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OUR OTTAWA LETTER
"ECONOMY" AS UNDERSTOOD BY
THE GOVERNMENT.
The High Co0nmissIonership-elv Flan
for chat service-" cold Justice "-The
Franchise Act --Mr. Whitney Comrratn-
lated.
[From Our Own Corresponient.]
Ottawa, April 20.—" The estimates
have been prepared with a due regard for
economy," were the words put into His
Excellency's mouth by the members of
the Government when the Speech from
the Throne was deafted, s was pointed
out last week the amount primarily
asked for by Mr. Fielding is much in
excess of that required by Mr. Foster
last year. The word "economy" is evi-
donde, used in comparison with some
other stanclard. Before tho day of proro-
gation comes it is reasonably certain that
between fifty and sixty millions will be
asked of the commoners of Canada.
Many interesting discoveries may be
made by an inspection of the estimates.
With a great flourish we wore told not
long ago that in five years tho Govern-
ment would save $126,000 by giving the
bank note printing contract to an
American firm, This year Parliament is
asked for fifteen thousand dollars less,
instead of $25,000 less than last year.
Before the session shall have concluded
there will be an interesting story to tell
about this same bank note =Meet. The
Conservative leaders are acquainted with
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One man of 06 will draw $700 a year for
the rest of his life An aged gentleman
of 41e -a Con ; rvtive of "court e—will
receive $540 a year. Another of 56 will
be paid $1,590 annually. Amongsb those
who have been retired with gratuitiee of
$500 and upwards are men of 41, of 86;
and one who has reached 'the mature age
of 801 All of this. means that, in order to
make places for the friends of the Gov-
ernment the country is condemned to
pay $18,220 per year to forty-two officials
who are quite able to work, and who aro
now to bo comfortably pensioned for 20,
30 or 40 years. The "due regard for poen-
erne," was evidently intended ironically.
Before the session Is much older the
Government will be given an opportunity
of explaining this state of affairs. It is
monstrous that the people of Canada
should bo amerced in hard cash to pay
the politioai debts of their governors.
"Cold Justice."
d tbat Mr.
Tarte had made preparations for the Que-
bec elections by inserting in the esti-
mates a sum of $3,100,000 for the con-
struction of St. Lawrence river canals
Very liberal appropriations for public;
works in the county of Champlain ap-
pear in Mr. Torte's estimates. But now
that Champlain has returned a Conserva-
tive we hear that these items are to bo
'dop1 ed aud that the people who voted
for Dr. Marcotte in place of Taste's man,
Trudel, aro to be toned to do without
necessary improvements in the county in
order that they may be punished. "Cold
justice" is the way in which Hon. A. S.
Hardy would describe this method of do-
ing business. By the way, on the night
of the Champlain election Mr. Tarte pre-
pared for a grand jubilation. He gave a
grand dinner party at which many prom-
inent French Liberals wore present.
When the news of the Conservative vic-
tory came there was an and of the merry
gathering. It is a hard task to be 0011-
vivial after receiving such news as the
wire broaght to Tarte that night, and
the jubilation became a gloomy failure.
Doubtless tho peons of joy were replaced
by objurgatious directed at the bishops.
The Franchise Aot.
At last we have had the muoh-heralded
Franchise Aot brought down in both
House of Parliament, In the Commons
the work of explaining the new measure
fell to the lot of the .Solicitor -General,
whose exposition of the principles of the
bill was far from evincing a close
acquaintance with its detail. Mr. Fitz-
patrick, of course, is not the author of
the measure. The Solleitor-General can
not lay claim to this dubious honor, for
to our own Sir Oliver belongs the blame
-which the people will consider fitting.
If the present Franchise Aot has not
worked completely well it is because of
a few flaws in its anachinery, flaws which
Sir John Thompson intended to mend.
The present bill, although it is the work
of the distinguished author of the Evi-
dences of Christianity, is about as far as
possible from being anything like a fair
measure. The idea of Sir Oliver Mowat
has been to make it as certain as possi-
ble that no chance should be left the
Conservative party in any riding in the
Dominion. The provincial franchises are
to be taken as the basis of the bill; that
is to say, in Prince Edward Island and
in Manitoba, the present iniquitous local
laws are to obtain. In Nova Scotia all
employes of the Dominion aro disfran-
chised in local elections and will be dis-
franchised in Dominion contests after
this. Tho reason is apparent; the major-
ity of Dominion employes are Conserva-
tives; the majority of the provincial
officials are Liberals. The latter are per-
mitted to vote—the former are disfran-
chised. The Conservatives in the House
of Commons made a spirited attack on
the measure and will give the Govern-
ment many valuable suggestions before
it goes through. The ohances are that
there will be some very sweeping amend-
ments to the measure. The Government
are not particularly anxious to push the
act through this session, for, the longer
this operation takes the more distant
will be the day upon which a prohibi-
tion plebiscite will be taken. The Admin-
istration look upon this plebiscite ques-
tion with fear and trembling. The
French members of the Administration,
including the Premier, do not believe in
or advocate prohibition. They know
that if they did so they would immedi-
ately become very unpopular with their
supporters. The English members of the
Government are far from being in an
easy frame of mind. They know that the
temperance people of Canada have begun
to insist upou the taking of the plebiscite.
When the vote is taken the expectation
is that the majority will be for prohi bi-
tion. Now, seven million dollars of reve-
nue come annually from the liquor
traffic. What is the Government going to
do to make up for this deficit? Hon.
Sydney Fisher, when he was a private
citizen used to point out that the adop-
tion cdprohibition would save so mutoh
money to Canadians that the treasury
would not need the seven inillions. This,
of course, was a very utopian method of
looking at the question. Mr. Fielding
has a mighty hard time of it now, even
with the aid of new loans, in making
the country's accounts balance. What
would he do if the seven millions of in-
come were lopped off? But, ot course,
Fielding is the country's servant, and if
the country wants prohileition, it must
be given it. T,he Government fear to
carry out their promise made when they
were in Opposition. The pledge has to be
kept some time, though, and the prohi-
bitionists are waiting not very patiently.
Mr. Whitney Congratulated.
On every hand Mr. Whitney has re-
ceived congratulations on bis skilful
management of the leadership of the
Conservative Opposition in the Legisla-
ture. For so young a man the new leader
has made a remarkable record. Col.
Matheson, Dr. Willoughby, Dr. Ryerson
and others have given their leader very
valuable aid. In the coming suinxner Mr.
Whitney will make a tour • of Western
Ontario, where he expects to meet many
new friends. Tho Hardy Administration
think seriously of springing an election
on the country before another session of
the Legislature. 'Whichever course they
take they will fl,nd the Opposition ready
to make a strenuous and successful fight.
When Sir Oliver abandoned his followers
in Toronto he gave the first blow to Lib -
the facts of the case and when the proper
time comes there will be some revela-
tons which will place the Government
in no enviable light.
The High Commissioxiersh in.
When they sat on the Speaker's left
the Liberals were vigorous in their de-
nunciation of the manner in which the
Canadian High Commissioner's office in
London was run. The country nays
our British representative ten thousand
dollars a year;" said Mr. leattrier'e
tenants, "let him live on that. Why
should Canada pay for his residence, and
buy his table glassware for him?" And
so, of oourse, it was expected that the
new Government would inaugurate a
sweeping change in the administration
of what Lister was wont to call "the
Canadian ambassador's office." Alas, we
see that the new Government intends to
maintain Sir Charles Tupper's successor
in quite as sybaritic.; state as the old Ad-
ministration sanctioned. The flue out
glass is to be peid for by the over -bur-
dened taxpayers of Canada, and Sir
Richard Cartwright is to be the man
who will use it. Sir Donald Smith's
large private business makes it impossi-
ble for him much longer to occupy the
I post, and the Knight of Oxford is to be
his successor. Ever since Sir Richard
found himself superseded by Fielding,
and. in possession of the unhuportant
portfolio of Trade and Commerce, he has
been willing to go to London. Everybody
in Ottawa's political life knows that Sir
Richard expected to be given the port-
folio of Finance. In the West Huron bye -
election some fifteen inonths ago the old
gentleman told a Goderich audienoe that
ho was to be the keeper of the national
pulse when the day of Liberal triumph
should arrive. What must have been his
indignation to find that the then Premier
of Nova Scotia was given the post that
he coveted, while the Old War Horse of
the Liberal party was fain to bo content
with a supernumary position. The esti-
mates provide for twelve salaried Minis-
ters and two Controllers. Last year the
Premier announced that Mr. Paterson
and Sir Henri Joly were to be made full-
fledged Ministers as soon as legislation
could be obtained, but if these two gen-
tlemen are to be promoted it is the in-
tention of the Government to appoint
some new men in their places. This
means that some of the Ministers are to
go. Sir Richard is certain to receive the
British mission, and Fitzpatrick is
thinking seriously of leading the Cabi-
net. His course with regard to the visit
to Canada of Mgr. del Val has not been
narked by good judgment. The Solicitor -
General bas bad several serious disagree-
ments with his colleagues, and he has
about decided that the game is not worth
the candle. Another dissatisfied Minister
is Clifford Sifton. As a reward for his
share in acting as a high pressure valve
on Thomas Greenway, Sifton was given
the post of Minister of the Interior. He
announced, immediately after taking the
oath of a minister, that he was to be
given a free hand in North Western
affairs. He has made the claim in the
Otancil Chamber and has met with so
rrinc/a opposition that he has flounced
out of the room in a furious rage. Not
once, but three or four times, has Sifton
emerged from the Cabinet quarters in
the Eastern block, white with rage and
muttering to himself as he walked rapid-
ly down the corridor. I do not soe that
Sifton has very much to object to on the
plea that he has not been allowed to
work his will in managing the Interior
depaatinent. He has discharged numbers
of men and he has installed Ms friends
in their places. He has increased the
total amount of salaries paid in his de.
partment at Ottawa, while the appropri-
ation for immigration purposes has been
iaace5.ased from $130,000 to $175,000.
New Plan for the Civil Service.
The elongated lVfoltInllen, of North
Wellington, has a new plan for managing
the civil service. His idea is to remove
it as much as possible from political cen-
tred. The idea is not a new one, but it
will not commend itself to the Adminis-
tration. Patronage is what the average
Liberal member desires, what he will
insist on having, in feet. Turning to the
amount asked for superannuation in the
present, estimates we ilnd that the total
is about the same as last year, but a re-
turn furnished by Mr. Fielding the other
day shows that since last July forty-two
persons have been superannuated at an
annual cost to the country of $18,220.
Besides this there have been dismissed
fourteen civil servants who have not
served the ten years necessary to entitle
thein to superannuation. To these officials
were given gratuities aggregating *8,179.
Tho Liberal Goverianaent's overwhelming
fieF.Ire for economy can be seen by the
fact that of the forty-two officials super-
annuated no less than seventeen are less
than sixty -live years of age; ten aro
under sixty, while five are under fifty.
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IN BENIN.
The People of a Queer Country and Their
The people of the Benin country gen-
erally are an intelligent set of black
men, and the Jekris, or traders, are an
exeeedingly shrewd lot, who pink up the
technical education of their • calling very •
quiekly. Old Calabar is the principal
town of the oountry, and its people, .who
are commonly known as "Eflks," are a
very intelligent sot of keen traders.
All things considered, the people will
put in a fair amount of work for their
enployers in
this respect, they do not compare unfav-
orably with the British workman, who
considers Monday is merely a prolonga-
tion of Sunday, to prepare for which day.
of rest a good half -holiday is necessary
for his well-being on Saturday.
What the Cardinal Primo Ministers
were to the kings of France, and the
ordinary "medicine men" are to savage
tribes in general, the "Ju Ju" is . to his
dusky majesty the King of Benin City.
They are not ouly the priests of the
fetish worship, but are the councillors
and advisers of the King, who, so far as
can bo made out—for his ways and
thoirs havo notb.. lighted. upby the
sun of civilization and inquiry—does
nothing without their advice. They sur-
round the throne, and any communica-
tion which a trader desires to make to
the King goes through their hands, ao-
companied, it need hardly be added, by
coin of the realm.
These Ju -Ju men have others of a
lower class dependent on them,
so that
any message which reaches the King has
to pass many mouths, and is naturally a
good deal distorted before it reaches
headquarters.
Tho Ju -Ju men wear a peculiar cos-
tume. It is as elaborate and gaudy as the
ordinary garb of the native is simple.
These priests are decked out in flow-
ing robes, elaborately embroidered, and
obtained, no doubt, from traders who
visit the country. Their head-dress is ela-
borate and lofty, while their faces are
decorated with paint. When squatting on
the ground, which is by no means an
infrequent attitude of theirs, they look
for all the world like a gigantic China
figure of a mandarin.
These Ju -Ju men have given their
name to a custom which is analogous to
that of the "taboo." If the King wishes
to prohibit the manufacture of a certain
article, or to inhibit its importation into
the country, he "puts a Ju -Ju" on it,
and tbe article becomes toboo at once.
As the lesser is sometimes used sym-
bolically for the greater, the Ju-Ju's
name is applied by the natives to the
fetish who presides over the river and
stream and forest and the other super-
stitious of savage life. There is thus a
River Ju -Ju, and a Forest .711-3u and
so on. These deities must be proatiated
by offerings in order to bestow their
favor on the individual who desires their
protection,
If, therefore, a man is going on a long
journey he makes an offering to the
River Ju -Ju, or the Forest .1u -Ju, ac-
cording tts the way his road lies. In order
to make this offering he erects a little
mound on the bank of the river, or at
the commencement of the forest, as the
case may be. Upon this he lays a dead
fowl, usually taking the precaution to
see that its feathers are white, or else
some other gift of the kind which he be-
lieves will appeal to the senses of the
mythological deity he worships.
The system of life of the people is by
no means different from that of the
ancient feudal system. To secure the pro-
tection of a chief, a man allies himself to
the house of a chief, rendering certain
services for the safety which he finds in
the name of the powerful member of the
tribe. In his turn he has other people
dependent on him, and so the scale runs
till the lowest and poorest of the (gauntry
are reached.
The chief method of punishment of a
capital nature—and the taking of life is
not at all an infrequent thing in savage
countries—is by means of crucifixion al-
though beheading is not unknown. When
the King desires to make an offering to
his Ju -Ju, or protecting deity, he fre-
quently selects human beings for the pur-
pose. Then he orders some of his subord-
inates to supply the necessary slaves,
who are slaughtered in order to make a
fitting sacrifice. Naturally, these slaves
are, if pussible, of the lowest type, and,
perhaps, because their lives are held as
of no account by their masters, they have
a partiality for not being sent before
their time to another world.
When they are told . off for slaughter,
they exhibit none of that fortitude which
characterizes the Chinese, for instance,
whose philosophy enables them to meet
death with a perfect stoicism and indiffer-
ence. These unfortunate wretches exhibit
all the symptoms of great fear, for,
though they believe in something like
the immortality of the soul, behoving
that their spirit will go to another
world, their religion does not seem to be
of such a character as to sustain them in
the hour of their need.
There is reason to assume that when
they are offered up in this manner their
flesh is not eaten as is the custom of cer-
tain savage races, for, although the
Benin people may eat the bodies of their
enemies, as our own ancestors did in the
belief that they would thereby acquire
strength; cannibalism is not considered
among the whites who are resident in the
country to prevail to any great extent.
eral supremacy in the Queen's Park. A.
S. Hardy has continued the work. Hot-
headedness, short-sightedness, jealousy,
are undermining the Government within,
while without a determined and clever
enemy are battering at their gates. It is
only a question of time before the fortress
will fall, and the victorious Conserva-
tives will occupy the places now hold by
the Wicked Premier and his lieutenants.
Proof of Innocence.
The King --Some people say we're very
wioked.
The Jack—And yet there isn't a black
heart in the whole deck,"
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
Toronto, April 26.
BREADSTUFFS, ETC. •
Wheat-e•••Outside markets were again
firm to -day, Chicago closing at about
best prices of the day. The Statistical
Position continues strong. Locally, the
tone Was good. Holders asked 76o for
white and Vic for red, west. Manitobas
were firm. Car lots of No. hard, Mid-
land, sold at 85c, and No. 2 at 85o.
There were bids of 75 o for No. 1 bard,
May, afloat, Fort William. •
Flour—Firm and in improved demand.
Buyers were bidding 63.70 for straight
roller, middle freights, to -day.
Oatmeal—Car lots of rolled oats, in
bags, on track here, are quoted at $2,80,
and small lots at $2.
Peas—Car lots, north and west, sold
to -day at 40e. Sales were made at 41o,
middle freights. Car lots, east Wero.
quoted at 42 to 48o, and at lake .ports at
450.
Rye—Car lots, f.o.b., west, are quoted
at 320.
Buckwheat—Demand moderate. Car
lots, et est, are quoted at 26o, and east at
27 to 28e, according to locaton.
Barley—Very dull. No. 2 is quoted. at
28c, No, 1 at 31o, and fancy at 34 to 350,
outside. Feed barley is firmer in sym-
pathy with peas and oats. It is quoted at
25o, north and west.
Oats --Demand continues active. For
good white oats, north and west, 20o
would be paid, and same ease will bring
22 to 28c.
DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Receipts of dressed hogs are practically
nil, and prices are nominal. On the
street to-dny small lots to butchers sold
at $6.50 to $6,65 for light weights, Light
lean bogs will be taken by looal packers
at $6.25; light fats at $6,25; and heavy
fats at $5. Provisions are limn and in
good demand. Quotations are: Barrelled
pork, shoulder mess, $10 to $10.50; heavy
mess, $12 to $12.50; short out, 818 to
$18.50.
Dry salted meats—Long clear bacon,
car lots, 70; ton lots, 73e; case lots,
7)4o; backs, 7}4o.
Smoked ineats—Harns, heavy, 10e;
medium, llo; light, 12c; breakfast
bacon, 110; roll, 8o; backs, 110; picnic
hams, 7 to 7e4c. All meats out of pickle
lo less than prices quoted for smoked
meters.
Lartl—Tierces, 7c; tubs, 74c; and
pails, 7e.fc; compounds, 6 to deem
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Souvenirs or Summer Days.
William Martial Johnson, art director
of the Ladies' Home Journal, has an at-
tractive, practical article on "Souvenirs
of Summer Days." The article details,
with striking, artistic beauty, how the
amateur's photographic outfit can be
turned to most pleasing account, in unit-
ing with the flora of the country to make
a delightful record of one's summer out-
ing. Mr. Johnson's clever plan is to
mount photographs of the most attractive
scenery or places, which by reason of
some pleasanb association, etc., one may
desire to record, in a framework of dried
flowers, plants, grasses or leaves, gath-
ered in the immediate vicinity of the
spot or object pictured. Mr. Johnson
shows and tells how to make these frames
artistically attractive, and how, as sou-
venirs of a summer outing, the pictures
will take on a general interest, and be-
come also the source of much genuine
pleasure to their possessor. Besides the
pleasure thus extracted. it turns the
kodac to good and. proper use, and gives
those who undertake the pleasant pastime
some useful, healthful and practical les-
sons in the fascinating field of botany.
What Mother Says.
She—It seems almost impossible that
you should love me.
He—That's what nay mother says.
How nicely you and she will get along
if you always agree like that.
Butter—Supplies of butter are increas-
ing considerably and prices are easy all
round. Quotations are: Low and medium
grade dairy, tubs, 8 to 9o; choice dairy,
tubs, 12 to 13c; large dairy, rolls, 13 to
14o; small dairy, rolls, choice, 14 to 160;
creamery, tubs, 18c; and creamery
pounds, 19 to 20c.
Cheese—Demand moderate. • Summer
inakes sell at 10 to 10)4o, and fall Makes
at 1134o.
A CRIPPLE FOR LIFE.
PRODUCE.
Eggs—Sales of ten case lots of new laid
wore made to -day at 9o, and single cases
at 94e. The market is steady at these
figures. The picklers are now buying
freely outside, and the supply here shows
some signs of frilling off.
Poultry—Nothing to speak of corning
in. Quotations for bright stook are: Tur-
keys, 10 to 11c; geese, 8 to 9e; chicken,
40 to No; and ducks, 50 to 80c.
Potatoes—Steady to firm. Car lots of
good stock on track are quoted at 20 to
22c, and out of store lots at 28 to 30o.
Field Produce—Quotations are: Small
lots, out of store, turnips, 20o per bag;
parsnips, 40c per bag; and onions, $1 to
$1.26 per bag.
Beans—Hand-picked white beans bring
70o, less commission, for single bag lots.
Round lots sell at 60o, less COMinissiOn.
Common beans sell at 35 to 500.
Apples—Unchanged. Dealers quote
small lots of dried here at We, and
evaporated at 4e.
Maple syrup—Dull. New run maple
syrup is quoted at 75c in large tins, and
at 80c in small tins.
Baled hay—Offerings moderate. Prices
about the same Choice to fancy hay sells
at.$9.75 to $10 on track here; No. 2 is
quoted from $7.50 to $8.50. Dealers quote
two -ton lots of No. 1, delivered, at $10.75.
Straw—Dull. Car lots of oat straw, on
track, are quoted. at $5 to $5.60.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Toronto, April 26.—At the Western
cattle yards this morning we had the
comparative light receipts of 52 loads,
including 1,500 hogs, 70 sheep, yearlings,
ancl lambs, and a few milkers and calves.
The export trade was quiet, but prices
were well maintained; quotations ranged
from 3% to 4Ko per pound, with 434o
occasionally paid for choice selections.
For the next week or two we expect
little real activity in the shipping trade,
not in fact until navigation opens.
The ' trade in butchers' cattle was
active and prices higher; everything of
any consequence was sold by 11 o'olook.
Wo had nothing selling under 29.10 per
lb; the average for good stuff was from
3 to 33f0, with 3e4o, 3eec, and even 4o
for extra choice picked lots. There was
not much buying to -day for Buffalo, but
what was. taken for shipment there
fetched from 29f to 31/0 per pound.
There was a marked improvement in the
quality of some of the butcher cattle on
hand to -day.
A few bulls sold at from 2% to 3%,o
per pound; very choice brought 3)4o per
pound.
We have practically no demand for
shipping sheep just now, and prices are
quite nominal; sheep are not wanted.
Yearlings fetch from 5 to 5%c per pound,
and spring lambs will sell at from $0.50
to $4. Good yearlings and spring lambs
are wanted.
Calves are unchanged, at from $8.50
to $5.50 each.
Hogs are unchanged and firm, at 5o
fey the top price; light and thick fat
fetch 4%o per pound; sows, Bo; and
stags, 2o per pound.
Wheat, wbite, new 00 76
Wheat, red, per bush • 00 75
Wheat, goose, per bush00 64
Peas, common, per bush. -40 42
Oats, per bush. .. 00 24
Rye per bush 00 81
Barley, per bush 24 24
Ducks, spring, per pair40 80
Chickens, per pair.. ...... 30 50
Geese, per lb 08 09
Butter, in 1-1b. rolls..„..„ 15 16
Eggs, new laid 10 10
Potatoes, per bag23 25
Beans, per bush 75 85
Beets, per dos 09 10
Parsnips, per dos 9 10
Apples, pe r bbl .... . . 40 1 50
Hay, timoth12 50 18 50
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Straw sheaf6 50 7 60
Beef, hinds 04 06
Beef, foxes 02
Lambs, carcase, per 6i
Veal, per lb**, • • ..... • • • 041
05
Mutton per ib 04 05
Dressed' hogs 5 25 6 25
SO DOCTORS SAID CONCERNING
RICHARD B. COLLINS.
•
He Spent Months in the Toronto Hospital
Without .Any lienent...Fink rills Cure
Him After All Other Treatment Failed.
From the Echo, Wiarton, Ont.
The Echo presents toits readers the
following plain statement of fact, with
the simple comment that a medicine that
can perform • so remarkable a cure is
simply invaluable, and it is no wonder
that the aggregate of its sales through- •
out the country is enormous.
I; Richard B. Collins, hereby nialte
the following statement, which can be
cenfirmed by any number of witnesses in
this; section of the country. I first began
to complain about five years ago. I hat:
then been working in a fish shanty, and
was wet almost the whole time, summer
and winter. • I was then confined to the
house for three inonths. This was my
first attack and on getting better I min
nienced work again the first of the fol
lowing February and continued at i
until the next :January when I took t,
much worse attack. The doctors pro-
nounced it rheumatism and after treat-
ing me for that disease until about the
first of May, they discovered that my
trouble was disease of the hip joint, and
advised to go to an hospital. I went to
Toronto and. stayed in the hospital five
weeks and. then returned home. I, how-
ever, did not recover, and was compelled
during the following summer to go back
to the hospital where I remained thiee
months, getting worse all the time, 1
was told I could not be cured and wh
I left was only able to walk by the aid
of crutches. I then mune home and was
not there long before I was taken to my
bed. I continued in this state until Jan-
uary following, when I was advised by
several friends to try Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills. I took their advice and before I
had. finished the fifth box I began to im-
prove, and by the time I had completed
a dozen boxes I was able to walk with-
out crutches, and have never used them
since. I was able to do light work in a
short time, and_ in January last (1897) I
commenced working in the woods and
have no trouble from the hip unless over-
exerted. During the last three years I
have spent $800 in doctor's bills, and
medicines, trying everything ream:a-
mended, but without any good results
until I took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, to
which I owe any restored condition, as
the doctors gave up all hopes of ever
seeing me out of bed alive and well. I
may say that before. I began taking
Pink Pills during my last attack, I put
in many a night so bad that I never ex-
pected to be alive in the morning.
Rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, par-
tial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, nervous
headache, nervous prostration and dis-
eases depending upon humors in the
blood, such as scrofula, chronic, erysip-
elas, eto.,all disappear before a fair treat-
ment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
They give a healthy glow to pale and sal-
low complexions and build up and renew
the entire system. Sold by all dealers
and post paid at 50c. a box or six boxes
for $2.50 by addressing the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Do not
be peesuaded to take some substitute.
Care of a Child's Hair.
The evening is the best time for wash-
ing a 01111CVS head; when it is done in
the daytime cold is apt to be caught from
running out of doors before the hair is
quite dry. To prevent cold. being taken
afterward it is advisable to rub in after
washing, before the hair is dry, a small
quantity of alcohol; or, if there is not
any at hand, a little spirits of wine will
answer quite as well. Although when
rinsing the hair the water should be
gradually cooled down until it is almost
cold, it should never be used quite cold;
it is not good for the hair to do so. The
next morning a little oil must be applied
to the scalp, and the hair brushed, so
that, although the oil is not to be put
actually on the hair, it may be distri-
buted well over it by means of brushing.
The alcohol rubbed in the roots not only
prevents cold being caught, but also is a
stimulating application as well if well
rubbed in the roots.
Measure the Results.
If we fail to measure the results that
are hourly wrotight on shingle and on
sand, it is not because these results are
unreal, but because our vision is too
limited in its powers to discern them,
When instead of comparing day with day
we compare century with century, we
may often find that land bas become sea
and sea has become laud. Even so we
perceive, at least in our neighbors, to-
wards whom the eye is more discerning
and impartial than towards ourselves,
that ander the steady pressure and ex-
perience of life, human characters are
continually being determined, modified,
tamed or undermined. It is the office of
good sense no less than of faith to realize
this great truth before we see it, and to
live tinder the conviction that our life
from day to day is a true, powerful and
searching discipline, molding and mak-
ing us whether it be for evil or for good.
—W, E. Gladstone.
A VERY ABLE EDITOR.
A dvertising Was Badly Needed, and no
Landcid It When Others Failed.
Be had been trying for several months
to pilot a funny paper to success in CM-
cago. The town refused to support the en-
terprise properly, and it was moribund.
The "business manager" reported that be
could find no business to manage and
added that the bills were coming in too
fast to be dodged, So the editor, with a
sigh, agreed to go out with him to hustle
for advertising. On Clark street they saw
a crowd standing in front of a window.
In the window was a woman with hair
seven .feet long. Inside the place there
were other long haired women, and a loud
voiced "barker" was busily explaining
the marvelous properties of his magic hair
Invigorator.
"Let's go in and strike 'em for an ad.,"
said the editor.
"No use," replied the business manager.
"I've tried it a dozen times. They won't
do it."
"Lot me tackle 'em, then," said the edi-
tor, and a moment later he bad pushed
and elbowed his way through the orowd
and stood before the "lecturer."
"Good afternoon," said the editor.
"How are you today?"
The hair tonic; man stopped talking
long enough to bow.
"Remember axle?" continued the humor-
ist.
"N -no, sir. Can't say that Edo," said
the "barker."
"That's mighty queer," went on the
editor. "Doe 't you remember that 1 oame
in here three weeks ago and bought a cou-
ple of bottles of your stuff?"
The tonio man couldn't recall the occur -
ren Ere.
"Well, it isn't at all strange," remarked
the humorist, "that you should have for-
gotten me, I was as bald as a Millard
ball then, and now look at my hair."
The "lecturer" instantly remenabered all
about the occurrence. He was surprised,
of course, to see the remarkable results ac-
complished by only two bottles of his cele-
brated mieture, and heartily congratulat-
ed the editor. The crowd began buying
hair tinier with all the eagerness of a young
turkey picking up corn.
"l'd like to see you a minute about an-
other bottle," remarked the editor, and
the "barker" took him to the rear of the
room behind a screen.
"You're all right," said the tonic man
as soon as they were alone. "Ever been
in the business?"
"No, " replied the humorist, "bub I wish
I bad. I've given you an advertisement.
Now I want you to give me one. I'm run
ning The Hazen, and a column will cost
you $20 even. Is it a go?"
It was.—Chioago Times -Herald.
Finger -Nail Statistics.
The statistical man who will tell you
how many pounds of leather you will
wear from your shoes in a lifetime, and
bow many tons of food yoa will eat, pro-
vided you live to the biblical limit of
"threescore and ten," has just finished
scene odd statistics on finger -nail growth.
He finds that the average human 'being
cuts away about the one-thirtyeseoond
part of an inch of nail eaoh wee*, or a
little more than an iuoh and a tiff etat4
year. He also finds that the *Mimeo
length of life the world over is ahntle
forty years, and that there are 1,800,040,-
000 miles of finger -nails in each genera-
tion.
Absentminded.
'"Higgins got lost the other day right
here in the city."
"Well, tbat's funny. Always lived here
too."
"Yes. But, you see, it was caused by
an election bet. The party that lost was
to wear his trousers back side before for a
week. Higgins lost and dressed accord-
ingly. He always was an absentminded
fellow, and yesterday when he left his of-
fice the matter had slipped his naind.
Happening to look down, be noticed the
back of his trousers and thought he was
going in the wrong direction—away from
home. Well, he turned around, and I'll be
blamed if he didn't get six miles out in
the country before night. When it got so
dark that he couldn't see himself, he grad-
ually got straightened around."—New
York.Sunday World.
Doing His Best.
He was a new clerk in the big retail
establishment, and he was anxious to
make a record as a salesman. A young
woman inquired:
"Can you let me look at some safety bi-
cycles?"
He turned away to get information
about the stock, and returning said, with
a winsome smile:
"I'm very sorry, miss, but we're out of
safety bicycles. Bet we have some fine
safety matches."—Washington Star.
Not While She Was Around.
"Well, have you anything to say?" asked
the judge.
The little man on the witness stand
looked around the courtroom rather fear-
fully.
"That depends," be answered at last.
"Is my wife in the icsom?"—Chicago Post.
A. Fine Washing Fluid.
A wa.thing fluid which has the advan-
tage of being perfectly harmless is made
as follows: Stir a tablespoonful of turpen-
tine and :3 tablespoonfuls of ammonia in 3
gallons of boiling water; add half a pound
of dissolved soap. Put the clothes in this
water, and after rubbing them a little let
them boil. Lift them into a tub and pour
the boiling mixture over thein. Lot them
remain closely covered for three hours;
then rinse them thoroughly and hang them
out to dry.—Exchange.
Fire Restored Her Youth.
A few days ago Mrs. Mary Moore, an
old woman, of Muncie, Ind., Was calmly
smoking in her bed, when she accidentally
set fire to the clothes. Before the lire was
extinguished she was badly burned. The
new skin that has since appeared when:
the old was burned off is soft and fine as a
baby's, and her hair, formerly white, is
now jet black*, as it was when she was a
,girl. She says that she feels that her youth
has returnee!.
(armor Fellow.
Queerest old Wier ye ever did see,
Good ban nt givin advice.
"Party good world that we live ill." says he,
"But take keer to ask it its price!"
When the new preacher come an went talkie
aroun
'Bout Axil) his sermonts up nioe,
"I reckon," he'd tell him, "they'll River the
groun,
.An now what's yer price, what's yer price?"
When he run fer the office an talked to the
folks,
He give 'em good votin advice,
But after he'd done with his stories an jokes
He'd ask 'em, "Now, what's yer price?"
An when the folks told him his time was at
han
.An was writin his epitaph nice,
Re sett for the cotfin an funeral man,
.An his last words was, "What is yer price?"
-Atlanta Constitution.
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AliBERINC
Young man, learn the Barber Business
at home. Wo teach it by mall. You
can earn 66 a week after school hours. Write
for further information. Address all letters to
the Secretary, B. S. GIBSON, 47 Trinity Square,
Toronto, , •