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]DOMINION PARLIAMENT
ruiYASse, HILLS.
Sir Hector Langevin moved that the time
for the reeeption of reports from the Private
013111s Committee be extended until July 14.
The motion was carried.
BILLS INTROD :men.
The following bills were introduced and
' read a first time :--
To amend the Act incorporating the
'Montreal Bridge Company—Mr. Taylor.
Respecting the Salisbury and Harvey
s railway—Mr. Skinaer.
FISHERIES ACT.
M. Tupper, in moving the first reading
of the Bill to amend the Fisheries Act, ex -
',planted that it was to prevent the use of
purse seines in Territorial waters, and to
,Trovide that fishery officers should receive a
moiety of the penalties received. -
Sir ,Tolin Thompson, in answer to Mr.
McMullen, said that the names of counsel
etained by the Government in connection
with the enquiry into the Tarte charges
were 'Mr.. B. B. Oster, Q. C., Toronto, and
Mr. Henry, of Halifax. He was not pre -
s pared to state what remuneration they were
receiving for their services, and he therefore
ssuggestecl that the question be allowed to
:stand until he was in a position to give the
sinformation desired.
Sir Hector Langevin, in answer to Mr,
Mulock, said that• since June 30t1i, 1890,
there had been paid to 'Messrs. Charlebois &
Co., in connection with the 'Angevin block,
-$16,500 on account of the main contract and
$10,000 on account of the contract for iron
, staircases.
Mr. Allan, on his motion tor corres-
pondence, called for an explanation as to
sthe changes in the office of sub -collector at
'Pelee Island. The Government encouraged
spublie officials in all parts of the country to
'take an active part in election contests.
These officers should not be permitted to
take part in the elections. They should
remain neutral.
Mr. Bowen said that the statement of the
dissatisfaction of the people of Pelee Island
with McCormick was quite correct. Con-
.stant demands were received for his re-
moval. He (Mr. l3owc11) had ordered, not
McCormick's dismissal, but his removal to
•another port, the port of Windsor'where at
that time another official was required. He
.had, however, declined to accept that posi-
tion. 'Dissatisfaction with the appointment
•of Atkinson was just as great as that in
regard to McCormick, and as the latter bad
mot been shown to have been guilty of any
wrong -doing he had reappointed him and
'decided to have an investigation into the
•causes of the local dissatisfaction. He chal-
-lenged Mr. Allan to show that any man had
:been removed by the Customs Department
)for political reasons.
Mr. Paterson said that the prostitution
,of one of the public departments of the Gov-
ernment to serve party ends was a matter
that should receive the severest condemna-
tion of the House.
The following hills were read a third time
and passes:
Respecting the Lake Erie, Essex &
-Detroit River Railway Company, and to
• change the name thereof to "The Lake Erie
talk Detroit River Railway Company."
:To incorporate the Brighton, Warkworth
& Norwood Railway Conapany.
To incorporate the Kingsten & Pontiac
' Railway Cornpany.
Mr. I Cockburn complained that he had
• been: attacked by a little fiy sheet published
• in: Charlottetown, P. E. L, called the Daily
Examiner. In its issue of June 25 that
paper had, in speaking of his recent remarks
its the House on the Prince Edward Island
Itannel, said :—"Mr. Cockburn, one of the
Toronto members, who is at present the
buffoon of the House, and who had evidently
•more than he could carry, attempted to
show that the island is annually indebted to
• the Dominion by $600,000." (Laughter.) In
.,another part of the despatch it was stated
that there was a good deal of person]. -talk,
•'and several members were under the weather.
He asked the Speaker if a paper which
published such a despatch was fit to be on
file in the reading -room. (Laughter.)
• Mr. Langelier—The Examiner is the lead -
t :big Tory paper of Prince Edward Island.
Mr. Cockburn—I do not know anything
about the paper. I did not know they had
:papers in Prince Edward Island until I saw
• this sheet, and they would be better with-
out it.
Sir Richard Carewright—I find that this
}paper received last year frorn the Dominion
Goveteinent $131 for advertising and $1,537
, for printing. They have within their power
to deal out justice to the sheet in five
rminutee.
Mr. Bowell, in moving the substitution of
. the name of Mr. Desjardins (L'Islet) for that
•of Sir HectOr Langevin on the Committee
of Privileges and Elections, said that the
'Minister of Public Works desired to be re-
f lieved of the responsibilities and duties of a
, member of that committee. The name of
'Mr. Masson was substituted. for that of Sir
. John Macdonald.
• Mr. Foster said he proposed to ask the
' House to pass as speedily as possible the
-supplementary estimates for the past year
• and those for the Postoffice Department.
Sir Hector Langevin, in explanation of
• the item of $60,000 for the Kingston graving
dock, said this sum was required in order to
complete that work. The chief engineer
reportedon'Mareh 16th that the balance of
the appropriation left was only $4,000, a
sum insufficient to carry on the work to
June 30. He expected that the work Would
be completed in September or October.
Mr. Gibson said that according to the
original plan the opening of the dock was
<48 feet. It was afterwards recommended
that the opening be increased to 60 feet at
no extra, cost to the country. - The order -in
Council was passed that the opening should
' be increased to 60 feet. In the course of
twenty days it was discovered by the
'engineer in charge that there was no neees-
sity for making the opening 60 feet, that 55
'feet was wide enough, and that in order to
iincrease it to 55 feet it would require an
' ,extra expenditure of $35,000. How was it
that the 60 feet opening was to cost
nothing while the 55 feet opening would cost
7. $35,000 ?
Sir Hector Langevin—Thehon. gentleman
is quite mistaken.
Mr. Gibson—I read it in documents from
/ the Public Works Department in the hands
of Mr. Amyot.
Sir Hector Langevin said that if such ap-
peared it never was intended by the engi-
• neer. Of course the enlargement of the
-work would necessarily increase the cost.
' There would be a curtailment of the
scxpense by reducing the width from 60 to 55
'feet.
Mr. Gibson maintained the Eaccuracy of
this statement.
Sir Hector Langevin, in answer to Mr.
Unlock, said that the contracts awarded
aggregated about $261,000.
Mr. Anlyet said he had asked for the
name Of the person to whom Post -office box
No. 264, at Kingston, was leased in 1889,
and the information had been refused him.
The reason for asking this was that one
Bancroft, whohad tendered for the Kings-
ton graving dock, had in his tender men-
tioned that box as his address, He wanted
to know who this Bancroft was, and be-
lieved the name of the lessee of the box
would give a clue to those who had perpe,
trated a fraud upon the country.
Mr. Haggart eaid the information lie had
was that the officials at the post -office did
not keep the names of the lessees of the
Loxes.
Mr. Amyot said it Was important that a
special inquiry should be made in this case.
An unknown party had tendered and
scoured the contract, after entering into
partnership with Larkin, Connolly & Co,
who li d made higher tenders. Subse-
quentl large sums, aggregating $60,000,
were allowed in extras.
Sir Richard Cartwright --The Minister of
Public Works should be able to say who
Bancroft is. '
Sir Hector Langevin—All I can say is
that the contract was awarded to Bancroft,
who was the lowest tenderer, and asked to
have Larkin, Connolly & Co. joined with
him. The work is now being completed by
Messrs. Bancroft & Connolly.
Mr. Cameron asked if it was necessary in
1891 to maintain the Northwest Mounted
Police at the full force of 1,000 men. In
1884 Sir John gave reasons for retaining the
force, but the necessities of that tine had
disappeared.
Mr. Dewduey said that any one who knew
the work the force was doing must be of
opinion that 1,000 men were required. They
had been the means of preventing horse
stealing and smuggling. If the obnoxious
liquor laws were abolished, the strength
might be reduced,. as the men were to a
large extent employed in preventing the
introduction of whiskey from across the
line.
Sir Riehercl Cartwright—Abolish the
restrictions on the sale of licsuor ? Is that
•what I understand the Minister to say?
Mr. Foster—No, that is not the polioy of
the Government. ,
Sir Richerd Cartwright, when the vote of
the allowance of $2,200 to D. D. O'Meara
for service as acting Customs collector at
Quebec, from July 1st, 1888, to March 14th,
1891, and of $2,666 to James Douglas, for
services as acting collector at Toronto, from
November 1st, 1888, to March 1st, 1891,wa.s
asked, said that although he did not oppose
the payments, yet they were made in conse-
quence of a gross abuse of duty on the part
of the Government. The Quebec collector-
ship had been kept open for over two
years and eight months simply for
the purpose of acting as a bribe more or less
to persons whom they desired to serve. In
the case of Toronto the collectorship had
been kept vacant for the convenience of a
gentleman who was a member of the House.
Li the latter case it was a direct violation
of the Act of Parliament. It was solely and
utterly at variance with all good govern-
ment, and it ought not to have been allowed
by the House.
Mr. Bowell said that in the main Sir
Richard Cartwright was correct, but this
was a practicethathiad prevailed in the past,
and he had no doubt it would continue to
prevail in the future.
Mr. Mills (Bothwell) contended that Mr.
Small's relation to Parliament last session
was a flagrant violation of the Independence
of Parliament Act. A member •who was
virtually an employee of the Govenimeut
should not retain his seat in the House.
Mr. Landerkin noticed that Mr. Small
was duly grateful for the appointment,
and had expressed his views in verse as
follows:
A union a hearts, a union of hands,
A union that none can sever;
A union oflakes,a union of lands,
A Canadian union for over.
He had been informed that this was a
Yankee poem adapted, and that it had en-
titled Mr. Small to become Collector of Her
Majesty's Customs. (Laughter.)
Sir Hector Langevin moved that Govern-
ment orders have precedence on Wednes-
days for the remainder of the session.
Mr. Fraser complained that passes were
distributed with great freedom along the:
Intercolonial Railway during the election
campaign for voters. If passengers were
carried without cost this would account in
part for the deficit on the road.
Mr. Langolier said he knew of instances
where entire train loads Of voters were car-
ried free.
Mr. Haggett, replying to Sir Richard
Cartwright, explained that the item of
$75,000 for carrying mails last year was to
pay the increased rate of the cost of carrying
mails over the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Previously the Government had paid $75 per
mile per annum on the main line of the C. P.
R. from Montreal to Vancouver, 2,915 miles.
The newarrangementwas at the rate of $105
per mile.
Mr. Foster'replying to Sir Richard Cart-
wright, said that onr financialagents in
England were paid one-half of one per cent.
for disbursina°payments mettle public debt.
This cost $36,000 last year. The contract
with them was terminable after January,
1892, by one year's notice. He hoped to
make a better arrangement. The firm of
Baring Brothers as reconstructed was still
one of the agents of the Dominion. There -
cent suspension had. caused no loss to Canada,
but whether the connection should be con-
tinued would be a matter for future con-
sideration. The sinking fund, now held by
trustees of the highest standing, for Canada's
debt amounted to two million dollars.
The following bills were read a third
time: •
To incorporate the St. Catharines & Mer-
ritton Bridge Co. •
To amend the Acts relating to the Alberta
Railway & Coal Co.
ALMA LADLES COLLEGE.
St. Thomas, Ont.
This popular institution, which has .for
number of years had the largest attendance
in Canada has just closed a most successful
term. About 200 young women from all
parts of the Dominion and the United States
were in attendance pursuing •courses in
Literature, Languages, Fine Arts, Commer-
cial Science and Elocution. The buildings
and furnishings are it is said the finest in
Canada and the rates are relatively low.
Twenty professors and teachers are engaged
and every course qualifies for self-support.
The college has now University affiliation.
In Fine Arts Alma has, as usual, taken the
first place, winning over 100 certificates
from tee Educational Department , and the
Silver Medal. The college re -opens Sept.
10th. Any reader can secure the elegant
illustrated Anuouncement by addressing
Principal Austin, B. D., St. Thomas, Ont.
Warranted Pure.
Strange Lady—Have you any Boston
brown bread? ,
Gotham Baker --Yes, madam,
" Was it made in Boston 1"
"
N—o, madam it WilS made itt New
York ; but e'pluribus unun veni vicli vici
.
omnes non compos mantis odt profanum
vulgus, you know.
" I'll take two loaves."
Steamed dumplings with stewed chielsen
or veal, are an acquisitions Cook both
these meats until nearly done, then make
the dumplings like bakingTowder biscuits ;
pour all but a little of the water from the
meats into another vessel for gra y, and put
the dumplings in the pot on the meat so
they will not touch the water, and cook
until all the water is boiled away.
—There is n clergyman in New Mexico
who goes by the name �f Rev. Innocent
Wolf.
DANCING,
Extraordinarily Popular, but Not Appre-
ciated as an Art.
I Inlye often thought it strange that at
the present time, when dancing of all sorts
is so extraordinarily popular, there should
exist so little appreciation of it as an art,
both on the part of the public, or, as I
venture to think, also on the part of the
critics. In case of a play or an opera, any
regular playgoer would nob be merely satis-
fied with liking the performance Or disliking
it, but he would give you reasons why
he disliked it. In domino', how-
ever, the spectator is setisfies1 with
the fact that the donee has given
him unconscious pleasure, and is, there-
fore, probably graceful and pretty ; or per-
haps, that it has been very vigoreus and
energetic and exhausting to the performer,
and, therefore, commands his admiration
and gratitude. The critic confinehimself
to oomewhat too general expressions of
praise : It is graceful, characteristic, gro-
tesque or the aeme " of something ; but
he does not tell us whether it is good or bad
according to the canons of the art, which
are nevertheless as definitely laid downin
dancing as in any of her sister arts. I have
reasons to think that that has not formerly
been the case, writes Rosina Yokes to Kate
Field's Washzngton. If any of your readers
have files of newspapers of many years
ago, when dancing from the best
schools reached its zenith, he wil find that
the criticism of the ballet not only occupied
the saine space as the theatre or the opera,
but commanded as much critical attention
from the critic as either of them. The cor-
rect technical names were applied to each
"pas," and the strength and weakness of
each performer was carefully analyzed.
It is not ao now, and the reason is a fear
that the hest school of dancing has been
temporarily dethroned by the popular taste
for styles of dancing, which, however, in-
teresting, are less legitimate, and, in my
humble opinion, less meritorious.
The Scotchnunt's
A Scotchman living in Australia and
visiting his native land carried back a
thistle, the emblem of Scotland, as the
reader is doubtless aware. A grand ban-
quet was held in Melbourne by 200 Scotch-
mena,and the thistle, in a huge vase, occu-
pied the place of honor in the centre of the
table. It was toasted and cheered, and the
next day it was planted with a great deal of
rejoicing. The thistle grew and thrived,
and in due time its down was scattered by
the winds ; other thistles sprang from the
seed, and their down was scattered,and in a.few
years the thistle had made itself thoroughly
at home in all parts of Australia. It has
rooted out the native grasses on thousands -
1 could almost say millions—of acres of
pasture land, destroyed sheep runs by
the hundred, and. caused general execration
of the Scotchman who took so much pains
to import the original. In a similar man-
ner the watercress, the English sparrow,
the common sweetbrier and other exotics
have proved very troublesome and caused
immense losses. The watercress has choked
rivers, caused great floods and impeded navi-
gation; the sweetbrier has become a strong
and tenacious bush which spreads with great
rapidity, destroying the grasses ; and the
innocent daisy has been nearly as injurious
as the thistle. Fifty English sparrows
were taken to Australia in 1860, and now
there are countless millions of them in all
'the colonies. They refuse to eat insects like
their ancestors, but devote themselves to
fruit, grain, peas and othervegetable things,
to the ruin of hundreds of farmers and gar-
deners. Moral—Beware of exotics in a new
country. —Milwaukee Sentinel.
Don't Publish It.
Stratford Beacon: "Keep it out of the
paper" is the cry which the local newspaper
publisher daily- hears. To oblige often costs
considerable, though the party who makes
the • request thinks the granting scarcely
worth saying "thank you" for. A news-
paper is a peculiar article in the public's
eye. The news gatherer is stormed at be-
cause he gets hold of one item, and is abused
because he does not get another. Young
men and often young women, as well as
older, perform acts which become legitimate
items for publication and then rush to the
newspaper office to beg the editor not to
notice their escapades. The next day they
condemn the same paper for not having
published another party doing the same
thing they were guilty of, forgetting, appar-
ently, their late visit to the printing office.
The subscribers expect to read the news,
and there it always wonder when, for
charity's sake, an Hera on the street and in
everybody's mouth is not found in the next
issue of the paper.
Blondes With Crimped Hair.
The girl with the crumbled hair is very
fashionable nowadays. And nine cases out
of ten she is a blonde. Have you noticed
that? If so, do you know the cause? Well,
I'll tell you, says a writer in the St. Louis
Republic. Blonde hair, being naturally
finer than black, is easier crimped and stays
crimped longer. Besides, when the hair is
cut short, the neck is exposed to view, and
the skin of a blonde possesses a peculiar
whiteness which renders its exposure at-
tractive. This, in addition to the prevailing
neckless waist, is' the occasion forthe blonde
girl with the crumpled hair. Her real rival
is the semi-brunette—that is to say, the girl
with black hair, gray eyes and a complexion
ikwalabaster. Given a head of crumpled
black hair, a big black hat with black
plumes, a black dress with a necklessbodice,
and you have the gingham girl of the
summer, who will run a tight race with her
sister, the blonde.
Francis Joseph's Counsellor.
The Emperor of Attstria has for years
past found consolation for his troubles in
the sympathetic companionship of a former
well known Viennese actress, Catharine
Schroth, whose counsels are said to have
been of the utmost advantage to him in
many important affairs of State. The Em-
peror is accustomed to drive out to the
palace at Sehoenbrunn and there, leaving
his equipage, he is met by Mme. Schratt
and takes long promenades with her in the
forest. As a result of this friendship the
actress is known in Vienna as the vice -em-
press. Her extraordinary intelligence and
clear judgment are valued in the highest
degree by the Emperor.
—The census of Liverpool shows that the
population of that city has decreased by
nearly 35,000 within the last ten years. It
is the only great city in England that has
shown no growth since the last censts watt
taken.
The stars may twinkle in the sky
But if clouds drift between
Their lustre and the sleeping earth
No stellar light is seen,
But when the clouds have passed from sight,
The star -gleams pierce the sombre night.
So merchants push doubt's cloud away
I3y eloquent Tnugs ads every day.
—Bismarck's wife is a short, rather stout
woman, whose most distinguishing
characteristic is her devotion to her
husband. She is plain in her ways, but
wears a pair of large solitaire earrings as in-
dispensable to her dignity,
—Willie—Pa why do they call the devil
Satan? Pa—Oh, that's an Old Nick mane,
my son.
win; SET GRANG1011.
Ile Has a Scheme to Stop the Gars at His
Door.
" Tickets, please," Said the conduetor of
a train on a line running east out of Detroit
as lie entered the car. .
There was a very general response in the
shape of pasteboard, says the Five Press,
until he came to a farmer who was very
earnestly looking out of the window.
" Tickets please," said the conductor.
The man paid no attention.
"P11 take your ticket, if you please."
The man looked up at him, lfan't got
any," lie answered slowly.
Web, the money then. Where are you
going?
" Han't got any money."
" Well, then, what are you on hero for, If
I don't get either money or ticket I mustput
you off the train."
"You wouldn't stop an express train just
to put one mon off, now would you?"
" Wouldn't I? You'll soon see whether
will or not. Now I want yonr ticket or the
cash without any more fuss."
"Nary one."
The conductor paused for a moment or
two and then called the brakeman.
"Now are you going to get off without a
fuss or will we have to throw you off?"
The man sighed and said he would go off
quietly. When they got out on the plat-
form and the conductor had his hand on the
bell rope the passenger cast his eye over the
flying landscape and said:
Ain't there no way we can fix this up?"
"Certainly. Ticket or money."
After another look the man shook his
head. "Let her go captain."
The conductor pulled the rope. The air
brakes scrunched and the tram came to, a
stop. The man stepped off, and then, hand-
ing the conductor a bit of pasteboard, said
,:
I don't cheat no railway company, cap-
tain. Here ye are."
"Why in thunder didn't you give me this
before? 'You can ride five miles further on
this ticket. Step aboard lively, now."
"Never mind, captain. I would HAve to
walk five miles back if I did. I live over
yonder. So long, cap.
THE DAT OF THE WHIM.
How to Find Out the Day on Which a Friend.
Was Born.
If you want to tell the day of the week on
which a friend was born, knowing the
monthj day of the month and year, yon can
easily do it by a simple arithmetical
problem.
Add to the date of the month the last two
figures of the year, leaving off the hundreds,
as for 1891 take only 91, and one-fourth of
the latter. If there should be a fraction in
this last number make it whole by adding
one. The sum thus found must be either
increased or diminished according to the
following table :
Add 24 for January. Add 8 for July?
Add 26 for February. Add 11 for August.
Subtract 2 for March. Add 13 for September.
Subtract 0 for April. Add 16 for October.
.Add 3 for May. Add 19 for November.
Add 6 for June. Add 21 for December.
The result is divided by 7. The balance
left will give the name of the day on which
the inquiring individual was born. If this
balance should be 1, he was born on a Sun-
day ; if it is 2, it was a Monday..
For example : A man was born on the
24th of August, 1862. What was the day
of the week? The number for the month IS
24 ; that of the year, 62; one fourth of the
latter is 15, or 16 m round numbers. The
sum total is 102. For August 11 must be
added, making 113. The latter sum divided
by 7 leaves 1 as the remainder. Sunday
was,therefore the day on which the man
was born.—St. _Louis Post -Dispatch.
HOW TO KILL .4. CAT.
Chloroform a Great Deal Better Than Care
for This Purpose.
A number of people are interested in
learning the best way of painlessly killing
animals, and we may usefully note a com-
munication on the subject from a corre-
spondent of the English Mechanic. He
writes : "Tito most merciful way of de-
stroying cats is to chloroform them. Draw
a sock (knitted one preferred, as being
elastic) over pussy's head so that the toe of
the sock is brought to her nose or nearly so;
then pour about half a teaspoonful of chloro-
form on the sock close to her nose. Almost
as soon as she has become frightened by
the unusual smell of chloroform she quietly
goes off to sleep ; a little more chloroform is
added, perhaps twice, and pussy never
wakes again."
What Everybody Should Know.
Fire requires air; therefore, shut all
doors and windows. By this means fire
may be confined to a single room for a suffi-
cient period to enable the inmates toescape;
but the fanning of the wind and the draught
will instantly cause the flames to increase
with extraordinary rapidity. The most
precious moments are at the commence-
ment of a fire. In a room a table -cloth
can be used to smother a large sheet of
flame, and a cushion may serve to beat it
out. The great point is presence of mind. In
all large houses buckets of water should be
placed on every landing, a little salt being
put in the water. Always endeavor to at-
tack the bed of a fire; if you cannot ex-
tinguish a fire, shut the window and be sure
and shut the door when making your re-
treat. A wet silk handkerchief tied over
eyes and nose will make breathing ,possible
in the midst cif much smoke a blanket
wetted and wrapped around the body will
enable a person to pass through a sheet of
flame in comparative safety.
Misplaced Benevolence.
•
Monetary Times: " ou pay the money
or lapse. You CCOei pay; you can lapse—
it is just as well; the officers can pay and
won't lapse. The 'pot' will be theirs.
Why not? They knew how it would all
end. You should have known, you were
told of it so often." Such is the humorous
way the San Francisco Adjuster takes of
rebuking the dupes of certain endowment
leagues and associations on the "Pacific
coast which are offering members more than
any such concern can honestly pay.
"1 was sorry I couldn't go to hear you
lecture last Saturday night, Winkle. I had
another affair on hand.' "Olt I under-
stood," said Mr. Winkles. "Saturday used
to be bath night with us, too.
One of the greatest obstacles to the settle
ment of vast regions in Africa has been the
tsetse fly. Although harmless to man, all
domestic animal a die from its bite in two or
three days.
Mr. Slowboy—Miss Passe, what do you
think is the • best name for a girl? Miss
Passe (looking deep into, his eyes)—That of
the only man she ever loved.
Beggar—I was once a soldier, sir.
Veteran—You were, ch? 1111 prove it.
Attention 1 eyes right I --now, what is next?
Beggar—Present, alms.
Awnings should be light in color, and
should be at all Windows ana doors except
those to the nOrth. • They are great helps
in keeping out glare.
It is a grand thing to feel that your
eountry owes you something. That is, it's
a ,grand thing until you begin to try to
nolleet the debt.
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THE OLD AND YOUNG, IT 18 UNEQUALLED.
Genuine made by Scott & I3owne, Belleville.
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A COMING QUESTION.
The Disputed Boundary Between Alaska
and British Columbia.
The boundary line between the United
States and the British possessions in North
.America once more threatens to become the
subject of international dispute, conference
and arbitration. A half century ago "Fifty-
four Forty or Fight" was a campaign cry,
and the corning controversy begins at that
line, from •which President Polk retreated,
the once northern boundary of Oregon Ter-
ritory being the southern boundary of our
territory of Alaska. The discussion of the
ownership of Revillagigedo, Pearce and
Wales Island, and of the line of the Port-
land Canal, will rival the conteat over San
Juan Island and San Rosario or De Hare
Straits, decided in favor of the United
States by the Emperor of Germany as arbi-
trator in 1872.
Eack year that the boundary line between
Alaska and British Clolumbia remains in
question increases the difficulty of deter-
mining it. Eachyear settlements are in-
creasing in numbers, more private interests
are involved, and the region in dispute be-
comes more valuable to each claimant.
There is great indifference to the question
on our side of the line, but in the Dominion
it is well understood, and Parliament and
public opinion have taken their stand.
Canadian maps now differ from the United
States maps of that northwestern region,
and this boundary question promises to pro-
voke more international bitterness than the
present Behring Sea, dispute concerning the
interests of a single company of fur -traders.
The Century for July.
A. Straight Summer Supper.
If you wish a hot tea here is a pretty
menu :
Bouillon.
Fried Chicken, Cream Sauce, Sliced Cucum-
bers. •
English Champion Peas.
Tomatoes stuffed -with cress.
Pineapple Cake.Raspberries and Cream.
Iced lea.
—Yew York BecorcZer.
Something Worth Knowing.
Book Agent—If you'll buy this book, sir,
I'll guarantee that you'll learn one thing
that will save you lots of money.
Man of House—I'll take it. What will it
teach ? • .
"Never to buy a,nother book from a book
agent.'
Incompatible.
"I've got a new job," remarked Georgie
Gemara to his Sunday School teacher. "It's
a real estate office."
"Is your employer a Christian, Geor-
gie ?"
"He's a real-estate agent, sir. I said
that at first." --judge.
Not Her Fault.
Philadelphia, Times: "Mary," said her
mother, "you'll have to make that Mr.
Golosh leave earlier."
"It's not my fault, mamma."
"Not your feta? Didn't I hear you last
night at the front door say, 'Stop Edward,'
half a dozen times? If he wanted to go,
why did you want tostop him ?"
• John's Only Chance.
New York Herald : "You talk a great
deal in your sleep, John," said Mrs. 'Hen-
peck.
"It's the only chance I get," said John,
meekly.
A Bad Fashion.
New York Herald Chollie—I wondah
what is Wales doing now, deah boy?
Chappie—Payinghis debts, I heah.
"The dooce you say. That's demmed
awkward, dontchewknaw."
TO 'KEEP HAUT WINU4
When the Days Grows not and the FlOtherf
Cannot Troupe Town.
Nearly every good physician now ad-
vises the use of sterilized milk when the
child is not fed from the breast. A ster-
it is not so easy to give the food to the
edi eiedor ticiloao stitsIsiea eto wi naoynplain. yt,.0 abned mthe st peurin, bate.:
A new-born baby will need to be fed
about ten times a day, or once in two bourth,
except wizen sleeping. A measure recom-
mended for an infant is two-thirds barley
water and one-third milk, with a little bit
of milk sugar to sweeten the mixture. The
barleywaster must be boiled well and then
kept simmering at the back of the stove.
The vessel used for it should be of earthen-
ware or enamel, and cannot serve for any
other purpose.
The Alunplest way is to sterilize enougk
bottles of milk to last the entire day and
keep them on ice until they are needed. A.
bottle must never be opened until it is to be
used, theu put it into warm water to bring
it to the right temperature and add the
barley water and sugar.
Borax may be adde4 to the boiling water
in which baby's bottles are cleaned, and. the
nipples should lie in hot water untal
thoroughly cleansed. If any bowel trouble
arises prepared oatmeal may be subatituted
for the barley. When the child ie a few
months old it may be necessary to add a
teaspoonful of cream to each, bottle of milk.
A quart of cream will be sufficient for a
week, and it must, of course, be stertilizecl
immediately. It is then mixed with the
milk each day and stertilized a second time.
When the child is 6 months old two-thirds
milk ancl one,third barley water is a better
proportion, and when older yet nothing bah
milk will be taken. —New York Recorder.
W. C. T. IT. Notes.
Mrs. F. S. Spence headed a delegation of
the W. G. T. U. to the Toronto School
Board on Thursday night of last week, for
the purpose of asking the Council to suspend
the rules against outsiders offering prizes is
the schools. The Board resolved to accede
to the request and now the ladies will offer
prizes for the best essay on the temperance
question.
• Fortpyoung women of Des Moines have
signed anagreement to reeeivethe attentions
of no young man who drinks, smokes er
swears.
A short time ago, a lady, the first of her
sex, graduated irl medicine, in Mexico. As
an appropriate compliment her fellow stu-
dents of the other sex got up an amateurbull
fight in honor of the occasion.
"Two-thirds of the church members of
this country are women," the 'infidel sneer-
ingly remarks. Is there anything about
that to be ashamed of? Here is another
fact: Out of 45,000 convicts in the U. S.
prisons more than 43,000 are men.
Great luck.
Jones, just reaching the fishing -grounds
—What kind ofluck are you havin' Brown?
Brown—First-rate. Been here an hour
and hain't fell in yet. —Judge.
Mrs. General Grant is aging rapidly
There has been a marked change both in ap-
pearance and in her manner -within two
years. Her hair is silvered and her slow
and uneven steps betoken her advanced
years.
The best receipt ever given for a lady's
dress may be fonnd in the works of Ter-
tullian. He says : "Let simplicity be
your white, chastity your vermillion ;
dress your eyebrows with modesty, and
your lips with reservedness. Let in-
struction be your earrings and a ruby
cross the front pin in your head, sub-
mission to your husband your best orna-
ment. Employ your hands in housewifely
duties, and keep your feet within your
own doors. Let your garments be of the
silk of probity, the fine linen of sanctity,
and tho purple of chastity."
"1 feel it just as much, my dear little
boy," said papa after he had spanked Billy --
kilts. "Y -yes," sobbed Billykins. " B.but
n -not iti the s-s.saine p -p -place."
James M. Barrie, the Scotch writer who.
has leaped into sudden notoriety is but
thirty years old, and yet the severest orifice
have nothing but praise for his books. ife
was born in Sirremuir, which he has im-
mortalized as Thrums, mid was educated at
the University of Edinburgh, where he
carried off the prizes for English literature
Li the ten years last past 1,100,000 immi-
grants from Europe have settled m Canada*
and the natural increase in population dur-
ing the same time is estimated at 800,000, a.
total of 1,900,000. Yet the growth of the
population of the country durindithe decade
was only 450,000. The difference repre-
sents the migration to the United States.
This needs looking into. George E.
Waring, jun., says: "Disease is not a,
consequence of life; it is due to =nature/
conditions of living—to neglect, abuse and
want." And Dr. Stephen Smith says:
"Man is born to health and longevity
disease is abnormal, and death, except from
old age, is accidental, and both are prevent-
able by human agencies."
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