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VI QLATED A PRINCIPLE which the House ought to hold sacred. The only really available and valuable guarantees provided in the measure were grants from the Imperial exchequer on account of probate duties and other public charges. The Government had already given England and Scotland similar grants, Placing them wholly at the disposal of the coal authorities. Wasit possible the Gov- ernment would tell the counties of lreland that the grant to that country must be used for the benefit of persons contracting under the bill? (Cheers) It was a viola- tion of equality in governing the three king- doms, than which he never knew a more glaring instance. (Cheers) Coming to the “constitutional’ objections, any of which, he asserted, formed an absolute reason against the second reading of the bill, Mr. Gladstone urged it was obvious that Ireland opposed the measure, as five-sixths oi the Irish mem- bers deliberately and determinedly opposed it. (Cheers) As the Government was going to make Ireland its debtor, it was important to consider the attitude of the persons about to be subjected to debt. Was it possible to imagine the Government imposing a similar measure upon Scotland in defiance of the protest of 60 out of 70 Scotch members ? (Cheers) He objected also to the use of English credit. In the last general election both the Conserva- tives and the Opposition were pledged against the use of the public credit. This Parliament could not in conformity with its honorable obligations pass a Bill insti- tuting a loan fund having an interminable operation. (Cheers) Besides the large pecuniary risk the Bill INVOLVED EVILS TENFOLD GREATER, threatening to produce conditions which would shock humanity, imperil order and make worse the relations between the two countries. Statelandlordism implied the use of soldiers against the tenant, the use of every weapon of the State to enforce an unpopular law. It was a sad disappoint- ment togfind under the name of a voluntary arrangement between landlord and tenant a device for bringing an irresistible pres- sure upon the tenant, with a view to ex- torting for the landlord’s benefit nearly the whole of the immense boon that Parlia- ment might confer. Mr. Gladstone said these objections covered only a part of this measure, which was probably the most complicated one he had ever seen. In con- olusion he said : I feel it to be my absolute duty to protest against principles of so flagrant a character and so tending to embark the country in immense pecuniary risks, while making land purchase not an aim in the settlement of the general Irish problem, but a means to further plunge us into the deepest political embarrassments. (Cheers) Kunze and Woodrufl‘ Liberatedâ€"Threats of New Revelauonl. A yesterday's Chicago despstch says : State Attorney Longenecker has had the case against John H. Kunze stricken {mm Judge stea’ docket. Kunzs has been out on bail ever since Judge McConnell granted the young Cronin suspect a new trial. The State“: Attorney believed that it would be useless fio prosecufe the German. Frank J. Black, alias Frank Woodrufi, the lone Cronin suspect, who has occupied a cell in the county jail almost a. year, was discharged on the charge cf murder by Judge Hawes. Attorneys Browne and Porter. for Woodruff, claimed that their client had been under indictment for mur- der more than nine months and had not been given a trial. According to the law, they said, he should be given a. trial or dis- charged. A SORROWFUI: CONCLUSION 01 the life of the landlord olessif when local government was established in Ireland they did not take part in adjusting affairs. Mr. Balfour’s bill presented a. number of dubious points. Some of the proposals were so obviously objectionable as to justify their rejection. A bill of this kind should not encourage landlords to become buyers of land in order to take advantage of the enormous boons offered. (Hear, hear.) The provision respecting two years’ arrears also required a justification which it would be difficult to find. (Cheers ) The method roposed for ascertaining the net rent of the and would enable the landlord to obtain compensation upon a large mass of income that he had never received. (Hear, hear.) He also took the strongest objection to placing an embargo upon the local funds of counties. (Hear, hear.) That proposal “ The fact is," the State’s prosecutor admitted, “ I cannot try him for murder, but he ought to be kept in jail as long as possible on general principles. Such a. liar as Woodruff is better off in the cage than out. As to the murder charge, I can't do anything with him, but he‘ll go up for horse slealing.” A London cable of last night says : Mn Gladstone resumed the debate on the Land Purchase Bill in the House of Commons this evening. He said he opposed the bill under an overwhelming conviction that it was complicated without undertaking to solve the difficulty. as was disappointed when Mr. Balfour stated that the measure pledged the country to the extent of £33,- 000,000, without mentioning the possibility of further amounts being asked. Mr. Parr nell’s plan was new in principle. Its gen- eral purpose was clear, but he was not certain that he comprehended the details. (Conservative laughter.) It was honorable â€"-even ohivalrousâ€"in Mr. Parnell, oppos- ing the Government as he did, to propose an alternative. He strongly sympathized with one object of Mr. Parnell‘s plan, where- by theisndlords would not be, expatriated, but would be retained. It would be State Attorney Longeneoker said he knew who took Cronin’s body away from the Carlson cottage, and it was learned to-night that this man was none other than J. B. Bimonds, who has been so eagerly wanted. It is said Simonds died suddenly and sus- piciously not long ago in an eastern city, while it is also said Patrick Cooney died suddenly and unnaturally in a Wisconsin village. Tfieae facts have come out in conse- quence, it is plaiqu, Q!_ the_ zpiadiregtipn of funds raised for the defence of the Cronin murderers. The relatives of Sul- livan, the icemnn, and Dan Coughlin have been compelled to mortgage their property to raise the necessary funds to pay legal and other expenaea, and they now threaten to tell what they know. Should they do this, it is confidently anticipated those of the conspirators now out of jail will soon find themselves in a. bad box. A San Frenoscisco despntoh of last night says: One of the most severe shocks of earthquake experienced here for a long time was felt in this city and neigh- bouring localities a. little after 3.30 o‘clock this morning. The buildings were shaken perceptibly and persons aroused from their sleep. Pleatering fell from the walls in places, but no serious damage has been regqrted. _ The earthquake shock st Mayfield was very severe. The railroad bridge was ren- dered impassable, as the piers, 60 feet high, settled a few inches, and the rails spread apart about a foot. The ground in places settled six to twelve inches. Railway travel will be delayed. Daolared by Gladstone to Violate Constitu- tional Equality. -â€"A glazed pork-pie hat emu-tens a. girl’s appearance. BALFOUB’S LAND BILL THE CRONIN CASE. Han Fransclsco Shaken. In Which in Toronto Traveller Plays a Leading Part. A Winnipeg despatch says : A private letter from Toronto making enquiries as to the cause of the continued absence and silence of a husband and father gives a clue to a sensation. The man is a commercial traveller. well-known in the East and in Winnipeg. During his frequent visits to this province he made the acquaintance of a woman here. The woman in question formed the central figure of an interesting incident in this city three or four years ago. She is the mother of two children, but is divorced from her husband, who is in the hardware business in Port Arthur. The acquaintance between the two became very intimate. In fact their attachment for each other decided them in abandoning their children and wife, home, situation, and all, and seeking seclusion and pleasure amongst the people of the Pacific coast. The woman to cover her steps announced to her friends that she was going on a brief visit to Chicago on Tuesday, and placed her two children in charge of her neighbors. She, however, only went as far south as Pembina. Re- turning yesterday, she at once proceeded to the Canadian Pacific Railway depot and boarded the express for the west. The commercial traveller was also on aboard, and the two alighted at Portage la Prairie and spent the night there at one of the hotels, continuing their journey to the coast on Friday. The trouble was discussed in all its phases, and Miss Rice's male friends made every effort to get a shot at the dog, but so far they have been unsuccessful. At last Capt. H. M. Jewett, Chairman of the Township Committee. was appealed to, and after hearing all the facts he issued a decree of death upon the dog. Miss Mar- shall, however, headed off any attempt to execute the decree of death by taking the dog out of the township. The four men who followed her found it impossible to shoot, as the plucky young achoolmerm kept so close to the dog that her own body might have received the charge intended for thedog. _ The closing of the village school on account of a. dog has added fuel to the fire among the brute’s enemies, and there is no telling where the controversy will end. A Washington despatch says: The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has decided to urge upon Congress the advisability of placing our Ministers to the great powers of Europe on an equal footing in respect of rank with representatives of other nations. Senator Sherman to-day reported from the committee an amend- ment to the Diplomatic Appropriation Bill giving the title of ambassador to our Min- isters to Great Britain, France, Germany; and Russia, the salary to be as now; $17,500 per annum. Other amendments proposed by the committee to the bill provide that the salary of the Minister to Turkey shall be $10,000, an increase of $2,500 ; to Denmark, $7,500, an increase of $2,500; and to Greece, Roumania and Servia, $7,500, an increase of $1,000. Since the alleged biting of Miss Rice over a week ago, the town of Waterford has been rent asunder, and the question of the life or death of the dog has entered into every phase of social and business life there. Miss Rice insisted that as she was passing Miss Marshall’s house the dog flew upon and hit her in the hand. She and her friends declare the big brute must die' but Miss Marshall defended her pet, asserting that he was tender, gentle and brave, and that she would as soon part with her own blood as see that of her noble "Nap" shed. She was sure that he had not bitten Miss Rice. but may have jumped upon her in play. and caused her a great fright. “ No one has a right to shoot your dog," said Mr. Bergen, “ Get a pistol, and it they attempt it, shoot them.” Miss Mur- shall has secured the weapon, in is said, and will defend her dog and herself. A London oable says: The crew or the British barque Oeseo, from Savannah for Newcastle, before reported abandonedmere rescued by the British ship Highmoor. Some of the rescued men were placed on another vessel off Lisbon. Five of the Osseo’s crew refused to proceed on the Highmoor and started in a beat for St. Vincent, 60 miles distant. They reached the island in a starving condition, but the Portuguese authorities would give them no suceor and refused to allow them to land. The British consul gave the men a distress order addressed to the captain of the British steamer Bufl’on directing him to carry them to England. Statements in regard to the matter have been received by the British Government. "Nap" is Creating Huge Excitement in Camden County. A Philadelphia despateh says : School Teacher Flora Marshall's dog. which has so divided the residents of Waterford, Camden county, by biting Miss Abbie Rice, 5 popular young woman of the town, sev- eral days ago, is forward again as a candi- date for public attention. Four men with guns followed Miss Marshall in an effort to get a shot at her big shaggy friend “ Nep," which she was taking across the border of Winslow township to get him out of harm. Miss Marshall closed her school, at Bates' Mill, yesterday and came up to Camden, where she held a consultation with Lawyer Martin V. Bergen. A Cairo cable says: A Coptic clerk, who was an employee of Emin Pasha while Emin was at Wsdelsi, has made a. sworn deposition before Meson Bey to the effect that the revolt of Emin‘s forces was solely due to the discovery of Emin‘s plans to surrender his Province to the Mahdi. Emin, according to the clerk’s statement, sent three messengers to the Mahdi offer- ing to surrender, but they were seized and stopped by Emin’s officers. The revolt followed this discovery. Mason Bey considers the statement credible. Next Summer. Wife (awakening her husband)â€"â€"Oh, George, there’s a burglar in the house I Husband (aleepily)â€"Euh l " Yes, and he’s at my jewelry box I“ “ Huh I” The most noted figure at the Putmen House at Palatke. Fle., is Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, who has spent the past three seasons in that city. She is beginning to show her age. Though her hair is as white as anow,Mte. Beecher‘e activity is quite remarkable. room 1" “ Is that 30? Give me my revolver quick!" SCHOOL CLOSED BY A DOG. N707; I declare, he's in the ice chest Emin Charged With Treachery. A WINNIPEG ELOPEMENT Portuguese Inhumanlty. What's in 3 Name ? XIII German chemists have discovered in the cocoanut a fatty substitute for butter, and now the United Sates Consul at Mann- heim, Germany, reports that the new pro- duct has begun to be manufactured on a large scale in that city. A single factory produces 6,000 pounds of it per day, worth in the market 150 a pound. The nuts used are obtained mostly from South Sea and Coral Islands, Arabia, the coast countries of Africa and South America. Natives in the countries where the nuts grow have for along time used the milk of these nuts instead of food oils. The butter contains 60 to 70 per cent. of fat and 25 per cent of organic substances, of which 10 per cent. is albumen. In a country where real butter runs all the way from 25 cents to 35 cents per pound, coooanut butter at half that price is thought to have a great future before it. At present it is chiefly used in hospitalsI but it is rapidly finding its way to the tables of the poor, particularly as a substitute for oleomargarine. It is free, also from germs of tuberculosis, which is said to affect fully 10 per cent. of the milk- giving cows in Germany. The consul recommends the adoption of this new butter as an article of manufacture in the United Statesâ€"Rural World. A Delicious Sweet Pickle. Pare off the green part of the rind of a good ripe watermelon and trim out the ‘ green core, says “American Housekeeper." Cut into pieces of desirable size. Place a gallon of these pieces in a porcelain lined kettle, with water enough to cover them and two heaping tsaspoonsful of common salt. Boil until tender enough to pierce , readily with a silver fork and pour into a colander to drain. When thoroughly drained, dry each piece in a clean towel and plaoein a stone jar. Make a syrup of I one quart of best cider vinegar and three pints sugar ; alter skimming this syrup ‘ pour over the fruit boiling hot. Drain off the syrup and heat to the boiling point and ' pour over the pickles every day until they are colored to the centre. Then place the 4 fruit in the jar to the depth of three or four inches and sprinkle cinnamon bark and a few cloves over them ; the spice may be placed in cheese cloth bags if desired; , then another layer of fruit and more spice until you have placed all your fruit. Scald the syrup and pour boiling hot over the fruit each day for three days after putting in the spice ; the fourth day cook the syrup j until it is like molasses, and. pour over hot ; as before. Citron or ripe cucumbers may be used instead of watermelon. When ripe cucumbers are used they should be drained , over night after being cooked in salt water. Strawberries After Cornstalks. As many farmers have (and all ought to have) a bed of strawberries, and the crop next year depends largrly on the way the plants are mulohed for the'coming winter, 1 will tell what I consider the best mulch the farmer can use, and it can be had on every farm, as it is fodder waste, says Waldo F. Brown in New York Tribune. Begin in September or October to feed your horses on corn fodder out to foot lengths, or shorter, and then bed them with the waste, using no other bedding. Do not clean the stalls daily, but keep forking it under them, and let it accumulate until the stalks are trampled flat and wet with urine and mixed with urine. It will improve it if you can store it in a roomy shed and keep an animal loose on it until you are ready to use it. Managed in this way. the cornstalks will contain a considerable amount of fertilizing matter, which the winter rains will wash down to the plants to give them a good start in the spring ; there Will be no seed of any kind in it to trouble the following season; the mulch will be light and will not smother the plants, and it will be flat and will lie close to the ground, so that it will not blow off. I think it the best of all mulch for this purpose, and if cut short, as I recommend, it is easy to handle. This mulch should be applied the first time the ground freezes enough to bear the waggcn. Repairing Trees Injured by Ml‘ce. Young trees are injured more or less in the winter time by being girdled by mice and rabbits, especially young apple trees. The best thing is to prevent any such in- jury by adopting some protective methods early in the fall, but if the trees have be- come girdled it is well to apply some remedy at once, says J. D. Morrow in the Practical Farmer. As arule fruit trees are not injured as much by these pests as they appear to be at first. Unless the inner bark is gnawed away they will recover it properly treated. The best thing is to apply to such wounds a stiff plaster made of stiff clay and cow manure, with a little water added if necessary. This should be held in place, and completely covered by a band of old bagging or some other coarse fabric. The chief object of this is to keep the whole morst while nature heals the wound. If the weather is very dry, wet the bandage occasionally. The wound will naturally ‘ reduce the supply of sap in the tree, and it is sometimes advisable to cut back the branches of the tree. Unless the tree is very severely wounded it will soon recover from such injuries by the treatment given, but if it rcfusesto respond readily it is better to replace it by another of the same size and age. Very few trees so far have been injured by the mice or rabbits. for the winter has been so free and open that they have found enough green food without re- sorting tc tree bark. It is only when other food is scarce that they eat the bark. Too Deep Plowing. The natural tendency of the plow in early spring is to go in too deeply. and turn up soil only partially leavoned and lightened by air and warmth, says “Ameri- can Cultivator.” When the frost is first out of the ground the soil is moist, and it is easier to plow eight or nine inches deep than to a depth of six or ssven inches later in the season, when drought and the abstraction of moisture by plant roots have hardened it. Every farmer knows that plow points dulled so as to be past using in the fall will do good work on either stubble or sod the next spring. But, as a rule, stubble ground, if for spring grain, scarcely needs the plow. It may be cultivated over to a depth of two to three inches, and in most seasons will thus bring a better crop ~ of cats or barley than by deeper plowing. Where spring wheat is mainly grown, the only sure success is found by plowing in the fall and slightly cultivating or dragging INFORMATION 0F IMPORTANCE Hints Worth Knowing to ihe Agriculturist and Others. And Pointers as to How to Carry on the Work of the Farm. FACTS FOB. FARMERS. A New Kind of Butter. RECHle mmmsnAY, MAY 8, 1:890 Threats of Incendiarlsm and A‘kempts to Wreck Trains Made. ‘ A Vienna cable says : A great sensation has been caused here by an apparently ofl‘icial note in the Abendpost, stating that the troops called out to fepress the dis- orders at Biala did not, as previously be- lieved, use blank cartridges on first firing on the riotere, but used ball cartridges at the first volley. This note, taken with the circular from the Minister of the Interior giving the provincial Governors instructions with .reterence to the proclamation of martial law, is regarded as indicating the determination of the Government to act with extreme energy in the ease of dis. order. At Biala matters remain calm, p‘thongzh at a workmen's meeting‘’ held last night threats to set fire to houses of the rich were uttered. The middle and upper classes are greatly alarmed, and many wealthy residents have left Biala for Ora- cow and Lemberg. The garrison has been strongly reinforced in view of further rioting. An attempt at rioting is signaled from Saybuscb, the authorities of which place asked the military Governor of Cra- cow to send a battalion of infantry to their aid. It is announced that attempts have been made to wreck a train near Rasdorf, by placing largo stones on the track. Happily the obstruction was discovered in time. Men also have been seen hanging suspiciously around Siebenbrum station. Fears are entertained that the labor trou- bles in South Austria will be attended with some disastrous results, as the men are now worked up to a white heat of exasperation, cover the seed. It is usually said that this is done to get the grain in earlier. We think that part of the benefit of the prac- tice comes from keeping“ near the surface the finely-pulverized and rich mold that repeated freezing and thaw ing leaves on bare ground after winter is over. If this fall-plowed land were replo .ved it would not only take longer time to get the land ready {or seeding, but the richer soil would be turned to the bottom of a deep furrow, where it would not be at once available to give the seed a good start. Glover and grass seedlings are also much better on these lightly cultivated stubble lands. Ashes for Animals. Prof. Henry’s recommendation that ihardwood ashes should be given swine hould be heeded by every hog raiser. ‘ Wood ashes are excellent for keeping ani- mals in health. It has been our only condition powder for horses for thirty-five years. and in that time we have lost only one horse. and that was due to overwork one very hot day when we were-absent. We put a stroked teaspoouful of hardwood ashes on the grain ration of each horse twice a week. I would hardly undertake to raise swine without wood ashes and charcoal. We mix with them salt, and keep the mixture before the swine all the time. When it is continually before them they will not take too much. It the supply of ashes from the house fires is not enough. I burn a brush pile or some other rubbish, drowning out the fire to get a good bed of charcoal. Hardwood ashes are excellent for cattle, especially when on green feed. Adams County, 11!. J. M. 8. Saving Tux-nine for Seed. When topping the turnips for storage this tall, let the farmer's wife who wishes to increase her pin~money or account at the savings bank, see to it that a few bushels are left with roots on and tops not out too closely for future growth. Set these aside where the cook will not find them. Next spring plant them for seed. Grocers are glad to get the seed to sell. {sometimes sell 35 worth off a short row, and I seldom make money in any easier way on the farm, says B. P. D. in New York Tribune. I the surface in spring sufliciently to barely The Trouble Caused Uncle Sam by the Chineze Invasion. A Washington deepntch says: Attorney- General Miller informed the Treasury Department, under date 0! April 19th,that there are nineteen Chinamen now in cue- tody of the United States Marshal of Wushingtrn,who were arrested and tried for coming into the United States In viola- tion of the Chinese Exclusion Act He recommended, in accordance with a sage geation from the Secretary of State, that notwithstanding the prreumption that these Chinnmen entered the United States across the British border, they be returned to China at the Government expense, for the reason that the men could not be returned to British territory Without pay- ment of a head tax of $650 each, and even then they might probably again evade the vigilance of the United States officers and return to this country. Secretary Windom has adopted the recommendation, end has instructed the Collector of Customs ntPort Townsend to see that the men are returned to China. in the most economical way by sailing or other veeeel bound direct for that country without touching at any American port en route. The Duchess of Hamilton, besides rank- ing as one of the most fearless riders to hounds in Great Britain, is a keen (sports- woman. Not only is she an excellent shot, but she may frequently be seen on her husband’s land armed with a metal-pointed pole and followed by a. few clever-looking terriers which dispose of the rats which are “ boltea ” by the pole of her graceâ€"Landon Star. " Speaking of wife-heaters," remnked MoCorkle, “ Mchokle beat his last even- ing Egry bpdly.” h T‘Yoil don"t tell me!” exclaimed Mrs. MoQgrklga indignagtly. Keeping Things Warm for Him. “ It was a. fearful nightâ€"wold as the Arc- tic regions. The rufliana were two hours ransacking the cure." “ Yuu must have been nearly frozen." ‘ Oh, no‘ I was covered by two six- shooters.” Mrs. Cuniso (reading)~A womtm of Orange county has just died at the age of 107. ' Cameoâ€"Does it say what ballet com- pany she belonged to ‘2 Why Schoolmm-ms Are old Maids. “ How does it happen thst there are so many old maids amongthe schoolteaohors?” a. teacher was asked, according to a con- temporary. “ Because school teachers are no rule women of sense, and none of them will give up a $350 position for a. $1510 man?” was the reply. â€"The manniah girl will carry a black- horn stick. “ Yes, bent Her forft games of checkers.” ROOF IN THE COUNTRY. A Duchess as a Bat-Catcher. VIENNA ALARMED. Perhaps He Knew Her. The Brute I of the case that divorce should be granted for only one reason. It was said that the refusal to grant this bill would lead to a demand for a divorce court. He was opposed to the establishment of a divorce court, but even if there was such a court it must not according to the law. He looked with horror upon anything like the laxity that would be produced by not sticking to the rule that marriage should be indieeolu- ble except for the one cause of adultery. A Mr. Weldon (Sh. case as this would a. divorce court. Sir John Maodonald said he could not support this bill. It would be a great misfortune to this country and promote demoralizatiou if Parliament did not adhere to the principle of the law oi the land and the law of God that divorce could only be granted for adultery. There was a. great deal to be said in favor of the atti- tude of the Catholic Church against divorce altogether, but he took the Sogiptural View Mr. D‘avies said that this was a mafia in which Parliament should refuse to grant relief. The House divided on motion for the six moiiths’ hoist, which was carried on a. divi- siog of 701mm and 3_5 pays. Mr. Wallace moved the second reading of the Act to amend the Act for the prevention and suppression. of combination formed in restraint of trade. The bill was read a. second time and re- ferred to committee. Mr. Brie-:1 moved the second reafiing of the biil to amend the Franchise Act, which proposed to reduce the income qualifica- tion from 3300 to $250. Sir John Macionald said it was im- poaaible to get this measure through this session. He moved in amendment the six months’ hoist. The amendment was carried. Mr. Speaker announced that having been informed by the member for Quebec Ersatz that the member for Kent. N. B., had vacated his seat by accepting office under the Government, he had issued a warrant to the Clark of the Crown in Chancery for a. new election. Sir John Thompson called attention to the peculiarity of this Bill. In this case the prominent cause which Protestants considered essential to divorce was lacking. This young woman was legally married, and was well aware of that fact. Subse- quently she discovered that her husband was not as able to keep her as she sup- posed. On this ground only she asked for a divorce. He could not conceive of a case which would be more stigmatized in those countries Where there was laxity of principle in the matter of marriage than this. He could not imagine an applica- tion for divorce that would cast more dis- honor upon Parliament than this. There- fore, apart from the ground upon which he was accustomed to vote against divorce bills, he would vote against this one. He moved the six months’ hoist. Mr. Mitchell said this was a clear case in which the woman should get the divorce shgapgliec} (or. Mr. Tiadnle said the defeat of this bill would create a strong feeling in this country for divorce courts. To perpetunte this marriage would be a legal outrage. This young woman was under the legal age which was necessary to make any other cogfirngfibinfiing: Ginger wine, on which formerly there was a. duty of $2 a gallon, was so classified to provide that when it contains less than 40 per cent. of proof spirits, the duty shall be 75 cents per gallon, and it containing more 32 per gallon. Sir Rich nrd Cartwright asked theFinance Minister for an estimate of the increase of revenue that would result from the raising of the duty on alcoholic liquors from s$1.75 to $2 per gallon. Mr.â€"Foéter said that the officers of the department calculated that the increase would be $20,000. Sir Richard Cartwright said that the Minister of Finance would not, of course, know as much about brandy and spirits as some of his colleagues. He disputed the accuracy of the estimate. At present Can- au‘n imported 800,000 gallons of spirits, and 25 cents additional on each gallon would amount to $200,000. Taking into consideration the removal of the starting point to 15 degrees below proof the total increase could not be lees than $250,000. For the reiief of Hugh Forbes Keefer; for the relief of Christian Filman Glover. Mr. Moncrieff moved the second read- ing of the Bill for the relief of Emily Walker. The following divorce bills were read a. second time, on division of 64 yeas and 21 naya: Sir Richard Cartwright Said he had hardly expected to find the Minister of Finance in the guise of c full-grown pro- tectionist of the industry of manufacturing intoxicating liquors. This was a curious role for one with his record to adopt. The provision which required that liquors should be kept for two years, instead of being an injury, was an enormous protection to existing dietillers, as it seve them a monop- oly of the trade. Besides that, they were given a reduction of duty for keeping the liquor, which increased in Value as it grew in age. He could not see how the temper- unoe supporters of the Minister of Finance could countenance the heavy increase of duty on the necessaries of life, such as flour and pork, while the excise duty on whiskey remained untouched. Mr. White (Gardwell) asked if it was the intention of the Government to introduce during the present session measures respect- ing labor promised in the Speech from the Throne DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Mr. Jones (Halifax) said the Finance Minister wished to protect the manufac- turers of Whiskey in this country by put- ting an increased duty on foreign articles, and allowing the domestic duty to remain as it was before. consequently placing the manufacturers in a more favorable posi‘ tion. It was well the country should realize this and understand it thoroughly. By the change of tariff proposed the Fin- ance Minister would take at least $400,000 more out of the pool-tats of the taxpayers of this county, Mr. Mills congratulated the hon. gentle- men who favored prohibition on the other side of the House on the altered sentiments they appeared to entertain at the present time. It was a very remarkable thing that those hon. gentlemen should favor a. high tax on breadstufifs and other things necessary for the support of the widow and orphan, and that they should favor a. tarifi which encouraged the manufacture of spirits in Canada. He was quite sure that the constituents of these hon. gentlemen would appreciate the earnestness with which they had hitherto supported the cause of prohibition. He would be glad to learn where they had got the new light, be- cause those on the Liberal side of the House had notgot any_._ Mr. Fasterâ€"You will neverget it than. 5M ll John) said that such a never be sanctioned by WHOLE NO 1,652. N0 1| Mr. Sproule said some people talked us if pork was the only thiuglumbermen could eat. If this duty did the lumbermeu an injury by increasing the price of pork‘it would do the farmers good by enhancing the value of one of their products. He thought the Goverment should put a duty of 3 cents a pound all round on meat. Mr. Blake pointed out that the hon. member for Queen’s County declared as a temperance advocate he was opposed to the manufacture of what he called “deadly poison," whilst the Minister of Finance de- clared for the consumption and not the manufacture The item passed. Mr. Davies directed the attention of the Minister of Finance to the duties on pork, arguing that no protection was afforded the farmer at all. The clear pork had to pay a duty of 1% cents. whilst on mess pork there was a duty of $6 a barrel. Thelum- bermen, instead of buying mess park from the farmer, were going to purchase the clear pork, which only paid a duty of 11} cents. Where was the protection in that ‘2 Mr. Bechsrd said nork was the only article in regard to which the farmers of Quebec received protection. _ iMr. Cook staged that the lumbermen must have pork much heavier than that raied in Canada. Mr. White (Renfrew) asked the Minister 0! Finance to define What was meant by mgqs pgrk. Mr. Foster asked that the discussion be postponed so that the Government might take into consideration the question of de- fining mess pork. Mt. Mammal: said that if hogs 'v've're to be allowed to come in at 30 per cent. it was no_1_)rot_eccion to the farmer, Mr. Hesson made a demand for more protection to the farmer, and said that hogg abhouh‘i be pey cenfi. V Mr. Davies said that the imraased duty which the United States proposed to put on potatoes would shut out altogether the vast potato products of Prince Edward Island. Unless this article were protected to such an extent as would give the farmers control of the Canadian market they would suffer considerably. Haifa cent apound on pork was no protection whatever. Mr. Mo‘v’lullen, on motion for the second reading of the tariff reeoiuzion, moved in amendment that the reeo‘aution be referred back to the committee for the purpose of refluoing the duty on binding twine and oordage. He said that the fact that it was stated that a syndicate had been formed for the purpose of buying up the manufac- toriee of binding twine and cordnge should be sufficient to induce the Government to consent to a reguotion of the duty. The House divided on the azfiendment, which was lost on a vote of 44 yen and 85 naya. Mr. Charlton said that there was another subject to which, in the public interest, attention should be given He moved that the resolution be referred back with in- structions to remove the duty on nursery stook. Loat on division. The House went into Committee of Su_p_plv._ Mr. McMillan charged that the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa was being carried on in an extravagant way, so as to be of no praotjcal use to farmers. Sir Richard Cartwright remarked that the extra duties would make the franchise far the manufacture of whiskey much more valuable than it was before. The Finance Minister had made a great mis- take in departing from the practice of his predecessor. Mr. Carling said the farm was as yet in its infancy, and would eventually be of grggt aggvlge to the flax-ping corxmnpnityf 7 Mr. Ro-wnnd said the Experimental Farm wa_s_a cgmglete fggcq. Mr. Wallace moved by consent the third reading of the Anti-Combines Bill, in order that it might be sent on to the Senate. The Bill was read a third time. The bill respecting the electoral franchise was read a seoohd time and the House went into committee on it. Mr. Freeman replied to the criticisms of Mr. Mills, and declared it he brought in a measure for prohibition the members on that side would support him. Mr. Millsâ€"I haee' trie’d'y'ou, and you would not do it. Mr. Chapleau announced that it was the opinion of himself and colleagues that the revision of the voters’ lists was not neces- sary this year. This, he believed, would meet with the approval of both sides 0! the House. Outside of the expenditure which the revision entailed upon the country, there was a large expenditure on the part of candidates and the public. This Parlia- ment had not reached the end of its dura- tion, because under ordinary circumstances it could continue till the end of the year 1892. About March of that year the write would have to be issued for the gen- eral election. Before the natural expira- tion of Parliament an important event must take place. The census must be taken in 1891. This event must be fol- lowed by a readjustment of representation. During the present year the local electien‘s‘ would take place in two .of the largest Pro- vinces, at the very time that the revision, it‘done this year, must be undertaken. Therefore he did not think the House would desire that the lists should be re- vised this year. For the purpose of economy, it was thought the Government might un- dertake the printing of supplementary lists at Ottawa. They were mistaken for two reasons. In the first place the print- ing establishment, although in existence for a year and a half, was not in a com- plete state, and in the second place it was not believed there would have been so many changes to be made in the lists. It must be remembered that there were 7,000 polling districts, and whilst the number of electors in 1888 was 900,000. to-day there were a little over a million. The supple- mentary lists were received at a time when the Printing Department had to cope with the greatest diflieulties. One of the clauses of this Act provided that in the future the supplementary lists should be given out by the revising officers in each district to print- .ing offices under instructions and accord- ing to rates from the Queen’s printer. He claimed now that the lists were more per- fect than they ever were before. Under the bill the expenditure would be very much re- Mr. Foster amid there was no article in Canada which bore a higher tax than in- toxicating liquor. The hon. member for Halifax had also declared that the changes proposed would add $400,000 to the extra. taxes. The matter of temperance was, he thought, more closely connected with the consumpuou of alcoholxo liquors rather than with the manufacture of them. Mr. Milieâ€"â€"No, sir, we don‘t want to get our spirits up by pouring spirits down. It wnsla new departure on the part of the advocates of prohibition on the other side of the House, when they found it necessary to adopt a policy of encouraging the manu- faoture of spirits in Canada. 7:; 22202 mi “4% Mr. Mitchell said he inferred from Mr. Cheplesu’s statement that there would be no election until the expiration of this Por- lisment in March, 1892. Mr. Cheplesuâ€"I hope so. Mr. Mitchellâ€"It is not a. question of what the hon. gentlemen hopes or what he Wishes. I am endeavoriug to ascertain for myself whether I understood the hon. gen- tlemen right. As he understood it, there were to be two more sessions of this Parlia- ment before an election took place. The Government could not help themselves in this, because if a. general election were to take place before a census were made, there would be a. great deal of dissatisfaction in the provinces which were entitled to in- creased representation. In order to meet this, therefore, there would have to be another general election after the redistri- bution. He warned the members on the Liberal side of the House to look out that they were not gerrymandered out of their seats when a redistribution took place. Mr. Paterson said he was unable to con- gretulate the Secretary of State upon his legislation. The Franchise Act contained so many weaknesses and was apparently so unworkable that it ought to be repealed altogether. There were no less than six sections in the present Act repealing thirteen passed last year. Mr. Chapleauâ€"No, amending. Mr. Patersonâ€"Yes, one may be amend- ing, but only one is adding while the other five are repealing. He did not believe in the bill at all. The revision not being held this year would result in diefran- ohising hundreds of voters it an election tool; place. Mr.- Mills observed that Mr. Chapleen’s amendment reminded him of the improve- ments to the old gun. It wanted a new look, a. new stock and a new berrel. These amendments would remove every vestige of the old bill. Sir John Mnodonald said. in answer to Mr. Mitchell’s enquiry : “ My only consti- tutional answer is. I am not authorized by His Exoellenny the Governor-General to announce how the prerogative of the Crown will be exercised in that regardlf _ Mr. Blake said the Government were polishing up the barrel of the gun, oiling the look, and furnishing a stock. but they were agreed that while they should admire it, that it should be hung up in the hall, and not be allowed to shoot. After the weapon was- tried three years ago it was arranged it should not shoot for three years more. The amendment to the bill was made upon pressure from behind. The measure was unjust, expensive and unsat- isfactory. He was surprised that the hon. member for Brant, with his usual fairness, had complained of the amendments. since they both agreed the measure was radically bad and could not be made good, and the impossible task the hon. gentleman had set himself was to make a silk purse out of a cow’s ear. Mr. Laurier said it appeared after all they were not to havea revision of the lists this year, although the First Minister had to all intents and purposes declared there would be. They were informed, although the law provided there should be a revision every year, the Act solemnly put on the statute book should be still further amended, and the revision deferred for another year. The more they looked at this Act, the more they were convinced it was illogical and unnecessary. A constituency might be opened at any moment, and the election would not be conducted on the new list, but on a list three years old, and not the elec- torate of the present time. The Govern- ment were ashamed of their progeny, and afraid to put the law into force. The Secretary of State had told them the Pro- vincial revision was nearly as cheap as the Dominion elections, and when he made the statement there was to be no revision he was cheered at this announcement. The reason was the Conservatives were afraid to face the expenditure under the revision. The Liberals were ready to accept the Provincial lists, but the Conservatives were not. Mr. Barron said by not posting up the lists a great injustice would be done to a 309:1naavxrwoystifigepciea- , Mr. Ohapleau moved that the first sec- tion, which provides that the occasional absence of any farmer’s son from the resi- denoe of his father or mother for a. period not exceeding six months prior to the revi- sion of the list shall not disqualify him, be amended by adding the words, “ Or a. son of the owner of real property other than I farmer.” The motion was carried. Mr. Mitchell moved in amendment that all the words after the word ” Act " be struck out and the following added : ” And all other sections of the said Act and the Acts amending the same are hereby re- peeled.” The amendment was put and lost. Mr. Somerville asked in what wny the Printing Bureau had failed that it became necessary that these lists should be printed in_e_ach genetitueney»: Mr. Chapleau said the chief difiionlty was the transferring of these lists from distant parts of the country, which had been pointed out by the revising officers. Last year there were 14,000 supplementary lists. Mr. Somerville said the same objection applied to the printing of the main lists at Ottawn. and facts proved that the Opposi- txon were right when they objected to the establishment of the present method. He asked if all the final list! would be printed at Ottawa. duced. Formerly the revising ofiioer was obliged to post three lists in conspicuous places. For this purpose 21,000 lists were required, and he was informed that the ex' penditure for posting alone amounted to between $11,000 and $13,000. The ex- penditure tor the salaries of revising offi- cers was very large. There were 215 con- stituencies and the number of revising offi- cers was 170. The average salary was $400 or $500, causing an expenditure of $85,000. There were two schemes by which this ex- penditure might be reduced. Mr. Jones (Halifax)â€"â€"Abolish the Act. Mr. Chapleauâ€"We might also abolish Parliament, and it would save a good deal of money. One plan to redueethe expendi- ture would be to increase the size of the electoral districts, or as the diflicult character of their duties decreased the more the Act became known the salaries of re- vising officers might be reduced. If they could only effect a saving of half a cent on the present price of three cents a line for printing the lists, it would mean a saving on the smallest supplementary list, that of names to be removed. of between 81,100 and $1,300. It had been argued by the Liberal and Conservative papers alike that in view of the large expenditure the provincial system of revision would be preferable. He had it, however, on the authority of one of the most prominent provincial revising oflicers, that the cost of provincial revision was not so low as it was thought to be. Mr. Cbapleau answered in the affirma- tive. He then moved to add a new clause previding that there shall be no revision during the year 1890, and the present list! shall remain in force till 1891. Mr. Davies said there must be a clan understanding that the Government does not intend to hold the general election under the present list. The olnnse was adopted. Sir John Macdonnld explained that the itein of {$14,000 for a car for the Governord General was for a new car to replace the “ Jamaica. ” oar burned some months ago. The Governor-General himself would contribute 3 per cent. to the cost and to rpenira. - Mr.Mulock protested against the expendi- ture as unjustifiable. Boston scientists have discovered wh trees do not flourish near electric lightl. They need the repose of darkness.