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itar The figure between the perentheele, after each
cue, denotes the 'Age of the piper An which the
adyertleement will be found.
Belisha in footwear -John Way (5)
Groat ealnet-W. W. Haman (8)
Some figuring-lreinmen is Co. 05)
Cheep clethivg-Greie Macdoneill (1)
Heeds win -W. J.. Eilitat(8)
Miner Ileum ect-Wnt. Bellentyne (1)
Cart ofibenir-J. L. Smith (8)
Auction eale-John Scott (i)
Triad breve -a W. Papet(8)
The latest in shoes -R. Willie (1)
Whet the peep% eey-S-A. Young (8)
Millinery opening -W. W. Hoffman (8)
Itelletik Ce. (8)
Wali papasand bleyelee-lanneden Wilson (8)
Beautiful die0ey-liedgene Bros. (8)
Wilton's ft* Wilson (8)
Wented-0. IL Ulnae)
Clethiarr-Wm. PKeti Ce. (8)
gitt
ion exposit -a.
o er **Aries large sums of money
there havebeen no attempts to mislead th
temparanee people, on the (=trig the
'have alwa been dealt with fairly frankly, d *beim board ; there is no
frveing d fieit and there have been no un
air advantages taken of public confidence
by the lardy Ross Government. With
these exei tions the reasons given by the
Warder and endorsed by the Mail are all
The write have been issued for the bye -
elections in Winnipeg, Macdonald and
West Pritme. These constituencies- were
all held by !Conservatives, but the members
were unseled by the courte for corrupt
acts. Poll ng will take plaice on the 27th
and nominations one week earlier.
Mr. john Charlton has introduced 'his
bill to secn4e the better- observance of the
Lord's day,iinto the Dominion Parliament.
It bears upon three eubjects. It proposes
to Tire thaticanals be dosed front EX a.
Dov L'
ORITOR
It does not
likely to revolutionize the butter•niaking
e business,' is ate present beingtested in To
a' ronto• The butter is extnoted- from the:
the air through the cream,
cream by means of a blower, which - blows
haus sendingitchurning it. By € this method butter
can be made in thirty minutes and nothing
is used but air and . reaps,
matter how old the orriein is or what im-
purities it may contain, the butter that ` s
extracted is pure and!perfeotly free 'from
taint, It does not matter,fed as no taint will
attach to the butter churned in this way.
If this invention proves successful it will
either, on what
food the cows hive bee
revolutionize the creamery business, as the
method is simple and the machinery inex-
pensive, comparatively masking, This is a
great age of invention.
Our American consist evidently eppieoiate
the difoulties which would beset their sus -
toms official' if the Canadian Government
materially lower the duties on British
goods. But in view of the new American
tariff, the Canadian Go!ernmeat• should do
it all the same, although it would einbarraes
Uncle Samuel's emtoms collectors.. The
Buffalo Express nays:: " If the Canadian
Government redness the ditty on British
woollen which it verylikely will de,
there will be such a demand for clothing by
men living in the United States that a
patrol of mounted men along the - whole
boundary, from the Atlantic to the Pa-
cific, would be' neoeesary to. prevent the
smuggling of Scotch and English suits
cross the line. ' A. reduction of the duty. on
imported cutlery would be such at to open_
hp a splendid paying traffic in smuggling
On pocket knives, under the Dingle/ bill,
the duty is more than double the price, or
from to 213 to 210 per cent. Scissors ander
that bill are taxed about 17.5 per neat. ;
table knives and forks 15 per cent., and iso
on. dust imagine how easy it:will be to
smuggle such articles as' these acres a
boundary -line which is over 3,000 miles in
'ength."
SINaMossmagagiimais
m. nine p. m. on Sunday. It enacts
that it shall be unlawful to publish Sunday
SHAN'ORTH, FRIDAY, April ana, lgan newsPaPer4 and It is intended to restrict
railway freight traffic on Sunday.
_ The Salt Industry.
As every person knows, one of the prin.
epal planks in the platform of the Liberal
• party has been tariff reform, and they were
elected to office on the understanding that
if such were possible, they would negntiate
with the United States with a view of ob-
taining a measure of reciprocity with that
country, The action of the American Gov-
ernrnent, however, in passing the Dingley
bill has apparently put estop to negotiations
- with them on the matter of better trade re-
lations. But while this is the case there
are many phases of the present tariff which
could be regulated witirprofit to Canadians,
and we would here like to draw attention to
the injustiee which the protettive policy of
tne late Govetnment has done to the salt in-
- dustry in Canada ; and which is one of the
prominent industries in this county.
Our views of protection are well known,
but if protection is a necessary adjunct to
the prosperity of this country, as some peo-
ple believe it is, we think there should be
no discrimination in favor- of one class of
manufacturers over another °hue. Fully as
inuch capital hu been invested in the salt
business as in mOst other industries in the
country to -day, yet we find that while many
of theiei manufacturers have been pamper ed
and bolstered up by a proteetive tariff the
salt menaiseturers, although seemingly pro-
tected, have practically been at the mercy
of strong and unjust competition from the
British manufacturers. There is a heavy
duty on American salt, but as a sop to
catch the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
vote, the Conservative Government inserted
a clause in the tariff bill, allowing tne free -
importation of Englieh salt when tequired
for the sea and gulf fisheribs. Why this
discrimination in favor of the fish curer,
while the meat packer is compelled to pay
duty ? But this is a smell part of the. in-
justice done. Two-thirdsebf the salt need
in Canada is English salt, the greater por-
tion of which is imported presumably for
the use of the sea and gulf fisheries, yet
we find this salt as far west as
London, and we have yet to learn of any
mit, and gulf fieheries in this part of the
province. yhe result of this is that the
salt industry*here is demoralized, while the
ceuntry is deprived of the revenue it should
receiee from the duty imposed by the statute
on salt of the finer grades which are im-
ported ostensibly to be used for fishery pur-
poses, but which are actually used for dairy
and table purposes.
This English salt is brought over by ship
owners as ballast and consequently the freight
in many instances oasts the manufacturers
nothing, while their immense output allowe
them to sell surplus stock in the Canadian
niarket at a very small margin over the cost
of production.. - It will, therefore, easily be
seen that. the Oanadian manufacturers are
to a greater or less extent, hampered by
this competition, vrhich is made doubly se-
vere by the feet that they are compelled to
pay heavy duties on all machinery and on a
large quantity of the feel they use in the
manufacture of the salt. What we think
should be done is to allow them to import
free of duty the nmehinery,ete., which they
-require, but if this is not feasible we think
it but right that they should be placed on a
=footing with other manufacturers by giving
them a measure of protection against this
formidabie rival. This would enable them
to :greatly increase their output, Which
would mean a corresponding increase in labor
required and eronld also incresele the demelid
for wood, thus greatly enhancing the -value
of the product the farmers ha.ve to dispose
a and by so doing placing a considerable
amount of money in the hands of the_
farmers and laborers to be expended in our
towns,which now goes to enrich the wealthy
English manufacturer.
It might be argued that such a duty
would raise the price of. salt, but such is
not the ease. The duty now on American
salt, which they do not ask to be raised, is
of such proportions that should the price be
raised in Canada, it would allow the Amer-
ican manufacturers to ship salt into this
country to compete with the Canadian salt
and thus a check would be placed on our
the lines we have indicated would,therefore,
not only place our own manufacturers on a
much better footing bat would put money
. into oure pockets as well, and in view of
these facts, :we think the Goiiernment
should take action in the matter when the
. revision of the tariff is under consideration.
Editorial NOtes and CoManents
Tbe Toronto Mail thinire that the Vic-
toria Warder probably repreeents the
opinion of a majority of the electors of On-
_ tario when it says : " The South African
mining deal, the attempts to mislead the
temperance people, the growing' deficit of
the province, the disgraceful misuse of
_Crown lands, and the unfair advantages
taken of public confidence, are all good and
sufficient reasons why the HardytRoss
Gevernment should be defeated in the corn;
ing election." The Mail and the Warder
will have to make out a better case than
they have done Yet before they will have
much influence in damaging the " opinion "
whichthe people of Ontario have so. fre-
quently expressed at the polls. The South
African mining deal will ilecure to the Pro•
vitae, free of charge, bene.fits which have
Msgr. Merry del Iral, the Papd delegate
fromItome to Canada, has arrived at Qua-
hee. This distinguished prelate is sent by
the Pope to inquire into some church diffi-
otilties in the Province of Quebec, arising
from recent political mandemente issued by
the Bishops a that Propince. The Roman
Catholics of the Province who belong to the
Liberal party complained te the Popii of
this interference, and this delegate has been
sent to this cOuntry to enquire into the mer-
its of these complaint', and, if found as
represented, he wilt no doubt take the
-neeessary stein to have the cause for the
On the train the otheriday, going to Ot-
tawa were &tater Gowan, of Barrie, and Senator MoCa lum, of Monek, with Sir Cas-
imir Gzowskhlwho was going to attendithe
opening ; the three aggregated nearly 245
years. Lest session one of the officers of
the Senate sh wed the names of sixteen
4
Senators who united ages exceeded 1,000
years. If the enate were left alone and
no new blood added to it, it would soon T
perish from dry rot. Perhaps this would ,
be the best and wisest way for the Grits to la
redeem their pledge to " reform the re
Senate."
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THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
To/meet°, April 6th, 1897.
A new order a things has set inhere.
he March lion has given place to the April
mb, and spring has burst forth in the full
fulgence of its glory. The balmy, sunny
ays are making the farming members of
e Legislature impatient and restive under
gielative restraints. Like the old war
oree, they scent the battlie -from afar, and
e anxious to inhale the fresh, and life
ving aroma of the newly plowed fields,and
t home to repair the broken fences, clean
t the stuffed up drains and get . the lands
ady for the seed. In order to meet their
ews as far as possible the Government
ve been rushing busineas during the past
ek, ana by curtailing jaw *exercise as
uch as possible, and having long nigh
gs, the work is well up and business
advaneed state. Since Friday last
ment business has had precedence
other business, and unless there
glity upheaval oa the Opposition side
sielative machine will stop grinding
day night, and the formal proroga
I take place on the following Monde
Mr. Marten semi-detached leader of the th
Opposition at Toronto; in discussing the le
license amendniente of the Hardy Govern- h
ment, toOk a fling at the Rev. Dr. Potts. °L.
He said that " pr. Potts was eminently sat- gi
Med, with Sir Oliver's pledge as regards go
prohibition, and is eminently sathlted with en
the new ageendnients ; in fact, Dr. Potts- re
seems to hilve a patent on the words, "emi- vi
ment." It will do- Mr. Muter no good to "11
sneer at Dr. Potts. No man in the country we
stands higher fo his manly utterances or m
his desire to see he moral welfare of the tin
people looked af en an
the Dominion th t if they got into power tell
ri i ern
The Reforme prornised the people of all
they would mateldally redace the expendi- Fri
tura. They are how redeeming this pledge. wil
t sit -
is in
Gov -
over
, the
next
tion
Several barnacled hove already been cut off.
-One of the last tci be removed is the Domin-
ion Franchise Act. Since put in operation
by the Conservatives it has cost over one
million dollars to the country, besidea what
it has cost the members to revise the lists.
This leak will weir be cut off. An immense
outlay has _been oecasioned through the
superannuation of civil servants. This also,
is to be cut off. And so the good work
goes on.
We fear that -these who have held their
wheat until the present Urns, with the ex-
pectationiof receiellig higher prices in the
spring, will he ditappointed. Prices seem
to be going back iis the season advances.
Considering the searcity in relay foreign
countries, this wail a result w! a was not
anticipated. It May, perhaps, t accounted
for in some measiiree by the chtsepnees of
coarse grains, sue -as elate and barley,these
li
being used more for human food than if
they were dearer Whatever the reason
may be, the wheat mar et is, no doubt, a
disappointment toi man this spring.
The Nova 'Scotia pro mole' elections take
place on the 20th of Aerie'. The expectation
by those well informed on the situation
there, is that the Prot/ince will go Liberal
by 25 out of the 38 seatS in the Home. It
is also confidently expected that the - Con-
servative Government will be defeated by a
very considerable Imajerity. The Quebec*
elections take place in May. The previnciat
Government here dias been Conservative
ever since the downtfall of Mercier, but the
Nova Scotia- Government has been Liberal
for many years. !The Conservatiyes are
putting forth stron efforts in both Provin-
ces as they are anxi us to- secure control of
as many of the Pr vincial- Legislatures m
lease of operations and a, source of supplies
to enable them to re -capture the Dominion
at the next glineral election. .
It would seem as if the Canada Pacific
Rsilway coMpany hed decided to build the
celebrated Crow's Nest Pass Railway
iiiwhether a bonus is 'van by the Dominion
Government or not. On the 9th of March
-the conipany filed plans in the department
of Railways and CaUals, Ottawa, for the
construction of a breech railway running
from Lethbridge to ittoesland or somewhere
thereabout& It is fi rther said that the C.
cly
P. R. company no have the .right to
build the road an that the Dominion
Parliament can not prevent their doing no,
as the right to consteiuct branch lines was
contained in their o iginal agreement. If
this is the case, it is pity the feet was not
known before the Toronto papers wasted so
much wind and so.ma y tons of good paper
discussing the subjec as to whether the
Crows' Pass road shoeld be built by the C.
P. R., by an independent company or by the
Dominion Government
The Toronto Mail dints not like the new
franchise act of the Derninion Government.
That is a pity. Its ilnincipal objection to
it, however, is not a very weighty one. It
is that the Provincial Voters' lista are to be
adopted, and that in Manitoba these lists
are prepared under the -direction of regis-
tring officers appointied by the Greenway
Government It says
• " It seems clear
that if the proixeiti s contemplate the
transference of the con rol of the Dominion.
;franchise to the Provi ces there will be a
lbattle royal in Parham nt, with the great
Conservative party op osing the intended
fraud, and championingl t e cause of popu-
lar liberty and a free eiectorate." This is
the best we have seen fell. a long time. "The
" great Conservative party championing the
" cause of popularity and, a free electorate " is
good ; it is decidedly HO ; fully as rich as
the HONEST FEDERAT. system now in
vogue," which it speaks !ph The Mail is a
dry joker.
A new method of churning, pr rather Of
extracting butter from cream, which is
fella - Mr. Whitney, end delivered one or
hie osteffective speeches, He scored the
0 *Won Moat unmercifully for their ebil.
-fosse lack of coinage and unanimity in
failing to come &lewd and either aid the
Government in a Moat moral question of
this kind in which thereshould Ipe no poli-
tics, or propound 8. better policy. 'If there
are any who de not approve of the policy
of the Government, how aro they to know
whether or not the Opposition will suit
theta better or do better bir them so long as
they' persist in hiding under the barn and
keeping theittlight under a bushel. He took
up the clauses of the bill, ehowing how far
in advance each one went and in a similar
manlier, by the many seta which the Gov -
eminent had from time to time carried
throngh the House the very great advance
that /had taken plaite in temperance legis-
lation, and the greatly improved public sen-
timent that exists nu a result of this pro -
preside. and . mei triotive legislation. idr.
Rose, as he madly does, electrified the
Houle, and so exhausted the subtlest that
there was little left to be said on it. This,
practically, settled the disouseicin and seem-
ed initisfy the galleries as well,for when he
set &hen there was a general exodus of ,
visitors.
Made thletrettucet the ki/oVirthniffirtitade
its On Sundays the Catholic Ministers-,
and memiterainoluding. the Premier, go to
the Catholic ehurch but *muse that is
so it would hardly be logical or honest to
insist that the Government of the Dom-
inion belongs to the eating° chtirch and
recognizes the pope and not the Crown
as its supreme head. The' appeal was aft
affair of religious discipline in which an
• important body of Catholie laynien be-
sought the help of their chief pastor, who
resides in another country, hut the Gov-
ernment, as a Government, hos no more
to do with it than it has raft the phases
of the 1n0Ont j
Some years ago when there was trouble
between Bishop Bourgete of Montreal,
and the Sulpicians over the division of
the parishes In that city, the Pope was
appealed to. He was ap aled to in the
settlement of the Jesuit states matter
because it was a matter , nnectol with
religimui discipline and gonernifient He
was appealed . to by centain Unioniat
Catholics in- the United Itingdom when,
as they alleged, cortah:j Irish bishops
were going too far in • ad coating Hoine
Rule and peculiar doctrines - about land
and the non-payn3ent of rent. He is con-
tently appealed to by Catholics In ail
insets of the world in came directly or in--
irectly connected with their well-being,
ut It is ridioulonus to sa that for their
course aa Catholics any C binet to which
hey belong or which til may support
ust be considered - res onsible. One
ight ag well contend, assuming that
The bill Was finally read- a emend time. s
It has yet to run the gauntlet of - the whole
Hengelo oommittee,where no record Is kept d
a the votes, and changes and modifications b
may yet be made. At this writing, how-
everait has not got to this ordeal, and de- t
ponent sayeth not when it will, but prob. In
ably to -night. m
Another somewhat important Govern- t
meet bill has been pandit into law. This is re
a bill revising and oonsolidating the various
enactments relating to and .governing fire re
'and -life insurance companies of different t
kind". No radical change* have been made ad
in the existing laws, but they have all been ru
gath red together and consolidated in- one p
enac meta. While this bill was being die- • ti
imaged the question came up of the appoint-
ment' of a Provincial Fire Inspector,. or an
gate losses with the view of better prevent- • B
mg incendiary fires. The appointment of p
such an officer was very strongly urged by hit
the Opposition. Hon. Mr. Gibton, who was part
he Grand Sovereign- of the Orange order
at
sides in Belfast and Cl ke Wallace and
Sam Hughes appeal to him to settle a
herefore the Coneervative party in , Can-
a to which -those gentlemen belong is
nning to Ireland for directions and
utting this. country under the juriedie-
on of 'another "foreign potentate."
The fachis_the Tories d4 not relish the
ppearance of a legate from Rome. The
leus are fairly panicestrieken about it.
hey desire that the local bishops should
ve full swing- to damn the Liberal
y to the lowest Pit in- 'every parish.
the promoter of the bill, while admitting Th
the ,beneficial results which might accrue pe
from, the appointment of such an officer, said pe
the poverninent, after due consideration . gn
could not see their way clear at present te; , Li
recoMmend the establishment of' another nti
officata this kind. He remarked jocularly ie
that [ such an office might prove another iiee
" heeler " in the estimation of houorable : the
gentlemen opposite, and the Goverement ' po
have a particular averdon to increasing their the
streegth in this way. However, he thought Inv
it might be left tor future and further eon- in
,sideration: It is one of the peeuliarities of Hu
' human nature that while the Opposition reee
aever weary in denouncing the Government to r
for increasing these officials, the call for the to
appointment of new ones not unfre uentl
at is the .old-fashioned sort of cam-
igning they have always enjoyed and
ofited by, and they are disgusted to
d that the Pope at the instance of the
bend Catholics has despatched a corn-
ssioner to enquire whether at this age
would not be well to give the people a
le more liberty. It would not suit
ir book to abuse the legate or the
pe, so they denounce the Liberals and
Government for bringing about the
estigation. It is "Papal interference
our domestic affairs," cries Mr.
ghes, and he calls on- Protestants to
lit it. He did not call on Protestants
esent the calumnies and persecution -
which the Liberal party in Quebec
comes from their side of the House.
Another bill of some importance is that of.
the Minister of Education, providing for the
- establishment of technical school& This bill
permits the trustees of high schools,with the
has been subjected for fifty years or urge
them to -see. that lit elections the Quebec
voter should get fair. play. He is boiling
mad only when the Pope himself at the
instigation of Liberals peoposes to put a
to that. sort of thing. That is the
d of Protestant Mr, Hughes is—a,
champion of it whee he thinks it is
g to hurt the Tory party. The other .
as Mr. Prefontaieee said in the
se, a cure in Champlain told his
to set the dogs on the Liberal can-
Yassers as they were undoubtedly sons of
perdition. Froin the Tory point of view,
that is quite proper and at any rate
proper enough to pass muster. But to
persuade the Pope to ciiscipline priests of
that stamp and compel them to respect
the rights of the eleceors of both parties
is to estisblish a Papal tyranny in our
domestic government. It is curious to
see Protestants -like Messrs. Wallace and
_Hughes thus covertly- standing up foe
clerical domination In Quebec .whilst
Catholice like Mr. Laurier and Mr. Pre-
fontaine are doing their pest to get rid
of it.
The legate is a singularly prudent man.
He keeps his abin counsel and refuses to.
show where his sympathies lie. .411 the
sante the Bleus more than suspect that
he is here to terrilinate the reign of
spiritual coecrion, which has always been
a powerful engine on the Toryeide. Dr.
Conroy, • the former legate, mitigated it.
Mgr. Del Val is almost sure te end it in
the interests alike of the Church apd the
The 'charge . that the legate has come
here to negotiate forlietter terms for the
Catholio minority in Manitoba is absurd
on its face. No doubt he would like to
get more for the minoirty than Is con-
taineein the Lauirer-Greenway settle-.
ment. and as Mr. Greenwity has intim-
ated that more may ,be conceded it is
possible that more may be 'got. But of
course the legate will net negotiate with
Mr. Greenway or anybbdy at Ottawa in.
an official capacity. • He - has no official
status at all except, within the spiritual
dontain of tjhe Roman- Catholic Church.
If he meets .1drt.Laurier and Mr. Green-
way it will le privately, not officially,
and, what hi more, if he should obtain
better tennis -it will be with the free
ament of Manitoba or its representatives
and not through coercion from Ottawa.
One good thing has already resulted
from the visit of Sir Richard Cartwright
and Mr. Deities to Washington. Mr. Con-
verse J. Smith, an offielal from the
Treasury. hasebeen here making'arrange-
rnents with Sir Richard and ,Mr. Pater -
don for mutual co-operatione ,in the sup-
Gulft-It is corn alcohol 60 ovee proof
shipped in bond from the tates to New-
foundland and the Itren h island ef
Miquelon -and :their transf to Cana-
dian schoonets which bring- it up the St.
Lawrence or dietribute it along thecoasts
of Cape Breton and the Bale de *Chaim's.
The present customs dutyt on spirits is
$2.20 per proof gallon. Every 40 -gallon
barrel of spirits 60 over proof illicitly
brought .into the country meanie there-
fore, that the revenue has been defrauded
of no less than' $144. Th traffic is as
profitable as gold -mining more sp. We
have cruisers; :watching th cioasta. ;which.
cost on an average al 000 h pert eifonth
to rune but owing to the immense length
of the otast line, to the fogs and the thin
population it is a comparatinely -easy task
for the smuggler to give them the -dip.
Smugglers deal in many things - besides
spirits. Thus- on the boundary /nom
-Huntington to St. Stephen's, N. B.,
there are said to be over -70 "*e't attires
—store with one end in Cana& and the
other in. the States. The Treasury', at
Washington propeses that the officials on
each side should co-operate with the
officials on the -other in putting a stop to
this traffic,- by which Canada loses more
hy a good deal them, .the Americans 00;
and Ministers here, ivho werathe first to
snggest reciprocal aetion, bane reached an
arrangement with .Mr., Converse Smith
which Is certain to save the revenue a
large stun yearly. -
The principal articlet smuggled from
Canada' into the States are drugs like
ily taxed there. Opium was once a profit-
able thing to smuggle across, but when
the duty of *12 per pound Was reduced
the operators took to -handling the drugs
named and "taf products" generally. It
- will be an. interesting feature iof the con-
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n o each of the municipal councils kin
comprieed in the high school district, to eha
convert a high school or Collegiate Insti- eve
tute into a technical school,and to receive the jowl
same Government aid on the mune proper- wen
tions as high schools. It is not likely, how- day,
ever, that the provisions of this bill will be Hou
availed of for some time in the rural die gook
o tritts, but ite operations will be confined
Tuesday: No person about the Home will °hie
sorry. The Government will be glad to
get rid of the members, so they ean have a
breathing spell, and the members will be
pleased to get home, so they can take up
the threads of business where they left,
them on the 10th of February. The only
ones who v_rillhe sorry for the break-up will
be the hotel -keepers of the city, the pages
and temporary clerics and others who are em-
ployed for the session, who will be thrown
upon a cold world mice more, and who will
have to delve out their bread and butter in
some other way Until oext session arrives..
The most interesting topic of the week,
politically speaking, was the resumed debate
on the second reading of the Liquor License
Act. I made reference to this last week and
fly to the lar er cities, where there are
severe high ools or Collegiate Insti-
tutes.
It is surprising to a "moss back " from the
country, such as your correspondent is, to see
the almost universal use of the silent steede
yeclept " the bike." A very pretty sight
may be witnessed any fine evening about
six o'clock. Standing on the corner of Col.
lege and Yonge targets, and iooking south-
ward down the incline from that point, the
thousands of bieyeles treading their way in
and out among the wheeled vehictes and
street ears, and all speeding, evidently,
homewards, is a marvel to behold. The
bicyclists are not confined to any particular
age or sex. There are boys and irle, o
men andvyoung wOmen, middle aged men
Id men, and I was going to say old
n. But, I must stop there, for while I
seen numerous riders of the gentler
ho are certainly " not as youngata;
sed to was," yet I can not say th
et seen any very old woman Weer-
, although I have seen several toler-
neient members of the male seri who
cl as expert in the manipulation of the
" as the sprucest of the spruce, young
men. he great marvel is that some of
them do not get killed, and that' there are
not more accidents than do omit. -I fancy
it is safe to say there is a ,million of dollars
invested in bicyclists in this city, and there
is a bicycle shop at nearly every other door,
to tempt those who have not yet invested.
Still, people say times are terribly hard.
The streets and the theatres, which are
crowded every night, do not bear out the
correctness of this statement.
left off where Mr; Marter, the deputy leader and o
of the Opposition moved the adjournment whine
of the debate te; -be renewed on Tuesday. I have
On Tuesday afternoon fire was opened from se; w
the Opposition benches, ond the interest they, u
taken in this subject may be judged from have y
the fact that when it had become noised °lists,
abroad that the bill was under discussion ably a
the Hodge, at the night sitting, was again seeme
" bike
crowded with visitors. All the galleries I
were packed, and the over -flow of o le
occupied elle vacant spaces on the oor of
the House, until there was scarcely standing
room left. The audience, too, remained un -
ell late in the evening.
Mr. Maeter delivered a carefully pre-
pared speech, most of -it was written out.
He stepped very -carefully, and seemed
afraid he might say something that would
commit his party to one side of the question
or the other. He repeated many times that
he was speaking only for himself, and not
feehis party. He condemned the bill as
being onlyta makeshift, and because it did
not go far enough m the direction of restric-
tion. He tithed the Government on going
back on their pledges to the temperance
peoplee and .ridiculed, the bill as a fulfilment
of the pledge given by Sir Oliver, the late
Premier, and endorsed by the present Prem-
ier, to the effect that the Government would
give as large a measure of Prchibition as
the Privy Council would declare the° judo-
dition of the Provincial Legislature will'
permit.
Mr. Meaner was replied to by the Premier,
who confined himeelf to an able argument,
showing the difference between a licensing
law and a prohibitory law, and proving by
the attendant circumstances that when the
oft quoted 'pledge of Sir Oliver was given it
was Prohibition and Prohibition only that
was being discussed, and that it Was to Pro-
hibition and to that alone that the pledge
related. He clenched his argument by
reading a letter from Sir Oliver Biwa,
clearly and distinctly upholding_ his posi-
tion ..that it was a prohibitory law and that
alone that he, Sir Oliver, had hi his mind
when he made his pledge. The 'reading of
this letter, non-plussed the Oppoiiition not a
little-. The Premier's Address was an able,
and incontrovertible argument, and fully
set at rest the accusation that ' the Govern-
ment had broken faith with the temperance
people. It took well in the House, and
must have convinced every person who
heard it of the abaolute correctness of his
Mr. Whitney, the Opposition 'leader, fol-
lowed the Premier. He did not attempt to
upset the positimi taken by his opponent,
but the burden of his speech Pais in reply to
the taunt that the Opposition did not dare
to declare their position on this question,
but that they are attempting the' difficult
feat of mailing north by soh* so as to bene-
fit by the popular breeze front both the tem-
persoce people and the liquor interest. He
said that it was not for 'the Oppoeition to
propound a policy, that -they did not intend
to assist the Government to pull their chest-
nuts out of the fire ; that they' had got into
their unpleasant position by fawning to
both sides, and that the policy of the Op-
position is to let the Government stew in
their own gravy. He said that when the
• Opposition got into power they -would have
a policy on this and other questions, and
would have the courage to carry it out
whatever it might Mr. Whitney, on
this occasion, WM particulariy weak, and
showed to the worst advantage he has done
this session or since he has assumed the
leadership of his party.
Hon. Mr. Ross, MinisteF of Education,
' OUR 'OTTAWA LETTER.
[From Our Own Correspondent]
Ottawa, APril 6. -t --The debate on the
- address, was a rather tedious affair spun
out for six days. The only feature of in -
tenet was the attack made by Opposition
speakers on the Goverement for "bring-
ing the, Pope into Canatlian affeirs," and
getting' him to send a legate here. This
charge was formulated by Mr. Clarke
Wallace, Sam Hughes and other pro-
fessienal Orangemen, who doubtless in-
tend it for use in red-hot Protestants
districtri like Manvers and Cavan.. The
trUth of the matter is 'this. Protestant
religious bodies such as the Anglicans,
Paptists, Methodists and Prestiyterians
are governed in Canada and elsevihere by
he Ang-
ttled by
ask the
local rulers. If trouble arises in
lican body, for instance, it is s
the synod of the diocese where i
at any rate it is not necessary
,Archbishop of Canterbury or other
outsider to interfer&t The Roman Catho-
lic) Church, however, is a commu.nion
with • but . one center—Rome. It has
bishops and provincial councils to regu-
late lts affairs in Canada but when the
Bishops -are appealed against there is
nothing for the appellants but to' invoke
the -Pope: In -this particular case the
,Liberal laity of Quebec felt that Ithey
were being unfairly treated by the bis-
hops and aPpealed to his Holiness. That
irideed was the -only thing left ftnthem
unless they were willing to lie do and
be_ walked on. Accordingly, the re-
presentatives of the Liberal latty,, in
other worde the Catholic niembers' of the
Liberal party in Parliament, signed a
petition requesting the Potie in so niany
words -to hear their grievance against the
bishops through the .medium•of a legate,
which. Is the usual way in such proceed-
ings, and a legate has been a.ppointed
and is now in Canada for the purpose of
acting as referree and peacemaker.
The Legate From Rome.
It is absurd and unfair, however, to
say that because Mr. Lau.rier and I the
other Catb,olic Liberals. in Perlionient
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Last week we invited the people of Seaforth
and country round about to come to our Spiing
Opening, and we were plea.sed to see how well
they responded to our invitation, giving us a
crowded store on Friday and Saturday,' ihe open-
ing days.
We now extend a further invitation to ail
who have spring goods to buy, to call and ex-
amine more minutely the quality and prices of
our good& In a hurried visit through a crowd-
ed place- tlfe eye may get a glimpse of many a
thing, which perhaps you would like to take
anotherileok at and inquire the price elf,
It is your privilege now to do that at your
leisure.. We have a staff of obliging asaistants,
whose instructions are to show you every
courtesy and favor, remembering that if ircou are
not a purchaser to -day, you may be at some
future time. There is at present a great de -
'nand for the following goods, of which we have
a heavy stock,
LADIES' HATS
LADIES' BONNETS
CHILDREN'S HATS
SHIRT WAISTS
COLLARS AND CUFFS
PARASOLS
VEILINGS
UNDERWEAR
KID bLOVES
SILK GLOVES
STAINLESS HOSIERY
FANCY SILKS
TRIMMINGS
FINE BLACK DRESSESJ
TWEED DRESSES
SPRING CAPES
CAPE CLOTHS
FINE TOWELS
GOOD TOWELLINGS
TABLE LINENS
BEST SHIRTINGS
BEST COTTONS
BEST WASHING GOODS
BLOUSE MAT*RIALS
CHECK 3fUSLINS
LACE CURTAINS
MUSLIN CURTAINS
NICE PATTERN ,04.RPETS
GOOD OIL CLOTHS
LINOLEUMO
FURNITURE COVERINGS
BOYS' SUITS
GENTS' SHIRTS
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The goods mentioned above are the fast
sellers just now. We merely name them tbiat
you may know where a large assortment is
be found, and of course you- want to buy where
you Will get the greatest choice to pick from,
as well as where business is done -upon the
basis of close cash prices for everything.
Here is something special to our friends who
live in the country. We have many patrons in
Hullett, Morris, Tackersmith, Stan-,
ley, Hay, Hibbert and other townships, who
have butter and eggs to sell. Now, we invite
you to come to our store with your produce.
and make your headquarters with us. The
taking of butter and eggs is a part of our large
trade. We would be pleased to have all who
have not yet traded at our store, to give us a
trial this season either for cash or trade, and
learn our methods -of square dealing.
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