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A HAPPY NEM YKAIL
Tin now call him "The Sar marplot."
Mi. Port. M P. for Comptes. has re -
n osed. Another rat ds..rtiag tb. N.kiatt
Ir Yew write a letter tomorrow be earn
te date it 11194 otherwise you will be otos
els.
Dopy do too n.uch " swearing off ' esus
New Year's D•y. A little of that kind of
busieeG. gees • long way.
Hos. DAym MILES carves up the mss-
ttitat osiatity of the V seat disguised with
• keen edgid sword, m to speak.
Tae almanac 111511 011 West-st. cootie
\
tallyhos" his teeth, wifhoat frightening any-
one. Menne of his heavy tragedy work is
very fanny.
rte/
Tan Montreal Herald, *bid. W been in
existence fate el years, suspended publics
ties Christmas looming. Death loves a
ghtediag mark.
Tee man who hes a stable full 11r bores
Shat lisp is forced to keep over the Winter or
las. $30 os the $100 will get in his fine
work an the when election
Joy e111,000 around. _`-
1s1 Sows of cur -lAssmei
fail_
tt' to get in their hadg.N in nus t one Io.r paw,.
tees. T. enwnn Insertion more linters
mast reseh the office Pueaday evening at
the imam Now. let everybody beetle
r
111
I;
Its
Tao weather reeds" P1ssmbr `was pard
Bram holiday l.eeierel( '-ceases of lack od
gsow, tent it wait an embolic«, *lasing to
she farmer who had en any horses to feed
• owing to the.$eeta of the McKinley Hill. wt
Ties C of West Huron are bet
e,sgfes• to get held of • new lugaeeaam M bot
tie leek pnlitieel cheese hereafter
TILE SIGNAL: GODERICH, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1001.
elegant . s'Band Inirs foe the
1As plats liar to display him 5slseh. Now
lot • prise be gives fee r e• the brae
lite of the N. P. in Mow /mir
kiiwT. Guina = A>Nro it V Baud
was net • seoceas as • *Ogg. Out of 66
dooiaia.s gives by hint white ou the bench
48 were reversed us appeal. It now looks
as d hu recent decentuU as Her Majesty .
ore will be reverted un w appal
to the peopk.
IT *111 be 10 order for saws of our local
oust 1o, explain to the humors til
West Hurn• why it is that Canadian barky
u over thirty .rnte higher in Buffet., that
.n Tomato, .ud that the war of tariffs be
tweeze the l'nitel State. and Canada Joew't
affect the puce.
Poi: the benefit of any of the neighbors
who are heading Ahat. way we might state
that the telegraph reports may that a specie:
Chn.tmas dinner was served to the inmates
of Ilse Ktngvton penitentiary os Friday last
and one Instalment of the bill of fare con-
sisted of 1.000 Ili, of plum pudding.
Wee% the Conservatives are trying t
kn ek Liberal tenant voters off the voters
hat• they are not afraid of the exodus
'•t:one to the Utoted States" is a frequent
••harge before the revising tweeter. The
Reformers, of course. tied that a Targe
number of their opponens who were ten -
Wile base also jumped the international
boundary
41
W POI* susO 1*1 f
I.a.t year THE. `v.:31•1 derided u1
give is rebate of to all .;oleserib•rs
who paid in advance. Many availed
theul.elves of the offer then made and
saved looney by pn•pawyntent. Others
neglect..) to do so. and w.•re taxed the
credit pries.
There is no reason why the man
who takes, acounty p-•tp'r should not pay
in advance for it• just as he does for his
city weekly, and during the coming
year the policy of " eta pay. no paper"
will be ',,forma by THE St.►NAI-.
During the past ten years over
$:3,0ii0 have !wen loot by Tile SI(:NAL
office in the matter of back sulircrip-
tions alone. and w e don't feel inclined
to iwe so generous to dead -heat raiders
during the corning ten years, if we can
avoid it, and we think we can.
THK SII:NAL is now one of the hest
country newspapers in Canada. It is
worth a dollar in :ulvantw if any pro-
vincial newspaper is. if it is not
worth a .dollar in adv :ince no one in
••ompello.l to take it. hut if any sub-
scriber thinks it worth hat ing prepay-
ment will be compulsory.
(►n and :after Fehr. 1st ren ' back
numbers shall remain on our list.
Our compositors and pressmen cl(a not
wait fur one. two. live or ton year for
their pay, :and we don't value the
esteem or gots! opinion of 'a subscriber
who belis•ve• that any (one this 14;•;1•
of .4utlgtnernt flay is early enough
pay his subscription.
Now is the time to sab.cribe.
INIIW.rttOttft 1a tem {:Ns.
If some one wee!.1 tie up some of
the fellows w)10 are waving the old
flag against recipntcity and yelling for
Canadian independence at the same
time there would ire a chanty to sae
the asylums from being r . J.' d
one of these days.
ffoeeo not this class of blathering
ninnies know t hat as thingn now
stand Canadian irudep•nden.•e• i- :an
impossibility 1 The voice of the Pro-
vim's that make up Confederation
would have to lie poetically unanimous
before Britain Mould consent to a► OT
erant'e of the present connection : and
a unanimous vote on the goestion can s
Dever he had.
never bear furor, end the sooner its
advocates abandons it the better it will
(me for the ouuntry. The ilkdepet)I
sauce fad is not less ridiculous and
absurd than is that political hell -broth
yclept Imperial Toleration, which
rivals in . , . elements the
contents of the witches' cauldron u.
Macbeth.
. , Imperial federation
anti all such Inwuures are quackeries
of the rankest type, and not by any
,nnmtanaa what thlr cOYDtry Deeds W
make it happy and i� ,, ,,, What
is wanted is the tearing down of all
barriers to trade between Canada ai.d
its natural market and near'at neigh
tear, the Caked States. Better still,
batter down all obstacles to commerce
and triode littwten Canada and the
world at Large. Follow the sample
that has been set by Britain in the
matter of trade relations with the wide
world, and let commence he as free t.,
coil*' to our shones as the balmy
breeze at Sunuie►ertele.
If Canada hal indepenel-'nue to-
morrow and continued its pre/tent
trail.• policy un.ler the eonditlons that
would then surround her she
would presently lie a laughing -stock
amongst rations. .1s it is, the fact
that she its ceases' ah a colony only
,airs her reputation on this line
Canada will do well to bide with
her mother until she is ready to be
were politically to the strongest and
best suitor for her hand.
•O. t1mga•NT. TRIP.
Monday last M. t' l'AMKRe,N left on
a loom's' trip to Florida, and will he
absent two or three weeks
The elector of West Huron will
be pleased to learn that Mr. (`AMEIto% s
visit to the southern clime has not.
been causeed by medical advice, for at
the time of writing his health was
never man• robust.
It is satisfactory al..e, to know Add
his stray from home will be rhort,'erll•
that a call to arms :along the line of a
byeelectionwill bring back the " old
war horse of Huron," whet for twenty
long years luta been at the head and
front of the political .. in the
Hunan Tract.
That his visit South will prove bath
pleasant and profitable is the wish of
T,IE Stumm. anti Its readers.
MleCIO tt►tr At SAT.
Liberals who opposed Anil con-
demned lion. Titus. M cGarr%v's con-
duct while In the )louse admired the
way in which he stuck to his party
and to his friends while undergoing
the searching examination at Ottawa.
He gave no one away hut himself.
He saved the Conservative Govern
meat from a sudden and complete
collapse. Sir H *.('TUR, the ('abinet
and the party these were his special
charge. and while he sacrificed him-
self he shielded them to the fullest
extent. The Conservative Govern-
ment il. now trying, to whiten its
character by punishing MitlIKKEvy.
But as Md:RK•yY was the chosen
agent of the Tory Administration for
collecting and dispensing campaign
funds, he has concluded that he has
...tittered enough for his party, and that
if he must ire torturer) at the hands
of those he helped to keep in power
then, like Scram* of old, he will
pull down the house and let his tor-
nentore perish with him. The Ottawa
Fre Press on Sntunlay interviewed
Mr. MCGREEVY, and the former treas-
urer of the Tory boodle fund and
devoted servant of the party thus
poke his mind. If he tells all, now
hat his fiends have deserted him, no
One• will blame him for it
Just imagine the Pro*inee of g,)uebr•
surrendering its present guarantees in
order to become a portion of an inde.
pendent nationality whit la would cause
the language and race of the largo
majority of its people to lo... the safe
guards which the treaty of 1761
t'.rowii around them. And with
the t;5 votes of Quehw: disa.nting
what party in Parliament could hope
to accomplish a sundering of the pres-
ent ties bending Confederation 1
if, on the other hand, it were po,s
allele to cut the connection binding
Canada to Britain, and the conditions
governing the union of the Prosin.e,l
at present continued to exist where
would the benefit. come In 1 True+
we ehouki ave a goodly portion of the
vice -regal gewgawry at Ottawa, and
that ,- • but absolutely towhees
figure. head of mock royalty the (:or
ernor-()eneral could he dispensed
tit ; bit Mhsrwi.e the present corn.
mrreial , d n• and ward tariffs
ween Qnada and her twat neigh
would continue to curse this
They
wast meet nue who win ant be aid
nor whin be eye he bis " a deed were
tiny' am Me eppsnles I ,
A peam beg bob WheM'hill besmy
bseeedsI eillIMRRIDO L slit Aa
6.
errantry.
Imo ; this dream
the part of Canada
a wino' thus wisp,
po.tibhs short d a
of osi be
is an ignis fatale% of
an intangible( ins emus
sehoeae which own
"1 am,- said Mr. McGreevy, "a victim of
c,rcumetaneea and of the ingratitude of
p .11tinal friends. The same may be said of
Michael and Nicholas' Connolly. For the
make of political friends 1 refused
to answer certain queattons put to me
when 1 was under oath before the privileges
and elections committee. i declined to
.tete what was untrue, and 1 fel. that 1
was in honor Is.und not to make onmpron,-
I4ag .tatemcni• aIecting there whom i
a.ppresed were my friends Rut now the
torn 1 .aught to .Meld are my
• .d 1 must and *111 defend n1y good limns
--el that of my family. These mem made me
the
TRsalcuw or Tn17R t-AM►AW. 1,4*u
I did not seek the position. And they knew
exactly how the money 1 get for election
pnrp0we was mimed. Fortunately i hove
documentary proofs, lettere. ree,ipu, etc..
i . the handwriting of the parties who ea
hived he mom/ showing when It went.
To may that they dol not know where the
memney Dane from is an absurdity."
And how w*m the m..ney deloused r
" That will bee:plained if the sae goes
ke trial. It was • ewe ugesio5s errwage.
ML
Tag PLAN M cage: an.
Teed, if 1 remember rightly, • stuseent
w old he prepared stemma the aswwnt d
moat/ r.quirel so each ormet.tweney. Then
rho (' eawI,detes. I'bis** Mink.
ler •ed others,wooM arrange Inc the disori
ton. Rut *solo naw wnekl take charge
m
the to eow to be used in lite aeigioass m
sty, ass his esus. it wee a eyotom1 of
Yoe take sew of ony lnewey and 1'n look
after yearn" Per 1-i s•sy Ser Adolphe
'r►
might take chart' of the had est apart far
• owe) v In elite rem of his supporter. Nyasa
wadidais,aad see that ti was property Mused.
.uasr Use supporter wutakl 144. a,wge
of the amount allotted to Su Ad.dphe's
ousatlteescJ . In thea way each imam
delete would be Ili • possums to say he
knew nothing about money being hrwtsht
noel his own county or .pent then. The
plan worked well. 1•erbape Murphy urn,
deed it.
LOOK OLT rue 5Ml'allAL
1 am sot going to allow myself to be sad'
• scapegoat by • lot of segrat.*. Hees a
worm volt turn when trampled on. This
imatres of persecuting me in order tet the
teen Inc whose benefit 1 got auto difficulty
...ay pone r purista ani moralism has gone
! r enough.'
CURRENT OPINION.
Norfolk Reformer : II to rumored that
George Tut Klackstuek, (1 C., as . possible
Tory candidate for Nest Huron .gam in M.
C. Ca:: run, M. e. We once hear.) gal,ge
say that he was rhe most defeated uan 11
l'suada. 11e was then not thirty ha. anil
had been five nines au un►uc.•esefol comb
late Inc I•arllau,rntary tumors. 1f he ruse
rgsieet C.ulertn 411 Huron, he wa11 be able
to add one aware to hu score.
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Re 111 041.1 A TKAsAI1'T.
Promoter Abbott is reported as having
elven as a nee= for declining to coattibute
to the Y \I ('. A. building fund tee he
del not expect to be a resident of Ottawa
Lung and that hie o uotributions would t.ou
tinur to go t.. Montkeal. It ir considered
that the Prenucr s answer would indicate
lire nitration before I•.ng to relmqui.h the
office he now holds as the nominee of Sir
John Thompson, who ed hint
last June to the Governor General.
TUE I LLGIAI. 1/111MlLVTtol.
I►tta*a Herald. Cons.: 'rhe following 1-
the o,nsuttetonal clause lartiele 8b of the
lkitteh North America Art) which the Lib.
.'rale claim has been violated by Lieutenant
Governor Angers in dtewalvlug the Quebec
A•.emhly •
•' There shall be a session of the Legi.la
torr of Ontario and of that of Quebec once
at lesot in every year. sin that twelve 11100th.
shall not Intervetne b•.ween the last sitting
of the Legislature in each Province in one
sesame wd Ira first sitting to the next
.eesi00.
When the Assembly convenes in April
next, a• tix4,) by Augers. over fifteen months
will have elapsed .Ince the close of its last
session_ The Assembly prorogued on Iter,
30. 1890. The 4 ,'usertattie defence that
the Lieutenant Gorerm.r can dissolve the
Legislature at any tune anti order _a new
election irrespective of the' above clause
looks rather MAY.
WAR ON THE TARIFF.
THE OW Op Inn PALMY tette r
Ncw lineWorld: It is the policy of the
1►emocratie\party, in the tnte:eat of the
people, to reduce tariff burdens to • mine
teem, t• make the common nr0t»wtes of
jife red tab raw materials of manufacture mo
far as peed*/ fres. to give every possible
. LI 1,4 N. ,,t. undnstry, and to retinue
the expenses of the Government to the
standard of actual need. it is the policy of
the d:epuhliran party to increase tariff taxes
s, a; to rostrad, trade. to encourage the
business of the rich at the expes.e
of the poor man to make the nooses
sanee of life .dear, and to collect vast
sums from the people which may be squan-
dered in ways calculated tAo purchase sup-
port for the party spending them. The
question Inc every man to answer in next
year's Presidential election is Which of
thecae policies do you prefer
rARMtnly t 1111 *1.1.5 THE .'n.,41 o.
Csoada Presbyterian : The (armee of the
Dominion have no conceivable excuse for ad.
vacating political union with the Milted
States. The (' . of Canada a in
their own hands and they mean have whatev-
er teriff arrangements a Parliament elected
by themselves can make. They are in an
nverwhelm,ng maj .rtty in all parte of the
i ,rne:non except British Columbia How
long could the representatives of the few
cities of Ontario stand out against the coun-
ties if the counties were united in favor of
any final pollee! Not a mnneh. Why
should a farmer advocate revolution until he
has teed every conetitutiona: remedy for
mar political ilk • If farriers went racupro.
my why not say w! They can control any
Government. Their majority can make and
unmake (' Why not use the
remedies at their own doors if they, as a
clans. are suffering wrongs!
won Pare THR TAWS', TAN ' 7�
Rural New Yorker : One of the foremost
claimor of the protectionist is that the (Deign
shipper pays the duties If this is true,
isn't 11 strange that when famine threatens
any country one of the first means of relief
thru,ht of should he a diminution or re-
moval of import desire n fond staffs •
Attain, the report of the Treasury Depart-
ment for the final y4r 1890 shows that
6,100 gallons of castor oil were imported,
valued at $2,910. The duties were )6,520
Now, of the foreign stopper paid the duty,
is it not certain owteat he not only made us a
t of thel, tut gave os besides
610 to get rid of it ! In 1880 imports
Iwought into the United States 664,653 gal
Ions of spwrde distilled from grain, valued
am $466 121,the duties on:which were $1,320, •
367. Who paid these mr4ti.. ! if the im-
ppeerters, they lost not .mly the liquors, bat
$873,916 heads. These are, of creme.,
extreme Caere, but the truth or fallacy of •
ptotosition is generally more forcibly
known by taking extreme carter
,A111*041 awn ,AND.
Moetrtal Star, formerly N. P (wgae • The
treble which broke nut lest Spring has hems
pthenag through maim years of tariff im
Winn of each other We have been Lasing
each other's roods a a truly Christian spir
it, though tt *nM he herd to find two
onuetries which meld bettor joie in a trent
nverci•1 00100
1.. roe'. see Tee O..
Of •r��,,,-,r• thing. This ie os.inently the sass
with Ft.isrwl's Nerviline, and greet pain
cure. 1t se an honest le esely.for it entente
to
the Inert pro/owlet the pun..., as.l moat
~tale pais subduing n Overlies hewn to
medical .si.... 1t is hewer, for it doer
all it elation to de it is leme.t, herrn*is it
ie the his ie the world. it only e.rt. Si
mess 4, try it, sod you coo bey • bottle at
5111) dreg tame& Neevib•o our tontgu.ho,
isenrsighs, parn i• the Irene41 sod side All
N. Mil, s.lievd be Pekoe's
wilir
ABOUT NATURALSCIENCE
HOW TO MACH IT IN SCHOOL -
An *ase.vap.e rower y imam Mau Wei
by mer Menu* Inn 1lhesil ercate 1e.5
area - warts* • sooty T.ih .erns* Im.taasIs.
Te. W. User **moment .< Yedere•
Anions all the various breaches to be
.1 ...i 1441 s. 50 .41 1l05 Inc 110'.I us., rival warner
Keub step In the of the all
eveid maw .t i neplw: all the priucsp.em of
uduc:alwu eau be .pplmd to 01, thus it ap-
posite dirwalr 10 the cheers Mama, to the
memory eel in the highest degree to the
remota. In wondering the reinject of teethe
-
uutK:.,witb which it teary br contrasted,the
reasoner pru.wd. deductively ; their study
rifted. • Jasetpllur in lasering trot premum to
wu,lu.aura. eat natural rescuer wutrod the re&
.w, trained tit .x.i (1y the opposite dare ctauu .
).'u bogus with particular. and from .ural
al 1110 at the geuer+l pruptratauu ; the oboe.
tattoo of tact brat, thea the law or truth_
tie observe the, phenonueuu.. as eek the
cau.e, rue au.%er will be a broader fact.
From little mystery we earn a greeter,
still a mystery. IYhe. h is the greater elms.
tor, that winch cantles the truth expound
ed or that which lifts up f-wu the petty t.l
the prominent and uurccreel' \1y Judi
uncut tna•buss to the per.epho• vi the Target
truth.
h:.rry true teacher in all the cehatries
has felt hs ur her ivablbty l0 Lft ma.
.Love himself. lame through the ages W
the time of the Great il+itcr Se heat the
sad refrain e.:.usag through the g.00m
•• Why Its fight elven to • nen *hoer way as
hid ' Stier thou the few only have male
the Ilght; the many, what u1 them' You
p..ntt to r.b,.atupu as a remedy. it, you say,
widens a man's sphere, arid sin eters pleas
urr. 'true. but to the multitude, if their
le seeing naerely relates tonnes and his work,
e: they know leather,/ of nature, tome wall
not .,dual mf :heir ,u.•kiup; Ow. 01 ahr i,,..,w1•
edge gamed, and 4herelorc Lu,.y %Ili •no et
only with Juappointmeut and pain.
Situated as Se are, ethos nal nbgnn
:•4111 in the C 4aa10,, 5041.44.11ii Jot e: tin-
y:crton they, of necessity, must he left
to the theologian : yet when we tkisk of
lktrkest F:ugland and remember that in a.
alarmingly large degree it is composed of
s he elevated, when we think of . aur
Rirclslls arid w bui :sale rubber* how true s
the axiom •• l'waduct Is three quarter, int
Ilfe." Now, •Ithou.th no ■ubject may la
taught to the exclusion til others, still is it
m.t lust possllde that we have neglected one
of the g,est•st moral and huu,a,iring 'ec
tows then are, namely • natural science •
Fant let us uneaider 1t a5 • humanizer.
('hildr,la very young are thoughtlew.,lut nut
cruel. You will see a chill take up a Salm,
snake, any reptik with impunity It s toot
until the are told they are harmful ami
must be they
that they think of taking;
i.m.went life. If from the first they were
taught that theee creatures had feeling,
eros ; taught something of their stractury
and uses ; their nvbt to five and be
protected by man, and 1. return for
such protectio. the *.'mein they are to hem
it this were done there would be lees need
Inc as many humane aaociet,es,aad in • higher
sense if they knew bow to take tare of
their own bodies there would be lass sick-
nsss and death. .`fecndly,as a discipline in
morals. in literature we study he works
of great men ; the purer the style the closer
the study. If .natter is what some selentune
and dmvines claim it to be : ,ntiwtestual prints=
of *pint grouped into • whole,then all mat-
ter must be the expremed thought of the
1►etty. Surely if we labor to catch the
beauties w the exorcised thought of the
creature, and feel their moral worth, we
wall to a much greater extent raise those
moxa'. by studying the works ..f nature.
Numbers et our greatest benefrcuors have
been sceentista The ma.i es without doubt
owe them everything ; they have, In very
fact, lifted the burthto from the weary
shoulder and male the heart light. The
artisan who hoover the reason tor his work
is no longer • mechanical drudge, but an in
ielligent worker,amd therefore has a hipper
and better life. Seen frum acertainstan.lprint
• certain knowledge of science is practically
of the hiehst value 4o Mao. What about
the pleasure it gives" Hear what Herbert
spencer says • • Thos who have Dever pe-
tered on scientific pursuits are bllael to moot
of the poetry by which we are surrounded.
Whoever had out in youth collected plants
ami in.ecte knows not half the halo of in.
tweet which lawns and hedgerows tan as.
sum'. Whoever has not sought for fords
has little idea of the poetics) aerocatons
that surround the places where embedded
t-eutres were found. Whoever at the sea
side has sot hof • microscope arid •cquarium
hlea yet to learn what the highest pleasure.
of the seaside are. Whatever it may do us
the hture,ecteaoe has trot 10 he peat found
an integral pert of school., but if we could
hear as mach of It •e we do ; "One third of
the 'bill's tee giver to reading, •.other
third to arithmetic," i feel sure that neither
eduatir.s nor the race would suffer.
As regards the manner mf teaching
. cies,e mach might be mid with profit to as
all. With the subject we have t., a,netder
the science of teaching it with benefit : that
is, as i husk Fitch nays : " We rimy give
a very scientific lesson in arithmetic and a
very unscientific lemon in science." A
N umber of feet. told, a number of meaning-
less ward* memorized is • lemon of he sec-
ond .lie., end from an educational point of
view had better give place 4o the former os
mathematics. A lesson on selene must
always be first objective, lastly subjective.
The teacher shield laws • debnite line of
thought to carry out as • course to itgives
Teo matey brooches of the subgect abeuld
roe be taken up at ono. ; that at, mineral
sod plant life would be better taught u
d,ffere5t Ulnae, Thee oke • ornament) min-
erals for two .r three months ; hare the
numerals studied by the children. If pos-
sible tweak them up into ,.heir oolnposest
parte; nose their like. awl difler.no.s,
stevedore ; dwell on their uses .ed where
found ; at every lesson drill. At the
sortable time of year tithe up plant life ;
have the seeds planted lot the pupils learn
lead And out Use parts Inc tbeowlvs ; take
them oat into the woods, describe a flower
and tell them to we if they can did it It
is wonderful how quickly they will be.olne
interested. Spengler will be hareeighti is•
formation given and asked der 11 they
think v... its ssrehier for troth with them
there will be an enthusiasm kindled that
will take mooch to q.*ed 8n again with
anneal Ish ; let them ser venose sposiamsee
of
the ddieroot briarh*a,thsy wa11 very* suss
h. able to tell . mdwsk from radiate sad give
the ekes s well. is the way, ten, the memmous e1 the ehildrea will be lmprwved. A!•
ter • immo err ea gives Um yen win Ind
readythe rosiihosi hey to Wile
•1 knrdannea •• plash 11 be laid _w
dell ihils tM knee is limped. I1•bww
l
wet ler yen to pees mares
yes /is K meg you can gnu your pep&
willies N f>V Imes fey M'es'h'. Awe
Poo soimee a tiiainu year
aae►sng 1 • serene '�ia'tt Lw
(We clip the fwrgwag true The Moreton
Daily rums. We ought say Nat the waster
rel the paver. Alm lien, s . &whew of to
late Julia Galt, lisq., formerly registrar of
Heron. She was bona al " The Radge," As
the township of ("others.. Kis. fjturAl_ )
PECULIAR AND PERTINENT
The latest oalouMuuumaks the world'.
ase 1,546.750,000 years.
A "good gwh►y" wife is quoted et 10,000
caaru.auts uu ins 8oluowo I.bwda
There are 413 .pesids of tr..s found wit b
in the limits of the Rutted Status and Ter-
ntortea, runt''s of which, whoa perfectly
we'e'd, will nub in water.
There is &Lout two and ..s.•balt gallous
of a husky stow on hail Inc every era,
woman 111411.1 child in the Uniend States.
Fortuu•tely it is we to be ooawu►ed pro
rata
The Taanuiiaa caves, of which then are
Targe numb'r,ase lit in a »insular manner
Millions of glow wean* hanging to .fay
walk a.d ceiling* hrrnek the illumine -
t
A queer 1:41.7 154 has base i.stitut.ed
against • Crawfordsville (Ind.) uewep•per.
fhe article averred that the piriottlfs
hone was fend on soup, ba -toy too .old to eat
,earn. Wherefore the plaintiff claimeth
$2.000.tamage.. alleging that be its older -
...I great ue.lal anguish because of its
publication.
It is now possible to seed pictures by
wire. The prwcer is founded on the use of
undulating or varying currents of electricity,
r..newhat on the psrtucnp:., of the telephuue,
the transmitting 1o.truuieut beaux aetuaed
Indirectly by the •oryn.g degree. 01 light
instead of by the amend marks as with the
telephone transmitter.
Altana Edelman, of Neer York, has .p
plied fur a palest .in what ..eats to he a
wonderful discovery It u a chemical pro
cess whereby ligurete,w hi -l1 is coda a latter
stage than the aulk.aeate ur Mtumtuewt.
article, may be transf..rmrd into serviceable
fuel. This can be sold, he says, at $1 a tow,
and will equal our pressen coal.
last Summer a whale wee washed on the
shore off Ocean City. Over forty toes of
flesh were removed ieem it. Its skeleton s
a
n• in the Philadelphia helower
ur M 5 m Natural
Skjaw
measure seventeen feet in length and it. en
. ire length was .Isty eight feet. It is be-
lieved to be the largest In the world.
It was in • store at Newry,llbt.,ths other
n ight, that a party offered to buy as much
stuff as . certain young elan of the locality
could eat. The chelleuge was ac.-eptr•sl,snd
the Young man stralghtwsy proceeded to
mow away the following bill of fan
(Ire* plates of oyster*, 2 coon of eah,wn, 10
dry stela biscuit*, in *e'en minutes ; weird
*ix eggs, and finished op on a pound of figs.
This was devoured miter eating his supper
few minutespprvi•se,
MEN OF CANAal1-
a merlee el tg.troiliL, of Ombe.t ossa.
(sr R►.t. we•nser, ...aj
In our Issue of the 17th inst. we gave a
short general review of the great art bio-
graphy entitled "The Canadian Album
nor on prom byikedley, tiarretaua .k Go.,of
Krwtfoni. (hat , and ed,tad by Itrv. i)r.
('ucbraae,� tnteod.ug w return bit again
and evamlrie it at greater length
Resuming, we may say that this is a
book for the tunes, Inc many reasons. It is
• safe book, and h is preeminently a book
( u► fait». There is nothing In its pages that
s overdrawn is the slightest degree, as
each sketch has been venbed by those who
know the fart. it is unsparing, containing,
p am dome this firm vu;ume 1511* clued, tbe
fres and buuorien of over ax hundred men
who are believed to be worthy of the ail
I miration and lmitauoo of our boys and
young men. In this ellaum are found those
whose lives can he studied anal enulated by
- our young people who wish to get on to the
world.
It is instructive, inasmuch as at contains
mon informatmos about oar represestauve
men then can be found in nay collect*on of
works now printed. The realer become
acquainted not only with the facts of the
life, but also with the . of the
mini of whom be is reading, and having
leuoe i of him to his two fold way is not
!table to forget him.
The work is certainly of high order awl
deserves unstinted prose Inc the artistic
why in which both the portraits and typo-
graphy are executed. The finest coated
paper is used and no pans or expense .p
pear to neve been spared to make it In
every .nose worthy of the pert recon( of the a
4.111111541.05. i
It is unique. So fey as we know, noth-
ing of the rune design has been pulduhed t
on this coouneat. Tins feature alone should
greatly aid to giving the Album a large
circulation.
it will be useful. A. • hook of reference,
nothing ran b• more convenient or reliable.
By neem' of the copious anil well -arranged
index 000 can find in • moment the facie w
concerning anytime whom it 0oota,ee.
A ropy of the volume will be • hand.nm►e
and interesting addition, not only to oar
centre babies, but to every library. The
sad pioneer* with which one
-ars thus meet distingmalerl men meet he
very desirahle indeed, end, as those well -
bowed volume will, will nrdia•ry usage,
be in good preservation Inc a half esotury
to creme, oar children's children will be able
to look upon the face of those who helped
to ran the machinery .f the world in the
very long ago We congratulate the
publishers n the ability displayed in his
great enterprir ; we may ay Soutar nater
prise, fm we enclereta.d that the work to
which they have ret thestselvs involves as
outlay of about $130.000 and frees the ap-
p*srssoe of their first, now nearly .xwnplete,
volume we full .vp.ct them to sweoeerl.
We trust that " t aiidiam Allem" will
he found in every home in the Dominion and
behave that it will have • large circulation.
The ewe -mous edi*ioo now 'to prys places
it in reach of eweryos& W. understand
that swlserilaers got the somher of .xq-•s to
which their ooslret stades hem at .host
one- Wf d thepri . u whaeb sue is a #*.'b
mowed beh th. wise way, •d
that if t ebuae to sell their serplas
cnpsrr they s• rwaeep t (neslvs for...y
doiLr ef wtiay, ar they have the privilege
of k Nem •ad
volet am moo kylmUM t.r
change the sus will arose oto
p is ef he nem►w el volumes
iwed winless •dditiea.l seat Thu first
volume covers part el ()staria, at
Toronto need rsebisg west. Future
Dmew g1a sever Mbar parte el se west
WHAT IS PATRIOTISM
A SENSIBLE VIEW OF THE cASE
as tae ert.ee tuemiet•. tow,.. ass. .Mae
Lia sltwsass rasrwtr M w'ea'r
rmep..es eget tan as.. , ammo wtss,
Is ('.5.ds'. Meatal T
G. H. Sults, of lie Sr Paid y
ew
Globe, ate hie Christmas dither u Go4sgels
abs year the first in lifters years. stir
Sault• was culled home by the serious edeas
of his mother. Whom ques1)45eti upapsa
lug public aflame In Ins native land he dn.
played 'a n.tlaulry Inane tf tlaerv5t..s .rq
+o wupnbeinsa. u slut mousy br cneftt.•.Itucss
naw) corner, )1,1.10 5051411 awl freed..,
from party worship. Mr. `halts is a spies
.1i.1 sample of the million )ou.' owe *4,
have dtspinyed their opprre stein 0l rhe
tis.•.I policy .ail
ean5t1005 n1N171u♦ nr 01/1%.•1•A
I.) moving over to the yawed States, Net
Ie•cu1 a patriot, AA the word is defined by
roil..• people we sight •neat coo, he did ass
lay., Inc *41e 01uu row's good, oaf tlllsiaim
home to its detriment, but WI1 I where h- e
bt•liev.J the heat Ifex a ua.fd
mad pr eruule bje Sete ueltf oat.
ILl r," sail hr, to n•vwWlug 1411 .due.
hos, • • u • practical problem and sot
sentimental *niece. The wise man a be waw,
can rr.,agelae bis "plan I.UllaUrs .ud .111
utilise nature's resource. By this pre -res
of procelurr
t'KlrtiraaiTi w its. LY.15.,,
and when a people arc prosperous the higri.
est oivilu•uuu s attained morality ge..,
.uper.uta.n der., rums ww.bap wily,
thought broadens. refinement redecla, kgs.
Latton Nansens and improves In quality mei
in manner. sad the innumerable ills that
•tv 144141oy poverty are obliterated N r
are creatures put upon earth W improve out
kind and develop our spirituality. To do.
the we have to open up friendly relieves
with suturae, and we instinctively ink he,
to give nA good returns for our labor. Po
Ing of diversified talent., the heat results
toward stunting our highest alms are
achieved by trade; our with aunt her. Tr.
execute this pr .gram our uncle staadt•g
shuelJ tel: us that an Absettee from rennet
ed freedom, superstition, narrowness •t
concepuoo nal moa worship is desirable
The creature or class .di,ctet with tkew
1111 i, indeed pitiable, because uoc.wtlizel
To a.mert, u raw simple people do, that n
is preferable to tolerate poverty and mate
tan their self aucredne.l high ,nuraltty than
endure pr.perity with Its imaginary
wickedw•m u to d.ellre hot bntory i. .
raumaooe aid the law! of oaten u 4,
our highest L Imi 1tx1•ripsg
that morality is a w.j+uenow of pruspenl)
and that poverty and .degradation are omr
panatela u sot to state a law truth, Ws
it te one that scene p-spie have a hard
struggle in grsepnnR These refection.
have
AS el?LWATle1 ant 1 *MLA. tit .aa. ..
.'*551,11,
and to the thought and iodine of her
peopk. The gu:pug down with apparrm
relah of the sentlnaeuIal slush that ea,
awakes from interested partite people *4.
never crated anything of value, tut w4 -
kyr comfortably upon the :slow of three
who .re lee. thoughtless and dsmgnisg N
+ ao.ditiue of the Canadian stomach 18.,
seeds an emetic. To cast the redeem*
upon the intelligence Of the ('anodise pr.
dowers the farmer awe the wage mean
that they are the tools lied toys of th....
chronic uSue .,reL,rs are pruleeroa:d
pobk•:sans would 11e perbaps a little broad
but what must be mid aloe( a people 154.
will listen to thew revenue pstr.uts recur
their little pieces about glorious mbent-
an_e, red old flag,- " revered mother
land.- " designing and wicked nr.ghbortsg
republic," etc., ad .suaeam, while in the
nHwntime the public debt grows.
T111 KW. NAT0RAL *44)1005.'x• K.M e., t .
ur.v'Lortn,
141.' lndustrlal interests lag, corruptive :n
" high " places rune rampant, acid therein
blood ones across the bonier ! It Mee not
answer the question to my, se the idt,:Ir
partisan and designing politician will, that
its wet tree. The fact that they have Oa
prsnmptlou to nook(' such statements re the
face of fates a moist apnoea redecti.lo sp
on their listeners. Partssnsh,p and man
worship, together with a superstitious re.
erene. fox a false p•enotis1), . 4
depinnbk
coaditin to exist In this 5411. of s'llr,'
bioses. Itis rations/ to take ids wile
party organisatuoae desirous d .wiductmx
public affairs that are established es
lase promotive of prosperity owl neral
ly, and to shone Inc 5 patriotism that u
symbolic of :bin oonditwwn. Bot
0 vnrshtp • patriotism .bat u represenu
the of no tag more nor ler than .n 5.41
dental 1 connection of to Much
ars rn .hurt, • sssetment, an ,magiaar'
semething is
10 *Oa301r A v41370111
bile the stomach craves ; to shout patriot
ism without knowing whether it is rrprowe
Waive of • lead of hay or a piece of pnribility
Unfortunately for mankind, the word psi -
nutmeat la.e too long 'retained its first, • .
M, inns •term
perWM yea heed the warding y Th. *eel
p..h* IT 4 *41. w eme d tb s mme
eslf if you ate slant ler Us a.bu d saving
Kb ease. W run tie risk mud is nsblwg ter
ft. We knew Aum espsrlenne Mee %
�e stn year SS . It mom 1Lfk
atm..-.:4'.�r.,�•.,�'+�1L �..
marrow meaneag that conneclal "nth sur
OW unholy ias(rtunest of h•elenty Bet
Ne pco..bto. of cavtl,ratto• deru
that meaning, and its tree nee stands Ionia
True patriotism m is.4ymholioal expfl1100•
of $ taioosJitiosn , r.1 d the pnae.suo• etd s
quantity or slated area of Led. A eitixu•ds
perresent 1 00114105 i. p1311411144*
cense his cosditino i. prosperous, hippy sed
. Tobe pat notic moan. to preemie'
the essay qualities that go ata make op the
onedit.o•, not to defend the lard alone It
down not mean to become inhuman r•om&
to seek the Mood of some fellow ,rester*
11out *be pnlilieiw d two oes•tiie.
Aavn failed to aaggree. The w we e.•wd
sire suck A definition of p•Mietim• as mkt
(Iwe onus41.05... is
tome PARTLY .•IYtLtxln.
11 Shore is • condition exist* in a coos
try that fair to satiety the smbitiose 554
wash of the people, pMMM11•s le sl• ea
kems "manly, 1st there be Geer all mesh
teed. The yoga( nee should be Melted L+
fey the solution of Clse•da'• deader.
num leek shove sad bry.ed oed
thea To attempt to .alee the Fele"'
Mem the pores premises el deasheat petals
thomgbt le 4 bsek ylrt t • 5805. wall Ii
e sot h reality • q.sstiee .f aaa.esatitr.
w d reciprodtr
It L • gg•mhe .f eivilhattoe, eeeoo ti••
of oilstones odd dmty mead of
.0.- is feet, • freedom ire)• the my.
Niel sad • d the pr etisL N
With& o•esemsli.. wi* mesh le assaf lt
e derel Iweselposs.w sodto he J...L d. hod
emesli
Moray eremite Meet, .d perm.els*
80t41� Set wbe. sttibP 6.6.
tate nM awlbeaasieg •why erlselae• 1b.
neer t te K • d ppweti/hs ewe
iMs ewtse N 1110ha 4 bleb
�e Ta „