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The Wingham Times, 1885-07-24, Page 6-a4 OUR YOUNG FOLKS. Fdwarei's Dream. Want of reflection, rather than a purpose In give trouble and do wrong, was the fault -of Edward Martin. This, it ie but just that Nsc+ should in favor of a lad who wag, to his poor widowed mother, a daily source of ttriaIl, Edward never seemed to think of othere ; or, we should say, how his conduct would eal:et others, Reckless, impulsive, and noisy, he kept all in excitement around him• His appearance at home, after school, was always the beginning of disorder, or the sig. :nal for trouble. He couldnotpaas hisyoung- er brothers or sisters without putting his ;,hand upon them in an improper manner; :oar could he ese them enjoying themselves without some kind of interference. Thus Edward made himseif the disturber a the household. As we have said he was a great trial to hie ;peer mother, whose health was feeble, and who, in order to keep her children around '"her, toiled daily beyond her strength. Ono afternoon Edward came dashing into the house, in his usual boisterous manner, slamming the door behind him with a loud jar rattling and stamping up the stairs with •o noise that resembled more the trampling -of a horse than anything else. At the land- ing above, he niet his brother Harry, whom the saluted with a pinch on the ear, and set :dile little fellow to screaming violently. As ale entered the sittcng•room he deliberately licked over a house which Charley had just `Built with patient ingenuity out of some docks which had been given to him ; and, c_iecing Anna's doll, he threw it roughly to tale top of a clothes press. The consequence was, that all three chil- edren were set to crying. " Edward 1" A feeble voice called to the tad. from the adjoining room. It was the ^.voice of his mother. Knowing that he would be reproved for ds conduct, Edward did not obey the call, and waited for it to be repeated three or :lour times before answering his mother. " What do you want ?" came then, rude• ly and undutifully, from`his lips, " want you " There was something un - 'same,' in the tone of Mrs. Martin's voice. It ',was not angry nor reproving, but low and •crery sad. Edward felt, instantly, sorry for what he 'hut done, and spoke a few soothing words tto hisbrothers and sister, though with little tett. Then he went into his mother's rauzber. He found her lying upon her bed, .and looking very paleand troubled. '" The children were quiet and happy un- etil you came in, Edward." There was, to the ear of the boy, a still deeper sadness in his mother's voice. He did not attempt to excuse himself, for he felt ha?<he had done wrong—but stood silent - }with his eyes upon the floor. " Edward," resumed Mrs. Martin, •" it is •,uot very long that I have to stay with you. When I am dead, you will remember the ',pain you gave yonr mother, and this will be sad recolection." The mother's voice trembled; then she :burst into tears and hid her face in the pil- ,"ow. Edward's feelings were touched. He "r.od, for a few moments, near his mother, _end then slowly moved. away. He felt sorry for what he had done. Passing through the ,adyoinidg room, he wont up to the garret, *where he slept, and with a sigh laid him- self across his bed. He seemed to have been lying there only a few minutes, when he 'was surprised by the entrance of a stranger" ewho said to him, abruptly : "Your mother is dead 1" Starting up, Edward ran down -stairs, -where he met a crowd of persons going into -rite chamber he had just left, He followed, ,zoae glance at the pale, death -stricken race of his mother sufficen. Uttering a cry of grief, the unhappy boy et-hrew himself beside the lifeless form of hie parent. Oh 1 what a crowd of rebuking Memories now thronged through his mind! ;Every unkind act and word came up before ;dim, and they filled his heart with 'mutter - table, yet unavailing grief. She who had so loved him and so suffered through his un- kindness, had passed away. He would sec Ther no more—would never again hear her rloving voice. What would he not then nave given to be able to recall the past? "Oh my mother 1 my mother 1" he cried. e‘" Come back 1 come back to me 1 I will :::,raver grieve yon again!" Suddenly there was a change. Alight seemed to break around him, Ho started ',gip and found himself in his garret room, with the last rays os the setting sun look - ,(Ing in up rn him. " Was it only a dream 1" he murmured, as his pantingbreast rose and fell and ho :gazed doubtingly around him. "Was it only a dream or is my mother really dead?" Not until bg had hurried down to his .:txeother's room and looked upon her living ztace, was Edward fully satisfied that he `(ss,d been asleop. She lay in a quint slum- 1her; but there,were.,fears upon her pale (cheeks, A little while he stood bending over her, and theca obeying the impulse of taws head, he awakened •.her with a fervent " I will try to be good, mother ; indeed I sill," oame earnestly from his lips, 11.14 " Only try, my son," said the mother, while a glow of pleasure warmed her heart. " Only try, my son, and we shall all be so happy." ;"I will, I will," promised the penitent and weeping boy. And since that tiine, tho thoughtless Ed- ward Martin has been ono of the kindest of brothers and most obedient of eons. Riel's A ppearance. In appearance the captive does not bear much resemblance to the portraits published of him in various newspapers. A long un- kempt beard, of a light brown calor, nearly overspreads his face, almost correspondiug with his sun -browned features: His hair is quite black, and falls nearly to his shoulders iu email ringlets and curls. His head -gear consisted of a light-colored slouch hat, which was turned up at the sides and allowed to fall over a high and intellectual forehead. Tho features of Biel aro promi- nent, his closely compressed mouth and aquiline nose being indicative of the firmness and other superior qualities he is known to possess. A keen, piercing blue eye, one glance from which the observer readily un- derstands would enable the owner to read a man's innermost thoughts. In person Riel is of medium build, and is still attired in the tattered and faded suit worn throughout the memorable engagements at Batoche. His trousers are of a brownish coital.; and shows evidences of the wear they have received during the recent rebellion. His vest is of the same material, Riel, when seen by the writer, was coatless, his sun -browned elbows protruding from a shirt that may have been white many long years ago. The foot of Riel are encased in a large sized pair of beef moccasins, which also sxhib'ted signs of wear, His bare heels peeped forth through two large apertures. When a spectator ap- proaches the prisoner momentarily raises hie head to scan the features of the new comer, only to relapse into his unattractive posture. Every movement of the man in the presence of any of the officers ives evi- dence of his dignity and sauvity of manner. On the approach of the commander one morning he lifted his hat with a graceful movement, and during the conversation that ensued maintained a most respectful de- meanor, Not till the gentleman had got a considerable distance away did the courte- ous prisoner deign to don his broad som- brero. On returning to his cell, he passes the forenoon usually writing letters or engaged at his devotions Before and after every meal he also returns his thanks to the Al- mighty for his bountiful goodness. In the afternoon the half-breed champion usually enjoys another brief outing, retiring to rest at an early hour. Those who have had oc- casion to be in the presence of the captive frequently positively assert that he does not exhibit a symptom of insanity, but, on the contrary, that his every action shows him to be a keen, deep and resolute man, not easily oppressed with difficulties. Riel can sleep soundly at night, with the assurance that his dreams will not be disturbed with" the appearance of an assassin. A. Strange Chariot. BY n, s, L. The chariot in which the Emperor of Japan used to take his outings is a strange object. Imagine a large box men feet long, six feet wide and six feet high, and you have the dimensions of this royal equipage. This huge box is elegantly lacquered. There aro no springs, but the box is placed upon two immense wooden wheels that reach high on either side. When His Majesty used to ride out, this cart, for cart it is, was drawn by one huge black ox. When the people heard the rumbling of the imperial chariot they must hasten into their houses and close their doors, for none were permited to look upon the sacred chariot. In Northern China the carts or carrages are very simila to this royal cart in Japan, They are drawn by donkeys. Sometimes in the very heated term there are awnings stretched above the little creatures: Very often the great wooden wheels aro cogged to prevent their slipping as they pass over the stony streets. Travelling in one of these carts, sitting flat on the floor with your feet stretched straight out in front, is very uncomfortable. In the course of a long journey you realize by the uninterrupted thumps and bumps just -how many bones there are in your body, for every joint will be sore. And yet these are preferable to the Shanghai who lbarrow, which is a huge wheelbarrow with a board on either side on which passengers may sit —as many as can be wheeled by one man. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, ;but of little things, of which smiles and kindneaa and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure the comfort. A teacher in one of the Altoona schools recently electrified her pupils, who were an- noying her with questions : " Children, I am engaged." Noticing the general look of astonishment, she added : " But not to any fool of a man," and the excitement died away, The Great Experiment of Exis- tence. Marriage, as the goal of courtship, may bo a triumph, but, as the commencement of a partnership, it is au institution to be viewed with modest misgiving, and, at the best, timid hopefulness, It is the great ex- periment of existence, and, if over -con- fidence provokes a Nemesia from heaven, ought to be xnade in a manner which °hal- lenges as little as possible the wrath of the gods. A few years ago the correct thing was to load one's bride to the altar in West- minster Abbey. It would be invidious to particularize the oases in which the sequel failed signally to fulfil the promise of a com- mencement, inaugurated with such pomp and parade. A little later the marriage rite was treated as the incident of a fashionable afternoon. It took place at a convenient hour after lunch ; the wedding guests had their tea at the house of the parents of the bride; the affair was, in fact, a pre prandial reception, and the newly -married couple, and their presents, arrayed on tables and sideboards, did duty for the prima donna singing songs at twenty pound's apiece, the Hungarian Band, or the professor of leger- demain just imported from Paris. A new line has now been struck out, and the children of fashion being so gregarious and so little original as they are, matrimonial functions like those of last week (the mar- riage of Lord de Grey to Lady Lonsdale) will perhaps be repeated more than once ere the season closes. Seeing that there are so many couples in modern society upon whom the mutual obligations of wedlock sit so lightly—of whom it may be said that, un- less one knew, it would hardly be conjectured that they were married, it would be only reasonable that the nuptials themselves should be flashed upon the world as a sur- prise, and that the rumour of betrothal should be almost immediately followed by the appearance of the bride, in a tailor-made travelling -dress, in the immediate neighbor- hood of the communion -table. There is a certain charm in this arrangement which appeals to the imagination. It is the near- est approach possible to the old fashion of elopement. No one elopes now, for the simple reason that to do so would be a work of supererogation. But the bridegroom who carries off his bride without any blaze of trumpets may be conscious of having dis- pensed with the formalities which take so much of the romance out of marriage Spartan Discipline. During the last century Spartan ideas of discipline prevailed in Eaglish and American families. Dr. Johnson protest- ed against washing babies in cold water, which was practised in his day, the idea being that it would make them rugged. The purpose to mike children robust dic- tated the method of governing them. . An English boy, while playing about some river craft, tumbled overboard. His face was badly cat by striking againab something in his fall, and it was with great difficulty that he was saved from drowning. He was put to bed; two or three days afterwards his father said to him, "Well, Harry, how do you feel 1" "Quito well, sir." answered the boy. "Nothing amiss 1" "Nothing, sir." "Then get up and take your flogging for giving us all this trouble." And flogged la was. Another English boy, being badly treat- ed at achool, ran away, and presented himself at his father's honed, many miles distant. He stated his complaints against the school, and his father, listen- ing until he hal finished, Bald,— "Well, my lad, you must be tired after your long -walk; you had better go to bed, for yon moat be up early to start for school again." "But mayn't I have some supper?" ask- ed the bired and hungry boy. "No, my lad," replied this Spartan father. ""I pay for `your board at school, and you cannot have it here." Such stories as these two—they are re- lated in the "Reminiscences" of the Rev. T. Moxley, an English clergyman—may account for that reaction in family dis- cipline which has no sympathy with Spartan ideas. Honesty the Best Policy in Religion. An honest dealing with one's own hid- den self has in it a spiritual dignity, beauty, value, even with only its one article of con- scious faith, which must be inconceivably dearer to that God who is good, who ie near, who knows us, than any amount of easy confession of longest creeds that have never oost a moment's hesitation in their recital. This, too, may be a genuine belief ; but what the soulhas to fight for of spiritual treasure, whether to retain it, or to regain it, or to win it, brings the soul into a closer sympathy with the tempted and victorious Christ than can bo reached on any smoother road. In otherjsnatures similar conflicts must be waged against the worldly, sensual, and variously selfish spirit, But the pre- sent is especially a day of doubt, disbelief, uncertainty, in the,"higher ranges of reli. gioua thought, It is so difficult to 'walk by faith, to grasp the intangible, to endure as seeing Him who is invisible, that thousands are drifting, even against their own wish, from early anchorages, or have never yet found a firm roadetead. A Bright Egyptian. When bhe English explorer, Mr, F. L. James travelled in the Soudan,he was ac- companied by a young Egyptian of the name of Suliemam, the story of whose life is an interesting one, evincing far more energy, combined with a keen de- sirefor acquiring knowledge than one gen- erally expecte to find among Egyptians. Mr. James thus aketches it ; "Suleiman was born near Wady Halfah, at the aeoond cataract, and at the age of ton years was sent to his uncle, a baker by trade, ab Alexandria. He remained there some time, but hie uncle ill treated him, and he ran away to Cairo, where he took several situations as a domestic ser- vant. Here he conceived a strong desire to learn to read and write ; so, having saved enough money out of hie wages to purchase a apparatus for making tea, hav- ing a small grate underneath it to burn charcoal, a sufficient quantity of the re- quisite articles such as cups, tea, sugar and fue', he le£o service, hired a little gar- ret, and became a regular attendant ao ono of the native schools. "Aa soon as his lesson's were over, ne would rush off to his room fetch his tea- kettle, and go the round of the carriage - stands in the European quarter, crying, Tchaf 1 tonal 1' (teal teal) and so gener. ally earned more than enough to cover the day'a expenses. "His relatives iri Cairo were at a loss to imagine how he maintained himself ; for they knew he had left service, and' spent his days at school. Hisgreat delight was to go to an uncle who was a grocer, living in the native quarters, to buy some pro visions, and to listen to the inquiries as to how he lived, and where he got money enough to pay for his lodging and educa- tion ; but he kept his secret, and never ventured into that quarter to sell his tea. "At length some of his school -fellows, meeting him on his evening rounds, told their master, who being struck with the boy's perseverance, gave him permission to bring his kettle into school with him; where, in addition to what he sold in the streets, the boys bought from him ; and some of them, being sons of well-to-do people, would pay him a trifle more than whet he asked outside. "After leaving school, he entered the service of Sir Samuel and Lady Baker, and went with them up the White Nile to the lakes, on the expedition Sir Samuel desoribesin his book,"Iamailia.' On their return he obtained a place for him in the late Khedive's private dispensary ; and, on his abdication, Suleiman followed him to Naples, where he remained for some time 1n the same employ. "At length, being, to use his own ex- presaicn, 'gusted' with the people in Naples ; and as a Mahomotan, living in constant dread of eating pig's flesh in some form or other in his food, he re- turned to Cairo, and again entered into service. Hismaster, an Englishman was just leaving Egypt, and having no fur- ther need of his services, reoommended him to the Soudan." Russia and China. The river Amour, which forms a part of the boundary between Eastern Siberia and the Chinese Empire, will in all prob- ability attract a good share of the attention of the world in coming years, as it bids fair to become the cause of a prolonged war between China and Russia. The river itself is a wide, powerful stream, called by the Chinese the Black Dragon, on occount of its color. It hi half as long as the Missisaippi,and drains a vast extent of territory, from the arid mountains north of the great wall to the extensive forests and fertile valleys of Mant-churfa, which contains enormona wealth for the people who will deve'op them in the near future, On the banks of the Amour are also the largest cities of the Mantohua, usually enclosed in a mud - wall, with temples and houses of the most brilliant coloring. The long war between China and Russia for the possession of Kuldja ended in the re -occupation by the Chinese of every acre of territory which they had formerly lost. But in the treaty made between the two nations, 'signed four years ago, the question of the right of navigation_of the Amour River was, unfortunately, left unsettled. Russia claimed the right to ascend the stream and its tributaries even when both banks were•Chinese territory; bub China refused this claim, as an entrance to the very heart of Mant-chura would thus be given. A colony of nearly three thousand Dungan (Russian) families were already settled in Kuldja, and they were permitted to re- main there by the Chinese. This colony has been bhe cause of the present trouble. Chinese Kherghez have stolen the cattle of the Dungans ; the Dungans have re- taliated, and a prolonged akirmieh has bean kept up all along the frontier since 1881. China during that time has been quietly fortifying her border and massing her troops upon it. Russia requires the Amour as a high- way for her commerce, for more than half, of her tea -trade now goes overland by Kagan, which is a long and 'cestly route By the Amour a' regular service of steam- ers would carry cloth, steel, iron and other articles to China and bring baok tea and Bilk. On the other hand, China guards the highway so jealously that her, merchants who descend to the lower ports of the Amour to trade with Rueslan dealers are compelled to complete all business with them in but five hours of one day in each year. The vast gangs of traders aro let loose at oaoh other in the morning, and a fierce squabble of barber ensues until noon, when the traders are driven apart by Chinese soldiery. These causes of seoreb discontent under- lie China's recent urgent demand for a definite settlement of the treaty, and Russia's refusal to agree to It. Tho Fastest British Cruiser, Our fastest cruiser in the squadron to be concentrated under the command of Admiral Hamby la the Mercury, and we are right 1n saying that oho is the fastest full-sized ship til mt. The veasol has at- tained an average of 18 knots, or 21,275 miles an hoar, and thia aurpaeses by half a knot the Chilean cruiser Esmeralda, (18 knots,) and the French enabler Milan, (aleo 18 knots, launched in 1884,,) as well as the Phaeton and the Iris, the latter her eider ship, but lams ched a year before her, (in 1877 ) As tho Mercury is 300 foot long and 40 fent in breadth, with a draught of water of 22 foot, tills is an exceedingly • high speed for eo large a vessel. She and the Iris thus stand unrivaled as regards speed by any vessel of i heir size, the Es. meralda being only 277 feet in length, while the French veasel has a length of 303 feet but a beam of only 33 feet. An authority on these matters says of the English cruisers that they are the first of the now typo designed for high speed aathe pre-eminent requisite. Ail other re- quirements have been aubnrdinated to this important element. They present a sharp bow and long exceptionally clean run, and are altogether admirable specimens of a design for a swift and light- ly sparred weasel. They are special screw deapatoh ships, and are unermored, of course. The Mercury, which is to join *Nips Admiral Hornby's squadron, has al, arma- ment of ten 64 -pounders. She h built of steel; and, in proportion to her tonnage, has been one of the moot costly vessels afloat. Har hull and maohinory cost alto- gether somewhere aboub £100,000 or within £10,000 or £15,000 of the Iris, which has been said to be as costly per ton as the Iron -clad Inflexible. Notwith- standing what has been written and said to the contrary the above statement shows that England still stands in the front rank as regards naval construction. Delicate Diseases of either sex, however induced, speedily, thoroughly and permanently cured. 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