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The oolon_y of British Guiana lie; between
Venezuela, Braid', Dette117Ciniana mill the
---Mlantio Oman, on the not. ttiosat•of
South America, It was first.'settlecl, by
the Dutch in 1580, but has belonged to
•Great Britain since. 1803. Its area is corn-
et 7000 square mike, but thelioun-
between, it and Venezuela andIkezil
arena deterinin4 FOr139-m9 Miles from
the.ges, which Is of a dirtY Yellow color.
the Iona 'is low and fig, being a rich
alhilial 4ellosite Whilli,P0ffee .and cotton
, puce grew, and in later rem the sugarcane
•
fidtitielies luxeriantlY. 'Its" 'jivers are
wide. and have thei'rsources far away in the
interior. Large:04e Mieeiidtheee.etreaMs.
for.hrindreds of miles. but 'far up In the
intOriOr :the rivers ereetOseedi by wok for.•
•matione,,overwhielt-teaT-Aango"diall
• and it *only the; Iftdians Liget dugoutor
merle' that, :can "peso them" formidable
• •obstructions.: :v The climate, although warm,
is net, oppressive. Thediermometerranges
er.Q.ma5,p,.e0.90..O, hut, thee° etc. refreahing
, seal bse which temper the heat. The
eolany'bi not so very unhealthy as is equally
• euPPOisektee With !are and ordinary Pro4
=Mien gond health- can be
tafined. ' The population • is., ' mixed. It
4hoeuunilbers . about 264,1300, composed_ of
Europeans, Aboriginal ' 'Indians,West
' Indians, Africans; ' Portuguese, • :Chinese
&bent 02,000 in 1885. The flore is rich, but
• onlY'PartiallY explored bYbotaniste yet. It
jg dietingush,ed.for„, ito.enormously large
and lofty tree?, it beautiful palms and the
abundance of chainlieg.ft&Weeing creepers,
•• Which cling to the, tidiestbranches. The
• large forests aboundin trees, whortetimbers
ara:OXPeedinglY.Taluable, and • immense
variety. The fauna is most interesting,
tten1 seined the =hails' flesli iaeonsidered
by epionres. to be really ilelidoue,•• The
labbaL-Lof Which it is ,remarked, "that he
. who elite ite flegili and , drinks creek. water;
willteurelY return to Guiana "-the agouti
• and waterlibas the, 'meet peominent
, inithate in theeolony ; but monkeys', and
•'War% iagilararpumas deereOPOesumsand
• dienetelleare plentiful. • 'The feathered
Whoa are .abundant and most beautiful.
NIIMOTOIIS varieties of fish ' • , • • .
, .
•
mrturrr Tite.ste.AND BIVEB
' ell -ekes, and: turtles . are :quite
plentiful,' and the ants, mosquitoes, bats
lind, booties'peavent life 'Eton' .beePreing toe
RaWa4Y,0„b4.0.1tok..ilmui,
.tithAlititi4uut.,(tutathe colony doirrew
-VIT09. 410-3 -fs on thia 1., their Fueeeeih,
nay, for their very etre . There am-
'
very few other excips, grown. Cotton has
almost ceased to be cultivited,Owing.to,the
scarcity ot ,lahor., For the sanie reason
coffe.e . le not given the attention that it
'merits, is it requires..-a--teliable7aupply"of
lib= for ,puccessfid , cultivation and reap-
ing. 'The Liberian coffee would, , succeed
well if proper attention cotild be given to
• its =item.- CacaO ',Cultureis only in its
• infrincY, Willett at.present the cane is their
.ole dependence. for prosperity. - In .1885
•-• -the crop, Which was ' counted a; short one
_ „yielded 106;532. hogsheads . of sugar; in
1884, it was 139,296 hogsheads. Therdwas
- • • a largo. in:day-of sugars shoWn in the exhibi.
tion, also of jnolaltintitAtridleurn,:thet ever._
;•: l'peesent and most productive agent of sin, of
,sorrow, �f broken -headed wives; Of vaga-
bond •children, of .ciimiliabs; lunatics and
-Murderers that the Iteph-flendof . hell :ever
•• *inched npon our earth.The preptieters
• of the sugar plantations imete no troubleak
. =Renee in celtivatienand . Machinery, to
=tilde them to maintain the foreniostrank
• . in the British markets. Lately the etruaii
,has been. eendered-.niore, irdnous. by the
free admission of the 'European. bountY-
suppoetedsugarainte-the-Britiebrinarketc
. The ethnological collection in the court is
"'most interesting.. There are specit,nens Of
Indian warclube, bows and arrows, Canoes
• and inany_indieneurithrities.:: -There. Otte
; four mat Agates of . the , Guiana Indians
• party of sit:Lidiens in their 'Wigwams busy
baskets,' waiving liaMmocki, etc..
' • SEC in their own land; was greatly' enjoyed.
and wondered- at by Europeans Who had
•. • never' eeen., .the red men of America.
Geld mining • must : at an . , milli day
proVe • a •succesehrl .birsinesdi. to Many;
ai3 the specimensshown indicated . the
•• probahl
e advent .of a gold fever there. before
: meny • years.... There were an enormous
, number of "specimens of timber exhibits,
• • suitable for ship building, heirs° 'building,
• .*.cabinet work, ageicultural.impleinente and
almost . anything • that timber can be used
..2
for. The fibred of British Guiana are
almost 'Unknown in : the British Markets.
. Cotton, which was once grovvn largely;, has
ceaeed•to be cultivated, although the soil is
well,sciited for its saceesstul production.
„.Many of the fibres exhibited may take
.the place of lienip "and bast; and • it only
requires a dern,andto bring forward a largo
supply at low prices. , The collection of
fibres was enorinotislylarge, and the hem.
,-mockerete*.exhibited areetroeg evidences
Of the geed ..quality of the fibres. The
mineral's are mot numerous, nee of- ritueli
commercial value, except gold, Which exista
-6Onsiderable.- quantities. At .-present,
• Otiing-to the b'otindaries of the Colony not
being •definitely, • fixed; capitalists are
unwilling'to embark in mining operations ,
•but with eettled boundaries, and proteetion
to the enterprise, gold mining vvOuld seen
• beconie one of the meet profitable- indite-.
the s of, the 'colony. • . lion exists , in alinnil-
• ‘ Eine(); but no , person has yet attempted te•
Work .the Mines. •British Guiana is richin
•.gireag, ells and barks ;' •fine 'specimtine Of
gum enimi'and Of ballata were shown, the
last,in, the milk and in 'rolls', andsheets,
.• etc. ' Tine gum is in some eespecte Einpericir
. to India rubber. and 'gutta percha. The
-4' Gillhacker glue" which is made into
• 'glass, -with e :specimen of the fish it is "ob-
. , tained,from, Were shown. Tones' or Tont
• .• pin beans, whiCh grow wild in the colony.
in large: qeantities, were exhibited; and also
eral kinds of oil: The barks' were -Very
merous, and reitny of them, no doubt;
chlyladen With valuable Chemicals and
propertiedWhich will greatly
benefit the,,World. yet. Many of them ere
tilleful for training,purposee, and ere arc
Ei331,0'vin elt TER 1tior4N8 AS kg run
citiees of illnetie or accident:' • The . food
..pireducts comprise the zea1 ancl Eitaich of
'
the CePtclay.Whiall is the daily good Of the
Indiana. COsaataeli, Whialtla used largely
On aeomMt of ital antiaePtio' Properties, is
ala0 aliOWit .01od. plitn,
• inZeit nutritious. srticloa of food
known, Werewell. represented, as wrat, ailao
tihe Or= and tiOffee of superior quality,
alieWmg that the soil of the colony is Well
suited fOrtha growth Of the ohoilolate and
the eliffee• trees, ' Coffee was formerly
gown ffilentifsk, and veinal" ost of its
chief articles of- export in farmer years,
and realized largeprices in the British
Marital!. The collection's illustrative
of the natural idetorY of
Bri-
tish Guiana are moat •interesting, the
Indian curiosities relating •to their eocial
life and to war aro of the deepest interest
to the arohieolOest and to the moralist,
Ainonget thelnar,paintings anddraWings
in this court was a map of thircolony pub-
lished by the Government.. A map of
Parts of British Guiana and Venezuela,
showing grants Mak te the !Alma Cern-
pany by the Government of Venezuela
which territory is claimed by the Guiana
Government. A Proclamation and Articles
of Capitulation:131_1803. /C-ftio amine of
Sch,oniberglue map. of the colony. Writer
color views of . the Interior Of thecountry
Photographs illuetreting the secireey and
inhabitants of the colony. Water color
sketch of Romans, arid several dil and
water Color paintings of different .objects.
Sugar was shown in 'white crystals, yellow
crystals,refiningcristals ; muscovado sugar.
White rum and colored rum, *rum slintb,,
bitters, molasses, vinegar, syrups, models
of a sugar ma,nufactorf,ilie facade
plantation, showing the dwelling -house,
sugar works, hospital and cottages for the
laborers. Modal of a systemof' tidal dram -
ago of submerged district's. Photographs
illustrating cane cultivation and Ismer,
manufacture, The woods are really meg,.
niflcent;'it would take a volume to deecribe
them. There were 127 different kinds of
wood- Shown -in planks, boards, logs; ire.'
manse blocks about three .feet ' high and
forty inches* acme's of beautiful timber for
cabinet-maker' • use, fit for any kind . of
furniture. The linrans, or red cedar, is a
very handsome and useful timber, averag-
ing 100 feet in height and 38 to 40 inches in
diameter.. The Hiawar Belli is &beautiful
timber, in geest request for Icabinet
work; and is easily Workecl. • The
Waeiba or bow' tree, is exceed-
ingly
'augh, herd and close -grained. The
Indians make their bows of its average
height is about 120 feet and will square
thirty inches. , The wand tree grows to a
height-of-120-feet77Itismitlrit-thelndiane
make .their large canoes.The-kokaterra
tree grows about eighty feat high, it will
fintlare twenty-four inches, it is a 'close
grairitelleethcitiodAutraft Aixfustorkoal.
plonoo,,,Vbeacoolikyetrcegr&MiKenss3red,
feet 41higb, -4wO......fect• commie:4,M' "its Oise&
nioetly for reefing, flooring, partitions,
and and =tete of ships.. The
fibres -showy consisted of cotton, raw and
cleaned; '
• ntrai •carroil-wrute.-sP3Inimo-wnaz4---
talnaAlag•PIMPlidn' e•MonkeYPoda2MoniceY
cutup fungi, monkeys' ladder, /Iowan/ and
fruit's in Wax, 'corn brooms, straw hOs,
Creole basket work, a negro shanty, a
bleak horse eyee, crab's eyes,: iniviz-z1. esticks
for beating tip cocktails, swizzlee and other
drinlik eta. _ ,
• The Weat Indian Clatter,.
In order to fully illustrate the history of
the cOlordes whose discovery by Columbus
in 1492 led' to such amazing results„ by pub-
sainently throwing open to civilization the
✓ stsiasps:oinstinr thenet ,wofesAmt inedirioass, thh:ls CgsOthmmoreala-
together as many objects of interest bearing
on, the subject as possible; therefore those
monarchs of Britain who reigned at the
time Of We, Feat disooVerj, and shortly
subsequent telt, Were represented by their
portraits by the celebrated' insisters of their
ay, which were placedin the pioture gal-
lery of the-West,Indiervronn Iwupper
portion of the walls above the other plc,
tures. Henry VIII., by Holbein, stands
conspicuous. It was in the younger years
of this king's reign; that America was dis-
oeverett."--„lffewatched with great interest
the heroic) achievements of the great Span-
ish discoverers, and even used his hest
endeavors to inepire his own People with
heroic efforts to eteula,te them. Queen
Elizabeth, by'Frederico :Znech.ero, is next,
It was during her reign that Britons first
seriously engaged in making discoveriesand,
inspired by jealousy and hatred of Spain
and anxious to curtail the growing power
of that nation, several expeditiens were
sent out festal:4kt • e newly -built towns of
the Spanish colonists along the coast of
South Americo.. Elizabeth, discarding the
preteneions_ofSpain,..sent-forth*, such soa
lions -SS Drake; Raleigh, Hawkins, Clifford
and many other heroes•which that age pro-.
dnced, who attacked -the Spanish fleets,
conquered them and made prizes of their
treasure ships; sacked and burned their
„towns around • their coast ' line, took
.possession of nearly all the West Indies
and drove the Spaniards therefrom, thus
making the name Of Britons a terror to
every nation of Europe and•paiticularly to
Spain."Ihie Queen also sent Sir Humphrey.
Gilbert as,the first Governor to the
Bahamas. "'James I.; by Van Berner,
was the third, royal portrait' :hung
in the gallery. It was • during ., his
reign that, the earliest British settlement
wati feunded in Barbedoe4 the capital of
which was named Jamestownin hewer of
him, but after the fall of the Holum of
Stuart it wage:her:1ga to Georgetown. The
Portraits Of the headstrong and unforteratite
Cliarlee-r-tefid -hie "-Queen lirenrfetra7-by
Mytens, were nettle order:, This monarch
sent out several of the earliest Governors
toimtny of the West indi&JsiandwbjcIr
A
thus.zuhfufneditglasPdPrixtmlEern,
gin...siters for -The .e .retter
Tegulationef commerce -and ,-the leuppres-
'nonof erinie. .Re Was- likeWise .instru-
mental in 'lending out the first mission-
aries Of the Church of England to :those
Islands. Charles IL was next on the list,
by-Sir-Peter-Lely.--He-took.a ..practiml
• • interest in these- colonies, and granted'
showing the process; silt•cetton used for several of them, notably the Itahamaielo a
filling pillows' ; grass, from a 13Peoles of syndicate formed by George Duke of
agave; ptantitins,,from a aPeoies of limes ;' Albemarle; Lord Craven, Sir George
sweet briar, or aliase (Detherard jute). a. Cite -rat, 1 john . Lord Berkeley and
•also
hw:thwrossaPe. of theo!
e shrub, sa
. Wildn?e' cShi;rtePrestefrok. tChoellfeotrome.atioHne 0' falt
seEeit-tigremasnista.
ochro,Zwith rope_inade itmaaduringhisreign-that-thefirst-regular
wild' cotton and rope, .mohbey. Vide government was .estelniehed . in Jamaica.
and rope'Made of it; sour sop with rope
Made of it; tibiserie, from the young The nett portrait in the gallery was that of
James 11;, by Walker.' He cOntinned his
fronds of the Eta Pal*. With specimens of !brother's PolleyE and paid great attention
COO.; hammock ropes and the palm frondsto the/West Indian colonies. William and
Mary, by William eame next in
order. They' granted many privileges, to
the West Indies, and 'sent out several mis-
sionaries to' preach to the people there,
and to slave Owner's to'rule theirpoor slaves
with greater kindness.• The West Indian
collection of Mires, etc.. 'illustrating the
'manufactliee . of coir, .or cocoanut • 'fibre.
Altogether there mere forty-threeleirident,
fibres on 'exhibition: in the . cotirt of die:
colony,:many of :Which._ were ',very uSeful
and most interesting. .Ginme eils„barice,
Me., *ere well represented, there being 427 Company was established. m .thui reign.
specimens on,exhthition ; timongst. which George- L Was nett b. Xneller.
Were Or 'gum • aninie, build 'During. this reign Anguilla and, the :Virgin.
lrarelonerhd trh;raecgtunis ef,,:toliheta'hielin_oiriloyet Islands Were settled 'atideeVeral iiriportatit
making • Acts Were-paesed for the • ,% •:
inenonne in. the:*ye-Wa or" ineence tree;' . SLAVE TRA.p.
crab oil,. froin the Meas. Of the .carana
guyanensis, used in the ' .colony by the Gorge III:, by Gainebiarg;was next. Dur --
natives for &tieing: their . hair ; cocoanut in the long . reign of ,this Kingthe West
oil, showing the nikele of nianufaCturing it Indies attained e great, and, unprecedented
--ok;Fortitude-.--Fihrd-Werkirr-isinglase;-er-presperity,Theslavetrade was terminated
„fish' glue, . Made .of • the gilbacker in 1808, During the ,reigns of George IV
fish, :• ,Which was , also exhibited, and: William IV. the -emancipation Of the
iiimariaba bath,. greenheart bark; need fern. °leveewas accomplished.: Amongst the
:twin and febrifuge; 'Mora, ciabwood, soft Collections of engravinge the portraits of
wallabe and Othet bedew/ad to cure buions. Henry.Vil and his Queen occupied a con-
etenpleints; oxide bark, need curering. •,spicuons place. Xt was during their reign
Werth and itch iturite bark, used to euro . that the ,Weet Indies were discovered. The
toothache, and, numerous . other barks foe .portrait of Nelson xethere an: honor
the cure of almost everY. &Mese . to which his successful ,expedition• !to JamaiCe,
flesh iaheir, and for -tanning purposes ; . against San Juandi Nicaragua in .1776.
foOdproducts.seventy-eight specimens Were The portrait .of the Earl of lalcerrae ' and
shown, amongst which were.baseava beard, his sword were hnngin the Jamaica "see.. ,
Whioh is, the 44 staff . of •life"- of this'Sontk: titer of that mageifieent nicturegallery,' he .8
American.: Indians, chOecilate,-'coffee, sweet having been Goeerner. of that island
cassava, bitten... eassa •va,' dried* pl ain 1795 to 1798. tinder his kule. the .gr t
nailits, 44. MaX40/1P rebellion Was quelled: The por,
ef4.'. rico, keit of Sit ChristopherlIatton, Lord Chan.
pickles cellorei. England towardethe close of Queen
ano preserves The.. ethnology. ,:of El,Tibeth's reign, occupied . a Proininent
'colony was • : represented—by fly: :position, he • having. been . instrumental 'in'
tetesting display- •."-Elf ...Indian Menu. despatching: some of these • eipeditione
hurter& •and illustrations of their which weeakettenakterrible- Vengeance on,
habits il manners,, modes. Of livnig, amue the War and inercaetile; Itteeine Of.Spain
mete. and ''natural. disPOsitiOns. Their, sea. on the -Spanish Owns of the West 'In-
heume sed furniture Were shoWn in great dies, and on their South ' American towns.
yeriety,.afew. of tEd•-ethibite in this line .4 fine; old :portrait of ,Columbus,. by Sit
were teedele of_ r an Indian wigwam, several iAntonioMoro, .ie "AY remarkable and full.
models Of their .household Utensils, fifty of deep. nterest teen. , When'we think of
Indman kiraii*ackii;....cottop.-fiardinockli medi the great, discoverer, and of the; Mill greater
by the eqeaws. to' carry their ' infante, t.discoveries he made, Of the. vest, the in'cal.-
hammocks on frames , to 'shear the' mode,of culable importance to man, koa the .un•-•
.weciireg them, ""Pottop ,yern and tibieerie, sPeaka.IY grflnd! cotiAciFteheeff. ftiture-
'fibre formaking hamnloakecarved wOoder! genera -blow, to the WOO; we -were led to.
steole. heed. by the Indians; pottery,. jars tview. his portrait -with an intense interest
bottles, earthen pots' for =eking • "gourds fa surpassing that felt -in beholding Mon.
cassava graters; fire stick for twisting arche, or those of the greatest conquerors.,
with 'Stich Yeloeity as to generate fire. nen. The pones �f Alexander, Caisar, Cherie,
ing -netttorches made Of fibre and, t-plagee*„Napoleon and Wellington all, sink
:pregnated With ihyeVia gura..!'so as to burn into the most utter .insignificerice ,ecen•
roost brilliantly. Vended and :Paddleti ! Perison with his -Who .., gave ,
dtess ornaniente, blot/ ' bows, array:0;1 World.: Diego (Colunibtie, ,in hie, life of
and: ,quilrete, war plube, Xndian•!:'drums, I cOlnenhuediayi -44 The Admiral Was.a Men
trumpets mada--Pf Pettery, rattles, bone 1.."11 forined 'tied about the middleheight ;
fhiteer dancing ' stick's, • shields, Waa. I hie head was large,tie:- cheekbones : rather.
quatrie 'whips,: Indian ' baskets. with . and his cheeks neither fat *ner lean; aqUe.
Withont legs,: and many other articleeline nose, his eyeiti. small, light blue Or gray,
The zoology 'of the Colony Was IlePrOSOlitOd wzth the white parte rather
by oillectione ef skins and simile of various . 'Ille.'Preseett SaYslie had a MitlEsatio
=inlets; both bipedatid quadruped. Birdie ' presence, , with mech. dignity andatthe
neete• birds' eggs, 'shaken ef various kinds gametime affability Of znanner,". This
preserved in. 'spirit's, stuffed fish. *skins, •POrtraithes been frequently engraved; and'
teitterflieq; *asps' nests, a great variety of idineerted, as the frontispiece to the second
ineeets; mothe, beetles, tiger frogs, 'shelis, edition . of the "Life of colobiboo," by
bt IOU(' and • vegetables there Ware.; "tVirishingtOti Irving,: bythe special; 'request
some beitetiftil !et4ehe Models br..a. #40, faidoug author. . Time an seam:,
scoseent p4otirttrowgalltioenryin. wthIliechaitnowassa. thceo: urtgreaoti
the Weet Indian Exhibitien. .There *ete
also etatues and bush: of renownedmentuad.
intere
lettersaro in tilaLl:pmiopolumar:rnemnurrocebinmpouifti:70gtrrhaiec8,tospecriLigin, oAD:fitlase°11:::10awhanthich:
hi the Spanish mtuiesims ;. and extremely
gravin
•
curie= collection of ancient maps and, en=
fotmer Was a statee Of Columb, ;Mr-
rOnnded hilegortaal figural, rePtaaantin$
savage eivWzeOlif,e, and gaogra4bY alio
ssnallesligatipfinOnsEfbanY litsigtitypeorsOshitailonphestsvs; Of yilhsau;saf
and his companions and events and Peones
m West-Indianinstoey; a collection of old
and rare engravings eepreseziting the con-
temporaries of Columbus. The Diego
lithsi_01141hero ftliparopps, ,gtailndeictlFbiyacitt_theoraltit!eQnpegrer;
lintel= of His Holitiess Rope Leo XIII.,
which is of very great . arolneolot
gical value. • Dewn the centre passes
a line dividing the newly found. half
-of the worldbetween-Elpain and- -Portugal.
This map is reported to be the first map
of the round world ever drawn. This
division between Spain and Portugal was
first made by the famous divisional line
drawn by Pope Aletander VI. in 094.
Although themap is. full 'of absurd inec
curacies, it is singularly clear for the early
'Indiesperlod? in e shown With great precision; the
which it was il-rawn. The ' West
coast line of the continent of America is
shown--mperfectly. Afriee-is-made-1
appear with the Nile flowing down t
three lakes, just above what is known now
as Cape -Colony. a' specimeir-of-of
early gebgraphers' scientific knowledge and
a record of the first year of Itxnerican
discoveries • it is of the deepest inter
est and of great ''ale. Through
out the West Indere; British Honduras',
and; in fact,. all Over the continent of
America, flint, and -stone- weapons of'war
and impleinents for household purposes
have been found in abundance: 0.• They re-
semble those found in the lakes of Switzer-
land and in various parte of Europe very
much. Some of them, from their size and
shaPe. appear to, • have been sacrificial
knives; others somewhat like chisels,
others like old French hatchets, and others
so smell and delicately 'shaped's-a to appear
like arrow heads. I have seen alarge -col-
leetion of 'fibrilar tools and many dif-
ferent ones ni a large museum of relics of
•
..menswom4
theolthe bight before, to get, ;up excite-.
mint. They go Enl, d.rink more to get ,
the 'exidtenietitc and again their •
fOrOes bombs° clogged and .exbrineted *got
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uolif 400figitiosrbeecnue confirnia:
arlinbardif.'. • They miserable ',lives
here. Some .trifling dimase which they
would have thrown off (*.Ely had they
ifv*.i sober Wee 'carries them to untimely
grallaa--40 eternity -to endleeti
THE TItAIWLE ?ItovliteV.
„
A Winnipeg despatch says.:'The. great
Indian Sun Dance is over. Owing to
action of the Government agent in refusing
to issue extra redone. to the large number'
of Indians at. the Assitriboine reserve
cluring the Sun Dance, their perfernanee
was necessarily cut shert this year. -.They
Were simply starved out. At the e,ortclu.'
n-otrthireerertionyi- which wasdevoid of
all old-time atrocities, Chief Pie.a.pot
,addr,. eased his -braves and aroused the camp
•Witn enthusiasm. A newspaper man intek-
viewed the chief • through half-breed 4
interpreter,- and found him out el hu" re.
He complained -of his camp being ha .
He said that Chief Jack and himself ad
quarrelled over the question pf making •
brave's by torture., Chief Jack mid Pie -a- ,
.11ot hid secretly mede one brave in this -
way. Pie -a -pot promises to return to his
reserve at once. Excepting „ on the' ques-
tion of " more grub " all the Indiana are
contented. • - • •
An &Mended Hedeon Bay Rsilroad Bill •
0- -hadbeen-brought-in.---By at -the Winnipeg
o & Hudson, Eity rOad is exnpowered to goat
ten million dollars of bonds. Of Ahem,.
a- $41500;000 will-have-their-interest-gueran
teed by the Government at the rate of 4 •
per cent. for, twenty-five years, and the
. remaining 45,500,000 Will be ordinary bonds:
issued by the ' company: The "proceeds of
these bonds will be placed in possession of • -
a board of three trustees, one appointed b
thir"'Go 'eminent; one by the , company
and one by the bondholders, and they
will pay out , one dollar from ,' the •
funds .,raised from .. the guarantee
bonds for every dollar expended from the
money obtained; from the other bomle,
The remaining bonding power of the eom- '•
pany,,amoneting to $6,250,000, will remain.
in the hands of the Government, assecurity
that the road eliall be completed, and' will.
beapplied from time to time iii aiding the .,
c nstruction of the road. After the com•
-
letion of the line any other security. held
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the atone age at Zutich, taken ironi the k the Government shall be given back o.
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bottom el ithe when_the_water.
was very low, exhibiting for grinding
grain, made, of large, flat stones with deep
hollows '. worn in them, and a round
eterie,•-leiTebbe-Taised-:qta-Razdeuelletclekeleielf
4tergreiUmednestilditharputdetthesholeein
the under stone." inagnificent ruins of
edema: bnilclings, the _retuning ot
Dhamth-
ing fresooes; and the delicate of the
sculpture, which have been found invarious
parts of Central Arteries, prove .beyond
doubt that the civilization Which they
typify was one of high, order, ,and 'fully
juetifiee Henry' Fowler, who. has
studied the antiqtutiea of. British Hon-
duras so pereeveringly and eci sticceisfully,
When he remarks,. "That.a peofile must
surely excite our wonder arid ettentien
whose knowledge of. istionomy enabled'
theni to Measure the true length Of the
yearwithintwominutes-andnineseconds,
at a time when our own calendar weamore
than ten days at' fault. Their Sculpture'
is worthy to be compared to the most
beatitiftil. works of .. the, 'Augustan
age.,: Their civilization . rivalled
that: Of 'Europe in the Middle'Ages, al-
though it was doebtlese degraded by human,
sacrifices; such as leve occurred, hovvever,
among the most advanced heathen nations.
Noe must it be forgotten that their .
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TRADITIONS or THE DELITGE
came infinitely nearer to that of the Bible
and -.Chaldean religion than those of. any
people of the, Old World."' There was it
eelleotion of .Carib stone implementifotind
in St..Xitte, Antigua, .Doininica, St.
Lucid and $t: Vinceet. There . *ere One
hundred and twelve Carib chisels cut from
•poach shells, out in Be-rbtidoes: ' In =flee
to fully Ma:strata • the flora. of. the West
-Indies-indigenous and .- .acolimated.J.the
accomplishedWife of the 'Governor. 'Of the
Bahamas' -has most kindly painted, -
• pressly %for-: . the Exhibition; e• 1,series ,
.of .one • hundred ,:and four , water.
color ' ,drawings, copied from . nature.•
These - 'drawings • are nearly all
life they . are eery Carefully finished,
and arcrgenerally correct :botanical studies.
and faithful representationsof the plibto,
they illustrate, beside a • being- artistically
. -In-the. Majority Of came the
plants,, their fruits and flowers are. all
how,n; and soinetiniee for a back ground
here is beautiful landscape introduced,-
and an occasional butterfly, moth or Other
insect is shown =the fletvere. There was
la. Mot singular plant among the collection
called Bryophyllum calyeinurn, Which is
succident, with- unequally-primatekiwis" ;
remarkable for; its innate pOwer of repro
duetion from a single :leaf, which if pinned
ageiiista wall . and kept xnpist, . will fre-
quently shoot' forth . young plants' from its
edges. The flora • of the Wet *Indies and
South Anierica is iramensely varied and
beautiful, and, like the feathered Atibes.
there, displays the :post rilliant Mies:
The eVerpresent great curse of man-alco-
lo12-•that legion of devils in fielutioni ,pro.
trades his foul sevenfold heed "arid itinu;
raerable horns in these western dependencies
of Britain also. Here in Guiana 'we have
white ram, colored rum; rum shrub,
Swiz-
zies, cocktails and swizzle sticks for beating
up their cocktails and other inventions for-
madd,ening. their brains, exciting their pas.,
'dons. and turning mien ',Into demons, and,
alas, WoMen also-4henoblest, purest, last
end best creation of God -into tlie. foulest,
lowest, Most degraded imps, of perdition. It
drives its miserable votaries to ruin here;
to eternal rninhereafter.. It impels Women
who yield to its. delusive fascinations to •
worm than dootbilors,, tiO,clark. mid
hopelees future; It peoples .our ' jails,
our penitentiedea, the gallows . itself
with its ' rt. epreads woeoinutter-
able Woe over every lahd.mhere it is ' net
restrained by the strong arm of the' lay?.
Some of ourmieestjudges 'tell 'tis that '90
Per cent.• cif '1111 the ermine -le Who could
before them trace their downfall- to this
'distilled poison *Mali has not the .smalleit
particle of 'nourish/befit in. it; it only
causes. an unhealthy exeitemeht of the
brain, but the next morning they, feel
miserable, weak and exhausted fpr want of
the vital force, theY alcohol 'stole fro
flour, cassava staich awl meal
oranges, .manirnee apples, .pot
dried sorrel, Brazil •nuts, caye
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fruits, Avocado pears, bananas, sugar would fed to fully describe all the portraits,
apples, Oranges, fat Pork, oaaoamits, *sweet landempes, ete, which adorned the foUr
potatoes monkey apples, • rose apple,g ,great - panels and settees of this inagnill.
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the company. • '
It is expected that Pant, Chief .14cItae's
assailant, will be extradited, the proceed-
ings so far being favorable.
4.111pLeishisarardererwarmastilleatlave,...' • .,,,
thought Ahein,--capttine4st.4erreloTirithlix.:44.r,
forty-eight hours. ' • •
-The report that -131rief-PiegttpotUnd'his
band lia,•ve left their reserve to join the-: 1,'
Assiniboines and raise hostilities is without -•
foundation. TheIndian Agent granted hint
and a few families a few day's leave to visit
relations on the Assiniboine reserve. • Alt
Piea-pet's braves are busy putting in crepe
on tti se
he 'r:Peer:ted' the
eand Lt ho ea& LIndians
Ig
be prorogued this week. •
• • SITED FORA.FIlithTITCRE BILL.
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A Novelist and Earl's Daughter in Court,:
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London cable says Yesterday ,after •
Mion,at the Westminster County ourt,
Lady Constance Howard, the daughter of •
the Berl Of Winchelsea and sister of 'the-
late•Lord Maidetone,„ appeared to answer 6.
judgment summons at the instance of Mr. '
Quantrell, furniture dealer, of ' Wardour• '
street,' Oxford street.' Judge Bayley asked'
the defendant if'she was married? The•
defendant replied in the 'affirmative. but
added that her father bad • stoblied her- '
allowance cif £200 a -year, and She was 'en-
tirely dependent on her husband, who is:
second son of the Earl of Effingham. In
reply tothe solicitor for the plaintiff, 14ady,
Constance said it .Was tree that • Effie had. '
written thefollowing novels:.4.4 Mated with.
a Clearn," "Mollie Darling" and "'Only ,
a 'Village Miliden,".13et she had °illy =de
about 220 out of them. She denied. that •
Effiehad Written " Major Toddles."' She -
also denied that she Went Mut* in society
now, and added that as to novel writing she •
found it did not pay.. Quantrell called.
the judge's attention: to anaction in a ,
superior court, during which the defendant •
had declared -that . she had an allOWance
from her father, the Earl' Of Winchelsea; '
wlierenpon the defendant explained that
since then the allowance had been stepped. -
The judge said that he had no 'rimer to.
a married Woman without a Eieper-
ate income, and dismissed the summons.
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, ,• Divorces in Canada. •.
An Ottawa despatch says: The 'Bill .for
the relief of 'Sohn Monteith was pursed in
the Senate to -day. The petitioner, who is.
a hotel -keeper at Lake ROsseau; Muskoka:,
wee 'married 'to Mary Ann Weighttitta.1870.
In -1-8e5; after fifteen' years 'of wed life, „
the wife eloped with WM.- G. Norton, and.
is now livingelith hire in the United States. '
The divorce is granted , on.' the ground of
infidelity. • - •
Fanny Riddell, ot Montreal, was exam-
ined before the Divorce Committee of the -
Senate to -deka -0'01d v--7-eitifel tale She ,
wasapplying ;for divorce from her hus-
band, Dr. Herchmeri on the, ground of .
adultery and desertion.. ,Theevidencewent
to shore that Herchnier haci'been employed -
in the. Poet:office Department at Montreal.'
,Ile took money'-'from.a 'registered letter
and then skipped out. Since that time
the applicant for 2 divorce had never seen
him.. It Wire also shown that Ilerchniet
is in the Northwest, leadingan immoral
life. ' •
A Wide Awake Town.. lf
One man, knocked , down, two otheis
kicked in the etoniacht Deputy Sheriff
McPhee laid up i)y a kick in the groin
several,big faro games running, also several
pricer games; at ono of which there' *as- .
over 6500 in the pet7ta good house at the
theatre all this lest Saturdey evening in
thie city would fieeni to indicate that times,
aro getting liveher.-Iialley; Idahof Times.
t.;o-cly'Seten litis ah -c-1 takes groOt pridein
showieg 0 all her Ivisitors at Durham
Rens& prebably , the. , earliest: autograph
letter of Queen Victoria in existence. It
childish print oliaro.ctere and runs thrte,
"�w do you'do, my dear 'Sit' Heni•y 7
tour little friend, Victoria." It Was ad.
dreesecl Sir .11enry Setori. . •
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