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Selected Poetry. “SUNSET THOUGHTS.

I watch’d the Summer night come down, With silent step, o’er hill and lea; The sunset clouds were all affam And all aflame the rosy sea. I said, to simply live seems j.y, To breathe this balmy air is bliss; Oh, would that when I come to die, It might be such a night as this.

With heaven seemingly so near, So fill’d with golden, glowing light, The air above so fresh and clear, The ground with countless roses bright, Methinks that I could yield my breath Without a tear, without a sigh, Could the last scenes mine eyes beheld, Be such a world and such a sky.

But even asl spoke, the sun

Had call'd his fleeting glory in; A sullen storm, with angry brow,

Came up where all tht light had been ; A moaning wind came off the sea,

‘ans in the years before the massacres? ‘id you ever hear that through the crafty trigues ot certain high personages the . ular troops were all removed before the osder to qu@@l the revolt was given? Sir, | have never for one moment attempted to ‘fend the unhappy and disgraceful occur- cnces in Bulgaria. I have never for a mo- ent defended the system of Turkish gov- snment, now happily about to change. I have merely maintained that the horrors of civil war, aggravated by religious fanaticism on both sides, have been the repetition of an oft-told tale, and have not been worse in Turkey than elsewhere. Asto what is now going on, I can only say that at Con- stantinople there is the most perfect quiet. Everyone, even in this country, has heard of the time-honoured name of Gladstone and of his chivalrous character, and locks with astonisbment at the line he has taken. rhe Turks say: ‘*Why does not this just man mention the horrors committed by Christian insurgents—such as cutting off noses of prisoners and boiling Turks alive? Why does he make out one side to be all avgeis, and those on the other devils?” I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,

Would fill a sinkiug heart with dread: The night was dark with coming rain, The seasbird flapp'd his wings o’erhead.

Ah me, L[sigh'd, ’tis ever thus, The night will still obscure the day; The fairest things the earth can bring, E’en while we gaze will fude away ; Each fleeting hour its secret brings; No mortal hand may hold the keys; The world is full of wondrous things, And life, like death is mystery. MaGaigr C, P.

PO SI OO EG TP GB EL PE BE OF BO OOD TE

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND BUT- TON REFORM,

A London correspondent writes :—** The Prince of Wales evidently aspires to the proud position of regenerator of masculine costums. It must be remembered that some years ago he made an effort to do away with the present monstrous forms of men's evening dress, and he attempted to substitute a loose black velvet coat for the h deous tail-coat to which men cling witha pertinacity worthy a better cause. He was unsuccessful, however; tie black velvet was discarded, and to this day it is not always easy to distinguish the guests from the waiters. Now I see the Prince is open- ing anewcampaign. ‘The expanse of shirt- front, which has from time immemorial been particularised by three buttons or studs, was in the Prince’s case, the other night, endowed with only one stud. ‘Think of that, mothers, and sisters, and wives— only oue shirt button. to look after in the piace of three, only one button-hole to test and consolidate where there have been three. Ifthe Prince could go still further and presently devise a garmen: that shall have no shirt buttons and button-holes at all, the gratitude of the whole of English womankind would follow him. How inany peaceful homes there might be if that shirt- button question could be avoided! and how gladly would feminine England award Al- bert Edward a proud position, far above that of Albert the Good, conid he but save them from the ever-recurring trials to which the present popularity of shirt-but- tons gives rise! Albert the Good looked after Fine Arts, it would be said; buat Albert Edward, his son, looked alter the tempers ef the people, 2nd prevented thous- ands of quarrels in thousands of homes by his Anti-Shirt-button Crusade. Whether such a blessed state of things will ever come to pass I cannol say, but it is certain that the Prince has advanced a step in the right direction.” :

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MR. GLADSTONE AND HOBART PASHA,

The Times publishes the following from Mr. Gladstone, with the accompanying let- ter from Hobart Pasha:

Sm,—At the request of Ilobart Pasha, just received, [ask the favor of your pub- lishing the enclosed letter. Lis request embraces my answer. I have no copy of it, but the purport of it was that, as I was about to write a reply on the various points (including that of the six policemen) I had seen in the papers that he had been visited with the severest of all domestic be- reavements, and that I could not, under the circumstances, trouble him, unless it were his express desire, with a word of controversial matter. I may be allowed to say, in conclusion, that I regard Hobart Pasha asentangled in an error, of which the consequences are deplorable; but that I am likewise convinced he is acting ac- cording to what he thinks the calls of hon- our and duty. May he soon be undeceived.

I remain, Sir, Your obt. servt., W. EE. GLADSTONE.

London, May 12, 1877.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 4.

Hopart Paswa. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Honse of Commons.

Miscellaneous.

APAAPRPRAPLOL LBA LLL LOE

Ireland’s contribution to the Papal jubi- iee fund amounts to over $100,000. Eng- ‘and has contributed $73,600.

An amusing story is told of av incident which happened at a sale by auction, some years ago, iv the Market-place of Merrie Carlisle. The goods were of a miscellan- eous pature, and among them was a fono of type locked upinasmall chase. Among the bystanders was a countryman who looked long and curiously at this form, never having seen or heard of such an article. He eyes ’it all around, felt it, sinclied it, and finally, when it Was put up (the onlokers, apparently as blissfully ignorant as himself, giving way in a burst of astonishment), bid and secured the wished-fer prize. Hodge no doubt intend- ed to take it home, hang it over the kitchen fireplace, and arouse the envy of his fellow villagers by the daily sight of an upknown extinct animal. But all his gay visions were doomed to perish, for, as he swung it in triumph on his way crossing the square, the treacherous ‘* quoins” gave way, caus- ing it to become ‘* pie,” and that sorrowful man Was seen going home with the relics of his purchase in his hat!

Fietcher Harper, the senior member of the firm of Harper Bros., publishers, died this morning, 29th ult.

Twenty-eight convicts weref on Friday, transferred from Sing Sing to Clinton prison, Whose aggregate sentences pumber 240 years. .

Simuel L. Charles, broker and real e state agent, was arrested at St. Louis on Friday, charged with swindling the Bank of North America of $15,000 to $18,000.

Punch’s name for a new newspaper (to be on the breakfast table every day) is the Morning Appeliser.

Without counting daily newspapers and local journals, but reckoning the whole of the other periodicals, from those sold at oneshalf-penny to the quarterly reviews, the serials published in London number about 800.

A strange story comes from Maple Grove, Wisconsin. The people were most- ly in church, andin one house a twelve- year-old boy was the only occupant. Dur- ing the absence of the family a man came into the house, enveloped in an ox-hide, with horns, tail and all compiete, and so fitted that nothing else could be seen. The object disguised in the hide, knowing that there was some $200 in the house, told the boy that he was the devil and wanted his money, but the boy replied that he could not have it. The supposed devil then told the boy thatif hedid not produce the money he would kill him, when the boy, going into another room under pretence of com- plying with the demand, produced a gun and shot the man dead. The boy then ran to the mrearest house, where he found only a woman, and told her he had shot the devil, and when she went with him to see, it was discovered that the disguised rob- ber was her own husband.

Alexander the Great, having heard that one of his soldiers had assumed his name, sent for him, and said to him, ** You wish te bear my name. Well, I Lave no objection, but remember to be Alexander on the battle-

field.”’

It may have been mentioned before that ihe Detroit boot black is as persevering as he is inconsistent. He will stop a pedestr’an in a shower, just as soon as on a pleasant day, and he will“ bone’ a man witha broken jeg as soon as one standing on the corner.

Recently, during the oft-repeated perform-

Sim,—I[ can but feel honoured by your (ance entitied “A little More Rain,” one of having mentioned my name in the House of |these boys, hunting up and down Griswold

Commons, and I feel flattered by your hav- ing given me credit for honesty of purposes while writing as I have done about Turkey apd the Turks; but whenit co:nes to be, as you Say, 4 matter of ‘shame to you that an Englishman should have advocated their cause,” I feel bound to make one or two remarks in self defence. The name of Gladstone has always been regirded by me as the beau ideal of justice aud fair play. I ean but feel. however, that in the question of Turkish massacres you have been so far deceived by one-sided reports that you have lost sight (for the moment only, let us hope) of that gloricus attribute. My rea- son fur thinking this is, that I do not find in any of your speeches or writings any- thing tosbow that youhave calmly and dispasstonately inquired into your subject by obtaining information on both sides of the question. Letme ask you: Did you ever inquire into the real cause of the un- happy events in Bulgaria, or did you, from the very outset, acl upon the idea that they were caused by Turkish misrule, and that only? Did you ever hear of an organ. ized combination to destroy all Mussul- mans, from Philippopolis to the very gates of Stimibou!? Did yon ever bear of six

Turkish policemen being burnt slowly to death in quicklime before the row began? Did you inquire into the feeling which ex- isted between the Mussulmans aud Chris-

Street, accosted a pedestrian with the usual query, and received a decided **No” between the eyes.

ive minutes afterward, the boy again met the man, and the same query received the same answer,

In a quarter of an hour thetwo met again, and the boy inquired:

“Won't you have a shine, sir?” .

“No, sir, | won't!’ answered the man.

Bat the perseverance of the boy teuched his heart. He went into the street and plas- tered his boots with mud, took measures te meet the boy again, and was promptly asked if he would have a shine,

“Yes, I will,” he answered. ut

And he stood in the centre of the muddy street, and told the boy to go to work.

“That's a little irregular,” mused the as- tonished boy. as he unslung his box, ** but

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if Washington could stand Valley Forge, 1 jreckon I can take in this. ‘t

' He went down on his knees inthe mud, ‘put on the best shine fie could, and he seemed no way put out as he dropped the nickel into his vest pecket. In fact, he ex- plained to the crowd:

“You see, if | was treadin’ around on vel- vel carpets all the time, I'd soon get above my business, and become a fatal wreck of 4 boot-black.”

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SYDNEY SMITH.

It is impossible to imagine @ more | ough contrast to those of Lord Jetrcy t the writings of Sydney Smith exhibit. Ph areverend and pious divine, the prebei

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dota) charaeter in his writings. i!is conver- sational talents were great, his success the highest London society unbounded; bus the intoxicating course neither relaxed the| vigor of his application, nor deadened the | warmth of his feelings. His powers, aud! they were of no ordinary kind, were always) directed, though sometimes wit): mistaken) zeal, to the interests of humanily. His say-|} ings, like those of Talleyrand, were repeated) from one end of the empire to the other | These brilliant and sparkling qualities are conspicuous in his writings, and bave| mainly contributed to their success oth this country and America. There is scar ly any scholarship, and little information, to be met with in his works. Few te xe thon) up to be instructed—many to be amused le has little of the equanimity of the jud about him, but a great deal of tho wit ¢ jocularity of the pieader. He would have) made a first-rate jury counsel, for he would) alternately have driven them by the force o! his arguments, and amused them by the brilliancy of his expressions. There is no) more vigorous and forcible diatribe in our language than his celebrated letter on Nort). American repudiation, which roused t) attention, and excited the admiration, of the: repudiators themselves. He has expresse|| ina single line a great truth, applicable, 1 is to be feared, to other nations besides the) Americans: ‘They preferred any load of in- famy, however great, to any burien of fax- ation, however light: But Sydney Smith s blows were expended, and wil lavished, tu general, on subjects of passing or epiemeral interest; they were not, like the strokes Jobnson, levelled at the universal fraiilies| and characteristics of human nature, On| this account, though their success -hitherto has been greater, it is doubtful whether hi essays will take so high a lasting place in English literature as those of Lord Jelirey, which in general treat of works of permanent interest.—Mr. Alison's Essays.

MR. HUSKISSON AND FREE TRADE. The following dialogue, in his own hana writing, and bearing various remarks oc! correction in the same, was found among Me. Huskisson’s MS. papers; and as there | every reason to believe it to have been his own composition, it is inserted as a specimen of that easy playfulness which fas been) mentioned as one of the charms of lis private. society. “Fraternal Dialogue between Join Bull and his brother Jonathan. (Hale July, 1829, —Jonatnan. You area very good and con- | stant customer, John, at my shop), for flonr, hoops, staves, and many other aritcies of my) trade; you are good pay, and I'm always) glad to deal with you.—John. | believe all) you say. I wish to continue a good cu

with meis rather hard. Every time I travel. to, or send to your shop (Sunday or not), 1. am obliged to pay double tol! at the turn-| pike gate, which is close before it.--Jon. | You need not take that trouble. | preter, sending my goods to my customers by my! own porters; and as they are always ready | and punctual in delivering the packages, | do not see why you should comp!ain.—Jo/), I complain because my own cart anid hors

have nothing to do, and my people are upon the poor-rate, whilst I am paying you f rt porterage. I will not go on in this way.—| Jon. Well, we will consider of il next Christ-} mas, when the partners in our firm meet ‘0! talk over the. concern. (John remains} patient for another year; when, finding the| Sunday toll still contined, he asks wiat)

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brother Johnathan and bis firm have de-| cided? (July, 1826. Jon. We lave resolved to grant a new lease of the tolls, without) making alteration in the terms.—/o/in. You have! Then I withdraw my custom.—/o), The devil you do! [Astde.] We mistook him for a more patient ass than he proves be. How shall we contrive to bring him back to our shop?”

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Facts and Seraps. |

It is said of a very respectable old histor parish in ;Connecticut, that they stary

their minister, and are now about torrecta)

splendid monument to his memory liv) “asked for bread, and they gave him stone,

Three years ago the visitors at the Pequot! House, New London, were startied wh: they sat down to breakfast by the appea: ance of & very well-looking lady guest wili | a pair of whiskers that thousands of me would envy. In all other respects her ap

pearance was perfectly feminine. A radica and non-disfiguring cure for a mis‘criune « this kind seems to be unknown, for a medica!

man has written lately to a London paper to. ask if anybody can suggest one in the inter. |

made a burden by a beard and tmoustach which defy loca] applications.

Unquestionab y the crucial test of a man : principle lies in the influence which soviet exerts over him. If immoral society is a temptation to evil courses, the influence o: prop ‘r associates is equally strong in the opposite direction, Society may be a teu} tion for good as well as evil. To a youn man, who, from any circumstances, may he momentarily inclined to turn aside from th path of honor and rectitude, the presence o| an upright person will act as a@ rebuke and prevent him frem falling, while the very

ing him, unless obstinately determined, from going astray. It might be urged that this is allowing too little scope for the of individual discretion, but the strongest. minded people are influenced by surrcundin: circumstances,

At is said that Sir Edward Thornton has been appointed British Minister to Spain The mission ranks higher than Vo Uington both political:y and financia!l!y—thie latter by $10,000. Sir Edward Thornton is an old servant of the British Goveenment, having been for thirty-five years in the diplomat service of -his country, ten years of which has been spent at Washinfiton. [lis succes- sor at the latter post has not yet been

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Jat Reecieved—a lot of Oranges, Lemons, Pineappless, Rhubarb, Dates, Figs and New Onions.

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COMMISSIONER OF CROWN AND Pupiic

_ Lanps Orrick, May 18, 1877, } N OYVICE is hereby given to all purehas- *" ers of Crown and Public Lands ip- Uceotcd to the aovernment, that in all cases wicre such purchasers have made NO PAYMENT FOR tIVE (5) YEARS PRE- CLDING THIS DATE, that om the 15th Day of NOVEMBER next, Precepts will issue against the said Lands, unless satis- factory arrangements are made with me

beiore that date. JOSEPH POPE,

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Noonan & Davies. Pictou:

Steamer HEATHER BELLE Summer Arrangement.

wit leave Charlottetown for Orwel every MONDAY and WEDNESDAY evenings.

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Leave Charlottetown for Monpay, WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY Mornings, at necting there at 10 a. m., with train for Halifax. Fare to Halifax. $4.10. Picnic Parties of Twenly and upwards can obtain Return Tickets at Charlotte- town Ollice to Pictou and back same day for $1.00 each.

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Returning to Pictou same nights, connect- ing with 10 a.m. Train Turspay and Fri- DAY for Halifax.

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