The Exeter Advocate, 1896-8-20, Page 7OUR OTTAWA LETTER
PARTY LAVVYERS AND POLITICAL
LEADERS AT OSGOODE HALL
pertiency to be Explathed-,-Ontarlo Conser-
vative Schism --A Montreal Story of the
School Question—Portfolio of the Interior
--The Son or the Old Man.
It is sad to relate that last week there
-was much profanity amongst politicians
in this good province of Ontario. By
the "bosses" both parties had been de-
ceived, or perhaps it would he more just
to say that they bad been thwarted in
their desire to pursue their local elections
to the bitter end. At Osgood° hall on
Monday last there gathered a great num-
ber of party lawyers and political leaders.
Ateoteet Papers, properly filled in, were
in their hands. Thick wads of money
.were in their inside .pockets. When the
, hand of the clock had swung round to
nearly noon it was announced that no
protests would be lodged other than the
pved beyond doubt that there existed
in the minds of Roman Catholic laymen
no strong feeling on the subject, Condi-
titans were different from those in Que-
bec, said Mr. Cioran. All that the people
wanted was to be let alone. Since '90,
of course, conditions have changed once
more. The old Archbishop is dead. In
his stead there reigns at St. Boniface a
young and impulsive hierarch. He es- iche eoll(litillt{ Or t he 1., Rags Clearly Shown
teeing himself the guardian of his by the Fluoroscope. 01 her PhtiroOt. The greater number of Such Occasions—Mow the Captain reels
people's temporal welfare as well as of
their spiritual well-being, Certain to/eerie ray exhibit _ Mechanics' _
More interest is taken in the cathode ;rem Leif ten inches hi length, and in
Building, them stee 1 a Weed that is long and for Stays After the Rite is rerrorined.
where the meeting of the Massachusetts a day they smoke many of them.
Though cigars, rolled in the European An old sea captain said in a recent
tons laymen have said that they do not —7 1" "
desire the re-establishment of Separate Medical Society is being held, than in fashion and made of tobacco leaf, are talk: A, burial at sea surpasses the cere-
schools, but the great majority of the
all the other exhibits put together, and used to some extent in the 'Flurnaese menr On land in point of solemnity as
Catholics of Manitoba have remained Russell Hall was crowded all the morn- (shies where foreign °Utilization has crept much as the eyeful grandeur of mid•
ing with medical men anxious to see the in, the true Burmese cheroot is of a dis- ocean surpasses the mild, soft beauty of
silent. Is it poesible that they still are
revelations which were being made there thole, sort, It is constructed of an en- a tranquil lake. Men of the sea are
satisfied with the present state of affairs?
by the new light, Dr. E. A. Codraan has velope formed of a certain dried leaf or not given to sentimental musings.
There e'en be no doubt that there exists
betwetuf the Premier and the Govern -
charge of the exhibit, and it is one of ot the inner husk of the maize plant, The constant menace to life makes
standing as to the course that is to be
tnre of b
and this envelope is filled with a mix- them reckless and ribald. But when a
death occurs au board ship, the meek
Meat of Manitoba a very thorough under
the largest and most complete ever shown
taken in respect of the School case. There d fl h e and humble piety which characterizes
eau be no doubt that Mr. Laurier was
speaking by the book when he said at
Ste John's the other day that he would
have the whole subject disposed of within
eleven against Conservatives that had six months. One of the signs of this was
in the gathering at St. Boniface the other
, been handed in a few deye before. And day, when a French Canadian Liberal
' that is how the matter now stands. No Association for Manitoba was formed.
!Liberal seat in Ontario is protested.
' Eleven Conservatives are assailed. From
!ail over the country come objections from
I both Liberal and Conservative politicians. Canadian Prime Minister was enlarged
Down in Brookville, the home of John upon. What is to follow? It is not far to
F. Wood, ex -Controller of Customs, the see. Mr. Laurier will make his settle -
Liberal organ demands to know whether silent of the School question; the Censer-
' James Sutherland has erected. himself vative press will proceed to discover in
into a Liberal buss. In other counties the
!Conservatives are furious. The truth is
that Sir Charles Tupper and James
!Sutherland had a very complete under-
standing as to what was to he done.
; The arrangement that was made was
that the Liberals were to protest ten or
t
,eleven and the Conservatives half a dozen
' seats. The Conservatives found them-
selves short of money and could not file
the necessary papers. The Liberals kept
i to their side of the bargain.
I,enieney to be klxidoined.
I In making these arrangements Mr.
;Sutherland had to keep in mind the
, necessity of shielding an Ontario Minis-
ter from trouble. In a manner that may
. have been completely innocent this gen..
: tleman had seriously compromised him-
self in the campaign. In one of the
, towns of his riding there lives a cripple to enquire into the question. The mew -
who possesses touch local influence. The bars of the commission are to be Sir
crimele had always voted Conservative, Oliver Memel% Sir Henri Jelly and Hon.
;and when canvassed by the candidate in R. W. Scott. Thus we have an English -
person, lie asked what his visitor could Protestanean Irish Roman Catholic and a
do in the way of getting him a Govern- French-Canedian Protestant looking into
meat job, "We're not there yet," was the question. The Conservative press de -
the answer, "but you vote for UR and sires to know why no French Roman
when we are on top you'll get a posi- Catholic figures on the commission. To
Ilion." Now it happened that there were which the Liberal papers make answer
1
, witnesses to this conversation. The Con- that no Frenchman is necessary. '
Barrettes) organizers knew of it and they Portfolio of the Interior.
knew that they could disqualify the Min- , And still the portfolio of the Interior is
biter for mars mal bribery. The law on that without a holder. Joseph Martin's
And wo masd'all be surprised if the tire-
less Tarte does not point out that if the
Peeple of North Grey are friendly to the
Government. the Government will not be
unfriendly to them. All of which is part
of the noble game of polities.
"X" RAYS AND CONSUMPTION.
BURMESE WOMEN SMOKERS.
They r air Their Cheroots the Same as
the Meth
The Burmese women smoke—not
. cigarettes in an imitative sort of way,
hut eheroots, which are the Burmese
substitute for cigars. It is a curious and
mi very picturesque signt to see one of
these Thirioe;e girls in the enjoyment
COMMITTED TO THE DEEP
A BURIAL SERVICE AT SEA IS OP-
PRESSIVELY SOLEMN,
ere W mind Passengers Alike Feel the
Soletuitity and Become Sobersidee on
anywhere.
The chief object of interest is the big
fluoroscope, by which the whole upper
part of a nian's body, penetrated by the
cathode rays, is shown. This is done by
throwing the shadow from the tube on a
large canvas screen forming one side of
a box in which the observer sits. By
means of this apparatus the interior of
the Man's chest could be plainly seen,
with the outline of the different organs
against the lighsfrom the tube, The man
who was shown this morning was a con-
sumptive, having had a cough for about
two years, and the cathode ray showed
his condition very distinctly. The right
lung, which was healthy, was penetrated
SW the light so that the ribs on the
the tobacco plant itself. It is an inch in both crew and passengers would do
credit to a Quaker congregation. The
wood, the latter generally of the stalk of
diameter at the thicker end. It is the Peat desolate stretch of water, with
smoke her cheroot in steady puffs, but gales, seems to invest the presence of
its mountainous billows and its howling
custom in Burman for a woman not to
down or pass it to the next one in the the grim reamer with a more merciless
to take a few whiffs and then lay it
party. the living a more realizing sense of the
character ani brings to the minds of
Quite as common is the smoking habit,
among girls as it is among women, and
it extends to children. A frequent sight,
Is that of a Burmese mother taking a 1 every bough along the line of mama
cheroot from her mouth andpubting it to l from
the lips of her nursing child. The child, church to graveyard. You can
if it be a year and a half or two years of
age (and the women of Burmah, accord-
ing to an old custom, do not wean their
children until they are long past two),
will purse up his tiny lips and puff
away at the weed with every indication
of pleasure.
Recruits are being brought in by scores,
At the opening meeting the fact that
Canada has for the first tirae a French -
the adjustment all manner of undesirable front era back could be seen plainly,
features. And then the French-Canadian but meth° left side the lung was tuber -
Liberals of Manitoba,Roman Catholics to
a man,wiii envena,anci will announce to culous, and the ray did not penetrate, so
that only a dark mass could be seen.
the country that they, the people moot This exhibition caused the greatest inter -
interested, are eminently welt satisfied est, not only among those of the physi-
-with the new basis. i That is the plan. It
clans who make a specialty of diseases
is well -conceived. I do not know that it
of the lungs, but among nearly all who
will be injured or benefited by this
attended the meeting. There -WAS a line
rather early description of it, The party
'waiting all the morning which extended
newspapers refrain from mentioning it.
from the apparatus across the room and
The Government press, of course, will out to the door of the main hail, and,
say nothing until the Government makes as it took less than half a minute to
announcement, The Conservative editors, make the exathination, it is probable
who must see very plainly the game the that several hundred physicians must
Ministers are playing, are silent for fear
have seen it up to noon.
The of losing by-elections in Quebec. Besides this large fluoroscope, there
estimable Mr. Cloran now comes to the were several instrutnente of the ordinary
front as the secretary of the commission kind on which. examinations were made
that Mr. Leurier is to send to Manitoba by means of eye shields. One of these
instruments Was more powerful than the
one used on the large fluoroscope, al-
though of course only a small part of the
body could be seen by' it. Not only
could the ribs and vertebrae be seen
plainly when one of the eye shields was
held against a man's chest, but when a
pair of forceps were held against his
back, on the outside of his coat, they
could be distinguished without difficulty.
Several of the men there hail fractures
In some of their boneeeand these were
plairde shown on one of the macidnes,
giving an excellent demonstration of the
value of the cathode ray in medical
work.
In another part of she room photo-
graphs made by the X-ray process were
thrown upon a canvas by a stereopticon,
showing some excellent cases of brokep
bones and dislocated joints, and also
cases where objects were embedded in
the flesh, one or two of which it would
probably have been impossible to find
without the aid of the cathode ray.—Bos-
ton Transcript.
'point is exceptionally severe. Mr. Min-
ister was saved by his friends, but, for
his sake, they had to abandon a number
of protests that they hart made arrange-
ments for lodging. Sir Charles Tupper
said the other day that he would be
ready at the opening of the session to
make a statement showleg why he had
been so leniept with his conquerors.
Ontario Conservative Schism.
• A remarkable schism has arisen in the
egranke of Ontario Conservatives. Num-
bers of them protest against Sir Charles
Tupperhi continuing to bold the leader-
ship. These geetlemen refrain from nom-
inating any man to take his place. George
Euias Foster seems to me to be the only
man who has anything like the quaint -
cations. And I tun not so sure that he
has these in any great measure. Why a
change should. be made now is more
than I can understand. he Liberals aver
that they will settle the School question.
With this issue out of the way Sir
Charles should prove an acceptable leader
to his party. His Imperialism should
commend itself to English-speaking
Canada. Mr. Laurier already shows
signs of dropping two or three items of
the Conservative programme. -Mr. Mu -
loch will See to it tnat the cold storagb
',ahem is given a fair trial. But,' have
it on the best authority that the fast At-
lantic line schema is to be suffered to
drop. An annual subsidy of three quar-
ters of a million dollars was to be grant-
ee by the Conservative Government to
the projectors of the line. The Liberals
are determined to show a decreased bud-
get, and the fast line is to go by the
board. Mr. Laurier had no compunction
in doing this. He knows that in Ids own
province of Quebec there is little interest
in such schemes. As for himself, he is
willing to allow his colleagues to take
charge of the details of matters of this
kind. It seems probable that Mr. Field -
dug, the Minister of Finance, and Sir
Richard Cartwright, who is at the head
of the Department of Trade and Com-
merce, will have the 'chief hand in draft-
ing the revised tariff. It happens that
Mr. Fielding comes from Nova Scotia,
where are situated Canada's greatest iron
mines. The fact is significant. When he
was in Opposition Sir Richard called
loudly for free iron. I do not think he
will be found to bold the same views
when in February next the people of
Canada are given the result of the de-
liberations of these two experts in fiscal
matters. As the ex -Minister of Finance
was fond of saying, "the country's bills
have to be paid," The object of the
new Government has hems stated by
themselves to be to niake these bills as
email as possible. But we have fixed
charges amounting to nearly a third of
our revenue. These charges are mainly
In the form of interest on our public
debt. Any schemes for colonization, or
the building of railways or canals will
'necessitate an increase in taxation. We
cennot hope for any great decrease. An
lberease is not probable.
' A Montreal Story of:the School Question.
From Montreal I hear a .story which
casts a strong side light upon the ever -
vital Manitoba School question. In 1890
.Flouoiel Mercier, then at the zenith of his
power in Quebec, sent a secret agent to
Winnipeg. The provincial Act abolishing
the Separate schools had been passed,
and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Richard Weldon, the lion -locked law -
St. Boniface had made an ittnieni to his yer who sat for Albert, N. S., in the last
friends labor unceasingly in their effort
to obtain for the author of the School
Bill this honor. Mr. Laurier is known to
have a desire to summon Martin to take
charge of the department, but other
French Canadians of prominence, and
Solicitor -General Fitzpatrick, who is half
French, have told the Premier that to do
so would be to make a most serious mis-
take, Israel Tarte ativooates the calling
of Senator McInnes or some other Brit-
ish Columbia member. Martin, Tarte
points out, drafted the School Bill. Clif-
ford Mon, the Provincial Secretary of
Manitoba, carried out its provisions.
Neither of these men would be acceptable
to Quebec. And Quebeo -must be kept
satisfied. For my part, I should like to
see Sifton at Ottawa. He is an able and
hnnett ming Canadian. Be believes in
Canada's nationhood. Be would. rise
above sectional interests. Be is the equal
of Martin mentally and he possesses just
whet Martin lacks—an attractive person-
ality. Far be it from any of us to de-
nounce a man because he larks personal
magnetism. But the man who does
possess it ranks above lain who does not.
The Son of the Old Man.
The eyes of many Conservatives, too,
are turned toward Winnipeg, where
lives Hugh John Macdonald, the son of
the OM Man. In him they see the coining
leader of the Conservative party: the
Moses who shall lead them out of the
dreary land of Opposition into the sunny
clime called Administration. Hugh John
Macdonald has many of his father's
traits. Physically, he is a diminished
replica, of Sir John. There is the promi-
nent nose, the head, with curling locks,
the stooped shoulders, the rapid, gliding
gait, the twinkling eye. Also, he makes
few mistakes in men, albeit he has had
scant experience in the world of politics.
Before the elections Hugh John came to
Ottawa and there had many interviews
with the Ministers, of whom, of course,
he was one. Sir Frank Smith, who was
a power in the councils of the Conserva-
tive party, watched the young man in-
tently. And, after the final meeting be'
for the election, the old • knight of Tor-
onto said to his friends: "That is the next
leader of our party." The story was told
Hugh John. He became aghast, and said
at once that his inclinations were not in
that direction. Moreover, he pointed out
that there were ninny men who had a
much better right to the post than he
had. John Eiaggart is a believer in the
political future of the member for Winni-
peg. The ex -Premier, I am afraid, thinks
he could furnish a very good leader out
of his own party. Sir Charles Ilibbert,"
said his father during the campaign in
Nova Scotia, "I consider to be as able a
statesman as Canada possesses." One
must make allowance for a father's
pride. But it is certain that "young
Charley" had the correct political instinct
when in 1895, he left the Cabinet in in-
dignation because the other Ministers
would not consent to make an immediate
appeal to the country. That, you will
remember, was a few days after the
passing of the first remedial order ad-
dressed to the Manitoba Government.
There are many Conservatives who to-
day believe that the party would have
been victorious if young Charley Tup•
per's advice had been taken.
The Contest in North Grey.
compatriots and eo.religionists in Que-
bec. Aid was asked 1 LI the coining fight
against the new elute -anent. Count Mer
-
(ger was appealed to. The Archbishop
asked him to announce that if the
Mauitobaus persisted in their course,
he would take measures of reprisal
against the Protestant Separate schools
of Quebec. H. J. °loran, a young Mon-
treal lawyer, was the commissioner who
journeyed to Winnipeg. His instructions
Were to see and talk to Roman Catholic
laymen of all sorts and conditions. He
was forbidden to interview the arch-
bishops or the priests. Their opinions on
the question were well known, Mr. Cioran
performed his task and furnished a re-
port to Count Mercier. After reading
the finding of the commissioner Merrier
decided to take no action. He found it
parliament, is not to be a candidate in
North Grey. Clarke Wallace, Sproule
and other anti-remedialists did their
best to induce Dr. Weldon to run in the
riding that was vacated by the death of
John Clarke. They met with a decisive
refusal. In the meantime the ,Conserva-
tires of the riding assembled and nome
tutted James MoLauchlin, the wealthy
.biscuit manufacturer, of Owen Sound.
The Controller of Customs, who is to be
McLaughlin's opponent, ie also a mann-
facturee of the toothsome dainties. Pater-
son already is in his riding, working
amain. The people of Owen Sound
are in fear lest their labor shall be suf-
fered to go without the improvements
that the last Government commenced.
To them will go,Ietael Tarte, Minister of
eublio Works, who will make speechee.
PITCAIRN ISLANDS.
Their Troubles 'With the Letter
That Traveled 25,000 Miles to Get1,200.
In the possession of one of the mis-
sionary party just arrived from the
South Seas on the Adventist vessel
Pitcairn is a letter which has an inter-
esting and unique history. It traveled
about 25,000 tulles, while the distance be-
tween the mailing point and its destina-
tion is but 1,200 miles, and it went the
most direct route possible and did not
miscarry at any stage.
The travels of a letter show, as noth-
ing else can, the complete isolation of
the little Pacific paradise founded by
John Adams. Tahiti Is only about six -
days' sail from Pitcairn, and is a enure°
whence love-sick Pitcairners take their
WIN as, But letter -writing, although is
forms an important part of the court-
ship, is generally confined to one letter,
as when the answer is received it is gen-
erally the arrival of the bride. Except a
small vessel or a man-of-war consents to
carry letters betweee the two points,
which opportunity rarely occurs, the only
remaining hope is from a passing ship
hound from San Francisco or Portland to
Europe. A man now residing in Oak
land was once deputed to carry the Pit-
cairn mail for Tahiti and to•day told 'the
story of how it was done.
"We left San Francisco in the ship
City of Haukow, and. were off Pitcairn
Island on Christmas Day. Only about
one ship makes the island, and as we,
should lose no ground by waiting a few
hours, we hove to and signaled to
Adams Point. Than the two boats,
Queen dtictorie and Admiral Drew, came
off with two loads of vegetables. Gov.
McCoy also came off and asked us to
carry some letters to Tahiti. We rather.
smiled at first, hut when he produced
yen letters and told us there was no
other way to send them we consented,
amid after payieg for our fruit and vegee
tables we ,started on our trip. Those
letters were the cause of a good deal of
Inconvenience. When the captain landed
In England he took the letters ashore
and went to the Postmaster. Then he
as informed that he must make an
affidavit and must apply to the Post-
master General for 14 cents, the tariff
for carrying letters from countries not in
the postai union. Eventually the letters
were landed in the Falmouth Post -Office,
after we carried them about 13,000 miles.
From Falmouth they went to Southamp-
ton, and were sent in the usual course
of events to New York, another 8,000
miles. They then crossed to San Fran•
deco and were put on board one of the
Australian steamers and put off at the
nearest point to Tahiti, their destination.
The remainder of their journey was cov-
ered with a, small boat. In all, the letters
traveled a distance of over 25,000 miles
and occupied 4ee months en route.
Moral Care of the
Ibis natural the bringing up of infants
is a serious Matter. Some parents wisely
bring up their children themselves and
do not allow them to be dragged up by
servants. Ib should be remembered that
the moral and physical character of the
child, for goodor ill, is formed during
the first seven years of, life. It is too late
to commence to train him 'after; the
seeds are surely planted, and they will
bring forth a plentiful harvest
The courage and hernisni which accept
the burdens of life and follow the call of
duty however footsore and weary, bring
to the heart a peace and serenity whie.t
are not far from true happiness.
terrors a death than is felt on land,
'with its houses and rushing trains and.
carolling birds trilling a trenody from
dTen d upon it, that no matter how
rough and hardened the sailor, he takes
off his hat and bares his head to the
pitiless sky whenever he passes the
corpse.
The feeling of oppression which ex-
tends all over the ship when a death
occurs is so overpowering that for this
very reason, if for no other, it is neces- •
sary to get rid of the corpse with all
possible speed, And the getting rid of
it is a climax to the tragedy more
shocking than anything the man who
has never experienced it can imagine.
The idea of dropping the cold, insensate
mass of mortal clay into the limitless,
bottomless ocean, to be knawed at and
nibbled. by the greedy monsters of the
deep is horrifying to the stoutest heart,
And yet there is ever present to the cap-
tain that horrible realization that it
must be done, and, as everybody shrinks
froin doing it, it devolves won him to
do it with his own hands.
The body is strapped to a bare board,
face up. To the foot of the board are
attached heavy weights, usually cannon
balls. Then this board is shoved out
over the bow of the ship by some of the
crew, who, after doing this, make haste
to scurry back out of sight of the final
proceedings, leaving no one there but
the captain, whose duty it is to tip up
the board and let it drop into the sea,
feet foremost, Maybe you think you
can sleep after doing that. If you do,
just volunteer to perform this service
for the first captain on whose boat you
are a passenger, when a death occurs. I
asscr.; you that he will turn the task
over to.you; and I also assure you that
you won't g•et any more sleep for a good
many nights afterwards.
BRAINS OF THE WORLD.
Their Combined Weight is Figured at
X.922,712. Tons.
A. etatistiolan, on the assumption that
the earth contains 1,400,000,000 inhabi-
tants, estimates their brains as weigh-
ing 1,1125, 715 tons. This gives an average
weight; of about 49 ounces per head of
the population, which is probably too
generous an allowance. According to the
observations of physiologists' the average
weight of brain in an adultmale is 48
ounces, and in a female -13 ounces, while
at birth it is said to be about 14 and 12
ounces, respectively. Something, how-
ever, must be deducted from the above
estimate, as a child's braiu at the age of
years averages about 40 ounces, and
beyond the age of 40 years the weight
slowly but steadily declines at the rate
of about one ounce in ten years. More.
over, the brains of idiots are generally
much below the average, some weighing
less than le ounces. A German biologist
has calculated that each knonau brain
cuntairis 300,1)00,000 nerve cells, 5,000,-
000 of which die and are succeeded by
new ones every day.
The Cycling Furore In Paris.
Before long the horse will be as dead
as the dodo, it will be completely extinct,
Is the sad prognostic a French technical
magazine pronounces for- the equine
race, "unless," the writer adds, "it
should be bred as food for man." The
fact is that the Paris oyclonninities al-
ready feign astonishment at the sight
of a horse in the Bois de Boulogne,
which from dawn to midnight teems
with bikes. "Et le °hovel?" is the new-
est "eiteali call" with which the cyclists
greet each other at the appearance of a
hack in the Bois. "Have you seen the
horse?" Sounds like the augury of a time
when the noble quadruped will only be
known in remembrance or from hearsay.
The Paris cab -driver grows red from an-
ger when he hears the cyclists' scoffing
question, which is now even heard on
the boulevards.
'What is merely a joke to the rider of
the steel horse is, however, a serious
problem to the liverymen, the cabmen
and the numerous companies of the pop-
ulous capital. At a recent meeting of
the prominent firms interested in this
subject the resolution passed to do away
with horses as soon as practicable, and
to introduce automobiles. The introduc-
tion of the cycle, it is true, was not the
only ground for this proposition. The
Paris fiacre companies alone annually
expend $16,000,000 for stabling, smith
(try, harness, feed sheds, hospitals and
veterinary service. If the horse car lines
and omnibuses follow theli example,
where will the horse be?
At Pails you see between the hours
of 6 and 9 a.m., the artisan, the shop
girl, the clerk, the petty official on his
bike to make a tour through the park
and around the lake. Numerous restau-
rants, with the emblems of various cycle
clubs on their signs, extend from the
Porte Miallit to the Pont de Sureties.
In these the wheelers gather and find all
cycling requisites, even medioinee. With
the tenth hour the scene changes. It be-
comes "ultra -chic." Inbong lines pass
the high military, statesmen, financiers,
artisans nsondaines and the like, all on
the "vela." Formerly they would enjoy
.their promenade ofi horseback or in the
carriage.---Baltimere Sun.
. Mexican Mountain of Iron.
Yesterday there missed through the
city a large lot of 'Mining machinery.
which is to be used in the state of
Durango, Mexico, in getting out iron.
This iron mine which -is to be worked is
a great mountain, some 2,000 feet high,
situated only fifteen or twenty miles
from Durango, in the state of Durango,
and it is said to be the most remarkable
mountain in the world. It is almost
solid iron, and is at the base three-quar-
ters of a mile in thickness, thus giving
enough of metal to supply the entire
iron market of the country tot years.
This iron mountain has for years been
the envy of iron manufacterers,who have
wanted to get a lease upon it, and
work it, but the Government has all the
time refused to allow this to be done
until quite recently, when a contract
was entered into between the Govern-
ment and sonic New York capitalists,
for the operation and development of it
upon the partnership plan, and the ma-
chinery is now being shipped there for
that purpose, The ore obtained from this
mountain is said to yield about Si per
cent, pure iron. The machinery which is
being carried there is extensive, anti will
be put into operation as soon as possible.
Perfectly Sure. •
She—Did you tell Fibs of our engagel
raen tt
He—Yes,
She (aggrieved)— You promised that you
wend say 'lathing about it.
He—It's perfectly safe with ribs; no
one ever believes him.
On My Possible Places.
"Where did Wilkins go for his vaca-
tion?"
'I
tsaki' he wanted to find a place
where there were no telkatiye 'women."
"Well, I suppose he is up in a balloon
er has rented a second -band lighthouse."
—Chicago Record,
Why Wives are Nogieeted.
"I ant not at all surprised," said a
bright woman, "that some men find
other women more attractive than their
wives. In this age of progress and
newspapers, women who do not live up
to the times must ex,pect to be eclipsed
by those 'who do. he 'Hannah Jane'
theory set forth in Carleton's poem is
exploded.
"The occasion for my disgust is thee
twice within the past week I have met
wives who did not care for the frivoli-
ties of life, and whose huebands I did
not blame for casting 'sheep's eyes' at
more attractive women. The first wo-
man came into the dining -room of a
hotel in a Western city. She evidently
boarded at the place, and it Was a really
good hotel. Every other person in the
dining -room was well dressed. Her hus-
band. was well dressed. She actually
wore a wrapper, one such as is , sold in
the stores at 98 cents a piece. It was of
a dull peacock green color, -with yellow
rings in it and intensified her sallow-
ness. Her skin and hair had a neglect-
ed look, the latter brushed back so
tightly that two thin places near her
temples were plainly -visible. Her
whole appearance was of the 'don't care'
order. The sooner she drops away from
this =dime sphere, the better it will be
for the husband, whose eyes wandered
often to the tables where sat other wo-
men, who were 'fixed up.'
"The other case was that of the presi-
dent of a igreat trades union, with whom
an interview was necessary. His home
was sought towards evening. It was a
neat brick house, the front closely shut
up, and it actually became a necessity
for the correspondent to attack the kit-
chen door before she found anyone.
Tnis 'anyone' proved to be the wife of
the man, a young, black-eyed woman,
with a neglected child clinging to her
dress. She was, by all appearances, a
born slattern. The interview was short
and not interesting. The husband was
sought in the office of the trades union
of which he was chief officer. He was
a grand surprise, as he was a man, not
only of brawn and. brain, but remark-
ably well dressed and thoroughly intel-
ligent. He seemed rather suspicious,
but thawed easily under genial influ-
ences. The truth inadvertently leaked
out that he rarely got home until mid-
night. I did not weeder. I only 'won-
dered that he ever went home, I don't
think I would have cared to go. "—Cm.
china ti Tribune.
Modern Proverbs.
Silence is the fool's best friend.
A prodigal picks his own pocket.
The wise man is not afraid of a hearty
laugh.
Sometimes to say nothing is to speak
loudest.
There seems to be more old doctors
than aged patients.
The only sure way of saving $100 is to
save 100 cents.
It takes something besides creed to
make a Christian.
Servants are not the only ones that see
life through a keyhole.
Men with Much money seldom tell
what they really know about finance.
There is such a thing as mistaking a
sound stomach for a clear conscience.
Giving to the poor is the one and only
way in which you can make God your
debtor.
In public business men experiment
with theories at which they would hoot
in private affairs._
It is to be hoped that you are not the
fellow that would rr her give a rich man
a dollar than lend a poor one a dime.
Philosophy smiles whendold that Pro-
fessor Tyndall was the first man to ever
attempt to. produce an artificial rain-
beiv.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
*tarty Large openings for a Dentist There..
nut Re Should De a ehooter,
Our heartfelt thanks are hereby ten-
dered the braes band of Pine Hill for the
unexpected lied enthusiastic serenade ten-
dered us at midnight last Tuesday
night. The boys rode fourteen miles to
prove their good feeling for us, and the
notes of the delioious rousic which.
aroused us from sleep_ will long linger
in our memory. The music was inter-
spersed with the throwing of two dead
jack 'rabbits against the office door with
a hang, but the Pine Hill boys must be
held blameless for that. We have a sus-
picion that the guilty wretch was our
esteemed contemporary down the street,
who Was no doubt renewed furious by
the compliment given us. We fully in-
tended to take him by the neck next
day and make him eat those rabbits,
fur, ears, paws and all, but the coming
of daylight changed our teenage. Poor
old coyote! What's the use of wasting
time over a man who'd hung himself
year; ago if he had the sand of a grass-
hopper, or the sense Of a buzzard?
A Dentist Wanted.
There is a flue opening in this town
for a dentist, and he needn't be a first-
class one, either. 'Most any sort of a
critter who knows how to pull and plug
teeth Can strike it rich around here. We
have had to and are still depending on
Sam Haynes, the blacksmith, to relieve
us of our aching molars, and when leim
happens to be drunk the toothache muse
wait for him to sober up. One day last
week Ben Taylor was made so crazy
with toothache that he handed his gun
to Raub Jackson and begged him to
shoot the tooth opt. Reub bad just got
over a spree anti his band was shaky,
and as a result he shot out two perfectly
sound molars, and also carried away the
tip of Ben's tongue. There is no dentist
for twenty miles around, and the one
who settles down here can go hunting
or get drunk for three days in each
week and then make a barrel of money,
Nobody Burt.
Tuesday afternoon lest Mr. John Hope,
the popular hardware merchant, wanted
some legal advice anti started to call at
the office of Lawyer Watson to get it.
An hour before his pan he had sent word
to the same lawyer that we intended to
drop in and have a chat with him about
a $20,000 libel suit he was threatening to
bring. We bare had two or three little
chats with him on such subjects and he
has always bad to talk with his arms
above his head. He was waiting for us
with a shotgun, and as Mr. Hope en-
tered the door the lawyer blazed away.
The caller didn't wait for an explana-
tion, but began shooting right and left,
and for four or live minutes things were
pretty lively, When the smoke cleared.
away it was found that no one had been
hurt in the fusilacie, though the tintype
gallery across the alley had been pretty
well shot to pieces. It was a fortunate,
ending to an unfortunate affairr, and yet
both gentlemen deserve all the public
criticism they are receiving. Such poor
shooting brings a community into con -
matte
It Astonished aim. 1.
The bliseenri editor who was with us
most of the week and attended a meeting
of the Common Council as our guest,
was astonished at every turn. When we
refused to entertain Alderman Harper's
motion to table a certain resolution, and.
simultaneously with the refusal got time
drop,on the Alderman and choked him
off, the man from the East caught his
breath, and was ready to bolt for the
door. He thought there would be shoot-
ing for sure. So, too, when Alderman
Scott got up to present a resolution
which was clearly out of order. We know
that if we waited to explain matters the
Alderman would get the drop on us and
smash Cushing's Manual all to pieces.'
Therefore, he had scarcely opened his
mouth when we had a gun in line with
his chin and were courteously requesting
him to sit down and let things take their
course. Such things don't happen in St.
Louis or Chicago, but we can't grow out
of old habits and customs into new ones
In a year. When we were made mayor it
was expected that we would preside at
the Council meetings and keep things
straight. We are doing it with two guns
on a shelf ander our desk, and doing it
well, and up to elate none of the six al-
dermen has succeeded in getting the
drop on us. If things look a bit queer
to our Eastern friends they must remem-
ber that every town has its ways.
"N
WARMS' .10,5B.
Di fferen I. New.
Hodge—Too bad that you have to work
nights in addition to the long hours you
put in during the day.
Henson—Oh, I don't have to work
nights. I get through at live o'clock
every day.
Hedge—Why, your wife told my wife
that you had to work until eleven or
twelve o'clock every night.
Henson—Yes, but you know my
wife's away from home m.o.—Cleveland.
Leader.
Accounted For.
Mrs. Upley—What an ignorant child
Willie Cinch is! He told our Johnnie to-
day that two ones make eleven.
Old Upley—Well, that's the result of,
home training. His father is a politician
anti helps count the votes on election
day.—Philadelphia North American.
Two Minds.
"It's remarkable to see hew much con-
densed milk is beteg used nowadays,"
remarked the'summer boarder.
"Yes," replied the guileless dairyman
as he reachea for the pinup handle, "and
how much expanded milk, too."—Wash-
ington Star.
'Wants It and Gots It.
"Man wants but little here below,"
So spoke the ancient wit;
To \Odell it may be safe to add,
Be also gets it—nit!
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
" The 'Effect of comparison.
"The rooms in your new house seem
small."
"Yes, but we are going to the seashore
for the summer and 'when we get back
they will seem big and roomy."—Chi-
eago Record,