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Bridgeport, Conn., deapatoh says
4itifilabert Loma Stevenson'; horrible but
nsiting story in the " New Arabian
wryhf'a;'.entitled "The Suicide Club," has
dbygnd the imagination of the wildest brain
•ilggtRme +t terrible reality in this bustlin
:.. dni.ui'"' w'C Ti?a7�"4'i'il'�•'y-1t11'CY`U�il7"""'WCk
etta markable.. Some five years ago, one
*bonny night, six men were gathered in the
• • saloon of John Kenzie. There were five
Germans and one American. All were of
a peculiar morose oohdition that made
. tlteix-anutucl-i�oanpany-- Sartioularlg-agree:
yam.• -Saha. Theydwere drinking beer and railing
' Wiest life. enerally, when the dieonesion
tegotettethe_de lreeeing_.gnestion wether life
....:was worth living. There was no interest
, in anything to them,and they all fell into
• ► °jeepfit-of inoroeenesa. Suddenly one of
t!�
ik
,t •
1 : 1 I•
•. longer? :,e no organize a suicide club,
sed besides settling the matter we will then
p11 have aomething to live for." All ao-
quieeoed, and the proposer of the scheme,
.r eReo. Leavenworth, city editor :of the Bridge-
port Irarmer, drew paper and pencil from
• ' iiispocket and drafted a constitution and
loath of initiation. By the provisions of the
r lower document any one weary of Life wan
•deplared eligible.
The club was to meet monthly, " or
'oftener," in Kenzie's saloon, and on each
•ainnivereary of its birth the memberiewere
4o shake "''poker dine." The one making
"sathe-smallest-oaet•waa-bound-by-the-vow-tto`
Sub oh he enbsoribed to kill himself within
ensuing twelbe months. ' Those who
utilized their names to the gruesome Boon•
7nent were Max Heisterh$gen, Wm.Meokel,
John Kenzie, Windell Baum, Carl Roberts,
• Max Pfalzenheim and George Leavenworth.
"Bring the dice," shouted some one,
" we'll ;hake now ; we won't wait a year.
Burrah ter the next that dies." The ivory
subanwere_produoed.- Eaoh nan-had_three-
.ltlhrowe, in whio'h to secure as high a hand as
aaiesible. Heiaterhagen and Kunze, the low.
• e.i°i twoi tied on trays and had to shake a.
tieoond time. The latter thrive three fonre
snd it pair .of deuces. The formergot two.
sixes, two fives anda four. • His cast wits
.dower than any of the others.' • He had
..-drawn death in. the lottery of the dice and
by *din terms of the compact he was bound
,ll,:hantaolf within the year firm
-beget .to kill yourself," they• oried after
Heiaterhagen as he said good -night.
That was the last seen of Max Heieter-
bigen alive. He went to his saloon on
.idod street, unlocked the door, lit the gas;
;r wrote a note, took a pistol from a drawer
back of the bar and blew out hie brains.
• `The note was addressed to " my respected
friends and fellow -members of the Suicide
little," and the meesage was simply this :
Linea kept my oath ; I warn you to keep
ware." They did. Heiaterhagen was
buried with all the honors. The twelve -
anorak paned, and -the suicide was. almost
forgotten. The members of the " club "
Lad not sought with mnoh enthusiasm to
_,Ordebnte achaoth r9�naeoryleintance----B4+t
. • On the snnivereary they all chanced to meet,
st Kenziele saloon. There had been no
prearrangement. " It is fate," said
Roberta, " let us throw diie dice." William
Meckel lost. They then drank and drank.
deep• ly.
The spell of that former meeting eeemed
to be upon them. A hideous mirth un-
'10
n -
y ' • chained esoh one's tongue and impelled
' - bane to chant the charms of the grave and
the wesrinees of life. A chair was set at
!b'e table for Heiaterhagen. They shouted
for hie ghost, to join them, 'and planed a
of liquor in front of the empty seat.
.. Peur'monthe afterwards William Meckel
ibatllis throat, and Carl Roberts went mad.
The ,dead man was given an expensive
funeral, and the one dead in life was taken
,4o the Middletown Asylum for the Insane
So the horror went on, andthe summary'
- -o deaths until the present -time, giving in
order the names of the victims of self•
alldsughter, ie as follows :
1. Max Heiaterhagen, aaloon-keeper, shot
Tlimeelf.
2. William Meckel= sign painter,' out hie
`'throat.
3. John Kenzie, . saloon -keeper, shot hint-
'Self.
4. Geo. Leavenworth, newspaper man,
:look laudanum.
5. Wendell Baum, proprietor of the New
Raven Hotel, out his throat in New York
,Aaity.
r 6. Wm. Maybie, letter carrier, out hie
iihroat. The latter bad applied for admis-
=stiion to the Club, and would have been ao-
opted, but he killed himself the night of
Aidainitiation:
'fa Carl Roberta, the President, still Lives.
pie notoriety is not appreoiated, and his
,lpialy reply to anxious quertee ie, " I'll
mit suicide if I want to, bnt if I'm not
alone there will be a murder first.
Tfl tniiiiigRIAL B'UDGE'S'. 0
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4 London cable -of, last night says; Mr.
Goschen, Chanoellor of the Exchequer,
presented the budget in the.House of Com:
mons,. to•dty.it ehowe: tho ezleeneeB
exeeeded the eatimatee by £11,600, end the
receipts exceeded the estimates by over
£8,000,000. The duty on alcoholic bever-
ages realized over £5,800,000. The beer
duty exceeded the estimates by £270,000.
The duty on foreign spirits exceeded the
estimates by £421,000, on home spirits by
21,010,003ut.7, and ez, HWJ 212,=. .Y.L
wdeareateetaajaftetanaree-ealerbelatteatesteat
exceeded the estimates by £1,800,000. Th
duties on coffee, cocoa and chicory showed
a deorease of £17,500, while the duties o
tea showed an increase et £40,000.
In the House of Commons to -day Poet
matter -General Raikes said be heed the
renewed negoti fione with she'United States
looking to the establishment of a paroel poet
between Great Britain and that country
wouldbesuccessful.- --
Commenting on the groes revenue from
alcoholic beverages of £29,265,000, Mr.
Gosohen said the figures showed u univer-
' Ah< UNq�ILLI140/ BisN> 12CT.
.LSJlo {d C`.,iLsc�r,. ar �tuf=�m. Sad?�lY
L[a fed =an.
A Buffalo despatch Bays : 0. H. Stewart,.
a prominent East Buffalo man, is the hero
in a eeneational ohapter that has just come
to light here. The etory in enbetanoe iti: as
follows : Eetie Ginter, a pretty young
woman of the blonde type, hail been madly
ia-love with Mr. Stewart for a number of
months, but np to last Friday her charms
had failed to impress Mr. Stewart, but in
an ungarded moment Mr. Stewart became
intoxicated, and 'Katie saw her chance.
1 • MAO- by her ftiende Mr, anri Mra Httths,
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married bim, and the next morning he found
n himself the possessor of a marriage certifi-
cate and a very pretty wife. Mr. Stewart
was sten by your correspondent this morn-
ing. He was by no means a happy man.
e
ealtra• aalawits drunk when1-wpi arditi=
ried, and remember very little about it.
Katie ie a good girl and a pretty girl, and
oornea of nice peoples but I did not want to
get married, because I'm engaged to
another young lady 'anyway. Katie eeemed
crazy about me, and would not let me
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Sleep Walkers.
There existed for long a popular delusion
founded on isolated oases -that, nom-
nambeliete might engage in the most ven-
•#nresome proceedings with perfect safety,
unleas suddenly awakened. Tradition has,
'however, not been supported by facts.
Repeated instances have shown that if a
person in a condition' of sleep is tempted to
':climb on to a sloping roof, abet same per -
'a tion is as liable to fall and to be killed sit
any one makigg• the attempt wide awake.
.471 illustration of this has just been given
in England by an unfortunate gentleman
who, addicted to walking in hie eleep, fell
nom the landing of his bedroom to the
hall, thirty feet below and fractured his
etknll. The melancholysooident ought to be
.01 rueful warning not to leave known
iOhldnambnlista by themselves at night, but
re to 'Satoh over them and preserve them
tern mischief. ,•c.
y A floiinewhat Exoitinit Occupation.
4`C.A Cygnet, O., despatch 'Jaye : A waggon
loaded with nitro•glyoerine °hello, need in
shooting oil and gas wells, exploded thia
ntornieg with terrific force. Two men
• # Who were on the waggon were blown hon.
' ■ of yarde, and nothing was heft of
em but the Wino of `their clothing.
The horses were killed, and the waggon
"1, pan rednoed to kindling woe.. t
,
an • the wine decanter. Everybody eeemed
bent on toasting the national prosperity
and increasing the revenue. It was a oir•
onmetanoe that most be deplored. A oloeer
examination would not diminish the sur-
prise, for the largest increase had been -of
all the spirits in the world -from rum.
(Laughter.) The rum was drunk mainly
at seaports. In 1888 the number of drama
taken reaohed 246,000,000. In 1889,
275.000,000. Ia was an extraordinary' his-
torical fact that in the years 1875 and
1876, the greatest drinking years reoorded,
there was precisely the same rneh and
ppre0ieely.._filejame...proportion_.of-revenne-
from the different epirite. Increased pros.'
verity, therefore, meant a great increase in
the consumption of alcoholic drinks.
The postal receipts exceeded the esti-
mates by £100,000. The revenue from
telegraph° exceeded the estimates by
£90,000. The , exact surplus reaohed
£3,221,000. He said the national debt
during the lain three years had been
diminished £23,823,000. Thie was the
largest rednotion: ;-of -the debt during the
same length of time. Mr. Goschen esti-
mated there would be an expenditure of
£86,857,000 during. the ooming year, and
a revenue of £90,406,000. He proposed to
allot £)00,000 to military barracks, and to
devote £100,000 to the equipment of'vol-
unteere. The Indian and. Colonial postage
rate would be reduced to twopence half-
penny by any route. The a • . rentice a : ree.
en damp won e • e re • nee • o • a • a
crown, and the stamp on health insurance
polioies and the duty on gold and silver
plate would be abolished. The tipplera,who
had largely_ produced the earplug,
would have a chance to redeem
themselves, owing to the rednotion of
the tea duty by twopence per pound.
(Cheers.) He opposes the abolition of the
teaduty because it wag the only vehicle
whereby the non-smoker and non-drinker
could contribute to the revenue. The duty
on currants would be reduced from 7 to 2
shillings per cwt. The increased beer duty
would be taken off. The inhabited house
duty would be reduced, and • all working-
class tenements under twenty pounds•
rent wonldabe exempt from the house -
tax. (Cheers) He proposed to raise
revenue for county council purposes by an
increased duty of ,sixpence per gallon on
spirits and threepence per barrel on beer.
(Hear, hear, and Oh 1 oh 1) This would
yield £1,000,000. He hoped the friende of
temperance would be satisfied, and that
the publicans would take a broad view of
the question. Mr. Goaohen said he trusted
that the budget world be recognized se an
endeavor to afford relief in various direo-
tions without resorting to violent mea-
sures.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt congratu-
lated Mr. Goaohen upon the country's satis-
factory financial prospect.
Mr. Mundell& complained that nothing
had been done for free education.
Mr. Gosohen promised the subject would
be dealt with at the next session. There
was 110 likelihood, he said, of a general
election before that, and in framing the
present budget he had kept the question in
view, and could already • see the, way to
obtaining £500,000 for the purpose. He
hoped also before he left office to deal with
the currency question.
Mr, Labouohero sapid Mr. Gosoben tried
to please everybody and would satisfy
nobody.
Mr. Nolan said it was a ' model election-
eering budget.
Mr. Sexton said a groes injustice bad
been done to Ireland, and the Parnellitea
would resist the Government's proposals
by every mean° in their power.
Formal resolutions were adopted author-
izing the proposed inoreaee of duties. The
Gladetoniane disousaing the budget in the
lobby called it a "dissolution budget."
Men's Women.
To begin with, she is old enough to know
her world thoroughly ,• ye:, though • she
need never- have been beautiful ahe moat
have kept her youth. She is in no sense a
light woman, neither is ahe over intellect-
ual ; she would not speak Greek, even if
she could. She is. a °resters of infinite
taut, whom every being with the outward
semblance of a man interests profoundly.
With him she is always at her beat, and
she contrives to get out of bim the best
there is.,She listens well,,, and grows sym•
pathetic es she listens. \Has lie a special
weakness ? she half tempts him to believe
it ie a virtue. An adept in the subtlest
forma of flattery, she would force the mean-
est of us to shine even when he is ill at
ease. And yet, above all, ahe remains
sincere. Her interest in him is real, and
survives the fleeting moment. He is a
man ; that is to any, for her, the brightest
page in nature's book. She °respeote con-
vention, knowing well when ahe may venture
to be unconventional ; yet she is unap-
proachable and 'irreproachable. In return,
he adores her. - From " The Point of View,"
in February Scribner.
Millet's " Angelus " ie' at present in Mon-
treal, it having been taken into Canada to
avoid the payment of 080,000, which would
be levied shortly by the United States Cm -
tome, the painting having bean in that.
oonntry clone on six menthe.
-Some girl° are preened for time and
others for the fun of it.
DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
llc:Qco at;eaat tatoIvetl iaself into n
Committee of Ways and Meana. �'
Mr. Brien drew attention to the posit on
of nurserymen in regard to the tariff. They
had eeveral orders now in the United States,
and; if .these were not allowed to coma in
under the old duty they could not be filled.
The duty as proposed would practically be
prohibitory.
It being 6. o'olook Mr. Speaker left the
ohair.
Mr. Brien resumed hie observation° in
regard to the duty on nursery stook. He
imposed; because it wonidareas very heavily
on floe egrionituriete. _
B(r Itiobard rCartwr'ight observed *hat the -
Government could Poe continue to tax iron
without . taxing igrioultnriets enormously -
higher than need be. '
Mr. Welch euggested that the duty of 25
per vent, ad valorem be dropped, leaving a
duty of $1 per dozen.
Mr. Foster observed that shovels were
manufactured in Shia country, and owing
to competition oonld be obtained very
obesely. •
Bir Riobard Oartwrigbt pointed out that
in epite of the duty 40,000 ehovele and
guinea from a, letter written by a Can- • oMri"ivol ulauisa fare iwporeau ianii year .i'ruxu
" •7 n.., ..,,,ti:....». }.«a:,....a.u....t!c,_.,,.,. bim, u� L•�r i`"i "'`"is_"elft re1;1 '', 't'& •. 44ag ,...f�.v,"cZ4„T TMw'RF%,.._...mC �_.,...aryrsr•
crimination against • British goods was
mended
Mr. Gillmor expressed his amazement
that the Government so coolly proposed to
take money out of the pocket of one class
for the benefit of another.
Thettei peeped. ,,
Mr. Foster moved that a'dnty of 25 per,
cent. ad valorem be imposed on fruit, shade,
lawn ...and. grnamental trees,. shrnbe. ons'.
plants. -
Sir Richard Cartwright observed thins
the duty was imposed simply in the inter
went. ilea
ordered grape vines from New York for
which he has to pay $8 a thousand, whilst
the duty amounted to $30 a thousand,
The writer stated that it would pity him to
give up the stook rather than pay the duty
In justice to the ifrnit.grow,ing eeotions of -
the country, and the polioy of the Govern-
ment being to protect them, it was desir-
able that ,fruit -growing trees should . re-
main upon the free list. They--were-to the
fruit -growers what raw material was to
the manufacturer. ,The latest that the
Government could do was to let these fruit
alialirliiriadifirawaten wo : e
as nee • ay
and Wednesday morning's. I suppose that
was done to force me to marry her. I
never intended to marry her. I don't"
know what to do." .
Mra. Stewart was also seen. She eliding
that her husband was sober when they were
married, and that he wanted to remarry her
badly. She also said that the only thing
of which she was afraid was Mr. Stewart
skipping the town and leaving her behind.
The girl's father and her friends feel greatly
distressed at the tern affairs have taken.
Mr. and Mre. Hatoh deny having had any-
.thing..to_do ivith. the -affair,
TO CROSS THE CONTINENT;
The Grand Trunk's Scheme to Compete
�i ith the Canadian Pacific rt'atiway.
A New York despatch says : The Herald
says it is settled that there will be more
railroad building this year in the North-
west Territories than for several years. A
prominent gentleman hes jnst_arssved_from
London, where he went to confer with the
Grand Trunk•oflieials in regard to a pro-
posed line from Winnipeg west to Victoria,
B. C., via Vancouver Narrows and Yellow
Head Pass, the route originally seleoted for
the -Canadian Paoifio Railway by the Mao-
kenzie Government. He says that in con-
versation with the Secretary of fife Grand
Trunk that gentleman made the positive
assertion that snrve ' a • - the Canadian
orthwestetn Territories, from Winnipeg
to Viotoria, would be commenced this
spring. He said the Grand Trunk and
Northern Pacific would unite to build the
road,and build it, too, without any nn-
neceeeary delay. A. W. Rose, a member
of Parliament for Manitoba, said the Hud-
sonBay road will commence this fall. The
Manitoba Southeastern and the Calgary &"
Edmonton will start, and the Lethbridge &
Montana will be oempleted, as well as the
Regina & Long Lake road to Prince
Albert.
Mr. Wainwright, of the Grand Trunk, it
is reported, denies --all knowledge of the
projected work outlined above.
A PITCHED BATTLE
Between Kentucky Troops and a Handful
of Mountaineers.• -
A Harlem Court House, Ky., despatch
Bays : A deadly fight occurred this morn-
ing at 1.20 o'olock, 17 miles east of here, in
the Blaok Mdnntains between a detach-
ment of State troops, consisting of 16
privates, Lieut. Milton and Sergt. Pulliam,
and about 30 outlaws, who were fortified
in an old barn. Five soldiers were
wounded. It is not known how many
outlaws were killed, as they still have
poeeeeeion of the barn. Corporal Blanton
was sent in after reinforcements and knows
but little, as he. left immediately after the
firing began. The troops have the barn
surrounded, , and it will be impossible for
,those inside to escape, me the only two roads
which . lead from the place are cut off by
pickets. It is believed a severe fight will
take plane as soon as the additional troops
reach the place, for the outlaws swear. they
will not surrender and the soldiers are de-
termined, and want revenge for those who
have been shot down. •
Worse Than an,Infldel.
The meanest man in the world is the
one.
Who will fall in love with a sweet, pretty
girl; and "
Who will haunt her until she falls in love
with him, and
-Who will take her away from a con-
tented, happy home, and
Who will -marry her and stint her tip in a
plane he calls his home, and
Who will doom her to a life of hard work
and
Bearing and rearing obildren, and
Waiting np late at night tor him to come
home full, and
Saving out of household expenses what
he spends for cigars, or lunohee, or matinees,
or cocktails, and
Who will then,die and leave her with-
out a • life insurance policy, or anything
else.
Wealth in Scotland.
The Scotland of Burns has ceased to
exist, says °a correspondent. She is still
" the auld " but no longer the " pnir
mither." In joint stook companies she lost
year invested £8,844,604, and during the
quarter of this one ebe has invested in
forty companies £3,455,820. Nor is that
all, for these last figures show a correspond-
ing increase on £2,211,151. In other
words, Scotland is ooming oat with
enrpriBing weath in the etooking-Jwealth
unknown, and' with wealth still further
demonstrating. This quite modern fe4ehion
of combing fnorder to produce ie pertain to
lead to ether results in regard to .the
relations between employer and employed.
At the Circus.
Bobby -What animal ie that, pa ?
Pe -That is an old hyena, Bobby.
Bobby -Why, pa, that doesn't look a bit
like you,. Me doesn't know what she talks
about half the time, does ahe ?.
The man who has to sok hit wife for ear
fare and tobacco money has no need of a
mother-in-law.
•
growers in hie seotion.were afraid of was
retaliation, because in Detroit and in the
neighborhood they found a market for•
their small fruits. He was afraid that
even now it was too late. Many of the
farmers would have to re -order, and thne
the sellers would lose the purchase money.
Mr. Mitohell remarked that there was a.
precedent for the Government to act upon.
When the duty on iron was increased two
years ago, several importer° in Montreal
were allowed to bring in iron pipe under
the old scale of duties.
Mr. Foeter-0nly_,.in_.the-._oaee.. of ..con--
treats. -'-
Mr. Mitchell, continuing, said the Gov-
ernment would show justice and discretion
if they abolished the duty on fresh fruits
and vegetables.
Mr. Somerville observed that all the
orders taken from farmers for fruit trees
were in the shape of contracts, and had to
ibe adhered to. The fruit growing industry
was becoming a very important one in
Ontarioandthe other- -Provinces, .and- the
farmers were more interested than the
persona who made the sales. The trees
should therefore be admitted duty free. It
would be a great injustice to the farmers
and fruit growers if the Government
exacted the duty on the stook ooming in
this year.
Sir Richard Cartwright remarked that
this was an exceptional .case, and prece'
dente vara not mwgt ng alede,r ,je- ra of •°.
Hinoke, in 1871, a bounty, he believed, was
paid to tea merolxante, on the ground t hat
their stock was depreciated when the duty
was removed. It -was of the 'greatest possi-
ble benefit for Trait -growers to obtain fresh
stook. In mine parts of the country fruit
trees were dying out, and it was desirable
to replace them with fresh stook from the
United. States or somewhere.
Mr. Waldie said it must be remembered
that nursery stock was perishable, He did
not think the loss should fall on the innp•
cent dealere. -
Mr, McMillan pointed out that these trees
could only be imported in the spring.
Farmers had to prepare the ground for
-thean twee„ -a d-_ She,-vire-not-ahlest.
obtain the trees when required would have
to prepare the ground a second time.
Mr. Foster said it was impossible to pro.
mise what the tariff changes would be, and
the people therefore must take their
chances- With 'reference to the precedent
of the tea duty, it was not analogous, and
would be an extraordinary one to follow.
The other case, of iron, transcended the
case now under consideration. At the same.
time as the change in the iron duties took
place there were other ohanges. It was in
the case where the goods.had actually been
shipped and sales made in this oonntry
that a rednotion was granted. It was im-
possible to grant the remission asked and
shut the door on other and far larger
interests. He supposed the persons who
would suffer the most would be Ameri-
can nurserymen who had agents in this
country.
Mr. Lanriee remarked that if the duty
were imposed for revenue purposes he
would agree with what the Finance
Minister said, but it was not so. It was
imposed simply to favor a few individnale."
Mr. Sowell said in changes in the tariff
some persons most suffer. He could see
no difference between the Daae of the
nurseryman end the dry goods merchant.
If it were right and proper to grant the
privilege to one party because the sales wer
made before the tariff was inoreaeed, i
was perfectly right to allow it to anothe
Mr. Foster announced additional changet
the Government proposed to make on th
duty on meats. The tariff 80 amended i
3 cents per pound on fresh and salt meats.
He proposed to reduce salt meats to 2 cents
per pound and leave fresh meats at 3 oente.
There, would be nochange on mesa pork,but-
the barrels would be made free. '
The discussion of these items was del
ferrel.
own , is country.: e urge • t • e , aye • o
be removed.
Mr. Foster announced the following
changes in the duties on fruit trees ands
graftings : Seedling stook for grafting;
upon which a duty of 10 per cent. ad .glorem••
had been placed by the resolution, o put
upon•the free list ; gooseberry bushel, de-
creased from 2 cents to 1 cent ; grape vines
ooeting 10 cents and less, from &ciente to 2:
cents ; rose bushed ooeting 20 vents and
less, reduced from 5 cents to 3 cents; apple
trees, inoreaeed from 2 cents to 3 oenta ;.
plum trees • rednoed from. 5 .oente.:.t t..3�._, _..
cents. a:
The amendments were oarried.
Mr. Foster moved the adoption of a
binding twine duty of 25 per cent. ad
valorem.
Mr. Blalock said it was time there was
a reduction in this duty. He moved that
binding twine be planed on the free list.
Mr- Watson opposed the duty on binding
twine.. which bore very heavily on the
Northwest. He could not nnderetand_why
the Northwest could support a Governments
who would impose each a duty. - :ey re-
minded him of the farmer who dr ve hia-
ho to market a longdiets
g nos, a when
he was asked how he name oat be replied,:
" I did not make mnoh money, but I had a'
terrible time with the hog." Northwest
members who got their feet under the
Ministerial tables were not doing much
good,. but they were having n time of . it
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Mr. McMillan said that in consequence of
the heavy duty on binding twine it had
beoome a serious question among farmers
whether they eh$nld not throw away the
binder and go back to the reaper.
Mr. Bain said that the moat satisfactory
thing the Government could do for far-
mers would beet) make a decrease in this
duty.
The amendment by Mr. Mnlock was put
and loot on a vote of 36 to 60. Mr. Foster's
motion oarried.
Mr. Foster explained that the object of
increasing the duty on umbrellas .by 5 per
pent. to 35 per cent. was to encourage
factories. At present umbrellas were not
manufactured in Canada, bat a factory was
about to be established in Toronto.
Sir Richard Cartwright naked what pro-
portion of the`umbrellas now imported did
the Government expect new factories would
provide.
Mr. Foster -Probably about half.
Sir Richard Cartwright -Then that will
cost the country $55.000, as that is half of
the duty now collected.
The item passed.
Mr. Foster explained that it was pro-
posed to increase the duty on ready-made
clothing and wearing apparel by 2a cents
per pound
Sir Richard Cartwright eaiti this was a
specific duty, and would fall heavier on the
working classes.
The item passed..,
Mr. Foster explained that there was an
increase of 2,a cents per pound on the fol-
lowing articles: Manufactures composed
wholly or in part of wool, worsted,.the hair
of the alpaca goat or other like animals, -
viz., blankets and flannels of every desorip..
tion, cloths, doeskins, caesimerea, tweeds,
coatings. overcoatinge, felt oloth "of every
desoription, horse -collar cloth, yarn,
knittel goods, viz., shirts and drawers and
hosiery, 10 Dents per ound and 20 per cent.
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Mr. Foster announced that the duty o QT ALL
10 per pent. on mustard seed 'would b4-XJ.ti L.J KINDS
etrnok out and the article added to thefre,
list.
M.r. Foster moved a change which planes
the duty.on all '„liquid painte and ready -
mixed paints at 30 per cent. The duty as
riginaily proposed was 25 per cent. and 5
ents a pound. The change would effect a
edaotion.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Foster moved an amendment to
he duty on wall paper to provide that
he duty on white papers, gronndedtpapers
not handmade, and satin papers shall be
hree cents on each roll of eight yards or
nder. This is an increase of one Dent.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Foster moved the reduction of the
my on lead pencils from 85 per cent. as
reposed in the resolution to 30 per cent.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Fetter moved that plumbago be re-
noed from 25 per Dent. as proposed in the
resolution to 15 per eent. Carried.
Mr. Foster moved that .Orden, field and
ther seed for agricultural or other purposes
n balk or large parcels be reduced from 15 -Train robber, to passenger in Pull-
er cent. as proposed by the resolution to 10 man -Be not alarmed, ladies and gentle.
er Dent. Carried men, what few valuables yon have left yotA-
Mr. Fostor proposed that the duty on are welcome to. 1 would be obliged, how -
hovels and spades, shovel and spade blanks ever, if some gentleitian wotild direct me to
and iron or steel cut to shape for thesame, he porter a gntrtera.
e $1 per dozen and 25 per cent. ad ' The goat, seems to have achieved the
atorem. , , distinction of being the head worker ot the
Mr. McMillan hoped thia would not be animal kingdom.
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leg more than 25 per Dent. proof•spirits, $2„•
per gallon. • Lime juice, sweetened and
proof- spirits, 40 cents per gallon. Lime
juice and other fruit juices, not alcoholic
and not . sweetened, 10 canto .per gallon.
Granite and freestone, dressed, and other
building stone, except”' marble, 30 per cent.
ad valorem. Grindstones ad all kinds of
fanny grindstones not lees tb n $2 per ton.
India rubber clothing or clothing made
waterproof, 35 per cent. ad valorem. India
robber surface waterproof clothing, 10 centay
per pound and 25 per cent. ad valorem:
Biscuits of all kinds, not sweetened, 25 per
cent. ad valorem.
Mr. Foster moved that silver, German,
silver and nickel silver, rolled or in sheeles
be piaoed on the free het.
The resolution was oarried.
Mr. „ Foster proposed that the duty on
non-elaatio webbing be reduced from 25 to
20 per cent. and elaetio, webbing 30 to 25
per pent.
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