The Exeter Advocate, 1896-2-13, Page 3OUR OTTAWA LETTER
SURPRISING RESULTS OF ELEC-
TIONS IN FRENCH-CANA-
DIAN RIDINGS.
Want a Change ---Tho Budget Speech --00n-
: .juring With Figures—Strengthening the
Defences—Talk of War—rolicy of
un-
periallsm---Bed War in Cape Breton—
! Department of Agriculture --The home -
dial Bill.
In the history of this parliament there
ias been nothing more surprising, more
unexpected, than the action of the French-
Canadian ridings that lately have had
elections. Jacques Cartier, Veroheres
and Charlevoix all have gone against the
overnment. It has been claimed by the
Ministerialists that the election of Angers
In Charlevoix means nothing more than
that the successful candidate won the con-
test because he had repudiated Mr. Lauri-
er's project of appointing a commission
;to enquire into the case of the schools of
Manitoba. This assertion the Liberals
have denied most strenuously. They
assert that Angers went to the polls un-
trammeled by any promise. It cannot
I.
be denied that all the forces of the Church
were marshalled on the side of Simon
Omen, the Government candidate. Bis-
hop Labreoque, in whose diocese Charle-
voix is, Issued a mandement that was cal-
culated to do the Government candidate
much good. The polling took place on the
Monday; on Sunday every parish priest
in the county read the Bishop's message
to his congregation. In one church the
people gave audible expression to their
dissent from the opinions of their ecclesi-
astical head. In another the choir rose
and walked out of the church. The high
mass that had been arranged could not
go on without the assistance of the choir,
and a low mass had to be substituted.
The result of the election showed that the
people of Charlevoix have no great inter-
est in the cause of their oo-religionists in
Manitoba. They had been asked to vote
for the candidate of a Government pledged
every year. Its equipment is to be im- Montague thinks that the farmers should
proved, and its Clothing Is to he renewed.be in receipt of like advantages. It ban -
No part of the sum of $247,000 is to be ' not be denied that the Minister of Agri -
devoted to the arming of the militia with culture has an eye to the political value
now rifles, or for whatever else may be of these improvements—politicians do
considered necessary to be done in the not usually take any step without taking
way of equipment, and strengthening the into consideration the effect of it. But
defences of the country. For that pur-
pose, a special credit will be asked for
later, but the sum is too large to allow
its being, taken out of the Consolidated
Revenue Fund.
Strengthening the Defences.
So, in addition to seeing to the wants of
the soldiery, the Government proposes to
strengthen the defences of the country.
The remarks of the Minister of Finance
on the subject are well worth giving in
full. Said he: Now, we may be met by
objectors of two or three classes to an In-
crease of this vote for this purpose, at the
present time. There is one class of people
who believe, or affect to believe, that any
more ' than an ordinary expenditure
upon the mina% force of Canada, at the
present time, might be interpreted to the
disadvantage of Canada as regards its re-
lations with the United States. There
is another class of people, and I hope a
very small class, in this country, who do
not think it worth while that the militia
of this country should be put in that for-
ward state of efficiency, as they may be-
lieve that it would not be the worst of
calamities if, after all, this country were
quietly and peaceably to merge itself with
the country to the south of us. The
Government, however, does not believe
with either of these small classes of peo-
ple in our country; it does believe that at
the present time, and under the present
circumstances, it is a thing which is
necessary and prudent to do. They take
this step, not with any feeling of hostility
to any country under the sun, not with
any wish for war or bloodshed, but with
the highest and strongest hopes for the
continuation of the blessings of peace in
the future, which have been so long the
lot of this country in its relations with
the United States of America, and with
other countries. But I think we cannot
forget that here we have an heritage, the
accumulated wealth of which is very large
at present, and the accumulations of
wealth of which, in the future are almost
illimitable; that we have a country and
to restore Separate schools. They re- I institutions which are worth the sternest
sponded by electing the candidate of the and strongest defence that can be given
man who has no definite policy on the to them, and that Government and parlia-
question, other than to ask for further in- meat wo .1d not be doing its duty to the
formation. Mr. Laurier has said repeated- great trust it has reposed in it if it refused
ey that he will not give judgment until or neglected to place into the hands of
unprejudiced mon shall have given their its citizenship means of defence, adequate
Opinion on the question. Personally,
means of resistance to any armed invas-
lie believes that Separate schools ion were it unfortunately to come upon
should be restored. Politically, he has us. More than that, Mr. Speaker, by
not full information. Ho declines to birth, by adoption, by the possession of
commit himself until that information ample freedom, by the long possession of
shall have been placed in his hands. good government, the people of this
V. ant a Change. country, whether French-speaking or
There is another aspect to this reluo- English-speaking, all the people, I think,
lance of the French-Canadian voters to of this country—if not all, certainly the
support the Government candidate, great majority of the people—have their
Fremont, the ex -Mayor of Quebec, who convictions continually formed and
sits for the center riding of the city, ex- strengthened in the line of what I may
plained this to me the other day. I van- call the centripetal force in which in this
tared the opinion that the French seemed country, in Australasia, in all the depend -
to take very little interest in the School envies and colonies of Great Britain is
question. 'tending to marshal the outlying depen-
"They want a change of Government," dencles of the Empire around the center of
answered Mr. Fremont. "They do not power and life. And if Canada is to be -
believe in the bona fides of thisAdministra- come, as it must become, one member,
Con, and they know that when Laurier and a very important member, of that
.attains pnwer ho will give the people of great unity, it is well that in addition to
Manitoba separate schools." Now, this the other sacrifices we have made, the
was the opinion of ono of Mr. Laurier's other moneys we have spent to make Can -
own supporters. Of course, he looks at ada a strong part of the Empire, we
the question through Liberal glasses, but should also make adequate provision for
there Is no reason for thinking that he did the defence of our country, a provision
not echo the sentiments of a goodly pro- which, while it is not open to the charge
portion of his people, of extravagance, will certainly go so far
The Budget Speech. as is reasonable and as common sense de -
On Friday last we heard the budget mends for adequacy.
speeoh delivered, by the Minister of Fin- rolicy of Imperialism.
,ance. Times have changed since the days Now this is the first step in the new
of Sir Leonard Tilley, who was locus- policy of Imperialism that Sir Charles
toured to take six hours iu the delivery of Tupper has originated. Had Sir John
his speech. Mr. Foster consumed only a Macdonald been alive at this juncture it
third of this time. To a large extent he is safe to say that he would have advanced
eschewed statistics, and bent himself to a scheme that would have amazed his
the task of showing what a mistake the own followers. He would have asked for
illectorate would make if it abandoned millions for national defence. The
the Conservative Government. The crafty old chieftain would have done his
revenue for the year had reached the sum best to provoke the oPpostion of the Lib -
'of $34,397,000. The deficit was $4,153,- erals. He would have sought denuncia-
,000, of which nearly half was laid up in tion of the extravagance. And then,
the sinking fund as a provision against having secured a valuable campaign cry,
the maturity of the loan. The revenue ho would have made the land ring with
and expenditure for the coming year were it. The Manitoba school issue would have
each estimated at about thirty-seven tail- been forgotten in the trouble that would
lions of dollars. The cost of running the have followed, and the people of Canada
affairs of the country during the year would have been told once more that the
just passed was $38,132,005. Liberals are disloyal. I do not think the
Conjuring With Figures. gentlemen of the Opposition will make
Of course there was the usual prestidigi- any such mistake. Mr. Laurier sounded
tation with figures that every Minister the note that will animate his followers
of Finance revels in. There were corn- when he said that the volunteers should
parlsons of expenditure under the Con- be armed with the latest weapons. If.
.servative and Liberal regimes, caloulat- the Oppositionists make any such tactical
ed, of course, to show that the present error as I have indicated we shall see
Administration was far preferable to that that the "new discipline," which they
'of twenty years ago. Hope for the future assert they have developed, hal little
prosperity of the country was in Mr. party value.
Foster's voice, as be said that Canada had Red War in Cape Breton.
weathered successfully the depression of And, at the time of writing, red war
the last five years. Said he; The banks rages down in Cape 13reton. Elections
and financial institutions of our country 'in Nova Scotia must be excitinte even to
have been sound and steady and strong— ontsiders. There have been half a score
so much so as to be matter of remark of fights during the campaign, Sir
from other countries, who have pointed Charles Tupper has attempted to oblige
to the banking institutions and the cur- at least one meeting with a song; half a
renoy system of Canada, and, have noted dozen gentlemen who have participated
the strength which their soundness has in fights, have been placed behind the
imparted to commercial life and business bars. From the Liberals I hoar that the
In this country during the period of de- Scotch Roman Catholics of the riding
pression which is now happily passing. have been threatened with the severest
It may be said also that the credit of Can- penalties if ,,they do not vote for Sir
ada in the London market has remained Charles Tupper. It is asserted that the
Unimpaired, and is to day stronger than Scottish Catholics will be much more
It was in 1S90. Canada enjoys greater amenable to the dictates of their priests
hope at home and groatorprestige abroad. than the French of Charlevoix were. Men
Talk of War, who know Quebec say that the power of
And there was talk of war. In the the hierarchy over their people is much
militia estimates for the year there is an'diminished. Recent events seem to cot -
Increase of $247,000 over the appropria- roborate this view uf the case.
tion for the year gone by. This, accord- Departa neut. of. Agriculture.
ing to promises made by the Government Last week I stated that Hon. W. H.
last autumn, is asked with a view to Montague had made arrangements for con -
securing the more thorough training of veyiug to toe agriculturists of Canada full
our volunteers. As most of my readers information concerning the workings of
Care aware, the rural militia are drilled the new branehes of his department. It
only every second year. To the unpreju- speaks well for Dr. Montague's executive
diced observer it seems clear that In the ability that be has compassed the ar-
past both Conservative ana Liberal Ad- rangernents and has at the same time
ministrations have had small considera- 'made a very substantial saving in the ex -
tion for the claims et the country militia. penses of managing his department. The
The city battalions are furnished with recent concessions in the direction of the
magnificent armories, they are given the extension of the cattle shipping trade will
latest arms, they have purchased by the doubtless assist in building up a 'Cana.
Government for their use conveniently no- dian cattle shipping industry. Despite,
.cessible rifle ranges, To the young city what has been said by his political oppon-
man volunteering is an amusement. eats, it is undeniable that Dr. Montague
Cooped up in an office all day, he joins has done something which will benefit
the militia as much for personal reasons both the shipping and the cattle interests
as for anything else. He knows that of the country. It is the opinion of
specially trained instructors will do their the Minister of Agriculture that his
best, to improve his physique. His department should be a bureau of
armory is to all intents and purposes a information for the farmers of the
club, where he may meet his friends and country. The other departments are
pass a pleasant evening. How different is always ready to aid citizens whose in -
it with the rural militia man, who usual- terests come within.their purview. The
ly toils all day. He has no need for phy- Marine and Fisheries' branch of the pee-
sioal exercise at night. He joins the pie's service, for instance, sees to it that
volunteers for more than personal reasons the latest meteorological information is
and be comes out at the small end of the always at the disposals of the sailors of
horn when Imola are going. I am glad our lake and ocean marine. From the
to see that the Government has deoided officers of the geological survey Cana -
to matte a change in this spitem. Hence- diens interested in mining can always
the Minister will not be the only one to
beneat. By his innovation the Canadian
farmer may obtain information as to the
best and cheapest methods of producing
his roots and cereals, and, having produced
them, he may ascertain where they
may be disposed of and how and in what
form they may most profitably be mar—
hated The department has given special
attention to butter and cheese. Chilled
meats, fruits, etc, aro to be dealt with.
It is suggested that if county organiza-
tions of farniers, in the way of consulting
boards, were formed, the services of the
department would be placed at their dis-
posal so far as market reports, crop pros-
pects and similar projects are concerned.
It is the intention to furnish the pro -
di oe:s with as much information as can
bo collected, on the opportunities which
exist or can be created, for Canadian farm
products in foreign markets.
The litcoiedial Dill.
• I hear that the Remedial bill will be
in the hands of the members of parliament
within a very short space of time. The
budget debate will last in all probability
until February 15. The bill will be
brought down before that time. The
French Conservatives are anxious to see
the measure, the Government is anxious
to get it through as soon as may be.
While it is certain that the Cabinet is
having a certain amount of difficulty in
drafting the measure, I do not anticipate
anything like a crisis on account of it.
Now or never the Government must hang
together. Rumors as to the clauses of
the bill are pure speculation. A Minis-
terial paper last week published what
purported to be a draft of the bill. It was
Inaccurate for the reason that oven the
framework of the measure ,has not yet
been completed. John S. Ewart, the
Counsel for the Roman Catholics in all of
the litigation that has been gone through,
is in Ottawa. He is ready to give the
Cabinet any counsel, advice or informa-
tion. As yet his services have not been
called late requisition.
FREAK BICYCLES.
A HOOP -LIKE AFFAIR WHICH IS
A NOVELTY.
Above Buttons.
Benny had reached the advanced age
of five years, and a manly spirit swelled
within his small bosom. He scorned the
hitherto welcome assistance of Norah, the
nurse, and announced to mamma that he
intended to learn to dress himself. Proud
of her boy's independence, mamma spent
a wearisome half hour one morning in
trying to teach the small, awkward
fingers the mysteries of fitting each but
ton to its own buttonhole, but, alas! the
buttons were so many that Benny's cour-
age, like that of many an eider person in
the face of difficulties, wavered and final-
ly succumbed. The next morning Benny
announced that he was ill and did not
want to get up. Upon cross-examination
it was found that Benny had not a soul
above buttons; the buttons were too
many for him and he preferred staying
in bed to tackling them.
But this was the time for mamma to
assert herself, and she had no intention
of allowing Benny to turn back the first
time that he put his hand to the plough.
To do this would establish a precedent
that might prove serious. At the same
time, like a tactful diplomat, she preferred
to accomplish by strategy what it might
not be so easy to do by force. A well-
meaning but injudicious friend had
given Benny a dime bank, which it had
.become his ono purpose in life to see fill-
ed, not for the sake of the dimes, but just
to "see it open."
The buttons were counted, and from
the warm underwear to the high shoes
proved to be fifty in number, so five
dimes were promised Master Benny the
first time he succeeded in buttoning
them all. The task was huge, but so
was the reward, and in less than a week
Benny had accomplished the one and
earned the other.
But one swallow does not make a sum-
mer. Dressing was still a tedious opera-
tion, and Benny showed signs of lapsing
from the path of industry or virtue, when
a further reward was held out of three
dimes for the first week that Benny
should dress himself entirely alone, two
for the second and one for the third, a
financial retrogression, it is true, but a
decided progression in knowledge and ac-
quirements, for by the time the ten dimes
had been safely housed in the fascinating
bank what Benny didn't know about
buttons wasn't worth knowing. He need-
ed no valet, and he was a hero in his own
and mamma's eyes.
_forth the rural militia is to be drilled obtain any desired information. Dr.
But Can Anybody Ride It?—The Bantam-
ette is Built Low and is Designed to Hell?
Women Learn to Mount.
In England a man has evolved the
queer -looking thing on this page, which
the inventor safely claims to be the latest
thing in cycles. This cycle has not as
yet been given a name, and it will not be
placed in the public service for a month
yet.
The accompanying illustration is from
Black and White, a reputable publication
that would not be guilty of playing a
practical joke on the cycling world. The
accompanying description is quite brief
and in these words:
"A glance will show its peculiar charm.
Lightness with simplicity of construction
appear to be its strongest points; the
rider,boing suspended below the machine's
center of gravity, maintains a level seat
whatever the speed or grade. Power Is
obtained by the simple action of a spring
attached to the treadles, and groat speed
is promised. You will wish the new
cycle all the success it may be found to
deserve."
The illustration is, however, far from
satisfactory, as the details of the pedal
connection are not apparent, and the bare
statement that "power is obtained by
'With Thy Might.
Earnest, whole-souled work is the only
kind that pays. In these days of coin -
petition no young man can expect to
lase in business if be plans to do only
as he has to, and to work only while
under supervision. To succeed be must
devote all his energies to accomplishing
his work in the best possible way. He
must seudy not only the details of the
business which directly concern him,
but all related matters. His °bidet must
be, not to see how little he can do, but
how much he can master, how useful he
can make himself to the firm which em-
ploys him.
The student who makes his mark is
not the one who is constantly calculat-
ing the smallest amount of work which
will give a passable recitation, whose
ambition is to get just enough knowledge
to tide him over the next exaininaton.
If you do not want to find faults in
your friends, do not look for them. If
you do not want to find your enemies,do
not hunt for them; they will hunt for
you. And what is worse, they will find
you, too. have known men who have
passed all their lives hunting for things
which nobody wished to have discovered,
anti which only made the finders miser -
Mo. There are men who cannot smell a
heliotrope held at their lips, but have a
nose for carrion that would be a fortune
to some poor struggling buzzard. He
never looks for a good poitit about any
man. He nods the spots on the sun,
sees not one ray of its brightness. A
clear running brook gives him the hy-
drophobia, a mud -puddle is a reviving
Turkish bath to his mean little soul. If
he could go to heaven he would be of all
men Most injectable because"he could
find no mud to throw et, the angels leeR.
J. Burdett°.
For a Children's Party.
A very good menu for a child's party
may consist of bouillon with bread sticks
and celery, creamed chicken in little
paper oases, served with tiny home-made
biscuits, sandwiches of tongue and white
bread rolled with celery, and ice cream,
with such light cakes as macaroons and
lady fingers. Lemon or orange jelly in
orange shells may be served in place of ice
°rerun. Have for flavors the bonbons that
contain pretty tissue paper caps and bon-
nets, and a cake containing a ring, or in
its place one may have a Jack Horner pie,
containing a little gift for each child.
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forward thrust with one foot, or both
feet. Enough momentum is gained in
this way • to allow of plenty of time for
getting control of the pedals.
There are some women who never have
learned to mount the bicycle, although
they ride well enough when they are start -
ad, They are deterred by fear of falling or
receiving some injury. There is abolutely
no occasion' for such fear when using
the bantamette.
Still another new thing in "wheels"
comes from the current Scientific Ameri-
can. It is called a railway tricycle, The
purpose of the machine is to provide a
means of conveyance for one or more per-
sons as well as tools and appliances for re-
pairing electric linos and railway traaes.
The tricycle is the invention of Mr.
William J. Mellor, of Langtry, Tex., and
has been patented.
As will be seen at once, the tricycle is
designed to be run on a car -track, The
forward wheel and the guide wheel are
each provided with flanges for this pur-
pose, It ,was not necessary to have a
flange on the rear wheel, as it keeps the
track through the action of the other
wheels. A flange on the rear wheel
would merely have added to the friction
without accomplishing any good object,
The front and rear main wheels are
placed in a frame, on which is a crank-
shaft and a sprocket -wheel to rotate the
rear wheel. The other track rail is en-
gaged by the flanged guide wheel on a
short axle attached to a transverse bar.
The handle bar may be raised or low-
eretl at pleasure by means of a movable col-
lar. Froth the lower end of the handle
bar post a stiffening rod extends to the
transverse rod. The framework is sd ar-
ranged that it may be folded up into a
comparatively small compass when not
in use.
A brake is attached in the rear of the
front wheel, and on the frame in front of
the sprocket -wheel is carried a tool box.
A platform in the rear affords room for
another passenger or for fixtures or appli-
ances to be carried.
By the movement of the handle bar
the rider keeps the guide wheel in a pruper
forward or backward position on curves,
preventing any binding of the wheels
and readily balancing the frame where
there is considerable difference in the ele-
vation of tlfe rails.
THE LOW MOUNT BICYCLE FOR WOMEN.
the simple action of a spring attached to
the treadles," is far from convincing.
The claim that "great power" may be
secured will be admitted by the average
mind provided that the device be rolled
down a very steep bill. A. casual glance
gives the impression of a man having
been captured by the fabled hoop -snake,
which is bearing him off to its lair.
The newest thing in cycling is repro-
duced for the benefit of people who delight
in the study of abstruse questions in
mechanics. Some one of them may
figure it out.
Another new thing from England
which will interest all wheelwomen Is
the bantamette. It is a machine devised
for women. It is a sister to the bantam.
The bantam was built especially for men
who desired to make an easy mount.
The, seat of the bantam is low, allowing
the mount to be made with a single
thrust of the foot against the ground.
On the high seated wheels it is often
necessary for unskilled riders to take a
hop, skip and jump for a considerable
distance before they are able to get there-
quired balance.
The bantamette was planned for a
similar reason. The new woman, of
course, will have nothing to do with it,
for she spurns anything that suggests
weakness or unmanlines. But to that
small remaining class of women who
still cling to the old fashioned skirts and
who desire to arrange them on the saddle
and start off comfortably from the
ground without springing or straining the
body, the bantamette will be a great con-
venience.
This new machine is so low that the
rider may sit in the saddle and put both
feet on the ground at one. The effect of
this is greatly to increase the sense of
security, so that back pedaling may be
done on a steep grade easily without re-
sort to the brake.
It will be observed that the upright
forward bar is of unusual length. This
is made necessary by the small diameter
of the wheels, bringing the crotch of the
fork well towards the ground.
The arrangement of the frame in the
rear is peculiar. Instead of the pair of
parallel bars extending from the saddle
diagonally to the axle of the rear wheel
there is a single straight bar, reaching
from the saddle to a heavier bar which
extends horizontally from the rear axle
half way to the pedals. In this way a
material saving is made in weight, at the
cost, it would seem, of general strength
and rigidity.
The essential feature of the machine is
the pedal and gearing action, which are
attached to the forward wheel. There is
a chainless gear, which may be altered to
suit the rider. In the ordinary chain -
THE QUEEREST WHEEL YET.
gear bicycles the rider is usually seated
slightly forward of a- point above the
rear axle. In the bantamette, the rider
is seated well forward.
The fact that the propelling force is
given with the forward instead of with
the rear wheel seems to make no differ-
ence in the running of the bicycle. Some
ingenious mechanics have declared that
there is a loss of leverage in the °helpless
gear, but this assertion has yet to be
proved. Those who have given both
kinds thorough trial are undecided as to
which is the better.
The bantamette shown in the picture
is built either with an upper crossbar or
with a U frame for Skirts. It is an excellent
machine to learn mounting with. It is
only necessary for a woman after arrang-
ing her skirts comfortably and seating
herself firmly in the saddle to give a
THE HORSE BICYCLE.
The Hippocycle Enables Equines to Push
the Rubber Tires.
The prediction made last summer by
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the in-
ventor of the telephone, that a machine
would be invented that would be to the
horse what the bicycle is to the man, has
attracted more than passing attention,
and time problem of a vehicle in which
the horse shall be the motive power is
not so far from solution as many others
that have vexed the scientific world for
years.
A correspondent of a lending English
paper, Cycling,believes that in the "hip-
pocycle," of which he submits a working
drawing, a great advance in this dime -
tion has been made. The machine is
equipped with four 40 -inch rubber -tired
wheels, the two rear wheels being driv-
ers, the forward wheels steerers. The
machine is so designed that the horse
will propel himself and the vehicle, anti
there will be two riders, who will do
the steering and governing.
The method of transmitting the pow-
er from the horse is by a revolving end-
less platform built upon two chains
supported by rollers, the construction
being identical with that of the horse-
power treadmills and with that in small
flour mills and wood -sawing yards.
Upon this platform the horse can walk
or run as desired, being harnessed with
collar and traces in the usual way, the
traces being.hooked to the end of the
machine.
In moving the horse pulls at the
traces, and as the platform recedes un-
der his feet the machine advantes. Mo-
tion from the platform is communicated
to a toothed and ratcheted drum on the
driving axle over which the platform
runs, and the other end of the platform
over a free drum.
When the first machine was built it
was found by this arrangement that It
was propelled bacward. To obviate this
difficulty the platform was reversed and
the horse placed so that his head pointed
In the opposite direction to that which
Fearless and Honest,
A Scotch lad landed at Castle Garden,
the brightest, yet the loneliest passenger
of an emigrant ship, He was barely'
feurteen, and had not a friend in Ameri-
ca and only a sovereign in his pocket.
" Well, Sandy," said a fellow -passenger
who had befriended him daring the voy-
age from Glasgow, "don't you wish that
you were safe now with your mother in
the old country"
"No," said the boy," I promised her
when I left that I would be fearless and
honest. I have her fortune to make aa
well as my own, and I must have good.
courage."
"Well, laddie, what can you do?" asked,
a kind voice behind him.
"I can be loyal and true to anybody
who will give me something to do," was
the quick response.
A well-known lawyer, whose experi-
enoe,with applicants for clerkship in his
office had been unfavorable, had taken a
stroll down Broadway to ascertain wheth-
er he could find a boy to his liking.
A canny Sootchrnan himself, he had
noticed the arrival of the Glasgow steam-
er, and had fancied that ho might be
able to geu a trustworthy clerk from his
own country.
Sandy's fearless face caught his eye.
The honest manly ring in Sandy's voice
touched his faithful Scotch heart.
"Tell me your story," he said kindly.
It was soon told. Sandy's motaer had
been left a widow with little money and a
child to bring up. She had worked for
him as long as she could, but when her
health failed she had bought his passage
to America, and given to him what little
money she could spare.
"Go and make your fortune," she had.
said. "Be fearless and honest, and don't
forget your mother who cannot work for
you any longer."
Sandy's patron engaged him as
office boy.
"I'll give you a chance," he said, "to
show what there is in you. Write to
your mother to -day that you have found
a friend who will stand by you as long as
you are fearless and honest."
Sandy became a favorite at once in the
office. Clients seldom left the office with-
out pausing to have a word with him.
Be attended night school and became
an expert penman and accountant. He
was rapidly promoted until he was his
patron's confidential clerk.
After sharing his earnings with his
mother, he went to Scotland and brought
her back with him.
"You have made my fortune," he
said, "and I cannot have luck without
you."
He was right. When he had studied law
and began to practise at the bar, his fear-
lessness commanded respect and his
honesty inspired confidence. Juries liked
to hear him speak. They Instinctively
trusted him.
His mother had impressed her high
courage and sincerity upon him. His
success was mainly her work.—Thr
Household.
an
it was desired to propel the machine;
and no doubt this system will be contin-
ued in machines not intended to reach a
high rate of speed.
But a little study got over this difficulty
and the perfected machine permits the
horse to be stationed in a normal position,
so that his head points forward. This
rusult is achieved by fitting the ilat-
form below the driving axle, communi-
cating its motion by outside teeth en-
gaging in similar teeth on the driving
axle, as is indicated in the illustration.
The gearing of the platform with the
axle, as in the bicycle,determines the
speed of the machine. But whereas in
the bicycle a two -speed gear is not a ne-
cessity, in the hippooycle it is indispen
sable.
When the cyclist nowadays encounters
a hill that is too formidable, he dis-
mounts and pushes his machine. To un-
harnesS the horse in like manner and at
inch him to the front of the machine
would be out of the question. But with
the low gear as designed, which is ap-
plicable at will, all hills can bb mount-
ed, and the tiro speed gear is said to an-
swer admirably.
The _horse in the hippocycle is enabled
to rest absolutely on every appreciable
decline. Every driver knows that the
strain on a horse drawing a carriage is
eqally severe, whether the gradient be
for or against
The aecient lines called the "Horse's
Prayer," will .be recalled:
"Up hill and down hill,
Spare thou me;
And when upon the level road
I'll make it up to thee."
In thehippooycle the horse will be as
much at rest when- going down bill as
if he were at beTne in his stall. Proper
provision is made for pr -venting injury
to the horse in case of a sudden appli-
cation of the brakes. The problems of
steering the hippocyde are those invol-
ved in the government of the moto-cy-
cies or homeless carriages. Over good
roads a 'speed' of fifteen to twenty miles
is said to have been made by the bip-
Voeyele. •
Inheritance Among the Indians.
Inheritance, . is at the
um in an Indian tribe, not only as re-
gards property, but also in the matter of
honors and privileges. Little, if anything,
ever descends from individuals; and even
among tribes that have something akin
to a hereditary chieftaincy no man can re-
main a leader longer who does not possess
the power to attain and hold the office
though his own superior ability. It may
happen that certain families for several
generations produce chiefs. and it is true
that a prestige (dings to the family of a
chief; but the essential fact remains that
official positions. in an Indian tribe are
secured and retained by personal talent
rather than by inheritance.—"Tribal Life
Among the Omahas," by Alice C.Fletch-
er, in the January Century.
Better Than a Curb.
Down near Goldsboro, N.C., I turned
in from the dusty highway and asked a
native sitting in front of his cabin if I
could get a drink of water. He said I
could, and I walked with him to a hole
in the ground a few yards away. He
didn't have to go down over fifteen feet,
and there was water to the depth of five
feet in the hole. It was neither stoned up,
nor was there a curb around it, and as
there were several children around. and
the well was near the door I said:
"I should think you would have a
curb around this well."
"What fur?" he asked.
"Don't the ohildren run a risk of fall-
ing in?"
"I reckon,"
"And wouldn't
chances?"
"It mought, but 'twould take a heap
of lumber and time. I've got a cheaper
way. Look at that."
He pointed to a pole stuck on end in
the well, and while I was trying to make
out what it was for, he said:
"That's fur them to climb out on when
they tumble in, and it beats a curb all
holler."
a curb lessen the
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Criss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
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