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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-3-19, Page 3• OUR OTTAWA LETTER • A WEEK OF PORTENT FOR POLI- TICtANS OF ALL SHADES OF OPINION. Retrospective -•-Ottawa vs. Manitoba---' 0rconway is Master—The Horrid Read— Hacking tate Ministerial i'arty--Also.tho Liberals ---Sir Charles' Speech---AndThen, I aurior--A Hold Play --In Ten Days, the ' Vote. It has been a week fall or portent for the Administration, for; the men who "sit on the left of the Speaker's chair, and for eliose Conservatives who are divided in their allegiance to their party and to their own interests. At last the long -expected Remedial bill is in the nation's forum. There it will be talked out by men whose ,anxiety to tip the best for Canada will be -vastly overshadowed by their regard for political exigencies end for their personal advantage. These men would not be politicians if they did- not assure ns,that theirs is the former aim. They have to convtnce Canadians that they are playing the patriotic part, and that they are being opposed by publicists who in reality are seeking to perpetrate dark deedsunder the oloakof patriotism, It is for this reason ,that Conservatives and Liberals are at one another's throats. They know that tile question of remedial legislation has no intrinsic political value to either party. It is because the issue has forced itself into the field of Dominion politics that the rival factions have been fain to take it up. The Administration fought shy of it for as long as might be. The Liberals never hesitated to say that they wished the question had not come to Ottawa for de- cision. The leader of the,Opposition ex- pressed this regret in '93, in '94, and in his speech of last session. It was on the last occasion that Wilfrid Laurier announced his policy on the question. The French Ministers had revolted. Two of them, satisfied with the Administration's pro- mise to bring down a remedial bill, had returned to the Cabinet. Angers, Minister of Agriculture, had refused to join Oui met and Caton. He feared that the Adminis- tration would find some way to evade its promise. Retrospective. • It was not until the day that Foster an- nounced the Government's decision that WIlfrid Laurier enunciated his policy. In a word, it was: "We need information before taking any step towards .interfer- ence with the legislative rights of a province." Uponthis dictum Wilfrid Laurier's policy was founded. Parlia- ment prorogued, and a Liberal campaign began. The Administration did all in its power to conciliate Green way, the Premier of Manitoba. The first remedial order, mandatory and insistent in its tone, was followed by a second order in -council, in which Greenway was• besought to :Hake some change in the law. The Provincial Cabinet emphasized its attitude. The Ottawa Ministers were informed there no alteration would be made in a school law that had proved itself satisfactory to the vast majority of the people of Manitoba, question should have raised its. horrid hesicl_`at this inopportune inomerit They esteem. their tait'stronger on other quee- tionstitan it was in 1591. At that time Sir John Macdonald was fain to Seek refuge in reciprocity negotiations with the United States as a means of raising a • campaign' cry. • No such issue need now f be raised.. Every Canadian knows • with' . what scecess his country's business and financial institutions, weathered the cont- mereial storm that brought ruin and desolation to so: many American citieens.- The Conservatives will not. be slow to claim credit for the nation's strtbility. • They, once watering in. their faith itrthe National Policy, have retail:led to its worship. They will go on the platform, ready to raise their -voices in glorifying the principle and the results of protection. They are assured that, with the School question out of the way, they would be returned triumphantly to pdwer, ' • Racking the Ministerial Party. But ,Ate School question is not out of the ,. wary. Itis racking the Ministerial party e until one can hear the bolts .of the machine creak and start. • Iii the House of Cotn-.1 Mons menwho for decades have been stalwart in their Conservatism have been constrained to denounce what they con- sider to be the mistaken policy of this Ad- ministration. In the Orange Grand Lodge of Ontario West James L. Hugheselthe Grand Master, has been assailed with un- exampled savageness because he attempt- ed to justify' the action of the Govern- ment. The time was, and that net long ago, when it would have been incredible to believe that a gathering of Orangemen would denounce a Conservative Govern- ment. The action of the brethren of On- tario West shows how deeply the anti -re- medial sentiment has permeated the Gov- ernment's sincerest friends. In parlia- ment the feeling is quite as strong, Pr. Sproule, one of the most consistent Con- servatives in the House, has been con- strained to tell the Government that, if they like they may read him out of the party, but that, he must vote against the bill. And there are twelve or fifteen who feel and will act with him. Laurier. For dnyn the leader bad. leen preparing • his effort. It *as one of `the greatest sneeclaes of occasion thirst hasover been heard in that chsenner. It cannot be denied that the leader of the Liberals had What ell politicians desire—a strong de- bating case. Thongh • the Govern'inent'e eonstitrttionrti llosltioil is by li.o ;Menne. weak, it is equally true that Laurier's View of the position commends" itself to many . of tine people of •Canada. The eloquent French Canadian had to avoid. • the rocks of •Protestant desire and the shoals of Roman Catholic •lumbition. He , Wes •compelled to eschew any announcement as to the teerse that be would persue were be in a position to settle the question, His cry wits for more infdrntation, • The Ad- ministration,, he said, had decided to take a certain course without having enquired into the fact's of the case. His.deinaud-for a.00mnaission of investigation was by no means new. What we in the press gallery awaited with interest was his pronounce- ment on the attitude -.of, the prelates of Quebec. We knew that he innst hive. some answer+to the letter of Father La-. combo, to the circular of Bishop Begin. • Without a strong denunciation lot priestly interference his cause would be lost. He. seized the opportunity, and closed his speech with a statement that musthave terrified many of his Quebec followers. .It was nothing less than a defiance • of the hierarchy; Said he; "Not many weeks ago I was told from high quarters in the church to Which. I belong that unless 1 supported the School bill, lwhieh was then being prepared by the Government, and which we -have now before us, I would incur the hostility of a great powerful body. Sir, this is too • grave 4 phase of this question for: me to pass it by in silence. I have only this to say : Even though I have threats held over me 'coming from high' dignitaries in the church to which I belong, no word of bitterness shall ever pass my lips as against that chinch. I respect and I love it. Sir, I am not of that school, which has been long dominant in France and other coun- tries of continental Europe, which re- fuses ecclesiastics the right of a voice in public affairs. No; I am a Liberal of the English school. I believe iu that school, which hag all along claimed that it is the privilege of all subjects, whether high or low, whether rich or poor, whether eccles- iastics or laymen, to participate in the administration of public affairs, to dis- cuss, to influ'.snce, to pereaade,• to con- vince,—but which has always denied even to the highest the right to dictate even to the lowest. I am here representing not Roman Catholic alone but Protestant as well, and I must give an account of my stewardship to all classes. Here am I, a Roman Catholic of French extraction en- trusted by the confidence of the men who sit around ane with great and important duties under our constitutional system of government, Iain here the acknowledged leader of a great party composed of Ro- man Catholics and Protestants as well, in which Protestants are in the majority, as Protestants must he in the majority in every party in Canada. Am Ito be told, I, occupying such a position, that I am to be dictated to as to the course I am to take in the House by reasons that can appeal to the consciences of my fellow Catholic members, but whichdotot appeal as well to the consciences of my Protestant col- leagues?. Ne. So long as I have a seat in this House, so long as I occupy the pos-, ition I do now, whenever it shall become - my duty to take a stand upon any ques- tion whatever, that stand I will take not upon grounds of Roman Catholicism, not upon grounds of Protestantism, but upon grounds- which can appeal to the con- sciences of all men irrespective of their faith, upon grounds which can be occupied by all men who love justice, freedom and toleration." A .Bold PlaT. Laurier finished, the House rose. Mem- bers embers filed into the corridors, talking ex- citedly of the probable effect of the Liber- al leader's speech. Conservatives insisted that the defiance of the priesthood would kilt the Liberal cause in Quebec, to which the Oppositionistsreplied that in Protest ant Canada the Conservatives would be snowed under in the coming (dee: ins. Quebec Liberals, truth to tela. are not easy' in mind. They know tlesir leader has made a bold gliay. I do not see how he could have done anything else. Had he been Mild'and nee -committal, had he evaded the subject of clerical interference, his case would have beau poor indeed. He had no choice in this matter. It was a case of losing the next election there on the floor of parliament, or of • marking a strike for power. He chose the latter course. Ottawa v vs. Manitoba. The Ottawa, Government did not cease iss attempts to settle the question. Win- 'sipea Conservatives informed Greenway thar the Dominion Government was pre- pared th meet him more than half way. Again did the astute leader of the Mani- toba Goverh meet checkmate his political -enemies at Ottawa. He wade an appeal to the electorate, with what result my senders well know. The Greenway Ad- ministration returned to office backed up by a majority of seventy per cent, of the Legislature. Fate seemed to have singled out the Ottawa Administration as her victim. The country did not believe that remediaal legislai;ion could be carried in parliament. When the session opened there were few Protestants in the House of Commons who believed that arenredial bill would be carried. They clung to the .hope that the Government would be en- abled to arrive at au understanding with the obdurate First Minister of Manitoba. They were wrong in this ; it may be that they imperfectly estimated the situation that the introduction of the bill caused. Their apprehension arose front their con- viction that a drastic, sweeping coercive measure would be introduced. The reverse was the case. As au anti -remedial Protest- ant said in the house on Thursday, the measure is so mildthat it scarcely de- serves to be called a bill. The institution of a Separate Board of Education for Manitoba is provided for, the class of text books is specified, but no means are speci- fied whereby funds for the "maintenance of the re-established schools are to be raised. In this respect the bill is abso- lutely defective. True, the Government of Manitoba is informed by clause 74 of the measure that : . "The right to share proportionately in any grant made out of public funds for the purposes of education having been de- cided to be and being now one of the rights and privileges of the said Roman Catholic minority in the Province of Man- •itobe, any sum granted by the Legislature. of Manitoba and apportioned for the Sepsrete schpols shall be placed to the credit of the Board of Education in ac- counts to be opened in the books of the Treasury Departmentand the Audit Office." Greenway is Master. All of r hiclt sounds well enough, while meaning absolutely nothing. Unless the Provincial Adrniuistraitiou pays the money, in other words "places it" to the credit of the Board of Education, there will be no funds wherewith to maintain the Separate schools, Green way has said, in terms unmistakable, ,that' he will do nothing to implement the bill. In this case Greenway is; master. The Adaninis tration at Ottawa cannot coerce the kiin- ;istry at Winnipeg: The machinery is wanting. .'I doubt not, that the will is wanting, too. This Administration is the victim, not of a political reverse; but of the vanity of en nhreesouabie egotist. Sir Mackenzie Howell was.the man who Involved the Adpministri tion iu its present predicament. Sir Mackenzie will not be. 'the. one who will extricate it from its• plight. Iu Sir Charles Tupper and the fel Wit aluess of individual members the hope of the Conservative party lies. eWe .have sean,, ;ars yet, :little result from the, ,accession of Sir Charles. The day is not fardistant when he will showthat he bee not lost that political ability that made him almost a rival of Sir John Macdonald. ' I do not wish to be taken as saying that the High Cominissioner . will• save the tothatod • Government. As.no .nobody can give , .an opinion that is worth anything, The selectors of Canada will tell us just what they- think when the ballot boxes' are Opened. The Horrid Head. The men• who form the Conservative ;party aro full 'of regret that the School. Also the Liberals. And what of the Liberals? They, too, have their troubles. Charles R. Devlin, the Irish Catholic who sits for Ottawa County, was the first tp bolt. He has told an interviewer that he 'considers it his duty to vote for the bill. Beausoliel, a French Liberal, has said the same thing. Other followers of Wilfrid Laurier, men who come frons French Roman Catholic constituencies, have made up their minds to cast their votes against their leader and with the Administration. They well know tient they ,cannot be re-elected if they decline to alts in the establishing of Separate schools. Personal considera- tions have outweighed party considera- tions with them. At one time there was a prospect of them standing firm and vot- ing with their leader. That was when there seemed to be a prospect of the Gov- ernment's defeat on the second reading of the measure. With this possibility in view every French Liberal was ready to help to defeat the Government and to put Laurier at the head of affairs. They would have been able to go back to Quebec and to assure their electors that it would not be long before Laurier and Greenway would so arrange matters as to entirely satisfy Archbishop Langevitt, of Manito- ba, and his people. Had Laurier been able to convince his French foiloeters that by standing firnx they would aid in defeating the Government, he would have had their undivided support. But it was not to be. By the simple process of counting, noses, the French Liberals became assured that the Administration would be able' to mus- ter a majority from their own ranks. They rnshed for shelter. As I write, I know of six Liberals who will support the bill. There may be others when the vote for the second reading is taken, Sir Charles' Speech. Looking at the political game as I do, ab.. olutely indifferent as to which side wins, I must say that on Tuesday last the Comtnotisheard two of the most not- able speeches that have ever beendeliver- ed within their marble -pillared chamber, Charles Tupper, Baronet, the man who has come to Canada to save his party—so his follotvers say—made his first import- ant speech in the House. It was an effort that was worth traveling miles to hear. Apart from its political characteristics or value, it was a most remarkable speech. The old man eschewed ,senti ment; he said nothing of the downtrodden minority, ex- cept to warn his hearers against taking refuge in technicalities. His statement of the Government's case was clear and able. The case may be weak; his defence of it was strong. The Iayman, unversed in the tortuosities of the law, easily ca n understand Sir Charlese chief point. It was this: The Government of Canada had invited the Government of. Manitoba to take steps towards the redress of the griev- ances of the Roman Catholics of the pro- vince. It was•only, said Sir Charles. .w heir the Manitoba Cabinet ref used to take any action that the Ottawa authorities felt compelled, nay, were compelled by the British North America Act, to step in and interfere in the matter. Let us have the exact words with which he concluded his speech: • "I need notsay that they have adopted this policy in the face.of great diff eulty, because it is always an extremely un- pleasant thing for airy Government to find itself fn a position in which there is even a single ,rnember of their patty that does not see eye to eye with them. In the face of even this difficulty, the Governs ment have felt compelled, in justice to their own position, and in regard to their duty to the country as imposed by the Im- perial ',Act, m-periatl'Act, the Government 'haave 'felt obliged to take the step they have taken. They have taken that step in the most moderate and temperate manner that watt possible to be devised, and even down to they present hour have been open Len to anysi es tion bywhich the res lonsibil- egg I. ity which is iinposed upon them under the circumstances could be removed. They are still open to, any suggestion, from any quarter, or, any means which will remove the necessity of their being compelled to take action of this kind, and having done that, I have no hesitation in saying that 'the Government week' feel that it was unwoethy the position it occupies;, that the Government would feel that it did not • deserve theconfidence of, that great Lin- eraf-Conseevative party who have' enabled it 'to accomplish so much for Caniade; that the • Government would feel that it'was unworthy the confidence of gentlemen on either side ofthis.House if, on a question so momentous, so iraportant, and so vital to the •good governirleut, progress :and prosperity of Canada, they were not pre- pared to lay down office if necessary, or to refer to the groat intelligent electorate of this country foe" e decision as to whether they had discharged their duty or not," And Then, Laurier. And then, amidst a hurricane of cheers from his faithful supporters, arose Wilfrid In Ten Days. the Vote. tt+' "e st epe '+ • -cIN r, d ,. THE "POLE NORD. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO FIND THE NORTH POLE. Gas Will be Made for the First Time in the •Arctic to Pill Audree's Airship. We present to -day official details et. the great balloon in which S. A. Andree, the daring Swedish Aj- tic explorer, intends to try mid diens to the mysterious North Pole from some favorable spot' yet to be selected in the northwestern . part of: Spitzbergen. All previous attempts to reach the pole by vessel or sledge have failed. Intrepid explorers, familiar with tire frozen north,- are now agreed that it is impossible to reach. the pole over the surface of the ice, and they are hopeful that Andree has at last hit upon a practicable plan. In the absence'ce' accurate information as to the Nausea expedition in the Frum, geogra- phical societies de not believe that the Norwegian has been more successful than his courageous predecessors, and they are now pinning their faith to. Andree and his big balloon.Their faith, is substantial, fora group of nie ed geographers; have con tributed $50,000 towards the expense of Audree's expedition. The balloon is now building at 'Van- guard, a suburb of Paris, and will be cones The other. speeches of the week bare not been notable. You already have heard of Spronle's defection from the ranks of the Government. With him went T. Dixon Craig, who was a member of the Equal Rights Association. We'itave yet to hear from McCarthy, Foster, and the Ontario Conservatives who have made up their minds to bolt. It will be ten days before the vote is taken. I have no hesitation in saying that the bill will pass its second reading, As the days go by the Conser- vative dissentients grow fever and fewer. The Administration's, majority will be at least twelve. And then the bill, with its 112 clauses, will be considered in commit- tee. It is improbable that it will get any further. There will remain only three and a half weeks of the session in which to deal with the bill, the estimates and the other business of the House. The most probable contingency 3s a dissolution and an appeal to the country: Almost half of the Cabinet desire an appeal to the coun- try as speedily as mai' be. • I should not be surprised to • see the writs out arid the campaign commenced within a mouth's. time', ',Yonder What They Will P Nost story is related to A to re alt n i about sailors who y to s happening to be in a Japanese poet went to see an exhibition of Japanese fireworks. Through carelessness the exhibitor dropped a lighted matchr into a pile of ex- plosives, and the sky was filled with rockets and 'other things, and one of the tailors thrown upabout half -a -dozen feet. • When he came down and recovered his tenses, Inc is reported to have said to his nlessrnates, "I wonder what he'll 'do next?" think nk it quite likely that many people who did not approve the action of congress or' President Cleveland's Vene- tnela: message thought to 'thetnselveb, 'Wonder what they will do next ?" Conclusive. An Irishman and a, Frenchman were One day havlu._, in dispute over the nation- ality of at friend of theirs. "I say," said le Frenchman, " that if he was horn in i'rande he is ai Frenchman." "Begorra," ;aid Pat, "if a cat should have kittens itt the oven would you call them. biscuits?"-- Tomato iscuits?"—'orouto (Can.) Christian Guardian. , ANDRE, POLAR BALLOONIST. pleted in time for the start of the expedi- tion, which has been fixed by Andree for the last week of May or the early pert of June. The balloon, which has been christ- ened "Pole Nord," will be made of silk, specially woven on the best looms of Lyons. '1 he diameter of the "Pole Nord" will be 201-2 metres, its capacity 4,500 metres. The bag will be made of three thicknesses of richt, bound together by an adhesive varnish specially prepared for. the purpose. It is calculated that the balloon will be gas -proof, and that the gas with which it will be charged at the point of ascension will not leak, and will retain its buoyancy until Andree and his two companions either reach the pole, or, baffled, land on the most northerly part of the American Continent. A curious feature of the balloon is the big guide -rope of cocoanut fiber; weighing 1,000 kilogrammes, a weight sufficient to maintain the balloon at a height of about 000 feet, at which elevation the explorers can study the regions over which they pass, and enable M. Steiudberg, the pho- tographer, to picture them. , The expedition will start from Gothen- burg on a specially chartered steamer, the Virgo, and will reach Northwestern Spr.tz- bergen in two weeks, There the explorers will debark and erect a temporary house, a picture of which is presented here. In this house the balloon will be charged with gas carefully made by experts. It will require some time to make tite gas and charge the envelope, but M. Andree expects to get away in the balloon early in ,In lc. The "Pole Nord" will carry three per- sons—M. Andrea, who is a capable aero- naut; Prof. Gustav Ekholm, the scientific observer, and Dr. Nils• Steindberg, physi- cian And photographer. Andree does not know how long he will be in the air be- fore he finds an air current that will drift him over the pole, but he expects the "Pole Nord" will be able, to stay aloft three weeks, and cover a distance of 3,000 miles, and the balloon will be provisioned for that period. M. Audree, a portrait of whom we pub- lish, is au exceedingly handsome and vir- NILS STRINDBEItG. - ile man. He is forty-two and is more than six feet tall. He was born at Grouna in 1854. and has made many voyages to the Aretics. He is 'a veteran aeronaut, as well as. sailor,wird once - journeyed from. Gratheriberg, to the Isle of Gothard, d, 200 utiles, in five hours. Dr. Nils Steindberg, Andrea's first as- sistant, ie a young. man, only twenty-four, bet is a courageous sailor and learned iu the lore of the: Northland. He, like his chief, is a tall, strong man, and the is also said td be very good looking. This novel expedition is exciting the greatest .interest in scientific circles in. • Europe, and many steam yachts . will escort the Virgo as far as Spitzbergeu and their distinguished passengers witness the ascension 'of the "Pole Nord." Every possible contingency of. Arctic travel has been provided for, and as the Swedes have generally been very, fortunate in Arctic exploration, Audree's' compatriots are hopeful that good luck will attend him and success crown his novel and daring attempt to solve the world -old mystery of attempt North Pole. People are forbidden to destroy wild Weds within a four -anile radius of Lon- don, by a re s m t order of the County Corn 1 ib"1, - Wheat is. ' 'aSt0;;-- Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription. for Infants anis Jiialdrasn. it contains neither Opium Norphirie nor other Narcotic t zabstanno. -I:'t 2u is harmless .;substitute for )nd1rog'oric, Drees, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL ht is. Pleasant. its guarantee i..i t712irtt ears' use by Ilfilliaiis ofIilothers. Cast aria destroys Worms and est ayii feverishness. Castoria prevents vd nt s v, omit Bg Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and 'Wind Colic. Castoria, relieves teething troubles, •cures constipation and ilatttleari ., Castori:t, assimilates the food, regulates ti:e stomach and bowels, g'•vizlg healthy and natural sleep. Gas= toric i., the Children's Paauuceu-'-tbe Mother's Friend, Castoria. 1°Caztt,ri. is as. axellent medicine for chi!. h eat. IInt:nero have roDmtcc:ly told me of iu c.,etl ei:ect upon their chnldten." In.. G. C. Orrtnee, Lorcl,, :.pan, ' CaFtoria is ting l•n:.+51 OF ne.iy for children of ilea 1 eat :..•cle/emcat. I hope t.:o ere is act ^• v. G•+ta r; :,an:nattiera trill eoast.:e:• them rige. i. •-a est of Ca -iv ci:il lien, tame use tstorie, le- e! lid of the v..riousguncu: t,ortrt ms ti-rh telt a 0 F. strtmicgth•'irloved. ones, rayforcing or.i:l::t. t•.t"rphine, aoothia,^, syr+:i.• and o:i:••r 1.: ; i:l. i•::.':` •:r""}•n th"ir thrones, 7lsereby senau:; est uo prercosvr.l gessvc,h." •it asthri' . "CartorieisSowellwee: `eetothee drertreat 1 recommend it..ssuperser many prescription leacnivr to .ret,:; IL A. Amman, If. D., :12 So. a:)zfrr.l;a., ).rooLivn, I1. T. "Our pbys:cians in the on ;.wren's depart went h:: re spoken h; ;L•ly of their oxperi euc:o m. i, •Air caleside practice web Casstorie, nae arshoirth n'o only have amour, e•:r nerd:rani supplies what Ir. kneen as re:;ua:.t p:•odro:F, yet v 0c'e free to confess that the i:aer;:r, of Cestoret hes won us to look; with. G:var upon it." i arrzo Oiosrz.ar. pan Disrausas., S...ton, 'tan i rasa C. Surat, :arra, :n (7C1;turte Correa gee T rI W.-:'tsy ifelese "-'t 0:87 wash CIII?. .fxi.%,: -.av' :. wa:.:L:Z"'raa gkgr4l.."ig- TOa,-'x:54:4 A MEDICAL BIIOCANEER. Ho Was Also au Author and Invented Dover's Powders. Not many persons who have taken a Dover's powder have any idea of the ro- mantic career of the man who gave his name to the preparation. Thomas Dover was born in Warwicsksbire about 1060, and after studying at Cambridge and with the famous Dr. Sydenham, settled clown at Bristol, for centuries the house port for adventurers, pri- vateers and slave traders. Ho was nearly 50 when he joined in a com- mercial and piratical venture with a Two number of Bristol merchants.t � ships, the Duke and Duchess, were fitted out for a voyage to the South Seas, from which William Dampier. the circumnavigator of the world, had brought wonderful tales of Spanish riches. Dampier, who had come to grief in his last expedition to those re- gions, was taken along as pilot, while Dover went as third in command to Capt. Rogers, and appears in his nar- rative as Capt. Dover. The expedition was memorable for two events. On February 1, 1709, the ships arrived off the island of Juan Fernandez. and Capt. Dover, who went ashore in the pinnace, brought back with him to the ship a couple of days later a man clad in goat shins, who had been left on the island four years and a half before. This was Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe. Later the expedition sailed for the South African coast, and 'found what it was seeking in the two cities of Guayaquil, which it attacked and sack- ed. Dover led the van and cured the sailors of,the plague which broke out after the capture of the cities. After cruising in the Pacific for an- other two years for the Spanish treas- ure ships, they returned to England in 1711, having collected plunder to, the value of $850.000. Dover's share ade him a wealthy man and left him free to wander about the world for some years. He settled down in London .as a physician in 1781, carrying into his practice the pugnacious habits of his buccaineer's life. To attract public at- tention he published his book, "The. Ancient Physician's Legacy to His Country ; Being What He Has Collect- ed Himself in Forty -Nine Years of Practice; Designed for the Use• of Alf Private Families." The book ran through eight editions, the last ap- parently being p-parentlybeing published •in 1771: On page 1St in the section on gout, is given the formula of his famous powder : "Take opium one ounce, saltpeter and tartar, vitriolated, each four ounces ; ipecacuanha one ounce. 'Put the saltpeter and tartar into a red hot mortar, stirring with a spoon ,until they have done flaming. Then powder them very fine; after that slice iii your'• opium, grind them to .a powder and then mix the other powders with these. i n Dose, from.' 40 to 61) or 70 grainsn a glass of white wine posset before going to bed, covering up warm, anti drink- ing a quart or three of the posset; drink while sweating." - The nblication of the book made a' great noise, and brought Dover into many quarrels with his fellow=prac=' titioners, who treated him .as a quack, as they slid Sydenham for that matter. H ainst carried on, a bitter war against e b apothecaries, tbo, and died in 1742. His powder is still in the British phar- macopoeia. Why Ordinary' Light is Injurious ins Suutilpox Cases. It bas been demonstrated by many' investigators that luminous vibrati:on e of short wave -length are capable of producing an inflammation of the skin. It is therefore easy tq understand that' such actinic rays increase au inflam- mation already existing, as in the case elen of smallpox. With a view to remedy- ing this source of trouble, Dr. N. R. Finsen, of Copenhagen, has been mak- ing experiments in the keeping of smallpox patients in non -actinic light. He finds that the skin during smallpox is as susceptible to daylight as a photo- graphic plate, and must be kept from the chemical rays in the same way and almost as carefully. Even a brief ex- posure to da.) light may produce sup- puration with its attendant evils. If, therefore, red window glass is employ- ed, it must be of a deep red color, and if curtains are used, they must be very thick or in several layers. When the patient takes his meals, or during the physician's rounds, artificial light—for instance, faint candlelight—may be used without any danger. Dr. Finsen. says that this meti.od allows the em- ployhrent of any other treatment which may be considered necessary. The treatment should be commenced as early as possible; he nearer the be- ginning of the supp " axion the smaller are the chances of st. cess. The patient must remain in the red light until the vesicles have dried up. Harmonious Combinations. Black combines well with almost all colors, except those which are so lacking in brightness as to be too nearly like it. Black ann pale pink, blue, yellow, green, red, lavender and even rather dark shades of blue, clear brown and green are excel- lent combinations. Brown combines well with yellow gold ani bronze If it is the shade of brown which has brightness. It is ,-effective also with black and with certain tones of green. A chocolate -and -milk brown cam - bines well with old rose and the dull shades of pink. Very dark green is efeotive when brightened by linings of narrow trim- ming of pale blue. A medium shade of' gren uniteswell with old pink. Brownish. greens look well with bronze and copper color. 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