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The Solution Anny in England. though supposed to perform merely milimy lune. flour 0! u apirituul chormter, hove been nhowin u disposition to use the we. no of man . M a place called 200 on o. Bnndoy recon“ .Gen. Boo‘h's troops fought tho Hoe. on succeeded in giving the an m o! the mm the worn: of it. The pure. And those who believed their preach- mg were drawn into no irreverent famil- iarity with their Maker ; but they worked out their salvation with fear and trembling and lived soberly. righteously and godly. He did not believe that slang. irreverence and profanity, verging upon blasphemy. were necessary to win the hearts of the secple of England, even of the most egraded and estranged. He did not believe that the message of the everlasting gospel needed tobe defiled in order to win the hearts of the mass of any population. The estrangement of so large a proportion of the mass of the people was to some extent owing to the neglect of the Church, and if titty. or even thirty years ago they had been such efforts tor Church extension as they had seen within the last fourteen years. they would not have heard so much as they now did of the estrangement of the mass of the people. As to the admission of members of the Salvation Army to the Holy Communion, he was only too thankful for many reasons that they did go to Hal Comq munion. Membership in the 8 vation? Army did not. however. constitute a title‘ to admission to communion in their Church. The Church ordained that none should take the communion except those who had been baptized and confirmed, or who were willing to be so. 0! course if a member of the Salvation Army. or a mem- ber of the Blue Riband movement. 0: a member of any other organization of the day. came to them as a baptized and con- firmed man, and asked to be admitted to the Holy Communion. they would only too gladly welcome him ; but to admit a whole body of men whom they had only too much reason for believing had neither been bap- tized nor confirmed. seemed to him to be a very unwise breach of the discipline and laws of the Church. - Other Church Jottings. ‘ There are 117,000 Sunday-school scholars in New York State. ‘ The Moravian Church claims to be the oldest Protestant Episcopal Church in this country. A house-to-house visitation shows that only about 10 per cent. of the funnies in New York are without bibles. The Churn of England. as nwhole. is we] eat lnn owner in the Kingdom. and Canon fiber-force has celled attention to the hot that 1% is also the 1 eat owner of public houses. and pronoun it " n griev- ous scandal." Mr. Thomas Bpurgeoon. son of the out London preacher, has had seventy tisms in seven months since his settlement at Auckland. New Zsslsnd. He is raising funds to build a Tabernacle. Mr. Edwin Belt. fourth son of the Rev. Canon Belt. of Burlington. has entered upon the divinity course at Trinity College. Toronto. end has been presented with e eoholershigby the Divinity Students‘ Oom- mlttee of t e Diocese of Niagara. Mr. Spurgeon says: ' Prayer pulls the rope below and the are“ bell tin above in the ears of God. Some ecu-0e y em- the hell. (or they my on lenguidly; others give but an cease and pluck cut the rope ; but he who wine with heaven in the men who grasps the rope boldly end pulls oontinuouely with all bl! might." The Salvution Army in Englmd receives tll aorta of vuluublos when the contribu- tion box is passed Hound. Gold md silver "when. {old grinds. gold And silver lookoto. go d soul pins. ullver brooches. ailvor aollhirol and gold watch keys. Wuhhoa and Jewellery. n in understood. m to begun onod by 311 who claim to be true Bolvationisu. The Bishop of Peter borough (Dr. Magee) continued his visitation at Leicester, and in his charge dealt with the question of sensational preaching and the practices of the Salvation Army. He said he could not help fearing that the desire to fill churches by all the means it could be done. though laudable in itself. might have the very fortunate result 01 lowering the teach. ing and the position of the Church of Eng- land in order to obtain for her an ephe- meral popularity. An attempt Well being made by the use 0! what he might cell the “ sensational " in religionâ€"by very eurava- gant und strange methods, by announce- ments of extraordinary texts. by sensa- tional preaching. by gross irreverences, by the use of slang and by other extravaganeee â€"to gather multitudes together. but he feared they were gathered at the cost of the debasement and degradation oi religion. There was no doubt that sensa~ tionalism would draw a crowd at first. but it was equally certain that it carried with\ it the seeds of its own decay and failure. A. novelty could not always be a novelty. and. if sensationalism vas persevered in the; time must come when the new sensation would become the old form. and when itl would cease to attract as much as the old} thing which it replaced. He was told.‘ however, that it was only by such irreverences, only by such extravagances,‘ that they could win and attract the masses. If that were so, they had better begin by burning their Bibles. From one cover toj the other of their Bibles they could find no} irreverence, no slang, no profanity. and\ yet that book recorded. especially in thei New Testament. the success of the greatest mission the world had ever known. The disciples of our Lord. ignorant and un- cultured meu. in their day gathered together a great company from all places. They drew the vileet of the heathen ; they converted the prize-fighters of their day, the gladiators and the most abandoned; and they converted them. not by irreverence or profanityâ€"they converted them by preaching. the gospel in language simple and length! to or. lemxuuanlu-r Con. "lb-Ilen- In [It Plane HENRY VARLEY ATTACKED. Bishop Magoo on the Salution Army and Sonutlonal Preaching. AMONG THE CHURCHES. mm. d ,with the tollcwing reenlte: 0f twehty en mule treeted by the method of gradual reenecltetion in n cold room. (curtoen perlehed; of twenty glued et once in n werm e ertment. eig t died; while of twenty mmedletely put into e hot bath. ell recovered." Theee experimente will probebl influence the preotioe c! mediccl men in neele end northern EnrOpe. where the qneetlon of the beet meene of reetorma enimetlon in pere'one suffering lrom ex- oeuive cold in ct treqnent occurrence every -__A__ Mame“. men have alwa a differed as to whether the boat medics treatment of frozen person! was by a graduul or a rapid applicuion of heat. " To some the mutter." says Knowltdge. " L. tobinknki has made a (toxin 9f_ very oare'ul oxpgrimonp upon Some Slnrtllnx Statements Regarding our Heavenly Visitors. Before the New York Academy of Sciences on Monday night Professor John K. Rees read a paper upon the comet of 1882. Protessor Rees said that it should be termed Gould's comet. since Professor B. A. Gould. of Cordova. was the first to see it. The lecturer read extracts from letters from Professor Young, of Princeton; from the Director of the Dudley Observa- tory. in Albany; from the Director of the National Observatory. and from Messrs.‘ Chandler and Wendell. of Cambridge.‘ Mass.. and he concurred with Mr. Chandler in ccmbatting Professor Proctor's theory that the comets of 1843. 1880 and 1882 are identical, and that the comet now vanishing from view will return. within six months. According to‘ Mr. Chandler's computations, which are based on all the observations thus far made at several points, the comet cf188'2 will not return in less than four thousand years. The comet. as seen from the Cape of Good Hope. transited on the 17th of September last. and at the instant of its entering the atmosphere of our sun it was 1.600.000 miles from the surface of the sun. The comet's tail. which was only 100,000 miles long when first seen. has since lengthened to millions of miles. and as this vast body crossed the sun’s disc in two hours. the enormous velocity with which it travels may be conjectured. As its light was visible until it touched the edge of the sun's disc.the inference is that the light is not borrowed from the sun. but that it is the comet's own incandescence. Touching upon other celestial visitors. the lecturer and that the comet of 1843 approached within 500.000 miles of the centre 0 the sun. or within 70.000 miles of the sun's circumference. and that it must yet lungs into the sun and be abscrbed. The ecturer threw upon the screen represent-a ticns of a number of comets and then a star shower such as is seen once in thirty~three years, and the next of which will be seen when the earth passes the track of a star shower in 1899. These shooting stars are meteors from disintegrated comets. and the mrolites that fall to the earth come to us from interstellar space. In conclusion. the lecturer said that all the suns of the universe have comets circulating about them. and that the universe is as full of comets as the sea is of fishes. Henry Varley, the London evangelist, has been doing some evangelical work in Scotland, in the course of which he has created considerable stir. In Glasgow he gave great offence to play-gains; people by allusions to Sarah Bernhardt. and it is intimated that the actress’ husband may invite him to fight a duel. In Edinburgh he was assaulted with mud by a woman in an open-air meeting in a neglected part of the city. Considerable comment has been made on the occurrence. It is stated that in utter depravity the bad districts of the Modern Athens are almoetnnapproschable. There is evidently plenty of work for the Salvationiste. The Livingstone Memorial U. P. Church has been opened for divine service. Dr. Livingstone, as is well known. was reared in the Pafish of Blantyre. The Rev. Dr. Blaikie relates of old Neil Livingstone. father of the explorer. that he was the founder of a missionary society. and also of a missionary prayer meeting in Blantyre. He bought or borrowed as mani mission- ery booksas he could lay his ands on. The heroes of the household were Martyn, Judson, Carey and Zinzendarfi; so that from his earliest years David Livingstone was steeped in the literature of Christian missions. The three’ evangelical doctrines that ought to be insisted upon as conditional to the ordination or installation of a pastor, as stated by the Rev. Edwards A. Park to the Boston Congregational ministers, and ap- parently approved by them. are that the Bible is perfectly trustworthy as a religious guide; that the atonement of Christ is a. sacrificial act. influencing the mind of God as well as sinners, and that this is the only world of probation, the future world being one of punishment .for those who die impenitent. ‘ Rev. Dr. Arthur T. Pierson told the ‘ Presbyterian Synod of Indians that pastors too often make idols of their church edifices. “ I hsd s magnificent church in 1875." he said. " and 635.000 was spent on the interior decoration. Then and there I send to God that I would renounce all the idols of which I had been made conscious it He would only let me do His work. While I was prsyiug for this blessing the church took tire, and in half an hour it was in ewes.“ A pastor whose heart was earnestly engaged ior his people and his work is reported to have met n member of his church not long since to whom he said: "I haven't seen you at prayer-meeting once this summer." “ No.” W's-l the reply. i “it has been too hot (or me- contend!“ The pastor's eyes twinkled wrm humor as l he answered: “Too hot? Where couldl you find a. colder place than our prayer. meeting ?" The humor was delicious. and the satire was superb. the Church in myn'me or youre ever be broad enough to make June: Mertiueeu Archbishop of Centerbury ‘1“ naked Mr. Brooke. “No. I don't thiulg it_ win." op lied theDew. “Then."saier. Brooke. :I 9'don t. think it will ever be bro-d enough or me. ” Shale . who urged him to any in the Eatubl shed Church wd btotdon It. “Will Rev. Stop lord Brooke tells o! a oonvoru tiou he once had nigh the late Dean newspaper report. states thut one 831v» tionm " out open a youth's: bud." COMETABY PHBNOJIBNA. Ourieus observations of a similar nature can be found scattered here and there in astronomical records reaching back more than a century. but they have generally been looked upon with distrust or totally disregarded. These recent observa. tions give them renewed interest and tend to vindicate their correctness. If it can be shown that the moon has an atmosphere. Sir William Herschel‘s idea that our satellite is inhabitahle will not bedeemed so ridiculous as it has seemed tosome modern astronomers. We should not .expectto obtain any confirmation of the observations of the German telescopist who believed he had discovered a big city and and great military works in the moon. but reasons might be shown for thinking that the moon supports lile peculiar to itself. The mere possibility of such a thing is somewhat startling. for the moon is really a very near neighbor to the earth. Few. perhaps. realize how close we are to another world besides the earth. but it is aver narrow span of space that separates us rom the moon. The mean distance is only 240.000 miles. or less than ten times the circuit oh the earth. and on! about eighty times asw farasirom New ork to San Francisco. Not a few sea ca tains have rehab! sailed as iaras the lstance from t e cart to the moon. And yet so close at hand as this there is a world differing so widely [mm the one we dwell upon that we can only admit the possibility of its being in- ; About seven weeks after Mr. Williams’ observation which we have described. there 1 was a total eclipse of the sun. and a party ‘of French and English astronomers went to ‘ Egypt to observe it, as the line of totality ‘ ran across that country. When those astronomers turned their spectroscopes upon the edge of the moon as it hid the sun on the 17th of May they perceived indica- tions, in the strengthening of certain lines of the spectrum, of the existence of an atmosphere on the moon. This observe- ticn. though not unprecedented, was hailed with satisfaction by those who hsd alwsys contended that the moon was not as dead as it seemed. The existence of an atmos. phere would explain thephenomenon which Mr. Williams witnessed in the valley of Plato. as well as various other equally singular observations which have been made by students of the moon from time to time. But this was not all. On the 19th of May. two days after the eclipse, John G. Jackson. of Delaware.while studying the moon. as he had been accustomed to do for years. with a reflecting telescope. was sur- prised to see near the western edge of the disc. and over a portion 0! the flat region known as the Sea of Crisis. something which he described as a leathery-looking cloud. Just two months later he saw a similar appearance in the same place. And now Mr. L. E. Trouvelot. a well known astronomer. commenting upon Stanley Williams’ observation, says that he has more than once witnessed similar appear. anoes on the moon’s disc. He has seen lunar landscapes lose their distinotnsss as if thin clouds were floating over them, and ones, around the crater of Kant. he saw what may have been a rare vapor slightly tinged with purple. He has also seen another large crater illuminated with a faint purple light. Mr. Trouvelot thinks these various appearances are manifesta~ tions of a lunar atmosphere of a nature yet unknown. 0n the 27th of March last Mr. Stanley Williams. an English Observer. was looking at the moon in the early evening with a telescope of considerable power, and giving particular attention to that very singular oval yvalle known to astronomers by the name of Plato. This valley is about sixty miles broad, remarkably level and sur- rounded by a ring of mountains averaging something less than 4,000 feet high. but shooting up here and there into peaks nearly as high as JEtna. When the sun- light strikes across the summits of the mountains on one side it throws the shin- ing peaks into splendid relief. but all the valley within remains shrouded in darkness. The sun was just ris- ing upon this mountain ring when Mr. Williams made his observation of Plato. and his eye at once detected a strange ap- pearance. The interior 0! the valley. which usually appears totally dark at such times, was illuminated with a faint phosphorescent light, making its level floor dimly visible. It was not the efiect of reflection Item the illuminated moun- tains, because the interior of the valley was protected from such reflection. Some passing clouds in our atmosphere shut out this interesting scene from the sight of the observer for about an hour. When the sky cleared again, Mr. Williams looked once more and saw that the strange light had disappeared. Mr. Williams had made a similar observation in the same spot about five years ago: A Planet with Atmosphere and Probably Animal and Vegetable 1410. The telescope has lately revealed some very curious and startling appearances in the moon. Astronomers have been slow to accept the conclusions which these obser- vations suggest. because they have so long believed that the moon is a dead planet and incapable of supporting any life upon its sun-(woe. This belief is based principally upon the assumed absence 0! a lunar atmosphere. But these recent observations indicate that the moon has an atmosphere. and it it has an atmosphere. it may have Various forms of life upon its surface difler- iug as much from those upon the earth as the moon itself differs from the earth in its geological and climatological leatures. It would be very curious it the telescope. the instrument which has banished lrom the moon the hosts of strange creatures with which the imagination of some of the ancients peo led it. and shown how unfitted it is for the abitation of beings like our- selves aud those We see around us. should now make us believe that the moon is the home of beings more grotesque in our eyes. perhaps. than any the imagination has pic- tured. We do not say this is probable. but only that it is suggested by the very inter- esting observations which have lately been made, and which we shall briefly describe. MORE THAN ”ONE MAN" IN OUR SHELLITE Startling Disoovertea Recently Made by Astronomers. NEWS FROM THE MOON. In 3 Miohigen horee trede the eement wee thus the beats ehonld not seen. hue ehonld be teken ee (and. When one rreder mm to get hie proper: he eeoerteined the. It hid been de {or eeverel (I; e. Aoourtie todeoide whether he use ew ndled. Lord Bouoonaflold' a nap how and be r. who is in Sootlnnd. is nidp not to have yet shown hil quality. - A dwarf kangaroo has been discovered in Texas with fore legs only two inches long and hind legs only eight inches in length. The report also says that it is a mannpial. We are glad to know this. as it throws a flood of light on the anatomical structure of the animal. which will be duly appreciated by the intelligent reader. who at first binah might have imagined that it was a connuhial, or a mandamus. or a habcm corpm. or idiosyncrasy.‘ In news- paper reporting the ,young man will invsrlably err on the sale side if he uses plain. unvarnished language. which will a peal even to the nominal intelligence of a s eeping oar conductor. ‘ Thomas De Quinoey records that on the 23rd of April. 1850. Wordsworth was “ buried in the green churchyard of Gras. mere, between a yew tree of his own plant- ing and an aged thorn." We visited the spot last week. We saw a path among the grave mounds. about one foot in width, and followed it. and it led to a dirty. dark corner. where several blueblsek headstones of slate stood. Could this be the resting- plaoe of Nature's tender lover. It was. and we felt a chill come over us. The day was beautiful ; the sun was shining in a cloud- less shy. but everything round the spot we had some to seek seemed decayed and withered, like a grave in the centre of a dirty. smoky town. not in beauteous Gras mere. No green grass was thereâ€"all was dull. dank and depressing. The poet’s corner must he badly drained. for we could scarcely get near enough to read the in- scription. in consequence of an accumula- tion of water that termed a french at least an inch deep at the base of the stone curb that held the iron rails surrounding the grsve.â€"â€"-London Builder. Eeoolved to render his protootion aperman- ant duty. The young. wealthy and accomâ€" plished lady has. in plainer words. given her hand and heart to Bub-Constable Bheehy. who is now the husband of a beautiful wife. and a landed proprietor with an income. it is stated. of £10,000 a year.â€"Limen’ck Correspondence Pall Mall Gazette. guards ap ear tohave acquitted themselves to the ant re satisfaction of the fair pro- grietrese. and one of them. Sub-Constable heehy. a brave. dashing young fellow. proved himselfeo highly agreeable that she Two years ago Mien Ellard, the owner of a fine estate at Newfoundland. Oola. was fired at. but both she and her coachman (ortunately escaped the bullet of the lesse- sin. Shortly afterwards police protection was afforded Miss Ellerd. two subcon- stablee being drawn from the New Pallas Station and appointed to that _duty. '_I‘he Novel Bandits“ at a Party at London Vagranta tor “natal-s. the Wind." "Adventures are to the adventurous," was the contentious motto inscribed by Ixion. King 01 Thrace. in the celestial scrapbook of June, Queen 01 Heaven; and even the humble and normally unromautio pauper is able to realize the truth of the maxim when induced by circumstances over which he has little control to part with his trousers in order to acquire a pot of beer. About a fortnight ago three almo- lutely impeounious inmates or St. Meryle- bone Workhouse were discharged there- from, and decided to celebrate the Joyous occasion with a lrieudly glass at an adjoining tavern. (But where was the money to come from? was the great question. With admirable presence of mind William Bailey. one of the trio. be thought himselt of a plan to raise the wind which at once commended itself In the minds of his iellow-paupers as an inspire. ,tiou of genius. Bailey decided upon a term porary separation lrom his trousers, and gracefully retiring into a shed at the back of the tavern. he proceeded to divest hire- sell of these important integuments which a comrade, Edward Gilbert, thereupon took 03 to the nearest pawn-shop and exchanged [or the loan 0! a halts-crown. But as the rules of an absurdly artificial civilization seemed to demand that Mr. Bailey should be arrayed in some kind of lower garments when he appeared at the bar to indulge in the flowing bowl, Gilbert proceeded to purchase at the modest cost of ninepenceâ€"taken from the hall- erewnâ€"a pairot inferior " breeks." Hasten- ing back to the shed wherein the too ingenious pauper was lying concealed from general observation. the trusty bearer of; the apparel and the change from the half , crown was suddenly set upon by the third , pauper, appropriately named Lawless. who ‘ snatched the trousers and money from his, grasp and run away with his ill-gotten gains. Lawless, however, was justly punished for‘ the offence by being locked up shortly after. ward on being found drunk in the‘ public gutter; and being subse-i quently brought to book, he was awarded eighteen months’ hard labor for his heartless theft. Meanwhile, imagination turns back to the condition of Mr. Bailey in his solitary shed, who was anxiously expecting, like Mariana in the moated grange. the return of his pauper and his trousers. When at length the full extent of the disaster was disclosed, sad, indeed, would have been his case but for the timely assistance of the owner of the beer house, who sympathized with the adventurous but tronserless pauper in his back shed. and rigged him out straightway in a pair of his own garments. Thus ended an incident in pauper life which is probably quite unparalleled in history, and on which Mr. Carlyle would have been able to write an entirely new chapter of his I'Philosophy of Clothes.” â€" London Daily Telegraph. hubitedb muming thut its inhabitants are u an 'ko our-elven .- their world in uhliki cumâ€"N. Y. Sun. Word-worth'a Neglected Grave. The Great Good of Accuracy. A BBIJGAII'D 333801188. An lrl-h Bonn-cc. INSTITUTION (ESTABLISHED "‘74 l CUB-N FTRIBT BAIT. 'l‘QDINDN'l' NBBVOUB DIBILITY. Rheumsmm. bun Bool- Noun qul m' Ind tlIIAvonnd Ohu Oamnlnh .modll yrollovod and mm non bound by ulna ’theu name. A. D AND 8801.38 0mm." 0nd Oomnlfinon mun. The latest Russian census shows St Petersburg and its suburbs possessed of a pulstion of 927.467. living in 10.929 stone. ouses. 9.318 than are of Wood.and 913 that no psrtly both. The city has 75 hotels. 625 restaurants. 1,416 beerqooms, 170 grog shops and 793 winowooms. Out of 131.090 tenements, 13.710 are unoccupied. There no 645 schools. and 109,000 children between the ages 0! 7 nod 16 who ought to be unending school ; but as a matter of fees. 47 per cent. 01 the boys and 37 per cons. of the girls get no schooling. ELEC‘ Tfl/C BEL? 10. Those who prune long musk soon climb. 11. Vina leaves love the sun; the fruit the shade. 12. Every leaf has a. bud at the base, and either a bunch of fruit or a tendril opposite it. 13. A tendril is an abortive fruit bunchâ€" . hunch of f:-_uit_a productivg tondril. 14. A bunch of grapes without a healthy lest ospoeite it is like a ship at sea without s rud er-it can‘t. come to port. 15. Laurels are like politicians; if not checked they ere the worst of thieves.â€" The Vine Dresser. Dancingâ€"The Anti-Temperance Mova- moatâ€"Tho Sottiah. 6. Prune ifi autumn to infisurlr'o growth, bu! igppnng to pro_mote}ruitfulnesa. 7. Plant your vines before you put up trelliaea. 8. Vines, like old soldiers. should have good arms. _ 9. Prune opera to one developed had; for the nearer the old wood the higher flavored the fruit. Grape Grown-av Jl-xlnu. 1. Prepare the ground in fall; plant In spring. 2. Give the vine plenty of manuremld and well decomposed; for fresh manure excites the growth. but does not mature it. 3. Luxurinnt growth does not insure fruit. 4. Dig deep but plant shallow. 5. Young vines produce beautiful fruit. but old vines_ produce the richest. Adam Kirpen. of Chicago. who possesses the longest beard in the world. is 66 years of age. is five feet eleven inches tall. and a perfect specimen of a robust. though aged. German. By means of his heard he has amasseda couriderable fortune but. not- withstanding. he endeavors to sell his photographs on the plea of poverty. The beard which he at present wears has attained the wonderful length of nearly twelve feet. He disposes of this rather unwieldy appendage when walking on the street by rolling it around a leather belt suspended about his neck. The length of the beard is such that he can place both feet upon it. and the other end.upon being lifted up. reachesa few inches above his head. The beard, which is of a dull grey color. is quite thick, and is the result of tWentyvtwo years’ uninterrupted growth. From his youth Kirpen gave evidence of becoming as bearded as Esau. At 11 years of age he was under the necessity of shaving. and at 14 had a large bushy beard. which. added to his robust frame. caused people to fre- quently confound him as being his father's brother. When he entered the German army as artillerist his mustache was three feet in length. and he experienced about as much trouble in partaking of his meals as Victor Emanuel. of whom it is related that he tied his mustaches together behind his ears when about to eat. He was the wonder and delight of the fair sex. and received innumerable privileges from the oflicers on account of his appearance. It was not until he came to America that he allowed iull sway to the growing properties of his beard. When his heard was five feet long he sold it to aChicago museum for 375. From that time, twenty- two years ago. no razor has been applied to his face. and the beard has steadily grown and is still growing. havmg increased two feet since 1877. The hairs branch out like atree. some having as many asadozen splits. The old man has one son. but the beard does not seem to be hereditary. as he found it a difficult matter to raise a beard previous to his 30th year. His grandfather was remarkable. however, in having his limbs and body covered with hair nearly twelve inches longâ€"Milwaukee Sentinel- Republican. A. Arctic Kepler" who Til-lie It I.- practicable. Toward the close of hia lecture at Winni- the other evening on the Arctic regions, K: Ree briefly discussed the Hudson Bey route to the Old World. He was every way favorehle to this route it it wan prectioable. but he did not think it wae. It was said that the hay was open all winter, and the Itraite were navigable (our months in the year. Thin did not moord with his obser- vations and experience. He had repeatedly seen the bay frozen over. Three time» he he!) gone through the ntreitu. Once they were bully blocked by ice; is eecond time they were coneiderabiy impeded in their oouree because of the prenenee of ice. and a. third time the channel nae quite clear. He eaid the Hudson Bay Co's whips never left Scotland to make this paueege until the middle or end of June, knowtng that earlier in the season their way would be obutructed by ice. Hie voyages had been made in sailing ihipe, end of courue eteumere could make better progress». But], he bed no faith in the poojeot. The Hudson Bay route was shorter by 600 miles then that by way of thelekee. but the latter wan practicable i-ix months in the year. He could not state how long the etreite were open. an the time was variable owing to the diversity of someone, but during the bent gauche the time could be but short. He thought it would be inexpedient to riek the outlay of money on building a railroad with a view of opening thus route until more accurate information were obtained concerning it. The Image-I lie-rd In Ihc “'o-ld. 1V ORMAN’S IIIJI’ION BAY HDIJ'I‘IL