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preved the law, not only will some sixty divorced people in his province fiod them- selves ic an awkward predicament, but, as the Montreal Gazetie remarks, the parties to some 150 marriages annulled in the other provinces will have cause to inquire where,

watrimonially, they are at.

Commentirg upon the electionin Tor- onte Centre The Mailand Empire rays that the contest resembled, in a marked degree, that of New York city afew days ago. It wasa fight of good against evil, with the factions that profit by their nearness to the Government dominating and winning in the end. Mr. Howland, like Seth Low, fourht nobly and well, and we believe that many who conscientiously voted against bim, overlooking, for the moment, the prime issue, will yet acknowledge the excellence of his programme and the serious character of the influences against which he battled. Hise work supp!ement- ed a« it bas been with such marvellous ability by Mr. Foster, bas not ended with the cose of the polls. On the contrary, with the fact staring us in the face that the result will be accepted by certain in- fluences at Ottawa ae a justification of their carnival and an order to go on, the contest closed for the preseut is but the beginning, and a hopeful one at that, of a still great- er and stronger fight for our country. We are Luton the edge of developments to which allusion has been made in the centest, and it becomes us all, as patriots, to watch, to study, to unite, aod to be ready.

=~ The brave soldier is worthy of praise, aod the Mail and Empire bestows a timely woid upon Mr. Howlaad, the Conservative candidate for Centre Toronto. It remarks that “with little more than a week to fight in, with the power of two Governments exerted tothe utmost agsinst him, with the certainty that unlimited funds would teat the disposal of the ¢pposing forces, » he cueerfully and readily responded to the callio carry the Conservative standard, and hae fought the fight with a degree of ability, dignity, and vigor that marks him as ano able Britisher and a thorough gentleman. In the Legislature he has been during three sessions one of the most Frou ipent members of the Opposition and

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had he chosen to retain bia seat there | would probably have become in due course | a member of the Conservative Government | that ie to be. Wheo his candidature was announced it was regarded in some quarters au a forlorn hope, but day by day | he advanced in popular favour, until victory was almost withio his grasp.

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“It makes al] the difference in the world whose ox is gored,” said a mao who works around one of the Chicago city hospitals. “We have a surg-on attached to our faculty who has an_ international reputation for skill and daring. He ap- proaches an operation with an eager interest that is gboulish, and sawing cff a man’s leg is to him a delirious pleasure. I believe that he would perform a capital operation upon his mother without a thought beyund the fact that it was a very interesting case. Not long ago he cut one eide of a boy’s face offand built him a new one. Except for a thin red scar running along the jawbone, there is no sign ot the fearful work. The surgeon was so pleased that he not only refused to charge the parents, wio were poor people, any fee, but < the boy a city jot telling bim that he would be a rich man if he held on toit. Taking out people’s livers, saudpapering them and putting them back, pasting on new ears and screwing On new noses are everyday watters with him. His nerve is iron— when he is cutting and slashing somebody else. Like many otber great surgeons, he has a good deal of the brute in him, and not infrequently savegely abuses patients who wail from pain.

“Not ong ago he got a bone felon on the middlefinger of his right haod, and in troubled him a good deal. It kept bir awake at night, and, of c_urse, he would nce’ work with tin that condition. The o:Ler ductors on ihe stiff, told him to bave it Janced, but he vould not see the necessity. Finally it got so bad that twoor three of them said that if it was not treated he would lose the finger and possibly the entire liand. Still he moaned dolefully and shook Lis head.

“Theo his eon, whoisastudent at the hospital, determined to bave matters straightened out. He tooka couple of surgeons to his house. They found papa in the garden, pacing up and down likea ceged hyena, holding his band above bis nead and howling like a dissipated cat by the light of the moon. They told him they had come to cut the felon open, whether he wished it or not. He started to run into the house, Lut they got between him and the steps. Then ensued a spriating match around the garden—two doctors aod a student chasing one of the must distinguished surgeons of the country. He is middle-aged and fat. Finally his eon tackled him Jow down with a football twist and over he went. They pounced on him and ina second his arm was pinned tothe ground and the felon was oyen. They eay that the bass clef yellthat blew out of him was audible amile away. He got up looked rather fooiish aud was per- mitted to goto his room. His son got a new bycic'e for keeping stillabout it, but his fellow turgeons thought it too goed to keep.

* He has been at work for a mcnth now, aod straoge to say, he is just as brutally intolerant of pain as ever.”

Twinkie or tHe Strars.—A discovery ot much interest ts astronomers has been made by Dr L, L. J. See, who is in charge of Lower observatury at Fleystaff, A. T. The'cause of ‘the twinkling of the stare has always ‘been a ‘mystery, none of the theories advanced having stood the test of thorough investigation. Dr Seehas founded the cause to be the presence in the atmos- phere of innumerable little air currents or wavee, which dart through the air and cause a break in the light of the star. The result is thatio a beholder on the earth the star has the familiar appearance of twinkling. These little air currents can be distinguished through the ‘24-inch telescope very plainly on nighte when this twinkling is observed most by remoy- ing the eyepiece of the iastrument.

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The Italian Minister of Fivance, Signer Luzzaiti, has made his financial statement in the Chamber of Deputies. Itshowed a surplue of 34,000,000 lire for the financial! year of 1896-97. The result was consider- ed especially gratifying, as the abundent wheat crop of italy bas largely decreased the custom receipts. The revised budget for the current year showeda surplus of 40,500,000 lire. Part of the surplus will be devoted to the establishmentof a con- solidated fund, to be devoted to the with- drawal of state notes, and the most effica- cious method of éxtinguishing the pre- mium on gold, Thus, next year over 30,- 000,000 lire of state notes will be redeemed. It is proposed to reduce the expenditures in Erythrea, the Italian colony on the east coast of Africa, from 9,000,000 to 5,600,- 000 lire and gradually withdraw the Italian troops from the plateau to the coaste,and to Massowab, the port of debarkation and «imbarkation.

The United States is now regarded as the leadicg dairy country ot the world. In 1839 the annual value of dairy produc s was estimated to exceed $400,600,000, and the value of the milch cows about $370,- 900,000. There are about 17,000,000 cows in the country, orove to every four inhabitants; cne cow, however, fuinishes the milk, butter and cheese tor more then four persons, as large quantities of dairy products are exported.

Demaxpep Two Sermoxs—Not seidom in Higbland districts the attendance a church during unpropitious weather is but scanty. One minister, finding himself, on a boisterous Sunday, confronted with but one solitary auditor, who happened to be a gruff, outspoken character, took him into bis covfilence, with a view to propitiate him. “WillI go on with the sermon John? John gruffly: “Of course.” Geitieg into the pulpit, and leaning over it, he asked: “WillI give you the Galeic sermon or the English one?” John more groffly +ti!): “Gies baith; ye’re weel paid for *t.”—Geod Words,

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Although the atmosphere which we

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by a hurricane travelling at an hour being no leas than the impact against an average sized house exposed to the force of such a ga @ being therefore about 30 tons, It is tru iuis does notapproach the ordinary pres- sure of the atmosphere, which, upon such 5,000 tons, every square toot being exposed to a pressure ot Ls cwt. The latter, however, is not felt, but ifit were possible to withdraw ile sustaining air from the ltaterior by a great air puop, the weight of the external air would be so great that the house would immediately collapse. The force of an ordinary brisk wind travelling at 15 wiles per hour is 1-lb, per eq uare foot, while the force of a violent gale of 60 miles an hour is nearly 18 lbs; the engine of an express traiu travelling at that pace bas therefore in addition to the weight of the which it draws, to push in fronta dead weight of about 1,000 lbs., and a cannon ball of 3-lbs, weight, tired with a velocity of 1,800 feet, is calculated to meet with a resistance of 176 ibs., or 58 times its own weight.

As everything iv nature is governed by fixedrules,we may fairly assume that wind acd weather are a'so subject to es- tablished vatural laws; at present,however, these laws have not beer discovered, but if we ever succeed in finding out this up- disclored secret of nature itsbould be as eusy to forecast the weather for av indefin- ite time inthe future as it now is to foretel| an eclipse or an occuiation, and our almanac would indicate the daily weather at any given placer All we know at present is that if a “depression” as meteorologists call a more ratified state of the atmosphere,exists in apy particular district of a continent. amovement <«f air will take place toward: tuat district from the district where greaier pressure exi-ts, jn other v ovds a w.ni wili apripg up, moe or less str i guccviuing WO the inteusity of the depression. And we aleo know that storms travel in circles; hence certain severe hurricanes are termed cycloves, and it is a singular fact that immed.ate!y

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Depressions in the atmosphere, how- ever, are not the sole cause of winds, for the “trade wind” is due jointly to the rap d movement of the earth at the equator— 1,00 miles an hour as compared with 660 miles at the latitude of 45 degrees—and to the fact that the heat of the tropical sun rarifies the air to a greater extent in that zone. And explosions cause violent winds; as for instance when an 8l ton gun is fired it will blow of every hat not securely fixed on the wearer’s head, for a coneider- able radius round the fort, and before

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the houses in the ueighbourLood warning the people to open their windows cther- wise they vou!? Le brok n.

The most severe storm which has ever occurred in Englend of which we have any record app2ars to have been the “Great Storm” of November 27th, 1703, which filled the whole kingdom with terror, us- roofing 100 churches, destroyirg 1,200 ships, barges, &c., 8,000 persons being drowned, nprooting 250,000 timber trees, and doing incalculable damaye th:ougbout the country, the air being at times almost darkened with the objects carried about with the violence of the wind.

We may conjecture that some such storm was present to St. Paul’s mind when he alluded to those weak ones who were “carried about by every wind of doc. trine.” And at the present time there are multitudes of such; people of weak faith who have foresaken the simple gospel truths taught them in their childhood, and have tried to believe in the various new or resusciated doctrines which are not so rife; which put the Bible in the back-ground, and detract from the all sufficiency of the Atonment as asubstitutionary sacrifice for sin. Let all such follow St. Paul’s advice and “prove all things,” and if any doctrine has no warravity for it in the Word of God—let them be advised tu eschew it.

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