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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1886-1-7, Page 3• "IIIS EWE ODOD MOTHER FROM HER EASY-OHAIR WATCHES BABY •MAURICE ON THE;FLOOR. ' While thue amid his blessings hemustthink " Unhappy men !think you that I have come Of perils passed, and shudder at the brink Wtth juagment to condemn you? What am Of one bleok gulf, the dark remembranoe I ?' makes Says Maurice, as he, puts the bottles ;by, What is seem 'brighter '; as he sometimes And tekea the sink Man's het dry h -rid in bis. wakes "Afellow-man. to whom all miseries At midnight from the hi .eons dream, to Through his own sin and suffering are made press known ; More closely his dear present happiness. Who censures no man's folly but heti own." He hurries on with eared and thankful heart; " And have you kissed Temptation ? in the And of a sudden sees b Jere hint start oup From a by -street the figure of a child, • Of madness drunk all hope and manhood A wretched girl in raga,' who put up wild up ? Entreating bands, and cries out piteously, I am more 'guilty.; yet I am the same " Oh, Sir ! who is there—who will come and Who once, and with some reason, bora the see name My father? He is very sick! I fear—" Of Genius ; for my spirit, in my youth, "My child, I will go with you. Is it near?' Explored all knowledge and conceived all And, comprehending what Babe scarce can truth. • say, And—let me whimper it I had a wife Ke follows where she quickly le ads the way. Won from a pleasant home and gentle life. A violet just opened in the air Down the by -street were red -eyed rum -shops Of a sweet May is not so sweet and fair. glare, And we we were happy, and I loved her Ant with hot breath defile the evening air well ; Where pines pale Poverty, while Vice and And hers was greater love ; snd when I fell, °time She ,trove with me, strove for me, and for- Withlurid orgies vex the hallowed time ; gave me, Acroae the court and upward through the And would have saved, if mighty love gloom could wave me, Pleading with Heaven and men and me my cause. But all my resolutions were as straws That bind a elf epirg lion when he wakes. A stranger come. Why, Sir, for her and our dear children's sakes "Art thou the Christ?" he cries ; To prudence I a thousand times was pledg- And in flhe wan white fete and wondrous ed ; r.+ oyes,'! she t; arfnl tires of fever burnt ` e And ..wieh,that..venom.-thoughh the tooth.is i g ,. "eaboo recalls to Allanburn Which gnaws me here. Bet now her sleep oo - -shop and one long 'ago in resound rasa r ,ve. "Art thou the Christ Uder the buttercups, in the cool ground. While I am burning. Where are you, my girl ? Fide,ia 1 child ! my brain is all a -whirl. I can not see, you well," She nestles near : " Oh, father 1 don't you know me ? I am. here." With feeble hand he takes her thin wan shoulder, And for an eager momert seems to hold.her In his soul's steadfast gaze : he' sees the sad ,And patient little face which never had Its share of utiles ;' mull features, whioh should be All freshness, pinched with early penury. And eyes—still like her mother's, tender blue, Through every trial heavenly deep and true In their affection—at this moment dim With piteous tears, not for herself, but him, He held her there, and fondly gazed, and smiled With tnoarnful pathos : " My poor orphan child! You've had no parent einoe your mother d€ed," • •" Oh, father 1 I have you." But he replied, Of creaking stairs, i Ili-odored with to Wherefrom hist see : 4 Leads to a cold room, ruga and misery, it a main starts. up to'• b' .,co, as amazed he stood, come to do you good." emir . if you be not He. 603t at :ca, Ad -bend will.do for nee. len you w u I am ?—Sir, a loot soul 1 r or rhead _eteovab'a thunder rol 1 mantra -do yet mark it? ' Woe 1 woe ! weir " Mauriet eplied : "e do not bear it so. • It 'aye Pion shall be saved. For Cnrist is here: In me He conree:to 1! ng you. help and cheer, For you and for your :bifid." "For her indeed 1 Anrl, Sir,, I thank you;she has woful need. But I am driven about o desert world`. By my own 'bnrnirg';,' hither and thither ' whirled Forever, a wailing, wt r dering Octet of 'sin, Through reigons where Lord Chtisthas never be n, And yet I was a master once, and taught Divine Philosoph'preached, wrote, and brought Refresbmen some hearts, 1 verily think. New I 1r perishing for a little drink ; it you bear a charitable mind, As I must deem—for in your f toe I find Ascertain eloquence—give me some gin. You'll tell me that has been my special sin : "Your own good father died acme yr ars Not'so i it was the world -consuming thirst ago, For fresher power and larger .life which. first I was that father; but thin man of woe, Fevered my soul; their, iu the sacred name Whochidea, negleota you, makes your dear Off Inspiration; sovereign Opium came. . "heart,bleed, In gorgeous dreams he stalks, the Lord of pray you think it is not I indeed, t .... Tether r should hate cherished this frail Gin. a little page that bears his train... flower, 1 . lamp before us to the feast he goes, And nourished it in gentle sun and shower, a ever, at the pageant's sorrowful close,' .And kept it, with a father's manifold ate off his robes of fantasy, and dream, Fond troubles, from rude winds and wintry And in his naked death's-head grins sup- cold. "You're righ • that little hueohbaok Iasi held ru That other b elle of'iaudanum. To purchaee t •"tit my little girl was dont, Starved thro the street, and :our last. col w et 6 y nt. ' Now cure° `, for a fool, and goeyonr way ;, But in your censure dont forget to say, ' Hn WAS TUE BOUND THRALL or LORD ' Omits.'" 1)4 • "I dreamed jut now that it was Christmas - Amy ; And 1 aawtroope of children at their play, And you among them, and your little brother- He bad not died of ,hanger.' And your mother,, All bope and happy smiles, was at my side. And tenth unutterable love and pride We watched and kept you ever in our sight, And all was happiness and warmth and light. "ART THOU THE er?' IIE Owes," net sou were got,gold or hungry aey more,;, 'You,weie ' like other ohlldfen. 'Then the , roar Of laughing fiends awoke me, and I saw Yfy'derlingShivering on her bed of straw, but do not miud, When 1 am gone, for you, sly;poor-Videie, the.viSion may come true, !'hen you',11r forgive your father, Do ' not weep, i anr, too weak and ill. Now let the sleep," So saying, he sank haok upon hie"tied, And Maurice drew the child aside, and :laid, "Have y,ou no friends, nokindred, you should know, Nor other home to whioh you tiro oan go?" My mother's :friends ; but they are' far away, ' „ Chey would have had me go to them and staye• — Forsake my father.! weeping, oho replied. " But mother left him to mewben she died. ` Be good to him ; be always good and true.' That was her charge, and eo what could I db • ,.rr They call him wicked. Oh, It is not so 1 Buts -good or wicked, thie'is all I know : Jae is my father, and has need of me,!' " And you do well," Dries Maurine, cheerily. Your little heartis very brave and strong. Now wetok till 1 return; 'twill not be long," Five minutes takes hire ,to a coach ; ten more, And he.alights in haste at his own door. There busy hands in ample baskets pack Fuel and,' food, and he is whirling beck ; Finds a physician by the way, and, lo 1 into that dismal obamher steals a Of comfort. , Kindling, crackle in the grate, The table beams with bounty; Where of late Only the rank -breathed emptybottles stood ; While in the child the sense of gratitude For gifts that seem by Heavenly Mercy sent Is lost in wonder and bewilderment. " Eat, ohild 1" But now beside the patient's bed The dootor sits ; and ere she touches bread, Though from long fasting weak In every limb, She trembling welts for words of hope from him. Ae when an Infant gone astray has climbed Sonia dizzy height, and any act ill-timed Of rescuing friends may oause its hold to miss, And dash it down the dreadful precipice, But slowly, step by step, with toil and pain, The way it climbed must it descend again ; So this strayed soulhas groped along the ledge • Of life -o'er -death, till at the very edge He swoons, suspended in the giddy air And only tender love and utmost care And all theskillwhich ever science gave Can save him, if indeed even such can save. The wise physician, seated at his task— His kindly features moulded to a mask Of oalm grave thought, through which no faintest ray To kindle expectation finds its way— Counts pulse, and ponders symptoms, and prepares The patient's powders, while the patient glares Delirious ; then takes leave ; but at the door, Seeing the child's eyes question and implore, Pate off the dootor and resumes the man, And speaks what comfortable words he can. And now•Fidele is pacified and fed. She sleeps, and Maurine -watches in her d Throughsteaweary hours ; till, just as morning breaks, The patient from a fitful slumber wakes, But can not move for utter weariness., "Fidele 1" he whines, in querulous distress; Sees the strange watcher there, and at the sight Gropes feebly in his memories' of the night To find again the half -remembered face. " Let the child rest ; command me in her place," Says Maurine, pillowing the patient's head. " Something I do recall," the aiok man said " But solve me now the riddle if you can : You are, I deem, a prosperous gentleman ; I. the forlorn self -ruined wretch you see, Not worth your thought ; and yet you waste on me Your time and thought. We've met, I think, before? Nay, speak, or I shall only talk the more." " You are a man—enough for me to know I oan relieve a fellow -mortal's woe.. Bat you are more to me than common men. Once, twine, indeed, we've met ;" and how and when (To soothe his patient) Allanburn relates, " That night the subtle circles of our fated' Appeared to touch ; so that in memory I've seen you still, and • wondered what might be Your fortunes since. Dark as they were that night, My own were in a far more evil plight. And I was saved—almost by chance it seemed— So mere a chance that often I have dreamed It was your path of life, not mine, it crossed, And you were saved instead, and I was loot." - The other sighed, " No chance t Our destiny, With its heaven -reaching branches, is a tree h oh rows from little needs in u W i g e our hearts ; The elements strengthen; bend, or rend the parte, And we are sound or flawed, My will was k, The weavery.pithand root of all, But speak 1" " Wbat was my chance or providence ? A book, Which from the counter carelessly I took— A little farted volume, thumbed and old, Bat to my life and need a ,enol€ or GOLD." The dolt man groaned, " Talk not of books to me I Tf they could save, be euro I should not be Thin burnt-out wick ; but a lamp glorified, Set in the windows of the Lord, to guide Benighted srule, to cheer the tempest -tossed, And show the Way of Life, which I have led," C `uoth Allanburn : "Al1 that you say, and more, My author in hie book has said' before. " Goad books are pearl and gold ; yet notikon of 1s fiuilrfed bright the New Jerusalem !'year thou thyself the Voice the prophets 1004 And shape in thine OM life the shining i'lnrd "But :DOW, wo talk toe nlu01t, and a ou Meet rent," •int 'tin pale face.* vivid R1eam'expreseed Surprise,', hope„ doubt, ".I had well-nigh` forget.... That ouch a hook was written. Ie it not ReelReelq Thinkinv and right Living 74 • Maurice cried, "You know it 1' And look almost of And joy into the straege'bright visage stole, "Thank Heaven, JO hue helped a single soul I • • Enough, 0 friend 1 But yon arehere to gain ' A deeper lesson than its leaves oontaiu ;' Singe he whose words can eave, himself may be among'the lose"' " Charles Masters I" "Iambe Be not too much amazed and grieved ; for I Ain happy, and contented now to die;" "Dear soul 1 and have I'ought yon far, and near,,, Cries Allanburn," at last to find you here ? M*'benefaotor 1 'Tis not yet-too:late i All that I have, life, llappinese, estate, I owe to you ; and, help me, Heaven 1 I ye Will pay some portion of the preoious debt In'love and eervioe to your child and you." " I am repaid," Charieb eMasters Said, and d Alongrew deep Sigh of peace. "You bring me And almost make me feel that I am blessed. Cherish my ohild—she has a heart of gold. But ahold'll your prayers andpatience oan not This bruised reed up, and 'make it grow again. Seek not to keep my memory among men, But set thee° warning worde above my grave ; ' OTHERS HE SAVED, HIMSELF En OODLl) NOT savE.' „ (coact unED.) THE LIME -KILN CLUB. • For some time past a feeling of diesatisfao- tion has prevailed in the breasts of certain members of the olnb, although they have. beenvery careful to exhibit no gigue outside of the ring. This dissatisfaction had its start in, the election of cffioere and appoint- ment of committees. A day or two after the last meeting, Elder Juneberry Smith, the Hon. Clingstone Cabift, Shinbone White, Judge Chewso, State Rights Taylor, Lord John Slugge and Prof, Wintergreen Johnson met in a room near the market to talk over their grievance. Judge Chewso offered the following resolution, which was adopted. Resolved,—Dat we hev bin ignominously oppreaeed by de President of de Lime -Kiln Club, an' dat we refuse to take part in any furder puroeedin's of dat club until de res- Ignaahun of Brudder Gardner am laid befo' it fur aokehun. Speeches were made by Shinbone White and Lord John Sluggs, asserting that the honr'had Dome when men of spirit must as- sert their independence or expect to be slaves forever. The name of William Tell was palled up and eulogized, and the eon- epiratore sang revolutionary songs and ate peanuts until a late hour. SPRINGING THE TRAP. The regular meeting of the club opened at the usual hour Saturday evening, with Brother. Gardner on hand to Sound the tri- angle. So far as appearances went all was peace and contentment. Every conspirator. was in his seat, andno action betrayed that a storm was. brewing. . Brother Gardner held a letter in his hand, and wasabout to make some comments when Judge Chewso arose and said : "hisser Chairman, befo' dis heah meetin' puroeeds any furder, I should like to make a few remarks." Brother Gardner looked at him over his spectacles in great astonishment, and there was a buzz of excitement throughout the hall. "At a meeting of a po'abun of die' club, held'a fewdays since," continued the Judge "it was unanimously resolved dat de Presi- dent ef.die ,club . should be axed to tender his resignashun, fur ackshnn;by_;de club." When the Juige sat down silence reigned so supreme that Samuel Shin's chilblains could almost be heard growing. It was a thunderolap in a clear sky. "Did I understand, you to say how many members war present at dat meetin' 7" asked the President when the silence had become positively painful. Judge Chewso stated the number and gave the names.. "An so seben dissatisfied members, out of a total of 284; demand my resignashun ?' querried the Presidentin a voice which had abook-saw edge to it. "Yee, Bah 1" "When a majority of dis club frow out a hint dat a new President am wanted," said Brother Gardner, "no trouble will be erperi- enoed in seourin' my resignashun. Seben members simply repreeent a conspiracy. Dar am no bylaw to punish conspiracy, an' I darfore feel justified in takin' de case in my own hands." He descended the platform and approach- ed the Judge. The Judge called for his friends to rally to the standard and die for liberty, bat not a man rallied. What follow- ed will be blank in the Judge's life. His heels kneel; ed over three stools, broke a lamp, brought down eighteen lengths of stove -pipe and split a door, His head seem- ed to bump everything for ten feet around, and locks of wool went slowly floating to- ward the. ceiling. He was finally pinked up and given a lift through the door leading to the alley, and after the last bumpety-bump on the stairs had died away Brother Gard- ner looked around and asked : "Ani dar any odder pigeon in die hall who wants my reeigneshun ?" "No 1 11 o 1 No 1" shouted every man pspiratorresent,s. including the six remaining con - "It am well I If any of ye change ser mind jiet let no ksow at de net' meetin' 1" "STAND• OBER' HEAII." "I think I kin discover de entire gang widout a mistake,,, said the President as the clamor waved "Elder Juneberry Smith, you may stand ober heah." "I—I down' 'natty like to, sah,,''stam- mered the Eider. „ "I specks not, but t want dem hoofs to be movin' 1-Clifeggtono Caitiff, Sbinhone Whits, State Righte Taylor, Lord John Sluggs an' Wintergreen Johnson wilt follow aster you." emeelveto thes- des- ignated mon dragged th s e ignited spot, each one looking as if he fully depeoted to be hung, and when they were ranged in line Brother Gardner said '1 believe I has de k'rect number. P'rape mime of you may want to make a state- ment?' "Yoe, tab, I doge 1" anewored the Eve in 'borate Every one of the band was ready to turn state's evidence and poach on the others, "I know hove it come about widout an expianashune," continued the President, ' I lute heti my'eye en dens yore el -ape fur de lea' three months,_ Lae' spring 'f'em warooungd'mcllg cur llaK; erg N4 rnan sir heard of one 411 die orrleet he WIA.f►fokx tinldeir fa• plenty lett pat an?god 4lbthes tow' Chea r tyvar' de jot to go. Sonic. axed tam why it Was dot he . h e'rly and late when oddors°didt nufl'in, an' dot set him to thi no good arter dat. - "Elder Smith was workin'I a half a day. Some white n he o:ter hev $2; dat his bps rich on his life blood ; dat he. independence. Ile asserted, semethin' drap. , 1 reeked : 'h a day's work ennui. "Ebery.man in dat line oweem his pre disgrace to llotenin' to the talk of some white demagogue. 'Merry one-streiltietry hevltffi" banged t'' -Rill. You may hev noticed dat, when a cb.'�' `,gets dat way' he also hates honest, Q? $Ie will howl dat de rich am beoomin' .tier an' de poo' poorer, hut he Won'tddlook fur a job to help turn de Eggers de•oA" way. 'While I pity dere yere dupes, day mud' not escape punishment altogether, Giveadam Jones will show each one of 'end de doah in turn, an' I hope, to see 'em all back rude nex' meetin'." time. Brother Jones slipped into'theante-room to put on hie double -soled boots, and then walked hie first victim out, In each Date the hall shook and trembled, as if: a young earth quake was at work, and it is presumed the boots had at mething to do with it,., A FEW WORDS, "1 knowed dose ohaps war' up to aunthin wicked," said the President as the plaster, ceased falling. "It am de idler who con- spires. It am de discontented who break de laws, While I down' suspeok dat conspir- acy went beyand de puseens named, I want to say a few words to you all : Demagogues hev made de workingman believe in queer philosophy and dangerous theories; to atrike when he wants more wages ; to boycott when higher wages am refused. Ds odder- hae seen dat he am at de mercy of employee. Eben when his own men am satisfied some odder gang kin conte along an' drive 'em out an' keep 'em out until he am ruined. "Common sense teach• s you dat dis state of affairs can't go on a great while longer. Let's go home." • MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Emperor William will celebrate the twen- ty -fifty anniversary of his elevation to the Prussian throne on the 3d of January. A prince among millionaires has passed away in the death of Vanderbilt. No, one seems to know how much wealth he leaves ; but it seems to be generally agreed. that the amount cannot be short of two - hundred and odd millions. Not the Presi- dent of the the United States, or any king in Europe, held so much power in his hands as had this magnate of Wall Street. Lady Dufferin, who was so popular in Canada, has succeeded likewise in making herself the beloved of the Hindoo people. Itis contrary to the cults of certain eastern people to permit male physiolans to attend to women in siokneas ; and to supply the want so long, and so painfully felt, the Countess heeler a long time been advocat- ing the establishment of medical colleges for the training of females. In this philan- thropic endeavour she is strongly supported by the High Priest of Bengal. The celebrated St. John's Gate, Clerken- well, London, is in course of restoration, having been acquired by the Ambulance As- sociation, in connection with the re-establish- ed order of St. John of Jerusalem. The Hospitallers of St* John, to whose priory this gate was the entrance, had upward of 19,000 manors attached to eight grand priories in as many nations. One of their London manors was St. John's Wood. A Large portion of their beautiful priory at Cterkenwell It as blown up by gunpowder for material to build the mansion in the Strand of the Protector Somerset. We imported the sparrow from his home in a temperate clime, and he has claims upon our charity. The opinion exists that he is a destroyer of parasites and garden insects, but a single look at his beak ought to be sufficient to dispel that illusion. fie is, as far as science knows, simply a useless mem- ber of the creation. We sometimes fer,et, however, that he is a domestic bird, and that in wintry weather he will remain as close to human habitation as the pigeon. Since we brought the little oreeture to a country where the snow covers his natural food sup- ply, we should not forget him, when dis- posing of our orumbs. During the Antwerp Exhibition, lust closed, the piokpookets seem to have bed a high old time. An interesting document referring to the number of these oharacters arrested within the predate of the exhibl- tion has just been published. Altogether 578 men and women have been interrupted in au untimely manner in the pursuit of their handicraft. Claimed by nationalities, the Belgians occupy the place of honor with 231, butthey arerun hard by the Germane with 211. Then follow 63 of Dutch, 35 of English, and 14 of French nationality. The English offenders were, as a rule, fashion- ably attired, and were all found to be lodg- ing in good hotels, while their competitors of other nationalities had to be traced to the slums of A}ttwerp. The New York Tribune Is not to -day the grand, outspoken journal that it was in the days of Horace Greely, its great founder, but its editorial columns yet contain many wholesome utterances. Writing recently of the real wrong done to the nation by some of its best citizens it well said :—" It is not by the political ratoala and vote swindlers that the very existence of self-government in this oouutry is threatened, but by reptet- able, decent and good oitizene. Does any one ask how ? Because they sustain the men who romnit fraud. Because, however notor- loue and ehameleatfrauds may he, the repu- table men of the D:,moeratic party still up- hold them and ere indifferent to them, or ex - pond their first natural indignation in strong words, and then forget all about them, and support the same mon next time, Unless good citizens change their mode of treating !men who aro guilty of political fraud*, no tmprovernont can be expected. On the can- teary, the country must travel the down- ward road with ever moderating rapidity." We do not pretend to decide how well theme remarks may apply to the good mon of the Great Republio, but there'need be no doubt that, with very little variation, they are wall adapted to the poilitleu now taken by hundreds of othorwiee very worthy n:eu in. Canada. It is truly aetoulahieg how eas- ily the honorable elector will wink at whet a dishonorable eud`mean in his party oandi• date. trefortunieteiy the remark holds good if the electors of both parties here, Probe. bly It does invitee the border av well. The bent intareats of the country tnest inevitably surer from such a course, and true petrtkt team ought to prevent electors from support - u tenanoln wrong doing, mete ing and con g g, tro ter what party the mon may bo connected with who' aro guilty of it. oyes Alis l the la..,, •read, , and of my sir• •one ages, Land . f'the 4Pallaoc , the Bruce, Aid countless beroer, btrde and tag's It:bad no plea, for me mine, O elb.v o -room t0 'trod alive 1n, Nor rood • of kindly mother earth For honest industry to -thrive in, IV,, 'Twee parcep'd out in wilte domains, By cruel law's resisitett at, So that the sacred herds 11 deer Might roam the wilderneee in quiet, Untroubled oy the foot of mne Un iii uat:,in side, or sheltering corrie, raLpet sport should fail, Ito .selfish wealth !3a'alsappolited of its gdaery. V. Thadords of acres deemed the clans Were aliens at the beet; or icemen, And that toe g,ouse, the sheep, the beeves Were worthier animals thou yeomen; And hold that men might live or die Wherever their fate or tansy led them, Except among the IlIghiana hil±e Waere noble mothers bore and bred them. VI. In agony of alert tears, ` The partner of my sou, beside me, I crowed the seas to find a home That Scotland cruelly denied me, And found it on Canadian soil, whore man Is man is Life'e brave battle,,,, And not, as in my native glens, Of less Importance than the ,cattle, VII. And love with steadfastfaith in (Tod; Shrontz with the strength I gained in sorrowg I've looked the future in the face, Nor feared the hardships of the rw orrow ; Assured that if I strove aright Good end would follow brave beginning, And that the bread, if not the gold, Would never fail me in the winning. VIII. And every day as years roll on And touch my brow with age's finger, I learn to cherish more and more The land where love delights to linger. In thoughts by day, and dreams by night, Fend memory recalls, and blesses Its heatherybraee, its mountain peaks, Its etre dis and gleno and wildernesses. ix. And Elope revises at memory's touch, . That neotland, crushed and land:ord•ridden, Kay yet find room for all her sone, Nor treat the humolest as unbidden,— Rooni for the brave, the staunch,' the true, As in the days of olden s cry. Wien men outvalued grouse ani deer, And lived their lives ;-their country's glory, Uncle Sam Alarmed. The San Francisco Chronicle' of a recent date referring to the completion of the 0 adieu Pacific Railway, thea speaks of tfi• effeot the new route is likely to have. a . that city and their eastern steamship lines "The fret fast through freight train frog the Atlantic 'to Port Moody, ' B. C, halil reached its destination. It is nnderatoec that regular railway service will not be at- tempted this winter, but early' next spring- s vigorous effort will bo made to open t)ra line for business, in spite of the snow an& ice. The Britisk Postcfiice Department has already given notice to the department at Washington that early next Bummer the British mails for Japan, China and Australia will be forwarded by the Canadain Pacific„ and thence by steamers, which will receive a subsidy sufficient to make the service self- sustaining. Sir John A. Macdonald has left Ottawa for London to perfect the details of the new system. As , the Canadiangovern- ment .has :atready invented something like $120,000,000 in the C,ue'tlan Pacific, and es It es vital for Great Brivein to some a line of communicate n exclusively through Brit- ish territory, between England and Asia, it; may be taken for granted that the enterprise will nut be abandoned from the want~ of money to carry it out The land line and sea lines will he established, no smatter what they may cost, Are we alive to the import- ance of the impending change ? At present the main line of communication between Europe and Asia ie by the way of. New York and San Francisco.' The mails all take thio route, and so do passengers to whom time is an object. Latterly toe. and silk have been fuilowing their example. Now here is m ehorter line orelied. From Port Moody to, Liverpool, via Montreal and Halifax, the dietares is reckoned at 6,226 miles ;trona San Franoisoo to Liverpool, via New :York, 6,450 mite©, and we are inclined to think that a careful measurement would make the difference even greater. Steamers sailing from Port:Moody to Yokohama would have an advantage over steamers sailing from San Francisco of about twelve degrees of north- ing at the point of departure—probably equivalent to two days' difference in time for the voyage. Ite these days, when time is money, traffic invariably takes the shorty est route. Are our railway and steamship companies prepared to surrender the trace between Europe and Auia without a ntrng- gle ? And if they are not, how is it to be re- tained ? If the English once get their steam- ship and railway linea in perfect working' order and people begin to travel over them regularly, the Pacific Moil and'the 0eoidet - tal and Oriental bteamers may just as well be takenoff the berth Sooneror later the, coolie trade, which ie the bust part of their buainoas now, will be stopped. San Fran- cisco will then be the real terminus of our transcontinental system, instead of some point in Asia, which should be the terminus, Thi! arrangement would not be setiefactory to the Chinese, who are shrewd enough to see that the acquisition by tho English of a monopoly ofthe traffic between Atia and America would be equivalent to a tighten- ing of the grip which England now has ore Chtna't throat. The Chinese 'showed by their transfer of their merchant strarners'te the Amerioan flag during the late war that they knew who their friends were and who their enemies. But if we sit by idly watch - leg the English perfect their plans without etirring a hand to strenghon our position, what oan China do ?" +WeM—.•.e Coemophobia, or "dread of the world pro- ems," has been resoled from its enetaphyti- eel exolusiveness, and is to be studied as a nervous disease. A patient eufforine from it is desoribod by Dt. Vance in th.elifedicc Review as believing that "the power of•the: world re a power of evil, and existence a, frienziicd carnival, He is troubled ° eltlr, "irritability of that part of the ptyeeleel mechanism ooneernod in the eleboratlot6 of; intellootumemotlonai ideas," And is general - 15r out of joint with tbo world, temeeremene tat p,edtspoeition being i prime tactor itee the trouble,