} 0 / Pe BAFE (PLD a VOL. XY& THE STS LOPE INE NTT RI PE TSE ENTS Re Y/ C/ CHARLOTTETOWN, PRI * POST Urrivk, CHARLO AFTER MON ~~, g AND ARRIVAL OF Malls. TTS SOC IS. ASE ST SE TM SOR ee NER. BLO PRS OS a Le NOR WX F W »>T y 1% i y “7 ¢a " "9 i 5 Tare 'E EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1874 N iN # a } 5 a v ) PS ius A 4 N a3 i £ a an Mya Ai 4 a <2 é -_—s A {). 44. Se KT — SORA Fads Sa RLS RPG SES SE ote | anes aT eam = Dabal ciaa & i m 4 “OR merger ors mu # iY ope? , , ae A i ori ivi | tae pilsvuer, au ‘uw if be is not tie * Avoust eleven vo’: ce. TAE SHAMS DIARY IN ENG iA, } ‘5 AEM j é LVEOES ans RAR RAAITARAASS | mai,’ | How do you rem=aber the fou oil eet oon fp 4 IOCOMED M Vv i a : : os 5 ae E cS i go : MeO ew we er tree AT THE 2 7 AN, Mrz. Povle taru hast'lv. and looksd;| ‘ by baving eiven my coagim hers.© pag! The London utea lemy of Oct. 3, publishe Hint to store keepe ts» Fo make money It isthe good ship Hilderbrand |earn stiy at the prisoncr, who confronted }draubtas ten. She was very ree: or | * letter from Ceheren, dated Aug 1), giv. | —Advertise. TTETO WV N P E ISLAN ) B That sails the stormy sea | her eye bold'y, never flinching, while she | :ome time after, aid woe1 ehe became quiat, | aces ‘Son cae a. oan Fred. Grant was married in Chicago isst } ‘ ' AIL ; But your course doth stand awaytfrom lan mae re ae ind fal fn cate? she sauna } ee eee ’ _ Write: | seek to \ iss Honore. ; al alepprayewede ayifrom land, seinned him f om head t> fo t. id foilasleep, L watched her until [ slert i says, @short time ago, and contains 20s are m ; DAY, tith WAY ‘Wel, Mrs. Boyle, is the pricozer the | t»9; the last time I remember secing tb: | quarto pages of bad print. At times th ‘rermany Proposes the adoption of ar In- , : ee the tempest blow and the y rildjwaves } ow, Ss : —e —— se ' Monday. We Friday 9 p Mond,, We j Nova Scotia, Qatario, Quebec, New Br'ns- wick and United States, [Every alterna menclag reat Britain via Halifax, > Supplementa } commenctr Mar @reat Britaia. v Monday. 9 v. Britain, via Ww Manday, | reat j Mma i(Mond , Wed... wnAsErid | : 2 : States, } Friday, 9 p.m. | 10-30. 5. m me A fated manit bears.’ * ‘ » ole ee ” lenet Yiotiatn kt a a ; | Newfound and and = West a : as Great iritain, viaiSameas Great Britain, | ** Upon the deck, and on the mast Indies, bs us jot aa oes Halifax, The ever falling spray Summerside and Medi- gy 4¥, Suncay exeepied, 9 Daily, Sunday excepted, 2 | Is borne by the blast, and freezes fas Pp. in. ate offices, Guutenere end \0 . rn es | ‘Till the ship is an iceberg gray — Tignish, A *f- y Canes fay Saturday, 9 D.m cae Frida ” ov i aan ms oe ae pale ond _— tom, de, : ee gale ene Bestera —St. Peter's. Souris, 2) Monday, Tharsday, 9 p.m Wednesday, Saturday, 7 p.m. | ~ Gain the troubled ai tin eaten mcanel ~Marrsy arbor {M milas, Thuracday, 9 in, (Wednesday, Saturday, 2 .,| ‘' And one plays for the dend of hell, Belfast, & CLOSE. on May at > oh Mh. ternate Sunday, 2-40, p.in. ; sia i! 8 Sanday ex Pen 3] aily, Sunday excepted, 9 Dally ; 5 ; ; ; The ship is stout and strong, And safely to the port will go, Let the voyage be short or long — cl ait »° | «Come, tell a story of the seas"— A comrade asked the master, “With this gallant breeze, yon may rest at ease, The sea-mew files not faster.”, dnesday snd m. Monday, Wednesday. Friday. 6 p.m o£ Frid., 9p.mjMon., Wed... and Frid 19-30, p. m ute Friday, com Pridav 15tl About every “altern * > oy . " ’ ‘ a rhe n fill the giusser gil aroind,’ } | | ' ' ' is i | \ | | “The well-pleased Master cries, Sut. ry mallevery al-| uiday. commmencing at. | , ‘ yal ir AY, onmmmneetsng. Sat- | * And I'll tell what ts found in a ship that j Urdav, loth May. 19 DD. mi is bound : 1g Sunday ifth i | To no port till the last man ales. lerta sede kin ‘* There floats a ship in the northern clime ‘ } That has drifted a hundred years { > . ednesday | Por a fearful crime, till the end of time. Aud one redeems from sin, nan wh» took your back parlor?’ | *Lem.’t justly say eo. [ shouldu’t 3 quent y his face was tied up; but I think t shim.’ ‘ Will you swear it is?’ asked th> Judge, * No», sic—my lord, [ shouldn’s lik» to d that, because of the tooth and the hai, but | fe-| a’ most ce tai ag it’s bh m.’ * Very well, you mas go duwn,’ said the barrister, wa'tng a woment t» see it Jacge—who in thove days wh n prisoners were not allowed c unsel, acted as gach for then—wi-hi t: ask the witvess any furth-r wesin,ad thar glancvg at his bri f, *K itharine Nusent !— al Kathrine Nu- get!’ Asthis name evhord tiroug’: the court, the tie priso.er might Lave been seen t) turn vale, the turnkey L’03 ins to become nerv- ouxa d fiigetv, aod Mr. Grove, who was sitting below on the attorn’y’s beneh, rest- ess andexcited, None of all those so ne:r- ly interest d in the nee lock-d perfeetiy unconcerned but Mr. Ash~ ey. 8 the witness’ name save One aporoaching evi » was called, he rapid glince to the dovk to see that M’Evoy and H skias were rightly place ed, and then begaa tu study a b ief which he had brought: for th» purpose, No one Bedeque—Tryon. Cransud Monday, Wedn ssday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, And the dice they tell as they fall from the &¢., an 2.30, p. m. shell ; Brackley Point —'ovehear Monday, Thursday. & a.m. Tuesday, Friday, 9 a. rm But neither yet shall win. &e.. oe a . Pisquic! —Joknston's River Fridar ”, Pp. m. Friday, 10 a. ; ** And ever there tha dice is cast. a ee. For the fated man to see; Letters to be Registered must be posted @.25 bo, DOth te az eal Rewistratio® Until the last of earth is past ee must be prepaid He sits in agony. Che P ~hage 9 transient Ne Wspapers, and o >efar tty } i , a } me | ** Long years ago I once did sail Letters may be posted ia the Letter Boxes on mall Steamers ap to the time of thelr Far tuto the frozen North, separtare And [ heard a hail like a dying wail, A. A. MACDONALD. Postmas From the drifting ship sound forth i Post Office, Ch’town, P. BE. 1., Oth May, 1674. i at po ny Te renee meee ** Upon the deck, and on the mast, | i . SHEERS (one The ever falling spray ALMANAG FOR NOVEMBER. 1874, BUSTIN BSS ’ ; ? i}: | Was borne by the ae and frozen fas": —_n m emia asian aiden ota Like the Iceberg huge she lay: wOON'Ss CHANGES Day, 1h. Fim., a.m., X New Moon, 8th low horizon First Quar., 16th Das lih.4lm., p.m.. W. Full Moon, 23rd Day, 1). 21in., p.m.. WF . be low h orizen. Tast Quar., 30th De 1am mi., WY. below horizo p 2Ué MOON | HIGH DAY'S eC e., Sets iWater Jsn'th ise | sets Y “«MEUMA A “uM 1 Sunday 47441 949 436 8 3 2 Monday a ws Yr 8S 5} $,Tucsday sO, 88 313 5&6 57 48 #Wedo'sd’y 5 a 3£hsTe 45 S$ Thursday soi 638) 346 «6 SI 42 @ Friday a 8 £0 Ff 7 £0 7 Satarday 66, 32 418 9 40 37 $ Sunday wi St 43w MM 34 9 Monday $3; 2 3 6, 10 47 3 l@Taesday 7 0 26 8 40 11 22 23 {1,Wedn sd'y 37, 621 il 58 26 12 Thursday cs 719 M 23 18 Friday 3 634 0&6 a0 1é Saturday 2 6 U6 hE U1 C8 ig 16 Sunday 71 Se 16 6S Us 15 16 Monday 21M 8 57 1$ 17) Tuesday 20 0 ‘ 2 tl 1@Wedn'sit'y 31) 19 135 & 16 4 19 Thursday 2 18 246 6 31 f 2 Friday ia 8 a Te i #) Saturday is} 4 6 St 8 8 l 22 Sunday id; WTS Fah Ss Be 38 Monday la; 16 823; 10 9 iz # Tuesday 20 3 9 50 10 of uM“ 2iWedn'sd’y, 21; 13 WW &é 11 4 32 26 Thursday 33, 12 11 4 OAD 50 27 Friday os mw As 115 4 26 Saturday 34 31 046 2 3 47 20 Sunday os ii 4 28 45 MiMonday 7 27410 121, 3 49) & 43 SO _ BUSINESS oo SO, : . 2 SHIRBEFP. Anctioneer, Commissio: Merchant, Broken AND GENERAL AGENT. CHATHAM, ~ NEW BRUNSWICK. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. Aug. 3, 1874.—4m Po x CARS ELL BROTHERS, AUCTION... BEN. Commission Merchanis, ANT GENESAL AGENTS. BANK BUILDING. QUEEN STrRES1, Charlottetown, P. E. Islaud a a nee JAMES BRENAN, Howse, Sigu, aud Carriage Painter, Pape Hanser & Glozier SOURIS Wiest. ty Orders will r July 7, 18733 ee ee = ne 4. R. MUHLICS’ Kitchen & Galley, Furaishing Depot. DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF ship Work, 'CUPPERS and Water Closet, Pipes, h Lead, Figures, Deep-sea and Hand- Leads, Lead Cisterns made, and Water Closets fitted up at the shortest rotice CR-IGHTON = =TRE:T OPPOSITE: UNION HWOUss, PICTOU, N.S Ch’town, June 1, 1874.--1y ALSO VULCAN FOUNDRY GhonraGHetTrown. ‘ na STOVES, wholesale and retail. WINDLASS and MACHINERY CASTINGS in general al-: Ways on hand, or supplied at the shortest notice. veoh Paid ns POR ALL KINDS of OLD & SCRAT IRON. J. A. RUTHERFORD & Co, Sune 2, 1873. —ly Georgetows St. Lawrence Marine Insur- ance Go, of P. E. Island. Boar» or Dinectors: ARCHIBALD Kennepy, Eaq.. Presser’ Jouw F. Rowexntsaox, E94. ArteMas Loup, Ese. Raveu B. Peake, Bay. P W. fysvmax, Esq Tuomas Morris, E54. W. D. Srewarr, Esq. Risks taken daily at thelroffice, Pachauge Butlding. FREDERICK W. HYNDMAN, Ch'town, March 16, 1874.—ly Seeretory WILLIAM JAMES SENEY. i i ** Oh tell me does the end draw near? ' : : ; listening with straining senses and “ne |i ng with straining senses and “ner | area bat gaz-d with admirat i ths n-w cosupast of had sesn hm,to ail Bppearance thus @u- g o3e1, could have imagined that he was es, to every sound and Call Katharine Nugest into court,’ re- word, | pra‘ed ‘hoconss I. Aod Katharine came. Not a person throughout that crowded 20 and pity a the box, and as Kate AUOTIQHES 9, AEM CAL BIQKER, | And when will time be done? | raised her eyes to lok upon the Judge, — - . : - FR aOR re | Phere many # year he has watched in fear | they quickly sink again, undor the eloquent AND OOMMISSION AGENT While his soul is lost and won,” iieace which met ie rvs 7. sensi loin i —fFrom Northern Ballads. |" | c : DEALER IN CH _neenmemmenenanen : She was very plain'y dressed, ani ber ray rMArraTre Papin ray \ pe een } ee teh + ' FAMILY GROCERIES, TOBATCD & PANEY 6999 LITERATURE | Jange close bonnet, with the veil, wh'ch, J s . i ¢ 1 . PRINCE ST., COR. OF PORCHESTER, sc tihidaadacageeaaiseiint nae gst [thrown bick over the brm, bhusg heavi'y Charlottetown. - - - DP. B. Island | KATHARINE. apo: each side of hor face, screened the be ‘ a rapil chingee of color from observation. wTT] he OTN A TALE OF WOMAN'S TRIALS. | tx ctemectios sccm eu & al ua oe } he prosecuting counse: wus surprised ane oF Li Riek jJi Fad y | ‘os - : c.3 wewission Werechart asc CHAPTER VIi.—Continued. Sh ae i 7 : i tha hi much~< ey ort— % TrIrOWe TR In balfan hour from the time th lawyer hat, whi'e mu a es ee ee } led a her evidene?, ; d no Hx sQvarr, had left the court, M’Evoy’s t'ia! was eall- | CP°B tee U; Jucnlnid sapere as . YETI and the cou:sel for the C-own, bare ing in vain directed tho cricr to call hin, F.M. CAMPBELL. | wes obliged io procesd, The first witness | Cteae vent Sb ee rcetsraaat | celled was the wen upon whon the pocket- | | book Fad been found, and who had turued v,| King’s evidenve. fi gn positively swore to hiviog been with | M’Evoy upon the nrght of the rubbery=to having kept watch at ths bottom of the | siairs leading to the room where the girls, | fromewiom the mon y was tien, siepi—t wenn nnenerem- | COURTING the notes. and assisting to chang- them—-an? finely, to receiving the pockets JOSEPH CREAMES, = o—w recaiving i _ | book with his shere of the plunder, Physician & Surgeon, This was decisive ; and a conse! having | | CiZY HOTEL, | finished his ex:mination aod dismiss dt e| | witners, rubbed his hands, and bowed coms | | | TOWN. 1 ‘LAND ; ed on COM MISSION AGICEN'T, MOUCZIONE FRE BROK + EBINITY CORNED, Giagaeiess, & AGENT FOR TUE Standard wife iasurance (0, Sept. 3, 1873. ly CHARLOTTETOWN. } : | fortably 6) too ju ymen. Tne next witness Patients attended to at all hours; and con- | wasthe land ady of tke houee where Mr, sultations given to poor gratultously onj qg ‘i ici t j : i mat) grove had J .dged, and in which the :obbery MONDAYS, from 1 to 4, p. m. - an ae ey April 20, 1874.—tf. had been ¢ mmi ted areca AUR | Sho dep sed to the fict «f the Groves} B A H 6 i ij i G li § b jk ing inter rooms—of the visit of all the | y| family butthe «ick dauvghter and her cous! PLEASANTLY SITUATED ON owe ; F | sin > the theatie upon the night in question | Noth Side Himg’s Square, | —o her goirg to bed, and being edled up St. John, - - - New Brusswick.| >y her servant, who told ber that Mes| J H. RUSSEL, PROPRIRTOR — was dyin, and the house had ben | ys ro\b-d—o* her running immediately to the | HERMANS & SON, | nvalid’s room, and findnz it oceuped by | | the doctor «nd all the Groves, who bad just | | arrived, ad her vainly trying tolearn s m= thing of the robbery from these who were | distractedly watching the bed of death. * You learned nothing then, cf course?’ | | igi if: } {i (; Y i m n. vine dei -daagers, Gin ald Tinga QUEEN STREET, said the counse!, ‘ but the next day, when | poor Miss Grove was daud, what bappened hen?’ RB to return their thanks to the g i i ‘I queetioned Miss Nagert, who had been | vablic for the liberal patronag to them since their commencement in business, and ask for a continu ed ance of the cian, “Thee Goes Genelands oa hand: eaering her cousin all slong, and who was} vs a likewiee in the room while the robbery was} A NEAT ASSORTMENT 01 ; i TINWARE, KITONER UTENSILS | OT" The err Bat tone 5s | ‘s ? . ‘ , ' ; SESE? | for was af.eid you see, that me or mire | &c ade de | might be suspected, and my house get a bad | Ail orders in the abov ¢ ss ™ h°) game, end so I asked har, plain and straight» i punctually attended to ' ‘i . tt os ie 4 Hoving lately made large purchase: ae forward, if it was ans body «s -~ d seen bes Cheapest Markets. intended fi | fore? andebe said no, bat House Bailders, such so Gas Fitting, Water Ciosets, Rell) Fitting, &e. Xe, We are prepared to se!) them at Rate Low as can be had tn tle city, eud will fit them up ina good workuiaiuline style To & generous public we would say, tha alj orders inthis branch of our business will be attended to with d: spatch. A Jot of First-class WATER COOLERS onhand. -aver s Crystal Blue sold cheaper than ever Noy. 11, 1871.]} ‘Stop! my good lady. You must nit tell me whatehe said, but what cameto your oxn knowlecgs. In consequence of whst | you heard, d.d you make any search ?’ ‘Yee, I routed allover the hensr, ‘speci= ally in the back parlor.’ ‘In the back parlor? and wiy there par- ticularly?’ * Because i'd let it but a few days beforr, and the mon was missing directly afer the -ovbry. I saw iim just os I went t» bed «t tweive o'clock, and h- said he wes goirg to bed too, 6 he was tired; and when I woot to call bim, af er the a'arm was giver, he was off, aod my b.sband’s water, os h.’d hung in the front p.rior, wus off tao.’ ‘But did you kaow that your lodger wes going ; tad be not given notice?’ ‘Yes; IL knew he was to leave next day, beoan e he only took the room for a week, | and pad me every farthing that vi_bt bes ee : ; | fore I went to bed, be+ides a trifle for his , ROO REREING iit bnchon | rgkfah vest marie bat of coe luteral subjects, thorougly taught and ; rac- never thoagbtof Lim going cif in that pro- tically applied by means ofa mitcus fashion.’ Complete Course of Actual Business, ‘There was @ stsireate going up to Mics engaged in by all Greve’s chabmer, from aa old lumber room attention riven to ' next to the ba_k perlor, was there not?’ BANKING ARITHMETIC, eamiPaatincame . gal : ‘Y¥oa." } winches santa an 7 ‘ Had your lodger access to it? I mean, & as Commercial College. WEN'S SUILDING, WELSH & OWE!.’S Qneon Strect. Charlottetown. hATON. FRAZEE & REAGH, PROPELTOR Phi LiL PU eosin DESIGNED ‘I Educate Young Hen for Business “a> the students Partieniar } | whieh the Having obtained the necessary instruments, TRLEGRAPHY wil be Tanght hereafter, in add!tion t Eatou & Frazee’s ARITHMETIC (revised edition), Eaton & Frazee’s BOOKKEEPING | and Blanks to accoinpany same, constantly on hand. A liberal discount to the trade. Business men and others interested are cordially invited te call and examine our | systeni. ° COAL: Vietorta Mines, Swvdnex- iar above Mices are deliveriog a superior asiicle thia seasou, quite free from slate, trom @ depth of 135 feet below avy provious| Year, We cay recommecd this COAL to con- Samers aod dealers, acd feel confident that it Will give satisfaction. _ The Company are eanbled to deliver largely vo delay i ir vo y in gettiog their cargo. Prices $3 for Round, $1 for Slack. ox sixty days or 2] per ceet disceuat for aaa Chtows, Jose 8, 1974—ar pe tee ae previous years. Vessels will have | by Dr. Napheys. Hovurs—4 «. m. to 12 p. m., from 2 to 4, and 74 to 94 p. m., until the opening of the Evening Clase, October Ist Circulars containing full particulars will >» the other branches. } be sent free to any address, on application to | T. B. REAGH, Principal. | Chitown, Jan. 5, 1874.--tf 10 and the “ Physica) AGENTS WANTED—Maie and Life of Woman, ” both Agent's’ profits, 3150 to '@250 a month. ‘Testimonials from most eminent Divines, Physicians and Editors iu America. Immense sales everywhere. Send for Terms acd Circulars to C. W MITCHELL, St, John, N. B Jan. 12, 1878, Fe- | male, forthe “ Transmission of Life,” ' i could he go in and ou: of that lember room when he pleased.’ ‘Y.s, there was no lock on the door. ‘ And the door at the foot of the etair- case, was that locked?’ ‘Mo.tly ; but on Thoreday,as the robbery was on the Friday, the man asked mo? for the key, to sot a mousestrap on the stair’, as be said he couldn’t rest for the vermin,’ ‘ And you gave it, of course. When did he return it ?’ *‘ He never gave it back to me ; I found it in the d or.’ * And the trap?’ esked the covnsel, laugh- ing ‘ did you find shat teo? ‘Neo,’ 'Ooly plenty of chaff, eb, Mre. Boyle 4 Weil, well, we're ali apt to be cavg't ne pp ng torvetimes! Then after Friday night, at twelve o'clock, when he said he was goiug to b.d, yon never saw your lodger ? ’ + No, sir, never.’ ‘ Well, see if you see him now. Look at 4 to bully her—a mehod of proceetiig t bir ol theas diys Was more prone iben at presont. Le looked rou:d for the attorney and ordered him to be called, but in vain. Poor Mr. Jackson was a: tha’ very moment Waiting impati ntly in « little coTee shop near Ho:semonger Lana Grol, to be conduct d to his new client. Al! thia, of courss, Mr. B aschamp did not know; and thereore, alter on ang’s delay of a minute or twe, during which he f-izncd to be ocenpied with hie brie’, he went on. : The rhort irterva] }ad been employe! in administerisg the cath to Bathari.e, and as she iiste e7 to the svlemna words of acjara- tion co hastily ratiied over by the cria —~ ‘Toe evidence you shill give to the court afd jiry sworn be:ween our Sovereign Lord the Ki g. and the prisoner at the bar, shall be the truth, the whole trath,and nothing but the treth, so he'p your God!’ and hei | tie sacred book within her tiembling hand, | te first wisgivirg of the righteousness ot | her promisce=h fi st agon fed pang of terror lest she should be ied on to break it, came over ber. eally shivered with fear. * Your name is Nugent—Katharioe Nu- gent ? asked the counse!. ‘Is is.’ ‘Yon ave the niece of the prosecutor, I think, aad were with bis daughter M+:y upo Sie} then ght of her death; she died in London, | I teli- ve?" ‘Yes.’ ‘She died in Peland Street, at the bouse of | Mrs. Boyle, uvon the 15 bh of April, the night upo? which rou Were robbed ? * Yee,’ ‘Ab! sh» had beeaila long tire, I have understood, und you were her only purse, were you not?’ ‘ Generally, ‘That was rather ha:d upon; you did no! epj y your London visit much, I should fear, nor see many of the sights? Tho frivolity of thesa speeches annoyed Kate, and sie rep ied rather angeily — ‘I ceme to London to attend upon wy coasin, end I had n» wish to go out.’ *Very amiable indeed!’ said Mr. Beaus ohamp, who rjoieed to see that he had thrown her cff ber guard; ‘out others were n: t so selisdenying; 1 believe that her father, | mother, and sister, were at the theatre the very night she died, were they noi? ‘I have heard so’ ‘ Poor girl! then no ene was with her but you, al that night, from the time her family went until they returusd ?’ ‘No.’ ‘Were yo: not alarmed at being left alone with h-r ia sucha dangerous state,—of course you would not d.re to ecep 7? ‘Isiept when she did’ answered K te, wondering, a8 ail the court © cd, tec, »bat could i-duce the counss! to ask euch questions. ‘Tam surprsed at that; watchors ssidom trust themselves to sleep, for th y rarely awake collected; they ere coufused for a few minutes, not quite knowing what is going on about them,—at least, so I have heard.’ Katbariae bowed; what could che answer to such irivolous remarks ? Sho wae growing | impatient, a d betrayed it io ber petiish res | ply to the neat qacs ior. ‘ Bat pe:haps you, who are 89 prtert a nurse, excel in thiv, asin all other good qa ties—you do not awake balf unconcious aad b wildered ?’ : ‘No; I believe that Lam as mach in my senses whea I firs! avake, os at any other time.’ ‘[.deed! that is Then sapp sing your cousin bad sudden'y ax aked and wan'ed you, of couse you would have recognised your aucly or aunt, or sny one wh m she might hive employed to arvuse you? * Certainly,’ replied K:te innocentiy, bot seeing the drift of the lawyer, who wae thue protecting bimselt fiom the possibility of ber d fence being tbat she lad been awakened from sleep and was too bewildered ty recog. nize the robber. ‘Very well. ‘Then sow, Miss Nogent. bave the goodness to discribe to me, a8 well as you can remember, the circam*enccs O that night. At about what time did you res tire to rest *” is remarkable. like | to swear, because my lodg>:’s hair was re}, | ad besiles he’d haf a tovth out. and con- | who | watch, it was less than a quarter to eleven.’ ‘How ons do you sup vse you slept ?” ‘Per hip: two hours.’ ‘And wh taw>ke you?” | «A noig> in the room’ | « Whot was it ? ** The strugzie between my cousin and some | person wh» anpeared to have entered ‘hroug!, | an unas d door.’ | + Did you know the person ? *No! This reply. firmly bet gently spoken, evi- | dent'y os oni-hed ‘h+ ¢ unset. | *No? Upon your oath, Miss Nugent, do you mein to say thatthe man wh> broke int your room, and stragged wth your dying cou in, was not known to you ? ‘Ido mean to say so.’ * Toat you had never s-en bim before?’ * Never.’ ‘Oh. nonsenes! You don’t underetan! my jeestion, «rforget that you are upon oath. } 1am contd nt'y sesuced tiet you did keow ' the mar. Pray remember tha’ you are ew rn!’ ‘Ido. Lunderstand sour question per fee'ly, and I do nct forget th t [ am sworn to } so.ak the trath, and tuerefore [ repeat again I nercr «nw the man beaiore, nor did 1 know hm! The cam, deliberate mancser in which Kate spoke, impressed every ose with the corviction that she was telling the trath, and the coanse! having already elicited the fact | ing to his assistance any one of his inter- ternational Maritime Code. Captain Mayne Reid the well-knowa no- vellst, is dangerousy ill. Steerage passage fares from New York to Suropean ports have been increased to $20. | book has the air of beinga true diary — jot | tings, that is, not meant for publication ; | at others it becomes, however evident that | he wrote the thing simply for the sxke ot | having it published. The style is through | out of the very poorest descrip! : to + The King-ton, Ontario Board of Trade i Persian the book is on that acco: utterly {| »ondemns the proposed reci ; : ; : -T) | condemn posed reciprocity treaty. unreadable. A Persian, indeod. mighi » P y y The Council General of Nice has passed a ~esolution expressing the profundest attach. nent to France. A special to the 7mes says that a famine | think the book was written by a foreigner | with buta scanty knowledge of the lun | guage, and this is partly true, for the Shal | hardly knows the Persian language, liaving | up to his eighteenth yaar spoken nothin, | Prevailsin the Russian provinces of Kbhorsonm but Turkish. The Shahs de-criptions of snd Bessarbid. | some of the wonders ne saw are verysmus-| The Argentine States are still in a state of jing. When there is anything which h: | ‘ivic comotion. Some of the Navy vessels | tuiled fully to cowprehend, he says, ‘It wa: | ve gone over to the Insurgents. | wonderful,’ er “ We cxnnot write en ex An offici ting clergyman in Ohio iately | planation.’ Trivial occurrances he dilate: | performed the marringe ceremony in upon witha quite remai kabie eloquence hyme without apparent reason. } Impor:ant eveuts he tinishes off with a few Virginia, Tennessee and North Caroline words, Regarding beautiful and high: born | 9iij contribute 720,009 bushels of peanuts ladies; Emperors, Kings and Queens, he says very litle; but on negresses, Japa- nese jugglers, cafes chantants and i.indrec subjects he is quite communicative, The book is full of absurdities and tlunder which he might easily have avoided by call to the world’s happiness this year. The German Minister at Lishon was rol8 bed by brigands in Spain’ of §10, his watch ind valuables while en route for home. George Brown has received a challenge, by postal card from ‘ Long Steve,” a Cali- formian to row st San Francisco for $5,000 a side, Vr. Quinton, warden of the Penitentiary at St John, N. B. has been superanuated ie will be sueceeded by Mr. Ketchum, of -<ame city. The twin or double bull steamship Ca:- falc, buitt to overcome the rough sea the English Channel. hsa been tested, and neither rolls nor pitches « The Turks in Montenegro continue their outrages on Christians. They have killed preters tis, however, perhaps better that he did not do s9, for he might thus hsve spoiled for us a highly deiightful treat After taking farewell of the King of the Belgians, the Shah embarks with «+ Loranson Sahib” (Sir Henry Rawlinson) on board the Vigilant, Captain | cClintock, ‘“ known through his several voyages to the North. pole Islands." ‘¢ aimires the Vigilant more especially the good things to eat in the state cabix, there “ peaches, white grapes, small very sweet miclons, the grapes were from hothousea, 2nd very dear, Were that sho always awoke from sleep perfeet'y | collected, hid dep ived himself of the porve: | | of now easerting, or @-timatimg, thet in the | first mowests of awaking, shy wasto bewii- | dered to reeogaiza even a friend. His mas neovring bad turnsd ! gait bimeelf. i nee MRSS a Or j Referenca has more than onea | been | dospatches to a mat- i ter which cannot fail to be made the subs | } The Gor, | ruade in our Ottawa ject of a Parliamentary enquiry. ernment, it would seem, have lately bes | come possessed of some land in- or near} Monire der circumstances which give | 5 to grave suapicions. Letters received | ; form us that the transacs | . waded among well-intormed peo. SiLY 10 ple there ina way which reflets discredits ably on all the parties concerned in it, Itis loo ed upon as somewhat extraor- | dinary that the Government should require | just at the] this land for public purposes j when it had fallen into tue hands moment of eome of ita most ardent supporters, und when, whether by collusion or not we shall! it t not venture to say, its value was repres; what many persons hold to be} purely fictitious figures. An article which | } : . i ie | peared yesterday in the Ministeriai or. | organ, published in Toronto, gives point to | ‘the deprecatory remarks which are current | in Montreal, although that paper seeks to/ the transaction the shield of a! which it unmeasuredly our Toronto contempor- | land ia valuable even in | throw over ulntive mania, ) e5 Ss Lys ‘* No double the environs of such « city (ontreal), but when we read of half ofa property bought 2 igo for $240,0 0, being sold | - 20 } t i for $498,693, we | the result of such things. ! vid for 35 cents the square | ; a few weeks fhe other day | begin to feai When land iss foot, or upwards of §13,00) the acre, in the | ; outskirte, wise men will think twice bes | ‘fore investing.’ We have here a refer-| ence to the particular piece of land out of | avetvial which, it is charged, prominent Montrea! j of the Government made a} great deal of money by collusion with mem | bers of the Government, with whom they; bave close business relations, or are inti- mately connected by other ties, Ws be- no doubt that the two men who closed the bargain with the Gorern ment were M. Jette, one of the members | for Montreal and a warm personal friend | of M Fournier, Minister of Inland Rev- | enue, and M. Laflamme, the business parts | ner of Lucius Seth Huntington. President | | of the Council. The Toronto organ admits | that the land was bought by Jette and Co. | $240,000 and supporters lieve there is i } ony that the half of it reported to have been eold to private parties realized $493.694. | ‘a few weeks ago’ for These sales may have been bona fids; but | then again they my not; and it is hinted they were not. It is not denied that what. | ever portion of the land the Government | have been induced by the repreeentations | essrs. Jette and Laflamme to take for | publio purposes has been purchased at the extraordinary high figure which is repre- ‘sonted by the alleged private eales. This is certainly a most suspicious circumstance, and apart from any other fact whatever | muat redound to the discredit of the Minis- | try. Had they required a site fora public’ | building, ora piece of land for another pubs | of ' | lie building, ora piece of land for other pub- | lic purposes, they cught to have exercised | foresight enough to have avoided paying | | they could have obtained the same for ‘1 | few weeks’’ before. | action is of a worse nature than this; it ears, prima facta, all the appearance of 1 | very disgraceful job, in which not only the | ublic treasury has suffered, but the honour | compromised. We have no desire to press | unduly { the test of sworn evidence may be largely | capable of explanation; but we have no hesitation in saying tiat the Government have made a sorry bargain, to the evident pecuniary advantage of M. Jette and his friends ; and we are equaliy free to declare that the whole matter is ofa nature impera- tively calls fora searching investigation by | special committee of the House of Com- |mons. Mr. Mackenzie's expressed ambi- tion is to “elevate the standard of publio morality'’ and to “conduct public affairs upon principles which honest men can ap- preve, and by practices which will bear the light of day.‘ We desire that this suspici- us transaction should be judged by the Premier's ‘standard.’ We are strongly impressed with the belief that neither pri- vate nor public ‘ morality’ lies at the bot- tom of it; that it has been conducted upon principles which no honest man oan ap- prove, and is the consequence of practices which will not bear the light of day. Let us have the thing probed to the bottom Nothing short of the most searching enquiry willnot satisfy the public. | very goodslooking young man, with smal) ! | to write about England’s agriculture, it is | known all i; and men | ingham, i trainer in ( alifornia thus writes us ;— i towday more than four times the amount | | proper management and kind treatment But we fear the tran- | of several of our public men is seriously | circumstances which when put to} eight ontenegrines and some Saxon resi. fente near Podgoriza, and burned a vil age. It is expected that the trial of Von Arnim will begin early in December. Bismarck will be principal witness for the prosecution. Che taking of testimony of Priuvce Hohenlo- he at Parts, and Prince Biemarck only re- mains tocomplete preliminary enquiry . ‘Wuo'tt Get He?" or, “A Rare Bird at Large "’ is the subject of a capital car toon in Grip. The bird ‘has a face like Blake’s wears glasees, and has in her bill the Aurora speech. Mr. W. H. Howland is herd by trying to put salt on the bird's tail; Mr McKenzie, at % greater distance, is wistfully trying to de the same, and so is representative Tory. while @ cage is seen that of Vr Brown, from which the bird has flown. The idea is quite poetical, und well executed, St. John Jelegraph. Mastopos Bonre ix Micmeax,—The Adri- one bunch of them cost wo france lle arrived at Dover, where the Duwe of Eilin- burg, Prince Arthur, and thers came to} meethim ihe Duke of Edinburgh is a! beard and blue eyes’- in parenthesis he add- that heis very tall. * Prince Arthur is not 50 tal’ has a thinner face, and is smaller made than his brother.’’ On the road from Dever to London, noticing the fine fields of Kent, hia Majesty saya, * It it not necessary over the world.” They pass “Shelshurst”’ :this like most other Euro- pean names, in Roman character); a whee) of a carriage catches fire, and we were near ly all burut.’’ The crowd at Charing-cross was end ess and calls fortn the following : “London has some very handsome wo men; on the countenances of both romen are depicted nobility, grestness, dignity and strength: it is evident that! an[ ich.) 7imes say thaton Tuesday, 20th England is a great nation; the Almighty } ult., as Oramon Tutt'e was engaged in dig- has to them especially given power and | ving a ditch en bis farm at Seneca, about | iwelve miles south of Adrian, he discover jedan immense bone, probably that of a mastodon. Further search revealed sundry ability. sense, understanding and educas tion; no wonder they have conquered a country like India, and possess considerable ; colonies in America snd in other parts of | other bones and pieces of bones, whe whole the world. Then he sdmires the English! forming uite 8 collection of interesting army, especially the cavalry, but deplores | relics Mr. Tuttle took to Adrian @ tooth the smal! number of the latter. Next cay / about four inches square, and weighed one he went to see her Majesty at Windsor! and one-half pounds, ‘This tooth is broken Castle- he again sitson a chair. and - the off at the base, but the enamel on the upper Lord Chamberland having brought the/ partis perfect. \r. Tuttle also showed order of the Jarretiette,’ it was given to | three pieces—about nine feet in all—of « him by her Vajesty’s ‘own hands’ He in| rib, of which perhaps a foot or two has not return * gave the Persian order of the Lion yet been found tre found, aleo, a horn or and Sun, with his portrait mounted in tusk which is broken offat both ends. This diamonds.’ He sees Prince Leopold very | is eight feet seven inches long, and three young and good looking ' attired in Scotch | feet from the butt end, measures twenty. costume, this he explains as ‘a costume! two-and-one-half inches in circumference, ; tt ho one a ape ‘ a i. Piney a igen hic Vne | Nor sarmrigp ver,—It appears thet the langhter of the Queen, sixteen yeara of | . are. is always in the house and not vet | *tatesmen and miltiary leaders of Germany came | are not yet sutisfied with the militery de- Da i | development of their country. A bill ie to His Majesty has tried to enlighten bis) be introduced into the German Parliament countrymen on the subject of Engtich party | to render every able-bodied man in Ger- politics ; |mane rot already included in the line, He went to see Lord Russell, — who, al-} reserve or landwebr, liable for military though so old, has still a strong intellect, | service, The men intended tobe brought and belongs to the Vigh (Whig) party.’ | onder the operation of this measure are, For the enlightment of his Persian readers | however to be called upon for service in a he goeson; ‘Itis necessary thatitshould | aase of emergency,and thenonly for 10m be explained what Whig is. i } and other lightduties, Shoula this bill be- istere of tne English Government are dis | come law Germany who is formidable al- vided into to parte. The party which is | ready wil be fairly armed to the teeth. 1 now in office is thatofthe Whigs; at their | is sad to think that auch a precaution ie heid head are Lord Gladstone s* Prime Minis~! to be necessary. The prospect in Eu ter, i Lord Granville as Minister for | is truly a menacing one whether there peace or war. An armed nation whether and Foreign Affairs, and other ministers. The | necessitated to fight or not, 1 ® terrible | costly production other party, which thinks contrary to the former, is called Tory; at its head are Disraeli and Lord Derby, and others, | Whenever the former party gets removed | from office, all the ministers and others are replaced by others of the second party Tur Pursiqve or me Royatry or Evaorr. —By ail the iaws of the phsiologists, the Royal caste, which intermarries much, which is bred unavoidably in luxury, and whieh lis at east as dissolute as any artistocratic group, ought to be losing ite physical vital- ity but itis not losing itatall. The eove- | reigns, actual or potential, of Europe, would | make a formidable equadron of dragoons. |The Emperor of Germany is perhaps the finest man, physicilly, who has reigned / since Charlemagne. Any colonel in the | guards would accept bis son as a most hope~ | ful recruit. His nephew, the Red Prince, | is ag formidable a husgarasever rode The | Emperor of Aurtria is as stately of presence ! as an idealking. The eldest Wittlebach isa | wild rider, who delights in furious midnight galloping. Te Prince of Wales, whose | pedigree stretches if not to Odin, far past | Evbert, rides as st aight to hounds as a professional whip. The King of Italy, the Ds iGRICULTURE The Californian sheep are treated with a bath of sulphur and lime dissolved in water e2a cure for the scab. Dr. E. Lewia Sturtevant of South Farms p Mass., says he has ascertained, from actual trial in wintering 130 fowls, that it takes one quart of grain per day for every ten fowls, between Noy. 1 and April 30. Proftessor Buckman seys “there is not a particle of doubt that for mildew, whether in grapes, hops cr cucumbers, sulphur is the best remedy.'’ He recommends dust- ing the plants. Solution of one ounce of sulphur along with lime in iwo gellons of | water killed the plant to which he upplied | corenet of whose ancestors was closed be- it. Ifthe solution is used it shouia be! fore Charlemagne died, is a successtul greatly weakened. | chamois hunter, a good cavalry officer, and It is sn amusing instance of folly to see aman for whom denger bas an actual charm. | Hia eldest son is as strong as himself and circle of ground around a tree, supposing | his youngerson, A madeo, a man of reckless that the tree derives any benefit therefrom, | personal galantry, The eldest Romanoff The roots of # tree are known toext nd at | is almost gigantic and endures uncomplain- least a distance from ths stem equal to | ingly fatagues which ty the constitutions of the height of a tree. The circle that | his aides-de-camp. The bourbops seem should be cultivated around an apple tree | more worn but one of them, the Dued 15 feet high, should therefore be 30 feet in | Aumale, is the very type of the cultivated diameter. The cultivation of a circle three | but over-stearn General ; Don Carlos ie mix feet in diameter might disturb the borer | feet one ; another, Don Carlos’s soldier or other insect pests, but has no influence | brother, is a Murat ; a third, the Comte a’- upon ‘the roots whatever, Eu, is believed in Brazil to be a General of Krxpyess Dots It, ~—An experienced horse unusual capacity ; and a fourth served with distinetion throughout the ¢ ranco-Germen war persons carefully cultivating e very smaii In reply to your letter, I would say that | the education of my colts has in a great | measure been accomplished by ‘ind treat- } ment. The horse is so constituted that by ; aad HOUSENOLD HINTS. Dror Cares. Put six well beaten eggs ; “int + ie m ; | bis confidence and affection may beacquired | ‘tO ® point O° thick ¢ chick oo ae to such a degree that his will becomes com- , *!t, end make it “8 st éf atter wi | pletely absorbed in that of his friend and | soe tht te. in small cupe fifteen or twenty i trainer. I will say fuither, that the horse | Mputes. ' naturally possesses a far greater degree of ; Roast Luca on Lams.—Let the fire be lintelligence than he hae been given | moderate, and roast the joint slowly, basting | eweit tov. : \ it frequently till done, when it should be ‘teases Harness that is touch | *Ptinkled eer ealt, and the gravy freed ee ee ali fat before serving. | used generally becomes rough on the inside | — Revove Muzew.— £ the parts of surface, particularly at the edges, with 4| 1.) roth that are mildewed in two parta of collection of moisture. perspiration, dust | . {and dandruff, which, if not removed, may | Very soon roughen up and wear off the hair aud chafe the skin, making it very sore. chloride of lime to four parts of water, for about two hours, or till the mildew then thoroughly rinse it in i disappears : ' clear water, | Aithough it may not have the appearance | “ 41... Sarce.—Chop os finely as possible « ate th gl, % S Very RON, See Bee quantity of mint leaves previously washed. be foamed So. Se compares - gonna 1 | Add to them sufficient white vinegar and |emall watery pimpels. Great care should) | yo. in equal parts to float them. and a be taken in currying, not to come scross! | oy quantity of powdered sugar. Let the bapwenaes sauce stand an hour before serving. | Prevention of cruelty being our motto. we, Rurrpars Jam. Four pounds of rhubarb | should suggest that the harness be kept soft | three pounds of lump sugar, and the jui¢o and free from this accumulating of dirt, by | of two lemons. two ounces sweet almonds, scraping and washing often, and by shifting | and chop them finely ; cut the lemon-peel ‘the harness that itmey not come in con-| yerythin. Boil all together for three hours | tact with these tender spots.--£zchenge. —afrer it has come to boiling point ; stir fre- | To Ou Hazwess.- Filla large sized toiler | quently. lor sugar kettle with water, say within two) Sovp.—Cut some new carrots and some | or three inches of thetop. The water must | new turnips in the ehxpe of peas, put them be hot, just so that it will not sca'd the in separate saucepans with enough stock leather, in an operation similar to dipping to cover them, and a pinch of sugar. Keep candles. The oil or composition is put into | them on tbe fire til the stock has all boiled the water, which of course will remain on | away, but mind they do not catch or burn. the top; you then double up the lines, | Cook some peas and asparagus points in the leaving a short trip to hold by while you same way. You should have equal rer dip them into the vessel snd out again ; tities of these vegetables. Cut out of let- all the other parts to be served in like man- | tuce and serrel leaves pieces the size of a Now it will be seen that the leather sixpence, and let them have one boil in ner. passes through the grease before it comes some stuck. Put all the vegetables so pre in contact with the water, which has no | pared in the soup tureen, a few eprigs other effect than warming the leather just of chervil, pour over them tome well flaror- ' sufficient to absorb the grease or oil. ‘ed consomme and serve.