Che Eraniner.

4 Charlottetown, July 19, 1875.

THE LAND COMMISSION.

Dr. Jenkins has been appointed Laud Commissioner on behalf of the people of this Island. The Local Government has, we feel convinced, acted judiciously. Doctor Jenkins has always been a warm

He is,

and sincere friend of the tenants.

me : \ besides, a man of good attainments, con

siderable experience, and an independent | mind. He will, we fell convineed do his |

duty well.

Louis ll Davies, Esq., has | eon selected to plead the cause of the tenantry before the ( on:missioners. Vir. Davies

1 bs this

Lt is a tribute to his abi

must have been highly gratifie

lity

appointment. as Solicitor, and an undeniable proof tha

his zeal in the cause of our tenants is above suspicion. It is also very creditable to the Government. That they should have had the courage to raise their bitterest political opponent to a lucrative position, shows, unmistakably, that they have, at least partially, thrown off the thralls of faction. But it must be particularly pleasing to the people of this Province. To them it will be a sign that the days

when public interests have to give way to |

political expediency, are nearly over ; and that the time is coming

It is rumored that the proprietors have united in the appointment of a Commis sioner in their interests. His name has not yet appeared ; nor has the rumor been confirmed.

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RAILWAY MISMANAGEMENT.

THE way in which our railway is mis- conducted is becoming simply anbearable

The Time Table is being coustantly tinkered with ‘ Change cf Time ’ may be a permanent heading. It seems

that the authorities have not discrimina tion enough to know when to run the trains, or how fast to run them; but put table, and change |

when compelled so to do by popular ia-

eut any sort of a it

dignation. Then the irregularity of th train is very great Totake some in stances in the past week. The dowa ex press to Summ ‘side was delayed on

Thursday nearly two hours by an engive breaking. On the same day, the train that lett for Souris at 5 p.m., reached its destination at midaight instead of 7.30. On Friday evening, the train due at Georgetown at 6.30 p.m., was met by the up train somewhere about Perth at about | 8 o'cloek, with a crippled engine and a/ number of the passengers helping to shove | it along. When it reached Georgetown,

we have not heard. Ono the same night,

when the uptrain reached Mount Stewart, | “

it was found that the wheels of the engine | were spreading, and another engine had | to be telegraphed for. After a delay ot | about two and a half hours, the train

reached Charlottetown at 1 a. m., Saturday, Now, an occasional accident | ls become « delightful surprise to both offi- | {

ou

excusable ; but we imag'ne it has cials and passengers, when a train arrives

This |

The gentlemen who |

oa time with an uvcrippled engine. is rather too much. have control of our railway are mostly | strangers to the place, and we have hither

to credited them with both the desire and | the ability to perform their work properly. | We would, however, remind them that | the public holds them responsible for the | working of the Railway, and that so far it has been very little to their credit. It may be they will say, thst they are doing the best they can with the material at their command. If so, it is fur them to show that they have failed to obtain | from the Government what is necessary | for the efficient working of the road. | Then the blame which is now resting

upon them may be trausferred to others. |

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W. FAIRBANKS, ©. EB.

C.

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when public | « . ' affairs will be reasonably administered. |

| HE FARM,

Tne Commissioners of the Model Farm lextended to members of the Provincial | Government and editors of the city papel an invitation to visit the Farm on the after, Vhe latter gladly

It was a luxury

noon of Thursday last. | accepted the invitation,

and to “ poor, o’er-labored wights,”’ bound to the city by duties which they owe the . . . ° 1 public, the opportunity of enjoying the the rura! sights, and scents, and sounds —

of admiring

“The milky herd tha ize the flowery pl tin,”

and of personally inspecting an institution

{se highly important to this agricultural Province as the Model Farm, was one too

lhe Government, how-

ft

| good to be lost.

ever, did not accept the invit ution.

ecurse, its members feel a lively interest in ithe Farm. But they were, we presume, too busy making arrangements for carrying

shase Act, 1875,’ to atlord

themselves the pleasure.

outthe ‘Land Pure

HISTORICAL.

| i iv ; ote . | Recognizing the paramount importance

of raising the standard of farming in this |

| Island, a few leading men, in the year

1864 or 1865, set about the establishment |

Permission of the The

| of a ‘model farm.’

| Legislature was asked and obtained.

| Government, of which Hon, J. C.

| was leader, appointed seven Commissioners to manage it, as follow :—

IIon. Judge Peters, lion. James C. Pope,

Hon. George Beer,

| lion. Alexander Laird, Henry Longworth, Esq , Wiliam Pethick, Esq., Dr. Jenkins.

The commissioners held their first meets |

jing on the 2Ist April, 1865. They made arrangements to lease the Grubbe Estate '

from lion. T. UH.

|

‘manager of the Farm, and detailed Henry Longworth, Esq., to go to Great Britain to purchase thorough~bred stock and improv- ed agricultural implements. Mr. worth went home in May i865.

Long.

He ex.

ecuted this mussion so satisfactorily, that

on his return, the thanks of the Commis- sioners were unanimously accorded him, The stock he brought out composed 1 blood

horse, | blood mare, ] cart mare, 1 Clydes-

dale mare, 3 Ayrshire heifers, 3 short horn |

heifers, 1 Southdown ram, 5 Southdown ewes, 1 Leicester ram, 6 Leicester ewes ind 3pigs. These with a few well-bred animals bought from the Hon. J.C, Pope

and others, comprised the stock when the For

not 2 success

farm was established several years

the farm Was not 2 success. Lik -n

e urly a.lnew enterprises, it absorbed a great deal of money, while the result was apparently nominal. Nevertheless, the thorough-bred animals raised upon it, and every year dis tributed throughout the did much the improvement of our stock,

About five years ago, Mr. John Thorne resigned the management of the farm and Mr. Francis Bell was appointed in his

Bell proved to be the right

Proviace,

towards

stead. r.

' man in the right place. He knew What makes the plenteous harvest ; whea to turn The fruitful soil, and wheato sow the corn— Wie care of sheep, of oxen and of kine.”

And he interested himseif in the success |

ofthe farm as if it were his own. The results of improved husbandry were soon apparent. to green; and the stock increased in value.

His efforts were. of course, directed by the |

Commissioners, ers are—

The present Commission.

R. P. Haythorne Chairman, Dr. Jenkins,

Henry Longworth,

James C. Pope,

W. kh. Watson,

William Swabey,

Charles Haszard,

Mr. Simon W. Crabbe is their Secretary and Treasurer.

THE FARM AS IT Is,

The farm is on the north side of the Hillsborough, about two and a half miles from the city. It is approached by the Lower St. Peter’s Road; and the drive out is, on a fine day, pleasing. It slopes gently to the south and southwest; the Hillsborough flows by, and, altogether, its situation is as good as need be. The land boundaries are, however, very irregular. On the east there are a number of Royalty lots,known as ‘Carey’s,’ which project into it: and which itenclose> on three sides. These

to breathe the country air on such a day; |

Pope |

Haviland for one hun, | ‘dred pounds a year ; appointed John Thorne

The fields changed from brown |

lots, we may remark, are now for sale ; and Tus Patriot pubiishes the following testi- it would, we think, be well for the Gov- monial. it sufficiently disproves the abs | ernment to obtainthem. If purchased at surd statements of some non-professional a reasonabie rate, the investment would men in this city :— | be profitable; and the Government want

These are to certify that Charles W. | some profitable way in which to dispose of

Fairbanks, Esq., of the city of Halifax | Civii Engineer, by bis unassisted talent and | industry origimated the plan of the Halifax | Water carrying out of the same and that it Is chiefly owing to his persevering energy and skill that the inhabitants of this city are

indebted for the invaluable blessing of a |

constant and abundant supply of pure soft water

Tne efficiency of the works has been amply tested during a winter of uncom mon severity, and «a summer ol unprece~ dented drought, the successful completion is thus placed beyond doubt, and their vast

gratefully acknowledged by every inhabit ant of the city.

The sayor and Aldermen therefore feel much p.easure In giving their testimony to the enterprise and talent the result ot which is so honorable to their young towns-~

In“n, a eens whereof I have hereunto set my hand and atlixed the seal of the city, this twenty-fiftu day of Marcb, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun-

dred and fifty.

(Signed) Henry Pryor,

Mayor,

Nevertheless Mr. Fairbanks may have been mistaken in his calculations respect- ing the introduction of water into our city. We should like to see his report

ested.

Tus P. E. 1. Rawway.—A great many persons of considerable experience in rail- ways are predicting serious consequences if the trains of the P. E. I. Railway are run at the came rate of speed as at present. We noticed a few days ago, that trains there made a faster time than on the I. C. R. Allowing a detention of a minute at each stopping place, on some part of the road, we understand, in order to keep up to the time laid down in time table, they have to run as fastas 25 milesanhour. For a road of such sharp curves and narrow gauge, unless the road-bed and rolling stock are in perfect order, this is a dangerous speed, and even if the road is now nearly perfect, it could not remain so long, with trains running over it at this rate. On a line of railway like this, where the travel is en. tirely local, we should think slow trains would answer the requirements equally as well. They would also be attended with much less danger, and the wear and tear to road and rolling stock would not be nearly so great.— Hz. Heral:/,

Taz Potato Buc. —The potato bug hes reached Deseret, one hundred miles north of Ottawa. They arrived in showers, striking against the window panes like hail. They are devouring all the potato vines,

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Works; and superintended the |

| higher, |from the farm buildings utuity during these seasons Cannot but be |

and so universally beneficial to this |

their surplus cash. Besides, the Govern-~ ment could hardly do better than obtain an additional block of land. A site is

needed for the new Lunatic Asylum; and | sites will, in the future, be wanted for other | | Government institutions—a hospital, a poor | house, and a reformatory. Now. Carey’s |

lots, although rather further from the city,

| than Fa!conwood, will afford a much b.-tter | site for the Lunatic Asylum; for they are |

less and Faleonwood

with the ‘jib’ of about twelve acres at-

dryer wooded

| tached, would, with a few repairs to the

| house, make as handsome and desirable | a residence as any gentleman could wish ; and it might, undoubtedly, be sold for a If this done, and Carey’s lots purchased, the farm would be made more ‘ ship-shape ’ than it now is ; the necessity of tearing down a very fine brick house would be avoided ; money would be saved or protitably invested, and lunatics would be further removed from the farm buildings.

a high figure. were

The farm now contains two hundred and seventy acres ; Carey’s Lots comprise ninety- five acres. Add these and sell the twelve acre jib which surrounds Faleonwood, and there will remain avery snug, compact, ‘\iodel Farm’ of three hundred and fifty~ three acres We commend this plan to the attention of the Government. It is, in our opinion, a much better one than that which, we understand, they propose adopts ing.

THE BUILDINGS.

The situation of the buildings is not good ; and the buildings themselves are, with one or two exceptions decidedly bad. They are on low land not far from the shore; they should be on the high land near the gate. Ail animals thrive better if kept where the air is light and free, than if kept near a marsh where the air is, necessarily dense and damp ; but sheep, especially, need a rare, dry atmosphere. And, theres fore, we think it would be good policy to have the buildings worth removing re- moved to a higher site; and others built to replace those not worth removing. A horse stable and a pig house are now the only buildings worthy of a model farm.

THE FIELDS.

The fields are, for the most part. en- closed by post and board fences. They are in a high state of cultivation. We noticed a very fine field of barley. The hay, however, did not appear to be better there thin hundreds of farms throughout

the country, The pasturage is excellent.

further |

IYORSES. now upon the Farm, 5 brood colts. 1 bloed colt, and 3 {the mares (an ims eventeen years old, She is said to ba an excellent mother. ler foal this year is a very pretty and lively two of the cart mares have fine foals by “Blucher,”’ The are those lately purchased in England, They were last week exhibited on Market Square, and were greatly admired. They are probably the best horses ever brought to the Island. ‘Abel,” the blood, is a handsome dark | bown horse; stands 15 hands 3 inches; and Ile has evident-

| here

mares, 2 cart

are

blood stallions. One <«

ported blood) is

one,

stallions

has fine shape and action. been ridden hard; and has probably fol-

Ve

ly lowed the hounds in many an exciting hunt, He hes the following pedigree :—

; ; s Daughter, S} r by Cotherstone out of Polka; 3! ers Daun i y Ua i dugehter of Payuator and daughter of Del- pis ina ad Young Marske Mare. ‘Touchstone by Cam of Banter; Emma by Whisker out of Gibside Fairy; Emilius by Orville out of Emily; frenteila by Tramp out of

} i oul

Katherine; Paalowitz by Sir Paul out of Evelina; St. Nicholas by Emilius out of Sea Mew; Harriet by Stripling out of Maniac. Camel by Whalebone out of Selim Mare;

Banter by Master Henry out of Boudicea; Whisker by Wax out of Penelope; Gibside Fairy by Hermes out of Vicissitude; Orville by Benningboro’ out of Evelina; Emily by Stamford out of Whiskey Mare; ‘Tramp by Dick Andrews out of Gohanaa Mare; Katha- | rine by Soothsayer oat of Quadrille by Se lime. Sir Paul by Sir Peter out of Pewit; | Evelina by Higitlyer out of Termagent; | Paynator by Trumpeter out of Mark An- thouy Mare; Emilius by Orville out of Eini- jly; Sea Mew by Seud out of Gouseander; Stripling by Phenomenon out of Laura by Eclipse; Maniac, by Shattie, out of Selim Dam.” ‘“ Brown Stout’’—-the handsomest cart horse ever imported to the Island—was for- | merly known as “Young England s Beauty,” iiis name was changed since his arrival. He is a good deal like the old “ Columbus,” —a dark brown; stands well up on short legs ; hasa perfect neck and breast, a round body, short back, line carriage, good tem-< per, and is five years old. His pedigree is as follows Hie is by that celebrated brown horse England's Beauty which was got by that noted horse, King of the Valley, the pro- perty of Mr. Short, of Newton, Longviil ; King of the Valley was got by that cele. brated brown horse, Llonest Tom, the best stock getter that ever travelled the country of Buckinghamshire. ‘+ England’s Beauty” Was out ofa first rate brown mare, which mare was by that noted brown horse the Writish Lion, the property of T. Cleaver, Esq., of Propersy q | * Brown Stout

fottington, | bred out of a capital cart mare, which mare

p2U3s,

was bred by the late Mr. Leonard Work. |

man, of Rockh unpton, Which mare was by that celebrated brown horse that travelled in Herefordshire many years, calied Crack-waggou. * Brown Stout’ is descen. | ded from some of the best strains of brown cart horses in the Kingdom.

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Challenger is a ‘Suffolk Punch,” three year old. When tully grown it is probable | that he will be larger than * Brown Stout”? —and some conniesseurs in horsflesh rather prefer him to the latter. He is a dark chesnut ; stands 16 hands 2 inches; has a fine eye and head; a rather large neck ; stout body stands wellon his legs ; and,

| for a cart hor se, has exce!lent action.

* His sire was \ upbearer; damesire, Mr, | Cottinghum’s lalbot. Uer dam the late | Mr. Bartrop's Hero, thus combining all the best Suffolk blood. In 1874 * Challenger” } won £6 and a Silver medal at the Nortolk | Show as the best 2 year old Stallion of any breed; £7 at the Sultolk Show, and £10 at the Royal Show at Bediord, These prizes | were open to ail England.”

he Stock Farm Commissioners—some of

whom are as good judges of horse-flesh as

are on the Island—were so well pleased

with Mr. Bell’s purchase, that they unan imously tendered Mr. Bell with a vote of thanks ‘for the care and judgment dispiay-~ ed by himin the selection of the horses, | as well as for the economical and prudent

/manner in which he expended the money committed to care.’ The services rendered this Province by Siv James Mal- colm—a former resident of this Island— | were acknowledged by means of the follow- ing resolution unanimously passed on the 14th instant :-—

“Resolved that the thanks of the Coms missioners be tendered Sir James Malcolm, for his valuable asssistance to Francis Bell, Manager of the Stock Farm, wiile in Eng- purchasing the recently imported stal- lions.’’

his

HORNED CATTLE,

The herd of horned cattle composes, 14 cows, 2 bulls, 1 heifer, three years old ; 2 heifers, txvo years old; 5 heifers, 1 year old ; and 11 calves—in all 36 head. ‘three of the cows have not calved ; and one of the bulls (a fine Ayrshire) is at present in Little York. The short horn heifers and bulls purchased at Ontirio last Autumn, by ttenry Longworth, Esq., and Mr. Bell, are doing remarkably well, and are evidently well adapted to this climate. One of the heifers has afine calf, and is, yet, literally rolling in fat. The other heifer—fifteen months old -gives promise of being an ; unusually fine cow. The yearling bull is greatly admired. All the animals are in prime condition, and remarkably docile. They show that--under

“r. Bells super- | intendence —they have been well fed and | carefully handled.

SHEEP,

Of sheep there are 34 Leicester ewes, 2

| pure bred Leicester rims—one from Eng- land, the other from Canada—-2 or 3 Cotss wold ewes and 80 lambs. It said that the land lies low for sheep. Sheep need high land ; short pasturage and light dry air.

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These essentials to great success in raising them, the furm—or at least the greater part of it—does noé afford. The buildings, too, situated as they are, do not protect them from damp in the spring and fall. Nevertheless, the flock, as a whole, looks well ; and there are undoubtedly, several very superior animals in it, PIGS.

There are on the farm 3 boars and 4 sows, belonging to the Berks, York and Suffolk breeds. They are all in fine condition,

INTENTIONS.

It is the intention of the Commissioners to keep upon the farm only thorough bred animals, having known pedigrees; and every autumn to destribute their offspring (or at least all that can be spared off the farm) throughout the Province. The sales will be by auction ; and the man willing to give the highest price will get the best beast. This arrangement, if carried out, will, we believe, in the course of a few years, have the eflect of entirely abolishing the race of runts The leaven of the thors ough-bred will work until a number one class of animels is produced; and the Island, instead of being an importer of high- priced stock will be an exporter. In view of the extraordinary prices now paid abroad, such a result will be of far more value than even the successful cultivation of oats.

Tre Quesec Etecnions,—A contemporary who has taken the trouble to make the addition of majorities in the recent elections finds that the Ministerial majorities amount- to about 2,500, and the Opposition to 2,400, In acidition to this the Ministry took 12 out of the 20 seats filled by acciamation. The smal! majorities obtained by the Opposi- tion members, especially in those counties where Dominion Ministers worked hardest, is a fact of some significance.— Montreal

TITLE WORSHIP.

A man may be a froquenter of the haunts of dissipation, a gamoaster, & plaything of | courtesans, an intellactual imbecile, or a | drunkard, bat tact: Jord to his name, and | we shall have a chyrity worthy o! angels | extended to all his crimes and misdemean- ors. An indulgent smile will greet all follies, which in any other man would be regarded as highly culpable. Everything is prostituted to rank, from science to fic. tion. We cannot have a scientific society without a ge lord’ in the chair, the possession of scientilic knowledge being

| |

immaterial, provided he only have a title, Every novel must have 4 lord for a hero ora marchioness for a To

heroine be

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tae

ISCELUANEOUS,

Nx~Marshal Bazine has taken up his resis dence at Ramsgate, England.

Paris is holding and exhibition of Marine and fluvial objects of industry.

Latest advices from South America esti- mate the number of lives lost by earth- quake at 5000.

Conklin,of Manchester, Eng., has supend~ ed, lis liabilities are large. He owes

$600,000 to John Rankin & Co, alone.

The Cunard gteamer Scythia lost a blade of her propeller shortly after leaving Liverpool by coming in contact with a whale

Upwards of ninety persons were drowned in the harbor of Valparaiso on the 29th ult., during a terrible storm which took place there.

possessed of a title—not abilities—seems

a |

was |

| to be the only essential requisite to qualify

jany person to fill high and responsible

| offices of state and at the same time the

|} most remunerative pommercial appoint.

ments to which men of greatly superior mental calibre scarcely venture to aspire.

We have only to glance down the colmns of any of the daily and weekly periodicals in order to see how thoroughly alive news- paper proprietors are to the existence of this title-loving weakness on the part of the British reading public. Individuals with titles occupy very unenviable positions. ihey cannot walk abroad without having their steps dogged by a-penny-a-liner, whose ignominous occupation is to pamper to the puerile curiosity of a large body of his fellow-men,

The moment a man assumes a title he loses his liberty; he becomes public pros perty , his domestic privacy is invaded, and he is literally hemmed in on all sides by a species of newspaper gendarmes who—

* Come not single spies, Butio battalions ”

A titled man may be an idiot or a fop, but neither of these things is an obstacle to his becoming a distinguished member of aliterary society. He may be a notor ious tippler, and yet indulge in any amount of vituperation upon the evils of drunken habits without a word of censure being passed upon his hypocrisy. He may be an arrant coward, yet, nevertheless, command aregiment, or even an army, provided he

have a title. Poets may well ask

“ What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards ? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.” | No Roman Catholic ever worshipped

bred by Mr. bilington, of Cremfield, | saint more devoutly thin we do a title, yet |

| in our Protestant zeil, we high!y censure

| the former whilst we give our sanction the

latter. The (atholies reverence their saints for the goodness, sanctity. and beautiful

piety of the departed, but we worship a

mere empty litle. Nowadays, in the words

| of Shaftesbury, *eéquipages, titles, prece-

| dence, staif, ribands, and = other such

| . . . | glittering ware are taken in exchange for

inward ‘merit and true honor.’

So deep rooted is this childish weakness in the English character that the majority of people prefer to peruse the second rate works of titled authors rather than read the more worthy productions of writers of ac- knowledged ability. The pampered and titled hero, who views the battle from afar, has more eulogium bestowed upon him thar the brave soldier who first euters the deadly breach. Such is the slavish adoration of titles.

“ As a horse Is still a horse tor ail his goidea trappings,”

soa man of title is stilla man for all the paraphernal of nobility with which he is sur- rounded, and as such should his words and actions be judged. We are well aware that there are many men at the present time who, by their noble deeds, have added a fresh and undying lustre to their titles, and whose abilities would have been acknowledged by their contemporaries even had they not possessed that all powerful and magic prefix to their names, There are, however, many men whose abilities would never have been recognized had not their titles introduced them to public notice; whilst there are others whose titles have been thrown into the shade by the bril- liancy of their intellects. Of such are Francis Bacon, Raleigh, Sidney, Temple Byron, Macaulay and Bulwer Lytton.

The resplendent planets of human intel- lect that have handed down their names to posterity without any aristocwatic prefix are sufficiently numerous to show that,as a rule, rank is seldom learned. Of such are Shake. speare, Milton, Spencer, Dryden, “ rare Ben Johnston,’ and Chaucer, the father of English poetry. Many names might be mentioned of those who have become emi- nent in the various branches of learning, as architecture, music, painting, poetry, and sculpture, all tending to show that the greatest geniuses have sprung from the common people, and that these luminaries who have risen from the titled ranks of ari, stocracy may be likened unto comets that are seldom visible. but when seen outshine all other stars. All this proves the worth. lessness of a title as an index to a man’s character, and the absurdity of assigning superior wisdom merely because of his title, Give society a man of title, and you set up an idol for them to worship; give them a man of true merit and they will regard him as a mere curiosity a sort of get up” for their special benefit and amusement.

It is somewhat consoling to find of late years that men of sterling abilities and eminent qualifications have come to regard titles as mere empty honours, unworthy of | their acceptance. There can be no encou, ragement to a man to distinguish himself in arts and sciences, in order to procure a much coveted title when he is well aware dthat the same honour will be indiscriminat- ly given to an illiterate butcher, whens royalty may condescend to

“ Qarelessly nod upon him.” —Social Review. a

[FROM THE HERALD. ] LINES

On the death of Edward Whelan, who was accidentally drowned July 1st, 1875.

‘*Whom the gods love died young,” Thus was he taken—

A sorrowing widow's only son, — She is left forsaken.

Forsaken—ah ! it is not so; God above hath said :

‘¢T will ne’er leave or forsake,’’ have faith, Why doubt that word ?

He has but gone before, a little while ; Never fear ye shall meet Soon again, before the golden door, And hear the Savior’s voice in accents sweet.

Should we grieve if one were taken

To serve an earthly king ?

He has gone home to the King’s house,—

Cease all sorrowing.

July Ist, 1875. . ——— > i> <————_-—.

A new invention by Sir David Solomons for preventing accidents, by an improved system of signaling, was exhibited in Lon. don the other day to a large number of engineers and inventors. It consists of an insulated rail laid beneath a four-toot way by means of whicl statiom-master can tele~ graph toa train while in motion, or one train can commuazicate with another,

We hope Mr. Longfellow is not too sus- ceptible when praise is bestowed. On Class Day at Bowdoin he was requested to walk on the piatform in view of the throng, when the President of the College remark - ed that the audience would be satisfied with even the sight of the man whose words lived in more human hearts than any that have been said for eight hundred

Gazette,

Tho ‘American riflemen have finally de- | clined to shoot any more team matches in | Great Britain, but hold themselves open to try individual skill with celebrated marks« |}men at Wimbledon,

| The Dalmatian insurrection is said to be | more than at first anticipated. | Turkish authorities in the’ frontier towns have been attacked, and the Austrian flag erected in many places.

‘The insurrection in Herzegovina extends along the Dalmatian border and is very serious. The Turkish authorities in the frontier towns have been attacked, and in many places the Austrian flag has been raised,

CoLtorep Men’s Newsparer.— A news- paper, to be managed exclusively by color- ed people, is to be started in Washington, Fred. Douglass, who lectured in St. John iast year will likely be at the head of the enterprise.

A despatch from Copenhagen says a Prussian war ship has been secretly engaged for some days in taking soundings off and mapping the coast of Jutland. An ex- planation is to be demanded of the Eerlin Government,

The Spanish steamer | been wrecked near Motrico. The crew were saved by Carlist fishermen. It is said that they will be held as hostages, and the Carlists threaten to shoot them if the Royalists bombard any more coast towns.

The Post says that the Earl of Derby has been requested to receive a deputation in- terested in the Nova Scotia coal fields for a Conference on the subject of oppressive tariff in the United States, which is said to all but prevent importation of coal into that country.

A despatch from Vienna says that the Southern Sclavonic party grossly exagger- ated the Herzegovina disturbances. which are entirely of an agrarian character and | originated in resistance to tax-collectors.

Turkey considers it unnecessary to send | reinforcements to the scene of trouble. Very stern parent indeed—‘Come here, sir! Whatis this complaint the school- master has made against you?’ Much in- jured youth— Its nothing at all. You see, Jemmy Hughes bent a pin, and | only just left iton the teacher’s chair for him to look at, and he came without his specs and sat rightdown on the pin, and now wants to blame me for it.’ | The Woie aid Shoi nik, a | journal published at St. Petersburg, says that the Russian Empire can bring into | the field, in case of war, a force of 1,463 O00 | includiug irregular troops. The army, pro | perly speaking consists of 73),000 men, ) and the reserve 200.000. The troops doing 'garrison duty have an effective force of

serious

‘ Bayonnes’ has

120,000 men, and those in depots number 257,000. Local forces, chiefly Asiatic, mus- ter 89,000 and the Cossacks 70,000, Is this counting upon the possibility or pro- bability of war in the East? If so, how much of an army could Russia raise to pro- tect herself from the result of her internal political economy? At present it takes about four-fifths of the army to look after this department.

Dogs swarm in great profusion in Paris, where 65,782 dogs, or one to every twentys eight inhabitants, are duly returned by

As, however, the revenue officers are sure of the existance of several thousand unacs knowledged dogs, the sum total of these animals may be safely estimated at 70,000. The French writer who collected these sta~ tistics declines the task of estimating the cost at which Paris mantains her 70 000 dogs, and confesses to feeling considerable sympathy witha beggar, who, day, being rebuked by an official for keep - a dog while he himself was fain to seek relief at the tuseau de Bienfaisance, re- plied indignantly, ‘What would you have me do? When I divde my crust with that creature he looks at me so that my bread seems less dry. You give me bread, my dog gives me cheese. God bless him and you, Monsieur la Maire,”’ a remark which caused the dog to wag his tail violently in token of approval as the beggar marched off.

The Confederation of these Provinces would have been a very dishonest thing if its benefits were exclusively for Nova Scotia, or for Quebec, or for Ontario or for any one or two or three Provinces. Its benefits and advantages are intended for the whole Dominion, from the far east to the far west. It is perfectly right that the friends and advocates of Union should point out the favorable features as circumstances arise, and require facts to be brought into prominence. In Ontario and Quebec we would naturally show how the movement had benefitted those Provinces ; and so in any one of the lesser members of the Con- federacy. Any great national policy or movement is many sided, and can be look ed at from different points of view. Only political bigots or blind leaders of the blind can deal otherwise with matters of this sort. We have 2 common interest in the common prosperity of the whole country. The central Government must not be sec- tional, but national,—must not be Nova Scotian or Ontarian, but Canadian in the full and wide sense ofthe word.—Hzx. Ie- porter.

A good deal of interest has been exhibit~- ed in the novel attempt by a New York firm to preserve peaches in their natural state, by the refrigerating process, The firm in question has already purchased the land on which to erect the necessary bui!ld- ings, which will have a capacity of at least 200,000 baskets, and where the fruit may be kept any length of time. The refriges rator of the firm in New York is but a short distance from the Jersey City ferry. There, in the interior of the building, surrounded on all sides by boxes of ice, keeping the thermometer constantly at 66° Fahrenheit are fruits of all descriptions. Berries that have been there for six weeks are said to be perfectly preserved; oranges which were put in the refrigerator three months ago, and a number of hot-house peaches, which have been in it two weeks, are ex- cellently well preserved, and of spleffdid flavor. Last year, as an experiment, Mr. Riker shipped about 60 bushels of peaches to London, prepared in the refrigerating mode. The fruit arrived in good order,and was the finest in flavor ever seen in Eng- land. It sold at the enormous sum of $20 per dozen. This year the firm is building a brig, fitted with all the appliances of re-~ frigerating fruit and preserving it during a voyage to England. They are confident of success, and say that the fruit will not decay any sooner after its removal from the re- frigerator than would ordinarly be the case.

There 1s 4 very romantic incident likely to be connected with the present visit of the Sultain of Zanzibar to London. A sis- ter of his, when a young girl, in spite of the restraints which are thrown around women in the East, became acquainted witha young German clerk in the house of a Zanzibar merchant, and the two fell in love with each other. In order to be united to him she escaped to Aden, and there she was married and was also baptized. The brether of the present Sultain was then on the throne, and he and her other relatives were, of course, incensed at her elopement at her change of religion, and her marriage to a Christian, and wholly disowned her. She accompanied her husband to Europe, and they resided at Hamburg till he met with an accident about 1870, which caused his death, His widow, who had become a high- ly educated and accomplished woman, re~ moved to Dresden for the education of her children. Her noble character, her beauty, and her romantic history have attracted the attention of many people of influence in Ger- many, including some members of the Im. perial family, and when the Sultain’s visit to England was arranged, it was felt that an opportunity was presented tor effecting & reconciliation between her and the bro- ther from whom she has been so long es-

tranged. With a view to this she has gone to London, and is at present staying in the Parliae

he.