The Exeter Times, 1887-12-29, Page 6ea
THE LITTLE CAROLL-GREi.
XCIIS at all 1 Not at or 6914 the squieee
"biders I have an object," end he told
Taleor Tonontet Wallace his plane, vrhich were put Stow.
_ e
shor tly, thet he was going baelt to England
13X 3,d."DE " BADF°Iip• soon, havieg eialy come to gtve his erowieg
up sons end, daughters, the benefit ot a. littl
Mare' arid life in Ameriea, and washed to
take Walleee beek with hien to be his lodge
-
keeper as liable, man 1t lso relatee the
slimmer in which he had met the children.
Tears filled the poor man's eyes. Sym-
pathy always touchee people, and dark
paths grew brighter, fon a, few loviog
words being poker), which cause no trouble
to the speaker, and only lease a comeions-
ness of right behind, more setisfying than a
dozen flimsy, mental self-preises.
Wallace grasped his patron's hand.
"Oh, ! thank you, sir, ' he said, brokenly,
" Your presence has brought back to me
every hope and plan that I had before I eauk
as low BS I an I can only say that Iwill
do my duty as far as it lice in my power,
and will ever Mesa you,"
"I know you lways did your duty, Wal-
lace," said the Squire, "stili I hope 'that all
of ue may be bermetted by our sojourn in
Canada.'
"I think we will," and Wallace turned
his eyes lovingly towards his children. It
has shown nie that my little ones truly love
their father, front the way they have eoted
to. day."
"My little Chryss," said Mrs,. Wallace
tenderly, while Walter deuced all over the
room, seeing, "Oh, its grand, its lovely 1"
and °Immo murmured the words, "joy
after sorrow."
It was a very eold day in Deeember,
though old gentlemen well wrapped up in
furs, declared the air to be "very bracing,"
end, ladies, isenied izi sealskies, effirined thet
he weather was" quite delightfully waxen
ler Christmae time in Toronto."
I3ut two thinly clad children coming off
Yenge St. to one ef tlae little by-roade did
not eonsider the day et all pleasant. Poor
little ones. Their names were Chryssie and
Walter Wallace, their ages twelve and ten
yeers, respectively, and their heme—nh
their home, one room in a small old cottage,
rented to them by a poor washtvornan, situ-
ated in a dirty, miserable street. But they
bad known better times. Chryssie could
renaexnber very well a time four or five yew
ago, when they lived in Somersetshire, tnd
father was lodgenteeper to Squire Melforo.
Walter, tem could recall a little bit about
fiowere and trees, and their large ivy-cover-
ed cottage, and the lodge gate. But Mr,
Wallace, to use his own expression, welled
to "better himself," anti could think of no
more expedient way to accomplish his
purpose than to emigrate to America, and,
aa he understood gardening and care of
2owera, to set up as a florist in Toronto.
But florists were plentiful, and times
'were hard, and things went agahist Wallace,
who four years from the ante he left Eng.
land, found himself without employment in
our great, busy city.
From that tune, things went from bad to
worse; the father fell ill, and though Mrs.
Wallace got a little newmg to do, the in-
valid required nourishing food, 'beyond her
xneanss, and the children must be fed. It
was a weary time for them, and, now, ou
this afternoon before Christmas, Chriss and
Walter were going to a cheerless, and prob- A style that is liked by many is a plaid
ably cold room, with no prospect of a plen- in pale pipit and blue or m delicate shades
tiful supper, and presents for to -morrow, as of blue and green.
they always had received before. No won•
der they were sad. Chryss was longing for
"just a little money to get something nice
for father.
Presently Walter spoke. "11 we were in
England now, we would be just ready narrow sheets about twenty Inches long
for
and fold three times to fit into square en -
supper, and listening to the carollers.
Oh 1 Walley 1" exclaimed Chryss, ex. "IV"'
eitedly, "von have put such a thought in Sometimes the coat -of -arms is in the lef t -
my head. -1 have never seen a caroller here hand corner, and the address in the right,
In Canada. Suppose you and I go alter and in this case the coat -of arms also erne -
supper and sing carols under the win- ments the envelope.
dows of the grand people. If they A popular style is to have the letters of
are English, they will eurely listen to us, the first name form a monogram, or the first
and—and give us something. We never name in small lettere on a ribbon that
-did it in England, but we know some Christ- crosses a monogram formed of the remain -
'meg songs, and, Wally dear, we must have ing initials.
money, besides--" The most popular ornamentation is the
" Oh I do, Chryss," interrupted Wally home address iu the upper right hand com
eagerly. Oh ! if I can only get a lot of ,ner of the sheet, the envelope to be Beale&
pennies.! Won't mother be glad ?" !with wax and stamped with the writer's
'You must not say anything to her about private seal.
Walter. Not a word. We will slip° ut
'
after an early tea, (if there is anythingto I
A fa,vorite style is the square sheet in
eat)Here we are at home. Hush,
" etching," or Irish linen paper, that folds
. o
The children slipped into the 'room. Their 'once down the middle and fits a long, nar-
0, which gow envelope that is ornamented with an
mother was sitting by a table,
was some toast, (made out of stale bread imitation or an antique coin in raised gold
given her) and a little very weak tea. The or silver.
brother and sister were glad to get it, how-
ever, and after the meal they slipped quiet-
ly out of the house again, their mother
thinking they had gone to play.
Styles in Note rapers.
The "broken glass" paper has oblong
sheets that fold across to fit large square
envelepes.
Boxes containing six sticks of sealing
wax in one color, but in different shades,
find many purchasers among ladies.
The "Great Scott" note paper comes in
Latin and Greek.
John Stuart Blackie, once professor of
Latin in Aberdeen university, Scotland, and
It was about seven o'clock, and they took more recently of Greek, in Edinburgh, has
the east end of the city. They ohoae houses not a e elm idea of the practical value of that
which were fenced off from the street, as by sescgt,p which he has made his daily
they would not then attract the attention bread and now enjoys ,his leisure in his de -
of the passers-by so much: They fearei dining years. He says these languages are
ridicule. They were only like the rest of now the luxury of the cultured few, and
the world in that respect. No one will ought to receive their place in school aa -
willingly do anything, however praise- cordingly. The study of Latin and Greek,
worthy, which calls ridicule from others. he says, as commonly practised, leads to a
People may turn up their noses, say they
. . great waste of time and brains, without any
are above such feelings, and will pursue proportionate result, and, in fact, excludes
their own way, not caring for the world's from the sphere of British education not a
opinion. Yet at the same time a little few subjects which are far more conducive
heart -burning exists when they are laughed
at. to true culture than a superficial taste or
' even a minute knowledge of two dead Ian -
"Now, Wally," said Chryssie, nervous- ' guages. The Professor has no faith in Latin
ly, as they entered the front gate of an Ian- and Greek verse -making, and in the great
posing looking mansion, ' Now, WallYs importance attached to suck feats of me -
think of father, and sing your best. Begin ohanical skill, as will be seen from his dos -
'when I say 'ready!" ling words :--
" Very. well," answered Walter. I " It is in reference to these exhibitions of
The children paused under the drawing- pedantic dexterity that . I have been acme -
room window. I tomed to say that it is better for a Scotch-
" Ready," exclaimed Chryssie. 'man to be able to sing ' Scots wha hae 'and
The sweet child voices rose on the air , 'A man's a man tor a' that' with good taste
singing the old, yet ever new story of the and effect, and for an Englishman in the
Christ child. As their nervousness left same way to sing the 'Battle of the Nile,'
them, the notes rose clearer and fuller and , ' Hearts of Orme and the 'Death of Nel-
sweeter, and brought the occupants of the son,' than to have hie memory crammed
house to the window. When the children with all that Tibullus or Euripides ever
had finished the song a few coppers were wrote." .
given them. Gratefully they murmured
thanks.
"Oh 1 is it not grand 1" said Walter, as
the left the rounds
"I am so glad, so glad," whispered his
.
sister.
The children sang at sevetal houses that
evening, and in nearly every place money
was given them. It was a new thing for
the Canadians, and novelty is always an at-
traction. The few Eisglish people welcom-
ed them for bringing book the old days to
them at this happy time. One gentleman
gave them twenty-five cents. " could al-
most -fancy I was in dear old England,
children," he said, "and this you must
take forthe sake of the old home.
It was nine o'clock when the two reached.
a large house, standing in the centre of an
extensive piece of ground.
"Shall we go in?" asked Walter.
"Yes, certainly," his sister replied.
The children entered the grounds and be-
gan their song. A lady and. gentleman and
some young girls and boys came to the win-
dow to listen. After the song was finished
the gentleman went to the door and beckon-
ed them in. They came timidly forward,
but the gleam of the bright fire in the
library were too inviting to be resisted, and
they followed him.
"Well, my little girl, will you tell me
your names ?" the gentleman said.
"Chryssie and Walter Wallace, sir."
"And you come from England. Prom.
what part ?"
"From ---, in Somersetshire, sir," re-
Three men were instantly killed and seve-
ral seriously injured by the explosion of a
locomotive on the Intercolonial railway on
Dec 5 at Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The
• ,
'station was also badly shattered.
"Am, Miss Wealestate, weally, I should
like to get bettah acganinted with you
'Er, am, may I escote you to the vrefweeh-
ment woom ?" Miss Realestate—" Now,
blr. Forinhamd, you are kind indeed. Here
'I have just been dying to join the muffin
struggle in the next room and you are the
first to come to my rescue,"
' Yes," said a fresh girl at a show, "liknow
my beau goes outbetween acts, but he's nice
and never drinks anything but a, cup of
coffee, because I can I always smell it as
I plain as day, and I know the smell of coffee
, from beer or whisky, if I am little green."
!Ie is a very happy thing for a, young rnam to
lurve a girl's confidence.
I The mustang of Mexico, the wild horse
of the South American pampas, and the
brumbi of Australia are all descendants of
dornesticeted animals introduced from Eu-
rope. The first horse was landed in Amer-
ica, at Buenos Ayres in 1537. 1580—
'that is, in less than fifty years—horses had
spread to regions as remote as Patagonia.
I In Australia, the eiffusion of horses that
; have escaped teem civilisation has been
quite as rapid and in 1875 it was found
necessary to shoot as many as seven thou-
sand wild horses in the colony of New South
M I 1 In f A t
", Why, that's where I lived 1" exclaimed the horse -pest has received legislative /10 -
SURGICA,I; OURATION$,
Prossillitent Ourgeme Weals Some tirporet4
Wides are a tartieng and 'Set
A theory fregeeti4es:iulynvanced among
minds who give physielogieal uubjeets some
thought is that it rt helmet being amnia be-
come aware in one monieut of all the suffer -
Inge in future store for him the shook re -
suiting would produce instant death,
"The law of aelepeeserva,tioia is powerful
aed eoutinuoue iu its action," said A well
known awl very skilful surgeon to a report-
er receetly "and the dread of physical pain
is intense among highly orgamzed aulmale.
"If injury has followed an accident on
the railroad, for instancen" coutinued the
surgeon as he sprayed a ntan's great tee
with cocaine in order to deaden it Against
the pain of an operation for ingrowing nail,
"a man is hurt, perhaps, in such a way
that a sergeon finde it a difficult matter to
give him (Me or to place him in a position
of safety. The patient did not dread the
injury becauee he did not kuow that the am
cident was going to happen, hut the comm.
quences of the wounding are disturbing to
a high degree."
The surgeon's attention was devoted a
moment to attoieg that the °mein° was in
sufficient quantity to cover his patient's toe,
so that all the part to be removed would be
anesthetized.
"11 the man in later yeare develepes e ta-
mer," resumed the doctor, looking up frona
the foot, "he will fear that he must suffer
as marsh from operative procedures as he did
from the immediete effects of the accident,
and that the consequences must be as dis-
tnrbing as they were then. It is a popular
fellassy to suppose that, at this date in our
century, physical pain is to be expected in
connection with operative work. The man
will not suffer at the time of the operation,
because he will either be adeep or hien:ryes
will be rendered locally insensitive through
the aaenoy of cocaine. Pardon me for di.
greasing. Do you feel that ?"
The surgeon prioked the patient's toe
with a needle, and receiving an affirmative
auswer to his gewation said he would need
to let the cocaine remain longer.
The after results of the operation," said
the surgeon, picking up a knife with an
ivory handle whose edge was like that of a
razor, "will not be distressing, beettuse
each step ctf injury to Mae tissues is taken
with, the exercise of judgment on the part
of the surgeon, and the process is very dif-
ferent indeed from the rude injury which
ocourred at the Eine of the accident."
A basin of water and a large sponge, an
antiseptic solution with iodoform and pro-
tective oiled silk and bichloride cotton and
bandages of gauze prepared. veith bichloride
of mercury solution were drawn near.
I WAR METUODS OUT OR DATE.
I"The laity has not yet learned to look at
the matter in its proper light because our
new surgery has not yet had its opportunity
i to be generally appreciated," added the
' surgeon as he prodded the toe with the
point of his scalpel, discovering that the
'cocaine had done its work well and that all
I sensation in the toe had departed. "And
;it is a fact that a proposal by the surgeon
i to perform an operation is apt to arouse
'fantastic ideas in the mind of the patient.
!After the accomplishmeet of a •successful
I piece of work the patient and his friends are
inclined to express emotional sentiments,
, and to say that the operator was gifted with
1 coolness and courage, with mechanical ta-
limit and with a steady hand and a clear
'eye. Just what amount of comparative
value the people ascribe to each of these ac-
complishments and gifts it is hard to say;
but certain it is that the importance of some
of them is pretty regularly exaggerated in the
public mind, Knowledge of the subject of
surgery, general information and common
sense are the matters of primary importance
for the operator, and other points are of
comparatively little worth.
i "The value of experience is relative. The
necessity for courage on the part of the aer-
goon 18 ie Operativek is plaind
matter of fact in character, and it requires
, not courage but understanding for its prop.
er management. A timid man posaesses
enough nerve to do the most dangerous
operative work if he is simply familiar with
the subject, and although recklessness is
sometimes miitaken for courage it is well to
remember that the surgeon in good profes-
sional standing is not the reckless man."
1 ExTRA DELICACY OE TouCII ROT REQUISITE.
At this point of his remarks the surgeon
had out away more than one slice of toe
'without causing the patient to wince, inci-
I dentally remarking that the old-fashioned
' way of tresting an ingrowing nail was brutal.
The old fashioned way, he says, was to run
a lance down to the bone and cut through
the nail from back to front, afterward ex
treating tbe detached portion of nail by
'means of a pair of forceps or nippers.
. " Mechaniml ingenuity is constantly
brought into lay in the different lines of
surgery, saidthe surgeon, after dressum
the toe and sending his patient home with
no more discomfort thauthat'produced by the
clumsiness of a bandaged foot, and quick
perception of the mechanical points involv-
ed must determine the direction of almost
' every step of the performance of everyday
operations. oo nees sometun.es desirable.
Perhaps in ninety-nine consecutive opera -
aerie there would be no call for the exercise
of an unusual degree of this mental feature,
but in the hundredth case a quick, well -di-
' rected movement might conduce to the com-
fort of the patient afterward.
1
"Delicacy of touch is popularly believed
to be an acquirement for which there is fre-
quent need, but the ordinary degree of de-
, Jimmy of touch which the majority of men
possess is quite sufficient for mostmperative
purposes, and the boy who had learned to
set muskrat traps without getting his fin-
gers pinched could successfully operate on
the eye if he were fortified with the requi-
site amount of information. Here and
there a certain amount of trained delicasy
is advente,geous, and the tactus eruditits is
' of the utmost importance in making Borne
diagnoses.
plied Chryss. 1 a es a, one. some. parts o us ra a " TUE srworinse DEVIATION OP THE 'KNIPE."
'A steady hand is a good thing for the
the gentleman. "And your name is Wan ttoo• surgeon, and a pleasing sight for speotators,
lace. My name is Melford. Did your Canon Isaac Taylor read a paper at the but as a practical matter for the patient it
father ever meution such a nanse ?" late Church Congress at Wolverhampton on 1 maims very little difference whether the
"Yes, sir, father used to be Squire ltIele the comparative prggrese of churches and operator's hand is an exceptionally steady
fords lodge -keeper," Mahommedan missions which has raised one or not. An awkward band would certain-
" Then it is the same. I am squire Mel- quite a controversy. According to th le Can- , ly be out of place in some operations, but
ford, and how is your father ?" on, the faith of Islam is more suited for the ' awkward hands are rare among men who
"Oh 1 sir, he is ill," and Chryssie poured rude tribes of Africa than Christianity itt, take, ,part in suoh work. The startling
stat all their trembles. and as a matter of fact is, we are told, do- newspaper report of au operation is (mite
The gentleman sympathizingly listened. ing them more good, both materially, so- sure to state that the slightest deviation of
When Chryss finished he eaid ? "Well 1 daily and religiously. The Canon's chief the knife evould have demo the patient a
thall go home with you now, if you will opponent is another Canon who says some harm, and that nothing to much as delicacy
show the way." very strong things, and utterly repudiates of execution made the work a success. This
"Oh, thank you sir 1" exclaimed Chryss, the conclusionat which Canon Taylor has news reassures the people in their previous
joy fully.
arrived. According to Canon 'McColl even belief that the slightest slips of lancets are
Squire Melford, ordering a basket of nour- were it granted that Islam is spreading in dasmerous and that a great deal of care is re-
ishing food to be peeked, took it, sod fon India and Africa, more rapidly that Chris. spired in order to avoid vital parts. The
hewed the brother and sitter to their dreary tianity ie doing, it would no more prove atirgeon reads the report with a smile,
home. The mother, who had been anxious- that the "religion of IVIehoremed was super. "Cases requiring exterisive surgical work
ly looking for their arrival, knew the squipo ior to that of Christ than the reproductive do not often find their way into the hands
nt onee, and tamed him into the presence of energiesof a rabbitprove its superiorityto an fof an operator who does not work -well ; but
the sick man. elephant." This fact of the rapid spread of supposing that such an operator should ac-
Willace joyfully/ if feebly, greeted his Ielan-dern witbout the sword, and of itsbene• loidentaly cut tho brain I Portions of the
01;1 Master, "It was so good of you to come, dmal influences upon many pagan names, , brain are riowarleye removed purposely lay
ofr," he faltered, , is a curious one all the same, the moat eonservative.surgeona, and expos.
tlee a the lmein for the pUrpose Of removing
ttenore, rairrelles and extrevasations of blood
ittSoUle °Mee Of alleplexy POW recognized
aS regularly Safe Procedure.
4' Wkist happees if the operator eminten,
tionalltr cues. a large blood vessel ? Large
blood veseele are divided without leaitetion
by eorgeons common (mei:Wong with the
effect of causing simply a momentts delay
until ligatures have been applied. Other
blood vessels are ready to do the work of
the oecluded ones, and the patient does not
know the difference. The eurgeon cares lit-
tle for hemorrhage from omy vessel tbat he
eau get his tiegers on, the aorta exeepted.
Does the operator open the abdominal
cavity by mistake ? Abdoinieal cavities are
opened daily for nothing more than purposes
of diagnosis, and any of the abdominal or-
gans may be ouS without much danger.
A deviatim of the lancet °perm a joiet
cavity, but to day joint eavities ere opened
without hesitation by tho men who work
according to scientific antieeptie methods.
" An important nerve ie cut, but the ends
of a severed nerve when Sutared together
unite again, and the functional activity of
the organ is renewed,
"It is not often then that an untowaid
movement of the knife eau result in horns to
the patient, and patients are seldom sent to
surgeons who are apt to make accidental
incisions,
sHEET AlCcElon T/E0 3ECOHB.
" NO one dreads leek of success any more
than the surgeon himself, and after an
operation which has failed to accomplish
the end sought for it ie frequently. the opera-
tor who should first receive consolation from
the patient and his friends.
"When. making arrangements for a difil-
cult operation the surgeon feels that the
entire responsibility of the case rests upon
him, but unwise friends of the patient some-
times assume an attitude of responsibility,
and fearleisely venture to give advice, This
is only one of the mitnifestatione of egotism'
whioh is constantly bursting the hoops of
humaa nature, but his demonstration may
be more unfortunate in its results than any
other one oan be.
"A case is in my mind at present in
which a reliable surgeon knew that a certain
operation would save the life of a young
patient without exposing her to danger or
to pain. The patient gladly set about
making preparations, but two or three
emotional and wholly irresponsible ac-
quaintances frightened her to such an ex-
tent that she was unable to allow the work
to be done until it was tog) late. The friends
proved fatal to her, and the case as a whole
is a pretty common one.
"I wish it wcre possible to impress peoples
with the fact that the family physwian,
the sheet anchor of the home,' is the one
who should be aske 3. to make the decision
for the patient. There are at this day many
self styled specialists who are really charla-
tans, but who are nevertheless able to at-
tract to themselves business men whcse
judgment on other matters is sound. The
successful specialist—reckoning success by
professional achievements—is usually a nian
of broad education, who has devoted many
years to academic, scientific and medical
training, and has followed a special line of
study because he has found himself to be
oracularly well equipped for such work.
He has not teken up a specialty for mercen-
ary ends, but he has found that he is that
part of Emerson's fragmentary man which
can accomplish something unusually good
for the benefits of his fellow fragments.
VERY:LITTLE PHYSICAL PAIN.
"Surgeons are popularly supposed to bo
able to bear the sight of pain millet, but
that they are quickly moved by suffering is
sufficiently well proven by the fact tbat
their greatest efforts are made to obviate
it. The ones who are most euocessful in de-
vising means for giving the patieut ease re-
ceive more thanks from the profession than
the ones who eolve intricate operative prob-
lems. With the present method of employ-
ing'aneesthetic for the purpose of preventing
pain during an operation, and scientific
antiseptic methods for a.voiding inflam-
mation and blood poisoning afterward,
the surgeon of to -day sees very little
physical pain. Speaking of anmsthetice the
point is brought to mind that patients are
inclined to be timid about taking ether,
but it is consoling to them to know that
ether is very much safer than chloroform
(eight times safer according to Morton's es-
timate), and that a mall -known surgeon
states that he has had chloroform adminis-
tered for his patients five thousand times
consecutively without an accident.
"The pleasure derived from surgical work
is dependent upon the gratefulness of the
patient. And the stern, determined opera-
tor who carries his point against a multi-
tude of objections raised by the patient is
sometimes called hard hearted when he
should be congratulated on his masterly
kindness instead. The steatite that opera-
tions are performed for the pleasure whiels
the work gives the surgeons or for the sake
of the fee would hardly seem to demand
serious consideration, mad. yet there are
many portions of gentle gender who allow
the question to trouble them.
AcoiDERTAL Minims RARE.
"Tho word surgeon is to many minds
suggestive of lsroken bones and other wounds,
but oases of accidental umum ars compara-
tively rare, if we use the word accidental in
its common meaning, and men who perform
two or three operations daily may not be
called upon to treat a case of accidental in-
jury for weeks or for months at a time.
"In the large cities the men who are ex-
posed to aocidents are usually the ones who
go to the public hospitals for treatment In
many oases they could get *Med surgical
attendance at their houses at small cost if
they knew how to obtain it, but being as
unfa,milier with professional as they are with
financial resources the hospital has to be en-
larged for their accommodation."
Waverers.
Among the practical moralities of life the
habit of prompt decision should hold no
mean rank, But few persons fully appre-
ciate how much saving of time, how much
personal comfort, how much actual iniceeSS
and hempiness is involved in it ; indeed it is
chiefly through the evil effects of its neglect
that we estimate its value. It is not uncom-
mon to meet with people who seem to be
nearly destitute of this quality. Ott the
moss trivial question they will paese to con.
eider and to make gettlifications. If baked
their opinion of some new book or new en-
terprite, of the prospects of business or the
harvest, or a candidate for oftice, they tire
out the most patient listener. If any one
ask ti of them a favour, they cannot decide
whether to grant et to i•efuse it ; and so
long do they hesitate that the petitioner
would often be glad to withdraw the re.
quest. Two different courses are open to
them, and they spend so much ante in com-
paring them that they can follow neither to
advantage. Those who value their time
caimOt waste it in waiting for them, WA, I
after much delay and irritation, they leave i
Such indecisiveto themselves, In fact, I
their whole lives seem to be a series of
Waveritige that end in no definite result ex-
cept disappointment and inaction, 1
Disappearance of Native 1Raoes.
It is weryr.irml to think of the disappear.
ance of the (litre/eel; natiVe rues in countries
colonized by white men, They go, and go
rapidly, whatever may be the cause and
whatever meens may be taken to prevent
eueh a melt. F,vertnyliere the mule story
is to be told. Demme lezinees, lice and
dissolution. if ever a, race had a fair ohmic°
of being !theorised by their white brethern
and taking their plate op equal terms with
them, thee was the Maoris of New Zealand,
They were e strorig, healthy, levelly race.
They were paid to have been almost entirely
eouverted to Christianity and to have taken
kindly to tire ems and usages of colonized
life. And yet the leteet vieitor, the Rev.
Dr. Cameron Lees, a shrewd, keen and
kindly observer, hati nothime but the follow.
ing tu say abOut the" fate of the noble native
race of New Zealand.
4' The aborigines, the Mendes live in their
wharves or huts, and oultivete tt little.
They do not now do much of the latter, but
get their provisions in the shops. There As
no chance of auy more fighting. The Mao -
ries are in the minority, and can live com-
fortably an idle and parolees life. They are
provided for by their lands—large reserves
occupied by 'Europeans, who pay them
large rents. They do little but eat, and
drink, and sleep, and are fast going to de-
cay, If they had never known the use of
money, and had been taught to work, they
might have lived on. Physically, they are
a magnifioent race of people, but they are
dying out, killed by idlenees and rum, Their
Christianity is to a great extent a thing
of the past, and their religion is ehiefly
made up of the Old Testament storirs
vsorked up to suit themselves. They are
great believers in prophets. One prophet,
named IN Willa, they look up to with great
reverence, and have an implicit faith in all
his utterances. They gather front all parts
to his pah, bringing provision with them,
and having a contienal feast for months on
end. Bullocks, sheep, and, pigs are slaugh-
tered, and speechifying and eating to pass
the time. Schools are provided where they
may send their children, but they are not
largely taken advantage of; but those who
are educated make very apt scholars. Edu-
cation does not raise them in the social scale.
They still cm:Minim their "Maori" customs,
and keep to themselves. Occasionally they
come into the towns, and cut a dash in fine
European clothing; bat after a time go
back to their pah and them blankets."
Nothing apparently for them but extinc-
tion after all.
BY J. E. POLLOCK, B. A.
Thou rollest on, 0 wondrous Tide 1
The measure of all things beside
The measure of thyself. We seem
The fading phantoms of a dream
Borne on the current of thy stream,
Awhile to lisp the words of life,
Of good or fit, of peace or strife;
To lift our arms in 'feeble. might ;
To aid the wrong, or help the richt.
But thou, 0 wondrous Tide of Time
Whose numbers pregnant and sublime
Allots to man his narrow spheres,
Ana marks the records of 1/18 years;
Thou dost enfold in thy embrace
All earthly thirgs in thine own race.
Nor swift nor slow that mac may be,
But with duration's pace to thee
Is measured well : nor Nils the year
Th' appointed seasons in their sphere—
The vernal spring that everywhere
. With fragrant blossoms scents the Mr ; •
The Summer with her shady bowers,
And gardens gay with blooming flowers—
The Autumn with her golden min,
The rich rewardsmf toil and pain—
Stern Winter witiehis fields of snow
O'er Nature's fairest forms below,
And ice -bound lakes and rivers spread
With the pale semblance of the dead.
But what the changes of the year
To those Time writes upon our sphere?
And what are nature's fleeting days
To those that mark a nation's ways?
The world has seen great empires rise—
The works of human enterprise—
And Time has seen their...elm ies fade;
The conqueror thei coufts invade;
Their armies fall beneath the sword;
Their ros al race all sepulchred,
And other kings foundation stones
Erect upon their shattered thrones.
Where now is once famed Babylon,
And all beeglorious trophies won 7
Where now:the Persian hosts who came
With conquering swords in Cyrus' naine
Where those Camhyses thundering lead
Thro' Egypt's courts inapiring dread?
Where now that empire and that crown
That rose o'er Persia's hosts overthrown?
Did Alexander's empire bring
A lasting conquest, crown or king
Did even Rome's proud empire stand
The touch of Titters crown.crumbliug hand 7
Can Cicero's tongue, can Ciesar's sword
No more enduring power afford?
Is every throne, however great,
E'en thus, in turn, to yield to fate?
It may be ! And a power may rise
That shall:her deeds immortalize
Till Time shall be no more. But see
Both east and west War's rivalry,
And read from Eistory's pages past
What nations shall, and shall not last I
The state that by the sword claims right
By that same power shall fall in fight ;
But she that Justioe makes her guide,
Erect', a throne against the tide.
Styles in Hats ),nd Bonnets.
A writer in London Truth, has been round
the fashion shops for ladies' gear in London
and as the result gives the following fearful
and wonderful account of the present style
of hats and bonnets suited for the gentler
Sex :—
" Arnow the bonnets was one trimmed
with a pair of asses' ears in creanecoloured
cloth, lined with black velvet. The ears
stand upright, just as ahey would on a
pretty coloured donkey. A coronet of black
velvet forms the front, embroidered in gold
in similar fashion with that on an officer's
epaulettes. A lovely little gilt battercup
nestles at the root of the two asses' eara,
and seems to hold in position a few loops of
narrow gold braid. The back of this quaint
and pretty bonnet is als'o edged with black
velvet, and has a miniature knot of gold
braid, held by a dainty little lace pin, form-
ed of three tiny gilt buttercups. A
tempting bonnet for a brunette woe
embroidered with gold on black velvet,
and trimmed with folds of yellow velvet
ribbon and cocks' feathers. A perfectly
sweet little bonnet was in two shades of
grey (sloth, with bead embroidery and
fringes to match, dropping towards the face,
The brim forms a point above the forehead.
Grey and white feathers commingle on the
crown. A very pretty turban hat and muff,
similar to a set that were made in Paris for
the Priecess of Wales, are composed of seal -
skirl and white cloth. On the top of the
hat an upright quilling of oloth lined with
silk, also white, looks just like the blossom
of a cockscomb. A bit of the cloth is drawn -
down over the sealskin brim just in the mid-
dle of the front, in it way that is extremely
becoming. The little nuiff is trimmed, te
match."
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