Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-04

l mounted on roller skates in Chicago and De
 troit, where the pavements are very smootl
 and level, and they go about their worl
 much more expeditiously and easily thal
 when obliged to walk.
 l Some of those affected by the prohibitor. 1 law of Kansas want to know whether
 State can adopt laws entirely prohibitory o
 the sale of beer and alcoholic liquors with
 out awarding compensation to the owners 0 property that is thereby largely reduced i, value. Prior to the adoption of the lav wine growing, brewing and distiIling were a
 lawful occupations in Kansas as any specie of traffic or manufacturing, and the point ii now made that laws which suddenly spring into force and practically destroy the money
 invested in these lines of business, in effect
 take away private property without com
 pensation to it's owners, and are, therefore
 in conflict with the fundamental law of the
 land. Test cases involving this question
 will probably be taken to the Supreme Court
 of the United States.
 The Hartford Couraaat does not know why
 the Christianity of this country should take
 upon itself an apologetic attitude, or why g
 protestant community should be put upon
 the defensife in regard to the use of the Bible
 in schools or elsewhere. The CoUrG7st forci-
 ply continues seThe Bibleis the book upon
 which modern civilization-all that we most
 vaIue-rests. The whole genius of the gov
 ernment is Christian, just as certainly as it
 would be pronounced Moslem if all its rulers
 and vast majority of it's citizens were fol-
 lowers of Islam. We do not need an amend
 ment of the Constitution to assure us that.
 The government itself secures absolute relig-
 ious freedom, and is not in terms or form of
 any particular religion. Yet everybody
 knows that our government is as thoroughly
 Christian as the English government is, and
 as that of Spain is Roman Catholic, or as
 that at Constantinople is of Ielam The
 general spirit of our civilization and with
 our government; and it is our aim, as
 Christian community, to make our laws &C., cord with it. It is the book of the English speaking people re-eminently.'' .af
 The following is translation of the solemn oath taken by great number of Transyaal Boers at meeting held at Wonderfontein 'Tn the presence of Almighty God, the searcher of hearts, and praying for his gra- cious assistance and mercy, we, burghers of the South African Republic, have solemnly agreed, for us and for our children, to unite in holy covenant, which we con- firm with coIavnp oath iS Doxu forty years ago since our fathers left the Cape Colony to become 8 free and indepen- dent people. These forty years have been years of sorrow and suffering. We have founded Natal, the Orange Free State, and the South African Republic (TransvaaD and three times has the English government on our liberties, and our flag, bap- hzed with the blood and tears of our fathers, has been pulled down. As by thief in the night has our free republic been stolen from us. We cannot suffer this, and we may not. It is the will of God that the unity of our fathers and the love of our children should oblige us to deliver unto our children, un- blemished, the heritage of our fathers. It is for this reason that we here unite and give each other the hand, as men and brethren, solemnly promising to be faithful to our country and people, and, looking unto God, ,o work together unto death for the restora- ion of the liberty of our republic. So truly nelp us, God Almighty"
 Few, if any, of the agricultural colleges in his country can make as favorable a showing ,C fho+ of% %bo D,ovi,,oo of Or@or;o 4bo Dominion of Canada, which opened it's doors ,or students some six years ago. For the irst year of it's existence it was difficult natter to secure for it forty students, even ,n condition that they should practically oe educated free of cost. The college re- port for 1880 shows that there have been in attendance for the year 176 students, three quarters of them from the Province of Ontario, and a small number from Eng and and the United States. Each student 'ays the sum of $25 a year as tuition for the regular course, and 1925 or the special winter course. Each also ays the cost price for board and washing. l The farm connected. with the college is a | arge one and real work is done upon it by | he students, who receive ten cents an hour | or their work when we'll performed. The | arm work seems to have been almost entire l ? carried on by the students, and to have | cen managed precisely an individual | armer of brains and adaptation for the work | vould manage his own farm. By taking ad- l antage of the provision just noted many of | he students have brought the cost of the l purse down to $50 and even $35 8 year. | he crops raised last year were abundant and | enerally of good quality. Some of the | rofits were as follows: Carrots, $57 an ere; potatoes, $41 an acre fall wheat, $25 n acre; spring wheat, $17.7o an acre; tur- ips, $33 an acre; mangolds, $51 an acre, nd so on, the smallest profit being from hay, I4.15 an acre. The aim of the college has cen to make practical farmers, and to this nd little effort has been made to make the ;udents half farmers and half lawyers, r half farmers and half engineers, hich probably accounts for the success of le institution.