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DEMERARA CRYSTALS. "
(Fr0m the T3meS.)
GEoRGErowN DEMERARA.

G~E0RGEToWN D~EMERARA.
This colony Of British Guiana
may be fifty described as, at the
present, a vast mandatory of
"iHemerara crystals" These sugar
"crystaln" fetch fancy" prices in the
European market /; they are hell in
hi. b esteem in English households,
and there is little marvel in this to
one who has visited the home of
their production. 1t is probable that
the "ckemistry OF common lie" has
no more distinct illustration of sue
cess. The whole system of prOduc-
ton is scientific TO the last degree ;
and when we remember that the
system results in an annual output
valued, even at present low prices,
at none less thar e., 400, 600, we see
we are dealing with a system very
practical to consumers as well as to
producersof sugar" Moreoverthere
is already $4,000, 900 worth o fmachi-
merry at work in the colony the I'M
nuaI importation Of English manufac-
tured goods now exceeds GI, 900, 900:
the tota! tonnage leaving the port
already exceeds 2O0,O QUO tons. This
community, it will be seen, is a great
customer for our home producers,
and the sole present basis Of IFS pros
perity is sugar, and that chiefly in
the form of Demerara crystals.
he sugar planters out here have
taken their cue from the %refincrs in
England, and have with vigour Join
ed the loud throng who with super
siitions unity of feeling attribute
every evil incident of sugar 10 the
influence of the bounties. This mys-
FERROUS term las been erected into a
scapegoat, and made to carry all the
blame which is in reality due to
endless other influences. But even
trade depressions, bad seasons, and
overstocking of markets have rot
always so much effect as new devel-
opments of manufacture ; aud this is
a class of influence altogether ign0r-
Ell. Dcmerara crystals constitute n
signal and important instance of this
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THE DISASTER IN SWITZER-
LAM d.
GENEVA, SEPT. 16.

In view of the probability of
further earthslips the engineers have
recommended that Elm should be
entirely abandoned for the winter.
Next to the rain the CHEF cause of
the terrible catastrophe which has
overwhelmed Elm is said to be in
iudicious quarrying for slate, where
by the mountain was in part under
mined, and so rendered unsafe.
Some three years ago "minous signs
of dancer were observed, and the
cantonal forest master Herr Sell
w rned the proprietors Of the quar-
ries that they were carrying on their
excavations beyonl tie bounds Of
safety. The WORK went on without
interruption until last Thursday when
the p~remonilious of disaster became
so alarming that ali the men were
!. withdrawn from the quarries, yet no
one seems to have thought the vii
loge was in danger until Sunday
afternoon, when as The people were
coming from church Il quantity Of
stones rolling from the IschinGel
crushed several houses in INTERNAL
nearest the foot of the Alp. Ten
minutes later came the great catas-
trophe a thunderous noise rent the
air, Il black dust cloud overspread
the valley, aud ali was still. In
those two or three seconds INTERNAL
had disappeared, and with it were
buried nearly everyone of the unfor-
Inmates, who a few minutes previous
ly were wolshipping il the village
church. Scarcely amy, in fact, who
on the first alarm crossed the Serlft,
either out of curiosity or fear, or to
lend a helping hand to those whose
houses had been struck, escaped, and
they include nearly all the manhood
of the village. The proprietor Of the
Elm Hotel was thrown by the con
.cussion of air from the iron bridge
over the Sernft into the stream, and
drowned. Ills brother, who had
feached the Unterthal side, was
crushed beneath a fragment of rock.
In one house there was a christening
party of Is persons, mostly kinsfolk,
all of whom, save the child's father,
were killed at one stroke he was
bereft of family, relatives, and estate.
His house is gone, and his fields are
buried under The wreck of the noun
TAIN. From the i,st, rescue, though
energetically attempted, was secn to
be hopeless /; rocks and earth are
piIel over Unterthal to a height of
soft. and the area covered by the
debris is computed at from 6 to s
square miles. The statement that
two or three of the victims had
been taken fom the ruins alive
has not been confirmed, and the
] dead are mutilated beyond the posi-
bility of recognition. 1t adds another
pang to the grief of the bereaved to
know that even if their dead should
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Gu d S|StcHA WutCH th0
English market with raw sugar fit to
go into English consumption with
out further refining. We have thus
a sugar produced under the cheapest
of conditions and directly competing
on the very breakfast-table with
other sugars the result of extensive
growing operations in one part OF
the world and Q tensi,e refining
operations in another part of the
world. The English makers of this
particular class of refined sugar-of
crystaIs-whether in Bristol or in
Glasgow, will by degrees accumu-
late experience sufficient to accept
this fact and no longer go wailing
the country over that French sugar
bounties alone have ruined their
business.
But if Demerara crystals are thus
indictable for inf1uencesh hitherto ettri-
buted solely 10 bounties, these crys-
tails are also acting most prejudicial-
ly On those obnoxious bounties them
selves. 1t is not merely q matter of
supplying sugar at the cheapest
scientific cost, but a system is now
being introduced here, the Weinrich
system, which puts in The market
what is practically a leaf sugar. And
us we are told that l~oai-sugar manu-
facture has almost entirely gone out
in England, this is an item of news
of significant interest 10 our bounty
fed Continental competitors. There
IS thus much reason for detailing the
present condition and the prospects
OF the sugar industry in this thriving
colony.
British Guiana is a business-like
colony. Others, c%nvious Of its sue
cess, term it the "mud colony" But
this "mud" is the stable basis of its
high prosperity. II is reported TO be
an alluvial deposit composed
chiefly of clay, impregnated with
marine salt and rich in decomposed
vegetable matter" This mud *
tends far; the great majority OF the
10000 acres planted with sugar-cane
are actually below the level of the
sea, fenced round and about with
sea walls and dams and yielding an
area of soil, all a%lluvidl for 100 feet
in depth, that is practically i%ncxhaus-
tibIc, and yet most easily worked.
The area so utilized is comparative
ly a mere strip along the coast,
reaching never more than a few
miles inland, TO the belt of tropical
forest" which ~inlerposes the barrier
of a soil that is nothing but a loose
piIing up of vegetable debris nowhere
sufficiently compressed to be We
good peat. But beyond this, again,
when higher land is reached up
the rivers, there are reports
of experimental yields OF enormous
growth; Of sugar-cane attaining a cir
cumterence OF seven inch es.
Only, to utilize this all a~lluvial
area considerable capital has been
needed : ESQ., 600 for a sea-wall OH
one single estate was considered a
mere incidental expense. But this
habitual investing of capital has, in
the course of years, produced an
artificial sugar-growing are that
L. H. .--1.~o
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27
ENTERTAINING COMPANY.

The whole philosophy of hospitality
is summed up by Emerson in the follow
ing: al pray you, o, excellent wife,
not to cumber yourself and me to get 4
rich dinner, for this man or this woman,
who has alighted at our gate, nor a bed
chamber made ready at too great a cost.
These things, if they are curious they
can get for dollar at the village. But
let this stranger see, IL he will, in your
looks, in your accent and behavior,
your heart and earnestness, your thought
and will, what he cannot buy at any
price, at any village or city, and which
he MAY well travel fifty miles and dine
sparingly and sleep hard, in order to
behold. Certainly let the board be
spread and the bed be dressed for the
traveller, but let not the emphasis oi
hospitality be in these things. Honor
to the house where they arc simple to
the verge Of hardship, so that the intel
lect is awake and sees the laws Of the
universe, the soul worships truth and
love, honor and courtesy flow into all
deeds" One Of the greatest comforts
of having home should be that in j,
we have a place for friends and even
strangers-rooms, more than supply the
needs of the family and extra ''leaves'
to the extension table. The secret oi
true hospitality, as Emerson has stated,
is in its coming from the heart.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.

One Of the perpetual stumbling blocks
in the way Of happiness is tina; recurring
question, "What will people say?" We
would wear our old clothes and be COM
Portable, live on half our income and
put half aside for a time Of need, do
without great many things which are
unnecessary but fashionable, and choose
for our acquaintances and friends the
people we like best, but "what will pco-
pie sayl" as il people, which does not
mean the few for whom We really care,
but the great abstract world, have any
thing to do with it. Do people pay our
bills when we buy what we do not want
to please them1 Do they think any
more Of us when We have climbed by
infinite pains and inconvenience to their
standardl Much more likely they see
through our foolish tissue Of worldliness
and toadying, and despise us for the
very effort we made. There is nothing
SO futile and feeting as popular favor.
The people who, from sudden fancy
or caprice, may take US up to-day, will
drop us tomorrow the man or woman
who works with this end in view will be
disappointed and deserves to be, for
working for popular praise, or from 4
fear Of what people will say, can never
be productive Of good. Shakespeare
has said, "Be thou as pure as ice and
chaste as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny," and the censure Of the world
light thing SO il be undeserved.-
There are sweet and gentle natures which
shrink from its adverse criticism. They
believe in "people." They think the
world kind Of alma mater, instead Of
censorious judge, until too late, they
find that they have expended all their
strength and courage in trying to please
and failed, and they never rally from
the shock.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27
HOW OUR CHILDREN LEAVE Us.

Watch, and within the brief circuit Of
year, sometimes even in the course of
a few months, you will see a change in
the little faces. Take photographs Of
them, and il you happen to lay them by
for few years, and then open the book,
you will have a surprise. You will have
something like the following: "Why, l
have lost these children. Surely they
have gone from me. Has God taken
them ?" No. They are "about" you
still They are with you, looking at
the pictures, much amused that they
should be pictures of themselves. They
can sec no resemblance to the image
they see every day in the glass. So
they vanish from us, even while they
live, and we see them no more. The
little girl with che ringlets is wayfarer
who is tairying with you only for n
night. She will go on again in the
morning toward womanhood. And the
sunny boy will keep her company on
the way to his manhood. Very soon,
now, you will see touches of the man.
hood and the womanhood on their faces.
Then will come their lovers, their mar
riages, their cares, their children-and
you will be grandfather and grand
mother before you know it. Many are
taking these honors continually while
yet they are not old. Their condition
conSpireS to crown them without their
leave, although generally much to their
delight. Then few years more, and
your children children will leave you
AS they shoe; up into men and women.
You will have TO reach across two gen
eraiions then TO find the children.
Nor can we forget that there are al
ways sou.c who lar outstrip the rest
who do not glide away on feet along the
earthly ways, but who have wings woven
in silence on which they fly up to the
fields Of heaven. We have spoken Of
the facial change As children grow to be
men and women; but there is another
change which sometimes comes on
young face, which betokens a growth
quite out of this world, and 4 putting
on of the beauty and glory Of another.
A change, this, sad at first to see, sor-
rowful exceedingly TO our earthly affec-
tions. Yet 4 change growing more and
more fair TO look on, rebuke to our
sorrow. a lifelong memory TO our love.
And so we lose them. And many 4
Job stands amid the relics Of the past,
looking back, and plaintively or thank
fully recalling the days when the chill
dren were about him. Well, but look
forward. Antedate the time. Antici-
pate the inevitable severance, and work
for the formation Of the deeper, the i'm
mortal union. II you have wealth.
heart property-in these children, As
children, know il now, for the riches
will "make themselves wings and fy
away" II you have nurture to give
them suitable 10 their tenderness, prep
aration for their strength, give il now
in little while they will be too hard
and strong in natures growth to take it.
II there are lessons which the Master
would have you learn Of them while
they are yet young, and which they can
not teach, nor you learn of them when
you are older, then learn the lessons
now; for soon the little faces will be
seen M more 4, your table, the pa,ter
of the little feet heard no more in your
rooms. --.Ak.r6nlicy. R1Lysh.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27
LOOK AT YOUR THUMBS.

II any body will look carefully at the
d OF his thumb he will find that the
surface is ridgcd with little thread-like
in tiny spirals. II he will take mag
nifying glass and examine them closely,
he will find that there is good deal Of
individuality in the way in which these
are arranged No two thumbs in all the
world are exactly alike. The miniature
mountain ranges are rs fixed and decided
rs the Alps or the Sierras, the geography
Of the thumb rs unmstakablc. Now
the Chinese have made Use Of this fact
for establishing roguc's gallery
Whenever 4 criminal is exarincd by
the law, an impression is taken OF his
thumb. Smcared with little lamp.
black, partially wiped and then pressed
down on piece Of paper, an engraving
of the thumb is made, and kept in the
police records.
II serves just the same purpose which
is served by our photographing our burg
lars and pick-pockets. The accused
can be identified with great certainty.
Nothing short Of multilating or burning
the thumb can obliterate its features.
Sometimes CHASTITY proof of guilt is
furnished. A murderer, red-handed
with his crime, may touch his fingers
end upon white wall, and so leave in
the color Of his guilt a photograph on
the accusing wall. His signature is left,
just as rnmis,akable as il he had signed
the bond of his iniquity; and thus
brought to light, and deeds Of blood
made to tell their own story.
But this individuality in the skin Of
the tip of the thumb, strongly marked
as it is, yet admits Of strong family like
ness. Brothers and sisters who will take
impressions Of their thumbs will find re-
semblances among each other that they
will not find when comparing them with
the thumbs Of strangers. Even thus
minutely does that strange thing, family
likeness, descend. What wonder is Il
that faces look alike, voices sound alike;
how can il seem strange that members
Of the same family should have DISPOSE
tions and similaritics Of temper, Of men,
tai aptitudes and hereditary diseases,
when such minor peculiarities as the
texture at the end Of the thumb, and It's
ranges Of hills, should also have family
resemblances in the midst of their indefi.
mite diversities
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27
THE WEDDING FEE.
nv n. -. srREETER.

One morning, ffty years ago
when apple trees were white with snow
0f fragrant blossoms, aud the air
Was spell.bound with the perfume rare
Upon farm horse. large and lean,
And isry with its double load,
A sun-brown youth and maid were seen
Jogging along the winding road.
Biue were the arches Of the skies,
Bat bluer were that maiden's eyes!
The dew drops on the grass were bright,
But brighter was the loving light
That sparkled meath each long .fringed lid
Where those bright eyes Of blue were hid;
Adown the shoulders, brown aud bare,
koiisi the soft waves Of golden hair,
vh<rss almost strangled with the spray,
Tkss INN, awiiling sufferer, lay.
!, was the fairest sight, I ween,
That the young man had ever seen:
And with his features all aglow,
The happy fellow told her so,
And she, without tho least surprise,
Looked on him with those heavenly eyes
Saw underneath that shade Of tan
The handsome features Of man,
And with . JOY but rarely known,
She drew that dear face 60 her own,
And by that bridal bonnet hid
canno; tell you what she did.
So on they ride. until anon;
The new.bo leaves with dew drops hung.
The patronage, arrayed In white.
Peers out-a more than welcome sight.
Then. with u cloud upon his face,
"what ,hali We dor" he turned TO say,
"Shouid he refuse 20 take his pay
From what Is In the pillow.caseg"
And giancing down. his eyes surveyed
The pillow ease. before him laid,
Whose contents, reaching to its hem,
Might purchasc endless joys for them.
The maiden answers: "Lct us wait:
To borrow trouble where's the necd."
Thea at the parson's squeaking gate
Halted the more than willing steci.
Down from his horse the bridegroom sprung;
The ia,chiess gate behind him swung:
The knocker Of that startled door,
Struck ~ u never was before,
Brought the whole household, pale with fright,
And there, with biushe, on his check,
So bashfui he could hardly speak,
The farmer met their wondering sight.
The groom goes 10, his errani tells,
And as tie Parson nods, he leans
Far o'er the window ill, and ycils,
''Come In. lie says he'll take the beans .''
oh, how she jumped. With one glad bound
She and the bean bag reached the ground.
Then, clasping with each dimpied arm
The precious product Of the farm,
She bears Il through the open door,
And down upon the parior floor
Dumps the best beans vines ever bore.
All happy were their songs that day,
when man aud wife they rode away.
But happier this chorus ,iill
which echoed through those woodland scenes
"God bless the priest Of wa,sonville.
God ble,s the man Who took the bsahs"'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27
sS-Two country spins,ers we're stop.

s4-Two country spinsters were stop
ping at friends house in Boston after
their return from a scientific lecture
They occupied the same apartment and
shortly after midnight one Of them
started up, and awakening the other,
exclaimed in great trepidation "Bet-
sey, believe there is man under the
bedi" Betsey merely raised her finger
in an admonitory way and replied :
''Don't make noise then, Jane, you
might scare him away"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27

paS-A Connecticut man lost papers
representing 5000 while at picnic.
That night he dreamed three or four
times where the papers were, and the
next morning he went 10 the spot and
recovered them. He is now trying 20
dream the whereabouts Of ten dollars he
loaned man two years ago, but up TO
the hour Cf going to press he had not
succeeded.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-08-27
na- Clara writes to ask II we can re

D0- Clara writes to ask if we can re-
commend anything for sore throat
Why, yes, Clara, bless your dear little
heart, flannel's an excellent thing-blue
flannel Is the most soothing-have IL
made up into coat sleeve, and get some
young fellow to hold il on for you I;
then il hangs on better and Is more ef-
fectual. Il Is said sometimes to be
cheaper than rye and rock.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-14
Personal.

Rev. James McWhinnie, pastor of the Free
St. Baptist church in this city, will deliver the
Sermon and address at the anniversary of the
Baptist Sabbath School in Augusta, which oc.
ours on the fourth Sunday in June.
Hon. T. r. Smonton, G. w. C. T., is speak
ing under the auspices Of the Good Templars
in Northern Cumberland. Sunday afternoon
and evening he addressed large audiences at
Bridgton and Monday evening at Harrison.
Mt. Pleasant District Lodge, I. O. G. T.
holds its quarterly session at Stowe tomorrow,
G. w. G. T. Simonton and other Grand
Lodge officers are to be present.
b. I. Chase, Esq, of Bridgton, left for
Washington Saturday. He has been appointed
to position in the Pension Department.
Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill, has returned from
Kansas in improved health.
Rev. III. B. Carpenter of Hollis St. Church,
Boston, with his wife passed up on the Sebago
steamer yesterday for their summer vacation
at Bridgton.
Mr.. Elbridge G. Moody, native of Saco
and for many years a merchant ia Kenne-
bunkport, died Saturday, aged II years.
During President Johnson's administration he
was postmaster at the latter place. He leaves
n widow but no children.
John S. Abbott, Esq, formerly resident OF
Norridgewock and leading member of the
Somerset bar, died suddenly Sunday forenoon
of heart disease at his home in Watertown,
Mass. He was IA years of age.
A number of the parishioners of Pine, Chest.
nut and Congress st. churches called on Rev
ID. B. Randall at his residence last evenin g to
bid him goodbye. He leaves for Lewiston to-
day. Rev. Messrs. Lindsay and LeLacheur
were present Mr. Randall is in better
health than usual, and is tie oldest member
of the Maine Conference except two. He has
been member SO years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-14
Barnum's Day.


Speaking of Barnum's show, an exchange
says:
The entree was grand affair 1t included
soned and bearing elegantly dressed riders,
both ladies and gentlemen. The band play ed
as the procession made the circuit ON the out
side OF the rings and the spectacle was very
tine Then two Ukraine and five Trakene
stations were put through their wonderful
trick performance by r Ell. Dockrill. In the
meantime the trained oxen balanced on q
plank and fred pistol to the intense delight
OF the audience. The atheletic portion of the
entertainment was the finest ever given here
The !eaping was very extraordinary, and when
Frank Gardner jumped from the board over
eight elephants, turning double somersault,
and landed safely on his feet the applause
was loud and long. After Nile Boshell and
Miss May Antonio had shown some excellent
acting on the slack wire, William button and
Adelaide Cordona followed in a wonderful
display of equestrianism. Geyer and Ashton,
gymnasts, and the Boisset Brothers, on the
double horizontal bar, exhibited great skill,
while Edwin Bibby and Professor Hoeff1er
showed the audience how Grnco-Roman
wrestling matches are won and lost. Miss
Emma Lake and Miss Matte Benedict per-
formed several graceful acts on handsome
horses and Frank Melville and Frank Gard
neat jockey feats. Awata Katsnoshin, the
Japanese juggler, Boisset brothers, acrobats
and grotesque dancers, and Mons and Nine.
Ordey, Jugglers, gave entertaining and skill
full performances, which were followed by
wonderful feats of bareback riding by Nine.
Dockrill. The performance given by the
troupe of elephants caused much astonisment
and general comment was made on the won
derful tractability of the 'big varmnts,'' as
they are called by the circus men. The Da-
vene troup of gymnasts ELECTED much applause
by daring and difficult exhibitions on the ira
peze, and the performance came to a happy
close by Nine. Dockrill and Frank Melville ex-
ecuting their skillful feats with six horses
each.
The show will exhibit in Portland, the 18th,
next Friday.