St. John's Advertiser, 1875-12-01, vol. 01, no. 91

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'LIBERAL Aim W$FI>E?Eiri>ENT.
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ST.  JOKOSPS, ISTE WTpTTlSroXiANTD, 'W'EldjpTESlXA.'S", DBOBMBBB 1,   137©.
3STO01
TO BE LET
HOUSE No. 31, Patrick' street, containing
&£ooms, besides a Cellar and Kitchen. The
cSeris Fhost Pboof. , There is a vcy fin
Garden, and a streanmi limpid water rannin
in the ijjkr, Patrick street is a most desirable an
healthvpart of the town.
lor particulars apply to
JAMES BRENNAN,
"Water street,
82tf Near the Market Hou&e
THE SUBSCRIBER
Having rented a new and Comtnodous
SHOP and  STORE
Would respectfully state that he is now prepared to receive Goods for Private or Auction Sail
on Commission, and trust by strict attention to
Bitiness to merit a share of Patronage.
^"Returns promptly made.
W. J. LEAHY,
Auctioneer & Commission Agent,
Brigus North, Nfld*
lmSl*
FOR SALE,
lie unexpired term of the Brick House ri
iipted bv Mrs. E. Liddy. on Water street, t
of the'Market House. The House is in first
class ty pair, and situated in the best business
part or the town. Tho stock on hand will also
be soiii, at a reasonable price; it comprises,
leather and ofhw" Beds, Ilair, Flox and Straw
Matrasses, Pillows, and Paliiaaes, Bedsteads,
Trunks, &£., Ac.
Apply on the premises, to
MBS.E. LIDDY,
Water street.
I_i80 Near the Advertiser office.
INDIAN   SOOTS!
iMDIAN_BCOTSH
largo let INl'L' N rr SEAL SKIN BOOTS
J-VlUA QUALITY,
Tcr 6ak at the Boot and Shoe Store of
ua. SMITH,
lm80 118 Water Street.
ST, Mm SEWING MACHINE DEPOT,
SEWING MACHINES
296 WATER STRTET,
(Opp. 8illars & Cairns.)
Where tho following kinds will be kept on hand;
WEBSTER
SINGER NEW FAMILY
SINGER NO. 2
HOWE
ABBOT
LOCKHAN
ARMS
WANZER
GATES
FAVORITE.
Or will furnish any 8e*ing Machine required
from «10 up to $100.
W« would call particular attention to the
WEBSTER,
Which has beeotue the popular Machine of the day
twine a marvel of mechanical simj-licity, light, and
««y to ran, and makes but little noise when used.
It is adapted for all kinds of work both light and
•>»vy, yuJm hem, tuct fell, quilt, gather and embroider.   Do not fail to see them.
All Machines warranted, and kept in repair for one
year from date of sale free of charge.
Sewing Machine findings, needle* and oil kept son-
* "*ly on hand. ■' m
d Machines will betaken in exchange for new.
Aines sold on weekly or monthly instalments.
-'all inatwttions given to pruchasere free of charge
Good local and travelling Agfflits wanted to whome
K*>d chance will be given to sell aHh» by commis ■
wa or upon salary.
a^tll/CjSIt  BBOTKSBS,
$ew ^dvenHsementei
'        CARD.
*■•  W. J. HO&N.
AT^OBNEY and SOLICITOR*
Officb:
One door east of Mr. Day mond's furniture store
Duckworth sti-eet.
6m85
St.  John's  Sewing Machine
Depot,
(Public Ledger office.)
116-WATER   STREET—H6
ESTABLISHED SEVEN TEARS.
SEWING-MACHINES
For Family aud Manufacturing purposes.
Comprising:—
The QUEEN O' SCOTS—hand machine,
THE PRINCE OF WALES—do.
THE SINGER—six different kinds,
THE BELGRAVI A—on the Wheeler &■ Wilson
principle,  but greatly improved,   and at
Uajx the Peicb of the W. & W.
THE ELASTIC—specially for shoemakers—the
best Machino of the kind in the world.
All tbe aime Machines are of ENGLISH
MANUFACTURE, and are warranted superior
to any Machine now in the market, in proof of
which the Subscriber
CHALLENGES A TEST OF MERIT
With ac.- other Machine—regardless of name or
make.
ALSO OH HAND,
THE   RENOWNED   SIN6ER  NO. «.
So favorably known by Tailca and Shoemakers,
which,* to clear out stock, are new offered at
S50   EACH
(The usual price being S60.)
A splendid lot of GLASS SHADES for Sewing Machines Oil, Needles, Shuttles, Bobbins,
and extras for'all popular Machines always in
stock.
Easy Terms  to  Purchasers.
The Subscriber, being a permanent resident
and not being subject to the large expenses of
Travelling A gents, can sell on better terms than
is possible, under the * circumstances, for those
gentry to do.
*££- Coll and see, and then it you are not nir
isfied, try tbe strangers.
ST.   JOHN'S    SEWING    MACHINE   DEPOT,
116 WATER STREET,
F-   W.  BOWXXEOSr.
TO  BE  LET.
And possession given first May next,
That desirable Residence, situate on the Waterford
* Bridge Road,
JERSEY    COTTAGE
Together with the Farm attached, oontainlng abont
126 acres, a considerable mUnbarot -whieh are under
cultivation.
Applied should be made to    ^  ^^
tfso
$fc« |t. |oftn'| grilse.
Is published   WEDNESDAY   sad SATURDAY  mornings frcta No. 184 Water Street.
Out'Year, $4 00
Six Months, 2 00
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'   ual arranjemeut* >. UI be mule for the inser-
or halt y surly Advertisement.
munieOioos must be addressed to the Editor
ir aki Publisher.
JOHN P. FORD,
St. John's. Newfoo adland.
fOPPOSlTB *W. QStttVB    & CO.*)
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STILL WATEB.
BT BDOAB yATTCBTT.
and wrote, but could not make a name;
Thenjpursed his fate and called the world to blame—
The +otld, that knew not genius when it came—
" TheHrorld," he cried, "that crowns us in anight
For n ithing; but that damns us, wrong or right
Esther for sheer indifference than for spite."
One c f his friends would slyly smile to hear,
u Ah 1 seeond hand Byroaies!" one would sneer,
One aid " Give over." One said "Perseveie."
One said but little, though she thought and thought
Through the long weeks and all the work they
brought,
While the wife tolled and while tht moth&r taught.
There went a story that he might have wed
An heiress, this poor scribbler for his bread,
But took a little meek-eyed girl instead—
A little meek-eyed girl without a cent,
 Mly.knew what half hia writing
u reveringly, and was content.
And now she mused and mused upon a way
To brighten bis dull face again. One day
Her slender hand along his shoulder lay:
" Write this I" and then she told him what to write
In just a few fleet words, and stole from eight
With smiling lips, but with a look of fright.
He laughed at first; yet in a little space
The languid laughter died fi'om out his face,
And left mute meditation in its place.
waa this same year
knew him, farand near,
If I mistake not, it
That suddenly roer, n.uov> mm, ><»■ .u u«
As having won tie world's capricious ear.
And she ? Why, if she hail not seen so plain
How soon the laurels cured his longing pain.
She might have held them eveu in mild disdain.
But now she classes Fortune's kind decree-
Proud, glad through him, though still, for all wes
The same small, meek eyed wife she used to be.
^eneml e^iscelhinQ
PBEKDENT GRANT'S NOTE ON CUBAN
AFFAIBS,
(Pall Mall Gazette.
Tbe note which was handed to the Spanish
Government by the United States minister in
September bas been judiciously kept back from
tbe American public until the eve of tbe November elections. By this means the President
avoids tho danger of having to modify or explain
it away before its full effect has been produced.
That it will ultimately be submitted to some such
process is likely enough, but by that time the
elections will have been htld and the work of the
note will have been done. In New York especially, where "hard money" has been appropriated by tbe Democrats, the administration ia
very much in want of a cry. When borne politics" are barren in this respect the Government
of the United States have often turned to the
affairs of foreign countries to supply the want.
In the present instance President Grant haa
perhaps a personal interest in giving this particular direction to the thoughts of the electors.
A horiron clouded over with threatenings of war
might naturally lead them to consider whether a
tired eoldier would not be more useful at the
"White House than an untired civilian. President Grant bas pledged himself not to accept
office a third time unless his duty to bis country
demands tbe sacrifice. The note about Cuba
mav be the first step towards creating tbe demand. As a third-term weapon it is probably
tbe best tbat tbe President could have chosen.
There are no data for^lculating the effect
which this note will have on American fdeling.
tt ia hard to believe tbat either party in tbe United States can have any desire to tee Cuba annexed to tbe Union just now. The South ban
not been ao long or so successfully re-organised
that any administration can have much strength
to spar* for undertaking a similar but more dif
ficult euterpriae, Ifl the South emancipation
waa an accomplished fact when the work of pacification began. The eword had Cut through
the many complications connected with conpen-
sation and vested interests. But if Cuba Wero
to be annexed to tbe United States emancipation
would have to bo carried out in cold blood, and
the Government would at once find itself freed
by a white population whom it had been forced
to made beggars in the act of taking possesion,
and by a black population whom it would be impossible to protect except by a prolonged military
occupation of the island. It is with a view to
these considerations, perhaps, tbat the President
has repudiated the thoughtof annexation, and
professes only to desire the "elevation of Cuba
into an independent republic in harmony with
other American republics." But the people of
the United States will be much less shrewd than
than they are supposed to be if they are taken in
by this transparent device. Cuba does not possess the elements out of which an independent
republic can be constructed. Independence
would simply stand for general liberty W cut
throats. There is a good deal of this sort of independence in this island already, but if thetfom-
inal control of Spain were withdrawn there would
be very much more. The Spanish party, deprived of the aid of Spanish troops, would be reduced to tbe last extremity, and their desperation
would probably lead them to at once emancipate their help in continuing the civil war. There
would thus bo two parties bent on mutual massacre, with a great negro reserve, for whose cooperation in the work of massacre each" party
would be outbidding the other. It is plain
that this state of things would not remove any
of .the annoyances to the United States which
President Grant refers to. If tbe continuance
of the insurrection grows daily more insupportable, would it be less insupportable if the combatants were all native Cubans, and the issue
to be decided were not, as now, whether Cuba
shall be a Spanish colony or an independent
State, but whicb of two rival parties shall ex
terminate tho dUj§i?   Tbe only annoyance that
the President actually mentions io tha* no direct
means of redress are provided in Cuba for injuries to Americans, " the only method being a
slow and circuitous course via Madrid." Under
the present circumstances of Cuba, an injured
American ought to be thankful that he has a
Madrid to go to. He may not take much in
tbe way of redress when be gets there, bat if he
gets anything at all, it will be more than he
would get from the party wbich might chance
for tbe moment to be in power at Havana. If
anything is certain about Cuba, it is that before
it had been independent more than a few years
the United States would have to take possession
of it either as an island the owners of which
had been killed off without leaving any heirs,
or as an island which had become so great a
scandal from internal disorder that American
public opinion would call for its annexation as a
nocessary measure of police. We can hardly
believe that President Grant's pretended moderation will impose upon any elector who is not
already looking out for a pretext to cast in his
lot with the administration.
.Washington, we are told, is restless bec_-
the Spanish Cabinet has not yet answered I
note. The only answer that comports w
the dignity of an independent Power under
the circumstances is that which, according to the same telegram, has already
been sent—that five Spanish iroiclads
and ten frigates are being prepared for the Cuban
station. There are matters which no Government can consent to discuss with another except after a defeat and the abandonment of territory is tbe most conspicuous of those. When
the ruler of a foreign country tells the Spanish
Cabinet tbat he regard the independence of
Cuba as tho certain and necessary solution of
the Cuban question, it is unlikely tbat even
under the pressure of bankruptcy and civil strife
she will effect to treat it as anything else than
au insult. Whether Cuba is likely to remain a
part ot the Spanish dominions is another matter. If the connection could be severed in a
fair and honourable way it would probably be a
great advantage to Spain Cuba now does nothing
but drain her of troops and money and there seems
no likelihood tbat she will ever do anything elsa
as long as she remains a Spanish possession. It
is not ihe Power that loses the island just now
that will be an object of pity so much as the
Power that gains it. We question, however,
whether tbe Government of the United States
has, or ia likely soon to frame, any serious intention of incurring commiseration on this
ground. Tbe exact terms ofthe note have not
yet been published, and it may turn out that
the version of it prepared for home consumption
has been greately softened in its translation into
diplomatic language.
(Times, Nov. 3.)
A War between the United State* .nd Spain
on account of Cuba would bo aU but itwvita"'