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
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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. It will yield enough
magenta to color 500 yards of flannel, vre-
million for 2,560 yards, aurine Mr 120 yards
and alizarin° for 155 yards of Turkey red
cloth.
"Did you tell tied num I'd gone to San
Francisco, as I told you to, James ?" " Yes
sir. 1 told him you started this morning."
"That's a good boy. And what did ho sa,y ?"
He wanted to know when you'd be back,
and I told him ' After lunch, sir."—Harper's
1311ar'
"And, mamma," sobbed the anhappy
wife," lie—he threw his slippers across the
r -room, and told me to go to the ducl-ducl-
de "Von did right, my poor, dear
child, 10 eons as straight hoite to me.--Chica.go
/ Wes -Oman.
Progress and Poverty.
Mr. Bilgate (entertaining a Westemfriend
at his suburban home)—Ihaven't much eh. -
puce to offer you, but this modest little
home is the result of years of self-sacrifice,,
and it is very dear to me.
His Guest—Oh, this is delightful! Bythe
way, who owns that elegant mansion across
the way ?
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.
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