RICH AND POOR IN GERMANY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2143, 30 December 1890, Page 4

RICH AND POOR IN GERMANY.

• A Berlin cable message of October 19th says:—All last week, from Tuesday till Saturday, the aristocratic families of Germany were busy ■ending letters of congratulation to Castle Eanden, where the Duke of Ratisbon celebrated with elaborate festivity the fiftieth anniversary of his elevation to the Ducal rank by Frederick William 11. The Duke, who is a brother of the Governor of AlsaceLorraine, is immensely rich and the landlord of fifty weaving villages in Silesia, whose 200,000 inhabitants are the poorest and most neglected of the entire empire. Belonging to his domain are the districts of Rybuick and Schweintalowitr, where hunger never quite ceases to ley its toll of victims all the year round, and where women and childern have to exist on a diet of weak coffee, poor potatoes, and soap made of sour flour. The mta at time* enjoy the luxnry of a '

piece of bacon or sausage, which they claim whenever payday comes, arguing that they are entitled to the little nutritious food obtainable, ae they work harder than the women. The town of Myslogitx belongs to the Duke. It in the place where the poor weavers ran a line over the river to the Austrian bank, to which was fastened a bag on a pulley to bring over to Prussian territory small quantities of flour, that necessity of life being thirty-fiye per cent, cheaper in Austria than in Prussia, The Duke's guards stopped this, and the weavers went on starving. In all accounts of the Duke's jubilee there is not a line to indicate that he has made it the occasion for bettering the condition of these poor people. They were fed on pork and beer for once in fifty years, but no permanent benefit has been effected or promised, and no newspaper has been outspoken enough to remind the mighty Duke of his duty to hi* suffering serfs.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A BULL FIGHT.

A terrible accident took place in the city of Mexico recently at a bull fight. '1 he occasion (says a contemporary) was the second autumn meeting of the Jockey Club, which is generally observed as a festival, and a bull fight is one of the moßt important features of the day's sporfc. Ten thousand persona were present to see the performance in the ring, attracted by the announcement that Guanimu bulls would be furnished, and that Zocato and Ferrar would be first and second espadas. The bulls fought very badly, and the spectators were very much disappointed, and expressed their disgust by hissing, This appears to have somewhat unnerved Zooato, who in trying to kill his third bull was caught in the animal's horns and tossed high into the air. "When he fell, the bull gored him as he lay on the ground, and was with difficulty driven off. Zocato was carried out of the arena apparently dead, but later on he recovered and entered the ring, though he was not permitted to fight. While returning he fainted, and had again to be carried away. This unfortunate es.pada has three deep wounds in the body, which are believed to be fatal. After this accident five more bulls were admitted to tke arena, but none of them fought well, and the spectators again became enraged, threw pieces of wood into the ring, and finally one and all threw their chairs into the arena. Then they tore away the railiags, which were thrown at the heads of the police in the alley way. The crowd partially demolished the place before the police could check their proceedings. The bull fighters, fearing they would be mobbed, escaped from the arena and sought safety in the streets. The police freely used their clubs, but their effors to preserve order and put down the mob were futile. The passages were blocked with men, women, and children trying to escape, and there was a partial panic, but no one was seriously hurt. The crowd continued their attacks upon the building, and ended in yelling far tbe return of their money. The judges promised to refund and this was done on the following day.

AGRICULTURAL APHORISMS,

BY BART JiHtTHOBHB. Don't rent more land than you well can work; Don't hopß to succeed if you lore to shirk ; Don't imagine you'll do it alone by learning; Don't think that sating is leas than earning ; Don't starve your stock nor o'erwork your hands; Don't expect good crops if you starve your lands; ■ Don't use poor tools and let good ones rust; Don't ask your neighbour for time or trust; Don't make a debt when you can't pay it; Den't make a poor rule lest none will obey it; Don't get behind lest you work iu haste; Don't let money, time, or manure go waste; Don't stint your home to help swell the bank; Don't fail to give for a favour thanks ; Don't spend your time in the corner store; Don't give little expecting more ; Don't hope the Lord will award you pelf Till you make an effort to help yourself; Don't hope or expect a happy life Till you treat ai well as your horse, your wife ; Don't growl, don't whine, don't cheat, don't lie; And until you have done your part,— don't die. i in i p i