Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-11

big an undertaking as the st. Gothard. In
deed, the French engineers believe that the
whole line could be made in four years, (the
st. Gothard took ten,) and that the cost
would not exceed ST, ,500,0 900, about half
what the St. Gothard cost.
Mr.. Copeland, of Broekton, Massachusetts,,
has nearly completed the machinery which is
being placed under the Union Fish COM
pany's wharf at Provincetown, Massachu-
sets, by which the rise and fall of the tide is
to be the motive power The work is only
experimental, but everything is successful
thus far. The apparatus consists of a float
gliding up and down on studding, which
turns wheel, making four revolutions
tide. This wheel is connected by means of
shafts and belts to series of other wheels,
and in such way that the terminal wheel
makes $40 revolutions per minute.
Some valuable experiments have been
made as to the comparative value of good
hay for stock. As the result, it is estimated
that 100 pounds of hay are equal to 275
pounds of green Indian corn 400 pounds of
green clover, 442 pounds of rye straw, $50
pounds of wheat straw, 164 pounds of oat
straw, 180 pounds of barley straw, 153
pounds of pea straw, 200 pounds of buck
wheat straw, 400 pounds of dried corn stalks,
17Jpounds of raw potatoes, 504 pounds of
turnips, 800 pounds of carrots, 81 pounds of
rye, 46 pounds of wheat, SO pounds Of oats,
45 pounds of mixed peas and beans, 81
pounds of buckwheat, 81 pounds of Indian
corn, 68 pounds of acorns, 105 pounds of
wheat bran, 1877 pounds of wheat, pea and
oat cheff, 179 pounds of mixed rye and bar
| ley, SO pounds of 1inseed, or 339 pounds of
| mangel wlrzel.
Tawhiao, king of the Maories, on leaving
England addressed letter of farewell ''to all
the gentry and their ladies" who had enter
| tanned him. 81 have now made I'D nv
mind, P" he wrote, 'Eto return to my country
and race, and therefore write a few words
| of farewell and Thanksgiving to you ALL
| Abide here in your own land. 1 will never
forget your love to me and my friends
| and we will henceforth tell of your honora-
BILE kindness to our race. Although the gov
ernment were not disposed to allow us to see
the queen and to thoroughly investigate the
affairs of our race, nevertheless we have been
greatly loved. We have come here from
far distant land, and have reached England,
and have seen its people, its mobiles, it's habi-
tations, and your honorable kindness to us.
In conclusion, my dear friends, 1 have seen
and experienced the reality of things done to-
wards us we sat in the presence of great
people. Dwell here! FAREWELL"
Colonel William M. Grosvenor in his
speech in Philadelphia made five statements
which worth the attention of all voters:
First-The average wages of labor are 60
per cent. higher here than in Great Britain
Second-The same quantities of food
which this country consumes, costing i'll New
York $50 for each person, will cost in Lon
don over $55.
Third-The British taxes on liquors and
tobacco make the cost of the quantity which
our people consume greater in England than
the cost here by about So for each person
her own people will have to pay the whole
of them, not to lose customers. That
is British free trade We are glad to put
taxes where British manufacturers shall pay
as much of them as possible
Fourth-The cost of all other articles en-
tering into consumption hereof clothing,
metals, coal oil, lumber, glass, other house
building articles, paper, soap, drugs and
che1nicals-is not more than S12 greater for
each person here than in England; so that,
Fifth-The entire cost of living, if the
same articles and quantities are bought in
England that are consumed here, is less in
this country than in England, while wages
are 60 per cent. greater.