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 w^ ipip^^^^"nfii^pppp "^C â-  3 1 3 • i '-«•â- â-  -S' 356,250 75 3.mjmm aposita IJSa^KUm • MMwat PRO\^NCB. 3 550.000 00 548,371 76 â- ijmm I $312,769 Oi .1.472,391 41 ' 124,685 18 t 891.201 74 I r s .2,84'i,289 53 I,- '.. 105.541 00 5,7S4,8T7 I 3 U .- $^975 33 7 905 08 6,527 58 1D1.408 98 .Sl%.507 2-3 71 -5 "9 75 26j,086 97 .. $7 233645 60 KOMXCE AT PEfi- paiuies re 2,000 45 aluies, re d (balance a.608 55 on Sclioo! .? â- (.:i8,y57 ii3.0j2 *i S373504 S9 a-s4.4D8 ii -^ 566.3,103 91 â-  Ig ;o pox)u- 3Sr,370 21 ....'...$ 363, 9Wai 3tiug liar .$6359,666 39 tDXICIPAL AND PBO- RAHWAT. Total Provlcci»I and Municipal aid to eaoh Bail* way. 1,978,009 394,000 290^000 l,35i,M 584,88T 243,4ar 597,069 18,7« i 1.881,95J lia 63^*§ 306^001 Lake '• :::::::::::;:; ' â- .::.:::;::::: 1,503,* lOW,^ ::â- ;::::.-: 1§3^ 35ft«», TSIfM^ 249,0^ l.Mftf 1,449JI ,..._~ 491.? ,.^^ ^...^T:^aa«gr*..««^.-nri^«^»aw^ LADIBB' OOJLUMN. IXmvrmmt Bin* Fa Femi- SEASONABLE HOUSEHOLD HINTS. (Annt Eata's WaAIy Budgat.) ' and TMgnen u • dsw ahad*; olivs will zagain iti popalarity, and fir myrile will ba ityudi. « The small oapote of Telvet, ailk or. laoa, vary mnob raiaad in tin border aod ftrim- med high in front with flowers, teathera and aigrettes, iB the favorite ohapean ta els- gwt pcomenade and visitiog toileta. Every one likes to keep valentinea, Eaater and Ghrifltmaa eacds, yet do net know how to make them ocnameuMJ. A pretty arrangement seen lately tor th»« purpose was a dainty straw basket suspended by a wide Boarlet satin ribbon, from the oorner of an ebony fire-soreen. The basket was filled with lovely fringed eards. Coiffores are jost now nndergoini; varioos transformations. Some prqpose bold iniM vations, others raiue a protest and wish to keep the hair qoiie tari.ed ap at the baak, and forming a sort of half-ooronet very mwdi forward over the forehead, always with the frizzled fringe one may add at pleasore t«o long curls failing over the ceek. An.exgnisilie dinner^nB8a.i»of sapiJiiriB. blue ribbisd velvet, with/ deep train ti^n- ing in front over a skirt of eream-o^(Mted. satin, entirely covered with old Tenit^ iaoe. Bodice cut low in the shape ^Ta beact, filled in with lace. Two dwnpid' bfooobesi one to fasten the lace .ibi;'the hollow of the bodice and one iavt the waist. Diamonds and sapphires in the hair. Cream satin Bhoes cream nnglazed kid gloves comiDg np over the elbow. The rage for lingerie is unabated. Almost every sort of soarf or plastron is admiBBi- ble, fsom oollara from which are Bospended pointed vests heavily loaded with jets to. those of gossamer, scarcely more tangible than a spider's web. A new fantasy is a separable collar and cuffs to match, to be worn with any dress whatsoever they are made of velvet, and are beaded or em- broidered, according to the taste of tiie wearer. A robe just sent the Qaeeo of Italy has what is styled a " Hindoo " basque three veets, one above another, forming one single corsage. The under one buttons to the throat the second is shorter and does not quite meet in front, its carve being marked by a light fringe of gold, and the outer one is the short rounded " bolero " jacket with- oat sleeves. They are all the same mate- rial â€" dark velvet â€" but eaoh is covered with embroideries distinctive in character, though in colors that softly harmonize with one another. The doable sleeves reach only to the elbow. A pretty dress for a young girl is of blue cashmere. The polcmaise is draped with a few folds over the hips, showing a golden brown velvet band on the bottom of the ^mderskirt. The lower end of the bodice is concealed beneath a broad soMrf of moire ribbon of the same shade as the velvet, fastened at the back with two long bows and ends. The V shaped front opens over a plaited silk chemisette, fastened around the throat with a band of velvet. The bodice is faced with bias velvet. The Bleeves reach below the elbow, and are liQisfaed by a velvet band-. A most oloud-like ball toilet is of silver tnlie over pale pink faille; the paniers at the sides are very full, and so iB the upper part of the train, which is finished into a point. Wreath of pale pink primroses mounted upon silver coming down from the shoulder to the waist, and from the waist to the foot of the skirt. Dog's collar of pink velvet, studded with diamonds. Arianq coiffure the hair waved over the temples, falls ovet the nsok in loose tresses, among which mingle a few ourls. A string of diamonds is passed in and out, and a cluster of very light pink feathers is placed at the side. As many bracelets as possible over the very long gloves. Small eardrops and clasp of pearls at the waist. Feather fan with artistic mounting of pearl or tortoisesbell. An inexpensive and exceedingly effective Bilk costume can be made of American silk and broohe combined with American machine-embroidered lace, thus The skirt of dark green gros-grain silk, with two box- plaited flounces at the bottom. The taUier reaching from the hips to the top of the flounce is composed of one wide voUmte of white embroidered Moresque lace, over which fall pointed panniers of the silk, looped under a graoefolly-draped back breadth of red and green satin broobe matching the color of the green silk, but very lustrous, the red broebe flowers a very vivid shade between scarlet and crimson. The bodice is of the teoohe, with a triangular Modjeska puff on the front defining a square Pompadoar oatline across the bust, the triangle bordered with M»- esque lace, the high collar and oufis vrith the same. The sleeves are of greenish silk, slashed at the elbows and in the arm-holes with the broohe. The entire ooet of soeh a dress need not be more than S35orS40, including the making. A "fascinator," so named,, most useful for enveloping the shonlden and head when leaving a heated concert room or opera*, is made with very coarse wooden Imitting pinsâ€" say as thick as the little fingerâ€" and single zephyr. Oast on one hundred loose stitches and knit garter knitting tmtfl the desired length is reached. Aboat one yard and three quarters is a good length. When completed, border the entire strip with a double feather edge shell pattern, whioh gives a very dainty and fleecy finish to the whole. Fashion the one end tafom, a hood. This is done by nsing satia;:,iiimB to gatiiier the edge in a pret^ frill aronnd the face tie on a bow at the top, intro- duce another ribbon rnnner and bow at the nape of the neck, and add strings to tee. The hood is drawn over the head the remaining souf end ia woond atoond the neck and shonlden with all the V Spanish grace " possible. Haw tm Drcaa â- (•â- ( ffeclu. A Btottt lady iriiai lk«hort neak lace often as beeuning as her boti blatoisfMnliMhM bdwrliai belt. ipviBg effeett»nw mill v It would alao be inO. bafon jadjortiag Iha |m* bwlha. fiob^ alB.. to Inlfn iMkvny â- Uhtfy£^ portion o( tb* bbdlBa whiA aomes just IB laaiHh wdwiMhaan be daintify vaflad "irttt laoa; oatahing to- gattiar firmly the adflaa with a alender Uae-pin. Tke i » «p ari f IncrewM of ^le alwaya of- labor. A aarvant'a dntiea are iaiinitaiy harder than thoy were twenty yearaaflo. Oontraat the aiiffla item of laundry work in a modem family with the family wash- ing of the preeeig goieration. Then there were ten efaHdren to one mffle now we have ten nifflea to eaoh ehild. " Goq- venlenee« have moTtipIied,' it ia tme, but the work baa oatatripped tham.--CikrMtia» Union, n«mels • CtaatraMMy. New importations of eanned mnshroome are said to be of onnsnally fine qoatity. Disraeli said a man helped twioe to soup will drink tea and coffee out of the saaoer. Bear steak is altaining great gastrono mic popularity throughout ttie west. A new wrinkle of fMhionable dinner parties ia to have the celery frozen as hard as possible. A good many people have yet to learn tbai chicken salad is not the kind for a dinner party. One of the Boston hotels has the repa- tation of serving codfish balls in which there is some fish. Henry [Irving believes that much of the mortality in this country is due to buok- wneat cakes. Your dainty debutante of the season makes breakfast of marmalade on toast and a glas^ of milk. Doineatlc and ITaefal. The best remedy for chilblains is a mix- ture of one part, by measure, of tincture of iodine and three parts glyeerine. A simple disinfecting lamp may be easily made by burning bisulphide of carbon in a lamp after the manner of an oil or spirit lamp. t Bedness in the hands may be removed by using a paste made as follows Beat toge- ther an ounce of dear honey, one ounce of almond oil, the joioe of a lemon, a^d the yolk of a raw egg. Apply at night 'to the hands, and cover with old gloves slit up the palms. To dean a felt hat dissolve a little ammonia -in warm water, and with a dean brash dipped in this, scrub the hat well. Then hang oat in the open air to dry. For a hand^ draw- through needle put one point of a hair-pin throogh the tope, wrap a thread tightly round both ends, and push through points first. In frying omelettes, pancakes, etc., heat the pan. Take a piece of olean paper and polish till it will not give off any damp or color that is the secret of success â€" a hot, olean pan. For cough roast a lemon very carefully without burning it when it is thoroughly hot, out and squeeze into a oup npon l£ree ounces of sugar finely powdered. Take a spoonful whenever your cough troubles you Tooth brashes cannot be too soft. Hard brashes make the gums reeede from the teeth, and produce premature decay by causing the soft bone of the tooth to be exposed to the air, beyond the part of the tooth protected' by the enamel. Sponge cake that has become dry may be cut into thin shoes and toasted. It is deli- cate and really nice with tea. Slices of stale sponge oi^e have been browned in the oven and been served to nnsaspeoting people as Italian ruska, and have been eaten with relidh. • «Caralval.» The word " ciumival " ia from the Latin can, flesh, and vale, farewell â€" " farewell to flesh," in fact. The festival originally began on the feast of the Epiphany, and contmned to Ash Wedneeday. In later years it was limited to from three to eight days prior to Aah Wedneaday. The oos- torn is in all probability derived from the heathen celebrationa in honor of return- ing spring. Banqueta were the nanal eon- oomitanta ai the oamival daring the mid- dle agea. The camivid ia still popular in Bome, Venice, New Orleans, and other plapea. The Boman celebrationa are reoorded aa having been espedally splen- did daring thia pontificate of Pope Paul III., 1534-49, when the Eternal Oity waa overflowing with wealth aent thither from all Ghristendom. The aporta of that day were subdivided into three divisions â€" ^viz. races, and tWo hands of speetacnlar pageants. The other Italian dties, Venice, Turin,' Milan, Florence and Naples, all vied with Bome in the magnifioenoe of their carnival displays. At present these have dwindled down to a mere inatitation for money-getting. The fun at Bome now usually ends by homing a ooloasal figure â€" supposed to represent the oamival â€" on the night of Shrove Tuesday. At Paris, the carnival ia marked bv the prevalenoeof variooa gayefea. aooh as theweanngot masks on the jstreete. eto. On the Sunday and Toesdayliefoce Lent H|f proa (fa* ox) procession parades the atreets. Oar ear- nival week at Montreal laya no elaim to antiqaity, but already bids fair to rival the (rider aaaivataaiify when' the wnoontof genuine mirth, Biililry,aQWt and entertain- ment crowded info it ie'eonsi d ered. raa hurl throated sister, provided she doea not attempt to uog it dose op amier her eara, or to bondf it in wavy profnsion aboa* bor neekand shoolderB. First, flien, ttw Iaoe An entomdogioal bore had joat began afresh on the eye of the common hoose fly, which he dedarpd, e onsi de r i n g tbeaiae of ito owner, tohave the largesTontan of vision in the whole animal world. ** Too preanme to deny the fact I atato," g»aped oat tiM) astonished man " why, Baffen, Gavier " But before he oooU; finidi hta aen' tenoe Sydney Smith waa veheipently down onhimonee aiore'with iiiB:"Yea, bfr.tbe weight of tradittOB^ttaBiafall^ iirtS^ol *ifoUry, ia i^ainat yoa^ For what iatha It I VBidiet of poetfy OB tUa vwnr iMM "Why, a- •I,aaid thefbri witii my fittlaeyablaaw him die.'" AlronoathetBblawaafiiaMar, andthedisobmfilaatogfHfdM ^ndiato silence aod aoffered the talk to ' eCtiM poalali tka Provinoaa of we DoniofbD. dradaad lurt/ ' l b " t 1 DB aj88 aMUkmti ailaa «i poat roDto, indodiog aaotiona of railway ander ee n a tn i etb m aa eoapplsfted lor train roaning. TbaftdlowiiigtMlegivaaa eom pazativa atatameBt 4f pasiat boainiM te Gapada during the y«ac8 1879. and 1884 ,18791 tm. Nnmber of poet offieee... S,S06 tjsa milas maB "«"♦* 391099 4I,\9 " miles anaiiai mafl travel 16^10^084 90^896316 " lettMTS .......... 4^900,000 66^000,000 " iWBt eazda efitOfiJO 13,690^100 " regiatend let- tets Postal levenoe. UHOXM 3,000^000 The retaraa of the free delivery by letter carriers show a eorre^oading ineceaee. The total numbw of letters and news- papers delivered nnder this .system daring the past year was 29 953.524 as at;aiuat 28.471.084 in 1888. Tbe foUowing figures exhibit the savings bank businees of tbe past year as compared with the preceding ye«r: 1863. 1884. No of open aoooanto 61,059 66,689 Balance due to deposi- tora $11,976,937 $13,245,552 Increase in 1981. 1,968,346 The following is a statement by Provinces of the revenue and expenditure of tbe department for the past fiscal year Bevenne. Ontario .....................$l,300;i49 88 Qaebec 493,374 84 Nova acotia 178,189 35 Hew Brunswick 16S470 89 Manitoba and North- west Territory ....;. 134,139 97 British Oolnmbia 34,669 15 Prince Ed'wd Island 29,164 80 Bzpenditnre. $1,404,949 61 676,777 48 277,989 13 244,877 44 192.514 68 75,170 45 69,809 U Total $9,330,741 38 $2,981,887 80 The number of letters registered this year is estimated to have been about 3.000,000. 01 this namber 2,105 tailed from various causes to reach their destination, including 84 registered letters stolen firom post-offioes by burglars, or contained in mails lost, or accidentally destroyed whilst nnder conveyance. In the remaining 21 oases, composed of registered letters em- bezzled, lost ormisdelivered,by persona em- ployed in post-offices, the value contained in 19 of the number was reoovered, or made good. by the persons in fault. The number of ordinary dead letters, circulars and postal cards reodved at tbe d ad letter office this year was 666,892. Ia Ckalcra Spread bv DrliiliiaclVater f For good health, pare water is as neces- sary as pure air, gciod food, comfoctable quarters and so forth. I myself am an -enthusiast in the matter of drinking- water, but not ftom fear of cholera or typhoid fever, but simply from a pure love for the good. For the water is not only a necessary article of food, but a real- plea' sure, whioh I prefer, and believe to be more healthful than good wine or good beer. When water fails, man may suffer not only from cholera but from all possible diseases. In plabes where cholera prevails the water 'may always be indicted, for the water- supply is always a part of the local- ity, and the doctrine will fre- quently hold good, because the part may be mistaken for the whole. Where the influence of the water is held up to the exdnsion of all other local factors error is liable to creep in. In England, where the drinking-water theory is fully behoved in, two like influenoes, in which every other local factor was exdnded, were observed in the oholera epidemic of 1854. In one oase, in a street m London whioh was supplied by two water companies, the Lambeth with pure water and the Vanxhall with impure water, it was found that the cholera waa praotioally limited to the houses supplied by the Vaoxhall Oompany. I was so much impressed by this fact that I endeavored to see whether the epidemic of 1854 in Muoioh ooald not be explained on a similar hypotheaia. Butmyresearobes led me to a negative resnlt. Without doubting the facta obaerved in London, I am of opinion that the impure water of tiie Vanxhall Gompany did not apread the germs of obdera, for the propagation of cholera wwa not effected by thia meana in Munioh, but that the water increased dther the personal prediapoutioB to cholera, or perhaps the loeal predispoution, ainoe the water woali be employed in the houses and about the ami. Later on, in 1866, Letheby doubted the acooraoy of the drink- ing water theory, and proved that there had been eonsiderableooafasion so that a house which waa regiatered on the Lambeth Company, really drew ite water supply from the main of the Vanxhall Gompany, and vice vena. Tbe cholera epidemic of 1866 waa essentially limited to East Lon- don. The Eaat London Water Gompany anpplied' thia diatriet with water filtered from the Biver Lea. ' Letheby brought for- ward a aeriea of facte to prove that we might with equal jaatioo aooase the Eaat London Oas Company, aince the firat caae of cholera broke out at the gas factory.â€" Ir. Max von Pettenkcfer, in Popular Seienee Monthly. j Tke Celt ia the Saadaa. ' It waa a gloriooa Tiotory," to be aare, butaveryooatlyone, and Iriab blood has again flowed freoy on the deaert for more tttan half of the oOaera reported killed are Gdtie or aemi-Gdtio by raoe or h abi tot i e n, if one may naa aodi a term. Eildan lOMa in poor Biohatd Wolfe oiw of her moat gal- lant aona, who, lihoo^ a landtorfl of 'miny acrecf, waa very popmar witlr all elsiaaa a# was hia father baton hia. Semi^ihava poaed aa the idjeal Iriah dragoon.'â€" one of the hardisat ridara to foxhoanda and atag- hounda, and one of the beat poto pbi^'atB m theaarviea. Onacf UaanoeMora iriMr 4ib Oennal Wolfo, of jQusbee; Loid Eilwafiden, .mordered in^ iebdlim ilhird wrote the wond fines on thoMlaiath of Iha OcramMk ffir John Maon^-XendM WorUL^^ Albert Thomas, kha witnaea fw b Grown, who s toi aa Aat be waaan ttbfore abe laal. in giving hia brooght oat mupm dctalla pot pcaviooalf pabliahed. Oatbe Mbnday attw dhtiBt mie. he ead,ttwas agrbed between Foi^ee, Ifes. BitttweU and MoaaoU that ttey were to^wotStillweU with a piatoL StiUweU waa- at tbe village and Thomaa and Fwbos lay in waiting behind a 'woodpile at StfU- wsU'ahobse. Foroea waa to ahoot him when he was ta^ng hia hntioa to iba barn, but to i l s ad of: takmg tham then tbtdr victim took them in front ol tha bouse aod eaUod for Thomaa.. ^tiJl; well was pretty drank and he fell on tbe ponh «(ter gBMng off the dtfgh; Thomas eame roand and lifted him up and carried him into: the .hoose aqd laie bim on tbe bed, and then tw^ Ibe home roimd to the stable. Forbeo then said to him: •• If yoa had had -tha fdatd yoo eould bavie ahot him aaaily, eoaUn't yoii?" Thomaa repUsd," I woiddnt dare-to doit." • Ob, you've got no atufi in you," was the reply. The next day Forbes went to Butberfotd's, a neighbor, and borrowed a Spencer repeat- ing rifle and four oartridges and bronjjbt it to Stillwell's house wad left it there. This waa the night before New Year's. The same night Forbes, Mrs. Stillwdl and Thomas were in the boose, and* Forbes said it he ootdd get one shot at him with that rifle he would fix him so that he weald Aever kick again. The next day the murder was comnutted in the manner already published. Thomas' statement waa corroborated in every material point by other witaesees. Judge Hughes com- mitted the prisoners for trial for tbe murder ofStillwell. 1e« Laat Ibamda^ i^M •ntewd Hie atoWa of^^a Valley. Nodolk Oo., and out offalontoitobo^. lliiieow'a tail Orankcniacaa la Bagiaad. According to the returns jodt issued of eonvibtions for drunkenness on Sanday, the north conn try maintains valiantly its repu- tation for hard drinking^ No counties in any other part of England can at all com- pare in the abimdanoe of its Sunday tipplers with Laneashire and Durham, where die proportion df jpersons convicted during the year for too great indulgence in spirituons liquors on the first day of the week is no less than one for every thousand of the iahalntanta. Yorkshire and Cumberland are less bibulous regions, for here the rates are respeotivdy one in 2,200, and one in 2,600, whieb is, however, deoidedly in ad- vance of any southern or midland county. In Gnmberland tbe proportion falls to one in 7.000, and in Weetmoreland to about one in 8,000 But these figures have to be com- pared with very .poor totals exhibited in other parts of the kingdom, as, for ustance, one to ^.000 in Dorsetdiire and Gomwall, one to 30.000 in Northampton, and one to 87,000in Gambridgeshire, while neither Butland nor Bedford nor Huntington managed to pro- duce a single conviotion for Sunday drunk- enness in a whole year. These statistics relate only to the extra-urban distriote but the towns in the north take an equally long lead in the production of Sanday tipplers of the more determined sort. Manchester is well ahead of any other town in this respect, kince for every 250 persons there may "be expected to be at least one oonvic* tion during the year. But Liverpool is a pretty good second, with one conviction to 800 inhabitants; and no other town comes anywhere near this. Guriously enough, the persons cou'ncted in the latter town are almost all bona fide reaidents whereaa in Manoheater, on the other hana, they are almoat all visitors. Of the other big towns, the most hard-drinking' are Bir- mingham, whioh produces one oonviction for every 1,600 inhabitanto, and Bristol, with one for every 1,800. â€" St. James^ Qazette. Facta Abaal Bata. Two hundred and twenty-two years ago Virginia offered a preminm of ten poanda of tobaooo for every good hat made of wool or fur within her boanda. So many hate ware made in America 160 yeara age that the Felt-makera' Gompany of London petitioned Parliament to pro- hibit all exportation of hattf from the Amerioan cdoniea on the ground that New England aione waa toning out 10,000 hata a year.' Parliament " graoioady acceded" to the requeat for the time being. Danbory, in Gohneotioot, was making hate 104 years ago. Ab lato as 1845 all the hate were made out of real skins. The poor old beaver disappeared from the globe in order to fomiah man's brain with a false dome. Next the nutria had to aaerifiee himself and the gentle mnskrat waa called into reqaiution and the rabbit waa drafted. The Danbury hat fdka imported rabbits to breed them artifidallj, out the free minddd rabbit died or jumped over the fenoe. The^Ghineae first taoght oa how to make the present sort of silk hat. These hate were atuted in thiaeoontry joat fifty yeara ago, er in 1886. A Trenefaman in Paria pot hia hand on the Ghioeae ailk hat and stole the idea. iM vitonDy etwaa. A with thia mooarebia the leaeiving and die- tribating ol deeoratioae, and it ia qoito tha white battaob of t^ Order oC Kamahamaha w the lappala of mild, inolfenaive oitisaBa, who had at KUakna a favor. ' APBDfA donna oaiiialtylBti loor boon alapae between eating aod singing. After ibe opera she may eat tbe little eapper |ha* ia BO highly pristsd by all siafftn, not b eaa o ae ol ite eonvivaUtv, tor it moat bo rimplo and light, but rather beeaaae it aan be eaten iiith the knoirtadge that thav* i« plenty of time for digeetion. Swaeta, hi^y-apieed toed of any kind and lialo moat be earefully avoided. DiSennft ringen OM diffarent drioka for refreahing ttie thnati aeeoidiog aa th^ir axparinoe bas taught tham. Mias Olara Louiaa Kellogg writes in the Critic that she baa foand beef tea to be of great serviee. Some use a gargle. Ls Frane, the teaor,^ famooa for bis high G. favored salt aad^ water. The singers, of a past generatloB depended a great deal ttpon solphor, and^ do thOM of to-day, only they tako mamut doaea. They take it bomosspathioally. Patti poto a great deal of depandenoe upon it, and so do others who are homceopathiste. Ix is well known to stodenta:of the lator writers on geology and Bible teaching tha* the Du)n of Argyll was. one of those who could not makia up his mind on the subjset of the deluge. His mindâ€" as he himaell aaid in one of bis works about twenty yeara agdâ€" was in a state of aaspenae. Inaleetora recently delivered m Olasgow and siaea pabtished, he confesses a change of mind, and holds that the Moeaic aoeeunt is not only eoDsistont with all the known faeta tf Boienee. bat aeoooota for certain phenomaii» otherwiae unexplained. The eatadyamio resulta from sudi an event were, he thinka. " essentially superfidal and. transitory," the " tracea being ohiefly perceptible in tha distribution of gravels, aatid and the mod day knowc aa brick eacth." He vindicates hi4 new position bv referring to thepreaenea of gravel on Bomt of the hif^est pointa in Europe and the presenoe of ainasal re- mains â€" espedally mammoth remains â€" ^in Siberia, where they must have bran baried» but where they eoold not have lived. ♦ Verify Taar laatatl*aa.* There are slips of the tongoe and slips of the pen to which the best speakers and writers are liable, and we are not, there- fore, disposed to be censorious. How often have Milton's " fresh woods and paatures new" been changed to "fresh fields?" Wordsworth's " primrose by a river's brim" has been rendered " cowsUp on the river's brink," and sometimes " on tha fountun's brim." Gowper's "cups tha* cheer but not inebriate" have been almoat alwaya made to appear in the dngular namber, really destroying the sense of the paasage to a great extent. We beard a canon ia Yorkminster once begin a sermon in this way One of our poete, Gowper, I think, baa aaid* that there are hooka in the ' running brooks, sermons in. atones, and good in everything.' " â€" and nobody in the large congregation appeared to be astonished. We aliw heard- a learned professor at a college commence- ment dinner speak of "the still vez'd Bermootbes," and ascribe the phrase to Milton. ' The cynosure of neignboring eyes " is often presented as the ** cynosure « every eye," and" that last infirmity of nelde mind" is generally rendered "the last infirmity of noble minds " â€" which possibly Milton meant to say. A preaeher of our aeqaaintanee who is usually very carefol in his referenoea, once, to hia own sabse^oanfc mortification, attributed tbe injunction ol the apostle James, "Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only," to St. PanU A common misquotation is the familiar phraae, "He that runs may read." The reference 'doubtless ia to the words of the prophet Habbakuk, "He may run that readeth it." Bnffon's phrase, " the style ia of the man," is very generally put " the style is the man," wbiob is something quite- difierent. ' Tmc coat of carrying ordinary paaaengers on the tmnk lines ot railroads averages a trifle over a oent and two-thirda par mile. Taking thataa a baaia for oaloolatiog tbe iatxul ooat of eanying immigranti from tiie Atiantia to Obiesgo for a ddlu, a asan- agsraaya: ' It ia tme that they an carried at leaa ooat than other paaaengera. They go in kaaoostly eon at a low nto of apeed, ao that aoma Mlowaaae ahoold be made on that aeoca. It jroold not. be an onfair â- tMemeot to any fimt 4* ooati only a. oent • mile, and one Of ttuMa doDar tieketo ia flt^tot9S6taam^1fiMf)imBtmaleo»% to thiftiimpsnjMlthB vHcy Imreat eslfanato. jOf «oaM tlM aasMtlMy «iar4he woamia thaw a* tkftmto. tuA inataad of eom- i^te: wi/aadlKiHinloabl pMNoam «bRiaA •* that rate baingB the ooBspany ao moeh rrafia." Aaather Father fTaaCcd. One of our wholesale merehanto has a bright Uttie daughter, who is about 6 years of age. Sbe is one of those littie children who wants to know about evei^- thing and can't conceive how a great many things happen. She accosted her mother tfaei other day as follows " Mamma, were people alWays on thin earth?" " No, my child." "' Then how did they get here " " Our forefathers were made of duet." " Did I have four fathers, ma I " " Ye$," replied the mother, not notieing- what the little girl meant. "Wdl, then I'd like to get acqoainted with the other three, and then maybe 111 get more spending money, Thie pa I've got nOw ia awfol doae." MtaitMB ffaaaes Vhaaa^. The Grand Trank Bailway has decided on a ohange in tbe names A two of their Btations. Ode of then is on the Georgian Bay A Lake Erie Division, and haa hento- fon bem known aa Ctatnada Soathem Junction, and will hereafter be. called Port Dover Junction. The other ia im the Mid- land Division, 106 mil«B from Toronto awl 22milesfromlfidIand, and i*ill be calleA ' Tait" inBtead of Almft M iMNMONi A Oblombia Grossing, N. W. Tarritory nport aaya A few days dnee 120 gaOons ofliqaorwaaBeistdat Moboriy Buildings. Tbw liqoor hbd aoeaaaafaUy paaaed all At peUoa between thia plan and Winaipbg. Eraatna Ohordiai, of Aaaytia Oaaln^ ICdiM opnunitted airiflida by eottbig hia thfoaftframaar tpoarwiiha raaor. Sna aaoM ia kaad timn and HU He laavea a wife and eUli.