Canadian illustrated news, 30 décembre 1871, samedi 30 décembre 1871

[" H UT ^ v \" vu*\u201d m^3 SINGLE COPIES.ÏEN CENTS \\ SINGLE COPIES.ÏEN CENTS } $4 PEU VEAU IN ADVANCE MONTREAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1871 Vol.IV.\u2014No.27 .\u2022V ; : 4 '?*^v I i | 4 THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS AT THE VICTORIA SKATING RINK, MONTREAL, 15th DECEMBER, J871.-From < «kitcb bv ou» :\\v \\x\\\\\\ # 1 \\ -r I ^ '.V ^ & S'. -JZSS*, gg^ -SvSr Sp^^ip ifexssv W\\XV^*N: i |fcVCSVXSyu>S^v /I |Ï^®4NX\\NV XV\\NX^Ûà ,\tvv >:v, %Wr, '\u2022#v.Hi'S:!' m\" jy-'^ss v.x ^ V>'' ' -V 'V 'i '\u2022j^U j«iiSW 'zr,-'; 422 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.Dicbxui 80, 1871 OUR ENGLISH LETTER.(From an Occasional Correspondent.) NiwcastlB'On-Tyvb, December 4th, 18T1.The « Tyne Rowing Club,*\u2019 have been holding their Annual Dinner, with great success, and the Regatta to be held next year is talked of with enthusiasm.I send you portraits of the President, Hugh Taylor, Esq., of Chipchase Castle, and the Hon.Secretary, Thomas Allison, Esq.Both gentlemen take great interest in aquatics, and Hr.Taylor, who is a wealthy coal-owner, and an Ex.-H.P., is very liberal.Mr.Allison is quite a young man, and has yet some good work in him.The excitement consequent on the great boat-race has now subsided, although numbers Jwill ever remember the day.Chambers* crew being the favorite, large sums oi money at 7 to 4, were bet on them, and the working classes, in small sums, have lost heavily.A general holiday was held and thousands availed themselves of the privilege to witness the race.It was an affair that might have been expected to create a great stir in the district, but, singular to say, there was no extraoidinary excitement, especially considering the way in which the population of a thoroughly sporting district have turned out for events of.much less importance when set for decision on the waters of \u201c coaly Tyne.\u201d The sudden, and we still think mysterious death of Renforth, one might suppose, would have given an unusual interest to the race, especially as, one way or other, he was concerned so greatly in the circumstances by which, more or less dhectly, it was brought about.For some years the Tyne, after having achieved many great successes, was really without anything like a crew up to first-class form, mainly owing to dissensions, which prevented go d men being brought together: and though in 1868 the late Robert Chambers took a crew to Paris, and won the first prize for fours there, and subsequently carried everything before him on the various rivers in the country, It was not until the following year and after his death that a four, which fairly earned for itself the title of Champion of .England, by winning it in rowing both on Thames and Tyne, was formed on the luKt-named river.In that year the first of the revived Thames Regattas was held, and Renforth, Winship, Martin, and Taylor showed form which must Lave enabled them to win had they not.towards the close of a terrific race in their tiial heat with a Thomas four stroked by Hammcrton, fouled a barge when they had just begun to take what appeared a decided lead.The result of that meeting they very properly considered as most unsatisfactory, and afterwards in a couple of home-and-home matches, each for £200 a»side, they defeated with great ease 'a splendid Thames four, consisting of Kelley, Hammerton, J.H.Sadler, and W.Messenger, and who, previous to the first race at Putney, booked winning a certainty.The second meeting was regarded as little better than a row over for the winners of the first, though as a matter of fact, the South countrymen, with their positions in the boat altered, made a much better fight of it than was expected.Last year, it will be well remembered, Renforth and his crew, constituted as when they rowed the Thames four, triumphantly defeated the St.John\u2019s créa\u2019 on the St.Lawrence, and it seemed that a four had been got together which might defy the world for a long time to come.Matters, however, had not gone very smoothly in the championship when in A merit., especially as regards Taylor and the stroke oar of the boat, and a split was the consequence, the pair-oared race at the beginning of the present year, in which Renforth and his old opponent, Harry Kelley, beat Taylor and Winship, widening the breach.In response to the invitation of;thc St.John\u2019s men fora second match, Renforth again sought the aid of Kelley, and these two, with Chambers and Percy, aud Bright as spare man, entered on that American engagement which was terminated by the death of Renforth, and so unsettled his crew that it seemed hopeless to expect they should hold their own against another English crew stioked by T.Winship, and consisting of him, J.H.Sadler (of Tcddington), R.Bagnall, and James Taylor, not to speak of some good American crews, one of whom, the Wards, suc-c\u2019eded in bowling over both the English lots.With the rcfiull of this, to Rcnforth\u2019s crew, most unfortunate trip, the supporters of neither four were satisfied, as each was determined to have the relative claims of the crews decided beyond question Chambers issued a challenge to the world as soon a» he landed in England, and Winship and Taylor were as roady to accent as he was to offer it, the consequence being limt with a little parleying on either side the articles were drawn up on October 9.The following Is the opinion of the special correspondent of tin F porting L(fe on the champion crew Winship must be accounted one cf the very best stroke-oarsmen that ever sat in a boat, and it is but justice to say that Sadler rowed admirably throughout, and furnished another proof of how good a man may become by persevering despite discouragements.Bagnall, the youngest man of the two crews, is considered as the rising champion of Tyneside ; and whatever may become of him in the future, his career so far has been very successful.To Taylor\u2019s careful management of the steering apparatus the success of his crew is in no slight degree owing ; and if, as wc are led to believe, the race of Wednesday is to be his last, he will retire after a run of success such as falls to the lot of few oarsmen.\u201d At the desire of the Tyne Rowing Club some mention was made of the Transatlantic crews, and Mr.J.J.Clarke, hon.secretary to the regatta, spoke as follows \u201c Some one had mentioned the Transatlantic crews, and he (Mr.Clarke) hoped that means would be taken to invite them to the regatta next year.(Cheers ) He thought such an event would bring credit to the regatta and all connected with It ; as the Canadians had invited them to be présentât their regattas, it was os little as Englishmen could do to invite them.(Continued cheering.) He hoped that the committee would not rest content with one successful regatta, but continue to Improve it until it beat even the Thames National.\u201d (Cheers.) Several attempts have been made to get Sadler, Kcllev, and others matched since the great race, but it is now confidently expected no races will take place this winter.Wlnship\u2019e crew intend visiting Canada and the State's next year.0V1 CANADIAN PORTRAIT OALLBRY.No.94.\u2014HON.EDWARD BLAKE, Q.C.PRIMIXR OP ONTARIO.After r brief struggle on the address, in reply to the speech [from the Throne, the Government of the Hon.J.8.Macdonald was defeated by a majority of one ; but as there were eight constituencies unrepresented the Cabinet did not consider it advisable to then abandon the Ship of State.Another vote, however, left the Ministers in a minority of 17, giving a majority vote of a full bouse on the Opposition side.After this unmistakable declaration of the sentiment of the Assembly, the Hon.J.S.Macdonald at once tendered his resignation and that of his colleagues.On Wednesday, Dec.20th, Mr.Blake undertook the formation of a Cabinet, and on the following day completed his arrangements.The customary adjournment of the Legislative Assembly on the occasion cf a change in the Cabinet thus happily coincided with the holidays, and legislators had the privilege of flavouring their conversation over the Christmas dinner with speculations concerning the political future predicated on the supposed temper of the country and the chances of the new Cabinet.That usually exact authority, Morgan's Parliamentary Companion, is silent as to the date of Mr.Blake's birth ; but we believe he is now only about thirty-eight years of age, though he appears a good deal 'older.His career, commenced under most favourable auspices, has been an exceedingly fortunate one, os indeed his high talents and evenness of temperament were well calculated to earn for him.He is of gentle and unobtrusive manner ; ready in debate ; a close but somewhat sophistical reosoner, and a most caustic antagonist in the oratorical tournays of Parliament.If he shall also prove to be an able statesman we shall have pleasure in congratulating both him and his native Province on the fact.Undoubtedly he is an orator.He has great command of very choice English ; his words and his ideas are harmoniously arranged, so that even his opponents listen with pleasure to his speeches, and are only sorry when a hair-splitting quibble, or an occasional ungenerous remark mars the otherwise faultless discourse.He first entered public life at the general election in 1867, the first held under the Confederation Act.He was then returned for West Durham to the House of Commons, aud for South Bruce to the Legislative Assembly.No other man of the present generation of politicians has risen so quickly to eminence as a leader ; and perhaps very few enjoy so large a share of respect from their opponents.It is but now, however, that the crucial test will be applied to his qualities of statesmanship; if he leads Ontario successfully for the next four years he may fairly hope for something higher in the future.Mr.Edward Blake is the son of the late Chancellor of Upper Canada, the Hon.W.Hume Blake, a gentleman who took an active part in politics some twenty or twenty-five years ago.On both the paternal and maternal side he is descended from Irish families of high respectability He was born near Toronto, at the University of which he finished his education, taking the degree of M.A.He was called to the Bar in 1856, and made Q.C.in 1863.He is generally reckoned the best Chancery lawyer in Ontario, and enjoys a very large and lucrative practice.No.97.\u2014HON.M.C.CAMERON, Q.C.The recent change in the Ontario Government has driven from the Treasury benches into the cold shades of Opposition the gentleman whose name is mentioned above.Mr.M.C.Cameron is a man of a peculiar stamp.It is a puzzle how he ever got into political life, and a greater puzzle why he should have so long remained in it.The prqfanum vulgus get no courtesies from him ; he makes rather a boast of his contempt of the press.Yet the people have given him their confidence and the press its support under circumstances which precluded the notion In either case of the existence of motives other than those that were strictly honourable.He has a dash of chivalry about him, however, as we well remember its manifestation at Ottawa in 1866 when a member of the fourth estate got into a \u201c difficulty \u201d with a memoer of the House, and was brought to the bar by the Sergeant-at-arms on the Speaker\u2019s order.Mr.Cameron then, with singular eloquence and felicity of argument, made such a defence on behalf of the peccant journalist as no doubt did much to mollify the temper of the House towards him.Matthew Crooks Cameron was born at Toronto about five-and-forty years ago, his father at that time holding a responsible position In the office of the Canada Company.On the completion of his education at Upper Canada College, he studied law, and was called to the Bar in 1849, gaining the silk gown in 1863.He has held several offices in the literary and commercial associations having their headquarters at Toronto ; and as a criminal and nisi prius lawyer, holds rank so high that some adjudge him the equal of the Hon.John Hillyard Cameron.His first entry into political life was In 1861, when he successfully contested North Ontario, and in the subsequent sessions which that short-lived Parliament held was rather distinguished as a fire-eating Conservative, having earned the oouhriquet of \u201c Anglo-Saxon Cameron.\u201d He was defeated at the general election in 1863 by the Hon.Mr.Macdongall, then a member oi the Sandfteld-Macdonald-Dorion Government.The following year, however, when the Coalition was formed between the Hon.George Brown and the Conservatives, and when Mr.Macdongall had to come to his constituents for reflection, Mr.Cameron showed his defiance of party allegiances by opposing the new Minister, and this time (1864) he was successful.He sat out the balance of that Parliament (the last of the Old Province of Canada) follow, ing an entirely independent course.In 1867 he was again defeated In the same constituency, but returned to the Local House for Toronto East, which he still represents.On the formation of the Ontario Cabinet in 1867 by the Hon.J.8.Macdonald Mr.Cameron became Provincial Secretary, which office he held up to a few months ago when he exchanged with Mr.Richards for that of the Crown Lands.Of course he went out of office last week with his colleagues, and we shall be much surprised If the new Government do not find him one of the most trenchant critics in the opposition.Though far from sturdy of frame bis voice baa a clear ringing sound, and few can beat him at sarcasm of the most Incisive kind.SCENES IN MANITOBA.We give In the present issue three sketches of scenes in Manitoba.One shewz the residence of Governor Archibald, which Ik dignified with the name of Silver Heights.It is pleasantly situated on the north bank of the river Assiniboine, about four miles from the Town of Winnipeg, it is said to be the best finished dwelling house in the Province of Manitoba.The other two views relate to military movements, one of them shewing the arrival of the troops at Fort Garry at the time of their crossing the Assiniboine ; the other the departure of a detachment of No.2 Company to garrison Fort Pembina.Of the first we are informed that the Manitoba Expedition reached Fort Garry about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th November.The troops were in good health and spirits with the exception of two or three who were suffering from the effects of severe chills.Those who had been through the former expedition say that the labour was less severe on this one, but the hardships much greater on account of the weather.Our Fort Garry correspondent sends us the following concerning the march out towards Pembina : «About 8:30 a.m.on the 24th November, a bright clear morning that made the snow-covered plains almost too dazzling for the gaze of human eyes, and sent the breath from the nostrils of men and horses in silvery frozen spray towards the ground, whitening with a premature weariness the moustache of many a young soldier, a train of sleighs and armed men wound its serpentine way across the Assiniboine and took the read for Pembina.It was a detachment formed from No.2 Company of the Provisional Battalion of Riflemen stationed at Fort Garry, formerly known as the Quebec Service Company, and comprising some of the hardest cases and stoutest hearts of the Quebec Battalion.« This detachment is destined to garrison Pembina Fort during the winter months, aud has before it a cold and arduous march of over three score miles.\u201d CHICAGO IN 1830.Among the wonders of Western progress Chicago stands pre-eminent.Within living memory its site was a swampy desolate waste.Forty years ago it contained but a few insignificant houses, as exhibited in our illustration.Some six or seven years later (in 1837) the population was ascertained to be about four thousand.In 1850 it had swelled to thirty thousand, and at the present day, but for the terrible ravages of the great fire, it would undoubtedly have reached about two hundred aud fifty thousand No other city in the world, either in ancient or modern times, ever made such rapid progress; and, happily, few cities have undergone such a terrible affliction as that of the great Chicago fire, which has been illustrated and described in previous numbers.The recuperative energy of the people is immense, and we soon expect to see Chicago resume its former status of Queen City of the West.What a contrast it furnished before the fire to its condition forty years ago 1 A Man that Æsof Should Havb Known.\u2014One day the village grocer nailed up a salt cod on one of the shutters of his shop, and underneath he wrote in chalk, «codfish for sale cheap for cash here.\u201d Presently, in came an acquaintance and said, « what do you have < here ' on that sign about codfish for?You don't sell codfish or any other goods in any other place but here.Any fool would know where you sold them without that word.\u201d « That\u2019s so,\u201d said the grocer, « boy.wipe out the word'here* from the codfish sign \u201d The boy obeyed, and the next day another critic appeared Said he, « For Cash I who ever knew you to trust for any goods ?Why do you say that you sell all your goods for cash ?\u201d « You are right/\u2019 said the grocer ; « boy, wipe out the words \u2018for cash \u2019 from the codfish sign.\u201d This was done, and shortly after a third critic came to the shop, objecting to the word «cheap.\u201d «Who ever knew you to undersell other dealers ?\u201d said he, « you don\u2019t sell any cheaper than they.Your price is just the same as theirs, and more if you can get it.Cheap I cheap I what do you have that woid for?\u201d « Well, it is not of much use,\u201d said the grocer; « boy, wipe out the word ' cheap \u2019 from the codfish sign.\u201d Again the boy did as his master bade, and the same day critic number four found fault with the phrase «for sale.\u201d Said he, « For Bale I no one ever knew yon to give away codfish.Of course, you keep them for sale ; there Is no occasion for tolling people what everybody knows.\u201d «There Is something in that,\u201d said the grocer, «boy, wipe out « for sale \u2019 from the codfish sign.\u201d This left the salt fish and the single word \u2018 codfish \u2019 beneath.It was but a few minutes after that a customer who came in to buy some goods, remarked to the grocer.« What a funny sign you've got out here ; what darned fool wouldn\u2019t know that a codfish was nailed on your shutter.\u201d « So they would,\" was the reply ; « boy, wipe out the word «codfish \u2019 from that sign.\u201d The boy obeyed, and the fish remained with ao inscription. Deoxmbib 80,1871.CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.[ Written far tk* Canadian lUudrotêd JfnM.1 TIM1 WITH 1VBN 8PEBD.I.Tim# with tT«n »pMd Moves on iUwey, This hour we live\u2014the nest\u2014 We »r« but elay.As a ship urged on By wind and wave.Each hour wo are wafUd Nearer the grave.HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.Willing or unwilling, Death is the goal ; And we may not tarry Upon the shoal.One rapid moment And all is o'er.We pass from this earth To live evermore.II.rilling, Quebeo, Dee., 1871.Tufon.SCIENTIFIC.Spbctra in Hronooi».\u2014In the Compté» Rendu», and in the Pkilotophieal Magazine, M.Angstrom give» an analyais of the spectra which are observed in connection with hydrogen, and criticises the conclusions of M.Wulner \u201c that hydrogen has distinct BaoNia Turkitb.\u2014-A few years ago a cock turkey weighing forty pounds, or a hen weighing twenty-two pounds would have been regarded as a wonder if they could have been found, which they couldn't excepting in a wild state, and wild turkeys, you know, do not domesticate.The bronse turkey at maturity attains the weights given, and when it is remembered that the common turkeys of the country average less than twelve pounds apiece, the contrast is quite striking.We find in the Poultry Bulletin a record of turkey.raising which resulted in a flock of eight gobblers weighing from 23$ to 29$ lb*., and six hens weighing from 13$ to 10 lbs.A tolerably good average, to say the least.The writer says that hens are best for breeding in their second year.When the turkeys are about to lay, let them have access to a few old barrels laid on their sides and partly covered with brush to secure privacy.Nest eggs are placed on hay in the barrels, and the eggs which are laid are removed every evening until the hens want to set, wh n about seventeen eggs are given to each.The young require no food during the first day of existence, but after that they are fed with onion tops chopped fine and mixed with curd.Hard-boiled eggs are also good for them.They require feeding little and often, once in two hours if possible.After they are a week old they can feed upon cracked corn or wheaten grits.Give fresh cool water two or three times a day.Lice may be exterminated by rub- no less than four, and oxygen no loss than three,\ttwo or inree rimes a aay.race may oe exberiuiuawu ujr ruv- spectra.\" He explains that the spectrum lines of hydrogen biDg on dry flowers of sulphur.Make a little yard around (as observed by Plucker in rare hydrogen) spread out in dis- the coop by nailing four boards together in a square, or by ruptive discharges when the tension of the gas is increasing, and end by uniting so as to form a continuous spectrum.With regard to M.Wulner's second spectrum of hydrogen, he points out that it is no other than the spectrum observed by M.making some kind of a moveable fence about fifteen inches high, so the young turkeys can.have fresh grass.The old turkey will stay with the young, although she could of course easily pass the fence.At night, during storms and when the Berthelot, and ascribed by him to acetylene.Also, by a com- gnus is wet, the old and young are shut in tbo coop, but have Earisen of wave-lengths for sulphur, and for M.Wulner\u2019s third the range of the little yard at all other times.When the ydrogcn-spectrum, he shows this to be, in all probability, the spectrum of sulphur.M.Angstrom also points out the close agreement between one of the oxygen spectra of M.Wulner, and the spectrum of oxide of carbon, and his tables show also a very close agreement between another of these oxygen spectra and the spectrum of chlorine, and concludes that neither oxygen nor hydrogen has more than one spectrum.London Smokb.\u2014The public are beginning to have a languid kind of idea not only that London smoke is a great nuisance, but that it does admit of some remedy.Two letters on the subject have appeared in the Timet in the course of a week.We {Medical Timet and Gazette) should be glad to see the matter taken up warmly in the public journals, as the first step towards doing something.The scientific elements are few to diminish the formation of young ones are able to fly over the fence they may be allowed to range with the hen and begin their life-labour of catching grasshoppers.To Prbparb a Mushroom Bbd.\u2014A cellar or root-house is a proper place in which to grow mushrooms.Te prepare the bed, take fresh horse-manure and place it in a heap to ferment.Allow it to heat cautiously, so that it may not fire-fang.Turn it and allow it to heat again.Then place it in the cellar where the bed is to be made.It should be mixed with an equal part of clean loam.The bed should be in the proportion of three feet wide by twelve long, which will be sufficient to furnish a good supply of mushrooms Make the bed about a foot and a half high in the centre, gradually .\t, m.« 4\t.\tnr rounding off to the floor at the sides.Tread the manure down and simpbj.The first point is, to diminish the formation of\tand coVer w,th an inch or go of ^ clcau HoiI from a smoke.This Is already done, by a careful method of stoking, RardeQ.bed or an old ft.nce-row.Procure some spawn from in all furnaces for manufacturing purposes within tae metro- ®he goed.gtoreg where it ig kept in the shape of bricks.Break politan area.Something may be done towards this end in private houses by more careful stoking\u2014by never letting a fire get too low, and never putting on more coal at a time than will get into a blaze in a few minutes.It is the slow heating of too large a mass of coal that generates black smoke.Some kinds of grates are devised to answer this purpose.But, after all, even with the greatest care in stoking, much smoke must escape ; and even if no black smoke, the quantity of fine dust and ash, and of the products of sulphur-combustion, that contaminates the air is very great.We want \u201c smoke arcades,\u201d to collect the fumes of chimneys and conduct them into underground sewers, where the smoke may be purified and utilised.The plan was made public in the Medical Timet and Gazette of August 20, 1853, by Mr.Spencer Wells.Gbrms in Watbr.\u2014One teaspoonful of Condy\u2019s fluid dropped slowly into every gallon of drinking water is the best known oxidiser, says a correspondent, of organic matter.I make my own Condy, to save expense ; it is merely five grains permanganate of potash to each fluid ounce of distilled water.I am never without it in my travels.I sojourned at Port Louis, Mauritius, for a month, when the deaths from typhus fever were two to three hundred daily.I never was once ill.Not a drop of liquid, even to the hotel claret, passed my lips, without the addition of \u201cCondy.\u201d Strange to say, a leading French chemist of the island was ignorant of Its qualities, and, when I purchased my permanganate, a groat sealed jar was brought out of a store-room, and, as he told me, had never been inquired fori You may drink ditch-water in half an these bricks into small pieces the size of a pigeon\u2019s egg, and insert them into the bed about a foot apart.The bed may then be covered with an old horse-blanket and left for a few days, during which time the spawn will vegetate.Some water will have to be given, but only in moderate quantities, as the blanket will keep the surface somewhat moist.Now a covering of an inch or more of fine clean soil may be spread over the bed, and as soon as cracks appear in the surface, the \u201c buttons\u201d may be gathered if desired, The full-grown fungi will be ready in a few days, as they mature very well.\u2014Uearlh and Home.AGRICULTURE.Farmers as business men should employ the beginning of the year in making settlements of a business kind.Pay every debt that is on your books, collect every one that is due, or settle it in some way as soon after the first of January as possible.It is a great deal better to come to a direct understanding about these things, than for both debtor and creditor to grow cool and half unfriendly because one owes the other a few dollars, or a few hundred dollars, and can not pay.There is no friendship lost by coming to a direct understanding about debts,and it will oftener than not happen that things may be turned in some way to lessen the account, or some way to A man who has a practical, common sense turn of - - .\t.\tcancel it.-r-,- hour after this treatment, and it will be sweet and wholesome mjnd| and has had a little mercantile training, having been a too ; and, if you wish to know the constituent matter of the feW yearg fn a country store or in business in the city, or in brown deposit which rapidly subsides, a little chemical know-\tmanufacturing establishment, will almost invariably ledge will tell you its nature, and the percentage of grains to the gallon (four or five is considered a large return).The colour and flavour of the water so treated rapidly becomes natural after exposure to the air, and quite crystal and pure.Tas Kino or Siam and English Minbrs.\u2014The King of Siam is resolved to avail himself of the knowledge and experience of the English miners and men of sciences.Several Cornish tin-miners have been engaged to proceed to Siam to work over the auriferous deposits of that country ; and Mr.Pruae and p.ant l-^ fruU .ad is eninwed to go at once to Slam, to direct, in the first place, shrubs.Cucumbers and melons to be the mining operations, and, during the hot season, when work Apply manures.Continue in open wea in the field is not possible, to give instruction in geology to the youth of Siam.A Nsw Bronsx.\u2014We learn from a recent copy of the Poly-teehnitchet Journal, that some Investigators have succeeded in producing a new alloy which possesses peculiar advantages over others, for a number of processes in the arts.The peculiarity of the new compound consists in the fact that it con- rfttMd-à'br Which th« \u2022«c^d-d\u2019ln\tthat .m.ll plot* of grouml, In tile Immwllnta vicinity Mng.^^^tocoib.nn,.™.U~d.Uh\t^ prove a more successful farmer than one who has been trained solely upon the farm.We ought to regard farming more as a business than as a trade, more as work for the head than for the hands and teams only.In January is the proper time for the farmers to make preparations for future operations, as in this month there are only five hours a day available for out-door work, unless the season be unusually mild.Mat over tulip beds, begin to force roses.Pot over secale and plant dried roots of border flowers in mild weather.Take strawberries in pots into the green-house.fruit and deciduous trees and sown in the hot bed.Apply manures.Continue In open weather to procure vacant ground for spring, and to protect plants from frost.Cover bulbous roots with matting.Roll grass plats if the season be mild and not too wet.Prepare poles, stekes, pea-sticks, he., for spring.Tm Kitchbn Gaboxx.\u2014This is one of the most Important parts of the general domestic economy, whenever the situation ofa home will permit a family to avail themselves of its assistance, in aid of butchers' bills.It is, indeed, much to be Il worthy of tho most «are 428 such novel points as may facilitate the proposed arrangement.It is one objection of a kitchen garden in front of the dwelling, or in sight of the family departmente, that its very nature is rather an eye-sore than otherwise, at all seasons.This, however, is an objection that may be readily got over by a little attention to neatness and good order, whilst the plants themselves, if judiciously attended to, and the borders sown or planted with ranunculus, polyanthus, mignonette, he in succession, will really be ornamental ; but thin, in cutting the plants for use, the business must be done neatly, all useless leaves cleared from the ground, the roots no longer wanted taken up, and the ravages of insects to be guarded against by sedulous extirpation.It will also be found a great improvement, where space will admit of it, to surround the beds with neat espaliers, with fruit trees, or even gooseberry and currant bushes trained along them, instead of these being suffered to grow in a state of ragged wilderness.Foundbr in Hobsbs.\u2014Take a table-spoonful of pulverised alum, pull the horse's tongue out of his mouth as far possible, and throw the alum down his throat ; let go of his tongue and hold up his head until he swallows.In six hours time (no matter how bad the founder) he will be fit for moderate service.I have seen this remedy tested so ofton with perfect success, that I would not make five dollars difference in a horse foundered (if done recently) and one that was not.Rkmbdv fob Worms in Hobsbs.\u2014Put a handful of sifted wood-ashes in a quart bottle, and fill the bottle with cider vinegar.It will foam like a glass of soda ; and it should be given to the horse that has worms the moment it foams.Two bottles will cure the worst attack of worms.For forty years I have never known an instance of failure where this remedy was applied at once.Tor Draining thb Whbat Fields where needed, is of the greatest importance, and it is better to do it as soon as the wheat is sown than to wait till the rains come.There are fields where it is necessary to plow out every dead furrow, but ordinarily all that needs to be done is to make furrows from the lower parts of the field where water accumulates.Secure a good outlet from these, and the upper portions, unless there arc hollows, will not need furrowing.THE MOTHER OF MOSES CONFIDING HIM TO THE NILE.The artist who has depicted this favourite incident of Bible history as shown in our double-page engraving, is one to whom our readers have already been introduced.Herr Koehler, of Dusseldorf, whose Juliet was reproduced in the Nzws a couple of months ago, has treated this subject in his own peculiar manner.His female figures are characteristic and bear to each other a resemblance that cannot fail to strike the most careless observer.In the present instance the likeness between Moses\u2019 mother and the stalwart Juliet is very great.While speaking of the latter painting we remarked that his ideal of Shakespeare\u2019s heroine was not one that accorded with our English notions of the fair Capulet.The Hebrew mother, in this cose, is more what our fancy would paint her ; but the artist has taken a painter's license in introducing Pharaohs daughter on tho scene, contrary to tho statement made in Exodus.A PAGAN LEGEND OF JESUS.Publius Lentulus, assumed by some to have been proconsul of Judea prior to Herod, is reported to haven seen the Saviour, and to have written the following ^letter to the Roman Senate \u201c At this time appeared a man who is still living and endowed with a mighty power; his name is Jesus Christ.His disciples call him the Son of God ; others regard him as a powerful prophet.He raises the dead to life, and heals the sick of every description of infirmity and disease.This man is of lofty stature and well proportioned ; his countenance severe and virtuous, so that he inspires beholders with feelings both of fear and love.The hair of his head is of the colour of wine, and from the top of the head to tho ears, straight,and without radiance, but it descends in shining curls.From the shoulders the hair flows down the back, divided into two portions, after the manner of the Nuzarenes: his face free from blemish, and slightly tinged with red, and his physiognomy noble and gracious.His beard is abuuuAnt, the same colour as his hair, and forked.His eyes arc bluo and very brilliant.In reproving or censuring he is aweinspiring ; in exhorting and teaching, his speech is gentle and caressing.His countenanee is marvellous in seriousness end grace.He has never been seen to laugh, but many have seen him weep.He is slender in person, his hands are straight and long, his arms beautiful.Grave and solemn in his discourse, his language simple, quiet.In his appearance he is the most beautiful of the children of men.\" THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS.H.I.H.the Grand Duke Alexis arrived at Ottawa at half-past six on the evening of the 18th lost.At the station he was received by Lieut.-Col.Ponsonby, the Aide-de-Camp in waiting, and was immediately driven off with his suite to the residence of the Governor-General.On the following day he visited the Public Buildings, In company with the Governor-General.At five o\u2019clock he received an address from the Mayor and Corporation, In the Senate Chamber, njd in the evening attended Lady Llagar\u2019s reception.On Wednesday morning, the 20th, the Grand Duke left Ottawa at nine o'clock, and arrived at Toronto at about a quarter-past eleven the same evening.Next morning the members of the Corporation waited on H.I.H.at the Queen's Hotel, and presented him with an address of welcome, to which a suitable answer was returned.In the afternoon the Imperial party, accompanied by Lleut.-Governor Howland, visited the principal places of Interest in the city.On Friday the Grand Duke left for Niagara, whence, after visiting the Falls and the other attractions of the neighbourhood, he left on Saturday for On our first page we reproduce our artist's sketch of the scene at the Skating Rink In this city on the night of the Grand Duke\u2019s vls't.?loving wlfo In Williamsport, on the decease of her husband, sent the following thrilling telegram to a friend : \"Dear John Is dead.Loes fully covered by insurance.\" 424 CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS Decbmbeb 30, 1871 HON.M.C.CAMERON, Q.C., LATE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, ONT.MOM A PHOTOORAPB BT NOTMAN A TRABIR.\u20148EE PAO* 422.*0 V' \u2022 ¦¦ ¦; 1 % (j|| i| j| ( MàlÊmÈÈ MANITOBA SCENES-MILITARV EXPEDITION CROSSING THE AS8IN.B0INE, Oci.18, 1871 ¦****.*$ *** -9*« J&t* J-rr rt > AAlMjut;, IlluBuC.:r- c ^UAUUIXiBIJ 'U'.K.i- iC\u201c!l .l_l Aunt.\u201cCandidly, don\u2019t tou think tou\u2019vr had enouot, Kthilj\" KtM.\" I: mat Tkimk so, Aunty, but I don\u2019t Fkbl bo I\" ¦r Wm m RUDIMENTS OF SCEPTICISM AND ORTHODOXY.Tkt.Frti-Thinking Lucy.\u201cDo you Know, May, sometimes, when I Hurt mtsblf, the J\u2019iace oet* Will wtvour .*o*onr SKVFR Kimin\u2019 rr.\" Tht Faithful May.\" .don't BeWkvk tou, Yuct ! \u201d ' njini tit|: IIMUUlASUutL.: ' Vo.- miWî^ /.( ri\") NOT.TO BE BEATEN.1 My Mamma\u2019» oot the SaiirnauT Hair in all BaVewater.\u201d \"My Mamma's out the CtmiMAtr Hair in all London.\" \u2022\u2022Mr Mamma's uot the Louent Hair in all Kholand.\" \u201c Mr Mamma '« nor the THietut Haie in all thr whole World.\" \u2022' Mr Mamma can Sit on usa Hair.\" \u201c Mr Mausj ca.v TaKë tttat Or#////\u2019\u2019 PLAYING ON FEELINGS.MMaeiaitfe MaiAai.\"Oh, Mr.Lotrll, I'd sooner es \\ Violiniet than antihino in the World.Wouldn't Pou!\" MoSmi Youth.Well If You wire the Violihist, I think J \u2019d-a\u2014sooner us thr V/h/x\" m !.¦ v.v % ** *1 V :¦! \\ i mm.ft\" ^\t// [Selection*from \u201c Punchf] December 30, 1871» THE FAMINE IN PERSIA.The efforti lately made In the city by a committee of benevolent persons acquainted with the condition of Persia to raise funds in order to give some relief to the starving people of that country have had a certain degree of success The sum collected to the end of last week was above £7,000, of which CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.£3,300 had been sent, through the Foreign Office, to Mr.Alison, the British Minister at Teheran, who divided it equally between Teheran, Ispahan, and Bushire.The remainder of the money already subscribed was ordered to be sent, and an appeal is now made to the public charity of England for additional supplies.The Consul-General for Persia, Mr.T.K.Lynch, acts with Mr.Edwin Dawes as honorary secretaries 433 of the committee, at 55 Parliament Street, in the place of Major Bateman Champain, H E., who has to go abroad on military duty.Letters have been received from th>- Kev.Robert Bruce, a missionary of the Church Missionary Society at Ispahan, and from Colonel Polly, the British political resident at Bushire, who gaye tenible accounts of the sufferings of the people! ¥.: >.\\ \\\\ ¦\\\\v0 xa\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\ \\ ' ' ml; (t! WiVv ' .Ay THE FAMINE IN PERSIA : STARVING PEOPLE AT SHIRAZ.At Ispahan, says Mr.Brüce, dead bodies lie unbuned In the houses and on the roads for want of strength,, to inter them.Bread was at three times its usual price, and there was no prospect of much improvement before next June.At Bushire the house of Colonel Pelly was besieged by a mob of famished wretches, trampling each other to death in their fierce hunger.In some districts, it was reckoned, a third of the Mohammedan population had died, and tw-thirds of the cattle and beasts of burden.Colonel Pelly flptber wrote from Bushire that the Persian governor of that town had recently travelled from the entrance of the gulf to Shiraa, and thence to Bushire.At his custom-house he did not collect two rupees where he used to collect ten.He estimated that not more than one In twelve of the baggage animals had survived the drought along the Tesed line.Yesed itself was ruined for the present, and Kaseeron, which recently contained 11,000 or 13,000 inhabitants, had dwindled to a total of some 600 to 700 poor people.The Hungarian traveller, Mr.Arminus Vambôry, expiai ns the cause of this dreadful famine.\u201cAgriculture in Persia,\u201d he saym 11 is in a very primitive state ; the want of water is so great that the fields have to be irrigated by subterranean canals, which extend across the country fbr miles, and the peasant seldom cultivates more than what is required for his household, as the people live on nothing but vegetables for four months in the year.There is, consequently, never any considerable superfluity of corn, and the results of a bad bar* 4M CANADIAN ILLUSTRATED NEWS.DiontBiB 80, 1871.?Mt ats terrible.If we further consider the difficulty of communlcAtion\u2014for the roods in Persin coneietof narrow noth* trodden down by horses, asses, and camels, carts being almost unknown\u2014it will be understood that the descriptions of the famine published by the papers, if a little over-coloured, are substantially true.That parents have eaten their own children in Yesed, Kirman, and other towns of Southern Persia is a fable; but my private accounts from thatjcountry confirm the news that men have died of hunger in the public streets.A dearth of provisions was already observed in Western Iran last year, when Nasreddin Shah went on a pilgrimage to the grave of the national martyr.Hussein, at Kerbela, with a suite of several thousand soldiers, mollahs, and travellers.We had our earliest news of the famine from the south, because that part of Persia Is in more frequent communication with India, and there is an English Chargé-d'Affaires at Bender Bushire.But now we hear that the distress in Eastern Khorassan, which has always been behind the other parts of the country in culture and social prosperity, is far greater ; .and even in Aserbijan, the most fertile of the Persian provinces, things are not much better.\u201d\u2014/f/wslroted London Now».Rroistkbkd lu accordance with ths Copyright Aet of 18fl8.) WILFRID CÜMBERMEDE.?n Autobiographical Story.BY OIOROB MACDONALD, Author of \u201c Alec Forbes,\u201d etc.CHAPTER XLVI\u2014(Continued.) « Yes\u2014I see it won't do.And yet if 1 were to represent the thing to Kir Giles?\u2014He doesn\u2019t care for old books-\u201d (< You forget, again, Charley, that the volume is of great money-value.Perhaps my late slip has made me fastidious\u2014but though the book be mine\u2014and if I had it, the proof of the contrary would lie with them\u2014I could not take advantage of Sir Giles' ignorance to recover it.\u201d « I might, however, get Clara\u2014she is a favourite with him, you know-\u201d « I will not hear of it,\u201d I said, interrupting him, and he was forced to yield.\u201c No, Charley,\u201d I said again ; \u201c I must bear it.Harder things have been borne, and men have got through the world and out of it notwithstanding.If there isn't another world, why should we care much for the loss of what must go with the rest ?\u2014and if there is, why should we care at all ?\u201d « Very fine, Wilfrid ! but when you come to the practice\u2014why, the less said the better.\u201d \u201c But that is the very point : we don't come to the practice.If we did, then the ground of it would be proved unobjectionable.\u201d \u201c True ;\u2014but if the practice be unattainable-\u201d\t.** It would take much proving to prove that to my\u2014^«satisfaction I should say ; and more failure besides, I can tell you, than there will be time for in this world.It it were proved, however\u2014don\u2019t you see it would i aprove both suppositions equally?If such a philosophical spirit be unattainable, it discredits both sides of the alternative on either of which it would have been reasonable.\u201d \u201c There is a sophism there of course, but I am not in the mood for pulling your logic to pieces,\u201d returned Charley, still pacing up and down the room.fire to read, In ay great¦grandaether'g chair, the letters of Wilfrid Cuabermede Daryll\u2014for so he signed himself In all of them\u2014my great-grandfather.There were amongst them a few of her own In reply to hie\u2014badly written and badly spelt, but perfsctly intelligible.I will not transcribe any of them\u2014I have them to show if needful\u2014but not at ay command at the present moment;\u2014for I am writing neither where I commenced my story \u2014on the outskirts of an ancient city, nor at the Moat, but in a dreary old square In London ; and those letters lie locked again In the old bureau, and have lain unvisited through thousands of desolate days and slow-creeping nights, in that room which I cannot help fooling sometimes as if the ghost of that high-spirited, restless-hearted grandmother of mine must now and then revisit, sitting in the same old chair, and wondering to find how for It has all receded from her\u2014wondering also to think what a work she made, through her long and weary life, about things that look to her now such trifles.I do not then transcribe any of the letters, but give, in a connected form, what seem to me Here I would suggest a conjecture of my own\u2014namely, that my ancestor's room was the same I had occupied, so\u2014fotally, shall I \u2022ay?\u2014to myself, on the only two occasions on which I had slept at the Hall ; that he escaped by the stair to the roof, having first removed the tapestry from the door, as a memorial to himself and a sign to those he left ; that he carried with him the sword and the volume\u2014both probably lying in bis room at the time, and the Utter little valued by any other.But all this, I repeat, U pure conjecture.As soon as he was sufficiently recovered, he communicated with Elisabeth, prevailed upon her to marry him at once at Umberden church, and within a few days, as near as I could judge, left her to join, as a volunteer, the army of the Duke of Cumberland, then fighting the French in the Netherlands.Probably from a morbid fear lest the disgrace his father's brutality bad Inflicted should become known In his regiment, he dropped the surname of Daryll when he joined it ; and\u2014for what precise reasons I cannot be cerUin\u2014his wife evidently never called herself by any other name Sive, in a connectea form, wnas seem 10 oenuy never caitea nerseu vy uvucr e facts I gathered from them ; not heal- than Cumbermede.Very likely she kept her J marriage a secret, save from her own family, until the birth of my grandfather, which cer-befo Uting to present, where they are required, self-evident conclusions as if they were foots ley w mentioned in them.I repeat that none of my names are real, although they all point at the real names.Wilfrid Cumbermede was the second son of Richard and Mary Daryll of Mold warp Hall.He was baptised Cumbermede from the desire to keep in memory the name of a celebrated ancestor, the owner in foot of the disputed tainly took place before her husband\u2019s return.Indeed I am almost sure that he never returned from that campaign, but died fighting, not unlikely at the battle of Laffeldt ; and that my grannie\u2019s letters, which I found in the same packet, had been, by the kindness of some comrade, restored to the young widow.When I had finished reading the letters, and ancestor, me owner in iacv ui wic uupuvcu wueu a u»u uuibucu icauiug sword\u2014itself alluded to in the letters,\u2014who had again thrown myself back in the old chair, had been more mindful of the supposed rights of his king than the nest king was of the privations undergone for his sake, for Mold-warp Hall at least was never recovered from the roundhead branch of the flunily into whose Eossession it had drifted.In the change, owever, which creeps on with new generations, there had been in the family a reaction of sentiment in fovour of the more distinguished of its progenitors ; and Richard Daryll, a man of fierce temper and overbearing disposition, had named his son after the cavalier.A tyrant in his family, at least in the judgment of the writers of those letters, he apparently found no trouble either with his wife or his eldest or youngest son ; while, whether his own fault or not, it was very evident that from Wilfrid his annoyances had been numerous.A legal feud had for some time existed between the Ahab of Moldwarp Hall and the Naboth of the Moat, the descendant of an ancient yeoman family of good blood, and indeed related to the Darylls themselves, of the name of Woodruffe.Sir Richard had cast covetous eyes upon the field surrounding Stephen\u2019s comparatively humble abode, which bad at one time formed a part of the Moldwarp property.In searching through some old parchments, he had found, or rather, I suppose, persuaded himself he had found sufficient evidence that this part of the property of the Moat, then of considerable sise, had been willed away in contempt of the entail which covered it, and belonged by right to himself and his heirs.He had therefore instituted proceedings to recover possession, during the progress of which their usual bickerings and disputes augmented in fierceness.A decision having at length been given in favour of the weaker party, the mortification of Sir Richard was unendurable to himself, and his wrath and unreasonableness in consequence, equally unendurable to his family.One may then imagine ths paroxysm of rage with which he was seised when he discovered that, during the whole of the legal process, his son Wilfrid had been making love to Elisabeth Woodruffe, the only child to wonder whj nothing of all this In sum, nothing would come of all our talk but the assurance that the volume was equally irrecoverable with the sword, and indeed with of his enemy.In Wilfrid\u2019s letters, the part my poor character\u2014at least in the eyes of my of the story which follows is fully detailed should ever have been told me.That the whole history should have dropt out of the knowledge of the family, would have been natural enough, had my great-grandmother, as well as my great-grandfother, died in youth : but that she should have outlived her son, dying only after I, the representative of the fourth generation, was a boy at school, and yet no whisper have reached me of these facts, appeared strange.A moment's reflection showed me that the causes and the reasons of the fact must have lain with my uncle.I could not but remember how both he and my aunt had sought to prevent me from seeing my grannie alone, and how the last had complained of this in terms for more comprehensible to me now than they were then.But what could have been the reasons for this their obstruction of the natural flow of tradition ?They remained wrapt in a mystery which the outburst from it of an occasional gleam of conjectured light only served to deepen.The letters lying open on the table before me, my eyes rested upon one of the dates\u2014 the third day of March.1747.It struck me that this date involved a discrepancy with that of the copy I had made from the register.I referred to it, and found my suspicion correct.According to the copy, my ancestors were not married until the 15th of January, 1748.I must have made a blunder\u2014and yet I could hardly believe I had, for I had reason to consider myself accurate.If there woo no mistake, I should have to reconstruct my focts, and draw fresh conclusions.By this time, however, I was getting tired and sleepy and cold ; my lamp was nearly out ; my fire was quite gone ; and the first of a frosty dawn was beginning to break in the east.I rose and replaced the papers, reserving all further thought on the matter for a condition of circumstances more fovourable to a correct judgment.I blew out the lamp, groped my way to bed in the dark, and was soon fast asleep, in despite of insult, mortification, perplexity, and loss.immediate neighbours.CHAPTER XLVII.THS LBTTBBS AND THSIR STORY.As soon as Charley went to bed, I betook myself to my grandmother\u2019s room, in which, before discovering my loss, I had told Styles to kindle a Are.I had said nothing to Charley about my ride, and tho old church, and the marriage-register.For the time, indeed, I had almost lost what small Interest I had taken In the matter\u2014my new bereavement was so absorbing and painful ; but feeling certain when he left me, that I should not be able to sleep, but would be tormented all night by innumerable mental mosquitoes if I made the attempt, and bethinking me of my former resolution, I proceeded to cany it out.Tho fire was burning brightly, and my reading lamp was on the table, ready to be lighted.But I sat down first In my grandmother's chair and mused for I know not how long.At length my wandering thoughts rehearsed again the excursion with Mr.Coni ogham.I pulled tbecopy of the marriage-entry from my pocket, and in reading It over again, my curiosity was sufficiently roused to send me to the bureau.I lighted my lamp at last, unlocked what had \u2022aemed to my childhood a treasury of unknown marvels, took from It the packet of yellow withered letters, and sat down again by the for Elisabeth\u2019s Information, of which the reason is also plain\u2014that the writer had spent such a brief period afterwards in Elisabeth's society, that he had not beon able for very shame to recount the particulars.No sooner had Sir Richard come to a knowledge of the hateful fact, evidently through one of his servants, than, suppressing the outburst of his rage for the moment, he sent for his son Wilfrid, and informed him, his lips quivering with suppressed passion, of the discovery he had made ; accused him of having brought disgrace on the family, and of having been guilty of falsehood and treachery ; and ordered him to go down on his knees and abjure the girl before heaven, or expect a fother's vengeance.But evidently Wilfrid was as little likely as any man to obey such a oommand.He boldly avowed his love for Elisabeth, and declared his intention of marrying her.His fkther, foaming with rage, ordered hie servants to seise 8 les orse his rage was thus In a measure appeased, ordered them to carry him to his bed.There he remained, hardly able to move, the whole of that night and the next day.On the following night, he made his escape from the Hall, and took refuge with a former-friend a few miles off\u2014in the neighbourhood, probably, of Umberden Church.CHAPTER &LVIII.ONLY A LINK.It may be said of the body in regard of sleep as well as in regard of death, \u201c It is sown in weakness, it Is raised In power.\u201d For me, the next morning.I could almost have said, « I was sown in dishonour and raised in glorv.\u201d No one can deny the power of the wearied body to paralyse the soul ; but I have a correlate theory which I love, and which I expect to find true\u2014that, while the body wearies the mind, It is ths mind that restores vigour to ths body, and then, like the man who has built him a stately palace, rejoices to dwell In It.I believe that, If there bo a living, conscious love at ths heart of the universe, the mind, In the quiescence of its consciousness in slesp, comes into a less disturbed contact with Its origin, the heart of the creation ; whence gifted with calmness and strength for Itself, It grows able to impart comfort and restoration to the weary frame.The cessation of labour affords but ths necessary occasion loss sleep.Tot the moment I became aware of mywlf and the world, I felt strong and courageous, and I began at once to look my affairs In tho foco.Concerning that which was finit in consequence.I soon satisfied myself : I could not see that I had committed any serious fouit In the whole affair.I was not at all'sure that a He in defence of the innocent, and to prevent the knowledge of what no one had any right to know, was wrong-seeing sack involves no Injustice on the one side, and does justice on the other.I have seen reason since to change my mind, and count my liberty restricted to silence\u2014not extending, that is, to the denial or assertion of what the will of God.inasmuch as it exists or does not exist, may nave declared to be or not to be foot.I now think that to lie is, as U were, to snatch the reins out of God's hand.At all events, however, I had done the Brothertons no wrong.\u201c What matter then,\u201d I said to myself, \u201c of what they believe me guilty, so long as before God and my own conscience I am clear and clean?\u201d Next came the practical part :\u2014What was I to do ?To right myself either in respect of their opinion, or in respect of my lost property, was more hopeless than important, and I hardly wasted two thoughts upon that.But I could not remain where I was, and soon came to the resolution to go with Charley to London at once, and ta.ving lodgings in some otscure recess near the inns of court, there to give myself to work and work alon**, in the foolish hope that one day fame might buttress reputation.In this resolution I was more influenced by the desire to be near the brother of Mary Osborne, than the desire to be near my friend Charley, strong as that was : I expected thus to hear of her oftener, and even cherished the hope of coming to hear from her\u2014of inducing her to honour me with a word or two of immediate communication.For I could see no reason why her opinions should prevent her from corresponding with one who, whatever might or might not seem to him true, yet cared for the truth, and must treat with respect every form in which he could descry its predominating presence.I would have asked Charley to set out with me that very day but for the desire to clear up the discrepancy between the date of my ancestor\u2019s letters, all written within the same year, and that of the copy I had made of the registration of their marriage\u2014with which object I would compare the copy and the original.I wished also to have some talk with Mr.Coningham concerning the contents of the letters which at his urgency I had now read.I got up and wrote to him therefore, asking him to ride with me again to Umberden Church, as soon as he could make it convenient, and sent Styles off at once on the mare to carry the note to Miustercombe and bring me back an answer.As we sat over our breakfast, Charley said ¦nddenly, « Clara was regretting yesterday that she had not seen the Moat.She said you had asked her once, bat had never spoken of it again.\u201d «And now I suppose she thinks, because I\u2019m in disgrace with her friends at the Hall, that she mustn\u2019t come near me,\u201d I said with another bitterness than belonged to the words.\u201c Wilfrid I\u201d he said reproachfully ; « she didn\u2019t say anything of the sort.I will write and ask her if she couldn\u2019t contrive to come over.She might meet ns at the park gates.\u201d « No,\u201d I returned ; \u201c there isn\u2019t time.I mean to go back to London\u2014perhaps to-morrow evening.It is like turning you out, Charley, but we shall be nearer each other in town than we were last time.\u201d « I am delighted to hear it,\u201d he said.« I had been thinking myself that I had better go back this evening.My father is expected home in a day or two, and it would be just like him to steal a march on my chambers.Tes, I think I shall go to-night.\u201d « Very well, old boy,\u201d I answered.« That will make it all right.It\u2019s a pity we conldn't take the journev together, but it doesn\u2019t matter much.I shall follow you as soon as I can.\u201d « Why can\u2019t yon go with me ?\u201d he asked.Thereupon I gave him a frill report of my excursion with Mr.Coningham, and the after reading of the letters, with my reason for wishing to examine tne register again : tell- e him.Overmastered In spite of his strug- makes it possible, as It were, for the occupant , he bound him to a pillar, and taking a of an outlying station in the wilderness to le-whlp, lashed him furiously ; then, after return to hie fother\u2019s house for fresh suppjles bed.Ther of all that Is needful for Hfo and energy.The child-eoul goes home at olgkt, and returns In the morning to the labours of the school.Mere physical rest could never of lie own negative self build up the frame In such light and vigour as corns through sleep.It was from no blessed vision that I woke the nett morning, but from a deep and dream- egistcr agaii ing him that I had asked Mr.Coningham to ride with me once more to Umberden Church.When Styles returned, he informed me that Mr.Coningham at first proposed to ride back with him, but probably bethinking himself that another sixteen miles would be too much for my mare, had changed his mind and sent me the message that he would be with me early the next dav.After Charley was gone.I spent the evening In a thorough search of the old bureau.I found in It several quaint ornaments besides those already mentioned, but only one thing which any relation to my story would justify specific mention of\u2014namely, an ivory label, discoloured with age, on which was traceable the very number Sir Giles had read from the scabbard of Sir Wtlfrtd'a sword.Clearly then my sword was the one mentioned In the hook, and as clearly It had not been at Moldwarp If *11 for a Ion* tima bafora f lost It thsre.If Dbobvbbb 80, 1871 CANADIAN ILLU8TRAT1D NEWS.486 I vm I* *ay ter m toMfmdwr'itootpt.BBM of »jr «lorjr, I ikottld rejoico Ib tbepoo-MMioo of UteUUl mort Umb In th« rteo~-ttoB of sword or book; b«l oaiidst all my troubles, I hare as ?et been able to rely upon her Justice and her knowledge of myself.Yes \u2014I must mention one thing more I found-o long, sharp-pointed, stralfht-backed.snake-edged, Indian degger, Inlaid with silver\u2014a fierce, dangerous, almost venomous looking weapon, in a curious ofse of old green morocco.It also may have once belonged to the armoury of Mold warp Hall.I took it with me when I left my grannie's room, and laid it in the portmanteau I was going to take to London.My only difficulty was what to do with Lilith ; but I resolved for the meantime to leave her.as before, in the care of Styles, who seemed almost as fond of her as I was myself.(Ib te contint*d.) VICTOR E^MAUGER.t SPECIALITIES ENGLISH PRINTING KACHOURY \u2014AND\u2014 MÆXERIA.LSI.Sole Depot in Canada of HUGHES & KIMBER, London.Lithoffraphers\u2019, Printer*\u2019, Bookbinder*', Stationer*\u2019, and Paper-Makers\u2019 MACHINERY A MATERIALS.Depot of CHARLES QOODALL A SON, Camdentown, London, CARD MANUFACTURERS \u2014AND\u2014 MANUFACTURING STATIONERS.Depot of GEORGE WATERSQH & SOM, PRIZE DEALING WAX MANUFACTURERS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.Assnt for DENNISON A CO., New York and Boston, SHIPPING AND MERCHANDISE TAGS.Afencjr of TANGYE BROS., London and Birmingham, HYDRAULIC PRESSES, PATENT COPYING PRESSES, Ac.VICTOR E.MAUGER, 83, St.Peter St., Montreal.4-27 tf 1DUCATION \u2014FRENCH, ITALIAN, and | SPANISH LESSONS given by a well educated __ native French Teacher.Apply to P.PURY, i>rofeMor, 22ft, McGill Strrkt.Room No.15 (Up-itairs).Terms very moderate.\t4-27 d PIRIT8, ALES, k PORTER.SPIRITS, ALES The Subscribers beg to ini in* Subscribers beg to inform their IHends that they have made extensive andimportant alteration* and improvements in their Distilling Apparatus, which is now in full operation, and will enable them, in future, to supply in any quantity, either IN BOND OR DUTY PAID, their renowned Spirite, consisting of : MALT WHISKEY,.0tD H«fo\u201c\tO.P.U1 of which they guarantee are distilled from WM.DOW A COMPANY.N.B.\u2014The highest market Bailey, Rye, Oat* and Hope.priées always paW for >/ ill fajjlrtlflCh.HtfriMk ST.PATRICK'S HALL.two arxoHTs oarx/r.FRIDAY ^SATURDAY, DEC.M A 80.THE WORLD-RENOWNED DAVBVVOBT BBOTHBBt And PROFESSOR FAY ur rnua MYSTBRI0U8 and STARTLING WONDBRS.Pnicns or 8So.t Fronts in advance w Store.I Admission :\u2014Back Seats and Gallery, late.fiOe.Reserved Seats ean be secured ithout extra charge at Prince's N^usic ni Miimt» muiAn ibiitiw MBT.JAMES flTREBT, MONTREAL^ P.% GEORGE E.DESBARAT8.Proprietor.Established fbr the purpose of qualifying Operators for the new Telegraph Lines now building throughout the Dominion and the United States.This Institution having been established three years, may now be considered a permanent College.Us rapid growth and prosperity are due to the demands of the Telegraph community, and the great success which has attended the Proprietor is due simply to the able manner in which the system has been conveyed to the Pupils by the Prolessors attached to the Institute.The rapid development and usefulness of the hloctrio releirruph.and the consequent ever-inereos-mg demand for First-Class Operators renders the opening of Colleges for instruction a positive necessity.Telegraphic Superintendents view this movement as one made ir the right direction.Commercial (.olleges have, to soma extent, assumed the responsibility ot teaching in this, as well as In other branches of business ed.icution.The knowledge of Telegraphy gained in this manner has always been looked upon as being second rate.8o much so that the Colleges in Chicago, Milwaukee.Buffalo, New York, Ae.have discontinued the practice of Teaching, and recommend the Telegraph Institute as the proper place to acquire this higlily interesting, scientitic and profitable art The prospects for Young Men and Ladies to study the system of Telegraphy could not be better than it i resent, and w* call upon all who wish to engage in a pleasant and lucrative employment to qualify them-.-elves as Operators on the Lines of Telegraphy.\u2022 ruinates on leaving the Institute are presented \u2022vith a diploma of protioiency, which will enable them ii» act immediately os vacancies occur throughout the Dominion of Canada and the United States.At first salaries of a month may be secured: after twa years\u2019 experience on the lines, from ftiO to XtiO a month can be commanded : while In the United States from $100 to $120 per month are paid.The possession of a knowledge of Telegraphy is especially open to Ladies: in fact, they arc the favorites as operators both in England and Amerioa.commanding higher wages, as compared with other employments, than men.while they have the natural facility of acquiring the system sooner.A fair knowledge of reading * *»\u2022 \u2022T.JOHN, N.E., VICTORIA HOTEL.B.T.Canoax.TONONTO.THl R0S8IN H0U8N,.G.P.Snxau, IiOtM# AM IKAAACAfo THl QDIHH1.HOTIL.Out.Tim.Dim.\u201c P S3 \u2022 X I IV U \u2022 E.\u201d I BAKING POWDBR IS TXI OUOINAL AND OINCINK.it XXV xx DUArronm.FOR 8ALB BY ALL GROCERS.2-16 tf CO-AX.I____COAX.I PARTIES REQUIRING A FIRST-CLASS artlelo, at an unusually low price, will do well to take advantage of the present opportunity and get their Coal out of tha vessels now discharging the following descriptions t it ean bt seen unloading all along the Wharves.It is ell fresh mined : LEHIGH.LACK AW ANN A, \u201e PITTS WELSH ANTHRACITE, NEWCASTLE GRATE, THE COOK\u2019S FRIEND JAMES FYFE, r,¥ÂsmfvîcALt No.24 COLLEOB STREET, Montmal.2St m.Htfitnble EXHIBITIONS, lentiu 1868.ron good and OHBAP INSTRUMENTS.C.H.CHADBÛRN & SON, OPTICIANS end MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS To H.R.H.the late Paines Coksokt, 71 k 78, LORD STREET, LIVERPOOL.CH.C.ft SON beg respectfully to Invite , those visiting Liverpool to favour them with K inspection of their Show-room, which contains the rperf Stoek of optical, Mathematical and, Philooo-phical Instruments in England, all off the Sert manufacture, with the most recent improvements, and at jfacture, with the most recent Improvements, end at the low*\" pottibU priom.Spectacles, Tfleceopes, Opera and Field Glasses, Microscope*, Lanterni.Pocket Barometers with mountain sentes.Models of every description, Ao.\t4-lfi u USB ONLY THE GLENFIELD STARCH.BS0LVSIVB.Y OSXS » TBM ROYAL LAUNDRY OP ENGLAND, .mi I* that of His Excellency THl GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA.Utf ANTED.\u2014TEN BB8PEOTABLE \"i YOUNG MEN and Thro* YOUNG LADIES, \u2019\u2022I ont erms : fau.00 Jbr th* lBA%7ttth CHEAP SILKS.Wo Hoto Imported Expressly tor THE CHRISTMAS and NEW \\ EAR\u2019S City Trade, SCARFS, (Crape and Silk), LACE DARBES, Lack COLLARS.SASH RIBBONS nnd SASHES.LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS.Ac.Ac.A more complete Stock ot tU® CHEAPEST DRY GOODS (quality considered) was never oliu-.ed before the public.A VISIT OF INSPECTION SOLI-CITED BROWN A CLAGGETT, 4 2(>tf Corner Notre Dame and St.Helen Sta.CHOICE WIN Ë8, AND OTHKR CHKI.STMA8 RK^UISITM.THE SUBSCRIBER\u2019S STOCK OF FINE WINES is now very complete in SHERRIES.PORTS.CHAMPAGNE.CLARET, I10CK.MOSELLE, Ac.Parties puroha^ing Iheir CHRISTMAS supplies will lind quality nnd price to suit them at the ITALIAN WAREHOUSE.Prick Lists on application.AL X.McGIBBON, 4-2fitf\t17o.St.James Street.MONTREAL BY GAS-LIGHT.J B A YLIS.\u2014CARPETS, FLOOR CLOTHS.CURTAINS.Act NOTRE DAME ST., East of MhGiLL.CANADA CENTRAL 82 k fiîa «te; K< C^; S3 CHOICK PRESENTS h'OK CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR, St.Lawbkxck Cmjar Stork, No.133, ST.JAMES STREET, (Opposite the Pont Office.) J.SAMU HL, No.133, ST.JAMBS1 STREET.(Two doors from tho St.Lawrence Hall )\t4-*2fitf ff £s M * 5 X s 55 I BALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed \u201c Tender for works, Iver St.Maurice.\u20191 will be received at tin* office, until Monday, the 8th day of JunuaMr next, at n,#on, for the eonstruction of a Bulkhead Dam; at the Piles, on the River St.Maurice.Plans and specifications can be seen at this office, and at the Office of tho Superinleudeut of the St.Maurice Works, at Three Rivers, where other information can be obtained.The Department will not be bound to accept the lowest or any tender.By order, F.BRAUN, ^\tSecretary.Dkpartmknt of Public Works.ï Ottawa, KHh Sept., 1871.\t\\\tt-frfk; DR WHEELER\u2019S COMPOUND ELIXIR OF PHOSPHATES AND CALT8AYA.Cw\t\" GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.WINTER ARRANGEMENTS./\\N AND AFTER MONDAY NEXT, tl.K)tb instant,\u2019 Trains will leave Montreal as follows :\u2014 Accommodation Train for Island Pond and intermediate stations at.7.00 a.m.Day Mail Tram foi Island Pond and intermediate stations, at.2.00 p m Night Mail Train f« r Quebec.Island Pond,: Portland, and Boston, at.I0.:i0 p.m.Express for Boston mu Vermont Central, at 0.00 a.m.Mail Train for St.John and Rouse's Point, connecting with trains on the Stun-stead, Shefford and Chambly.aod South-Eastern Counties Junction Railways, and with Steamboats on Lake Champlain, at.3.00 p.nt.Express train for Boston, New York, dee., cm Vermont Central, at.3.30 p.m.Day Exurcss for Toronto and intermediate statioiis.at.\u2022\t.8.00 a.m.Night Express do.,\tdo., nt 8.00 p.m.Local Train for Brockville and intermediate stations, at.4.00 p.m.Accommodation train for Kingston and intermediate stations, at.6.00 a.m.M\t.\t\u2014 Pullman\u2019s Palace Parlour and Sleeping Cars on all day and night traihs.Baggage checked through.0.J.BRYDGES, Managing Director.Montreal.October 26._______________3-24-tf SASH A COMPANY.:BUcce8BorB to J.O.Jobkph A Cw.\u2019a Retail Business, Kins Strrrt.ONTO.\t3-22SS FOR SALE.A STONE HOUSE, pUpumutly situated in the best part of the Village of Varenues.and commanding a tine view of the River St.Lawrence.The House is 48 feet front by 30 feet deem nnd there is a good garden with fruit trees and about 11 acres of ground.Apply to D.R.STODART, \u2022 Broker, Brockville A Ottawa Railways.GRKAT BROAD GAUGE ROUTE TO OTTAWA.T HIS elegant and agreeable preparation is __ a Chemical Food and Nutritive Tonic, being composed only of ingredients that enter into the formation of the system, and in such .mrefolly adjusted proportions as are readily absorbed and assimilated.It supplies the waste constantly going on from the decomnositiou of tissues, as the result of physical and mental exertion.preventing Nervous Prostration and General Debility.Its action is purely phvsiologicnl, building up the constitution in the »ame\u2018mauiior as our daily tood.It has been used In private practice with eminent success in tho treatment of Chronic Wasting Diseases,dei»endimr u pen depraved nutrii ion and impoverished blood.It a immediately on the stomach, invigorating Digcst.ou.Assimilation, and tho formation of Healthy Blood, energizing the ner* vous and muscular systems ami nil the vital ngans.Mold at $1.0(1 ; ti bottles.#rvW.\t\u2022t-' d» 4-12tf 146, St.Jam kb Strkkt.N.A I/fj AIRE TO CAPITALISTS.eligible opportunity le now offered to ft invest $3),()()0 to $30,000 in a business in thia MANUFACTURERS\u2019 AGENT A COMMISSION MERCHANT.Stokk: 7PETER St.Wink Vaults: SAULT Atf MATEL09 STREET.Ofkiuk: Corner of _____PETER A JAMBS St., QUEBEC.\t3-1»ar.0ADBUBYrS CHOCOLATES COCOAS' These celebrated Chocolates and Cocoas took the First Prise at the Exhibition, and are guaranteed tho purest and finest imported.Their well-known delicious beverage COCOA ESSENCE, Can be bod at all Gr Montreal.Canada.\t) CHI 4-18 tf TO CHEMISTN A fkRITGOINTN, WIUE & SPIRIT MEÈCJHANTa, OUR STOCK OF MEDICAL, I»EKETJME, AND LIQUOR ISABELS, Is now very complete.Grnat Vaiufty, Bkauttfui.Dksion*.and all at very moderate prices.Liberal Discount to large dealers.Order# can be promptly sent by Parcel Post to all part» of the Dominion.LEGGO & 00., LITHOGBAPHEBS, Ac., 319ST.ANTOINE STREET, AND 1 A 2 PLACE D\u2019ARMES HILL, MONTREAL.4-ln-tf NOTICE.CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.Ottawa, tttb November, 1871.VJOTICE is hereby given that1 His Excella lenev the Governor-General, bj an Order in Council, bearing date tbe 30th of October laid, and under the authority vested in him by the 3rd Section of the 34th Victoria.Cap.10.has been pleased to order and direct that the following article be transferred to the list of goods which may be imported into Canada free of duty, viz.: ** Unmanufactured Ivory.By Command, 4-25-c R.S.M.BOUCHETTK.Commissioner ot Customs.AGENTS WANTED, Male and Female, for new and useful inventions.Enclose stamp ontreal Manufacturing Company, Bux 627j.\t\u2022 4.St\tMuntrkal, P.Q.Dealers in Books.Periodicals, and Special Proprie- i tory Article».Patent Medicine», etc.At en tien given to the sales of Books and Serial PuMica- i tiens on commission.We keen on hand the (/\u2019«nodi'*» Ulwtrated New», 1 the tkartketani.etc.\t_\ti Address No.1VÙ, HOLLIS STREET., _ \u201e-\t, 4*18 in\tHALIFAX, N.S, Montreal.GOVERN MEUT HOUSE, OTTAWA.Monday.6th day of November, 1871.Pkfbknt: HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.On the recommendation of the Honourable the Minister of Customs and under the authority of the Act 31 Vic., Cap.6, See.4.entitled: \u201cAn A.t reflecting the Customs.\u201d HU Excellency has been pleased to order, and it i?hereby ordered, that from and aftei the date thereof, the fobowiug article» when imported into Canada, or taken out ot \\\\ are-houses for consumption therein\u2014that is to say.Spirits and Strong Waters mixed w ith any ingredient or ingredient», and although thereby ennimc l»rjlÎ5P the denomination of Propnet-ry Medicines, Tinctures.Essences, Extracts. n tl 4.35.0\tClerk.Privy Council.* Printed End ptAlUhed by G*oRh* F.Dksbarat*, 1, Place d'Annoi Uill, and 319, St.Antoine street."]