HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-1-23, Page 7UR OTTAWA LETTER
GIVING THE TRUE INWARDNESS
OF THE 'CABINET •STRIKE
AND THE ATTITUDE OF
THE.LIBERAL PARTY
• TH.EREANENT.
Araster's Explanation Enadequate --
the Strikers Ask Us to Believe.. --A Trinity
of Cliques—"Scaring the Old Man Out"—
Sir Mackenzie on the Defensive—Told
Payne He Was "Very Run gry"—Liow the
Explanation Was Itecei ved-Caufrh t Them
Bluffing—How is it Wrth the Liberals?—
West Huron By -Elect! on -"jimmy Licked
tit' Tories"—A. Cloud Hangs.
Two decades and more have passed
since the people of Canada have seen a
political upheaval such as that of the
week that has just closed. When the
Dominion was scarcely out of swaddling
'clothes the Government of Sir John Mac -
&maid went down before the storm that
arose because of the Pacific scandal. Be-
cause in those days the newspaper press
of the country was neither so enterpris-
Ing nor so powerful for good as it to.
day is, the people of the Dominion were
not thoroughly well apprised of the causes
that led to the overthrow of the coun-
try's first Premier. It is not so in regard
to the cataclysm of to -day. Few Canadi-
ans there are who do not know that half
of the members of the Administration of
Sir Mackenzie Howell quit the ship, and
quit it because, aocordine to their own
statement, they lacked confideuge in the
man who had led them for well on to
thirteen months. That was the meaning
of the explanation that George Hulas
• Foster, ex -Minister of Finance, read in
the House one day last week. There was
no attempt at mitigating its harshness.
In the baldest, most matter-of-fact
English, the seven seceders told parlia-
ment, and told the country, that they had
abandoned Sir Mackenzie Dowell because
they did not like him.
Foster's Explanation Inadequate.
The explanation; the reasons adduced
for their recalcitrance, were singularly in-
adequate "I mey say in the first place"
said Foster, their spokesman, "that
there is no disagreement between our-
selves and the Premier upon any question
of public policy, trade or constitutional,
with regard to which action has been al-
ready taken, or in respect to which an
attitude has been assumed by the Gov-
ernment under the present Premier. I
to also to say that we retain our firm
belief in the principles and policy of the
Liberal -Conservative party. Though with
many misgivings we agreed to enter the
Government under Mr. Dowell in succes-
sion to Sir John Thompson, we have
nevertheless. unitedly and loyally striven
to the best of our ability to make it strong
and efficient, and it has been with grow-
ing regret that we have seen our efforts
result in a measure of success less than
that for which we had hoped and striven.
We are of the opinion that the Liberal -
Conservative party ought to be represent-,
od by the strongest Government possible
to be secured trom its ranks, that the
necessity therefor was never greater than
under existing circumstances, and we
believe that such a Government can be
formed without delay. This we have re-
peatedly urged upon the Premier with
the resalt that vs° found ourselves face
to face with parliament baying a Govern
went f sith its numbers incomplete, and
with ni nissurancedhat the present Prem-
ier could satisfactorily complete it.
Under these circumstances we thought it
our duty to retire, anti in this manner to
pave the way, if possible, for the forma-
tion of a Government whose Premier
(mold command the confidence of all his
colleagues, could satisfy the Liberal Con-
servative party that Its strongest ele-
ments wore at its head, and impress the
country that it had a Government which
was united and had power to govern. We
affirm with the utmost sincerity that the
action we have taken has sprung from
no feeling of personal dislike or of per-
sonal am bition, but has been solely dictat-
ed by our wish to sink all minor. consider-
ations in the presence of our great desire
that the best interests of our party and
country should be duly conserved."
What the Strikers Ask Fs to Believe.
This was the explanation. Am I not
justified in stating that nothing but per-
sonal antagonism to Sir Mackenzie Dowell
was at the bottom of the strike? As the
old man pointed out a day later, the
gentlemen who had abandoned him well
knew their man when they assumed
office under him. They had said not a
word at the time. To give them full
justice we must infer that they hoped
that this septuagenarian would, when at
the head of the Government, aevelop
qualities of leadership and of administra-
tive ability that in the one case had not
been expected, and in the other, that he
had not shown. This is what Haggart,
Foster and the other strikers ask us to be-
lieve. One has to gape hugely to swallow
the theory. An unprejudiced outsider
surely would ay,n Why, those men knew
ElowelL Every man in Canada who
knows anything of politics knows that
the Premier never has been esteemed bril-
liant True, he is an honest man and a
' hard -worker, His qualifications are
summed up- in these two statements.
Why did not the seven. decline to take
office under him?" •
-• ATI• ity of Cli7ues.
Let one • hazard an opinion. In the
• Dowell Cabinet -before the rupture, there
was a trinity of cliques. Haggart, Mon-
• tague and John F. Wood composed one
coterie, with William Balloon Ives as an
unavowed ally. Tupper and Dickey
• Vierrked together. Bowen and the Oath°.
lie members were in •accord: And
• George •E, Fester was'b member of none
• or the Parties. He Was, arid is a Positer
man, working ancl waiting for the time
• when ho should be the First. Minister of
• Canada, Aa I said iti this oorrespondence
last stammer, Elaggart had and, has no
• aspire ions in the eine:aloe' of the premi-
ership, Ho would have been content to
sere° under osier, but ale ir tagne, who
• hated , the cad:Minister of •'Finance •anti,
, who nits More intlitio his head than Haig-
• dart bas, is Foster's bitter,' eeemy. The
•younger %limner viola for the diniesty.
• His cherished hope was that hiS • father
Weald reborn and became the head ot the,
Goyerninente • •Dickerre whorls a heather -
in -lard of ,Tepper the Yetniger, stood by
•sthe familv And that is hew the Oabiapt,
was niinded throughout ita shott lite. 'Let
to tab hese the sinit wee,
netsseing the Ohl Mam Out."
In the..prisy Council dhareber, -Tapper,.
who had pledged the Glevernmentto re-
medial legislation, began the work of
'nentring the old man out,'to use it
• phrase that has become widely used in
Ottawa, He assured. the Premier that
the Government might not carry out • Its
pledge and continue to occupy the Tretts-
dry benches+. Haggard who was gonttine-
ly apprehensive joined with the alinieter
of Justice in hinting that a new Prime
Minister 'was needed. A new head would
not be compelled to carry opt the pledges
made by his predecessor. Why should not
the Administration and the party be ex-
tricated from a most unpleasant predica-
ment.
Sir Mackenzie on the Defensive.
So he charmers charmed wisely and
skilfully, but they had no stripling to
cope with. Sir Mackenzie knew what
their obseure utterances meant; he knew
that his cedleagues desired to be rid of
him. He gazed away beyond the roofs and
spires of Ottawa, beyond the farther sea,
to Where, in smoky London, an old man
eat and waited for the sumo -nous from
Ottawa. It was then that Mackenzie
Dowell stiffened bis neck and registered
a vow that he never would give place to
Tupper, the High Commissioner: At the
tome time he knew that Foster bad a
jealous eye on the chair that stands at the
bead of the council table. Mr. Poster had
said nothing. None the less were his
desirepatent to his leader. The Premier
fought defensively. Re ''eave, back light -
some jests for surly words. He was bland
and smiling at all times. The plotters
saw that he would not lie argued or oajol.
ed out of his positiou. They turned from
sophistry to action, Haggart called the
meeting; in Haggart's office they met
and signed a paper. Haggart's messenger
was given a sealed envelope that he was
instreoted to deliver at the Premier's
office.
"And," shouted Foster after the mes-
senger as he sped down the corridor, "tell
his private secretary that I should like Sir
Mackenzie to get the letter immediately."
Told Payne Ito Was "Very Hungry."
The messenger entered the Premier's
office. He delivered the letter and the
message to Lambert Payne, Sir Macken-
zie's seeretary,who went, to the Premier's
room. Sir Mackenzie opened the letter
and read the resignations. "Well, Payne,"
said this unterrified old man, "seven of
our friends have resigned. Dear one, I'm
very hungry. We'd better go borne to din-
ner." And that was how the Premier
received the news that, Hs origin
thought, would fill him with rage
fear
himself in readinees to take up the task ot.
leading the Government. This 'tale Is
not improbable, It is quite possible that
Sir Dfaokenzie has arranged to transfer
the leadership to Sir Charles, • It also is
most probable that the Premier stipulat-
ed, when he made the arrangement, that
neither Montague nor Haggart should be
asked to enter the Tapper Cabinet, There
is no reason why the High Commissioner
should refuse his assent to this proposi-
tion. He is not personalty friendly, to
either of the ex -Ministers, in fact he bare-
ly knows them. From Ontario he can
secure two men who will be quite capable
of taking their places.
West Huron By -Election.
The reports of the revolt at Ottawa have
played bob with the Conservatives'
chances in West Huron, where there is to
be a by-election to fill the vacancy creat-
ed by the translation of Ron. J. C. Pat-
terson to the Lieutenant -Governorship of
Manitoba, The Liberals have put up M.
C. Cameron, who is known to his Con-
servative admirers by the affectionate ap-
pellation of Auaniae, Mr. Cameron has
eat for the riding before, and is a resident
or Goderith, the chief town of the riding,
Wiesrailler, the Conservative candidate,
does not live In West Huron, but comes
from beyond its borders. He has had a
varied political career, for he has been
an Equal Righter, almost a IVIcCarthyite,
and now is a straight Government support-
er, Mr. Cameron has announced himself as
being irrevocably opposed to anything in
the way of coercing Manitoba. His motto
Is "Let Manitoba take care of herself."
At Goderielt where Mr, Cameron made
this statement of his political belief, the
townspeople, who are mainly Protestants,
cheered uproariously. There can have
been no echoing cheer from the townships
of Ash field and East and West Wawanosh,
where there are very many Roman Catho-
lics. It is in these townships that the
Conservatives hope to pile up a majority
that the other townships cannot over-
come. The Liberals 'have tried to check-
mate them by publishing a statement
that Robert 'Newman, the P.P.A. gentle-
man whose nomination papers were re-
fused on account of some informality,
dropped out of the contest at the request
of his friends the Conservatives. Mr. New-
man denies the charge and says that his
one object no life is to thwart the
machinations of the Romish church.
Thus the Liberals hope to gain many
Catholic votes. The Conservatives are
fighting manfully eget= superior odds,
"ors Against their speakers, who are local men
and
How the Le -planation 'was Received.
The effect of the recital of the bolters'
reasons for resigning was curiously sim-
ilar in all omen. Conservative members
who were not close to the seceders united
with the Liberals in deprecating the
manner on which the explanation
been made. The question reduced i
to one of pliraseoloay. Everyone said
the dissidents seemed to have bee
pains to make their avowal of diss
faction with the First Minister as St
and as unfeeling as possible. Peri
their object, was to induce him to g
Rideau ball and to place his resigne
In the hands of the Governor-General
a measure they were successful He
go to Rideau hall; he did ask the Go
nor -General to allow him to resign,
he did eot press the request. When
Queen's representative told him that
desired him to retain the leadership
kenzie Dowell' made no strenuous
test. Had he done so, not Lord Abord
nor the Queen hersilr could have come
ed him to continue incumbent of p
tion that be did not desire. Sir Mac.
kenzie made a resolution. He considered
himself pledged to place a remedial meas-
ure bolero parliament. He would carry
out his pledge. He returned to Parlia-
ment hill, and, from lois place in the S
ate, told his hearers that he would go
with the business of filling up the bro
ranks in his Government and eve
bring in a bill to grant redress to Ma
toba.
Caught Them Bluffing.
It was then that the bolters saw t
they had played a losing game. To
the familiar terminology of the Amen
game, Bowen had called anti had oaug
them bluffing. The dissidents had nothi
in hand. Observers prophesied that
seceders would run for shelter, would
to get back into the Cabinet. Bowen p
his foot down in so far as Haggart
Montague were concerned. He ne
considered Foster a friend of his. A
he had suspected Tupper's loyalty. B
he thought tho Ontario Ministers woe
stand by him in his hour of need.
was disappointed. He set to work to
pair his shattered breastworks with is
111110h success no man at this writing may
say.
How is it With the Liberals?
And what of the Liberals? They ha
done little in the way of partinipating
the warfare. They have been content
"let dog eat dog," to use Sir Richard Ca
wriest s inelegant but appropriate meta-
phor. Sir Richard and' his leader, ass sted
by minor members of the Opposition, wax-
ed vehement in denunciation of the pusil-
lanimity of the bolters. They esteem
13owell the weaker party, so they expresse
the most fervent sympathy for him. 0
Tuesday,when Sir Adolphe read Sir Ma
kenzie's statement and when Foster made
the explanation on behalf of himself and
his friends. the Liberals were profuse in
their condolences, After the House had
adjourned Sir Mackenzie strayed over
from the Senate side, and was greeted
with remarkable cordiality by the Liber-
als. He received their expressions of re-
gret at the oourse affairs had taken wish
proper appreciation, but, like the astute
old man he is, he said nothing in return.
That was a time when the nicest caution
was necessary, for shepparcl, of the To-
ronto Star, had been working with might
,
and main to bring about a coalition be-
tween Mackenzie Dowell and Wilfrid
Laurier. In itself the idea was preposter-
ous, The politics of the two mon are
diametrically opposed. When the time
shall have cense that this school question
hes passed out Of the list of things tha
men wrangle about, ithtelt.enzie Bowel
Will be a Conservative and Wilfrid Lauri-
er will be a'Liboeal. A coalition betvveen
them could be consummated only torus. iintegrate. • Mr, Laurier, had the penmen
•tion been niade hint would have de.
°lined to co-opegate with the, Premier.
The Liberal leader and his Iriende con-
• ceive thet their time is coming, and that
with them' the better part is to say
nothing, but to wait for the Ode that soon
• must flow in their direetion, In hisfeWn
•mind Wilfrid Leitrim; is; Assured. that he,
will be Premier Of Canada exe three
• months nave passed. He mar be Mare
these weeks am , gone As I write Sir
' Maolteuzie has alatoet completeci the task,
of getting together a aeratch Cabinet,
Sotne of the materiatie very good; some
is exceedingly poor, lila the Premier
• has done tio best he thuid, -It is eeiriethat
• Tupper Pie Inder has. had frequent /Ind
peotracted cOnforeecee -with the Primo
Minimise
• Commissioner, aas beets asked to hold.
unskilled in debate, they have such giants
of controversy as Sir leithard Cartwright,
D. C. Fraser, of Nova Scotia and Peter
Ryan, of Toronto, The bloody war at
Ott/twa has kept the Ministers at the cap-
ital. The ex -Ministers, of course, could
not go into West Huron to make votes for
the Government that they had deserted.
had Likewise is missing the Government
ttshealft sheep's backs in the by-election of '9n,"
"barl." "We could pick money off the
n at said a regretful farmer to a reporter.
atis- "There ain't a cent this year." The
i
rang farmer told the truth. Grits and Tories
laps alike poured money into time riding when
0 to J. C. Patterson contested it. The present
tion Lieutenant -Governor was elected by the
• In narrow margin of sixteen votes or, as
vdeird- vl'oeltr, "twenty-five dollars more would
Ryan said, with sorrow in his
but have made the thing solid for us," To -
the day there is no money from Ottawa, and
he because the other fellows are penniless the
lee' Liberals are keeping their purse strings
Pro- drawn. Non-partisan advices from the ri-
m. ding lead one to believe that the Ministry
ell- will sustain another defeat.
osi-
"Jimmy Licked th' Tories.
Speaking of defeats, I had the honor of
being presented to the Honorable Jimmy
McShane, member for Montreal Centre,
the other day, Mr. McShane belongs to
an the class of citizens known and admired
on as being "dead game sports." He smokes
ken twenty or thirty cigars a day, has the
uId sante number of drinks, never refuses
charity, and knows every man, woman and
ni- child in the city of Montreal.
• , able Jimmy on his victory. Divested of
1
I matte bold to congratulate the Honor-
able
some expressions that are not used in
use high-class family newspapers, this was
c”. his reply;
a° 1 "Liberal party? Tie' Liberal party ain't
ng ' got nothin' to do with it. Th' Liberal
the party didn't lick the Conservatives in
try Montreal Centre, and th' Liberal party
ut didn't win the election. Jimmy McShane
nd licked tit' Tories; Jimmy McShane won
ve.,r , th' election."
n° I A friend 'of mine from Montreal told
ut me afterwards that the festive James
Id
spoke truth. The Liberals of Montr
He have no admiration for him," be sa
re- "He is backed by the worst element
OW the community and is followed by them
wherever he goes. They'd follow him if
he turned C nservative or if he joined
any other political party." To which
ve opinion I beg to offer a modest demurrer.
in I do not believe Mr. McShane's friends
to would follow him into the ranks of the
rt- Prohibitionists.
A Cloud Hangs.
The coming week will be pregnant
with result. We cannot peer through the
e cloud that hangs over the 'battlefield. A
art four days' armstioe has just concluded.
a and this afternoon, too late to be written
n of in this letter, the warfare begins again.
c" Of what is done and what is said I cannot
inform your readers for another week.
ZONA MULL'S PERSONAGE
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The Authoress of "Donovan." "We
Edna Lyall, the famous English
authoress, writes , of "My Early Liter-
ary Influences" in the Ladies' Rome
Journal, and says concerning her
methods otwork and some of her char-,
acters : "It was nob, however, hero-
worship of the great characters of the
past alone which influenced my future
career as a novelist. Often a charac-
ter in real life would suddenly stand
out, as it were, from its surroundings,
and become to me for no particular rea-
son the hero or heroine of my next
story. A child, who at & Christmas
tree seemed intent on finding out what
the other children wanted, and, seeing,
in an unobtrusive, tactful way, that
the hostess understood their wishes, be-
came for a time my heroine. A con-
sumptive -looking assistant in a music
shop, who seemed too good for his
surroundings, but was alert and ready
and civil, though apparently with one
foot in the grave, became the hero of a
childish story called 'Mervyn's Ordeal.'
I remember there was a wicked ulnae
in it, who forged the hero's name, and
made him falsely suspected by his em-
ployers, and that agony point was
reached when the falsely -accused
'Mervyn,' suffering mental and physi-
cal torments, was set to tune pianos!
He gallantly supported two sisters. I
chose their lodgings for them in a
dreary side street, leading out of King's
Road, and recollect tlrat their diet con-
sisted largely of Dutch cheese! This
was the forerunner of the 'Hardy
Norseman.'
"But no one brought so much pleas-
ure to one in school -room days as the
celebrated Welsh singer, Edith Wynne
—for whom I must always feel grati-
tude and affection. Quite unknown
to herself, she was, by her beautiful
voice and perfect oratorio -singing, giv-
ing untold. delight to her small devotee
at Brighton, who, at that time,
being
orphaned and unhappy, doomedmore-
over from frequent attacks of opthalmia
to spend many weeks in idleness, sorely
needed help and comfort. This devo-
tion to a, public singer led me to take
the greatest interest in the musical
world, and whenever the state of my
eyes permitted it I was scribbling at a
story about a charming Irish soprano
named 'Cecil Keoglin,' who was the
prototype of "Doreen.'"
An Inquisitive Child.
"Talk about children," said a young
woman the other day, "Why,
honestly afraid of them. I feel just
about as safe when a youngster is
around as I would if a dynamite bomb
was rolling about under my feet. It
seems to Me children are always striv-
ing to make a sensation. Sometimes I
can't tell whether it is pure guileless-
ness or wicked premeditation on their
part to do or say something that gives
a want -to -sink -through -the -earth. feel-
ing to their elders.
"Now just imagine my sensations as
a hostess when several people paid a
most unexpected visit to my suburban
home on Monday, the scrap day of all
housekeepers, and settled down for
luncheon.
"I hadn't time to get up any extras
except hustle a few of my company
preserves an the table and make a raid
on my cake box. My only meaty relish
was hash, but honestly it was 'all
original goods,' as the boarding house
lady declared.
"One of my visitors brought with her
an inquiring young man of five. It
seems this child has a mania for in-
vestigating the former condition of all
eatables before they have passed into
the cook's hands. Iedidn't know this
at the time, so you can imagine my
horror when the hash was brought on
to see that child fasten his eyes upon
eel it and, in the interests of culinary
Id. science, loudly ask: 'Mamma, what
in was that when it was alive?' "—Phila-
delphia inquirer.
A Minister's Hoax.
A clergyman, a widower, recently
created quite a sensation in his house-
hold, which consists,of seven grown-up
daughters. The reverend gentleman was
absent from home for a number of days
in an adjoining county. The daughters
received a letter from their father,
which stated that be bad "married a
widow vsitb six children," and that lie
might be expected home at a certain
time. The effect of the news was a
great shock to the happy family. There
was weeping and wailing and all man-
ner of naughty timings said. The hones
WAS neglected, mai when the day of ar-
rival came it was anythine bue invit-
Marble Making.
The example furnished. by nature in
the production of marble from chalk by
water—the latter percolating gradually
and steadily through the chalky de-
posits, dissolving the chalk particie by
particle, and crystallizing it, mountain
pressure effecting its characteristic
solidity—it is now found may be the
basis of accomplishing similar results
by a resort to chemical processes.
Slices of chalk are for this purpose
dipped into a color hafts, staining them
with tints that will imitate any kind
of marble known, the same mineral
stains answering this end as are em-
ployed in nature. For instance, to
produce the appearance of the well-
known and popular verde antique' an
oxide of copper application is restored
to, and in a similar manner green,
pink, • black and other colorings' ai:e
obtained... The slices after this are
placed in anotber bath, where they are
hardened, and crystallized, coming mit,
to all intents and purposes, real
marble.
Ice Front the tipper Air.
A_t .til!!,:_11_°_v r, .catim. .1) rt losAigedYfaolitktehee cfooling.liiquidBs of ihlis
t . . • , u
he was alone lee greaten the at ugnte s . atones. n l'aZ
• apartments there was a merry twinkle I them in that tropical country, has util-
as usual, anti as Ile yielded tee neglected tivo land and wtte unable to obtain
in Me eye, Time daughters were •ter., ized a kite for the purpose of obtaining
th
e1 and evIsleutlje anxious. At last the iee. He tills a tits can with water and
elder innstered cienrage and asked: sends it to the height of three miles,
Where i's our mother?" •where it ,is promptly frozen After
"In heaven" send the good eau. ' s 1
But th 10W TW th . suedicient mterval the kite is rapidly,
children hm oyou married 2" cix hauled in the cal':0 Pi Inn iS Sesarod.
aWhy, I opt,u.i.foa het. to another ma`,..„ The inventor is to pleased with his toy
thS' cIPArs," be replied. , ' that he now proposes to send tip a kite
150 feat rinig by a steel It cable
He Knew What She Wanted., •Under the kite will be suspended a nu!:
'Not long time a lianle 'girl, twitting Icy, Oynr which raps an endless. (Main
beg pot, art the'sinalleees of her nose (for bearing cans attaohed 'to lidolts. rIlhe
, ,
4'IP°re• I'd have snob neSe as speed of the.bolt'upon ),V•hieh they run
,ber ewe w.a.•(1,u,ih:Jorgo) eried:: • •' 110111106‘‘idt'll NVI:ktqr; and the
t9n?'°° ' s' q will be 'ree t se' tl
The' ho babyesiemetrinening whet • • •.• , it the tollmO't
sloe hatibeeth taught; replied, in 'a' tane• 64ns -si'?.1-1! ?,c) °°"-9vort,c'a,
" C400.,, male 11.? it1O‘*s .(4.61.1•41,hily the. •ine,
of Innis, :2; ;
ttm Make iieses.1 gneste He nneW (1,1(164 original ice•inaela of which • •:1
"Want a big beaVY one' Ilke:sonnesfollts, " leve heard —8
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ss, oat Ameeiette. eurnal
China wad 'Siberia, is 1,500 miles
length, but for 'nearly nine menthe
the year is ice -bound.
The Roane)°, or Yellow River
China, is 2,800 miles in length, an
drains a territory equal to one-third t
area of the Vuited &ekes
The :Van g-tse-Iiiang River, of Chin
Is 3,000 miles long, and navigable f
good sized vessels for more than tW
thirds of that distaroce.
The Volga is the great river of Rus
ala, baying a length 01 2.300 tulles an
draining nearly one-half the Europea
do•ninions of the Czar,
The St. Lawrence River is only '77
miles long, but if the lake system b
also taken into aceount Its total lengt
will exceed 2,000 stales.
The San Francisco, a river of Brazil
is 1,.100 milee in length, and was
called because it was discovered on th
feat day of St. Francis,
The Mackenzie, the principal river
the 'Dominion, is 2,500 miles in length
and Mains an area equal to one-half of
the 'Hailed States.
The Euphrates is 1,780miles in length.
Most of its lower coarse is through a
sandy desert, and for several hundred
miles it has no tributaries.
The ancient historians say that over
1,000 miles of the Lower Nile were pro-
tected by artificial embankments and
other works of engineering skill.
The River Thames at London is from
a quarter to a half-milo wide, but beare
op its bosom more commerce than any
other stream in the world.
The Indus, the second sacred river of
India, is 1,700 miles long, It waters
have always been considered almost as
holy as those of the Ganges.
The Ohio River is 975 miles long.
From the source of its longest tributary
to the junction of the Missiseippi the
total length is nearly 1,500 miles,.
River water purifies itself. A few
miles below a large city no trace of im-
pure matter can be found in the waters
of a river into which its sewers empty.
The Nile mud, which renders Egypt a
habitable country, is said to bear a
striking resemblance to that walch
every season is brought down in the
Missouri.
Tae word meander cornea from the
river of time same pame, whose course
was so devious that it furnished nearly
every modern language with a new
word.
The floods of the Nile are so regular
in their coming that for hundreds of
years they have not varied ton days in
the date of their arrival at a given point
A German authority states that from
the ineuth to the source of the Rhine 726
castles, foronerly the homes of warlike
chiefs, are to be found overlooking its
waters.
ILL IgG11 UNTO 1)E
A
TIU xxrEiii:Env OF A, LADY WELL.
KNOWN IN ,coAncoox..
Stricken With Lagriteltet idolloWeti
Pneumonia, She Languished , Porn
More Than a Year- -Dialittillistios' Pink
Pill Saved Her When Other alted••
lanes Failed,
From L'Etoile de PEst, Coaticook, Que.
The town of Averill, Vt, Is situated
about eight miles from Coaticook, Que.,
and is the home of Mrs. Ada Hartwell,
who hag many relatives lied Iternarous
friends in the latter place. lira Hart-
well has passed through an experienee
which L'Etoile de l'Est thinke worthy
of giving the widest publicity, as many
others may derive much benefit therefrom
Mrs. Hartwell hots ever been considered
I a woman enjoying a healthy constitution
untilabout two nears ago, when the
wag, like hundreds of embers in this vicin-
ity, stricken with influenzas er, as it
was more generally deemed, la grippe, ye
disease witch carried off many people irm
this town and vicinity, and in the case
of numerous others left behind wreck-
ed coestitutions. As often bappens,
pneumonia, followed the first symptoms
of la grippe, and Mrs. Hartwell was sick,
nigh unto death. The best of steedieal
PAPER AND PAPER MAKING.
Paper napkins or handkerchiefs, Intro-
duced into this country from the East a
few years ago, have been in use in Caine
and Japan for over 700 years.
Paper shoos, which are said to wear as
well as those of leather and to resist
equally well the entrance of moisture,
were known in China in the days of
Marco Polo.
In the Bodleian Library there is a
manuscript written on cotton paper and
dated 1045. This is believed to be the
first dated instance of the use of cotton
paper in England.
"Hot calendarad" paper is made by
passing the finished product between hot
rollers which iron the paper and give a
finish and polish that can be secured in
no other way.
The wasp's nest is constructed of a first-
class article of papier macho, made front
the pulp of wood with an animal glue
specially prepared by the wasps for the
purpose.
Rags for paper making are boiled under
steam pressure; a hundred pounds of rags
are mixed with from six to twelve
pounds of carbonate of soda and halt as
much quicklime.
Cane paper, or paper made from the
Southern cane, is excellently adapted for
roofing and wrapping papers, the fibers
being long and the product exceedingly
strong.
The engraving of the Bank of England
notee is very simple, the bank relying
for protection against counterfeiters on
the quality and water -mark of the paper
employed.
What is called "rezin size," used in
stiffening paper and improving its qual-
ity, is made by dissolving rezin soap in a
solution of soda, this compound being
beaten up with the pulp.
The water mark in paper is produced
by a layer of coarse wires of the required
figure laid in the molds. The fiber over
the wires is thus thinner than at other
places and more light shines through the
fabric, thus making the figure perceptible
when the paper is held up bewteen the eye
and the light.
The manufacture of paper In the Unit-
ed States grew so rapidly between 1690, the
date tie the first etablishment, and 1810
that in the latter year there were 185
paper mills in this country,
THE KENNEDY CASE.
WELL-KNOWN MARBLE DEALER
CURED OF RHEUKATLSM.
Too Par Gone to be Safe --Four Years Suffer-
ing—Ended by 'Using Three Boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills,
St, Catharines, Jan. •6,—(Special).—
Great ipterest 'has been excited and free
quent inquiries as jto the case. of ,Mr.
Albert Kennedy, marble dealer, of tills
city, who n„ad, been reported as recently
cured of acute rbeumatism. When seen
regaedieg the matter, he said;
"Words of praise cannot be too strong
When . am, speaking of Dodd's Kicinee
"In an acute foam r IfEla gone as far as
It was safe .,. to go, for ,sometieses that
forth of rimentanism is suddenly' fatal.
, "I !sad suffered intensely, at times, for
the past .four years., bad lost the use Of
my hands,' wrists and mans, being almost
•paralysed,.• , • • •
' tried althost everything advertised
or recommended befoee„ trading' what
needed, in I/0(1We Kidney :Pits
" The reedit kr.d,tesing three hoses Is a it
perfect ,cure and bees, had no xadapee Or
• blue • of •• pain .for 'several months sinne ti
'being cured," " • , . .'•
Sold by Orngselets,anti!deoileati; • Prine o
50 theta. If, eat ebtainaine, adrireSs, en- o
entssing‘Price, to the', Dodd's ine 0,
• CompanyToronto Out, 14'
Al3LP, EIDE WITHOUT VATIODX
aid was summoned, and Mrs. Haetevell`
was saved front what seemed to her
friends imminent death„ but when con-
valescence came, she remeined deprived
of hoer appetite, extremely weak; and in
constant timiger of a relapse, and all her
physicians could do deould not bring
about her former condition of health.
Numerous modiathes were tried but to
no avail; she was weak, dispirited, and,
despaired of again enjoying her former
vigur and health. For a whole year
after her attack of pneumonia, sloe con-
tinued to languish in this state, '
last one day hoer husband purchased 0.
few boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Be hurl read of the many cures wrought
by this wonderful medicine, butprocur-
eil them, be says, for his wife in order
to be able to say "we have triad all,"
rather than from strong faith in them.
To please her husband Mrs. Hoirtwell
willingly consented to take the Pink
Pills, and great was her surprise anti
that of her husbatid when, after taking
three bases, she was able to take a
short ride without feeling any fatigue.
She wisely resolved to continue tbe
treatment, and before lotrg found that
she had regained her old time strength,
and she declared that she awes her re-
covery entirely to Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills. Last winter Mrs. Hartwell felt a
slight recurrence of her former weak-
ness and again resorted to Pink Pills,
since which Done she has not had a.
day's illness. ,
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have a more
potent influence on the blood and ner-
ves than any other known medicine,,
and speedily restore the bloom of health
to pallid cheeks. Pink Pills cure „when
all other medicines fail, sou by all
dealers or sent by Mail at 50 cents a
box, or six boxes for a`,I.50, by address-
ing the Dr. Williams' Medicine 90.,
Breckville, Ont, or Schenectady, Y.
Refuse all substitutes alleged to be "just
as good."
Prom Smiles to Tears.
They were five in number—ladies. GNI-
dently and they boarded an electric car
at the Tremont house. Poesibly they
intended to have a little fun before going
home, and as they occupied nearly one-
half of one side of the can a merry- •
twinkle gleamed in the eyes of each.
Then the conductor entered. This'
was the signal for a simultaneous
Movement of five hands for five hand-
bags, Five tightening strings were loosen-
ed, five hands disappeared inta uncertain
depths, and then five pocketbooks came
toFsligvhet hand -bags were closed and five
silver pocketbook -clasps snapped. Five
nickels did not appear. The first lady
tendered Eve pennies, and as Ale did so she
smiled. No. 2 lady caught the infection
and passed up the pennies.
Then the smile of No. 1 was a grin.
No. 3 did the same, and five ladles
laughed. No. 4 was somewhat unlucky,
and while she was poking numerous
halr-pins, ribbon samples and ot em
briea-brac--which every lady Carries in
her pocketbook—in search of her change.
No. 5 fished up her five pennies.
More laughter, somewhat Increased.
FinallyNo, 4 had to give it up. Three
pennies was all that she could find, and
she meekly tendered a quarter. She re-
ceived her change immeniately.. Every
conductor in Boston is pleased to receive
pennies, because they are nandyin mak-
ing change on transfers. This theductor
did not forget it, but he theught his op:
portunity had come, and without basalt.
tion he dumped the twenty pennies into.
her dainty gloved hand outstretched to
receive them. .
The laughter had ceased by this time.
No, 4 got real mad, and threatened to re-
port the conductor, Ele,kirodly gave her
his nu m bee, But she refused. to tithe it.
The quintet alighted at Park square.
Then the other passengers laughed.—
Boiton lionln. •
Tiseful Inaeloines. •
Two ef the 211C1A int eresting automa-
tons new working widlin the limits of
the united spates are thoseeseed by the
GoVernment for counting anti pos-
tal cards into small ha:idles. These maclmies -
pr'rte•en°81:1101.1),oirt)s ta)fa A°°11 wrappingn1114ti'°°t;'°a°4°
tying the same itt pcteiragee .25 oaths
In this oneratiOn the Panor is pulled, off
o• dt.rea obrrotiv'st4aholl901w1g., and''.113idgl:etf.tte' d
in v„, ce mucilage heti applies'
tfoit
to the wrappng paper, • la exauto
me right 'pls. Other parts of the ma -
eine weep time pepda, emend. the ' pack
I carde and then a "tivainla" presses
vhe er tepot Whose M
the ucilage
, le
t40 nookage' thnorin Otte a ofkrty
.!,it ready fez delivery,