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DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
()news, March -- ►The Speaker took
the chair et 8 o'clock.
The following Bille were introdnoed and
tread a first time;;
Bespeoting the. Ontario Paoiao Railway
•Company -Mr, Bergin.
Torevent the dioolosnreof official (loco-
snouts—Sir
odo
mouts Sir Adolphe Caron.
Mr, Charlton asked what 'the Govern-
ment proposed to lay on the table the
promised papers dealing with, the reference
•ot the Jesuit Estates Aot to the law officers
of the Crown.
Sir John alaodoneld-I have brought
them down today.
Mr. Haggart, to Mr. Landerkin, i
gg, replying
said it was not the ntention of the Govern-
•went to guarantee the safe delivery of
regieteredlettere.
Mr. McMillan (Huron), in moving that
it is expedient to remove the duty on arta
ficial fertilizers and place them on the free
list, said that this was proposed for the
relief of farmers. In the past Canada had
not required to nee artificial fertilizers.
.Gast year the quantity of artificial ferti-
lizers manufactured in Canada was only.
500 tons, notwithstanding the protection.
Farmerswere suffering more than any
other oleos of the ,community, and wore
getting no assistance fromthe Government.
At present the use of artificial fertilizers
was experimental. Every farmer must
experiment on his own farm, and should
be given every opportunity to do so. It was
said that this was assailing the National
Policy. He denied this, but if this request
for relief was an attack on tbe National
Policy, the sooner the agricultural com-
munity knew it the better. If the Gov•
ernment would not give relief, then it was
impossible to come to any other conclu-
sion than that they were determined to
ignore all the claims of the agricultural
community.
Mr. Hasson said that there were only
11258, worth of fertilizers imported into the
Provinces of Ontario and Quebec last
year. He thought that the Government
should do its utmost to develop the phos-
phate mines of this country, and this, he
claimed, Would be done by maintaining the
duty.
Mr. Bain (Wentworth) said the last
speaker's argument went to show that the
duty was prohibitive in Ontario and Que-
bec, became he found in looking at the
gross import of fertilizers that nearly
$13,000 worth was imported, showing that
whereas the great Province of Ontario had
not imported very largely the burden of
this 20 per oent. duty had fallen upon the
Maritime Provinces. He argued that Cana-
dian resources could not be developed with
a prohibitive duty on fertilizers. The duty
should be abolished, so as to give Canadian
agriculturists an opportunity of seeing
what these fertilizers were worth. The
Government should drop their policy of
protecting a few treasured monopolies and
do something to advanced the interests of
the consumers.
Mr. MoMillen (Huron) said the farmers
of this country bed been raising grain at
a lose. On spring wheat alone for the
last fear or five years the loos had been
$400,000.
Mr. Ferguson (Welland) said that in no
State in the Union were fertilizers allowed
to be sold until a proper analysis had been
given by the State in which they were
manufactured. The object of the duty was
to prevent the importation into this coun-
try of rubbish which was of no use to the
farmer. To hie own knowledge fertilizers
were manufactured in the pity of Buffalo
and Bold to the farmers of this oonntry
for $36 per ton which were not worth e5 a
ton.
Mr. Armstrong said the Government of
the United States, as well as of Canada,
made the tremendous mistake, in insisting
upon an analysis of fertilizers before sale,
of imagining that the farmers of both Doan.
tries were fools. The farmers of the United
States and Canada had sense enough to
find out for themselves tbe quality of fen
tilizers and whether they would be fit for
the Boil or not.
The resolution was declared lost on
division.
Sir Hector Langevin moved that leave
be granted for the withdrawal of the
Hamilton . Junction Railway Bill —
Carried.
Sir Richard Cartwright asked when the
Banking Bill would be introdnoed. The
Government had promised to bring it down
to -day, and he would like to know if they
would fulfil that promise.
Sir John Macdonald said tbe Finance
Minister would have introdnoed the Bill,
bat it was found to be a matter of doubt as
to whether notice should be given in the
shape of a general resolution. It was
found that a notioe was given on the intro -
amnion of former legislation. The notice
would be given to -morrow.
Mr. Casey criticised the management of
the Geological Department. It had been
reported to him that information had been
disclosed by an agent named Coate, ae to
natural gas in Essex, to the present
Poetmaster•General, and that a company
had been formed with Coate as manager
and Mr. Haggart as chief owner.
Mr. Wilson repeated the oharge, and
°eked the Postmaster -General for his
anewer.
Mr. Haggart replied that he was con-
nected with the company, but that he did
not become a member at the instance of
Coate. He did not know Coste had been in
that district. In fact, he joined at the in-
stance of Mr. Patterson (Essex). It was,
however, none of Mr. Wilson's business.
Mr. Landerkin replied that the Minister
should not answer a member in that way.
Mr. Barron etated, on the item for Indian
annuities, that, as an instance of the way
Indians were treated, it was shown last
year that 71 miles of their timber lands
had been sold for $317, and that Mr. Robil•
lard bad a half interest in the transaction
and at that time Mr. Robillard declared he
bad not made a oent from the transaction.
He was prepared to Prove that the limit
was sold for $350,000, and that at one time
Mr. Robillard refused $10,000 for his halt
share.
Mr. Dewdney stated that many of the
Indians in the Northwest were becoming
-self-sustaining. Eleven reserves showed an
increase of population. Rations wore
served out, and varied from 8 ounces to 23
ounces per day.
Mr. Curran introduced a bill to enable
the Grand Trunk Railway Company to aid
the St. Clair Tunnel Company and for
.other purposes. a gree time.
The Bill was read
Sir Hector Langevin, replying to Mr.
'Gnay, said the contract fen placing buoys
in the River St. Lawrence, between Quebec
and Montreal, had been awarded to Mc•
`Naughton & Co., Montreal.
Sir John Macdonald, on resuming the
debate on the second reading of Mr. Tay.
4lor's bill to prohibit alien labor, asked that
thesecond rending be taken
pro forma,
and
• t to
special 00
mmit ee
toa s i
ill referred
the bi?
report. This coarse would satiety the
working olasees of Canada that their griev
emcee were not being ignored.
Sir John Thompson said that this refer-
ence in no way affirmed the principle of
the Bill.
Mr. Taylor moved that the 13ill be referred
to a special committee composed of l teesre.
Colby, Mitchell, Girouard, Lepine, Weldon
(Albert), MoKey, Blalock, Mille (Bothwell),
Ferguson (Welland), Wilson (Elgin), Daly,
Davin, Gilmour, Mills (A nnepolie), Waleb,
Earle, MoDougall (Piotou), and Taylor.
The bon. gentleman etated that he bad
received a letter euggesting that if hie Bill
in its entirety could not be adopted, mnoh
good would be effeoted by passing a short
measure compelling the Americans who
found work in Canada to be domiciled in
this country. This he thought worthy of
consideration.
Mr. Mille said he must decline to act
upon the committee, ae he was not in
favor of that method of dealing with the
Bill.
Mr. Mitchell declined to sot for similar
reasons on the committee.
Sir John Maodoneld enggested the names
of Meyers, Brien and Lister in plane of the
gentlemen who desired not to sot. This was
agreed to.
The motion for reference to the coin.
mittee was oarried on division.
Mr. Mitchell called attention to the
statement that Mr. Hitt's oommittee had
unanimously agreed to recommend that
the President of the United States be
authorized to appoint three oommiesioners
to consult with Canadian commissioners
with a view to an inquiry into tbe rale•
tions between Canada and the United
States.
Mr. Foster—We have no official inform.
ation of that kind.
Mr. Mitchell—I regret to hear it very
much.
On a vote of $4,800 to provide for the
appointment of eight additional third °lees
excisemen,
M. Costigan explained that he had
made inquiries as to what ohangea were
necessary in order to maintain the effici-
ency of the organization, and he was in-
formed that eight additional officers were
necessary.
Mr. Lovett inquired for what purpose
$200, credited to Hon. John Costigan, was
paid.
Mr. Costigen hoped the hon. gentleman
did not think he appropriated the money to
his own use. It was paid out through him
to the preventive service, and he could not
give any particulars, as the work wag of a
secret oharecter.
On the vote for stamps for tobacco,
Sir Richard Cartwright said there were
a great many complaints as to the oppres-
sive manner in which retailers were dealt
with in this matter. A great many of the
regulations, it he understood correctly,
were needless. The packages had to be
opened in a partioular way, and in a great
variety of ways traps were laid for the
retailer. Some retailers considered they had
been very harshly dealt with by the revenue
officers.
Mr. Costigan said it was true there had
been complaints, but there was some inoon•
venienoe in enforcing the law. A bill was
to be introduced, however, in which this
matter was to be dealt with, and when the
Aot name in it could be dieonesed. It was
hoped that the new Ant would make mat•
tars work more smoothly.
The following Bills were
time and passed :
Sir Richard Cartwright inquired the
reason of the decrease of $12,176 in the
sum required for the payment of the North-
west Mounted Police.
Sir John Macdonald replied that daring
1890 nearly 400 men would be entitled to
their discharge.
Mr. Patterson inquired whether there
was any necessity for keeping the force at
its present strength now that the district
was getting more settled. He would like
to know whether there was any intention
of rednoing the force in the direction, for
instance, of not recruiting when the men's
time was, expired.
Sir John Macdonald observed thatit
would be a great mistake to reduce the
force. The force as originally organized
had simply to look after the Indians. Now
there was a large influx across the border
of people of all kind of babita, and smug-
gling was continually on the increase. In
fact, the force was harder worked than be-
fore in order to afford protection against the
people who crossed the border and oommit-
ted all kinds of outrages. Fortunately they
had the most friendly relations with the
American force to the south of the border,
otherwise the situation there would have
been'fnost intolerable. He did not think
there was any chance of the force being
reduced, because that would result in great
injury to the country.
Mr. Patterson quoted from the report of
the Commissioner of Police an expreeaion
of opinion that the use of 4 per cent. beer
had resulted in a decrease of drunkenness,
and suggesting that if brewing were allowed
in the Territories under proper restrictions
it would have a beneficial effeot, as well as
allay considerable discontent that existed.
Sir John Maodonald said he did not wish
to bring up a discussion on teetotalism, but
the subject mentioned in the report was to
be left to the Local Legieletnre, and die-
onseion would come up on the Northwest
bill. He believed that the 4 per cent. beer
had actually rooted ont the horrible stuff
that used to be smuggled across the line, and
he believed it was sufficiently stimulating
to be a substitute, except for the very hard
drinkers.
The remainder of the evening was taken
up with the disonesion of the eetimates for
fisheries.
read a third
THE WOLF OF WANT,
A Correct Sociology Necessary to the Success
of Christianity.
T3'OPEFUL SIGNS.
Growing Interest lu Boo
trine of Iiighteoue
Should Condemn Wrong
Problems.
When existence itself cannot be supported
without an unceasing and absorbing struggle,
then there is no room in the heart for any desire
but the wretched animal instinct of self-preser-
vation, which merges in an intense, pitiable,
but soarcely blamable selfishness. What ten-
derness, what gratitude, what human virtue can
be expected of the man who is holding a wolf by
the ears ? * * * o- Your deo_ lamatione will
rouse in them no Enthusiasm of Humanity, but,
it may bo, an eestacv of fright or fanaticism.
Instruction in morality or theology will not
make them moral or religious, but only a little
more knowing and self-satisfied: It may indeed
arouse in them the sense they want, but it will
never have the healthy keenness and oalmneis
it might have had if it had beau roused in the
manner appointed by nature. Therefore all
Christians who take an adequate view of Chris-
tian obligations will consider that the removal
of all such social abuses as destroy natural
afYeetion, and by doing so sill Christian humanity
in its germ, is among the first of those obllga-
tions.—Eoco Homo.
The student of eociglogy cannot but re•
joie° at the evidences thea within that groat
and powerful organization the Chrietian
Church, the ferment of sociological pro -
great, has begun to exercise its influence
on the mass. Too long have the accredited
teachers of the Gospel of the Great Sociol-
ogist contented thsmaelvea with fine -spun
theories as to our condition in the Beyond,
where, the divide of death passed, the in-
equalities of this world were to be equal-
ized; where, if the conditions of present
affluence and degradation were not actually
to be reversed, compensation would at least
be perfect ; leaving the problems of men's
welfare hero and now, the struggle with the
wolf which we know, to the work -a -day
soientiet who was happy in his labor of
love did he esoape eoolesiaetioal censure
and a certain social ostracism 'because of
his refusal to concede that God's work in
the world was a failure, the heart of man
innately depraved and bis body vile, and
that because we see Borrow and suffering on
every hand it is ordained of God and is ir-
remediable. It is one of the disad-
vantages of ponderous and complex organi-
zations that they must, in the nature
of things, be tenaciously conservative and
suspicious of innovations ; hence we find,
even within repent yeare, men who have
wished to lift the organization of which
they were unite to °higher plane of thought
and action have found their opinions and
aims subjected, not to the teat of fact and
reason, bat to comparison with some hoary
theological Blackstone of a lees critical and
less humanitarian age, usually with the
result that the would-be reformer had the
choice of going through life a doctrinal lie
incarnated or making the acquaintance of
the eoolesiestioal boot•toe, together with
the ostracism consequent upon each an
exit. That the Church has the right to
pursue euoh a course without regard to the
nature of the views considered to be an
innovation, I freely grant ; but of the
wisdom of so doing I may be permitted
to have an opinion. Coinciding folly
with the views expressed in the
extract at the introduction of theee
remarks the spectacle of a minister
speaking out plainly from the pulpit in
condemnation of social wronge—whether or
not I agree with his views as to the rem'ed'y
to be applied—is cause for congratulation.
Had this spirit and this desire to join with
science in making the most of this world
characterized the church for the past seven
centuries --a good part of whioh time was
spent in cutting each other's throats and
roasting eaoh other for the love of God—
what a different world this would be
today
" but would you have a minneter dabble
in sociology and even mix in politica 7"
says the alarmed crustacean. Yes. The
day has gone by for blaming on God the
evils whioh we lend our own inflaenoe to
perpetuate and intensify. The pews are no
longer to be influenced by forms and cere-
monies—by phrasee and cant expressions
long ago demagnetized. They know that
the preaching of the day has not the effect
that it ought to have were it a harmonious
whole. Tell the honest laborer, who seeks
in vain for work, that he will have his com-
pensation in the next world, and as he
listens to the cry of his little ones for
bread and looks out at the glittering
equipage of the rioh man who lives without
labor by reason of laws whioh divert others'
earnings into his coffers, he will tell yon
that he wishes it were possible to disoonnt
that future that his dear ones might have
comfort in the present. Tell him that the
wicked shall not prosper, and you will be
met with the reply that the facts are too
often against you to concede your rule,
and that from before the altar he has too
often Been " prosperoae wiokedness oarried
to an honored grave in the fullness of years
and satiety of enjoyment." •He will tell
you, too, that it is not so hard to preach a
comfortable gospel when yon are well ted
and clad and have no alarm as to the
future as it would be were your heart
pained by the suffering of your family and
your future bat the prospect of a continua!
struggle with the wolf of want.
If you would reach men's hearts and
elevate their lives yon must improve their
social oonditiona. Charity 7 No I We
have had enough of pauperization both in
religion and sociology. We do not want to
degrade, bat to elevate men -to make them
More manly. We want not alms, but
justice. Why are the watchmen on the
walls of Zion dumb?
" But," some one may say, " is it pos.
Bible that this in an insinuation that the
pulpit has not ever and always stood up
for justice?" The pulpit has shared the
errors and faults of humanity. But it ad•
winces- Occasionally there oomee a period
when it finds that the pews and the pablio
have advanced so far that they are at long
earshot, and then it takes a step ahead;
some have the temerity to keep ahead, and
that vanguard—all honor to it !—is now
directing its attention on the great sociolo-
gical problems of the day. Think you had
ustice—the defence of Righteousness,
right doing-oeoupied its proper place in
the church in peat ages the social condi-
tions would have been each as they are to-
day' ? Would we have had the few in absolute
poesesaion of the earth r while the rest of
the brotherhood of man only stay on it by
their tolerance and for.a consideration 7
Would the liquor traffic have been
a problem today ?. And later on, do
yon think were • Righteousness placed on the
eoripture pedestal, there would be a single
pulpit silent on the sin of the national
adoption of a law the avowed object of
t take trona the laboring. high is o e r bora men.
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their will,a portion of their
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In a fashionable dry geode sacra .
Fired lady,'—`What poesesaed yon to buy ingo to give it to the favored few ?
there'? You've got heaps of • stookings at The Brotherhood of Man 1 I1 is a beau -
home. Second lady -1 know, I have, but Will ideal. But all our ecstasies of feeling,
e were below coat, all our soaring fligbts of enthusiasm, all
he told me thea ;
A aooial hilosopher has discovered that our " revival seasons," all our multiplying
p societies anti church organizations, will
men wear long heir only in subjugation. where bringus no nearer it unless we of back to
women are under complete subjugation. g
iology—Tho Doc-
trine Pulpit
ng Always—Great
The Progress of n Courtship.
I am measuring yonng Truelove's progress
in courting Mise Affection. I have no special
acquaintance with him, bat I frequently
peas the young lady's home at night. From
the lighte in the parlor he has been calling
two months, and during that time has made
progress.
At first I need to meet him coming out of
the gates as the bells struck 10. Shortly
after, he experienced the pleasure of count.
ing the belle in the parlor. By. the -bye, did
you ever notice while chatting in your fas•
oinating way, how loud those bells struok—
sounded like the roar of a battle ?
The lights soon began to barn oftener in
the parlor. For two weeks the parlor was
dark and I knew that they had quarrelled.
How sad 1 For two whole weeks they never
SSW each other, and just because Truelove
name two minutes late one night 1 But
lovers' gnarrele are love's renewal, so they
were soon burning the gas and coal again.
He's there moat every night now, and the
other night the lights were actually burning
at 11 o'clock. But, young man, yon have
reached the limit now ; don't stay later
than 11 o'clock. It's dangerous, so her
father says. If you are determined to stay
later than 11 o'clock piok out a girl who
has a email and delicate father.—Lotiisvilie
Poet.
It Was Ever Thos.
Husband—Those people living next door
are newly married, aren't they
• Wife -What makes you think so ?
Husband—I see the husband ie doing the
housework.
t4xal 'conditions. Don't deceive your.
clash ? God made no mietake.0 Be is in.
finitely good, and Infinite Goodness never
made misery the normal condition of Hu-
manity. Buddhism, whioh is perhaps the
other extreme, furnishes us a lesson 1
"Within ourselves deliverance roust be wrought,
Eaob man his prison makes,
The signs of the times point to a eooio-
logical awakening, to a more enthusiastio
preaching of righteousness by the church
and to a concentrating of the efforts of all
levers of the race upon the problem of the
ainblioration of the condition.: of our Sind..
The problems of land,labor and .capital,
involving individualism and paternalism,
and te liquor traffic, are worthy the
attention of the most gifted, and their
proper solution would do more to advance
civilization and Christianity that the suc-
cessful establiehment of missions in every
habitable district of heathendom. On
these qud"etione I shall have some further
observations to offer.
MASQcETTE.
Umbrella, Flirtations.
There is a language of umbrellas as of
flowers, says a writer in Once a Week. For
instance, place your umbrella in a rank and
it will indioate that it will change owners.
To open quickly in the street means that
somebody's eye is going to be put out ; to
shut it, that a hat or two is to be knooked
off. An umbrella oarried over a woman, the
man getting nothing bat the drippings of
the rain, eignifiea oourtehip. When the
man has the umbrella and the woman the
drippings it indicates marriage. To punch
your umbrella into a person and open it
means " I dislike you." To swing your
umbrella_ over your head signifies " I am
making a nuisance of myself." To trail
your umbrella along the footpath means
that the man behind you is thirsting for
your blood. To carry it at right angles un-
der your arm signifies that an eye is to be
lost by the man who follows you. To open
an umbrella quickly, it is said, will frighten
a mad bull. To put a cotton umbrella by
the side of a silk one signifies " exohange
no robbery." To purchase an umbrella
means " L am not smart, but honest."
To lend an umbrella indicates " I
am a fool" To return an umbrella means
—well, never mind what it means, nobody
ever does that ! To carry your umbrella
in a case eignifiea it is a shabby one. To
Derry an umbrella jnet high enough to
tear out men's eyes and knook off men's
hate signifies " I am a woman." To press
an umbrella on your friend, Baying, " Oh I
do take it ; I had much rather you would
than not 1" signifies lying. To give a
friend half of your umbrella means that
both of yon will get wet. To oarry it from
home in the morning means " it will clear
off."
A WOMAN'S EVENTFUL LIFE.
Followed an English Reglmeeat Through
Seventy-nine Years.
Few women says the London Scotsman
have had a more, eventful life': than Mrs.
Mery Ann Allen, a pensioner of the oity of
Edinburgh, who has just paeeed away at
the age of 79.• She was a obild of the regi-.-
went. Her father was Quartermaster-
Sergeant Maxwell, of the Seventy-fourth
Regiment, Whose wife followed, with him,
the fortunes of the army through the
Peninsular War. Mre. Allen was born
in a co, hsned
by a PnventortuguateseLisbprieonst,was thcourighteber
parents were Protestantu, and while
yet a mere infant sealed the
walls of Badajoz strapped upon her
mother's back. With her mother, she
was also on the field of Waterloo. Her
girlhood was event in barracks, or in the
baggage -waggon , moving from place to
place, and at the age of 17 she beoeme the
wife of Color•Sergeant Allan, of the same.
regiment. Her wanderings again com-
menoed, and her family, oonolating of nine
children, were born indifferent parte of the
world—Canada, India, the West Indies and
Ireland. After his discharge from the
army with many honors, Color•Sergeant
Allen became the governor of the old look-
up which stood at the foot of Liberton
Wynti, while his wife officiated as matron.
When this was abolished, he continued
until his death, twenty years ago, to look
after the Court House prison, which
occupied the baeement floors of the Sheriff
Court.
In consideration of her long service as
matron of the lock-up and Court House
prison, Mrs. Aline enjoyed a moderate pen.
cion from the city uutil her death.
Not a Certificate of Character.
The Jesuits' Estates Bill? No. We are
not going to say anything about the
Jeanite or their Bill. There are quite
enough of people blazing away about those
people and that Bill. The Deal, Language
question ? No. There is not half ae much
in that language question as many suppose.
The Gaelio men of Glengarry, Thoran and
Eldon, of Zorra, of Williams, of many
townships in Heron and Bruce, scores of
whom could not speak' a word of English,
were among the best citizens Canada
ever possessed. The Germans of
Waterloo are first-class citizens
and many of them could not speak
English for years after their settlement
here. Are there any better citizens than
these Germane ?' Unity of language is not
essential to loyalty and patriotism. Are
t�heHgblenders of Scotland, many of whom
cannot apes 8 word of English, not as
loyal and patriotic ae Mr. O'Brien and
other Parnellites who oan speak nothing
but English ? English alone oan do very
little in the way of making men good
citizens. We don't know the facts but we
venture to say that every man in the
Central Prison and Penitentiary oan speak
English. So far as we recollect every man
that has been hanged in Ontario for years
spoke English. The trouble with many
people is that they speak too much English.
—Knoxonian in Canada Presbyterian.
Scraps of Weather Wiedom.
When yon see goeeemer flying, be ye euro
the air is drying.
When the glow worm lights her lamp, the
air is always damp.
It the moon rises haloed round, soon
we'll tread on deluged ground.
When the peacock loudly bawls, eoon
we'll have both rain and squalls.
If the moon shows like a silver shield, be
not afraid to reap your field.
Evening red and next morning gray are
certain signs of a beautiful day.
When rooks fly sporting high in air., it
ehowe the windy storms are near.
When ducks are driving throngb the
burn (brook), that night the weather takes
a torn.
If at the sun rising or setting the clouds
appear of a lurid red color, extending
nearly to the zenith, it is a sure sign of
storms and gales of wind.
A rainbow at night is the shepherd's
delight. 'Psis is also a good eigu, pro-
vided the winds be westerly, as it shows
that the rain clouds are passing away.
A rainbow in the morning gives the
shepherd warning—that is, it the winds
be easterly, because it ehowe that the rain
cloud is approaching the observer.—London
Notes and Queries.
Woman's Queer Ways.
The ways of women are queer.
A woman can faint away at the eight of
a bit of blood on her finger, have all the
ohildren in the house soreaming with
fright, require eau de cologne to bring her
to, and be nervous for twenty-four hours
after, yet the same woman oan, in perfect
silence, stand by and help a doctor perform
an operation that may mean death to some
one ehe loves.
A woman can scorn what she calla made -
over clothes, oan laugh at indiscriminate
oh O to and yet the same woman oan cry
ae 3f• r heart would break and take all her
spOdi}i"g money to buy an overcoat for a
nalveboy she met in the street oars because
hie face was so pitiful.
She can take two hours and a half to
dress to go to the theatre, and then tell
Charley she knows she looks like a dowdy ,
but theeame woman can pack a trunk with
things enough to last her for two weeks in
twenty .frontes when she gets a telegram
Baying : " Come as soon as possible ; your
mother is sick."
She will bake a ohioken until it is brown,
and then calmly ask the master of the
establishment if he doesn't think the Eng-
lish way of roasting is preferable toj(any
other.—New York Sun.
A Soldier's Quick Tongue.
A soldier was court-martialed last month
at Venice for breach of discipline and con-
,
damned to six months'
•
t s imprisonment.
nine
nt.
p
When informed by the court that ho could
appeal be contemptuously tore off his num-
ber and other insignia, threw them on the
floor, and shouted : " Cnreed be your
army ! You are a lot of assassins 1" For
this be was condemned to seven years'
close confinement in prison. --New York
Sun.
The Female Polar Bear.
The female polar bear is taught by a
wonderful instinct to shelter .her young
ander the snow. In December ehe retreats
to the aide of a rook,where by dint of scrap-
ing and letting the enow fall upon her, she
forme a oell in whioh to live during the
winter. There is no fear that ehe will be
stifled for want of air, for the warmth of
her breath always keeps a small passage
open. Within this strange nursery she pro-
duces her young and remains with them
beneath the snow till March, when she
oomee ont into the open air with her baby
bears. As the only use of the
snow burrow is to shelter the young, the
male Beare do not hibernate like the
females, but roam freely about during the
winter months. Before retiring under the
snow, the bear eats enormously, so that she
becomes very fat,thne laying in an internal
store of toed which enables her not only to
support her own life but to nourish her
young during her long seclusion. By an ad-
mirable provision of nature, the young
polar bears are extremely small at birth,
and grow slowly so long as they are in their
crystal nursery, thne needing little food and
apace. When they emerge from their
shelter the mother bear is extremely thin
and very fierce.—Once a Week.
Ile Did Not Moet It.
Eastern Widow (who has received news
of her husband's demise in the west)—And
how did poor William meet his death ?
Western Friend—He didn't meet it at
all, ma'am. The boys bad to chase him
ten miles before they could catch him and
put the rope round hie neck.
She Fetched 'Em.
A Paris milliner has made a ten -strike
by teaching her parrot to say every time a
fair client enters, " Oh, ain't you jnet
lovely ? "
Tho Earl of Rosebery, who is spoken of
as a possible ducooesor to Gladstone in the
leadership of the English Liberals, is a
suave mannered, hard-working Scotch.
man.
A man most haven strong °andtitntio>
if he can go to bed after the lark and get
rip with it the next morning.
Tho fashion editor wrote ; " New
grenadine° are in Spanish lace patterns,"
but the oompoeitor net it np . Nine gTena.
t
diers are in Spanish lake posterns.„ So he
foreman put the Militaryline under the head of
Affairs.
Th
ng estate of Robt.T3rowniogamount-
ed to $85,0000 all Darned by writing poetry.
Tke Little Maids of >l�aridwla7
oltEL'T rriINCE 1.14es0r v=Gl'o8.
Prince Albert Viotor was received att
-
Idatidalay, by a troop of Barmeee glrlet
and this is a rough translation of the song
they sang to him :
Heir to the Throne, hall 1
Loopy under thy protection itr ltearts beat:
dru
joyouslyms1 like the beating of 'notorious
We little maids salute thee
Grandson of Her, who reigns in London Palace.
juura -yying trout land to laud to Mambas);
thou doetdclight nal
Most honored aro we, sweet little maids, in than
a 1'rinee has visited this laud in our day,.
who is heir to the throne, before whom the
whole world trembles, and whose glory in
coterminous h
The tnundrous powerwiththe andeartgiory1,01 the royal
g+•anoabto bring a handfeed:
huvc'dsrelgnnsis into sulebmission l
Unequal t rl as he is with his moo n -like face,madet
for the worship of maidens from the four
quarters of the earth 1
Mirror • f his grandmother and surrounded by
Ms army, we maids reverence biro in t
asaembiy as: our highest honor 1
The, above is in the form of a solo ; and:
the admiring deolaration of the one maiden
who represents the whole group, ie followed
by this remarkable
CEonvs.
On the water they strike Inco lightning witia
tawpido ;
On land they reduce whole mountains warm
With rainbdainamaikow-like beadress of pure rubies, /min'
a second Indra 1
With breeches, flashing ?tike lightning and worth
a hundred thousand pieces of gold,bright
as the sun is his glory, and supremo on the.
earth.
A Bar -room Incident.
A few mornings ago a man who had
stayed over night had just departed from
a Tilbury Centre hotel when the landlord
said to the bar -tender : " Did that man
settle with you ?" " No," was the reply,
" I supposed he had paid yon." " No, he
didn't, but I was just thinking the pants he
had on look like yours." In haste the
genial concootor of mixed drinks sought
his room to verify the suspicion. The
landlord was right, the slippery guest had
taken hie e9 pants and lit out. To the
station landlord and bar -tender flew, only
to see the pants attached to a man who
hastily climbed on top of a freighttrain;mov-
ing out. But he was not gnite out of the
woods, for at Fletcher he was beaded off
by a telegraphic despatch, end fell into the
hands of a waiting constable, who escorted
him back to Tilbury Centre.
Curability of consumption.
This has been a vexed question among
physicians, opinions, even in the same
school, being strangely divergent. Of this,
however, the public are convinced. It is l
terribly prevalent disease, and the average
doctor meets with but scant success in treat-
ing it. Consumption is in reality scrofula
of the lungs, and is liable to attack any
whose blood is tainted. For driving out
the scrofulous humors, and thus removing
the predisposing cause, Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is a sovereign remedy.
It purifies bad blood, heale sorofnloua
ulcers, and, whatever difference of opinion
exists as to caring advanced cases of con-
sumption, it remains that many pronounced
” incurable " have been by it brought back
from the brink of the grave to restored
health and vigor.
The Englishman Abroad.
Attendant (at the museum) --Sir, smok-
ing is prohibited ; you will have to pay a
fine of 10 marks.
Englishman—Here's a sovereign.
Attendant—I can't give you change.
Englishman—Oh, never mind; I'll smoke
two cigars.
Professional Jealousy.
Mrs. Gazzam—Who was that gentleman
who sat in our pew today ? I heard hint
tell you that he didn't like short metre
hymns.
Gazzam—That was Mr. Lux, the Preen
-
dent of the gas company.
Female Beauty.
It is a fortunate thing that all men do not
have the same taste in female beauty, for
otherwise they would all fall in love with.
the same woman, which would be awkward.
Although the preferences of men for differ-
ent styles of form and feature vary greatly,
it is, undoubtedly, a fent that an appear.
once indicative of health is pleasing to all
alike. A woman may be without regular
features yet, it healthy, she will be'beautifal
to someone and pleasing to all. A sallow
complexion, a dull eye, a system debilitated
by unnatural discharges, in short, all the
ills attendant upon the irregalaritiea and
"weaknesses " peculiar to the sex, can be
baniehed by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favor-
ite Presoription. Ask your druggist.
Going to Chain her Up.
According to a contemporary, an amus-
ing mistake was made by a gentleman in.
Boston, who bad a charming wife and et•
cross dog. The other morning a friend met
him and said : " Good morning, Mr.
Blank. Yonr wife made a very pleasant
cell on as last evening." "I'm very sorry,"
was the startling anewer of the deaf citizen.
" 1'11 see that it doesn't odour again. I'rei
going to chain her np after this."
Switzerland means to attract visitors
in August by a gigantic international
musical festival in Geneva, for whioh
11,000 invitations have already been issued.
Husband—Can nothing dissuade you
from your determination to go on the
stage? Wife—Nothing. I have already
filed my divorce papers.
—V being the abbreviation for venve,
the French for widow, it is becoming the
mode for widows to place that letter before
the Christian names of their deceased
husbands. Thus Mre. Jefferson Davie
Signe her name V. Jefferson Davie.
Sick woman—I am so apprehensive,
dear doctor, °boat being buried alive.
Dootor-You shan't bo if I oan prevent
it.
What's the sense in saying that Catarrh.
cannot be oured when Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy is so sure and positively pertain
that the proprietors offer $500 reward for a
case of Catarrh which they cannot cure. A
full pint of the medioine is made by dissolv-
ing one fifty -cent package of the powder in
water. Sold by druggists, 50 cents.
A. Miscalculation.
Teacher—Johnny, how many Presidents
has the country had ?
Johnny Knowitall—Twelve.
" You must be thinking of the twelve
apostles. Now let me hear yon count the
Presidents. Begin !"
"One, two, three, four 1"
" Whack 1 whack ! whack 1"
She Wanted to be Fashionable.
Grocer—What kind of tea did yon ask
for, madam?
Onatomer—Five o'clock tea, please. I
hear that's the most stylish now.
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