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Show UFE IN HOiniCRM AUSTflALW. k rjalltbtfel Metore of aTroalful Itaral renanuaMr ttei fiom Telror, Tba moat ilellgbtful thing In tie life i,t northern Auatralia la Ita aim aouil np-Iwannce. np-Iwannce. Rilatenco la literally out iloora, and tvp!e lire na It bnrglara were tin. known. I bavo ridden pait hoiiwn In tho tarl morning, and bare mmii the vrra.i-tlaa vrra.i-tlaa llttervl with Imoka, bila-A-brao, walk-Inifallcka, walk-Inifallcka, bate, tainpa and other article, and tba doora wldeoiirn. Mgbt after night thlnga art left 10, Aud they are not ilolen. rteiillng la pnnlebnl In Queenilaml with the grealaat rigor. A man might be guilty of manelaugbtef and aland In better odor wllh lb. anlh .rllljo than the tblrf I l.nto ridden to a plantation late at night, tamed my bori into Iho bono (unblock, entered tLohoute, itnick A match, found it aofa, la; down, and awoka In tb morning It tlottilff Ulatllng about me, my breakfaat ready, and I an utter atrangrrl Hurb la the freedom of tho life. I waa a traveler. I euppoooldll not look llko ft vagabond, tbry appreciated tho dealro on my pirt to not dtatnrb their ml, and tbey Apologtxcd for the hardneaa of tba aofal Kvery planter baa not merely ono room In bla botue which la called tho itmngera' lien, but leveraU and tbey are eelrlom empty. In tbodayi thatlvlalted If de, tho planter, there wcro ilx gucata bealdea myaelf tbem Imaglna a bouao through which tho warm air wilt blow from aide to lido and from end to end, with a group of Lulldlugi aa dorultorlea atllo left, and another gronp aa kltchena And atorcaAt the right, and grnce.1 with all Ibecomforta And with little of tbo conventional itlfTucoi of metropolitan life; which hai dignity without ihow, and eltganco without bent I-tie'-and you linve tho planti r'a boino. lnit run and bambooe, oloandcra nnd catnelllaa, llmei and oringci, laurcatlntia And Jumltie. 1 Incannla And boncalnvilli the gtortoua pawpaw ami granadllla, a lrn nla court, And ticrhapa nn obeervatory, and you hartapltnter'e garden. Then put In able Ibe houao anlgardeu A bcattby gen eroelly, a great Mlf reliance, a wind given tolnilitln bluntly on thewbdom of lu connection!, a linn 1 ready to pour you out A glau of ahrrry, or Initio a phlll) pit agalnat A government or Kir rjamnelllilf flth, who baa opinvod X,olyhelan labor, AU.I that la 1'riJc, ibo planter. What you find of llgbtneaa nnd comfort In the botue of If I le, tho planter, Ton llnd In d'rco In all tba north. Order nnd dcanllneeii reign. You may mUe at time verdure and folbur, but never that. VII Intra anil towna am awept and uarnlihed, And tba people lovo flowers. And go rtralght ocrou tbo continent 10 IVrth, Al bony, kork or (leralJtou, and tho Mine thing- may be found. kou will Dud coupled with thla energy elf confidence, lrrliti-i, aei.TrMlreiu.fr-tlon aei.TrMlreiu.fr-tlon And gencrona wirmtli. IlwaUMlbeao bavo olaaya been dllllcult ilieallona to face, becauw iinexperted clrciimaUncea have called for lininedlnlo Action, becauao doulopmenl baa oomt by lcaia nnd bounda, and bocAuao tlero bava bei n urug RlnUtmrn claw and cbvai, then luu been produced An upatindlng race of men, IraKlble, yit hoepltablei tlrenuous ami ttilnirt, yet not robuatlonli explo.tr, yvt not truuble!iuet ancomproml.Ing, tet geucroua. That la tho true Auetrathin. Tba peralateucy and lelllahncM of tho trmlia unlotu are hot Auatrallan. It la Ilngllab, with airnaa of frrvdolu borrowril from coaler coudltlom of life, and a knowl edgoof power gained from tba forflu uf American and Kugllah ixlatonce. It la In graftel Auumlli-Auatralla Inthocltlca that la ultra ilemocrttlo. AuitrnllA ItMlf movea lu ample aieertton, but It hai alui aound icntlment or patrlotlnn. Iti naturil tendency la towihl hero worahlp, but tho fuulty baa not eco for want of herou. So great crlala baa drawn tbo colonic! together, to-gether, and "f Into yean but few of tho beet men bavo eono Into publlo life. Cl. but 1'iukrr lu II,irier'a W oekly. |
