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Our cotem. of the Whitby Saturday} Night has taken the Part Hope Times} severely to task for daring to paSs some reflections upon the training of' our Educational system, and asks if it is to blame for scholars, indulging in the habits of swearing, chewing tobacco and loitering about'saloons; N 0, we do not consider it to blame as it does not profess to teach the moral laws; but P. system that does not elevate by its teachings above the low desires expres~ sed'ahovekis certainly defective, and is Badly in needcofs revisal. The course of study pursuediin‘our public schools- we are inclined to think too high und‘ in no way fitted.for the education of we‘mnmes; Of what practical use can the study at “ languages, or high art,” be to the majority of those who attend who «Waudvillc gamma, OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. ounsehools. It eerlgaiuly does not add one‘iotli to-their capacity as~cibizens, or it) their knowledge as mechanics, and note the time employed in the study of these subjects devotedto the instila- tion of sound moral principles it. would 66 of far greater value to both the com‘ munity and the individual. It‘is the proud boast- of Cmmdu that she possesses the most pm'fecb school system in exist~ mice, but. it is somewhat startling to fiml that after all um‘ educational facilities mul intellectual attainments, _Llne [)el'n montage of crime in Camuln is-consider- ably in excess of nations who are nob-so highly favoured in this particular we speck. No human institution is so gerfecl‘. but it is susceptible of improve- ment,.and our educflional system is no exception. \Vo give it due credit. for what; it. has dang but it is capable of much mm-e, efficiently attaining the erids of its being. It would seem-that what pvomisexl to he the most formidable' disturbance Ireland has ever been subjected :to is to finkinto misomhle insignificamce, the cfill' power having completely shattered the «)Ignnization of the L-Ind Lengu'e. The sndrlenhn-l unexpected action of the Govctmnunt-took in members L0") plately hy surprise,‘zm=l nmv its leaders, instead of being to hand in its extremn ily urn quietly idling‘ theiv timo in foreign countries. The pm‘mhlé sus‘ pension of tho Hahn-m Corpm Act, the cauntry overrun with soldiers. in all bho-ilhtimed disturbance has done. for Ireland. We (In not doubt but wise find judicious lam] measures were [we-s THE IRISH AGI‘TATwN. paling for llelsml'nml wnuld h: We boen considered, lwl film pxeqent distm b- aucvs not taken place at nH,_us it is the Irish have to an extent tied Mr. GhuL stone’s lumla by their unwarranted blustm-mnl nolso. 'J‘hut 'things haul arrived at :\ dcapomto condition, there is no question, hut how much have the operations of the Land League improv» led tho situation. It has made it, im- mensely worse than ever, and now the m'ngnIirlml people find the lemlors‘in whom they trusted have deserted them. Fm- hatter would it have been to pati- ently.ln1vo_Wa\itt-,d for the promised r0» form‘s-and havo given every assist-moo to tho intentlonq of tho mm who has alromly done so much for lrclmul. ‘tht tho and will b3 it is luml to say, but whnn-tlm proposed Land Bill is inmo- dncml there-is ovary renaon U) helium that it will ho of: so lihm'al a character as to ru-mlm' th'e chances of mmt‘hm‘ agitut‘. m vm’y slight for generations to com". ,W’\ n. .‘ AIM WW NW - Pnrk Sammy’s. Bologna. Sausages. [131mm H‘addio. White Fish, (Jud Fish and labm-inr Hcrrmga. Oystori Canne-l tux-l in fill; at Mclznyro l'rior?s.. WOODVILLE. FEBRURY 17, 1880. “Pro Bono Publico.” THE German press is much engaged in reviewing the progress made by the Fatherland since- the establishment. of fthe‘Empire ten years ago, on the 18th January, 1871, in the Hall of Louis XIV. at Versailles. A. great deal is naturally made of the freedom from disafieetionâ€"with the insignificant ex- ception of a few followers of the de throned Hanover-inn dynastyâ€"-which 1 Germany has enjoyed during the den ; cennial period in spite of the policy of ‘ annexation which she was compelled to ‘adopt. A most signigeant criticism ie-mude by. the Cologne Gazzelte, which "takes altogether a new departure, and hemoans in bitter terms the pressure'ot' taxation, which is directly traced to the vast expenditure ‘0:: the army. \Vhile allowing that a kingdom which was “founded by the sword must he protected by the sword,” expression is given to the hope that before long Ger many will be able to reduce her armaments. It is ponted out that the new Russian Finance Minister has announced the necessity of diminishing expenditure on the army. ‘fIt'Fiuuce," adds the writer, “‘ \vonld adopt a similar view, and would give up thoughts of a war of letuliation which can only lead to endless contests, we should have brighter prospects.” This in satisfac~ tory language fronran organ which is usually supposed, to‘ lie in sympathy with Prince Bismarck. The pressure of taxation is becoming rapidly unenâ€" durable, an ll is also the long period of service exacted from the whole male population. Mxomun. DAvu'r,‘ the leader of the Irish Land League mmemenb is‘no ordinary person, to judge by the opin- ions and deseriptione which appear of him in the English press. Truth says 'he is a determined-looking men, with dark, cleancut features. His right. sleeve is attached to his cont, for he lost an arm when working in a factory. On this he was determined to educate himself thoroughly,- and he now speaks fluently three or four languages, and unquestionably is one of the most powerful speakers that. hns‘l'Or many n year appeared on a public platform. meesare beginning to look senious as/ regards Ireland. Armageddon is in View. A terrible retribution is about to fall upon the hated and tyrannic Saxon. The plagues of Egypt have all been rammed into a bombshell and ar- rangements for, firing; it off, to the dc- struction of everything that is British in the Green Isle, are complete. \Vaithv in a week or two we may expect to hear of a cataqbropho which will cause all “individual hairs to stand on end like quills.” Why 1 the alarmed reader may ask. It is with a. degree of trepid- ation we pen the reply : “ A premim eat military officer in New York, en- gagecl in the-grocery business has sold out, and taken steamer for lreiaml, to be ready for military service.” There, now! Is there anything in Mothm‘ Sllipton’s forecastingm- in there any- thing in Zadkiel's predictiuga, is then: anything uven in Venn'ur, mum (il‘Hlll- ful than this pimgraph presugvs? Pnusing for a moment. tn rccuvm‘ our. SMIVHsâ€"AVH return to the suijct, “ Ready for military service,” 7 “ a prominent military officer," and a “grocer.’ It is indeed :l black looln out for British supremacy in Ireland. The \Vnr Office cannot do better than instantly recall the troops; which have. heun crosqing the channel daily for \VHFkS past; ,tho Lord Lieutenmt and his stair, if their safety in rognnlml as it matter worth Considering, should like- wise In) smuggled out of the country as speedily and quietly as is possible; the irish cmistnlmlm'y should be disbanded. A distinguishml military New York gram-r is even now on this way, and Erin can no longer lie writhing under tho howl of British oppression. Some- Erin can no longer lie writhing under Um bowl of British uppwssinn. Some- 1-.hingtm-rihlcis coming, and its agvnt. is it plnva-oub Yankee grocer.â€"-â€"Port ”0pc Titties. Thirty years ago ()ntm'io had not a mile of railwayâ€"today aha but; no Jess thnn 3,918 miles and when {hone linear now under construction are completed she will have at. the lowest vcniculasion 4,000 miles; These facts point in no uncertain language to the great atrizles our l’lovinco has made during the life tinw of muny of the statesmen who now \mcch *lmdnaliuim. not. of n single I’rovinm‘. hub of u broni and inni’e Donniuion, greater in _extent Mum the (DETAIHO AND "Ell RAILWAYS. (Editorial gum. wealthy Rnpublio to the somh of the line. Yet, extensive as railway build‘ ing has been in ()ntariu-during tho past. two or three decades-tho fulurn pru~ mines to us many morn milns nfmilway. Thu mining mul lumber regimm ut'tlm north have ync to lm tapped nml cap tured, figuratively sprnking, by the iron hnrsn. 'l‘lm stwtch of cmlnn-y in the vicinity of lake Superior which hm longs tn Ontnrio will in u very few years 308 sac-7m] euli'jnm of the Gram! Trunk and Great \Vestorn. It. nerds but the opaning of the Cnmuln Pacific to pave the way for thn (-ntprl-rising railway man ever on the alert (0 tin cities, town nml villages tugmher with n. band such as hns changed the than of the whole world «ml made the‘ nine~ |tmmtvh century mm of the grandest, in hhistory. Ontario has 3,478 miles of Arnilmxy. Purticularizecl that. number :‘is mndo np‘ns fdlows: I-.. lGI-nnd Trunk milsmy and branches 645 Great. \V‘estorn “ “ 680 \Vellaml Rnilwnv........................25 Brockville and Ottawa ruilw:uy......57 l Canada Céntrnl l‘alllWfly............."340 1 Toronto nndFNipissing...... ...........88l Nin‘tlwrn mi|\vny............ . .........168‘ Midland mil\\'ny......v.....u.....c.....141 ; Whitby and Lindsay.........s..-.;.....46 (Enlpom-g and Magnum-4..................92 ; Tmunto, Grey uml Bruce!...........195 ‘ Hamilton and North \Veslern......177 Cumuln Southern......................3ll Kingston and Pumhroku ...... .........60 Victoria............r........................56 Dnver and Huron........................63 Stamford and Huron...................78 »Simcoe Junction..’. .261 Bellmille and Hastings. ..... ....22 Credit. Valley ...........156, North Simona ..32 Picton and 'l‘runton.....................33 Huron and Em)...”....................714_ Georgian Bav and VV-ellingtou.......5gf Ontario and Pacific J‘unction 107..- . , , tented with our lot as for as climate is ‘coucm'ned. We nro liuhlu, of course. to heavy snoxwfnlls. but such storms n5 swept over Great Britain in Jmmnrv are very infrequent; it is not- an un- usual thing for our means of intmnzil Communication to he temporarily hlock- (Kl during the: season, hut we look for:- ward to such occurrenwsr andwvit-h our snow-.ploughs anvl other contI-iv:_incos ,aro very soon able to dig our way out. To give anything like it fair iuleu of the “bud spell” we should have to transfer some. columns from our English files, which is impossihlo. Ono or two specimens of the reports must suliicp. Throughout nuarly one hundred miles; of the Soutlhwest of Englantl~with ‘ Bull as its C(3llhlt‘,.()llt”(l()l')l‘ industry l of every kind was suspended. On l Dartmoor the snow was in sonn‘ plaice-s ovur twgtjve rm (ll-‘0‘! ; soven men wow. lost in ._:mrton Dmvu, Dartmoor. and after u lapse of fou.‘ days, nothing had boon lll‘nl'tl of them. At Dow-r the whole of tho ilagstonea of the Admiral- ty pier. Weighing a ton and u hall‘onch, ‘ were (liaplncétl nml (033ml about like so many chips of wood ; hump-posts were snapped oil". tteia'grnph wires nu» curt-hell, uml most of tho hniltlinqs nem- tho north pim- woro so much damaged no to necessitate thoir reconstruction. In the custom part of Huirford, there was live miles of snow eight feet thick to be out through hefore trains cnuhi run. I At Penznnce, in the extrt-mc smith, a {lock of three hundred nlwep were huriod, but \voro dug out nlivo. Clmsler. North \annn, nllll Imlumi \wro pructicully cut off from tho metro polis. the truilic on the Great \Vestern nml London and North-\vvstern sys- tems lwino: thoroughly dimrganizéal. The Midâ€"Kent lino‘nt Cl‘0)Hl()il was snow hlocked for thirty hours. At Lmlymoor, two men Were blown into the canal, and several houses wore l wrecked at. Cesloy. An Exetrr corres- pontlont Rays tho Clmgt‘ord muil~drivor lmd‘to ululnvlon his cart. on tho road. Allirou works and collimios in the Mm-thyr district wore stopped for sov- .N‘fll (luvs. tho anlais colliors' train .hnint: nnnhlo to who the men homo. 600 of thnm \vmt down into the pit for tho . night to keep thvmselyes warm. Cora I IfCaumdinns were disposed to do any- thing so nnfceling they have a rare opportunity of retaliating on dwellers in the old country and recent. arrivals from it- whose 11 ihit. it is to s: 1: all man- ner of evil‘ against our climggto. 'l‘ne contrast. between the wiutéi- we nil-c passing through and the weather which our friends acioss the San have had for the past, few “’Hkfi, leaves the latter very little reason for fulicitations M: our expense. The telegraph gave us only :\ hintof the telnpvsulom time the. British Isles experimccd from the mid (lle to the close of lust) month. Paipprs just, received give us some of the details, and lenva much more to bu imagined. Glancing clown one column nfler an- other of closely printed reports from various parts of the Country, we frel lesa disposed than uvcr to In; discom- BRITAIN'S “ 314311130." Miles. ....88 ..168 ”141 ".46 .195 .177 .311 ..60 ..56 ..63 ..78 ..2) McNallv. one nf the traverses, “ill go to the Cup-‘3 where he intends to spend the re- mainder 0‘ his fife. '! hé'A-m'ora, of Rome, coutrmlicta the statement. that, the Pope intended tn address mmther letter to the Irish bishopm cnjnining on them not; to oppose the exceptional men sures taken by the Government for In laud. Mr. Parnell believes his letters have been opened for the last six months. Letters to Irish members on business con- cerning the Land League will be aunt for the future “ml-3r covers to other addresses. Sever a] [In 511511 In: licnh the undertaken to receive the correspondence of the lending Ixish members. The cimf‘u‘euca hetwcun Parnell and R-whcfnrt hm gxcltml much imFglmtiun mmmg the Unthohc members of the Parnell party. It, is reported that: an attempt to ignite a large dynamite mine under the wall 01' Be; gar’s Bmh lhrrncks‘ Dublin. on Tuesday night. waa frustrated. the perpetrator being disturbed by a chance passenger, The authorities regard the discovery as a. harm- less scare. General Skohclofl“ telegraphs from Gen): 'l‘epe under date of the 12th instant M 1‘31: lnws : “ The pacificntiou of the country is pvogmssiwg very Jami-ably. Sixteen thou. s'nnl families have now returned. Axuneefv Imu been proclaimed and the chiofs lmvu promised fideiity." Genera! Skuhuhi'i‘, given up the sti'lI'vgie and are mw inrlinn'i in “ethic down pe'wcahly under any tumm which the cnnquemrs are dispo~=ed to dictate. This does not appear likelv if it ii meant to convey the idea that. flu whole penpie nre inclined to snhmif. It is probable that ihe pennle who reside' in the district of which Geok Teppo WM! the centre, are not inclined to keep up a hope. 1023 struggle, but hetwaen Geek 'l‘eppe and Merv there are two fortresscw. which. thenqh not so «trnnq as that which haw heen i-np‘r-llrod. are canahie of :\ prntrneted do. fence. and M the Merv 'l'm‘cnmans are hy far the most numerous and most pmwrfnl it, is not. pmhnhle that the] are inclined to ncoapt any very onerous term: at present. Russia has declared that it is not her pnr. The Tckke 'K'urcomann after their long and vigor-um rematnnco tnthe Runsznn trumps have. mar-vnvl‘n: m fin: Rumim cmnmnn'ler. pose to proceed beyond Génk Teppn. (\an thnt she. does not intnnzl holding that strong. hold permanently. but her announced ‘in- tontiuns have never been home onbby her subsequent actions. PARIS. Fch. 20.â€"â€"M. Hartmnnn sends to the Inn-ansigmnt adeplomhln account. of the famine in Rnszaia. In the villages. as he re. htesqwnpiedio. of hunger overv day. and men rob and pilinzn {or the sole ohjeet of bein': immnrod in prison. where at least they we fed at the oxpensc oi the State. in the extreme east. hand}! 0! Kirghiz and KM- munks attact towns and villages with im. punity and massacre the inhabitants in order to nirtnin tho provisions. Bashkers sell their children for small quantities cf flour. and the Kaimucks dig up the bones of hnrsou that died last year of plague and grind them into onkes. Tho villages are entiroly damn-h ed. and the mm and women-'the fled to the cities in Sihem. abandoning to their fiightfu). fate old men and nnralimg. DON'T he‘fm'evm‘ telling what you' me gningfin (Inâ€"hunk) it. » mcqzflo'vfiling Gold Wedding Rings M 0mm 0’. THE IRIS}! TROUBLES. EUROPE. ASIA. It is understood in London that it in pose-l that the pal-tot the ‘l‘ruuavua to' which the Boers have a fair Chaim wall be declared imlependoqt. and the remaining null larger part. Continue to be governed by the British, a British Resident to he alt-- poinleil M. the capital of the Boers. A clasp-itch from tho Durban says Ulipor' Natal is in the hands of the l‘omi. It. is curious to observe that. while British sohlieis are seeking hy lire and sword to sulijugate the lluors. scarcely uu Engilah‘ juu‘l‘lml can be found to excuse so wanton aml unjust n war. Those whose hearts have swelled wuth sympathy. when remlin the- hiacorv of the Netherlands. under \ illinm' the silent. against Philip 1]., feel that. by umlcrmkiu; the work of suppressing libeiiy‘ in the 'l‘rnnsvaal. England assumes a lace- iu history analogous to that of Spain. With I Culley to nlay the role of Alva. No wonder the British people feel towards the Dutch- men of the Cape the reverse of uhfriendly. and condemn she policy which has put their country in so inviclumis a position in tho eye-1 at the worlul. There are few (undid 1‘in .‘ll‘lihllull but will echo the Words of Mr. Laihouclun-e : “ No mm ‘cmi Marne .theug. hcv mo mictly within their rights, and, instead (of killiu I them, we ought to recog- uim than We Imvo MW" in the moug. The «Who: of hilly‘one-fonrth of the elec- ors of Kent haw been secured for the Sign, Act petition, aml there am more to UUHIQ. Body-snatching has become so prevnlent around Prescott, that a-nnuiher of peoplm who have been (talleJ an to hury deceasetv relatives. have hml thmn Intcrreil on thl'on own promisusmtlmr than run the risk of having them get into the hamln of resurrec- ‘i mists. 'l‘wu Lonal~n scl‘anlt g r15 who took a an of live cunls into their hwlroom n fow nig ta Since, when retiring, nearly lost their livec. During the night the fumes Nose from the chm-coal, filling the tightly closed and com- paratively close room. One of the girls be- came insensible. and as the other was about gain-g into a. similar crmlition she fortunately rolled out of but] and into the ,pan of coals. In this condition one of her hands became so-suverely burned as to mine her suffici- ently to enable her to stagger to the door. when relief “as obtained. Had there been a flaw minntcs’ longo delay both girls would have been heymul snccor. The girl who ‘ had her hand inn-11ml will not bu able to work for several weeks. Tm: ml'ncipfllillei having failed to vote the mnney asked of them toward changing? (he gauge of the ' ‘urunto, Grey (‘1. Bruce lailway, the Company found themselves un- able to Carry out the arrangements they had made with the Grand Trunk Railway. The Directors, however. do not despair of being able to make a new arrvngement with the Grand Trunk Railway. In anticipation of doing an they have decided to take out during the present winter a large number of ties. posts and liunvy stone in! bridging. Should they fail tn make any arrangement the material Hwy am getting out would be nmrketable. 'l‘heir financial arrangements hare nut yet he's-n completed. Ti}: I1 be}: 1;. 1'1"} N 1° 88:1 6 ' 1m 4‘, Con. 14. Maripou. Maripnsa, Jan 26th. 1831. J .mnm‘ ’“He South half of Lot N0. 14. 2nd Con. Ii of Eldon. IOU news] with 70 acres clear. Lug house and lmrn, only one mile from Argyle. known as the Hilluspie l’roparty. North hull X0. 15, let. Cam. Eldon, 100 anrca. 25 acres clear. South \Vcsl; quarter No. 13 7th ('91) Eldon, 5.0 acres. ‘25 acres clczu'ed. Lot No.32. Shh Con l".ld«m, ”6 acres. Also Store. lhvulllm; and Barn in the village uf lun'nevillc, known as the Car michnul property. The above pranerties will be sold cheap hr Cash or on Credit. to suit purchaser . MONEY TO LOAN fmm 2 to ‘20 years ml terms to suit; -the borrower. apply tn J; L}. GILCHRIST, l’usb‘mnslcr, MS WANNA FA February fiat; 188}. LL parties indebted tn My: late firm of f‘ JAS. A. MITCHELL ’. Ci) am lo» quested to call and settle at once. and 3am unccCussary costs, as We oimll pnsitiVely place all unsettled claims in suit for colleo~ not), and " Don’t you forgot it." ALSO TAKE NOTICE, that we ham buughc all- Mr. L. Maybua'h Hunks and Notes for which Settlenmnt must be had immediately . K BNNETR CAMPBELL ANGUS CAMPBELL \Vondvillo. Feb. 9th, 1831. LOT ‘2'. CONCESSIUN I, ELDON, or {o BEATTY, H \MILTON 8!. CASSELIB, â€"â€"nn«Iâ€"â€" EAST- HALF LOT 18, CO} quantity of FILM AND ASH SQUARE TIM BER fnr sale. Apply to H. ADAM, 610m L AN DS For Sale. FOR SALE. apply to v.13. MHNABI), TERMS EASY. IMPROVED PAY UP! AFRICA. CANADA. JON. 1, ELDON. \Vomlfiuc. Woodvmo. Toronto. .