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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1890-5-15, Page 3Arsinniimalyt Aa 10a0 .]nine 0' Jay,. I ata sumthin' of a veteran, just a.turniq' eighty Year. A map that's bale and hearty and a stranger to' all fear ; BO I've ltearitsomo new this l;uornin' that has, made tuy eld boast spin, And I'm goln' to ease tiny (anthills if I never speak agin, I've lived my four scoree years of life and never till to -clay Was I taken for a jackass or an ig'rant kind o` a Tew be tuffed with. such darned nonsense 'bout them crawliu' bugs and worm That's ]sillin' human beip's with their micro- scropicgerms. They say 1 here's " miltrobes" all around huntin for their prey There's notin' pure to eat or drink or no safe place to stay ; There's " =lastly " in the dew fall and " mal cry " in the sun 'Taiu't safe to be out doors at noon or when the day is done. There's " baoteery" in the water and " tricb- eony ' in the meat, "Ameebv"in the atmosphere, "calorey" in the heat, There's " eorppueells and pigments" in a beaten beiu'e blood, Ything g sense the And flood,canker kind of existing Terbacker's full of." niokertoen," whatever that may be, And year throat will get all puckered with the " tannin" in the tea. The butter's "oily margareen,' it never saw a cow, ,And things is getting worse and worse from what tri y be just now.. Thom bugs is all about us, just workin' for a chance Taw navigate our vitals and to know us off like plants. There's men that spends a lifetime huntin' worms just like a goose, And takin' Latin names to 'em and setton on 'em loose, Now, I don't believe such nonsense, and don't intend to try, If things has dome to such a pass I'm satisfied to die. I'll go hang me in the seller, for I wont be such a toot ,As to wait until I'm pinned by an annymally- cool. —Brief, LONDON FOG I9 HEALTHY. Figures 'that Show a Very Small Death Bate in the Metropolis. If London is the metropolis of the land of togs, there is muohroonsolation to be found iu the fact that in spite of the smoke and its fogs it is not only one of the bealtbi. st cities in the world, but it is grow. ing healthier every year. According to the official statistics for the quarter ending June last, our anneal deaths are ouly at the rate of sixteen per 1,000. If wo could eliminate trim the calculation some over. crowded and notorious unhealthy distriote the figures would, of course, drop eon. siderably. Still more remarkable would our sanitary condition appear if the area were confined to the high and airy suburbs in which so large a proportion of those who are by day " in populous oity pent" are fortunate enough to dwell. We have only to con- trast the condition of things with the eta- tietios cf other capitals to see how great is the advantage we enjoy. In Paris, which shows a comparatively good record, the mean anneal death rate is 22 10 ; in Ber- lin it is 27.5 ; in Vienna, 26.7 ; in Munich, 32.9, and in St- Petersburg, 43.7. In Brute. eels, which appears to be the healthiest of Oortinentsl cities, it is 18,9. To sum up the ease, the death rate auring the quarter in 29 colonial and foreign cities, having an aggregate population exceeding 16,000 per- sons, was 26.6 per 1,000, or more than 10a parsons per 1,000 in excess of the London death rate.—London Daily News. A STORY OF TELE DAY. Some Strange Devices in England for Seeping People Awake in Church. Menton is made in early English history of some remarkable bequests. Among the most eingular was that of John Badge, who on the 17th of April, 1725, bequeathed to the parish of Try sail, iu Staffordshire, the suns of 20 shillings a year in order that a poor man might be employed to go about the oburch during the delivery of the sermon and keep, the people awake, and incidentally to drive doge out of the sacred edifice. It would appear from this that either the sermons in those days were long and dry or the people were lacking iu piety. It was not an unusual thing in old dace for oomp'critively wealthy men to set apart a portion of their worldly goode for keeping the congregation awake. Some curious provisi:Dns were made for this purpose. At a church in Cheshire forty or fifty years ago one of the churchwardene need to go around during the service carrying a long wand. If any of the congregation snecumbed to drowsiness and fell asleep, they were awakened with a gentle tap on the head from the wand. At Dunchnroh a similar custom existed. There a person bearing a stout wand, shaped like a hayfork at the end, stepped stealthily up and down the aisles, and whenver he saw an individual asleep he touebeii him so effectually that he speedily was aroused from his dreams, this being sometimes done by fitting the fork to the neck. Too True, " The seasons are changing," said one tramp to another. " Yee," was the sed reply, " we get winter now when wo were expecting spring." " Yes, but, after all, that's what we need." " What 1 winter in spring ? " "No. Change." "Yee, indeed (slapping hie pocket), wise we do need is change." Not a Way They Have at Old Harvard. Mamsboy-=-What awful drunkards those Romans must have beeu. Papsjoy—Where did you get that idea ? I didn't know they were particularly in. temperate. Mamaboy—Why, over the door of every Roman a warning was hong -- " Cave Canem,"—beware the growler. That Would Be Difficult. "Why, sir," exclaimed an enthusiastic member of a brass band, " we can play the ,most intricate airs on sight." "I'd like to hear you play the airs the drummajor puts on, replied an unbelieving istener. THE FAIMER NNE) HIS WIFE Qat fui Hints About the Everyday Caren of p the Farm. WHAT EVERYBODY 0110IIED KNOW. care, of Foals. The season has now Dome when the Domn plaints of mortality among the young foals will again be beard. Last season was the worst for many years in some sections of the country. That there are causes for these epidemioa is generally allowed, and in moat of the oases it isnot hard to define.. In a general way, with the mare running quietly in the yard, not overfed, there is not often trouble, neither is it the oase when the mare is worked moderately and moderately fed, bot where mares are kept in idleness and fully fed, trouble multiplies feat. The difficulty is caused by the blood being heated. The foal should be carefully watched after birth to see that it has its passages all right. Should it be oostive great care in the treatment is required, as very little overdosing will kill it outright. In this ease try injections of warm water with a little oil added; a dose of sweet or castor oil is the safest. Should costiveness be anticipated give a dose of raw linseed oil to the mare before foaling, In a ease of scours also try mild remedies ; a dose of sweet oil will help allay any irritation, and often atop an attack of this kind. Horse Sense. Good care lightens the horse's load. With easy, well -fitting harem not so many oats are required. Exercise is jest as necessary to thrift in winter as in summer. To bring up a worn•down horse, give it light work, not idleness. The horse will be all the better for working his way through the winter. The man that knows the right nee of a horse blanket is a first- olese horseman. Too many horses eat up daring the winter all they have earned dur- ing the summer. The horse blanket saves feed and flesh—less substance • is used to make animal heat. Soap Making. Do not forget that every housekeeper can make her own soap. The mere action of combining the lye and grease requires but five minutes, and when the mixture cools you have as good soap as you need. A box of the " Red Star lye" or " Lewis' lye" can be bought for twelve Dents, and either of them, with the grease, will make ten pounds of excellent soap. Keep all the grease not needed for cooking, and render it before putting away in a jar. A house- keeper always feels proud when she has made a quantity of soap as good as she Dan buy, and ata oast of twelve cents. Sitting Hens. This is the season when the sitting hens will be busy, and when lice will have a harvest. Before placing a eitting hen on eggs, give her new material, first dusting both the hen and the material of the nest with insect powder. At the end of seven- teen days, which will be only a few dtrys before the chicks come out, again ohenge the material of the nest, and use the in. seat powder freely, which will prevent the young chicks from being infested with lice. Linseed Meal as an Appetiser. Linseed meal is an excellent and harm• leas food and medicine. Many animals that bave lost appetite may be brought into condition by allowing linseed meal once or twice a day. It should be used eparingly et first. For the cow allow half a pint a day, and gradually increase the quantity, until a quart or more may be given. For hide -bound it is excellent, and where cattle are lousy it soon drives the vermin away. It also regulates the bowele, and largely assists in balancing the ration when it is composed of food not nutritious in nitrogen and carbonaceous matter. Green Oats as Food. Ar crop of oats, cut when the seed is in the milky stage and cured, is excellent for stock, and serves as an agreeable addition to the regular diet in winter. In same por- tions of the South, where but little hay is grown, the oats and straw are passed through a fodder -cutter and fed to horses and cows with good resulte. By cutting the crop when in the milky stage the nutri. tion is arrested in the stalk on its way to the seed.heads. Disinfect the Premises. In all ogees where disease of any kind has appeared in a flock or herd the diffi• salty will reappear unless it is stamped out by disinfection of the premises. The germs may remain in the location in a dormant condition for years. Every inch of ground occupied by diseased stook should be disin- fected, as well as the buildings and stalls. How to Hill aaterpwars. An emulsion of one quart of kerosene in five gallone of strong eoapsnde is an excel- lent remedy for the caterpillars that will now infest apple trees, but kerosene is fatal to peach trees. The proper way, however, is to tear out all the nests that appear in the trees and burn them, which work should be done late in the afternoon. About Strawberries. In the desire to secure size in the straw- berry the more desirable qualities of hardi- ness of vine and flavor of the fruit are being overlooked. A well -flavored, solid berry, even if small, is better than some of the large, hollow, insipid berries that are more attractive in appearance than in quality. riga in Clover. The pig is happy when he is in the clover field. 1f kept in a pen, give him all the plover he can eat, with a mess of bran at night. On such a diet he should thrive and grow. No Dorn is necessary for a growing pig, but hie quarters should be clean. lltural Notes and News. Open the months of all drains. Breed from no sarube this year. Avoid sowing fowl or mixed seed. No swill-tnbs near doors or windows. Adorn home and elevate the family. Grease the waggons --oil the harness. Clover makes the best swine pastures. Chopped beets are good for mileh cows. Don't nee plaster on wet, mucky soils. Song of the garden seeds: " Put me in my little bed." Rcmember that different soils require different fertilizers, and want no others. Will varieties cf buckwheat erose and mix? is one of the questions of the day. Brains as well as farms are capable of cultivation. Never lose eight of this fact. When your soil needs potash only, what is the nee of patting on other fertilizing ingredients ? In eighteen of the great agricultural, sheep raising states and territories there id no dog tax at all. A soil may be overfed and troubled with indigestion es well as the animal syetern, but it is oftener starved. The Vermont maple auger crop, just harvested, is . only about five million pounds—much teoe than Usual. Try to find out the best way of doing everything yon undertake and be sure that donot do it the wrongway. y Therele nothing gaind by crowding Very appropriate. Mise Amy—Why have Son named your yacht the Kiss, Mr. Dolley ? Isn't that a queer name. Dolley—Not at all. It is a little smack, you see. A young lady wants to know why a gathering young composed only of men is called a "-... n a more hornse stag party. Bao us of ar. indulged in than if the deers were present. Instantaneous photographs have been taken of troops engaged in sham combats and nefog the ordinary powder and the smokeless variety. The pictures were taken at the instant the command to fire was given. In the first tbiok black cloud of smoke appears, through which the troops are eoarcely discernible. In the second only a thin haze appeared and the soldiers stand out clearly and sharply de. fined in the background. Sara Bernhardt is said to be. delighted with Sardbtt's adaptation of " Cleopatra." So enthnelastio is she over the death scene of the famous Egyptian that she re• ,hearses it daily with a live angle enoirelitlg ;ilei arra, 1f grope. Numbers of plants do not oompen- Nate for the lose of Mae and quality, 11 ie not fanny bet real stook that the farmer grants for buejnese, There is not muoh that is fano about farming. Every. thing is. reef -very. Amerioan farmers exporting groin 10 Europe ,are compelled by the foreign steamehip monopoly to pay freight ratee. nearly twice as highs as they were a year ago. DON'TS FOR GIRLS. .tett Young Women A F'ew Negatives Willett Should Fonder Over. Don't encourage young men to Dell upon yon who frequent liquor aaloona, billiard parlors or poolrooms• Don't notice men who stare at yon on the streets, even if it ie a well-bred stare. Doubtless tbey thinly themselvee irresistible and you very muoh impressed with their appearance. Don't stand at street corners talking. 10 young men, though they are aoquaint- anoee. Don't consider it a sign of your poen. larity to be eocom anied by several escorts whenever you take your walks abroad. Don't accept promiscuous invitations. It only cheapens you and may draw you into a circle of aoquaintanoee you will re- gret having formed. Don't sanction wine drinking when out to parties or weddings. Your simple aot of deolining the proffered glass may not as a check upon your companion. Tacit dis- approval sometimes dogs more good than the most eloquent temperanoe lecture. Don't marry a drinking man. Ii the eweetheart will not give up the danger- ous habit, it is vary certain the husband will not. Don't allow men to be familiar with you, to nee slang or doubtful expreesione in your presence. Don't make appointments with men, either at a friend's home, in the park, or at any place but your father's honee. Don't espeot to have exclusive use of the parlor for yourself and callers. Others of the family . have the same rights as yourself, and your conversation ought not to bo of so private a nature that the presence of a third person is felt to be, a restraint. Don't rebel if the visite of a certain gentleman.are disagreeable to your mother, and she says eo. She knows beet, and Dan see faults and deficiencies_ that your youth and inexperience would never dis- cover. Don't attempt to copy the manners and dress of your brother. Notbing so unsexes a woman as masculine ways. Don't nee load' tones in talking, nor call men by their last names without the usual prefix. Men may treat you as a comrade, but they very rarely marry such girls. Don't be deceived that men want to raise a family of Amazons. Remember that while men apparently have more license than women, still they expect their wives to he like Caster's wife, " beyond reproach." Don't be ashamed to help mother with the housework. A practical knowledge of broad making, cooking and the general management of a bouse is worth more than a smattering of music or painting. To know bow to " set " sponge for bread is an accomplishment that no girl need despise, and the koeadirg of it is grand exercise. Don't set your mind too mach on dress. While it is your duty to look your very best with the means at your command, it is wrong to give eo much time and thought to the adornment of your person, while your mind is starving for want of proper food. You need not be a blue•etooking, but a good healthy course of reading and think- ing is splendid gymnastics for your mental powers. Don't come down to breakfast in a soiled wrapper, slovenly shoes, " bang " done up in curl papers and back hair in n cracker knot on the top of your head. Yon will never see any one better to dress for than those in the home circle. They are the ones to be cheered by your sweet, whole- some appearance, and not strangers. In a word, girls, try to be• tree women, and by eo doing you will gain an influence which, like a sweet perfume, will shed its fragrance upon all witb whom you may be brought in contact. Saving Turnips for Seed. When topping the turnips for storage this fall, let the farmer's wife who wishes to increase her pin -money or account at the eavings bank, eee to it that a few busbele are left with roots on and tope not cut too clneely for future growth. Set these aside where the cook will not find them. Next spring plant them for seed. Grocers are glad to get, the seed to sell. I sometimes sell $5 worth cff a short row, and I seldom make money in any easier way on the farm, says B. P. D. in New York Tribune. More Than Will Power. "Bibleurre, why don't you stop drink. ing ? " " I have often tried to, but it seems I can't." " Oh, psbaw 1 All it requires is strong will power." " Well, it requires strong water power, too, and that I haven't got." Where W111 They Stop Mrs. Browntop—Simon, they are not satisfiedavith sanding the sugar and water- ing the milk. They're adulterating every. thing. Mr. B.—What have yon discovered now, dear? Mrs. B.—Well, this morning I actually caught the=gasman pouring water into the meter. The Green Thing. "Is there anything green about a grass widow ?" Certainly." " Oh 1 you think so. What is it, please ? " The fellow that hangs around her." The Berlin gold ,beaters at the Paris Exhibition showed gold leaves so thin that it would require 282,000 to produce the thickness of a single inoh, yet each leaf was so perfect and free from holes as to be impenetrable by the strongest eleotrie light. Teaoher--How many of yon Dan tell me something about grass ? Well, Johnny, What do you know &bent it ? Jobnny— Please ma'am, it 1s something yon always have to keep off'n. Gameliel—Why is it yon always get me so olote to the fire when I call' eveings ? Hortense—Oh, I know the fire has a' great way of making things; pop l A Buffalo .man has eloped with his mother-in-lttw. This shows what deeperate measures a man will sometimes take to et his mother-in-law out of the house. Louisville (Ky.) brink moulders struck for an advance from *2 to $2,23 tt day, and the whoelers demand $1,.75. Dr. L. B. Clifton, the naturalist sol moth to the Karl of Rbeeber for 1 y � OO two years ago. He has hatched out another g rare speoimen which he values at 850, DQ IINION F LJ:. U E• . . Mr. Oaeerein asked when would the evi, donoe in the Middleton inveati etion be djetributed, g An hon, member -When will the Gen- eral resign? ]l?r, Oba lean said the evi nge had been partly distributed. de e Iar. Cbae. Maokinteeb, member -elect for Ottawa, wee introduced by Sirdohn Mao- dorlald and Mr. Rollllard, acid invited to take his seat on the floor of the !donee. Mr, Dewdney moved the second reading of the bill to amend the Northwest Terri. torics Acts. Mr. Laurier said that this Aon ave the Territories almost the same powers. as those , enjoyed bythe provinces, While doing this these errit pries should have. been given responsible government. He questioned whetherhthis small measure: of reform would be adequate to the condition of the Territories. If some measure of responsible government had been given, many difficulties would be avoided. In his judgment the bill fell short of what would be to proper remedy for the difficulties in the Territories. Mr. Davin said that unless some form of responsible government were given the money placed at the disposal of the Legis• lature would be worse than wasted. Mr. Blake said it wars a most important ingredient in securing economy in public expenditure that there should be en initia- tive other than in the Legislature. The present plan was deliberately instituting a eystent which had been deliberately aban- doned in the older Provinces, and was fun- damentally at variance wi.h the spirit of the British constitution. Mr. Mille observed he agreed with the member for North Simooe in saying the measure was one of the most important that bad been before the House this session, and he felt in his own mind that it was quite impossible at this period of the session to give the measure that full and exhaustive consideration which it had the tight to receive. He was sure some parties outside the House would be disappointed. A Frenchman and a countryman of the hon. member were discussing in that oity the gneetion of the dual language, and hie countryman said to his French friend, "Ob," he says, "you may nee your French tongue to -day, but wait till the great Mc- Carty has done wid yez and you'll only be able to make signs then." After hearing the speech he had just made the hon. gentleman's countryman, if he were there, would be satisfied the Frenohman would be able to do something more than make signs. The House then went into committee on the Bill. Mr. Charlton urged that the name of the Territories should remain as formerly in- ttead of beiog changed to the Western Territories of Canada. Mr. Blake sngt,eated that if any change were made the title should be altered to Western Canadian Territories. Mr. O'Brien objected to a change of name. After passing five clauses the committee arose end reported progress. Mr. Foster laid on the table the supple. mentary estimates for 1891. ee you do now, by opening the barrel for actual inepeotion. There ie no other way. The definition proposed, he said, carried out the idea, with. w.bioh the Government started, of putting a duty of 1 conte per pound upon the heavy pork, oonernenly known as the mess pork, cut from the sides of heavy hogs, a000rding to the definition in the lnspeetion pot, and wbioh wae used very largely by the lumber interest. Mr. Gilltnor said a000rding to this defini, tion clear pork would be made dutiable at 3 estate per pound or 1l6 per barrel, Mr. Jones observed tbat there would be. a lot of needless trouble in carrying out. this definition, The item finally passed, Mr. 111ok1illan (Huron) asked that plover. and timothy seed be placed on the free list.. Mr. Foster said the duty wae formerly 15 per cent. and it was reduced to 10 per gent. That wan considered a aefylotent reduction Mr. Foster moved that the duty of four Dents on pear trees and five cents on plum trees be reduced to three petite on each. The resolution was agreed to. On motion of Mr Foster, palma, orohida, azaleas, cacti and flower bulbs of all kinds were planed on the free list. Mr. Foster proposed that in addition to the entreats. of logwood, fustic, oak and oak bark, sumao and extracts thereof should be planed on the free list. The resolution was agreed to. The variety of Dorn to be imported for ensilage purposes, on the motion of Mr. Foster, was described as follows : Southern white dent, or horse tooth ensilage corn, and western yellow dent or horse tooth ensilage corn. The House adjourned at 10.55, AFTER RECESS. The House went into Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Foster moved an amendment to clause 5 of the tariff, reading "animals living, namely, cattle, sheep and hogs, 30 per cent. ad valorem," by leaving out the word " hogs," and adding a new section, " live hoge to be dutiable at 2 cents per lb. on their weight." He explained that he did this because the 30 per cent. duty on the live hog was not equivalent to the 3 Dents per lb. and the 1a cents per lb. on the dead product. This would equalize the duty end prevent the animals from coming into the country end being made into meat, thus Doming into competition with the Canadian product. Sir Richard Cartwright said this would be a heavy increase in the duty. The value of a hog would hardly exceed .6 or $8, and this would he a duty cf at least 50 or 60 par cent. It was a mischievous duty in every possible way, and exposed our people to certain retaliation. He found from the trade and navigation returns that only two hogs were imported into Ontario last year. The farmers were protected to the extent of $4. Mr. Foster—Then we will not get a very heave increase of duty. Sir Richard Cartwright—Yon may pos- sibly interfere materially with trade in other gnartera. Mr. Landerkin stated that three hogs were imported into New Brunswick, one into Nova Scotia and two into Ontario. Mr. Bowels said that last year there were of swine imported and elaughtered in bond 4,853,475 lbs., paying a duty of 30 per cent. Sir Rioherd Cartwright observed that it was a new departure if it was proposed to tax swine imported in bond and slaugh- tered for exportation abroad. Mr. Bowell replied that there was no in- tention to do anything of the kind. The duty concerned the meat that was oftered for sale in Canadian markets. The item passed, and the committee rose and reported progress. Mr. Foster moved that the duty on kid imported for the manufacture of gloves be reduced from 20 to 10 per cent. The House then read the bill containing the tariff changes a second time and the House went into committee on the meas- ure. Mr. Mitchell made a final appeal for the duty on imported Indian corn to be kiln - dried and ground into meal to be removed. Mr. Foster said the matter had already been thoroughly discussed, and he could not consent to make the change asked. Sir Richard Cartwright observed that the Government granted proteotion in the case of hogs, of which only two were im- ported, and yet they could not grant the request of the hon gentleman in the pre sent instance. Whilst we imported 4.000 horses of the value of $145,000, we sold to the United States 56,000 of the valve of $2,113,000• Mr. Blake said the Government declared their policy was to protect infant indus- tries. In this case they wished to wait until the trade had grown prosperous be- fore granting any protection. Mr. Foster moved that item 86, impos. big a duty of 30 per Dent. on shelf iron, be struck out, returning to the original duty, which was slightly in excess of the duty mentioned. He explained that the change was made under the impression that shelf iron was not manufactured in this country. He had, however, since ascertained that it wae. The resolution wae adopted. trIr. Foster explained that owing to tho different kinds end great variety of pork coming into the country, it was eon- sidered best to define mess pork dutiable at la Dents per pound as follows : Bar- relled pork in brine made from the sides of heavy hoes when the hams and shoulders are out off and containing not more than sixteen pieces to the barrel of 200 pounds weight. Mr. donee inquired how they were to avert ant the kind of pork imported. Mr. Foster -1"ind out in the aarbe way TELEGRAPPLIC SUMMARY. Seeding is nearly all completed through. out Manitoba and the Northwest. I he 'Toronto Diocesan Woman's Auxili. ary to Missions concluded its business yes. terdey. Mr. Roes, Provinoiai Minister of Ednoa tion, was renominated in West Middlesex yesterday. It is stated that Gen. Boulanger will re- turn to France to -morrow and demand another trial. The work of removing the debris at the Toronto University ruins, preparatory to construction, began yesterday. The Rnesian Minister to Persia has been instructed by the Czar to couchette a new commercial treaty with Persia. The Emin Relief Committee gave a re- ception in honor of Henry•M. Stanley last evening, the Prince of Wales presiding., wntow fall is generally regarded se feiyoroktlo to big grope, One thoueand Ave hnudred balsers have struok':end gamed on en island in the Danube, with Gents Pattie, stores; of lard and bread, and Other provisions, They Intim been' Joined by 700 girls employed int lute works, Five Impaired military baker$; have been sent to Beath from all parts off; the kingdom. Senator James; B. Book,, of Kentucky, dropped dead in the lisltimore' & Obio Railway Statim at Washingtonon netnr., day afternoon, the pause being paralysis of the boort, Mr. Beek was born in Dune friesekire, Scotland, in 1822. $e was first eleoted to Congress in Kentuoky in 1860' and beoamo a Senator in 1877. The Mayor of Bonbeix, France, has asked for reinforcements and 800dragoons have been sent to him. Cavalry patrolled the streets all Saturday night and all day yoeterday, Tile employers of Roubaix announce that they are willing to agree to the demand of ten hours if other French manufacturers consent, but they de. olive to advance wages, Madame Albani bad luncheon with the neovernor•Generalyeeterday afternoon and dined with Sir John Maodoneld last even- ing. The Morris and Brandon branch of the Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railway will be completed into Brandon in about ten days. TheEqual Righters of Ottawa last night nominated Alderman Henderson as their standard-bearer in the coming Ontario elections. Miss Minnie Fraser, M.D., of Kingston, has been given a farewell entertainment prior to her departure for India as a medi- cal missionary. It is reported the Wells -Fargo express messenger on a Southern Pacific train was robbed on Tuesday night of 645,000 at Eagleville, Tex. The moulders of Kingston, numbering nine, struck yesterday morning for $2 per day instead of •1.75 and $1.85, which they have been heretofore receiving. Between three and five hundred miners at Arnot, Pa., went on strike yesterday. The superintendent of the mines says he does not Enow the cause of the strike. It is stated from Washington that the McKinley Tariff Bill, if passed, wilt not likely go into force before the beginning of next year, and probably not till July, 1891. Between 900 and 1,000 Louisville, Ky., carpenters struck yesterday for eight hours and 25 cents an hour as the minimum rate of wages. The non -unionists are fast join- ing the strikers. The British steamer Saltwiok collided with the British steamer Mount Olivet at Gibraltar yesterday and the latter sank. The Mount Olivet was bound from Iloilo for Montreal. An English syndicate is arranging for the purchase of the cotton mills under the control of tho Dominion Association, and it is reported that Mr. Gault, the Presi- dent, has gone to England to arrange detaile. The Belleville Police Magistrate yester- day fined Thomas Towns, police sergeant, and A. H. Croeby, assistant fishery over- seer, $20 each and posts, or 15 days in gaol for having pickerel in their possession during the close season. The concurrent resolution requesting the U. S. President to enter into negotiations with the Governments of Great Britain and Mexico with a view to seonring treaty stipulations for the prevention of entry of Chinese laborers into the United States has been agreed to. The Bait of Parker, vs. Owen Sound is an action brought by the proprietors of the waterworks for an injunction to restrain the town from taking over the works. A settlement was arrived at by the plaintiffs agreeing to except $55,000 each party to pay their own costs. Rev. William Staoey, Henderson, N. Y., formerly of Kingston, had a narrow escape from snffooation. He and Mrs. Staoey re- tired, leaving the dampers on the stove turned wrong, pausing the gas to eeoapo. They were found next morning nearly un- conscious. Mrs. Staoey is quite sick. The Newfoundland delegates are ex- peoted in Ottawa thia week. They are not authorized to discuss the question of federation with the Dominion, Their mist cion is to urge the Canadian Government to join in a declaration of the constitutional prinoiple that colonies have a right to be eoneulted by the Imperial authorities in all colonial affairs affecting them. The British Secretary of War gave a cold-blooded anewer to au inquiry in the House the other night as to the action_ of the Government in coining to the relief of the survivors of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, many of whom are in the deepest noverty, and not a few in- mates of English workhouses. Private enterprise will provide for their needs, and the preparations for a great theatrical benefit ars now far advanced. There is no ground for antioipating that the land purchase bill will be muoh maimed in committee. There seems to be no defi- nite principle on which the Opposition are united, and the ministerial majority is large enough to allow of a margin for a few defeotions. For good or for evil the bill will become law. The Glonoester City (N. J.) National Bank suspended to -day. The bank was closely connected with the Bank of America, of Philadelphia, which suspended yester. day. The bank did not do a very exclusive business. The President of the institution declined to make any statement as to amount of liabilities. The Manitoba & Northwestern Railway Company have sold their entire land grant, consisting of 9,000,000 acres, to an English syndicate who will establish a land coloni- zation company. They intend dividing the land into small homesteads, and will lend the settlers $500 each to enable them to commence operations at once. It is stated in Berlin that it was in con sequence of hearing a report to the effect that Prince Bismarck was in the habit of taking snoh heavy doses of morphine as to destroy power of connected thought that the Emperor took steps whiohlled, to the Chancellor's retirement. Very Rev. Jacques Jean Vines, Honor. ary Chaplain to His Holiness Pope Pins IK., died yesterday at the residence of St. Janvier, at Sault au Reoollet, Que., the home for retired priests. The deceased was borne in Montreal in January, 1806, was ordained priest on Sept. 20th, 1828, and reached the ripe age of 84 years. The residence of James Dixon, corner of Ouellette and London streets, Windsor, was struck by lightning during the storm yesterday morning. The fluid entered the front chimney, tearing up things gener- ally, and passed out through the peak of the kitohen. The inmates of the househad a miraculous eeoape. Loss about 4100 ; fatly insured. A letter addressed to a Quebec commer oial house from Mgr. Bosse refers to the miserable and destitute condition of the population of the Labrador coast. The writer expressed the hope that the Govern- ment will send them a physician, as they are at present without a doctor and have to resort to their own curatives and appli- ances in oases of sickness or accident. An employee of the Ball Electric Light Company, London, while endeavoring to regulate a lamp in front of Cook's shoe store on Dundee street, put one hand on an iron pillar and instantly received a severe shook which threw him to the ground. His injuries, however, are not serious, though in his fall, be smashed a large plate -glass window and received several cuts and bruises. The Scott Aot is being rigidly enforced in Fredericton at present. Alonzo Smiler, one of the offenders, wae taken to jail on Saturday night, and two others, Crangle and Manyer, went this afternoon. Mr. Edwards, of the Queen Hotel, is 11), and will probably not be inoaroerated for a day or two. Mr. Grievy is in Houlton, but says he will return. Mr. Coleman, of the Barker House, is in Calais, and says he will not return. The Emin Relief Committee has received a letter from Dr. Peters, in which he says he ascended the Tana River and damped from November 16th to November 26th in the Mamoni mountains. He attempted to bridge the Tana but failed, and travel sed the right bank to Kikuju through Leikspia, and thence to Lake Mariogo. Dr. Peters and his party had frequent engagements with the natives and defeated them. They reached Mjemps January 7th, and started for Victoria Nyanza January 13th. The caravan comprised Dr. Peters, Lieut. Tede- man, 50 porters, 10 soldiers, 3 oamel drivers, 2kitchen boys, 3 sery ante, 2 camels, 6 donkeys and 315 sheep. Sir Thomas Esmonde, M. P., met with a very severe accident on Wednesday, and he had to be carried upstairs into the House on Thursday to vote for Mr, Par- nell's amendment. It was rather hard to travel nearly round the world in safety and then Dome to grief in the course of a morn- ing ride in London. Sir Thomas Esmonde was, however, determined not to allow his misadventure to deprive his party of hie vote. The first prominent result of thernMay- day agitation in Germany has been a for- midable movement among manufacturers, merchants, mine owners and others em- ploying largo numbers of bands, to promote the formation of a German union against strikes. Cordial correspondence bas passed be- tween Emperor William and. the Czaa respecting the betrothal of the Czarowitz to Princess Margaret, the sister of Emperor William. The Getman Emperor declines to allow his 'sister to,join the Greek Chntch before marriage. Snow fell at St. Paul yesterday to the death of an inoh or mora. It soon melted, Reports last night indicate that the snow• storm was vets general thronghout the Northwest, The storm extended from Lacrosse, Wie,, to Jamestown, bak., and reached to the lake on the north. At Jelmeetown it snowed for twelve hours, the fall being estimated at fonr inches, This A Literal Version. Clara's Mother. (galling) -Clara. Mr. Smitbers is in the parlor and says he wants- you. antsyon. Clara (entering parlor and throwing her. self into Smithers' arms)—Oh, Charlie, this is so sudden. Plainly Stated. First Tramp—Bill, what would yon do if yon had a t'ousand dollars ? Second Tramp—I'd give yens de cold Shake. --m-- A Counter-iialaneo, Lady Costnoser—This is snoh a very small bonnet. Man Milliner—Ab, yes, madame, but ze, price is large. :tike Philosophic Tramp. " You worthless scamp, why do you tramp, And bog and sponge your food and toddy?" i Why, m a roan or poaoe, said he S slaticler no ono, and can't be, Therefore, a busybody," " Well Mrs. l3r ow how ciaodux• daughter' galong et on the piano ?" " Law sakes Mrs.Zones You know stn't no, mulioian myself ; but I did hear her teacher say only yesterday, a Emma, my obild, you're quite ten bars ahead 1' no she must be makin' Eoniero ress, wasn't, she ?"—lodge. p g