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NOTES AND COMMENeS. 1 nïthe cwrr(int inber of Mc- Clure's Magazinîe !Prof. Simon New-. Combe joins David and the Sibyl in' predicting a fiamcs-and-ashes finale for the fflanetknown as earth. What Prof. Newcoirbe predicts deserves consideration even when it is put in- the ferra of a story. Prof., New- Combe is one of the iL.ost venerable and one of the miost von,-ïeraited of AmricaÀý-n scientists. '-lis work in, is wn field of mnathemnatics and astroinmy has sucured for him a he- wildering numrber oi dcgrees, includ- ing a docterate from the University of Cracow, and au. equallyhxidr ary coýnfusion, that men, evon when aIl othIer offices have been wrested fraimitheni, May still perforni valu- able service as inspirors of literature. SAY IT WOTJLD RAISE RATE. Xunicipalities Are Afraid of.Wew .Assessment Law. A despatch from lliamlton says: The Efrecuti\ e Committoo of ùthe On- tario Municipal Associetion, at a re- cent meeting, passed the folloxing resolution on the now asses;senent act: "That this Executive CoinIrittoe, ha\ mýng considerod, respocting thed citpicpaltaxation bill now beforo the Pro-vincial Legisiature, and hav- ing carefully considered the samcn, ONýTARIOLEISATRE The People's Representatives at the Provincial Capital. PIIIVATE, BILLS. The' House passed' the following pri1vajte bis: Respocting Canadian GOH Fields (Limited) - Mr Pty'iee Respecting thie Janie Laycock Childrea's Home - Mïr. Preston (Braýnt). 1Iiespopcting thle Dehienture- Debt o! the Town of Gananoque -'Mr. Boat- tiec. Respocting the Necýropolis Burying Ground, South Dorchester - Mr. Brower. To confirni b-l1aw No. 610 of the Town of Ingersoil - Mr. Pattullu. IProf W. HotZgaon BUisOfficia7 4ajstto the DomUiion Governr-ten.t, repormtita "Szuivli4eht & a~p has, t& thoro,,h coeansîne power witthout dai&Éer to the clothes or skin."P ! Re5Pecting the Sandwich. Windsor, and'( Amhertsýbur-g Riiway and thje City liailway Company of Windsor, ,imi t ed.-Mr. Auld. REespecting the Lindsay Public Library.r--Mr. Fox. Respecting the City of London- Mr.Bc. Iiespecting St. Paul's Churcli, Dunnville, Ontario.-Mr, EHarcourt. ]Respectîng the Village of ilanover. -Mr. Truax, ResIpect'ing the Art Museum of Te- rontoii-M.ýr. Foy. To oa~ the boundarles of the Town of rin-r Lackn.er,. Ilespecting the nlgin Loan and Savings Conipany.-Mr., Pattullo. Ilespecting the St. Thomas Street Raiiway.-Mr. Macdiarmid. SECOND flEADINGS. lu lo (r ookOU givtug prices an.W lea LUI1to otc par-tic.ulars. It s sent free, by fominine writers. Itlenry Jamei,ý io not bui a Beit until youi sce6 the oc rt tr,"h ~sno piafL M voe tor ,Th uso they repres-inieo aiispecies eo' pince-' passnd hy a s,,Ii-respect!ng body. theO BiisliWz, rau 1s Pottiohi "0 ciety oa Wednesday, »o~ expTese'dl thre fear that tho compeition o iAmmerlea i-n the t. mrket-zf,, ith(.nrn RWUCES EXPENSE Ask fer' tLv Oi~tagou Eai 100,Ae rwF