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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1880-07-08, Page 6• tY - , • • Word* alatbe wor1e. of malice woken, Half M earnest, half in eat. Loving heerts ere day brace, liearta tan owes') aua tbe best. Liston, Ora/aerobe diecreet weeds of ream() no'er repeat; Loving hearts ere touder Mingo, Woede of mane() deadly stings. By the words or love wian spolcon To tae lowly antloppressee Loving ttearts, tar almost Melton, Peei as efforeverblessal. • sisters, brothers, comfort, cheer, Banish thus the sileut tear, Words (glove yen may be eine, Wonnetea harte 01411 quickly euro, words of truth when bahuyspeeen, Faitliftelyroproving sin, Ever is the surest token of a Beira pure whine. ' siStierni>-1gOthee8eem4dt11e tongue, Utter not a word tbee's wrong, Boldly speak tee ivories or truth, Thus become the guitte or yoatu. not believe Moses to have been the 'author of Deuteronomy, or that that book • Wee written at the date assigned. IIe •looks on it m a tplitsi-fictitious work com- posed in Jooifill's reign, and put dramati- cally into the mouth of Moses, not so much as a pious frand, but as a literary device to revive the spirit of the Xosaic legialation. While he does not accept the Dutcli theol. ogY, he accepts the results of its criticism, and looks upon the as not his. torically true, but as a late literary corm; pila.tiou whose historical element; II:mot bo Subjected to a thorough criticism. At the same time he professes in its integrity the general theological fait1 . of the Free Church, except so far as those viewmay be slipposed to modify it. Bev. S:A. Dyke gives in the Canadian 'Baptist an account of an interview with Mr. Beeeher, which is worth reading, as • giving the estimate .of tho two greMpreach- ors of each other. Ile says: After serVice,I, with others, went up to ploilte hands with Win and introduced myself as a Baptist minister and one of Mr, Surgeon's students. As soon as mentioned Mr. Spnrgeon's name be said, (:), yes ! Well, I admire Mr. Spurgeon's' spirit, but he is no theologiaw-He clings too mueli to the old theology, as, Mcleod, too many Others do.' Remembering Mr. Spurgeon's words in referenoe a. Mr. Beecher on the clay I mid goon -by, nine years ago, and fooling that tho opportunity was too good to be lost, osj.c1 : Would you like to know Mr. Spur- geon's opinion of you He spoke of you the last time I saw him before returning to Canada.' Yes,' said be. In speakilfg of you he said.: What a wonderful dellow Beecher is. Ho is a philosopher,' and then, with a most expreSsivo ohru,,d of the shoulders, ho added, but as a theologian he is nowhere.' .1 may have been bold, but it was deserved.'' ALIVE ON A IIIOIMITE SLAIL• ollunams MD CIERDY11.1E1‘. In the Free Church Assemble; the Vote in favor of disestablishment was overwhelm- ing -417 to 01- • The death is announced on Anticosti is. laud, in the gulf of S. Lawrence, of Bev, Joseph Little (Uncle Joe), •ti venerable Methodist minister. . • The very word humanity," says Max Muller, the noted philosopher, 8dates from Chrietianity. No ouch idea, and therefore no such terni,'was found anionginen before Christ came.' The presbytery of Now York includes 17,303 ohurch members and its contribu- tions to horde missions .were last year 258. One family alone gives annually 625,000 for this purpose. • Some. NeweastleOn-Tyne heatlionsiately pulled a little girl captainof the Salva- tion Army ' down a flight of- stops and kicked her, bemuse olio spoke to them • obmewhatIse pointedlyas to their vices, It has been rided by a Dublin magistrate 'and a higher court that to offer a Protes- • tant controversial tract to a Boman priest is an assault, Mu then& no words were exchanged, entailing a fine of 55.50. and costs. . An eminent Boston preacher once said that it was mockery to pray at night for sweet and refreshing sleep, Without •seeing telt that thebed-room is- well..ventilatocl.. God takes care of those who take care of themselves. Monsignor Copal has boon made a' bank: rupt. He is described its of Cedar Villa, now of Scarsdale Lodge, •Rensington,•clork in holy orders. , At the first meeting a • statement of affairs was produced showing the total dehts unseoured, £7,205; debts.' fully secured, 18,550;;3and assets nil: Miss Libbio Chedworth, of •Holland, N.. Y., has begunsuit against .the Bev. N. ' Burns for defamation 'of her character and abusing her in thppulpit, she 'having smiled audibly in church at the •mistake of an evangeliat who was holding forth at the time, • . •• . • The following Ourious directions 'to wor- shippers in the church of St. miebaoi and AllAngels, at,dinswiek,: require some • ex- planation 'During prayers all are request- ed to kneel. The .kneelers should be hung tlie hoOke'providedlor.•the EfUrpme..by those who have, used thein.' At a recent iheoliti,g'et-the TiOndiaPreS-..' bytery arrangements were triode fer the iii- -dnetnairef 111-61 ev. Dr. Gibson, forrcrerly of Chioega, '_to_tate_SPaetere,te • WencralitteloteaRilaselerylieteleeenafixied et. £1,200 per annum and the .congregation have allowed hiin a grant of £300 to defray the expenses 'of -his removal froze • Claioago to Leaden. • • • . • ' The Hen-guwan7ji of .Eicito, •one of the wealthiest and iniiat influential Buddhist peas in Japan, has a . Chinese Mission in • 1.tanghai, whichdispenses mediciees with . its religious instruction of the poor; and the home society in instructing a number of young men in English and • theology, in-. tending to send them asenissionariesto the Christian heathen of .Europo mad the . United Stet& ' •••• ' • ••• •.•• " Rev. Washington Gladden, of Spring- field, &timers the qttestimi, 'Why don't the . masses come to choral?' by assorting that • *they do ; .at least, that .proportienetery there is more church -going, now than theree was in the last century.. • At the time of the revolution thee •was on6. church te 1,038 inhabitants; while the present -ratio is one to 536 ; and he thinks the churches are as nearly filled now is thee.• .•. The Salvation. Arniy in England • and Scotland now numbers 5,280 ' men and women speaking, in &bile every StindaY and nearly every night. These areunpaid ; .. and theta' are beside • 207 ceptains, paid evangelists. -*Altogether there are now 151 stations throughout the vountry„ and du- ring the year ended the 12th of April, L14,- 069 had been' collected loonily and •apenda ed locally in this -works every penny so taken and spent being strictly accounted for. • At the Anglican Sy'n'od inToronto a long and lively discussion-. toek piece ono propo- sition to declare that no persons shall vote in the election for lay reprisentatives to" the Synod unless they be cotemunicants. , The motion was voted clown by a consider- able majority, • boteprovision Was made Whereby only bona fideovorshiPpers will be able to vOte.'. A voters' list, after' the• elec.• . tore; pattern, will be prepared and bung on the churchdoot, and would-be' voter's will be compelled to declare that they are of age, have been habitual Worshippers. auriog three months; nod do not intend to 'vote any other •dieesioh. • ,• ' • , A clergymen ip Pittsibniglately niterfied a lady with ‘whont be received the substan- tial dowry of 510,000 and a fair prOspect for more. Seensiterward, while occupy- •ing the pulpit, be gave out a hymn,' read • the first four etanzes, and Was roading the fifth, al• ' • 170t0Yer lettey gateau/ Wart " Ms boundless grace adore- -when he hesitated:, and exclitioted Ahem i 'The choir will omit the fifth vase,' and sat down, The congregation, tittracte,4 by his. apparent 'Sonftision, read the remaining linos: Which gives ten thousand blessings now; And bids me bopo for more. • The Popo nOw gives audience to Italia/1S, even to those devoted to the king. lteeently be received about 600 ladies, and they aro not required to kneel' and kiss his' slipper, - as forniorly. Ile now contentsliitself with giving his ring to kiss, The gratitest fano., ties who attend his audience are the French ladies. It is with the greated difficulty, ho can restrain theft, • They Over big foot _with kissesand tug at his, skirts lilic maxima. Ho io obliged at times to be rough with them find to push them off by . force, Sometimes; he laughs, though sera - times ho looksguite- angrily at them. But • Whether ho laughs or frowns they continue their road antics until' foreod away from blit, and then thoy stand aside gestieniat- ing and rolling their eyes in eestaey, much 10 the arnusemoutof thoother ladies, whom obeisance te.the, Pope is IMO lona and latubermit. Pref. Smith's (Freo Churoh of Scotland) ;pinions hold strongly to tho oupernatnra• l in the Bible, and to revgation, but not to inspiration as generally defined. Ilo doeS ret.pooty coroner's Timeiy Discoveryn i • she Case of a Little Wulf. • . A deserted girl baby, about six Weeks old., was found by a policeman. It was sent to police headquarters, whore it was cared foi.• by Ma.Eron *Webb up till about noon, when it Was pot in the charge of the -Department Of Charities and Correction. Tho superintendent ordered the child te_be • sent to Randall'S isIttiid; and tlio little 4nif was taken in tho next waggon that started fot the foot of East Twenty-sixth -street. While on the way, however, the driver con - eluded that the child had died, as it uttered no sound, and that its proper destination was the morgue, Accordingly, in passing down East Twenty-sixth street, he stopiied. and left the infant lying ou one of thci• • ble slabs provided for the reception of dead bodies until 'identified by; friends. Deputy Cormaer Waterman happened to be in the dead house making an autopsy on another. `body. Ile was accompanied by Dr. Finlyson, of Illinois, When ho had finished the autopsy Dr. Waterman went • to 'where the body of the infant was ly• •- ing, and called Dr. Finlaysim'eatttention to a wey of determining the ago of dead in- fants. While henaling• the bedy the deputy .coroner discovered. sign0 of life, and at 0140 sot to work to -try end reguecatete the little etrangee. He worked vigorously for nearly • au hour end was finally rewarded with sue- Aattficiell respiration wee_ _kept „op and hot baths and stimulants were given. The child wasasent. to Wird 5Q iiiBelldviie 'kerb eetiftleh• ellY 74 -Attend . ••••-' -•••••-•-•• . Something Like a Den. • . Lord Fife's dinner and ball to tlie Prince and Primess of Wales ere admitted to beim. been an unusually brilliant success. The 'Princess of Wales was eliarming in white tulle spotted with silver,. andeaeried an enormous bouquet Of white exotics.. Eaph .01 the lady -guests at the dinner was treated • with • liko attendee, and . was presented with, a; smaller bouquet of correspoodiug flowers by tho gallantry of the noble host Theptairease and 'ballroom offered , scope for the most beneetiftil floral echoer- aticinea All the youth and beauty of .Lon- don Were gathered tegether, aiid sporting their best frocks •endall the jewels they possessed; made a most brilliant coup .The honors wore ,doho by the Countess of Dudley. •Attirecl in .black, and • biasing with diamonds, she Was indisputably the most beautiful woman there. Lady Dad- alWays pre-eminent 1 or her beauty vitheneyer she apeioars : but Lady .Dodley has another charm very necommon to the tair sox and that is her. apparent einem- soiorisoess • of her liadoulated -supeemaey.. :The 'most perfect .00up:d'oeil .Was in the 'simper -room. A spiteitfoe tent' had been erected et.the back* of the niengioo.; .the sides were of old tapestry hangings,. ence' • the bright bloe canopy -ceiling was -at 0110Q a tasteful and nova idea. At the furthoe codwas a•etand-iip buffet; and at the -two sids of the tent; iu front of it, wore form.- • tains of .wato throwing their spray •into. . basins ofwater,' which were edged. with exotics and ferns, in which red and •• white 'were blooinieg in • abundance. The body of the tent *as occupied by many• round tables,gro main g with fruit andflowers, at whial a hot supper was served...But, perhaps, the Meet beautiful feature in the :whole clisplokevere the six. enormous rose- liushestwo 'white, • two ain,14 and two • crimson-whibli . filled the corners:* and boautifiy adereed the sides Of the • tent.. Those rose -trees, in point of size and for Mese Of Womb., eould. have Vied successfully ,withtlicise'splendid specimens of the•queened, flowers with which every (me is familiar who attends; the iloWer-showe in the Regent's eiark or at South Rensington. Altogether the coup dacil ef this sopper-room was like fairydand. •• . . • • • • • ..U1110 Liverpool ingpeetore of explosives „report that it quontity.- of- honey recently 'mime irate that port with a labolewcill cake- lated te• aware peeper' Inindlieg for the' package. In well displayed Mel largo . letters, the caution' te .porters and others ran thus': 'Handle gently as dynaiIiite. A drop of ono inch will eaueceeertfun degtrue- don to the contents.'' The word); 'brindle, gently," dypatnitea oral certain destruc- tion,' were, of course, printed in more prominent typo than tiro reel), end mot (lee well understand that little dernagowee done. to the contents of that Ptielmg(s• • The fifth vanntal cohforence qf believerd .for Bible otudy' is how in motor) ft.VCI I flee • Springs, There aro 250 par8Oltlihi ILLIPli dance., miniptors, evengolletg, end Ch rnitisa t • Workers from different parts of the .Goitd(I StiddS Wad. Canada, reprolichtifig *wham religious denominations. • • Everything in nature indulge; in ihnune moot. The lightning plays, Go whol whistles, the thunder rolls, tho snow .111 es, tho waves leap, and the fielde tonne. Even tho buds shbot and the rivers run, • uow cOftlea it that you dared break into this • gentleman's house in the dead of night?' Prisoner -J Why, judge, the other tirno you roproaolied nie for stealing in broad day, Ain I.not to ba .alleWed to work at all?' Creamy Roman pearl heads aro fashion- tiblo as neeklaeo$ for young holies', Clusters of flowers small worn at the centre of the • Corsage above the bolt. SeAeutifie asid_Useital JotthigS; . It Las been estimated that 100,000 miles of underground chambers exist in the lime. tone of Kentucky. England bas a new pest, the tipula grub, which ultimately develops -into a daddy long -lege.' It is very destrutive to vegeta- tion, and its ravages have 1)econao quite serious. Paris gets its water oupply frothsixteen largo reservoirs situated, on elevated points in different parts of the city, iuto which the water is pumped and from which it flows out through more than 875 miles of pipes. Prof. Alilne hes found the Jepaueso to be very keen archaeologists. They have made numerous valuable collections of stone im- plements, ancient pottery, eta., from the abundant remains of their country, the general belief among them being that such, objects are freaks of nathre. A. rain of dust in the Besses.Alpes during five days of last April gave a reddish tinge to the snow on the mountains to a height of nearly 10,000 feet, the snow higher up re- maining white, The dust is supposed to haxe been of terrestrial although not vol- canic origin, Somewhat similar showers fell in France in 1.840 and 1803. Among the elegant nOvelties of the hour' now offerag for sale on the Paris boule. yards are phosphorescent flowers, which glow with a lambent light in the dark and rival their natueal tints, They are render- ed luminous by coating the petals with transparent size and then dusting them with phosphorescent substance, such as sulphide of calcium. From carefully studied records of the occuiience of certain diseases in the pet, an English physician infers that epidemics sweep over the couutry. in (mite regular periods, tho cycles being of abut the fol-• • lowing length ; 'Whooping cough, four Yeers"; small -pox, four to five years; measles, seven years scarlet fever, fifteen to twenty years. , In a vecent note to the VionotoAcademy, Herr Selzer offers an estimato*(basell on numeration) of the probable nunabor of optio nerve fibres aud of retinal cones in a Lumen eYe. The oumbot of the fotmer.ho supposes to be about 438,000, that of the • latter 3;300,000. • This gives seven or eight cones for each nerve fibrie supposing ell ' fibres of. the optic nerves to be conneeted with !cnees, egequally- distributed among th The plant.most sensible to electricity is :the Ville. When lightning strikes iu a vineyard the Idaves affected are turned red - brown or deep'green, which circumstance shows, in the opinion of Prof. Colladon, that the electeicity descends in a shoot or shower, and net in it single point," as is • usually believed, the large number of vines touched proving that the' lightning hae covered a large (tree, The peofessor finds this theory coefirmed by au -observation on, -a -tree which eve.riately struck. • • • A foreign Medical journal reports that hypodermic injections of philocarpine in certain diseases of 'the eye laidenot eolY the effect ot curing the diseases, but of restoring the 'hair pa the heads of patients. One men, ciente bald, was suffering frore double catered. Three' iojections of the phibeearpine wore.performed ia fourteen days. The membrane over thepupil of the eye disappeare.d.', ondthoheadetiret becitraa. , covered with a thick down' and then' with • an abundant crop. of hair. , . A snieular pheimmenon . was rafelk• 7.41..igar-ieLee1eeanCu, raerinkVa: •.:"Jfif4t beferie polarise ' an . enormous nunib'er luminous betties' rosefrom the horizon and passed in a horizontal. coarse from east to wept. Sante of them seemed of the size Of a Walnut, waile-ethersaeseinleled the.sriarke flying from a chimney. They moved throegh space like it string of beads,' and emittedat. remarkably 'brilliant light. Tho. belt. doutaining table 'appeared about ten feetin lengthandtWo or tareefeet inevidth. •The clynogrePh earewluch the Boston. La 'Albany Railroad Company are testing on • theirroad, accomplfshos the .recoedieg ot the motive power aged in drawing a train by the transmission- orthe :force imparted* ,by the car's draw:bar, to it piston working . in . e, cylinder filled with . oil .to a pen Which draws a • diagram' of the train's resistance on a voll.pf paper. -*Other • pens • record the, .distance stravelled, 111 seconds, minutes and houts; the • -revoln-- • tions of the clriaing Wheels, the mite posts they are passed, th.e curves etod straight Ji1eso1 the track:the:Water used and etteli hovelfol ef cool put on the engine fire, every' °escapement of hie& smoke from 'the chininey, and the tale of the mietaothee ter en the top of the pa be, used te determine...the relatiVe differ,. ence.between the. vatieue ,kinds ' of joints and ballast:061=011y ueed du railreadsa question which has been pioolitientl.y Mere • the general niaatagete,of Alto anclhrhen onde settled will be the -means 'of ' saving large sums of Molloy tei the-• • corporations and bringing about better roaddaechi. ; ." . , . short time age,' -writes C.CootributOr to " Landand Water, ''•a, friend of mine) • saw two sparrows -reale and feniale-Which ovidentlY had some elisptito to.settle; as they • twittered about each other.fOr soneca time, • then commenced ifi downright earnestness to fight. Being uueholiestedin this dornoralizing game, they continued in • doer) combat for seVeral, Minutes, 'neither giving in , • ancl ball appearances they. had . made up there minds tofight until there was nothingloft butthero tails.' My friend, having no porticultir call :Upoo hie. time, tbought ho would lido ,the end of awe fray, if end there. was to be, go he *watched the pugnacious .bipeds until' it was a mutual give in," they haviiig' fought.. until they couldnoither walk not fly. He thequietly. walked up and deliberately •piolted" •tho oeinbatants up, . just as ho Weald .have picked up anything Hideo, sopowerless wore they. to -get out of hik reach.' - A lady writes in the LOndinf, Trull) cone, corning a repent drathatio representation: .had noticed in an .oepportite. box. a lady in" crearteeoloread setin and superb orimments, who•appeored to be more than half As I woe coming out I encountered her. • A gentleman in f amities's evening dross Was fuldrefising her ip a leer voice. I heard. him }My:. 'Stand 0.5 straight SS you cad. The (wring') will bo here in a mothent, * You Intuit Mend staraglit." • A kind' of &quote. 1001( WM; 011 MS face.- , His companion Was toXicatedi • A tow man -lents later lip' al. meet lifted her into teearriageewhieli relied (may to 0e0 of the statlies•t homes in Eng,'. ir a can be ..called whore the wieder gime the oyo of his own servants, !Mowing' time they are aware of his wifo's 11 I ;carom,. (in" "aridity morning at; Naa • 5 G. T. 11. )811,1111, WKS bOtsveen Carelechie end leo (ma a lady intenefiger gave birth to tv lino boy. Mother and child aro cluing well. onsip of the tee store Iloilo, Brown, evlett are yore cluing 11(1,0 7 tliought y01.1 L111410(1 tit iillOr1.W010101 ? 1)1(111't 110 Still you 7, Brown (itioderateiy)--.' Well, yes, he suited. inc, but lie did uot ;suit mo to it tea;.' • A west end man whose wifo olefins houso four times a.year and sweeps nine timeo.8. week, sap; sho is hopelesoly afflicted with chroule hroomatisna, • • - ._________.___E"Ofee.741efialaiFflialfge.Frotar452.51.1"Etr^K,Zu7Yarer47410-4a rarclE TRADE ArreAlto Address of the Cobden Chid, to the American raroters. bosT OF PROTECTION-CONDEU- NA.TION TIIE AMERICAN i In a, crible des)p°aCtclliitolfNJune 13th, it was stated that the Cobden Club is sending to Americo large numbers of a brochure en- titled The Western Farmer of America; by Augustus Mongredien, the object being to sbow western agriculturists how much they pay for protection. T,he pamphlet in question consists of thirty pages, In the introduction the anther says the golden rule for successful • trading is to buy itt the cheapest, and sell in the clearest market ;' but, strange to say, the American farmer, by whom is meant the producer of all articles derived from the soil, whether grain or cotton, =teeter tobacco, reverses thiefrule, selling in the cheapest and buying in the dearest market. M. Mougreeion thou endeavors to •flow ']tow =loll is actually taken ecteh year out of the pocketa of the American farmers by compelling them to buy dear, instead of allowing them to buy 'cheap goods.' Taking the figures . of the last census he says there were, in round numbers 2,000,000 ef persons engaged in manufac- tures who wore exclusively privileged to supply nearly all the physical wants (except food andlodging) of the other 10,500,000 _workers and their Confining himself to the 0,000,000 of agri- culturists, who, he estimates, must by this time have increase(' to 7,000,000 with their tho, author ' asks, What is the average animal expenditure on all articles ..of consumption, except food end •driuk, by each of these familiee?' elm mamas eon Toe entire. Ou careful investigatioo end consulta- tion with eonsctentious iuquirors, and with persons most competent to judge, he says, we feel confident that we Aro within the mark in computing puck annual expendi- ture at e200 per family, including within that average the small minority of unmet- ried men among the 7,000.900 agriculturists. It 11111St bo borne in mind that this amount inOludes L Woollen, cotton, linen and fabrics,- awl, therefore; evtry.species of clothing for nettle and female, as also shoots, curtains, blankets, carpets, etc.'. 2. Iron and steel manufacfares, end there- fore all ironavdrk, wire, cutlery, tools, farming implements, farriery, agricultural machinery, as well as eailWay conveyance on iron, which cost very much more thaw it would have 'cosb liad it been imported frona, abroad, • 3. Leathern fabrics, And therefore boots and shoes, saddlety, gloves, etc. 4. Earthenivare and crockery, tinware and glass and 'numberless ether household necessaries, all" of which comp under the pvioe inflating infloonae— 'of tho custems teriff. It is on these objects that the, greater portion of- the agriculturist's outgoings VA expended, for lio. is but at little expense for his food. More- over, this yearly average of $200 per family comprises- a largo umber' of rich end well to do persons, audit May sefely be aesuined cia rather metier than -ver the reality. Haig/ - nag now Cleared the way thus far it is easy to calculate the total sum ammelly ..speut. Sli baittinfactured-gocclety-the'farroersand 'agriculturists' generally of the great pentral •-aaarloveeterheatateee, Ara,91-int being $200 to ---7,0a0,000-inIailies,-iaS - Cleared the carrying trade of the world. with England; alba.' not only that is lest, but your own produce is carried away from your own ports in foreign bottoms. Is it that the American of to -day has degener- ated itt euergy, kibl or enterprise? Not a bit of it. But here also protectioo hae stied its baneful influence. -Iron has super- seded wood in the enistruction of large ships, and your tariff makes iron nearly twice as oostly to tho American shipbuilder as it is to las 'British rival. Abolish your import duties, and you will epeedity seo your mercantile merino restored to it$ former splendor.'T1tn I11:41311r: AL Mougredien's remedy is, of course, the repeal of the tariff. lie 001101100K as fol. lows: Let the American fermees give their support to no cautlidate for a, seat in the Hoose of Represeutativee who acme not pledge himself if elected. to prolame, or at least to vote for 88. reduction of five per cont. every successive yeer on Alio import duties till the whole are abolished' Never mina what party he may belong to. The relief of the farmers from an intolerable burden is not, menet be, arid must not be it party euestion. 11 18 itparamount and in,- evitttble measure which comeit before, overrides and taste into the shade all party distinctious. To refuse the abolition of the tariff is to refuse justice to the agricul- turists. It amounts to a persistance iu the iniquity of couti•ecating the farmer's pro- perty. Up with the tariff meaus'cloym with the farmer.' If it be saide tett abrogation of the tariff would suppress one of tho sources of state revenue, the western _farmers ready reply avoateLlegot of the $100,000,- 000 yearly taken Tram us only e60,000,000 go to tho revenue. • Tliere are plenty of -ways of raising a.00,000,000 of revenue withouta..esorting to the clumsy, 'wasteful, roundebolit precess of inflicting on us a lose 9211400,000,000 to enable the state to got §C0,000,000. You Might as well pay that there is ne other way of roosting it pig thee by burning clown the 'muse. 'We anal bo all the bettor able to pey the taxes necoa- sertarrg yintos replace the import duties if our n aro loft with us intact.' 11;011.i.ES., ' The death of Robert aadito Tennant; D. L., and ex-rucznber of Parliament for Belfast, is recorded. Tile Lords of the Treasury have ;Minsk to lend the municipality of Dublin more money, It already owes ever 5,000,000. • In it return just published it is stated that the total uumber of emigrants who. left Ireland during tlio • quarter ended March 31st was 15;551. •• • A young man untried. Thomas Hall has been remencled in Dublin ea it charge of having stolen £1,080, tho property of his falter, a cattle dealer in Mumehester. An iatellident correspondent of tho Deb - lin Freeman's Journal prepheAiee the ger- oaring of abundant Moe -este he heeled this year from July to November: • '• . Lord Leonia:id bas remitted .12 per cent. of his tenants' rents itt Eildeseat diserict. • His lordship hos aleo pool:ideal hie Unseats With:flour and setid peteteeta • • , In tha.townland:of Dallynotity rick', a house itt Winch an evicted. tenant ,-(Patrielt aleleeye. lived was recently initil- ci�us1 bottidd to the grotto& :by gemvP-Ora- sou or pelefoup onkumvu, . • . • • Theltish..pepulationit-tluigunlaiLl",lay --terairle,130a-,5;10•,-h-treirecobettreeettrittels agdit cTurbig tlie: eiliaVtlerao readetrt abyseritieattatiotee- Thik brings it back (tiniest to the number of 1803-0,210,320, einpo whictotimeit had continued to inereaSe... • " . a1,1.0fa000,000-itotheregate-a-eTheenest step is to -ascertain what portion of .that amount the. western farmers would save if, by the abolition of import duties, they Were left *free to supply their wants froin the clidapest .market, wherever that might be, whether in America or in rope, whether in New England or iu Old • England. To or On. the gide of ceution'we. histead- of:50 per cent. or 421. , per ent.,`talto 40 per pent- asthe overoluergo" which'ethe western farmers- have to pay f or the geode which they require to supply their wants.• Now we., have . shown. that their: antival " expenditure on the sup- ply' of those wants amounts in the aggro. gate to a1,400,000,000. Let he SW what pro - 'portion of that sum is onnecessarify squaia- dared, ...It the. American farmers were • allowed to buy, as they could buy, for $100 what they are. now compelled to ay$140 :for, it is creep that they .ebuld buy' for .51,000,000,000 what they 110W pay 1,400,.. 000,000 for, and eonsequently they wotild save 'It400,0.00,000 every yea, In other words, by being left free to buy where they* epuld buy cheapest, they would benefit to the extent of 6400,000,000, which the , new • ose y re opera ion 0 t le protective' • . • .. • - • • • . . ° Wilt= T114,X0'$.EY•C;ous, • • , • M. ISIcalgredien next entice/eel-a to aeon -int; for tho e400,009,000,- whiele 'lie says; • are . taken •oatelf, thepockets of the farmer.' ile • sari The penoontof eustomS revenue in. 1878 ,wn,s' $130,000,000, of which: ho esti- mates the *fern:lees Contributed about 009,000,1eavina$340,600,000.to he accounted for. Straelge- as it may apPeara ho adds', ' analysig and extunination show thet ftlI this money has been end is spian- dered and wasted, spent as. recklessly .the it would be in hieing an army anion to dig holes and fill thane op. again. Nto • thing whatever is got by anybody in return .for those 010,000,060,- and that suite is simply. thrown, away and -sacrificed to make nr, fer the want of skill.or of eapi- .tal,'or of Whatever else it may be, by reason of which-tho eastern opumfacturer makes ntertiore profit by. selling AU artiele•at t 140 *then the lirieishereclee's by gelling the sante article et -a100. If„ indeed,. the eastern manufacturer could produce the: article for e100,-andif he did get e1•40 fen it, he would be bonefitted end enrioliee and 11 might . some' consolation to, the farmers for their loss.of 5310;000,000. a year that it, went to form largo acearaulations of 'wealth irt thepockets of their• fellow-citiZerie • in ' Sic eastern' states. • But this . eon-. solatimt does nOb exist, ...end wo•'• shall presoutly ;Show tett, in spite • of the ecormotts siuraovercleargocl.to•the farmers, the profits of the easternonanufacturot are procarmas, elactuatipga awl by no means above tho average •of other efectmations. His charge of '5140 for what • the Britisher can afford to sell for .0100 only loaves' him a bare- living profit, beeneaseit assts him $4Q more to -produce the article • than it costs the Dritisher.. ;Why this should be 'the case we :eatinot 'here -POI to inettire, hub "guell is the fact Indeed,. 'how oleo could British • geode bo largely inmorted into tbue States in spite ot tho •it;), per cont, intrOrt duties which they have to . fit support of his position AL Morigiorlieft. points to the commercial depresmon of leee years, and pertioularly to the decay of American •commoree. Ito 'Writes; "In spite of the vast expansion of tlorworld's commerce tho tomiago of the ttnitea Settee mercantile navy is actually lies now then 11 was twenty years ago. Vrcon 1855 to 1863 it was upward of 5,000,000 tons ; front 1.871 to 1878 it was little more than 000. Englisletonnege itt 1801-wo,s 4,350,000 tons; and in 1877 it , was 0,115,000f Within the lost twenty -years English tonnage hag 'hennaed"by, 2,000,000 tons, while yours has diminished by 1,000,000, l'ormerly your mercantile bevy . . • • A.yoting girl. nained Valiancy, residing at the Rock; Lencloncletry, died lately from. hydrophobia.. The girl was bitten .some tee- day s •beforeby o cat: • liaegerous symp, • • toms develepeil •cluring ethe week, 'and site; died after teueli agony.. .• •• ' . Mia meeting of the North Dublin Guatcl- • inttsa resolutionhas bemi adopted calling f or. the immediate publicotion oethe.11oyal' • Commissioe's report,,on. the sanitarystate of thweity, in view of 'the continnance of a high death rate„,and the evident inereaSe of sinall.pox and fever. - 'An aPplication is about to be made- to Forstele: Chief Secretary for Ireland,. to (tea Inne to ecceive a•deputation•of ladies interested in the subject Of intermediate. education fee girls,in Ireland: The.recent 'appropriation of ono million leom the surPlas funds of the Disestablished Chureh. of 'inland has helped materially in the • edu.cetion of be3r$ of the .middle class; but I • • tion of girls in the smile condition off life. The • "Gel -ideal 'Assembly of -the 'Presby teeitto Chinch ine Ireland ,e6mmenced its minuet deliberations --on •tho 7th inst. itt Belfast, :wheal n Pere:ton • was' pi:Oohed by the •eutgeingmoderetor, the Rev. Professor :Watts, D. De of.Delfeat. •• The -election of • -the new moderetoe Was .thon 'proceeded' With. Twenty-five presbyteries nominated t he Rev. Jeckson Smyth, D. D„ of Armagh, • brother of the'late Professor Smyth; M. P. for:Londonderry ; and twelve presbyteries returned no ninninaticms. Dr. .e.inytle was accorelipobe elected unanimously.. Smythe who Was tot:011;4. with loud. 4 - plats(); delivered' an ralchess. • • ire:A.04E05 ON DitlAitte slur. . • • • — A Sailor Pibo; Tstncl by tile eiecond elate Of toot -ova sentient vessel,' . • Sr. ;Tenet, N.B.:Jame 27.-a1io arrival of tho ship Lillie Soullard, .fronaPhiltitlelphie • today, cligelesea tho .faei; that rt.' tragedy .aceterred •911 board that vessel yesterday' morning. It appears that there was some trouble on Friday night between tlio ilist mate audit Kalov homed. James Lanibern reltitiVe to storing. The olieputt was re- newed betweele 4 and e o'clock on Saturday morning when the vessel wee. off • Machine, Seel .ieland. Leathern x1.18110(1 at the first niatewith e. belaying pinewaereupon. Wina Mullielland, second mato, drew a revol- ver in the Mat mete's defence and tired. • The bullet:Mitered. the right side and severed. an . artery ancl the unfortunate man died in ten minutes. ••Tho affair wits "witnessed by nearly all tho •crew. Whene the vessel arrivoilltere today the. inflator,. Captain Hillan, sent •word to the • authori- ties, Artilholland was brought ashore -and placed in tho police station, and the corpse vets removed. to the morgue. Mulholland. halls from Belfast. 'Whoa intervicsVecl this evening„ li professed. great regret for his not, 81141 Baia, it Wag 1111int011ti011fth TIO de- cateed he drew the: revolt•eea ititending merely to if; timidete the man, '-and that the deadly weepet; o Reif -cocking revolYer, tiff .necittentaiiy.----Tioreittierree (myth() shooting was unnecessary. Tlie decemed llailu from London, and was about 40 years of ago. An inquest will be held to -morrows The Lillie Soullard haile trent Yarmouth,* N. /3. In retied hats preference is givoli to. Italieng wows named Zulu braids. As a rule they are not boconiing nor aro they pretty, though every tenth women one meets has it Zola on her head. At tho seaside these hats aro suitable, as they shade the face, and the • fiction of tho S1111 and air does not seem to affect the color el - the straw. • aca7.OSe7aa"7.•=ca."•=s3"•aresallaaa'20FOre'— WIRE lia3A1419l_tt00.15; IT:X10.00lNift *r."0...;;;;;Avr rgrovning40 Of ;he Shooting: et poasioble 24.orrigon. • Gram, June 28. -On Seturday it wale i .reported n the city that it rourder•bad oc- curred ttt Bueltinglitto), a man named Wee„ Honey shooting it constable named 11forri- sou; wig/. Was endeavoring to arrest 'brit - V (waxer particulars have now been received: and it appears that the affair -took place nt' Bearbrooki Ituseell county, ,some. twenty-two miles . from the city. The' feets of the ceseare as fOITOWS About 1.30.- o'cloek• on Friday afternoon, Morrison', who is the owner of a stallion, was engaged itt . Mr. Gilbert Nelsou'e, itfootnote residing twomiles from his own placee, when Wm. lIesieo and his brotherdn4w, it man reveal Ilarrae, came up to the gate and tola Morrison, WhO ?Vas in the ban/ - yard, that they wanted him. Morrison replied tied he would come 0.8 90011 as:begot through what lie weeat, and Heney and Harris- waited. Wheii Morrison went down to the. gate Honey .swore 8.1 bien and dared . hiro to arrest him now. 111errison replied,. Ifeney, 1 have no warrant to take you and want nothing at all to do with ;you,' • Harris made a race lit. -Morrison for .the purpose of -beating him,. • hilt was caught Alia thrown down* by 0, 'pile of logo near- the gate... When. Harris got him he attempted to seize hold of Morrisowby the legs for the purpose. of throwing him. down. Morrison .olinehed. iiia, and while they wore •itt this position Haley drew a, reeolvet end Allot Morrison ie the left side, the . bell lodging • in the, spine of the back.. After tho sheeting • Morrison walked from the gate to N•elson'a. . house., two acres distaet. He ley down on the sofa; but his wounds were eo Lul that he was carried. out 'into the: yard, and laiadown dialer it tree. A (looter was • . • ent for andon liiarrival cleeleredth -.wound was fetal. Mr, Nelsoil wanted_ to. *scud ta Ottawa for a (looter, but was 'tad. • tli •s$ tlutt.. • , et it was no. use, as nothing could saved Merrison's•life, This proved to be the case ;.. he•liogerecl on in. -great pain for some 24 , ..'• • , hours, when death put snood to los suffet. • • ' inge.. Yesterday meriting, an inquest Was held, and a verdict of murder' aeiaa • doted:, against Honey, Iii the afteroome - • the- funeral tool( plecotoftline"x1Neloriu-:gtiNe4tae.l.asoilitiee'ers... . was a Man "about 25 -years, af age„ :four weeks teem Maley is ealephow of John • • • . (Ilieffalo) Homy; ef Ottawa, and ie abut • 30 years. qf age. 'The Affair originated Out • • Hatri and Ellie got out - a., warrant for. his . arrest • wbiich waeplacod. in thd lianas of Morrison, -a . house; where Morrieou died. • • The•decea,secl - but loa.ves a wife and thee° children. . generally. liked. -His father. was buried. . • of e diflioulty winch occurred last •Merch. • IIe• 'Was raised. ill the tawnsbip and was • Honey is said, Vahave beltea Aire. who Was .0 'coifs -table, wont to Honey's houso. one., n dark, but tho offender Managed after it •.. • scuffle' to effeet hieescape, emilaiiiing. away ' until lately when he returned and 'renewed • , • • •the quarrel as• already stated. Ile is still. • - „ • abeargebut there is.. reason . for believing • .. •• .• that he 'weiin elle day yesterday. In any • • • . events:), blac'. whiskerecianen resembling; . ...• hint is, said to beve:Tioeitleeti IyinginT tire' •-• ••• liaittolii• bra' geaggeff-afeeelliell'alediatia Ofsaae las was dieting to .•Ottawee Tlio local au- . • ' thorities. de: pot •appear ;to ..aeve made '0,ny... • „• attempt to arrest- him. • . „ • , • ''''''.14iii4iing,1,7i.iiii.ai.fEre'eff.r.ctir • px.;'Sieinelas home, lose read before the. . • oaSpapteanteethozeactiteitoplictitionatifathoetoe..•":Oat.- "tlyptimo-electrie. current •to • Metallurgy.. • horticulture, • and • the ...teansmission 0 • • •• prOter,..in which he gives the latest restilts.•-• ' ofhis iovestigetiope and experiments Qfl. this subject,. alp • :deporibecl; an electric• , • • fuenece Which heaays is 'Moro oce.nomicel . thee:the ordiutiry cir furnace; .and which„ • _so tar as eeeocatty of fuel..is oouqemned, is . •.imarly equal tothdrOgendtati•vegestOrnecee • '". • DePiales other 'adv.antages .cleireed for it, it. .. . • is •capealeef analnaost 'unlimited degree Of • - ' • heat • Successful' experiments . With • the . epparatos mado. by the lecturer la • the. ' .presence of thoe. ethicai. andienee were • • 7. 'latiledwith ringing ouioer. Dr. Siemens' - leteet havestigatioas ponfirm the announee- • 'moub made .sometimo. ago coneereing the.. . •aalue' .of theetectrici light in - horticulture:. • He has reached the Conclusion thatelectrie • 1ightprtluoest1io coloring mettevelildrophyle • • itt tac'eleteVeS ..ef plento belps .grewth, • ; •eminterectsethe effects of night frosts.; and. -• . • ..fielvitnees. the settingand ripening:of feuitio • tho. epoi!--;...e.•eNo).t-en•to-.4o .plants not need . • most .diering the . 24 llama:, but their, gtOWth.: .• may be materially advaimedby exposure to . " •-authatletaolt-tr44.egotheealte-y-and-to eleCtrie " light (luting the night. At. least, this is tlicresttlt of eeporimeats catriedenduriug ; • . cerettio short periods. . tine eenclusion," .. • , _is:. -ie.' harmony •Orith'eeliat Dr: ; •Sebobelee' :• Anna in. "Norway; . namely," that in - prolonged doylighe of ..N.orthete, .serepners . oilepte.produce• mere". beilliant flowers, an1l • - ...tart* end more arm/lathe fruit than :are - • . semi in •thore southerlY countries WIteee the " light of day end the darkness of night are . ..about • equal ..in daretion. Dr: Siemens• ..bayipramend that plants uildo the infla- • • . • ence otelectric. lig-ht 'cam stand iecreased. artificial heat expressos the •opinion that • • . - forcing maybe successfully .effeeted,, and • •that excellent fruit and-beentifut flowers .. may he grewn. Without ineinedittte oeolar. • • .help .• pr, -Siorpolia . has . mule extensive preparations . for • experienenting • .on. . a. . worlaeg •spolo itt his -felon next winter. Arteeng • other questions whichlue ovishere to -determine is 'Which part of the •• reys. 'coastline)* ev.hito light OrOduees ..• phyl„ starcheanclwoody fibreo•and."tebieln • • - pert ceases theiruie to-rtheo. •• • • • Werirthe Citizen desirous Of eating justly. in regard to the Turtle Mountain Settlers it. wonlii publishtheir menorial and state tho ;whole case. "rho fact -that they settled in 'Start Of Bolt E, which has since been . found unusuallyfertile'does 'not invalidate. their clainiS, establighed under Orders -in. Connell in force at the time they went. there. -Tho fact pf the Matter is-, that it - • conipanY, coMPosecl of certain supporters of the Government, has secured a charter for- a railway .threngli the Turtle' •Mountain • region; and it is "tide eeinpany .which is .• letieging.pressure to hear on the Govern. malt '' to • 'alter the • regekaions, • 86 that its Member() inay derive all .banefitof the• sales •of land • at a high1i er :ilea Mum could 'otherwise be obtaindd. It is nothing elsollian 8.11 atterapt by a colathituttion of capitalists to monopo- lize a most valuable stretch of cot:Entry under the nameof a railway conipany. . Government IP playing .into the hands ni • these speculators and hence the. Vexatious. orderioin.coancil of.whiali the settlers com- plain. • Aleantiate, the effect of the land policy linus been to statt an Geodes from: Manitoba and wo aro assured that hundreds of Canadian settlers aro pulling up stakes and crossing the: lino into Dakota, where they can obtain land ef equal, if not groat. • • or valitel free front the In1luence/1 now un-' • fortunately dominant in Canada..; ---Ottawa.. • Free Press,. The Vietoria Assembly has rejoeted the bill for refortning the Constitutio'n by it vote of d13 to 41, and the Governor will. . probably dissolve thelfouse, Tile Ministry have advised the Governor to diesolve• Piano/moot. • •