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WHEN YE GANG AWA, JAMIE.

When ye gang awa, Jamie,

Far across the sea, laddie

When ye gang to Germanie What will ve send to me, laddie?

I'll send ye a braw new gown, Jeanie rhe brawest in the town, lassie

And it shall be o’ silk and gowd,

Wi’ Valenciennes set round, lassir

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I dinna see how that can be, lassie

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\ broken heart like me. laddie

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St. Johnstoun’s bow'r, and Hunting And a’ that’s mine is thine, lassie,

LITERATURE. THE SWEDES IN PRAGUE.

CHAPTER Xiil.

We will now retura to the inmates of the Castle of Troy, who reached home on this eventful night in perfect safety, though uns accompanied by any one save their usual

| attendants; for, however gallantry Leopold had offered himself to Helen, as long as there seemed a necessity for bis services, he

| did not press them when that necessity ap- peared to vanish. He therefore teck leave of the family at the threshold of the Castle, and amused himse!f, as he returned home over the bridge (at that time still yuiet), with sreculationsoo the singular behavior of Albert and Helen.

The latter, on reaching her apartment, foind her mother, who jointly occupied it, still awake; and alarmed at Helen’s pale looks and dejected spirits, she inquired the cause, but was too much in the habit of

quietly slumbered beside her, pain and anguish kept ber in a dreadful siate of watchfulness, until the sudden report of the first firing from the town informed her that the great tragedy was now begirning. No

longer able to remain in bed, she suddenly |

started up and hastened to the window, which being situated in the extreme wing of the Castle, afforded a view of Prigue, the Hradschin and adjacent country—. noble prospect by day, and in time of peace, but now, while the flashes of the mueketry were darting through the gloom of night, and the awful silence was interrupted by the report of deadly conflict, it was a sight revolting and horrible. There, thought Helen, Od.s walsky fought; and every shot that reut the ar might deprive her of her heart’s t easure And what was the probable lot of Albart ?— wkatthe destiny of many an acquain‘ance and youthfal friend, in these hours of horror and bloodshed? She anxiously flew from

the frizhtful images that hauated ber, ard |

triel in vain to fix hor fancy apon some point of alleviation.

Meanwhile, the repeated cannonading had awakened several parsons inthe Castle. Dy degrees the alarm became general, and at

longth a knocking was heard at Helen’s | door—she was involuntarily startled by this |

unusual summons, and sank quite senseless into her chair. Ths knocking now became louder, and at last awoke her mother, who ‘ What's the matter?’ she exclaimed—who is there?’ The voice of the Baron startled the old lady: ‘Good heavens! what has

moment some shots from the town struck her ear. She now hastily robed herself, and

unlocking the door, perceived the Baron |

| with alight. ‘1 beg pardon for disturbing you,’ ea‘d he, ‘but the best view of the

town is commanded from your windows. |

* Don’t you hear the firing ? I thought you

| jf anything could be seen as well as heard, from hence.’ Madame de Berks, slowly shaking off the stupor of sleep, assured the Baron that she bad rested quietly until a few minutes siuce

the window,

you ?

as yet, to utter a word, she pointed to | Prague, and the old people thought they were to understand by this that the terror _ of the firing had alarmed her. n opening

| the window, it did not admit of a doubt but OVER GO00 CITIES. TOWNS, AND VILLAGES, that something extremely serious must be

going onin the city; and the Baron, after | looking awhile,and mak hising observations | resolved to send an express thither by way

| of Lieber, as the shorter road by water |

would, owing to the darkness of the night, have been attended with too many difficul- ties.

He lefi the room. Madame de Berka. remained a little longer at the window, and | Helen with her, still terribly agitated. The

firing began to eubside by degrees and at | length, after having lasted about an hour,

_ dropped entirely.

| obeyed and laid herself «

| comprebensi)] but

* Helen!’ eried her mother,‘ what ails |

a a? 2 Le AINE A BL ONE DO

chair, and to'tere] towards hor bed. shivers ing as from a fit of the ague. Her mother hastened to her assistance the old lady

| wasterself much agitated and perplexed

both by the state in which she saw heF

| daughter, and by anxiety to learn the cause

of the commotion; ehe rang for the maid, called for some strengthening medicines, and wished to persuade Helen to take them; whe, however, obstinately refused. ‘ The moirow will decide all,’ said she, in an ins ward tone.

‘Will decide what?’ asked her mother.

* Between life and death,’ continued Helen, still speaking and looking as if ott rly ab stracted.

*Good God!’ exclaimed the eld la ly between life acd death? Do you feel so very illthen? Tell me now, my own girl,

| what hes happened? I fear your spirits are overstrained, what with the noise of tne}

f-stivity, and these unlooked-for horrors.’ Helen answerel not; her conflicting if

emotions, in fact, a'most deprived her «

| utterance. In vain did her mother endea- | vor to administer conso'ation, the ouly re

ply she could obtain was—‘ If you love me,

| leave me alone; I am unable to speak to ‘or sent o’ your fause heart, [laddie, | For had 1 kent o’ your fause heart, [la | you at present.

Madame de Berka shook her head, as she lown but the

gentle sleep returned not to her. With a mother’s anxiety she watched cach breath of her beloved child, and t's immediat c.use of her appre hension binished from her

| thoughts everything that concerned the | Strange doin ss in Prague.

At last morn'ng dawned on these uns

| happy persons; but the express whom Baron

von Zelstow bad 4d spatched to Prague was not yet retuincd. This delay seemed ius

Worst was soon

| confirmed, when some peasants entered the

Castle much alarmed, and reported that the Swedes had surprised the Kleinseite in the night, and put all the inhabitants to the

sword, so that scarcely any one survived

the slaughter, and that tlie streets were ruoning with bleod Such exaggerations howevea, being common, the Baron and his

| b> made; still, it is plain that th sto y must }

| be but too well founded in fact, and could ino lo ger be doubted, as all the reports azreed in this po nt, that the Swedes hed

made themselves masters of ths town

What was to be hoped for, what to be! | feared, by the inhabitants of the environs

These were the thoughts that now sug

gested themselves to every one, and the

former courage of the Baron who had once fought under Tilly, had revived. He exs amined t Castle, ¢ ully inspected the preparations Jefen-e, ordered all hia p2ople to make themcelycs familiar with their arms and assigned] he women th tisk of supplyi the Castle with provis With the first ray of morning Helen kast}. ly ros nd went into the garden. in spite of alj the remonstrances o r mother, who thought her dangerously ill, But she ex p cted the rv por hich Odewalsky had

| protwis d he 5 ar d which she e yuld « aly res yielding to her daughter's caprices to pereist | in the inquiry. Helen undressed and threw | herself on the bed, but without being able| ing, which alone sufficed to lighten her heart to clese her eyes, and while ber mother |

ceive ion private. At length her faithful

maid appeared wifh a note in bis handwrit~ |

of agvery heavy load. * It contained but a

few lines, written in terms uni telligible

save to themselves. Their purport wae, that her friend had mainly succceded in his ¢n- terprise, un t by either bullet or sword

The entrane te tl wr 1d been eff-c'ed with trifling loss. Hoe was now exveeting an amyle m pense nit sO much from Konigsmark as from Christiana of Swede

h rsel _ wa i ture sovereign. He hoped shortly to sce Helen, and verba'ly communicate to ke further deta]

Trembling with m'xed sensations of anxi ety and d light. the young la ly was car ely

Se . note. When she had fin is ied, shea ¢ di iV el to ca:m he agi ated

| Spirits as well as sh yuld, and, that she

might not attract observati n the castle

So

retired to her chamber. If her mother was

| before astonished at the ghasily looks cf her

daughter, she was now no less 89 at the ex- pression of cheerfulness and gaiety which beamed on her featurer. But it was still

vain to ask her any questions, Helen pers sisted in sayin: that she felt to-day exactly

jas she had dove yesterday, and that, with

the exception the sudden fright, nothing ailed her.

ver returned. He had not been eble to proceed farther

At length the Baron's messeng o

than to the Altstadt, and had remained no

lonver than Was tecesaary to receive authens

i tic intellivenece. His account pa tly cons had hithe?to strangely preserved her slumber. |

firmed what was already known; the Kleins seite was i: tle hands of the c.emy, though

| the othar two quartera of the (own had not

yet capitulated. put the report brought by happened?’ cried she,—a:d in the same

the messcer ger of the horrors, pillaging, and

| murders, which the Svedez bad been guilty of, both on the night of the attack, and the |

following morninz, was truly heart-render,

ing to those who had #9. many fiiends and

relations in the town. Neither sex nor age had beon spared; the

was likewise tho greater part of the persous of rank and cunside:ation. Field Marshal Count Colloredo, tie commander-inychief, had, however, escaped, thouzh not without imminent danger, over the Moldavia, ina

jsmall boat. The despairing inhabitants of and, on saying this, she went toward the | Wire followed by the Baron, and both | | were terrified, asif hy a ghost, as the cight | of the young lady sitting tere, pale and | motionless, her eyes immovably directed to |

the K'einseite were seen on the roofs of their houser, and on the steeples, ringing thei hands, and imploring assistance from the inhabitants of the two other quarters of the town, whe, helpless and perplexed, had enough to do to defend themselves, as the enemy, having drawn the pieces of artillery

| out of the arsenal of Hradchin, had planted | The sound of her name, together with |

| the sight of her uncle and mother, in come | | measure restored Helen to her senses. | With aplifted hands, but without being able

them on the rampaits opposite the Alstadt, and now began to bombard tha districts which hitherto escaped

It was wise to anticipate the specdy arr.s | j val of the unwelcome visitors at Troy.

None of them, however made their appears ance during the whole of this day. They were, indeed, busily empl: yed between the distribution of the troops at head quarters,

| and the pillage of the town, which lasted

three whole days. Odowalsky, meanwhile,

| together with every one of his soldiers, had |

orders not to remove to any distance from the Kleinseit", becaus: Kosigemark kept

| them: strietly together, from fear of treach- | ery, and distrust of his own good fortune.

It was not till the third day, and after being thoroughly convinced that there was no reasonable ground for alarm, that he began to think of dismissinz the garrison, wnd stas tioning some of his troops ta the earrounds

| ing country, of which he wes anxious to ses

| cure possession.

| *Now ‘tis all over,’ said Helen, with a |

Agent for P. E. I. | deep sigh, ‘ and what is done, is done!’ At | these words she rose with difficulty from her | for it with much impatience, and found it

At the same time, some recompense was thought of for Odowalsky. He had waited

below his expectation, when K: nigsmerk, in presence of all the officers of the regiment, delivered to him the commiss‘on of a colonel of dragocns, and likewisa a patent of Swe- dish nobility, with the title of De Streitberg

—a name which he had formerly assumed. |

THE FARMER'S HOML

Select the handsomest spot of all, and erect a hause of neat and tasteful propor tions, and convenient arrangements. The ee, finish, and expense wili of course be

[a adiition to this a considerable part of the governed by the meansatcommand, Plant

booty had, i: is true, fallen to his share, | trees, both forest and fruit, in such a i

Bat his wishes were more aspiring, and more | *s to break the sweep of the winter winds.

consonant to the important services which bel Dorate a reasonable patch of ground to_

thought he had rendered the Swedish armye

Indeed, it appeared to him that he bad not

only just claims to the rank of a general, and to the property of the palace of Wallen- stein, but likewise to other estates and do- mains, in the evert of Prague and the great~ er part of Bohemia coming into undisputed possession of the Swedes. He had found Means to acquaint Konigsmark with these Pretensions through the medium of Coppy, who was his friend, and greatly esteemed by Konigsmark, who, nevertheless, tad taken no notice of it; and thug, his late promotion, however honorabie and important, seemed oi little value to the ambitious mind of Odo- wa'sky.

On the second day after the taking of the town, preparations wera made by the enemy to extend themselves. A bridge was thrown over the river, near Lieben, in order to afs ford means of attacking the places on the opp site side by land, as likewive to secure communication with the neighborhood. The inhabitants of Troy were not ignorant of these movements, and considered the time when the Swedes wou'd pay them a visit ae very near. Gloomy expeciation, discontent, and fear took possession of the minds of all. Helen was the oply person who appeared calm, sand she was even gay, for which cir- cunistance, together with her conduct on the eventful night, her unele could in no other way account, but by that peculiarity of cha>- acter which is ivtimidated only by uncer- taity, but boldiy looks positive danger inthe fice. He was pleased hereat ; sinee, in bis arrengemen'e, he derived great assists ance from t!is sensible gf.

Meantime, night came on; and just as the

| family aseembled in the apartmenta of the | family knew that yreat allowances were to |

Baroness, they suddenly heard the sound of Swedish trampets in the vil age behind the castle: the enemy was there

The sound reschoed in every heart, and filled all but one withterror. Helen's bosom alone beat with joyful expectation. Could it be h@? She could hardly doubt it; she estimated the extent of bis services as ens titling him to every recompense, much more to the trifling distinetion of chocsinz bis

own heatquarters. At the same moment @ servant entered and Lrouzht the news—- that a Swedis eolunel, with a detatchxent of cavalry, was in the villago, to take up his quarters there, and wished to wait o 1 the lord of the castle.

\ colonel of the enemy ? And wishes

to wait on me?’ taid Zolstow, surprised. |

‘He surely ust bo ¢ ’ ig of goood} i ' aeery Manet o> 8 piedigy ¢ goed! thumbsup, dominoes, and other innocent

eding ! Don’t you know his name ?”

‘De Streitherg,’ replied the servant.

‘De Streitherg ?—Streitberg ?—that's a German name,’ said the Baron—addiog, as hs turned to the domestic, ‘I will reeeive the colonel. He does me much honor: I dare say it is one of those Germans,’ contin- ued he, ‘who lend their orms and blood to the enemy, in order to make their country- men miserable. Well, let us go to west the fallow! And, so saying, he rose from his seat avd procesded to the great salcon, which led into the grou: da of the castle.

He had scarcely reached the ba'cony, when he p revived the colone!,—: tall states ly min. accompanied by en aid de-camp, with scm» others of his staft— oming toward the foot of the staircas: The Swedish leader stopped a moment, probably to see whether Baron yon Zelstow would not come down to him; but when the latter, politely bowing, remained where he was, he ascend- the steps, saluted his host, and announced to him that he was come to quarter his treops in the village, but for his own person

and suite beggsd permission te take up bis)

residence in the castle.

Now, this language from a Swedish cfti- cer, was comp'a sant enough. Baron yon Zelstow thought as much, ard immediately gave the necessary ordeis, after which he was requested by the colonel to introduce bim to his family: This request, made on such short acquaintance, much surprised the Baron ; for he had imtended toekcep them as conpletely as possible from all intercourse with the rude soldiery. However, there wae nothing to be done to camply; ard, accord- ingly, the Baron 6ent over to the ladies, that they mizht be prepared for the intends ed yi-it

lhe two elder ladies were terribly fright- ened, whilst in Helen’s heart all was suns shine. It was ha! The very name of Streit- b rz sounded familiar to her eare, One ering n blush rapidly suecceded another on her blooming cheek, her eyes beamed with transport, and, bat for the cons‘ernation of her mother and the Baroness, they must needs have noticed the evident marks of rapture on Helen’s features. She soon re-

‘ | covered her se!f-possession, however,—re- | governor of the castle was imprisoned, as | | had been long awake, and wished to know |

flecting that she had still a part to play, and must not allow herrelations to suspect that ste and Colonel Streitherg were old acquaint ances,

‘Lam resolved not to receive him in my own rooms,’ said Madam yon Zelstow ; ‘cousin Berke, and you, Helen, have the kinduess to follow me into the saloon ’

The exchango of glances between Odo walsky and Helen sufficed to convince both of their mutacl love, of their happinces, and

| of secrecy. Madame von Zelstow received

the Swedish colonel with a dignified polis; ness ; and Olowalsky, or rather Streitherg, as he was now called, had gafticient eelfs

,;command to act modestty enough for a vie- | toriows enemy

rhe forms of introduction having been |

gone through, conversation proceeded in tolerable flow—Odowalsky evincing much

| good eense, together with that address which

the s:ldier acquires whilst on service, by his intercourse with men in a’! conditions of life.

‘Since the enemy must be quartered upon us,’ thought the Baron to bimeelf, < a man of

mature years, of bigh rank and breeding, is |

the best we could hope for;’ and thus, efter

a quarter of an hour's talk, the parties re- | tired, pretty well satisfied with each other— | the colonel to his men, aud the ladies to |

prepare for the reception of their numerous guests.

In his last illness, Goethe is reported to |

have said, ‘ Let mental culture goon ad<

vancing; let the natural science go on}

gaining in depth and breadth, and the

a ind expand it y—it will | Te eee le ee | friend. Thus he bridges death, and teaches

never go beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity as it glistens and shines forth in the gospel.’

| fact, our girls in both city and country will

small fruits and vegetables, sufficient to supply your table with abundance of all desirable kinds all the year round. Make an acre or more of lawn in front and around the dwelling, interspersed here and there with some ornamental shade trees, ever. greens, and flowering shrubs. Train an ivy over the porch, a honeysuckle on the win- dow. Hide the sheds and outbildings with a clump of trees or climbing vines.

Your wife and daughters will have some artistic flower beds cut in the lawn, and a rose bush by the door, while singing birds will build nests in the trees. Make the in- side of the house attractive—a pleasant place to sit, with inducements sufticient to keep your sons from saloons and your daughters from the streets. Among the absolute neces. saries of life, 1 most decidediy and emphat- ically place amusements, sport, and fun. A good ringing laugh is worth more to stir | the liver and promote digestion than a dose of calomel, and a deal pleasanter to take. If

MARCH 23, 1874.

nig ei:

NO. 12

THE SOCIAL GLASS.

| Flow very few of those who are in the habit of indulging in a social glass ever think of the dangers to which they are Subjected How many modrrate drinkers

will ever become common street drunkards ?

| are, and also know that every one of them

| Was once a moderate drinker.

, And many a young man who can resist | almost anything else, cannot resist the in- | vitation to take a drink. Why is it? | There must be something deeper in an | invitation to take a glass than in anything | else, as a man is too weak to resist tempt- | ation. The great trouble is that they think | there is no harm in one glass,

If you never drink the first glass there will be no temptation to try the second. It is a social evil, and one of immense power to do evil in ourcountry

We know that it takes moral courage to

drink ; but you can do it if you will. And Learn to resist the social glass; learn to

say no, whenever the intoxicating cup is offered you, whether by the hand of some

|

who cannot, on proper provocation, give out

a good ringing, hearty laugh, watch him! |

He is either after your pocket book or the | undertaker. Joy, fun, laughter, sterling, good, healthy, wide awake happiness, are |

among the most noble and desirable of |

human attributes. Nothing but men can | laugh. Do not smother but cultivate this |

distinctive feature of humanity.

Especially youth must have amusements It is no matter of convenience, it is a dire necessity. The love of fun is born with their birth, and must have vent in some form or '

other. If it cannot be gratified at home— |

surrounded by its hallowed influences—it | will seek for it abroad amid dangerons pit- fa ls and corrupting examples. You may evade the truth as much as you please, and feed the youth who is starving for fun on good wholesome moral precept, it will not satisfy the craving, and at some onlookeds for moment nature wi | assert its rights and seize the delightful morsel, even though sodden and corrupt with bitterest sin, We must yield to the inevitable, especially when, as in this case, it is synonymous with the delightful, and provide amusements, health- | ful and mirthful, and if at the same time | you can include instructions, all the better

but amusements for amusements’ sake we must have. On the lawn have croquet, ball, leap-~frog, hy-spy, dances, chase~the-squir- rel, and other sports, in which boys, girls, parents and visitors can join

In-doors,

fair and beautiful young lady or by the

you ever come across a person, old or young, | dirty, greasy hand of a bar-keeper.

If you would shun the evils of intem- perance, if you would live as a man should live, if you want to be a man let the social glass alone.

But if you would sink your manhood below the brute, if you would kill all qual- ities that go toward making up the true man, be a moderate drinker.

If you want to be a common street drunkard, a disgrace to yourself and family, and a stain upon the manhood of your coun~ try, partake of the social glass

If you would live a life of shame and die by that terrible disesse, delirium tremens, be a moderate drin\er.— Temple of Honor,

- « @cec@s -—- -——---—-—

Tue Dominion’s Dear ann Dumn.—Six huns dred and fifty dollars are set down in the Crovincial estimates of the year in favor of a Deaf and Dumb School in St. John. We trust this sum will be voted and well ex- pended, It is time that something more effectual than anything that has yet been attempted in this Province in behalf of its deaf and dumbmutes should be accomplishs ed. There must be a very considerable number of that unfortunate class among our

much to be pitied. But all of them, at once old enough and young enough to be subjected to mental training, should h.ve provision made for their education, It is

checkers, cards, backgammon, jackstraws, | | ber of pupils from our Province, and it has |

games, should be always at command, that the youth may not be compelied to seek them in the purlieus of vice debauchery, and drunkenness, Vice is not attractive, amusements are, and thousands of youth

received help from our treasury anda num»

_ done and is doing much good. But it cans | not fully meet the requirements of our case, Should a Maritime Union be by-and by effected, one good institution located on the | neck of land joining New Brunswick and

are there in the country who think they |

to you is accorded the privilege of showing | | that you can resist temptation if you will.

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| bloom and beauty have embellished our h

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people completely uneducated. They are

true a school for the deaf and dumb has for | years been in operation in Halifax. Jt has |

AGRICULTURAL.

tine te Gn hh ne | Hoyts avovur Work.—The beautiful spring , is near, and those who have glanced at our previous hints will be prepared for the , work to be done—the culture of the soil | Again we ask attention to the care of animals, so that when some ere driven a-field they will be full of life and loveli {ness in the lan ; and so, too, that those for the draft may have strength en- ough for the labor before them. Do not put off anything which can be done before the work begins in earnest Manure must be properly composted as well as saved. Turn and assort potatoes and other vege- tables, and remove refuse matter.

Ventilate and whitewash cellars.

Clean and repair harness.

Overlook the implements aguin, and see that they are ready for use

implements, seeds and trees musi ve ready for the spring.

Clean the old bark from apple trees, aud wash them. Soft soap, or salssoda heated

| to redness, and then dissolyed in water, | may be used as a wash. stand up firmly and say, No, I will not |

Heel in trees till the soil is in condition for planting

Remember that to select trees for home

| use is one thing—to select trees for market

is aother Make war on insects in the nursery and

| orchrrd.

Cut scions before the sap starts, and

| preserve them in dry earth, sand, or saws

dust

When the sleep of winter is over, prune and graft the fruit trees—prune currants and raspberries. Cut out old wood and shorten the new

Let in air and light through all your trees —through all your plants.

Make mats for frames and hot beds.

Ventilate cold frames.

Before making the hot beds, make sie. ter for them.

Prepare poles and brush for peas and beans,

Roll lawns after the frost, and top cress them if necessary.

See that dablias, &c., do not decay in

| damp places.

Prune and thin the shrubs, but don’t disturb the shrubbery.

Rid the walks of rubbish.

Look te the green house and the house plants. Sudden changes of tem mean death to the children of Flora. Temperature and pure air are essential to life. Though they cannot soon bloom again, care the forced plants whose early

omes .

Plant early flowers. Start seeds —as the

weather permits—these germs of still ano- ther life. — Pen and Plow.

Preparing Hot Beds.—Prepare six weeks earlier than the time when it will be safe to set out the plants. Seeds may be sown in « bed of fine soil placed upon the man- ure, or what is better, where only a few of

| a variety is wanted, sown in earth in shal.

low boxes, and these placed in the hot-bed. | Give air on mild days, and water when the soil becomes dry. During cold nights cover with straw mate or shutters to keep out frost.

Good Advice.—When your horse stumbles never raise your yoice,—the creature dreads its master’s chiding ; never jog the reins— the mouth of the horse is far more sensi-

est correction overpowers its reasoning | faculties. Speak to thecreature, reassure

have been compelled to encounter the one | Nova Seotia might suffice to meet the edu. | the palpitating frame, seek to restore those

to enable them to attain the other, which, with the best but mistaken motives, was denied them at home. Maps, books, agri- cultural and literary papers should be sups plied in abundance, and this can annually be done with the money now spent for to» baeco in its various forms. |

In short the farmers home shou'd equal | or excel in beauty, attractiveness, and com: fort that of other callings, and then, and not tillthen,can we expect the talent, the energy, the atnbition of your youth to seek a far- mer’s home. When this becomes a fixed

not look with aversion upon the position | of'a farmer's wife, and seek alliance with a | dainty youth who is engaged in the manly and intellectual business of measuring out | molasses and tape.—Farmers’ Union

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| THE WASHINGTON TREATY AND

RECIPROCITY.

The toilowing refreshingly cool announces | ment appears in some of our U, S. exs changes:

Wasuiyctoy, D. C. March 12.- General | Schenek’s visit to the United States is cons nected with the negotiations of a new re- | ciprocity treaty between Great Britain and | this republic, which is to obviate any further |

proceedings under those clauses of the |

Alabama treaty which provided a joint | commission to remunerate the British col- onies for their losses on account of the free

| cational demands of deaf-mutes, not only

in those Provinces but also in Prince Edward |

Island. Until such a union be brought about, it would seem that « local institu- tion for the training of our deaf and dumb would best supply our needs. We shull be

glad to see such aninstitution in vigorous |

operation in St. John.

In the four Provinces, dealt with im the |

Census of 1871, there were found, at that date, to be 3789 deaf-mutes, of these 1412 were registered in Ontario, 1630 in Quebec, 306 in New Brunswick, and 44] in Nova Scotia. Of the entire number in the four

| Provinces, 2049 were males and 1740 fee