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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1890-04-11, Page 31 DOMINION PARLIAMENT. BUPPLtCUENTARY EBTIMATEB. Mr. Foster present. -d a message from the Gov- ernor-General transmitting the supplementary estimates aur 18,0. • - The message was referred to the Committee of Supply. 'MU BUDGET �,a w�4,o:,,^-ta,.•.^a,•'.S{"S�'�Sn.T',^MC„•,,,r .,.-••.0 .til �HtHl�.'1�.—,r-•.,•,.7-tee �^ "'F.^ 5�_r.:,.'i3: �. � it-iu trrtt�-iu rg3i, g"to present�is second budget he felt he might fairly oongratu late the Huume and e. uutry uuou the satis- faet amici. ;,, ,. Le Lea to isy before tnew. The ''condi:doe of thou 'entry during the past year had twee vary tatisfaot ry. The h. pea which were expre sod up:,n tee last occasion of the pres 'marl •u et' the uudg, t had not be,: n disappointe•I. The go. eral husinese of the come: try had been fairly catiatactory. Notwithstand- ing the defic.ency in sows crops, unreason able weather, aid the somewhat low prices. w ucfi ennute ample_ articles- bad- realized, the general trade of t e country hal k pt up, and in rowe respects exceeded tbatof the previous year. The 'revenues httd been very • nearly fully re,lia:d In Oneida a year hard been passed during winch ' want was practically unknown ; a yogi - ; zr ,full tubal Men, grgpptdetl pa» -era and Winn .a stentel Biagio print bronzes and colored bronzes, 6 teats; embossed bronzes, 8 teats; 'o dared borders, 6 cents ; bronze borders, 14 ciente, em- bossed borders, 15 cents. All other paper hengingt 35 per ceut. Paper Backs or bags, 30 per cent. Uuiou collar cloth paper, 25 per cont. • Garden, fiord and other seeds, when in bulk or Iarge parcels, 15 per cent.; when in email papers, 25 per cent. Sewing and embroidery silk and silk twist, 25 Herman silver and nickled s leer, rolled or in sheets ; composition for filled gold watch oases, 10 per cent. [nate pencils, 25 per cent. Spirituous or alcoholic liquors, methyl alco- hol, gin, rum, whiskey, $1.72 per gallon. Fusil oil or potato oil, +Y2 per gallon. Methfl alcoho', including wood naptua, absinthe, imi- tations of •braudy, cordials, ginger wine, runs shrub, $2 per gallon. Spirits ane strong waters mixed with auy ingredients or•known as ani dynes; elexira, etc.. $e per gallon and 30 per cent. aAlooholio- perfumes,when in bo -ties' et not over four ounces, ne per cent ; when in packages weighing more than 4oz., $3 per gallon and 40 pee cent. Nitrous ether, 't2 per gallon and 40 per cent. Sbi.° including farina, ^ not sweetened, 2 a : .good reit uneration; in which peace and order heat pprevaile i within our bor- ders. Freon anis sea -o,+ of prosperity the five millions of this country looked for the advent of years equally pro porous and equally happy. • 1 think t am warranted by the facts in flaying th•et for the ytar je90-91 we shall hoe -, Cams revenue .,.,..,.........$23;500,000 11 dee 7,000,000 Miscellaneous 8,700,000 Giviug a total revenue of $39,200,000 The estimates next year sum up $33.035045. Estimating a pr.,babie increase of $664.559, there would be a , eedent,,le.tePeentearo.--CX.-$.35,700,000e Deduotfug Deus item the estimated revenue, ' there would b - -for 10e0-91, if these forecasts were. realized, $3,50 , 000 After au existence of 21 yeare•as a Donne ea I, I think it is a matter for oongratulatwu tea•, such «atis'aetory,results are shown as far as the finances of our c,untry are concerned. Mr. Footer read to the r intact the tariff reeolutiou, a summary of which will be found in _ another c,luiun, audjn yes that it b'exeierrod to the Committee of Wass and neane- TARIFF OHa1'G100d. / Duties Charged. Acid, acetic, spyro'quo els and vinegar, 15 -cents-per-o i-Ici-,-ra.n 1-for:ctaeh-degree oe=serength - in excess of proof etreueth one eeut additional (o uty 21 cent, per gal. and 20 per cont.) A id, acetic, spyr�.tiqu,,ous, of any strength, ii>i cried for dyeing or printing, d5'eauta per hal. an 20 per cent. . Acid peespha es, 3 cents per p.rued. Precious in t•.ues,peIished uutet .teet,10per cent , Animals—cattle, sheep and hogs -3, per cont, {old duty 20 per cent.) eathers 1.1 all kiude, 25 per cent eazreatanens! i ineeper.reeleaanint1 scats-aaah.' s Blacking, suoewak,rs' ins and dressing, 30 per cont, Maps, 20 per ceu',., and newspapers or supple- mental editions thereof, partly printed, 25 per 'cent. , - Bank notes, bills of exchange, cheques, etc., printed or lithog aphed, S5 -per cent. (u1d duty, 6 cents per pound and 2U per co .t.) Fancy.workt.oxes, writing desks, glove boxes, etc.. 35 per cuut..0 d duty 3) p u,), Wheat flour, 75 cents per barrel (old duty, 50 cents). Borse clothing', 30 per cent. Cocoa paste and cuuco,ate, not sweetened, 1, cent per p:•uud. Cocoa paste and chocolate con- taining sugar, 5 Cents. Extract of coffee, 5 cents per pound. ' ., Combs for dress and toilet, 35 per cent. (old duty 30 p.c.). Non -elastic webbing, 25 per cent; old duty 20 per cent.): -- E entio-wed s-izen 3a-per-•-taut-(rid--dii-tj -25-pe cent.). , Copper in Hheets'or strips less than 4 inches 'Wide, 60 per cent. (.,Id duty 30 per cent.). Cotton curdagu and cotton brewed cord, 30 per cent. Cotton denims, driilioge bed tiekinga, ,ging- hams, plaid., cotton or can.ou fienuels, flannel- ette',, tennis c:oth, z' pliers ducke and drills, dyed or cue erect e.,ttvu edeetrip strirtiugs, Ken- ' tucky jean.,, 2 ,outs per square yard sad 15 per cent, Cotton sewing thread 13i per cent: Curtains, whet' wade up 30 per cent. - Hamunocks, 33,,,per mut. (old duty 25 per cent.), Ostrich feathers, dr:•ssed, 35 per cent. (old duty 30 per ceut')" Apples, 40 cents per barrel (formerly free). Biackbe,-ries, gooseberries, raspberries and strawberries, 3 ceuts per 'pound. (Fornierly free.) . Chorries'aud a :rraiitF1 cenrper quart, ORM- berries, patine, quina:es, 30 cents per bushel, - Peaches, 1 cent per potted. (Formerly free ) Gas meters, 35 per cent. (Old duty, 30 per cent.)• Crystal and decorated glass ta'l0ta•pd'r , 20 per Cent. Mass carboys, bottles and decanters and demi- johns, e0 per cent. Lamps; (;lass and electric lights shades and chimneys, tauterns, eta, , ,0 par coot. Common wii.idow glass, 2e per cent. (O'd duty, 39 per coot ) Orhereantal mitered glass. 21 per cont. Stained glass windows, 3J pax ct,:ut. Silvered plate glass, 30 per cont.. Severed plate € lass, uevelied, 36 per cent. Plate glees not oolored, iu panes of nut over 30 square feet eaco 6; coots square foot and When bey() led. 1 cent per fou additional. Plate 'glass in panes of over 30 and not over 70 square feet each, 8 ceuts pet .q. etre font ; When bevehed, 2 oents per foot additiuual. Plate ttrase in panes • of over 70 square feet, 9 c u's square foot ; ween bevelled, 1 cunt pdr foot additi nal All other glass not otherwise previle.), 2J per cent. Gloves and mitts, 3i p a cant, (011 duty, 30 per.cent.) • ' , Car elges, gun wade, etc., 35 per cent. Fu felt hate,. $1.50 per' dozen and 20 per Cent.. • sandcaps,N. E. ti.,;)0 per cent. (Old duty, 30 per cont) - Ladies' hate and bounot s, 25 1•er cent; India rubber be. to , t•hoes,wit`i t .pa of cloth or other materi 1 than rubb, r, 35 per cent. Corset clasp., and stut,ls and wires, u cents per pound and 30 p cent - , Build r,', cebiue wake, s', h irnosemakors' and saddlers' h rdware. su et- cunt. L ip--e'e ded iron tubing for tae in artesian well., pipe Hues anti? petroleum ►•efiueries, 20 pea o >nt. Other wrought iron tubs, l cent per p ,mid. Wrought iron or steel nuts and waste.•, iret fir st a rivets, belts, with or without threads, 1 centper puuud and25 por dent. Lard, tried or reneene1,3 cote s.per pound. (013 duty; 2 cents.) Lard, untried, 2 coats. (Ofd duty, A cents.) Lead pipe and lead slue, 16 cents pouted. Skins for morocco le ober, rauucd but not further manufactured 1.0 por tout. Leather belti g, if dr-ssud, waxed -cat glazed, 20 per cent, fry. elite inl roles or entity, 3t touts p'cr pound. - M speak, 1j cents uud, (013 duty, 1 cey'tivresleor salted lien, 31 touts per pound, Drier or s,t:ed tonne , 3 touts. (0id duty, 2 Conte' uo Mucilage and Mini i glue 30 per cent. Mustard seed, 10 per c• nt. Liusoed or fax coed oil, le coots por lb. (old duty 3O per cent ) Lubricating oils aostiug less than 30 cents a teailou, 7 1-5 c. tits per gatI ou. Oilcloth „nd oiled silh, 5 coots por square yard and li per cent Dry+ white and red lead,- orange mineral and zinc, white or carbonate of zinc, 5 por o ant. Dry colors, 20 per cunt. Paiu,e and colon! pulped -or ground in oil, 30 per trent. Pain s ground or. f4iixt3d in or with Js pan ,earuis)), etre, ether than rough stun, filters and ..11 tiqui,l prepared or ready mixed paints, 5 coots per .b and 25 per cont. Oxides, Ochres at d uinbe. s, ,90 per cent. Paints and colors ure uud iu spirits and all spirit varnishes, $1 per gal on. Lead pencils, eep,.r cent, (old duty, 25 por cent). . Photographic dry plates, 9 cents per square foot (old duty, 15 cents). Albetuinized paper, 25 por cont. Plumbago, 25 por cent, Pldmbago, inanufao- turos,'30 por cent. Printing press s, folding maehinee arid paper cutters, lithograph c prosees 10 per Coi1t, Red and yellow pruss,ato of putsch, loporcent, Santos and carsuee le bottles, 40 conte per gallon. Satcee and eetaupe in bulk, 30 cents per i galion and 20 por cervi). p Super hat ging, or well papers, on each rill a •of eight yar0s or under, aged so in proportioh, m the -.._following_=-rtetea.: _...,13ruwu blateigeewhite.- -, Stereotypes, electrotypes and. celluloids•`ot almanacs. and pamphlets, matrices or copper shells, 2 cents'por square inch. Stereotypes and eleotrotypee of uewspeper column, f of a cent per square inch. Matrices or copper shells of serials, 2 cents per square inch. Wateriime, stone ur cement stone, $1 per tofb, Curling stones, 25 per cent. M'lasses, not refined or filtered, testing 30 degrees and not over 65, when imported direct from country of growth, 16 cents per gallon, and- when not so imported, 4 cents per gallon ; when testing over 65^ degrees and imparted direct, 6 cents per gallon; when not imported direct. 8 cents per gallon. St raps, 1 ,cent per petted and 31 per cent. Provided, however, that-molasses-impor-ted--for•-sugar refinery; -dis- tillery or brewery email, pay 5 cents per galion additional. Telephone and telegraph instruments, cables, batteries, motors, globes and insulators, 25 per .Cent. Stamped tinware,' Japanned ware, granite ware, 35 per cent. Other tinware, 25 per cent. Files acid raps, 10 etnts per dozen and 30 per cent. Picks, mattocks, hammers, 1 cent per pound and 25 per cent. Scythe haudles and enaithe, $1 per dozen. Satchels, pocketbooke and pureee,35 per cent. Plants. fruit, shade and other trees, 20 per cent. Gooseberry bu hes, 2.ot-its each, Grana vines Coating 10 cents and less- 3 cents each. Ras �berry andblackberry hushes,1 cent,. eaehs -Bose bushes, 6 cents par plant. App'e trees, 2 cents each. Peach trees, 4 cents. Pear trees, 4 cents. Plum trees, 5 cents. Cherry trees, 4 cents. Quince trees, 33/4 cents. Seedling stock for grafting, leper cent. t cotton twine, 1 cent per ib. and 35 per cent. Binder twine, 25 per cent. Umbrellas, parasols, eto:,435 per cent. -Um- brellas and parasols and sunshade sticks or handles, 20 per cent. Ve stables 25 err ere t. a ing sticks an o nee, 25per cent. Watch cases, 35 per cont. Whips of all kinds, except toy whips, 51 cents per doz. and 30 pt r cent. Copper and brass wire, 15 per cent. Wire. cov- ered, 35 per cent. Pails, tubs, challis, brooms and brushes, 35 per cent. • Ready-made clothing, 10 cents per lb. and 25 per cent. Carpets, 25 per cent. Smyrna• rugs, 30 per cent. -Electric light carbons, $2 50 per thousand. Woollen manufactures, 10 cents per p bund and 20 per cent. ' Plough plates and mould boards, 121 per cont. Wrought scrap iron and steel $3 .a ton. Illuminating oils, oomposo f of products ot pretroleum, cod shine or liguito, 25 per cent. Wrought iron or steel, sheet or plate cuttings, 30 per cont. • The Free List. ' T -he -following -arc -the-ac ditionnl-ohanges in the free list : Admiralty charts: Alum in• bulk only, ground or unground. „Antimony, not ground, pulverized or other- wise manufacture i. Ashes, pot and pearl; in packages of not less thafi'25 lbs. weight. Asphalt and bone pitch, crude only. Argal or argola, crude only. Bismuth, metallic, in its natural state. Books specially imported for the bona fide uee• of public free libraries, not more than two copies of any book. Borax in bulk only. Brass in sheets or plates, not less than four incheein width. Bullion, gold acid silver in bars, blocks or. in- gots. Cups or other prizes won iu competition. Clays unground. - _«_Copper -rii .eh©ets-e1e•--pastes of -not•-less--than four inches in width. Cptton yarns not coarser than ' No. 40, un- bleached, bleached or dyed, for nee 1 covering electric wires, also for the Luau ufacture of cotton ,loom harness and for uee in the manufacture of Italian clothe, cotton, worsted or silk fabrics. Cotton yarns, in caps ouly, made from single cotton yarns fluor then,No. 40, when used in their own factories. by he maeufecturere• of Italian cloths, cashuioYes and cotton cloths for the one Yselvage of said cloths, and for those purposes . Indian corn of the varieties known as " South- ern Dent Corn," " Mammoth Southern Sweet," and ' Wostorn Dont 'Cora " (Golden 1,eauty), when impgqg�ted to be sown for eusilage, and for no other p5'i pose. Fiehhooks, nets, seines and fiebine lines and twines, but not to include sporting fishineetackle or threads rr twiuos commonly used for,sewing. or manufacturing purposes. Foot grease, the. refuse of cotton seed after the oil is pressed out, but not when treated with, alkalies. • Gums, viz, : Amber, Arabic, Australian, copal, Damar, Iiauric, mastic, sandarac, Senegal, shel- lac end white-ehellao, in gum or flake, for manu- facturing purpose,, and Cum tragacanth, gum gedda'And gum llarberry... Inctfgo auxiliary or zinc filet, Iron or steel rolled rout i wire sods, undone. inch in diameter, w,hon imported by wire men t- facturers for . use in making wire in their fac- tories. Liquorice rpot, not gr 'and. .. Lumner and timber planks and boards of box- wood, cherry, chestnut, walnut, gum wood, ma- hogany, pitch pine, ro, owoodr sandatwbod, syca- more, Spanish cedar, or{k, liickor.,, whitewood, African teak, {clack Hart, ebdtty, lignum vitae, ted cedar, redwood, satinwood and wh•to ash, when not otherwise manufactured than rough eawh and eplit, and hickory billets t•t he used in the manufacture of axe, hatchet, hammera,d other tool handles, when specially imported for such nee; and the wood of ti4o porsitumou and dogwood trees when imported in b,ocks for the manufacture of shuttles, anis hickory lumber' sawn tb shape for spokes ofwheels but not further manufactured. ' Locust beans and "locust l)ranineal for the manufacture of horse and cattle toed. Mining machinery imported within throes years after the passing e f this Aet, which is at tbo time of its imported in of a class or kind not manufactured in Canada. Iceland moss and other mosses and seaweed in crude or in their natural staoi or only cleeeed. , Attar of roses and oil (AnaemiaPelts, raw.' Pipe clay unmanufaetured. Rags of cotton, linen, jute, homp444nd woollen. Paper waste or clipping°, and whlito of any kind except mineral waste. Rattans and reeds in their natural state. Rosie in psokages of not less than 101 lbs. Itoots,.medicinal, viz.: Aconite, ,Col =bee ipooaouanfia, sarsaparilla, squills, texaracune, rhubarb and valerian. ' Rubber, crude, ^ Soda ash, caustic soda in drums, silicate of soda in crystals only, bichromate of soda, aerate of soda or cubic nitre, salsoda, stilpbiae of sodium, armoniato, binarsoniat'o, chloride end tannate of node, for manufacturing purposes Duly Steel of No, 20 ,gauge and thinner, but not thinner than No. 30 gauge, to bo used in the lnanufaetureof corset steels, clock springs and shoo shanks ; flat wire of steel of No. 16 gaugo or thinner, t i be used in the manufacture of crinoline and corset wire, when imported by the manufaoturorg of such articles for use in their own factories. Sulphate of copper: liltratharine blue, dry or in pulp. Whiting or whitening, guiders' whiting and ris white, tiec,de, namely : Biot, esrrot, turnip and angold, when imported by manufaoturorg. Wird,---Whoa-imported-by.manufantu'rtrer nt'� toilet pine, for use in Mae -manufacture of such articles in their own factories only. Crucible cast steel wire, when imported by manafan- turers of wire rope, pianos. card clothing and needles, for use in the manufacture of such •artiol-s in their own factories only. othernll ike danima %ainotffurhers prepagrtdtthan washed. • Ribs of braes, iron or steel runners. rings, caps, notches, ferrules, mounts and sticks or canes in the rough or not further ntltttg y r d et ,..r-•^ ;,t.!!rcA-e see , -:.n-' ee ere , ars eien parasol or sunshade sticks, when imported be manufacturers of umbrellas, parasols -and san- ehedee. roil '-' in t & cu-uuE.r tubes M the manufac ure of embrellaa, parasols and sun- ehades only. Pruit°, namely—Banana. plantains, pine- apples, pomegranates, guavas, ms,ugoes and shaddocke and blueberries and strawberries, wild only, Cornwood and sumac, for dyeingor tanning purposes, wben not (tattler manuactured than mashed or ground. Blood albumen, tannin acid, tartar emetic and grey tartar, when imported b.y the manufac- turers of cotton and Woollen goods for uee in their factories only. Manufactured' articlesof iron or steel which, at the time of their importation, are o Corte.` or use in the construction anon or steel ships or vessels. Wire of iron or steel, No. 13 and 14 'guage, fiats tined and corrugated, used in connection with the machine known as the wire grip machine, for the manufacture of boots and shoes and leather belting, when imported by manufactur- ers of such artieles, to be used for these purposes only in their own factories. Steel of No. 13 guage and thinner, but not thinner than No. 30 guage, when imported by manufacturers of buckle clasps aud ice or-epers, to be used in the manufacture of such articles only in their own factories Blanketing and lapping and discs or mills for engraving copper- rollers ,when imported by cotton manufacturers. calico printe,e-,and wail•_ -paper-manufa-eturere; for Bile iii their own lac- tones only. arne.tuade of wool or worsted when genapped, dyed and finished and imported by manufao turere of braids, cords, tassels .tnd.,fringes, to be used in tae manufacture of such articles oily in their own factories. Chlorate of potash in crystals when imported for manufacturers' purposes only. • On imported iudian coru, to be kiln drled and ground into meal for human food or gr •und into meal and kiln dried. for such use, uuder such regulation, as may be made ny the G ,vernor in Council, there eny bo allowed a drawback,of 90 per cent. of the`tluty paid. The resolutions provi ie for the immediate enforcement -of this -tariff. - Fecundity. Acoording to the naturalists a scorpion will produce 65 young, a common fly will lay 144 eggs, a leech 150 and a spider 170. A. hydraobna produces 600 eggs'and a frog 1,100. A female moth will produce 1,100 eggs' and a tortoise. 1,000. A gall insect as in ,r. • eggs, •a a rim" ,000; and 10,006 have been found in the ovary of an aeoarie One natureliet found over 12,000 eggs in a lobster ani another over 21,00i'1'• An insect very eimilar to au ant (Manila a�` has produced 80,000 eggs in a single day, and L9nwenhoeok seems to compute 4,000,- 000 eggs as the Drab's share. Many fishes produce an incredible • number of eggs. More than 36,000 have been oonnted in a herring, 38,000 in a emelt, 1,000 000 in a sole, 1,130 000 , in a roach, 3,04)0.000 in a sturgeon, 342,000 in a carp, 383 000 in a .tench, • 546,000 ina mackerel, 992,000 in a perch and 1,357,000 in a flounder. But of all the fishes ever yet discovered the cod seems to be the moat prolifle. 'One natural tet computes that this flab 'produces more than3 686,000 eggs, and another as many as 9,444,000. ' A rough .oalcalation- hae shown that were 1 per cent. of .the eggs of the salmon to result in tnll•grown fish, and were they and their progeny to continue to increase in the same' ratio, they would in about sixty years amount in bulk to many times, the 'sire of the earth. Nor is the salmon the most prolific of specie& In a' yellow perch weighing 34 ounces have been counted 9,943 .eggs, and in .e smelt 104 inches in length 25,141. An interesting experiment was made in Sweden in 1761 by Charles ,F.'Lund. He obtained from 50 female breams 3,100,000 young, and from 1-00 -female- -perch -3,23-54300 young,- end from 100 female mullets 4,000,000 young --- Exchange. - Evening„ Things Up. 'Hair restorer is soluble; cherry pectoral gummy. When these compounds are enb• stitnted eaoh for the other there are likely to be some queer results. A waif -known elderly lady residing up town has been in the habit of using a hair restorer of a reddieh Dolor. It was kept in a closet'near where her daughter had a bottle of cherry pectoral she was taking for a cold. By mistake one day the daughtertook the hair restorer, ' and not only Buffered great pbyeideildieeomfort • through her oarelese- neee, ':blit. is scolding from her mother as well. flarelessnees was pointed --out to the daughter a_�p something about like a crime. 'The daughter took the mental chastiee- ment with. the , bodily pain and said nothing. The next day the mother thought it time to 'apply more restorer to her hair. She took what she supposed, was her bot. tle; and before she was aware of it had her sparse'looks matted together with cherry peotoral. She will either have to wait for the gummy substance to wear off or shave her bead. The daughter, like a dutiful child, said nothing, but went to the attic and smiled.—Albany Journal. • The Secret of Her Power. Any one who has been •at Drury Lane Theatre, in London, and Coen a whole audience 'spring to their feet and join in singing " God Save the Queen 1" as if they meant it, can understand what has made Great Britain' the power she is in the world. The reason usually assigned for our backwardness in such matters of senti- ment is that we are a practical " people. We could lay a vastly stronger claim to the virtue of practicality if we made use of some of the best sad moot legitimate agen- cies for keeping the hearts of our people stirred with patriotic emotion, undeterred by the fear that 'we, shall be Considered sentimental.—Saint Fields' Washington. First girl, in street oar—That pian epee. site has been looking at you for the last ten minutes. Isn't he rude ? ' Second girl— Oh,,you mast ''not judge people by their looks." - The Genanogne Council -found fault with the Chief of Police of the ton for, as they , alleged, not doing his duty. "I he obiof was told to "hustle," end he hus- tled. Among the lint of hie victims were the reeve and deputy -reeve, who had via lated a town- by-law. • The Duke of Portland has been die - appointed again. It is a girl,• end the pre- cedent of a century, during which no direct heir has been born tie the hoose, remains unbroken? - " They "can't do anything until 1 get third, .as'tho oohdemned man said when on tho way to his execution: nee DESTI.TiITE DAKOTA. A Warning to Canadian Settlers. The following circuia• has been reoeived with a regnset for its publication The Governor of South Dakota a000m- panied a deputation trona that State which visited St. Paul lest Wednesday, for the C.ABEFULtlY CAUGHT. A Parrot That Went Back On ISO Owner, .. "Now, then, the bird will go safely, vv lam, ebe? " she ,eked of the clerk in the office who gave her a receipt for Poll's shipment. Yes m. a-a•^�.v.tt AF','t���' .�� �9"!naz.-o;'�,��^'"t"°,TM. Bind water ? " `' u • eB'in.N "And--and—he will not teach her bad words while in his charge?'." "Oh, no, no, ma'am." " Beoanee my husband and I have been very, very careful of her briniging up and, if she should get to epeaking bad words we would-----." - - t. ' fl .h=111-" yelled the parrot at instant "give Its something newt " The olerk tried tie look at the woman. to '`n see if her looks betrayed any partienlie ,1 batEhe wasn't thACA 4r, 1��� .E •Ib'-nr .°-� • o!r ,..t�h�e-,�ia�t;�rut �. . Ttsxriibrii�oi`irlie r#tate e c�`T' epiiEat>ton met the St, Panl Joint Relief Oommittee, and ��g r;a rg.caii ry wt�er Judge Hoi+irid'ge, of Miner county, who said: " Those who represented there was abandenoe in hie section of the country were certainly egregiously mistaken. He had lived in Miner ooanty•'nine years and knew every man in it, and spoke with per- fect _knowledge -of -the situation.- The- oottnty commissioners bad devoted nearly, all of their time gratuitously to this mat.' ter. Statistics showed that last year wheat raised in that county averaged only J emotion, h ax one bushel. There were practically no oats' at all, and potatoes averaged only ten bdehels. • Grase, whioh was depended on for fuel by many, was almost" a total, failure also. The people ars poor. * ' * It was owing to the contributions from the outside that the people lived through the winter, and in the teeth of all statements to the contrary he declared that if it had not been for the generosity of the outside people and the railroads, and it, they had an ordinary cold winter, hundreds would leave perished by hunger and cold. Not one -faxmer-out" of'"SVC 'hee -ddeed and -they don't know where to get it." Temperance hems. A lady and gentleman of Hartford, Conn., ,last week presented the National W. C. T. U. with the handsome sum of $5,000, in valuable bonds, to be used for the cause as Miss,Willard and lilies Pugh may direct'. This is a practical and telling indorse- ment of the methods and policy of the 'national union. -Florence_ _Nightingale-,:--the-world.famed philanthropiet, will pees her 70th birthday in May. The event is to be celebrated in many towns and villages throughout Eng- land, as wellas at the invalid'a quiet home in Derbyshire. The Queen herself is per. Banally interested in doing this hot:or to the heroine of the Crimea and will be represented on that day, at the " Ni htin- gai?�-Hrriutt,o71ert o a mem err o . e soya family. The official journal of the "Belgian Patriotio League egainet alcoholism, gives a serious epitome ofdieaetrous results arising from the expenditure in one yearin Belgium of 125,000,000 francs on alcoholic beverages.. Among these ooneequenoee aro 80 per cont. of hospital inmates, from drinking, with prisone, asylums and men- dioity - depote filled with the drunken. Since 1872,-jraking into consideration the inareaee-1 population, inssnify hes aug mented '45 per cent. ; crime, 74 per Dent. ; suicides, 86 per cent. ; mendioity depots and vagabondage, 150 per cent. . - Ire aeletciiilefijWBecome C—ommon, The horsey girls who last enminer took up the fashion of wearing men's shirts, Dollars and ties, and decorated the lapels of their little jackets with boutonnieres, . man fashion, ran the pane none too soon, 'says the New York Sun. The faotory girls have. the shirt -front craze, and henceforth it is doomed as an article. of fashionable attire among -women of any social pretentions. Whatever the shop.girla embrace as a rule, is doomed in sooiety,'for the ,girls usually run the fashion to death in a few months on theone hand and usual look better than the society women -on the either: t all events they cheapen any ti hob y. wirli a _great 4 &Lef--rapidity.--....e•-sig1 ft the shirt front is to be seen in every dry goods shop in town, and when the .weather becomes )t little more settled—if such a consummation is ever bronght shout—the sidewalks will be enlivened by endless shirt bosoms adapted to the needs and fashion- able aspiratione of that portion of feminine New York whioh works in .the shops. Just a Little Outspoken. Mrs. Plumper—Take Mr. Gooleigh and slip into the billiard room. There's a small anti -Lenten 'waltz going on. Miss Ricard (who knows 'Goodleigh's disability as a dander)—Thank you very much ; but I've done about all the penance I cap stand this season:—Judge. ' A Logical • Inference. Jack Happy—Have a oigar, Billy ? Billy Goluoky—No. I've given up smoking, ;Jack Happy,—Well, tell ns'abont her. An enterprising b r' publishes a fashion -plate of spring " clips." Underground London is hardly less won- derful than London above ground. What with railways, sewers, gas and water pipes, telegraph lines, bakeries, kitchens, cellars and stores of all kinds, underground Lon- don must be is rather complicated affair.- London Edition Herald'. - Snodgrass -Has the difference between Edward Bellamy and Lot'a wife ever occurred toyou ?• Bnively-No.; whatis it ? Snodgrass—Weal, Bellamay made $16,000 by' Looking Backward.' Fifty -ore converts have been received into .the Methodist church at Heepeler as the result of• revival services recently held ander the leadership of the pastor, Rev; Dr. Cornish. •- - Guonoxs-W. PEcit', author of " Peck's Bad Boy," has been nominated for Mayor by the Demoorats 6f Milwatikee. The humor. ist will now find himself in a peck of trouble: S feet. n g ..T'. i iiieseure t e9Y61k Falling 10,000 Feet. Sailing upward ten thousand feet is a balloon, stepping out and falling to Abe earth as gently as fells the snowfake, coneidered a remarkable feat.. •t But to olua what for centuries has been considered an incurable disease is an infinitely great. feat. That ancient terror of the raoe—Oon.- sumption—is forced to yield to the curative agency of Dr. Pierce's Golden•Medioel Djps. ooyery,_if.it_be.taken...in...tiene-and• i-ven-•al fair trial. The hacking cough, heetio fluvb, hurried breathing, and other premonitory symptoms..ehonlc be heeded before it is toes late. By the psi of " Golden Medical Dia• oovery," every function of the system rousedto healthy action, the -blood ip pnrit- fied, digestion and nutrition improved, the strength and flesh built up and all the dia- treseing forerunners of Consumption dis- appear. It is guaranteed to benefit or Dore if taken in time, or money paid for it will be refunded. ' Close View of the Ballet Girl. Her face is heavily floated with white powder, and thickly overlaid, in places :with rouge. Her eyelashes are gummy with black paint, a line of wbioh rine along the edge of" the' eyelids and trails off in$o the corners, rhaking the eye exquisitely almond shape in anlgeee.raif noe yo .alt feet away. , ,Her eyebrows are not neglected, and her hair, that blonde aureole of silken• gold that frames her face so beautifully to the observer in the stalls, has a look of jute. —London Edition Herald. Catarrh is a common disease, so common. hat snuffing ani " hewkiae reach you at very turn. Your. fool slip4 in its nasty disohaJrge, in the omnibus or in ohuroh. sod - its stench diegnete at the leotare or concert. The proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrhs Remedy offer $500 reward fora oaee,of • catarrh which they cannot cure. Remedy sold by druggists., at 50 oente. • _—$1es)at1ng wjth_thue_B ty, " Grindstone," exclaimed Kiijordan, in & ' tone of severe rebuke, as he leaned wearily. over the aisle of the oar, " why don't you get up and give that lady a seat ? I would do it myself, only I've been doing the work of two men at the office for a whole week." " My wife has been away from home for 'two days," answered Grindstone feebly. "and I've been sleeping with the baby." "Madam," galled Siijordan, rising;. briskly, " I'm not , at all• tired. You may . have my seat." For all derangements of the stomagb, liver and bowels, take Dr. Piero() g Pellets, or Anti-bilione Granules. A Badge of Distinction. I suppose yon think I wear this high - collar from dudish motives," . inquired Longneoks of his prospective employer. ",15 certainly looks that way," " That is where you do me 'wrong, sir. Last summer, while promenading in Oen.. tral Perk, the menagerie broke loose. A. gang of keepers caged me by mistake, while my best girl returned home with the giraffe. No, I am no dude !" essessiewsweerisr D. C. W. L. 15. 90. Bermuda Bottled. "Yon must go to Bermuda. W you do not I_ will not. he responsi- ble for the consequences." • But, doctor, I can afford neither the time nor the money." "Well, if that is impossible; try SCOTT'S SION OF PURENORWECIAN COD LIVER OIL. I sometimes can it Bermuda Rota. tied, and many eases of CONSUMPTION, Bronchitis, 'Cough or Severe Cold I have CURED with it; and the advantage is that the most taelisi- ttve stomach can take it. Another tiring which commends it is the stimulating propertiese of the Iiy-, papitowrhites which it contains. You will 'find it for sale at your Druggist's, ,in salmon wrapper. Ile sure you get the genuine." SCOTT .0 BOOV N F, 1Tellev ile. ,'"s r .:'pry*t M1:+;Y.v.*R i .>y.'S.. •,y.; .. Ntenetten TO T111 3711DITOR -Please inform your ,readers that 1 ltave•a positive remedyfortell 'above named disease. By its timely use thousands; of hoec'ess cases have been permanently cured. 1 shall be triad to send two bottles of my remedy Fula,: to any or your readers who have cis sumption if they will send me their Express and Post Office Address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, 1N7.C., 886 Wont Anon -tido on. • rint-seer•re, c,w,-..%entr, A THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES GIVEN AWAY YEARLY. When 1 say Cure I do not medal iii merely to stop them for a time, and then have them eaur11 again. a riff cA 3S.A Ga A D i C A L C IJ Fla. -I have made the disease of Fits, Epliopsy or Fatlling_&lpk cion a life-long study. I warrant my, remedy to Cur© the iv0)'.1Pal y 13ecaiisc o,Tiees nave wiled Is no reason for not now receiving, a cure. Send at oncef a t tine and a Free Do•ttto of my Infallible Rerned Give Express and IPost Pfti e._ ,. • -. 4 taosts nothui . T a r andi. - i..-. r id,..- p t0.` Ti3M y !r cis hien 4 will -dire sof Address, Ita-C+00"�b 1 1, Ofico, 180 WEST ADELAIDE $TRELT, TORONTO. r, .