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 35 â- ^M? l t) 'I "M A\h fm ii' I iw I Ike Fbnrte of the Piilfic THE THRILLING STOBY OF A DOUBLE LIFE. CHAPTER IL 'Thx Caftobk or tbb Kasl. For aome yewi after the events jost dea- eribed, the atste of affidra in Pelyiuab vu floch a aoandal to oiviliz»tion that the atteu- «ioB of the Eon^pean powan waa eaUed toit, -with very important reaulta. The Fiji la- luida, one of the finest gronpa in the Fadfio, liad bsoome an Alaatia for all the vagabonda and deaperadoas in what haa been awed the jfifth quarter of the {[lobe. Tiuther reaorted «Tary fogitfre from jostioe and every broken adventurer from all Ae Brltlab ooleniea or the Frenoh penal aattlementa, certain to find there plenty of kindred apirita among the reckleaa chturactera who at that time carried on the iaiand trade. Under the pre- tence ot eatabllahing lawand order, a nuiuber of theae worthiea had banded themaelvea to- gether onder a native chief named Thakom- ban, whom they had proclaimed King of Fiji, and eatablished what they were pleased to ceXL a Govenunent. The only effact of this waa to aubj ict honest traders to extor- tion nnder the torm of dues and taxes, while enabling the loweat mffiana afloat to evade all national r^ponaibilitiea by flying the Fijian flag. Thia nniqne piece of Irantint! waa designed «ith grim Irony by a man wlio, having been dfamiaaed from the royal navy for grosa mia- «oiidnct, and led a diagraoefnl career, had 4Molly appointed himaelf Minister of Marine to tiie King of Fiji. It consisted of a white flsg with a dove carrying a palm branch in its Iwak, anrmonnted by a crown in the oentre. It waa anppoaed to represent the Chriatian peace that prevaitod under Thak- omban'a beidgn rule, bat in reality it waa â- a aymbolfor rapacity, ferocity, and lloanse wtUeh put the worst vicea of aavagea to aluune. The great development of the sugar trade in Qaeensland and of cotton, ooffee and cop za indnstiy in many of the islands; necessit- ating the employment of colored hands, had, about the same time given a sudden impulse to the lalxff traffic, more commonly known as "black birding" and In many instances not distinguishable from slavery. The ordi- nary practice among the more regular trad- era was to make arraofiements with the tribal chiefs in the groups where the best lab»ers are found, to supply a certain num- ber on a fixed scale of payment, with an undertaking to return them by a certain date when they had completed their engage- ment. This was regarded as legal, if any- thing could be legal where no defined authority of any sort existed. But there avere numbers of traders, or so called traders, who cut things short by landing an armed party and caplnring all the people in a village, or else enticing them on board their vessel by one device or another, and, having «ot them down below, sailing away with tiiem. These raids were often accompanied liy bloodcurdling cruelties, and the men who were guilty of them were among the most depravad and cftUoas wretches that ever disgraced the human form divine. Such was the position of affairs when the news reached the honse of Goddefroi, the great German trading company at Apia, in Samoa, that one of their vessels, named the Karl, a smart brigautine of 130 tons, had committed a raid on one of the islands of tlie New Hebrides and carried off a large nnmber of men and women after a fierce engagement and a sickening slaughter. It waa one of the boldest and most brutal ntimes of the kind that had yet been eomndtted, and a loud complaint hav- ing l)een made by. the raisaionaries and tiie respectable traders, the British 'Commodore had sent a cruiser in search of ;febe Karl, and an indignant remonatrance to her ownera. The Goddefroia were thunder- atnzck. They had been established at Simoa let many years and had the highest standing in the Pacific for fair dealing with both wUtes and natives. Moreover, they were in no way concerned in ihe labor traffic, and the masters of all their vessels had in- atmctions not only to carry no labor on aoooont of the firm, but never to have any dealing, however profitable, with that un- savory trade. The captain of the Karl waa a tmated servant of the company, a man of azoellent jadffment and of unawerving honeety. This Goddef rois could only reply to the Com- ,. nudore that they deeply regretted what had OQcnrred, and that they would gladly assist in brining the culprits to j oadM. l^a only .,«fZ[rilaBation they could give of the a£Eab waa that some labor trader anxious to get hands at all costs and hazards, had made such tepnptlng offers to the Captain, or perhaps to the crew of the Karl, aa had overcome all aemplss and auwie them forget both the in annctioas of their employers and the die* fiataa of humanity. With all their experience of the Iaiand tcada, they little knew what dangen and aur- jtl ae a they had to contend with. Wlwa tiie Karl left Apia with a cargo of flopra, that is to aay, dried cocoanut, for Sydney, her crew consisted of twelve men «f all nationalitiea, three or four iSamoan boya aa deck hands, the German Captidn, and two matsa. All went well for aome weeks. The brigautine sailed from group to group on the way to Sydney, picking up â- iiipmentsof copra at the varioua trading atationai, and was already over nearly half iMr vovage when she fell in with a small vsssl flyfaig the Fiji flg. She appeared to kavB been in very bad weather, and aa the ^arl approached her she hung out a si/nal of diatarcse. As the sea was not at all rough aad the two vessels were dose together, the 4jvpt»in of tl^eKarl sent a boat under the oharga e! the mate to ask what waa the maAu. The nute reported that tlM little "vaaaal had been caught in a hanioaae and laat aH af her crew except two men aad a u eiaiwd bay, and wtm in auoh a bad eondt tiaa that bar GaptUn feared he mnatabaadea fear, aalaaa tba Karl would atand by him aalB be oeald leaA aome place of aamy. r g ba i a waa aa ialaad at no great dialaiinn 'WUek. afforded ezoallaBt ahwar for aaril enft fat aBttle bay within a ooral ree^ aad Urn Ohptaia of v^ Karl undertook to oob- -vof iba ewaigarV tiure. !Ebia nMn waa IbaoWaly aoi^Wd,- iMaIr ibf te JCaid'a 1Mb waaiaeihi onboard the Rl»olMiaMoad, JWlheKjlHiWi#«dlaii ii^TeUeve tbe ax- iMMitad leaswant ^ej,. her jrow and help to under eaay aail for the aake of her crippled companion, and alao on aooount of her own diminiahed crew. The nii{ht aet in dark and gnary, and nothiDg could be aeen of the black Diamond but the occasional glimmer- ing of a lantern hung in the fore rigging. It waa about 3 in the morning, the darkeat of the twenty four, when tiie lookout man on the Karl sang out "SUp m the weather bow I" The mate, whoae watch it waa, ran forward and aaw what he knew muat be the Black Diamcn'l apparently bearing right down on the Karl. He ahouted to the steersnxan, "Helm apbrtl' and hastened ait to take the wheel himaelf. The next moment he waa aatoniahed to hear the sound of oara in the rowlocka, close alongside the vessel, and before he could recover himself or give the alarm below a crowd of men had clambered over the aide of the brigatitine. and he found hinu»lf overpowered and fluuf down en the deciE. The Captain, h..^ring the noise, rushed up the companion ladder armed with a revolver, and the second mate, followed by the whole of the crew, came running aft with boarding pikes and handspikes. In thd meZee ttaat ensued the second nute and two of the Karl's men were killed, while the Captain succeeded in diapoaing of aeveral of the aaaailants iefore the revolver was knocked out of hia hands and he him- aelf waa made faat. In a very iew minntea the Karl waa in the handa of the enemy. When daylight broke the Captain had tiie mortification of aeeing hia aiiip luder the command of a tall, â- tout-man. with a moat amiable expreasion of face whom he recognized aa having aeen through his glaaaeaon board the Black Diamond while aome twenty or thirty vll- lainoua f^lowa, armed to the teeth, were poated about the veaael. The Black Diamond waa lopping ebont, apparentiy under no aort of control, at a little distance on the starboard Imw, and the coral island, where she waa to have ahot a haven, waa in full sight a few miles ahead. The big man with the mild countenance introduced himself with great polioeness: " My name is Hayes," he said. " Bully Hayes some people call me. 1 dare say yon have heard oc me before." He was right. The name of Bully Hayes waa a sound of terror throughout the Paci- fic, and Capt. Mensdotff had heard of it only too often. "1 am sorry to put you to any inconveni- loe, Captain but the fact is I want thia enoe smart little ship of yours for a very parti cnlar purpose. Still, I'll do the fair thing by you, as you were ready to atand by me in distress. Exshange is no robbery, and you shall have the Black Diamond. To tell the truth, yon have as good a right to her as I have, for the only part of her that's mine ia the name. I gave her that instead of her own. But you may call her what you plesse. You'll find your men all safe down in the fore hold, and I dare say you'll manage to refit aomehow in this sunny little place you've brought us to." Arrangements were at once made for tranefarring all of Katl'd people to the schooner, Capt. Mensdotff being compelled, in fact, to comply with Hayes's terms. Both vessels entered the little harbor and the Black Diamond was moored inside the reef. She proved to be quite unaeaworthy, and the condition of her hold and the bullet marks on her bulkheads bora evidence of some ghastly tragedy having been enacted in her not long before. Caps. Menadorff and the crew of the Karl preferred to take their chancea on ahora, where food and water were plentiful, and the dead having been thrown to the aharka and the decka waahed. Bully Hayea and hia merry men aailed cff gaily with the German brigautine. The deeda that wera done in the reapec- table name of tbe Goddef roia for aome months after that aroused a feeling of horror throughout a part of the world when people at that time were not eaaily ahooked. The T»ry iaot of the firm's high atandihg, and of the freedom of their people from the atain of outragea made both white tradera and nativea an eaay prey to the piratea, who, on the other hand, were allowed to paaa nn- qneationed, with a conrteoua dip of the ensign, when they met a British cruiser at sea. On one occasion, immediately after committing a shamelesa robbwy on a trad* ing atation, and with all his plunder on board, Capt. Hayes, who changed his name and nationality with obliging ease, had the pleasura of entertaining; the Lieutenant- Commander of H. M. S. Sandfly at dinner on the Karl, and of concerting measures with him for the detection of tlie aoouadrela who were deatroying the iaiand trade I Hia next meeting with a naval officer waa rather mora exdtiiig, but not less triumphant for Bully Hayea. It aroae out of thia aame affair at the New Hebridea, for which the Qoddefrois got the blame. The Karl, with her well-known white hull and trim rigging, came to an anchor one day off one of the meet popnloua villagea in the iaiand of MalUcollo. The nativea who had aeen her before and had no oooaaion to regrat her viaita. soon swarmed around her in their canoes. They were randered all the mora confident by aeeing on her deck several men in the black silk coat and soft blask felt hat which ara commonly worn by the missior- aries in those seas. Hayea waa altraya well provided with these dicguises, and on tlUa ocoaaioa he ohoee to wear one hiouelf and to play the ride of a new Bishop coming to eotabliah a miasion atation on tlie ialaad. Meanwiine hia mate, who waa aetiag aa Captain, appMded to the onpldlty of the nativea by offering to bay all the prodnoe aad onrioaitiea thoy ooold get tegetiia at a priee whieh seemed isAolona to them. He had no iadnoement to be eoonoaloal Mho wae never goiag to pay. The next in the vaei«, both to BMot theaMow ^^ â- nd for pwpeaea of trade, the "falahoB" padally Nqaastiag that all the yma« nea At«wanMia«ed hour the village. The prodnoe wlAdi had been bronght for aale had already been taken m l^ard the brigantine, ud^ paymeattelt liaa to have bean made a« tiie iBeetin(. Bally Hayaa'a mon^, however, w^t on a par with hia raUgton. Thefiret tUbf the â- â- happy nativea knew, avoBeyof baOeta and aluga waa firad through the fragile walls of tiie building, killing and woundfaig a great many, and striking terror into the reat. Taken 'entirely by aurpriae, and being qaite nnanned, they wera unable to offer any effective redataaoe, and though the people in the village made a gallant atrnggle, wonnding aeveral of Hayera men Mid killhig -mora than one of them, fully a hundred cS the fineatyonng men aad women' wera driven or dragged down to the boats, and carried off to the Kari, while probably double that number wera left dead or mangled by the mnrderona fira and cruel blcwa of their aaiailanta. The priaoneri wen immediately placed under hatches, and the Karl waa away beforo the terrified nativea could gather in aufficient numbers to surround her in their canoes with bows and arrows- When the news of this atrocious deed reached the Commodore, he commissioned a young officer named Freemantle, who had already distinguished himself by his activity against the slaven, to take the swiftest cowatta on the station and go in pnrsuili of the Karl, which, it was surmised, would make for some port on the coast of Qaeens- land, when alone so large a number ot laborers could safely be disposed of. Capt. Freemantle acoordingl;^ kept a course which he calculated would bring him on the brig- autine somewhera among the islands of the Arafura Sea, feeling easy about overtaking her by hia steam power, if once he could ascertain which way she had gone. Sure enough, before he had been out ten days he got newa of juatauch a veaael having touched at one of the islanda and taken in proi^ena and water f or a large number of people and from what he could learn ahe waa aa full aa ahe could hold of labor, having prabably made other nida aince leaving the New Hebridea. Highly elated at the pros- pect of making auch a prize, the gidlant cfficer put on every pound of ateam and every atitch of canvaa and drove the Roaario aa ahe had never been driven before, taking a CBune among those channela which he knew waa the only one a vessel of the Karl's tonnage could take. On the evening of the third day of the chase, when among the islands off the coast of New Qninea approaching Torres Straits, he came in sight of a craft sailing to the. northwest with everything she could carry. As he overhauled her he saw she was a brigantine with a white hull, flying the German flag, and sunk very deep in the water. She could be no other than the Kul, and the commander of the Rosario felt his Captain's commission in his pocket. At sundown the brigtmtine was not two miles distant, but she Was cracking on every inch of sail before half a gale of wind, and waa boldly ateerihg cloae to the edge of the reef, when the Roaario, with her iron platea and her heavy draught, did not dare to go. Capt. Freemantie tried the effect of a shot from the Armstrong pivot gun which served for a bow chaacr but the only response the Karl made to that was to dip her German ensign thrae times in derision. When liight came on the brigantine vanished among the islanda, when the coverette could not follow her in the dark. Capt. Freemantie, however, thought nothing of that, bein^ cer- tidn of pickfaig her up a few houn after day- light next momiof. When dawn cane the Roaario waa atill in the channel between the ialanda, and it waa Impossible for any vessel to pass her without beins aeen, or to eaoape her aa ahe ateamed ahead. She no aooner cleared the group of ialanda among which the Karl had been loat dght of the night befon than ahe deaoried a veaael atandlng to the eaatward, crossing the ooune previously taken by the Karl. Capt. Freemantie, thinking the enemy had doubled on him, tn the hope of leading him astray among the periloua reefs which abound in those iraten, cautiously changed his course to cut him off, studying the chart cloaely aad keepfaig the lead Ihie oonatantly going. The way aeemed clear enough, and the Roaario was aoon under a full head of ateam once more. By ten o'clock ahe waa near enonch to the aailing veaael to aee that ahe waa a brigantine of much the aame aize and bn*ld aa the Earl, but painted black and flying the detested blaok and white ras of the kingdom of FijL Theae wera tricka which every naval officer waa quite pnpared for, and Capt. Freemantie bora down on the brigaatfaie as hard as ho could go, oonviuoed that her Hying frdght would prove her to be the Karl. Hewaa n^er anroriaed, however, to aee that ahe made no effort to get away! but kept on an eaaterly oourae. aa if ahe wera sailing from aome North Queenaland port to the ialanda of the Paoific He aignalled to her to heave to, and ahe hove to immediately, at the aame time aaMng the Britiah flag. Cap*. FwemiStie lowered Ua lannoh. and, takhig a Lienten- "«^°.^*?'^**" "»"• *»• "•n* off him aeM to the brigantine, which now lay right undw tiie guna of the Roaario. The eom- ?*"f*V!L" »«»*'•* *n the gangway by a fine lookfairgray.haired nuJJ who ialated himroaMctfcdly „d wdocJned hto ^edeck. kMl ordered the otiier to prUaoe P*P«5^ .^«" â- Jw'^W tiiat tiie veaaeli SlSCiS^ "" "' L«vuka,bound from TowMvUle to Tonga. Evorytiibig aeemed qaitein order, but that proved nothiagTS foiged ahips' papera wen a very oS?i de^oe. CapnPraomandeaakedhow^y men wera on bowd. and waa told that then w«. ttoty.fc,duding fourteen men whohS been taken at tiiefar own wiahfromThureday iaiand, wham *h.i. .ui w. j u.._ .â„¢*7 ablad. Ci^pt.J'i^aiBBtlinBiiad the brigaatineand waa tiaaUe to proli anything •S^M^ oor, howoridbelWddlo bW#,«4iPK^* woiOd dertaftilf ie repiMAnd|i Ty the CoBunodara for esMaa of MaL ' handedLthe ablp'aliapeMM Mo^llptafai of the Annie Wooda, togeUier with a oerti- ficate from himaelf of having bourded her and feond her all in order. The Roaario ateamed her way, aad the Annie Woods aailed hers. „ When the Commodon reoeived Capt. Freemantie's nport in hia own itateroom on Board the Challenger, at Sydney, he aaked him what he thou^t of the aflEilr. 'I amae oertaiat aa that I'm aitting het«^ air." replied Freemantie, "that the. Annie Wooda waa the Earl, painted blaok in the night." "How about the hnodnd and fifty laboranl" "That aangidnary aoonndnl oondgned every one of them to the tharka between the time when I loat him in the evening and the time when I found him again next morn- big." "I've no donbt you're right," aaid the Commodon kindly, but yon only did your duty in letting him go." He was right and many a time afterward Bully Hayes boaated of how he had been one too many for the amarteat naval cffioer on the Auatralian atation. (to be contikubd.) .^ Ilir imteansNy of tk.*. •n^iTup. um^y »n over 30O.O00.OOO..?' Is • o^er 3W.000.000 ,,2^1^ an fai "D«ring a period ol'SiS'l nyenae-apart from "5 USSi landâ€" rose to £124 M*^? words nearly doubled iSSf' » ft when their ahip had been lef tl£ Xhe enw wen muatared on ei- U^t tiasban aadtiwleavaaofthe ooooanat '.4*.f» ooooaaat riTT.TTrâ€" ^^ ^^ 'â- ^ "»« of the ti»ab(«.-a«irwwa'5affi£'tb?'b£*2l*£r»!L" *• ^^STSSL*" '•••«««» •atfafaotorHy^ Cap!. FreemaaUe waa not at aU deodved. Ho meniy adrnbed the waybTwhS Si thiMwaadpM. Heaow le^ the^Swrf ^^fej-tf-etotiie foneaatieaSSM What is tHe Matter With Farmins 7 The Chicago "Tribune" of recent date un- dertekea to ahow in a lengthy and labored editorial tliat the trouble with farming ia thatfarmen work too many houn in tbe day, and hence are. producing mon food than the world can oonanme. It auggeata aa a remedy that they reduce the houn of work to eight, and let part of the land lay idle. The article ia both intereating and amusing. It ia intereating becanse it ahowa that the great dailiea are dimly conadoua of the fact that the farmer haa a weighty grievanoe, and that aomethnig muat be done aooner or later to relieve liim it ia amuring beoauae it ahowa how amazingly ignorant great "nrit- en and newspapen can m on farm matten. The idea of running a farm on tbe 8-hour plan is too absurd for serious argument. The idea of securing the uniformity of action among farmers necessary to render a restriction of production effective is, if possible, even more ridiculous and absurd. The better way would be to kill off the agricultural editors and aboUsh agricultural newspapen, and in- clude in the daughter all progresdve farm- ers. Tax improved stock out of existence, and go back to poor farming. Thia would promote scarcity, high pricea and prosperity a good deal more effectively. All thia talk about over-production ia pure rot. The wheat crop ia but alightly over the average of the last ten yean, and not a whit over the averare in proportion to population. The com crop is only an average the country over, according to the sami authority, the Department of Agn- culeure. The ratio of cattie to population has been, according to the aame authority, steadily decreasing for three yean, and this year more rapidly than ever, aa State reporta ahow, and aa next year's Govern- ment nport will ahow mon completely. When drove after drove of yearling and two-year old ateen go into the stock yards and slaughter housea at every considerable city, does any one need to be told that cattle are deorean'ng It is not over production that is the matter with the farmer, bui the fact that the farmer is about the only man that ia in competition. Nearly every- thing elae ia in combination. The railroada have their aaaooiationa to keep up -fnight rates, the manufacturen their trnata and combinationa to limit productiona and keep up pricea, the merchanta have an nnder- atanding that ntail prices moat be kept no. and the amaller the aales the greater the nesesdty for larger profit^. The remedy Ues in enforced competition. It M largdy a legisUtive nmedy. Legia- Ution cannot enact high pricea, but it ban and will crush out, when legisiaton have thefeaa- of the grani^sr before their eyes. «?,f^ «»bfaiation toat preventa oomiitrl *iu\K Jtu"^***' 1* farming la lar^y tola, that the farmer haa not organizsd for Ms own protection. He must org»nize and look at Ml qaeations from tiie standpoint of the farmer before he wiU obtafai effebdve n December Icebergs, The Hartford "Times" of recent date aays -These big mountalna of ice. of which the inooining ateamen nport a number aa float- ing down paat Newfoundhttd from tlie "«»J"d »« tUa week, have been jour neyfaig down through Baffin's bay and ^past tiling for icebergs to start out on tiie aou^ have been leaa aeven than usual intL« fl- extent looked up in tiie Gnealand eS! when tiiey have their birthTunS thTta! onadng amu of the middle and l»Sor«riM timenlease them. Some, howevw Boohalned fnm theater^, aild thata2«U^ have basntiie case witii A« earfflSSl rf the oold and ghoatiy "flaerof dSSh^^c^ brimoa, alwaya aJlbg out of *i,'S?f Podied oat over the rockv wall «# terrible ahon by a« dS^bSTnTl r.;fcS^"**'4»"«»82cienofwSJl thw formed a nart. tiny ai^ bi^rfkea o« by their own weight and the bouyant forol ^t Srt£riL*""'L*" wHl no?Sj Slpro" jcotfag ice naaealnkBinoh,butbyitanB^«i Patii anape off a vaat HitcllliV^^'!^ the •Aahaltr owwiai to do SJhTaiSd 2li • wHMM^^ Kl 9HK OB the Hb af Ltafa 1 entile prevalent eMt wiSS to •^^'^* 5jdia Idaada delightfnW^ "M«»te a pleaaanToaa; Weet tiieir On a ngtiiter to AnQthaBiel mkiiULi^j: ^^ ' ?.^^' 9^SnÂ¥ew*(;infl!iUBa 'la The French Panama â- .!. takfagariightiy mo» J Itcertdnlywoaldbe.Sy" tiie work already done SrvS prodigious amoit of motl*"*i diould be wholly thro^***^*!! perhaps two oawkU. toZpIS. A aooner or later, bat if th. v2*H] Jhould be fairly la«3 JSt" todefinitelyfor reallz.aof^?«» ud freedom from ^m^SLS Panama route is ratiier the hjjf It is said that 400 000 t«.i â-  flaetz* fn Berlin rt'ouW** J 1.500,000. Thenu"X7J disease was abouS 630 S^N enough, but an epldemiewlffi; person to 615 of tho^'iSiS alarming. Of those who ffi,1«3 that the majority foundhhL undue exposure whUe nSn^S complafat, or prem»tnr„ZSH valeactog. L» grippe u^S iXt pasaages for some timTti.«iT* «ptibletethecold.„?fai dangr which prudent p«^f3|y The records of Joliet penitatitt ^^ amaUgnmnd for hope thTtt^Sa Dr. Cronto wiU serve ont th* J^i then. Of twenty mnrf^^^ for life prior to Dscembar 1. KM i^ wen paidoned after servhvNilwZ of five yean and eight mtmthi, fiwS J one was sent to the faiss. Wj prisoners to date ientenoedtolifebnii ment for other crimes thanmnrtetjffl exception of four, were wleaadbij, commutation, pardon or othenk Ufe convicts now confined thannuhrd forty-nme out of a total of 138 mwJL stoce 1868. This is not a hopefnlBwl The Intentate ComffietM estimates that daring the yeuadedj] 30, 1888, no less than 5 693 ptnM J killed on railroads in the United SMsd 27,898 injared to raihroad aoddaalii estimates are based on lUtiiliai i to the nturns sent to to the fi flmi. the companies, and tbey will nrpisJ those who have some idea of the mH I of life and limb. This Iom nay Msd when contrasted with the total inH railroad employes in the oomtir, ail paaaengera carried by the roadi, hiitti naaon to believe that it vonld hi amaller wen the nnmerone lafeliy i|^ which have been invented in genenlal The Dominion GoTemment pnpasl add to ita experimental farm li dairying department. Ihli dai would appear to he neoeeiary if tbe i taking ia to become complete in ittrd to the agricnltnral commmtity. It hi stood that Prof. Robertson, of tke Agricultural College, has been mU] take charge of the new brasoh, mi I thia gentleman has accepted tbprjpi Mr. Roberten is an nndonbted axpi^^ can be relied ubon to prodnoe, vilk r means placed at hia disppsali the l«tii Tlien are now four experimieiil I one to the Maritime ProviBoa, «l Ottawa for Ontario and Qaebcc, al Mudioba, and one to theTerrltmia f preanmed that Prof. Bobertaos ciae anpervidon over the dairying' at each eatablishment. The year 1890 brings aroondtbi dill the periormance of the psarionpl^itOf ammergan, the quiet village ii III Bavaria, when onoefai ten V"***! aeen one of thcf quatotsstsarviTaha* age when rdigious scenes weit r " the'stage. The pasdon play at Obe iUustratea the chid events hi ttollH*] Saviour, and la nndertaksa «wi, totentionandfromno wish to wB or profane. Pnpantioni aw »» made for the event, whiob •â-  *J f eaton to the life of the pbe^w*" a aonree of aome gdn to the M"""" ever atooe 1850, when a G*""" JJ?LJ bronght the performance mtoigmioin thonaanda of virftora have Sw*";] the time of the celebratioB from taj- Earopeand America. In ^^^It receipta from the play amonotea ""T. whUe in otiier waya the peop» V^\ the preaence of curious ontsid«a Though we do not efSsiently P"' oreatlon of the larger »nd "X^i monopoUes, we an oaidol » TJd fanner of the privilege »*^*" 1 pating to a ooraer. AoowM'fM? m^inioipal Uw, counoils m»y g^ crime of fon-stalling and f*f^^ aton haa taken advantage olj^Tt,^! aad hae plaood on the oltf "^T by-tow declaring that ^^^ZuH aell to grooen or hnoksten b*«« ""j to tiie morning. T»»« P«2«I nquirement ia to give the 8Tf„-i« ohaaoe to buy at tiie ««*?'" » " the ntaUer from comWni« l^odnoer to raise "** jji* oomptoto that the hour WpfT]^* cannot aell to the ntvA^t^r^A materiaUy fajure them- IJf^rff toter than ntoe. Bat «^"^^i the principle te th»e; «»»â- " winioipal taw ia wrong. The annual nturna diowa total regular _. Sro.OOO cffieara and «n«n. " ]|« allktodaan now reckonM*' v,;^ artillery at 35,300. ^f^'^T^Pi tiie bqt guarda and ^*f^\^ i^ armv ^iiIiim orona at •**"'.uai d *•»• ^l#l w 'Sean -d â€"j^ n __ji*32S. r""?*^ gj^^ ss *,a5r;e'5Sssi;: SHr J^^uT*" «»«taitod tiwSfW army birnpo oropa itaffoSpa«t2.4000,|tha at i'fiO, the new crops oi laptop of •n^i ,,.^ ._.ocdwui« "'S'jM*' ib£itoderk to fill "PjK^aX^ a p of tiie West I»» JS*" lialtaoe Artillery and «tl (St â- â- inleawated of «««» i^ trdSied aative troopa, the v^ vama^ anr me alfflte,' "ySebehearin' me "i; tiiem fa A â- me they'ra not cha â€"J, bat th' very opp Slips' JKh'^Mj " iSabiflyanVal ^dhroBKBan'miab -iMtn aa many do! K?rtth' tope av their 1 .haa wartaaa hit nose, iTI^siA^'iith'iauih gM fh' oame ay id liv oallto' Id a chai ^|jt. ball they'd on |^^j;,^adItyl(lla,M f,n Audaointoty they Mwratarin' to th' name a vTiaawfaL iCh^goes I a bidi (of 'k' poor â-  Miaradokettogoto i( •V all that's holy f wha la^aai id'a aome dhry 2^ ^tkto affoord to p nTdinoe-T Oi kadn'fc »1 iX had the money. Mc u'sball bnshted meâ€" th Iniyhdgh-proiced, Mrs. totr-foire ur fifty ctots is TptnoB to pay for a ball I onght to be a chance ai thrown to besoidea. F robarityball. It's nawt â- es and flapdoodles an u an' ths poor don't git a swirrud oliari^ ia gettii â- sd,Mrs. MoGlagcerty. Itoth' hasidtal af whoile i ' tl" A Fet Woodpecd jst known of American creature, somewhat Ii I, witii a crescent on th ^a black crescent on i 'ally noticeable for tbe y .Jigs and taiL A New Y( J years ago, took a yonng Tand brought it up, and ft rinteresttog pet. he bird could thrust ont i nee teches, and it waa a: jefforts to eat corrants fn aodd ran ouc his toogt lb to the cnrrtDt Faiiii id bend his tongue rround Itrf to raise it by a sudde ttver succeeded the rone land slip away every tim ]isd to think of taktog it b I tongue was in constant atnre of every thicg he sa' (board, or any similar he 7 explored. ui ooriona organ gatoed hi â- amber of half grown ca ittbe house. I wuhed tb jftad with him, so that t kOlbg him might be less I reason I used to take kiti rknee together. At ss pecker's curiodty waa aar I Uftlena' eyea, and level] lily aa a markaman leveli 1 hold ateady for a mint |Ua tongae at the bright «ai bold by the cats to U being atmok in the c ilBviaibletothem. They i fa tsmr of the Urd tha i*|Vwfaenever they aaw h ^Ug^-hola waa never aurpi " aor abald of any thtof I upon the turkey gobl Boldtog up one wtoi «.aaiftoatrikewithit I wMle to a harah voice a Jtowardthem. I feared [«WtkiUhtoi.batI sooi -â-  aue to take can of him ^mrite diet waa ante. ^nwieaanddug totoani he would lick up the bi!^^* "tream of tfcoji into hia moutiu I lU^Jf* ***•"»•«" late to â- â€¢ Wgtatory impnlae and w 5 ood ICnsio by tiw nLlht "S** fatweating ii PL^ ExpodtioTv, J„2»*ag( of three parti tS^^ firat machfa ,!n!L*** •««1 •• I toucl 52?;**»«fdadiea,repr Si.P»»y»d. wen I â- M ateip of papw aboi iy-^â„¢Ik«lfinUhed •^•â- t tiie dote anodadi P5^»»wranoe of th fcg wt ae chanioal orgau tatto the tni] '1i«» tiie keyt ,Tf*» b? aU til .i2S?«««ek»edforti ^•*t| afoot "â€"[Inv, wbtoh boot given in f'^f.. an 88.000 fa .tfc'jSJy* ^totheDabUB*^' ilodidaad. Than .^.5 :^.-y.,„^^^mkiSi^m