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"ROUGHING iT iN THE BUSH."
CHAPTER It,
4IIEBE0.
Queen of the W oat 1—upon thy rocky thran
In solitary grandeur sternly placed ;
In awful majesty thou oitt'st alone,
By Nature's maeter•hnnd supreme]
grand.
Who world has not toy counterpart—thy
slower,
Eternal beauty, strength, and matohless
power,
The clouds enfold thee in their minty most,
The lightning glances harmless round thy
brow ;
Tho loud -voiced thunder cannot shako thy
nest,
Or warring waves that Idly ohafo below ;
The storm above --the waters at thy feet—
May rage and foam, they but secure thy
seat.
The mighty river, ae it onward rushee
To pour its floods in ocean's dread abyss,
Checks at thy feet ire fierce impetuous
gushes,
.And gently fawns thy rocky base to kis°.
Stern eagle of the crag 1 thy hold should be
The mountain home of heaven -born liberty!
•
love it, who once viewed it with hotrod so
intoned that I longed to die, that cleatlr
might effectually separate ua forever,
e, But oh 1 bower° of drawing disparaging
contracts between the colony and its Muse
triouo parent, All such comparlogne aro
°reel and unjust ; you cannot exalb the one
at,tho expense of the other without commit•
ting en ant of treason against both.
But I have wandered away from my cub.
jest into the regions of thought, and must
again descend to common work•a•dey roan.
ties.
Tho ploaeure we experienced upon our
first glance at Quebec was greatly damped
by the sad ponviotion that the oholore.
plague raged within its walla, while the
almost ceaseless tolling of belle proclaimed
a mournful tale of woe and death.
Scarcely a person visited the vessel
who was not in black, or who spoke
not in tones of subdued grief, They
advised ue not to go on shore if we vale
ued our lives, as strangers moot common-
ly fell the first victims to this fatal malady,
Thin was to me a severe disappointment,
who felt an intense desire to climb to the
crown of the rook, and survey the noble
landscape at my feet. I yielded at last to
the wish of my husband, who did not him•
oelf resist the temptation in his own person,
1 and endeavored to content myself with the
mean of enjoyment placed within my roach.
My eyes were never tired of wandering over
the scone before me.
y
True to themselves, thy children may clay
The power and malice of a world combined
While Britain's flag, beneath thy deep blue
ek
Spre de,ite rioh folde and wantons in the
wind;
The offsprings of her glorious race of old
May rest securely in their mountain hold.
On the 5th of September, the anchor was
weighed, and we bade a long farewell to
Grosse Isle, As our vessel struck into mid -
channel, I east a last lingering look ab the
beautiful chores we were leaving. Cradled
in the arms of the St. Lawrence, and bask.
ing in the bright rays of the morning sun,
the island and its sister ground,looked like a
second Eden just emerged from the waters
of chaos. With what Joy could I have !pont
the rest of the fall in exploring the romantic
features of that enchanting scene I But our
bark spread her white wings to the favoring
breeze, and the fairy vision gradually recede
ed from my sight, to:remain forever on the
tablets of my memory.
The hey was warm, and the cloudless
heavens of that peculiar azure tint which
gives to the Canadian skies and waters a
brilliancy unknown in more favored lati-
tudes. The air was pure and elastic, the
sun shone nut in uncommon splendor, light.
ing up the changing woods with a rioh mel-
low coloring, compered of a thousand bril-
liant and vivid dyes. The migbty river
rolled flashing and sparkling onward, im-
pelled by a strong breeze, that tipped its
short rolling surges with a crest of snowy
foam.
Had there been no other object of interest
in the landscape than this majestic river,
its vast magnitude, and the depth and clear.
nese of its watere, and its grease importance
to the colony, would have been sulfioient to
have rivitad the attention, and claimed the
admiration of every thinking mind.
leaver shall I forget that short voyage
from Groose Isle to Quebec. I love to re.
call, after the lapse of so many years, every
object thab awoke in my breast throe
Mons of astonishment and delight, What
wonderful combinations of beauty, and
the precipitous ban upon which the
city lies piled, refleotedk in the still deep
waters at its base, greatly enhauoes the
romantic beauty of the situation, The
mellow and serene glow of the autumnal
day harmonized so perfectly with the
solemn grandeur of the scene around me,
and sank so silently and deeply into my
soul, that my spirit fell prostrate before it,
and I melted involuntarily into tear!. Yes,
regardless of the eager crowds around me, I
leant upon the aide of the vessel and cried
like a obild—not tears of sorrow, butes gush
from the heart of pure and hallowed delight.
I heard not the many voices murmuring in
my ears—I saw not the anxious beings that
thronged our narrow deck—my soul at that
moment was alone with God. The shadow
of Hie glory rested visibly on the etupendone
objeote that composed that magnificent
scene ; words are perfectly inadequate to
describe the impression it made upon my
mind—the emoti.,ns it produced. The only
homage I was capable of offering at such a
shrine was tears—tears the most heartfelt
and sin0o.e that ever flowed from human
eyes. I never before felt so overpowering
my own inaignificanoe, and the boundless
might and majesty of the Eternal.
Canadians, rejoice in your beautiful city I
Rejoice and be worthy of her—for few, very
few, of the sons of men eau point to such a
spot as Quebec—and exclaim, " She is ours 1
—God gave her to us in her beauty and
strength 1—We will live for her glory—we
will die to defend her liberty and rights—
to raise her majestic brow high above the
nations I
Look at the situation of Quebec l—the
city founded on the rook that proudly holds
the height of the hill. The queen sitting
enthroned above the waters, that curb their
swiftness and their strength to kiss her
lovely feet.
Canadians 1—aa long as you remain true
to yourselves and her, what foreign invader
oould ever dare to plant a hostile flag
upon that rock.defonded height, or set his
foot upon a fortress rendered impregnable
by the hand of Nature? United in friend-
ship, loyalty, and love, what wonders may
you not achieve 7 to what an enormous alti-
tude of wealth and smportanoe may you not
arrive 7 Look ab the Sb. Lawrence, that
king of streams, that great artery flowing
from the heart of the world, through the
land, carrying wealth and fertility in its
course, and transporting from town to town
along its beautiful chores the riches and
produce of a thousand distant climes. What
elements of future greatness and proepority
°weirclo you on every side! Never yield up
these solid advantages to become an humble
dopenaent on the groat republfo—Wait
patiently, loyally, lovingly, upon the dllue-
trioua parent from whom you sprang, and
by whom you have been fostered in life and
political importance ; in the inheres of time
she will proclaim, your childhood past, and
bidY ou etand upin your own atron th a
1 strength,
free Canadian people!
British mothers of Canadian son 1 --learn
to feel for their country the same enthusiasm
which fills your hearts when thinking of the
glory of your own. Teach them to love
Canada—to look upon her as the first, the
happieet,the most independent oountry in
the world I Exhort them to bo worthy of
her—to have faith in her present prosperity,
in her future greeting's, and to devote all
their talents, when theyithomselvee are men,
to accomplish this noble objoot. Mnko your
children proud of the land of theirbirbh the
land whinh has given them broad—the land
in whirl you have (found an altar and at
home; du bile, and you will soon drat' to
lament your separation from the mother
country, and the loss of thoaoluxurioa whileh
you could not, in honor to yourself, enjoy •
It is curious to observe how differently
the objects which call forth intense admira-
tion in some minds will affect others. The
Scotch dragoon, Maokenzie, seeing me look
long and intently at the distant Falls o
Montmorency, dryly observed,
"It may be a' sera fine; but ib looks na'
better to my thinken than hanks o' white
woo' hung out o'er the bushes."
" Weel," cried another, "thae fa's are
just bonnie ; 'tie a braw land, nae doubt ;
bub no' just ao brew on auld Scotland."
"Hoot, man I hauld your clovers, we
shall a' be lairds here," acid a third, " and
ye maun wait a muokle time before they
wad think auche of you at hame."
I was not a little amused at the extrava-
gant expecte;iona entertained by some of
our steerage paesengere. The eight of the
Canadian shores had changed them into per-
sons of great consequence. Tho poorest and
the worst dressed, the least deserving and
the most repulsive in mind and morals, ex•
hibited most disgusting trait' of self-
importance. Vanity and presumpsion
eeemed to possess them altogether. They
talked loudly of the rank and wealth of
their connections at home, and lamented
the great saorificea they had made in order to
join brothers and cousins who had fooliahly
settled in thio beggarly wooded country.
Girls, who were scarcely able to wash a
floor decently, talked of service with con-
tempt, unleee tempted to change their reoo-
lution by bhe offer of twelve dollars a month.
To endeavor to undeceive them was a use.
leas and ungracious task. After having
tried it with several without success, I left
it to time and bitter experience to restore
abets to their sober senses. In spite of the
remonstrances of the captain, and the dread
of the cholera, they all rushed on shore to
inspect the land of Goschen, and to endeavor
to realize their absurd anticipations.
We were favored, a few minutes after our
arrival, with another visit from the health
officers ; but in this instance both the gentle.
men were Canadians. Grave, melancholy
looking men, who talked much and ominous-
ly of the proveiling disorder, and the ;im-
possibility of strangers escaping from its
fearful ravages. This was not very consol-
ing, and served to depress the cheerful tono
of mind which, after all, is one of the beat
antidotes against this awful scourge. The
cabin eeemed to lighten, and the air to oir•
oulate more freely, after the departure of
these professional ravens, The captain, as
if by inetinee, took an additional ghee of
grog, to shako off the eepnlehral gloom their
presence had inspired.
The visit of the doctors wa='followed by
that of two of the officials of rename ;—
vulgar, illiterate men, who, seating them-
selves at the atbin table, with a familiar
nod to the captain, and a blank stare at no,
commenced the following dialogue :
Cuatome-horse efnioer (after making in.
quiriea as to the general cargo of the vessel)—
" Any good brandy on board, captain 7"
Captain (gruffly) : "Yee."
Officer : " Best remedy for the cholera
known. The only one the doctors can de.
pend upon."
Captain (taking the hint) : " Gentlemen,
I'll send you up a dozen bottles this after.
noon."
Officer: "Oh, thank you. We are sure
to get it genuine from you, Any Edinburgh
ale in your freight 7"
Captain (with a alight shrug) : "A few
hundreds in oases. I'll send you a dozen
with the brandy."
Both : 'Capital I '
First officer : " Any abort, large•bowled,
Sootch pipes, with metallic lids?"
Captain (quite impatiently): "Yes, yea;
I'll Bend you some to smoke, with your
brandy.—What else? "
Officer " We will now proceed to busi
nese,"
My readers would have laughed, as I did,
ould they have seen how doggedly the old
man shook his fiat after these worthies as
hey left the vessel " Scoundrels 1" he
nuttored to himself ; and then turning to
me, " They rob us in this barefaced manner,
nd we dare not resist or complain, for fear
f the trouble they put us to. If 1 had
hoed villains at sea, I'd give them a baste of
randy and ale they would not relish."
The day wore away, and the lengthened
hadows of the mountains fell upon the
waters, when the Horsley Hill, a largo
hree-masted vessel from Waterford, thab
e had left at the quarantine station, oast
uchor a little above us. She was quickly
carded by the health-officere, and ordered
ound to take up her station below the
anile. To accomplish this oojeot she had
to heave her anohor ; when to 1 a groat pine
ree, which had been sunk in the river, be•
am° entangled in the citaine. Uproarious
as the mirth to which the inoideut gave
ise among the crowds g 'kat thronged the
!cit' of the many vessels bion at anchor in
he(river, Speaking -trumpets resounded on
every side ; and my readers may be assured
hat the sea -serpent was not forgotten in
the multitude of jokes which followed,
Laughter resounded on alt sides ; and in
he midst of the noise and oonfueion the
apbain of the Horsley Hill hoisted hie col•
ore downwards, as if making aignala of die.
read, a mistake which provoked renewed
nd long continued mirth.
1 laughed until my sides aohod ; Tittle
]linking how the Hanky Hill would pay
s off for our mistimed hilarity.
Towards night, most of the steerage pea.
(urgers returned, greatly dissatfofied with,
their fireb visit to the oily, which they de.
laced to be as filthy hole, that looked a great
eal bettor from the ship's side that it did
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literally the °aea. Here, as elaewbere, an
Mbee aker, marred the enaguifloent creation of
A dark and starless night closed
accompanied by oold winos and dr
zling rain, We eeemed to have re
a sudden leap from the torrid to the
frigid zone. Two hours before, my light
/Jammer clothing wan almost insupportable,
and now a heavy and well•linod plaid formed
but an Inofiidiont exertion from the ineletrtonoy
of the weather. After watching for some
time the singular effect the weather pro.
tithed by the lights in the town reflected In
the water, and weary with a long day of an.
tloipetion and excitomeub, I made up my
mind to leave the deck and retire to root. I
nad just ;untied down my baby in her berth,
when the venal etre* with a sudden eraair
that sent a shiver through her whole frame.
Alarmed, but not aware of the real danger
that hung over us, I groped my way to the
cabin, and thence amended to the dook,
Here a BOMB of eonfusion prevailed that
baffles description. By some strange fatal.
ity, the Horsley Hill had changed her posi-
tion, and run foul of BB in the dark. The
Anne was a small brig, and her uuluoky
neighbor a heavy three -masted vessel, with
three hundred Irish emigrants on board ;
and as her boweprib was directly throw the
bows of the Anne, and she anahored, and un-
able to free herself from the deadly embrace,
there wee no small danger of the poor brig
going down in the unequal struggle.
Unable to comprehend what was going
on, I raised my head above the companion
ladder, just at the critical moment when
the vessels were grappled together. The
shrieks of the women the uta and oaths
of the men, and the barking of the doge in
either ship, aided the dense darkness of the
night in producing a most awful and etun-
wing effect.
an board until we reaohed Montreal. The
hie mechanics obtained instant employment,
and the girls, who were old enough to
in, work, procured situations ate servants is the
iz• city. Before night our ianmbera were
ado greatly reduced, The old drageon and his
family, two Sooboh fildloro of the name of
Duncan, a highlander called fain Great,
and hie wife and little son, and o0r own
party, were all that remained of the eayouty
two paseongers thab left the Port of Leith
in the brig Artne,.
In spite of the earnest enbreatleo of his
young wife, the said Tarn Grant, who was
the moat mercurial fellow in the world,
would MAW upon going on shore to see all
the lion of the plane, " Ah, Tani 1 Tam I
ye will die o' the cholera," oried the weep-
ing Maggie. "My heart wt.].brisk if ye
dinna bide wi' me an' the bairnie," Tam
was deaf ae Atha Craig. Regardleae of
tears and entreaties, he jumped into the
boat, like a wilful man as he was, and my
huabsnd went with him. Fortunately for
me, the latter returned safe to the vessel in
time to proceed with her to Montreal, in
tow of the noble steamer British Ante? ice ;
but Tam, the volabile Tam, was minting.
During the reign of the cholera, what ab
another time would have appeared but a
trifling incident woe now invested with
doubt and terror. The distress of the poor
wife knew no bounds. I think I see her
now, as I saw her then, Bitting upon the
floor of the deck,her head buriedbetween her
knees, rocking herself two and fro, and
weeping in the utter abandonment of her
grief, " He is dead 1 ho is dead I My
dear, dear Tam 1 The pestilence has seized
upon him ; and I and the puir bairn are
left alone in the strange land." All at.
tempts at consolation wore useless ; she
obstinately refused to listen to probabilities
or to be comforted. All through the night
I heard her deep and bitter sobs, and the
oft•repeated name of him that ehe had lost.
The sun was sinking over the plague -
stricken city, gilding the chaoging woods
and mountain peaks with ruddy light ; the
river mirrored baok the gorgeous sky and
moved in billows of liquid gold ; the very
air seemed lighted up with heavenly fires,
and sparkled with myriads of luminous
pefrtfolet, as I gazed my last upon the beau.
tiful scene.
"What is the matter 7" I gasped out,
"What is the reason of this dreadful eon -
fusion?"
The captain was raging like as chafed bull,
in the grasp of several frantic women, who
wore clinging, shrieking, to hie knees.
With great difficulty I persuaded the
women to accompany me below. The mate
hurried off with the cabin light upon the
deck, and we were left in total darkness to
await the result,
A deep, strange silence 'fell upon my ears,
It was not exactly fear, but a Bort of nerving
of my spirit to meet the worst. The cow.
ardly behavior of my companions inspired
ene with courage. I was ashamed of their
pusillanimity and want of faith in the
Divine Providence. I sat down and calmly
begged them to follow my example.
An old women called Williamson, a sad
reprobate, in attempting to do so, set her
feet within the fender, which the captain
bad converted into a repository for empty
glen bottles ; the emaeh that ensued Wao
echoed by a shriek from the whole party.
" God guide us," said the ancient dame ;
" but we are going into eternity. I shall
be lost; my sins are more in number than
the hairs of any head." This confession yeas
followed by oaths and imprecations too
blasphemous to repeat.
14. Shocked and disgusted at her profanity,
I bade her pray, and not waste the few
moments that might be hers in using oaths
and bad language.
' Did you hear the crash 7" said she.
" I did ; it wog of your own making.
Sit down and be quiet."
Here followed another shock, that made
the vessel heave and tremble ; and the drag-
ging of the anchor increased the uneasy
motion whioh began to fill the boldest of
ua with alarm.
" IYire. Moodie, we are lost," said Mar-
garet Williamson, the youngest grand.
daughter of the old woman, a pretty girl,
who had been the belle of the ship, flinging
herself an her knees before me, and fgraep•
ing both my hands in hers. "Oh, pray for
me I pray for me I I cannot, I dare not
pray for myself ; I never was taught a
prayer." Her voice was choked with oon-
vubnve sobs, and scalding tears fell in tor•
rents from her eyes over my hands. I
never witnessed euoh an agony of despair,
Before I could say one word to oomfort her,
another shook seemed to lift the vessel up-
wards. I Mit nay own blood run cold, ex•
pirating instantly to go down ; and the
thoughts of death, and the unknown eter-
nity at our feet, flitted vaguely through my
mind.
"If we stay here, we shall parish," cried
the girl, springing to her feet. "'Let us go
on deck, mother, and take our chance with
the rest."
"Stay," I said; "you are safer here.
British Bailors never leave women to perish.
You have ,fathers, husbands, brothers on
board, who will not forget you. I beseeoh
you to remain patiently here until the
danger is past." I might as well have
preached tea the winds. The headstrong
creatures would no longer be controlled,
They rushed simultaneously on deck, just
as the Horsley Hill swung off, carrying
with her part of the outer frame of our
deck and the larger portion of our stern.
When tranquility was restored, fatigued
ooth in mind and body, I Bunk in a pro•
found sleep, and did not wake until the sun
had risen high above the wevo•enoiroled for-
tress of Quebec.
The stormy oloude had all dispersed dur-
ing the night; the air was clear and balmy;
the gi,ana she were robed in a blue, soft
mist which rolled around them in
volumeeo.
1 y
es, As the beams of the sun pene-
trated their shadowy folds, they gradually
drew up like a curtain, and dissolved like
wreathe of smoke into the clear air.
The moment I came on deak, my old
friend Oscar greeted me with his ueual joy-
ous bark, and, with the sagacity peculiar to
his species, proceeded to skew mo all the
damage done to the vessel during the night.
It was laughable to watch the motions of
the poor brute, as he ran from plane to
place, stopping before, or jumping upon,
every fractured portion of the dook, and
barking out his indignation at the ruinous
condition in which he found hie marine
home. Oscar had made eleven voyages in
the Anne, and had twine saved the life of
the captain, He was an ugly specimen of
the Sootch terrier, and greatly resembled a
bundle of rope -yarn ; but is more faithful or
attached creature I never saw. Thi captain
was not a little jealous of Oscar's friendship
for me. 1 was the only person tiro
dog had
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ed ibasan aoto£treason onthopartof hie four.
looted favorite, When my arms were tired
with nursing, I had only to lay my baby on
my cloak on deceit, and tell Omar to watch
her, and the good dog would lie down by
her, and suffer her to tangle his long curls
an her little handle, and pull hie tail and
care in the most approved baby fashion,
without offering the least opposition; but
if any ono dared to approach his charge, he
was alive on the inetanb, placing hie pews
over the ohild and growling fm'ioualy, He
would have been es bold man wino had ate•
groaohed the child to do her en injury.
Boar wan the bestplaything,andd as o
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During the day, wally of our pnasenggors
took !then' departure ; tired of the oloao
oodnoment of the chi nod the los .
ago, bliey were too impatient to Weida on
The tow -line was now attached from
our ship to the British America, and
in company with two other vessels we
followed feat in her foaming wake. Day
lingered on the horizon just long enough
to enable mo to examine, with deep interest,
the rocky height•! of Abrabam, the Beene of
our immortal Wolfe's victory and death ;
and when the twilight faded into night, the
moon rose in solemn beauty, and cast mys•
terious gleams upon the strange landscape.
The wide river, flowing rapidly between its
rugged banks, rolled in inky blaoknesa be
neath the overshadowing crags; while the
wawa in mid•ohaunelflashed along in daze
zling light, rendered more intense by the
surrounding darkness. In this luminous
track the huge steamer glided majestically
forward, flinging showers of red earth -!tars
from the funnel into the clear air, and look•
ing like some fiery demon of the nighb en-
veloped in smoke and flame.
The lofty groves of pine frowned down in
hearse -like gloom upon the mighty river,
and the deep stillness of the night, broken
alone by its hoarse wailing!, filled my mind
with sad forebodings •—alae 1 too prophetic
of the future. Keenly, for the first time,
I felt that I was a stranger in a strange
laud; my heart yearned intensely for my
absent home. Home I the word had ceased
to belong to the present—it was doomed to
live forever in the past ; for what emigrant
ever regarded the country of his exile as his
home t To the land he has left, that name
belongs forever, and in no instance dons he
bestow it upon another. " I have got a
letter from home I" " I have seen a frieucl
from home 1" "I dreamt last night that I
was at home I " are oxpresoione of every
day occurrence, to prove that the heart
acknowledges no other home than the land
of its birth.
From these sad reveries I was roused by
the hoarse notes of the bagpipe. That well.
knawn sound brought every Scotohman on
the decks of the other vessels, Determined
not to be outdone, our fiddlers took up the
strain, and a lively oohbeet ensued be.
tween the rival musicians, which con.
tinuecl during the greater pare of the night,
The shouts of noisy revelry were in no way
congenial to nay feelings. Nothing tends so
much to increase our melanoholy se merry
music when the heart is sad ; and I left
the Beene with eyes brimful of tears, and
my mind painfully agitated by sorrowful
recollections and rain regrets.
(To BE UONTINUED.)
Evicted Crow.
It is a truly logical mind whiolt euoeeeds
in rightly apportioning praise and hlam°.
Evenithe,engineofthe lawienotalwrysable to
crush the real oluprit, when there is another
person who oan be put forward to shield
the actual offender. The orow of India is
both knowing and impudent, and of him
the author of "Turbans and Tails" tells the
following story :
I once incurred a crow's diepleaaure, and
I do not wish to do it again. There was a
pandanue tree near my veranda, and in
this o pair of meows determined to build.
At first I offered no objections, but when
the task was finished, the nook -bird found
hie energies—aroused by the task of build-
ing—suddenly deprived of direction. He
therefore occupied his leisure momenta by
digging with his strong beak at the pandanus
shoots.
Now this was a piece of the most wanton
mieohief, and one which threatened the
troo'e life, I expesbulated with the bird ;
he would desist from kis work and listen,
with mock gravity, and the moment I had
finished would dig out a fresh piece of the
plant and throw it down to me.
Then I gave my servant orders to rem( vs
the nest from the tree altogether. This
was done, and the servant remained iu favor,
while I was visited by the most serious
displeasure.
Whenever I ventured into la garden,
that crow would signal to his 1 onds, and,
in an instant, from twenty to fifty others
would flock about mo, making the most
unpleasant remarks.
If I even showed myself on the upper
veranda, that offended bird would at onto
fly to its balustrade, and, strotohing out
his neck, would aoela0 mo of every conceive.
able enormity, in such deep and sepolohral
tones as wont far toward making life miser.
able.
This ranoorou0 hatred was maintained
for a long time, till, finding that hie nest
wag not again molested, his wroth became
appeased, and I was thee more at liberty
to walk in Lho garden.
Some Good Advice,
Mr, Ham (the tragedian)—I think that
the advioo which Hamlet gives the player 10
unequalled. !Photo is nothing tato theatrical to
profession should give more hood to. ,<
1 riond—::toy bettor, Hmn, than the ad- p
vice " When the whistle blows look out for a
tho locomotive 7" d
3
csmaiaraensisi cetee uta +mere
AN OCEAN-CQOINU BALLOON, k1I5ai LLAENODS ITEMS,
CAN Jovia''ro Crone .Erom America to Recent triune in England have given
A:a.'ope Irl the Mr to a protoat against cases that aro
ThFreugh Aqutia Sooloty ndert jnciibeing d by;tho
the de rection of eronCups, Joule, qn ofuthe publinnupcereen. Thecommontosystem loan entirely
wrong and cannot fail to be prejudicial to
to one aide or the other, but in no eouubrioo
on the face of the earth is it Ba common as
in the United Statoa and Canada, where art.
impartial, unprejudiolal and fair trial is
really in danger of booming a hard matter
to memo.
The annual resolution providing for the
payment of o
the Imperial Parlias
ame ers tluatt week. Inrodueed to
hone of 327 member,' 135 voted for and 102
against the motion, proving that the idea le
growing. That the oyetem of paying the
people'° representatives will be adopted
some day is almost certain and that stay
will be hastened by members being asked to
nit nine months in the year. Four or five
months were found very wearying by some,
but when it comes to twice that period
the duties are opt to be thought by
the majority rather more irksome them
glorious. They may eland it in 1885, when:
an adjournment is only to be made from
August to October, but such a protraoted
term of gratuitous labor must become tire-
some I y repetition and then will follow a re
duction in the number and renumeration of
M.Pa.
moat daring aeronaut!, will thou undertake
en expedition destined to oast in the shads
WI those previously attempted—an expedi•
tion to scat 540,000. The higher atmos-
pphorle ourreute (trade winds) aro to be eta.
Ized for the passage of a balloon from
America to Europe, A few days ago I
heard Homier= II, Faye, a member of the
Insituto, give his opinion with reference to
the result of the proposed voyage. Said
the eminent eoleutistt " True there are
higher atinoepherio enemata, whose dirco•
tion is from America to Europe, butit is also
true that in thews currants are found the
tempests. Starting, for inatanoe, from Care
aoae, Venezuela, 10 degrees north latitude,.
and ascending very blab, a balloon has
always a ehanoe of encountering one of
these currents, but in this latitude they tra-
vel very elowly—elow enough to make a
voyage last from ten to twelve days. Be-
sidee, those ourrenta do not immediately
take a course that will lead them to the
NORTHERN PORTION OP EUROPE;
their flrat d ireobion is west and north until 30
degrees or 35 degrees, then north, then east
and finally northeast. A current above Car-
acas will travel first towards the Gulf of Mt x
ice then enter the United Stated by Taxes, The late Emperor Broderick appears to
then leave the continent by some point be. have been an apt illustration of the saying
tweenPhiladelphia andNewfoundland,oross that when doctors fall out the patients die.
the Atlantio in an oblique direction and at The whole host of German physicians have
last roach the coast of Ireland, Sweden, or hien using all their there time to prove that
Norway. It must not be forgotten that in Sfr Morell Mackenzie's treatment of his illus -
these higher currents of the atmosphere are'trious patient wan entirely wrong. Sir
found the cyclones and I beg those who Morell announces that he, too, will make a
contemplate making the voyage to think of report, probablywhon his °ritfes get through,
the terrible risks to which they expose and states, what is more important that all,
themselves, Certainly, it would be grand to the publiehed interviews with him are'.
describe the course of these winds that play fabrications. In support of time we
an imporant role in eoienoe and navigation ; looked in vain In the English pa -
but if, as has been said, the fate of Bulgaria pars for the report that Sir Moroll'
is not worth'the bones of a Pomeranian gran- had said that he concealed the can.
adier, a hundred times more true is the oeroue nature of the late Emperor's ailment
fact that the lives of three enterprising for fear that a reonoy would be treated.
Frenchmen are worth more than a seientt. None could be found. At last the etate-
fio conquest." moat was copied from a Yankee paper into
"Yes. Timis the model of L'Atlantique, a Dateh journal and then was promptly,
the largest balloon ever constructed. It will oontradioted,
contain 25,000 cubic metres (a metre ie 30 Schemes for the building of bridges on a
inches), be 36 metres in diameter and 112 colossal scale are at present rife. The Ger-
teetrea in circumference. The balloon will man Government has expressed an interest
be made of a stuff manufactured especially in the plan for building a bridge throes the
for the purpose. This stuff will be coated English Channel, and has been examining
with a varnish, my invention. Thfa varnish foto its practicability, although 1t ie not
will render the stuff absolutely impermeable, likely that bhe brfdgo eohome would meso
at the same time augmenting its dynamo.,with any more encouragement from the
metric force, So light ie the varnish the bal. English people than has the tunnel projeot.
loon will not weigh more than two tone and { A bill has lately been introduced into the
will be furnished with a valve superior to United States House of Representatives for
any ever before used, the construction of a bridge across the Hud -
It will be remembered that Capt, Jovis sod River to connect New York city with
was illustrating hie explanations, and at 1 Now Jersey.A structure with a single
last he showed me the oar. "This," said span 1,210 eet longer than that of the
he, "is constructed and managed in a ape. Brooklyn bridge is something which almost
Mal manner. Naturally II oould not under- bewilders the imagination by its magnifi-
take etch a voyage with an ordinary car, canoe. Still, as the obstructions presented
and my eoie object in the construction of are engineering and not political difficulties,
this one was to prepare something for our the possibilities of the scheme are not so
safety in case the balloon itself, from one very remote. American inventive genius
cause or another, should fall into the ocean. has often accomplished what has eeemed to
The car is of osier and measures only four be utterly impracticable.
meters by three' meters ano a half. On The Naw York Harald has published a
each side aro two oork bleeders coveredP
with impermeable cloth to keep ft afloat, fiat of the defaloatione which occurred in the
as We United States during 1878, and, although
MIGHT BE DROWNED IN THE WATER there were 34 of them, aggregating a lose of
52,784,805 02, our contemporary declares it
that would fill the ear, 1 have made a was not a good year for defalcations, by
double bridpe, 10 that only our feet would which it means to say that they were
be under water. The space between the rather fewer than usual. Nearly three
bottom el the car and the bridge will servo ,pillions of dollars is is rather tidyiah sum
on &storage roots for the ballast ; this is to for honest men to lose through the crimes
be small shot instead of sand. On one aide of dishonest ones in a single twelve-month,
but it is one which has been exceeded in re-
spective similar periods and is likely again
to be, unleee lets and hindrances are put up
against the temptations to which trusted
employees are constantly subjected. So long
as there are bank and other corporation di-
rectors who do not direct their ofliaials in
high places of responsibility, and so long as
the extradition treaty gives immunity to
big thieves, the list of the offences of these
latter is not likely to grow shorter. Temp-
tation to possible to all men ; and if contin-
uous, and if there go with it immunity from
pounds weight, but as our ballon,' -cur, legal punishment, it ie pretty apt to prove
travellers, We, will weigh altogether not ware
strong for some men to resist. If it
more than 20,000 pounds, we are able to av°re as clear as the sun at noonday that the
carry 34,000 pounds of ballast."
"How much ballast will be needed?"
"Thor we have carefully calculated. Tho
balloon will lose daily 1,000 metros, a loss
produced by the dilation of gas. We are to
travel sixty miles an hour, and shall in all
probability be eighty-five hours en route,
consequently about 8,000 pounds of ballast
will be utilized."
" What do you think of the dangers to
which you and your two aides, Lieut. Mal-
let and Raul Arena, expose your lives 7"
" I have made no mistake in my cal-
culations. In the past ten years I have made
220 ascensions and fallen in the water
twenty-nine times, twice against my will,
but twenty-seven times for the purpose of
perfecting my experiments. Omni remained
seven hours before aid reached me, and then
my car was an ordinary one, nob like that
of 'L' Atlantique.' We have been asked by
the managers of the Exposition of I889 to
postpone our orosetng until next spring,
and stake a sensation at the Champ de Mars
by appearing in the midst of the apeetetore
gathered therefor the inauguration of the
'World's Nair,' but onr preparations will
bo nompfeted, I hope, for the coming au-
tumn, In October our material will be trans.
ported to Now York. At some point chosen
we shall inflate the balloon and wait for a
favourable atmospherical disturbance, then
start for Europe and land—I know not on
wbab coast."
are two oabfns provided with mattresses
that may serve for life pr eservere. Suspend-
ed beside these cabins is a life -boat, therm
ughly equipped. Besides there will be
cordage, scientific instruments, and, as the
voyage will last for more than three days,
some thought must bo expended upon food.
A stove surrounded by metallic plates like
the Davy lamp, will be of service in our
gastronomical arrangements "
"How will the balloon be inflated?"
"By hydrogen, beoauee this gate bas an
a°oensional force of 1,150 grammes a cubic
metre. Thus we could ascend with 34 000
The Stomachs of Horses,
Horses have small etoma°he; remember
this. A good Milan ie to divide Dorn rations
into three daily portions—the (hay, too.
Many objeob to giving hay just previous to
work, as ib distend° the stomach and causes
the animal inconvenience. Delicate feeders
must be tempted to take their rations, and
should never be fed too strongly ab one time.
A "Sootch plate" is a rule very ,generally
observed in England—everything cleaned
up before placingother food in the rooks or
mangelittle
mangers. A kneed boiled jelly
to a ' y
and mixed with the corn is seductive. Huy
dampened ono salted will tempt others.
l3eant, a double handful, are a relish in
weakly subjeots ; pale malt for the oonvaie.
scent or indit toed ; damp bran and oats
aro engaging for others. Some grooms give
carrots and taros in small quantities. Car-
rots superinduce diabetes if given in ezcos-
sive quantities. The peoular habits of horses
demand the attention of all horeo•ownere
andgroome, A aufiiuionoy'of floah is all
that ca required, and not " hog fat" or
"beastly fat" as some phrase it.
"Billy, old boy you look like a su rimer
oiling. What's happened to glorify you?"
Tommy, old fel, congratulate me. 1 pro•
cord to Mee Flyaway feet night 'and shat
adopted me," "Shake, old man. So elite
id mo 1" ,
heavy hand of the law would be as certainly
laid upon the defaulter in Canada, or in
any other country, defaloations would be
fewer and the losses from them by honest
men be leas.
M. de Sorrel, the French consul at; Chi-
cago, has recently sent a report to his gov-
ernment oouoernieg the cattle industry of
Amerioa which is ,tesorving of notion as an
outeido and dieintereeted opinion, and, par-
ticularly, as if the statements contained in
it are true, they have not received the atten-
tion with us than their intriasie merits de-
serve. Having assorted that the losses sus-
tained by cattle raisers during the winter of
1880 and the summer of 1887 were equal to
1,500,0 .0 head, and that there was during
1887 a falling off in the annual production
of calves equal to 50 per cent., he goes on
to nay that the effect of this enormous change
f•ae not yet been experienced in the price of
meat in America for the reason that raisers.
seldom sell their animals before they roach
the age of three years, and this diminution
in stock would only be apparent in the sea-
son of 1580 and 1800. More than this, the
difficulty of providing food for their cattle
has induced many of the raisers to place
them on the market, thus forcing down the
recent price of beef at the expense of its
futuroprtoe. M. de Sorrel is of the opinion,
and ho states that he is supported in this by
some of the beet informed business men of
the continent, that, beginning with end of
1888, the price of beef in Amerioa will be
higher by quite 30 per cent. than it is at the
present time. If this change is to take
place in the price of a oommodity of general
use, it is well that our people should be in-
formed of the faot in advance, and make
such preparations to meet it as they eau,
The Pope's Enoyolioal.
The Pepe's entryolfoel on liberty sayat--
Human liberty fn individuals, as in societies
and Government', implies the necessity of
conforming to a supreme national law whioh
emanates ates frmn God. The Church
n is not an
of honest, legitimate lib!
Isom rt but it y g y, ,e
an enemy of license. It condemns false
libeealfsm or nationalism, whioh deolaree
that there le no superior law, and that every
ono meat fins lel' own faith and religion.
Suoh dodderer tends to destroy the coneoious.
ness, the difference between good and evil,
between jtatioe and injustice, and malice
force the solo basis of tooiety, The Church
is not an enemy of democracy, and rejects
no form of govsrninent,
Poor Goring Thoma;, the British earn.
puser, fa likely to be boycotted fn Germany.
Tho Merlin papers, in referring to the an•
nonnooment that hie opera 1Vadfeada had
boon accepted for performance et the 13etlin
Opera house, maliciously stated that the
aomposer was the brother of Sir Metall
Mackenzie. The mistake, of come, could
not have been made through ignorance,