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TEE CKCISE OF THE COHrTH.
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THXEAJBCI1L
I i ' TBiiuin
Captain C. L. Hooper, of the United
State revenue steamer Com in. Las jtst
submitted to the Secretary of tie Treas
ury a report of the cruise made by the
Corwin in Behring sea and the Arctic
ocean, in obedience to department or
der of Mar 15th but. The ressel made
three trips into the Arctic regions, and
iU course covered the whole of the Arctic
ocean from Point Barrow on the Ameri
can coast to a point within 25 miles of
Wrangel land. Captain Hooper was
within three or fonr miles of Herald
island, and cruised on throe side of it.
He was convinced that there was no hu
man life on the island. He neither saw
nor heard anything about the missing
whalers. .
The following is a synopsis of the re
ports '
The ressel sailed from San Francisco
May 22d and arrived at Onalaska Jane 3d.
After firing in detail the movements
f the vessel and the trouble occasioned
by the heavy ice, the report refers to get;
ting under wsy from St. Michael's June
23, with the hope of working north in
side of the ice on the Aisiatic side, and
says that a stop was made at Lawrence
Island for the purpose of investigating
the reports of the deaths of the natives
by starvation, which ware fully con
firmed. Captain Hooper estimates that more
than four hundred natives died of starva
tion and he attributes it to the continued
cold and stormy weather and the im
provident habits of the natives.
The Conrin started north from St.
Michael's July 10, and on July 26 was in
latitude 70 Jeg. 50 min. north, only
thirty-Ire miles from Herald Island,
where a solid pack was encountered and
no further progress could be made.
Polar bears and two walrus were seen
north of latitude 70 dg. The vessel re
turned to Cape Thompson to pick np
Lieutenant Burke, and at that time the
supply of coal being lew, it was decided
to return to Plover Bar. This determi
nation was abandoned, however, when it
was found that coal could be obtained
from a coal mine on the American side,
heretofore unknown, from which a sup
plr was taken, j
Returning north, Herald Island was
distant After working through the ice
the distance was decreased to twenty
miles. No signs of the missing whalers
or of life were risible, and the weather
becoming unfavorable, the Teasel was
obliged to turn southward acrain, arriv
iag at Plover Bay August 10. On the
ICth she returned to thirty miles east of
and oa the 17th was within seven miles
of Herald Island. On the 20th the ves
sel get within three or four miles of the
island, when she was slopped by ice
from twelve to forty feet high. A
close examination 01 the island was
made with a glass while the Cor win
lay, so ntar. and Captain Hooper
says l was sure mere were no tinman in
habitants oa it. Ha states it as his opin
ion that the ke around Herald Island
was old, that for two and three years at
a time it does not leave Herald Island
free, and that the ice rarely breaks np
between Herald Island and Wrangel
Land. August 25th the Conrin reached
Point Barrow, which is the most north-
era point of Alaska and lacks only
twenty five miles of being the most
northern point of the continent. "On
the 11th of September," the report con
tinues, "we ssw the high hills of Wran
gel Land Uaring W. E. (true.) We
ran in toward it until we came to the
solid pack, the ice having the same ap
pearance as that in the vivitity of Herald
Island.
We judged the land to be abont
twenty-five miles awsy. The highest
hills, which seemed to be more distant.
were covered with snow, others were
partly covered, and still lower ones were
almost entirely bare. The aight of this
land repaid us to a certain extent for our
disappointment in not rinding Herald
clear of ice, as we had bojed to do, in
order that we might run lines of sound
ings and make a plan of the island.
That part of W rangell Land which we
saw covered an arc of the horrizon of
SO degrecs-from NW.J,', N. to W. !', S.
(true) and was distant from twenty
miles on the former bearing to thirty-five
or forty miles on the Latar. On the
south were three mountains, probably
threw thousand feet high, entirely cov
ered with snow, the central one present
ing a conical appearance, and the others
showing rounded tops. To the north
ward of these mountains was a chain of
rounded hills, these near the sea linr
lower and nearly free from snow, while
the back hills, which probably reach an
elevation of two thousand feet, were
quite white. To the north of the north
era bearing given the hind ends entirely
or becomes very low. The atmosphere
was very clear, and we could easily have
aeen any land above the horizon within a
distance of sixty or seventy miles, but
none could be seea from the masthead.
There is a report that Sergent Andrej-w,
a Co-sack, reached this laad in 17G2 by
crossing over from the mainland oa the
ice with dog teams, and that he found it
to be inhabited bv a race of nomads
-called Krahayo. This report, however,
is probably without foundation.
Admiral W rangell, who was the first
V report the existence of this land, savs:
"We endeavored to collect from the in
habitants (of Niabne-Kloyaisk) all the
information they could give in relation
to the country and everything that was
remembered among them respecting
early travelers having any bearing on the
subject, lhey knew a great deal about
three officers who were ia 1717, bnt
could tell as very littie about Sergeant
Andre jew, who was here only a few years
before I. e., in 17i;i. They had learned
generally that he had beta to the ladi
' girts and afterwards to the Bsar Islands
but were ignorant of his supposed dis
coveries, which were included in our
most recent charts, and when we spoke
of a land north of the Bear Islsnds and
traces of a nomad race ia that direction,
they treated it as a fable. Some of their
owa people had accompanied Andrejew
oa that journey; how then could the ex
istence of a large inhabited laad have
beea either unknown or forgotten
among them?
I mention this not to prove that
Wrangell Land is not inhabited, but to
show that if the A rctio-exploring steamer
Jeannette has beea fortnaste hnongh to
reach that country, she is the first vessel
to do so, and her brave officers and eoew
should hsve the credit of it. Admiral
Wrancell himself did not even see this
land.
Captain Eellett, Royal Navy, while
cruising in the Arctic Ocean in IS 5,
claims to have seen Wrangell Land on
August 16, but under such circumstance
as he himself admits, thst a mistake
could hardly be made. - There are nu
merous reports of whalers having seen
this land and having sailed along its
shore with no ice in sight, aid their
tracks and positions are laid down on the
American Hvdrograrkic Chart, their ex
act position for each day bin shown.
The fact that the whalers keep no reckon
ing and take no observations w hile whal
ing will ahow how utterly unreliable
these tracks must be. Although it is
possible thst there are times when the
shores of Wrangell Laad are free from
ice, it is still very doubtful. It certain
ly must be but seldom. I believe that
it is possible at times for a strong vessel,
properly equipped and fitted, to work
aer wsy in shore far enough to reach a
safe harbor among the grounded ice
within easy traveling distance of the
land, where she could remain in safety
ana exploring parties D sent out to ex
smine the land. I am of the opinion that
Wrangell Land is a large ialanJ, possi
bly one of the chain that passes entirely
through the polar regions to Greenland.
That there is other land to the northward
there can be no doubt.
Captain Eeenan, then commanding the
bark James Allen, reports having seen
land to the northward of Harrison's Bay,
a few degrees east of Point Barrow. He
was boiling out, and stood north under
easy sail during thick weather eighty or
ninety miles. When the fog lifted high
land was risible to the northward, a lone
distance away but psrlectly distinct.
Large numbers of geese and other aquatio
birds pass Point Barrow, going north, in
the spring and return in August or Sep
tember with their young. As it is well
known that these birds breed only on
Land, this fact alone must be regarded as
proof positive ef the existence of lsnd in
in the north. Another reason for sup
posing that there is either a continent or
a chain of islsnds passing through the
polar regions is the fact that notwith
standing the vast amount of heat dif
fused by the warm current passing
through Bearing Straits, the icy barrier
is from C1, to 8 degrees further south on
this side than on the Greenland side
of the Arctic Ocean, where the tempera
ture is much lower. The Tchuckehies
have a number of legends in regard to
some of those people having left the
mainland and crossed over the ice to a
"great land" further north, and also of
herds of reindeer having crossed over
from the north. There may or may not
be foundation for these legends.
We worked out into clear water and
headed to the eastward. Having visited
every part of the Arctic that it was pos
sible for a ressel to reach, penetrating
the icy regions fifty to one hundred miles
further than any vessel succeeded in do
ing last rear without being able to find
the slightest trace or gaia the least
tidings of the missing whalers, we were
forced to the conclusion that they had
been crushed and carried north in the
pack and that their crews had perished.
In regard to the exploring steamer
Jeannette we were able to learn nothing.
Such a variety of reports were in circu
lation concerning her that I was at first
in doubt as to her safety. One report to
the effect that she had been seen by the
whalers entering a "pocket" in the
northern pack, to the northeast of Herald
island, which shortly after closed and
shut her in, was calculated to give the
impression that she, too, had gone north
in the pack. I investigated this report,
however, and it proved to be without
foundation. Several of the ships saw,
during a partial clearing of the fog,
what some supposed to be the smoke of
a steamer, but what others are equally
positive was frost smoke.
Captain Barnes, of the whaling bark
Sea Breeze, reports having seen the
Jeannette on the 2d of September, eighty
miles south of Herald Island. This was
only five days subsequent to tho date of
her arrival at Cape Leidze, from which
point Captain De Long wrote that be
should attempt to reach the southern end
ef Wrangel Land via Kollutcnin Bay.
This being his intention he would not
be likely to go in an entirely different
direction and put his ship into the pack
as early as September 2. xiis most
natural course would be to keep to the
westward, and, by taking advantage of
every lead, work in and try to reach some
Cinton the southern end of Wrangel
nd, keeping his vessel out of this pack
as long as possible in order to profit by a
favorable break in the ice and gain even
a few miles in the direction in which he
wished to go. Failing to get sufficiently
near Wrangel Land to find safe winter
quarters he might push on and endeavor
to reach the New Siberian Islands,
which, although some degrees further
north, are often accessible, owing to
their more favorable location. Unlike
the whalers, the Jeannette is a
strong vessel, well fitted for encounter
ing ice, and her crew were thoroughly
equipped for traveling over the ice if
necessary ,so that even though she should
become embayed in the ice and her crew
compelled to leave her there would be ao
difficulty in reaching the mainland, or if
in the vicinity of Wrangell Land in
crossing orer the ice ia boats, which they
have properly fitted for travel, and reach
ing the whaling fleet. This, however,
would not likely be dene until the com
pletion of explorations, which I am con
vinced will have to be made in dog sleds,
judging from what I have seea of the
ice. To attain a high latitat with a res
sol in this part of the Arotio is impossi
ble. The whalers follow the ice-pack
very closely betweed Herald Island and
Point Barrow and sever been able to
reach the 7ith degree ef latitude as jet,
while only one or two claim te have been
as far north as 73 degree. Ia the Greea
land seas, oa the contrary, it is no an
common thing for whalers to reach the
7Mh degree or even higher.
Irs a what I can loam from the ac
counts of those who have traveled ia
other parts of the Arctic, and from my
owa obserratioa, I believe that bow bars
else withia the Arctic- circle docs th ice
remain permanently so far south as be
tween Wrangell Land and Point Barrow.
I have no fears for the safety of the offi
cers and crew of the Jeannette. The
fact that they have not been heard from
seems to indicate that the vessel is safe,
and that they consider themselves able
to remain another year at least Should
they be compelled to abandon the ressel
and cross orer to the mainland during
the winter they would find no difficulty
in reaching Plover or St. Lawrence Bar,
where they would hi well cared for by
the Tchnktchis, as in fact wonld be the
case at any place on either the Asiatic or
Alaskan coast."
The balance of the report is devoted to
the reysge from St Michael's to San
Francisco, and a detailed description of
the habits of the natives, etc.
rsime la a.
W very frequently receive letters
from various sources asking to know
something of our valleys and their ex
tent In order to answer them all at one
time, we will pnblish the following,
which does not include many small
tracts that have not been honored with
a name:
Josephine, 25 miles long, i wide; pop
ulation 400.
Klamstb. 50 long, 15 wide; people 300.
John Dsy, 50 long, 10 wide; people
vm.
Willow Creek, 30 long, 8 wide; people
150.
Birch Creek, 20 long, 6 wide; people
125.
Umatilla, 80 long, 35 wide; people 500.
Pine Creek, 10 long,! 5 wide; people CO.
Walla Walla, 30 long, 13 wide; 13,000.
Grande Bonde, 20 long, 1G wide; 1750.
Powder P.iver, 10 long, 5 wide; 135.
Jordan Paver, 25 long, 5 wide; 150.
w mow Creek, 10 long, 5 wide; 135.
Burnt River, 8 long, 5 wide; .
Touchct (Too-she), 40 long, 5 wide;
Columbia Basin, 26 long, 10 wide;
2350.
The foregoing are situated in Oregon,
while the, following are in Washington
Territory (eastern portion) :
Tuckanuon, 20 miles long, 5 miles
wide; population, 200.
Alpona. 15 lone. 3 wide: population.
35.
Palouse, 100 long, 25 wide, 2700.
Columbia Basin, 100 long, 80 wide;
6000.
Yakima, 100 long, 10 wide; 500.
Spokane, 1j long, 10 wide; 380.
Chehalis, 50 long, 15 wide; 200.
These lands are, with the necessary
population, capable of producing 500,000
tons of wheat annually. The twelve
counties of eastern Oregon and Wash
ington that must be considered tributary
to the wsters of the Columbia and Snake
rivers contain 1114 surveyed townships,
or 23,576,G50 acres. In the earlier settle
ment of eastern Oregon, preference was
given to strictly valley lands. Experi
ence has skown, however, that most ex
cellent crops of cereals are sure upon the
table and hillside lands. For both fruit
raising and general agriculture, many
now giro hillside lands the preference.
Sixty Hies a Minute Ia a Tla Tan.
Arthur Fitxpatrick, who returned from
Colorado, a short time ago, gives the
following account of an occurence in the
mining districts, of which he was an
eye witness: "A miner and some com
panions were crossing the Continental
Divide when it was covered with snow.
Three miles below them, down a decline
of forty five degrees, deeply covered
with frozen snow, lay a spot they de
sired to reach, while to go around by
rail was fifteen miles. The miner took a
tin pan used for washing gold, spread
his blanket over it, got in himself in a
squatting position on his haunches,
tucked the blanket around, held his tide
and other traps over his head and got
one of his companions to give him a
push. He informed me he went down at
the speed of sixty miles a minutes, and
shot far out into the valley at ths foot of
the mountain. When he stopped he found
the soldering of the pan melted from
friction, and his banket on fire, and it
was his impression that had he gone
much further he would have been
burned up, together with all his traps."
Pittsburg Telegraph.
In 1811 Sir Humphrey Davy visited
the Edgeworths in Ireland. The follow
ing remarks of his anent the two coun
ties, which at the present time are
especially tho seat of disturbance, have
interest: "As a physically gifted race
the people of Mayo and Galway are
handsomer and more robust than those
of any other part of Ireland. The wo
mensome of them have characters of
softness and beauty. There are no
manufactures in the county; little or no
agriculture; little or no law among the
tenants, but much litigation among the
landlords, who are for the most part
resident out of the country. There was
only one place in Connaught where I saw
an improving tenantry possessing indus
try, rognlar habits and civility without
fawning; this was at Ballina. "You will,
I dare say, guess the reason there are
fonr or fiTe great and liberal proprietors
residing among them, and setting aa
example of cultivation and good manners.
IrUn LajsilardUaaa.
The Irish land question hat been
taking up a great deal of space in
tclerrarthie report for several
months past For the ordinary
reader it ia difficult to form an idea
of what it is all about Jlanj would
like to know what the evila com
plained of are, and what measures of
reform are proposed.
The chief evil is of Ions standing
Ireland is a conouered country. The
fcuJal system was introduced, and
the former owner were despoiled of
their lands. Tho theory or the
feudal system was that the king, as
lord paramount, owned or was enti
tled to control tho entire domain
lie parceled out tho land to noble
men ot hirh rank' who in turn sub
divided it among their follower.
The tenure by which tho feudal
baron held bis possessions bore no
semblance to a title in fee simple.
He paid nothing for his patent, and
his right to continued possession de
pended opoo his willingness and
ability to muster, equip and feed a
specified number of men to support
the king in bis wars, and to detend
the country against rebellion and in.
vasion. They could not alienate
their possessions, for the reason thai
they were not the owners. I be
feudal chief was required to reside
00 bis estates, to administer justico,
settle disputes and give countenance
and protection to bis tenants, follow
ers and dependants; and that was
one of the conditions of bis tennre.
lie was liable to be dispossessed if
absent for any considerable length of
time, except when attending upon
the king in war or in parliament
Kent were paid to him not as an in
dividual bat as the bead of the com
munity, to enable him to arm, equip
and subsist the requisite number of
warriors, to administer justice, to re
lievo distress and to defend the com
munity and the nation in time of
war. The idea of tho payment of
rent was that it was a tax for the
public good. '
i. he alleged title to a great por
Hon of tne land in all the tour quar
ters of Great Britain rests upon these
old feudal grants. The present bold
erf ot trie land lnnent irotrt ances
tors who never paid for the land, and
who seldom or ever improved it ex
cept at the expense of the tenants.
The right of these ancestors to bold
possession was conditioned upon the
performance of their feudal duties
to assist the government (the king)
with arms in war, and with their
counsel in times of peace, to reside
upon their estates, to administer jus.
tice and give protection and succor
to all persons residing within their
jurisdiction.
The radical reformers, both Irish
and English, plantthemselves on the
proposition that the landlords may
bo evicted lawfully deprived of
their alleged properties and posses
sions, because in fact, as well as in
law and equity, they are not the own
ers of the land for the nse of which
they demand and receive enormous
annual revenues. These gentlemen
propose to go to the bottom of things
propose to inquire into the title oj
Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, Lords and
gentlemen who live at ease in Lou
den or Paris, while their "people,"
the tenants ot tbeir supposed es
tates, are toiling for a meager sub.
sistence.
That is. they claim that the feudal
system having long since fallen into
decay, and the landlords being
neither willing nor able to perform
their feudal duties, the consideration
of the original grant bos failed, and
the title to all lands inherited from
feudal ancestors has lapsed to the
government Proceeding on that
principle the government should di
vide the land into convoniebt tracts
to be sold or given away as policy
may dictate.
J. his is tho general doctrine of the
Land League. It is good sense, but
unfortunately it is not likely to pre
vail against the interest and influ
ence of the land holders. The great
trouble is that the doctrine is one
which arrays nearly all property
against the reformers, and thns cre
ates ao adverse influerce not likely
to be overcome by anything short of
actual revolution.
The North raclfic.
The Tlens ol aa Old Tamer.
A successful old farmer once said that
"one acre of land well prepared and cul
tivated will produce more than two which
received only the same amount of labor
used on one.
"One cow, horse, tnule, sheep or hog,
wen cared lor is more profitable than
two fed on the amount that will keep one
well."
"One acre of grass is worth more than
two of cotton where no grass is raised."
"It is the farmer who never reads the
papers and sneers at book farming and
improvements generally that has a leaky
roof, poor stock, broken down fenees,
and complains of bad seasons and poor
hands."
"The farmer who ia above his business
and entrusts it to others to manare. in
due season ha no business to attend to."
Professor Tindall, in a recent
address before the Glasgow Sunday
Socioty, advocated the opening of
picture galleries, libraries and muse
ums on Sunday. He argued that
this would bo tbe best way to fight
the grog shops, and at the same time
educate the working classes. There
is some sense in this logic. If you
would keep men from the grog-shops
and other demoralizing places, on
Sunday, you must afford them conn,
ter attractions of a higher order.
The rigid religious demands, that
would close up our libraries, muse
ums and art galleries on Sunday, are
calculated to drive men that is the
great homeless tlass straight to tho
devil.
The French Chamber of Deputies
is composed of 530 members, of
whom 460 are Republicans; the
balance is made up of Bonapartiste,
Legitimists, and Orleanists. The dis
tinct groups of the Republican create
about all tbe trouble that periodically
appear. There is tbe Left Centre,
the Pure Lett, tho Advanced Left,
and the Extreme Left In fact, so
many left that there is absolutely no
real Republican power left
When th several engineering parties
returned from the survey of the Xatuhea
rasa, mere remained a portion of the
route on this side of the Pass over which
no line had been run. In leaving Wilke-
son, in beginning tne survey of this pass
Mr. Sheets merely followed the old trail
to Mud Mountain distant, by the trail.
about 1 miles not regarding tbe inter
rening ground as presenting any diflicul
ties in the wsy of constructing a railroad,
But an unbroken survey being necessary
Air. j. 1. .runirsDurv sianoa ont from
Wilkeson on the 25th of October, and
arreted from that point to and around
Mud Mountain, a distance of 10 miles,
returning to Taooma on the 19th instant.
and reporting a practicable line, thus
completing
TUB PBELIMIXABT SCBVIY
Of the Natchess route. No word has as
yet been received from Mr. Sheets, who
started from Ellensburg, in eastern
Washington, some time ago, toward th
Sheets Pass, at the head of Green river,
says the Tacoma Ledger. Colonel Smith
is with that Dartr on the eastern aid
perhaps by this time, near the summit.
The partv to survey the line from this
side to the summit of the Sheets Pass is
that under Engineer Kingsbury, just re
turned Irom jund mountain, and which
was for some days encamped at South
Prairie creek, on the Wilkeson branch,
awaiting preparations being made by
him at this place. This party consists in
all of twenty men, including the engineer
in charge, and tne work assigned to him
is tbat of running a line from the N. I
R. R. track at South Prairie creek to the
summit of the Sheets Pass, there to meet
Mr. Sheets and Colonel Smith, approach
rog from tne east, liie
6CBVZT WAS STARTED
One week ago yesterday from South
Praine ereek towards White river,
Auxiliary to this expedition, a partv of
ax-men was organized, to cnt a trail for
pack animals from White river over to
Green river, and up the latter to the
summit, in order that provisions mar be
transported. The line now to be ma
by Mr. Kingsbury is to follow eeneraliv
uie route Dy wmcn sir. bneets returned
from his reconnoissance of the Sheets
Pass several weeks bro. It is believed
that the weather has been very favorable
for the operations on the eastern side,
since it has been favorable on the west
ern, and so continues. Doubtless some
vigorous and rapid work has been done
by the Sheets party, and will be done on
tuis side 11 the weather holds out good.
Mr. Kingsbury's reputation is that of an
accomplished and experienced engineer,
He was engaged on the construction of
the Union Pacifio Railroad, on which
there is one notable piece of work done
by him, namely, a stretch of twentr-two
mues ot road turougn Weber Canyon,
snowing nis mastery over a number ol
xsonrEEBiso difficulties
That were encountered there. He also
built an entire line of railroad. 150 miles
in length, in hansag, and was for some
time a neighbor of the present Chief En
gineerofthe Northern Pacifio Railroad
Company, at work in Kansas. Mr. Ander
son being engaged on one rood and Mr.
Kingsbury having his office opposite.
and being engaged on another. The ex
tremely favorable character of the report
made upon the reconnoisance of the
Sheets Pass is probably of less conse
quence now to the people of A ew Tacoma
than it has been, in view of the infor
mation that has recently come, showing
mat financial provision has been made
for the completion of the Northern
Pacific Railroad from the Missouri divis
ion to this point since it has been defi
nitely ascertained by actual survey and
estimite that there is a practicable and
comparatively inexpensive route through
THE XATCHES3 PASS.
The confident prediction from time to
time lor months past has been that the
mountain division of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad would be built as soon as
the comnaov eoulil nossihlr rpnrh tln'
part of their great enterprise and provide
for its execution, and the further decla
ration that it was their intention so to
do, have not only been supported by
rigorous and continued operations in
surveying the mountain passes, br the
steadfast and unwavering course of the
company's representative on this coast,
uen. Sprague, and by other important
signs of the times, but have been
strongly sustained bv certain actions of
me company within the past ten dayB
the first startling information which
reached our citizens that there were m
portent movements on foot, was an order
received from Mr. Hosmer, the manager
of the Tacoma Land Com nan v. directing
aim 10 suspend me sale of lots, and
within a very short time afterward eame
the welcome telegraphic intelligence that
ine company had succeeded in nego
tiating lor
ALT THE MOXET KECESSABT
To complete the rood. The order to
suspend the sale of lots was held by the
knowing ones to signify that a senarate
syndicate had been formed to build the
mountain division, and that the agree
ment between this syndicate and the
railroad company was substantially that
in consideration of building the road br
tho former, the latter should surrender
the land grant together with a control!
ing interest in the Tacoma Land Compa
uj, ami mat in pursuance 01 this
arrangement the purchasers demanded
suspension of the sale of lots, prepara
tory to aavancing me prices ia their own
interest, w hatever the force and foun
dation of these speculations, the facta ap
pear to be :
First The Northern Pacifio Company
has after msny weary years of doubtful
struggling, procured the means to com
plete their line the greatest railroad
enterprise, in many respects, ever under
taken; ana,
Second The sale of real estate belong
ing to the Land Company, at the Pacifio
terminus 01 that road, lias been sua
pended.
The rrtaee ef Waleaaa, tt, Freea.
at the Manaion House, roumi. .l. .'?
ipfal Grand Master, the'pri
The guoste number) .kJvl?
Worshi:
n ales, 'ihe iruoste nnmLi .1.. V
including Prince John orUlS'
wuo. prior to the banquet waa lnvZV
by tLi Prince of Wales m l"t ZH
Senior Warden of Enlan,l T..I W
of Connaught was also preWt
have been entertained here, audit i.
London W orlj describes the gadding
beauty as one who goes about to great
nouns, wim ner fantastically dressed
boy, while her husband, who is supposed
to be hunting or fishing at a distance, is
really at a wreck of a dismal London
hoase, with a hang-dog look, struggling
gaiaac unas, grave trouble and
row.
or-
LoadoB Acmdrmy says that a German
reader ia more patient than an English
playgoer.
r""1"' uijing to them, as it i.
I assure rou. mr I.ri ; u
v ,'.'-!' , ' .'""i w aire
u .u-tuuuou iy rou during voir
roralty, a a member of the Grsni
lj?e itself. Lon.l hr. I v.-fni
been kind enough, my Lord Mayor, U
allude to the laving of tbe foundation
stone of Truro Cathedral. I believe I m
riant in statinor that nh . IB
had not previously occurred in the hi
tory of Lnglish Preemasonry-namelT
the laying of a foundation
stone of a cathedral with Masonic hon
or. Cheers.) I can only say that it
was most irratifvinir in
that ceremony and also to have been
wen supported on that occasion by Uis
Grand Lodge, whoso memlcrs cortainlv
came from a long distance to be Drewni
on that occasion. Cheers. I ,;.
eorely trust that the ' cathedral ... u.
completed before many revs, and thst
it may be a credit to the country a
which it is built, and to the craft which
was represented in the initiative wire
mony. Cheers. Yon, my Lorj
Mayor, have especially taken a great in
torest and concern in this work, and
have started a fund which I trust, bafor.
your present year of office is over, mT
still more be largely increased, and I
hope that, as a sum of 5000 or 6000 is
needed, that sum mar before inn ir iu
found. -. Cheers. J With regard to Free-
masonry generally. I have always been
received with the greatest possible kin.i.
ness on the occasions when I come befors
you. Cheers. I regret that the msny
duties I have to perform do not enable
me to see so much of my brethren a 1
should like, but of one thing yon
may be assured, that I aball
always take the deepest interest i
everything that concerns the welfare
of the craft. Cheers. J I have felt that
interest from the day I became on a nf
yon chee-8,J and I hope to do so to
the day 01 my death. Loud cheers.
Brethren, I think we have every reason
to say that the craft has flourished, for
the lodges are increasing year bvvesr.
and Masons under the Grand Lodge of
England are being initiated in great
numbers. When my lamented grand-
uncle, who was your Grand Master, died
in ISii, there were not more than 500
lodges tinder the Grand Roll of Eneland.
There are now 1,900. Cheers. Cer
tainly there are 400 of these in foreign
countries, but they are under my juris
diction. Cheers. Moreover, as many
as 10,000 Freemasons have been made in
these lodges every year during the hut
ten years. Cheers. I Then, again, our
craft has especially gone forth to the
world as the greatest charitable society
which exists. We have been charged
with being a 'secret society,' but tbe
great tenet of the craft is that we do not
mix in politics as Masons, or in anything
that may be detrimental to our country.
Cheers. We may say that the three
great estimable institutions of the craft
in England those for the girls and for
the boys, and for the decayed Mason rJ or
their widows are our principal charities,
which are supported by all the Masons
in the country, and I think I am not
wrong in stating that annually the means
subscribed to these charities amount to
more than 40,000. Cheers. Thst
fact speaks enough for the name which I
trust we have got for chanty, and which
is one x trust we shall always seep.
(Cheers. There are several speeches to
ollow. and therefore I will not weary
you with more remarks; but before sit
ting down I wish to express the pleasure
it givos me, as I know it does the Lord
Mayor, as I am sure it does to tbe Ma
sons here nresent f cheersi to have th
honor of the presence of a relation ot tbe
Princess of Wales family here to-aay.
Cheers. 1 Brethren, you will remember
tbat it was in Sweden I was initiated into
Freemasonry. On my return to Den
mark I was first received into a lodge,
and I shall always look upon my con
nection with Freemasonry as being s
binding link between Sweden, Denmark
and England. Cheers. My Lord
Mayor, I thank you once more for the
kind way in which you have proposed
the toast of my health, and I again thank
you for the great and high compliment
you have paid me and the Grand Lodg
of England. Loud cheers. London
Globe.
Improvements In Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is looking np. The streets
are to be lighted with gas, and a horse
car company is going to run a line of
"bob-tails" to the top of the Mount of
Olives. There will be some pretty steep
grades on this route, unless it is laid out
with a long detour either to tbe north or
the aouth. Extra tow-horses must be
used, or else most of the passengers will
have to get out and push. On tbe down
grades the vehicles will be in danger of
similar disasters to those which recently
occurred in Jersey City and on Staten
island. In one of these a car came
down on a run, and in the other
the vehicle tumbled over from
nuAmia. info tliA Vftla nf WOeS belOW.
The spectacle may soon be presented of
a car rolling wheels-over-head down the
steep slope from the graveyard east of
the city wall into the Valley of the Kid
ron, the driver and passengers vainly
running after it with a view to rutting
on the brakes. The horses in that sec
tion are even worse looking thsn any
which serve aa motive power for street
. v:. .nnn. Tha annnd Of
bell-puneh in the highways of rusty old
Jerusalem will be as great a novelty
party of householder enjoying their
leisure by lounging in the light of
street lamp. The world move, and even
alow Jerusalem must bestir herseii
Salomon had many costly novelties to
show the Queen of Sheba. but in all m
table there was nothing like a street
ear.
vt ;i.nriiM in frMdom and jo
tiea ia nontilar adneation. without which
neither jnatioe aor freedom can be P1"
maneatly namtaiied.
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