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The Exeter Advocate, 1894-4-26, Page 2CRISP 0 GOSSIP. 0 � P ���DqN Q SEPI �O�N��+�IQ��i WND p rUss Frederick Bossing the Royal Shoe J HOSEBERY AND THE WIDOW. Borne Royal Vacate and What it Costeato Maintain Thinet—Monarchs Who Sniffer S+'roxn a Surfeit of Loyalty and monarch., Who Got None—Wales Worried by Sycopbantic Adultation. Condon, Mareh.—The Queen has gone, Brit the impress remains, and this has '3essnrred in strict accordance with the airagramme laid down ever so many Dearth, ago, but which has from time to time been denied even by the official Organs. With Queen Victoria out of the elountry, the Prince of Wales in the Mediterranean, the Princes* practieaIly =.li ,nonentity, the youthful Yorks could *St be left to run the big show alone, Sad the services of Empress Frederick of Mermany were therefore requisitioned to *bey the part of tame cat around the Siert and to see that all went right Sad foot -falls avoided. Her Majesty has Accordingly taken up her quarters at liercikingham Palace and Windsor, and is filling in her spare moments by doing a tittle of the old work in the way of rf«grening bazars for eharitabls purposes Said laying the foundation stones of hoe- ailtais, etc. Forty-eight hours' stay in iZoondon during twelve months is about tae .maximum of any time Queen' Vic- toria devotes to her faithful citizens, ;fftto are now getting weary of the per- rl1*tent neglect, and for want of a better iS►atlet for the escape of their pent up leolangs are now agitating for the aboli- tion of the House of Lord*. As water J$ads its own level so will these ebnlli- aeons of discontent in time well np to a iraritable flood which will sweep all be- fore it. It is presumed that royalties z1ow their own business best, if they Mo not, there are few that can teach it there. Remarks that once would have feu considered high treason are now uttered,arabllo tmove hings and aiseverybody's ninoss Is nobody's business except that of the „Xgitators in the Horse of Commons, of erhom Labouchere is the leading light ad patron saint par excellence. 2OSEBERY'S STAR IN THE ASCEND- ANT. 'Lord Rosebery, who was credited with raving an eye upon one of the Wales Ir,1s, has en playing " possum " in ,'that direct and it now transpires is ea dead gone upon the Duchess of Al- bany. That there was some underetand- iig arrived at with the royals has long ;been evident, but which of the Princesses It was that the artful Rosebery was egoing for has been an enigma even in *ant circles. Now, however, the mis- fthief is out, and an alliance between the z,0aimeny and the widowed Duchess is i3uiblicly discussed. The Duchess was Witt a widow in 1884. She is now 83 land has an allowance' of '$30,000 a year 3rom the British treasury, apart from a ;private income. As to Rosebery, in irddition to the Rothschild money, he has large income of his own, and would grove a far better match than any of lthe .German Princelings who have iiready been sniffing after the good sutured little Duchess' pile of dollars. /Albany's widow's mother's aster is reheats of Sweden, her own dieter is the Queen Regent of Holland, her niece is the little Queen Wilhelmina, and her 'brother-in-law is the King of Wurtem- trarg, so that marrying into the crowd 3Rosebery would be stepping; into a ;posi- ;t1en evey bit as good as that occupied by the Duke of Fife. QUEEN VICTORIA'S ROYAL YACHTS. iiwenty-nine years ago the Victoria and ,?Albert cost the British nation $950,000. Rim first journey Queen Victoria ever o'ok in her was to visit the King of iFrance at the Chateau d'Eu near Treport. ldince that trip gilding, painting and re- sovating have alone cost nearly $2,000,- 900. To keep this boat in repair costs Je0,000 a year. The Osborne is an - /ether royal toy, for which a grateful Jtonntry has the privilege of paying. This yacht cost originally $700,000, and Suring her indolent career she has ab- torbed over $1,000,000, in addition for itecorating and repairing. It takes $50,- 1900 annually to keep her fit for use. The Alberta comes next, she originally cost $200,000, and has had a further $600,- 000 spent upon her ; $20,000 is annually expended in keeping her fit to run be- tween Portsmouth and Osborne, and all ,`this in addition to the salaries of offi- iiNera and crow. There are half a dozen innaller yachts such as the Elfin, Vivid, ate., which have swallowed np a million eat two of dollars, but of these no regu- lar aeconnt is kept, as they only, carry Ministers, minor German Princes and Bother nonentities backwards and for - ,wards, Their repairing bills, however, !tome into the general accounts and all ]ielp to show what it costs to keep Great 1Britain's Queen on her throne, or rather bier aquatic throne whenever she is in it mood to trust herself on salt water. eft is estimated that it costs the British Kation about $1,000 a minute, taking it A1,11 round, whenever Queen Victoria goes ea the briny. 'WALES DISLIKES GUSHING LOYALTY. The Prince of Wales is an infinitely cess familiar figure as a pedestrian In `Abe streets of London than the Csar in {,those of St. Petersburg. Wales occasion - laity ventures across Pall Mall in front sof Marlborough House on foot to one of the houses or clubs in St. James street, or he may be seen hurrying along the Nall, which separates his London resi- illence from Buckingham Palace. But he *es hardly ever been seen walking in iHyde Park or Piccadilly. It is not so arena that the Prince is afraid of per- ils:mal injury, but he does apprehend (being overwhelmed by the salutations Sad manifestations of enthusiastic doyalty,, on the part of the subjects of ids royal mother. He is afraid of being Itnobbed ; and occasional experiment has tarnished both the Princess and himself With abundant evidence that from the :Eery moment they were caught sight of do the street they would be followed and Surrounded by a large and ever -grow - 311g, vulgar; gaping and staring crowd, Want on not only seeing, but, above MAverything else, on being seen and ertoticed by royalty. A Note on Wakefield. 'A Mall child of my acquaintance, who lee a regular little bookworm, bas lately %sen abserbod in a well-known 'work. tearing the usual school -room catechism the question wits put to 'her, " I'or what 10 Wakefield Melons?" With happy in - it irationelle replied in aII serionenese Vicars."—the Gentlewoman. Tea gowns of orepon, China silk or oham- e:eV are made np with extrema itlbgsnoe. Stolt u1ve designwas fashioned from WS blue orepon confined with a bread ,ts 'girdle le of waters silk t b Peinted len tlis .Of Denoted silk were shirred hTrr ed u lie bust and fell unoonflnod half way doornin skirtu tlyr back BOOMS**, iItsa Wale p•rirp 1 ff Atrhanois With Bomb Caught in London,. SISTERS BURNED TO DEATH, pion. Peter Mitchell Very I11--Midwu.uke'e 'Longshoremen strike—Beatification of a Late . Catholic Theologian—The Ailesbury Estate—Olii Country x'olitical Notes. Senator Vance, of North Carolina, died of apoplexy on Saturday night. Arrangements have been made to settle the Sutherland will ease privately out of court. Premier Crispi has positively refused to make any reduction in the army, and navy estimates. 'Withdrawals from the Government sav- ings banks during March exceeded the deposits by $22,000. A case of smallpox was reported from Myrtle avenue, a crowded tenement dis- trict of Buffalo, on Saturday morning. Hon. Peter Mitchell had a stroke re- sembling an attack of epilepsy yester- day in Montreal, and his recovery is doubtful. All the 'longshoremen et Milwaukee have gone on strike against a reduction in wages. Lake vessels are therefore still tied up. At Virden, Man., Willie Huston, aged fourteen, was drowned while attempting to save a 4 -year-old girl who had fallen into a creek. Hiram Silverman, of Webbwood, Ont., is in Montreal jail, charged with de- frauding Mr. Edward Ross out of $467 worth of goods. In addressing a large meeting at Lon- don yesterday Justin McCarthy said the Irish party was still united on all ques- tions of principle. Lord Francis Hope, the presumptive Duke of Newcastle, who was recently re- ported to have married Miss Voile, the actress, has been declared a bankrupt. Charles F. Johnson, of Topeka, has filed suit in the District Court against Dr. Leslie E. Keeley for $100,000 for ruined health as the result of taking the gold cure. The Board of Governors of McGill 'Uni- versity, Montreal, have appointed Mr. Justice Archibald and Mr. Charles J. Fleet to fill two of the lour vacancies on the Board. During the debate in the House of Commons on Saturday, Sir William Har- court said that he was now prepared to favor the admission of Canadian cattle into England. Owing to the belief that Sir William Harcourt intends to increase the duty on imported cigars, a very large stock was withdrawn from the Customs during the past week. The leading London Jews are about to combine to exelude from the privi- leges and honors of the synagogues all Jews who engage in money lending at usurious rates. One of the men arrested in Rome on Wednesday evening with bombs in his possession has confessed to the police that it was his intention to blow up the Senate Chamber. he Earl of Kimberley has prepared a number of amendments to the Behring Sea Bill, which he will move in the House of Lords when the measure reaches the committee stage. The Conservatives of North Renfrew at a convention held on Saturday at Pem- broke nominated Mr. John Shaw, -jun., of Wilberforce, as their candidate for the Provincial Legislature. Dr. Joseph Workman, for many years Chief Medical Superintendent of the Pro- vincial Lunatic Asylum, Toronto, died yesterday at hie home in that city. He had reached Ms 89th year. The residence of August Krinkle, three miles west of Janesville, Minn., was de- stroyed by fire yesterday morning, and three of Krinkle's daughters, Augusta, Martha and Edith, were burned to death. The anti -Lords' Bill fathered by Lord Weimer, Mr. Curzon and Mr. Brodrick, has assumed definite shape, and has at once evoked the strong opposition of the Radicals, who have nothing for. it but jeers. There is good authority for the state- ment that Lord Rosebery is willing to assent to another international mone- tary conference, and such a meeting will probably be arranged through the initia- tive of Germany. Mr. Mundella has not come out of the examination in connection with the New Zealand Land Company with clean bands, and it is believed that in consequence he will have to resign his position as Presi- dent of the Board of Trade. The Evicted Tenants' Bill will be intro- dueed in the House of Commons next Thursday. It, proposes to re-enact and extend the scope of the section of the Land Act encouraging voluntary ar- rangements between landlord's and ten- ants. Mr. James P. Gillard, who died in London, Ont., on Friday, was for years the travelling interpreter for the Prince of Wales and other royal personages. Ho was a man of great scholastic attain- ments and spoke seven languages flu- ently. The wife of Mr. W. H. Liddicoatt, aleadniaster of the London West Publie School, died on Saturday after only a day's serious illness. She was 27 years of age, and the daughter of the Rev. J. S. Clarke, of Brighton, Ont. One daugh- ter is left. At the opening of the Hungarian cattle show in Budapest on Saturday Count Bethlen, Minister of 'Agricultni^e, de- clared that American agriculturatl com- petition had rendered the formation of a tariff anion of the countries of central Europe imperatively necessary. Henry Doan, a young Lobo township farmer, was arrested on Saturday on a capias, fssued at the instance of ^ bis wife, who asks $400 and $12 a month alimony. Mrs, Doan, who does not live with her husband, elaims that he intend- ed to sell out acid leave the country. Arrangements have been made to set- tle the Ailesbury case privately ottt of (court. The furniture Of the widowed Marchioness of Ailesbury, whose hus- band's body Was buried at Savernake Forest yesterday, has been seized for debt. She is living in lodgngs in Stone ritreet. The new Marquis of Ailesbfry, uncle of the late Marquis, is arranging to eettle an annuity upon the widow. It has beenreported that the widow lied a settlement of £100,600 and a jointure of £2,000 a year, but there ie no founda= tion for the story. Inspector Melville arrested Francis Polti, an Italian: anarchist, on Saturday evening, In Farringdon road, London. POW was Wieling a nine -lath cast iron shell. The shelf was sent to the Govern-. Ment 1Aspeetor of Explesivee, apd Ira specter Melville proceeded.. to Polti's lodgings in Clerkenwell. There be found several large retorts filled with sulphu- ric acid, chlorate 01 potash, and other (chemicals used in the manufacture of ex- plosive's. Much Anarchistic literature in Italian was found in the rooms, 'The police believe that they have made an important capture. The Spanish preacher and theologian, ahem d'Avila Diego, who was known to his contemporaries ie. the sixteenth Cen- tury as the apostle from Andalusia, was beatified at St. Peter's, Rome, „yester- day in the presence of 7,000 Spanish pil- grims and 40 Metope. At 5.$0 iu ethe afternoon the Pope was borne on the Sodia Gestatoria up the aisle to the altar. He was escorted by twenty ear- dlnals. He prayed for the new saint, swinging with his own hand the censor before the monstrance containing the Host. After the solemn benediction, the Popo was borne out, while 30,000 per- sons who had witnessed 'the service, cheered enthusiastically. The Pope looked well. THE WHEAT PRODUCT OF THE WORLD. The statement of Mr, Van Borne, Presi- dent of the C. P. R„ that within the next eighteen mouths wheat is Iikely to reaoh two dollars a bushel, is attracting much attention. Mr. Von Borne vouchsafed this information to the editor of Toronto Sat- urday Night, and prefaced his opinion by the remark : " You fellows write very eago- ]y on the price of wheat, and yet I •,;ever met one of you who knows enough about It to really make your opinion worth much." Having thus established the ignorance of Canadian journalists regarding the subject, the railway magnate proceeded to say :"Of course it is diffioult to get any aoourate atatistios, but so far as I have been able to find out after a careful scrutiny of everything that is provided in a statistical way, the world's product of wheat is be- tween twenty-three and twenty-four hun- dred million bushels per annum." Now, if the editors of Ontario are as lg., norant of the question of the world's wheat supply as Mr. Van Horne charges, it Is rather strange. The press of the province, together with the farmers, have been kept thoroughly posted upon this very point by the Ontario Bureau of Industries, whioh is in connection with the Department presided over by Hon. John Dryden, Minister of Ag- rfoulture. The statistics for 1893 have not yet been completed, but nearly a year ago the agriculturists of this province, and all the newspapers, were presented with the following estimate of the yield of the var- ious wheat -growing countries of the world for 1892, as well as a comparison of the yields for each of the two years immediately preceding : Europe. Bushels. France .. .. ,, _, _ _.300,000,000 Russia -Poland —247,000,000 Italy „. —112,000,000 ,Spain ... ... ... ,.. _ _ _ 65,000,000 Hungary ........ , .. _ _ _136,500,000 Austria .. ... ... ., _ — _- _ 51,660,000 Germany ... „ ..... _ _102,000,000 United Kingdom ... ,., .. _ 65,000,000 Turkey -in -Europe ... ... .,. _ 39,720,000 Roumania ... .. ... ,.. r. _ — 58,400,000 Bulgaria ... ,.. ,_ _ 61,000,000 Belgium .. .., .. _ _ _ .- 22,700,000 Portugal ... ... ... _ _ _ 6,100,000 Holland ... ..... ._ _ 5,600,000 Greece _ 3,970,000 Denmark ... ..... _ _ ... 3,400,000 Servia ... ... _. -. — 11,350,000 Sweden and Norway .., --- --- 3,970,000 Switzerland ... ... ,. , _ _ 8,500,000 1,293,860,000 Amerioa, Bushels, United States ........, ... _ — _516,000,000 Canada ,.. .,, ... .., _ _ _ _ 55,000,000 571,000,000 Other Countries. India ... _ --, — _205,000,000 Algeria ... ... ... ... _ _ _ 18,000,000 Egypt .. ... • — _ ._ _ 9,000,000 Australasia _ _ — 34,000,000 Chili, Arg. Rep-, .eto. ,., .,. _ 53,000,000 Asia Minor ... ... ,...., _ ._ 33,000,000 Persia ... --- .,. ,. — _ — 21,000,000 Syria ... --. _ — 12,000,000 Tunis 4,000,000 389,000,000 Grand Total ... .., ... _.2,253,860,000 So far as aoouraoy of statistics is con- cerned, 1t will be seen that the, figures supplied by the Ontario Government to the farmers are approximately close to those hazarded by Mr. Van Horne. We admit, that the prediction regarding wheat mount- ing to two dollars s bushel Is original with the big railway man. But he is a bold prophet who proolaim■ an increase of say 200 per cent. in the value of wheat within a year and a half. BRIGHT SPRING DAYS. The spring should be pre-eminently a season of contentment, happiness and hope. In these bright and pleasant months the country should enjoy its highest degree of tranquility and pros- perity. But spring, it is well known, is often a period of discomfort and dis- turbance in the physical system. Import- ant organs of the body become torpid or irregular in their action, and the fact is instantly refleeted in the mental condition of the individual. A disor- dered liver means disordered nerves and a dull and unsteady brain. Anything which will bring the physical system into harmony with budding Nature eon- fers an enormous benefit upon the nation, besides the mere allaying of physical dis- comfort. Hood's Sarsaparilla does this, as thousands of grateful and happy men and women can testify, and increased use of this standard spring medicine is of more real practical importance in pro- moting health and quiet in the business world than reams of abstract theorizing. INTOLERABLE HEAT. In the waters of the Red Sea the ces- sation of the engines on a steamer for an hour means extreme physical suffer- ings for passengers ; for a day in it would involve absolute torture. The wind whieh prevails every day is a hot, asphyxiating blast, and its continuous directions are from north and south to- ward the centre. As a result, every passing vessel is subjected to two days of almost intolerable heat, followed by two days of comparative comfort. AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT, .y Teacher --What great question is now before the American peple, William? William --Whether Jackson can stand np ten rounds against Corbett. No embarrassment is eat intense as that -Which oeercome a 'onng man when he first attempts to wheel a baby carriage through the streets of a town where he knower everybody. " Malley Sappy made love to Nell, and was accepted ,while they Were riding around the World!" Fair ' Wooded Iii - land' in one of those lorcly gondolare ain't that romaaitie.?",, " Yes, She might Call him her +World's Fair sou venir spoon. The young man whose mustache doesn't conte is apt to getdawn in the month. DOMINION PARLIAMENT. The following Bills were reads first time;; To incorporate the Dominion Wo- mon's Christian 'Temperance Union-^ Mr, Paterson (Brant). To incorporate the Gleiohen, Deaver Lake & Victoria tiailway--Mr.. Davis. To incorporate the Lake Megantic Railway Co,—Mr. Adams. Respecting the Montreal Island Belt Railway Co, --Mr. Bergeron. To amend the Railway Act.—Ma Mac- lean (Bast Verb). Respecting the Richelieu as Ontario Navigation Co.—Mr. Taylor.. Sir John Thompson, in answer to Mr. Laurier, said that fn the absence of" the Finance Minister, he thought the hon. gentleman was mistaken in supposing it was understood in the traty nego- tiations between Franco and Canada that a subeidy of $1.00,000 was to be asked for a line of steamers to connect Canada and France. 'His reading of the negotiations was that while that was, suggested, it was declined. At any rate it was not the intention of the Govern- ment to ask for a subeidy of $100,000 for a line between Trance and. Canada. Sir Adolphe Caron said, in answer to Mr. Brown, that the Governinent was not aware that the postmaster of the town of Beauharnois resided in Mont- real, and carried ou business there as a grocer. Tho Government had no know- ledge of the persons employed as assist- ants in the post -office. The regulations of the Department required all country postmasters to provide their own as- sistaete. It was spot the intention of the Government to permit a, continua- tion of the existing state of things. The postmaster would be notified that he must arrange to attend to the post - office exclusively or he would be asked to resign. Sir Charles H. Tupper, in sumer to Mr. Lister,said it was not the inten- tion of the Government to issue licenses during the present year for seine fish- ing in either Lake Ontario or Bay of Qninte. Licenses, however, would be isued for seine fishing in a portion of the River St. Lawrence, near Mot - real, where coarse fish were found. No change in the Iaw as to the size of mesh of the seines or .pound nets had been made since 1887. Mr. Casey asked when the report of the travelling commission of last sum- mer, to, inquire into tariff matters, would • be laid before -the House. It was important that it should be brought down early in view of the discussion on the tariff.. Sir John Thompson said he would an- swer the hon. gentleman to -morrow. Sir James Grant, resuming the ad- journed debate on the Budget, said it was absolutely necessary, that the in- terests of Canada should be thoroughly protected. Self-preservation was the first law of nature, and consequently he was pleased that past Governments had maintained a degree of protection Which would not oppress the people, but at the same time conserved the energies of the nation. Since that policy had been adopted there had been unparallel-. ed progress, and yet the Liberals told ns that we lived in an atmosphere of indigo. It might be asked then why should the tariff be reformed? The answer was that Canada was progress- ing, and therefore a more progressive policy had been propounded. He hoped, however, he would be excused if he made a suggestion. The necessities of life had been made free, and he thought that mental food ,hemi also be free. Whatever course the Government took in the matter would be agreeable to him—(Opposition " Hear, hear ")—but he trusted that the Fivanee • Minister would see his way clear to giving Can- ada free books. When he saw on the opposite side of the House the Opposi- tion leader, who was respected and ad- mired by thousands of Canadians—(Op- position " Hear; hear ")—and when he saw the member for Bothwell, whom the late Sir John Macdonald used to say was the Erskine May of Canada, he re- gretted that they were advocating a policy that eonld not carry, them to vic- tory.. Mr. Martin, dealing with the changes in the tariff, said that the reduction on agricultural implements would not sat- isfy the Northwest. In the first ,place the duty of 20 per cent. was 2 1-2 per cent. higher than the Mackenzie tariff. He considered that 17 1-2 per cent. would be too high, with the present prices for wheat. The farmers appealed to Parliament to consider meet carefully their condition, but evidently that had not, been done, so that it was necessary to face the facts squarely. At present the condition of affairs in the Northwest watt a very serious one. It was true that from 1881 to 1891 there had been sub- stantial progress,but it was nothing like the degree of advancement enjoyed in the preceding decade. The Patrons of Industry were not allied to either of the political parties. The Patrons of. Manitoba and the Northwest Territor- ies had passed a resolution recently, which, he thought, was the most serious arraignment of the Government that he had ever heard. The resolution .read: " That in view of the ruinous tariff and exeeesive freight rates imposed on Northwest farmers, the Patrons will ask the Ottawa Government to abandon all immigration schemes, as the Order does not believe the Northwest, under present circumstances, offers any inducement to settlers." (Hear, hear.) He would also point to the fact that the Winnipeg Board of Trade, an organization com- posed largely of Conservatives, had memorialized the Government against an excessive tariff. Their conditions were set forth as being different from those of most other parts of Can- ada : (1) There was a lack . of the raw material required In most manu- factured articles; (2) the cost of labor was higher on account of the sparse set- tlement ; also (3) the cost of fuel, and (4) the cost of carriage, ete. In view of the fact that Manitoba was almost solely an agricultural country, it pros- perity depended on the producers being able to raise agricultural products at such a cost as would give them a fair margin of profit. To do this the cost must not be enhanced by unnecessary duties or a combination of manufac- turers. The memorial also called for the abolition of all specific duties, and the levying of ad valorem duties only, and many of the duties now in force were absolutely prohibitive, and, therefore, no revenue accrued to the Government. Continuing, he said that this memorial corresponded almost identically with the platform as laid down by .the Liberal party. (Hear, hear). The bon. Finance Minister had stated that the average of duty under the new tariff was 28 4-9 per cent. Ho would inform him that it was much more in Manitoba. Much satisfaction was expressed with the abolition of the 20 per cent. duty on lumber. (Hear, bear.) He hoped the Government did not intend to delude the Province of Manitoba. If the duty was taken off rough lumber only it would be of no We to them at all. There 'would 'be no alleviation of the burden ' u a the s it was also taken off a dressed e lumber. Ninety per eent. of the lumber corning in from the United States was dressed Weber., Then, Wire mails had been re- duced from $1.50 a hundred to 75e. a hundred, but at the former duty exo nails were imported, and at the latter duty none could be imported, because it wen. still abnormally bigb. Wire nailer were absolutely .essential to the farmer—(hear, hoary—especially if he went into mixed farming, as advocated by the Fi'uanee Minister. Barbed wire, under the old tariff, was taxed 60 ,per cent., but it was taxed under the new tariff at 80 per cont. If 20 per cent. was a fair tax on agricultural impleinents, why not 20 per cent. on barbed wire ? The fact was that the welfare of the great mass of the people was sacrificed to the in- terests of the iew, Chopping axes, shovels and spades, and harvest toole were taxed 35 per cent. These were all necessaries to the farmer. Binding twine. was unchanged, and yet it was one of the prime necessities. of the farmer. There was a large number of articles with a very low rate of taxation, but the farmer did not nee them. They were cheapened becaase they were the raw material of Certain manufacturers, while the farmers' raw material was taxed. There was a list of free goods covering 265 articles, but in only 19, many of them trifling, had the farmer any interest. While agricultural imple- ments had been made 20 per cent, the term had been limited, so as not to in- clude a very' considerable number. Har- vesters, mowing machines, ploughs and seed drilla had been reduced to 20 per cent„ but portable steam engines,. threshers, fanning mills, horse -powers, and a large class of other implements were either at the did duty or but slightly reduced. He contended that, therefore, the reduction was nothing like it pretended upon its face to be. The duty upon iron also bore specially hard upon the farmer. Mr. Montague feared that Mr. Laurier had a short memory, as in 1876 he de- clared himself a protectionist in Par- liament. In that respect he had taken refuge in vacuum of his memory. The fact was that to -day Mr. Laurier was not a protectionist, but a trade prohi- bitionist. Referring to Mr. McCarthy, he said that the Conservatives were not disappointed nor was the country hanging in breathless interest upon his words. The day had long gone by when he might be regarded as an independent member of this House. Last year he predicted that the fate of the member for South Oxford (Sir Richard Cart- wright) would be the fate of the mem- ber for North Simeoe (Mr. McCarthy). To- day it was found that Mr. McCarthy was a member of Her Majesty's loyal Opposi- tion, endeavoring to let no opportunity pass for injuring and destroying the Con- servative Administration in this country. His utterances were the echo of his own disappointed ambitions. He had a per- fect right to move from one side Of the House to the other, but he objected to such an one posing as an independent statesman. There were other men in this country who had been 'assisted in preparing their speeches. There were men of no less importance than member for North Simcoe himself who had been as- sisted, and he had evidence in his posses- sion this afternoon that was not greatly to his credit. The member for North Sim- coe a few years ago made a series of speeches in the Province of Ontario, and among other places he had come to the county of Haldimand, whose good peo- ple he (Mr. Montague) had the honor to ,represent, and had made a speech there, in the preparation of which he had had some little assistance from an individual who had since attained considerable cele- brity in rather an un -Canadian .quarter in connection with the public life of this country. He had in his hand the notes of that speech. (Cries of "Hear, hear," ,and " Ob, oh P') The notes were in the handwriting of the celebrated Edward Ferrer. (Hear, hear) Apparently they had not been sufficiently bitter against the French-Canaflians 3f Quebec, and were completed with notes in Mr, Mc- Carthy's writing. If they examined notes and read the speech in the Mail, as pub- lished at that' time, they would find that he (Mr. McCarthy) faithfully followed the proof given by Mr. Edward Farrer, who was then the editor of the Toronto Mail. He thought then, as he said at the out- set, that gentlemen who lived in glass houses should be particularly careful not to throw stones at their associates. The member for North Sfmcoe was suffer- ing from a sort of political melancholia. He had gone back on the National Policy revenue tariff, and was now an orit-and- out free trader. Last session Mr. Mc- Carthy asked that there should be a re- vision forthwith, but last night he con- tended that the Government should not have even touched the tariff until after the general election. (Applause.) The policy of the Government was that, so far as lay in its power, it would reduce taxation on the necessities of life, and it did not desire to go to the electors with a hazy declaration on the subject. The ranks which were solid behind the old Chieftain were solid now behind the new chieftain—(prolonged applause)—and the men of Ontario would at the next election help to carry his standard to victory, Evidently Mr. McCarthy had bor- rowed Sir Richard Cartwright's blue gog- gles—(laughter)—because to him. every- thing bore the color which was so de- monstrative("of political ill -health and bad temper. While Mr. McCarthy con- demed the public debt, he failed to point out one single item of • ft which he would condemn. AT TIM riOR7II POLE. Where a Ilan Casa Travel Only t in a Southerly Direction. 'At the North Pole there is only one direction—eonth. One could go south in as many ways as there are points on the compass card, but everyone of these ways is south ; east and west have van- ished. The hour of the day at the Pole is a paradoxical conception, for that point is the meeting place of every mer- idian, and the time of all holds good, so that it is always any hour one cares to mention. The whole polar regions are full of unknown' things, which every Arctic explorer of the right stamp looks forward to finding. The difficulties that make the quest of the Pole so arduous have been discovered by slow degrees. It is marvellous; how soon nearly the full limits of northward attainment were reached. In 1596 Barents discov, ered Spitzbergen in about 78 degrees north; in 1770 Hudson reached 80 de- grees ; in 1827 Parry, by sledging on the ice when his ship became fast, sue- seeded in tonching 82 degrees 45 min- utes. Since then all the enormous re- sources of modern science—steaut, elec- tricity, preserved foods, and the experi- ence of centuries—have only enabled ,40 miles of. additional poleward advance to be made. brolNile green batiste with blaok em- dery atthefoot and on the bodioe and left open to ihow a petticoat of blank ruffled mull had a obarming touoh of ora glnalltye "I noticed that when we were saying good-bye at the railroad' tetatfon you didn't let yoUr Conga Louie kits you on t cheek." ,l �. o deed, mamma." he b k. , N , in- "How did yob 'manage to escape Mtn? t k bw heis very fond Of that kind of Yon." " I offered" him my lips." ' Clalrotte—What are you going to give me, papa, When I get married? Her Father—My, concent, Olairette. Ii1OL144R a AlIK UIEOSIEle, There Are Ilaby ittaaaadlita Desyens blit Nene are AUIkerlrSlivr. Below I give five theories of the origin of the dollar mark ($), they being selected from about 20 seemingly plausi- ible solutions, says a, writer in the St, Louis Republic 1. That it is a combination of "U, the initials of the United States. 2. That it is a modifieatiou of the figure 8, the dollar being formerly called a " piece of eight." 8. That it is derived from• a repress*- -tation of the pillars of ilercules, con - Mating of two needle-like towers or pil- lars connected with a scroll, The old Spanish coins marked with the pillar device were frequently referred to as "pillar dollars." 4. That it is a combination of " H. S.," the ancient Roman mark of money unit. ,5 That it is a combination of P. and S., from peso duro, siguifying " hard dollar." Iu Spanish accounts peso is contracted by writing the S over the P, and placing it after the sum According to one writer the symbol of the dollar is a monogram of the " V," " 3" and " J," the dollar being originally a " atelier," coined in the valley of Sankt Joachim, Bohemia, and known as a " Joachims thaler," and the monogram the initials of the words, " Valley Sankt Joachim." A writer in giving his opinion of "'Reason No. 3' as given above, says : "The American symbol for dollar is taken from the Spanish dollar, and the origin of the sign, of couree, must be looked for in associations of Spanish coins. On the reverse of the Spanish dollars is a representation of the pillars of Hercules, and around each pillar is a seroll with the inscription ' plus ultra.' This device in course of time has de- generated into the sign which at present stands for American as well as Spanish dollars ' $.' The scroll around the pil- lars represents 'the two serpents sent by Juno to destroy Hercules in his cradle in mythologic lore." eattear FOR TUE FAll[a7. Pine, fresh fruit, and plenty of it—in ver iety as well as quality—ia what every far- mer ought to hare. Nothing more helpful to the housewife, anxious to provide a var- ied bill of fare for the workers in the. fields, could be done than to furnish her with ampls supplies of luscious, life-giving fruits in their season. Bulletin XCII. of the Ontario Agricultural College, publish- ed this week by the Department of the Min- ister of Agriculture, the Hon. John Dry- den, is a 32 -page pamphlet of large, clear type, with a number of appropriate illus- trations scattered through the text that, will very materially aid in bringing about 'a oonsummatfon so devoutly to bo wished. There are five parts to this welcome little• book about fruit oulture, each dealing withak a different line of that increasingly lm portant branch of agricultural industry. It Is this feature—the variety of fruits treated, of, making the valuable information given, by the different writers available all over Ontario—which is particularly to be com- mended in this publioation of the Minister. Too great credit cannot accrue to him for disoerning that most desirable thing in such• a public paper—the widest possible general interest of its subject matter. The intro - dilatory article is by Prof. Panton. It• treats of the grape and the diseases which• detract from auooess in the growth of the vine. The next, by J. W. Beadle, formerly— Secretary of the Ontario Fruit Growers' Assoolation, tells how the farmer's apple orchard may best be made and oared for. Then follows " Strawberry Culture," by W. W. Hilborn, of Leamington, Ont. It lo' doubtful whether there is a farm in On- tario on which strawberries cannot be grown profitably for family use, and still there, are thousands of farmers who do not grow them. This should not be the ease, as they can be grown with ■o little trouble and expense. Strawberries ripen during the - heat of early summer, when such an addi- tion to the diet is most healthful and neoea- ^* sary. What 15 more delicious than a lush, ripe plum ? The fourth essay, by Mr. G. W. Cline, of Winona, is devoted to that' de- leotable fruit. Plum growing is a source of` profit too often negleoted by the farmers• of this provinoe. With the exception of perhaps the apple, the plum can be grown, more easily and oheaply than any other fruit. The last part 1a a compilation of fruit statistics, showing the numbers of apple, pear, peach, plum and cherry trees, and of` grape vines in the townships of Ontario,. as computed for 1892 and 1893, from re turns sent in by farmers and fruit -growers• to the Department of Agriculture (Bureau. of Industries). There were met year three- quarters of a million of young trees, and nearly two and a quarter millions of bear- ing age. Now, when grain growing alone is prao- tioally played out, fruit culture comes ae a boon and a blessing to farmers, in so, far as it offers, with dairying and one or• two other speoial lines, new eouroes of pro- fit for the enterprising agriculturist. Coming ■o soon after the glorious vic- tories achieved at Chicago by the Ontario Fruit Exhibit, the advioe oontained in this, Bulletin` as to cultivating the wider field- whioh the Columbian Exposition afforded the province an unexampled opportunity and means of advertising to the world—for' the sale of those fruits we are able to grow - to perfeotion, the issue and thorough die-• tributlon through the country of this fruit, bulletin 1s a thoughtful, far-seeing move, by Mr. Dryden. Sent as it is to the mem, berm of farmer.' institutes and to all Pat- rons of Industry, there are yet many others. to whom it would prove a timely guide. Upon application to the Department of Ag- rioulture, Toronto, anyone so desiring may obtain a copy of the Bulletin. —A London cable says : " The Coun- tess of Aberdeen is expected to arrive here from Canada by the end of the, present month." The whale fishing industry of the Unit- ed States was at its height ie 1854,, when 668 vessels were engaged in 'it. Douglas Pelly, who will be remem- bered in Canada„ as the chief witness ire the famous Birchall murder trial, has, Inst returned to England from South Africa. The fame of 'Columbus is assured. He- tes 62 souvenir spoons dedicated to him.. A blind man who desires to build ne house has an insurmountable obstacle- to encounter ; he can't get his site. TsE fEY: W. J. WALKER'S PRAYER. AiER. leancisave, Jackson Co., Maas. Dn. R. Y'srruncrt Dear Str-1 wish to - inform you of the. benefit my wino bar. received from the use of your medicines. I must 0ay.that *-'our• 'Favorite Prescrip- tion " is the beat fe- male regulator on earth; my wife hes• been cured by the timely sae of it. O'e I •. ' �i ' � �ave been u sln . the "Golden Medical., '• 41111 r 1 cove D a r ," �and. 1 y Pleasant Pellets, '4✓ and I, am full" set... failed they are all you R. yr. ,.ipclaim them to be; so, wishing you 'abund- ant suocese; and ho in that the Almighty God will continuo bile blessings teased yew la your • noble week, I am, y Reopeetfuliy, t �x QUA& cupE AN TEES h i, MONET 1% IMPENDED.