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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 

 WEEK. 

 .,..', tmh ing; N 

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Mnortetis, at Jersey 

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'.■ ia1 . ineinnati 



■, mm -,,, |e; Athletic vs. Phi 

 let, or Brooklyn; Manch 

 Indianapolis vs. Chicago, at Chicago; Chelsea vs. Orange, at Orange 



Alaska vs, Americas, at West Brighton; Osceola vs. Active (deal mo i, 



at Jersey City ; Upper vs. Lower Floor Prod. Ex., at IS Jm; Name- 

 less re. Lafayette; at BrooKJyn; Star of Syracuse vs. si. Louis, at St. 

 Louis; Rochester vs. Live Oak, at Lynn, Mass. Regatta of the Bi '.ii'lv 



'.' in lb, nil Galium, .Mats. 



" - ,.- [tunning meeting at Saratoga. Base ball: Evans- 

 ville vs. l-'aii'L.tiik, ;o iIum.'.j.m; ihe't.yr vs. Allegheny, at Columbus, 



■ i Rootforfl, mi.; Marion rs, Dixie, m 



ii'. ah, (la. Aihlclic (lames ul Ilic Albion (society, at Jones' Wood. 



aidiltnfl vs. Montreal, at London, (inlavi... 



"■ ''M','. '.': T ;■ Mii'.Mi " i'.... Mystic l -ii i !.. Boston ; 



land 1.1,; Sycamore, in. Running meeting at Saratoga. ISase 



." on VI I. ■' ' "in-.', ill,. ; llnrtford vs. Ciicimiali, al 



Omciumiti. Cricket; as aboye , I n I a ■■•. n -.. Juebi ,.al S al. 



ii . .,.'.., .'.(,),. July as. —Trotting as above. Running meeting at Sara- 



■ m ball : Boston vs. Loulsi iUe, al | onisvUi ; W i fori \ s, 



Cincinnati, at Cincinnati. Cricket: Ottawa VS. St. I corgc ... 



July 28.— TrpttJtog as above. Jtuuniug meeting at Sara- 

 toga, Base ball: Boston vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis; llarifoi'il vs. 



• im -it'ii, :it in', mm,, cricket.: Hamilton vs. Ottawa, at Montreal. 



A FJhw Ai;. nc ExDEWTfON.- The Swedes are preparing to 



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Sweden, to the North Cape, thence cast, through, the Polar 

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 coasts of Asia, through fcaeRedSea, Sue. Canal and the Mediter- 



■• mim AM .mi 1 1 1.- and home again in the autumn of 1879. 



—The Editor of the Pee T>$4 Hrrcdd, l.ilesville, ». 0., wrileat 



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CARRIAGES AND CARRIAGE BU ILDING inidilioiml butcher's cart. A design more at variance with 



! accepted American ideas it would lie hard to conceive. In t he 

 Srsl glace it has only two wheels. The objection Hint the 

 weight is thus thrown upon Ihc horse's hack is of DO moment 



THE changes and reproductions of old styles which are 

 found iu the fashions of costume are equally prevalent 

 in the designing room of the carriage builder. For many years 

 the American carriage -n word in which is here included every 

 ehicle — was distinctive and peculiar, Innovation was 

 resented by a public which had become wedded to certain 

 styles. The object of the builder was, as a rule, the produc- 

 tion of carriages which should represent the minimum of weight. 

 and in proportion to his success iu that direction was the favor 

 of the buyer. When, therefore, eight or ten years ago Brcws- 

 ster, of Broome street, built a carriage upon the model of the 

 English family coach, suspended it by straps from heavy 

 springs and investedit with all the massi veness of its prototype, 

 ids work was received with indifference, and the carriage still 

 remains tin ornament to his show room. It represented a 

 change too radical and thorough to lie accepted as an improve- 

 ment. Time has shown, however, that, Brewster merely an- 

 ticipated the revolution which took place a few years later. 



The heavier styles followed by British builders have, several 

 decided merits. Besides having a pronounced opinion in the 

 matter of strength the Briton was found to possess certain ideas 

 about comfort and bow it could be reached which were worth 

 investigating. The result is that many improvements have 

 been introduced from England into America, and that styles 

 which, a few years ago, would have been regarded with cold- 

 ness, are rapidly winning then- way to popularity. So com- 

 plete is the revolution in certain quarters that the fashion 

 there prevails of importing carriages from England. This is 

 more particularly the case with vehicles of distinctively Eng- 

 lish types. Of these the four-in-hand is fadle princepx. It 

 is thought that because the model is English, in England alone 

 can the carriage be built. This is erroneous, both in logic 

 and in fact. America possesses advantages which England 

 never enjoyed, and never can enjoy. Piano making and 

 coach building are parallel cases. Apart altogether from the 

 mechanism, there is something about the American piano 

 which the European maker cannot imitate. One important 

 point is the seasoning of the wood used iu making the instru- 

 ment, an operation which is never so thoroughly and per- 

 fectly done in Europe as in this country. The fact gives the 

 American coach builder a similar advantage, and partially 

 explains h ow he. has been able to combine, to such a 

 wonderful degree, strength with lightness. As to workman- 

 ship, there is literally nothing done elsewhere which cannot be 

 done here. To import carriages from England is, iu short, lo 

 It... guilty of an act that offers no benefit of any kind as a 

 compensation for its folly. They cannot stand the climate of 

 America, by reason of the insufficient seasoning of the wood, 

 and have no superiority of style or mechanism to counterbal- 

 ance that grave defect. As a proof of this it may here be 

 noted that an English brougham exhibited at Philadelphia, 

 and bought by an American, is now undergoing repairs. The 

 entire panelling warped and gave way, and is being replaced 

 with the bone-dry wood of American seasoning. The pre- 

 judice against native manufacturers will, in this case, as in 

 many others, probably linger for a time, but must ultimately 

 break down before the overwhelming evidence of plain facts 

 experience. A prominent member of the Coaching Club re- 

 cently informed Mr. Brewster that, although he could turn 

 out an excellent carriage, he could not build a four-in-hand, 

 and ordered one for himself from England. The imported 

 " trap" has already several times undergone repairs, and Mr. 

 Brewster is building two four-in-hands to order. These are 

 simple facts of which the moral is for all to read. 

 Itiscurious to notice that, as in fashions, a fancied originality 

 •casionnlly proves to be nothing more than a revival. About 

 n years ago a Parisian invented, or thought he invented, a 

 iculiar button for the lower end of the jointed bracket used 

 opening and closing a laudau. A peculiar kind of doer 

 handle appeared at the same time. These were copied by 

 American builders in the belief that they were French haven- 

 ious. A short lime ago Mr. Brewster came iuto the posses- 

 sion of a carriage built by Leslie, of London, in 1801. It was 

 imported on the occasion of a union by marriage between the 

 families of Van Rensselaer and Viscber, and has the arms of 

 both families on the panel. It is decorated in thegorgeoo 

 style of thai day, painted yellow, lined with green, stands 

 high off the ground, has a lofty scat, for the driver, and 

 board and straps behind for two footmen. It is just the 

 si vie of carriage one associates with the early burghers of 

 Manhattan, and which one would like to sec rumbling down 

 Broadway behind a pair of high-stepping grays, slow and 

 pompous, and bearing the proper servants in livery. On this 

 carriage appear the identical handle and button supposed to 

 be modem products of the inventive genius of France. 



"While speaking of the older styles we may mention a ca r- 

 riage of the same character as the above, made by the first 

 r... e. ■:. i - fiir General Jackson. It is travel-worn and about 

 tin <, years old, but is by no means the least interesting object 

 to be seen iu the mammoth establishment of the successors 

 of the maker. The old idea of hanging the body of the ve- 

 hicle from the springs was suited to days when roads were 

 less smooth than they might have been, and the sword case 

 behind— an invariable adjunct of the early carriage, and still 

 attached occasionally as an ornament— suggests a time when 

 travel was more liable to interruption from the Knights 

 Of the Road than at present. 



Among Hi ii' ,. [opted by Americans and rapidly 



;| ' ' ' ■ '• ■' 



Sliding frame enables the body r,o be balanced 

 lc with the utmost nicety. The b 

 tie, and the body has an appearance- gj 

 lovedfrpm the. comparatively Frail son 

 age traggy. He arrangement of the springs is 



iple. The machine is built to es rj fb u pel 



riiatcv 

 upon the i 

 heavily n 

 very far r. 

 of the av 

 exceeding 



sons, and the weight, while it. adds little to the uorsi i 



increases the comfort and easiness of driving. There ii m ,m 

 for the display of a great deal of taste in thcpainiing, tit tings 

 and trimmings of the whiteehapel. A very " nobby" turnout 

 consists of a bay horse with silver-mounted harness and an! 

 oak-colored whiteehapel lined with drab. An equally hand- 

 some and less showy trap is painted chorionic, with | ,.„ 

 red line running round Ihc panels. 



Amodified style of Tea-cart, of a light build, nlso com- 

 mands a certain popularity. Broughams, landaus and liu- 

 datdcts scarcely require special mention, exqepl Fqi om Ftsi 



lure, towLicha.il 

 now built much 

 ment has also tak 

 orating. The git 

 by past: general ioi 

 most entirely dis 

 : colors arc seen, 

 There is, :n-si,,l, 

 general or profe: 



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already been 

 im formerly, 

 the matter 

 and blazing 



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made, 1] 



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of the ic 



it they arc 



■ and doc- 

 is affected 

 t, have al- 



In track sulkk 



md combinalions of hill 



omore beautiful and tasteful can age for 



iioual use than a dark-colored Ijrouffbuni 



glass front. 



America stands alone. They are ... 

 low as 48. pounds in weight, and to catty 140 pounds. The 

 Earl of Kosebury recently took one home with him to Engi 

 land which weighed Gt pounds, and several others of about 

 the same weight, and carrying capacity have been bought by 

 visiting gentlemen from Great Britain. It is probable that; 

 there will soon be a more equal interchange of other styles 

 ith England. The impetus lately given to driving as a 



fashionabl 

 builders i, 

 American 

 the older 



ii use 



en has hi fj 



m the 

 lg a British f 

 • the 



look f 



vholesome effect upon I he 

 «:• every new idea. The 

 c— linerieum— in place of 



nprovements effected within the 

 an ultimate superi n-fty of the 

 igard to both mecbanirisin and 



British competitor had thought 

 purpose. The tires are heafed 

 arranged in a circle, by which 

 is secured. There are other in 

 past few years that point I o 



i built carriage 

 Style. In view of all t 

 live may console himself with the fact that Br. 

 continues to turn out the buggy r associated in the minds; 

 numberless Americans with many a long ami pleasant drive, 

 at the rale of about three per day. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



The Fisukrv CoiMMisMoNh- The Ilali lax UcntlO sums tin 

 the advantages for which the (Jin, g towi 



round compensation as follows: 1. Theprivilcire of filhin 

 and of landing to dry nets and cure iish on the «®Z of he 

 Dominion. 3. The liberty of Ijmdimr ,.■ ,]' ,t lr1 ',-, 

 Islands, where formerly onlv entitled ;, V-"- ;•!",,, i,„r 

 3. The liberty of purchasi i ' f ™™|; 



fishermen, transhipping cargoes md i 



f nhrod^'c^'f P ° rl f : ■ 4 ' ' fh ° lm ' '---'! I i 



! '!• oosst for drying nets, catching bait, etc. 5. The 

 establishment of fishing stations along 3,600 to 4,000 miles of 



This looks like a weighty claim, but a careful investigation 

 of the facts of the case show that the Only concession for 

 which compensation can be claimed, is the right to catch fish 

 within three miles of the Dominion coast fine. ,Ye see no 

 reason for American fishermen landing to cure fish or dry 

 nets. Certainly, the right to land at the Magdalen Ishnds is 

 " f " r| daadvahtage , i Canada, and the liberty oi e, 



foreign ports for ,! c ,„ Befisaries of life constitutes no claim" 

 such being the usage the world over; and who profil m , 

 bythipprovincial shop-keepers, residents of Canada, or the 



United Btates Government? The United States have thus far 



" lll >' 11 ""' 1 "romd) '." ■ mim m,' Labi-ador, audit is double 



tulit thc\ desire to laud for the purpose ,,r drying u 

 as im te establishment U fishing stafJwis, we do u 

 tei i American people prefer to hftild up their own 



ports. 

 With regard to the in shore mackerel fishing, we have to 



say that Canada fixed a value for this when lio 



establishcd-before the treaty was made— at DO cuts per ton. 

 Have not our Canadian in acuuirod a little 

 cheek to make a claim of .ftl. •_>:!:,', :;;)3 annually, after the free 

 admission of all sorts of lish into the market as „ 

 this very in-shore fishing':' And that, too, lor n- 



would have gladly yielded, without the i domof our mar- 

 kets, for |10,Q00 a rear! SVi u tl i ,. the ■ i nunU '■ n 



liaveadjoiirn-M ' " l; ' the fall, v. hen thesi tmci i in i will 



receive final adjudication. 



Law BriEVicEhs iv Hton | : \. U h..s -<■ Under Crip " writes 

 from Boston, July 1.1 : "1 inclose you 



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oil his reccn: visit. As n .'■',, 



fortunate birds (.wooflcock) would be by tie 



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