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, 1882-02-01
French G'a'bGcs
From the Times. J

4 AA4NtN CPO'-N'0
nation has little to congratulate itself
upon as rcg rds the We II just closing.
Abroad it has been uked by the
Tuni>ian expedition; at home by the
general elections, NJ. Ferry's fall, and
NJ Gambptta's acression-foW events
bound ua together, for Iumis hasten
ed the end Of the late Cabinor,
and the elections led TO u. Gam
bctta's accession. Historians will
some day reveal the real causes of an
expedition which for yeats had been
desired by the enemies OF France,
not by itself; wdach was pr c.pitated
by trivial and manifold occurrences;
which tuul d |inStigators, ac,lng with
the utmost good faith, but with the
greatest ignorance Of the world, and
which was unlaYtllrn Under the firm
belief that it would be wound up
speedily aud at the will of its utho~s.
Otly bY degrees and at a time when
drawing back was impossible was
its gravity 6rceivrd. and at the pre-
sent moment, despite the exert ms of
the Executive AID the denIllS OF
national pride, 1t is a verl'a6Ie danger
for s'rancr. 1t has indeed, aroused
lie" from q deceptive ioeIn9 ct Secn-
rity, and in this respect It cannot be
complained OF, Il has shown a
nation, taorvjng if~'It a strong or4a
uizato0, thatichtd adopted u >vs'em
Of recruiting all n term at service
and mode # mobiiizlti il f,reim to
lis habits aaj genius. France has
discovered tbpt she had quipped her
srif for one o. these ore t / al."uaI
wars ~dcufudlag every eff ~t aDd
every sacrifice s@uitiu9 her t: ste ard
traditions, bat not FIR those minor
expeditions. Sh" suddenly found thai
her entire army was Hiaor2 anized by
drafting off troops requI-ite fer the
subjugation Of luui~, and that in the
immense sacrifices imposed o" her
for The Ias' two years, the ctentiou
Of Il colonial and above all IF an
At lean army had been forgotten.
This gap, first pointed out by The
Times, is npw apparent to all. BY
a piece Of sharp practice, moreover,
the Ferry Cabinet had hastened an
expedition, the gravity of which ii
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Since 1871 the Church Of England had
increased by nearly 1909, the Wcsleyans
by $40, The Norayians by 1859, and the
Roman Catholics by II.
Tbenezt paragraph treats of "Scholaes,7
and states tnat The number of&rhoiars has
increased by nearly 1900 s.Rea 1871, and
now amounts to mere than "a, 900. The
remainder Of the Report is taken up with
an account Of the population IN regard to
House room, ard il shows that the occu-
pants Of single rooms are frequently toonu-
merous, a condition Ct things which is to
be regretted, but wh:cl prevails among the
iatcur.n& population IN many otLer parts
Of toe world.
, 1882-02-01

has been 9,85S or about 5 per cent, and it
must be remembered that this is in spite
of a continuous, though not strong, stream
of emigration to the surrounding countries.
The Report very carefully compares the
numbers of males and females. In every
Parish there was III excess of the latter,
and for the whOleiSlaNd there was an excess
of IL, 740 females. From a comparison OF the
males and females at diff ages, it
appears that in the earlier years of life
there is nearly an equality, but on coming
to the wears 1920 the males fall OF, and
still more from q to so. 1t would appear
therefore that the difference arises from
greater mortality among the males.
The Report next passes on to the "Clvil
Condition" Of the population. Tie nam
Der Of married people, males and females,
is given as 3O,340. This was 2,S12 above
the corresponding number for 1871. There
were also over 1000 widows and widowerS.
Hence more than a fifth Of the total popU-
lation were or had neen married.
Next follows a Table shelving the place
Of birth; from which it appears that all
but 1925 are natives. OF these exceptions,
about a third are natives Of Europe, near
II another third are natives Of other West
Indian islands, 433 are natives Of Guiana,
161 of America, and the rest born in vaTl-
GUS other places, including Il born at sea.
Under the head Of ''CompleNion" the
Report says that tn re are Whites 1860 4,
Mixed 42,504, and Black 1892. In tie
first named there has been a decrease
since 1871, which the writer Of the Report
saws is due to their having " left the
island and settled in Europe, the United
States and other parts of the world"
Occupations are next treated, and it
appears that the agricultural labourers
number 1920, little under one fourth OF
the entire population. In regard to the
other occupations there is little 70 note.
Under the head Of Religion il appears
that the population Was divided asfollows;
Church Of England ..--.. .....- .IGI ,04S
6SIeA dNS. .---- go. iJ'if5
Moravians 5,742
Roman Catholics. ....... ga
Jews. -
Other dCnOminatj0n&..--.-..-.--. 81
Not stated ......., ..-........ S3j
Dr., Z ~. A., Il,.r,I ,P T~,~I-,,I hol
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WAT NY LOVER SAID.
NJ HORACE GREELEY, m 1s42.

BY the merest chance, IN The twilight gloom,
In the orchard path he met me
In the tai, wet grass, with its faint perfume
And tried to pass, but he made no room;
OH tried, but he would not let me;
So stood and blushed till the grass grew red,
With my face bent down above it,
While he took my hand, as he whispering said
(How he clover lifted each pink, sweet head
TO listen to all that my lover said;
Oh! the clover In boom--I love itD
In the high, wet grass went the path to hide,
And the low, We leaves hung over;
But could not pass upon either side
For found myfelf, when vainly tried,
IN the arms Of my stesdfast lover.
And he held me there, and he raised my head
While he closed the path before me;
Ard ne looked down into my eyes and said
(How the leaves bent down from the boughs DER
head
To listen 70 al that my lover saidi
Oh the leaves hanging lowy DER med
Had he moved aside little way
I could surely then have passed him;
And would not have heard what he had to say
Could I osly abide have cast him.
II was almost dark, and the moments sped,
Aud the searching Dightwind found US,
But he drew me nearer and softly said
CHow the pure sweet wind grew still instead,
To listen 10 al that my lover saidI
OIL the whispering wind around us y
am sure be knew, when he held me fast
That must be all unwilling;
For tried to go, and IfwoUld have passed.
As the night was coming with its dew at last
And the sky with stare was filling;
But he clasped me close when l would have fed,
And he made me hear his story;
And his soul came out from his lips and said
(How the stars crept out where the white moon led
To listen to all that my lover saidI
Oh the moon and the stars in gloryD
know that the grass and the leaves will not tell,
And I'm sure the WiDd-DreciOlg rover
VIII carry his secret so safely and well,
And that no being viii ever discover
One word Of the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lips Of my lover,
Shall never reveal what a fairy-like spell
They woYe about us that night in the dell,
In the path through the dew-laden clover;
Nor echo the whispers that made my heart swell
AS they fell from the lips Of my lover
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The Pnnular XYnman.


If the popular woman be not very
high type Of woman, her virtues and her
faults it must be admitted are of an
amiable sort. She is, of all beings, the
most social delighting in her kind and
dependent upon it for her pleasures,
society is absolutely necessary to her.
We do not mean by society that which is
represented by the highest circles only
III rank, wealth or intellect. but simply
the constant friction with her fellow be-
ings. Solitude to her means desolation;
IN 1t her spirits languish, her temper
sours. The dread concentrated natures
experience OF enlarging the number OF
their acquaintance, lest they be dis
tracted from their purpose in life; the
shrinking within themselves of the shy
before strangers the depression of the
over-sensitive weighed down by a sense
of incompleteness in the presence of
varied interests and aims-these are
sensations unknown to the popular wom-
an.
The popular woman is seldom domes-
tic; the narrow circle of home duties
seems too limited to absorb her super
abundant energy, and its routine is dis
tasteful to her. Those sudden calls that
upset the even tenor of existence, and
prove so furrying and distracting to
groove-loving individuals, have an ex-
hilerating effect upon her spirits. Sad
or Joyous, trifing or important, what
ever appeal brings to her the sense of
the hustle of life is welcome her activi-
ties rise to it, as flat champagne fixes
al the touch of crust. She is, certain
~, vastly good-natured, cheerily full
filling any number of commissions for
her friends, with whom she is usually in
constant correspondence, and in whose
most trlfing concerns she displays
steady interest. The home circle may
suffer from this wide extension of her
self, and feel the lack of that concen-
trated sympathy of a woman's heart
which makes the atmosphere benign,
but it, on the other hand, shares her
sense OF In zest life; there is a contagion
in her incompatible enjoyment of the
business and pleasure OF the present.
Animal spirits are the talisman by
which the popular woman main
tains her sway. All feel the pleas
antness as of a cheering heat
that they diffuse around her. Beauty.
wit, charm of manner fail to attract near
their magnetic influence. The popular
woman may allow her spirits occasionally
to run away with her, but it is note
worthy that for all this spice Of Bohem-
ianism she always keeps to the conven-
tionalities of life. Society, therefore, is
tolerant of her boisterousness the
languid are grateful for the e'atraie
she brings; they are tempted to envy
the genius she possesses of investing
trifies with interest and giving them i'm
portance; what had seemed stale and
dull acquires 9 freshness, and becomes
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A Blind Witness.

In an assault and battery case before
Wayne county Justice, the prosecution
introduced a blind man, who had to be
led to the witness box.
els this legal trial or farce?" de-
manded the lawy er for the defense as he
sprang up.
"T6is is a legal trial, replied the
other lawyer.
"And you want blind man sworn to
tell what he saw, do your"
"I don't claim that l saw the fight, l"
replied the witness as he turned around.
"Then what do you know about iU?"
"Wen, sir, I'm going to the stand to
swear to what I heard. I've been blind
and lame and had c0rns and boils for the
last fourteen years, but when hear the
splinters fly from rail fence l don't
want any eyes to tell me whether the
plaintiff hit the top rail with his head or
feet Iheard the 'kerchug' of the blow,
and when the plaintiff came down and
Lollered: 'Oh lads, but I'm licked
man = [ knew by tine way he hung to
his words that he'd lost half his front
teeth. I'm ready, your Honor DE
trOjt Free Press.
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81 should smile.
AS Bertha Redingtoe spoke these
words she lay coquettishly in q ham,
mock that had been swung between two
giant oaks that reared their tall heads
aloft in the broad lawn, at the edge of
which stood her fathers stately resi-
dence A little foot, enmeshed in 8
silken stocking, whose little delicate
texture displayed to advantage the trim
ankle within, peeped out from beneath
a feecy white dress, while the laughing
eyes and fair forehead of the girl we're
surmounted by coronal of sunnily- gold
tresses, of which any hair store might
have been proud.
$50 you like ice-cream ?" said Harold
Mcintyre, bending over the hammock
and looking tenderly into Bertha's blue
eyes.
81 should smile" said the girl again,
getting ready to put on her slipper and
start.
"You are right, J" said Harold. "Ice-
cream is good thing. Perhaps some
day next week I will buy you some.
The look Of happy expectancy faded
from the girls face. "What time is it p
she asked.
"Ten minutes to 6, replied Harold.
"Then," said Bertha, !" if you start
right away you will get home in time
for supper. > Chicago Tribune.
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Ess His Own Coin.

"Is this seat engaged ?" he asked Of
the prettiest girl in the car, and, finding
it wasn't, he pat his sample box in the
rack and braced himself for solid enjoy
ment.
Pleasant day." said the girl, coming
at him before he could get his tongue
unkinked. ''Most bewildering day,
isn't it ?"
Ye-yes, Miss" stammered the drum
mer. He was in the habit of playing
pitcher in this kind of match, and the
position Of catcher didn't fit him as
tightly as his pantaloons.
Nice weather for travelling" con-
tinued the girl, "much nicer than when
it was cold. Are you perfectly comfort
able ?''
sob, yes thanks p murmured the
drummer.
"Glad of it" resumed the girl, cheer
fully. "You don't look SO. Let me
put my shawl under your head, won't
you ?"
emo, please" hemuttered. Slim
doing we'll enough. F"
Cant I buy you some peanuts, or a
book? Let me do something to make
the trip happy Suppose I slip my AIM
around your waist just lean forward a
trife, so can |"
"You'll-you'l have to excuse me I"
gasped the wretched drummer. ell
don't think you really mean il? ?"
."You look so tired she pleaded.
"Wouldn't you like to rest your head on
my shoulder? No one will notice. Just
lay your head right down, and I'll tell
you stories. !"
"No-no, thanks I won't day !
I'm very comfortable, thank you " and
the poor drummer looked around help
lessly.
"Your scarf. pin is coming out. Let
me fix it. There |" and she arranged it
deity. cat the next station I'll get
you cup OF tea, and when we arrive at
our destination you'll let me call on
you?" aid she smiled an anxious prayer
right up into his palid countenance.
81 think I'll go away and smoke, F"
said the drummer, and, hauling down
his gripsack, he made for the door,
knee-deep in the grins showered around
him by his fellow passengers.
"Strange !" murmured the girl to the
lady in front of her. 81 only did with
him just what he was making ready to
do with me, and, big and strong as he
is, he couldn't stand it. I really think
women have stronger stomachs than
men, and, beside that, there isn't any
smoking car for them to fly to for refuge
| don't understand this thing"
But she settled back contentedly all
the same /; and at convention of drum
mers, held in the smoker that morning,
it was unanimously resolved that her
seat was engaged, SO far as they were
concerned, for the balance of the season.
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The Buckwheat Crop.

Buckwheat is the latest grain crop of
the season, and in the latitude of New
York is usually sown from the last of
June to the middle Of July. It is fire.
quently sown as filing crop, that is,
on ground where some other crop has
failed. 1t makes an excellent cleansing
crop on foul or rough land, especially on
rich soil, where it makes rank growth
and smothers out all other plants Buck
wheat is used to some extent as a green
manure to be turned under for wheat or
rye. The bUckwheat plant is a deep
feeder, and has the power of obtaining
the food elements when present only in
small quantities in the soil. Light sandy
soils, deficient in vegetable matter, can
be brought up to good state of cultiya-
ton by first growing buckwhat as a
green manure crop, followed by clover,
which isafterward turned under. Though
buckwheat will grow on comparatively
poor soil, it makes good use of light
dressing of barn-yard manure or some
quick-acting fertilizer. A hundred
pounds of Peruvian guano or an equal
weight of fish scrap will greatly raise the
yield OF buckwheat crop on poor soil =,
and prove a profitable investment for
the outlay.
The harvesting of buckwheat is quite
different from that Of other grains. The
grain "sheIls" or drops from the straw
very readily, and, therefore, must be
gathered with spe cial care. 1t is best to
cut with cradle and leave it In the
swath until the next morning, when it
should be rolled and set on end while it
is moist with the dew. After standing
for few days it is ready to be threshed.
The straw has no special value as fodder,
bat should be used as litter and alb
sorbent of liquid manure. The grain
makes an excellent food for poultry, and
when its flour is in the form of cakes it
is highly priced, especially in cold
weather.-Americ0n Agriculturist
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How americans Are Said to Have TaIked.

Mr.. James Greenwood, in his English
grammar of I'LL, says many pleasant
and suggestive things. He says: Zone
ought not promiscuously to write every
noun with a great letter, as is the fashion
of some now adaies. He says "Our
ancestors misliked nothing more in King
Edward the Confessor than that he was
Frenchify'd." He says: "Hern, 'ourn,
yourn. hisn, for hers, ours,
yours his is bad English" He
says: Yes is more usual and moodish
than yea I for ges' is used in a hasty
or merry way, as i Sir, SIR and
sometimes we use ay, but this way of
affirming is rude and ungentile." He
says: They say that the Americans
bordering ON New England =
cannot pron.unce an ! or r. but use
u instead of 1t so for lobster they
say snobster,'" He says, III respect to
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hat, but she only saw sober, downcast
face, and he said nothing, not even when
they had reached home.
He hunted up some fuel and made
better fire; and then sat down before it,
with his head between his hands, and
left the children to their own devices.
But two weeks later Oily completed
the story, confdentially, to Freddy
Burr.
"See herer' she said, pushing the
toes of pair Of stout new shoes through
the fence.
"Where did you get 'em2" asked
Freddy.
'sAnd see here r. continued Oily, bob.
bing up for an instant, to show the hood
that covered her yellow hair, and touch
ing it significantly with her finger.
"Where did you get 'em 2" repeated
Freddy.
"My pa worked and bought 'em, and
brought 'em home; and they didn't get
into nobody's barrel" explained Dillv.
with great pride and little regard for
grammar. Then she pressed her face
close against the fence for prolonged
interview.
ssYou see, the billennium has comet o
our house"
"The what?" questioned bewildered
Freddy.
"The billennium. It's pretty long
word, said Oily, complacently; "but
it means good times. Anyhow, that's
what ma called it, and / guess she
knows. 1t was just this way, Freddy
Burr: When you told me Mr.. Barney
had all our nice things down to his store
in a barrel just went right down there
and asked him for 'em-me and Tod
dies"
"You didn't" exclaimed Mortified
Freddy.
odd, too /" declared Oily, with an
emphatic nod. "Well, he wouldn't
give me one of 'em, and he was just as
cross as anything. So, then, my papa
got up from the stove and walked home
with as. He didn't scold a bit; but he
just sat down before the fire, this way,
and thinked and thinked and thinked.
st last he put his hand in one pocket,
but there wasn't anything there; then
he put it in the other, and found 10
cents, and he went out and bought some
meat for supper. Then, when ma came
home, he talked to her, and they both
cried. don't know what for less it
was cause we couldn't get the things
out of that old barrel. And ma Rugged
and kissed me most to death that night,
she did. Well, my pa got some work
the next day, and brought home some
money; and now he has found place to
work every day. He bought all these
things, and he says his little boy and
girl shall have things like other folks.
So, now you'll know what the billennium
means, Freddy Burr, when anybody asks
you; and you can tell them Oily Keene
'splained it to you. Independent.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Al Woman.


The poets laurel wreath she does not wear,
Since in her busy life she seldom writes
The poems that she lives; yet on the heights,
With native sympathy her soul doth share
The poets keen delights.
She neither seeks nor gains the worlds scclaims,
Though rarest gifts are hers Of mind and face;
More proud is she to Eli her simple place,
And wear what seems to her the dearest names
That woInanhood can grace. kfe
Her joy Is 70 guard her loved from pain,
To take from them the burdens hard to bear;
TO give her days, her nights, her life to care
For those who, loving her, yet entertain
Their angel unaware.
And more than artists patience she doth give
To tasks OF motherhood. since not alone
High dreams are clothed in color, form and tone
Wrought from the lives that human beings live
Is highest beauty known.
On such as she the world may yet bestow
It's vain applause; far from all vulgar strife
She dwe.ls content, if through her hidden life
Her loved tie meaning Of the name shall know
OF mother and Of wife.
- rrnee & fTeTJe
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Keepin@ A Yacht.

A New York yachtman says that tbe
expense Of keeping up yacht is exac y
the same as keeping up a good .zed
house-that is to say, just WI &c the
owner will stand. If he has $4,000 to
spare, and is easy in morey matters,
and fond Of company, season of yacht
ing will cost him $4,000, Ii he is close,
does things on small scale and has
little company, he may squeeze through
on So, 900. One great item of expense
is champagne, while cigars cost nearly
as much as the food.
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dialect at home Whereas the inhabi-
tants about London would say, I would
eat more cheese If had It. a Northern
man would speak it, A sud eat mare
cheese gym ay had ct, and Western
man. Chud eat more cheese an chad
it. I'LL the Year Pound.
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As AN effective remedy for sleep walk
ing correspondent recommends placing
tub of cold water beside the bed, so
that upon rising the somnambuist will
step into it and awaken himself. The
writer says that after four experiments
Of this sort he has never since arisen in
his sleep.
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THE Governors of Massachusetts can

THE Governors of Massachusetts can
not claim to have belonged to the aris-
tocratlc classes. Talbot was factory
lad, Rice stationer's clerk, CASTOR a
Connecticut store keepers son, Boutwell,
a village op--keeper, Banks a 'sbobbin
boy" Everett clergyman's son, Emory
Washburn a country lawyer, William B.
Washburn manufacturer and Andrew
a country merchants son.
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THE Chinese, it is said, have long
been in the habit of printing "sleeye
editions of the classics to assist candi-
dates at the competitive examination
whose memories are not sufficiently re-
tentiYa
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Worse Than Blowing Out the Gas.

Did you hear the story of the man in
hotel, who, meddling with the old
style of bell-rope III bedrooms to see
what it was, rang it unknowingly, and a
servant appeared?
"Why, how do you ?" he said, ex-
tending his hand to the astonished ser
want. whom he thought visitor, " sit
down what can I do for you ?"
"Did you ring?" said the servant.
"Ring? Why, no. What There
amt no bell here.
Then the servant explained the bell
rope and left.
After he had gone the man thought
he would try the bell-rope just for fun.
He gave it a terrific pull, and just then
the gong rang for dinner, and, thinking
he had created an awful catastrophe
down stairs, he was greatly alarmed,
locked and bolted his door, and sat up
all night expecting the arrival of the po-
lice.-HoteI Mail
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TIE LITTLE FOLKS.
ALi,,Ie Rogue

Grandma vas holding. rather think;
Harry was sly and quick as q wink;
He climbed on the back of her great armchair,
And nestled himself very snugly there.
Grandnaa's dark locks were mingled with white,
And quick this little fact came to his sight;
And sharp tNings soon she felt at her hair,
And woke with a start TO find Harry there.
y y, what are you doing, my child? y she said
He answered, $ Use pulling basting-fread!