. Amongst others, Lady Mac-
donald, the• wife of the late Premier of
Canada, took a trip West on the "cow-
catcher," of which she has written a chltrm-
ing aecounte We were not so bold, and 1
contented ourselves with the outlook from
our ear, and this for two or three days after ,
leaving Winnipeg consisted solely in vast
stretches, which the poet Bryant describes
as—
n
tales of thrilling adventure to the writers of
boys' books. ,
When the Europeans came to America,
all this vast region of which'we have been
speekin , was only inhabited by various
tribes of Indians, ivho lived ahnoet entirely
on the proceeds of their fishing and hunt-
ing. Gradually the white men came to re-
alize what a source of wealth existed in the
herds of fur -covered animals which roamed
over .these endless plainsandenountai# s,and
the skins of which could be obtained very
early from the. Indians,_ ..fere . a_ _few
beads, ornaments, or, better still, for mus-
kets when they had learned how to use
theta or for tire- spirits, whish were.
such havoc among the native races. And
in 1669 Prince Rupert formed a Company,
which was endowed by King Charles II.,
with " all countries which lie within the
entrance of Hudson's- Straits, in whatever
latitude they may be, so far as not possessed
edyvalervairalsavivtitaw,V.-9fibreiwirea,
pany entered vigorously on its work, estab-
lishing central trading stations throughout
thei-r domain, formed -of a few wooden huts,
and surrounded by palisades or walls and
well -barred gates. These were .generally
near rivers, and to these the savages brought
their merchandise of shin, and feather=s, and
}sed nea u o
encanipe a of re° "t a °'1 r"t;' an. ` a; solemn
transaction of bartering and affectionate
speeches took place, and on the re-
sults of this bartering the company grew
fabulously rich. A century later their
continued success caused another company
to be `formed, and many were the fends
which ensued, until the Ivo decided -tse
unite and to work together. Oh, the yarns.
that might be told of those golden days of
hunting, of the adventures and hair-
breadth escapes, and in all the red man
plays a conspicuous part ! Round his
loyalty or his enmity centres many a tale.
Those days are over now. In 1869 the
Government over the domains of the
Hudson Bay Company for £300,000, and
certain lands round the trading stations,
and from that time the era of the Indian
was over. They • cannot stand before the
forces of civilization, and they are doomed
to give way to those who have entered
on their` predestined work of cultivat-
ing the land and building . cities,_.
thus multiplyieg the population and
replenishing the earth. Meanwhile, the
missionaries have been, busy. The authori-
ties of the Hudson Bay. Company always
encouraged their efforts, and did much for
them by forbidding the use of spirits at
their stations, and in later times the
Government has endeavored to exercise a
paternal care over these perishing tribes,
gathering them into reserves,trying to teach
them cultivation, educating their children,
granting gifts and pensions, and in doing all
in their power to promote the s+recess of
the missions. But of heroic work of . these
missionaries, and of what they have been
able to accomplish, we must tell you some
other time, if you will not tire of the sub-
ject. And of the American Indians, as
they now are, we hope very soon to be able
to give you some exquisitely -done drawings
from the pen of Mr. T.V. Millais, which we
trust he will supplement with some descrip-
tions of his experiences when sojourning
amongst them.
• lirtsbands' I'rivucges.
A New York Magistrate, in lately dis-
missing a suit for divorce brought by a. wife
who complained that her husband had called
her out of her name, took • occasion to
remark, in explanation of his action, that
" good husbands even sometimes swear at
their wives." The judicial announcement
that a husband may demean himself in his
parts of speech like a Jack the Ripper
without detriment to, his standing as a good
husband before the law opens up some
rather delicate legal and moral questions.`.If
a good husband may do this "'sometimes,"
the interesting question arises : How many
times ? At what precise number of ex-
pletives does the excess of .virtue become a
vice and an offence in law.
In less ,progressive days than these a
somewhat different standard of good bus•
bandry prevailed. It was even held in
primitive times that the good husband was
he who felt it to be especially his duty,
when things went wrong about the house or
with.his,meals, to moderate the tones of his
voice ; to speak soft answers, and to assume
a sunny smile. He was, in truth, esteemed
a model spouse who, upon finding that some
favorite garment—for instance, a coat 'only
half worn out, which he had hung securely
in the der kelt corner of the closet for a
third season's wear—had 'betn transmuted
by the process of free trade into a pair of
angel ststutettes.for the front parlor, should
stifle 11 r. sentiments raging within him and
mask his personal feelings by imitating the
facial expression of his new art treasures.
The new dispensation leaves the husband
legally free to say more' than his prayers ;
in short, to take on like an' arm in
Flanders';' provided he only ', doer i't'' some=
times—that is to say, not in an incessant
stream. .Happily for the interests of
domestic tranquility and good morals; ,there
is a higher lawthan that expounded by the
magistracy; and while the Decalogue's
place in politics may be somewhat lra'riy in
the minds of many men, few of them will
have the hardihood to assert that it is not
a binding force in matrimony. If at times
the fere may seem to be relaxed, it is not
a difl3 lrltassumption that it is rather from
want of thought than from want of heart.
Who Are the People ?
'Wires and Daughters Frequent refer-
ence is made to the low moral tone of " the
people." But the reins of Government have
never been held by representatives of the
people. They have always been in the
ontrol of the representatives of less than
half the people. The general moral tone of
more than one-half the people of Canada
remains as it has always been—law-abiding,
gospel -abiding, home -loving and humanity -
loving. 'But this greater half of humanity
of which we speak is composed of only
women, who have no more; political impor-
tance than lunatics and paupers.
The Bishop of Derry, Dr. William Alex"!
ander, an eloquent preacher and the author
of a,work on the Psalms, has accepted an
an, invitation from Columbia College to
deliver a course of lectures next year on the
evidences of christianity.
—" You say you don't drink, George ?"
No." "Nor smoke?" "No." " Not -
gamble ' " No." " Nor sti y out at night?"
" Never." " Well, we never could be
happy as man and wife, George. I have
been brqught up in New York, not heaven.'
- .. e .. , :1............-._.,"........ -..».., .w.: ,mss•-.. , _. ;t=..,. .....:. . �:....... .. .t, ,�,.,..n-,
A DEADLY 4 NEr
The Novel Weapon A Cincinnati Detective
Carries.
Detective John Nyrris is in the city,
and as usual, has a new firearm to display.
Detective Norris has a hobby of collecting
odd weapons of various kinds, but his latest
acquisition is probably the meet formidable
of his wbele collection. It is a cane of
about three feet two inches long and seem-
ingly harmless. It has a rather long steel -
pointed -ferrule, which, when the -cane -is
used in walking, keeps its owner from
slipping_
but when he'
ie,corner r
„hy' a.
caened-iteean-heeterered-enneseetureasiors
The cane, with this exception, shows no
signs of being the dangerous weapon it is.
By a simple device the long steel ferrule can
be loosened in a second and in its place ap-
pears the barrel of a 32 -calibre gun. An-
other second auffiice to 11 bac , t. „ha da.
oll7 a ane" an the we on pis cocked an
loaded. The detectivecankill a sparrow
off the top of the tallest telegraph pole or
hit his man a square away with this little
Winchester. if the first load doesn't bring
him there are five more cartridges in the
handle which pan be fired with lightning -
like rapidity. ,.The hammer and trigger are•
handle of the cane. ' e whole barrel of the
gun and the curved handle as well -are
covered with thousands of feet of plaited
fish lines, the work of Evan Jones; a watch-
man of the snag -boat C. S. Senter, which
plies up and down the Mississippi River. —
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Why Some, Men Are Bachelors.
In other wards, why are sogre men unable
to find a woman to love ?• There are many
reasons.
One given by' a prominent New l;ork
bachelor was that " he didn't go out in
ladies' society enough -to- seket- any -par-ticu-
lar one."
And then, perhaps, the like and dislike is
on the other side. Perhaps he is of ajealous,
selfish disposition and, shows it ; or perhaps
he has some traits which are not' the beat in
the world. The girls are not slow to see
into these—ah, no !
As one young girl said lately : • "It is all
over -between -Jacques -and me ea we have said
good -by. ' I can never marry a jealous man
—never !"
And the same silly quarrel often separ-
ates a young man and his sweetheart. Both
are too proud to give in, and' though they
loveeach other desperately, they will, for
want of one little word, separate for life.
Many a man in. this case bas reached his
grave unmarried and unloved, being at the
same time almost too worldly to admit,it.
Thus, whenever you see a gay, handsome
bachelor who never bothers to turn his head
ever so little".toward the fair sea, do not
condemn him, dear girls, but just think a
little, and may be you will be able to excuse
him.
A Royal Itefornier.
The progressive King of Siam, in his
anxiety to better the condition of his people,
has taken to wandering amsng them dis-
guised in plain clothes. Amusing stories
are told of the scant courtesy which he
received last winter from•his subjects, who
did not recognize him .and regarded his
cu.iosity as a bit of impertinence. A few
months ago he visited the Straits settlements
to obtain information about improvements
he wished to introduce at home. He has
decided to curtail, the number of days
devoted to processions and royal shows in
his capital, which he says are two expensive
for the taxpayers, encourage the people in
idleness, and take up the time of officials.
He intends to make changes in the laws of
slavery, whish arethe most flagrant evil of
Siam. Any man in debt becomes the slave
of his creditor if he fails to pay the sum
due. The King must originate every
reform himself, for he is an absolute mon-
arch, and not .even his most progressive
subjects would dare to commit so great a
breach of etiquette as to suggest any inno-
vations upon established ,customs.—Boston
Traveller.
Number of Stitches in a Shirt.
There are just 21,000. There are four
rows of stitching in the collar, 3,200
stitches ; cross ends to the collar, 550 ;
button and buttonhole, 150 ; gathering the
neck and sewing ' on the collar, 1,205 ;
stitching wristbands, 1,328 ; ends of the
same, 68 ; button holes in wristbands, 148 ,;
hemming slits, 264 ; gathering the sleeves,
8 ; setting on wristbands, 1,468 ; stitch-
ing on shouder straps, 1,880 ; hemming the
bosom, 393 ; sewing iii sleeves and making
gussets, 3,050 ; sewing ' uprseama of sleeves,
2,554 ; cording the bosom, 1,104 ; " tap-
ping" •the sleeves, 1,526 ; sewing up all
other seams and setting the side gussets,
1,272. That represents the amount Of
labor that must be put into a shirt, and
explains why the home-made article has
gentiVi t"o"f fashion.
Dreadful Possibilities.
Fair Visitor—Dearest friend, what is the
matter ?
Mrs. Knewliwed (sobbing)—This 1mtrm—
mum—morning I made some lul—lovely
cake.
F. V.—Well ?
Mrs. K.—And dear John ate a great lot
and gave a little piece to the kitten before
he went to his train.
F. W.—Well ?
Mrs. K.—And the the kick—kick--kitten
has just died and the telephone has been
ringing like,mad !
She Thought It Strange.
'Clarissa—And yloung Freshleigh has pro-
posed to you ?
Ethel—He has.
Clarissa •-•Well, it is very strange.
Ethel -Why is.it strange?
Clarissa—Well, you see, they have always
said that he would be hard to Suit.
Old Mrs. Bently—Have you heard how
Mrs'. Brown is gettirt' on ? Old 1i r. Bent=
ley—She. was' doin' very well, and although
one lung is gone, the doctor said he thought
she might live for some time ; but las' week
she ketched cold, which developed .into
pne{rmonia. Ohl Mrs. Bentley (with pensive
'hopefulness)—Ah, well, if she's' only got
one lung, she cant have it very bad.
" I do love Mr. Dhowell's books for
summer reading." " You like realism,
them?': " Oh, no ; hnt his characters die
nothing so grac"efully."
The average tiine consumed in sending a
cable message to London and getting an
answer is only four minutes. • .
WOMAN ON HORSEBACK.
Rose Coghlan 1iCnowu No Reason Willy She
ohould Not Ilide .Astride.
" I never knew what horseback riding
really meant," 'says Rose Co hlan, in a
recent letter. "I have ridden all my life—
in the conventional ivay, I mean—but it is
.only now that I appreciate the old distinc-
tion betweed being on horseback and sitting
on to of a horse„ -, iwoman .on -a side-
saddle doesn't ride a. horse ; she is simply
.carried, .aril her saf ety.,depemda nn. whether
the groom has one his duty in putting on
the saddle securely. No man can realize
/
see -nee
discard skirts and exchange the awkward,
cramped side-saddle seat for the enatural,
easy position of aiding astride.. Indeed it is
a wonder to me that women ride at all under
so many disadvantages, and ride well at
that. There arelents of women in Eng
I"irilFlFiidfil"e1'1st'"air"i'el"••="ife-goWe"`lldt�
'stiffest of timber with all the dash and cool -
nese of a colonel of cavalry. I am • used to
jumping fences myself, but, honestly, I,
never put my horse at a leap without a feel-
ing that my heart was doing its best td get
into my mouth. If the saddle is well made
and the pommels are properly put on, a
arse- '
uNiss
eepe er headand. t gr thenoir. out, but:
it ien't to be compared to the. security that
a man gets from the actual grip' of the .
knees against the horse. A man can ride a
horse without any saddle at all, while a
woman's seat is entirely artificial.
" As to women taking up riding astride
in.earneat,.as 1 conk at it-it-is—entire
question of fashion.. A costume has 1Q • cry`s
devised which answers every requir,
of modesty and beauty as well, en yet
gives entire freedom of action. It has been
described and illustrated over and over
again, and everybody knows what it is. If
it were only, once made_ the mode. a side _
saddle would as soon be as obsolete as the
spinning wheeL
" I infinitely prefer the masculine style to
the side seat. The first time that lever
tried it, I felt as though I were a
bird. After I had screwed up confi-
dence enough to use my wings, as you may
say, I never ' enjoyed anything so
much, .. If a.tavasn't .flying,_it. _was the - _
best thing to it, It is better for the horse,
too. Very few women, you know, sit
perfectly balanced in tke saddle ; they
almost always throw their weight on the
near side and that roust affect the horse
mote or less. Then, too, women who ride
constantly find it necessary to use an off /
saddle every now and then to keep them
selves from getting twisted all out of shape.
To sum the whole thing up, I don't know
a single reason why a woman shouldn't
ride astride if she wants to; and there
are a dozen good reasons why she '-should
do so."
NOT QUITE DISINTERESTED.
Rut the, Chance to Get Even Was Too Good
to be hlLssed.
The big loan was half drunk,and when he
leered at the young woman she tried to pass
him on the extreme outer- edgeo€ -the side- • -
walk. He stepped in front of her, and she
tried to pass to the other side of hire. He
was in front of her again, and ex-
claimed :
" Don't hurry, my pretty." •
She • was about to turn and run when •
another man emerged from the. shadow of a
building. .
" Hold on here," he said. "'What's the
matter ? " • •
" None of your• business," retorted the
first man.
Well, we'll see," said the second.
"You've been annoying this lady."•
" Mebbe she's your wife," sneered the
first.
" Well, she isn't."
" Or your sister ? "
" No."
" Or your sweetheart?"
° " Never saw her before."
" Oh, you're trying to make a.masb, too,
are, you ?"
9..
Pugilists world have called the blow, a
"beautiful " one; but the kick that followed
it would certainly have been declared a
" foul."
" Oh, sir !" cried the young woman,
when the smoke of battle had cleared away,
" Go on home !" exclaimed her champion.
" But, sir, have—"
" Go on home, I tell you, and don't be
chasing around nights again," he inter-
rupted. -
" But you noble action," she began again.
"Noble action !" he interrupted again..
44?4ve been" watching for that man for six
weeks, and it's the first time I've found hire
so drunk that T could smash him without
getting the worst of it. Go on home! This
was business, not romance. He beat me
out of $1°50."
., He lit a cigar and sauntered .. down
street ticith, the air of a man who had settled
an outstanding debt.
Workers and the Fair.
Rochester Herald : A Knight of Labor
writes to the New York Advertiser giving
the " hearth thanks" of the Order to who-
ever was instrumental in locating the
world's fair in Chicago. " Events," he
says, " are rapidly developing the fact than
it . is going to be a curse to labor in
Chicago.' • Such an event is sure to concen- '
trate an immense supply of unorganize',
workingmen, far exceeding the demand,
about its' location. This supply of labor
stays after the demand, has ceased. It is a
serious question whether any poor man was
permanently. benefited by the Centennial
exposition in Philadelphia." •-
In the Rue 410 Rivon.'
Brooklyn Life : Salesman — Vood ze
madame not like ze' bust ze great Napoleon
—very finele madame will have re bust
cp./a-mem/it. 1
Mrs. Silverlode (from Denver) ---Yes, I
would like a stachooette of Napoleon, but I
prefer or,e showing the side face ; it is much
more striking.
Salesman—Ah, ze madame p—n-'--refer ze
p—r—roefeel. Vood ze madame be so
kind to stand on ze side of ze ,bust. Ah,
tare is ze p--r—ro=feel !. 3fagnifp.' '
Running Through His 'Property.
Washington Star : "I never saw a man
run through his property like Blinx did,"
remarked a .department clerk. " Why,"
exclaimed the man at the night (Icsh. " I
thought he was verysteady-going." " Yes
but you ought to have seen him when the
bull chased him over the farm his uncle left
him."
4
ism
vp
1
vks
0