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Contingntaldiplomata are discussing a. Fmpnh and Russian nninnnn noninut nnfl‘ A report is current hhat the British Admiralty has offered a tempmug sum to Dom Pedro for the Braziliauironolsd Es- memldg. Two swift Brinish oruiaexs have been ordered to proceed am once to the Pacific Ocean to watch Rusaian vessels. The Russian forces occupying Merv 00n- aiah olubnmslion of infantry. a regiment of dragoone and some Cossacks. Au Askahad there are 8,000 troops. A Russian brigade and convoy or military scores are an (mute from the Caucasus to Aekabad. The Afghan: here believe the alliance between England and Turkey would alienate the Turkomans from Russian authority. An Aekabad letter, dated February 24th, says troops and stores are going forward daily en route for Merv. The soldiers are prevmuely blessed by priests, who tell them to tight mentully against the Czar‘e enemies. Civilians and military men openly discuss the likelihood of e. declare- tion of war against England. Great excitement prevailed. It is stated 16,000 troops have been ordered to Merv. Work on the railway from Kizilervert to Merv is being pushed With the utmost rapidity. Great difficulty is experienced in inducing the workmen to go to Merv, as they fear they will be killed by British or Afghans. Aletter from Sarakhe, dated March 2nd, stated that five battalions of Russian infantry and three batteries of artillery ere en route from Bokhare to Merv, and that a small party of Coseaoke recently attempted to traverse the Zulfikar defile, but were prevented by force. The Times expresses the belief that Gen. Komarofi has gone from Aekubad to the disputed territory, and says if Russia. is allowed to gain territory by trickery we shall have war a. libhle later only, Wihh the Ameer disgusted with our folly and Russia. strengthened by valuable pasibione gained. Advices from Gnlmx state affairs are brighter. â€" The Freth newspapers describe Glad- stone’s announcement of the agreement with Russia. as “ England eating humble p16.” On the recommendation of the Viceroy of India large grants have been accorded from the Indian treasury to Abdurraham, Ameer of Afghanistan, for the purpose of the complete repair of the forte In his territory, and particularly those at Heart. These works of repair will be done under the supervision of English engineers, and the additional guns needed by the fortifications of Afghanistan are to be supplied from Woolwich. The News says the warlike preparations in Ipdizihave evoked greunrenqhusiasm. Alleged Discovery of original “’rillnge oi the saviour. AChioago despatch says: A physician here recently discovered in the house of a. patient an ancient Testament, which an excellent Greek authority pronounces to be of much earlier origin than any of the few Testaments written in the apostolic age, copies of which are still preserved in some European capitals. Its covers are of rotten and honeycombed wood, its leaves of ancient parchment, worn and stained, written with ink of different colors, which in many‘ places is entirely faded. It is believed to be the first written reports of Christ’s sermons, and to be a copy of the original letters of St. Paul to the churches. St. Paul addresses Titus as “ My child Titty," and Timothy as " My child Timothy." It is said that comparisans With the present editions show that the translators have made some very plain things difficult to understand, and that the Lord’s Prayer has lost much of its force and beauty by being wrongly and unnaturally translated. Lesser-fume Russian member of the Afghan Boundary Commission, stated to- day that Russia. desired the frontier boundary line starting at Heri Rud, thence seat to Ohemain Bnid, thenoa northeast to a point a few miles south of Penjdeh. and thence in e line direct northesst of Khoju Snleh..,Russin, he said, had never admitted the frontier line due north from Serakhs to Khojst Seleh was the correct one. The Rugsinns had only advanced in order to protect the Turooinans, who were quitting their town in fear of an Afghan invasion. England had obtained information in regard to the Russian movements long before he knew of them, because Sir Peter ansden was located nearer to the telegraph station. Lesser declared Russia has no designs on Beret, and had no fear of a. collision between Russians and Afghans, even should the Russian advance forces make an attack. Such a misunderstanding as the present one, Lesser thought, ought not to form a. cams belli. and would not unless one coun- try greatly desired war. He thought the Russian troops were probably concentrating in the Caucasus. and when the preliminary negotiations were completed. General Ko- marofi would join Sir .Peter Lumsden in fixing a frontier. A Buffalo despatch says: There are some interesting developments in the case of Francis E. Fletcher. who committed suicide by shooting last night. The last words of Frank Fletcher were spoken to Mr. Thompson a. moment before the tragedy. He said: “I intended to go to church this evening, but I have no money to put in the contribution box. I ‘am proud-spirited and don‘t like to meet any friends on the street when I have no money in my pocket." He then went; to his room and committed suicide. In is underetiod that Fletcher was heir to sconsiderabie property, but he could not get it: till he was 27 years of age. Dwight L. Moody’s seminary at North- flald, Man-as . which he founded in 1879 to promote the Christian education of young women, has about two hundred studenbfi. and as many more are ready to enter as soon as there is room. About $300,000 has been gxgended in the erection of per- msnent bulldmga. The Government has auspended for a year the discharges of soldiers eligible for the reserve force, and also transfela from the army in India. to the reserves. 'l'he Calcutta. Government IE about to send a. battery of muuntain guns, and a. battery of heavy artillerv, and five thousand Snider rifles with 250 rouudu of ammunition for eagh as a. gm to the Amen: of Afghanistan. A law] (Sundsy) night’s London cable says : Cberles Mervin, the traveller, eaye than when; he mm: in St. Peterehurg in 1882 Gen. Grodokofl‘, the chief of stuff to the lune Russirw commander. Gaul Skobeiufiygave him iormmpectiun e mup'showing all the goints of occupation desirable in w military sense to the Russians in case of an advance toward India. This map, Gen. Grodekoff told him’, was drawn by Gen. Skobeloff himself. and he remembers that it had marked out plainly» as valuable strategi- oel points every one now oceupiafl by the Russians or claimed by them as outside the proper Afghan boundary. Mr. Mervin also says that an erroneous impresslon prevails concerning Heret. It is valued not alone because of its mllitery strength. Strong and Enlhusinnllc “’nr Feeling in Indiaâ€"Afghans Forlllvingâ€"Rumorrd Encounter Between Outposts. LUMSDEN REPORTED AT HERAT‘ Encland and Russia's, Extensive War Preparations. “ THE L ATE S'l‘ BE N SAT] 0N . THE AFGHAN QUARREL. Ashamed to Pass [he Plato. Rulâ€"Oflicer Wynn "lakes an Impor- Innt Unplure. A last (Wednesday) night’s Niagara. Fells deepetch says: Five years ago this month a. young man arrived here from the West), registering at fibe American Hot-e] as T. D Lyons, or New Orleans. Being 9. very efiable young mum, and rather free with his money, of which he seemed to have any amount at his disposal, soon a very friendly intimacy was made between him and the leading young men on both sides of the river, and his visifi was prolonged for five weeks. During that time he “ painted the town red," and left in, carrying with him the good wishes of those whose ucquainhanca he had formed. In the middle of February last he returned, and renewed his acquaintance with his old friende, celebrating his arrival by giving a wine dinner coating 35? a. plate, for which elaborate invicatione and bill of fare were issued to the elite ofthe town. Some fifty y.........i, nu: ma Munmiu, imam)" I [low a Young Forget Painted-[he ’l‘own ['of the fair sex, whom dealer-eel him to be a thorough gqod fellow. Since then he has on several occasions drained the town dry of champagne for the “bhoys,” spending from $75 to $100 an evening. and buying costly presents {or his favorite female friends. Three hackmcn were steadily in his employ, drivmg his lady acquaintances around to the different paints of interest, and he seemed to be the lion oi the town, about whom all the people Were talking, and for whom many of the fair sex ware “setting their caps." He represented himself to have an income of 8200 per day, and made everything go accordingly. But while all this was going on Officer Wynn, of the Ontario Police, was quietly communicating with the various police organizations in the States regarding him, and yesterday received a letter from Watts dz Curtin’s Detective Agency, Buf- falo, enclosing a description at a man wanted by them for a forgery of $10,000. committed in New Orleans. Word was immediately sent that their men was here, and Mr. Watts arrived at noon to-day. After a. consultation with Chief McDougald. Oflicer Wynn arrested Lyons and brought him to the police office. When accused of the oflence, he admitted he was the right man, and not wishing to remain here to trouble our authorities with extradition proceedings, he consented to return, and was taken over the river to the American side and handed over to Mr. Watts by Oflioer Wynn. His real name is Frank D. Warren. The officer succeeded in finding over $7,000 deposited in various places, all of which he admits is the proceeds of the forgery. This is another of the important captures effected here by Ofiieer Wynn. 0‘18 thousand dollars was the reward offered for his capture. A l’hiladelphiedespatch says : Remark» ihblu divorce proceedings have been brought to light here. John J. Miller in 1849 men ried Elizabeth S. Rogers. Ten years after their marriage they were divorced, and Mrs. Miller married Roberfi El Randall, brother of Samuel J. Randall. She shortly afterwards procured a second divorce without publicity. and re-married her first; husband. Mrs. Miller went to the divorce court again, and in is alleged by collusive negotiations between husband and Wife. in which the latter received $53,000. anohher divorce was procured in March. 1884. Mrs. Viola. Bonuvim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miller by their first. mar- riage. has brought acnion to set aside the lam: divorce on the ground of fraud. Miller has since married a. Miss Brotherton. l Zebehr, Gordon’e Right Hand Man. Banished ' to Cyprus for Treason. ‘ An Alexandria cable says: Zsbehr l’eehe. l whom Gen. Gordon implicitly trusted and wished to make Governor of Khertoum, i has been arrested on 8. charge of being im- plicated in Reasonable conspiracies against the Khedive. Hie residence was searched and many documents proving that Zebehr won in a. secret league with the Mahdi were found. The prisoner ha-e been confined aboard a: British frigate, which is under Belling orders. He will be imprisoned on the Island of Cyprus. Zebehr has been practically a priconer for the past two years. His wealth, meinly acquired in the slave trade, were confiscated and he was allowed a quarterly stipend on condition he ahould not leave Alexandria without the Khedive’e consent. General rGordon pleaded that Zebehr should be restored to power in the Souden, and said the ex-sleve king was the only men who had enough nerve and prestige to keep the Arabs in subjection. General Gordon had encoun- tered Zehenr during his former service in Egypt and lied incidentally hanged one of Zebehr’e some, who had been left an 21‘ hoetagc,mid Whuhfl life became forfeited through on not of treachery on Zehehr‘e part When GenerulGordou was Rent to Khartoum loot year, both he and Zebehr seemed to have ignored the past, and it was anotherolZebehr’s some who safely escorted General Gordon from Koroei to Abu Horned. It has been discovered , that Zahehr has been in continual correspon- denee with the Mahdi both before and since the capture of Khartoum. Several other arrests, including some prominent notables, are expected. NIAGARA’S L ATEST BENSA'I‘ION A New York despstoh says: Apromi- nent Irish organ published an editorial yesterday warning Canadians against offers of aid to England. The article con- cludes as follows: “Let the brawlmg asses who wish to manifest their ‘loyalty’ pay their passage to England and offer themselves as sacrifices in England’s holy war upon the Soadan nationalists indi- vidually if they will. Not asingle regiment nor a. dollar of money must leave Canadian shores to assist England. This is the platform the real friends of Canada will stand upon and defend. Departure from it means the horrors of war brought directly to her doors, and not one word of sympathy will be heard on this side of the line for her.” Anciently, in many pane of France, says a. writer. when a, sale of land took place in was the cuebom to have twelve adult: wit- nesses accompanied by twelve little boys, and when the price of the land wan paid, undii’m surrender took place the ears ol the boys were pulled and they were severely beaten, so than the pain thus inflicted should leave an impression upon their memory. and if required afterward. they might; been: witness to the sale. Later when a, criminal was being (xeeuted parents whipped their children. so that they might sake warning by the example and keep in fihe path a! virtue. Warning to Canadian Jlugoes. ucwuwn e11 (Pabonw Proprietors. A TBA] 1‘0}! PAS “A. VOL I "J ._ Divan- nu a Bunnie-m. $3Wa" pmpertiei.’ Moreover, we use them, not an foods, but merely as condiments. One drop of oil of oapsioums is enough to kill a man, if taken undiluted; but in actual practice we buy it in such a very diluted form that comparatively little harm arises from using it. Still very young children dislike all these violent stimulants, even in small quantities ; they won’t touch mustard, pepper or vine: gar, and they recoil at once from wine or spirits. It is only by slow degrees that we learn these unnatural testes as our nerves get blunted and our palatesjaded; and we all know that the old Indian who can eat nothing but dry curries, deviled biscuits, anchovy paste, pepper pct. mulligatawny soup, Worces- tershire sauce.preserved ginger,hot pickles, fiery sherry and neat cognac is also a per- son with no digestion, a fragmentary liver and very little chance of getting himself accepted by any sale and solvent insurance office. Throughout, the warning in itself is a useful one ; it Is we who foolishly and persistently disregard it. Alcohol, for ex- ample, tells us at once that it is bad for us; yet we manage so to dress it up with flavoring matters and dilute it with water that we overlook the fiery character of the spirit itself. .But that alcohol is in itself a bad thing (when freely indulged in) has been so abundantly demonstrated in the history of mankind that it hardly needs any Iurther proof.â€"Cornhill Magazine. Quite a scare, says the Federal Australian, seems to have been occasioned in Sydney by the discovery that the wooden blocks with which some of the thoroughfares are paved are swarming with those microscopic forms of life known as bacteria; and the con- clusion has been somewhat precipitately arrived at that epidemic diseases may be originated and propagated by these agencies. But apprehensions of this kind are the product of fear rather than of reason, for bacteria and cognate organisms are not so much the cause as the conse- quence of certain maladies. They are, as a local writer pointed out in the pages of the Victorian Review a few years ago, “ Nature’s scavengers,” for the removal or destruction of morbid tissue. The human intestines teem with them, and the moment death takes place they commence their sanitary work. This was admirably explained and elucidated by the late Mrs. Somerville in one of her popular tratises on science; and quite recently Professor Ray Lankester has repeated the same well- established truth. “ We are all of us at all times,” he observes, "swarming with bac- teria, mierococci, bacilli, vibrions and spirilla. The mouth of every man, woman and child contains thousands of these organisms of various shapes and kinds. It is here that they were first of all discov- ‘ercd, just two hundred years ago, by Leu- wenhoek, the Dutch microscopist, who described them in the ‘ Philosophical Transactions’ of our Royal Society. Not only the mouth of man, but every moist part of the surface of the body, and, above all. the intestines, precisely in those per- sons who are perfectly healthy, swarms with various kinds of bacteria.” The fact need occasion us no more uneasiness than the other fact that every oorpuscle in our blood is a separate being, a living unit, leading an individual life, and swimming up and down, with a. certain amount of freedom, in the tides and currents of our vital fluid. But, unfortunately, there is nothing of which the average man or woman knows so little as o! the structure and functions of his or her own frame. I! in Unnatural uml henrncd (Duly by Slnn' Drgrees. How comes in that. we purpaaaly use such things as mustard, pepper, curry puwder and vmegar? W’ell,m themselves. all these things are, strictly spewing, bad for 11-1 ; but in small quantities they act; as engreeuble shlmulums, and we take care in 'Recmnn‘lendulions Concerning the Gait, the Dream. Ihe Place and Other. Halters. » _ ' Every healthy person, man or woman, should be a good walker, able at any time to walk six to twelve miles a day at least, and double that when gradually brought up to it. The points to be attended to are, to see that the walk bu brisk and vigorous, not of a loitering or dangling kind; that there be some object in the walk besides it being a routine constitutionalâ€"i. e., not like the staid promenade of the Orthodox ladies’ schoolâ€"~and if possible in pleasant com- pany; that there be no tight clothing. whether for the feet or body, which will constrain or impede thenaturnl movements of the limbs or trunk; and that the walk be taken as far as possible in the fresh, country. air. In regard to the latter par- ticular, although the towns are increasing so rapidly as to make it almost a journey to get out of them on foot, still we have so many suburban tramways and railway lines that in afow minutes We can find ourselves in the country, where the air is fresh and pure. Whenever an opportunity presents Itself for a little climbing in the course of a walk, it should be taken advantage of. We gain variety of muscular nation, as well as increase the exertion, and we get into the realms of purer air and fresher breeze at the same time. What may be considered ‘ as the weak point in walking as a mode at exercise is the comparatively small play which it gives to the muscles of the shoul- ders and chest, while it is still less for those of the arm. This should be compen- sated for by the use of light dumb-bells or Indian clubs, or some other form of exer- cise which brings in play the arms and shoulders. One of the forms of exercise which rtquires the action of the muscles of the arms and shoulders, as well as those of the trunk and legs, is swimming. This, however, for many reasons, cannot be used as a means of exercise except by a few, and at certain seasons of the year; but where possible it should always be prac- ticed. The great pity is that boys and girls do not learn it, as a rule, while at school. Every largo town should be well provided wrtli swimming baths, and if it could be made compulsory for scholars at a certain age, say 12, to learn to swxm, it would be a great advantage to all, and also be the means of saving many livesâ€"Herald of Health. The Eishmongers‘ t" ,unjmxv, of Lomm, have resolved to #9: >3 (,f their 1w; minutes, and they V11 0957' flu: in the first pace to their tenants. (fisher for immediate purchase or spread over 2-. period of yams ti ) suit: their respect? Au run-remnants. upon tums which muanb but be new rod 5,3 liberal. Them - *5. unurly 40" Help a, ngm short tenancim, List rrwiority m' w}; Have holdings 0! has "-rm 9”ij 1.3.“. t‘ nmoun'il to abuuwgmo per swam ‘AII'E F08 L NDIHEN l‘H Bacteria in Wooden Pavements. AB“ \VA IAKING- ,1“; ‘URSDfifE, MARCH 26 L885. ygl’v [TS WITIIQEU'R‘ “WIRING ABE NOTHING.” Hon. Edward Blake said he understood some time ago that the Dominion Alliance had requested the Government to take the reeponuibility of proposing these amend- ments. Owing to the delay which had taken place by the Government not coming to n. decision on the point, the introduction of this Bill had been delayed. He trusted the Government would afford every facility for its consideration, and while he did not pledge himself to the measure, he thought it should be understood that, whether inno- cent or guilty, it ought not to be slaugh- Mr. Jamieeon, for Mr. Robertson (Shel- lcourne), introduced a. Bill to amend the Canndn Temperance Act, of 1878. He said the measure contained seven clauses. as deemed necessary by the Legislative Com- mittee of the Dominion Alliance for the effective workingof the Scott Act. The first clause propoeed to amend the Act by declaring that it shall non be necessary to produce a. copy of the Official Gazette in may ease of prosecution under the Act. The second clause proposed that when liquor was prescribed by a. median-l man it should be left to his diccretion to prescribe ,, ‘ “new,” “WWW penalty on any medical man giving a. colornble certificate. Finally the Bill pro- poeed to amend the 155th section of the McCarthy Act. It had been decided by the Supreme Court of New Brunswick that the enforcement of the clauses of the Scott Act had been repealed by the Act of 1883, which was not the intention of Parlia- ment at the time, and the object of the section was to provide that no clause of the Scott Act should be repealed by that decision. Sir Hector Lsngevin said no one had expressed adesire to slaughter the Bill, and every efl‘ort would be made to print it and plsoe it In the hands of the members at as early 8. date as possible. As the Bill proposed to amsud the McCarthy Act as well as the Scott Act, he thought it would be necessary to change the title so that the pubiio might know that it afieoted both laws. terefi Mr. Ives said several measures to amend the Scott Act had been introduced to the House, and if the lender of the Opposition were going to make any special effort to obtain a favorable consideration of this Bill, he 1h 5ughu the Government) should be urged to facilitate the advance «if the other measures which had been introduced more than a month ago. (Hear. hear) Hon. Edward Blake said he was not making any Epaeial effort for this Bill. All he wanted was. inaemuoh as a delay had taken place in its introduction, that the printing of the measure might be expe- dited, so that it could be considered by the House. The Bill wee read a first time. Sir Hector Langevin moved the House into committee on the resalution authoriz- ing the sale by the Government, to A. E. Walker, of the Dundee ani Waterloo road. He stated that the tied in question belonged to the Dominion. It was thought that in the public interestit should be sold. It was put up for sale at an upset price of $15,000. The amount readzed was $21,000. After the sale the Department of Justice came to the conclusion that the authority of Parliament was necessary to the transm- tion before it could be completed. For this reason he proposed the resolution. Hon.Edwa.rdB1ake suggested that the motion should not be pressed for a day or two, when the papers would be before the House. In reply to Mr. Burpee, Sir John Mac- donald said that steps; had been taken with respect to the trade relations between Canada and the British West India Islands. There had been correspondence on the subject. but it would not be in the interest of the public to bring that correspondence down. Sir Hector Langevin consented, and the matter was allowed to stand. The museum of Lord Londeaborough contains a curious watch, formed after the semblance of a. duck. It is of fancy silver, with feathers chased. andie of the time of Queen Elizabeth The lower part; opens, and the dial plate, which is also of silver. is encircled with n gill; ornamental design of floriated scrolls and angels’ heads. It has no maker’s name. It is preserved in the original case of thin brass, covered with black leather, and ornamented with silver etude, forming, altogether.a. very unique epeeimen of the early ingenuity of the watchmaker. his army. 1 2mm” will has. mun a cake of black hm and a few 1: 011MB and an onion, unii DEV}: cm‘u £0: Mi: ml £523. All that an Egyptian bourduzg, house-kveper requitas to set; up has? ‘ is a. few dates; 2; wrung flu nnr'l (unit! 9. Sir John Maodonaldâ€"On the deoiswn being certified to the Government in was referred to the Minister 0! Justice, and he was instructed to prepare a. case, and when the Colonial Secretary has been applied to that cane may be referred to the Privy Council. The intention of the Government has not been communicated to the commis- sioners or the inspectors. It is said that no one can live com- Fnrtably in Washington an] keep house and ‘2 w. '-gv sort of Looialfootiug upon less Mr. Blake asked if the Government; had taken any. and if so what, steps to secure a reference to the Privy Cauneil of the guns. tion of the oonati-butionumy of the License Act of 1883, and 1f 20 when? And it the Government has communicated to the oommxssxonera 0r inspectors its action or intention in the matter, and if so when? In reply to Mr. Blake, Mr. Pope stated that there was a. deficit of over $15,000 in the workmg of the Intercolonial for Janu- ary, 1885, and asked also to be allowed to state that for January Lust year there was a deficit of over $28,000. Mr. Muloek introdueei a Bill ‘to amend the Fishery Act. He muted that. the Gov- ernment, acting on the advice of the Minis- ter of Justice. has determined to grant no permits to fish, either in winter or summer. in Lake Simcoe or other waters eel: apart for the propagation of 1181:, Many of the inhabitants living nem these waters 'had petitioned for leave to fish but had been refused, and hie Bill .wes. intended to remove the objection raised by the Depart- ment of Justice, and to mble the Minister to grant permits to fie in such waters. The Bill was read the firm; time. A Bill granting the divbrqe applied for by Mm. AmandaEsnher Davis was read the first time.‘ M.‘ Mr. White (am well) menu“ the Bill‘ be tea-d the second time next Wednesday. The House divided on the motion, which was carried by 85 to 61. ' 2w DOMINiON‘ iPARLIAMENT. $100!; SCOTT ACT. Hon. G. W. Rose assured the House that he had given the subject of this motion the most careful attention before and since it appeared on the paper. It would be remembered that last Reunion the hon. gentleman called his attention to the some difficulty, and. he hud since held confer encee With Boards of Trustees, Reeves and others as to the state of High Schools in municipalities eeperate from the counties. For instance he had met a delegation in the town of Stratford when opening the Colle- giate Institute there. After some further discussion by Mr. Carnegie and Mr. French, the latter moved that the order be discharged, which was carried. Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) moved the follow- ing resolution: “ That in the opinion of this House the time has armed when any distinction between the Chancsry and the other Divisions 0! the ngh Court of Jua- tice should be abolished.” Mr. Gmsou (Hamilton) said hxe object had been attained in bringing the subject. before the country, and he am not intend to proceed with in. Mr. French moved for a._return showing the names of towns in Ontario separated from counties for municipal purposes, and all correspondence between the Minister of Education during last session and since, and the school authorities and other persons in said towns, in reference to improving the condition of the High Schools or Model Schools in towns so situated. ' Hon. 0. Mowctrin replying to a question by Mr. White, “ Under what authority was the Rev. Father Jeffcote suspended from the office of Chaplain at the Central Prison, L and the reason therefor, and why a. number of prisoners, who are Roman Catholics, confined in the dark cells oi the some iprison, were refused permission to attend church service by Mr. Msssie,” said : There is no oificial Chaplainâ€"Catholic or Protes- tantâ€"of the Central Prison. The Govern- ment has not suspended the rev. gentleman named in the question. The religious services for Catholics are conducted from time to time by olergyinen to whom the duty is for the time being assigned by His Grace the Archbishop at Toronto. The religious servrces for the Protestant prisoners are under the elmrge and direc- tiun _»r in“. zoningqtcnul ASH‘JniaAXIVQ orthe. city. On the occasion to which the question is understood to refer I am informed that there were three prisoners in confinement in dark cells, one of these only being a. Roman Catholic, and the other two being Protestants. There were at the some time other prisonersâ€"Catholic and Protestant-â€" in confinement in their own cells for offences against prison rules. It is the custom of the prison, as of most. and pro- bsbly all, like prisons on this continent, not to release for church services either Catho- lic or Protestant prisoners confined in dark cells or their own cells for such offences, but every facility is afforded to clergyman to visit them in their cells at such time for religious instruction. I learn from the Warden that the application of the reverend gentlemen named for permission to the Catholics so confined to attend the church service did not reach the Warden until after the service had begun.end. in- deed, Was nearly ovor; but if the applica- , tion had been received in time it would 1 have been contrary to the practice in the cuss offlsuch prisoners to accede to It. The sharks which abound on the east coast of Madagascar, and make such extensive depredations upon the cattle in course of shipment, are occasionally cap~ tured by the people. The young men sometimes go on a shark-hunting expedi- tion. Having discovered a shark they dive under it, and before it has time to turn on its back, use the long sharp knife they carry. Itis affirmed among the Malagasy that some of their people can go into the water on discovering a shark and, with nothing in hand but a piece 0! stick about a foot in length, armed with an iron point at each end, can aecompliehits destruction. Watching till one of the monsters. With its two or three rows of teeth, is just about to attack him with its wide-extended jaws, the native with his iron-pointed stick sezzes his opportunity, and inserts his hand into the mouth of the creature and tranefixesits jawa by implanting the stick crews-wine in its mouth. The more the shark tune by snapping to disengage the weapon, the more deeply it enters, and in painful fury it seeks the bottom. But it mile to obtain relief and at last dies. Its body is washed ashore, and the inhabi- tants divuie its carcass for food. long in». Good nature inaeuaxh Mr. Fraserâ€"Respecting the Registering of ghattgl Morbgages auq Bills of Sade The following Bills were read a. third time Enid, pained : ME. Rees (Huton)â€"-To authorizes pay- ment of money in liuu of Railway Aid Cer- tificates in certain cases. Mr: Gibson (Hamilfion) presented the 135): report of the Standing Commiztee on Private Bllls. ' Among she petitions presented was one by Mr. Morris from Mr. Hugh Blain and a. number of prominent citizens of Toronto in reference to the Court House, praying that 110 steps should be taken to allow the granting of the money without submitting the qussbion to a vote of the citizens. MEMon-ia presented the report of the committee to whom was referred the chgpgesjq the ruies ofrthe House. Hon. A. S. Hardy nhougho that in view of the fact that the Scots Ann was Delete the oountry,ih would be inadvisable to press the motion. Taverna were bound to enter- min guests even if they did not sell intoxi- cating liquors, and he did not think the rszmlunon, if carried. would impose any additional burdens to receive guests upon the keepers of taveru‘rsi ‘ Mr. Graham‘maved mm; in View of the Scout Acfi being in force in several countiés in the Province is would be in the interest ot the‘ travelling public that; temperance houses of entertainment should be licensed in any county where said Ann is now or may hereafter come into‘foroe. He stated that In view of the difficulty of obtaining enter- tainment in some Scott Act counties there should be something done to remedy the state or aflmrs. The Bill to amend the Act to Incorporate the ‘L‘nng Point Company, on movion of Mr. Monk, and them to enable the Trustees of St. J‘ohn’s Church. Cornwall, to sell certain lands, etc., on motion of Mr. Grib- son (Hamilton), were referred back to cum- mifinee of the whole for amendment, Mr. Baxter in thechnir.‘ The oommihtee'roae and_rc-portexl. ‘ He :5 mame EEGISMTURE. Sport in Catching Sharks. "~ nhorh to; its post-sesame to wear yet is :1" often taken for and fifibg differs so much 2 King‘fingyauy the Homes of {‘5 Mummy 0: the KM'uex'. SEV’EN- DAY CLO CKS, and unless on the seventh day they are wound up. they run down into the grave. The Sabbath was intended as a savings bank: into it we are to gather the resources upon which we are to draw all the week. That man who breaks the Sabbath robs his own nerve, his own muscle, his own brain. his own bones. He dips up the wine of his own life and throws it away. He who breaks the Lord's day gives a mortgage to disease and death upon his entire physical estate and at the most unexpected moment that mortgage will be foreclosed and the soul ejected from the premises. Every gland and pore and cell and fingerinall demands the seventh day for repose. The respiration of the lungs, the throb of the pulse in the wrist, the motion of the bone in its socket, declare “ Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." There are thousands of men who have had their lives dashed out against the golden gates of the Sabbath. A prominentLondon merchant testified that thirty years ago he went to London. He says: "I have dur- ing that time watched minutely, and I have noticed that the men who went to business on the Lord’s day or opened their counting- houscs have, without a single exception, come to failure.” A prominent Christian merchant in Boston says: “ I find it don’t pay to work on Sundays. When I was a boy I noticed out on Long Wharf there were merchants who loaded their vessels on the Sabbath day, keeping their men busy from morning till night, and it is my observation that they themselves came to nothingâ€"these merchantsâ€"end their ohild~ ren came to nothing. It doesn’t pay," he says, " to work on the Sabbath." There are cities in the land where the Sabbath has almost perished. and every Sabbath night those cities are in full blaze of theatrio and operatic entertainment, and it is becoming a practical question whether we, who receive a. pure Sabbath from the bends of our fathers, shall have piety and pluck enough to give to our children the same blessed inheritance. The eternal God helping us, We will I " We have to let the locomotive stop and cool off or the machinery would soon break down.” Men who made large quan- tities of salt were told that it they allowed their kettles to cool over Sunday they would submit themselves to a great deal of damage. The experiment was made, some observing the Sabbath and some not observing the Sabbath. Those who allowed the fires to go down and the kettles to cool once a week were compelled to spend only a. small sum for repairs, while in the cases where no Sabbath was observed many dollars were demanded for repairs. In t her words. intelligent man and dumb healer, and dead machinery cry out for the Lord’s day. A prominent manufacturer told me that he could see a difference between goods which went out of his establishment on Saturday from the goods that went out on Monday. He said: “ Thev were very difierent Juneau. rmmLMtr,mere made in the for. [her part of the week, because of the rest that had been previously given, were better than those that were made in the latter part of the week when the men were tired out.” The Sabbath comes and it bathes the soreness from the limbs, quiets the agitated brain, and puts out the fires of anxiety that have been burning all the week. Our bodies are In other days when the herdsmen drove their sheep and csttle from the fan: West down to the seaboard, it was found out by experiment that those herdsmen and drov-‘ ere who halted over the seventh day got down sooner to the seaboard than those who passed on without thc observance of the Holy Sabbath. The fishermen off the coast of Newfoundland declare that those men during the year catch the most fish who stop during the Lord's Day. When I asked the Rocky Mountain locomotive en- gineer why he changed locomotives when it seemed to be u stralght route, he. said: Travellers have found out that they come to their place of destination sooner when they let their horses was by the way on the Sabbath. What is the mafia: with some cf those forlorn creatures harnessed to some of our uity cars ? Why do they abumble and stagger and 13-111 It is for the lack of The wisdom of cessation from hard labor one'duy out of the seven 18 almost univer- Bully acknowledged. The world has found out that it can do lees work in seven days than it can in six, and that the filty-two days in the year devoted to rest are an addition rather than a subtraction. Experiments have been made in all depart- ments. The great Castlereagh thought he could work his brain 365 days in the year, but after awhile broke down and com- mitted enielde; and Wilberforce said of him : “ Poor Castlereagh 1 This is the result of the non-observance of the Sub- bath." A celebrated merchant declared : “ I would have been a maniac long ago but for the Sabbath.” The nerves, the brains, the muscles, the bones, the entire physi- cal, intellectual and moral nature cry out for the Sebbetio rest. What is true of men is for the most part true of the brute. ‘ lel "pt: People Permit the Desccrntion oi the sabbath ?-Dlscollrsc by Rev. '1‘. Down! 'l‘nlmnge. The text was taken from Exodus xxxi. 13: “ Verily my Babbatvhs ye shall keep.” M Teefy Tea-ms $1.90,”;- annum in minute g ONE DAY IN SEVEN. THE SABBATIC REST. N0 46. On the southwest coast of Scotland,in the neighborhood of Glasserton, the Ayn and Wigton Archaeological Association have discovered what they believe to be one of the earliest homes of Christianity in North Britain. In a. cave which has afforded shelter to kelp-burners and smugglers they have, by careful digging and sitting, found several important relics of early Chris- tianityâ€"an inscription, several stone crosses, a stone basin that may have been a. font, and signs of habitation in paved floor and fire-marked wall. The traditions ot the neighborhood have always pointed to the spot as sacred to the memory of St. Ninien, one of the first missionaries, and the discovery of the relics removes all doubt as to the uses to which the cave at some remote date had been put. The pre- sumption is that the place will be suitably enclosed and honored with a monument. The sanitary side of our eahool system is examined in the Andover Review, and the conclusion is reached “ that there are evils connected with common schools which are more than the necessary incidents of a nearly perfect system.” The point insisted on is that the present; school management contributes largely to the increase of net- vous disorders, and interfereeseriouely with; the health of the pupils. Major Bell, of Bell farm (Qu’Appslle River Farming Company, Canada), consist- ing of 13,000 acres under cultivation, gave a London journalist the following descrip- tion of the use of the telephone in farmâ€" ing: “ One feature that is somewhat novel perhaps in our management is the employ- ment of the telephone. At 8 o‘clock every evening I press my button and put myself into communication with my divisional foreman. 1 give them perhaps ten minutes each, but in each case the others hear what I am saying, though they are four or five miles apart, both from me and from one another, every man must carry out my orders, right or wrong; if he does not, off he goes. Every horse, too, has his appointed task set every evening, sixteen to twenty miles aday; but here I am more merciful, and if a horse gives out, why, the foreman only has to go to his telephone and tell me of it and I reduce the animal’s task, taking off two miles a day perhaps. The whole machine is worked in this way as easily by a single overseer as it it were a matter of thirteen and not 13,000 acres; and all the discus- sion about the comparative advantages of large and small farming is really rather out of date, tor the telephone enables you to combine them both. The telephoneâ€"and federation, which is quite applicable, I assure you, to farms as to States. Every 200 acres has a cottage on it, with a man living in it rent free, and having charge of three horses. This system gives us an im‘ mense pull over other farms, such as Dairymple’s, the next biggest to ours, which are worked irom a single centre, so that a team will have to go four or five miles perhaps to get to its work; that is sheer waste. These homesteads are grouped into divisions, of which there are five on the farm altogether, With a divisional fore- man responsible for each. The men em- ployed in each division report every day to the foreman, and the foremen report to me. Local matters are left to them ; imperial concerns are reserved for me at my tele- phone." The business of the Brooklyn bridge is rapidly increasing, showing a gain of 35 per cent. lash year over that of 1883. Last: month the bridge turned in over $50,000. Still turther, I protest against this inva- sion of the Lord’s day because it wrongs a vast multitude of employees of their rest, and I oppose this invasion of the Christian Sabbath because it is a war on the spiritual welfare of the people. You must not for- get that ninety-nine one-hundredths of all the Christian effort ofthis country are put forth on the Lord’s day. Still further; I are opposed to the invasion of the Sabbath because it is unfair and it is partial. Why has it been during the past few weeks that some of the theatres have been allowed to be open and others not? Why not have all open? Come now and be honest, you men who manage the theatres and operas. and confess that you do not care anything at all about the moral welfare of the people, but you only want more dollars. Bring your voices, your pens, your print- ing presses and your pulpits into the Lord's artillery corps for the defence of our holy day. Decree before high heaven that this War on your religious rights and the cradles of your children shall bring ignominious defeat to the enemies of God and the public weal. For those who die in the contest, battling for the right, we shall chisel the epitaph: ” These are they who came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.” But for that one who shall prove in this moral crisis recreant to God and the church, there shall be no honorable epitaph. He shall not be even worthy of a burial place in all this free land ; but perhaps some steam- tug at midnight may carry out his poor remains and drop them into the sea. where the lawless Wines which keep no Sunday will gallop over the grave of him who lived and died a traitor to God, the Church. and the free institutions of America. Long live the Christian Sabbath 1 Perish forever all attempts to overthrow it l to break down our Sabbath and institute in the place of it a foreign Sabbath. I will make a comparison between the Sah- bath as some of you have known it and the SABBATH Oh‘ PARIS. I speak from observation. One Sabbath morning I was aroused in Paris by a great sound in the street. I said: “ What is this 7” " Oh,” they said, “ this is Sunday ” â€"an unusual rattle of vehicles of all sorts. The voices seemed more boisterous than on other day s. It seemed as if all the vehicles of Paris had turned out for the holiday. The Champs Elysees one great mob of pleasure-seeking people, Balloons flying, parrots chattering. foot-balls rolling, ped- lars hawking their knicknacks through the streets. hand-organs and every kind of racket. musical and uninceical. When the evening came down all the theatres were in full blare of music and full blaze of light. The wine stores and saloons were thronged with.‘an unusual number of customers. At event-ids I stood and watched the excursionists coming home, tagged-out men. women and children, 3. Gulf Stream of latigue, irritability and wretched- ness; for I should think it would take three or four days to get over that miserable way of Sundaying. It seemed more like an American Fourth of July than a Christian Sabbath. Now, in contrast, I present one of the Sabbaths in one of our best American cities. Holy silence coming down with the day dawn. Business men more deliberately looking into the faces of their children, and talking to them about their present and future welfare. Men sit longer at the table in the morning, because the stores are not to be opened and the mechanical tools are not to be taken up. There are congratulation and good cheer all through the house. Houses of God vocal with thanksgiving for mercies received, with prayers for comlort, with charities for the poor, rest for the body. rest for the soul. The nerves quieted, the temples cooled, the mind cleared, the soul strengthened. and our entire population turned out on Monday morning ten years younger, better prepared for the duties of this his, better prepared for the life that is to come. Which do you like best, the American Sabbath or the Parisian Sabbath ‘1 Do you know in what boat the Sabbath came across the seas and landed on our shores? It was in the Mayflower. Do you know in what boat the Sabbath will leave us, if it ever goes? It will be in the ark that floats over a deluge of national iniquity. r4.-I. . Early Christian Remains in Scotland. The Telephone In Farming.