, 1874-09-21

isting on tho elloro Of this Province. Tie Dlrocl
Untod States Telegraph Company 1lavo laid q
tho American elld OF II OIL tho sl,ore al Uoucon-
tton Lay. lut tho othor Company obieot, nj q
nonopoliBt coucorn might very naturally DO OK
poctcd to 10. In order to coyor such casos, tl.o
dominion Parliament, ut ita IaHt session. paeactj
nj act which practically terminates lilo ,',o,,opo. pIo
! " un1oyed by tho Anglo-American Compauy.
hnt owtng to tho nasaro es the net, II ysaB nno X
which It waa neooaaary boforo 1t could DO do
e!ered lnN, to obtet. t1,o eonse,st Of tho socro-
| ron ia tho Secretary nj tho presont tln,o. hu
l,o haa dono nothing auout tito unttor. Sfcn,,-
Willie, tho FnfntlnY-thn boat cml1loyut1 in lin
laying Of tho cabo--las arrived 1t Conception,
| peculiar piece Of spite, rAo Directors of tho
| otlter tofnpahY even ohjcot to nllowlng tho
Steamer to wait for d doclslon luHio tho Iin,its
q inc pay, claiming that tho Jurisdiction Of tllo
company II equal to tlas OF tlio Territorial Gov
ollllont' and that this tattor extends to lino
running from leadland to honllln,a,i, instead of
following tho a-nl!o limit along tbo ninn.
osItiea Of tho coast. Tl,is, from III
1itllcrican Company, ia too crslel. It ia usng
Canadns weapons against lorso1f, and tho hosE
%ay. It aennis iilsoly 10 bo ono Of those uyon-
tlons Which aro said to return to plnguo their lu-
Ycntbr.
cAvAp1AN SCANDALS.
Wo take olr acat!dal very mildly. Indeed,
what would en regarded, prosu,no, as absolute
brooklyn. for illstauco--H lloro t1o occasion for
tho elevation Of myriad eyebrows, the blowing
OF ton thousand noHrs. I l,avon't very mitch
1alth ln this excessive morality, butit Ii amusing.
Provincial Official named Mokollnr, a regular
cRilny Hcotuh1nan, who talks Gaolicns lila mother
tongue. uo was q wltlowor for yoars, aud has
recently married young. petite widow, Why
nppoared III tho rulla .aceounta. the chsomos
cost totn! of ;sea7, aud among them was ono
generally known M .'Thp Nonpor," but wnluh
was Enthusiastically ontttioa "l.ittle Mrs. -"
osant @ n2t eaang o. &C cetao 4 nt tho opposl
thing and tlo whole Province was dolugod With
articles about tho picture Of "Llttle Mrs. -"
which hung iii the private apartme,,ts
of tho lion. Archibald ,1lcNearl Poor alau
Ills vito wautod to know what ii all muaut. Ills
follow-ofciala hute at his dutyi tho uro1ntaru.
Mother drundy" had always thought ho was
~ l'ttlo gay." Ihoto was ito other RESOURCE.
Ao con'd rot fali back upon hia naorai dignity
anu lnugh tho mosquitoes to scorl. Ga tic COLI
trarY Le obtained an affidavit from tho chrono-
seller, sottg forth the fact that Lilo picture was
purchased by Mr. A{ckellar's predecessor in Of
ico, mud giving, the following starslng conversn-
tion, tho Macdonald referred to being tho do
ceaned Salniloid, the old political war-horao OF
Upper Canala:
Two three days after tho 1lousc upcnct Ia the fall
OF 1871, Mr. Scott, tho tEon Speaker, called ill., and
pictures woaid improve IT, bought nitoen chroaos md
iivo mottoes ordering then, 10 bo framod. Next
,no,1,1ns me, b. called IN ,si Mr. sandned ,laedonald
nnu nsko mo TO show him hin purchases. AEtor look
ing over them anu rejecting two they proceeded to
hsloet fow more. QUO staniing franlcd, cntiticd
Mr.. atacdonads attention, wiio sad. Ewinr. how
much for 1'ti:e rs.H' lHtatc1 81. Turning 10 ltr.
se3tt; hs sa se9tt ,tat will taat su!s you YOU
among the lot.
1question whether it would 10 a very great
oxaegeratlon to Bay that the fato Of the present
aauistsy, ct Which Meke!!as h motnber, d.
terrific scandal which has sot tic entire PROVINCE
on the tiptoe Of expectation.
THE Known I1pE1. !
4 very different matter Ia tho caso In which tho
aon: George Brown, Of tho Toronto Globe, is I
lowHpnpers, which haYo published scandals con-
ucctcd with lis record befole marriage. Legal
proceedings hayc already boon commenced, aud !!
liz: Brown llas nado aflldavit that tho lbaloug
matter IS entirely falso aud every ono believes
lin. No moro honorable man liyos thau Mr, !
brown.
Tho National proprictors, wl,icl, first publish.
4 tho artioleB, seom likely to 60 to jail on It's
ccount.
PROHIBITION AND cuESEy1sM.
Tho Ontario Temperance aud Prohititory
league hold Its forth ANIMAL Convention Iii
'oronto recently. There waa quito q large at |
tendance, ai!t resolutions wcro adopted favor
ng tho appeal to tho Legislature to put moro
ehtr'et'ons on the sao Of liquors. if tho feeling
+ tho people IL against absolute prohibition,
nd tho latter measure cannot therefore bo en-
orcod.
Tho Reformed Episcopal Church is making
'reat progress III tbs Dominion. It would soeni
ealy that it vas making mose headway here