GLADSTONE’S LAST SPEECH. |

Warns and Threatens the Lords, | :.

And Declares that Home Rule is not Dead yet.

M (71a t i als porta | a I g the 27th I ega ul that he frett eatly e progress of measures In ch } saeit eresied, but } i pe that before the close some re ta w ibe achieve ecia ' gard local governme ’ parish if 4 W reference jisestabiis { ‘ Church I und, he be | st the bil! | pared by Mr, Ca 1 was desigh 1 as a “ l open t leors f » union of the I yt ‘ munions He hoped i friends of the established cliurch j . taccept this chance fora moderate - ment Mr. Glew e turned to the Irish H R spoke subetantially uw f ‘ “In spite fall that hae beer aid, t ast session of the House of Com- ‘ ot have to be recorded as a ‘ The many days spent on the Ho Rule bill will not be without a har The fact that the peonle’s chamber ‘ and advised passed, after a wna arcl gad 1 y at ts i ar nost s#ivninica with tl “ ’ entment apy nes u i lreland (Cheers.) The fa is t Pa lia nentary nat tut ms ire a< for their purpose Phev and do not meet the deman is of the try In spite of of the sacrifices of » Llouee ( mons during the past there was a legislative famuin

1 here something wrong an I defer tive the preset t institutions The condition erable and demands the concet trated attention of the ation, With the view of the removal of the defects Tive evil is immeasurable On one han ie the nation expressing just demands; on the other hand are the necessary measures to satisfy these demands But betwee: the two there is e great barrier, namely, | the Irish puestion, which has tx d th energy and mortgaged the time of Parlia ment generation after generation Why has thie question continued to exiat a rand who lt answerabie for ita re- maining before us? There is only on reply The re sponsibil ty rests with the House ot Lord (Cheers ) Who nis the remedy for dealing with this great evil.” Mr. Gladstone then prot eeded t review the relations that have existed be-

tween the House of Lords and the Hous of Commons since the passare } ot the Reform Bill in 1832 He cited three cases in which the Peer had re ye ted measures pasre 1 by the

Commons, the third of whi h was the re fusal of the Lords to pass the Home Rak bill in 1886 This having rejected by the Upper House the question discussed until 189°,

the whole returned a

its favor

measure been

was incessantly country “That verdict,” eu: -

when majority it

tinued Mr. Glad«tone, “the Lords have now reversed. A majority of the Lords yave an opinion hostile to the b.ll, a]

majority of the Commons an Op non, In

its favor. Yet it is hardly a case in whiicn |

one opinion 1s a good as another. The | ; ;

Peers form their opinion for themeelve

They are responsible to nobody, and if it proves wrong they w ill neither be abused sufler in way. Ou our but wa nation and

nor made to Opinion 18 not own, formed in discussion with the was given with all the authority that a national verdict can confer. I thirk, therefore, that the Peers do not not stand well on their own showing. They certain} ly stand worse on the showing of the: friends in the House of Commons, The latter set up the fantastic plea that the | people knew nothing of the bill. Necesear- | ily it evolves a multitude of important de- tails, but with the single exception ot the | retention in Parliament of the Lrish mem- bers. on which we to the utmost conform to the will of the people, the country dis- | played no disposition to enter into detail It was content to leave it to the discussion of Parliament. There could not possibly be a more frivolous pretence than that th people do not know the bill

The plea that the Home Rule bill was insufticiently disenssed is equally flim-y, and the House of Lords did well to avoui the pre tence that the ad ypti m of which would have shown egregious folly and want of tact and skili, for they disposed in four

any

aoley

vf a bill that occupied the attention House of days Then there is that the Lords are think they say bound 1 “to the country

days ¢ of the Commons eighty-two the third plea entitled—indeel I by duty—to require That is not | The doctrine of the con that if a responsible 1 dissolution of parlia- to be a

a reference the constitution stitution shows miniatry advises ment there ought the risk of the ministry, and the House of Commons has power, which it has fre- force a dissolution by vote Sut no auch thing has been re corded at any per) d of our history as a dissolution hrought about by a vote in the House of Lorda ‘ gr monstrous innovation, an odious new-faugled doctrine, and no men are funder of these doctrines than the modern I the modern Unionists But in addition to doctrine [ hold that it is nothing less than high treason if thia is to continue to be a self-governing country. But we make this plea. We say if we are punished why | should not the majority in the House of Lurds also ix punished when it msin- jndgment of the country Let favor. Why allowed to

dissolution at |

quently exercised, to

Such & contention is a

rose, &

ries, except it |

being a new-fangled

terprets the

and no f Lords be impunity —3n

ue have fair play should the House pass off with which of ‘y upon the firat occasion a similar prank to that they have just committed ? 4 is an extremely serious matter.

rea them

ene ure

to repeat

upon it it

On the supposition that you could sub ject a majority f the Lords to the same penal consequences as those you can lay upon a majority of the Corm- mons ther shy vald be something at least like a prima facie case of jretios and equality, some amall plea for this tattle of the

House of Lords to the right to correct the judgment of the House of Commons and to send them back to the country. But there ix not even the thinnest presumption of justification for such a proceeding That being so, we have arrived at a very |

serious position, and the grand question is, | his yacht Val-ki-ry

a. o” i how are we t » escap- from it! i

gence and incomparabl: uuity of the Lit- erals, v he said, have broken down and destroved the bill without sending it to the House of Lorde, Mr. Giadstone continued—: “] was not #0 when Lord threatened a year azo to destroy the Home | Rule |

this might involve ¢

sure Salisbury | ll, that the Lords recognized that | e question of their own and existence. cheers). If it should ever the vicissitudes of political affairs the House of Lords, by some accident or collateral process, should bring about a dissolution of the House of

inde pe ndent responsible (Prolonged

happen a)

| age.

TI

said that the

and dried s

a

a ee

DAILY

Lk 4

re 4

lL thon

4 tine

uhd not be procured acut | CANADA AND THE EUROPEAN SIT-

This |

dilemma.

was neither the time nor the place to con

si eer the ma violence no essary W

ng to the hé

prevail avd

tter. He counselled neither | vehe:mnence. All that was

us a quiet determination to ype that better counsel would |

nduce the House of Lords to

for

great to [reland some just satisfaction he ational asp rations If the worst cane tothe worst the consolation that

| be offered would Le to remind them | that in recent history and of the vant

yr ginated

n the House of Loads or

| changes of the past sixty years not one} Dual Alliance is practically the only div- was |

prometed by the Lords or the existence of

which on the statute book waa due to

Impartial opinion of the Lords. Toeveryone |

of those changes the opinion of the House | although its |

r

of Lords ha

j been

adverse,

i | manifestation might have been prudently restrained and might, perhaps, be prudent-

ly restrained again. “For my part,” said Mr. Gladstone, “1 find this retrospect flice nearly encouraging If the nation | is determined it will not be baffled by 1

the country to execute and cannot submit | first, that Britain joins the Triple A'liance House of

to the bear high in gilded

will not }

th s subjec

Lord sounding

chamber

withor

M55

t aj t again

| phalanx of 500 peers, we have the will of

e, although they title ° and sit The next session ut your seeing appearing above

the waves where it has for the moment

app ared to

founder.

The ha-

nation

given us the authority and propelled us on

ur course, and it is our duty and our | use of a litile dyuarm ite in some of the hope and belief that we shal) find, with | mountain = the help of the Almighty, means to reach a popular

i@ FU

At the prolonged «

Mr. Gladstone was then adopted

An

meeting dispersed

followed Mr lrove to |} heers of th

close of the speech

neering,

Gladstone iis hotel.

e « rowd M r

there

and the immense crowd ‘a carriage as he In response to the and Mrs. Glad-

stone appeared on the hotel balcony and bowed their acknowledgments.

—— + NOTES AND COMMENTS,

It is pleasing te learn that as a result

the protest of the Charlottetown Board ways of the Atlantic, how could either of

f Trade and the representations of the

press, a postponement of

the enforcement

f a winter time table has been directed.

—Commenting upon

sion in New

York :

The

landlord oppres- Press remarks

that “it is quite absurd to denounce land-

a condition heart of Ne

A physician

worse tha

w York.”

: who has

| Jord oppression in Ireland while we have

n Ireland in the

made the sub-

t a study, declares tnat the taint of her-

elity ia to |t

yous diseases.

ve found in

Persons

cases of nei- are broken

most who

lown by dissipation, exhausting disease,

xcessive brain more transmit vitality to

than a deca } fruit

Montre mills

ple Ving mo

m re lncee yoted N.

work, y ng vine al Gazette:

re hands. [|

1 time. Ti

or anxiety, ean no their children

can beget healthy Canadian cotton

are enlarging their works and em-

Tnited Sta‘es cotton

| mills are cutting down wages ahd running

1¢ workmen who

P. last election and burked the

nited States commercially one have a lot

v Liberal plan of making Canada and fie C

o thank their good sense for.

—The Empire :

The

tendency in Britain

seems all in favor of closer trade connec- the outlying states of the

tons with

Empire.

tike another.

t will ever

It may take one form; it

No prac be a free

may tical man believes trade basic. Un-

doubtedly time ison the side of closer relations, and in Canada the party which is fighting strenuously against a treaty dis- c-iminating against Britain and preferenti-

with

—I]t does United

not seem

| ally favoring a foreign county is bound to

possible that the

States Senate can long resist the

pressure of the business world, which is

lomanding

the repeal

of the silver bill.

A majority of eleven is voting down ali amendments and compromises, and insists

uj on unconditional repca’. hata majority of when a final vote is reached.

It i thought

25 will favor repeal |

There must

come an end to the dreary dribble, mis: alied debate, which is disgusting every-

body.

The

country

has discounted repeal, and is resuming business in

the

xpectation of the Senate’s doing its duty.

—New York Press: The rights of prop- erty should be protected. but, on the other

involves ro

The own me responsil

| hand, the rights of humanity should be respected, and there is no doubt that latter are often and atrociously | by the lendlords of tenement

their agents,

the v iolated houses and ership of property

lity to society and |

Lould not be regarded purely as a mat-

ter of personal advantage.

The commun-

ty endangers itaelf by being indifferent to legradation, privation and suffering in any

portion of the community, and | should prot

nowever

ect "and si

the state

iield its citizens,

poverty stricken and helpless,

from extortion and oppression.

The Radicals in their attempt to prove

that the Duke of Connaught is a coward, |

have only e-tablished that at Tel-el-Kebir

fanit, and for a

to he gr

shameful

| prince’s life exposed to danyer. } teal Gazette remarks that this looks more i like the l

| he was ordered to the rear by the anthori- } ties at home, who did not want an English

The Mon-

Juke’s misfortune than his is certainly no ground accusation .It | seems

ound, however, for saying

that if princes who are soldiers are not to take their share of the enemy’s fire they

should be sereened also from

Radical fire

by being kept in England when war is

abroad }

There

was 2

A good old time,

thongh, when everybody thought an Eng- lish prince’s place was where the fight was

hottest; a

nd they

were mighty good | princea in those days, too.

The GCttawa Journal, under the head- ing “A Politieal Comparison,” refers to the nomination by President Cleveland of Mr. Van Alen as United States ambassador to Italy because he contributed $45,000 to

the Democratic campaign impunity | quoting other instances of publie men in

fund, and after

the United States being appointed to office

} on account of contribution to eampaign Depend | funds, concludes as

follows: “In the

United States press, Canada is constantly and blatantly condemned for corruption. The cold fact is that the worst corruption ever discovered in this country is virtue compared with the ordinary run of things

across the li

ne.

Here corruption is acci-

dental, dangerous and almost universally

condemned

when seen

There corruption

is #ystematic, safe (not once ina hundred times are elections invalidated after even

barefaced bribery) and winked at by the

majority.”

—_—— — —-ere

Lord Dunraven pronounces the name of

The Boston Herald | Queen's and Prince Counties, having with

says it should be prononneced Val-kirry-ye. After a passing reference to the intelli- | Another authority says it should be Vwahl-

keer-e-ch. All the authorities, however, | prescribe for theiz medical wants and the

thout which the minority would, | agree ‘n pronouncing her a good boat,

Talk concerning canals and waterways

» greatest

une

| ju-t now is plentiful, but — appear to | overlook the

poo! inwards to the great industrial centre,

| The original estimate of cost was $35,000,- | | 00, but $15,000,000 more has been called

for and will complete the great work. It ia to be opened next vear.

Some United States railroad men favor

the |

was | A vote of thanks to |

the |

ertaking of the | The Manchester Ship Canal will | carry the largest steamship from Liver-

Commons, depend upon it the people will not consider the Home Rule bill alone, but will mix with it another question in which the Lords may bitterly lament, when it is too late, that they ever raised an isesue. After a tribute of respect and admiration for the personal qralities of the peers as individuals, Mr, Gladstone contended that the rights possessed by both the Lords and the Commons must always be exercized with the utmost dis- cretion if those rights are to be perman- ently On this oceasion he said discretion has been entirely and ab- solately wanting. In regard to the man- . Vw. 3) ‘

e 2 a

preserved

a national law against train robbers, be- cause in some of the western states the feeling of the populace is so much in favor of the poor robber and against the mono- polist corporation that justice cannot be | had in the state courts. What with the | wild vagaries of the populist politicians, |

the burning of negroes at the stake, the | development of robbery as exemplified in | the recent holding up of trains, and the | popular sympathy with the highwayman, | one phase of the fin de seicle record the Republic is making for itself might be called alarming. }

USE SKOPA’S DISCOVERY, the great | i Dacnatsde :

Lan! ov

er er ae

| Kinley Bill.

| visited and the tourists names recorded in

at the disposal of the company, in which all were conveyed to the Government Ex-

EXAMINER ‘

| UATION.

(Montreal Star.

The German Emperor watching with nervous anxiety a review of the Austrian army, and the French Government taking steps to prevent the people of Paris from offending the Russian Czar by a too en- thusiastic reception of his navy, are plain surface indications of the cleavage that now ominously threatens the peace of Europe. The Triple Alliance against the

ision that the war powers of tie conten-

ent can make—Britain being omitted. And in that last clanse—“‘Britian being omitted”—lies the mot sensitive Bpot ir the whole complication. Tue power o:

Britain thrown into either scale of th balance v ould be decisive. Turis is a fa

hit the few ventlemen who are alarme: est the Comnection of with th

horrors ¢

Cana la to all tne invasion and counter-invasion were Brits

} “inpire will expose us

to become involy ed in # k 1

vill do well to pounder. © Let us

opean wat Vi ppOSe j

m als would Jook fur invas- } ion frota the Rassian hordes on our west- | ern frontier. Mr. Goldwin Smith wa | prompted by a vieit from two Russian | engineers some time since, to pleasantly | remark that they probably noticed in pass- ing over tue C. P. R. how easy it would be to break that line of by the

| then our Jer

connection

And Russia is always yugbear. But in the event of a war between Russia and France against the rest of the world, would the Muscovite be apt to have “hordes” to spare to under- | take the invasion of a colony of iittle strat- | egic value in another hemisphere? . It | would be infinitely more foolish to send an army to Canada than it was for “Napoleon to march on Moscow.

If, however, Britain should join the curious alhance of the Republic and the Autocracy, then surely any notion that Canada might be invaded is clearly the wildest dream. With the fleets of Britain and France unitedly guarding the high- |

| the three inland powers contrive to land | the smallest detachment on the shores of the Dominion? And why, indeed, should they desire to do so, even if the feat were possible? Any great European war must be fought out on Enropean soil, and trouble in either Egypt or India would draw the armies of the contending powers to the centre of the cyclone. The one dan- ger that can threaten Canada with the calamity of being made the seat of war is a quarrel to the blood between Britain and the United States. The sole possible enemy of the empire that could think to gain a point by invading this country is the one that lies at our shoulder. This is a peril that it will not serve patriotism to minimise; but how is it to be got rid of, except by rendering it objectionless by lowering our flag before the gun of the pirate is fired across our bows? Would we be any the less likely to find ourselves in conflict with the United States if we were independent? The teaching of ex- perience does not point to an affirmative answer to this question. We are told that Britain and the United States have been within a measurable distance of war lately; but what was the dispute? “An Old World quarrel!” that Britain might have dragged us into? Nothing of the kind; but on the contrary, a quarrel over the rights of Canadian sealers that we did drag Eng- land into—and to our profit. . It may be urged with sinister truth that there would have been no near approach to war over this question if Canada had been making her own way alonc in the world. Five millions of people are not likely to frighten sixty-five into submitting their contradictory claims to a court of arbitration. The Americans would sim- ply have seized our sealers and asked us what we were going to do about it. No one imagines that they agreed to arbitra- tion because they thought there might be justice on our side of the dispute and were desirous of having it see the light. They | consented to go before the court very re- luetantly with their case because they faced an unyielding choice between arbi- tration and war. Their unprecedented conduct in deserting their own case when it came before the arbitrators throws into bold relief the reasons wiy they drea led | arbitration, and would never have sub- mitted to it voluntarily; and if they had had Canada alone to deal with we would | quite plainly have enjoyed the choice of submitting to their monstrous claims or | declaring war against a people thirteen times our number, The position in this matter lies in anutshell. Without British | connection we could have avoided war by | losing our seals; with British connection, | we avoided war and kpt our seals, } Canada, like all countries on the face of | | the globe, cannot positively insure itself | against war, pestilence and famine. It | can but do its best, avoiding the rocks as it may. It is always possible that armed columns may reach it it, unless it can find some means of anchoring out in space. But, viewing the situation as a whole, the risk of being injured by an European or | Asiatic war is as nothing wh«n compared | to the advantage of an alliance with the | greatest power on earth which serves to | protect us against the only people who | take covetous note of our existence—the nations of our own hemisphere. ote lien tinier Personal

Mrs. John McLean, of Souris, has re- turned from a visit to Boston.

Robert H. McGreevy is still languish'ng | in the Ottawa jail. He expects, however, | tobe able to give bail in a day or two, | We notice the namesef A. S. Johnson ; and Dr. Darrach among the arrivals at the | Hotel Leland, Winnipeg, Man., on {the

| 23rd inst.

The New York Caledonian Club, the } parent of outdoor athletic sports in the | Pnited States, held its games a few weeks ago. Chief James Colin McEachen (well known as a Charlottetown boy) presided on the occasion.

An Ottawa report states that a report is current there in liberal circles that Hon. Mr. Laurier and Hon. L. H. Davies intend visiting Manitoba, the Northwest and British Columbia in November.

Sir C. H. Tupper is sti!] suffering from a severe cold. Acting on the advice of his medical attendant, he was compelled to excuse himself from: addressing meetings in the west at which he was billed to speak on Monday and Tuesday next.

Mr. J. W. Hughes writes to Tue Ex- aminer from Ottawa:

The P. E. Island tourists, under the management of Mr. J. Heber Haslam, re- | mained over for a whole day and evening pin the Capital this week. The tourists

are composed principally of farmers from

‘

| them Dr. Darrach, of Kensington, and | Messrs. Johnson and Ciark—the former to | latter gentlemen to. take photos of the ob- | jects and places of interest.. Never before | did a body of tourists more thoroughly | take in the sights of the Capital in one day than did these men, who, by the aid of guides, visited the Chaudiere Falls,

| Union Bridge, sawinills, lumber | | piles, the Parliament Buildings, Lovers’ Walk, and Rideau Canal during

the forenoon, Some happy jokes and very apt remarks were made by some, whilst naming certain seats in the commons for themselves after the next election. When | in the Senate., Farmer McKinley, of Brad- albane. was appointed and placed in the chair, and resolutions were paesed— thanking the farmers and the Government and expressing great hope in our country, and the means adopted by our rulers to meet and avoid the menaces of the Mc- Next the model room was

the register book. After lunch, the De puty Minister of Agriculture placed a van

perimental Farm, where they enjoyed the many things that are to be seen there.

| to treat the case

TELEGRAPHIC.

MANSFIELD MINING HORROR.

—_——

Drowned Like Rats.

Men

Tweaty-Eight Known to be Dead. |

In «x Movsraty, Mich., Sept. 30. from the scene

disaster at Man-field, states

T .e latest information

ie hiine «) the aceident occnred during the night, i when the water of the Michigan river rushing into the mine the men at were entrapped a lot of rats. | Cornishmer, and of them have large families. Pais fact lends aiditional horror to wha wor-t disasters which ha: ever befallen the mining industry. Forty- five were at work inthe mine. Of thi< number twenty-eight are known to be

’ iost.

Came

like

Mo t of the voct.ms are

e-tentus

is one of the

miners

MISSIONARY’S CHINESE WIFE

| quality and will grade high.

Detained at Vancouver, B. C.

‘OROPS IN THE NORTHWEST.

Prof Saunders Says They are

|

Vancovver, Sept. 30.

The report that has been circulated in the east concerning the Chinese wife of | Missionary Mackay paying a poll tex is |

not true. On landing at

Vancouver the |

customs officials were in a quandary how |

They were :ather in- clined to impose the tax as -a solution of the question. After considerable indeci- sion and delay the statute bearing on the case was unearthed, The statute provides that a Chinese woman marriei to a man of another nationality shall be deemed of the same nationality as her husband,

ashore, and apologies were made for undue detention.

ee renee

MURDER AT FREDERICTON.

The Officers in a Quandary.

Frepericroy, Sept. 30. Nothing new has been divulged respect- ing the Keswick murder. The police, magistrate and officers of the peace are trying to devise some means to conduct the preliminary proceedings in such a way as to carry out the law requiring that the accused should be present and know all that is done. It will be remembered that the priconer is a deaf mute.

—

Increasing Exports — Decreasing Im- ports.

Orrawa, Sept. 3. The trade return’ of Augu-t show an in- crease of $324,000 in the exports, and a decrease of $1,10,000 th the returns for consumption. Tie duty collected in- creased $4,500. TELEGRAPHIC

Toroxro, Sept. 28.—The Empire’s Lon- don correapoutent cables: Great intere-t has been aroused by the speech at Ply- mouth of Arnold Forster, liberal unionist member for We-t Belfast, who declared that in the pre-ent condition cf the Briti-h navy the protect:on afforded tu the mer- cantile marine was ufter'y insuilivient, and that in time of war the great dangers of the situation would be demonstrated. It is said that Mr, Forster’s speech is the signal of a movement similar to that dur- ing the term of the Salisbury government to agitate for the increased strength of the navy.

Orvawa, Sept. 28.—Major Lake, the new quartermaster general militia, will in next week’s militia general orders be doubtless given the local rank of colonel of militia, which will give him precedence over all lieutenant colonels in Canada. Colonel Walker Powel!, ajijutant general ; Gzowaki, A. D. C. to the queen; Panet, deputy minister of militia, and Dr. Bergin, <erzeon general, will take precedence «f Major Lake, they being the only officers with the rank of colonel! in Canada and will of course be Major Lake’s seniors, The adjutant general’s colohelcy dates back to 1873. Col. Gzwoki to 1879 and Colonel Panet and Bergin to 1886,

NEWS.

IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS.

We have somé goods to seli worth full price, but we are willing to take Jess—a GOOD DEAL LEsS—just for one evening. The Great Magazines of the Day—Cen- tury, Arena, Cassell’s, Peterson’s, Godey’s, Munsey’s, Worthington’s, St. Nicholas, Atlantic Monthly, North American Re- view, at reduced prices for this evening only. the Daily papers on arrival of Expected this evening, some more sets of “ Prince of India,” “ The Heaven- ly Twins,” “Ten Thousand a Year.” Fancy Goods, Stationery, Toys, Games, Picture Books, Story Books, Hymn Books, Song Books all price.

Come in quick and _ pick

“plume. mails,

new and at moderate Come with the crowd this even- ing to

CARTER’S BOOKSTORE,

sept30 187 Queen Street,

MARRIED.

At Boughton Island, on Sept. 18th, by the Rev. J. G. Cameron, Margaret L., daughter of Benjamin E. Allan, to Henry A Stoddard, of Ciam Harbor, N. 8.

——

After Twenty Years,

Twenty years ago Thomas Simpson, of St. John, was restored to health from a condition of severe pains and great ner- vous prostration by Hawker’s Nerve and Stomach Tonic. Doctors’ medicine had failed. Mr. Simpson still treasures the firet empty tonic bottle, and now whenever he is unwell his remedies are found in Hawker’s Tonic and Hawker’s Liver Pills, the latter is the best pill, he says, that he ever used. ; &

USE SKODA’S DISCOVERY, the great Blood and NerveRem eay.

Dutch Proeéss No Alkalies

—oR— Other Chemicals

are used in the

preparation of

W. BAKER & C08

SreakfastCocua

tehich is absolutely pure and soluble.

Ithas more than three times the strength of Cocoa mixe.i — — Arrowrout oc % gar, a far uwre ec>- nomical, coxting less than one ceat a cup It is delicious, nourishing, anc EASsiL\ DIGESTED.

Professors Robertson and Fletcher were oat conrteons and attentive.

Seld by Grocers everyw her >.

W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass

When the officers were thus enlightened, | the rey. gentleman and his wife came !

Turning Qut Well.

The Experimental Farms and the

Yields Upon Them.

Alaskan

Minor and Personal Notes,

The Boundary Commission —

Director Saunders, of the Central ex perimental farm, has returned from his official visit to the western branch farms. Speaking to the Montreal Gazette, he said a hot spell while the grain was in milk form at Brandon farm, turned a crop which promised to be generally good to one which is extremely variable in differ- ent localities. In some localities the thresher is turning out as high as 20 to 27 bushels per acre, in others the result ia very disappointing

Lies Are Lost

by Accident to secure a Policy i:

ASSURANCE CO.

—

‘HAVING LEASED [

; ! i ;

1 the CANADA ACCIDENT

‘Sake one at once.

6. le.

CHARLOTTETOWN

——THE—

fialifax, Nova Scotia,

| . | The Lessee takes great pleasure in ay nouncing that the rates are:

every dav. It costs but a few dollars | Tpper Floors, two in room, $1.50 per

} day. | Single Rooms, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50 pep i lay, according to location.

This great reduction in rates will not iy | any way impair the present efficieney ot , the Hotel either as regards the service op

cuisine. A single trial will convince any | one of the fact. A. B. SHERATON,

jy3l Manager,

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e , ranging from 4to8 bushels, the lower yields covering some of e os . p e the best settled districts. On account of | ‘

the variable character of the crop it is difficult to estimate the average yield over the whole province, but judging from the returns received from different sections it is not likely to exceed 15 bushels per acre. Most of the wheat, however, is of good Barley has suffered. The grain is light and the lessened. The yield of oats is better and wherever any of these grains have been sown in summer fallowed land the crop has been much heavier than it has been on fall or spring ploughing, demon- strating the importance of this method of thorough preparation for the crop. Threshing as in progress at the Experi- mental farm at Brandon,and thus far with the following results: Wheat, 20 to 27 bushels per acre; barley, 42 to 62 bushel»; date, 66 to 80 bushels. The average crops of the district will fall considerably short of those realized on the Experimental farm, mainly from the reason that the land has not been eo thoroughly prepared. Oats, especially, are commonly sown on the poorest Jand, poorly prepared and put in late.

Throughout the Northwest territories the crop will average a higher return. In some districts it is most excellent both in quality and quantity. This is part:cularly the case in the Indian Head district, where the experimental farm is located north oj

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the railway line. The crops are very heavy. Threshing was progressing, but only thre: farmers in this district were

far enough advanced to report results. Two of these had 40 bushels and one 32 bush- els to the acre. The average yield of wheat for this district, will probably be fully 25 bushels. Some estimate it as high as 30. The general treatment of the wheat used as seed with bluestone has re- sulted most beneficially and has almost eradicated * amut’ which last year reduced the value of wheat so much. The crop will also Le free from frost{ this season. Only two varieties of wheat had been threshed on the Experimental Farm at indian Haad. One of there gave 30 bush- els, the other 31. Eight varieties of oats raried from 60 to 82 bushele, and six of barley from 37 to 58 bushels per acre. In the Edmontonton district the crops looked remarka' ly well, The harvest was n progress during the time of Prof. Saun-

ders’ visit,and the heads of grain were well filled and remarkably plump. The

area under crop there is quite limited, but the yield will be heavy. A large number of settlers have gone into that ‘promising territory during the past season.

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DIED.

At Montague Bridge, on Sept. 14th, 1893, at the residence of John Beaton, Esq., husband of her grand-daughter, Mrs. Jane Campbell, relict of the late John Campbell, Esq.,at the ripe age of 87 years, and in the full assurance of a higher and a better life. Peacefully she passed to her rest.