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DOMINION PARLIAIdENT.
The following Bills were inttodneed and
read a drat
Respecting the Ontario Pacific Jimetion
Hadvf.aY 100 --Mr- HYhert.
To mcerporate the Manufacturer& Acci-
dent Insurance Co--1dr-
Mr. Thompson, replying to Mr. Mc-
Mullen, etated that it was the intention of
the Government to distribute to justices of
the peace an abridgement of the Revised
Statutes containing the criminal law, the
cost being about one-fifth of the Revised
Statutes.
Mr. White (Cardwell), replying to Mr.
Mallory, said Rufus Stephenson was in the
employ of the Government as Inspector of
Colonization Companies at a salary of
$3,000 and travelling expensee, the same as
those allowed for other employees inollani.
toba and the Northwest.
Sir Charles Tupper, replying to Mr.
McMullen, stated that tlaree-quartersof the
accounts connected with the revision of the
voters' lists were paid, and the remainder
would be paid within a few days.
Sir John Macdonald, replying to Mr.
Rinfret, said the Lieutenant -Governor of
Quebec had tendered his resignation on
account of ill -health. He had not asked
for leave of absence nor been granted it.
The resignation had not yet been accepted.
Sir Charles Tupper, replying to Mr.
Mitchell, who asked for facts relating to
Reciprocity negotiations, said everything
possible was being done bythe Govern-
ments of Canada and Britain to settle the
fishery question and promote Reciprocity,
but declined at present to make public any
particulars.
Mr. Thompson, replyingto Mr. Choquette,
said the salaries of Revising -officers were
not yet fixed, but would be shortly.
Mr. Amyot asked whether the Govern-
ment pro.pesed to take any steps to protect
the Dominion from attacks of the cholera
now raging in South Amerioe..
Mr. Carling said quarantine would be
enforced against all ship e coming from
South America, whether on the Atlantic or
the Pacific side. If any vessel were found
infected she would be detained in quaran-
tine.
Mr. Amyot said that yesterday the
Minister of Militia (Sir Adolphe Caron)
had stated that the reason for ordering the
9th Battalion, of which he was Colonel,
to discontinue drill was given in letters to
him (Mr. Amyot). This was not so. The
battalion, after being called out to drill,
had been ordered to stop without a word
of explanation and had later been ordered
to resume, also without explanation. They
were treated in a harsh and grossly insult-
ing way. He had asked also whether the
whole roport of Major-General Strange
on the 9th Battalion had been published
in full, and the reply was in the affirma-
tive. But Major-General Strange had,
published a letter in the press declar-
ing that there were parts of his reports
which were not published. He (Mr.
Amyot) himself had sent in, at the request
of the Department, a report of the opera-
tions of the 9th Battalion in the North-
west, but this had never appeared, and the
65th also had been almost completely
ignored. Twenty years hence, people read.-
ing the reports of how the rebellion was
put down would hardly know that there
had been two French Canadian regiments
engaged in the Northwest. The 9th were
cut up into five detachments and distributed
to posts of danger among the most danger-
ous Indians of the Northwest. They had
come home amidst applause, had been
crowned with wreaths and received with
open arms, but since he (Mr. Amyot) had
differed from the hon. Minister on the Riel
question his regiment had been insulted and
oppressed.
Sir Adolphe Caron denied that he had
persecuted or insulted the 9th Battalion,
and charged that Mr. Amyot had himself
insulted the French volunteers by declar-
ing that they were fit only to take care of
provisions and forts. He had been forced
to produce the correspondence between Mr.
Amyot and himself by an order of the
House.
The House went into Committee of Sup.
ply.
On the item of $90,000 for experimental
farms,
Sir Richard Cartwright asked what was
done with the $30,000 voted last year, and
what was proposed to be done with the
$90,000.
Mr. Carling said that a farm of 460
acres had been purchased near Ottawa for
$65,000. There were no buildings of any
account on the land. It was intended to
establish experimental farm stations, one
in the Maritime Provinces, one in Mani-
toba, one in the Northwest and one in
British Columbia. It was expected that
the cost of site, buildings, stock and
machinery for the farm near Ottawa would
be 4160,000.
After remarks from Mr. Sproule, Mr.
Semple and Mr. Gigault, the item passed.
On the item of £20,040 sterling, Canada's
contribution to the Imperial Institute,
Sir Charles Tupper explained that it was
intended to use the grounds at South Ken-
sington, which had been used for the.
Inchon and Colonial Exhibition. Impos-
ing lmildings would be erected, one.half of ,
which would be allotted to the Colonies and
India. It was intended that the institute
Should furnish information as to the pro-
ducts and industries of the British Empire.
He had stated clearly to the Prince of.
Wales and other heads of the Instimie that
£20,000 would be Canada's entire centri-
bution.
Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Mallory expressed
entire disapproval of the scheme.
On the item of $229,525 for immigration,
Sir Richard Cartwright urged the aboli-
tion, or at all events the great reduction, of
the expenditure under this head.
Sir Chars Tupper charged the Opposi-
tion with want of patriotism.
The debate wascontmued by, Sir Richard
Cartwright, Mr. Charlton and. Mr. Brown.
Mr. Paterson (Brant) said the want of
patriotism should be laid at the doors of
the present Government, who had pieced
obstacles in the path of the progress of
the country and had placed it an a disad-
vantage as cOmpered with the United 8
States, a cotintry with inferior natural
advantages.
The items relating to immigration and
quarantine were passed after a long discus-
sion and the gone° adjourned at 1.20.
Bill to incorporate the Teeswater & Lake
/liven Railway Company. (From the
Senate.)
Mr. Foster laid on the table additional
papers ;elating to the Rehriog Sea SelZUXSS.
The House Went 4.4t9 connnittee of
°PPn tla.
0 e hem militia, $1,286,000,
-Mr'? Penis= dreW ettentioo to several
reeemmendations In the Bfaior.tionerai'e
report with which he could not agree. The
report recommended that all officers of
permanent corps should be senior in rank
to other militia officers. He objected
strongly to the idea. It was a slavish fol.
lowing of the English system, while the
condition of tl2e two forces was entirely
dissimilar. In England there were the
volunteers, the militia and the regular
army. Here we had only the militia. In
England it was not intended and for two
or three hundred years the practice had not
been followed, that militia or volunteers
should be used in foreign service, although
it was not the standing army that laid the
foundation of England's greatness in the
battles of Cressy, Poictiers and Agincourt.
Yet in all modern wars in which England
was engaged the standing army alone was
sent to do the fighting. In England, there-
fore, the officere of the permanent force had
thebenefit of experience, which was denied
to the officers of militia and volunteers,and
that might justify the regulation there, but
here it was entirely different. The moment
there was any trouble here, calling for mili-
tary aid, the Canadian militia. turned out
and served alongside of the permanent corps
wherever they might be required. The
militia officers of Canada niade great sacri-
fices for the force. They spent their time
and their means and did everything they
could to further its interests. On theother
hand the permanent officers had good pay
and were well looked after, and there was
no reason why they should have any
preference: Again, the Major-General ad-
vocated the enlargement of the regular
forge and a corresponding decrease in the
militia as a. step necessary to maintain
a proper system of defence. 'He (Mr.
Denison) thought that exactly the
opposite course should be pursued. The
schools should be cut down to the smallest
possible limit consistent with supplying the
necessary instruction. Of what earthly use
would be a standing army of one or two
thousand men in the event of trouble with
our neighbors to the south? Of no use at
all. On the other hand, if we had a militia
force of one hundred thou ' sand men it
could, by increasing the service rollof
every company from 42 to 125, be enlarged
to three hundred thousand, a force which
would be of great service to us in an
emergency. In Europe the idea was to go
in for armed nations, and in his judgment
that was the proper course for us to follow.
We,should endeavor in every way possible
to infuse a military spirit into the people.
The military force should be at once in-
creased to 50,000, and should be drilled for
at least sixteen days in each year.
The idea ought to be scouted
of going backwards by reducing
our strength. He did not think
it was to the interests of a young country
like Canada to have a large standing army.
We could not afford to have any drones in
the hive. But by a moderate amount of
drilling we could have a large force which
would be available and useful at short
notice. It was tanderstpod at Confedera-
tion that one million dollars would be spent
annually on the militia, and he clic] not
think it was fair that when reductions any-
where were found necessary this appropria.
tion should suffer. He hoped the Minister
would not be guided by the report of the
Major-General, and that he would not per.
mit injustice to be done to the Canadian
militia by giving regular officers special
rank over them.
Mr. O'Brien said he quite agreed with
the last speaker in his criticism of the
evident intention on the part of some of
those in authority to place the permanent
corps in a position different from that of
the militia. He strongly objected to any-
thing being done •which would make the
permanent force anything more than that
which it was intended from the first to be,
a school of instruction.
Sir Adolphe Caron said he agreed with
Mr. Denison that a standing army would
be altogether out of place in this country.
The permanent corps was intended merely
for instructional purposes, and its useful-
ness had been shown in the number of
trained men who were turned out every
year to render valuable services to the
country. He did not place the same inter-
pretation on the report of the Major-Gen-
eral as Mr. Denison had done. The Gen-
eral did not wish to replace our militia
systern by a permanent army, and he was
sure that suoh views would not be enter-
tained by Parliament.
The item passed.
Orr the appropriation for the Military
College at Kingston,
Sir Richard Cartwright asked for infor-
mation with regard to the fine of $100
imposed on those cadets who had taken
service in the Imperial army.
Sir Adolphe Caron said that matter had
been referred to the Minister of Justice for
an opinion as to the legality of the fine,
and his opinion was that the authorities
had a perfect right to impose a fine on
those cadets who had entered the Imperial
service. '
Mr. Denison trged the Government to
consider the advisability of giving four
cadets at the head of the graduating class
of the Royal Military College each year
employment in the Civil Service of Canada.
If that were done it would encourage those
who passedthrough the college, and would
be an advantage in that way to the country.
He believed the first four cadets received
commissions in the regular army, and it
might be optional whether they would take
such a commission or else could go into the
Civil Service of Canada.
Mr. Jones concurred in the views ex-
pressed by Mr. Denison.
Sir Adolphe Caron said if Mr. Jones,
when Minister of Militia,theld the view he
had expressed, that policy had been pretty
well followed by this Government. Some
of the cadets of the Royal Military College
were at present employed in the Militia
Department; others had received corn -
missions in the permanent corps or Mounted
Police.
Sir Richard Clurtwright said he under-
tood Sir Adolphe Caron had made the
elections himself. What Mr. Denison and
Mr. Jones lied suggested was that these
appointmals be offered as prizes.
The item passed.
The follpwing Bills were reed a third time
a
nd passed :
To incorporate the Collingwood General
and Marine Hospital—Mr. McCarthy.
To incorporate the Niagara &Woodstock
•
Railway company. ---Mr. Sutherland.
To iiimerporete the f3outh, Nerfolit
way CoroPtknY•Mr- Tiedale-
TheHettee resumed inCOrnmittee ofSuPPIY.
On item drill shedsand rifle ranges $10 000
Mr. Denison inquired whether or not an
anionnt would be Placed in the sulk'
inentarY eatirnate8 kr the 4.411 811P at
Tnrolite.
Sir Adolphe Caron said when the 8IMPle-
rneotary eatimatee came down he thought
it would be found that Toronto had not
been forgotten.
Mr. Kenny inquired if it was intended to
enlarge the drill Shed at Halifax.
Sir Adolphe Caron aid it was impos-
sible out of the money voted to provide
every place with drill sheds, and he feared
nothing could be done for Halifax this
year.
On the item $11,000 for the Halifax ex.
tension of the Intercolonial Railway,
Mr. Jones criticized the management of
the Intercolonial and objected to the appro-
priation.
Mr. Ronny complimented the Govern-
ment on what it had done to promote the
interests of Canada, including those of
Nova Scotia. He (Mr. Kenny) was a Cana-
dian, and we should have no national ex-
istence without the Intercolonial Railway.
He wondered if hie colleague was a Cana.
dian.
Mr. Jones—No.
Mr. Kenny—.I regret to hear the hon.
gentleman say that.
Mr. Jones—I am a Canadian by Act of
Parliament.
After considerable discussion on the ap-
propriation for the Intercolonial Railway
the item was passed.
Sir Charles Tupper presented a special
report on the fisheries protection service.
Sir Charles Tupper drew attention to a
despatch in the Mail to -day purporting to
give the substance of an interview between
hignself and Secretary Bayard during his
'recent visit te Washington. He wished to
say that itatementa in the despatch were
not only incorrect, but were in almost
every particular quite the -reverse of the
truth.
A New Pet /or the Baby.
From Florida comes a suggestion in
answer to the question, How shall I
amuse the baby ?" Give him a baby alliga-
tor to play with. The little creatures are
great pets with children, who are not afraid
to take them in their hands and to their
bosoms, or lay them against their cheeks
with loving caresses as they would a doll
or pet kitten. Theyale a cheap plaything,
costing but 75 cents, ad are very moderate
in their wants. A smell tub, half filled
with water, and a boardlaid, slanting wise
—with one end in the weterr•upon which
they can creep up and suothemselves—and
twice a week a bit of beef the size of an
English walnut, is all they require to
sustain existence domfortably. A cheap
pet and a charming one, the children think,
who every year take hundreds of them
north in perforated boxes. The first pos-
session of them is a great delight to their
small owners, who in their extravagant ad.
mirations take them out of their boxes in
the hotel -rooms and allow them to run
about freely. The lively little reptile, with
his cunning head uplifted and black eyes
peering curiously about, has a trick of
darting suddenly and disappearing instan-
taneously, under the Meld careful watch-
ing. He has also a fondeass for a warm
berth, and is more than likely, to 'turn up,
upon search, in the folds of lithy's frock, or,
if the infant be asleep, cozily nestled about
the little one's neck, witlilis.yeinted head
rooted underthe Plump chin. Should baby
chance to waken he will laugh‘end coo and
clutch at his slippery cradle mate, who will
slip away from the little fingers as if they were
greased. Children have no repugnance to
the young " 'gater ;"'en the contrary, they
love them and encourage their familiarities
and are never tired of watching their droll,
secretive ways.—Was1i4ton—Post.
Why She Wished to Get Married.
Constance is very young, but she is also
better worth quoting than most grown
people. Her envy was somewhat aroused
by the fact that a wedding' was about to
take place in the family of her little play-
mate, and "that the playmate thereby had
the advantage of her; so she remarked,
very complacently, to her little friend's
mamma:
"Mrs. ---, did you know that I was en-
gaged to be married ?"
"Why, no, Conny. Is that so?"
"Yes, ma'am; I'm engaged to Fritz
Ward" (small boy of her acquaintance).
"He doesn't know it, but I've got to ex-
plain it to him."
"Well, Cony, do you expeot to he mar-
ried soon ?"
"Well, I hope so. The fact is, Pm tired
of being spanked, and I thinkw,e'll be mar-
ried very soon."---Harper's Magazine.
A Shower of Black Bain.
Lucius Boyd, of Boydville, Queen's
County, publishes in the Dublin Express to-
day the following singular particulars: A
very strange atmospherical phenomenon
was witnessed in Castlecomer and the sur-
rounding district for about four miles on
Saturday night. A general depression was
felt all over the district at about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, accompanied by lightning
and thunder and a tremendous rainfall,
which oontinued till about 7 o'clock. More
lightning was then apparent, and at 7.30
the town of Castlecoroer seemed to be en-
veloped in a thick black cloud. Animals
were frightened, dogs rushed to and fro in
a wild and frantic state. At about 7.50 a
thick black rain fell, sufficiently black to
stain any white cloth, and apparently im-
pregnated with an insoluble dust. The
water of the local streams and cisternewns
discolored, and in many places could not be
used for domestic purposes.—Pall Mall
Gazette.
Annual Military Drill.
The militia general orders issued yester-
day contain regulations for the annual
drill. The maximum number of men in
twelve districts to receive pay is 20,255.
City corps may be permitted to perform
twelve day's annual drill at their loes.1
eadquartem prior to December. Rations
in camp Will not be commenced till the
morning of the second day, consequeetly
corps will be require t� provide one day'a
cooked rations and one day's forage.
Twenty.five cents per officer and mein and
thirty-five cents per horse will be iSStied in
money in lieu of the first day's rations'
Medical inspection of every officer and mils
Must be made before a corps goes into
, canal).
.XT14.4.4CIP PAr 4, ,..*Vicgit,
Pat!ictla sterY Qf 41, it';u104 Westerner am;
a rilaa!3!1-1144404 if0e.
At Rawlins, Wy., a few Weeks ago,
one of the saddest. incidents it ,bas ever
been InY iefertnne to witness. A randier
react into teWii on horsehack holding in his
Arnie a dead hal4—ra eWeet HOP thing With
flaxen hair., Which earled all over #B head,
and soft glue eyes„ which had not been
closed even in 01014. PerotY-five miles
across the country that ;al:Muer had Parried
the dead babe in 1:lip arnni. I talked with
him and heard hiS,„sOrY. It Was this;
'A year or more ago he had begun a
correspondence with a youog woman in
Chicago, getting her address from a inatri.
menial paper. The result was an ex-
change of pho'
tographs and finally mar-
riage. The girl went to live with him on his
ranch, but the lonely life there did not suit
the city girl, and a few weeks after the
birth of her babe she ran away to Chicago,
leaving husband and child behind her,
There was no woman on the ranch, and the
rough father did the best he could to rear
the child. I have no doubt that he was
tender and attentive—in fact, he said he
neglected his stook and did nothing else but
care for his child—but, robed of 'its
mother's care, the little one sickened and
died.
" ' My life seemed to go out with that 'ar
little one,' said the rancher, in his rough
way,' an' when she died I cried like a
woman. Then my heart rose in anger
against the mother, and I felt that I could
kill her. It seemed to me that 'ar babe would
be alive an' amilin' an' moire to -day if her
mother had not deserted her. Then says
I to myself, r11 be avengedt And so I
wrapped the poor little one in a blanket,
jumped on my horse and came here. Pm
goin' to send the mother a little present --
a peace.offering from her deserted hus-
band. I'M gem' to send her the bogy Of
her little 'un.'
"He actually procured a little coffin and
laid the babe in it, after kissing the white
face again and again, and cutting a few
locks of the golden hair from the little
round head. There were no tears in his
eyes—he seemed to be past that—but as he
turned away from the railway station, where
he had shipped the body to an address in
Chicago which I shall not give, he appeared
to me to be the most broken-hearted man
I'd ever seen.
"In five minutes he came running back,
seized the little box, and exclaimed:
"'No, no! I can't do it. Give me my
little 'un. Keep the money, but give me
my little girl.'
"Before the station agent could say a
word the man had put the box on his
shoulder and run away. Five minutes
later we saw him on his horse, the box in
his arms, galloping back to his ranch."—
Chicago Herald.
Solomon's Judgment.
The London Academy gives the following
as " Solomon's Judgment in Chinese:"
Two women came before a mandarin in
China, each of them protesting that she
was the mother of a little child they had
brought with them. They were so eager
and so positive that the mandarin was
sorely puzzled. He retired to consult with
his wife, a wise and clever woman, whose
opinion was held in great repute in the
neighborhood. .
She requested five minutes in which to
deliberate. At the end of that time she
spoke:
"Let the servants catch me a large fish
in the river, and let it be brought here
alive."
This was done.
"Bring me now the infant," she said,.
"but leave the women in the outer cham-
ber."
Thiswas done, too. Then the mandarin's
wife caused the baby to be undressed and
its clothes put on the large -fish.
"Carry the creature outside now and
throw it into the.river in the sight of the
two women."
The servant obeyed her orders, flinging
the fish into the water, where it rolled
about and struggled, disgusted, no doubt,
by the wrapping in which it was swaddled.
Without a moment's pause, one of the
mothers threw herself into the river with
a shriek. She must save her drowning
child.
"Without doubt she is the true mother,"
she declared; and the mandarin's wife
commanded that she ehould be rescued and
the child given to her.
And the mandarin nodded his head, and
thought his wife the wisest woman in the
Flowery Kingdom.
Meanwhile the false mother crept away.
She was found out in her imposture, and
the mandarin's wife forgot all about her
in the occupation of donning the little baby
in the best silk she could find in her
wardrobe.
How the Girl Graduates Dress.
Fashion's dictum this year for com-
mencement dresses is all white. The de-
signs for making are simple and girlish,
and the favorite garniture is ribbon. There
are bows on the shoulders, the waist, on
the sleeves, supporting skirt draperies and
sashes, and they are draped diagonally
across the front, sides or back and finished
at the ends in graceful flote. Lace is a
favorite material, point d'esprit, platt, Val,
and Fedora being much used. Point
d'esprit dresses often have a floanct at the
bottom of the skirt and the lower part of
the drapery bordered with rows of narrow
satin or mire ribbon set above a deep
hem. A pretty idea is to make these
dresses ,over white lawn. It is very dim.
tive and not half as expensive an made
over silk. Skirts are cut walking length,
waists unosuelly high, or sometimes
pointed back and front, or cut sqnare, so
most becoming to the wearer. Sleeves are
made in puffs finished with a frill at the
elbow, or full at the top and gathered into
a band at the waist and finished with a
band of ribbon and bow.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Aspirations of a Kansas Editor.
Why don't the men assert their indepen-
dence and go barefooted during the
summer? I straw hat, a Calico shirt and
a linen pair of pants—we wish fashion
would decree something of that kind.—
Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
The first baby bern in South Sioux City,
Neb., was given a Serenade' by tke band and
presented with a corner lot in that prornis.
ing town.
Sim f.,r04.010 o the Marslad State.
There is ,InanY az Uhl inOther144W
that 114 Jiieha4 UR t deVii iglt along 933
that line- There ie caanY Pod'Inotlierl
io-lew. thave got a good pne. But when
you get held ef had one, ,my, mY, my.
An old meddlesomecreature, ,she won't go
to her_Pen-in-laW, gets Wifeonhini:
" don't do right in this and that.' 1
tell you, ray sister, as GO is my judge—
listenoothe most littered relationehip of life
ought never to he interfered with by
third party. Brother Smell said divorce
courts and laws hid their origin in hell,
and I believe it. Siete; if pop have a bad
bargain yoo etick to the title and die by the
bargain, Sister, 'he careftl how yoe
marry. Be not unevenly yoked together.
But if once the bargain is made stick to it
and die by it. That's my doctrine. There
is many a pure, gopd, noble woman that
has a very brute for her husband. There
is many a sweet.spirited, good, clever,
honest fellow that is trying to drown his
troubles at home in liquor from day to
day. Law, rny sister, if your limo
ie not more charming than a gamb-
ling hell, or a bar room, you are
in a bad fix. When you make
home what it ought to be, your husband
will stay there or he is a dog. You can
take either horn of the dilemma. There is
many a woman that lives so that her hus-
band cannot love her and then quarrels
with him because he does not And yon
sit out there and look just as innocent as if
all that you lacked was wings, and !I
expect some of you had a big quarrel with
your husband before breakfast this morn-
ing. Sister, it is the wife's place, first and
always and forever, to make her home the
most sacred, the most lovable and moat
pleasant place this side of heaven. Oh,
how I do pity a Man that has got a dis-
agreeable woman for a wife i And instead of
getting bettir she gets worse—an
meping, sad,' disagreeable woman. WeJJb
you say (whining) ; " if your health yfao.ag
bad as mine." Good Lord have mercy oh I
you. God knows, if you feel as bad as yon
look sometimes he ought to remember you.
Sisters, I sympathize with you to the very
depth of my heart in all your sufferings and
cares; but let's carry the spirit arid
pleasantness, because there is so much at
stake. It takes a true hero to carry e.
pleasant face and cheerful heart through
suffering.
A New Medical Plant.
A very interesting discovery that a plant
well known in India, which is entirely
harmless, destroys the power of tasting
sugar, has been recently publislaed
Nature by Professor Thistleton Dyer. The
plant is the gyrnnema sylvestre, growing
widely in the Deccan Peninsula, and also
met with in Assam and on the Coromandel
coast. A. late Governor of Madras and
other residents of India who have tested
the properties of this plant certify that
chewing two or three leaves_ of it abscra
lutely abolishes the tongue's Power to taste
sweetness. Professor Dyer's experiments
with leaves sent to him at Kew, in Eng-
land, corroborate their testimony. This
plant is likely to prove a most valuable
addition to modern materia medico.. Its
power to destroy the taste of, sweetness
suggests its use by physicians to correct
morbid craving for sweetmeats, which is a
source of widespread disorders of diges-
tion. General Elles, of Madras, is reported
as having found that gymnema abolishes
"the power of enjoying a cigar." While
smokers May not "relish this, physicians
may prize immensely a plant which, admin.
istered to patients who use tobacco to ex-
cess, would for a time, at least, check
nordinate smoking. The power of the
plant to render tasteless many drugs which
are extremely ominous ,promises to com-
mend it to the medical profession.
Innovation in the Harem.
When the Pandishah sanctionsinnova-
tions in the harem it is impossible to pre-
dict what may happen next in the world of
Islam. For centuries the names of the
ladies of the Imperial harem and the par-
ticular apartments they occupied have been
known only to the Sultan and the Chief of
Eunuchs. Latterly, however, this confi-
dence has been shared by two of the physi-
cians attached to the household. Now the
Commander of the Faithful, of his own
motion it is said, has ordered that infuture
each Sultana shall enjoy the 'luxury of a
visiting -card, and that she shall affix a
copy of it to the outer door of the apart-
ments she occupies in the harem. , For
whose enlightenment this information is
intended does not appear, unless it be to
facilitate the inquiries of lady visitors.
Possibly there has been a revolution in the
harem, and the Sultan has taken this
remarkable step in advance by way of mak-
Mg his peace with the lights thereof.—St.
James' Gazette.
Big Words from Bismarck's Land.
A. Berlin newspaper has been offering
prizes for long words, and this is the stately
winner:
"Transvaaltruppentropentransporttram.-
pelthiertreibertrauungsthranentragodle."
The intreprets.tion of this somewhat in-
volved idea would be: "The tearful
tragedy of the marriage [though why
tragedy and why tearful 7J of a dromedary
driver on the transport of the Transvaal
troops to the tropics."
Another gigantic attempt at allterative
word -making looks hardly less appalling:
"Mekkamuselmannenroasseninelchelroor-
dermohrenmutterrnatinormonumentemna
eher :" which is supposed to mean the
maker of a marble monument for the
Moorish mother of a wholesale assassin
among the Mussulmans at Mecca." It is i
only n Germany that they can do this sort
�f thing.—Poll Mall Gazette.
Freshness From the Green isle.
"Well, my girl," said Superintendent
Jackson to a young Irish woman who hap-
pened to be the only one of her nationality
aboard a big steamship filled with Scandi-
navians, "whet kind of a voyage did yen
have?" "Oh, don't mintion it, SOrr. Such
jabbering furriners no dacent woman ever
'crossed the say with before. Divil a wan
could understand a wurrud of English I"—
New York Sun.
A triirerent Vain, Though.
"I've been aching to fight that man for
Yuen'past."Wliydli't you, then? "
still."did the other day, and I am aching
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