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I)()3IIN1()N PAllLIAMENT. Hir John TbonipBon laid on the table the auuaal report of the Uepartmoot of Juatiue roapectiu^' peuiientiariaa. hir Joha Mkcdonahl presented the re- port of the Commiueiaut^r of Northwest M junted Police. The following; iiills were read k seoood time . To inoorporatn the Asainaboia, Edmon- ton and I uji^a lU Iway Company. Tj incorporate tho Asuiia and I'aben- turc Company of Canada. Xc incorporate the Uuminioa Life Asaur- Buce t'on'.pany- To amend the Act incorporating^ tho Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of < 'anada. T • incorporate tho Ited Dear \alley Hallway anj Coal Company. lluxpectint; the Niagara Grand Inland Brid^u I oMipany. Mr. Uarliu»>, lu answer to an ini]uiry by Kir iOchard C»rt Ariyht. a^id that m eati- mitinc ilie pupulaiiun tf Ihi' l>ominioM at 4.'.>i '.r.*7, the iiu[iii>ura asBt^neil to each truvinco wure as folluwa : Ontario. L',I54.. 7h0 ; C^'uebec, llT.i.O.iii ; Nova Bcotia, Is;},. 277 ; New liruuawick, :tlJ,'-"C ; Manitoba, l:;2.i;24 . liritiah Columbia, l:il,:iOli; I'rincc Kdwaru laland, ll'O.lVii ; Xerritoriea, 100,- TOO. The following Hilla were introduced and read a lirat time : ]:cBpectint< the Alberta a Atbabaaca llailway Company â€" Mr. Davis. AmeudiUK the Act incorporating; tho London Mutual I ire Iiiiiurauce Company -Mr. Marshall. Mr. i'urcell introducd a Bill to make pirj\isiou fcr the protection of persona ei::ployed by cuiitractora enf<a)<ed in the coii-itrucliou of railways under the Acta paaaed by the I'arliaiuent of Canada. lie «-.\i lainud that the sbjuct of the Bill was to reiidir the original cuutractora on railways liable for wajca earned by the laborera ei.^»(;i-d in the construction of the work. li !> experience in railway construction had cunviucetl bini of the neceeaity uf auoli a provit-on lu tho law in the uilere.st of the laboring claHgcs. T.he Bill waa read a tirat time. Mr. Tuppt r introaaced a Bill to amend the Act respecting the aafety of ahipa. lie Btr.ted that the Bill waa modtrlled larjjely t:i !be Bill iiitro.iuoed by his predecessor l«hi session, tbu i^bief difference beint; that it .'.id not coiittin the provisions of the Joi - ler Bill rcajmcliiiK ilia detention of el.ipj at the ib:: jreut ports. Mr. Tiipper, iii anewer to an imiuiry put by Mr. Moucnilf, ~ti.l ii waa the lutenliou (( the ( overnint'tit to (reel a ran^'of lights in the villa^i' of Coruniia, opposite .Slat! Island UiviT St. ('lair. Mr. UowcU, in answer to tho in<|uiry of Mr. Liscnhau'jr, said the Oovirnnuut were cocsidt-rin^ the <jueHtioii<f chani;iu^; the x^^tcin jf b jading; of foreii;n lisli, which bad prevailed siiici- Confederation. I'uli. ti' ns of that character had been rrceived. Mr. Boweil.in answer to inijuiriea from Mr. Uoyb', aaii the value of our importa- tions from the I nitod Ktatea of ^;rlâ- (â- n fruits, HOC if, trei'S ai. other articles plac<Ml on thu frto list by Order in (council, datid April 4tli. H-*H, from that date until January I jt last, was S-<:il,:r.ri. Tho amount of revenue wl: ch would have been eollooted upon such iiLjiortatiouH, if they had not been placud upon til ' free list, was ?2r.i,ii2i>. The value ('f such iniportatiuna from tlio I'nited JStatea for the LiirreHpondin^ piriod of the |ire\ioua year waa St.'^.lHl. The viiluo of cii' 2.ipoi ts of thesi- articlca to the I nitcd (;t.ites from lib April I'li'^ until January Ist laat, was gl,l»4i) U'.'.', of whuli apples »ii.' aul; I to l^l.ill". 4.')'2. hurries JhU.OOO and trca and seeds S.OO. 000, leaviuK S 10. uTO for tin amallor fruits. ^ir. Foster, in answer to the in<|niry of Mr. Lan|{>-lier, said no contract had yet been ent Ted into lor a line of rapid mail Ht' m )ra across tho Atlanli-: Ocean, but iier:atiati )na bad been entered into with that ond in view. '1 lie House went into Committee of the W'lole on the Alberta Uailway and Coal Compa.iy. Mr. Trow said the company had a mono poly ot the whole < oal bnaineaa of tliat coi. itry. Coal at the mine cost thenompany (1 a toil, ani at Cal|{ary it coat ^x. They oi:!d well afford to sell onal for *',i. He hUed that other railwava .should liavr ruu- inil powers on this line. Mr. Hhanley said that the railway had no lounoclion with Cal;;«ry. Mr. Milla aii^tjeHted that a clau-ie should 1)0 inaerted in the Bill liiio); tho maximum c)iKr|{e per mile. Hir il ihn Thompson aaid the company (vii'ild liavu to submit their tariff to the lUilway Committee. All these Hiibjecis were dealt with by the Railway Act in uuoh n way that this company would bo sub eot to the Uailway Committee. 'i ha Bill was reported without amend- ment. Tbu House went into committee on the Uill respecting the Kootenay <\ Athabasca liailwav Company, and reported it without amendment. heveral Bills wore advanced a stage. Mr. Brown, in moving for the atcoml reading uf hia Bill to make further provi. Hioii to prevent cruelty to animals, said the main objoot of the Bill was to prevent the trap shooting of [ligeona and Hiiiall birds, cook fighting, do;^ fi^^bting. and not only to punish the instigators, but all who attended Hport '1 that ilebasing character. The Ilumarid Bouieties of Toronto, Ottawa, lior.don and Hamilton had petitioned for tho Bill. Kvery trna sportsman in Canada would duppoit the measure. There was Bome op(iosition oinanatiug from sonio of the gun clubs of (Janada. These debasing f)liir,ghtors were called tournaments ; but they wore not manly sports. The men wont within twenty or forty feet of the dtfcnoelesB birda and shot them in a heart- less manner. Dumb animala were as sen- fiitive to pain aa any hon, gentleman. The naiiu) sport could be obtained from clay p?Keons as from Hhooting the live bird. The liractica of shootinf.! i-mall birda for spurt waa cruel and barbarous, and was being discountenanced nil over the oiviliiied world. The i.'ueen had refused to accept invitations for herself or any of the Iloyal li'amilv to attend such eveiitH. In these pitfeoii matchea the eyes ot birda had been put out to increase the sport. There waa â- nthing in the Bill that could not receive tho full conlblence ut every member. Mr. Lister - It provides for overdriving a hen. Kfr. Brownâ€" It waa a (laeer old rooster that aaid that. Ua aaked hon. gentlemen if they would like to bo cooped up in a box and then let loose only to be shot. I he measure proposed would efTaotaally stop these abuses. Mr. Tisdale, in moving the six months' hoist, .oid he wag not in favor of cruelty to animala, but he objected to people laying down a principle and then trying to put down things which did not rightly conU! under it. If he could understand what was aimed at he wi>ald ba very t;lad. If it waa desired to atop pif^con-ahootingoutof traps, why waa it not plainly stated .' The Bill declared that killing birdu by the dozen was cruelty. It looked as if it waa ]iro- nioted in the intereat of vegetarians. With the exception of that matter the Bill dealt with what '.van already covered or waa (ibjectiouable. The Bill declared that any peraoii might interfere to prevent cruelty. Surely the country had not arrived at such a pass when every man should have autho- rity to inttrfere when he suppOHed there waH a I iae of cruelty. If Mr. Brown saw a market woman wringing the iiecka of her chickens be would interfere, and we would have to eat them alive. Mr. Charlton aaid the ISill commended itself to hiiii am'* would rt-oeivo bis aup- port on the undrratandint; tliat it be re- ferred to a committee, and mcdilied if iieceaaary. Kir Joan Thompson i<aid that the chief prin::iple embodied in the I3ill waa that it 18 expedient to make a penal ofTtiioe the use of live animals aa a target. I he Bill gave tho right to interfere only where there was a ctbe of cruelty. Many obj-ictions against the Bill were applicable against the present law. Mr. Kdwarda approved of the Bill bocauso it afforded the means d disposing of abaii. doiied animals. The House divided on Mr. lisdale's motion, for the six montbe' hoist, which was lost on a vote of 71 yeas and 72 nays. 'I he Bill was read a secund time. Kir John Macdonald presetiti^d the annual report id the Iiepartmeut of Hallways and Canals. Sir John Thompson introduced a Bill respecting the rules of court in relation to criminal mattt-rd. Mr. Kdgar introduced a Bill to provide for plaoiug uu the frtr list articles of merchandise, the production of winch may be controlled by trusts or combiuations. The following id the text of the Bill : W'l.creii^ ill.', <*xi>i-iiirut m iJm- |tiililir intrr- ost tij htii>i'ri-HH till* I'Wl^ Krirtiuu frniii truHlH or (•oiiiliiimiliiiiH fiT llio iH.rpnNf at ri ;;iilHliiiK or ci>iitrullliif{ tht) pr.niurli.iii xr |>rn-f dt iiii-rclmii (ll.s>>, inauur.irturi-H. coiiiu.odltn-H. or |iri>dtirts. tln-ri-tort* Hit Ma;«-^ty. hy miil with 111" itdvict^ lltld COIl'.l-tlt of Itu- Sl-llHtli ILK<% IliMlM* iif (.'tilil- iiioMs o( ( iiiiada. f tmi'ls ii!i (ollowx WlHM'v.-r fill liu|M,rt (li:-y itt liiij'-'-.i- 1 Ity Iftw </ii ituy iiHHi-liaii lit^ti, hiitii'dtcliin-, (-iiiiiiiii jdi'.> . â-  T priKlint wliicli ;- iiiHiMiIui'tiircd nr pro'luri'.! Ill runa'ta to ati iiiiioiiiit *'Xrt-<''liDi{ two Imiii- i)n-'i llir'jMitnd lioiiiir-, ui.d i.vtrsi i it f,.iit. or ihf' uiilir'.'til â-  *aliiM of iIh) Biiioiiiit Mniiiufae- turi-iloi iTixliU" l III t'iiiiuilii h1iu"1 III. iiniiiiif.i'- tiiri 'i or |iroUip«-d tiv |i..i .11,... parliii TntilpM or • â- â- Tl'ot 4I1..II., \vlio hhitll I'f ji^rtifd t.i Hiiv Ufjr>-4 int-riior ii(^rt' I leutN. r-'iiii'iiiatl-li III- coiiil'itiii- I I'liih. Irii.-it iirifU.t.H, It tho iiurimsit o! ri-i;u liitiii;: or co.-ilroJJlnt: t!.' |iriidm-tloii or |tu-o of sni.-n i;ii-iiiiandlft'*. i iiiiii(arturi-n, liHiiMiiKjuv, or |T^ iiH"., III! Niieli lui-ii-tiaiiillMU, iimliulni-- liiriH. riiiiiiiioilitnH iitj I iiroiiii' t.s. iliiriiiii tin- I'onliiiiialiiii (if wiicli iii;ri*i'iii»Tit or aiirn-iiii'ntH, I i.iol'itialtoi. ,.r iNMi.iiiimf loiiH. trii-.r. or trUTls. xliiill lis aliiiitii' I Into ( iiiiada In-i nf Uuiy. Ill ofili-r to (ii-liTiiiliio wlifltiiT alty liiiTchaii 'ill,!-. Iimiiiifai-niro. coliiiiinillty i.r |iro<lili-t stmll In- adniitlml free of duly iitidor ilm furi-Koimi IToVi-luiin, II !,Imll Imi tiiij duly of lti«' Tri'naury ilnaiil wlit-ti lur.TinitlliiN 14 nu'lviid hy tlui MllllHtor of I'lllHlJI-H Ol lilt' • MrtlflH-lt of HUlll a(;r<'«'ii"»llt. "'i' . t«> iPVi'Hlii;iit.i llm tuctn with ii'fi'reiii-(i I*f It, ' ii\ mi; lM\i n imlili,- iiiilii i< of I hit t itnii itliil plitoi- of hni-li iiivi-rttHiiiti.iii, liiid th« I rrH-.uiy Iliiiid hltill lia\ii I lio hilliiu [loWi-rn to oiifortHi I bi- (It ittiidtiiH-d of witin-i*-*! ~ atid to (-oiii pol thsiii lo I'lvo cvi.lmicH af* IS vti.L(id lit any (Murl of rri'ird III ,Mvil in^i ... If ii|>o;i hiicli iiivt'-,lii^iiil(iii It villi]! ,i|i|i,.,ir thiit lh(* iiicri ti'Lil liMC. iiititiiiracliiro, coiiiiiin.lity, or |iriidiict coiiin within till' |ir'»vi.-*iniiH of thm Ad. lliii 1 tiivi'riior ( M'ljiiriil cliitll liy liii |iriirliiniatioii ordiir hiiiili iiirrcliaiiilinii to Ijo ailiiilLttid into (.'ft 11 lid tt free of iiii] ort iliil> Whenever rtueh a^^teeiiKMit. <- itiiliinatiiin. etc. lo tli(( uxteiit [tfor(ii«iiiil shall i-caiie tu exint, thu (iovt-riiur (fciii-rKl Mtiall, iijii'ti the reimtt of the Ttcasurv Iliiiird to tlliil citi-et, i;ivo notli'e then - of hy |iii,(;lBlliiit lo(l, Knil theri'Ulter the ddtv othcrwihii iitii', I'll (or liy law shall lie eiilUu'ted on tslich 1 Here iiaudihe, Mil', He siitteil that the llill proposed that whenever an import duty 'h iiii|iosed by law on i\ I iiiiitiiodiiy iiiaiiufaclureil in Canadii to an aiiiuunt t xceuding two hun- dred thousand dollars in value, and over HO per cent, d the aggregate value of the amount maniifactiired and produced in Canada, and which lit produced by personii ill a combination, then thu aiticle ahoulil be admitted into (Jaiiada free of duty. In order to determine whether or not tho par ticulur articles are suhjeot to a coinbina- tioii, the Bill proposed that it should bo the duty of the Truasury Board, upon com- plaint, to make nil iiiv<<Htigation, and if upon Huoh inveatigatinii it should apjiear that till) commodity was etibjeut to a com binatioii, the (Jovi ruor-(.ieneral Hliotild issue a proolamation ordering auch articles to come in free of duty. I pon thooom bination ceaaiiig I i oiitrol the article the duly would be rcntored. The olijeot of all these eambinatioiiH, he daid, was to pre- vent fair and opoii coiU|ii'tition in the ''an - diaii market, and to prevent such monopoly he thought we hhoiild remove the barrier which prevonta coinpelitiou from abroad in the ptrticular artioli'3 in respect of whioh the monopoly exists. Kir John Macdoiiald Haid he did not ob- ject to thu introdiiution of the llill, but it waa poesihlu that on examination it would be found that the Hiiliject of the Hill bi^'n^ a matter of trade and commerce it aliLiiid be intrnducd I by rimolution. The Kill was road a lirat time. Mr. l''oater, in answer to the ini|uiry of Mr. Laugelier (duebsc), aaid that the total amount of Sl,,'iOO,000 voted in 1H,S5 for an extension to Quebec of tho Canadian I'aoilio Railway liaa lioni paid. The eiim of &'J70,00() had boon paid to tho Hank of Mon- treal for tlui bonda ot the North Bhore Railway, at HI (, and the remaining S.">70,000 waa paid to thu Uraiid Trunk Uailway. Mr. Kirkpatriok, in tnoving the aeoond reading of the Act to permit foreign veasela to aid veBHcla wrecked or diaablod in (Canadian waters, expressed the hope that the Bill would meet with more favorable coneidoratinn in the House than it did last Bession. The measure was dictated by principles of hnraanity and ot regard for the proteotion of projierty, whioh waa often lost owing to the faot that the aervioes of the most available wrecking tugs could not he utili/ed. Hince the Bill was defeated last session tho Troaident of the United Rtates thought the matter of sntViuient iniportanne to warrant :i retereni's to it in hia message, and be there exproseod the hope that eomo amica- ble arrangement in regard lo wrecking would be entered into liatweeii the two nonntricB. The American people were jealously guarding their rights in this matter, and while they had an offer of reciprocity in wrecking on their statute books, conditional on our acceptance, they firmly refaaed to allow our wreckers to work in their waters until we grant like privileges to them. He moved the refer- ence of the Bill to a select committee com- posed of Messrs. Cockburo, Bergeron, l^dgar, Charlton, Labelle. Langelier (Que- bec), Maaaon, Mnlock, Bhanly, I'atteraon (tlsaex), VVeldon (St. John), Weldon (Albert), Holton and the mover. Mr. I'atteraon (I'Usex) moved in amend- ment that the Bill in ijueation, together with hia Bill providing for reciprocity in the coasting trade, be referred to the select committee. Ue did not ijuite agree with the laat npeaker that considerations of humanity should lead us to makeany parti- cular advances to the people of the United Btatej on this question. The Americans, whenever they eonght reciprocity with ('auada in any direction, were usually induced to do so with an eye to the material gain wbidi waa likely to accrue, and the adoption of the Bill now before the House would undoubtedly bring about complete reciprocity in inland navigation, which our neighbors were so desirous to secure. Mr. Speaker ruled the amendment out of order. Tho question was on the second reading of the Bill, and its reference to the select committee named in the motion. Mr. I'atterson (Kssex) moved in amend- ment that the select committee to which the Bill should be referred be composed ot Measrs. Bowell. Tupper, Kirkpatrick, Fer- ijuson (Welland), Boyle, Charlton, Liator, I'ri fontaine and the mover. Bir John Macdonald aaid he would much prefer that tho promoters of tho two Billa should meet and agree on a committee, to which their reapeclive measures could be referred. Ue reminded the Uoiiae that the Bill ot the member for Krontenao( Mr. Kirk- patrick) was rtj-»cted by the House at the last session. This waa the same I'arlia. ment.and it waa a serious thing to undo ita own work, but be supposed that af>er the elcxjuent apeech of the mover the House would be free to change ita views if it de- cided to do 80. After some further discussion the amend mint waa withdrawn and the Bill waa read a second time. Mr. Burdett moved the second reading of a Bill against frauds in supplying milk to cheese and butter manufacturers. Kir John Thompson said that as this was a criminal Bill, it should be referred to a select committre. Mr. Burdett agreed to this course if it would not im[>ede the progress of the Bill, which it was very desirable should be passi-d this seainon, in view of the fact that the Act by the l'rovini;e of Ontario declard with that subject bad been dea ing ii'tru I'irci. Kir John Thompson agreed that tb« Act should not be impeded. The Bill was read a second time and referred to the Select Cummitlee. Mr. Jamieson, o:i the order for the further ejnaideralion of bis motion declar ing it expudient to prohibit the manufac- ture, importation and tale of intoxicating lii[Uora, and tho anrmdmenta thereto, brirtly addreaaed thu House, urging the acceptance of bis motion, and refuaing to accept tho amendments. The House divided on Mr. Taylor's amendment calling for a plebiacite on a prohibition law which ahall make full pro- vision for compensating those engaged in tho manufii'-.ture of •iich liijuors, which was lost : yeas .^H, nays H.'i. On the i|nestioii of the amendment of Mr. Wool (Brockville), providing for pro- hibition when the public sentiment of the country is tipe for its reception and enforcement. Mr. Mills moved in amendment to the amoiidnieiii that tb* following words should be added : " .\nd tiat a vote of qualitled electors of Canada h) taken at a convenient time to ascertain thi opinion of the country upon the ijuestion." Mr. Tay lor objected to the amendments before the Housts because tlioy did not con- lain a provision foi compensation to those engaged in the liqiiT trade. Mr. Mills said hedid not think the quea- tion ot compenaaticn should bo submitted to a I lebiacite. Mr. Borgin did ml beliive that prohibi- tion would be practicable for many vears. Recourse should lien be had to as ellicioDt a license law as pouible. He censured tho professed temporauco people for their inainoerity and Taiillation in oonnection with the enfurcemoil of the ('anada Tem- perance Act. The amnndment .o the aiiisndmnnt waa lost on a division ; yeas H.l, naya 127. 'X'he main iiiotia.i aa amended was de clared carried wi'hout a divii<ion. The motion ia as tolbwu : " That in the 0)iinion of this Haiae it ij expedient to prohibit the manufaeture. importation and sale of intoxicating lii|Uors except for sacramental, raelioinal. scientitio and mechanical purposes when the public aenti- mnnt of tho country is ripe for the recep- tion and enforcement ot suoh a measure as prohibition." Bir John Macdonald said be bad heard that the (.)ppositioii intended to move an important amendment, and retiuested that it be laid over till Tuesday, as it might in- terfere with the arrangements ot members who wished to go home over Sunday. Bir Richard Cartwright agreed not to press the motion till Tuesday. In Committee of Supply, on the item of Sl.'i.oOO for printing voters' lists, Mr. Foster anbatitnted »10,000 for the amount named, and intimated that it waa not probable that the aum would be used. On the item of 910,000 for printiiig,bind- iiig and distributing the laws, Mr. Bowell intimated that ?i'i,O0() would bo sutUcient, and that sum was substituted. Tho item passed. Mr. Hhanly moved for the third reading of the Bill to inoorporate the Alberta Kail- way A- Coal Company. Mr. Wataon said it waa ot the utmost importance that the Northwest should have cheap coal. Ho moved that the Bill be referred back to the Committee of the Whole to ineert a clause providing that the maximum rate for coal maat not exceed 1 cent per mile. Mr. Speaker ruled the motion out of order, aa proper notice had not been given. Mr. Trow said it would be an extreme hardship if the Government tlid not pro- tect the settlers by restriating the tariff of the company. They should not be allowed to charge 100 per cent, over tha coat of the coal. Mr. Shanly aaid the Uoaae might aa well fix the price ot coal as fix the rate at which i( should be carried. itlr. Sproule aaid that it cost more than a cent a mile to carry coal in Ontario. The company were doing an important work for the Northwest, and shoald be allowed some privilege in return. Mr. Mills held that Parliament had power to fix the rate, and it waa their duty to do BO. The hoar for the consideration of private billa having expired, the motion dropped. Mr. Milla made an inquiry of the Gov- ernment in reference to the accuracy of the preaa report that the Department of Fieh- eriea had been informed that the Canadian veaaela aeized by the United States atithori- ties in liehriogs Sea, in lH87, would be sold next month. He askej whether or not there had been any correspondence with the Foreign Oflioe on the bubject, and ot what nature ; whether the Canadian Gov- ernment had aaked the British Govern- ment to setid a cruiser to Behrings Sea to protect the Canadian veaaels on the high seas ; what answer had been received, and what waa the present state of the cor- respondence between the American Gov- ernment and tho Foreign Ofhue on the aub- ject. Sir Hector Langevin said he coald hardly give the information at present. There had been some correspondence on the sub- ject and the hon. gentleman should move for the papera. Mr. Milla asked whetberthe Governnient would bring down the papera as a matter of course. Mr. Tupper aaid that all the correa- poodence that had taken place up to the opening of the session had been brought down, and it waa a qiieation whether or not the subsequent correspondence could be made public. The House then resumed in Committee of Supply. A number ot itema in connection with the Central Experimental Farm were paaaed, after whicli the committee rose and reported. Mr. Foster intimated that he hoped to be able to make hia hnaucial atatement on Tueaday next. George Friday la IHut I'ulurkjr. Friday, February 22Qd. 1732 Washington was born. Bismarck, Gladstone and Disraeli were born on Friday. Friday, March 25th, ItiO'.l, the Hudson River was discovered. Friday, June MOih, lllU, Louis XI. humbled the French nobles. Friday, March IXth, 1770, the Stamp Act was repealed in England. Friday, June l.ith, ll'.i2, Colambus dis- covered the continent of America. Friday, December 223d, 1020, the Pil- grims made the tiual landing at I'lymoiith Rock. Friday, Jane 10th, 18.11, Spargeon, the celebrated English pre»cher. waa born. Friday, November 20lh, 1721, tho first Masonic lodge waa organized in North .\nierica. Thomas Sutton, who baved England from the Spanish armada, waa bora on Friday. I-'riday. January 12lh, 1433, Charles the Bold, of Burguudy, was born, the richest sovereign of Europe. Friday, Nov 28th, LSU, the first news- paper ever printed by eteaiii, the London I'inifii, waa printed. Friday. June 12th, 1S02, Alexander Von Humboldt, in clinibingCtiimbora/o, reached an altitude ot l'.l,200 feet. Friday, Sept. 7ih, 14r„">, Melendez founded St. Augustine, the oldeat town in the I'nited Blatea by more than forty yeara. Friday, April 8th, Ifihl, the first known newspaper advertisement was published in the Imperial Intflliijencer, in England. Friday, May Uih, l.'.Sti, Oabriel Fahren- heit, usually regarded aa the inventor of the common mercurial thermometer, waa born- Friday, March .'ith.lWO, Henry Mil, of England, gave to John Cabot hia conimia- eion which led to the diacovery of North America. Thia ia the tirat American Slate paper in England. Friday, Nov. 10th, 1G20, the Maytlower, with the I'ilgrima, made the harbor of I'rovincetown, and on the same day they signed that august compact, the forerunner of the present conatitutioD of the States. THKEIE MKN KII.i:.ED. Horrible Deaths of Tralninen ia a Ball Accident. A Banger, Me., deapatoh says : A aerions accident occurred to the morning train from Bangor to St. John, near Boyd'a Mills, two miles east of Kingman, at 10 a.m. Mail clerk David Palmer, who waa on the mail car, gives the following accoanfc of the disaster : When thu train reached Boyd's Milla, the scene of the accident, he waa sitting on a table in the front of the car, M. C. .Mudgctt, of Dexter, chief clerk, near him, with hia feet on the stove, and John Campbell, a clerk, was on the labia. When the shock came the cura went over ia a heap, rolling over several times. Tha train consisted of engine, mail, baggage, Pullman, smoker and three passenger cars. The first live left the track, but the other three kept on rnnning upon a aide track. The mail car. baggage, Pullman and smoker caugbi fire like a flash, being en- tirely consumed within fifteen mioutea. The train bad bei ii ranniiig at full speed, and a misplaeed switch caoaed the derailment. Palmer, Mudgetk and Campbell were held like a viae by the t mbera of the shattered car, the former with part of a letter rack over hia Irga and Mudgett under the etove. Camp- bell'e back waa broken. The dense smoke from the burning cars and steam from the engine lioiler hung over the mail oar. All shouted for help ; Mudgett cried to Palmer that he was bi'ing burned, and bade him good- Dye. Palmer thrust np one arm through an opening and waa seen by Con- ductor Chase, who attempted to pull him out, bat waa unable to do ao. Three other* joined him. and finally succeeded in re- moving him in a bruised condition. They were unable to reach Mudgett and Camp- bell before they burned to death. Harry Goodwin, fireman, waa killed, aud Jnlioa Angell, engineer, waa cut severely, btik none of the passengers were hurt. The injured were taken to the Kingman Uoaae, in Kingman, where their wants were at- t-^iuied to. All cars were equipped witll Sevvall heaters, but the lire caught from the stove used in the mail car. The main track ia bat little damaged, and a conatrac- tion crew, which arrived about 'i p. m., cleared off the debris. Kour al Huiidrvil ailllhin Cullislous M^teorn llully. Obaervationa of falling atara have been used to determine roughly the average number of meteorites which attempt to pierce the earth's atmosphere during each 21 hours. Dr. Sohmidi, of, Athens, from observations made during seventeen yeara, found that the mean hourly number of luminous meteors visible on a clear moon- less night by one observer waa fourteen, taking the time of observation from mid- night to 1 a.m. It baa been further ex- perimentally shown that a large group ot obaervera who might include the whole hori/con in their obaervationa woold see about six times aa many as are visible to one eye. Prof. H. A. Newton and otherH have calculated that, making all poaaible oorrectiona, the number whioh might be viaible over the whole earth would be a little greater than 10,000 times aa many aa could be seen at one plaoe. From thia we gather that not leaa than 20,000,000 lumin SHALLPO.X AT FINO&L. Churchei, Schools and Skatlog Kinku CloMd-Couipiilsury Varoination to b- Kufurcfrd. A St. Thomas despatch say a : During; the paat two weeks many rumors have beer- circulated in thu city regarding an epi- demic which has made ita appearance in Fiiigal, a small village about six mi lea west of the city, and haa already resulted in the death of two married women, while a number ot others aresutTering from the dis- eaae ic that locality. The local phyaioiana from the first have pronounced the malady chickenpox, but as the resalta are of aaoh a aerious nature the Board of Health of Southwold yesterday took the matter in hand to find out the exact nature of the disease and take the necessary premuliona to prevent ita spreading. Dr. Twetdale, medical health otficer of St. Thomas, was summoned, and aftir making a careful ex- amination of the different cases pronounced tho diaeaee undoubtedly smallpox, and hia opinion was corroU^rated to day by other city phyaicians. I he Board ot Health thereupon decided to close the charohee, achoola aud skating rinks, and also to en- force compulsory vaooiuation. All aorta of rumors are atloat in the oily to-night, many of which are groundleaa, but it ia tin- doubtnlly true that there are a number of new cases developing in the vicinity of Fingal. The Bouthwold Doard ot Health have been advised to (juarautino all boases in which cases exist and see that the families are comfortably provided tor. A special meeting of the St. Thomas Board of Health will be held thia evening to con- sider the report of Ura. Tweodale and Van- Ituakirk. HIliU for Sllpperv W«»ther. Ladiea in saoh weather cannot safely dia- panse with baatlea. Alwaya laugh al a man who alipa down. He would laugh at yoa. You may perhapa be allowed to wonder at limea why men don't wear bustlea. If you break a auspender don't awear Take a tug at the buckle in thebaokof yoor trouacra. Don't brush off your clothes. Appear to b« serenely unconsoioas that they are not all right. It both shoulders touch tho ground, the fall, according to tho wreatliug ruled, ia awarded to the sitewalk. Never flip down in sight of your own house. One prefers to be laughed at by strangers ratber than by one's wife. If you feel yourself falling and there's a man within reach grab him. In thia way you often secure somebody to fall on. Alwaya wonder why the City Council doeau't pass a law compelling everybody to put aahea on his icy sidewalk. Don't walk too near the store tronta. It you should go through a plate glass win- dow you would have to pay a hig bill for damages. Swearing at the man who never sprinkles aahea on hia sidewalk ia oonsidered good manners by every authority on etiquette daring icy weather. If you Blip down endeavor to look pleased. It indicates a superior order ot mind. If oua meteors tall iipiu our planet daily each of which in a dark clear night would you look pained it but adda to the mirth of present us with the well-known phenome- . people who see you non of a shooting star. This number, how- Above all, take heed where you stand ever by no means represents the total when laughing at somebody else while number ot minute meteorites that enter pulTed up with pride in your own aure foot- ""- atmoaphere, beoause many entirely edneaa. Pride often haa a tumble. As your legs go lurching and longing in our atmosphere, because invisible to tho naked eye are often seen in teleaoopea. It haa been calculated that the number ot meteoritea, it tbeae were in- cluded, would be increased at least twenty, fold ; thia would give ng 400,000,000 ot meteoritea falling in the earth's atmosphere daily. â€" Prof. Lockyer in Uarper't/or March. â€" ^ Western Society Event. There waa another egg eat at Dwight. August Krall on a wager ate 41 raw eggs, picking up 20 off tho floor with hia teeth without breaking the aheli. Anguat ia the champion egg eater ao Ur.â€" Omaha Herald. one direction and another over tho alippery places occasionally, vow to aet a good ex- ample by sprinkling aahea on your own sidewalk. Alwaya fall down rather than fracture , your spinal column in efforts to keep your feet. No man can feel an unalloyed aaiia- ! faction in hia esoapea from tumbles when his entire frame ia wrenched and lore. If you see any one near you sprawled out on the sidewalk aay good naturedly : "Come here, and I'll pick you up." Thia is im- portant. It is al'ways said on suoh oooasions, , and pleasoa a man when he's down. c ] X The Earl of Lytton ia anxiona to let , fnrniahed, hia magnificent and picturesque | A man named Blade has jaak died in seat of Knebworth, in Hertfordshire. It great agony from swallowing a sugar waa here that hia father wrote many of hia crusher whilat drinking a glass ol grog at °<"*"' Orawkerne, Bomeraet,