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ERIE MEDICAL COli thiffalo, N.?*
THE FARM,
The Care Of
The °axe of poultry is jest aa difficult to
obtain minds as that which is neeeSSary iu
the breediPg and handling a the domestic
aelmela , The aillerence lies may in the
magnitude of the husinees. In botlx eagles
the strictest eatenttoo must he given to the
details. A wtiter says : As the meson is
now upon us S lieu the countryman is using
his Mined endtevers to induce his hens to
lay their full limit of well developed, fertile
ogee,' in order to supply his egg trade and
those for his owe use, e few hinte from a
prectical standpoint may not be cad Of
PIROB. As the breeding sok are usually
yarded in rather small pens. tee first prime
necessity is te keep them strong, active, in.
dustrious and healthy. We find no method
in our years of experience more setisfactory
than the following: Provide a eceatehieg
pen near by the roost 'house, Keep the
floor e or rune,iittered eix or eight, inches
deep with dry straw, chaff, leaves or obey-
ings from the lumber mill. ID thie a small
ntllett buckwheat, s
quarity of gain, such no oats, wheat,
The New 'Worn 'Undertaken by the marine
ior iwell scattered,
eerly in the morning. This, grain, -sifting Departm ent, and its Conductor.
dowo through the loose litter, oteneels the Intimately coneeeted with tile efforts
fowls to work end ocratch for their food. now being made to make Canada the greet
This keeps them aotive.and strong, instead highway across the American continent,
of sluggish and unhealthy, RS a heavy and between Europe, Asia and Australia,
morning feed geven daily is sure to inspire, are the surveys in progrese Bind now being
Crushed bone and aharp grit are abate exteneed, of the tides and. currente ef the
lute neoessities and shoeld be kept before greatWatertvayabothenoureaaternandvveet
thein at ,all times. Fowls must have it, RS ern coasts. This matter was brought under
it is the teeth with whioh they grind theft the notice of the British Association at its
food. In many parts of the country where meeting in Montreal in 1884, by Dr. John -
there is no stone the supply of atiarp gravel son, of McGill College. .As the association
can be obtained by going to the runs and had already interested itself in similar ob.
streame and 'heeling an occasional load. servations in other pities of the Entiiire,and
We also use all the broken crockery we SS Canada is eminent for the greatness
can lay hands on, and break, it up to the of its inland waterways, while the know -
size of wheat grain. Some writers advo. ledge of the tides and currentwhich
nate kroken glass for poultry. Don't al- embarrass navigation in them wa.s very
low this. Keep ell glees out of their reach. imperfect, the -subject was warmly taken
We have had some experience in that line up by the assodation, and a committee
and want no more. All the sour milk from was appointed which was afterwards
the house is given to the fowls; it makes aided by a committee of the Royal So -
them thrive and keep healthy. Two or lady of Canada, Dr. Johnson acting as
three times et week fresh lean meat scraps. convener of both committees. In this
from the ibutcher shop are also givene way and by deputations and petitions
Keep plenty of pure, fresh 'water befor representing the most important shipping
them at ,all times, winter and sutniner. In and commerciaj interests, the inetter was
winter the water should be given warm. urged upon the attention of the Orovern-
Always be sure their drinking utensils are ment, and eventually action was taken to
perfeeely sweet and clean. Freels require the extent of instituting sorne tentative
an enormous quantity of water, and it tidal observations at a number of stations
should always be within their reach. under the managemeet of Prof. Carp:noel,
of the Meteorological department. A fur-
ther step has now been taken under the
auspices of the Minister of Marine, in the
special employment ,of Mr. W. Bell Daw-
son as engineer In charge of the work and b
in preparing for careful observations with
the best inetruments to determine the actual o
nature, rate and direotions of therm cur- 1
rents ethich have proved so disastrous to u
shipping and obstructive of any attempt to t
run swift lines of ocean steamers to our I
great interior poets. The means at the v
dieposal of the department are very small
when compared with the greatness of the d
work and the importance of the practical t
ends to be seenred ; but they will, no t
doubt, be supplemented, and will be used G
as far as possible in ascertaining the most T
important data of a practical character. is
grow readily enough. With. an animal irk*
tended for meat it is art eXeePtien whenthey can be ormaidered tie growing too task
One of the beet eeesone for pushing the
growth ie after grim end. glover make a
suflieieet growth to furnish, a full fee& bite
in order to get the moat out of it, have the
stock in a good, thrifty steeditiote tlleY
ere alloWed to mm in dowe fronow meta
grate etarts, it will require more or lase of
whet we may consieer the best, tune to
melte tie for what has been lost. It. will
pay better now to feed a little extra to
maintain a steady growth, than th anew
them to run down. Every item of profit meet
be considerecl, and puehing the gro`wth
froth elie start suffieient to secure an early
ineturity is elle of the essentials necessary
to make stock return the most profit One
item, should always be remembered in
conneetioa with growing stoce, and that
ia whenever they ere fed 'without securing
a gain the cost is increased withont a cor-
responding profit.
OBSERVING TILE TIDES.
Care of Sow at Farrowing.
The care of the breeding animals should
pot be spasmodic or irregular but continu-
ous through all seasons of the year. The
sows should especially ,be fitted for the
uaes they are intended to supply. They
must necessarily have laxative footle, con-
tainietes, the nitrogenous elements and the
phospieetes, such as millstuffs, oats, oilmeal
and plenty of clover, which promote mud
cube development. Corn or any other
starchy foods constipate the bowels and
OOntraOG the muscles to the extent that
parturition is difficult and otten impossible,
so that fatalities are the result. At a,
meeting of the Miesouri State Swine -
Breeders' Association Mr. 0. D. Rester
said:
"There might a great deal be said on the
question of how to treat the sow at farrow-
ing and at the instance of ea tt, worthy pee-
retary I will give you a ee 1 impreasiens
gathered from my own experience. When
we take into consideration the value of ihe
brood tate and the important part she
plays in the great swine breeding world it
behooves us to make every effort to dis-
cover how best we may treat her that the
highest resuite may. be obeained.
"At the time of mating I prefer to have
the sow in good, vermeils condition but
not fat. After being bred she should be
put,aside and watched closely art the time
of heat draws nigh. As soon as she is
found to be in pig, iihe may be put in bet-
ter flesh to enable her to reaponcl to the
additional strain made upon her system in
the suste.namce and development of the un-
born progeny, lint in every case this should be
done with bone and muscle forming food,
sucli as dad or a slop made of milltatuerand
oil cake meal but witis little corn. She
should at all times aave-the run of a good
roomy lot or pasture in order to afford her
an abundance of daily exercise.
" A week or ten days before due to far-
row she should be iaolated and made ac-
quainted with her new quarters. At this
period no corn should be fed btit a liberal
supply of warm slop. I have never had a
sow thus cared for experience much trouble
at farrowing time. As to the best, kind of
a house, I hardly know what to duta, but
during the winter tied early dayemst spring,
it warm, dry home is most certainly called
for. 1 use a houseebuilt expressly for this
purpose, with a stove in it, and find it a
success ; and Use prairie hay or bluegrass,
which grow abundantly in our section, for
bedding, as it acclumulates less dust, and
wears longer than strew. 'It is well to be ,
present when the sowferrows. I use eight!, TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES.
inch fenders securely fastened seven inches
roto the ∨ this often. prevents the sow
from crushing the pigsagainst the wall.
During warrn,dry weather a ground floor is
much cooler and preferable to plank. The
firet week after farrowing, the sow's diet
should be carefully regulated. One of the
greatest dangerais in over feeding. 'Very
young pigs eannot take much milk, hence
the flow should not be unnaturally stimu-
lated. As the pigs grow older the feed can
be gradually increatea until the pigs are
San days old,or two weeks old,when the may
be put on full feed,and all kinds of milk
producing food may be fed generous-
ly."
Early Illatarity.
ilOW EJOAPED
Ti[R RUSSIAN SPIES.
Editor coidouber* or vireo Russia,
Describes Ws /light atrial tiles
iluatiteartee or the Czer.
iB the stoey of the wave a a Rua.
Ruaiian police, told in his own words,
dee revolution* Arm the perseit ot ibe
The ohief Actor encinarrater of the Story,
Leo Goldenberg, is the editor of Free Ras,_
Elia, the organ of the Society ot Friends of
Rusisian Freedom. The editor of the Euro-
pean edition, whioli is published in London,
te the famoue Stepniaa,
"It was in Jessy, in Roumania in 1881
;feet after the killing of Czar Ale lender 11.
'Tbe Ressian residents there were nearly all
reVoIutionists, and we had a gathering to
etelebrate the 'removal' of the Czar. ,
" When the Russian Consul heard of this
celebration he protested to the Rournenetts
authorities against such tillage being allow.
ed. No actiou was taken immediately,
however, but in a few days we had another
reunion foe a similar purpose, and six of us
were arrested. The Roinnemiezi Govern-
ment did not wish to arrest ua, but you eee
Roumania is a small country and is -afraid,
of her eastern neighbor, the great Ruseian
bear. Welewe were kept in prisen about a
mouth but were treated very well, aud all
the tinte the public preseentor was Ratko
gizing to us for our detention and explaining
that Roumania was forced to take this
action. Then Russia asked for the extra
damn of myself and. three others, who heti
been wasted for scene time for political
o enees. The Roumanian Government,
however, decided not to give us up, but in
order to get out of the scrape determined
to send us out of the country.
"It was finally decided to put ns on
French steaixter bound for Constantinople.
A firstmlass passage was provided for ue on
the steamer and an officer of gendarmes
was sent along with us to look after our
?"1"SO
f°rto'n after the steamer sailed the cap -
teen pointed out to us tt &mien spy who
wile on board, and warned ne against him.
When we arrived at Constantinople the
captain told us tha.t the ship was surround-
ed by Turkish police, and that every one
who left the ship would be asked for a tes-
keray (passport), Among those on board
expelled from Roumania were a Ptilish
cotoneleeho had ben in the revolution of
.'63; and a Roumanien subject. We decided
that as the Russian authorities did not
want them they should try to go ashore.
They were arrested at once on information
supplied by the Ruaeian spy who was on
oard.
"Then we decided to wait until all the
ther passengers were ashore, and after a
ong tonsultation with the captain I made
p my mind to make the attempt although
he police still remained around the vessel.
was to go ashore as an ofiacer of the
easel, and the captain gave me an officer's
ep for that purpose. 1 then appeared on
eek aee gave some orders to the sailors in
he heereet, of the police. Then I got into
he ilia& boat with two sailors and the
reek steward and Was rowed ashore.
here I returned the cap and put on a Turk=
h fez provided for the purpose, and the
teward took me to a restaurant wince I
ould wait. La four hours' time he brought
nether ot ear party ashore in the same
8,y, but the others remained on the ship.
ow to get them eehore was the problem
r 1.15 now.
"I went to the Routna.nian Ambassador
and, representing myself as a merchant
Constantinople, told him that I had hea
that some persons under the protection of
his government were detained on the ship
in the harbor and could not come ashore.
He told me that he could nor. do anything.
Then I remeinbermathat one of our 'lumber
was an American citizen, and had his wife
and tee') children with him. I went to the
American Consul and told him the same
story that I told the Roumanian Ambassa-
dor. When he heard that a lady and two
children were detained he sent Ina secretary
to inquire into the matter at once.
"The next day when I called I was told
that the man was not an American, but
that the lady and children had been brought'
ashore.
"The time was coming, however, for
the dean -ter , to sail on her return trip to
Galatz, Roumania, and there still remained
on board the American citizen and another.
The second mem was weak and sick and un-
able to stand the hardships which we fore-
saw, that we would have to undergo' so we
gave him nearly all our money andtrans-
ferred him to a steamer bound for Marseilles.
The American came ashore in the same
manner that we did. On the, fifth or sixth
day Turkish soldiers and officials began to
come to as and tenon that they would se-
cure the release of our two friends on the
payment .of 200 francs. Others offered us
passports /or 100 francs each. We had no
money for bribery, however, es we had only
30 francs each, given us by the Roumanian
Government se
"We then were assured that the two
prisoners -would notbe extradited, but
woulciebe tent to France at the expense of
She Turkish Government, so we were easy
about them. At the same time reports
were published in the papers that owing to
the vigilatice of the Turkish police six
Nihilists who had been sent by the Rou-
manian Government had not been allowea
to land,
"I then began to look around fax means
to get to Pritnce or England myself, as -
I had lived in both these countries be-
fore.
"Achance friend whom 1 made ',helped
me to get peseage on an English veseel to
M.alta, There I claimed the tootectioe of
the British Consul, and he .assisted me to
get to London. I arrived tu London with
met five shillings left
Giga,ntle Leaves.
What trees bear the largeat loaves? An
English botanist tells us that it is those that
belong to the palm family. Firsb must be
inentioried the 'mem palm, of the banks of
tee Amazons, the leaves of whieh al.P no
less thee 50 feet in length by 10 tes 12 in
vadth, Certain leaves of the Ceylon palm
&Wan a length of 20 feet and che remark-
able width of 16. The uatives use them tor
making tents. Afterward comes the cocoa -
net paten, the muse length of whose leaves
The officer in speuial charge of the work
is believed to be eminently fitted to the 0
task imposed on him. He is a graduate in a
Arts and Engineering of McGili, and after
graduating here spent three years in Paris,
taking the full "course of the celebrated 10
Seale des Ponts et Chamssees and passing
its examinations .vvith credit. He subse.
quentlytspent some time in examining the
great engineering works then in progress
in Eastern France and prepared a descrip-
tive accouneof them for the English 'baba
tution of Civil Engineerseof which he is an
associate. He has since had somewhat var.
ied experience in Canada, extending from
Nova Scotia. to British Columbia, and is
thoroughly acquainted with the clirrkatal
and other candisions and requirements of
this country.
The work is one having no party or
sectional aepeet, but tending to the general
good by removing obstacles to navigation
and trade, aftethus benefiting all classes of
the people and the inland districts as well
as those on the seeecoast. It is one that it
is felt should be prosecuted with vigor, and
with adequate means, so as to ensure
effieleney and to obtain practically useful
results at as early a date as possible. A
report has been prepared and will shortly
he published giving the actual condition of
our knowleage, whether learned in the
preliminary tidal observations already made,
of previous surveys or borrowed from
foreign sources, and indicating the methods
and appliances most suitable for securing,
in the first instance, as early as possible the
information necessary to reduce to a minit
mum the dangers of the navigation of our
eastern coasts and of the Gulf of St. Law.
rence'to be followed by similar O'bserva.
tions in the west.
With the elate of stock intended for
meat, more especially, it is quite an item
to feed and Care for them in the way best
calculated to secure a quick growth and
early meturity,
Under present conditions no hog should
be allowed to be kept on the farin suitil he
ie a year old, except as a breeding animal.
A, wether sheuld not be kept until he is
fully two years old, or a steer until he is
three. lo order to have profitable early
maturity, no animal should be allowed to
pass these liraite. To a very eonsiderable
extent the growth must be pushed from the
start, feeding a ratien well calculated
to make a good frame and secure is good
development of bone and mutole, and at the
tight stage feed to fattem An animal kept
in a good, thrifty conditioe during growth,
will ordinarily need but a short feed it a
good fattening ration to finieh for nierket.
But with no elms of growing anirratle i it
clearable to keep them fat. The best health
aed thrift is not eutiatainecl wheu a gtow-
hig animal is left too fet. At the dune time
the growth and development mast, bo
mashed end the judgment of the feedere
meet be exerelaed as to the condition of the
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Our CoYernor-eenerat Will Shortly make
a Stay in New Work.
ibis rumored in New York, says the
Philadelphia Press, that the Canadian Gov-
ernor General will, visit the metropolis early
in the coming Sununer, or at latest by
Autumn. Very, few persons have taken
note of the fact, that one of the policies of
the gentlemen who now govern the
ion is to elfeeb a rapproachereenb of the
hitherto separated North Arnerean govern-
ments. The Governor General's wife is eveti
now making addresses on the coming union
of all Anglo-Saxon races, and as her efforts
to make so brilliant a suceess of the Irish
'village at Chicago haee made her known to
most Americans, it follows that what elle
says has been mere heeded than Canadian
utterences geherally are. e
It will oedemata be an unprecedented
thing for the Governor General to make is
stay in the United Stats S of the neture
the one gontemplated, assuming that it is a
legal possibility, as some affect to doubt.
There is no uncertainty ael to the nature of
the tweleome he will reoeive, and the power-
itieCianadian element in New York will
certainly turn out in great style to do him
honor. Whether his vieit will have any
effect on the movement to make Canada a
part of our republic remains to be seen.
A Durable Paint,
A fire -proof and water -proof substitute
for paint for me in boiler and engine rooms
COnglete Of SiX glues of freshly Malted lime,
well sifted, to which is added elle quart of
rock salt mei a gallot of Water, the mixture
being then well belled rend skimmed clean.
To five gallene of this mixture are added a
pound of alum, half a pound of eo pesetas
(stirrea in elowly), three-quarters of a poen
af potash and fonr qaarba of fine sand or
hatd,Weod ashes, Wo I sifted. To this may
animels, and the ratioe Must bo deter' be Battled any colorieg deeired. It is said
Mined by the condition of the animals. to be as &treble ae mate and to be eepeeiee.
If a grottetet ettitnel is fed sufficient to ly eppboable tit brick week and dealer
keep IA a good, thrifty condition it will serfaceet
MINERALOGY OP THE NORTN POLL
fl is liairtru,t� fnclude Gold, Ohl,
womb, OW, 4slin4tos and Cryone.
A.Ithoeh the region surrounding the
north pole has so far presentee a conditiort
of cliernel defiance to the peeriugeuridityef
men, enoegh hoe been. gathered concerning
its minerel resoorces to atteatlish the feet
that in those iDhospitable surroundings
eeture has etered her weetth most laviehly,
Far withiu the aretio circle fine mane of
biturnInciuti coal ear" beets dee. Isinglass
done abounds, and there an hardly be a
doubt but that sinderneath the perpetual
ie cap might be felled a plentiful eueely of
the precious metal. The Alaskan rivere
and streams give evidence of auriferous
abundance, and the Ametic and European
polar approaches also furnish these indica.
thins.
Despite the intense cold which prevails
over all the approaches to the mole during
the greater portion of the year, it is evi-
dent that the earth's "est is here oaf less
than the usual thicknees. This evidence
lies in the fact of
ass volmateio oreamecamat
of much of the cireumpolar region, in the
colossal geysers of boiling water, and
when it is coesiderecl that a vast area is
entirely unknown, not having been trodden
by human feet since the last great oath.'
olyani, it is inferrable that there are other
evidenoes only awaiting the explorer. On
the Ural Meuntains, whicbeferm a part of
the boundary between Europe and Asia,
and which project northward to the Sea of
aerie are deposits of asbestos., silver, plat-
inum, diamonds, gold and non, and all
things indicate that hi the prepolar time
this region must have been a veritable Ar.
cadet. A point on the southwest coast of
Greenland, just a .few miles south of the
arctic circle, enjoys the distinction of hav-
ing the only known, mine of eryolite in the
world. This is an, ice -capped point on
Cape Desolation and is only accessible to
vessels of unusually stantsch construction.
Very marly in the century a German
prospector named Goleeck, who landed at
Cape Earewell, which is the southern ex-
tremity a Greenland, wee the first Euro-
pean to make this discovery. Being tola
of this curious stone by a native, he pro-
ceeded up the Arsuk Fiord, went to the
place, and at the water's ' edge saw the
outcropping of the white, soft substarice
which the natives used in dressing pelts_
rubbing it on the fleshy side, where its
action was much like that of soap. The
material was then named•cryolite, meaning
ice atone, and the prospector had, found
the floride of !sodium ana 'aluminium, the
substance having a considerable oommercial
value, as alum, salsoda, bicarbonate of
soda and other substances having value are
its products. This cryolite deposit is very
peculiar. It occurs at the lease of a moun-
tain slope, in the forth of an oval pocket or
chimney, its longer and shorter axes being
100 and 200 feet respectively, extending
downward at an angle of forty-five to the
horizon. The sides, as fardown as the exceva-
tion exte ds, are of gray granite, and the
formation was also coveted with this reek.
In the absence of any more specitic infor-
mation as to geological chacteristics it may
be surmised that this chimney in some past
age did service ' as a vent .hole for some
spouting geyser, and may at one period have
spouted water highly charged with the sula
stances 'mentioned, held in solution. It is
a most unease mine, being simply a huge
shaft werked in "benches" and extending
slantingly
of EL
DOWN LETO TEE -BART.
re Being close to the arctichircle it is near the
eixtieth parallel, and is farther north than
are the Russian penal minea in Siberia.
Although this pocket hes been, profitably
mined since 1864,,as the excavation covers
13,000 square yards of superacial area, the
depth reached is not very considerable, be.
ing only 100 feet.
maysetem likee,contrediction of terms to
speak of an animal mineralogy, and yet it is
a fact that there are islands in portions of
the circumpolar districts that are really
quarries, if the term be allowable, of an-
imal remains, bones and tusks, ivory of the
finest kind, ole quantity warranting a one-
time aggregation of animal forms to which
all that no ye exists on the earth hardly afrorda
a cotnparision. If we survey the present
animal constructionon strictly mechanical
lines it seems incredible that colossal mon-
sters should once bevel existed carrying
tusks more than sixteen feet lung and
weighing singly over 300 pounds, yet the
evidence goes to show that not only were
there hems of those forms'bat they were
also myriads in numbers. The polar regime
is one vast cemetery 'of the remains of a
world of bygone fauna, and on a scale of
aggregation that would probably exceed
that of the combined world at present.
The time has gone by for our earth again
to poseess the conditions of such reprocinc-
aye vigor as produced both theearlier fauna
and flora. Without a doubt 'a time will
come when this frigid. storehotede will be
opened up and its treasure made to respond
to human needs. It is even well that some
things can be ,placed out of the common
reach, as coalmas and petroleum all alas -
trate with what reckless greed. we Waste
when once we have accees to the stored
resources of natare.
is about 30 feet. The umbrella magnolia of
Ceylon bears leaves that are so hale that
a single one may aornetunes serve AB a stele
ter far fifteen or twenty persons. One of
that° leaves carried to England to Is speci-
men was nearly 36 feet in width, The plant
whose leaves attain the greatest dinaeneions
in our temperate climate is the Vietotia
regia. A specimen of this truly magniecent
plant exists in the garden Of the Royal
Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Its leaf,
rivrohuiettldio.is about 7 feet in diameter, in
capable elf supporting a weight of 305
No man CND be heave who coneiders pain
the gteateet evil of life ; sr temperate,
who regatds tileasure as the bigheet good.
The
DANCING IN A DEN OF LIONS.
Novel antertacte—tent Varnished Lon:
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the matter and, when tlie usual ainennt af
`red tape has been unwound, the show rnay
come to a sadden end. Several young lions
have beeu trained to remain tolerably quiet
While Mlle. Bob does her act. The cage is
wheeled Oat° the stage with the lions., ansi
ancl the trainer enters, berrying a long,
sharp -pronged rod in one heed and a heavy
whip m the Other. The aniniale are ahesed
around the caaeoe until they are pretty well
tired out, itnd then Mlle, Rob entere, clad
in ,bong white gown. She drat gives a
preliminary pirouette or two end then
pauseS to see the effect on the hone, lf
they do no more than growl •she continues
her performante to the end, always gettbeg
enough tipplattee to warrant au enoore. The
daticom howevetehas never done more than
eektowledge the applaud) with a bowmot
oaring, apparently, 50 tetapt providence
aey further than is ttheolutely neceseery,
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NEWFOUNDLANDERS LUCK.
The Seal Unlit Prosulse$ 1 e food
^ One.
ASt. John's, NIId., apeoial seem
two steamers with five thousend Men en
betted are engaged in the see/ fishery. The
prospects are excellent, and the weather
favorable, Stea,mere are reported taking
seals off' Fogo and Tilt Cove. Thoueands
of seals have been hauled ashore over the
lee, The tieals are well distributed, SO bli;tt
many eteamera are participating in the
eateh.
Writing On MP earlier date a St. John's
correspondent says :---
On the 11)th instant our eealing steamers
started for the icefields. The 5e8804 is
favorable so far fot getting north. We
have had, up to this date, but little east-
terly wind, which often packe the ice close
in upon the shore, and lags up the beys,
ao that the steamers cannot penetrate the
great nodes so as to search for the seals.
Weeterly and southwesterly winds have
lately driven the ice off shoreeeo that the
steamers have made a favorable start. The
xlsaammeeinyutnebe
wentsof
ty.twsotrwelera a
ithisle year ast
year,
poet in our great 801 front. One steamer,
the Eagle, wee lost at the whale fisherY,-
but her place has been filled up by another,
the Windsor Lake, About 5,000 men are
etriltarked. Much depends on ehe success
of the seal fishery. In a favorable year it
is worth over three-quarters of .8 million
dollars to the country. Formerly it used to
vetch a million dollars. This bervest is
reaped without any sowing in eix or eight
weeks. It is, however, very precarious.
Last year only 129,061 seals were taken.
In 1892 tbe number taken was 340,624. So
many of the seals escaped the huntete last
year that it is anticipate d they will be
found in large numbers teat year and that
the returns will be ebove the average; but
the ice,the vvinds and the waves have to be
recleouecl with; so that, as we often say
here,' "it is all a lottery." Nothing is cer-
tain but its uncertainty.
ACT EEGULATING TILE nsainny.
Last year certain amendments were made
in the act which regulates the seal fishery.
As the act now stands, no steamer can
leave a port in Newfoundland for the pro.
sedition of the seal ashery before the 10th
day of March in each year, at 2 o'clock,
afternoon, under is penalty of$4,000,unless
the 10th of March falls on aSanday, in which
case steamers can leave on the 9th at 2 lain.
No custom house offieer Nem clear a vessel
for a sealing voyage before March 9th.
Taking seals 011 Sunday was prohibited in
the same amendments; and should any
seals so killea i
be brought into any port n
the colony the owners woilld be liable to a
penalty of $2,000. The objet for prohib-
iting the sailing of steamers before March
10bh is to prevent the capture of seals
before they have reached the age and size
which have been found to give the best
returns. When taken before the age of
three or four weeks, the skins and, fat
are comparatively of small value.11 allowed
to reach the age named they are then in
the hest -condition, the quality of both
oil and skin being best fitted for the
processes in which they are used.
A GANAD/AN NongsTAY,T ER.
A good deal of lively feeling has beets
awakened by tbe announcement that on
the 5th the sealing steamer Newfoundland
passed the mouth of Ss. John's harbor,
shaping her course for the ice -fields. She
has thus a start of five days in advance of
our steamers and has the field all to her-
self. She (steered at Lunenburg, being
manned there, and consequently is not
bound by our laws outside the three mile
limit. Themewspapers have commented in
strong terms on the injustice of a Domin-
ion steamer being permitted to disregard
our fishery laws, and injure a valuable fish-
ery whieh we are trying to protect. The
matter has also been referred to in the
Ilduse of Assembly, and the Government
were called on to explain why they had
not. corresponded with the Dominion Gov-
ernment on the matter, so as to secure co -
i
operation n the protection of our seals.
A resolution, it seems, was passed last ses-
sion instrueting the Government to do
thee but they allege there was no unanim-
ity of opinion as to what the Dominion
Government shoald be asked to do, and in.
consequence they did nothing,
Now this xnatter has a very serious aspect
Should mere Celled bet steamers take part in
the seal fishery, which they have a perfect
right to do, and should they foliosv the ex-
ample of Captain Farquharson; by starting
several days ahead of our vessels, thus not
only foretelling them, but injuring the
prospects of this industry for the future,
then disastrous results would be likely to
follow. Our laws for the protection of this
Ashery are the results of extended and
experienced and much ihoughttul consider-
ation. 13efore Such protection was ettab-
Halted the fishery had been declining rapid.
ly ; but since it has gre`atly improved. I
should think thereevould be no difficulty
in coming to an understan ding with Can-
ada so as to secure whatever legislation is
needed to regulate the departure of vessels
from Canadian ports,so as tot to strike the
seals prematurely, The Government of
Canada would not for a moment refuse co-
operation in such a desirable object. It is
for the interests of both eouutries that this
valuable fishery should be preserved, end a
commou arrangement agreed on. Probably
before the close of the session some action
will be taken in this matter.
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