HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-7-30, Page 7OUR OTTAWA LETTER
“THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY
ARE THE TRUE CON-
SERVATIVES,"
Trouble Will Come of Blair---Supersessions
--Placemen Inseoure--Troubles of Race
and Iteligion---Whitney or Wallace..
Width?
Not many Canadians are there who
have not heard, at one thee or another,
of Israel Tarte, the right hand man and.
chief adviser of the country's new Prime
Minister. In the office of the Minister
of Public Works, the post that he nOtr
fins, I found Mr. Tarte one day thisi
'week. The fiery little man sat in the
great revolving chair that had some time
been occupied by three of his compatri-
ots, Langevin'Ouisnet and Desjardins,
it happened that on the morning of
'which I speak, the new Minister had half
an hour to himself. He talked to me
concerning the new Government, and, as
he talked, he made rapid gestures with
his long white hands. 'Israel Tarte is as
much a Frenchman its any citizen of
old France.
"The last eleatioe was not a eontest
between the Liberals and the Conserva-
tives," he began. "We, we the Govern-
ment of the day, are the true Conserva-
tives. We hold many of the beliefs that
made the Conservative party successful.
Once I was a Conservative. I left the
party, when it came under the control
of xnen who worked for themselves and
not for the good of Canada, Thompson
was a leader, Bowell was not. Tupper
did notevant to be. Ho sought to dictate,
And the people of Canada will not stand
dictation,"
"But,' I ventured, "do you mean.that
Sir Charles Tupper had torgotten the be-
liefs of his party? You know that he was
a Conservative of the stamp of Sir John
Macdonald."
"Ho was a different man when he was
under Sir .7ohn," answered Israel Tarte.
"Hiseten years in England put him out
of touch with Canadian politics. He
came back here firmly convinced that he
knew the way to save his party. He
said so, But he found that he was behind
the times. When I heard that he was
coming I knew that the cause of the Lib-
erals was won."
Trouble 11111 Come of mane
I give these few sentences in order to
show the readers of this correspondence
the point of view of the Liberals. From
Wilfrid Laurier no interviewer has been
able to gain any statement other than
that it was inevitable that the Conserva-
tives should be defeated. The Prime
Minister smiles when it le said, as many
Conservatives do say, including the gen-
tleman whose views I gave last week,
that the Liberals' lease of power will not
be a long one. The First Minister looks
around the coun'ell board, and sees the
four ex -Premiers who have loft their pro-
vinces to enter his Administretion. With
such aides he does not see how his Gov-
ernment can come to grief. Certain it is
that In Fielding, Nova Scotia's ex -
Premier, and in Sir Oliver elowat he has
two of Canada's most able politicians, I
cannot say as much for Hon. C, G. Blair,
of New Biunswick. I do not believe
that Mr. Blair is anything more than a
second rank man in so far as Dominion
issues are concerned. Locally he is strong
with the strength of the glorified ward
politician. In his own province neither
Liberals nor Conservatives have anything
to thank him for His Government has
been a coalition. His Ministers were per-
mitted, were encouraged, to follow their
oivn bent in Federal politics. In the pro-
vincial affairs of NM` Brunswick they
were expected to be Blair men first, last
and all the time. No constituency that
did not send a Blair supporter to the
Legislature at Fredericton could expect
anything in the way of public works, or
Government favors. In fact, to put it in
a word, Mr. Blair was the head of a
clique that clung to power by virtue of
a mixture of cajolery and intimidation.
In hie Cabinet he had an equal number
of Liberals and Conservatives who were
quick to do his bidding. What wonder is
it that the politics of New Brunswick
merit the denunciation of the other pro-
vinces? Mr. Laurier knows that less than
six months ago Premier Blair thought
seriously of entering the Conservative
Government of Canada. The portfolio
that has been given to New Brunswick's
ex -Premier is an important one. The de-
partment of Railways and Canals com.
prises the management of the whole of
the Intercolonial railway. Two-thirds of
the employes of that line reside in New
Brunswick. There, in his own province,
our friend Blair will have an opportunity
of continuing his work of making his
own interests safe. Speaking with the ut-
most candor, I say that with the excep-
tion of Mr. Blair Mr. Laurier has sur-
rounded himself with strong and able
men. If the new Premier tioes not have
trouble with his New Brunswick recruit
I am prepared to acknowledge that my
knowledge of Canadian politics is dee-
dent.
sepersessions.
For a month many a man at Ottawa
has gone about with a heavy heart. The
thousand or 1110re temporary employes of
the various departments knew that their
positions would be filled by friends of
the new Administration. The Conserva-
tives had appointed them; what was
,more fair than that the Liberals should
supplant them with their own friends? It
was Israel Tarte who made the first
move. On Saturday last ninety messen-
gers and other temporary employes of the
• Public Works department were allowed to
go. Their places will be filled by good
Liberals, some thousand of. whom are al-
ready in Ottawa. The new Ministers and
the new members -those of Liberal pre-
dilections at least -are being pestered by
scores of applicants. The Conservatives
who have been retuned as private mem-
bers are envied by their Liberal col-
league. • "I never knew what trouble
was until our party got in," said W. C.
Edwards, the Liberal from Russell, the
other day. "I find men waiting in the
hall when I get down to 'breakfast; I find
them at home when I return for the
s night. I have been asked for more situa-
tions than any one department holds va-
cant. I give every, applicant a note to
some Minister. That is all I can do. I
wish them all luck. What more could
' they ask??'
inasiernen Insecure.
Rumors of ill -omen are flying in re-
spect of the tenure of office of some ex -
Conservative members of parliament who
were appointed to positions by Sir
Charles Tupper's Government. The Lib-
erals tell each other how Sir John Mac-
donald; upon his return to power in 1878,
eisonarged several. Liberals who had been
appointee by lion.Aiex. Mackenzie. They
vow that Mock McKay, Major Carpen-
ter, White of Nova Scotia and two or
three others will be allowed only a few
weeks more lei possession of Government i
offices. In the early days of the debate
on the Remedial bill Sir Richard Cart
wright announced that not a single mein- ,
ber who -I quote Sir Richard--"socured,
f!, Government office by the sale of his
vote in favor of the Remedial bilewould '
be allowed to retain his position after
the Liberal Government came into
power." Sir Richard demands that this
pledge shall be carried out. I am told
upon the best authority that at the sec-
ond meeting of Mr. Laurler's Goeernment
Sir Richard demanded that stops be'
taken immediately to dispense with the
services of these gentlemen: Calmer counsi
sels prevailed, It was the Prime Minister
who pointed out that such speedy action
would savor of revengetultaess. He in-
sisted that no action should be taken until
after the Ministerial by-elections. And
Sir Richards perforce, consented.
Troubles of Race and Religion.
Neither in Quebec nor in Ontario do
the Conservative newspapers refrain from
finding fault with the composition of the
new Government. The Ontario editor's
most frequent plea is that Quebec has
seven members in the new Government
while Ontario has but five. To which the
Liberal press replies by pointing out that
two of the members from the French
province, Messrs. Dobai' and. Geoffrion,
are not holders of portfolios. Then the
Quebec French Conservative editor arises
and demands to know why Laurier has
two Protestants, Sir Henri Jelly and Mr.
Dobell, in his Cabinet, while the Con-
servative Administrations never had more
than one representative of the Quebec
minority. All of which seems to me
sorry business. Canada will be full grown
only when our politicians cease bringing
ram and religion into the arena. Every•
body knows there are plenty of other issues
to be fought out. The worst men of both
parties have pitched upon these two old
questions, questions that ' a Arm -heeded
Home Government could have settled for
good and all in the dying days of the
eighteenth century. But the Imperial
Government had much else to think of,
and we must adjust the deffieultiee as.
amicably as may be. I know any own
people and I know the French Canadians.
Hatred, jealousy dad recrimination will
never bring them together in the bonds
of citizenship. Toleration and mutual
respect will save Canada and make her
finally great. Cartier knew this, and
.Toly, who is not so large a man, knows
it, too. English and French blood are
mixed in Sir Henri's veins; his religion
is that of the Huguenots. Yet he was
made the Protestant premier of a prov-
ince that is nine -tenths Roman Catholic.
He abandoned polities because he inahored
Mender and his methods. Always has
joly been a respected and important
citizen of his province, His religion was
not, and is not, considered by his com-
patriots.
• Pox Speaker.
It ie but three days since I met Sir
Adolphe Caron in Montreal. Adversity
cannot dull his indomitable confidence
in the star of the Conservative party.
Angers, Desjardins, Taillon: the men
who supplanted him and Canna as the
representatives of the French-Canadians,
have gone down to defeat. Sir Adolphe
has offered to accept the position of Con-
servative leader from Quebec. The day
before I met him he had addressed a
gathering of his fellow party men at
Beauharnoie the stumping ground of
Horace Bergeron, deputy Speaker in the
last parliament. Albeit Bergeron's teuous
majority was but fifteen, Sir Adolphe
was full of hope that the defeated Con-
servatives would be able to make a suc-
cessful fight against the Liberals' motion
to appoint James D. Edgar Speaker of
the new House. When the time comes,
he said, the Conservatives would meet
the Administration's motion with an
amendment to appoint Bergeron to the
position.
"But," said 1, "you do not think that
you will be successful?"
"Between now and the nineteenth of
Augnet many things may happen," was
Sir Adolphe's oracular answer. "Ber-
geron has especial strength in our prov-
ince. I do not think he will be elected,
hut I do think that the Government will
find that certain men upon whom they
rely will not prove to be their sturdy
supporiers."
Whitney or Wallace. Which?
In Ontarici there is on foot a move-
ment that may portend much. As you
know, Arthur Sturgis Hardy now sits in
the place that Oliver Mowat so long
occupied. Against him .T. P. Whitney
leadethe Conservative forces. George
F. Marten who succeeded Sir William
Meredith, has taken a seenndaey position,
and the lawyer from Dundas county
expects to be the Opposition leader. It is
in this that he may be desappointed.
Ontario Conservatives have a new gen-
eral in sight and he is none other than
Nathaniel Clarke Wallace. Xhese men,
the representatives of that party in the
legislature, are certain that Air. Wallace
would accept the leadership against Mr.
garcly, whom they do not consider to be
nearly so strong a man as is the new
Minister of Justice. They have told Mr.
Whitney that they would like a change,
and Mr. Whitney has replied that his
abilities should first be given a trial.
Edmund E. Sheppard, who has been a
consistent admirer of Mr. Wallace, is
doing his best in his newspaper and
privately to advance Mr. Wallace's claims.
I do not know that the Grand Sover-
eign will accept the leadership. If he
does, Mr. Hardy will have to contend
with an Opposition leader who will fight
as Meredith never fought. The proposi-
tion is to conduct a straight anti -Roman
Catholic campaign. Less than two years
will elapse before Mr. Hardy will have to
appeal to the province. What will happen
if Clarke Wallace accepts the leadership
of the Ontario Conservatives and de-
mands the abolition of the Separate
School system? David Mills holds that
the provincial legisdathre is competent to
do away with the dual arrangement.
Able lawyers take issue with him. But,
shooed a &eat province demand at the
polls an amendment to the British
North America Act, would the Imperial
parliament decline to fall in with its
wishes? The position is worth consider-
ing. I know that Clarke Wallace, ,who
has grown to first-class proportions as a
publicist, is giving it his consideration.
The Artist's Mistake.
Artist -There you are, sir! I've
painted you a full hue of ancestors, and
I'll warrant you that no one will know
that they are not genuine. This is your
father, that your grandfather, this your
great-grandfather, and- '
Mr. Newrich-Hold on! Good heavens,
man, you've made my great grandfather
a much younger looking man thee I am!
-London Tit -Bits. •
, To 'Remove Warts.
To tiesany warts, rub frequently with
e piece of lemon, and they will 'gradually
disappear.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON v., THIRD QUARTER -INS
TERNATIONAL 6ERIES—AUG. 2.
Oolden Text --nue kindly atrectioued one
to another, with brotherly love. --Rom.
12 10,
This lesson, which centers on David's
kindness to Jonathan's son'yet reaches
back more than 20 years to the time
when Jonathan and David made their
covenant of friendship (B. C. 1062), and
forward almost 20 years, to the time
when Mephebosheth's friend gave aid to
David in his time of troubleand seeming
ruin. The whole range of the history, so
far as it relates to this subject, should be
studied.
The practical lesson is on the surface
and can be illustrated in many ways by
modern examples.
The Lesson -13 Sam. 9; 1-18.
1 And David said, Is there yet any
that is left of the home of Saul, that I
smayshow him kindness for Jonathasake?
This was a noble example of doing
good to enemies. Saul had several times
tried to kill David; he had driven him
Into exile, and, hunted him from place
to plant. There was a long black chapter
of wrongs in the past.
David had made a league of friendship
with Jonathan, Saul's son, which was
to extend to their children.
2 And there was a the house of Saul
a servant whose name was Ziba. And
when they had called him unto David,
the King said unto him, Art thou Ziba?
.And no said, Thy servant is he.
3 And the King said, Is there not yet
any of the house of Saul, that I may
show the kindness of God unto them?
And 'Gibe said unto the King, Jonathan
bath yet a son,whice is lame on his feet,
4 And the King said unto him, Where
is' he? And'Llba said unto the King,
behold, he is in the house of Machin the
son of .A.nuniel, in Lo -debar.
When the news came of the death of
Jonathan and Saul at Mt. Gilboa'the
nurse took Jonathan's little boy, then
five years old, and fled from Jezreel. In
her haste she let him fall, and he became
lame in both feet. Lo -debar, a town not
far from Mahanaina, east of the Jordan
on the Jubboko. Mephibosheth was de-
pendent on friends for his support,
5 Then King David sent and fetched
him out of the house of Machin the son
of Arundel. from Lo -debar.
6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of
Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come
unto David, be fell on his face, and did
reverence. And David said, Mephibosh-
eth. And. be answered, Behold thy ser-
vant I
7 And David said unto him, Fear not;
for I will surely show you kindness for
Jonathan, thy father's sake, and will re-
store thee all the land of Saul thy father;
and thoushalt eat bread at may table con-
tinually.
It is quite probable that Mephibosheth
was afraid of becoming known to David.
One day a messenger arrives at Lo -debar,
It It a messenger from .the King. The
messenger was probably charged not to
disclose the King's object, for when the
lame youth appeared before the King,
and prostrated himself in holy reverence,
some trepidation seems to have been visis
hale in his manner, as we gather from the
kind and assuring words of David.
8 And he bowed himself, and said,
What is thy servant that thou shouldst
leek upon such a dead dog as I am?
9 Then the King called to naba, Saul's
servant, and said unto him, I have given
unto thy master's son all that pertained
to Saul and to all his house.
Saul's family estate, which had fallen
to David in right of his wife and all that
was provided for enabling hins to main-
tain an establishment suitable to his
rank,
10 Thou, therefore,, and thy sons, mid
thy servants, shall till the land for him,
and thou shalt bring in the fruits that
thy master's son may have food to eat;
but Mephibosheth, thy master's son,
shall eat bread always at my table. Now
Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty ser-
vants. Possibly Ziba was using the land
for himself; henceforth be was to till the
land for Mephibsoheth; though he was to
be a guest at the royal table, hetsvould
require the revenues of this estate for the
support of his family and household.
Eating at the King's table was the great-
est honor the King could pay to his
friend's son.
There are two incidents in after years
which bear upon the present story. They
occurred some seventeen years after the
events of this lesson.
During the rebellion Ziba betrayed his
master and falsely accused him of treach-
ery to David. The King, believing him,
took away Mephibosheth's property and
gave it to Ziab. Later on when Mephi-
bosheth seemed to tell the truth explain-
ing his position and action David re-
stored half of it. (See 2 Sam. 16;1-4;
19 ;24-30.)
David reaped a harvest of good from
his kindness to the lame prince. , For
when David Bed from Jerusalem from
his ungrateful son and had reached Ma-
hanaini, the friend of Mephibosheth,
Machir of Lo -debar, brought him beds,
and utensils, and food, because his people
were hungry and weary and thirsty in
the wilderness.
The most innocent persons are some-
times so placed that cbmuumstances are
against them and cause the false reports
of enemies to be accepted as true. We
should be very careful as to what we be-
lieve about our friends to their discredit,
even under the most inexplicable circum-
stances.
It is personal kindness that men most
need. 'What the poor are really in need of
Is opportunity. and sympathy.
Kind deeds sown in due time bring a
harvest of good in unexpected ways.
"They that sow iu tears shall reap in
joy."
A Gift of God.
True faith is a gift of God. It is not
something that can be acquired by any
-mental process. It is a voluntary gift of
God and the supreme gift, and, as such,
should be prized above all other posses-
sions.' The curious state of mind of per-
sons .who conceive their fancied endow-
ment with this ineffable inheritance, to
be in some way complimentary to God
and to His church, is one of the para-
doxes of human vanity.
Smoothin a the Way.
The way of life is by no means smooth,
but let us not make it rougher than it is.
The world is not all we could wish; but,
if it goes wrong, let us not spend our-
selves trying to make it go worse. Rather
let us make isa, little smoother and a
little pleasanter by outdisposition, man-
ners and deeds. If men in general are
otst of sorts, there is the more need of
our being in sorts,
THE BOY PREACHER'S STORY.
BUS Remarkable Powers as a Preacher and
Biblical Student.
James Louis Washington, the negro
boy preaoher whose reinarkable powers
as a speaker and Biblical student have
attracted so much attention in the south,
is stopping in New Orleans.
Every night for weeks past lee has
either lectured or preached to large au-
diences composed meinly of members of
his own race.
He never epeeist from the Pulpit twice
on the sane subject. His memory is as-
sonishipg, He can repeat whole chapters
of the Bible by heart, can name all the
books which compose It, and, it is
claimed, can find any text of Soripture as
soon as it is given to him.
What makes his attainments seem won-
derful is the fact that he never went to
school, noesidering ,his sae, he writes
well. His father claims that no one ever
taught him, and that he is simply a gen-
ius with a passion for gaining knowledge.
The boy is eight years old, small for
his age and has a very intelligent face.
THE BOY PREACHER.
His voice is a treble, clear and musicals
He is very vain of his gifts.
He carefully prepares his lectures and
sermons. Face to face with his audience,
his mind seems more active than usual,
and he never larks for a word.
Asked to write an account of his life,
conversion and gifts for the Sunday
World, he furnished the following, which
is printed jast us he wrote it, It was
written very rapidly.
I, little Jimmie Louie, Washington,
was Born In Big rock, pulaski county Ar-
kansas, the 11th of may, 10 minuts to n
A. ISI. Moved to Bolivar county, Missis-
sippi, when 3 months old, and there
reared. When I was 4 years and 1 month
old, playing in the floor *wills is pros-
pector of a Book containing the life of
(theist, written by Dr. Talmage, I picked
it up of a sudden and read it flurently.
I have never attended school a day or
a moment in my life and I have all of
the proof to the above fact at muy coins
man d.
I am now 8 years and 91 days old. I
can say with all of my heart that my
gift and talent is from god, I commit
whole chapters of the bible to memory,
such as the let chapter of roatthew, the
10th chapter of uehemiah and the let
chapter of 1st Chronicles and nsanny
other chapters in the bible I commit to
heart with out committing an error.
I write this with env own little hands
after returning from an audience Where
I ailivered an address to -night.
Mother died When I 'was one year and
2 months old. Muy father is entirely
deprived. of his fisical sight
I have no sister nor Brother on earth.
I confessed a hope in (theist at the age of
5 years, and. was Baptized buy Mr. J.
W. Muse of Ohio. I am sure without
exagarating that I have a regenerated
heart and chosen from Infincy to Ex-
pound the word of god, though I stand
only 8 feet and 1 inch high.
Muy weight is between 48 and 51
pounds. Muy health is perfect. I can
remember what occurred When I was
but a year and one month old. I lexured
about one hundred nights in this great
Crescent city up to date.
Muy congregations are numerous.
Both White and colored.
I sing well. Every body is inspired
buy array songs and they go away prais.
ing god.
I send may photoes. I have a talent
that catches hold of every thing such as
drawing and music. I count well.
Though I have no instructor I can read
Latin and French.
This is have been proved buy Some of
the most brained studuent of the South.
Mr. R. L. Profit of Monroe, La., racism -
end me to all Scintists and Philosophy
as a child with remarkable Power. Mr.
kirkpatrick, high Sberreff of Homer,
Claiborne parish, La. enys that I aus a
podigy and wonder of the age.
LITTLE
J. L.
WASHINGTON.
ARE WITHOUT HAIRPINS.
Deplorable Condition of the Ladies of the
# Tristan d' Amanita Islands.
The three little islands midway be-
tween Cape of Good Hope aed the coast
of South Africa forming the Tritan
d'Acunha group have been under the
British Bag since 1816, but no British
Government, it is said, has within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant paid any
attention to them. The populetion of
the islands now consists of forty-five
women and fifteen men, all Europeans,
some of the accessions being due to ship-
wrecks and sense to desertions from
whaling vessels.
Recently the captain of the Dartford
spoke to some of the islanders. The
meta bogged piteously for Women's cloth-
ing, and particulates- for corsets, hairpins
and ribbons. Unfortunately, the Dart-
ford was not possessed of these stores, so
the ladies of Tristan d'Acunha will for
the present have to go corsetless and
permit their hair to float in the breeze.
The isanders told the captain of the Dart-
ford that the latest addition to the island
population was the second mate of a
wrecked vessel, the Allen Shaw, who
was washed upon the 'creasy shore, and
was seized by the women and married
before he was dry!
A NEW ECONOMY.
What a Traveling Mau Discovered at a
redlines Hotel.
The traveling man who always "Sun-
days" in Kansas City when in the vicins
ity because his best girl lives here, was
in a cheerful frame of mind and told all
the stories he knew. One of them is,
perhaps, worthy of record: -
"Last Wednesday," said be, "I was in
a little town down in Kansas. I took
lurtels at the only restaurant in the town.
I ordered a dish of strawberries, and the
waiter brought see a heaping plate of
them, Fine berries they were, tote I
was surprised at the liberal quantity
served, and said so."
"Cheapest thing we've got," said, the
waiter,
When I got ready to eat them I looked
armed for the powdered sugar. The
waiter came to me and said: 'Want pow-
dered sugar? I said I did, and he went
elver and came back with a little pow-
der gun, such as they fire insect powder
out of, from whicla he squirted sugar
over and into the berries.
"'Powdered sugar's mielity high,' said
he. 'an' berries be mighty cheap We gen.
erany sugar the berries ourselves when
they ask for sugar'
" 'That's a new one on me,' says I
" 'Well, the boss is mighty close,' says
the waiter has got to cut corners
to make aslivin' time hogs used to come
in here and put spoonfuls of sugar on a
plate of berries, an' so he thinks up this
scheme'
The powder gun has its advantages
when one powders on the economical
Keuestins method, because it squirts the
sugar in the crevices mad puts some en -
gem' on the top berry instead of all the
sugar on the top berries -Kansas City
Times
CRIME IN CALIFORNIA..
Was in Gaol for Working and the
Other for Not 11,aboring,
There is a Chinese lauedryrime In San
Francisco who Wim convinced that the
Patrolman who arrested him several
nights ago should be committed to an
insane asylum. Unmindfal of the exist-
ence of a municipal ordinance prohibit-
ing laundry work being done after 10
o'clock at night, Wang Sam was busily
engaged at the Ironing board when ar-
rested. On the way to the station he was
informed of the gravity of the offense
and eautioued against ever working at
inienight in his laundry.
The desk sergeant was busy when
Wolie Sam was hustled into the police
station. A South Side vagrant was be-
ing searched preparatory to being thrown
into one of the cells.
"Washa matte him?" asked the la.un-
dryneen, pointing to the prisoner
"Vagrancy," replied the patrolman,
tersely
"Weshe cable vaglaucy?"
"I -ie don't work"
"No workee?" remarked Wong Sam,
inquiringly
"That's It," said. the petrearnan
"You peicemans heap clazyl" ex-
claimed Woug Sam'angrily "One man
'lested no work® Me heap workee, got
nested, allee stone Too much damfoolee
Me belles my lawyer, he finee you all
same quick You go °lazy house, you
see!" -San Francisco Examiner
FLOORED WITH A. HARDWOOD
Truly a Relpineet.
The young physician was tired when
he returned from his evening's calls,
but as he settled back in his easy chair,
and his pretty wife of only a month or
two took a seat beside him, he asked
affectionately: -
"And has my little wife been lonely?"
"Oh, no," she said, animatedly; "at
least not very. I've something to busy
myself with.'
• "Indeed!" he said. "What is it?"
"Oh, I'm organizing a class. A lot of
young girls and married women are in
it, and we're exchanging experiences and
teaching each other how to cools."
"What do you do with the things you
conk?" be asked, Interestedly'.
"Oh, we send them to the neighbors
just to show them what we can do.
There's one lodging house gets most of
it. It's great fun."
"Dear little woman," he said, leaning
over and kissing her "Thoughtful of
your husband's practice; always anxious
to extend it" -San Francisco City Argus
A Cyclone Incident.
A stranger was about to register in a
New York hotel when be took off his
hat, disclosing the fact that he was as
bald as a watermelon.
"From the West?" asked the Olerk.
The man nodded. Then the clerk
pointed to the guest's bald head and in-
quired:-
"Indians?"
"No," replied the stranger,
''Mother-in-law?''
"Barber's preventive?"
"Cyclone?"
"Yes, by gosh! Pard,yer the first chap
what ever struck it right. Let's liquor."
-Texas Sifter.
By Way of Comparison.
"You were having a quarrel with the
prosecuting witness, were -you not?" said
the judge, in an effort to straighten out
a complicated ease.
"Oi won" was the reply.
"And it was a very severe quarrel?"
"It wor. An' it Is,ep' wattle' woeser
an' worsen"
"Can you give me some idea of how
bad it was?"
"Well, 'Seer Honor, at wan toirne Oi
t'ints it wor 'most as bad as what's been
gobs' on bechuiae the lawyers hi this
case.'' -Washington Star.
They All Looked,
Lady (applying the test)-Ach, what
a pity! The handsomest gentleman in the
conmany has got a splash on his waist -
oat!
All the gentlemen present look down
in consternation at their vests. -West.
falisches Volkesblatt.
Real Poverty.
"Is she really so poor?"
"Poor! Why, it's one of the most'piti-
ful cases I ever heard of. She's too poor
even to own a bicycle." -Chicago Post.
LOST FORTY POUNDS
AN ILLNESS THAJ. ALMOST CAR-
RIED AWAY AN ONLY CHILD.
She Suffered Terribly From Palos in
Heart Trouble and Rheumatism-41er
rarents Almost Despaired of Der
Re-
covery -How It Was Brought About.
From the Arnprior Chronicle.
Perhaps there is eo better known man
in Anterior and vicinity than Mr. Mar-
tin Brennan, who has resided in the
town for over a quarter of a century,
and has taken a foremost part in many
a political campaign in North Lanark.
A reporter of the Chronicle called at
his residence not long ago and was mad.
at home at once. During a general con-
versation Mr. Brennan gave the particu-
lars of a remarkable cure in his family.
He said: "My daughter Eleanor Eliza-
beth, who is now 14 years of age, was
taken very ill in the summer of 1892
with back trouble, rheumatism and,
heart disease. She also became terribly
nervous and could not sleep. We sent
for a doctor and he gave 4aer medioina
which seemed to help bier for a time, but
she continued to lose in flesh until she
was terribly reduced. When first taken
ill she weighed one hundred pounds, but
became reduced to sixty pounds, losing
fprty pounds in the course of a few-
ifimaths. For about two years she con -
tinned in thee condition, her health in
a rnoet delicate state, and we lied very
little hopes of her ever getting better.
Our hopes, what little we had, were
entirely shattered when site was taken
with a second attack far more serious
than the first. This second attack took
place about two years after the first. We
now fully anode up our minds that she
could not live, 'but while there is life
there is hope,' and, seeing constantly in
the newspapers the wonderful cures
affected. by the use of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, we decided to give them a
trial, Before she had finished the first
box, we i otleed that her appetite was
slightly improving, aed by the time she
had used the second box a decided
improvement had taken place. By the
time she had used four boxes more she
had regained her former weight of one
hundred pounds mid was as well as over
she had been in her life. Her basin
trouble, heart affection, rheumatism and
sleeplessness had all disappeared. She
now enjoys the best of health, but still
continues to take an occasional pill
when she feels a little out of sorts, and.
so it passes away," hire. Brennan, to-
gether with the young lady, who is an
only child, were present during the
recital, and all were loud in their praises
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr. Bren-
nan also stated that he bad used the
pills himself and believed that there was
no other medicine like them for build-
ingava p y a wweeaarki eedn e ds
feeling; s tsI nor drivingfache
thought that as a blood tonic they were
away ahead of all other medicines.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills not directly
upon the blood. and nerves, building
them anew mind thus driving dieetise from
the system. There is no trouble due to
either of these causes whieh Pink Pills
will not cure, and hi hundreds of cases
they have restored patients to health
after all other remedies had failed. Ask
for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and take
nothing else. The genuine are always
enclosed in boxes the wrapper around.
Which bears the full trade mark, -Dr.
'Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People."
May be had from all dealers or sent
post paid on receipt of 50 cents a box
or six boxes for $2.50 by addressing the
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brookville,
On:*
Economy of Electric :motors.
order to rebut the frequently made
claim that a locomotive can make as
great a mileage as an electric motor, W.
Baxter, jr. shows what is done in
actual practice, and at the same time
takes the distinct statement that such
a company as the Pennsylvania Railroad
could effect a saving of over $6,700,000,
or 16.4 per cent. of its operating expenses
by the adoption of electricity. On the
railroad named there are 1,103 freight
engines,giving a mileage of 20,400,858
annually. In the passenger service there
are 478 locomotives, and the total
miles run per year by passenger trains
in 14,908,800. Figuring on a basis of 90
per cent. of the engines in use, the miles
run per year would be 34,670, and on an
80 per cent. basis, 39,000 miles. Trolley
cars making an average speed of less
than ten miles an hour run, from 45,000
to 50,000 per year, At this rate, motor
cars drawing freight trains at fifteen
settee per hour could easily cover 65,000
to 75,000 miles per year, and those nsed
far passenger worls, making an average.
speed of 80 miles per hoar, could run
over 100,000 miles per year. If so meant
greater yearly mileage could be made
by electric motors, it follows that the
wages of motormen would he very much
less than the wages of engine/nen per
train mile, the daily compensation not
being higher, and the distance covered
being far greater, After going fully into
every cost of operation and maintenance
of the two systems, Mr. Baxter estab-
lished the fact of the superior economy
of electric propulsion for trunk lines.
•
1E -Wert of Jewels.
Edmund Russell says that the ruby,
if fine'far exceeds the diamond in value.
Their tones more relate to the tones of
the flesh, ,which is the test in all per -
song.' colored coin bisaetions. The trade
value and the beauty value of jewels do
not always agree. The finest sapphires
become mere black spots at night. Ru-
bies should be worn en masse to be effec-
tive, Strong -featured women may affect
them, but it is better to have a bushel
of garments than one ruby. 'Very delicate
women who are dark should wear moon-
stones with a few small diamonds; if
blonde, straw-colored topaz. Hammered
gold is becoming to energetic women.
Serious-, iron -gray women should Wear
ornaments of blackened silver.
A Hot Bath Will Bring Sleep.
Suppose a person be tired out by over-
work of any kind, to feel nervous, irri-
table and worn, to be absolutely certain
that bed means only tossing for hours in
an unhappy wakefuluess. We all know
this Condition of the body and mind.
Turn on the hot water in the bathroom ,
and soak in the hot bath until the drowsy'
feeling comes, which will be within three
minutes; rub yourself briskly with a
Coarse Turkish towel until the body is
perfectly dry, and then go to bed You
will sleep the sleep of the just, stud rise
in the morning wondering .how you could '
have felt so badly the night before. The
bath has saved naauy a one from a
sleepless night, if not from a severe
headache the next day. -Dr. Cyrus Ed -1 ,
son in June Ladies' .lionse Journal.