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?.flu so, the Postmasterâ€"General _ RDessribes the Effects of the Conservaâ€" ‘12&’ Gerrymander Wills in 188% . and 1892â€"How Liberals Were i’%- Hivedâ€"Toronto‘s Fifth F Member. Ottawa, June 17.â€"On the â€" question of measure so as to give the Ontario capital five members instead of four, as was the original intention, and as is the case in the present House. No confidence will be betmyed by stating that several Conâ€" servatives yesterday dfternoon, after the Postmasterâ€"General had made his stateâ€" ment, expressed the belief that the measâ€" ure was now one which it would be poor Polby to oppose, for, as one of them said, "What sting there was bas been taken ous of it by this new resolution of the Government.‘" Gentlemen holding the game views as those of the member menâ€" tioned are not, though, in a large majorâ€" ity in the Conservative ranks. The leader of the Opposition, an irreconcilable of the irreconcilables, is determined to see mothing good in the measure as amended, and this afternoon be took an hour to H e ooo it t en e iiet say so, after the Postmasterâ€"General had succinctly explained the mcasure. â€" Mr, Mulock Explains. The Hon. Mr. Mulock, in moving the second reading of the bill respecting representation in the House of Commons, ‘ snid it had not been the custom in the Canadian Parliament to make changes in the constituencies except in the session imâ€" mediately after each decennial census, but every such redistribution since Confederâ€" ation had taken place while the political opponents of the present Government were in office, and on each occasion, especially in 1882, the redistribution bad been made in such a manner as to be unâ€" fair to the Liberal party in Ontario and to stifle a fair representation of public opinion in that province. He, therefore, thought the Liberal party was justified in undoing to a great extent the evil that had been done. ‘The chief abuse of the Eower vested in Parliament to redistri« ute, and to which the present bill directed itself, arose under the act of 1882. This redistribution act of 1882, â€" while protessing to be for the double purâ€" pose of equalizing the representation and providing for six now seats in Ontario, four of which the province was entitled to under the census, and two caused by four small ridings being unitedâ€"Cornâ€" wall with Stormont, and Lincoln with Niagaraâ€"was really framed in such a manner as to ‘"hive‘‘ the Liberal vote in certain constituencies and strengthen the Conservatives in others, so that a fair representation of the two parties in the Province of Ontario had been rendered impossible in the Federal Parliament. The bili o£ 1832 aid not even accomplish an equal representation by population, as, while the unit of population was 20,â€" 904, a number of constituencies were left considerably below that unit, while Liberal constituencies which had twice, and in some cases three times, as lnrgze a population as the unit, were left with only one representative, where . they should have had two and sometimes The only fair represontation was an adherence to county boundaries, within each province, and in iwlvocating . the representation by population, :!m Liberal en UNEIOT " d Wt Vsiiient it t £20F on senea en en en n t rnty had not meant an equalization of be population of each constituency some time past, they meunt that cach province should have an equal representation in the Dominion Parliament, based on its population as a province. ‘Taking the Redistribution Act of 1832 as a basis, as well as the act of 1892, reprosentation hy population had never heen an important factor in redistribution nets. In 1382 out of 93 constituencies, 30 of them were below 19,000 population, and ‘3i were mbove 22;000. ‘The unit was 20,904, and he thought that 19,000 as a minimum and 22,000 as a maximum was a fair estimate. On this basis 64 out of the 92 constituencies were unfairly represcnted, either by having too large or too small a population. He then challonged contr diction to his statement that "you w?l’{ not find in any province or in the terriâ€" torics that in any period of time from Confederation to this moment any due regard has been paid to the principle which it was pretended governed the Redistribution Act of 18%2, namely, that the ridings were to be equalized in popuâ€" Jation." #. Mulock Explains the Fait lines, many gentlemen who have occupied seats since thon, and many of those in tho House, would never have been clectâ€" ed. Had }t not been for the gorrymander mct of 1882> and tho subscimuent one of 1892, there were several members in the House who would mever have been reâ€" gurned. The bill now before Parliament did not propose to do complete justice to the peoâ€" ple, but it proposed to ao away with tho most glaring injustices of previous rodisâ€" tribution acts. _ The presont â€" measure would not affect the ridings east of the County of Ontario. Tho bill affected some 43 constituencies in Ontario. It affects the following constitnencies in certain respects, in doing away with the "hives"‘ and in abolishing constituencies which do not correspond to countics (Bothwell and Cardwell) and bringing the constituâ€" encies of Haldimand, Welland, Lincoln and others into their proper limits. The bill affects the following constituâ€" encies, namely: Bothwell, North Brant, South Brant, North Bruce, Kast Bruce, West Klgin, South Grey, East Grey, North Grey, Haldimand, West Huron, Kast Huron, South Huron, Kent, West J ambton, Kast Lambton, Lincoln, Kast Middlosex, Wost Middlesex, North Midâ€" dlesex, South Middlesoxâ€"Monk is abolâ€" ished, but his figures embraced the time when it was a constituiencyâ€"Muskoka and Parry Sound. North Ontarin. Santh «y un w d . m 2P C onatmi y . Pn o bR Ux::‘;fl:.. SHouth Oxford, Pool, Kast Simooe, Wel+ land, North Wellington, Centre Wellingâ€" ton, North Wentworth, South ~Went worth, South York, ast York. West York was not affectel by the gortyâ€" yaander of 1882, It is the same constitnâ€" enay which it was prior to that legisia: Mr., Mulook, in answer to a question hy Mr. -ndl-p_nnyh&qu THE SECOND READING. are split in swo camps DEAD. 86. In the general elvction of 1887 there was a Conservagive majority of .5,647, and a Liberal majority of 10.257, but the Conseryative party had 22 seats and the Liberals 24, whereas, on a proper repreâ€" sentaiion, the Corservatives would only have had 16 seats and the Libérals 80. In the general elvetion of 1891 in the same constituencies . Conservative . majorities aggreyating 3,661 carried 15 seats, while Liberal majorities aggregating 13,515 had | 81 soats. By a proper redistribution act the Conservatives should only have had 10 seats and the Liberals 36. In the elecâ€" tion of 1896 he omiited three constiéiuenâ€" cies, North Fimeog, Monck and North Wentworth and Brant, which had been united into one constitueney. In 43 conâ€" stituencies there were Conservative majorâ€" ities of 3,184 and Liberal majorities of 12,412. The election returns gave 17 Conâ€" servatives and 26 Liberals, but a fair proâ€" portion, based on the majorities given at the polls, would have leen 10 Conservaâ€" tive seats to 83 Liberal, or a rightful Libâ€" cral majority in Parliament of nine. In other words, the gerrymander caused a \lo.uw the Liberal party of 14 votes on a division in Parliament. Mr. Mulock then went on to deal with the Ontario constisuencies affected in getail, amid a running fire of questions, causing bim to lose his temper. Mr. Mulock next referred to the Provâ€" ince of Quebec, merely saying that the bill preposed to return to certain countles in that province a number of municipaliâ€" tics that had been detached from them from time to time, and was passing on to the Province of Prince Edward Island, when Mr. McNeill said that be would like to ask whether the judges are to take into consideration the increase of populaâ€" tion sinca the last census, or whother the increase or change of population during the last cight years was to be lefé out of consideration altogether. _ t Mr. Mulockâ€"The bill cortains the matters that are referred to the judges. The census doals with the subject of population. This is a measure proposed to be passed in the year 1899, It ought to have been passed in the year 1892. The judges will sit as if they were sitting in 1892, baving before them the census of 1891, the map of the provinces, the hisâ€" tory of the c;nntry, and such other cirâ€" cumstances as they may deem a profper guide to aid them in arriving at a fair judgment. . The letters {mwnt wppointing the commissioners shall direct them in making the divisions to consider the disâ€" tribution of population according to last census of Canada, the public convenience and such divisions as appear to them best calculated to do substantial justice. Continuing. Mr. Mulock said; The bill restorea the county lines to the Province of Prince Edward Island. â€" That island is entitled to five members, and the counâ€" ties have until vory lately been representâ€" ed each by two. A change was made. Portions of one county were detached and given to another, and the number of members reduced from six to five. It is now proposed to restore to each county those portions of the county nocessarily belonging to it, and to {Ive reprosontaâ€" tion uccordingly, one to King‘s, which has the smallest population, and two each to the other counties, whose _ population greatly exceods that of King‘s. He then moved the second reading of the bill. . * sir Charles 'l’luly-!f.' Sir Charles Tupper said that the Postâ€" masterâ€"General had â€" exhibited greater frankness than the. First Minister, who, with great plausibility, endeavored to make is appear that the measure was a very innocuous one, while the Postmasterâ€" General had quite freely admitted that it was really a measure for destroying the Conservative party in Ontario, if that could possibly be done. After referring to the redistribution bill of Sir Oliver Mowat, he advised the Government to l abandon the pretext of following county boundaries, and to acknowledge that the only principle underlying this measure i=2the great cardinal principle, the only principle which they knew anything about, the principle of obtaining power by means fair or unfair, and by taking such advantage as will enable them to strangle certain constituencies when an apponl has again to be made to the elecâ€" torate. ‘Tbat was the only "principle" there was in this bill. The bill was so gross in its unfairness that the hon. gentlcman and his colleagues have been obliged to change it already. In reply to. Mr. Mulock‘s remarks about the 1882 redistribution bill, Sir Charles said that if the Conservative party owed the power under which they governed the country from 1882 down to threa years nzo to the gorrymander act, no person ought to bo so thankful as the hon. gentlemen oppoâ€" site. Euppose the bill of 1882 hbad not pussed, and suppose the hon. gentlemen opposite had come into power, where would Canadna be toâ€"day? The National Policy, which is the lifeâ€"blood of the country, and which these hon. gentlemen now ndmit is the great source of life and vitality for this coantry, would have been swopt away. â€"Where would â€"prefer= ential trade bave been? There would bave been no preferential trade. Where would the Canadian Pacific Railway bave been‘! It would have been wiped out by the hon. gentlemen opposite, who, by a resoâ€" l lution only two years before 1882, deâ€" clarod that the work ought to stop at the \ foot of the Rocky Mountains It was a humiliating position for a Liberal Government that | they . were driven to the humiliating confession that nothing remained for them to do but introdarce this gerrymander bill, the one great effort of a Liberal Government to signalize the last year of the century. Was It not m confession in favor of 30 rodistribution bill of 1882? When he bad criticized Sit Wilfrid‘s remarks in introducing the bill he had â€"*â€"Mâ€"â€"~â€"2 tha qnnotjentionalitw of the measure, and bad pointed out that Sir Wilfrid closed his specch withount any referencé to the authority upon which he was introducing a redistribution Lill in 1899, based on the census of 1891. The British North America Act . expres<ly stated that the Federal representation of the several provinces was to bo readjusted "after cach decennial census." The Conâ€" sorvatives had always accepted the conâ€" slitutional view> of the matter. _ The rodistributtons of 1887 and of 1893 were to corroo% mistakes merely, and NMr. Lmurlet‘s comments on the iatter bill showed it was thus nnderstood and nocopted by both sides of the House. _ e on o e se en it oaal dtent Resuming after recess, Sir Charles I‘npK-r «laimed that only dire necessity could explain | the constitutional violaâ€" tion, the absurd anowmaly, of introducâ€" ing within a year or so of the decennial census a redistribution b‘ll based on the censu‘s of 1891. despite the greas changes throughout the country. It was merely for party gain. The fact was, the Govâ€" ernment had so dogged its supporters through the mire of anpopular legisiation baok to their _ TB _ B4 M' :-mlv house. , the Govâ€"| | _ "I ! supporters | to my fraid to .;:?‘ nlflz *4 the Senate voted for that motion. Could the Liberals toâ€"day plead in face of that uquuu?nm with a redistribution bi l-l:lu beliove that such a gross violation of the could become law. Mr./Paterson, Minister of Custom&, in his reply, characterized Sir Charle® Tup per‘s remarks regarding the Upper House as a shameloas h, addressed to the Senate gallery, :‘Nwmhufiofio Benate could be infuenced in that way. Astoelusdu-rn.u 10 minutes to 12, Mr. N. omh‘#&h- moved the adjournment of the debate. Lost by 28 to 18. After further remarks about adjournâ€" ment and obstruction, Col. Prior moved the adjournment ot the debate and the House adiourned at 12.88 a.m. Saw How It Worked. A scientific demonstration which caused some amusement is described in a recent number of The Criterion: "A ecrtain pbysician bad a large Toeplerâ€" Holtz machine which gave a spark like a young streak of lightning. His wife was much interested in it and watched the doctor manipulate it until she fanâ€" cied berself master of the apparatus One day a party of friends called when the doctor was out, and the good wife seized the opportunity of paralyzing them with her knowledge of science. _ Hart was on the stump for Foraker and was putting in his best licks in the "rural districts. ~One afternoon he tacâ€" kled a lot of Medina connty farmera and opened upon them in his usual way ‘Friends,‘" he said, "I know you are a sensible, hard headed lot of bonest toilets. You are not to be moved by sophistry or foolish deceptions. I have only to look around me to assure myself that you know a good thing when you see it. Now, let us suppose one of you faymers has a hired man. You may feel a little doubt of him at the outset, but you give him a fair trial. Yon like him so well that you keep him another year And be serves you in a way t inâ€" sures his reâ€"engagement for still Anothâ€" er year and then another. Isn‘t that a good business principle t"‘ ‘‘She was a very dignified woman of portly presence, and, after leading them into the office, she _began her explanaâ€" tion with all the impressiveness of a lecturer. She spoke briefly of the preâ€" liminary manipulation of the machine. ‘And then,‘ she eaid, laying her hand upon one conmection, ‘the electricity goes from here to here;‘ whereupon an angry white spark leaped out from the brass ball indicated with a report like a borse pistol and smote her upon the extended finger, causing her to sit upon the floor with a violence that shook the window panes. Too Much Hired Man. They were telling political stories in a down town office the other day, and somebody recalled the tale of the Hon. Alfonso Hart, at one time lieutenant governor of Ohio. f *‘The guests stood around in expectant attitudes, looking at their fallen hostess in pardonable surprise. Only for a moâ€" ment did that capable woman leave them in doubt. ‘There!‘ said she, in the most matter of fact manner, as though events had simply followed the usual course. ‘You see how it works. Now let‘s go into the garden and look at the chrysanthemums.‘ *‘ Mr. Hart paused and smiled dow:hkt his listeners. Before he could resume) however, a shrill voice from the middle cf the crowd interrupted him. i ‘-‘éliayi.r'i’ said the voice, "how is it when the hired man gets to thinkin he owns the bull darned farm?" _ _ _ It took the wind all out of Mr. Hart, as be bimself afterward admitted.â€" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Making Steel Pens. | Briefly described, steél pens are made as follows: First the steel is rolled into big sheets and then cut into strips abont three inches in width. Thestrips are heated to a bright red and are then allowed to cool gradually, which temâ€" pers them. They are fiext rolled to the n cessary thinness and are eut into blank fat pens, and the pens, while fat. are usually stamped with the brand or the name of the manufacturer To shape the pens is the next process. The rounding makes them bold the ink and distribnte it more evenly than could be done if they were flat To barden them they are heated to a cherâ€" ryâ€"red andâ€"thenâ€"sndden}yâ€"cocoled:â€"This not only bardens lham. but makes them elastic. The polisHing, pointing and finishing come next, and then they are teady for use. The little holes in the pens at the end of the slits serve to make them more elastic and to faciliâ€" tate the flow of the ink. It is said that more steel is now used in the manufactnre of pens than in that of swords. It is even claimed that the metal annually used in their mannâ€" factnure weighs more than all the metal used in the mannfacture of war imple: ‘ ments. What He Did Objéct To. The author of *‘Kings of the Huntâ€" ing Field" says that at a certain Engâ€" lish church many years ago. while the clergyman was reading prayers, a man walked ip, sbouted ‘"I‘ve got ‘un!‘‘ and {mmediately withdrew. HeKad sonnded a well known call. Every farmer and laborer who possessed a gon soon fo}â€" lowed bim and in an bour or two brought to the village inn the fox they bad shot. Spiritoality was in those days at a very low ebb, and some clergymen cared more for sport than for the exam:â€" ple they set to their flocks. Bishops tried to discountenance bunting as a elerical pastime, but the law did not enable them to remove the offenders from their livings Dr. Phillpotta, bishop of Exeter, who called to account several sporting clergymen 4n his dio« "'-_-T.: told, my lord, .e.m you object to my hanting,"" said the clergy man. “fim who could have told you ao 1 the bisbop.. ‘"What 1 Mr. Paterson Replics, met ome of them at a friend‘s m, and wil be in BePnd M 2 297 y cooclo the nelchborht / o ... . . h yacns a ty is Cntorne Preston had decided hoh:: now in Mr. Caven‘s possession, and is name of the place to Preston md&omu ever seen. when it became a town. ‘Now they | He and Mr. drove from Arâ€" have changed their minds. aud the Mtnflulgm,hkh.“ Council rescinded the old motion. It / seizure with . _ It was expressed will remain plain Preston. from there to Stratford. , The worm is On Wed»â€"~lay night Bert â€" Scott, a udeol’malh.hbplpofio inches in oronto voung man, bathed in . the diameter, and its general conformation Don. _ 1t is not known whether someâ€"|shows that those who constructed it thing bit him on the lip, or the micâ€" must have done their work in the dark, robes in the water entered a small | for it is far from being anything â€" like ahpasion in the skin caused by buglie| comely in shape. Miller‘s Worm Powders eure all ailâ€" ments of children like magic. A few days ago the hotel license of the Royal Hotel of Hawksville was trangferred from Henry Spahr to Chas. Kraft who purchased the furniture and rented the building. Now there is some hitch in the drawing up of the lease, Xpahr in the meantime continuâ€" ing to do business as before. Kraft is threatening to have the bar trade stopped unless terms are arrived at The orchard caterpillars which form their nests in the tops of trees are reâ€" Qorted to be very thick this yedr. Near Chesley there is, at one place an orchard very close the G. T. R. track and a few days ago the caterpillars got so thick on the ra Is that a train was unable to pass, owing to the slippery condition of the track and it was not until sand had been sprinkled on the rails that the train could proceed. A serious accident oceurred at the Conestogo brickyard on Friday mornâ€" ing, as a result of which Mr. Henry Holle, the proprietor, lost his right hand. _ They had just finished adjustâ€" ing the crusher and bad started putâ€" ting through the clay, Mr. Holle operaâ€" ting the machine. â€" In some manner he got his hand caught between the huge yollers and it was gradually drawn in, erushing every bone to shreds. _ He called to his men close by who . threw offthe belt immediately just as he manâ€" aged by an almost superhuman effort to draw his hand from the machine. Medical assistance was at once sumâ€" moned, when the amputation of the last three fingers and part of that side of the hand was found necessary. The doctors hope to save the thumb and irst finger. _ Much sympathy is felt for Mr. Holle in his unfortunate aceident. Three volunteers at Galt whoâ€" Pre hns n ‘the heighbertnnd o s reston, and will be in Bertin in a day New Orleans, June 715.â€" Edward (Gray, a negro, who was arvrested in St. John parish about a year ago, with Charles Morrelle, another negro, and charged with a series of burglaries, was Iynched yesterday after having been released by â€" the â€" authorities ; because there was no evidence against him. Since his confinement Gray | has been very sick, and when released hestarted \n the home of triends in the parish of 8St. Poeter. â€" He made his way as far as the reserve, where his strength | gave out. â€" Charles Thibodeaux â€" gave . the negro a blanket and allowed him to sleep on the porch of an outhouse, During the night a mob erossed . the tiver, and taking Gray from â€" where he rested, hanged him to a tree. The Iynehing is bitterly denounced, and Judge Rost has instructed the Grand Jury of the parish to make every effort to bring the guilty parties to justice. P . aflbnnb uie Morrelle, the other negro â€" arrested, was lynched last November. Preston Progres:â€"Two weeks ago the Progress stated that it was about as good as settled that a new company would be established here. At that time arrangements were not completed as to terms on a proposed site for the new concern, nor are they fully decided upon yet. Asx will be seen from the Byâ€" law published in this issue, . the â€" comâ€" pany are asking for an exemption of taxes. It is probable they will be granted what they ask, as the incorâ€" porators are all Preston men and comâ€" mand public confidence. _ They are: Mr. Grove fnd his foreman, Joseph Daniels, who have â€" successfully conâ€" «dueted the business of the Preston Furniture Company for â€" years, these two with Mr J Werlich and Mrâ€" Frank Moss, will cmu}m‘t the business. They propose to erect a new brick building on the present site of the Preston Furâ€" niture Factory, 53 x 86 feet, fln? steries high. _ A thoroughly moder plant will be put in. . An addition made to the present dry kiln and other necessary ‘improvements made so as to at least double their present eapacity and enable the company to manufaeture so they can sell in carload lots, which js of great advantage im the furniture business. â€" The suceess of the company no one will doubt and if matâ€" tors ;T right they will be running full blast in August. ‘ MR en SCs e omm e es «mer e en ul nnt s ons bo Wight to u‘""“.j the best ‘‘patter‘‘ speakers on the atage, The woman who is lovely in fact, | began to gabble the lines with startling form and temper will always have rapidity, and the other strained eyery friends, but one who would be attractâ€" | nerye to follow him. When the teat was ive must keep ber health. If she i=| fpished, Reed, whose noted, despite weak, sickly and all run down, she will | the terrific speed at which he bad been be norvous and irritable.. If sho bas| writing, were of neat and eligible ontâ€" e‘m*\ or kidney mm line, merely inserted a vowel mark or puro will cause phnmples, two and handed them to an assistaut akin erauptions aml_a ‘ wretched â€"com«| vba was called into the rooms, and who plexion. Rlectric Bitters is the best| ranscribed the charncters wi few medicine in the world \nn'rlntr atomâ€" | mistaikes, backward!| "I *& u“m, liver nnd“kldneyn amd to -n:'fl') Wave thought it Nu.'.lr.m' C4, | was the Char! .n-“.‘-flm&h u-md’rm 13 a* LYNC HED, BUT NOT GUILTY. ‘The Preston Furniture Company. Caterpillars Stop a Brutal Crime in Louisiana. A Hotel Difficulty. Judging from the size of the "worm" the capacity of the still must: have Boautiful and impressive Ceremony at $t. Agatha on Sunday. The beautiful and impressive cere mony of laying the corner stone of the Catholic Church edifice in course of rection at St Agatha, took place Sunâ€"â€" day at 2p m, His I.ofllJ:ip Bishop Dowling, Hamuiton, ociating, assisted by Very Rev. Fathers kloepter and Fenpnesy, Rev. _ Fathers _ Brobman, Schweitzer, Wye, Ayeman, and the Bisâ€" hop‘s Secretary, Rev. Dr. Walter, son of Mr Ferdinand Walter. ‘The Bishop was met by40 mounted attendants who escortedhim to the house of Rev. Father Ayeman the parish priest at St Agatha. _ As Bishop Dowling alighted he was surrounded by 40 little girls, all in white who preâ€" sented him with an address and two teautiful boquets. The C. M. B. 4. societies of St Clements, 8t Agathi, Berlia, _ Waterloo, _ Hamburg _ and Baden were present in force and were entertained in a very hoepit le manâ€" ner by the 8t Clements Society. The sermon was preached in German by the eloquent and popular pastor of 8t Clements, Rev. Geo Brohman who held his audience spéll bound for nearly an hour not only on ‘the sublimity of the subjectâ€"the Church of the living (iexlâ€"but by the beauty and elegance of his diction and the fervor and graceâ€" fulness of his delivery. The rain whick fell in gentle showers at this juncture «id not seem to disenchant his hearers who crowded in thousands around the platform in front of the new church, on on which his Lordship, the clergy and a number of gentlemen were seated. ‘The Bishop spoke a few words in English, congratulating the Rev. Father Ayeman and the good people of St Agatha on the sacrifices they had made th secure the eréction of a new and what appears from the plans a magnificent edifice in which to worship and serve the God of their fathers and within whose saered walls they would reccive from the mouth of the priest the goapelâ€"the deposit of faithâ€"once deâ€". livered to the apostles and which | will be â€" taught â€" and. expounded. to _ our Churches until the consummation of the world. Having expressed his great pleaâ€" sure at hearing of the harmony and good fecling that prevailed among allclasses and creeds in the parish, aud he hoped they prevailed everywhere in our beâ€" loved Canada, his Lordship imparted the usual benediction and the large cvowd dispersed, pleased and edified with the proceedings of the day which will be a memorable one in the annals of St Agatha. The collection taken up from those present amounted to some three hundred dollars. _ It is exâ€" pected that the new church will be completed carly in December next. 7/ A» Original Suicide. Whether it was Voltaire or some other observing, meditative Frenchman who said, "All Frenchmen are actors, and the worst are usually on the stage." does not particularly ‘matter for the subject in band. While we have reason to be sure of the correctness of the final part of the aphorisim, we have not time to show why we do not agree with the last. It is not a scene at the assizes that we are going ts describe, although scenes worthy of the Opera Comique are constantly presented there. It is a suicide. A well dressed gentleman descended the Quai des Tuileries and, seating himself beside a man who was fishing, lit a cigar. He then offered one to his meighbor and planged into the river, cigar, cane, silk hat and all. Thefishâ€" erman, who was quick to recover from bis astonishment, planged after him, but the first struck out and swam away The other regained the bank in disgust. ‘The .former shortly returned and, while treading water before his temâ€" porary acquaintance, tossed him a handful of goldpieces. At the approach of a numter of persons the strange man produced another handful of coins, which he swallowed and, divinc nnder the water, did not reappear. #. body was found five hours later, and, as there was nothing discovered by which to es tatlish his identity it was taken to the morgue. A Stenographer‘s Fent. Concerning the stenographic prowess of the late Thomas Allen Reed a correâ€" spondent sends a cnrions anecdote. The late shortband writer was once on proâ€" fessional business in Liverpool and staid in the same hotel as Charles Mathews, the actor. ‘The latter had appeared in ‘"‘My Awfol Dad," and after the perâ€" formance he strolled : into the smoking troom. Having heard of Mr. Reed‘s exâ€" pertness as a note taker, Mathews chalâ€" lenged the reporter to jot down certrnin passages from the character of Puff in Richard Brinsley Sheridan‘s "Critic." Reed expressed his willingness" to have a try. Mathews, who was one of the best ‘‘patter‘‘ speakers on the atage, began to gabble the lines with startling rapidity, and the other strained eyery nerve to follow him. When the test was finished, Reed, whose noted, despite the terrific speed at which he had been CORNER STONE LAYING. "; ma, Their Watural Eiement _ | _ One that you‘ll -zlâ€"- reciate :‘ is _ ons . swo methode which are always the result you use ; c k To uy ue in foeaiel the | .: *9t ranget thak A s > other kinds, â€" Walking ‘sticks ......,..."‘.'.'. The to . ibt fowale tan of ber cag» and to far | â€" 400 sporting goods are among /) | the Feamaly of theit cggn bave bian Inil J. DOERSAM, 2i con in sotised to them i to extch me | Ne# the Railway Track, Waterloo _ try and nusse them till they are atromg| ______â€"_____.______â€"________________ To h oie mt 228 ts ces rronk mapimoy spomen id :y'lttl”‘;:.lldflhmll- m’?;:d:’i G â€"and Trunk | ay ul, as percentage of eggs i # to hatch is exceedingly small “ ;Inn ‘1QR 'IlM a Were either fry or eggs left to nature only an excessively small proportion would grow into adult fishhood. Apart from those which would die naturally a tremendous quantity would fall prey to the host of enemiesâ€"insects, crustacea, fish, birds and mammaisâ€"that is waitâ€" ing for the spawn or the tiny fish. Any one who bas handled fish freshly caught knows how delicate they appear to be and how quickly they die after leaving the water t the experts in the service of m state and of the United States fish commissionshanâ€" dle millions of the most sensitive fosd and game fish every year, and few of them die from the process. ‘The process of handling a female salm â€" on that is beavy with spawn which it is desired to take from her is a decidedâ€" ly interesting and extremely simple one and may be explained so as to be readâ€" ily understood. First the fish are led to ewim into a confined space where they can be reached with the landing net The manipulation of this dip net alone requires no mean skill It must not bruise the floundering fish and must lift the creature in such a way that it does pot scrape the scales from its sides as it struggles Wherever a ecale is torn from a fish, particularly in fresh water, fungus is almost certain to form, and that is generally fatal â€" After the fish is in the net the latter is lifted carefully, and the operator‘s hand slides downward, gently but firmâ€" ly, till it grasps the body immediately above the tail. Then he draws the fish from the net. and holds it bead down:â€" ward. That serves to show at once whether the fish is ‘‘ripe‘‘â€"that is, whether the eggs have reached that stage of development which permits of stripping. If the fish is perfectly ripe. the eggs sink toward the head. If the fish is found satisfactory, the operator places a pan between his legs and bolds the fish firmly in bis arm With the right hand he encircles the salmon just back of the gills and, squeezing the fish gently, slides the band down toward the tail, when the eggs spout into the pan. They ave hard then and rattle into the receptacle like peas. Later, after they have been in the hatching frames for a time, they get larger and softer, having absorbed much water. j After the eggs have been drawn from the female fish she is placed back into the water, none the worse for her trials ‘Then the milt from a ripe male fish is pressed into the pan in the same way, and the impregnated eggs are ready to be hatched. > Under favorable conditions 90 days is the period of incubation for the grand landlocked salmon, one of the finest game fishes in the world and hardly inâ€" ferior to any as a good fish. ‘The first sign of life in the eggs is the formation of a little clot, generally red or pink, which increases with remarkable rapidâ€" ity, until in a few days the complete form of a little fish is plain to the eye. But it is rather a hideous little monâ€" ster that wriggles out of the egg finally. It resembles a fish only because it wriggies and moves like one. Otherwise it looks more like a fevered dream after too much broiled lobster or Welsh rabâ€" bit. It is a transparent body, with a globular swelling where its fine, fishlike lines ought to be, and its eyes are imâ€" mense goggles. Then the fish wise men watch the things most carefully. This is a critical period of the young things‘ growth, and a fall or a rise of a degree in the temperature of the water may mean death to millions of salmon. Generally men remain on guard night and day in the big batcheries to watch their charges at this time. If they pull through, it is beautiful to see the sucâ€" ccssive changes as the tiny swimmers cast off their hideous appendages and turnâ€"into dainty, stender, silvery creaâ€" tures that dart through the waterlike bubbles of air and form in thick swarms in the corners of the tanks, where they hang like bees â€"New York Press. In china census methods are simpla ‘They don‘t have much trouble to take a census there. When the time for makâ€" ing a count of the families and their individual members comes around, the bead of each house is compelled by law to write on a slip of paper the number of individuals living with him and the name of each person. The authorities lay particular stress upon correct spellâ€" ing, and there is a severe fenalty atâ€" tached to any misrepresentation either as to the number of persons or their names. ‘This obviates in the beginning the wrestling with unpronounceable names, which helps to make life intetâ€" esting for the American census taker, and reduces> the enumeration of the population of a Chinese city to a very simple process. O A Lewiston (Me.) merchant bas in his store an old fashioned clock which is pec!lh.rl& sensitive. It sometimes stops, and any one steps into the store or goes by it will start again, and if a borse steps on a certain spot in the street it will start. A man who happened to notice it and who had one like. it himself said that his would not run after he bad started his furnace in the fall In the spring, after he ceased to keep a fire, it would ran all right. Census Taking In China. \ languid feel mmqq Sensitive Clocks, in the Water Sese th* | & Delighiful Bmoke. _ under one management extending from the Atlantic Seaboard to * Chicago and Milwaukee. The Peopla‘s Pepular Route The Great Tourist Line To Niagara Falls, Buffalo, New York, iIg’hiladelphia. Washington and all Principal Points in the South and by its connection it reaches all Principal Points in the Western States and Pacific Coast. Through tickets to all foreign points. For descriptive Guides.'l‘imemlu. Etc., apply to Agents of G. T. K. System. * G. D. Lacourse, D. B. Dover, M iles 4186 Miles C. P. and T. A. _ Depot Agent M. C. DICKson, The Meat of It. GO0D,TENDER and wWRHOLESOME John B. Fischer, The Molsons Bank. HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL Capita‘, $2,030,000. Rest, $1,500,000 A CENERAL BANKING BUsINESS TRANSACTED. Drafts Issued on all Principal Points Interest allowed on sums of Four Dollars and upwards in Gendron, Alert Wheols. Also first c‘ass livery in connection Good lines of snpplipq Tires from $6 50 to $9.00, push butt b-ll:,“:in::moil. lates® roller chains, g: lamps, missing links, cement of all kindg, also few secc nd hand wheels such as, {apâ€" dems at $45.00, single whepl from $5.00 up. Repairs promptly and neatly done. Krueger Bros., King St Kast, > Waterloo, Ont THE SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. B@~Highest current rates on special deposits JACOB HESPELER, Manager Waterloo Branch* meat is what they want. As we slaughter nothing but the youngest and healthiest beeves our customers can always b: sure of getting delicious roasts and tender steaks. > Cured Hams a Specialty. District Passenger Agent, Drring the hot season of the year people are naturally more particular about the meats they eat. WATERLOO â€" ONT. 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