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[.93. MaoFARLANES’ Durham, Aug. 20, 1903. THE \VEEK IN PARLIAMENT. The week in i’arliament was devoted to the government’s Grand Trunk Pa.- cific bill. So far no explanation of the scheme has been given to the country. Three ministers have spoken but they I all dealt with empty generalities based 9 on records of doubtful origin and quite unappropriate when applied to a mod- ern railway. Hon. A. G. Blair made a most vigor- ous attack on the government's pro- posal, which he declared was solely for the benefit of Senator George Cox. He showed that the line will cost over one hundred million dollars for which no return will be received by the coun- try. Mr. I“. I). Monk, leader of the Quebec Conservatives, declared that his prov- ince would receive no benefit from the new road. Many railroads were need- ed in the settled portions of that great division of the Dominion, but the Grand Trunk Pacific would not any relief. Mr. Barker, the (.‘unservative mem- ber for Heuniltcm, exposed the duplicity which has Characterized the. negota- tions between the Grand Trunk presi- dent, )Ir. Buys, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Mr. Hays. made promises to the Railway Committee which he went down stairs and violated as soon as he saw the premier. He also showed that while. the government will be en- gaged in constructing and umintaining the eastern division, the Grand Trunk Pacific wixl be operating the western division and sending its freight through United States terminals. Hon. John G. Haggart, by indisput- ab1e evidence. showed that, the road from Moncton to “'innipeg would all pass through a coun try which was ab~ solutely barren, and difficult to build a road through. In the public accounts committee, commissioner McDougalI who had charge of the census in Middlesex. ad- mitted that many of the accounts cer- tified by him were fraudulent. Hon. Sydney Fisher, however, has paid the shot Without :L murmur. PORTLAND \‘S. CANADIAN PORTS. i Already the people of Portland. Men, are preparing to receive the freight which will originate on the Grand l Trunk Pacific or Cox railway. The \ newspapers of that city publish state- ! ments made by prominent officials of l the Grand Trunk assuring the people ‘3 of Portland that the promises made by l the Canadian government that Grand Trunk Pacific freight is to go through Canadian ports is all moonshine. The pepulation of Portland, we are assured, is to be doubled as a result of the in- vestment of over $100,000,000 of Cana- dian money. Already arrangements W. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietor. are being made to fuinish additional facilities for handling the: freight vv -‘vâ€"vâ€" _ and in Canadian factories. The all CMian toute has only one signifi- cance to the people of Portlandâ€"it is sand 1n the eyes of the people of Cana- ! (la. The Canadian cities which hope to derive benefits from the new transJ continental are held up to ridicule. It ‘ is explained that this is another case! where Mr. Hays, a. thorough-going Yankee, has fooled the green and un- sophistibated Cant‘rcks. Mr. Hays prided himself with having “gulled” Parliament for a time, and Why should he not have a shy at the people? He did the trick on Parliament by simply making false promises. Now the same vanâ€"a â€"_- Portland tuna Canadian cities. Thus the Laurier cry 0 “Ganada for the Paris Green DRUG STORE. give United States” is justified and “Cana- da. for the Canadians ” trampled under foot. THE CRY OF THE-COUNTRY. There is a marked difference of opin- ion between Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Mr. Blair as to the urgent need for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; as to the pOpular demand for a second transcontinentai. “What did the Premier mean,” asks Mr. Blair, “by: ‘the flood tide that leads us on to for- tune ;’ and that ‘time does not wait’ ?” And he adds, “It might not be as poetic, but it would be quite as accur- ate to say ‘Senator Cox cannot wait’ ;” The ear-Minister of Railways further declares that although he has been listening intently, he has not heard the cry of the people of Canada for a second transcontinental which has driven some of his colleagues into a condition of sentimental hysteria. Is Mr. Blair quite sure. Perhaps his ears are not attuned to the same pitch ‘ as those of some of his late colleagues. I Let us see. As Ionâ€"gâ€" ago as last January, Domin- ion Iron and Steel 'stock, which in the previous August sold at 79 3-8 dropped down to 55. To Sir Wilfrid it was a voice from Nova. Scotia crying in the night, cry- ing for a transcontinental railway. In the early part of March there was a great bear raid on Dominion Iron and Steel. 34,230 shares were dumped on the market and the price was ham- mered down to 393. --- vâ€" ‘- To Six Wilfrid the clamoui sounded like the babes of New Brunswick wail- ing for a Grand Trunk Pacific. 1' Later on in March, Dominion Iron and Steel touched 25, and during the month 69,393 shares were unloaded. To ears more acute, the tumbling stock was the imperative demand of Manitoba, and the North-West for a new Wheat spout. B3 June, Dominion Iron and Steel was down to 11. "01 Sir Wilfrid it W11 the. shout of the North-west Territorie: ecHoed’ from the Rocky Mountains de- 1111111di11g another transcontinental. 011 J11ne(3,1‘\11n City, which had been $011111" 11t12 Z). fell W1th :1cr1sh from 104 to 15.), 111d IX. E. Amos 1(‘0. fell with it, 111111 111111112 110 end 01'11 crash also. And still the Hon. Andrew Blair failed to hear the voice of :1 United Canada from the Atlantic to the Paâ€" cific, cum" (1s 01191112111: “This is 110 time for deliberation, it: is :1 time for action !” The honorable gentlenmn “is like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not henrken to the voice of the charmer, eharm he never so wise- ly."â€"â€"M0n treal Star. A syndicate of Hamilton capitalists bought out the Hamilton breweries and their first action was to raise the pxice of beer a dollar a ban rel. It will now be in order for 'loronto to enquire for the location of Hogtown. It is hardly necessary to tell a. read- ing public that the Conservative Rally held last week in Toronto was a. great success. The visiting crowd to the Island that day is variously estimated at ten to twenty-five thousand. It; would be impossible for a visitor to do more than say there was an immense turnout with good music, good speak- ing and general good fellowship. The speakers were Mr. 'v'hitney, Mr.0sler, Mr. Roblin. Premier of Manitoba, Mr. Rufus, Pope of Quebec, Mr. Pelletier and Mr. Hackett, of the same province, and many others, including Mr. Gam- ey, the man from Manitoulin. Many were, no doubt, disappointed at not hearing Mr. Gamey’s story. but his remarks were brief and little or no reference was made to the “Gamey charges." That Gamey’s name did not iappear on the bills as a speaker has I caused Liberals to interpret this as a i "turn down" of the man from Mani- l toulin. Only a week or so before the Grit press was howling because his .name was used and the banquet at ' Gore Bay \ 'as gotten up in his inter- ! est. No matter what the extreme 5, Grits may say in the matter, the sen- l' sation caused by Mr. Gax‘ney is damag- iing to many members of the Liberal i Cabinet. Gamey is not a monstrosity ‘ i. in appearance, and were it not for the l stir he made during the past few :lmonths he would be considered noth- ing more than a plain ordinary mortal _ | with as honest a countenance as many 5 t who would wish to traduce his charac- l‘ter because Frank Sullivan did some tfiWéfl‘ing of the opposite nature to i What Gamcy Said.- ' l l The T0: onto \Vorld has what seems to us a very timely article 1n condem- nation of the changes made by the Education Department which forbid the publishing of examination results in the Toronto Dailies, as has been done for many years back, in fact ever since there were examinations. This year the names were not given out to the press, but notice was sent to the Principal of each school where candi- dates were prepared. The results were {known Friday last and might easily I have appeared on Saturday instead of keeping the candidate in suspense for several days longer. In some instances the school principals may be absent and the candidates held indefinitely 1n ignorance of the result. The Depart- ment claims the change to have been made in response to the wishes ex- pressed at teachers’ conventions. the chief reason for withholding publica-j tion being to prevent comparisons of the numbers passed from different schools. The change is certainly very annoying, and we can see no positive benefit from its introduction. anuuble ,Spcclnl Knowledge. The unique botanical knowledge of Sir George Birdwood, one of the most erudite men in the India service, once enabled him to perform almost uncon- sciously a neat bit of detective work. He was in Bombay when he was asked to investigate the case of a your: obleman who in applying to the mor for an appointment repre- sented that he was Just out from Eng- land and that his letters of introduc- tion had been lost on the voyage. A few days after Dr. Birdwood, as he then was, had undertaken the investi- gation he met the young nobleman at dinner at the governor’s house. The ta- ble decorations of orchids suggested a conversational opening, and Dr. Bird- wood’s praise drew from the young no- bleman standing opposite: “You should see the Amherstia nobi- us in its native woods, sir. " It was a. fatal remark. “You come from Rangoon, then!” in- stantly exclaimed Dr. Birdwood. The pale face, the silence that could be felt, the request of the young man that he might leave the table, all pre- pared the governor and the company for the subsequent discovery that he had absconded from Rangoon with some public funds. How Roses Came to Be Red. More than with any other flower does the color of the rose have special sig- nificance. Red is love, white is silence, yellow speaks jealousy, says N. Hud- son Moore in the Delineator. One of ‘ the legends connected with the rosel tells that it became white through be- a ing bathed with the tears of mourners who sought the sweetest flower to lay, in the hands of their dead. A prettier conceit declares that all roses were white until one day young Cupid, dancing among them, upset in his mer- ry sport a glass of wine, which dyed the roses upon which it fell red, its own color. Another legend tells the story of a holy little maid of Bethlehem who was doomed to death. When the stakes were heaped around her the fire would not burn, but the brands which had been flaming turned to red roses and .those which had not caught to white. From this time forth roses, red and white, were martyrs’ flowers. The Turks say that red roses sprang from the blood of Mohammed. 2355-." am 3 Largest Hana, wing Bell. What is perhaps the largest hanging bell in the world is to be seen in Mans dalay. This is the Mingun bell, on the right bank of the Irawadi, almost opposite the city of Mandalay. This immense bell measures as follows: Height to crown, 12 feet; diameter at the lip, 16 feet 3 inches; thickness of metal, from 6 to 12 inches. It weighs about eighty tons and is suspended on three massive round beams of teak placed horizontally the one over the other, their ends resting on two pillars of enormous size, composed of mason- E} and large upright teak posts. This bell was cast at the end of the eight- eenth century under the superintend- ence of the reigning king. A Lake of Many Wonders. Lake Chad, in Africa, is 185 miles long and 89 miles wide, or somewhat larger in area than Lake Erie, yet it is only twenty-five feet deep in its deep- est part and only five feet in its eastern side. It has eighty islands, some barren, others only pasture land and some cov- ered with forests and millet plantations and having a total population of about 50, 000. Storms arise with surprising quick- ness on the lake, and the shallowness of the water forces up big waves at short notice, while treacherous gusts and puffs of wind about the islands make navigation dangerous. Fore-stalling Fate. In some parts of England the. tap- ping of a bird round the house is looked upon by the superstitious as a warning. . P A. dostor was recently summoned iii hot haste to a little Warwickshire farmliouse not many miles from Bir- mingham. EH: found an old man in bed, but in perfect health, and asked why he had been sent for. “Why, sir, " replied the daughter-in- iaw, “there coom a little robin about the door. We knowed it was a ‘,call’ and we thought it must be granfcr; so we put ’im in bed and sent for you.” The Familyo _ Railway gtficigls differ in the de- grges gt liberality with whicp they 49- fine tn? valid “family" when used 9“ a Bass An American copied the in- ‘wtructigus Qt the Paris-LyQua-Mwiter- tillimm raihm; hearing pan the ggb- jeét as a lesson in liberality. On that road a pass for one and family is good for father. mother. children. grandfa- ther. grandmother. motlxcxuizx-luw. fa- ther-in-lnw, brother. sister. brother-in- law; sistor-inâ€"law.,uncle. :mnt. nephew. niece and servants attached to the family. ' Only Room For One. Ladyâ€"Ho“ (cum vou be so foolish as to put anything on tqat newly: paint- ed table? Maidâ€"But I saw Mr. Jones lay sev- eral articles there. Ladyâ€"What of that? If my husband makes a jackass of himself he has 11' right to, but yOn haven’t. you Itnpid 00v ’ Fa ncy i Goods Another ridiculous food fad has been branded by the most competent authorities. They have diSpelled the silly notion that one kind of food is needed for brain. another for muscles, and still another for bones. A correct diet will not only nourish a particular part of the body, but it y will sustain every other part. Yet,i however good your food may be, its nutriment is destroyed by indigestion or dyspepsia. You must prepare for theh: appearance or prevent their coming by taking regular doses of Green’s August flower, the favorite medicine of the healthy millions. A few doses aids digestion. stimulates the liver to healthy action. purifies the blood. and makes you feel buoy- { ant and vigorous. You can get this i reliable remedy at Darling’s Drug L Store. ti. Cninese Transportation fvieihods. ' The cheapest method of transport»; (ion in the worm is that by Chinese junks that are dragged up and down their Winding rivers by strings of sweating men. who are paid only 8 cents a day for their wor { and have to pay their board out of that small sum. Next in cheapm-ss to transportation by junk is transportation by camel team. This method is used in distributing coal. Great numbers of Mongolian camels. led by a string through their pierced noses and tied one to the other, each carrying two baks of coal strung across their backs between the humps, are to be seen winding their way from the coal mines to the larger cities in northern China and covering with their swinging steps about twenty miles a day. Battenburg Braids and Patterns, Silkine, Embroidery Silks, Fancy Cushions, - Crochet Bottom, and a full line of all Fancy Goods of all kinds. A Free Translation. Willie Emerson-Smith (reading)-And they gathered from the dollar of the earthâ€"- MISS BAN KS will also give Painting lesson Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call and inspect goo-is as they are the newest. Vtth 5“ Teacher (in astonishment)-I~‘rom the 131' of the earth. Teacherâ€"The text says “from the four quarters of the earth. " 'i --.A.‘" We Positively Guarantee Miss Banks McIntyre Bl‘ock. Durham, Ont. LUUL \1LOIAt‘v;v- v- Willie Emersofi-Sminnâ€"Wen aren’t four quarters a dollar? To cure Anaemia, Pale and Sallow Com. plexion, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Im- paired Memory, Depression of Spirits, Dyspepsia, Poor Appetite, Impure Blood, Pimples and Eruptions, Poor Circulation, Heart Palpitation, Dizziness, Shortness of Breath, Female Weakness, Nervous Head- aches, Coldness of the Hands and Feet, Loss of Vital Power, General Weakness and Debility, and all diseases and disord- ers arising from a run-down condition of the nervous system or weak and watery blood. If you purchase 6 boxes of Dr. Harte’e Celery- on Pills for $2.50, take 3 boxes of the Pills, and find you are deriving no benefit from their use, you can return the 3 empty boxes, together with the 3 boxes you have not opened, and get your money back. No fairer, squarer proposition has ever been ofl’ered, and we wouldn’t think of making it unless we were confident the remedy will do all that is claimed for it. By the single box the Pills are 50c. Stamping Done to order. CHEM IST -â€" “Fa Cfifi’fi a Cold 111 One Day mm Take Laxative Emma Quinine Tablets. enemy, mmmsadmmtzmms. This We: , _ _' Brain-Food Nonsense. JOHN A. DARLING Miss Bessie Banks has opened a Fancy Goods Department in Miss Dick’s Millinery Store where she keeps o. Md)”. Potato Bug Killer. PURE PARIS GREEN. ’vf‘; 3e $Â¥WWW9Â¥$Â¥$Â¥WWWwÂ¥$SWÂ¥>W$$i '1} O '5‘. '7': ’1 71‘.” Ai. . O 0 9/? VVOrnen'S Hand-made Calf Mllkmg Oxfords. custom pr xi: a: K‘ O Li: \‘0 UUL‘I‘JJLJ; .1.\LI \.1 vv ---v w- ‘ “EC“ .o..¢,_._.9. .9..é...¢,, “g” 0 O 9 .Q. 00 .Q’. .9. Ct: 571 717$" "1.“? 71;? 73$ '11“ 71». 715‘? O O .9. ‘0: 071? 2‘35 22$ 7113* ’1.$ 72‘ 44$ ’13“ @S '3‘? (d 'f'. \‘1 r57 'z I. sy- You Usuafly Want Shoes in a Hurry. 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