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dreams, shadows of the day’s musings, closs round and people her sleep; and as the brief flashing light of tbe roadside lamps | fall apon her face, her companions see that happy smiles are flittmmg over it, and that the restiess little bands are quiet at last, clasped in the action of peace and prayer. It was a fair sight, and those who watched | it speculated wonderingly how any events

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At the coach stoppel with a jerk, and then Katharine awoke, and, after a moment's bes | wilderment, exclaimed—

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cold bleak night air she bad to encounter. | last, jolting over the rough pavement, |

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ii ‘Are wethere? Isthis my eunt’s home? '

Every Wednesday, Friday, a ‘ 9: Is this Birmingham?

arrival of train from St. John.

For Pictou and Hawksbury, Every Tuesday and Thursday morning ut five o'clock. and for PICTOU & GEORETOWN, on Saturday, same hour

onday,

But before her companion could rep'y, | the coach door was opened, and a roughs |

coated man, with a thick muddled voice,

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putting in his bead, asked— ‘Is there a little girl called Nagent here®’ | ‘ . ‘Yee, yes, my name is Nugent—is my | QD o - Levee . i 7 @ > 7 Returning from Hawksburys! sunt rere?’ Every Wednesday and Friday, and from GEORGETOWN, Monday. From Pictou to Charlottetown,

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,

No; but jump out my dear—hero's vour cousin Jane, ani I’m your uncle.’

Obeying the impulse of her uncle’s exs tended hands, Katharine sprang out, and on arrival of train from Halifax | then looked eayerly rouad for her cousin.

EF. W. HALES. | ‘he’s not here, my dear—she’a iaside, | | by the fire,’ said Mr. Grove, replying to he:

ROYAL MAIL STAGE! 22 ca 2m ms | you've seen that your luggage is

right.

| Bot where’s your cloak? You'll be starved to death standing here in this sleet.”

‘Y’ve gotit on,’ said the child, timidly,

her uncle’s voice, kind as it |

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ital fnable terror, making her fore} 4) needs Sean wit Georgetown | Strange tadefinable terror, making her fors| = for Charlotteto on arrival of Boag | get also the unfamiliar wrapper in which } Pictou, every alternate Saturday,com-| Agnt Betty bad enfolded her at starting, | ng July 11 id will return to George- | i . ts . we a rid og Asati tenia ni and which she had unfasteied and lefs in +ii ‘ ‘ i eile a ’ Lj : : i ] 1 the coa ‘I'm not cold. Notr.—All orders and parcels for the} ‘ Not cold! well, | am, 50 come in, and y mail or Express must be left at the) 31) introduce you to Jenny, and finish my | ON House,” opposite W. R. Watson’s | : ; ui | Queen Street, Ch’town | brandy and water at the same time, Here,

GEORGE O'NEILL. coachy, look out my niece’s traps, and setd

Proprietor. |’em down to my house—they're directed, I House’ Vernon River. ? | fuppose, my dear? Ah, that’s right—and } 1874 h 21 5

| il settle with you to-morrow. | comeralong.’

Slowly, half bewildered with surprise and fear, Katharine was «about to follow Mr. Grove, when Mrs. Lennard, who had been occupied in pointing out to her husband | their various boxes came up and said—

‘Ie your aunt here, Miss Nugent?’ |

Now, Kate,

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OPPOSITE WATSON’S DRUG STORE, ‘No,’ replied Katharine. gr ’ ee eee era!) + How very unfortanate! Do you know : “_ led how far Ker house is from here? 1 he | . oT we | Liverpool coach starts in twenty minutes, | ind | and I have only that time to take you home, , meat Asortment ot |and have eome refreshment. How very , i woe Ot :--& >a) @ | Strange that she did not come.’ PINAR, MIPCMEN UTES LS ten look from her uacle, who &e., &¢.; &e. | had Jistened attentively to this speech, obligs yk ; shove BUSINESS | eq Katharine to explain— esis made hanes ibid is the ‘ This lady bas been so good as to bring Markets, led fer Honee Builders,| me from London. Captain Elliot and Mre. | Mann put me under her charge,’ fas Pittime, Water Closets,| «on! I'm very much obliged to you, Hell Piltings, &.. &e., | ma’am ; I hope you'll come up with Kate to repared ‘o SELL THEM at RATES| my place. My wife will be proud to know ee ae ee ee ee dthank yon for taking care of her iw fit the 1a2 iw wanlike style you, an y = i iblie. , vay, that all | little niece here.’ a ri RANCiui O° OUR BUSI) « Have I the pleasure of speaking to Miss rT tot at Wack | ‘ \ it OOLERS on | Nagent’s uncle? asked Harriet Lennard in hand. | some surprise. SAYER’S CHKISTAL ELUI | *Yes, ma'am. my name is Grove, at your Sold Cheaper than ever | Service.” Noy. 11, 187] * Then, as my time here isso very short, |

perhaps you will allow me to resign my | | charge into your hands now. I fear,’ and | she turned to Kete, ‘that it would be ims | | possible for me to take you to your aunt's, and as your uncle is here, you will be par- tectly safe. 1 certainly wish,’ she went on, addressing Mr, Grove, ‘ that I could have had the satisfuction of introdacing Mise | Nugent to her aunt myself. I did hope that she would be here to meet her ; but as that is pot the case, asd I am obliged to burry on to a sick relative, I must costent myself with giving ber up to you,’

And, surprised at her own unusually long speech, Mrs. Lennard drew back, while Mr. Grove poured forth au incoherent, deeule try, and somewhat imaginative account of how and why his wife had not accompanied

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: thay a cordial embrace, and mauy good wishes,

AVOID QUACKS. Uarriet ; arted witk har little companion.

a aaa ee Se aaa ae. ae ee’ ‘Now then, Kate, come with me; you yous debility, premature decay, &c., Daying , 7 sii ee

tried ‘is vain every advertised remedy, has | musta’tetop any longer in this cold,’ suid Mr.

discovered a simple means of self-cure| Grove. ‘Your friend seems & very Bice

which he will send free to his fellow-suf- - n, but now she’s gone ibs ened

: : SEVES, 78 Nas- ae ae ens tant yon. — for us to stand shivering here—come along.’

| he, following Jane’ gage, but different coins | tries, different ways you know.

| mended ; anyhow she’s @ pretty little thiey,

impressions entirely

you dance ?

| thing I know; but I daresay you are wueb

but if one’s ever so clever. one can’t learn | by instinct, like a di g orcat you know!’

; tot children.

And takin: Kate’s hand, Mr. Grove led her through the blazing hall of the inn into a small private room, where, by the bright fire. sat her cousin,

‘ Here, Jane, here she is, said Mr. Grove, a3 Lis daughter put down the paper she bad been reading, and stared at the fatryslike apparition with undisguised astonishment. * Ay, its a queer dress, isn’t it?’ continued

Ive unlike what we’re used to; but that will eoon be

and that’s more consequence than the eut of a frock. And now I’ve brought you to- gether, you must make friends, for I’ve only got my glass to finish and then I shaligbe ready,’

Left alone, the giris gazed #t each other silently for a few seconds—both taking in new to them—then Katharine suid timidly, for hor heart had sunk fearfully duricg the last ten minutes :

‘I did not know I hada cousin ; but lam very glad. Are you my aunt’s daughter?’

‘Yes, ; how strange though you did'nt know it; didu’t your mamma teli you? Vo the oldest but one. KEdward’s jthe oldest. you know ; bat I’m sure you wont like hin at all ; he’s in the counting-house, and he’s so horridly vulgar.’

In spite of her sadness, a smile crossed Katharine’s features as Jane spoke, buat the innocent sarcasm was lost upon its object. The show pupil of Miss Todman’s sehovl, how was it possible that her manners should be anything but perfect !

‘It must be very nice to have a brother, said Kathrrive, at last.

*La! you woulda’t say so if you had one, and | have lots. We are such a horrid large family, it’s no joke to live among us, I can

tell you; but perhaps you'll like it. How old are you?’

‘Twelve.’

‘ Dear, I shouldn’t have thought it. I’m sixteen. Have you been to school?’

‘No; [ learned at home.’

‘Goodness! I shouldn’t like that ; we'd

such fun at school. sing’,

‘A little.’

Thav’s lucky, for l’ve had nobody to prac- tise duetts with since I came home. Can

>?

Can you play and

‘ Yes.’ ‘Well?’

‘Mamma and General Eyre said so,’ ans

asked Jane eagerly.

swered Katharive, simply. ‘Yes, but well eucugh to teach, I mean?’ ‘1 don’t know; I daresay I could,’ ‘How very lucky. Ma never weald let us lara, because of the expense ; but now she shall have no peace till she she can’t

for make an excuss about the expense, t will cost ber nothing if you texeh

O88,

because me!’

‘Ishall be very glad to show yon any- cleverer than I am!’

* Qh, of course. I’m four t

besides having been to boarding-school ;

years ol ler,

Katharine’s reply was interrupted by the entrance of her uncle, who, having fin'sned his glass, came t> hurry them away,

A short ride brought them to Mr. Grove’s house; and by the flaring light of a thin tallow candle, held aloft by a smart servant girl, Katharine sav a passage hal! fu'l of

‘Out of the road, out of the road, you young monkeys!’ eriod their father, push- inz his way throuzh the group, and drags ging Katharine after him ; mother? ’

‘where is your

life, he was abashed by something else than wealth. Fora few minutes he stood listening | to the hardsvoiecd equabble, which, though | of daily occurrence, had never sounded harsh to him before; and then, turning hastily from the repast which was being laid for the traveller, went up stairs to change his dusty coat, wash bis hands, brush bis hair, and perform such other necessary offices as most people think necessary before even a solitary meal, but which Edward Grove had hitherto eneered at, as dandyisms

Silent ond passive—oppressed and bewi'- dered with the intensity of her disuppoint- ment—Katharine sat down to the huge dish of tripe, swimming in milk and onions, the strong. double Gloucester cheese, and jug of foaming ale, which, provid: d for the faraily supper, was produced thus early for her es- pecial Lenefit. Poor child, not one of these laxuries did she know even by pame—not one had she ever seen and, ferent at all times to every thing except the plainness of her fare, sick, feint, and tired, the combination of odors soon sverpowered her. Her lips became pale, her eyes dim, and before Edward, who had silently stolen t) an opposiie seat, could epring from it to eave her, she had fallen fainting from her chair.

Thon followed loud and eager talking, derinzs and apprebensicns, ebort half~sup- pressed phrases of ‘sickly—affzctatioo— spoilt,’ &c., which, with the bustle, awoke Mr. Grove, who bad some time before fallen asleep, vnd was row snoring in his easy chair.

* What's she had? The child’s fainted for want! Bread and cheese isn’t fit for her toe night. Put her into a hot bed, and get her a cup of tea with a eup of brandy, or a drop

befcre ; indifs

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of sago, or something of that sort. Poor thing ehs’e uearly clammed !’ Now, bard and unsympathizing as Mars

goret Crove’s natere was, yet ehe was not so bereft of all human feelings as ber words would often have led people to imagine, she had only an intense abborvenee of delicacy of body or nerve, and detested a “ fine lady,” which was her bitterest term 0! reprobation, more cyen than an infidel,

No sooner, therefore, was she assured hat Katharine’s illness arose from want of food and not from “ finicking,” than she hastened to make every exertion for her recovery, to administer the moderate nourishment her frame required, and then put her quickly, and, what was infinitely more valuable, quietly to bed.

For that evening, d flicult as was the task, silence was procured and maintained, in t!.e crowded chamber in which Katherine occus pied balf a bed; but, with the first glimpx of the dull moruing light, all ths children were on the alert, and talking together. Katharine’s head, anaccustumed te such noisy waking, ached terribly, and she lay with closed eyes and beatins temples until daylight deepened, und a sharpsiooking, shrill- voiced maid entered the room,and sum< moned her to rise.

Sidly and Iciteringly—for heart wes very heary—the child went thr ugh the duties of her toilette; and when the serainbling, ui + comfortable meal that followed was conclud- ed, her happiness and sel{*pocsession was not inoreased by being led away to her nunt, and subjected to a severe examination as to her means and proepects. :

Respecting neither was ber account very explicit or satisfactory. Of neither had she ever heard a syl'able until he: moter’s last illoess; and then her heart had been too full of grief to allow her to give very yiest or very clear attention to money matters. Al] the little she remembered, she repeated faitas fully ; butit was little, unconnected, and ofh ten almost contradictory, She might berich

‘In the parlor; sie thought you weren't |

coming, 89 we've had tea, shouted half a dozen voices, ‘Never mind, we can have some more, | | suppose ; #0 come along, Kate, to yourau t. | Here Meg, here’s your niece, At these words the child looked eagerly | up. In spite of the terrible ehock her une e | and cousin’s vulgerity hid given her—in | spite of her own misgivings—to the very |

last, even cominz up the dingy passage, she | had clung to her fit fond hope, that her | auut—her uld b3 different. her quick eyes had detected in the younge- | children whom she had paseed at the door, |

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mother’s own The very likeners to Jane, which

sister—w

was consolatory to her, it confirmed her be- lief that sisters must be alike. Bit now—|} what are her thougits now, as gazing up almost despairingly at te stranger face bs fore her, she hears her called aunt? Poo Katkarin, poor little Kate, whare are your bright visions row—y low sweet voices, and bright beaming smiles? |

‘Here Meg, here’s your niece,’ repeated her uncle, leading her forward ; ‘almost fams |

r fairy decams of |

nothing, I bear, since seven o’clock this morning.’

‘Why, we've had tea an houraso, I thought of course you weren’t coming when it got so late; what'll you have, my dear; a cup of tea or——'

‘Let’s havea tea supper, Ma’ ’ cried Jave. ‘You know I've had nothing since dinner.’

* And whose fault was that? the tea was ready here at a proper time, if you'd chosen to come.”

Jane made apert reply, to which her mother answered ; and Katharine stood dis- regarded, listening to the dispute with puz- zied terror, Could these be English man» ner-,—those manners she bad heard so lavd- ed, that she bad almost feared, imperfect as she was, to come among them? Or was she, wio had beendreaming all day, dream- ing still? Poor child, would thot she were!

Meanwhile another spectetor, io the pere son of Edward Grove, was added to the scene, and stood usnoticed in the doorway, watch-

ing his new cousin attentively.

And truly, worthy as she wae at all times |

i é a a | told you before, Kate wouldn’t hav» «

of poor, an heiress or a beggar. Unvil now, she had never thought about it; and now

that she waseo hastily, sharply questioned, tear and indignation drove all thinking power cut ofSier Led.

Angry «8 Mrz, Grove wa the idea having to support he: niece —a duty from

weich she s°on saw there was no escape, the Was even mire enreged &t what she called the child’s stupidity and cunniog,

‘She knows well enough. She ien’tsuch asimpletou as she’d have we to beliove Don't you have been sharp enough to catch news of a fortuve. but if she thinks to come over me with her deoritfalness, she's mistaken, I'll assure her.’

‘Aresiiher boxescome? replied Mr. Grove, to whom this sp-ech was mate; ‘pers

tell me that her ears would.’t

| hape there s ecomething that will throw a | light on ths business there.’

* No such good luck, I'm afraid, As | sot ber here if she hada,t wantel a home.’

* Weil Meg, never mind ; vive herons. Our

children will uwever be the worse of for the

‘ . bit she eate andl dare eay you'll manage to ished to death, I should think, for she’s had |

make her useful,’

‘Useful! @ poor week thing like her, sbiy- ering at every breath of wind; what good will she ba to me, orany bedyels2, I should like to know? But if she’s to be here, and able to pay nothing towarde herself, I sha!! pretty scon turn over a new leaf with her , she must do something for her bread besides eat it.’

* Well, well, you manage the houss Meg —I’ve not much todo with it; only don’: be hard with the child, ehe’s bat a younz thing yet : and sho isn’t tho first that had to turn out unexpected!y, and mayn’t b> the last. Trade’s good now, and like to be: but it might be bad, and then other people's children besides poor, pretty little Kate’:

ight be glad of a friend for the boxes.’

And Mrs. Grove did wait; but, alas ! the boxes contained no papers, no will, no in- siructionr, only some few handsome jewels,

Al any rate wait

w woman and child, beautiful Indian work

boxes and dressing-case, injaid and fitted wit! gold and silver, and a parse containing about

of more than a peseng glance,—eurrounded | fifty pounda,

as se was this night, she was especiaily a- | Her graceful dress, furmed of mae | coolly appropristed, affecting to despise and

tractive. terial to which English eyes were unused,and whic’ in a room looked the perfection of els egance,—ler bithe, supp'e fizure,—long, brizht chestnut curls,—pale, not white coun- tenance, with its great, brown, eloquent eyes, in which you might read every thought and feeling —the so't coloured silk cloak, and wide-brimmed hat hanging behind,—tcgether formed a most lovely picture. The rouhg, uncultivated youth whose whole life had been spent between a cheap school aud his father’s countivgshouse,—whose ideas of gitla and women had been taken from his mother and sister Jane, and their comp30-

| ions, —was stra gely aifected by it. The first

sense of the beautifu!—first idea of inferior- ity—first conception of the respect and teDs dernese due from man to woman,—dawned upon his mind ; and, for the first time in bis

All these treasures Mrs. Grove would bave

call them old clothes and rubbish, bat Kath- atine whose grief was re-awakened by the sight of her mother’s well-remembered dre: « ses and oruaments. rebelled instantly and resolutely.

‘IT do not care for the money,’ she said with a passionate burst of tears: ‘you may have that, if it were twenty times as much, and the jewels, and whatever will help to pay for my Jiving with you, and I will work like a slave to cost you nothing, while I do live here, but mamma's clothes, the things I have ssen her wear, no one shall have—I will nevér port with them—never, never!’—snd in 6 frech paroxysm of grief she threw hereelf upon the heap of costly things which had been taken from the boxes, and sobbed aloud.

To be continued.

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with Prince Edward Island, has made me defer, until arrival in this city, the continu ance of my description of the Dominion | Board of Trade excursion through the Maritime Provinces. The party left St. John on Monday morning last, that is such of them as could spare the time to continue

the original programme. Those whom the inexorable laws of business compelled to return, went with sorrowing faces Im an opposite direction. The pleasure of the

tour thus far gave promise of so much en- joyment in the continuance of it it required more than ordinary devotion to duty to make them tear themselves away. Let us hope that they have received the reward which devotion to duty always brings with it.

he run from St. John to ve pleasant one. The the early part of the jou The railway skirts along

Shex

liac is a scenery during ney is very fit |

ie the

. gt banks of Kennebecassis, which, with the surround- ings of hilland vale, reminds one of the Loch scenery in the highlands of Scotland. It is true there is no Ben Nevis, or lofty ‘Ben Lomond ;' hut the hills are high enough to give a tone of grandeur to the aspect, while the river, opening into wide stretehes at points, stands in good stead for the lochs of the highlands. Here as

the utmost courtesy. A couple of extra cars were devoted to their exclusive occu- pation, one of which was given up to gen- tlemen to whom the fragrant weed is a necessity of pleasurable existence. And the arrangements made by Senator How- lan, under whose command the excursions ists were now placed, were in every respect, including refreshments, all that could be desired. At a little after one o'clock we reached Point du Chene, where the steamer was in waiting, and the afternoon being a very pleasant one, with just enough sea on to lend interest to the voyage. the run to Summerside was Half an hour at Summerside enabled us to run up and take a hasty view of the town. It is an old-fashioned looking place, the houses being chiely of wood; and their old appearance made it difficult to be. lieve that the town has been a most

last ten years. ‘ plained all. into the town from the surrounding coun- try have moved their houses with them, putting them on rollers, and placing them

on the site of their new abode. There were about half a dozen ships on the stocks which wil! be ready for launching in a few weeks.

On an island, Opposite the town of Sum

Park Hotel.’ has just been completed,and i now ready for the reception of guests. It is a very fine building, with about one hundred rooms, and is especially intended for the accommodation of families desiring to spend the summer months. propelled by steam, owned by the proprie~ tor of the hotel, makes the ferry between

and an extent of beach wh rds splen

did opportunity for sea b . But it is a long way off’ and that is its chief draw

back. ‘That it willin the future hecome a great resort cannot be doubted in this faith the people are now resti \ few of the excursion party remained er here for the night, but the great majority of them re-embarl tetov

A drizzling rain : a high y ret indication of bad weather we d had, marked the trip along the Island coast Some of the passengers succumbed to Neps tune, and mysterious disappearances be- came the order of the evening. V not however, for any length of time, as about eleven o'clock we ré¢ ed th cap tal of Prince Edward Islau At Summers side, Mr. Carvell, a 1 insl of the Hop, Peter Mitchell, and a prince of good fellows, came on board, and joined senator

Howlan in the work of billeting the party for Charlottetown, like more tentious places that does not boast of very ample hotel accommodation

When we reached the wharf, we found the good people who were to be our hosts for the next twodays, ready with carriages to

some

know of,

on the whole most comfortably lodged. lhe word was passed before we left the steamer that the rendezvous for the fol- lewinggmorning at 10 o'clock, would be the railway station. Up in the morning; an

other beautiful day; and as jolly a coms pany as ever set out for a day's pleasure met nt the station. \ large number oj

the citizens of Charlottet: accompanied by thei were there to pay respects to, and join in the excursic the visitors from the West.

A glance was enough to slow that what ever drawbacks Prince Edwar f fers from becaus its insular position, and the absence, one half the year, of any- thing but the most difficult communication with the mainland, it has at lk l vantage of pleasant society,graced by charm ing ladies. In no part of the Dominion that I have visited are the ladix rs ly handsome. ur destination was Sum- merside, and we reich it in two hours and a half, and at once cro and Hark Hotel, where luncheon was pre pared in the lgrge dining hall, and about

») Weil, i

ladies,

he ast th 2G

$£0 UNIO!

We had the usua! toasts, the usual cheer:

morrow. Thursday was a quiet day, tl first we had since leaving home. devoted to pleasant drives in the neigh- cheon and dinner parties, to calls leading people, and in these ways to mak

» most agreeable one. |

prosperous and increasing one during the | But the explanation ex- | Many people who have moved |

merside, a new hotel, known as the ‘ Island |

| A flat boat, |

pre- |

receive us and the party found themselves |

sed over to the Isls |

tac

It was

bourhood of Charlottetown, to private lun- |} | upon

ers. The bill providing for the construc, tion of the rai'way was only carried by a | majority of one, its bitterest opponents | being of those who in the ordinary affairs of life pass for intelligent, far-seeing men. [t was fought in all its stages with a bitter. }ness that was utterly incomprehensible. The railway is narrow gauge —that is, three

feet six inch gauge-—and being the only |

one on the island, and no connections with | other roads existing, the objections to this gauge do notapplykere. The contract was let to Messrs. Schrieber & Burpee, for $14,- 000 a mile, this sum including sidings, sta- } tions, five wharves, and rolling stock cons sisting of sixteen locomotives, thirty pas- senger cars, and two hundred freight cars. | The line, including certain branches pro- vided for in the original contract, 1s two | hundred and five miles long, and it is now | so far completed that it will be handed over

| to the Government about the first of Seps | I been completed for the | It has been completed for the

tember, contract price, a fact worth mentioning in connection wiih railway building, the only

change

being in the substitution of wire for board | fences, which involved no difference in price. | The railway has played an important part in | the union of the island with the Dominion. '

that we should have been many years with- out this latest addition to the Confederation. First, the fear of taxation, arising out of the construction of the railway, had its in~ fluence with the people generally ; and then the fact that some $150,000 of Province bonds got ito the hands of a prominent local banker,and a bitter opponent of union, did the rest. The value of the bonds de- | penend upon their being assumed by the

Dominion ; their being assumed by the Do» |minion depended upon the entry of the | ialand colony into the Confederation ; and

the determination to secure the latter event | everywhere else the party was treated with | thus became the great object of the gentle- |

man referred to. In all its details, the story | of the influences which made Prince Eds |ward Island a part of the Dominion is a curious one, Let us hope that, in the in- | creased prosperity of that charming little

Provinces, a.! parties will have reason to res |

| joice at the result, | ener . ES ELLAN

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EQUUS. There is a serious strike of operatives of flax mills at Belfast, Ireland, | There is a tree in Florida, at Lake Harris,

vhich yields 7000 lemons annually.

rhe population of the German Empire is now set down at 41,090,846 inhabitants.

The highest spire in the United States is that of Trinity church, New York which is 284 feet.

Two columns of Republican troops marchs the relief of VOlet, Spain, were re- lists, suffering heavy losses.

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ing to pulsed by Car numbers it costs the upport the royal

in round

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nade from the original contract |

Vithout it there is too much reason to fear |

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LARGE COWS VS, SMALL ONES.

It is very important and by no means a settled question, whether (other things being equal} large or small cows are the most profitable. [t is not a question be- tween different breeds, but between large and small animals of the same breed,

The folowing experiment, made in Gers many has adirect bearing gn the question, | SO far as the production of milk is concerns ed, It does not necessarily apply with reference to the production of butter. Four Dutch cows were selected, two heavy (weighing together 2.112 Ibs.) and two light (weighing together 1,537 ibs). The | two pairs were kept separately, but they | Were fed exactly a! each receiving as much lucerne as they would eat. The actual consumption of food, by weight, was recorded every day. At the end of | sixteen days the following results appeared ;