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A DISCREDITED OPPOSITION.
The Ottawa Opposition 111114 not got
name' '•glory" out ite recent
schieverneut of holdiug ap thc busi-
neve of Parliament for threeconsecu-
tive days. Some of the strongest
men of their own party criticize the
setincless obstruction of which the
COIlSeeVattVe pie,nlwrr. have becu
guilty. The Montreal titer (Conserve -
Live says editorially :
So far as we .an gather from the
sleepy reports which the papers have
been able to give tut of the "terrible
struggle" which went on at Ottawa
duringthe last three days -of last
i
week, t With it tight tor wore readi-
ness to bring down information.
Now an Opposition is certainly justi-
fied in detuandiug the fulled. informa-
tion. But Lhe Minister who was be-
hind with his "information" explained
that his Depertutent was getting • it
ready as rapidly as it could, and that
he would soon lay it on the table. He
did not refuse to give the information:
be promised to give it. The result
was that the Opposition kept Parlia-
ment sitting, at greet cost to the
country, through three weary and
empty days while they protested
against A Minister *het could not turn
out information faster than
could work. Obstruction is the heavi-
est piece of siege artillery available to
an Oppostition. It is. moreover, a glut
which can very easily blow itself to
pieces. At Westminster it has blown
itself to pieces, end that in a free Par-
liament. At Washington the very
pieces have been buried out. of sight,
and the winotity lies helpless at the
feet of the majority. The Opposition
should think of thin before it runs out
its hundred -ton Cannon to brush away
a fly. If the Minister positively re-
fused information, then the situation
would be changed. If the infortna-
tints. when it comes down, reveals
mandalous wastefulness or worse.
then we shall expect the Opposition to
make the :poet of it. But it will only
weaken 11 44 power to attract public at-
tention to great wrongs if it insists
upon flagging the fast express of Par-
liament every time it wants to ask a
trued why a letter ham been de-
layed.
And the independent Montreal Wit -
new puts; it in this nay :
The Opposition cheered when mid-
night struck on Saturday night.
They had Retitled es victory, or at least
seemed t,o thank they had. few they
cheered. What they diet, more then
to stop the business of the country,
waste the time of member/I. and cost
the country wane hundred 'Ad
thousand dollars we 1111 not !MOW.
ACCOrdiog to the present law is
of Parhament it, is always possible
for any Oppreition, however email,
bowever wrong•headed. t o sI.. 0.11
U1.• laisinese of the rountry in this
way. ea that there is in the achieve-
ment ao evidence either of party
strength ot• of virtue or wisdom. Nor
lute it, an an object lento"), eon'. Weed
the ...dnintry of anything whatever.
If the Government had trellised l'ar-
liansent any information to which it
had a right the Opposition would at
least by this somewhat expensive
means have advertised this breach of
the people's rights. But nothing that.
was asked for was refused. Returns
would be brought down as soon as
they could be prepared. There were
presumably plenty of non -content'
iters to be going on with if the Op-
patition had been willing that. the
business of the country should go on.
14. would seem, however, that, led by
Mr, Foster rather than by Mr. Bor-
de's, they have deliberately reeclved
to balk progress all they can. and
to take preposterous advantage of
rules developed for the purporns. of
loyal debate to prevent Parliament
acting as Parliainent *4. 1111.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
This 1 lohnesville bridge question
Beene to lie a burning ismer,
- -
Is 4 Ili, I Pally is fee
Weather inan just teasing 4.
ioltiwin Smith writer, : "Our 41,14' 01
Immigia 11,111 is etrange. e are ad.
netting as horde of dabbing Italians
while we ...chub. poweable Jai.% rend
Chinamen."
- -
The Weekly Bun very propei•ly
takes except' to the toting of a
Parliamentary rottenly tr. ie railway
line to connect OVIete Sound foul %t.',,.
ford. 11. is surely not a case calling
for Govern ment assistance,
l'he statement that immigration to
Cill'UU1/1 thie year will probeldy be
greater Ginn eVel. is 114.1 pa,.
tieeelatiely good IleW.v. The e. emit 1)
enema to ha Ve 111144411 .IS Mare)
grants already as It can amimilnte.
A WInni, .g jilige. rommenting
%won the erimes eitnimitteti by for-
eigners in Canada, tomb. some timely
remarks. Hie drew attention to the
esnintlit inns under whit li many of t hese
foreigners had hero Is...twill up. 114
gees and "among the Wits... Rua
ewilte.- (In err iiiiii g to this country
they eowetiwee unwind their new-
found liberty. To teach them the
le -t ter wey kindness should be exer-
cised along with justice. "Hy all
maws punish Hem," *aid the judge.
"but polite!' them justly sod kindly."
lea spite of eke fact that we have
Welt told over and over regain that the
civilization of China wee centuries old
at the. cowing of Christ. still 14. 114 hard
for us to realize that the Chitteee have
nut yet everything good to learn. lu
her book "The Yangose Valley and
Beyond," Mr.. 1E111 iiin11011 gh 114
farts about the Chinese of the inland
provinces which ate not generally
known. One province there has been
tor centuries splendidly watered by
irrigation near Hangchow is a canal
with a lock r dining her S0j011111 iu
eine WWII two filatures, tiwued and
managed by Chinese, were opeued,
the machinery in one of them being of
Chinese suanufacture, while- the fac-
tory was erected without foreign aid.
Benevolence is placed by the Chinese
fore •t on the list of the Five Coto
slaw Virtuee. China has asyltpus
and almshouses fur the blind and/or
aged Persons. will t sous 1 thousands
of refugees flying from fawine in Sze
Chuan were kept Wive chiefly by the
charitable of Sha-Shih, and thosewho
Ellett were betted by societies which in
every Chinese city undertake thie
sacred duty for the bodies of strangers
and for those of the very poor. We
hoist of Br i t is It manufactures.
Twenty million pouuds of etrotig. dor-
Able, white cotton cloth, fifteen and
twelve inches wide, are exported en-
nually from China. "Samples of this
make." satyr. Mts. Bishop. "and of Eng-
lish cottons were fre%itieutly shown
me by the women in Ste -Chuan vil-
lage, with a scornful laugh at the
latter." If China can do and be so
much while she is asleep, the nations
of the Western world may well won-
der what place she will take when she
awakes. which the present stirrings
indicate she is about to do.
• 'The Wearin' 0 the Green,
11,1 homer of St. Patrick:- I la , March I;.)
It was in the early even.ng. 4144. air 0 a- warm
and .4111. •
The boll. were riogitik.c-per. st t lie •lapel on
14,0 (1411;
My noel: was over fur the day, the Pile witto
my hand.
And there I ult. (ret- of tate a- an) in the
lend, .
When swinging dun 444,.. .treet :here .trollts1
.1 Merry )oung spalpeen.
And the llI,ic 1114 4,04444. ar "The
44e14tin re' the Green.'
tely thonerhte went travelling back
arra-. I he bygone year-
.4 ...Motow moved from my eye. 1,n thinking
It W11. tear'',
For once again the ‘pringtime bloomed in dear
old 400111)' 1 litre.
The peach leaned pink Agaitert the well, the
-now laid on the pear,
And .he that Caine 1.1 meet with rue. the
hedgerciain bet 11 ern.
%Var. .itering-I eon hear, her new !- -"Tim
41'enrin o the theca.-
Ifer footeep. fell st fairy -fight It nearce ben*
down the grass :
The Ivry birder perched nu the bough., be-
witched le watch her
44.ho bahered that ber petticoat 1%10. ragged,
wben WAS tied
About the nweeteet..auggo.t watt in all the
And faith, .be II not a sixpence, but the (le- of
her would ahem'
Like (Woo bright jewels when they . naked up
lu flg into mine.
A blocking on the hi.tling lad, fur bringing to
my mind
71, 11111.e. and dream.. the IIisig months had
- long -ince left behind !
For 4144 a Mint of sitisibine breeks upon a
cloudy day,
.4 fano •Iippett into my heart that. nsitybe. far
away
%there Irkli 410c., -Olt ',oft owed bloc. ‘,stile
iloo 1.11 Isl. Kathleen •
Win -awing for the aid times' sake "The
1Vearlii o' the Green. '
M. K. (V.
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Easy to Prophesy.
Sinecoe
It is prephesied that the whole of
toe Northwest Provinces, including
Manitoba, will he tinder prohibit'
before ten years.
Shoe on the Other Feat.
tendon Advertiser.
The Provincial 1•xpenditure hes
climbed at, a more rapid rate than the
Federal ; but, we don't hear our Cote
eervittive friends charging the ‘Vhit-
"ley (love' nt with extravagance.
Looking for Trouble.
Willi:1min A d mice.
‘Vitat's the matter ! TI gli this
is leap year, there does not seem to
be any fevered' activity in the matri-
monial 'market. Now. piling ladies,
two month', of precious importunity
have flown. tenet prEicrantinete.
Relief from the Snow Blockade.
Li dowel thinner.
Here eve ere again. %now -bound.
without mails, without transportation
either for natnengers or freight.. If
this thing happen. again we have de-
rided to 111111e1. an airship and be in-
dependent of then, earth-erawling
, trains that are stopped by e few
' hours' dorm.
De Our Hockey Girls Talk Like This?
l'Illicle.
kthel otescribing hockey match I
"Well, Orme, we t'f• 111411 11 topping
game. 'fa. raiser side were tally
rotten at the start, but they bucked
114) 110 Mal, And we had a bit of * hub
to lay 'sin out." Di- "Oh. 1 don't
know. I thought they were the newt
pilling crew of loosens I'd ever
struck. We were simply all over 'efie,
and had 'ion in the cart in no time ."
The Ottawa Muck -Raking.
Nroilt real
T11.• 111111.1el /lint with the
most. patient and be most assiduous
probing of the 11 0' 1140444 we Very little
leAm been finotel eininewrert Ily where
1111111.eciSlef4l ell ...Mil. II* el` awn
spent. The I 'tinsel :I/ 14 0, eager 1.1e
Ills i0*1 1 y r niters's+ i 4 welt. to all
the tat isfaction he ern get. out of the
activities of the peinetaking Inventi•
gators at Ottawa, but he cannot help
feeling, if Inc had been t 1111 (11.14.' to
remote, of affairs for the psi( ten
years. that the Government h.,. good
the teat of invretigetion 41 gree. deel
ot ter than many a first-class business
Meese would have stood it. Nor will
there he any grnernl regret. thief. the
11 ventigetorm have wholly failed It.
show that there e as 1111). systematic
T
slaw el the apcialitig vowel. for cot •
rupt put poses./
Failure of the Bonus System.
Itrursels Post
A bill is before the Legislature to
aholiall' amusing. %%leers, good has
tale% accomplished by the Lemur bye -
In 11114411Ce 11110, been
written on ninety-ninv. R •
e slim of
taxes or a (Ma 111' 110111. might be
worthy of cousideration, but any Man-
ufactory that has to lie perpetually
mimed to keep the whistle blowing
had better be emulated to die young.
The. bourns record in towns iu 11110011
A1111 Perth counties would till a big
book and the story would not be m
cheering one 011ie".
Canada's Future.
Loudon cutter •
Hr. Thosupeon, M. P. for the
Yukon. declare. that Canada mutat
rise to a plane it( equality with other
orations end that indepeodence
14011144 form mint come. Dr. Thomp-
son is half right. Canada, must and
will be some dray on equal footing
with sovereign etates. including the
mother country. end 'Me is feat rising
to that position without thought of
severiug British ennuociiun, and with
no draining uf the imperial tie. It is
the genius i.( the British Empire us
permit such 1411 evolutiou.
A Story and a Moral.
Toronto Slue
•
Once trii•re was a Jolley olio e11111-
plaiued to his friend of tlw extrava
e
wincof his wife. "Why." he said. "I
tievalt done MN- nobody like • dat
w iiiii for wantite money. ' It's re
dellah today. and fifty tents uext day,
and a quereali the day *flab. and den
at dollish. and den fifty cente. and den
a quartet', and *0 011 r01111' and route."
"What," 4ske.t the friesitl, ".I ees
she do with SO wuch money ?"
"I du . You See, I ain't gin her
any yet."
There ie in this story 4 likeness* to
Adam' Beck and the cause Niagew*
power. Ontario want11 a lot of
Niagara power. but the Whitney
Seaver iiiii too "ain't get her any yet.''
An Illustration.
Mom real St ar.
During the recent financial thirty&
German fer.mer went to the bank for
some money. He was told thaethe
bank was not pitying out money, but
was using cashier's cheeks. He could
not. understand Gila, and insisted un
money. The officers took hint in
hand, one at as time, with little effeeL
At last the president tried his hand,
and after a lung and minute explena-
lion some intelligence of the situatioe
emitted to be dawning On the farmers
fiend. Finally (Inc president said :
-You understand now billy how it is,
Hans, don't you ?"
"Yee." said Hans. -I think I do.
It's like dia. *inert it ? Von baby
vakes up at night and vents some
milk. I gif hien a milk ticket."
Open the Window.
TOrolitu Nest-.
31 11C11 WH$ *1 nue thin-. heard of the
' open dour " est an approved0 w
d r -
;id policy in the Far leavt. If Earl
(tre)' a e to btrusted, the -open win-
dow'is equally important from a semi -
Guy standpoint. The fresh air is at
unse the most effective preventive
end the most powerful cure for Pawl.-
culotte '. The open window should be
* feature of every bedroom in the
country, and. altogether aside from
tuberculosis, the sleeping -room into
which iiiii mer end winter pours a
continuous supply of fresh ,iiir is a
great benefactor of !Helaine!. They
who sleep in such apartments Are um-
etc(putinted with tad worsting etterva-
lion to whirl' the victim 01 the shut
window is subject. They awake re-
cuperated, and flesh A1111 s igOry11111 for
(Inc day's labor.
Our Duty to Posterity. -
Motareal
Mr. Hryce's allusion in his speech at
the Canadian Club banquet to tree
planting 'malls a beautiful Yid Tal-
mudic story, which bee an application
to this country at the present time.
A king travelling in the country saw
-an aged man engaged iti plenting 41
fruit tree. Accosting him, the king
asked why he planted it tree. *seeingeeing
that be would not live to enjoy its
shade or pa('utke of its fruit. The 4)1(1
matt replied "I have enjoyed the
shade ea
and rtaken of the fruit of
trees which were panted before I was
burn by men who have puttied. away.
tio I. in my (ley, plata lives fe
in eder
thet thaw who may come after Inc will
Wive shade to resit under and fruit to
eat and rejoice in the goodness of God
and the wind of those whu have
gone before." P4141. 419,10111 Mors,
coming from 41 land whew. tree:, are
not so pfat
lentiul . in Canada, 111)41
where thew is it proverb which ',ay".ays
that he who 11021 Mit a tree,
(log a well. and rained* nen 111-111 not
done his work in the world, ('011(8411,,('011(8411,,in germ the volumes which could he
written on the subject .1 Mr. Bryee's
'oddment Caniula omen to posterity as
duty co minute with the heritage
she hies received form her ancestry.
We die not all, foe emir deed. rescan
crown with honor or near with Amin
Through ..
ouidlc- iiineor nev 'Torre to emu,
Onr liven remit -Kok when uvir 111* are 1111,1,1,,
DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
(Ottawa, March ft. Thea
financial
datetuent of the Intercolonial
way for the lag fiscal iwritml is a
high') eatisfactory showing a
sulphite for nine months of 1V18,1311,
and for the Leveler the ending
June :It hod of wirocii. Hon. (bd.
P. Graham. liclieter of Railways 11.1111
Croton.. ridded to his speerli 1111 Inter.
colonial affairs the suggestion Gott
the Welland Camel should be deepened
to twenty-two feta. In the iliscumition
which followed Him. John Ilairgart
startled his colleagues and &sunned the
tilieral members by strongly sepiidi.
/ding the public 11%11er:41141 'whey laid
down by Mr. Itorden in the Halifax
plattorth.
Quebec's Tercentenary.
The bovei"lit (ro(14e
oss to giant
r5)7) appropt lid ion of •:11111.IPit file the
purpose of *rewiring and preserving
the hintorie battlefields at 1,neeiree and
making them 11 Canadian tuitional
park. This yeer is the re
teenteneery
of 1 he city . Thais. bundreel
yea" s hat e itellial ley noire U11111110
eta I be gistimil on which the 1-11)ity .41
Qitelee. now stands. and it is intended
•rt 11101 k Ile' oceselon IT a eelehreelon
at the ancient .'It during next Mune
mor, end by the dedieation of the
hattleflekle upon which Preen+ and
Britieh mingled their blood in the
leme.drawn fight for 1110 „r
i',111.4.13. Ft ma •liel 'it 111)11 Eng -
lisle. 1414404k mg tr 'a retainers nee moiling in
the eekthratIon, and additional eclat
will he lent to the neceaion by the
preeenee of His Royal Ilighneen the
Vritice of Wrelem. The eeleforation
prisminn to he n mord Intervening and
wispi.•ions ('4 'nt,
Riede° Immigratioe.
Mi
En
. L. ila,kenzit King. Deputy
1,4411.1 of I ,*10. i. 0,11 MI Wily to
gland to confer with 1 he I mperiel
•
HE
QUEBEC BATTLEFIELDS1
AN APPEAL TO HISTORY.
The fullowiug appeal is issued front tbe hearlquartere of (Inc Quebec Battle-
fields Abbot:bet • . object is to exploiu, *s shortly and 1611111/1y IAA tensible.
the 1•011A1/11 why everyone, speaking eithet French or English, should take 414
pride in leelpiug tra 1 114 Battlefield Park. A Battlefield Park commission
composed of men who will c lllll meal the confidence of the whole country, will
take Outage of Itie work, and all efforts will be co.unlinated louder their
direction. The cause is one far above all questions of party, race, lovably, or
(elite set ti ftlivisien : and it has already enlisted the ardent sympathy of
both leaders isi (Inc IS sir ‘Vilfrid Laurier and Mr. R. L. Borden, of
the prime er lu the whole tiudertakiug, His Excellency Lord Grey. of the
Ftetich A wbaseiradere in London, and of the Hoyal Fatuity, headed by Hib
Illajeety the king. The Ilifferent breaches of the Quebec BettUefielde Areoci•
atiou will attend to the work of local collection ; and every cent of every
private subscription will go straight into the pentium's!. work of Battlefield
Park. 1-
Stidecriptions not paid to lard Overtimes linty be sent direct to Colonel
J. F. Turnbull, Hun, General Truresmer. Quebec ; or Coutroller of His
Excellency the tioveruor-tieneral's Household, tioverunieut Roues*, Ottawa -
11*
4.1114:14e,gliabiins"oitnidAlrillsuliiiii.srlt.0 jolt natio
fields, .0 the place where au empire
was log and .0(11) 11) the find cheek of
mite, the balance of victory was re-
dressed in the raceme!, and the 1 •
of each army Waa heightened in both,
ot they are, however. tut
Pleietm al'i1111t the only battlefield nt
Quebec, 111 'm even the only one that is
a source of pride to the Freon+ anti
English-speaking peoples. 111 less
than a century Aisierivans, British.
French and FrencleCatnadiaus took
part in four sieges end th battles.
There were decisive actions ; but the
losing side was 111.1441.1. disgraved, 14114
the winning side was always c •
posed of allied tin ces .01111 shared the
t ri to triple lllll on g theist A satirical
Rangers ace patted Willfe, and
Erench-Cenadians helped Carleton to
save the future Dot . while
French and French-Canadians to-
gether Woll thealay under Froutenrw.
melee Monttalm et Mont •ncy,
and tinder Levis at eite. 1:11V.
here is no record kuown nut eve
any legend in tradition of eo man)
such moineutuas feats of *nu* per
formed, on land and water, bv flee
end ar of so many Elifferen
peoples, with SI/
*Il
tory am4 such honor ind:tfieima
.
.at,
ami
an;
within a single scene. And so it is ea
exteggeration of this centinemitrativ
hour, but the lasting, weltatithentica
ted truth to say that, take them fo
all in all, the fields of battle at Quebec
are quite unique in universal h114101')'
, And 411 115)1 today also uttique as an
opportunity to take (evasion by the
hand, to eet this prieeleem ground
apart from the catalogue of
things. and preserve- it a% 101 .tnglo•
French heirloom for all time to 1.
An appeal to history would he most
appropriate to any year n ithin the
final decade of the Hundred Years
Peace betvveen the .e.conteteling
powers of lenetwe, (Inc British empire.
Anil the United States, fliit 1(404 15 by
far the best year a 44 1111' fen : for
it inarks the :Dalt birthday of the
Canada, Whiell bait become the senior
of all the overrea eelf-governing
lllll initiate of the king and tinder
what king could we 11/0re fitly cele-
brate this ttuperialetble entente cur -
(hale (1.1 lllllll env
11,
The eucret instruelions scut ,'ill
from Preece in 17.50 were (Inc deetli-
warrent of Montwahn : 1.* niter's est
lc tombola"' des Motitcalin. "..
It is indiepetterable to keep a foot-
hold The King remote upon
your Leta, eourage and tenacity."
Monte:arm replied • " 1 shall
everythinteto save this unhappy
eoloily, or die." And he kept ble
word. He hail already done splendid
service in A losing ramie; etemmitig
Lhe Ltently.* advance by throe des-
perete rear -guard vietories in three
suecesei4'e y(.ars. Nuw sic stood At
bay for the lest • The country
wee starving. eorrupt Intendant
and his myrmidons were still preying
'Ill 4111 that wee left of ite resources.
The army luul numbers enough. and
n Ftenelt and Canadian gallantry to
• mare. But (Inc t;overnor added spite-
. tel interference to the other distrac-
ts tions 441 a divided eouiniand. Th.
t Mail that brought the &eel order,
was the first foe eight months. And
old France and new were cutupletely
1 septisted by a thotimend leagu.s of
e hostile sea, in whose inviei e, con
- strictur; grasp Quebec had I erg been
✓ IwId.
In June, Admiral Saunders led up
the St. Lawrence the greatest fleet
then *limit in the world. Saunders
was a star of the service even among
the galaxy then renowned nt AM.
‘Vith him were the future Lord St.
Vincent, the future Captain Cook.
Who tniede the first British chart of
the river, and revered re who rose
to high dietinction. His fleet com-
prised a quarter of ;the whole Royal
Navy and, with its convoy, num-
bered 277 sail of every kind. Splen-
didly navigated by twice as many sea -
mem as Wolfe's %PIO soldiers it hell
.4 '• m1'1141104
,wcting the itinnigra-
,,cernment rem
tion of HindooN and other British
East Itolians to Canada. Ile will lay
liefort. the Imperial autliorities the
Via•WS of the Canadian Government
regrading the advisability 01 adopting
stet* to restrict. AN far as 110,aible.
1.1111grnt ion tit ll'atiatlian Irmo' Lbe
British Asiatic possennions. The Rio -
(loos an. British subjects. and Any reg.
ulatione adopted with a view to keep-
ing them out of Canada would neces-
sarily have to be consideted by the
British Government.
French Treaty Confirmed.
Notwithstanding all that las been
said In criticism of the treaty with
France, only live members voted
egainst it on the third reading. One
of the Hve wae:Dr. Chieholon, member
for East 11 Mien. The vote Wan 1144 to
,1.
.Mr. Ayleswortlee bill to aniend (Inc
Dominion electionm act wars int rodeced
this lifternomi. It has several im-
pel -era provisione, including one that
all contributions to campaign fund'
shall be nuede through the stateam y
agent, who in turn will lie required or
tuake webby to the returning (Meer
the lllll t tool source of eoutviltu-
ti°1111.141441ier-lteneral litter has d .-
clined the offer of the Iinperial 4V ir
Office to Lake command of a brigade
at Aldershot and will indeed ceote to
Iteruliput eters st elf at Ot taw.' .
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
Tmeritto, Iarch 11. ,Scconling to
the public Accounts, which were 141111
upon the table of the Legislature last
week by the Hon. W. J. Hamm, Pro.
vincial Secretary, the surplus of the
Provincial revenues over the expendi-
ture at, the close of the lent financial
year was IPII0I.173.5x. The Intel re-
eeipts ^mounted to esi,:ger,Iltr.111, an
increase of 1,150,7441,414)$when 110111.
pared with the rt.ceiptm for the pre-
vious year, and an advance of 112,3111,-
213 when compared with the receipt.
of Itinit. The balance brought forward
from lien lllll minted to eta I07,23)02,
making a total of $1 I.S17.115/4.81 which
passed through the hands of the Gov-
ernntent. The expenditure for the
year shown an adVan1.0 of 111$1114,0116.3-1.
l'he chief items which acemint for
the added revenue are the Provin-
vial mubmitliev, which attanitited tinder
the new areiangeinent to $1,731,029.0f1.
as compared with 01.:CP,287.b4, an in-
crease id v111.712.111. The income
from the lands, forest', and mints of
the Province ham leaped from 1112.213.-
144(1.02 411 4100,1. $3,11104,191.4111 lest year,
an advance 4,1 $$1i,((. 17
The eetienatesi for the (aimed yen'.
tall fur nppropriationm 1117,;101,81.i.
It wiH be neen that the Provincial ex-
iwriditiort• in increasing rapidly. The
main increases ritt. this year ate melee
the I,,',,iI I,1 ediwat • and 1'111
(kin roads.
To Regulate Auton:obiles.
Because of the exceptional number
of bills intealticed ,it the Legislature
this yearrespecting the dwell and
the itner,(Con of Josh meddles, Premier
Whitney -detest that a menial .
miller would be appointed to conmider
legislation tending 111 alleviate, this
trouble about w Melt the rural con -
et .5 1)111(11* especially e plaiiiing,
So far the atteuipts at legislation
along this line have been of many
varlet 411114 Pomo of them (111' pre,n.
iee elinriel prized 14 "ilhentiaithired
1111/1 veritable." 11" rnjettil tell flint
I'iL present he I l i lll self had no noted ion
to offer, but. he thought time and ex-
perienee wield *how just what (eight
to he done. In any event, all hills re-
lating to the rates at whir+ nutomo-
biles shall travel And the regulation,'
governing their operation will be re-
ferred to this apeeiAl committee.
The Assessment Act.
The nessesseneut net is /1 11411 1114 1.11 it.•1
against wfilch many shafts All' Atone I
un ;..iege 5.1
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and a large number of bills have been
I introduced by private members pro
posing various amendments. Refer-
ring to this matter the Prentier
pointed out that a great deal of time
had 11 been expended on the 11(.1, in
arriving at bases of asseintnient far
different descriptious of property.
The principle* of the act were AO inter-
dependent that, to amend one would
interfere 'vitt' the whole. He sug-
gested that the varione bills might he
introduced, and then dropped on the
understanding that the Government
would refer the whole smatter to a
speciel cote initUat next session.
To Discuss the Power Qweetion
A long series of queations placed 011
the order paper by eh% MacKay pro-
mises to precipitate tut important dim -
mission et an early date on the -It-
-talked-of question of Niegnra power
POLITICAL NOTES.
'Ilse Liberals of Centre Bruee, will
meet at Obisiais Theireday, March
111, to select i candidate for the Ileitis -
Intim in ,.11110.41111)11 to Colonel Hugh
Clark, M. P. P.
A return of Ityc.eleclions for the
U111 llllll held during 11017 ehoweahat
during the semi. fourteen bye-eleet 10111
were held. Of these five were by acclani-
ntion, the members elected being all
Liberals, wrmly, Host. Wm. Puguley,
Hem Gum H. Graham. Hon, Jacque -or
Bureau, Pius /dictated (Victoria, N. 11.)
and C. 11. Major 1 lethellel. In the
eine contested constituencies Liberals
Were elected in six and Conservatives
in three. The aggregate [Abend maj-
(with.* totalled 5.31a, and the ammeter-,
ate Conservative- majorities 1,500, to
which Major Beattie.' majoriti In
London against tLac
he bor an idate
contributed l,'1,',.
The best Wily Step 11 wagging
tongue is to stop your ears.
Dejected Traveller -"I say, Pat, did
you ever make an idiot. of yourself
about a woman ?" Pat- "An idjut, is
t11.? MUTP, I've made meal( an intim
Asylum." -Punch.
Telegraphy...
Highest pold oinetalit were unee toper
*tura, livinend exceed. eviiieply. Six
thouratml needed dining next few yenta.
Operators have Meellre4 intimated Paler,
ie., 41111 eight .hour day,
%Vet orewire you In 'thriller, time *11.1
place yen Immediately upon grndunt lost.
competent. hiniructer,
emoletticts, side cola...ratite.
I 'of lllll reibevet.4 free. ,
Enter 1101N. No 1 ore!
MAIL COURSES,
GODERICII
BUSINESS COLLEGE
44(',f), .1.)110TTioN, 11rtnelest
r
NOW OPEN
ENTER ANY DAY
veinier Term in all deportment, of
the Central nnstne.s. Conroe. Totem
to. offer, rolendid ahoneen for mend
Ing a h., month.: ideootntly and
prnfltnbly. Twenty dye trochee,
at Mamie fress Write for it,
W. et SHAW, Principal,
E. R. SHAW, Secretary,
16.4,imer, li.ftlt Anti Sts.. Toronto.
OMB de
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• New Goods Being Opened •
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1 he new goods rtutt are Wittig opened up
already give the store an atmosphere of spring
New Waists and Skirts
Ihtt 311' new 1 ight, out of the drowsier'. hands. It it It 1 I 1 1111 (II
441)1111(4 Ilea eel se 111411 be put int., them. Man) iiit al. Is (h,,
ate ex( elleut luta at 1 he (11 9,1144 marked.
New Spring Coats and Raincoats
011(141111) VP,
Our New Spring Stock of Whitewear
cannot be excelled for daintlineessur good value. , ,
Want a Belt ? °
01' AO many pretty *tyke' he Nal kid, 'silk and loathe'
JOHN STEAD
Goderich Ladies' Wear West Street
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We have the Correct Things in
SUITS
FOR BOYS
this Season'
Each eeason's experience gives us more Llitoe ledge for the next.
Lest year we thought we had the tine.t showing of
Suita it was possible to get- rind we had : 1,41( that wan last
year. •
Nuw we ask you :to come lend sele:t the 1...h.'s suit from whet
we think to be the hest elirlee1 lint ever shown here 1.11441 it 1.1 tiler
year.
Prices range from $3.5o to $8.00.
KING HATS
New Spring styles me now in. If %l,Il Wald (44'
h*t tIt hate captured the best hat trade 111 th.•
cities and large t ii•
BUY THE KING HAT
L OF STYLE EXCELLENT IN QUALITY
WA ER C. PRIMA
The Right Place for Men's Clothing and Furnishings.
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Spring Term Opens April ist The Yantry,
CENTRAL e Kitchen
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- SPRING TERM from April at. with „
Knter now and log. mad) to 010 •
11,5141 1113.itton 111 the rummer or fall, '
Attend
ELLIOTT
Good Things
STRATFORD. ONT.
ThorouJhekesr is the lee) nese of
thi, Inrlitutivren. Our reboot -total-
ha ‘•hat 4. 111.411..1 mid iloni la •
1011.1114,4 e511('14( ion. 14 0 hal, three
'leyort enrol. ( cniiiiivichil. S1.11.1
11411d and Trlegr.iphic. Illir 11 *41 S
wi)e. al 4 ryo nue orcd . If inter...qt.] i
Jet our five cataloger
11
The iningroom
are requisites 111 every
well -ordered household ;
nevertheless
,
ELLIOTT & McLACHLAN, They would be
useless
adjuncts to the 110111(4
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without being Supplied
TORONTO. ONT.
iN %DA 111.;11 CLAW. 148 wool
TM. tioneae bee 10:4111.11 course.,
maim taarbets, egrritit equipment.
I, facilities for altering
ntudents In. pociOota. that. the aim -etre
bushreni college Open entire year. • II
graduate. germ...Riots.. Hnird.onie Fat.
Plelroll free. W. J. el..Lio'rT.
Corner Toney MINI Alexander tenets.
that are fresh 11,11(1 pure,
bow
STURDY & CO.,
THE GROCERS.
Prompt Delivery.
Phone 9i,
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1 When down Town
1
11101111
call in at Butland's Drug Store and
have your (irippc checked. Our
tablets do the work quickly and effec-
tually no had after-effects. Put up
in 25c. boxes at
BUTLAND'S DRUG STORE
The Store that Pleases.
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