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an interestirte fpisode it is told of famous captain that going uhon at a port off which his ship was lying h found his sailors fraternising with some french seamen and as jolly as sandboys to gether the times were critical and war was threatened between the two nations bis britannia majestys it waswhen george the fourth was king representative ex pressed hia emprise when up apake a rare old sea dog sorry air bat wehaint at war now bat when we are wont we fight i an incident in the recent samoa disaster re calls the story when the storm was raging the fiercest h m s calliope was lifted bodily on the crest of a hnge wave and pitched down into the valley below with her prow right on the u s war ship the vandalla ibey were danger- onsly scar a reef to get on which meant ore destruction to both vessels and possible loss of every soul on board the captain of the calliope grasped the situa tion and resolved on a desperate effort letting go all his anchors he succeeded in swinging bis ship arounl and then anchorless ne crowded on all steam for a few moments that seemed hours the good ship stood still as if to steady herselt and then inch by inch she began to breast the fury of the gale and finally worked out of the harbor into the open sea the crew of the u s ship tremoa were anxious watchers of this fixht against the dements and as che calliope slowly passed cheers loud and long were heard even above the howling of the wind and the angry roar of the waters which sounded like the ravings of fary ooreffc of her prey had not captain kane cast his anchors adrift and taken the heroio measure that he did the vandalia would have been crushed right there and then and it was for this that the trentons men cheered they knew that if the engine of the calliope refused to work the fires del- uged by water refused to burn a link of chain under the tremendous pressure snap ped or the screw failed to whirl the cal liope and her 450 men were lost irretriev ably lost with the abandonment of their anchors they did indeed almost abandon hope for even in shelter they could not have rode at peace how then could they have offered resistance against the storm it was an heroic and noble act and deserving of the cheers that echoed over the anger of the waves ana right heartily were they returned for out of the awful darkness and confusion came the cry three cheers for the trenton and america and then fol lowed the sound of 500 lusty voiceb in unison who can bay there is not something enno bling something inspiring in this exchange of courtesies in the midst of danger but if their two nations were at war how those gallant souls would fight 1 a hovel idea a brooklyn theatre manager baa capped the climax of realism on the stage by having a genuine safe blown open by genuine bur glars in the course of the production of a melodrama at bis theatre last week the gentlemen whom he has engaged for the purpose spike hennessey and kid mccoy by name have a national reputation as artists in the safecracking business and the best proof that they are experienced burglars is to be found in the fact that they have each served several terms in state prisons mr hennessey is said ts be a graduate of lafayette college and to have come from one of the most aristocratic fam ilies in philadelphia he was one of the principal operators in the wellknown northampton bank robbery mr mccoy is not so well descended or educated but he enjoys the distinction of being considered by inspector byrne of new york the most skilful man in his profession out of prison the enterprising theatre manager who has secured their services at great expense claims not only to have struok a novelty in the dramatic line but to be doing something for hia country in the way of criminal re formation he states that messrs hen nessey and mccoy neither drink smoke nor gamble and that they attend church regu larly his undertaking seems to contain suggestions of vast and farreaching possibil ities why not for instance have all the embtzzleib and defaulters now in canada given permission to return to their native country for the purpose of appearing in their special lines on the stage manhood suffrage the newfoundland legislature has just passed a simple manhood suffrage bill the qualifying clause of which is as follows every male british subject of the full age of twentyone years who for two years pre ceding the day of election has been a resident in this colony who is of sound understanding who has not within one year of the election received relief as a pauper out of the publio money and who has never been convicted in due course of any infamous crime shall be competent to vote for the election of a mem- der or members of the general assembly in and for the electoral district within which he resided for one year at least immediately preceding the election provided that a tempory absence from the district within the year aforesaid shall not be helj to disqualfy an elector this is very similar to the qualification un der the aot adopted by the new brunswick legislature at its present session patksts ocorad patent attorney and xpert eitfdl8o7 donald csldents co toronto a sexto sobsims roams hoxs to ilumloate j tt pathway of ufa- olriog the beet thoughts of all lands in cheering words to comfort kncoung tod inspire toe fathers mothers smi in diugh- ten of our land edte by wlter scott tall with an introduction by kev j ha eal d d a volume of s75 selected genu in frae anl poetry from the writing cf the tbiott author of all lands terms liberal wm brigqs fabuther toronto ftuie libek atltv of ivtxe sam give i erery citizen a right to a free farm frm the publio land you have lorn intended to lock thlt matter up why not cow a treat bedy cf rasa oovaxmctt lasdhas just betn opened or settle- allan line boyal mail steamampi saoldz dodo winter tram portland ererylbcraday and halifax erery saturday to urerpocl and is sum mer from quebec every saturday to liverpool celllnx as londonderry to land mail and pueenxers tor scotland vd ireland also from baltimore via hali fax am st john n to liverpool fortnightly during summer months the steamer of the glas gow ones sail during winter to and from haliffax portland boston and philadelphia and doting earn- mer between glasgow aed montreal weekly glasgow and boston weekly and glasgow and philadelphia fortnightly for freight paauge or other information apply to a schumacher co- biltjmore s canard as oo halifax shea a co stjohn ned wm thomp son a cc st john n b allen is co ohlcai meot along the st paul minneapolis manitoba lova a alden kew york h bourller toroo- happily however there appears just now little danger of any more serious calamity than that recorded in the collision oi tho ships of war impelled by the elements an agreement has been arrived at whereby germany england and the united states will each only ba represented at samoa by one ship uctll the matters in dispute have been settled thus out of the jarring of the heavens has come a more amioable feeling a feeling by tne way shared in by the na tives who forgetting their hatred of and quarrel with the stranger flocked to the beach on the ocoasion of the storm and gladly lent a hand to rescue the survivors from the vessels that were wrecked just as providence saved great britain from the power of the armada in the time of good queen bess so did timely intervention in the days of her most gracious majesty queen victoria save a possible conflict between three great nations at samoa and bring abouc an improved state of relationship should members be paid in england a discussion has been in pro gress on a proposal that members of par liament should ba paid tho proposal is made by a worktngmens representative who takes the ground that it is of little good giving the great mass of the people the right to choose their representatives when the area of their choice is artificially limited and when it is as easy for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle as it is for a workingman to enter the house the objection to paying salaries to members of parliament is that it would in england put the people to an additional expense of a million dollars a year besides having a tendency as one of the members of the government said to cause that degrada tion of politics which has taken place in prance and in the united states this is not very flattering to the two republics but it is not going too far to say that there is ground for the reflection in the british parliament the only members paid are some of the irish nationalists and a workingmans representative and their salaries are not paid by the country but by the subscrip tions of those whom they more especially represent as the british parliament sits on an aggregate about nine months in the year it is an expensive matter to be a mem ber of it the result is that representation is for the moat part confined to the upper class the british parliament is about the only legislative body where representatives receive no pay for their services members of congress in the united states are al lowed ave thousand dollars a year and mem bers of parliament in canada are allowed a thousand in addition to whioh they receive mileage and a tiunkful of stationery economy in farming- six months or more ajo in an artiole which appeared in bradstreets mr ed ward atkinson pointed out that the ten dency in america was to reduce the cost of raising wheat to a point which would abso lutely forbid of foreign competition no mat ter what rate of pay might be given to for eign farm laborers indeed if they worked for nothing he doubted whether their com petition would be of any special value this conclusion on his part was largely based on the results of certain farming operations carried on in california where farming had been almost changed from an agricultural to a mechanical pursuit within the last few weeks this same authority has received re ports from california which not only confirm what he previously said but seem to indi cate that the development of american farm ing in the direction of extraordinary econ omy is going on at a faster rate than any one could have thought possible one of the california farmers who has wheat fields of several thousand acres in ex tent h sent on a statement of the cot of planting and harvesting his last crop this was all perforred from the ploughing of the land to the sacking of the wheat by a great and ingenious piece of mechanism and from firut to last that is ploughing harrow ing seeding cutting thrashing winnowing and bagging the wheat the cose did not ex ceed eighty cents per aore the yield of wheat in california depends upon certain climatic conditions a reasonably wet win ter and early spring give to the farmers the assurance of a bountiful harvest while the absence of rainfalls at critical periods may greatly reduce or probably entirely destroy the crop bat assuming that the average yield is from ten to fourteen bushels to the acre whioh does not seem to be an overestimate the labor cost of producing this grain under the conditions referred to above is insignificant in the ex treme eight cents a bushel would be so low a labor cost that the hnmblest ryot in india could hardly hope to hold his own against it mr atkinson has received assurances that the farming machinery which permits of such results can be readily used over a farming area which in the state of california alone is equal in size to moro than half of the area in ths entire united states now given to wheat growing an unhappy family perhaps the most praiseworthy proceed ing in the centennial ceremony to be held at new york april 30 commemorative of the adoption of the united states constitution is contained in a proclamation just issued by president harrison when washington was inaugurated in new york april30 1879 services were held in all the churohes mr harrison wishes that pious act to be imi tated in the coming celebration and his pro clamation asks that the people of the entire country repair to their respective places of divine worship to implore the favor of god that the blessings of liberty prosperity and peace may abide with us as a people and that his hand may lead as in the paths of righteousness and good deeds repre sentatives of all the creeds christian and hebrew have asked to have this observance a unanimity in national affairs which ac counts for much of the unions strength there are some large bonnets in pictur esque oldfashioned dunstable and cottage shapes seen among the tiny toques and cap otes of this spring whats female beauty but an air dirioe through which the minds all gentler graces shine this may be good logic in poetry but in real life the minds allgentler graoes shine to better advantago when enclosed in a sound physique dr pierces favorite prescription is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leuoor- rhea excessive flowing painful menstrua tion unnatural suppressions prolapsus or tailing of the womb weak back female weakness antoversion retroversion bear ingdown sensations chronic congestion in flammation and ulceration of the womb in flammation piin and tenderness in ovaries accompanied with internal heat watchpockets are no longer in use the watch is slipped in the corsage the awestruck audience gazed on the figure gaunt and gray twas the murdered king or the ghost of him and hamlet was the play his hour was brief he said he must go ere light of day to the place cf torment prepared for him till his sins were purged away railway in montana i is rich and gently rolling pine and hard wood timber is easily accessible clorttream water the countrv it i the natural home of bcrse sheep and cattle large crepe can be raised withoutirrgation great veinaof coal are plentiful this is what von want thii is the last body of tree land in the united stats suitable for grazing and agricultural purposes for further information pply to f 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that it is interesting to hear what he has to say in his defenoe in a recent interview with a now york re porter gen greely the famous arotic ex plorer and now ohief of the united states weather bureau said the publio expects too much ten years ago the making of an occasional accurate weather prediction was a cause of much wonder the publio has come to watch the predictions very closely and is more and more exaotiog if ws should now make a prediction of the kind in vogne a few years ago the publio would laugh at it wo used to offer predictions such as partly cloudy to cloudy and similar indefinite forecasts now we have to come out openly and declare rain or no rain this it is impossible to do with complete noouraoy again we have to make our predictions for a large area suoh as eastorn now york for instance which in cludes a district many miles in extent it may rain in new york and not rain in al bany the areas of rain are irregularly dis tributed while our geographical limits are fixed why if you should tako weather reports from different points in tbis district at the tame moment some might report rain and others no rain and it would very likely be difficult to determine with these facts before yon whether it would be the more proper to report rain or no rain forthn entire district so sometimes we predict rain for a certain area when iu many parts of chat dis trict it is likely to not rain lives lost at sea wonld pierces purgative pellets prove in his case then and there dr pieroes pleasant purgative pellets have no equal as a cathartic in derangements of the liver atomaoh and bowels small pleasant in action and purely vegotable for sprine walking dresses gray drab and fawn with either white or black trim mings are always in good taste the waked truth whilst truth was one day bithlng in a limpid river falsehood happened to pass and noticing the garments of truth on the bank of the stream conceived the idea of exchang ing hia clothing for that of the bather who oamo r om the bath and mourned the loss sustained bnt disdaining falsehoods garb has since gone naked through the world whether the origin of the expression the naked truth is mythical or otherwise it is universally known to be the naked truth that dr pierces golden medical discovery has no equal as a enrative agent for consum ption lung- scrofula bronchitis chronic nasal catarrh asthma and kindred diseases of the throat and lungs for entire costnmes tho favorite greon is preferred in grayish shades but for trim- mint white or black dresses and for other purposes of decoration tho brighter greon shades are chosen consumption sorely gored to the editor please inform yonr readers that i have a positive remedy for the above named disease by its timely nae thousands of hopeless cases have bf en permanently cured i shall bo glad to send two bottles of my rcmody fru to any of yonr readers who navo con sumption if they will send me their exprest and p o address rospy ta slocum mc 164 west adelaide 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