Show 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 old jan 1888 vitto lives are not much affected by public illa and 0 o that very few folks have abated their anak ang during the hollday season just the sleep of statesmen is uneasy and the nations are sti arling at each othera lie als tito christian note of t h 0 hour has been peace and good ill among men and peace fila alls to daya as bi mr lowells fine poon a mot irner blaed kopele as of tile weary of the bloodstained past the poet speaks to us of tile birth of new societies Rocie ties fairer chati those of old the statistician prates of progress but it is to think of either with aiato and envy over europe like twin tito tone of party strife is pe ronce halls more bitter now than at any ehno in tile bourso of our political history tile war of classes veiled no I 1 on gei has broken lont N tit oil anten ally ades ill for the future atil tile country the shadow of bl angs heavily over more than on interest and the tholow M ho would make tile auffert for their ill for tune w A rarely louder than it is today 1 e need not celoso our eyes to better prospects and to c ons oling bessoni human society is a 6 lips and bas weathered heavier a terms aban it meets today to day if voices 0 f evil anti of bad are to bd beard that of hope and of honor am not silent they bid us 11 seethe know the good which Is not bounded by our feeble bight or compassed with our vague as perhaps the best possible proof that onward rather than backward is that it is be ginning to feel how much there Is to td be mended in it even europe given up as it Is to the deadly love of war is getting to itself something of a col and asking in whispers how long men will go on slaying each other for naught and thinking of all t base humanity rhay well flit up faint eyes to the hills whence comes its strength and disc 11 ill first flushing of the dawn i it the eather during the present winter has been more stormy than for several years past in some parts of the country there has been a greater fall of now know k than many persons can remember of but it Is an ill wind that blows nobody good and this seeming inconvenience has fur employment to numbers of people who otherwise would probably leave been out of work gangs of i n en have been employed in many large cities and towns tos horel snow from the thoroughfares the snow is generally carted away to some convenient place where such a thing Is possible it is dumped into the aeao or a river and is left to resolve itself into its unfrozen element skating has been more general this season and several interesting contests alisme taken place in various parts Butwil at erciso and enjoyment to the rich andrj to the taft ca also brings to the needy some bitter experiences to the half starved and sometimes less clothed individual tile reign of king winter is any thing but pleasant those who pin see nothing but the enjoyable side of winter are in soma respects to be congratulated but it would be better if they would recognize the draw backs there are it few people however in whose bosom the lamp of charity still burns and several is de signed to mitigate the misery which comes in many homes with the frost have been inaugurated of such movements there are several in oper fionin london just now and although they can only be regarded as pahia tives yet tho relief they afford to the distressed is ery real as far as ii goes soup kitchens and similar institutions tire Ila bleto be used by impostors but every good thing is apt to be abused I 1 aad it would be sad to d a the do serving many of a little extra food or eions of an undeserving few in these comfort because of the machina times the dispensers of such A d gobe yond the mere distribution of soup and provide tangible dinners for mall burns good ves who have always prided the in ives upon the ir carefulness and economy may be inclined to we rider when bear of the controversy which has been going on of late as to wh e ther it is possible to provide aln ners at a penny a bead and not incur any loss by tile transaction but it has been proved to demonstration that this can be done while others go farther and show that a fill ing meal can be given for three farthings a lead and some even cut down the I 1 sum to a balt penny this last figure surely touches tit a extreme limit of economy and wit on the accounts upon which it ii ba a ed are examined it will be found tha t as a strictly com mercial transaction this w not pay for nothing is allowed for labor comparatively little for fuel and only about a penny a pound for meat the question of furnishing ment to a portion at least of the host of laborers in tile great metropolis Is receiving some attention for some weeks past the lord myor of london has been in consultation with a com bitteti composed of large employers of labor and leading representatives of tile trades unions on one hand and clerck of all denominations poor law gaj arelaus ard laus and others conversant with the condition of the par on tile other anxiously consid cling whether it is not to organize some scheme for the employ ment of somo of tile unfortunately Is at the present time largely in excess of the berhand de As consultation mork as to be commenced on several public gardens to be located in various parts of london there are at the present acres which can be converted to cheso uses and to carry out the whole of the work pro posed it Is estimated that alto of thirteen hundred men and t he ex pend iture will be necess itry the money Is to be raised by private subscription and the results un doubt edly beneficial although I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 4 they hennly ba a drop in the brkl in comparion with com abat is labor to allo legions of anem ya which tile great met contains I 1 in COL in over tile history oft past year several important mia aerial cli adges are observed ill parliamentary on clr ulry by I 1 toyal Com loiss a nd extended over the long of 33 three only of shiell irple tak en up wl tit holidays it elid 4 september mill no less alan 44 government divisions having tokea place of tile dilno Parhan lett in the lower house at any rate gal occupied in bo often heated icae Ii Ae ions on the 0 loverni nent bills if ile prevention of crimes rind the air ment of the land laws fit lard rethea ant from tip F just priar tolli sadly sudden death and lard itaf dolph Chur chills resignation A the of the exchequer leq to in the calibet bet reassembled lord sill iury tok tile portfolio of I 1 orela affairs addition to the premiership Premiers bip lr W 11 finith left the war to become first lord of tile treasury anti Leade the commons stat chopo was war ministers sir and one of the arnot of the from air Glad stones lead chancellor of the exchequer later on upon 6 beach giving up the onerous poat of chief secretary to th lord lieutenant on account of phrot ene d A J balfour vu transferred scotch Secre ivy ship to that appointment the of lothia n became for scotland an 4 othar minor aerial changed consequent upon the rearrangement of offices just dewied to of sir IV alart dyko to tile vico of the he council and of col king u assistant irish secretary Sedre tary it lie the earl of gnel w became under seck taryl r tile colonies tibe lord 1 rave resigned A sea t I 1 found for mrs goachee Go achen aal secured in abe safe Con of st georgeg har after a defeat at liv among the other year tha most notable wag the of sir george trevelyan Tro velyan I 1 lt bridgetown bridgeton Brid geton division of glasgow having renounced his temporary y position to mr Glad stones biml policy athe bloated armaments boff thee military powers of europe disch their proportions in a very manner in colonel woric ic the european arales of til present the mobilized strength franco is set down at exclusive of t he army which Is equally large that of at germany 1493 austria hungary 1035 tary tt bength of italy has proportions that would has deemed years agn Z eluding militia it is alleged to to 2387 men if b similar inclusion be mada of russia no y strength that power probably be P exceed even that of the frenca public compared with se the numerical proportion Britis harmy ought almost 0 0 owa W the members of the peace fi include ing the militia aann al volt as well as the india n voll farrust muster 17 1 these have to serve tor the dea territory distributed over a very wider area than that ruled ed by acy the other powers A story of brigandage which w a imort incredible comes frol cratl according to ih formation ju acet from the talef town of I 1 department of the nees tales a young gentleman of named pedra espart y molas c a r acl i f am ily had recen nay fly ut aho 0 t g w ith two friends and beating for game had ad short way from his compani olus U or yards distant from thweat was suddenly seized by live mag men who and him away into a hut the ill A polled billit to write tc his a ing that the brigande brigands bri gands ted on ill ing a ranso in of francs for b tile espart family were afraid thit might be murdered so they sent looney after the receipt of w young man was liberated I 1 without repeated threats of ai bior in case lie should reveal i 0 I 1 oc currel it i s supposed the ba are in hiding in the neighbor lioL the spot abero the crime was c witted although it bad been an open for t lie past few weeks that would reassemble reaR on reb 9 it the queen attached her manual to the formal tile fact a few days ago that 4 right to take it for granted all who are personally acquainted members of tile house of urn are ow are they grumble a good 4 during the at tile aock 9 are called upon to do and the hours they are required to si t bal Is singular low weary they the recess and how glad thel when the of st Step liellA once more opened and they cann lot sit upon the aluch coveted benches for whatever dismal acs ics of hard abid long MC ruo may pour into the of their constituents there is DO that there are matty compensate at parliamentary life if thino not it wonia be difficult to 8 for tile number of lam having no lope and n of securing political distinction goon car silently W an d ra g boling I 1 As beir 1 ell to and when buch I 1 ow their popi tion they wander in tile most happy fashion wish for it return to tile pastures from they have driven by an adverse fate tha t IS it I 1 that those who condi of life at westminster smile a see sort of smile they hear a ber deploring the hardships of 0 I 1 |