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The following Billa were. introduced end Mr. Pager exPlained, that ftwOuld: be goonnitYt4towgiiine.'ull' Idiar;Wwede-wthaan'tirthetliarle.'
read the firet time; .4. seMe time yet before the new blinding mationpf, new counties would add materi-
mr„ Ballantyne -To, amend the Ames. would be nadY for oceugatical. He added alb' to the oountY rates. What the peOple
ereouon.
Inset Act:
that there was no truth in the rumors tliat jeCleired Wee that the agitation should
Mr. Leye _Te amend the, Act reapeetieg there wag not suffioiont atone in'the Credit stop, It would continue forever under the
finieh the bulldings. Besides he was in a in a small town anxious . to he oonntt,
Valley quarries ef a certain OualitY to present Bill. A. few embitioui active Men
the spread of contagions, disesees among
horses. "
• ' The following Bffis were advanced' e. rtiml to Sta
extte that'net e cent hid BO far olerke, mgistrare or eheriffs could circulate
. een spent lir rail. • a petition among the farmers, iind with a
0 incorporate the town of Brat:abridge The Committee. reported to thelHouse few flafisible 'words get them to sign it,
sad ter ether parpoeee_fdrofartor, and asked leave to sit &gam. forming's. new county. Another wren/ was
etar, :
To confirm the title of the Corpora** of The following 13ffie, were, read a third that, nrider the Bill, four municipa ities
the gounty of Ye* to the York., roade. and time and Passed; . ' could coerce three into forming a new
the surveye thereof --Mr. Smith (York). To amend the Oiltario, ShePs. Tlegulation oonnty: • •
To incorporate the Toronto 'Belt Line /144,1880 -Mr; Prager. ' Mr. Wood (Hastings) supported the Bill.
Hallway Company -Mr. Gilmour,
; Reepeoting St.Andrew's Chureh, Dar- He mid, that 001316 measure of title kind
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. TO= incorporate the "Amherstbarg, Lake ghlit04-Mr-MsLanghlin- ' was necessary, and that it would be Much
" • Shore and Blenheim Railwe1/"OcrePanY--1' Mr' U. Clarke (Toronto) Piked better for the people to have the eay in the
Mn. Balfour. . , whether the. Government have received' ,formation of a new municipality than to
To provide for the extension of the Water. &Vies of any resoltitions passed by the, Bar have the rnatter, as at. presenttin the hands
,work e of the city of St. Catharines; and for 411llio0istiOn of the ConntY ' of York, Or the of the Government,
. other pnrpoeea_41"1.; (lemon,, Canada Land Lew :Amendment Aesooia- • Mr. Berke did not think the Bill eon.
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To emote the town of cohourg to aid' thin, or any other bodies or meetinge of tainea adequate protection for the people,
the Coliourg, BlairtOn & Mars:sweat or the citizens Of Toronto, and from whom, pro, The House went into Committee, of the
Colietirg, Northumberland & Pataitio Rail- testing' Mallet the proposed division of the Whole on Supply after 'recess, Mr. Harcourt,
city ot Toronto Regietry.coffice. . • in the °hair. . .
way or other railroad -Mr. Field. • '
• Mr. Willoughby inovedi That in the Mr' Illovue! said •°°Pie° °f• the rea°1°!iOne Hr... Meredith aBked several questions
opinion of this "donee it is expedient that referred to had been received. The Canada with reference to the building of eoloniza-
alt idiee megietratee eketad make the Land LAW Amendment Asstualation had. tion made in West Algoma dietriet.. .
eanle returns at :conviotione and fines ini-• for ile.°14°°! the 14°m°!i°° ot the T°rreh° Mr. Hardy said that the country in that
posed by them in respect of infringements A°t, and their objection Was that the divi- beetion of the Provinae was rapidly being
of . the Canada; Temperance Act ,aa are sh°2 of *ha BefiletrY'410° might interfere opened np by miners and explorere. Mines
made in other cases to the clerks of the
With that object. The objection Of the Bar: of untold wealth were 'daily being, die,
peace. That etuili returns, whenmade.
Association was that certain provisions covered, and it was necessary that some
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should be publiehed, and that all expenses were needed to occur° the efficiencyof the means' sheeld•he furnished for bringing the
-in connection With the enforcement of the Registrere. He had found that the PrOvi- ores to market.
Act should' be submitted for 'Misfit to the dons referred to mould be made, . and the Mr. Meredith asked if .it was true that
. ammtraeditore,,-,13e said he believed the Bill before the ?ewe contained them. • large motions of these mining lands were.
plabliCation of these, details' would have a Mr. Preston moved for a return showing being bought up by speculators; .
deterrent effeet upon 'likely offenders the names 4511 publishers of Public 13ohool Mr. Hardy said that „MA Was .not the
egainet the Act. " , • . ' text -books, with the ferspeotive hooka pub- ease. •
' Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) staid he preennied liehea by themandthe prices thereof. Also, -,-The...folloWing items foe obionizatiOn
ioroopieesotalLetorrespoudenee bier: With
magistrates should make the same- return.s, the Minister of, Ednostioner any officer of
as were Made by justicies of the peace. No his department respecting the price or pub -
complaints had so far been; madeto the Hoed= of . Public' Sehool textbooks anti -
Government with reference to these Bogner* to that already brought deem. • He
,aceounte. The aceinuatri were open to the- fluid that great dissatiefatstion exieted in
. scrutiny of the public', and it wonld be the'country at the manner in which the
absurd to have the regatta • printed. He school text -books were boned and sold:* He
limped the hon. gentleman would not press referred to elianges in the readers' and
"theenotion, . ' in the prices therefor.
Mr. Willoughby ettid that attempts had The motion was carried: • .
been m‘ade to preoure returns/ from. the Mr. Balfcinr:Moved the Becand.reiding of
clerk -of the peace for his county, hut to no. the Bill entitled "The Homeatead Exempi-
purpeee,althongh the parties seeking the tion Act:" Ee. °aid it was a. deplorable
information offered tam for it. . • thing thekao many Canadians lat. their
: Mr. Gibson (Ilan:inten) @lid that ell they native courny. At the presenttimeAhere
• 'had to do was to make a complaint to the Were over two Millions Of Canadians!' and
• Government; and he . would see that the their deseendantelivingin the United States.
matter was attended to. There was no There was a partioularly large wane from
reason why thereturne should net be - fur,- ,the western counties of Ontario. He
citified. , • fancied.the'exemption of homestead° would
• The motion was withdrawn. do =lob toptevent this depletion of the
•, Mr. Craig Moved. for an order of • the &Mary. Toey had already, recognized' the
-Houturhare----retarn-showing• a. list of .S11 principleinthemlegislatien • on___frea pent_
text books for each of the first five years, homesteads. Inmost of the Staten of the
.the use of which was compulsory on pupils Union there were exemptions on home-
-first, in the High suilioois ; secondly, in Meade, and the limit was un • the average
. the • Public schools, • and third:'in the about $1,000. His Bill embraced the heat
Separate echools. He said that the pur- previsions of the variOns American Add:.
°ham of text books pressed sorely on He made the exemption from seizure, etc.,
parents: With regard to Separate echoole on hematites& up to mom and extended
he said that some held that he Was not the exemption during the life of the widow
:entitled to the return, as the text booke of the holder. The property was not, how -
titled in these schools were not under the ever, exempted from,taxes, nor from debts
control of the department. • „ incurred before the registration of the pro.
Mr. Roes (Dliddleeex) said that he would perty ae a homestead. '
have no (Medi= to the Motion provided Mr. Fraser did : not think the House
the hen. gentleman emended it td read should peed .this seadion so sweeping a mos.
• " nee of one or more of." In no Cage had sure. The question had not been disonseed
a °hen& been made in the textbook') in any tionstitueinsy for :the pest twenty
without the consent Of the local truetees. years, with the exception, perhaps, of that
When a change was suggeeted and a new of his hon. friend. The homestead laws of
book authorized, the option was left to use the Stated all differed, and hence there was
either the new • or the old book. Every additional reason for the Howie hiving
possible, effort hid been made by the time to °outsider such a measure.
,Department of Education' to lower the Moreover, ao impudent ti measure Ought,
prioe of text Wilts. With reference to the he thought, to he introduited on the reopen -
Separate Behoole he •would tarnish all the sibility of the Government. During the
information possible on the subject of their recess the question could be dismissed by
text books. the nubile,. and the Bill could then be re-
' Mr. Meredith wanted to know if the introduced next session: • Another reason
Government had any control over the text- why they should ' haiten slowly was on
books titled in the Separate Scheele. et:count of the danger of damming the
Mr. Rose (Middlesex) said that there 'wee creditof the Province. .
a general Minute of the Council of Ptiblits .Mr. Balfour withdrew the Bill, express-.
—Instructiontathe„ effect, that now)/ the ingthe_hope. thatnextuession the Govern -
books needlifthe Slinerate-Elehoole-eliatil meet Iveuld-bringlievinurnteastireld--Oher
reflect on our constitution, our laws or gen- kind. ' , '
' eral institutione. ' The Bill was withdrawn. „
Mr. Meredith said .that although per- Mr. Stratton moved the aeoondreading
haps it was out of place for him to bring of the Bill to amend the Minicipel Aol.
the matter into the preeent diebussion, he He explained that the first °lane° provided
wished to say that he believed that every for the eleotion of councillors for Motown
school receiving public money should have by a general vote. . The eeoond olause
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ate textbooks under the control of, the Gov- made it impossible for a councillor to be a
ernment. • ' Public or High Scheel trustee. •
The motion pearled as amended. Mr. Meredith coneidered the Bill of too
The following Dille were introduced and great importance to be taken up at this
read the fireti time: stage of the proceedings. •
Mr. Mowat-Renpeoting certain Acta re- The Bill was read a Emend time and re-
lating to incorporated companies; also tO ferred to the Municipal Cemraittee:
amend certain laws affecting' the n2unici- Mr. Fraser moved the third reading of
palities of the Province. the Bill to amend the Workmen's coin -
Mr. Mowat's Bill regulating certain mat- pensation for Injuries Aot.
tete under the Land Titles Aot was passed Mr. Meredith moviad an amendment, in
through Committee of the Whole. • ' the direction he had indicated in his objeo-
Mr. Dlowatte Bill respecting appals on tient' in the committee, providing that
proiecations to enforce penalties and Want of the notice referred to in dense 12
offenceeunder Provincial Acts was Famed shall not be a bar to the maintenance Of an
through Committee of the Whole. Mir: action if the Bend held such want of notice
Meredith.direoted attention -to the fact that had not 'prejudiced the pule. '
the Bill appeared to deal with procedure in The amendment wag lost. ,
criminal matters, a, subject belonging to the The Bill was read e third hole and
juiftediction of the Fed,eral Parliament. poetic&
roads were then wised
North Divisiou •
The '13ill to give repreeentation in the The following Government Bills were ad -i
Legislature to the district of Nipiatiing was vanced a stage • • •
' considered in COmmittee of the Whole and ' • Respecting damage to lands by flooding'
.progrees reported. ' ... • in the new dietriets-Mr. Hardy. •
The Bill to amend the Act respeoting the . Respecting the districts of Parry , Sound
Federation of the 'University .of Toronto and Muskoka -Mr. Mowed.'
and University College with other univer- For enforcing Orders under • the Act
Atte° and Colleges was. taken up in Cont. respecting nuteter and servant -Mr. Mowat„
mitttee of the 'Whole, passed and .reported • Respecting steam threshing machines -'-
for a third reeding. ' . Mt: Drury.
• •• The amendments to the Phermaoy Aot ' Reepeeting the powers of , electric light
were explained by Mr. Gibson (Hamilton). companies -The Attorney•General:
. The apprenticeship donee 'caused con. . Mr. Rods (Middleeer) resumed the debate
siderable,dieoussion. This chime compels on the motion for the second' reading of
the student to eerve, fent years as an Dill No. 105, reline:ding the formation of
•apprentiee and attend two tiourees of new corteges. He explained that there
'lecture!' ."at the College of • Pharmacy, were clauses in the Bill that guarded against
making the odurde five , and 6 half or lax fulittatifitible interference with old county
/ears:- , lines. He showed thatitthe will. of the
Mr. Meredith said that if .the Objeot Was majority of the ratepayers was to be eon-
•,- to lessen. the nuniber of druggists, the wrong sidered, and that it would be impoeeible to
• method was employed, because the bong make small counties. After the majority
•- term of eervitie would be a hardship tolhe of ratepayers in the majority of the muni -
poor 'student: •cipalities had divided that a °aunty was
The dense Was, painted over.' necesfutry then a commission wan to be ap-
• The eommittee rose and ' reported pro, pointed dOnsistifig Of three °entity judges
greet', after making Mune ainendnients- to peas oat the Matter. The Bill might be
,, The 11. Onfie. spio Went into Conirnittee attended in committee to Overcome Dome of
of Sup'plY on the estimates. , , the minor (ideate. If t Bill' were furnished
• On •the item for Maintenance ana regiving dountiett a feasible method of deoen-
. pairs of Gevernnient and Departmental tralizstion td suit leoal conveniences muoh
buildings, •• would have been st000mnliehed.
Dir. Meredith wanted to know why some Mr. Otonnor esid that thentajority of
•$15,000 had to be Voted Upon for repairo
West Division
East Division ...
(*coeval purposes'
Total $ 05.150
'Mr. Clancy pointed. Out that thousands
of dollars were squandered eminent, in
neelees surveys. Township wore sur-
veyed every year that, would never be fit
for colonization. '
Mr. Murray said he Wiped the Govern-
ment would- continue the 'surveysuntil
every township in the Prneirice was'sue-
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Mr. Wood (Hastings) said the Govern-
ment need to•have a policy, in this matter.
The ,polioy used to be to ',survey the'out-
lines of ouch townshipe as were unfit for
settlement. '
Mr. Fraser said that it was a good thing
that the Government had not retained this
*Ahoy. There were dozens of township!' in
the northeasterh portion of the Province
now filled With thriving settlers Where stir:
veys-had been delayed. • .
Mr.' Armstrong said that many thrifty
settlers had settled in his county before
surveys had been made; hinieelf among
the number. It was better to have the
tiownshipesurveyed before settlements were
formed. ,
Mr. Clancy held that half the surveys
had been melees.' _
'Mr. Hardy mid that if there was one
thing moth than another that redounded to
the . credit Of the late Commiesioner of
Crown Lands, Mr. Pardee, it was the fact
that he had expended so intabh energy in
opening up • townships • for. settlement.
During his tenure of office no less that 230
townships had been surveyed and opened
for eettlement.
Mr. Meredith asked if . it was nedessary
to go to Quebec for a surveyor. He noticed
that the gentleman who surveyed the town-
ship named after the member for Prescott
hailed from Montreal. ,
Mr, Evatnturel said that the surveyot
was a native of Morriaburg. The hon. gen.,
tleman Might look upon it, however, as
another example of Etett0h Canadian inva:
doh in Ontario. If so, he would ask him
to take the Dern° stand to -morrow ' when
another motion came up, '
The committee:reported and asked leave
to Bit ,
$1600
19,100
,96,450
25.900
0.
encourage two language"' in this,
Retthzt
roviricaretpaliudtsintil there'llibutir bo but
One. language in the .pdountry.. Quebee„
of oeue00- Oh° .Preeeltlenklege was Uowed
by treaty, and thie point, was, therefore,
beyond. disouselOn. In. the Indian' 'schools
the flee of English was ineishad upon, and
why ,aould not the game rule be !adopted in,
the "French' schools? In •Masesolineetts all.
the !wheels were, English, notwithstanding
the large French 'population. He Omni on
inquiry that the rrenoli teachers were of
an 'inferior •olasti, and knew little of the
practiCtiuse of 0:English. Mr. • Laurier,. in
his Toronto speetda On Pecomber Othi 1886,.
stated that Matters niutit be taken as they.
are, and that the English language pont* be
the language of the Memos., It Weeto the
adventege, Of the French people to;h0 taught
in English, -this North .Anterioan continent
being essentially English. He contended
that the English language should. and Must
be the language of our Ptiblio School° or
.dieestrotie ocnasequersciee 'would result. .
'Mr. G. W. Arse said the hen, gentleman
had confined hie remarks to, Eaetern
Ontario, ' although there were • French
sehoolsiu, Eosin, where the test:thing:Wee
in theEnglish language in English reeding
and composition. .1fie failed tofind in the
'old regulations of the old Council of Public"
,Instruetion an obligetion to teeoliEnglish
in the French schools. This absence of.
rile allowed purely French wheels to .mul,
tiply. • When he stemmed Office: he innnired
'se to the number of French schools in
which' English was not taught and found
to his surprise there were. many. In 1885
Osumi, a repletion declaring that Eng-
ineet be taught in every_sehool within
!la • jariedietimi of the department. • In.
t down showedthere
me retool .hron--
-Were only 27 -eohoole in whioh English was
not taught. In November of theeftele year
that number was reduced to eix:In Feb
ruary, 18031 was •offroititly.refiditifithit
English was taught' in every Public School
in .Presoott and Ruesell, and Mr..DOtort
confirmedthis by. reporting: ' that English
was *Meat "more or less," in alt .of them.
It wae to bp renierehered, .that it was net
easy to bring about middenly,.enoli a change..
The prettifies. in Great Britian' in dealing
With the Highlands was to allow the
Geelio • language and . Gaelic 'inspectors.
finrely then we could ',tolerate ' the . study
of French . among ' , few thousand
Frenoh,Cananiani‘ In Wales,tee, the
Welsh longtime. was ',taught, , and yet
England remained, nindittken on her
everlasting hills.In Nova Scotia
there Were sithoolein'. whioh nothing
but French was tanglit. The leW • of Ohio'
permitted Gordian' to be taught in the
Public ighoole.when demanded by a certain
number of reeidente. In Lonieittne French.
could . be taught, ,tuia there were other
instancesoCeirnilar toleration._ Ile.(111r.
Rose) had no evidencethat the schools Of
Eastern Ontario were. inferior: ' The
number of . siohoole .having the enteanoe
examinations from Eastern .Ontario was
enite.hp to .the average: . Inepeetor Sum -
'body showed that the :French• sohciele
Were not mtioh: behind, the Others. At
tbe tlifficallty aroae out, of a
national fight; in which the Frew* got the.
better and•foroed the' Prateetants to found
a •Sensitates school. As to : the, book' frond
which his hon. 'friend reed, it did not
appear .to he a text book it all, but !tt book
containingreligione instruetio,n, whioh it
would, be. remembered was , permitted at
certain' • - hours in any school in' the
Province. The Presbyterian citteohism
could • be, taken into . any °Ohba at the.
hems . epeeided . in, the 'regulations • 'by
arrangement with the trustees. Hia hoe,
friend 'had therefore not been "frank in his
statemeet, becense he had led the House,
to adopt .1%, 'false inference. .His hon.
friend' cieuld . not -show- that the. Romen,
Catholics cateohisio Was taught in school
hours. He dare not Make the statement,
•Therawits a; oertein violation of the regole,.
done Of, thedepartment in the French
eohools.of Eastern Ontario, in that they need
French text -booke net authorized:but hooka
authorized for • milked schools ' in Quebec.
He had otairtea-too.booke in She French
• lettguege need in the Maritime --Provinces,
and hadsent them to . the Central CoM.'
mittee for their relies& The.preepect Wee
therefore that in a short time they 'would'
haVergenchteitboOkeeettndenonimationel
as were the booing used in the ordinary
Public Schools., He Might mention that
with regard to the: Separate Schools the
Public' School series of readers Was need in
101 Out of 112 schools of Western Ontario;
the history of the PublieSohciole need in $7
Separate School, and various other text -
betake Were used in asimilar liberal, way by
the: Separate Scheele.. The policy of this
department was that no teachers should be
allowed to; tett* in the Public; 'Scheele
Unless they Were is .competent slab to teach
English as well as 'French. • The ,depart-
ment did not.pretend to prohibit the teach-
ing of the French' or the German languages
of the Public Schools.: He cent& not under-
stand- this'ertteade• against the French,'
treating them titian alien Mee. • The coun-
try belonged to the French years before the
English ever 'sab, it. They eetablished
schools' in the country 200 years ago. They
*ere the first colonists, and were , entitled
• to their language. 'There ?was. at present a
virus •permeating the prees of. Canada
which wouldnever permit ..the 'country to
oast off_its etveddling olOthes 1 Talk,of the
• superiority • of the Anglo•Stiadan ! 'Why,
not one.third of the people dominated
by the Anglo-Baxone spoke • English,
and then talk.' about abolishing the
French in this insignifigant country. Why
should we epeek unkindly of the 'people
•who rallied kith° defence of thio country
in its hour of danger: Look at the battles
they fought to preserve this. country . for
Britain: if • the French•Canadian race de-
cided:to have nothingelse to • de • With the
other Provinces, •,•Confederation • would be
smashed to its eriginallragmente:. '
Mr. Dieredith'esid the eubject introduced
by the hen. member for Derision was one'
of the: greeted Irepertensio•tti this , country:
He had 'alerted his eese clearly before the
House but the hen. member for Middleieit
had eetight frona beginning to entl to make
politioal capital. He had a cltity to per -
forma in nittintitiitieg the: integrity of the
Engliehlangitego, and he ivettld folio* the
dictated of his °obedience irrespective of
.doneequeneee. What he Contended was,
that it there was altergoing to be s nation
in Cana* if there, was te be a . unification
of ithe ratite, thee*, Mesibier in which 'it,
mild' be accomplished woold be by making
English the language of the nation: He
well line* that, III Whet he said there ;,Was
110 political capital either for hin2Self. or for
Mr. Craig moved for a return showing
the number, and, location of Public, Schools
to Ontario to which - any . language 'other
than English is nsed in the Work of teaching;
either wholly or in part. A list of text1
books in any language other than English
used in 'each sohoole. The total nnniber of
scholars attending °soh ' of Ouch schools.
The number of scholars ineach of ,stioh
echools rising textbooks in . any lingnage
Other than English. The number of tea°127,
ere in such wheels wile:cannot use the Eng-
lish language in teaChing. , He. said there
were several blemished in our Public Elohool,
system whioh should 130 removed. He
wished to call attention to ope of these
blemishes', and not the least . 'of them.
Ontario was an English Province, and
while French and Germans Were w,elocenie,
they should submit to the laws and insti-
tutions, and should recognize that the Eng.
Hell language nand prevail: It was known
that therewere :French and German
Public; Schools in the Province. Two
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years ago attention was directed to,the
French. schools in et return brought down,
but no reference had . been made since to
the subject. No one, in fact, would know
there were . French Pnblie Schoole.in the
Province, so far' as Could be learned frorn
the Minister of Edtication'i report. From
the report of Mr. Dufoit, the French ' In-
spector of the schools for Prescott and
Russell, it appeared there were 65 Prelim%
schools 'under his stmervision, of which
only 21 had some .knowledge of English. A
•return had been brought doWn, of °erre°,
pondence between Dieser°. Stimmerby and
Dufort, the Inepeotors of these counties,
and the Department. In 1884 Mr. Dufort
wrote to the Department asking' for a re-
duction in -rthe numbiar df French text-,
boelm. The Minister Wrote to Mr. Dafort,
stating it would belikelythet examinations
in French would be held in several • of the
counties. In 1885 and 1886 Mr. Dufort
wrote egainasking for an authorized list
of Frenoh books for the French schools,
admitting that SOMO in nee contained the
tenet° of the Roman Catholic Church, but
that ell kinds of books Were allowed. With
regard to German, the :Globe stated in
1886 that the 'wheels in the Gorman
tiona Were becoming Gt'AManized.
correspondent • in reply, however,
denisdhie statement, and mid 13ktr.
man *a rapidlydiseppearing from the
whop! . he Mots he had preeented showed
that the situation WAS serious, and that
some remedy should be advised. The quest -
the municipalities and towne were &gaunt tion was Whether they were willing to
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„,Rait77; but -asjOug au the irne an' Oradell .
et•-k;,ItiteWlier
wingast, uo.an lohnumg bwloer reheoor notictr-e tonLisistuge
his. voice on. this question. If the remit -
was to drive him from public life, he would'
bow his head h;t enbnneston to the will of.
the. people, conscious that he had done his
duty to himself and to his country. Be
contended that ail cohools receiving State
aid, 'should be directly under the control of
the State. He believed that some echeinW
should be devised whereby all the children,
irreordtl'id of race Or creed, would be .
taught together, 'This would do moro.
toward the =Hit:MUM] Of the nation than
all the polities, and politicians ever devised.
He denied that there was any desire to
insult the French; far from it. Neither -
did he Beek to interfere with.their religion. •
He only looked to the interest of his coun-
try as a whole. He wee eatiefied that
Political capital would be -made of what he
said He might have remained silent and
allowed the motion to pase.without "speak- '
ing on it. fit might have, been better for
hien. The hon. gentleman (Mr. Etanturel)
had taunted him with the privilege to be.
accorded him to -day of giving his opinions,
on the French Canadians. , All he would •
BIT. Was thie, that whatever other faults he
might have he had never been afraid 'to
voice. hie honest convictions irrespectivo. ot
whatever influence it might have on hia.
future oareer. • '
Mr. Awrey moved the adjournment of •
the debate.
• le DID gem. SWPIAR
A Story that Leans Hardon a Patoons
,
Preacher.,
W. W. A. writes as follows in the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer: At a dinner in Boston
one day last week, one of the speakers ,
peated a story that Oliver Wendell Holmes, --
iteeekto-tell:- -,Onee-uponu-tinielhagenial--- - --
ettitoorat went a fishing in 'the deep, blue •
sea, somewhere off the coast. He was
taken natio a boat by an ancient mariner.,
of whom he inquired whether ant", Boston,
lane had recently been there.' "Yea," said
the old salt, "your big preacher, Phillips
Brooke, was oat here with'me little while ,
since." "Indeed," said Mr. Holmes;
"what did you think of him ?" "Ho was
a fine gentleman," eaid the old Balt, "Int
he swore .very hard for a preacher."
" What !" said lir. Holmes, "Phillips
'Brooks 'swore-youdon't mean 2", it? ,
"Well," returned the toiler of the deep.
"I'll tell you how it happened. kr. Brooks
got a bite and hie line' pulled in so awful
hard that I had to take hold and help. It
was a haddock, and as X, pulled him over
the Bide I Hoye, says He pulled — hard
for a haddock,' and Mr. Brooks right off
nye., that's so.' I tell'you it just "took
my breath away,"This anecdote _Pet the
table in aroir. „
•
• .
A Serious Affair. . •
Clare, --Oh, mother, we had such fun at
the party I ' Young Smith proposed that he
and I should go through a mock marriage
ceremony -just in fun, you know; and it
was too funny for anything. Aterward,
eome of the older people who heard of it
said we were really married ; but we're not,
'are we ? '
Doting Mother -pi course not. Besides.
young Smith couldn't support a viife if he
had one. • ,
"Ob, it wasn't that Smith. It, was the
other Smith from Gold City, the one who
owns a bonanza mine, you know."
" Eh ? That Smith I My dear, a mar-
• riage like that before witnesses is binding,"
• ` t
Resolutions
Whereas, we are a free and enlightened
people, and in autybound to take the great-
est care of the health of the community an.
general and of . ourselves , in particular.
Therefore, be it , • ,..., • ,
Resolved, that in all oases • where we are
afflicted with constipation, inactive or die -
eased liver, biliousness, derangement of the •
'stomach, jaundice and kidney troubled -we
will Procure Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
and use theiteme immediately.
' ' Well Qualified. •
Old Lady-" My dear, do you. really '1.
think you are fit to become a 'minister
wife ? ' • /1
Engaged Niece (frotn'the Wast)-" Tee,
indeed. I don't mind 'being talked abbot •
that at all. Pie got the energy of abuffalo
bull and the hide of a rhinoceros."
. $500, or Cure Your Catarrh. •
For a long seriea of years the manatee -
torero of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, who
are thoroughly responsible..financi'ally,"in
any one can reaellyaecertain by proper in-
quiry, have offered, through nearly every
newspaper in the land, a standing reward
toefr5h5o®wfb°arda, ocrasoef c'hfoliZioang"statanrrdhi412,bwithilicht"
they ,cannot cure. The Remedy is sold by
all druggists at only 50 Centa. It is mild. •
soothing, demisting, deodorizing, antiseptic)
mad healing. , •
• . A Cruel Reply:, •
Mrs. Yotingwife (in si temper) -7" And
did *41,11 marry me, because you wanted a
housekeeper? "
Her husband (mildly) -".No, my dear'
If I'd wanted a housekeeper I ehould have
married some one who knew how to keep
house" (IL' • • '
A Baltimore tailor is the father of twenty
five children. , • ,
It is believed thet Peatmaster-Generat
-Haggart will drop his propoeition to in:
creme° the rate of city totters kern one to
two cents.
D 0 xi L. 12 so
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me-
, tailtrade. Istrgeet'mano-
facttnrers in ottr line. Enclose 9-oent study ,
Wage", $3 per day. Pern,utneat position. No
postale answered. Moneyadvanced for wages
advertising, eto. Centanqal Manufacturing
Co., Cincinnati, Chit!.
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