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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-3-6, Page 70 DOMINION PARLIAMENT. 'Oerewe, Feb. ,-- The Speaker took the ,•erhair et 3 o'olook. Mr. Bewail moved to have printed in the ,vote0 'and prdocedinge of the, Houk the furthet oorreepondenoe in the R,ykeet affeir. He ptoposed that the explanations made by •hon. gentlemen in the Ilouse•end the letter writtee ley the member for Litioeln to the ,newspapers reoently should be .printed: He proposed this no a matter of eelf•defenee, because he wanted the Houk tolee in pos, Session of all the tot in conseontive order upon the records of the House. , Dlr. Laurier said he could not consent to the letter by the member for Lincoln-loeing pieced upon the votes and proceedings until he could exanaine it. To the explanetions being included he had no objections. were to ask the majortty in Quebec to The 'Motion WAS withdravvti till to-• , mo. abolish official English I would be the first , ; n Aiwa and passed 0 The following bills were read a third to say o. Mr. Charlten-The term which my hon. Respecting the Port Aethur,Duluth friend has applied to me, demagogue," & Western Railway Company. Ilk been ruled as unparliamentary. Mr McCarthy -It was applied to me. I Respecting the G-oderiah & Canadian' would prefer that the word be not with. Junction Railway Company, and to change the name of the company to "The drawn. G oderioh & Wingham Railway Company.Mr. Chapleau-I call it a revolutionary, " To incorporate the Sault Ste. Marie & a demagogic measure, and I am sure that Hudson's ay Reilway ompany. these terms are not unparliamentary. We BC cannot modify words in this way. I mean To inaorporate the Ottawa, Morrieburgla & New York Railway Company. what I say. The Bill is contrary to the . Mr. Laurier, on resuming thdebate spirit of British legielation, which respects e on the rights ot minorities. It is contrary to Mr. MeCarthy'seltill, wear received with ap- pieuse.„He said / or oueeeeenoe eoeepe loyalty to the Orowne biloake no inan who t the deolaration made' by the framer of this is ruly loyal Would endea,vcre to create s Bill, not only while introdnoing it, but on division amongst the Queen's ubjects. several occasions previously, that he is not These are the reasons I oppose the Bill. actuated by any Impale feelieg towards the Mr. Mitchell moved the adjournment of French people intaheda, but thathe has the debate amid ories.of "Question " and " Lost " from the oovernraent banal es and another motive, viz, the landeble and loyal. "Carried " from the Liberals. Mr. Mitchell One of preventing ,futitre interneoine feuds by removing knees of oontention. I hoald ineisted on his motion, and was seconded by s be sorry when the , hon. member harbor's Mr Cook. Sir John Macdonald finally stated that much high feelings ter disturbe -him, but I , find he has a different motive, and for hien the Government would come down. Mr. Mitithell remarked that he was glad to imagine that he lie to sehure the peace and harmouy of the country by the plan he to see the Government come down gm:w- proposes is surely an egregious mistfully.ake. I 'Sir Jelin Macdonald asked the leader of emaintain that hia present action is -only endangering the eace end hetrnebny whioh the Opposition if a divieion abuld not be p exists now. He would not dare speak of reached at that sessien. 31 the,Frenoh nationality in this House as a 1r. Laurier promised to do his utmost to close the Idebate to•morrow (Friday), haetard nationality.? Ire Barrie he said at and on this underatanding it was adjourned. the laat election that the 'grata &ingot' The which overshadowed the country WAS this • House divided on the amendment to the eimendneent,by the Minister of justice, bastard nationality,' and which threatened the dismemberment of Canada. Why, the whioh reads ae followe daysereenot far dietant, or more than five That all the words after resolved be expunged and the following be substitutdd : That thie years distant, when this bastard 'nation- yfoihsee,phrealivitg regard to the long-oontinued use ality VMEi unenimotte in ita support of the Oldete9rastagiae,dariacl to Conservative party. I venture to say,' the covenants oanntiaafesiunb' judging of the future by the past, that if North the Frenoh-Oanedians were to become til3leorCe Zha ctntfin td?iaen eLrgli st.r1311iei rhernealiotohaatoito2 expedient in the interes5 of united and give the whole weight ininionarothoaritotthgeo of their party to the Conservatives, not one should be commivinitv oef language word woad, we hear of thie national cry. People of Canada. That, on the contrary, this t ...Eveepthing is tending to a* change of , Houle declares its aldherence toeft,tplstee assnae.yraidaetetoopprat- a&ant t oart t affairs ; a great population ie going into to irepair the 1searmne. this House deems it expedient and proper, 1:1A the Territories. We must take these facts .into view, when it is the proper time to deal L'oog Inact= isAtesnot witn the covenants, that the bly oftherIshloorwst Terri - with the gnestien ; when we are prepared tones should' receive f gParliamentouer of to giVe there're More eitended form of local Canada power to regulate, after the rae'' autonomy. When the time comes we mud election of the Assembly. the proceedings of the ginuobilyi;raonodezaonnBer of recording and publish - le prepared to deal witlathis queetion upon ing •••broad prinoipies, with an "eye to the web fare of the mthe ijority end protection of amendment was carried by 149 The yesalt elf gthe vote was ytehaeattoth5e0) the minority. Till then it is better to nays, deter considerittion of this question, and -e„es eerrersi3Aerudet, Bain (Boulanges), Oar - deal with more timery ones. There is this 'ne.-ra:-B--ech d ,gefieonv,,leargiit316weimerannier, 3133Iramkoe, remarkable featurein the Bill ' It is not Boisvert, Borden Brown, Bryson, Burdett, Cameron, Campbell; founded upon the expression of will on the Etrago , uC fit:run:120i% Casey, Casgrain, ehr,rt of the•Territories. it leTai broad pin- , d Chnon, och- • allele -Applying toAhe whole country. This reale, ackbn4 Cookardorb c Mr. Chapleau moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. Chapleean in resuming the debate On Mr. MoOartlay's bill, paid : At the begin- ning a this debate we heard a great deal about equal eighte. I an only way thet keno enactment was not passed giving equal power to all the mieribere, end I woold not he placed in a position to express in bad English my opinions of this bill. I have requested that English be spoken in my home. I have even asked prayers to be addressed to the Almighty in eery house in the English tongue. I want to point out that there are fear thousand Frenoh-Cana. diens and half-breeds in the Territories, or only about one•seventh of the English population up there. In Quebec) the Eng- lish minority oonetituted only one-sixth of the population, and yet if any demagogue like the framer of this bill if3 why I object to.the Bill. I sabnait to all coughina. Coulombe, 'CurraL. Daly, 33a1ott Davin Davis Dawson D S t. Georges, Dosaul- I \ parties in this House, E'rench, English, niers ' Desjar' dines D'es tit, Dewdney, Dickey, lieee,.....b.als and Conservatives, that it is beet Dickinson, Dupon Earle6 Edgy, grdownarricillit; Eitibll- o e r -the consideration of this matter I are suoenr , norguso (Leede a till earth a time MI We are•prepared to deal lyili31,:oiescForrei silemPerguson (Welland), hPfseert" an, Gigault, Girouard Gor- with pther gitestienti affecting the North- don, `Ca" s, Guay,oluiellg.:lilraggart, Heaton, weekTerritorieso Lei all remember this, Hickey, Holtbn H p Jamieson,(HalTiaet that no race in this country has the abs. Joneas, Jones (Digby), Jones ' Kirk,Kirkpatrick, Labrosse Landry, L g ."' . lute right toinvadethe rights of the ether (sentmorence), Langener ' - an- 6 ler' race. - ' • e . (sir Hector), La Riviere, (19auntellelLnacEt?oneevaniiFi. Laurier, Lepine, Lister, Levitt, After . Mr. Laurier sat down there were t), Macdowall, McCulla. McDonald cries of "Question" from severed members. ((Vire t ija g d (liectou), teeDougaii(Cs,pe Sir John Alacdoneild on rising was loudly Breton), ktucere°eu-ya,IDarntyee, MeEay, Mclieen, applauded. He..eaid .., Mr. spaenert 140 McMillan (Vaudvreuil itiaillisMrmarzoiMistreglilf; Masson, Blassue, Meigs, • ll * a great way,with 'my hen-, friend in his re. OBothweme Mitchell, Moffat, Moncrieff, Mont - marks referring,to the prinoiplenf this bill. piasier, Perley, Pope, Porter, Prior, Purcell, Put- I sympathize with his netural indignation ler talfpfere?ttii, la°8,P1A, Miler 'st°111.18'Stoistt • at the language which he .been need in 3.' (Sir Donald), Smitn (Ontario), Sproule, Steven- shpport of this measure before thelloase. son, Taylor, Temple, Therien, Thdtapson (Sir I haven° amend with the &Sire eXpreeend tr112),Wienw, 'wThigove(reie.W2j!en't2na::: Vet= • in IMMO querters that by any mode what. (Arg,enteuil), Wood '(Brockville), Wood (West - ever there shoald be an attempt to suppress moreland), Wright.—Total, 149. • one language and make it inferior to the ehees-elesers. Arctyot, Armstrong, Bain Wentworth), Barron, Beausoleil, Bell, Bourasoa, -• other. I believe hews:921d be impossible to (Ohara()u, Couture, Davies Donison, Doyon, do so, and foolish and anwicked if it were Bilis, Gauthier, Geoffrion, Gilmoy, Hale, Innes, „ possible. In 1844 the • Government here Landerkin, Lang, Livingston, Macdonald • under Sir Charles Metcalfe had a Conserve. Viityleoun), rlecgaeghyisutcobilillre,verullxuron), • ment, but by a Oonbervetive Gavernenento as follews : Ontario, $58,737 ; Quebec, pedoen'htarligeneee": t tive majority, and with the exception of Patters'on (Brant), Perry, Platt, four the French•Canadiens were in the liebertsonRowand, Ste. Mario, Scriver, Sem- , Opposition. I was eleoted and set in that 1,),l,e, Soinerville, Stitherland, Tyrwhitt, Waldie, teen, Weldon (Albert), Weldon (St. John), , Parliament as a Tory, and I supported ''' 'Wash, White (Renfrew), Wlson (Elgin), Wilson , Lord Metcalfe"! There .vvits • a resolietioo. „(Leatiokl, Yeo. ---Total, 501. , moved in that House when the French- Mr. Bowed, in reply to Mr. Weldon (St. - Canadiatie were Power:lege; to 'help thenef 'John), kid that the whole amount of duty • selves. What did tilt() Hoke do? A. rem. collected on logs exported during the year • . Intion wp.,;; passed, nothy e Liberal Govern- ending 31st July, 1889, was e75,798, divided , elected in opposition to the interests of the 1116,048; New Brunswick, 51,017. , T1 Province of Lewer Canada, without a single ' sir Adolphe , Caroti, in reply to Mr. . dissentient Voice, to relieve the -French- Stitherlaind, said that the question of fur. Canadiansof the tuition caused by the nishing helmets to the aotive Canadian i Liberal Government in Eugland, at the militia was under consideration. , instruations of the Radical Lord Durham. Mr. Laurier objected to the newspaper -' Sir,' -tatiln? '12.0..8 read lrgm• the report article' by the member for Lincoln being of the proceedings Showing that while -Fit neionthe journal of the House, but as it the Liberals in England enacted that contained some information he would con - only, • Englieh . shoeld . be lepoken, the sent to it being printed if it wae not con - Tory 'Assembly in Cane,da, petitioned her sidered as a precedent: . Majesty for the repeal of the Act, and had Mr,. Mills (Bothwell) said it was an un - sit repealed, and both languages were made usual ptooeeding. equal, except that the French was not per. Bir John Macdonald -I 'mere the hon. I raided to be the legal language. You may gentleman will not press his objection. also remember that when tbe Hon. George Mr Mills -I am not preesing it, • Brown was leading the Reform party withi Mr. Cook -Then I object. The state- • enormoue ability, his wlaole aim WAS op-, merit naadehy the menaber! or Linooln in the newspapers is false. I object to a false statement 'going in 'the journtsts of this House. The T Milliliter of. Customs may shake his head if he likes., It nattkee no difference. I object on the ground that the statement by the hon. gentleman is a false- hood, and I am prepared to prove it a fettle - hood. (Cries of Order.") „ The motion wee carried. Mr. Charlton asked if the Governreent heel any information as to the white girl who was said to be held captive by the Blaokfeet Indians. Mr. Dewdney said this matter was boughtto his attention last surtineer. He belieteed ,he had seen the child who was supposed to be a capttve, and although she had some white blood in her, she was not a white child. Her suppoeed mother had another child three year older, who also appeared to have white blood in her. Further enquiries were being made, but he did not believe there was any trnth in the story. „ premien of,, the •French.Every speech he made, every artinle he winte, eyery redebe- tion he moved WAS Antagoriiitio ,to the French lenguageand theDatholia This amends konor`able will quiet' the insult " felt -by the ProVitice. of Quebeo and will ssaisfy the people of the Northwest. would ask the hone gentleman from West Durham (Mr. Blake) to take the natter into his considerationand see whether thie , principle gannet be addpted, end that, after - the next election, when the people' of the Northwest will have had a chance to speak, that it would not be right and fair that their representatives should, deal with it. 'That goalie:dente ivi1 even •then be Only temporary. That territory hi too large for •- one province or for four proeincee It is a matter for the future. The question ' will r have to be,dealt with as population goes in. Mr. Blake, 'resuming the debate,said: With teferenae to the Bill befre the House, I wiehed before the adjournment, to • have given due consideration to everything the hon. gentleman ha e said ' My own I judgment remaine what it Was, that the proper solution of this Tenestion is embodied in the statement I submitted for the coin eideretion of the House. Mr. Cockburn -I do not see why the resolution of the hon. member from North Sinake should have ekeited so reach ale.rm. ' When I look throtigh the • preamble I must east Viet I cannot fathom it. It MeV tend to excite the animosities of our Fretich ) members, and manyehave ken in it an rat• tempt to wreek their political arid religiotte • life in the Dominion, I era sure that it ia not the latention Of the hon. member to do any ouch thin, OL/TEBNACENT BOERS INST/EA.10 BANK NOTEM, In a reoeut issue we deaoribed certain pertioulare in which the Canadian benkirag system is euperior to the National bank flYetem. ef the United States, and we men. tiooed the plans preposed to keep the notes of a suepencied bank at per until their redemption, and to make the notes of et bank located in Prince Edward Ieland receivable at per ira British Columbia, We shall now coneider the proposition endorsed by many Cenedians, that there should be no bank notes; that the paper ourreney Of the country ehould be issued direetly and solely by the Government, and that Janke should do a business of deposit and dis- count. The National Bank system of the United States has proved itself a great improvement over tip old Wildcat banks acting under State ()heaters, but it cannot be pertnanent. The basis of the system is that a man or a company willing to start a banking business shalt- purchase, say, 5100.000 worth of Government bonds, whioh bo ehall deposit with the Govern. went, and upon whioh he shall draw inter- est. On the eeourity of those bonds he can then issue $90,000 of bank notes, paying to the Government a tax of 1 per cent. on the circulation of the bank. It will be observed that the banker gets interest from the Government on his investment, and he has the use of nine -tenths of his investment at 1 per oent, eati is rather a pleasant arrangement for the banker, bat, as we have said, it cannot be permanent, because the people of the United States are opposed to a national debt, and before many years they will have paid off all the bonds. Some other form of security will have to be devised, if banks of issue are to exist any longer in that country. The °ppm:lents of banks. of issue affirm that the systera induces industrial orises. In the normal state of bud - nese laborers, producers, manufaaturers, and distribtitors are working together on bound economic principles. Goods are oheap, and so is labor, but everybody is busy. Men willingiequilibrium be. work can find em- ployment. There s an equilibriube- tween (amply and demand. Goods are bought and consumed as fast as produced. Bank dividends begin to "look up.' Bank stooks rise and new banks are formed. Old ones grow careless about the bills that come to them. Prices of goods rise. 'When people are " making money" they consume more. With rising prices, speculation sete in. Each new purchaser gives his bill ; and each seller takes his bill to the bank, and has it turned into teading power. The eame goods are " discounted ' over and over again. All banks of issue vie with eaoh other in keeping out as large an amount of " circulation " as practicable. The increase of the volume of money adds to the inflation of goods, and labor and production ere greatly stimu- lated and greatly increased. Everybody fenoiee he is growbeg rich, and enlargee the sphere of his operations. The demand for labor raises the rate of wagee. The demand for the great staples mareaties, both for coneumption and speculation. After four or five years of inflation, the banks becotne alarmed at frequent loeses, and curtail their discounts. They thus force their customers to sell goods ate lone and in the effort to save themselves there is an indiscriminate slaughter of traders. This causes a return to the banks of the notes in circulation, or their equivalent, by those who owe them. Depositors oat& the panic, and ruah to draw their balances in cash, but the banks owe three or four times the amount of cash in hand, and have no alternative but to stop specie pay- ments. Then comes 'depression, economy, and after an enforced rest another nyole of "good times," inflation and panic seta in. How fer the issuing of bank notes is responsible for the alternation of inflation we cannot tell. J. B. MoCullooh says- that "no man or kit of men ever had the power to make unre- stricted issues of paper, without abusing it ----that is, without leaning it in inordinate quantities." Sir Robert Peel, the author of the Bank Act'of 1844, said (though he did not carry the theory into practice) : The Brazilian Charge d'Affaires wished to eubrait to Lord Salisbury an account of a wanton outrage committed by some Eng- lish settler(' at Rio, who refused to comply with the new law that virtnally made theta Brazilian citizens. The Englielithen chocked, the Brazilian 'officials out of a window, injuring several, then barricaded theineelvee against arrest find Appealed te the British Minister to protect them au British Bulejeatia Lord Salisbury, although annoyed at the mourrence, snubbed the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires, and refused to recognize him es the representative Of Brzilat the Court of St. James, Some have contended, and I am not one to deny the position; that if we had a new state of society to deal with, the wisest plan would be to claim for the State the exclusive issue of promissory notes as we have claimed for it the exclusive privilege of edinage. They cons'cler that the State is entitled to the whole profits to be derived from that which is the representative of coin; and that'if the State had the exclusive power of issuing paper, there would be estab- lished a controlling power which would insure, as far as possible, an equilibrium in the ourreney. Mr. Gladstone said in 1866 " The whole business of issue is in the State and, what is more important, the responsi- bility also belongs to the State." Michel Chevalier, the French economist, says: The power of issmng paper ,currency belongs' to the State, and is one of the essential attributes of the State for the same reason as the coining of specie or metallic money. This principle being conceded, the granting of the power,- without Compensation, to a company of private stock- holders, is in the nature of a I feudal monopoly. Perhaps if itwere sold to such companies for its value, and the proceeds paid into the national treasury for the benefit of the public o.,t largeno goloo Inc, iivenience would result to the nation. But the giving it Withbut an equivalent is an unjustifiable saerilIce of public inttrest. • These authorities do not favor an irre- deemable paper currency, but bidet tha the issue of Government notes muat be so guarded that the notes shaft always be convertible into gold. Willson, in his book on "Currency or Monetary Science " recommends the establishment of a " State Money Department," the business of Whiale eh all be: ' To provide and pay coin for all the gold bullion offered, seeing that suoh coin is of the specified fineness; To provide and pay notes, of tlae denomi- nationemeoified by law, for gold and silver to n11 who 'tiring ,suoh metal, coined or unkined;tethe issde Office, or its branChes or agencies ; s , • ' To Provide silver, find enbsidiary coins of all kind�,and Tall the benne to all comers for gold or silver coin,e'or silver bullion, at its market . value, or paper money, at the elation of the parties applying; ' To redeem all mates mad silver and other subsidiary 'coins hi gold coin, on presenta- tion at the several plans specified for that purpose; To establish agenciee at such important centres.' ef 'business es; experience shall indicate; To take charge of all cella held for the redenaptien of paper money, and redeem all such papet Money on presentation; To receiee, hold and pay out, on cheek, a sums of money-tnetellic and paper, of a epeoified amount; of private individuals tioad joint dock aesocietione-but paying no iiiiereet therefor.. T Here le 'peovision" for aorivettibility at will. ;it will:be observed that there is no design to make profit out of the businese. To Willson8 weedee: "paper money isened ,by Buell depaitment will cost traders keia all clanks Patna mach as metallic ,money, whibh is 'the correct thing. Buie 'dealers, .bahltern, tneroleents and minereo tlie•oWnere of the preoltaiii imitate, will take them to the money department, res,they now take them to the Bank of England, the mint, ,ot o brokers, and will sell them for notes or 'for coin, as they. may nee'd, eaoh perty-ethe State end the ownerof metel-ttaditag on market Wade(' the articles they have to 'melange. Thue there will be a, perfectly self-reguleting or teutoinatio turtolainery eetablished. There will be no more metal wined than le needed by the publio, no more notes issued then will stay in circulation, no more metal taken to the money department then will afford a profit, however small. The equation of supply and demand will find its moest equipoise. The equilibrium will be as perfect as the face of the mean. The waves and ripple e will al ways tend towards au exitot level. If a profit occurs to the de. pertinent from the issue of paper, it will belonglo the 'ninon, and not to individuals, The profit, it will be seen, under such a department will simply be an inoi- dental oironmetanee and not a primary objeot." It moors to us that the United States may get very close to the system outlined above by a gradual process. Already the Government issuer'" silver oertilloates re- deemable in the coin and bullion stored in the treasury vaults. As the bonds are called in, the issue of National Bank notes 'must be curtailed, and their place can be sopplied by a further issue of gold and eilver certificates, by the Government, in exolaange for gold and silver deposited with the Government by the people. In view of such a change in theUnited States, and keeping in mind the current projeote for an international coinage, it may be wise for the Canadian Parliament to renew the Canadian bank charters for a short term of years only. Canada and the United 13teees both use the decimal system, and in view of the growing commercial transactions between the two countries, it will be well to have coins and bank notes interchangeable at par. Cruel Arab Slave.Huntere. The Arab system of raiding is unique. About fifty years ago they subdued she extensive Manyeme aountry, of whioh Nyengwe and Kassongo are now well- knowee.'epaeotAes. The Manyemes, after being thus disbanded, gradually allied themselves with the Arabs, and eventu- ally have spread their operations through- out the country to an enormotie extent. The Arabs on their expeditions in Bearish of !slaves and ivory, generally surround the native village early in the morning. At a given sigma they rush in from all points, fi bt d 1 ad i II th ring rig an eft captur ng a e woneen. If the men offer reeistanee they are shot; otherwise they are allowed to escape. The maragnders then pillage all the huts in the village, which they afterward fire. lf, however, the place happens to be extensite'the Arebneesdbiit different tactice. They form a etookede or zareba. Thus fortified they eatablish themselves, maintaining a strict watch , at night. Daring the whole of their stay they keep this attitude of defense. After the lapse of several days they release two or three of the women prisoners, who are instruoted to deliver a message to the men -in hiding far away in the forest -to the effeet theilfrhey want their women back they must come and redeem them with twilit' of ivory -each woman being valued at the rate of one large tusk. Then several days pass,until perhaps one morning early a gruff voice is heard in the distance hail- ing the encampment. He inquires as to the truth of the statementbrought by the women and then follows a parley. During' the eubsequent days the persecuted natives come with ivory to redeem their mothers, sisters or wives. Eventually they make friends with their conquerors, who then use them as guides to the next encamp. ment, where the same treatment is repeated upon the neighbors of those recently plan. . Part of the reward that the guides he Arabs is thefleeh of the peo ve e enot i0 the next attack. - Her. Ward in Scribner. TEA TABLE GOSSIP "MIEN LENT 00biEB When Lent canape round a heavenly thrill, Lite ;node fX0P), a PlalUt1Y0 lute, Steals through the tweet, and pal When Lent ouroes round. , When fashion puts on eorrow's kit; Meek penitents their vows fulfil; Loud laughing gayety is mete. Tee voices of the world sound shrill ; The spirit shrinks front harsh elIspoto And bows to the celestial will , When Lent conies round. -If love is blind there is em nee Wasting gas ou it. • -An inoome tax -the price of admission at a theetre. -You often deteat the gum-ohevving girl by the pitch of her voice. -If you want to live to e good old age, be good while you are young. -A horse should be watered before it is fed, and not immediately after. -The " life of the table " is sometimes a vivaoieue person, and eometimes it is the cheese. -Gen. Longstreet is keeping a hotel in the little town of Gainesville, Ga. He is a distinguished looking man, with hie Eng- lish whiskers and mustache, and has made hotelkeeping a success. -The Orange Grand Lodge of New 13ranewick has jast closed a successful ses- sion at Sussex. These are 2,700 members in good standing, the increase,' daring the year being 300, whioh is the largest since 1849. -At a soiree causicele-A.nd now, dar. ling, that we are at feat alone in this retired oorner, far away from the guests, 1 oan tell you how much I love you.' " Im- possible, for mamma Lae just gone to the piano, and everybody will be rueleing in here to get out of the way." -Eight unwedded maids of St. Louis have sent a tearful protest to the Mayor, asking him to enjoin widows from captivat- ing young baohelors. The maids declare that the more forward wiles of the relicts do discountenance their modest sheep's eyes so greatly that the swains pay them no heed. The Mayor says he cannot help the girls. Too bad. But when you are widows, girls -oh, my 1 -New York World., The•Fashion Has Become Common. Tbe horsey girls who last summer took up the fashion of wearing men's shirts, collars and ties, and decorated the lapels of their little jacket" with boutonnieres, men fashion, ran the pace none too soon, says the NewYork Sun. The factory girls have the shirt•front craze, and -henceforth ibis doomed asourartiole of fashionable attire emotbes women of any social pretentions. Whatever the shop girls embrace„as a rule, is doomed in society, for t the girls usually ran the fashion to death in a few months on the one hand and usually, look better than the society women on the other. At all events they cheapen any new hobby with A great deal of rapidity. The sign of the shirt front is to be seen in every dry goods shop in town, and when the weather becomes a little more settled -if such a consummation is ever, brought about -the sidewalks will be enlivened by eodlees slairt bosoms adapted to the neede and, fashion- able aspirations of that portion of feminine New York whioh Works in the shops. Some Dry Goode Dots. Plaid ribbons'are in fashionable favor. Thelancy tattans othne in silks for visit- ing gowns. T Even poplins coins in fancy plaids and clan tartans. . Sarah silks will be restored to favor for spring toilets. The Douglas tartan is popular for theatre toilets, pertioularly matinees. Plaids or tartans are being' already made up on the biaa for spring suits. 'Tartans are cembined admirably with velveteen in children's spring garments. The new nun's veilinge come with bor- ders and sometimes fringes on one selvage. The spring trade of wholeeale dry goods honses has opened already, with a good outlook. The combination of white with yellow, or white and gold, is much favored for evening dress. A Vandyked border on one selvage, fin. ished with a fringe, is a novelty in fancy nun's veilings.-New York Sun. Willing to Oblige. Yeast --Where are yen going? Crimsonbeeik-Oh, I expect on a fool's errand. t "Can I got you to drop this letter in the Post Office for me? " "Certainly." A Practical Suicide. , , Hotel clerk (on the Bowery) -Well air Glued (oonntieg out 65 oents)-Gimme a room and a package of tough on rata. Encomplienentary. Clars.--Ilarry asked me yesterday to be his valentine. ' Agnes -I didn'thnow he wanted a comic one. What the British litoldierHats. TATTLE A iffistate They Ofteu Matte InBurius. thfAnikttll'40mwe lill ook hiol kilnaert ebre 11 svheeryy 0,o:tar large hate end a fluffy arreingement of the hair. This le it /allay, end indeed a soolifpg teller they will °illy appeae the *hotter. The reason is very aiwple. Thair height is ,only about Six lengths of the heed. Naturally by inoreaeing the OiZil the head the dieproportien Wfil be greater. as then their, figure wilt appear to be only five tirtlee the length of their heed, Little women should wear small hate and simple hair dress. Citee often hears a tall woman say, when trying on a large hat: "Oh, could not think of Wearing this hat ; why. it add" at least Bi2C inches to my height. rind I thiek I am tall enough now." And etre forthwith proceeds to boy a little bit of s. hat, sce.rcely distinguiehable from her Peyohe knot. But If she wore et large eat the head would appear larger and in better Dpreosppaotrethion to the body -St. Louis Pose- , The pay of a privete soldier of a line infantry regiinent-which is the smallest man's rate of pay in. •the armye-is one shilling per diem. In addition to hie pay he receive(' a daily ration of three•quarters a a pound of meat and one pound of white bread. Daring peace, everything else he requires as food he has topurchase from his daily pay. When on motive service he is well fed free of all charge. There has been a great deal of nonsense talked and written of late abont the insuf- ficienTiy of the soldier's food. The fact is he gets plenty to eat, but he hag to pay for much of it out of his own pocket. Examine any corps on parade, and the plump, ruddy appearance of the men will prove how well he is fed. In addition to the daily rations which I have already described, every com- pany nun' purchases tea, sugar, milk, vegetables, etc., at.a daily cost of about 3Od. to eaoh man. Most men also buy in their oanteens,, beer, hot sausages, butter, jam and other luxuries. In his recreation room the soldier Cali be served at all hours with good tea, coffee, bread and butter, etc. The (mutton for the government to consider is how much of the soldier's daily food is to be paid for by the state. -Gen. Viscount Wolseley, K. B., etc., in " Harper's Magazine." Andrew Cartegio's offer to expend a million dollars in public libariee in Pitts. burg has been accepted by the Council of that city, which, to (wry out the bene- ficence, will give forty thousand dollare year, the same to beexpended in the mein- tenence of the institution. Vale • lib,erality hes been handsomely supplemented by Millionaire Charles S. Clarke, who has given a hundred thousand -dollar elite in the Best Eha for the cetetral building. The French Penton% Commission will report tbea it will be necessary to con - street the mai with Rix to eight looks. - They "]Wean Business." • For many years the manufaaturers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy have offered, in good faith, 5500ereward for a can of Nasal Catarrh winch they cannot cure. The Remedy is sold by druggists at only50 cents. This wonderful remedy has fairly attained a World-wide reputation. If you have dull, heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal passages, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes pro- fuse, watery, and acrid, at others,' thick, tenacious, mdcous, purulent, bloody and putrid; if the eyes are weak, watery'and inflamed; if there is ringing in the ears, deefneetis, hutting or weighing to clear the throat, expectoration of- offeneive matter, together with seethe from ulcers, the voice being olaanged and has a nasal twang; the breath offensive ; smell and taste impaired; sensation of , dizziness, with mental de- pression, a hacking cough and general debility,you are suffering from nasal catarrh. The more complicated' your disease,the greater the number and diversity of symptoms. Thousands of oaks annually, without manifesting half of' the above symptoms, result in consumption,' and end in the grave. No disease iS SO common, more deceptive and dangerous, leas under- stood, or more arisuadessfully treated by 'physioiens. .• Remembered One Who Had. Eraamonred Youth,(to comic opera fairy) -Cruel Pozzolini 1 . Has no man ever made an impression on your flinty heart? Fair Enslaver (with a sigh) -Yes, I loved your grandfather. Aho he was a noble man. Jong JACOB Anon, eldest son of the late William Astor, and grandson of the original John Jacob Astor, died -in New York on Saturday from heart disease, testing a fortune behind him of e150,000,000. He left it because he could not take it with him. His eon, William W. Astor, gets the bulk of the wealth, which he in his turn will leave to some other ABM; unless he m'anages to blow it inin the meantime. Tex annual report of the Fire Commis - sleben of Montreal states that fires from explosions or otherwise in:unmet oil lamps had been numerous, and that heifer matches were a prominent element in the origin of fires and a source of danger at present, unless a remedy ia provided by law. Reckless insurance, the report states, was also responsible for many fires. A. reward of 5500 is offered by the Michi- gan Central Beltway for the arrest of the party or parties who, on the 121h and 14th instant, placed rails and ties on,the track in front of No. 20 express. Money mends many a break that honest poverty (mad not heal. Seneible People will have nothing to do with "cure-alls "-- medicines that are advertised to ours every- thing from a chilblain to a broken neolr. Read the list of diseases that Dr. Pierce' Golden Medical Diecovery will cure: Affections of the throat and lungs, inoipient consumption, disordered liver, sore throat, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, ulcers, tummies and swellings caused by Beretta& and bad blood; fever and ague and dropsy. This seems like a oure.all, but it is not. This great "Discovery" will really cure all these complaints, simply because it verifies the blood upon which thee depend and builds up the weak places of the body. By druggists. A String Band., "That's a great orchestra," said one travelling man to another at the concert. " Yes; but the greatest band I ever San across was in the west." What kind of a band was it ?" " Well,' I eappose' you'd call it a string band. It was composed mainly of mem- bers of the vigilance committee.' A Hap9r1Woman. Happy a the womlin without bodily MO, but happier is the woman who having them knows of the saving properties of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Where relieved, as she surely will be upon a trial of it, she aan contrast her condition with her former one of suffering, and appreciate health as none can who have not for a time been deprived of it. The "Favorite Pres- cription " aorreots unnatural dieoharges and cures all" weakness" and irregularities. The Author of " McGinty." A score of readers have written to the News to know something about " the man who wrote McGinty." He is a young Irishman and a member of the variety team of Sheridan and Flynn. He lives ha Brooklyn end has written a number of songs. "The song of mine that wines next to 'McGinty in popularity," he says. "judging by the sales, is The Night Maloney Landed in New York.' " " Mc- Ginty " has netted him already over $3,0001 in royalties.---Buyalo News. gEe Seemed Used to It. He (somewhat suspicionely)-You say you never loved anybody but me? Hal Is that true, Mend? She -Harry, your looks terrify me Have -have I been too bold in allowing yea to kiss me so much this evening? He -No, Maud, hut you kiss like an eld. hand. The Courtship of the Future. She -Charlie, I can no longer conoeld my passion for you. Do you love me ia return? He -You must ask pa. He knows BIM about such thinge than I do. 'What is regarded as next to a decisive reason why there nanst be European pesos is the calculation that the mobilization of the French, German, and Russian armies would cost 5100,000,000, and their mainten- ance in the field would cost 5200,000,000 a month. A war of three months' duration. would therefore use up for these I:gauntries alone the sum of $1,300,000,000. Besides that every nation in Europe, including En- gland, would have to arm and hold itseM ready, 'which would cost millions more. These bills are coneidered too high to be assumed. -New York Sun. A member ?of Congrese has a poky old driving horse which he calls "Pension Bill" because it is so easY to pass. Chairman -Col. Bourbon, will yoa respond to the toast "Kentucky"? Col. Bourbon -With all bee touito 1 lova her still, D. O. N. L. 10. 90. SCOTT'S Of Pure Cod Liver Oil and HYPOPHOSPHITES of Lime and Soda is a olule2fict Flesh I.ioducer. It is ope !!otc,ti'saiEmforulsiosn wtgoTti:_er B rte. cON UMP N: Scrofula, Etronchitis,Wasting Die - eases, Chronic Coughs and Colds. PA.LATABLE mILIEK. Seott'sEmulsion fq only put up in salmon color wrappet, Avoid all imitations or substitutiojas. Sold by all Druggist-, at 1500. and 11.00. SCOTT 4: BOWNE, Belleville. TliONANDS OF BOTTLES MEN AWAY VEARIVI mg When 1 say Cure I do not mem have them return again. II MEAN A EADIDA:::ClUnerely to stop them for a tune, and then . Epilepsy or Falling SiCkness a life-long stir y. ma;le the disease of Fite, 71...IrlaitZ worSt cases. , Because others have failed is no reason for not jie'w rec2111vriennigeadycitiroe!uSreendtig ence for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my ntrtur., .able Remedy. G post Officer. '11 costs you nailing for a trial, and it w .l cure you. Addressiv:--ellEX:e1115aa 001. it M.C.• Branch Office, 186 WEST ADELAIDE STLEET, TORONTO. %id V) SURIAN meetressunenessminememesmeutteureasesteneettesmen TO THE eeDITolle-Please inform .your readen.1 that I have a positive remedy for Est aboVe named disease. By its timely use thousaedo of hope e.ss caseS have been permanently' tilted« 1 shall be grad to send two heti las of my terni.-dy VnliVi to any of yout eeaderl who liege tem strinption if they will send me the:r Express and Post Office Address. Respect i'ulty, 0114, elMOVNto 186 West Adelaide TORONTO, ONTARIO. CURED