HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-11-19, Page 7OUR OTTAWA LETTER
AN AGGREGATION OF TALENT IN
THE CABINET.
What the Sun Says—A Mercenary Trans-
action -- Greenway Recalcitrant — The
Bardy-Iters Atiniinistrut aou— COU ntin
i:
on D1oAinioy--The Fairlie Incident.
1Frnm Our Own Correspondent.)
Ottawa, Nov, 10.—It is with regret
that I have to state that the absence
from the Capital of all of thegentlemen,
of the Cabinet, with the lone exception
of Hon. R. W. Scott, has lasted for a
fortnight. True, we have been honored
with flying visits from Sir RIchard and
Mr. Paterson, but they have rushed into
town any to escape with precipitancy
when they disouverod the ante -rooms to
their offices crowded with enthusiastic
Liberals, looking for Government posts
and armed with letters of recommenda-
tion from Government supporters who
are by way of being mon of influence in
their own neighborhoods. From mid-
continent we receive the cheering nevus
that Mr. J. Israel Tarte and his distin-
guished oritourage are having a most
successul progress through the gulden
West. From none of the other Ministers
do we bear anything—but stay, there is
Dr. Borden, the Minister of War. Rich-
ard Coeur de Lion was a master hand at
the good old English game of buffets;
Napoleon played chess; Charles of Orleans
wrote sonnets; Dr. Borden plays the
fiddle. There was a dinner of the officers
of the Montreal garrison the other
night, The Minister of War was there.
Let the always -present reporter toll the
I r+u. wr_ to e, mow. _ ossa•. .
French Canadli, to say nothing of the
thousands of Protestants who voted
Liberal because they supposed the Lib-
eral party would uphold . the National
system in its integrity, it will have an
exceedingly hard row to hoe."
Greenway Recalcitrant,
There are few residents of Ontario
who would not be heartily glad to see the
Sohool question settled for good and all.
ee has been a thorn in the side of the
country's progress. It defeated a Govern-
meut which enjoyed the full confidence
of the great majority of the penpie on,
every. other `natter of administration. It
placed in power a party that under nor-
mal conditions could not have arrived
within hailing distance of the treasury
benches. And, on that same question
this Government is going to have, as
The Sun says, "a bard row to hoe." It
is evident that the men now in power at
Ottawa took altogether too much for
granted when they assumed that they
would find in Mr. Greenway a templets -
alit ally, prepared to unite with them
in fighting the Conservatives in Domin-
ion politics. Mr. Greenway, as I think I
have said before, is a Greenway man. He
likes his post as Premier of the prov-
ince. In the Manitoba elections he found
that although he carried the• province by
a large majority, his candidates were
successful in many oases by very few
votes, Ho knows that the people of
Manitoba will not consent to a return
to the old order of things. Unlike Laur-
ier, he has nothing to lose by delay. The
Dominion Premier knows that the peo-
ple of Ontario have been disposed to
give him every latitude in effecting the
settlement. But I do not thing: they
much longer will bear with the temporiz-
ing tactics of the Administration. As for
their accepting the settlement that I
have outlined, nothing is more improb-
able. The idea of making French the
colloquial tongue in the schools of a
province which has abolished by legisla-
tive enactment its use as an official
language, is preposterous. It will be re-
membered that a few years ago the Act
in question was passed, and the Domin-
ion Government declined to disallow it,
And now, the Tarte-Laurier Government
desires to make French the tongue • in
which shall be taught those Roman
Catholic children who are to associate
with English-speaking people all their
lives. No one can tell what will be the
outcome of the present negotiations. It is
very improbable that Greenway will back
down. Everybody knows by this time
that the real reason of Tatte's visit to
the West was this school ease. The Min-
ister of Public Works, when Greenway
began to show signs of recalohitranee,
started out on his mission. It seems
probable that he will be unsuccessful.
The Hardy -Muss Administration,
The Hardy -Hoes Administration will
not find time cares of office us light as
thistledown. Tho Opposition will want
to know several things next session. The
action of the Government in allowing
one of the provincial employes, Mr.
James Noxon, to draw his salary while
engaged in the service of the Dominion
seems to be against the legislative
enactments of both Houses. And there
are other matters to come up. A corres-
pondent of the daily press points out the
case of Dr. Bunke, of the London asylum.
The I)oetor, one wnhhld imagine, must
be a relative of Sir Oliver Mowat's, so
well is he treated. He draws a salary of
$2,000 a year. He is paid the $2,000 in
cash, is given a free house to live in,
furnished with everything; his table
supplies, his servants, his horses and
carriages are all furnished by the prov-
ince, thus giving hila a salary of from
45,000 to $0,000,;► year. The people are
kept in ignorance of this, as in the pub-
lic accounts the salary appears as $2,000
only. It is the same way with the other
institutional. Dr. Bucks is allowed $280
a year for feel—about as munch as some
workingmen have to live upon for a
whole year. Investigation before the
Public Accounts Committee of the
Legislature disclosed that the doctor used
1,453 pounds of sugar in one year, or 125
pounds a month. His laundry bill
amounted to no less than $475.75. The
Doctor has a "good thing," If he is not
above taking advice he might accept the
counsel of a gentleman named Boss
Tweed who stated it to be his experience
that a "gond thing" ought . to be
"worked hard, for they seldom last."
The Doctor is requested to note the final
words of Mr. Tweed, who was an au-
thority.
Counting on Mciiinley.
story:—
"After dinner Dr. Borden, the Min-
ister of Militia, surprised and delighted
everybody by going up to the leader of
the °reheatra that was in attendance, and,
borrowing his violin, he proceeded for
an hour to delight the gentlemen present
with a selection of all kinds of music,
winding up with an excellently rendered
Irish jig," Who will have the audacity
to assert that in his choice of colleagues
Mr. Laurier has not been most fortunate?
Mr, Laurier, with Mr. Tarte's permis-
sion, plays the leader; Mr. Borden plays
the fiddle; Sir Henri 7oly plays cicerone
to Li Hung Chaug—promising never to
desert the great Chinaman—and Mr.
Tarte aided by Mr. Pettit, plays the con
tractors, Truly an aggregation of talent,
Let us defer to it and to its members.
What the Sun Says.
White Mr. Tarte and his estimable re-
latives and connections are touring the
West in the Government oar Cumberland
the Premier is on the uneasy seat in his
rural home. The settlement of the schools'
case baa not been compassed. The coun-
try has noticed with regret that of late
he Premier is suffering from a distress
mg malady. His memory seems to have
in
Mu him. He cannot or the life of him
tell which fiscal policy he last advocated.
But he may remember that at a dinner
party nearly three weeks ago he assured
his fellow -feasters that within a week
the School question would have been
finally settled, And still the announce-
ment has not been made, The Independ-
ent press has taken the matter up, • The
Sun, the organ of the Patrons has
strong objections to the procrastinatory
course of the Administration. Like all
the other Indepandent newspapers, The
'-e Sun has no high opinion of the course
of Hon. Clifford Sifton, the gentleman
who has ()hanged his convictions with
such great facility. Concerning the acro-
batic ex -Attorney -General of Manitoba
Time Sun says:—
"It does not look well to see Mr. Sif-
ton bargaining for a seat in the Domin-
ion Cabinet as the price of granting
concessions which he refused to the
former Government on the high ground
that Manitoba ought not to be saddled
with she dualism that makes the rest of
Canada not one country but two coun-
tries in uneasy union. There is a mer-
cenary air 'about the business which
does not exalt him in public esteem,"
A Mercenary Transaction.
Of course there is a mercenary air
about the transaction. The amount con-
cerned, so far as Mr. Sifton's interest
goes, is four thousand dollars a year.
Mr. Sifton is not arich man. The money
making power of the provincial states-
man always has been exiguous. He
needs the increased income, and in cases
like this quite as much as in :coal con-
tracts, "Business is business." Mr.
Tarte's friend says so, and any friend
of Mr. Tarte unreservedly may be taken
as do authority. The cause of the
hitch in the school negotiations is not
far to seek. Mr. Tarte—it is curious how
that name will crop up—Mr. Tarte,
assisted by Mr. Laurier, demands that
French shall be the language of the
Roman Catholic Separate schools that
are to be re-established under the new
compact. Thomas Greenway, first Consul
of Manitoba, makes decided objection to
this suggestion. The most casual obser-
ver can see that, with . Tarte's demand
granted, Mr. Greenway will have some
difficulty in convincing his supporters
that the National school system has not
been interfered with. The public are to
pay for the maintenance of schools in
which sectarian doctrines are to be
i taught. In their rejoinder to one of the
Orders -in -Council of the late Govern-
ment on the question, the Administra-
tion of Manitoba stated, ina memorial
drafted by Hon. Mr. Sifton, that such
a return course would be inimical to.
the interests and repugnant to the de-
sires of the people of the province, ' And
it is apparent that, if French isto
be the language in which . the .proceed-
ings of the Roman Catholic schools are.
to be carried on, the sohocls will have
lost every vestigeof their National char-
acter. Dr. Goldwin Smith, who certainly
cannot -be termed a friend of the late
Dominion Government; isthe chief con-
tributor to The Son, and it is not un-
warrantable to ascribe the following edi-
torial opinion to him:
"It is said that Mr. "'Tarte insists on
French being the language of the Oatho
lie schools in the hope that, by thus
gratifying the race pride of the French-
Canadians, he may get them to accept
therest. of the program to which the
clergy are sure to object, their demand
being that Separate schools, should be
established much as they existed before,
not by a mere agreement with Mani
ntoba, which. Mr. Greenway's successor
may repeal, but by Federal legislation,
;as proposed in the Remedial order. • If the
Government should be obliged to offend
the religious and racial sentiment of
to decide whether this min eery shall'
stand in the position of at cringing'sup-
pliant, beseeching favors from the omen
in power at Washington or else continue
in the way in which she had been going
before the election of ;June last; the way
which leads to a; more closely integrated,
empire and the acquirement 'ni' a Brit-'
iah market from which the Amerreans
may tty in vain to oust us. ..lines • are.
changing across the water; The star of
ImPerialism is in the ascendant The
Little Englanders have seen the error of
their ways, or have left this sphera. The
feeling that Free Trade is. tct be the
eternal policy of the Kingdoms is on the
wane. Dieu of weight and influence like
James Lowther, M. P., and even Lord
Salisbury have said that this country
may seineday have to adopt a moderate
protective tariff. Free Trade, as a panacea
for every national ill has not been a suc-
cess, Prices are higher in protected Ger-
many than in Free Trade England The
theory of free trade is against this, but
the fact remains. Politicaleconomy often
works luuoh better in the class room
than in the commercial world.
'The Thatch,• Incident.
Mr. Tarte's progress through the
Northwest has not been devoid of inci-
dent. The Minister of Public Werke is a
very temperate coat. He never has boon
in the habit,in his youth or at any other
time, of applying "het cud rebellious
liquors" to his blood. But it is to be
feared that certain gentlemen of his suite,
who are "out for a good time," have no
such moderate habits, The other day
they became involved in a serious dis-
agreement with. Rev. T. H. Fairlie, the
principal of the Rupert's --Land Indian
Schnee because he would not allow them
to bring whisky and champagne into
the school upon the occasion of their
visit to the Institution. One of Mr.
Fairlie's duties is to warn the Indian
wards of the nation, who are being edu-
cated at the school, against the evil
effects of alcoholic liquors. The reverend
gentleman was overruled by Mr. Tarte,
who insisted that his friends should
have their whisky and wine at the
luncheon at the school. Mr. Fairlie was
denounced by the Liberal press for his
"obstinacy," and in self defence hag
made a statement of his case. The lunch-
eon lasted two hours; time "inspection"
of the school ten minutes. Mr. Fairlie
goes on to state that he would have been
guilty of criminal negligence had he
admitted the liquors. Certain gentlemen
of Mr. Tarte's retinue towards the end
of the luncheon, complained about the
deficient ventilation of the room, Mr
Frerlis says he can well understand that
"when a dozen men who have spent
two hours at a banquet where cham-
pagne and whisky and soda were
served, and cigars freely smoked, get
orowt''ad into a small room, it is not
conducive to sweet smells," He noticed
the strong smell himself, but did not
think the officers of the school were to
blame. It seems that Mr. Fairlie has
been at the head of the school for three
weeks only. He was appointed by the
present Government to manage it, and
he says "I understand my duty, and I
daily ask God for strength to perform it
-fully amid fearlessly, even to the extent
of forbidding so powerful a delegation
to bring whisky within its walls,"
The tireless Tarte should have exercised
more discretion in issuing Invitations
for his trans -continental excursion. If
his guests will insist upon disgracing
themselves they should do so in the se -
elusion of the Government car which
they inhabit during the trip. The effect
on the Indian boys of such an exhibi-
tion as Rev. Mr. Fairlie spanks of could
not be other than demoralizing. The
reverend gentleman, who has held the
position only three weeks, has always
been a Liberal.
CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S •AXIS..
Continual Sli rht Changes in All Parallels
of . Latitude.
Of all theigstrononmicai problems under
disnuselee of late years, one of the most
interesting has been that of changes in
the earth`; axis. It has been found that
the lw.mgle:try line about which the earth
rotates once a day is not.invariably fixed
with reference to the, earth, but is eon-
tittually changing its position in that.
body. The term "pole" has, therefore,
to be taken in two different senses: (1)
As the end of the shortest diameter of
the earth—this is a fixed point, with
reference to the earth, as long as the
earth keeps its shape, and may be called
the "pole of figure;" 12) the pole may
be defined as the end of the diameter
about which the earth is revolving, and
this pole may be called the "pole of . ro-
tation."
It is found that the pole of rotation is
continually shifting its position with
reference to the pole of figure, along a
curved line of uonsiderahle complexity.
The distance between the poles is very
small, never as much as 40 feet. Largely
through the *ruwearied researches of Dr.
b. C. Chandler the motion has been
shown to be mainly composed of two
parts, One part is a motion of the pole
of rotation about the pole of figure in a
circle of radius 12 feet, with a time of
revolution of about 928 days. The second
motion is of somewhat the same char-
acter, but with a period of one year, and
the amplitude of this motion has varied
during the last half century from 4 to
20 feet.
Some idea of the actual motion may
be got by imagining a Drank -arm 12 feet
long attached to the pole of figure and
revolving once in 428 days. To the mov-
ing end of this prank --arm is attached
another, which gradually changes in
length and revolves once a year. The
free end of this traces out the path of
the pule of rotation. The actual path is
apparently quite complicated.
One of the principal effects of this
shifting of the pole is that the latitudes
of all places on the earth are continually
changing, In fact, it was by this peri-
odio variation in the latitude that the
motion of the pole was detected. All
parallels of latitude are continually
shifting, with a range of motion of less
than 40 feet from the mean position.
There is little or no astronomical evi-
dence of any progressive change in the
position of the pole of rotation, by virtue
of which it occupied a position greatly
different from the present. Apparently
the former existence of tropical plants
and animals in what aro now polar
regions of the earth could be explained
on such a hypothesis; but no one has
yet been able to suggest a probable cause
adequate to produce any great shift in
time axis of rotation, and an explanation
must be looked for elsewhere. The small
periodic variations arethe only ones
about which we can be certain,
The Premier and Sir Richard seeming-
ly cannot rid themselves of the convic-
tion that the McKinley Administration
wit Dome to their aid in respect of the
tariff question. When last the Republi-
cans were iu power in the States they
upraised a high end impenetrable tariff
wall against us. They had a right to do
so, and they have pledged themselves to
do so again. Mr. Lanrier's Government
has absolutely no prospect of securing
anything in the way of a reciprocal ar-
rangement with the incoming Adminis-
tration at Washington. The men with
whom Major McKinley is in alliance are
stalwart Protectionists. They have been
confirmed in their antagonism to a
lowered tariff by the experience of 1893
and 1894. They will suit themselves and
suit the country by the reintroduction of
Protection: Canada need not fear the re-
sults. We already have had experience.
enpugh to have learned that we are com-
mercially and industrially indeFendent.
The only effect of the McKinley bill was
to send our exports to England up with
a bound. We have a growing trade with
Britain and the European countries. The
Conservative Administration • had pro-
jected its further exploitation. If the
Laurier'Government will follow in time
same course the, people df Canada will
be best pleased. They have . become tired
of. Sir Richard Cartwright's veiled
Americanisms• They cannot forget that
Boston speech, in which the present
Minister of Trade . and Commerce pro-
phesied that the time would. come when"
Boston would be the entrepnt for the
whole of Eastern Canada. This was to
be under a customs, uniop that should
discriminate against Great F3ritain. The.
line between such a union and annexa-
tion would be purely imaginary. The
result in the United States has benefited
Canada in that it has madeimpossible
any agreement other than one providing
for absolu . ,flee trade between the States
and the ;minion. •The proposition is
uownrktible on the face of it, for we all
know that Canadians never will consent
to the adoption of a discriminatory
policy against British goods. The Ad-
ministration seems to be set against the
encouragement of inter -Imperial trade.
The lucky advent of the Republicans may
do fpr Canada that which the Dominion's
own Government has declined to attempt.
Mr. • Laurier,' in instructing, his : col-
leagues to . revise thee tariff, may well
leave out of the question any considera-
tions as to the , course ' of the United
States. Canada has nothing to expect
fromthat quarter. All that remains i8 twelve years, the thrush, ten years.
I'rench Boyhood.
Our boys do not take the social polish
until 'nett later. I have heard Ameri-
cans express surprise at the childishness
of big boys whom they saw playing at
marbles or with tops at an age when
their boys play foot ball. It is because
these boys allow themselves to be
watched, restrained and reprimanded by
timid mothers much longer than theirs,.
and the boys themselves are not gener-
ally inclined to the daring undertakings
that tempt young Americans. 'Their
affection for Robinson Crusoe is very
Platonic; they do not long to run away
to sea, nor even to get on the roof to
learn their lessons, like a little fellow I
met in the country out West while visit-
ing his parents, and who, when I ex-
pressed my surprise at his perch, said,
"Well, if I slip, I can hold on to the
chimney by my legs!" And saying this,
be made the gesture of clasping the big
chimney between his bare and extremely
short legs, more scratched than words
can tell, unser their torn knickerbock-
ers. Our boys are evidently girlish in
compmirison.
On the other hand, at French youth of
18 Is stupefied, on making the acquaint-
ance of English or American youths of
his age, to meet with something that
seems to him another kind of childish-
ness :I mean that boyishness which, up
to a certain point, lasts for life in all
Anglo-Saxons. He finds himself much
more of a man, because he really has a
greater intellectual fund, more general
information, N inore highly developed
critical sense, a riper mind already much
refined, and quite enfranchised from the
simple instruction given at the lycee,
Jack the t -oldies
"Can't do it. It's against orders. I'm
a soldier now," said one newsboy to an-
other.
"Yes, you look like a soldier!" was
the mocking reply.
"I ata, though, all the same," and
.Tack straightened himself and looked
steadily into .Tim's eyes. "Jesus is my
captain, and I'm going to do everything
on the square after this, 'cause He 'says
so,"
"That won't last long," said Jim...
"Just, wait till you're in bad luck and
awful hungry, and you'll hook some-
thing fast enoilgh."
"No; my Captain says, 'Don't steal,'
and I won't. What I can't earn I'll go
without, and if I'm likely to steal any
time, I'll just call to Him. He's always
watohin' to see if any of His soldiers need
help and He's ready with it as soon as
they ask for it, He'll help me to do any-
thing He's told me to do,"
Wise .Teak! He had learned' the secret
of happy, useful Christian life.
Lite. of the Birds.
The birds that live to the greatest
age are, the eagle, the swan, and the
revere, . which sometimes attain more than
a lmundred"years. The average lite of the
wren is three years; time heron, the
parrot, the goose, and the pelican, sixty
years; the peacock and the linnet twenty-
five years:; the canary, twenty-four
years; thepigeon and , the crane,' twenty
years;. the' goidfin�h end the pheasant,
fifteen years; the hire, thirteen years;
the blackbird, . and, the robin redbreast,
MORALS d THE BATHTUB.
WESLEY.rN ( ORGL4
CHURCH IN WHICH HE PREACHED
STILL STANDING.
Bur TW,, Years the "rounder of Meth edism
Lived 1,m A►tteriea as a Missionary—Row
tie hslubhislted the First timidity School.
lhu ohurob in which John Wesley, the
foamier of Aiethodistn, preaehett tor
nearly two years, and in Wilton lie
ergaemized time firer Sunaay school, is yet
standing in Savannah, (:aa.
h is un'e of many interesting relics
that recall olmi cnlonted u.+ys in the quaint
taeur,,.au city. Here the severe teacher
of the eiguteeeth century taught the
tenet.` of the Anglican faith Ocoee he
led the way for the growth of what is
now the second largest body of Christians
in America, with a membership of 5,000,•
000.
Christ church, as it is called to -day,,
flanks Johnson square at the foot of
Its Important Iteari.ng Upon aid an's Moral-
ity and Business Success.
"It is very easy to find a direct con-
nection between the cleanliness of a peo-
ple and their moral standard," writes
Edward W. Bok, editorially, of "The
Morals of the Bathtub," in the Novem-
ber Ladies' Home Journal. "Of all the,
external aids to a moral life none is so
pntont cls tidiness, Au untidy man or
woman soon becomes a moral sloven.
Let a man be careless of his surround-
ings, of his companionships, of his
dress, his general appearance and of his
bodily habitss, and it is not long before
the same carelessness extends into the
realm of his morals. We are all creatures
of our surroundings, and we work and
act as we feel. If a man lives in a home
where carelessness or untidiness in his
dress is overlooked, he very soon goes
from one inexactitude to another. He
very quickly loses himself. The moral
fiber of a man, fine of itself, can soon
become coarse• if the influence of his ex-
ternal surroundings is coarse. I believe
thoroughly in the effeet of a man's dress
and habits of person upon his moral
character. I do not say that neatness of
appearance and cleanliness of person
constitute the gentleman or the man of
honor. But I do say that they are
potent helps. And I would like to em-
phasize the importance of this belief
upon the women of our homes. For it
is given them to be an important factor
in these helps to the betterment of the
world's morality. * * The man who
makes a point of keeping himself clean,
and whose clothes look neat, no matter
how moderate of cost they may be,
works'hetter, feels Letter, and is in every
sense a better business man than his
fellowworker, who is disregardful of both
his body and dress, or either. He works
at a distinct advantage. The 'external
man unquestionably influences the inter-
nal man. I would give far more for the
work done by a man who has the invig-
orating moral tonic of a morning bath
and the feeling of clean linen than. I
would for the work done by a man who
scarcely washes, and rushes into his
clothes. * * The time spent upon our
bodies is never wasted; on the con-
trary, it is time well invested. A ma-
chine of metal and steel must be clean
before it can do good work. So, too, the
human machine. A disregard of the
body and disorder in dress soon grow in-
to moral slovenliness."
CHRIST CIIUltCU,SAV.iNt AU.
HOW TUBING IS MADE.
Only the Best Steel Will Answer the-
l',n'poae,
How bicycle tubing is made is described
as follows: "Some drawn steel babes
have been made for years for .betters and
general use, . but the greatest demand
arose when the safety type of bicycles,
came into vogue, the diamond frame, re-
quiring the
e-quiring'the use of a greater length of
tubing and necessitating that this should
be as light as possible. There are varia-
tions in the methods for producing a
cold drawn steel tube, but the principle
of all is practically the same. Only high-
class steel is suitable for the purpose and
that hitherto employed has been chiefly
Swedish charcoal steel, containing a cer-
tain proportion of carbon. The steel• is
taken in the form of a billet two feet.
long and about six inches in diameter.
A hole is bored through the center and
it is heated, annealed and rolled into the
form of a tube about one and three-quar-
ter inohes in diameter, with wall et
about 10 gauge. This is then drawn
through a die and over a mandrel by
means of a draw -bench until about 800
feet long, beautifnliy smooth and bright,
both within and without. This is not
drawn at once, but in a number of oper-
ations, and between these the metal has
to be renickled and reannealed to pre-
vent the crystallization to which the
drawing process tends to give. 'rise. The
first drawings of the tube leave it abouts
three-eighths of an inch thick, but this
gradually decreases until a tube is pro-
duced which is of the thickness of stout
writing paper, This is the grade of tube
employed in bicycle building, and that
imparts a strength and rigidity out of
all proportionto its lightness.
Bull street. This building is the mother
of the Episcopal communion in Georgia.
The parish was founded soon after the
settlement of Savannah in 1733. The
edifice was begun in 1743, but not com-
pleted until several years later, when
the building was added to and improved.
The founder of the church was Rev.
Henry Herbert, who came from England
with Gen. James Oglethorpe, theefounder
of the Georgia colony. John Wesley suc-
ceeded Herbert in 178+3 as rector of the
church, where he remained until his re-
turn to England two years later. His
austere opinions, ascetic habits and.
severe discipline were distasteful to his
communicants. As the great reformer
said on his return home, "he preached
not as he ought but as be was able."
The results of his work were not alto-
gether successful, which was the cause
of the abandonment of his American
mission.
It was in this church that John Wesley
established the first Sunday school,
nearly 50 years before Herbert Raikes,.
who is regarded as the founder of the
first Sunday school in England, opened
his school at Gloucester. Among the
duties imposed upon the communicants
of Christ church at that time was com-
pulsory attendance of their children at
Sunday school, which was held twice a
'week. The children were arranged in
classes, as is the custom at present, and
the teachers were paid a salary of a shill-
ing a week. Each scholar was compelled
to learn at least one verse from the
Bible, and recite the same at the class
meetings.
It is told of John Wesley that during
his rectorate at Savannah be adopted a
unique scheme to teach his Sunday
school pupils the silliness of vanity.
Among his pupils were many who had
to go barefoot from lank of money to buy
shoes. Those who wore shoes taunted
the loss fortunate; Wesley was quick to
grasp the situation, and at the next class
meeting ho appeared in bare feet. He
was indifferent to the sensation he crea-
ted by this odd lesson, but continued to
conduct his class meetings in bare feet,
until the fastidious pupils likewise aban-
doned their Muses and stockings, and
ceased taunting their companions.
The interior of Christ church is inter-
esting. The chancel railing, table and
stalls are handsomely carved antique
oak, and the lectern and font are works
of art. Its exterior is of a Roman Ionio
type, and imposing in appearance.
A New Match.
Within the last few weeks frequenters
of down -town saloons and cigar stores
have noticed that the matches set out by
the waiters with the cigars were colored
red about an inch from the end which
does not light. Seine people wondered a
little about it and deciding it, was 'a'
trade -mark or Aaimething of the kind,
used the match and tossed away the
blazing end, Many others asked the .wait-
ers ' about the innovation and the waiters
always said: "Light it and see." And
the man who lit the match and allowed
it to burn out observed that when thee.
flame reached the red mark on the match
it died away and went out, leaving the
seeker after light an inch of red wood in
his fingers. Thenhe understood it: all.
The matches are intended as a blessing
for the people who light a matoh and
continue to talk about the parity of metals
anti the balance of trade until they burn
their fingers,. Then they swear, drop
the burned match and .`try it again;
Tired men who have been out several
hours in rapid succession can not always
estimate with the naked eye how mmicii
of a match remains to be burned before
the fingers are reached, and therefore •
some mighty genius invented the prepar
ation which refuses to burn. When the.
fire reaches the danger line it goes out.
And that is why the new matches are.
called "The Drunkard's Friend.''
A new paper is named the Chicago
Liar. The first title would have boon
sufficient; the other is superfluous, being
understood. -St. Louis Magazine.
TRICYCLE WATER TANKS.
They Would Cost Less Than Wagon Tanks
and Would Bat 1`o Oats.
The big sprinkling carts that water
city and village streets in the summer
time are drawn by horses, for which food
must be provided. Henry Holtz, a ma-
'chinist of Brooklyn, N. Y., has applied
for a patent on a device which does away
with that item of expense. A water tank
capable of holding 50 or 60 gallons is
mounted on a trleyole, making a vehicle
somewhat like certain small delivery
carts that are now coming into use; and
a perforated pipe, running crosswise, is
attached, so that the rider can sprinkle
'ni uCroi.E WA't'lfIt TANK.
a strip of pavement six feet wide. The
machine would be propelled by foot
power. He estimates that such a sprink-
ler would cost less than ono now in com-
mon use. In large cities, like New York,
where there are street cleaners at work
all the time, he would assign one of his
maohiues to each mile or two of street.
This might make it necessary to have
more of the tricycle sprinklers than of
the two -horse machines in order to obtain
the same service, but they might prove
cheaper in the end.—N. Y. Tribune.
Dashes of 'Wit.
The poor youth, whose wealthy sweet-
heart rears he would not love her with
conditions reversed, is willing to prove
he would.
An infernal machine—the early morn-
ing lawn -mower.
It's hard to keep a kiss a secret. It's
sure to pass from mouth to mouth.
A liquid road doesn't drown the wheel -
man's sorrow.
If you wish to take comfort have your
tire give a little.
Consider the bloomers of the road.
They toil not, but they spin like every-
thing.
There are lots of harps in heaven bat
no lyres.
"The way of transgressors is hard."
That's why they avoid the muddy street
and ride on the concrete sidewalks.
The girl who is dazzled by her beau's
diamonds is stone blind to his faults.
It sounds paradoxical, but an ice trust
can make it hot for a community.
What did Mother Hubbard go to the
cupboard for? Her dog's wish -bone.
The pessimist says, "There's a divin-
ity that shaped' our ends rough, hew
them how we will."
Some men who boast of having come
from such good families must have trav-
eled a long ways.
If women would cease insisting on
having complimentary things said to
them green would not lie to them so
much.
Sometimes it is easier to lie than it is
to ride a century in the time stated.
The hare was a 'ascorcher" but the
evenly -going tortoise got there first.
•
Thb Capacity for Anger.
No emotion is wholly wrong or base,
or without some mission ' to fulfil; and
anger is no exception: It is originally
the natural anti wholesome protest of our
nature against injustice of every kind.
It matters .not that selfishness wrests it
from other service than her own, or that,
the absence of self-control suffers it to
rage in mad violence and to become the
source of untold crimes and. sorrows. Its
primary object is to serve, not to thwart,
the cause of justice, 'Pale evidently had
this idea when he uttered the remarkable
words: "Be ye angry and sin not; let
not the sun go down upon your wrath;".
and we are all ready to admit that a
man destitute of the Capacity of anger
would also lie destitute of some manly
characteristics.
"Oi i Lamps to tiny-_"
There could scarcely he a sharper con-
trast than that which exists between the
sight,on every hand, of toddling children
in spectacles, and the remembrance of
our grandmothers doing all sorts of fine.
handiwork without any artificial aid at
all, and telling us still more marvelous
stories of their mothers In turn, who
"never wore a pair of spetstacles" and
could see to read flue print ata great age.
One of the causes for this rapid and
complete change of optical conditions
must he traced to the sort of light our
houses and streets have accustomed us
to. The electric glare, or the dazzling
flicker of the gas jet, harm the eyes as
the soft shade of candies and even the
subdued lamp light did not. One woman,
who comes of a family of weak eyes,
and who has lately begun to have trou-
ble with her sight, has entirely discarded
either gas, or electricity with which
formerly, her house was lighted.
She does not go oiit in the evening
when she can avoid it, and especially
shuns all public gatherings in brilliantly
illuminated rooms. She uses candles in
her home, and has a great wood -fire by'
whose soft glow she spends most of her
after -dark hours in conversation, if pos-
sible, and not trying her sight by any
hard usage.
These methods of prevention,she thinks,
are helping her quite as much as what
the specialist prescribed for her trial,
and certainly add to the pleasant appear-
ance of her 'pretty house.
Rapid Growth of Cities.
More than one-third of the entire pop-
ulation or the United States now live
in cities. In some states it is muds
greater; in Massachusetts, 70 per cent;
in New York, 60 per cent.; in Connecti-
cut, 54 per cent.; in New Jersey, 62 per
cent. In 1790 there were but six "cities"
—1. e., having a population of mere
than 8,000—in 1890 there ware 448 such
cities. In 1840 there were but three cities
with more than 100,000 inhabitants; in
1890 there were twenty-eight slick cities.
In 1870 there was no city having 1,000,-
000 inhabitants; in 1890 there were three
such cities. In 1896 the new New Yoety
is estimated to contain 3,200,000 inhab-
itants, or nearly as many as the thirteen
United States when George Washing-
ton took the oath of office as first presi-
dent.
A Pretty Hat.
An exceedingly pretty bat, and not
ovortrimmed, was a charming white
crinoline, one of a set of four brides-
maids' hats. It was simply trimmed of
maize glace ribbon bows and band, the
edges of which Were outlined with but
ter Yalenoiennes lane. On the right side,
in addition to the bow, was an upstand-
ing spray of white anti yellow jasmine.
This flower and in these tones looks et
its best on green satin straw hots; st.
oral of which are to be seen with . et
brim and crown partially hidden by a
double row of these blossoms, while an
aigrette of pink roses completes it at the
side.
Wear Oat Quick.
Young Mr,. Bliss (just married) -1'm
going to start housekeeping, and you can.
give me a point or two, can't you? I
suppose the biggest item of expense w*.
be the house rent, eh?
Mr. Childers—For the fleet live tap ilea
years, 'yes. .
Bliss—And then?
Childers— Shoes t