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The Exeter Advocate, 1889-6-6, Page 2Airs. Paxton s Quilt WO. a away, chuckling to himself, to spread the 111 „ W II f It t W r e , erri is, 33 we on e farm a. mile from the village, reed I hadn't A Ceremony Width, 11188 Veen rerrOnMed TN.4 (TIMN1 KEYS. I WO/UN AGAINST smENT. CATCHING POIIPOIS,ES. " heerd a word aliont the, i1813. I Went baOk I for Eight ttundred Team The quilt itself was a doeble nineepatch,r, as the house, and there they Bets their peedi More Americans, it is said, than Englieh- and 1 'bun it quilted' in aleatheu aud he"ju''i res flyird but their tongues still, which must men of his geneentioa have visited. the bone patterned eaid Mrs, Penton, when the , beve been a dreadful trial to Melisay and Tower of fieradon, but how many have vh- looldane the story that 1 new tell to yen in c4,11,,ty, but they seemed to he beariir up irad it by night, is,skii Et London letter to the her own words, 1 „. - pretty well under itnend nob gee of em new Yoek (earibone," It 'shy night that it "It was cue of the prettiest quilts you] eitowed eiane 0i gmg eit is really impressive—so mind), more so than ever saw—all red arid weep. and yellow. melt purple and pink calico, et together wetter "If one a them waated the thread and, it ley clay thee if it was not for dhtressing the f happened to be at the other end of the quilt, huudreds of thoueendsurlao think they now wb-iro, with a aet-on border, area vine with' !she'd shake it until the seool rolled to her, rheoawayitsleoeonk it, 1 eh,. owuelndtet4hyertehetyo ahl4tede anefvee; green leaves. 'There were juistuaithrr11:ko.:-1, fa00:1,e:eyee gee up and wok *ate retina sand nine hundred and. ntnety-moe Plecee in tnat quilt after the scriesors 'fore they'd ash eveuings since, not with tbe ghosts whit trhat quilt." i hermit the place, but with a number of "I'd teken uneeramon pa t el "So it went on until noon and we had youtig warriors who are altegetlier alive, pieces together and tektite' them zed out true diluter. My hustle -eel was a jolly, joky kind and long, I hope, may be; gallant sons of and even, and that quiit birth tbe premiem os a man, alZ times henderuniene to mar country fair. ', ' maci he made it t9 lively ab the gellont aires, The hottalion of guards now io 4, 'table that we got along firatirette, bue la poesession are there for a year, anti every "1 wanted it quilted w?,Ils so 1 (1"4"'s: when he'd one, end the women had gone entior will remember the fallacious barraohe, make a realer gelatin' comer:, hut juet in- vited h. four or five of the bee t quitters el bac to the quilt, they were agent as the which are, 1 suppeee, the meet modem of the neighborlosood one day, ad the reeit It 4, I kept talking in to one or the other of ell structurea within the ancient moats and weilte and there they make their home. guilt -ea myeeli, and it took me the bet -et them as I washed. the dishes, and ;herd Your hansom, is allowed to drive in after part ef a month to do it. Them, feathers le t .. I, , seemed to =ewer back eprightly enough, hailing the gate, but yea will notice that a such slow work ..but never a veora to eaela other. solclior rearchea in frees, Partly aa guide "Mellow Grunt Was the best and faetesti "Soon ali I'd done my dishes I went in and partly because it le a fortress into which quitter in the country, aed, her tonee was i.,,,, and sat down to the quilt with the rest of ' as esee and as sharp as her weal% net --1 them, and ittet then Hiram Hoff, Cathay a you go you have penetrated, and pest 8 OClock, was iipiendel compeay and real good came, at almost a foot's pace crown the hill opus oilier, aherp tongue i but °nee riled she husband, drove OP on his way to tee mid. and then to the lett along the Inver road to back :He had his little four-year-old girl, Janie, parallel with the Thames, between grim staid eited, and she never Bald what she would net say to their feces, 1 wi•h him, and he said he gueeeed he'd granite walls, where the gleone grows dark- ee ;leave her with Calletyi as. le looked tome er, through grim gates, beneath grhu arch - "Then there was Melaaly Hicks. PUe like rain. ways; the burden of thia zneee of neetionty wee 'zaeat as geed a 'Piker as 3deli"7" 8119 ,A$0 the little girl Ceuta in and wet to lying heavier ea your soul at every step; Was every tatte end grain as good cat straigheti piayins trowad with my 'inert, hue hielhay was e teeth tette be little Hader, who the vere ehadoweweighing on yen; anel the en eeneta, Nines, eaougn I uvulae% .hais r" was 'bout the same age. They run out into sky on this clear night --for it is clear out. aid eofm. tee „lied.. foe neehely woe iingh;313tuy‘nthe yiparad, eland All‘oftregi tezrmeaiimmeettles olluitto;ie came side—seen by felimPsees looking ittuitelY and ' Oh, more remote thaothe usual London heevenoi .4ebY gP tb" Ifttlt1 E.C1 V.‘14 MelilisY'' 444 ma ma 1 jatr elm fell hu, the well r IOWA are, for the meet pert, a 000W 44- " tticiody Merke Came in about third benti four tougne*tied WW1= They all gave 4 Ereeently out yea come into the Wreck. amoeg the geed (palters, and the oetald (milt r einMit§tneons made a melt for the ft th yen" and a blessed expanne of air and evep. ing tb"e Wt*'" X3v4 1°V45 lo4t 114tetla tbi4P4 co' "7Well ht t e heard them nen meg o oke, as it WM. 410. over your head. how. estUgb • a"L, fat :041z? ohfs r'f41 tehhtleZa WWb eOnn la, lege a "The well was about twenty live feet Three bouts later an Pak./ goodelight my deep with a Jew curb and windlees, beet atoppod me. "There is etheithing you lestie bit loerg, in, e beg Teere was a drinking -gourd hanging would like to see, and it is just C ro "me o e lawrtehMeauudIT:erbtle31 Ckinld a by the side of the, window, and little along.' Ati we Went out an elfWer of the 43,Ifter—u: Jonie had climbed, onto a tipped over garde ruelied by in full upiforreoword fe of I the) wooden pad and reached over to fill the etaging ageinet '0133 atOng BUTS, huge beer- 9.1.iliPnllet/Yee:Itt:e13reiilletevrt; tba 11,i' andal 0 geurel from the wellibuoliet, when oho teat elite helmet and all the Teen end eried out f the2t:'ewout:try ehewiLlit her balance and down she wear. to WS " Yon will ha too lent if you den' t Platelneye'lleleinfotilintre: 143-kig,74-ulf fiTtp'%attadlit, Ifer curly heed come up in the water lierry, arid awey he went at a donble•quiek word ;Piet as we got to tire curb, and Calisty gave aercee tbe moonlit puede. 11, moment litter 4tIklaucItIttef,elerelereigiefiltele8in9ZYouweileeelletnueeseellheiesig" erre awful ecreeell and fell ht a dead faint on appeared a little Num" of men, nee of them, the geese. The well was walled with rough in a flawing amulet robe witlea tighted So 11131253 Ina of coropeayi eb ro y lanaterlia,:oraing up the steep elope tItat leade from Traitors* gate, The sentry challenged "elate 1 Who gave there?" T he weeder belle auswerse "The keys." " Wein° heyer Queezt Vemerritde here" Pete Queen Vietorie'e keys." The weeder a the hewing *cartel; robe, with, the lighted Lantern, followed by his little equod. :ituourtaa:off again, but halta egairemed °riot "God Save Qneela Vietorial" Tee guerd coulee to the present, that exl. r Toringe hie sword te the volute, officer and mere respond in chorus throe t!mvii ivith it hint' of (theme; "Am! Aram 3 Amen 1" Agairt the warder acts out, peseee, turns rquare to the left, and militates, he and his flowing searleb and hie lantern and hie little treated. He is carrying the keys of the tower to the governor ref the tower, It was but a minute. The guard are die- miseed, the efficer merthing leisurely off. My friend and I aril& there. Only a min. ute; yet that selfsame ceremony hes been trausaeted on that. same spot et.thet aarne hour every night for some 'be KO years. ee tem au me a er eau " Manny Mari:la rheumatism broke cut the day hater() sad crippled her eight arm op abe SOOldort SW310, but the other four came. Mahaly Riche got there drat and had jtiet atottee, and it was 'bout tweuty het to the water. "In the twinklin' of an eye Afelleey Omit had off her gaiters, mud not beiog cumbered „ zee hoopeleirta, or leurtlee, or frille, she *et aown "' the gat whe4 Mehetl °4'`a"*". gathered her plain aide around her, clim (same. over the Ptah and down idle alid en the rope 'toe /i8iit in, Me''''''7*n "Ye 'Ida" of the bucket; that was in the well t 4‘ttle ahead at but ith lienAueza "She went clean eitt of eight at It, hut nou enu lieterh up w' "Neither ot ieet eeid werd, aithaueh / the next valuate her bead popped tip out of - the water, and she drew herself up by the didn't hardly notice them at the time; 1313n rape %out afoot with 005 arm, while ahe MeliebY 414 "f her hanuee aud 8/441° aull clutched at little with her other band. sat down and went to work, making her neediee fly. "I didn't; keep any heip then, aed, of arse, wleta a wetuan bad a quiltin' she waspertichler 'bout her dinner, and I was by in my kitchen that I went right out The well was only bout tbreer test e.croas, and hdelirray menaged. to get her feet in one of the creche itween the mita with her back to the opposite ; but moat of her and Jerre, tom was in the nate% zbero soon OS 1h1 got Melltray thread arid Blow the dinuer horn for the men,' she needle, and I dir'n'e go into the aettlithroora says,edas iefetdbeIrhtionueand ritieou ndgotttifire.m ehorn.tyhuebendand blow. again, where the quilt was, until Celisty aud his hired time came running in frtni Hoff came. Then 1 left my winaking and their work, and between well we got ilhaey !meted in. ,` and hi ellsay oat all right, but the child was noticed that Caliaty 'coked kiud o nap eese e ro0e queer voaeu the eaw Mehaly and Malloy rad. , and we all thought she was WW1' to ;be quilt, tut she clutter saya nv " thing to them, although the laughed mod Roll her ever a beet to gib the water out,' mire Mame without minding herself, (11"d wItb all the Ill" ly" get"ug anct her bands were all torn and bloody, too, her thread and needle and layinga tr became dem rope and the rocks. place for her to quilt. " Me tied Mellow went to work over "While I was doing that Lucindy Markt) Jamey, and Mahaly and LI:windy 'tended to 081210. Catty, for she was as white as a ohmic and " 'Come right; in Ltreincly eaya the an a n. a tremble when she did cora° to, o there all got a Mae %heed of you, bub Jancy's all right, Calisty,' nye Luoin- trust yon to quilt as many blocks as any of sly. 'era by ecoo. You set right down here by Cabsty., "But I noticed that; she took her cheer and wont clean to the other end of the quilt and it down with her mouth abet hard and her black eyes seappint I smelt soraething burning out in the kitchen just; then, and I ran out to tree it. Somethiug else kept me busy for some tine, and when I got time to think of it at all, thinka to me, 'Well them women's nighty queer in there tor "'Yea, yes,' says Alehaly, 'yon chirk right up. now,' "'0 Lucindy 1 0 Meheler 1" says Celia**. "Then all their tongues got to going, and aeclare if they didn't nothe up for loat time 1 Candy WAS ail right in ten minutes, and she fairly cried over Mothers bruiaed hands and would bandage them up bargee, Janie come 'round as well as ever by uight, and for three hours them women all talked at once and they was sweet as sugar to meth women, ePeshlY slob women as Melon'Y other—sugar would not have melted in th Grant and Crilisty Hoff, whoze " tongues giterally eeemed fastened in the middle and loose at both ends when they got together.' 44 rd atep near the lathe -room door, bat; not a Pound could I hear but the needles cutting through the stiff' muslin of the quilt, or the thissors cutting off threads. I listened again and again, an dnot a vvord could / hear. Finally I stepped into the room arid I gays, says I, Pears to me you're dreadful quiet in here.' " Not one of "em said a word. " You d ort to be more sociable,' I says, but they jest act there, with their eyes fas- tened on their work. " I took a needle and sat down and quilt. ed half an hour with 'em, but not one of them spoke a word 'ceptn' to roe. Then I had to go out and put my turkey in to roast, and while I was 'media' to it some one rode up to the gate and called out, Hello 1' and I went out and. there was Peter Ripley, a gossipy old fellow who lived down to the vil- lage, where all my quiltere lived. " Haven't time to come in said Peter, and this critter o' mine won't in, nohow. My wife wants to know if you can bring her three pounds oi butter Saturday?' "I told him I was may, but couldn't spare much 'cauae I lied comp'ny. "'What comp'ny ?" asked Peter. " 'Oh,' Bays 1, 'I m having a little euiltin' to -day.' "Who you gob?" he asked, gossip like. " Grant and Mahaly Hicks and,— " • You don't say l' says Peter, with a chuckle. "'And Calisty Hoff and'— " 'Woes and more of it,' puts in Peter. " 'And Lue,incly Marks,' I says. " 'Why, Abby Paxton,' says Peter, 'ain't you heard nothing?' " 'No,' I says, what do you mean ?' " 'Have they come yit ?' asks Peter, and when I said they had, he asks 'How're they making out ?' " 'They do seem rather quiet,' says I. " `Do they speak at all 2' "'1 do'no as they do,' I was 'bleeged to say. " 'Must be a jolly quiltin,' says Peter, and then be lay back on the seat of his old buggy and laughed. " 'Well, what is it ?" says I, pretty sharp, for I see I'd got into some kind of a mues. ' Why,' says Peter, ' them four women go into a fuss day before yesterday over sows quarrel their children had at school, and they all happened to meet at the echool- leuse, and. when they parted comp'ny they all vowed and declared they'd never speak to each other again longas they lived and breathed and kept their senses, and here you've gone and got them identikle four wo- men shet up together in a room, and air go- ing to keep them there all day 1' "An' that man jest lay back laughiree. You'd better turn'em loose or there'll damage done,' said Peter, as he &iv ei r mouth°. "I got an early supper and they went home afterwards, Lucindy and Mahaly arm and arm, and Calisty and Melissy each bolding a hand of little Janie, and I never knew of 'em having any quarrels after that." Huxley's Tribute to the Bible - We have Professor Huxley's own testi. moms not only that he is an agnostic'but that he is the author of the term. It is therefore especially interesting to hear what he has to say about the Bible. "1 have always been in favor," says the Profesaor, "of scouter education, in the sense of educa- tion without theology; hub I must confess that I have been no leas seriously perplexed to know by what practical measures the religious feeling, which is the essential basis of conduct, was to be kept up, in the present utterly chaotic state of opinion on these matters, without the use ot the Bible. The pagan moralists lack life and color: and even the noble stoic, Marcus Antoninus, is too high and refined for an ordinary child. Take the Bible as a whole, make the sever- est deductions which fair criticisen can dice tate, and there still remains in this old literature a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. By the study of what other book would children be so much humanized? If Bible reading is not accompanied by oonstraint and solemnity, I do nob believe there is anything in which children take more pleasure." A Visitor to be Dreaded. The gay old Shah of Persia has lett home to make a round of visits among the Euro- pean monarchs, none of whom, it can safely be said, will be overjoyed to see him. Eater. taining the Shah, as was demonstrated on his former tour of sociability, is both difficult and expensive. His last visit cost England $100,000, of which the greater share was paid by bhe Queen. Neither Russia nor England can permit any deficiency in the appearance of hospitality towards thispotentate in view of their Asiatic intereets and rivalry, his favour being a matter of some importance to each. But the coming of the luxurious Shah will be regarded in European courts with something of that fearsome awe whioh avalanches and cyclones inspire.—(N. Y. Sun. just as Hard to Catch. An Indian fisherman in offering a string of fine brook trout was asked, "What's your price ?" One shilling, one fish,al was the answer. "Bub there is a little one 1 a shilling for that ?" "Sure," he quickly rejoined, "just as hard to catch him as big one," A theatrical company is charitable when it plays to a poor house. How they Travelled in Forner Times. All great men kept messengere to carry letters and parcels; Edward III, bad twelve of them with a fixed salary; they "received threepence a day when they were on the road, and four shillinge and eightpence a year to buy Mmes.'. Morthante, though not prolea. atonal travellara, were constantly joureeying to different fairs, and such of them as were below the class of merchant princes like Whittington and Canynge were to be "mot about the roads almoet as much as their poor- er brethren, the pedlars." At the same time, merchauta travelled at muoh by boat as they could, both because they conveyed their goods more cheaply by water than they could by land, and also, no doubt, because they were safer from robbers on a river than they were on a road. Among feet passengers who shunned tbe public roads were outlaws and villains escaped from bond. The criminal law vsas severe, and many fugitives from jure tice took shelter in the forests, widish at that period extended over vast districts. An ex- tract from the ballad of the "Nut Brown Maid" gives a melancholy picture of the out- law'e amid brambles, mud, snow, frost, and rain. Neither man nor woman who had fled from the terrors of the law could claim its protection; the life of either mightthe taken with impunity, for "an outlaw and aweyve," as Fleta says, "bear wolves' heath" During the latter part of the century es- caped villains formed no small part of the wayfaring population. Some gain- ed their freedom by remaining unclaim- ed for a year and a day in a free town, others wandered from place to place, and wherever they came, brought news to men of their own caws as to how their brethren far- ed in different parts of the country. In France, wayfarers of this sort were few; for there, during and after the English wars, the fugitive villein turned brigand, and the pea- sants fled at the approach of an armed tnan. The report that an Indian reserve in Da- kota is to be thrown open to settlement, and that a repetition of the Oklahoma rush is probable, is suggestive. It is evident that the good land available tor settlers in the United States is growing scarce and will be exhausted before very long. Then will come the time for the fertile lands of Canada to re- ceive that rapid increase of population which has in the past naturally eaken the direction of districts till lately more accessible in the United States. Our shrewd neighbors are well aware of this feet, which has contributed to their movement for the assimilation of our country. The time which it takes to cross the At. lantio is raphily nearing the five day point. The "City of Paris" is doing all that was expected of her. She has broken the record, having made the passage in 6 days, 23 hours and 7 minutes, a difference of 2 hours and 48 minutes in her favour as com- pared with the "Etruria," whieh crossed in 6 days 1 hour and 55 minutes. This record- breaking, however, was not aceoniplished without great effort, on the Captain's part especially, for from Monday night when signs of fog appeared, until Wednesday morning, he remained on the bridge without leaving it either to eat, drink,. or sleep. Think of that for a careful captain. When questioned on the subject he said there was no danger to tbe "City of Paris," but admitted that there was a risk of running down another vessel. Tied; is one of the chances which have to be incurred when ocean cleaving records have to be broken. mviti siintit vent/walks a Boa constrictor in a Hera Cellar. One of the moat perilous loattlea between a woman and a lergii boa cot:Wei:tor occurr- ed at Grand View last evening. About 7 o'clock, aa Mrs. H. N. Strait, the handsome end aecomplialled young wife of H. 11. Stria of the Wyandotte Plurnbing.Com. desosuded into the colter of thew res- idence on Sixteenth tenet, Grand View, she was startled, by a toad hiss mid two fiery eyee looking directly at her. Returning with a lamp, the lady diecovered a. large snake trolled around apiece of wood. Tak- ing a coal shovel in her baud, Mrs. Straib prepared to do battle with, the monster. The first blow ffeemed to infuriate the rep. tile, and, with a loud hies it sprang at the now thoroughly Married but brave woman, A blow from the shovel knocked the thrust aside, and with the rapidity ot lightnieg the snake again prepared to strike. Five con - accretive thnea did the huge moneter retreat, and then plunge through the dimly lighted air at the woman who was so nobler detepd, leg hareelf. At last a well -directed stroke knocked the reptile to the floor, and seemed to stun it for a moment. lbe glistening eyes had now become tem famivareg balls of throe and the great fangs worked with awful treloeity. Followlug up this blow, BUS. Streit succeeded in killing this boa, and with fart tailing strength ebe reached the deer above, where help soon reached her. Mr. Strait lain WyeiniegTerritern, where birches trout the head to the tip ot the tail. Traveller. menagerie, preenniably the Loudou mrcus, which is now at Artuourdale,—LZausas Oity be is interested in a newly discover- ed nalea mine, and his wife was alone with earnetheed null the eziehe serried into the womi-shed. It eroved to be e boa eomtrio, tor, and 'tumoral eleven feet reed ,eight It is supposed to have escaped from some the servants, A party of neighbore were Tomos of The Hest. The actual partition at V?Onleta in the far eaetern countrtes of Asia is Moat euriene and contradictory. Willie a girl beloy is conaidered an unkind favor of Providence, the revermace paid the Mother of a Wee family is unbounded ; her PO=31314114 Is ask - eel by grey -bearded sons to do rho moat ordinarythieve and her sway appears to be . autzcra s. 033 the other heed Confucius aucl the claesic are a1le4 with izeozului and =tempt. allueione to winner:, and are tile an. orltiee for the general belief in their in. rlority. Tim women of the middle and upper olassee in china are kepi:, in seclusion all their lives, given no voice in the family councils aultil very aged, and are seldom taught; oven the rin'imenta of an education. In centradiction to this low and miserable estate Ql SOUPS 1:1111110431 Of ClAnt50 NCOUISP the prestut Empreetedowager and Regeut of Wee is an Anomaly amen the female sovereigns. She is a Tortar by birth, lite, ally and tiguretively, and is strong-minded, independent end masculine, even to our Wetmore ideate While no V701133311 Can es. cupy the dragon thronte this Beinut has governed the empire during a moat ritorrny and critical period, She has kept the eighty vaat provinces together, arid hold in loyal behjection the willeet and meet cunning es - tette of councillors, The Chinese Empress is an ;Active and energetio woman, and he. side tbe manly art of stettecraft, is given to oundoor end athletic, everts. Ilor feet are not dwarfed, and ridiug, hunting, hawk. Ing, and smeltery ere her peetimes. No European has ever looked upon her, but there lano doubt; of the exietenee of thia Orential Catherine the Groat. She has never endertaken any aocial reforms, or at- tempted to widen the sphere of her feznale aubeeete. InJapen, women have always held a po- sition superior to that of their Asiatic sia. tors, Their scansion, even in the old days, was not iso atria. They lea a freer and more outeloor life, ann they were educated to a eertein extent. The family idea and rule prevailed, and with the exquisite po litenesa of those people exalted defereoco was paid. tho mother of the family. The Confucian laws were recognized there as well, and her duties and obligations were strictly defined by them. Her three groab duties were obedience to her father, her husband, and eldest son, as they in turn became tbe head of her family. With the recent marvellous advance of civilization among Japanese, has come a corresponding improvement in their treat- menc of women, and now the Japanese wife has practically all the privileges of her Western sister. A Soldier's Life. The question, "Is a soldier's life worth living?' is answered by Lard Wolseley in The Fortnightly Review, and also in the affirmative,. His contention is that the life is not merely tolerable, but delightful :— "The man who thrusts himself forward in the deadly breach . . is for the mo- ment, as it were, a great electrical accumul- ator highly charged with animal magnetism, which he seems to give off from him to all around him. The meanest creature who has ever felt it will, I think, always afterwards acknowledge that, from this moment alone, a soldier's life is worth living." Ili is " a rap- turous pleasure, far beyond all other earthly enjoyments," an "intense realisation of an ecstacy unknown to the proudest, the rich- est, who has not so fought for his coun- try . . . all other pleasures pale before the intense, the maddening, delight; of lead- ing men into the midst of an enemy, or to the assault to some well -defended place." One Refuge Still Open. With the gates of Canada closed against the f orgers and embezzlers from the United S ta tes, there still remains a refuge for them in Mexico. r_else climatic conditions are more favourable there than in Canada, but Mexi- can bandits have a disagreeable way of put- ting out of the way people who carry large sums of money, a proceeding which might not be wholly agreeable to some of the gentle- men who cross the Rio Grande with a large part of a bank's resources in their hand bags. —[Philadelphia Press. There is not muoh variety in skirts on dresses, but in bodices it is seemingly end. less. Mr Vanderbilt's kitchen is really very beautiful to the eye. The purity of marble, bhe lustre of tiles and the gleam of metal are what one sees. The floor is of marble, the shelves, the tables, the sinks, all the things that are rarely moved are marble,and out with the precision of jewels. The walls are lined with cream enameled tiles and all the angles are covered with braes mould ings. Where these meet the doors and- windowe they are covered with these metal mouldings, diepeneing even with woouen trim. The ceiling is made of white enamell- ed tiles set in cement. But one does no imperil the head of a Oen 000 cook •witht loosely set brick, so each tile is atm secure with reised metal bolts. Exciting Worir by Indians Orrfite Stormy Coast of Diable. Along tbe OOSat of Maine there are several placewhere porpoise catching is carried On extensively and affords the principal means of support fax many of the people living in those loottlitien ,The Bay of Fendy is an eapeoially good, fithiug ground, and Indian Beach, bordering on tbe waters of the bay, is more or ipso occupied the year round by whites and Indians who do little else. For years the Passamaquoddy Indians- have made a practice of °seeming on the beach and applying themeelves assiduouely to porpoise harpooning awl ahooting. The winter fish are the fattest and give the most oil; that is the valuable part of the catch. The largest porpoises are about 7 teeo long, will g!rth 5 feet, weigh 300 pounds and over, and yield from six to seven gallons of oil. The blubber isan inch or so thick io m warweathi er, but n the vsinter double that. A fat fistea biubter will weigh about 100 pounds. The Indians do their work be much the same way new as they did in early years, the most primitive metheds prevail- ing. In trying out the blubber the apple anees are of the rudest kind. The fires are builb among pike of stones, over which iron pots are hung. The blubber is cut in mall pieces arid slowly melted. The oil is olefin. med inert jars and saps, and when paree 18 worth 90c. a piton. The best Oil COMB from the jaws of the papaw., The jaws are hung up in the sun, and the ail drops down Into a vessel, each pair producing about one,balf pint. Watchmakers and Others using a very fine oil take it in prefer - mice to erti other, mid it; Ceuninanda 4 big priee. The blulther oil givea a geed light, and for ewer; Was burned vomit -tele* in the lighthouses along the coitat. la 13004 se4sOn an Itidien will eetch nearly 200 parpotsee, each Yielding about three gallons of oil; but most of them fall 4 good deal below this as they are ziet over partiel to labor, and, se long as the returns of cee (Welt will teat, tvill loaf Around the camp rather than go ont again, The OUstOin 18 TO get a few menthe of oil, go to the ttear. •merketi and e.ell it then "reat" till fore ed by necesaity to make further exertion', The porpoieen flesh ia like pork wlien Oat* ed, and e staple arthle of food. The bravery, skill, and endurance de mended of the porpoise catehere in ;het work is almoat ueknown to the oetaid world. In the winning, when the men are going "porpoisin'," the women and thildreti turn out to ilea the ea/sine off, Each boat has two nice, end when 4 storm COWS up while they are ent, or they are unuanally late getting in, there ie great anxiety among those en shore, It takes years of training to make a good perpoiee hunter, itud tbe big bee a begin .by going out witk the experienc- ad men. No matter whet the waives con- dition, be it rough, or aumeth, if there is trip contemplated the start is made. I calm weather the blown of the porpoie ceet be heard a Jang way, nod guides the In diem( in the right direotion Shoal is the moat tuccesaful method of hillin ' the Slain Long, emooth bore gene with big &ergo of powder and double B diet ar treed. As the fish is heating, owimming and diving about the water, firer on the mate and then below, the Wrath ie paddled as nett es poseible. Thou, al the porpoise Rita him eelf to dive the gun's charge 35 lot ily. Thor is soltiom a failure to make a sure shot, bu t e fisb is speared to atop his floundering about in the dying struggle. it is then landed in the canoe by grasping the pectoral An with one hand, atiching a couple of fin- gers in the blow eerie and dragging it over the aiele, lu till water tido is easy, but when a high tree is running the undertaking it herd aud dangerous. &larks are plenty, and their fins are al- most always visible cutting the water as soon as a porpoise is wounded, the blood at- tracting Mem. No end of stories are told of men having had their arras bitten off by sharks while they were remelting into the water to secure a porpoise, but old fishermen aeoff attruth a thing, and pay no attention to the dread ocean monsters as they almost rub their noses against; the sides of the tames. An Arithmetical Qnestion, Grocer" What do you want, boy ?" Boy—" Ono pound of coffee, one -and -tour; one pound of sugar, twopence; one pound of butter, one -and -six ; two pounds of rico at three halfpence; and btvo pounds of cur- rants as fourpenots per pound. If I now give you half-a-crown, how much do I still owe?" Grocer—" Oae shilling and fivepence." Boy, turning away--." Thank you. I hope it's quite right.' Grocer— Where are you going?" Bos—" lam going home to copy the answer in my home -lesson book. I must give it at school toenorrow morning." 'Suicide of a Tonne Woman. Moneiteore June 6,--A particularly strange case of euicide to be recorded, the details of which are se followe t A, couple of months ago Mrs. Elliott, whogo husband keeps a saloon on the corned of eelmer and Mayor streets, enetted a 'tory respectably connected setvant girl, named Adele Frane, from the parish, of Sc, Plecide. She heel been secured through the aid of 4 registra,, tem claire in Own •and gave the greetea! satisfaction to her mistress. Mies Franc appeared to be very zealous in the observation of her religious duthe and was a frequent attendant at the Church of the Gott. The other evening she went as tumEd after her worle was done to the serviceof the month of Mary and also confeseed to her spititual adviser, returning to the house in apparent good mental and bodily health as far a- taainaiinagth d Mreg s.Emilliwotetntcotuolde:rbirrmyea,s0,14pearxt_ took of the) Holy Communion and returned to the house and her dennestie duties. About nine o'cleck all those in the lower part of the house were startled by the report of a revol- ver, and, melting upstairs, tbe servant girl was found dying on the floor in hire. Elliott' room, A. heavy revolver, which the master of the house always keeps under hia pillow at night, was found on tbe bed, and it was - evident that this woven had done the fatal work. Gee of tbe bearels had juat been dis- charged, and when the poor creature's dress waaZibenendiltehewebOtdnear h d Vnass81°welrh Y ovezairifl.p fcma aticere Molson at once called the General Hospital ambulance, and in a flaw moments the tin- eonscione sufferer was in that institution, but pothing could be done, aa the hat life-epark went out at ten o'Cloelt, Z4iae FranQ WA a very pretty young wermeu of 22, and it 13 geld that ahe Was engaged to a young man Of her native pariela • Lest Saturdey, it rip - pearl', she received a letter frOM her lover, mod it is now preEutned the epistle embraced some bad piece of news. The Queen's Genealogy. Sometimes we aro puzzled to remember how Queen Victoria wane ta inherit the throne of Eoglend. We eemzember that the, , was the daughter at the Ihke Hen% 111.4 • Memo of her immediate predecesaor ma the throne. Here is a paragraph for your Amp- • book, giving the names of the rime of rulers ✓ through whom the simple heated deughtor a of the with Duke an Dachees of Kent came to the Eogliele throee ; '4 gaeen Vietoria is the niece of William 1V., W114 was the brother of George IV„ who was the son of Cieerge 111., wtio was granite= of George IL, who was the sou of Qeorge I,,, who was tbe cousin of Anne, who was the sister io,law of 'Maim III, who was the isoreirelew of Jame., IL, vibe was the brorher of Charles IL, who was the eon of Charles I., who was the son of Jaime la • Who was the cousin ot E izebethe who was u the sister of Mary, who waS the meter efEd. e• weed VI, who was the ewe of Beery who was t1343 4033 of Henry VIL, who was • the Conan of Richer(' 111., who was the g etude of hiwerd V., who was the son of Edward IV., who wear the courrin of "leery O IV., who was the eon of Henry V,, wbo evaa the eon of Henry IV., who wee the cousin • of It chard IL, who was the grandion of ✓ Elmer(' III , who wag the son of Edward who was the ars of Edward I„ who was the SOD of Henry III, Wbe WAS the son of t, John, who was the brother of Bleherd I. who was the eon of Henry II., who WAS the tertian of 'Henry I Whe was the brother et William Rufue, who was the son of Wilhite% the Coe (mem, 800 yeere ago." On the ground of femiliarity with French the British Minister and the French Minister at Washington are getting quite chummy. Father Damien s self-sacrifice in the leper settlement of Molokai, arotreed such general admiration that the Proteatants of England raised money for him to build a church. A number of reindeer have been imported from Norway and turned out in a forest in the north of Scotland in the hope tint they may become aoclimatizsd. Captain Smith, of the steamer British Princess, just arrived from Liverpool, is the first to revive the sea serpent story this sea- son. The monster sEen by him was 300 feet long and had a head like a "beef barrel." At the Bal des Artistes of the Paris Opera Sarah Bernhardt appeared as the conductor of an orchestra of 120 musicians with Coque. lin cadet as the leader of the violins. L ite in the evening, when they played the Infer. nal Quadrille, which was deuced with dia- bolical spirit, Coquelin out such antics that he broke his bow, and then smashed his violin over the head of a dower, all with im- mense enthusiasm. Canaries, when proper oars is taken of them, rarely become ill. The cage should be kept scrupulously clean'and coarse sand or fine gravel should be freshly scattered over it every day. The seed should be of the best quality, and the bird fed and allowed to take his bath at a regular hour 0/10d a day. In hot weather fresh water should be put in the drinking -cup at least twice during the day. Cake, sugar, raisins, candy, &c, should never be given to birds. A piece of cuttlefish -bone should be kept in the qacie; and, when the bird is moulitng, it is a good plan to give bim occasionally a paste made of hard-boiled egg and bread - crumbs. Ooze should be taken that the bird is nob exposed to a draught, as many fine specimens have been lost by not attending to this. Fresh pure air is most essential to the bird's health; and in winter -time it is both ()reel and negligent to place it in a cold room without fire. It is a good plan to make a little bag of very thin muslin, fill it; with flour of sulphur, and hang it in the cage. This will prevent mites, troubling the bird, and aho is said to be a remesly for featheneating, to which some bitels are addicted. The Legal Status or Bohemian Oats Notes iu Iowa. Two or three years ago a mania seemed to seize farmers in different parte of tho West for speculating in Bohemian oats. Tne Lashio became as wide apreati and the threatened coneequencee so disastrous that the Tosenty. second General Aesembly of Iowa, following the example of Ohio and Michigan, enacted a law making this form of speculation a criminal offerors°. The effect of the law has been to drive the agents of these gambling concerns into other States, Thia law, how, ever, could not be retroactive and the inter- esting question is now before the courts in several districts of the State of the liability rei the makers of this olaas of notes. The first eaae has been tried In Marahall county and a verdict Riven by the jury for the de- fendant—that ts, the maker of the note. The note was given by a Mr. Packer to Mr. E. C. Johnston, a farmer of Marzzhall county, but the active man in procuring the note was one Sherwood. the nett of the "Farmers' Field and Garden Seed Com- pel:1y," of Michigan. Sherwood sold to Pack- er forty bushels of oats for $600 and gave the bond of the compeny to sell eighty bush- els of the crop at $15 per bushel. Sherwood then sold the note given to Johnson as payee, who was naerely a stool pigeon in the matter, to one 0. L. Binford and Binford to one Mer- rill, who sues Packer for payment, and thus becomes the plaintiff in the case. The case was fully argued by able attorneys and given to the jury under instil:Lotions, the most important of whith we publish for the benefit of the farmers who refused to take our ad- vice over two years ago and keep clear of rural gambling.—(Live Stock and Western Farm Journal, Deserters From the New rOTt. TORONTO, May 30.—During the laet two or three weeks 11 members of "C" Company left] the New Fort, presumably for a walk to. the city, and failed to return in time for last; post. Five of the number returned after an absence of a few days, but the other six have, not yet reported themselves, and desertion has been recorded against the name of each. A complete suit of the company's uniform, has been found under the White bridge, and another in one of the fire halls. Every spring the percentage of deserters from "Cd Company runs pretty high. On the presents occasion it is stated that heavy fatigue &tea have rendered the soldiers disoontenti- ed with the service. News centres iu Europe are eagerly dis- cussing the rumours about an approaching entente cordiale between Italy and France. The Tiber, it la said, is disposed to break with the Spree and betake itself to the semi/ - of the Seine. If there is any truth in this, it will be a diplomatic surprise of the first order. Newspaper correspondents are all agog to catch the first whispers of corrobor- ation of this startling rumour. The State of New York having. passed a. mw providing for capital punishment by means of electricity, and experiments by Edison onloweeonimals having demonstrated, that the apparatus approved of is in every way satisfactory, the, first cage of capital punishment under the new regula- tions will be watched with great interest, and' It may prove a temptationto seine jury, to convict a murderer who otherwise thew might lean to mercitully, just for the sake• of having the thing tested. •Three alter- nating current electric dynamos have been purchased by New York State for service at Sing Sine-, Auburn and Clinton respeo, tively.