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=~ omnsww...) * f- .... .. . I “No. a. THE DfllflNIllN HOUSE. . SEVENTH PARLIAMENT â€" FOURTH SESSION AT OTTAWA. terminal port, andpoeeesaedgreat natural advantages. The terminal port in Great Britain had not beensettled upon. Arrange- ments were also in progress for a cross line to France, orto have vessels touch ataFrencli port. One of the advantages that Canada would obtain by this service would be prestige. Improved postal and pas- senger transit would be developed, as well as improved freight carrying facilities. There was no sentiment or idea that met with heartier endorsation by the business men of the country than that of a fastAtlan- tic service. These men, he said, were ani- mated by practical business motives, and no better testimony to the utility of the scheme could be had. It was always the first step that cost, and be trusted the hon. gentlemen would look at more than the mere figure of $750,000. Sir Richard Cartwright said the hon. gentleman should have reserved his senti. merit until he had brought down the facts to the Hours. He would like to know Duelime LANDS. Mr. Daly introduced a bill respecting Dominion lands, which provides that per- sons who have squatted on school lands prior to the survey , and who can substan- tiate the fact, may be permitted to home- stead. The bill was read a first time. PCBLXC DEBT. Mr. Foster, in reply to Mr. Charlton, said the total public debt of Canada on June 30th, 1894, was $305,071,801, and the net public debt on same date was $240,528, 905. rasxcu TREATY. Mr. Foster moved the House into com- mittee on a. bill respecting a certain treaty between her Britauuic Majesty and the resident of the French Republic. dian markets. to take off the ad valorem duty. with other foreign nations. given to France. wines. Sir John Thompson said the Government was considering the disability, if any, tinder which native wine growers labored, and would extend relief as it might be nec- cessary. Matters of di tail, such as the manner in which the industry would be affected, could not be considered until Parliament had ratified the treaty. Mr. Foster said the treaty simply bound Canada to let French wines of a certain grade in at a certain rate. They did not bind themselves by treaty to discriminate in favor of France with reference to these classes of wines. If the French wines were admitted at this rate, Canada was obliged, by virtue of certain treaties with Belgium and Germany, to allow their wines in at the same rate. Mr. McCarthy thought this was a good opportunity to extend preferential rates to the sister colonies. He wished to point out that the treaty did not permit nations enjoying the favored nation treatment to ex ort wines to Canada at the same duty as rance was enabled to under the treaty, because the treaty expressly said wines of French origin. Mr. \Veldon said that under the favored nation treaty, any treaty made by Canada with France must be unconditionally kept with Germany. Mr. Foster, in answer to Sir Richard Cartwright, said the tlie‘total import into France last year from all sources of articles mentioned in the treaty was $38,000,000 or $40,000,000. He moved that the item of common soaps, 1 l-‘lc. per pound, be struck out, as common soap meant castile soap. He also moved that the item of castile soap, 50. per pound. be reduced to 2c. The amendments were carried. The committee reported the bill with amendments. FAST STEAMSII l l‘ SERVICE. moved the House into \Vhole to consider the following resolution : “ That it is expedi- ent "to provide that the Governor-in- Council may enter into a contract for a term not exceeding ten years with any individual or company for the perform- ance of a fast weekly steamship service betweii Canada and the United King- doni, making connection with a French port, on such terms and conditions as to the carriage of the mails and otherwise as the Governor-iii-Council dccms ex- pedicni, for asuhsidy not exceeding the sum of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year. " The sum asked was $250,000 more than the amount originally authorized. The policy of establishing a fast line of steamers had been affirm- cd by the House. It had been found im- practicable to establish such a line for asubsidy of $500,000 annually, and the Government had set as an outside and ultimate limit a subsidy of $750,000, in order to Secure the Service. There might be a difference of opinion as to whether the Government was justified in exceeding the half million limit. He thought so. The potnt had been consider- ed, and in view of the failure to obtain the service in the past for this amount, it. had been decided to ask for the increase. This step would be the third and last link‘in a service that could not be rivallcd in the world. They had now a magnificent Paci- fic service and an unrivalled transcontin- ental route, and now the Atlantic service would complete thccliain. Alctterorpassen- ger could be taken from Syducy,Atistralia, to London. Eng, from one to three days quicker than by the Eastern route, and with infinitely more comfort and conven- ience. The cost of carriage would be about the same. The conditions of contract with Mr. Huddart were that the Canadian Gov- ernment wore to pay him $750,000 ayear for the first ten years, and $500,000 for the second ten years. This was the extent of the obligation. Sir Richard Car:wrinhtâ€"â€"Apparently this is to is a twenty~year, and note tomyear service. Mr. Foster said it was intended that the service should be permanent, otherwise it would not have been entered into. Twenty years had been contracted for, and posterity would have to arrange subsequentconditiona. The steanisbi service was to be in every respect firstwfiu‘ . and with first~c1aas speed, capacity. and able to make ‘20 kuofs an hour in deep sea, the trial to be over a long course. Halifax was ,meutioned in the agreement as the Canadian terminal port, but this was not absolutely settled. St. John, N. 8., had made application to be the "‘ Mr. Foster Committee of the The treaty did not oblige Canada to give to France preferential treatment in her Cana- It simply obliged Canada They were at perfect liberty to take this duty 00' wines coming from any other foreign country, and were even at liberty to reduce the duty below that, but in such event Canada must give France equal treatment They were not obliged to withold from sister colonies the same or better treatment than was The Government did not intend to discriminate against any other probably required and the cost of each. Mr. Foster said at least four vessels would be required, at a cost of from £400,- round trip would probably be $60,000 or $70,000. Sir Richard Cartwright said the annual cost of the service would be £7C0,000 sterl- ing. 10,000 tons burden and have coal capacity freight. They would carry 500 first and second class passengers and 1,000 steerage. Sir Richard Cartwright asked what the present Atlantic steamship companies would have instituted a 16 or 17-kuot ser- vice between Great Britain and Canada for. Mr. Foster said that the Allan line had offered to supply a lG-knot service in 1880 for £104,000. Furness Company, of Great Britain, in 1890. had tendered for a 16~knot service for $900,000 and theTrausatlantique Company had, in 1890, asked $750,000 for a l7-knot service. Sir Richard Cartwright thought the hon. gentleman ought to have had tenders for a. more recent date. He thought the figures must be wrong. He was informed that for every knot above 16 per hour the cost was enormous, and thata LEO-knot service would cost twice as much as a lfi-kuot service. He would like to know if the Government had power of forfeiture in case the contract was not fulfilled? Mr. Foster said the contract was not prepared yet, but that this point would be carefully guarded. The Government did not propose to pay for the service unless they got the advantages. Mr. Laurier thought the hon. gentleman was wrong, and that the contract had been entered into between Mr. Huddart and the Canadian Government. He quoted from the conditions of the contract. Sir Richard Cartwright asked what car- goes would be carried on the new line of steamers, and what the probable rates would be. The promoters of the scheme must have figured on the rates. Mr. Foster said he could not furnish the information. The cargoes would doubtless be similar to those of steamships leaving New York. As to freight rates, the Gov- ernment never attempted to regulate the'n. Sir Richard Cartwright said it was evi- dent to hon. gentleman that the Govern- ment did not know much about the project or else would not furnish the House desired information. Mr. Laurier said the House possessed very meagre information. What was to be the means of connection with the French port '2 Mr. Foster said he was not prepared to give definite or exactinformation. (Cries of “ Oh, ML”) The only condition laid down was that there should be a. connection with a French port, which could be accomplished in two ways, either by the vessels calling at a French port en route back and forth, or by a cross line between England and France. One of these plans had to be adopted, but which had not yet been de- cided. M r. Laurier was surprised if the hon. gentlemen opposite were satisfied with the answer. There was a Wide difference be- tween the two methods of carrying out the agreement, and the House should have definite information. Mr. Davin hoped that gift: Government would fix a maximum freight rate, beyond which the company could not levy. He also hoped that sufficient cold storage. capacity would be provided on the vessels â€"(heiir, liearlâ€"and that the Government would not tie its hands as to the speed of the. service, as :30 knots an hour might not bell. fast service in twenty or even ten years. . Sir James Grant predicted the greatest success for the project, and thought a cable line would follow. Mr. Martin hoped the Government would pay attention to the matter of ocean rates. At present through passengers from the west sawnothingof the fertile country of the Cmadian North-West in the vicinity of Winnipeg as the Canadian Pacific rail- way send them all over the “800” short line, running through Minneapolis and St. Paul. This disposed of a good deal of the sentiment with which the Finance Minister had clothed his remarks. .\li. Kenny regretted, with the hon. gen- tleman, that through pisseugers were not i sent over Canadian territory. There were great difficulties to be encountered in di- verting traffic from an old accustomed route, and the managers of the new line would have to. display energy and ability to obtain their share. There were always enemies to such enterprises,and much hostility from vested interests that had already made themselves felt was to be expected. He i thought the establishment of the service was a national necessity. I Mr. .\lc.\1ullen failed to see how a fast ,linc would benefit farmers. One-half the questions put about the service had not been answered, and some information and i consideration were due the House. Mr. Weldon said that as an ardent Im- ‘ psrial Federationist, he favored the :scheme, which would certainly promote commerce between Great Britain and Can- } ads. 1 Mr. Haaen said that under the provision- al contract Halifax or St. John, or both might be the Canadian terminus. Mr. Laurierâ€"How is that to be workedâ€"- by alternate trips 3 . Sir John Thompsonâ€"That is yet to be determined. . The resolution was ado ted. and the committee reported to the ones. txsuaaxcs acr. Sir- John Thompson moved the House something about the number of vessels 000 to £500,000 each. The cost of the Mr. Foster said the vessels would be of of3,000 tons, and the same capacity for l I I 1 into committee on a bill to amend the In- surance Act. Mr. Foster explained that the bill pro- posed to bring the old companies, with very wide powers of invéstment, within ran e of the securities which would be alloweigi at present,and in conformity with the practice for the past five or six years. Certain new lines of security were added, viz.. water works, gas, street railway, electric light and power, and electric railways. Mr. Foster pointed out that the amendments proposed did not invalidate any investment at present accepted, and simply limited the range of securities for the future, as the Government believed that the interests of ribs policy-holder should be looked after rat. The bill was reported with amendments. ' 'ruaco'r'ra case Mr. Girouard (Jacques Cartier) moved the consideration of the fourth report of the Select Standing Committee on Privileg- es and Elections, on the case of the hon. member for Montmorency (Mr. Turcotte.) The committee had found the hon. gentle- man not guilty of having executed con- tracts of the Government. He had only supplied goods to the contractor who had the contract with the Government, which did not constitute a violation of the Inde- pendence of Parliament Act. Therefore the charges had not been proved, and he moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Edgar moved in amendment substan- tially the same motion as made by him at the Privileges and Elections Committee except that portion referring to the Marine Department, as he did not propose to ask the House to assent to the proposition that the hon. member would be disqualified for his transactions with that department. He moved that, in view of the facts which he had presented and proved, the “election of Arthur Joseph Turcotte therefore be- comes void'" The amendment was defeat-ed by S4. nivoucs BILLS. Mr. Sutherland moved the House into committe on a bill for the relief of James St. George Dillon. Mr. Masson contended that there was not sufficient ground adduced for granting the divorce, and moved in amendment that the order be discharged and the bill refer- red back to the Miscellaneous Private Bills Committee for further enquiry. 6 The amendment was carried by 64 to 1. FAST ATLANTIC SERVICE. Mr. Foster moved the second reading of the bill further to amend the Act respect- ing ocean steamship subsidies. The bill was read a. second time. fl“ TOO MANY MEN IN AMERICA. The Country overrun Wltb Them us l'rov- ed by the Census of 1890. Marrying and giving in marriage is purely a personal matter in this happy land of independence. Perhaps more than in any other country in the world it is a matter of sentiment ; and that so may it be until the end of time is the aspiration of all true lovers and happy wedded folk. But at the risk of brushing off some of the bloom of fancy from this subject, says the Boston Post, it is interesting to regard it in the cold light of figures which tells what kind of an aggregate is made up by the indivi- dual fendencies of the American people to- ward’matrimcny. Such figures are furnished for the first time by the census of 1590, former enumerators not having been con- cerned with this very important feature of the social condition of the United States- The first thing which catches the. atten- tion in the tabulations of the census bureau is the vast number of young bachelors. At the age of 24 years only 20 out of 100 are married, and even up to 30 years nearly one-half still remain single. The women do better. At the age of ‘24 years nearly half of them have become wives, and beforb they reach 30 years nearly three-quarters of them have found their mates. As a rule women marry at an earlier age than men, and this accounts in part for the difference. But the fact remains that the vast army of young men of America remain bachelors at an age at which their grandfathers were at the heads of families and bound to the community by the strongest ties| known in our social system. Exact comparion is, of course, impos- sible, owing to the absence of figures for previous years; but it is safe to say that this habit of bachelorhood has increased and that the tendencies of modern con- ditions of life are toward its further growth. As the standard of luxury-â€" which we have come to call comfortâ€" is raised, the cost of maintaining a family becomes greater and the responsibility becomes more formidable. The young man who can support himself in case hesitates to assume greater burdens, which must involve some sacrifice of his habits and may bring the need of greater exertion as a bread-winner than he in his bachelor freedom, likes to contemplate. And so the young woman, seeing new opportunities of agreeable occupation opening up on all ends for those of her sex who have capa- 1 city for business, for art, for industry or many kinds’ may be influenced by greater 1 had swallowed a powder barrel and it had indifference to the. sentiment which leads to marriage. Yet which is the better state? If long life is the desired thing these census figures have something of interest to tell the young bachelors of America. They show that of all the American men and women who have reached the age of 65 years, 94 out of every 100 are married. All but. six out of the 100 who have perished in their bachelorhood have dropped out. of the world. â€"â€"-â€"â€"+â€"_ The action of human breath will corrode aluminum. This was discovered by the experiment of using the metal as the diap- hragm in the mouthpiece of a telephone. A man in New Jersey has discovered a new cure for hydrophobia. Before being bitten by a rabid do be seized the animal and chooked it to death. The remedy is' infallible. There is now playing in Paris a Russian horn band. each am being capable of pro- ducting a single note only. :30 perfect is the training that the band reduces the effect of one equipped wizh or insry instruments, HIS TOUGH SHARK STORY. The Brighton human Ind Seen Ian! I strange rna l. Ila any. ‘ "Have I ever seen a shark? Lor’ bless 3 your heart, sir, hundreds of 'em 2" This was in reply to one of the numerous questions put to an old Brighton boatman by a London excursionist on his first holi- day trip to that fashionable resort and who was indulging in a row on the briny ocean. “Have lever seen a shark 2 Ask my mate, him that’s rowing that ’ere couple out you- der. We were shipmafes together aboard the Rajapootah Indiaman. His father, who is dead and gone this twenty year or more, was carpenter aboard of her. “ ‘Chips' we used to call him, and if you don’t mind listening to an old salt who's been round the world enough times to make a landsmau giddy at the very thoughts of it, I’ll just tell you of a little adventure we had with one ofthem man-eating monsters. “\Vell, one day we were becalmed on the line, when says young Billâ€"he was young Bill then, him as I just pointed out to you â€"â€"says he, ‘I shall have a swim round for a cooler,’ for, believe me, the sun was that hot we had to throw buckets of water on the dock to keep it from catching fire. “In fact, a pig we killed the day afore we hung aloft and roasted him in the sun, catching the gravy in a bucket, and he was done beautifully. “So in he goes. head first, with his clothes on, and me and his old man looked over the side, just shaft the forerigging, to see him come to the top of the water again. “But no Bill could we see, and instead of him up came a tremendous shark with his sides sticking out as if he had a cargo in- side over and above his regular hill 0’ lad- ing. “It was then as clear to us as the nose on our faces that poor Bill had dived clear down his throat. “The poor old man had a fit right away and we carried him below and put him in his hammock, and then ran up on deck again in the hopes that we should be able to catch the fellow. “But it was nowhere to be seen, so, after watching some time to no purpose, we went down below to see how the old man was getting on, and to our astonishment and sor- row we fouud his body nearly cold and as stiff as the flying jibboom. “We sewed him up in his hammock, put- ting the grindstone that he used to grind his tools with inside to make it sink and laid the body on a hatch, with the union jack spread over it for a pail. "Then the skipper read the funeral serv- ice, all of us standing round dreadfully cut up, me especially, for young Bill was my messmate, and I was very fond of the old man. i “ As soon as the skipper has finished the last wordsâ€"which I shall never forget, they was so solemnâ€"the hatch was tipped up and overboard the body went with a splash, and all was over, at least we though t 50. “But almost immediately afterward up comes another shark, a bigger one, it seem- ed, than the first : certainly it was thicker. “ The boatswain at once ran for the shark hook and baited it with a. junk of pork and slung it over the stem, and it was not many minutes afore we had him booked and haul- ed on deck. “ \Vell, the first thing we did was to cut his tail off, for he was flapping it; about so that it shook the ship from the stem to stern, that we were afraid it would shake , her to pieces. l “ After we had done that we thought we 1 heard a very strange noise inside of him, a sort of grating sound, like a boat being dragged over a shingly beach. “ So we set to and cut off his head, and then ripped him up,‘when whatd’ye think! what should we see, to our great atonish- ment and delight, but Bill and his father sitting upright like two Jonahs, the young- , ster turning the grindstonc and the old man sharpening his kniie, intending to cut their way out of the creature's belly. “ You say I said theold man was dead ? ‘ Please don’t interrupt me and I’ll tell you all about it. “ There’s no doubt but what he seemed (lead, but it was only his blood froze with horror, and the shark warmed him to life again. “ What made him most uncomfortable, Bill said,was the slipperiness and topsytur- veyness of the place, for there was no rest at all,for one minute he was standing on his head and the next on his feet, and then tossed from one side to the other,sometimes getting jammed between its ribs, that he ‘ wondered the meal didn’t disagree with the fish itself. “But at last came the climax, and Bill thought it was all over with him for down its throat was shot a heavy body like a sack of coals right stop of him, nearly smother. ing him, so that he had scarcely room to move or breathe, and he must have been some time insensiblc, he said, when he was woke up by a loud report. “ He thought for a moment the creature exploded, but it was only the busting of the canvas shroud the old man was sewn up in, which had blown up like a paper bag. “ The noise in its inside, liill said, must haveastonislied the shark, for he again found himself standing on his head, so he knew he was making for the surface, and on reach- ing there it opened its enormous jaws for air, when a flood of light entered between the rows of teeth which enabled Bill on gaining his feetto take stock of his lodg- ings, and the very first thing that he saw was his old father crawling out from under the canvas like a chick from its shell. “ The old man' had caught sight of'the grindstone and soon put it into working order, and on the fish once more coming to l the top again admitting light Bill at once saw what was in the wind. and they coni- menced busiucss at once, when they were startled by a sudden change in the shark’s movements, and soon they distinct, ly heard the sound of human voices, and they knew they were saved. " Well, we all was so thankful at their 5 miraculous escape from the jaws of death i that every mother’s son of us on board took “A” M and my mate have kept our words over “mac.” â€"â€"â€"___.,.__________ A BAD YOUNGSTER. English l‘onrts love to Deal With a 18 )‘eanflld Boy Who Threatens to Blow up Bindings. At the Derby-county Police Court re- cently a lad of 15, named Samuel Staton, was charged with sending a threatening letter to Miss Margaret Newton, daughter of C. E. Newton, a banker and ex-High Sheriff 'of Derbyshire, says the London Daily News. He is also charged with send- inga similar letter to Mr. Newton, and with placing a canister containing gun- powder upou a window-sill at that gentle- man’s residence, Mickleover Manor, near Derby. It was stated by the solicitor for the prosecution that the Newton family had for some time past been in receipt of offensive letters, and on May let Miss' Mar- garet Newton received the following epistle: “ Miss : Your father having refused in money, I shall now proceed to take my re venge. I came on Monday night and placed the can of powder against your window. That is but a sample of what is going to follow, as I shall use dynamite in large quantities, which will shake the manor to its foundations. I will ive you one word of advice. Get another dog, as the one you have now passed within a few feet of me and could not see me. It is no use calling in the police, as I defy them. I saw the Mickleover sergeant and Supt. Daybell all the manor on Thursday, and I shall put a bullet into both of them, if they give me any nonsense. They are useless in this case. My blow will fall when it is least expected, leaving death and destruction behind. You will greatly oblige me by showing this lot. for to the sergeant or Supt. Daybell. You cannot escape my vengeance by going to Jafi‘a, as your father has done. No more this time. “JAY HAWK.” “P. S.â€"A false friend is more to be feared than an open foe. Show this letter to those thief-catchers. Catch me if you can. Beware! J. H.” The prisoner had been observed to post a letter on the previous evening, and for some time past he had been in possession ofasixâ€" chambered revolver. Evidence as to aimi- larity between the handwriting of the prisoner and that of the letter was given. The canister, it was stated, contained half it pound of sporting powder, and the only reason this did not explode was that the fuse, being of common make, had expired after burning two incncs. A similar letter to the above was sent to a Mr. Hodson, the writer threatening to take revenge on that gentleman and his daughter if money was not deposited in a certain place mentioned in the letter. The signature appended was Invisible Jack; The prisoner was commit- ted for trial on both charges, bail being refused. â€"â€"â€"â€"_*__.______ GREAT CARGO. The Largest l'ot Sent To London From Australia. The steamship Perthshire, which recent- ly arrived in London, has brought from Aus- tralia and New Z1 alt n i iii 2 largest cargo of refrigerated goods ever imported. The cargo consists of 70,000 carcasses of sheep, 0,000 hauuches, 9,000 legs, about 530 tons of frozen beef, 750 cases of butter, 150 bags of bullocks’ hearts, 150 bags of oxtails and kidneys, and seven cases of oysters. The holds have sufficient capacity to have accommodated 113,000 more carcasses of sheep. The shipment is an interesting one, as it is the first time that meat has been brought to this country from Australia or New Zea- land by means of an ammonia machine, and the excellcntquality of tlicaoods, zisccrtilied by the consiguces. is sufficient evidence of the success of the Linda machines, by which the holds were cooled. Until recently only cold air machines were used in the trade. Tnc ammonia machines occupy far less space, and apply the cold in ll much more cliicient manner, besides greatly reducing the consumption of steam. Thr plant 01} the I’erthshirc consists of two indepcndcut refrigerating machines on the Liudc system, each machine consisting of a compound ammonia compressor and an ammonia condenser combined on one bed- pliitc with a compound steam engine. The r frige'ators consist of a series of coils of wrought iron tubes wound in long lciigths Without joint from end to end. There are upwards of eight miles of wrought iron tub- ing in the installation. The on is circulat- ed by meaus of fans, whichdraw the warm- er air from the holds, pass it over the refrigerator coils, and return it to the hold through suitable trunks. It is claimed for this system that the air is delivered into the holds pure, dry, and free from snow or moisture. There are no pipes in the hold whatever. The active circulation of air thus insured enables the temperature to be kept extremely evon: the variation between different parts of the hold does not exceed 5 ° Fahrenheit. ...__â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€".___.__... FACTS IN FEW WORDS. The cocoanut tree is the most valuable of plants. UncleSam’s egg crop is worth $100,090... 000 annually. There are 57,000 women engaged in farm-v ing in the United States. In Brazil a couple may be married by drinking brandy together. It is estimated that New York has no less than 10,000 opium smokers. The national banks of New York at present hold nearly $100,000,000 in gold. One thousand cat-loads of pocket fluke for liquor were used in Cincinnati last year. The juice of walnuts will stain the com. plexion a dark brown without injury to the skin. Canada’s divorces for the past twenty years have just been figured up, and they amount to only llfi. It has been figured out that a man who shaves regularly until he is 80 has cut off about thirty-five feet of hair from his face. our solemn affidavits that we’d never tell a lie or anything of that kind again, and me