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L Oct. 3, 1887. 1s | wy eee wishing to purchase would con- ault their best interests by examining my stock of New and Second-hand Sleighs, which will be suld cheap to suit the times. Repairing of Carriages aud Sieighs promptly attended to aud satisfaction guar anteed. , N. B.—Carriages wanting repairing, paint- ing or trimming, stored free for the winter. Factory and Show Rooms Upper Prince Street, opposite Baptist Church. J. J, SEAMAN. Dev. 13, 1687 —codé wy ti feb) DRY GOODS SOLD OFF FOR CASH will be received at Ottawa until neon on! FRIDAY, 2nd March next, for the conveyance of | eerene: ulin one. It is a whole Parlor in: THE PIRATE. By Sir Wraltar Goott. CHAPTER XXXIL I strive like to the vesrel in the tide-way, Which, lacking favoring breeze, hath not the power To stem the poverte current. Even so, Resolving daily to forsake my vices, Habits, strung circomsiance, renew'd temptation, Sweep me to sea again. O heavenly breath, Fill thou my sails, and aid the feeble ressel, Which ne'er can reach the blessed port without thee ! ’Tis Odds when Evens meet. Cleveland, with his friend Bunce, descended the hill for a time in silence, until at length the latter renewed their conversation, ** You have taken this fellow’s wound more on your conscience than you need, Captain—I have known you do more, and think less on't.” **Not on such slight provocation, Jack,” replied Cleveland. ‘‘ Besides, the lad saved my life; and, say that I requited him the favor, still weshould not have met on such evil terms; but I trust that he may receive aid from that woman, who has certainly atrange skill in simples.” ‘‘Andover simpietous, Captain,” said his }friend, ‘‘in which class I must evn pat you down, if you think more on this subject. That you should be made a fool of by a young woman, why, it is many an honest man’s case: but to puzzle vour pate about the mummeries jof an old one, is far too great a folly to in- dulge a friend in. Talk to me of your Minna, since you 8s» call ber, as much as you will; but you have no title to trouble your faithful squire-errant with your old mumpin magician. And now here we are once more amongst the booths and tents, which these goo folk are pitching. Let us look and see whether we may not find some fun and frolic amongst them. In merry England, now, you would have seen, on such an ocasion, two or three bands ef strollers, as many fire-eaters and conjurers, as many shows of wild beasts ; but, amongst these grave folks, there is nothing but what savors of business and of commodity —no, not so much as a single squall from my merry gossip Punch and his rib Juan.” As Bunce thus spoke, Cleveland cast his eyes on some very gay clothes, which, with uther articles, hung out upon one of the booths, that had a good deai more of orna- ment and exterior decoration than the rest. There was in front a small signof canvas painted, announcing the variety of goods which the owner of the booth, Bryce Suaiis- foot, had on sale, and the reasonable prices at which he proposed to offer tiem to the public. For the further gratification of the spectator, the sign bore on the opposite side an emblemetic device, resembling our first parents in their vegetable garments, with this ' legend: i ** Poor sinners whom the snake deceives, Are fain to cover them with leaves, Zetiaud hath no leaves, tis true, B. cause that trees are none, or few ; ut we have flax end taits of woo’, For linen cloth and wadmaal blue ; And we have many of foreign Knacks Of flaer waft tian woo’ or flax. Ye galianty Lambmas lads, appear, And bring your Lambmas sisters here, Bryce Snailsfoot spares not cost or care, To pleasure every gentile pair.” While Cleveland was perusing these goodly rhymes, which brought to his mind Claud Halcro, towhom, as the poet laureat of the island, ready with his talent alike in the ser- vice of the great and small, they probably owed their origin, the worthy proprietor of the booth, having cast his eye upon him, be- gan with hasty and trembling hand to re- move some of the garments, which, as the sale did not commence till the ensuing day, he had exposed either for the purpose of airing them ‘or to excite the admiration of the spectators. ‘* By my word, Uaptain,” whispered Bunce to Cleveland, ‘‘ you must have hed that follow under your clutches one day, and he remem- bers one gripe of your talons and fears an- other. See how fast he is packing his wares out of sight, as soon as he set eyes on you.” His wares!” said Cleveland, on looking more attentively at his proceedings: ‘* By Heaven, they are my clothes which I left in a chest at Jarishof when the Revenge was lost there-—-Why, Bryee Snailsfoot, thou thief, dog, and villain, what means this? Have you not make enough of us by cheap buying and dear selling, that you have seized on my trunk and wearing apparel?” Bryce Snailsfoot, who probably would otherwise not have heen willing to see bis friend the Captain, was now, by the vivacity of his attack, obliged to pay attention to him. He first whisperec to his little foot-page, by whom, as we have already noticed, he was usually atcended, ‘‘ Run to the town-council- house, jarto, and tell the provost and bailies they maun send some of their officers speedily for here is like to be wild wark in the fair.” So having said, and having seconded his commands by a push on the shoulder of his messenger, Which sent him spinning out of the shop as fast as heels could carry him, Bryce Snailsfoot turned to his old acquaint ance,and, with that amplification of words and exaggeration of manner, which in Scot. land is called ‘‘ making a phrase,” he ejaculated—‘* The Lord be gude to us! the worthy Captain Cleveland, that we were ail grieved about, returned to relieve our hearts again! Wat have my cheeks been for you,” (here Bryce wiped his eyes,) ‘* and blithe am I now to see you restored to your sorrowing friends ‘” «« My sorrowing friends, you rascal!” said Cleveland ; ‘I will give you better cause for sorrow than everyou had on my account,if you do not tell me instantly where you stule all my clothes.” * Stole I” ejaculated Bryce, casting up hie eyes ; ‘‘new the Powers be gude to us!— the poor gentlemen has lost his reason in that weary gale of wind.” “Why, you insolent rascal!” said Cleve- land, grasping the cane which he carried, ‘do you think to bamboozle me with your impudence? As you would have a whole head on your shoulders, aud your bones in a whole skin, one minute longer, tell me where the devil you stole my wearing apparel ?” (To he continued.) —- = > When soft water is scarce Latherine is just the thing for the face or for the washtub-—only 6 cts pe: pkt at R. K. Brace’s; also a fine lot Loneless tish, 6 cts per lb ; onions 5 cts per lb ; prunes, 8 cts per lb, and Island flour, 2 cts per Ib, feb 11, 3i, eod — ; ———$ Cueapest Cracked Grain, Bran and Shorts at H. T. LePage’s, Glasgow House, Queen Sort, W—trvit Lord Eiphinstone on his Tour Through Western Canada. Lord Eiphinston who is well known throughout Canada recently delivered a lecture at Musse!boro, recounting his latest trip through Canada by the Pacitic railway. We select a few paragraphs from many of equal interest. One of these deals with the Sault Ste. Marie Canal: ** The water level of Lake Superior is 18 feet higher than that of Lake Huron, and a canal has been cut in order to enabie vessels to pass from one lake to the other. More tvattic passes through that canal than through the Suez Canal, and this gives, perhaps, a better idea than anything else could do of the enormous amount of trade that is being carried on in that part of the world. Here is a canal, the very name of which is in all probability absolutely unknown to 99 out ot every 100 of my hearers, and yet more tonnage is passing through it than through the well-known Suez Canal, carrying as it does the whole of the eastern trade of the world. The returns for 1886 show that from the 25th April to the 4th of Decem- ber, the seven anda half months during which the canal was open to navigation, 4,220,000 tons passed through; while through the Suez Canal, open forthe whole year, the total amount was only 6,000,000 tons. So rapidly is this traffic increasing, the Americans are buiiding a second canal alongside their present one, and the Cana- dians are building a third on their side.” He had an interesting experience with the Mounted Police, showing how they en- force the prohibitory law in the Northwest: **On and on we go, through the same flat prairie, pass the boundary of the province of Manitoba, to Regina, the capital of Assiniboia, where the headquarters of the mounted police are stationed, numbering abuut 1,000, and whose principal duty is to keep order among the Indians, and to pre- vent the sale of liquor, frequently boarding the trains with that object in view. They are a capital set of fellows, and right weil they do their duty. When we pulled up at the station, the dming car was taken off and shunted—it so happeued, imme- diately opposite tc our car, the windows of one lovking into those of the other. We saw that it was already in possession of the pulice, and they saw that we were en- jvying our evening pipe and glass of* whis- key tuddy. The blind of the dining car was immediately pulled down; a delicate little piece of attention on their part, as we thought, to prevent their seeing us break- ing the law; but unfortunately the train moved on a yard. The blind of the next window was not drawn duwn; two of them were emptying their glasses of a somewhat suspicious-lovking mixture, while a third, with a pleasant sinile on his countenance, was wiping his mouth with the back of his hand; they couldn't help laughing. We drank each other's health as we moved on, and | heartily trust they may never want for another glass of grog.” Lord Elpbinstone’s impressions of the grandeur of the scenery through the Rocky Mountains were very vivid, and his de- scription, could we give it in fuli, would be found interesting and eloquent: ** For, to attempt to describe the grandeur and beauty of the scenery of the mountains is simply impossible. Every moment, every turn, only brought some fresh mystery into view, each grander, if possible, than the other. It was all too vast, too magnificant, to grasp. At one moment some huge mountain stands tuwering above, apparent- ly barring the way for miles; a minute later und we have circled it, and it is left faraway in another direction. We pass under Mount Cascade, with its waterfall making a leap of 1,800 feet over a sheer precipice, and reach Bantt, already noted for its hot springs, which will cure—st least, #0 it is said—any and every disease, known or unknown. Here, hanging toa tree, I saw a crutch, and under the cruteh a board, on which was printed in large letters, ‘The Man who used this Crutch is Cured,and gone Home.” (Laughter.) But areally remarkab!e case of cure was that of a man whe had been bitten by a rattlesnake some months before | saw him, given up by several doctors, and cured by these waieis *’ Space will only permit of one further extract, giving his lordship’s opinion of the military and strategic value of our trans- continental system: ‘‘It is an alternative route to the East, making us practically in- dependent of the Suez Canal. But, it may be argued, the Suez Canal, being neutral- ized, is free to all nationalities even in time of war. That is to say, all are at liberty to use the canal, and while in that canal, and within certain prescribed limits, must meet in all brotherly love so long as they are within those limits, to fight as only brothers can fight the moment those limits are passed, Bat who is tv say thet either belligerent, finding the canal a source of weakness, will not block it up by sink- ing a ship? Contrary te treaty, you may asy. True ; but will a treaty always be re- spected in time of war? Idoubt it. Be that as it may, we now havean alternative route to the east, a route that brings Japan {) days nearer to this couatry than it is at present, even by going overland, via Brindisi and the Suez Canal. Our settle- ment of Hong Kong iu China is, via Shanghai, practically the same distance. India is nearer by the cana), but, as I have already pointed out, the canal may be blocked up. In other words, Yokohama in Japan may be reached by this new route in 27 days from this country, instead of 42 days, aa at present; and Shanghai in 32 days, instead of 37 and 42 days.” Then, astuthe transporation of troops. Five thousand troops Janded at Montreal on Monday can, with absolute certainty, be delivered on the cost of the Pacitic Ocean on the following Sunday; orif landed at Halifax, on the Monday; and in case of emergency the time may be made one day less. Kach train will be provided with its own cooking-car and each car warmed, if uecessary, by hut-water pipes; every one of the 504 men carried by a single train being provided with comfortable sleeping accom aA Lah