The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-02-13
FROM THE LAND or rHE BLuE
HOsEs.

Tue Temperance Qmeeecn-A PrUvtu-
stai EleetIoa-EmIErstion To the P.eiae
cosst-court-ousnsss % tire People
Cost Of LIvInE-Tarn to the Lef-The
Whistler.
ST. joins, n. B., Feb. I, 1890.
One Of the wonders Of this city II
the remarkable tide Of Its harbor.
A tide IL q wonder anywhere. To
see the bosom Of the great waters
rise and fall every day. as II by q
mighty process OF respiration,
inspires awe aud reverence for
the great forces Of Nature. The Bay
Of Fundy, which opens its bosom
20 receive the great Atlantic wave,
has tide at its entrance OF Is feet.
which is swelled at times, as Il gath
ers force up the bay, to the enorm-
Gus height Of 20 feet In the highest
spring tides. The tide In the st.
John harbOr rises 10 n height esti-
mated all the way from - TO 81 feet.
When the tide IL tout" the vessels
are almost "high and dry" and the
harbOr itself resembles q drained
lake. estuary or pool. cannot say
that at such time = poet can find
much material for ais verses. The
painter might find small hits for his
etchings. Where the noble ~. John
river enters the harbor, IL comes
| through a gorge only loo feet wide
spanued by . magnificent suspen-
sion bridge, also at its side n fine
railroad bridge. biologists have Il
theory that In remote ages the river
flowed in another channel; but that
by some mighty ConVulsiun of
Nature, its present channel through
| the NarrOws was made. The water
here at low tide falls some l. feet In
order To reach the harbor; but at
high tide the level of the harbor l.
from five to eight feet the higher
Vessels can therefore only pass fr"m
the river tn the harbor, or from the
harboT TO the river, at the turn Of
the tide. Hence We have each day "A
"back action, reversible" set OF falls,
which Is not witnessed elsewhere
that I know Of. The iall Of water H.
for a time tow ards the harbor, aud
then a II for change towards III,
river. One Of the sup-reminent
qualities claimed for this harbOr L.
that IL il always free Of lee, which
occurs OF course on the action of the
tides. Where the river and the
hArbOr join hands IL seen from the
"Cantilever bridge" one Of the
prettiest bits of wild scenery To he
furnished on this globe. The great
towering rocks, through which the
mighty river rushes to the sea, with
picturesque rocky islets for a back
ground, are surely attractions sell
dom found Off canvas.
1.-THE Almighty lavishrs His favors
upon the people which erects the
greatest number az magnificent
edifires of stone and brick aud NOR
tar for His wUr-hipers, then surely
the inhabitants Of II. John should
have His gifts showered upon them
nightly. have been in no city Of
~. 900 population where these are so
many line churches as in ~. jain.
nor 50 many ur them. There are n
many az - church buildings here
which cost an amount exceeding
$2O,ODO, while there are "A number
which cost "a much as fl3j, 900. The
Church Of England Is the predomi-
mating sect, with the Presbyterian,
Catholic aud Methodist cOnerega-
iiJns sized in the order named.
The PresbYteTians have the old
Scotch kirk founded la 1854 and the
Church Of England, TriuiIy-Gnunded
the same year, think Surely the
citizens Of II John are a church
going people, ~ the thrOnged streets
each Sabbath morning well attest.
Aud each sabbath morning when
the numerous bell chimes sound
upon the air, there il "A melody in
the air which l. indie scrihahlN
sweet.
While til" resubmissiOnisls OF
Kansas are makinga great u, al al
noise, at least, towards abolisltiDg
Prohibition, there IL steadily
growing sentiment here towards
pFulat l.fttR0 IL L. A,
to the time when either the Liberals
or the Grits will have to take upon
their shoulders the burden OF the
Temperance question. A Third
Party is already org ,niZed In tie
Province, and this will force the
issue upon one or the other Of the
two dominant parties. Citizens say
that ten years ago this was one Of |
the worst Tum-ridden holes Oh the |
continent, and that great strides |
have been made ia recent years
towards temperance. To the man |
frnm Kansas, there seems to he a
chance for wonderful Improvement
yet, when he witnesses the numer-
Gus wretched men aud women reel
ing about the wharVes aud upon the
back streets. Sir Leonard Tilley,
Lieutenant Governor Of the Province
has always been u preacher Of tenn
perance and has won his pnliiIcal
spurs in this cause. lie IL regarded
n the most popular man in the
Province, always consistent and
exemplary in his political as well as
private life. Lady lilly, 1 believe,
IL al active leader i'm an organize
ton similar To our W. L. T. L., of
the states. Sir Leonard makes his
residence In st. John, his
home being n few doors south Of my
b parding house. lie IL now nj the
executive mansion Ia Fredericton,
for the meeting Of the
Provincial ParlismeRt, to assemble
the last Of this month.
since my arrival here I have had
an opportunity TO witness one Of the
Provincial elections. IL took place /
on January -. attended the
ut the court house on the
18th OF January, where representa-
lives Of each party made addre. sc =.
The issue was not n party one, but
purely local II was whether mr. not |