LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

CONCLUSION OF MR. SHAWS SPEECH —~WHAT MR. CAMPBELL SAID.

Ceremonies This Afterneon—List of the Bills Passed,

After r.ceses Mr. Shaw continued his remarks. He pointed out that if the Gov- ernment continue running into debt and lessening their principal by deficits it will not be very long before provincial bank- runtey willensue. The Province was on ti e e'ge of a financial precipice, and every righ'-thinking man should raise his voice again«tthe gigantic debt that has been

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rolled up. The Leader said we were only $385,000 in debt. But he (Mr. Shaw) c.aimed that the debt and liabilities were

at least $489,415 81. The Government ment «xceeded the amount authorized by the Public Loans Act of last year by $2000. This act has done more to lower the d gnity of the Province than any act of the op; osition could do, Besides this $20,- 000 of last years debts have been carried into this years accounts. The hon. memter from West River, while acting premier closed the public chest and refused to pay road orders unt | this vear. Notwithstanding all these effort- they came out with a deficit of $14,000 at the end of the fisca! year. The tctal debt and liabilities of the present goveroment is $489,415.81. In order that no m'stake might be made on this point le submitted the followirg statement :

Due Binks 31 Dec, 1896.........$ 35,413.71 Due on Debentures............. 179,339.00 Due Provincial temporary loans 177,283.79 Due Trust Funds..... ......... 1,789.46 } Teachers Salary............--. 28,420.35 Unfinished Contracts............. 26,669.50 An ount estimated to be carried ee Ff New P. W. College, deb......... 20,500.00 $489,415.81 This is almost halfa million or about $5 om every man woman and child in the province. The Government, recognizing that they were going behind, brought in what they called an amendment to the Land Tax, but which is in reality an additional tax on the farmers. The farm- ers Lave been paying a uniform sum every year while the tax on the monied men has decreased. This, he thought, showed that the income tax was merely an excuse to shield the monied men. Butin orler to extort more money from the farmers they bring iu the new Land Tax. They prom- ised to tax the unearned increment and said they would not tax thrift and indus- try. This solemn pledge they now violate by the new Assessment Tax brought in a few days ago. If they wish to deal fairly between man and man, why do they not compel the monied man to pay on his capital like they do the farmer. This is class legislation of the. most proaounced type. The income tax may be right in the old country but ite appl cation is wrong here. The conditions are very different, Abroad there is immense capital invested while here such is not the case. from abroad is largely invested here such as the Credit Foncier. We pay to protect the interests of these capitaliete and they should pay their share for the privilege conferred by the Government. The tax upon them is a mere bagatelle. The Leader says that our financial condition is better than that of the other provinces and that our debt is less in proportion to popu- lation. The comparison is not fair. These provinces have great resources whilst our obly resource is agriculture. Our Land Office will soon close. Why therefore should a comparison be made of our debt with theirs. We have nothing to pay interest on our mounting debt but taxation on our people. The interest now isalmost one ha!f of the tax upon the farmers. Our debt is a mortgage of $5 a head on our poy u'ation, whilst it is estimated that there is a mortgage of $2 an acre on every bit of land in the Province. The interest on the public debt must be paid out of the public funds. Every eod the farmer turns, every bushel of grain he garners, has to pay tribute tothe Peters Administration. It is going on in the stilly watches of the night as well as in the noonday sun. Whilst the Leader is basking in the shade the farmer must work in the eun in order that this intereat may be paid. How many farmers are there who redeem their farms after they have mortgaged them? This will prove true of the debt that is being fastened on this province. He feared that we would yet lose our political ind+ pendence as a province because of this ever increasing debt. The Government is boasting of what it is doing in the way ef encouraging the education of our young men going abroad, but whatare they doing for the young men who have to go on the farm, and in many cases free a mortgaged farm? For these the Govern- ment are doing nothing except to blight their prospects through not encouraging agricultural education. Landlordism forced our forefathers to leave the old land, and the thin edge of the wedge bas been entered here. In a short time our young men will be forced to leave their native land and seek a livelihood else- where. Ihe party which has sunk this country into debt is responsible for this, and whenthe day comes he hoged the young men would remember this and cast them out of power. (Continued on’ 7th nage.)

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Uneerupulous dealers are using every effort to sell inferior and adulterated dyes whenever the Diamond Dyes are asked for.

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ce A Mistake.

‘‘Daon't let this ocour again,’’ said the photographer who prides himself on being enterprising.

‘‘What do you mean?”’ asked the assist. ant.

‘*You'’ve made the portrait more promi- nent than my signature.'’—Washington Star.

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According to British corespondent:, busivess men are looking for a prosperous year, the working classes being generally well employed, and able to buy from the merchants.

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RE RORERERERERED

THE GIRGUIT RIDER.

CHRISTIANITY OWES MUCH TO HIS ZEAL AND ENDURANUF.

His Life During the Early Days of Methoc- ism Canada Was Often One of Great Uardship—The Story of One Now Enjoying a Ripe Old Age.

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From the Simcoe Reformer.

In the early days of Methodism in Canada the gospel was spread abroad in the land by the active exertions of the cir- cuit rider. It required a@ man of no ordinary health and strength; an iroo constitution and unflagging determination, to fulfil the arduous duties incumbent on one who undertook to preach salvation to his fellowmen. It was no easy task that these men set themselves to, but they were strong in the taith and hope of u'ti- mate reward. Many fell by the wayside, while others struggled on und prospereu, and a few are to-day enjoying a ripe old age, happy in the know ledge that a lasting reward will soon be theirs. Most of these old timers are not now engaged in active church work, but have been placed on the superannuated list, and are now living a quict life in town or on a farm free from the cares of the world, they await the call to come up higher.

Rev. David Williams, who lives two miles scuthwest of Nixon, Ont., in the township of Windham. Norfolk County, was one of these early days circuit riders. He was aman of vigorous health and although without many advantages in the way ot early education he succeedea by dint of hard and constant study in being admitted to the ministry. He was the first born in the first house built in Glen Willians near Georgetown, Mr. Geo. Kennedy, tho founder of Georgetown, being a brother of his mother. To-day he is 70 years old and for the past 26 years has lived in this country. For many years he bad beea a sufferer froin kidney and kindred diseases. He tried all kiuds of remedies, and although sometimes temporarily relieved he gradually grew worse until, in October, 1895, he was stricken with paralysis. From this he partly recovered and recovered his powers of speech but his mind was badly wrecked, and bis memory was 80 poor tbat be could not remember the name of the person to whom he wished to speak without think- ing intently for several minutes. One day driving to Church be wished to speak of @ neighbor who lived next to him for twenty yeare, but ke could not recall the name for an hour or more. In addition to bis mental trouble, he had intensz bodily suff ring, pains in the bead, across the forehead, in the temples and behind the ears, across the lower part of the skull and in the joint of the neck. He had great weakvess snd pains in the

back, hips and legs. In fact, so much aid he suffer that sleep was almost an Ffimpossibility, and

he fell away in weight until he weighed only 145 pounds, By this time, Dec. 1895, he became despondent and fel: that if he did not soon obtain relief, he would soon bid adieu to the things of this world. On the 20th of December he read of a cure in the Ketormer by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and being seized witb » suiden inspiration at once wrote to Brockville for a supply of that marvellous remedy. Immediate good results followed their use and he has im- proved wonderfully during the past vear. He has recovered his bodily health and strength, is comparatively free from pain and his memory is nearly as good as itever was and as the improvement continues the prospects are very bright for complete recovery. He has gained 20 pounds in weight since beginning the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Mr. Williams says: “I can heartily endorse the many good things raid of these pilis in the papers, and strongly recommend them to anyone suffering as I was.”

Dr. Williams’ Piok Pills are a blood builder and nerve restorer. They suppiy the blood with its life and health-giving properties, thus driving disease frem the aystem. There are numerons pink colored imitations, against which the public is warned. The genuine Pink Pills can be had only in boxes, the wrapper around which beara the full trade mark, “ Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People.” Refuee all others.

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HAS NO FEAR OF SNAKES.

Maryiand Man Who Allows the Most Pot- sonous Reptiles to Bite Him.

The only man in the world who does not fear a snake bite and upon whom the ven- om of serpents apparently has no effect is Wiliam F. Witmer, whose home is in Wolfsville, Md. His performances with copperheads, rattlers and vipers are a con- stant source of wonder and amazement to all who know him, and even to his lifelong friends there is a large element of mystery about the man and his strange power over snakes.

He takes great pride in this respect, and when among strangers it isa favorite form of amusement with him to hunt up some tgly looking specimen of the serpent fam- tly—the more deadly the better it fits his purposc—and to let the reptile sink its venomous fangs in his bare arm or hand.

Recently, while on a visit in the moun- tains of western Pennsylvania, a half doz- en spotted vipers were found in a bunch undera stone. Rolling up the sleeve of his coat until his arm was bare to the el- bow, Witmer procecded with his other hand to take the largest and ugliest look- ing viper by the tail, and shaking him apart from the rest of the snakes, swung him about until he was thoroughly en- raged. He then allowed the viper to sink its teeth in his arm.

Then one by one the other vipers were picked up and allowed to seize the arm ur til there were a full half dozen of the spot- ted, writhing things hanging from Wit- mer’s flesh and winding themselves about the arm ina very frenzy of rage. When the spectators were sufficiently horrified, the man took the snakes one by one by the tail and shaking them loose from his arm, killed them by snapping them like the lash of a whip.

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he seemed among the liveliest of the party. There was no swelling of the arm nor any numbness of the flesh, the only trace of the exhibition being a number of tiny red spots on the arm, which looked as if a needle had punctured the flesh. Those were the marks of the snake’s fangs.

Witmer himself says of the strange pecu- liarity which he possesses that it is some- thing inherited from his ancestors, one in each generation back as far as he knows having had this same immunity from the poison of venomous reptiles. ‘‘I do not try to explain it,’’ said he. ‘‘All I know is that I have no fear of snake bites, and although I have been bitten hundreds of times, I never felt the slightest ill effects from any of them.

“It is only a pastime for me to hunt and catch the most deadly serpents, and a pe- culiar feature of it is that once asnake has bitten me I have nodifticulty in taming it. In fact, at home 1 havea number of pet rattlers and copperheads which Know me and will come when I call them just like a dog. I seem te have the same power over animals and have yet to meet the first wild animal I cannot tame.’’—New York Herald.

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION,

The Incident That Led to the Change In the Law.

An unnamed Missourian, described as “for many ycarea trusted official of the United States senate,’’ is quoted by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat as explaining why President Cleveland, after making all preparations for attending the funeral of Vice President Hendricks, suddenly deeid- ed not to do so, but to remain in Washing- ton instead. If this authority is to be trusted, the change of plan was the effect of a sudden discovery by Senator Edmunds that, as the law of presidential succession then stood, if any accident should happen to Mr. Cleveland, no ene could succeed to the powers of his office until congress could assemble in regular session the following December. This was due to the fact that Mr. Hendricks had for political reasons prevented the senate from clecting a presi- dent pro tempore. He had been able to do this by declining to vacate the chair and to recognize that privilege, Jest the senate, which was Republican by a narrow ime- jority, should elect a president pro tempure belonging to that party.

Mr. Hendrick’s death took place between the dissolution of one congress and the meeting of the next. So there was no speaker upon whom the succession could fall. Senator Edmunds, the Missouri man says, was of the opinion that if, in the ex- isting circumstances, Mr. Cleveland should be incapacitated, there was no one with power even to call a special session of con- gress, and there would be an interregnum of dangerous length. He submitted this view of the case to the president, who, it is asserted, recognized the gravity of the situation, and at once determined to mini- mize the danger by remaining quietly at home. Asis known, the law relating to the presidential succession was changed to its present shape by the congress that met after Mr. Hendrick’s death.

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