The East Huron Gazette, 1892-12-01, Page 6ROUSEHOLD.
frP.Inedantes ef'SynitatIlatie;Relatioun with
eta -Children:
It was the seer Goleridge who wrote, with
his nenahlietunPnhOeptdoo of teethe-
" A mother is a.mother
The holiest thing in rife.' •
Even she most abject mother must, he would
gay, ever he to her child the viene:OS of voe-
menae Yset this fact does not isfake;it a whit
fess iv:tenant: thatwe should 'inie all our
efforts taraake oudaelees worthy:of the ?emit
that actifid can give us—its confidence as
its trusted adviser. --
How, then, shall we prepare ourselves to
occupy a position so exalted? To some o.
as, perhaps this question is net yet a seriou
and importent one, for it is not forced upon
us while oor children are very_ yoong, as it
is at Leiter neriodi Then.we wake up
suddenly, as from a dream, and find them
formitig their opinions of the world- 'around
them, and settling themselves into ways of
action- without assistance from Us. Perhaps
we feel that the cord which bound them to
as hash-een broken, and that it remains for
them to drift farther and farther from us.
We feel our helplessness, at least, and
the thought thrusts itself upon us that,
while we have been caring for their- biddies
and minds, we may latave neglected the far
greater need of their souls. It seertiestO me
that we cannot begin too early to establish
confide-tiro:egad sympathy between,onrselees
and mar jchildren. Are we not apt to feel,
when vis have attended to their daily re-
curring wants,—have seen them properly
fed and_tvell clothed, and have done every
thine that we think necessary for a sound
physeal and mental development,—that
our duty i3 done? , Perhaps we have added
to this a watchful care of their morals and
manuere, have endeavonred to check all
evil *tendencies and Wabits, and to ina-ke
their outward deportment correct.
Is this our whole duty? Have we not
overlooked the very important needs of
their souls nheirhigheribeing ? They crave
sympathy, long for some one in whom they
may confide; and do we not sometimes
fail to respond to these outgoings of
their hearts, and thereby discourage
them from l:onling to us with the
pleasnres and troubles of every -day life?
If we de, it is not strange that, they seek
others to whom they can sometimes open
their harts; and who can assure us that
they will not throw themselves into the
toils of those who may prove wholly unable
and unfit to offer them that which it is our
privi:ege to give—persons whose pernicious
influe.sce will he felt throughout their lives?
Children hive -many questions to ask
about this world into which they have been
brought, and about their own being, which
can he judiciously answered only by their
mothers; and, if we encourage them to
corne to us with these, we may save them
front usany wrong habits of thought and of
life. Do we sufficiently realize the tempta-
tions and perplexities which surround their
young lives? If we do, can we ever think
e the time wasted that we take froin our en-
grossing occupations to listen to all that
they have to tell us? Do they not have far
1 greater strength in' resisting temptation
when they are perfectly sure of our con-
stant, loving sympathy ? I have heard more
thaeone young girl say, "1 could never
speak of such and such things to my moth-
er." 'dould this ever have been said if the
mother had begun aright? Who else in the
wide world has so strong a claim upon the
child's confidence at first? Who is so well
fitted to give counsel and sympathy?
Let tis now consider what are the best
methods of securing this confidence and
establishing this sympathy. Tact seems to
me to lie at the foundation of all efforts to
this end. The word conveys the idea of
gentle, skillful touch, of knowing how to
handle delicate inaterials in the most judi-
cious manner. Perhaps some of us may
think she has no tact; but may it not be
cultivated? We- cannot easily learn to
read with our fiegers while we have eyes to
see: but when light is taken from onr
natural organs of sight, how quickly does
necessity enable us to conqaer the difficul-
ties of the strange and marvelous page that
to be read must be touched.
I think that if we feel the importance of
a sympathetic relation with our children,
of having good understanding with them,
more perfect than any other man or woman
can ever e3tahltsh, we shall surely find
many ways inwhich it can be cultivated..
Some children offer more difficulties in this h
atteinpt than others; but only gives
greater scope for theexercise of tact.
In my own experience, I have found the
"children's hour," just before bedtime, the
most favarable for quiet confidence. It is
the time of which Longfellow sings, —
"Be ween the dark anti the daylight,
When thc night is bag.nning to lower,
Moine,: paam ln the day's occupation
That is knewn asethe Cbildreeseditenr."
Children are alWayageadyi todgities their
hearts to their. mothers; and though this
hour is the -one when we aremthe moat
weary, Snit impatient for the mhiot that
will be ours when they are allin the arms
of Morpheus. I am sure we can deverregret
the moments that we give up for this holy
purpose; for it may be that the lessons
taught will linger longest in the memory
and beintosthelpfallayetanstoteettnent
For the Table..
GRAHAM GRAVY TOAST. --4M-Oialen slices of
well-prer a diravOebadkeshgittlydwith salted
hoilingwatereindiervativitha dressing made
by tbickeningtine pint of Milk with one and
one half tableepoosgaileatifOrabarii flour.
Veogreeer-dPided,Scine."-Lidoiild a pint of
split pees slowly until thoroughly disinte-
grated. When the peas are nearly done,
put to cookiag one and one half pintasun
sliced potato and one medium-sized .dinfon
sliced t•hin. When done, rub all through a
colandere addhoilitig waterte Make whale
consistency of thin cream, season with salt
if desired, and serve.
Gam Mifsei 131MID.-7I'repaiVa mush by
cooking one thireOraintip-ef-Graliariat
in two caps of boiling water for three hours.
To one cup of this mush, widlegtille hots,
add one quart of milk or water. Let it cool
till lukewarm, then add one fourth of a
cake oreynlp •reereed-yeaeg: ditto/Vett in a
tatblespoWal of -Warm water, apiregough
white flOtith-d-blitiake a battefdeild set
to rise. When well risen add Graham and
white flour in the propertion of stwo thirds
Graham to one third :White,Tidliffieleitt •• to
knead. Let,tios wheleerine nem in a mass,
kneacinagain, ithapedinfo roe -ad ple
in hacking tins. iteyarisse again and
bake. . -
Los= ltisear.---Take equal quantities of
mashed brown lentils and cold Graham. gem
crumbs, tni*ewee.. ogetheksegaltiefe§ 'ease
and heat in a stewm the bottom of whiel;
is covered with honing water. Thin cream
may be need instead of the water if pre-
ferred. eases ose
e es a
,
if they are soiled, and them oy -combining- -
the best of two or more of them in the same i
at r the cat inethe pretty -tea
germe , wear ,
gowns they are sere hid mare, says tlineSun
The Watt -au plat, Which alimitan in
dispensable feature of these gowns, is not al
ways or even generally made of the sam
material as the Omaha eney be-nf
shawl, Gt ,breacittla,,:d embroidered - 0
crepe dispoiled from an idel- ball gown
its useininess. Evea lace flounces can b
arranged witheat cutting them to give th
effect to Watteau trains. ,• •
°node& the prettiest' of theie luxuriou
little gowns was made of the'remnents ole
old China, Silk, with pale green groun
sprayed with pink blosSomsm Phe whit
lace which had done duty on tvie pre don
gowns, having been cleaned and mended
was arranged as a deep collar across th
back ofhthe gown, which narrowing at th
waist line, fen in a cocaine all the wa
down the frame .Another flout:we-of lae
formed a doable cascade down _the back
from beneath which esca,peel a trailing ful
ness of pink crepe fornaing aLso the front o
the gown which was belted with broad black
velvet.
Very elegant and by no means costly te
gowns can be made of the light summer ma
terials and silks purchased at the sales, fo
fabric too bright and too much out of dat
for general wear make up effectively
ai these acconithodating little dresses in
which the union of three or mere, fabric
lends charm to their ',levee failiagettractive
nese, and evert ate brocades_andtexedOs de
signed for household decoration may be em
ployed with perfect confidence in a pleasing
result to wearer and observer alike.
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'Useful Hints.
Table oilcloth, taeked back of the stove,
if pans or cooking utensils are hung up,
and of tables where mixing or dishwashing
is done, saves the wall and -May -be cleaned
easily, and lasts a long time.
An Enalish exchange says: "Grass stains
upea children's clothing mayhe renneermdb,
the application of molasses?' as thang4t
were soap, and presently washing as usual ;
the fabric will suffer no injury."
An excellent use for oyster shells is to
clean the fire -brick of the stove. Lay a
number Of them on top of the hot coals,
and when the fire burns down, it will be
found that all the clinkers have scaled off
the bricks.
To polish tortoise.shell ornaments, rub
with pulverized charcoal and water, using a
clean flannel cloth ; nextmoisten with vine-
gar and rub with whiting wet with water,
or powdered rotten -stone may be substitut-
ed for the whiting.
TO remove the shiny look from black
coat collars,elbows, seams,- where, the
nap of the cloth is not wornoff entirely,
ammonia water ie" excellent ; -brit if the
whole coat neede a thoroughly gob(' cleans-
ing, use strong bla,ck coffee, to which has
beea added a few drops of ammonia and
sponge with a piece of black woolen cloth,
An exchange says that e chloroform will
:Ake out grease spots ; so will salt dissolved
in alcohol. Or you can wet the place with
ammonia water ; then lay white, soft paper
over it and iron with. a hot iron.. Or rub
French chalk on the wrong side, 1 -et it re-
main a clay, split a visiting card, lay the
rough side on the spot, and pass a warm
iron lightly over it. Or try the old-fas-
hioned "grease balls," a stiff paste made of
fuller's earth, saleratus, and strong vinegar
molded into balls and dried. Wet the spot,
scrape the ball over it, let it dry, and then
wash it off with tepid water.
A eorrespondent gives the following. in-
teresting and -most important, hit, ,of infor-
mation concerning: the care ,of: a sewing
machine :—" Take out the id -eve -that holds
the foot-plate, remove it, and you will he
surprised at the amount of lint accumulated
there. Clean the little groove § with a pen-
knife, and under the whole ef the plate:
(The needle must be teken out before tled
work is begun.) You will often find this is
the only cause for the -machine's running
hard orninteerrying the etvork, and it is a
little secret that the agerits will not tell you.
I have just cleaned mine in this way, and it
runs like a new, machine."
The folloeding isa geidaidinixterertoliavP
in the house : "Aqua itminenie, two otincee ;
soft water, one quart;saltpeter, one tea
spoonful; shaving steep, one ounce. -Scrape
the soap fine before mixing the other ingre-
dients, and allow it to stand a few hours
efore using. It is sure death to bedbugs
if applied to, the crevice_e itlaega
abit ; it will drerrioVedpaint-that iendixtd
with oil without injuring the finest fabrics,
and will remove grease frenn carpets by
covering the spots with the mixture, and
after sponging and rubbing it thoroughly,
washing it off with clear cold water."
1-7 Sofljth Dreises•
. The best and wisest thing to do with the
deliteets silk and wool summer gowns that
have done- faithful duty for afternoon and
evening wear is to rip them carefully, send
*4 Weil the cleaner. the goods as well
A CARIBBEAN CYCLONE.
neousaneis Ortadocoattat Trees Torn from
die Drotrual and it mild Inv wreened.
Following are some particulars of the dam-
age done by the cyclone which passed over
Old Providence and San Andreas in the Car-
ibbean sea. The cyclone began about
2 o'clock on the morning of October 8 at
San Andreas. The wind began first with a
strong gale from the north-east. The vel-
ocity -of the wind increased rapidly -until
every thing ebout the island began to shake
from the force-- In about two hours --after
the beginnsn'd int the gale the wind midden'.
ily shifted to the:westward end the coelcke
was elariesisa The islartits-1WmOstly.`de-
votedtodhe Oltivation of coeoainits, and
t'racre alteedag- re of these trees:•were'rtwiited
from thegroundand carried off'. 'Many of
•-the little frail -re 'houses charatteristid °falai
part of the world were lifted from their
foundations and carried a hundred feet by
theewinels
-s--AiaSieseeAndirees the cocoanut crops of
about 50 plantatione vvere almost entirely
rehied,reibile Others were -badly -damaged.
ne eOld,Previdence the cyclone worked
with even tnore destructiveness than at San
-Andreas. The island has apupplation of
abontd1,500 Persona 'The- plant -ire houses
are elevated from the ground on piles, leav-
ing ta apace:gat-bout three feet. The wind
played havoc With these little buildings, and
nearly every house on the island was either
completely wrecked Oldjeadrerdernagedne •
On the east side_ of the /island a :elm*
eiiiied by Ihg-IL-plisiand- and
other on the north, owned by the same de-
nominationrdisappeered..The roofs of these
were lifted offIike So Mitch paper and the
rest of the buildings collapsed. A 60 -ton
'schooner tiantedthe Artieernownetrhf Fred-
erick ,Robinson, of Old- Providence, was
lying at anchonoff Old Providence when
the cyclone began. It wan blown across the
roofs leading from the Island and 6ddlied
out to sea and has never been beer& •Oefon,n_
There was no one aboard at the time.
Although the cyclone lasted for over 14
hours, no one so far as known was killed.
It will falta a long time to' rehaild the
YgrOkffid houses on the wad.- The dame,
to the eoeoluint trees wili ishoiren the crop.
ea.
Pat I'd -die first, before - I had
sieh a monumint as thatoverme."- Mike
" Oa, Pat, the other mon had the same idea
-asyour
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etiwieirgesee4eireariers
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A story orsea :me Desert.
The British India Steam Navigation Coln
pany's SS. "Simla," which has arrived in
Bombay from the -Persian Gulf, brought two
aleni named Desfully Lavy and Thelocour
Levy, whose adventures and misfortune
durieg the months of June and July last i
would be diffic_ult to find beaten in fiction.
The two awn, Who are brothers, belong
-Port Victairia,Whe capital of the island of
,Mabe, one of the group kunaset as the Sy
chelies Islands. They haddseen engageffin
carrythg prodime frotn oaeisla' anothe
in the t,''Veni.dit," n amesailing crafti
about tweatey-fiaretons burtheira This vessel;
which was possessed of but one sail, was
worked by a crew of six, and in addition to
the two men whose names are given above,
they had on board, on the 25th June, St.
Atribur Levy, their uncle ; Rosier Lespoir
aid Julius Lespoir, father and son; and
another man named Adolphe. These six
persons set sail from Port Victoria in the
" Venus," on a short voyage round the
islande, having on board a cargo of eggs, and
_provisions for a four days' trip. However,
shortly after leaving, they encountered bad
weather, which prevented them again mak-
ing for land, and font- days after leaving
port the sail was carried away by the
FORCE OF THE STORM. •
By this time the little craft had been blown
'yfidn out into the open sea, and those on
board were soon aroused to the perils of
position by the fact that they were drifting
out of the track of vessels, and by the knowl-
edge that their provisions only consisted of
some 18 pounds of rice and about 20 gallons
of water, the latter contained in a cask.
With the hope of being picked up by a pansa
ing vessel growing more and more faint
every moment, and with the knowledge thee
no rescue party from shore tmila then 64 -ii
them, the men divided the 'rice into sniall
allowances, and decided that each mans
'Share of the fresh water should be about
ual to a couple of wineglasses daily. Hav-
ing made this disposition of their small
stock of eatables and drinkables, the six
men taking it in turns to keep a look -out
and to endeavor to keep the craft's head to
the sea, settled themselves down to the in-
evitable, as it seemed as if their being res
cued would be little short of a 'miracle.
With the Indian Ocean spread before their
eyes and net a sight of land in any direction
the crew spent several days in the open
boat, but on the 19th day after starting on
their voyage, their provisions, both of rice
areil fresh water, became exhausted. For a
the men had been partly appeasina
their hunger by eating the oeggs which
fortneddthemoagot bat Ole lett* .sodn be
gan to‘rderint in larjfeiv dayelddiere
uneat-
abI. With, therefore, no food left on board
'itis almost impossible to imagine' the egine
es' the men were subjected traeand some of
them found the temptation to quench their
thirst beyond control. The result was that
more than one of the castaways drank the
sea water, while 'seven days after the .provi,
sions had given out, St. Amour Levy, one
of the men, died from the effects of hunger
a•ad exposure,- and was afterwards bdried at
sea. Two days afterwards the man Rosier
died. This second death cast a ghoul over
the now despairing quartette left on board
the vessel, all of whom were by this time in
a very low state indeed, but on the third
day subsequent to
THIS SAD EVENT
hope wan kindled in the hearts of the 'surviv-
ors by land ,Iseing sighted in- -tied distance.
Later in the day the boat drifted on the
shore, where it afterwards sank. Shortly
after the shipwrecked men had managed lo
crawl on land another of their number suc-
cumbed to tre effects of the protracted pri-
vations which he had undergone on the
voyage. It is worthy of mention thatduring
the thirty days the men were at sea they
must have -drifted at least 1,300 miles in
their open boat, as the plaee where they
ended was subsequently found to be Ras -
boor or Res Madruka, a deserted point on
the Arabian coast. --While theahree surviv-
ors were staggering about in search of food
and water, they were surprised to see coming
towards them a solitary Bedouin. This son
of the desert was at the time regarded as an
unwelcome visitor, as the brothers Lavy,
knowing that they must have been thrown
on the coast of Africa, or Arabia, and know-
ing also that in such districts the natives of
the country were at variance with the civil-
ized world, were under the impression that
they wouldbe eitker killed or sold into
slavery. Their surprise can more easily be
imagined than described, when the Bedouin,
instead of subjecting them to ill-treatment,
acted the part of the good Samaritan bey
offering them food in the shape of dates and
water. The three men eagerly draa k (1 the
water, and the two Lavys also
pEl-rUTLED.THR1A7ES,
their first meal for elevertelays, bet -the ex-
ertion was to intich for -iheirdeennpanion;
who shortly afterwards.- Suicumbecidai ex-
haustion, making theleertladeatineheee the
voyage was dornmenced. TheBedonin hav-
ing done all he could to tend -to the wants
of the shipwrecked survivors, and fitteling
they were incapable of walking any dis-
tance, placed them on the baeks of two
camels which he had with him, and travel-
led a short distance to a place in the desert,
where he found a tree, under the shade of
which he made them lie down. Here he re-
mained with his charges for some three or
four days, tending to their wants and try-
ing te find out where they had come from.
Conversation, however, was not possible, as
the language of both rescuer and rescued
was different, but after a time the Bedouin
mentioned the word Muscat, and the elder
Lavy, knowing there was such a place on
the Persian Gulf, signified that they would
like to be conducted there. The Arab at
first tried to convey to them that the dis-
tance across the Omen desert was a long,
one, heiagsreepe diflettraedthe Zeriew flies,
and also diked fOr meney, butefinditige-that
his chargee were penniless, heelathhhitinrth'
day of the siejeunnio _the, desert-, findhig
they hacr-regkiled a-f.pertioiiri- of their
strengthe.planed*Id aglb --0C-r-aMli4e-s
set off; bienseirAvalitirrigs lenaltrigd afe
" ships of the desert " towards civilization,
Until 'after a journey of 22 days he Ied them
beforP the British consul, Dr. Jayakar, at
THE RESCUED MEN
stated that though on many occasions they
had to take a circuitous route in order to
avoid villages containing hostile Arabs, and
at times had to march on incessantly both
by day and night, ihe,cared for them in such
a way so they lettle expected, it heing gen-
erally the-rake—what-an Aralreaptures a
Christian to convey him into the interior of
the country and sell him into captivity. In-
stead of doing this, however, the rekotier,
on the 22nd day after the start on' the ?kid-
ney across the desert, condueted his charg-
dein to the presence of Her Majesty's Consul
the Sultan of Muscat, to whom they
gave an account of their adventures. The
alran at once gave clothes to the French
en and the English Consul handed over
o the friendly Bedouin a sum of money
hat should make him contented for life,
bile the officerb asa *sew H.
5A-Sphinire?' which -was atelduseatatthe t im
also gave the Lavos clothes and a sum o
money. After remaining at the port three
days the SS. "Simla" called there, and
they were placed on board and given a sec
end -class passage to Bombay. The men
will be sent back to the " Seychells" at th
Government's expense.—[Times of India.
t3- at Home. , .
' Mr. 'Prineei lathe course of his journey
"From theArctie Ocean to the -Yellow Sea'
went ashore . at the little Settlement re
ISasanskoi; on the Yenisei River, in :north-
ern Siberia,: 44 htteariprciached the largest
of the four oahve-lof m
honetesethe proprietor
- e - e•
came out andpolite y sited nun to enter.
Inside; the first thing to excite attention
was the exceeding neatness of the place
The men wore quaint costumes, and the
women were smoking cigarettes. The oc-
cupants, though living in this out-of-the-
way corner, showed almost no curiosity
about 1 advent of a stranger; they glanc-
ed up a' eim, and at once went off again
with their work. It will be seen from his
own account that Mr. Price—a special artist
of the Illustrated London News—was equal
to the occasion. One cannot help thinking
that the manners of these rustics were far
better than those of the artist, who makes
their want of curiosity an excuse for his own
grossly impertinent conduct.
Since they paid so little attention, I was
equally cool, and walked about the room,
looking at everything as if 1 had been in a
museum. Then I got out my sketch -book,
and sitting down, started a portrait of my
host. He seemed to nnderstand what I
wanted of him, and kept as rigid as a
statue.
sesEven when the portraitewseefordebed, no
ozie, evinced the slightest earioeity to see it.
Iri4tny other part of the ;•-world One would
haye been pestered = Ved people rii crowding
reined, all wanting to fingereoneasketch-
leeok ; but here, in this fevieway. Siberian
home, where, to say the least of it, sketch-
ing is not an every -day sight, stolid indif-
ference was stronger than idle curiosity.
I determined to take advantage of it, a,nd
since my being there did not seem . to dis-
turb them in the least, I returned the next
day with my paint -box a,nd_ largest sketch-
ing -book.
nAll the people I had seen on the previous
afternoon were in the house, having what
evidently was their morning meal. It was
so eimple and homely a sight that I got two
chairs, one to sit on and the other as an
easel, and began sketching in the group as
rapidly as possible.
Fancy what would have happened if such
ainevent had occurred in an English home-.
iiteterldirieginee for instance, s- : bearded
Rdasian Walking coolly in while breakfast
was going on and the whole family present,
and Without seYingsayeord, taking posses -
Sion of part of the room and beginning to
paint the occupants without even asking
permission !
In my case, however, ell went as merrily
as a we ding -bell; no one interfered with
me, etid with the exception of an hour,
when I went down and had my luncheon in
the launch, I worked there the whole day
as comfortably as if I had been in my own
studio.
In spite of their natural indifference, the
people, in their quiet way, evi ently wish-
ed to help me, and show me some little po-
liteness. I noticed that the children were
forbidden to talk loud or even to conte near
me—a greethoon ; while to capany adven-
thee' with this unique family, my host came
up to me during the afternoon, hat in hand,
And bowing Very low, rimed, to an adjoin-
,
Ing room. Oati-of curiosity1 got up to see
what was there, when to my astonishment,
I saw the samovar hissing, and tea and
cakes waiting for me.
This was hospitality indeed, and my only
regret was at not being able to express my
thanks in Russian; but I fancy they must
have guessed the meaning of the few bluff
words in Englisn with which I drank to the
health of,my host's wife in tea so hot that I
nearly scalded myself, The ice was broken,
and they all laughed agreat deal, for fun is
probably very much the same all over the
world.
We now became quite friendly, consider-
ing that 1 did not understand a Word they
said: and before leaving I presented my
host with a pencil sketch of his wife as a
souvenir of my visit. He evidently prized
it very much.
VERY INTERESTING.
About two thirds of the men in this coun-
try use tobacco.
An electrical machine in the London Mint
counts the coins.
There are 35O,000 commercial travelers in
the United States.
ne'reCO' Iver has invented -shoots
seven times in a second.
New Mexico is enjoying; thedffint rainy
season it has Jia0 in four yeeres ; •
_ Chinese mentr,ol.almost tbe entire shoe -
Making' busizidassin. Californias
In India there is a species of crow that
laughs lust like a human being.
George Eiffel is said to have made f2,000,-
000,as his,share in the Eiffel tower.
There is but one sudden death _among
women to every ten among men.
When a wife hears a dull thud on the
door -step she knows that the lodge has ad-
ouArnmtaedn.
of science, in Germany maintains
hat it is from meteors that all our dia-
mondsRussian come.can
plead infancy for a long
ime, as he does not come of age till he is
wenty-six years old.
The Amazon Indians use a blowpipe with
which they throw an arrow 200 yards with
wonder f al. peecision.
In a,Yeat eatonliy a horse nine
tc,mt- 7olan o, it coy
x tUfls
A-cirri:the &anion captured from the Turks
TheaRonmertian crown is made of metal
d'itdiedielitedthatthere are' 56; 000,000-Yol-'
mes in the public libraries of Ameriemetiltile
here are but 21,000,000 in Europe. ,
On a clear night a red light can be seen
t a greater distance - than a white light;
ut on a dark night the reverse is the case.
The Indian exhibit at die Chicago World's
air will include representatives of every
ribe from the extreme north of Terra del
,i1TieePeie itfadfooth OTBuddha, preserved and
Nii*hip4 in- an ianternpie,. whieb
robebly altthegeld in the world could
ot buy.
The -tamest canal in the world is the one
itiebsitende from the frontier of China to
ts Petersburg. It measures in all 4.472
iiTHrculile the new French explosive, is so
owerful that half a pound of it, in a recent
test, displaced a stows:weighing thirty -tons.
The Czar of Russia is the largest individu-
landowner in the world. The area of his
possessions is far greater than that of the
ntire Republic of Francs.
poINTS REGARDING WHEAT.
The last report of the United States de
pertinent of agriculture estimates th
wheat crop of the entire count
for 1892 at 518,913,000 million bush
els. This is some millions of bushel
larger than was indicated by the previou
monthly report, but it is still 92,867,0
bushels smaller than the wheat crop o
last year: The general belief is tha
the cfficial estimate of the Unite
States Orop this year % too high
'At any rate, it is claimed that the averag
weight per measured bushel of the crop
light, so that the crop will pan out consider
ably less in weighed b 'she's. The whea
crop of Canada is placed at 55,000,00
bushels, as compared with 62,000,000 b shel
last year. The estimate for Canada, w
believe, is also too high, as it allows for
crop of 22,000,000 bushels for Manitoba an
the territories. But taking the officia
-figures of each country, there is a shortag
in the wheat crop of the United States an
Canada, as compared with last year, of 100,
000,000 bushels at least.
In a number of other countries there ar
deficiencies in the wl:eat crop of this year
as comPared with last. India is expecte
to be short about 60,000,000 bushels ; hal
is reckoned to be short 27,000,000 bushels
and Great Britain, according to latest re
turns, will be short about 19,000,000 bushels
besides which the British wheat crop is ver
poor quality, and will not go nearly as fa
as a like number of bushels of choice wheat
Thus we have in these five countries a tote
shortage of about 206,000,000 bushels, ac
cording to official reports.
This is one side of the picture. Som
countries are giving a larger crop than las
year, notably France and Russia, in which
countries crops were very poor last season
France is expected to have about 80,000,000
e
or more bushels more than last year, whil
Russia has been credited with 35,000,000
bushels more. Other countries do not change
the situation materially so far as can be
asertained. On account of Russia being so
bare of reserve stocks, the surplus tuere
cannot count for much.
Beerbohm, the best authority of Loudon,
England, sums up the situation as follows
"The plain fact indicated by returns to
hand is that the world's production of
wheat is about 6,000,000 quarters (48,000,-
000 bushels) less than last year. Indeed
it will be seen that this year's crop barely
reaches the average of the preceding five
year's crop, which was 269,000,000 quarters.
It is doubtful, too, whether the production
of wheat in the past season has reached
what may be called the normal require-
ments of the world, although these latter
are Of a somewhat elastic nature—depending
on surrounding circumstances. Were it not,
therefore, for the fact that the high prices
of last autumn had the effect of shifting
much of the surplus wheat from the export-
ing to the importing countries, it may safely
be assumed that prices might, on the legit-
imate basis of supply and demand, be ma-
terially higher than they now are. It will
take some time to restore this equilibrium,
but meanwhile the most conservative of
observers could hardly fail to arrive at the
conclusion that, starting from the present
has% of values, there should be no need for
discouragement."
The Liverpool Corn Trade "ce:i:s, in its
annual review, sums up the total wheat
crop of the world at 2,115,000,000 bushels
as compared with 2,160,000,000 bushels last
year, making an estimated shortage of 45,-
000,000 bushels. The same authority de-
clares that though reserves of old wheat
carried over were larger in Britain, France,
Germany and the United States, than a
year ago, taking all countries, reserves of
old wheat were light. The Liverpool jour-
nal adds:
By itself the wheat question is inexplica-
ble. It is not asserted for a moment that
the high prices of last November were justi-
fied by the situation, bur neither is the
present depression reasonable from a stat-
istical point of view alone.
In the later report Beerbohm states that in
any other year conditions similar to present
would advance the price of wheat in England.
One great feature of weakness in the British
markets is the slaughter of American flour
there. It is said that Canadian and United
States flour is being sold on the other side
at a less. That depresses the price of
wheat in England, and reacts to keep the
price down in America. Millers, however,
cannot long continue to sell flour in that
way. Importing countries, however, par-
ticularly Great Britain, will soon have to
come into the market to buy wheat more
actively than they have been doing. The
large marketings of wheat in America can-
not long keep up as they have been doing,
and with the shrinkage of stocks in import-
ing countries, and decline in marketings in
America, there should be some improve-
ment in prices. During the month of Sep-
tember, stocks of breadstuffs in Europe, in-
cluding quantities afloat, were just about
stationary, and were about 20,000,000
bushels smaller on the first of Outober than
a year ago. In the United States and Can-
ada, however, they were about 30,000,000
larger.
The most remarkable feature of the sit-
uation is the large marketings by farmers
in the Unitt,- States. Deliveries by farm-
ers in that country have been unprecedent-
ed, and in view of the low prices ruling for
wheat, arealtogether inexplicable. Though
the outlook statistically would indicate
higher prices, the large stream of wheat
pouring in fromproducers is a source of
temporary weakness. If farmers have re-
solved to market their entire surlpus at
the beginning of the crop year, they will
ucceed in keeping prices down until the
rain has passed into second hands, and
olders will gain all the advantage of prob-
bly higher prices later on.
rY
00
is
a
1
•
a
Good Boil to Cultivate.
It :S. Kingman, speaking of the better
ducation of agriculturists, well says:
Fertilize the brains ofsthen farmer? svith-
ood practical knowlehe, then they -visit&
b
a
Everye better prepared to -fertilize their arida
ntelligently." Every lawyerrio the land
nust fertilize his brains or beowill fail.
doeme, afryWnkeii; every merchant
very ethf,oi'e 'int:reside the -same -or -they will
aiL And yet infeee of all this, and in face
f the fact apparept, or i pyery, _hand that. it
s the brainiede farm erti de h ot itetteeed hest,
here ca g Ints*atind farrnerssen every neighs
borhoodlioareally think_ that it doeanof
ay to cetfoate brains in farmittg. They
hink itealariney thrown away tobny hooka
.papers or attend conventions of farm ituiti-
utes. If ow,j,bought these things -paid,
e would see Wein hard at it, for they Neat
oney bad &lbw& ` Good thinking
nder the success of every man .in all kinds
f business. A man cannot do good think -
g unless Itrik feeds his mind with good
houghtr- -
.
"WhypAs.) yourcall him a -publimspirited
en?" a Why? Great Cmsar, man, he's
11 the time giving away drinks."
She-elithonestly believe the love -making
h his part is real." He—" I shouldn't
onderd 7d I -hear that her diamonds are
enable."
THEY DIED TOGEHZ3l.
Remarkable Explantr°% of a burposeu
Murder Myslery.
A recent issue of the Key West (Fla.)
Equator tells of an odd duel near that place
between a young hunter and a large Mick
which he had shot. Thinking the anima'.
dead, the young man went up and stooped
down to cut his throat, when, with an ex-
piring effort, the victim rose and, with one
mad rush, killed h% victor. Similar inci-
dents are not so rare, perhaps as is generally
supposed, but the one referrcl to cello up a
tragedy which occurred in the Indian Ter-
ritory near here twenty-five or thirty years
ago, the explanation of which was never dis-
covered until a few mouths ago, and has
not yet been made public.
Toward the close of the war a young
Confederate officer from the southern part
of Alabama, who was known as Devaux or
Devore, went West and stopped in Fort
Smith, Ark., for a few weeks. While there
he formed quite a friendship for a kind-
hearted old backwoodsman, who on account
of his gaunt appearance was known as
"Skinny "Jones. Devaux had lost most
of his friends and relatives during the war,
he said, and had sold everything he had
left in order to get away from a locality
that had so mary sad memories connected
with it.
He was educated, and a polished man of
the world, and the friendship between him
and "Skinny" was regarded as odd, but as
they remained :in Fort Smith but a few
weeks, they soon passed out of people's
minds. They left together, and some
months afterward it was learned from a
Seminole Indian that they had constructed
a house in a little cave at the foot of the
Shawnee Hills on the south bank of the
Canadian River, about 200 miles from Fort
Smith.
During the succeeding year they went to
town twice together, but on the third trip
"Skinny" was alone, and it was noticed
that he wore Devaux's handsome moccasins
and carried Devaux's ccstly rifle. When
asked, about his companion'he first gave
evasive answers, and finally said he had
mysteriously disappeared, having gone
hunting one day ar.d never returned. - A
Deputy United States Marshal, learning of
the circumstances, made prep trations to
arrest "Skinny ;" but before he could put
his plan into execution the old fellow had
left town, and so the matter was dropped.
The whole affair gradually dropped out of
the minds of those acquainted with the cir-
cumstances, and was revived for the first
time a few months ago in a strange way.
The Wilkinson family, with whom "Skin-
ny" used to put up when in town, separat-
ed some years ago. .One of the boys drift-
ed over to South McAlester, and ultimately
went to work in a coal mine near there. A
few months ago he saw old "Skinny" Jones
walking along tbe streets of South McAles-
ter, and learned that he was regarded as
harmlessly insane.
The old man seemed to have plenty of
money, and came to town two or three times
each year to lay in supplies. These supplies,
by making several trips, he himself carried
to his demwhich was thought to be some-
where on the banks of the Canadian Rioer
at the foot of the Shawnee Hills. Young
Wilkinson remembered the mysterious dis-
appearance.of Devaux a quarter of a century
ago, and determined to follow "Skinny,
if possible, and unravel the mystery.
By the exercise of the greatest skill he
succeeded in tracking the old man to his
cave, but in following him up, he came to
the mouth of the cave before he knew it,
and was looking into the barrel of a gun
with a very angry backwoodsman at the
other end of it. He did not need two invi-
tations to throw up his hands and explain
his presence. He -told the whole truth,
explained who he was, and what suspicious
people had had for years, and why he had
followed him. His evident truthfulness ap-
peased the old man's wrath, and the latter,
after placing food and water --of which they
both partook heartily—before them, beck-
oued to the young man and started vp the
mountain.
After scrambling for an hour they reached
the summit o the hills, as they were called,
andi" Skinny " walked to a large rock tti
which there was a crack or rift extending
back 10 or 15 feet. The Sun was shining
directly into the opening, and ".Skinny"
simplyetopped in frontof itand pointed with
his long, bony finger. A glance showed two
skeletons standing there as if mounted—one
of a large deer, and one of a man. A closer
inspection showed that the angry buck had,
possibly in his death agony, rushed upon Hs
enemy, crowding through the narrow space
in order to reach him, and having impaled
him on his horn, they had died together.
The horn had entered the man's left side,
had taken an upward turn between two of
his ribs and still held him impaled as it had
at first 25 years before.
The two men turned and walked down to
the cave and the old man said slowly, "1
have shown you this because I don't want
your father's family to believe me a murder-
er. It was ten years after his death before
I found him and then it was by accident.
My rifle, which he had borrowed the day he --
left, and his knife with his name on it were
at his feet. I promised him when he left
that day that no matter how long he might
be gone I would wait till he came back and
I will. I am a friend to you and yours but
I must never be disturbed here again Take
my boa t and go down the river till you come
to the railroad bridge and tie it up and
leave it there for me. You can find your
way from there."
And putting young Wilkinson into the
boat he watched him till he disappeared
down the river. The young man made a
trip to his old home soon afterward and told
the story as given. Parts of it are known
to be true but as to whether the rest is or not
opinions differ.
She—"Am I indeed your Queen?" He
—" You are only—" She—"Only what?"
Efeese" I wish 1 bad held you last night."
sneeze ain't got much bue'ness enter-
prise," said Tommy; "every one's got to
stutter in the nose 'fore it goes off."
"Johnny, why doesn't your mother put
a patch over that hole in your trousers?'
"Cause a patch 'ud wear out an' tits hole
won't."
Tom—"What nationality do you talgi
Miss Snuggle to be ?" Jack—"The first
flia I called I thought she was French, bac
lately I've been convinced that she is
Laplander."
Sue Deering—"I'm afraid peps was angry
when you exkw,4 him forme, wasn't he, Jack
love ?' Jack Willow—"Not at all. He
asked if I knew any more respectable young
men who would be likely to marry your five
sisters if properly coaxed."
On one occasion a friend of Lord Alvan-
leylit came for his advice under the follow-
ing circumstances; "Mr. M—threatens to
kick me whenever he sees me in society.
What am I to do if he comes into the room?
"Sit down," replied Lord Alvanley.
The cafe -keeper said to waiting gues
Who of a waiter had good words expreesed
"He has one fault that all his worth upaats,
He oft gets tipsy on the tips he ."
11
,
Eh
few
A num
been give
which wer
they are n
we trztoit 1
most famo
seen. Th
tween the
they were
of whicla
reason to
burthen o
were Cue
models th
below th
ly into pr
ged to a lo
parison th
present da
they burs
soaring he'
might no
for.
The firs
Foe •ch oo- f
of the Isle
ed by Cap
the celebr
though tw
'ships oi th
her, both
arrived in
either of t
an almost
reckoned a
American
bu
wood for t
owing to th
by heavy "
with tons
water.
In 1865 t
of Messrs.
of 886 tons
fastest ship
sailed the
Lancelot,
achievemen
fuln
length era.s
331t 71-n, a
She was ei
ship; that i
iron, and h
idea in the
speed—ever
attainmen t
the copper
plauLs from
planed off
smooth as
give the sta
her irnmens
of iron pigs
the open spa
her frames.
dead weight
well be supp
racing trim
lot spread u
canvas—per
was ever sho
her belongs
ed the swift
sailing vessel
There are
the present d
wool trade
Britain. Her
they first w
clippers still
the swiftest s
The waters o
Harbour have
of more perf
those of the
archingcnt-w
Ind white pa
•prits, which
flag of the ori
Patriarch in
est passage th
Sydney and
the Heads to
One of the
means one o
school of iron
barque Loch
I
1s80. Four -m.
tively few an
above 2000 to
quite exceptio
is exactly the:
, She %perhaps
elegant mode
Glasgow par
the year 1890
was accompli
ship's maiden
of the Mersey
owihg to the s
get a fair star
On the two fol
iog breezes, ris
gale, were exp
ship ran 223 k
on the Atli of Is
far, was very
day's work wa
same month, w
beam and th-:
spanker set, sh
hours. On the 9
sighted, and th
aer a passage o
There is a gr
time about the
and the near pr
pearauce on the
there never wer
fine sailing vess(
as the iiritish ir
day. As the cc
—for with them
lies—so must th
essarily becomc
always exist m
tn which sa.i1it4
profitaLly ernpl<
Zealand annualli
fleet of clippers,
in carrying the I
the European m.
California emp
thousand tons of
from Australia,
and the slowly c
South American
which still give
steam. The ea
carry passenger
average of El pe
of the Ornployrne
is the clipper shi
ng.
Eirt
An American
sated Ey a Custo
tobacset, epirits,
his trunk.
He adsured th
cept his ors w
disclosed a doree
The officer sei
only sneering s.
these'
"Theve ?" eai
my nightcaps."
Deeetur, Mich.
fineries§