' a
r
r
vito.nixnxT an:x ,i.v iroitEX.
Maud Graneer first earned licr fivliltood
by running n sewing machine.
Snra Jewett, the favorite Boston nctrcs,
was nt one time n, treasury girl nt Wnslf
ington.
Henry Irving, nccotnpnnied by Miss Terry
and lier daughter, will visit the United
States in July tor recreation.
Chief Justice Waito hopes to be nble to
tins hi. RUintner vacation in Alaska the
i coolest corner of the country.
Clara Morris began her theatrical life a
an extra ballet girl. She had thin, long
legs, and was not much ol a success.
W. M. Laffan, who succeeded Isnac
England ns publisher of the New Yoik Sun,
receives a salary ol $io,uuu per yenr.
Uhristmo iNussons parents were poor
Swedish peasants, am! the noted songstress
was compelled to go barefoot during her
childhood.
Johnny Walsh, the banjoist, whoo per
formances delighted minstrel nudieiicos f I f-
tcen years ago; is now a enptiuu in the snl
ration army.
Miss Lillian 'Whiting, the literary editor
of the Itoston Traveler, first beann her
fitrugglo for bread and fame in a St. Louis
newspaper office.
Joe Craig, the heavy oil speculator, who
recently failed nt Pittsburg, is principal
owner of tho latest gusher. His income
from it is 2,000 a day.
Tho bollo of tho south to-dny, according
to n correspondent, is Miss Gordon, the
uaunhter of uenoral Gordon, feho is de
scribed as a dream of feminine loveliness.
Lew Wallace says that during tho four
years ho was at Constantinople he saw the
American flag in port only twice onco on
a man-of-war and onco on James Gordon
Dennett's yacht.
Mary Anderson is computed to be worth
$500,000, which is invested in real estate,
gas stocks and railway shares. Sho is now
negotiating for a large stock ranch near
North l'lntte, Xeb.
Mr. Berg, tho Danish democrat, now in a
Copenhagen cell, is to bo honored nt tho
approaching silver anniversary of his wed
ding with a goon uig nag oi silver 'lu.uuu
crowns tho gift of friends and political
sympathizers.
Queen Victoria has frowned upon tho
custom of wearing stuffed birds ns orna
incnts; but sho has said nothing about tho
wearing of the winus and lain. A bird
m ithotit a tail would bo in very much tile
same position as a ship without a sail.
Tin". xi:ns ix Miner sr.tci;.
The German printers' strike at Cincinnati
has proved u fiasco.
I!ev. Kcnloch Wilson, of Alexandria, Vn.,
ii.is been elected bishop.
The lower house oT the reichsrath lias
adopted the workmen's accident insurance
lull.
Her Most broko down completely when
put to work nt tho lllackweli's Island
blacksmith shop.
Most I lev. Dr. Hoop, Catholic bishop of
Limbtirg, Prussia, has been elected arch
bishop of I'reibuig.
The shah of Persia lias lately become en
ormously rich, principally by unscrupulous
commercial transactions.
Xew York business men nro agitating in
favor of municipal home rule nnd a practi
cal divorce oi city mini nat'onal politics.
Mayor Grace, of Xew York, ordered the
flags of tho city hall to be phi red at half
mast in respect to tlio memory ol Johti
Kelly.
Tho amalgamated association of iron
and steel workers adopted a resolution
congratulating PresUmit Cleveland on his
marriage.
It is reported that about 100 White
Mountain Apaches have loft tho reserva
tion ami started on a raid in Graham and
Caches counties, Arizona.
Privato ad vires received from Colon state
that yellow fever is now epidemic on the
isthmus. The average daily number of
deaths is stilted to bo about forty.
i no noston uiodo having secured over
100,000 circulation, quietly celebrated tho
event by giving every newsboy in Itoston n
now pair ui boots. Tho distribution took
place on the 3d anil was a very lively event,
Miss Cbvoland, it is said, will return to
her home in Now York state at an early
day, and that she will not be a frequenter
of tho whito hotiso hereafter. Tho gossips
say siio nas no objection to her new sister-
in-law, but that sho ia displeased at the
way tho engagement was niiido and the fail
ure of her brother to consult her about the
arrangements.
LOST TX TitAXsrr.
Ten Tlwtisaml Dollar Taken Prom an
jn-ess Vachage.
Van Wort (0.) dispatch: Tho National
bank hore recoived yesterday by United
States express from the Union Kationnl
bank of Cincinnati a package purporting to
contain $10,000, but when opened it wan
found to bo filled with cotfon, pasteboard
nnd railroad advertising bills. The pack
ago should have reached Van Wert Wed-
nosdar. Tlio money clork at Cincinnati
who sont it says lie sealed it with green
wax. Tho way-bill for the run of Tuesday
liijlit had the nacknso marked "short."
When received tho package was sealed with
reu wax. u ho delay of twoiity-Iour hours
in transit is not yot explained, but will
doubtless give n cluo to tho robher. Xo
thorough investigation of tho method of
substitution can be mado at Cincinnati.
Supt, Cano of Toledo is looking into the
matter'. The package would pass over
throe roads and lliroush the hands of three
messengers between Cincinnati and here.
This could easdv explain tho twenty-four
uours oei.n. iiie pacicngo was not sealed
by tho Cincinnati money clerk, ns it had
been previously seiled by the bank.
AFTF.lt run WF.niiTXa.
Washington dispatch: Nearly 2,000 per
sons, principally ladies, entered the white
house grounds to-day in hope of being able
to inspect the floral docorations, and par
ticularly the blue room, where the mar
riage was solomnized hist evening. Ail,
however, wero disappointed, nnd none were
ablo to get farther than the main entrance.
Here their progress was arrested by the
doorkeepers, who Informed them the house
wns closed for tho day, nnd that orders
lind ,ken issued by Col, Lnmont to admit
nobou except on public business and none
of thorn wero able to get farthor than the
entrance. Inside workmen have been en
gaged from nn early hour removing the
plants and nil Hornl decorations and clean
ing up tho house. ThU work took several
hours, was fully completed by 1 o'clock,
and nothing Is left in the general appear
ance of the rooms to indicnte that a presi
dential wedding had occurred but few
hours before. Most of the flowers used In
the decorations were distributed among the
city hospitals.
A QUtER TREE.
t Produces Mosquito Xcts mid AWd
dtiiii I fosses.
A stranger traveling in Central Ainer
ca fxptcssed great surprise when told
y his host that mosquito nets grew on
rees in that country. 'I'll host further
tsserted that lie intended to get a wed
ling dross from tho same troo for
i bride who was to bo married on his
state.
"Yon don't mean," said tho trav
eler incredulously, "that mosqnito not
ing and bridal dresses grow on trees,
io you?"
"That's just what I mean," replied
lie hot.
"All right," snid tho stranger, who
'ancied a joke was being attempted at
ns expense, "let me see you gather the
iuitand 1 will believe you."
"Certainly," was the answer, "fol
ow the men and you will see that 1
peak tho exact truth."
Still looking for some lost the strm-
rcr followed the two nun who were to I
jluck tho singular fruit, and stood bv
vhen they stopped at a rather small
reo bearing thick, glossy green leaves,
ml nothing else which the utmost ef-
ort of the imagin:it;on could convert
iitn tlm linttinrr nl- flu wmfilltwr iru
unt. The tree was aboat twenty "feet
ligli and six inches m diameter, and
ts bark looked much like that of a birch
reo.
"Is this the tree?" asked tho stran
jor. "Yes, senor." answered ono of tho
nen, with a smile.
"1 don't sec mosquito netting nor the
vedding dress." said the stranger, "and
. can't see any joke, cither."
"If the senor will wait a few minutes
io will see all that was promised and
uore, too," was tho reply. "Ho will
lee that this tree can boar not only
nosquito netting and wedding dresses.
)tit lish nets uniliicek scarfs, mourning
trape or bridal veils."
The tree was without more ado cut
lown. Three strips of bark, each
ibout six inches wide and eight feet
ong, were taken from tho trunk and
.hrown into a stream of water. Then
inch man took a strip while it was still
n the water, anil with tho point of his
cnife separated a thin layer of the in
ior bark from one end" of the strip.
Die layer was then taken in the lingers
ind gently pulled, whereupon it came
iway in an even sheet of tho entire
vidth and length of the strip of bark.
1'welve shoots wero thus taken from
inch strip of bark and thrown into tho
vator.
A light broke in upon the stranger's
nind. Without a doubt these strips
vere to bo sewn together in one sheet.
I'he plan seemed a good one, and the
none thus formed might do ho thought,
f no better cloth could bo had.
The men were not through vet, how-
iver, for when each strip of bark had
ridded Us twelve sheets each sheet
vas taken from the water and grndual-
y stretched Mtlowisc. J ho spectator
iould hardly believe his eves. The
iliect broadened until from a close
jieco of material six inches wide it be
anie a liliny cloud of delicate lace over
hroo feet in width. The astonished
gentleman was forced to confess that
io huim.n-made loom ever turned out
aee which could surpass in snowy
vliileness and gossainor-liko delicacy
hat product of nature. St. Nicholas"
Sickness on. the Islliiiiiis.
Dr. Wolfred Xelson, who spent five
ears as a practicing physician at Pau
lina ami was for sometime a member
if the board of health of that state, ar-
ived in Xow York from tho isthmus
) I lie last steamer. In an interview
villi a -ew lorh W orld reporter hu
ays:
At this present timo yellow fever
sxists in an almost epidemic form.
I'liero wero forty-three deaths from" tho
liscaso in tho city of Panama in tlio
nontii of March. " In the city of Colon
Aspinwall) there wore fifteen deaths
rout ellow fever among the canal
lion alone. Tho wet season is now on,
mil there is much sickness all over the
isthmus, owing to the dirty condition
if tlie canal camps, such as one would
i.vpect, where thousands of laborers
lave been herded together without tlio
(lightest sanitary precaution.
In October, loo 1. a new' cemetery
!or the poor was opened in the city of
Panama. Up to tho 12th of April. 188C.
1.-171 canal hospital patients and tho
oor of tho town had been buried
.here. Apart from these a number of
jersons of tlio better classes aro buried
n the borcilus, or stone vaults. Dur
ng tlio saino interval hundreds have
3oen buried in tho foreign, Jewish, and
Chinese cemeteries. The death-rate
ins been suppressed ns far as the canal
nlorosts nac been ablo to atleetit, and
he most unblushing .statements have
icon made by canal papers regarding
he (loath-rate. To show what yellow
ever has done on tho isthmus it is only
leeossarv to eito tho experience of a
Jtirty that landed with Ir. Jules
Jingleron the. Sffllh of October. 1883.
I'ho party consisted of thirh-thrco
lew-comers. it lim a week Count do
u rno s'e kened and died from yellow
ever. death was followed bv that of
Mr. Zimmerman, Later Mr. Dingier lost
aisdn tight r,a charming girl. Within ono
aionth from the day of her death his
ion, aged L';l, had boon given up. In
;ho following year ho lost his wife from
ioIIow fover. Out of fourtoen cases of
fellow fever among that party of thir-.y-three
thirteen (lied. Such is Pan-
iraa, which Do Lessens vainly attempts
;o paint as a tropical gardou of para-
liso. Tlio filth in both cities nnd along
;ho canal is simply iiidoscnbablo. Tho
rilest sights and odors constantly meot
me. in tins city oi uoion the sniiuest
lights nro to bo seen. Foreigners am
illowed to lio on the sidowalk. to bo
picked up dead. Hut a few diiys ago,
I'he Evening Telegram, of Panama, re
'orred at length to tho fact that three
nen had been found on a single morn
ng dead in tho streets of Colon, and
;hnt many others w-jro siok and utterly
lostitute, without food or auv care.
Tho climate is and always has been
)ostilential and death-deuling. Yellow
over has boon endemic since 1808."
The wealth of our language fa shown by tbo
'act Unit 'liaug- ft up" aud "chalk ft down"
iituns precisely tlie tamo.
Mrs. Lincoln's Last Years.
Mrs. Lincoln, the widow of tho mar
ly r-President, returned from Europo in
October, 18S0, and went to Springlield,
111., where she was the guest of her
sister. Mrs. Kdwards. During the fol
lowing holiday season sho shut herself
in her room, mourning the extrava
gance oi the times, and chilling those
about her who displayed gifts of jew-
em ami there she staved like a verita
ble silk-worm in its self-woven cocoon.
for many months. What did she do
all that time? Principally she over
hauled her many trunks, complained
that she was very sick, and ate full
meats ot substantial tood three times a
day. She reconciled ill health and
hearty eating by insisting to tho
few friends whom she admitted that
her malady was a peculiar one. com
pelling nor to consume large quantities
of food. Sho would rise from a re
past of roast beef, coffee, etc., nnd
very dejectedly inform her attend
ant or visitor, that in all human
probability she would not see the light
of another day, and often, in literal
verification of her prophecy, she would
close, the window-shutters, "increase tho
opaqueness of the curtains by pinnin;
up shawls or quilts, and light a plain
tallow candle. Sho rejected tho use of
gas as of the devil. If asked to speei-
! -v '''m'l' sIl'.ft'11 h:n'n bo,1.v- fho "oul(l
reply sometimes, "I'm on lire: burn
ing up; just feel of me. and seo how
hot 1 am!" At tho same time her tem
perature would appear pertecllv nor
mal for a lady above GO rears of age.
At other times she would insist that she
was "being sill hacked to nieces by
i. ..!... t 1.1 . i 1 1 f
.1 "... i J. '? .i l 1 :ish 111 -
dor; don t think I can stand such
wounding long, do you?" Yet tender
and commiserating 'friend assured her
that there was no trace of either blood
or sear. The next year her mind wan
tiered so that her relatives were forced
to present her to the Probate Court,
and to ask an order that she might bo
committed to a lunatic asvltini.
She was attired in plain mourn
ing black; tho full figure of her
tVashington era had dwindled till sho
appeared quite a slender lady, whoso
shrivelled face expressed no concern in
the doings ot tho hour. Mie was gen
tie and yielded without a murmur to
the sail-faced wishes of her son and that
always linn friend of her great litis
band, tho Hon. Isaac X. Arnold, who
appeared in court as her counsel. She
hail then been occupying rooms at a
prominent hotel for some time, and tho
testimony before tlio jury of eonspic
nous citizens ran chiefly to her vast tic
cumulation of unmade dress good
within her rooms, and that she would
carry too much money about the streets
upon her person, even tho sum of S3, 000
being found loosely pinned within the
folds of her walking dress. Tho court
awarded restraint that should bo onlv
kind guardianship of her personal
safely and financial interests, and she
was led away amid the tears of many
bv.slanders, and was made at homo for
a time at a private asluiu of high n
ptite. Ben: Perlcij J'oorc, in Boslon
liudgct.
Xipped in the Hud.
It looks now as if tlio anarchist bub-
blo which had boon slowly filling with
unnatural gas. for several years ha
been pricked so elleetiyely that it has
entirely collapsed. The li'tlle matinees
lattelv in Ciiieago and Milwaukee
which were sat down on so emphatic-
icallv. together with the arrest later of
the prominent patriots (?) who engin
cored ihoo all'airs. shows that Uncle
Sam, though slow, is sure; and a uni
versal spirit of condemnation has at
hist been aroused towards these foreign
woiild-be-propcity-grabbois which, if
Ihey have any sense at all, they will
heed, and go to work instead of shoot
ing oil their mouths at crowds on Sun
days, when they ought to bo at church
or at home minding the baby.
It is curious to note how the alleged
courage ol theo blatant communists
oozes out at their linger ends when real
danger tlircantons them in tho shape
oi mo strong arm oi haw. J ake, lor
instance, nerr iuosi, noi mo least in
cendiary ono of the gang by any means
tie nas neon wanted uy tho police in
Xew lork for some time, and in
stead of facing the nitisio and volun
tarily making a test easo of himself a
martyr if needs be ho hunted his hole
promptly, and for some timo kept hid
so very eHoetively that tlio o Meat's
couldn't find him. ' They finally locat
ed him, however, in a houso of ill-fame,
ami alter some search saw him just as
ho was crawling under a bed, he liavin"
concluded that it was a good timo for
disappearing. W hen tho detectives
grabbed him by tho logs and hauled
him forth, ho turned livid with fear,
and hoarsely whispered, "Give mo lib
erty. Ho had no intention of finish
nig inu (juoiaiaiion -,or give mo
death," not ho. Death was just what
ne ieasi desired. And it was much
the sumo way with tho others of that
ilk who wore arrested in Chienro and
Milwaukee; they had not a particle of
tlio heroism and bravery which actu
ates men who become martyrs in a just
cause. jjKo a thiol caught robbing a
hen roost, their chief thought was for
uieir personal saieiy. At tins writing
wo have not seen tlio illustrated papers
biuco -Most, was nnooed, nut it is safe to
say mat, tnoy win no me subject jus
tice, as no better chance for a striking
cartoon was ever presented. A good
one, wen worKou out in all its details,
ought to far exceed tho "tattooed man"
or "Jnctc and Mo" in popular favor.
The storm lias passed and it wasn't
much of a shower either, comparatively,
taking tho previous assertions of the
anarchists as to what they intended to
do into consideration and now tho
country can breathe easier and sottlo
down to business again, confident that
any further demonstrations looking lo
wiirds uprooting society aud distribut
ing wealth nnd property pro rata
among all people, including Hottentots
and Digger Indians, will bo promptly
squelched. A number of vuluablo lives
were lost in Chicago by the murderous
devices of tlio cowardly throng, which,
of course, every body of any sense deep
ly regrets; and some worthless lives
were snuffed out both there and in Mil
waukee; but on tho wholo tho purchaso
of tho future security and a feeling that
the work is over, was cheaply made.
i'o transit communism-anarchy in
Amcrieu. reik't Hun,
SOYA SCOTIA AND THE DOMINION.
some Cogent ltcnsonx Tor tlie i,ce
slon or tin. I, lttl- iiiuidlaii Pri -lilec
-No Interests in Com- t
moll -with ( nnmlii.
A Xova Seotinn n.w at Washington
.vrites to Th New York Herald as fol
ows: The recent action of the Xova
S -otia house of assembly looking to the
.vithdrawal of that provinee from the
Dominion of Canada is not a surprise
.o those who were aware of I he unwil
in guess of a large part of the people
o enter into the confederation and of
:he discontent that has been felt and
'Nprovi-d s'uuv tin union was couMim
nated. It is. however, easier for
dates, as well as individuals, to unite
han to eparnte; less ditlie.ilt in most
list's to Kiter into the m irriago relation
'.han to procure a divorce.
Due paiiv to the union can not sever
iiie relation without the consent of the
other, and if both parlies thereto
should be willing to separate the eon-'
sent of the mother Kngland must be
ibtained. Nor does the large majority
,n the ass.Miibh favorable to separation
necessarih indicate the general desire
jf tho people. Their wishes will be
,pressed in the election -oim to take
nlace, when the question "for" or
"against' repeal will be determined at
the pons, i h, "liberal parly is now
in lower in Xova Scotia, "although
since t hf election in September, 1S7.S,
the conservative party has had a largo
majority in the Dominion parliainen'..
i ne iiissatistaeiion oi the people ot
Xova Scotia with the Dominion govern-
inent was increased bv the protective-
l.iriu act ot l,sy a measure, they as
sort, that operates favorably to Ontario,
which is extensively engaged in manu
facturing as well as in fanning, and un
favorably to Xova Scotia, which, in ad
dition to her fanning, mining, and fish
ery industries, hits been largely and
profitably interested in shipping. 'i'he
causes of this dissatisfaction with the
confederation are partly geographical
ind partly ethnological.
A ghinc'i at the map of Canada, in
cluding the northeastern states, will
show the contiguity of Xova Scotia to
Xew Kngland and its remoteness from
Ontairo and Manitoba; and the obstacle
to free commercial intercourse is aug
mented by climatic conditions For
live months in the year a shipment of
Xova Scotia coal can not bo made to
potts on Lake Ontairo nor a return
cargo of Ontairo flour brought to Xova
Seotian ports. Any exchange of pro
ducts by theo provinces must bo made
over tho circuitous international rail
way, and at so high a cost its to greatly
limit this interproviuciul trade. On the
other hand, the proximity of Portland
and Boston to tho principal ports of
Xova Scotia - from Halifax to ('ape
Sable on the Atlantic and from Yar
mouth to Windsor on the Hav of Fu ti
dy is highly favorable to the freest
commercial intercourse. Tho volume
of trade, like the current of a river.
may be diverted from its accustomed
channels, but it is liable tit any time to
break through its artificial ctnbunk-
menlsand spread desolation in its ef
forts to regain its natural course. For
t long period of years lntimaLo trade
relations existed between the people
living on the fertile hinds near the Hay
of 1'iindy and Iho people of Massachu
setts and Maine, aud the restriction of
this freedom by the Dominion govern
ment has caused irritation and discon
tent. Hut strong as is this desire to
continue the trade relations with their
neighbors, the ties of contiguity are
not nearly so strong as those of eon-
sanguity. To Use a proverbial expres
sion: "Hlood is thicker than water.
The fact is generally known that
after the expulsion in 1760" of the
French neutrals" from Xova Scotia
the lands thus forcibly vacated wero
occupied in 17(10 by emigrants front tho
Xew hngland colonies, chiefly from
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Con
necticut, to whom favorable conditions
were ollered by the governor ol that
province. It is not so well known that
these became substantially Xow Kng
land settlemenls, and have so contin
ued in a great measure unto this day.
These emigrants belonged to the best
X'ow Kngland families, and took with
them not only tho bible, tlio church,
and the seliool-hou-e, but the town
meeting a form of government dear
to tho sons of Xow Kngland. They
possessed the steady virtues ol their
ancestors and a strong belief in relig
ious as well as civil liberty, and their
children in subsequent years exerted so
great influence as to oinuneipato "dis-
seuti'i's1 from tho tyranny and exact
ions of tho Kstablished Church of Kng
land. During tho revolutionary war
these settlers, although remote from
tho scenes of conflict, sympathized
with their relatives in Xow Kngland,
but, of course, took no active part in
tho strife. During tho war soino "loy
alists" from Xow Kngland wont to
other parts of Nova Scotia, and a largo
nuiuDer seined on uie :amis near tho
St. John river, in Xow Hrunswick,
after which tho town of St. John was
settled.
Since 17C0 tlio New Kngland settlors
in XTovn Scotia and their descendants
kept up a correspondence with their
relatives in Now Kngland and have al
ways regarded it as their homo, although
loyal to Groat Hritain. A visit to Wolf-
villo, near tho historic Grand Pre, at
the present time, will almost induce a
Massachusetts man to holiovo that hu
is in a Now Kngland village. If ho in-
spoct tho library and apparatus of
Acadia college he will find the products
of Now Kngland publishing houses; If
he converse with tho president, Hoy.
Df. Sawyer, who for more thiui twonty
fivo years has been connected with tho
college, ho will recognize in tho nble
educator a native of Massachusetts.
Tho best books in the college, the hymn-
books and to some extent tho bibles
used in the churches, boar the imprima-
turo ol itoston, isow lone, or J'lillailot
phia publisher. Until recent years,
when tho protective tarill' stimulated
doinestio manufactures, nearly all ar
ticles of furniture), including clocks, in
the houses of the people wero made in
Xew Kngland.
Nor was this all. Tlio young nion,
and to some extent the young women,
lookud to "the State." as tholr future
honiH. where thorn wero broader fields
of tunplot niHut and better opportuni
ties for enterprise among a people to
whom they were united in sympathy
and to muiic extent in relation
ship. The trades and professions in
Xow Kngland. and to some extent in
I Xew t ork and other cities, show a
large number of Xova Seoti'iiis, who
, hao brought no discredit upon either
I country. American ship building was
greatly promoted by Donald McKay;
science, especially astronomy, honors
i Simon Xeweotnb: American industrial
I history recognizes the ability and re
I search of Dr. J. Leander Hishop, of
I Philadelphia, who. like thousands of
his fellow-Aciidians, gave his bet ser
vices as a surgeon for three .wars to
the country of hU adoption the eoiiu
, tr of his forefathers and hastened
! his death thereby. In New York as
widl as in Huston business, and profes
i sional men, manufacturers publishers,
and others have achieved success.
In the recent debate in the house of
assembly it was stated: Th" cits of
ISoston contains 'more Xova Scitians
than the city of Halifax: Massachusetts
more Xova Scotians than Xova Scotia
itself." This is, however, an over
estimate, as the census of 1SS( gave
but -Ml.JlO" natives of Xova Scotia in
Massachusetts, and only o l . I Ot I in tin
United States.
The trade relations and the ties of
consanguinity that formerly bound the
people ot Acadia to iew r.tiglaud now
attach their children as strongly to (In
land of their fathers, and any legisla
tion intcrrupt'tig that tree intercourse
is distasteful aud irritating. Tnes.- and
other Xoa Scotians assert that tin
union was consummated by deception
and that onlv one eotintv -Cumber-
laud, for many years represented in
parliament by Sir Charles Tapper, now
lanadian commissioner ;M London
voted in favor of confederation. Tho
Xova Scotians of to-dav like Xew Kn
gland and desire to trade therewith.
but are not partial to and do not wish
to buy ol Ontario, I hev are still less
attached to the people of the province
of Quebec, with most of whom thev
difl'er in race and language.
1 nev lorineriv sold, and still desire
to sell, to X'ew Kngland gypsum, grind
stones, building stone, bituminous coal,
firewood, hemlock bark, potatoes, fruit,
and other farm products, live animal
and tish, aud purchased of Xew Kn
gland flour, corn meal, medicines, fur
niture, musical instruments', boo).
wall paper, agricultural implements.
seeds and plants, hardware, plated
ware, woodouware, brooms, Yankee
notions, and a variety of other nianii
fact tired articles. They dislike to have
their current volume of trade turned
into another channel by legislation or
otherwise.
In the discussion of the resolutions of
repeal in the house of assembly it was
asserted that the province since lSii7
when the union was consummated, has
not been so prosperous as for sonu
years immcdiaiciv preceding. In re
ply, the fuel was stated that this pros
pority was partly owing to the civil war
in the United States and in great
measure to the reciprocity treatv that
was in operation from 18.) 1 to 1S((
The termination of the war and of the
treaty, and not coiileiienition, it was
asserted, produced the business depres
sion that has been severely felt in Xova
Scotia in recent years.
I hose who are in lavor ot a severance
of the union express their belief that if
it be efl'eeted the province will be nble
to negotiate a treaty of reciprocity
with the I'mted .states.
The desire of the liberal or anti-pro
teelion party ol ixova ocotia lor unre
stricted trade with the United Stales is
so great that the failure to obtain a
satisfactory treaty would, it is said by
their political opponents, result in a
desire for uiinoNution. Hut their strong
desire is for a eoininercial not a politi
eal union with their enterprising and
prosperous neighbor, tho United States,
Too Late.
1 hero was nn exultant, smile on his
a . - it it. .
race as ne waiueu into the oiiico ot a
well-known capitalists, and there was
a proud ring in his voice as ho said:
"For twenty years I have lived from
hand to mouth, waiting for something
to turn up. It has finally came.
nave matte a discovery which, it you
will back it with a low hundred dol
lars, will give us both fortunes,"
"Statu your ease."
" oil, sir, 1 have discovered that
banana peelings can be utilized for all
kinds of table jollies A peek of old
poolings can be made to bring forth
twelve tumblers of the finest currant
jell, and tho profit is
"Hold on right there," interrupted
the capitalist; "you are just two years
too late. A chap in Chicago not only
discovered that, but lie found a way to
work in apple rinds and cores and or
ange peel, and wo can't infringe on
his patent."
"Hut"
"It's no use. I'd like to see you got
along, but you must drop that. ' Don't
bo discouraged, however. Perhaps
you can discovura way to make press
ed corn beef out of old boot logs. All
you want is a machine to run in tlio
streaks of fat." -Detroit Free Press.
Fashion Item.
Whon you seo a man wearing a fancy
shirt with a plain white collar attached,
do not judge him too hastily. We
grant that ho looks like an ass, but
there is always one chance in a million
that ho isn't. Ho may boa very intel
ligent citizen, and Is merely deficient
in taste. If tho ofl'oot of a paper collar
on a real shirt is agreeable to him
there Is no reason why ho should not
bo allowed to dress in such a manner
as produces that efl'ect. Tho origin of
tho fashion was tills: Mr. Albert K,
Wales ordered somo fancy shirts, and
the niatorial giving out, his frugal
mother utilized a few of his plain col
lars and hud them stitched on. Albert
objected, but his mother was firm; the
fashion was set, and to this day we
occasionally see this sweet combination.
It gives a man tho appearance of want,
ing to borrow some money to go to t
(lor fight; but then.
(lon'tchorknow
you can't always toll.
Life.
There I oine upjiroprlutu nen lu ajieukliifi
of .1 laihn boiuiot a "Jiut klllhif;" iu Uief
day. It U tblttay iimde op of dead blrds.
lluriiti'tUih h'nt I'rmt
CAGED IN THE WOODS.
A
Fiimicf's l)nii"it-r Confined foi
Ten Yearn LlUe a Wild ISoimt.
Samuel Case, aged 80 years, is a
fanner in comfortable circumstances,
although he lives on an isolated farm
some twenty miles back through tha
woods from this place, writes a Wtso.x,
Pa., correspondent of The Xew l'orh
Sun. The nearest settlement to him is
the backwoods village of Orwell, which
is ten nules from his farm.
The fanners who live in his neigh
borhood arc also isolated, and but littlo
is known of their domestic surrou til
ings. A week or so ago a citizen of
this county had some business up
through that neighborhood. While on
his trip lie stopped at Case's farm
to make some inquiries. His curi
osity was excited by a small outbuild
ing, which stood by itself nearly two
hundred feet from the house, and still
further from an old and unused road at
the back of the farm. The buildim;
was not more than ten feet square ami
eight feet high. It had a window
which was heavily barred and a door
which was locked by a ponderous nad-
loek and chain. Old man Case gavo
him no .satisfaction when asked what
Use tho outbililiug was put to, and tho
gentleman, feeling an irresistible de
sire to know, returned to the farm
quietly by a roundabout way, and.
reaching the building, stole tip and
peered through tlis barred window.
Across the inside of the building a
'number of polos wero fastened in tho
floor and in the coding, forming a cago
like a chicken-yard. As he looked ho
was horrified to see rise up out of a box;
of straw in the cage an old woman,
scantily clad, almost fleshless, with
high cheek bones and gaunt eyes. Her
head was covered with a mass of mat
ted gray hair. The gentleman burr oil
away, determined to have an investi
gation made of his singular discovery.
Ho came to a house in tho woods two
or throe miles further on, and there ho
told what he had soon, and asked if
any information could bo given him.
He was told that the woman he saw
was old fanner Case's daughter Plu-be,
She had lost her reason twenty-six
years ago through overwork on tho
farm and about tho house. Sho was
then 27 years of age. Sho had been
allowed to have her own way about the
place until ton years ago, when sho bo
canie so violent that her father put up
Iho cage and confined iter in it. Sho
had never been outside of it since. Tho
neighbors apparently thought but littlo
of the case, and treated it as a mattor
of course.
The gent Ionian who discovered tho
unfortunate woman at onco notified tho
state lunacy commission. Dr. A. J.
Omit, of tl'i at. commission, came up
last week to investigate it. Case at
first, refused to open tho building, in
which he admitted that ho had his
daughter confined, but finally unlocked
it. The luuatiu was lying iu'hor box of
filthy straw in the cago of polos. Shu
had a remnant of a quilt wrapped
about hor head, and had but one tatter
ed garment on her person. She raved
.vildly when disturbed. For ten years,
her father said, she had been fed by
placing her food on a block, which
stood on tho outside of the cage within
her reach. She remained in the place
winter and nuninior, clad only ns she
was found. Case said he could not af
ford to pay her board in an asluni.
and was fearful she would not bo treat-
d well in one. A physician who had
attended Case's family for years was
ware of the way the daughter was
epl, but had never reported it. Tho
woman s mother died live years ago.
The lunatic has been taken to the coun
ty house. Dr. Onot says that, with
proper I rout m -nt and care when hor
malady first appeared, sho could have
bi'on restored to hor former sound
inontiil condition,
A Huso Hull Dog.
The rival nines were made up of bova
under thirteen, and Major. Ai I reach
ed tho ground, it was his inning, and
his muster, who claimed tho privilege
of striking for him. was nt tho bat. Tho
log was right behind with ono paw in
idvanoc, and his eyes on tho strikor. In
came the twisters, and .Major made sev
eral falso starts; but, finally, as tho
ball went scudding from the bat, oil' ho
rushed for first base, his oars flapping,
his pliimoliku tail out straight behind.
Hut tho short stop was too nimble for
tho dog, and just boforo he reached tho
base, tho ball arrived there, and lt
came slowly back, his tail hanging low,
aud a very mournful expression in his
great eyes.
'Mine's out, side out!" cried the
boys, and immediately conceiving a
method by which lie could retrieve this
disaster, the dog seemed to regain his
spirits, dashed into the fluid, and was
speedily lit bis position as left holder,
before any of tho others had reachud
their places.
In the preliminary "pass around"
that preceded tho play. Major was not
left out, and 1 saw that the balls that
wero thrown at him directly wore oii'to
is swift as thoso delivered from huso
to base; aud iu justice to him, 1 never
aw nun "mull.' When a ball was
thrown at him, he settled back and
ippud his groat lower jaw, into
which tho projectile soumed to lit; then,
with tail wagging, hu would hasten to
carry tho ball to tho no.xt player. Hu
was equally proiiclont with low balls,
It her onioning tliom lu fits mouth or
stopping thorn with his broad chest.
and iu fielding hu could not be out
done. When lie caught a ball, hu car
ried it at full speed to the nearest
thrower, and not a few players woro
put out by his quick motions nnd activ
ity. St1. Nicholas,
Can You Toll Us Why
A man's tooth stops aching as soon
as hu reaches the dentists?
A small dog has a more extensive
lung power than a largo ono?
Uy a butcher always weighs his
hand when you buy moat of ltlm!
Why the fool killer does not sur
roiiitd'the man who has a new story?
Why a dude who wants his mous
tache shaved oil' does not bring it with,
hltn. Toronto Grip,
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