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LVLRY THURSDAY MORNING
■T D. seasetWCUDDT.
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1899.
111xrnNDrTURa IN 1900.
The e.etamieee laid befor'1 the Souse
of 1 uennuxts eat nigh show a tie
crease of $1,613,938, as coOprett
with the current year. That is a
barge steins, the items u1 which are
au widely distributed as to show a
general pulp a of eoteiomy• Yukon ex-
patatlFture wilt be increased, but the
-ter iuo lam that teems ry will also
that the (ioterrinrent does not yield
to the pervenadote of Yankee miners
ape efJtnttlrw to abandon or reduce
.�tayy -. provielf•
for pubes, weeks 1s liberal, including
an appropriation of $40,000 to com-
__ nalncev-the reprdr or renews) of the
Hamilton causal piers. and the im-
provement of the channel. The sum
of $354,000 1s provided for the works
ori the 4t. letwressee ship chromel,
reel ilio ken tluau $350,000 to deepen
the appro-uhes to the Welland ('nal
at Pert Colborne. This is In accord -
ante weft the piton of making it pow
aibk' for the Inman vessels, that rut
to Butfalu to also tliaiIarge their
cargoes at the entrtince to the Wel,
land (anal, to Had presiage b soul•
ler retain% tltvuugh Luke Ontario and
the 'River gt- Leerreuce to MontreeL
it is nature's cute, anti the expen-
cikere at Port Colborne In on the
same Ilrhe u1 policy Lunt las been
1ulkorweul by every Comedian Govern-
ment fur the lain sexty years- Make
the way awry for the farmer to send
his $.ruin's to Montreal, and there
Will he no lack of slops to carry them
duh te IAterp•xol. It dues not follow
that every cent rtveti cei transgrorta-
ten will be Sisal to the price received
by the farmer. The shipowner and
Icy em4doye -af g'ell_a■ the men at
the t•onsumtng enyd, will delete part
of the aclvantnge, but the Canadian
., farmer will receive the largest share
fit Jt, cud thus lits ability te pay taxes
r- weft ler mepsMnei.' 'tsew good •tiger
teat the Ministers hate not been en-
youraged by the patseerdoe of it sera-
phim neteiine to brunet out Into ex-
tnmeant expensetur'ee, kw hard
N„ times will come again, and it Is
only by laying ar.brietlitlig :[Iasi+ to the
fns years that a man or it country
can be comfortable in the lean years.
the promise bi atw'* et arelidee, tn-
ta.lve and mainly distinctive by die
placing and Aestroying adeeniug
Maltby orsaa* and medication has
rarely been of certain benefit wtteu
true carcinoma has been definitely
iilagues d Eton the most radical op-
eratiotw have often proved to be of but
temporary utility. It Is difficult to
understand how any purely microbio
influences can govern such distinctly
vital peceeresesi With the other diseases
which are mtlkrobic In origin the
changes are always In the direction of
destruction rather than growth, as In
pulmonary coruumptlon and In dlph-
thwrie. As to the communicability of
cancer opinions have differed, but if
Dr. Bra's germ theory la true it woukl
seem that the disease may be passed
tlatat34ilrto- ee llepedit, t'the Win
culture experiments way lead to tis!
discovery of an antitoxin that will
subdue this awful .coarse of mankind
'off fo the Oletolikertiteleiretible »y
and Shatter will be small badness com-
pared with the triumph of Dr. Bra.
Theworldttttte iiniiwii flow ma'leh tt
owes to the noble men of science who
spend en much of their lives in the lab-
oratory seeking how to relieve suffer-
ing and conserve health. And to the
credit of the nodical profession be It
as!d, rarely does a discoverer of any-
thing worth knowing attempt 't
monopolise or keep secret his methods
or formal/Ye for hla own individual
gain. Tiiere is more true philanthropy
in the profession than the unthinking
publics M ready to credit It with.
RIGHTS OP RRPORTRH&
The Kaunas City :star lino hail. ar
hive mom newspapers, name unpleas-
ant experiences* with public .er-
• vanb who- get the notion that they
are publics musters, and it lays down
some good sound principles as to tie
way officiate should oendiSt them-
araves toward the press. It very
properly says that kiaaanuch as
newspapers (areal' the medium
through which the public learn what
Is going on, they occupy a public po-
sition which invertor them with the
duty of obtaining and printing the
e ewe. The newspaper reporter lain
fact, it r$pwewrntative or the people,
stud wheel Mme seeks ;optimist* thew -
poetic' he le exercising a right which
to one Can prropnerly question ordeny.
lie pursers his caning. not with nny
larrpsese_ or desire am At fere or
meddle In the affairs of others, but
to dictum?. a' ptrat4 obligation to t
pubile.
Many ostler Intelligent personas clo
not ween: to understand thnt It Is
unite lmpxrsdble for arty one man to
detest or hinder the work of a pub-
lic journal by refusing to recognize
Iaw reporters when they are seeking
to exercise their proper prerogatives.
Nothing can exceed the absurd aa -
memptkn se the ladivklual in charge
of affairs which are of Interest and
concern of the public who turndown
the newspaper reporter and Interferes
with the performance of Ills duty.
The $sewn who takes upon libneelf
tarok unwarranted authority does not
Mann the reporters and the [ewer
paper rte much as he harms the pub-
lic.
For example a newspaper reporter
has as numb . right on a wrecking
train ni the officials of the railway.
He gore. on the floors of the Legiela-
tures became he Ie as properly placed
then' as the representatives tltem-
.deltere. All inetitutioe which are cre-
ated mei eupportel by the people and
wliblt tach their common welfare
must, according to the modern order
of things, be subject to public Rout-
' Iny, and the n ewspiper reporter ha
entitled to be present, and to see and
ask questbrix without hindrance or
evasion.
AN IMPORTANT DIeOOVIIRT.
'The claim of Dr. Bra, of 1'nrls, that
he line isolated the fungus-like a ecific
irrni of ranter le nate-rally received
by the medical profertdon with more
or key Incredulity and reserve. Dr.
Or,. F. Rhrady, the editor of the New
York Medical Record, Kaye: "It Is
pretty generally considered that the
eaasttive elenent In canter Is a ml-
ewer.
l-
ewer- • • • ('anter in not a disease
et d¢eneratrn, as are diphtheria and
typhoid fever, but rather a diverted
na'tritloa. • • • It donne unawares,
and nobody has yet found the state of
the testy which produces" it." if Dr.
Bra hos really Isolated the germ and
nut'Dewd.t in oietalning cultures It mny
tarn out tet be a Haat momentous dis•-
rovery, one tint may load to the eon -
traitor of this hitherto moat unyiek -
1ng and malignant disease. Soo far
everything green to be favorable to
Melt a e teeeleacet, &Nhdw, -h the dtutt i-
guimhvd wientst, who might be par-
hnei1 for any extra ehthodnsm on
the subject, le willing to go slowly', to
wombs. very little and to deprecate
any definite or extravagant expecte-
tem
The medico, preceet$on has hitherto
Inclined to the the that a ever M
°Ilieftlaily an icttrettKims i 3febtileamgj
esepandent tib pee -teasel And mbul
- reeled nitrites. When mese
awwtanrsswc• inline i
HITCH UP THAT SKIRT-
The dressmakers the year 'seem to
be competingaa with the milliners In the
matter of lending color to the .erring.
the profit/don of redo blues anti greens.
ot pronounced brilliancy being w, great
BA to attract the notice of anybody
not color-balmd. Some of the millin-
ery creations hook "sweet" enough,
bat what mon Ia there whose heart
world not be motoxl with laity to Hee
the wearer of one of the fa.hlonable
*heath -like skirt+ engage In a des-
perate
ierpterate struggle to keep her tirapery
out of the mud! Formerly the poor
.k'ar by the exercise of a little in-
gen.ly and ss.jgke aF :itheriesweekti
sate her drew from the mud and Sur
piny then lieu) of a-ellk-lined petticoat
and still have one hand free to hold
a p,lrawtlt or a porte-Inotunle. The
new garment, however, dementia the
we of the both handle in the tar from
graceful struggle. If she can Have
It by two-handed effort ale deserves
some credit for the courage that
nerves her to a task which evoker
train male observers pity or ridicule.
How Ids 1t that women will submit to
such inconvenience? When they de-
cree thati the tyranny of this narrow,
long skirt is without reason and er,
inOreOVer a distinct tnenaee to health,
the waken/ of fashion plates will have
no recourse but to fall into line with
tnxlern Ideas. It may be that In
some fastidiously clean tonicipatitiem,
much me Paris or Berlin, tie long Skirt
can be wagn without risk to the
wearer. But in the average city-
ccrtatnly In Hnmllt u --such garments
are both unsanitary and destructive
of wonan's comfort. If woman hnust
wca.r ssucle garnents there would teem
to M a field for the Inventor to ple-
dgee rano kind or harness or other
device which Niall enable her to
" lattoh it mp"--when- tstoresixp, with-
out motor Sloth her hagdsiiind n'yttlq;
ing attitude Of a -riflikm tfd' cnrry-
ing-4 wu page of milk through a dewy
pasture field.
BLUNDERING LABOR LAWS.
It often requires more acumen than
it at hand and in exercise to legis-
late puccesdnlly and in detail to de-
sired ends in economic.; to just reach
the Intended goal, that is, and not
overi'es,cit It. Especially G this the
Vitae When legislating In regard to
future relations and liabilities be-
tween 'employers and employees in
matters tint ought rather, It may bre,
to be, left to contract between them
or to he adjusted by the good wase
of the hour when differences have
actually arisen. A ease In point is
ferniethed by the Paris correspondent
of the Lotman Standard and concerns
the French Iaw compelling employers
to pity penslons to returner of workmen
killed or Injured in their service. As
ii natter of experience this law Is now
found operating in a way which was
not expected by the Socialist leaders
who promoted the measure. it ap-
pears that a considerable number of
employers have decided not to engage
married workmen. the financial re-
epnnwibillty with unmarrlel men tieing
very much Ices. Moreover a good many
manufacturers and contrnctorx have
dismissed the father of families
they formerly employed because a
few :accidents happening to them
would make it greet hole in their
profits. In the twee of a married
workman being killed, the French
Inw of April lith Inst enacts that
the employer when lodge it mein -
Omit rental in a deeignated de-
partment to furnish the pensions
stipolatel U'Yiiler the law to be paid
to the wklow and children. It M
plain that. very few employers of
labor roil afforl to provide the
oapttal wlileh wooaki be requlreal to
the case d any considerable num-
ber of young inarrled workmen being
killed; whereas, In the mase of an
unmarried workroom, no pension
week] hare to be palet. The law,
therefore. will work more mischief
than benefit to mesh of families. its
failure, however, has brought to the
trait a plan that bids fair to solve
the metier, not by addition/0 Mwgte-
Iation, hit In a Nuclease way. It
M a pmposiltlon Trent a syndicate
of at -relent Insurance organisations
offering to contract for the inane
anoe ret wew'tteople. on the lases of
the rink inesrred In their employ
meet. without r0nrenue to their
.ark. Or matrJ0,1-roo4ltla.a. - - -Trip
aertalgly lade;_'.. more .qultabie
Teme1y than' my stntntory messieurs.
1, likeljr 6o o0 am.
Wine inntorale laoa DaaTH.
' Tie • noble boast deur 1t alto rad,
Thane breathed la the word., 'l'm au tuatlse-
Late Eugiiab papers are to hand
g lvtug in great detail the awful ca•
tastruphe of the lure of the London
& 8outhwesteru strainer SWlla,whlch
on March 29th struck on the Car -
quote, oft AWeruey, and went down
with nearly one hundred .suis. The
story ham already been told in there
columns- The Stella appear's to have
been carried eastward from ber
course. Too late the commander dis-
covers the error, and before it can
bo rectified the Stella is rlpping teem
ber hull on the rugged granite peaks
that Ile some eight miles bo- the
westward of Alderney. The whiter
att. Vie- 2piont 1R.,=
vomit _;il:vain; the bulkheads,
toru open tor a great part of the
vessel's length, are filling with
water. 1a...$ea we teeter ' dere 4i - •.li-
boats are lowered ; one of these is
still mi.•dng, another capsized, while
iia- eeineining four . are. lurtunat.J.y
picked up by friendly steamers. and
their occupants rescued. Discipline
war perfect; no man left bit place;
they stood on the deck like a wall,
unmoved, unmurmuring, while others
were being saved. The captain re-
mained on the bridge, 'superintending
the lowering of the boats, and gave
out the order, "Ladles and children
first." "As for the crew," the eurniv-
ore declare. "tbey behaved splendid-
ly. Greater bravery never waaahown.
Having seen all done that was pos-
sible fur the rescue of the penmen -
eery. the Commander -told the men
to obi the best for themselves." A sue
vitfor laaye that the seamen "were
muting about ro calmly, to resolute-
ly, and obeying orders w quickly and
oro intelligently, that no men or wo-
man on board bad juxtiflcntion for
panic." The mental picture which
the reader forms in perusing there re-
porte of eye -witnesses is not
that of peen and women acting in a
iuddeu and overwhelming emergency,
With. atmo.t the certainty of death
In a few momenta before their eyes ;
but rather of a drilled corps execut-
ing a programme planned in the
geteriede .of the study.--Ztbas-J>stars
captain thinks of the women ''and
children first. of himself Inst.. It is
only at the very ultimate moment
joat before the tuella breaks. In two
and sink. that 5e gives the order,
"Now, men, dein the best for your-
selves." As the London Telegraph
says: Our tare are always face to
face with danger; but what of the
one hundred and forty landemeu and
women, who see boat after boot f111 -
ed. and calmly await their turn.
fifty of them going down with the
vessel ? What a touching story is
that of the first officer! This
noble fellow had Ids. wile on board
the steamer, and when hope was
nearly gone he called her to him on
the bridge, gave her it cork jacket.
and threw her into the sea. The
poor woman struggling In the water
cried out to Iter husband to come
to her. " I cannot leave the .hip,"
replied the gallant officer, who man-
fully stayed beside his chief, and like
him, was drowned. The sense ot
duty triumphed over natural feel-
ing.. Then In those few appalling
minutes we see passengers divesting
themselves of Ilfebelte and giving
theft tv - women- The age of chis-
-
alry ,gone? Tale, nice deteriorat-
I�hg7 The rnodern Englishmen of
large towns degenerating and losing
fibre -becoming telf•lndulgent and
nerveless? To us it seems that thbi
sad catastrophe negativete all such
tlheorizing., and that If anything can
lighten the lord of sorrow which a
dianwter like thin carries with it, It
le surely xuclh n display of morel
heroism.,The officers of thr Stella
dki their duty ; and the victims, one
and all. knew how to die.
What a contrast this forme to the
peens' enacted nn the deck of the
.komsl Bourgogne! Surely there ie
somethingln "the pride of blood" and
the "nrietocracy of courage," Some of
men who have flinched In nu oriels,
Mut have dared the world for their
right, look death In the face without
blanching. if die they mast they will
go to their doom like men, not like
brats,"beast. " Women and children
f!rst!i le the command, and officers
and men vie in the orderly execution
of It. Six beat -loads are got off, then
than gallant fellows fold their arms
on their hreasts and go down to
death.
What scene on all the gory field. of
Britain's, history -snot there are many
glorious rcrnes In It -excels that for
heroism 7
As Canadians we are proud oilier
Britlah origin, and heart will
pay Its tritest/1 of admiration to the
brave tors who, true to duty and
BOOM' manhood. went down to death
while seeking the "safety of those core
tided to their care. Do we not ;hare
the spirit of the old stock f
The editor of "Oar Dt nob An imals,"
Barton, pmoores a remedy for the ex-
port of American heiresses who goi
abroad to marry title% Incidentally
taking with them millions of t'ankee
cosh. He sees no way to repremi the
gt'uwtng love of tits% but he ways
Now, why Can't we manufacture nil
thrs, fellows Met As well at IN4me and
keep the money here? Sappoxe we
make the t-anderbilts, Astor', Rocke-
(ellenq ate., who ran pay a hundred
malice drillers, prince. -and the polite
lea! hrtawex, like Croker, Platt, etc.,
who con pay $10,000,000, deicers -and
amine of 1410 smaller fry who Can pay
$5,000,00() sole -and the artlll mailer
who eon pay $1,000,1100, cotwuta And
then we can carry the same $dart Iwte
our nava and army, nwakbhK !/.era teltr
componential) brevet admiral;, rom-
maidrrst ate.; and In our army Iwevet
Ilenerate ecilomehe majors, contesters
and in down, if yup pkwee to corpor-
ate, whose wives would hmme Mrs.
(nrp..sit and all the Children little
rola It would do let. of people
w I eery Ward Rnrhersonce enkt In w
enrnewhnt similar raw. -We d.n't ber
th
lel' e Long waald Mali faith about
-„-.�.-
Ifighlawd Pa hem the
wpm of a btg deg pclesatag.
' EDITORIAL NOTES.
Wleourin has adopted a new mar
riage law which requires the license
to be taken out five days before the
ceremony is performed. It Ir intended
to make elopements more-difflcult-
WitM a UncM da ItM tilrlcW nap
aoiLy W carrying the bkuings of ofv•
illsattun to the Filipinos, the people of
Palmetto, (isorgla, have "caught 00
asci met about titling a little elver'
lug to their own hook' tight at home
The improving coudltunt lu Great
Britain are nowhere swore eotloeable
than In the decrease of crime. In 1869
9.4 person in every 1.000 were con
vlcted of some ofiaalle ; 10 1898 only
2.4. And 92 per oasit of the erinlaela
re•froat Steil l i r=_
A Michigan ealooa-kesp'r Is the de-
fendant in a $10,000 damage moult
-_QGQl1[IlLaf,�i�--aka guarob n.1ui a (oui-
year-old girl whose father's death is
blamed on tae liquor dealer who eon
-
United to furgbpte Wen 3s1th liquor at•
ter being warned to desist.
The pxopslatkxi of the Island of Lu-
tes' numbers 3,0&1.0W ; In mit others
o1 the Philippines there is a total of
1,976.000. Thom 5,039,000 people cover
n total urea of about 61,000 square
mika, w ttyt•It will be seen that the
principal Wand,' can hardly be Bald to
be sparsely peopled.
Another polar expedition Is being
oiganlzcd with a capital of $90,000.
Thls pole -hunting is becoming monot-
onous. s, It L a cold business -coil as
Tuoper's. West Huron canvass, and as
fruitless as Foster's organizing tour.
The cranks might find cheaper meth -
i dH if tu!otde.
New Brunswick women have peti-
tioned for the Provincial franchise
on the same terms as the men. It
Is said that Premier Emerson fav-
ors their canes. That "on the
same terms " coders P great deal.
Do the old girls really mean what
they say 7 __ r
The South Carolina law which pro-
Odes
rot!d s that the legal help of any pee-
wit' Iynchtd shall got 42,000 from the
ouenepoierliehliehorthropemenesOmseleni
n std d has been held lsl by the Htate
Ruereme Court to be constitutional.
Perhaps the application of that Iaw
will do something toward securing n
letter enforcement of the laws against
crime and discuurnging lynching. It
touch's the ratepayers In the pocket.
New "Indhstrinlw," a euphemism for
"tangier," to the Amount of 41,588,-
000,000, were turned out in the
Poled States during the first
quarter a . 1899, Just how nnuclt
"water" is, In that capitalization
ie not known, but it is muffi-
ciently diluted to make the bankers
suapiious and cautious. Don't be sur-
prised if New York sheu:d sr' aootlt r
"Black Friday" If this tied of thing
goys on-.
Detrctt spiritualists have been vlc•
timized. One of the New York yet
low journals reported that John
Sherman wan dead. When the re-
port reached Detroit the Detroit
spook society held n meeting. , called
up Mr. Hherman's spirit and held an
httereeting conversation witch it and
actually got the new spook's auto-
graph. Afterward it was dbeoy-
e1m7"tTlet Sherniat was very muri"h
alirer*, sod now people - nee mean
enough to say that either Sherman
or the spook society must hare made
a mistake.
San Francisco papers purpose re-
sisting the law which reeuirer news-
paper writer. of matter that is In
tiny wry detrimental ti the interest
of individuals or dlsturbing to the
pence of mind of individuals to sign
their names thereto. If the law appeear
only to aPticlr,s or communications
containing personal attacks we fancy
the newspapers would do well to sup-
port it. Anonymous letters involving
only questions of general principles
and facts are not objectlonehle, but
whenever a man attacks another per-
sonally be ought to father his work.
Of course every paper assumes respon-
sibility for Its editorial views.
The Chicago Chronicle deals eeath-
btgly with to immeerIng remark. of
Governor Roosevelt aimed at those
who do not share his bellicose views.
Ib potato out the* It Is n0i to men
of Rox.evedt'er stamp thnt the World
owes Its advancement in civilization.
it declares that Roosevelt, who
after his theatrical boasts of Inde-
pendence of the machine haur become
s creature. of the base, may not be
a mart, of moral putty. It says: "It
would bet nearer the truth to say that
he iet a roan of Imgwtlee, tirtiat amines'
rather than; reassert thnt impulses are
a better guide to .noble and jutit
action than fixed moral principles ap-
plied by sound rearm ," it fingers 111
for a people when even great wealth
muffles; to give a matt of Roosevelt's
Ideas a high place In Inw councils.
it is announced from Ottawa tbat
the Premier will at an early day"
announce the policy of the.(Naverie
ment regarding the r'dletrlbutlon of
ronstltnenclex. What fir people ex-
pert is that the new nrrengement
shall he nlwolutely fair to both pan
ties --so fair that its Jietice shall rip
-
peel to the minds of all intereete$h.
Hhexhl(' the Tories In the Homes of
Commons undertake to ohetruet the
Damage of cinch n mensire, or xhoild
they we their Renate majority to
prevent Its enactment Into law-, the
people cosh rerkin with them nt
the ;.rises. the hotly'.. The
Lihernie wait, b gerrymemer In
their own intermit; they look for
the repeal of the Maedonalt Berry.
mander that was contrived to keep
Lilwetal• from evenclslns their fair
and legitimate Infhvnee In elections.
We promise eireerding to our hopers,
hit perform accordipg � neeir (jyy
Hest erml°1911T" HOre.7-l%t'hNanesta(d
'" Fallnrnw for the week were 184 in
the 1tnited Rtat.q,eaOnfell1 YW$ peat
year. rind E8 in Canada, against 16
last year.
IIBRANTFORD BANQUET
Speeches by Messrs. Pater-
son, Sifton and Tarte.
THE DOMINION MINISTERS
Not Alarm9d Nor Injured by Tay
Attach.
U BNTiUS[A8TIO UOIPTIONL
-Brantford Young Mande held
their annual banquet est the Kerby
Hous lett night. Hon- Meagre.
Tarte and SUtwt amt Mr. 1). C.
-i'ra'wt'arrived Sousa-'TOreatto st hen
o'clock. Hon. Wm. l'atetson had
proceednl to Brautfurl ahead of his
wllsugues, anti worn. therefore. ou
hand to resist In their reception.
The distingulsht'd arrivale were wel-
comed by an Influential reception
teenmlttee and greeted with much
heartiness. Messrs- Tarte and 1411
*011 were conluet.l to the residence
of Mr. C. B. Ileyd, where they re-
mained during their visit. Mr.
Fetter became a smelt of Hon. Mr.
Paterson. Tit• banquet began at 9
o'clock. but for an hour previous to
that the Maarten. held a reception
in the parlor of the Kerby Abuse,
where the Liberals front the -nue -as
and district attended in great uum-
ler*, and gave the distinguished vis-
ite* hearty greetings.
THE BANQUET.
The bouquet hall was .1ec rated
with much taste awl presented a
very attractive appearance. The
walla' were almost betters with flags,
and (min the chandelier graceful fes-
toons of bunting were suspended. The
table., which extended in parallel
Hues down the ball, looked charming,
a very pretty effect being produced
by wepus of a liberal use o1 ruse
and other fewer.-. Above the
great table appeared portraits of
the Queen and Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
Hon. A. S. Hanky. Hon. Win. Paterson
and Mr. C. B. Heyd, M. 1'. Coven
were lake for 225 - guests. Dr.
Marqui., President of the associa-
tion, occupied the chair. auei on This
eget were seated Hou. J. Israel
Tarte, Hon. Wm. Paterson, Menses.
1, 'BUTt:""!g: P: -P:,-'4ieler 11'"I1 Tait'
mond, John Schultz. Wm. Grant Rini
George Faster. On the left tat Hon.
('liffont elfton, Meseta Duncan e.
Fraser, M. P:. C. B. Heyd, 34. l'.,
Hon. Thorne's Bnilautyue, F. eirobb,
E. le shxokl rind F. Ouc#rbutt.
THE CHAiIRMAN'S OPENING,
The ('hairnusu extended a hearty
welcome to the datinguldted Mini. -
tent present, nen who were wicg
their great talents for the building els
of (-atutda. 11, era $tfton and Tarte
were two of the batt abuwd members
of the Government, a fart which
should win for them added confidence
from the Liberal party. They' had in
Mr. Paterson tbe Boanergee of the
wort: they welcomed in Mr. Fraser
the Ikoarherges of the east, Brant
county was a breeding grimed for
statesmen, and Hon. Mr. I'aterwn and
Hon. A, R. Reidy had grown gray in
the country's service. The Government
was to he congratulated on the many
reforms it has carried out mince its
abort period of office. 1i. concluded try
proposing the toast of the Queen. The
toast was drunk with enthusiasm,
the company storing heartily the
National Anthem.
Among the lettere of regret was one
from Heqn. At S. Hardy. 1t expressed
the Premier's regret at .not being able
to participate in the welcome to two
of the most active and ehetgotic mem-
bers of the Government, and two of
the forernctit men in the ranks of labile
-life w•4. -y, Memos. -Tarte and Kitten.
The banquet, 11r. Hardy mid, came at
a very odportlhe time, lest alter the
Hues) of Commons had pronounced its
merlon of the defamatory llbele
agahert. the Government, and the old
Ccnrrvat(ve riding of Brockville had
also declared that it did not credit
the libellous clanlcee made.
Mr. C. H. Wateroue gave the toast of
"Our Commercial interests" In a teli-
cltoeAy-word-d speech. A Government
could not make the people rich. It
could, however, either greatly meet
towards that end or render the peo-
ple'e efforts. futile. The Liberal Govern-
ment most be given a large share of
the credit for the prosperity that now
extsta
HOfi. WILLIAM PATERSON.
Hon. Mr, Paterson wax given an-
other ovation when he ruse. He maple
appreciative references to the visit of
hie colleague., and as showing the
great anxiety of Mr. Tarte to he
present, mentioned that the latter
hod only recently risen from a sick
bed. The commercial interests. of the
country were never of :arch magnitude
aa at present. It was something to
say that last year tbe foreign 'trade
was mom ahead of that of the pre-
vious year than wax the foreign trade
of the United /States In exempt of that
of the preceding year. As to the vol-
ume of the internal trade they would
have to wait for the neons to re-
veal the details Here In Brantford
trade was humming, as hie csonenguet
would find If they stayed lung
enough to visit the varion. Industrie..
With n population of only 18,000
Brantford contributed one -twelfth of
the manufactured gonads `exported
from Canada, and go where
they would throughout the' coun-
try tater .would find goodie that
were menaifactnred inith a town.
i'ner Mr. Rlftote's vigorous Immi-
gration policy the great west wee
rapidly filling up. and he ventured the
prediction that Brantford mannfac-
tirers would capture nn small por-
tion of the new trade that . wonld
there 'spring np.
Mr. T. H. Preston In an admirable
aper•h gave the toast of "Our Great
Wort." The remp once, he meld, would
iii made by.theMinister of the in-
terior, whose character had under-
gone of late a. great desk eF-' tfion,"
bit had panned out pure gold. The
Premier of Manitoba was Thomas'
(irwenway, the Oliver Mowat of the
wart, and a champion of Provinelnl
rights. The Manhole elections were
coming on Stan, and the reformer. of
Brantford hoped that the Liberals
soup .warp the Provinee like it blis•
card and leave Hugh John on hie
sapper' Ilke the Tupper& Rifts was
a young men, nnrl he reprementecl In
the Cabinet half a continent. it wax
very fitting, however, that a young
man Mowed represent a young man's
land. .Although the Mall and Empire
had said that Mr. Mien meet go, he
We eejnyM the mottmint.Mat snit
share of Mir Wilfrid Laurer and hes
rv)llagthe-, and the Honer of Com -
mina, and the Liberals of Rrantford
weed also show by their reception of
the young Minister that they alien had
confkhnces In him.
HON. CLiF•FORn KIF?Olf.
Mr. Sefton anti he did not know that
he deserved the kind treatment be
h lv�Ctyilar9s (ahM4t.
imt lee routrf aswtre.+iib. the -m that
ise tufty appnriatad It Ab sus meet
baea memMr of the -EAer,d Gov-
arrament, red It was bis ambitkn to
nonLtine to &nerve the eoefIdsere
(tben►a bin f• entrtrwlE tea wish an
61.
ineportant department. When it was
rua-u.bireo that he war to
reperuut lu We Cabinet trl u. whsle
to the west festal Part Arthur to the
Pa•ifkc, It would be sew that It war
110 tank that devolved_ upon here
Ile was axirttkSte Shat ba ha.! hit tat
perfeetlo earshot u4t his duties, but
he claimed to lige. iswlervored to ad -
Wobble him o/ti a conscienti..uale and
aeoordlog yyuu the beet knowledge that
had base Lepurta a) ttyott'4sm Tbery
wereOwoimhriant in which
the pat%11e of l'auada were dt eotl
interested: One was the r set-
tlement and development of the west,
and the other wre the proper settle-
ment of the trnwrlltxniation question.
The great 1ncettures Of busbies' to the
nwuutlaurturers and trate ttirtatiwt
olitraatlesn was to norma mainly frotm
tie great west. 'et present the
freight rates fruit lglietr'eal were 10
per tout. higher than from the Am-
erktart setp,ttet Titat was a severe
hsaadkeip upon Canadian trade, but It
Wald be orsreeaorme by ao llareasWg
the volume of truffle that better fa-
tiltttea for aktymlent wl utd be pro-
vided at a lower rate.
Tire development of the Provlace of
C:olemtbai.. -`orould alloSoo sot
marten for the farm prRlutrtr of en•
autos, and the Terrttoorlaa Montana W
the kart tett getter had ylekied $400.-
090.000 of lfa�id. atlas.e copper and
()there minerals. but that State did Doi
begin to eUnpadat with the richness
of British Columbia- It cru saki he
wars filleng up the country with tor-
eigherre, but they formed only a smell
of the immlgratats who
a ssttlett In the west, 'The foreigners
who had tome In under Ma adminis-
tration would roily take up a space
equal to ors -fifth of the constituently
which he represented. The ked tak-
en up by foreigner* was only a mite
pruportiou of the 200,000,00U 9f
acre nvallabie far settlement. Can.
arks might do worse, however, than
accept Meanly. Intelligent and Indus -
trims settieri.
THE YUKON CHARGES.
Mr. Slfton referrtd to the abuse that
was levelled at him, and emphatically
declared: Lint there was not n tittle of
ground for the charges of improper
conduct. So far as the Yukon war
ooucenrtrl, lie challenged the Opposi-
t!onn to point to a similar country
where law and order were so well
administered. It was said by the Con-
'ertativta that the administration of
the Yukon was vile, but the 'Merges
✓ tmmere.l down to an allegation that
some one connected with the Gold C'om-
miesionerb canoe had been guilty of
corruption. He would not have been
surprised If that hail been the Vans,
but w far it lead not been .rtabliah.d
to have occurred. Mr. anon de -
rented the recent conduct of ler
Hibbert Tupper In Parliament. and
claimed tint his seven hours' farrago
ad aseaaeuas,rdkl.sot .euatala.one elegise
Meese or evidence upon which charges
oouid be based. Ile repeated his chal-
lenge to the Conservative party that
if they would formally make their
charges to the House, the Government
would see that a proper investigation
was ' r:tr.ted, and establish clearly
that the -Conservative. did not know
what they 'were talking about.
Mr. 1). B. Wood invited the company.
to honor the tout of " Our National
Highways," with which was coupled
the name of Mr. Torte. The West
was r-c'Ived with cheers and musical
honors. The plaudits were renewed
when Mr. Tarte rose. and were kept
up for a cotuiderabie time.
HON. J. L TARTF.
Mr. Tarte mkt he never knew that
he wetrs retch a big man -that Ise
was the meats of the Administra-
tion -as described by the Tory press.
Evidently the people did not think
that be was such a bad bass after all.
There had been election' recently In
132 r� a former Tory constituency,
In Levi.. The iesait of these
election was attributed to national
prejudice. But there had been vic-
trkts in Went Huron and Brockville
also, if the Tories had won these
eloctlone they would have claimed that
Quebec was Influenced by the tui-
tional cry. The French-Canadians
were jn'b aro patriotic as the English.
The Wiry which the Oorernment Rauf
adapted was one of drawing Canada
closer to the-BrltWi Fire. That
user shown -Melees preferential tariff,
tkty tonUload
tit rAdaeedauhagatead Ise ,ea
Pacrlcprratkge.
ble and
The Uo et'rtment had tried to give the
country a railway to the Yukon, but
had been frnrtrnted by the Senate,
Instigated by Yankee lobbyist. and
title Tory keaterw, But 115r'trot the
Government would have done Getter
In the Washington negotiations.. Tak-
ing up the trarsglortatkst question.
Mr. Tarte Wowed how Canadeintrade
was drawn to American port., That
wile it crying shame. Ills motto was
Carsaia for tie Canadlans- Phe
traieportation problem could
not be solved without an
expenditure of money. Thi' young Can-
adinn nation wax sufficiently ad-
vanced to look to tilde future with oon-
ildence. We would have to spend
money, there Wats no doubt, of that. An
expehdlture of thirty miilloths upon
deepening the canals and improv -Ing
the [arbors was a good inveatmentl
The Government dki not Intend to go
quicker than it was safe to go, but
It would he criminal for the Oovern-
ment theft with fielded arm. while the
Americana were endeavoring to Cap-
ture •Canadian trade. The Minister
snake of the development of trnde nt
if!d1nuA, Cohlingwood. Oode rich and
Owen Sound, but sato that after all
Montreal waw the chief point. He
holed no complaint would be maids
When he anted Parliament for a little
money to develop that port. With the
d-eywrtln of canner waa Ita rre-
main,'thnnot t the tntereolonlal Railway
should he extended to Montreal ? The
Ooternment therefore intended to auto
mit another proprsltlon to Parllnment.
The Government's policy was approv-
ed by the errantry. The Conservatives
could throw !.'inti. but
they
not floor the (internment. ThLaurier
Admhilstratlm woe there to stay. Ile
hold leen attacked on account of hie
private affairq, but he was a poorer
man to -day than when he entered
office. He gave an explanation in an-
swer to the chargee thnt he had bought
a fifteen-thoneend dollar house In
Montreal, pointing out that he dkl so
In order to ahnrne the men who de-
grnd''d Cannda by probing Into public
menlr private affairs.. Tie had not
blight the homes, but his wife had ob-
tained $8,000 by saIIinr a 'mall
terms in @gists. wryXeli fie lied applsea
in part payment.
The a.alth: Giving Rbwbarb.
Rhubarb is n highly medfdnal vat
stable wiitrh should be amid as ms
as poetise during this season. Rhu-
barb ensues ahould form it part of at
leant one .mal each day, and ruse
the net Lt crittclaed pie need not be
vetoed if it takes the form of rhubarb
But new ways d serving It ars
clentead, and 11 M not roilya akr-
abie ba tom, but &einews dv
dish when
made into it "rhubarb charlotte." But-
ter a baking dins thoroughly and
stover the bottom an Inch deep with
fine bread l0rnrnts, then *lift n layer
of rhn[barb that haw been peeled and
out Into small thin pesos Aoatatw the
rhubarb thkakly withserver 14
sem
with a /second Myer ref
Ural"!
over the cruiwips pert bet-
ter. (kwiUnaw to1111 0$ the Mattalts df In rat
Way
�A he top, haring tine tap lays,
crafting tttinkly tprtskied
with p -.. tf batter. Rake test.
dinngg n a airs oven 1ir ui hoar
aafll the rhwlarb 1. tii
}0. I taroagh, and a top 1. ebs.
NTresMClft McHMMy had almost note
pletelvrrelevered frost los attack Sitsorra
Market Reports
The Week.
L.adins Wbe•t Markey
Foitowlnhg are tis ckstryt 9rut . to
day at important smarm
Chicago fit' ApwtI
111°11:1-77T5:815:41.:44:
k) 715 e
T7 t�
St. I.uula.. . l .t 077 a 77 :31
11751.1
Detroit,-. ... ... ... 075 1-4 0 75 1-4
Duluth, No. 1 Wm..- 072111 072;es
Duluth, No. 1 bard--. 0 75 5 -is
-., --- .-. -- 0701-n
'Fonatto, red... .., ... 0701-'2 --
Torupto, No. 1 hard
/held) ..- -.,-."w'tn- O 81)
Grain end Predwea et Tares' to.
Tussis, April 29,-Flues-Oa,;grie
patents, in tune $8,(h) Uo $3.7Q.
t-. mlp/gsoa. ,1S.ht1-- to -
soba ' baker., $8.60- to $8.7 ,
Wheat-Ontetrl0, red and"white, i�.
earth and aatU..4031%,_4 ►
urrtha and west ; , 1an
bin at Ttrouto, Noand No,M1itoba Nortpsni
at 77e. Prices are nominal.
Oats -White oats quoted at 311-20
to 82o went.
Rye' -(looted at 54c.
Barley -Quoted at 4110 to 43c weer
Buckwheat -Firm; 414e wtrtli d,,.
50o Bart.
Bran -City mills sell bran at 1114
and short. at $15.50, In eariut., f „
b, Toront
Cori-Cano.adian, 860 West, um! Au,
erloan 41c tore.
I"eas -9ul.t at42c 8So un nortrackth anlu;1
in earlobe
Oatmeal -Caress of tolled vats, o
bagHbarre, l.,ta utr90.act in Toronto, $3.40;
,u
$3.
/•rm Produs. Wbatssale at Teesat,
Toronto, April 29. -flay, Irlhi.:
carlotr, per Get, 117.50 to $c.,li
straw, haled, harlot., p{oerr tun, $t t
$1.50. Potato.., cannot., lxr b.,
75 to 80c; butter, choice, tub., I_
to lac ; butter, medium, tub,, 10 t.
l lc ; butter. dairy, Ib. roll., 12
butter, large rolls, 12 to 13c : butter,
creamery. Ib. rolls. 17 to 1Fk• ; erne.
choice, new laid. 11c ; honey, per 11. ,
3 to le ; hog*, dressed, carlus, $.1.1n
to *5.25.
/t I.awt.oe. !Casket..
Toronto, April 29--Reeetpt, of
grain were light, Duly 2 load*` el
oats, which sold at 38 1-2 to 40epse
Hay ,steady ; e5 loads old at
for clover or mixed bay.
Straw atea¢y ; 8 loads .old at et
to $7 per ton.
Potatoes sold at MO to tee. per
bag. the latter price being tut ws
gin bags Lorry from farmer.' wag
one at 85c per bag for guo.t quality.
Butter plentiful, and pries racy,
sealing at 14 to laic per IK. tits Imlt
going at 15c for Ib. rolls from farm
err' basket..
Eggs pientUul, selling at 11 to lo
per doyen, the bulk going at 12 1 ;a
Poultry firm, chickens" welling et
60c to 11 per pair, the bulk roll Ilk
at about 88c.
Turkey's, 12 to 15c per In
1,111.8 Market&
Nor.,
i
Liverpool. April 29.-(12.10 4 --km- t
spring wheat, et 4d. ; No. I
Cal., 6s ad to tie 5d; red winter, es
Mid; stat•k ez1ut1i ted; corn. new, ao
stls5
1.4d; old, 8s 6)(d; peas, 5%d . ; lark,
prime, western meas, 42s 6
prime weeieen, 27e; Amerman refined
28a; tallow, Australian 28' 9t1; good
to floe, 22s; baoon, ar., ligltt, 29e M,
Le„ llfdii, 211' hi; hasty, 29s: s. c..
heavy, 28s 6d; cheese, both white awl
colored, 51a ea.
Liverpool -Cl wheat steady
at 6a 8►ja for No. 1 Ncrr. Futures tura
red touter, As b 1.8d for May and y
rIpleuoit for July. liaise, 8a 5 1-4d for nee
!put ; futures, as 7-84 foe May rad
:s 5 July.Flow, 17. 94.
London-Clr>.e-Wheat, arrived 1,
waiting Driers 2. Off /toast, quiet and
Mealy ; on aiasagle, firm and not tic
Moe Malar, off t'OA nothing (7614,on passive. quiet anti' steady. Sated.
can sate, whit*, Mayelene, ler lig.
parcel- Whaet, opsea Booth An ,4-
can, M.'WIl, 23. 36 enlpie-bet Ila.
mai.e, 18. 6d; Amerman, 17s 3d.
M. hour, 28a
Antwerp---CIOs.-Red winter wheat.
18 8.4f.
Parti-Close-Wtentt, 201 85' for
ADrll and 21f for they and Ang. Flour.
42f 80e for April, and 431 85c for May
and Aug.
&radiuses". on Trade.
9ositte weather has helped diatribe,
nkat_ a Improved the tone d Grsllnee
at leading Canadian centres Toma-
to report an active distribution oc
ordeeS bit raab are In bad rale.tion ansi seedlt� cul etonon be aDtve,
pointing to ®oder deliveries of grain
and temporarily ktmeued country de
mond. Brittle' capital M reported
aeekhig Investment in Cana/Ilan mimes
Navigation will soon open at Mont
real anti warmer weather has M-
oored the general outlook and sande
collections; eskter. Bmsmese Is dull le
the Maritime Province'. Lutnber dJp
menta are heavy, but the ..at catch
is dlatppoloting. 'Vlotorla jobbers are
Wiry and Interior demland M Weems -
Ing. Rank clearings for last week
aggregate $27,267,000, a decrease of
5.8 per cent. from Ute previous ween,
but a gain of 11.5 per Dent. over the
g week it ear ago. Bur
hese allaxes In tit. year
num
bared 80 haat, week a�pnst 25 tits
preriottk week, 15 in tlhe eort'erVrwd-
ing week a year ego, 22 tt 1891 87
In 1896 and 82 l0 1895,
RUSSIANS AND WHEAT.
The Liverpool Corn Trade News,
for Apra, referring to the Reclean
wbest movement, 'aye that the late
decrease of 8,000,000 quarters In the
final. as compared with the $.snail•
nary official estimate of the .$rinngp
wheat crop, gown ann. way towers
accounting for the small export move-
ment the. sea.orh, bit the main reason
G that It M the prattles of Realise
rmb take long vs. Farmer*
' alb•.yr dogs.e. hold stock.iewfor yrare
In order to catch • good wiling mar
ket. to that sometimes big exli'rcte
ars found In reason11 of small crops.
or vine versa. In 1897-98, it season of
awaali wheat crops, batt high prices.
abs ' Pott. were larges abxove th►
aver'. In 1898 -*4, ahUlargh the
Wien crop war the largest an x.
cord, the exports were galte mode..
ata
CONDITION OF EUROPEAN CROP -
The Liverpool Oona Trade News
reports as to condition of growing
coops
United Kingdom -The glowing
wheatcolumnar to glee satisfactionr
bei
bmain*00 fsatarmeMr, Gaetnrintey,troty fault with It
Roumania andb
France-MIM weather bee pe+evalked.
and It awn barp tc fibs dtoPa
Which still look verb well, bV
sesmllog
was nearly finished.
Alatrla-Hnrgnry--The weather hM
lean same able, and there M enema -
plaint about the 1usz
rnelginaaoktl
ble and the momlook
*1
2 tr..m
Ai4T-Tlie weather ha. IA"
milder and mora favorable, with nIA
"shoe, Rhin& tiros Walk, emir .
ett it many
peens
Qta
iartsit
p. B mt. m�& Dr M
_is abort the mope there asre
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