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was longer unknown than any other country of similar extent it was first visited during the seventeenth century and in the latter half of the eight teenth century was explored along the coast while in 1788 colonization began by the transportation of a shipload of criminals to fort jackson the interior of the oduntry is a plateau studded with groups of small mountains and there are higher ranges parallel to tho east and west coast there are some excellent and large harbors in var ious parts of the coast- but the greater part of the shore on the north the west and the south is low and sandy nearly all around the coast and the east part of the continent is a rich grazing country well adapted to the rearing of sheep of which there were 64500 000 in 1ss7 sheep farming is the most important branch of industry in the country- speaking generally one of the most notable characteristics of the continent is its scarcity of rivers and freshwater lakes there are few rivers of any considerable size along the whole coastline of 8000 miles and in one strip of nearly 1500 miles on the sonthcoast there is not a single water course there are many small lakes but numbers of them are salt and those that are fresh are more like marshes than lakes be ing dependent for their supplies of waiter on th rivers and floods in the rainy season the entire central part of the continent is a plain so destitute of water courses as to be almost desert the continent of aus- tralia extending over twenty eight degrees of latitude has of bourse considerable div ersities of climate but far less then those of any other great country- in the southeast ern part the rainfall is pretty good and the heat of tho summer season is tempered by the sea breezes the mean annual temper ature is 644 deg fhr the province of victoria has a similar mild character much like southern europe the mean temper ature through they ear at melbourne is 58 8 deg fohr the central and western parts of the continehthowever are very dry aid intensely hot in the summer months tho continent of australia is divided into five colonies fnew south wales victoria queensland south australia and western australia in the mountains minerals abonnd comprising gud copper iron and coal in large quantities silver mercury tin zinc and others in lesser amount all the settled portions of the country areintersebt- od by railways extendingto nearly 6000 miles and with about 59056 miles ot tele graphic wire connecting all the principal towns the productions of the different colonies include wheat and all other grains with all the vegetables and fruits of temper ate climes the total population of aus tralia was estimated in december 18s8 at 280088eii ici the leaven worked george washington johnson stand up yes sab judge yes yer honah did you steal the chickens well you see judge it was die way i went toi church and de pason he preached a sermon ourrrf i i j what has that got to do with btoaling ehickens i wasgwihe to tellyesah yesee the pason preaohed a powerful sermon on steal ing and kind owaked me up to my sins sahi a little leaven sah he told all about it he said that the leaven would work and make saints of all who heard de i word and hi but did you steal the ohiokens j i gwine to tell yer judge as fast as i can der leaven begun to work bnt it was like auntdinahs yeast mighty slow an lazy and fore it got its work in i done tuk de chickene but i nebber do so no mo de leaven will work how and i done steal no mo ohiokens you heah me judge j then you think the leaven will work mr johnson i 1 yes sah so do i leven days call the next cabe san franoisco call tun immiwinwinmoa i 1 mrs she was all right 11 yrf i ghaatorpo mrs- thoughtly i was surprised 6 hear that your oldest daughter is engaged to an irish tradesman mrs thouyhtly perfectly true hes a tlunber and owns sir largo shops he takes us all to europe aftertho wedding you have my sincerest congratulations i a jnif r jj jauinhabi hostess and so you really believe the moon to bei inhabited professor profes sor enizmaohen y ah veil i do not say zt butzsre is mil moon in vich zsre mus be vnn man hostess and which might hatfibe pray j svy za vat you call it rz3 honey moon 1 btih frf i uij thas6nwhyvj the querist was a sprightly youth wbywould a barbervather shave three irishmen than ohe german asked he you give it up itvpf course you db well because hed get forty fivo cents from the three irishmen and only fifteen cents from thegerman- 1 i waenes oh oahada bxtiaett from mr warners letter lm bar- pera casadiass chabactebised a distinct sips kbithks ekoli8h sob american i have been told that the canadians are secondhand englishmen no estimate could convey a more erroneous impression a portion of the people have strong english traditions and loyalties to institutions bat in manner and in expectations the canadians are scarcely more english than the people of the united states they have their own colonial development and one can mark already with tolerable distinctness a cana dian type thai is neither english nor ameri can this is noticeable especially in the women the canadian girl resembles the american in escape from a purely conven tional restraint and in selfreliance and she has like the english a wellmodul ited voice and distinct articulation in the cities also she has taste in dress and a certain style which we think belongs to the new world in features and action a certain modiqcation has gone on due partly to climate and partly to greater social inde pendence it is unnecessary to make com parisons and i only note that there is a canadian type of woman but there is great variety in canada and in faot a remarkable racial diversity the man of nova oooti j is not at all the man of british columbia or manitoba the scotch in old canada have made a distinct 1mjkession is matures asd speech aud it may bo baid generally in eastern canada that the scotch element is a leading and conspicuous one in the vigor and posh of enterprise and the accumulation of for tune the canadian men as one sees them in official life at the clubs in business are markedly a- vigorous stalwart race well made of good stature and not seldom hand some this physical prosperity needs to be remembered when we consider the rigorous climate and the long winters these seem to have at least one advantage that of breed ing vivile men the canadians generally are fond of outdobr sports and athletic games of fishing and hunting and they give more time to such recreations than wo do they are a little less driven bjr the business goad abundant animal apirits tend to make men goodnatured and little quarrel some the canadians would make good soldiers there was a time when the drink ing habit prevailed very muoh in canada and there are still places where they do not put water enoughin their grog but temper ance reform has taken as strong a hold there as it has in the united states the ieehkg abotjt the engltsn is illustrated by the statment that there is not more aping of english ways in montreal and toronto olnbs and social life thanjin new york and that the english superciliousness or condescension as to colonists the ultra- english manner is ridiculed in canada and resented with even more warmth than in the united states the amusing stories of english presumption upon hospitality aire current inj canada as well as on this side all this is not inconsistent with pride in the empire loyalty to its traditions and institu tions and even a considerable willingness for human nature is prety much alike every where to accept decorative titles bnt the underlying faot is that there is a distinct feeling of nationality and it is increasing french canadians the solid factor in politics over the bord eb nothing will surprise- the visitor more than the persistence of the french type in canada and naturally its aggressiveness guaranteed their religion laws and language the french have not only failed to assimilate but have had hopes maybe still have of making canada french the french nation al party means simply a french consolida tion and has no relation to tho nationalism of sir john maodonald so far as the church and the french politicians are concerned the effort is to keep the french solid ts a political force aid whether the frenoh are liberal or conservative this is the under lying thought j the province of quebec is liberal but the liberalism is ot a different hue from that of ontario the french reco gnise the truth that lanquaqe is so integral a part of a peoples growth that the individuality of a people depends upon maintaining it the frenoh have escaped absorption in can- ada mainly by loyalty to their native tongue aided by the concession to them of their civil laws and their religious privileges the frenoh have alwaysbeon loyal to the english connection under all temptations for these guarantees have been continued united state and most of them are inter national the plumbers the bricklayer and stonemasons and stonecutters the typo graphical union the brotherhood of car penters and joiners the woodcarver the knight of libor are afnliatsd there is branch of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers in canada the railway conduc tors with delegates from all our state held their conference in toronto last sum mer the amalgamated society of carpen ters and joiners is a british association with headquarters in manchester but it ha an executive committee in new york with which all the canadian and american soci eties communicate and it sustains a periodi cal in ne wyork i he society of amalgamat ed eogine builders has its effice in london but there is an american branch with which all the canadian societies work in harmony the cigarmakera union is american bnt a strike of cigarmakera in toronto was snp ported by the american so with the plumb- ers it may be said generally that the soci eties each aide the line will sustain each other the trade organizations are also taken up by women and these all affiliate with the united states when a national union affiliates with one on the other bide the name is changed to international this union and interchange draws the laborers of both nations closer together from my best in formation and notwithstanding the denial of some politicians the canadian unions have love and sympathyfor and with amer ica and this feehog must be reckoned with in speaking of the tendency to annex ation the piesent much respected mayor of toronto is a trade unionist and has a seat in the local parliament as a conservative he was once arrested for picketing for some such trade union performance i should not bay that the trades unions are in favor oif annexation but they are nob afraid to dis cuss it there is in toronto a society of a hundred young men the greater part of whom are of the artisan class who meet to discuss questions of economy and politics one of their subjects was canadian indepen dence i am told that there is among young men a considerable desire for independence accompanied with a determination to be on the best terms with the united states and that b between a connection nvith great britain and the united statbstbey wojh prefer the latter in my own observation the determination to be on good terms with the united states is general in canada the desire for independence is not after ihoughts on retaliation the real feeling on the subject in canada i happened to be in canada during the fishery and retaliation talk there was no belief that the bstaliation threatened was anything more than a campaign meas ure it may have chilled the rapport for the moment but there was literally no ex- citement over it and the opinion was gen- eral that retaliation as to transportation would benefit the canadian railways the effect of the moment was thati importers made large foreign orders for goods tu be sent by halifax that would otherwise have gone to united- states ports the fishery question is not one that can be treated in the space at bur command naturally can ada sees it from its point view to a con siderable portion of the maritime provinces fishing means livelihood and the view ib that if the united states shares in it we ought to open our markets to the canadian fishermen borne indeed and those are generally advocates of freer trade think that our fishermen ought to have the right of entering the canadian harbbra for bait and shipment of their catch and think also that canada would derive ah equal benefit from this but probably the general feeling is that these privileges shonld be compensated by a united states market the defence of the treaty in the united states senate debate was not the defence of the canadian government in many particulars for instance it was said that the outrages had been disowned as the acts of irrespons ible men the canadian defence was that the outrages that is the most conspicu ous of them which appeared in the debate bad been disproved in the investigation several of them which exoi ted indignation in the united states were delared by a cabinet minister to- have no foundation tin faot and after proof of the falsity of the al legations j the complainants were hot again heard of of course it is known that ho ar rangement made by england can hold that is not materially beneficial to canada and the united states and i believe i stats the best judgment of both sides that the whole fishery question- in the hands of sensible re- presentatives of both countries npon ascer rained facts could bo settled botweencanadi add the united states it is not natural that with e gland conducting the hegotia- wlbxlet8 president cleveland ha vetoed the direct tax bib sir charles tapper ha reached otta wa vicepresident morton i said to h paid 95000 for the bell mansion in washington which he is fitting np r hi own nse a panic was created ar guayaquil on sat urday night by a severe earthquake check equador also had a shaking rev t l thomas o the first baptist church at carlton n y ha been juled on charge of forgery the report of a conflict on the ratso- afghao frontier is cffbially denied from 8tf petersburg the german government has decided to prevent dr petera emin biy relief expedi tion from proceeding into the interior of africa mrs john graham of london has died from smallpox and there is considerable consternation in the locality where shedeatb occurred the man who suicided in madrid has been identified ss richard pigott w h gladstone who was on saturday said to be dying has improved mrs althouse the attica n y sleeper has entered on another slumber mr geo r parkin leotured imperial- federation in vancouver saturday night the manitoba railway scheme has been practically killed in the manitoba legisla ture lor uicko guarantees nave peen coniinuea mw wtwi juiiauu vvuuuuvwg viw w whioh could scarcely be expected from any tions canada should appear as a somewhat harness geo minks has constantly on hand light i heavy harness collars saddles c b stouffvillehmain street all orders prbmptly attended to repairing done cheap stouffville other power and certainly not in a legis lative union of the canadian provinces in literature and sentiment tho connection is with france in religion with rome in politics england has deen the gnarantse of both there willbeno prevailing senti ment id favor of annexation to the united states so long as the church retains its authority nor would it be favored by the accomplished politic ns so long sis they can use the solid french mass as a politioal foroev i-aj- i pi fiil the virtual rulbr canada mr- war- ners impressions of sir john mac- donald j for many year sir john imacdonald has been virtually a ruler of canada ho has had the ability and skill tj keep his party in power wtiiioall tho provinces have re mained or become liberal i believe his continuance is due to his devotion j to the national idea to thai development of the country to bold meatures like the urgency of tho canadian paciflo railway construe- tion for binding the provinces together and promoting commercial activity canada is proud of this even whito it counts its debt sir john is worshipped by his party especially by tho younger men to whom he furnishes an ideal as a statesman of bold conceptions and courage ho is disliked as a politician as cordially by tho opposition who attribute to him the same policy of adventure that was attributed to beacons- field personally he resombles that re- markable man undoubtedly sir john adds prudence to his knowledge of men and his habit of never crossing a stream till he gets to it has gained him the sobriquet of old tomorrow he is a man of the world a well a a man of affair with a wide and liberal literary taste a force thai makes for annexation labor organizations in the dominion these are in affiliation with those in the irresponsible litigating party berit on secur ing all that she can get but whatever the legal rights are under treaties or tholawjbf nations i am sare that tho absurdity of mak ing a casus belli of them is as much felt in canada as in the united states and i be lieve the canadians uriderstjanc thavthis attitude is consistent with a firm maintea- auce of treaty or other rights by tho united st tes as it is by canada i the future oe canada development pn the line of british connection if one would forecast the future of can ada he needs to take a wider view than personal preferences or the agitations of local parties tho railway development the canadian pacific alone has changed within five years theprbspectsbf thepolitlj cal situation it has brought together the widelyseparated provinces and has given a now impulse to the sentiment of nation ality it has produced a sort of unity which no act of parliament could ever create but it has done more than this it has changed the relation of england to panada the dominion is felt to be a muoh more im portant part of the british empire than it was ten years ago and in england within less than ten years there has been a revolu tion in colonial policy with a lino of fast steamers from the british islands to hali fax with lines of fast steamers from van couver to yokohama hong kong and aus tralia with an allrail transit within brit ish limits through ah empire of magnificent capacities offering homes for any possible british overflow will england regard can ada as a weakness t it is true that on this continent the day of dynasties i over and that the people will determine their own place but there ore great commercial forces at work that cannot be ignored which seem strong enough to keep canada for a long time on her present line of development in british connection charles dudley war ner in harpers magazine for marob 1 how jim misjudged a stranger yes im in mourning said the mtn as he carefully removed his hat and gazed at the pieoe of orape which hid the band its for my brother jim who wa planted obout five months ago siqklong- not a minnit accidentally killed then t you might call it accident bnt it wasnt it was a case of misreading human nature the man tenderly brushed some dust off the crape put on his hat and after getting good and ready started out with me and jim had a ranch on the rspnb- lican river out in kansas i didnt amount to muoh but jim was a dandy could judge a hoss or a steer a mile off he could size a up a man as quick as you ban halve an apple didnt know what fear was and the injuns was as afraid of him as death ive pat up a 300 monument at his grave and yon can judge by that he must been a- pretty good man well 1 well late last fall when we had a stock sale at the ranch a sort of tramp catne along and got in jims way jim run over him and they had some words the tramp wanted to fight and the boys put jim up to skeer the liver out of him im free to say i didnt like the fellers looks there was sumthin back of his everyday look which had o jjleam of danger in it jimsized him np for a runner and when 1 said the chap would fight jim whispered pete ye never knew me to be wrong ill skeer him till his har loosens at the rpcts to make a great spread of it the boys fastened the two together by their left arms ar d gave each a bowie knife they thought the tramp would back water when lit oame to the tying but he didnt he was thar and didnt even turn pale it was agreed that they should fight at the word and the word was held five minutes to let the tramp wilt he stood like a rock and jim oould nt baokjyou see without losing charaoter 3 and they fought it wasnt much of a fight jim was as bandy with the knife as any man within a hundred miles but he stood no show in tbat rumpus the word was given the tramp made a lightning motion and the next thing i see was jim dead on the grass bis head cut almost off thar wasnt bnt one llckstruok i and and what j nothing muoh the tramp ontied hb- sclf and walked off as coolas a barlof ice and we planted jim on a knoll back of the mule pen what did the crowd say said that iny brother had better btnck to readin the charaoter of mules and steers and let strangers alone and i agreed im in mourning fhr jim bnt i allow that he bit off moren he could chaw and he shouldnt a done it crapo looks well on mousecolor dont it its a reminder that in the midst of life wemayburk npthe wrong tree l kt if v a home in her btookinijb a lady who visited hooleys theatre the other j evening suffered throu jh the first aot of the play with exceedingly tight shoes when the curtain fell she confided her suffer ings to her husband and he suggested that she slyly remove her shoes till tho perform ance wy over this aho did and the con sequent relief afforded her allowed her a proper enjoyment of the other aoc when the curtain wont down for the lost time she discovered to her horror that 1 her feet had oswollen in the warm atmosphere of the house that she oould not get the tipht shoe even on her toes as they had only to walk to the tremont house and as the lady had on blaok stooklngs her husband told her t do the shoes np in her programme and walk along as though nothing had happened this she did and they started to move out slowly with the crowd the lady walked along oomfortahly nntil near the door when she suddenly began to jump and cavort around as though mad her stockinged feet bad struck an exceedingly warm regis ter and the heat had onrlod her feet out of shape daring her brief sojourn on it when she struck the stone sidewalk outside a ohill replaced the feverish feeling and when she reohed the tremont she swore never to wear tight shoes to the theatre again chicago herald ci j an instance of presence of mind approach ing to the horrible occurred in the grand theatre glasgow miss rose lee while singing a love song saw a flyman fall head foremost from the files to the stage a distance of twentytwo feet she not only continued her song bnt moved forward to the front of the stage in order that the cal cium light which was direoted upon her might not reveal the form of the dead man to the audience