HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1893-2-24, Page 1Vol. 20 No. 33
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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO,
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Dr. Maodoaald on the Budget.
Dr. Meadorrald, of Bain Iluron, o'.
Momulay resumed the debate on the
budget. The spollcor who had preceded
him on Friday evening, Mr, Bennett, had
.rade. Ito attack ltpOn the aduunistrattuu
of crown lands in the pr•ovinoe of On•
tario, Dr. Macdonald devoted, 31 few
minutes to replyin;,' to what he had said,
ooutrasbine the systnn, wh31h in rho
province yielded, toe in a sale in 1800,
$2,88') per ego ire mile, with the Domlt
lou metbo le of giving to their politie•tl
supporture en in 1888 loud 1884, 1,507
miners m'le end eceieiug therefor t,n
Nunes .vhmesr, Hu reminds/.l the house
of the 0000 of the timber limit. o33 Bunt
er island parted with for $7,500, 10hiu11
three mentil:e later were about to be sold
for $060,04, when, the lirnito being with.
in the disputed territory, Su Oliver
Mu,.,,6 etupped i1( au: prcventxl 130
transaction. Ho referred to the
celebrated deale in which Mr.
Rohl' Iard, member for Ottn.we,
loud Mr. Rylterc, member et the time for
Lincoln, gee ono, and b" whines they and
o1i,r:rrrnm.,l, of 010 Domio,ou o„L,.0 '
numb had tilled their pookebs at the
sou, to 891• not333(11 mut)/ lights
h f 1 lis
Public expo se, Dr. Maal/timed chit
7 -'eking the tote irepnrts of iron, the dn.
by paid upon it, the preufs which dealers
w�'nid make up el 1110 (111.1, as well a.i the
first cost of the iron, he tabulated teat
Lilo clothes and binmtine 1Vhioh had been
iapooed upon lion make the oost foster.
134 th)s itch -Ark! cal even million dollar,'
a year. The government had drawn
$70,000,000 during the last ton years for
the pro'eotien of the iron industry from
the Pinnace, without any result,
uftdiad
the iron tal"y bout developed) it
would not have been so bud. ripettkieg
in reference bo the exadu,, 1e dented that
3t was Inn ,1ari.tie to Mentes tie 090
ditiou into which the adminisarati011 had
p3tnl'e,i too rum33-v, (lm glinted mans'
of the peeenniete (mottoes indulged in
by Conservative orniere nr10r to the
government's Recession to pewee in
1878 to 831010 that even Rowse gentlemen,
80 loved and patriotic, had been guilty
of the Marne thing. The Empire, how.over, talented to maim any seferonoe to
these doleful views of the country, while
eondemni,dwltn,1 it caller( the bite ruin
specchoe of Liberal epo'olter.t. Amongth.'ir who took a gloomy view of aft tire
f.., al" iVul',- Sir t..11 ,',fawfnu.tla,
Sir Lc ll
eouar'dley, Sir David Maopher-
Would any hue. gentleman 0p„40100 00.
03)00 1110 Liberals of hostility to the in•
tercets of their uouutry after mum a torrent
of misrepresentation as the 0oi1eorya.iv3
leaders ”-.1 sent forth ? It w is their
right and their duty to speak out if Chet'
11101134111,111000 W11.9 30313111)114 Net. mg with
the country that should be remedied, and
so it was now toe duly of the Liberals •o
speak out, belie0dug that there was some-
thing wrong with the odmiuistration of
the aff,irs of the country, and being in it
posttl033 to provide a remedy. Dr, )Kao
douald quoted a masa of interesting
statistics showing how the government
had railed to tarry out the pledge, it had
made to the people prior to 1878. Flo
proved that the N,tionel Polioy 1300 1101
fostered the . (t,,rieult(tral iutorestt of
Canada ; that it lied flailed to develop
the mining resonreeo. although the (wee -
try was burdened with 31 duty to 3cuom.
plioh that cud ; that while the tariff al-
lowed soma mauufauturers to obtain their
raw material free, or nearly so, it bur-
dens others with a high duty on their
raw material ; that it hat nut 400 tt,i
people i3) the country, as was promised,
but that nearly 1,1)00,1)00 hod d'sarpotr.
e•1 ; teat the 31,33:utiT as rob as 31r0Nper
4ni al it "30331.1 b•:. aced that the N P.
had Nile ) eo give ally relief ; that it had
failed to ."our• r0&p10010y with a.°
the Iinit. d a.ates ; that 3e had fai ed to
pre,oi,10 now markets ter the products of
the n414.1.10,3, and ;ailed t'1 enlarge to any
e)119IdarObll extent the 111a kers We
30,110a'. Int it 33a•I bn,denod the poop)0
Mill till 1m1rnl 1 •1 t 1011t101) i,3 00910018
dutes:r,-3 tifflr'1ad m 'nn3wt111.
1103 ; flat 11 34,0 o•im'natel again -1 oho
p or arta ; that it wasb31gely reeponeiblo
fur '33, 3 3'•:ie,13 tin t'41 in 1110 0naniry.ald
for the tt; tttt)o'1 for 0rgaub uh'.00r0 ;
t dot 3t wua ani 111 till causes of the de.
pr01)83111 in tic va3u1 of farm property.
the parent of leen, poly, which preyed
upon t1i :13030ritl interests of U.m,aot ;
that it had preveeted the aeople from
malting the 3131st or the prod.,rtivas of
their toil and that it was u vi Iw km of
'he inert • 1,0..1 I .t,re033 if the :,ono - of
Canaria. As Dr • laceloaal(1 cosseted,
his spa •011, et U o'clock, 113 was warmly
applauded.
a
Morris Couneil Meeting,
The Connell met pursuant to adj'mrn•
meta, in the Qonsiell Rom on Feb. 13th
ali'mt•os of last rna'tilg read and pe00sed,
A. com,nuuioation from W. J. Tough ro
iisee 113 not wart ret r1 teed Hied, A mom.
V1110 Mary leiter from 11r, Oral re
rail ego matter) was road and tiled.
Che 11ud3tnr0' 303.0(1 was 1110o receive.)
and examined by the Coun,ul. It was
moved by 8. O'thbiok, emended by J,
teem r• t' 311 13:1 :,11.1 report 11+ a tepte,1
and 3ubWoad in 'Pelt Bau80ans Po. e,
Carried. A joint 31013tinn from a nronher
of ratepayers of Morris and hast \Vawa•
nosh, in ti1.' vicinity of Belgravo, wee
pr08ectad /belting Nun this Conncil ap
pout 11.11 arbitrator •o act in oonjlnotlon
with au 3arbitr4103 0)milarl,y appointed
by the Oonlnil of 15101) Wawauosh with
a view to the f)r'uitti0u of a u"in,, S. 8,
no 13olgrevx. IL ,vas moved by George
Ki kby, seen0,1ed by 8. 001dbl4k that :he
said petition be laid over until next Conn•
oil meeting. (tar ried. Moved by7ame0
Proctor, 00cntlded Ly Goo, Kirkby that
this Council aupoint \Vm. Clegg, of
W'niehltrn, t 3 n•3 Aft arbitrator on behalf
of the township 1f Morris i)3 the li mt.er
now in diap', , 1, twerp the township an:1
the l.euety. 01331,031. 131. taw Re, 8,
1890, :oulirmhr' Raul eppelittmeut woo
doly road and p:0 9ad. 0,3 notion of N.
Onldbiek, ee:emceed by G. Birkby the fu3
lowing repeed et' 'mere nrder01 to ha said •
Audi1,10 cnn3) 41 1 p0 : 01,%' 313)3 of
Brn08n10, :114,31 rout. an 00 ; i;ot'puret)otl
of Blvth, Hall ern , 3)7.60 ; \Vm, Elston,
wood to Bei 75 ; Mi .r'. Exfcrd,
charity, $15' 00 : P. Came:we ole3l.rin4
out creek 113, i11i1 Item, $6 0.1 : P, 4, Bran.
don, Tr"usnror's 9„tart. $100 , U. 'N0011
ep, to meet arbitrable); sop:')sell, 1440.00.
O1 nenion of Geo, LCir31)y, eelonded by
J. Proctor the (nested 'hes atljo110110d 10
meet again on 1ih1310)1 37011,
W. 0191ttc, Clerk.
longed anyone to brine °barges of thio
kind agaiust the 3w)minialretiou of p'o•
viuolalland, and deolaeed that snob
siet0'nen30 as Mr. Bennett fled made
came trial bad green from a supporter et
this governmuue. 1'roteedi,g to chemise
1,3331 bade 14.)03110.., 1130 Ulu 40031 101'
Bast Huron reviewed the promises
which Is 3r1 been merle in behalf of the N.
P. Tho resolution submitted to paella.
meat ars the forerunner of the protective
system promised lust to develop the met
cu'tura3 interests of the country, :St
that time there 100.8 a depression, and
the (lormervatiVo petty sought to make
the harmers believe that its 033088 wa8
the revenue tariff, and the cure was pay
Motion. II was a plausible arsninent,
but the Liberal pasty believed that u
proteetem could protect the formers.
This belief 17,03 gaiumg 8rou.,d 133 these
late days. The ,uonbor for W, et Assisi.
b .fa leas a c00vert this sesei011, 'Chet
ieemieltfeii supporter of the govern•
n -01, who hat 808 ion had de,larei Lluat
the farmers bought goods 00 cheaply
ender the national polity me they could
with')nt it, had 00uanted oho other day,
and, in x'3108111 to the house, said it
W .9 'In1)3.)ia' 010 t+ afro gaol 0 1+3':331' en eta
to protect Lir, farmers, '.Che hon, gen
tiemen's 0onver83013 was meet prob,hly
cl:t' to pressure from the farm• re of the
bort sae b; 1011,' It::nw who her or not
th.•r were being protected by tn• nation
al 3ioicy. to show limey strong the feel
ing among the farmers of the Northwest
has become, Dr. 1laudnu9.1d r.•1L.1 from
The Brandon .11311, n Uono•'cvative, pl1.
p1(., that 11x10 3V031 n 13) 134,1 tiny area
input for 11e national policy 19 i15 exists,
and no 000 would 64. 01 11, exenet he
033,9 MO, 1' 1.311 01111101100 0: 01' nufut' (1re,',,
or was wended to a 1.134, That paper,
13r, rta0do,131ld 811d, .1134 b ought to teat
puoltion ny opinion around i'. The 03113e
W11.0 tie of The Monsonein Spectator and
11,343na Leader, two Omleorvative piper),
10111017 sly the N n•1nw'est domain -In the
renin lou of the ,tat1oet pnligv tariff,
T11 • farrier ounlel only be b^nn111t04 en
ttnb3 vntys: sly Im3)r0v3•lg 1'141 fert131.y
of 'he 0073, by ening Min better markets
for what he eons, or by 431011lg bine cheap
er goods The te)348u0yof the eat 1031141
paltry was to3toke markets away from
mot farmers, and to prevent th •m selling
in their natural markets. The prices for
grain have been lover 833100 the natomt
than before it. He rand a state
moot showing that wheat bud averaged
15 cents it bushel lower, barley 20 (lents a
bu3hel, nate 4 cents, peas 5 0..3.10, lin
(per 100 lbs.) '14 natal, butter (per .b.) :S
cents, apples (0er barrel) 20 carts, and so
on. Dr. 11Ientional't dei not say that the
prises for grain fixed in England c)ul I
be raised by logi3Letion, but that had
)leen the pro nipo of the Couoorv,,tive
party. Dad the female buy
their goods cheaper ? if the
duties on iron were taken off, agrieel.
tura) itnpleInents could undoubtedly, be
gold 0310ape'. Had woollen goads fallen
oenparaely with wheat they would have
it it had test been for the flattened
policy 7 The ditties an the (Momper
wouliel8, too, he peed, were higher than
on the liner qualities, end bore heavily
open the ma680e of eon8ltmers, The
farmers had paid two million do tars
more for the hinder twine sissy had mod
than if there lead been no duty on It,
The fact t11Lb I3nde1 Witte had fallen i,1
dut4 allowedb slime that theduly
valuation 0f the
y had increased
olio p•i0r. Take 001tnee, lanai the 9pe0.1)1
of the member for 'Vent Ontario (313'.
)tldgar) the other oveu)ng showr,d 111eot
the ditty enables the 3n 0131tf.113310ers to
tale over three 1111ilfnu drillers annually
nu: of lb] 11'.01/19 of 'he 13 nn'r.•. 11 the
(bib) WM. talion off, ,1,d 313);'0 l8 s'tl3pose
the un4toma would not Oheaglen ? The
result of the rv'luc11on of the 00331 oil
011 by 10110 1)14.1 the princ 1113 nvar the
ee t•atr,v had 110011 •t:100(31. In hie own
tn,vn of \Vinebam, when he loft, the
prism wag .180. to 20o. ; 'aw, by to epeeist!
al ^nngome)lb, it Win dvtvel to 12o, retail.
These itlOtan0ee wens to preen that the
farmers are obliged ander the N. P. to
flay more for what they hey, Tho N. P.
bn.d done nothing for agriculture, II 4(1
it done anything for mining ? Cho pro.
dnetion of iron in 1881 wan 18,000 tone,
In 1802, wit11 the 30113 of a duty and 90
bounty, the production Was less ilia, 20,
000 tone, There warn imported last ,year
68,088 tone of pig iron, of whioh a duty
paid of 11275,000, On the prOduotinn
of 20,000 tone $14,000 bounty wan paid,
making $805,000 paid for production of
lege than 20,000 tens, 019 a ton ovor and
above the price of the iron, which i33 that
year was only $10.50 a ton. The bounty
and duty had not the result of, increasing
the praddotiou of iron. In 1881 them
were $0,848 tons of iron ore produced in
GuhadIc ; Ill 138,1), 64,88.) WWI ; in 1007
about 43,000, and in 1890, 49,000 tone,
The alerege prod31olion In well year bet.
Veen 1980.1886 was 48,000 tons and
between 1886.1810 it was only 47,000
tons. Dr. Macdonald proceeded to 0110W
tho•btrdon of the iron duties generally.
A large 31ue11331 of lives have beau lost
owing to the deadly gases its load tubas
near Olt'cegt 0a, Spain.
The steam hip t3elgio, from 7lonfl )long
and Yokohama via Tlonolulu, arrived at
Sou L/woke on .Panay of last weak
with smallpox on board.
The louse of Oliver Puttee, near 1381
lairs, Mich., wee burred Moodily night
and his throe 0hil,ru,1, egos! 12, 10 and 6
respectively, were burled to death.
Harrison Sheror, of Valpa:ai0o, Ind„
olairns to have 1011110 au lk born in the
hollow of a tree wh'ro he tempos/es it to
have been for it buttered years or more.
It is alleged that in o1111ing ice at Bux'
ton, Mo,, the other clay, a balf.b10Wn
water lily was found imbedded hiono of
the °else', It was thawed out, put In a
sunny lyindew and soon blossomed out
as handsomely as any lily of July,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1823
HER MAJESTY'S TOWER AND
BRITISH MUSEUM.
tier Majesty's Tower if it does not
equal Weotmiueter Abbey in the asenoia.
thine that ..ung to it, is to close eecoud.
Some allege that its site was fortified by
(Meier alter 1131 sn00"eded in attaining a
foothold 111 Britain, However that may
be It is inriispotabte that from the time
of the Conqueror it hes boon a place of
importance, whether ad a stronghold to
over a100 the city or as 11 eeour0 plate of
10(119noe for royalty, and more than
either as 3)'itate Prison, For centuries
its records make up a large portiu1 of
England's history so theet there are few
who visit Loudon but go to 411 the Tower.
It is °loam to the river, about half a mile
below London Bridge. Taking a email
0300met fur it 110008 nue ham quite a sail
wluog.ide of t11.• embankment, pa89iug
Cleopatra's Needle on the way, which
seems out of place in a cold, gray (ley ae
no .1istred with its original ate in the
burning •elnds of Egypt. We disembark
j est +thews 'he bride's, It is quite a feet
to et'aa3 We 3,31.384, ad entre ILI'e two 0111
11110,3)8111109 of v'ldales without a break
-drays, cubs, omnibuses, Oarrieg00 of
eve y description in endless succession
going m Steely pace. If it were not for an
oval shaped Ward, 0x8 feet, of hard
113030 111 the cen're of the street eight
iuuhe9 Bauer thin 111e level of the pave
moot into whiel1 three oast iron pilfers
131 line 3311: st...drvee iu,teueJ and 4.t1,03.0
1011)0)1 one eau stand, it would be very
unsafe crossing. Aft r pseeing one lino
yon can stand and wait your opportunity
to jump aeroes the seated line, going of
noose in the nppoeite dlrec13011. The
encase leading down to tee 'Pewee along.
side the river is 811 narrow that in some
places there is only room for one vehicle
and the 8i;leweek0 little over throe feet
and often 310' that. Drays were et near
ly every other doorway with overh ad
cranes dra sing up o Iettitg dow', Mlles
or barrels ole did not feel much safer
than who) (stossing the street. Tho fish
market Billingsgate is passed on the
right a little below the bridge and as
we appro11011 the Tower the street widens
int and the busts teems less, It being
on a Teeedav the oharue for admission
was one shilling, on other days it is free
er else a emelt guns °barged, The yid.,
tore were ve'y few. In 1861, there were
w'a'nt ;ata 33(033 -w .10,r, to 3
or ttve\e only beiug 0,riln3160d at 01100,
'L'ili; u'uo the 331114 a9 open, 0110 sentinel
keeping meal. When within the hntlrt•
in' our 0001.94 was 01er1t031 by it 0rinon
moat on our right hand. At nearly every
turn to 50101003 11( p•a313 uloth01 would
answer inquiries. At an insignificant
.tone atairw sy of five er six stets m'1t of
Rum 0wi34 ,h,t was the allot where 111 the
time '.1 Oliari. a II. ilia ruulal„a of tic
two Prl,coa, tb nephews of Richard Itr.,
were )ound. What 38 celled the "White
Ti • er” i:• one f the main feats yea of
the building. It is a large, unitive,
q'ladreugubtl'seistiee,over 1110 fs.,t teem
north to (300th end annlewhat less from
r,,9t to west; nu one side is 31ttlinh131
what 3s Gellert the horse armory which ie
Tint unw so 0ys'emat'oally a'rru,ged me in
1851, for thea in each stall, eom1110310ing
with \Vllliem the elongor'ror down to set
131110 of 00113129 11., law 30 44'3331 IL
range of nloented warriors, clad in
armor, representing each 013t0000Iva
(01)43',pprepriate to the period. Now
they are huddled toget11ee and a majority
of them 9%on1 to belong to the 15111 or
10th eel1urie3. The Tower, as a state
prison has bequeathed fearful memories
3,0 almost eV ry a,uient family of hog.
land. The Plantagenet and Tudor Kings
whose will wa0 law If a head wee to be
taken off, 30 30thet with or without war-
rant, as euitud them passed few of
them by. The block seemingly of oast
oe whioh malty of them were beheaded
is to be Been hitt' the axe amt ese0utbOn•
orbs m..0)3boehle it. 'L'he last t' ho sof.
ferrel war) the rebel ,,crus Klimar,0ea
and Lov4t for chair share in the trouble
of 1745. The ,egeliu is kept in a 9001 of
/stage about eight feet across of strong
true barn and whn0)1 is only used 1133 81a'e
000a811u0, '311301)10 nv1, 38 enrr0lnulm.l by
four sceptres, the sword of state and
other Iixinge with their jewels represent-
in4 an enormous sutra. The cell in whioh
Sir Walter 1131043h 10)00 confided 10 nut
now 01)01031 811100 a home wan explode,)
in the Tower s01110 )ears ago. em ma-
mma) of it being a dash 1,leue it might
have been U0110idered u0uve ieut 30r
800h .t perpo011. The explosion dad con.
0331erab10 damage and it wee ill'Og110
welt Off su0uer th,1,3 intended for the
sentinel. clotted the gates and the m'imi
nal was .aught at o"ce. 'Phare seem to
be 1000 01/01(31 than fernier
ly, possibly for the sante rca80n. Ono
monies 1 t 131.1333118 et the Traitor's
Cate which opens on Hes river, tilr3113 b
hi0h many '.111 in161ri, "I 10 one fn 4413.-1
11111" 0131039 1 AS to 390 e s and thra,Igh
10113013 3)11,30 31110)13 313100ed In n scaffold
anti -Ileo her mere f l iunato tlanghter
Orae 311 a p,:4.314 and 311)1.1331 .ly t. 3.110
t'tran '1'110 131dsish 111.18e9311, Si 111.1.1. gl
31. a 13,011101i,lv Squat e, is of 00111par1111vu-
morlurn data beteg Muncie' in 17ese,
blit fokin, 3t for what it 01ntain8 it is
p'.0sibly the most remurl,able building
on the fano •d otic globe. Of late year8
it wa0 1;00334 se crowded the m serge
portiou of its un1110310 wore teao034urr0,l
to South K0osingtel,more pr.r131nbtrly
what related to N../arid) History. Tho
ea1ale,tl188 of the museum, .net bolting
ileo gourmet cheep out nt hint.
asst :8138 and the guide print.
fortyebx 11'13111000, T11,3 library + 331ta3138
11 is said 1,000,000 volumes, ao 3 's 11:11';;
1334340(1 to 0011sra013tly, of 0veey neW vvo1,15
printed in the kingdom it receive, a copy,
3, spent the meet of the day passing
tltrdt1Rdl its d0partm0nt33, whore there i0
so much to eau; objeotelrowever interest.
fug, make little impression 011 the
Memory, 'tis only a few that rem31in ;
among them the Egyptian Court with its
8areopnagnse0 aud m ini:Mo , mut sad
to be that Jr Cleopatra, and the Ro:+Otte
stone founts by the 1 tenon 31( 11Jgyp1 130.
der Bonaparte, and taken from them by
the 1).itit.1 and presented to the 11111801•11n
in 1802, on which is nn inscription in
three characters, one of them Greek,
W. H, KERR, Prop,
e.ear,,:=�.,��:,�...,,.�r,..m,,.,�,�,r.T,..... ,..��,..�•�.,..,�,.,�,,.•r�,�:
3 which gave thu ley to (lhl ,coni km, of the will he pn901b;e for member. to take 0031
hi• roglyphiee, in the Bahvin,lian Court $1000 po)i010e am wed as $2000. It was
'Ire a oer430 of hr1..lte, some of them ma th'''em Un W190 to conar110 from the Fin
pl'4t00 Grand Lodge until after the June
eeee3on of the latter, aid the amnion to
separate was Vuted down.
Tr 101131 rl14.1le0 to fix On remuneration
of termed Lodge Office's at the sense
Agates as last year.
Peet Grund Master Workman 4, R.
Miller presented the report of the Irinanoe
C0010141. e, whioh 3" 0 '1)3(733131(10(1 that s.
the fund for the beeeflt of faro. fleury 13,
Liiokoox, a plum er o1 the Order in
Ontario, had mils reached the sum of
$400.40, the Grund Rueorder be inetruot-
ed u Iowa 1, titan ar to ea1i1 031110r lie•, to
,01;40 soli0n.ulk $1 from each lodge hey
hue a inembtlrehip of 100 and under, and
$2 from lodges eavini; a membership over
100.
The 03(0 !knit of candidate, was
changed born 60 to 45 years.
Old as the Tower of 13aa11, and two
boundary stones re1ordhlggr•1nt8 •sf land,
one of them by Merod3ah Balmiest,
mentinn••din Ismail 80 1, and 1met10r by
Nebuohadnezzar, in the A0syrian are
oyliuders with the ine0riptien 0f '3131ga131
Piloser, a hexagonal one of Sonnaaherib,
another inscribed with the enna38 of 1110
son Bearhaddon, with the 11 .111 gal belle,
and lion. with human heads, ex00vated
by Layard and Rewilneon. I have also
noted the stone of Moab, being a oast
from the origued i11 the Louvre, emoted
by •10911„ 810 1). 0, 'rho Woolen Court
0on1a1u8 Blew merblee taken been 3110
Parthenon at Athens, of whioh therm is
a beautiful model 1.234 its reel size.
Very few, if any, of the 0131.3430 ,,re wo-
w., some of then with ale new broken,
others with both, but showIla, notwith-
standing, 30 what woi(erou3 aeries/Wm
Phidias and Praxi31ele0 91 Stab early age
hurl brought the art of 8en)ntare.
Prehistoric rema111e are •ery 00lne10310
and iuterestin., the early tools of stone,
rude in fi'i•h, mu) 3'1" b,ter 110311 119
831100133 as Dau oe made and as 8narp
nearly Its an edge tool of .the present da'.
Th. query is, holy it 10318 that 801311 herd
material could be se well fashioned, Iced
holes bored through thorn, into which lit
bandies/. There are speoiu,enofrom every
po"Linn of the united_kingdom, sense of
them found in 100esee, o(h.'re out of
lake. nr rhveee ; there are n. few with the
remains It toe Litterbug sow in them,
others of an earlier and ru.lor typo, with
only a with retied them, an appliance
almost now unknown in Britain, Of
course thorn are specimens in hogs ttnnt
here bons every part of the earth, with 't
striking Simi nrity running eireligh thein
all, flint arrow heads from everywhere in
'arge numbers, urn's and 031908, some en
rude and ill 11u,nt that it is easy to 808
that the art was but in its infancy, to
the beautifully modelled and $3)8h,d
ones of Greece, many Of them found in
tombs, 1101210 also in great variety, a large
number from the bed of the Thames,
taken up when deepening it with (hedges.
The specimens/ of coins are very interest
lug, going bank to 700 B. 0., sante of
them three or foul 0010nr180 later, when,
ao0Ordi0g t1'experts, the art of 1 it,age
reached its highest point of excellence,
with .peci3net0 alt the way deist to the
present, of ever peo3b and r•'e-y clime,
The Department of Aiaunsr'ei3 t9 tiontain9
upwards Of 96,00') vnlumll,+, of which 9,
000 are in O -„• ni 401...01U gee ; many
bhunuan-ld of ah 401...01 ie,:0 .1,.d 301 9, 10,0 0
seals and 01(.' . e. 01:1. A,311011g 1110
ant03))")nha of f:.^4.'010 111 0 I1131ietid those
of Era)i:u,',, CiaP:in, Lot, .e r, lfelauothuo,
More. C,t.u^10 , 01.1,10, a :eigP Dryden,
nd 'a.�l:h•_ 9ddi9nn
NSldo•T. •o,l • 303 r').* • 19 13),• ., C
Engleetsfro.. svelter, 4,) 3100111 to
Mizttb' t•.. 01'.411 14o,) C'rnm'vell's
;loam to Yl -t • '1'a tlt�"e of Nelson,
iilan,
Besse ,, ..l,l'aau, Swollen, l.ic,lt•
ley, Sheller, i'• •3. t '4.1.,, Burns, Defoe,
He roe- v, 81.er . ,1 t- 1.(8nnie 91.41.0 ars
t•• bo eget) yiric31 l dv. not 093011 Thera
are 33, u pbtr0 d Ri. oft Charts.. A
rnong x31181:-Asn11uript:. 1 uotioed 003100
.11exal:d,•ia, ce et 1;", a Gs sok Psalter,
1000, till 4 ( :hr -tl 3 1931gt1ag0
with 91r " ' ."11'13 he 034
3410401, os 111'.-.3111, cer..ury. oleo elope
pel0man le34,.al, es"' the Ilth 008tnr-4;
Kine Eolg1r'e Charter of the foundati0u
of Pio :'013131.3-1 ,t VJ1. &nester, A. D.,
0330, written 3.1 gold, with re -unbars more
down the epee. lawn to Scott's iieiri).
worth, Byrne's 1st and 2'134 Oan10'n of
Ohilde Harold, ?decamlav'. last chapter
of hie fhvtory of .:d, Tohnsou'o
Irene, end S. T. Ceerirt'e's Memo's of
rare Bibles. I ootiood n copy of the
irtazna•iu 01 1455 dot.: Oren 1ner'0 13;•.10
u Lubin, 1545 ; a uapy' 01 .131.311(1 prime
ed at Venice is, 1432 I tr.-1 aopieo of
Romeo and Joliet, one in 1.507, 1110 other
1623 ; Rob, .s 'i Crus .0, 193 edition,
1719: L'arad,se le.. . 1 ,10.1, 1.(107 ;
Cbauuer's Uauterbu,v noses. 1478, by
Claxton ; cppios of Livy 11,131 Uicero print•
cd at Rohe, by 8pir: .a 1100, elle about
the sante spot there 111134 be the proof
sheets of Soott's 'iV 111 ;••.t3, k. Among
the autographs is a box meson out of the
210tuly, with t: look of Nolene'e hair, and
also seemingly not fte• nu from my
memoranda, forms of '''',n:-1 de 3oors,
live loud two centuries I,. 4.. 1118, a,l of
spending only one day )e toe Mus''lm, I
felt, nu leaving it, '11 law4 and metras
nnolrl have allowed, that six months
/amid oaoily be spent, and then 111' that
was to he seen and ex .milted would 3301
have been exhausted.
1'0,1..13 038013x.
Wroxecl', Pub. 17, '03.
0,111,1,01) 3'',_4; .41. A. 0. 31. 7T,
The Grand T.no;'•' 01 the (,,elen3 tinter
of United \\'Orkl1103) 1133” 110,13 nn To, ono
ne \\'.dme0day ,cud I nun•0day 133'.3
week.
The r'lrat.i Race', der, 1)(_titter, re.
Ported role total :.nlnhe' of lud;vo a:- 3801
n,1'LI 114 for •14, y,•,. . , 1103 ; drew11 13.,,.: is
net 0.nuasal,l ; total m33nlb•,,l ), 22,08);
'utaL 3000ip40 for tit. ,0 r 4116,100;
('rat dlitimeeeneate, $1,.,'; a. 1?. Ail
claims have been 31311.1 to 1110 •.01,111',3, of
„30.1108,
Tito following oi)ioe,s were en eholed
by toisel matio••:--Gra et \ll ark.
Ivan, 1!. G. Inwood ; 0"and lived .tar, 11f.
D. Op -Aar ; grand 11. ce1(10(1l. 'Thomas
Rushton, The Ionewi, g 341100 faceted
after more or II is 1., .tr ' eenteete
(1 read Foreman, D. 1. 11,1'1'; t, 1110,10 ;
Overseer, F, W. 1100,1 ; 0 'ail (3111,1,1, G.
P. Graham, editor of the eforr:33bneg
Flsluld ; brand inside wat,hlvan, Jehu
1laani11033 ; green entente Mach-
ina , John It. Taylor; Owen S1ur.d ;
grand trustees,'[' D. Prnyo, Napanee 1
34..1. James, Bent villa ; Thomas Ser.
gent, Toronto. The trestoe9 110010 oloct•
ed for three, two, and one year reeves.
tiv'ly. Orgieniepl33' Rome were fixed at
$00 to $100 per lodge, aoeording to mein-
bor.lnp, 13., J, el, Outten Wan r0.311.i•
pointed Grau.3 ht dlc.:.l "„rnnn)ncr, and
Ou11811411.111110 upe1 big past success.
The sum of $1200 'wee Voted by the
(Or:a3d Lodge to eot01•llain the delegates
to the Supreme Gra.ld Lodge, whioh
nteet33 in Torant° in 3.03330. I1( future it
(fi:f.ntediteLl Newel.
Eggs sold lo. 80 cams per dozen an the
market at \Vuud8t00k 'net 5atmrday.
Tei farm ' • •-f 0x`.1. 1 eau ,);y 11.eve
3031(3111 to mouth poet left 1V0a1011 valued
111 the aggregate at $122,000.
ltu„ert 303088, formerly of lmuue
county, was fuund dead in a pond at
Hamilton asylum on T.terada, of lest
week.
G. well 134 llueharnte, the well 130"wn
printer and publiither, Med at his rust.
donne 31( Montreal $olorday evening,
aged 66.
Hugo Kranz has been abeam as men
age, of the 3111unomi0al Fire Ioaurauoe
Company, of Berlin, Out., vice William
0011uhlager, deathsect
Prof, ffioroo nay0 the Japanese never
mix different kinds of flowers together
i13 one rase. A like eimplioity of taste
is •bowu in their drinking c'183o1ns,
13 is reported Dr. R. W. Powell, of
Loudon, will be knighted o1( the Quern s
Bir'lday in teaog31itlon of his services
euriug the late Mr John M310douald'0
fatal illness.
A young Hutu named Thomas Bast•
crook wets ki0ked in the face by a run-
away horse which he was driving at
Tweed, Out., otttiatur3ay, and had hie
jaw boos 1130(301)33 111 3100 pla0es, besides
balrig otherwi3o injured.
Hobert Fallon, of London township,
left his teals untied at Cuarys 0re31mery
on 8• nr1,y,anrf while WAR in3•te the
bar-,rvst'u'3•'' ff. .ir, Fallon 1:3,1 after
them for n mile, when he threw up his
110,1,31, fell down anti died.
\Vedlnmday was the fifty-third day of
0onsea ni'u s,0ighing this W,uter. The
record in 0'10 1,1011 has not been equalled
tar many years, and the beautiful looks
1,a 310ug(1 It Latin led to attend to Lauri.*
0'88 right t. the end.
Col, Rankin, rather or %1e15. e 11 914 i n,
oho amok.. is very ill in Windsor. The
old geltletnan i. said to 11,11: tr.wsferr, d
his proprt., valuers at ;O207,(1)0, to 113,3
10utoe son, who will 331131 010 stags an.)
coke care of the .god in-aiid. 11aIOoe is
at present playing; 3,1 Duero:.,
1'311 Post 013)33, Departure, t has ies31ed
a large postal o,r,1 (pee cent) and a three
Dent letter card, perforate.) and gummed,
both most u33,•f1l and what, the poblio
have be n wanting. They ern he bought
rrmn luu,..ed et el9 vm,.i,•, 1"1 7'0 38
also au i08ua of 200 and 50a stamps.
These scamps bear the Queen's bead i3,
bet wldowhund
A (luring robbery we, perpetrated at
Charing Cross early on Friday morning
of last week. Tee postofiloe .end ge,erel
stere, kept by John Hnnt„r, were again
visited by expert thieves. who gained
03113a11001hruugh the front door by lora•
iug the lock. 'Then they drilled a small
hole in the combination safe, through
lV r' 1317 9u1130 powsrfnl exnlooite W99
poured, whioh wreeke1 toe tide badly,
Two registered lettere supposed. to sou.
ta)n a large amount, toad from $150 bo
$10) in ua0h were t.k013. d ohi80l and
brace -'0.e Pound near the safe, which
were Mole. from S .e311ov & Cu 's oar•
riage shop. Mr. Hunter's reddens/0 ad•
10100 the store, hat th,- wort was done so
well that the family were not alarmed.
Tnore is nn slue whatever to tboburglars.
The private banking house of .lames
Shipley at A11911 Orate, tiling bnsineee
uuder the mane of Shipley & Co., has
suspended payment, and the liabilities
are plaeed et from $40,000 to 500,000.
The deposits were large ".u,i as every per-
son lwquainted with Ale. Shipley knew
hum to bo ono of the most emotions and
tuneful finanniese, the mood, impliOlt
ooufiden00 w118 placed 1.3 the institution
bearing bis name. In 0110 case a wolf•
known farmer of the neighborhood had
130 les a suns Man $12,000 to be/ credit
131 the bank. A lneedeg of ecodit0108 will
be belt u' et week. Mime 0ympa111y is
exproolsd ler Mr. Shiple: in the villago
and ueigbbothuod, where he ,gas l.00we
en.1 respro11e41 as few men are, Ito per.
p0^08 1' a teed .Il, tni;)'0 ja 1po41 y- a..1 tl,
to very cousid.rablc--in the hand. of 11,9
er1Jito0,, .0 that those who iu1r08)e,1
th,ir lif"liilte 8 ', 331 to his keeping may
1)0 rr.3„t:d ill 3n0.9, if 11 t in :011. of their
3!1,11118.
A 0'••r,y remarkable 070111 funk place a'.
llihbu,33313 33oently. Ia the 11atumn
1Valli9g, wb000 fart a,lj0i310 tile village,
tad two Imre/ and it half of sweats turnips/.
Of those ho go1110rerl two (scree, putting
,Ilam in heaps and. UO3Orin44 thein with
ab 'nt 8341 iu0)101 Of 0108,49. The half see
Wag not horv0eted ,o,.) the turnip. re
mained fn the grntu,d. Air, Walling's
101011 11033 0,110 1.) draw toe turnips 1011X3)
were in heaps as soon an th0 fleet 0110.,
mine, but the iutent1011 was not carried
met, and the snow covered the helps girl
preserved the turnips. bast tvpeir Ur,
Watling dooidud to (commence feeding
his turnips, and took a oloigh to the
turnip (Iola. The Heaps here all gone.
Every turnip had boon eaten by deer)
Mote than that'- the half acre 111031 been
carefully gone over by herd of deer, and
every turnip had been grubbed out 0f the
,Silos !t„bortson, a 309 1 4:1 years of
age, W338 h.jnrod on Saturday afternoon
at the YOu,t Aon qua 1'v, 11O3,av1)I , to
303331 au extent that death resulted in es
few hours. A stone weighine about 0300
1008 hall been placed o(3 the oar to be
oda,'';. 34 the specie y. The ear .310..34
in 0. slanting poettton, and Mr. Robertson
called to 1 'e men to hoist the der3 ink in
order to allow him to place a block un-
der the stone. When the steno wag
ng„in 11(10010,1 Onto be stir it tippeil the
wrune way, and the ponderous height
struck the unfortunate man in the ab-
domen The pour victim was almost cut
in two, and when he was taken out of the
Ili' 't' wt. corm (het lie meld no• 810ettey
live. 114 remains wore sent to Thorold
for interment, Ile was a m9.01•iv4 man,
and leaves a wife and four children.
Another man named Bontfo•d, who en-
deavored to stop the elnee from falling,
hist a thumb.
A terrlb'u toboggan accident occurred
near Montreal Saturday night, by whioh
Miss ;lane Crawford, a young forty, 16
years of ago from Windsor,
111"ttoutly killed. Mies Crawford, a0-
•,,.t,,:ad by 01.1000 ei:.:u , Mies
Mary, and eco• reed by dames ,Vlout-
gemery, of Montreal, visited the Point
1:01)0gg111.1 slide behind the redou131ds.
where they spout the evening tob(e„ g'to-
tug. , On their way )tome they .'greed to
go down the Cut0.310s-nieges still, a very
8•-:rl3 publio thoroughfare leading from
the mountain to the city. Young Mout-
gnm0ry, who '19 `Tearing, lost nnutrol
of the toboggan, which 1030 going with
lightning rapidity, and with a darn in
the road it ran into a telrgrapu pole.
Mise Jane Crawford, who was Bitting in
front Of the toboggan, was dashed bead
f'.remost Against the telegraph pole and
instantly killed. Her skull was terribly
fractured. Her two companions escaped
0"11001. The young '11001&0'9 body was
removed co her mother's. Bliss Craw-
ford, with her mother and sister, (seine
from Windsor la91 FRIT to pees the Win-
ter in liloutreal. Uue of her brothers is
proprietor of the Crawford house,
Winds ,r.
One f the most terrible experiences
yet reported during the p e0emt 800,')0 of
hard frosts was that of Mies Lo'li,t)
Henry, woo ep0llt a night during 'the
mount soul spell on the open plaieia at
Cal,,ary, N. W, T., exposed to the bitter
cull, whicfl to wa33 almost impossible any
one 00n1r1 lin.; Budure, 113933 3I3'(ry .33,10
ambito home, 3')303) l_r g50v" fell oat of
the rig. She gut nut to recover it, a7a+.
ging her rug after her, a most for1npate
el run instance. Sts the 00i'9091r,3001 away,
leaving bee to w'a1k the remainder of her
journey or freeze, as the 0.39' migh) be.
A. 909 which bad A:uompanied her, re-
313aW01) .vl,31 her, 6.,1 by tneaus of it and
the l•ub„ nbu meuag1•1 to h.'ep fru.1 .rru'z•
31(;;, hitt 3t 1)111 11-...(,1.,34 07118.: •-nay
93.0 must 111,» Duffer d ,hiring the long
night from Fri my at 9 o'Otu4. til 7
i Moet( next :normal, when io s 1)1a1f
lifeless eoudltion else readied home.
The w. n-181' i. Met elle ,','v)v-'t it, but
,rata to pluck all 00031/093 31)13),091 04'e0
La the hardier beart0,1 male .x, she
never gave to for a mumuat to the terror
her situtviou mig'lt will have c 1118ad.
l\liss Is8nry is 31017 i11 in bed from. 1110
lung exposure, but she .v1); be quite re-
c•lv0ru I ins 011(4, f 1, 11:1.
People We Know.
Charlie Dodds tante of seeing Dakota.
Mrs, John Lott be- been on the sick
list.
tfies Downey was 311 Fergus last Sat-
urday.
P. Suont-LIM WIN were in Soafo'th for
a few days this week.
:died 31'u'', 0•Coisees has been on the
obit list at Molina, Mee.
Lorne Hester, of Fordwieh, wee Home
for a few days this weak.
,1•1130 Show and Hebb. Gra11gtn visited
the Queen city this week.
'irs• Cavanagh bee been an tee sink
1380 with a b,d cold on her lungs.
Mies Mery Mere/no:111in is attending
the millinery openings at Loudon.
ilitse Addi Yanstol,o has returuel to
Tilsonbu'r where she tuts a situation.
Ino. Downing and Fred. were visiting
at Gederiah for day or two hest week.
Airs. W.,H. 1%orr has been ill with inn.
gestion of oho 10.,4s, bat i8 getting batter
now.
Dougald Foremost and wife, 0f Tees.
water, were visiting 111 Brussels and lo-
cality this tveedt,
Ward F,30roty 13,,' ,nee app')iate d to
position 110 11111)1 o&Arl( on 1110 C,
ill run ;yid be Irma 3Viu3lipe,, to Elk.
11 ern ,,.114 return.
11 r0. Dan0.11 :311. .1331131 bete noun very
tnn0)1 w0,.e 110 ,.'r,6 10141 11:1:9.38 m
lavoahe01131111,4e,11 erne in c1'89'3iutiO3
is out lar off.
Tnus, 1L0G r• /inr end wife have 31 ,vod
let.) 111 m-•„els " n 3,.134
1\loUresor will 'CAA, . tnu e11 , 0114-
1)1:n 3,1 111.5 010-, 4111 314 34.9,
We are ple'.1e41 to notice f1,.,, Miss
Jpu„3' NO 1,).1, n„uu21•1y ref :. (09118,
11, Rd. She 11011 1 1,00 0'1.133 at t1,!1 1., ,01.
113¢)3 3.13111 in 1110 et 1.,1311y 1'.c,:' i ,'1'1001
for 4,1.na13.
Hier Fannie 73ontgemery, 131) Ines
been 4313tl133 her slater, Mrs. 1V. F Vmu'
8,0110, left Brussels last Almda'. oe a
trip to reL101v.o a1• Winnipeg, 7)eloraiue
and other points i11 1Uani001a.
1313080 131,311111: loft last Tuesday for
nitrous where 17e 3iten310 trying his hand
at nerving 0110 t1 fortune. Thr Poo;
wi'loo him eueoes8. Ld Saidaro, of
Ethel, will take his place 711. 11730.
B)aehill's 1331011er sloop.
Rev. S. Donee took a fainting 5•'9.3 31,31
ATefiay d; Cols store 1081 Monday .nomn-
ing and was ta)ten hotno in a sleigh. Ito
19 311)03)1) all right again. The re10rend
gentleman is wolf on tawara 80 9031(9 or
age, yob is about as lively as mann mea
21, years hie junior.
We are pleased to 3,0tioe that Dr. G.
ground and oaten, 1000 b",+hole in all T,. Beall, of Toronto, formerly of lirugools,
being oaten, The marks of t110 doer hue been appointed ;monomer of Opera.
were even its every direotion, and there 114,0 D0n1ietry, cud Oral and Iloutal
must have keen 111110 or ten. The field (`a1holo3y, for Trinity Univerelty ill the
where the turnips were onnaumed is not
more than three.quarters of a mild from
the village poetof ice, going as the otow
flies.
Queen oily. Dr, Ball is well gualtfiod to
011 this important position, and wn are
pleased to toe that 13russolitos continuo
to take the load.