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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-11-16, Page 3i1 4. eta 1()1‘,.. TORONTO, FOR AGENTS' OUTFIT FOR 1893, Il`iOLUDING VALUABLE .PRIZE LIST. nybody an Get Up a 'Club. 'We want Young People to work for us. Write early. It Will Pay You. THE GLOBE. WEEKLY GLOBE, balance 1892 FREE. [he Huron News -Record $1.50 a year—$1.25 in Advance IVedfaes•lav Nov. lGtli, 1892. MAJOR SAM HUGHES, M. P. EDITOR OE THE LIND3AY WARDER For three weeks we have It• en absent on private personal businese in the Maritime provinces, True to their usual custom of misrepre- senting an opponent, the reform press of 1I ilifax and St. John set vigorously to wurkato advertise us as a special messenger sent down to get the "orange vote" in line for Sir John Thompson as Premier of Canada. There are several reasons agsinst the probability of such charges be- ing true. One is that were a special messen- ger to be chosen for such a mission the mantle would •fall on ninth more worthy shoulders then oure. Another is that the orang emeu not only of the mer•itiu'e provinces but of all Canada know their duty much better tnan their life-long oppon- ents and traducers, the reform press, can teach them. A third is that no living man can "fix" the orange vote ; for orangemen act along con- stitutional lines: and were Sir John Thompson to be chosen Premier of Canada tomorrow, he would not be opposed ou account of his religion, for the constitution of the orange ,association provides that every mom- ber shall declare himself incapable of,persecuting or .iujjlring anyotae on account of his religious convic- tions. Orangetnen oppose bad MEA- SURES, and support good ones, . whether emanating from the Pope of Rome or the Grand Master of the Orange Institution. The advertising given us however is gratefully acknowledged.—Lind- say Warder. CAUGHT RED-IIANDED. 13UR9LARY IN ERAMOSA—•THE ROBBER CAPTURED AND PUT IN THE LO -UP. 1t AND US. BQWS1R, BOWSER HAS A FEW THINGS TQ GROWL ABOUT. Apia' When rills Wife Tries to Convluoe rorty That fie ll. the Guilty One lute Waxes Wroth and Says There is a (.bait, T was just about noon when Mr. Bowser left the house smiling and laughing and waving • his hand at youug Bowser. Five hours later he stalked stiffly up the steps, stalked down the hall into the back parlor, • and standing before Mrs. Bowser and pointing to the left hand side of his collar he sternly said : prehenaible manner he stimulates it, or "Mrs. Bowser, look pops it up, with, a horseback ride before at that 1" breakfast ; and if his stomach does not per - "At what dear Y" she queried, form its functions with accuracy and die - "Can't you -see? Couldn't a blind man patch, he floods it with cold water before see it forty rods away?" acing to bed -,.or irrigates it with a seidlitz You it your collar? mean it's frayed powder the moment he gets up in the morn - out a little mite on the„fold?” nig. He is always 'doing or taking some - "A little mite ! Why the whole thing is clung to head of some infirmity. n mass,of raga and tatters, and I've had to Auticipated ills trouble }hint most. The run the gantlet of a thousand people this :avorite maxim is that about the ounce of afternoon. If there was ever a house run prevehtion and the pound and a half of on a worse system than this I'd like to hear :ure: When he is not engaged in of it ! No head—no tail—no body! Plenty 'ortifiying his system with Graham of husbands in my situation would commit mead or oat meal, he is developing some rash not. There !" oma weak muscle with dumb balls Mr. Bowser tore off the collar aitd threw or trying to create an appetite by sawing it on the floor and jumped on it, and then half a cord of wood before the dew is offthe picked it up and threw it out of the win- grass. He wears cork soles in his shoos, dow. :laiming that they act as rheumatic insults.- "You should be more careful," cahnls tors. Ho is very regular in his habits. He observed Mrs. Bowser as he stood glaring cuts his hair according to the season, cleans at her. "You have at least two dozen—' sis toth by the clock. H is vary fon.l of •'I should be more careful! What hai•o 1 :xplaining how much phosporous there is in got to do with it?" :cru, fat producing qualities in cheese, and "Yon have at least two dozen collars it raocharine matter in wheat your dresser. That was probably the olds frayed one in the lot. Yon should examine a collar before putting it on. You rushee' .up and put that collar on while I was stil at luncheon, and I found the one you tool off lying in the lavatory." "That's it! Try to wriggle out! I sup pose you are not to blame that I haven . gut but one solitary suspender button left on these trousers, and that I had to go inti a hardware store and buy horse nails be fore Lcould get house! Just think of it— horse nails, Mrs. Bowser, and here they are —three of 'em!" . "Yes, I see. Tltosa buttms are patent. and can only be put on by a tailor. A month ago I wrapped that pair up and told you to leave 'em at the tailor's. You went up stairs and put them on and rushed oil, and I never saw them." "And this shirt—you are not to bran,& for this shirt !" he ,clexrtanded, thinking it wise to let up on horse nails. . "What's the matter with your shirt This is the first complaint I have heard." "Matter? Can't you see ? It is lopsided: It's squeegawed 1 It's turned top to but - tom, and has been trying to climb over ,ley head all the°afternoon! If this house had e head—if this house had a head, Mrs. Bowe ser, my shirts—" "Let me see what's wrong." she inter- rupted as she rose up and turned down the collar of his coat. "No w oder you feel nervous ! You have buttoned the tor, button into the lower buttonhole ! It's funny you couldn't tell what was wrong. That's you all over." "Mrs. Bowser, who buttoned that shirt that way 2" he hoarsely whispered. "You did of course. I didn't even know when you changed." "And perhapg I cut that hole in my pocket?" he sarcastically queried as he turned one of his coat pockets wrong side out. "That is no cut, Mr. Bowser. The hole has been worn there by something in your pocket. Take your coat orf and '1'11 mend it in a minute." "And look at this hat 1" he went on as he brought it from the hall tree—"just look at it ! Isn't that an evidence that this house is run on about the same system as a windmill?" "I see.The sweat band is missing, I found it in the hind pocket of a pair of your trousers the other day. You should have stopped at the tailor's. There is also a dent in the crown. You probably did it while getting into the street car." Mr. Bowser felt himself beaten, but made up his mind to die hard.' "Perhaps I ought to have stopped at the tailor's to get these socks repaired," he said as he kicked off his shoes and exhibited three toes on one foot out to the weather. "Where did you get them?" she asked. "You laid them out on a chair for me to put on." "I laid them out tin a chair to he mended, and though yon have seven or eight pairs in .the drawer you put these on of course!" Mr. Bowser put on his shoes. Then he returned his hat to the rack. Theft he un- buttoned his vest to see if the horse nails were still there, anis stp1.Y or "Mrs. Bowser, I um'it pa"t ti-c,ifcain=' plainiug husband, and I never find fault un- less driven to extremes. I will overlook your negligence this time, but let this be a solemn warning and a great moral lesson to you for years to come." 1.9 , Til HEAI,.irtt, C�RA.NIt, The health crankis a man eae is sorely afioted with ohrooie theories regarding the proper way to promote longevity. R e lives, ats,werkeand sleeps, and borespeo- ple according to certain rules that he has adopted for We guidance and their annoy- ance. Re ie sick half his days front the. effeots of what he eats and drinks, and from the exercise he takes to encourage bis health while he shortens the lives of his friends by urging them to become cranks even as he is a prank. He is never free from some infirmity and if he could acquire two infirmities at once, his dream of heaven is almost realized. Ae soon as he gets one weak part of his system renovated, some other part breaks down, and be has to go to work at that. It may be mentioned incidentally that he never does anything for his head, which is the weakest part about him. His blood troubles him. He drinks acidulous beverages to make him thin, and lies on his back, with his head toward the north, to make it circulate properly. When ho imagines that his livor is acting in a re - Last Friday night at about 1 o'clock the real lessee of Mr. James 0' Donohoe, Eramosa, was entered a by burglar and the sum of $36.25 taken. The operations of the mid- night marauder awakened 11/fr. O'Donohoe, who grappled with the villain at the head of the stairs. A scuffle ensued, the burglar managing to free himself from Mr. O'Dono- hoe's grasp and to get out of the house. The latter pursued him, calling loudly for his son to oome to hie assistance. The son quickly responded, and both gave chase, soon overtaking the fugitive, whom they captured after a fierce resist- ance and brought back to the house. The money was found in hie, posse's. sion. After securely binding hiso hand and foot with a rope a messen- ger came to the city and got Con- stable. Ingram to go out and have the robber taken into custody. The officer landed his man in the lock- up abont 5 o'clock Saturday morn- ing. Ile gave his name as Daniel Bruce and said he came from Mont- real the day previous. Constable Ingram is confident that he saw the gime man in she neighborhood about three weeks ago,'and about that time the house of Mr. Robert Drudge, near Eden, was burglarized and $14 stolen therefrom. The prisoner is about 40 year of age, 5 feet 6 inoees ih height, sandy complexion, with full reddish beard and pretty well clad. When taken into custody he had $1.70 in his pocket. Consumption Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed in hie hands by an East India mission., ary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for thea epeody and permanent 'cure of Conentnption, 1:trenohitie, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affeotions, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thnneands of capes, has felt it his duty to mato it known to Meandering follows. Aotuntedby this motive and a desire to relieve human snttering, I will gond free of charge, to ell who desire it, this recipe. in Getman, French or English, with full direotions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with etatnn, naming this paper. WA. Sella +,820 Powers' Ther•, Rochester, N. P. THE ,ARIZONA klOKEr Tho Edltar (WOO en Aveount of liars Open. tug Campaign Speech, Dun G E R P E Ir -..-We eb be in - U ;ae SEs, all o.r .rated to run for State Senator in this di.. trict. If we had any doubts of it up to last Monday night, we have had none since. We opened our campaign that evening at Jack's Point. It had been exteneively advertised that we would speak there, and on our ar- rival we found a crowd of several hundred yeomen. They wore not exactly all yeo- men. There wore about 150 first-class wretches belonging to the corrupt opposi- tion, who had been coaxed, bribed, or driven in like so many cattle to hoot us ofl the platform. We expected it and went prepared. We were introduced to the audience by Captain Jack Scott, who paid tie a beauti- ful and touching tribute. Tears sprang un- bidden to our eyes as we listened to his story of our hardships and our determina- tion tc conquer or die. He compared us to Washington at Valley Forge, and the mighty cheer that arose from the audience could have been heard three miles away. He spoke of our private graveyard, and the hiss of displeasure started by our narrow• minded esteemed contemporary, who was on hand in hopes to see us drowned, was drowned in a Niagara of applause. He al• luded to the Kicker as the sunbeam of the niighty West and to our Mayoralty as the reign of peace and good will, and the heavens were rent with thunderous shoute of appreciation. Our esteemed contem- porary collapsed about that time, but as after events proved he was not yet entirely discouraged. . When we were led forward we began speaking as if we had summoredand winters ed with Henry Clay for the last dozen years. [Cries of "Put hint out!") While we knew it was to be the effort of our life, we were as cool and collected as on the day we split Jim Thompson's ears with right and left handed shots, [Hoots and yells dud hisses, mostly started by our esteemed.] As was afterward remarked, we knew exactly what that • audience wanted. \FVo skieped the garden of Eden, dodged the whalb which His talk at the table is about the adul- swallowed Jonah, twisted around the fall o: teratioi of food, and he makes his friends Rome, and only touched the pyramids of nervous and sick bytelling them of the Egypt as we galloped past. [Yells ce Ireadful things thagolden syrup and "Shoot ' oh t n him After we platfoot rm !"—o but iso gutter and beer are made of, and of the g•] g gloomy effect that hard boiled eggs have on olution ry \Var we realized that we had our audience with us. [Yolk the ee organs of the idiot who eats of "Go hang yourself!"] When we gal hem.• He keep himself t' siatc attain' trying to,get down to where the bell of Liberty sent its well, wretched in eflos•ta to nttaw"ease, and does into an•early grave from the effects of trying to lengthen his clays. To sum all up, he is a crank and a con- centrated [Another collapse by our esteemed.] When nuisance, with the redeeming the then case died away wee formed this feature, however, that he punishes himself glorious Union of States, put George uto15 than her, an anybody else. Just nowl Washington at the head of the Continental ne is in clover, and, he overflows with so arnt and then proceeded to lick the many remedies to head off the cholera mi - 1 Y. crobe that there is a cheerful prospect of British out of their boots. We probably getting rid of him permanently.I piled it 00 a little thick, but everything goes out here in a political campaign. [Cheers for the speaker, which was -us, mingled with the noise of a fight near the door.] \Vhen we struck the war of 1812 the out burst of enthusiasm lifted the roof two feet high. [Molle by our esteemed of "Why don't somebody shoot him 1"] When we got along down to the Mexi- can war nothing could longer hold our audience. From our position on the platform we saw seven fights in progress at once, and were pleased to observe our esteemed contemporary crawling under the bench for safety. We had intended to bring matters down to the present date, but the enthusiasm of the audience prevent ed. When a majority of any crowd out this way makes up its mind • that a epeakea is sound on the goose question, he needn't break any more suspenders in furnishing additional proofs. While we were waiting to go on three bullets passed through out hat and two dead jackass rabbits fell at our feet. In retitle' for the, compliment ,Cour crowd cleaned the opposition off the groundr and rounded up six fingers, somebody's chin, four ears, thirteen pistols and a basket oa. knives. The meeting closed with a voiceless, of enthusiasm, during which we- well` carried around in triumph on the shonlderr of Arizona patriots. The canvass inay be said to have fulls opened. We realize that we are to bo op posed by a vindictive and malicious minor- ity whose motto is "Rule or ruin," but we AVOIR. ;FADS iN NET. Tise Les reopio Helm to P9 With Them the Better for Their health. Toma o KV eeasola and therewith t es are , has come, again the Cry that was raised last autumn, that the eating of theta induces cancer. Cancer was as common in Britain long before tomatoes became cheap and popular as it is now, but such a fact will make no impression on those who choose to ace some connection between the two, and who will perhaps tell us next year that cab. bages induce consumption and green peas lead to epilepsy. Without dieputing the importance ofdietboth in health and die - ease, the Hospital thinks, one may regret the numberless fade and caprices which in these days ban one food and "boom" un - other. That maltreatment of the digestive organs is at the root of many diseases is true enough ; but it is to be remembered that to treat the average stomach as if it were an invalid is the best way to make it one. It is a popular notion that the stom- achs of vegetarians undergo certain organic changes which make them more akin to the herbivorous animals. How far this idea is true no one who has not dissected a sworn vegetarian would dare to say ; but there seems to be little doubt that a diges- tion which is never exercised on anything but the mildest meats becomes incapable of tackling anything stronger. Perhaps popular medical literature is partly to blame for the growing habit of overnursing organs which are quite able to stand ordinary work. Health articles arc written by doctors, and these, seeing people only when they are ill, forget that the pa- pers they write for—the 'family journals" —are read by men and women, especially women, who are perfectly well. "Avoid pastry," writes the doctor, thinking of the confirmed dyspeptic who left his consulting• room half an hour ago, and thereupon a hundred folks who were never a whit the worse for their tarts avoid pastry conscientiously and take to unending sago puddings, whose monotony their weary palate loathes. If we were to renounce all that we see or hear condemned as overstraining or misusing our digestive apparatus, we should probably take nothing but pepsin, with perhaps a little milk to ex- ercise it on. There are times when after a too rigid dieting, the most mature of ue longs for the green apples and raspberry tarts of youth, and such a longing is ass honest rebellion of the digestion against a regimen which .keeps it weak for lack of proper exercise. To give a fair and rear:on able consideration of the food we eat, is a matter of common sense, but to make our- selves mentally the parallels of the monks of Mount Athos, and concentrate our at• tention on all that we should avoid, is to lay ourselves open to the'charce of indi�'es- Aion as much as if we indulged every day in the banquets of a Luculltie, notes reverberating across the Americus continent the applause became so eleafenis that we had to pause for two minutes, A Fine idea. She—What kind of a cane is that ? He—Wait until a lady gets in the car that wants a seat and I'll show you. Not on Lodge Business. "IH1m not mistaken," said the caller, removing his ltat deferentially, "I ata in the presence of the grand and supremely exalted potentate of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Muckamucks'?" "You are, air," answered the man at the desk, with an affable smile. "Pardon the intrusion," said the caller, in the same respectful manner, "and the familiarity with which I address you; but you spell your name S•m-y-t-h-e, do you not 2" "Yes, sir." "And your initials, I think I am correct in saying are K. W.?" "That is correct." "Thank you, Mr. Smythe. My name is Higgine—H-i-g-g-i-n-s—Higgins. I am glad to find you in, Mr. Smythe, after having made several previous attempts,without sue cess, to make your acquaintance. I have the honor," he continued, putting his hat on briskly and taking a bundle of papers from his pocket, "to be the collector for the firm of Spotcash & Co., dealers in dry goods and general merchandise. If it is convenient Mr. Smythe, you will oblige me very much by settling a little bill of 75 cents that has been running for six months and save me the trouble of having to climb these dog- goned beastly, rickety, filthy, old stairs again. Seventy-five cents, Smythe. 'dome down."—Chicago Tribune. And just then a lady got in and he press- ed the button. 4—, - 1......, :ritrategic Citizen and the [robber. "Your money or your life!" and the sober citizen who had been detained down town was halted by the desperate and soulless robber. The scene was on the corner of one of Chicago's -fashionable thoroughfares, and from the star -lit skies Polarers and the peaceful Pleiades looked down upon the two men, one of whom held a revolves pointed at the other's head. Not, another person was in sight. All was quiet. "Your money or your life," repeated the fiendish highwayman. "I'll give you my money," said the ditizen, `but upon this condition—that you put some bullet holes through my coat. You see, I ivan't to tell my friends how bravely I defended myself and will show these holes in proof of what I say." The robber sees visions of how easily he can win a nice sum of money and complies. "That's right. Now another shot here through the lapel of the coat (shot fired). Now one through the coat -sleeve, but be careful you do not graze. the flesh (third soot.). Bravely done ! Now one through • he leg of the trousers and the coat tail fourth and fifth allots). Now we must ,ave one through the coat and vest. I will 'pen my vest thus, and you fire so it will •o through both thicknesses of cloth. The s,oys up to the club cannot say I was not badly used up.' The robber gets interested. and fires the :est shot in his revolver through the nn offending coat, whereupon the sober citizen urns upon him, and drawing his own c•eapon compels the robber to surrender the ,empty pistol. The malefactor is marched into town and handed over to the rluly con- stituted diitlss sties, and the sober citizen is the hero of elub,lom.--Chicago Mail. Cheap Matches. He—Yes, he met her during a summer tour in Sweden, and they became engaged. It's an awful pity that they've ncitileri of them any money. She --It wasn't to b:: ex- pected. Sweden's where all the cheap matches are made, „ you knovp.—Funny folks. Tho Atlantic Record. The Transport gives this table, showing the manner in which .the Atlantic recor has been lowered since 1866, when the steamships for America first began sailing from Queenstown: Year. Ship. 1068 Scotia 157') Bait is 1875 City of Berlin 1570 Germanic 1877 Britannic 1880. Arizona 188.2 Alaska 1884 Oregon 1884 America.... 18,+5 Ftr'uria 1587 Umbria 1888 Ftrurin 1880 City of Paris 1801 M-sjestie. 1891 Teutonic 180.2 .....City of Paris firmly believe that we shall come out on top of the heap. We shall speak at Lone Tree on Monday evening, and we hope to be greeted by an audience just as full of ardor and enthusiasm. We shall ship 2,000 extra cartridges by stage to -morrow, and about seventy patriots will go over with us and help make the meeting a success. •," 3,"::i :b?PX"Y'A A Magnificent Bluff. Conductor (Alabama Short Line)— Tickets ? Weary Watkins- P' s.ss. sses tact some forty miles back. I guess you don't reckonize me. I've growed these whiskers since then. Too 11 ltd. ,tack (sarcastically) --When your socks come from the laundry do you darn thcm yonrulf:' Frank (promptly) --No; I generally use a 5, ringer expression. D. If. M. 8 2 48 7 20 9 7 15 46 7 11 77 7 10 5:1 7 7 23 6 18 97 6 11. 9 6 10 6 6 0 4 6 1 5 19 5 18 6 10 5 15 00 til 42_ 18 8 31 58 A New Sort of (toad, The question of the copstruction of elec- tric roads in country districts and the gen- eral distribution of electricity for farm pus - poses is corning ted the front.. A recent writer thinks that the most hopeful solu- tion of the problem of difficulty and dis- coura etnent that surrounds the farmer ofpestlea,-y,)e to be looked for in the general ef iron of electric power over the whole country from central stations, and its utilization, not merely for trans- portation, but for all the work of the farm now carried on so expensively, laborious- ly, and inefficiently by the Muscular power of men and animals. It needs but little study of the actual figures to appreciate how enormous would be the magnitude of the saving if this most flexible and tract- able of all agents could be .nade to do evenia comparatively shall portion of the farm work of the country. It is estimated that a hundred miles of electric road suit- able for country purposes, which would be the usual allowance for a section ten miles square, could be constructed for $350,000. Including a central power station, the capitalization need not exceed $10 per acro nor the interest 60 cents per annum to the acre. Mr. Black, the writer referred to, thinks the scheme should include the sup. plying of power for all agsicultural purposes, for manufacturing, and for electric light as well as for transportation, and he estimates that this could be done on a capitalization of $3,000,000 for the 100 square miles of territory. He maintains that the interest on this suns, $3 per acre, is insignificant when the total value of the product on a properly cultivated acre of fertile soil is considered. We may well enquire: "What next?" It'Never Fails. "Do you see that gentleman sitting op- posite?" said one man in a. cable car to his next neighbor. 'Yes. "I can make him pull his watch out el his pocket and consult the time, without saying a word to him." "You know him, perhaps, and have it ar- ranged that he shall do so on a certain signal from you." "No; I never saw him before in my life." "Well, then, I don't believe you can do it." "I have $5 to say I can." "I have five to say you can't." "It's a bet, is it ?" "It is." The other man waited a few moments until the glance of the man referred to fell on him, and then, with much deliberation. drew forth his watch and looked at it. The man across the aisle saw the move- ment, and instantly lifted his own watch from his vest pocket. The man who had bet he wouldn't hand ed his $5 bill without a word, and as the other took it he remarked : "It never fails. Look at your own watch and it's as catching as yawning. Try it yourself on somebody."—Pittsburg Chroni Icle-Telegraph. x TQ'TQR TOMO O q"rzF�.7".1,�An,�i!LA7k 1.4T CO V QL • 'bier((Mewing ea writtap by Victor R gc in relation to an effort of rho prieete to get control or edn• cation in Vrenoe "Ab, we know you 1 We know the olerioal pal's, it is an old party, This it is whioh has found for the truth (hose two marvellous support• ars, igt o-rance and error: This it - is which forbids to science awl genius the going beyond the Missal and which wishes to cloister thought in dogmas. Lvery step -which the intelligence of Europe 'has token has been in spite of it. its history is written in- the history of human progress, but it is written on the b .ck of the leaf. It is opposed to It all. This it is whioh caused One Kind of Foolish Girl, Every once in awhile one meets a girl who is not wise—a young girl, 15, 16 or 17 years of age; a girl who doesn't want to be who wouldn't be wise if she could. , se is the girl who ha _every facility to be good, and strong, and wise, and kind, but she always thinks she is the most abused girl on earth. And why ? Because her mother wants obedience Vein her, asks her to submit her judgment as the younger and inexperienced one to her own judgment as the mother. So many girls think their mother% presumptuous to expect anything of that kind from them, and do not hesitate to tell them so. You may know the girl who is the daughter of parents who stand ready to lavish all that wealth and position can buy upon her._The first thing she strug- gles against as unnecessary and cruel is school; site is I6,and hasbeen kept at school until she declares she is tired of it and proposes to stop it, and have "sono fun." She considers the college a prison, in which she would fie lacked until she promised to he a missionary or a minister's wife, both of which positions she scorns and hates with a cruel hatred. Life is made so miserable and such a burden for all con- cerned that she is given her freedom and al- lowed to leave school. Then she is happy and contented because her father and mother are so kind and considerate? Not a bit of it. She wants to do as other girls do who aro out of school when they should be in and run the streets. That is what it amounts to, and so the atruggle between mother and daughter begins anew, the daughter peevishly declaring that she in never allowed to do anything she wants to. That is the very girl who has always had her own way, and probably always will, and consequently, adds the Washington Post, she is blase at 20—selfish, unhappy, and blaming her father and mother because they've made her life unpleasant. Prinolli to bo scourged for having said that the stars would not fall. This it is which put Campanella Seven times to torture for saying that the number of words was in - nuke and for having caught a glimpse at the secret of creation. This it is which persecuted Harvey for having proved the circulation of the blood. In the name of Jesus it shut up Galileo. In the name of St. Paul it imprisoned Christopher Columbus. To discover a law of the heaver 8 was an impiety, to find a world was a heresy. This it is which anathematized _Pascal in tite Dame of religion, Montaigne, in the name of morality and religion. For a long time the human conscience has revolted against you and now demands of you, 'What is it that you wish of me? For a long time already you have tried to put a gag upon the human intellect ; you wish to be the plasters of education, and there is not a poet, not au author, not_ a thinker, not a philoso- pher, that you accept. All that has been written, found, dreamed deduced, inspired; imagihed, invon: ed by genius, the treasure of civil- ization, the venerable inheritlnes of generations, the corntnoo pati i- mony or knowledge, you reject. There is a book—a book, which is from one end to the other an exam- ination from above ; a book which is for the whole world what the Koran is for Islamism ; what Vedas are for India—a book which con- tains all human wisdom illuminated by all Divine wisdom—a book which the veneration of the peo- ple call The Book—the Bible ! Well, your censure . has reached even that—unheard of thing ! Popes have proscribed the Bible. How astonishing to wise spirits; how overpowering to simple hearts to see the finger of Rome placed upon the boBk of God ! And you claim the liberty of teaching. Stop; be sincere ; let us understand the liberty which you chips. It is the liberty of not teaching. You wish us to give you the people to instruct. Very well. Lot us see your pupils.. Lot us see those you produced. What have you done for Italy 1 What have you done for Spain 1 For centuries you hav'1'eptin your hands, at your discretion, at your school, these two great nations, illustrious among the illustrious. What have you done for them1 I shall tell you. Thanks to you, Italy, whose name no man who thinks' can any longer pronounce without inexpressible filial emotions —Italy, mother of genius and of nations which has spread over all the universe all the moot brilliant marvels of poetry and of arts, Italy —which has taught mankind to rend—now knows not how to read ! Yea, Italy is ,of all the states of Europe, that- where the smallest number know how to read. Spain, magnificently endowed Spain, which , received from the Romans her first civilization ; from the Arabs her second civilization, from Providence and in spite of you, a world America—Spain, thanks to you. a yoke of stupor, which is a yokeofdegradation and decay; Spain has lost this secret pow er which it had from the Romans; this genius of art which it had from the Arabs; this world which it had from God, and in .exchange for all you have made it lose, it has received from you the Inquisition—the Inquisi- tion, which certain men of the party tried to -day to re establish ; which has burned on the funeral pile millions of men ; the Inquisi- tion which disinterred the dead to burn them as heretics ; which de- clared the children of heretics in- famous and incapable of any public honors, excepting only those who shall have denounced their fathers; the Inquisition, which, while I speak, still holds in the Papal libr- ary the manuscripts of Galileo seal- ed under the Papal signet. These are your masterpieces. This fire which we call Italy you have ex- tinguished. This colossus that we call Spain you have undermined— the one in ashes, the other in ruins - This is what you have done for two great nations. What do you wish to do for Franca3-- Stop! you have just come from Rome 1 I congratu- late you, you have had fine success there. You came from gagging the Roman people, and now you wish to gag the French people, I under. stand. This attempt is still more fir e, but take care, it is dangerous. France is a lion, and is still alive !"