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The Exeter Advocate, 1896-3-26, Page 39TIR OTTAWA LETTER ONLY THREE NOTABLE SPEECHES IN A WHOLE WEEK'S PARLIA- MENTARY TALKEE. Merlin's liolt--Ontario Conservatives in a Bad Way ---A Great Speech—Like the Days of '92—A. Lasting Ireud---d. New Will be April 25th—tin Ileln From Green way. Before this letter has reached the oold type the vote on the second reading of the Remediel bill will have been taken. The debate has dragged along. , Only thrice in the past week have we heard 4,6 speechesthat in any way were notable. Charles R. Devlin, the fiery Irishman of Ottawa County, abandoned his leader and, on this question, ranged himself with the Conservatives. Sir Charles Tupper. led the applause during Devlin's speech, and, after the revolting Liberal had fin- ished, the leadee of the House crossed the floor to shake hands with and congratu- late him. Devlin's Bolt. The debate has put enemies side by side and has parted friends. The Gov- ernment has not had a monopoly of this kind of trouble.. Mr. Laurier has seen Devlin and Beausoliel and others quit Ms banner. With these men party ties have less strength than has personal interest. Devlin has been gazed at with unoon- cetileddudignabion by his party mates. He lb was who, a few months ago, was. anxiously endeavoring to bring Col.Amy- ot back into the ranks of the Opposi- tion. le would not be surprising if Dev- lin should become a permanent supporter of the Conseravtive Government. Ontario Conservatives in a Bad Way,. The Ontario Conservatives have had bad days and bad nights. The days were spent In receiving letters and telegrams from their constituents, warning them to vote against the Remedial bill under pain of (loath at the next general election. The Ontario Mi Istere have been sadly put to it to keep their friends in line. George ;Taylor, the chief "whip" of the Govern- ment, has been driven well nigh frantic by the consciousness that in his own .county there is a very strong feeling against remedial legislation. Now, Mr. 'Taylor, in point of importance in his party, in the House comes after the Cab- thet Ministers. Yet he fears the effects of the vote which he must give to -morrow night. The Liberals by no means fear to make charges of having taken "consider- ations" against certain Ontario Conserva- tives. Sir Richard mentioned this belief In his speeoh the other day. "When the Liberal Government shall come into .power," thundered the old gentleman, "we shall disoharge from the civil service every man who has received a political appointment in this, or after this ses- sion." This was an amplification of the Grits' contention that the Govern- ment had no right to summon this sea- alon, • and that the legislation that is passed in nowise is the voice of the peo- ple. Six men gib in the House of Coin - mons whose constituencies were abol- ished, wiped out, four years ago. Four new constituencies were created at the same time. These ridings have as yet no representation. Wherefore the Liberals become wild with rage, A Great epeech. The speech of the week was that deliv- ered on Friday by the Minister of Fi- nance, For weeks the pale and slender school master -that -was, has been °oiled- ing the material for this effort. It was one which should bring back to the fold ` the erring Ministerialists, and that should carry red war into the ranks of the Lib- erals. Mr. Foster did not look upon the, matter from its sentimental side. His de- sire was to bring into Hue the wavering Conservatives. To do so, he pictured the fearful results that would accrue shobld the 'Government of the day be defeated and sent into Opposition. Let us hear him:— What answer is it to the country's best interests if we go back to them with a defeated policy and a defeated Govern- ment, putting into power a policy and a 'Government in which we do not believe, but which we do believe will not be for the best interests of Canada? If we have nothing to place against that other than this one question, upon which we hold honest beliefs, maybe, can we not to some extent subordinate opinions on one habil for the greater good, the larger policy, the more valuable and the more precious interests of the whole? What will it have profited us, even if we gain a point of sentiment or of principle in this regard—whar will lb have profited us if we lose the soul ot a progressive policy and just administration of affairs? After six years, sir, we come here under cir- cumstances such as I have detailed. What is it, then, for this parliament to • do? On the one hand there is a well- founded repugnance to interfere and do what, even though learly within our right to do, the province can easier and far better do than ourselves. There is along with that a lot of subordinate con- siderations, ranging from principle through personal considerations,that have brought some to vote against this bill and against remedial legislation. On the other hand, what is there? There is the genius and the spirit of the- constitutional dic- tates of this &wintry. There is the splen- did lesson of toleration and of compro- mise which has been read to you in that oonstitution, and whith has been evi- denced in its harmonious workings for nearly thirty Years: • There is the cry of the. minority, small in the area of those who gutter, but large, let me tell you, in the area of these who sympathizewith it in this country. There are the minorities in other provinces demanding of you • where they shall stand, and how they shall be treated, if in coming years their time of trial comeedind they • will have to appeal to this same high court of puha- : tmenu. and invoke this same jurisdiction. " There is the parliament, sir, invepted, knowingly, definitely, positively invested by the Fathers of Confederatinn in. the constitution, with the jurisdiction to maintain these rights, and to restore them if they are taken away. This par- liament is asked to decide. It is watched by Canada—it is watched by the world. On grounds of courage, on grenade of justice, on grounds of good faiths Make your answer to those who appeal; Make your answer to Canada, who is watching you and to the world, which will judge of your actions.. Hietory, air, is making itself in this eventful day. Shall the chapter be a record of noblenese and ado- quaoy, or a •record of weakness and in- efficiency? Shall we stamp ourselves as petty end proyincial, or shall we be re- corded in future ages as magnanimous and imperial? Let us • plant our feet on the firm path of constitutional compact and agreement, of good faith, and ei honest, fair dealings. Let us take and pais On that gleaming tenth ander whose ,VALLY • Alr kindly light the Fathers of, Confederation' came safely out' from times far more tioubloue, and far less advanced than these times to -day, into an era of hria many and continued peace. Lob us do justice to a weak and patient mirority, and thus settle forever the question of the sufficiency ot the gurarantees -of the Confederation. Let us follow with cheer- ful emulation the shining example Of our great Mother Country; whose founda- tions were laid on the solid granite Of good faith, and whose vtoricl-wide and wondrous superstructure has been joined together with the mimetic of a strong and generous toleration. Let us prove our- selves now; in the thirteenth year of our existence, -as We did under the eiroutn- stances of our natal days, a people worthy of nationhood and worthy to rank amongst the best and greatest of Like the Litt:4 of 0.92. That was the peroration upon which Mr. Foster had winked for many days. When 'he sat down the Conservatives set up such a shout of delight and defiance that might have been heard in the Senate chamber. It was like the days of '92, when Liberal after Liberal was displaced In a by-election by a Conservative; when John I. D. Thompson led the House; when the Conservatives were jubilant over their new lease of power. The Ad- ministration depends upon that speech of Foster's to-do Much good in Ontario. A Western Conservative said the other night, "Were Foster to make that speech to an audience of five thousand persons in Massey Ball, Toronto, the feeling against the bill would be much lessened." Doubt- less; before the general election the peo- ple of many other places in Ontario will be given no opportunity of hearing Fos- ter's explanations tconcerning the Govern- ment's course. A Lusting Feud. And who will be the next leader of the Conservative party? Mackenzie Bowen is tired of the work; is sick of polities; is disliked by his colleagues, and dislikes them. He has lately renewed his expres- sions of desire to resign the premiership, and only last Monday he told a friend of mine that within two weate he would not Le Premier of Canada. But, though his mind is made up as to his course, it is also made up concerning another thing. That is, that Sir Charles Tupper must not and shall not succeed him. The feud between Sir Mackenzie and the nippers has not yet ben patched up. It never will be. Bowell hates SirCharles, whom he considers a snake in the grass. Tupper regards Bowell with a lowly scorn. But this is Sir Charles' attitude towards many others. Sir Mackenzie would not object to Sir Donald Smith's entering the Government as Premier, but Sir Donald has several things to set- tle before lie and Sir Charles become good friends again. It will be remem- bered that in my lest letter it was stated that Sir Donald had gone to Winnipeg to attempt to bring about iisettlement of the Manitoba School question. Sir Donald, on his return to Ottawa, had some corre- spondence by telegraph with Premier Greenway, He gave this correspondence to the members of the Government and, after exact ng a promise that :the private communications would be treated as such, le went to New York. No sooner had he gone than Sir Charles Tupper, with a view to assuring the House and the country that neoguations really were in progress, read one of these telegrams. In it Greenway said that he would be pleased to confer with Dominion Minis- ters. News of Sir Charles' announcement was wired to Winnipeg. In his place in the local Legislature Greenway rose and said that Sir Charles had garbled the telegram in the reading thereof. This sen- tence had been left our: "Of course, you know that we are not respsnsible for the c trouble that bas atisen." On Friday last Sir Rioharci asked Sir Charles whether he had suppressed this sentence. To which Sir Charles made an- swer that he had not considered the sen- tence as being pertinent. At which there ,wrie a roar of Liberal applause. A New Plank. One of tho planks of the Government's new policy will be the encouragement of immigration. Sir Charles informed me to -day that as soon as the second reading of the Remedial bill is passed, he will have a very important announcement to make concerning the bringing of settlers to the country. will be April 25th. On Monday afternoon last the Com- moners threshed out the question of the duration of this present parliament. On the 29th of April, • 1891, the Commoners met, elected their Speakewand proceeded with the business of the country. The fiftieth clause of .the British North Amer- ica Act provides that the life of the House of Commons shall be five years from the data of the return of the writs. Now, in 1891 the writ for Algoma, that inaccessi- ble division, was not returned until June 3. It is held by some Conservatives that the House warrantably might sit until June 3, 1896. To the lay mind it seems certain that, if the House organized on April 29, it was living on that day. All of the writs other than that for Algoma had been made returnable April 25, Five years from April 25 would give the House a scant five years more to sib. It has been suggested that the ease be reported to the Supreme Court of the country for settle- ment. I am able to state that the Admin- istration have decided to tate no chances of having all legislation passed subse- quently to April 25 declared ultra vices. Dissolution will take place on that day. No llelp rem Green way. And still we are told that there is pros- pect of Mr. Greenway's coming to the aid -of the Government. It is inexplicable to me that -any thinking man should be asked to believe such a tale: Green way has never manifested ane • desire to aid the men in power at Ottawa. He hopes soon to see Wilfrid Laurier in power, and to then give the Roman Catholics some measure of relief, in the days when Greonway was a member of the.house of Cionwrians he contracted a hatred of the Conservatives 'that will. last as' long as breath. is in his body. He is One of those men who believe that their political ad- versaries are full of wickedness , and traitorousness. He would oonsidee him- self to be doing somethiug, unpardonable were be willingly to aid the men whom Laurier, his friend, has called "the false gods at Ottawai An Unwelcome Baster Kiss. Russia it not the ouly country in which the early Christian Custom of kissing; all comers at Easter survives. ' In North beriand, England, the men still clai kiss or a silver sixpence froin every we man they meet in the streets. In the town of Bedlington last year at Easter a coal miner was sued for kissing a woman,- and pleaded the old custom.. Ile wee released by the justices, who informed the emu- plainant that "if she did na' waant •Geordie's kiss she could ha' gien him a siller sexpence.” A BIBLICAL PARALLEL. The Strandhar of the St. Paul Suggests a Curious Analogy. The strandino of the groat steamship St. Paul,whieli stuck in the sante off the New Jersey coast, cannot fail to suggest to biblical students the analogous experi- ences of the distinguished apostle whose name the ship hears It is eel tel in the Ads that St. Paul einbarkea on a vessel which sailed many days without urithap until it came nigh the city of Lasea, and when in sight of land the famous preach- er addresOd the seamen, saying: " airs, T perceive this voyage will be of .1 us and. much dentate not only of the laming and ship,but also of our lives " But the cap- tain and his mates paid little heed to the prophet and further on tne text declares: "Not lone after there arose against it a tempostous wind called Euroolyaon," The sailors in those days were not unlike their successors and Holy Writ declares that "When the ship was cauelit and could not bear up into the wind we let her drive." The eaten:int of the adventure proceeds to say that fearing lest they should fall into time quicksands they ,used helps undergitelhig the ship and the next day they lightened the vessel. Then again Paul asserted himself, and in the presence of the passengers and crew, declared: "And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no loss of any man's life Rainong you." It appears by the record that the vessel made famouts by Paul's voyage carried in all 200, three score and sixteen souls. The Scriptural narration is to the effect that they ran the ship aground and the forepare stuck fast and remained Im- movable. There being no life saving station near, and Ile it was impossible to command a navy of tugs, there was no way to pull Paul's ship off the sands, and they wore obliged to leave it there till the waves demolished it. Time super- stitious perhaps will think that the St. Paul is not a very good name for a ves- sel, and will recall how this particular ship has had more iniehaps than any other of the A tnerioaa line. The story told in the 27th chapter of Acts, if due allowance is made for the differences in the science of navigation, then and now, Is certainly suggestive of the great ocean liner which boars the name of the most famous passenger on the vessel which sailed from Alexandria and stranded in the sands off the island which is called.' Clauda.—Utica Herald. STRONGEST LIGHT IN THE WORLD. The 2,500.000 Candle Power Electric Bea- con 15 soon to be Turned on at u The strongest light on any sea coast of the world will soon be in working order on the Jersey shore. It will have no rival for power anywhere here or in Eu- rope, This great electric light will have . 2,500,000 candle power, and its warning rays will be sent forth from the top of Barn egat Lighthouse. This huge light was exhibited at the World's Fair at Chicago, and it was purchased by the United States Government to be placed on Fire Island. This project was, however, abandoned, as a lightship has been substituted for the Fire Island lighthouse. The Govern- ' ment officials then decided to place the new and powerful light at the next most Important point of the coast, which is Barne,get. The present light at Barnegat is 165 feet above the level of the sea, and it can be seen under ordinary circumstances nineteen nautical miles. The new light is so powerful that it will not only be seen a great deal further than the old one but it will penetrate haze and fogs, which often make the present light in- visible All old sea captains know the Barnegat light as showing a white flash every ten seconds, and the now one will have the thine characteristics. Many important additions have been made at the Barnegat lighthouse to pep _ire it for the new light, and it is now one of the best - equipped structures of the kind in the world. The Hygiene of the settee. Apart from indigestion and constipa- tion—two potent factors in the ruin of a naturally healthy complexion—there are a variety of forms of mismanagement which conduce to blotchiness and pimply deformities. Among them must be ranked the practice of washing the face - with hot water, a widespread form of self -Indulgence in cold weather. The hot water, especially • when reinforced by a coarse of unduly alkaline soap, removes an unduly large proportion of the natural fat of the skin,leavina it with a ronglioned surface which is very liable to ' excoriate or "chap," and requires mon . frequent washing to keep it clean owing to its catching the dust Nettling probably does so much to age the skin as too frequently repeated ablu- tions with hot water, and this may ex- plain why the dainty Frenthwoman pre- fers to smear off the grime with the corner of a handkerchief steeped in glycerine, knowing by experience theit good,honest soap and water is,in the long run detrimental to the preservation of a youthful skin.—Medical Press. Brea In Sorosis. "Only five black balls required to de- feat a candidate for admission!" exclaim- ed a inale guest at the Sorosis dinner lass week. "Why, that's too few. He'd be thought a pretty poor sort of fellow in a man's club who couldn't get four men to cast in black balls on his mere word that the applicant would make an un- desirable member," "Women have more sense of honor. They -wield their power, at least in our club, with full sense of its duties," gravely replied his handsome black eyed vis-a-irs, a 'member of Soros's, who seldom attends its business meetings. But the gossip of the club strays to her, nevertheles and so she smiled with a suspicion .of. irony when her mescaline neighbor politely assented to her proposi- tion. ' liaised His Own Coffin. Judge Orin K. Farthing of Barthol- omew County, lnd., who is now 87 years old, was in his day a prominent lawyer and a judge. He is wealthy and eccen- tric. Fifty years ago he planted near the front doorstep a walnut with the avowed intention of secering from the tree timber for his coffin. The tree throve steedily. The other day, feeling strongly the titfirmities of age, the judge ordered the tree out down and sawed into boards. Then, by his direction, the carpenter took his measure and began the ooffin. Shades of Newton t Tommy—Papa, there is a large black beg on the moiling. Protessor (very busy) ---Step on it sod leave me elone.--Fliegende ;Stetter. si t attete. ODD REMEDIES. No End to the Things People Will Have. One has only to ;mead a few days in a drug store to realize to what a remarka- ble extent people believe in queer things as remedies for all sorts- of ailments. Sometimes it seems as though. these rem- edies must have had ,their origin in the days of witches when these personages brewed strange tionipotaede with which to work their spells, and equally strange compounds were , brewed byother' to withstana those vette "A ye want dee. filled with an oil," With this the speaker, a raw-bonwl, stolid - looking Swede, handed a dirty two - "nee vial across the counter of o drug- store, to the clerk. Without saying a word or moving a rnesole, to inuicete tietonish- silent at this- singular. request the clerk took the vial and disappeared behind the prescription case. In a moment hereap- pealed, and, handing the vial baok, re- marked in an indifferent tone: "Ninety cents." ...eine asked to tell something about the traffic in the fat Of human beings the clerk grinned. "I gave the fellow two ounces -of simple cerate and charged a fancy price to im- press him ;with the genuineness of the 'man fat,'" said he. "rsee no harm in the deception. The fellow has unbounded faith in the virtues of man oil and he wouldn't, be lumpy until he believed he had some. If I didn't sell him some he would find a druggist who would, The simple mate wilt do him just as much good as man oil. We often have calls for remedies as absurd as this. We always fill them—out of tbe aim pleeeraete bottle, if it be an oil, or some other harmless drug if it be something else." investigniion ditelesed the feet that the various portions of the city have their peculiarities in beliefs as to the efficacy . of various unusual remedies, In the Swe- dish settlements man oil is believed to have marvelous' virtues in aches and pales when applied (eternally. Dog's grease is held in high 'repute as a slit:bilk for consmantion. The men in charge of the Chicago clog pound declare a great many of the dogs that come to an un- timely end in the death -chamber there are -converted into a superier article of cod-liver oil for the use of consumptives. They declare that a man be' of "doctors" . regularly visit the eound and select nice, fat dogs, which are slaughtered by the at- tencIants,to be rendered into Mr by the al- leged physicians' patients. Not only this, but the patients themselves often send zee, latives or friends to the pound to get dogs for this purpose. Usually the attendants kill and press the dogs, receiving a small fee for their trouble. Sometimes the dogs are taken away to be killed. One dealer said he usually got from half a gallon to n gallon of oil from a dog; that the grease usum hied lard oil in appearance; that tiO oil had, no disagreeable odor it the dog was young; that the. dose was a table- ,...enful three times a day. An Interest - the, feeture brought out was that after a pet on had Once used dog's grease other remedies would have no effect whatever on hum. Elsewhere rainworna oil and out spirits are held in high repute. The druggists have frequent calls for these remedies and they always fill the presolp- tions; the former out of the olive -oil bot- tle and the latter with alcohol slightly colored. ThoGermans believe both reme- dies are valuable for external use for all sorts of aohoa and pains, including rhemnetism. The ant spirits are also taken internnry, In a standard German pharmacopoeia, Dr. H. Hager; in the edi- tion for 1876, is a formula for making the ant spirits. The directions given are to take 10 parts of ants to two parts of alco- hol. The ingredients are to be rubbed in a mortar and left to stand for two days. The resulting colorless liquid is then ready for use for rheumatism, paralysis, and ntaliksoil time sis regniati quoted In some drug price lists. A man named Schuh at Cairo, Ill., is engaged in its manufac- ture, John Jones, of Phoenix, AM., de- votes his entire time to the manufacture of rattlesnake oil, for which he gets 84 a' pound, the purchaser to pay express charges. Snake oil is reputed to be valua- ble Skunkforrh eoui risa tiinsm. considerable demand, also for rheumatism. The skunk oil is obtained from the skunk farms, where the animals are bred for their skins. Be- lief in these remedies is often found among American -born people. "When a girl conies in after 'love pow- ders," said a drug clerk, who often has occasion to fill such orders, "I give her a little sugar of milk, which is absolutely Innocuous. if she wants it for herself, and tell her to take two doses a clay. If she wants it for her 'fellow' She usually asks for the magic drug in the shape of candy. In that case I give her some worm ltiolzleedn.7s. The drugs must give satisfac- tion, for the orders are frequently re - NOISELESS MACHINES. Gearings of Raw Hide Supplanting' lifetal Shafting. Every day sees an increase in the use of modern raw hide gearings because of their, many excellent advantages. A striking illustration of their operation Is afforded at the plant of the American Book Company, in New York. In their new building on Washington Square all the, presses, folding machines, cutters, etc., are operated each by a separate elec- tric 3notor. The speed of the presses is adapted to different kinds of work by changing the pinions on the motor shafts which engage with the operating gear of the press, the motor being adjustable in position to an extent einholen* to com- pensate for the difference in diameter. I On machines Where no other gearing is employed there is no noise beyonti a soft, purr, while on the presses and other ma- thines where metal gears are used in con- ; tact the contrast -between the. noise of the ordinary and the smooth, quiet running of the raw hide gear is so decided as to impress ono very forcibly with the ad- I vantage which a press fluted with rawhide pinions throughout would possess. Raw Jude, as a material- for gears, has been through the experimental stage, and its practicability and durability is an established fact. By compression and elimination in the process by which the pinions, referred. to are manufactured, the discs of which the gear blank is made up , are rendered more like horn than leather in their composition, retaining, -however, a toughness which allows them to bend double without cracking. They run with- out lubrication, and in the plant referred to above show no deterioration 'after Aey- oral months of use. Their extensive use In street railway work .is a Sufficient demonstration . of their durability. There see many cliredigns In which their use ran be extended. to advantage. ' A YOUTHFUL PaiENOMINON. Ile is a Stunner in tbe Will of a Rapid Huth ematiciau, Is Chauncey Depow in? ' asked a youth with a disarranged pompadour, as he en tk red the Ohm of the New York Central Bailwciy Co. Tuesday morning. "Not jest at present," answered a clerk, looking dewn from his stool at the Feting man and his button:bole bouquet.' "What -do you want of Mr, Depew ?" "I want a job working for this rail- road commute'," "Ail the desirable positions are filled," replied the clerk. "Who runs the department where all the figures are made" asked the boy. "Yon are probably looking for Mr. Carstensen, the etenptroller." The boy made his way into the presence of Comptroller Carstensen and asked fors a position, He had a letter of. recom- mendation, whe-ein the statement was made that he wud a master of mathema- tics and a lightning calculator. The comp- troller read the letter and glance.d at the - youth "How old are you?" he asked "I will be 16 on the 20th of this month." "Where do you mime from?" "Just got in from Albany.'" "Ever work in a railroad effete?" "Never worked in any office." "What can you do?" "Just figure; that's all." "Then you want a position as an am eountant?" "I don't know what you cell it, but I'd like to figure. If you want to try me all you got to do is to give mo four figures to mutiply by four more. If I don't give the correct result in a second, then the game is off. I can add four columns of tigures and never make a mistake," The comptroller of the big railroad be. game interested. He gave the boy the Moss difficult problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Then he celled in sixty clerks to witness the remarkable performances of the young fellow with the @loran:bled hair and buttonhole bouquet, "You may go to work to -day." This boy—whose name is Alfred Blum —is a most remarkable hand at figures. Re was born in Albany. Since the age ef four he has shown an apittude for Inathematios. Up to this time be had eold papers in Albany and supported the family. His father has been an invalid, and be was the bread winner for several small thildren, His devotion to his duty made everybody his friend. He gave exhibitions or computation that were paid for by those who took an interest in his welfare, —New York Journal. UNSEATED BY A GIRL. , Traveller on "L' Road Compelled to IYield His Place to a Picture Rat. "I never get up to give my scat in the 'L' oars at night." says Thompson. "Why should 1? I am as tired as any of those blamed women, and I pay my five omits for a seat—if I can get one." Thompson was wrapped in his paper the other evening,with le crowd of people standing along the aisle, looking at him enviously as he leaned back in his seat. It was snowing bard, and m my of the passengers were wet, Immediately in front of Thompson stood a tall girl, with a misohievous gleam in her eyes and a . hat with a brim turned up at the sides on her head. She wanted Thompson's seat, 1 but she could see there was little chance of getting it. . I"I'll let him know I'm here anyhow," she said to the girl with her, with a sly sin Ile. Thompson was deep in his paper, and appeared to be unconscious of the presence of the girl, although the stopped upon lila foot and rustled his paper with the bottom of her ' wrap. Then she took damper measures. The snow in the hol- low brim of her hat had melted, and she bent over Thompson, so that a stream of , water ran upon his paper and emptied it- self into his vest pocket. I Thompson eta:wort a prayer for the in- nooent young girl, and then she turned 1 the other side to him', so that the water from the opposite side of her hat would go down to the paper. 1 "Shish-squizzle-dianfounder, what -the - bel Is. and -blazes l' ;wiped Thompson in- voluntarily, as he leaped from his seat. I"Oh, don't let me derive you of your seat. You 3nust be tired!" purred the demure maiden, as she winked again at her friend, with the eye that was furthest away from Thompson. But Thompson never looked at her as she dropped into his seat with a sigh of con- tent.—New York Press. Little troubles sometimes open big win- dows in heaven. Ch rist didn't come to find perfection; but • to give it. The Wrong Hat. "How oddly things turn out some- times," mused the ruminating member lastevening.inenientga. ,lnoo,, Inquired his compan- ion. "Well, I was thinking of something that happened a few days ago. A young man, living near Utioa,had his hat taken off while passing from one oar to another on the Black River train running into the depot during the high wind last week For some cause he doted specially on that hat, and when the train stopped St the station he offered a liberal reward for its recovery. It had parted company with him in she upper freight yard and bad been blown into an adjoining lot. A railroad man started out to get the hat and the reward. He returned without the hat and a second man started. The latter went further wept than the former, and finally saw a hat in the adjoining lot, That hat didn't have a chance to got any further away, but when he picked It up he found it minus the crown. He also noticed a piece of pasteboard sticking In the band of It. It proved to be a ticket from Utica to Montreal. Instant- ly thoughts of some horrible accident flitted through his mind. Here was a decapitated hat, so to speak, might not it wearer have been decapitated also, or at least Ms head crushed by collision with a water column, switch stand, bridge or minething of the kind? He could find no evidence of such a catastrophe, however, end hurried back to the station. The concluder of the last Adirondack train leaving Utica was wired. Yes, lie had ihe passenger all right, and the passenger ' was mightily tickled to learn that some honest man bad the hat and ticket. But 'alb hat the men were looking for was never found—at least not so far as any- one. at the depot has learned. "—Utica Observer. Buying a Title. "Why zees distress?" asked the Count's laithetil friend. ' -'`Sacrel'' screamed the nobleman. 'The dot 'I was to get—the tvve tolliaredt ' "Does he then it refuse to pay?" "Ile says he shall pay, bet the pig of idlot say be shall pay inwhat he call be eastern:tent plane -at :ire dollars a reek." MULTUM IN PARVO. The noi3lest motive is the public good.—, ,Opinion, a sovereign mistress of effects. '—Shakespeare. Let them obey that know not how to rnle.--Shakespeare. You gray lines, that fret the clouds, are messengers of ilay.—Shaketpeare. He snrely is in Want of ailet her's patience . who has none of his OW U.—I./twitter. • "If a man • is endued with a generous 'mind, this is the best kind of nobility.e- Plato. Nature, through all her works, in great degree borrows a blessing from variety.— Chute:Lill: • Patience—of whose soft grace I have her sovereign aid, and rest myself con tentew. Sleikespeare. • • There are but three classes of men: the retrograde;a the stationary and the pro- gressive.—Lavater. Pedantry crams our head with learned lumber, and takes out our brains to Make - room for lea -Colton. • Thus grief still treads upon time heels of pleasure, marrytitin haste, we may repent at leisure.—Cougreve. As the mind must govern the hands, so in every steady the man of intelligence must direct the hand of labor.—Johnson. This 'melancholy flatters, but menaces you, what is it else but penury of soul, a lazy frost, a numbness of the mind?— Dryden. The passions, like heavy bodies down steep hills. once in motion, move theta- selvee, amid know no ground but the bow tom.—Fnller, Man hath his daily work of rioct. or baud appointed., which declares his dignity and the regard of heaven on all his ways. —Milton. 'The honest heart that's free free a' in- tended fratul or guile, however fortune kick the be' has aye some cause to smile. —Burns. There is always and everywhere some restraint upou a great man. He is guard- ed with crowds and shackled with for- malities.—Cowley. . Among the pitfalls in our way, the best of us walk blindly ; so, man, be wary, watch told pray, and judge your brother kindly.—Alice Cary. The betitheo mythology not only was not true, but was not even supported as true; it not only deserved no faith, but it de- manded none.—Whately. They that marry ancient people merely expectation to bury them, hang, them- selves iii hope that one will come and cut the halter.—Fuller. Those that are good manners at the court are as feedeulous in the country, as the be- havior of the country is most mockable at the court.—Shakee were. Money and time are rite heaviest burdens of life, mei the unhappiest of all mortals are :acme who have more of either than they know eu .et• —.helmet]. Where a man luta ri passion for ulealtat- lug without the capacity of thinking, a. particular idea fixes itself fast, and Soon creates a mental disease.—Goethe. Different minds incline to different ob- jects; one pursues the vast alone, the won- derful, the wild; another sighs for har- mony and grace, and gentlest beauty.— Akenside. The world is an old woman, that mis- takes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will henceforth trust nothing but the common copper.—Carlyie. The rosy fingered morn did there dis- close her beauty, ruddy as a blushing bride, gar:line:the merigold, painting the rose, with Indian ehrysolites her cheeks. were dy'd.—Baron. PRAYER. The Ram's Eforn Hakes Some Helpful Suggestions. The devil fears a praying mother. No man can pray right white he is liv- ing wrong. When you shut your closet door, lock it with a promise. Half-heartedness makes no prayers that God can auswer. Prayer is not prayer until it becomes communion with God. 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