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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-3-21, Page 4rioptly ren 11 Nease� meta, eus at once their taper &dvertletnte rates on apieieselon, THE EXETER, ADVOCATE. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1895, Week's Commercial Sunliiiary. The gold reserve of the Meted States Treasury now aggregates $88,000,00Q. Forty-two cars of nickel matte ]eft Sud- bury last week PT Constable Hook, N.Y.. They averaged 40,000 tuns to the car. Eggs are very scarce on the market with sales of case lots of limed at 20 cents. Fresh eggs are firm at 25 to 26 cents in a jobbing Nvay. The Pall Mall Gazette says another at- tempt is being made to unite the petro- leum producers in Russia under the aus- pices of nobles and French Rothschilds, and thus create a monopoly. There will be a meeting of producers with this ob- ject some time within the present month. The project is favored by the Russian Ministry of Finance. Trade in the rural districts is unusual- ly dull just now, accounted for largely through the state of the roads which in many places are nearly impassible. Our travellers are in from revising tours through the counties of Huron, Bruce, Norfolk anal Ontario. These are largely farming districts and there are few changes to record. No alarming features are noticable, and many of the smaller dealers will be forced as usual to lean on their friends, the wholesalers, while the dull period continues. Notes and accept antes passing through local banks in these counties are very well met. Our commercial advices from the United States are of a more encouraging nature this week. The improvement es, due somewhat to better weather, but ap- parently more to the adjournment of Oon- gress. There has been an increased de- mand for lumber and building mater'als generally, including larger orders for structural steel and iron. In the South cotton faetories are more active, and staple dry mods are in improved demand. Foreign woolen goods are attracting more attention, and competing with American goods of similar grade. The London wool market is stronger. Bessemer pig iron is unchanged, and lumber is advanc- ing.. Trade conditions at Toronto are un- changed. The paper falling due this month is said to have been satifactorily met. There was the usual proportions of renewals asked, and the number. of fail- ures in the province is probably less than anticipated. Our merchants speak in a hopeful strain with regard to the future. Many have reduced their lines of dis- cout, and owing to cautiousness in mak- ing purchases are better prepared for contingineies that may arise before there is any marked inoreacse in the volume of business. Country roads' are yet in a bad state in. many seetimes' which restrict the movement of produce, but they will improve with fine weather,,.'... '' s •bare and There. • Heard in an 'electric car—the motor. xxx The doctor's motto—Patients and long suffering. X. x: In India a native can getgood board for 6 cents a day. xxx It takes a man to talk economy—a woman to practice it. xxx Never hunt for trouble unless you in- tend to shoot it on sight. xxx The man with plenty of fat mortgag s lives on the lien of the land. xxx One's success depends very largely up. on what one does not say. xx Cupid is a brave little footpad who never attempts to "hold up" only one victim. xxx The life-saving crews are not only earn- ing their pay, but an increase of their pay. xxx A woman never uses her husband's meerschaum pipe for a hammer more than once. xxx Seven years' experience of boards of conciliation in labor troubles has proved entirely satisfactory. xxx Mottled bricks are coming into use for building purposes: They give a house the appearance of Castile soap. xxx Hauling cordwood to town was the old- fashioned way farmers had of making money in winter, and stili it pays. xxx "Let me show you our new correspon- dence paper for ladies, ' said the stationer. "We consider this the greatest novelty of the season," "It's very pretty," said Mrs. Barlow, "but why is it specially for ladies ?" "It has the letters P. 8, en- graved at the top of the inner sheet,". said the stationer. There are cases of consumption so far advanced that Biekle's Anti -Consumptive Syrup will not cure, but none so bad that it will not give relief. For coughs, colds and all affections of the throat, lungs and chest it a specific which has never been known to fail. It promotesa free and easy expectoration, thereby removing the phlegm, and gives the diseased parts a chance to heal. Compliance. "Leave the house." For an instant he confronted the girl in silence. "Very well," he answered, with an ef- fort. He was true to his word, Although a burglar and a social out- cast, he left not only the house, but the stationary tubas in the kit'ehen and the grand piano. Dr. Carson's Stomach Bitters, Mr. J. Martin, notary public, King street east, Toronto, writes and says ; "I was suffering from . dyspepsia, sour stomach, and torpid liver for years. I was advised to try Dr Carson's Stomach Bitters, which I did, and a few bottles have completely eured me." 50 cents pet bottle, For sale by druggists—there is none as good ; the only Dr. Carson's Stomach Bitters, Allan & Co., 58 Front street bast, Toronto, proprietors, LATEST CANADIAN NEWS. DOINGS OE THE WEEK. Arranged anti Condensed Her Our Busy Ueadors, Each Province Furnishing Its Quota of Interesting Items. Influenza is killing Orilla dogs. A flax mil is to be built at Zurich. Searlot fever is prevalent at Peuville. A cheese factory ntay be built at El- mira. A. block of stores is to be built at Ar- thur. Ducks are plentiful at Point Edward, Measels are still rampant at Craig - burst. Orangeville complains of a low gambl- ing dive. amblingdive. Barrie hotelmen want eating -houses licensed. The woolen mill at Elora is to be en- larged. Brantford gives free Sunday breakfasts to its pocr. Arizona is talking of organizing a fire company. A muskrat has been stealing food from an Orilla cellar. A grand fox hunt took place last week near Walkerville. A large bald-headed eagle was shot near Florence last week. A fine oil well has been struck at Wil- soncroft, nearPetrolca. Angus is shipping large quantities of basswood to Newmarket. Jarrat's Corners talks of building a foundry and machine shop. Business on the St. Clair branch of the M.C. R, is very active. Spearing for fish is forbidden on Lakes Simcoe and Couchiehing. Bradford will employ a night watch- man to look out for incendiaries Aurora has trouble to find good men to serve in its municipal matters. James Edwards, an old pioneer resident of Warwick, recently died, aged eighty- five. Mr,.John Mahoney, an old resident of Puslineh, hanged himself in his barn. Large quantities of hay have:been ship- ped to the States end England from Cree- more. Shortis, the Valleyfield murderer, wars taken to Montreal on Saturday, and Lodged in jail there. By a majority of sixteen, Walkerton electors have decided that cows may run at large in that town. The finance committee of the city council of Hamilton have struck the rate of taxation at 19e mills. It is expected that the new Sault Ste. Marie canal will be open about a -week after the commencement of navigation. Ike Wallace, of Sarnia, Lambton's champion wood sawyer, is out with a challenge to saw against any man in Ca- nada, One hundred cats are kept as pets by Mrs. Morley, of Montreal. Eighteen boys were recently arrested for stoning them. Prescott is to have a new grain eleva- tor with a storage capacity of 500,000, and an elevator capacity of 25,000 bush- els an hour. In Sarnia there is a by-law providing that any one found in a state of intoxica- tion, whether disorderly or not, may be run in to sober up. . Mr. John D. Ronald, of Brussels, was acquitted of the charges of attempting to bribe members of the Tweed council at the Belleville assizes. Edward Martin, a Sarnia seaman, is reported to have been left a fortune of twelve million francs by the death of an uncle in Havre, France. Luella Lacy, the young girl charged with poisoning a child of Mrs. Pearson's of North Grimsby, was acquitted at the assizes in St. Catharines. • There is a movement on foot in Chat- ham to unite the Christian Endeavor Societies of the town in a crusade against dancing and card. playing. William Hyndman, of Hamilton, walk- ed to his work through the heavy snow, and dropped deed soon after reaching the mill where he was employed. The thermometer at MaeLeod, N. W.T., Saturday was above ninety degrees in the sun. There is no snow whatever there, and the rivers have been open for ten days. The ice cut from Toronto and Ash - bridge's bays this season amounted to 12,519 loads, representing an expendi- ture of $20,000 in wages. The harvesting' is now over. The city of London debentures have been sold at 101.76, which yield 3.29-82 per cent. per annum, the highest price obtained by tender for debentures outside of Government issue. Kingston druggists have asked the city council to pass a by-law compelling them to close their stores at 8 o'clock, Eight druggists want the measure passed, and one refuses. A spider's leg cut off the larger portion of Brantford from its share of the electric light the other night. The insect got in side a converter, and established a short circuit, breaking the connection. Mr. J. Baker, of Stayner, attends to the duties of road commissioner, fire engineer, chief constable, caretaker of cemetery, truant officer and pound -keeper in that town for 1895 at a salary of $400. Bessie Richards, an employee of the Globe hotel, Collingwrod, fell on the broken edge of a tea cup last week, and tore her arm from the elbow to the wrist. Thirty stitches sewed up the wound. The Hamilton Radial Electric Railway Company has given notice that it will ap- ply for an amendment to its charter to allow it to operate the Guelph and Ber- lin branches by either steam or eleetri- eity. Neil. Heath, B.A.,, late viee-principal of the high school, Victoria, B.C., who was suspended for six months for using lan- guage.disrespectful to the Catholie doe. trine of trans -substantiation, has camit- ted suicide, The total fire losses for Canada for 1894 reached 85,238,200, and the insurance losses $3,358,550, as against $6,282,580 and $3,955,730 in 1898. For 1892 the total loss was $5,269,000, and the insur- ance loss was 88,805,000. A. lady in Coldwater hit upon a novel plan to keep her husband home at nights. Lately she went to tbe door when he carie horde and whispered through the key hole, "is that you, Willie e" .Her husband's name is John, and now he has bought a pistol and stays at home. The Rev, S. W, Annie, pastor of the Queen's avenue Methodist eleureh, Lon- don, Ont., died Friday from brain disease, by which he wit= stricken down about two months ago. He was forty-five years of ager J. Hurd, who is doing time at the Kingston penitentiary for robbing a man named Pollock, of Linwood, is one of the best electricians in America. During the World's Fail he superintended the work- ing of the electrical machinery there. The Ontario Rifle Association annual matebes are set for August 20th and fol- lowing days. The p, ize list will le issued in Tune. Receipts for 1894 were $8,829, with assets over liabilities of $1,635, Lieut. -Col. Davidson was elected presi- dent. Mr. Osler opened the case for the Crown in the Hendershot murder trial at St. Thomas, pointing out the discrepancies in 'Welter's story and the apparent know ledge of the fact possessed by John Hen- dershott before the full particulars were convoyed to him. In view of the refusal of the United States Congress to vote the indemnity to the sealers agreed upon, the Dominion Government is now urging the Home au- thorities to decline to assent to the en- forcement of the sealing regulations dur- ing the present year. Last year Nova Scotia's total revenue was 8888,213, and expenditure $862,848, leaving a substantial surplus of $25,870. The expenditure on capital account was $127,685. The total liabilities of the pro- vince are $8,167,498 ; assets, 81,359,182; net debt, $1,809,310. There has been a heavy fall in British imports from Canada. During the month of r'ebruary, as competed with the cor- responding month last year, they declin- ed from £49,457 to £25,266, and for the two months of this year there is a decline from £222,506 to £103,398. "The cotton -tail rabbits introduced into Ontario a few years ago to furnish fun for a few sports are multiplying with marvellous rapidity and spreading over a wide section of country," says the Oshawa Vindicator. "They were started in Scarboro' Heights and now the ad- vance guard is on the western limits of Oshawa. They are said to be the same rab it that has worked such havoc in Australia, and already damage to fruit trees by these pests is reported.. Unless some prompt measures are adopted to stamp them out, they will overrun the country to the detriment of the farming community. A PROHIBITION CANDIDATE. At ameeting of temperance people held at Hamilton it was decided to bring out an independent candidate in the ap- proaching elections. Mr. W. W. Bucha- nan was the almost unanimous choice of the meeting. Mr. Buchanan agreed to accept the nomination if the executive would raise a fund of at least $3,000 as a nucleus for expenses of the campaign. The executive pledged itself to raise the amount mentioned, and a public meeting for the ratification Mr. Buchanan's can didature will•be held in the opera house at an early date, Mr. Buchanan saidhe would not take the campaign on the one issue of prohibition but would want plenty. of latitude in regard to the stand he should take on other public questions. In polities Mr. Buchanan is a Liberal. Headquarters are being secured and ar- rangements for prosecuting the campaign are being made. Seize the Opportunity at Once. - When the opportunity occurs to escape from death only lunatics will refuse to do it. But there are many consumptive people lying on death beds who can escape the threatened doom if they will take Miller's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. Some are not aware of such a prepara- tion, and if they die it will be the result of ignorance. Those' who know that Miller's Emulsion makes new blood and enables the consumptive to get strength to overcome the disease are self -destroy- ers if they still neglect to obtain the life- giving remedy. Miller's Emulsion is the great strengthener and blood maker, and cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, scrofula and all lung affeetions. In big bottles, 50e and $1, at all drug stores. Why suffer from disorders caused by impure blood, when thousands are being cured by using Northrop & Lyman's Vegetable Discovery ?. It removes pimples and all eruptions of the skin. Mr. John C. Fox, Olinda, writes : "Northrop & Lyman's Vegetable Discovery is giving good satisfaction. Those who have used it say it has done them more good than anything they have ever taken." The Candy Maker. Chocolate Candy -Three cups ofgranu- lated sugar, one eup of grated chocolate, a piece of butter the size of a walnut, a cup of hot water, a teaspoonful of vanilla and a pinch of salt. After it begins to boil allow it to be on the fire for ten minutes only. Stir constantly. The candy should become of the consistency of thickened molasses. Butter some tins and pour the candy in, and stir back and forth with a silver knife until it begins to sugar. Then mark off into squares and put away to cool. Sugar Taffy—Three cups of brown sugar (light brown), one-half cup of vinegar, butter the size of a walnut, one cup of boiling water. Boil together with- out stirring until it hardens when dropped into water. Pour into buttered pans, in which any kind of nut may be spread if desired. Molasses Taffy—One cup of butter, one cup of granulated sugar, one cup of molasses. Boil together till it spins a thread. Stir in peanuts : and pour into tins, which need not be buttered. Mr. T. J. Humes, Columbus, Ohio, writes : "I have been afflicted for some time with kidney and liver complaiot, and find Parmolee's Pills the best medi- cine for these diseases. These pills do not cause pain and griping and should be used when a cathartic is required. They aro gelatine coated, and rolled in the flour of licorice to preserve their purity, and give them a pleasant, agreeable taste," Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, deserves and animates, is some; thing celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable. It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him.; the victory may deprive him of his poison, belt reconcilia- tion of his will. One of the greatest blessings to parents is Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator. It effectually expels worms and gives health id a marvellous manner to the little ane. UNCLE SAM'S TERRITORY FURNISHES SOME ITEMS Or Genera, Interest To Canadian. Read.- ors, ead-ers, Nearly Every State Adds Its Noteworthy Item.. Chicago's assessed valuation is 8219,- 851,378. A California prune orchard covers 8,800 acres. Matrimonyis the name of a postoffice in North .Carolina. Ohoomeoff is the name of a Southern Arizona hamlet, New York's departments cost over 82,- 000,000 a year. The Chicago Times has been bought by the Chicago Herald. Oliver Wendell Holmes' library is ap- praised at only 8804.50, Orange culture in this country has out- grown the consumption. Wyoming is covered with a network of 5,000 miles of .irrigating canals. The old South Church in Boston has just celebrated its 225th anniversary, The New York Central has recently give n an order for; 8,000 new freight oars. Brooklyn is harboring more tramps than at any previous time in its history. Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner is said to be the best amateur musician in New England. California is sending oranges to Flor- ida, where the or, p was killed by the blizzard, Claus Speckles recently drew a cheque on the Nevada Bank in San Francisco for 81,500,000. Good effects of anti-toxine in New York are shown in the reduced mortality from diphtheria. A son of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher his been indicted by a New York grand jury for forgery. at ch 'g is d, in is es s. yi e y. s, is Chicago City Council has ordered th the 10,000 bicyclists in the city be ea taxed $2 per year. It is no secret among Mr. Edison neighbors that the electric bell en h front door won't work. Twin sisters, eighty-three years of and still unmarried, are on exhibition a dime museum .in New York. Charles S. Fair has discontinued h suit against the Fair estate, and receiv $500,000 in cash and $500,000 in promise All the cigarmakers in Marti Cit Fla., have struck because a teacher re fused to admit colored children to th free schools. Judging by the orders being given b the railways for the construction of car railway business will likely be lively th summer. Electricity is to be used as the motive power on the Nantasket branch of the Old Colony division of the Consolidated Railroad. The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Peabody was celebrated in various parts of England and the Uni- ted States. Miss Nora Welton, postmistress at Air: genta, Ill., was fined $50 and costs for opening a letter addressed. to Edgar Six, her sweetheart. The appraiser of New York City finds the estate of the late Jay Gould worth exactly $80,934,580.79, aside from $2,600,- 000 in realty. Only forty United States vessels are now engaged in whaling. Thirty years ago there were 500. The whale oil indus- try has much deteriorated. According to the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, there has been but one mad clog in New York City for twenty-eight years. Mrs. D. Henry Crane is a Boston con- tractor, and a very successful one at that She is a member of the Professional Wo- man's League. The New York State Legislature will be asked by the American turfinen at its next session to drawa line between legal- ized betting and gambling. W. W. Huller, of Durham, N.C., is to receive a salary of $50,000 a year as chief attorney of the American Tobacco Com- pany, of New York. The schooner H. C. Milberg was seized at San Diego, Cal., on thecharge of hav- ing delivered arms to the revolutionists at the Hawaiian Islands. . Illinois' share of the expenses incurred in putting down the riot and insurrection that accompanied Mr. Debbs strike last summer will be about $300,000. The Haskell and Barker Car Company of Michigan City, Ind., has an order for 1,000 freight cars for the Illinois Central, as well as 300 refrigerator ears. Mr. Geo. W. Smalley, the well-known London correspondent of the New York Tribune, has been appointed American correspondent of the London Times. Some of the Pittsburg coal mine owners have yielded to the demand of the men for sixty-nine cents a ton, and four thousand miners have returned to work. As the United States Congress has de- clined to pay the Behring Sea damages it is proposed that the restrictions placed upon the sealers be not observed next year. As an outcome oe the verdict in the Ging murder eaee, Maggie Wachtler, stenographer, and G.rindell, two witnesses for the defence,have been arrested for perjury. A natural gas main, in Meadville, Pa., exploded, blowing up the house of George H. Cutter,killing Mr. Cutter and seri- ously injuring his wife, his son and a servant. President Harper, of Chicago Univers- ity, entered college when he was ten years old, graduating at fourteen, and taking the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at nineteen. S. C. Taylor, a storekeeper at Meekling S.D., set a gun at hie doorstep to catch burglars. His nephew tried the door,as he was passing the store, and was shot. A decree of divorce was granted in favor of Mrs, Alva E Vanderbilt against William K. Vanderbilt;' her husband, by Judge Barrett, of New York, on Tuesday. Amos S. Blake, aged nighty -three, who was a prominent inventor and manufac- turer, died. at Waterbury, Conn, Ife con- structed the first locomotive ever seen in New Englatl. The Rev.:4'ndre M. Garin, O.M,I., died in. Lowell, Mass., at the age of seventy- five. During his eerie' career be was a missionary among the Indians in the Canadian Northwest. ; Rev. Dr. Charles id. Parkhurst, is to be the subject of special attention at the New York Presbytery meeting, ';Trouble has bawl preparing for Dr, Parkhurst ever since his strictures uttered in the pulpit upon the financial integrity and bus,' ess honor of the New York Presby- tery in relation to the sale of the aban- doned Church of the Sea and Band. At a meeting of the Baltimore Clinical Soeietypigeon woneith oaf thbae d physicians exhdiphtheriaibited, a case of , which had been transmit`ed to the bird from a human. patient. The will of Mrs. Sophie Rhodes, who went down on the Elbe, was probated in Batavia, O. Mrs, Bhndes left all her property to the X.oung W omen's Christian Rome in Washington. According to the inventory of the ex- ecutors the personal estate of the late William T. Walters, of Baltimore, is worth 84,587,480. hl r. Walters' art col- lection is worth $188,000. Winnie Kelly, twelve years . old, and Mamie Ward. fourteen years old, of Hart- ford, Conn., have disappeared from home and it is thought that they have sought employment on the stage, Peter Bowman, of New Albany, Ind,, assaulted his wife because she would al- low her pug dreg to kiss her and refused him the privilege. His sons attacked him with clubs and fractured his skull. Oliver Wendell. Holmes left an estate amounting to $72,117. This is quite a property for a poet, but it must be rem- embered that Dr. Holmes was an expert in medicine as well as in meter. The electric light which is to be erect- ed on Fire Island, nn theNew York coast, will give an illumination of about 250,- 000,000 candle power. It is expectedto be visible 120 miles out to sea. The case of Harry Hayward, charged with the murder of Catharine. Ging, of Minnearolis, Minn.. came to a conclusion Friday afternoon. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. aveeMiss Nellie Cushman, of Arizona, said to be the only woman mining expert in the world, is a Kansas girl, and began her work in examining ore at Tuscan, Arizona, nine years ago, when she was seventeen. It is stated in Washington that a syn- dicate of Amc ria. an capitalists are invok- ing the assistance of Russia, France, Japan and Hawaii in laying a cable from the United States to Hawaii. This syndi- cate will endeavor to block the Vancouver cable. It is understood that the Washington authorities have removed the restriction placed two years ago upon the transporta- tion of Canadian cattle across United States territory to Portland. The cattle can now be carried to the seaboard after inspection at Montreal. FOREIGN. Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch, the well known German novelist, is dead. Influenza still rages in London and Berlin, and many notable persons are prostrated by the disease. Emperor William will open the ap- proaching States Council in person, and will attend many of its meetings. The difficulty between France and San Domingo has been settled through the good offices of the Spanish Minister. On Saturday the Marquis of .Queens- berry was committed for trial on a charge of having libelled Mr. Oscar Wide. Lord Wolseley, commander of the forces in Ireland, has issued invitations to a fancy dress ball, at which the ladies must be dressed so as to resemble some painting by Sir John Reynolds, George Romney, or Thomas Gainsborough. In order to avoid the spectacle of the Reichstag holding aloof from the 'cele- bration of Prince Bismarck's eightieth birthday on April 1st, the Easter recess will begin on March 30. Dr. Carson's Cough Drops. Mrs. Henderson, 32 Cameron street, Toronto, writes : "I was suffering from pleurisy and bad cough. I was wasted and very weak, having to be propped up in bed. I was told to try Dr. Carson's Cough Drops. Six bottles restored me to perfect health." Price 50 cents. For sale by druggists everywhere. Allan & Co., proprietors, 53 Front street east, To- ronto. Extraordinary Smuggling. The genius of the smuggler is a very remarkable thing. One of the most amusing stories of smuggling is that' told by an amusing who imported into his. own country a number of fine fat geese at the Christmas season, many years ago. One of them having excited the suspicions of the in- spectors by its wonderful weight wee kill- ed and opened, upon which it was dis- covered, says the chronicle, that there was concealed within it a number of small dutiable articles. The rest of the flock having been similarly inspected, it was found that their owner had compelled the unhappy birds to swallow a'large quan- tity of stuff upon which there was a heavy duty, and which would have all come in free had not the first goose ex- cited the suspicion of those in charge.— Harper's Young People. • The public should bear in mind that Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil has nothing in common with the impure, deteriorating class.' of so-called medicinal oils. It is eminently pure and really efficacious— relieving painand lameness, stiffness of the joints and muscles, and sores or hurts, besides being an excellent specific for rheumatism, coughs and bronchial com- plaints. May the Next be a Oirl. They are so alarmed in Germany for fear the next child soon to be born to the emperor and empress will be a boy that prayers have been offered in some of the churches by the superstitious, not to say unscientific, subjects of the empire to avert the calamity. According to an old prophecy, the Hohenzollern dynasty will surely fall when an, emperor has seven sons. As William is already the father of six, and but one daughter, it will be understood that a mate for tie little girl is more desirable than the unlucky num- ber seven. But it does not need another boy in the family to open the eyes of the German Empire to the rude pace its "God annointed" ruler is going at the present time, for surely the sex of an infant can have little to do with the discomfort and the alarm that are now animating all classes. Envy is a passion so full of cowardice OAK], Shame that nobody ever had the cow•• ardiee to own it, EIGHTH ] G'IITH LEG.ISLATUI ,E. FIRST SUWON. Friday. The session of the House this afternoon, was both short and dull, being devoted_ entirely to routine work. A number of questions by members wet e answered by the Governor' nt, and one public bill was advanced a stage. Among the bills ine trodueed were two by the Premier and one by Mr. Hardy, containing a number of changes in the election la ', some of whioh are important. The chief subject of conversation during the day was the. vote of the previous evening, which was canvassed thoroughly in all its aspects by the members.. The report of the Commissioner of Pub- lic Works for 1894 was submitted to the. House. It contains a pleasing reference tc the late 141r. 0, F. Fraser, and to the economy and efficiency c f his administra- tion of the department. The report of the architect gives d tails of the repairs, and additions made to public buildings during the year, and tbat of the engineer gives a summary of the een.tructicn and maintenance of public works and a table. of the extent of railway mileage in the province; which is at present 6,881.7E miles of -completed track and 189 miles of track under construction. Tho report of the accountant shows that the expendi- ture in the departmenton capitalaecount. during 1894 was $.347,607.89, and the total of expenditnret on the same account. since Cenfederatiou to have been $9,989,- 755.81. The bill introduced today by Cir Oliver Mowat relating to leases, sales and mort- gages of settled estates is a very lengthy - and complicated cine, Its intention, how- ever, is to arrange the Ontario .law in this regard as to make it accord with that, ,prevailing its England. Mr. Hardy's election bill repeals the. law respecting voters' lists in unorgan- ized territories, and sal statutes some- thing else, which to the lay mind has, little intelligent meaning, though it is doubtless all right. It makes standard. time govern in all matters affecting elec- tions, and makes the decision of the On- tario Court of Appeal in eleetiontrials. final. It declares that to be interested, as an executor, administrat r or trustee only, inany c •ntract or agreement with. her Majesty is tot a bar to eligibility fore membership in the Legislature, and that. the fact of being a postmaster, elsewhere,. than in a city, town or incorporated vil- lage, or of l-eing interested in a contract. for carrying moils; under the same con- - ditions, is also no bar. It also provides further that ineligibili y is not caused;` by being a surety of any postmaster or - contractor. RENEWAL Or LICENSES. Mr. Howland asked : "Whether it ±o the intention of the Government to pro- vide for a temporary renewal of licenses,. in townships under the Local Option .Act,, pending the final decision of the Judicial. Committee of the Privy Council on the validity of that Act," Mr. ,Harcourt replied that the subject was under consideration. TO UNITE DISTRICTS. Mr. Bennet asked : "Is it the intention - the Government to unite the license istricts of Cornwall and Stormont and ispense with the service of one of the. °riesuse inspectors ?" Mr. Harcourt again replied that the; uestion was under consideration. DISPU`rED JURISDICTION. Mr. Ferguson asked : "Has any action, sen taken since last session to secure a, ettlement of the disp,.,ted jurisdiction, etween the Dominion and the Province: s to ditches or drains crossing or rim- ing along railway lines. Also, as to• owers of this Legislature to make pro- vision for the protection of the public. ailway crossings?" Sir Oliver M wat replied that an ar-- rangement had been made by the Gov- rnment with the D.tminion Government o secure a settlement of these and other. estions by sending them to the Su-. reme Court, where, it was expected, they would be argued within a few - weeks. 0 d d q b s b a n p r e t qu A RETURN ASKED FOR. Mr. Haggerty movedfor a return show- ing the number of registrations in each, municipality in the ' o ,nty of Hastings.. The number of re.,istrations curing the. last ten years in the riding of North Hastings, in the different municipalities, together with the tegistretions during - the last ten years in the township of Hun- gerford. The registration fees during the year 1894 in the riding of North Hast-' ings and the township of Hungerford. THE WIDTH 0E ROADS. Mr. Hardy moved the second reading - of the act respecting road allowances in. the Rainy River scare ey. He explained that the presentwidth, ninety feet, was found by the settlers to be inconvenient, and that it was desired to change it to sixty-six feet. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. Haycock—Resolution. That int. the opinion of this House the mainten- ance of Government House and the es- tablishment connected therewith at the expense of the province should upon the., expiration of five year;, from the appoint- mens or the earlier termination of the. term of office of his Honor the present., Lieutenant -Governor be discontinued. Too Much Curiosity. First colored gent—Dat's a mity fine, par ob pants you has on. . Whar 'did yer get em, and what dey cast yor ? Huh, dey moue cost ins two years in, de penopetenshiary of I tole yer,'' replied colored gent No. 2. A lady writes :. "I was enabled to re- move the corns, root and branch, by the use of Holloway's Corn Cure." Others who have tried it have the same experi- ence. Softening the Expression. "See here, Tones, I never thought you were a liar, but 1' overheard you tell Miss , Gordon last night that her face was.a perfect dream. d4' hat d'ye say that for?". "Well, say, she's a perfect nightmare isn't she e" , "You're telling the truth now." "Well. that's what I t ad her, only I.. softened the expression's .tittle,'; softened Important Part, Mr. Bashful—If you were going to in- vite a young lady, to go to the theater how would you begin ? Mr, Swiftly—By pawning m:y for enough to Fepet,eekis the tickets, ;s watch, , Hatred is the madness s 01 the heart,