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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1893-2-16, Page 3emete LORD STMLEY'S SPEECH, • Itotarkablo...)illy for.Wbat it Boa Not gay:,.. reptiom From the whrone. lfonorable Qcintletinin or he Senate : Gentlemen of the House of Moon -ions : In moon% you ert b110 oottnneecernent • another solemn of Ptarlietneut, it affords me pleesere to etnemetelate emu on the eon. tinted progrem whioh the history of the part year unfolds with regard to Canada. 'Whe hematite M trade, es illustrated by the entente and imports' during the period for which the efilinel reetirne have been pre, pared, Ma beim inoce, gratifying, aid that increase hoe eoathmed (Iowa to the present time, with prondee that the vohame of trade during the current year 4iL exceed that of may year in the history <of the Doetioloe. The revenumi of lithe country I vivo lik owise provided •1 or all the eervices for which Perlittraent ba e outdo appropreeion end the operation ef the Goireeatineet, milways has been lees burdensome, tie reg oda tie differeeoe be- tween interne 4/10, OXpoualtaro, than has been the came fel(' I% long term of vears pre- wictuely. It Momitrabe and the Xorthwest territoriea Lho isieren,eo in immignation has • been decidedly exemuraging both as regards ' the nuraber ot pertions who have come from other countries, ntla WI regards the number Of homestead entries made by settlers of all • nationalitio. Measuree hero bon taken to oarry into • -effect the egret:emote arrived at with the • United Stone on the tinigeots of the boundary of Aleska, the boundary line in Patimenaquechly bey, aud preventiou of de- structive methotieot fiehine and the proem of , oaten and iccrease of tssh lite. With retard to maim:meter in wrecking and towing, a correeporiclence has taken • place which intlit.:MM8 thlrb privileges are demanded lor Uumed States vessels in • -Canadian catiele whicili were not antici- pated, but it ie wet impossible that a satis- factory coodueion of the clisoussion may yet be reached. During the mem A friendly conference took place betemou delegiitee from my Gov- ernment and from the Government of New- • foundland on the questions which were pending between thee,WO COA0b1108. It ifS hoped and expeeted thet the interchange of views whioa then took place will be productive of beneacial requite, and lead to an andoeble adjuerenent of those ques- tions. The statotes of 1887 relative to a Depute ment of Tritte and Commerce and to the ••office of Soli:Ater General • having been brought into force, the appointments were made which were contemplated by these Acts. Ib is to be regretted that the Government sof the United Stettin WAU unable to accept the suggestions made by irAy Government on the subject of caned tolls, and that the President snould have thought it necessary to impose exeeptional tolls on Canadians -rsing the Suitt Ste. Made Canal, which hese so long been free M the people of both countries. My Government, while ready to conaider •iu a friendly epirit any pro- posals vehich nmy be made by the Govern- ment of the Mined States, has caused efforts to be made to hasten the completion of the Cauadien canal works, wieich will - soon afford to the • commerce of the • Dominion e. highway witbit our own. • country. Measures will be laid before you for the improvement of the Franchise Ant'; for the • improvement of the laws relating to the civil Burette and the soperennuation of civil servants ; for regulating the admission of • evidence in causes elle matters under con- trol of the Pe:La:mob of Canada ; for • extending the eystein of voting by ballot to • the Northwest Territories, and for simpli- • fying the laws relating to lands and land transfers in the Territories. , Gentlemen ot the House of Commons The publio lemmata of the past yearand the eitirreatee for the ensuing year will be laid before you wishout delay and I trust it will be seen that ample provision may be made for• the public mervice without increas- •,ing taxation. •Honorable gentlemen of the Senate: Gennemen of the House of Commons : I have every ottofidence that all the matters will receive your attention and that your deliberations will keep in view, -above all other considerations the welfare and stability of the couttry. The House adjeurned at 3.30 p. m. questions,lewe elwaya credited him with Profound siimeerity, toed, eonsidered hien a patriotic public men, We recognize the t tact that the 1101110 SUffOr8 p.gf8at loss i.0 his death, Mr. 11IoInerney (Kent, N. B.,), in rialug to. move the address M reply to the Speech from the Throoe, ooneidered that it re - fleeted twine tomtit upon the conetituency he repreeented to be \ailed upon to Move the 0ddrese, ani he Alluded to the fact that he heel eix timer; failed to pour° the repro- oeutation of teat eouney, oaly eucceediug in the lest attempt An exanainetion of the trade eeturne showed that there was pr, grees in es marked degree, For ineteneer the number of betide employed in the memo Motoring (*Ammo of the octuntry io 1891 was 807,498, whereas in 1881 there were 112,561 kande lees employed, • Coming to the exports and imports, in 1891 the exports amputated ro I13,903,75,$told the importe to $127468,068, whereas on yore before the exports automated to only $102,137,000, 00LI the imports to $119,419,500. The total imports and exports lase year were 241,- 369,445 a very harp inorease over the year preceding, whicle had exceeded any other in the history of the country. He hoped Oust the proposed amendment to the Fratuthiee Acb would be in the direction ol extending the principle of emulated euffrage to young men of this country over 21 years of age, who would be ready in three of peace to keep up the institutions of the country, and if there was sooh a titre as a time of war, to defend tees° institutions. Mr. Leiner opened with a tribute to bis prodecesser in the repreeentetten • Terrebonne (Mr. Ohapieeu). The people would support the Government in ite well- coneidereci policy for peopiug end develop- ing the Northwest, and it sires to be hoped thab that policy would inolude a eoheme for transferring to the Northwest those °medians who otherwise might be ammo away to the States, Mr. Leerier was received with oheere by greeloosly delivered from the throe° Your Exceilenny heti net beesolvised to hold out h� promise of a reduction in the oppreestire ditties IOW imported," Sir Jolto Thomson complimented the mover end ttootteler Of the addrese on the rammer in whioh they hod diecharged their duties, aud he weloorned the new membere as by no Ream a small, acquisition to the Went of the House, He was grateful to the leader of the Oppoition for the terms in whioh ho had alluded to his predeceeser in ottee. He wes, dee grateful to the hon. genelernan for the graceful, although sat - Ostia, compliment which he bestowed en hnx,ge eould hardly believe it pored - tile, when that hon.. gentlemen came from the Province of Quebec), and pasted right through the eiter of Montreal, where the Prohibition Commitation was at wok, that he remold look for ita existeeee in Ottawa. The labors of the Other eounnheion to which the lion, gentleman had referred_ were concluded. As for the Ilianitobe wheel geeetion, that (motion would come up for deictueelott et a tuture date, and he would not follow hie hon, friend's argumente with regacd to it et present, in the almanac* id the papers wheel would formally be laid before the House. His recollection might be at fault, ,init he would be surprieed if the hone gentlemen could point outs to him any Government which announced coming turd changes in Speeches from the Throne during the 25 or 27 yeare in the history of the Dotninion two months before they could pomsibly come into effect. He thought the bon. geratlernan could not and any Ruch proficient in this or, indeed, in any other reentry of tariff ehanges being announced, exoepting the time that the present fisoed policy was propou.uded in 1879; and then thee changes were announced hi a manner which Mel not indicate preeiaely the direc- tion which they would take. But the hon. gentleman had no rights to draw the infer- ence from tile otnitsion of a any mention of cheuges in the Speech from the Throne that there would be eherefore no cheriges. He could only repeat on reauming,his seat whet he had Aid when he commenced, , his high appreciation of the speeches delivered by the mOver and seconder �f the address.. Sir Richard Cartwright desired to refer to fear polite in the statenieut of the Prime Minister. Fait, the le ta. genelemen mid the population had grown in the Just decade 17 per cent.. The popu- lation in '81 was 4,3i4,000; now 17. per cent. of this number is 735,000. The iricreese in the populetion of Canada was 504,000. Where did the hon. gentleman get the other 231,000? He would be glad to know that the census was a blunder and, the population had increased more than it had. But the error was a pabriotio one, and must have greatly comforted those people who heard Ids speech and who had been under the impression that the popula- tion had increased only 11. per cent. The hom gentlemeti put the exodus down at only 265,000, and gentlemen on the Opposition side had been under the impression that the exodue was made up of two kinds of people, natives of Canada, and these who had come from other countries and settled here. The bon. gentleman had not a word to say about the latter Mass. To the ordinary mind it mighb seem an important face that 886,000 people, shown by the Government's own figures to he.ve.been .broughb here and set- tled at a great coat to the people of Canada, had left the country. He had stated that the figures of the TJuited States census had shown the toted native born Canadians in the United States amounthd to about a mil- lion. He had e omewhat ever -estimated' the number, as the Bureau of Statistics at Washington showed that the total number , of native born Canadians, including some Newfoundlanders, amounted to 909,000. Let the hon. gentleman look to his own Province: There its population has been almost stationary. He represented .,Anti- • gooish, and in turning up the reeord he found that the population of that county in ' 1881 was 18,060, and in 1891 it was 16,112. It was worth noticing that seven or eight States known as the States of Virginia, Florida, Georgie., Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri Missiesimei, Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas had a population in 1860 of 11,000,000, and in spite of four years of terrible civil war, in 1870 they had a population of 12,487,000. In Old Canada and in the Maritime Prov- inces the increaae daring the ten years be- tween 1881 and 1891 was jast 325,000. The worsb feature of the case was that we had been exchanging the choice of our popula- tion, the pick and flower of our country, and are receiving in return in many case as very miserable equivalent in the scum of Europe. Ho had no objection to a good. immigrant population bat it was, in his opinion, an entirely insignificant matter compared with the need of keep- ing our own people in Canada. Mr. Foster • said the speech of the hon. geribleman was, certainly not characterized try ite novelty with respects to the exodus. It had.alweys been his endeavor , to prove not only that an exodus existed from Canada to the United States, but that this exodus was dilate the iinpolicy of the 6ourse pur- sued by the present Goverinnend Mr. Mills said the present Premier was the ablestof the men who now advieed the Crown, and therefore he hod no fault to 'find with the °purse His Excellence had fol- lowed in calling upon the hon, gentleman to krtn an ,Aduunistratione Gtentemen' oppoeite said thab the Opposition had no right to expect the National Policy to stop the exodus, seeing diet they thenteelves had prophesied ib would not do so. But gentle men opposite had got into office on the repreeentetion that their ponder would atop the exodus, and it was absurd for thein now to make suck a plea. The House then divided on Mr. Lauder's amendment with the ,following result : Yeas, 53; nays, 103. Timm -Messrs. Allan, Bain (Wentworth), Beausoleil, Bechard, Beith, Bernierd Bordon' Bowers, Bowman, Brodeur, 13runeau, Carroll rtwrigheChoquette, Christie, Colter, Davies, Dawson, Belisle, Devlin, Edgar, Edwards, Flint, Freser, Geoff n, GiImor; Godbout • Grieve, Gutsy, Landrericin, Lauriem Leduc, Lowell, Mecdonall (Huron), moGregor, McMillen, McMullen, Mignault, Vills (Both- • well), Monet, Week, Paterson, Perry, Proulx, Rider, Rowand, Sanborn, Soriver, Semple, Somerville Sutherland, Vaillancourt, Yeo -53. islisers-e,ers., Adams, Bain (Soulanges), Baird, Baker, Belly, Bennett, Bergeron Ber- gin, Boyle, Bryson, Burns Cameron, °Argil!, Carling, Carpenter, Caron (eir Adolphe), Cars - canon, (Mosley, Cochrane, Cockburn, OorbY, 1,OrisiodkeCyreeDufArrabt,u 'Dotty, Davis, Denl 'Fergusti,n frtenireveT, 1".oeter, Frechette, Gfrouard (Two Moun- tains), Grandbols, Guillet Haggett, Hazen, Firer; ft 1114citts,"'Ives,11.1)edatttet iluonhetirclai Lachapelie, -"Angevin te Hee ore RivIere, Mohair, Lepine, MaeDmeld (Kings), Mackietoth, Maclean (Yotke_MtiAlister, Mc- Donald triesiniboia), MeDenald (Victoria), Me- Dongeld (eietei) lefoDougall (Cape Breton), letatiernee, McKay, McLean (inings), Mc- TVIonctietff, Northrup, Oui et, Rater - son (Colchester), Patterson (Huron), Tope, Peldhani, Prior, Putnam, Reid, Romine, Rosa - Mona, Ross (Dultd,l,$), Ross ,(Lisgee), Sixiwrd, Smith (Cameo), Spred% Taelot, Tahoe°, Thorne:son Mie John', Tisdale, Terwhit et Wal- lace, White (Caedwell), Wilmot, Wilson, Weed (Broekville), Wood (Weetinoreland).- 103. The amendment wet declered Mat, and the addreas wat agreed to, Mr. Foster ptesented a menage Mein the Governor-Gm:Ma/ treesmitting the Rath totee for the eurreet 6soal yeah Sir Richard Certivright soled if the esti- Mr. W. B. Ives, Shetbrooke, was intro- duced by Sir John Thompson and Sir Adolphe "Caron, end was cheered by his friends on teeing his seat. The 'fence -ming documents were presented • and laid on the table : Reports of the Minister of justice, Public Accounte, Auditor -General's report. Report eof the 'Controller of inland Revenue. Sir Richard Cartwright -It is my painful duty to eamounce tothe House the death of our colleague, my friend Mr. Armstrong, member for the South Riding of Middlesex. 'This sad event took place yesterday after- noon. For myself I ce,n only say I ex- tremely regret our friend's death. Mr. • Armstrong was one of those men who added to long experience in municipal affaire very good practical knowledge of affairs of this country, and, as every hon. gentleman knows, not only was he very constant and feithful in hie attendance on • his duties in Parliament, hut he was a man from whom we often had valuable sugges- tions for the consideration of the House. He • was a man of sterling worth and independ- -once who did honor to any body to whioh die belonged. In him the House has lost a valuable member, the public a useful servant, and the Reform party, of which he was a sepporter, a staunch and faithful friend. I cannot allow this modem to vas without hearing testimony to the faithful manner in which Ur. Armstrong ,performed his duties here. I trust the oon- dolences of our friends will be expressed to the members of Mr. Arrestrong'e family, at the earliest possible moment. This is the third or fourth death that has happened • among the member e from Ontario on our edde. I helieve gentlemen opposite have not been called upon to mourn the lose of •sty of their Mende. It is sad that the ,opening of the onion should be marked by an event of this kind, and I am sure all the Members of the Home will join me in the feeling of regret at the loss we have teaffered. Sir John Tirompton-I am glad the thon. gentleman has expreeeed in the terms he has the ease of the loos the House atid •eolintry have suatained in the death of Mr, ,Arrastrong. I beg to lay in addition that nothing the political associates of the de - mewled. member oan say in tribute to hie memory will fail of the cordial acquisceece •of the members on this side of the House. Ever since I float had the honor of a seat here I regarded Mr. Armstrong with the higheett Oteern. I have not heard any ether sentiment expressed with regard to him by any member of the }Tense. I am same we respeet bine exeeedinerly as a per 'toot gentleman, and even when he differed from tie, as he nearly always did in politica his supporters. He mid thab since Parlia- ment was prorogued last july there hiad been a ohmage ot Government, and the Ari- eninistratiot of Sr John Abbott had been soeceedee by that of Sir John Thompeon. Though in his (Mr. Laurier's) opinion the career of Sir John Abbott was not so con- ducive to the public welfare as it might have been, it was only the simple truth to say that Canada had lost the services of one of the ablest men of his generation. The change of Governmeet was one with whieh the Opposition was not particularly concerned. It wee altogether a family affeir ;but he was gl id to offer the congratu. betimes of his side of the House to the hon, gentleman who had been called to the Premierehip: (Cheers.) There had never been a man in public life in Canada whose advaecetnent was so rapid: He came to the House of Commons at a thne still compare- tively recent, preceded by a high reputation for ability, won in his own province, whieh led. everybody to expect a great deal ofleim. That reputation had been Well sustained, and even enhanced, by his career in the House. (Loud cheers.) But upon be- aconing Premier the hon. gentleman had developed qualities of whieh the people had not formerly been aware. Those associated wit h him in the House thought his word. practical and pesitive, but if they were to Judge from a, speech recently de. livered they must conclude that the hon gentleman *au endowed with great imagin- a.tive powers so that he could take flights into realms Of fancy, but which also seemed to cause him to see facts upside down. (teaughter.) In a recent speech, before the Young Men's Liberal Conservative Club of Toronto, the hon. gentleman extolled the National Policy and attribated. to it what he called the prosperity of the country. He stated that the National Policy had been travestied. by his opponents in many ways, one being to hold ib applicable only along the rigid lines ot Customs tariff, whereas in the thoughts of its founders it covered many other things, including the acquish tion of the Northwest Territories. (Laugh- ter.) He (Mr. Laurier) was not surprised to see the British flag mentioned in the same connection, for the British flag was a gloss not dweys passed over in policy. It was not to be wondered at that those who once pinned their faith to the Nationad Policy, and wbo still stuck to it, noterith- standing the experience of the last tea yore, should endeavor to find it some other basis them the Customs tariff. (Cheers.) But it was too lofty a flight of fancy tei bring in the acquisition of the Northwest as pert of the National Policy. (Laughter.) The National Polioy • was never heard of until 1877, when Sir John Macdonald was in opposition, and the Northwest • territories were acquired in 1869, and if that acquisition was due to one man more than another it was due to the Hon. George Brown, who by his power - flit appeals of pen and tongue called atten- tion to the country, and compelled rather than induced the Government of the deer to acquire the rights of the Hudson's Bay Company. Mr. Brown never was a sup' porter pf the National Policy, but he thought the acquisitioa of this territory was the crowning act of Confederation. The menaber for Kent (Mr. McInerney) had caught the true Ministerial spirit, which led there rnoved by it to proclaim on every occa- sion thab the country.was properons. This reminded him of Cassie, when at last he had been persuaded by Iago to tube too deeply the baneful cup, he kept declaring." I am not drunk." They hoped to convince the people that they were ptosperoas by de- claring over and over again that prosperity reigned. Strange prooperity this, from wlaich tbe people were flemng in thousand% What would be the difference if the country was in adversity? The speaker regretted, and very properly regretted, that, the American Goverimient had to a certain ex- tent sought to shut the Sault Ste. Marie Canal to Canadian 'easels by putting an additional duty on their attrooee. This also might have been avoided If the Canadian Government had been more generous in dealing with the matter of rebate tolls and had done at first whet he understood they mimed in the speeoh was of a very light character, extept one item,. the Franchiee Act. The House wag promised an amend- ment to this Act. If he (Mr. Laurier) re- membered what was said last year, hie friend, the late Secretary of State (Mr. Patterson), was entrusted with the management of that measure. Ho would ike to ask hie hon. friend if he did not believe that the best way to improve the Franchise Mt was to Jim:trove it out of ex- istence. (Opposition cheers.) For twenty years the elections Of this House had been held on the Provincial Bets. No eenhplaint had been made. Why not return to that !system ?• Since the present Act lad been in force there had not been a stogie election in which Complaint hadoot been made of the Working of the Framable° Act. At tine moment the member for L'Ittlet (Mr. Tarte) wale kept out of his sett by the cumbersome working of the Act. A remarkable feature of the speech was net to muelt what it eon - tainted as what wee omitted from it. • Ile aloud by mating the following amenclinetit " We feel bound to reproent to Your Excellency that be the present coradition of the people of Canada substantial reductione ahead lie mode in the taxatiou which proses ao , heavile upon the great intik of the Niro- & triunity., Mid We tegret Mutt in the Speech had done eventually. The legislation ro- *Ode weneld be at ones Onsidered, or after the rivance Minieter made his fiaanotal etetemerin Foter gait/ the estimates would be proceeded with almost immediately, and before the hildget Ispeoh wee delivered. The Reese adjourned at 11,80 p, re. A. wffizono wave sumilINS Froen the Anglican to the ItederMed EP114" meal Churela The members of St. Augustine Anglican Church, Toronto, have at last found relief from their temporal troubles by entering ieto the fold of the Reformed Episcopal Church. •The sec:section of a congregation from the Augliaan body is one of the most important events that has taken place for Berrie Mine in the religious world of the Province, says the Globe. About three years ap the Church of St. Augustine was 'erected on the corner of Parliament and Spruce streets, under the direction of Rev. George I. Taylor, rector of St. Bar- tholomew's Cherch, on River street. It was understood originally to be a initaion in connection with R. N. TaylorM parish, and that gentlemen had the entire control and direotion of the affeire of the church. La a short thae, however, dissensions arose, the imminent members objecting to what they regarded as ritualisitie tendenoiea of their pastor. Rev. Mr. Taylor ciontieued hie course, in whit& he was firmly con- vinced he was irt the right, with the result that eubseriptions to the building fund largely ceased, and the church becatne in- silvsnli. The building is a large brick structure, substantially and ornately built, at a cost of about $20,000, and Mr. George Gooderham holds it mortgage against it for $17,000, He did not insist upon the payment of principal, but when the in- terest began to acoumulate, and the con- gregation, after several requests, were unable to keep it up, he placed the bailiff in charge. The matter then became the subjecb of general gossip, and many good people felt keenly the unpleasant notoriety the church. obtained. Members of the •con- gregation said that if Mr. Taylor would give uphie claim and permit their extend- ing a call to some energetio yourig preacher, they would unite, meeb all. their liabilities and build up a useful and snocessfulchureh. Mr. Taylor declined to give up his righte, and in this he was sustained by the bishop of the dioceae. This placed the congrega- tion in a moat embarrassing position. Not only were they thus prevented frotn securing a pastor th their liking, but awarding to the rules of the church, no Anglican minister, however much he might sympa.thize with them, odd occupy the pulpit against the pastor's wish, or cad. the people in their publics Wor- ship. Services were carried on by the inembera thernaelves, wth the occasional assistance of a lay preaoher, until last week, when overbuys were made 'for a union with the Reformed Episcopal Church. The nego, Mations terminated satiefectorilyon Monday evening last, and, as already stated, the congregetion and church property go out td the Jurisdiction of the .A.nglioan body. Mr. Gooderham, who is, of course, virtually the owner of the building, was interviewed by the committee haviug charge of this matter. Be received the delegates very graciously, and expressed himselt as even -pleased to hear that the church work would go on. He promised every reasonable eseistance, and all parties assured him of their hope and belief that there would be no furthertrouble of a financial character. FASHIONS AND FANCIES. t ion of a Mt of real trace, ore the foot Oa rikle. In white silk stookinge White hoe is introduced, while Mask feee ie let into olorecl OHO, )311,41 AO blue, Ode or red. Shoes$ and gown met of course be me Mateo The newest milk stooltiuge are all mode fin wo eolors and dainty and very fanciful ; London Belles Well to the Fore in e Both Novelty ahd Style t °me of them ar Now Vramic u Hein* Ormarnenteedieetety's stoonteme all Imertett with. Meal ease- mitest teigh.Tone Dianerd'abie Geeore. Ilons-Ind-Tinie Peace Megistires Once More Veaue--New skirts, Gurthes and i relerinee-Eaus for Empire itud commas dear Gowns, Lowtmen January. A Genuine Scottish Poet. Perhaps because simplicity of style is favored by simplicity of national customs end manners, and beeauee simplicity is tbe highest art in literature when it writer really k9' anything to any, the Land o Pekes is prolific of poets. Everv country produces verse -makers, but Burn-& land is the fountain of more genuine expression of human feeling, which is, after all, the main thing in music and verse, than any other spot on the globe. The bards of Scotland have made love -ditties and folk -poems for the world. He is a rare Scot indeed who bond at Nome time told the feelings of his soul in verse. Now and then, all over the world, suoh a Soot sings so pure a strain that all within hearing listen enchanted, and his song uplifts and sweetens many lives. Such it singer was a Buffalonian, who died a few deers ago at Derby, N. Y., whoa he retired to be a farmer several years ago, leaving the bustle and business ana cares of the city behind him. Samuel Davidson is well known, through his rarely Melodious verse, to thousands of News readers. It is not our purpose to quote at length from his writings now. They are familiar to most readers. A few of his lines come to mind at once in the time of his parsing away. He wee a thorough Scot -patriotic, domestic, gallant. Many of his verses will live. He had it power of receiving impressions not less rare than hit power of expressing what was in him.-Blealo News. Funny No Ono 1flonht of It Refore. eTwriBitienetahte444y1wthahisdb1313joullie kt stepped oubof teleamd- box, to use the so- cepted and time-hon- ored phrase. Thole edoe who possess this gift are usually of limited ".•\ height. Theo who do net posses itwon- d der how on eartb it is • managed, 'Ile Moro riable neatness and composure of habiliments seems tobe almost miraculous, Even it robin is occasionally somewhat dishevelled of aepeot, but these human robine never. An alarm of fire was given in a country house and ever,yone turned out in terror of whab might be going to happen. Are observer, whom little escapee even bo slush moments as these, wrote to a friend that he had always entertained it vague belief that nigletcape were it portion of feminine nightgear until that occaelon, bat that he had then disovered that crimpiag pins were the onlymeans adopted by English women of keeping their heads warm on winter nights. Re also remarked on the pictur- esque appearance of a handsome girl in a scarlet tea -gown with a cataract of curling, raven hair flowing down the back of it, and,added "Little Miss Precise turned out as neat as ever in snow-white dimity, • with capes and frills, looking as if they had that moment been ironed out, and not a hair of her head disordered. She must be thinking ot tidiness when she's asleep." Few could stand an& a test as this, and indeed such utter neatness vvonld be a trifle monotonous if it were universal. ThePuri- tans etasemed it, and see how much they made of rebelliously curly locks that esoeped from the thraldotn of the small, °loge Car. Has poet ever yet sung a Puritan maiden without giving her at least one finch mutinous ring of soft hair? It has remained for a woman to invent and patent glase doors for ovens. The wonder is that the idea has not long ago beea thought of by sonie woman who cooks. All cooking iestructors lay the greatest stress on the oars to be obeerved opening an oven door to watch the progress of cakes or muffins. Maria Parloa making sponge cake touches the knob with the most delicate care and lightness, dreading even to jar the cake within, and peeke through the seance creek that will afford the memory, glance. What it relief to walk boldly up to the oven and, through these transparent doors, which the genius of &Michigan woman has disoov ered, study at leisure the progress of rising cake dough or crisping foul. No One Else landt Any Show. Brobson-Who was the greatest showman -Barnum? Craik -Oh. no ; Noah. You este, when he got his menagerie together he was th only man on earth who had any shove at all -Life. McCollum's Ithetunatle Repellant Is the most reliable internal remedy known for the thorough euro of rheumatism or neuralgia. In use over 18 yearte thousands testify to it. The most eminent phyeicians in the world agree that internal treatment is required to etadioate the disease from the system, Sold by wholesale and retai druggists. 'I'wo Good lteasons for Refusing. • Pirst Soot--Afornin', John. Come awa an' ha' it drain. Second Soot -No, thank ye. 1 never driiik sae early in the day--hesides I've had Otto °Meader, Ginemes' TOOTAOHE Gum •Mlle 8.8 tettmorary filling and stops toothache in- stantly. Sold by druggists. Perseverance, dear my lord, keepe honor bright., To have none le to hang quite out bf fitellion, bike a misty nail in mortumental inoekeryi-Shakespeere. Madge--11tore did yeti discover that he tvesa bciarder ?" Helot -Why, when passed hilt tho prunes he eludderede- he though ho had been a ghost, TILE RUFFLE-IIEADED JRZAISEL. Butt, on the other hand there are girls who purposely ruffle their heads all over after having arranged their hair, because they think it suits them to 'look slightly dishevelled. Those girls, do not as it rule belong to the cultured classes, though now and then their example is followed by some who should know better. There ia it pleasant medium between a too mathe- matical precision and it eons (aeon style, and this is generally achieved by the well- dresaed. As it man of considerable social experience remarked not long ago, "I can place' a woman with. a Mitnpse at the back of her head. Her coiffure is so signi- ficant." It is very true and reminds one indirectly of Dr. Wendell Holmes' shrewd remark that to hear it person pronounce the simple word "how" told him more about that individual than he could have gath- ered on the subject in are hour's information from a third person. TUE NEW SKIRT 'SUITS DAINTY FIGURES. The fit.cb that the new skirts fit as closely as ever on the hips. renders them very becoming to the owners of pretty figures. Some are gathered in with a little fulness all round, a style that will be more fully patronized when sombre fabrics are in hand, while others are sheathlike in their smoothness and plainness. One of the new bodices is remarkably becoming, the cloth or serge overdress being cut away to show a beautifully braided or embroidered yoke, which is continued in a diminishing point to the waist. The overdress being lined with a narrow edging of fur wherever it borders upon the embroidery, the effect is very good. The sleeves are fulled into long tight cuffs, also covered, with embroidery:, and very often the skirt of the dress is edged with embroidery and fur to bring it into ditnitywith the bodice. Another very becoming bodice was the yoke square, with folds of the dress fabrics coaling from the shoulders and meeting aboub an inch below the waist, the inter- vening space below the yoke being filled in with dark velvet. A very charming dress made in this style is in pinkish heliotrope cloth, the embroidery in gold and silver and shades of amethyst and the velvet in pansy purple. A band of the latter borders the skirt, and the long cuffs are in em- broidery, while the full upper sleeves are composed of velvet. EARTELES, RELERINFE AND STII"OENINGS. u.Ams, nuent$, TulatuOIEMS tieND Turgoolese and diamonds are the favorite ewele of the Duke and leaches% of Ube., burgh's; eldest) daughter, who is now tho Promo of R0=181114. The pombotetiort itt one that has been growing in favor with the ernertest people sinctt the marriage a Penton Louise of Waive In the Promos:I Ferdinencl of Remo:den case there M another and A personal reason, also en inteneeiy womanly one for 'this preference, tamely, her charmieg personal appeareosee. Her pretty pink and white complexion, be bright, wavy fair hair, and her blue eyere are particularly adapted to ehe becoming, nese of turquoises to her. The tare, omelet, and orriege given to her by her father are most exquisite, and there is one of her event ing gowns with which they will look quite Perfect& The emeralds in Queen Victoriato present, a very beautifully designed pen- dant, are of wonderful beauty, but aapphires and tun/trisect are the jewels most milted to a fair girl. Emeralds and rubies look euperb on a brunette, and ail must be eat with diamonds to secure effect, TANNER TARIM FREAKS 01' FANOT. Some of the new dinner -table decorations, have been wonderfully pretty and effective. At a ducal table the onlyowere teem , Christmas roses and poinsettias, They mem arranged with asparagus tops and fern frond. in crystal- glasses, inlaid with gold, and the effect was particularly refined and lovely. Poinsettias were used only sparingly. They are se big and so trimming that a libtle of them goes a long way. Another table had on it nothing but frosted holly and mistle- toe. The frosting was done in some way by which di the leaves were white ant glistening, a tiny portion, of the scarlet her - ries showing on the holly, while the rest of the berries were apparently frost -flecked. In the centre of the table there was a oryetal disk set in silver and filled with frosted foliage and berries, while out of the centre rose one ware white pancretium lily, with a whits silk banner springing up out of the heart of it, bearing the wish "A Happy New Year," in frosted silver lettere. The lights were all bright red. •REFORMATION OF TITE DANCE MEASURE. The favorite deuce item on every pro- gramme is now the Barn dames ,a sort of cousin of the Pas de Quatre, lent about as much like that elegant measure 08 Sir Roger de Coverley la to a minuet de la <lour. eke The Barn dance is more hire the old tiolka- mazurka than anything else. It is dis- tinctly lively and therein is the secret of its popularity. We are evidently at the beginning of a great reaetion from the ball- room Magaor which has obtained for se long. It is quite usual to see several couples ship light-heartedly and light-souledey through even the exquisite waltzes from "Faust," whereas Buell it proceeding even' lasb winter, would have been regarded an most unorthodox. The smart thing nowa- days is to be smart, and the noble art of dawdling has died of being overdone. TEE COSTLY FUR WHIM. There is a lady well-known in London society for her affection of a Russian liber- ality of for in her turneu t. Her serranta. are almosb °bummed by their capes and' cuffs. She wears far germents, reclines on, as far carriage rug, and has another over her knee. There have been times whore one has smiled at this irliosyncrasy, bate during the recent cold weather one almot wept from envy of the comfort of it. It was impossible to keep warm on some cie blie days; and tlae run on cherry brandy at the eonfeabioners' was seldom. It is a lucky thing that Bribe!) spells of Arctic weather are neither frequent nor lengthy. Each succeeding week the fashion platea bear a closer resemblance to those belong- ing to the era of our greab grandmothers - prim, bell-shaped little figures that we have hitherto been wont to regard with a smile of amusement not altogether un - mingled with derision. Now, however, we s.re rushing on to our fate, and berthes, peleriaea and ebiffened skirts are the first words with milliners ; and we, the long-suffering slaves of fashion, are prepar- ing to accept them without a murmur, with one exception -that of the crinoline, against whichetren tor& of creation have deigned to raise their voices in protestation. It is a re- lief to turn to the Empire period. For tea - gowns more especially this style is irrepro- achable. Imagine a waistless robe of flow - Med broohe shot with the palesb pink and green, watteamplested at the yoke, and sleeves of rose -pink velvet, eo.ftened by draperies of filmy ecru bee. Sky-blue and black is a popular combination for evening wean We lately came across a pretty tea - gown with the tight -fitting under -dress of light blue silk. This glimmered faintly through black accordeon-pleated grenadine. The huge puffed sleeves were of bine silk partly veiled wieh lace, and the (Immo:mare yoke, alio of silk, was deeply fringed with jet. Thenew fans to accompany the Empire and Pompadour gouts are chiefly of the Louis XV. and Louis XVI. period. Some charming marnples are copied from the antique. They are about half the size of a modern gauze fan, and generally of White silk, beautifully painted with figures and flowers and elaborately niounted on carved and gilded Mother-of-pearl. NOVELTIES IN HAIR ORNAMENTS AND STOOLING& Scene very novel hair ornaments are now in evidence. They are in the shape of the feather that adorns the Wicked ted op of Idephistophelee, and Which are fattened by a hinge 06 a comb of tortoise -shell, co that they On be Worn in several different posi- tiorite They are Very ingenious and be. corning. Among brootihes ?Some are formed to imitate bows and rosettes, of various shapte and alma. They are made he brit, liants and are extremely gtacetal, They are optee of these worn by the grand deniers of the Feendh noblestie at the latter eiad of „ the laat centuryt t , atin bkti °Mee, 188 Adelaide Street West Theltatesbled in eteekiime it the 'met- s ,Teeirettee Ne One Need Pity You. If you die of consumption without having tried that celebrated cure, now being talked about by every one, and knownas "Millees, Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil," you are nob, entitled. to any pity. If you want to stay with your friends in the flesh, do not let an hour pass by without sending to the nearest' drug store for "Miller's Emulsion of Ood Liver OM" Read about the wonderful cures it has wrought. This is the eleetrioaL age of wonders, and this Emulsion is the product of the latest researches in science. In big bottles, 50c. and V, at all drat stores. A Gamer Explanation. Merchant to his son, whom he is sending on a mission to an influential friend --Thin gentleman will treat you very kindly. ton may tell him that I am your father and, if you find it necessary. you may add that you are nay son. -La Lanterne de Coeoriev. A Certain Remedy For COPAN, And one always to be relied upon, is Pate nam's Painless Corn Extraotor. Sure, safe and always /painless. Nearly fifty imitationer prove its value. Beware of such. Gek- Putnends at druggists. she Consented. "You want me to marry you ? Why have you singled me out from among au many girls of your acquaintance ? " " Bemuse I made a vow that only the loveliest and most amiable girl in tome should ever receive it proposal from me." what eke Bald. IVIrs. R. Peak, E. 15th street, New York City, visited Canada last year, and had the good fortune to pick up something which not only suited her, but her neighbors also. Wribing the manufacturer of Nerviline she says bought three bottlea of Nerviline while in Canada and treated my neighbors to some of it, amd all think it is the best remedy for internal or external pain they have ever used." Nerviline deserves such a commendation, for it is e most powerful penetrating, and certain remedy for pain ofx all kinds. Take no substitute. "Like cures like," as the dog tsaid wheua bus tato the sausage. A cablegram from London, received by Lord and Ludy Stanley at Ottawa on Satur- day afternoon, announced the audden and critical condition of Hon, George Stan-'• ley, the emend son of their Excielleholete He had been seized With brain fever. Lady Stanley, it ie stated, will leave for England to -day. There are said to be 60,000 musolee in an elephant's trunk. It must have been packed. by a woman -DR. 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