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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-4-23, Page 74001111.1111110.1110.111.11111.0 ONTARIO LEGISLATURE, • Mr. Mowat And Mr. ()Mend introduoed •Lila, Gilbert MoKeohnie, the member re- cently elected for South Grey. Mr. Freser, in reply to Mr. Wood (Hut. ings), said that the Government would be reedy to go en with the debate on the fees o offidials on Wednesday week. Mr. Tait, he movisag the second reading of the Bill respecting the examination of seationary engitseere and the inspection of ststionary boilers, amid that a great deal might be %danced in support of a meaeure which gem greater security to the pnblio from, exploaions or acoidents. The Bill made previaion that competent persona might be in charge of stationary engines, and that boilers should be inepeoted. When the Bill peesed it second reading, he pro. posed to move a reference to committee, eo abet any objections might be heard. Mr. H11036011 said the Bill had been before the House three or four times, and was no ICH objeotionable now than when it wee defeated previonely. It would be impossi- ble for many of the most practical engie neers to pass a teolenioal examination, and therefore the Bill would inflict a great iD ostice. Mr. Fraser thought it Would not be unfair to allow the bill to go to committee. Whilst many might not be prepared to go tee far as the bill, they might consider it a eeise thing to sanction an atiaooitttion which could examine and give certificates tothose who desired to bave them. This would place the engineers in a position similar to the architects and chartered accountants, as was proposed to be done in the case of dentist and embalmers. He trusted that the bill would be allowed to go to commit. tee. After further deliberation the bill was referred to a cenamittee oomposed of Messrs. Dryden, Davis, Gilmour, Garrow, Bayside, Clancy, Wood (Brant), Hudson, Mackenzie (Weet Lercibton), Whitney, Miremmpbell and Tait. Mr. Fraser maggestee that the committee should heve power to report any other bill in substitution. Mr. Wood (Brant) moved the second reading of a bill to amend the Aot to pre- vent the spread of noxious weeds and dis- eases affecting fruit trees. The especial object of the bill Was so inolude smut, or grain infected by smut, with noxious weeds. Section 1 of the bill provided for the amendment of the Aot by adding the words" to ant or pnll or burn any smut growing separate irom wheat or other grain as often as any shall at par during the growth of sub grain in any season." Section 10 of the Act is amended by adding the words "Any person who knowingly sowe any wheat or other grain infeoted by smut without fleet deatr, efing the germs of disease shall, upon convulsion, be liable to a fine of not less than $5 nor more than 120." The bill reoeived Ire second reading, and was passed to a eeleot committee consisting of Meson. Dryden, Awrey, Bishop, Charlton, el oColl, Preston, Meacham, Kerns, Bush, Glendinning, Blezerd, Mackenzie (Lembton), Carpenter and Wood. Mr. Caldwell, in moving the second read. ing of the bill to prevent the extermination of the plant called ginseng, said the plant was very valuable for export. The object of the bill was to prevent the pulling of the plant before the berry is ripe. He read an extract from Kingsford's History of Canada whioh stated that in 1752 the ex• •port of ginseng was valued at $100,000. Such was the profit from the gathering of this plant that farming was neglected for "I the pursuit of it. The pulling of the plant when the berries were unripe had almost resulted in its extermination. If the berries were left to ripen,and the root not removed, the plant survived. The plant had a single stalk, from which branched three stalks. There is a cluster of berries in the centre of • purplish color and kidneeeshaped. At the end of the stalk are three long and narrow leaves. Anyone who had once seen the plant could easily distinguish it. In the County of Peterborough a large amount had been gathered during the past season, and in the northern part of the Province there was no doubt a large growth of gin. seng. The plant was worth fifty cents a pound green, anct 54 to $6 dry. (Applause.) The Bill was read a second time and re- ferred to the Committee on Noxious Weeds. Mr. Waters, in moving the second read- ing of the Bill to amend the Ditches and Water Courses Act, explained that the sohief feature is to increase the assessable area for dreinage improvements from 50 rode to 150 rode in rural districts. Mr. Meredith thought it would be better Ito have the whole matter referred to a ocsm• mission of experts). Mr. Waters did not see that hie Bill would do any great harm, but in deference to the House withdrew it. He did not think a commiesion would be able to remedy all the evils compleined of. Mr. Hardy did not expeot that a com- mission would remove all the difficulties which were inherent to the situation. The Government had every kind of suggestion upon this matter from every kind of men. A commission might smooth down the rougher points and harmonize the law and the practice. The Bill wee withdrawn. Mr. Freer, in reply to Mr. Meredith, said the Government proposed to oppose Mr. Hiscott'a St. Catharines Railway Bill, not only on account of infficient notice not having been given, but because it dealt with matters that should not be , included. e Mr. Ross moved that the House resolve itself into committee to consider the fol- lowing resolutions: That the Lieutenant - Governor may direct the payment annually out of the consolidated revenue of the sum of $5 per school to each county in. speotor, and the County Council shall pay , quarterly, at the rate of riot lees than • equal amount per school, and in addition thereto reasonable travelling expenses, the amount to be determined by the County Clortnoil. That the Lieutenant., •.Governor•in•Connoil ,may direot annually the payment out of the consolidated revenue of a sum not exceeding $5 for every teacher occupying a separate room with a separate regiater, to the school board of any oity or town separated from the county, towards the payment of the Wary of the Pablio Sohool Inspector. Mr. Ross, continuing, said the whole cost of • inspection had formerly been laid upon the municipalities. It was considered fair that counties and town a equated from the county should received $5 per teacher. He considered that °Moe should be placed in the game Hat. The inspeotima was im- portant, and had to a certain extent Men upon the manieipelitiee. The motion was Adopted. Mr. Roes in moving ,the second reading of the' bill to Consolidate and Revise the Righ School Levee, said that without going into details he proposed to call attention to ome of the principal features of the bill. Iey the fourth blame it wag provided that a Union Board could be diseolved by the ,vete of two•thinde of *he High School repro. geniativea. By motion eight the organize - tion of High Sohoole WaS restricted to nitinicipalitiee of not leas then 1,000 hebitants, It was proposed that High Scheele ahould have e department for the study of commercial eubjeote. Another proposition was that ratudotpolitiee which did not contribute to the High School of tbe dieeriot in whitish it is situate obeli not be represented on the board. If a High Sohool refused to receive county pupile, and thereby surrendered its right to county aid, the Camay Council would not be repreeutea. He had aloe provided that there ehould be one representative of the Public) Sohool Board on the High Sohool Board. Some years ago the Separate f3ohoola were given a representative, and it Was now intended to restore the equilibrium. Another amendment was that no member of the Municipal Council could be a member of the Public School Board. It was also in. tended to °nut that representatives on tho High Sohool Board should be appointed at the end of the year inetead of the beginning. The reason f or this was that it was com- plained, that the appointments made after election were sometimes done as a 801800 to defeated candidates. It was proposed to allow the county to shift part of tlao °oat to the pupile by colleating a fee not exceeding $10 per annnra. Last year $70,000 or e4 per bead was collected in fees trona High schools. Prior to 1879 the Boards had only to issue their fiat and the municipalities must pay them the money demanded for High Schools. In that year it was enaoted that a two.thirde vote could override the request. It was now proposed to allow the Council, by a majority vote, to refuse the request where it was for permanent improvernents and to extend the length of time allowed for debentures from twenty to thirty years. In the ease of expenditure for maintenance the board must provide the sum required, and they have the right to levy fees on nomresident pupile. To make the entrance examination more uni- form and less cumbrous), it was proposed that instead of examining boards for eaoh eohool there should be a local board for each county, the steps:else of whioh might be met by a fee of $1 from each candidate. It was also enacted that the examinations might be held at various points throughout the county. The holidays at Dieter, whioh are now simply Good Friday and Easter blonday, are to be extended into a week, and to compensate for that the High Sohool term will aommence on January 3rd instead of January 7th. It was also pro• posed that the summer vacation should aommence on June 301h instead of the first Friday in July. These were the principal amendments. He hoped the House would feel he had made no wanton changes, and believed that for the next five years no f arther changee would be neces- sary. Snots suggestions as might be offered he would be quite willing to consider. Mr. Wood (Hastings), while believing that the changes proposed were much more radical than the hon. gentleman had led them to believe, believed that there were changes that ought to be made that had not been proposed. He took exception to the manner of appointment of High School trustees by municipal connoile. It might be said that the mown represented the people. There was a diffioulty in inducing the councils to make a change. If a change was proposed it implied a weed of con- fidence in the council. He thought there should be a uniform compulsory fee for the maintenance of the schools, whioh would do away with the possibility of one school at- tracting pupils away from another. In conclusion, he was pleased with the changes proposed in the mode of entrance. Mr. Meredith hoped the hon. gentleman would reconsider the portion of his bill re- lating to the dissolution of the Board. The hon. gentleman had not told them of the reasons that had induced him to make the change. It seemed to him that in the 0e1B0 of towns the Board should be appointed by the body of the ratepayers. , It was de- sirable, too, that the trustees should be more in towns with public opinion. Mr. Gibson (Huron) though* we bad High schools enough. The governing boards should be separated. There were times when their interest would club. He maintained, as he always had maintained, that the counties paid far more in this respect than recompensed them in the benefit received. The bill reaeived its second reading. Mr. Rose moved the second reading of a bill to amend and consolidate the Public sohool laws. The first important provision of the bill would facilitate the dissolution of combined boarde. This he thought all would admit the advisability of. The sub- ject of free text.booke was one which had been considered by towns, cities, andvillages for some time. In the State of Massachus- etts they had had free text -cooks sinae 1885, that was, they had made a charge on communities the same as was done for teachers' salaries. The provision in his bill was limited to cities, towns and incorporated villeges. In the cities of Hamilton and Brentford and the town of Woodstock the School Boards had been satisfied with a tax of 20 cents a pupil per annum for school books, and would not new return to the old method of having each pupil pay his or eeer own expenses. However anomalous it might seem, it was nevertheless a fact that the pupils took greater care of books furnished them in this way than they did of those puroliased by themselves. The teacher was to a certain extent, held responsible, as the books were the property of the Board or corporetion. Mr. Wood (Outings said the amend - month wore so numerous that it would be impossible at this gage to diacuse them in detail. The raising of the county grant for school purposes would creek a profound seneation throughout the country. He was in favor of the change, but felt it would fall short of meeting the real difficulty of aiding poor school sections. Mr. Waters was favorably impressed with many features of the bill, but felt that the restriction of the third•olass certificates to the counties for whioh they were leaned would meet with widespread dissatisfaction. He hoped the Minister would reconsider this clause. Mr. Preaton did not think the provision with regerci to free school books would be satisfactory to villages and rural distriots. He thought a premium should be plaoed on the employment of first and aeoond-olass teachers, in order that the employment of third.oless tertehers would be discouraged. Mt. Willotighby moved for a return giving a tabulated abatement Billowing by license dietricts 1. The gross amount collected in each Howse district f or (a) Fees for licenses. (b) Fees for transfers. (e) Fees for re- movals. (d) Fines. (e) Mileage. (f) Coats.' He said that the order for which he had moved was one of the greatest intrust to the community, and the question was one about which there was a great deal of anxiety and •dissatisfaction expressed. There was no rustier about which the Government deserved etronger or » more severe condemnation than that of theft manipulation of the license affairs in the Province. (oar, heard Whenever in- formatiort wag given it the Matter it we only given with the gtesteet Mitiotance. Thie was a matter in which the country elarnild be taken into the confidence of the Government. In the rnatter of the amount expended for deteotive aervioe, whittle was expenditure was irregular, he believed anin One Of many heads under which *be emu of the inepeotore were in the habit of iioting as detectives and collecting &dull" fees which were appropriated by them. eelves. The Government had treated the munimpaltnes unfairly in the pest in grasp- ing so mutat of the funds. la had been said that the municipalities were receiving more than ever before*. They Were driver to extremitiess lo keep sonaething in the treasury, and Wass wag one of the methods) resorted to, Mr. Hudson was strongly of the opinion that the control of the oyetern ahould reveri to the raunioipalitiee. Who were better qualified then the county oonnoila to deal with this matter ? He &greed Omit there ebould be a correct return of all the rump received on this account by the Govern. raent. • Mr. Harcourt said this question was an old, old story in this House. It had been debated SO Otten that it Was not worth while reheshing what had been previously said. The Hones was now in possession of all the information asked by the motion. Every its named had been oriole year by the Government unasked for put into the hands of every township council in the Province. In view of that feet it was strange that anyone would charge the Government with withholding information. Inasmuch as it might be desirable to have the information tabulated for convenience, the Government had no objection to the motion if it was limited for five years. The Government bad nothing to hide, and did not object to any information being supplied that might be desired. Mr. Mowat said that the difference between the Government and the Opposi- tion was that the former relied upon the expressed sentiment of the people and the latter on what they expected would occur hereafter. The present system exiated beoauee it had been created by the people, and in every election they suatained it. The people approved of the present system. He did not dispute that there might be some objectionedle festures, but the,admin- istration of the law had been free from errors and free from blame. The leader of the Opposition had been studying up this question, and had only been able to find one instance whore an inspector tried to raise money for elution purposes. He had been compelled, however, to admit that in that ease the commissioners had compelled the delinquent to refund the money oolleoted. That was strong evidence of the satisfac- tory working of the Aot. But did not the Doruinion Government compel the brewers to subscribe Defr. Hardy—Yes; and the distillers. Mr. Mowat—Yea; and every other body that stands in that relation to the Govern. men. They are always aompelled to con- tribute for election purposes very maoh more largely than our Reform innkeepers do. Mr. Meredith—Hear, hear. Mr. Mowat—My hon. friend seems &atom ished Vast I should speak of Reform inn. keepers. I know they are very few, but there are some Reform innkeepers, and like all good Reformers they like to contribute towards maintaining good Government. Dealing with the statement in the Port Hope Guide, he said he was not responeible for everything that appeared in every little paper throughout the Province. If some inspectors had worked fax Reformere it was known that a license commiseioner in London had been a most active worker for Hon. Mr. Carling. Those who viewed Ibis queetion from a moral standpoint did not agree with the stand taken by the Opposi- tion. They knew that » the law had been feithfully adminiatered. Whet was col- lected by the Provinoe did not come from the municipalitiee. It was team out of the pookets of the licensees. He was pleaeed that the question had» been dis- cussed, and from whet he had heard was more satisfied than ever that the edminie- tration of the lioenee eystem was thoroughly uneassilable upon any ground in which the people would» recognize any fotoe. The motion, as amended, was then paseed. It being 6 °Onset*, the Speaker left the ohair. AFTER RECESS, The House went into committee and pseud the following Bills to third reading: To enable William Barclay Craig Bar- clay to assume the name of Williams Barclay Craig.—Mr. Awrey. To amend the Pablio Puke Act.—Mr. Awrey.hs T following bills were read it third time: To extend the powers of the Toronio Home for Incurables—Mr. H. E. Clarke (Toronto). To authorize the oorporation of the town of °Lillie to purchase land for a post office site.—Mr. Miscerapbell. THE UNATTAINABLE, Tom's album was filled with the pictures of belles Who had captured his manly heart, From the fairy who danced for the front -row swells To the maiden who tooled her cart ; But one face as fair as it cloudless dawn ()aught my eye, and I said " Who's this 2'' " 0}3, that," he replied, with it skilful yawn, "Is the girl 1 couldn't kiss." Her face was the best in the book, no;cloubt, But I hastily turned the leaf, For my friend had let his cigar go out, And I knew I had bared his grief. For caresses we win and smiles we gain Yield only a transient bliss, And we're all of us prone to sigh in vain For" the girl wo couidn't kiss." The more woman is put on a plane of absolute legal equality with man the fewer exceptions will be made in her favor by law or social usage. That is it drawback which the progressive woman may be per. featly reedy to accept, bat it is one whose existence no thinking member of the gentler sex should ignore.—New York World. TILE SALVATION ARMY OEM,. He was something of it soaker, and,was pretty slick at poker, And could polish off a bruiser any day; Through the slums he loved to flounder, all his life he'd been a rounder, And he meant to end existeneejust that way. But one night he went to meeting, where it maiden gave him greeting, After gently stirring up a tambourine; And she buncoed him so sweetly that he tum- • bled down completely— Now in Salvation Army ranks he may be seen! Herbert Lake, an unmarried man about 21 years of age, was fonnd dead in it chair yesterday afternoon at hie brother's resi- dence in London. Deceased had been working in Galt all winter, and had been there only a week or two. A anaall bottle was found in hie pooket, but as the con- tents have not yet been examined it is impossible to say whether its was it ease of poieoning. The coroner will invesiigate. At it meeting of the Plumbers' Coppere ware Amocietion of the United Staettes, held at Philadelphia, it great traet or com- bine wee formed for tbe purpose of redoing the peke% of their wares, which have re- cently been depreesed by over-prodnotion. When it crowd of men get together they talk bout women in generel, and when women get together they talk about some man itt partioular. The Popo ie very simple in his pereonal testers, and frugal Med 000HOTnicel in his habite. The allowencee for his butcher sot year aveteged only 1l50 a month. ACROSS TEE WIRES. Where Patience is Weighed and Found Wanting. vv.** At the Telephone Philosophy is Por - gotten. " Hello 1" Hello 1" The siecond hello is impatient, interroge. The first hello is calm and passionless. Hello 1" tive and elightly oholorio. The third hello is in the moat emphatic capitals that oan be formed by the joint motion of the tongue, teeth and lips, and represents wrath in its raw and undiluted state. " You are wanted at the telephone, Sir." The busy menehent leaves his papers, goes to the telephone, and puts the receiver to his ear. Hello I" There is no answer. " Hello I" He heats far away murmurs, like dying echoes against it mountain side. He hears VOiCeS in it snarl, all twisted and jumbled. He hears aoft, persuasive murmurs, and shrill eftleetto tones. He catches rhythmic oinleneee and angry objurgationa. He hears --" May I then expect you?" in tender auente ; and—" You have no right to say anything of the kind," in tones steeped in vinegar. The voicsee rise and fall. The thin treble struggles to be heard above the heavy base. The waves of sound reoede, and there is a low sighing as of it dying wind midst succimer trees. They return, and there is a snap and suer!, and tumult that is intense and eager and earnest. "HELLO I" Dead. silence. The merabant slap baok the receiver with a bang. He gives an angry snort. He s mad The ancients had no telephones. That's why you always find them so calm, and wise, and equable, with clear passionless eyes that never nursed the firea ot anger. The telephone is now an indispensable adjunct of civilization. People with "nerves " should severely ignore it. Im- patient people should not go within half it mile of it. Irritable people ehonld go to the country, where they will not hear it. The eupreme teat of philosophy is—the tele- phone. We have known men to go to the telephone and say " hello " a dozen times, and receive no answer, and come away with an indulgent smile and it forehead as calm and clear as it Jane morning. But theee are the limit of the earth; and in Montreal, » where the telephone is need every day oftener than any oity on this continent, except Detroit, you don't meet many of them. We have seen men whose pride it was to claim the high companion- ship of Plato and Homer and Goethe and Emerson swell with rage. Why is it that Brown has to shout " heilo " so often in vain and work himself into it passion? Because Jpnes, knowing Brown to be unpunotual, has gone back to his papers; because he has been suddenly called away; bemuse the line is busy • be- muse the girl at the Exohange, whoes business it was to make the connection, has been holding it stolen (end therefore, fear. fully and deliciously sweet) conversation with one of her gentlemen friends, or im- parting it tender confidence to 'her com• panion at the switchboard. Why is it that Brown hears so many dis- tracting mime that drive bine to the verge of despair 2 Because of the multiplicity and the contiguity of the wires and the amount of. business done over them—every ubsoribei in Montreal neing his telephone on an average twelve times a day; because as many as fifty wiree are pieced in a cable which is only an inch and aelaalf in diameter, the wires being only slightly in- anlated. Why does Brown say " hello " anyway? There is not any particularly classic flavor about " hello." If the voice thet utters it be soft and =eked there may be a piquant fis,vor about it. If the voice be shrill or strident ha vulgarity becomes irredeemable. " Who invented ' hello?' " "1 don't know," said Mr. Macfarlane, the courteous and able manager of the Bell, smiling. "1 know it came from the States. I know that ' hoy—hoy ' was the call first used in Canada fax a considerable time after Mr. Bell's invention went into operation. Now, which do you prefer— ' hello!or hoy—boy 1'" "1 prefer • hello P ".said the reporter. The "telephone girl" is an interesting creature. Yon can't make an operator out of it nervous girl. That has been tried. When trying to lean, nervous girls shake like a leaf. The intense concentration of attention, the constant cells from over a thousand points, the irritating olioloolick of the switch board; the tension produced by impatient demands; and the discipline which is unfriendly to relaxation—these, in the nervous girl, pro- duce it speciee of emotion whioh borders on hysteria. She gives way under the pres• sure and has to be sent home. Girls with steady nerves and a phlegmetio conatitu- tion will be able to operate in a month. Irt less than a year they will, if ordinarily intelligent, be perfeot. Then, the busiest day will not emits) them. Then, while Brown is yelling at them, and tearing out hie hair, the telephone girl will eay— " Have yon not got Jonea yet 2" with the coolness and sweetness of a summer stream trickling through it forest glade. This is what makes Brown gray in the head, and gives him that morose air over whioh his wife sighs in secret. Bat this is preoinely the strong paint of the telephone girl. She =ain't leugh at the anger of Brown, but neither must ehe sympathize with his stir. rows. She is a responsive medium from which human feelings have been eliminated. She is it voioe, and that is all. That voice bee been disciplined to an even tenor, and if Brown were on the precipioe of in- snnit oa sanityit t wtonne.ld not vary the thousandth pad " We tried men first," said Mr. Mader- ' lane " and WO found they were diaposed to talk beck now and then when a subscriber became a little excited. This:4 was save °jelly noticeable et night; and then the men, onoe they learned their badness, became dissatisfied and wanted something better; and an we tried girls. They are more painstaking and conscientious) than men." But mind, thongh you may suppress, you met kill the emotional nature of the telephone girl, aty more than you atm kill, with the prone of bneineas and stook quota. Cone, the emotional nature of the type- writing girl. The type -writing girl owe read a nivel now and then, and that fos- ters her latent fund of roraanoe. The telephone girl cen switch a moment to talk to her young man when the enbacribere 011 her circuit give her it rest. She ie not allowed to do it. It is etriatly against the rules to do it. If she ie caught onoe elm will he reprimanded; it she is caught twice ehe will be suspended; if she is ought it third time she will bo diamiesedt In the old slept in the Bell Exithange on St. Jemes street the discipline ween't the rigid bhing it is now. Those were the delightful dhyo. When Brown Was tearing FDr Dyspepsia,. A, Bellanger, Propr., Stove Foun- dry, Montagny, Quebec, writes: " I have used August Flower for Dys- pepsia. It gave me great relief. • I recommend it to all .Dyspeptics as a very good remedy.' ' r,d. Bergeron, General Dealer, Lemon, Levis, Quebec, writes: "1 have used August Flower with the best possible results for Dyspepsia," C, A. 13arrington, Ltnoineer and General Smith, Sydney, Australia, writes: "August Flower has effected a complete cure in my case. It act- ed like a miracle," Geo. Gates, Corinth, Miss. ,writes: "1 consider your August Flower the best remedy in the world for Dys- pepsia. I was almost dead with that disease, but used several bottles of August Flower, and now con- sider myself a well tnan. I sincerely recommend this medicine to suffer- ing humanity the world over." 0 G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S. A. out hie hair the telephone girl was listen- ing to the sweetest things in the world. You °snit see blueing by telephone. Distance encourages coyness. The line will oonvey the tremor in your voice, but it doesn't indicete your pulse beate. And e love " doesn't sound so delioiously embarrassing wben you °met see anybody. Meetings were arranged for ; and tender inquiries were made respecting health ; and little plans for the future were disonseed ; and the relish or these things was all the more delicious because they were forbidden. But then the Exahange was removed to its present quarters, and disoipline came along and said, "This thing must stop." This is what discipline did. It put it table in the oentre of the Exehange and conneeted every operator at the awitoh board to the table. Than it got a» serious young lady and plaoad the receiver on her head and said to her: "Watch." So that young lady is sitting there at this moment, and if she suspects that it private conversation is going on over any line she will connect herself with the suspected wire and hear every word. The offender will be ounished as we have indicated. Again, the operator, after bringiog two subscribers together, aan hear the unversetion if she so desires. That also is strictly against rules. Her business ends with bringing *hem to- gether. When that is done she should "shut herself off." The lady at the table, if the sue:eats it breach of this rule, can detect the offender at once. Punishment follows detection. In addition to these elaborate checks, two ladiee—they might be called forewomen—walk up and down the Ex- change for the pnrpose of preventing pri- vate conversation between the girls in slack moments. "Do you not allow them to speak to one' another at all ?" " Oh, it is not so strict as that," Said Pdr. eleoferlane, "bat we don't allow sustained conversation. That would be detrimental to efficiency of work." The girls, then, are automata. Their daisies are mechanical. The Witness man saw about fifty of them at work the other day, with the reaeivers at their heads, bringing thousands of subscribers into prompt communication with each other, and they looked as °old and passionless as ioeberge. But that is only dinipline ; for it is well known that the constant contact with voices of ever -varying quality; the murmurs of the busy wires whioh bear messages of joy and sorrow; the scraps of talk tient excite the imagination and the furtive word exchanged now and ;hen with a friend, added to a lively Sense of the unceasing vigilance of the officers—foster the emotional nature. Beneath a cold exterior the telephone girl is human. In their selection the greatest °are is ex - raised. They mast be girls of irreproach. ble charaoter, recom mended by their clergyman. They earn e15, $20, $25, $30 a month, according to ability and experience. Generally speaking, they are girls with homes in the city, and the most of their earnings are given to them by their parents to buy dresses!. They are respeotable, intelligentelooking girls, and so demure and innocent you would never think they could break the heart of strong men like Brown. Some sub:scribers get to know their voices, and they exchange a little pleasantry now and then, and, in return for prompt con- nections, they make the owners of the voices handsome Christmas presents. So, you me, do what you will, you can't kill sentiment. Of course tha delightful gossips are over, but there may be a word or two across the wires, and there may be it moment's talk with a fellow-opetator when there is a hill in business, and these break the monotony of the work. There are three sets of operators, and these relieve each other in turn. Night work is not reliehed, nor Sunday work, but both seem to some extent inevitable. Don't shout into your telephone. Keep cool. Even if you hear the "murmur" and you can't get Jones, and your busineas is pressing, keep cool. When you get angry, the telephone girl is as sweet as molasses. That its what is meant by heaping wale of flee on one's head. A base voice carries farther than any other hind of voice. Ion would think that a woman's voice, being usually more dis- tinct, and having & more penetrating gulag', world oarry farthest. It is not so. Fax long distance telephones the com- panion employ men with etrong, Sonorous voicee. Mr. Macferlane highly praised hie operators, both at the Central Exchange and East and Ws3st End Exohanges, whieh haa to be opened to accommodate the in. cretin in business. He says they are reliesble and oompetent, and scarcely over require reproof. He says telephoning is still in a etste of growth, and its final etege of improvement and perfeetion has not yet been reached.—Montreal Witness. ROBERT GI10, WATTS, M. A., M. D., M. 13,.. 0.5., of Albion House, Qaadrent Road, Canonbury N., London, Eng,* writes: "" I cannot refrain f ram testifying to the effieesoy of St. Jacobs! Oil in OaSeS of ohrOnio rheu- matism, sciatica and neuralgia." Two Conservative Members of the Briiish Perliament died Saturday. They were Thomas Keay Tapling, 'member for Hart horough, and COI. 0. j. T. Hambro, mem. Or for Soulh Doret. 81`At19EIr OAR cliviimiy. What She Got for Minding Other People's Pastimes. The following incident is noted as a New York happening by the 2'intes of that city. It might have hepperted in this die' PIO MO well as not, so true to nature is the whole matter: There was but one vaaent seat he the car. Two men, an Cid, gray-haired Jady, who wee lame tn one leg, and a black - haired, blecleeyed and extremely pert - looking mitts of 14, perhaps, got in at it street corner. The men stood up. The old lady SEM the 'meant seat and moved slowly toward it. The raise, who wart just behind her, aleo eaw the seat. She moved rapidly toward i*. She plowed past the old lady and oaptured the seat. She dropped into it and looked around triumphantly. A sweeelsoed young woman, handeoneely dreseed, and with big and sympathetio eyes, was plainly displeased at the girl's pre-emption of the seat. She rose quickly and gave her anis to the old lady. Then she said indignantly to the miss: "You ought to be Ashamed of youreelf 1" "How much to you get," replied the pert one, with a toes of her head, "fax mindin' other folks', business ?" Before the young woman could' answer the old lady spoke. " She getg, in them case," the Said, "t12e thanks of a very tired old woman." A bunch of violate was pinned to the young woman's muff. When she left the oar it few moments later the flowers lay in the old lady's lap. Why She Wept. Washington Post A lady called on a, friend who had only been married it few peens, and was surprised to find her itt tears. "1 am the most unhappy woman irt Austin and it is all on amount of my husband." "Why. your huaband lives for you alone. He stays at home all the bus; he never goes away from home; he never brings any of his Mende to the house." " Yes," replied the unfortunate woman, putting her handkerchief to her eyea and sobbing convulsively, " that's—what— makes—me—so—mieertible." Consistency. New York Sun: "1 hear that Mrs Barlow is disputing her late husband's will." "Why, I thought he left everything to her? " "So he did, but she never let the old man have his own way. It's a matter of principle with her." Why He Left. Judge: "Why aid Reverend Mr. Thamper leave the ministry?" "Hie congregation was at him all the time to pray for rain and he wouldn't do it." "Didn't he believe in the efficacy of prayer 2" e Yea ; that's the trouble. He always had a terrible attack of rheumatism wheat it rained." He Wasn't An Angel. Mamma—Have you washed your face, Johnny? Johnny—Yea'ra. Mamma—And your hands? Johuny—Yep. Marame—And your neck Johnny—Ave, eee here, ma, I ain't a angel. A Dutiful Daughter. Buffalo News: "Tom," she whispered, &slimy bade good night, "mamma says that I mnst never accept anything from young men," and standing on tiptoes she gave his kisses back again. The statue of Henry Ward Beecher is to stand in the park directly in front of the Brooklyn City Hall. It is the moat con- spicuous location that could be found in the oity, and it seems to point to this cele- brated preether as the most eminent man that Brooklyn has yet been able to boast of. It is no small boast either. Sister Mary Paul. Superior of the Sister!) of Charity of the United States, died at Cincinnati on Thursday night. " The Power of the Press" has made a great success at the Star Theatre, New York, under Augustus Piton's manage- ment. Mrs. John L. Sullivan, wife of the pugilist, will be pnbliely baptised Sunday at Providence, R. I., under the aunpioes of the Salvetion Army, of whioh she is a leading member. 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