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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-8-20, Page 71DOMINION: PARLIAMENT Sir Hector Laugevin, replying to Mr. Barron, said that the 13arrie post -office was Built by William Toms, of Ottawa. The •. eontract price was $25,000 and the total amount spent was $30,980. Sir Hector Langevin, replying to Mr. McMullen, sma that it had been the rule for some time past that employees of the de- partmeats have no lunch hoer, except where inedical certificates declared it was necessary. - Mr. Bowell, replying to Mr. Charlton, • said that half -fare tickets were issued on ehe Government railways to clergymen who have applied to and received a mai- &ate from the General Superintendent or ., General Passenger Agent of the Intercolo- trial Railway. t Mr. Lepine'on motion for a return, com- plained that the F 'anch employees of the Dominion were nothalf Elnglish. In the istom House at Montreal s numerous as the n during tho past t n years there had been sax permanent :rem% appointments and twenty-seven E dish. In the employment of laborers par iality was shown to the English. If on -tenth part of the injustice were shown to he English in Ontario there would be loud/complaints. Mr, Bowel said a full investigation would show that tihe charge was not borne out. There was qkaroey an important office filled without tl ,e consent of the members for Montreal. e Complaints were just as frequent laiat the t'English were overlooked. He en- dAvorett to do justice to all classes. Mr. Jurran denied that any injustice to the French-Canadians in Mon-, Bowen, answering Mr. McMullen, eat the investigation now going on in Areal was with a view to suPerannuat- employes who could be dispensed with. e expected that there would be a saving of $10;000 a year by this means. The investi- gation would be continued at other points when it was concluded in Montreal. Sir John Thompson, upon the resumption of Mr. Kirkpatrick's motion declaring the expediency of bestowing some mark of recogpition upon the veterans of 1837-'8, said that he desired to express his own opinion as to the desirability of this Gov- •ernment dealing with this question. What- ever the merits might be in the public estimation of those who were concerned in the confiict of that period, this was a question he submitted, which, in this Dominion question, formed as it was of representatives iicit merely of those two Provinces in which the struggle raged fer the time, but of the -newer Provinces having nothing at all to do with, they should not be called upon to deal with. It was inappropriate thatParliament be asked to grant any bounty: They should remember that this countrydated from the period when the Dominion was formed, when all the Provinces joined hands in •forming a new nationality. It was for that reason that the Government had declined to recognize this as a bounty which they should grant. With the object of letting these past conflicts beforgotten as nearly as possible, the Provinces themselves had • resolved to allow history to do justice to those engaged in them. Mr. Flint, in moving the House into com- mittee on his bill to amend the Canada Tem- perance Amendment Act, said that under his proposal druggists and chemists, in the transaction of their business, were left un- touched in every 'Articular in which they were placed by the athendment of 1888 ex- •ei ept n the sale or purchase of alcohol or spirituous liquors, in regard to which they were placed under the restrictions imposed. upon licensed vendors by the Canada Tem- erance Act. The Act, as passed in 1878, vided proper regulations for the sale of quor by druggists for Medicinal and mechanical purposes and the recording of 611011 sales, but this provision was consider- ably weakened by the amendment of 1888. It was to restore the efficiency of the Act that he proposed the amendment. Mr. Barron, in moving the second reading ef the bill to amend the Railway Act, said the object was to compel railways to have separate doors for the entrance to and exit from cars. This, he believed, would obviate the danger caused by passengers crowding 4.11 and. out of the same door. Sir John Thompson said the bill would be very impracticable. Mr. Costigan introduced a bill to amend the Petroleum Inspection Act. He said the ,. bill consisted of one short clause giving the Governor -General -in -Council power to make regulations to exempt wholly or in • part from inspection such petroleum oils as are not fit for illuminating purposes. Mr. Beausoleil said that the Empire of yesterday contained a telegram from Mon- treal stating that there weaa conspiracy be. Mr. W. T. R. Preston, himself, and Mr. Greenshields to overthrow the present Government; that they had held a meeting to work it out at the Windsor Hotel, Mon- taeal, on Sunday; and that they had secured possession of letters written by members of the Government years ago, which they ex- pected would be of great value to them. He said the staltement was a fabrication. was d treah Mr. •said t 4. • • Mr. Foster held that Mr. Beausoleil had no right to proceed further with his denial. • Mr. Speaker called the next order on the paper. • The House divided on Mr. Charlton's amendment, which was lost on a vote of 81 yeas and 100 nays. (Applause and cries of Yon are coming down.") The House went into Committee of Sup - Several items wore passed and the com- mittee rose. The House went into Committee of Supply. Mr. Haggai% in reply to Mr. Casy, said tat it would take two or three weeks be- ffire the complete returns of the census were published. Mr. Paterson (Brant) thought the incom- plete returns should be brought down. Mr. Denison objected to incomplete re- turns. A newspepor report had credited Toronto with only 190,000 population, and ,he did not think partial information should •be given. • Mr. Ilaggart, in reply to complaints about the delay of the census returns, said that the reports that were behind were from one •district in Nipissing and from four districts in 13ritish Columbia. He said that an .approximate return for these districts could be supplied if necessary. Mr. Mnlock said that the census appoint- anents were dangled before the people before the elections to serve peaty ends. This was most improper. The Government was using the public service to make votee to keep a few men in office. This system per- meates the whole Administration. Even the documents relating to the public con- tracts showed that they were using the • public resources to keep the Cabinet in • power. Mr. Charlton said that the Post Office Department appointments had always been made with an eye to the interests of the party and not the country. The interests of party were looked at first, from the appoint- ment of an official to the awarding of a con- tract for the eross-wall at Quebec. Mr. McMillan criticized the expenditure upon the Central Experimental Farm at • Ottawa mid said that such a. large ontlay was iiet justified by the benefits derived &min Ude institution. The same extreva gance characterized the management of other THUS la1t0 IRIS NO NAME, experimental farms. M. McMullen said that no doubt the farm was doing good work, but the capital expeuditures ehould now cease to a greet extent, as most of the buildings and other permanent improvements have tmen. Joins pleted. The expenses ShOUld be kept within rea,sooable hunts. They did not want any repetition of the croes-well ex- perience ia connection with the Experi- mental farms.. Mr. Mara said that there was great deal of dissatisfaction in British Columbia about the lack of progress made with the farm in that Province. The buildings had not yet been erected. Mr. Haggart said that the yearly ex- penditure had been on that farm about Mr. Daly said that he was satisfied that the experimental farms in Manitoba, and British Columbia were beiug economically conducted. Mr. McMillan said that the experimental farms were not encouraging the breeding of horses suitable to the requirements of the country, or for the foreign market. He ob- jected to placing stallions in experimental farms at a large expense when there were throughout the country superior animals owned byprivate individuals. Sir Richard Cartwright said it seemed to be an imprudent act on the part of the Government to agree to pay $30,000 for the use of six feral sires for five years. It might have been better to buy the animals oat - right. Mr. Haggart said that the price was not higher than that paid by other Governments. He would suggest to the superintendent the advisability of selecting next year horses more suitable to the requirements of the country. Mr. Rowena said that the most popular horses in this country were the Clydesdale and Shire. The Percheron was unsuitable. The House adjourned at 11.15 p. m. PASSING AWAX. The New York Herald is of opinion that the English nobility "must go." Burghley House, by Stamford town, will soon be sold at auction. It has been in the Cecil family since 1560. The park in which it is situated is one of the most beautiful in England, and the house contains costly carvings and pictures of great value. But the farms of the estate have ceased to pay and the ex- penses connected with such an establish- ment have greatly increased. It will go under the hammer to the highest bidder— to some rich commoner, perhaps, or possibly to some enterprising American who wor- ships whatever is English, you know. A large number of the old hereditary estate owners in Englancl art suffering a similar embarrassment. Generations ago they were the petty sovereigns of the country; now they aro the victims of democratic and commercial progress. They manage tokeep up the old prestige, but it becomes more difficult year by year. Their influence over public affairs is broken, history has inaugurated a new regime in which they count for little, and they have nothing to console themselves withal except the glory of the past and a sullen, leaden mortgage which constantly menaces them with evic- • tion. The barrier between classes, accord- ing to our democratic contemporary, is little more than a figment of the imagina- tion. Brains and money are even now more powerful than long descent, and in the race for fame and power the nobility lag in the rear. In other words'nobility will soon sur- render to ability. The chimes are ringing out the feudal Englishman and ringing in • the Englishman of the new times. " One by one the grand estates of other days are being sold, and in most instances they are bought by men who have money, energy and pluck, but who lack grandfathers." If the land rents continue to be collected and applied for the personal use of the land "owners," it will not be such • a wonder- ful improvement to substitute the wealthy grandfatherless for the present titlednobility. The needed change will not come as the re- sult of the bankruptcy of the aristocracy. It will come from public recognition of the greattruth that the land of Englandbelongs to the people of England, and notto thefewwho have in the past exercised the privilege of charging their fellow coantrymen for stand- ing room and an opportunity to dig a living out of the soil. When the State takes laud rent for public revenue the so-called land- owners, whether titled or not, will have to go to work to earn an honest living. Thus thearistdcracy will be disposed of, without necessity for such slow and tedious pro- cesses of dry rot as the Herald anticipates. A man who behaves himself and. is self-sup- porting can afford to have a grandfather, or even a title, if possession of such a' thing is agreeable to him. Ready-made Answers. Kansas City Times : A certain stout man of this city has had a card printed for the benefit of inquisitive friends. The card reads: 1. No, I am not getting any thinner. 2. Yes, I am getting fatter every day. 3. I weigh about 260 pounds. 4. I have gained. forty-five pounds in seven years. 5. No, my parents are not fat. 6. No, I don't drink beer. 7. The Before and after taking" racket is a horse chestnut. 8. Yes, the hot weather cuts me down to a mere thread, as it were. 9. No, I don't want to be thin. Now give us a rest. Sunday Reflections. • It's a mistake to suppose that the social lion is the king of beasts. The air of condescension never yet venti- lated a poor tenement house. When a man weighs his words you may be sure that he is well balanced. There's nothing like this daily grind for sharpening a man's wits. Candor doesti't necessitate treading on other people's corns. In a drinking bout two negatives are bet- ter than a score of affirmatives. Great execution is done by him who is profic;ent in hanging up others. They Mice to do the Firing. Rochester Edd: Canadians are not so chipper in their defiance of the antasealine; agreement in Behring Sca, as they were. They never care to stand in front of the tar- get when any firing is going on. And yet it is Daily Served. in Every Restaurant and Motel. It is a curious fact that a bird which is more distributed over the surface of the earth than any other kind which is better known to man, and more useful to him than any other, has in ourlanguage ma distinctive name, says the Pittsburg _Dispatch. This -defect in nomenclature seems still more strange when we remember that this favor- ite bird has half a &wen cousin species, every one of which rejoiees in a name that is all ite own. The nameless bird is the -- well, the barnyard bird about whose capabilities for broiling, roasting and the like we usually care a great deal more than we do about what we shall call it. But isn't it queer that we have no name for it? Commonly we <:all the, bird chicken. That is clearly a misnomer, unless we are alluding to the little fellows that have lately emerged from the shell, An adult of this species is as far from being a chicken as a man is from being a baby. When we want to be specific about the adult of this species we Americana call the male- bird a rooster and the female a hen. But these terms apply equally to many other species of birds. Probably the most favored word for the species is fowl; but that is shooting very wide of the mark. Webster's definition of fowl is "a vertebrate animal having two legs, and covered with feathers or down—a bird." • Shakespeare uses the simile, "Like a. flight of fowl," and the Bible speaks of "the fowl of the air." Munkacey, the Hungariau painter, is at work on a new picture representing Christ and His disciples. He hopes to exhibit it in Europe and this country, after which it will become the property of the national gallery at Berlin. Marion Harland is a large woman of matronly appearance, somewhat above medium height. She has a brown com- complexion, black hair that is begaming to turn may, and a broad forehead. She began to write storiee when a child of 6. The Duchess of Fife is attracting admit.- , ation froin all England and Scotland by her eoriduct ae a model mother. Following the ' example of Queen Victoria and the Empress Frederick, she is 'leasing her own baby, and may frequently be seen walking the streets of Brighton with her baby in her arms. SPANKED AND DIED. rithappy Ending of the Chastisement of a C lea Roy. Mrs. Daniel K. Zimmermani at 908 Newton avenue, Camden, spanked her 3 - year -old boy Raymond, Saturday afternoon, for teasing his little sister. Ten minutes later the boy was dead. County Physician Iszard, who investigated the case last night, cannot aecount for the boy's •death. He says it is a most singular case. Be will make a post mortem examination. Mrs. Zimmer- man says she only used her open hand in chastising the little fellow, and she did not spank him very hard. After she set him down he began to choke and gasp for breath. She called her husband, who pounded the child on the back, thinking something had lodged in his throat. This afforded no relief, and as the boy began to get purple in the face two doctors were sent for. When they arrived the child was dead. The county physician thinks the child was suffocated by some foreign material in the throat, or by a spasmodic contraction of the epiglottis. The Zimrnermans have several children, but this was their oldest boy and they are almost heart -broken over his death. -- Philadelphia Record. Why. Why does a sailor when on shore always walk close to the curb? Why are the authors of books that teach how to get rich invariably poor? Why does a man speak broken English to a foreigner who cannot understand good English? Why does a restaurant keeper take his meals, when he can, at some one else's restaurant? Why does a man who cannot make an- other agree with his arguments shout in stating them a second time? Why do great men always wear bad hats and bad men always good hats, when they have the money to buy them? Why does a man turn his head to observe a pretty woman, while a woman merely turns her eyes to observe a handsome man? - Why does a caller in an office building, hotel or tenement house begin his enquiries for someone he is seeking at the top story instead of the basement? Why is smoking permitted on the frcint platform of a car, from which the smoke naturally enters, and not on the back plat- form, from which it wouldn't ?—.New York Sun. A Mean Man. Atlanta Constitution: Irate subscriber - 1 demand to see the editor. Where is he? Printer—He's in the loft. The citizens tarred and feathered him last night. I. S.—Yes, and that's just what I want to see him about. The tar belonged to me, and I want the editor to pay for it. Ruling INISSIOn After Death. • New York Hercdd : Satan—What's that newly arrived ex -minister kicking about? Assistant Imp—He sayshe's always been accustomed getting a vacation during the heated term. Some Hope for Ulm. Once a Week,: Soft Head—Do you think your sister would marry me? Boy—I guess so. She told mother she would rather marry anything than be an old maid. • *'ROPER iirAlr TO WEAR SHOES, A Dealer Gives a Recipe for Irrolonging Their lisel'ulueSs. People who feel that their shoes wear out too quickly should heed the words of a dealer in Chicago, who tells the Mail; Do you kaow there isn't a man in five hundred who know e bow to wear hoes? The average man buys a pair of ehees, wears them until they are no longer present- able, and, then throws them away and buys &nether pair. A roan ought to have at least two pairs of shoes for every-daywear, i and no pair should be worn two days n sue - cession. At first thought this may strike you as a scheme to benefit the shoe dealer, but it is nothing of the kind. In fact, such a plan would injure the shoe business. Two pairs of shoes worn alternately will last three timeas long as a single pair. The saving, of course, is made in the wear- ing of the leather. A pair of shoes worn every day goes to pieces more than twice as fast as a, pair worn every second day. No two pair fit your feet in exactly the same way. In one pair the strain and wear of the leather falls heavieet upon one particular part of the shoe, and in another the greatest wear and tear falls upon another part alto- gether. I took a trip through Europe last summer, and in several places I was sur- prised to find the shoes worn by peasants to have no ' right ' and 'left ' distinctions, but are worn on either foot. I was told that ouch shoes were preferred to those which more closely conform to the shape of the foot, because they last longer, since the strain upon any part of the shoe to -day is changed to another part to -morrow." How to Cool the Room of a Feverish Patient. One of the most useful hints for sick room attendance is very seldom known out- side of a hospital ward, and not even there in many oases. • The hint is how to obtain a cold cloth without the use of ice. Every one knows that in fevers or weakness a cold • cloth on the foithead or faceor base of brain is one of the most comforting things in the world. In the tropical hospitals, and where ice is scarce, all that isnecesisary is to wet a linen cloth, wave it to and fro in the air, fold it and place on the patient. Have another cloth ready,wave it to and fro i just before applying t. These cloths have a more grateful and lasting coldness than those made so by the burning cold produced by ice. A very good authority gives as a very simple remedy for hiccough a lump of sugar saturated with vinegar. In ten cases, tried as an experiment, it stopped hiccough in. nine. —Ladies' HO= .101011Ca. —On a summer hotel piazza, from Wash- ington Post: Some squeals, some squeaks, some shrieks, some giggles, Some slang, some bang, some squirms, some wriggles Broad leers, three cheers, brass, boldness and bad manners; Loud.talk, looae walk, "Balloons" and "Ban mars." TICE Rio Mum does not believe in honor- ary commissioners and the holding of exhi- bitions for the purpose of building up foreign trade. It says: We trust it will not be forgotten in the United States in theheat and hurry of pre- paration,s for the `commercial invasion of South America " that after all billy two things are really needed for the work—capital and commereial enterprise. It is a waste of time and effort to send scouting parties to spy ant the land, for the routes of commerce have long been known and every well-informed merchant knows exactly what the elentents of that com- mere° must be. It is not pillage that the mer- chant is after; it is simply an exchange of prodttets. If he wants to know what , those produets aro, let him consult any goo.graphy and find out how far his destination is from the equator. In the ease of Brazil, he Will not find the slightest difficulty in deciding that buffalo robes and warming pans may be left at home. Bnotigh has certainly boce written about Brazil to give him some idea of the wants and pi:eferenees of the people,. Flourishing Amerman houses Were in existence hero over fifty years ago, and otherscan just as readily be established now. There was a time, in the old, clays, when commerce depended more on individual enterprise and less upon official pap, when a merchant made it his btainess to khow Personally all about the markets where he pro- posed to trade. He never dreamed of waiting for a roving commission composed of a lawyer and a :journalist to prepare the way, not for Consular officials to tell him what to do. The two guides required for his enterprise seam skill, or cOmmereial braining, and personal ob- servation, and these guides arc just as neces- sary now as ever they were. It may bo pre - dieted that no seeceseful trade will ever be built tip by floating exhibitions ner by com- mercial travelers. It American merchants will establish commercial houses in South America ;Ind give) their personal attention to the development of trade, them chanees of animus are just as good as those a any alum nation - A seri. in Alabama began laughing at something funny, but eould not stop, and finally died, frorn exhaustion Re Careful. Be careful of your associations. Bad company is not better than none at all Be careful what you say 1 You can recall some things, but never spoken words. Be careful in your habits and in your dress ! Neatness and good manners should be necessities. Be careful of your diet! Proper food and drink have much to do with happiness. Be careful of your health 1 Money cannot buy it—then why should you equander it. • Would You be Attractive? You must be healthy. Would you be healthy, always keep within reach, ready for • any emergency, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the perfection of physic Headache, biliousness, constipation, a coated tongue, always indicate a torpid liver. These magical Pellets sot directly upon the liver— the fountain -head of many ills—correcting all disorders, driving out all impurities, stimulating healthy action. The best Liver Pills; mildly giving all the benefit and none of the discomfort of other pilh., A Really Truly Critic. Flatte—There's one man enjoying the show, anyway. Calcium—What—not that man in the third row? Flatte—Yes—that's he. Why, you don't seem pleased. Calcium—Why should I? That man is Fakes, the critic, and the harder he laughs at a play the rougher he is ox it the next morning. —Boston Pod. Papa's Birthday. Papa's birthday and George Washington's birthday came the same day. "We will have no school to -morrow," said the teacher; "can any one tell me why?" " Because it's papa's birthday," answered Mildred.--Harper's Young People. Her Majesty Engaged. Mrs. Struckile—Did ye see th' Queen when ye was in. England? • Mrs. Gaswell—No ; I called on 'er, but they tole me she was engaged. It never occurred to me till then that it was wash day. —Hew York Weekly. The Jocose Clerical. "Where was your husband buried ?" was c -c -cremated." "Poor fellow. Gone to his well urned rest, eh ?" $4,000,000 IN GOLD ELATE. Barbaric) Splendor yr the Recent Great Windsor Banquet, The State banquet at Wincleor was the mot magnificent entertainment which has been given at the Castle MIMS the visit of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Engeilie in April, 1855. Last week T esti- mated the value of the plate which would be used or displayed in St. George's BP at $2,500,000, but 1 believe that in reality it was worth more like $4,000,000, for not only was the gold service which Rundell Bridge manufactured, for George 1V. used, but the Indian and Chinese trophies, the famous gold shields, the huge silver wine cooler (in which two men can comfortably sit), the great gold flagons, candelabra, and vases, and the well-known St. George can- delabrum, were all to be seen, the last being placed exactly opposite • to the Queen and the Emperor. The Queen's priceless services of Worcester and Crown Derby china were used.—London World. How is Lobster's Shell Was Cast. At the mast extensive aquarium, in Eng- land, the Brighton Zoo, the female lobster recently cast her shell. She screwed herself up togetheron the toes and tail and suddenly bent her body. Snap went the shell in its centre and the case of the back came away in oue piece. The claws were her next care and she worked away at them for a long time. It was a proceeding of extreme deli- cacy, considering that all the flesh of the great claw had to be passed through the small base. During the operation one claw came off altogether, and this must have seemed to the lobster lady a serious mis- fortune, as it will not grow to its full size again until the second year. The tail and legs gave very little trouble and the body when thus undressed proved to be of a pale blue. The shell -casting over, the lobster sank on the sand, and this action seemed a signal for the attack of every creature in the tank. The defenceless victim bade fair to suc- • cumb to the fury of her enemies, when the male lobster suddenly came to the rescue. Standing over his shell -less better half he fought his assailants relentlessly. Day and night did he watch over her, until her shell was sufficiently hardened to protect her in fighting her own battles. When the happy moment arrived he deliberately picked up the old claw, broke it in his nippers, and ate the meat. He then dug a hole m the sand, placed it in the broken bits of shell, buried them, and piled a number of small stones above the grave. Mrs. Margaret Bottome, founder of the Order of King's Daughters, is the wife of a Presbyterian minister of New York. She is in appearance a gentle, motherly -looking woman with akind face and an uniumally dignified bearing. "Great heavens I" exclaimed the world the other day as she wiped the perspiration off the North American continent with a point lace cloud, "Did any one ever have so much trouble with a sun before?" "What are you crying about, my little man ?" " jimmy O'Brien licked me first, an' then father licked me for lettingammy lick me, and than Jimmy licked me again for telling father, an' naw I suppose I shall catch it again from father." "Well, this is act first," said the sum- mer youth as he put his arm around her and drew her tenderly to him. "And it is also scene first," replied the summer girl as she pointed to her frowning chaperone standing not ten feet away. A CONTRAST. He sat on a board at the baseball game, And broiled in the burning sun; Ire knew every player's Christian name, And, if any one scored arm, He danced, and yelled, and 'grew red in the face, And shouted, and tossed his hat, For he, as you have guessed, was a base - 13a11 cranic--and they act like that. 10. He sat in a cushioned broad -aisle pew In a cool and quiet church, And Squirmed as you would perhaps, if you Were a school -boy and feared the birch. He heaved a sigh when the minister said " Amon," alil he grabbed his hat, For he was a man—a, male biped— And in church they act like that. It appears from the Chicago "Electricity" that several builders in that city are now using aluminum 18 the construction of office buildings, but only for ornamental perposes. In two blocks the metal is used for elevator guards, railings,newel posts, etc. " Electee. city" says : allprobability the metal will Otter even more largely into the constru5. tion of magnifieent beffilinge as the refine- ment of electrical rediaction processes makes it cost even less than it iS tceday." —The English flag floats over one-lialf of the popttlation and onemighth of the surface of the habitable globe. An. Introduction to the Queen is an honor conferred upon only a favored few. But every lady of the land may have ready accesei to the Queen of Remedies—Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Once known, always a valued friend. It promises to posi- tively cure every form of weakness peculiar to women, and confirms this promise by a written guarantee of satistaction, guaranteed in every case, or money returned. This royal remedy is carefully prepared for women only, and its efficiency is vouched for by countless happy homes and countless thousands of testimonials. A trial will con- vince you that it is hivaluable in correcting all irregularities and weaknesses for which it is designed. John Knows the Scheme. Brooklyn Eagle: Notice to Chinamen in Canada—If you are dead broke and have no friends from whom you can borrow your passage money home, just drop over into the United States' whose treasury officials have decided thatthe law required such Oriental impedimenta as you are to be re- turned, not to Canada, but to the country from which you originally came. You must admit that as an example of governmental philanthropy this beats the record. The Prince of Naples. From the age of ten the young Prince o Naples was made to rise at daybreak, sum- mer and winter alike. After taking his cold bath and a cup of broth, he commenced his lessons. If perchance he lingered two or three minutes in bed before getting up, he was not allowed to get his cup of broth until alter his first lesson was over. On the conclusion of his lesson he was made to ride for an hour, whatever the weather might be; and the whole day was spent in study and physical exercise. A Happy Ese,ape. New Thrk Weekly: She—It's useless to urge me to marry you. When I Bay no, I mean no. Ha—Always? She—Invariably, He—And ca,n nothing ever change your determination when you once make up your mind? She—Absolutely nothing. He—Well, I wouldn't care to marry a woman like that anyhow. A Generous Road. Grimsby Independent: Some people think that the Grand. Trunk Railway are very grasping and want the whole earth. Now this is not so, for we heard the brakes - man on the express when nearing Hamilton announce to the passengers, "Next station, Hamilton, change cars; passengers for To- ronto, keep your seats." Wasn't it kind of him to allow the passengers that favor? The Reporter's Lot. New York Weekly: City Editor—The street is all excitement. An electric light wire has blocked traffic, and no one knows whether it is a live wire or not. Editor—Detail two reporters to go to the wire immediately—one to feel of it and the other to write up the result. No Possible Use. Good Sister (at revival meeting, to young mourner)—Don't you want Brother Simpson to pray for you? Mourner—o; he hag prayed for me time and time again, and I wouldn't heed his prayer. I 'won't have him; that's alL CAIN ONE.POUND ay. A ae-IN OF A POUND A DAY IN THE CASE OF A MAN WHO. HAS BECOME "ALL RIJN DOWN," AND HAS BEGUN TO TAKE MAT REMARKADLE. FLESH PRODUCER, OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH Hypophosphites ofUme & Soda IS NOTHING UNUSUAL, THIS FEAT II AS BEEN PERFORMED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. PALATABLE AS MILK. EN- DORSED BY PHYSICIANS. SCOTT'S EMULSION IS PUT UP ONLY IN SALMON COLOR. WRAPPERS. SOLD BY ALL DRUG- GISTS AT 505. AND $1.00 SCOTT b BO WIVE Belleville. TUE BACCARAT POLKA. A Dancing Muster Says it Will Re the Next. The Baccarat polka will be the newest dance next season, It is a glide step in half waltz time. In Europe it will be called something else A New York professor . • says: It is an Australian novelty, and luta not been seen anywhere but Vienna as yet. The instructors in this country have been thinking up an appropriate name for it for three or four months, and only last week decided to call it the "Baccarat Polka." There are not many new dances underlined for next season. The sea waltz quadrille, in which every round dance step is given, is the only other novelity I can think of, although a Spanish dance like one danced by Otero when she washere is being adapted to a waltz movement. Its most pronounced feature is that the upper part of the body is moved in rythm to the step. It is evry graceful a.nd pretty when properly danced Canada only lacks 237,000 square miles to be as large as the whole continent of Europe : it is nearly 30 times as laage as Great Britain and Ireland, and ie 500,000 square miles larger than the United States. "But you are sure, Madeline, that there are not times when you regret our engage- ment?" "Haven't I had proposals from many men—hanClsome, honorable, culti- vated, delightful men—and yet," tenderly, "didn't I choose you, dear ?" The amount of coloring matter in a pound of coal is enormous. 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Bilgate—Oh, that belongs to one of my travelling men. The Narrow Way. Irmnick—Why is the straight and narrow way so narrow, I wonder? Sinnick—Judging from the minds that use it, it would be an unnecessary expendi- tare of labor to make it wide. Satan's Pull. Shade of Crook—An old pal of mine is in trouble in New York. Satan—That's all right. I'll look after him when I go up to -morrow. You know 1 have a pull with both the police and the aldermen. Misplaced Faith. "Do you drink ?" asked the old num. "I do," said the younger one, 'boldly. "Then some and have one on me," re- turned the patriarch. "My daughter bet me her next quarter's allowance that you didn't. • MR series of catastrophes that has occurred on 'United States railroads this week is enough to deter people from travel- ling by mil. It is not likely, however that it will have any such effect. The publica are so accustomed to read about sma.shes up and collisions that they pay little atten- tion to them, and thus the slaughter of human beings and the destruction cif property go on. One would think, however, that the great losses 'which the railway companies suffer by reason of theseaccidents would make the management so careful that mishaps would be few and far between. Mrs. Fourundred--Connt, let me intro- duce you to Mr. Scaclds, the owner of our • greatest rolling mill plant. Count—Ah t I am glad to have ze plaisir of meeting so diS- tinguisned a botanist l—larew York Telegram. MIMINIO&SIMMIDtal'AVAIKORMIXEMNIMOPPEAN11.411611..**,... D. C. N. L. 34. 91. • s‘e!ergi !see', see-b.:.,es:-.; CURES PERMANENTLY el31 Cl IATIIS111 Qic:ICIViebes i&tglit• IT NA5 N 0 E QUAL T IS THE 13ESI: NVAITEAKN ESS c),s\tY011Rse VnCe loam of nerve, mealc.l ..1111tia"i'li 0tiVecerlim wh". b DOS. 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