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The East Huron Gazette, 1892-02-11, Page 7f ADAT. Beau le tete es. tree paradise, .nd the eacite- for awhile orbing excite - none of us re- cce, the scent ;lit sunshine, ie turning of niched eager - quiet ; there ping a seat at is but half )tion and the t the tables, r. Wells, are r, though as i' the enicide isald pounds fire sum to a eharitable .aritable may ve, yet it is an anomaly coney at the charity and which his les f the good he 200 had not ion of him, road is still he fact that an one of the his of Monte r a few mo- ot her exist - the whole t of Mariana he lost coup curious how ,t impresses r, though it '9f the place. ations of the attractions n beautiful ountry sur - re forgotten if trente-et- . ears of the wealth to oughts, de- i visitor to walls of the Day. Inga. Mm d. e nameof al conduct As every very mo - urs with- uty. We eternity ? ng in this tand as in To reach sometimes net it ; or he at over the be tinged f its lost kept re- eousstlesit mber veil through and had however, ly quick- : wisely nts of self ay is op- t way is rs ; that improve - No regret hts from rising t, in al and pre- oe might, -ht. is by lit- aily and hat affeo- confer- negleets when 'li make does it for the now the tempta- i:ea Do or be en or to -things t ander- let to- errow. tem dsing to set to Mrs. lied : mann will be rday except ii Haus I BULLARD, Ales. Clifford and her daughter, Dove, liv- ed in a flat ilea comfortable, old-fashioned house in the West End of Montreal. The fact that it was an cld house delighted Dove, the did not know why Madame, who lived below, was so ready to expatiate on the many inconveniences of an old house. Why should she know ? Here was this bright lit- tle Madame, like most French-Canadians, full of recourses and ready to. do anything for her " locataires," also Martha, Madame's little servant, who thought an honor to You go out with bronchitis, and 30 de- grees below zero,' cried Dove: "how dare you think of such a- mad-priiceedtng?' So Dove, "with -the largest i- coal box she could find on. her arm, went sturdily down- stairs to the kitehen regions A iuige iron, shovel lay close to £he outer :'kiethen=door Dove set the bucket down for. a Moment beside it. This meant a little pause to get up her courage, for the roar of the wind and the swirl of the blinding snow would have daunted a stronger heart than hers, even if braced up by a vigorous physique. Dore knew from sad experience that she; must inevitably freeze at so low11, record as 30 degrees below zero ; and 'then how be allowed to enter the fiat upstairs. No- this Ales. p Dehoelillie Cattle. We are sorry to be compelled to infer from the tenor of discussions going on ' thenewspapers that the practice of dehorn- ing` cattle is spreading in 'Canada. It is said by some that dehorning isnow so com- mon in the Western -States-that .it is the exception to see -cattle with horns.- We sincerely hope that this taken, as it is evid- ently meant, to imply :that the hornless cattle so universally. seen were not polled or hornless by nature, but have been made so he to stand is in a -storm such as by ..the saw or other implement in human thine could have been more eomfo upstairs. ar• .,It'hands, is an exaggeration. But, if otherwise Y ! s got to be done,"said Dove, grim- it is still obvious that this fact is by no ranged than this same flat in the old -fashion-- ly. 1 dare say it is not half so" bad as it means decisive of the question of humanity ed hones, looks. or morality, since it will hardly be claimed When the water froze downstairs, poor She pulled the fur cap close over her ears, that the average cowboy or cattle raiser of Madame had to thaw the pipes. Send for a tied a woolen cloud over her face to protect e Witlthkind of plumber ; no, indeed. Madame despised eyes and nose, and pulled the heavy articles man thto whoseestern jplaudgmentnsis or exachumy anee instincts men ; they were dull, slow creatures, these over her boots. There was no further ex- it would besafe torefera question of -:this men, and charged exorbitantly. There was else for a moment's pause she grasped the kind. To us it always seems that in all nothing Madame could not do far better i bolt of the door and slid it back. questions of cruelty to animals two distinct than a titan. 1 The wind tore the door so furiously from considerations should he taken into ae. Madame rose every morning at an early ;her hand that poor Dove, after an effort at count, though as a matter of fact stress is hour and noiselessly arranged the house balance found herself, bucket, -spade: and usually laid mainly or wholly upon the one, below, thus holding herself ready at any all, in a drift beside the threshold. Now it viz., the amount of pain inflicted upon the moment to attend to the affairs of her "loca- is a very easy matter to fall into a drift, animals. This is, of course, a vitally im4 taires." but it requires judgment to assist one to portant question in the present ease, The early winter of 1890 was unusually get out of it, as struggling to rise merely and, unfortunately for the easy decision ' mild. Christmas Day was positively too sends one deeper into the snow bank: But of the matter, it is one in regard to warm to be agreeable in houses heated by here the bucket stood a friend in need ; which there is a very wide differen:e stoves and furnaces. Out of doors, the Dove rose on its firm basis, and took a step of opinion. We have, for instance, bef re snow was melting in the brilliant sunshine ; onwards. Fortunately the snow was wind- us at this moment two letters which appear - the mountain lost its dazzling whiteness, driven towards the fence, and therefore not ed in the Globe of Saturday lest, both and masses of snow and ice floated about more than two feet deep on the path be -written by men claiming to know whereof across the North Sea and all went well the river. As yet there was no sign of a tween the kitchen and the shed. theyaffirm. Speaking of the consequences run t 1 b t P Y road across the St. Lawrence. " Just my luck," said Dove, apt to con• of dhorning the one �riter says : These an hour fora whole day. We were much We were then about half a mile from the The papers were full of records of the cider herself fortunate in small things ; so consequences to the unfortunate animals are beauty h Wielengen Lightship, which is thirteen deadly Grippe, which was making its waY she struggled valiantly along with iron intense agony during the operation, and p PY clear iles from Flashing. It was beautifully across the continent. Isolated cases of spade for a staffand the bucket for balance great subsequent suffering, continuing more although it was a dark night and heavy influenza had already occurred in The situation to any but the robust was one or less severely for considerable periods, decks white hound's h blowing rather heavily. It was so clear Montreal, but the doctors held out against of danger—for the bleat of the blizzard 3 frequently causmg permanent injury, and Ip decks we could see lights a long way off. calling these °`The Grippe." deadly in icy penetration ; the snow, swept occasionally resulting in death." The other Quite a quarter.of an hour before the will - Then suddenly the city was stricken b9 onwards by its wide -spreading wings, writer, a practical farmer, asserts, on the of 3,078 tons, aloe took gl ce the red light of the steamer the enemy. Doctors, clergymen, old and cuts like a knife ; and in turning contrary, that the charge of cruelty is found- which collided with us was reported on our young people were among the =victims, and, her back on it in order to take ationless. He says : As to the operation The United States ship Shenandoah of port bow. We watched it, and saw the to intensify the miseries and dangers of the breath,Dove found her garments ex itself, every precaution is taken to prevent Bath, Me., built by Messrs. Sewal & Co. of , vessel approaching, but thought she was hour, the mild weather gave place to intense extemporized into sails,which drove her injury,and onlyin rare instances does it that port, is the largest wooden vessel in ex -!going all clear of us. We kept on our cold, and a travelling blizzard capped its towards the snow -bank the fence,where exceed ten secods in duration to each ani• carry She is 3,258 tons resister, and will course,:but all at once the steamer starboard, earlier enormities by a wholesale onslaught she must have perished. by Weli it is hardly mal, and within fifteen minutes afterward carry about 5,000 tons of heavy cargo. She edpher helm, thinking, apparently, to cross on the province of Quebec. romantic to oe one's life to a bucket and theywill be feedingwithout anyappearance has0justleft San FraorCa, with This is'tor bows. that time ng was right on Dove rose that morning with limbs weight- a heavyironspade,but Dove knows well of uffering." Eviently the first ptthhing t: is centals s ot wheat, worthonco .$175,000.A t h rof We were wa sailing six or even ed with lead, head aching and eyes stream- Dove mch was ue to these humble friends be decided so far as decision in such matte: is the largest grain cargo on record. Another knots, and the steamer was going full speed. ing ; every symptom, in fact, of a bad attack during that struggle for existence between is possible,, is this question of fact. AF a wooden vessel, the. Rappahannock, also She was a very large vessel, apparently a of Grippe or influenza ; but sheer fright the kitchen and the shed -door. trial is shortly to be had in London in which built at Bath, bud is 3,053 tons register, passenger steams s she had a double row of drove all remembrance that such was the This door somewhat sunken, was choked this no doubt will be the chief issue, those cost $125,000 with00 : and 706 tons of Virginia oak, cabin lights. We supposed she was one of case away, and she really does not know if with fine snow, and frozen so that it would nterested will do well to pay special atten-together 1,200,000 feet of fine timber, the Red Star liners or German boats which the disease ran its course or not. She found not give space to a midge to enter. Dove, tionto the evidence. Meanwhile it cannot were used in her construction. The largest sail from Flushing. She was coming out her mother in agonies of pain, for "thethebe unfair,British wooden ship is the Three Brothers, from there. DirectlyI saw her green light breathless but valiant,set bucket down, we think, to observe that pretty of 2,063 tons register, built at Boston, Unit- 1 said. "There wll b; a collision.' I grippe"showed itself in an infinite variety and takingthe spade as a batterin ram, strongevidence will need to be brought for- ed of forms, and this of heart failure was enc a leet the ricket door. It gave ward to convince the. disinteFested listener States, in 1855. She"is 323 feet long, 48er could see it was inevitable, 'and within ea of the most awful. so plunged " g Y € pp nt feet broad, and . 31 feet deep. A further second or so she was right into us. We p wayat the hinges and came down with a of the opposite of what appears to be the conception maybe formed of the carr in Madame, she called, will you run clatter. Meantime the bucket had settled testimony of experience and common sense. capacity Y on g shouted to those of our crew who were in ao*n to tat once, p ocer s nd tel earn a for t e into thsnow and was frozen there ; when To conceive of the operation is enough to t thLiverpoolof such sbrought 20,000 baless when we r of before theycould shee berths. " Look out, llhad struckb t. was at length dug out, the bottom was cause most se .; d persons to shudder ; to jute from Calcutta to Dundee, and the Ra getup There was no answer ; only a harsh, metal_ so humpywith lumpsof ice that it could conceive of it as almost painless is well p it was lie cough from Madame's room, and Dova not, be induced to stnd, and the coal that impossible.—[Tile Wee ,;• - nighpahannock took 125,000 cases of petroleum AN httoAWFUL CRASH, ran down to find this rock of strength feeble from Philadelphia to Japan. and a fearful sight to witness. The steamer Dove laboriously shovelled, in tumbled out g as an infant, unable to lift her head from a manner that would have exasperated a Dairy Hints. struck us between the mainmast and fore - the pillow. saint. By this time another. calamity mast on the port side. It was a loud, fear - "And where was Martha ?" If anything can be more filthy than to put Proper Place for the Linen. ful crash like the report of a gun,only much threatened her—feet and hands were numb -P Y " Alas ! Mademoiselle, poor Martha could ed,and unless she could speedilyeta the the milk away without straining it is to use The world, or this part of it at least, is more terrible, and the pieces of iron plating not hold up her head last night. I fear she cirulation, would couldundoeie ze.p a wire strainer or a dirty rag that has not full of housekeepers who think that there is were thrown about as the bows of the steam has the " Grippe-"' What happened in the next few minutes been washed since the last time of milking. no material for sheets and pillow cases com- er ploughed through us. She eat right " Here's a situation," groaned Dove as remains ever a kind of nightmare, of work- The secret of obtaining and retaining cue- parable to linen. They don't always have through the vessel to within five or. six feet she put on her furs and went out to tele- in against impossibilities • but the ext tomers for butter, at prices, above the regu- it, to be sure, because it is expensive, but of the starboard side, the force of the blew phone to the doctor. thin gshe distinct remembers was the lar market quotations, is to make good but- they alwa} s covet it and finger the shining causing us to heel over to starboard. Our " I've been np all night," telephoned the weight of the bucket,which she had to carryter, and, make it every time. When the breadths lovingly and wonder if the time foremast and mainmast fell, with a lot of doctor, hoarsely- " and I have the Grippe g buyer tells his friend .where he gets `butter will ever come when all these things shall be the rigging, on to the steamer's decks. She myself, and ouht to be in bed. But Ip' e step. with The minutes seemed hours, and at when that is "always just so,"and the friend likes added unto them. But the truth about backed astern at once, carrying the masts try and come round in the course of the it,he will soon desire to be a regular cur- linen is that it is isn't the ideal dressing for with her. As soon as the steamer backed the outer kitchen was reached at last, Dove tomer. morning!'wasgaspingfor breath,as one half -drowned. beds at all. It is, cold and slippery and in- out we filled, and in less than two minutes Dove found the wind so high as she re- Her aws blown down and twisted intoIf the cows are not all of one breed sorne sures sensitive persons the dream of sleeping the ship had sunk. We had no chance to turned that she could hardly make way the cloud, as though a mischievous hand of the cream may require longer churning on an iceberg which does well enough for an get out the boats, and the sea was running against it. The cold, too, was of the most than the other, and nut getting rt will go off occasional experience, like seasickness, but very high when the steamer backed out. penetrating unlit exhaustingato the had tied it perversely into snarls. Her eye- in the buttermilk, giving no profit. It is a She showed three red lights, signifyingthat p g q y 5 lids were frozen,so that she had to wait un- which palls on too frequent repetition. Be- 8 Be - vitality. til the water thawed and rolled awaylike a good idea to test the cream of each cow by rt- sides that, it wrinkles and tumbles in spite she was disabled. Our vessel settled on the " I know it's down to zero " said Dove. reit at various times, to see whether there are of its heavier body, much more than cotton ground, the water being somewhat shallow tear before she could bolt the door again, anyamongthem whose cream does not come 3' Oh how I hate zero ! Perhaps, however, and rid herself of the heavy.arches. = does, giving a bed after one night's use, a there. The water closed over the ship, al - we shall feel nothingof it in our cosy flat." to butter when the rest does, and if there most slovenly and uninviting appearance. though it was low tide. All that stood After -this came another season otstrug- are weed them out. The farmer cannot af- Thus encouraged, she struggled along, le between three flights of stairs and the Nobody recommends linen for body wear. abovehwaterway partid the mizzenmast and knee-deep in the snow, and was stranded gle, g ford to feed cream to the hogs. weight of the bucket in unaccustomed arms. George Hoard of Wisconsin who is a good Its firm texture and hard surface makes it the cud of the bowsprit. Nine of us who by the wind in a drift at the foot of the " I've done it," at last said Dove to her- g g wholly non-absorbent ; it allows the body to were on the after -part of the ship climbed steps ; but Dove was nothing if not active self,as she sat on the topstair,lookingauthority in dairy matters, places the value become chilled by refusing the perspiration. into the mizzen rigging. Of the Fifteen men so she clambered u the glittering mass i of feed for Milch cows as follows, wheat -bran and so has been known to bring on serious who were drowned we believe that twelve p g g lovingly at the well -filed box beside her. 15, pea mea122, linseed meal2l, cotto'i•seed illness For outside wear in summer, linen diem went down in the ship. They could and slid down to the porch door. Then she went back to her invalid. inthe waviest and., presumably, the oldest types, of wera.given in Gray's Manual of Botany, as clematis and. anemone, the :pre- vailing colors are white and purple. The rainbow, and the prism reveal the many - colored rays of a beam of white light; the colorless tissue of the petal gathers up these PILOT'S STIERIPC STORY, - 1 Iain Down b7 A %teatser. A disastrous collision occurred on Satur- ay night off the Wielingen Lightship, thir- teen miles from Flushing, when the barque scattered rays of the sun and forms them Childwell, of Liverpool, 1286 tons register, again, not into as intangible sunbeam, but was sunk and fifteen hands were drowned. into a material substance, shining with the The t;hildwell was .on a passage from Igni- original white from which the sun calls que to Antwerp, and when off the lightship them forth, rehabilitated in all their pits- � � into a steamer unknown, outward uratic splendor. bound. The barque was struck amidships and cut into pieces, the mainmast and fore - The Largest Ship Afloat. maat knocked overboard, the mizzenmast alone being left standing. The vessel im- - The French five -master France is the mediately sank, and a portion of the crew largest:, sailing ship afloat. She was launch- at that part of the vessel took to the mast- ed in September, 1890, at Penick, and her head. Their comrades in the other part of dimensions are as follows : Length 361 feet, the ship gave a cry for help, but went un- dimensions 49 feet, et,is 3epth 26 h with feet. -H area of r net der and were drowned. Fortunately another registertonnage, 49,000 square feet : and not long since she carried an enormous cargo of 5,900 tons of coal on her maiden passage from Barry to Rio de Janeiro, without mishap, after thirty- two days' sail, or within one day of the fast- est passage on record. She is square rigged dlr four masts, but carries fore-and-aft canvas on the fifth- mast. Her masts are only 160 feet high ; nevertheless, she looks heavily sparred. This leviathan is fitted with a cellular double bottom, and can carry 2,000 tons of water ballast, thus reducing the expense of ballasting to a minimum. The largest British ship is the' Liverpool, of 3,33(1 tons, built of iron on the Clyde. She is 333 feet long, 48 feet broad, and 28 feet deep. Her four masts are each square rigged, but she is far from clumsy aloft, is steamer carne towards the sinking vessel, and she proved to be the Great Eastern Company's Continental steamer Ipswich, Captain Robinson, with passengers from Antwerp to Parkeston. Captain Robinson at once launched a lifeboat, which was manned by the chief mate, the second mate and two seamen and a fireman. They sue- ceeded in rescuing Captain Richardson, first mate Fellows, second mateGrimleytwo apprentices, and able seaman Richardson Laming, the pilot, gave the following grap-, hic narrative of his terrible experience. He said :—" I was shipped on Tuesday last on board the Childwell by some Dover boat- men. When we left the Downs the wind was blowing northwest by west, but we made A FINE PASSAGE easily -handled, and hasfourteenknotsuntil about seven P. M. of the same day. impressed by her exceptional size, but for she compares unfavorablywith such a shipas the Thermo 1n, or a large wooden - built ship of America, having bright, lofty spars andec s as w a s as a oun s tooth. Iron do not- lend themselves readily to adornmnet. Next in size is the Palgrave Presently the doctor arrived. He was It was an awful night; the blizzard in- meal 27. At present prices cotton -seed meal Imay be tolorated as clothing, but nowhere hardly have had time to get up from below. very cross ; very tired ; and his opinion was creased in fury, and bygseven o'clock in the centris much the cheapest; but it is so highly con- else. Three poor fellows were out on the end of not cheerful of either invalid. He said he the bucket was again empty. Ex- One q ted that it must be fed with great care.- Where, however, it at its most useful the bowsprit. We heard their cries for nelp, morningp Y One quartet* cotton seed with two quarts of and best is in household uses. For table but we could not get at them or offer any had about 200 patients waiting for him ; and hausted by the night's watching, Dove eon - now here was the blizzard to make things service, for the toilet and for minor ornamen assistance. It was an awful thing to be so worse; for it is an enemy that cannot -be tal details, it is simply invaluable—its near them and unable to help them. They kept out by brick and stone; it comes in a smoothness of texture, its brilliancy, which appeared to hold on to the bowsprit until like an icy ghost through the walls, and cir- g t h T ly h laundering ever increases its exquisite the water rose and reached them, about t.wo ettlates round and round the rooms until it freshness inakes it the one fabric fit to drape hours after the vessel sank, and then were appears as though one stood out tSfdoors I the dining table, and to use in the toilet, washed off and drowned. kindest b world, quickly white its suitability for needle work decor -THE NIGHT WAS BITTERLY COLD, wind. waa pelting the snow like hard sandI anon makes it admirable for all kinds of and we felt the effects of the exposure very Y g bran or one middlings is better for milk or butter than four quarts of bran. In verycold weather it often takesa long i ne to churn the cream. o. remedy this, put in hot water enough to bring the tem- perature to .62 ° or 64 0. It `' drives the witches away " just as as ever did the red-hot horseshoe that was sometimes tried two centuries ago. Straw in Inc Barnyard. templated another visit to the shed with horror; she feared that she could never get through the twelve hours' accumulation of snow. What was to be done? Again she opened the pane and looked into the street. If only the milkman would appear! he was, one of the in est men in, t e wor , and would do anything to serve her. But it would be hours before the milkman could - break the track and come in over the coun- try roads. Nor couldDove go into the street; the snow had drifted half -way up the house door. It was a regular blockade. "May God give me strength," prayed Dove fervently, as she took the bucket in her hand and began to roll herself up M furs and wraps. At that very moment came a sound of stamping outside. Then a kind of earth- quake shook the hotwe; this was caused by the wrenching open of the outside door, frozen in the intense cold. Then the door belt rang. Dove had flown downstairs at the first sound, and now precipitated herself into the arms of thee rosy, fur -clothed monster who stood shaking the dry snow pellets from his clothes. " Jack ! oh, Jack ! whatever made you come so early?" " Oh, I've been all night in the train ; it's stuck fast a mile or two away. We were all so hungry that we ate up everything." " Bat how'did you get here ?" " I chartered an old inhabitant to bring me. I haven't been home yet. ` I've been bothered all night thinking perhaps Ma- dame and Marthawould get the grippe, and you might be left without coal in this -bliz- zard. This was the second time that Dove had unconsciously brought 'this brother to her cid at a crisis. The first time be broke his journey and travelled a hundred miles be- cause he was awakened during the night by her voice calling him, his arrival home be- ing as opportune'as on this second occasion. But psychology- apart, now ,see .the cheer; this rosy cheeked,. healthy Hercules has brought to the flat. What a rattling and banging of stoves l How he sends the ashes flying all over the damty rooms in his zeal 1 Hew he carries coal, too, until he's black as aeoalheaver, and has to perform an elabor- ate toilet before he is presentable again ! "I say, Dove, that box is too heavy to carry up three flights when it is full," he remarked, as he lifted it into place by the 'The Nizalnof Bydt� lame Ilk Agaatat a DeaLar Ms Highness Now has Neither the Dia-,- mond ia mond nor the $00.090 He Deposited—His SnbJects Shocked by His Appearance is a Lawanit—Mr. Jacob's Triumph, • The million -dollar diamond case of the Nizam of Hyderabad was decided in India' about three weeks ago. The case has-been the talk of India, and, to a lesser extent, of England. It was decided against the Riad am: Thik distinguished potentate was beat-' en in the courts by a humble though famous dealer in gems or brie -brae named Jacob, , who is said to be the very person whom Mr. Marion Crawford immortalized under the name of Mr. Isaacs. The Nizam is one of greatest of all the Indian potentates. His - large territory, nearly two-thirds the size of Bengal, lies between the Madras and the Bengal Presidencies. He is noted for his friendliness toward the Empress of India - and her Government, for the magnifience of his jewelry, and for the lavish hospitality with which he entertains distinguished guests. Nizam was one of Mr. Jacob's best cus- tomers. Jacob is welcomed at every Indian court, for he has a high reputation as a deal- er in the costliest of jewels, and as a shrewd and indefatigable bric-a-brac anter. The rich native princes have bell among his best customers. - Every year he has visited Hyderabad, where he was lodged and fed in oLe of the Nizam's palaces. Duringthe trial Jacob's counsel ndertook to sathat the gem merchant was on very friendly terms with the Nizam. His Highness, however, repudiated this assertion, and drew an em- phatic distinction between lodginga travel- ler and entertaining a guest. The Nizam said their relations were purely commercial, and anything like friendship between them was wholly out of the question. One day, when the Nizam was in particu- larly good humor, Mr. Jacob happened to remark that he cauld procure for him one of the biggest and finest diamonds in the world for forty-six lakhs of rupees; Perhaps this does not convey to all readers an idea of a very great sam of money. The fact is, how- ever, that forty-six 'albs of rupees are something over $1,000,1100. The gem Mr. Jacob had in view would notbring anything like that sum in the open market, but great Indian potentates, with millions of tax- payers in their domain=, may be expected to indulge some rather extravagant whims, and his Highness told the dealer in gems that if he would bring the expensive bauble to him he would pay forty-six lakhs of rupees for it if it met his approval, but that the gem was to be returned if it did not please him. Mr. Jacob seemed to agree to these terms at the same time he said he could not get the stone from England unless half of the specified purchase price was deposited in a bank in Calcutta. The Nizam thought this stipulation woe reasonable, and upward of $500,000 was accordingly placed in the Calcutta bank, subject to the order of Mr. Jacob. As soon as the owners of the gem received notice that the money had been deposited in Calcutta they forwarded the gem to India, where it was duly handed over to Mr. Jacob, who set out in great haste for Hyderabad, expecting that he was about to make a sale which would put a small fortune into his own - pocket. In this hope he was disappointed. The Nizam had changed his mind. He had seen a model of the diamond and it did 'not come up to his expectations. He had also been informed that the sum asked for it was absurdly in excess of its real value. Anoth- er important personage had, moreover, ap- peared on the scene. This was Sir Denis Fitzpatrick, the British Resident. He in - termed his Highness very frankly that in view of the fact that as the finances of Hyderabad were nut in a flourishing condi- tion, and that there was a prospect of a fam- ine in the northern part of the State, it was a very bad time for the great ruler to put i much money into a wholly unproductive • investment. His Highness said " No" with much emphasis to Mr. Jacob. The dealer used all his blandishments to induce the Nizam to change his mind, but in vain. The sale was off. Then Mr. Jacob began to talk of compen- sation for the expense Le had incurred and the trouble he had taken. He said he was entitled to at least $10,000. This claim was not disputed, but the Nizam delicately hint- ed that before the claim was paid the twenty- three lakhs of rupees, which had been de- posited in the Calcutta Bank, should be re- turned. Mr. Jacob did not show any ala- crity about complying with this important part of the operation. In fact, the money was not forthcoming at all, and his Highness brought a criminal suit against the dealer to recover it. This proceeding was unsuccess- ful, and Mr. Jacob, up to this writing, not only has the Nizam's $50,000, but has else triumphed over him in the courts. The telegraphic reports do not speak de. finitely of the grounds of the acquittal. All that is yet known is that the accused disclaim- ed all dishonest intentions and declared that he had paid to the owner of the stone nearly the whole of the amount. It remains to be seen whether the Nizam has sny prospect of recovering his money by any other proce- dure. The court suggested, in its decision, that a civil suit might lie against Mr. Jacobs for the recovery of the money. One curious feature o: the affair is the at- titude of the Nizam's subjects. When it became known throughout Hyderabad that his Highness intended to give -testimony before a Commission appointed for that pur- pose the people were highly indignant. They said it would be a humiliation and a dis- grace to the country for its ruler to condes- cend to give testimony like an ordinary mortal. Thereupon his Highness felt it his duty to issuea proclamation, in which he set forth his ground of action. He said that in early days the word of the Nizam was law and superseded the die• tum of any other tribunal. But in these good civilized times, he continued, this idea had been righteously swept away. In the course of India's progress law courts had been established. These courts were the fount of justice from which the rich and poor, rulers and -subject, might alike ex- pect to see just claims affirmed and 'Wrongs punished. It was right and proper for the ruler to appeal to these courts when he had occasion, and to furnish all the light he could that would expedite the course of justice. His people were wrong in believ- ing teat it was any derogation of his dig- nity to give testimony in a law case. Although his Highness has been defeated in the court to which he appealed, he still retains his very high opinion of legal tribun ale. and stoves and furnaces gave no heat. The against the windows, through which it sift- fancy work And here it is rightfully used much. ed, though the outer panes were sealed to keep out draughts. d h - At the beginning of winter a thick layer of straw or .other material should be spread over the barnyard. If theyard is too large toevarrant this, it is too large for profit. Without receptacle to retain it, most of the liquid excrement of domestic anneals is wasted. This means the loss of the por- tion of excrement that is richest in ammon- ia, and, therefore, most stimulating to plant growth. Fresh urine is often so caustic that it burns vegetation to which it is ap- plied, but it loses this injurious effect when fermented. 11 the barnyard is small, as ought to be, then successive layers of bt ding may be thrown down, the stock esti what it wishes. If grain is given ,c.t straw and other coarse feed will b eats-,, thus taking the place of good hay and mak- ing richer manure. Before ' spring this ate cumulation of bedding with liquid and solid excrement mixed should be piled in heaps to ferment. It is a good plan to add a small quantity of phosphate well distributed, through the heap. Stable manure is geom.ally deficient in phosphate, espe�,:taily .a largely mixed with straw. If the two are applied separately, neither does the good it should, though after the stable manure ie distributed the grain crops should have an additional dose of phosphate,as with the drill it can be distributed in contact with the seed so as to do the most good when the plant be- gins to start. But the phosphate mixed with manure is the most certain to do good later in the season, as it does not revert or become insoluble. Y but to wear next the skin and sleep in—no. The mate cut awn some of the halyards, and we lashed ourselvesWeremain- all to - nether round the mizzenmast. ..(2114MINOT• 00w, 'ed there four hours. It is not true that " It's a regular blizzard," said the doctor. What the World is DOillg. 1 the eolliding steamer did not attempt to "The thermometer has been falling all night A scheme for taking vessels of twenty- assist us. She stood by us for about an It ie ten below zero now. You must cover feet draught through the Canadian canels hour. They lowered two boats, but they the windows with blankets to keep out the by means of steel poutons placed under could not reach us. It was very rough, and iold air. Keep up the temperature to 60 them is being urged upon the Canadian there was a very broken sea eaused by the degrees day and night." Government. The expense of this system tide running out. It must have been heart - The doctor ran down stairs, darted into would be about $500,000, while to deepen Ins two hundred cases of Grippe, hardly a.ble millions of dollars. rending to the poor fellows who were hang- i his sleigh and drove up to some other one of the canals sufficiently would cost many ing on to the bowsprit to see the boats put back to the steamer and leave them to to held up his head for pain. Electricity is naw being used in mining, Dove went to work with blankets, step- for ventilating, pnmping, lighting, signale to reach us, but I think the mrn on the perish. It might have been very difficult , ladder, hammer and nails, keeping anxious ing, sub -surface hauling, hoisting, surface transportion, undercutting, separating, and we saw the steamer steam away we had bowsprit might have been picked off. When watch over the open stove where a huge fire blazed cheerily, burning in clear red glow, cleaning. weather. To her discomfit, use she found the very little hope of being saved, for we knew as coal always does during a spell of zero thermometer very obstinate in clinging to the fifties, and she ran down stairs to turn on the hall stcve "full drive." Then she closed all the doors except those belonging to the two invalids, and passed the day in incessant work for one or other. The after- noon was drawing to a close before she real- ized her very serious position. Not a soul had come to the house since the doctor left in the morning. She went into her room, opened the Yen • tilating pane, and for a second looked into the street. There were no sleighs no cars; in fact not a human being was to' be seen. The street was simply a snow -drift. and it would be an utter impossibility for Dove to get as far as the end of the block to tele- phone for help. The last of the coal was now needed for the fire, and there was no one to get any more. Dove understood now why Madame abusedwn old-fashioned housei the -coal had to be Ireptin a shed some twenty feet from the kitchen door. She ran downitairs to look at the self-feeding stove! that at any rate, was good for another twelve hours; but the supply' upstairs Was ntterly ex- hausted. The registering thermometer by this time indicated thirty below zero Fahr. -1. e., 58 degrees below freezing point—a degree of The growth of trade at Puerto, Columbia, that in a few hours time the water would hi South America, has necessitated the con- rise and cover us. Our hearts beat with struction of a pier 4,000 feet long at that joy when we saw the lights of a steamer port. It will be built of iron and steel and approaching between half -past ten and will accommodate ten vessels at one time. weven o'clock. The Flushing pilot recog Sonora-, Mexico, show that the coal deposits nized her to be one of the Harwich boats, Recent explorations in the district of in the San Marcia' Valley will amount to which proved to be true, as she turned out fully 60,000,000,000 tons, and it Is of excel- to be the Ipswich. We all shouted togeth- lent quality, joy we were heard, for tbe steamer came er at the top of our voices, and to our great The Antarctic expedition which was to within speaking distance, so that her lights have beer out next year seems about to be a shone on us, awl the captain shouted ' Hold failure owing to the lack of the appropria- 6n ; I will lower iny bread The steamer's tion from the Australian authorities. lifeboat was lowered, as we aft erwards I learned, in charge of the chief mate and A new industry has been started in Cali- rowed towards us. We were all very grate- fornia which consists of making sugar from fel for the kindness we received on the the sap of the sugar pine tree. The sugar is Ipswich. I shall never forget the experi- said to be exceptionally fine. ' ence of that night. None of us expected to be used for coach poles and for other pur- noses where ash is now employed. A Mexican Duel. Over 300,000 orange trtes, were planted A desperate duel took place at Corboda in Mexico last year by planters from Cali- i e • on Satur ay in tue presence of a great cro red. The encounter was between Auto - The people of this country spent more than $14,000,000 last year upon flowers. nio Gomez, eon of the proprietor of the Plaza, in which the bull fights take place, and a rival whose name is nnknown. A Dalziel'stelegram says that the men met in front of the cathedral, and drawing their knives fought for some time. Gomez was stabbed to the heart. His opponent was fearfully cut, and after lingering several days, died from the effects of his wounds. than others. ' rnseets probably have aided election costs wore than a revival of reit- in "fixing" and determining color to some gion ; you can sleep iu church every Sabbath extentin certain families, bat before they morning for nothing, but a nap in aPullman The progress of death was uniquely re - could be estalalished they must have appear- car CalitS yeti $2 every time ; the circus ported by the dying Dr. Richet to his son, ed ; and if the quality of sunlight and the takes fifty cents, the thesder $1, but the a professor of physiology, and hispliysician. texture of :the tissue of petals was the same missionary box is grateful for a penny • the As his end approached he carefully describ- in` premature times as now, and there is no race horse scoops in ,$2,000 the first day, ed to them every perceptible sensation. At reason th doubt it,theinin all probabilitY, as while the church bazar lasts a week, works the moment when they observed- unmista.k- moment an' I shall go.- A little -patience- Do soon as petals weri formed however remote tweety-llve er that)" of the best women in able signs of immeeadyimatge,?te,syoluoutiosne,ehie sail- , _ 4 ea made-asudden felendilY assault upon hthat time may have been, all colors, inelud- America nearly to death, and comes oat $40 prised them bY knademeasna 1 _ in.i under winch, mau-hke, h.* went down. mg blue or purple, began to -appear. Indeed in_ debt. —[R. .1". Bardette. cold which only the robust dare -go duteintn stove. - and combat without exhaustion. The- ther- " knolv," said.Dove meekl3r. "I did it " You did How ever did you. get to the shed in the blizzard ?" "I don't itnow. It was horrid, and I Horrid I -wonder you are aliye en een: sto - -That comes of livIngane an ow mometer in the sick roomwas, notwithstand- ing all Dove's pains, still in the fifties, and te permit the fire to go down would _mean certain death to the invalid. " Mademoieellee avheee are you going ?" cried Madame as Dove passed her door. going out to the shed." ifishioned'house, wi!h ne man to looknefter " Bat Mademoiselle shall not. go "nried thine- I teild—. ed his ge the kind little woman. " Only -wait' alittle But he never finish awl noes or colors or 'Flowers. A writer for _Garden and Forest reache the conclusion that the primary color o flowers, next to green, is white, which con- tains and is the baiinot all other colors. He says " There is no regular order Of pro- gression in colors, as for instance, that red follows, yellow, or that blue follows red or was produced at a much later date. as it has beet' demonstrated thab the principal colors. Yellotv, red, arid blue are depriyed directly fronii Whitei mid therefore of equal rank;. although -wine aretinore prevalent The Best Things. Remember, my boy, the good things in the world are always cheapest. Spring water costs less than whiskey ; a box of cigars will buy two or three Bibles ; a State j dying - The garden gate, the poet wrote, Here from my room I used to view it, Bat 'Us too late now to devote A soul -inspiring stanza to it The garden gate—yes, 'tis too late For timelY verses—no, by thunder It ain't, I have it—sure as fate— The garden gate is now snored ,,vder.