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Mr. Foster moved the House into Com. mittee of the Whole to consider the follow- ing resolution : “That it is expedient -: ~‘ . w . , promde that the (rovernor-in-Counml mov L enter into a contract for a. term not exceed- ing ten years with any individual or com- pany for the performance oi a fast weekly ; steamship service between Canada and the United Kingdom. making ccnnection with? a French port, on such terms and conditions A as to the carriage of the mails and other- ‘ wise as the Governor-iu-Council deems i expedient, for a subsidy not exceeding the sum of seven hundred and titty thousand dollars a year.” The sum asked was $250,000 more than the amount originally authorized. The policy of establishing a fast line of steamers had been affirm- ed by the House. It had been found ini- practicahle to establish such a iine for a. subsidy of $500,000 annually, and the Government had set as an outside and ultimate limit a subsidy of $750,000, in order to secure the service. There might be a differenc: of opinion as to whether the Gowernment was justified in exceeding the half million limit. He thought so. The point had been considered. and in veiw of the failure to obtain the ser- vice in the pmst for this amount, it had been decided to ask for the increase. 'l‘nis step would be the third and last link in a. service that could not be rivalled in the world. They had now a magnificent Paczfic service and an unrivalled transcontinental route, and now the Atlantic service would com- plete the chain. A letter or pessenger could be taken from Sydney, Australia. to Lon .lon,Eng..from one to three days quicker than by the Eastern route, andwithinfiniie- ly more comfort and 'convenience. The cost of carriage would be about the same. The conditions of contract with M r. Hud- dart were that the Canadian Government were to pay him $750000 a year for the first ten years. and $500,000 for the second ten years. This was theextent of the obliga- tion. Mr. McCarthy thought this was a. good opportunity to extend preferential rates to the sister colonies. He wished to point out that the treaty did not permit nations enjoying the favored nation treatment to export wines to Canada. at the same duty as France was enabled to under the treaty, beCause the treaty expressly said wines of French origin. Mr. Weldon said that, under the favored nation treaty, any treaty made by Canada with France musb be unconditionally keep: with Germany. Mr. Foster, in answer to Sir Richard Carbwrighb, said the total import. into France last. year from all sources of rLicies mentioned in the treaty was $35,090,000 or $40,000,000. He moved that. the item or cnmmon soaps, 1 l-‘Zc. per pound, be struck out, as commcn soap meant, castile soap. He also moved abut the item of casbile soap, 5c per pound, be reduced to 2c. The amendments were carried. The committee reported the bill with amendments. setvxce snouia be permanent, otherwise in would not have been entered into. Twenty years had been contracted for, and posrerity would haVe to arrange subsequent condi- tions. The steamship service was to be in every respect first-class, and with first-class speed, capacity, and eble to make 20 knots an hour in deep sea, the crial to be over a long course. Halifax was mentioned in-the agreement as the Curadian terminal port, but this was not absolutely settled. Sr. John. N. 3., had made application to be the terminal port, and possessed great na- tural advantages. The termiqu port, in Mr. Foster said in was intended service should be permanent, 0th would not have been entered into. years had been contracted for. and Mr. Daly introduced a hill respecting Dominion lands, which provides that. per- sons who have squatted on school lands prior to the survey, and who can substan- tiate the fact, may be permitted to home- stead. The bill was read a first time. PUBLIC DEBT. Mr. Foster in reply to Mr. Charlton, said che total public debt of Canada. on June 30m. 1394, was $305,071,801, and the not public debt on same date was $240,- Sir John Thompson said the Government. was considering the disability, ii any, under which native wine growers labored, and Would extend relief as it might be necessary. Matters of detail, such as the ' manner in which the industry would be. nfl'ected, could not be considered until Parliament had ratified the treaty. SEVENTA‘ PARLIAMENT â€" FOURTH SESSION AT OTTAWA. Mr. Foster said the treaty’simply bound Canada :0 let French Wines of a. certain grade in at a certain rate. They did not blind themselves by treaty to discriminate in favor of France with reference to these classes of wines. If the Erench wines were admitted at Lhis rate, Canada was obliged, by virtue of certain treaties With Belgium and Germany, to allow their wines in at the same rate. Sir Richard Cartwrightâ€"ApparenLly this is to be a twenty-year, and not a ten year service. Mr. Foster moved the House int-o com- mittee on a bill respecting a. certain treuty between her Britannic Majesty and the President of the French Republic. The treaty did not oblige Canada, to give to France preferential treatment in her Cana- dian markets. Ii» simply obliged Canada. to take off the ad valorem duty. They were at perfect; liberty to take this duty OB" Wines coming from any other foreign coun- try, and were even at liberty to reduce the duty below that, but in such event. Canada must give France equal treatment, with other foreign nations, They were not obliged to Withold from sister colonies the some or better treatment than was given to France. The Government. did not in- tend to discriminaxe against any other wines 25,005 THE DOMINIDN HDUSE. FAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE DOMINION LANDS FRENCH TREATY. that the ( SirJames Grant; predicted the greatest . success for the project, and thought a. cable 1 line would follow. ‘ Mr. Martin hoped the Government would pay attention to Lhe matter of ocean rates. Ab present. through passengers from ihe i west saw nothing of the fertile country of i the Canadian Nor:h~\Vest in the viciniiy of ; \Vinnipeg as Lhe Canadian Pacific rail- i way send Shem all over the “Soo” short I line. running through Minneapolis and SD. iPaui. This disposed ofa good deal of the sentiment, with which the Finance Minister ) had clothed his remarks. i Mr. Kenny regretted, with the hon. gen- ‘ileman. than through passengers were not sent over Cnnadiun territory. There were g eat difficulties to be encountered in div- erting traffic from an old accustoméd route, and the managers of the new line would have to display energy and ability to obtain x‘neir share. There were always enemies to such enterprises,and much hostility from ves'eil interests that; had already made themselves fell: was m be exnecled. He thought the establishment of the service was a. nabional necessity. \- ‘. ‘. Mr. BIL-Mullen failed to see how a fast line would benefit farmers. One-half the questions pubaboub the service had not been answered, and some information and consideration were due the House. Mr. Weldon said than as an ardent Im- ‘perial Federationist, he {armed the [scheme, which would certainly promote l commerce between Great Britain and Can- I Mr. Foster said he Was not, prepared to give definite or exact information. (Cries of “ Oh, oh.”) The only condition laid down was that there should be a connection with a French port, which could be accomplished in two ways, either by the vessels calling at, :1 French port en route back and forth, or by a cross line between England and France. One ofthese plans had to be adopt- ed, but which had now yet been decided. Mr. Laurie: was surprised if the hon. gentlemen opposite were satisfied with the answer. There was a. wide difference beâ€" tween {he two methods of carrying out the agreement, and the House should have de- finite information. Mr. Davin hoped that, the Government, would fix a maximum freight rate, beyond which the company could nob levy. He also hoped than sufficient cold emmge capacity would be pxovided on the vessels â€"(hear, hear)â€"aud that, the Government would not, tie its hands as to Lhe speed 0! the service, as ‘20 knots an hour mighn nob hen fast Service in twenty or even ten years. .u. uLuuAU' u Oh, oh'n) was that, bh a. French pc In two Ways at, a. French or by 9. arm Mr. Fosxer said the prepared yet, but that. carefully guaried. T1 not prepose to Dav for Mr. Lnurier thought Lhe hon. gentleman was Wrong. and that the cnntracv had been entered into between Mr. Huddarb and the Canadian Hovernment. Be quoted from the conditions of the contract. 821‘ Richard Cartwright, asked what cargoes would be carried on the new line of steamers, and what the probable rates would be. The promoters of the scheme must have figured on the rates. Mr. Foster said he could not furnish the information. The cargoes would doubtless be similar to those of steamship: leaving New York. As to freight rates. the Govâ€" ernment never abtempbed to regulate them. Sir Richard Cartwright said it; was evi- dent to lmn. gentlemen that the Govern- ment did not know much about, the project or else Would not furnish the House desired information. Great Britain had not been settled upon. Arrangements were also in progress for a cross Jim: to France, or to have vessels touch at a. French port. One of the advan- tages that Canada would obtain by this ser- vice would he prestige. Improved postal and passenger transit would be developed, as well as improved freight carrying facil- ities. There was no sentiment or idea that met with heartier eudorsation by the busi- ness men of the country than that of a fast Atlantic service. These menl he said, were animated by practical business motives, and no better testimony to the utility of the scheme could be had. It was always the first step that cost. and he trusted hon. gentlemen would look at more than the mere figure of $750,000. Sir Hichsrd Cartwright said the hon. gentleman should have reserved his senti- ment until he had brought down the facts to the House. He would like to know something about the number of vessels props.ny required and the cost of each. Mr. Foéter said unleass four vessels would be required, at, a cost. of from 55400,. 00010 £500,000 each. The cost at the round [up would probably be $60,000 or $70,000. er John committee Act. a 17-knoc service. Sir Richard Cartwright thought the hon. gentleman ought to have had tenders for a more recentdate. He thought the figures must, be wrong. He was informed that for every knot above 16 per hour the cost was enormous, and that. a. 204mm. service would cost twice as much as a lG-knot, service. He would like to know if Lhe Government had power of forfeiture incase the contract. was not; fulfilled? Mr. Laurier said the House possessed very meagre information. What was to be the means of connection with the French pox-L? Sir Richard Cartwright. said the annual cost of the service would be £700,000 acer- ling. Mr. Foster said the vessels would be of 10,000 tons burden and have coal capacity of 3,00010113, and the snme capacity for freight. They would carry 500 first. and second class passengers and 1.000 steerage. Sir Richard Cartwright asked what the pressnn Atlantic steamship companies would have instituted a. 16 or lTâ€"knot service between Great Britain and Canada. for ? determined. The resolution was adopted, and the committee reported to the House. INSURANCE ACT. er John Thompson moved the House into committee on a bill to amend the Insurance adm Mr. Hazen said that A! contract: Halifax or might be the Canadian Mr. Lauderâ€"How is by alternate trips? er said the coniract was not 13, but that. this point: would be uarjed. The Government. did to pay for the service unless 3 advantages. ier thought Lhe hon. gentleman ompsou â€"Thatis yet to be terminus. that to be workedâ€"â€" under the provision St. John, or both “I knew," said Mrs McMahon. “ that, unless I mastered him he wouH kxllus all, At last he seemed to quiet; down. He talked rationally and could not explain his conduct. His father, who is acou- ductor on the {Al-avenue road, came home lace. Poor Marcy shrieked and cried all The next (lay he was quie‘, but his moth. er watched his movements carefully. On Wednesday night nhe twins were sleeping in the crib and Mrs. McMahon was darhinz stockings in the dining-room. Marty had! been our. wandering about the street. and when he came in his mother saw that he was in an excited frame of mind. He went to the cupboard and tried the edge on the bread knife. Then he Walked to Where the twins lay and would have murdered both had not. the mother seized him. Hedropped the knife and grappled with her. and for several minutes it; looked as though he would overpower ‘her. night, but we could not see him taken away. The neighbors all threatened to move 'and appealed to the landlord. On Thursday he tried to kill himself with the bread knife, but, I dis-armed him in time. That; afternoon I took him {.0 the Presby- terian Hospital. There they told me that; he was demented. but that an operation would bring him all right. They told me to take him to Bellevue. I brought the boy home on Friday and on Saturday he was wild andI kept him locked in a. room. ‘ “ This morning he I begged me to let him out, and I did so. He grabbed up the carv. ing knife that lay on the cable and made ior me. I ran into the hall, with him close upon me. Neighbors called in Policeman Cavanagh. and he disarmed the boy. Thenihey took him away in the ambulance.” The lard pita], and The Future of Electricity. The edge of the electric future is bright with the immediate promise for the world’s weal. In the nearer foreground I see aprac- tical method for the production of electricity directly from the burning of coal. 'i‘hi achieved. there necessarily follows the uni- I versal adoption of the electric motor as a l prime mover; the relegation of the steaml engine to the scrap heap; and the aimostl immediate realization of the air ship as a means of transportation. Assuming the cause of chemical affinity to lie in the unlike electric charges of the combining atoms, I see the practical realization of electric synthesis,wherehy wholesome food products will he directlylcrmed under the potency of electricaifinities. Isee,too,amarkedadvance in electro‘tlierapeutics, whereby human life will be prolonged and its sufferings alleviat- ed. Diagnosisaud prognosis will beprofound- )y aided by exact electrhal measurements ‘ of the various organs of the human body as i regards their electro-motive force and resistance. The electro-therapist of the future will employ electric charges and currents for restoring the normal charges and currents of the body, as well as for the stimulation of nervous or muscular tissues. Back of these achievements I discern a prac- tical apparatus for seeing through a. wireâ€" i. 8., a device for looking into a receiver at one end of a metallic Wire and seeing therein a. faithful reproduation of whatever optical images are impressed on a trans- mitter at the other end, even though thousands of miles intervene. I see the possible use of the step-iown transformer for the preparation of road-bed or surface by the vitrification, in situ. of clay or other suitable soil. by the intense heating power of enormous currents of electricity. These things I believe I see with fair distinctness. In the further background I faintly see. dimly outlined through the clouds, an apparatus for the automatic registration of unwritten, unspoken thought, and its accurate reproduction at any definite time afterwardsâ€"[Mn E. J. Houston, in Me- Clure’s Magazine. Mr. Foster explained that the bill pro- posed to bring the 0M companiemwith verv wide powers of investment. within range cf the Securities which would be allowed at. present,and in coniormiby with the practice for Hie past five or six years. Certain new lines of security were added, viz., water works, gas. street railway, electric light and power, and electric railways. Mr. Foster pointed out. that, the amend- menn proposed did not invalidate any investment at present accepted, and simply limited the range of securities for the future.“ bhe Governmenc believed that the interests of the policy-holder should be looked after first. He noted strangely at times, and found it harder tolearn his lessons than previous- ly. He complained last Monday of feeling ill, and adoctor was. called in by the larl‘s mother. He told Mrs. McMahon that she had better take the hoy to the hospital. .A few minutes after the physician had gone Marty picked up one of the twin boys, only 10 months old, and, with a wild yell, threw it across the room. The little follow struck on the piano, none the worse for its fright Marty could not tell why he did it. but all night long he raved like a madman, fright- ening his parents and annoying the neigh- bors. Martin McMahon was just as bright and just, as tough a little l‘l-yeabold as ever worried a. fond mother into dismraction until one afternoon six weeks ago, when he was brought to his home, on the top floor of No. 201 East, 95th street. unconscious, says the New York \Vorld. He had been playing ball with some companions, and was hip with a bat just ever the left eye. He lay abed several days, a. very sick boy, and after his recovery complained of pains in his lead. Au Eleven-Yearold “‘Im Trlml Io Kill Illa um. her, lllmwlraml lll‘s Twin llrollucra. Foreign Crops. The English say chub Lhe crop, which is now mostiy gathered, is the biggest. for a long time, and than both the grain and general crops are full of abundant promise Potatoes form a. possible exception both there and in Ireland. but, it is not too late {or their chances to improve. Much the same hopeful story is told from most parts of the Continent. The bill Was reported with amendmentsl MURDER HIS MANIA. was taken {0 the Harlem hos later removed to Bellevue. fright but, all frigh :- neigh- I for the There is no happiness in life, and there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrale a homeâ€"[FL H. Chapin. In proportion as the structure of a. gov- ernment gives force to public opinion. it is essential that public opinion should be en- lighteneLl.-â€"-[Washmgton. if any one speak ill of thee. consider whether he hath truth on his side ; and if so, reform thyself, that his censures may not affect thee.â€"[Epictetus. Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment. and not from passion. ~[Young. Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment. and not. from passion. ~[Young. I: would be an unspeakable advantage both to the public and private, if men would consider that grean truth, i-has no man is wise or safe but he that is barmanâ€"[Sir \V. Raleigh. IL is one of the worst efieens of prosperity that it makes a man a. vortex instead of a. fountain, so that instead of throwing out he learns only to draw in. â€"[H. W . Beech- er. By doing our duty we learn to do itâ€"[E B. l’usey. Right conduct is connected with right views of truthâ€"[Column Every evil to which‘we do not succumb is a benefactor.â€"[Emerson. Therein-e important cases in which the difierence beLween half a heart and a. whole heart makes just the dilferenne between signal deleas and a. splendid victory.â€"[A. H. K. Boyd. Be a pactern to others, and then all will go Well; for as a whole city is infected by the licemious passions and vices of great men, an it is likewise reformed by their moderation.â€"[Uicero. Without economy none can be rich, and with it few wxll be poor.â€"-[Johnson. By the very constitution of our nature moral evil is its own curse.â€"-[Cha.1mers. Those who exaggerate in thelr statements belittle Lhemselves.â€"~[C. Simmons. He that, is good for making excusefi 1s seldom good for anything else. ~[ank1im Avileencomium doubly ridicules; there’s nothing blackens like the km of fools.â€" (Pane. Virtue and genuine graces speak what no words can speare. Cam is itself properly a double-distilled lie, the mater"). prima. oi the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilitiea and abom~ inations body themselves, and from which no true thing can cume.â€"[CJ.rlyle. Shakespeare was greatnob merely by rea» son of his intellect, but the ssage was then free; and Goethe was great, largely because he was In a position to decree literary laws inscead of accepting them from inflation.â€" (Conway. No author is so poor that he can nob be of some service, if only as a witness of his Lime.â€"[Fauchet. More firm than sure the hand of courage strikes when it obeys L‘ne watchful eye of emblemâ€"[Thompson Talkers are no good doers, be assured. \Ve go to use our hands and not. our conzues.â€"â€"[Shakeepeare. The hape of amending is, affer all, our very best, and brightest hope; of amending our works as well as ourselves.â€"-[( ‘xladatone. That tuneful nymph, the babbling echo, who has not learned to conceal when; is cold her, Her ye: is able to speak until another speaks.â€"[Ovid. A world of blossoms for the bees, flowers That It who has I her, ncr 3 speaks.â€" A Veteran Passenger Conduit-lor- Talks of the “'hlms or Tourismâ€"People ‘Vlm Wu! Sn: llegln a Journey on Fridayâ€" l’runks nu i1}. “ Yes, travelers are superstitious and cranky,” said a veteran knight ofthe punch recently, in response to a query. “ I think the average passenger conductor deals with more oddities daily than the curio collector of a. freak show. As to superstition. I think there is more of in Crops out on trains than anywhere else. Last week, just, as the train was ready to pull out for Chicago, a. well- dressed man came out of the coach on the platform and in an agitated manner asked me what day it was. “ I told him it was Fridav. and without another word he re~entered the coach and in a moment returned with his luggage, and by way 0! explanation stated that he never began a journey Friday, and would wait until the nut morning. That is only a sample. The much-mooted unlucky 13 is perhaps the cause of more Worry and in- convenience to tourists than any other sign which they deem ofill-omeu. I have known passengers to begin at the head of the train to see if they could find number l3 any- where. “ If the engine happened to be 13 they would resiguetily wait: for the next train. and if they succeeded in finding number 13 on any of the coaches they would hold up their hands in holy horror. 1 have seen passengers refuse to ride in a. coach which held l3 passengers, and if you will ask any ticket-man he Will Lell you that of allsec- Lions in a sleeper, 1313 the most, difficult. to disptge of. “Ahouc‘che only time when some fellows don’t kick is when they are on their honey- moons. Everything goes on as smoothly as if it; had been ordered 80, but. let the some men ride on the same train five years later and the chances are they’ll kick themselves into exhaustion." “I saw several cyclone cellars while I was out west.” remarked the visitor. “Dem- me,” exc'aimed young Mrs. Tucker, “Who on earth would want to buy a cyclone.” “ Then. ssxde from the superstition which prevails among the zraveling public. there are countless passengers, who are cranxy, and if they lose 1!. chance to kick are in a. bad humor for a week afterward. They kick for a seat, in the centre of the coach ; kick because the train goes too slow or too {ass ; kick because they are in a draught, m-‘ , m- ........ V, W... ... .. \uaug'ub, or because in is too hot. And the worst. of it all is that when they kick I’m the indi- vidual who is called up to hear them. as if I we‘e responsible for the whole busim-sa. SU PERSTITIONS 0F TRAINS. PEARLS 0F TRUTH. ant. girl’s mom com, for the glad imam. e plam with the apple in themselves whenâ€"{Shak- A partynf London fire-departmentofi‘icials are making a. tour of the great cities of Europe and were recently given an exhibi- tion by the Vienna fire department. For ['31- in Foul (‘rllan or Smokel-‘llleql "onset. to the shoulders by two thin chains passed under the armpits. I: was subjected to a. rigid test: in the court. of the Central Fire station. The fire-proof cellar which the fireman thus equipped entered was full of the densest smoke. English captains who essayeti to accompany him were quickly driven back on descending the staircase it- self. Chief Inspector Muller, after the trial was over, was warmly congramlated on the simplicity and great utility of this air helmet. Magnetism in the Wrong Place. The recent order of British Admiralty whereby sentries are forbidden to carry side-arms when on duty in the dynamo flats of her Majesty’s ships appears to be due to some experiments which are said to have demonstrated that bayonets belonging to the marines have become highly mag- netized owing to close proximity to the dyâ€" namos employed for lighting purposes. Both magnetic end electric influences may easily be perverted, and sometimes with startling results. Not long ago a. passenger on board an ocean steamer folded up his iron deck chair before retiring, and, as the night was stormy, left it Inside the pilot house. The man at the wheel presently became aware of something wrong with the compass, and before the delinquent deck chair was pounced on the ship was half an hour out of her course. An equally well authenticat- The' appliatce most interesting to the English visitors was the Chamois-skin hel- men and air life tube for use in cellars ur undierground buildings when on fire. It, is the invention of chief Inspector Muller, second in command of the Vienna. fire briguie. The air lute is spirally protected and cannoL bend or split. The end is m.- Lached to a. manual and the air pumped through. The helmet, is securely fastened A Big Gunpowder Explosion. The mightiest of gunpowder blasts in connection with railway Works, if not the very greatest blast ever exploded, was that by which Sir William Cubitt blew away, with one charge of 10,000 pounds of gun- powder, the entire mass of the Round Down Clifl', which rose to the height of 350 feet above the level of the sea. within a few miles of Dover, England. This monster blast, fired by galvanic electricity at several points instantaneously, at once heaved 03‘ from the cliffs a. mass of more than a. million tons of chalk, which rolled down upon the beach, the dislodged stnfi' covering a. space of fifteen acres, which may still be seen by the traveler along the Southeastern Hull- way, stretching towards the sea. near the western hnse of the well-known Shake- speare‘s Clifi. By means of a similar blast on the Lonilonderry & Coleraine Railway, a. hill was thrown into these a by a charge of 3.000 pounds of powder, and 30,000 tons of material were thus instantaneously removed from the line of the works. ed case is that of a learned professor who took his head student out testing one day. It was winter time, and, ass cold wind blew through the station, the head student kept, on his hat, While taking insulation readings. The result showed an unpreced- ented degree of insulavion, one, in fact. greater than infinity, and the professor, as well as the student. was amazed and mys- tified. The former, however, repeated the test, and obtained results much less credit- able to the firm who supplied the cables, but still very good. The student had ignored the fact that the felt hub he wore was stiffened with a steel wire in the brim. ENGLAND T0 LIMIT IMMIGRATION. A lull Introduced in [he [louse of Lords Which Also heals With Anarchists. In the House of Lords on Friday the Marquis of Salisbury introduced a bill in regard to alien paupers, giving the Govern- ment powers to control immigration similar to those passed by the Government of the United States. The bill also deals with Anarchists. England, Lord Salisbury said, appeared to he the ground upon which an- archistic plots were hatched. The Govern~ ment ought to be empowered to expel from the country men whose presence was likely to cause a breach of the peace or lead to the commission of crime. Lord Rosebery as- sented to that part of the bill dealing with alien paupers, but he objected to the second part of it with indignation, and repudiated the suggestion that England was the hatch- ing ground of Anarchist conspiracies. Lord Salisbury said that he did not mean that England willingly harbored criminals, but. he contended that the fabric of the law was insufficient to deal With them. The bill was then read {or the first time. A FIREMAN‘S HELMET.