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Mr. A. F. Wood (Hastings) said that he was satisfied to leave the figures presented by both sides of the House with the country and let the, people judge which side was right. He did not know of a more vicious principle in finance than not look- ing the truth squarely in the face. This was how the Provincial Treasurer ignored the question of annuities,which was money borrowed. This debt did not appear in the statement of liabilities presented by the hon. Treasurer to the House. The true facts could not escape the public in spite of all the dust raised by the members of the Gov- ernment. ‘ Mr. Smith (East York) ink! that the “tempts at producing imaginary debts. Mr. Awreyâ€"He had said it was ospital, and could not be counted as a surplus. He would ask the hon. member for Kent if the Domininn 6 per cent. bonds, amounting to $210,000, and the 5 per cent, drainage debentures, amounting to $187,481, were nota surplus? The trust funds heid by the Dominion. he maintained, could be realized at any time. chair a 8.20 p.m. The following bills were introduced : Mr. Orsonâ€"An Act respecting the City of Belleville. "MHHGibaon (Hamilton)â€"An Act to furtheriggnendflne Liquqr Ljoeqae. Law. _ "M; Gibson (HamiltBn)-An Act respect- ing jhegnmigggn Pagrio‘tio V‘olunteer Fund. .A,.A-: J- Mr. Awrey dealt with the question of pnbliminstitutions and the maintenance thereof. He defied the hon. member from Toronto to point to one single official in the employ of the Government that gets one dollar more than he ought to. Dealing with the statistics of asylums for the past year, he showed that while the hon. mem- ber from Toronto had asserted that Mid- dlesex and Wentworth furnished the greater number of criminals such was not really the case. Touching on education, the hon. gentleman charged the hon. member from Toronto with stating by implication that the expenditure had been unfair and unjust to the common schools of the Province. He had omitted to state that while more money had been granted the Separate Schools these schools hadincreased proportionately. Continuing. the hon. gentleman said that,while the cost of civil government had increased during the past five years in Ontario only 5 per cent., it had increased in the Dominion during the same length of time 55 per cent. Legis- lation had increased in Ontario 5 per cent. and in the Dominion 25 per cent. Ihese were facts worth considering. The expen- diture, he admitted, had been slightly larger than the revenue during the last few years. The policy of the Government, as stated by the Treasurer, had been to draw ‘ upon the surplus rather than tax the ‘ people. This course has been adopted. The hon. member for Kent had made the astounding statement that cash was not an asset. Mr. Clancyâ€"I never said any such thiqg- _ Iâ€"iI_EVR_6é;7(Huron)â€"An Act to provide for the purohnae of debentures issued by counties for drginggq purposes: I_ ' Mr. Avfi'yâ€"An Afot {o {mend the Assess- ment Act. Mr. Phelps moved for an order of the House for a return showing the number of stationery steam engines used in the Pro- vince, on}; for [hut purpose neat}. 1 Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) brought down a report on bi-lingual teaching in the United States and Canada The Speaker read the following message: The Lient.-chernor recommends to the Legislative Assembly that a sum not ex- ceeding $100,000 be set apart from and out of the surplus moneys forming part oi the consolidated revenue fund of this Province to aid in the reconstruction of as much of Toronto University as has been injured or destroyed by fire; the acid sum to be in addition to all other sums which may be received or recommended by or on behalf of the university under any policies of in- surance against loss or damage by fire to the said building. - ... 1 Mr. Clancy. in resuming the debate said that there was a shrinkage in the Domin- ion aooounts which the hon. Treasurer had failed to account for. A reduction of $210,000 had been made in the 6 per cent. bonds between 1885 and 1889. He con- tended that the subsidy at Confederation, and the capital constituted by timber lands, and a trust held by the Dominion oould not be called a. surplus. Neither were the Upper Canada Grammar School Fund nor the Upper Canada Building Fund, amounting respectively to $312,769 and $1,472,391, any portion of the assets or liabilitits. He pointed out that while an asset might be a surplus, a surplus was not always an asset. Coming to what the hon. Treasurer had been pleased to call liabili- ties not at present payable, the hon gentle- man said that the fact of the matter was that since 1884 the hon. Treasurer had been unable to meet the obligations that ought to have been met out of the revenue, and had been compelled to pledge the Pro- vince for the amount required. and to-day there is a debt of nearly $1.000,000. The message ufias received with much ap_p_lau§g frqu both sides of the House. ,._.._- _- 1... M‘r. Blyth asked the Commissioner of Crown Lands if the return with reforence to debentures in the municipality of Proton ordered last session had been prepared. WEEâ€"flown meviedr that the message he referred to a. committee to prepare a reso- lution to be presented to the Committee of Bqavlylet?! 011-. -. u , n, , "INJAA... -2 Mr. Hardy said that the batter would be attended to. . Petitions were presented by: Mr. Awreyâ€"From W. G. Walton and others, 0! Hamilton, praying that an Act may be passed to incorporate the Hamilton and Burton Incline Railway Company. Mr. Prestonâ€"From '1‘. B. MuMurohy and others. of Gananoque, praying for certain amendments to the Game Act respecting dug]: shooting. “Sevexi'el' W oiher petitions, praying for amendments to the Municipal and Assess- megt A339 wer_e_pres_e_nte§. Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) presented the sec- ond report of the Standing Committee on Private Bills. Bills were introduced by : Mr. Drydenâ€"Au Act to amend the Act to impose a tax on dogs and ior,,the protec- tian 0! sheep. (Cries of “ Lash”) A sum ,L.d,, -1. ___._.__L:...-.. LLA Also a return showing the name of the municipalities which have passed by-laws under the authority of the Ontario Shops Regulation Act, distinguishing cases where such by-laws were passed without petition, also showing dates of the passing of such by-laws, the classes of shops, the hours of lahor, and the period of closing. Dr; Gilniouiâ€"An Act respecting the town of West Toronto J unotion. Dr. Gilmourâ€"Au Act to incorporate the town of North Toronto. 7 Mr. Mowatâ€"An Act to amend the Elec- tiog Agg as to secrecy of voting. Mt Maeienzieâ€"An Act respecting the old cemetery anti the Methodist cemetery in the town of Bernie. MmMowatâ€"An Act to nuuwud the law reapectmg me lease and sale of settled estates. Mr. Mowntâ€"An Act to further amend the Act to secure wives and children the benefits of life insurance. Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) laid on the table a return showing the amount paid out of municipal funds either by direct grants or remission in each city, town, village, or rural municipality in the Province during 1887 or 1888 for the relief of poor or in- digent persons, not including any sums paid for the support of houses of industry or similar institutions. 7 Mr. Mownt‘An Act respecting oflicial doppmgpts whqu required as gyideppe. Mr. Mowntâ€"An [mt respecting the pow- ers of oommissionerg forA tpkripg aflfidnvifig. Tonomot Feb. â€"- The Speaker took the THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE _ Mr. Bronsonâ€"To enable the corporation of the city of Ottawa to issue debentures toflle agnount 9} $50,000. Bills were introduced by Mr. Bronsonâ€"- To enable the corporation of the city of Ottawa to issue debentures for waterworks purposes. Mr. O'Connor preEented a report of the Private Bills Committee. Mr. Meredith enquired of the Govern- ment whether they were in possession of any information as to the cost of recon- struction, and thought the fullest informa- tion possible on the subject should be pre- sented to the House. Mr. Mowat stated that the information wqqld ygforthooming. Mr. Mo'wnt rt-plied that it would be re- ferred to in committee to-morrow and be diggussfifi 0n_ _T_hureday. _ Mr. Ross (HurOn) repudiated the asser- tions that his financial statement had been onloulstefl to deceive the people of the Province. Continuing, the hon. gentleman said that the the total amount drawn from the surplus to meet expenditure over assets during the past seven years had been $469,936. instead of the deficit of $1,800,000 as had been charged. He repeated his contention that the interest showed that a surplus existed capable of being realized upon. He then moved that the House go into Committee of Supply. Mr. Speaker left the chair. The House then went into committee, Mr. O’Connor in the chair. One item was passed. Mr. Meredith enquired of the Govern- ment when the question of the grant to the Uhivegsjty would come before the House. the efforts to teach the hon. Trensnrer how to keep books, and the patching up of bogus deficits would not go down wimh the people of the Province. _ Mr. Speaker took the ohuir and the House resumed. Mr. Gibson (Huron) thought the Ontario Government entitled to all the credit they get from the country, for they got none from the House, for every vote they have given for railway grants. The timber limits, he contended. ahoulfl be put up to public auction. ViiMetedithâ€"You had better inquire iniqroegtgin depjrtmgnt abppt thki.“ ‘ Mr. Mowat, in rising to reply, said that ‘ there was not the slightest danger of the people being misled. The chief reason for the hon. gentleman’s indignation for a number of years was because the people ‘ refused to be misled. He denied that there i was any concealment. It was quite true ‘ that there was a charge against the Pro- vince in the form of annuities. What the hon. gentleman would want the hon. Treasurer to do would be to capitalize this liability. This liability was in the form of a mortgage. If it were capitalized, then the whole assets of the Province in the shape of unsold timber limits, Crown lands, and the moneys due or payable on such assets would also have to be capital- ized in order to give a proper estimate of the financial position of the Province. The financial statement furnished onlv con- tained such assets as might be considered ready cash, and the liabilities showed only the present charges. There was an enor- mous amount of moneys due to the Crown lands. The timber limits represented only $6,000,000 of assets, at very small propor- tion of the whole amount, $56,000,000. It would be a ridiculous thing, continued the hon, Attorney-General, to place the annui- ties as liabilities, and not put down any part of the fund out of which it is to come. He had referred to the value ct Crown lands and unsold timber limits, which had not appeared on the assets or large sums of assets which were held. The Govern- ment annually received a very large sum under the British North America Act, amounting to considerably upwards of one million dollars. This was a permanent annuity. The honorable Treasurer, the Attorny-General contended, bad but fol- lowed the course of the Dominion itself in this matter. Mr. Meredithâ€"No. Mr. Mowatâ€"I say yes. It was an annual sum that the Province had to pay. just as the Dominion obligations to which he had already referred. In substance they were precisely the same. In concluding he said that his hon. friend the leader of the Oppo- sition would have to present a much stronger case than he had to-day why/"the affairs of the Province should not remain in the hands of the present Administra- ion. ‘ H Mi. Gibson (Hm-on) continuing thought perhaps he had trod on the come of the hon. member from London. Hon. Mr. Hardy, on the question of de- ficits as handled by the hon. member from Toronto, credited that gentleman with placing the question in a new and remark- able light. The hon. member from Toronto in his speech had criticized the finances from 1884 to 1888, and there he had dropped them without reference to the closing year. Figures were quoted showing the amount per oapite for maintenance of inmates in asylnms at Toronto to be 32 per week, at London $140 per annum, nt Kingston $132 per annum. at Hamilton $132 per annum. The hon. member for Toronto had stated that one-third of the total amount was expanded in wages. The percentages were: At Hamilton, 28 per cent.; at Kingston, 25 per cent.; at Lon- don, 27 per gent. ; at Toronto, 30 per cent. Mr. Meredith said that Dominion politics should be discussed at Ottawa, and not in the Ontario Legislature. It was unfair to assume that if the Opposition were in power in Ontario they would pursue the same method of disposing of the timber limits as obtained at Ottawa. The policy which the hon. gentleman pursued was the policy pursued by Mr. Sandfield Macdcn- ald, yet they sought to take all credit to themselves. It was amusing to see how figures were made to show a surplus that did not really exist. How could a surplus remain constant in the face of a constantly increasing expenditure. He then referred to the large number of lunatics kept as in- digents in the Provincial asylums, and said that he believed that the Government should take steps to have mild lunatics maintained in the county poor-houses. The hon._Commissicner of Crown Lands had referred to figures relative to the cost oi such institutions in too United States. These were private calculations drawn from unknown sources, and as the House was not in possession of the informa- tion the figures should be ignored. Be- sides, he believed that in figuring up the cost per capita the cost of maintaining the “ paying patients ” was included in the American calculations whilst this was excluded in the Ontario tables. Then with reference to the Central Prison, it cost far too much. Hon. John Sandfield Mac- donald never dreamt that the Central Prison was to serve the purposes of a penitentiary when he first established it. But every person acquainted with the administration of justice knew that many prisoners that should go to Kingston were sent to the Central Prison. Now it was the duty of the Federal Government to look after criminals in the penitentiaries, and he did not see why the Province should undertake the task. The Dominion had assumed the responsibility at Con- federation, and it should be called upon to do_its duty. Mr. Hafdyâ€"All prisoners sentenced to mgge tygn tysz yegfs up gent to Kingstqn. Mr. MeredithLâ€"Yes, but everyone who knows anything about the administration of justice in this Province knows that judges, for certain reasons which will not now be discussed, prefer sending a prisoner for two years to the Central Prison instead of for three years to Kingston. With reference to the terminal annuities he did not think that the hon. treasurer was pursuing the course 0! his predecessor in office in issuing these annuiiies, The hon. gentlemen boasted of their surplus. but it they had a. surplus, why did they have to go_ intgthe markets to borrow money}. Mr. Lyonâ€"To ihcorporate the Sault Mr. Ross(Middlesex) replied that $25,000 had been given annually for poor school grants. In order that the distribution might be fairly made, a sum was set apart per quarter to Separate schools, in propor- tion to what they were entitled to receive. The grant of $16 had been made on the representation of the inspector of that sec- tion. Since the year 1886 a share of the fund had been withdrawn and given to Separate schools who have poor schools. Last year there appeared to be a greater number of applications than in former years, and a. system of percentage had been applied, which resulted in the schools Mr. Preston moved for an order of the House for a return showing the number of schools aided by grants from the Poor School Fund. He complained that the grants had not been equitably distributed. In his own section 316 had been granted to one school and $100 to another, the want in both oases being the same. Mr. O’Connor presented the report of thgpogamittee on St_al_16ing Orders. Pap} r"Mr. Gibson (Hamilton)â€"Respecting the New York Life Iqafigranqe C_ompany. _ Mr. Hardyâ€"To amend the General Min- ing Act; Mr. Guamâ€"Respecting the inspection of boilers and the Government examina- tiqq of gpgineers. She. Marie and Hudson Bay Railway Com- Bills were introduced by Mr. Grahamâ€"To prevent the sale of meat or milk from animals affected with tuberculosis. “Mr.â€" fiésé (Middlesez)â€"To hcon'solidate the debenture debt of the County of Middlesex. Petitions were read from Mr. McMahon, praying for certain amendments to the Assessment Act. Mr. Leysâ€"â€"Respecting the Assessment Act. Mr. Ross (Middlesoxfitsted that he had in his possession a statement of the finan- cial standing of the University, with the income and expenditure from 1886 to the present time. The matter will be brought before the House to-morrow. â€"-1§I;:Vfig\;vatâ€"To provide for the appoint- ment of junior judges in provision! dia- triota. Mr. Matter moved for an order of the House for a return showing what applica- tions have been made for payments out of the consolidated revenue under provisions of section 4 of chapter 4, 43 Victoria, in respect of the dues on pine trees. Also, showing what is the aggregate Bum which, up to the let day of February last, the patentees of lends,subject to the provisions of the Act, are entitled to receive out of the dues collected on pine trees out after the date of their patents. Mr. Waters moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Ditches and Water- courees Act. The Bill passed the second reading end was referred to the Municipal Committee. Mr. Ross replied tha‘t the number GE cor- porations in cities. town and incorporated viilages in Ontario entitled to the ballot is 231. The number that use the ballot up to date is 81. The names of the corporations in which it is being used will be given nter. Mr. Creighton moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Public Lands Act. The Commissioner of Crown Lands stated that the information required was not yet in his possession. The Bill was allowed to stand over. Mr. Meredith said for some time it was the policy of the Government to allow a. certain amount of timber to go to the set- tler alter he had obtained his deed. This regulation had been withdrawn, and now the lumberman had the privilege of taking all the lumber. He would like to know if any Order-in-Counoil had been passed on the subject. or it the Commissioner of Crown Lands was acting on his own respon- eibility. or it the Government had any set- tled polioy._ .-... . A 1 - n ,u Mr. Matter said that the hon. Commis- sioner of Crown Lands had stated that he was not very well acquainted with Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer’s conduct at the last Provincial election in Muskoka had been inconsistent. The Conservative party did not consider him worth buying, but the Reform party evidently did. Mr. Spencer Wanted the nomination which Mr. Cook- burn received, and at the conclusion of the meeting announced himself as in favor of Equal Rights, religious liberty, and special favor to none, and s faithiul and patriotic adherent of the Crown. Mr. Spencer’s appointment under the Crooks Act was never asked for. Mr. Hardy said it had been asked for. Mr. Clarke (Wellington) moved for an order of the House for a return showing the number and designation 0! school boards in the cities, towns and incorporated villages in Ontario which have adopted the use of the ballot at annual school elections under section 103 of chapter 225, R. S. 0., with the number of school boards in cities, towns and villages which have not adopted th§_ballot for such purposes. -. Mr. Hardy said that no Order-ia-Conncil had been passed, and that the regulation had been changed for certain reasons. It had been the rule when only 40,000 feet of timber remained on a. lot that this should go to the settler. The settler at once out this timber and sold it, and it was a. loss to the Government, and also to the holder of the license. The department had no set- tled policy on the matter, but he was con- sidering some means whereby the amount of the dues to go to the settler would be increased from 25 cents §0_ 33% cents. Mr. Matter said that this was a burning question among the settlers, and there was more cause for rebellion over the harshness of the regulations than there was in Maui- toba over the railway monopoly. ‘ Mr. Armstrong said that the appoint- ment had been made largely with the con- sent and wish of the temperance people of the district. He said that the district over which Mr. Louut presided was so large as to rc'quire an assistant in the performance of the work. He related a serious condi- tion of affairs in tho Parry Sound district, where so much liquor was consumed as to require an immense amount of police pre- caution. .Ho defended the opening up of colonization roads, and thought it only fair that the Algoma, Parry Sound. and Mus- koka districts should be developed in that way. Mr. Phelps said that he considered the settlers received far more than they de- served. One-half of the settlers were bogus settlers, and they pretended to set- tle on land so that they could steal the timber. Mr. Hardy said that no complaints re- specting Mr. Spencer’s conduct had been mafia to the Government. If the hon. member had not been talking politics in bar-rooms himself he would not have seen Mr. Spencer. The chief reason for the attack was because Mr. Spencer happened to hnve opposed Mr. Mutter politically. He could see no reason Why the motion shcgld Baas. _ Mr. French condemned the action of the Government in appointing 'Pohoa Magistrates in towns and municipalities withoufi the petition "of the inhabitant}. .I Mr. Meredith said that he considered the action of the hon. gentleman from Muekoka in bringing the matter before the ngee was quite justifiable. Mr. Murray said that he considered that the Government should allow settlers the use of the dry pine. The motion was carried. Mr. Matter moved for an address for a return of a copy of the Order-in-Counoil appointing W. H. Spencer Police Magis- trate for parts of the districts of Muskoks and Pany Sound, and fixing his salary or emolument, and of the commission issued to him as such Police Magistrate. Mr. Matter said that there was no menu for Mr. Spencer's appointment. There were sufficient magistrates and judges in the district to enforce the laws without his assistance. â€"Sam Jones, the evangelist, has decided to leave Georgia. and has bought a fine stock farm near Eminence, Kentucky. He is now quite wealthy, and after filling his present engagements will retire to give his vernacular a rest. Nature has wisely arranged matters so that a man can neither put his own back not kick himself. One of New York’s dudes is’ said to have 25 different silk hats. A verges-tile fellow. Heâ€"Ya-as: I guess th'nt’s what made my leg go to sleep. Outoh I Grécarâ€"Oflly av relic. of system, boy, only a relic. At the Concart. She How expressive! Was not that “ gradlgASong [beautifully rendered ? Only a Relic. Small Clerkâ€"What is it that we are com- mqnly calleg green groogys, M_r. Sands? _» “ Loan me S5 to continue playing with.” “ I would but it is unlucky. The last time Iloaned $5 I immediately began to lose.” “ Indeed I How much did you lose ‘2 " “ Five dollars." Hon. W. E. Gladstone’s servants took forcible possession of the person of a. unique looking specimen of humanity that invaded Huwnrden a While ago, on suspicion that the aforesaid specimen was insane. Mr. Gladstone was summoned to see the wretoh, who turned out to be a Greek pro- Iessor speaking no English, who had come all the way from Athens to congratulate the British statesman on knowing Homer's “ Iliad ” by heart. receiving eighty cams on the dollar. The name and number of every school receiv ing these grants would be found in the report. Mr. Preston wished to know further why very poor schools had received only $16 whilst others received more. Clerkâ€"It’s not that, madam ; but the boss lath me out when he raised the salaries of the others (so-day, and I am trying to get even with him. Mr. Ross (Middlesex) replied that the grant had been made on the recommenda- tion of the inspector, who had asked for 820. Had 8100 been asked for on reason- able grounds $80 would have been granted. The recommendation had been made by Mr. William Johnston, inspector for Leeds. Mr. Preston accepted the explanation. Mr. Wood (Hastings) thought there should he no distinction in the matter of grants to Separate Schools. He was also of opinion that the poor school grant should be increased. They were as deserving of recognition as the university. He objected to the schools being called “ Poor Schools,” and thought they should receive assistance simply because they needed it. Mr. Meredith thought that the notion of the hon. gentleman opposite was calculated to promote the growth of Separate Schools. He did not think such action in accord with the policy of the law. There should be no facility for the establishment 0! Separate Schools by making grants of this kind. Applegee.) Ladyâ€"Why, young man, how honest you are 1 I thank you for telling me. It is not often that I find a clerk who has such a high idea of honor, andâ€" Mr. Fraser thought the Minister quite within the law in making a distinct grant of the Poor Schools fund to the Separate Schools. If anything,the Minister had not dealt as liberally with them as he might. The grant was not asked for to facilitate the establishment of schools, but to assist in their maintenance after they had been established. They had been established strictly according to law. The motion was carried. Mr. H. E. Clarke moved for an order of the House for a return showing the amount of disbursements connected with the Registrar of Deeds oflice in the city of Toronto for the year 1889, as follows: (a) To the city of Toronto. (b) To the deputy registrar. (c) To other clerks and assistants. (d) For other purposes. Also, showing the gross earnings of the regis- trar for the year 1889, and the total amount received by the registrar for his personal use. Lady (to clerk)â€"Will this calico wash? Clerkâ€"No. madam, it will not. It will fade, run shrink, and, in fact. is a. most in- ferior article. Any sort of dark wood may be freed from all traces of dirt and grease by a good eponging with strong tea, just warm; it will not, however, answer for light,un- polished furniture, as it would stain it. Very old furniture that is becoming worm- eaten may be greatly preserved and im- proved il some catholic oil is poured into the wood. To prevent: the smell of cabbage per- meming the house while boiling, place on the move a dish containing vinegar. Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or flour weigh one ounce. A little pounded ice laid on the back of the neck willullay nausea. Bathe tired eyes in hot water two or three times a day ; it will rest them. A firmer or more dtlicata grain is secured in cake by stirring the cake only in one diirechiog. . A win‘e gliss of Birong borax water in a pint of raw starch will make collars and cuffs Sufi and glossy. To gurgle a sore throat take of paregorio one teaspoonful, of glycerme two teaspoon- fuls, of umewater one tablespoonful. To renovate black lace.â€"It lace is nar- row, wind it tightly around a. bottle and pin it on. Wet it thoroughly with alco- hol and let it remain until perfectly dry. It will be like new. If the lace is wide take the wooden roller item a window ahadeto roll is on. How to take conl oil out of a carpet.â€" Saturale the carpet with benzine and then rub dry with a clean, Whine cloth. If the first application does not take it out go through the same process until it is out. As benzine is Very explosive, be careful and not have a light in a. room no: a hot stove. - Mr. Mowat replied that much of the in- formation naked for was in the report. The motion was carried. Mr. Wood (Hastings) moved the second reading of a bill to amend the Registry Act. The bill provides for the registration oi receipts given for mortgages or transfers of property in the Registry office for a small tee, thereby providing additional security to the holder, who in many cases, had no other record than the endorention on the back of the receipt. 'l‘he bill was referred to a select committee composed of: Messrs. Balfour, Clarke (Wellington), Clancy, Craig, Dryden, Fraser, French, Gibson (Hamilton), Guthrie, Harcourt, Hardy, McKay. Meredith, Morin, O'Con- nor, Ostrom, Whitney, and Wood (Elast- ings). One quart of sifted flour, well heaped, is one pound. If you wish to keep a sharp knife don’t put: is in hot grease. Shir your potatoes whxle frying or turn mean with a. fork or an old case-knife kept on purpose. Mr. Phelps moved the second reading of a Bill to amend the Municipal Waterworks Act. The hon. gentleman wished to remedy an inequalit) in the law by which persons whose property was situated on a thoroughfare in which a main was laid were assessed for the water rate, although not consumers. The Bill was referred to the Municipal Committee. He Lost What He Lent. films for Housewives. Why He Was Honest. mistook Their Man. the credit Dr. Kappa, the German Consul who made all the trouble between America. and Germany at Samoa, has been dropped from the Consular lists just published. Miss Bislsnd, the brave little woman who went around the world at six hours notice, has been made literary editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine. The will of the late Robt. Browning has been proved The value of the personal estate and effects was sworn at £16,774 199. 4d. FaiE Enalaver (:Qith a aigB)-â€"â€"Yes, I loved your grandfather. Ah, he was a noble mm. Enamoured Youth (to comic opera fairy) â€"-â€"Cruel Pozzolini 1 Has no man ever made an _iu_1p11assi_on oq yppt flilgtyrheirt ?_ Miss Haraaenseâ€"Oh, but: I don’t want a. position as snleslady. Mr. Quickaalesâ€"You don’t ? Miss Hardaenseâ€"No ; but I would like to get a job as suleswoman. Mr. thoksslesâ€"Sit right down. James, take the lady‘s name, and put her down for $25 a week. Mr. Qdiokaalea-Yes, madam, you are the 57th applicant, and the position is still vacant. You will not do. The residents of Bunfi National Park have held several meetings to protest against the regulations proposed to be introduced in the National Park by the Dominion Government, as well as against the form of lease offered to those who may Wish to take lots. The Grand Lodge of I.0.0.F. is in sea- siog to-day: Miss Hardsenseâ€"I see you advertise for a gglealgdy._ The children of the future will not run through the present gamut of infantile disease, but they will probably be sub- jected to inoculation with various microbes every few months. First, they will be vaccinated for smallpox ; when they have recovered from that, they will be taken to a Pasteur Institute to have a mild form of rabies. Next, they will be given a dose of the comma bacilli to prevent cholera, and so on through all the ever-growing series of disease microbes. Ohl luckless child of the future I you will never be ill and never be well ; your health will be awfully monotonous ; you will never know the weariness of the first night of measles, when it was so nice to lie in mother’s lap and feel her 0001 hand on your forehead ; you will never know the joys of convales- cence, when oranges were numerous and every one was kind to you because you were not well; and your end will be to die of debility. How glad we are that we live in the present, with all its ups and downs of health to lend variety to life and deathâ€"â€" St. James’ Gazette. A convention of the retail merchants of Manitoba will be held in Winnipeg during the first week in March. F. G. Lnfentoire, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Calgary, has assigned. Liabilities, $7,000. The Budget was brought down in the Local House to-day. Treasurer McMillan made an able speech. He pointed out the economy of the present Administration compared with the extravagance of his pre- decessors, and proved his assertions by figures. The estimated expenditure this year is $686,571, against $514,476, an in- crease of over $100,000. The estimates in- clude the following items of expenditure : Legislation $42,700, last year 036,065; Executive Council $5,350,]last year 03,705 ; Treasury Department $15,620, last year 014,625; Provincial Secretary $38,450, last year 08,055; agriculture and immigration $58,596, last year 044,658; Attorney- General's Department $127,300, last year 072,383. The increase in this case is for organizing the new land title system. Rail- way commissioner $76,500, last year $77,» 902. This sum will be used in putting 40 miles of the Hudson Bay Railway in shape, so that it will become security for the bonds issued by the Norquay Government. Pub- lic works $219,210, last year $202,704; education $120,000, last year $125,000. I be direct revenue is estimated at $622,095. The principal sources thereof are : Dominion subsidy, $435,000 ; Land Titles' offices, $60,000 ; law stamps, 09,000 ; liquor licenses, 026,000; interest, 040,000. With interest on outstanding loans to munici- palitiss, etc, the revenue will be swelled to $967,000. gliyithéin inn afi artifléiglr (7)1" artrtenuartéa cub. The children of the future will not The city has been for a few days infested with a gang of crooks released recently from Pembina jail. They were arrested to- day as vagrants, and will be given twenty hours to leave with the alternative of two months in jail. A Port Arthur despatch says that Engineer Garden returned to-day from the proposed Canadian Pacific Railway branch line to Attikokan, and reports the route very easy indeed, there being only four miles which could possibly cost $515,000 per mile. It is likely that the location and construction will be proceeded with im- mediptely. The Arab system of raiding is unique. About fifty years ago they subdued the extensive Manyema country, of which Nyangwe and Kassongo are now well- known centres. The Manyemes, after being thus disbanded. gradually allied themselves with the Arabs, and eventu- ally have spread their operations through- out the country to an enormous extent. The Arabs on their expeditions in search of slaves and ivory, generally surround the native village early in the morning. At a given signal they rush in from all points, firing right and left and capturing all the women. If the men offer resistance they are shot; otherwise they are allowed to escape. The marsguders then pillage all the huts in the village, which they afterward fire. If, however, the place happens to be extensive, the Arabs adopt different tactics. They form a stockade or zareba. Thus fortified they establish themselves, maintaining a strict watch at night. During the whole of their stay they keep this attitude of defense. After the lapse of several days they release two or three of the women prisoners, who are instructed to deliver a message to the men â€"â€"in hiding far away in the forest » to the effect that if they want their women back they must come and redeem them with tasks of ivoryâ€"each woman being valued at the rate of one large tusk. Then several days pass, until perhaps one morning early a gruff voice is heard in the distance hail- ing the encampment. He inquires as to the truth of the statement brought by the women and then follows a parley. During the subsequent days the persecuted natives come with ivory to redeem their mothers, sisters or wives. Eventually they make friends with their conquerors. who then use them as guides to the next encamp- ment, where the same treatment is repeated upon the neighbors of those recently plun- dered. Part of the reward that the guides receive from the Arabs is the flesh of the people who are shot in the next attack.â€" Herbert Ward in Scribner. Col. McMillan in his budget speech showed that $120,000 was saved by the present Government in one year in the cost of administration. O. P‘. R. From Portage la. Prairie. The Northern Pacific was looking for the con. neotion. 1:13 a dreadful point about microbes, says the Hospital, that the only way to pvogdlpaving them in} g_v_irplent fprm is_ t9 The M. 6: N. Railway are arranging to run passenger trains _into yhe_oity 9ver_t_he Remembered One Who Had. Cruel Arab Slave-Hunters. The Child of the Future. MANI'). OBA NEWS. Got the Place. I snau be glad to sent; two bottles ox my remedy FREE to any of your readers who have sumption if they will send me their Express and Post Office Address. Respectfully. T- A. OWE ,] Mac-n 188 Wfilt Adelalde 81.; TORONTO; ONTARIO, ,m. . TO THE EDITOR:â€"Please inform your rendch that I have a positive remedy fox-fl; above named disease. By its timely use thousa.1ds oft' peless cases have been permanently cured. I shall. be glad to. send two 'l'mt'tlg‘s of my rggletiyAERE; “to any of your rgg‘deri whqhave 99y I um. umw. u costs you nothmg tor a tnal, and it wiil cure you. Addres 0., Branch Office, Isa WEST ADELAIDE STREET, TORONTO. >1”? ' When 1 sa Cure I do not mean I v w m ‘ w a merely to stop tyhem for a time, and then have them return again. I M SAN A RA 0 l CA L CU R E. I have made the disease of Fits, Epilepsy 0:- Falling Sickness a life-long study. i warrar .ny remedy to Cure the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once fora treatise and a Free critic of my infallible Remedy. Give Express and Post Office. It costs you nothi: - for a trial, and it w"l cure yo Address :-H. G. ROOT. n1! , n.......:. mm. .m. . m... -__. -.__ -_ -h‘, Andrew Carnegie’e offer to expend a million dollars in publioliberies in Pitts- burg has been accepted by the Council of that city, which, to carry out the bene- fioenoe, will give forty thousand dollars a. year, the same to be expended in the main- tenance of the institution. This liberality has been handsomely supplemented by Millionaire Charles J. Clarke, who has given a hundred thousand-dollar site in the East End for the central building. â€"If love is blind there is no use wasting gas on it. THQUSANS 0F BOTTLES GWEN AWAY YEARLY. When 1 say Cure I do not mean mar-n1" 4“ an" ohm“ rnr n Hmn .«A u.“â€" ~â€"An income taxâ€"«the price of admission at a theatre. ~You often detect the gum-chewing girl by the pitch of her voice; Hotel clerk (on the Bowery) ~Well air Guest (counting out 65 cents)â€"Gimme a room and a package of rough on rate. A VEndyked border on one salvage, fin‘ ished with a fringe, is a. novelty in fancy nun’a veilinge.â€"New York Sun. Clan-3*Harry asked me yesterday to be his valentine. Agnesâ€"I didn’t know he wanted a. comic one. â€"If you want to live to a good old age, be good while you are young. Yeastâ€"Where are you going ? Orimsonbeakâ€"Ob, I expeoz on a fool’s errand. â€"â€"A horse should be watered before it is fed, and not immediately after. The spring trade of wflolesale dry goouds houses has opened already, with a gooi outlook. The combination of white with yellow, or white and gold, is much favored for evqnigg dÂ¥re_ss._ _ “ Can I get you to drop this letter in the Post Office for me 7 ” “Certainly.” â€"The " life of the table ” is sometimes a vivacious person, and sometimes it is the cheese. rI‘he pay of a private soldier of a line infantry regimentâ€"which is the smallest man's rate of pay in the armyâ€"is one shilling per diem. In addition to his pay he receives a dailv ration of threequarters of a pound of meat and one pound of white bread. During peace. everything else he requires as food he has to purchase from his daily pay. When on active service he is well ied free of all charge. There has been a great deal of nonsense talked and written of late about the insuf- ficiency of the soldier’s food. The fact is he gets plenty to eat, but he has to pay for much of it out of his own pocket. Examine any corp: on parade, and the plump, ruddy appearance of the men will prove how well he is fed. In addition to the daily rations which I have already described, every com- pany mess purchases tea, sugar, milk, vegetables, etc” at a daily cost of about Bld. to each man. Most men also buy in their canteens, beer. hot sausages, butter, jam and other luxuries. In his recreation room the soldier can be served at all hours with good tea, coffee, bread and butter, etc. The question for the government to consider is how much of the soldier's daily food is to be paid for by the stateâ€"Gen. Viscount Wolseley, K. 13., etc., in “ Harper's Magazine.” â€"-Gen. Longatraet is keeping a hotel in the little town of Gainesville, Ga. He is a distinguished looking man, with his En - lish whiskers and mustache, and has ma 8 hotelkeeping a sucaeas. ~Eight unwedded maids of St. Louis have sent a tearful protest to the Mayor. asking him to enjoin widows from on tivat- ing young bachelors. The maids eolare that the more forward wiles of the relicts do discountenance their modest sheep‘s eyes so greatly that the ewaine pay them no heed. The Mayor says he cannot help the girls. Too bad. But when you are widows, girlsâ€"oh, my lâ€"New York World. _Tartans are com-binéa admirably with vel_v_eteen in children’g-gpring garments. The new nun‘s veilifiga Scale with bor- ders and somenmss frmges on 0119 salvage. â€"-â€"The Orange Grand Lodge of New Brunswick has just closed a successful ses- sion at Sussex. These are 2,700 members in gcod standing, the increase; during the year beinc 300, whiohis the largest since 1849. â€"-At a eoiree musicaleâ€"Ana now, dar- ling, that we are at but alone in this retired corner, far away from the guests, 1 can tell you how much I love you." " Im- possible, for mumma has just gone to the piano.and everybody will be rushing in here to get out of the way.” EVen poplina come in fancy plaids and clan tartans. 'ThE Douglas tartan is popular for theatre toilqtslpani‘cularly matiiqees. Plaidi or tartan]: are being already made up_on the bias for sgqing_sui_ts._ Surah silks will be restored to favor for spflng ioiletg. I The horsey girls who last summer took up the fashion of wearing men’s shirts, collars and ties, and decorated the lapels of their little jackets with boutonnieres, man fashion, ran the pace none too soon, says the New York Sun. The factory girls have the shirt-front craze, and henceforth it is doomed as an article of fashionable attire among women of any social pretentious. Whatever the shop girls embrace, as a rule, is doomed in society, for the girls usually run the fashion to death in a few months on the one hand and usually look better than the society women on the other. At all events they oheapen any new hobby with a great deal of rapidity. The sign of the shirt front is to be seen in every dry goods shop in town, and when the Weather becomes a little more settledâ€"ii such a consummation is ever brought aboutâ€"the sidewalks will be enlivened by endless shirt bosoms adapted to the needs and fashion- able aspirations of that portion of leminine New York which works in the shops. Plaid ribbons are in fashionable favor. The fancy tartans come in silks for visit- ing_gowna. _ When Lent comes round a. heavenly thrill, Like music from & plaintive lute, Steals through the heart, and 3.11 is stiil When Lent comes round. Tlggn fashio}; pgtspnfiormw’g s_1}i_t; Meek penite‘nrt'értiléii' 'v66vs' fuifilv; Loud laughing gayety is mute. The voices of the world sound shrill ; The spirit shrinks from harsh dispute And bows to the celestial will When Lent comes round. The Fashion Has Become Common. TEA TABLE GOSSIP What the British Soldier Eats. WHEN LENT COMES ROUND Some Dry Goods Dots. A Practical Suicide. Uncompllmentary. Willing to oblige. A Mistake They Often Make In Buying Milllnery. Little women with large heads very often think they will look taller if they wear large hats and a fluffy arrangement of the hair. This is a fallacy, and instead 0! looking taller they will only appear the shorter. The reason is very simple. Their height is only about six lengths of the head. Naturally by increasing the size of the head the disproportion will be greater, as then their figure will appear to be only five times the length oi! their head. Little women should wear small hats and simple hair dress. One often hears a tall woman say, when trying on a large hat: “ Oh, I could not think of wearing this hat; why, it adds at least six inches to my height, and I think I am tall enough now.” And she forthwnh proceeds to buy a little bit of a hat, scarcely distinguishable from her Psyche knot. But if she wore a large hat the head would appear larger and in better proportion to the body â€"St. Louis Post- Dcspatch. is the calculation that the mobilizntion of the French, German. end Russian armies would cost $100,000,000, and their mainten- ance in the field would cost $200,000,000 a month. A war of three months’ duration would therefore use up for these countries alone the sum of $1,300,000‘000. Besides that every nation in Europe, including En- gland, would have to arm and hold itself ready, which would cost millions more. These bills are considered too high to be nssumed._â€"New York Sun. A member “Lot Congress has a poky old driving horse which he calls “ Pension Bill ” because it is so easy to pass. “ That’s a great orchestra," said one travglling _man»to another gt th_e gonoerh “ Yes ; but the greatest band I ever run ncroan was in the west.” “ What kind of a. band was it ‘1” “ Well, I suppose you’d call it a string band. It was composed mainly of mem- bers of the vigilance committee.” Sheâ€"Charlie, I can no longer conceal my passion for you. Do you love me in return ? Heâ€"You must ask pa. He knows more about such things than I do. For many years the manufacturers of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy have offered, in good faith, $500 reward for a case of Nasal Catarrh which they cannot cure. The Remedy is sold by druggists at only 50 cents. This wonderful remedy has fairly attained a world-wide reputation. If you have dull,heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal passages, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes pro- fuse, watery, and acrid. at others, thick. tenacious, mucous. purulent, bloody and putrid; if the eyes are weak, watery and inflamed; it there is ringing in the ears, deafnesss, hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expectoralion of offensive matter. together with scabs from ulcers, the voice being changed and has a nasal twang; the» breath offensive ; smell and taste impaired ;. sensation of dizzimest with mental de- pression. a backing cough and general debility, you are suffering from nasal oatarrh. The more complicated your disease,the greater the number and diversity of symptoms. Thousands of cases annuallyr without manifesting half of the above symptoms, result in consumption, and end in the grave. N0 disease is so common, more deceptive and dangerous, loss under stood, or more unsuccessfully treated by physicians. will have nothing to do with “ cure-Alla"â€" medicinea that are advertised to cure every- thing from a ohilblain to a broken neck. Read the list of diseases that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery will cure : Affections of the throat and lungs, incipient consumption, disordered liver, sore throat, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, ulcers, tumors. and awellmge caused by sorofnla and had blood; fever and ague and dropsy. This seems like a curenll, but it is not. This great “Discovery " will really cute all these complaints, simply because it purifies the blood upon which the) depend and builds up the weak places of the body. By druggistsi What is regarded as next to a decisive geaqon wlgy yhgre must he Eurpggan‘ peaoq Happy is ihe woman without bodily ills, but happier is the woman who having them knows of the saving properties of Dr. Pierce’s Fmorite Prescription. 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'l‘hey “ Mean Business." @ 0f Pure Cod Liver Oil and ’ vamosmnss of Lime and ’ Soda \ l '. y I It ,s finals; on Magic}: She Seemed Used to It. LITTLE WOMEN. D. 0. N. L. 10. 90. ManMnâ€"mm A Happy Woman. SWEW SHRED Sensible People A. Stn' ng Band.