The Exeter Advocate, 1888-7-12, Page 3CARACAS AND HS OLTAUATE.
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Pleases.
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The traveller is moat agreeably surprised
on his arrival at. C:,racae to fed a large and
well-appointed hostelry, much superior in
to arrangements and appointments to the.
average hotel ordinarily to be found inSpan-
ieh America. It be wellordered in all its.
parliens and purprises, agreeably neat and
clean, and is pervaded, moreover, by an at-
mosphere of ease and homelike repose, in
all its aspects and belongings holding forth
promises of good living and comfortable en-
ter. tainment, Like all the larger Houses in
the city of Caracas the hotelle of two aeries.
only. Living as they do in constant fear of
earthquakes, althoughthere have been few
of these ealanriiteem visitation of late years,
the inhabitants of the Venezuelan capital
do not rear lofty dwellings .or public build-
in2's that by the slightest disturbance of the
earth, would certainly be thrown down,.
burying in a mass of rums hundreds of
citizens, involving the lose of many lives.'
I have saki that tremblings of the earth
have not been of frequent oeeerrenee, al-
though in 1813, aawill be remembered, un-
told, enisery and tbe lose o£ IO,ODO liven were
caused by the great earthquako of that year
of hideous memory ; nevertheleee the peo-
ple, mindful of this horrible visitation, live
in constant expectation if not;i>.momentary
dread of the horror of a like disaster.
Census it is tbat the woeful forebodings
indulged ut by the victim of epproitenale s
anal vague surest interfered not one lilt or
tittle with my enjoyment during my de gh
ful sojourn in the beautiful valley,
00,»1 a8 MN'
which has, 'do ea often been the scene of
geological distnrlsaneee and, more disastrous
stul, pouts leteevelutienn and aocielupheav-
ala. I eau, however, in all troth and verity
aflim—not in a spirit. of bravedo or reel;lees
baaetiug—that t would as BOA think of
being deterred front Welting Casson or et_
bring waxned away from it by the fear of
earthquakes as I would by remora of ware'
and " ehort•winded accounts of new broils"
During our first uightht stay in Caracas, in
the valley of endless Inidememer, we vete
somewhat troubled: by the mo.quiteea.. The
attaekS of these pestilential visitors served
to abate somewhat our eathnei un at find-
ing ouraael vet lin the middle of Winter) so•
journieg la a region svbere we could oujoy
the buttery of elccpine with all the wiudowe
of ons apartments wide open without dads
fog it noeeseary to oppress ourselves with
the seeight of extra blankets caul coverlets.
'laving learned by maddening and aleeplees
experience the neeesgity for closely hotting
to the niee and eeeure arra , event of our
!acquits vete, on following uighta we
tucked and pinnal onreelves inpregrtablo
within our eanopiee, and thereafter slept in
peace and comfort.
The city of Ceraeae, metal on the castor
end of the valley of the sumo name, or, as it
is sometimes call. d the Yale of Chacao, is
built four equate, being laid out with great
regularity. Ile. atrecta and avenues erose
one another at right angles, formic;; blocks
of houses into almost exaet equates, So
perfect and well designed is this' arrange-
ment that it regnires isut a glance at tbo
excellent plan of the town, published by
Lea Opinion «Artie int, to enable the stranger
with only the meet rudimentary "bump of
locality" to find his way about readily
through all the Irecinte and parishes of the
town. This may even the newly -arrived
traveler do with certainty and without
confusion, especially if he be a man given
to town trotting and possessed of au eye
quick to mark and a mind sura to ro-
member
TUE FAXES AND Exenee;,tene
of houses, the color and wording of sign-
boards, and the characteristics of shops and
the display in their windows. So, tatting
heed to know again the etract corners and
crossings he passes in his porigeivatfons, be
may ""dander about" the city in search, of
sights and wonders, in quest of amusement
or opportunity to study, enjoying the pro-
cess of absorbing from his novel aurroaud-
ings the knowledge that is to bo gained by
travel in foreign lands.
Tor my part, 1 enjoy nothing so much as
turning myself loose in a strange town, pro-
vided always it be worth study in the
matter of pietnresgnonees and color of the
scenery, as well as the quaintness or even
oddity of its people. It pleases me to try to
find my way about without guide book or
courier, unaccompanied even by a friend
familiar with the nooks and turnings, or
without appeal to passer-by or casul po-
liceman. I carefully go my way at my own
sweet will, reckless of losing myself, feeling
assured that all in good time I shall "c come
ont somewhere."" indeed, there is a pleasure
in being for the time entirely "turned
round" and apparently—one never is actu-
ally—lost ; for, like the Irish sailor's mar-
linespike, which, by reason of being safe at
the bottom of the sea, was not, according to
its owner's way of thinking, lost or mislaid,
so one is never hopelessly out of reckoning,
but is always sure of turning np all right at
the right time at the right place. Besides,
the light-hearted gadabout can always com-
fort his heart with the " self -thought " that
although he may not be sure in what direc-
tion lies his otel, there can be no doubt
that he is in Peking or Penang, for instance,.
or, as in my present South American expari-
enoe, Caracas—" Big Indian not lost wig -
wain lost 1"
But let me go on with my too long-de-
layed description of the city, which I hope
may be graphic enough to enable the reader
to form some picture of it in his mind. The
streets and avenues (ealle y avenida) of the
town are, as a rule fairly well paved, and
although not frequently watered
XX TRE DRY SEASON
or swept at any time, are neither very mud-
dy when is rains nor dusty when the sun is
shining. Lying on a plain that slopes gently
from wonderful mountains towering in the
north, between the valley and the sea
coast, toward the bed of the Rio Guaire,
Caracas is well drained and abundantly
,supplied .with sweet water whish is drawn
from the surrounding hills and conducted to
the heart of thecitythrough wntl• construct-
ed
onstructed aqueducts, some of them many miles in
length.: It is comparatively easy for the
people to keep their houses clean and whole-
some, and this they succeed to a certain ex-
tent in doing, being aided in no inconsider
able degree by the vultures that are to be
seen hovering in the air over .the town.
From time to time thesesoaring scavengers
swoop down to feast upon gruesome masses
of garbage or filthy recuse that otherwise
would be left' to infect the air and breed a
pestilence, or beeome..an.offense to the eyes
and noses,o£ passers-by. This foul and dis-
meeting ,feathered tribe .are to be seen in
thousands infesting the neighborhood of the
"abattoir," where are daily slaugktered
droves o£ cattle that furnish meat for the bet-
ter class of well-to-do inhabitants,
The climate of Caracas is, no doubt, ex•
ceedingly healthy, as witness the well-ia-
vored appearance of all classes of people.
At no time of the year, if the sanitary con-
ditions of the elty are strictly cared for, is
thele any likelihood of the outbreak of an
epidemic or even of sporadic cases o£ yellow
fever, cholera, or any of the other filth dia.
was common in countries lying near the
equator, where the ignorance, indolence, or
negligence en the part of the people to their
physical Welfare subjects them to attacks of
terrible plaxaes and wanting sicknesses.
The temperature of the valley is at all rea-
sons moderate and only alightly variable.
Even in,lanuary, the..coolest, aks well; as in
July, the hottest, of the months, when leas
favored cities -Hamilton and Winnipeg for
instance lie baking and grilling in a fer-
vent beat, with the thermometer ranging
from 15 O to 20 ° higher than it over has
been known to register in the vale of Chacao
the climate of Caracas is delicious and
wholesome. Prof, Ernst, the learned cura-
tor of the museum of the 'University of Car-
ew, is ray authority for the statementt that
never in the coarse of many years has the
degree of haat exceeded $4 a Fahrenheit.
To this testimony is to be added that of
the.
°Liege WEismilEA-Wlei3A114tnerVST
whole reusol;y Beeth net bask to the eon,
trof the mouen oevelee n the seaaslwro etthe
heat is not all times tempered by' thegeuiel
intluaues, of the trade mode, the mercury
seldom amount's above 900, and this too at
a place lying almost on the ieonterined nee
of greatest subequatorial heat. It is within
Inman to say that at 11l;mouth, a watering
place three miles to the omit of La Guayra,
where tho quality and gentility of Ven.
nuclei resort during the fashionable seaside
memo, (December, January, and ,Febru ,)
the heat is never so oppressive no rt iii
during many days la sonic parte of Canada.
For nine months of twelve the bleared
tradea blow with unvarying eousietency
acres the Caribbean, and althougu
at sea level the climate is mach warmer than
it is amen the hills, it is nevertheless nal•
axioms and by no ntean.a se eeervatiug as at
Veil further to the east —Trinidad, for ex.
, or liarceleue ; or to the weetwnrd,
unto Cabello and Caro, en the Vent,
scelan Coast. Situated, as bad been already
teed, 3,000;feetaba -e tide water, snrround.
ed. by greed and lefty mountains, Caracas is
retns,ir •able for the geniality of its climate,
As a Whiter rood, a city of refuge from
the torture and trials of our 3"l'orthera Win-
ter it hays—for samy experience of tt Wades
me—no equal on the American Continent.
Even Florida and Southern California are
not to be mentioned with It in any congari-
son that eau peseibly be made by those
whose judgment in such matte -s is to be re,
lied on as trustworthy or unbiased by preju-
dice born et i uar,anou or the hops of divid-
ends from railroad stoke or profits deriv
able from the ownership of so-called Winter
hotels la the regions limed, When dealm
bility of °limato is taken .into caneideration,
and to it is added the feet that In Caracas
and at /faeatia one may be comfortably, yes,
luxuriously, housed and provided for in the
shatter of food, it is pulsing ntrnuge that
travellers front the States and Canada are
not to bo mot with at alitlie street corners of
the 'Yectanelan capital. Eapeoially during
the days of blizmrdg, chilblains, pneumonia,
snow, slush, shill windp, and bitter weather;
that is to any, from Christmas till 'clay day,
when living in Montreal is no more nor less
than unadulterated heart -breaking woe and,
misery to poor humanity endowed with
abnormal aciatic nerves, big toes, meteor-
ological sbouldora, delicate lunge, Inflam-
mable ducts, tubes, nares, weak, overtaxed
or malformed membranes. Viotims of dys-
phonia, clericorum, diphtheria, quinsy, up -
nee, bronchitis, and other nosologtcal pheno-
inena, with supersensitive organs, would do
well to flee from these torments and sees;
refuge in the mollifying air of the vale of
Cbac,
Caraaocas is moreover a pity possessed of
more attractions than are merely elimatia,
and no one who has visited it will deny that
et is a good place for span to dwell there,
not only beeauso of
ITOO .DELICIOUS WeA.THEn
and glowing skies, but because everywhere
in, about and around it there are beautiful
orchards, groves,, and plantations, quaint
villages, flower and vine covered.farmbouses,
fields of living green and quiet pastures by
the sweet waters of the Rio Gunire and
other winding streams. There is beauty
enough in all one sees in this charming
place to fill the heart with gladness and
content. In the midst of the city is the
Plaza Bolivar (not Bol-i-var as I was taught
in my early school days to pronounce the
name of the liberator—but Bo-lee•var—
throwing the accent strongly and sharply on
the second syllable, breathing the final
"var " gently diminuendo.) This square is
what may betermed the heart of the town,
and from it extends the four grand avenues
that divide Caracas into quarters and regu-
late the system of naming the streets after
the four cardinal points of the compass.
The four avenidas are, respectively, called
Avenida Norte, Oasts, Snr, and Este ; that
is to say in our English speech, North,
West, South and East avenues, and each
has its beginning on that side of the plaza
indicated and suggested by the name given
to it. The f our boulevards extend in a
straight line from the equaro out into the
country in a northerly, westerly, easterly
or southerly direction, as the case may be.
The streets running parallel to Aveniday
Norte and Sur to the west of those thorough-
fares are designated by even numbers ;
those tothe east of the avenues by odd num-
bers, Norte 1, 3, 5, &c., np to Nettie ,15; and
the streets (calles) crossing these at right
angles are similarly numbered by odd num-
bers, if they be to the north of Avenidas
Oeste and Es'e, and by"even numbers if to
the south of them.
AvenfdayNorte (Northern-ayenue) extends
toward the foothills of the grand mountains
of Caracas on the north of the city, towering
between it and the sea. - It asconda gently
from the plaza for nearly three-quarters of a
mile to where the-Panteon Nacional on
cupies a prominent, site
ON THA BORDERS Or Tlii'. CITY.
Avenida Este stretches down a moderate
descent past the Temple Candelaria, the
great church of the parish of eke same FLOODSTN MEXICO,
name, out to the pleasant and frustful
estates of San Bernardino, T.. Gula and the
Cardin Guzman, three beautiful plantations
of sugar and groves of cocoa. Passing these
it reaches the terminus of the Ferrocerril
Central, the railway to Petare, a romantic
and quaint town nine unlet away at the
eastern end of the vale of Caracas. Frota
the south side of the Plaza Bolivar Avenida
Sur descends into the Valley of the 'softly -
Bowleg Rio ua%ro passing in the rear of
the
Templo Santa'Toreaa, which stands on
the northern coniines of Plaza. Washington,
wherein a statue of the "Father cf his Coun-
try" Avenida Qeeto is but one-third the
length of either of the other avenues, owing
to the n.earer approach of the hillse to
the central plaza; it conducts ane to a Hight
of stone steps that rise to the aum;tiit of
Meant Celvario, in the amidst of Paseo Guz•
man Blanco, and on the top of whieh is a
(olossat statue of El Theatre Americo, Be.
yond this is the station of Ferrocarril. La
Guayta•Caracas, up whom tortuens track
our train bad cliimbed the afternoon of the
day we left the sea behind us to seek the
Mogen of our pilgrimage, Caracas, he its
wonderful valley of delight,.
Thanks to the activity and progroasive
Writ of Gen. Guzman Blanco, Caracas has
In these lata years become a really beautiful
and picturesque city ; it is embellished with
numerous Oman alainedas, public build -
Inge, and statues, The streets aro well
paved, and nowhere can one find a mere
pleasent or
CSB.P1i11`I,'I rumen. . QABIiE.-e-
then the well -laid -out and carefully -kept
Paseo Gnzmsn Blanco, whence from the
vols of Monet Calvarie, amid the shade of
beautiful trees, surrounded by dowers and
blooming shrubbery, outs on obtain, views
of the valleys of Ceraa a and Automat:so that
would betide the power to paint word pie.
tures of them of even the great master who
wrote of the Dele table Mountains, or of
him who sings of the glories of the .rose-
etrewn vale of Cashmere,
jot talent .genes* en the Morning atter'
ear arrivalet the hotel, I step ed out upon
a balcony that hung in front of my window,
which gave toward the tenth, and from it
aujoyed a wide ranging view of the main-
tains of Caracass, it was a greed and never -
to be -forgotten sight. The day was dawn -
lug—" the jocund mora stood tiptoe-"
.here the quotation fails of accurate appli-
cation, for the mouateiiu taps were not
misty nor °bscnred by drifting clouds, bet
distinctlyhued against a gray sky that
faded rapidly tar warm and d;azzlfug azure
as night tied precipitately away before the
face of day. The grand peaks lowered 0.000
fees, abovutbevalley stilialeepiu. inelaadosv,
and as the tau rushed up the on, crag and
pinnacle became suffused. with a wonder -
tel light that trautforaaed reel: mua
precipice into gitatening ramparts and bat
th mente built, in all poetical probability, of
gold tied, precious dens:•9, The light crept
down the mountain tildes dleraluetirig the
elks and ridges, atilt leaving the valley a In
dark.neEa, the nun peeped over tbe low bille
at the eastern end of the valley
DM CAM; .\i,3. AT stun,
-the white walls of Caracas ninon dazzling
white --the roofs of its dwellings put on a
rick and mellow red of tiles that contrasted
beautifully with the green of vines and
overhanging palms and wide•epreadiog
trees.. it was adelielous morning, the air
fresh and health-giving—deep indrawn
draughts of it exhilarated and set the blood
freely coursing through the veins—a gentle
breeze cooled and 'soothed the two and eyes;
le was as refreshing to the whole body as A
bath in a mountain brook in 'midsummer;
the atmosphere was 'dear and aound•har-
ing; it was luxury to Iive ; the world made
merry, and one coalcl not but feel contented.
on one (Atha gladdest and sweetest mornings.
of the whole long year ot Summer. It was
on an ideal /gay mornin g—a May morn-
ing Bitch as English poets oing.
According to my calendar, however,
15 was near the middle of February,
and no doubt farther north it was behaving
itself as auch—in Caracas 15 was all miles
and graces, gentleness, and geniality.
I was 1u the midst of my rapturous en•
joymont of the feast that nature had prepar-
ed for niy oyes when a rap at our eban ber
door announced the coming of dohn-Jc:we
Bana•Jnan—he answered to all four names
with equal alacrity. John was a a °barna.
ter" --he was born of African parents under
the Dutch fin that floats over the island. of
Caraeoa—his native speech was Papieimen.
to, he also spoke Spanish, mumbled French,
and said ho " eoik Ingleeisoh" and speak
English he did as well as the writer could
understand him, which is to say not at all.
Daring my stay in Caracas I practiced what
little Spanish t could pick np on John, and
John retaliated by setting me by the ears
with his smattering of Papieimento English.
He was amused at my attempts to speak
Spanish,, and no doubt had sufficient cause.
As for his hit-or-miss manner of drawing a
bow at a venture to shoot at Anglo-Saxon
words, it diverted me beyond measure, al-
though I kept a grave face and tried,with all
my ears and understanding to make myself
kenspeckle" of what he was trying to ask,
or tell. The object of John's coming was
to take away our boots to polish them, and
to say inquiringly "How it brikfass?"
"Aqui 2" "A present 7" To me, in virtue
of supposed superior acquirements in tho
matter of speaking the language of Sancho
Panna, was left the task of ordering that
meal which I had learned from DJ eiaterachaf
was called "Desayuno."
The Duke of Cumberland's Claim.
Emperor Frederick's death probably de-
stroys the Duke of Cumberland's last hope
of recovering the large private fortune of
which he was practically robbed by the Ger-
man Government. Old Emperor William
wanted to restore it to him; but Prince Bis-
marck overruled his desire. Emperor Fred-
erick was determined that he should have
it, and, had his life been spared, would
doubtless have carried out his design in spite
of the, Chancellor. But now the Duke's
righteous claim is not worth a cent on the
thousand dollars,
a
The. United States, not to be beaten in
the competition among nations for instru-
ments of destruction, has aim found a new
explosive, to which the name "ernmensite"
has been given. It. is said to be twice as
powerful as dynamite. 'Its inventor, a Dr.
Emmons, thinks that 'with an appropriate
gun he could by means of his multicharge
accelerating cartridge of emmensite obtain
a range of twenty-seven miles.
Fifteen, Hundred Lives Reported to slave,
Bee„ t Lost. • •
-
St. Louis, June 2G. •-A City of Mexico.
special .says : —Daring the past ten days the
table Untie between here and ,Zacatecas have
been visited by unprecedented rains. Every
mountain xirulet along the Central railway
for more than two hundred males hue been
converted into a destructive torrent, and the
velleys present the appearance of lakes,,
Many cities and towns have been Inundated,
and Leon and Silas have been partially de-
stroyed. "Oa the 1$th shat the following
telegram was received from Shinn:- ""Iii
ereeenenced raining heavfly yesterdey after-
noon, and continued all night, raising the
Silas River out of its hanks, breaking at the
north end of the town and faminre through
the streets with irresistible force and vole
ewe. Most of the houses here being adobe,
they eon baeame saturated with water and
began to fall. About 3.0.•5 house* have been
destroyed.
HO ELESS ANA STABVXNQ RSORLR
The station bnildingga are occupied by
homeless people, who ars unable to obtain
anything to est, .except watermelons and
fruit found floating in the water. - The rains
has bean general, and the whale country
around Sifao is Hooded. Several dykes have
given way. It still conking raining. On
20t
the h it was learned that the dead had
been more destructive in Leoa than Siiao..
On Monday, the 15th, the river broke ever
its dykes, and notwithstanding all efforts to
check iia course it .ne de rapid headway and
dn#lly doodel the city. •As the rain fell the
river rose rapidly, its volume of water How
bag Into the town, graedusiiy wearing away
the fouudetion of the buildiogs, whieh conn--
menced Well asnighteannsa nn. Ott Monday
night the people, believing themsolr oe ware
from the Hood, went to bed in these parte et
the town where the water had not found its
.way. The needy downfall el raitt luta the
extensive water bed of the eutleing country
increased the new of the rive', and Twiny
idly
extended Its ohaunel until over half of Lou
wan under water, and a .lora of life coaatmeno-
,ed =paraded in the history of any of the
great inundaedena of modern times.
,ti'k'AL i,Itat DM OF I,Ilr1£,
As the buildings fell the unfortunate
,sleepers were either crushed to death or
drowned. One WAS night of terror fah
lowed. Men, women, and child. ren fled to
the street in thein nightelathea, amus to find
sheter on high ground, end other% to be.
awept away by the flood. Qn.Tuesdsy iuoris-
ing tho ram was still falling. All night it •
petered, uutil ' eduesdey mottling caw the
lake surrounding the city nudisui islse 1 in
ohne with steady rain disturbing its wince.
In the afternoon, 'however, it ce;sstdraintng,
and the waters calnnt n.cd to rcee le, It le
eatitnnted that 700 peers ms perished. There
is a strong ateuth from the hew of-rab-
bish that ouzo formed boasts anti our is led
to believe that name none bo bodies buried
uuder them. There are alta bodice ssdll
heating in the seater, ()me liundredl and
cleven„badfee have been ressovcred without
moving any of the ruins of the houses, And
hundreds of bad'tea must be buried under
them. The deitoryei houses aro estimetol
et 2,000, and the loss at d2.000,030. Many
other towns have been badly dainagetle.huS
the Jos of We is only reported from Jellao
and Lon, The Mexican ('eutrel railway was
washed ont in a.number of piece's. The State
of Guanajuato and the Pectoral (Government
aro doing muck to 'succourthovistime of the
flood.
Two Tiger Stories.
Comedy and tragedy go hand in hand in
Hindoa tiger hunts. An asnncing example
of the former is given by a traveler, .t't
tiger had bean wounded, but although rano
of lits hind legs was broken, it made its way
into a patch • of high grass, and hid there.
Guided by the Dheels, the elephant entered
the grass patch for the purpose of driving
out the tiger. The cunning animal allowe.
the party to pets and then sprang at ono of
the Shook, •" a little, hairy, bendylegged
pian, moroliko a satyr than a human being."
The Blseol dashed to the nearest tree, and
owing to the broken log of the tiger, was
able to climb out of reach. Finding him.
self safe, the Meet " oommencd a philippic
against the father, mother, slaters,- aunts,
nieces and children of his helpless enemy,
who eat with glaring eyeballs fixed on his
contemptible little enemy, and roaring as if
his heart would break with rage."
"As the excited orator warmed by his
own eloquence, he began skipping from
branch to brands, grinning and chattering
with the emphasis of an enraged baboon;
pouring out a torrent of the most foul abuse,
and attributing to the tiger's family in
general, and his female relatives in pardon -
lar, every crime and atrocity that ever was
or ever will be committed.
" Occasionally he varied his insults by
roaring in imitation of the tiger; and at
last, when fairly exhausted, he leaned
forward till he appeare3 to be within the
grasp of the enraged animal, ended this
inimitable scene by spitting in his face."
Sometimes the tragic element prevails.
In one of these too numerous instances a
man-eater, which for six months bad been
the terror of the neighborhood, had been
traced down and was seen to creep in a ra-
vine. The beaters were at once ordered off,
as they could not be of service, and might
be charged by the tiger, whieh had already
been rendered furious by the wound. Un-
fortunately these men are in the habit of
hall intoxicating themselves with opium
before driving the tiger from its refuge, and
one of them having taken too Iarge a dose
refused to escape, and ohaileneed the tiger,
drawing it defiantly. In a moment the
animal sprang upon him, dashed him to . the
ground with a blow of his paw, and turn-
ed at bay. After a series of desperate
charges he was killed. The hunters then
went to the assistance of the - wounded
man, but found that he was past all aid;
the lower part of his face, including both
jaws, having been carried away as if by a
cannon -bail. The terrific effect of the
single blow indicates the power of the
limb which-struok it. Had the blow taken
effect a few inches higher the whole of the
head would have been carried away. By a
similar blow a tiger has been known to crush
the skull of an ox so completely, that when
handled the broken bones felt as if . they
were loose in a bag. The wonder at this
terrible strength diminishes when the limb
is measured. - The tiger whioh killed the
foolhardy man was by no means a large
one, measuring 9 feet 5 inches from the nose
to the tip of the tail ; yet the girth of the.
forearm was 2 feet 7 inches. The corns -
ponding limbof it very powerful man
scarcely exceeds a foot in circumference. I
have not had the opportunity of dissecting
a tiger, but I have helped to dissect a lion,,
which is possessed of similar powers, and
was struolt with wonder at the tremendeue
development of the mneeles of the fortes,
--Good Words.
Lord Wootsley- on Artillery.
A great deet had been said about the
moral effect of artillery. It was very
considerable, bat he believed the moral
effect of artillery was greater than the
actual or possible effect. He saw a number
of drawings and statistics. before Bim on
the platform, and when he first glanced
at tbem they looked tearful and demo -
relining, bat be confessed, when he
came closer and looked on the other
side, his nightmare .disappeared, 13e spoke.
in the presence of a great company of men
who bad been subjected to the fire of arta-
cry. It was Avery uncomfortable aisd a very
dieearesableitehag to hear these sheik coat-
ing towards them. and to see thein dropping
in their midst. Eatthosewho tanked&boat
the awful and uncamfortable sensation,
which came over 'email when undert rtiflery
are, he would only ask if they had ever
been under a close Bre of musketry, be-
cause if they had not, kis would tell them
it was still more dreadful. If they got
ever ,the fearful excitement which the
bursting of great shells gave rise to,
he thought the sweeping skald dead-
ly Ore of musketry was still more deadful.
On the subject of the moral effect of artil-
lery While* action, lie eopld nut do better
than draw their attention to what took
place in the Indian nanny, Ocr men were
slwayss looking Paned to hear' the guns go
off, for it was bink which gave the men con-
ddemse. IIs had know' the enemy are
blank cartridge long before they canto into
range, with the object et inspiring their own
mesa with confidence and to strike terror in.
to fie. That was a goad illustration of how
considerable . was the thorns edeet
of artillery in action. There was
o40 point, he was very sorry to say, had
not been referred to in the course of'the cession. He confesae i that he was rather
astounded at this fact. When he Fame
there he expected to hear a conaiderabie
emouutof diacuoloc, or et leant it reference
net ozsly to ivachioe-guns, but also to gpiek-
tirins; guns in the future, He could not help
thiakleg that quick firing guns would play
an important part la the warfare of the
future. With respect to the marhine•gun,
he had a conversation with Mr Hakim ata
Hythe, some time age.. He 1Lerd Wolseley)
said to him. " Can yon produce it Machine..
gun that will prep len inti au eateruy at
3,t oo}arch 1 " He 4511 be would do it, and
he had eine writtean to any that he bed
done it. Ile said, "tIwill nut vastyatMOO
yards, but with great tti'eat at.4,00a yards."
if 9ta could do that, there was a isad look out
for artillery, as they eeuld net snake use of
corer as infantry eomlal.
;1"R,art'ni.SAl in Chicago.
Mrs, Pawn's, relict of the anarchist who
was exe;utest bet autumn in Chicago, le
making tisines lively, vas btzcmte au ortho-
dox ananebiat. i)ravicg through the streets
of the city the other ovenivg, the legends
upas the carriage, " Let the voice ot the
people be beard," and " silence is more
terrible than speech," aittreeted a large.
crowd. Tho lady ha vigorous accents •ad-
dreaaed the pollee as "biuo•ceeted murder-
ers," and was neatly arrested for breaking
the law . rohlbltiug the distribution of bend -
bills in the street. Airs. Parsons had been
scattering Band bills advertising her late
husband's book on anarchy, thus fulfilling
the .mission of the true anarchist, which is to
agitate for revenue only.
Gambling Above) Reproach.
The good work of coloniaitlen is still fur-
thered fn Quebec by the bad lottery system.
A. recent announcement sets forth that in
the eolouizetiou lottery a piece of property
valued at $3,000. another valued at $2,000,
another valued at $1,000, ten lots valued at
$300 each, thirty five bed -room suites, a
hundred watches valued at $30 each, a hun-
dred wilted at $40 each, and several other
prizes, have been drawn. Lotteries and
raffles aro illegal because wrong, but when
promoted for religious or national objects
they are tolerated. It is held that in this
form of gambling the end justifies the
means.
Sea Fisheries of the United
Kingdom.
A return issued yesterday by the Board
of Trade ahows that the total quantity of
fish returned as landed on all coasts, exda-
sive of shell fish, •amounted in1887 to 6,029,-
000 ewts., or say 301,000 tons, of the value
of„£3,7 i "9,000, which, with the addition of
the shell fish, having a value of £321,000
makes a total value of fish landed on the
English and Welsh coasts in 1887 of £4,103,
000. The corresponding figures for 1886
were --quantity of fish landed, exclusive of
shell flab, 6,412,030 ewes.,. or 320,000 tons
of the value of £3,685,000; the value of the
shell fish landed being £260,000—making a
total value of fish landed' iu that year of
£3,957,000 ; consequently, although there
was a decrease of 383,000 °win., or 19,000
tons, in the quantity of fish returned as
landed, exolusive of shell fish, it appears
that there was an increase in the value of
the same of £91,000 ; the value of the shell
fish returnedlas landed having also increas-
ed by £55,000.
Death of General lglr Duncan,
Cameron, G, C. B.
The death of the above gallant general is
announced. Sir Duncan was the son of
Lieutenant -General Sir John Cameron, K.
C. B., and was born in 1808. • He entered
the army in 1825. He served throughout
the Eastern campaign 1854 5, and command-
ed the 42d Foot at the battle of Alma, and
the Highland Brigade at the battle of Bala-
olava, and received the medal with three
clasps for the aeigeof Sebastopol; etc., where
he took part in the assault on the outworks.
For his service during the warhe was made
a Companion of the. Older of the; Bath and
an Officer of the Ligion of Honor. ' Re was
appointed colonel of the 42d Foot in 1863,
and in the :earn year proceeded to New
Zealand in command of the forces there
with the rank of Lieutenant -General. In
1864 he was trade a K. C. B. He was Gov-
ernor of the Royal Military Obllege at Sand-
hurst from 1868 to June, 1875. For several
years he; has been colonel of the Gordon
Highlanders. Sir Duncan was appointed
Major-General in 1858, Lieutenant -General
in: 1868, and General in January, 1875.'