Loading...
The Brussels Post, 1890-4-4, Page 3APRIL 4, 11:90 LIFE IN A SUGAfl-BUSNI alit 11110 Ih'ewrlarh �l ally 1411 r11'l^hlll'fi toothy ie e0 e11.u,r, l of fallen tlulhers an4 unlet• lite I, that le the summer mmnttx one ran drive over tuarly overly portion of ft with a horse and buggy. 'the mall streams are Row the danuoks Made Maple bridged and gond road. aro foetid on us Syrup in the Past and Row Hfdos. If thele he a eIoerful Hpot en earth It is Made at Present, dllilig the s11n1111r•1' nlont)n it's the farmers - Hilgal'•plaL'e. port are the fittest ammeters' - in the world and the aquirrel do the pronto of 1 Marl 13.1 ' flnoxlil a� n Pr •r Y vl ntallwa a mss in It lIZ a anUfa t T One Hap Ko Pt t 1 .1 Ill to bet �r ttehwt t t , 6 n 14 su g:Ir-bush a d o L• nl f Even Paee with the Times-•Thp times in tel atn•ing they place in easy :enol oars of corn, lbecause (they enjoy tiro coin. Sugaring Season. of the smarms near t 1e Hllger:11ou 11 'L f1. W 11 1N the Farmers, Carnival Month,- sugar puny of the lively mature", W Parries in the Woods. -The Old and are Tudto dolne8til', Young' Matte s,.'O, To -day the maple saga•-bnuh is In every way truly home -like. Near the comer of About (bio 01388011 of the year the young fifty or more acres of hardwood thither land and old of many portions of Canada realize -mostly maple, a £ew b1301811 and birch --you that sugar season is at hand and rho long kind a commodious sugar-lmUse, one MOM looked for picnic is within their grasp. The of which Is much larger than the entire butternuts have nearly all boon ornuhod, a house of seventy 'ears ago, In this well goad portion of the suer has filled its m113- (floored room are stord the buok(lti sunt, although thorn is always a reservation !during the summer and in the spring- loade for haying, 13ut to 'sugar." In thin, time 1t is used for kituhen, reception like all others, things aro not as they used room, parlor, or dance hall, In it you to bo. ,An age ago the farmer and his boys, !will too it lino brick arch, an evaporator ,la Welt ofteu THE BRUSSELS POST. HIS MAJESTY NEAR CATCHING IT, A:_GRIOULT URAL. rills Beggars ('em' 'Within One rl1' 'I're14110. Jug Ilse Essuir'or or China A few woke age, the young Emperor (.'hula had a harrow eaei1p1' front thorough tramming, if not Norse: the hands of a party of hogga in his 'aphid, 1t in favorite p11118iule the pang nl S m !r •ar r 1 to :militia br J b 1 r in i tum Chines clothes through tho streete of 1 king, tolonnge duound. the carnet's, 3111(1 (11.1111S his train the Most erowdcd rest: tints in order that he may learn wino 11 auhjcuta think of Kinn and (lis (;ovor:ane t., 1h runs no risk of having his id'mlity iewered while he is thee doing the town, for in Puking the art of photography is not r>racth(d, and emote: mildly 11m people at largo have no idea mf the personal appear. swat of their sovereign, 'rho Emperor had got but a short distance from his palace oil one of theme trips of in- vestigation late one afternoon of lust tnoltit. when hu n11W a Chinese beggar pinking the pocket of a respectable merchant. The Emperor promptly caught the beggar by the black of his blouse, cuffed his earn, told forced um to return the merchant the attar stolen vont his pocket. Nov this performance of he Emperor xaS mulch more remarkable i11 'eking, then it would have boon in any othol• big city of the w•o'ld. 1?ar in linking u1',�ar8 end pickpockets aro protected by a 111,1 of In wrl L tell law, Beggary is recognised n a perfectly' legitimate employment, awl he hoggmrs,umst'tute'aguild tel,ioh inustor is prime object the ntutnal pre taction of all embers of the craft. Amy one who interferes - vi thabeggar(lithe nosecutionoflila employ wilt exposes hiulse11 to the vengeance of th uild. This vengeance generally takes th ()ugh -and -ready form of the flogging of tit The Highway pow, of The lute of her hide was dusky' brown, a , Iter body' wee lead e11r1 Iter nook wits slim ; at One. horn was 1,33.3,',) lip and the other mea- nt 111111.1111•11, of film was keen of vdslon and long of lhnb 1' With r Y r w ul 3081 d auL short 4 Htll i- tail, 1 ie• An �b I 11 n , hk the duo l r I I8 pu n h ,n1e-hind,' i- pail. ul- is Many a hark dirt 11181' body'1 ear, She hail been a target for all things known ; On many a sear the dusky hair World grow no more where it nue,' had grnw•it 11+wny a passionate parting shot Hail left upon her a lasting spot. to fail of elle yell' when the harvest was and ample storage -ronin for the tap, whili f ended, would take their 11x08 and hie to outside 18 a thrifty poor of oxon'yyolted to f some hard -wooded Ilculity well stocked:1 gathering sled, on which is a tub hold. L with maples and lay out for a uppingnam• ling from tiv0nty-five to forty pail8, Like paign, Headquarters' would be established the rest, the oxen take their dinner in the near some matnlnoth reek ; ofttinlos 1818 :woods, and live or six "rounds' are 000111- k was so heated that it furnisher) shelter in'ered a gond day's work. Throe hundred a time 01 sterol and gave a bed for rho night, pails a day is called good work. The sap is t A plum of operations was then decided upon. Young trees about Bile and (>lt0-llalf feet ill Ij D1tAWN TO 'r)1Ji SUOAII-n(1I7Sn, 1 diaulclee were old; down, cut lip about two and front a long opont is conveyed to largo 311 feet on length, old then dig Ont, 11114 dug 81orag1-tubs, and thence to the evaporator, t, troughs holding not far from four 00 flee or plan, kettles having long since been dia.1 11 carded. e evapora or Iso Illi ea p e hem t, fawn 'When 1111 0' 100 of these load Tl t f 11 1 1 b lawn manufactured large maples were parttoned orb the sap, entering at the i( selected end by the side ofeachl was placed head of the arch, meanders across the pan a one of these troughs. Then a cnr(1 or dozen 11nl0s or so, and an toaoliu" tem font a t two of wood was gathered and °jailed heavy, clear, and pure syrup is produced. Many and many a well -alined stone, Many a brickbat of goodly sae, And many a cudgel swiftly thrown Had brought the tears to her loving oyes, Or had hounded off front hoe bony back With a Iroise like it Bowrid of a rifle crack. Many a day had elm passed in Ulu pound For helping herself to her neighbor's corn ; Many a cowardly cur and hound Marl been transfixed Dither crumpled. horn; Maty a teapot and old tin pail Had the farmer boys tied to her time -Worn tail, Old Deacon Gray was a pious luau, Though 801etintm( tempted to be profane, When many a weary utile he ran o Po dLIM her mit of his growing grain, ° Sharp wore the pranks she used to play, e to got her fill and to got away. ttel•Imper at the haurls of as many Itegglus a s She knew x'111( the deacon wont to tow',, 11e beggar whit has been interfered with cal n 81)3ag''°u101 t a _ tock, two gig logs-- This is carefully set aide until " sugaring- 11 odd back 1>be veto placed in position to off day •' collets, when It 1s cooked 8111) more support the kettle, and some largo tree near told is ready for the tub or caking. by was out clown and that dug out into one' About twice each waelt the menet of a immensetrough for storage. 'flus work sugar bush has a sugaring -off party. first would use up the best part of a week, one of ell the old folks for miles around cone in on tl the number going home at night to look ox -sleds and on foot, and a good old-fash- nneliately summon to his assistance. 1 She wisely watched when he palmed by ; Of comae the young Emperor know °thin' 11h(ut this abuse, which obtained luny decades (, ago in his 1>i' capital. a S P t L atter uffiug the beggar's Oars he went his way nito unapprehensive, and brought tip in estaurMIL but a few rods front tho se1ne of le row. Ho had hardly taken the first sip of gds cup of tea when everyone to the res- taurant was started by a wild hullabaloo, 'Me landlord went to the door. He found fifty beggars befog his house under tho 00000) ip of the fellow whose ,)haus the mpero0 had boxed. They ordered the land- ed to hand over immediately to them the ounk mat who hail offended against all the written laws and precedents of the Peking old of beggars. The landlord recognized cid demand as perfectly legitimate, and trete,) to quell the disturbance by delivering the offender•. Tho young Emperor, hew- er, objected very strenuously to being de. it dlip, and while snaking his romon- •1411Ces spoke snob. superfine Chinese that e landlord perceived he had to do with the n of some big -wig. As a special favor, erefore, he offered to parley with the band beggars till their intended victillt could nnnou some of his friends to his assistance. r1101'.mperorrgladty accepted the suggestion. He despatched a messenger at once to the Governor of the palace commanding him to hurry to the spot with two companies of soldiers. Tito Governor and tho soldiers came, rescued their Emperor and lugged the fifty beggars off t0 jail. '-17e landlord got $1110 for his consideration. The loader of the beggars and three of his comrades, to 11011)011 him demand the Emperor front e, landlord, were executed the next clay. e rest of the rioters were imprisoned for ruts between five and ten yoorseaeh. he Ell has given orders to the Peking C01'4LLthat the authorized system of beg - mg must go. He never passed her without a frown, And at evil gleam in oath angry eye He would crack his whip 113 a surly way, And drive along in his "ono-hors0 shay," a Then at Ilia homestead site loved to call, Lifting his bars with ,'rumpled hotel, Nimbly 50131111(1 his g(11(1et Wa11 after the otouk and bring back in the morn- poled true Is enjoyed. No ono seems to realize that they oro glowing old. Later on the corning generation are of haul and About the middle of 'March the old " five. buxom girls, hopeful young men, maidens, to pail Mille" was unearthed ;Lhe hands led and boys gather at the sugar -house. They L hich had been doing service all winter are ill For agood tete. First there may bee lo b tug-of-war, with anew• -lolls, in which the y was ordered up ; pork, beans, a few pots- girls take an active pita, end at Ontario, toes, and several loaves of home-made bread, throw m turned over 110111 ; and own young men, with young man o whom she has on admiration 111 snow -shoos, an ax, two or three mils, the than a de she Lidos to 'shoo 88 leen " off ip 1 the garden patch. When the 0811: r. over aagoad supply oo f some n kowder and an articlelofotnnil the manufacture of paddles ie in order. To iv in )1 eat sugar with n spoon in the woods b (lL'C1e as tissue -papered 1'11lor is o angoratory-tam- (rules he regarded as a violation of all the 111 youngrules of etujuet. So the young man takes t and two blankets, 0188110(10018 for nearly 11880 11)8 " hest 31111" 08)0 nide, and sobering a so months of " sugaring." Upon reaching the sofa -usually a large log, or if lighto: of rock the first thing fu order was a fire, but furniture is required two 'sockets 1 of there were no matches than, so the old inns. verted -they sit dowel and commence work so kit was brought into service. Otte 18)1111 on their paddles. The paddles being made, held the. " punk" near the flint-humtner and down to the 1' caught a spark. This he mused, end soon sl syrupsa they go afore,' apdnt had shavings from a shingle ablaze, and hr here of the syrup, and start for a snowt•- 6 b bank upon whieb they pour it. This at once later a big fire, which was 110801' allewet1 to hardens and furnishes !a sugar repast that go out until of no further use. At once the can net bo excelled. For a quarter of a mile old troughs worm looked up, an ugly gashwas about. the sugar -house you will see these made in a Inc maple, then ' gouged," pairs cooling and Dating maple sugar in its and a spout was drivel in to carry llr•mitiv 1(1g the mtow8 012RAn, roma, AND BEANS, with a few dozen of eggs were gathered to- girl feet, can lr°w n anew b1t11 x1011 httntg of t gcter, placed on the sled, 3111(iho kottlo ou She for dime,' precision firing ata till the sap to the trough, and when The neo Ontario maple syrup is 181 en 1v1 the slur shone sufficiently the tree gave forth tirely different article from that vended tit aboltthustreetsoflargouttes wluuhls 1 n -I ' • 1 f g nco8o an foreign sugars. 1 3313 in 000010 two pailfuls, which nmile,maplesyluptoday teadilybringsµlagallon;ntfi 1 in the woods, and when it roaches Toronto „ one-half of a pound of sugar, 811011 as it was. (it is sold for "coots an 1 oft I 'L'f I' its sweetness. Then the manufacturers of s, hl veto e ! Th sugar saddled their hock- 01tesand gathered ' n 6' e E ,made of 1 31 f m the sap, n ttrnos walking one-half a mile � I§t An early breakfast, dinner as hear ulerlt11111 Idr8t make of Maple sugar sells for 11 cents as the eye and stomach could judge, 811(1131 pound, and holo you get it for 7 to 8-a " tea" when work was (lone comforted therr1e,nstruotod article but not improved. inner man, For Java or Mocha- syrup was a substitute, for sirloin of beef a fete slice of pork or the best of 110.11) broiled on coals, and in ample supply of brown bread and roasted potatoes made up a repast that 18„1(1(1 do the stomach of royalty good. Por dinner a few boiled eggs broke the mane - tiny and "at tea" most anything that was left was eaten. Thorn is O 0LAOE IN 1111E WORLD whale you anal 000k beans which equals the weeds and this is how they used to be :molt- ed in the sugar -bush : All old earthen pot well filled with beans, a good "hunk of pork" and some 1)13tive molasses furnished the foundation. Almost beneath the kettle of boiling sap it pit was dug and the pot and contents were buried in it and in the morn. ing out mune a dish that no hotel or res11ar- ant in all Canada can duplicate. At the end of six weeks, when the party took stook, they usually had all told, 200 pounds of tam- er as black as Ethiopia and flavored wit4 anew, rain, everything that could come off the trees, will now find 111011 the body of a forlorn mouse or daring chipmunk who had ventured too near the trough. This was pure maple sugar something like 00 years ago. Another generation realized that the world moved, and wo find a shanty ill some fine grove of maples filled with 300 or 400 buckets and sometimes more. Outside is an ooh for the kettle, not built of out stone, but the (material easiest at command. l''his is not an isolated spot ; people] hero carne and go ; the "sugar place" is near -by home; the wife or daughter 181 noontime brieg6go ftp the dhnnar, and a good dinner it is ; thot'o is a small kettle at command and a "sugar off" 18 then in order and an flour's sport that king, prince,. or potentate might may, but not covet. To the asstmnng daughter of papa, to say nothing of the compliment manipulator of the type -writer, the idea of a girl tramping a anile or two in the woods, carrying dinner for mon dressed in coarse woolens, may not be pleasant, but mould they see that girl with hor dinner -pail or "waxing sugar" with honest, hardy mon, they would -realize that there is Buell ro thing in life has enjoyym0nt. 0fttiues it is fount no0essay to boil sap all night in ardor to catch up 1,1t18 the flow of sap, and (luring a "big run " this sometimes lasts fora week. Then nearly the entire family stoves to to bash. The lead of the house gots a little sleep while the wife or some of tlo children keep tho kettle full and the firm ort -humping." A "humping firm" is what the suga'-nnakor always enjoys. Ofttinos these sugar orchards :oro mar oath other,, and family visits aro in order and some love- making is indulged in, Lads and lasses play ' high-low.jook," and watelt the fire, kettle, and each other, In tho old days a very respectable quality of sugar was made, but only a little inure than was no008011ry for hotne use, although 000 poundo or so was aolnetinle0 exchanged for storm -pay. The farmer who then con- trolled A 011(4.au ORCHARD of 300 or 400 WOOS was recognised as ono of rho biggest mon (11 town. At the present time the farmer is not content with loss than 1,000 trees, and ho holds 3110111 as pardons as 111e owing' of an orange orchard Boos his fruit trees. Every young maple is carefully looked after. If there ds a scrub oa1c, hooch, or birth near by to impede its growth it is English early • Royal Musicians, Thorn are surprisingly many export mu- sicians in the royal houses of Europe, Queen Victoria and her daughter Louisa play the piano and organ with great skill. The Prince of Wales knows all about playing the banjo, andhisw•ifois an excellent pianist. The Duke of Connaught can do wonders with the flute, and tho Duce of ladinbuegh is hardly less accomplished in handling the violin, Tho Czar performs famously with a silver trumpet, The Empress of Austria is one1,r�,f the fleeet zither p1ayerso11 the Centi- me: The Queen of Italy does the most :Whitenpieaes of Italian and Germa nconpos. els of the piano. The Empress of Japan excels in playing the "'cote" a Japanese instrument not unlike an overgrown zither.. Tho gifted Q110011 of Roumania ds celebrated among her subjects for her extraordinary performa ees on the help and piano. King aeorgo of Greece extracts melody from ca0tanetts and wine glasses with the skill of a variety show artist. He plitys equally well on the Hungarian "c ntbalunt," con- cerning which his daughter, the Crown Prin- cess Sophie, is also learning as tomtit as two Hungarian professors of music Can teach her, Prince Henry of Pra08iaisone ofthebestama- tour musicians on the Continent. He plays the piano and violin and is a composer of considerable reputation. Wishing, There's lots of time that people spend Wishing, In smelting some desired and By wishing, They seam to think, without doubt, That anything they've figured ottt Can in some way be brought about By wishing. They plant themselves open a 0hatr Wishing, Tho lour for working finds thein there Wishing. They find that labors gall and irk, They have 310 love for any work, Anel so they sit around and shirk, Wishing, If y01l'3'0 a, wish you would fulfil Wishing. Just bear in mind yott never will Wishing, 7.'o matte the highest wish collo trtto You've got a lot of work to do, You'll never bo 0uae0833ful through Wishing. The Obiootion Removed, lir. I311111s-" Maria, 1 don't like to have that spicder-legged dodo of a Hanklnson hanging about the house, Dom ilo mom to see ono of our girls ? Is it possible any of i'holn would encourage the idiot ?" lirs,l3ilius "�lr. Hankhlsonseams tome, John, to be a very worthy young man. Ito conks to 800 Bessie, and shoo his aunt loft him that 11a11ds01110 legacy ho 18---" Mr. Bihlns (greatly nloll)fio(1)-'r 011, if he means business I've no objection. I didn't want him to mono hero trilling -that's a11," The latest rumor is that another daughter of the Print° of VValos is to follow tho ex. ample of the Duchess of Vito and marry Out of royalty, the man of her choice being an CHARGED BY A HITRRIOANE, The Steamship er0ma Enveloped In 08is1, l'en8,4, Wind, and Pire. The Br1L1'sh ateanship Crolna, Capt. ,Lord, which left Dundee 011 Feb. 13, got into port last week with a tale to tell Capt. Lord says the barometer began to fall on the 20th, and by 0 o'clock was down to 28.90. The gale increased from S. S, E. to east, with a terrine downpour of rain, intermingled with flirt. At 4 o'clock that afternoon the wince veered to southwest and tho sky olatieel, leaving a den8omass of lowering clouds to the no'tltwvard. For an hour this black plass hung station- ary ou the horizon, and then to the astonish- ment of the crow began to bear clown o11 the Crania. As it crone 11018/01' it towered up as a thick wall of white mist and foam, and at ()o'clock it struck tho ship, whi0h, • in a moment, 0808 enveloped in a cloud of 6,0131 spray that made it impossible to see the mastheads from the deck, A veritable hur- ricane descended on the ship, and the first blow she received sent her over on her bean ends, although not it sail was set. The hurricane blew everything from the dock that would go. Weather clothe and boats Covers were whipped up and married off in a twinkling. Icor throe flours the storm Did not abate its force, Flash after flash of lightning accompanied the storm, but by 9 p. In, its force was nearly spelt, Tho next day the wind blow strong again from the northwest. On the 22d another storm, this Hine from the southwest, tackled the ship, and while at its height a big sea broke o1 board, smashing the bridge and bulwarks ant) starting the wheel -house. Tho Creme, got olear of this gale without further damage, and the next morning passed. through fields of ice, mostly in tho last stages Of decay, from the warm weather which has been pro - veiling oft the Banks. Tireat-Grandmother at Fifty. The youngest groat -grandmother in Amor. ice probably lives Hoar Pomona, California, Her nano 1101 Francesca Cordolla, and hor age is but 1ift3' years, Mho is a poor Spanish 188,'13111 who has lived in that logien for over thirty years, She was married when but fifteen years old, and her oldest daughter married when 11 little over seventeen yeah old. Mrs. CO181)011 wa0 but thirty-three grandmother.years old ahem she was a grandmother. Hor eldest granddaughter was married last April at the ago of sixteen years, and now that I1 ;,,groat grandl.daughter has been born into the family there is groat rejoicing among tho Co'dollas and their Spaulall re. lativos. 'Vers, 001.00110, is in superb health, and she says that if the r000rd of the family keeps up alto will have the felinity of holding her groat.great.glnnd0bil1 upon hor knee before tho blbliaal aletod time for her on earth is measured out. • Takes Two to .Matte a Bargain I'Ie-I an yours, clearest. Sha -Sha -I'm surd I can't help that, Nth will you be mine? Afraid not ---that's something .188nal help ! Tho London ally Council have eat outfrom their theatrical license bill the provi- sion requiring moll actor to take mita license, If Chicago marmot sloth r'aisothe guarantee fund of L$10,000,000 the World's lair will bo taken away, and probably given to No1v York, Helping herself to his standing corn ; Eating his cabbages one by one, Hurrying hone when her work was done. Itis human, 3x0010118 were quiok to rise, Anil striding forth with a savage oy, 1V'ith fery blazing from bout his eyes, As lightnings flash in a summer sky, Redder and redder his face would grow, And after the creature he would go. Over the garden, round and round, Breaking his pear and apple trees ; Tramping his melons into the ground, Overturning his hives of bees, Leaving him angry and badly stung, Wishing the old cow's neck was wrung. The mosses grow on the garden wall, Tho years event by with their work and play, Tho boys of the village grew strong and tall, And the gray-haired farmers passed away One by one, as the rod leaves fall ; But the highway now outlived them all. The Jersey Cow as a Cheese Maker. Tho Jersey cow is considered pre-omi- nontly as a butter cow, with her most pro- fitableusein that direction, on account of the large proportion of cream contained in her mill.. Consultors of cheese need not be told that its excellence depends almost wholly on the quality of tho mill: front which it is prepared, as in further well indi- cated by the oonmer01al terms of cream cheese skint 1 t d' milk from w'I1ch It was made may have been whole milk 0rskinunedl and robbed of its ocean, If the milk be poor in butter, the cheese must be equally so, and will grade 130003-0 31 to its richness or deficie00y 1n Or0ai11. Many persons aro of the opinion that creast which has onto been separated can never bo so well mixed again with the mills that a portions of the fatty matter will not flow out with the whey, thus rendering the cheese leas mall, This has given rise to some dismission as to whether rich Jersey milk can be profitably made into choose without skimming. According to the late Professor Arnold, while the Jersey is emphatically a butter 0008 her mills is rich in cheese matter and can, without the waste of its buttery matter, be converted into cheese as Huh es English Stilton. Commenting on tho above Hoard's Dairyman says : "Professor Arnold was speaking of now warn milk, aimed imme- diately trom the cown,)when the solids are in the most• perfect crnnllsion, and Ileum more f the globules of fat will be hold by the •onuet, With mixed milk brought to 't eatery oleo a clay the case would be difler- nt," Peroneal hone ohoese makers Ind- emnity agree that the sooner the milk is et for cheese slaking after it has boon rawn from the cow the more of butter fat he choose will contain, s tone 10080, a o., acorn• mg as the 0 v d Deterioration of the Potato, Tho well-known fact is thoroughly estab- lished that new varieties of potatoes detori. orato rapidly 1n yield, or, as farmers say, "run out," to an extent not known forty or fifty years ago. It may bo that thorn was soon of this deterioration even then, but it was not critically noticed, as it has been of late years, Potato growing on to large scale is comparatively ]modern industry. Not only the increasing proportion of population in cities, but the increasing use of :potatoes by all masses, has contributed to this result. When almost every household grow for it- self tho fox potatoes it required, a lessoning of the yield was loss likely to be noted than when grown for market, Thom aro, however, esp00i111 reasons why o potato should deteriorate more rapidly an it once did. It is within the last forty. o years that rot attacked the tuber, and s than fifteen yea's sines the potato beetle gen its wort, destroying the leaves on milt the quality of tho tuber must depend. the potato is usually reproduced) from ttings, and not from 80od1, whatever week- s or imperfection is developed is carried ng into the now growth, which is only a tile' reproduction of the original plant, o rot, wcaltoning3pq the vitality of the pota- 1100011100 cumulative, It le a fact, WO levo, that the potato rot was first Rumen.ly fought by developing now var10181014 soot whichdoes not reproduce the akcnod vitality of the old, But, probably no of the cllalrioteristioo of the original ok wee() reproduced in tiro sped, and sine 11 of tho now varieties became liable to any, ThomThomis also a weakened vitality, to the destruction of potato loaves by Colorado bootie and its larva, t is not a snflloiolt argument against this Dry that moos and plants of other Mode ally propagated by cuttings do not show 81111me tendency to degenerate 180 does the a1o, So far as known, this tetdenoy do potato has only been developed within past fifty yea's, and is amply explained diseases and injuries to which the potato w11)3111 that: time been suhje0ted, So as a plant is entirely vigorous and lthy, a cutting from 11 reproduces the 0 cllaraeteristl0s. Bat lot its vigor be 1818 ih fiv les be wl As eft nes :do fur Th to, bol fel fro we s01 oto eve do duo the the 11011 elle pot the to has long hen 0an1 3 u impaired so as first not to be se noticed, and it bec°ue8 greatly her a the cuttings made into new plants f111is 18 only another ilhtxt4tiot of th raiaioenud sllytd Latest From Europe e fte, and tIl that evil ndinrnres are nun1u1ativo, limb eked lvlll work drxtrurticlr. Bo potaU st, this evil 11ee'1 not go fat', as Tient 1•etdll'l( to hely varieties grown sent ladle net A Mlle plant with renewed 31111)1 in:I(. asi11 g n C kt31 k8 0 s f i e r ' g l u 3333( able it ,Most 1,1141.1 io,tl potato gl 0x'1'1 1x:11.11,' 1 11na1 11. 1'l good volley to e0per Willi 11eW Varieties, as they are usually More produ,•tive the first few years their fntroduetion. The rea8an13(g given 18 lm(1rnthtedly the explanation admitted feet. i if t. with ;Revolution at Berlin .A Royal Wolman toy''. a fro- I the Prinoe of Wales at the Prussian from vigor, Capital- A. Sensational Murder in Eng - +n din. land, s lll4r(f nova The runlr1 ul part of yr ang Kaiser Vd• nunh ' helm's charac1181', x,))1,'11 prime 111Hn1arek 11fu'1• was olio of the first 10 note and the first to (Lh°Pa W044t1111 to the World, 11118 asserted itself 0'1 the this week in a fashion w-llleh luras"aeut1 aI Europe into a state of half -frightened admiration, apprehension, and 108t0n1Nhnelt. The German Bolperor do new virtually his own Chancellor, us Bismarck predicted he I was x4)0111 lie ane day 0(1' ether, 111131 lleuooforth as he u )on the whims and assiona of two leen, at the . P flim- the Kaiser and the. Czar, will depend the peace of Eaton The wer1J11ippers of a rising sill have been extolling the virtues and abilities of Con. v011 Caprivi, Tho Heroin Engineer, :That 08318 a brava deed, The engineer is 111.13,1. I lien:." " Yrs, gin body lies in yonder ear, talking with the. noble fellow' just Ht1pped on the (ngiee that night, 'rovideure depot," staid my old friend, self also at engineer. The morning papers briefly nlent the foot that " at engineer on boat train last ndg(ht sacrificed lti8 life, and thereby staved the entire train of passengers from rlentruction," The n would have been longer, and the head more con0p1vens had ft been a case of scandal 133 n ehul ell or the fall ohs bank0a0hlcr, This differenceis not the ehniee of the newspaper uulkers. Good 'seeds are not " taking" hews in the smacking armee that bad deeds are. J910 crowd is hungry for carrion. The newspaper must sell to the crowd, or it does not pity. The 3,30x(1 is not 110001e. A heroism is a rebuke. to the o ow'1, It seems to day, " You 4„1)181 not have done that, you are too selfish. world have jumped off'the engine and s your meal life.' Sn the crowd casts idyl of a 8on1'8 Majestic deed aside, The crowd turns to the story of some Sunday. school superintendent t'8 embezzlement. ; while reading that the crowd can rub its hands and say. r' Sltneking !' We Would not have done that. Yat we make no profeasi0u8, "lint I think any one of our passenger engineers would do the same thing, ah'," re- sumed any froin(b "I know them. Pardon lite, I have been one of them for five -and. twenty years, You see the drivers of 'ex- press trains are selected men picked oulled to get the bust. They are sober, r nervy, very intelligent, and of eaten experience. They are very often men finer fiber than some of tho officers of road. A fellow often goes to be an o mamma ho is cousin to a director, or nephew to tate president, But that rule doesn't work in the cab of a through night express. ° The gray-haired knight,'of the throttle invited me to rade down the next twenty-two miles with hint, There was no opportunity for conversation, as we leaped forward into the mist and darkness of the night. The ponderous mass of living metal, with a h of lire and a spirt 08 invisible as my n bounded over the snowy earth till My whole nervous 81Nt0in was 00n001ntlwte( ill my eyes. Yet I could see nothing, 80ar0317. '1'130 flash of the headlight flew o, barely live rods be- fore us, like a 10Zad'a 8ntile; it actually make tie goulislt gloom more intense and fearful. The let breath of the monster, as, ioted the own load the now Chancellor, and have even gone at so -far in their self-seeking adulation 00 Hoes to 01ain1 for hien gifts of etatetman- ship, pre:mann:II and patio 10 equal to those possessed by Bismarck. Undeniably (len. von Caprivi is an able elan, but his abilities are not akin to genius, and apart front the short period during which he was at the head of the imperial German 11817 Ile has had no ahnl(listrative experience, His Selection is due in large measure le his dashing (u311f- ties us 18 Soldier and tel his physical qualities, for Kaiser Wilhelm, like his great auc,'8tor, You t t•stones., love. to have big 111e11 ab00t hilt. a„„„1d Slt3•sone of the worship ,ersiofelred to above: the Con. Von (.'aprivi, ]Flper8onal appearance to count for anything„, mstheua Ulan agent .,r08 of character 111)3) will, combining 111 a igh degree the mra,'11rr in mode with the frntiterin,w, blending sagacitywithpatienee, resolution with good humor, and German therougllnes8 with Southern fire, The Prince of Wales has arrived at Ber- lin and is being treated with +L degree of deference and distinction by his imperial nephew amusing to behold considering that amt two years ago they were not on speaking out, terms, The Prince and his sol are lodged 01800 in the royal palace, from which wave the mf British, (.et'nrau, and Prussian standards. the. They have dialed enfanille and in state; 1888,1. Troops have been paraded in their honor, and in fact, the Kaiser ]las clone everything in his power to show plow much he loves and honors them. This marvellous change is not due to personal predilection, 1)ut'to motives of policy. It furnishes another justification for the suspicion that Salisbury has entered into a secret alliance or understanding with tho Gernau Government by which in the cart ovant of Wat• the weight of England's navy wt, :Maine thrown into the scale against Ger- , y's enemies. 1188 1.011 tlnl'eat was fedi with fuel, b01m011 ey0balls, till I attemped to shield thein holding up a newspaper. But I could effect anything, for I needled both hands ' clutch nn the springing seat. Those bid like spots on the face of tlto night, the signal -lamps, dashed by lea and faded lik dance of Meteors. Ah, the jar, the clang the dash of switches, like a passage of m at arils, swords upon 0hi01ds. Suddenly the driver waved his hand 3110 throug11 the lurid light and pointed o of the wdndlow, "It was just here. I'll toll you," he baw'lo " all about it when we stop." The 01ory Ito told 010 when we stopp was Ude : During the groat .March blizzard the o mal was off duty. Ho was sitting, th Monday evening when the hurricane Uro upon Now England, at the bedside of h dying slaughter. A messenger toiled thmu the stele with a request front the prosiden of the line, " As a personal favor, would 11 run an 0uginc down to to State capital t tape the pre:dam to the bedside of hi. dying daughter." 1811,' coincidence was itae ominous and striking. The high official an the old engine -driver Woe eao11 afflicted the perilous fitness of a beloved delights Tho president of course was ignorant of t elgineer'84 family trouble. The two linen ha long' been personal friends. They we boys together, y'ear's 1)0fnre, in the sal country town. One had inherited wealt had been a1)1111ed an education, and so ha risen to fine social and commercial 01ait1in The other, poor' horn, loving his machine Ito loved nothing else except his 110310 an his family, had been perfectly content t :dee 330 higher than to be tho pct, the prid of the lino as the noblest engineer they have Wall I such a request 1 and, Mind yo vas a request, and not an order. T idem know that if any one had the new rive a Intlohine into the Math of that , I was the follow. Somehow I seemed orget myself, I just put myself in his o, I kissed my sweet little Mollie, and only minutes was on Number Twenty n, and the president with me. It was ugh three hoursgoin twenty-oight miles, o did it. I landed him 131 season, too. as with his daughter when shebegan t well. I was stock in that out thaI tori out to you for a whole day, within of 111 (house, butbl000 you, yell couldn't ver those two miles unless yotl had been vitt, and while T was sitting there, you gnesa how I suffered, I must have been ing directly at the windows who my ons little Mollie -Cod pity mel -pass - way. 0110 was just eighteen ,oars old n0at beautiful.' o old man wrung my hand. I gotthlom the cab and w'ellt leak to Illy station nonlo tho loss secure because so real r hero sat by the tllla181818 valve for my 01810), so known 001111nator1vl1n loft his hone alto the Boston Expose thtong�gh, his est son sd11(1 with scarlet fore', dining 11'y storm. for a weep tho tortured never heard a word of tidings. Rot s case the little snntf0rOr recovered. The fill wife never loft the boy's beet, wifo of a railway man most needs have of the 11310 characteristics of rho sailor's The father numb away, the rhil(18011 or imprint, And I tape it that the trees not sing half poetry 011011811 I:he wives, and children, awl mothers way men, who often sit by the win - 111 pray 111 8101111, nights and tempos. days, When a thrash roles them of the breadwinner's right tarn, how little nk of all tho sorrow, They aro rarely Suffering is sura to fnll0w, But the rho gives his servants their lot in life, of forgot the brave, the obedient, aur t0.. 1.1ow rarely do you hear of such is boys turning out badly. A good '31talie0 over the girls. T110 widow's head is lighted by the snnhea1118 that 11 prayers call down ; for nit all pas. 0 forget the debt of gratitude for Al the court banquet the raiser proposed his uncle's health in a pretty speech, du the course of which 114) expressed) the hope that the united I33'itish fleet and the German army would preserve the peace of Europe. England rarely goes long without exciting, 1113' murder trials, and, thought these cnnnotpre- by Mod to rival the inimitable productions of not 1'rance'in the same lido, the superiority of m 11 the presswork here gives a sensation of this )11,1 sort an immeasurably wider audience. Prae- tiaally 0veiyhody in England has been this week reading the trial of two wretched youths in Crewe who planned and carried out the murder of their father intim coolest possible way because ho maltreated their mother and behaved like a brute generally in the family. A certain amount of evidence shelving his all-lonnd bestiality was admitt- ed, but the Judge explained that this was not defensible ground for parricide, and ac- cordingly Loth aro under sentenoe of death. There will be steps taken promptly, however, to pile up huge petitions in their favor, and nobody expects the extreme penalty will be meted out. trod ca or, en to nt d, ed 1(1 018 ke is g11 0 if (1 in r, loo d re lie (7 pis 0 d 0 Th 0 3t 1 pros to (1 gale to f ,plan In tw Save a tet but w He w to ego pont sight got o a Bpi call look proof. sad at aril 1 Th frons foali1 talc of c mote I al to 18t young that v father in thi The Faith maty wife. tear 11 world about of rail dow al litmus bravo w0 illi rich. Gori, 1 BUNCO A LA PARIS. 71(11V (11111'01.1 French Swindlers DId Up a Patient or Pasteur. An honest provincial, suffering like most of his tribe from ignorance of metropolitan " ways that are clerk," as well as from dog bite, has been lately victimizeclby ;what may be called the " Pasteur trialt." Aecording to M, Dangin's own account, he had just arrived. from Moulins with his bitten arm in. a sling, and had asked the way to the Past- eur Inetitute from a policeman. The guardian of the public peace told hint to take a certain tram, and hardly had M. Dangin seated himself on the tep of the vehicle when Ile was accosted by a glib young man, who, by a strange coincidence, also had his arm in a sling, and said that he Wile going to be injected with a prophylactic against hydrophobia at the philanthropio M. Pasteur's establishment, The newcomer directed the provincial to a small hotel, and as it wits to0 late to go to the Pasteur Insti- tute he promised to call for M, Dangin on the morrOW, This Ito did, accompanied by companion who had likewise been bitten by a mad dog, who descanted volubly and vigorously on the dangerit which the three of them were incurring, " We may all be stark, staring, raving mad in a few weeks," ho said, " if M. Pasteur's injection does nob work." Intim meantime the newooiner added that he had a, thousand francs bank notes which he dui not oare to carry with him, there being so many bad ohmmeters about. Upon this Permit; the man who had first accosted AL Dangui, pilled out a purse full of apparent bank notes and offered to take oharge of the money of the timid parsou. Fears now emote the mind of M. Delwin - the gentleman from the country -who alao naked tho obliging Porton' to look after 1118 1110110y, a reqUatit With whioh that individual complied readily. All three proceeded to the Pasteur Institute. M.Dangui,of courso,enter- etl first, the other two affecting a slight de. lay in their movementa, and Perand stating finally that he would wait for a while in a cafe, The two rascals then decamped with M. Dangin's money ; but they were captured - although tho coin was not -and they have just been sentenced to fifteen months' impris. comma each. A Terrier Kills a Cobra. A terrier dog owned by a native gentle-. man residing in Ihtnnochtw, India, while ron. Mug about the compound, was darted at by a largo, oobra snake, which, however, missed its mum when the dog took his chance and went for the snake, succeeding 131 getting hold of it by the hood at onoe running oif home with it, putting the oemmants of the house into a terrible fright). The dog then commenced shaking the snake, duri»g whialt oporation it released its hold only to g,ot rt, second grip at it ; but this time t unfortu- najely caught it below the hood, thos giving the snake a chance to give it a bite on tho lip This so infuriated tho dog that it tiihtenedits grip and severed. the snake in tho mouth and died in few minutes.