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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-2-6, Page 3OTTR OTTAWA LETTER •§HOWS THE HIGH COMMISSIONER ENGAGED IN A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN. lifew it Is Cape Breton ---Sir Charles vs. Sir Mackenzio--Pabultim for .Eleetors--A Diligent Minister --A Startling Propo- sition—That School Dill—McCarthy% Lieutenant Speaks.—Will It Pass? Down by the shores of the sounding sea, where lusty miners delve the preci- ous coal of Cape Breton from the sea -caves In which it lies hidden, the elder Tupper has commenced his campaign. For weeks we have been told that the High Commissioner—for such be still is—hat lost influence in Nova Scotia, True, the story came from Opposition sources. but it bore the impress of probability. The baronet long has been an absentee from his native province. His fellow Nova Sootians have heard little of him and have seen less. They knew thataccording to the .most widely credited reports, be . bad deoided to remain out of public, or rather political, lite. Therefore it was not with incredulity that other Canadians re- ceived the tales of the dread of the Tup- per power in the land of the Blue Noses. Neer it is Cape Breton. Reports that have come to us show that the septuagenarian is by no means a dead, lion. During his British exile he kept himself thoroughly well apprised of the state of political affairs in Canada. His tetlovr Nova Scotians found him quite prepared to discuss national polities with all of his old-time perspicacity and with all of that plenteousness of orotund lang- uage that • is one of his charaoteristios. Seemingly, the worthy miners of Cape Breton take their elections most seriously. Already there bane been two free fights and several warrants sworn out by partis- ans who have heeome wildly excited be- cause of the eleotion. Here in Ottawa ib is known that the Government is deter- mined to win the election, Both sides have placed comfortable sums of money in the bands of the party managers. It is cer- tain that in the oonstitueney no man who has a vote and who is uncertain as to whom he should give it, need go empty away. It is said that the Liberals have no entail hope of defeating Sir Charles, even though he have the prestige that a potential Prime Minister must possess. And if the Liberals should win this elec- tion, they will have cause to thank a Con- servative lawyer. This gentleman some time ago was engaged by David McKeon, the ex -member for the county. to look after the voters' list, Mr. MoKeen gave the legal gentleman a list of some four hundred names of Conservative voters which were to be inscribed on the rolls, Now,it happened that the day was exceed- ingly hot, and the lawyer was exceedingly • thirsty. In such oases, I believe, it Is the eastern to take a drink. The lawyer ob- served the usage of humanity, and took, not one, but several drinks. Being over- come with the heat, or something else, ho •decided that he would not personally at- tend to the matter of the voters' list, but that he would send his younger brother, also a lawyer, to do the work. The young- er brother consented, and the Conserva- tive lawyer proceeded on his way in search of more agencies wherewith to :peach his thirst. Nov, it happened that tho younger lawyer, to wbom there had boon delegated the work of attending to the matter of the list, is as strong a Lib- eral as his brother Is a Conservative. Ancl he proceeded to give hie brother -what is known in sporting cantles as the =double cross. Ho duly appeared before the revising barrister and bad seine four hundred names added to the list. But the names ware not the names prepared by David McKeon. They were all names oaf good Liberals, and the list of Conserva- tives was kept safely In the young barris- ter's inside pocket. When he heard of what had been done, of course Mr. Mc- Kean was furious, but the spilled milk could not be gathered up again. 1 have no doubt that the thirsty lawyer no long- er numbers Mr. MeKeen as one of his clients. Sir Charles vs. Sir Mackenzie. I have spoken of Sir Charles Tupper as -the potential Premier. There is no doubt that the High Commissioner is assured that he soon will be the leader of the Government. He has betrayed that feel- ing of certainty several times 'within the past fortnight At Amherst, Nova Scotia, last week he was received. at the station by a largo d mutation of Conservatives, who rejoiced that Hon.A R.Dickey,one of their own townsmen, had been advanced to the position of Minister of Justiee. Sir Charles promptly procenled to take means of preventing any doubt as to who was responsible for Mr. Dickey's promo- tion, The old baronet; made a speech in which he said: "I named Mr. Dickey for the position of Minister ot Justice." Now, those of us who know anything about the, British system of parliamentary gov- ernment are aware that the Edit Minis- ter selects and summons his colleagues. Only one other person in the land. has any right to object to any choice that the Prime Minister may make. That per- son is the Sovereign, or in the case of Canada, the Governor-General. I have not the slightest doubt that, when Sir Charles made the statement that I have referred to, he told the truth. It is quite conceivable that he made the proposition when he and. Sir Mackenzie Bowell were discussing the Cabinet changes whith would be necessary in view of Sir Charles' entering the Adminstration. Bat going beyond and behind this, it alio is evident that Sir Charles Tupper is certain that within a short time he will succeed Sir Mackenzie Bowell as leader of the Government of Canada. Also is it plainly to be seen that Sir Mackenzie is ,determined and Is prepared to make a strenuous fight before be shall be ousted. The • First Minister has read the papers with care, and he has noticed that the consensus of opinion is that in the battle that must come, his will be the defeated side. He le undismayed. Be esteems himself a strong man and counts upon the support of the French Ministers. Can he reckon the adherence of the six who returned to the fold? One would hardly say he could. When they went out they considered him incapable of suocessfully leading the party. Now that they have come back they have still the same opin- ion as to the old man's personal strength. Their eyes are bent on Tupper, who is to be their Moses to lead them for five years more into the primised land of patronage and power. And that is why independ- ent newspapermen believe that Sir Mac- kenzie's days are numbered. The old man will put up a strong fight and a gal- lant. But he will be battling against odds that will be too tremendous to be overcome. Already has Sir Charles made a bid for the support of Laiimet Caron and Degjardins. Down in Cape Breton he by no means has fought Shy of the question of the schools of Manitoba. Fla has told his audiences that the Govern- - ment's amerce is clear; that the highest tribunal in the Empire has said that the Catholics of Manitoba are entitled to re- dress,and that for the Government to dis- regard this opinion would be to make it evident that Canadian loyalty is of kin- ship and not of the heart. The reason for • these utterances is not far to seek The three French Minieters with. Sir Yeattik Smith, Senarer Ferguson and John Coed- gan, were supporters of Sir Mackenzie during the late unpleasantness. They stuck by the Prime Minister beeause he was pledged to remedial legislation. ,They feared that a new First Minister might, have a new policy. It has been Sir Charles Tupper's aim to aware the adherence and the aid of the Roman Catholic Ministers. Therefore he loudly proolaims Ms belief in the justice of re- medial legislation; therefore lee (mils heaven to witness that because be is a good Protestant he will not assist in the oppression of his Roman Catholic fellow citizens. His speeches have done their work. The French Ministers already are willing to serve under Sir Charles. The English members of the Administration will have none else. Only on Saturday last there were rumor; here in Ottawa of the existence of another disagreement in the Administration. The story lathed the essential of truth, but it showed that all men are assured that biaokenzie Howell's tenure of tbe premiership oannot be of any long duration. Pabulum for Electors. Meanwhile, before the storm that very soon must come, we have had a Win. The debate on the Speecla from the Throne has dragged along wearily enough, for the small artillery of the warring bat- teries must be given a chance to boom. The eayings of the minor men are set down verbatim in the official reports of the House of Commons. Her Majesty's rnails oarry thousands of copies of those reports into the various ridings of the country. there to be read by the elector, who, in these long winter evenings, may enrich his mind by reading the speech whith his looal member delivered during the course of the dettate, A Diligent Anniston Those of my readers who saw these let- ters during the past summer may re- member how, on a certain notable occas- ion, Auguste Real Angers, then Min;ster of Agriculture, immortalized himself by advising the remitters of Alberta to go in for mixed farming. Much amusement did many an agricalturist of this broad land derive from this sapient dictum of the estimable • French Canadian lawyer evho then held the portfolio of Minister of Agriculture, His successor will make no such inistake. It is the object of these letters to present nuns, and to tell the truth about every man. The truth about Walter Humphries Montague, Minister of Agriculture, Is thab ho is the most conscientiously industtious Minister in the Cabinet:. Society's spoiled darlings, the gentlemen of the civil service work from ten until four. They close their brains— a compliment is Implied here—when they close their books at four o'clock. Dr. Mon- tague Otis been at work an hour or more when they arrive at the department in the inorning; he is at work in tho House or In his office when some of them are in bed. 13eeause of a belief that an orator cannot be practical, many journalists— and I, plead guilty to having been one of them—prophesied that Dr. Montague would be well content to let affairs at his down:tient jog along In the same way as Mie Angers did. We were all mis- taken. To industry he allies ability and orialnality. For the benefit of the far- mers of the Dominion he has drafted a etheme ot crop reports, whloh will be disseminated as vvidoly as possible. His plans in this direction are almost matured. Dr. Montague has gene in for economy in his deisartment, with the result that he has compassed a saving of $5,757 in DM CO expenses, In pursuance of his policy of fully apprisieg the farmers of the doings of his department he will mit for $7,500 to be expended on orop reports, fruit stations, hill wheat bulletins and other means of informing the farmers of the working of Oh Ca department Next week I hope to be able to give full par- ticulars as to this important innovation. A Startling Proposition. It remained for J. Israel Tarte, Mr, Laurier's fiery lieutenant from Quebec, to make a new and startling snggestion in respect of the Manitoba Schools' ease. Tarte's leader has called for an investiga- tion into the sehool system as at present In force. hlr. Tarte has another propos- ition, which he made in parliament last week. It was that the House should ap- point a committee, composed of members of bath political parties, to enquire fully into the school diffioulty. This eonamit- tee was to have power to take the evidence of the members of the Greenway Govern- ment, of the representatives of the Catho- lic's of Manitoba and of any citizens of the province who might care to eine their views on the case. Mr. Greenway would bave a word to say were this suggestion adopted. He has told the Ottawa au- thorities that he will in no wise alter the present law. Ho has said so, in mild and diplomatic language. no less than three times. His mind is made up. His G DV- ernm en t will it in the Legislative Chamber at Winnipeg with an over- whelming majority at its back. Politics is politics, and to Mr. Greenway the School policy has proved a successful card. "Why should I abandon my mann fest advantage," we can imagine him to say. Clearly, there is ndthing to he hoped for from the Administration of Manitoba. • That Splitool DM. The Ministers have been hard at work on the Remedial bill. They are prepared to inake a vigorous fight They have received the report of George Taylor, the Chief Ministerial Whip, who has canvas- sed every supporter of the Government. I am assured that the Bill will be carried by a majority of twenty at least. More than a score of Ontario Conservatives will have to vote against it. The others have felt the pulse of their constituents and feel themselves free to support the Administration. The aid ' of some of the French Liberals is counted upon. To en- sure their voting with the Ministry, the Bill will have to be sweeping and com- prehensive. And sweeping and compre- hensive it will be. ineCarthves Lieutenant Speaks. Since the opening of parliament we have seen little of Dalton McCarthy, who has been adding to his bank account in the Toronto courts. Ells friend and lieu- tenant made the only notable speech of the week when he dealt withthe School question. Speaking of the Government's contention that the constitution rendered interference with Manitoba imperative, this courtly old gentleman wandered into the realms of the vernacular of "sporting gents." Said he:— , "To use a slang expression of modern times, it makes me tired to hear the Min - tor of Finance talk but the oonstitu- non. Why, there is not a single principle involved in the constitution which that gentleman and ' his colleagues have nok violated over and over again, when it stilted them to do so, I should like to knew how they could more signally have violated the constitutien in regard to the ecinstituency of Cardwell? They kept, for three'years a man sitting in this House who had tho peoreise of an appointment in his pocket, and the vacancy kept open for him. Was not that a moat direot violation ofthe independence 'of Partin, meet Aot? They oan regard the constitu- tion when they have a political object to serve, but otherwise the constitution weighs very lightly upon their consciences. Holding these views, I have no difficulty in dealing with this question. I have no difficuity In saying that I will oppose re- medial legislation. • I do not agree with my hon. frlend on my right that a cone - Mission is necessary, because I say I am not going to act; and if I am not going to act, I do not want a commission to tell me how I ought' to act. I am relieved from that perplexity. I say this ques- tion belongs to the people of Manitoba, and I am not going to take it out of their hands But I do agree with that hon. gentleman in opposing any attempt on the part of the inajority in this House—if it proves to be a majority—to force on the people of Manitoba legislation which they say they will not accept On this question there will be ample opportunity for fur- ther discussion when the Bill comes down, if it ever does come down, as I suppose it will. There seems to be considerable difficulty about that Bill. We know enough about it to know that it is not yet settled. The whole value and interesb of the Bill depends oa the details, and if the details are not settled, you ntight as well say that there is nu Bill. Whether we shall have another Ministerial revolu- tion before it is brought down, we cannot say; it is hardly worth while to speaulate on what may happen in the future. I see no difficulties in my way I shall simply oppose any attempt on the part of this Government to interfere with Mani- toba in the exercise of its constitutional rights. I than oppose to the uttermost, as fully and as strongly as the rules of parliament will permit, any attempt on the part of this House to force legislation upon Manitoba." win tt Pass? In those business like words of O'Brieu, the Equal Righter, you have the founda- tion of belief of the anti -remedial men. "The people of Manitoba have said that they want non-sectarian sthools," say they. "You are trying to force separate schools on them. You talk about the rights of minorities and the constitution In the same breeth. The courts have saki that the rights have not been inter- red with. That is their judgment The statement of the Privy Council was an opinion, nota judgment. " And thus the war goes on. Dalton MoClarbhy will have something to say when the bill comes up, ".A.nd will it pass?" asks everybody. I don't think it will. The Tut:eh and iltucls snow. The "Punch and ;fatly" show still has a big hold on the masee4 and claszes of hengland. At every fair in the sinnllest country hamlet to the big mrpourings on Derby day or other genera holidays the "Puneh and Judy" show is a big attraction, At Epsom Downs on Derby day over a hundred "Pneoh and Judy" shows have boon counted. Rich and poor, great and small, old and. young, eclucatea and ignorant, all patronize 4 them. Many of these puppet maul/Ana- I tors have asennnulated comfortable foe- : tunee, especially those who have enjoyed ; aristocratic patronage, and ninny have acquired national reputations. OM of them who has retired after forty years at tho business has told some of his ex- / polder: cos. lie bet genuine Cart dented from many of the crevened heads of Europe, which he pronaly exhibits. I Speaking of people whom he has en- ; tertained, be says: "I don't know liow Carlyle would have borne snob an enter- taininent, but I one say as a fact that Mr. Ruskin, Mr. Fronde and the Into Lord Bea consileld all roared like obild- ren. As to royal visitors, I should think that the most delighted man I over saw was the Shah, for whose benefit 1 wont through the whole business DO fewer than five times in ono day. Lord Lath- oin told ine afterwards that the Persian ruler declared that he almost persuaded himself that the figures were alive. He took, bath with him a complete set of figures,and one of bis snite took lessons in working them from me. "Several Indian princes, noted for their solid dignity, completely broke down wader the influents of Mr. Punch, and Ring Gateway°, before whom I have done my ‘how, thought the pup- pets were actually alive, for he asked what they wore fed on and whetber they were sold outright or paid so much as salary. Of other appreciative audi- tors, I tihnk that the usually grave Chinese Marquis Tseng, was the most enthusiastic. Be would have the per- formance repeated. "No one enjoyed tbe . performance more than the Shalmeda. I was work- ing tbe puppets. and therefore could not watch him, but my assistant told Me that a.t first he looked very grave and dreamy and alinost unappreciative, and that then he suddenly relaxed, both lie and his suite fairly writhing with de- light. An English attendant told nie that for the whole of the next two dtrys the Shahzada kept, at intervals, trying to imitate my call, Shaking with laughter each time he did so." "Punch and Judy" outfits are' sent all over the world as presents to distin- guished people. They are made by a London /inn. Nearly every English res- idence at the courts ot Indian princes is • supplied with puppet shows for the • aniuseinent of the native rulers and their suites,, and scarcely an English regiment gees on foreign service with- out an outfit. The Kitchen Floor. • If your kitchen or any other floor that yon do not wish to carpet shows unsightly cracks try the following re- ceipt for them One pound of flour, three quarts of water and a teaspoonful of alum, and make a pave of them, cooking well together. After removing from the stove stir into it a lot of paper that ‘is torn in small pieces and let it soak, stirring as mach as you attn. The paper should be stirred until it is all in a pulp and the mass is so think that it is difficult to stir longer. Apply it to the cracks—be sure the floor is freshly clean- ed first—and force it irk, smoothing it off even with the dry surface. Leave it to dry thoroughly,and you will find that it is more lasting and a great deal cheaper than ptitty. This can Pe painted right over as though it was wood. Mrs, Clubber—Look at that lovely new bonnet of Mrs. Beamer Old Clubber—Yes; it came within an ace of being yours. Mrs. ClUbber.,—How so? Old Clubber (despondently)— Banners held the other ace, confound hint I TIIE SUNDAY SCEOOL. LESSON VI.—FIRST QUARTER — IN • TERNAT1ONAL SERIBS—FED. 9. Golden Tet ---Why Call ne"afe Lod. Lord, and Do Not the things Whieh T 'Santee Luke 6 44. . Jesus had net hy' His! gracious teachings and Rio divinn works, gained somank disciples, and some of them ha 1 reached' such a degret,of His spirit that the Great Teacher could begin the orgauization of the working force Of His king- dom, and lay down the Platform of its Principles. This marks a new eponli, a new development Of His mission. Aceording to tradition, the Ser - Mon on the Mount was spoken en the Barns of Hattie ; or Mount of Beatitudes, a square. shaped hill, about SO feet in height, with two tops, near the center of the west coast of the Sea of Galilee,. two or three Milea item the sea, and seven southwest from Copernaum, THE LESSON—LURE 6 : 41-49. 41. "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the Wean that is in thine own eye:" "And why beholdest thou " why are you staring at, takiug notice of "the mote," a splinter, a little particle or chip, from the same material as the beam. This repre- sents some small fault in others, "And perceivest net the haunt' the log, ehe rafter, representing a great fault. The Savionr draws a picture, and shows how morally grotesque the conduct of a fault- finder is, 42. "Either how mist thou say to thy brother, Brother; let me pall out the mote that is in thine eye, wheit thou thyself bolny eholefleel not the beam that is in thine v Thou. hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of .thitte own eye, and then sloth thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye." "Or how wilt tl:ou say to thy brother." How can you have the face to say—liow be guilty of such hypocricy ? "Thou hypocrite," an actor, one who professes one thing, but is another. He disguises his want of charity for his brother under the garb of com- passionate zeal. "First cast out the beam out of thine own eye." The man with a great beam in Ms own eye, who therefore can see nothing accurately, proposes to remove a litele splinter from his brother's eye, a delicate operation requiring clear sight. s "Then theist thou see clearly." With eye purified by sincerity, with true undietortea vision, becalms (1) be realizes not only the evil of the twat, but the difficulty of get- ting rid of it, and the nreatnete of the temptation. (9) He evill aeproach the faulty person in a gentle and syntpathetio sph.lt. (3) He knows the way of victory, and therefore can help others. mro cast one the mote one of thy brother's eye." There is a hiaher motive for overcotning our own fault, because thus we may suc- cessfully aid in the reformation of the world. For in the very condemnation of the false way of heldinie others to get rid of their Malts it is implied thab we should use the right way. 43, "For the good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither (lath a corrupt tree bring foith good fruit" "For the good tree," Tilt% is a matter of common cheer - ration. Ib is a very strange fact that from tIke same soil, by means of the same eun- eltine end rain. under the Ail MO culthre, different feint will be produced by differ- ent trees. The only way to have good fruit in our lives is to have good hearts and principles of righteousness. 44. "For every tree is known by his ewe fruit. For of thorns men do not gather fine, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapeti." "Every tree is known by He own fruit." This is the infallible test, Wben some one said to Wendell Phillips that Hindooisin was RS good as Christian- ity he replied, "Main is the answer." 45. "A nood man out of the good treas. are of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil ; for of the abundance of the heaet his mouth speaketh." "A. good matt out of the good treasure of his heart." The heart is the source of all the treasures of life. "Out of it are the issues of life." "Bringeth forth that which is good." Only that which is in the heart enn come forth from it. From a poisoued fountnin only deadly waters can flow. "Out of the abundance of the beart, the mouth speaketh." The month is the eaeiest out- let of the feelings and character within. "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shall be condemned." 40. "Why aka! ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say ?" 47. "Whosoever cometh to Me, and heareth My sayings, and. dealt them, I will.shew you to whom he is like"; 48. "He is like a man which built a. bons% and dinged deep, and laid the fonn• dation on a rock; and when the fined arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could nob shake it ; for it was founded upon a rock." "A man which built, a house." The house is the general fabric of his outwardly religious life. "Foundation on a rock," sure and safe. Hie religion is real and true. His hopes will never be disappointed. The rock is Jesus Christ (Pat. 28: I; Isa. 20: 4; 1. s(Jon 10: 4). He • founds ins house on a rock, who, hearing the words of Christ brings his heart and life into accordance with His expressed.will, and is thus, by faith, in union with •Him, founded on Him. "The flood. * * The stream." The beney rates falling on the rocky bills of Palestine, without forests to re- tain the water, cansed sudden flooils to .fill the valleys with almost resistless torrents. These streams represent temptations, per- secutions, worldly influences—all these "could not snake" the shouse of the unto good, at heart, truly devoted to the Saviour. This is true ot the church and of the individual Christian. 49. "But he that heareth, and doetle not. is like a man than *Moult fotindaeion built a house upon the eaetle against which the stream did betit Vthetneutly, and lmmediatela it fell; and the ruin of that house Was great." "A house noon the earth, the loose soil ebone the rock This treacherous foundetion ;sites way with the flint ,frethet. "Bed immediately it fell." there was nothing by; which to resist tempt:MOM The whe outward re- ligion's life aed hope collapsed, '"fell in," "And the ram i Of that housengas great:" It ',wee thinitleee • and it was terrible. Everything t1.1,4 man Intd was lost. It was more to hint then the Whele, world: Mr, Moody, iu, his Christian convention ab Northfield, said is "Wewaet rinne Christie:1M like the. Irishman who, when ;liked if he didn' tremble during A Cer- tain storm • when he was s standing out upon a rocky ,eininence, said, Yes: my legs trembled, but the rock thdp'17,' aud because my feet were on tho rock it felt " An old man has died at Odessa leaving four millions of roubles to his four nieces. In order to cheek anything like pride in the fortunate ladies he stipulates thab previous to receiving the money they are to work for fifteen months either as do- mestics, chambermaids or washerwomen. The ladies have gone into dotnestio ser- vice, and within a few weeks received nearly 1,000 offers of marriage. \\‘\ s.-nwk,\\\*v.s,k\ tte'n'tittnheNahehe' hententeenneennen% Q. ., „inn\ neengenneenen•neneseneenen nnetn. tenth enteheetteentensennethentete eget , for Infants and Children. OTH E RS, DoYou Know tut paregorie, Bateman's Drops, Godfrey's Cordial, many so-called Soothing Syrups, and e - most remedies for children are composed of opium or morphine? Di) Yon Know that opium and raorphine are stupefying narcotic p0i8Obla Do Iron Know that in most countries druggists are not permitted to sell narcotics withoutlabeling them poisons? Do Ton Know that you should not per:nit any medicine to be given your child sinless you or your physician know of what 11 18 composed? Do You Know that Castores Is a purely vegetable preparation, and that xi list of its ingredients is published with every bottle Do Yon Know that Cat:torte is the prescription of the famous Dr. Samuel Pitcber. That it. has been in use for nearly thirty years, and that more Castoria is now sold than of all other remedies for children combined ? Do Yon Know that the Patent Office Department of tbe tinned States, and of other countries, have issued exclusive right to Dr. Pitcher and his assigns to use the word Castoria." and its formula, and that to imitate them is a state prison offense i Do Yon Know that one of the reasons for granting this government proteccionwas because Castoria had been, proven to be absolutely harmless? Do Yon Know that 35 average doses of Costoria are furnished for 35 cents, or one cent a dose? Do Yon Knov;r that when possessed of this perfect preparation, your children may bokept well, and that you rimy leave unbroken rest? "Wale those tliings are -worth knowing. They are facts. The fao-simile signature of is on event wrapper. Chilicirren CEry for Pitohees Cast via. DOES YOUR CHILD EAT DIRT? A Curious Habit winch. Prevails Among the Very Teun,g. Dirt-eating is a more comhlon habit among children than most peonie wonti Imagine. A very interesting paper un this curious habit is contributed by Dr. John Thomson to a recent number of the Edinburgh Hospital Reports. After giv- ing some accouut of the habit as observed by travellers in different parts of the world and by agriculturists among un- healthy young animals, he states that the dirt has a well defined hygienic value, and is eaten by children for Inedical pur- poses. The physical ailing whittle brings on the appetite for dire is in most cases anaemia, or " bloodlessness," which simply moans a running down of the Bytom. In these oases, Dr.Thomson thinks, the habit night be formed from an instinctive craving for earthy salts. such as iron and lime, just as a cat or dog, when nettling O little "pbysic," will eat a blade or so ot grass. In borne tests made by the doctor to prey° the soundness of his theory, he placed a number of children in a room centaining loose wall plaster and eluding. Those substances contain lime and iron salts. The children, who were about three years of age, were observed front time to time munobing on a lump of the stuff pinked up fronnthe floor, (inc child varied the pastime by pushing the hearth brush into the ashes and. then licking the dust off it as a great delicacy. This habit Is common enough among idiots and im- bodies, but none of Dr. Thomsons eases was suffering from mental disorder. As a mire the children were placed for a time in the hospital, where they under- went no treatment beyond a forced absten- tion from their peculiar diet. Altera few days they had apparently lost all appetite for dirt. Dr. Thomson does not think that srnall amounts of "dirt" eaten by children will do any harm of itself, bin the great danger is that they will get hold of sontething poisonous or of some parasite which,onee entering the stomitele will reverse the operation by feeding off his host. FINANCE AND FINESSE. A. Member a Furth) Men t Neatly Caught fora Sovereign. Here is a story about a member of the English Parliament well known for his knowledge about all questionsof finance. This tviso statesman was Approached by a reputable -looking man, who said, Wi h a deferential but nob servile manner," Ex- cuse me, Sir, aro you not, Mr. Blank?" "I am," said the M. P., with affable dignity. "I believe youare wall informed upon all iln an cial questions 2" "My frionas and the press are kind enough to say so." "Wu have given much attention to the subject I think?" "More than to anytbing else." • "And no doubt you could give a satis- factory answer to almost any question / • s might est'. ?" The member saw that he was being "interviewed," and wished to ray some- thing that would loot well in print. "Perhaps I could, if it were in the power or any man," he answered. "Well, I bave a question in finance that I should be greatly pleased if you would anssver to nay satisfaction." Very good. What is.it?" "Will you lend me a sovereign for a day or two?" • Tbe M.P. produced the sovereign. "By George I" he said afterwards, "he could have caught me for five just as well, if he had only known it." Triumphs or Mechanism. "Scales are now made of such a nice ad. justment." says the Railway Review, 'that they will weigh anything, to the smallest hair plucked from the eyebrow, They are triumphs of meohanistmand are inclosed in glass oases, as the slightest breath of air would impair their records. The glass cases have a sliding door, and as soon as the weight is placed in the balances the doors elide down. Two pieces of paper of equal weight can be placed in the scales and an autograph written in pencil on either piece will cause the other side to aseend, and the needle which indicates the division of weight even to the ten -millionth part of a pound and less will Move from its perrendicular. A Bignature containing niueletters has been welched and proved to be two milligram- ries, or the fifteen thousand five hund- redth part of an ounce, troy. A Costly 13ur, Secretary Morton was showlug a re- porter through the entomological bureau the other day, and this Is a pa..:b of what the reporter says he said: "I've got a bug in there that cost the Government $20,- 000; be does not look it, but he did, It's a fact. One day an outfit of solentista started. in pursuit of this bug. They ranged all over the hemisphere and, stuck to his trail like bloodhounds; they ran- sacked North America all the way from the Isthmus to Alaska. After the most remarkable adventures by flood and field they treed their bug and took hint prison-, en He was then brought captive to Washington, and he's right there now in dint brick honse, the highest prized bug on earth. A round -up of the total expense of that one bug hunt came to over $80,000. But NVO got the bug." neer Last Bequests, A merchant of Aberdeen bequeathed a portion of his wearing apparel to his wife receutly, because, as the will said, "She had been accustomed to wearing them during their married life." A French mot:teal paper states that on opening a short Ulna ago the will of a member the folio ling elause was found: "I request that my body be delivered to the Paris Gns Company for the purpose of being placed in a retort. I always used my mental powers for the enlightenment of the population at large. and. 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