HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-9-10, Page 3DOMINION PARLIAMENT
Mr. Flint moved the inotiou, of which he
gave notice yesterday, charging Mr. (loch -
mane inember r Beet Northumberland
) fe)
with corruptly selling the Government poi -
don of foreman on the Murray canal to
Henry May. Carried.
M. Haggart said, in reply to Mr, O'Brien,
'that application had been made to import
,cattle in bond, the meat to be exported.
The matter wits under consideration. The
House could rest essured that nothing would
; be sanctioned that would injure the cattle
trade.
Sir Richard Cartwright, on motion by
Mr, Foster that the 1:1011S0 go into supply,
said that it was a simple and well-known
proposition that no money should be spent
-without the consent of Parliament. Owing
to circumstances it had been found necee-
sary to permit of an exception to this rule,
and to the abuse of that exception he pro-
posed to call attention. Whenever there
was an extraordinary accident, requiring an
-immediate outlay of public money, the case
was met by the Goveruor-General's warrant,
rovided the House was not in session.
While he did not object to a fair use of
this power, it had fallen into such grave
-abuse as to call for action on the part Of
Parliament. During the year 1890 the
k Government had taken in this way 87
.separate sums, aggregating in nil $1,683,-
317. Of these a very large number were
entirely unwarranted. On Apri128th, 1891,
the Government granted $75,000 to the
'Canadian Pacific Railway Company for
postal service. This was not a case that
required action before Parliament could
deal with it. There was no excuse for pay-
ing this money without the consent of Par-
liament. The worst case, however, was the
.expenditure of $300,000 on the Intercolonial
railway. Before dealing with that he
pointed out that the frequent necessity of
those warrants showed great laxity and neg-
lect of admMistzation. The expenditure of
4300,000 for theIntereolonial in 1890 was a
direct violation of the principle laid down.
When it came to ,the knowledge of the Gov-
ernment that the money was required for
, the purpose of keeping the roadgomg, there
was no other way cpen than to ask for the
,Gnvernor-GeneraPs warrant.
Mr. 3/hillocksaid that Mr. Foster had
followed the policy of throwing blame upon
the Deputy of the department. This was
not a Government of deputies. The Min-
isters were the responsible heads, and they
could not shift the responsibility. There
was no excuse for the abuse of this power.
The Government' was offering a premium
upon negliuence. The servants were appar-
ently not responsible to the Government,
.and the Government not responsible to
Parliament The statement that these war -
:rants were for lapsed balances does not meet
the case, for they amouated to but $450,000
out of $1,600,000 thus obtained. The House
'must hold the Government responsible, and
-censure their conduct.
Mr. Armstrong said this expenditure
should have been foreseen, and there was no
possible excuse for the action of the Govern-
ment, the affair showed the utter incompet-
ence of the Government, and it was the
duty of the House to eensure that incom-
petence.
The House divided on Sir Richard Cart-
wright's amendment, which was lost on vote
- of 82 yeas and 97 nays.
The announcement that the Government
znajority was reduced to 15 drew forth de-
risive cries of "Sing God Save the Queen,"
and "One More Lost."
The House went into Committee of Sup-
ply and passed several items.
It being six o'clock Mr. Speaker left the
chair.
Mr. Foster asked that the item of $75,000
for the works at the eastern entrance of To-
ronto harbor be allowed to stand.
Mr. Mulock said that there was no ob-
jection to thepostponement of the discussion
on this item, but he would like Mr. Foster
to promise to give notice when he proposed
- to proceed with the item. Debatable items
- were sometimes allowed to stand, and after-
wards brought on without notice. This was
an item of very great importance, and one
upon which there would be a good deal
said. •
Mr. Foster said that Mr. Mulock had no
right to insinuate that they were trying to
get debatable items put off to suit their own
,eonvenience, or until hon. gentlemen who
,desired to speak upon it were not present.
rt would be impossible to smuggle an item
-Of this kind through. Moreover, they did
• not propose to do that. He *ssould give
notice.
Mr. Mulock-All I want to know is when
it will be brought on.
Mr. Foster -1 have no doubt there willbe
. a discussion.
Sir Richard Cartwright -There is no
doubt there will be a discussion. If it was
understood that notice would be given be-
fore the matter was brought up, the Minis-
ter would not object to letting it stand again
if some of the members of the Opposition
• who were particularly interested were not
present.
Mr. Foster said he would send Mr. Mulock
notice.
Mn Lankerkin said that he hoped that
the Minister would also send notice to the
.,raember for Centre Termite.
•Mr. Foster -He is always present.
Mr. Landerkin--Oh, no, he is looking
after a railway down in Quebec.
Mr. McMullen asked Mr. Foster to lay
on the table the report which the Minister
of Public Works had had prepared upon the
• Toronto harbor works three years ago.
Mr. Foster promised.
Mr. Hargraft asked if it was the inten-
tion of the Government to make any pro.
vision for the improvement of the Cobourg
'harbor.
Mr. Foster said it was not impossible that
if any work was found necessary at Cobourg
•the amount therefor might be taken from
the general vote.
Mr. Hargraft asked that an engineer be
•sent to examine the harbor.
Mr. Foster said he would bring the matter
to the attention of the Acting Minister of
Public Works.
Mr. Barron asked why the item of $2,000
for Cobourg harbor, which had been in the
estimates, had been dropped.
Mr. Foster said it was not deemed neces-
1899, privileges equal to those accorded
to the United States in producte •of a
einiffar kind. He had received informa-
tion from the Governor-General that such
was the case.
Mr. Laurier -And what after that?
Mr. Foster -That remains to be seen.
The House went into committee on the
Bill to authorize the grantiug of land subei-
dies to certain railway companies.
Mr. Mulock said that the grant to the
Red Deer Valley Railway & Coal Co. was
eimply a bonus to a private company to
enable them to carry coal. There ehould be
some ptoper safeguara, such as a maximum
rate for the carrying of coal.
Mr. Dewdeey saw no reason why this
company should be made an exception of.
He did • not anticipate that this railway
would effect the price of coal, for the whole
of the country was coal,
Sir John Thompson objected to the in-
sertion of a special provision in this bill
which was fully provided for by the Rail-
way Act..
Sir Richard Certwright said that in view
of the facts with which this country was
ringing the House should have absolute
proof of the bona-fidees of companies to be
assisted.
Mr. Dewdney said that responsible men
•
were at the head i
of the company and t was
a solid concern.
Sir Richard Cartwright Egad there should
be a good handsome deposit in hard cash.
That was the only sure security. The
House was aware of the pranks that were
played with these charters. It was the
duty of the Government to scrutinize such
grants very closely, and exact severe pen-
alties.
Mr. Watson said that there should be a
guarantee that the company would complete
the road, and exact a minunum rate, He
moved that a clause be added to provide
that the company shall not charge more
than 0118 cent per ton per mile for coal in
carload lots.
Mr. Tisdale said the amendment was an
impracticable one, and would effectually
prevent the building of the road.
Mr. Charlton said the amendment pro-
posed by Mr. Watson should be adopted in
the public interest.
Mr. O'Brien said the question of railway
rates was of great importance, and must
eventually be dealt with by the House. The
proposal of Mr. Watson was reasonable.
The time had come when the system of
granting charters should be revised. The
Government should be exceedingly careful
to whom they make grants of land. He
thought the proposal was a reasonable one,
and one which the Government should in
some form accept.
The committee rose, reported progress,
and asked leave to sit again.
It being six o'clock, the Speaker left the
chair.
After Recess.
Mr. Mulock, while the House was in
Committee of Supply, called in question the
explanation given last night by Mr. Foster
for withdrawing from the estimates an
amount which had been placed therein for
dredging in Cobourg harbor. Mr. Foster
had said that the work was not necessary.
Why was the amount ever put in the esti-
mates if it was not necessary? Was there
not a suggestion given to the Minister to
withdraw the appropriation? Be thought
the money had been withdrawn as part of a
scheme to make public works dependent
upon the political action of tho electors.
Mr. Charlton said that he had noticed in
the Cobourg Tory organ that West Nor-
thumberland had made a great mistake in
sending to Parliament a man opposed to the
Government because the item for dredging
in Cobourg has been dropped, and the town
would therefore be put to the expense on its
own account. The work at °taming was
necessary, and the Government should ap-
ply the appropriation for incidental require-
ments under the head of dredging to that
harbor.
The House adjourned at 11.30.
CANADA'S
POPULATION,
Where it is Distributed as iiown by the
• Census Tables,
OUR GAIN'S IN TEN YEARS,
The Principal Increases Are In the Cities
IOW PrOlVhS-SOIlle Of the Mares Ms*
appointing -Some Entirely NeW r�pUlw
tions-Interestlieg Comparisons.
From the census returns just brought
down the following comparative statements
are taken for the inforination of readers. It
is sufficient to say, by way of explanation,
that in scene cases additions to populations
have been caused by the annexation of adja-
cent territory since 1881, notably in the
cases of Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Lon-
don and St. John. In such instances the
population of the annexed region as it was
in 1881 has been added in the tables to the
population of that year as given in the
census volumes of 1881, in order that the
comparison of growth may be exact.
1891. 1881.
216,650 155,237
181,220 96,196
Quobeo 63,090 62,446
18,930 05,960
44,154 31,307
3:079 2340173,1503
s,66
154,909251
Montreal
Toronto
Otatnaiwilaton .... .
HS bid Ji foahxn . .
38,556
London ...... ....... , ...... 31,977
Winnipeg - . . , .... ..... • 25,642
Kingston 19,264
Victoria, B. 0 16,841
Vancouver 13,685
Brantford 13,115 6,41aSI. Henri
Guelph 121101,53256539 996,688199;
Cahutlili.lottotown 11,374 11,485
St. Thomas 100;332720 8,367
Peterborough
Belleville
Stratford , .. . • 10,9,:17911101 669784:::128286314112,799
Windsor
Sherbrooke
St. Curiegonde 9,501
9,293
9,631
Berlin.... .. . . .... .... 99;05,1427052
St. Catharines
7,301 7578:36640777239036
Chatham
Moncton 88:776693
Brockville. .
Three Rivers......... . . • I:633412 56:013827
Woodstock
Galt.. ... . 2 7,535
Owen Sound.. .. .. ..... 7,497
Cornwall 6,805 :74;248461
Levis •
St. Hyacinthe.. - ..... 7,016
sSoarrenlia..... ..... 6,693 3,87
..
6,669 5,79
New Westminster 6,641 1,50
Fredericton .... .... 6,502 6,21
Dartmouth, N. S 6,249 3,786
Yarmouth.... .. - . 6,089
5,0806,081
Barrie 5,550 4,854
Talloyfield53,906
Truro .... 5,516102 3,46
Port Hope-. ..... ....... 5,042 5,58
a statement of the population of Ontario by
electoral districts :
Ontario. 1 1 ,2;.1"..7 1891.1; 1381.
Addington... , .. - ., .. . . .. 21,151- - 23-,V0
Algoma . - .., . , . • , . - 40,658 21,014
130thwell., „ , .. - .. „ .., .. 25,595 22,477
13rant, North- - - . ,.. , ' " '
, 17,915
Brant, South.. , , ., ,, • ,, . , 23,350 20,182
Brockville , .. , . „ , . , „ , ,, , 15,855 15,107
13race, East..., .... ..... 21,355 22,355
Br aeo, North . . . . . . „ .... , . 22,531 18,615
13r aco, West . . „ , 20,718 21,218
Cardwell 10,382 16,770
Oarleton 21,710 - 18 777
Cornwall and Stormont27,158 ,' l',23,198
Dundas 20,132 .' 20,508
Durham East 17,053 18,710
la erliam West ., „ 15,375 '17,555
31.11g1n East.- .... ........ . 29,731 I' '' ..4. '6 25748
191g,n West 23,925 4 „ 123;480
klssex North 31,523 25,659
Essex South 21.022.,,,7.11; 21,303
Frou tonne 13,115 ),, , .111,903
Glengarry 02,117 „ , 4,":, 22,221
Grenville South . ...... 12,931 13,526
Grey East 26,225 25,331
reyNorth 29,311 23,331
roy South 23,672 25,703
Ilalclimand • 16,318 17,600
Halton 21,986 21,919
liamilton . .. . .. ........ 47,252 35,961
Hastings East 18,053 17,313
Hastings North 22,213 20,479
Ifastings West 18,063 17,400
Huron East 18,068 21,720
Huron South 19,181 21,991
Huron West 20,020 23,512
Kent.... . 31,431 29,191
Kingston19,251 14,001
Lanibton East 21,269 21,725
Lambton West 23,419 20,890
Lanark North..... .. . ... 19,29a 19,855
Lanark Sonth.. . . . _ 19,861 17,915
Leeds and Grenville N13,523 12,423
Leeds South 22,451 22,206
Lennox 14,902 16,314
Lincoln and Niagara 21,806 23,300
London 22,281 19,716
Middlesex, E .. .. 25,568 25,107
Middlesex, N. , .... . .... 19,095 21,268
Middlesex, S 18,505 18,8E3
1Vlidd °sex', W .. .... 17288 19,491
Monek..... . 15,315 15,910
Muskoka and Parry
Sound 26,515 17,636
Nipissing.... .... .... 13,023 1,959
Norfolk, N 19,400 20,933
Norfolk, S 17,780 19,019
Northumberland, E 22,001 22,991
Northumberland, W 14,917 16,984
Ontario, N., .... ...... . 21,380 21,281
Ontario, S 18,371 20,241
Ontario, W.... .... 18,792 20,189
Ottawa City.- . 37,281 27,412
Oxford, N.... .... ...... 26,131 24,390
Oxford, S...... ...... 22,421 24,778
Peel 15,472 16,387
Perth, NT 26,909 26,538
gerth. S.... 19,402 21,608
Peterborough, E 21,920 20,402
Peterborough, W.. .... . 16,808 13,310
Prescott. .... . ....... 24,173 22,857
Prince Ecfward 18,892 21,044
Renfrew, N' 22,719 19,124
Renfrew, S 23,972 •19,012
Russell.... .. . .. .... . . 31,643 25,082
Simcoo, E 35,801 27,185
Simcoe,N 28,206 26,120
Simcoe, S 20,827 22,721
Victoria, N 16,849 16,661
Victoria, S 20,455 20,813
Waterloo, N o 20,986
Waterloo, S..... . . ..... 25,148 21,751
Welland.... 25,131 26,152
Wellington, Centre 23,396 26,816
Wellington, N 24,968 26,024
Wellington, S.... .. 21,378 25,400
Wentworth, N 14,591 15,998
Wentworth, $ 16,770 15,539
York, E.. - ... 35,152 22,853
York,N 20,284 21,730
York, W 41,863 18,884
Toronto, Centro ...... 26,632 22,983
Toronto, E 13,564 24,867
Toronto W.. .......... 73,832 38,563
EARLY BREACH LOADING CANNON.
Curious Old Gun Drought to America by
Cortez.
• It is a matter of common belief, says a
Washington correspondent, that breach -
loading rifles for small arms as well as for
heavy siege guns and naval armament were
invented during or immediately preceeding
our late civil war. This is one of the great-
est of popular errors. In tke naval museum
of this city there is a breach -loading cannon
which was brought over to this coun-
try in the sixteenth century by
Cortez, the invader and conqueror
of Mexico. This breach -loading
cannon remained in the possession of the
successive Mexican Governments until dur-
ing our Mexican war it was captured at
Alvarado. This cannon has an indentation
in the breach in which a hollow flat iron is,
placed. In time of battle a line of artiller-
ists extended from the caisson to the cannon
and each man would carry a cartridge which
would fit the hollow tube in the flat iron.
As the gun was fired from the breach the
flat iron was lifted out, a new cartridge
replaced, the gun again fired, while each
soldier presenting a cartridge would
rush immediately to the rear, pro-
cure another and follow in line. Thus
it will be seen that well nigh 300
years ago the gun makers of the old world
conceived and carried into effect the idea
of rapid firing breach loading field pieces.
The idea was evidently not properly
developed, for no improvement was made
upon this gun until the year 1858, when
John B. Floyd, at that time Secretary of
War of this country, improved the old
Cortez gun by changing the flat iron into
the form of a cylinder, acting upon a hinge,
the cartridge to be dropped into the
receptacle of the cylinder, dropped back
into the breech where it was clasped., thereby
enabling the gunner the more rapidly to
load and discharge his piece in time of
action. It was well nigh 300 years before
this improvement was made.
Mr. Barron --Will the hon. Minister not
Rive this information?
Mr. Voster-You are chuck full of infor-
mation now. (Laughter.)
The bill to encourage the production of
beet root Sugar was read a third time.
Mr. Barron asked Mr. Wallace, 'Chair-
man of the Public Account e Committee,
Why the evidence given by the Auditor
General at the ineeting of that conimittee
en. Wednesday in regard to the post -office
department had not been prieted, while
that given by Messrs. White and Le Sueur
on the same clay had been printed.
Mr. Wallace said that he would make
inquiries.
Mr. Foster said that he desired to make
a statement to the Homo which might be of
interest to members and the country gener-
ally, partictilarly thee° interested in 'West
Indian trade. Tho other House had seine
discaSsioe in reference to the effect of the
areaugenient between the United States and
Spain upon Catada e trade With the Spanish
Antilles. Ile ha,1. expreSseil the opinion
that Canada would have, until June $0th,
1
8
1'
1
8
1
Total.. usomo 731,510
POPULATION OF TOWNS FROX 3,000 To 6,000.
1891. 1881.
Collingwood
Cobourg
SpgiliU
Nanami .
Carleton ........ ..........
Pembroke .
Petrolba
Ingersoll...................
Fraserville....... .......
Oshawa
Lunenburg
Calgary
Smith's Falls
Goderich
New Glasgow..
Amherst.. .... . ........
13randon
Lachine.. .. . ...
Gananoque...... .. . ...
Lanzon
Dundas...
Mile End Tillage
St. Mary's
Napalms
Joliette
Bowmanville . . ..
Portage La Prairie
Niagara, Fe,116.. ........
Deseronto
Arnprior
Strathroy.. . . .
Woodstock, N.B
Pieton
Brampton
Perth
Paris
Coaticooko
Cote St. Antoine
Almonte
Walkerton...
nig Mortars for Uncle Sam.
Four of the 12 -inch rifled mortars, in-
tended to form part of the armamenb for the
defences of New York city, have been re-
ceived at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground.
These mortars consist essentially of a cast-
iron body, reinforced over the rear portion
by two rows of steel hoops. The weight of
one of these breech -loading mortars is 141 -
tons, and its total length is 10 feet. The
maximum charge of powder is 80 pounds,
and the weight of the shell is 630 pounds.
The shell will contaiu a bursting charge of
40 pounds of powder or seine other ex-
plosive. With the maximum charge and an
angle of elevation of 45 degrees given to the
mortar, a range of six. miles is attained.
Level -Headed Jury.
There is considerable good horse sense in
the following, which we clip froin a Kansas
exchange : "A real estate agent at Topeka
sued for conimiesion on a sale he brought
about. The jury were men that understood
business, as they brought in a verdict
against him on the ground that as he had
no advertieement in any paper and had DO
printed letter -heads, cards, etc., he was not
a real estate agent."
The Barcel(ma Chamber of Commerce will
protest against the Spatieh treaty With the
ffnited States.
4,910
4,829
4,813
4,752
4,772
4,595
4,435
4,401
4,364
4,357
4,191
4,175
• 4,066
4,044
3,876
3,864
3,839
3,777
3,781
3,778
3,761
3,669
3,551
3,516
3,537
3,416
3,434
3,347
3,377
3,363
3,319
3,338
3,311
3,316
3,290
3,287
3,252
3,136
3,091
3,086
3,076
3,071
3,061
4,415
4,957
900
2,911
4,314
1,645
1,975
2,890
3,012
3,165
4,318
2,291
, 3,992
1,750
2,087
4,501
2,595
2,274
2,406
2,871
3,556
3,709
1,537
3,415
3,680
3,268
3,504
2,347
1,670
2,147
3,817
2,487
2,975
2.920
2,467
3,173
2,682
884
2,681
2,601
[MUCH ittTER,
Total 162,317 115,148
POPULATION OF VILLAIN -Es -1,500 TO 3,000.
1891. . 1881.
Pictou, N. S . ....
..... ... 2'999 3,403
Cote St. Louis ..... 2,972 1,571
Orangeville .. 2,962 2,817
Waterloo . 2,941 2,066
Proscott...... ... 2,919 2,999
St. Jerome 2,863 2,032
Farnham 3,822 1,880
Whitby 2,786 3,140
Longueil ... . . .... . 2,7o7 2,3.55
VVallaceburg 2,728 1,525
Port Arthur
St. Stephen's...
Sirocoo ..
Seaforth
Clinton
Kincardine
Renfrew..
Listowel
Nicolet
North Sydney
Sydney..
Thorold......
Campbellford..
N. Dame de Grace
Amherstburg..
Chicouthni
Ridgetown
Buckingham
Mount Forest
Aylmer, Ont.,
Wingham
Milltown, N. B
Tilsonburg
Newmarket
Penetanguishene ........ 2,110
Mitchell 2,101
Magog 2,100
Midland 2,088
Dresden 2,058
Forest.......... ........ . 2,057
Richmond. Quo 2,056
Hawkesbury 2,042
Welland 2,035
Uxbridge 2,023
Palm erten 2,007
1Weaford 1,999
Wiarton 1,931
Portsmouth 1,971
Drummondville 1,955
Aylmer Quo 1,065
London West ..... . . 1,915
Lcamlngton in'
Parrsboro .. ......
Point Edward
Oravenhurst
Preston., ..... ...... . ....
Oakville
Merritton
Exeter
Laehute
Dunnville. ,.
Amore,
Louisville
Waterloo........ ..... . .... 1,733
Xbervillo 1,719
Essex Centre 1,709
Granby 1,710
Blenheim . „ . 1,708
Port Perry 1,698
Mentinagny 1,097
Kentville, N. B 1,686
Parkhill...-. .. . . . .. . .. 1,680
A shblirnham 1,674 ,
Harriston..... ,... ... . .. 1,687 1,772
Port Elgin 1,659 1,400
1,614 1,200
1,275
2,680 2,338
• 2,674 2,645
2,641 2,480 1 No Three Days' Engagement for nor.
2,635 2,606
2,631 2,876
2,611 1,605
2,587 2,688
2,518 1,880
2,513 1,520
2,426 , 1,480
.. 2,273 2,456
2,424 1,118
2,305 1.524
2,279 2,672
2,277 1,935
2,254 1,638
2,239 1,479
2,214 2,170
2,167 1,640
2,167 1,918
2,146 1,654
2,163 1,939
2,143 2,006
1,059
2,281
768
1,095
1,979
1,611
1,571
1,921)
1,870
1,324
1,828
1,896
796
1,731
900
1,762
1,601
1,411
1;909 1,2011
1,882 1,293
1,848 1,015
1.843 1,419
1,825 1,710
1,813 1,798
1,809 1,725
1,751 765
1,776 1,308
1,743 1,540
1,740 1,381
1,687
1,847
800
1,040
1,212
1,800
1,738
1,285
1,539
Thank You!
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WILE GUILLOTINE.
The Machine That Expeditiously Works cur
FreliClil Murderers.
The guillotine of to -day is much more sim-
ple than was the one of the revolution. In-
stead of standing up on a scaffold, it stands
on the earth, or at least on the paving
stones. Technically considered, the guillo-
tine is divisible into three parts ; first, two
large grooved posts, 13 feet high, 15 inches
apart, and connected at the top by a, bar
which is called a "chapeau." Between
these two posts and capable of being
raised and lowered at will is a steel blade or
knife of triangular shape, and fixed by bolts
to a lump of lead weighing about 120
pounds. This to increase the celerity of the
fall, and it descends in three-quarters of a
second. About three feet above the
earth, and fastened to the two supports are
Iwo wooden boards, cut in half-moon shape,
and placed one above the other, the bottom
one stationary, the other one being capable
of being raised or lowered at pleasure and
when connected the two form a round hole
that is called the "lunette. In front . of
the two posts, and stretching out from the
lunette, rests a vertical plank, but which a
simple plush can render horizontal; it falls
on a rest below the aperture of the lunette
in which the criminal's neck is fixed, and
this is termed the "bascule." Near the
"machine" is an osier basket filled
with bran; and on the other side
of the "lunette" 84 a metal sack,
into which falls the head. The
whole apparatus is coated with red
paint, so that when blood strikes it, it will
not show a stain; and the round lunette
looks like the eye of a cyclops. This
machine, for all its sinister accessories, was
invented to soften the death of criminals
and to protect them from the horrible suf-
ferings they used to undergo at the hands
of the executioner. When speaking or
writing of it, it is customary to employ
synonyms, metaphors and other periphrases
to prove that one is an erudite, or that one
has read all about the guillotine. It is
called" la, veuve" (the widow), or " l'ab-
baye de Monte-a-Re,gret," or " la Butte.,"
and some use the old nickname of " lotus-
ette," but the largest number speak or write
• yet of it as the guillotine.
Humorists net.
.An amusing story is told of two of our
best known American authors who are both
in Europe at present -Charles Dudley
Warner and Mark Twain -who live near
each other in the picturesque old town of
Hartford. One day Mr. Warner called for
Mr. Twain to take a walk with him. Mark
declined the invitation. Mr. Warner in-
sisted, but to no purpose. Finally he said
(and very likely had planned the story
before, knowing how loath Twain is to
walks) : "You should go; it is according
to scripture.
"No Mark -the -perfect -man chestnuts for
'Where is your authority ?" replied the
author of "Innocents Abroad."
"The fifth chapter of Matthew, verse the
forty-first," was the answer, coming with
unexpected promptness from the lips of Mr.
Warner. "It reads thus: And whoso-
ever shall compel thee to go a mile, go,with
him, Twain.'"
Mark went -Chicago News.
A. LO 1111 Or SENSATION,
Tons Cranston as Told Al/out In the Oult•
das " Itanner."
The hero of the recent drowning fake has
been writteu up in great shape by the Dun-
dee Banner, Among other things it says :
"The Hamilton Times had an interesting'
paragraph about the drowned bank clerk,
and showed how he had insured his life in
an accident company for $10,000 for the
benefit of his mother. Tho Tams was right
in this, as he really did insure his life'and
told one of the other clerks in the bank
where the policy would be found in caae
anything happened to him. But when the
policy was looked for it was not there. The
statement that " the body- has not .yet boon
recovered" is also perfectly true. Nobody
about here has yet set eyes on it, and it ia
certain that the French habitants and fish-
ermen around St. Anne's have not taken it
out of the damp water of the raging $t.
Lawrence. It is supposed that Tom is carry-
ing his bodyaround with him and that itwill
not be recovered until he returns to Dundas.
"Tom has had several episodes of late.
He fell out of his canoe and was nearly
drowned; he won $2,000 in the St Leger
horse race, having drawn a lucky ticket; he
narrowly escaped being poisoned a week or
two ago by taking something in mistake
into his interior ; he mislaid the key of the
bank safe and it took much time and trouble
to open it, and now he has been drowned, or
at least he seems to think he has. If he
had really been drowned it would havebeen
a good stroke of luck to have got the $10,000
insurance and would have beaten the horse-
race ticket, but Toni couldn't have drawn
the money himself, and insurance compan-
ies do not hand over the hard cash until the
insured person is real dead.
Look Out For Wrinkles.
"The summer girls are going to come
home in the fall wrinkled like hags," said a
Madison avenue oculist, who sat in the sand
at Spring Lake and eyed the belles and buds
with a field -glass."
" I know Just what I'm talking about,"
he continued, "there is no protection for
the eyes under those rick -rack straw hats,
and the gauze -covered parasols are as good
as tissue paper. If you will take the
trouble to observe you will find that all the
fashionably dressed women on the beach
have to squint like sailors to see where they
are going.
"Now that makes wrinkles gather round
the eyes, across the nose and forehead and
frequently about the lips. They don't come
in pairs, but in companies and, what is
worse, they come to stay."
l'r4, M. Cailletet has invented an apparatus
Fergus, . 1,599
Windsor Mills 1,591
13cdf°131 • • , • • , • .. • . • • • .. . 1,571 11,'01180).' called the eryogene in which by the expen-
r%Atiolineirfaeo• • • . • •• .. • .. • • • 11:553531 21:21581 sion of carbonic aid he cools air to 100
oborgdow3 , , ., , .. , . , „ „ „ , 1,509 1,473 , degrees below zero in a few minutes.
.,-",„--,„;; ,-----,,, ,,,,, -In Loildon the °minibus fare from
Total ELECITORAT', '1;18;71;8. '''''''''' Charing CrosS to the end of the line has been
' redueed to a halfpenny. This was rendered
The following, . with the exception of possible by reason of the receipts for advcr-
Iiipissing and the unorganized territories, is molts on the back of the tickets.
Miss Laymlow-e-Really, Mr. Squirmley,
I do not think that you had better take me
out rowing. You don't know what a per-
fect Jonah I am, and always will be.
Mr. Squirmley (seizing a long-awaited
cha,nce)-0h, Miss Laymlow--Clara-let me
be the whale 1
Miss Laymlow-This is very sudden, Mr.
Squirmley. But I have no desire for a
three days' engagement.
Not Quite nigh Enough.
"What floor is Mr. John Blank on?
asked a gentleman of the chief of the
elevator staff in a big down town building
the other day.
" He ain't on no floor. He's dead," re-
plied the elevator man.
" Then," said the visitor, "there's not
inuch use of my taking the elevator."
" No," was the laconic reply, " notinuch.
They don't go up quite high enough for
that." -New York Herald.
Hayti's Presidential Record.
Touesant L'Ouverture starved to death
probably by Napoleon's orders; Dessalines,
first Eirperor, murdered ; Christophe,
second Emperor, committed suicide to
escape his enemies ; Boyer, exiled; Herald,
exiled • Guerriert, poisoned ,• Riche, ex.
iled ; 'Soulonque, exiled ; Geffard, lied
after suppressnig nine revolutions and
seeing his daughter murdered ; Sahutve,
murdered ; Missage-Laget, served his term ;
Domingo, escaped in safety ; Boiseond-
Canal, exiled ; Salomon, exiled ; Legitime,
exiled.
Cause and Effect.
Mrs. Solomon -George, I shall need a
new pair of slippers this week. The soles
of these old ones are completely worn out.
Johnny Solomon -Papa, I shall Deed a
new pair of trousers this week. The seat of
thele old ones are completely worn out. -
Puck.
And BD Presumed Re Did.
"If you think you're going to collect any
money from me," said Ardup, doggedly, as
he handed back the bill, "you're away oft
Yon can't draw blood from a turnip.'
"Maybe not," replied the man with the
bill, peeling off his coat, "but I'm going to
see if I can't pound a litte out of a dead
beat."
Choice oflanguage.
"Can I read your paper ?" asked the man.
in the rear seat.
c, I don't know whether you can or not,"
replied the Boston man ahead of him "but
you may try if you choose," and it took the
brakeman, the news agent and the conduc-
tor to separate them•
The man who toyed with a natural gas
well can sympathize with the "Arabian
Nights hero who let the genie out of the
bottle.
"Can your little brother talk now ? "
" Yes ; he can say some words real well."
"What are they?" "1 don't know.
They're worths I never heard before."
The -potato disease has appeared in the
flooded. districts of Ireland.
D. C. N. I. 37. 91
now Insects Breathe.
If we take any moderately large insect,
say a wasp or a hornet, we can see, even
with the naked eye, that a series of small,
spot -like marks run along the side of the
body. These apparent spots, which are 18
or 20 in number, are, in fact, the apertures
through which air is admitted into the sys-
tem, and e,re generally formed in such a
manner that no extraneous matter can by
any possibility find entrance. Sometimes
they are furnished with a pair of horny
caps, which can be opened and closed at
the will of the insect; in other cases they
are densely fringed with stiff, inter-
lacing bristles forming a filter, which
allows air, and air alone, to pass; but the
apparatus, of whatever character it may be,
is so wonderfully perfect in its action that it
has been found impossible to injure the body t
of a dead insect with even so subtle a medium
as spirits of wine, although the subject was
first umnersed in the fluid, and then placed
beneath. the recever of an air pump. The
apertures in questioncommunicate with two
large breathing tubes, which extend through
the entire length of the body. From these
main tubes are given off innumerable
branches, which run in all directions, and
continually divide and sub -divide, until a
wonderfully intricate network is formed,
pervading every part of the structure and
penetrating even to the antennte.
neat In the Bin.
If grain be threshed too soon it is liable
to heat in the bin. It should heat a little in
the mow, where the chaff will help dry it
without injury. If there is any stivicion
of dampness place some well dried brick or
tile among the grain. These will ab-
sorb the moisture and so dry the grain with
which they come in contact that beating
will be impossible. All grain is more likely
to be threshed damp than formerly, as the
use of self -binding reapers does not allow
any time for grain to dry out before being
bound and it cannot dry perfectly to the
centre of the bundle,
A, Short Memory.
A clergyman lately examining his parish-
ioners asked an old man who made him,
which he hesitated to answer. The question
was put to a young boy that was present,
who answered, "God." " Now, sir," said
the clergyman, "is it not a shame for you
not to answer this simple question, when
such a child could do it ?" Nae wonder,
sir, for it's only twit or three days since he
was made; but it is so long smce I was
made that I really forget 1"
--A man fishing at Jersey, England, was
caught by the rising tide, and a boat had to
ut out to rescue him. The next day the
agistrate sentenced him to eight days
hard labor" for the trouble he had caused.'
-The oldest newspaper in the world is
the Pekin Gamite, a parnphlet inchea long
by 4 ihehes broad, consisting of about 20
pages, bound in a yellow cover, in which
form it has existed for 1,300 years.
A person wounded must die within a year
and a day to make the person inflicting the
wound guilty of murder.
What the summer girl is complaining
about-" People, people everywhere, but
no inai who flirts l'
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