The Brussels Post, 1891-4-24, Page 8TEE ii,RUSSELS POST,
•ZUNDAY READING.
RE OB.0 cumoN,
1oweh3 awe., tip 11110 1118 aky, Darkness
eleedoWe the Mee of the midday sun. A
Wiesent Image over the earth. The wet draws
enter,
Silent:0 falls upon the company about the
'woes. Christ, too, is 0110111, tip he look
into heaven above Hine All is black about
Ileat. The mystery of the ems touches its
. elevbel crieis. The taco of God is hidden.
" My God, ely God, ' He cries, "111117
bent Thou forsaken ele ?"
tete Ode mystery of suffering we mey not
'enter. They who spoke mistioderstood
Rim. Reverent silence best befits OM evy
lone of the darkness.
Christ died foe our sins that, at least, wo
know, He ollered Himeelt upon the otter
of the cross, as 11. sacrifice human sins- thought is in om heart? And what sort of
the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin armee:: do evo give? Christ -what think
of the world that 'We hIlOW, but all beyond you of Him ? Is He the supremo ideal of
is hidden. Somehow it was our sin which your life? Io ha the oonstant helper of
ebtekenoa the ske above the face ef Christ, your will? Is He the Saviour of your setae
end shut, out from Hie human heart the 0211/0118 Ht.DOES,
light of the love of God. And this was the
esupreine moment, this 051115 that hour of
'which the Master all leis life looked for -
Ward, this 011110 the achieseuent of His pur-
eeese. Now he hears the burden of our sin
+upon Hine All else woe as nothing beside
thee All thepainandshame, allthe forsaking saddened more hearts end broken up more
on,1 deridine all 00 whips ani netts -all homes than many tt vice thee miebt bo men.
tioned, It 0001110 constitutional with some
people; that is, it appears very early in life,
and grows not less as age increases. One
person exercising this habit has been known
to destroy for n. lifetime the daily peace of
an entire family.
friend or foe, and a guard of HOUlall soldiers
paces tes and down before it,
11 111 night -night in the feyrian eley, night
in the heavte of all a'110 10110,1 the thdileten
Teiteher. All hope lies buried with Him.
They 1104 taken liiin to be the MellEll1111, (00
HO Rad. 'MeV had trusted thite HO 1110111,1
bring redone:IA.10n to 'Bred. They had sot
their faith upon Him. And now He was
dead. And that was the mid of everything.
Ana they knew note ;het 111115 10115 nether
the beginning of ovelythlug. They knew
not that that, tragic Ft iday evoeld be named
"Good Friday " to the end of One. The
black shadow 01 (101)1(117 ley upon their
souls. The cross had banished hope.
Before the moth we kneel, end the cross
means hope eternal.
Does it really mean thee? Does it really
mean that for us? We kneel before this
blessed cross ; we look into the face of IIim
*leo hung thereon. Tho hate& that were
pierced invite us. And what kind of
The Habit of Pault•Tinding.
Perhaps there is no habit that so nearly
approaches a vice as that of finding Mule ;
indeed it has caused more hard feelings,
ee nothinee lies 1 this moment of distress
unknown ble.
"1 these" lie cries, as the orieis passee.
And somebody is quick, now, to give Him
drink. All hearts at last are touched. They
'Who, sitting donee had watched Him there,
heve been imposed with the sense of
somewhat mysterious happening, One of
the soldiers gives hint vinegar in a spouge,
:from the end of it reed of hyssop.
" It is finished 1" The sacrifice is offered,
the strange agony is over, the mission of the
Mester ia accomplished. His blessed work
is done.
"Father into Thy hands Icomloond my
spirit," so He cries. And Jesus Christ
bongs deed upon the cross,
Behold the Son of God, who for love of
05, came to earth and took man's nature 011
nig, and that we enight live, became obedi-
ent( unto death, even the death of the
0/1.0.50.
I Imo in mind a neighbor who poesessed
this Inuit in a remarkable degree ; indeed,
so outrageous did his emit -finding become
that it actuelly wore out his whole family,
and would probably have had the same effect
upon 00-140 neighbors -if 01'0 had not
moved Way' in self-defence.
Nothing WAS right from the tame he rose
in the morning until he went to bed at night,
and 11 have known him to get up at nine
ololook in the evening (he retired very early)
to complain to my 10111011 11)8,1 our Douse dis-
turbed him when 1110 1110118 playing on our
011111 lawn in the moonlight. :Nothing was
right, nobody was right. At first his fret-
fulness astonished us -his ueighbors-then
Behold the work of sin I This cross, sin et amused ns, and at last wearied and woe.
planted. Sin held the hammer wheu these teed us. His voice was so toed end penstrat.
bails were driven. Sin bronght this agony ing that it was impossible for us to 01101(1
'upon the loving heart of God. And WO 010 emei„1,4 11.
pertakers in et. 011 what to great object His wife could cook nothing to suit him
lessee hi the dreadfulness 01 010 1 The Son of
Coe erueifiea that we night be freed from
it I And 0110think sometimes so lightly about
it, and in so easily, so cheerfully, taking
eutworthy words upon our lips, workiug dia.
;honestly with our bands for which Christ's
lhands were pierced, welking in forbidden
paths with the feet for e. hide Christ's feet
vett% vent and wounded. Here we learn
w1101 0111 means.
We look into our hearts, and what do WO
see there? How much love for Christ our
190.010C? H./W much real gratitude to Him for
all His life and all His deeth for us ? How
much of the sits still kept for whou banish-
ment atm of our hearts He suffered ?
Chriet dies and the Iseult trembles. Awaty
le the city the great veil in the temple es
tent from the top to the bottom-thac great
veil which bangs between the holy place 0114
the most holy. No longer need the high
priests go in and behind Lilo veil make atone-
lment for tlie people's sins, There 10 00 need
of the symbol. now. Great High Priest has
eteade the one great and effectual atonement.
The way from man to Cod is open.
The short spring day draws near its close.
livening approaches. To -morrow is the dab,
bath. The bodies may not hang upon the
erase to -morrow. The Jew go to Pilate and
• ask leave to put an end to the lives of the
three 0)100(118(1 0000. So careful again of the
infinitely little intheprenneeof theinfinitely
great ! So scrupulous about the letter of the
kW, and yet crucifying their Messiah 1
Pilate gives consent. They may break the
Ionise of the dying men, (00(1 811(1 their 011001'.
los with the thrust of o spear. But Christ,
the soldiers filed, is dead aireudy. So they
break with their dubs the lege of the two
thieves. "But when they came to Jesus, and
saw tha1 he evas dead already, they break
not Rio legs, hut one of the soldiers with a
spear pierced his side, and forthwith came
outblood and water. And be thee OW it bore
record," adds St. John, setting the emphatic
seal of his own personal evitness to the fast,
" he that Haw it bore record, and hie record
is true, and he knnweth thee he smith true,
that ye might believe. For these thingswere
clone that the Scriptures might be fulfilled,
and meals were served either too early 011 100
late te please hem At nom when he reached
the gate (he was ft meelmuie) be began in sten-
torian tones, "I want my (11110811,'' 81011 if it
failed ta
to h0 on tha table when he reeeeed
the house there followed abuse.
On one occasion, entering the dining -room
and finding the dinner not nn the table, to
expedite matters, he seized the loaf and the
bread knife and proceeded to cut the broad.
The knife having been dull had been sharp -
woe during the morning, and not calculat-
ing for the swifthess of 001(114 knife, our in-
furiated neighbor &most severed the thumb
from his left hand. When I heard of it I
could but rejoice, hoping that the lesson thus
learned might be of value to him end seetwe
a little comfort to his estimable wife, but it
has no such effect.
Like all fault-finders, Ile was a most un-
reasonable creature. Ile grumbled when
money was needed for the ehildren's cloth-
ing, yet if they were lot welleiressed he
found fault. At last his already overworked
a ife, 18 8118011 desperation, took in sewing,
that she 1014111 clothe bite children without
asking him for money, hoping thus to secure
a little peace, but it made no difference •
there WO8 always something to growl about,
One would salvage that the num whom I
have described must have been either a
drunkard or a lunatic. He was neither, but
posed before the world (not his immediate
neighbors) as a good man.
I have known people who always, rose in
the morning cross or " cranky." After
having found fault with everybody and
everything that happened to come in thee.
way, they gradually settled down in peace
and serenely, and for the rest of the day
evere very agreeable. I despise such neople,
and I believe thee they could be cured if
taken in time. They ought not to be indulged
in their unveasonable whims, but shonM
be wtheeeted for a while to treatment of their
own kind, or in some way be exhibited to
themselves in their true light, untilthorough•
ly ashatmel, they give tip the abominable
habit of feeding fault. 1 01100 heard of a
,steamslup 00410111 who 11149 a most delight -
id man, socially, except for an hour or so fie
.A, bone of Him Shell not be broken, And the morning ; then, with one exception,
ogees, impeller Scripture smith, fin ellen whoever 110105 11) Ids path (passengers, officers
look upon Ilim whom they pierced," or mew) were obliged to be snepped and
All mockery was sileneed in the presence snarled at 111 wits really unsafe to bid him
of 11811 1100111, all hatred hushed. The Cap. good morning. His was the rule of a tyrane
tain of the gnard of soldiers is profoundly tor a short time. Later in the day the rifle
thieved. " Certainly this was 0 rIghteons core and crow could not have wished for a
Man," he sue. " Tully this Man was the more considerate nmetev, nor could the pas -
Son of Gan." " And ell tho people that senors have desired a more thoughful or
:mine together to that sight," tlie idlers, the gentletnanly emptain.
lbe exception -the pursnor-was a
iniddleoged man of dignified bearing, whose
ability in his lino maths it ail -emelt to supply
his place, end who was personally beloved
and respected by his captain-seetried to be
able to walk unscathed through the fiery
loved Han, beholding the and. Against the fume= of the captain's unjust wrath. On
sleek sky stand out the throe crosses with inquiry, I learned that on 000 occasion the
their burdens. Evening falls, the shadows captain 11011 (0001. unjustly found fault with
of the night begin to mingle with the shad. the pursuer, who immediately locked hie
.0W5 of the day.‚After all the tumult, after office, and in a most respectful and dignified
all the noise of dscordant voices, at last is telemeter offered the keys to the captain, at the
%silence, same time remarking thee self-respect would
Tho bodies of the crucified were connnore not allow Min to accept fault-findin while ie
eyburied buriedby being flung into a trench, the proper discharge of his duty ; t me when
%and weaved over with earth, But no sooner he failed to perform the duties assigned to
11501.14 308119 dead than there came to Pilate a him he would accept the reproof which hie
'Member of the Sanhadren, a man of standing laxity inight deserve. He closed his speech
eariong the Jews, known among all as a just with a polite requelit that his resignation
than and a gond, and hogged the body of might be accepted without delay 1 For a
angles. Joseph of Arimitthea .111(10 1) secret time the result of the interview seemed
disciple. It 1(0(1 )10011 a Miter day for him. salutary, but the captain soon fool back into
love and fear had etruggled for the mastery his oltkime habit of finding fault ; however,
of his heart. But fear had conquered. ho was eover known 10 111)011 another word
•Ioseph hail kept sileuc0 loeel. it limy have of dissatisfaction to his faithful punier.
been remorse which drove ceo fear. Al any he halnt of marling mid finding fault
rate, love only was left. 1 mulct make should be nipped in the bud. Many I victim
emends for tiownedien by re lite touder 010111, hems ellenue for the sake of peace, when
no could not EOM Met; and ho lincl not resentment might have a better effect on a,
dared to show his sympathy while Ile was disagreeable growler,
live, but lie could ne least bury Hien. lie :Mothers, do not chide your chilaven un -
bogs the body of Jesus, reasonably, and beware of allowing them to
mate gladly 0011001111, ,70;.op1t has form the habit which will wear /mother's
Lomb ready in a garden of 111s, 1101 for from life, as surely as the constant dropping of
the place of °meld:don! a 110W 1:01111) h0150 1111ACC will weer a stone.
nd, in the rock, This ts made ready, Att. Lewes elmesee.
ether Jewish ruler, also a member of the
ganhalrim, mid long a swot discinlo joins To Get the Bost Value of Land.
elm. One° /wheel come by night anil
?rotestagainst thoprojudiceof his colleagnat, fruitful ttere of earth will support ono
Doth our law indge any man before young loillook, increasing the weight of the
." bease iffie pounde 18 a, twelvemonth. Ono
Now Nicodetnits comes along bringing acre of wa,ter, properly )(mated, will produce
oYrrli and aloes for 11111 burial. A fow 10,000 pounde of oyster meat, shells and
ng and faithful women look on from alai', ifidee 1104 "001,1110d: Ift the same length of
s the body of Jostle is taken by reverent '105. 0701.0118 001,0, weight for weight, nearly
ands from tho cross tho tomb, nesse. equal to beef for making flesh an4 blood.
ad body is wrapped in folds of !Mon and 137 1111011101101 propagation, as it is now begin)),
tid tenderly upon the ground., A greet ingtobe conned on, the entire bottom surface
tone is rolled lip into tho entrintee to the of all etre:tins neer the eon, and estuaries
°rib, Presently a seal is sot mien it to t oo, etut be mule to yield creps in this
tutrd against a possible intrnsien of either Peeneetiee•
, revilers, the bitter enemiee, go bade with a
lett:nave foreboding end misgiving in their
bearte. What does it mean ? lute hone
they clone? There aro tears in their eyes,
and as they go they smite their breasts. Afar
: off attend His aoqualetauees, those who heel
THE MUT FARMEREL
What One Onion Reported W111011 010(100
mom
21Atno»g the reports presented by the Bri-
tish tenant fanners" ilelegates respeeting
their vlsit to Canada last fall, none will be
retul with deeper hawse!: than that proper -
eel by Mr. J. le Wood, oflialewood, Lanca-
shire. Mr, Wood is a tenant on the ostate
01 1,118 Earl of Derby -the historic house
which has given us our pieeent Governor-
General, Ile is a man of wide education,
and a, keen, practieal observer, In dealing
with the efforts of the Cattail 1041 GOVOCII.
01011t to promote agriculture, he has this to
say commuting the experimental farm
syetem
At Ottawa wo had the opportunity of
inspecting the Central Experimental Farm,
of enquiving fully into its management 110
aims, and of examining the work being ac-
oomplished ender Prof. Saunders' scientific
and practical guidenee, Words are incap-
able of expressing my appreciation of the
extreme importence to the agriculturist and
Inc Dominion generally of the experiments
»el trials in every branch of husbandry
there in progress, and of tho exceeding oare.
fathoms with which 1111 mottle are kept, to
render the information published annuelly
by the Department of Agriculture thoroughly
reliable. To uo othev country in the wovld
can en Englishman emigrate and find the
same deep interest token by the Govern -
went in the welfare of the settlers ; indeed,
it is dillioule to conceive that; anything
more could be Elmo to render them greater
assistance. The establiehinent of the re.
maining Government farms and the selec-
tion of tee sites at Brandon for Manitoba,
Indian Head for the North' m est territories
and Agassiz for British Columbia, each of
WhiCh 1 visited, reflect the highest credit on
all concerned ; whilst the intelligent stepport
Prof. Saundere r20810'88 110 tlee seconding of
his endeavors by the respective inenagers of
those teems leaves nothing to be desired. I
mole regret I had not an opportunity of
visiting the farm at Nappen, etova Scotia,
established for the maritime provinces.
" That in Canada, and especially in some
districts, there are serious cire.wbacke-
chiefly 0111110LO-to be combated, no one
can deny, It is then of the utmost import.
aneo thee an exaet knowledge of the vitrieties
of greens, fruits, fodder, plants, vegetables,
and trees suitable for each locality should be
maned, and this end other information re-
lative to stook, %thee is whet is sought to be
obtained and disseminated from these es.
tablietnnents. Not tho least agreeable fea-
ture eornected with my \isle to the Centre'
farm, wits the entire abseuce of red tape anti
officialism. To mention all the branches
working advantageously in the fituners' in-
terest would occupy too much space. It
may, however, be well to enemerate a few.
Gude and seeds of all kinds are tested free
of coat to the sender fame post free also), for
germination and vitality. Experiments aro
made with all varieties of wheats and other
cereals, and with grasses and fruits, to test
their relative productive qualities end period
of early ripening. Seed ancl plant distribu-
tion is largely made, when it has once been
established beyond doubt Guth any variety
of grain or fruit is eertein to prove useful
to the recipients ; and as an instance
of what is being accomplished, I was
informed that 12,000 samples, chiefly wheat,
oats and barley, had been distributed gratis
during the past season. Tests of over 70
varieties of spring wheat, 100 of fall wheat,
SO of oats, 20 of rye, 50 of barley, as vell as
50 of Indian oorn, for productiveness anti
earliness of ripening, have been made in
one year ; whilst the experiments with
fertilizers and in hybridizing grains (especi-
ally wheat) must result in a permanent
benefit to the Dominion which is incalcul-
able, The growth of sugar beets, and all
kinds of voots and vegetables, claims a share
of the professor's ettention. In 1889, 251
varieties of potatoes alone were grown side
by side under shnilar cenaltions, whilst
237 new varieties were raised from hybridiz-
ed seeds. Orchards containing MO kinds
uf hardy apples, pears, plums, cherries,
de., are being tried 11110 vineyerd contains
127 varieties of outdoor gvapes ; and small
fruits, suele as strawberries, respberries,
blackberries, currents, gooseberries, ete.,
are receivieg careful an4 intelligent study.
The plenthig of the wide prairies, wipeoltd•
ly round the farm steadings, with
sheher belts of forest and other trees,
is 0111011811 of first consideration, and there-
fore it is e satisfaction to the settler to
know that he will, in 1112 110(111 fueure, be
able to obtein front the Agrionitural De-
partment all the informetion he requires in
this important butnele Poultry are kept in
mire breeds and first crosses for ascertaining
their relative hardiness, and their merits tts
egg producers, and as MIA° fowls ; and the
Whole of tho Dominion to which civilization
has extended being admirably adapted to
this industry renders this a work of groat
utility. The immense intevest to the stook
raiser in every pert of the colony attaching
to the satishectory laying down of grass
lands, and to the growth of fodder plants,
ie fully recognized; and the experimental
plots of native and foreign gressee under
trial will, in another year, enable indite:fate
tory lvice to be given to the public. I may
state thot Indian corn grown for ensilege
leas been most, successful ; a crop of 30 tons
4011 0010 was being cut end chaffed during
the period of my visit, forming on excellent
winter food for stook, The experiments in
cattle feeding, 1)1111 ill the reettive milk
producing properties of elie respective
Maas, aro carefully noted, ainl eaoh year's
experience is published in the reports of
Prof, 8aunders and by tho reepeetive heads
of departments,
" The foregoing mese be theme as repro -
smiting a portion only 01 111)0 scientific end
11801111 work here aucomplished. The demi-
eel department is admirably conducted by
el v T. Shutt, M. A., F. (1. 8,, and the bo -
fantod and entomological sections by Me
James Fletcher, F. Te. 8. Cle le L. 8. ; whilst
VAN GELNE DISOOVERIEEf,
1111 erende 5.0111111' TWO Venni Beinitee
1001)0.00 011(1 etheangi /Meer.
11. 18 nearly two y011111 BieCe NA, Van
Clete left Leopoldville iu the two little steam -
ere En Avant and A. I, A. to explore the
elobangi River end Its tribe taries, Very little
him beeo heard from hint since, thougb two
weeks ago ashore despetth was printed giving
01011' details of hie discoveries The Congo
Government hos at Met received a long re,
port, front him, the substence of which has
Just been printed, During his first tripod!.
tion, wbon Capt. Vae Cele ilia:peered that
the Mobengi eves Identical with the Walla -
Makatea of 8 hwsinferth, hie inetruments
wero not of stilikeent athurney to seeable hint
to determine -with correctness tha 0011150
the big Congo tributary. In this expedt.
tion 140 1111(8 equipped with the bese scienti-
fic instruments, and ascertained the interest-
ing fact that the great northern bend of the
Mobangi appears on Ids first map thirty
miles too far south. On his new mop the
most northern port 01 1(10 Idohangi's course
is about fire miles north of 5 meth lati.
nide. He found that for several hundreds
of miles the 11obangi has no affluents,
wh m
ortentioning on its left bank, wide!
shows that the evatov parting between the
Congo and the elobengi epproaches very
nearly to the latter river. Along the uorth-
ern bend, however, be found sevetal them-
tories emptying into the river on the north
bank, one of which he ascended for nearly
sevelity utiles. This is the Kouengon River,
and he did not find a single village on this
stream. Another vory large affluent, whielt
be ascended only for a distance of ten miles,
is the Kato River, which is believed to be
one of the lergest tributaries of the Mobangi.
This river befouled to be 0011010017 1>04010101,
The people are known as the 8a110110e, and
thoy are quite another race from those who
live upon the elobengeelaltona. They aro
particularly distinguished by the extraordin•
ary abundance of their heir, whieh they
arninge in the form of a bonnet, with the
brim extending over their forehettas.
When Veil Gel° ascend the elobangi two
years before, he WAS turned back near the
tweuty-third meridian by the fierce
Yakomits, who fought him with the utmost
desperation for two days, finally surrounding
him on an island, where he would have
seccurnbed to tech% sutorior numbers had it
not been for his 11,rearms. Meng the present
expedition, by petionee end tact he wee at
last able to overcome their ferocity. In
the month of May last year lie was OM to
enter their country in peace, Their boats
at first timidly approached hen, but confi-
dence was wended by the friendly treatment
and presents he distributed. Ile finally
made a treaty of friendshth evith the
Yekoma chief, Dayo, who was his greatest
assailant during the first expedition. The
largest hospitality WM now offered to the
explorer, and a number of natives of the
tribe took service on the steamers of Capt.
Van Gele. In August last year the ex-
plorer ascended for about sixty miles the
very lerge rivet", lelbomn, which is un-
doubtedly the largest tributary of the
lelobangi.
According to Van Gele's informetien the
name Mobongi is not likely to be epplieel to
the Weile-Makotue which has heretofere
been regarded as its upper course. He 11505
that the Mobangi is formed by the junction
of the Welle-Makotia aud the Mbornon, the
name Mobargi not being known until the
region is reached where theee two great
rivers enite. Ile visited Kieg Bangasso,
who rules the country along the Mboirme
River for a greet distance, Van Gele de.
scribes him as e, inost important epotentate,
as truly worthy of the name of Xing as the
Manta Yartwo. 411 1.118 tribea for hundreds
of iniles around, as for as the efobangi, re-
cognize his authority and pay tribute to him
When the white maitor came to him Ban -
gesso sent a lot 01 1)18 hunters to catch two
elephants as presents for the traveller. Two
young animals were obtained, and Van Gele
took them awey with him, but it was not
Ion? before they died in captivity.
Then Van Gele continueoj his eeplorations
about fifty iniles further up the 13 elles•814-
1(0110, until at last he reached a point within
ten miles of the most western place which
Dr. Junket: visaed in 1883. Here the ex-
plorer was steppe(' by imp/test:hie falls.
11041(11 1104 hnpeded his progrees in varions
places on the Mobangi, but the impediment
is nob snilloient to 4110110111 8181(111 navigation
between the Zongo Rapist; end Van Oslo's
furthest et the falls of idokwangoti, a dis-
tance of about 500 milee There is, there.
fore, on this great river two stretches of
navigable wider from ite mouth to the Zongo
Rapids, 400 miles, and from the Zongo Ra-
pids past which he dragged his little steam -
eta to the furthest point he reached about
1500 Miles long, The discoveries of Von Gale,
together with 1.11000 01 Hodistev, Becker, itnd
Iwo or thvee other agents of the Congo Stet°,
who have for two yeers p001 110021 exploring
the tributaries, 'hews added au het:tense
number of facts to our map of that part of
Africa.
A Shower of Ma,»na.
The keeper of a pharmacy in the city of
Bagdad, in Aelatio Turkey, leas eent to the
scientific journal, La eraltsre, a specimen
of an etliblo substance whiels fell recently
during a copious shower of rain in the vicin-
ity of Mardin and Diarbekite in the 1111010
country, in August, 58.90. The sutler of
the substenon stated thee, on felling, it had
plentifully sprinkled over a considerable aroa
of e0110try.
The inhabitants came mit and eagerly
galltered up the eubstance, and with 11 (110(10
excellent bread. The •' meanie " 10081101117,
palatable, nutritious ana very digestible.
La Nature states that the sample of tho
" manna," which it received was m the form
of small globules, aboet the size of millet,
seeds, and the mass, yellowish on the °Wi-
elds:, WaS perfectly white within.
Prof. Robertson is engage4 in venting ell Tho subatomic) 0000 11(00(1 to skilled botan-
iorts of the Dominion spreading broadcast
iSts to examine, aud they wououneed it to
be a vegoeelee enbstanoo 03 the /when fam-
ily, scientificelly known tee Lemont cseut•
The% lie/1mM frogrouthy found 111 1110 (8001
arid meentains of the desert of Tartary,
whore the eoil et citleareaous end gypeeons,
and 4)0000 011 thoground amidst the pebbles,
froln whith it is In be clieLiegnishod only
The Mane 1113)11,101,1, with the dome; scrutiny.
Considerable quantities of lichen aro found
.A. clespitteh from Ottawa says -The Gov- oho in the deeert, of Turkestan, and abet.
ernment it is understood at the approaching p1115 01 Western Aida,
session will introduce a bill reviving the Parrot, the traveller, brought home a
1710l15.9 04100111 arrinigemene in connection quantity of this subsume° as long ego as
with Lho Al:Maio fisheries, On payment of 1828, 111 111014 fidlen in a shower in Persia,
eleffipertonforeign VOSSele 0110 3>0111111144 to and WOO add to have termed the ground to
enter Canadian ports for the purehase of a depth of several inches. Cattle ato it
bolt, ico, seines, lines, and ail other sup. eagerly, and the inhabitants gathered 11. 111
plies, outfits, me,' as well as to transmit quantities.
their each and Loship mates, The modes 31 15 regarded as likely that this liehon,
"11113111 in reality expired a, year ago, It abundant in the country where it fell, hod
will bo renewed this year by the Dominion been theme op by a water spout, -not an
Govelnment as a proof that Canada is not infrequent phenomenon there,-ancl atter
disposed to oarry into effect all the being carried 1)7 IL vaporous wind et it high
provisions/ of the net of 1818, pending altitude, bat fallen to the earth (8411111 11)
the negotiations for a isettlentent 01 11110 rain -shower.
Ally:4We 11 110(7 onestiom 441.511 11008011 111) Showers et 1110.11115 of the 0111110 sort havo
Attu:limn vessels took ont licenses. Tho several times boon mentioned in that port
revenue front this solve° reached g14,461. 01 11115 worlds in the 00111011 81 history,
information by lectures relative Lo the best
known methods 01 1,111(01' and cheese making,
011110,101, of agriculture for which Canada
is well adepted, and one which must soon
beeoine very mutill more important than is
01 411000(11 realized,"
A. COWIN ERRANT AN WHAT CAM
0 T.
aere8-eglit,
innkev, &o, A douce, holiest, hard-working
follow wits Willie. A nether o' hts had hap.
paned to be owls ite morning al; Theivid
Grant's and fan' Mtn In 0 Ball' nate 111/001.
the loos 0' 11 COO 1•11111. had 11110110,1 1171:1301' WI'
Weide through the niche
Dativid bad twe or three aores o' Ian'
Moot twa mitee fill.' 8-, tend was Omelet
to hue some letwboes P the bank
though he hail only himisel aim Janet, his
wife, tno keep, yet the load o' the COO 15018
gay serious matter.
After he 1(0(1 1)01)4(1 o' Denville hunenta-
Lions, and bea set 011 00 the reed hame, 1111
thoold tee binned' he mght mak' a gnid
Much oevro pnir Deuvide misfortune'. It
was the first o' April, and if he Gould limn.
age to send Willie Waddet owre the David
Grants' 11111 1)8 streueldn'boord on a gowk's
errant garrin bine believe Janet wits add in,
stead o' the eon, it wad be a gvan' joke. It
WAS nee sooner thoolth upon than it, WaS
Aerialist upon. As soon ma he got tao
he gams awit up tee eve witelen erection
Willie had dignified evi' the name o' the
warkshop,
" Weal, Willie, what aro ye thrang wi'
the day le 11U&110, as he entered.
a wee chair 101 8011(110 elcGregor's youngest
inuolcle,” says Willie ; '' p81 whin'
" lute to lob that stan' the noo, then,
081 (110' In ettn' wi' a job that's in a, greater
hurry, but Lute yell nae like sae weel, Pin
thinkine"
"011, it'll bo a queer job Pll no like the
noo, an' ever's sae slack ; let's hear what it
it, man."
" Weal, yo'll tak' yet' stvauchin' booril
gae 181114' oever to Detivicl Grant's, he's fan'
111 wi' 5 0111/' lyse. pule man, ooh, note'
(teeth's ayo belay 1"
" What," cries Willie, "is Janet died?",
and without. welting for an unswev, centime
eil, " What was the matter ? what did she
des o' ?"
" Sho choked hereon"
" Choltea horse 1 Lord, bless me, that's
extraordinar' 1 Dativel will miss her Pair,
for she was it clever -handed wommi, was
Janet. BM. I matme, stop here claverin' ;
I'll awa' mere :hie minute ; and throwing
down his hammer, be hurried tae the hoose,
an' 11041 118 mither mak' his parrich and get
oot his Senility ekes as soon as possible, as
he was winded in a hurry at 1)011111,1 (4)101118.
(Leh/mid Ime mentioned that Willie weenie
married, but leeved wi' his neither in a bit
hoosie off an' on wi' the shop.)
APRIL 24, 1801,
loss, an'I wasea (my bother
aboot it."
" After what I111/1 fallen from your lips,
I see there is 110 1180 trY1111; to reason with
you and 111111 truly sorry te snink thee
such a man as you are -a member of my
eleureh ; not only it member, but an elder -to
111411 of nu prineiple, net even of common
decency ; hat I 0 m assure you, siv, 1 shall
expose your 0 tul let, I shell call 0 meeting
01 1110 congrega. i 111 01111 have yon expelled.
You eine no longer lie ten 81,181 01 mine,"
" Ye ean ea,' a nicotine o' the Presbytery
gin ye like 1" exeleimea Deuvid, now fairly
noteled, " fee oeything 1 eitle ; hot it wud
be a tang time before ye wna oa' a meeting
o' the congregation Inc hole 010 tae get
811101101', an Pin me thinIcin' 1 wud be
neickle better els if yo did,"
"1 shad stay hero no longer to bo insult.
eil," the minister, and melting his way
fot% the door, when he was stopped by
\Villio, mho said-
" Od, s(r, ye mum richtly leave tho
hoose until NCO 0011)0 1.0 thine understandieg.
Ye see, if that mild heathen '11 no da.o the
thing tlintee right, eomebody mann da't. Ye
eee 1(1110 brought my 00011 01101101111' board,
and I'll awe and get some o' the lumbers and,
get her laid oot in a respectable and Chris-
tianlike manner."
Dauvid cocked his lugs at this, and said,
" Stranchin'boord for a coo I Lay her oot
in a Clwistiaieleco manner I What: on airlde
dues the man mean ?" (100 1)0,
8, What dae meen ?" oried Willie ; "yer
wife lying (told in hero, and you bite elle 1i0-
40/10)110 to spear what I mean I"
"My wife died 1 Rao ye ta'en leave 07011
senses anhegither, mon?"
" len afraid there's some mistake here,'
Istc11,,,t11.?1,e, minister. " Is yew: -wife dead,
Guid be thankit, no, sir ;08 least she
wasna twit hours syne.
" And whore is she?"
" she geed sor000vor tao her brither's.
Ye see, Nolly, the dochter, thee was waitin'
on the lady, cam haine. The lady' e deed,
an' left Nally sax hunner pounds, so Janet
4004 0)1)1 ower tao hear all the news. But
11115 sent ye here wi' the booed ?" gun
Dauvid, turtling the Willie, wIto ll'aa
SC'eatChin hill head and lookini a wee
foolish.
"04, Peter Low cam up tee the 51104 this
mornin," mid telt me to 00010 0101/ 0171.01 wi'
the booed, as ye had met wi' a wtiv loss."
" Did he say Janet was deed, Willie ?"
" No, he didna jist say that, when I
11)118 11 but of couree I tiled it could be no
other body,
"1 see 4 a' noo,' cried Dativid, 10 111' into
a chair mein' anlitughin". " Low WM
Wed, after he had gotten his perrieb and 000011 hero this merning, an' I was
himself cleated up, awn,' Ile gam to festivities him aboot the death o' o coo, mid the rogue
lei' his booed oevev his shoulter, and wi' no has gam and made 0 gowk o' pone Willie
mair idea he eves gatin a gowk's errand then o'er the heed cite Did it never strike you,
the mart in the mune, When he got tae the Willie, that this is tho 1st o' April 0"
hoose ho sot the board down at the door, " Never until tide minute," =Chanted
and, steppin' in, got Dauvid takin' &reek o' Willie. " Wool, that coo's the wenn,
the pipe. Od, he has sent me on n gowk's errant and
nae mistake."
" le ood.bye, good-bye," pries theminister,
numin, oot o' the door, and they head him
lituellin' a' the way tae the manee,
" Wool, Willie," observed Dauvid, after
the minister had left, "ye hae done me
mair geld than anything 1 ban got tbis
while But 11111.011 look sae sheepish, man ;
there's na harm donee l'm thinkin' o' gaun
ewer toe Jandes bl'ither's, an' yell uome
0)11(1 00081' wi' me .and see Nellie. Oil, ice
hard Me say wheter a blister may licht ;
she's worth lookin' after, noo, my lad."
After 80010 coaxing, Willie consented tea
gae Wi' 111,0, for he bad a salt side the Nellie,
end mem ill to persuade.
On the road, Dituvid wid stop every wee
bit and ejaculate, "Stranehin' booed for e
coo I Decency and Christianity I" an' sync
roar as 11 110 was goon into 0 ht.
Mime (911110 11011 hen unless ho'cleompose
himsele and also not say a word about it
when they geed toe the hoose, he manna gee
'wither fit.
At laet Dauvid promised to say naothing
aboot it.
When they got there, Willie was puzzled
what ton den wi' the booed, for he had brocht
zt wi' him, 148 it was obit on the road None,
However,. he got it smuggled in &hint the
door, an' in they wine Willie got a hearty
welcome fra Lheauld folks, and (tithed glance
frae Nellie, so he soon felt himself ab hame
amang them,
After they hacl got their dinner, and
Nellie and Willie cloth thegither i' the cor-
ner, VIP her hand in his, the servant lassie
eam rinnin' au' aryin," " 0, mistress, whit's
deed? wha's (1004 1"
"Deed 1 Losh, bless me, lassie, thevo's
naebody deed. Whet makes ye speer then?"
" Becalm° I was mishit the door for the
bosom, an' there's a, strauchin' boord there,
an' ye kelt there's ma use for it unless some-
body s deed."
By this time their tactile:on wits drawn
towards Dimwit'', who 01100 tWiStill' ill Ins
chair, wi' 0 face like 0, nor -west mune, :At
last he burst oot writ greet o' lauelein,"
an' soreeled and yelled until they thoehe he
115 feirly gaen mad. After he was able to
speak, he cries'"011, Willie, Willie, hao
(110(07, n' let me toll them, or 721 buret."
"Tell them, an' be hanged the ye," says
Willie P the pet "08(1 well tell them the
ewe for the'll her o't tee ony retie"
Weel, after David had thlt them the
story, ye eritild hao led them a' err strao,
an' Willie himeels caught; the infection, and
111.110hed 115 101111. 05 0117 0' them
Willie left for Mune, wi' Irony kited invi-
tations 110 Mee be a stianger amang them,
whittle be book every advantage of, for ha
00/15 bhere four or five theme a week, end at
last gob Nellie for a wife.
He's 800 10 Dundee In a big way o' decline
en', free a' amounts, Nellie's sax humor
pomede has doubleel itself by this time.
His onstomere etc sometimes surprised
when they have 0e010111011 too goo for tho
stranchin' bootee tn,e sae Willie tem vod
tee Moo, an' Nato lo in too lauchin' ; but
sho clinne kon what yoti an' I ken.
eeesesseesesseeeen
Nie Bad Aocident.
Lumlay-" That 0010 818 Bed atieldent Dip-
per met with the other (ley."
Dundey-" Whet; NVOS that?"
Dtrotblentilrto:?-‘'V
.141issII'IY'701,rilonboknn0volonilliotilovia8
lt1tto;
ho wits to give up drinking, and the other
day lie wont oft with the boys and was
brought home hi 0 stake of intoxication."
one's husband in 011 aquarium, you know."
Liontenant X-
-110 ean't ride, dance or play tennis. What
tumid we witlt him ?"
his engagement,"
dont7"
Miss A.,-" 011, yos-but 0110 onAel; koop
M551 D-" Ithe ho swims beautiftilky."
Hiss A.,-"Firet because he has no burins
Diflloult
Miso D.-" Angeline, why don'tyou marry
Dam wy__tt y00 call 111 an noel-
Lumley-" Certainly. no fell and broke
-Itather
She ttad No Objecition,
Mr. flissy-"Do you lilt° to oaL oranges
with armee)), Mies Toronto ? '
0:ylbiosedyleoer;soen,t,o,-" Yos, Mr, May, I'll just,
as soon oat en 0)01140 with you as evith
" Hoo's wi' ye tho day, Dauvid ?' quo
Willie, as he geed in.
"%list midden," Willie, jist midellin."
But tu.lee 11 gnat end rest ye."
" 1111 real vexed to hear o' yer lose," con-
tinued \ Vette, after he had taken a seat.
" Yo'll mis8 her sair, I lute no doot."
" [Iso bit hard job for nee," says Dauvid ;
"but I mann try un' thole. Ye {ten we're
telt to beat: our trials wi' patience."
"110 V0151 glad ye tak-' that view et," ob-
served 1Villie, " for I was fcart ye miget
beak cloon a'thegither."
"Hoot, 1Villie, there's no fear o' that
The thing's had enough, but I nt leo gaan to
brak my heave eliod it. I mann look aboot
an see an' get manlier, for I canna weel want
ane."
" 'Deed, that's brae enough, Deuvid, but
yell no be in o hurry for o while."
011, I dinnu 11 ell " suns Dauvid ; " the soon -
or the better, I drink. 1(1)1)00 soe any 080 0'
puttin aff time. 111 fact, I lute my e'e 011
ano eiresely ; but lent leered she's a wee
ewer multi,'
"1 watina Owlet they were sea easy got-
ten," seta Wille.
" Man, Willie, when ye hae twit or throe
bawbees yet, pouch ye can get pick an'
wide o' them ; but Ill be a wee cautious
afore I take atm Ye see, when they're
ower mulct ye got little guid &them, all'
they're it long time before they come toe be
temnekle use, r11 be cautions and get 0,
guid whame I'm at it, nether over,
auld or young."
By this time 'Willie's surprise had risen
beyond measure. He eould only sib and
stare al; David's eitlinuess in wonder.
" Wool, Dauvid," itt length 110 (0(1011(0(1,
"I'm indeed %surprised an' vexed the hear ye
speak in that; isnomer, T. think ye reieht get
the 0.00 yo lute decontly tewa before ye
think re fellin' her gathao."
" Weel," answered Dativid, " I dinna see
hoo that wid make any difference. How -
0V011, I Wile just intendin' to howk 11 hole in
the yaiel this afternoon, 1111.' pit hor
str'i'clet.enuvid Giant 1 " cried Willie,
Willie, I cantle sell her noo, folks 000 a
0 syoo
no think bleak bureau' shame o' yoursoP toe
speak toe i' that manner, nee ye an older
o' the kirk. Ma wartie 1 a bonnie elder I
But I'll not lot the !nether rest like thee ;I'll
awn ewer ton the minister and eao him en
immune o' yet coeds -tot, ye mulct almirteless
heathen. Hes time he kent what scot o' old -
ere he leas," an4 wi' that he cot itti the dem
The manse was eboot twit hunnor yairds
frac Deuvicl's sae 3V11110 0000 ine litng gettin'
there, The minister SW 111111 00111111', 1111d,
meeting him 0,11 1)10 door geld-
" Well, William, wheiee the meter 7
There is surely something wrong Wh011 7011
are in such 0, hurry."
"Indeed, ye may thy 11108 1" datelined
Willie. " There's amnothing wrong, and
awftt' wmng, 7 wise ye wid 05111,011,11.00000
toe Desivid Grant's, for I think he's genie
tot o' hio judgment.'
"I wish you would explain yourself, Wie
lio. Whet is tvrang with Dovid?"
"Wool, ye see, hie wifo 4 tenet is donee
She eholted boreal' through the nicht, an' I
was seet for 12,0 gee owor wl' the strand:in'
board, Wool, when I geed in, indurally ex•
pectin' toe see Dativid maid brokenhearted
judge o' my sinprise, wit n he began tenth'
me he had the thocht of gotten' another%
wife (Id 001(11100 possible -in fact, he has his
o'n on /Inc already ;511' Whell 7 telt him ho
micht aye get the one ho hat awa, first, od,
11 1110 011)41 (11,1111 toll me Ile 0004.411 her in
a hole in the yaird, if ho could/to, soll her.
But, he's demented ; his grief has turned his
brain, think."
" 1 eivid's wife dead I" observed the min-
is) et. " Pm neuele surprised that I have not
heard of it before, and me 00 near hen, too.
1iite stay it little ; Vil 401 11)7 bah and go
along with yen."
When they got back they found Dauvid
steppin' through the time rather perplexed
at Nelillie's protheainge,
" len grieved to hoer of yam' sad alio.
tient," the nitutister began; 'land I ant hutch
surprised you did notsend for ine. I surely
might liteve boon of some bond% in your
sore trial."
"1 canna unnersten' what yo're akin'
sic work alma, quote Dativid, "Yo
%%multi hoe done 1110 rie gold supposin' I hod
8001 for ye, 1210 10111 1810' too boar the
1