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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1893-02-08, Page 7and hollow cheeks, and 41114t'" et\nkcn Veal don't. a1w aye mega that o, worna,4'i old, IIS the time they only show than' sloes overworked or suffering. To such women to every wo- man who is tired or afflicted, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription safely and certainly brings back health and strength. It's a legitimate medicine that corrects and cures; a tonic that invigo- rates and builds up; a nervine that soothes ad strengthens. For all the derangements, ularities and weaknesses peculiar to WO- it o-it is the only guaranteed remedy. If it doesn't benefit or cure, you have your 3uoney back. F won't do to experiment with Ca- . 'There's the constant danger of have a n You can h �� t lou ft to the Rs Perfect and permanent cure with Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. ,r. The Nuron News -Record 1.60 a Year -$1.56 in Advance. Wednesday, February 8th, 1149?. REASONS THEY 1)O N01' SUCCEED. Ono potent reason why the opposi tion party and press do not succeed in obtaining power in the Dominion is because ill disoussiug a question lh• y neither fairly and streight•forw•ardly planed the facts before our people. Lately in the attacks upon the National Policy, the oppositiou press has hour pointing to the fact that in 1873, when Mr. Mackenzie! assumed the preinf • Chip with a revenue tariff. the imports from Great Britain amountti $68,500, 000, while that now imports from Britaiu amount to only $41,000,000, a deduction of $7,000,000 This would 1 be startling if there were no raisons for the re.lnction of imports, but first it will be well to follow the (Ivo y"ars of )Ir. Mackonzie's rule and see what was the effect wrought upon imports from Britain by the continuance of the revenue tarn]', and under it, the steady increase of poverty amongst our people. Five years that party was in power anal al the end of that period when >IheJ resigned control to other hands, the imports had fallen to $31,000,000, a lossjduring the five years of $37,000,000. Those are the facts simply- and plainly stated, and they need but little corn went. But let us look a little further. During those five years, a4 we hav • said,•the poverty of our people ateadily grew. We made fewer products our solves. We were able to buy less. T., offer cheap goods was useless, nihil • the money to buy was absent, and w were drifting steadily backward with- out a rift in the cloud of gloom. The National Policy then saved the country. *'We commenced again to make goods for ourselves, we slowly gained money to buy from others who made What we required. It has been so ever sine+, day by day our workshops have turn •d out goods we formerly imported, but as the stream of imports in one direction has .been checked, the purchasing power of our people opened others. We have gained in our Manufactures wonderfully, and we have recovered sotne of the lost ground of those awful five years of unwise rule. COLONIAL STATISTICS. Motrnrtsr. I See a stretch of alibiing sky Like roma fair ocean ttuuset'llt. musette tool wide its epares Ile, And purple shored eneom1s%e8 it. A ale slender elioecyp,heat L'eou its busout 15 shoat. This craft unstaged by winds or tides, sue, out :gross the twilight sae; 'thee o, n.:} sett she Oles, Lt•.i by a :.l glu F•ilea star; M t,.h sh:uluwy sails anal fairy crew, She Brats along the summer She's 1 [ted from stem to stern with nowt to, Alto! Love, totd lin e, unit 11•sppihess. R'iil engin of %%hut see brings he our.['! Alt mo! a ar. rouhl only goes! She rides e•ht..it u and remote, This little 13 oder sth'et• boat. -The Spectator. AN ABUll1UINE. „• 3 outi • e a saint to help me N Sally, you are p this way. if 1 had nut known your angelic iisposition do you think I should have .tared to send for you at the eleventh hour ? Of course, it is that wretched Mrs. Parker who has given out." "Of course. I knew it when your note .rante. Who has been suddenly carried off this time ? Not the gtaondmother, 1 hope, for that poor lwotnan has died on at least six different occasions this winter to my ccrtaat knowledge. Oh, Kate, what a blessed thing it is to have relations living out west ! Well, here I ani clothed and in my right mind, but I never dressed in such a hurry before. It was gond practice in case of fire. Do you see any errors or omissioins about my gay and festive at- tire ?" "No, it is charining-perfect; as usual. I believe if you wore your gowns hind side before you would look better dressed than any woman in town, you witch! Now pre- pare for a treat. You are to be taken in to dinner by a very distinguished person, Algernon Godwin, son of his father, who is a real live lord. He brought a letter to tie. He has only been here two days, and this is his first taste ot American society, so you will represent "for him the typieut Ante' ican girl on her native soil." "My dear, you are too good." Sally's blue eyes sparkled with fun. "Depend upon ono. 1 will do ljustice to the role. Has the conquering hero tome? In a hasty survey of the room, as I came in, I didn't notice anything startlingly now," "Here lie is this moment. See, his god- like form advances. Oh, Sally, he is an Apollo. Look out for yourself. Good everting, Mr. Gudwdn. 1 was very sorry to missytur call yesterday. 1 shall not begin our aequaiutance by asking what your im- pressions are of America, but by presenting you to Miss Emmet, who has undertaken to pilot you through an American dinner. Slit will remind you of Mrs. 3dicawber, I dare say, for, though her form is fragile, her grasp of a subject is inferior to none." "Does that refer to a British subject, Miss Emmet ?-" said the honorable Algernon, glancing down from the altitude of .. Arena• dier guard upon the self-possessed young woman beside him, and conscious of an entirely new sensation. Instead of being crushed at a blow into blushing confusion, she was smiling back at hint impersonally, apparently not a whit overcome by either his pedigree or his good looks. " I cannot answer for that," returned she. "My experience with British subjects is very limited. I have only met one Eng - nehmen, and be was a peddler. He used to came to our house when I was a ch ild, and when I saw his red wagon crawling up the hill I always flew down to the kitchen as fast as 1 could go, just to hear hint drop his It's. He seemed to me the embodiment of English literature. I hope you drop your It a, Mr. Godwin." "Can't say 1 do, an a rule. You see, I'd no idea that sort of thing would be popular over here, or I'd have taken some lessons. It's considered most awfully bad form at home, don't you know?" "O, is it really ? We have always heard that the royal fatnily never use an 11 when they could help it, but these stories will get about. Mrs. Wendell's 'butler puts on with an artless grace that has made her the envy of every woman in town. Did you notice him as he come in, by the way? Isn't he a dream? So English 1" Mr. Godwin laughed and offered his arm to his pretty partner, for the dream had a1 that moment announced in deliciously cockney accent that dinner was served. "Do you know this is all so different from what I expected?" said he involun- tarily. "Where is your local color ? I might easily believe myself back in London except for a few trifling customs of your people.' "Local color? Alt, you mean the Indians, I suppose. Boston has become too civilized in the last few years to offer you much in that way.' Did you expect that braves in war paint and feathers would come out in canoes and take you off the ship in the harbor ?" Something like it, I confess. But I have not seen an Indian since I arrived. Where do the noble red men keep them- selves ?" "0, when the electric cars were introduc- ed they fled to the suburbs. Now, in Pon- kapog, where I live -have you ever heard of Ponkapog ?" "Never. Is it near Tchickago?" His pronunciation of that celebrated city was so new and original that Miss Emmet glanced up from her little -neck clams ad- miringly, feeling. obliged to own that a handsome guardsman in a Poole dress coat is a pleasing object to contemplate. "I should like to see Ponkapog uncom- monly. I dare say it is not at all like one of our English •villages." Oh, not at all. At least, it is not like one of Anthony Troliope's. The wigwams would be sure to amuse you." "Are there really wigwams?" "Way, certainly ! I live in one myself. Should you think I had Indian blood in my veins?" Her voice was low, as she made her con- fession with a sigh. 'Shall you despise me if I tell you I am a down east Yankee'?' The sun of his father felt a sudden chill at being brought into contact with anything so aboriginal. Yet she was as fair and sweet to see us a hothouse Hower, with a skin as white tie his own. "I don't remember that Cooper speaks of that tribe at all," he said presently, after an embarrassed pause. "But I had no idea that the Indian races had become so highll civilized. Would you think me very rude if I ask whether or no they are all like you ?" "Well! You see, I have had exceptional advantages. My father is a medicine man, who made a corner in pork, and he sent me away to be educated. So I learned the paleface wit ei but at heart I am a Yankee The British Board of Trade has issued an important paper containing a vast collection of statistics, which ought to be studied by all who take an intelligent interest in the component parts of the British Empire. It is an abstract of the annual statistical re- ports of the colonies, and dependencies of Britain, and as these countries are essentially interested in each other as integral, if distant, parte of an Imperial sovereignty, it is well thata knowledge of the outstanding facts relating to them should be disseminated. In the first place, we naturally turn to the population tables. We find Canada coming second, with five millions, India of course taking the first place as containing the enormous population of over 221 millions, enough for several powerful empires. It is a surprising fact and one suggestive of the peculiar anomalies which abound in the human character, that these teeming millions should have been subdued, and are now ruled, regulated and operated upon, by the comparatively few thoueanda of rnilee away. Next to Canada are the Australasian colonies which have neatly four millions of people. Ceylon has three millione, and -the Gold Coaat, the Cape of Good Hope, and the West India Islands, have each about a million and a halt'. In all the population of the several countries owning British sway is about 238 millions. The past tweuty years we find that period Australasia doubled its population, the Gold Coast trebled, and South Africa added very largely to its population. Canada rose from 3,832,632 to 5,030,613. 11101'The great market for British goods is India. The natives there do not seem to take readily to manufacturing. although they show a disposition to } consume as much British goods as they still. Oh, 1 have seen mana stirring time are able to purchase. The amount of in Ponkapog, I assure you."as lost in won - y their imports for 1890 was over .£fig. The honorable Algeron wder. Nothing hilt, admiration was possible 000,000 sterling ; in 1877 it was .C4ii,- in connection with that charming creature. 000,000. During the last fourloorl full of refinement and intelligeice. Her gars the imports of the American voice alone, was n patent of gqeed birth, gen colonies increased by ,the amount of tlo and sat they rnorable d. Ile had to admit, that the honorable Alisses Godwin, £326,563, whereas the newer colonies his sisters, dcecended from Edward the imported, during the same period, on Confessor and, kept unspotted from the a larger scale; Cape of Good hope, plebeian world, would have cut a pretty poor figure - if set down beside the little for instance, increasing from £4,302, -squaw, who, according to her own account, 005 to £7,030,503, and Australia from bud no better antecedent than a copper - £23,000,000 in 1878 to £31,000,000 colored savage daubed with gaudy clay. in 1890. 1 rf "'But i „eve un ieratooti," Ito aa: present- ly, determined to get as slauh information as possible in this tutereating coon, which \t9ti cet'tntrll)' (piste as uhStl•aeler'latiu 01 American queerness tie anything he could hope for, "I have uwb:retuo 1 that the Italians Fere comparatively quiet now and that there are so few in comparison with the whites that they realize the folly of op• posit ion." " 1'ru(1. You never hear of great general uprisings now, such as tltef•e were in the tune of Bing Philip of the Nart•,tgansett>s- pe•a•ce be to his memory 1 But the Indiana light among themselves, and the warwhoop is still heard in the land. I have seen too dreadful work done with tomahawk and scalping knife even to nientimt them with- out a shudder," murmured hiss Sally, pick- ing the truffles daintly out of her pate ode foie eros. "What, do yon know anyone who has been scalped Algy grew excited. Perhaps there was rarer in store than the buffalo hunting he had promised him- self, especittliy after the depressing informa- tion of the cowboy he bud [net on the ship, to the effect that there was only one herd of buffaloes left in the west, and only one buffalo in that hard. "Mercy, yes, indeed ! Scores of people. Look at Mr. \Vandon, across the table. Can't you see that he has on what they call a scratch? He is very sensitive about it, but when he knows you better he may tell you an interesting tale." (Poor old Mr. Wendell had a very bald head and a very young and pretty wife, hence the scratch). "And I myself was scalped when a child, so that I am forced to wear a wig." Never was there such a successful wig before. Its bright chestnut curls and rip- ples would have deceived a hairdresser. "By Jove," cried Mr. Godwin, "its an uncommonly good imitation of the real thing." "Yes," agreed Sally. "Paris, you know, the Rue dela Paix. 1 really don't tnind at all, because I have them to match all my gowns, which gives inc a great advantage over the other girls, and in summer, when the mercury boils over at the top of the thermometer, as it often does in this cli- mate, 1 can take it off altogether and be delightfully cool and airy. I always say that 1 have as nearly as possible realized Sydney Smith's ilea of taking off one's skin and sitting in one's bones. Beisidrs, it is considered quite a mark of aristocracy here ---like a strawberry mirk on the right arm with you." "It must have been very painful," mused 3Ir. Godwin, "the scalping, I mean. I should like to hear how it happened, if you don't mind." "1 hardly know. 1 was not more than 3 years old et the time, a little papoose by my mother's side, we were picking up fagots in a wood when a band of Want - 'mileage fell upon us front an ambush and walked oft' with our scalps at their belts, shouting the battle ery of freedom. I have only a confused recollection of the fray, but my mother often speaks of it as the most unpleasant surprise of her life. But there ! let us change the subject. I do not care to talk about those harrowing expe- riences, You must come out to l'unkapog and see for yourself what aboriginal ex- istence is like. My father will lend you a mustang and we can ride over to Chicago some afternoon to give you an idea of the prairies. Now tell me something about England. You are very intimately con- nected with Queen Victoria, I hear. What size shoes does she wear ?" "Number lis," said Algy, with another of his jolly laughs, which to hear was to adore. "We are descended from Edward the Confessor." Miss Emmet gasped. "In my history," said she, "Edward the Confessor was a sort of monk and never married." "Can it be possible? There, you see, is an inetance of the way in which stories get t MUSIC IN A NUTSIIELL. GREAT DATES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOBLE ART. Osigin of All laetruzgente,-W'lth the Chronology of All Accepted L arms of Musical Expression -Motes of the Fa- mous Modern Musicians. B. C. 387ft. Jubal mentioned in Genesis as the first player on the harp. B. C. 2000. The lute represented in its present form on Egyptian monuments. I1. C. 2000. The lyre of the Greeks, afterwards the harp, invented -tradition- ally by Apollo. B. C. 1.490. Trumpets appointed to be used in the musical service of the Hebrews. 13. C. 100.3. David noted among his pee- ple at a player on the harp. B. C. 685. The invention of the trom- bone claimed for '1'yrtesus. B. C. 556. Vocal ohoruaes of men are first mentioned at Athens. B. C. 300. Beating time practiced by the Greeks in rhythmic choruses and dances. 13. 0. 220. The invention of the organ pipes attributed to Archinmdoa and to Ctesibius. ANNO DOMINI. A. D. 50. The bagpipe mentioned by Pliny as a common instrument in Italy. . 75. The cornet mentioned by Pliny as used in the Roman armies. 457. Organ pipes, made of copper and bronze, mentioned by Theodoret. 461. The Sistine choir established in the Pope's chapel by Hilarius. 590. The church hytiins set in formal no- tation by Gregory. Style of notation un- certain. 657. The organ brought to Europe from the (=reek Empire and used in churches. 951. The first written score for several voices. Found in a MS. of Huchaldus. 1025. The first six musical notes of the the scale invented by Aretino. 1087. The guitar brought into Spain by the Moors. An Asiastic instrument. 1489, The first organ with a keyboard erected in the Cathedral of Magdeburg. 1200. The violin n entioned in the life of St. Christopher as well known. 1400. The clavichord in use in England and on the continent. Inventor un- known. 1473. The first music printing done by Froschauer at Augsberr. 1474. The first dictionary of music pub- lished by Jean Til etor, Flemish musician. 1500. The harpsichord in use at all musical entertainments as an accompani- ment. 1511. The virginal described by Vir- dung. Almost identical with the spinet. 1525. The first punches were made for printing music, notes and staves. 1539. The bassoon invented by Afranio, a cannon of Ferrare. 1550. The violin assumed its present forin under the workmanship of Italian makers. 1550. The first font of music type made by Nicholas Duchemin, in Paris. 1554. "Old Hundred" first printed. A German choral set by Bourgeois. 1581. The flagelot invented by Juvigny, a development of the flute. 1581. Le }ballet Comique performed at Paris. The first recorded ballet ; :300 dancers. 1598. The pianoforte, or forte-piano, first mentioned as an Italian instrument. 1600. Paris' Eurydice, the first Italian opera, sung at the lnarrio a of Henry JV. 1601. The trill introduced into music under the designation of "Gruppo." 1620. The first known solo composition perverted across the Atlantic. In England for the violin written by P,iago Marini. it is a matter of history that he had four 1627. "Dafne," the first German opera, wives -a good deal of a mention, in fact. By the way, I should like to see a mor - mon." "Next but one to you at this very table sits one in the flesh, Mr. Phillips. Ile has only two of his flock here to-hight." Mr. Phillips moved uneasily in his chair at the prolonged and deliberate survey which the Honorable Algernon proceeded to take. He was Boston's most unmitigated bachelor. "Poor old chap ! I'm sorry for him. Half a dozen sets of milliners' bills have appar- ently seamed his noble brow with care. I know what it is to have a crowd of women in a house." "Have you six sisters? I believe ever Englishman has." "No." "What a glorious exception to the gen eral rule!" "Glorious indeed, for I hpve nine." "How dreadful ! Are you appreciating this dish ? It is our famous terrapin, im- ported from Baltimore for your benefit." "As, yes ! The terrapin is the bird of freedom. I remember that well. I like it. Ire not have n t been too loudly sung." At this point pretty little Mrs. Cart- wright, a t- wright, who occupied the seat next to Mr. Godwin on the other side, could no longer restrain her impatience to get in a word with the handsome stranger. She plunged madly into the conversation, and, skilfully leading the way, returned to Piccadilly and Pall Mall, with which she showed herself to be perfectly familiar. Miss Emmet's neighbor gave her hand a sly squeeze under the table. He was Mrs. Wendell's brother and well-known to be fast in the bewitch- ing Sally's toils. You would not have called this misfortune if you had caught the momentary tenderness of the sidelong look she cast upon him. "Have you been listening, hick?" she murmured demurely. "Yes, but I will never betray you. I should like to read his first letter home." Sally shook her curls. "He has gleams of intelligence," she said, with a long - drawn sigh. "You won't forget to come to Ponkapog," said she. "Mrs. Wendell has promised to bring you, and I will see if we cannot get up a war dance for your benefit. Good night. Give my love to Queen Victoria when you write." And off she went. Half an hour later Hon. Mr. Godwin and the young man called !)ick went out into the bright avenue together. '1 say," broke out the former, involun- tarily, as they neared the public garden, "do you know that Miss Emmet at all ?" "Oh, yes. Very well." "Is she a down -east Yankee?" "Sht is, indeed, if there ever were ono, but an uncommonly nice girl for all that. Here I must leave you. Don't forget you are to lunch with mo at the club tomorrow at 1. Good night." "Good night." Algy reached his hotel in a brown study, which no amount of brandy and soda could dispel, and while the mid- night hells were ringing he got into bed, still shaking his head dubiously. "Most extraordinary 1" said he. -Boston Herald. A Large Order. Happy ilrirlegroom-Waiter, I want din- ner for two. Waiter -Vial ze lady and gentleman haf table d'hote •or a la carte, -Happy bridegroom (generous to a fault? but weal' in Fronch)-Bring us both o1 them and put lots of gravy on 'em. by Schultz. Privately performed at Tor- gue. 1637. The first opera house opened in Venice; named Teatro di San Cassiano. 1672. The Paris Academy of Music es- tablished under the direction of Tulli. 1687. Wind, string and percussion in- struments used together in the orchestra. 1717. The piano invented by Cristofali, Italian. Claimed also by Schroeter, Ger- man. 1738, The Haarlem organ finiahedl; 4,088 pipes, 60 stops. The largest then known. 1738. Two slide trombones dug from the ruins of Pompeii, the mouth -pieces of gold. 1741. Etnittarluel Bach's series of great symphonies begun. 1742. The Messiah produced in Dublin. Written by Handel in 22 days. 1759. Hadyn's first symphony written. A new field for music discovered. 1764. Mozart's first symphony written in London, when he was 8 years old. 1774. Gluck's Iphigenie in Paris, under 1776. Barney's "History of Music" published in London. Four quarto- vol- umes. 1776. The first grand piano made by Backers, the inventor, in London. 1790. Haydn's great symphonies begun. In all he wrote over 100. 1793. Paganinti s first appearance as a violinist at the age of 9; died in 1840. 1800. Upright pianos first suggested by Isaac Hawkins. Patented 1807. 1800. Beethoven's first symphony pro- duced in public amid immense enthu- siasm. 1805. Schubert's songs began, at age of 8. In all he composed over 1,200. 1813. Schubert's seriesof symphonies be- gun when he was 16 years old. 1813. ,...Rbssini's Tancredi sung in Venice. t.... Most popular Italian opera for a genera- tion. 1815. The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, the oldest society in this coun- try. 818. Chopin's composition for the piano began at the age of 9 years. 1818. Jennie Lind's debut as Agatha in Weber's Freischutz. Her last appearance was in 1849. 1819. Clara Schumann made her debut at Leipaig as a pianist. 1826. Strauss' first waltzes, the Tauberl, written and performed at Vienna. 1826. Mendelsshon's octettes,quintettes and quartettes made a sensation in Europe. 1831.' Meyerboer's Robert first perform- ed in the Paris Opera House. 1836. Verdi's first opera, Oberto, put on the hoards of La Scala. 1838. Military music revolutionized by Wieprecht. Brass bands organized. 1843. The Flying Dutchman, Wagner's first opera, brought out at Dresden. 1845. The first performance of Tann- hauser given in Dresden. Unfavorably re- ceived. 1846. Mendelasohn's Elijah produced at the great Birmingham musical festival. 1849. Liszt's series of Hungarian rhapso- lies begun. In all ho wrote 15. 1853. Verdi's Travatore and Traviata brought out at the Tonic° Theatre, Venice. 1859. Patti'e first appearance in opera, as Lucia, New York; November 24. the patronage of Marie Antoinette. 1859. Gounod's "Faust" produced at the Theatre Lyrique, Paris. 1876. Der Ring des Nibelungen series performed at Bayreuth. -St. Loss Globs - Democrat. a A COAL BOOM. GREAT 1USII FOR LICENSES 11,1 NOVA SCOTIA The goal syudicnte'a bill before the 11ouee, and the veneequent eliaeueaiou and talk thrown, has created a alit ill coal nmitringcll^les unprecedented in the hietory of the 1'loviuce of Nuvu Sculia and everybody who knows where black fuel may Le had, er where it might be found, dreams of milliuue ill Ole near future, and has made himeeit secure in the possession of the lease of the coveted area. The result is there has been a great ruah for license to search, and every spot in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, where it is thought goal might be found, is covered. If the coal syudicato wants to form a ntouopuly they will have big contracts on hand, and will require a lot of money to complete the scheme. There has been a big rush for liceniae to search lately, and the areas covered are situated in I'icton, Cumberland, Cape Breton, Richmond, Victoria, Iuverness Counties. ABOUT IRISH HOME RULE. The Imperial Parliament assembled on 'Tuesday of last week. Ill the House of Lords, when toughing upon the question of home rule for Ireland, Lulu Salisbury said that the one object of the Government during the past six months had boon to get the support of a clears of men whom hitherto no poli- ticians in England had tried to con ciliate. The keynote of the Irish policy of the Government was to get the support of the criminal classea, The provisions necessary to maintain the law had been repealed. Though agrarian crime was not prevalent gen• eraily, yet in districts where it did pre- vail the hands of the law were paralyzed. (Conservative cheers.) The prerogative of the crown had been ustd to shield murderers and dynamiters. All the acts of the Government caused the impression that they were much more in sympathy with criminals than desirous of vindicating the Into, (0 48 of " Hear, hear.") The reference in the Queen's speech to home rule was the most peculiar sentence ho had ever soon In a public document It seemed to indicate that the Gover nment's opin- ion of the whole Irish question with which Parliament had to deal was that it was for one portion of the Irish to place their heel upon the neck of the Protestant population of Deland. With regard to the other measures indicated ill the Queen's speech, Lord Salisbury declared that -nobody believed that they would ever be undertaken. They were simply a repetition of the aro gramme adopted by the Liberal con- ference at Newcastle. Lord Salisbury alluded to the agricultural depression. He said theaagriculttre suffered most from want'of confidence. . Political partisans now preached doctrines that were filling the minds of the owners of capital with apprehension. There was no country in the world, Lord Salisbury added, where property was now so insecure as in Great Britain in consequence of erroneous legislative action. (Cries of " Hear, hear." ry',i'i-'!Iti,/•,',,,ror,•7kim r ..+p+•..+4Hi'MNn'IGM M.. X '111E POPE AND MASONRY. People Rouletirnes wonder why the 1'a,i' is eoustautly cursing the l+ree• Minn 1R. Thu mein uti laud of lllepapal lulteination tare the loyalty of Masons to the Italian constitution, 11051 the dive ptilt they played in overthrow- ing the temporal power of the Pope. The Masons have ever been forentoet in the battle for civil told religious liberty, arra in Italy they took the side of Mazzini, Gttribuldi anal Victor Im- mauuel in scouring Italian unity. They still desire to see the King of Italy conttol every inch of Imine. At the new year the Freomnsons of Naplee offered a banquet to the Grand Master of Italy, Adrian %ammo. His itpoech, as aepot•ted in the Corriere di A'apoli on the occasioi', .contained the following :-" On the summit of the Vatican the genius of the Jesuits, of whom the Pope is also servant, has raised the black flag of war. Well, we will fight! The work of Mazzini and Garibaldi is not yet complete ; we will that Italy shall not be what they d earned she should be, and the field of the last battle will be Rome 1 The Papal guarantee is a permanent assault on the country." No wonder the Pope curses the Masons; but the curses are like chickens, they are coming home to roost. TAXING BACHELORS, The old suggestion of a tax en bachelors was revived at a recent con ference between some merchants of Montreal and members of the Quebec Government, and the -Witness of that city takes the proposition as seriously as it was made and thus comments on it: "Celibacy is bad for society and should be put under disabilities. The encouragement of marriage is also due to womanhood . Married life is wo- man's naturtl state. It means more to her than it does to men. From the point of view of more support she has a claim do man which cannot be ignored. Women never did, unless in exceptional cases, probably never will earn as much as men. They, are therefore, more or less dependent. The only form in which depend encu implies no inequality is that of marriage. That woman was made de- aendent on man implies, and has gen Arany been admitted to imply, corrola• tiye duties towards her. From the more spiritual point of view it is true, as has been said by a true woman, that it is woman's natural condition to be. in love. She must expend herself on loved ones or be the less a woman. She may become dangerous, so still more may the man whose social life is incomplete. The remedy is in the hands of the man, and if the law can roach him, why nota" 1 The Winnipeg Free Frees heartilj' approves of the tax. It thinks what as long as the bachelor is content to re- main a bachelor let him pay for the luxury. The state need not bother itself about afliuities or anything ot that kind. Let the bachelor find his own affinity, or suffer the consequences. If too fastidious in his taste he escapes lightly if his supercilliousness costs him nothing worse than nn aunnal tax of,say one, or two, or five hundred dollars, according to grade; if he does not like the penalty, let hint get a 'western hus- tle on,' as Mr. Daly would any, rind become a suited suitor in double quick order. There would be constantly present the danger, no doubt that hie choice might turn up her nose at Min ; but he has simply to keep his 'hustle' on until he finds ono that will ink° him, or failing that to nay his tax like a man and a bachelor." By all moans tax the bachelors, NEWS NOTES. -Mrs. Orr, an inmate of the House of Industry at Kingston, is 107 years of age and enjoys good health. -W. C. Lucas, of Calgary, is on his way to Ottawa to endeavor to get the Oovelunlent to put a bounty on wolves. He says they are increasing in the North-west, and are a menace to the cattle business. -'Cho following resolution was un- animously adopt( d by the Cavan Orange District Lodge : Moved by Bro. T. 11, Collitte, secoued by Bro. Robert Shaw: '•That this Loyal Orange District Lodge of Craven tend• ers to Moat 1Vorsbiptul Bro. Hon. N. Clarke Wallace, M. P., grand master and sovereign of British America, our heartiest congratulations on his np, pointwent to the 3diiist ry of the Dom inion as Controller of Costoma, and• we hope he -may be long 'spared to assist in managing the affairs of the Dominion and to guard the interests of our order, giving equal rights to all and special privileges to none." -According to recent statements some of the moat extensive manufact- urers of bicycles in Europe have for some time past been using aluminum in the construction of that instrument, and it would appear with •cons!derable advan- tage. For this purpose the aluminum is alloyed with a email petceutuge of titanium, a substance which is said to increase the strength of the aluminum very considerably. The following are given as the results of the tests of the alloy and metal employed in this case. Tensile strength of aluminum, twenty- two thousand three hundred pounds per square inch; titanium alloy seventy-three thousand five hundred pounds. These statements, if correct, show that the alloy possesses very great degree of strength; it is a greater, in fact, than that of wrought iron and steel -forty-eight thousand to sixty- seven thousand pounds -though not so great as steel wire, which has a strength of nearly two hundred thous- and pounds per square inch. REID THIS. "One copy of a newspaper that reaches the home is worth more for purposes of advertising than three that don't." 1'. T. BARNvm. 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