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DOMINION PARLIAMENT.
Mr. Speaker announced that- he had re-
ceived from the Supreme Court„of Now
Brunswick notice of the decision in the
Queen's, N. B., case, awarding the seat to
Mr. Geo. F. Baird in place of Mr. G. G.
King, and that the return had been amended
accordingly. At the seine time Mr. Speaker
annomiced the receipt of the returns of the
election of Mr. John Hearn in Quebec
West and Mr. Joseph Girouard in Two
Mountains.
Mr. Forbes, Queen's, N. S., was intro-
duced by Mr. Laurier and Mr. Flint, and
was applauded by the members of the Oppo-
sition.
Mr. Tupper presented a bill to amend
the Act to encourage the development of
sea fisheries and the building of fishing
vessels.
The bill to amend the Scott Act was read
a first time.
Mr. Flint presented a bill to amend the
Canada Teinperance Act, explainIng that it
was similar to the bill he introduced last
year.
Mr. Kaulbitch asked when will copies of
all the correspondence relative to the New-
foundland Bait Act be laid on the table of
the House; what position has the Govern-
ment of Canada taken to induce the Govern
meht of Newfoundland to suspend theopera-
tion of the said Act against Canada and
Canadian fishermen ?-
Mr. Tupper replied that the correspond-
ence would be laid upon the table as soon as
an answer could be obtained from Her
Majesty's Government as to part • of it
giving authority to include it in that laid
before the House.
Mr. Mills called the attention of the
House to the fact that the return moved for
with reference to Mr. Speaker's warrants
regarding elections was not complete. The
date of the receipt of the voters' list, it
seemed to him, ought to be given.
Sir John Thompson said the reason for
the delay required to be shown by the de- '
partments. The papers would be laid be-
fore the House.
Mr. Landerkin asked when, the voters'
lists would be printed.
Sir John Thompson said they would be
ready in two or three days.
Sir John Thompson introduced a bill in-
tituled an Act respecting the Criminal Law,
which, he said, was- substantially the, same
as that introduced last session, and which
he would more fully explain on the second
reading.
Mr. Bowel' introduced a bill relating to
salvage and wrecking. He explained that
it was somewhat similar to the one intro-
duced two sessions ago by the member tor
Frontenac, with additions made by those
gentlemen who opposed the former bill. It
gives the right to Americans to wreck and
salvage and also to tow in Canadian waters.
Its provisions were on the same line as the
one introduced by the American Govern-
nient, which -gave the same •right to • the
Canadians in American waters as were ac-
corded to Americans in our waters. '
Mr. Tupper introduced a bill to amend
the Fisheries Act He said its main ob-
ject Was to provide for placing the lobster
fishery under license.
• Mr. Tupper presented a bin respecting
fishing vessels of the United States. This,
he said, was an old friend, and related to
the mothis viveiidi. Hitherto there had been
introduced annually as bill to renew the
modus vivendi, but it was proposed now to
give the Governor -General -in -Council power
to issue annual licenses to American fishing
vessels.
• Mr. Tupper presented a bill respecting
the Department of Marine and Fisheries.
The object of the biji was to unite the two
branches of the department under one dep-
uty head as formerly.
Mr. Mills—To undo what you did.
Mr. Tupper—I am not ashamed to'say that
the Government is prepared to rectify any
mistakes it makes.
Mr. Laurier—That is a serious job.
Mr. O'Brien asked leave to lint a question
to the Finance Minister. Reread a despatch
from Hamburg, Germany, dated February
25th, to the effect .that on appeal to the
German Minister of Finance it had been de-
cided that the most favored nation clause in
the treaty -between Britain and the German
Zollverein applied in its entirety to all
British colonies and dependencies. Mr.
)'Brien desired to know' if the statements
•nade in the despatch were correct.
Mr. Foster—The extract the hon. gen-
tleman has read seems to he a Satisfactory
answer to that question, if we may rely
upon that telegram, as I think we -may. If
the hon. gentleman will look at the treaty
between Britain and the German Zollverein
he will find one of its articles declares that
every favor in the tariff duties—importa-
tion or exportation duties which one of the
parties to the treaty concedes to a third
party shall be immediately and uncondi-
tionally conceded to the other party to the
treaty. Another article provides -that this
treaty includes all dependencies of Great
Britain. These two together, I think, make
it Certain that the information myhon.
friend has read is simply the correct reading
of the treaty.
Mr. Speaker said he had received a certi-
ficate of the election of Mr. J. C. Patterson
as member for West,Huron.
Mr. Hughes moved for an order of the
House showing the total quantity of flour
exported to Newfoundland in 1890 and
1891, the law'of Newfoundland relating' to
the same e the total quantities of Canadian
cattle, beef, pork, hogs and cheese exported
to Newfoundland during the same period ;
and also for an order for a return of, the
correspondence showing the action of the
Canadian Gevernmout to secure the admis-
sion of Canadian flour to Newfoundland
under fair regulations.
Mr. Mills said the motion, as it sstood,
authorized the Government only to bring
down the communications from the Cana-
dian Government. It would be desirable
that, the correspondence of the Newfound-
land Government should also be laid before
the House.
Mr. Tupper stated that this motion was
practically covered by one adopted last
session. All the correspondence touching
the flour duties would be comniunicated, with
that dealing with the fisheries.
Mr. Mills moved that a map :of
the Dominion be laid upon, the
table showing the boundaries of the
townships, • counties, and electoral
divisions in each province and the nutpber
of votes polled in each township for each
- jslLdte at the general election in March,
1891. He explained that hie object was to
have this map before the, House so that
when the Redistribution Bill came before
them it could be discussed more intern -
sandy;
Sir John Thompson said that he thought
It would be difficult to ascertain the vote by
townships, as in some cases the polling
divieion might be made up of parts of two°
townehips. Besides this, there were PrOl-
vinces, as New Brunswick, where .the
division was not made in the form of town-
ships. Special inforniation could behad
in the form of schedules.
The motion was carried.
Mr. Tupper presented a bill to amend the
Steamboat Inspection Act. He explained
that the changetawere such as were veede
necessary by changes in construction oF by
practical difficulties arising under the pre-
vious system. Of the changes, one was to
make the bill cover not only steamers, but
also vessels propelled by electricity, naph-
tha, etc. The bill would provide for the
raising of a part of the revenue ,from the
owners of such vessels.
Sir Hector Langevin moved for papers
respecting the northwestern, northern and
eaetern boundaries of the Province of Que-
bec received or passed during the lest five
years and not already laid before the House,
together with all reports of surveys or ex.
plorations ordered therein by the Govern-
ment of Canada during the same period.
Mr. Dewdney said he had no abjection
to bringing down the papers asked for. •
Sir John Thompson said it must be re-
membered that the boundary of Ontario
was not entirely settled by the Committee
of the Privy Council; which left undeter-
mined a very considerable portion of that
boundary. This Parliament had concluded
that the boundary was to follow as much
as possible their decision. A resolution- of
the Quebec Legislature asserted as a right
that the northerly boundary should be she
52nd parallel, but when the Dominion Gov-
ernment met the delegatee from, Quebec the
Government of the former were not pre-
pared to admit that East Main River should
be the northern boundary, If that river
were followed to its source, it would em-
brace in the Province of Quebec far more
than' it was entitled to as a matter of
right. •
Mr. Mills did not understand from the
ebservationenddressed lo the Home whether
the Government was prepared to deal with
the question at the present time or if the
information required was at present inthe
-possession of thc Government. He did not
' think there was any ground for contending
that the height of land near East Maine
River was at .any time regarded by legal,
authority ai)the proper boundary between
the two Provinces. Nor was he prepared to
admit that Ontario was enlarged by the de-
cision of the Privy Council. On the con-
trary, its' oundary was greatly restricted
by that decision. In /10 period o English
history, in no State paper, did England ad-
mit that the height of laud was the natural
boundary. If the contention of s ie hon.
member for Three Rivers was sustained the
Provinceof Quebec would -receive sin ad-
dition to its northwestern territory, while it
would ose land now inchided within its
northeasterly boundary.
The motion was carried.
Mr. McMullen asked the Minister of
Finance when the Auditor -General's report
would he brought einem.
Mr. Foseer—Beforo a great whiles The
reason of the delay is because, it is exceed-
ingly bulky this year
Mr. Wm. Bennett, thenewly-elected mem-
ber for East Simcoe, wasintroduced, by Mr.
Bowell and Mr, Haggart.
The following bills were introduced and
read a first time:
Respecting the Grand Trunk Railway
Coinpany.—Mr. Tisdale.
Respecting certain railway works in the
city of Toronto.—Mr. Denison.
Respecting the Boiler Insurance•Company
of Canada.—Mr. Coatsworth. ,
A bill to further amend the Act to' en-
courage the development of sea fisheries and
the building of fishing vessels, introduced by
Mr.,TiipPer, was read a second time. •
• Mr. Reid moved for papers respecting
the new channel in Calops Rapids, with the
reports of the engineers as to the striking of
the steamer Traveller, the reports of the
engineers sent to investigate the channel,
etc. He said that the Government had
spent about half a million dollars to make
the channel 200 feet wide and 17 feet deep.
Of the sum paid about $190,000, as he un-
derstood, was for extras, and another claim
• for extras was laid before the department,
but the new channel was not used until Oc-
tober, 1889, when the north channel was
blocked up by the barge Condor running
aground. The steamer Traveller, With a
raft in tew, corning down immediately
thereafter, was compelled to take the new
channel. She stuck, and was struck in the
• stern by the raft, which passed her, turned
her round, and towed her down the rapids
stern foremost. Formerly there was nine
feet of water in this channel, and ain.ce the.
operations under the Government there is
only four or five feet, the rocks not having
been /taken out, or having been allowed to
fall back into the -channel. He,read news-
paper reports and interviews intended to
show that the channel was such as to accent
modate the largest vessels on the river, aid
brought forward facts which, he contended,
proved the contrery to be the case.
He declared that the new _channel was
one of themeanest channels on any Cana-
dian river. et1
Mr. •Haggart saidthat while the report of
the engineers sheekd that the expectatione
as to the result of the work had not been
fulfilled,still there was water enough (about
15 feet) to accommodate any vessel navigat-
ing the canals: The difficulty seemed to be
that there was a side current, so that 'though
steamers could go down, tows, not being
under such control, were driven upon the
rocks. The only claim for extras was one
now before the department and under con-
sideration. There was no objection to
bringing down the papers.
The House adjourned at 4,o'clock.
The seven wonders of Arne1;coe are
classed as follows : Niagara Falls, Yellow-
stone Park, Mammoth Cave, the Canyons
and Garden of the Gods, Colorado ; the
giant trees, California ; the natural bridge,
.Virginia ; and the Yosemite Valley.
Sir Arthur Sullivan is getting on fast
w4th his new comic opera, written to Mr.
Sy& ey Grundy's libretto.
Oscar Wilde's new play, " Lady Winder-
mere's Fan," produced last week in London,
is said to abound in riAky lines.
.It isnalcuIated. that every 10 days of
Iornlon fog eastm 25,000 people on beds of
lances, and kills '2,500.
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WAS SHE KISSED?
A. Young Lady's Oharge Against a Toronto
Dentist.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY,
James C. Bates, a deutiet, who lives at
295 Adelaide street west, Toronto, and
whose office is at 264 Yonge street, was not
what could be called a happy man last
night, says the Empire. He was yesterday
afternoon served with a summons command-
ing his attendance at the police court to-
day to answer a charge of common assault
preferred against him by Mies Lena B.
Greeley, a bookkeeper, who lives with her
parents at 330 Sackville street. She tells a
story which, if true, will cause her alleged
assailant considerable trouble. The young
lady, who is a namesake of ,the famous
Horace, says she went to Mr. Bates'
office on Tuesday forenoon for the
purpose of having some teeth pulled.
When Bates was about to perform the
operation, she says, he told her it would
be better if she unbuttoned her dress and
loosened her corsage so that her breathing
would not be interfered With. This seemed
to Miss Greeley such an extraordinary sug-
gestion that it caused her to become sus-
picions and she refused -to comply. The
dentist, she says, thenthrew his arms
around her waist, and, though she made a
desperate resistance, he ' impressed several
kieses -upon her unwilling lips. At last she
succeeded in extricating hereelf from the
powerful graep orhis long, strong arms and
raised such an alarm as to attract the at-
tention of her brother, a 17 -year-old youth,
and a young lady friend, who aocompanied
her to the teeth extractor's office. They
called in the assistance of a policeman, but
the officer did not find the man when a
search of the premises was made. ,
This is the girl's version of the affair, but
there are always two sides to a story, and
this one is no exception to the rule. , The
alleged oscillator was seen last night by the
Empire at his house in Adelaide street vg est.
When asked to make a statement Mr. Bates
said : "1 had an appointment with Miss
Greeley at 10 o'clock on Tuesday Morning.
She did not put in an appearance at the ap-
pointed time, and while I was waiting for
her another/ patient came in and, occupied
the chair until 12 o'clock. Meanwhile Miss
Greeley arrived, and as soon as I was die-.
engaged she got into -the operating chair. I
then discovered that it was dinner time,
and as I had some distance to go and the
lady did not come when she promised to, I
considered it was only fair that she should
wait until some More convenient time. ' I
had no sooner told her so than she jumped
up, and, in a lon'd voice, insisted thao • I
should 'perform the operation at once. I
refused, and she' took her ,departure With
her friends. She met a policeman, and I
suppose. told. him what she has sworn to in
the information. I do not understand it at
all. I most emphatically deny the whole
thing, and I suppose it is an attempt to
extort money from me." •
Dr. Bates has secured the services of e.
lawyer. The case will come up. before Mr.
Baxter today.
At the Toronto Police Court yesterday
when J. C. Bates, the Young street dentist,
was called to auswer the charge of having
attempted to take improper liberties with
Lena Greeley, a young girl living -withher
parents at No. 330 Sackville street, Mr.
Sutherland answered for Bates and stated
that the case had been aettled out of court.
As none of the witnesses were present the
case was left in abeyance. Mr. Currie,
County Crown Attorney, wished to with
the charge of coinmon assault and
ha,ve-a-waerant,issued -charging Bates- w-ith
indecent assault, but it was agreed that this
could not be done, so'the case was left over
till it was found what action could be
taken under the circumstances. •
It was rumored last night that,Mr. Bates
had left the city, but he was still at his
-home, No. 295 Adelaide street west at 1.30
o'clock this morning when an Empire re-
porter called at his house to verify a state-
ment tha,t he had apologized to the young
lady.
ViDAT HATrilis farkS.
The Senate Grannies to consider a Tilson-
burg Divorce Petition: •
The petition of Hattie Adele Harrison; of
Tilsonburg, for the relief of whom . there is
a divorce bill to he introduced in the Senate
during the present session, was presented in
the Renee yesterday by Mr. 'Tisdale. It
states that in September, 1889e she was
married at the residence of eller. fathere E.
D. Tilson, in Tilsonburg, to Henry Bailey
Harrison, Who was a telegraph Operator in
the House of Commons last session, but
whose present place of residence, supposed
to be somewhere in the ,United . States, is
now unknown. In July, 1890, she was
compelled, on account • of her husband's
drunkenness and irregular life and his
cruelty. to her, to leave him and return to
her parents. There are three children, the
result ort he marriage. In August last, in
Ottawa, Harrison' was married to Florence -
Beaton, with whom he lived only ten days,
when his former -marriage became known
here and he left Ottawa suddenly. In her
prayer for divorce his wife claims the cus-
tody of her three children.
Three Kinds of Fakirs.
Toronto : Toronto is a great town
for fakirs, and these fakirs always take
advantage of it—when they know it, and by
this time they all do. It does not matter
whether they are of the religious build, who
manage to get into respectable pulpits ; or
reformed tempelance cranks, who think
they have a holy mission to perform and a
commission to stuff their pockets with Can-
adian bills ; or pugs, who do most of their
fighting with their mouths and through the
so-called sporting columns of some news-
papere. These three classes make a strange
medley, but they're all the satne, and some
more might be added—such as street corner
corn doctors and pullers of teeth.
Digby Bell six months ago offered $100 for
the best topical song, and it took him until
last week to read all of ,the matter submit'
ted to him. There were nearly :3,000 con-
testants. •
She—I was reading to -day of a lady 'who
proposed to a gentleman. Hee-This is leap
year, you know. She ---I know it, but I
don't .want a husband who has to be pro-
posed to you are notea, mati of that kind,
I am certain. Ife—N- no er -. will you
have me, Jennie' She—This is so 'sudden. •
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TEA TABLE GOSSIP.
ra1k-oho itwbinenbeisg itighty ! Lek&
at bank cashiers.
—Rose Elizabeth Cleveland has gone to
Egypt to hunt for materials fora book. ,
—A never -to -be -worn-out quality of drees
goods for school girls is Scotch cloth in
tweeds or Mixtures.-
The man wit too devoid of aim
To make the least advance
Is sure to be the first to claim
He never had a chance.
Now doth the crafty woodsman
The sorghum sugar buy,
And with fresh maple syrup
Unte the city hie. ••
—Don't remain under the fatal and absurd
impression that our advertisements won't
stir your business up. They will. We can :
Put you in the lead. Make people talk
about you. Turn the tide of trade. Give
you the • inside track. And boom' things
generally. These ads. cost but a trifle. -
Their results are anything but trifling.
—Egotism is a man withbnt a collar carry
ing a gold -headed cane.
—He that is little in his on eyes, will
not be troubled to be thought so in °there.
—If every man was as big as he feels
there wouldn't be standing room in this
country.
—" Take away women," asks a eC,riter,
"and what would follow ?" That's easy.
The men.
'—" Wanted, by a young gentleman, a
situation as son-in-law in a a quiet respect-
able family."—L'Ami de la liaison. ,
A woman might a secret keep,
And safe for ver lock it,
If she would only think to put "
The secret in. her pocket.
—The most careful man in the world was
about to ba hanged recently—we forget for
what crime. Before stepping on to the
platform he inquired anxiously, "Is it
safe ?"
—The man who tried to please everybody
generally has a contempt for himself.
—4, man's contempt for a coquette is
always mingled with pity for_some other
fellows.
FOUR w's.
Whoever you are, be noble,
Whatever you do, do well ,•'
Whenever you speak, speak kindly,
• Give joy wherever you ,
—"You know that I love you," she saiS,
"then why not give me time to consider
before I name the day." "That's all right
enoueh," he said, gloomiy, "but I've lost
three girls that way already."
—We giye, oats to a strong, vigorous
Percheron horsewith self-assurance of re-•
turning profit. We feed a worthless Cur out
of sympathy for his hunger, or to be rid of
his offensive whine. Newspapers are pretty
well illustrated by the horse and -the dog.
The worthless ones make the most noise.
We place an "ad." in one on business prin-
ciples, with confidence in profitable returns.
In the other—as we fling bread to the whin-
ing dog—out of charity or "to get rid of
'em." It's a matter Of business end profit
vs. sentiment and peace. The cost is about
the Same, and wehught to have our choice.
But loss from feeding worthless curs is no
argniment against profitable horse breeding.
Neither should failure from advertieing in
worthless papers be construed into an argu-
ment against the value of printers' ink.
—Brooklyn has one saloon to/
every 225
persons..
'---7The Empress of Austria is 54. •
—Tennyson is a novel -reading fiend.
—The late Sir William White spo
twenty-eight languages. .
—There are 3,064 languages in the world
and more, than 1,000 religions.
—In Frances deaths outnumber births.
GIBSON'S BILL.
Society Men Want Changes Made in the
Fri enully Societies 8111.
A deputation 'of representatives of benevo-
lent and friendly societies consisting of
Messrs. Joseph Tait, M. P.E. F. Clarke,
M. P. P., A. F. Campbell, M. P. P., Pr.
Oronhyatekha, John A. McGillivray, A. J.
Patterson, W. F. Montague,J. Al iller, J. B.
Leubsdorf, Dr. 'Itlilinan, D. Rose, J. A.
McMurtry, D. F. McWa tt, W. W. Buchanan,
Dr. B. E. McKenzie and others waited upon
Mr. Gibson at Toronto yesterday afternoon,
with reference to the bill respecting in-
surance companies. Among the changes
they wanted in the bill war that a substan-
tial deposit should be required in case -
when a'special audit beceeise of fraud Is de,
mended. They strongly itobjected to the
section requiring the' terms and corsditions
of an insut•ance contfact to be set out on the
face or back of the instrument/forming the
contract, stating that inch 'conditions
were , embodied in ,.the constitutions
of the vedette societies and were
generally too long to he so printed.
Mr. Gibson,• however, steel; to the princi-
ple that the essence Of the condition at least
must be so printed. The deputation wae
relieved to learn that the eections requiring
all insurance agents to bo registered did not
apply to friendly -societies: Stroug objec-
tion was raised to the section which provides
that no forfeiture of beneti t shall be incurred
by reason of default in poking any contribt-
thin or assessment, except annual, semi-
annual or quarterly dues, which are payable
at fixed dates, until after written not* has
been delivered to the member in fault. ' One
membeieof the deputation remarked that
this bection would break up all friendly
societies within five years. Another claimed
that if theeclauSe went in bd. forcespeculators
would buy up lapsed claims and involve the
societies in no end of litigation. jThe depu-
tation also discussed a number of other sec-
tions and agreed to put their views in
writing for consideration by the Govern-
ment.
A Bright Boy.
It was on a trolley and the boy wanted to
turn rouild and Idok ont of the window.
"Johnny," said his mother, "if you don't
sit still, I shall punish you."
"You'd better not,' ansenered Johnny,
"'cause if you do I'll tell the conductor you
ought to have paid full fare for me."
The landed surface of the northern
hemisphere is about 44,000,000, -square miles,
as against 16,000,000 square miles embraced
by tife southern heniisphere.
Young Mr. Bunn—May 1 eall upon you,
Miss Munn.? Miss: Munn—Oh, yen,. Mr.
Minn. 1 suppose we really ought to mcetify
ourselves somewhat during Lent.
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Tbe IIlJnge Druggist.
After Longfellow (a long way after.)
Within his -cern& Stoterdom-bright
The village druggist stands,
With threadbare coat, reeeated pants,
And thin and bony hands;
Ana the bottles ox the shelves arrayed.
Are girt wi_th golden bands.
With hungry eyes and famished look
He gazeth toward the door.
Lon bag for a liberal custom --r
Who will increase the store
Of nickels in his money drawer,
At least one nickel more.
His hair is thin and gray and short,
His face is pinched and wan;
Thought sits enthroned upon hist brow,
• He sells whate'er he ()'.n; (at cut. rate)
And stares the whole world in the face,
For he is a hard up man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can see him standing there;
You can hear him sigh his heavy sighs,
The measure of de -pair;
Lack -lustre eye ,nd shrunken form
All tell of want and care.
The children coming home from school'
Drop in at the open doof ;
They love to, beg for almanacs
And picture cards galore.
They make life for .that pill peeaaer
One long continual bore.
On Sunday he neer goes to church,
His store he must attend;
He never hears a sennon, or
hinks of his latter end—
From store to meals, from meals to store,
His footstepa always tend. 4 --
Toiling, sorrowing, .offering (from cut rates),
Onward through lifo he goes:
Each morning sees the same old grind,
Eaeh eve increasing woes,
Till finally he tumbh•s oft' his perch,
And finds at last repose.
Good-bye, God Bless You.
Eugene Field.)
I like the Anglo-Saxon speech
With its direct revealings,
It takes a hold, and seems to reach
Far down into your feelings;
That some folks deem it rude I know,
And therefore they abuse it;
But I have never found it so,
Before all else I choose it.
I don't ebjeet fat men should air
The Gallic they have paid for,
With "Au revoir," " Adieu, ma chere,"
For that's what French was made for;
But when a crony takes your hand
At parting to addre s you,
He drops all foreign lingo, and
He says: "Good-bye, God bless you!"
This seems to be a sacred phraFe
With reverence, impassioned;
A.-thiug cinne down from righteous dayS.
Quaintly, but nobly fashioned,
It well becomeS an honest face,
A voice that's round and cheerful;
It stays the sturdy in his place,
And soothes the weak and fearful;
Into the portals of the ears
It steals with subtle unction,
And in your -heart of hearts appears
To Work its greatest function; '
And all day long with pleasing song
It lingers to caress you;
I'm sure no human heart goes wrong
That's told "Good-bYe, God bless you!'
In Lent.
My Angelice erstwhile in lace and pearls,
Danced, smiled and flirted all the whole night
through,
The maddest minx and merriest of girls;
With wieked flashes in her eyes of blue;
But now she's east aside her gowns or gauze.
Retires each night When early church bells
.chime;•
Reads history, and thinks, and sews, because '
It is the proper thing in Lenten time. ,
She goes each morning early to the church
With eyes demure under her dotted veil,
In frock subdued, ike a brown bird a-percb,
Prime, pretty, quiet and a trifle pale;
She reads the service from a little book,
Whispers a silent prayer—ah, not in vain !
With such a tender, sweet, religious look,
Beneath dim sunbeams through the chancel
pane.
Lovelier she looks than when 'neath candle
We strolled together from he music's blare,
When, as we waltzed, I whispered to her low
And felt the fragrance from her nut brown
hair.
That saintly droop becomes her pretty eyes,
She looks quite well in sparrow brown
arrayed,
For though it's all a dainty sacrifice
Be sure her sackcloth gown is tailor made.
Ah, Angelice ! send up one little prayer
For one who stands without theiron gate
Watching each dav to see you passing there,
As erring ones on pitying angels wait.
Pray hat your heart may know—as your eyes
see—
The one who's loved you through the winter's
rime.
Give but yourself, sweet little saint, to me=
'Twould be a gracious act in Lenten time.
—Kate Masterson.
Crazy Business Wien.
An eminent expert on insanity told,
while giving evidence in the Field case in
New York, of a patient -of his who had made
something likea million dollars during a
period of his life when he was . undoubtedly
ini3ane. The doator even wenefurther, and
told the. jury that he hadknown a great
many lunatics who were still in active busi-
ness 'and who had been marvellously eue-
cessful financially. This opensup a wide
ranee of thought. Perhaps half the poli-
tician, Ministers ef certain sensational
characteristics, and social reformers of pro-
nounced views are all as mad and restless
as the March winds.
1 The Law's Delay.
Lawyer ---:.Hurrah ! Let me congretulate
you. You arc the luckiest of -mortals.
Thanks to my skill, I have obtained a judg-
ment in your favor in the Supreme Court.
Client—After nine long years. " But, my
dear fellow, better late than never." " How
Much do I get ?" asked the client anxiously,
" The court decrees that You shall receive
$2,000. The costs and my fee will amount
to only $3,000, so that all you will have ' to
pay me is $1,000." " Merciful heavens !
and I must lose my money, besides ?". . " Of
course you lose your money, but console
yourself—you have gained your case. You.
can't expect to gain everything."
4 ?dial' Glels Propose o
"A speculative bachelor" has written a
book to answer the question, "Shall Girls
Propose?" He takes the affirmative, and
declares there is no sense in a custom
which permits a stupid man to propose
marriage to a clover woman and debars
his brilliant sister from expressing her
preference. That women have proposed
is asserted, and Queen Victoria., Mme, De
Lesseps, Pat ti .13aroness Bu rde tt• Con tt s and
Mrs.. Hopkins:Searles are cited as illustra-
tipns. —Indionapblig Journal.
We send no missionaries to the wealthy,
although the conversion of money to some-
thing else is the easiest thing in the world.
.lay Gould's minister says he doesn't
know how Jay gets his money, and he
doesn't care about Pueationing him about
t he fractional $10,000 of it. he line given to
the church.
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