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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-4-26, Page 3THE EXEFEB TIM p s ONTARIO LEGISLATURE LEO An. DICKSON ite CARLING-, Barristers. Solleitore, Notaeles, Conveyancers. Commies! mre E. Motley tolextet 4V41 per cent, aedS pn• a nr.- OrE10E z—EA,'ONS BLOM. EXETER. 1. Xt. t4iO B. 4. L,11. moesorra member& he Arta will be et,Ilea-all or. Tburzday or each week. Larri3lor , Solicitor, Covencoor , he:Faint, - OFFIQB Z Oyer O'Neil's Batik, ELLIOT n GLADMAN, Ealristen, Ulioiters. Notaries Pili, Conveyancers &e, 4to. easaleucy2uI4t4u, OFFIOnl, . MAIN .STitifeaT, lexaTzth T. '41410T, F. W. neenmeti. .....„333este AtKPICAL, pR • J. P. RIVERS,. M. B. TORONTO 'Gal. s 'V Ensue'.N v., W., Aun y thoo.ver Crosiloon. One. v rs.nou.nlsez. Amos. seietrineolliess Iteeldeneeerune ea former- ey,Andrew et, tuiles::spaeltminee beadier-. Aill1t. tot Pr Reales erormal formerly, none CI nr. Attlee' halite bnilololl4, ;War, , Atttalalen,' ta, T. e., A el 0 S. af. !aeons*. nai IOWNINfl U. i)., . , orlonKt. victoti. offlop 'n4residence. Rosanna u ra, Itly. Exeter. )R, 1-1Y14.1)1AN. corolier for tile ocaniy or ulnae. oincee impolite C lee linonetore,E,xoter, tunt Rita, 8 LN: suers! U. . • auctooecer sato voiwtonue,t no • ett s. eatisinetineenereeteed, Oletraom ieedelete. 'Samuel, 0,Out: T.,TENItY EIL,I3ER Licensed Antik ALA- tromper ler tlatt COUnties of Orient pee Aliaelesare. -Setae erarebeard at erel- *tete MN tkaloo, t, l'Ost.011100 dt'el• ton Out, Vto, laTIOUNAR Tennent & ennen keelertnt, ONT.. esees Greduete Of the Ontario Veterinerr Cob .t ( Mons -One deer* uth t Town Rail. 1111. WA'ritlitl,00 MUTUAIr e INH N oe. Iln liatablt*Iotottlo 111113. EAD OFFICE • WAT48(00, ONT 'ilia Oenogany lotoosto over roventaalte I ten In Slierefell moor teen in ieteerrn unite moot ran i ow., loo tal,nreeasitist lois WV dim *Cr ior Vire. Sal olostom Iltoroo t lot* b al t Oteterilos awl al; other descriptor:1.1i If 11 Willi h'I.Xerottorty.. !mewling esiireei 1,y3 t) I wits el insuriorreit the ersounint late Ir (ril 7.3 IMMO/ the toit./1 ten years thli soinartgr box$ hit to 417,10,' l'ollries, contain; pro w.rty to VI* Ono unt et 1101,411.114th ;OW POW surooree alome aeeere. steteeetisto, COIj; ef estli in leek (itiVernillent liciototottitioit tile till000Seea. fed 3 rename Ames toe lime( mei re inee. .a. eiasealli P., 1 rollover ; 31 M. l'4 no 0 0r,V: 1. lit Gm In.o CalAS. 131 Lb, ei gi et for Exeter and vIchaty. ri TIE ES.7ETErtTflIE t Welshed every Thursdey morning ab Times Steam Printing 1111011$1) o.,n street, nearly oppoelte ttoneile weary tUiN IVIIITE et SONS, Preprletora. resoles or ADVIstellelktbl: it* I ilia ton, per line .... . . .....10 cents ca setae/meet Menpe tion, r lino.. a Mats inatire intertnon, ntiverthio moats shou,d t.actit m tot niter than a odaesdity morning. Ouraale PRINTING DELIA RTMENTis One 11 elargebtand bort equippealn County al haio8.-en wore en meted. to ns willre. Alai our prompt. at tauten. Deent GUS lte.1traing fiewspispers. 1—Any potson whi takes pmer regularly 1 from the post °Matt whether directed in Pie name or auother's.or wamther he luts aula-mri cd or not. le reaponstbte to. pitmen'.% 2—if a pereon order a his paper auseentinued he rimer. pay ell ;invent or the pub ether may continue to send it 'anal the pal meat is moms, and mon etplect woo a amount, whesper U.eptpe. is lauen from Lila oilim or not. 13-18 au tri for tolb,Cript On*,*ttoo sutt may be Instituted in the place wnere the panrr pu hatted, a,,though the au Jacriber may reside bun reds of mites away. —Tn., court, have dem ted that refusing to token, w papett: or periodicals from tne poso tflice, or removing and leaving thorn unzo,theol for, ls prima lade eviden.e of intentional fraud. •CARTE0 ITTLE IVER PILLS. Melt Headache and rel eve Alt the troubles inci- dent to a bilious state of the system, such as Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness. Distress after • eating, Paiu in the Side, ,Itc, While theirmost remarkable success has been shown ha curing fleadache, yet CARTZR'S LITTLIC Lrnot PtLta -'are equally valuable in Constipation, curing and preventing this annoying complaint, while they also correct all disorders of the stomach, etImulate the liver and regulate the bowels 3tven it they only cured .ache they would be almost price= to those Who suffer from thin distressing complaint: but -fortunately their goodness does not end , here, and those who once try them well flnd those little pills valuable in so many ways that they will not he willing to do WithOnt Wm - But after all sielibead • 2he bane of no many lives that here Is where tee maks our great boast. Our pills curs it svhile others do not, • CARTIER'S LITTLE LIVER PULS are very small end very eaSy to take, One or tyro pins make a dose. They aqo strictly vegetable and do pot gripe or purge, but by thor gentle action please All who use them. In vials at 25 cents: eve for $1. Sold eveop000loore, or sent by ins% _ .• CARTES 112111I0IIIII CO., Rev York.. r ha pa Sal Da Imall Picea eretaelasZatese,e-a:erao..Z4114.*‘40.41‘.1.15'3*"°‘"‘"‘Zreroltes-s-,lose-lee._ Ak."‘N..."',... :44 ***41.. ete„ eanentelaneesetareentern • .;"?''''...ele*Pete•-ottenosoneetatteentenneesOnsael.,..,..\ For Love and Fame It was believed that madame woold be first ex:taunted, in private; but late ft i night, on the day before Cbristmas Eve, a sealed order came to the lieu- tenant of the Chetelet, commanding him to present madame, with her ser- vants aud all concerned in the mate at the Petals de justice on the follow- ing morning. Late as it was, the news wee known in every pert of Paris that night. Marshal Bassotn- pierre. lying in the Be.stile, heard it, anti regretted that he could not SOO ills Slob t. It Wna remored, that the king evould attend in parson; even that tile trial had been hastened for Ins pieasure. It was certain that half Eh t eourt would be there, and, the oth- er balf, if ie could find. room. The great Jadies, wba lied failed to storm the Cleatelet, lived to succeed Let- ter at the Palais, and the first presi- dept of the curt, and eveu tbe com. reissieners appointeAt to it witb Mn. tuna their doors beset at dawn with Idetinate peulets, ter urgent, impor- tune applications. alma. de Vidoebe, the man and maid, were brought frera the Chatelet to the coneiergerie an lioar Lefore daylight—, madame in ber coacit, with her WOMallt tb 3 LIMA QX4 NA. Tliat cold rimming ride WAS SIAP11 n3 teW„ thank Goi! are ealled upon to endure. 7o Lae bor. rare of anticipatton the lost wife eareely more than a girl, bad to add tbe misery of retrospection; to the knewledge of what sbe had done, a wee man's sarinking from the doom that threeteneti ber, from slatiae, and pain, MI death, But that which sne felt ' Perhaps as keenly as anything, melte crouched in the corner of her Quentin- iet ebiele and heard the yells wattle everywa saluted its appearance. vas the minden sense of loneliness and Notation. True, the lieutenant sat 0nPosito to her, but his face was hard. She was no longer a woman to bins, but a Prisoner, a muuleress, a poise weer. And tbe streets were throng- ed. in epite of tbe cold and the early haur. On the Pont au Change the people ran beside the coach and strove to get a sight of her, Audition' ed, and sung, and elloated. And at the entrance to the Palate, in the room in the coneiergerie where she had to wait, on the staircase to the court above, everywhere it was the same; U1 were set so thick with faces—star- ing, eurious faces—that tbe guards esuld scarcely matte a way for ben But else was cut off from. all. She wM no longer of tbeta—of thing* liv- nTot one said a kind word. to aert ' not one looked sympatby or atty. Of sudden, in a moment, with hull. reds gazing at ber, she. a dented° semen, tound hereelf a thing apart, ' unelean, to be sltizn»ed, A thing, no tenger a person. A prisoner, no long- er a NVQ1111111. They placed a seat for her, and she sunk into it, feeling at first nothing but the shame of being tio stared at, But presently she bad to rise and be sworn, and tben, as she became eon - genius of other tillage, as Um details of the crowded chamber forced them- • eel; es on her attentton, and she saw which were the judge% and heard her., self called upon to answer the queetion that should be put to her, the instinct of self-preservation, the desire to clear herself, to escape and live, took aold at her. A late instinct, for hitherto an her thoughts had been of the tnan she had killed—her husband; bat the c fiercer for tint. A burning flush suddenly flamed in ber cheeks. Iter eyes grew bright, her heart began to beat quiekly. She turned giddy. She knew only a one way in which she could escape; only of one man that could help her; ana even while the first judge was in the act of calling tiSg4:77A) e7"'4 About to faint, so that the president waited awhile before be proceed, ed. She loolted indeed ghostly. Her white face gleamed througli the nog —wbiela riisng from the rtvers was fast filling the citamber—like it face Keen, for an instant on a wreck. through mist, and, spray and tempest. L :4:e bad known ner as unequal. and who now gazed heartlessly down in her from galleries, felt it ple,asant thrill of excitement, and tele sieved that they bad mit braved the early eold for nothing. Tbere was not a man in she court wit° did not expect to see her fall. But there is in woxnen a power of endurance far exceeding taat a men, By an immense effort madame regain- ed control Over herself. She answer- ed the president's opening questions faintly but dearly; and, being led at once to tell of her vieit te Notredarue, bad sufficient Cense of her position to Swett plainly on tbe two facts intim- tent to her— tbat tbe object et her vlsit trit,3 a love -potion, and not it paLson, end that the instru.etions first given to her were to take it herself. Tbe latter assertion peodueed a startl- ing impression in the Court. Ti woke completely meexpeeted; and tbougb niuetyntine out a a tettudred tended It the bold inventiert of it desperete woman, all altowed that it added zest to the case. Naturally the president "tressed lier nerd on these pellets. Ile Amite both by eajolery mut by etatiog ebeections, ke to maher withetra.w f min them, But sbe would not. Nor could be entrap her iuto relating anything al. veriance With them. At length he desisted.. "Very well; We will. leave that," be said; and so subtly bad bar storngain- ed sympathy for her that the eigh at relief uttered in the court was per- fectly audible. "We will pass on, if you pnease. The boy who overtook you in the street, and, as you say, altered all? Who wag he, madame'?" do not Unman* "Yon had seen atm before?" 4%0.31 "Did be not open the door at this Notredeinet$ alien you entered tbe bou.se I" ewea, "Nor when you left*' 'How did you know, then, madame, that he came from this abominable person ahem you bad been visititig?" "lie sant. be did." "And do you tell us." the judge retorted, "taat tine mere word of Vete boy, who you did, not know and Thad never aeon, without the as* surance of any token or countersign, you disregar4ed. the man Notredaute s direettons on the moat. vita) Dolan end, instead et taktng this drug your- sedi, dothis it to your hashentIV" "Wilaieet snepeetinte that it was other than that tor which you bail riatteder y "Madainen' the judge said, aLowly IS illerediblti." He looked for it mo went at hos colleagues, as if to col lect their opinions. They nodded. Int turned to ber again. "Do you not see that?" be said, almost kindly. "I do not," madame answered, ftrne- ly. "It is true." "Describe the boy, if you please." "He had—l„ think he had dark lathes," she answered, faltering for the fix•st time. "He looked about twelve yours old." "Yes," the president said; "go on." "He bad—I could not see any more,' madame muttered, faintly. "It was clerk." "And do, you expect us to believe e this?" the president replied with warmth, real or assumed. "Do you O expect us to believe such a story? Or r that it was at the instance of this boy of whom you knew nothing, whom every part of the cliamber. In be- wilderment, almost intpatierice, alas turned toward. the judia a and found .1eat tney risen tine • Theo tbroaeh i door bettrut them elle saw six geu- ilemen file in with it flash and eparkie of color that lighted up the somber bench. Tbe first was the king. Louis was. about. thirty-five years 014 ae this tine—a dara, sallow mare wearing We*, with a wide -leafed hat, in which a mostly diatatnen secured a plume of white feathers, 1112 earned walkingece.ne, and saluted the judges as he entered, Three gentienua—two about the king's age, the third a burly, soldierly men of eixty—followed Inne, awl took their places behind. the can- opied enainplaced tor him. The fift/a to enter—hut, he passed behina the judges, and toon it chair watch etood un thetr iett--wore it red robe trow- elled with, fur, and it small red ca/e Ile was a mese of middle height and Pale ooMPlexion, keen Italian features, and bright, piercing eyes and so far was not remarkable. But: he had ease it coal -black mustache and chin tuft. SO4 milk-wbite hair; and this contrast won lalan recognitiou everywaere, Ue was Armand Jean l'1essi°3 Duke and Cardinal Richelieu, soldier, priest, and play -writer, and for eixteen years the ruler 9f Erance. Madame gazed at them with a beat- ing aeara with wild hopes that weeeld rise, despite herself. But, oh, biodl how coldly their eyes met leers! With whet stony., stare! With waat callosity, ludtfference, contampil Alasl thee' had ming for that. Tbey bad eon to stare. Tbis was their Christ - Mae show—part al their Christmati re - vets. And she—she was it woman on ber trial, a prisoner, a murderess, it vile thing to be questioned, tortured, dragged to it sbalnefill deathl For it mouteat Pr two the king talk- ed witle the jadges. Tbea be sat back 113 lue ebair. Tae presideat, made it igen and an usber in a sonorous voice cried: "Selma:ion lacitreesant3, etand forward!" ar,A.Prtali X. Uwe. Vatoene heara name and braced bereelf again, t tug to- ward the door as others turned, and waiting with' dry lips auol feverieh eyes for, the man who was to save her —to nye ber in, spite of king ann omen 'Would, be never comet The door stood open, remained open. She could see through it the passage nith tts bare, walla and dusky ceiliug, and er in the noshed eitenee the nose ' huffling feet. Gradually the nom new louder; though :t atilt seemed it thing by itself and so distant. tkg" M the court wbere they waited, with every eye expectant, the elightest Sound, the lowest wbisper, was audi- ble. When the usher cried again, "Solomon Notrettaxne, stand forward!" more than one glanced at bira angrily. Ile balked their expectation. Hal at Iastl 13at lhey were carrying bun! Madame shivered sligbtly as she watched the men come slowly along the passage, bearing a their be- tween them. At the door they tum- bled and paused, giving her time to think. They bad been racking him, then, and he could not walk; elle: nught have guessed it. Her elunks, white be- fore, became a shade gbastlier, and she • clutched the bar witb a firmer grip. upon he; she turned ram aim an ooked round. She looked to th right, to the left, then behind her, fo Notredame. He. II he told the trutb could clear her I lae could say tha she had come to him for a charm and not for poison! And he onlyi Bu where was het There was he woman, trembling and weeping, wait ing to be ealled. There was the valet pale and frightened. There wer twice a hundred indifferent people But Notredame? Ile was net visible Lie was not there. When she bad sat isfied herself of this, she sunk baek with it moan of de.spair. She gay up hope again. A hundred curiou eyes saw the color fade from be cheeks; her eyes grew dull, the whole woman collasped. The examination began. She gave her name in a hollow whisper. It was the practice of that day, and still is, in French. courts, to take ad.. vantage of any • self-betrayal or emotion on the part of the accused person. It is the duty of the judges to observe the prisoner constantly and narrowly; and the first president, on an occasion such as this, was not the man to overlook anything which was visible to the ordinary spectator. In- stead, therefore, of pursuing the regular interrogatory he had in his mind, he leaned forward and asked madame what was the matter. "I wish for the raan Solomon Notre.. dame," Hirne. de Vidoche answered, rising and speaking in a choking voice. "That is the man frena whom you bought the poison, I think?" the judge answered, affecting to look at his notes. "Yes; but as n love -philter --not a poison," uaadame said in a whisper. "I wish him to be here." "You wish to be confronted with him?" "With' the man Solomon Notre dame ?" "Then you. shall be, presently," the judge • replied, leaning and cast- ing a singular glance at his col- leagues. ' "Be satisfied. And now, madame," he continued, gravely, as his eyes returned to her, "it is nay duty to help you to tell, and your duty to confese frankly, all that you know concerning this matter. Be geed enough, therefore, to collect yourseif, and answer my questions fully and truly, and as you hope for mercy here and hereafter. So you will save your- self pain, and such also as shall ex- amine you; and may best deserve, in the woret else, the king's indulgence." As he uttered this exhortation, madame clung to the bar behind which she stood, and seenaed for the moment you can not describei w.horo: you had • never seen, before—that it was.at his t instance only that. you gave this drug to your husband instead of taking it yourself?" 3 She reeled, slightly, clinging to the o bar. The court swain before her. She • saw, as, he meant her to see, the full • hopeleseness of her position, the full - strength of the case which fate had trade against bee, her impotence, her o helplessness. Yet she forced herself 8 LO make an effort. It is the truth," she usaid, in it brok- en voice. "I loved him." "Ah!" the president replied, cynical- ly, fie repressed hy a gesture a slighl. disturbance at the rear, of the court. "That, of course. It is part of the story. Or why a, love -philter? But do you not see,. madameat he contin- ued, bending his brows and speaking in. the tone he used to common crimi- nals, "than all the wives in Paris might poison their husbands, and when they. were found out say, 'It was a love -potion,' if you are to es- cape? No, no; we must have some better tale than that." She looked at him{ in terror and shame. -1 have no other," she said wildly. "That is the turth. If you do not believe me, there iseelotredame. Ask him." "You applied to be confrooted with him some time back," the president answered, looking aside at his collea- gues, wb o toodded. "Is that still your desire?" She murmured "Yes" •with dry lips. "Then len him be ealled," the judge answered, solemnly. "Lee Soalomon Notredeme bet called and confronted with the amused." The order was received with a gen- eral, stir, a raoveraent of curiosity and expectation. Thosei in* the gal- leries leaned forward to see the bet- ter; those -at the back stood up. Ma- dame, witle ber lips parted, and her Isreath coming quickly—madame, the poor center of all—gazed with her soul in her eyes toward the door at which she saw others gazing. All for her depended on this man—the man She was about to see. Would he lie and accuse her? Or would he tell the truth and corroborate her story—say, in a word,' that she had come f or it love -charm, and not for poison? Sure- ly this last. Surely it would be to his interest. But o wane she gazed with her, soul in her eyes, the door whicb had been partly opened fell shut again, and disappointed her. At, the' same moment, there was as genere rustling round ,her, an uprising 173 They brotight him slottay down the three steps and through' the narrow passage toward her. The men who earned him, blocked her view, but she saw presently that there was some- thing odd about his head. 'When they set hien down three paces from her, she /30-W, what it was. His face WIAS covered, There was a loose cloth over e his head, and be leaned forward in a a strange Way. What did it mean? She began to b tremble, gazing at him wildly, expect- a nag she knew not wbut. And he did not move. Suddenly the president's solemn voice broke the silence. "Madame," he said—but it seemed to her that be was speaking a Icing way off—"here, 18 your wuness. You asked to be con- fronted with him, and the" court, hoping that this may be the more merciful, way of inducing you to con- fess your crime, assent to the request. But, 1 warn you that he is a witness What the Legislators of the PrOVieleill are Doing at Toronto, juler_ THIRD READINGS. The following. bills were read a -V3T Mr. Lutasaen—Reepeettag itY 0.1.awa, Hy Mr. Gertonn—To confirm by -Is No. 1.25.1. of the city of St. C'atlatteine Ur. Bridolitud—Bill tin incorpora he Brace:bridge and Trading La oafMilP‘rvr:aegYst.loinb.—"Bilk res4)ectill the cow. of Styr; rn;a / ioep—eB, ill respeeting the LOWIA ir.33,aleolm—Bill respecting tbe own of Kincardine. • At the instance of Mr. Matbesou tb bill relating; to the town. of Smith Falls was refereed back on accoant ecently.devetoped opposition to tie clause permitting the town to eaten ne sewer and water works eystao witaetet flee assent a the electors. THE PULPWOOD EMBARGO. The House Went. into committee o Mr, Davis' hill respecting tit niantacturc et spracei and other put on the Crown &mane. IL is t tlhe regulatione. made by ti Governmetit placing an embargo on ti xport on puipwoed cut on Crow lands. Mr. Foy asked if the present bill plied to the Spaaieh river copeeetama %he AttorneyeUeneral said tne Sawa 11 Rivet' Voespaay were Winn!, 4 thein contract not to export. In rePlY. to Mr. Aliscampnett, M Dave Liaid the inerease the dues o pulpwood would take place an, May. FISHEtUES CHANGES,. Hen. Ate, leateliford moved Oa se act reediug, or bin bill respecting th fesheries el thetario. No eerieu eleartges bed been made in the regal WOO, peitivisioue in the former Ae width, aeented to exceed Om powers the province bad been excluded. The bad extenden thel deficatiom of gam in include laud -lucked sainion, be eause it, waS ,et° °t°° of the lake e with this addifiVI) fish. A timber addition he woul make to the bill in. committee wan etion to' allow tourists to export soine rti of their (leech. MINE' BILL. Hon. Mr, Davis, in discussing his mines' bill, said tt, was not the intention of the Govern ment to levy taxes at the preseat time on minerals for revenue purposes. Mn. Davis said it would not be in the. interests a the mining industry at this time to impose taxa- tion, It was not contemplated that any taxes should be pieced. upon the Iran industry of the province, the deve lopmeut of which bad just be gun. the Government had asked fon discretion- ary power to impose a stiff maximum tax on nickel are, but if refining was done in the province the fax might Le remitted. Alr. Davis also pointed out he provision that no mine shall be earned to be worked, and therefore exuble, unless WO tons of ore were rought to the surface in the course of year. This he said, permitted the prospeetor to work and test a elaera without taxation. ELECTION ACT. The Attorney -General moved the am- ond reading of his bill to amend the Ontario Election Act. Ile proposed, hat the Queen's Printer should print he forms, and thati the names of the andidates should be tilled, in under he supervision of the returniog d- icer. Minor changes had. ben made s to the counting of the ballots. He eld it to be essential that there hotzld be the fullest opportunity for he scrtineers to see the marking n the ballots, but he thought it a ecessa.ry safeguard to provide that o agent should handle the ballots. Be bad also provided that the D,R.O. should be at the polling booth fifteen minutes before the poll opened, and should Count the ballots in the resence of the agents. It was also rovided that if, they desired to do so, gents could. endorse tbe envelopes hird the nimatimitailsommilat What is eaStetria is Dr, liaxnuel, Pitcher's prescription for infants and Children. contains neither Opium, Morphine rtoe other ICareotie substance, is a harmless substitute for Paregorie, Drops, Soothing Syrups and 0a.stor OD. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee iS thirty years" use by ltTillions of Mothers. Castoria, destroys worms mut allays Feverishness, Castoria prevents vomiting Song Curd, cures Diarrhoea anel wtra cak, eastorta relieve* Teething troubles, cures Constipation end Flatulency,. Castoria assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomacht and Bowels, Inalthy and natural sleep. Castor?* is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend, Oastori. sTesterle is an excelleut medicine children, atothere bare repeatedly told re Otte good elect upon their children." Pe. O. C. %soon, f,asocil, Ara; Castoria. le .sn weUa4apted to ebildrest theta recommene s x.upedor to eriptIon known tome.' B. sew A,Ront4t, Streekeen, THE FAC -SMILE SIGNATURE OF APPEARS ON EVERY WRAPPER 711 e ether grants will be of it less orient ehartieter. The Government e indisposed to go into debt with fur -1 Pr cent), bouttene since the decielen. " ci the Pbaanee Coneraission that rail - k way aid wait a dqbt, and it hes re - e fased to entertain the several pro- ron--Tlan the guarantee of railway . • 111111ICTPX/Tre4ggPS8-"NT• recliner Ross announced tonk. Islaturs yesterday that a royal com- mission,. composed Of experts, would be appmeted to deal with the wbole question of municwal assessment inn _ judicial, practical way. This means that all bills now before the Home dealing witb questions of taxation will be withdrawn. Tim commission will make buoriries as to tbe working (1 tbe eseessment laws in the other Pro- vineeS and will extend their investi- xmitato,iornicatno le..rnitia.of the States of the N/PIGON PULP CONCRMION. Hon, Air. Davis informed Mr. Luau Centre Grey, that negotiations bad gone on for the leasing of' water power on the Nipigon River, and an. exam- ination was being ,made to see if any interest would be injured by its use. An agreement with Aleesra. (levet, Whalen and Bray, by which theywere to erect a pulp mill had not bee u tar- ried out, lergeln on account of tbe Idviafifeicruiptyowoefr. obtaining- the necessary BREWER'S TA X. AMENDED. Hon. Mr. Stratton introdtmed a bill to amend the act reepacting brewers' and distillers' and other licenses. The nmendment is designed to obviate dif- fieulties and inequalities found in the working out of last session's act, and It' removes from'. the basis of taxation by the Province the value of a naitit-i ing plant where ono exists, and also I the buildings, ete., used for fattening cattle. not for you, but against you. He has a confessed." 11 For it moment she looked dumbly at 6 the speaker; then her eyes went back t to the veiled figure in the chair—it o had a horribile attraction for her. "Unhappy woman," the president n continued, in solemn accents, "he has confented. Will you mow, before you look upon him, do likewise?" Sbe shook her head. She would have denied, protested, cried that she was P not guilty; but her throat was parch- P ed—she had last her/ voice, hope, an. a There was aedrumming noise in the court; or, perhaps it was int her bead. It was growing dark, too. • "He has confessed," she aheard the persident go on—but he was speaking it long, long way off now, and hes Nome came to her ears dully—"by executing on himself that punishment which otherwise the law would have imposed. Are you) still obstinate? Let the face be uncovered, • then. Now, wretched woman, loolq on your aecompitcel" .Perhaps he 'spoke in; mercy, and to prepare her; for she looked, and did not at once swoon, though the sight of that/ dead, yellow face, with its stony eyes and open month, drew shrieks trone more than one. The self - poisoner had done bis work welL The somber features, wore eveni in death a' cynical grin, tale lips a smile of triumph. But this, was on the atig- face. In the glassy eyes, dull and lus- terless, lueleed—as all saw who gazed closely—a hosron a looki of sudden awakening, as if in the moment of dm - solution the wielte,c1 roan had ,come face to facet with judgment; and, trium- 'Thant' over his ee.rthlyi foes, had met on the threshold of the dark world a shoe that froze the very itaarrow in his bones. To be Continued. 714/4"*. After. Wood's 1'11mq:410,31ns, The Great English Remedy. Sold end reemnraended by all druggiSts in Canada. Only reli- able medicine aiscovered. Six packages guaranteed to cute all furras.of Setual Weakness, all effects of abuse Or excess, Mental , Worry, Excessive .use of To- bacco, Opinion or Stimulants. Mailed on receipt of price, one package $1, six, rte. nee win please, six will cure. -Pamphlets free to sey address. 1Cho Cazupoilay, Windsor; Ont. ' Wood's Phospliodine, is sold in.:Exetsr er by 3% W. Browning, druggist, qu itt whicla the ballots were sealed. As to the delivery of ballot -boxes after the poll, he had adopted the pro- visions of the Dominion Act, by en- acting that the returning officer, as veil as the D.11.0., abould attach his seal to the boxes. It was provided also that the paekets containing used bal- lots should be carefully distinguished so that bye -election returns could not be confused with general election re- turns. He Aid not propose to make the money penaities so large as in England, and he noroposed to leave it discretionary with the judge to inflict imprisonment in the rase of a man accepting a bribe. He said the pres- ent law gave ipraetically no protec- tion to the !honest witness who made a clean breast of anything. The Eng- lish Act provided that a witness who truly anstveeed all the questions he was required to, should receive a cer- tificate of indena.nity. The present measure followed the English Act in that re.s.pe et ,RAILWAY AID. The Government brought down its railway aid resolutions. The most important or these is one providing fax a land grant to the Algoma Cen- tral railway, it line which is being. built by Mr. Olergue, a Sault Ste. Marie. The grant will total 1,280,000 acres, or 2,000 oequere miles cre pulp lands, and agricultural and mineral lands along the route. The line is in all to extend a dietance of about two hundred miles. It will man north- ward from Sault Ste. Marie to Missi- liable, a distance of 160 miles, with a spur line to Atichipicoton; of forty miles. The roa,d is now in course of construction, and the land grants are conditional on its completion. The application was for ten square miles, or 6,400 aeres pe.r neile, and the Gov- nmeni ha e decided to grant this re - est. CASTO I For infants and Children. The fats null° eignaturio lo oa .‘444,et verrePet, MIR, OBJECT. Mrs. Von 13Iumer.—I am getting sol care less and less fax people in the aggregate. That afterneon tea swas a great bore. Ms. Von Blumer—What did yoou go their for? Mrs. Von Riumer. 1 wanted to see who was there. WRONG IMPRESSION. He.—Am 1 right in presuming to think you care for me? She.—No, you are left smstomoraomenownommommovnam.... FAZE LIYE TER ALT RHEUM RELIEVED IN 1 DAY SKIN DIMMER@ RELIEVED BY ONE AIN PLI0ATION OP DR. AGNEW'S OINTMENT, 35 CENTS. re Is a marvellous sure for all such dia. gusting and disfiguring Macrae. aa mama, salt Rheum, Totter, Barbers' Itch,. fIjitcheeriiiklittl°taenhle.tualtkiacosurt :eV and. whita.-37. Sold by C. Lutz, Easter. CO y y -Pectoral Tile Canadian Remedy for Of THROAT AND LOC AFFECTIONS Large Bottles, 25 cents. s AWRENC14 CO3, Limited, op's. ?c"' Pain Killer. York , Montreal naleneernoneeneewereZesh • NER1,4 bizt:01 A:, at 2.. enTerl that curt thn vocroteate. of Narrates Debility Lout Viv.or and BEANS 5441"4 11"/44; re'l""th weal:new of body at mind • by am...work. or the errors Greta:, ems:sof ycatIt. nix Re11011th. aolutely cures the meat *ballast* game w : hen 1 Other TRIcAntrau eevetsitedereete relieva by drug. goats st $1 t.rs nackage, or soz, for *her ant Li stall ea -etvint of 3-v son!resairo--1,,I, IVC" Womem 100. kohl at Inowninen Drug Store Keen): RUSSIAN PEASANTS, 11.•••••. They Ave tho Lowest Type of Modern lest rowan tivillz thou The lowest types of modern Euro- pean eavilizat loll are probably the Rus - stens. While writers and travelers vary as to the future of Russia, near. lee all agree as to the utter degrade. non at present of the Russian peas- ant. He is always on the verge' of starvation, and is absolutely improvi- dent, while his gross and complete Ig- norance is combined with the most ex- travagant soperstition. Like all low 1 natures he is thoroughly distrustful of reform, and as a climax to his in- firmities he is a confirmed drinker. Itllddle class in Russia there is paned - caller none. The small shopkeepers eombine exorbitant chargee With shameful usury; manufacturers and producers are nearly all foreigners, and the larger trade of the country is chiefly in German hands. Eoduea- tion may after the lapse of several generations remove the inherent dull - of this pecrple, but it will be no easy matter to root out evils which are the growth of centuries of serfelora and distress. "FIRE SLOW, AIM LOW," "Fire slow and aim low," is an oft impressed infantry order. Children Cry for CASTOR A BUSINESS DISAPPOIN'TMKNT.. Merchant—That woman owes me 450. Clerk—What for? Merchant—She came in heresayiug she wanted to buy a sideboard and then didn't do it. There is no dispute managed with. out a passion, and yet there is scarce. a dispute worth a passion.—Sherloeke R,EFR,ACTORY. Mrs. Peterkin—Without exception you are the most obstinate, perverse man I ever saw. • Peterkin.—What have I done nowt • Mrs. Peterkin.—Why, 1 haves had' that new cougli mixture in tile bonse a month, and you haven't once caught cold! ,BIS MISFORTUNE, Mother.--A.lice, I was very reueW surprised and shocked • last eveeing when 1 peseed the parlor door and saw Mr. Woodbe with his face close to 1.yours. Daughter. --Yes, mamma.; isn't it a shame the poor fellow is so awfullY nearssighted?