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Â¥ * 4 ONTAEIO LEGISLATURE. The foUowing Bills were read the third time and pasbed ; T<3 inoofjiorate the Weaternf air Associa- tionâ€" Mr. jkleredith. To amend the Act inoorporatint; the Sandwich A Windsor passenger Raiiway Company â€" Mr. Balfour. For tiie protection of infant children â€" The Attorney-General. Mr. Balfour, moving the second reading of the Bill respectin^j the law of libel, said that while there had been lej^islation for every other class of the oommunity, there had not been since Confederation any legisla- tion in favor of the press. The Bill asked lor no lioeiuse. They asked only for liberty to discuss public matters fairly. At pre- «eut lawyers of no repute frequently brought groundless suits for libels against news- papers. It was objected that this Bill would deprive the poor man of the oppor- tunity for redress. But it was not the poor who uaually brought these speculative cases, but scoundrels and blackmailers. News- pai)er publishers often paid unjust claims to save themselves from being dragged ail OTer the Province to be tried. Hon. Oliver Mowat said that there might be some difference of opinion as to the deUils of the Bill. He had no objec- tion to the second reading. The Bill was read a second time and referred to a com- mittee comjxjsed of Messrs. Fraser, Hardy, Meredith, Creighlo<i, Stratton. French. O'Connor, Wood (Hastings). E. F. Clarke, Clarke (Wellington), Guthrie, Craig, Gib- son (Hamilton), Evanturel, Chisholm and Balfour. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill to amend the Act relating to the new Peirliamentary buildings, Mr. Fraser sUted that the architect's own figures for the cost of theinterior work, woodwork, painting, etc., on these buildings were 8:i'JH,000, this amount being additional to the amount of 3750,000 voted for the con •traction of the buildings themselves, and includeil all the work not covered by th. original contract. The Bill sanctioned the expenditure of the amount named for the above purposes. The Bill was read a second time and ad- Tknoed a stage. Tl» I'rovmcial Secretary's Bill, better to provide for the enforcement of the temper- ance laws, was recommitted, and on motion of Mr. Gibson (Huron) amended by provid- ing that the County Councils should be entitled to a copy of the receipts and ex- penditures by the License Board yearly when called on to pay a share thereof. The Bill to amend the Public Schools Act was read the third time. Hon. G. W. Hoes, replying to Mr. Creighton, said that when a Board of Trustees had once adopted the ballot in elections for trustees there was no provision for getting back to the old state of things. So far as he had learned the ballot had worked well. • On the motion for concurrence in the items of expenditure on Government House, Mr. Marter moved. That, while concur- ring in this resolution, this House is of opinion that after the present year no further expenditure be incurred by the Province in the maintenance of the C!ov- ernment House. He thought that the salary of S 10,000 a )e»r i>aid by the Dominion Government and the use of the houae and grounds were suflicient remuneration for the duties of the office, and that these should not be supplementeil by this I'ro- vince. The average annual amount paid by the Province was JU.OOO. The duties of the Governor of a State in the I'nion were far more onerous, and yet only two. the Governors of New York and Pennsylvania, reccivetl as much as S10,IK)0 per annum. Mr. Marter then dealt with the details of the expenditure. Mr. Wood (Hastings) seconded the motion. Ho thought the exiwnso was un necessary, the duties of the office being very light. The attempt to keep up in this city a little court mimicking royalty was absurd on the face of it. To attempt to keep up the tawdry tinsel of royalty here was an insult to the intelligence of the peo- ple. This opening of the House with a pomp that feebly imitate»l a Lord Mayor's (how was utterly absurd. He had the utmost respect (or the Speaker of this House, and ne respected him none the less because ho had no adornment but his good looks. They had a gentleman there with a sword and a belt, who was i^npposed to keep order, but he supposed that if any . emergency arose he would go out of one door and the Speaker out of the other. He considered it was iK'rfectly absurd for the Lieutenant-Governor to como down in a cocked hat and gold spurs, stumbling over the steps, to give his solemn assent to the Bills passed by the House. The Attorney-General said that the hon. gentleman's remarks regarding the expen- diture in connection with the o|>ening and closing of the Legislature had no bearing on the items under consideration. The cutting otT of the ex)ienses of the Lieut. - Governor's house would not retluce the expenses of such o|iening and closing. .\s to the objection raised to these expenses of the orenionics he thought people were rather fond of ceremonies. It was well known that they were fre<|ueutly willing to pay vtry la.ge sums in connection with military displays. He did not say the public taste was a gootl one in this respect, but merely said that it was such as he stated it to be. That the Governor should have a Government house, and that these other expenses should exist, was simply what obtained in all other British colonies and in every one of the States on the other side of the line. He wanted to disabuse the mind of the hon. gentleman of the idea that the Licnt. -Governor's salary was paid to him in addition to the cxi^nsos of his office. If the hon. gentleman thought that the l,ient. -Governor simply took his salary of 910,000 and put it 'n his poiket he was very mueli mistaken indeed. Far from it. The salary was wholly taken up with the expenses of hia office. Without having any special reference to the gentle- man who at present held the position of Lieut.-Ciovernor, ho would mention that he had had conversations with every Lieut.- tioverniir the country had had except one, and they had all told him that they had found it necessary in carrying out the duties connected with the office to spend a considerable sum outside the salary. Let nobo<ly imagine, therefore, that the salary was over and above tho(!overnor's expenses. It was only a contribution on the part of the Province towards the expenses neces- sarily incurred in carrying out the duties of the same. It has been suggested that the Lieutenant-Governorship wae a Dom- inion position, and that the Dominion should bear the expenses. But if they ad- mitted that principle they must admit that tlie Governors of all the Provinces should be paid by the Dominion, and in that case Ontario wouJd have to pay ooutoder- ably more than at the present time. It was in the interest of the Province, there- fore, that it should pay its own guberna- torial expenses, rather than that they should be paid by the Dominion. Mr. Fiaser moved as an amendment to the amendment that all words after •â-  that " in the original amendment should be stricken out and the following inserted in their stead : " And this House, while grant- ing such sums, trusts that aU possible and reasonable economy will be exercised in its expenditure." Mr. Meredith said he did not intend to support the motion for tiie abolition of Government House, though New Bruns- wick, he believed, had abolishod its Gov- ernment House and had found it could get along very well without it. He considered, however, that the office of Lieutenant- (jovernor was a necessary office, and must be maintained, and he believed in its being maintained in a reasonably respectable manner. The House divided on Mr. Fraser's amenilmeut to the amendment, with the following result : Ykasâ€" Mt*«ni. .Vllaii, .\wrey, Ballaaty^ic*, lUij- Sar. Bk'zarJ, C'haiuberlaiu. Chiaholm. ciani.-y ClarkH, K. F. 'Ti)roiiU)i, Clarke. H. E. Torontoi. Clarke I Wellinuton;. Comiiee. Craiu, i>eu;hton, U»fk, Drurj. Evanturi-1. KergiKu::. KiaW. KraseH Preem&u. Krench. (iibsou iHauiiUuu'. Uibwrn t Huron . Gould. Grahaiu. Gutiiriu. Haiiiuiell. Harc.ourt. Hanly, Huns, Hillioril. HuUson, Luvs. Lyi'U, Me.\uJrew. McKay. .Mcl*nghlin, -Mo- Muhiin. Macii. Uiistcr. Merutli^. Metcalfv. Monk. .Miirm. Morsau. Mowat. OConii.r. Pacaud. Par il«\ I'helpH, I'reston. Kaysiiie. Iturltf. Koas iHurnur. lloss I Mldillrst.'.x , Smith. Stewart, Strat- tou, Toolev. Waters. WUldilield, Wiiiuot, Wood (Brant)â€" 64. Nays Muasrs. .\rui8truQg. Kalfour. Blyili, C'rueiw, Kell, Uaraou, lugraiu. Ktsrua. Lue*. Mar- ter. Meach&ui, Naira.OHtroiii. Snider WUlou>;bby Wool'. (HastiuKSl, Wyllioâ€" 17. The item of SI, 000 for the Immigration Department was carried by ol to 3«i. The item of 810,'JOO for general immi- gration purposes was carried on the same division. t)n the item for coloniiiation roads, $10'.t,.i.'>0, Mr. Marter moved that municipal councils be allowed to control the monev voted for this purpose. SC^. Conmee moved in amendment to the amendment declaring that the House, while concurring in the motion, approves of the policy of the Government in expending yearly a limited sum of money in building Colonization roads in the new and outlying districts in such a way as not only to pro duce the greatest mileage of roads and at the same time give employment to settlers in constructing such roads. .\fter remarks by Messrs. Meredith, Awrey and Korke, Mr. Conmee's amend- ment to the amendment was carried bv ij to i3. The House expressed concurrence with the report of the committee. The supplementary estimates to the amount of M0r),003.5d were then brought down. On the motion for the third reading of the Attorney. General's Bill respecting Separate School debentures, Mr. Meredith moved, seconded by Mr. Creightojj, without comment,' the resolution moved by him in committee on the preceding evening, bemg, as he alleged, an explanation of tlie I'JUt section of the Public School Act of l.-vs.;. The amendment was lost. The House went into committee on the Bill respecting the property and income of the University of Toronto, University Col- lego ami I'pper Canada College. Mr. Meredith asked to have it made clear that the new l'p[x-r Canada College build- ing would be within ten miles of the city of Toronto. Hon. Ci. W. Hobs said it was not the intention to go one mile out of the city. but he had no objection to make the limi- tation. The intention was to erect the building. Mr. Meredith referred to the proposed grant of a site to Victoria College, and ex|)ressed the fear that it would be a preceilent and that similar grants would havQ. to bo made for other denominational institutions. Hon. O. Mowat said that the circum stances of Victoria were peculiar, as it was necessary for the authorities to abandon the site and buildings at Cobourg in order to couie here. Mr. Meredith said that the same argu- ment might be used by (jueen's or Trinity in case of their entering into the scheme of feileration. Hon. O. Mowat said there was some force in this argument. He had supposed that what Mr. Meredith was contending for was that this grant would be a precedent for grants to denominational colleges which remained out of federation. Hon. Ci. \V. HosM said that the maximum cost of the new V. C. College building was J 120,000, and of the site J'.'0,000, of the alterations in the I'niversity $10,000, and of Convocation Hall S.")0,000. 'L'he Bill was reported and read a third time. The following Bills were read a third time : To unite Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College uuder the name of McMaster I'niversity. -Mr. Harcourt. To amend the .\ct incorporating the Home of the Friendless, of Hamilton.â€" Mr. Ciibson (Hamilton). On the motion to read the Bill amend- ing the Munici|ial Act a third time, Mr. O'Connor moved its amendment by the insertion of a clause giving township councils jHJwer to compel the removal of obstructive dams from streams under their control, the clause, he said, being the same as that which had been obtained in the Drainage Bill, which had been already con- Hidered ami approved by the House. The amendment was carried. Mr. Widdilield moved to amend the Bill l)y the insertion of a clause reducing the i(ualiticatioiis of Mayors. Keeves, etc.. to that of municii>al electors. Mr. Ciarsou would like to see the change proposed, but was afraid the House would not agree to it, and rather then be defeated on so very radical a measure he would prefer trying to get something more moderate. He moved in amendment to the amendment providing that the ((ualilicatious for coun- cillors iu cities, towns and villages be 3400 freehold and 8800 leasehold. Hon. O. Mowat implored the members of the House to make short speeches, in order that this might be the last sitting of the House. (Cheers.) Mr. £. F. Clarke saggested that Mr. Garson should withdraw his motion for the present, in order that a vote might be taken on Dr. Widdiheld's motion. Then if Dr. Widdifleld's motion was lost, Mr. Garson could still propose his again. Mr. Garson withdrew his amendment on that understanding. The House divided on Dr. Widdifleld's amendment making the (jualilication for mayors and councillors the same as that for electors, which was lostâ€" :)5 yeas. '>'> nays. The House then divided on Mr. Garson's amendment, which was lost on the follow- ing division : Yeas, 'ifi ; nays, .'lU. The Bill was tbenread the third time and passed. Mr. Hardy's Bill for the better enforce- ment of the temperance laws was read the third time and passed. Hon. O. Mowat rose amid loud applause to move tho resolutions favoring Home Rule for Ireland and protesting against the Coercion Bill. He said that he bad calcu- lated on being able to move them at an earlier hour. He believed the passiu;^ of these resolutions might be of service to the cause of Ireland. Ileoent events had done a goo<l deal to moderate the antagonism existing between the two races, especially the conversion of Mr Gladstone to the cause of Home Kale. The very fact that Mr. Gladstone had taken up the cause, and had been supported by a great majority of the Liberal jiarty, had done much to allay ill-feeling. Here in Canada we knew the effects of Home Rule. We knew that there would be no prosperity here without Home Rule, and we knew that under it the Irish people lived here in content and happiness. The resolutions had been drawn in such temperate language that it seemed diHicult to suppose that any one should oppose them, as it would be a grand thing for On. tario if they were passed unanimously, and they had boeu drawn with tliatend in view. Mr. K. F. Clarke said he did not desire to make political capital out of the discus- sion. This seemed tu be the sole aim and object of the promoters of these resolu- tiuns. The Imperial Parliament was now dealing with this difficult subject, and he was entirely opposed to interfering in their deliberations. The recent elections in Great Britain were on the <|uestion of Home Rule, and were unfavorable to the cause of Home Rule in Ireland. This Coercion Act was only intended for the lawless, for tiie assasuins. the boycotters, those who maimed cattle and piUled down houses, those wiio had brought disgrace upon the name of Ireland. Why should the House express disapproval of an Act to repress such crimes .' â€" and that was all . was meant to do. Mr. Stratton said that the preceding sijeaker had no right to impute to the Attor- ney-General the motive of a mere desire for political gain. The member for Toronto had quoted many opinions against Home Rule, but the opiuiong he quoted were those of a privileged class. The hon. gentleman had spoken asif this was merely a Catholic question. Ue forgot that nearly all the great leaiiers in the Home Rule movement had been Protestants. Mr. Metcalfe said that it might have bei'ii as wise for the Attorney General not to liave moved these resolutions. But as they had been moved he must expreas his views. He had always favored Homo Rule for Ireland, believing thatitwould promote not only the happinctis of Ireland but the prosiK-rity of the Empire. I'lie debate was continued by Messrs. .\wriv. Ereiich, Evanturel and U. E. Clarke. At J.t.l Mr. Meredith rose to s|>eak in opi)ositiuii. It was thought he would iiiovu an amendinent, but he did not, Mr. Fraser followed Mr. Meredith, and moved that copies of the resolutions be (or. wardetl to Mr. Gladstone mid Mr. Parnell. This was agreed to. .Vt :t.:tO the House divided, and the resolutions were carried. .V.I to '28. Mr. Fraser called for three cheers for Home Rule, which wore given with a tiger. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMAYB. Mothrr'n Work. • My mother t;ets mo up, builds the tire, and gets my breakfast and sends uie olT, " said a bright youth. " llien she gets my father up. and :;ets his breakfast and sends him off. Then she gets the other children their breakfast and si'iuls them off to school , and then she and the babj have their breakfast. " ' How old is the baby ' " asked the reporter " Oh. >lie is most two, but she can walk and talk iis well as any of US. " •• .\re you #ell paid.'" '• I get SI) a week, and (ather gi'ts *.' ii day." " How much docs vour mother not '" With a be- wildered look, the bi-y said, "Mother, why, she don't work (or any bods ' " I thought you said she worked for all of you." " O, '"cs, for us, she does; but there ain't no money in it." The N«w York tribune has discovered the great truth that • it is ihe rarest thing in the world to tliid a baklheadcHi man suffering from insoninia. " It must be then that they do nbt permit their minds to dwell upon their wickedness. â€" There are scores of i>orfect loves bonnets on the streets those days, 'l'he spectacle makes one th'iik that a rainbow has been cho()ped into small pieces and scattered over the sidewalks. â€" Beggar's Wife- " Aiiyiist, why are you taking off your wooilen log?" Beggar-- " Darling, l am only going to strap it on the other foot ; Olio "gets tired of hopping about all day long on the same leg." â€" Beware the seductive inllucnce of light underclothing. Sour milk will soon liiint cream and make "off" butter. l>r. Blown SepnanI, the celebrated physiologist, says he has iliscovered that the moment the skin of the neck is cut all sensibility disappears, and that tho best means of resuscitating persons asphyxiated by smoke, coal gas or water, is to apply golvanisiii to the skill of tho neck â€" a method ho has successfully eniploved. There is a woman in Ohio who eats nothing but pie. Why shechose this form of suicide in preference to " Rough on Rata " was probably because the latter souiotimes misses tire. Bishop Harris, of Michigan, explains that tho word " obey " was not dropped from the marriage service by the lato Epis- copal convention. No clergyman is allowed fo omit this vow for the bride when pcr- tormiug the ceremony. The steamer Northern Light has escaped from the ice jam off Fictou and reached Georgetown. On Thursday a little child named Meagher fell into a tub of hot water at lienfrew and was scalded to death. Under the Inter-State Commerce law the Michigan Central Railway cannot charter coaches to excursion parties this summer as in the past. Mayor Howland interviewed the Minister of Justice yesterday with the object of obtaining amendments to the Sunday Observance Law to make it more stringent. Mr. J. D. Munro, of the tirm of Munro it Stevens, ijuarrymen, of Wallace, dropijed dead in the Kankin Hotel, Charlottetown, N. S., while awaiting breakfast yesterday morning. A human arm was found by some chd- dreii yesterday among a lot of rubbish at the foot of Carling street. London. The coroner ordered its burial, as it had pro- bably come from the Western University dissecting room. .\s the St. Clair branch express, dno at St. Thomas at 10.1.5 yesterday morning, was passing Brigdeu, Engineer Truman discovered ahead of him a child under .i years of age. In u moment he reversed the engine and brought the train to a standstill a few feet from the child. The mother, the wife of a section man, as the train stopped. rushed frantically across the track. Had the train not stopi>ed she would have been killed with the child. The London bakers raised the price of bread today from five to six cents per loaf. Win. C. Stinson, husband of the woman who was found dead Thursilay morning at her residence, Dundas street. London West, has been arrested on suspicion of having caused his wife's aeath. Yesterday evening the river at Montreal commenced rising, and was expected to in. crease during tho night. No change has occurred in the inundated district, where the only means of communication is by boats. It is feared that dangerous lloods will follow the moving of the ice above Lachine. which is still soUd. Mrs. Edward Bawder, of No. .l;)? Hamil- ton Road, London, was aroused about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning by the crying of a child, and going to the door discovered a baby on the doorstep. The waif, wliich was about two months old, was wrap|K'din a shawl, while a feeding bottle and bundle of clothes neatlv wrapped up lay on the steps beside the little one. So far there is no clue to the parentage of the child. Furlong's mill at Feruioy. nineteen miles north of Cork, were destroved by lire yes- terday. 'The loss is 9400,000. The C/.ar has abandoned his intention of staying several weeks in St. Petersburg and has returned to Gatschina. This alter- ation of the Char's plans is said to have been made in couse<(uence of additional ar rests made on Easter Sunday on the Newsky prospect of several [wrsons in addi- tion to those Before reported arrested, all of whom, it was ascertained, had taken l>ositioiis along that thoroughfare for the purpose of making a fresh attempt on the C/jir's life. These arrests were made quietly in order to avoid alani. Tho Colonial Conference met again in London yesterday, with Sir Sidney Hol- land presiding. The War Office otlicials were present. Mr. Stanhope told the Con- ference what had been done and what still remained to be done with respect to the defence of the different coaling stations, specifying the works and armaments, and the proportion of expense borne in each case by tho lin|x;nal and the Colonial Govern- ments resiiectively. .V further discussion arose on the King Cieorge's Sound aii<l Torres Straits, and a statement was made by different delegates with reference to ilefeiisive ex[)enditure8 incurred by their resi>ective colonies. The Swiss National Council has voted 4.'')0,000f. towards the construction of the SiMiplon tunnel. .V disastrous tire has occurred at Ariiaut- keui, .Vsia Minor. Five hundred houses were burned, and many persons lost their lives. Congo advices say that the Stanley expc. dition passeil Ikniia, on the Congo Kiver. on .\pril •20th. ami that all the members of the party were well. Advices from .VHahabad say Mahomeil Shah, whom the Ghilzais have proclaimed .•Vmeer, is suniinoning refugees from India, and that rumors are current that a great coalition of Ghil/.ais is being formed. Tho Colonial delegates went on Saturday to the Earl of t)iislow's county seat at Guildford. They were afterwards taken to the old country house, where they were shown historical relics which created the deepest interest. John Bright, advocating a contiiumncc of free trade in England, has written a letter in which he sajs that the reason other nations maintain high tarilT is that those who are protected are an organi/A'd army, while tho consumers are merely a mob. The United States, under a system of protection, are bnrdened with a large surplus revenue, yet refuse to lessen duties, thus promoting a system if corruption uncijualled in any other country. Little news has come to light regarding the extraordinary affair on the Franco- German frontier. Theolhcial notilication in tho Berlin (iress thai tho arrest of M. Schnacbeles is linal seems to indicate that tho German tiovernment will not repudiate the act of its police. The most pro'oable explanation at hand is that, susiH'Cting M. Schnaebelcs to be conspiring against (.ier- nian interests, the CJerman police issued a warrant for his arrest and placed it in the hands of tlie frontier patrol. 'I'lio latter, like all police, desireil to distinguish them- selves by an immediate capture, and re- sorted to iiscrnpulous measures to accom plish it. Tho matter may become a pro- longed question of evidence, attended with much irritation, and possibly the worst will ensue, Mr. .Vndrew (.'ariiegie, the millionaire iron nittiiufacturer, was married last night to Miss Wliittield, daughter of tho late John Wbitlield, at tho bride's residence in Now York city. It is asserted in Chicago that tho throe Soiialistic oigauizations of tho United States are about to coalesce. The three, it is said, will join forces and form one body, with a general executive board, and as a unit will take part in all p<iluical tights, municipal, State and national. .\. sensation was caused on Wisconsin street, near Bridge, Milwaukee, yesterday afternoon by the violent explosion of a bomb, wliicli is supposed to have been thrown from a street car. Em^^mentB at the bomb, which was cased wilh copper, were blown in all directions. The Inter-State Commission has sus- pended the long and short-haul clause in the cast.' of transcontinental linos for 75 days. .\ gloom was cast over Philadelphia society yesterday bv the news iliat Miss Annie C. Lesley haJ been accidonially shot and instantly killed at the hoiisi- oi a (riend whom she was visiting in Brooklyn. W. A. Stinson. a large cattleiiiun, and two of his employees have been inunlered by Comanche Indians in Green county, Te.xas. .V large portion of the tribe have taken the warpath, and a general outbreak iii expected. During a thunderstorm which passed over Sumter county. S.C. on Friday, a house in which six people were living was struck by lightning. Two boys named Harbin were prostrated and siiort'y after- wards died. Four other persons in the house were not affected by the stroke. The brutal assailant of Jennie Bowman, the white domestic who was aohornbly and fatally beaten by a burolar at Louisville, Ky.. in broad daylight, last Thursday, has been captured. The mibcreaut is a burly, black negro named -Vlbert Turner. He said he had gone to the house for the pur- pose of robbery, and had ransacked several rooms when Miss Bowman came In. The girl seized him, and he could not liot away from her until he struck her on the head. Mr. Guilfoyle, a wealthy conn actor of Carmansville, N. Y., left his liome on 10th avenue at 1 o'clock on Friday afternoon to collect money with which to pay his hands. J ust after sundown he was brought back unconscious and died an hour later. Ue stated while conscious before death that he had been drugged. An autopsy on the body was held yesterday, when it was found that he had not been drugged and that death was due to heart disease. OnThursilay therearrived at the Western Hotel, Detroit, a tall, slim inan.accompanied by his wife and three children. He regis- tered as â- â€¢ Michael Sheehan mid family. Simcoe, Out. " Late that afternoon hetold his wil» ho had business of importance to transact at Windsor and would return s«ou. He left the hotel and has not since been seen. He had about S°20U m liis possession when he left his wife and children. The faithful wife waited until last evening before making any stir to tiiid Iwr missing husband and then notified the police. dav Favt and Srtrnre, Piles have been successfully driven by dynamite at Pcsth. .\s many as 100 <|uakiiigs of the earth a have been rexistered in New Zealand. The lowest average temperature known in the world is observetl at Worknujanck, Siberia. For IkhJ it was 1 - lalirenheit. For January of that year it was .ill o be- low, and the nia-\iinum coldness was 'J0° below. Ten cables across the Atlantic oroan are now iu ae«iv« operation, and r»o have been' abandoned. The .\iiglo-.\nieriruM (Field) Company has (our cables; \\ii.tii:i Union (Gould lines), two; Direct hnos. one; Franco-.\uiericau, one ; Common ^j (Mac- kay-Benuet), two. Owing to competitiona message may be sent to England at Vi\ cents a word, while it costs from !>2 to $4 a word to .>;outh .Vmerica, from SI to $1.«0 from England to India, from >â- _' 0.". to 8"2.4.') from England to China, and Si '.M) to 8'2.'26 frimi Enghind to South .V(rii a. There are now in oi)ertttioii throughout tho world about 100,000 miles of submarine cables, representing a total capital of $175,000,- ooo. " .\ new method of burning (;as, and one which primises to cause a small lovolution in gas apparatus, has lately bnii i .\hibited iu London, " says • ChaniUrs Journal. " " This is an incandescent biin»r. invented by Dr. .Vuer von Welsbuch. It consists of a so-oaUwl ' mantle ' of nuiMli::. which has been im|)regnated with certain iiuombusti- ble oxides produced froin tlu' rsre metals /.irconium and lanthanum. Tins cap or mantle is supported by a plain. um wire in tho llame of a Hunseu burn. r. with tho result that the delicate inconihiistihle net- work IS brought to a white heat. The llame gives out an intensely white light, which is perfectly steady ami i>f high. value ; for a light of 20 candlos is obtained from burning only 2^ feet of gas |>er hour. ' A Scare iu the >i«w Tunnel. Work on the Ci. T. R. tiiiuul at Sarnia was tein|>orarily stopi>eil tins week. It ap- [lears that while the men wore at work the other day a vein of water and an air pocket was struck. For a fow minutes the escoping air made considerable noise and the water bubbled u|) with some force. The men l)ocame frightened and iiiado a rusli (or the shaft and were pulled up. .\ later in- vestigation proved that the vein of water was. nothing but a spring in tho l)ottoni of tho tunnel, something that had boon looked for since operations were commeiuod. Up to this time tho earth had been perfectly dry. -.V young man was strolling along Tre- mont row. Boston, the other day about the time for the daily prayer mooting in the roomsof tho YoungMen'sChriMtian .Vssocia- tioii, and a member of the association stood without the dcxir inviting passers by to go in and worship. .\s tho young man sauntered by the Y. M. C. V. man tapped him upon the shoulder and said : " Step right up- stairs, my friend, you will liiul a cordial welcome. " " No, you don't, yer can't play any of yer contidence games on mo. I've hearii tell too much about you fellers to be caught before bein' in the city two hours. " Ella Wheeler says that "the world has outlived all its passion.' She can cure herself of this error by planting tho heel of her shoo on a nervous man's corn. â€" " Big trees,' says the MoiuUtry Timet, •• are grown in Essex County. " One of buttoiiwood was teamed from Essex to Windsor tho other day, which weighed ;f2,000 iKJunds or forty -six tons. The load was drawn by a single team on a pairo ' common trucks," Mr. Carpmael is at present in Ottawa for the purfTOse of obtaining certain improve- ments for the Toronto Observatorv. ^