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ARomance of Georgian Life They had a long talk. Rather Mr. Bull- ington dwelt at great length upon the awlul consequences of bringing into that neigh- borhood. and into houses which delicacy forbade him to particularize, such doctrines as sprinkling. lalling from grace. and in all dreadful human probability infant baptism. The truth of the whole business, on Mr. Bullington's opinion, was that such as that ought to come as nigh as anything in this whole world could come to make the decensed, to whom respectful, affectionate allusion had just been made. turn over in his coflin it he could do nothing else. At length he ended, and after taking the romised gourd, bade his hostess a mourn- ul adieu, and moved away as solemnly as he had come. " Ma," said Ellen, in manner as concilia- as her affectionate spirit could employ, " I am glad you spoke to me so freely and candidly. I have never asked Henry Dos- ter about what are to be my religious rivileges. nor as to the relations I am to Ea alIOwed to hold with you, the more dear to me because you are a widow, and because brother is not as considerate of you as he ought to be. He, as you well know, would no more have approve Tom Doster’s, than he now approves Henry‘s suit of me, although he would have swapped me to anybody who could have given to him Harriet in exchange. Let that go. But I tell you now, and you may tell Mr. Bull- ington if you chose, that I have no idea, at least for the present, of quitting yours and my father's church. Somehow, ma, my arents have seemed to become the dearer, it possible, to my heart sinceâ€"since I have been indulging another feeling." She blushed deeply, and covered her face. “ 0t ooure," recovering, she continued, " no. body can foresee what changes are to come over their lives: but now my expectation is to continue a Baptist. praying always to be as good a one as pa was and as you are. (Jan you be satisfied with that, ma Y " “ I'll have to be, I suppose." " Still you'd feel safer it it was Tom," and she playfully patted her mother‘s chee‘k. w Removing the hand, yet not rudely, “You know I cannot tell u falsehood, Ellen." Mrs. Joyner, although much more culti- vated than her pastor, and less narrowed in Opinions, yet reverenced him much; doubtless the more for the sake of the afleotionate relations that had existed be- tween him and her late husband. There- fore she was much affected by his words, and when Ellen returned she said : " Ellen, I know, of course, that I have no right to your confidence or any influence upon you, although you are my own and only daughter, and I used to have both. I iotggfi t9 ask you 119w is Sister Doster." : Tau-AA I-_I_. " She's well, me,” answered Ellen, lowly, holding her bonnet strings and looking as if she feared her mother was losing her reason. "Ah me! " sighed the sweet girl, and wont up to ho: chamber. Ellen, notwithstanding her inexperience, looked at her mother as if she had the argument on her. But the latter confidently responded, “ No, because neither of us had ever had a thought of your marrying Dos- ters of any kind. Martha May knows not what she’s talking about when she talks that way ; but she’s no strong Baptist any way and never was, and she’s carried away with what people talk about what a great ortator that Henry Doster is, and going to be a bishop or some great somebody, when there’s Tom Doster joining land right next to her, and industriousest young man in this whole section of country, and would make that plantation look another sort to what it‘s been brought, and he's always been a good Baptist, and he’s as good-look- ' any day as Henry Doster, and to my taste better. And then what is to become of me when my only daughter is following a Methodist reaoher wherever they’ve a mind to send, him when people get tired of him in one place and another, and my only son no more managing than Will May, and so little company or comfort to his mother otherwise ‘2 But I suppose I’ll have to trust that the good Lord will take care of me somehow in my _old_age:" i’VIhVern ishe wept' freelyrthough without bitterness. “ Ah I glad to hear it ; but if you hnve made up your mind to marry that Metho- dist preacher, I think you owe it to me and to the memory of your father to say nothing of poor dear old Brother Bulling- ton, who, it nothing, is worse off about it than I've been until nowâ€"I think you owe it to us all to have some sort of understand- ing that you are not to be interfered with in your religion ; that is, if you haven’t already determined in your own mind to giv_e‘_it up. a. ‘,,,,,A _LI_:__..-. __ lrEll-énâ€"Egmover! her bonnet at leisure ; re- adjusted the combs in her hair; then, sitting do_wn, algwgred : ,,,Ls_-___J " Ma, Henry Doater has never mentioned Methodiem to me a single time that I can remember. Mr. Bullington has been here, I see. I thought they were his horse's tracks I noticed at the gate. And he has set you more against Henry. Did he have to say anything about Tom '1‘" " Some ; not very much.” “ What did he say, ma. ‘3" “ He only saidâ€"that is, he only intimated thatâ€"perhaps it wouldn’t have been so bad it Tomâ€"â€". What are you laughing at, Eillen ‘? " _ u know thnt it Tom Doster and I, no the: book than six months ago, had taken a fancy for such other, you would have been against it, and so would Mrs. May have been as between Henry Doster and Harriet, whom now she declares she would receive as a son-in-lnw readilyâ€"yes, Innkinlly. What are two poor, inexperi- enger} girls to do in snob a. case 7 ” M'TWâ€"eilfitwyoa’ mu'st know. I did ; and I wish in my heart. if you muathave a. D03- tar. that it was Tom, qu tint fio-morgow." “ Beg pardon, me ; but. seeing what you were going to any, I was comparing it with what Harriet told me of her mother saying, no longer age than yesterday, about Henry Doster, and of her preference for him over Tom. It is nght curious. You agreed with mr. Bullington; nqw didn’t you me ‘2" qu, uun- u "nu -um, u..- .u... ._.v " Well, me," replied the daughter, after a little sigh. “ I've heard you say many and muny a time that you married the man of 39:1: own choice, alvl‘mu‘gh he wee not that _#___ LA I of your parents, Ind that you never had cause to repent of it, and now you talk to me as it Ihnd no right to govern myself according to_ myiowi: feelings. Yet, ma, Only a. box, secure and strong. Rough and wooden and six feet long; Angels guide that soulless breast Into a. long aid peaceful rest ! -â€"Will Owrleton in the Toledo Commercial. Only a. box. secure and strong, Rough and wooden, and six 1661; long, Lying here in the drizzling rain, Waiting to take the upâ€"bound train! Only its owner, just inside, Cold, and livid. and glassy-eyed ; Little to him if the train be late, Nothing has he to do but wait. Only an open grave somewhere, Ready to close when he gets there; Tux-Is and grasses and flowerete sweet, Ready to press him 'neath their feet. Only a band of friends at home, Waiting to see the traveller come; Naught he will tell of distant lands, no cannofi even press their hands. He has no stories weird and bright, He has no gifts for a. child’s delight ; He did not come with anything, He had not even himself to bring. Yet they will softly him await, And he will move about in state ; They will give him when he appears Botxow and pity and tender tears. THE DUSTERS: Only a Box. Mr. Bullington's call was on a. Wednes- day. On the following Friday evening out two girls went in the Joyner carriage to spend the rest of the week at the Ingrams‘. Tom bad business in town on the following day. and as that was the stated Conference Saturday for Mr. Bullington’s congregation in town, it occurred to _'I_‘om to 60 his pastor E: Hm; faxidr. So riding up to his? gate toward sunset, hgpalled hign put, apd sniq ; “ Brother Bullington, I have to go to town early in the morning on some busi- ness. and knowing your horse was busy helping to put in wheat, I thought I’d pro- pose to take you in my gig, it it will suit you and you can make it convenient to start immetjiately after breakfast." “ Why, Tommyâ€"why, yea, my son," he answered. " It suit me exact. 1 am might’ly pushed to git in my wheat before the dark nights gives out. I’ll be over to yogr me'e time you git your breakfast, an â€"." #5011. 710,1 wouldn't have you take all that trouble. I‘ll ride overriheye." “A-ilHi-vight, Tommy. ’Light, and tell me ihe news." “ Sorry I can’t stay, Brother Bullington ; no special news that I know of. I am glad I can accommodate you. Good-evening.” “Evenin‘, Tommy." And Mr. Bullington thought that he felt a little better ; for this was the firat visit, brief as it was, that Tom had made him since the beginning of the rumors concern- ing him and Harriet May. Next morning he had just risen from an early breakfast, when, going to the door. he saw Tom's gig coming brisklyfiovward his. gate. ,1 , "kl, " That’s it. You see he ain’t forgot. Well, air, after prenohin' that mornin' to about a handful 0’ people at our poor little Hope- well meetin’-houae t’other side of Iggeeohee, as I rid by the stow at the Shosls on my way back home, I see Br'er Bull'n’t‘n and a whole lot 0' men the): in the peazer, and I thought I'd ’light and stop and howdy, and swap a. few words with ‘em all ; for Br’er Bull’n't'n know I always liked him, if he is each a rambunotlous Bsbtis’. Him nor none of ’em notice the till they see me comin’ up the peazer steps, benouse for why at that very minute he were firin’ away at I ter'ble rate egin we Meth’dlsaes, and his words, ice as: I come up, wuz to the effect that if John the Harbiniger had ban a Meth’dia‘, the Boriptur' would ’a. named him that Itid 0' John the Bebtifl' ; and he "IT-1!]; This“ You are bEight and yearly this mornin’," was his salutntion, as be advanced to meet him. Considering his prominence as a public man, Mr. Bullington had to a degree re- markable, even in his profession, a faculty of attention, at times of intense listening. Serious, indeed satnrnine, in disposition, in the presence of one or more interlocutors he had a habit of compressing his lips, swelling his jaws, and contracting his brows while regarding with solemnest atâ€" tention a speaker, whether the latter’s remarks were meant to be taken as earnest or sportive. Afterward he would reflect most respectfully, even severely, before giving the answer which subsequent silence might lead him to believe was expected. Joy or grief seemed to make no separate impression upon that countenance except that the former perhaps was rather more agonizing. He never wept, at least with his eyes, except on occasions of much hilarity, when, as it appeared, he was suf- fering quick remorse for having been momentarily seduced from his habitually solemn port by manifestations of interest in the irivolities of such a wicked world. On such occasions the corners of his mouth would let down, his IOWer lip shrink and hide behind its superior, all making it appear that in him, among the various emotions of the human heart, that excited by_humor was the _mcst sorrowful. u ,,IAI,7 “ Now, now, Br’er Swinger," said Mr. Bullington, " you goin’ to tell on your own yaelt that a. way ‘2 " But they. knew that, in spite of such remonstranoe, he was quite williyg for the atory_to_g_o o_n. " Oh, yes; a good thing’s a good thing, Br’er Bull’n’t’n, and when they on me, I‘m bound to let t'other‘ people git the good of it, even if I can’t. Well, you see, Henry, it were a. one Sadday evenin', I reok’n it ben about or mighty nigh about, three years ago; ain’t it, Br’er Bull‘n’t’n ‘2’” “ Be 'three year Sadday before the fourt’ Sund_n_y 0_' {1ele mont’.’_’ After salutings and seatings all around, Mr. Bullington regarded Mr. Swinger sternly, as it to ward against assault. But the latter soon put him at as much ease as it was possible for him to feel in the com- pany of dangerous heretics, who, plausible without, within were possessed of malignity and subtlety. After declaring over and over again how glad he was to see his brother Bullington, and to notice how well he held his own, and it anything how gladder to be told that Mrs. Bullington and the children were well as common, and after getting from Tom Doster such a promise as there would be no going back on to help Mr. Bullington in getting in his wheat during the dark nights, he said : “ Henry, fdon’t thinkVI éver told you how bad Br’er Bull’n’t‘n got me one day at the Shoals. I no doubt Tom heard it." Tom was in high spirits. Any healthy young man with no hnoommon load upon his conscience ought to have been light of heart driving along the road on such a morning in the fall of the year, the sun, the air, the forest leaves, seeming as it they had been created purposely to gladden mankind. Tom rattled on gayly on this theme and on that. He believed that he said some good things, some excellent things, in fact, for one used to more serious work than merely making merry. Some of them must have been extremely funny, judged by by the excruciating grief of his companion. When they had gotten as far as what town people called the Two~mile Branch, and the horse had taken a drink and set out again, Tom sgid ; “Well met,” said the former, rising, taking Mr. Bullington’s hand, lilting it up, and shaking it oordinlly. “ How do, Br’er Bull'n’t'n ? Mornin’, Tom. Little ’head ’0 time. but better too sson than too late. special on the arrant you come on this mornin’. Take a seat, Br‘er Bull’n't'n, and tell me all about yourself and fambly. Hain't see you. not to shake hands ’long with_you sense that tiny at the Shoals." 7‘- IwBirroihrer fiullington, I wint you to do me a favor. It won’t take much time or trqule: 991: up there, Bill."_ Mt. Bullington turned, and for a while looked savagely into Tom's hoe, at length answering, " You ought to know, Tommy, if you don’t, that I’ll do what lay in. my power for ypu, or any. of ygugpeople.” . ‘ Entering, Mr. Bullington looked in slow, menacing astonishment, first at Mr. Swin- gertheH 3* 39er Poster- L 7“ I thou'ght'ao, or 'I wo'uldn’i Elva taken the liberty of nsking you. Brother Bull- ingto_q, I wan}; you to mgrry 1:29.” Mr. Bnllington would surely have cried now it he had known how. Concentrating his gaze more and more fiercely npon Tom, he writhed and writhed, as Tom, waving his whip now and then, enlarged upon the pleasure it would be to him always here- after to remember that his own pastor, and his wife’s pastor, and the pastor of his pnrents, end the pastor of his wife's parents, and the pastor ofâ€" ~ . But here they reached the Gnteston Hotel. After slighting, Tom turned the horse over to the hustler, and snid_ : " Let us go into the hotel palm: to: a little while, Brother Bullington. I»want to see a couple of gentlemen there for a few minutes, after which you and I can con- tinue our conversation." “ I'll let you know before long. I thought you’d do me that favor. The truth is. I wouldn’t feel exactly right in giving the wedding-fee I've laid up to anybody else than you, whom m9. and I and all of us think so much of.” 7‘ THe goodn'ess graciou's. Tommy I” in due time came the response. " Why, I'll do it. In course I’ll do it. When ? " CHAPTER X. up, he did. and as he howdied along with me he say. “ And here’s Br’er Swinger, as good a man as they’ve got, and he can't , deny my worde.’ Well, sir, you better I believe 1 It were a Bnbtie’ crewd, as you know they’re awful strong, up and down, on both sides 0' the Igeeoheo. Yit, I thought, never do not take up the old man’s ohannelge, though I weren’t in what a body might call fightin’ fix, a not a expectin’ no each. And then it were eomehowe, for the onliest time in my life, my ideas, and my thoughts, and my argyments, and my words, and my speeches, everything I had, they all got jumbled together, and they got that piled up on top 0’ one ’nother that I jes had to stop, and to set down, and see if I couldn't ontangle ’em and gather ’em in hand. And then. right thar, at the very minute I begin to think I see daylight, ‘ Br’er Swinger 1 ‘â€"â€"you might 3 beers him a mile awayâ€"he bawled out, he did, and he hollered, and say, ‘ Ah, Bt’er Swinger, it were John the Babtis" No Meth’cis’, in them days â€" leastways 0’ them names. No wonder you speechless; but if you wuz able to talk, and could stand up and talk all day long, I'd jes take a cheer and eat down calm, and 'casion’ly fling in a primmery few remarks, and ask you to p’int out the chapter and the veerse what they tells about the Meth’disses in the Good Book.’ And then he shook his big sides, and the t‘othere they all broke out into a gener'l haw-haw. Well, sir, bless your soul I All of a suddent I got so mad that for jes about a second it I didn't feel like haulin‘ 03 and lettln' old Br’er Bull’n‘t’n have it right in the mouth, for flingiu‘ seoh a laugh on me, onprepar’d for it as I were. But I know sech as that won’t begin to do, because I know Br'er Bull’n't’n have big a flat as me, and it wouldn't do nchew.” The late Mr. Talbot, father of the .Eng‘ liah House of Commons, lets a fortune of $25,000.00). It is to be divided among his daughters, the eldest receiving the major portion. Miss Talbot thus becomes the Wealthiest woman in England mm the ex- ception of Lady Howard do Walden. Editorâ€"None whatever; why, I believe even you could do it. A Bore Rebuked. Mr. Awger (looking over the editor’s shoulder as he clips anyarticle from an exchange)â€"Does that require much intellect? " Hadn't hen I were a public man, Pd 9. be that nonplushed and pulled to pieces I'd a forgot how to talk and how to pray up to the ’casion. You see, when it first got out about them young people a keepin' com- p'ny. people put it that Tom was after Sister May‘s daughter and his cousin for Sister Jyner’s. And they not disputed it, so they could get the mothers, and special the brothers, to flrin’ away at the wrong teller, a hopin’ that way they'd other take some sort 0' shine to the right’n, or least- ways git riconciled to him. And bless your soul I it done it; that is, with the mothers, which they was the mainest ones. Then it were they concluded to strike while the iron were hot, to keep down any more fussin’ when it were found out how the land lay shore enough. They wanted Emerly Ingram to let 'em have the thing over at her house ; but Emerly were ateared o’ hurtin’ feelin’s, so they immergrated to the tavern. And I tell you I were nonplushed; but old Br’er Swinger, with all his predijice, say I come out splendid, and he never knowed till that mornin’ no more‘n t’other people which was which among ’em. And when Henry Dorrister hand me that twenty-dollar gold piece, and I tuck it, a seein’ his feelin’s would be hurted, and old Br'er Swinger's too, if I didn’t take half the fee, I say to myself, here’s a Meth’dis’ that it he's nothin’ else he’s liber’l. And if you believe me. Sister Cummins, them female mothers actuil laughed, and as for Sister J yner, she actuil cried, and both for joy, when the heard the news. And them boys~well, they see, matter 0' course, it were too late to call off and open on another trail. Willom May, he laughed too ; for he were already promised to Mary Anderson, that she's now his lawful wife. As for Hiom, he looked monst'ous cowed ; and he do yit. Look like he don't feel like puttin’ into young wimming's society, nor young men's nuther, but he ruther, when he go about at allâ€"he ruther take it out in roamin’ in a flock by hisself. Har’i't, jes as I expected, have took up with the Meth- ‘dis'. Two kind 0' wimming I’ve notussed in my expeunce 0’ people. One of ’em draws, and the tother lets other people drag them. You, for instance. Sister Cum- mins, you drawed Br’er Cummins from 'mong the Meth'dis', because he see you wuz right, while Har'i’t, like her cousin Emerly, were drug off. But it some con- solation that it were by a young man that it he's nothiu' else he liber'l,” Here all broke into heartiest laughter ex- cept Mr. Bullingfion, who. what time he was not wiping his overflowing eyes. ant heaving his vast frame and glaring upon the nar- rator with a ferocity whose wretchedness was appalling. _ “ And so finnil," resumed the historian of Ogeeohee border warfare, “ what you reok’n I done ‘2 Why, air, I whirled in, I did, and I thought I’d try langhin’ myself too. But you all know what sort 0' laugh- in’ that is when you know people see you feel more liking cryin’ than anything else ; and so the more I tried to laugh, the more the whole kerhoot of 'em laughed shore enough ; and at last I got up, and ’got away, and got on my horse. and banished off from that.” It looked as if the agony of Mr. Bulling- ton would soon become unendurable : but at this moment the light trend of ladlee’ feet was heard in in the hall, and presently the landlady of the hotel and Mrs. Ingram entered, followed by Ellen and Harriet. The last two were bonneted and beaming red. After shaking hands with her pastor, Ellen said, " Mr. Bullington, Tom told you, I suppose, that we couldn’t think of any- body: else Quarrying us but yonz” “ Why, Ell'nâ€"why, my childâ€"why, yes ; but I thoughtâ€"why. whar’sâ€". You goin’ to marry Tom? and that not under the parenohgl rnfl ? ’2 n ,,, ,,,1, “ We'll explain all that afterwards, Brother Bullington," said Tom, as he put into his hands the marriage license, out of which. as he opened it with tumbling hands, dro pped two twenty-dollar gold pieces. With difliculty the preacher found his spectacles, and when the coins, so far beyond what he had ever received for such a. service, were lodged, one in one pocket of his trousers and the other in another, he performed the rite as well as he could. Then sitting, and putting his hands in his pockets, he looked around in abject despair. Then Mr. Swinger rose, and, as Henry and Harriet took their places, said, " Here come another batch, Br‘er Bull'n’t'n. Marryin', like everything else, ketchin', you know. Be ready.’_’ .. n ‘ When all was spoken except the final prayer, Mr. Swinger turned and said, “ Br‘er Bull‘n’t’n, this couple is Meth’dis' and Babtis' both, you know, and it take two of us to hitch them to the traces ; so yo§l_got_tg_puake th_e puma". 1 Mr. Bullingbon, huge as he was, jumped as one roused from a dreaming sleep. Not having kept up at all with current events, his dazed eyes wandered around the room while he remained seated. “ You hear me ‘2 ” said Mr. Swinger, in commanding tone. “ Take them hands out 0’ them pockets. and git up out 0' that cheer, and ask the gocd Lord to send His whole rattanme of angels down here on this young man and this young ’oman that’s jea ban jinded in the human. Out with ‘em, and up with you, and when you're thou I got anotyer gold piece 191' youz” up, n ,n That day was remembered by Mr. Bull- ington as the most eventful in all his exper- ience. About six months afterward. while elling of it to the family of his brother Cummings, near Fenn’e Bridge, among othe; thingshe said : THE END. DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Mr. Charlton called the attention of the House to the outrage which took place in the city of Hull last Tuesday. 011 that occaeion, he said, an attempt was made by evangelists to hold services, but they Weru interrupted and mobbed. The people might well ask if this outrage had taken place in Mexico or Spain, and they could scarcely believe that it took place in Canada. Sir John Macdoneldâ€"I have no objec- tion to make to the way this question has been brought up. In common with every lover of order and freedom of speech, I have felt shocked at the accounts in the newspapers of the violent outrage upon the persons who met in Hull, no matter what their purpose was, it it was legal. I have no doubt that the authorities in the Prov- ince of Quebec will see that stops are taken to prevent the recurrence of such an unfor- tunate outrage. Mr. Charlton, in moving for a committee to investigate the exodus from Canada to the United States, saidâ€"That there was a considerable exodus, he supposed, would not be disputed. One circumstance was the slow growth of Canadian population. During the decade between 1871 and 1881 the population of Canada increased from 3,635,000 to 4,324,000, about 18 per cent., while from 1870 to 1880 the population of the United States increased from 35,558.- 000 to 50,155,000, or 30 per cent. This showed that the population of the United States had increased 11 per cent. more rapidly than that of Canada. In view of the fact that the natural increase of Cana- dians was larger and that our immigration was 46 per cent. more per capita than that of the United States, the conclusion was that there was an exodus from this country. During the ten years from 1870 to 1880 the number of native Canadians grew from 232,000 to 712,362, or an increase of 47 per Mt. Laurierâ€"I have reason to believe that the amhoxities o! Hullâ€"Roman Gath- olic authoritiesâ€"will take steps to vindi- cate the majesty of the law and make everyone understand that freedom of opin- iur} and speech must be respected. Mr. Wallace, in moving the second read- ing of the Bill to incorporate the Grand Orange Lodge of British North America, said: As this is a subject which has ex- cited a great deal ol interest in the House of Commons and in the country, I desire to make a few remarks upon this Bill. The Orange Association, Mr. Speaker, has en- larged the scope of its uselulness, and re- quires powers tc-day which were not neces- sary some years ago. I may say, sir, that nearly every private lodge now, especially those in the cities, have benefit schemes attached to them, by which small sums of money are paid in, and in return benefits are paid out to members who are incapaci- tated from following their ordinary calling. We have also in the Province of Ontario an insurance scheme, which is now de- veloping rapidly into large proportions, and we require to have Governmental and Par- liamentary sanction for our operations. I believe by a recent decision oi the Minister of Justice that it will be impossible to carry on our operations unless we have a Dominion charter. He has decided that insurance operations must be carried on under a Dominion charter. I have said we have an insurance scheme in operation in connection with the Orange Order. We know, air, that the Order of Grangers has been incopcrated by the House 0! Commons, the Methodist Church of Canada has re- ceived an Act of Incorporation from the House of Commons. and last year the Inde- pendent Order oi Foresters received an Act of Incorporation from this House. We are asking to-day for a similar Act of Incorpor- ation. The bill which I have the honor to bring before the house is exactly on the same line as the bill which was passed for l the Independent Order of Foresters. It was passed, I believe, unanimously by the House of Commons last year and by the Senate. We have adopted the same rulesâ€" rules, I believe, which had been submitted to the Superintendent of Insurance for the regulation of insurance schemes. We ask the House of Commons to-day to grant an Act of Incorporation to the Orangemen of Canada, not as a favor, because we do not come, and will not come, to any Parliament asking for special favors. We come and demand a right which has been granted to others -a right which, by our standing in this country, by our past record, by the constitution and laws of our association, we believe we are entitled to obtain. By the constitution the objects of the association are declared as follows: “ The Loyal Orange Association is formed of persons desirous of supporting to the utmost of their power the principles and practice of the Christian religion, and of maintaining the laws and constitution of the country ; of affording assistance to distressed members of the assOciation, and otherwise of promoting such laudable bene- ficial urposes as may tend to the due order- ing 0 religion, and Christian charity, the supremacy of law and order and constitu- tional lreedom.” Now, Mr. Speaker, the record of the Orange Order in Canada con- forms with the part of the constitution I have just read. Not only is the constitution of the Order open to inspection, but I have in my hand the proceedings or the Grand Orange Lodge of British North America at its last annual meeting at Goderioh which any hon. member may read. There are no secrets about it. Therefore, I say, this is not a secret order to-day. But, Mr. Speaker, another objection was made to the Orange Order being incorporated when it was before the House of Commons. It was said that the association was political in its nature. Well, sir, that is an asser- tion which I am not called upon particu- larly either to aifirm or deny. But, sir, I have this to say, that if annexation is ever threatened to this Dominion, it our insti- tutions under which we have lived sc happily and so prosperoust are threatened, if connection between Canada and the rest of the British Empire is threatened, you will find that the Orange Association is political and that every member will be prepared to take sides. They would give no uncertain sound as to which side they will be found on should these evils threaten the country. Mr. Speaker, I have pleasure in moving the second reading of the bill. Cries of “ Question, question.” The House divided, and the motion for the second reading was carried on a vote of 85 yeas and 69 nays, as follows : Yeasâ€"Messrs. Archibald (Sir Adams), Arm- strong, Baird, Barnard, Barron, Bell, Bowel], Boyle, Brown, Bryson, Burdett, Cargill, Carpen- ter,Cnarlton, Cochrane, Corby, Daly. Davies, Davin, Davis, Dawson, Denison, Dewdney, Dickinson, Earle, Ferguson (Leeds and Gran: Ville), Ferguson (RenireW), Ferg son (Welland), Foster, Gordon, Guillet, Haggart, esson, Hickey, Hudspeth, Jamieson, Jones (Uigby), Macdonald :(Sir John), Macconald (Huron), McCarthy, Mc- Culla, McDonald (Victoria), McDougald (Pictou), McKay, McKeen, McNeil), Madill, Mara, Marâ€" shall. Masson, Mills (Annapolis), Moncreitf, O'Brien, Platt, Porter, Prior, Putnam, Robertson, Roome,Ross,Rowand,Rykert, Semple, Shanly, Skinner, Small, Smith(0ntario),Sproule, Suther- land, Taylor, Temple, Tisdale, Tupper,’1‘yrwhitt, Waldie, Wallace, Ward, Watson, Welsh, White (Gardwell), White (Rentrew), Wilson (hennox), Wood(Brockville).-â€"Total,8§.I “ ' _ - Sir John Macdondnld, in reply to Mr. Kirk, said that if the contractors exercised due diligence the Oxford and New Glasgow Railway would be finished about the mid. file of J_i11y,_ 1890: Sir John Maodonald, in reply to Sir Richard Cartwright, said that the census 0! 1890 would be conducted on the same principles as the last oegaqa. N Ayeâ€"Messrs. Amyot, Audet. BaiulBoulanges), Baiu (Wentworth). Bechmd, Bergeron. Bernier, Boisvert, Borden, Bournasa. quman, Brieg, Caron (Sir Adolphe),Ca.sey‘ Gasman). Uhoquente, Costigan, Coughlin, Couture, Curran, Daoust, Desauint,Duyon, Dupont, Ellls, Fiseb, Fxsher, Flynn, Gauthier, Geoflrion, Gigault, Gillmor, Godbout, Grandbois, Guay, _Holton, Innes, Joncas, Jones (Halifax). Klrk, Landerkin, Landry, Langeviu (Sit Hectqr), La. Riviera, Laurier, Lepine, Lister, Lovmt, Mackenzie, McIntyre, McMullen, Massue, Meigs. Mills (Bonhwell). Mofiat, Neveux, Pa-teraon (Bram), Perry, Rinfret, Robillard (Ste. Marie), Somer- ville, Thetien, Trow,‘1‘urcot, Vanasse, Weldon (St. John). Wilson (Elgin), Yeaâ€"Total, (i9. cent. Based In the percentage during those years, there would now be 1,047,000 native born Canadians in the United States. This was a direct loss, but there was also the indirect or consequential loss. The children of the Canadians in the United States in 1880 num- ilri‘f'd 930,000. Then the loss of mm‘gmrte must be taken into account. In 1871 there were 582,068 foreign-born persons in Canada. In 1881 there were 598,388 foreign-born persons in Canada. making an increase during those years of 15,720. During those years 342,000 immi- grants were brought into Canada. Allow- ing for the death rate, at least 184,820 of these immigrants must have gone to the States. The children of these persons in ‘ ten years would aggregate 240,000. Thus ‘ from 1871-1881 we lost 53 per cent. of our immigrants. At that rate of loss from 1880 to 1890 we would lose 346,000, making in round numbers 500,000. The children of these would number 1,150,000. Thus the grand total of the loss, both direct and consequential. is 3,563,000. Thi did not take into consideration those who left Canada prior to, 1871. What was the reason of this ? The Canadians were a hardier race than those of the United States. This country had unlimited resources. There was no natural reason why this exodus should exist. There must be some evil which should be remedied. To-day Canada should bea country of eight and a. half or nine millions of popu- lation. It was the duty of the Government to remedy any evils that might exist, and therefore he moved that acommittee be appointed to consider the matter. Sir John Maodonald replied in the affirm: ative. Sir John Macdonald, in reply to Mr. Mitchell, said ~that no instructions had been given as yet to the British Minister at Sir John Maedoneld said one of the reports asked for was confidential, and further enquiries were being made respecting the extension of the canals on the north and south sides of the river. One report could not be given without giving a. chain of reports, and as the matter was engaging the very enrnest attention of the Government at present, he asked that the motion be w thdrnwn. Sir Richard Cartwright asked it the Government would lay upon the table of the House 'the Rykert-Adams correspon- dance. Mr. Bain (Soulangea) moved for copies of the reports of Mr. Thos. Munro, respecting the enlargement of Beauhnrnoie Canal 0: the construction of a. new canal on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. Mr. Carling said there was no necessity for this committee. because the Agricul- tural Committee of the House were quite able to deal with the matter. The figures which the hon. gentleman had quoted were unreliable. There was every indication that the population of Canada was increas- ing The railways were carrying more passengers and more freight than ever. The country was prospering, and he was sure that when the next census was taken the anticipations of the opposition would not be realized. He did not think the appoint- ment of a special committee would serve anymefyleni- Sir John Thompson, in reply, said he hand no doubt the judges had more than they could possibly do in Ontario, but pro- vision must be made by the Provincial Legislature for other judgeships before the Federal Government could make an ap- pointmjnfi. ‘ _ Mr. Mills (Bothwell) said the Agricul- tural Committee was not the sort of a com- mittee to inquire into such a question as this, and the proposition to refer it to that committee was an attempt to burk inquiry. Mr. Burdett urged that there should be a. readjustment of judges' salaries so as to secure uniformity. It was a question in Ontario whether the judges were paid enough. There were a great many barris- ters who earned more at the be: than they would on the bench. and therefore the bench had no attraction for 11mm. Mr. Eésson Enid {shut it the farmers of Canada were to be benefited the prices in the foreign makete must be raised. AFTER RECESE. The debate was continued by Messrs. McDonald (Huron), White (Renfrew), Wat- son, Davin, LuRiviere, Freeman, Dupont and Tiedale. Mr. Fisher charged thin the exodus? win caggedjy the poficx of the Govqrnment. Sir John Thompson, in reply, said the distance that had to be covered in British Columbia was very much larger than in the other Provinces. To inborporite {he Bankers’ Safe Deposit, Warehousing & Loan Companyâ€"Mr. Cock- burn. Sir John Macdonald, in reply to Mr. Charlton, said that the papers relating to the reference of the Jesuit Estates Bill to the English law officers would be laid be- fore the House in a. few days. The debate on the motion of Mr. Laurier for a repeal of the rebate of the duty on corn allowed to distillers when the spirits are exported was resumed. Mn Mills remarked no mention was made in the Speech from the Throne that the Government intended to make any alteration whatever in their fiscal policy. He ventured ‘to predict that the result would be that the Government would come down. The Premier had compelled Col. O'Brien to make the painful choice between his devotion to the GOVernment and his devotion to the Nationnl Policy. He would, however, support the National Policy and let the Government go. The First Minister acted at the dictation of irresponsible parties, who wished to manipulate the tariff, and having received his instructions came down to the House with a mandate infgrming them what they were called upon to o. Mr. Patterson (Brant) observed that, in view of the announcement that very im- portant changes were to be made, it was desirable that the Finance Minister should bring down his budget at as early a date as possible. Trade was already in a suffici- ently depressed state, and it the announce- ment of very radical changes went forth. it would be almost paralyzed. What the busi- ness men of this country desired was sta- bility in the tariff This unoeasing tinker- ing with the tariff was ruinous in its nature to many men. It was a pity that the Gov- ernment were not satisfied with the beauti- ful perfection of their policy, but kept on tinlgering and retinkering. Mr. Foster said the last speaker had exemplified and exaggerated the announce- ments made. The country could not be any further depressed than it was at present. according to the statements 0! the Opposition. The ohunges proposed would not be productive of evil respite. Sir Richard Cartwright drew attention to the fact that there were nine judges for British Columbia, four of whom were county court judges. This seemedavery large number for a population of 60.000. Manitoba, with twice the whole popula- tion, had only eight judges, and the duties were discharged in a manner that com pared advantageously with the other Pro- vineea. The fall-owing Bills were introduced and read a first time: Respecting the Calgary Water Power Cognpamy (Unitaryâ€"lug: Tipdalef » Respecting the Confederation Life Asso- ciajion_QomganyZâ€"Mg._copkburn_. The fraction was lost on division, 69 yeas an§_104_nays. - On the vote for the administration of iHEWG‘h lThe Hon-3e went into Committee of Sup- P y: The House divided at 10.30 pm, and the motion was lost on a division of 63 yens 3133794 pgys._ Respecting the St. Cntharinea &Niagarn Central Railway Companyâ€"Mr. Bykert. To incorporate the Hamilton Junction Railway Companyâ€"Mr._quwn. Washington that the modus vivendi would be continued. Mr. McCarthy moved the second read- ing of his Bill to amend the Northwest Territories Act. Mr. Davinâ€"I rise for the purpose of offering an amendment to the motion. It is slightly different from the one of which 1 have given notice, and reads as follows: “ That this Bill be now read a second time, but that it be resolved that it is ex- pedient that the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories be authorized to deal with the subject of this Bill by orders or enactments after the next general elec- tion for the said Territory." My hon. friend in his Ottawa speech talks about making this a British colony ? Is not this a British colony 7 And, sir, let us be just. Why is it a British colony ? It is because of that very Lower Canadian French race that seems to act like a red rag on a bullon my hon friend. For we know very well that there was a time in the history of Canada, when that race had just passed over to the British flag, when temptations were held out to them to join the thirteen colonies. Sir John Macdonaldâ€"Hear, hear. Mr. Davinâ€"If they had not been true to their new-found allegiance, if their loyalty had not been impregnable against the seduciions of Franklin and others, we would have had no British colony to-day. Let us be just, if my hon. friend cannot be generous. He does not profess to be a very devout man, but still he complains bitterly , that the Catholic Church is tolerated in a manner in this country that our laws hardly permit. It is mourned that certain things were done when the French- Canadians were 60,000, but does any man suppose that it they had not been dealt with with that wisdom, moderation and generosity with which England has dealt with all the races withlwhich she has come in contact, he would have had a British colony here to-day. The hon. gentleman says, as a matter of dollars and cents, as a matter of mere money, the acquisition of the Northwest has been a losing specula- tion. Sir, I tell the hon. gentleman that it has been shown again and again, in this House and elsewhere, that the acquisition of the Northwest was not a losing specula- tion. Why, I heard an hon. gentleman say here the other night, and it was per- fectly true : Is there a man in the country feels the cost of the Canadian Pacific Rail- way ? Mr. Beausoliel spoke in French as fol- lows : The retention of the French lan- guage is the only means of maintaining peace in the Northwest. This measure was put into the law to further the pros- perity of those Territories. It was dorie as a principle of justice and equality to the races. The French population in Maui- toba and the Northwest Territories is pro- portionately larger than the English popuâ€" lation in Quebec. How would they like the English language to be abolished in Quebec ? Mr. Beausoliel concluded by moving the following amendment to the amendment: That all the words after that in the amendment be omitted, and the following substituted : “ The official use of the French and English languages in the Legislature and tribunals of the Northwest Territories was established by this Parlia- ment in the interests of the said Territories in order to promote that good understand- ing and harmony that should exist between the different races, with a view by a liberal policy to promote colonization and settle- ment in these vast domains, and that nothing has since happened to cause or justify the withdrawal of the privileges granted only a few years ago; that the result of the proposed legislation would be to create uneasiness and cause difficulties and to unsettle the stability of our institu- tions. thereby hindering and delaying for a long time the development of the immense resources of the Canadian Northwest. 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Fisher were present, when a representative was appointed to investigate the matter and if necessary proceed to Germany to lay claim to the fortgne, which amounts to the immense sum of 351,000,000. _ 4 v v â€" metaly [0 stop tnem 101' a. ume, anCl men: 23"}; them return agraln- I MEAN A [IA D I CAL c u R E. l have made the aisease' of Fits, Pl 993V or Falllrgg' Bickness same-long study. Iwarrant my remedy to Cure the wifgesgot‘i‘aseaeafiagausg curl-s hagetffilledfis no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send 8* s an a ree o e o ,my Infallible Remed . Give Ex. 9» ‘ ost Office. It costs You nothinv for a trial. and it will mm mm. Ax!ng 5-”. (amâ€"-259 ~ .H . "-wâ€"WV V"... - . .9‘, ~v...y vtv Au; "uni-nun; n-slncuy- \nvc HAP Post omce. It costs you nothinp‘ for a trust]. and it will cure you. Address :wfl‘ 0- ll.c., Branch Office, I86 WEST ADELAIDE STREET, TORONTO. Respecting the arrangement between the Montreal & Occidental Railway and the Canada Pacific Railway Companyâ€"Mr. Deejardins. Respecting the Don Improvements, Torontoâ€"Mr. Small. Respecting the Grand Trunk, Georgian Bay & Lake Erie Railway Companyâ€"Mr. Tiadale. Mr. Bowell, in reply to Mr. Lister, said the Government had permitted machinery for the copper mine at Sudbury to be im- ported free of duty, and had passed an Order-invOounoil that the duty on certain machinery imported by the British Colum- bia Government for mining operations in the Caribou district be refunded as soon as it is shown that such machinery is not manufactured in Canada. Respecting the Grandflmnk Railway 0! Canadaâ€"Mr. Small. To incorporate the Portage la. Prairie & Duck Mountain Railway Companyâ€"Mr. Hesaon. Sir Adolphe Caron, in a. reply to Mr. Lister, said that it was true that within the last five years 001. Powell, Deputy Adjt.- General, had on one occasion handed in his resignation. He returned the resignation and it was withdrown. Mr. Mulock moved the adjournment of the debate. The following Bill was introduced and read the first time : Col. Denison said: As seeonder of the bill, I think it only right I should place on record my reasons for taking the course that I intend to take to-night. I may say I have no feeling against my fellowâ€"sub- jects, nor have I any feeling against the French language; in foot, I would only be too glad it I could speak the Frenoh lan- guage well; but, while I say that, I think it is not in the interest of the Northwest Ter- ritories or Canada thst we should adopt the French language in the Territories. If it is determined by this House that it is wise to have two languages in the Northwest, the question that presents itself to me is this: What language shall we choose ? Shall we choose the French, or German, or Cree, or Icelandic, or Russian, or any other language 7 If we take that which is num- erically the strongest, I think we would follow the suggestion of the hon. member from Bothwell. and adopt the Cree ; for you know, Mr. Speaker, in the early history of that colony, the English half-breeds spoke English and Cree and the French half-breeds spoke French and Cree. and tge Cree was the common language between t em. Apia gnaylpseuits head, but it never A Fortune 0: 351.000.000. A Michigan Man Advertise; in the “ Even- ing News ” and Gets 3 Pretty, Blushing Bride. CHAPTER I.â€"AD\TERTISEMENT IN THE " EVENING NEWS, FEB. 1. ANTEDâ€"A middle-aged man wants a wife to go on a farm ; best of references given and required ; good chance for the right 9119. Address Housekeeper, News office. CHAPTER II.-‘MARRIED YE STEBDAY. County Judge Seaver yesterday united in matrimony Josiah F. May to Maria. F. Wiedenpesch. Josiah is a farmer from Boyne Valley, Michigan, aged 58 years. and has been married before, as had the bride, who owns to 35 birthdays. She is a pretty woman and made a. blushing bride. Josiah came to Buffalo from the West recently, and had been under treatment at Dr. Pierce’s Hotel, and, becoming lonely, advertised in the News for uwife. The couple had a wedding dinner at the Iro- quoia and left for home last nightâ€"Baffle News. A cheerful, healthy woman is the light of home, but through over-exertion in her efforts to minister to the happiness of the household, her health is often impaired, or weakness, or displacement brought on, making life miserable, and clouding an otherwise happy home with gloom. The thoughtful and tender husband, in such cases, should be intelligent enough to per- ceive the cause of such gloom and suffering, relieve the faithful wife from drudgery, and furnish her with that beat of friends to women, Dr. Pierce’e Favorite Prescription, now recognized and used in thousands of homes as a certain cure for all those deli- cate afliictions peculiar to the female sex. “Favorite Prescription " is the only medi- cine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it Will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried out for many years. Little Flnxen Hairâ€"Papa. it‘s raining. Papa. (somewhat annoyed by work in hand)'â€"Well, let it rain. Little Flaxen Hair (timidly\â€"I was going to. â€"Despite their religious diflerences the Pope and the King of Sweden are parti- cularly warm friends. â€"“ When a fellow gets ‘muehed ’ on him: self," says a talented Roman, " it isn’t long before be cute out everybody else.” â€"-Short, slender girls are at home inform- ally in white silk slips embroidered‘and girdled with silver. A judge had made a decision particularly galling to a. young advocate, who had been arguing for an hour on the wrong side. " Your honor," exclaimed the lawyer in his indignation, “if that decision is law I will burn every book in my library.” “ Better read them,” was the laconic comment. “ How did you like Mr. Bâ€"’s sin ' the concert last night ? ” naked I. 155330;: woman accustomed to surprising her friends by. her _unexpected speeches. '-‘ Oh, I enched It very much l " was the enthusi- ssno reply. " He is really quiten prima donna. isn't he 7 ” â€"-George Bancrolt is now smyem old with his mind unimpaired. vSnlesmnn-â€"YGB, madam. Should you sayâ€"er, that he was large or small for his 5&9} Ada. Ellen Bay1y(“Ednu Lyell"), the English novelist, wears a blue serge dress with plaineet oi trimmings,” and"ahori brown hair, arranged with Puritnnicfl simplicity.” In speaking her voice is low and soft. ‘ A man who kept a garden near the river Euphrates, had an adventure with a snake many years ago, has which involved himself and family in trouble ever since. One result of this adventure was the sentence pro- nounced against the woman that ” in scr- row thou shalt bring forth children." No doubt this sentence included the mer‘ ailments consequent on child-bearing, suck as weak beck, female weakness, tumors,‘ irritations, irregularities, and the like. Divine wisdom, after this sentence, came to the rescue of woman, and provider} remedies for her cure. Best of all is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescriptionâ€"a woman saviorâ€"a soothing, sovereign remedy for: all such troubles. Millions are using it, and blessing its author. It is the only remedy for these ailments, sold by drug- gists, under a positive guarantee of giviny satisfaction in every case, or moneg promptly refunded. Miaa Brainy (of Boston)â€"-â€"I want to have you send home a. suit of clothes for- my l'ntle brother Willie. He is 11 years of; 339. _ Miss Brainyâ€"Well, I don’t know thnfi Willie has any superfluity of adipose tissue as compared with other boys of his age, but he is usually in the habit of arriving at his destination with both pedal ex. tremities firmly placed on this mundane sphere. Mr. Billus (looking over the morning pagan-:Ppgor Ggingo { His wit9â€"_â€"_ Mr. Billueâ€"The silent majorityâ€"silent majority? Great Demosthenes, no! She’s going to entertain the Band of Hope Sewn ing Circle all day to-morrow. Jonesâ€"Have you had 10. grippa yet 7 Smithâ€"You bet ; I was laid up for two Weeks. Have you had it ? Jonesâ€"No. How does it affect one ? Smithâ€"0h, if you onto]: it, you’ll have it in the head. Jonesâ€"Why '2 Smithâ€"Because it always strikes a man’s weakest part. " Man wants but little here below." This is particularlytrue of medicine,und he really needs a very small amount, provided it be of the right kind. Dr. Pierce’e Pellets an the bill in respect 0! size, and are stupen- dous in point of effectiveness. It you desire immediate relief from headache, " live! complaint," indigeehion, and conatipation, they will not fail you. - Mré. Billus (grEntly moved)â€"John, in Mrs. Gringoâ€"has she joined the silent meioriafl‘ When I say Cure I do not mean mergy t9_stop thegn {gr autime, _and them MARRIED BY JUDGE BEAVER- THUUSANDS QF BOTTLES GWEN AWAY YEARLY. The grocer’s daughter 5%me glanced; “ ’l‘nat which a Wife hair mate owes I never; coqld bestow on such Inflmtestlmally small potatoes 1" “ A 13.55, glass, you cruel maid I" The strikeu plumber said, ” I’m a. solder. but; a. wiser man, I find your heart's but lead L" The Best Snake Story of All. It strikes the Weakest Part. His Honor‘s Comment. PRE EUMPTION REVERSED. The Light of Home. Poor Little Willie. 3mm; aés (EURED D. O, N. L. 9. 90. Far From It. ; ROOT.