The Clinton New Era, 1888-11-16, Page 7FRIDAY, NOV. 9, 1838.
ODE TO CANADA.
By Robert Matheson, Editor western British
Amadeus, Chicago, and formerly of the
Wares Naw Eae.
Swift as the lightning's vivid beam
'A9 Flasheth from east to west,
00 runs the thrill of brotherhood
Io each Canadla'r breast.
Instinctive as the needle's flight
To its magnetic pole,
So turns each true Canadian heart
As to its destined goal.
As graven on each exiled palm
The name of Zion shone,
So deep enshrined to Wry heart
Is Canada's proud throne.
Wlielle'er the Donor of our land
.s Is teaselled by foreign foe
There leaps to life a fervid flame,
A patriotic glow.
From ocean shore to ocean shore
Her wide domain extends,
From inland sea to frozen pole
1 Her kingdom never ends.
The wave that frets Atlantic coast,
That laves pacific shore.
' 'The iceberg in the Artie seas
Her scepter floateth o'er.
Her deep soil, tickled by the hoe,
Shall laugh with harvest mirth,
Her boundless prairies yet shall All
The garners of the earth.
Hurrah, hurrah for Canada,
The young, the free, the brave,
In all her grand Dominion
Her flag floats o'er no slave.
O God of Nations, be the guide
To lead our nation on,
Should North and Sonth as kindred
drops
Be mingled into one;
Or linked with .adamantine bond
With noble; motherland;
Or as youngest among nations
We independent stand.
May Canada's glad mission be
To aid the coming dawn,
When like an overbowing sea
The gospel tide flows on.
And man to man ayrrother is,
And nations disappear,
And all are one in Christ's wide fold,
1 Love banishing all fear. ,
•
CONVERSION OF TH
HE ATH E N.
Tho question is asked by an in-
difituential newspaper, 'Are Foreign
Missi",ns a Failure?' For some-
time past there have been mutter-
ings on the subject, especially so
•rine° the sensation made by Can-
on Taylor at the English church
Congress a year. ago, when he as-
serted thi.•t missionary work in
Africr, as conducted by the Eng-
lish societies, was a practical fail-
ure, and that Mohammedanism
was rapidlsj, making tho conquest
of that country. He was at once
roundly abused, and the discussion
was transferred to the London
Times, and to the church papers,
where he was abused. like a pick-
pocket for his opinions, persons
even going so, far as to call him a
turncoat to his own faith. - The
debate. waxed so warm,. tha, nal-
ls Sir Wm: Punter *Mme f`orevard
with& lecture before. the Loadon
$ocieti of Arts on 'The Religions
of India,', in , which he stat 1
-some' unwelcome truths about the
progress of Christianity'in India
that corresponded closely with
the picture of missionary effort
which Canon Taylor had drawn
of Africa, Each • writer reached
the conclusisn that in both coun-
tries. the ,It tbpeans, by" .European
instructions alone, could never
convert the natives to Christian-
ity. The difficulty, says the Bos-
ton Herald, was ,,chiefly in the
diFfefenco of thinking and living
between tho Asiatic and European
between the African and tho Eng-
lishman. It was also pointed out
that wherever the missionaries
had indentified themselves. with
the natives; adopted their modes
WI life and of thought, vi•rtuall.r
1)c t
-me Asiatics in character,
though still Christians in senti-
ment and conviction, they had
little difficulty in making converts.
The methods employed by the
aiJosait missionaries among tho
IIu.ons of North Ontario two
centuries ago, or the (late nletli-
ods as illustrated by the labors of
tho same sort of laborers in china
and Japan for several centuries,
have been successful, but what
may bo called the European meth-
od has failed alike in India, China
and Africa. Tho immense sums
spent in the endeavor to convert
the heathen in foreign parts aro'
in wide Vin"tl'aat with . what is
done to lift out of darkness the
heathen at home, or whom there
is said to bo a good many.
Tho Chinese Exclusion Bill is
causing much suffering to the
Chinese who have been detained
at the British Columbia boundary
line on their way bark to rho
United E.'n,ittes after visiting China
The unfortunates in many in-
tnnees are penniless.
STARVING AND FREEZING.
Midlneapolis, Minn., Oct. 24.—
J Iiarpman, who had just return-
ed from a visit to Ramsey county,
Dakota, says of the polish Jew
sufferers there:
"The settlement is about 18
miles from Devil's Lako and com-
prises 70 families, .lumbering
238 souls.. They came here two
years ago last spring from Chica-
go, St. Paul, and other places,
with some household.. truck and
from $1,800 to $2,600 ip money,
farming implements, stook, &.c.
They proem cd land, built their
modest houses, and went to work
with a will, to clear the land and
become independent farmers.
Those withoutany money .litor'tr
gaged the land arm bbi'i'owed
enough to pay the Government
price, about $230, anr' expected
to live on the balance of their
loans until their first coop could
bo harvested. They 1rf{iseida,fair
crop the first year, ;MO the Pros-
pect WAS so brigbt t)u t they
mortgaged the lands .and other
property to purchase stock and
farm machinery. The second
year they platl'ted a me' eli' larger
acreage. The notes and inortgag-
es.signed by them .inmany in-
stancea.hore niterei.t at il'e tat
of two pert . a month on chat-
tles ata 12 p- • cent. per at num
on real estate besides 5 per cent.
per annum on loans, which they
;were obliged to pay. Land sharks
lent them money and cbarr,ad ex-
orbitant interest.
"About the middle of August
all their expectations wore ruin•
ed in one night. A severe flus'
came and`'rained their entire Crop.
of wheat, • vi ig them only about
as n:..ny potatDes as they used for
planting, and barely enough oa
to winter their s' oek. The ,trouble
began at. once. T',1 mere>;lants,
who bait, hitherto b: rn tUuxious to
supply their wants, refus ttl
credit them any more, seeing
that they could not expect pay-
ment for.what had been furnish-
ed already. Iiearly every eredi•
tor became alarmed rnd foreclos-
ed. The situation became so b^d
that the sheriff refnsod to inflict
further suffering on the people by
taking their 'lroperty. We found
the people without fuel or bread,
they using the droppings of cattle
for fuel to cook such few articles
as they could get and set bread,if
they had'any, to bake on this
firs. Their children were naked,
without shoes or stockings, the
men and woman in rags:and with-
out footwear.
"Wo found everything as the
Sheriff had stated. To the tear-
ful appeals of these people we said
that we should not let them starve
or freeze, and they took fresh
hopes, showering blessings on us.
For the present their most pres-
sing rk ads aro fuel and bread, and
these articles must be had at
once, for every day is a day of
suffering and privation. We vis-
ited about 20 houses and found all
'r th but two exceptions, without
a stick of wood or any other ma-
teriel for fire except !cattle dr2p-
pings. On Saturday the ice was
three-fourths of an inch thick,and
we for ld numerous little chit.
deem -with bare fest and legs. The
mjnistet's wife . wo foend living
in a hut, the floor consisting of.
tho bare ground, with no fire or
anything to make one with; one
Rile girl, blue with cold,and the
other in a crib, huddled up try-
ing to keep war•ln:. Their furni-
ture was in keop'ng with the rest
and their entire supply of food
consisted of a dry crust of bread,
kindly sent. by a neighbor from
his scanty supply. Another wo-
Iran we found the salvo morning
with two little girls, with bare
limbs and feet, trying to keep
warm on • the sunny side of the
house. Some creditor had taken
her cow and loft her to starve
with her little ones.
HER ONE EXTRAVAGANCE.
An old lady who had suddenly
come into possossson of a small
fortune, did not allow herself' to
become excited over the event,and
manifested the groat content-
ment of mind she had dwelt in for
years past by saying calmly:
'No I don't expect to .change
my way of living in the least.
roor as I've been, I have had
everything I needed—all but ono
thing.and that I shall get, now
I have the means to get it with-
out being (extravagant.
The first time I go to the city
I shall got mo a bottle of some
real nice perfumery for my hand-
kerchief. It's something I al-
ways wanted and never had, and
I do think it is so nice. Except-
ing that, I shall always live just
as I've always lived.'—Youth's
Companion.
At Whitby on Thursday, Joss,
Strickland pleaded guiite to the
charge of committing indecent as-
sault upon a girl named Cook,
employed at the Queen's Hotel,
Oshawa, and:was sentenced to 23
months in Central Prison.
SUDDEN DEATH'.
ONE OF THE SAP RESVI,T5 OF OUR
"GO -A H EADAT I VE N ESS."
Americans, ;rs . a, Clale; Live. Teo • Fast to
Live Long --The Strong 11fan's Great Mis-
take --The Old Gourmand at the Cafe.
Apoplexy.
The Bible speaks of three score years and
tea as tie age to which man may reasonably
look forward. It seems as if at least seventy
equable, contented and happy years—full of
such comfort and gratification as the mem-
bers ot each class in the community hale
severally a right to expect — should and
might be within the reach of every man and
woman. In some countries, however, we find
this to be . much more nearly the cline thea
' wAttl 4gierlq , Eula ride, live •too
to livaI%nit �,>tvery pu'eon 18• origt'nslly'ea-
Bowed with about a i lar e a stock of vitality,
out of which to fashion his life.
It amounts to nothing more nor lass tams
the simplest of problem]) in arithmetic fo
show that it he draws upon this stock twice
as heavily ee he should the duration or his
eIlIta tog will only b wbati Was
ortgily ,intended' to'. '11edr,thelrnkt-
tersttinds`mtioh worse' than till's; his liiee fe
likely to be at any moment suddenly cub off
short long before reaching even the half. A
steam engine may use up its fuel in two
weeks or one, aecor"Bails to the rate at which
it Is driven; if it is sufEeiently overworked
the result may be a general "smash," or such
an injury as will necessitate a long and
tedious "stopping for' .repairs," if, indeed; it
over becomes "as good as new." We "hardly
seem ready to recognize the bounds estab-
lished by natu-e, but when we have reached
them, in our greed and ambition, we summon
our will, and, as the expression runs, "live
upon our nerve," congratulating ourselves on
oar praiseworthy display of "American go-
aheadativeneee." D'nfortuualely nature bas
not yet become sufficiently in her
ideas to manufacture constitutions ezpreasly
for the American -market, and in the midst of
our triumphant tour de force, click, some-
thing snaps, and we vanish from the stage or
break down for years, perhaps for life.
In every, community such "breakdowns"
may be pointed out on every side, and many;
even of our moat "successful" men,, freely.
confess they have paid too high a price for
their prosperity. The prizes of existence are
so great with us, and seem to be so within
the grasp of all, that practically all set out
to win them. .Each is unflagging and merci-
less to himself in his ,gringr ' lve; Oittipt
that for which he is etriiii'tg. He works day.
aud.nigpt,•,including 119i}11 ,'4i 4 uo$ kttre-
quently-Sundays; he refuses to take time to
eat his meals properly, and in such a sense-
less luxury as a vacation he never dreams of
indulging; amusement he regards as frivo-
lous, and as abstracting too much valuable
time frons the prosecution of the all absorb-
ing project. Every waking minute he•keeps
his brain grinding away over ways and
means, and not improbably the bours which
a sensible man would devote to sleep he un-
naturally curtails for the same purpose. The
social competition runs equally high with
that of business. Of course, iu the path-
way be treads he jostles and is jostled by
competitors, and in a nature so tense and set
in so great an endeavor as is his, the constant
and wearing, though almost unperceived=
play of the runbttons=as envy, jealousy,
hatred, disappointment, etc.—is very great.
Occasionally, at scene "close shave," or some
crisis of failure or success, he experiences a
culminating spasm of feeling that shakes
him to his very center. Perhaps not satisfied
with this existence of abnormal and unby-
gienic physical habits and unnatural mental
and emotional strain, once in a while, when
the "racket" becomes too Intense to be for
the time being endured, he varies the zno-
notony—not as he should do, with a, change
of scene, a quiet, wholesome life, amusement
and rest, but by plunging into a period of
dissipation for the purpose of drowning his
worries and cares, .But, ruinous at any time,
the effect upon his overworked nerves and
distracted constitution of such a course must
naturally be greatly intensified. lie could
scarcely. take a more suicidal step.
"Died suddenly." How few realize with
what startling frequency in this country that
report goes out. The strong man foolishly
fancies he ie practically inaccessible to ail-
ment and death, and.so pushes -on in his ex-
aggerated expenditure of energy until—too
late—insulted nature bestows upon him the
logical punishment be has so persistently
courted. "We do fade as the leaf"' is the
delusion we fondly drug, while we think of
death as afar pff, ' Yet every day, simply
Srom faults of his own ewmgaitting, many an
unfortunate is hurried into the Fresence of
kis Maker yiithout an instant's warnteg. Of
the twenty-five deaths reported by •a New
York Contemporary one day last , week bine
were sudden. Some of us may wish that
such may be our fate—that we dite"in this
harness"—but to many such a thought is ter-
rorizing;
errorizing; they pray that to them the end
Come slow)y--that they may "ripen for the
grave." -
What are the ceuses of sudden death—aa
by a stroke of lightning) They aro not
many when only the 'so called ;natural acci-
dents are considered. Death on the instant
may result from apoplexy, or bursting of an
aneurism within the chest or abdomen; it
may be caused by the bursting of an abscess
within the chest. Great mental shock ,,s
from extreme anger or grief or even joy—
sometimes kills instantly through total
paralysis ot the chief nerve centers. Cases
of sudden death from hemorrhages of the
lungs aro on record, but they are few in
number. Diseases of the heart render the
subject liable to Instant death, and they are
the most frequent causes.
As we grow old we should avoid those in-
fluences which aro likely to induce sudden
and great rush of blood to the head, such as
intense mental excitement—as in public
speaking or in a fit of anger—violent muscu-
lar effort, gluttony and drunkenness, etc.
While ono dines at popular cafes he has but
to look about him and'he is quite sure to seo
habits indulged provocative of apoplexy. A
familiar sight fa the man about 80 years old
whose highest pleasure Is in tickling his pal-
ate. He is overweight by fully fifty pounds;
his face Is red and shining; hods full to burst•
ing, and be looks as though every important
button on his clothing was threatened. Ono
ou a warm day gives such a roan as "wide a
berth" as he would a cookstove; he is alto-
, gether too hot to sit near. Ho commences
his dinner with an appetizer—generally a
cocktail. Then be deliberately "fills up,"
largely on meat and other "hearty" foods, all
of which aro washed down with one at least,
and generally two bottles of lager beer. As
bo eats and drinks with one hand, he fans
himself vigorously with the other, all the
time growing redder and redder, and finally,
when ho hoists himself out of his chair, his
face takes a purplish hue in consequence of
even that slight effort. Ho is like a violin
when in tone; every part of his system is
keyed up, and something is sure to break if
the unusual happens, Let such a man, soon
after dining, become violently enraged or
shocked by some unexpected calamity, and
tho educes aro an attack of apoplexy is the
coni- eyur rico.- Boston herald,
e 1 send. the Newr ra, t o
-largest paper in the county, Free
fOr the balance of theyear, year, to all
e subscribers paying a year in
advance. Subscribe at once.
R. HOLMES, Publisher, Clinton.
ME DUG.CI8 SATURET QUIES.
Let me be quiet. let me lie
strtSolt.Q,attnry ease,
Where a pie blgesora flutters deer
orr�'e ump &tini@4r a town
Lodg 1 t ioClotiit "
Or idly watch, within a moat, "
The steeples lily buds afloat;
Qr; •grating past the reeds, drift slow
A Crumbling castle wall below.
Let me be quiet; let me lie;.
Stretoh,d at my ease,
While laaily the clouds go by
Along the s0 is;
And ��gl1lg�eaaom sad shadow set the ships
ond
And IA►Att-dial m tube sea bird dips
Prom morn till night;
And ripples swirl along the laud,
And perish is the amber sand;
While o'er their unwrlt doom the breeze
Cha»t it igtLnaeR ee.
„—*malt aitintln peike,it Free Press.
The Fool's Nimble Sixpences.
Some clever rascal in London advertised
that he 'would, on receipt of sixpence in
stamps, 'return to the sender one shilling.
The advertteeanent was published promi-
nently nouy„h,to attract consjderable,atten-
ti,olt•,• ditiiit,:.naturalxy excited eercinrk. To
to,. it aeelaed a 'Yery tiwuspat ent
huthbug, too silly to be called a fraud, but
there were a few curious individuals who de-
termined to see whether the advertiser was a
crank ei wbetppr bp had some game, so they
se>?t; on f~belr. ei*penCes. By return mail each
one 'received tile chilling.' "A few days after
the same advertisement appeared again in
several of the newspapers, and everybody
who bad tried it', b fah.'$ told all of his friends
about it. The result was that several hun-
dred sixpences were received, and next day
as many shillings went back. The third time
the advertisement appeared the mail received
by the clever sharper was simply enormous.
Letters dame from all parte of the kingdom
and frorn all sorts of of people, high and low,
rich and poor. The rogue pocketed several
thousands of pounds, and, ot)riously enough,
neglected to maim any returns.—The Argo-
naut.
Refuges for the Fallen.
New York has no less than ten reforma-
tories for the rescue and help of fallen wo-
men. Philanthropy is in the aicendancy,
for fifty years ago the poor outcast was corm
palled to zeek a temporary shelter in the de
grading atmosphere of the almshouse, or end
her isolation and misery by destroying her-
self. But in this beneficent age generous
hearts and wine )reads h$ve laid a foundation
forthseolittioniif iv' ::ydiffictilt,and.epcient
proiilem. There le an air of mystery gathered
arohnd the various Magdalen houses in this
eity. The matronsof these institutions are a
shrewd and discerning class of women who
teem born to fill some mysterious and prs-
cariotis position in the world. Theycan tell
at a single glance "who is who" and "what la
what." For the good of theft cause few of
theta are willing to relate anything that
transpires behind the scenes, The inmates
who really reform generally go out west
somewhere. Their histories are as safe in the
hands pf the good matrons as they would be
if they were not known to a human-being:—
New York Press. .
Coal Mining by Mgeitinery.
wht will only be a matte* of a' few years
en hand mining of coal: will o?�sly be fol-
loyred In the proportien'thgii seytrtes are run
in opposition to reapers, Heretofore the
great coat of the complicated ` machine used
for mining coal bas retarded the develop-
ment of machine mining. There are seventy
yieces or more in the older. machine& A St.
Loris inventor has come to the front with a
coal drill, to be operated with compressed
air, as are the older machines, which actu-
ally consists of but five pieces. 'Itis now in
operation In several southern Illinois mines.
Mr. C. P. Chouteau, who is a great band to
encourage inventive genial, has defrayed
the expense of the experiments for three
years. It is almost sure to revolutionize the
mining of coal. It will not throw miners
out of employment, as tho experience in ma-
chine mines thus far bas shown increased
and steadier employment.—Edward Devoy
in Globe -Democrat. .
An Experiment in Evolution.
A striking illustration of the influence of
environment on animal forms may be quite
easily produced, according to Dr. Winslow
Anderson. If the embryo of the land sala-
mander be taken from the egg and kept in
water of moderate temperature, abundantly
supplied with oxygen, and amply fed with
small water animals, the organism isremark-
ably changed even in a single generation.
The embryonic lungs remain undeveloped
and gills grow instead, a rudder tail and •
even fins are gradually developed for the new
function of swimming, and the unnecessary
feet and legs become mere rudimentary ap-
pendages.—Arkansaw Traveler.
A Toilet Novelty:
A novelty in toilet apparatus is a bottle of
ammonia, perfume or lotion connected by a
rubber tube with a tiny atomizer. The spray,
which is thrown by means of a rubber bulb,
is too fine and inistlike to injure tho eyes if it
touches them, and the person using it is thus
enabled to reach every part of her face with-
out half the trouble attendant upon the old
way of carefully washing and drying the
face by band—Chicago News.
Tho "Bowery'," Name.
"Where did the Bowery get its name?"
That's easy enough. "Bauer" is good Dutch
for peasant or farmer. Two hundred and
odd years ago there was a road running out
from New Amsterdam. Along its borders
were the comfortable houses of the farmers,
surrounded by green pastures and fields
of waving grain. The bauer lived there.
Hence Bauery or Bowery, -..Naw York Even-
ing World.
What She Will Say.
Brown (taking Robinson home) — What Wye
s'poso your (hie) wife'll say t'morrer morn-
ing, Robinson?
Itobinsodt--She'll (hie) shay now bat an'
silk dressh, Browny, ole boy, an' b'gosh she
won't shay 'em (hic) more'n once, either.—
Texas Siftings.
A Worthless Bellow.
"You aro tho most worthless man that
ever made a woman'"s life intolerable, John."
And a week afterward she sued a railroad
company for $100,000 damages for killing
John. The perversity of some women is
past comprehension,—Pittsburg Bulletin.
When you make a mistake, don't foot
back at it long. Take the reason of the
thing into your mind, and then look for-
ward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. Tho
past cannot bo changed.—Hugh Whits,
A man's nature runs either to herbs or
weeds; therefore let him seasonably water
the one and destroy the other. ---Bacon.
It is not truo that lovo makes all things
easy; It makes us choose what is difficult
--
George Eliot
THE LANTERN'S LIGHT.
Luck of the Little Illustrated Paper of
Thirty -ads Years Ago.
I have not seen it stated in any of the
sketches of his career that Lester Wallack
was at one time an editor. And although
be was such in a comparative sense only, the
fact, nevertheless, is worthy of record. In
1852 the late John Brougham originated and
published a little illustrated paper here, mod-
eled after The London Punch, calling it The
Lantern. Its *lame was a brilliant one.
Once a week all the leading contributors
and artists connected with the paper used to
meet at dinner, as do the artists and editors
of Punch today, to make suggestions for and
decide upon the principal cartoon to be
printed in the next issue.
The meeting was held every Saturday night
at Windust's, a famous restaurant on Park
row, and after every one had dulled their
faculties with well served viands and mud-
dled their brains with innumerable draughts
of sherry and ale, cigars would be lit, the
brandy decanter passed around and John
Brougham sitting at the head of the table,
with Lester Wallack at the other end, would
call the meeting to order and the business of
the evening would begin. The assemblage
generally broke Up at about 3 in the morn-
ing; and when the subject for the cartoon
bad at length been decided upon, my old
friend Frank Bellew would go home and
make the design. In the editorial duties of
the pap2r, Lester Waltack, so Mr. Brougham
has told me, was his right hand map, while
a Mr. Tinson, whom if I am not mistaken,
was a earpot manufacturer, with no ability
whatever in art or letters, was chief adviser.
Just why these two gentlemen were chosen
ft is imposs.ble to say, for their artistic and
general ideas were far inferior to those of
others in the party. Nevertheless the fact
remains.
The contributors to The Lantern were all
men of genius. They belonged to a certain
set that marked a sort of Elizabethan era in
the annals of New York journallsm. There
was Fitz James O'Brien, the author of many
charming bits of verse, and an able literary
and dramatic critic, who enlisted in the
Union army at the breaking out of the war,
and was killed while serving as aide-de-cs;np
to Gen. Lander. There was Thomas Dunn
English, one of the few who survive today,
notwithstanding the bitter attacks made upon
his character by Edgar Allan Poe—attacks
which were calculated to kill outright any
ordinary man. Thomas Power, who was
christened Mlcawber by the party, both for
his traits in common with, as well as his re-
semblance to that gentleman, and William
North, author of "The Slays of the Lamp,"
and who afterward committed suicide, were
also members of the Lantern club. Thomas
Butler Gunn, who stammered so that no one
could understand what he said, but who was,
nevertheless, a very able writer and artist,
was another of The Lantern's leading con-
tributors, and there are many more whose
ghosts I might conjure up were it worth
while doing so.—John Preston Beecher in
New York News.
St. Pacers Indian Scare,
"It is difficult to realize," Bald a lady who
has resided in St. Pauf i891n the early days,
"that we had such a scare about the Indians
in this city twenty-six years ago, during the
Indian troubles. There was a good deal of
excitement all over the city for two or three
days. I remember one day an old colored
woman came in great excitement to my
house and Bald she had heard the governor
bad ordered the whole population to leave the
city at once—the Indians were marching on
us, fully armed and thirsting for our blood.
She rushed away, saying she was going to
pack up and leave. A German woman who
lived on the other side of the blook, and
,whose lot was oppoeite mine, barricaded her
door with her bureau and bed, and got her
ax ready to defend herself and, in an extrem-
ity, to shop down the fence and take refuge
in our house. She was fully convinced an
attack would be made that night.
"Toward evening on that day several of
my neighbors began to pack up, having heard
that the Indians had captured St. Anthony
and were about to give their attention to St.
Paul. One or two families living near me
packed up what they could conveniently
carry and rushed down to Bridge square,
where many persons were assembled, expect-
ing every moment to hear the war whoop of
the savages. Our carriage horses were taken
by the state for service during the campaign.
Otte of them, a very fine horse, was shot dead
in the first battle with the Indians. 1 con-
fess I was ,somewhat. nervous. These were
really very trying times; but 86. Paul, of
course, was la no danger of attack."—Tho
Casual Listener in Pioneer Press.
• Golden hods and' Aettere.
• Vick's Magazine thinks that these grouped
together should be accepted as our national
flowers—"emblems of endurance, light tend
freedom." After midsummer, In this coun-
try, our rural landscape LI everywhere bright-
ened by the golded rods and asters; they form
a distinct and beautiful feature of the scenery.
The eyes of our countrymen are everywhere
gladdened by their smiles, north and south,
east and west, on the bills and the"tnoun-
tain sides, in the valleys and on the broad
prairies, by the roadsides and the streams,
and in the field and copses, they stand as
tokens of the genial heat that brings from the
soil the golden grains and the beautiful, lus-
cious fruits. No other country in the world
is thus characterized; these plants belong to
America, and as such should be our pride
and delight.
While on this continent there aro from six-
ty to seventy species, and perhaps more, of the
solidagos, or golden rods, and nearly all of
them of vigorous habit, growing from a foot
to eight feet in height, all the world besides
affords less than a dozen, and these for tho
most part of small size and confined to few
localities of limited area, and always in such
small numbers as to make them rare plants.
The species of asters in this country are still
more numerous than those of the golden rod.
Both are the children of the suu, basking in
his favors and reflecting his smiles. Although
many indigenous species of flower are pecul-
iar to this country, yet none so abound and
apparently claim possession as these,—Homo
Journal.
A Typical Adirondack Guide.
The great character of our party was the
driver, Charley—a chap who is as hard to
catch asleep as an old weasel. Ho is as trim
built as an Indian runner, as quick as a
greyhound, and can so exactly imitate the
hound in full chase that it will puzzle an old
hand to tell which is the real hound, He
seems made of whalebone, trimmed with
India rubber, lis will start out towards the
oast with a couple of dogs attached by a
chain to his waist, another he leads, and bis
own two travel in front, with them be holds
general conversation ou the way. Within
three bours ho will start each dog after a
separate deer, and by short outs or by some
hocus pocus, he will be up with one or more
of them coming in from the opposite direc-
tion, join his voice, and by tho time the deer
is killed, he is on hand to join in the hilarity
and fun usual on such occasions. This in-
imitable fellow has but one fault, and I do
not know that you would term it such; you
might say it was proof of his game—he can-
not eat venison; it makes hint sick, and we
had to feed him onpork.--Forest and Stream.
DENMARK'S DAIRY SYSTEM.
Denmark appears to be the
great dairy fu] ming country, the
number of cows on Danish soil be-
ing, according to the statistics
cited by Consul Inglis about 900,-
000, or not much short of one cow
for every two heads of the popu-
lation. That the numberis still
rapidly increasing may be inferred
from the fact that, whereas in
5 years ending 1882 the annual
export of butter averaged only
19,000,000 of pounds, it reached
last year 45,000,000 of pounds.
Most of the dairies are stated to
be furnished with cream separa-
tors and organized of the new
system; but the most striking fea-
ture of the case is the great exten-
sion of the co-operative system in
Denmark to this particular induce.
try. There are now in this little
country 200 co-operative dairies.
They have been established by
the aid of loans, for which the
members one add all are rei3pon-
sible in proportion to the number
of cows they sign for. Arrangl
menta are made, under which the
loans are repaid in 12 years, after
which each deliverer of milk will
possess a share. A system intro-
duced only two years ago, under
which saying for the milk is re-
gulated by the quantity of cream
contianed in it, is said to have
been found in practice to bo an
excellent means of awaking inter-
est in the quality, and thus in
mixing farmers careful. Even
in this country of dairies, how-
ever, there is often a practical
difficulty in getting first-rate
hands. Many of the yonnger
hands, wo learn, endeavor to im-
prove ' Lomselves by attending
tho five months' course of instruc-
tions in Landonlewol Farm,whoro
they are taught writing, book-
keeping, mechanics, physics,
chemistry and anatomy of domes-
tic animals, together with the
'pr•actieal testing of milk.
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Tho Mexican Central passenger
train, duo at El Paso, Tex., at 7.-
24 a m, was held up 65 miles be -,low El Paso at are early hou
Thursday morning,by three mask-
ed men. They came to the engine
and at the point of the revolver
forced the engineer and fireman
to stop the train and get off:They
then; divided the train, leaving
the passenger coaches behind, and
ran six miles, when they again
stopped and robbed: the express
e' -c, getting over $2,000. Ex-
p •ens messenger Villages jumped
out of the car at the lido door
while the robbers wore breaking
the and door, and ran off in the
d^rknosit with the safe, thus pre-
venting 'them from gutting its
v.tuable contents. Tho robbers
came on with tho..engins nearly
to Jaur'ez, and then abandoned it.
They cut the telegraph wires,and
it was nearly,8 o'clockibefore the
news of the robbery wasreceived.
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MORTGAGE SALE
—OI'=
FARM 1.11NDS
in Stanley Township, itear
Bayfield
Under and by virtue of a Power of Salo con•
tained in a certain Mortgage (which Mort:
gage will bo produced on tits day of sale)
will be sold by Public Auction, by Thomas
M. Carling. Auctioneer, at
John harts' HoteI, Bayfield
At tho hour of Ono o'clock P. M„ on
Saturday, Nov, 17th
Tho following lauds and promises, viz: -
1st The north half of the west half of Lot
Number Eight, in the Lake Road East Con-
cession of the Township of Stontey,in the
County of Huron, containing by adineasnre-
meut Forty-nine acres, more or less ; and
and. Lot Number Seven, in Range It, in the
said Township of Stanley, containing 'Twen-
ty acres, more or less.
TERMS.—Parcel number One will be sold
subject to a mortgage for 1350, made to ono
William MoCaa. The property will be sold
in one or two parcels, to stat purchasers.
Ton por cent of the purchase money to be
paid on the day of sale, and the balance in
thirty days thereafter without interest, The
purchaser will be required, on the day of
sale, to sign an agreement for eompletionlof
purchase. Further terms and particulars
madeknotvu on day of sale, or np'n appli-
cation to the undersigned.
M,6NNINCi & SCOTT, Vendor's Solicitors.
1', W, C'ARI,INO, Anot.
Clinton, Ot.toI c ci5wl. 154A,
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