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p-"--"*- V ALL MUST BE WEIGHED Human Lives and Actions to be Weighed in the Divine Scales. Rev. Or. Talmage Preaches on Personal Responsibility, Taking His Text From the Handwriting on the Wall of Babylon. Washington, May 31. In these dayi of moral awakening this pointed sermon by I)r. Talmage on personal rv.]in-ilulity b for* God will b road with a dvup and oleum Interest; text, Daniel v. 87, "Tboa art weighed In the balanc* and art found wanting." Babylon was the paradlae of arohlteo ture, and driven oat from them*) the grandest building* of modern times are only the erldence of her fall. The sit* baring been lelacted for the city, 2,000,- 000 men wore em ployed In the rearing of bar wall* and the building of her work* It was a city 60 mlltM In circumference. Tnere was a tronch all around the city, from which the material for the building of the city bad bran digged. There were 86 gates on each aide of the city, between every two gate* a tower of defence spring- Ing Into the sklos. from each gate on the one Hide a ntnvt running itralght through to the corresponding gate on the other side, to that there- were 60 (treat* 16 mile* long. Through the city ran a branch of the river Kuphrates. Thl* river owe Union overflowed it* bank*, and to keep It from ruining the city a lake wai constructed Into which the surplus water of the river would run during the time of frontlet*, and the water wai kept In this artificial lake until time of drought, and then thU witter would itream down over the olty. At either end of the bridge panning this Kuphrate* there wai a palace the one palace a mile and a half around, the other palace ?H mile* around. The wife of Nebuchadnezzar had been born and brought up In the country and In a inountalnou* region, and ihe could not buar this flat district of Baylon, and to. to pirns* hi* wife, Nebuchadnezzar built In the luldnt of the city a mountain 400 feut high. ThU mountain wa* built out Into terrace* lupported on arches. On the top of these arche* a layer of flat tone*, on the top of that a layer of reed* and bitumen, on the top of that two lay- em of bricks cloaoly cemented, on the top of that a hittvy *tuwt of lead and on the top of that the nil placed the noil o deep that a Ix'banon cedar had room to anchor It* root*. There were pump* worked by mighty machinery fetching up the water from the Kuphrate* to thl* hanging garden, a* It wa* called, eo that then were fountain* (pouting Into the sky. Standing bttluw and looking up It mutt have neemed as if the oloud* were la blossom or a* though the sky leaned on the (boulder of a cedar. All this hsboohadDcizar did to pleas* hi* wife. Well. she ought to have boon pleased. I upline ihe wa* plmaed. If tbat would aoi plutuw her, nothing would. There was In that olty also the temple of Bleu*, with towei one tower the eighth of a EDllo high, In whluh there was an observ- atory whore a-.tr.in. UNITS talked to the stum. There wan In that temple one InuMre whloh would cost what would be ur IS2.000.OOu. Handwriting o th* TV all. Oh, what a city I The earth never ew anything like It, never will see anything 111.'- It. And yet I hare to toll you that It Is going to be destroyed. The king and his princes are at a feast. They are all li . i ' t ItiaUd. 1'our out the rlrh wine Into tl liallossl Drink to the health of the kln! Drink to the glory of Babylon t Drink to a great future! A thousand lords reel Intoxicated. The king Heated UIKIII a chair, with vacant look, a* intox- (ciif.<il men will with vacant look stared at 1)10 wall, lint Moon that vacant look takes <:n Intensity, and It I* an affrighted Kxik. mil all the princes begin to look ami w mder what in the matter, and they look HI the same point on the wall. And then thnra drop* a darkness Into the room linn, pills out the blaze of the golden pl.v-, ..nd out of the sleeve of the dark- { iicis I luire ooinen a tinner a Ongnr of fiery i terror, ulrcllng around and olrullng around a* tbftuith It won ill write, and then It | ron.cs up, and with sharp tip of flame It |IITI\KH on thn |ilitMtcrlng of the wall the I doom uf tin- king, "Walghnd In the bal- anrxM and found wanting." MID hang of hivivv (1st* against the gan> of the palace Is followed by the bruaklng-ln of tli door*. A thousand gleaming knlvns strike Into a thousand qulvortng IMI.II u. Now dimth Is king, and he ts enie<l un a throrm of corpses. In that hall there 1s a balance lifted. Ood wung It. On one side of the balance* are put Helshar.sar's op|>ortiinltle*; on the other (Ida ef the bnlnnm am put IleUhas- ar's lint. The *lns come ilown. Ills op- portunities go up. Weighed In the bal- ance* found wanting. There has been a groat deal of cheating In out country with false weight* and mm- ure* and balances, and the govern mi-lit, to change that state of thing*, pl. intcd noiniulsHloiiws whose business It was to stamp weights and measure* and balance*, and a great deal of the wrong has been correct*!. But still, after all, there 1* no such thing as a perfect taUaan* on earth. The chain may break, or some of the metal may b clipped, or In some way the equlpuss may be dis- turbed. You cannot always depend upon earthly balances. A pound I* not alway* a pound, and von may iiy for one thing and get another, but In the balance whloh I* iuit]wndod to the throne of Hod pound I* a pound, and right I* right, ami wrong U wronu, and a soul Is a soul, and essriniy 1* sterility. Qod has a per- fect bushel and a jierfivt peck and a per- feat ! -illon. When merchants weigh their go s la thn wrong way, then the Lord weighs Ihe goods again If from the 1m- perfiut naaiure the merchant pours out what pretend* to be a gallon of oil and tcere 1* Ins* than a gallon, Ood knows It, and he calls upon hi* recording angel to mark It, "So much wanting In that niciisiira of oil." The farmer conic* in from the country, lie has apple* to sell. Ho has an Imperfect measure. He pour* out the apples from this Imperfect mean- ore. Ood recofcnlMt it. He says to the recording angel, " Mark down so many apples too few an Imperfect measure." We may cheat ourselves, and we may cheat the world, but we cannot cheat Qod, and In the great day of judgment It will be found out that what we learn- ed In boyhood at school U correct that 80 hundredweight makes a ton and 1BO solid feet make a cord of wood. No more, no leu. And a religion which doe* not take hold of this life a* well a* the life to come U no religion at all. Weighing Principles. But, my frlunds, that 1* not the style of balance* I am to t>puak of to-day; that Is not the kind of weights and measures. I am to speak of that kind of balances which wulgh principles, weigh churches, weigh men, weigh nations and weigh worlds. "What!" you nay, "I* It posslbls that our world I* to be weighed?" Yes. Why, you would think If Ood pnt on one side of the balances suspended from the throne the Alps and the Pyrenees and the Himalayas and Monnt Washington and all the cities of the earth they would crush It No. no! The time will come when Ood will sit down on ths whit* throne to ere the world weighed, and on one ilde will be the world'* opportunities and on the other side the world'* (Ins. Down will go the sins, and away will go the opportunities, and Ood will say to the messenger* with the torch: "Burn that worlil! Weighed and found wanting!" So Ood will weigh churches. He takes a great church. That church, great according to the worldly estimate, must be weighed. He put* ti on on* side the balances and the minister and the choir and the building that cost Its hundreds of thousands of dollars. He puts them on one side the balances. On the other (Ida of the scale he put* what that church ought to be, what Its consecration ought to be, what It* sympathy for the poor ought to be, what Its devotion to all good ought to be. That Is on one side. That side comes down, and the church, not being able to stand the test, rises In ths balances. It does not make any difference about your magnificent machinery. A church Is built for one thing to save souls. If It sares a few souls when It might save a multitude of souls. Ood will spew It out of his mouth. Woigfaed and found wanting! So we porovlvo that Ood estimates na- tions. How many times be has put the Spanish monarchy Into the scales and found It Insufficient and condemned III The French empire wa* placed on on* side of the scales, and Ood weighed the French empire, and Napoleon said: "Have I not enlarged the boulcvardsT Did I not kindle the glories of the Champ* KlyseesF Have I not adorned the Tullerlesr Have I not built the glided o|x>ra house f" Then Qod weighed the nation, and he put on one side the scales thn Kmperor, and the boulevards, and the 1 nil. TI.-S, and the Champ Elysees, and the gilded opera house, ami on the other stiln he put* that man's abomina- tions, that man's libertinism, that man'* w<ltlshnoss, that man's godless ambition. This last came down, and all the brilli- ancy of the Heene vanished. What Is that voice coming up from Sedan? Weighed and found wanting? I -...., l A|>pllrlln. But I must become more Individual and more personal in my address Some ]N>ple lay they do not think clergymen ought to be personal In their religious address, but ought to denl with subject* In the abstract. I do not think that way. What would you think of a hunter who should go to the Adlrondacks to (hoot ileer In the abstract? Ah, not lie loads the gun ; he puts ths butt of It against his breast, he runs his eye along the barrel, he take* sure aim, and then crash go the antlers on the rook*! > ml so, If we want to be limit. TS for the U>ni. w* must i. ike sure aim and II rv \.r In the abstract are we to truat things In religions discussions. If a physician comes Into * M.-Uni.iin, does be treat dlseass In the aim met? No; he feels the pulse, makes the diagnosis, then be writes the presortp- tlon. And, If we want to heal soul* for thl* life and the life to come, we do not want to treat them In the abstract. The fact Is, you and I have a malady which. If uncured by grace, will kill us forerer. Now, I want no abstraction. Where!* ths balm? Where I* the physician f People say there Is a day of judgment coming. My friends, every day I* a day of judgment, and yon and I to-day are Iii-Ing canvassed, Inspected, weighed. Here are the balances of the sanctuary. They are llftnd, and we must all be weighed. Who will oauie and be weighed first? Here is a moralist who volunteers. He ts one of the most upright men In the coun- try. He comes. "Well, my brother, get In get Into the balances now, and bs weighed." liut a* ho get* Into the bal- ance* I say, "What Is that bnmlls yon have along with you?" "Oh," he says, ' "that ts my irputatlon for goodness and . kindness and charity and generosity and | kindliness generally." "Oh, my brother, wo cannot weigh that; we are going to weigh yon you. Now stand In the scales you, the moralist. Paid your debts?" " \ .," you say, "paid all my debts." "Have you acted In an upright way la the community V" " Yea, yes." "Have you been klud to the pour? Are you faith- ful In a thousand relations In life?" "Yes." "So far, so good. But now, be- fore you get out of this scale. I want to ask yon two or three questions. Have your thoughts always been right?" "No," you say, "no." Put down one mark. "Havs you loved the Lord with 11 your heart and soul and mind and strength?" "No. "you gay. Make another mark. "Come, now, be frank, and con- fess that in ten thousand things yon havs corns short have you not?" ''Yes." Make ten thousand marks. Come. now. get me a book large enough to make the record of the morali(t'( deficits. My brother, stand In the scale*; do not fly away from them. I put on your ilds the scales all the good deeds you ever did, all the kind word* yon ever uttered, but on the other side ths scale* I put this weight which God say* I must put there on ths other side the scales and opposite to yours I put this weight, "By the deeds of the law shall no flesh living U justified. " Weighed and found wanting. >> f th *Biotaary. Still the balances of the sanctuary ars suspended, and we are ready to weigh any who come. Who shall bs the next? Well, here U a formalist. He comes, and he gets Into the balances, and a* he gets In I see that all hi* religion 1* in genu- flect ions and In outward observances. A* he get* into ths seals* I say, "What U that yon have In this pocket?" "Oh," he says, "that is Westminster Assembly Catechism." I lay: "Very good. What have you in the other pocket?" "Oh," he says, "that 1* the Heidelberg Cate- chism." "Very good. What U that yoa have under your arm ttandlng In this balance of the sanctuary?" "Oh," he ays, -'that Is a church record." "Very good. What are these book* on your side the balances?" "Ob," he says, "thus* are 'Calvin's Institutes.' " "My brother, we are not weighing books; we are weighing you. It cannot be that yon ars depending for your salvation upon your orthodoxy. Do yon not know that ths creed* and the forms of religion are mere- ly the scaffolding for the building? Yon certainly are not going to mistake ui.i scaffolding for the temple. Do yon not know that men have gone to perdition with a oatocblsra In their pocket?" "But," says the man. "I cross myself often." "Ah, that will not save you, " "But," says the man, "I am sympathetic for the poor." "That will not save you." Says the man, "I sat at the communion table." "That will not savs you." "But," say* the man, "I have had my name on the church record." "That will not save you." "But I have been a pro- fessor of religion 40 years." "That will not save yon. Stand there on your sids the balance*, and 1 will give vou the ad- vantage I will let you have all the creeds, all the church records, all the Christian conventions that were erer held, all the communion table* that were ver built, on your side the balance*. On the other side the balance* I mast put what Ood say* I must put there. I put this million pound weight on the other id* the balances. 'Having the form of godliness, but denying the power there- of.' " Weighed and found wonting. 11.. I .i.i Herullur. Bat I must go faster and speak of the final scrutiny. The fact Is, my friends, we are moving on amid astounding reali- ties. These poises which are now drum- ming the march of life may after awhile call halt. We walk on a hair-hung bridge over chasms. All around us are dangers lurking, ready to spring on a* from ambush. We He down at night, not knowing whether we shall arise In the morning. We start out for our occupa- tton, not knowing whether we shall com* back crown* being burnished for thy brow or bolt* forged for thy prison: angels of light ready to shout at thy da- I llveranoe or fiend* of darkness stretching i out skeleton hands to pull the* down into ruin consummate ! Suddenly the judgment will b* here. The angel, with one foot on the sea and the other foot on the land, will swear by nlui that liver h forever and ever that time shall bo no longer: "Behold, b* oometb with clouds, and every eye shall see him." Hark to the jarring of the mountain*. Why, that Is the setting down of the (coles, the balances. And then there Is a flash as if from a oloud, but It Is the glitter of the shining bal- ance*, and they are hoisted, and all nation* are to be weighed. The unfor- glven get In on this side the balances. They may have weighed themselves and pronounced a flattering derision. The world may havs weighed them and pro- nounced thorn moral. Now they are being weighed In Ood's balances the balances that can make no mistake. All the prop- erty gone, all the titles of distinction one, all the worhlly successes gone, there is a soul, absolutely nothing but a soul, i an Immortal soul, a never dying soul, a soul (tripped of all worldly advantages | a soul on one side the scales. On the other side the balance* are wasted Sab- baths, disregarded sermons, 10,000 oppor- tunities of mercy and pnrdon that were oast aside. Thuy are on the other aid* ths note*, and there Qod stands, and. In ths pnvmnce of men and devils, cherubim and archangel, he announces, whlls groaning earthquake and crackling con- flagration and judgment trumpet and everlasting storm repeat It, "Weighed and found wanting." All MM. I I,. \\ .l t h.d But say some who are Christians: "Certainly you don't mean to say that we will have to get Into the balances? Our sins are all pardoned; onr title t* heaven Is secure. Certainly yon are not going to pnt us In the bul.incns?" "Yes, my brother, we must all appear be.'ore the judgment seat of Christ, and on thai day you are going to be weighed. Oh, follower of Christ, yon gut Into the bal- ances! The bell of the judgment Is ring- Ing. You must get Into the balances. You get In on thl* sldo. On the other (Ide the balances we will place all the opportunities of good which you did not Improve, all tha attainment* In piety which you might have bod, but which you reinsert to take. We place them all on the other side. They go ilown, and your soul rise* In the wain You cannot weigh against all those. ImjierfivtloiK, Well, then, ws must glru you the advant- age, and on your *lUu the seals w* will I M Yes. plane all the good deed* yon have ever done and all the kind word* you have ever uttered. Too light yt! Well, w* must put on your side all the consecra- tion of your life, all the holiness of your life, all the prayers of your life, all the faith of your Christian life. Too light yet! Come, mighty men of the past, and get In on that side the scales. Come, Pay- sun and Doddrldge and Baiter, get In on that side the scales and make them come down that this righteous one may be saved. They come and they get in the scales. Too light yet ! Come, the martyr*, the Latlmen, the Wycllf*. the men who offered at the stake for Christ. Oet in j on thi- side the Christian'* balances and if yon cannot help htm weight it arigh- . They come and get in. Too light! Come, angels of Ood on high. Let not the righteous perish with the wicked. They get In on thl* side the balances. Too light yet! I put on this side the bal- ance* all the scepter* of light, all the throne* of power, all the crowns of glory. Too light yet! But just at that point Jesus, the Son of Ood, comes up to the balances, and bs puts one of hi* scarred feet on your side, and the balances begin | to tremble from top to bottom. Then h* : put* both of hi* scarred feet on the bal- ances, and the Christian's side comes down with a stroke that sets all the bell* of heaven ringing. That Rock of Ags* heavier than any other weight! Christ Uai w.i c h. All. Bnt say* the Christian, "Am allowed to get off so easily?" some one should corns and pnt on the other (Id* the scales all your imperfec- tions, all your envies, all your jealousies, all your inconsistencies of life, they would not budge the scale* with Christ on your side the scales. Qo free! There is no condemnation M them that are IB Christ Jesus. Chains broken, prison house* opened, sins pardoned. Qo free I Weighed In ths balances and nothing, nothing wanted. Oh, what a glorious bopel Will you accept it this day? Chris* making up for what you lack. Christ ths atonement for all your sins. Who will accept him? Will not thl* whole audience say; "I am insufficient, I am a sinner. I am lost by reason of my transgressions, but Christ has paid it all. My Lord and my Ood, my life, my pardon, my hea- T*n. Lord Jesus, I hail thee!" W* go awar off or back into history to get some Illustration by which we may ast forth what Christ has done for us. W* need not go so far. I saw a vehicle behind a runaway horse *1h'"g through th* street, a mother and her two children In th* carriage. The horse daahed along as though to hurl them to death, and a mounted policeman, with a shout clear- Ing th* way, and .be bores at fall run, attempted to seize those runaway horses to save a calamity, when his own horse fall and rolled over him. He was picked up half dead. Why were our sympathies so stirred? Becanse he was badly hurt and hurt for others. Bnt I toll you to- day of how Christ, th* Son of Qod. on the blood red horse of sacrifice, came for our rescue and rode down th* sky and rod* unto death for our rescue. Ars not your hearts touched? That was a saerlflos for you and me O tbou who didst rid* on th* rel horse of sacrifice, come and ride throuch this world on th* white of victory! A WRECKED HOME. A cloud had gathered over home that was a model of com- fort and refinement. Inherited tendency had asserted itself in the head of a loving little fam- ily, a young man of education, promise and talent. Stimu- lants had been part of his treat- ment during a temporary sick- ness, and he returned to hi* business the victim of a fierce passion for strong drink. The curse had not yet wiped out his manhood, and he loved his wife and baby boy with intense devotion. Returning home one evening with unsteady step and reeling brain, he met his loved ones at :he door, and, as ha had often don* before, snatched the laughing little one from his mother's arms and swung him upwards in play. This time the cruel In- dulgence had weakened the formerly strong grasp, and tha mother shrieked as she saw her darling slip from the pal- sled hands and strike heavity on the hard pavement beyond of her darling and realized that the husband she loved had made her childless in his drunken folly, her mind gave way. To-day she moans and weeps in hopeless insanity, and the father wanders an outcast, still enslaved by the fell curs* that wrecked a happy house- hold in that one cruel blow. Is there a man that will not exert i oil the power that God has given him and use every aid within his reach to rid himself of even the chance of being th slave of so infernal an evil a/ the appetite for drink? The Samaria Prescription is felt instantly. It first decreases and then removes the desire for liquor, gradually making it distasteful. At the same Urn* !t repairs and builds up the nervous system. It Is the re- sult of thirty years' of ripe ex- perience, and where it is takan or administered as directed failure is impossible. The Prescription is a horn* treatment no hypodermic injections, no loss of time from business. Its price is in the reach of all. The money spent on liquor in a couple of days by the ordinary drinker will curs him for ever of the habit and restore him and his family to health and happiness. A lady whose name we omit writes: "My husband wa* a terrible drinksr, and ws were fast going to ruin, as h* failed In business and had to take a posi- tion, bat could never keep on* on account of hi* bad drinking habit*. I heard *f th* Samaria Prescription and, a* yoa know, sent for it. and I am glad to (ay II has entirely cured bin. He is a changed man and what he u*ed to be before this habit took hold of him. I cannot toll yoa how truly thankful I am." These are the kind of letters we are receiving every day. We encourage correspondence and treat it as sacredly conn, dential. The Prescription is harmless and almost tasteless, and dis- solves in water, tea, coffee, soup, or any liquid. The Samaria Prescription Is sold at druggists, or sent In plain wrapper, with full direc- tions, to any address for $3.OO. Remit by P.O. or express order, or registered letter. Parties wishing to conceal their iden- tity when remitting may writs us for our private address. SAMARIA REMEDY CO., Jordan St., Toronto, On*. the high steps on which they stood. As the stricken woman sobbed over the crushed corpse , The R.H-H.d. Mao. Great deal of truth Is contained tat thl* Id rwfrnla, but not all th* truth. II to well to be self-reliant, and to hav* oon- fldonoo In one's ability to accomplish th* labors aad duties of life, bnt tb* best *f us ar*. M a great extant, dependant upon tbe help, support and comforts of others, Man. in spite of his oft boast In a. ts very helpless animal when he attempts to stand alone. Krum the cradle to the grave, there are time* when *ren Uf* ttealf lie* in hand* of onr fellowmen. " I oan take care of myself, " says es starting out In lit*, BUtseed with OooV glven bealth, and a certain amount of ability and perseverance, h* pushes out Into the stream of life, with confidence. With ambitions stroke* h* turns Ms beat Into th* ourrent and glide* iwirtly oa- ward His olear intellect and physical for** enabl* him to pass other* less tavored. Th* praise and aduilrattoo *f the on look- ers reaches his ear* and a* plume* biav self oo his great ability, while his heart surely hardens against the woe* and Mr- raws of his brother. H* admire* hlinssif a* "a stlf-Baad* man." So th* -rear* now on. By th* world ho U called "a sooosiful mam." When ha* attention 1* oallsd to tbe wrecks that Us OB the recks that abound U th* river of life, b* has no word or taeught of pity for ths unfortunate. "There's no uw la helping those fol- lows," he answers. "Set them afiaat aad pot them back Into the omrrant to-day, and they'll be bock oa Ih* rook* to- morrow L*k at me ! I had no on* t* help -no. I'm a self-mad* man." Hew mooh hotter it ls to be a God- made mam. To bs able to say with Paul: "I oan do all thing* through Christ," He who relies on self through life surely find* it a poor support la th* hour of death. Our Hilf-oonfldenoe may serve us in fair weather, but. when th* flood* lift up their awful voices, when dtwth ride* oa the gain; then money, popularity, re- spectability, cannot savo us. Our only hops lies tn Him who hushed th* storm, and said tc the angry water*, "Peace, ho PRIM OF TBEJJBERALS Faithfully Adhered to in the Redistribution Bill. THE BILL'S FEATURES Adherence to County Boundaries and Commission of Judges. Ottawa, May 90. The long looked-for redistribution bill wa* brought down ysotm risy afternoon by Sir Wilfrid Laur- lar. He explained that the measure was designed to remove the worst failures of | the gerrymander bill, and that the county and municipal boundaries are to be re- stored. Tbe division of ooantle* into rid- ing* te to be left in the bands of a com- mission of judges. Sir Charles Tipper denounced the measure most unsparingly and provoked from tbe Premier a most vigorous response. -Ill W1LKI1> LAITKIKB, I>troUur4 the I n "f Redistribution at ~wmt. The Prime M'nUter. Sir Wilfrid Laar- ter, in rising to introduce tne rvjistribu- tion bill, said: "My boo. friend and col- league, the PoMinaster-Gvnttral (Mr. Mulock). being unavoidably absent to- day, I have undertaken, with the view of expediting business and In order not to disappoint the VITT legitimate impatience of the public with rvgard to the measure wht-h stands In bis name, to present It to the House. I may say at once that th* object wt- have in view in presenting this bill U rot to make a total rcdisri of the electoral districts nmlrr whi.-h the House of Commons Is now cunstitntnl. W* dt?ui that It would not be t*rpt*lient a* thi* time u do that; but undo so far a* we can the more glaring violations of a principle which w.- have always hold and which has always been universallv belt! by public opinion In this country to be a fundamental principle of - sentatinn in thl* country. "We think it 1s a principle which wtU eommend Itself universally to ruibhr opinion that the basis of rtprest ntatu m in this House should be the municipal county organization. It is in thu r.- Uon of all the iwniber* of this Huue that this principle was to a largv extent intsrfervu with by the Knllstrlbution Act of 1888. That act wa* a violatiou uf the principles which had prevailed up to that time, and maintained, not alone by the Liberal puny, but by the Conserva- tive party as wvlL There an- many well- known reasons why thu municipal 'county organisation should be preserved as the basis of rvproMentation, and I can t do better upon this point than to quote th* language of Sir John A. Matilonald. when tbe flnt redistribution ait after Confederation was Introduced in - Sir John A. MactlonalU at that time went over the iiuextlon vary fully ami gave In graphic lang\iag*> thu reasons, to woich there wa* no dissent expruum'J at that time, why th* munk-lpal county organi- sation should be Iniil uown as the basis of reprwen Wttton . ' ' Blr Jhi. >l*c-d*n*ld' Opm,..,. It Is *>slrrd. as mtfh sa pomlbl*. to k**p tbr rrprcwntatloe within IDC eouaty so that eucb cuuntj mat 1* a nuulctpallty uf Ontario buulu be rv- pn>s*ntnl unit If It b. tur Urgr mourn that It should b* divided Intu ruling*. Tost principle ls rnrrimi out In tb* sufgrstluus I am about to mske. That rule wss limken ID 1807 la three con- stituencies, namely. Bothwell. Canlwell and lloack. and 1 do nut tbink no to* whole tbat tbe experiment bus proved a socresuful one. 1 do not think it wss iiiioucerssful as far at Ibo represeota,- tiM- of those, new conttlfurocle* them- selves were '-oncerneu. *s they are well and *blr repreeeuteU by tbe gentlemen wbo now bold cents tor tbe cvutltu- enclea. soil I hope last If I am return- ed again to tbe next Parliament 1 sball meet those aonoruhlv member*. But it ts obvious tbat there 1s a icrvat ad- vantage la hattiif .i.nilc elrt-t men whom tber know Our tuuiil, ir>alit!ea give an admirable opportunity tuKoon- stltneuctes to select men for tbelr Ue- serts. We all know the process whl.-u bap pllv foe* un In \V,-.i,m Cnnada. \ young mnn In a count v roiiiuien<-e hi pui.ii. lift by being eWt.M by tbe aelybuor*. who know hlui. to the Mwii- sblp couiu-h. If hi- thorn 4 himself pos- sessed of aJinhiNtntiii- uhlMty he Is saade reeve or deputy n><-\ ,- .if the town- ship. He become* s iiii-iutT o( tbe county council, ami as In- i \periem-e Increases an<l his chnraeter ami .I'llllTy becomes known, ho n ielecte.1 hy hi* people ss their representative in Parlia- ment. It Is, I think, a grand system that the people of Canada should bar* the opportunity of ch'K<alng for politi- cal promotion the im-u In whom tbey have niont cona\leiu-e ami of wbooe ability they are fully insured. All that great advantage Is lost by cuttliiif off a portion of twi severs! counties and adding them together fur , purposes only. Thoe pori ions so cut off have no common Interest, they do not meet together, snd they have no . I'tnii""! fe-'Mug exeept that on -e In rive yam they go to tbe polls In their own township to vole fbr a ai.iu who nuiv I" 1 kncwn In nnr section in, I not in .-mother Tbls tend* towards tbe In- tr. iM.ilon and development of the Am- erican >tem of raucuaes, by which wire fillern take adventurers for their v only, and not from any ,,,. r ,, i| r. ,,,^-t f pr them. So thar. a nuicli a* possible, from any point of view. It I- S'lvUabli' that counties should refune nieu whoa, they Oo not know, and when the representation Is increased It should lie by sub dividing tbe counties into rldlnrs. I'ontlnuln*. Si- Wilfrid laid: "Now. from ihp wistlnm of thss* remarks nobody will di*<ent. It Is tnio that the redistri- bution bill of ISSJ. which was Introduce! while Sir John \ M.v.tlonaUl was IB office, wa* not drnwn uuon tbexe line*, but while the principle was departed from on tbat orva>nm. Sir Joh A. Siac- donsid did nor. so far as my memory goes, eipre** any views at all diff.-ring from those be hail expressed on tbe previ- ous occasion, I think the <-ountryat large will be pn-parnd to com* back to the adoption of ': <* views. I may sar at onre that this is the. gntdtng principle whloh vr have adonbid In prorjoaing the modification whtc h we intend to propose. to the Redistribution Act. A* I u! a moment ago. we do not Intend at this time to undo the old representation act; we Intend to deal with it only far an W necessary In order to do away with tht mo-it glaring violations of the principle which was laid down ad a cardinal and guiding principle m 1S73. "There Is another principle which, we think, ought to prevail whenever redis- tribution of constltiienrie* U to be mstde. ing to tha Constitutional Act it tbe duty of Parliament, after every new census, to makj a redistribu- tion. U it were simply an optional duty there would not he w much force, in the contention which I intend to advance, but a* It i* a mandatory, an imperative duty imposed upon Purl lament by tbe constitution Itself, it became all tbe sore Important that we should adhere to tbe well-known principles hitherto laid down and accepted, when It becomes tb* duty of Parliament to interfere, in any way with the representation of the House of Com men . The first principle that we lay down, a* I said a moment ago is that municipal'rounty orxanizntlon should be the basis of repn*entation, and the consequent pr.nriple of this one is that county municipal organization shoold not be interferm! with, and that bound- ary line? -should not be interfered with. 'If thd population of a county should become -) small, att-onltna; to the develop- ment of *he population in other counties, s to no :oniw jutify it to be n primeinl- ed by one man on th* floor of tbe House of Commons, then we bold that county should not be -n-panted ptecsnwsU. but tbat It should be annexed to the neigh- boring county, its was done in several Instances in this H >u*- in Cornwall and Stomiont. Niagara and Lincoln, Three Kiveri and I Hi ;ri<>*. Chambly and Vercheres, Xaplerville and laprairie. St. John and Iberville. In all of these cases tbe population of the* counties had t h.- privilege of sending on member to the Hou of Commons, but tbe population had become so small, relatively" to the population of other count*-' it was thought advisable to deprtv* diem of th* privilege that they has! up to that time of ending each on- member to tb* House of Commons. 'In these case* county lines wer* not Interfered with, but theoe counties wens combined toffether to form one single electoral district. We have thought tbat when each a ca. arise-*, this is a prece- dent which we have already ,-lo-ely adhered to. This is a cm.se whloh I brlii-re U not likely to ariw very often a case that Is more likely to arise where tb* population of a county may become *o Lu-)( that It will be entitled to more than one repreHentative. I'mler r"-h circum- stances. It ts iir-ivid.-.! tbat a cuunry may be divided Into ruling*, on the principle we want to lay down, nnl which we do act upon, which is. that whenever <n>uu- tles have to be divided into rioting*, whenever a county which up u.> that time Is entitled to one member become* en- titled to two or three members, th*> divi- sion should take place by judicial deci- sion and authority. This Is the principle upon which w ba-ss the bill tbat wo in- troduce to this Unu< now. i hrfir ! i.i* Bill. "After these preliminary observations as to tbe guiding principles upon which we have acted. 1 will uow procwtl to give to the House tr.it character of fre bill which we have introduced, i may say at flrst, keeping in view the main observation* with which I started, thai it is not our intention to have a general redistribution, bat sirrply ts ando cer- tain wrong* that we think were done M the people, and cnrtain of tht more glar- ing violations nhlrh too*: place hi regard to the principle we bold as sacred. "It Is not tbe Intention to hare any disturbance at present in ihe following constituencies: Ottawa, Carleton. Add- ingtun. Durham. Krontenac, Glengarry. Urenvllle. ILolbin. Uariting*. Klniroton. Lanark. Leeds, l^ennox. Nlplsalng, North- umberland, PeWTboro. Hrtnc* Kdward, Kenfrew. Knasell, Monuont and Corn- wall. Victoria snd Waterloo. The** re- main undisturbed. "In the remarks which I quoted a moment ago. Sir John Macdonald said that county lines bad been interfered with in three Instance* at Confederation that Is to say. in the caaesof Car-dwell, Monck and Bothwell. The House. It neems. agreeing with Sir John Macdon- ald. has already caused Monck to be redistributed. It \* proposed on this occa- sion that Bothwell, Cardwell. West On- tario should disappear It Is proponed, also, that MlddSwex. which now returns four members, shall only return three for what Is now the four constituencies, which at the same time shall be replaoed by giving representation to the County of UunVrln and tbe electoral district of Tarry Sound, and two additional mem- bers for Kent, Ontario." Mr. Bergeron 1 hat will be three members for Kent? The Prime Minister Yes: that takes out part of Bothwell. Tbs bill proposes M restor* county lines to the following counties: Brunt. Bruce, Klgln. Grey, Haldlmand. Huron, Kent. Lambtou, Lanark, Middlesex, Norfolk. Ontario, Oxford, 1'eel. Simcoe, Wellaod, Welling- ton. Wentworth and York. "To glT* these repretssntstlon. tb t de- tails would have to bo as follows, taking the chanm* which I have Just Indicated: The lectoral district of ths City of Lon- don shall consist of tbe City of London, and thall return one member. Tbe elec- toral district of the City of Hamilton shall consist of the City of Hamilton, ami htll return two members. "The electoral dltri.-J of the City of I" 'ivnto shall conl*t of the City of To- ronto, and shall lv divided Into four etntoral districts. en.-h uf which shall rvtnrn one ineintvr. Ihe Counties of Dutlcrin. Haldlmand, Llnivln, Peel. Welland and Wenfworth, aiMl th territorial districts of Muakoka snd the territorial district of Parry bound, ahull each be an electoral district, and sball each return one member "The Counties of Brant, Elgin. Lamb- ton. Norfolk. Ontario. Oxford and Perth shall each be divided into two electoral district*, and will >_-h return one mem- ber. 'The Counties of Kent. Huron, Brno* r Middlesex, .-imroe Wellington pnd York sball each be divided uito three electoral district*: each of the** districts (ball return one member. 1 h Jurtn-i ., IKTI.IOB. "In tbe three following sections, which we have inserted In the bill, are the pro- vision* in regard to the judicial division of tbe counties into rulings: Where, under the foregoing provisions. any county or . : 1- in be .tnMi Into ore than oiu- . . dlstrlet. sui-b -loan shall IK- made by a Board of Cummlsi*l<.>a>Tv - of it least three peruwns. belns Judges of tbe preme Court of J'ld.catur- for Ontario, wbo. for tbe purnone, shall be appointed by letter* patent under tbe great seal. and who shall divide tbe rity uf Toronto au. I each such county iur. tb.' nuiuiier "f ! liis act asaign- eil to them, respect! v-- v The letters pstent appointing tbe com- atlasioaera sball rv.j . .umisfioo- rr- :n making the division* to consider tbe 'tls'rihatlon of population arconlinc to tbe last Dominion <-ens'is. the public convenience, ami r. -!i !: '-i..n as ap- pear to them best calculated tu tbe sub- stantial J'; In case uf tbe death or resignation or refnMl uf any one or more of such. rommtMloners to aet. a successor, or snrreMora, sball In like manner be ap- pointed. Tbe i-omrallnnT ha!1 .-ompiete such divisions wlrhlu a time lilted bv said -full r>- port rafh dlvlsl State, making * sens i-ic h ele. them, snd hn tbe boTindsrleii of the to whi.-h n.-h re|Mir-- nanlcipa asslfn an.! ipp- i'riate tbe upon r.-.-ei if the - -ritor elenoml d ntv of T -irt as to so aet iipart by th In nrh report nl .r.trl"s ind the -in. and T tO 1 e Beer- .- if S rams~Ul* compl-l- aid insi tbe respective as h- provisions '-"me snd . ' mt - h ~,.. .ml alu-ri been i:.-b by thl* act. " Let me say tbi*. that section 18 I* imply to provide that this bill (hall not con-e Into force, so long as tbe nreoont Parliament continue*, but shall come Into force only at the dissolution of this Parl lament." Sir Charles Topper The last portion? Tbe Prime Minister The whole of this bill IMs is sr.-Ti.in - Wethlng- u-n-.n .-. ctalned shall operate i- Hun of tie ! -w exist until t^e diaaolutloa ef prescat Parlia- ment Sir Chari.ii Tupper But the judicial arrantrertti-nt applies to this bill. Iho Pi-i-ne MinUter Yes, It 1* a part of thi-i lill Koch report shall b* signed jy ih cummisHinnersi. or. in case of di- Ok-eement. by a puj.>rity of the commls- tuner*. wM*B shall 1 < the retx>rt of the commission Koch separate report shall be publish.-.] in I'he Oinada Claoults fonhwitn alter its receipt thereof by the Secretary of State. These or* all the provisions in regard to this point. "In rufptrd to tne Province of Qtx-bK. it 1* not p-oposed to make aoy altera- tions in tbe representation a* It exist* to- day, except in so far as 1s neossaary to bring back tb* different municipalities which bad been transferred tn the Redis- tribution Ait of : ss,- from one county to another. Thus the parish of Lavaltrle, wblch fur the purposes, municipal, judi- cial and otherwise, belongs to tbe County of Berthier. but wblch by tbe act of 1 SS3 wa* transferred from Borthler to L' As- sumption, will be restored to the County of Berthier. Tbe same applies to the Indian village of Caugbnawaga. Tb* Indian Tillage and ruaurvu at Catighna- waga U transferred from tbe electoral district of Caughnuwa-a to the electoral district of Laprain.- .ind Naplerville " Mr. Bergeron What about Caughna- woga; under the new Franchise Act th* Indian* have no rtitht to vote? The I'rlii-H Minister They have DO more right to vote, and I do nut think It affect-si the case one wity or another. But. In onlt-r to be consiaent, w* (-ace faus iiaworf.i when* It belong*, .\tp.--srnt it I* Immaterial whether it is Cbattautfuar or Laprairie. or anywhere else, because tb* Indians have DO right to vote. " The parish of Locollv, together with tbe Island* *ituate>! in the River Riche- lieu, opposite thereto, is transferred from tbe electoral district of Mis-ii*)uol to the electoral district of St. Jean and Iberrille. Tho parish of Lacolle. for all purpose*, municipal and judicial, belongs to the County of St John, and ought to belontf to 1*. "The parishes of Notre Dams de >tan- brtdgu and Sto. An^es do Stanbrtdg*, higetbor with tho Ul.ind situated in ths River Richelieu, opposite thereto, ar* '.transferred from thf electoral district of St. John and Ibervllle to the electoral district at Miss,<*nnn. "The parish of St. Pie Is transferred from tbe electoral district of Kouvllle M tbe electoral district of Bajjot. I he* nar.sh of Sr M im-1 is tmnjtforred from tbe electoral district of Bagot to tbe electoral district of Klchelicu. " I'ho parish of Si *.-:; -no de Oran- tham, now In th- district of Kagot, Is tmnsferrtil to ihe doctoral dis- trict of Ih-uinniiiiiil .in.l Arthubaaca. It belonirs to Druniniott.l C unity fur all purpxMO* judicial municipal and other- electoral purposes. They belong to th* County of Yamaaka. "Trie parishes of St. Enlalia and St. Samuel shall be in and form part of tb* electoral ai-srrict of Nkolet. All that part uf toe township of Stanfoid. too. with th* U' lots in tbe three first ranges of ths said township which formed part of tbe parish of Notre Dame de Loitrde, are transferred from the electoral district of Urummond and Artbabasca to the elec- toral district of Megautic. All thi* for th* same reason. Now. ooming to tbe Province of Prince Kdward Island, sab-section 6 of section '-' of chapter 1 1 of tbe statutes of \Thich n-l.-rs to P.E.L. U repealed and the following substituted so a* M . then, as elsewhere, county lines. "In tbe Province of P.K.L there shall be three electoral duo-lets, de*inated aJ follows: "The doctoral district of Prince, which hall consiM of tbe County of Prince, and shall return two member*. "Tbe electoral district of Queen's, which shall consist of tbe County of Queen's, and shall return two members, I'he electoral district of Sing's, which consists of to* County of King's, and shall return one member. "With regard to tbe Province of New Bruns-wick. no changes or* contemplated. with the exception of tbe City of Sv John, which, a* everybody kn r.v*. i* in a peculiar condition. An elector in th* >f St. John ha* two vote*. H* looas .r the City of St. John. :ind then be votes for a member f >r tbe City and Counrv of !-t. John. It is propo-d to do tw:ty with thl* unom.ilT .ind to have two ral district*, one for the Ory of St. and one for the John. Section J i.f 'hi- : taf at JaWebr reueiUed and .in-.. ' -'li/ oat sub-swtion B and snbstitTitlng tb* follow in g The electoral 'Itotrlct of tbe County -. John shall ounalt '. tbe Cuuaty Nothing herein contained sball operate so an to change tbe luustitutum of tae ele<-toral Jltrict as they now . nntll tbe diaaolntlon of th* present Parliament. ' 1 he*.-. Mr Speaker ore the provisions of the bill which we intend to propose. I hope they will recommend themselves to ail side* 'of this House and above all to tbe country, and I therefore move tbe first reading of this bilL" Mr. Mac Donald (Kings. P E. L) Might I ask the leader of tbe Government if it is tho Intention to have two mem- bers for Prince, P.K.I., and two for Queen'*. P K. I . running together a* formerly and one for King's. P.K.L? The Prime Mini".-s Ves. A S TIME. A Quebec Farmer Suffered For Nearly Ten Years. last tho B**l f M....rl Trcat Trl>d Without BcnrUt Ur. Will.i.' riok rills tar*4t Him. The obssrvator* on Mont Blanc has bad to be transferred to another side of ths umcitt. a* in it* fo-mer place it was al- most impossible to keep It above th* .now A *w back for CO teat*. Killer** Kidney PU* sod Plaster. A ar >.{. Fanny I think it will interest her t* bear of Jack. Amy Decidedly! I've heard her say that she never wanted his name mentioned in her prsssnce again. . u*,.s iUu*ci :n neglecting a cold. Many who have died of consumption da:*d their troubles fr 'in exposure, followed by a cold which settled on their lungs, and ID a short time they were, beyond th* skill of th* bent physician. H.ul tbey uied Bickle's Anti-Conaumptive Syrup, insfore it was too late, their itvm would bav* been spared. Thi* medic in* lias no equal (or curing cougbs, co.ds and all affections of ths throat and lungs. Sir John Story, of Maryland. Co.. Que.. i* well known to all thsreaV dent.s of that section, and his rare from an unusually severe attack of rheumaBsnt by the usr of Dr. Williams' Pink Pill*. after all other remedies had failed, hat, at possible, added to ths popularity of tbi* favorite medicine. Mr S-ory give* tbs) following statement of his suffering and, cure. He any*: Som* ten years ago I was engaged in railroading on th* Lak*j ; Superior section of tb* C P R. I was ta- I poa*d to all kind* of weather, and as a re- mit sustained a severe attack of rn.iioia- I ti*m. which all but crippled me. and I which I suffered much agony. I i more than a hundred dollar* on doctor*) 1 and for medicine, but was gradually get- 1 ting worse and finally had to quit work. ' At this juncture th* doctor told m* that I h* did not think msdicin* could cor* me. and advised me to go to some hot tprtnir*. I took his advice and went to th* Ham*- ton Hot --pring* in British Columbia, wher* I remained for eight week* under tb* ear* of th* boos* pbvtician. but ex- perienced no benefit. I then went over to Tacoma and took a course at ths Green K:ver Hot Spring*, but with no bitter re- sult. Completely discouraged I rwturned to my bom* In Quebec nd went to farm- ing, but the rheumatism bothered tn so much that I could tcarcely do .inv work. Dr. Williams' Pink I'll'.i wore recom- mended to m* and I decided to giv* thm a trial. After taking a few box** 1 found they wer* helping me and I "out.nued their us* until I had taken sixteen box**. by which time *rery ve*riire of th* trouble which bad <: tiered m* ' -r yean, and had cost m* mo lunch money, bad disappeared. It is now mor* than a year and a baif in.-* I discontinued ths us* of tb* pills and during that time 1 bav* not bad tbe lightest symptom of th* 'rouble, which I regard as th* vary best evidence that the cure i* permanent ' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills arvatpedfi* for all Jiseaar* arising from on Impover- ished onditun of the blood or a shattered condition of th* nervous force*, tu-h a* St V;tus dance, locjmotor ataxia, rheu- matism, paralysis, sciatica. tb* after *9ecta of la gripp*. low of appetite, headache, dizxineas, chronic erysipelas, scrofula, etc. They ar* also a (peciflc for tb* troubloo peculiar to the female syatem, oorm-ting IrregTiLariti**. auppreui. os aaJ all forms ef fsmal* maik 111 building an*w the blood and resuu-ing the glow ef health to pal* and sallow cheeks. In th* cat* *f men they effect a radical cur* in all 'ins* anting from mental worry, overwork xces.se* of any natur*. Protect yourself against imitation* by insisting that every box you purchase bears tb* full name Dr Williams Fink Pills for Pale People If vour dealer d.sn not hav* them they wi'.l s- sent, post paid. at SO cents a box or six boxes for IS JO. by addressing I 1 -* IV William* Msdlcm* Co., Brockvill*. Ont At the Old staa. "Well, dad." *aid the returned soldlsr boy, 'I'm mustered. OUL" "Good fer you!" exclaimed the old man. The ole mule Is (tan 'in in the furrow, an tb* plow's tn the groun'. Oil ycr break- fas' an then muster tn. BUI muster in I' Atlanta Constitution. The parish** of St. Naraire am! St. Christino as muulcioallv contututed shall bs Included In the electoral district of Itogut, and tbat electoral ih-irict as reconstituted shall consist > , the town uf Ait/on, tho TUbtge of I'plon. ami the parishes of St. Amire d'. \cton. St. r~.ph.ralm JTpton. - ''. St. lliighi-H. St. Liboirv. St. Pie. St. - - raon, St. Theodore d'AiTon, .-6 '.Vmiiuicju*. -; Nasji "The parishes of St. Guillanm* d'Upton itnd St. |lo-i ivcnt-ire d'l are rr^Mn: i\ district of l>rt:iiniii)iiil and .V'.,i.tbnsra to the leotojral district f Yatr ka. That Is done- for all punuA-.s. t >x<vpt for Federal Had La Grippe. Mr A. Xickfron. Fanner, Hu:ion, writes: "Last wir-'.-r I bod 1. 1 it left tne with a ' ' : : i the small of my bock and . ;sed to catcii tne whenever I tr e.i to cl.inl) U-.i: two month~ when 1 tvniiht a uf Or Thomas' fcU-'.ectnc Oil and \\>v>( it Ixitli i.iteni:i'.ly .in>. externally, morn ag and eveinnt;. (or t h ree d.yi. at : he .v,p. ra- tion of wi..cii t.:e I was couipieUly cured." I Ui H>. Th* turkey wn> ttrrt discovered la America and was taken to England in th* early part of the sixteenth century Sine* then it has been acclimated in nearly all parts of the world A dose ,- ' M Powders occa- sional. y will k. .!ren health/. Yea.it They say T oodles' baby has her mother'* chin. Critusonbeak Indeed! I didn't know th* littU thitiit h . .t k VL liaard'i liniment Cures Buns, etc. Th* avcrag* ga* jet consume* flv* f*et of gas per hour. T B*UtlfT tllM 4 UMplltS. For tb* complexion and general health, drink (lowly half an hour before break- fast one larg* tumblerful ef water a* hot as you can swallow, and one* a week in- stead a tumblerful of n.ld witer la which a teaspoonful of common salt ha* been dissolved. This i* N-tti-r for th* com- plexion than any conmerlr. Anortier re- olpe t* the juice of half a lemon, a pint of warm water and one ounce of rote a:*r. $100 Reward, $100. Ths r*.!er of thi .% , r learn thai there Is a thai stienvi- has I- Mara and that i 'i '!,! Use only pu ilive i-ur n (.' urrh b.-i lllrnt HA>. - actin- face* of the svsi tri>ii-th : ..ling up ,- ni'.u- .:t ;., s have i> ; pawers. th ' > any case that It la A.i F. J. OHKVKT k CO.. Telnta, a trat- sur- _ f>* .T - s.v.il :>t lul / Lading lnlrt. "Dorothy ba.< given up all expectation* of getting married." "Ha* the quit crimping her hair'" "No: but she doetn t *av* cooking r* oipeiany more." A Lars* I >. Th* largest tree In tbe eastern hemla. phere. if not In ibe worid. t* a moniter chestnut standing at the foot of Mount Klba. The cuvunifcrrnco of ths main trunk at 60 feet from th* ground I* 8U liDird'! Lm meat for salt ferjt ben