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 THE DOMIBIOF OAMTAL. â-  »?; moie oon- gold. I tenth le, made )U9 and iiyons aiU will â- aziiio ._t trco A rayeWi Ito Eu*t tf« 1SP8P*I! rdlB*" "Baantifal aa Zion for ntnation, lying 1 like within the boaom of a lorely v*l- ' ,h^ every phase of Nature'« bmnty, ^\ and ri'er, field and forest, mead and ** nntain. whirlpjol and waterfdl, she may **"arveyedat one broad sweep of entranced " n vrearing the noblest pile of pnbli j l!«din'(f8 in the colony upon her fir clad "TTfringed all about with mingled man- ?^'yjlla, lawn and grove, and holding the " 1 fUs of thunderous Chaadiere and "Iraev Kideao in either hand." Thus does 3, James Maodonald Oxley ponrtray Ot- «4. "An arctic lumber villge tamed â- tea political cockpit." Saoh is Mr. Gold- ""•nSinith'B description of the same city. these two gentlemen do not exactly agree ' their estimates, I have given both their femons though I must not get myself to hc^^ water by saying which I deem to --he moat accurate. But Mr. Oxley cah- "ot'make this city mors proud, any more aa Mr. Smith can make it more humble J jj revArdlesa of tae disparagement or pr'aise°it falls to my lot to give a very rief and unimbitious sketch of the past and -reseat of the C-ipital, according to my own 'nderatan Hag. A little while after the cf the present century cne Phil- of Woburn, Massachusetts, biae, bat j^a oUi, ,„(,a Wrignt L. jji, native place and proceeded to Mon real- From this ooint, with a caravan of -ye fiiciiies, including thirty men, foarteen 'crMS, eight oxen and seven sleighs, loaded i^pwith mill irons, axes, scythes, hoesand j!' other kinds of tools, together with a 'imber of j;aefei..s of cleae pork j; aia owa raising, he proceeded to the Chau- -iere Fall 3, where he erected for himself an 'ibitation. He built the village of Wright- rCle now Hall, one of the darkest looking aSes in the world, in spite of all the latent iii-mination stored up in its factories. Hull is iectly opf ojite Ottawa, and for a trifling ca the land upon which the city stands fell iiso the hanis of cne Nicholas Sparks, a per- ME in thd service of Mr. Wright. There was considerable nervousness for many yoira afier the war of 1812 15, and this feeling jd to the construction of the Rideau Canal, Titer route which would serve oar people or onr troops, in time of war, to come and :c spon, without interruption. The junc- •itn of this canil with the Ottawa river was niade precisely at the point where Mr. Sparks im purchased the land. In a little while t:e nucleus of a settlement made its appear- ance, and then with the growth of the C...1- i iraffic, there uprose a thriving place call- ed Eytown, so named after Colonel By, the engineer of the canal. As for Mr. Sparks, h soon found himself busy selling lota to the !r.perial (iovernment and to enterprising setters, till he became the master ot a cool iiili a million sterling. In 1851 Bytown (X'Uted ct no fewer than S00i inhabitants and the great bulk of these were concerned, ei;rer directly or indirectly, with the lumber ^dic. To this part of Canada seemed to icae from r.ll rjaarters men of the sturdiest er;«rprise, as witness the names of the ^k;ad8, the Eddys, the Moors, theOilmonrs, til! Perlys, the Patteys, the Hamiltons/the 'H'righta, and the many others hardly leaa AliViNTCRESiiME AND ,SUCCES.SFUL iiiiAlevenients. Tina new city now began to ^cwdissutiatiedwithber name,andlongedfor one with more poetry and more music in its !C3id. !?T Bytown was changed to Ottawa, w:i:h appellation had taken the place of the Utwa of tne Indian. It would seem as ii Kme guiding hand were preparing this iittie eorthern town for the laurels soon to bef'.iced upon her brow. In 1841 the old prc-.Taces of Uppti and Lower Canada enter- ed bto union, and the seat of the new Gov- i-zz-.eni 7-is es);ib!ished at Kingston. But tnrts years liter it wae decided that parlia- n:eatsho-jld go " boarding round the dees- "ict," so to speak in other words, it was lejci.ved tjint t.ie seat of government should 20 ::ur ye rs -co t\v' French province, and for a lite period t j the English one, alternately. Matreai wi= given the honors for Quebec, ai roroiito held them tor Ontario. But mlMO iTo-y mob in Montreal did itself the milt of "burning down the parliamect boild- jug!, stoaLng theUovemorUeneral and pok- 0? stick? throagti a portrait of the Queen. ice reprevntatives never returned to the nokus c'\\ but chose Quebec in its stead. li i^)S i,i^ iegislature had grownsick of the coniiuouapackiDEr, moving, and unpacking; wrdecided to R-i Her Majesty to become wi'.ritor !n the u. iter, and nane a city for Me permanent resi ence of parliament. The 1^° "°' ""^P ^^ ***® ^^^ colonies, and aiBd one or two r.f her trusty cooncillora "aerslde. The Dake of Wellington put J»p«mt€r upon a little black dot marked Bytown," and said, «« That is a mutable ,P»e. ioar Majesty. It stands on the Wer of both provinces, and it is a place of TOle imputance in the English province." Sso "^^^' accepted the advice, and sigai- Km r °"°"^* *° ^^^ Canadian government. « » little excitement was manifested when ' ecime known that the place chosen for the ^Mi was "a certain modest village-town, d meekly on high bluflfs and interven- r^-'ileys between the spray and roar of «a:o^ waterfalls." This decision at once "^^gUtthe "arctic lumber village" into bitw °f ' ^^" gentleman with a very j/« Mid therefore somewhat unreliable ZT' l*t«r years, when referring. to its «^on mi, .. It was to become the oem- Oill?°;""^^'"0"al»ty for this country." itrKsPL^ city has never considered that ^oiteil "" ^°°* '° ^iog chosen bnt ^«:.ne contrary. Its very insignificance '^passport to distinction. As Mr, Ox- ^i PJ"'y ^*'^« it was the " dark eieTe,Z..r^ contest for the capltabhip. nuj 4V "I? ""^y sharpen their wits aa they (»r5tri.,J'"8paraging things of our Uttle leilto r " "" *^*«r **« 'acts. In the the h^'^?a made Ottawa, and neither »fflZ p °"'° "or the occasional poUtloal Woi iL " ^^^^ can blot eut the gran- ** *»terf'u^ rivers, and of Its thunder- fa^^Moa among ntmrn of oar Fiwoh- V a^toation itOH* inbtngemeat, Tid tt U at the hands of the mob. " " *hlng« which brethren must have, and thsM «re their THE HOnSHHOIiD. The are three good many of our French religion, their language and their amaU pox. Ahey will defend either one of these to the death. Of corfne, I do not wish my readera toauppoMthat the educated Prenoh-Cana- dian or the bulk of the people haa as many institutions" aa his unlettered hmfreres. Ihe English folk are found upon the more elevated ground, and their location is an ex- tremely haalthful one There is considerable boaineaa activit}!' and contractors are itead ly putting op new buildings. I suppose that my readers wUl infer an Upper Town as well as a Lower Town here from my ob- servations. The chief business of the city is confined to one street leading from the Chandiere FaUs to the Ridean River; and this thoroughfare haa various names. The portion of it in which young people given to street flirting are most interesttd, is very appropria ely named Spark i' street. In the matter of fern tie beauty, I had imagined be- fore visiting Ottawa, that Toronto carried the palm away from all her Canadian sisters; but I must confess that I now regard the issue as doubtful batwiit her and cur lit- tle Ottawa. We have the two types of beauty here.the Gallio and the Anglo Saxon, while Toronto enters the lists with only one. Our Frenca girls have more colour than their Eagliah sisters that is to s»y, they wear the carnation in their cheek, and the* other wears the rose. I should judge the French girl s face to be the prettier, and her figure to be not so good. Her eyes are pretty sore to be dark, with the lustrous gleam of Nor- mandy in them the Eaglish girl's eye sug- gests a fire kindled at a star. I suppose I have made myself quite clear on these points. The stores here, with the exception of ens, are not nretsntioas in appearance; but prices are a little lower than ae Toronto. I don't know whether the licensed grocers SMUGGLE THEIB SPIBITS or not but they sell a large " square " bottle of John D. Kuyper for 60 cents whilst the Toronto grocer sells the same for 75 cents. In most of the stores the clerks speak both French and English. The publi: buildings of Ottawa I need hardly refer to. Crowning an airy hill, overlooking the Ottawa River, stands the Parliameut and Departmental Buildings, magaificent structures, costing over five million dollars, and constructed of Ohio sandstone and Trenton limeftone. The colors are warm yellow and Qaaker'a gray, but how Ruskin would rage at seeing those rockeries built in the wall above door and window-arch. About the grounds are flower plots and during the late autumn a large narcissus bed sweetened the whole ait about with odor. Government have recently taken over the Nepean Park from the city. It was very beautiful in the autumn but next year. Sir Hector Langevin has arranged, it will surpass in gorgeousness. Trenton lime- rock forms the city 's foundations, and the contractor needs but to sink his drill nnder the building lot to obtain an exquisitely tinted blue-gray stone. A number of pri- vate residences and the civic buildings are constructed of this stone. The City Hall is a handsome structnte of somewhat too coldly blue about the top aod is a rebuke to the squat, tumble- down pile if ugly brick in which the City Father's of the Queen City congregate. Little type seems to be very fashionable in Ottawa and the names of the streets are shown in upper case letters, a little larger than the type in a novel bnt not much larger. If you want to find out the name of a Street painted upon a corner- board, a good way ia to take a ladder or an opera glass. Of course I am only talking from hearsay as I have never seen any of the lietters. In Bummer,of course, it is quiet in a social way in Ottawa, but in winter there is a con- tinuous round of parties, snow-shoe tramps; and tobogganins: at the Rideau slides and Tacfae's Hill. The chief social event is the State Ball at Rideau, to which seven or eight htm1red persons are invited. Tobogganing at the Hall at night under the flare of torch- es, bonfire and Cheese lanterns presents a very picturesque and beautiful spectacle. Their present excellencies have became very popular, and the good sense, industry and zeal which his Lordship haa shown since coming amongst tis will very probably pave part of the way to India. There is not nn- rettrained social intercourse between the French and English circles here; bnt the dividing line is every year becoming less rig- id. Far co*ts largely prevail du^g toe reign of parliament and the ladies have begun, for the season, to carry their steel- pointed canes. For my part I am unable to see why a lady should not cany a cane as well as a gentleman, (I hope my words will not be misconstrued here !) if it be granted that there is any utility in the ap- pendage But let me enter my solemn pro- test against the hideous dolman or Mother Hubbard In which so many of the Ottawa maidens HIDE THEIR PRETTY FIGUBKS. One girl in four hundred can wear a dolman and, look graoeful,but that is aU. DoUy Var- dtn is About the only girl that I ever knew who could do so and it is very questionable if the robs would not have taken much of the poetry out of her. I believe this gar- ment is " afiected • in Ottawa becanae a cer- tain not verir eiqufsite taste in the matter of drees adq;U a similar robe. Any- thing that tends to hide the natural curves and giaoea of the human figure is barbarous and Sie pinched-up back of a dolman upon a lady has always reminded me of a cancer. £100.000,000 IN THM HvmsB Couet o» Chahoebt !-A large P" o* _^ 'flt'T belongs to the people ^^5J«*"»-„9^i5 Co., 41, Southwnpton BaU^ip, Holbwn. Londoi BnjN, have justpubU^ad aX^of tha heirs t» lUa enormous wealth. Ke*^ send a dollar and they wiU forward yon all ^i^£ Sot; andtf y«m find Ijyitlfliat you are entitled to any money or proper^, olalm Moths do not est fluNMgli paper. •^ cMd mm tmuimfpmma. Tea should aever he made in • tin pot pSLSâ„¢^ '""*•"â-  *•**•» " makM » -^ST",^-!?* with camphor dtwdved in â- pmta of turpentine may be out with metallio tools. Cooking utensils, after being wadied. should be rinsed In dean water and wiped out with a clean, dry elotb. Water tbit has stood in a lead idpe over night Is unfit for cooking or drinking pur- poses. Let it run for two or three minutes before being used. In cleaning paiat obstinate spots that will not wash oflF with soap and water will often yield to a gentle rubbing with a damp doth dipped in soda. Vinegar and yeast are kept best in glass vessels, n placed in ston^ crocks or jugs tHeIr acid attacks the glazing, which is con- aidered poisonous. India rubber bands slipped over the body of bottles that arer t j be packed In oars for transportation will prevent breakage and save considerable in packing material. Ohoica SecipeS' Cbeam Douohnxtts.â€" One egg, a cup and a half of sugar, o^e cup of thick sour cream, half a cup of sweet milk, a pinch of -salt, two-thirds teaspo^pful of socb mix with Haxall flour, flavor with lemon, and fry in very hot lard. Cacliflowsb, â€" Trim off the outside leaves and put into salted boOing water. When tender take oAt carefully ana lay on a disb. Pour over it sauce made thus Stir into two tablespoonfuls melted butter in a saucepan a heaping tablespoonful of flour, stir till the flour is well cooked, then add mUk or cream till the gravy is thin as lat^ ter, season with pepper and salt, and pour over the cauliflower. Quince Pbbsebve â€" Select the bast quinces for preserving, the others reserve for mar- malade. Pare, core, and quarter the quinces, or after coring cut in rings. Allow three- quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit. Boil the quinces in jost water enough to cover them till they are tender. Drain them from this water and put them into boiling syrup made by putting one pint of water to two pounds of sugar. Boil five minutes and put into jars. Chicken Salad. â€" Take some tender pul lets, fry them in the saucepan or roast them. When cold cut them up, skimming and trimming them neatiy. Put the pieces in a tureen ^th some salt, pepper, oU, vinegar, some sprigs of parsley, and an onion cut into slices, ^ix all well together, cover, and let stand for some hours. Then, just before serving, drain the salad, taking care to re- move all bits of onion, etc., and place it tastefully on lettuce leaves, witii the hearts of the lettuce on top, and cover with a Ma- yonnaise dressing. PeabJellt. â€" The pears must be a juicy sort. Cut. them into quarters without par- ing or coring. Put eight pounds Jn a pot with one quart of water and boil aa a slow fire to a pulp, then throw them into a jelly bag, made of coarse glass cloth, and let them remain all night to drain. Next morning squeeze any remaining juice out of the bag, and to each pound of juice add half a pound of lump sugar and a very little lemon ' juice to flavor. Boil it on a quick fire till it comes to a jelly. Graat care must be taken not to let this burn. It takes about two hours to boil to a jelly, but is more easily done in small quantities. Coarse, juicy pears are the best. Some New Pickles Tomato Pickle, â€" Take a gallon of green tomatoes and six lart;e onions cut them in thin slices and stand them In salt and water all night. In the morning pour ofi the brine sbnd pat them into a preserving pan, with four tablespoonfuls of sugar, four of mustard two teaapoonfuls of ground cloves, two of cinnamon, one of cayenne pepper and one of the best curry powder. Simmer for one hour and when cool, pour into pickle jarst Chow-Chow. â€" Take two heads of cabbage, two heads of cauliflower, one quart of dwarf onions, two quarts of small tomatoes, one dosen cucumbers and six roots of celeiy cut into small pieces and boil each kind of vegetable separately until tender, then strain and take two g!dlons of vinegar, quarter of a pound of mustard, quarter of a pound of mustard seed, one pot of French mustard, one ounce of cloves and two ounces of tum- eric put the vinegar and sj^oes into a pan and let them come to the boil, then mix the vegetables and pour the liquor over. To Pickle Small Yellow- Tohatoe â€" Let them lie in salt and water for three or four days, changing the brine If a scum rises then rinse tiiem with clear water and let them lie for a night in weak vinegar, or say half vinegar and half water. The next day prepare thus To one peplt of tomatoes allow half' an ounce of whole clpves, a quar- ter of a pound of ground mustard, half an ounce of whole black pepper and six good- sized onions, cut in slices. Put the tomatoes • in a jar, putting a layer of onions and 'I^ioe between the layers of tomatoes till the jars â- re fall. Cover the whole with cold vinegar of good strength. In a week or ton days the pickles ^11 be ready for the table AptLB Pickle.â€" Core six good-sized cook- ins apples and six russet apples slice them, but do not pare Oiem. The oooking apples will form the soft part of the ohutnee, and the slices of maset apples should look like sliced mangoes. Pnt them into a pint of red vinegar, add a pound rf moist sugar and four o^es of sultana raUns boll together iiatBthe»ppleiuei«^ Have two onnees of onions ready, chopped findy, four ouaeea ofsalt. two ounces each of mustard and eround giiiger, mixed nnoothly with a Uttie ffaSrSr' these i-greafaS*- ^mto tt. -^Sy* ahiilte system of rcgistsrad aumben Messn. TwkmtH ft Son can teO which ttf their wwkaaen manipnlavd any piKMiaalar plug of their "Myrtle Navy" tobac if the caddy which contained it is known. Should any isaperfeption be found h^ any plug, therefore they can single out Ibd i^Mk- manâ€" from among tkdr 300 hands ^who Is reaponsfble for it. The system works so thoroughly that the complaints do act average one lor eveiy 200.000 plugs tamad out. All medium shades of dark and pakgNsB are faahionableâ€" reseda, sage, cress. Chart- reuse, olive, Bussiaa or Iwttle or invisible green, bronze, and even pea green. A.P. S63 mi JAMBS PAHK SON, VoroBto. a a ,KA1N TlLE-FlBSI-CL Sy. Apply SO WM. OnOKOW. ftwanan P. O Onl^ EMCWIICird SHOKniAHB INSnTiinP Pubho Idbnrj BoUdinic, Obonih-ttnel D "O ttioiough tuition nMonabl* latee parUonlais fne Tho^ BneoDSB, Pnsident; 0. EU Baooss, 8«e.- AOfllNKRY FOH SaLIâ€" BMQINttl aM BoUeis. Saw and Shingle Mills, Planins Fao- toryOntflts, Stave and Heading IUoliinei,~watar whee)B, Cliopping Milla, etc Send tor descriptive catalogue and mention what yon want. (Hentton tills paper). H. W. PETBIE, Brantford. Ont. A BIG OFFER j2Jl'iâ„¢'SSS» *lem.'eirtll *f '"' GIVE AWAY 1 030 8eJ^ Opentinc WMbiu IltoltLer. It yon want one '«»• n«jro'«rn»ine, P. O uidtxprcfii cffioiatoBoe Tg K NATIONA L CO., 23 Dey ae^.JT. Y. ABUCCIE88 AOINSt AIJ PBBJTTIHCI WiUlmmB* Bye W«ter Ium proTrd Itself a nieeee by all ono Ii le nsedlt oooiding to direoUoni, U the!' •ei weremrsble, m vi.l beetn by ihe nndenicned •ertifimtes. It oared me, 8 yean tUod, oecnllH failed O. T.,rtin It lia CO ed me, oeenliit wonld not tty me, Alexi^er Wand; 6 ytan bliad. Cluw. Amlott; 4 Jt» â- , Bile Dnfonr 33 yeua blind end now I see, John teoroix. Aak yonr dmggiiti tor It. WholeUeâ€" Itf- man Bom a Oa.TM4 St. I S 8L McnSrML^^^ CUTTmSOXJT! The Mew Cooperative lewing HacMnel IS THE BBST IN THB MABKB!t. nmr srxam i kw FmunrmB Latest Improved Attachment Agents price for slmilarmaclilne g6( Our price only 125 eacL ^L. 0. Bsccn. Booed Me* B O l ssjcw Best HsaaajBiigar Omed Hmb, SttS'lff^ '^^'"s* 15?«^*"" nUsd ftiatoisL Ohssss, Itenlly oc aavj Late la tuba udPdsTXhs BsstBrnads si Bsr sh Was Dairy Salt fa aw*. FOK FIiBASANT SBWINQ Clapperton's Spool Cotton I WkTruited WUVXi ensUk,uid tii iiiii â- iiiiiitll eaaav Ise.Oat Obtnumurs rtiwingmMWas. Bse Oat Obtnumurs aaas tba Vlte sale far aUlM floods Didsn. is oa Christinas Cards BY MAIL At leas tlisa whclraale prioes. All well assorted. No two alike. Poetage prep^d. BIRTHDAY CARDS may b» Inieliided. Nor FEiKaiD. FanoHt. S6 CARDS, good Talue, for I 85 fl se 2i •• larger. " 60 2as 25 " very One, " 109 S25 tr O deis may be proportianately nOxed. Oasii to aooomptny Older, Addrees. Matthews Bros. Co. .Toronto illsn Line Soyai Mau steamslUpif BaBins dnrtng winter from lortland every n and Hautaz every Satarday to UTerpooi, and in i trail Qoebee every Saturday to Uvervsol, oalllns at 1 OBdeny to lao£ raelli and puaenaen for Seotland aa Ireland. Also from BaitSmcre • via Ralsfaz and Sl'JeliBt W.W., to Uvsrpool fortulsbtiy dnrlne renuaer Zbe itaamen at the Olaaeow Uaei iali dories wta... to and from HalitazrParllnsd, Boiton and AOeM Bf tore bnylnc lend ni itamp tor ^aar elesanl plioti and lamplea ot lewins. 'Haoblnei guaranteed tor tiiree yean and sent p graiA and lamplea ot lewins, drr- â- â-  triaL An lad wantln a machine vrlll do well to writs to THX OO-OPBRATIVB Sewing Ma^lune C Vi .^AMKR HT aOTTTH. HAMTr-TOis "SUN" TYPE-WiiirEB! This is not a rubber stamp, bu4 a genuine metal type maoifolding machine. Just the tningfarolergy- men, teachers, bu-ioees men and others having limit- ed correspondence. Aa a guarantee that the maohinc la as represented, I agree to receive it any time with- in 6 months at price paid in exchange tor the Cele- brated Remington Perfected Tj ps-Writer. «iEOR«E BKCiOi;6H Sole Agent, 34 King Street East, Toronto. idtia end dnrinc f ammer between Olaegow and 1 •real, weekly; CHaigow and JS.'rt03, weekly; and Oh and PhlladalpWa rortnlebtly. Vor freisbt, Dassase, or other infumaMan appiTto A. SchuiBAcher ftCo.. Baltinune;8i Oonard ft; Oq» Halifax; Shea ft; Co. St Jobnt. N.r. {Wm. Thomson ft; Ca, St. J6hB,K. Allan A Co., Ohiaaro't Iiove h AUen. Kew 7ork H. Boudler, Toronto Allans, Bae ftOlh. Quebec t Wm. BrocUe, Philadelphia; H. A. Allan, Proprietor Bostoa Uoatreal. CAUTION EACH PLUG OF THE MYRTLE MYl IS MARKED ' T.B. IN BRONZE LETTERS None Other fieniiuie. The Eagle Eteao. Washer U the only Waahing Uaebine in- Tented that awee^v woman or cirl 14 Tears old, with oat. the use of a wash, board, can with eaii) wash to to UO plecen in one hoar. Ageact wanted all •rcrCan ada. Sample lent for tnsi andteiTitorygiTea. Ladira make good ageDta;ao wear -ja clothes, and eraj lady will ba-? after trying It; warrance to waoh ealieoa Ih fi-'.e minutes, cottan goodiin M, bedelothea la. or no lale. Address, FERHIS Jt Cu., PtentaesaBd Oana ietaren.78 JaiTls Stn-~ '"iRONTO.Caoad* Coleman's Improved Flonghjarness Adapted to Orchard WoA. No whiffletrees to injure trees. Easy on man aad team. Working qualities guaranteed. Money le- tnaded it not satlatactory after a fair trial. Prioe, He without Dollars and bridles IETV^E^^ A, CO., COLBOBNB, ONT. ^10 Reward ipr the Gonvictdon Of Dealers who oi-fJl^r\r^l I »Qferior Oil ot Other ferand Sell In- IVIV/Vy vy L.L- O Manufacture for ^ai LARDINE GOLD MEDAL JUST AWARDED AT THE TORONTO EXHIBITION FOB PEER AND OTHEB kOHINK 0IL8. Six Cold Medals hate been Awarded this Oil dnrlna the last Thr«« Tears. Be Sare to get PEERLESS, no other cenoiHe. WE WILL PAY FREIGHT BOTH WAYS IF NOT ENTIRELY SATISFAOTOBT j (taeei City Otf Wrdks Sqjnuel BogersA Co, MERIDEN i IllHI'ill Ii CAUTION BRITANNIA Ckiodi itunped MmI* BUTsr PIsto Co., i â-  i'i ii:r:tai m â- ' .t. •'• â- ^ ii! I '"iii. .i •â-  1/ il â- ' k C i I II 'il • Ik :i 'm