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ALMANAG FOR APRIL, 1894.

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F*stioaeer’ and Comnission Merchant,

SHIP BROEER, |

AND INSURANCE AGENT,

COR. OF QUEEN AND WATERSTS., Ssugins Charlottetown, P. E, Ieland.

Importer and Jobber Grecerics and Spices. General Agent for P. E, Island of the} British ap Mapens Life Assuranee Com-

pany, of , Eogland. | pid ial attention given to Auction Sales of

6f Choice 8. .

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Lamber, Coal, Fish, Ap les and other Frui:, Keal Eetate? Household Pursithre, Bankrupt

kinds“of Merchan-

and other Stools, And all ! 2s ey word att qari

tse. aan! ; Correspondence and Contigunients solicited. Keturné promptly made, °9 9p

March 28, 1854. TAS. HE. GRANT,’ Sele AgentforP. E.istand for — THOS. CONNOR & SONS, Rope Manufacturers, ST... Ge be « D- e@ Orders from the trade respectfully

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Ch town, Feb. 29, 1884.—I1m

KicLeod, Merson & MeQuarrie, BARRISTERS

—AND—

ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

Office in Gld Bagk, (UP STALRs). Ch’toen, Feb. 21, 1884.

SULLIVAN & MAGNBILL, ATTORNEYS - AT-LAW:

Solicitors in Chancery, NOTARIES PUBLIC, Ac.

OF FICES— O’Halloran’s Building, Great Georze Strect, Charlottetown, Gao” Money to Loan, . W. W., Suttrvan, Q. C. | Cazstsn B. Macnsiun

Jan. 16, '83.

/ INCOME

e made for monthly,| DISBURSEMENTS pan halt yearly or yearly adyer™e. | | Toran

| CMared, as their respective angual premiums

>| 000,000 larger.

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STATEMENT GY BUSENESS,

JANUARY 1, 1884,

Dec. 31, 1883. LIABILITIES, uicluding valaation &t POR Per cent. :

rorau Assets,

| 43,914,612.44

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WYortt Usbividep Stkecvs. ."$ 9115,969.26

| Upon the New York standard of

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4) per cont interest, the, sur- cut . 12, 109,756.79} Ut which the proportion couitribated (as

pus 8.

computed) by Policies in general ‘ class, is $6,420,523.79, | Of which the proportion contributed (as | computed) by Peélidemig Tontine

Class, is $5,639,233. 00.

From the undivided’ sutplus contributed | by policies im the geperal Glass, reveisionary dividends will be declared a¥vnilable on gettle- mentof ‘next anual prémittm, to ordinary participating policies. From the undivided surplus coutributed by policies in the Tontine class, the amMamnt applicable t> policies matur- ing within the current year wiil be duly de-

become due. Naw AgsURANCE FoR TOTAL ASSURANCE.... Increase of Premium | income, -. = £2$1,895,178.88 increase of Surplus, 1,451,082.32. increase ef Assets, 5, 004,830.84 The amount of pew business transacted dur ing 13882, $62,250,000, exceeded the largest business ever done by any other Company in one year; the business of 1883 is over $153,-

.»-$ 81,129,756

1833, .. pM. Es . 275,160,588

THE SOCIETY,

In 1878 wrote $21,440,213 Insurance.

In 1879 * 26,502,441

In 1880 “ 35, 170,805 “a In i8Sl * 46, 189,096 ve In 1882.‘ 62,262,279 i In 1883 ° & 81,129,756 “¢

The Society has written a larger aggregate amount of new assurance during the past ioony years than any other company_in the world,

Total amount paid policy-holders since the} organization of the Society, $73,877,699,51. The amount of Surplus over liabilities (four per ceut, valuation) is:lenger than that of any other life assurance company.

The reasous for the increased patronage re- ceived bythe Society during the past six years are:

Ist. The fact that the percentage and am wnt cfits surplus over its liabilities, ac- cording to the State Insarance Reports {four per cent. valuation) are larger than that of any other life insurance company.

2ad. The percentage of dividends earned for policy-hotders, according to the same Reports, 1s néw, and hasbeen for the last five years, greater thanin any other of these large com- pantes

contract of insurance, free from burdeasome Conditions and technicalities, INGONTEST- ABLE AFTER THRBE YEARS.

-4thy Td the event of death, a policy whieh has become incontestable is paid immediately upon the receipt of the proofs of death.

its books. ae 6th. The popularity of the Society’s 'Ton-

which provide fall insurance in case of death, and give the greatest return for the money paid by the policy-holder if he lives, with more advantageous options to meet an insur- ér’s need at the end of the term, than any other form ef poliry ever devised. |

Persons desiring life insurance will best con- sult their own interests by communicating with the undersigned or any of their agents,

A. €. EDWARDS & B. A. FIELDING,

Joint General Agents for the Mari- time Provinces.

OF FICE—166 Hollis Street, Halifax, N. 8, A. C. EDWARDS, Cashier.

E. PALMER, Jr., Agent, Exehange Building. Ch’town, Marth 18; 1884.—3i law tar

STANDARD LIB ASSURANCE CO

T the 57th Annual General Meeting of

L£A% the Standard Life Assurance Company,

held at Edinburgh on Tuesday, the 24th of

April, 1883, the following results for the

year ended 15th November, 1883, were re-

ported :—

3,038 new proposals for life as- surance were received the year for

2,561 proposals were accepted, assuring ; .

The total reg’ mes in

orce at 15th November,

ieee amounted to : . $6, 936,302 gi (Of which $7,753,031.15. wns reassured with other offices)

The claims by death which arose during the year amount- ed, including benus i-

$ 9,754,085 38 7,289,048 13

2,462,226 59

‘Piano Tuning.

M. RELD announces that be isprepared to 1 repair Pianos of al! kinds.

to tune ana , Pi or defective wires replaced. —

tuned by the year. Orders may be leit at the

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stove of Miller Bros., Qaeen Street, or at his Own residenes, Kent Street. Fob. 18, 188¢—dy 4iwky & pd Warr. * po FU Ve I

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| Agent for Charlottetown, | THOMAS KERR,

tions, to $ The annual revenue amounted at 15th November, 1382, to The invested funds at same date amounted to ; Being an increase during the year of

4,267,546 00 29,503,416 00 1,062,648 35 JOHN LONGWORTH,

$13,470,571.68 | 8,567,903. 49 | 53,020, 581.70 |

3rd. The Society issues a plain and simple| -

5th. The Society hag no contested elaims on |:

London and Liverpool, EQUITABLE Oe”

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REGULAR TRADERS

THE CLIPPER BARK

“MOSELLE,”

500 tons Register, classed ten years Ab # Knglish Lloyds,

Ales, MolLecd, Cozrmmrmmandor,

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Sail from Liverpool for

‘arlottetawn, ABOUT THE 23th SAREH.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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The Report of Alex. Anderson.

Srr,—I was amused in looking over ‘the Annual Report of the Public Schéols’ for 1883, to resd the report of Alex. Andervon, on the Prince of Wales College and Normal ‘School. That report is the most ex*ra-

shows the intellectual calibre of the worthy Principal. . It has one great merit, and only, and that is its brevity. If ‘anything

were needed to puncture the hollow pre- |. Ln tensions of that gentleman, und to show his | Sen ene mn Cehiesln: heb abivla

| total incapacity to fill with credit the: position he occupies, his report would be) amply sntlicient for that purpose. A writer | on a daily newspaper may be excused for committing blunders in his hastly written articles; but we look for ‘sothething better in the annual report of the principal of the highest educa'ional institution in this Pro- vince. Such a report ought to be a model of neatness and finish. It ought to be a paper that every scholar could peruse with satisfaction and delight. It ovght to be so pure and -cholarly that every pupil in the country should take it for a model. A man whose business it is to examine the” quali- fications of student-tea¢hers in the art» af esmposition should know enough about i> himself to be able to write a few paragraplis that would not be the laughing stock — of every ten year old boy in thecounty. But our tearned Professor proves by his own act that he is utterly ignorant of the art he

Followed by the well-known fast-sailing barkentine

“ETHEL BLANCHE,”

400 tons Register, classed ten years Al at Lloyds,

John Graham, Commander, (XOW ON THE BERTH)

Sailing about the si April,

Also, the clipper Barkentine

6 RENE A,”?

300 tons Register, classed nine years S Al at Lloyds;

R. RENDLE Commander, (NOW ON THE BERTH)

Will Sail from London -for Charlottetown |

ABOUT THE ist APRIL.

The above vessels will carry Freight at through rates to Pictou, Georgetown, Souris, Summerside and Shediac,

For Freight or Passage apply in London to John Pitcairn & Sons, 16 Great Winchester Street; in Liverpool to Pitcairn Brothers, 51 South John Street, or here to the owners,

PEAKE BOS. & CO. tener eh At cae.

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{i SOLD a AC oe ‘STATIONERS THROUCHOUT rue WORLD

SALT! SALT!

5,000 bags Liverpoo! Salt, 1,200 bags Coarse Fishery Salt,

PFAKE BROS. & CO, Ch’town Feb. 14, 1884.—+tf

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~ SHIP AND HOUSE BUILDERS,

Will find every requisite for the trade at DUCBREMIN’S

STEAM FACTORY, Reer’s Wharf,

Always on hand, a ‘complete stock of

Ship’s Blocks, Deadeyes, steering Wheels,

—ALSO—

Mouldings, in great variety, Cornice, Base Panel, Door and Window Finish, Spouting, Conductor and Handrail, Newel Posts, Balus- ters and every description of Turaing. |

Fret, Circular and Jig- Sawing, Planing and Moulding turned out neatly and with des- patch.

Satisfaction gu uteed. ; G Don't fergc el iat place, B 2eF = W harf nea Me Millan's Co.i Depot.

Albert Duchemin. -

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Cu’town, Jan, 2, 1884,—whty Gi.

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| provide them with sound scientific know-

.|says the Professor, ‘‘such a text boo

pretends to be able to teach.

For inelegant expression, want of pre- cision, awkward construction, ignorance of the common rules of syntax and punctua- tion, Professor Anderson’s report stands without a parallel in the whele range of English literature. It has not one redeem. ing feature~itsis utterly bad in every respect. It betrays a disregard of the genius of our language, a want of con- secutive thought, and a profound ignorance of the force and meaning of common words.

The first paragraph of the report is so wretchedly written and meaningless that it is quite below the reach of legitimate criticisms. It has to be read in order that its deformity can be.sean. The reader will find it on page 39.

The second paragraph begins: ‘‘Ian my report for the year 1881, l expressed my opinion,’’«&c.. Tae tautology here might have beem avoided, by saying ‘'I expressed the opimion;” but, of course, that would not be attaching sufficient importance to the man who uttered the opinion. Weil, what was this opinion! ‘‘Agriculture is the only permanent industry, and to in the rising question in that pursuit, to

ledge and if possible practical training in it is surely one of the effectual means to secure the development of the (that) great source of wealth which we possess in the soil of this Province.” (One scarcely knows which to admire most in the above sentence, the grammatical accuracy or the elegance of the construction. ‘To attain this object,” was selected as mas well adapted for study by the student-teachers.” Passing by the tautology.in this sentence, I wonld ask Mr. Anderson why h® allowed the ‘‘student- teachers” to select the text book for them- selves? The book was not ‘‘selected” for them; it was by them!

~~ Then follows this stupid sentence: ‘‘Last year all the students who were studying (in- stead of prpils who were studying) for first and second class licenses, were required to attend lectures on the subject, and these lectures were so arranged and prepared that they were, for the’ most part, directed to elncidate and enforce the matter of the text book. and areuse interest and syYMPATHY in favor of the subject.” ‘‘Sympathy” is a good word when applied to misfortune or bereavement; but ‘‘sympathy” for the sub- ject of agriculture is really a new thing in this part of the world.

‘Here is another: ‘‘The excellence of the papers written on occasions of examination were such,” ete. In my school days, a verb used to be made to agree with its nomina- tive; but, I suppose, the Principal of the Prince of Wales College is above being governed by the ordinary rules of grammar. It is not strange that the Professor's pupils carry off so many prizes abroad! Then follows this chaste and eloquent sentence: ‘*A Jarge proportion of these studerits are now teaching in the schools of the country, and therefore (Here Mr. Anderson should have putacomma before and after the word ‘‘therefore.”) with a good text book, an intelligent, acyuaintanee with it, and the practical training they have received as teachers, they ought to be good pioneers in our schools,” ete.

Then again: ‘‘Much ‘attention is mani- festly devoted to arithmetic.” Any one ‘else would have ,written, this,-‘‘Manifestly ‘much attention, etc. ‘‘Now | apprehend,” ‘says the report, ‘‘that this is in a great measure Owing to the rapidity with which the pupils are pushed forward, and the \vieglect of many teachers to employ means jto train the intelligence.” Here the Pro- ‘fessor should have commas placed after the words ‘“‘now,” ‘‘apprehend,” ia,” and “measure.” But his knowledge of punc- |tuation, defective as it is, is really not so glaring as his utter ignorance of the force and meaning of words, *‘Train the intelli- gence.” He mightas well have said train the knowledge. You can train the mind—~ train the jadgment—but training the intelli- gence, is something hich is only performed in the Prince of Wales College! Then fol- lows this sentence: ‘‘If the pupils were at ‘anearly stage trained to compose short exercises On common subjects, if they were encouraged to express the thoughts sug- gested to them by a lesson they had studied, or an incident which had occurred, and if those exercises were carefully ex- amined and commented, upon, habits. of

ordinary document I ever read, and clearly |

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Peince of Wales Colleg

above sentence, the sooner the ‘*Professor” sets to werk and ‘‘trains his intelligence” iv acco:ca ce with his own suggestions, the better it will be for the rising gen¢ratiwn. ‘In the Cotiecr,” says this learned discivle of George Elliott, ‘‘we prescribe, as exercises, paraphrases of passages from the play of Shakespere or other classic which we are studying, and essays, on various subjects, but many of the students manifest great ignorance of these elements of composition which ought to be acquired before they enter college.” Well, if they manifest. greater ignorance’ than. the author of this sentence, the compulsory be rigidly enforced. L-was always under the im- pression that Shakespere was the author of several plays. And who is that “other

classic which we ere studying?’ ‘‘And essays on various subjects.” So the Pro- fessor ‘‘prescribes as exercises” ‘‘para-

phrases of passages” and ‘‘essaya on various subjects!» Instead of stating that the ‘elements of composition ought to be acguired before they (the pupils) enter eohege,” would it not have been more

'grammatical for such a pure linguist as

Mr. Anderson to have said ‘‘should have been acquired before ertering college?”

‘‘As on former octasions,’ says the “Professor,” ‘I have to report the. success at the University of some of those who recently attended HIs cotiger.” Off course ; it would not. do to omit this part of the report. The rattle of the empty wagon ean be heard further off than the rumble of the loaded one. The Professor's annual reports bear striking proof of this Séotin (4 itis Charlotte McNeill, the first young lady who hus proceeded from Prince of Wales College to attend the University has justified our estimate of her merits by the very distinguished position. she has secured in the examination for the Munro Exhibition.” So this young lady ‘‘has proceeded’ from Prinee of . Wales College, attended the University, ‘‘has justified the Professoe’s estimate of her merits,’ and ‘‘has secured’ a ‘‘distinguished position” all at one and the same. time!

Last year, it appears that Mr. FitzGerald offered @ prize for competition in agricul- tural chemistry, . This year he does the same thing, and the Professor expresses his gratitude in this way: ‘‘Mr. Fitzgeraid again offers a semilar prize,” ete. i. Now, Sir, I might have gone much further in my criticism of this brief Report —containing, as it does, only eight short paragraphs—but as your ‘space is limited and my time precious, I will leave it. I think I have said enough, however, to con- Vince people that *‘Professor” Anderson

does not understand English grammar :

sition is beneath contempt; it would

much more profitable for him to study the writings of Macaulay, Irving and MeGar- thy and devote less of his time to the reading of trashy novels. From the beginning to the end of his report, there is not one sentence written in respectable English, aud many a schoolboy has been whipped for more creditable pieces of composition. It lacks ideas, systematic arrangement, the finish of a master, the modesty of a scholar, the dignity of a report. If sent to any news- paper office in the country it would be con- sigtied to the waste basket as unfit for pub- lication. It isthe production ofa blanderer, the masterpiece of a professional charlatan. {t is an insult to the other teachers in ‘the Coliege, and a blot on.the educational status of the country. Everyone who reads it, must endorse, to the fullest extent, the remark of the Superintendent of Educa- tion, on e 20, of the Report of Public Schools: e chief difficulty. in this con- nection arises from the fact that we have, no Science Master in our Provincia) Col- lege and .Normal School. It is true that the elements of ‘some of the sciences are taught in that institution, but it requires the enthusiasm and devotion of a specialist to awaken thronghout the Pro- vince, and from the Normal School as a centre, a sufficient degree of interest in this department of school work. ~

Ch’town, March 31, 1884.

Criticising a Professor.

Sim;— Professor Anderson in his report to the Superintendent of Education on the e, complains of what he magniloquently calls ‘‘lack of power of independent thought” on the part of candi- dates seeking admission to the Prince of Wales College and Normal School. The following sentence from the Professor’s report, thought it may not be lacking im ‘‘power of inde nt thought,” most certainly shows a entable lack of some- thing justas necessary in a College Pro- fessor, that is aknowledge of thé English language :— ‘T trust that this valuable benefaction, the first of the kind ever made in this Province, may suggest to others, the propriety of devoting a share of their wealth to advange the noblest of. all objects, the moral and intellectual advancement of their fellow- countryment.” The italics are mine. One of the ques- tions asked candidates for teachers first* class certificates I find ia: ‘‘What era in literature did Addison and Stee) introduce!” If I might take the liberty of offering a suggestion to the examiners, Professor Anderson I beliéve is one, I think it would be well to supplement that question with the following: Tn what part of Addison or Bteele, or any of the writers of the Avgustain age is the phrase ‘“‘to advance advancement’ to be found?

Yours &c.,

Ch’town,-March 31st, 1884.

Reeo.,

‘Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

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thought would; be. formed, a familiarity with common English constructions would

be acquired, and an ease and expression | which characterize that disease yiePded, and left.

attained,” etc. No doubt of it. And ‘judging from the milyde we a

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Prof. Adolph Ott, New York, says: “I used jit for seasickness, during an ocean passage, \In most of the cases, the vielent symptoms

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The Equitable Life's Statement.

(From the N. Y. Daily Commercial Bulletin, Feb, 7, 1884.)

| Something extraordinary is always kc ok- ed for when ‘the time comes for the annual statement of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. But this time all expectations, however sanguine, are surpassed by the remarkable figures just new presented. At the end of only twenty- four years this wonderful progressive cem- pany reports assets amounting to $53,030, - 581.70 and an undivided furid of surplus | assets reaching $12,109,756. 76 as computed

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na the New York State Jegal standard of

valuation, Eyen by the most stringent standard of any State in the Union (4 per cent), this surpius is $9,115,969.26. Look- ed at in any aspect therefore, the financial position of this great company is put beyond the uttermost pale of disewssion. More- over the statement is emphasized by the certificate of such well-known business men as Messrs. B, F, Randolf, James M. Hal- sted, H. 8, Terbell, E. Boudinot Colt, and Henry V. Butler—a special comniittee of the Society's Board of Direct ors— who state that they have ‘‘carefnily examined the accounts, and counted and examined in detai) the assets of the Society, and certify that the foregoing statement is correct,”

The astonishing and unprecedented state- ment of hew business done by the Equitable in 1883 will be a strprise even te those who are familiar with the energy, skill and **tpush” of the Company’s managers. For the first time in the annals of life insurance, the Eyuitable in 1882) wrote as large an amount as $62,000,000 of new business. This circumstance was characterized as ex tracrdinary at the time, and so it was. And yet'this statement for 1883 records the still more astonishing «circumstance that last year the Kguitable wrote new insurance to the aggregate, of. $81,120,756—a sum equal to about one-fourth of all the new insurance likely te be reported for 1883 by all the American life insurance companies put together. ‘Ti this fact (and the figures which prove it to be a fact) cannot settle the question of popularity and | progressiveness in favor of. thisstalwart representative of Young America in life insusance, we do not see what better evi could be asked. The increase of the uitable’s assets dur- ing 1883 has been $5,004,830.84; the pre- zium income. was larger in 1883 than 1882 by $1,765,178.88, and the surplus is in- creased by some 20 per cent. The atate- ment itself speaks plainly enovgh as to other details; but, in general, we look upon the exhibit 2s one which proves that life insurance is again on the top wave and fairly fulfilling its useful mission once more among our people, who, certatnly, never had greater reason to appreciate its value. (See adv. in another coiumn. )

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The Act_to amend the General Inspection Act of 1874, introduced by the Minister of luland Revenue, ou the 23d inst., provides for the examination of inspectors and deputy inspectors. The first three panegraphs of the Section 3 of Section 66 of the Act of 1877 are repealed, and the following sub- stituted: “Herrings, gespereavx and ale- wives to be branded or marked No 1, extra, shall be thirteen inches-and upwards in length aud fat, and shall be well stuck with salt, thoroughly cured and cleaned and bright in color. Those to be branded No 1 shall be from eleven to thirteefh inches in length; well stuck with salt and thoroughly cleaned and of a bright color. Those to be branded and marked No. 2, shall be from nine to eleven inches im length; and shall oom prehénd the best herrings that remain after the selection ¢{ quality Ne. 1. Her- ruigs under nine inches in length shall be branded and marked No. 3, with the word ‘‘small” in addition to other brands or marks,

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paper wakes the statement outh had only 280°cot- 95/222

An American that ‘‘in 1880 the ton mills, with 713/989 spindles looms. Since then there has been» an in-

i TO PS cid jorease of 134 mills, with. an/ addition of

562,433 spindles and 9,651 looms, from which rate! of increase the conclusion is drawn thatthe South may, at no remote period, spin the greater -portioh of the cotton raised within her borders and supply the markets of the world with ready-made goods instead of the raw cotton. If South- ern looms can effect. such / results, it is evi- dent that they need wo artifical proteetion.”’ Hoptor strusk at. such boldness, thé ultra protectionist Chicago Journal of - Cofamerce cries out; “‘But would you suddenly let Germany and England looee in ovr markets wet pe direct taxation-on these new mi ”” “ai

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A despatch from Milwaukee™lately an- nounced that great excitertient prevailed at Eagle, a small place in' Waukesha County, over the discovery of a rich diamond ‘‘find” in that village. It seems that a lady had brought a large bright stone to the city and sold itto a jeweler for $1, and which turned out to be a rough diamond worth $800. The despatch further says that par- ties have purchased all the land about Eagle at large figures,and are making in-

igations. Accepting as true the finding of the diamond, to conclude therefrom the existence of a diamond field is decidedly hazardous; diamonds, as well as other precious stones, are frequently found in places where a diligent search fails to bring other specimens to light.

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The cyclone pits which the Western farmers are building sre described as being in size proportionate to the number of per- sons‘in the family. A pit ten feet square and sunk to the depth of twenty feet is the

average size. About four feet below the surface heavy timbers are placed over the hole, earth is thrown on and made even | with the surface around, and at the south- | west corner an opening three feet square is In these places of refuge the farmers ‘expect to find safety in any gale that ddedn’t blow the wells out of the ground,

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