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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-05-05, Page 3OTTAWA, April 24. --The Speaker took the chair at 3 o'clock._ . Mr. .11unster drew the _attention' of the - - House to the fact of a large portion .of the • speech of Mr. Anglin on the Irish resoin- • tiona being credited to him in the Howard,: and said he repudiated the eloquent speech ascribec . to him, arid.cleolined to be held responeible for, the'staternents it contained: The House went into Committee on -Private- Bina, • Oa Ant to- incorporate the, Chignecto Marine 'Transport R.adway COmnany, Mr. Mackenzie Said that the.Ria was understood tO be purely a private enter- • prisei. yet, after it had passed the Railway - Cortnnittee, they found resolutions sub- sidizing the concern \ placed on paper, rnikin,g it practically a .Government mea, Stile, He thought .4 was not treating the committee fairly or tne Ifouse courteously to pertnit such a misapprehension to exist; He asked if the giving of aid to. the scheme - WW1 considered by the Government before The Bill had reached cokunitteE.).. • ' Sir John Macdonald said it WAS. Mr; Mackenzie said he had never knoWn. ' Such diacourteay to: thenOtiSa before, The • fonewitig- Billie were read atiaird time and paesed: An Act to inooeporatethe Canada Provie • dent Assoceation sei amended by the Stand- ing Committeetht Banking and Commerce. Currier, • e An Act to incorporate the Qte'Appelie Land Company; as amended. by the Stand- ing Committee. on Banking and Commerce.. . --Mr- Boultbee.. . • An Act. to incorporate the ' Rapid City &away Company as aineuded by the ending, Gonituittee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph? Lines.—Mr. Bantterman: An Act -to incorporate the Great Ameri- can & Europeau Short Lie Pant's- ' , • An Act to ioaorporate the Montretil,& - Central Canada Railway Company. 'Amendments were made by the Senate to the Act respeeting the Commercial' Tra- vellersASsomation of Canada, . • The Act to. arp,end the- Act incorporating the Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway Company, and to authorizethe said' com- pany to erect - a. bridge over -the River °Meek was concurred in. ' • • . *Mr. Thompson inquired whether it was the Intention of the Government to lay . before the House a. report of the militia officers recently made to the Minister of Militia arid Defence oil the clothing and accoutrements of the militia and when. • Hon. Mr. Caron sail the report would be, presented to-roorrow or the day after. Q Mr. Blake inquired '•whether arrange- ments: had been nciade to permit the pur- chase by the Souris- a Rooky Mountain Railway Company of a. large quantity Of land. If eci,.et what price and theestimated -acreage. • 7.7 •• Sir' Jobe Maadonald said that arrange= . thetas hadcbeert _made.. for the purchase. ' This consisied of 3,840 acres per mile at 61 • per. acre. A further application had been me4e for 060 acres: per mile- 0e -the ?same •ter4s, but this applicetion had not as yet been greeted. The acreage would .depend upon the number ofernilee of railway built by the company. . Ur. Blake repeated the question with - reference, to the South Saskatchewan Rail- way Company., the Manitoba: & South. Western Colonization Railway Company, and the Portage'Westbourne a• North-- Western RailwayCompepy.- Sir John Metedealealet said that - the :first company: named had received' a:grant of • 384,0 acresper mile at 1 per are. The second company had -been granted 6,400. acres per bailee and the last-named had received xso acree per .raile over their Whole line; and an additional grant of 2.560 acres per mile over & portion. No other companies.than those named. had -received greets Of land from the Government. Mr,Blake inquired 'Whether the Gov- ernment had abandoned, the scheme of -Government life insurance recommended to the consideration of Parliament in the: , Speech from the `111-roneelizi 1879, a out- lined in a resolution- proposed by the- -Xi:piker of Finance in that session-, and if • the.tethetati had not been- abandoned when it was proposed toietrodaCEr it to Parlia. i itiet eat& out of therevertues of the • .Domin- ion a stun equa,t,to the total serthuht of the. . reed bonds issued in each • year, and to all necessarily the proceeds of the sales of - the Dothinion lands; such sum to be used as i sinking fund. t� be applied' to the payment •of the foreign public: debt of the Donne:lion-. 8,1r L. Tilley, after complimentingthe hon.. Metriber on the manner - in *hi& he , had presented his case, eaid that notwith- standing this he was unable to - agree -with ; him.- The hon. Mei:titer objected to - the payment of interest on money, yet under . the plan he himself : proposed. there limpid be practically- ith - interest paid. •Thie- amount of money was notneeded, and all money for the purposes of public.- Works i . watt received from the.. people n the savings banks; at:4 per 'emit. • Beeides there would be the cost of printing -all notes. • Besides contractors . would not take these- notes at par, • . . . . Mr. Ryltert - moved the adjournment- of . . the debate. - '''. • - : .'• •- - - . • The motion was carried.' - • - The House adjourned at 11.45. . . . OTTAWA, A.pril 25.—The Speaker. took the chair at 3.30 o'clock. . On the'ordei to g� inteCommitteeon the Civil Service Bill-, e. . ..eilr: Rohe asked what provision was being madeto secure proper qualificationsin the examiners. In .Engtand-. the eicaminets , Were men of thetiery. highest standing aud !literary culture, Unless this was provided for the sy-stem. would fitil. . . - . • . ' - Sir Hector Langevm Fetid that eats would be -taken to appoint: men of the highest . . • .., . . . , . .standing. • •- - • -7 - ' - I Mt:: Blake pointed out that if the tenure _ - by whichthese MeV heldofficewas simply the phaseure_ of the Government they would be as other beards had been,simplya: screen. They ought to be appointed ddring good.beliatior. • • -, .-- • • . •• - , - On the dense- providing the. manner of . the appointments, - . Mr. Casey contended that- thotiealready in theservice should ..haeti a. prima facie right tci- the vacancies in the .pesitions &bra% them, to • be overridden 'Only.in . extrerne came . He objected. to the idea, that an appointment should be made from the list of those who had passed eitaminations instead of promoting some person already in the service. • - - - . ' Sir Hector- Langevio said it would. be- emPoepitde- to appoint to second or first -0148e clerkships those With had passed examinee . . . tions oelyetpr .third : They must choosefrem those -examined for the clasp in which - the exardinationwasmade. -• - . . . .The committee rose - and reported progress. • -. - ' A_ Bill to incorp.orate the Royal Canadian Academy . of Arts,' -from. the Senate,- was received, and read a first and second time and referred to &.coniraittee.. • . ' . It being 6 o'clock the . Speaker left the chalk, . .. ' -. 1 . • . e . • '... Afterrecess, : • The Howie wont into donantittee on the • Bill thither to-aniend en Apt to artrend.and • consolidate as amended, several enactments respecting the Northwest Mounted Police -Force,- which waa passed with slight amend, tnents and reported. - -. : . • . Hon. Mr. McLelan moved the wend reading of the Bill further to amehd an Ace respecting the Trinity House and Harbor Corctreisstoners of Montreal. Mt. White Slientrawy .objected to 'the clause of. the Bill ' prohibiting the ficiating of rafts in bertain'portions, of the ..river.. They mtght. be driven! into acertain portiOn by either the current :or atress. Of weather. Exceptions !Tight to be _made_ inlayer-of- enal caiies. .. - . The Bill- was read a second 'time and. referred to 'committee. - • - • - - • ,Oit the. Sewed reading of the Bill to :oerript vessels employiim ed n fishing fro. - the payment Of dutiesfer the relief of sick- . , , ... . . . • end distressed mariners, • • . . - • ,Hon. - Mr. McListan, in • answerte- Mr; Robertson (Shelburne), saidethe Bill pro. posed efiet veseels once -eying into • the mariners' lend .during te seaeon would not - again be called oufor contributions to the fund daring• that !season. - The Bill was :passed through corianaitteee read a third - tune and passed.. -- - ; : On. motion to go ititi;Cothealttee of Sep- , pry. Mr: Tasse loge to refer to whet he believed was a question of eotneimporianee . to a. considerable portion Of • the Doteieenie namely, the proportion of publicipetreuege enjoyed hy the French -speaking -population. The :subject, :he Said, was - beileg again brought to notice from the -fact that the Reform party in Ontario were resorting to their oldetecticti of complaining Of French , domination On the eve ..of an election. Re pointed: out that all attempts to induce imniip,ratite .to COrnei- to our 'country were - directed- to - other than -Frenchmen,. and urged the Government' to take .active • steps to were the -return of ' as many as ' p•msible of. those French Canadians, who • have for years Peet been renaoving. to the - ...United - Stet* The English-speaking minority in Quebec, hi..:ccintended, was better treated than. the_Fretich tninofity in. the other Prcivineete and in tithe -View the rightsofthe 300,090 Frenchman, scattered throughout the Dominion, were deserving the attention of the Governthente Beldwie, he averred, would never. have raised the -cry of sham French :dotatnatiou. e . - • : Mr,- Laurier Said he had attentively foliCtwed the remarks of the member for Ottawa- who ; had just - taken his *emit . waitizig for 'some. conclusion, . yet no non- nhision had been reached except if Might be • one .witle•-. reference to the . patronage. The hone ..gehtlerean . had read many extracts from the Fretich , papers, :and yet had omitted to say that the correspondents of the French iiewepaperis --were employed by the. Goiernment as sessional writers. (Heat, -hear.) It had been cherged that the Ftentile Liberals. Were few on that side of the House. - It was true . they were -it . snaell band,butthey had been decimated in ' the defence. of respopsiblegoverneathit. If -Ontario -journals were guilty ,of appealing to the prejudices of theirreaders they were deserving of censure. _The. 'bon, • gentle: - man -- had •epolten . in. -. tones - of . glee -referringtothelect that some Of theFrench Liberals hid voted . with 7the :-Oppositten. upon the - Ontario boundary - question. . It was inconceivable to. the -hen. -gentleman _thattheneeti. belonging' to . -.0._ party Should:: not he elaves... of _party. - He ,-protested againstthe reference to Dorioe, who aboVe, all_there.held the esteem ofall parties and _oreeds.: in Lower - Canada.:. Hear,hear.)- The name of Letellier•had . alio been men- tioned in terms of. reproach. 'Whet was the -charge' spinet him?--- •• He asked the gentlemen -what he had said against Sir Leonard Tilley said the GovernMent had not abandoned the schethe It Was their intention to bring:it before theacitise„- . but not /tiring the present fieStii011.. Sir dirt Stnith—Youwill- leave itfor • your successors to deal with? • Sir Leonard no,, not so 'Ong as that. (Laughter.) • 'Mr. -Blake asked • whether the Goyern- meat has received an application from the Canadian •Pacific Railway COth pan y for the approval of a. tariff, to come into force on the 29th �f April, and whether such appli- cation an.detatiff will be laid on the - Sir Charles Tupper said that no 'applica- tion had Yet been reeeived„ .. Sir John Macdonald having intimated that by arrangement with the leader -of the Opposition the paper should -be cleared of all unopposed Motions_ tier rettLmsand corr respfndence which wouldive rise- to debate' a: large number of such r motiorie were movedend adopted: • On 'motion of Mr. Blake for reports on . the subjected the Toronto harbor,. • Sir Hector lebegevin said there hadll been no *ports subsequent to that:Of Captain :Rada, the engineer who -had been emit down since thee not yet having wade his report. Mr. Wallace (Norfolk) movedthe follow- ing resolution: Resolved, l) That all pay - Meets hereafter to be made by the- Govern- ment for the construction and maintenance of publioWorks Ethan be made by legal -ten- - der notes lashed under the authority of Parliament,. such notes to . be full legal tender wi thin the Dominion' for the pay- ment of all debts; nubileand private, and be convertible ' at the option of the holder thereof into- either of the following securi ties—first, a bond or.. bonds ofthe Dominion-, which shall be reconvertible at any time by any of the holders thereof into' Iegal tender notes, and which shall be payable by the -Government at its option at -any, time after threeyeare frorn. the date of the issue; • Buell bond or ben& to bear interest at the rate of 4 -Per ceuturn per annum, pay,: able. semiannually on the first days ,of January ahd. July- in each year; second, no bond or bowie bearing interest : at the rate -44 per centum perantituntobereceiveible together with accrued interest- thereon in payment for anybohde-soldor to be sold by Dominion? -.That thaGovernMentshall. hon. stonier, as his expression was not by any. eans clear: - ' . , ler. Tastie—lie violated the British Con- , silitution by dismissing his Ministate: •' - Mr.- Laurier said the hon. gentlemen could not evade the matter .-.. thus: : The o ergs was not that just now -made, but if anything it was. that he had Accepted office der. the Crown: He - Was glad to see the n. gentleman Was ashatned to repeat it.: Was the -fact of his having accepted an c.iffice 'a fiisgrate ? , - • • ., - _ Imi. Houde said the Liberal leaders in • 1848 and 1850 had Made 'such rash and e- dital ittletendes-that-they frightened not o li Roman Catholics but .moderate Pro- te tants as well.' He: had :heard -Liberal sp'ekees on the platfortn: drag in religions q estions but he had,neverheard-Censetval• ti (es do so.' - Mr. Ross said he -would like to Call attehe • ti • n of the First Minister -to the Wiens of a other deserving rate. They had had a - -.fi Id night for Irish and ono for French. C uld they not give one for the poor dowee i •dden Scotch as well-? They :were • not ✓ resented according to their. merits and n mbees in the House, nor in the divert- - in nts, If he addressed almost thay person a ut. the departments the question, drle cow leriancais r tbe answer- could Ili a . aye- begieele, but if he Spoke :- in the cl ssie terms of his native tongue" cairnur ki Shi en dia; ?" " the person Addressed - 'w uld stare and remain.. clunile 1 (Hear, he ir John Macdonald—Yon -should come to. the Department- of the Interior. (L ughter.) . --1. :•,- e r. Hoes said no doubt the hon. Minister co Id answer,' but it might be ,because of hi nationality that he had Achieved his pr sent praed position. - Still he believed in 11 -departments there was Wily one man. W :0 could 'speak in:thet •Ilingettge in which on .- could neither lie :mei sweat. - But he w uld-like to knew why they should' have eii.h.ti, 'seance, he had almost :said farce, as th bt brought shoat by the ilea. member for Ot awa-eand was it not a farce for &House of ornmons to be occupied for two hours lis ening to an hon., member airings, griev., an e which was felt by nobody but himself? H d we net lived too long as, a great con- fe eration to waste time in talking of these na -ional differences? . Were we yet divided ie a French; Irish, English or Scotch? No, .. we were Canadians. He hold a man should. no be appointed to office becauee he be. ed to -any of these nationalities, but .si ply OILlia fitness for the position. - Ir . Bechard said setely.the : .hon. - mem- berfrom Ottawa (Tame) as a Government su poreer ought to praise those_rnembers of th Liberal party who. had voted - with the Government on the question Of • the bound- er award. As to appeals . being' made to rel gious prejudices, he was spite aware th t in his own °Minty (therville) there had been to such appeals. The attempt was made .once,- but intelligent electors fro ed it -down.- It iVas not se in other ep stituenciee, however, for in Berthier the election had been annulled because of - im roper appeals: to religious prejudices: This had becothe•secha trying evil- that a sp, cud emissary had beensentout froul the Pa al -See to warn the elergyfrona inter - for ng in elections. • :- . : -. - -. ' . reMills said -they had been promised a - lob Of measures in the Speech froth the Th One; and that it bed been formerly the pia, tice to refrain ficin votingupon•supply wail the grievances _had been. redressed; La t session a very importaet Bin to alter* the boundaries of Manitoba ;was .brought do n the day before the Close of the see- et,after Many members hadgone away.' . . 8 r john Macdonald—They ought not to hav gone away. - e House then went into Committee of Su .p1y. O the item 6790,000' for Lachine Canal,' S r_ Charles Tupper fetid a vote was Sap cted .to complete • the Whole. of the wor s on this canal. • S k Richard Cartwright asked for the opi ion of the Minister • as to the ProepectS 4.4- t e canal system being able in future to. seci re its share of parrying trade in aom- peti ion with the railwaysie S r :Charles: Tupper said he was afraid tha since• the . discovery of steel rails; ena lieglteight to be bee-rie.c1; and the line to b maintained ata less cost than formerly the could not anticipate the great amount of t ,affic for camels which they hall enjti ed. :. • ,, Tie• item was passed.. T le following items were. passed with debate • • T ,St, Lawrence River and canals, 6154,000. 'Weneed Canal, 600,000 .bt Anpe's Lock aed.Cinal;6320,000: • C rillon Canal data, and slide, §1.80;000. G4enville, 6575,006. Mirray „Canal, 6200,000. M sceltaneoes, te10,000 ; amounts charge- able to income, .62,000.; to Bettuliarnois Can 1; $8,000, to Chambty, 631;000 ; to St. Ours look and dare, 521,000, to - Burl neon Bey Canal, §11,000; to Rideau Can 1, 51:000 -; miticenanecus, 020,000. In repl to Mr. McCutaig eee Si Charles Tupper said the Government • were considering the projeot of the dry dock at Kingston as a part r of the --penal spit 0 the item. for 6430,510 for repairs of cane M Mackenzie drew attention to the fact that here Was it loss over the whole- banal. syste :during the last year , of . 541,953 as the r salt of last year's operations • On theitemin the IntercOlonial Railway tepid s and working expenses, tb1,900,000, tncre se 5300 000 - - - Mr Mackenzie quoted the figures With: refer nce to rolling stock in the former years as compared with the present year, and e pressed a -fear: that , there was too muc charged to capital account and net enou i to revenue; thereby causing an appa nt reduction in the werkingexpeei3es. ' Sir Charles Tupper said such was not the ease, -nd-suhenitted a statement showing the n inber of -miles in operation daring the di 'erent yettee. Mr. Mackenzie said the statement which ptace an average number of miles in opera on underthe late Government, at five h miredand forty,- was not -correct The a erage number Was six hundred and fif teen . Sir 4harles -Tupper admitted that there was a error in Calculating the average. r . ' Mehnglin esid it was amazing to hear the M dieter of .Railways make such thisleadin -statements With reference to this work, ind that under the Oise. of `official ,statena nts. The hongeritleman- had told the country that he had .effected a saving of the -quarters Of : a miilion in the workingexpenseS. He withheld -itom the: pubhe the filets which' would explain to What that so called economy - anapunted. The hon. ,gentleman would have it that: by ;educing , the staff vend putting down salaries he had effected this. wonderful :saVhig. . The • hongentleman- knew,- hhWever, that e the .-. expenditure - of 6146,000 made when the read Was under, - the, Management- of the late MinisterOf Public Works (Mr. Mackenzie) was Wade for -steel rails and charged to construction account, when in reality the amount should haea-beencharged to capital acc'ount. The.sanie renatterkeealeo Applied to -a large awn spent nitrides.: These and Other things should, infair play, be credited to the lite Adthinietratton. . 'Ali .kiaew, also,: that the 'expenditure on terminal sidings and so forth would be Much greater: during the first knit or five. years. , • The House adjburned .at 3a.m. itedia of All Born,. - - . - • The vete ftit maintaining royal palaces. iteEnglandthis ,year is over 6200,000: :This *quite independent of the Queen's revehue, Vienne, despatch says a tacit, amnesty will be granted - to the insurgents in the Herzegovina who will return totheirhorries atd labor quietlye .-. • - The CantierVativei of South Grey have -notnineted Mt. George Jackson, M.- P.; for the House of gem:noels; and Mr, eJohn 13..4.elygitsh4.4-tRueretze of Ner:in, anby,her the.11eocal The Prince of Wales' eons have started oh a tour though the Holy -Lend, and will atilt -Ward. -proceed to Athenti On e visit to the King of the Greeks, returning home early in June. • . The President of the Pethisylvania-Pliar- maceetipel Society is Mated by rthe Lancet to have said that " two-thirds of all the medicine sold in the United States was in theform of patent meditineti." - • . . , A Vicksburg despateh. says that on account of the _infirmities Of the Episcopal bishop, Dr: Green- Bishop:, Wingfield, of Califotniaee- has e beea chose , assistant bishop of the Diodeee: of : , , - It is a pretty, safe rule . for one who ie attacked by :the plaiting fever - to buy nothing Which has not .An apptoved, and firmly :• established. worth, and . t� buy exclusively -of responsible_ and regular. dealers. . • ' Tar. &tines Clerk; Colleetot of Canal Tolls and Custom s at Pore ,Dalhousie, died yes: terday moraing. :He has been collector' for a unnaher of years, having succeeded his brother;thelateiJ:S. Clark, as ecalectOr. He leaves 'a wife and three -children. —TheCityCorporation of Toronto Iiave for Some time.. petit been disctiesing the . desirability- of building a new City .Hall., - ,and it is now proposed to.: have . al 6200;000; building. for dill° perpoiee erected in the Queen's park: _ PattithiledistoVeted a tenet: in a village shoemaker in Italy. She has en- abled hini to go. and study in London. AS to his voice, she._decleise- 4!:: it le 89: extra- ordinary that eveni.,Ahat.'of :Mario would have. seemed ()Ismail ' itecoutit by com- parison."• • • - • Paris advices state that the Mae -gels of Anglesey, who married in 1880 the Widow of Henry Wodehouse,- daughter- of J. Kieg, of Georgia,- U. S., has separated from his wife,- -; The Marque' announces that he: will not be responsible for her. delete: • • :Manchester,e_England; a eathethe lay -dowituPonliersted to sleep, and presently awokecorpse to all intents and. purposes,, for she • lived only a few •motnetite. .An ekilannititin -Showed that -a. hairpin hall. beendriven more than two niches- into her brain. • . • - •A. testimonial and public hteektattlay citizens of Montrealjstobe tencleted tothe Gavin Lang :before. • he leaves for . Scot; land, He is felt to he & landmark of the Scottish Presbyterian plmroll in Moutree17: whom her Citieees, irrespective of treed; are sorry to part with, . • • • - Captaiii:MoRbbie., one of. the 010'4.6re- Men in -Montreal; and a Icing - time chief of the local selvage corm., in *Web he dise tinguished himself by his daring and intre- pidity, Iias received . the -appointment of Chief Of the Winnipeg Fite Brigade, lot a eilery. of $1;800- per ' There iteehotigh-Of Ittarks, the leevytheiin i 4 Topais : Cabin," as usually per r formed, to satiety _ ane reasonable demand; but:ee the Arch Street Opera House, Phila- delphia, -an audience - .received &tole: dose of im (hiring 0110 act. 'Actors Kensil and Fisher 'both' °labeled' -to . have been engaged for. the Tatt;.: and they acted it a while in concert, •-• - A letter from Naples inthenewel- paper; :Ftertieveranza, relates how Sarah Bernhardt left that city with twO irtuhenee Vane: of luggage, comprising hUndreds'a beim of all _sizes, including & long one, whir& gave rise to the Story of her canting her eoffin everywhere about with her; She -seat letters.of thanks to the newspapers for their notices of her -five performances, and left 300 francs for the poor. Prof. .Willia,nisee, of -Queen's College; Kingston, . Will resign his position -at .the close ce the exercises this week. He has been attached to the college sinee its infancy; and did a great deal towards Mak- hag it what :it is to -day.- - Yesterday after: been he preached the; Baccalaureate ser- mon - to the students, by-- whom he is beloved exideeteemed, and by whole he Will be entertained at a conversazione; He if -retiring from -active life. : • s. The Liverpool pence the other day arrested Leonard Bateson, a youthful farm' tervine, who was charged with stealing £70 from e chest teethe. house Of his master at Skiitoti; near Lancaster. He hall pur- chased a ticket for Quebec in the :steamer :Parisian, • and had provided himself with two revolvers, a- dagger, two bowie knives and &stiletto-, His imagination had been fired by reading Capt. Mayne Reid'anovels;. and he was goingona bupcaneeritig expedi- tion to the fat west. - - THE patent metallic- tips on childree's shoes are worth to the holder of the patent 02,000,000. The dancing negro, a familiar toy, furnishes the inventor an income of 130,000 a year. The common needle threader, a favorite article with the street - corner vender, is worth 610,000 a year to the man who owns the patent. The stylo- graphic pen patent and the patent for the. ordinary spring window shades each yield the inventors an income equal to that of 11,000,000. The patent of Green's drive well is said to be worth $2,000,000. .. • ' Nothing to Eat. "Nothing taeat ! 0-, great God 4 x -khat &cry - '1,0 go from the heart of a citYl. Circled with plenty,and splendor, -Ito -die • Without love, without heine, without pity. Starvingt—wbile Fashion is feasting in there._ - Feasting, dancing,—in reach of her call, - 'Freezing !—while snow -flakes and leicles glare - With.the glow from that sumptuous hall. * -* • * * * • Rich 'dainties and ,rare, :costing marvellous • sums, : . - - -'Heaped.up there in her famishin: g sight. - Starving I. ---yet -might have been saved with thecruni . tha--tbanquet-ito-night: - '-Nothing to eat,' amid plenty antwaste ! 0 dear Christ, at Thy banquet, above, '' Of -those, Then hast bidden, hew few there shalt •-taste,- •- Hoe sp'wanting in brotherly lave. . 'Starving l' they heard; but the -great door shut In this wide world, oh; where CeUld she go"? '• llotheleas• and friendless !..unloved, ati butcaSt.:-.. - -With 'nothing to eat' but the snow! • - , The city:was vast ; she turned to the east.; Clutched a sttow-drift,---=sank down ;. in the: •• light - Of &heavenly pa:n4uet, fair girl, thou shalt feast:- . While they starve who are feasting to-iiight." ShreWd -foclEver.. . . It an extended artiole in theiWaeliington '. (D. C.) Star, we notice that abiong Others Senator &tines G. Blaine, who has suffered in the past .with rheumatism; .now keeps St: Jacobs Oil on hand in base ,cf any futdre attatiki -- -._• •' ' Ax interesting irurder tria,. in - which the defence was a plea of insanity—now : custeiniaryeand often euccessfitl-ehas been heel in _Boston. The prisoner - Was Frank 0: Pease,. Who had killed his Wife in a fit' Of. jealousy. It was shown that he had no just cause for suspicion: againft her, and , the- question for the jury to -decide was . Whether he was :sane, at . the tiwe Of the deed. The evidencewas that he hid been Wild in hia conduct; that for eeverel days • he was without ',toed that - loved his, Wife devotedly; that nineteen [Of his rela- tives hall been...Crazy . or idiotic, and that hieewn.eccehtricities weee.marked, On the :other hand, it was: proved thathe. was drunk. when . he ' tileW his wife, and .the prosecution held that if he was delirious at an it was from drink. The Judge tOldlthe jurors that if Pease was sceineane.freni any - other cause thart.ium as to be Unaware of - , right and wrong, theyought to aequit. him ; that if his ctazineis at the tiVISWELS simply incited by -intoxication they Mightstill excuse him; but if the- deed I was due to rnto alone he was as accountable before the law as though perfectly. sober. A compro- mise. . verdict Of murder in the seteand degree - Was given: Coal tar' seems to possess a marvelous potentiality. Already_ -it has been : Coin - pelted to yield, -under the - haled .of the chemist, carbolic tieid;,pearic acid; paraffine, all the 'aniline dyes, artificial madder; artificial indigo . etc., and .now it promises to he a source of quinine, a substance called chinoline, 'closely reseriablieg- quinine,: having been manufactured from it. It is: believed that chemists will soon lit) able to , produce pure quinine itself._ • The port of 'Nee,' Orleanalia, s been designeteclae-aptiite from Which imported merchandise may be shipped in bond in• , --transit alien& the :United Stetes. teo- and from the British possessions ;in North America -by such - routes and . nnder=iiiiele - reguletiOns astheSecretary of the Treasury: May prescribe, • PASTOR IN -TROUBLE-, - . - • . Teny-Pa.stor, of Ner.v York,who is now. wtth bus inimitable variety combitto lion making a tont of the,- Ignion, is re- . cog,nized 7.as the leading; eharacter .Nocitlist ancl •variety performer or. :the:United States.. The writer -of this article met 11-ri 'Pastor re-- • eently, and faotviligil,..111.0iieml.1 -es.130:,g in privatueuri alaS be is .atia LI ing.befOrethe gvellsairetdiona5kiitto- h Cs. Physieal ' health-, -and he replied that ',itwas excellent. Re: had be- eastentilly Severe pains, zi that -charaeter rit•ver but' any eninplaint:7. of - :-etfriot:berthe reOult then,. matie attaclis or colds; . hadfound aremedy • . 7:111eShuit171-1Qiiunl'eaLiyi'llt: - affections. I asked what the rentedy and he -replied, uST.Jti.cons 31r. Pastor said that be conSidetedthe • Great German Remedy .an excellent- -.freparation for- the curo. or relief of • rheumatism, andthat it whs tbe only thing. used among professional people for that • distressing.compla.int.- Ilatoolt.bottlea-cf it with him whenever he Went traveling; and would nOthe Without it,and knew that it wasiVery popu,. lar With & nediber of ineraberk ofhis. own coui;-.-: Noy. .--The-fotegoing,-frozo tbe .1.1rooklyn(N, Y.) " _Eagle, reCalls to our Mind nn item Wherein the. -,editor Of the Cairo _(1ll) ..Even big Sun; in liaying tribute to the .enterprise ofthe St. Louis -paid; and cxpresoing. his sorrow at the IOss hy_. - fire which the latter paper_Sustained, Says : The • whole .office was knbelced - into ten thensand pieces—all except the 'ST: JAOSS 91.141:adVettief- • ment,.whith was mercifull.y.preserved."- 'The. • dosing remarks in the -Shove and. the -following - Mei-dent are -a true- index ofthe l unexampled popularity the Great German.; Remedy enjoys everywhere: :At a.St. theatre reCently whilst the .play Was in progresS,Mie of: the lady .-perforinerOxiet with a -painflil nrishap,I.Which- quiteJdisabledber:-.-Thohere Of the pieee,,equal tothe entergency; Called out to Onelofithe uShers to: "bring IL -bottle of ST. al...4-cous CIL quickly:" The thundering ipplarise throughput the.entire houSe kthich pro uptlY- followed thisliappy .-sttg‘. - gestion was an unmistakable- tn.bef -43-f -the fact . . that the audielicer had been theretbemelves," -as-the exgresston-goeS,-:and eiperjenced the beu-... . efits of this wonderful article.._.. • . . 'Charles A.- -Whitney; advertiOing agent Of . . Park Garden, Providence, -It.- I., writes ; For . -three years I had- inflammatory rhetiMatisin itt myfrightlip and -knee.- I buiployed many meted 4.11:yoicians;_and tried numerous reinedies for the .. eilment, but f mnd nothing ' to help me- -until' . used the Great GerraturRepietly, -rythielt cured me at now entirely NI/C1L11,:. • -• INSTITUTION. (ESTABLISHED 1874: , . 4 QUEEN STREET IliAST, rfutkoNvo.. NERVOUS DEBILITY, Rheumatism, Lame Bach,Neuralgia,l'aralysis atid-ailLiveriand Chest Complaints -iminediately relvd-,andi perma- nently by using thebe ICIATS, BANDS : AND INSOLES. - • - , Circulate and Consultation FREE. 3 ea'