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A DREAM.

The early moonlight faint and meek, ‘ell in white lines across her bed,

And turned to gems on lash and cheek Phe tears that had but now been shed, leep, coming with the shadows, brought

A slow relief from busy thought.

It dulled the present sharp distress, The sense of loss too hard to bear, Phe haunting thought ef loneliness, | The imminence of untried care$ She lost remembrance of the pain ; That dawn would surely bring again. | She lost the world; so tardily, \nother conscicusness was born. And when she dreamed that she was free, Wandering beyond her life, foriorn ; And soul and body still were wed, Although it seemed that she was dead. Some mighty power, unseen and strong, Tad cast her in an an*=ry sea, ~ She strove to breast its billows long ; And, as she struggled wearily, | She saw a low black linc of shore, | With lights upon it, just before.

And, striving still more urgently, She almost reached the wished-for land; Then a great wave rose in the sea, And bore her over rocks and strand ; | Rolled back, and left her there, alone | And helpless in a land unknown,

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| But while she lay there, torn and bruised, | <And dripping with the chilly brine, She seemed to see, with sense confused. The darkness round about her shine, To feel a touch that charmed all pain rom broken frame and weary brain,

And One bentinear with pitying face, So grave, so gentle, and so sweet, 50 full of promise and of grace. She smiled while lying at His feet— As homesick children, home once more, Forget the grief that came before.

He led herto the inner land—

The night was hard beset by day— She was content to hold His hand.

(It seemed there were no werds to say, Because she understood so well Whatever there could be to tell.)

She saw the place was glad and bright, With welcome strangeness heaven fraught; | She had not known it by the sight, And yet it was not new to thought; | All happy living things were there, tefined, to suit a finer air.

A little bird flew frem above And softly litupon her head ; She knew it for a petted dove | She loved in childhood—long since dead ; | The Christ smiled, as she spoke its name, | And said, ‘‘ We kept it till you came.” sky—

| An] there were flowers and trees and | All wraiths of olden memory ;

| Each tiny detail, far and nigh,

| With some past beauty did agree

| The Christ said, *‘ see! they are the same | Wekeptthem for you till you came.”

Then suddenly she heard a voice Like some dear wellsremembered song; Jt made her very heart rejoice | At comfort it had wanted long. She knew, ere sight could satisfy, He she had mourned for stood close by.

Again her radiant Leader smiled— | The smile told more than words could say; | You needed not to mourn, my child, For God keeps all He takes away.” Again He said, ‘‘ They are the same; He kept them for you till you came.”

Then lived ajoy that naughtcan tell; Delight that filled infinity ; Love, with no former parallel, And utter peace that heaven made free. But, breaking through this glimpse of grace, A murmur seemed to fill the place.

The vision faded, passed away,

And left the darkness blank and old; | She saw the light of dawning day

Far inthe east. The air was cold ;

The cock’s shrill warning ofthe sua | Told of another day begun. —Miss H. R. Hodgson, in Harper’s Maga- | zine for March.

| LITERATURE.

THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH. A STORY FORK THE YOUNG. CUAPTER I,

\ faint gleam of light had already ans nounced the approach of day, when Ulric, a little lad, the hero of our story, awoke from his slumbers; and creeping out of the sack of hay, which was his miserable bed, he dressed himself quickly, for he remem- bered it was time to prepare breakfast—a humble one, truly, for his invalid mother.

lie walked with a cautious step towards the stove, that he might not disturb the | invalid, who slept ina corner of the room ; _ he then threw into the stove handful of ' shavings, and the bare walls of the small chamber were soon illuminated by a flick- | ering blaze,

| The red glare of the flames falling di. rectly on Ulric’s countenance, imparted to the pale face of the boy the appearance of health. Uis cheek glowed, and the fire was scarcely brighter than his sparkling eyes. le had not yet washed himself, for he wished first to prepare some soup for his sick parent. Ilaving done this, he stepped quickly towards the bed, and assured hims self from the gentle and regular respiration of the occupant that she still slumoered,

‘Dear mother!’ murmured the boy, softly; ‘thank God you sleep so well. I _hope you will not wake until the soup is ready, which | know will refresh you.’

Having arranged the room in order, | Ulric brought his spinningswheel, and set

it in motion. The wheel rattled merrily _round, and the boy, with a practised hand, _plucked the fine thread trom the yellow | flax, and guided it over the rapidly-revolvs ing wheel.

The bright beams of day now penetrated through the frozen panes of glass in the

small window of the small chamber, which

| contained little besides bare walls, two wooden stools, and an old tab'e, which shewed here and there broad clefts and ,eracks. But though the room was thus scantily furnished, there was not the dirt and disorder which generally accompany extreme poverty; everything testified that the innates of the room were accustomed to cleanliness.

The sun now shone full upon Ulric, and his features could be distinctly seen. He | was a very handsome boy, but hard work, sbstinence and sorrow, had given to his fine countenance an expression of suffering. His cheeks were pale, and his features are sharp and wasted, while his large dark eyes

ere deeply sunk in their sockets. The -ragged clothes of the lad were too large \ for him, and hung loosly over his slender | but well formed limbs, and concealed the | beauty of his figure. A casual observer, ' meeting him in the streets, might perhaps have taken him for a common beggar, of | whomin Hamburg «3 in every large town, many are to be found; and yet there was something unusual, almost noble, in his pale, regular features, that was only partially hidden by his poverty.

‘ Ulric,’ exclaimed fa feeble voice from the corner where the bed of the invalid

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| The boy sprang to his feet immediately? hand to his mother. ‘You havo slept long and

han affect

| day, mother,’ he said, with

oundly to-

ionate

smile; ‘do you feel better ?’

The poor weman nodded her head. and tried to smile, but the effort was checked by a violent cough which shook her wasted |

\frame. With ananxious and an alarmed

countenance, Ulric knelt of the invalid, who trembled as she endea. The parox- ysm, however, passed, cold drops of per- spiration stood upon her forchead, and she sank down upon the bed again.

‘lam better now.’ she whispered, with a weak voice. ‘This bad cough will pass away, but, alas! it fatigues me sadly; I feel most for you, my poor Ulric. Whilst I ought to provide food for us both, you, alas! are obliged to work, and even de- prive yourself of sleep to earn bread,’

‘Do not let that trouble you,’ replied the boy quickly. ‘1 can spin fast and well. Only take care of yourself, mother, and get well soon.’

The invalid shook her head sorrowfully. ‘We are in God’s hands, and Ie is all powerful,’ she said, softly. ‘But, Ulric, I shall never more rise in health from this bed’

Ulric became paler, and his eyes filled with tears,

‘Mother,’ he said, with suppresed ve. hemence, ‘donot despair, for [ will obtain assistance.’

‘No one helps the poor!’ was the de- sponding reply. ‘They have no friend but God, and He has already numbered my days.’

The boy tenderly pressed the withered hands of his sick parent, and then brought the soup to the invalid, who took a few spoonfuls, and then gave it to Ulric, who, however, took a piece of bread from his pocket, and ate it heartily, saying—

‘The soup will keep, mother. Perhaps

down by the bed |!

at noon you will have a better appetite, and I don’t know whether I can make any more before then.’

The invalid sighed.

‘ You deny yourself everything, and give all to me; but God will reward you, my dear boy. He will certainly hear my prayer for you!’

‘ Alas!

mother, you are 11, and I am|

| well; so of course the soup is for you, and

the bread for me, answered Ulric. ‘ Do not talk new, but try to sleep a little. I} will, in the meantime, finish my spinning, and then carry home the yarn, Terhaps I shall receive some money from Mr. Leex ferg, although he usually pays on Saturs

day. Then in the evening you can have | some more soup, and perhaps | will eat a) little.’ |

‘But if he should not give you any-| thing?’

‘Then I must beg again!’ answered | Ulric, unconcernedly. ‘That is not'a sin, | and I have sometimes got a little, though very little.’

‘ Bey? You beg for one who is not | your real mother, though you call her so ? | Oh, Ulric, God will surely recompense you for all this! ’

‘If you are not my mother, you have taken care of me just as if you were so ; therefore, Lowe you double thanks, If it is not painful to talk, will you tell me where you found me ?’

The invalid nodded assent, and Ulric drew his spinning wheel near the bed.

‘It is now ten years since I went with | my late husband to Dresden, where an old aunt lived. She had written, entreating him to remain with her during the war, and she promised him some money if be would comply with her request. Now, we did not do it for the gold, but because my husband had received kindne>s from her in former days. When we arrived in Dresden we found that our aunt had died a short time previous, and was buried. Before her decease she left us a hundred thalers, which the owner of the house in which she had resided gave tous. He was an honest and a kind man, and would not allow us to leave his house until we had rested. When we again proposed departing, we heard that there would probably be a battle ir the neighborhord, and our friendly landlord again advised us to remain a few days in Dresden, and there await fresh news. My husband, however, would not consent for he wished to returnto Hamburg. So we left. At first all wenton well. We met many soldiers, but they allowed us to pur- sue our way, because we were provided with the proper passports. Fut one morns ing, when we had passed the previous night ina small village, we heard cannon firing, and we perceived plainly, that if we were not careful, we should be amidst the tus mult of a battle. [ implored my husband to return, but he said we had better wait quietly. We remained, therefore, in the hope that the fighting would, at least, be further removed from us; but, instead of this, the strife approached nearer, and pre- sently battalions of cavalry galloped by ; the artillery followed, and then came the infantry, and at last a* confused mass of | Frenchmen.

‘Shortly afterwards an opposing force appeared in sight. The French entrenched themselves in the village, and now we heard close to us the firing of cannon and musketry, and destroying bullets flew around us. ‘The inhabitants of the village hid themselves in cellars, and we did the same. The dia of battle reached us even there’, but our lives were, at least, in safety. The conflict did not last long. In about an hour tho French were again de- feated ; they were driven from their pos sition in the village and took to flight. The Prussians and Austrians pursued them, and all was again still in the village. We crept out of the cellar, and found our horse safe in the stable. _ The chaise also was nn~ injured. The tumult of fighting was heard behind us ; and my husband said,’ now is the time for us to hasten on; the way is safe before us.’

‘The horse was soon harnessed, and we

‘Notat all, Ulric’ replied the invalid. | | You were apresent from.God tous, We | had no children and we, therefore took |

|returned the little we could do for you.

| might quit this fearful scene. But we were | stopped at every step. Overturned gun-

} }

| carriages, smashed ammunition-wagons,

| dead horses, and, worst of all, dead men,

| lay across the road; and we were obliged

to t! ut of the way to avoid driving over

the bodies. I hela ray hands before my

that | might not see more, All at

once my husband stopped and said, ‘ Wife, look at that unfortunate little child !’

‘ One glance in the direction pointed out,

I say a boy of three years old, running about

the field, crying. Wespoke to him, and he

king for his papa and mamma; and when we could not tell him anything about them, he cried bitterly. I looked at who immediately understood meant. We quickly lifted the child into the chaise and drove on. I had much difficulty in pacifying im but at length he fell asleep upon my bo

came forward, as

my husband,

what |

Ae ‘Dut what shall-~ve do-with him,’ I said. ‘We must leave kim at the next villages,’

answered my husband. seems that

some misfortune has happened, and tie boy has lost his parents in the confusion of the battle. The authoritics of the place

‘It

must make inquiries afver his relations, and I hope he will soon bein proper hands,’ ‘I agreed to this opinion. In three hours we arrived at the next village. No one knew anything about the boy, and no one would take charge of him. We could not leave him alone on the street, and so we determined to take him with us. We gave our names and address to the magis-~ trate of the place, and begged him to con- tinue his inquiries after the child’s parents. If they were found they were to be directed to us, and to be informed, to their conso- lation, that we intended to take as much care of the boy, as if he was our own child, So we travelled on with him until we reachs ed Hamburg. On the way I had some trouble with him, for he asked continually for his parents, and he cried as if his heart would break, but at length he became tranquil, and answered our questions. He told us that his name was Ulric; but when we asked what his papa was called, he was inconsolable, so I did not again venture to inquire about his parents. Afterwards he chatted about his his fine coach, and woods en horse, and other childish prattle. But no distinct intelligence, which might have assisted in the discovery of his parentage, was to be obtained from him. In Hams burg we paid for the advertisement, and caused the circumstance to be related in

the newspapers; but this availed nothing. No one applied for the child, who, in the | meantime, had gained our fondest love; and now nothing remained for us but to educate him as our own.

‘ And now, Ulric, this is the whole his- tory, and you are the child whom we found on the field of battle.

‘Ara lindeed!’ replied the boy, and a tear glistened on his long, dark eye-lashes. ¢Oa, mother, how much I owe to you! :

you to our hearis.

And richly have you

In the last seven years, since my husband | diel, and left me helpless and poor, you | have been my only comfort! And since I | ve been ill,and could not work, when | hare und want threatened me, was it | not you who took care of me ? who worked | “XP for me—who even begged for me? My | son, 2 thousand-fold have you repaid what |

I did for you!’ Ulric did mother’s

thoughtfal for s«

not reply, but pressed his He me time, and then asked, ‘ And you never heard anything of my parents ?’

‘Never!’

hands affectionately. sat

like one waking from a dream

replied thesick woman. ‘od

alone knows whether you will ever see them again. it is not, however impo--i-

ble. We have two

things which may |\-lp you to trace them; the clothes in which we found you, and 2 small miniature, ina gold

case, Which was suspended round your neck. [have kept both very carefully, in order to give them to you at some future time when you should be wise enough to uns importance. You will find

;

derstand their them in the d

Ulric took the key which his adopted mother gave him, and opened the desk. He found a little and drawers of the same material, trimmed with silver cord, and the beforesmentioned | miniature case, the lid of which he opened, and saw the features of a very beautiful | lady. He could not at it without deep emotion.

‘Is this,’ he inquired, ‘the portrait of my real mother ? ’

‘Very likely it is, but we have no cers tainty on the subject; it rests with God alone to clear up the mystery.’

U'rie put the clothes back into the desk, but the little picture he suspended, by a smal chain attached to it, round his neck, and hid it in his bosom.

‘There it shall remain,’ he said, ‘ and very often will Llook at it to impress the features On my memory.’

Ilaving finished his yarn, it occurred to him that he must go to the town and sell jt. tle walked first to the merchants who usually bought his yarn, but he was desired to call on Saturday.

‘Very well,’ he murmured to himself, as he left the shop; ‘but my mother must have a doctor, and for that I must have money; I will, therefore, sell the gold chain attached to the picture, which is uns necessary for me. It can be quite as se- cure!y fastened with a string ’

Thus resolving, he turned towards a street in which several jewellers lived ; but before he could reach the place an event happened, which, fora time, interrupted his plan.

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got into the little carriage, and drove on as fast as the gray steed would go lay directly across the field of battle ; and

’ Wur road

I shall never forget the sight which present: | We had already, in the village, |

ed itself.

seen afew of the dead and wounded seats |

tered about ; but now, when we came upon

the actual scene of contest, what an apall. |

ins sight presented itself! death and de- struction overywhere ! The corn was trod» den down, the straw destroyed ; heaps of dead bodies were lying together. Men and horses mingled—and nothing but blood and carnage in every direction. The sight made my heart sick, and I entreated my husband to urge the horse on, tliat we

Swiss Family Robinson,’ the author's name | seldom or never appearing on the title page ‘ofthe English translations. The original | work is by Johann Rudolph Wyss, a Swiss | preacher, born at Berne in 1781, and died in 1830. It was written in Germany and published at Zurich in 1812. | The United States Senate have confirmed | the action of the House in refusing the ad- | ditional Pacific Mail subsidy of $500,000

authorized in 1872, and which the company

state they are now ina position to receive according to the terms of the contract made under it. ‘This, of course, ends the ques- tion of retaining the additional subsidy, and proves a bitter disappointment to the Pas cific Mail Co. The defeat is wholly due to the revelations concerning the means used

to secure the contract,

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MARCH 15, 1875.

OUR FISHERIES,

From the St.John Telegraph.

Among the sources of wes'th belonging to the Dominion, the product: of the sea stand well in the foreground, more especi- ally in relation to the maintenance and pro- gress of our commercial marine. To the Maritime Provinces, and the eastern part

of Quebec, the industry of the sea, o° our

fisheries, isthe basis upon which much of |

their future will be dependent, for the great ocean is a perrenial souree of wealth, susceptible, under wise legislation, of en- ormous increase, while our forests, which have hitherto contributed mainly to the prosperity of the provinces possessing 2 sea- board, are rapidly diminishing.

It will be borne in mind that among the fishery articles of the Treaty of Washington provision was made for a Joint Commission to establish the amoimt of compensation payable to the Dominion for the excess of the value of the priviliges accorded to the fishermen of the United States over these conferred on the fishermen of the Dominion by the concessions embraced in this Treaty.

Among the various questions which may come under the scrutiny of the Commission we are free to suppose that the fol owing will hold a prominent place :—

I. The general value of fisheries. ,

Il. The value of each particular kind of fishery.

Itt, The prospect of increase or de- crease.

IV. The feeding grounds of fish, includ. ing the taking of bait.

\V. The mode of preserving and increas~ ing the value of fisheries generally.

Vi. fhe importance of certain fishing stations, .

VII, The social status and bearing of the fishing industry. ;

VIL, The united action of the English, Dominion, American and French tioverns ments in the protection of the fisheries,

I—GENERAL VALUE OF THE FISHERIES.

What is the annualmoney value of our Fisheries? This query can be answered only in part by reference to the copious res ports of the Minister of Marine and Fsheries, which by the way, are becoming year by year, valuable repositories of varied sciens tific and practical information relating to the ocean resources of the Dominion and the natural history of its livingwealth.

We content ourselves with giving the mere money yalue, as represented by the ofiicial returns for a period of four years, for the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Bruns» wick, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and the Island of Newfoundland, including the Atlantic coast of Larbador.

Newfoundland takes the lead, and _ in order to avoid misapprehension, it is well to

/mention here that the following estimates

of the value of the Newfoundland Fisheries has no reference whatever to the great ‘ Sealing” operations, which form an indes pendent and very lucrative branch of mia- rine industry, requiring separate and ample notice.

Comparative table showing the value of the products of the Sea Fisheries for four years :

Nova Scotia NT. ensvns snnssnenns cannes $4,019.424 OP EE: 6,550,739 RPE eescenbiais itiescenien ia ates 6,016.835 IPA his veskenieb eecaens 6,577.086 Mew VCRRE WIC Tiki: costes cei eos 1,131.435 is aise nei sake en OPE sii bakes ssauek cece ses 1,965.459 TTB sb stsieincsincininssd eee Onebec BO iin inns oesalied sched ee ae RIE iseees achat is .- 1,092.612 Cg 9) SR ERE: 1,320.189 BBP c sss whine 1.591.564 P. EB. Island ARTO ii ce BE 1872.. 7.740 LS FSi cass 207.595 | Exports trom Newloundland 1871...... 8,154.602 De csiis pusl saves 6,971,112

Total value

the Dominion in-

cluding Exports

trom Newfornd-

land and the

Magdalen Is-

lands, RT ackuscsui ..17,730.451 RTS veses 16,635,071

Making due allowance for short returns, which are inevitable in this case, and al- jowing also for the consumption of those engaged in the fisheries, which include not less than 250,000 souls, we shall be well within the limits if we place the annual money value of the fisheries to the people of the Dominion, at twenty millions of dol- lars, and this, be it observed, does not in- clude the seal hunt or whale fisherey. and js quite independent of the American and French ‘ catch.’

In order to produce this magnificent result, a very considerable amount of capital is required, and many collateral industries are sustained ; but besides all these, there is that which both France and the United States have always held most prominently in view, namely, the opportunity for train- ing the essential elements of a maritime people in brain and muscle, nerve and skill,

Asa people we have always repudiated the system of bounties to encourage the prosecution of the fisheries; our fishermen are, as it were, to the ocean born, and they follow the pursuit as one which be- longs to them by birthright, and need not the enervating bribe of a bounty to induce them to embrace it.

The American catch in our waters is vari» ously estimated, but it probably reaches on an average eight or ten millions of dollars per annum,

The French catch is supposed to average £4,000,000 perannum. The total aggregate value of the great fisheries, comprehending under this term all those in British Ameri- can waters and the Great Banks, reaches the imposing sum of from thirty to thirty- five million dollars annually. In the third volume of the census of the United States for 1870, the entire production of the fish- eries, including the Great Banks, ete., but exclusive of the whale fishery, throughout the wide expanse of the Union, is stated at $11,096,522 ; but in commenting upon the fishery statistics, the superintendent states that they are ‘distressingly inadequate to to the known facts of the case.’