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ENCns Tok ) members of the Commission , Was & strictly party o;-“epn:hhh:dm voting i to hi itical antece dents. s_mmthnhnilno‘ impartial tribunal in ,the YInited States, to whicha diasn=‘ @ @ .can be referred. W to judge as to the 1 4lagn We 6b ~~ â€"parpose of deciding the Presidential "avestion, and which was expected to decide \Kon the merits, â€" pointed the people. The 1 NE n 1cb Shess Prommmntant aatisfactory, as all the other rets of Courts which have had the Electorâ€" al vote to pronounce upon. . Politics are so mixed up with everything in the States, that it scems impossible to get an impartial decision on an g}fly question. _ Even this lzi lourt which was ap;_wintfiod for e the late debate upon the indemnity question in the House, it was proâ€" posed to do away with the payment of members altognther, and tomake it the same as in England, where nonve but rich mevy can be members of Parliament. _ This would confine the choice of our people toa very amall number of candidates, as there are very‘few amongst us who could afford to leave their business, and go 30 Toronto for two or three months without remuneration. _ Some newsâ€" papers have spoken of the advance in the indemmnity as a " grab game," ing, we are really at a loss to underâ€" stand the matter. _ Are we to be told in this age of enlightenment that * Money makes the man?"That in telligence is to be determined by proâ€" purty or wea‘th? _ We thought that this question had been answered wre very defective, and we trust that the Inspector will sze the necessity of a change. Having a daily mail to this Village by Railway, Dundalk is well sitaated so far as mails North ‘and South are concerned; but the East is very unnfishowr&sfll Within a short distance, are sent up Korth by Rail and then make a circuit around the country occupyâ€" dng several days and pass through so ®many careless hands that in some wases letters and newspapers fail to reach the parties to whom they were sent. . Now if Dundalk were made a distributing point all this trouble and inconvenience would beavoided. Mails could be sent direct from here to Shrigly, Badgeros, Maple Valley, Melntyre, Honeywood and other places very quickly, and the expense would not be any more than by the present route. In fact we believe that a considerable saving could be effected. The people complain very much, and with good reason, of the present system, and we trust that the Postal @uthorities will make such changes as will abviate the inâ€" convenience experienced.x:un is no good reason why a t or a newspaper should take three or four days to go from Dundalk to Post Offices eight or ten miles distant, when by establishing a direct route one day would be sufficient to reach ebstacles in the way of poor men hkin&nrt in the Administration of our public affairs. _ There seems to be a great dread felt respecting the extension of the franchise, lest the whole country should be ruined by the giving of votes te men, who do not own a large amount of property. We would not be iurprisedp at this eanduct on the part of an old fashâ€" ioned Tory, but when a Reform paâ€" r: like the (Hlobe opposes the enâ€" nehisement of fermers‘ sons, and a professed Liberal like Mr. Bethune introduces a bill for cumnlative votâ€" THE GUIDE. It seems strange that there are still a large number of members of the Legislature, as well as newspa pers of Ontario, who are in favour of restricting the franchise, and placing m Iy ce lc oi in the indemmnity as a " grab game," but we fear that there would be worse "grab games" than this, if members were compelled to give their services free. _ Now the only to a decision respecting one of the disputed States. _ By a vote of eight to seven the Commissioners deciaed to give the vote of Florida to Hayes, Republican. _ It seems that the deâ€" cision of this Court yill prove as unâ€" Dundalk, Feb‘y 16, 187Th The present arrangements for sup plying the Post Offices in this vicinity years ago, and that it was now acâ€" cepted as a leading principle of all free countries, that afi men are equal in the eyes of the law. _ The same question is involved in the payment of members of the Legislature. _ In proper course for people to take either in public or private business, is to employ the fittest persons to do the work, and to pay them liberall for their services. _ We do uot tlnnz that $800 per year is too large a sum for this Province to pay to its repreâ€" sentatives in Parliament, and we are sure thet the salaries of Ministers are quite low â€" enough, corsidering the important duties which they have to discharge. It would be very easy for both Ministers and members to waste double the amount of salarâ€" ies which they now receive, if they were careless of thepeople s interests. We feel certain that the people of Ontario will not submit to any reâ€" striction of the liberty of any class of the community, and that they will insist upou the poor man being placâ€" ed upon the same footing as the rich, both in the matter of voting and in being eligible fora seat in the Legislature, if possessed of other qualifications for the position, arowil *4 1 PHaO i ‘The Electoral Commission appointâ€" ed by the United States Congress to docide the Presidential vot‘o;,havo been M ) in session some time, andhave come THE LEGISLATURE. PRESIDENTIAL â€"QUESâ€" OUR MAILS. ms impossible | manner cision on any | had not en this fl-é charges ninted for the}minister e Presidential| which ] ras expected to | summer ts, has disapâ€"| the add [he vote of the | amendn nission . was a| Mr. Ma« everything in | criticized the speech in a very mild ns impossible | manner and it is remarkable that he ision on any | had not a word to say respecting the n this H.é chhrges which he made against inted for the}ministers at the various picâ€"nics at & Presidential| which he spoke during the past is expected to | summer. After MrfMackenzie repfied, s, has disapâ€"| the address was passed without an he vote of the| amendment having been prdposed): ission , was a| Mr. Mackenzie laid his report of the h one voting| Public Works department on the itical antece | table of the House tho first day of at there is no | the session. This is a great improveâ€" ;the United ment‘ on former times, as during Sir o _ John‘s administration the reports of will gain the day, _ It is probable, being $28,000. The Pacinic Railway bowever, that the Court may not be has been pushed as rapidly as cirâ€" a »le to conclude its work in tiume to. qumstances would allow. .. The «K: â€" ueclare a President elected: The}|gineers© have been consisitly » fourth of March is the day: for the | work and have rgade, cood progrA Inauguration of the new i’nndd. in locatin mhm. . Th is ! _ and if an election has not taken | 681 mlle-% iglbcgtedof’ a place at that date, of course, the | 226} miles are under contract. ‘The work efthe Commission will go for | difficultics in the way of constructing nothing. : The present state of affairs | the road on the Columbian. section among our neighbors teaciies a useâ€" | are very great and ts ln‘gmun â€" 5 5 eaeenemanmenn ied e p PM DL OOTAis) Yinas far tha f nl.‘h' teaci1 * 2s among our nei es & useâ€" ful lesson to the people of other countries, who have been led to be lieve that the Republican form of Government, as established in the United States, is the most perfect yet devised. . Here is the whole country in a state of uncertaintty as to the Chief Magistracy. Trade is at a stand,business of all kind is paralized, and no confidence is felt as to the future. There is no high authority The address in reply to the Speech from the throne was moved by Mr. D. Guthrie of South Wellington who made an able speech and received the hearty applause of the members when he toncluded it. The motion was seconded by. Mr. Bechard in French. Sir John A. Macdonald fourth of March is the day for the Inauguration of fi.low‘l-fld. and if an election has not taken place at that date, of course, the work ef the Commission will go for nothine: â€" The vresent state of affairs to which to appeal for a solution of the difficulty. â€" Every member of the Government, every official from the highest to the lowest, is a partizan, and thus the country is divided into two hostile parties, who cannot agree upon the question of who shall be the Chief fl.gistmto. We trust that Canada will also benefit by this lesâ€" son. ‘There seems to be a tendency here to carry politics into everyâ€" thing, and to praise and condemn :un. notlon account of tl‘xleir .%\u' ut simply on grounds. e hope that this p;:ztice will be disâ€" countenanced by all who have any influence, and that when we discuss being willing to adopt such amendâ€" ments as seem necessary and Mr. Crooks invites assistance from the members in perfecting the measure. The following is a shork summary of the proposed changes. The Arst clause is intended to grant the Department power to utilize niore extensively than is now done the recently osuglinhod High political tiuenions,_ we shall show a proper respect to those in authority, and give every man credit for what he does, independant of party feeling or prejudice. The bill now before the Legislature to ammend the School Act will make some important changes which will prove acceptable to the country. Mr. Crooks has taken pains to ascertain the defects in the system now in operation and the present bill is inâ€" tended to make the school law as perfect as possible. It is rratifying to find that the House does not treat this as a party question, both sides Bchool Intermediate Examination, by declaring the equivelents for the same in the examinations for Public School teachers and vice versa. The 3rd and 4th clauses contemplate the establishment of additional training schools and empower the Department to arrange with Public School Boards for converting one or more Public Schools in each county into Model or Training Schools, and to prescribe what examinations are to be passed, as well as the mode of conducting them. The fifth clause prescribes the conditions to be comâ€" phed with by candidates for Public School teachers‘ certificates, as will secure duly qualified teachers in the several schools ; and the sixth amends subâ€"sec. 23, by placing under the direct control of the Central Comâ€" mittee the awarding of second as well as firstâ€"class certificates. The seventh clause deals with the travellâ€" ing expenses of teachers attending the Normal School. The tenth and thirteen clauses provide for granting aid and encouragement to teachers‘ associations by bringing them directâ€" ly under the recognition of the Minâ€" ister of Education, and by the payâ€" ment of a certain sum annually to each such association. The Bill as regards the Schools enacts that the Public School year shall consist of two terms ; the first shall begin on the third day of Janâ€" uary and end on the seventh day of J nlfl'; the second shall hegin on the eighteenth day of August and end on the twentyâ€"third day of December. The 19th clause reduces the maxiâ€" mum number of schools which a Pub. Sch. Inspector mayhave under his jurisdiction from 120 to 100. The granting of permits by Inspectors is also by the Bill brought into more definite shape by‘ allowing them to be issued only "subject to the regnâ€" lations of the %ducation Department.‘ The bill also enacts that every agreeâ€" ment between a teacher and a school corporation shall be construed to include within the period of service for which payment is to be made all vacations or days during which the teacher may be lawfully absent from the school. â€" The 25th clause conferr upon Public and High School Inâ€" spectors the same privileges with reâ€" spect to g::.icipation in the superanâ€" nuation fund as are now conterred upon High School masters and feâ€" male teachers. A large portion of the Bill is taken up with provisions respecting Union Sections _ and Township Boards. Provision is made for the formation of Township Boards, and for the organization of Union Sections, but ws the Bill has not yet been passed in Committee of the Whole, and as there may be some alterations made in it, we need not at present go into detail on the provisions of the bill. The steps necessary to be taken for the formation of these Township Boards and fer the organization of Union School Sections are very minâ€" utely laid down so that no misâ€" wA elmaants DOMINION PARLIAMEKT. THE SCHOOL BILL. ware mot fi be made in any with the: work on the line and plate it without further delay. â€"The Credit Valley Railway. Bill has been passed by tho Legislature making it compulsory on the City Council of Toronto to submit a Byâ€" law for a bonus on a . petition : being resented signed by 800 ratepayers. E‘hm is now no doubt but that the Byâ€"law flmfing $250,000 to .the roadâ€"will be carried. The Company will then be in a position to great and ths ;!-f-i-‘-x mmn several trial lines for the purpose of finding the most convenâ€" ient and easily construeted route. So 4 far no definite line has been deterâ€" mined on, but from the information: gained in the eurveys, the governâ€" ment will soon be able to select the best route. The expenditure during: the year on the Pacific Railway has been $2,802,000. . The improvement of the Welland and other canals cost ovyer two millions. The total expendâ€" iture on construction account .of Public Works during the year amâ€" ounts to nearly 9,000.000. _ Thns: is certainly a a pretty large sum to add to the public debt of the Dominion, and yet we hear a good deal of com plaint about the government not ?roceeding with the Pacific Railway ast enough. We are sure that the country is not so very anxious to see the government rushing into an exâ€" penditure which would increase our debt so that it would be difficult to meet the interest. . Far better to act cautiously and keep down expenies as much as much as possible. Mr. Mackenzie is not the man to rush blindly into any project. _ After the surveys of the railway are completed and the best route selected the conâ€" tracts will be let and the work proâ€" ceeded with as fast as the cirecumâ€" stances of the : country will allow. We feel confident that the governâ€" ment will receive the approval of the people for taking trxis course notwithstanding the efforts of the opposition to create a dissatis/acâ€" â€"The Bill for the Incorporation of the Orange Lodges was reported against by the committee of the House and on â€" Wednesday Mr. Merrick moved that the report be réferred back to the committee with instructionis to declare the ble proven. . After a lengthy deifle the House divided, when the motion was lost by a vote of 34 for,to 44 against. The matter is thereforo decided for this session, the bill being thrown out. dian supplies, and receiving money for his imi)uences in favor of certain officials, nnd the charges appeared to be sustained by the most conclusive evidence. A great cry was made about it at the time, and much iuâ€" dignation was manifested by the people, bnt it soen died out, and now in less than a year after the discovery of his guilt, we are gravely informea that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain a prosecution. With such examples as this before them, no fear ofconsequences will be sufficient to deter government officials fron; using their positions for money nakâ€" ing purposes and it seems as if it was rather offering a premium upon dishonesty and rascality. â€"The suit of the United States vs. Belknap was dismissed at the instâ€" ance oithe Attorney General on the ground that the eyidence was insufâ€" fcient to sustain the prosecution, The action of the Attorneyâ€"General was taken by the direction of the President, to whom the district Atâ€" torney reported conviction improbâ€" able. ’i‘he end of this case exhibits in a very strong light the difficulty of visiting any punisnment upon poâ€" litical offenders in the United States, uo matter how serious their offence may be. Belknap was charged with a long course of bribery and corrupâ€" tion, of having sold contracts for Inâ€" â€"The plea of insanity so frequentâ€" ly urged by Doctors on behalf of murderers, and which so often proves successful is shown to be very unreâ€" liable by a case that occured in this country lately. A man named Hopâ€" kins, in the County of Norfolk, murâ€" dered his wife in cold blood but was acquitted in consequence of the eviâ€" dence of the Doctors who testâ€" fied that he was insane. He was committed to the Lunatic Asylum at London, where after a few months detention he was pronounced perâ€" fectly sane. _ After three months careful observation of his case by the medical authorites of the Asylum they came to the conclusion that he had not been suffering from insanity. Thus we see that justice was defravdâ€" ed in consequence of the jury placing faith in Doctors opinions. nb 4 eb 4 n = _ _ ~_~ _ â€"The increase of the indemnity to members of the Ontario Legislaâ€" ture last year caused a good deal of criticism, and a disposition has been shown by come of the members of the House this year to reverse the vote then given. When the item came up in the estimates before the House in committee on Thursday, Mr. Crooks moved that the amount be reduced from $800 to $600 as formerly. Mr. Hardy moved that tho amount be struck out altogether and that ncthing be paid to members for their services. After a lengthy debate, both motions were negatived so that the amount remains at $800 same as last year. We think that the Province is quite able and willing to pay this amount, and we see no good reason for the fuss that has been made about it. â€"The Imperial Parliament was opened on Thursday by the Queen in {wrson. The Prince and Princess ot Wales were also present. ‘The speech was read by the Lord Chanâ€" cellor. The debate on the speech was confined to the Eastern Question and the members of the Government while expressing sympathy with the Christians under TurEish rule mainâ€" tained that it was necessary for the interests of England that the Turkish Empire should not be broken up. â€"Now that the Dominion Parlia» the: work on the line. and ; comâ€" +1d will haverchance to pl:oire ~"hich he uttered against hhe uttered against *wing the Picâ€"nic Ponsunby in Pilkington at their..lagt monthly meeting decided ugbanim, Nzew Lones Or Goop TexmpLars.â€"â€" A lodge of Good Templars with a membership of twenty, has been orâ€" ganized in West Garafrara. They will hold their weekly meetings in the stone school house on the Fergus road in School Section No. 6 ously that country stores were a necessity , and that it was not advisâ€" able to endeavor to do away with or injure them. Swrzcu Orex®p.â€"Tuesday mornâ€" ing last the Bwitch at Kennelworth station, was discovered to have been opened by some evil "isposed person; a reward of $100 has been offered by the railway company for the discovâ€" ery of the guilty party. InornprarIsx . â€" Woodstock :E pears particularly unfortunate in the matter of fires and a great many attempts have been made by incenâ€" diaries lately to destroy valuable property. The last attempt was suc» cessful and on Saturday last the Oxâ€" ford mills owned by P. Slaught were totally destroyed ; loss $12,000 inâ€" surance $6,000, Muro®r® axp Surcoe.â€"A shocki1g case of murder and suicide is reportâ€" ed from Rockton. A farmer named Cook, living about a mile and a half from that place, shot his dnughter, nineteen years of age, on Wednesday last and then blew his own brains out. He had made several previous aitempts to commit suicide, gut had been prevented from doing so by the timely interferance of his son. Surprise Party.â€"On the evening of the 9th inst. a surprise party mut at the residence of Mr. Willlam Hodgkinson jr. and spent a very pleasant evening, ample . refresiiâ€" ments were served, and the evening was enlivened with a number of apâ€" propriate songs ; quite a number enâ€" joyed shemselves in ‘"‘tripping the light fantastic toe" and the time was spent so pleasantly that the party did not break up till a late hour. A (Narurar Souvriox.â€"A man ‘slightly tight‘ came in contact with « tree. _ As quick as thought he raised his hat, begged pardon, and passed on. Three other (trees ‘havâ€" ing met him in this unceremonious manuer he dofied his hat and placâ€" ing it under his arm, backed up against the fence in apparent mediâ€" tation. â€" A friend passing at the time inquired what he was doing. He replied : "I am waiting for the proâ€" cession to pass." APPOINTAENT.â€"Mr. Hugh MeKinâ€" non, the celebrated Scotch athlete of the Caledonian : Society of this city, who has for several seasons carried nll before him in the different Scotâ€" tish games in the Dominion, and has won the International trophy preâ€" sented by the Caledonian Societies of British North America, has, we are glad to learn, been appointed Chief of Police at Belleville. Mr. MeKinâ€" fnon is no green hand at the . police business, as he has forsome . time been acttng as ~detective, and. has given the greatest. uatisfaction to his employers. : . In fact we believe that his appointment was owing a great deal to the high character given him by ~Chief MeMenemy.â€"Hamilton Times. Trat Accipext. â€"It has been found that one of the men who was on the train when the collision o¢â€" curred had two of his ribs broken. He is bowever progressing as favorâ€" wbly as could be expected. . It will be some time before Mr. Jackman will be around again, as he was quite seriously hurt. Just before the colâ€" lision occurred twenty five men â€"got off the train and at the time of the collision there were eight on board, five of whom jumped off just as the engines struck. Fast Tie.â€"People may say what they like about the fast tine made on the Conada Southern and . other crack lines, but it takns our .own little Narrow Gauge Road to beat them all, only last Saturday the Acâ€" commodation south was running . at such a rate of speed that it could not be brought to a stop till it had goune nearly a quarter of a mile beyond the station ! The train being heavily lowded could not back up so that the passengers had . to foot it for some distance to the car. > Surr TrrBer.â€"There is a large amount of cordwood, railway ties, cedar posts and rails, and ship timâ€" ber collected along the railway beâ€" tween Flesherton and ‘ Orangevilie. Quite a number of what are called "knees"have been got out near Dunâ€" dalk and they present rathera singuâ€" lar appearance, being something in the shape of a boot with & flat foot from six to eight feet long and the leg five or six feet long. and nearly two feet thick, _ They are made out of tamarack, the foot part being the root of the tree, and they are got out by Americans and wifi be sent to the United States to be used in ship building. Rarcway Accibext.â€"Onâ€" Monday last a wood train was run into by ar engine. about balf a mile east> of Dundal‘tâ€" and two â€" menâ€" named Nicard _ Barnabyâ€" and â€" Richard Ste ens were badly bruised.. The rest of the men escaped by jumping off the train before tfi: eollision took place, and except the breaking of the couplings, not a great deal of damage was done to the trains.. A blinding snow storm which prevent ed the engineer from seeing the train was the cause of the aecident. RIO ARCHIVES TORONTO the hearty plaudits of the audience. The.comic selections by Mr.Henderâ€" son, created much amusement and elicited several encores. Mr. J. F. Hardy accompanied the seyeral singâ€" ers on the organ to the satisfaction ofall, also rendering in fine style several humerous and witty songs. the distressed districts is practically unchanged. The numbers receiving relief have further decreased 40,000 in Madras and 25,000 . In . Bombay. Throughout the presidoncy of Madras starvation . :is> prevented..... Some deaths from want, however,, are . reâ€" ported in the districts near Madras. ‘.‘The five hundred Mennonites | alâ€" ready located in Mamitoba make etâ€" cellent settlers, and there is room still on the present reserve appropriâ€" ated ‘to Russian immigrants for "anâ€" other 10,000." _ The capacity of the great Northâ€"west to receive settlers is unlimited, and there is room in this country for all the Mennonites in , Russia without the rest of the population. suffering inconvenience. ‘The gristâ€"mill owned hy Jos. Skelâ€" ‘ton ‘&"sons," neer Nottawa village, ‘was destroyed ‘by fire on the And. I. 0. O. F., of this place The *"Auld Scotch Gangs" as rendered by the dilt_inguilh_g(f Owing to tke thaw, the shipment of timber, during last week was senâ€" sibly less, but this week it has reâ€" vived, and many fine pieces of timâ€" ber are being stored at the station, for spring shipl_n.eut... i sl€eu L:rge quantities of brick, stone, and other building material, are beâ€" ing deposited on the site of the new brick fiethodist Church, in preparaâ€" tion for early building operations, Thechurch, when eomgleted. promâ€" ises to be a really handsome edifice, and an ornament to the village, not to say, the Coun:r. ‘T‘ne total cost for construction, site, and urnishing will be about $5,000, a large portion of which has already been subscribâ€" ed. of Mr. John Bright comes to us from an English source ; When visiting his constituency a few days ago he was the guest of a gentleman who not only admires him, but if poseible anticipates his wishes _ Observing that Mr. Bright appeared slightly uneasy, the host inquired if he could do anything to add to his comfort. ‘No,‘ replied Mr. Bright ; ‘I am only restless because I am longing for the hour to come when I shall have deâ€" livered my speech.‘ ‘The same restâ€" lessness was noticed in the late Lord Derby on the eve of a great deliverâ€" ance.‘I tingle all over, ‘he used to say, and hbe was not happy until he got rid of his thoughts by uttering them. Mr. Bright, it is said, boasts that he never wrote a speech in his life; but he prepares co very carefully and Araws up such copious notes that he knows what his speech is to be nearly as well as the man who writes all he has to say. On the other hand, the Earl of Beaconsfield spoils himself by preparation, and Mr. Gladstone has ne need to prepare. Formal points of a basis of perce have been agreed upon between Turâ€" key and Servia,. They include a salute to the Turkish flag, retention of Servian fortreskes, and prevention of armed bands from crossing the border, â€" The ‘Durkish Minister hns applied to the Porte for farther i; â€" structions, Le Nord, the Russian orâ€" gan at Brusells, seems to foreshadow Russian intervention, and the probaâ€" bility of ultimats interference is inâ€" vreased by an order from the Governâ€" ment to Russian railways to be in readiness to transport troops. It is mow stated that there is a probability of Ignatieff succeeding Gortschakoff «s Foreign Minister. Midhat Pasha has arrived in Italy, â€" He attributes his downfall ‘to Russian : intrigue, while Bismark is reported to have publicly attributed it to the exâ€"Viziâ€" ers drinking habits. Just as soon as the rails are laid from the present terminus of the Northern Pacific to Pembina, the Dominion Governiment will finish the track from Pembina to Winnipeg, the grading of which is already done. Then Canadian merchauts who deal with Manitoba will be able to take andvantage of the new connection, and they can have their trade well established before the line from Thunder Bay to Red River is fit for use. â€" A very large immigration â€" into â€" Manitoba | wiil follow and the figures of the trade returns must of necessity be grently increased. Importations of cereals and meats will not be a standing feature of the trade, for Manitoba has all the conditions for producing these things. With proper enterâ€" prise, Ontario will l.xoltr her own in A despatch from Albany says a meeting of unemployed workmen was held at the capital, at which reâ€" solutions were adopted setting forth that 20,000 men are out ot work in the eity whose families are on the verge of starvation, and imploring the eity authorities or. Legislature to provide employment for them. _ A committee was appointed, who called on the Mayor, and he informed them he woulddo all in his power for their relief. securing the trade in other articles. Professor Swing is advising young men to get rid of their impatience. ‘There is time enough fos them *Webster, Gladstone, Sumner, Dis raeli ! fifty years were these temples in the building! Did not one of these say that he had b;:: thirty yoars writing a speech? "His~ heart and brain had been busy slinost a ife time carrying together the maâ€" terials for the final impressive utterâ€" ances, . Look at all tgw great, and what a unit is the life of each! . The India Office publishes a. desâ€" patch from Lord Lytton dated the lith, stating that the condition of The following characteristicincident t, angd; were n n.gni\ilgl,‘b;J without -ufliei;m over garments thpough the cold damp air. ‘ B. Sleeping in lefther beds in seven by nine bedâ€"rooms, without ventilation at the top of the windows and especially with two or more per sons in the same unventilated bedâ€" 4. Surfeiting on very hot and ntimuhtintg dinners, eating in a hurry, without half masticating your food and l::dting heartil iuotniofz ing to every ni‘(hfl;t, when mnnd body are exhausted by the toils of the day and the excitement of the evening. _ _ 5, â€" Beginning in childhood on tea and coffee, and going from one ms to another, through chewing an smoking tobaceo and drinking intoxâ€" icating liquors, by personal abuse and physicial excesses of every desâ€" 6. Marrying in haste and getting an uncongenial oomfnnion. and livâ€" ng the remainder of life in mental dissatisfaction ; cultivating jealousies and dowestic broils, and being alâ€" ways in a mental ferment. 7. Keeping children quiet by givâ€" ing paregoric and cordials ; by teoch ing them to suck candy, and by supâ€" plying them with raisins, nuts and richeake ; when they are sick, by giving them mercury, tartar emetic and arsenic, under the mistaken notion that they are medicines, and not irritant poisons. * 8. Allowing the love of gain to absorb our minds, soas to leave no time to attend to our health ; followâ€" ing an unhealthy occupation because money can be made by it. 9. "Tempting. the appetite with bitters and niceties, when the stomâ€" ach says No, and by foreing food when nature does not demand and aven rejents it ; gormandizing beâ€" tween meals ; using tobacco and stimulants. 10. Contriving to keep in a continum worry about something or nothing l giving way to fits of uuger. Recently a disgraceful affair took: place in a beerâ€"house at Bedford, near Leigh, a man named Joseph Hindley, fireman in a colliery, havâ€" ing deliberately made a present of his wife to one of his companions. Hindley, it appears, is a young man about twentyâ€"two, his wife, a preâ€" possessing â€" looking woman, who works a weaver at the mill, leisg about nineteen, and there is a ciuild two years old, issue of marriage. T..e wife is spoken ot by the neighbors as a well conducted person, but the husband has frequently been heard to express regret at being married. aud in the Millstone beerâ€"house, on the night stated, offered to make a Fresent of her to a single young felâ€" ow named Peter Hayes, a moulder. A long preliminary discussion as to the terms of the transfer ensued. both men, it is said by those who were present, being perfectly sober. At length the arrangements were completed, which were that Hayes should have the wife, together with the boushold furniture in Thomes street, besides two guns, the â€" pigeon cote and pigeons, and a sum of five fihi“illlf!. At closing time Hindley took Hayes to his wife at home,duly introduced him to her as her new husband, and immediately left the place,where Hayes remained for the vight. When Hindley handed over his wife to Hayes he â€" signâ€" ed a psger confirming the presentaâ€" tion of his wife to his friend. _ Mrs. Hindley readily consented to the Aributes his downfall to Russian inâ€" trique, while Bismarck is reported to have publicly attributed it to the exâ€" Visier‘s drinking habite. _ The Government will lay ‘before the House at an‘earty day the corâ€" at Brussels, seems to foreshadow Russian intervention, and the probaâ€" bility of ultimate interference is inâ€" sreased by an order from the Govâ€" ernment to Russian railways to be in readiness to transport troops... It is now stated that there is a probabiâ€" bilt. This is in accordance with private instructions given to him by the great railway king who has just been gathered to is fathers. The strong common sense which marked the latter‘s whole life is very evident in this action. Men mre too apt to overlook the duties which are near at hand, and reach after those which are farther from them, and which are less cearly fitting work forthem. Vanderbilt in giving such large sums to a college in Kentucky seemed to be doing this, but those gifts were probably owing to the influence of Mrs Vanderbilt. Tuis new benefiâ€" cence is one eminently fitting in one who made the greater part of his fortune by railway operations, and if the spirit of it were followed by othenl. ¢}l::ir beneficence would freâ€" uent much more wisely exer giud L{An it is. 9. Formal poiats of a .basis of perce have been agreed 'Irlfin between Furâ€" key and Servia. y include a saâ€" lute to the Turkish flag, retention o1‘ Bervian fortrerses, and prevention of! armed bands from crossing the borâ€" der,. The Turkish Ministâ€"r has apâ€" plied to the Porte for further instrucâ€" tipu.._ Lc.NorJ the Russian organ: A Vanderbilt Asylum for wornâ€"out railway officials is to be ereeted at Low Point, a farm belonging to the late Commodore, ten miles below Poughkeepsie, by Wm. H. Vanderâ€" Marital Rights in England. with the Imperial Govâ€" at se tnoy 0 00 CWkis 04 d 1nd W‘ *m.w .m;l;d To spiritnous e House went info Committee RT _ L o cortine «or unannpenge mittee on fixq_Bi.Uh: mgud the Act those elsuses ty whick no menfi’:m’?"’w? In lations as to elementary teaching ; section 8, with . the arrapgement with trastees for the County Model Schools : section 4, with the examinâ€" ation of Normal â€" School «students ; section 5, requiring further condiâ€" tions to be complied with by »oandiâ€" dates for Schoul teachers‘ certificates; section 7, providing for the payment of travelling expenses of Normal School «tudents, and the remaining eubâ€"sections of the clause, were ‘pmsâ€" J Section 19, having reference tot!«: number of Schools under oue inâ€" spector, and recommending the rc duction from ~one hundred anc twenty to one hundaed, was struck cattle to find, thei y to marâ€" ho Ni NCE /o. in the hands of Mr. H. F. Ellis of St. Thomus ud a anik wumse cucgeco® Sections 20, and 21 were passed. Soction 22, which enaeted that for the words ‘*when desired,‘ there should be substituted the words, *o1 the Trustse‘s report or otherwise,‘ was passed,. _ . _ S.'gfion 28, with reference to chapâ€" ter 23, |ec.,9§, wlich was as follows: â€"‘Insert as subâ€"section ninetyâ€"threc the following :â€"Every agreement between‘ a teacheér and a School Corâ€" poration shall be construed to include within the period of service for which payment is to be made all vacations or days during which the temche may be lawfully absent from th school, and whether the vacation i: covered by the expressed time menâ€" tioned in the agreoment,â€" or folows such period immediately or within one fortnight of the expiry of th time of such engagement, and any agreement between a Sehool Corporâ€" ation and the teacher which would have the effect. of depriving the teacher of the lm&dt of this nrovisâ€" ion, or which is éolorably made to accomplish such end, shall be invalid and of none effect,‘ after some disâ€" eussion was passed. Mr. Mowat having moved the ad journment of the House, iine. He had never before heard of x womin hs a enttle‘drover, and proâ€" tested that Mrs: Mclnitosh could not be one, The consequence was that, sans cetemony, he pulled the bell rope and ejected her from the car somewhere in the neighborhood of Dorlohuur station â€" leaving the Section 25, relating to enquiries or complaints to Ingpector, minister, or.anuannM ‘«and providing that after the words "to bim" be insorted Can a Woman be a Cattle Drover ? Wl etor on the L. & P. B. iffliquet dtost das Our readers will remember that at the sittings of the Fall Assizes Court in St. Thomas, an action was vrought by Mrs. Dan. Mclutosh ugaist tue Great, Westorn BReilway, to recover dénuages for. qecnmoit from a wd n, 8. M. wus enc ??‘u?.‘ L'B:n'exs)gtdyfnglud ui-l’:xs eattie (ner husband acting as agert) and having purchased a car load at Ayltner ‘npp’mi thbin . orer|| the Great Western road via. St. Thomas and London. She was provided with a drovers ticket, and was proâ€" ceeding to Toronto to dispose of her pvl:reh;u‘ in the musrkets of that city. the words ‘or to the Minister of Ed ucation or the . Education . Depart ment," was carried. * Section 2, having been vassed, the Committee rose.and xeported. â€" . M. Cameron‘said be bad much nleasure in intimating that their old friend, Mr. Calvin, had been returnâ€" ed for Frontenae, a2d he hoped to be able to make a similar announceâ€" ment in regard to South Waterloo. Mr. Mowat had much pleasure in informing his honorable K-iond that Mr. Masters had an assured majorâ€" ity there of four hundred. Section 24, referring to the exten sion of superanuation to Public and High School Teachers was carried. Section 25, authorizing the County Council,to arrangefor inspection in remote parts was carried. p The House abjourned at 11 : 15 : ul‘ll ETT TCO is E uses to> whiek no, amendâ€" P‘“vere pr&pooexk In reforence other clnuses; he had recgived US EEZpddtione €lfat Oe wished The Speaker tuok the css« at 8 o‘cluoek. Mr/DéRtor® McCuathy was itÂ¥vek (Il)\loo% by sl'rlu:’m Mucdonal4 and r. Tupper, and on taking lis #eat was received with theors. MA Mr. Barthe introduced a bil}, which was read the first time, to repeal the tabue tw i ubat Accouits Insolveney Act Mr. Brouse wauted to know i/ the Government Lad taken any acuon upon the notification of the Imperial Board of Trede, that the Allan Steama~ ships will not be alloweu to clear at the Custom House, unless t e surâ€" geons have graduated in one of tae colleges in Great Britain. â€" Hon. Mr. Smith said their uttention had been called to it generally, but no oficial communication hud been rececived He was understood to say that the Government had made some kind of remonstrance. Arvih: + t _ Mr. Inving meved for leave to ad» g;eu lh:‘nEuoll::lc; for a rotura owi general nature and valâ€" ue m the manufactured goods imâ€" ported into Oanada from the United States in 1874.‘75 ©76. amevne correspondence respecting the naviâ€" es of the Washington Tremty, Ia introducitg the notice he suid that nearly six years hbad elapsed since gation of American canals & rivers, Q-E-ir. Mtchcll moved an abâ€" dress for correspond. nee i1 rolution to the settlement of the fishery clausâ€" the Treaty came into force, but the fishery claims had never b â€"encarried iito effect. It appeared to be the intention of our American neighbors to give no compensation for our in« shore fisheries, und it this were the ease it would be better for us to be made aware of the fact as soon as rossible. P FRTET"C Hon Mr. Smith said there were varts of the correspondence which they did not consider either polite or wise to bring down, but if his hou, friend would aiter his motion so as to Jeave them ut liberty to bring down what they thought ndvisable, ne would not oppose it. He believed Lout when this correspondence was brought down it would show that ns viume . @uuld be atinched to the s overament. Mr. Mitchell, agresing to the proposed ameudment, ihe motion pas ea. Mr. Ross [Middlesex], in moving jor tue appuiutiment Of a select com» wiktce 10 munage the Hansard, stii vu tuat he had ircoived many lette.s wom uonoruble members since last â€"ession, advising him to ask the House for the appointment of a seâ€" lect commuttee to soe whether arâ€" rangements gould not be made for an official report of tue Cebates, When a Mauserd Lad been first conâ€" adered, the committee Lad selocted a condensed report as being prefer» uble to a verbutiinm one, because it would cost less and might give the gist ~of ull the speeches in a much less bulky volume. & Mliwlut ‘Mr. Mackenzie rspeated his deeâ€" laration already maue in the Houe, that the Government desired to leave whe matter entirely in the hands of thehouse. Pf 6 mpoag 1 antâ€"Governorsl:ip of Quebec. _ The office vacated by Mr. Laird was ofâ€" fered to the momber for Bot.well, who accepted it, and thereby became a imember of u‘.:dml 'thml! + The ition occupi s e HMon. Mr. (pi:::.rion had been n’imiluly of. fered to the momwer for Jacques Carticr, and by him accepted. . Tae third portfolio wus offered, in the first place, to the present minister, who, upon some: consiceration, felt indisposed to enter into ‘polm’ed life, and on that nccount refused to meâ€" cede to the request thut ne should join the admini<ration. _ Upon this he had offered the position, together with a seat in the Senute, to Hon. Mr, Joly, of Quebec ; but this gentleâ€" man, while agreeing with the generâ€" al £uliey of the administration, folt indisposed to enter the Ministry for personal reasons. Mc then asked Dr.Tupper and Hon. Mr. Blake were in tuvor of making the Manâ€" surd as accurate as possible. . The motion passed. & Mr. Mackenzie then rose to make his explanation with reference to the changes in the ministry since last session, Three vacamcies had ocâ€" curred in the administrationâ€"one consequent upon the elevati n of Mr. Lairi to the Lieutenantâ€"Governorâ€" ship of the Northâ€"west torritories; one consequent upon the retirement of his hon. friend, late Muiâ€"ter of Inland Kevenue, on account of the illness of Mr. Geofirion, an i‘iness which every menmber in the House would regret ; und a third was causâ€" ed by the clevation of the late Minâ€" ister of Agriculture to the Lieutenâ€" _ Sir John Macdonald smid that it was a well understood principle of this House, tuat explanations should always be given waen changes wore made in the Ministers. _ HMe agreed with tue Premier on the comphment paid Mr, Groffion, _ As for his oung friend from Jaeques Cartier, L was known, before he was made a Minister, to be in the most confiâ€" dential relations towurds the Governâ€" ment, and he might as well be a Alimister as an outside contederate. With respect to his hon. friend from Bothwell, he had no doubt he would make an able minister. tue present Minister to reconsicer his Iecinou, and, upon doing so, he deciued to nccept tue position, toâ€" gether with a seat in the Senate. Mr. Pope (Prince Edward Island) Mr. Mason, and Mr. Huntington, xh at considerable length upon ae *"‘P" after which the House The Minister of Finance laid on the -i'r: ~Currier moved an address for Siz John‘s Washington Treaty. The fishery comumission still lags. e blame is thrown on the United Ottewa F®: i ic 1 H trenz« Groce ALWAYS General Promp awren t Purely C Maix S An examination !| fully satiafy J ouse for Cheap Das INSU Life # the Dry Go W Frui Fall Spri Oate Peas Hay omG Imn, un On the Auakl s lo James Mok i; € the ies alk, Jan. 29 ‘hlk(‘ 0 Police det, line betw partiou} though : agrow|tur ‘o.lned.q strongly i and und mfl“ al‘e bluffs of abundan the settle; office and Atu can be 1 fords ex. 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