The Brussels Post, 1890-5-9, Page 2THE BRUSSELS POST: Id Ay q, 1800,
01' MAJOR WIBBMANN'S PIGICTB
Vas own Desemon en or a atatine aetth Chief:
Rumen Hort.
A recently published report, of Alejor
Wiseanann, German Commissioner for Emit
Afriets, contains tide atmount Ed his hettest.
.oneounter with Ilwatet Heti, the tierce he
stErgeet ehief who has jnet made peaeo with
the Germaes.
"At 4 o'clock in the morning of 'lam 11
IVLIA1 got ftte enough w ith my preffinimuy
Berk to ln•eak camp And proceed egnmat
hAvene, Herb I had, ,nds WO Men itt iny Elie.
pesid. The enemy had at least three tnnes
that number. Was tlwrefore ebliged to be
rixes.,iingly =them in ley movement& I
inerateed. the guide mope to forty men !sod.
gave them eve gum * At 0 o'eloek
veoguard annonneed. the ttppearttnee of
several companies of the eueley thead.
premed forward and mien came to 0 great
foreihed cemp which was altandoned by the
enemy with shouts of seorn and loud battle
cries, as my filet eumpany ettaoked it iu sil•
etwe and with fixed bayonets, We now
stood in a little valley. Opposite us on the
further side of the valley rose 0 single wood-
ed. mountain. Through a narrow break in
the forest we weld. see on the eummit pan -
vele:: and behind. them roofa of huts, The
fortiticetions of the ebandoned camp on the
side merest the mountaie had been torn
-down that we might not derive proteetion
freni teem. I began at once bembard the
visible part of the fort with grenades at
‹listance of 1,3011 feet. The first shot was
on011TED Wren lioWLS
Of the enemy, end from then till the end of 1
the battle, with only short interception, le
'et devilled to weaken the enemy as much!
saveges sung a battle hymn.
as poseible with my fire, in the mean tone :
locking f the most poorly defended spot in
the fore Eind then to go over to au attaek by •
storm. " " After a, little 1 began using 1
sharpie:I,. The scornful yells from the fort
showed. thee my fire 100.0 not effective. The
ieregular volleys of the enemy, judged fermi
the soma, inlet have come frnm breechheel-
era. Whenever my mem, especially Europe.
ans, showed themselves, the fairly well
•directed fire from the fot•t became hotter
and caused us considerable Loss. To increase
tile effectiveness of our tire, and to spare
oer caitridges, I had the Europeane elese
for an hour at the point, where the smoke
shoueel the guns of the enemy were posted,
Then I sent nut a company on the enemy s
right flank, where the summit of the moue.
aeemed to be more easily approachable.
The savages in the mean Mine mos ed on me
right flank, left flank, and rear, but I drove
them hack by sending out troops against
them aud tenting the guns on them.
" After two hours the fire of the euemy
seemed to grow weaker, It. wes appeeent
that the W aniam-wesi, whom Bwana Heel
had foreed to fight with hint, had retired.
I received information that the company I
had detached to the left had discovered
there footprints .ss•hich evidently led sp to
an approach to the etunmit. I immediately
sent two companies of Sondanese and a men-
pany of Askaris after the detaehed company,
with iustructions to make. if possible, an
attack with fixed bayonets atm. giving me
s preliminary signal. During the advance
.of the three companies I opened a forced
tight on the fort. The answering fire in-
event:ed. rapidly in volume and effimtiveness.
' The enemy ftdt that the dieisive
•inontent was at hand. It made a curious
-impression on us all during the pauses in
our tiring
AN IMPORTANT 1400VERT. The Bowing° of WOreen,
The ertgieee spent/di eettHen or Columboe
teller or am
TO 1LAR TuE 8.10,thiLS
in the fort at the end lif the loud song of a
leader call 1011,113, on Allah. It was the
first time in all our battles that We had
noticed a sign of religious fanaticism among
cur aufagonists. The storming party had
tin the meantime peessed forward, and found
a. way up to the fort. At the stipulated
signal I stopped fire, and the tiondanese
troops, amid cheers and yells, pressed.
ahead with fixed bayonets. The fire 01 our
front ceased, an indication that the enemy
tad thrown all their forces on the threntened
flank, The savages in the tort anssvered the
arias of the Sow -Lanese, and Askaris, hurrah
for hurrah, A hot fight raged in the woods,
and I began to push up to the front of the
fort. Before 1 could reach the summit the
hot firing thaeed, and the black, White, aml
red flag appeared on the -palisade above us.
Trumpet signals also tohl us of the seeeees
ef the storming perty.
"In the eaptured fort all Nese joy and
triumph. The Soutlaneee hugged each
ether, and rushed ahout among the Europe-
ans, pressing and kissing their bends. 117t)
all realized that with stteh allies we would
be able to aeuomplieh much more difficult
tasks 1111111 hat! yet been given us, *
This battle is the bitterest me I have ex-
perienced during my activity here,"
Until 18:11.1 it was that the Span.
ish text of (Attendee,' let tel•t1 had eYor beee
;wetted -- all the ehl mitten'. el the :"Epistolit
Christephori Colem eui eine nostra meltitin
debet" has ing been publialled from 0 Latin
thoteletion of tee miginal made in April,
1-19:e In 1)52 there was added, by bequest,
to the Andireeicm nitrate ite Millet, a email
quarto el four leaves, winch eoutaffied. the
lost Spanieh tort, pruited probably in 1:1.1.1
or 1.1,11 no ante or place being gis•en. hot,
howcwer, till 1:411:1 Was the discovery 1110110
known, and 1.1,,t.1 Ulla time Ulla sheet while
age the Alaimo:ten emall quarto 1010 enjoyed
the reputation of being nuique, It could not,
be shown to have been priuted in Spain, for,
although it had undettleedly been given to
the press by a Spiteish editor, the e0111308b
1/W140.00k WitS plainly not that of a Spaniard
Moreover, the small 400110 pamphlet size
summed tu bring it into uearer relative, with
the sieull quarto translatinne whichappeared
in 1493-1495, all mit side of Spain- in Italy,
France, and normally.
At luct, a few moutha ag„, the true Span-
ish 0111011 Wag thecovered in Spain. It is a
large pamphlet of two !ewes or four pages,
in a quadrate small folio sha 'ffiut text
is plainly that from which t Ambrostan
small quarto was Kilned, but there are here
and there in the folio tenettin tokens of a
Catalau workshup, such tts magenta -L., veldt,
(peas, tetnporala, which the Spauish editor
of the small quarto corrected (magestad,
venid, quales, tomporalee), and we are thus
enabled. to omelette that the follow as print-
ed m Barcelona, whore the court was reside
ing when Columbus sent his letter from
Pelts oe the lfith Hith of March, 1493.
He waited for permission to follow it before
he quitted Palos, and it WaS probably About
the 10th of April when he reathed Ihteeelonte
To that date, or to sometime before the
close of the month, we may assign the print-
ing of the folio. The Latin translation,
which has so often beenprinted was finished
oil the 2Stlt of April end etieried. abroad for
publication and it may be supposed that
the Ambrosiammprint lmlougs to the saute
period -that is, to the time in the month of
May or June.
.A. Parisian dealer was the first purchaser
of the unique :Barcelona origenal, which is
now in possession of a bookseller in .Lon.
.
•
Drew the Line.
A ballet dance at Et Methodist entertain-
ment is a, performance for which the tradi-
tions and practices of that church provide
no precedent. It appears, hoWeVer, that
the citizens of Watertown, Mass., have been
favored with the revel sight, which ocenrred
on this wise : The Golden Rule Mission liad
arranged a "gipsy festival" to replenish its
coffers and please the young people of the
society. The young Insly appointed to play
the part, of the gips), maid, being a born.
actress, thought to do her purl; more effective-
ly and produce a grettter Impression by as.
miming a giddy eostume, eut very low in
the neck aud correspondingly high at the
bottom, and by executing a sort of semi -
bullet dance. In this she was not altogether
mistaken -a great senSation being the re.
suit. "The older people,- it is 8101E11, "are
greatly exertesed ovey the afildr, but the
young folks think it a pretty good joke."
One hardly knows which to condemn the
01000 the breach of faith on the part of
the young people, who knowing the senti-
ments of the responsible members of the
church under whose auspices the entertain-
ment was held, or the system of raising
money which opens the door for such
questionable and scandalous perform-
ances. As a matter of feet the Watertown
young people are sinners only a little great-
er than many ehnrch societiea all over the
country. Theit• sin differs in degree and not
in kind front that of many others. It is one
of the reproaches and weaknesses of the
Christian church, shared in by nearly all
eectiens that she hue adopted such means as
bazaars, amateur theatricals, etc., etc., for
the replenishing of her coffers width ought
to be hlled evith the direct and voluntary
contributions of her membecs. Until those
who have been benefited by the institutions
of the church, and who profess to hold these
institutions above all price, shall show in a
practical manner the regard they say they
feel, unbelievers will have good reason
to question the sin -erity of their pro-
fessions, and to discount considerably
the benefits the church is said to bestow.
In this eonneetion church members would
do small to pray the prayer of tlle immortal
Burns :
" 0, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oorsels ae ithers see us."
Br Niel:cue 0, W1 14/1/10
1 won,ler how tunny women go back in .
thought, as I do 01 tide weary hour, to the 1
time when they first lost their liberty? I I
ought to be thankful, doubtless, for mine ,
All good housekeepers mot over their
1081111 tenger then that, or moat. 1)!0,1113 1 11 wither effithea befere the go:000,1 spring
blessed. pare flied feet. itoeramityd, lunbe 00- ever, to begin bY
houseeleaning. It is ali excellent plan, flow.
fettered, treek unbandaged, hair un!Aviquil, looking over the store
closet. and have it thoroughly (deemed at
and, lovely as a consetpumes, (emit blithe
this thne, and heve winter things ranked
as a ''11131113 `i!'YlarY' 14"ni" lu'Ll)5 00)111111' 011'0ey 110fOre the reel „f th„ Attie ing is immut,
""11 l" "("111 """"'n' "1Y (1).9'0 "I"1 11" 111•10' As it is nsually, situated at. the top of the
mittell to her daughters the ahnoet unexam. 1 1 l,, lt dc ul t no I er 1 411111
rliore was no hill ;,)„ mot ,.„ eteme, tme „,.., result, Tho bedding fuel weering apparel
HOUSEHOLD.
Putting Away Winter Clothes,
pled bliss of freedom 10 both bode atel mind,
• • • 1 • y • ' 11 ,
tree, for that matter ; no valley ton deep to ,, ,
explore, no brook too wet to wade. 001 -door ,r11/ 11,11,i0leti 111111 110 not 3 0/011 repairleg may
air, simple food, eight hones' eleop in every be 1"41 Aw"Y 1 811-811 a8 aa1i"" only " "light
Blooding should. be 'Lammed to at. once and
24 -all these beatitudes wove ours.
But there mune a, day alas! the dark 1111 twyeet• All that are past their usefulness
in thow present shape should be ripped tip,
day 01 ary youth -on whic:11 I was as literally
washed or cleaned, and laid assay 01 this
eaught out of tee fields and pastime; as Wag
condition to be remade in the fall into
ever a young colt; conft•onted by a long
other garments Old woolen, that is
ch•ees that had been. made for Me, 0011104$
• good for nothing else, should be torn into
and high -heeled shoes that had been bought,
lecke strips. and used in rugs or rag carpet. It is
hair -pins and ribbons for my etraying
astonishing how long a good piece of wool
end I WaS 10111 awl it simply " wouldn'i
answee" to run "wild" another do,y, („1,,,,,, goods will last, if it, is WOrn With care and
cleansed when neeessary, A little plaid
Pany from the city WAS oXpisited; I 11111st be
00111 of soft white and grey cheek, after it
made presentable; I "had got to look like
1 has served a couple of years of usefulness,
other folks." i may be wash9d. mud combined srith a plain
That Was a long time ago, but 1 have
gray for a child's dr?ss, When this gartneut
mover known a single physically roasonelde '
Is worn out there rill often Still be pieces of
day since that slreet May morning, when 1
1110 Piaui lef te which may be used as yoke
cried in vain for longer lease of liberty. These
and collar and cuffs 1„ another chess. Old
"itdornments"-the inquisition of fashion -
flannels and merlin) sbirtings should always
changer:buy outlook on the world. A caged
saved tn separate bundlea. The heaviest
bird became my fitting emblem. Of a shy , 13?
pieoes make excellent "paint" cloths, but do
sensith•e nature I yielded at once to the
; not last long for "film' It will sem thne
inevitable. But 1113; high heels threw me out
1 , t b • k it 1
of poise, and I wouffin t try to Walk more
factory at pound tif the heavy scrams, which
than was necessary it) the elingieg folds of
t come at, tihnut 85 or 40 cents a pound and
that long, tight -fitting gown, Hence,
will last over a year, than to be bothered
ceased. to be a denizen of God's beautiful
with old pieces for floor eloths. Olul merino
outdoors ; was a rambler and a climber eo
more, but gave myself to books, and have re. sh°"1-1-1PAwaYs bo mved• hwever, 188 11 is 00-
mained in my cage -the house -right on celhint for many purposes for which 1100"
through the years, After my long day's tettele,syalfleetoaf1.no value, elicit as cleaning silver
work with the pen, I say to myself so often ;
"If I could put on a hat, button a coat ttround
1110, and step offfreely, how delightful mwalk
would be." But no ; there are intmeatc pre-
liminaries before a woman can do anything so
simple as to take a constitutional. In rny
own ease, the easy wrapper that I wear at
my work must he changed for e street dress,
with its long, heavy skirt ; the slippers, for
shoes that must be lmttoned up 1 a bonnet
'affording no protection from 113111, wind, or
1 observation, must be "tastefulli pot on ;
1 tl 'th sic' •ts to be lifted at
tight fitting ?oyes drawn to their places,
'every step until one's knees grow weary, the
airing may begin. A emu would home two.
things to do -put on Ids coat and crowd a
hat over his eyes ; a woman has three articles
to take off (wrapper and slippers), dress to
draw 011, collar and cuffs to adjust and pin,
shoes to button, wrap to fasten, bonnet to
tie, and then till of their burdens and 0=-
5111000ns to endure.
I So, for the thousauth time, I return to
my voom, actually too tired to "get ready,"
and then "get over the ground," though
Leke aliehigatt's splendid expanae stretches
away to the east, and thereare lovelygroves,
cool, shady nooks, and tempting by -ways
all about me. Much I muse why these
things are, and clearer glows the conviction
that womau will never be a rational citizen
of the world while these things aro. I re.
cognize joyfully the progress we have made
glace I was°. student at Milwaukee in 1857,
when 110 girl W08 really "stylish" who wore
less than eights skirts trailingon the ground
after her 2 but how slowly We move when
women of refinement will wear bustles, lace
themselvee as of okt, pinch their hands and
feet, bare their 110045 to the blast Owe their
tufts of bonnets may " like the. rest,"
and simpee their criticisms on "dress re-
form."
I Instead of thewalk I would like to take,
boa the old-time conditions -the modest,
simple,short dress, loose jacket:, and broad -
brimmed hat of auld lung syne -I pen this
jemmied, and bid God.speed to the earnest -
hearted woman ',vile. in roaring Gotham
plans for us women a costume that hints at
better days.
Goldfish Have Boma Sport,
Fishes are not oedinarily supposed to be
gifted with any great emount of intelligence,
but an incident which occurred in a Wash-
ington home a few days ago proves that
they have a keen sense of humor and are
fond of practical joking. One of the young
women of the house in question has for pets
a baby mud turtle end several goldfishes.
The turtle is frequently plaued in the same
tank with the fish. The other day he lay
floating en the sUrfaue of the weter asleep,
an with his four feet out.
The goldfish saw in this a good chance to
eilay a trick on Mr. Turtle, and, after put.
ting their heads together a few minutes,
they divided into four groeps, and seizing
his f eat in their mouths, dragged him to the
bottom of tho tank. When awakened by
his sudden immersion, he had considerable
difficulty 01 slinking 11110581f free from his
tormentors, There menet be the slight-
est doubt the &hes had some means
of communicating their ideas to each
other, for it was plain to shose who
observed the inciElent that the trick
To win a wager of $5, "Big Six," a brutal
negro pugilist of consiElerallie local rupe-
e:Woe in Birmingham, Ala., a. few days ago
is said to have butted an ox to death. The
ox was three years old. and well grown, The
negro caught the animal by the horns with
his hands and butted 11 between the eyes.
When thole Iteada mune ;together the 110100
could be heard a block away. Four times in
rapid sueeession the colored giant's head
struok the ox squarely in the forehead with
terrific force, Then the animal began to reel
owl stagger, and, gathering himself for a
final plunge, Big Six Elroy back a full arm's
length and ran his head against that of the
ox with the force of it battering-ram The
animal fell to the ground and in five min -
11108 wee dead. SO the story es,, 'Rig Six
works in II brewery. Ife was oi• 11, thee cm-
plOyed aS a driVor, Was too briltal. m
5nule or born angered him he wottld 1:111,011
the animal flown with one blow of his big fist,
It is almost impossible to believe that such
awful lontes Bye
The habitual drinking of boiled water
would insure escape from sickness and death
tlfousands of the human race yearly,
A Baby's Memory.
A curious stanee of dormant memory
iufaney took place in our family. My
mother went on u, visit to my grandfather,
Nyho lived in Leedom She took with her 0,
little brother of mine who was elevenmonths
old and Isis nurse, who waited on her as
hef, ulaith One clay this nurse loought tho
ba y into my mother's room tend put him
On the flodr, which was carpeted all Over.
There he crept about and amused himself
according to Ins lights. When 013, mother
1 10 0,8 dresstel, a certain ring that she getter-
' ally wore Wile 1101 10 be found. Orem. search
1 b t it s ne •er rodueed and
the visit over they all went away, and it
MILS mat e, 1.1
-ELS 1 p
When Girls are Engaged, was almost forgotten,
Exactly a year after they again went, to
Yon have a little band around. the third visit the grandfather. This baby was now
finger of your left hued in which is set 11, ft yeae eleven mouths 0111., '1110 same
turquoise, told when it WaS put there you nurse took him into the mune room, and
remembered that the Hittite said--" He who my mother saw hint, after looking about
bath a turquoise hall 14 feieild." Now, him, deliberately walk up to a e0014)111 °or -
that's what you have in the man you love nor, turn bit of the carpet back, earl pro -
best, and whose wife you am going to be- duce the ring. He nevor gave any acoount
enne-a, friend, He is your sweetheare, of the matter, um. did lie, so far as I know,
your lover it is true, bet bemuse to you his remember it afterward. It seams most
heart seems best worth having, his love likely that he found the ring on the floor
the richest gift you atm possess, you will and. hid it, all ill a safe piece, under a eot•nor
Dot valgarize, as many girls do, the tie that of the Brussels carpet where 11 was not
binds you. It is true you go with him alone nailed. He prolably forgot all about it till
to hear some wonderful inusio, or look at •he SaW the place agate, and he MIS far too
mine fine pietures, but I hope it is not true infantile at the time it was missed to muter.
that when you aro at a party, or In your stand what the talk that wont on was about
own home, you two pair off and make your- or to know what; the search, which perhaps
selves the objects for silly chatter and idiotic he clid not notice, was for,
1
lasting.
Filling Ohildren's Teeth. •
It is not rare to hear mothees declare that
they thiek it nonsense to till fit•st teeth."
This is a mistake. A child's first teeth are
the nucleus on which the second teeth xtre
formed. 1Vben the first teeth are kept. in the
mouth and 011000011 to •cirop eut naturally, as
they will if they are not pulled out by force
before their time, tho roots are absorbed. It
is from, the absorption. of these roots that
the fieeond teeth seem to grew, In order
that the second teeth shell be even, it is
necessary that the gums shall enlerge eaten,
ally, as they will if the first teeth ere not
removed by force but drop out when the
second teeth push 1110111. If the first signs
of decay are met by tilling the spots with a
simple cement, and the child le compelled
to use a brush every day, it is likely that
there will be no further trouble. Not only
will the child be saved by the dentist from
that eonnnon terror the toothache, but the
second teeth will be what nature intended.
tied hetes in your Kill: utitht•E•1111. hy press og
it on the Wrong side With Warn* Iron over 18
thin paper,
One of Lliit beet things to cleanse the
sealp thoroughlr 18 to (1188011e LeftlipoOnflil
of bollix in a mime of water nod apply it,
rubbieg itt well. Ringo thoroughly iu
clear water.
Napkine mat tablet:helm, if mended care -
101 1y when they minutemen to :how tiny
breaks, will laid nitwit longer. Trayeloths,
maile of butcher's tn• monde linmi, 11111 ell Ve
the tableoloth greatly, tinEl they ono be
made at lenue very etteily, and either fring.
ed Itemstiched.
If you have paieting caleitnining to
be done, the Spring is dechltelly your best
time, Hardlinished walls may he seethed
with neap ands and wiped dry. A bit of
pumice stone will remove thains from them,
1Vbile paint nety be washed with ammonia
water or with whiting and water, Which
not an trying to the hands es the netnnonla.
A fine ferniture polish is made by the use
of the following recipe 1 /11801101, half piet ;
rosin, half an 0111100 ; gum shellac, half an
ounee ; few drops of analine beown. Let.
stand oleo night and add three gills of raw
linseed oil end half 0 pint of spirits of terp-
entitle. Shako well before using, Put (et
with cotton 11010101, and 112) dry with another
cloth.
Rattan eludes that have become discolor.
ed may be 11111110 very pretty by it mating of
black or golden brown paint and finished
with a handsome cushion.
If the coffee is not ground home when
eeeded it must positively be kept in a tight
can, 1100,1 (01 egg thee:eighty, and add, to 11
one teacupful of eohl water. Wet the eoffite
thoroughly with a few- tablespoonf els of this
mixture, and add it to the boiling Imam, ten
or twelve minutes before needed, l'he wale
er should have just emne to the boiling point;
continued boiling injures its flame,. After
adding the coffee Elraw the pot near the
edge of the stove where it will be six m•
eight minutes in coming. to the boiling point.
As soon es it reaches this point remove it to
the baek of the range.
Afraid of the Girls.
A Time for Rest,
How inany hours' sleep do you rcepeire?
No mile can be laid down. Jeremy laylor
thrived on three hours, and so doe. Cardinal
Newman. Many centenariaus arc Contented
with live hours ; but some of 111001 require
eight or nine. But there are two i•nles of
sleeping which everybody may adopt wi theta
hesitafton. 1 . Never let yourself be awaken-
ed by auybody else, but wait until you have
slept out your sleep. 2. Get up as stem as
you are awake. If you foliose those two
rules, the Inters of sleep will very soon re-
gulate themselves. If you read yourself to
sleep, you should mad ts heavy book, not e
light one. A dull hook is good, a stupid one
is better. Some pereons memumend a cup
of beef tea• -just to amuse the digestion,
A Use for Withered Flowers.
The girl who is fortunate enough to re-
ceive flowers fregnently 111hy always have a
fragrant rose -jar in her chamber without
much trouble, which will not only shed. a
grateful end eonstant perfume, but apt as a
lasting reminder of social triumphs, little
ffirtettons, and admiring youths Do not
throw ehe fragrant blossoms awdy when they
have withered, but pluck the cheeping petale
from the stems in handfuls and put them in
a common large stone jar with a lid that
covers it tightly. Over each layer of leaves
spread layer of salt. Buy, or if not able to
do that, proeure-any girl of notanal intelli-
gence can think at once of 1111411y WayS Of
doing this. -on oenamental jar for your
room. Any shape will do, but a pe-
culiarly pretty one is made hi the form of a
bottle or vitae with an elongated neck. Tho
bulb is about as big as you head and sets
on the floor, the long, graceful neek rises up
so high Oust it takes only a slight inclination
of the head and neolt to bring y001.11085 drove
to the mouth of the bottle. It is merle of
glass, generally, aud the bulb rests 50010 -
times on a nett of artificial grassea, from
which a pretty vine rens up emending the
neck. When yam stone jar is full of leaves,
salted downs in layers, unnsfer them to
you), ornamental jar m ft, lemp, taking cave
only to drain off any moisture that the salt
may have drawn front the leaves. .Aild
tonne cloves, cinnamon, orris -root, laveeder,
sweet thyme, a few gvailis of meek, all as
dry as poesible, and 801116 saehet-powder, if
you happen to have it, and ymi have a jar
that, is itself a thing of beetity in pro. favor-
ite corner, end will diffuse a, faint, delight-
ful aroma through your chamber for an in-
definite period.
Oare of One's Feet,
....---.4.e..................... Hvery one, but °spatially children, should
He eau love you with his whole heart, belt
lie must not make y011 an objeut of ridicule. wear properly fitting shoes, no matter how
The Mae,Or of Toronto has received a cable
oommon thew metered, says a fashion writee.
He can think you the most unselfish girl in front the Duke of Connaught aceepting tho
the world, but he mnst not show his men invitation to visit the city :hiring June next. They should be neither too laree nor too
1
1 ri I
A BOY'S BATTLE WITB. EAGLES
,ttto ekod mud Noe r1y Olga Med White 01 1 113
log go 11 Lefty 01.140
Lee 1111111111gWity, 101 orphan boy of 1 5
years of age, et Nies. Tex„ had an
adventure a few days ago with Mtn American
eagles, 01 which he barely escaped with hie
life, le•of. Melamine the well-known nature.
list, who luta been leveled ie. tide neighbor -
hotel for the last few weeks in tho
of his oenitholegited eollection, offered les
8300 for a tiest net 11 living engleta or eggs in
it. Afteliongh verly for theee birds to
hateli their yourtg, Lee Watt 80011 141/10, by
1411.11•11114; 1,1111 111e 011141 Of 0, pair, to lied
where is nem had been made, lint as it Wici
on the summit, of the Mg Injun, an elinoet,
unsurntountable bowider risiug nearly 1 25
feet in the valley of the Guadeloupe there
was no sray of 018/1111113 I 0000111 by turahng
the sides Eif the rock, wheal, however, had
in the 000r80 of tine, become coated by
/10113111,1 -feet of earth, and aro covered with ts
teepee of 1,11.105, tee.
It was a daring feat, but young Homing -
way it; a plucky liel of a etalwart build, and
watt, dependent on his own exeetione for a
livoliheuti, ftemul the money offered a big
coneideraticm, and agreed
AloriL511"1"0115 FEAT
Olt condition that the Profeeser would keep
watt:heel tit a gun for the return of the par -
001 birds, 11 ith a basket furnished witli
lid slung to 1118 back in which to secure the
eggs or young eagles, he managed, by climb
mg, seramblieg, and pulling himeelf up
hand over littud, to restch the top of the Big
lujun, where he found the nest, tot he had
expected, with yotmg bine; a day or two old.
Wearied out with Ide exertione, he reeted
for some little time, then placing the nest
with its mettents its hie beeket and strapping
it te him, he began to deeeend.
IR, had scarcely accomplished fifty feet of
this when he heard the report ef the Profeta
Nor's gun and saw the two eagles i•etorning.
Unhurt, they paid no attention to the ehot,
but after alighting and finding the nest
gene, niaile at the boy with outstretelled
winIN and hoarse cries of fury. Ducking
his liked to keep their powerful. bealcs and
views out cif hie eyes, Lee attempted to beat
them oti: with one arm, while he olung to
the 41110/1 Mill 110 1111101., 11111 1110y struck at
him repeatedly 011 tbe bead with their beak:,
each thne briuging the blood, which flowed
into the boy's eyee and nearly blinded him,
while they buffetted him, unmercifully with
their great wings.
Prof. Mt:leery waited until one of the
birds was fiti• enough from Lee for him to
take elm without danger of tting him, thee
fired, and sneceeded killieg the eagle, She
-for, 110 0011,8 afterwardeaseet•taitted, he had
hot the female , -fell into it smell tree, or
hat WM Seareely 1110re 110,11 a large sapling,
which had sprentml frem good•sizod cre-
viee in the reek, abent eight feet above
where Lee litteg, and seeing ber :impended
just (Move him gave the bey (111 1;100 411 eleich
he owes bie 11'ith the teretigth of des-
ir he drew himself lip to the treo by the
mee of teeth alone, for his eyes were full of
blood.. them there he hmeed himeelf with
his feet, and wiping hi: 1E1,0,1e:end his hand
kerchief about his hrew, in Order that it,
might ellsorl, the blood He then tetught•
the dead bled by Om feet, aud, with OM
weapon, he turned on the 'kit% eagle, whieh
had never ceased to beat Euel strike him, At
the next sweep Lee mrtiek it as hard 01.4 be
0011 111 (10.1.0, 1101 to endanger hie poeition, and
e thinned to meet its attaelis in Ole sante
way until, rendered furious and incautious
by fts euemy'e resistance, it
1/1,1/,\\* ineste•ris linE Peet,
The Indian young men at lIamplon 'Insti-
tute are said to find it paeticularly hued to
be at ease with the girls at an evening r •
eeption. fn his native wilds the Inflate does
not regard women with awe, and would
laugh Id the idea of being amid, of theta.
But 1011015 the Indian tEtudent is invited to
wttend a party and meet young girls of his
0'011 and other races, after the manner th
white people call " society," he is pude-
stricken. They gather abont the entrences
and peep furtively into the awful apart-
ment. If luny ladies have already armed
the lmys at•e quite likely to take in their
heels. After awhile they get courage to re
turn and peep again,
At last, some bohl spirits venture to cense
the threshold and stand about the doorway.
These aye gradually lured furthee in ; others
follow ; and by the time the party is about
to break up, the 1,0,5151111 youths have begun
to feel somewhat at home -they join timidly
in eney games, and manage to say a few
words to the girls nearest them.
It does not become us to laugh at them,
because we see something similar in country
parties composed entirely of the race wiled:
flatters itself with the conviction of being
" superior." Haw difficult it is to prevent
all the men from getting together in a (me -
net', where they can talk aunt, politics,
markets, and other topics whieli may be
summed up in the word "shop," while the
ladies are left by themselves in another eor-
1100 10 0011111080 upon subjects whioh are
"shop " to them.
In this wey men and women grow more
and. mere apere and unlike, until finally the
true society becomes impossible, .Even su.
peeler men, formed for better things, remain
lifelong ignorance of women. In one of
Stanley's letters, the African explotor says
that he is "absolutely uncomfortable" when.
ever he speaks to a wornitn.
"I can't talk to women," he adds. "Li
their presence I am just as 1110011 a hypocrite
as an other man, and it gads me that I
must act and be greeted and parody myself,
for no earthly reason but because I think,
with other men, to speak and act otherwise
would not be appreeiated." There is Where
his mistakes lie, and ho gives theexplanation
of it when lie say:), "1 have lived with inen,
not Wolnem" Lio have the Incliane
have those white (nen mentioned above who
herd together and talk shop. They do not
know how highly women value conversation
of another kmd whigh they mos take an
equal part and to which they can coetributo
more than an equal share.
Mr. Stanley has only to address ladies
with perfect, sincerity, paying them the just
homage of giving them the best of his mind
and the cream of his knowledge, to diacover
that he can carry the day against a whole
room full of ", poets," who, he says, speak to
vonien as a giant ;night handle a baby, fear -
'ng to break its bones with a squeeze.
The Frenth, it hi thought, excel all man-
kind in making society at once delightful
enEl salutary. The reason is that women
have their proper part in it, as they do 111
the more indispensable ooneerne of life, and
their peeper part in society is to reign over
it. Thin avoidance of women in soeiety,
excuse it us We linty, is mere barbaric green -
noes.
Five Thousand Lepers.
The Paris Ditt-Yetwietne Simla publishes
infortnetion received by private lettoes from
New -Caledonia, which is calculated to muse
some anxiety. It appears that leprosy is
spreading NOW•Caledollia ill It most alarm-
ing manner. Of 40,000 Kanakits no fewer
than 5,n00 are doseribed as euffering from
the terrible disease. Till quite recently the
public authorities hed taken 110 measures to
aelfishnesa by expiates% you to devote your Mr. Gagnon, the 9nebeo Provincial must be promptly "righted," as 80011 as they prevent it from weeding ; but now two
evenings exclusively to him, ignoring those e'eeretary, has resigned Ms seat and accepted begin to wear to one side, If the toes of the subordinate colonies have been meted -one
who are at home, Let thorn come in and be
• • the sht•ievalty of Quebec. foot show tendency to lap they should be
one
when he can speak 10 you, when he oaa kiss
you ou the lips that he knows are only the
getee to s11,00t, pure speech, and when he
can whisper the lovely nothings that mean
so much to you both, Then, too, don't lot
him feel that ho must give up all his friends
for you ; don't accept valuable presents from
him, and don't, assume an air of proprietoe.
ship with him. Tell him nothing about your
family affairs, for the euerets of the house-
hold do not even belong to the man you
ate going to Inane:. Guard yomeelf in word
1811d in deed ; hold his love in the best way
possible ; tie it firmly to you with the blue
ribbon of hope, and never lot it he eaten
away by, that little fox who destmys so
many loving ties, and who is called familiar.
ity.
The remarkable advance itt the American
wheat Inerkets last week attracted wide at.
toution the world over and prices in response
weet up everywhere. For some inexplicable
reaeott the faets of last yeer'e ltarveet have
been imetred in till quarters, and the priem
of Ireadetuffs have been rather lower Owl
118001, although it is perfectly well icemen
thee the world.); supply ie sealler 11 a 131011
ill the meet, diaatttrese E,f roma bud years
Diphtheria is said to be raging m and tubbed with the ham& onee oe twiue 00,011
around Tecumseh, Ont„ and children aril day ; and if this care be given when the
tlyieg in large numbers. em•ving commences it will, as a, rule, prove
A deputetion is expected at Ottawa from sufficient to correct any irregulailties of Oda
Newfoundinselshortly todiscues the question natere. If ti, nail is waywasel In fts growth,
trim it only lightly at the ailing corner, but
of Con fed:teatime
fully at the opposite owlet., If both corners
Toronto, with its the hundred and twenty grow too deeply into the flesh, elip them
olturches, and Ite mewl number of clergy. Carefully and lightly, ana then serape Ute
mem will be oonsiderably affected by the canter of the nail from the tip to near the
recent legislation touching church property, root nutil it is thin and flexible. 'Phis pro.
clergymen's fialarieti and parsonages, Now ocsa seldom falls to aorrect refractory nails --
that 010r0111011 (1111 10 be treated in this provided, of memo, they are not neglected
matter as other mom it is estimated that the
amount, to 831n,000, while the taxes from too long,
increase to the teetessment next year will
Ode source will amount to little loss them ' Praotieel Pointers,
-
,Sfi,000, Besides this considerable sum re. To whiten yellow plan? keys, eul) them
suiting from the tax upon parsoimr and with sand paper, and blush with a piece 9f
levy oti church pvmerty for Meal improve., A strip of flannel or napkin Wr11113
melds. 'Phis at thirty -Kix emes pet, foot, the of hot water and applied rotted the nook of
present rate, will piallably bemuse the it 0111111 L11141 11140 1110 01,0113 will Initially bring
funda in the treasitt•y to. dm extent of $1 2,- relief ten minute:).
000 or 81 5,000) 1110,1, the retePaYm et Spruce pillowe which have lost their fano,
tufo inerertaed to ehis extent. And thus
them'for a short OM to 1i150,111,
another 111p181101. las 15.11 1 0111ot 1511. dry„,g Liam th„,,migiiiy.
other slop taken toStard8 the ot lac° 'rake bleed; e1/1.11.1. Oa:4M', 11111101111 1'1%01101
leg18130)11, to make it stiek end mend the small cracks
elemytnen'e anlaries, there le the rottage ehainets.
largo will be etteed and t (here() expendi. 111,1100 may be renewed, it. iambi, by eubject •
on Goat Island, in Dumbea, Bay, and the
other in Canals., at a spot known as the
Pia dos Marts, Every inhabitant i•ecogilleed
11,9 leper by the Medic:al Commission is to
be confined in one of these leper colonies.
The correspondents of the Diia,Mnwients
Si,e e doelares that this measure has been
delayed too long to prove of any great use,
and that it; is not applied properly. Three
Eutopeans have already been attacked by
this incurable disease.
with claw. di e titled and bead: striking rigid
and left. The hoy caught IL with both
!sande abeet its throat, end with all lila
strength held it, in spite of the furioite beet-
ing of its wings, mull, choked to death by
Ills grip, the great bird hung lifeless, 1011011
110 drOppOil it at the Professor's feet.
This gentleman hail watehed the desper•
ate struggle, unable to help the boy, except
by random shots, hoping thus to frighten
the bird mean which, however as has been
sane he failed to do, Young 'Hemingway
hung in the slender branches of the little
tree for nearly au hour, battliug exhatested
nature now with the seine courage he had
displayed toward the antes,
83eaking of his edventure he says "
fah as if I -was going to faint, and I knew if
Illid would be killed by the fall, and I
Nubia fought those plagned birds so bard to
give up to any snch women doings as thateso
I just kept fighting ilgaills1 that awful sink-
ing, and pretty soon 1 got, over it, so when I
10118 0051011 1: 01111111041 dowtt."
But jest as he reached the foot of the rock
the strength born of desperation gave way
and the brave boy fell seuselees into the Pao.
fessor's arms. He was fearfully torn in the
head and face, but the former emends are for.
tunately only skin deep, and, with the exam.,
tion of one long, deep gash in the cheek,
just beneath the eye, winch is healing slow.
ly, his face is timely well, lie is obliged, hew -
ever, to keep his bed yet, so bruieed and sem
is he front the bu ffe tin he received, Remark -
able as it may seem, the young, birds in Lee's
basket WOVO living and ueinjured by the
fearful journey they had matte, and tufo rtow
on exhibition together with the two parent
birds, which 1,4110 preeented by Prof. Mule -
coy, and are mageifieent spode -ions. The
Professor, in consideration of the dangerbe
undetevent, and for the two birds not 110,1,
gained for, has presented Lee with 3101e
end the boy is the huteof the hour. •
Pollee Attack awaits,
For seine time past a baud of deceits under
a notoriotte loader named fihunde, have been
the terror of Meerut and the surrounding
districts, Lest 'Monday pollee forth undo
the District Supet•intendent Calve Upon thein
whenthey wore ebout to duntlere, villego.The
deceits got possession a a small fort, whet o
they peovisiomel themselves and refused to
surrender, 'rho polies thereepon attacked.
them, A sharp fight ensued, and it, is said
that over 0110 1101111110(1 rifle sh o la 10000 fi red
by the direoit, A ft er &Moo 1»c tho Roof t
tried to etleape, but wore captured. Jimmie
Eau allot e 111011 14011 t '10 1)0 100
escaped anhurt, Two Martint•Houry
Wert! blind With the hand.
Pads from Cornfields,
In say first farming ploughed manure itt
for corn, some six inches deep, on white -oak
clay soil. UrOp WOO Ito better than ftom
haul alongside that had no manure. Yenta;
after, put a load of manure on thick, on red -
shale land, ploughed in five Mabee ; had
splendid oom as -far as the nutnure-dressing
exteuded ; 001,11 only moderate amend it.
Ploughed up poet of a cow -yard, on which
manure had loon deposited ten years ; land.
very poor white -oak clay ; hauled the part
ploughed out hi a hemp and laid. all winter ;
covered coin with It by potting a shovelful
to a hill ; had big corn uore around. it, poor.
Had the same result hero in Ohio by cover.
ing eon) with Melt dirt from where a hog•
pon had been. For 0, number of years 1
have made the eorndand ready to plant,
then speoad manure all ovee end dragged
as emelt menttro in the hills tts they would
boar ; 0501111 : a large mem, miles)) the Sea -
800 WaS very.dry ; but no bad then
from manure in the hills, Lestycar plough-
ed some manure in, but afro not more than
half so good as that alongside, where manure
was dragged in ; long, strawy manure floes
fte well, Put '200 the of beet lihosphnto in
1110 hills of part of the corn ; cern ripened h
little sooner ; Mit corn alongside without
phosphate grew taller and had More eorn
1)100311 not so sotind..--bi, 1). Smith,
Von just 'Ming a couple of little quartedo
into your family and they'll like spar.
rows,
The happiest Infot9s he who, 110013 above
tho trouble whitili inimey brirgs, has hands
tho fullest of work,