The Exeter Advocate, 1897-4-8, Page 3OUR OTTAWA LETTER
THE GOVERNMENT SILENT ON
THE ALIEN LABOR LAW.
The Debate on the Speech from the Throne
—Rowing Like Kilkenny Cats --No Tariff
Yet In Sight --The Papal Delegate --Mr.
.lardy and the Temperance People.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Ottawa, March 80.—With boom of can-
non and boat of drum the second session
of this Parliament has commenced. Al-
ready have the Ministers commenced to
make rplans for prorogation early in out how soon the new measure will be
June. When Mr. Laurier was addressing ready, and, if they be Liberals, to im-
the House on Friday 1ast•he threw out a T rese upon the Government the great ne-
feeler in this direction, only to find that oess.ty of acting with all expedition, In) -
the Conservatives while in no wise deter- indecision
over Canada. aro. in a sone y
, indecision as to what is to be done by
mined to render factious opposit' n, were the Government. Trade is much inter -
ready to perform their full dut}a crit- fered with. And, with all this before
them, the Ministers are not prepared to
make -t(fir
at the ear
gpliehs 'of
what I have heard, T judge that our
friend Tarte is likely to come out victor.
No -Tari. t' l et In Sight.
The ntenibers of the .Administration
who have contributed to the debate of
the past week have had much to do in
the direction of defending their sins of
omission. In place of giving the country
some information concerning the tau',
Sir Richard put the subject on the shelf
for another month or so, with the
highly original remark that the Govern
-
silent would exercise its best judgment in
drafting the new measure. Meanwhile
there is a distinct feeling of unrest in the
country. I do not suppose there are a
dozen members of Parliament who have.
not received since the %:ening of the ses-
sion one or more letters concerning the
tariff question. They are implored to find
Us. Mr. Laurier, in the Speech, from the
Throne, which he and his colleagues pre-
pared for His Excellency, touched on
announcement before Easter
pit. It is evident that the
ala Ministers have had the
many topics, but was completely silent effect only of making them the victims
on some importantquestions. Last sea- of many doubts and fears in respect of
the new schedules. And, in addition to.
sion, for instance, the Prime Minister as- this, it must be remembered that the
country'sobills must be paid. With this
in mind the Premier and his aides can-
not hope to make many changes in the
Customs law. The cotton and sugar in-
terests will be the first to feel the effeots
of the new measure, for the gentlemen
who are large 'holders of stock in the
various companies engaged in the manu-
facture of these commodities have the
reputation of not having been unfriendly
to the late Government. Of course, it is
the veriest nonsense to say that the
"combines," as the Liberal editors call
them, have waxed fat at the expense of
the people of Canada. The Acadia sugar
refinery lost many thousands of dollars
last year. The Redpaths of Montreal, by
e clever business deal, made as many
thousand dollars, but it was brains and
not the tariff that put the Redpaths on
the right side of the ledger. As for the
cotton mon,they have a poor year's busi-
ness and the mills at Valleyfield, Que.,
wore running only three-quarter time
for the greater part of the winter. One
of the gentlemen interested, in this mill
told ale the other day that if the Govern-
ment saw fit to alter the tariff so as to
make it impossible to compete with the
foreign producer, the company would
wind up. The cotton men have not made
money for more than four years, and
two of the largest manufacturers are
anxious to get out of the business. They
say that they don't care how the tariff
goes, that there is nothing in it for them
at any rate.
The Papal Delegate.
sured Parliament that lie would ask for
retaliatory measures concerning alien la-
bor if the American Congress did not so
amend its present laws as to make it
bear less heavily on Canadians. The
Speech from the Throne made no refer-
ence to this subject. Gentlemen like In-
spector DeBarry, of Buffalo, continue to
harass Canadian workmen, while in
Windsor, St, Stephens and in the mining
districts of British Columbia and Ontario
hundreds of Americans are coining
money that will bo spent in the States.
If Mr. Laurier should fail to ask Parlia-
ment to pass a retaliatory measure the
indignation in the Dominion will be
widespread, Mahlon K. Cowan, the Lib-
eral who sits for South Essex, has made
it his business to introduce an alien labor
law, If it should pass the Government
will be in no way deserving of the credit
for it. Why should a private member be
compelled to discharge a duty which his
leaders neglect and which the vast ma-
jority of the Canadian people consider
necessary? The Congressmen and Sena-
tors at Washington lose no opportunity
of assuring Canadians that this country
is not considered by them when passing
tariff laws. "Revenue is what we need,"
says Representative Payne, of New York,
"there is no unfriendliness to the Cana-
dian people. Wo seek revenue and pro-
tection, that is all." And still Liberal
speakers tied Liberal writers hold that
Canada will be showing herself to be un-
worthy the rank of•a nation if she con-
tinues to protect herself against foreign.
competition. Of course, the more clear-
headed Liberals aro coming to see that
the Conservative were right in adopting
tithe protective principle. Even Mr.. Field-
ing has promised the coal miners of
Nova Scotia that the protective tariff on
soft coal will be maintained. A provin-
cial election will shortly come off in
Nova Scotia and the Minister of Finance
seeks to make his party solid with the
Blue Noses. After the election the Gov-
ernment cannot afford to do away with
the fifty cents a ton protection, for the
owners of the bituminous coal fields of
the United States, I hear, are ready to
meet any reductions by cheapening the
soft coal sold by them to the dealers of
Ontario and Quebec. Sir Richard Cart-
wright has had much to do with the
work of tariff revision and has come to
the oonclusion that interference with the
great majority of the schedules would re-
sult in nothing but a tremendous deficit
next fiscal year. Already the Govern-
ment has a largo discrepancy between re-
ceipts and expenditures, a disorepanoy
which all the cheese -paring of Messrs.
Muloek, Paterson et al will do little to
diminish.
The Debate on the Speech From the Throne
The debate on the Speech from the
Throne was characterized by the delivery
of three able speeches. The Premier was
as skilful as usual in talking much and
saying nothing. Sir Charles Tupper
showed that his vacation in England had
given him new youth and fire, I have.
seldom seen the old gentleman in better
form. In a most masterly manner did he
arraign the Government for its action on
the school question. The French Liberals
listened attentively to the former Prem-
ier. and I saw many a senile on their
faces when he remarked that Mr. Laurier
had told the electors of Wright that the
Remedial bill would not give as much to
the Catholics of Manitoba as they would
secure under the Laurier -Greenway com-
pact. But it was concerning the whole
„sale dismissals of Conservative civil ser-
fnts that Sir Charles was most de-
hunciatoly He showed how the Govern-
ment had scut out spies and emissaries
to work up cases against reputable men;
how the places held by these civil ser-
-vents had been filled by Liberal workers,
,and how in many cases the dismissed
•ones had no idea why they had been dis-
charged. 112r, Foster was also very effec-
tive in his speech, so effective that the
Government, though desirous that the
.debate should close on Friday, protracted
it in order that Sir Richard might do
his best to reply to the well put argu-
-ments of the former Minister of Finance,
Rowing Like Kilkenny Cats.
While in the broad light of day the
.Administration's members show little
sign of acrimony toward each other, the
fact is, that the Quebec contingent are
.enjoying a regular Kilkenny cats' row.
Tarte, as you have read before, is deter-
mined to get Dobell out of the Cabinet,
and Dobell is by no means anxious to go.
The millionaire lumberman from Quebec
must know that he has no aptitude for
politics. Whenever he has had an oppor-
tunity he has put his foot in it, but, as
he doubtless considers, his liberality to
the party atones for a multitude of sins.
Tartu would like to see Choquette with a
portfolio, for •Choquette has dono much
for the Minister of Pubijp Works in the
past. In the last few days "Charley"
Mackintosh, the Lieutenant -Governor of
the Northwest Territories, has resigned
his post. Our friend Israel suggests that
Sir Henri Joly succeed him and that
Choquette be given the Inland Revenue
portfolio. Gibson, Taieter and other On-
tario members aro rafting a tremendous
kink against this plan. Sir Henri Joly is
a Protestant, and they say the division
of Roman Catholics and Protestants in
the Cabinet must be maintained. From
Monsignor Mery del Val is in Canada.
To the numberless newspeporiuen who
have essayed to interview hint Mgr. Del
Val has been courteous and reticent. Mr.
Laurier has seen fit to assure Sir Charles
Tupper that the delegate from the Court
of Rome has come to Canada without
the invitation of the Government, Mr.
Laurier is hardly ingenious in his state-
ments. He asks us to believe that Mr.
Fitzpatrick, the Solicitor -General, went
to Rome of his own accord and asked.
Mgr. del Val to come to Canada to quell
the rebellious bishops. Mr. Fitzpatrick's
expenses roust have been heavy. Did he
pay theist himself? Tho public accounts
will show—but at a distant date—whether
the country paid Mr. Fitzpatrick's ex-
penses or not. It is hardly probable that
Mr. Laurier will permit his lieutenant to
coyer the amount up under a llunp sum
for "Minister's travelling 'expenses." If
the money was spent on the mission to
Rome, the country should know of it.
The neoessity for the visit of Mgr. del
Val is hardly apparent to us of Ontario,
but, for that matter, if his mission be
non-political, it is none of our business.
It is with the Government that invited
him that Canadians have the quarrel.
Think of Greenway, Laurier and del Val
sitting down to settle the school ques-
tion! Yet that is what they are going to
do. For months Mr. Laurier has been
assuring ns that the question has been
settled once for all. But now he is going
to settle it again, this time with the aid
of a gentleman from Rome. The Mon-
signor is expected to spend some time in
Ottawa, and is likely to be the guest of
the Prime Minister.
Mr. Hardy and the Temperance' People.
In Toronto the Legislature has been
quietly attending to business, municipal
legislation having occupied much of its
t4me. The temperance people are not yet
recovered from their indignation at the
signal rebuff which Mr. Hardy gave
them in respect of his alleged liquor bill.
The changes which the new measure has
made are so infinitesimal as to make
them not worth talking about. Mr.
Hardy never has had a high opinion of
the prohibitionists as a body, for he says
that they have no politics except at elec-
tion tunes, and then they are rabid par-
tisans, either Liberal or Conservative as
the case may be. In other words, the
Wicked Premier dons not believe in the
existence of a temperance vote, and does
notpropose to consider it. He may meet
with a rude awakening some day.
Two Famous I'ipe Collectors.
One of the two greatest pipe collectors
who ever lived was the . Marquis de Wat-
reville, whose smoking room in Paris
had the walls covered with costly pipes,
some of them worth, it is claimed, as
much as £2,000, and all arranged with
great beauty of design. .The other was
the well-known Capt. Bragge, of London,
whose collection was valued at £100,000,
who had agents iu every known part of
the world and whose collection was
deemed worthy, in 1889,' of being made
a special exhibit during the summer sea-
son at the Crystal Palace. .
Prince Bismarck is a great pipe col-
lector, and the gem of his collection has
a curious history. Many years ago, as
Bismarck was strolling in the suburbs
of Friederichsruhe with his two hounds,
he was accosted by a Bohemian peddler
and asked to buy a plain meerschaum
pipe of the type that Bismarck most
affected. At first Bismarck declined,
but the peddler claimed for the pipe a
power to forecast and told him he would
serve three Emperors as Minister, and
that three important changes in his life
would be foretold by accidents befalling
the pipe. Laughing, Bismarck bought
the pipe. He has since served three Em-
perors, Two days before the historic
moment when he was refused an audience
the stem of his pipe separated and Dame
to pieces. Later he 'chipped a piece from
the side of the bowl and within, a month
he was practically dismissed by the pres-
ent Emperor. The third sign has yet to
come,
PERSONALITIES.
A man named Dollar was married to
a Miss Nichol in Oklahoma the other
lay.
Mrs. Elizabeth Seward of Denver is
i well known bill poster. Though at
first she did much of her work, she ROW
Bmploys 14 men.
Dr. T. Edward Hayes, a native of
Charleston and formerly a resident of
iiavannah, is now the physician in chief
to the king of Siam;
Sarcey, the noted French dramatic
;ritic, styles himself a "moderate vege-
tarian." He eats eggs, milk, butter and
6sh, but eschews all other animal food.
It is recalled that General Jo Shelby's
mother was both rich and generous, and
when she sent her son to school in Phil-
adelphia she sent other boys who were
poor along with him.
Theodore Sedgwick Fay, who was as-
sociated with N. P. Willis and George
P. Morris in editing the New York Mir-
ror, more than 60 years ago, is still liv-
ing in Berlin at the age of 90.
One of the jolliest of the 'old .men
present at the old folks' dance given re-
cently at Barre, Mass., was Dr. William
L. Russell, who is now the oldest living
graduate of Harvard college. Dr. Rus-
sell is 97.
Dr, Samuel D. Grose, the eminent.
Philadelphian, will be the second phy-
sician in this country whose memory
will be honored with amonument. The
statue will be placed in the grounds of
the Smithsonian institution.
Matthew Buckley, who died the other
day in Delavan, Wis., at the age of 97
years, was said to be the oldest circus
man in the United States. He was the
father-in-law of William C. Coup, who
was once a partner of Barnum.
It is 732 years since the kaiser came
to the throne. and in that time he has
killed, according to the official statis-
tics, 25,372 head of game. This list in-
cludes one whale, two aurochs and three
large bears, but takes no account of very
small game.
It is said that Ras Alnla, the great
Abyssinian chief, whose death may en-
courage Italy to another Abyssinian
campaign, began life as a groom. He
ended it by freeing his country—the
highest greatness it is possible for a sol-
dier to achieve.
Ishaq Khan, the former governor of
Afghan -Turkistan, says that the allow-
ance granted to hila by the Russian
government is insufficient and has peti-
tioned the emir to be allowed to return
to Afghanistan. Hehas long been a
refugee at Samarkand.
Mr. Holmes, the librarian of Queen
Victoria, is making rapid progress with
his life of the queen. It is characteristic
of her majesty's love of thoroughness
that she revises every sheet of the man-
uscript herself and that she will strike
out the slightest biographical error
which may occur.
WHAT WOMEN WEAR.
Trimmed skirts seem to be winning
their way to favor, although plain ones
are by no means out of fashion.
Among the novelties in veils are those
of very great size, which cover the en-
tire face and are drawn under the chin.
Colored handkerchiefs are coming into
fashion. They are elaborately embroid-
ered, and many of them are very expen-
sive.
A dress of smooth faced cloth has
rows of velvet ribbon placed around
above the hem. These rows are their
own width apart and cover the lower
half of the start.
A snug little toque is made of yellow
velvet looped and twisted over a frame.
The trimming is a wreath of yellow as-
ters with black centers and a standing
plumage of bird of paradise feathers.
Popular fancy runs more to trimmed
skirts for evening and dressy wear, but
less for the street, although a number of
models are shown with row upon row of
braid, ribbon or galloon, either plain or
in points or fancy figures.
A tailor made costume has at least
half of the skirt covered with row upon
row of mohair braid about three-quar-
ters of an inch wide. The waist is sim-
ilarly trimmed, and the sleeves from
wrists to elbows are almost covered with
braid. •
A new hat is turned down all around
to scoop shape. The crown is rather
high and narrow and is trimmed with
bands of fancy velvet set round and
round. At one side of the crown is a
large cluster of ostrich tips, the quills
concealed by a rosette of velvet.—New
York Ledger.
NOVELTIES.
Chafing dish spoons have ivory or
ebony handles.
Hand bags have appeared in the fash-
ionable monkey skin.
A novelty in the way of glove and
handkerchief boxes is glass cases, rib-
bon trimmed and lined with skin.
This is a season of bags, toggle bags
and handkerchief bags leading, with
small leather bags closely following.
Toothbrushes for travelers have re-
versible handles in silver, which, when
not in use, serve as a cover for the brush.
The modern soup spoon has a deep,
round bowl, being fashioned somewhat
like the bouillon spoon, but ofcourse
Imager in size.
The newest beaded bags' are flat and
have toggle tops of gold or silver. These
bags come in all the new colors to raatoh
or harreeeize with the costume. --Jew-
elers' Circular.
HORSE TALK.
John Nay will breed Protem, 2:11%,:
to Baron Wilkes.
Wheeler F, 2:1231, was recently sold
at auction for 1475,
The dttni. of Direotum, 2:053( is book-
ed to Mc.Kinuey, 2:1134.
In the last four months 5,000 mules
have been sold in Macon.
Directum is going sound. He gets ten
miles of' road work daily.
A. C. Pennock is now the owner of
the Patton pacer Hyannis, 2:1134.
John Felly will condition his stable
over the track at Guttenberg, N. J.
John Penman will have Kate Mc-
Cracken, 2:2234, in his stable this year.
Nominator, 2:1734, will be brought
back to America from Austria in the
:all.
Lord Clinton, 2:08%, is reported as
jogging around on the roads at Glen-
ville, O.
Scott Hudson paid $975 for the 4 -
year -old Axtello, Axtell-Nettela, by
Combat.
Barney Demarest paid $1,350 for Bert
Oliver, 2:08X, and will campaign him
this yearn
The stallion E. L. Robinson, 2:17X,
has been purchased to head a stock farm
in Austria.
Trainer J. H. Rolfus, who brought out
Be Sure, 2:08%, will train Joseph Mar-
tain of Trenton this year.
The owners of the western pacers,
Slasher, 2:1834, and Lady Russett,
2:193s, recently traded horses.
George E. Dearborn, a well known
Philadelphia horseman, has acquired
possession of a very fine pair of bay
colts.
Robert Lee, 2:1832, by Alcantara,
owned by the Highland Stock Farm
company, Dubuque, Ia., will not be in
the stud this year.
Cracksman, by A. H. Moores, Red
Wilkes, out of Buffalo Girl, 2:1232, will
be in W. J. Andrews' stable this season,
to be campaigned.
THE PLAYMAKERS.
Steve Brodie is to have a new play
next season.
Clyde Fitch and Leo Dietriohstein are
writing a new play for William H.
Crane.
Thomas Q. Seabrooke will shortly ap-
pear in a new comedy at the Grand
Opera House, Chicago.
Henry Guy Carleton has been discov-
ered as the adapter of the successful
French farce, "Never Again."
Russ Whytal is gathering material in
Texas for his new play, "Out Yonder,"
two acts of which are laid in that state.
Jean Lassalle has secured from Bar-
nabee and Macdonald the French rights
to the Bostonians' new opera, ''The
Serenade."
Henry Arthur Jones' latest play, "The
Physician,'' called "a piece of serious
inte;reei," ,soon be produced at the
London Criterion.
Louis N. Parker has been commission-
ed by Daniel Freiman to write another
play for production at the Lyceum the-
ater, New York, next season.
Robert Stoddart has, with the an-
thor's permission, made a one act play
entitled "Two Playwrights and a
Wife," a story by Jules Claretie.
H. A. Da Souohet, author of "My
Friend From India, has written a new
farce comedy, which has been accepted
by May Irwin. It probably will be call-
ed "The Countess."
EQUINE HISTORY.
Virgil says that "the first driver of e
four-in-hand was Erichthonins."
The favorite war horse of the Duke
of Wellington was named Copenhagen.
Fossil animals bearing a close resem-
blance to our horses have been found in
many parts of the world.
The education of the horse is easy,
compared with that of many other ani-
mals, as the horse has an excellent
memory and is quick to apprehend.
When Napoleon crossed the Niemen
on his march into Russia the draft and
cavalry force comprised 100,000 horses,
of which 95,000 died during the retreat
from Moscow.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
Toronto, April 5.
: BREADSTUFFS, ETC.
Wheat—Outside markets were rather
firmer to -day, but not sufficiently so to
intim nee values hare. Ontario wheat
continues unchanged. Red wheat on the
'Northern is quoted :at 74e, and white at
The. Un the G. T. R., west, red is quoted
at 7 la? and white at 74o. No, 1 Manitoba
hard, ll;idland. is quoted at 82e; No. 2
at 80e, end No. 8 at 77o; Na. 1 hard,
g.l.t., North Bay, is quoted at 890; and
track, Fort William, at 73e.
'Flour—Dull. Straight roller, high
freights west, is quoted at $3.60, and
middle freights west at $3.70.
Inillfeed—About steady. Western mills
quote single ton lots of bran at $9 to
10, and short; at $9 to 510.
Oatmeal -Car Lots of rolled oats, in
bags, on track here, are quoted at $2,80,
and email lots at 52.90.
Peas—Car lots, north and west, are
quoted. at 39c, and east at 40 to 41c, for
export. Odd cars for local account will
bring rather more.
Rye—Quiet. Car lots, f.o.b., outside,
are quoted at 32% to 33c.
Buckwheat—Demand fair. Car lots
west, aro quoted at 26c. and east at 27
to 28e,:acoording to Mention.
Barky—No. 2 is quoted at 280; No. 1
at 81c; and fancy at 34 to. 35c, outside.
Feed barley' is quoted at 22 to 23e, north
and west freights.
Corn—Demand quint. Car lats of yel-
low, west, offer at 270.
Oats -Deliveries light and prices firm.
White oats west are quoted at 19 to
1934e, and east at 20 to 210.
PRODUCE.
Eggs—Prices eased off again to -day,,
top for new laid being 9c. Demand has
largely increased and commission houses
are handling large quantities, but the
selling is rather better than the buying.
Poultry -Quiet. Quotations for bright
stook are: Turkeys, 10 to sic; geese, 8
to 9o; chickens, 40 to 60e; and ducks, 50
to 80e.
Potatoes—Unchanged. Car lots, on
track, are quoted at 18c, and out of store
lots at 25 to 27c.
Field Produce—Quotations are: Small
lots, out of store, turnips, 20c per bag;
parsnips, 40e per bag; and onions, $1 to
$1.25 per bag.
Beans—Hand-pinked white beans bring
70c, less commission; and ordinary white
beans, 45 to 500.
Apples—Dealers quote small lots of
dried here at 2 to 2%c, and evaporated.
at3to3%c.
Honey—Quotations are: 634e for 60 -ib.
tins, and 7%c for 10-1b. tins; new clover
honey, in combs, is quoted at $1.40 to
1.51) per dozen sections; ton lots of pure
strained, f.o.b., 533 to 6c. delivered.
Maple Syrup—New run maple syrup is
quoted. at 85 to 900, in large tins, and at
95c to $1 in small tins. Old syrup sells
at 75 to 80c.
Baled Hay—Choice to fancy hay sells
at $10 on track here; No. 2 is quoted
from $7.50 to $8. Dealers quote 2 -ton
lots of No. 1, delivered, at $11.
Straw—Demand slow. Car lots of oat
straw, on track, are quoted at 55 to $5.5550.
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter—Demand for choice to fanoy
dairy rolls, either large or small, is
active. There is not sufficient coming
forward to supply requirements. Medium
dairies are quiet, and creameries about
steady. Quotations are: Low andmedium
grade dairy, tubs, S to 9c; .choice dairy
tubs, 11 to 120; large dairy rolls, 18 to
14c; small dairy rolls, strictly choice, 14
to 15c; creamery tubs, 18 to 19c; and
creamery, pounds, 20 to 21c.
Cheese—Trade fair; summer makes sell
at 10 to 10%c, and fall makes at 113, to
12c.
DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Offerings of dress hogs continue light.
A few small lots by rail came in to -day.
Light lean hogs, on track here, will
bring $6.50 to $6.60; light fats at $5.50,
and heavy fats at $8.25. Provisions con-
tinue active and farm. There is good gen-
eral buying. Quotations are: Barrelled
pork, shoulder mess, $10 to $10.50; heavy
mess, $12 to 512.50; short cut, 513 to
$13.50.
Dry Salted Meats—Long clear bacon,
car lots, 7c; ton lots, 73/0; case lots,
7SSe; backs, 71/1.c.Smoked Meats—Hams, heavy, 10c;
medium, 11c; light, 12c; breakfast
bacon, 11c; roll, 8c; backs, 11c; picnic
hams, 7 to 7%,c. All meats out of pickle
lc less than prices quoted for smoked
meats.
Lard—Tierces, 7c; tubs, 7 ; and
pails, 79e; compounds, 6 to 61/e.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Toronto, April 5.—We hada heavy run
on the market to -day, as all told quite
one hundred loads of stuff were on sale,
including a couple of thousand hogs, 200
sheepand lambs, 120 calves, and a few
milkers.
The enquiry for shipping cattle was
dull to -day, as buying from Buffalo was
practically nil, and the quality of the
stuff was poor. Prices range from 3% to
434o, with a lower tendency.
Butchers' cattle was off in price from
two to three dollars a head. For a few
extra selections 3%0 and 3 5-8c was paid,
but good ordinary cattle sold easily at
around 3c per pound, and some good
stuff went at 2§i c. The trade was slow
and the yards were not cleared.
Milkers were quiet at from $16 to $30
each.
Cromwell kept a stable of fine horses.
"As good a Protestant as Oliver Crom-
well's horse" was a common saying in
England long after the death of the
great lord protector.
There is excellent reason to believe
that the cavalry horses of both the
Greeks and Romans, and perhaps the
working horses, had some protection for
the hoofs, but its exact nature has al-
ways been a matter of controversy.
One of the most peculiar banquets
ever celebrated was the "great united
Franco -Anglo-American horse, mule and
donkey banquet," where the flesh of the
three kinds of animals was served in
many styles. This famous feed was on
elpril 3, 1875.—St. Louis Globe -Demo-
crat.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
The devil's hardest blows are aimed
at the home.
To rob it of love is the greatest wrong
that can be done a child.
No poetry would be written if birds
had to keep still and let frogs do all the
singing.
We shall be more apt to "know each
other there if we do not forget each
other here.
The man who sits down to wait for a
golden opportunity to come along never
has a comfortable seat.
Every home ought to be made so much
like heaven that the children Will not
think of heaven as being far away.
If you are only a picket, try to be es
faithful to your trust as if you were the
commander of an army. --Raga's Horan.
Wheat white, new........ . 00 77
wheat, red, per bush 00 78
Wheat, goose, per bush00 63
Peas, common, per bush41 42
Oats, per bush ...... ...... _21 23
Rye, per bush 30 32
Harley, per bush29 30
Ducks, spring, per pair..., 40 80
Chickens, per pair 25 50
Geese, per ib 08 09
Butter, in 1 -ib. rolls 15 16
Eggs, new laid. 10 11
Potatoes, per bag20. 80
Beaus, per bush 75 85
Beets, per doz09 10
Parsnips, per doz9 10
Apples, per bbl 40 1 50
Hay, timothy 11 00 18 00
Straw, sheaf .... 6 00 7 00
13eef, hinds.. ....... 04 06
Beef, fores 02 0871
Lambs, carcase, per lb,.,. 6a 7
Veal, per lb.... 05 et
Mutton, per ib 04 05.
Dressed hogs 5 50 6 65
HAYTHAN, THE WICKED.
flis Wife Gives Tim , a Deserved Lecture.
on Churchgoing.
I was reading today inthepaper.,' said
Haythan, "about a feilow who went to
church and"—
"lie did, did he? Went to church, eh?
Well, Silas Haythan, I do hope itanelde you.
thoroughly ashamed of yourself," Mrs,
Haytivan interrupted, shaking one long
and bony finger at her lord and piaster.
"To my certain knowledge, you haven't
darkened a church door yourself in five.
years, although 1 have talked and talked'
and talked and endeavored in my poor,
bumble way to make you see the error of
your course. It is positively disgraceful
tale way you stay at holxte, and I should
think that even if you haven't very much
religion yourself you would be willing to '.
go to church now and then for the sake of
your wife and children and to keep people
frolu talking about you as they do."
"Tire paper said that this fellow went to
church and"— began Haythan as she
paused for a breath a single brief moment.
"FIs was a roan, he was," again inter-
rupted Mrs. Raytheon "and every one in
his neighborhood respected him, too, I'll
be bound. He wasn't looked upon by all
his neighbors as an anomaly, a queer
creature whose sole ails in life on Sunday
seemed to be to sit at home and saturate
himself and his wife's lace curtains with
foul smelling tobacco smoke and read the.
Sunday papers instead of getting a clean.
shave and putting on fresh, clean clothes
and taking his wife and ohiidren to church
as he should. Think, think," she cried
dramatically, "just think, Silas Haythan,
how much better off you would be if you
had been that man!"
"Oh, I don't know!" said Haythan.
"The paper said this fellow in church fell
dead while saying his prayers!"—New
York Sunday Journal.
UNITED STATES MARKETS,
East Buffalo, April 5.—Cattle—Re-
ceipts, 43' oars; prices steady; 2 loads of
Canada stockers were on offer, but nei-
ther of these were sold up to a late hour;
reports from the west were weak to 10o
lower. Calves—Receipts, 275 head; good
to prime sold at 55 to $5.50; common to
fairly good, 53.25 to $4.75. Hogs—Re-
ceipts, 40 cars; prices about steady.
Sheep and litinbs—Receipts, 40 cars of
fresh arrivals, and 11 loads held ovar;
the market was slow and 10 to 15o lower.
A. Mutual Wish.
Mr. Dryplate—I should like to take a
snap shot at you, sir.
Red. Rube—Ditto, pard.—New York
Journal.
He Had Done So.
"Well," said the man with a gripsaok,
who stood in the railway station waiting
for an outgoing train, "I've done my duty.
If the administration doesn't get the bene-
fit of my abilities, it's the fault of the ad-
ministration."
"Cheer up!" said the acquaintance. "If
at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
"I have done so. I can go back with
serene consciousness that I have left no
stone unturned. I have been refused ev-
erything that the town affords, from an
ambassadorship to a free pass home."—
Washington Star.
Distant Relationship.
Stranger—I notice your name is De Mil-
lion. Are you related to the wealthy De
Millions of New York?
Poor but Respectable De Million—I am
a—a distant relation, sir.
"Indeed? How.distant?"
"Well, sir, as distant as they can keep
me, sir!"—New York Weekly.
Another Place Better.
Cholly Chuinpleigh—Here, on the floor,
let me press my suit, Miss Coldeal. I love
you!
Miss Coldeal-You had better get up and
press your suit at home. You've bagged
your trousers at the knees.—New York
Journal.
A Believer.
Osgood -Do you believe in hypnotism?
Dowley—I do. Every time I look at my
wife and hear her talk I become more and
morepositive that I must have been hypno-
tized when we were married.—Cleveland'•
Leader.
Providing a Care.
"I've cured our next door neighbor of
borrowing our lawn mower."
"How did you arrange it?"
"Every time he did it I sent over and
borrowed his bicycle. "—Chicago Record.
The Conductor's Little Joke.
"Why doesn't a policeman pay his fare?"
inquired a citizen who saw ono ride free.
"You can't squeeze a nickel out of a
copper," the conductor explained.—
Twinkles.
It Seemed Radio/is.
Pastor—How did you like my sermon
on eternity last Sunday?
Parishioner—Sermon? Why, it seemed
to me more of an object lesson.—Truth.
No Sense In It.
Carrie—Does this close room make you
feel faint?
May—No. How could it when there's
not a man in sight?—New York Times.
Natural.
She heaved a sigh.
It was while crossing the ocean and ex
elted no comment. -Town Topica.
.A. Faithful Partisan.
When another day is ending—
One more, sadly like them all—
And the western tints are blending
O'er the shadows as the fall,
Eyes grown dim like fading embers
As he steps inside the gate.
Gleam again, for he remembers
That the baby thinks he's great.
In the busy world's commotion
Pow have pause to call his name.
Yot this wee one's fond devotion
Speaks with praise more sweet than fame.
Cares he long since thought to banish
Still may link, though life grows Date.
Foes may smile said friends may vanish,
But the baby thinks he's great.
Time in silence, as it passes,
Many a hero puts to root.
Older lads and wiser lasses,,
Loving still, have learned to doubt.
Yet how well 'tis worth deserving—
Worth another stand 'gainst fate—
Loyalty like this, unswerving
For the baby thinks he's grey ea
—Washiiii