The Brussels Post, 1892-5-20, Page 3MAy 20, 1802
PEARY'S ARCTIC JOURNEY
• th(2t, the 'nand tee m110.10811), (3111311) to
the to, rth e,nt4. While a, number of gem.
graphere regard this theory 3231 pleueible
on Oen, (freely ie of the opinion that the itt
land hie (Mee tun 3 ()WI north of the
parallel. Ile lame; the Vit•IV 111)011
the report of Loek wood, who a
tee hie furthest north found the hori•
ilt zoo rot the land aide 48/1101841011 Ily
11 It lit bel'IVee 8110W covered. 11101111laille " The
th interior," he wrote, " io n eoufneed mass
iv of silow-eepped make," Ito t331rnj that
lie thee° mountains nettle it impoesible to dile
cover the topography el the region, and it
ng is not al, ell unlikely that behind them the
el. inland lee eel/nide unbrokenly toward the
th north juei nei 133 (10338 behind the minintains
1.. of mouth 3 1 Lowland, 11, however, the tee is
n, not couxtenslve with the eorth covet
0. Peary will not he able to reach the north
ro and of the island, and in this event he will
x.1 ry to trace the northern limit of the 100
11, cap, mei to follow its edge to the unknown
s, east coaet north of Cape Bismarck,
>0 From the lofty elevation of the inland ice
• 110 probable that he will be able to do inore
0,1 for the correct inepping of tho (*none °ban-
es not through Smith tiound to the Aretie Sett
o than any 0( 1(10 prodeeeesore. Much of tin
r°,giou will be spread out like a map before
„ him, and he is likely to solve the mystery
of 1(0m33011133 Glacier, believed to be the
rYs greatest an the world, mid of the mighty
x. herds which penetrate no one yet knows
1,2 how fox inland.
O If Peavy succeeds in Itis undertaking and
a Lieut. Ryder of the thuneli nevy 2300100 011b
ir the task ussignea him of mepping the
• oast octant between Franz dosel Fiord and
0 Cape 1/811, the year 181)2 will see G reenland
practioally revealed in all its outlines.
Ryder reached the east coast last summer,
at andmtended to winter mar Cape Brewster.
20 Ile is expected to study and map 500 miles
10 of coast lute, of which the part between
0. Cape Brewster alul (Jape Dan is wholly 110.
of1 known. Hts project was to spend the win -
1, ter 111 selentihe observations ; to devote the
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The Explorer Now Prohahl,y Par Along
His Ovorland Way.
Me sledges, ll'ood Supply, and leg to pewee
whet 1st:vim-leo mitt Work nail tit
or LIei.3, Ryder r the Hanish Navy.
The seVall persents who compoye 11>0 nor
Geeenland expedition of Limn. R. B,
11001410110 141112' 4110 81111 p001.11123 1111000 t
horizon in the Inet week of February, all.
imrlod of twiliglit end dark totem kill
about 133) days. Dnring Alitrull the w
come sunlight lingered a little longer wi
each annotative day, and early A ;nil ushe
e2 in the period of naive expire:ale
Nearly 3211 11)0 exped II inns to north Drop
land, after the long night of compitrati
inaetion, have set out on their eledging
poditious during 1110 first week in Apr
and three of them, those under Dr. Hoye
Capt. Merkhain, and Lockwood when I
started for the " Farthest North," all b
gan the formidable work of the eeetion
April 3. It is hoped that Peary's eledg
bound for the north end of Greenland, a
already several weeks on the way,
How hes the little party pulsed the lei
wintov night? All We 01111 say is that the
had the most comfortable winter quarto
that have shelteved any north Greenland e
petlition except Lieut. Ltreely's, at tfu
Conger; that they had an ample stipple,
food for one year; that reindeer, fox, an
rabbit trucks WOVO numerous around the
001131)13> July last, and there seerned a goo
prospect that the hunters would lay in
fair supply of fresh meat during 1110 te
weeks of tleylight romeining; that they ha
seven tons of coal, plenty of the lleavie
woollen clothing, which it WU 1101102
supplement by fur gavinents to be MBA
during the winter, an abuteltince al ker
sane and oil stoves, end en ample supply
reeding matter, includnis an Italian le x loot
wide') was added to them library by mi
take, and must mildly have eurpristel Lieu
Peary when lie 0130110E1 1118 boxes. The a
(Aden by which Peery broke his log 10>20 (1
plorahle; but., when the steemer Kite le
him to return home there WW1 every pro
pool, 111111 110 would be around again befol
daylight faded. In it letter he wrote fro
McCormick Bay to the writer of this art
ole, Mr. Peary said:
" Tho accident will interfeve with my
proposal work of surveying this season, but
11 01111 not interfere with the two principal
objects of the expenditure, viz., the deter-
mination of the northern terminus and the
study of the Whale Sound natives. I lutve
some brave and sturdy young fellows with
me, rind by next spring .10h:di be am good MS
OVer."
Coesidering the party's equiptnent and
the experience 0( 118 predecessors, NVO have
no reason to doubt OM it passed last winter
n comperative coinforte Two views of
Peary's house are given here. Oue shows
;he I1l1)20 footstrueture me it appeared when
first completed, and elso the hill that rises
steeply behind it to a height of 1,000 feet,
at whose top the inland ice 1008 seen
stretching away to the north. The other
view shows the house in its winter dress,
surrounded as high as the caves with a
wall of stones, turf, and 811001. n110•Lhird
of the cabin was partitioned off for the
use of Lieut. Peary and his wife. The
party heel as neighbors dating the winter
the kindly disposed Arctic highlanders, one
of whose settlements, composed of niee or
ten large huts, was on Herbert Island, unly
a few miles frotn the Peary cabin. The
Lieutenant has a fine photographic outfit,
and he hoped to make a thorough study of
those interesting Eskimos, the most north.
ern human beings in the world.
THE BRUSSELS POST,
- A MAN OF TO DAY.
, Lord Iteseeery, irienbitittin or the Louden
Cuomo, Conecti.
•
A eery eld overt. e,t33: " Eo trentem
mot 1" ona (*lit of it 4 strik gly
played in leligiteli piddles by tho (31 03(1(0''
it Wallops 111>21 einnetimen 3>1110 ;hem lei' wen
the ultra eriettiorate and the 'urea thorouele
going democrats. A rehiltalt1Pain,
roee, Ear] of Itieetietry end Lord Dialoteny,
10 a notable Matinee of ti radical peer ; end
hie rem is all the mere singeler
he never had iteythinic to 110 With 110
001111111100.lty ill early life. 1 le Wa., born
in the purple, ou both sides be belonvi
to the bluest, blood of the haughty
ity of Englend end Seidienti. 11 1' 1(31.;
efilleated at Eton and at Oh rietchurtilt
lege, Oxford, the most exelueivo 80111i118.11,1
Of learning in the world ; !gel he was (113111(1.
gnishod Minya his fellows eveu there by his
pride of race and sense of personal super:or.
ity. Ho etnitamiled lo fatlier*4 S.,01 tish
Lisle of Lord Dalmeny when quite a boy,
and he was jaet of ago when the detail of
his gratulfether gave him tt 00111 11) the Mame
of Lords 00 1113311 123041 1(1 Romehery, Hu itn.
medietady began to show that, in spite of
haviug been trained amending to the
straightest soot of the nristooracy be had
quite different ideas from 1110 (11011 of his own
class. Mr. Gladstone "discovered " Lord
Rosebory at a very early stage in his ea.
reer, and gave him the epportatiity to show
the 012111' thet was in him at a, time of hie
life when mos1. youngnoblemen are still
engaged in sowing their wild oats. He be.
gain by giving close attention to eloottleh
business in Parliament, and when only '27
had so pushed himself to the front as a
reformey that be was made chairman of a
committee on the Suottish and Irish repre-
sentative peerages.
J(( melee to realize the position taken up
by Lord Rosebery, it should be explained
11(111 1330 British House of Lords consists of
four diatinet bodies of men. Firstly, there
aro the 1)100(3 )31 the United Kingdom, that
is to say the old tingled) nobility and home
who Itave been ennobled since the nition of
Seolland and Ireland with linghuL These
hold their seats hereditarily, the oldest sun
oti other heir becoming it member
of the Freese of Lords on the death of
his predecessor in the title. These hero&
beery lords tire not eligible to the House
of Commons. They 100011g:tong to the house
of Lords all their life, after ermeeeding to
their title, whether they like it or not.
Secondly, there are the archbishops and
bishops of the Church of England, 'These
beconie members of the House of Lords in
rotation alid sit for life. Thirdly, there are
the Scottish representetive peers. These aro
elected for life by the Scottish peers ; that
is to say, they belong to the old Scottish
nobility which existed centuries before the
union, and are chosen from among their 00111
order by theiv own order. The Scottish no-
bles are not eligible to the House of Com -
M0110, 80 that, unless they can immure elec-
tion to the House of Lords no political
C00880 is epee to them Fourthly, thet e aro
the Irish representative peers, members of
the old Irish nobility, °looted for life to the
British House of Lords by their own owder.
But Irish peers who are not elected to the
House of Lords are eligible to the Hens° of
Commons,end are frequon5ly elected—elide-
ilege which gives them a greet advantage
over the fieothish nobles, and even, as some
think, over the English. The celebvated Lord
Palinerston, for many years Prime Minister,
W8.8 an Irish peer who would never allow
himself to be elected to the House of lords,
but preferred all his life to sit in the House
of Commons. There have been many similar
oases. Lord Itosebery's vime is that these
anotnalous distinctions between English,
Scottish, and Irish peers should be placed
on the same footing—that, namely, of the
Irish peers. 11 that were done the House
of Lords would coesist of the chosen men of
the nobility of the three kingloins, while
those who were not chosen to the House of
Lords would have the same right as anybody
else to stand for election to the House of
Comtnons. Lord Rosebery and many other
active -minded men and ambitious peers
consider it a great injustice to bo cempelled
to sit in the Rouse of Lords, whore there is
111118 00 no field for talent, when they would
much rather be in the bosy and glorious
areva of the House of Commons. Peers aye
forbidden oven to take any active parb 111
elections, and that galls men of Lord Roee-
bery's restless) mud vaulting temperameut,
with a, natural genius for popularity. Es
maintains that the ("halve which he 1)001100•
es would einbody in itself all the Moving
Mutt are needed in the constitution of the
Home of Lorde. rho irrational system of
heredity would be got rid of, all(' the black
sheep, the profligates and idlers, would be
effectually excluded. On the 011300 1(002,3110
conservative character of the chamber would
be preserved, because the members would
necessarily be men of a very high order end
would be above fear or fevor of popular
caprice. At the same time, much good
legislative material and 11033110 01)1111 10311011
ee 11a0v1,V, 111,810t 0;l 113 optit1.011eHlimoisToti foL0 tonr0t11 so nwl
s .o lit
10 a bold and logical scheme, and is support -
d by many ot the ablest of the nobility,
inoludiug members 01 3301)1 politicel patties,
Lord Rosebory, however, is suspected of
hidden designs for popularizing the House
of Lords winch go much farther than this ;
but how far this is really so, or is only a
pretense on his parb, it is very difficult for
any one to say. Tho truth is, no man is
less easily understood than Lord Rosebery.
His tnosti intimate friends, who beam kuown
him all his life, admit OM he is cent 0010
puzzle 10 211011), His appearance is so 'you th
ful, end ltie expression and manners are so
guileless that he might pass for a simple-
minded, openhearted boyish enthusiast,
veering his heart in hie sleeve. Yet, in
eality, he is ono of the shrewdesb mon
lying and has already developed a
Gautier kind of worldly wialom which
Is
'gained for him the epithet of
the modem :Machiavelli." Rio admirers
all Nils sound juclgtnenb, brit there ere
theriewho ib cunning, and 11. very tin.
crupulous quality of cunning, too, Lord
osebery himself always meets these ae-
usations with mild surprise and gentle eon-
iliaibion as 1( 11 ruined rather than angered
ini that anybody ehould think him lose
imple than he seems. All thtough life he
ae shown a wonderful faculty for taking
are of No. 1 and making things 001110 hIS
vay. Ho is a °miens nombination of
rudeeee and boldness. He has shown this
:1 mealy wive, both in public and privet°
fe. Fully discerning 114,1 a great fortune
8 au inonlettleble itdventage 330 11 yoeng and
itching politieian, he married the only
hild of Baron Mover Rothschild, one of
ho ;politest) heiresses in England. This
00 8. complete reversal of the traditions of
is ancestors who had always made lofty
tatehoe among the old nobiliby. WO,
I fact, the firsb inetinum oft). British eoble.
en inerrying a Jewish lady, Retinal%
othsehild, moreover, had none of the, oh( r.
aoterialles of ' tho aristoueatic. Mho was
very Jewish looking, very matronly, and
very plain smolt and manner& Lord
Rosebory, however, know very well whet
ho W081 (10111g, Ito got with lus wife net
only IttIVO fOrtill10 and tho (nighty Mau -
There wits plenty of winter woik to do.
All the men wero exorcised, whenever the
weittherwould permit, op 'Norwegian "skis,"
or snow shoes, Which they are to use on
their journey noetli. Then sledges were to
bo made from timber that formed part of
his equipment. For two years before he
tvent north Peery was experimenting with
different w 'ode to find material for hie
sledges that would combine the greatest
toughness and lightness. His sledges differ
from those over used in Greenland work,
except the two he made for his journey on
the inland ioe 1086. He has these
sledges with hitn, and several others et the
same typo, though lighter, Wer0 to be made
during the winter. His sledges aro far
lighter than those Dr. Hansen used in cross-
ing Greenland, but they are expected to
carry just; as heavy loads. Peary ex-
pected to peek about 200 pounds weight
on emelt oneman sledge, WhIell is double
the load Lookwood's men were able
to haul along the shore of the Arctic Sea.
The loads consist of the pemmican, condens-
ed soups, vegetables, and other tirtiolos of
foocl especially reserved foe the sledge ex.
poclition, the ottnip equipment, and the
scientific instruments.
The lash days of March, probably, saw
the little party hauling the sled siipplies
up the steep basaltic hill that rises a thou-
sand feet above, the aubin. At its top they
found their ioy highway. :Four or five men,
each dregging a sledge, form the exploring
expedieion. Mrs. Peary and Matte Iffeesou,
the colored servant, were left behind at
the otibin. If Peary can roach 36
north latitude, where most geograph-
ers think the 'big island ent,s, he has 1,300
miles of weary sledging before him. It is
O big underteking, but he has (one and a
half months in which to do the work, for
Ile does not expect to tweak up camp for
Ino return home before Aug. 16. What is
his plan of operations e
We find marked on the map along the
route too the north, Humboldt Glacier,
Petermann Fiord, Sherard Osborne Fiord,
and bebween Sherard Osborne end Cape
Washington, the furthest point) of lend
sighted by Looktvood, is De Long Fiord.
At or near all these points Peary expects
to establish supply depots on the northern
march. It has been found, as far as the
inland ioo is known, that hero and there
ntmataks, or points of land, peer above the
ice sea. Neilson was seldom out of sighb of
them. Peary will each his supplies on
these nunatake. The whole party fe not
likely to advenee beyond l'otormann Fiord.
Two sledges will retnrn to Wimp ftom thab
point, and two or three, manned by the men
who have shown the greatest endurance,
will push on for Ha° north coast,
Peary's 200 miles of the inland ice work
11> 00 0 30' north attitude, in 1886, robbed
deep, sof 1 snow of Re terrors. Ho believes
that with his 811001 shoes and his type of
sledge he can make good progress over
soft snow, for which Naneenes sledges were
not so 15%11 adapted. Ile will doubtless
meet °masses ; but, with the slodgemen
roped together, the danger from this sourno
will not lie great, ; at Masi) that WaS the ex.
perienee of Hanson, whose men tumbled
into meny crevasses, bet escaped uninjured.
There will be dive when. the party tvill be
Storm bound, and min do nothing i.e..: IS
lash down their tent and koep mite ei,
in their slimming bags. When the et .
favorable sails may be raised. to aesist loco.
motion,
Peary beses his hopes of moiling tho
;wring to sledge jeurneye, to map the inner
part of the sounds and fiords, and to study
the interior iee : and late in lune he 01)'
p0010 tested down 111000001 10 three boats,
leaving his collections at 11 18 winter camp to
be taken off by a streamer 12 81(0 succeeds ut
pushing through the ice.
It is expected that Ryder will complete
his sarvey of the coast to Cape Dan by tho
beginning of September, Ire will awai t the
steamer to take him home at „Angmagsailli
in 116 0 north latitude, whore Holm spent,
the winter of ISS4-S5 among severed hun-
dred natives who 1182 >101)01- before seen a
white man. If the steainer does not ap.
pear, Ryder will be compelled to spend next
winter atnong the natives, and in the sum-
mer of 1803 he will make Ilia way n round
the south end of Greenland to tho Danish
settlements. Like Peary, he believes in
the efficiency of small, picked parties for
Arctic serv ice. His °elicit' tioe consists of
eine persons, and is plovisioned for two
years.
Those two enterprises 0,00 111 present the
only C01101>1011000 features of &retie explora-
tion. The Danes this summer will continue
their study of glacial phenomena, and a
German expedition with the same end in
view will pitch its eatnp for a year 10 0(10 of
the big fiords neer Disco, The results they
attain, valuable as they =TUG, will inter-
est chiefly scientific men ; but 1( 1110 sixteen
persons in the Peary and Ryder expeditions
con* anywhere near amomplishing the pur-
poses that took them to Greenland, the
eivilieed world will applaud their achieve.
ments.
Luck is an important factor in Arctic
enterprises, If the conditions are favorable
good work may be expected from both these
expeditions. The 'ahem of exploratian
that Peary has originated at least eliminates
many of the elements of uncertainty and
danger that have environed earlier expedi-
tious to North Greenland, and it may be
hoped that the vessel whieh will visit Mc-
Cormick Bay next summer to bring the
Peary party home, will find them well
and with a record of faithful effort and val.
1101)10 aohievement to their credit.
Bees in Spring.
It would be poor policy to feed a horse
through the winter, and then let him starve
to death just as the working 800000 com-
mences in the spring. It would be jusb as
bad plies, to winter colony of bees
through the winter, mud then let them 'dative
to death in the spring, and while the loss
of the boos would not be so great, the prin-
ciple is the same. Feeding bees in the
spring requires great care. If fed careless-
ly, or any gets spilled by aceidenb, eobbing
will be very 01'1 to result, and if robbing
once gets started, there is no telling where
it may encl. The best way to feed heels is
to take auto, comb that is empty, or which
hes no brood in it, and fill with syrup of
sugar, t,wo thirds sugar and one-thirci water;
put the comb in a pan sufficiently largo to
hold it and pour the syrup in. When one
side is filled as 1011 418 11 10 possible to fill it,
turn 11 01)01- end fill the other side in rt simi-
lar manner, then insert the comb in the
centre of t,he hive, and if it has boon well
filled that hive is provieioned for te week.
Some make a praottoe of feeding a small
'itia,ntity each day, to stiinulitte brood roar-
ing. This is too much trouble unless there
is some special objecb in view, such bhe
rearing of drones by soma one who wishes
to rear queens early,
People Sentenoed to Death for Smoking
The Sultans and priests of Turkey in the
seventeeth century stigmatised smoking as
a crime, punishable by the most barbarous
of deaths, and Mattel Federowitz, Czar of
Russia, executed without trial those of his ,
subjects who were guilty of the praotioe. r
The Popes Urban VIII. and Innoeenb XL 1
fulminated againsb smoking all the thunders
of the Roman Cetholio Church ; and in I
Persia ernokore were treated as criminals.
King John of Abyssinia decreed that any a
one discovered 'smoking in his dominione
should be deprived 01 1010 lips by the publie
executioner. In Morocco, persons disobey- R
ing the deoree of the Stiltan whiohprohibits
smoking, are imprisoned and flogged through
the streets. .Mahotnet IV. had. a hole bored h
in the the noses of hie oulprits, and a pipe
introduced across the facie, Tito Parliament h
of Paris protioribed tobticeo. Queeti
bath of Spain authorised the aoniiseation,
for the benefit of the Chitral', of all mutt, '
boxeS, Richelieu dicl bettor than tlutt—he
put a tax on it. 11
ie said that Mercedes Lopez, a Mex(. „
Onn 0101110.11, who Hetes in the Rio Grande, -,;",
is perhaps the longeethaired woinat in 2
the world. She is some five feet in height, „,
and when sho stands erect her heir trails h
on the Foetid (Mir feet and eight hitches. n
Hee hair is so thiek that alto oan draw 11
retina her so as to completely hide herself. 01
Her peesout seit 01 11011 is only about five it
yeare old, lb grows so homey as to cause
her headdtchos, and she is compelled to ortt
it frequently, and sho sells bilge tresses to
hair dealers every month, .She is all ignor-
ant, woman, the wife of 0011001) herder, and
is of Castilian blood.
;ewe of 11(3' Rotheeltild family, but a dev
eil otimpaition 1111(1 all eX1 1'011101y able
opentt 00 in all elle Militias et hie life, lea
Rea bery 10 1,13, hint double the man he
I hew.. and :14.,0 no intnews (.1) hill (414.01
11(2>31 130 coold >011 (0 have gained witho
11..Ip, ini hie part, showed Innen
in every way 01.3(1 11)' et her eidlinteasie
hill] and ftson the .Imo 4.1f his nterritt.0 I
va t ion W,te etirtain and rapid. (inc 11 1,
, lower stmeeteled another, until, in 188
I when et!) under 49, he wee appointed sem
, tory of State for Foreign Alliiire, Prim,
1 that, lie a tour of the world wall h
wife, and 11 81)320') mistake truly, disposed
a great part of thew (0(1 (1(10 in far semi
1111e:tt mem 0, wli Loh will one day make In
imintineely
lie 1331 (3330 little thing In this way with
throws en aineeing light on what 10 calk
hlo mutating et tvorlilly wheloin. Ho Ma Iha
of great literary attainments, and sow
ever be goes consorts by preference" with
literary mon. When at Sydney he wa
entertained with groat (whit by the Atlas: -
mum Club, a powerful literary fraternity
there, and was very 8.000 elected a member.
The Club wan poorly howled, thotigh on a
ery valuable site, and not being as good at
business as at literottire, Were in a difficulty
es to bow to provide quarters for their grow.
ing membership and importance. Lord
Roimbery having been coesulted, at once
solved the problem for them. What they
NVallted WIL8 really magnificent clubhouse
Out of regard for 1110 and th
fifty, he woeld himself advance. the tvholee
of the money required, on security of th
land and building, and %yenta not. rentur
repayment for ten years. Rates of futures
wore rather high in the colony 01 1110 time,L
but he would be content with 0 per cent.
elub joyfully accepted this generous
offer. They spent the whole of the money
on the premises, their membership doubled,
the very fact of Lotel Rotiebery'si uonnection
causing a. rush of most desirable eandidatee
—and Lord Rosebery got alum its snug and
safe an investment as the heart of man
could desire. 'rho popularity that h
got in the colonies by doing Ionise:1f thieo.
good turn, went a long way to further hi
fortimes at home and to accelerate his use
in the world. It is just that habit of kill -
two birds with Dee stone, that has been the
secret of his sueoess in life. Nobody quite
sees before hand what Ms main object is,
but the result always shows that he himself
knew perfectly wall whet he %V1/.0 miming at.
In 1SM, when the split he the liberal
party on the home rule question took place,
Lord Rosebery followed the fortunes of Mr.
Gladstone and went out of office. In the
house of torch', a statesman in opposition
has really nothing to do ; and Lord Rosebery
looked around eagerly for some new field of
activity. Nobody every believed in hie
supposed sympathy with the Irish ettuse.
11 101)01 be said for hint, indeed, that he has
never pretended to look upon home rule as
iteything hut a matter of temporat7 and
V00), questionable political expediency. He
had, nevertheless, to do some sort of yeo-
mon eervice to the Liberal party, whose
leader Ile hopes one day to be. He, there-
fore, WOOL altogether outside of parliamen-
tary politics and offered himself for the
election to the London County Council. He
tvas returned nnoppoeed, carried in with him
a lerge majorny of Liberals, and was unan-
imously elected chairinen. It was one of the
oddest and oraftie.t things ever done by a
politician of his standing ; for, while it
placed the government of London practical-
ly in the handt of the Liberal party, though
almost all the metropolitan constituencies
return Conservatives to Parliament, it allay-
ed all the uneasiness on the pert of the pro.
partied class, because Lord tRosebery is
himself a wealthy landlord. In short, he
played ono party 0(1 0(101501 the other so
cleverly that on the whole both 11)e0e satis-
fied. He never allowed the radicals to
carry any of their extreme measures, but
yet lie never allowed the conservatives to
exercise any share of patronage or any
show of power. Botli parties were so be-
wildet ed. by his linesse that they pretty
well agreed to 1033 331> have his own way in
everything.
Two years ego Lady Rosebery died, to
the great sorrow of the people, for hey
charities and many good works had made
her quite munitioned. benefactor, Lord Rose-
bery Immediately resigned his public posi.
Melts and retired into 00111plete privacy.
The cynics declared chat this was only part
of his duplicity, and that he had made lus
domestic bereavement; an excuse for escap-
ing from the chairmanship of 1110 London
County Council and from other radical as-
sociations which were really distasteful to
him. As usual, he seemed totally Immo.
soious of what his detractors we're saying.
At the end of his period of mourning he
emerged looking younger and simpler than
ever and, without a moment's warning, (18.
0000402 on London, made vigoreus appeal
to the radical and socialism elements,
hurled an ominous threat against
the ancient corporation of the oity itself
and carried mere than three.fourths
of the country elections for the Liberal
party.
The Conservatives 01000 00 taken by stir -
rise they hardly knew whet was happen.
ng,till it wits all over. 13ut, hopelessly
routed as they were nit the polls, they were
almost reeonoiled to their defeat by Lord
Rosebery consenting to resume the chair-
manship. There 10 8.90(101-01 feeling that no-
thing derogatory to the dignity of the
metropolis or injurious to the best interests
of tho citizens oan take place so long as his
personal influences is paramount. In fact,
an opinion widely prevails that he is
thorough oonservative at heart and only
Elays it part towerd the destructive elements
amuse he thinks it easier and safer to
lead them than to resist them, However
bhat may be, he is IIONV considered certain
of the leadership of the Liberal party after
Mr. Gladstone.
In private life, Lord Monitory oleo seems
to ootnbine two characters in one. Ho is
very affable in his manners, elmosttoo much
so at a first meeting ; yet, in reality, a
prouder man does not live, When he gives,
he gives freely, splendidly ; but lie is a
eharp num of business and gots full value for
his money, whether in charity !at nob. No
Inivestor ever gots round him. Women
adore him ; but he ie so discreet he escapes
ell breath of scandal. Thor° is no man in
England whose future, publio and private,
is looked forward to tvith greater interest or
greater uncertainty,
+- • T
^ •
The Springs of Life,
oi•
00. " He turned' the wiltlerneem into >1(31(1,1(1'
iog teeter end dry groundm into water
, HI/rings. Anti there 110131(1110111 the water
, to duel!, that they may prepare a city for
. habitation, /1,11(1 SOW tIm 1101,1," idel [dant
; vineyerilst Well limy yield fruits; of in.
I oreaso,-1 Psalm cvit., 35.37.
The commonest morons+ are after td. 1 of
greetetit value. Nectar toot ambrosia tied
Wine tony he ploasan 1, to the tastf4 nod geed
enough itt their eilison, lad we mew
2,, ,! flee to do without them. Thousentis of nein
[MVO gone thyough life 'doing its detimn
'waving 11,3 burdens, jjgh ji,4 1,31
Tlu,y hved and nobly triey have died
114 ; peaceful] y and yet 11(33), havo ni•Vsy touch..
ed eltaliee of wino or eaten of the flaintiia
luxury limeade temptingly before men. Ilia
: bread and water wag Limit. daily fare. Men
"1 can not ve on luxuries, fuel so it en1000 to
" tstos that over and Over again, tit the Old
l'estaineet and the New, (I (el'm gracious
fat orm aro likened, not, to the lux ((dee >1>111
often harm rather than help. but 0.0 !lima,
plain, substantial thiegs without which
health and comfort, and even life Itself are
impoemible. A. dearth of grapes might be a
merlons motley, but what wnula that LIU 00111'
pared with a famine of bread end a dearth
of tyttler 1 It may seem a simple promise,
f porn God to men that pledges the simple
blessing.; " Yoor bread shall bo given
you and yotir water sure ;" but as a matter
of fact midi a promise is all ineliedve.
For these blessings so essential to
mere life, make all thinge pot'.
able. !hese forms of speech are stag.
gestive of other thoughte, bemuse they !MVO
many meaniegs. God speaks after this
ashion 00,1 we may pause consider
that all of His favors have a deeper, a larg.
or purpose than the mere satistectien of a
temporary pealing want, It, is not simply
that mon may be fed and refreshed, that
the fields grow beautiful with golden corn,
00 1110 valleys and the hills send forth their
fountains and their stream% There Ife
maketh the hungry to dwell," lint to whet
end? Ile may prepare a city for
habitatimi, and sow the fields, and plant
vineyards wh fell limy yield frnits o f increase:"
1Ve do not eat and drink simply that re
appease a passing Ininger or quench tem-
porary thirst. We eat and drink that we
may live; that living we may discharge
life's duties. So the common aspects of life
its common experiences, its 0011110 011 inter.
0018 0,00 all invested With deep and impor-
taut meanings. Once more thele familiar
phrases become suggestive. Isaiah in fel-c-
oasting the wonders of the reign of the Mes-
siah, notes how the work of divine transmu-
tation Will be made known. " He will give
beauty for ashes, tho oil of joy for mourning,
the garment 01 1)00280 for the spirit of heavi,
ness. ' What happy hopes break forth from
such words ! The work of Christamong men
lo to effect these Fein°, these wonderful
ohanees. For our peemity we are to have
wealth ; for our darkiiess, light ; for mir
weakness, strength • for oar tears, songs ;
for our dross, gold ; for our limits, his
boundlessnees ; he will bo all in all to our
emptiness—
" Round our incompleteness flows
compieteneee; round our unrest Ills
rest."
Springs in dry. places ; fountains where
fountains are least expected, mercies where
mercies are never looked for. This was the
psalmist's testimony many a. century ago :
this has been the experience of thousands in
every ago; this is the blessed heritage of
millions tontay. And the most enrsory con-
sideration of God's goodness to us, as indi-
viduals and communities and a nation, is
quite enough to inspire afresh th6 eong of
the Hebrew poet, with its often repentecl
refrain ; " Oh that men would preise the
Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful
works to the children of men." Atnid
barren rocks anti desert sands he has sent
forth a thousand times sweet refreshing
annals ; and he will do, till at last we
drink f rom the river of the water of life,
beneath the shadow of that tree of life, of
fadeless beauty and perpetual fruit.
EInValin WaithetaLD
Job's Endttranoe.
.A meal may bear up patiently for hours
tinder triale physioal endurance, 110 133)1031
prolonged Lo yearS, We ery out. But why
hould we stiffer thus ? There is a eure 31,1,1
prompt enre. Bethany, Mo., U. 14, A., Aug,
4331o, 1888, " I suffered for years with neu-
ralgia, but vvas lh>ally cured by the uso of
St. Jacobs Oil." T. 13, 0111nuot,
When truth goes into battle it altvays
'fights in the front rank,
Gowns of gbiglutin, pereitle, and of the
verione white goods, will be trimmed with
the pretty imitation thread lace noa shown.
While Talking., at the Gate.
Blithe Totn and :inn went walking, (('001 01,3110
Mg down the lane,
Withguarded words while talking, while talk.
mg in refrain;
The snit WM gently sinking, sinking slowly out
of sight.
Tho evening stars came blinking, 00.1110 blink-
ing on the night.
The birds IlltdeCniSed their 0110231r23g, their sing.
ing for the day,
Tho (wooing Mr was ringing, with ringing
roundelay
Of insect life and humming, of humming sots
and low,
The moon' ight slowly °outing, coming on with
silvery now.
Tho twilight dews were falling, werefalling far
and near ;
The whip-poo,wills wore calling, calling se11
and low, yet clear;
The fir/WON were gently sleeping, sleeping
(01> 11 fragrant breath,
Their vigils el oftly keeping, keeping semblance
faint of 1100111.
The brook kept up its flinging, flinging light
spray 001> Wellt
80s1001I1 the billeide Singing, singing sOngs of
0W001 00510033,
In its chorused voice of gladness, a gladness
and galore,
From its woodland shades of seems% to sad-
ness nevermore
Thus Tom and sue together, together down
the lane,
Itegnrdloss 0( 1(10 weather, the weather, wind,
or rain,
Walked side by side, mute slowly., slowly moss -
Mg 001 1311 stile,
With voice tones '01)001 0)1(1 lowly, sweet and
lowly all the while.
The hours grew long and longer, grow longer
>51 3(103' sped,
And the falling clews spun stronger, still
stronger gauzy thread,
When Tom owl Sun returning, returning up
theistic,
Found the light of love still burning, and burn-
ing bright again,
Whore late it had been darkened, darkened
and almost out
To Demo Gossip they had hearkened, hearken.
0(1 41(11 of doubt;
,But the ltwe,in anew went roving, went roving
11031)11 1110 I(3010,
And talking of love and loving, ofloving and of
pain ;
Their former 11fo reviewing, reviewing under
breath,
Their VOWS Of Old renewing, renewing unto
death ;
So Tom and Sue wont welking, wont walking
to their fate,
And buttothal ennui while talking, While Talk-
ing a3. tho Clete.
—[Good Housekeeping
3
u re eao
And hy so doing 11.1 18I'e 8111.SaPalq118 OUreit
'43300(1(334, 8(311 rheum. '2301 (111 other blend 430.
testis, aids proper tilgestem, eines deimelfelas .
Awes etrength. EU l'Y .ry ((1130(1 01 the body, .
(13>11 prevotte alinelts ((33 011(11 tired feeling Or
morl, 1,111...1.30 I. The (1(1)33 111111311(00 !
mired thinistinibt of others is sullieleut maims
for 1,e13e2 that it win Mire yon.
N. D. 10, tOl:e
Sarsaparilla
byntidraegists, prewiredo...nly.
111W3) & r0.,Aputhevarles, Lowell, Mem.
IOC Vosee One Dolla•'
The Three Infinities,
vaet. remote blank daytimes (3( 11(0 ekies,
Where Sllenee foldet lithe immortal oialrno
Of Nvhoul big tnrs hi a wf 31 companies,
Whin) whi..pers en UM of ancient Time :
The hollow waste of the tinfathom'd deep
Where no sound le, and light le but a gleam'
Leant dint twilight elmdea where never creep
The eying rays frum clitytidieti golden dream.
The dark, obseure, inysterloualinnian_heart,
et, here tierce tides OM Ulla 110W for evor-
VIter,p1O":41:ol'ughts and dream. and hopes forever,
Per ruin or haven on some unknown shore -
0, ilia abysm, more deep than starry night
M,
o mgithwtf101 than the 1)114.00(11) soundlesk
—illerper's Magazin°
Getting to the Point.
"Sir," sold a fleece lawyer, "do you, on
your oath, swear that thio ie not your hand-
writing ?"
" I think not," was the cool reply.
"Does it resemble your writing
"1 cau't eity it does."
Do you swear it does not resemble your
writing? '
"1 do.'
" Do you take your oath that this writ
mg does not resemble yours?"
"V-e.s, sir."
"Now, how do 370(1 1211001?"
" 'Cause I can't write."
Collapse of fierce lewyer.
6 6
s
There is a gentle-
Dyspepsla. man at Malden -on -
the -Hudson, N. Y.,
named Captain A. G. Pareis, who
bas written us a letter in which it
is evident that he has made up his
mind concerning some things, and
this is what he says:
" I have used your preparation
called August Flower in my family
for seven or eight years. It is con-
stantly in my house, and we consider
it the best remedy for Indigestion,
r n digestion. hanavdeCoenvsetirpautisoena we01'
known. My wife is
troubled with Dyspepsia, and at
times suffers very much after eating.
The August Flower, however, re-
lieves the difficulty. My wife fre-
quently says to me when I am going
to town, 'We are out
Constipation of August Plower,
and I think you had
better get another bottle. '4, I am also
troubledwith Indigestion, and when-
ever I am, I take one or two tea-
spoonfuls before eating, for a day or
Iwo. and all trouble is removed. a
Uplifting the Lowly.
Sometime since, a friend told me of an in
cident which impreseed him, and it impress
ed mo, He had been inviteto a home 0
wealth, intelligence and refinement. While
there, enjoying such hospitality as one rare-
ly receives and never forgets, an old ootm.
trytuan called. His attire, never attractive,
was the worse for long W800; his manners
did not indicate that refined culture which
is man's greatest charm; age had deprived
him ni the activity which made him inde-
pendent of 1188iSta000.
They had evidently seen him before, and
greeted him eordially. He was invited into
the sithing-room, and afterwards to pan
the night with them. The invitations were
accepted, and the attentions shown their
plain guest wore such as should Intve antis.
lied noon of luxury, Not once was he made
to feel thet inferiority which many would
have scorned to tolerate, His wishes were
macle the subjeott of their attention, and
when the evening prayer wee said, a petition
wentup for heaven's blessings on the guest
within their pas.
A beautiful picture is this. Not the words
in which I have poorly drawn it, but the
reality which my friend witnessed.
It happened some years ago. I do not
know who the old man was, nor whether he
still lives, lint I venture to say he never
menet° think of that night as a light.house
which east its rays out over the short dig.
Mame of his pathway, ere it roaehed the
River by the waters of which Titne's finger-
marks aro removed for over,
Negroes with red 11:ir aro 0001>00 111 the
West Indies and in South America,
The Empress of Chitin, is reported to be
making a determined effert to leern eh
English language.
sraccv St.
Jacobs
Oil
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The Bride's Dress .
Married In white, you have chosen all right;
Married in gray, you will go for away;
Married In black, you will wish yourself back;
Married in red, you will wish youreelf dead ;
Married in green, ashamed to be seen;
Married in blue, he will always be true;
Merried In mare yen Will live in a whirl;
Married in yellow, ashamed of 3000 fellow;
IvTarthel in brown, you will livo 001 00 town;
Married 10 ts e, your spirits will deli;
Married 82 w, you may 1Mo ie loll;
807 nor flarvmAnsie a008.1 011
1"11E CREAT REMEDY FOR PAIN
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