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The following potitione were presented .:
Mr, Dryden —From Albert D, Shaw and
'Others, for en Aot to ineor orate the Nis -
soave Fells Electric Railway Co..
Ur.Mmh e Y Conte Couowat-Frot n soil
.of. Oxford, asking the Government not to
assume control of the jails.
Mr. Meredith= -Prow, the Equitable Life
!Insurance Society of the leeited States, for
an Aot conferring on the company certain
powers in Canada,
Mr. Awroy—From the County Council
of Wentworth, for amendments to provide
that ramie owned by the municipal corpora-
-bions than be exempt from taxation under
the Assessment Aot.
Mr. McCleary- From the County Conn.
oil of Welland, against Government control
of count, jails, and for powers to appoint.
inspectors for the prevention of the spread-
ing of noxious. weeds and diseases afleoting
(fruit trees.
The Speaker announced that the repro-
sentetion of the constituency of South
.Grey had become vacant on account of the
death of J. H. Hunter, M. P. P., and that
a writ had been issued for a new election.
Mr. Wood (Hastings) asked what
vacancies existed in the office of the
Regietrar of Deeds, or any registration
division in the Province ; what vacancies
in the said oflioes, existed on the first day
of January, 1891, and the dates when, and
axe causes by which such vacancies were
respectively ocoasionod.
Mr. Mowat, in reply, stated that the
date he had mentioned the other day was
oorreot, viz., the 13th December, but he
was informed Unit he had been reported as
saying the 31st Deoember. Regarding the
question of his honorable friend, he would
say that all these vacancies existed on the
let Jennary, 1891: East Middlesex, Fron-
tenac, Lambton, Wentworth and Victoria.
Hastings had become vacant since. The
dates of the vaoanoies were : East Middle.
sex, August 4th, 1889; Frontenao, August
22nd, 1890; Lambton, October 13th, 1890;
Wentworth, November 25th, 1890; Vio-
toria, January 6th, 1891. The vaoanoies
had been 000asioned in each instance by
the death of the incumbent.
Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) presented the
annual report ot the Fruit Growers' Aeeo
oiation for 1890 ; the annual report of the
Entmologioal Association for 1890.; the
Pnblio Accounts of the Province of Ontario
for the year ending Deoember 31st, 1890 ;
the report of the bursar of Upper Canada
College (oash transactions) for the year
ending June 30th, 1890.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Mr. Wood (Hastings)—Resolution, that
in the opinion of this Howe the system of
paying provincial officers by fees is objec-
tionable in principle, and that the law
ought to be so amended as to provide that
the remuneration of sheriffs, registrars of
deeds, clerks of the peace, end county
attorneys be paid by salary instead of by
•fee, and a like arrange ehould be made of
remunerating all other provincial officers
now paid by fees to whom the same could
be satisfactorily applied:
Mr. Awrey-Bill to amend the Municipal
Mr. Wood (Brant)—Bill to amend the
Aot respecting noxious weeds and diseases
-of fruit trees.
The following petitions were presented
by members of the House :
Mr. Bronson—From the Bricklayers'
and Masons' Union of Ottawa, asking for
Iegislation to provide for the taxing at its
full volae of all land held for speculative
purposes, for the examination and licensing
e of stationary engineers, for the entire oleo-
' *orate having power to vote on money
:bylaws, and for the inepeotion of scaffolds.
Mr. Tait—From ninety-one citizens of
Toronto, asking for compulsory eabool
regulations for the attendance of children
between eix and fourteen years of age, for
the appointment of truant officers, for free
school books, for the election of trustees on
the day of the municipal elections, and for
compelling Public Sobool Boards to pro-
vide a000mmodation for all children of
ohool age.
Mr. Tait—From Stonemasons' Union,
No. 1, Toronto ; Toronto Trades and Labor
Council, Plasterers' Laborers' Aseooiation,
Bricklayers' Society, No. 2, of Ontario ;
George Stevenson Assembly, 9,005, Knights
of Labor, severally praying for an Aot for
the taxation of all land held for apeonlative
purposes, for voting by the entire eleotorate
on money by-laws, for the inepection of
scaffolds, and for the examination and
lioensing of stationary engineers.
The following bills were introduced and
read a first time :
Mr. Blezard—A bill" to incorporate the
Ontario, Belmont & Northern Railway
Company.
Mr. Tait—A bill respecting the examina-
tion of etatiouery engineers and the inepeo-
tion of stationary boilers..
Mr. Tait—A bill respecting undertaking,
embalming and organio chemistry.
Mr. Mowat was about to move the second
reading of a bill to further amend the law
respecting the solemnization of marriages,
when Mr. Meredith remarked that none of
the bills had been distributed until jest
then. He objected to unnecessary haste in
regard to stone legislation.
Mr. Mowat explained that it was only
the second reading of the bill that he pro.
posed to goon with.
Mr. Meredith pointed out tbat in the
then 'meagre state of the Housenumeri-
.oally, it would not be well to proceed with
legielation of such importance, affeotingthe
welfare of the people at large.
Mr. Mowat acgnieeoed, and the bill
Iatands for its second reading.
Upon a motion to adjourn by the Attor.
ney.General, Mr. Meredith remarked that
the members were-desitous of knowing
whether the House would adjourn from
,.Good Friday.
Mr. Mowat replied that it was not the
intention of the Government that the House
should eit on Good Friday. It it was the
wish of the members they would adjourn
the House till Tuesday.
Mr. Meredith said that there was a
general impression on the Opposition's side
of the House that Tuesday would be a
better day to reaseemblethan Monday.
Mr, Mowat was agreeable, and announced
that the financial statement would be made
on Tuesday next. •
The following petitions were presented
Mr. Misoott—From the City Council of
St. Catharines praying for the legalization
of a money by-law.
Mr. McCleary—From the Farmer's
Institute of the County of Welland, for the
abolition of market fees.
M. E. F. Clarke --From the Plasterers'
Laborers' Association, for an Aot provid,
ing for the taxing of all lands held for
(ipeanlative puposes to their fall value, and
that improvements made by labor be
exempted from taxation.
Mr, Waters asked, Is it the intention of
the Government at . this or any future
nossion of this) Parliament to bring before
this House a hill to enable women to vote
for members of the Legielativo Assembly?
;: Mr, Mowat—it is not our intention at
title seeaon of thie Parliament to bring
before Ibis House a bill to enable women to
vote for menibers of this A.seembly. As to
arty (mare amnion, I may say that the.
Government have not agreed upon the
matter or formed any intentions upon the
subjectW.
It'tr.Waters asked, Ie the intention of
the Government during thie or any future
session of this. Parliament to introduce any
bill or measure, for the ooneideration at
this House, having for its objeot the bor.
rowing of money from British capitalists
at English money market rates, and the
loaning of the same to farmers who may
have their farms mortgaged ? Or ie it the
intention of the Government to formulate
or propose any other mode or soheme of
obtaining and loaning money to farmere,
who may have their farms mortgaged, at a
low rate of interest?
Mr. Mowat—It is not the intention of
the Government to introduce any bill or
measure of the kind mentioned in the
question, As to whether it is, their inten-
tion to propose any other mode or scheme
to obtain loane for farmers, I may say that
all of no mourn at the coaditien of the
fermate for whom aseletanoe of this kind is
asked, but believe that any scheme of the
kind suggested is imprsotioable.
Mr. Monk asked, When was Thomas
Murray, Esq., appointed to the office of
sheriff o! the. County of Renfrew ? Does
he still hold the office ? If not, when and
how did he cease to hold it ?
Mr. Mowat—Mr, Murray was appointed
on the 21st of January lest. He does not
hold ,office now. His resignation was
received and accepted on Feb, 16.
The following petitions were presented :
Mr. Tait—From Looel Assembly, No.
5,743, Knights of Labor, praying that all
land held for speoulativepurpoaes be taxed.
Mr. Tait—From residents o[ Toronto,
praying thatmanioipal councils be empow-
ered to asaees baildinge, machinery and all
improvements to real estate at 50 per cent.,
or less, of their actual value, tee is done in
British Columbia.
Mr. Hisoott — From residents of St.
Catharines, praying for power to expro-
priate land for the St. Catharines & Ham.
ilton Bridge and Road Company.
Mr. Hardy—From the Cigarmakere'
Union of Brantford, praying that lands
held for speculative purposes should be
taxed to their full valve.
Mr. Gilmour—From residents of Weak
Toronto Junction, to change the name of
that town to "Toronto Jnuotion" asking
to have certain portions of the Township
of York annexed to the town ; asking that
aldermen be eleoted for two years, one half
to retire annually, in view of the important
works being carried on at present ; asking
for the passage of a by-law whioh was
defeated by popular vote on October 14th
last.
Mr. Kerne—From the county of Halton
Farmere' Inetitute,praying for the abolition
of market fees.
Mr. Sharpe—To amend the Division
Courts Aot.
Mr. Mowat—To inoorporate the Ottawa,
Arnprior & Renfrew Railway Company.
Mr. Misoampbeil—To authorize the cor-
poration of the town of Willie to purohase
land for a post•ofCioe site.
Mr. Ross (Middlesex) — Reepeoting
truancy and compulsory school attendance.
Mr. Harcourt — To amend the Aot
incorporating the Synod of the Diooese of
Niagara.
Mr. McKay—Respecting waterworks for
the town of Woodstock.
Mr. Mowat moved the second reading of
a bill to further amend the law remaining
the solemnization of marriage.
Mr. H. E. Clarke thought it was ander.
stood that the member for London should
have an opportunity of looking into the bill
before it went through another stage.
Mr. Mowat said he thought there would
be no objection to reading this bill a seoond
time. It consisted of three parts. The first
pert applied to the people salted Qaakera.
The law was supposed to authorize the
performance of marriage by Qaakera in the
same manner as other religious bodies. It
now appears that a few words in the law
limited the offioera of the Society of Friends
to performing marriage between membere
of their own order, and the Qnakere them-
selves did not know how Chia proviso Dame
in. They have gone on assuming that
they had the authority the same as any
other Church. Its object is to legalize
marriage by Quakers, though one of the
parties may not be a Quaker. A very large
number of marriages have taken
place within the last twenty years about
whioh there may be some question as to
their legality. The object 13 to remove
that reatriotion, and plane the society in
the same position regarding the perform•
anoe of marriages as other bodies. There
is a provision that those marriages per-
formed before the passing of the Aot so -
cording to the rites of the Quakers are de-
clared lawful where the parties have lived
as husband and wife, and where the
validity of the Act has not been questioned
by any suit or notion, or unless either of
the parties have since been married "accord.
ing to the law ; in such ogee the validity of
the Aot would be determined as if this Act
had pot been passed.
Mr. Mowat explained that the second
part of the bill affected the Salvation Army.
It was well known that this Army was on
the same footing now as any other relig-
ions bode. Certain of their offioere oconpied
e position corresponding to bishops and
ministers in other bodies. They now ap-
plied to have the same authority to perform
marriage, whioh other churches have had.
he saw no reason why they should not have
that power. They are a large body. He
did not suppose that anybody would
suggest that the Army did not stand in
substantially the same position as any
other religions denomination. The bill
proposed to give this power to the com-
missioner and staff•offioers, of whom there
are 4L Their field officers, who would not
have the power, numbered 588.
A third provision in the bill had been
the result of a suggestion made by a learned
judge regarding the form of affidavit by
those applying for marriage license. The
applicant for license states that there is no
obstacle to the marriage by pre -contract,
affinity, or consanguinity. The word "pre-
oontraot" has been ansnmed to mean prior
marriage. The, learned judge pointed out
that when the expression was first need it
was suppoeed there might be marriage with-
out the presence of a clergyman. This was
an old form in England, and has been
adopted in this country. Inasmuoh se it
was supposed that difficulty might here-
after arise in consequence of this form
being misunderstood, he had at first pro.
posed to strike out the word " pre- centred"
altogether, but afterwards he deemed it
better to provide that it shall be declared to
mean the form of marriage.
The Bill passed its second reading.
Mr. Mowat moved the eeoond reading of
a Bill to regulate the charters to, loan com-
panies.
Mr. H. E. Clarke asked that the hon.
gentleman would allow tbo Bill to stand
as he knew his hon. friend the leader of
the Opposition bad something to say
upon it.
The following petitions were presented :
Mr. Moore—From the oorporation of
Waterloo, praying for the Tarots system
of lend trenafer.;•
Mr. Mowat—From the mnnioipelity of
Woodstock, praying fol' an amendment to
the Municipal Aot exemptingtowns not
temente from the county for mnnioipal
purposes, and having a population in elt,
ores of 4,000, from paying any proportion
of the cost or Iiability that maybe incurred
by counties under involved eeotion.
Mr. Awrey.-From the Royal Hamilton
Yaoh Clieb, praying to be incorporated
upderthe above name, and to be permitted
to acquire and hold real and personal pro.
perty and leaseholds within the oily of
Hamilton and in the County of Wentworth,
and to erect baildings, eto, and diepoee of
or mortgage the same es may be expedi.
Ont ; waking that power be granteed to issue
stook not exceeding 125,000, in shares of $10
each..
Mr. Tait—Frons Menne. John Leys,
Wm. Hamilton Merritt, Charles H.Keefer,
Frank A. Fleming, 0. N. E henly, George
F. Harman, Arthur G. Panchen, James
Mitchell, of Toronto, and ¥r. Edward W.
Dodd, of New York, preying that a ware-
housing and railway company be in-
oorporated with power to construct a line
of railway from the crowing of the Cana-
dian Paoifio Railway and the Grand
Trunk Railway traoke"at or near Parlie.
ment street, with power to tap the Grand
Trunk Railway over the Don. Also to
contract swing bridges over the River
Don and Coatsworth's out, and also to
construct any line or lines of railway to
connect with the present and other systems
of railway entering the city, and to connect
with ally union station which may here-
after be built, and to parry on a general
warebousing business ; asking for in-
oorporation ander the name of the Toronto
Transfer Warehousing and Railwey Com-
pany.
Tree following Bi11a were introduced and
read a first time :
Mr. Guthrie—Reepeoting gravel roads
awned by the oorporation of the county of
Wallington.
Mr. Conmee—To authorize the Town of
Port Arthur to construct,own, and operate
a street railway and for other purposes.
Mr. Telt—Respecting the Grand Legion
of (enteric) Select Knights of Canada.
Dr, Whitney—To amend the Ontario
Election Aot.
Mr. Metcalfe—Respecting the city of
Kingston Gas and Electric Light Co.
Mr. Meredith—To provide for the con-
solidation of the debenture debt of the pity
of London oud for other purposes.
Mr. Meredith—To entente the Synod of
Huron to oonsolidate and manage its trust
funds.
Mr. Mowat—Reepeoting settlement by
arbitration of a000ante between the Do-
minion of Canada and the Provinces of
Ontario and Quebec, and between the said
two Provinces.
Mr. Mowat—Respecting certain duties,
powers, and liabilities of trustees.
Mr. Mowat-Respeotine the sale of real
estate by personal representatives.
Mr. Mowat—To remove pertain oases
from County Courts to the High Courts.
Mr. Mowat, in introducing a bill to
remove certain oases from County Courts
to the High Courts, explained, in anewer
to a question by Mr. Meredith, that the
object of the bill was to tranefer to the
High Courts oases whioh had been pro•
ceeded with in the Connty Courts by mis-
take. This power was to be discretionary
with the judge, litigants not having the
power to make each change.
Mr. Magwood moved for a return show-
ing the date of the certificate of the judges
appointed to try the election petition in the
North Perth eleotion 0389.
Mr. Mowat explained that generally the
polioy was that wherever several bye-
eleotions were in be held the same day was
fixed for all. North Bruce was one of the
few cases in whioh bye -elections were held
simultaneously.
Mr. Meredith said there was a principle
involved in this matter as to the relation
of the Clerk of the House to the Govern-
ment whioh should be properly understood.
In the case of North Perth the general
election was held ander the old list. There
were new lists in preparation whioh were
known to be mnoh more favorable to the
Conservatives. These new lists were to be
filed on December 151b. In order to pre.
vent the bye•eleotions from being held
on that list the writ was iaeued illegally
before the time allowed by the law. The
only objeot of the undue speed must have
been to disfranobiee thoee electors of Strat-
ford whose names would appear in the new
list for the first time. In the cafe of
Durham, although judgment was given on
Deoember 4th, the writ did not issue till
December 201n. Fortunately the object in
view was not eaoompliehed in North Perth,
for the Conservative member wee elected.
As a matter of principle, however, he sub•
mitted that all oases should be treated
alike and fairly.
Mr. Hardy said that Mr. Meredith's in-
terpretation of the statate was a very inge-
nious perversion. He must have known
that in the case of North Perth the seat
was vacated by mutual consent, and to talk
of appeal was utter abanrdity. The law
was trained to allow an opportunity of
appeal, but in this case it was known there
would be no appeal. There could not be an
appeal. The gentlemen unseated was a
friend of the Government, and it was only
fair to suppose that they knew that he did
not intend to appeal. As to the new vot-
ers' list, he asked how was it possible for
the leader of the Opposition to assume
that the Government should have any
knowledge of that matter? The hon.
gentlemen should have come to the Govern-
ment and asked them to wait until he could
get the new lists filed. It was a little late
in the day for Conservatives to talk of vot-
ers' Bats, when their Chief tan had but re-
cently been guilty of the moat flagrant
prostitution of his powers in the face of
deliberate promises to the contrary, in
order that be might spring an eleotion with
a voters' list that contained 50,000 names
of dead men, and from which 116,000 young
men were excluded. The whole oharge
wee the wildest piece of imagination he had
ever heard, even from his hon. friend.
Mr. H. E. Clarke did not agree in the
presumption that the candidate was the
only person entitled to appeal. The whole
electorate was interested in such a
matter, and their rights should be
reapeoted. He was not suprieed that the
Government felt somewhat aggravated at
thereeult of the recent Dominion elections,
beoause in spite of their utmost endeavors
the old flag, the old man, and the old
policy had been sustained for another five
years.
Mr. Meredith asked when the Minister
of Education would ask the House to con-
sider his bill to amend the Public Schools
Acts.
Mr. Awrey—Bill to amend the Public)
Parks Acta
Thrashed the Editor.
A Missouri weekly paper recently -
dulged in some critical remarks Mout
Shakespeare, and a farmer named John
Shakespeare, thinking the family insulted,
name to town and gave the editor a
thrashing.
Mme. 'Reding, the noted French acireee,
lives in a beautifully finished hotel near
the PleineMoncean in Paris. She is dilet-
tante in art and literathre and possesses a
fine library in whioh many' rare editions
may be found. Her houseful a rondeavona
of literary people.
—A man cannot go oat much unless ho
has an income. -New Forts Herald.
k'1OWl etweRS LABOR.
Alanifesto of the nanadian League.
The following manifesto bee been iseaed
by the Eight Hour League of Canada;
The rmtnenee Wertheim of meohinery has a
tendency to displace manual labor. It has.
been estimated that 10,000 workingmen
aro thrown out of employment every year
;by improvements in meohinery. While
improved ftoilities in production have
added enormously to the wealth, of
countries in the aggregate, still the amount
of the produce of a country which goes to
the workers is out of all proportion to that
whioh goes to the noxi -producer or owners
of the instruments of production. Ever-
inoreasing competition among the die•
p083088ed for opportunities of labor
inevitably tondo to abeapetl labor and to
retinae wages, thus decreasing the oon-
sumptive powers of the people, If there
were one million of unemployed men in the
United States (and it estimated there is
even more than that number, not counting
criminals) this means a loss of three
million Oilers a day to the consumptive
power of the country,.
Increased consumptive powers are a
necessity in order that capital, machinery
and produotive oapaoity may be profitably
employed.
That all may work who are willing to
work, a general shortening of the hours of
labor has become an absolute necessity
This is acknowledged on all hands and in
all civilized countries.
What is known as the eight-hour move-
ment is fast assuming vast proportions the
world over.
Is Canada to lag behind in this move.
meat
We think not. It is the movement of
enlightened intelligence egainat brute loroe
and ignorance. Believing that there is a
widespread feeling in this country,
as in ani' ether oountries, in favor of
an eight-hour working day, not only
among the working electees, but among
all classes of the community, the
Eight Hour League has been formed,
in order to bring together into one organ-
ization the combined foroe of this growing
conviotion. This is the more necessary, as
we believe that this partionlar reform is
one of the very first importance, in its
bearings on the vast eooial problems of the
day, and a necessary first step in the direo-
tion of an ultimate solution of those
problems.
The objeot of the league is to dissemi.
nate literature dealing especially with this
question, and in every legitimate way to
promote the growth of an enlightened
publio opinion in favor of this maoh-needed
reform.
Continuing, the manifesto gives the
conditions of membership and of organiza-
tion.
Important Japanese Invention.
A lacquer has been invented in Japan, it
is said, which will prevent fouling when
applied to the bottoms of vessels. The ex-
periment has been tried with the warship
Naaiwa-Kan, the prototype of the Charles-
ton, with excellent results. It this be
true, the new lacquer deserves to be in-
vestigated by our navy department. The
fouling of the new steel ships has become
a serious matter, and the frequent docking
necessary to keep their halls clean is a
very expensive process. In the merchant
marine, too, each an invention ought to be
highly appreciated.
They Both rliouglzt So.
Min. Bunting—What do you think,
John? Mrs. Lerkin is going to spend $50
for hs�r,'"E"''1l sr bonnet. I think that awfully
extravagant, don't you?
Bunting—Well, I ehould think so
Mrs. Bunting—That's what I think, and
I selected one that will Dost only 845.
Never Too Late to Mend.
Judge : " Do you think those Shoes are
worth mending ? "
" Well, yes, if I sole and heel 'em, and
pat new uppers on 'em. The strings are
still good."
Re Was Privileged.
Brooklyn Life: Head of firm (angrily)—
Who is that smoking in the office ?
Bookkeeper—The office boy, sir.
"Oh, all right. I thought it was one of
the clerks."
At the Theatre.
Puck: " I see that the name of the gas-
man is given on this play -bill. What does
the gas -man do ?"
"I fanny he writes the advance notices
of the plays that are produced."
In Eoglaad 'h -re are 1,091,041 horses; in
France 2,908.5.27 and in Germany 3,622,545.
When a Philadelphia man appears some-
what the worse for having looked upon the
wine, he is not said to have a " ag " on.
He has been "in the bad lands."
Mrs. Kate Chase's second daughter is a
lovely girl of eighteen, with large dark eyes,
brown hair and foreign manners. The first
language she learned to speak was German
and her accent still shows traces of its
infiaence.eame ;
Edna noticed that papa did not kissthe
new baby, so she pat her arms around his
neok, and said, coaxingly, " Kiss it, paps.
It won't bite."
erman
ru
Por children a medi-
A Cough cine should be abso-
and Crow lutely reliable. A
mother must be able to
Medicine. pin her faith to it as to
her Bible. It must
contain nothing violent, uncertain,
or dangerous. It :roust be standard
in material and ,manufacture. It
must be plain and simple to admin-
ister ; easy and pleasant to take.
The child must like it. It must be
prompt in action, giving imtnedi-
ate relief, as childrens' troubles
come quick, grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise in a very short
time. It must not only relieve quick
but bring them around quick, as
children chafe and fret and spoil
their constitutions under long con-
finement. It must do its work in
moderate doses. A large quantity
of medicine in a child is not desira-
ble. It must not interfere with the
child's spirits, appetite or general
health. o These things suit old as
well as young folks, and make Bo-
schee's German Syrup the favorite
family mnecticine.
RO'BL ZNaugur.
Alleged Brutal Treatment of the Grand
Duohees Elizabeth by Efer Husband.
FORCED 70 CHANGE efEs RELIGION.
A London cable says: Deep indignation
is expressed among ell olasaee of English-
men in regard to the reports thereat as to
the treatment of the Grand Duchess
,Elizabeth, granddaughter of Queen Via -
Coria, by her husband, the Grand Duke
Sergius of Reseie, brother of the Czar. It
is now well underetood that the Czar's
motive for appointing his brother to be
Governor at Moscow was not, asofficially
stated, to give him a mark of esteem, but
to remove the Grand Duohees from the
foreign society of Si. Petersburg, where
her maltreatment by the Russian Imperial
family has already caused qn international
eoandal. The reports as to the abuse to
which the lady has been subjected are not
mere gossip, but come from high and
trustworthy sources,, and nobody in Eng-
land has any doubt of their troth. The
Grand Duke is said to be really attached
to his wite, but he treats her on the eame
prinoiple as ";,Rassia treats a conquered
province or }State. Having annexed
herby marriage he has claimed that she
must beoome Rnaeiee altogether, even to
the abandonment of the religion in which
she was born and eduoated. With this
coercion characterized as brutal has been
tried upon her ; when she desired to attend
English services she found no oarriage to
take her, and the Grand Duke on such 00 -
minions nee shown a displeasure in ways
that a Raseian or Tartar, whether high or
low, very well understands. There is no
allegation openly made of physical violenoe,
but rumors even to that effect are current.
The young Princess, now but 27 years old
and only 20 when she was married, ap-
pealed for advice to her father, the Grand
Duke Louie of Hesse, and to her grand-
mother, Queen Victoria. The Queen,
dreading scandal, appears to have advised
her to comply with her husband's wishes se
to religion, Officially the Queen was
simply stated to have sent her blessings to
her granddaughter, about to be oonverted to
the Russian Church. The Grand =Duke
Louis, however, took a different view of
matters. He was indignant, and openly pro-
tested against his daughter being coerced as
to her religious profession, and wanted to
bring her home. Then ensued a corres-
pondence between the fatherand the grand-
mother, the former urging, the latter de.
precating, interference ; but bef ore anything
could be done, the Russian Imperial fam-
ily, apprehensive of the disgraoe that
would attach to them should the Grand
Duohees leave her husband, made the
official announcement of her convereion,
and then speedily followed the decree ap.
pointing Sergius Governor of Moscow, and
removing him and his wife to that inter-
ior Russian oily, far from the glimpses of
England and Germany that may occasion•
ally be caught at St. Petersburg. It is not
at all pertain that the end ie yet. The
Grand Duke Louis is thoroughly aroused.
It is he who has, through the Times and
other newepapere, appealed from the Qaeen
to the English people in behalf of his
daughter, and whatever the result may be
he has certainly snooeeded to exciting a
strong public sentiment.
PUNCH BOWLS FROM BRITONS,
They are Sent to lrir. Lewis Became the
Donors were well Treated Here.
Mr. James E. Lewismining engineer,
has No. 23 Park plane, jaet been pre-
sented with a gorgeous punch bowl made
of solid silver, gold lined and laviehly orna-
mented and mounted on an ebony stand.
Itis a bowl that Bacchus himself would
feel proad of. Accompanying it were two
smaller bowls made of chased silver and
as pretty as piotnres. Mr. Lewis was the
Chairman of the committee which looked
after the entertainment of the big
crowd of iron and steel mannfaotnrera and
mining engineers who came over here from
England and Germany last falt to exchange
scientific information and see the country.
And when the Britisbers got home again
—they were members of the Iron end Steel
Institute—they held a meeting and re-
solved to send over some testimonial of
their appreciation and gratitude. They
deoided that a punoh bowl was about the
best thing they could select. With the big
bowl and the two little ones came a letter
from Sir James Kitteon, Preeident of the
Institute, conveying all manner of good
wishes from himself and his associates and
testifying to the great enjoyment they had
all derived from their vieit to America.
There was an appropriate inscription, of
oaurae, on the bowl.—New York Herald.
He Left the Man for "Deid."
James Morrison, a big burly fellow with
ableok moustache, was charged at Glasgow
Eastern Police Court yesterday -before
Baillie James Martin—with cresting a
noise in Tobago street, and afterwards
assaulting the constable who took him into
custody. Constable C221 deponed that at
halt -poet 1 on Sunday morning he saw the
prisoner disorderly in Tobago street. He
took him into custody, and when he had
him inside the police office Morrison bit
his finger. C202 corroborated. Saw Mor-
rison knock down two old men at Great
Hamilton Street Home. Prisoner—The
polis pushed hie finger into my month to
nee if I'd ony money there. (Laughter,)
The Baillie—So ye gied him recompense.
Prisoner—His finger's no hurt. Beillie—
We'll see. Here, constable, step up and
take that finger o' your's oot o' the poke.
Showa off, or the reporter'il gang an' say
that ye weeny hurt ava. Thee reporters
are the cause o' mooy a policeman gettin'
himself hurt. I onoe got a lamp taken oot
o' my cheek by a brute o' a man just like
that at the bar. Here, constable 1 Aye
(after examining the wound), a gay emir
bite. Show'd to the reporter. Nothing
bat a beast would do that. (The Baillie
was now addressing the prisoner.) To
think that ye deur open your mooth m the
very gripe o' the law. Conduct like this is
most disgreaefal. When I got the bit
taken oot o' my cheek I left the man for
deid on the pavement, and whaur wad ye
have been had the policeman done that ?
Eh? (Much laughter in court) We'll
have to make an example -three guineas
or forty days. --Aberdeen (Scotland) paper.
A Big Man.
13uffalo News. : Some kind friend of
Charles Stewart Parnell abould whisper in
his ear that Gladstone has been, is, and
will continue to be, a bigger man in this
country than himself. All his attache on
the Grand Old Man addressed to the
American public will re -not against him..
Pelf,
The man who takes the ad. out of the
newspaper takes the add out of hie oath
box.
Virginia Knee, the Philadelphia girl who
married an Italian Count Monteroole and
wan beaten and starved by him, has secured
a divorce. When she wants to marry again
the will probably find an Atnerioan good.
enough.
hetet iRT 08' Qt.0enne.
Ietsresting Obeervatfone on the Tops or Mei
Alpe.
Professor Moller, of Carlernbe, has made
some interesting obaetvations on the height
of clouds. He finds. teat the highest olouder
cirrus and oirroatratus, rise on an average
to a height of nearly 30,000 feet. Tho
middle oloads keep at from 10,000 to 23,00?
feet in height, whiles the lower clouds reach
to between 9,000 and 7,000 feet. The
oumulete Monde float with their lower sur-
face at a height of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet,
while their summits rise to 16,000 feet.
The tops of the Alps are often hidden by
clouds of the third class, bat the bottom ot
clouds of the second clue, and espeoially
of the thunder clouds, often enfold them.
The vertical dimensions of a cloud oheerved.
by Prof. Moller on the Ueeliberg were over
1,200 feet. He stepped out of it at a height
of about 3,700 feet, and high above the
mountain floated clouds of the middle
glees, while veils of miat lay in the ravines
and clefts. The upper Monde were grow-
ing thinker, while the lower ones were
dissolving, and soon it began to rain and
snow.
Personal Journalism.
Winnipeg Free Press: As journalism
goes these days there are many praotioea
that are repreheneible, but none more so—
where it is presumed to be conducted on and
impersonal basis—than attacks on sup-
posed writers. With the publioetion of
every well regulated newspaper there in
associated some person who as the
announced editor can properly be held per,
sonally responsible for its utterances..
Personal oritioism should never reach
beyond him, and, indeed, should be spare
ingly indulged in even in his case. Impar..
sonal journalism is the ideal of English-
speaking people, which involves coneieering
and dealing with every utterance upon its
merits, without regard to the person Wen
may have penned it -the journal itself
being always given an individuality, but
as eiatinet from the personality of its
writers as from that of iia typesetters or
pressmen.
A. Puzzle for London.
An extraordinary affair at Tooting. a.
enbarb of London, leas caused great exoito-
meat. A retired gentleman named War-
grave, aged 51, has been lying in bed since
March 4th, being to all appearances dead.
The looal authorities naturally asked why
he had not been interred, to which his rela-
tives said they were afraid to bury him,
lest he prove to be in a tranoe. It appears
theta while ago Wargrave expreaeed the
with that, should he ever be found lying in
bed unconscious and apparently lifelees,bi8
burial be delayed as long as possible, as a
few years ago he was supposed to be dead
and all preparations for hie funeral had
been made, when he recovered conscious-
ness jaet in the nick of time. The authori-
ties are puzzled, and may delay interments
until the signs of dissolution are apparent.
In the meantime the facts have got abroad,
and the residence of the unfortunate gen-
tleman is eurroanded by curious crowds).
Exciting Scene in a Menagerie.
An exciting scene was witnessed by five
thonsend persons who were in Wombell &
Bailey's menagerie during its recent visit
to Keighly, England. While Louise Arne,
the female trainer, was performing in a
den with lionessee, a tiger and a large
Siberian bear hound, the tiger sprang upon.
the hound, and alto attacked the woman
when she endeavored to beat it off. Louisa
Arna lost her nerve, and would in all pro-
bability have been killed had not the male
trainer sprung into the den at the critical
moment, and seizing the tiger by the throat,
enabled the woman to escape.
Engagements in France.
Engagements in France do not generally
last very long, three or four months being
often the limit, and this time is hardly
anffioient to prepare the extensive trousseau
required. The oorbeille de =triage is an
unheard of thing in our country, but it is
essential in France. It is the gift of the
future husband and his family, and must
be furnished with all that is beentifal and
costly. The cashmere shawls, the velvet
dresses, diamonds and pearls are the &rat
gifts, and then come the prioeleas laces,
sets of precious atones and the family
jewels,—The Argonaut.
She Wanted the Dress.
Cloak Review : Husband—I won endugh
money last night at poker to get yon a new -
dress.
Wife (sobbing)—I think yon might stop
playing those horrid nerds, John. Yon
know what it may lend to in the end, and
to think that I should ever be the wife of a
gambler. This is tt-too much. Whet kind
of a dress shall I get.
In England ie a " League of Kindness"
among well•to-do children by whioh they
help poorer ones, giving them their out-
grown garments and toys. They make/
scrap and picture books also. It was
organized leas than a year ago, yet hes on
tended all over the kingdom, so tender are
little hearts to the tonob of need.
Every one admires a man of push, bat
no one wants to be the person pushed aside
by the man.—St. Joseph's News.
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