Se

POETRY. |

~~ >. ses SS S88 SS Se eS Oe

———-

A DAY OF SUMMER BEAUTY. |

iiut in the golden summer air, Amid the purple heather,

A woman sat with drooping head, And hands close knit together.

|

Never a bitter word she said,

Though all her life looked cold and dead— |

Cold in the glowing haze that lay

Over the fair green earth that day, | That day of summer beauty.

Far, far away whore leafy woods Touched the sky, cloud-riven,

A thousand birds rang out life’s bliss In jubilee to heaven ;

How could the poor old withered throat

*h soft note ?

| j ' |

Carol echoes to ea Every soul must pay life's cost— | Mer deepest silen praised God most rhat day ef summer beauty.

|

|

|

Too dulled her soul, too worn to feel Summer delights acutely ; While earth was praising God aloud Her patience praised him mutely. Her narrow life of thought and care Not life to live, but life to bear, Contented that her soul was sad, While all God’s soulless things were glail | | |

That day of summer beauty.

And where she stayed, a dusky speck * In gorse and heather glory--

A weary spirit watched and read The pathos of her story .

A spirit doubt-opprest and worn,

Had found another more forlorn,

That trustful stayed, nor sought to guess

Life’s meanings——which are fathomless,

Through al! the summer beauty,

LITERATURE.

PARA AA OAR

JOHN JONES—SICK MAN.

He was ‘ grunting around’ for two or three days before he would give up. Mrs. Jones advised him to take pills or quinine, but he said he guessed he'd be al. right as soou as the weather changed again. On the third morning he bad a high fever and couldn't stand up.

Mrs. Jones seemed delighted. He hadn't been sick before for thirteen years, and she had asplendid stock of herbs and powders and liquids in the pantry.

* Now, just give right up, John Washing- ton,’ she replied, as he groaned and sighed, declared that he'd get up and go down town as usuaal if it killed him, ‘There, let me turn your pillow over, hang your clothes in the closet, and then I'll run and make you some toas..’

He had to submit, She darkened the bed- room, put a clean spread on the bed, anda grand smile covered her face as she sailed into the kitchen.

‘Sarah Jane, you go and fan your father with a newspaper and keep the flies off him while Iget the poor man something to eat Your father isa very sick man, Sarah Jane,

| ed for the bedroom. | him out of bed, and dressed, and ready to go

a heap under the bed.

} ness

All those herbs and powders and liquids

| must remain on the shelves, and she might | not have a chance to cut his toe naris for a

whole year.

eee |

toes OF f. Ras VANGUARD.”

| war ship by another

she sighed, as she start |

fhe poor man She reached it to find

down town, The horseradish drafts were hanging on the bedstead, the pillow was on the floor, and the spread—her best—was In , ’ sxcla , ‘Why, John Washington !* she exciaine d, raising her hands.

down he replied in a

‘Im going town,’ determined tone. «And hain't you going to have a fit of sick - ‘No, hanged if I wili!’ And the poor woman sat down and cried.

, , ritish nel The running down of one British iron lad the channel, which |

in has been told in the despatches, isan event which may well excite astonishment. No | particulars are given to show how it took | place, which vessel to blame, or whether the accident occurred at night or in lt is a somewhat singular cir-

or was a thick fog. cumstance that the colliding vessels, the Van Guard and the Iron Duke, are sister ships built on the same model and alike in every respect. The Vanguard, which was sunk by the collision, belonged to the second reserve and was engaged in coast guard service, She was built by Messrs. Laird of Birkens head, in 1870. Her were : length between perpendiculars 280 feet, ex- treme breadth 54 feet, depth moulded 26 feet.

dimensions

Her displacement was 6034 tons. Her ens gines were 800 horse power, nominal, capas ble of being worked up to 9,312 horse power. The Vanquard, and the same is true with regard to the Iron Duke, Invincible, Swifts sure and Triumph, were built from designs by Mr. Reed, late Chief Constructor of the British Navy. All these vessels were built of iron and armor plated. Their framing consisted of a strong and light combination of longitudinal and transverse frames, with a double bottom formed by working upon this framing an inner and an outer skin of plates, the whole strongly riveted together and made thoroughly water tight. The efs fect of this arrangement, it was thought, would be to ensure that if any damage was sustained by the outer skin, the water there- by admitted would be confined to the small compartm: nt between the inner and outer bottoms, and would not be allowed to get into the ship proper. Their armament con- sisted of ten nine inch twelve ton guns and four sixty-four pounders. Six of the heavy guns were on the main deck and six on the upper deck in a battery, the sides of which were protected by an armor plating six

and I can’t say whether you won't be father- lessn ext week at this time.’

Sarah went in, and Mrs. Jones rushed from the stove to the pantry. She toasted four | arge slices of bread, broke three eggs into hot water, got down a pint glass of jelly, sent for half a pound of ‘crackers, and in about half an hour she had the sick man’s hreakfast ready.

‘I don't care what ail the doctors in the land say,’ she remarked, as she drew three chairs within his reach and loaded them down with the provisions. +I know that people can’t be sick without something on their stomach.’

He tasted the toast, sipped ai the tea, groaned, growled, and sighed, and she pleaded.

‘ Now, John, do try and eat something. 1! know just how bad you feel, and I know you haven't any appetite, but do try.’

‘O thunder!’ he groaned, as his stomach rebelled against the food

‘Poor man! poor, dear man!’ she sighed as she placed her hand on his head. ‘John Washington, if you should die this would be asad house! I don’t believe I could stand up under the blow over three weeks, and I know the children would give right up.’

‘ Hadn't we better have a doctor?’ quired, becoming frightened.

he in-

‘Not now, John—not until we see that I can't do any good. I know those doctors to aT. They'll come here and dose and make a great bill, and you'd probably die just the same.

She carried out the food, put on a kettle of water, got outa clean towel, and as she entered the bedroom with a dish of warm water in her hand, she said—

‘Now, then, I must wash your feet and cut your toe nails

She sat beside the bed, took his foot in her lap, and that sweet smile on her face proved that his illness would be a gain to her ofa pound of flesh per day.

‘My soul! but I'm glad; I thought to wash your feet!’ she exclaimed, as she rub- bed them with the wettowel. ‘I wouldn't have had any of the neighbors come in and see these feet for ail we are worth.’

She wanted to scrape the soles with an old case knife, but he wouldn't permit it. She, however, got out the shears and had a good time cutting his toe nails and digging under them. Ske worked industriously for half an hour, and then laid the last foot off and looks ing at it admiringly, said—

* There! I'll take my dying oath that you have got the cleanest feet in this town.’

He half admitted that he felt better, and greatly encouraged, she sent Sarah Jane out to pull some horseradish leaves. These were trimmed. laid on the stove, rolled in her hand, and she went back to Mr. Jenes and said—

* Now, then, we'll put on the drafts.’

She put a leaf on the sole of each foot, tied clean cloths over them, hunted up clean socks and worried them on over the cloths, and as she tucke! the spread down, she asked :

‘Now, John Washington, don't you feel hetter—a little better ?’

-O, 1 dunno!’ be groaned, turning over.

She turned over his pillow, put a damp eloth on his forehead, counted his pulse, and whispered :

‘ See if you can catch a little sleep while I go and wash the dishes.’

When she went out Sarah Jane had her brother Wilham harnessed to a chair and was driving him around the kitchen for her horse.

«What! didn't I tell you that your father was dangerously il ?' exclaimed the mother, as she boxed her ears. ‘It would be a pretty story to go out that you children were playing horse when your father lay “iy ing.’

The children subsided, and as the mother piled the dishes together, and carefully scraped the crumbs from each plate on to a platter, she couldn't help wondering how she would lock in crapes. Her hushand was well known, belonged to the Odd Fellows and a debating society, and of course every body would turn out to the funerai. She would have lots of sympathy, and the head man of the Odd Fellows would see that the funeral pissed off all right. She wouldn't never marry again,of course, though it would be hard for her to bring up two small child- ren, and settle her husband’s business and earn her own support. She would be the * Widow Jones,’ and if she smiled at all it must be a faint smile, and if she tulked she must have a handkerchief ready to wipe the tears from her eyes.

As the last dish was wiped her revery was broken by a howk from William, who had fallen over a log in the bask vard.

‘What! Lowling Ike that when your dear father is dying!’ she exclaimed, as she shook him right an left.

He subsided, and she sent Sarah Jane

~ down te the market after some lean mutton so make the invalid a nice broth.

inches thick: that on the water line beit was eight inches thick.

trained in such a manner, by various des

These guns could be

vices, so as to command both fore and afi fire, as well as every point of the hor.zon. Although equal to the best French Ironclads,

| the Vanguard and her sister ships were only

as second class vessels, when built broadside vessels have become

rated Now obsolete they would not rank even as high as; second rate in the British Navy. The lron Duke was lately flag ship of the Chinese squadron, and was probably on her way home when the accident took place. She was commanded by Capt. Wm. Arthur, the Vanguard by Capt. Richard’ Dawkins. The redeeming feature of this misfortune is that it was not attended by any loss of life, all on

since

board the Vanguard being saved. This is the second British irod-clad that has been lost. The first was the Caplain, which

foundered in 1870.

“LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.

i il

BRITISH,

The strike at Dundee, Scotland, has end- ed, operatives having resumed work at a res duction of 5 per cent in wages.

Evidence is duily growing stronger that England is determined to make the Margery murder a pretext for the seizing and annexs ing or Burmah. Large bodies of British Indian troops are concentrating on the fron~ tier.

A subscription has been started lo erect a statue of Mr. Plimsoll, M. P., in some pro- minent plac? near the docks at the East-end. The managing committee consists chiefly of workmen employed by large shipping and manufacturing firms at the East-end of Lons don.

Intelligence has been received of a col- lision on the Channel between British war vessels ‘Iron Duke,’ and ‘ Vanguard,’ re- sulting in the sinking of the latter. No lives were lost. Both vessels are double iron screw ships, armour plated and 6,034 tons each.

A man has suffered ten year’s imprison- ment at Woolwich, Eng., :for breaking a certain shop window several times. He was recently pardoned out, when he wert straigt- way to the same window—a jeweller’s—and dashed his fist through it for the purpose of being again arrested.

Mrs. Seott Siddons has distinguished her- self asa volunteer riflewoman. The Bideford and Terrington Rifle corps have obtained a new long range, which was recently formals ly opened by Mrs. Scott Siddons. In the presenee of Sir Edward Green, the local gentry and the officers and men of the re- spective corps, Mrs. Siddons took a Martial- Henry rifle and fired at the target, making a ‘bull's eye’ the first time and a ‘centre’ with her second shot.

The New York papers are often full of horrors, especially on Monday mornings, but unfortunately the coiutents of the English papers are too often quiteas revolting, An exchange says :—

‘One day, during the past week, in three columns of one provincial newspaper, were particulars of no less than six completed murders; two of them accompanied by the suicides of the perpetrators; tive attempted murders, one followed by suicide; one stab- bing case ; one attempted suicide of a mur- deres3; one ‘mysterious tragedy,’ or pro- bable murder; and one case of indiscrimins ate shooting—making in ail fifteen atrocious breaches of the peace in one district of this civilized country of ours. But this sort of work is not peculiar to the country districts of England. Thereaders of one of the penny weeklies were last Sunday supplied with detailed accounts of as many as sixteen com- pleted murders, of which four were cases of wife killing. One was supplemented by suicide, and three by attempted suicides; one was accomplished by ‘ kicking,’ and two were incidents of mutiny on board ship. The same paper reported, besides, two attempts at murder, one of them followed by suicide; two cases of manslaughter ; two suicides and one fatal fight—a grand total of 23.”

Probably few people are aware of the large amount annually paid by the goyernment of this country in the shape of pensions. Last year’s parliamentary paper on the subject has lately beenissued. It consists of eighty- four folio pages, and is styled an ~‘ account of all allowances or compensations granted as retired allowances or superannuations in all public oflices and departments which re main payable on January 1, 1874, the annual amount which was granted in the year 1874, the amouat which ceased within that year, and the total amount remaining payable on December, 31, 1874.” From its contents it appears that this last item, the actua! amount paid at the close of last year, reached the large total of £1,080,715. In each of four departments—the War office, the Customs, the Inland Revenue, and the Post office—the figures exceeded £100,000, while in the Admiralty they amounted to £98,939. Several very liberal pensions ceased in 1874, owing to the death of theirrecipients. Among the largest of these was a pension of £1,300 to the late Hon. G. Jerningham, Minister of Stockho!m ; one of £1,400 to the late Mr. Mc-~ Lean, Secretary to the Customs; one of £1,~- 541 toSir Denis Le Marchant, Clerk to the House of Commons; one of £1,800 to the late Mr. Abrahall, Commiseioner of Bank- ruptcy ; one of £2,500 to the late A. G. Spears man, Controlior of the National Debi; and last, but not least, one of £7,352 to that leviathan pensioner, the late Rev. T. Thurs low, Patentee of Bankrupts. The common belief in the curious longevity of pensioners will perhaps receive fresh su oot from the fact that we are still paying £ 00 a year in pensions to the household of the Princess Charlotte, who died no less than fifty eight years ago.

LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.

CANADIAN.

One hundred and fifty firms failed in Mon- trea) last month,

A cablegram says Lord Dufferin sails for Canada on October 8th

Telegrams from Manitoba say that Gov- ernor Morris has returned from Lake Mani- toba, where he has successfully coneluded a revision of a Treaty with the Indians ol that locality, He narrowly escaped drowns ing while fishing on Lake Manitoba,

Two Russianengineers have had an inters view with the Premier for the purpose of obtaining official information concerning the | navigable rivers, canals and seaports of the

Dominion, to reportto the Czar, who requires | this informati view of publi improves ments in Ru i Mr. Mackenzie received them cordially, and granted their request. | Arrival of Admiral,—The French ! i vate * Minerve, bearing the tlag of Adiniral Benic, arviveu at North Sydney on Monda }evening last from France. bh Minerve | encountered very severe weather after leav- | ing France, and was forced to put into ot. | John’s NewWfoundiand for 1. She only | | remained here four or five days, when she proceeded to New York, calling at Hali- | fax A Coin Difliculiy.—A_ new silver coin has

just made its appearance, which is likely to cause some inconvenience owing to Ils ap- proximation in size to two current Canadian coins, viz., the twenty-live and twenty cent piec:s. Itfisan Americanfiwenty cent piece not as large as our twenty cent coin, and

notas heavy. Another dilference between it and our twenty cent piece in general appearance is that it is not milled. By the

exercise of about the same amount of vigi~ lance that is now necessary to distinguish between our twenty-five and twenty cent coins, any one may easily avoid taking it for the latter. Like all other American coins it is subject to discount in this country. Trying the Exjeriment.—The other day a paragraph appeared in the Ottawa + Cinzen, copied from an English journal, explaining that a ten cent piece kept in the mouth while smoking would in time color as gold. A Wellington street hair-dresser saw the paragraph, and last Saturday tried to gee ant

a ten cent piece. He got two pipes some tobacco, and seated himself for the smoke. As soon as he finished one pipe ans

other was got ready, and thus he continued to smoke without intermissien for about an hourandahalf. Atthe end ofthat time he pulled the piece of silver out of his mouth, but failed to find any gold about it. He now condemns the system as a delusion and a snare, and says even if it did turn into gold it was worth ten dollars to stand the fit of ‘ sea sickness’ caused by the tobacco.

UNITED STATES.

Six men were hung at Fort Smith, Ark., last week—all deperadoes.

Fifteen wooilen mills at Cavendish, Vt., were burned on Saturday night; loss $170,- 000.

The fire insurance companies of the United States bave lost $26,000,000 during the last six months.

The Japanese send bricks to California and sell them cheaper than they can be made there, in spite of the 20 per cent duty.

Ata fight at a politieal meeting in Clinton, Mass., on Friday night, and four blacks killed, and several others wounded.

A Rye Beach despatch states that the new Cable was completed on Sunday morning, and congratulatory messages to and from London were transmitted.

Bosrox, Avg 30.—A sad causalty oceurre at Hopkinton, 20 miles distant on the Bos- ton and Albany R. R., yesterday, Mrs Ryan, widow lady, had a family of six children. Yesterday morning a son, Morri took a gun and started down stairs to sho a cet. dust he began descending the stairs, a sister Mary, 15 years old, who did not want him to kil! the cat, caught him by the shoulder and pulled him back, The gun dropped from his hand, falling on the stairs and sliding down them. Qu. the third slep the hammer caught and snapped the cap,

. war had tnree whites

were AKlil€

sti

S

--

as

exploding the gpn. The muzzle was point- ing up stairs where the boy and his sister were standing with tf ers, and the charge, which was of large shot, took

deadly effect among them. The elder sister was struck inthe face and instantly killed. Another vounger sister was struck in the temple, while the other shot teok effect in the leg of the boy, Morris, and in the arm of the third sister. Surgical aid was at once summoned, but the two girls who had been struck in the head were far beyond the reach of help. The wounds of the other two were attended to and they are doing well

EUROPEAN.

An English steamer has landed rifles for the Carlists at Montrio.

It is reported that Monsigneur Roncetti is to be appointed to a high ecclesiastical dignity in America.

Forty thousand taels have been poid the French Legation for the murder of a French Priest in China six months ago,

The difficulty between England and China, growing out of the Younan outrage, is re- ported to be substantially settled.

The Municipal Council of Sebastopol in- tends to construct on the line of the old fort~- fications, an historical boulevard, with monus ments commemorating the battles of the Crimean war, and the incidents ofthe siege of Sebastopol.

A curious detail of the career of Gutenburg, the inventor of printing, has been discovered in an old Italian manuscript, recently brought to Paris by a monk. The manu- script avers that Gutenberg was tried at Mayence in 1422 for the muraer of his uncle, and was only acquitted after a long im-~ prisonment.

Anotable person has just arrivrdjat Paris His style and title is Duke of Marma:ade. He is a friend of the semi-barbarous potentate Souloque, who was born a slave in 1770, helped to expel the French from Hayti in 1803, rose through the grades of the local army, till in 1849, he declared himself Em- percr; and, after displaying gross incapa- city and misconduct, was driven from Hayti in 1859, and took refuge in the country of his old foes—France. The Duke of Marma- lade is, like his late sovereign, a negro, and is very tall and stout. He is seventysthree years of age, and, having scraped togethera considerable fortune, has gone 10 Paris to spend it.

France isnow supposed to be the resevcir into which the gold of the world is pouring. In the first three months of the present year, the imports of the precious metal exceed 350,000,000 francs, or seventy million dol- lars, and almost four-fifths of the whole was in gold and bullion. The sources of this supply were much more various than may be supposed, for much less than onesv»alf was sent from England. The United States cons tributed about ten million dollars, and vast sums were also received from Germany, By the last received report of the Bank of France the cash locked up in the vaults was 1,536, 000,060 francs or $307,600,000, while the Banks of England at the same time held only $103,000,000,

Tuk ARMIES oF Evrope.—Alt the present moment (says the Paris correspondent of the Times) any information as to the armies of Europe is particularly interesting. M. Amadee le Faure publishes in the France a complete analysis of the strength of the various nations in 1875. Germany, it ap- pears, bas an army of 469 battalions of in- fantry, 465 squadrons of cavalry, 300 cam- paign batteries, 29 battalions of fort artil- lery, 18 battalions of pioneers, and 18 batta- lions of service corps. When are added the reserves, the landsturm, the landwehr, and the navy, a total of 1,706,000 men is arrived at, with annual estimates of £20,000,000. The English army and navy, including militia and volunteers, comprise, 535,000 men, and cost £24,800,000; Austria has 935,000 men, costing £10,800,000 ; Belgium 43,000, with an expenditure of £1,659,200; Denmark 54,000 men, costing £366,000; Spain according to the regulations of 1870, possesses 270,000, with a yearly budget of £6,400,000. The law passed by the Cortes ia 1872 has as yet been imperfectly applied, France has 152 regiments of infaatry, 30 battalions of chasseurs, 77 cavalry regiments, 40 regiments of artillery, four of engineers, and 20 squadrons of service corps. With the reserve and navy, the total effective strength of the country is 1,700,000, costing £26,600,000; Greece 51,000 men,costing £360,- 000 ; Italy 760,000, expenditure £9,840,000 ; Holland 100,000, estimate £1,120,000; Por- tugal, 73,000, costing £180,000. Russia has an army in time of peace « f 188 regiments of infantry, 82 battalions of riflemen, 48 bat- talions for frontier service, 56 regiments of cavalry, 310 batteries of artillery, 14 bat- talions ofengineers, besides irregulars and reserves. With the fleet, the effective strength of the country is 1,550,000 with a budget of. £27,200,000; Sweden 160,000 men, costing £1,120,000. The effective strength of Switzerland is approximately 180,000, costing only £360,000; Turkey 300,- 000, with estimates of £5,680,000. Onawer footing, therefore, the armies of Europe are 9,330,000, costing annually £136,804,000,

5,000

| course Of the night in question a violent | storm burst over the place, and so increas | ed the volume of water in different streams

| nature, | carried away and demolished by the swol- | len waters.

, | the evening.

*’ | moment afterwards and the mill was

} and flouting away disme

1 PATS LOOD,

' 5 i ialaiiai |

THE STORY of A MILLER'S BEREAVEMENT, | ' '

[he press tehes have briefly notie-

hibtion, by a flood, of Goupil’s

‘mill in the Province of Quebec, and the loss of tyro lives. the Quebec Chronicle gives some aelditional particulars, and the

} } } itne ade

story in its simple details is sufficient to touch any heurt, The C:vonicle says; “The township of Standon in the adjoining

County of Dorchester, on the south shore, was the scene of a shocking disaster on the night of the 17th instant. During the

as to cause considerable damage of a serious In one case a grist mill owned by one Augustin Goupil, and part of which wes used as the dwelling of his family, was This was about 8 o’clock in

An omnious cracking sound s the first signal of the calamity. <A | down mbered upon the | It is scarcely possible to | describe the scene at this trying juncture. The father, mother and chil¢ren, who were lodged in the fourth story, were suddenly and without warning precipitated in the darkness into x raging, boiling chaos of water, household furniture, rafters, beams and saw logs. <A few minutes subsequent. ly the father found himself flung violently to the shore, whence he at once flew to the rescue of his wife, whom he extricated with difficulty from the surging ruins. At the same time, one of his children aged nine months, was lying cold and dead upon the bank. IT rorm the other side of the stream, another child of six years was calling loud- ly for help, und when picked up it was found that tie poor innocent little creature had a leg ard an arm broken. Another little girl of five years has not yet been res covered, notwithstanding the diligent search made on the following day amid the debris. Lhere can be no question that she was kil'ed instantly. The remains ing two children spared by the hand of death, were, nevertheless, severely bruised and otherwise injured, so that it is

furious current.

dubious whether they will survive very long. The scene as described by a corres

spondent who visited it next day, is said to have been harrowing in the extreme, The unfortunate mother was seated amid the debris, mourning like Rachel for her chils dren. Uporthe same pallet in a neigh- boring house were laid out the remains of the dead infent,and the wounded and suffer ing children whostill lived, while along- tide knelt ths bereaved father witha terrible wound on his forehead The same corres- pondent says that the force of the freshet must have been something awful, An en- ormous bou der weighing at least 10,000 pounds, had been whisked across the stream asif it had been a feather; all the cast iron machinary about the mill had been transported by water a considerable distance, and the mill stones had not yet been found. In an instant, the unfortunate proprietor, besides his children, lost the labor of a lifa-time and it is difficult to for- see how he can extricate himself from his present misiortune, unless assisted by the charity of the public, “RUNNING A NEWSPAPER.”

By some unaccountable misapprehension of facts, says the Memphis Aralanche, there is a large class of people in the world who think it costs little or nothing to run a newspaper; and if they buy a copy from the newsboy when too far from the office to come and beg one they are regular patrons and entitled to unlimited favors. Men call every day at newspaper offices to geta copy of the paper for nothing, who would never dream of begging a pocket-handkerchief from a dry goods store, or a piece of candy from the confectioner, even upon the plea of old acquaintance, having bought some- thing in the course of time. But this isa small drain compared to the amount of free advertising the newspaper man is ex- pected todc Some men who have paid two dollars at an early period of life for an advertisement worth four or five dollars, appear to think they are stockholders in the establishment to eternity. They de-~ mand the publication of all marriages and and funeral notices, obituaries and family episodes, for the next forty years, gratis. Speak of pay and they grow indignant, ‘Don’t I patronize your paper?’ ‘Yes; but you receive the worth of your money for what you pay.’ ‘But’ says the patron, ‘it willnot cost you anything to put this in; ’ which is just as ridiculous as to ask a neighbor te grind your axe on_ his grindsstone, and graciously tell him it wont cost himacent. It takes money to run a newspaper as well as any other business: no paper will succeed financially that carries a dead head system. Any mention of the people’s affairs that they are anxious ‘o see in print is worth paying for, and when printed is generally worth as much as any other investment of the same amount.

The newspiper business is very exacting on all connected with it, aad the pay is comparatively small; the proprietors risk more money for smaller profits, and the editors and reporters and printers work harder and c.ieaper than the same number of men in any profession, requiring the given amount of intelligence, training and slavery. The life has its charms and pleasant associations, scarcely known to the outside worle ; but it has its earnest work aad anxieties and hours of exhaustion‘ which also «re uuknown to those who think the business all fun. The idea that newspaperdom is a charmed circle, where the favored niembers live a life of ease, free of care, and go to the circus at night on a free ticket, and to the Springs in the summer, On ¢. free pass, is an idea which we desire to explode practically and theoretic- ally. Business is business, and the journal that succeeds is the one that is run on a square business footing, the same as banks ing or buildimg bridges, keeping a hotel or running a livery stable.

The follow.ng is the account of Captain Webb’s latest astonishing swim, as tele- grapued to the New York Herald :—

Captain Webb, who started on his second attempt to swim the English Channel, from Dover to Calais, on Tuesday, at one o'clock in the afternoon, arrived at the latter place to-day at noon, after being in the water twenty-two hours and forty-three minutes nearly three liours longer than the time in which he calculated to accomplish the jour- ney.

At half.pas:. five p.m., he was progressing at the rate of twenty strokes a minute, the seaand weather being favorable. He was furnished witl ale and beef tea, and again at eight.p.m., with beef tea and beer, Af. ter that he rested on his back for a while.

At nine o’c.ock he became troubled with sea weed, and at eleven he took a draught of cod liver oil. When the moon rose, at One in the morning, some brandy and tea were administered to him, Webb declaring at the time that the swim across was ‘a safe thing.’

At three a.m,, he took some coffee. At this time the tide turned northward, and Webb appeared exhausted. His trainer stripped and held himself in readiness to go to \ebb’s assistance, but Webb laughingly declined the proffered aid.

At this time he still Lept up a pace of twenty strokes per minute. Fears were en- tertained that the northern tide drift would throw Webb abreast of Calais sands, as the sequel proved.

At four o'clock a.m., and four miles fur- ther progress, daylight broke. Webb was drowsy, and coffee and brandy were given him. At half-past five Riden’s buoys were in sight and their position located. At seven 0 clock a westerly breeze sprung up and a chopping sea followed, making prospects extremely discouraging; but the indomi- table pluck of the swimmer never faltered A small skiff kept on the weather side of Webb, who was now swimming slowly and had just partaken of a brandy straight. Every twenty minutes soundings were taken at eight and ten fathoms. Steamers came out from Calais and steamed alongside the gallant swimmer on the weather side, the sea breaking all the while. Cheers up on cheers went up,and Webb seemed to feel their inspiring influence.

He laid a direct course for Calais Sands, westward of the pier and at half-pa-t ten a.m, was in shallow water.

At forty minutes past ten,a,m., the heroic Webb stood on French soil, tired, of course, but very shortly recovered. He was con- veyed to a hotel in a carriage, rubbed down, put to bed, and at one o'clock, when the Herald correspondent sailed for Dover, Webb was tranquilly asleep, and the doctors had no fears of any serious consequence. Webb naked beats Boyton armored about two hours. ‘The wildest excitement pre~ vails in London, and the press pronounced the swim the greatest physical feat of the century:

| Vernon River, Sourur¢ ; ! i i Vernon River BripGe, BeELrast. ORWELL, MUrray Harsor Soura, and all offices on the South-

ern Route, Tuesday and Friday; returning Wednesday and Saturday, =. ‘ \ BrackLrey Point, CovenrnaD, LITTLE York, and all offices on that route, Monday and Thursday ;

New Mail Arra

ne

mee;

SS os Ss MAILS. Coss. | Doe o- scene ee eT TT i ven ie at ecm goa ii ee balk gh or Littles Ontario, QuEBEC, NEw Brunswick and Unirep Srares, daily, . . . : +, 5.00 a.m. 10.00 p. m ( Monday : : ’ : : ' : ; : : 4.20a.m. |Tuesday 10.09 si i Tuesday . , : . . . . : 2.30p.m. |Wednesday. 75, Nova Scoria, 4 ‘Thursday : . . . . . . 4.30a.m. (Friday 10.00 pa Friday. i . . ‘ : . ; ‘ ° -| 2.30p m. Saturday 7 p.m Great Brrrain, via United States, daily, . ° ° . ° . . 5.00a.m. | Uncertain i “s via Halifax, Friday, 25th June and every second Friday after, . 2.30 p. m, “ “ “ Supplementary, Monday, 28th June, and every second Monday after, . . 4.30 a. m. SumMeErsipe— including all mail matter for Prince County west of Summerside—twice daily, —. co . ar a. m, “ . : 0.00 p. DarLINGTon, HuNnTeR’s River, County LINK, FrReETOWN and Barrert’s Cross—including mail -—— matter for offices served from these places—daily, . . 5.30 a.m

Mount Stewart, CARDIGAN, MONTAGUE and GrorGerown—includ

served from these places—daily,

Morey, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,

HEAD or Sr. Pe7TerR’s Bay and Sounts East—includi: ty cast and north of St. Peter’s—daily, . ‘ BeprQur, and all offices on the route between Charlotte

and Friday,

returning ‘Tuesday and Friday, . Forr AuGustTus, MONAGHAN, and all offices

mT, Pownat and C

HERRY VALLrY, daily,

on th

at route, Thursday, ; . .

Tuesday and Friday.

and Friday, returning same day. forwarded.

ee

PROPERTIES FOR SALE, ALBERTON ! isuilding Lots.

TIVHE Subscriber offers for sale several BUILDING LOTS near the Railway Station. Terms Liberal.

GEORGE W. HOWLAN Alberton, Dee. 14, 1874. 8 eraj

FOR SALE CHEAP.

SEA-SIDE RESIDENCE |!

At Kildare Cape, Lot 3, Within an hour's ride of Railway and Tele- graph at Alberton. A

DWELLING HOUSE, BARN, STABLE, COACH HOUSE, And Two Acres of Land. Particularly well-situated for Sea-bathing.

For Terms, &c., apply to

GEORGE W. HOWLAN. Alberton, May 10, 1875.—ne sj til sale

KREEHOLD FARM ON LOT 44 POR SALE.

‘| se Subscriber offers for sale all the right title, and interests in the Farm lutely owned by John Kickham, situate on

Souris River, consisting of fifty acres. The said farm is conveniently situate to School House, Grist and Saw Mills, and is worthy the attention of those who require a nice farm. Title good, and terms easy,

Won. D. STEWART.

Ch’town, Aug. 3, 1874 ; 2 a COAL Block House Mines Coal.

MVE Schr. Agenora will be due here with

a cargo of Coal, from the above Mines, on or before the Ist September. A sample cargo of this Coal was received here last fall and has given much satisfaction. It has been prqnounced, by those using it, to be equal to the best Sydney Coal, and is much cheaper. In order to introduce it to Y the market we will sell it very low ex ship.

HNASZARD BROS., Agents. 61, Water Street. Ch’town, Aug. 30, 1875.—3in

“Old Sydney Mines.

\ 7E will grant orders on the above Mines on as favorable terms and as low as can be obtained at the Mines, CARVELL BROS.

Jaly 5, 1875. ‘ ate COAL. COAL. A quantity of Pictou & Sydney Large Coal. on hand, and for sa'e at

KOUGHAN’S SCALES. April 19, 1874.

Albion, Sydney & Lingan MINES.

(os ORDERS given, on the above nam- ed Mines, at the office of the Subscrib- er.ZNo. 35, Water Street, Charlottetown-—

Prices : ALBION LUMP, $2.50 per Ton - NUT, 2.00 66 ” SLACK, 1.5 Od SYDNEY LUMP, 2.50 +s LINGAN. 2.00 “