The Exeter Advocate, 1890-12-11, Page 7ti
ABERDEEN ON C4NAD1.
'e Lordship Says s thi3 Oan ks are
p � UC
Sober and Loyal.
He Talks About the Crofters, Prohibition
Imperial Federation and Other Things.
A reporter of the London Canadian
Gazette interviewed the Earl of Aberdeen•
'on his arrival in England, and the follow-
ing oonvereation took plaoe :
I see you visited the oroftere at Kil-
larney, among others ?"
" Yee ; but I ought perhaps to Ise that
in the interview gbetweenpMr. M0oLe
od
and myself, which I see in the last Canadian
Gazette, Mr. McLeod seems to have said a
little more of himself than he said to me.
I have no doubt it is perfectly correct, and
when I asked him se to the dark side of the
Crofter settlement, he did say there was
none. But that was not always Mr. Mo.
Leod'e opinion. I spoke to a great number
of the crofters, visiting them individually,
and it would not, of course, be reasonable
to suppose that they all spake in the same
,couleur-de-rose manner as did Mr. McLeod.
It was natural and inevitable that, at first,
amid new and strange surroundings, there
should have been difficulties to overcome.
For instance, they arrived in the North-
west at a time of the year—the month of
July—which did not facilitate their imme-
diate prospects. Then they had one bad
orop. But it is very gratifying to find that
despite these initial difficulties and dis-•
couragements, the prevailing sentiment
among the orof tars is one of hopefulness
and, what is very important for the erten.
sion of the system of aided colonization,
they understand now, as they did not seem
to do at first, that this colonization soheme
, mnet be carried out on common-sense basi-
1, nese principles."
F PROHIBITION AND HIGH. LICENSE.
" Yon, no doubt, saw something of the
working of the so•:ailed prohibition in the
Northwest ?"
" Well, of coarse I kept ears and eyes
open for everything, but I mast confess I
feel some diffidence in speaking publicly
on suoh a topic. I went to Canada merely
se a vieitdr and I have no wish to appear
to obtrude my viewe upon the Canadian
people. Still, if you really desire my
opinion, I would say that in the prohibi-
tion dietriote complaints are made, and
evidently not without oanee, that the per-
mit system does not work satisfactorily.
It is obviously reasonable that there ehonld
be permits, but where is the line to be
drawn? One man' may get a permit for a
case of wine, nail the permit outside and
keep on refilling the case. As it is, there
are no doubt many evasions of the law,
though in the Northwest, as in On-
tario, I was delighted to note the
sobriety of the people, even when brought
together in such massea as at the great
Toronto show -a remarkableillustration,
by the way, of Canada's fertility and agri-
cultural progress. There was, despite the
crowds, the moat perfect order and good
behavior ; and it ehonld be borne in mind
that no intoxicating liquors were allowed to
be sold on the grounds, so that the adop.
tion of that system on this occasion may be
regarded as a complete emcees, and it is
very interesting that the committee ehonld
have felt able to introduce and parry out
this rale. I found the same thing at the
Central Fair, Ottawa, another indication of
healthy public opinion on the question of
temperance.
How would I deal with the temperance
question in Canada? Well, I hardly like
to presume to give an opinion, but so far
as I oan judge the high license system is
the .one I would advocate, and I would
apply it to the whole of the Dominion. I
have reason for believing that some
of those who used to advocate
stringent measures of prohibition are now
coming round to the high license system.
By it you make those who hold licenses
interested in oheoking evasions of the law.
As it is, I am sure the police have great
difficulties in carrying out the law, and I
hope the Canadian people will not leave the
question until they have put it ones setis-
factory footing. They have already set a
noble example in their efforts to deal with
this and other questions of social legiele-
etion."
I8 THE EEQUIMALT DRY DOCK USELESS?
"'Of course after we had visited the
Northwest we went through to the Pacific
•Coast, and were much pleased with what
we saw. I notice that something is acid in
the papers about the Esgnimalt dry dock
being useless and must be replaced by a
larger dock. That is, I would suggest, an
overstatement. When I was there H. M. S.
Amphion had recently, unless I am mis-
taken, been in the dry dock for two months
reoeiving necessary repairs. There is, no
doubt, with the new Canadian Paoifio mail
service and other developments on the
(pacific Coast, plenty of scope for a new
dock, and I have reason to believe that in
a very short time you will hear that the
requirements for the extension of accom-
modation in this direction will be ade-
quately met."
THE REALTY or Or CANADIAN LOYALTY.
"
You have praised the sobriety of the
-Canadian people, what has your lordship
to say about their loyalty ?"
" That was to me most striking and
,gratifying. Take for instance the schools
we visited in Ontario. I never heard
.children sing ' God Save the Queen' with
more heartiness and precision. At Winni-
peg I had the honor . of being invited to
•a luncheon, and I shall never forget the
way the company—men of all parties and
•creeds—rose and sang the National
.Anthem. There was a swing and et reality
about the proceedings which would have
gone to the heart of every loyal Briton as
it did to mine. Even, as regards the Com-
mercial Union movement—which is some-
times pointed to as a movement hostile
to the British connection, those who advo-
Coate it do not in their public utterances,W
so far as I can judge, express any desire
to alter the present relations of Canada to
the Mother Country. Of coarse, the
,obvious query is, ' Can yon stop with Com -
menial Union, and not go on to Political
Union ?'
IS IMPERIAL FEDERATION FEASIBLE
" Did it strike yon that this feeling of
loyalty was likely to take practical shape
in any measure of Imperial unity ?"
" Well, 1 met a good many Imperial
Federation friends, and I am myself a
member of the Leaga° and a hearty sup.
le
porter of the principle of Imperial penal unity ;
and this feeling of loyalty and attachment
'to Britain seems to mo to be a guarantee
-that if a feasible scheme could be devised
'the Canadians would endorse it. At the
same time it meet not be ignored that
there is a considerable amount of misgiv.
ing in many quarters in Canada, including
the most attached to this country, es to
the preotibility of Imperial Federation.
.One method of Federation, wbioh worldold
prove aooeptable in many
quarters of
Canada, wonld be a doable -column tariff
within the Empire—enoh Imperial country
discriminating to some extent in favor
of all Other Imperial countries as
ageing the ,foreigners. But in
nth° present °tato of publio opinion in Reg -
land, this oan hardly be looked upon as
feasible, and this fact induces a good many
Canadiane to hold aloof from the Imperial
Federation movement. They consider that
to forward it on that basis would be teals.
leading, and I think it must be admitted
that at present there is force in that. With
regard to the Province of Quebeo, so far as
I could gather, the feeling of loyalty is
nowhere expressed more strongly, though
there seems little disposition towards
Imperial Federation among the French
Canadians. Partly, no doubt, that may be
because they do not rally understand the
movement, and the word " Imperial " is
perhaps unfortunate. Some Canadians
seem inclined to regard it in the sense of
Ceesariem and centralization, and I tried
to point out how entirely different its real
character and object is from that.
" With regard to the ' race difficulty,'
whioh has certainly been the cause of
anxiety, I may say that what I caw and
heard makes me very hopeful that the
growing sense of Canadian nationality will
tend gradually to overcome it.
THE LV1{INLEY SCARE,
Of coarse, when I was in Canada, the
McKinley Bill was the universal topio ; but
the perturbation et first Created, especially
in Ontario and Qnebeo, seems happily to be
diminishing, and no doubt the result of the
Congressional °leotione in the United
States will not hinder this tendency of
Canadian opinion. Twenty years ago,
when the Reciprooity Treaty was rescinded,
the Canadian people were told that their
whole trade would be destroyed, brit Can-
ada, with her unlimited resources and
native energy, proved equal to the emer-
gency, and no doubt she will do so again.
Of course, whatever their tariff differences
may be, Canada and the United States
must remain neighbors, and have intimate
social and commeroial relations the one
with the other. Every consideration,
therefore, points to the desirability, in the
interests of both, that they should keep
good friends."
The Turh
The sadden death ot August Belmont,
the wealthy banker, social leader, politician
and turfman, which was recorded yester-
day, brings to mind many notable events
of the past season and, in fact, for the last
quarter of a century. The New York
Herald in referring to hie turf reoord says :
Mr. Belmont's oonneotion with racing
began with the opening of Jerome rerk in
1866, and hie color° were first seen on Maid
of Honor, who ran second to Ruthless in
the Nursery Stakes of that year. During
the three succeeding years the " maroon
and scarlet " was carried by Finesse,
Attraction, Telegram, Fenian, Glenelg and
Nellie James. In 1869 Fineese won the
Champagne Stakes, Fenian the Belmont
Stakes and Glenelg the Jerome Stakes.
In 1881 Mr. Belmont retired from the
turf, and in 1887 from the presidency of the
American Jockey Club, which he had held
for over twenty years. The same year he
surprised the turf world by buying George
Oyster for $10,000 and Raoeland for $17,.
000. With these horses and a large num-
ber of hie own breeding, he again took a
prominent plane on the turf, and from that
time on held his own against the greatest
racing statlee. His fine estate at Babylon,
known as " The Nursery," and his exam
-
sive breeding farm in Kentucky turned out
many high -Class youngsters. Mr. Bel-
mont's chief pride on the turf was to breed
his own horses, and he has often been
beard to say, " I would rather win a purse
race with a colt of my own breeding than a
stake worth thoneande with a horse I par -
chased."
RECENT WINNINGS.
In 1888 Raoeland's victories included the
Emporium, the Melrose and the Grand
National handicaps and the Spindrift,
Stockton, Barnegat, Raritan and Jerome
stakes. Prince Royal's best race was the
Coney Island Derby, while George Oyster
took the Choice Stakes and Lady Margaret
the Independence and Atlantic Stakes.
In 1889 Mr. Belmont started twenty.
three horses and won over$128,000. Race•
land was the largest winner. Other stake
winners from the stable that year were St.
James, Fides, St. Carlo, Pedishab,Belinda,
Forest King, She, Lady Margaret and
Magnate.
The maroon and scarlet was remarkably
encased nl daring the past season. Fides
scored the Toboggan Slide -Handicap at
Morris Park, and Brines Royal won the
Rancho Del Paso Handicap. Fritz, Lord
Dalmeny and Flavin were also winners at
this meeting. At the Sheepshead Bay
spring meeting Her Highness won the
Mermaid Stakes, Prince Royal won the
Coney Island Stakes, and La Tosca the
June Stakes. At Monmouth Her High.
noes landed the Oaks, Prince Royal the
Shrewsbury, Midsummer and Harvest
Handicaps, Potomac the Red Bank Stakes
and La Tosoa the Select Stakes. Beauty
and Clarendon also earned brackets at the
traok by the sea.
Bat it was at Sheepshead Bay in the fall
that Mr. Belmont soored his greatest vio-
tory. The Futurity,the richest stake of
the American turf, worth $74,000, was won
in•a canter by his favorite colt Potomac,
son of the Derby winner, St. Bleise, which
he had imported. La Tosoa secured the
Belle's Stakes before the meeting closed.
At the Brooklyn fall meeting Raoeland
was in winning form and he showed his
heels to good horses in the Woodlawn
Handicap. Again at Morrie Park the
gelding beat Firenzi and others in the Man-
hattan Handicap, and La Toeoa romped
home in the Fashion Stakes. Tho year's
winnings aggregated $169,615.
Hard on Doles.
St. Catharines Journal : fur. D. Spence is
laid up with a fierce attack of erysipelas in
the face, and his nose is swelled like a red
sausage.. That's what men get who go out
of town to see a man hung.
Women and Wino.
" Wine endLriden are alike. They both
intoxicate 08."
"Yee, but they are very different in
another respect. Wine is always reported
to be older than it is, and women to be
younger than they are."
In 1820 Italy was a land of beggars. The
people were so poor that in a city of 20,000
inhabitants a traveller was unable to par.
phase a pair of gloves, or in one of 11,000 a
Cake' of soap.
A little d year-old, while viewing the
cemetery with his mother, noticed two
grave°tones which Were moss cover
ed and
in a rather dilapidated condition, and said,
" Mamma, I dere there must be tramps
buried there."
The queen of Italy is exhibiting a ten.
dency toward stoutness, a state of things
that is most unwelcome to her. To ward
off this increasing corpulence she spent the
greater part of last summer in long and
exhaustive mo-nntain tramps, which
reduced her weight but used up the royal
ladies who attended her.
A little girl had jail* been road the story
g the whale from the Bibl
of Jonah and r ,
and on its completion she remarked," Oh 1
do read that to Georgie (her brother) ; he
likes that kind of story so, much, and 1
dare Cay he'll believe it."
CHRISTMAS 18 COMING.
Therefore sight the Lamp and Let the
Needle Fly.
GIFTS TO BE MADE AT HOME.
Poor Gifts Wax Rich when Givers Prove
Kind—How One With slim Purse May
levidenoe Flue Heart.
In the matter of horne-made " Christ-
mas gifts," good mother, don't despair 1
The ingenious woman will have no diffi-
culty in fashioning any number of little
things which, it suited to the needs or
taste, will be sure tp be welcome. As the.
fair ladies of Hamilton are interested in
such things at the present time, the follow-
ing hints may be useful :
A friend of the writer has jest made a
handy -bag," to be saspendt'd by rings to
the inside of the closet door. The material
was blue denim ; the edges were bound
with cardinal worsted braid. The
dimensions of the flat part or foundation of
the bag were about four feet by two
and a half. Upon this were mounted
pookets of various sizes. The lower one
was wide and deep, and was labeled " pat-
terns "
at -terns" in outline stitch with red cotton.
Others were for anises, rubbers, slippers,
papers, string, linen, cotton and sundries.
The top was out in deep pointe, to eaoh of
which was sewn a brass ring to hang it by.
It was, in fact, an enlarged shoe• bag, which
every woman knows how to make. The
oost was trifling, but it is sate to say that
the recipient of this useful bag will bless
the giver every day throughout the coming
year.
The changes have been rung indefinitely
on all manner of bags, big and little, orna-
mental and °tardily useful, until every one
bas unlimited suggestions on this point.
Why repeat them?
THE BOSELEAF miaow.
Very mnoh the same thing may be said
of cushions, although there are fashions
in the latter. One of the latest of •these
is the roseleaf pillow (fined with dried
rose leaves.) A Charming Dover for one
of these refined cushions is made of
creamy India silk, upon which is
mounted a piece of bolting cloth painted
with a design of roses. The mounting is
done with fanny atitohee in pink silk. A
handsome bow of ribbon at one corner is
a pretty addition. A little pot ponrri
mixture scattered through the rose leaves is
en improvement.
THE 5LIIMBEB BALL CUSHION.
Another new cushion is the slumber
ball, which is made of ribbons sewn to
gether, or of silk or velvet, or in fact any
sort of soft materiel. The size ie eleven
inches long end twenty-seven inches
wide. Gather the ends of the ribbons or
what not closely together, and stuff with
any of the materials used for the purpose
—down is the best ; next is feathers of
good quality. Finisthe endo with pom•
pone or bows.
" BEDROOM SLIPPERS."
A pair of bedroom or invalid slippers
with looped linings could hardly fail to
be acceptable unless one is already sup-
plied. The directions for orooheting
these are oopied from Demorest's Magazine :
The material required is wool in two
colors and felt soles. The slipper is
worked from the toe in ribbed rows, back
and forth, in single oroohet, taking ea'oh
stitch up from the beck of the one in the
preceding, crocheting in the looped lining
at the same time, which, in this instance,
was worked of dark blue and light bine
wool. Begin with the darkest wool and
work nineteen chain, and crochet four
rows (wbioh will make two ribs), working
three stitches in the centre each time
going back, which will make two in-
crease in each rib. This increase of
atitohee is repeated iu every return
row that is worked with the dark bine
wool, while the forward rows are
worked with the light wool, and in
this the looped lining is worked.
Crochet, however, the first two and the
last two stitohes of these rows in the dark
wool, so as to have a dark band next to
the sole. For the loops at the back after
every stitbh pass the wool over and around
an ivory knitting -needle. With eighteen
dark bine ribs, or thirty-six rows (the last
row should number fifty-six stitohee), the
top or middle of the slipper is reaohed, and
the narrowing side -pieces begin. The first
row for each side -piece, nainbering sixteen
rows, or eight ribs, oountseighteen stitches;
the last, four, which leaves fourteen stitches
on the inner edge. The edge of the slipper
is finished with shells of four double-
oroohet each of the dark wool with a single
short crochet between each. For the looped
lining of the sole crochet a piece of the
shape in the light wool, only taking rip the
stitches in front so as not to make it ribbed.
When the sole is lined sew the slipper to it,
and oroohet a shell border around the sides
and heel, and finish with a pompon.
A CONVENIENT WRITING•BOARD.
The same journal gives also suggestions
for a convenient writing -board, which oan
be made at a very trifling outlay of money
and work. It ie a plain wooden board, 23
by 18 inches, and can be made narrower if
preferred. It is covered with dark blue
cloth, though any color or materiel may be
need, and the various pockets are of the
same fastened down with fancy brass•
headed nails. In the centre is the blotting
pad, held in place by triangular pieces of
leather or cloth. A straight band of cloth,
divided by rows of the brass nails, holds
the paper -knife, penholder, pencil and pen•
cil•eharpener. Next to go inkstand (which
is a leather -covered travelling inkstand
glued on or held in place by a strap of
leather or cloth), is a calendar and on the
opposite side a penwipor and a note -block.
The tablet may also be fitted with cloth
flaps at eaoh end to fetd over and entirely.
cover the top when not in use, or to cover
any work which may be left upon it.
HOW TO MARE AN ODD SMASHER.
Good Housekeeping has also direotione for
a number of inexpensive, useful and pretty
articles. Among them is an odd eplaeher.
To make this take three palm -leaf fans,
and in oils tint them according to the color-
ing of the bedroom. It bine, for one side
almost pore Prussian bine, dark, rich and
deep ; the next paint a soft bright blae,for
which mix white, emerald green, Antwerp
blue and a tiny touch of cadmium. Make
1 usingt
the a pale blue, the h thirdsame colors
only morewhite. Tie the three fano
together in the shape of a large clover leaf
with a big bow of bine ribbon.
A r'ATRY DAMP.
Another novel ase p for the palm -leaf fan
is to make it serve as the foundation for a
haapd fairy lamp Oover a palm -leaf fan
with yedow china silk gathered loosely
toward the handle, wind yellow ribbon
round the 'handle i letting � it
end in long
loops. With strong wire attach a yellow
fairy lamp in the centre of the fan, add a
strong loop behind to hang it by, and one
has a very dainty ,ornament for a bedroom
walla
A. ton of gold is Worth $602,799.20.
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IBIMH. LAND BILL..
$r. Balroor Introdneee the Measure in
Parliament --ler. Parnell Votes With the
Government.
A London Cable says : Initthe House of
Commons yesterday Mr. Balfour intro.
dnced the Irish Land Bill. He said the
Governnlent'a policy was the same as In
1889, hat for eimplioity the bill had been
call n two, Both portions, however, were
practically the dame as in the bill of 1889,
One variation of the present bill from that
of last year was that it (net in some degree
Mr. Perneil's views. Mr. Parnell had sag.
gested that privilege of purchase be eon-
fined to tenants whose holdings were ander
£50 valuation. Though he (Balfour) could
not accept exactly that limitation, he had
altered the scope of the bill by(excluding all
purely grazing farms, and forme whose
tenants did not reside on them. Amongst
other changes embodied in the new bill one
had reference'to the objection taken at the
last session to a limit ot twenty years' pur-
chase then proposed. That limit did not
appear in the new bill. (Cries of " Hear,
bear 1") Further power would be given the
Viceroy to extend the period of five years,
during which 8 per cent. of the purchase
money was payable. In regard to inoreas-
ing the powers of looal authoritiee,Mr. Bal-
four said he considered that the original
proposals in the bill were the best that
could be devised. Land parohaee in Ire-
land was not a local question at all. The
government was acing the British credit
to carry out thle vital reform not primarily
for this country or that, bat for the benefit
of the empire as a whole. (Conservative
cheers) Another consideration was the
fact that the land question in Ireland was
largely used for political objeots. It would
be absurd, therefore, to leavethe communi-
ties under the incitement of agitators to
determine whether they should adopt a
remedy going to the root of agrarian die.
content. (Parnellite laughter.) If they
were given a local Control in any form it
ought to be by a plebiscite of ratepayers,
enabling them ander the safeguard of the
ballot to vote upon the question of grant-
ing a contingent portion of the guarantee
fund for each county.
Mr. Laboachere moved an amendment
against pledging the imperial credit
for the purchase of land until the
country should have given its consent at a
general election.
The amendment was rejected 268 to 117.
Mr. Gladstone, Sir William Vernon Har-
court and Mr. Morley walked out before the
vote was taken- Mr. Parnell and ail the
Parnellite members voted with the Govern-
ment. The Bill was then given its first
reading amid the cheers of the Government
euoportere.
When the Parnellites were flocking into
the division lobby to vote on the amendment
there was a sudden unusual movement
seemingly instigated by Mr. Healy, who
with Mr. Sexton and a large contingent
turned baok and abstained from voting,
while Parnell, Mr. Power and about 80
others supported the Government.
MADE NO CONFESSION.
Leotham, Who Heard Birchall'sTalk With
Rev. Mr. Wade, Says so.
A Montreal despatch says : Mr. Arthur
Leethem, Biroball's old college chum, re-
turned home from Woodetook to -day.
Being asked regarding Birohall'° alleged
confession, Mr. Leotham said : " I do not
think that Birchen ever made any con-
fcesio'n to Mr. Wade. He may, indeed,
have recounted what he knew of the crime
to Mr. Wade a little more accurately or ex-
tensively than he did in his autobiography,
but that he made a confession that he was
the actual perpetrator of the deed I do not
for a moment believe, nor do the prison
officials nor the wife and sister-in-law of
Birchen believe that he made a confession.
For my part, I thoroughly believe that
Birohall did not do the aotaal killing him-
self, and tbie, I may say, is the view of the
jail officials and many of the people of
Woodstock. If Birohall had made any
confession to Rev. Mr. Wade, the prison
authorities would know of it, as they were
always within hearing of what was said
between Birohall and Rev. Mr. Wade. On
the Friday before the execution I heard the
conversation between Rev. Mr. Wade and
Birohall, and Birohall made no oonfeseion
at that time. The remark made by Mr.
Wade to a reporter that he might be called
upon to make Birohall's statements public,
I do not take to mean that he has any
confession from Birohall. I think that Mr.
Wade meant that in case any one else was
accused of being implicated in the prime,
his evidence would be of value."
THE CORONER WAS IN A HURRY.
He Delays a Court to Get an Inquest and
Incurs the Judge's Wrath.
A Halifax despatch says : It is now
definitely known that the list of killed in
yesterday's aooident will number eight,
and little hopes are entertained for the
young man Adam Armstrong, of Carleton,
who was so terribly scalded. Three man
died to-day—Hayes, Lynch and Galt.
Coroner Robinson is now holding an in-
quest. A number of those oonneoted with
the mill say that when the water was very
low in the boiler the pumps were turned
on, and the cold water coming in contact
with the red-hot iron caused the boilers to
buret.
Coroner Robinson, who is coroner in the
locality where the accident occurred, was
serving on a Cirouit Court jury, and hie
absence from court caused the delay of a
ease. The judge became highly indignant
and adjourned court. This afternoon
Robinson put in an appearance and the
judge delivered his charge. After the ver-
dict had been given the judge arose and
demanded an explanation. Robinson
offered an apology, bnt the judge refused to
accept it. He said : " I will venture tosay
that you went to prevent any other coroner
holding the inquest. Your action is a eom-'
plete contempt of court and an outrage of
the worst kind." Robinson was then dis-
missed from the panel and fined the full
penalty.
The Government Mnet Pay.
A St. John's, N. B., despatch says : The
Daae of Robert B. H:umprey vs. The Qaeen
was finished in the Exchequer Court to.
day. The plaintiff claimed $5,000 damages
from the Dominion Government for can.
ceiling a contract for °teenier services
between:; St. John, Digby and Annapolis,
after he lied gone to great expense in near-
ing and refitting a vessel for the servioe
.
Judge Burbidge
decided that the Govern.
ment had made a breach of contraot, and
left it to A. C. Fairweather to assess
damages.
The police census makes thelpopulation
of Beltimord 455,427. The United States
census aggregate was 434,151.
There should be kept always in the our.
sery
one or two syringes—and the shouldnld
be in order. Many a child has been lost
who might have been saved had this pro-.
vision been made, Boston Herald.
--She-Will yon believe me if I say that
I am only 29 years old ? He --Why not ?
Young ladies Gro seldom more than 30 years
old.
ORAL SKINS.
Prof, Elliott wants the U. S. Congress
to enforee a suspension of seal hunting for
seven years, because the labors of the past
few years have so reduced the number of
settle that hardly enough are left far breed.
ing purposes, Seals have undoubtedly be-
come scarce, and the aggregate catch hes
been reduced to ,fess then a fifth of its,
former proportions, thus oaasing a rise in
price of the furs: But it seems hardly pose
eible that seals should become absolutely
extinct—that the last seal in the ocean
ehould be killed, as the last wild boar and
the last wolf in England were killed many
years ago, or even that the number should
be so summarily reduced as that of the
buffalo has been in North America within
the last ten years. The land is occupied by
men and cattle, and there ie no chance for
boars, wolves or buffaloes to breed and live.
But the ooean is not so oaonpied.. As
soon as settle -become so scarce that
it does not pay to fit out ships
to hunt them, their number must
remain stationary or inorease. Meanwhile
the fashions will change, and sealskin
saogaes will become as uncommon aa bat-
falo robes and coats are now. There is
another point to be kept in mind. Seals
live on fish. The destruction of the seala
implies the multiplication of fishes, which
are of mnoh greater value to man than the
seals are. Prof. Elliott's soheme of cheap-
ening sealskins by letting the seals multi-
ply unmolested for seven years would be a
costly one if it resulted in a great
tion of the fish supply. Again, there are
men so stingy that they would be glad to
hear that the last seal was dead ; we mean
men with large families of daughters, In
all its phases, the seal question ought to
furnish material for a lively debate in the
United States Congress, and when that
august body shall have reaohed a decision
the rest of the world will have to be con-
sulted.
The Gilded Youth of Paris.
The gilded youths of Paris are going in
or circus amusements. Baron de Kunth,
a member of the oldest Danish nobility,
nephew of the Minister at Vienna, has be-
come director of a horse circuit. The
Baron is certainly not in want of money,
as he is extremely riob, but does it only of
sheer love for that kind of pleasure. At
present tbis interesting person has planted
his tent at Copenhagen, and every evening
he himself presents bis horses to the pub-
lic. Monsieur Moller is turning the splendid
house which he had expressly built for
himself in Paris into a drone, the company
of which will be formed from the fine
flexr of the gilded youths of Parisian
moiety.
To Tax Teetotallers.:
Montreal Gazette : " The National and
Provincial Alliance for Promoting the Tax.
ation of Teetotallers " has been formed in
England. Their claim is that people who
drink provide more than one-third of the
entire revenue of the country, that they are
as intelligent, loyal, law-abiding and useful'
to the State as teetotallers are. It might.
be said for the new association, also, that
the people it represents are subject to much
abuse by the teetotallers, and that the
indulgence in this is a luxury that should
stand taxation as well as the imbibitions of
the new organization. The result of the
movement will be watched with amuse-
ment if not with awe.
Unfair Comparison.
New York Weekly : Caller—What do you
think of the Berlin idea of uniforming
reporters ?
American editor—Pat reporters in uni-
form? Nonsense 1 Uniformed reporters
would be of no more use in deteoting crime
than so many policemen.
She will Think of Him.
Rochester Herald : She—That was such
a funny story yon told me yesterday abort
a donkey, Mr. Griggs !
He—Do you think so 1
She—Yes, indeed ! After this, whenever
I see a donkey it will remind me of you!
The Champion Glutton.
tVilliam Crenshaw, of Kansas City, has
failed in his teak of eating three quails f per
Gey for 30 days. Hie 86th bird floored
him yesterday.
—One of the curiosities among the typo-
graphical fraternity is this oity is a one-
armed typesetter. He fastens bis compos-
ing stick in an iron clamp on hie frame, and
picks up and puts in letters, spaces and
leads with his right hand in a rather rapid
manner.—New York Sun.
THE,TONsDE.
" The boneless tongue, so small and weak,
Can crush and kill," declared the Greek.
" The tongue destroys a greater horde,"
The Turk asserts, "than does the sword."
The Persian proverb wisely saith:
"A lengthy tongue an early death."
Or sometimes takes this form instead:
"Don't let your tongue cut off your head."
" The tongue can speak a word whose speed,"
Says the Chinese, "outstrips the steed."
While Arab sages this impart :
" The tongue's great storehouse is the heart."
From Hebrew wit the maxim sprung:
" Though feet should slip, ne'er let the tongue.
The sacred writer crowns the whole:
" Who keeps his tongue doth keep his soul."
—Cape Coati -tem.
Bessie Bonebill continues to assist Tony
Pastor in turning people away nightly in
New York. The English artiate's popularity
seems rather to have been increased than
diminished by her short " provincial'
tour.
Ice is rapidly forming on the Erie canal,
and unless the weather moderates a large
number of boats will be looked in for the
winter.
The "Annond" and " Rose" gold mines
at Montague, N. 8., are yielding very rich
ore at present. Mr. Annond Cross of the
Halifax Chronicle, who is the owner of the
Annond mine, showed a Globe representa-
tive some very valuable specimens this
week. A scraggy lump held in the palm of
the hand was worth $600. Mr. A. Mc-
Qearrie,' the manager at the mines, pro-
duced a small brink worth $500.
The extensive silk mills of Bamford
Bros, and the residences of Joseph and
Walter Bamford at Paterson, N. J., were
burned on Saturday. Loss, $400,000.
DON'$ 5A90 'ROE ViJl.EPHOlNE 0Ik6L.
A Reporter I cares a I.eseon from alio
0 Heine" Queen.
The horse reporter pot ou his hat this
morning and etarted apt fpr something,
says the Washington Star.
" Where are you going?" inquired the
eity editor.
" To kill that telephone girl " wast
blood-thiret reply.g ' he
"What's the tter ?"
The horse e
reporter gauped for breath.
p g p o res h..
"A taw minutes ago," he answered
hoarsely, "I rang her uand asked for the
observatory, and she said that wire was
engaged ; then I asked for the
rape: track.,
and she said that wire was engaged ; then I
asked for the arsenal, and she said that
wire was engaged; then I asked for the
White House, and she said that wire waist
engaged."
"Well ? " inquired the oft editor a the
horse reporter oto ed as if the ccasion
were too much for him.
"Oh, I beg your pardon. Then I beoame
very, very sarcastic," resumed the horse
reporter, "and I said to her in my moat
cutting manner, ' will you be kind enough,
please, to give me any wire that you have
in stook, which is not entirely pre000upied
in the discharge of its duties ? Anything,
will do, so long as it is a wire that is not
engaged.' That's what I said to her, and.
in a minute there was a whirr-rr.rr at the
telephone and a voice came faintly : "Hello,,'
it said; ' hello, who wants the Government
insane asylum ?' "
And the horse reporter hurried out to
wreak his vengeance on the simple-minded
and innocent telephone girl.
One Kind of Journalism.
Boston Courier: Mamma Grevneok—
Any neva in the paper this morning,
Johnny?
Johnny Greyneok-Well, I ehould ssle
there was 1
M. G.—Well, what is it ?
J. G. -Why, Stumpy Yelper has got 92
votes ahead of Toe -in Jim in the moat
popular newsboy voting contest for a pair
of red enspenders.
Unsteady.
City Directory Man (to boarding-house
mistress)—How many men boarders have
you, madam, that are steady boarders ?
Boarding Mistress -Well, I've ten men
that board with me right along, but there's
only one of them that I call steady.
The Right Ring.
Town Crier : He—I love you passionately,
my darling!
She—Ah ! That remark
engagement ring.
AT least one cityminister has of late
been anxious to instil habits of thrift and
industry into the members of his church by
some practical means. In a oonvereation
with the writer he made it evident that he
was desirous to see his people, when they
are able, lay by something for a " rainy
day." Here is something from the Detroit
News in the way of a savings bank eoheme
which may help him and others to realize
their desire :
The Home Savings Bank presents an original
method of collecting savings accounts that is at
once unique and meritorious. This bank has.
since its opening under the personal manage-
ment of Cashier John S. Schmittdiel, made a
wonderful advance, doubling, trebling, multi-
plying its saving accounts more rapidly than any
bank ever opened in Detroit. They now propose
to place in every home, business place or ofttce,
upon application, a miniature house,, 6 inches
square by 10 inches high. Tbis house or miniatures
savings bank has four apertures for receiving
money. is a handsome nickel affair and is
marked in plain letters as the property of the
Home Savings Bank. All money dropped inter
the bank can only be taken out by an employee
of the Home Savings Bank, whose duty it is to
call at the various places where the 'Banks"
are used to collect the savings and give credit:
for the amount collected on a 'Savings Book" at
the same time. Interest starts from the day
money is collected, and this system will take
splendid care of the pennies and make the
children saving, thrifty and economical. Thera
is probably no method that relieves the deposi-
tor of less trouble than this new idea of the
Home Savings Bank. The banks can be utilised
by the children as toys, as well as serving the
purpose for which they were intended, as the
banks are so constructed that itis abeolutelyim-
possible for any money to drop out of the aper-
tures. All persons can have these banks by
sending in their name and address by telephone..
postal card or by personal application.
" I can't stand the strain," remarked
the nervous man as he threw a brink at the
hand.organ grinder.-Bu(}•aio Express.
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