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“'11 3'5 To the wonmn I loved in (1115's that are dead, And I long for the sight of her face L110 said). She was strangely faithful and kind (he said), With the gentlest heart, and the swoutost Eyes That clung to 0110‘s gazein a passionate w“ y ; And I was a fool to be cold and wise. And relinquish such loveâ€"500 others lush Ld. And leave her alone to despair (he said). Disillusion. (London World.) will seek the woman I loved (he said) Long ago in life's fortunate days ; I am tired, discouraged and sick at heart, And my thoughts wander hack tlm remembered There is no truth in the report that the German Government proposes to have a new spy law enacted in consequence of the Schnaebele affair. The police will be strengthened, and a detective force will be organized especially to watch spies. An official burgomoster will be appointed in each town containing over 10,000 inhabi~ tents, instead of the present elective honor- ary incumbents. I will go to her now at once (he said), For life is discordant and out of time, And I need her love and her sympathies. I loved her too lightly and left her too soon ; But the future €113.11 live, and the past is dead, And my heart yearns back to her heart (he smd)‘ I am here at last in her home (he said), Here all alone in the twilight gloom ; I wait for the sound of her step on the stair, As I sit in her dear familiar room, With all her sweet flowers, and her books on the shelf ‘, For nothing is changedherw‘ ' eptingmyself I heard her voicn. I remember (he said) Her voice like [L child's with its sobbing tone, But then came a pause. and a whispered wordâ€" A luughâ€" that seemed turning: my heart to Advices from Gambia say it is reported that the French have occupied Baddiboo, after a collision on the Koomboof River be- tween the French troops and Sarflemattie, son of the late King. After his defeat Sar- demattie took refuge in British territory, and numbers of his subjects are fleeing from the French across the river. 51mm ; The door opened wide, and my hopes were {led ‘01' a new love was there by her side (he sand). General Middleton Thinks the Fun-e Should be Reduced and Better Drilled. In his last annual report to the Minister of Militia, General Middleton says : “After another year’s experience I beg leave again to urge the absolute necessity of reducing the strength of the force. It stands now on paper (including the Schools of Instruc- tion) as consisting of 37,346 men. This is really more than the correct strength, as I fear the same men appear in more than one regiment, but still this is a much greater number of men than can be pro. perly or usefully trained, considering the money voted for the purpose.” General Middleton believes that in order to make the whole force efficient every soldier should be called out for at least sixteen days every year of his service, and this, he says, can only be done by reducing the force. A teacher’s life in Alabama is thus partly described by a. committeeman in a letter to an eastern friend : “ She tries to make everything just as pleasant as she can. She doesn’t mind work. She takes the ex and cuts woodâ€"went to the woods one evening after school and helped to saw off two cuts after 4 o‘clock. The people are very well satisfied with her." At a meeting of the Montreal Citizens’ Committee yesterday the opinion was almost unanimously expressed that the city would pay the cost of measures for preventing future floods if the Government would assume the Lake St. Peter debt. A Washington despatch says: The fol- lowing passage occurs in the letter of Pope Leo XIII. to Bishop Ireland, of St. Paul : ” Above all, we have rejoiced to learn with What energy and zeal, by means of various excellent associations, and especially through the Catholic Abstinence Union, you combat the destructive vice of intem- perance. For it is well known to us how ruinous, how deplorable is the injury both to faith and to morals that is to be feared from intemperance in drink. Nor can we sufficiently praise the prelates of the United States, who recently in the Plenary Coun- cil of Baltimore with weightiest words con~ demned this abuse, declaring it to be a perpetual incentive to sin and a fruitful root of all evils, bringing the families of the intemperate into the direst ruin and draw- ing numberless souls into everlasting per- dition. Hence we esteem worthy of all commendation the noble resolve of your pious associations, by which they pledge themselves to abstain totally from all kinds of intoxicating drink. Nor can it be at all doubted that this determination is the proper and the truly efficacious remedy for this very great evil; and that so much the more strongly will all be induced to put this bridle upon appetite by how much the greater are the dignity and influence of those who give the example. * * *‘ Let pastors, therefore, do their best to drive the plague of intemperance from the fold of Christ by assiduous preaching and exhor- tation, and to shine before all as models of abstinence, that so many calamities with which this vice threatens both Church and State may by their strenuous endeavors be averted.” There died lately at his home in Pelham, Welland county, Mr. Drayton Holcomb, at the patriarchal age of 95 years. It was Mr. Holcomb who sheltered Wm. Lyon Mackenzie and saw him safe over the frontier, when the Government had set a price of $50,000 on his head. But Mr. Holcomb was one of the men produced by that stormy time, who were above price and whose patriotism gold could not reach. The Missouri Republican says : John L. is going to issue a. proclamation soon an- nouncing to all the world that he has decided to leave the ring forever. He has had enough glory for one man. But if any foreigner takes a cranky notion that he can lay out the champion he will be accommoâ€" dated, on the condition that he first whip the next best man in America. Under no other considerations Will Mr. Sullivan con- descend to emerge from his retirement. He intends to make a trip around the world giving sparring exhibitions, and will sail for Australia. about Sept. 1st, taking Sheedy, La Blanche and Taylor with him. A Mr. Johns, of Owen Sound, has been missing since the evening of Sir John Mac- donald’s meeting there in November. This mystery was cleared up this week by his body being found in the river. The report of the Montreal Flood Com- mission was completed on Thursday and forwarded to Ottawa yesterday afternoon. The commissioners refuse to disclose its character until the Government has conâ€" sidered it. Bradstrect’s reports a total of 197 failures throughout the country during the week ending May 6th, against 178 for the Week previous. Sixteen of the number were in Canada, four less than the preceding week. An effort is being made with the Daminion Government to get another company of garrison artillery for Toronto. Mr. John Kidd, of Mono Mills, is 8-1 years of age, and ploughed nearly 25 acres thisspring. Noxon Brothers, of Ingersoll, propose illuminating their agricultural works with electricity shortly. A petition against the return of Mr. J. M. Platt, M. P. for Prince Edward County, was filed at: Osgoode Hall yes- terday. Sullivan Has Had Enough Gore. The Pope on Total Abstinence. THE CANADIAN MILITIA. A Venerable " Rebel.” Latest News Notes. Mr. Edgar introduced a Bill to amend the Dominion Election Act. He explained that the secrecy of the ballot at present was impaired, first by the thinness of the ballot paper, which allowed the mark to show through. and, second, occasionally by the roughness of the surface of the desk on which the ballot was marked,which caused the pencil to break through the paper. His Bill proposed to remedy these defects. Then it had been found that the power of returning-officers to issue certificates to agents to vote had been abused, and that in some places many persons had been thus authorized to vote who were not entitled to exercise the franchise at all. It was pro- posed to end this by providing that not more than two agents should vote at any one polling place. The Bill was read it first time. Hon. Mr. Pope introduced a Bill to amend the Railway Act, which was read a first time. ME. Casey pointed out that there had been spent already on this park without Hon. Mr. White said $35,000 or $40,000 had already been spent on roads and on a berge: Sir Richard Cartwright said that it had been arranged that the Minister should give an estimate of thop robable cost of the park, and also a list of persons who held leases. Hon. Mr. White (Cardwell), moving the House into Committee of the Whole on the Bill respecting the National Park at Banff, explained that there were four timber limits, each having part or the whole of its area in the proposed reservation, the areas ‘ of all amounting to about 80 miles. 0n 1 the limit nearest the springs no license to out had been granted, but ties had been got out for Sir A. T. Galt’s Lethbridge Rail~ way, and there were about 1,155 acres of anthracite coal areas, for which $14,437 had been received by the Government. There were two settlers on the other side of the Bow River and not near the springs. but if it was thought well the Government could compensate them for their improve- ments and induce them to leave. Thepoint had been raised as to the right of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway to claim some of its lands in the reservation. They could not claim them until a survey was made, and no survey was made so far. In any case the company was «co-operating with the Government in establishing this park, and that difficulty would not arise. Hon. Mr. Carling, replying to Mr. Smith (Ontario), said the Government had not arrived at a decision to prohibit; the imporâ€" tation of cattle into Canada from Great Britain and Ireland, but that the subject; of restrictive legislation was under conâ€" sideration. Sir Charles Tupper replying to Mr. Perry, said ill sum in addition to the usual subsidy has been placed to the credit of Prince Edward Island, from lst July, 1886, to date. It was the intention of the Gov- ernment to ask Parliament at its present session to authorise ugmnt of an additional subsidy of $20,000 per annum for Prince Edward Island. Mr. Paterson (Brant)moved for a special committee to examine and report upon the claim of the Six Nations Indians as set forth in their petition presented to the House. He explained that on the 25th October, 1784, Governor Frederic Haldi- mand granted to the Mohawks a tract of land six miles wide on each side of the Grand River from the mouth to the source, but by a subsequent deed made by the Governor-General the grant was limited to a point forty miles further south, namely, the north boundary of the township of Nichol in the county of Wellington. The Indians wanted their title under Haldi- mand’s grant confirmed; that is to say, they wanted their title confirmed to a tract of land six miles wide on either side of the Grand River, and extendingfrom the north boundary of the township of Nichol to the source of the Grand River, a distance of forty miles. They lost their territory in the United States through their loyalty, and because of their loyalty the King gave them six miles on either side of the Grand River from its mouth to its source, the land upon part of which their descendants now lived. He did not pretend for a moment that the Government had been negligent in this matter, but the Superin- tendent-General of Indian Affairs had much to do, and, perhaps, had not investi- gated this matter fully. He (Mr. Pater» son) did not urge the claim on any other ground than that of reason and justice, and the Indians themselves would not claim more than the principles of right and justice would give them. If they had a committee the facts could be got at in a way in which the Indians felt had not yet been reached by the authorities. If some such step were not taken he could not but feel that there would be a belief on the part of the Indians that they had been neglected, that their just claims had not been fully considered. Hon. Mr. McLelan, in Committee of the Whole on the Bill respecting public officers, explained that the object was to add to the securities which might be given by public officers assignments of deposits in Govern- ment savings banks. This change had been frequently pressed upon the Government, and it was thought that as the security was absolute it should be taken. A Bill to amend the Government Rail- ways Act so as to authorise trains to cross the tracks of other roads where the block system, approved by the Minister of Rail- ways, was used, was passed in Committee of the \Vhole, with minor amendments after some discussion of the details. Sir John Macdonald did not object to the hon. member bringing this matter up, but he thought it would have been better had it been brought up in the shape of a reso- lutixn calling for papers on the subject. The appointment of a. committee was not the best way to bring into practical use papers in possession of the Government. This was a very difficult question. In the first place, it was a. very old claim, three- quarters of a century old at least. It was a. legal question also, and one involving a. large sum of money. The lands claimed were not now in possession of the Crown. It came to this : If the claim of the Indians was conceded the Province of Ontario must compensate the Indians for the land sold. The proper way to settle this question was to get a legal decision upon it, and to do that it should be brought before the Supreme Court. He could not accede to this resolution for a committee, but if the hon. gentleman would change his motion so as to cover an order for papers he would support it and have the papers brought down early. Sir John Macdonald said he had heard of the proposal for the first time last night from some gentleman who favored it, but the matter had not been brought before himself and his colleagues and had notbeen decided upon in any way. Mr. Mills asked how it was that the First Minister insisted upon following this course, while in the case of the Mississauga Indians of the Credit, just before the elections, he decided in a case quite as old as this, and one depending upon legal inter- pretation, without appealing to the courts, a. claim involving about 660,000. Sir John Macdonald said he could not say exactly. as he did not recollect the facts of the case referred to. Doubtless the Department had done what it thought right. Mr. Shakespeare called the attention of the Government to the statement in the Citizen, local Government organ, that there was a rumor the House would adjourn for a week over Ascension Day and the Queen’sBirth- day. He objected to this as a waste of time, and hoped it would not be agreed to. The resolution was amended so as to cover an order for the papers, and was carried DOMINION PARLIAMENT. authority of the House the following sums: On Sept. 7th, 1880, $10,000 ; on Dec. 17th, $5,000; on April 14th, 1887, 031,000 ; making altogether $46,000, of which by far the greater part was spent while the House was actually in session. .1 1,1, "W W _____ J ,, Mr. Kirk protested against the whole scheme. There was no reason for the Govâ€" ernment to gointo the business of enter- taining guebts. This would be a benefit, not to the great majority of the taxpayers, but tothe wealthy people of the cities of this and other countries, while these poor people would be compelled to foot the greater part of the bill. The Government should leave the whole matter to private capital and private enterprieo Sir Richard Cartwright moved for a. re- turn showing the amounts in detail expended under Warrants from the Gov- ernor-General in each year from 1873 to 1886, both inclusive. It was a. fixed con- stitutional principle that money should not be expended without the consent of Parliaâ€" ment. The only exception was in cases of great urgency which arose while Parlia- ment was not in session. The House sat last year until an unusually late period, so that the officers of the various departments had ample time in which to prepare their esti- mates. Besides that, the estimates both for 1886 and 1887 were unusually large and liberal. The estimate for 1886 was about 381} millions and for 1887 about 34% millions. Yet the Government had taken under Governor-General’s warrants $308,748 for the few remaining weeks of 1886 and $2,005,589 for 1887. The House Vulnuu we , Mr Tl'ow hpproved the expenditure made so far and would approve the continuance of a fair expenditure upon the scheme. There were no such springs elsewhere in America. and no such scenery any where. He knew of capitalists who would give the Government a. thousand per cent. on the money already invested if they could get the place. .. ~ .1 .1...” n s1? John Macdonald said if the Govern ment were to giant this land on any terms to the Canadian Pacific there would be an outcry raised . of further favoritism to that road. He dwelt upon the advantages of the place as a resort for seekers of the beautiful and as a sanitarium. The Gov- ernment would be fully recouped by the lease and sale of lots and by the leases of privileges of the curative waters for all the expenditure. It was necessary to keep speculators and squatters out, for it was easy to establish claims which it would he very difficult to get rid of. Travellers, in whose eye for the beautiful he had more confidence than in his own, told him the park site was well chosen and the laying out in drive .ways was all that could be desired. People were flocking into the place, and it was felt necessary to bring into use the curative waters as soon as possible, and for that reason the expendi- ture had been undertaken, the Government trusting to the House to ratify that expenditure. -. w n . i Sir Hector Langevin said there was no objectionY and the question was made the 05101; £01: Thursday: May 17t_h._ funBlakeâ€"I have been greatly struck in the course of this debate, and more so perhaps by the last speech than by any other, with the wonderful properties of this water. These springs are certainly the most extraordinary springs I ever heard of. It is not only the descriptions which have been given of their curative properties by members, but it is the effect that the water has had on themselves. We see those effects. They produce an im- mense exaltation of sentiment, a wonderful development of the poetical faculty, and union and concord between gentlemen who ordinarily think very differently on almost every other topic. Why, the county of Perth, for the first time since I have known it, seems to be united. My hon. friend from the North Riding (Mr. Hesson) and my hon. friend from the South Riding (Mr. Trow) shake hands across the Banff Springs and each of them drops into poetry on the subject. And not merely are they poetical, not merely is there an expansion of mind and an elevation of feeling, but there is a regardlessness of base pecuniary considerations that shows not merely that the springs may be of use to those who are lucky enough to be able to pay their fares on the C. P. 1%., but that there should be. an appropriation to bring them to every man’s door. One hon. gentleman on this side said that if we wanted to sell them we could get 1,000 per cent. on the expenditure and the First Minister has just repeated the same. Now, 1,000 per cent. on our expenditure would be just $4,000,000, and springs that can pro- duce in the Parliament of Canada that statement, seriously made on one side and emphasized by the leader of the Govern- ment on the other, are certainly springs that the nation should keep to itself. Mr. ‘Vatson said he had received a com- munication from F. W. Robertson, Chair- man of the Manitoba deputation, repre- senting that the matter was under the con- sideration of the Government, and asking him to allow the question to stand until Thursday, May 17th. He would do so, if it was the wish of the House. On the order for thb disallowance reso lugipns being calledY Hon. Mr. Foéter, replying to Mr. Lan- derkin, said that the Act which compels owners of saw mills to keep sawdust out of streams, was in force in every county in Ontario, but that mill-owners on the Oh tawa River were exempted from the law. The discussion was continued by Messrs Tllgper ilj‘icggu), Jones qnfi Welsh; Mr. Kenney resumed the general discus- sion on the recent elections and denied that he owed his election to the fact that some 400 civil servants were coerced into voting for him. Mr. Jones gave an account of various practices resorted to by the Government at the last elections. He said that minutes of Council promising to. aid various railways were distributed in bushels through various counties. Sir R. Cartwright objected most strongly to the expenditure of money on the Gover- nor-Generul’s warrant on such a. purpose as this, and quoted the Act to Show that it was only in cases of pressing emergency that such an Act was authorized. Mr. Platt said that out of every $1,000 spent on this park 3999 would be paid by taxpayers who could never get the benefit of the springs or of the park. In fact, it was another instance of the policy of this Government in taxing the poor for the luxuries of the rich. The committee rose and reportedthe Bill. The House went into committee on the Bill respecting the representation of the Northwest Territories in the Senate. Mr. Burdette pointed out that the C.1’.R. and many other parties appeared to have interests in the park, which would have to be disposed of before it could be said that the park was a national park. Was the Government going into the hotel business, and if so was it to be conducted on Scott Act principles ? The Cabinet would be divided on that question, Was the Gov- ernment going to turn itself into a lumber- ing firm or a gold-mining company ? Some definite knowledge of what they were going to do should be given to the House before they voted money. It was said these waters had marvellous healingpowers. He hoped so. It was said they cured cripples. He trusted they cured some other than political cripples, whose pockets were filled through the money expended there. There was nothing new in building a road or a bridge, or in landscape gardening upon even a large scale, that an estimate of the cost could not be given. The powers asked for were too extensive to be given to any Government. If it were shown in a reasonable way that the expenditure was necessary and powers were asked for which could not be used to destroy the very object for which this Bill was proposedche making of a national parkâ€"he would go with the Government in making a reason- able expenditure. investigate strictly the causes which led to the expenditure of nearly 2; mil- lions without its authority. He referred to various expenditures made under the warrants, many of which were made about the time of the last elections. The sum of $118,000 was Spent on February 1st last to pay the award on the Windsor & Annapolis Railway. On January 25th there was a sum of 310,000 for sufferers by the flood at Cornwall. The expenditure of $46,000 on the Banff Park was peculiarly unjustifiable, because there was no pretence of urgency in the case of laying out pleasure grounds. Then there was $32,000 for salaries and expenses of the Commissioners on rebel losses. On March 11th there was $115,000 for seed grain to settlers in Assiniboia and Saskatchewan. Then, one of the last things which should have been paid With- out authority of the House, was the sum of $4,000 to pay the St. Catharines Milling Company the costs of the suit brought by the Ontario Government against them. There were very large expenditures made on the Intercolonial Railway, amounting in all to $600,000. He called particular atten- tion to the fact that a large sum had been expended by GovernonGeneral’s warrant while the House was actually in session, which was distinctly illegal. would be wanting ‘in it? duty if it did pot The Bill was read a. second time, discus- sion being deferred to the committee stage. Mr. Thompson said it would be Well to allow the Bill to stand, as a case affecting the validity of the Ontario Act respecting the distribution of insolvent estates was now pending in the courts. The Bill was ordered to stand. Mr. Charlton moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Act respecting public morals. He proposed by this Bill to restore the provisions originally intro- duced by him as to seduction under promise of marriage, and thus provide for the punishment of any person over 18 who seduces a female under 21, also to provide for the punishment of offences against insane women. Sir Charles Tupper said he was disposed to concur with Sir Richard Cartwright in the principles which he had laid down, namely, that Governor-General’s warrants should not be used except in cases of great urgency. In regard to the abnormally large sums which had been referred to by the hon. gentleman, he admitted that his col- league (Mr. Mchan) might have made a mistake in his estimates of the amounts required. ...,_ N . ‘ ‘1 Mr. Edgar moved the second reading of the Bill respectingthe discharge of insolvent debtors whose estates have been distributed mmny among their creditors. To amend the chart-er of the Hamilton, Guelph & Buffalo Railway Company and to change the name to the Hamilton Central Railway Companyâ€"Mr. McKay. ‘ Mr. Mitchell said the Government should see to it that the amounts put in the Estimates should be more in accord with what the expenditure would really be. Otherwise the House would be much misled in granting money. To afithorisAo tlfe Grange Truét (limited) toyyimi gp its affai‘rszâ€"Mr. Mgsson.“ Mr. Paterson (Brant) pointed to the fact that under the Governor-General’s war- rant money had been paid for an Indian Commission, showing that it was a matter of urgency, but there was nothing to show that the Indian Commission had been appointed. He quoted the Prime Minis- ter’s declaration last session after charges were made against the Indian Department of gross malfeasance, that a. commission would be appointed to examine into the report. To incorporate the Mafnuf'acturers’ Life & Accident; Insurance Company.â€"~Mr. Brown. To incorporate the New Westminster Southern Railway Companyâ€"«Mr. Chis- hoim. Sir John Macdonald said the charges made against the Indian Department were made by one not now a member of the House, when he (Sir John) was not present, and not being table on his return to give the facts he promised they would belookedinto by a commission. But afterthe session he found those charges were foundationless and false, and only a statement of the facts was necessary. That statement was printed and circulated on the authority of the department. No charges made since the world began were more false and outrageous than those madeinthiscase,andthe answer was complete. To i1100}p0;'ate the Brandon; Sourfs & Rock Lake Railway Cgrypany._â€"Mr. $11394}. To incorporate the Goderich & Canadian Pacific Junction Railway Companyâ€"Mr. Porter. To incorporate the Kincardine & Tees wqter Railway _CO.T1\11‘. McACtlm‘rth‘y. Respoctingythe Ontario & QueBec Rail wqy Companyâ€"My. Patterspn (Efsex._) Sir Richard Cartwright said Mr. Cameron had challenged the First Minister to meet him, but Without any acceptance of the challenge, and he had repeated his charges, showing that the prei ended answer was no answer at all. Mr. Paterson said not only had charges been made by Mr. Cameron, but he (Mr. Paterson) himself had made charges against the Department, proving every one by evidence in the public documents of the officers of the Department themselves, proving there had been incapacity and neâ€" glect, resulting: even in the sacrifice of human life. The First Minister had defi- nitely promised a commission, and the peo- ple had a right to look for it. The First Minister did not stand in an enviable posi- tion, having failed to keep that promise. The £0110“;ng private Bills were read a second time: Mr. Blake said the Premier had said one point raised on the Opposition side was a. technicality. On the contrary, it was a technicality for the Government to pass Orders in Council authorizing expenditure just before Parliament met. It simply meant that the Government choseto escape, by this means, the investigation of expendi- tures in the House. It wasa prostitution of the powers of Government. The chief duty of the House of Commons was to guard the public expenditure, and that duty could not be performed efficiently if it were understood the Government might expend millions. of its own motion, on services wholly without limit. The expenditure for the Banff Springs was authorized by Order in Council the very day before the House met, and the Governorâ€"General’s warrant was not issued until the day after the House met. He denounced this conduct as unconstitutional and a violation of the rights of the people to have expenditures made only when authorised by the people’s representatives, except in the case of the greatest public urgency. Sir John Macdonald said the discussion on the subject should not take place now, but if a. member would bring it forward when it could be fully discussed he would meet him. Mr. PatersonwAll right. Sir Charles Tupper said he had a return, corrected by the Clerk of the Privy Coun- cil, showing the dates of those warrants in- correctly shown by this document to have been made after Parliament sat. Mr. Mills said the return was correct at first, but this amended statement showed on what days the Orders in Council were passed on which the warrants were based. He contended that the issue of warrants after Parliament met was illegal, and ifthe House was to sanction such acts it might as well acknowledge itself to be a mere machine for registering the decrees of the Government. Sir John Macdonald read a clause of the statute to show that if an Order in Council, on which a warrant was based, was passed before Parliament met, the transaction was legal, though the warrant was not issued until after Parliament met. The depend- ence of the member for Bothwell (Mr. Mills) was upon mere technicality: Mr. McLelan’s Bill to amend the Act respecting public officers was read a third time. Mr. Thompson’s Bill providing for the marking of public stores and punishment for larceny thereof was read a. second time and passed through committee. The House went into committee on the resolutions respecting the salaries to be paid to officers of penitentiaries, in charge of the Minister of Justice (Mr. Thompson). The resolutions were considered and expla- nations of their purport given, which is generally to equalize the salaries of these officers. The resolutions were adopted and reported. Mr. Edgar askedâ€"Has the Government expressed its willingness to contribute a subsidy in aid of the Pacific Mail service, as announced by Lord Onslow in the House of Lords on the 29th April? If so, to What amount ? Is the proposed service to be fortnightly, tri-weekly or monthly ? What are the proposed terminal ports for the line ? Agentleman coming down Chenneville street, Montreal, between 10 and 11 o’clock last night witnessed one of the saddest scenes he ever saw. He met an aged woman with a. crying: baby in her arms, and fol» lowed by alitt e girl who carried a pillow on her head. On inquiring where they were going, the gentleman was informed that the old woman was the grandmother of the two children and was taking the baby to its mother, her daughter, Whe had been arrested for drunkenness and placed in the cells of the St. George street police station. The little girl had taken a pillow to lay the unfortunate baby on in the cell. It appears that the wretched mother had been out of jail only a few days. Sir John Macdonald â€" The Canadian Government has expressed its willingness to ask the Canadian Parliament to con- tribute £15,000 annually, on condition that the British Government contribute enough additional to make altogether £60,000. That is now under consideration. It is to be hoped that a tri-weekly service will be established. The terminal ports are Van- couver and Hong Kong. The House went into committee on Mr. Charlton‘s Bill respecting public morals. The clause regarding insane women passed without amendment. The clause regarding seduction was amended so as to make the male liable from the age of 21 years and protect the female up to the same age. La Paris states that France has con- cludeda. defensive alliance with certain other powers and that henceforth France will not: be alone in the event of aggression against her. the second reading of n the discharge of insolvent de ._ I m M ates have been already distrib ' flung their creditors. Mr. Fisher move ’ "resolution abolishing Edgar mo the Bill to already distribwyafig their creditors. Mr. Fisher move ’a'i‘esolution abolishing the oflice of Deputy Speaker. He contended that it was unnecessary and that the Gov- ernment had itself admitted this by neglect- ing to appoint a Deputy Speaker this session, although a rule of the House re- quired that he should be appointed after the adoption of the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. n n -..1 The only woman cab driver in England has just died. Visitors to Epping Forest will recsll, as one of the peculiar institutions of that vicinity, the female Jehu, who for many years were conspicuously the badge of a driver, and held the reins in skilful competition with the men, who, no doubt, vociferously denounced at cab stands and railway stations this demonstration of a woman’s rights. Sir John Macdonnld said that the British House of Commons and the Legislatures of the Australian Colonies had Deputy Speakers and that it was better to have one person whose duty it would be to become thoroughly acquainted with the rules of the House than to call upon casual members of the House. He intended to move for the appointment of a. Deputy Speaker to-morrow. u. -n.. 1”. To get the oil out of u. grindstone make the stone as hot as safety will permit, and then cover it with a. paste of whiting and Water. The mixture will soon become filled with oil, when it may be scraped off and the process repeated until all the oil is extracted. “(Affair remarks from Mr. Fisher and Sir Hector Langevin, the motion was put and losflwfi, 6‘3; n33? 109- ~ 1 1 Ye people tooke ye pennie eache for his Dogge booavfe there were fo manye Dogges and Mifter Jones skynned ye 400 Dogges and made bootes and gloves from ye 400 hydes and thvs mayd A Bm FORTVNE, gnd thereafter added to yt by udvertizing 1n ye Edaytor’s papyr. 7 The: follbwifig Billé were introduced and read a. first/chm: : HTo incorporate the Alberta 81 British Columbia Junction Railway Companyâ€"â€" M1: Shanly._ 1 firifiimrinreiid the Acts incorporating and relating to the British Canadian Loan (fi' Investmqnt CompanyTMr: Small“. I W’VTVBHiVncorpomte the Kingston, Smith’s Falls & Ottawa, Railway Companyâ€"â€"Mr. IiiEI-(paityick: ’ . .1... IVA1AA‘I WTEJV reduce thé stbck of the Ontario (Q Qu’Appelle Land Company (1imited)~er. Sutherland. Sir John Macdonald intimated that the estimates would be laid on the table on Monday next, and the budget speech would be delivered on the following Thursday, on condition that Mr. Watson would postpone the consideration of his resolutions on disâ€" uliowance, which were to be the first order for that day. Sir JohnyMacdonuId said that {L memo- randumhad been handed to him, signed by more than half the members, asking that the House should adjourn for a week from Wednesday next. There would be only two sitting (lays lost by the proposed adjournment. He merely throw out the suggestion fo.‘ the consideration of the House. “Synce there are so manye Dogges,” vayd he, “ I thynke I myght make fome bvfincfs and will give you a. pennie for eache Dogge.” V V JONES, 25:: Olde St. New yt haponed that 400 Peple emche brovghte a, Dogge on ye next days there- after, fo that Mifter Jones (whych was ye Merchantt’s nayme) was overrune with Dogges. Once, in ye very olden tyme a. Merohantt fayd too an Eddytor, “ I doan’t thynke advertizing payes.” “Let me show yov,” said ye Eddytor, “ I will pvtte 1 lyne in my Papyr and not charge yov a pennie.” “ All right,” replied ye Merchantt, “ and we will fee.” So ye Eddytor pvtte in his papyr : ANTED, A DOGGE, JOHN JONES. 251} Okla St. Mr. Cargill introduced a Bill to repeal the Canada Temperance Act. He stated that the sentiment in his riding (East Bruce) was opposed to the introduction of the Act, and he was opposed to it himself. He believed the agricultural community was in a much better condition, financially and otherwise, where the license system prevailed than where the Scott Act is in force, and the loss to the municipalities of the revenue formerly derived from that source was very sensibly felt. The Bill was read a first time. The following Government Bills were read a third time and passed : Act Lrespecting the representation of the Northwest Territories in the Senateâ€"Sir John Macdonald. Act respecting the Banfi National Parkâ€" ML W'hite (Car_dwell.L _ n Act resbecting 1’11b1ic Storesâ€"Mr Thompson. ,. ‘ .. n11 The Bill thus angehded was_rep01§<_ad. Storie of Ye Dogge. Archibald Connell, a farmer of South Dorchestcr,- on Tuesday assaulted his family and destroyed the furniture. Last evening he was arrested on a charge of in- sanity and lodged in Elgin jail. So far thirteen dead bodies of the victims of the British Columbia colliery explosion have been recovered, and six injured. All hope of rescuing alive the entombed miners has been abandoned, and fears are entertained of the whole place being blown up by a second explosion. Constable Lipsit, of Bayham, arrested on \Vednesday night a young man named Thomas Boughner on suspicion of being one of the noted Bayham lambs. Five other members of the gang await trial in the jail in St. Thomas. Other arrests are on the tapis. In the House of Lords last evening Vin- count Cross, Secretary of State for India, announced that Lord Dufferin did not con- firm the report that the Khyber Pass had been closed by the rebels. He added that the Government had no reason to believe that the forces of the Ameer of Afghanistan had been defeated. The London Fair Grounds Committee have decided on a main building 200 by 80 feet to be built of wood with stone founda- tion. Competitive designs will be called for. The first prize includes 4 per cent. on the outlay and the superintendence of the building. The second prize is $200. 011 lVodnesday evening four suspicious characters, Frank Pearson, W. Arnold, (Jr. Hill and G. Woods, were arrested for tres- pass on the Michigan Central property at St. Thomas and placed in the cells. In the night they picked the lock and escaped. No trace of them has since been seen. Three years ago I suffered greatly with rheumatism in my right arm. After trying remedies that failed, I took McCollom’s Rheumatic Repellant and was entirely cured. 1 can recommend it highly. A. M. BULLOCK, Tilsonburg, Ont. A young man named Preston, residing at Frankford, Ont., who had lately returned from Michigan, where he had been placing his brother in a lunatic asylum, cut; his throat with a razor on Tuesday, whilst laboring under a fit of insanity. Dr. Rock- well, who is in attendance, considers there is no hope of his recovery. King Oscar opened the Rigsdag of Swe- den yesterday. In his speech to the Depuâ€" ties he laid stress upon the necessity of repealing the corn duty. While Mr. S. Lindsay, a clerk in the Almonte branch of the Bank of Montreal, and Mr. Ernest Stephenson, son of Rev. 1“. Stephenson, were canoeing at Almonte on Wednesday afternoon their boat was cap- sized at ledwell’s saw mills. Mr. Stephenson was rescued by the men at the mills, but Mr. Lindsay was drowned, his body being recovered about an hour after- wards. The Cutest Little Things. “ Cute l” he echoed. “I don’t know as the adjective would have occurred to me in just that connection. But if you mean that they do their work thoroughly, yet make no fuss about it, cause no pain or weakness, and, in short, are everything that a. pill ought to be, andnothing that it ought not, then I agree that Pierce‘s Pleasant Purgative Pellets are about the cutest little things going. A rumor, that smacks of the absurd, is current that the Pope will bestow the fam- ous Golden Rose upon the Queen this Jubilee your. Mild, soothing and healing is Dr. Sage’s Caturrh Remedy. As already reported, $120,000 is the estimated loss to the steamship Barcelona and cargo through grounding in the Traverse at Montreal, caused by neglect on the part of the marine authorities in not having the lightships and buoys placed in position. Captain VViliiams, 0f the steamship Oregon, the first ocean steamer to arrive, never had such difficulty in navigating the river for want of signals and buoys. The BishOp of Ontario will not return from England until the middle of Septem~ her. In consequence the Synod, which is usually held in June, will not be convened until after his return. On the shore of Simcoe Island a bottle was picked up. It contained a piece of paper on which was written in pencil: “ April mullsâ€"Afloat on Lake Ontario in a. heavy see. John Thompson and 1 am together. We will never see toâ€"morrow. The sea is too high and we are lost. The last place we know of is Pigeon light. W'hoever finds this bottle have it copied in the Breckville Rarorder. We will drown before morning. Hy. (or Wm.) B. Rees. John Thompson.” A telegram from Brockville reads : “ Know of no such men here. The affair is probably a hoax.” The Colonial Delegates will address a meeting to be held in the London Mansion House on Monday on the question ’of British trade with the colonies. Yesterday morning six negro boys, 13 to 17 years old, were at the wharf of the Wil» mington, N. 0., Compress preparing to go across Cape Fear River to shoot rice birds. One named Grant Best had borrowed a double~barrelled gun from a negro man, which he says had no caps 011. A11 acci- dental discharge of the weapon caused the death of four of the boys and badly hurt a fifth, Best alone escaping injury. Dfiring the next thfee aéysvthfee thousand more immigrants are expected to arrive in Montreal. The steamer Asie, from Barcelona for Marseilles, has been sunk in a collision with the French steamer Ajaccio, from Cette for Algiers. Several passengers were drowned. The Pope has summoned three cardinals to confer with him upon the question of reconciliation with the Italian Government and to arrange the conditions upon which the Vatican will consent to negotiate. A Russian fanatic ran amuok at Odessa yesterday and stabbed six Jews, killing two of them. He was arrested in a restaurant, where he attacked and injured a Jewish waiter. A mob of Jews tried to lynch him_ The English Board of Trade returns for April Show that the emigration from Great Britain reaches the enormous total of 56,955, against 40,719 last year, and of that number 7,312 went to British North America, compared with 3,963 in 1886. TELE GRAPHIC SUMMARY. Queen Kapiolani, of Hawaii, and her suite, escorted by the representatives of the State, War and Navy Departments, paid a visit yesterday morning to the \Vashington barracks, where a. special review of the troops was held in their honor. In the afternoon the Queen received the representatives of foreign governments in Washington. The croupiers implicated in the recent gambling swindle at Monte Carlo have been tried in open court and the one who dealt the cards has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, the others being severely re- primanded. The Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters, the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise and the Comtesse of Paris, accompanied by brilliant suites, visited the \Vild West Show and the grounds of the American exhibition at London yesâ€" terday. Buffalo Bill and his company gave a special performance for the benefit of his royal guests. Rev. Charles WV. Ward the Englewood rector accused of attempting to murder his wife, was found dead at the home of Judge Drew, his counsel, at Rockland, N.Y., yes- terday afternoon. It is supposed he took an overdose of chloral. 03" Winter bring to the surface every latent pain. It is one of the strange thingh associated with our physical well being that the very air, without which we could not exist, is heavily laden with the germs of disease. Rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago and other complaints of a similar char- acter hold revel at this season of the year amongst human nerves and human muscles. There was a time when fortitude alone could make life tolerable, butnowwith the ad\ ent of powerful, penctratingand nerve soothing remedies pain becomesa thing of amomenta The best, the most powerful and most cer- tain pain cure is Polson’s NERVILINE. No- thing equals Nervilino for penetrating power. Nervilineis beyond comparison the grandest discovery for the relief of pain offered to the public. Druggists sell a. sample bottle for 10 cents ; large bottles only 25 cents at any drug store. Prince Frederick Leopold, grandson of Emperor \Villiam, was entertained yester- day by the German Consul at Chicago, Baron Von Nordcnflycht. The Prince is travelling incognito. A special despatch from Galesbnrg, 111., says : “ A decided stir was created among railroad men here yesterday morning by the report that Prince Leopold refused to admit the rear brake- man into the car, thus compelling him to ride on the rem: platform from Quincy to this city in a. cold wind and min.” BAKING POWDER THE COOK’S BEST F RIEND The Naval Lifeboat Board, of London, report that none of the models submitted are suitable as lifeboats for men-of-War. Branch Ofiiéé; 3'7'Y6'fié38t" Toronto I have n pusime remedy for (he abovediseass ; by its use thousands or msos or Lha worst kind and oflong standing have been cured. Indeed, so strong is my mm in 1(- emnacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE, teguhcr with a VALUABLE ’I‘REA'I'ISE on this disease to any Iufl’erer. Give express and P. 0. nddrell. DR. '3‘ _SLOCUM,_‘ _ BEWARE OF IJIITA’I'ION‘ . ALWAYS ASII FOR DR. PIERCE’S I’ELLETS, OR LITTLE SUGAR-COATED PILLS. Being entirely vegetable, they op- erate without disturbance to the system, diet. or occupation. Put up in glass vials, hermetiâ€" cally scaled. Always fresh and reliable. As a laxative, alterativo, or purgative, those little Pellets give the most perfect satisfaction. Slfllfl HEADABHE, Bilious iicadache, Dizziness, Constipa- ti on, Indigestion. Bilious Altacks,and all derangements of the stom- ach and bowels. are promptâ€" ly relieved and permanently cured by the use of Dr. Pierce 5 Pleasant Purgative Pellets. In explanation of the remedial power of these Pellets over so great a variety of diseases, it may truthfully be said that their action upon the system is universal. not a gland or tissue escaping their snnativo influence. Sold by druggists, 25 cents a vial. Manufactured at the Chemical Laboratory of WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y. SYMPTOMS 0F CATARRH.â€"-Dull heavy headache. obstruction of the nasal pflSSflgCS, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes profuse. watery, and florid, at others, thick. tenacious, mucous. purulent. bloody and putrid; the eyes are weak, Watery, and inflamed; there is ringing in the ears. deafness, hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expeetomtion of offensive matter, together with scabs from ulcers; the voice is changed and has a nasal twang; the breath is otfenslve; smell and taste are im- paired; there is {L sensation of dizziness, with mental depression, a hackng cough and gen- eral debility. Only a few of tho ab0ve~named symptoms are likely to be present in any one case. Thousands of cases annually. without manifesting half 01' the above sym toms, m. sult in consumption, and end in he grave, N0 disease is so common, more deceptive and daiiger0115._or lossunnder god 1 ' l"ans, ‘44,... fififiwwn The Blueberry ls a valuable fruit, and In a reliable fruit to grow In the Nothcm Slums. wheru the more Condor vnrlmlus winter kills. It, In pm‘fecliy hardy. will stand 41) (logrvcs lwlow zm‘o without showing’ an injury to llw must lvndor buds. Fruit ripuus lu th s lntltude about the first of July. Color, 3 hlulsh black. when fully ripened, The flavor is equal 10 lhc rasp- berry. :1 very mild, rlch sub-held, pronounced hy most [moch dcllclous. The twin is excellent for pics, or canned for winter “so. It grows very smoky; the shimng darlmzreeu leaves and the blue fruit make a Pleasing contrast. 1: Rooms to flourish In all soils and a a prollllc bearer. One dozen pman by mall, care- fully packed 111 ml m or. 600.15.; two dozen hy mull. 51.00; 100 by express, 3 .50: 1.000. 815.00, Address L. D. STAPLES. Portland. Mich. By it . 1," and healing propertiesv Dr. Sage’s Ontm‘rh liemed cures the worst, cases of Cantu-h, “col in the head,” Coryza, und Catarrhal Headache. Sold by druggists everywhere; 50 cents. “Untold Agony from Canal-r11.” Prof. W. HAUSNER, the famous mesmerlst. of 111mm, N. Y., writes: “Some ten years ago I sufl‘ered untold agony from chronic nasal eatnrrh. My family physician gave me up as inem'nhle, and said I must die. My case was such a had one, that every day, towards sun- set. my voice would become so hoarse I could barely speak : hove a whisper. In the morning my coughing and clearing of my throat; would nhnost strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sage‘s Cntnrrh Remedy, in three months, I was a well man. and the cure has been permanent.” “Constantly Hawking and Spitting.” THOMAS J. RUSl‘IlNG. Esq, 2902 Pine Street. St. Louis. Mo., writes: “ 1 was a great sulferer from cnturrh for three years. At times I could hardly breathe, and was constantl hawking and spitting, and for the last eig t months could not breathe through the nostrils. I thought nothing could be done for me. Luck- ily, 1 was advised to try Dr. Sage’s (Satan-h Remedy, and I am now a well man. I believe it to he the only sure remedy for entarrh now manufactured. and one has only to give it a fair trial to experience astounding results and a permanent cure." Three Bottles Cure Catarrh. ELI ROBBINS. Rum/an P. 0.. Columbia 00., Pa". says: “My daughter had catarrh when she was five years old. very badly. I saw Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro- 014er a. bottle for her, and soon saw that it helped her: a third bottle effected a perma- nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and sound and hearty.” Branch Office, 37 Yange’ St, T’drnntn. When I my Hire 1 do not mean merely to 500p them for q “me and (hm-u lmve then) return Armin. I meun n nullch cure. Ihave 1mchlhl‘diaonavnfl’l <, EPILEPSY orFALIr 1N0 SICKN A. a lil'c~]ul)g study. I uurrnm my remedy to cure the worst cases, nerauae olhc: I: mu failed Is no reason for not now receiving n cure, 5 ml at once for a treatise and is Free Bottle 01 my in! lliHv rvmmly, Give Fxprens «mi (map 051cm IL man you nulhin v fur a "In! ml 1 will rm '0“. Mimosa DR. 11.0.1“) I, The Raw Cutting Winds Ina ungmal 5- ‘f‘e‘cceqSLlTTLE " r, en's-ant ‘ gamma LIVER “V ke\\ets PILLS. D 0N L. 20.87. is offered by the mannfactur-é ers of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, for a case of ’ Chronic Nasal Catarrh which they cannot cure. $500M"! The Original