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The Clinton News-Record, 1907-09-12, Page 8rADS. killed kuehel • ••) -,- ticteD ser -7,-- .01111eel8Tle GROCERS AND GENERAL 8TORE8 toepew packet, Die paikete for 25ot. L:immisp . will last at whole seaeon: I; t 177/1rIVIVT • September 12th 190 to* rfewa;;Itecortx G. tiTaggart, M. D, 10Taggattio Nicraggart Bros, e -BANK A GENERA.b B M4E/NG BUSI- *,EeSS ' TRANSACTED. NOTES OIS('iOLUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST LLOWED ON PE - °sus. 8.4144 NOTES. PURCH- ASED. — •••• ••, ••••• o' • W.. BRYDOiNE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, PUBLIC. ETC. OFFICE -Sloane Blook-eLINTON, RIDOUT & HALE Conveyancer, ilommis.sioners, • Real Estate and Insurance . Agency. Money to loan. ., .. U. 13. HALE - - JOHN RIBUTIT DRS. GUNN & GUNN Dr. W. Gunn L. R. C. P. •& -Edinburgh- • Dr. J. Nesbit Gunn M. R. 0. $. Eng • L. R. C. P. London Night calls at front door of residense on Rattenbury street, opposite Presbytsrian chureh. OFFICE-- Ontario street-CLINTON 4•••••••••••••••, —DR. J. W. SHAW--- • --OFFICE- , RATTENBURY ST. 'EAST, -CLINTON.- DR. C. W. TFIOMPSON - PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat -Office and Residence - HURON ST. .SOUTH, CLINT9N 3 doors west of the Commercial hotel. -DR. F. A.,AXON.- , (Successor to Dr. Holmes.) . Specialist in Crownahd Bridge work. Grdduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, of Ontario. Honor graduate of University of Toronto Dental Department.. Graduate of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, Chicago. Will be at the Commercial hotel Bayfield, every Monday from 10 a. ne. to 5 p. fn. LEWJa THOMAS. Civil Engineer, Architect, etc. (late Dominion Department Public Walks.) Consulting Engineer for ylen- icipal and County Work, El- ectric Railroads, Sewerage and Waterworks Systems, Wharves; Bridges and Re -enforced eon - APPLES.: WANTED NOR .'FALL ,ANO WINTER 'For which the highest prices will be. paid. DOnat sell until you _see tee or elle- of my agents personal - ..14174•4•••• OANTELON MINTON. Hsi Harris pool:1E11110 have been appointed agent for teue ktekseey-Harris Conie pally in this, &strict and wit/ keep on hand a complete list of supplies in my store oppos- ite the Moisons. Bank. r ,am also continuing elfe flour, feed and seed grain bus- Inels and respectfully solicit a a continuance OE your patron- age. :J. *A. Ford.. • ilftlen.rnsuCIKannelOeDbilamiltrillaanliTre -Fartirand Isolated Town PropertY-e ...I, B. ,McLean, president, Seaiorth P. 0. ; nes. Fraser, ,A Vice -President, Brumfield P. 0, ; T. E. Hays, Sec.. Treasurer, Seaforth P. 0, ' •-Direaters Sbesney, Seaforth ; John Grieve, Wiathro'v George Dale, Sea forth; •Johie Watt, Harloek ; John 13eimewies, Brodhagan ; 'James Evans: Beechwood ; James Connolly, . • Holmcsville. .-AGENTS- Robert Sniith, HarIock ; E.' Hin- chley, Seaforth ; James Cummings, Egmondville ; J. W. Yea. 'Holmes-. Parties desirous to 'effect insurance or tia.nsact other bugle* will be, perenetrY attended to on application to any of the "above officers addressed to their respective postoffices. Losses inspected by the director . who lives neerest the seeiue.. Phone 2220 LONDON, oFr. 1••••=•• , . AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH LI- censed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Alt orders entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. Will sell either by percentage or per sale. Residence on the Bayfield Road, one mile south of Clinton. LICENSED AUCTIONEER.-GEOR- ge Elliott, licensed auctioneer for the County oi Huron, solicits the patronage of the public for busi- ness in his line. Sales conducted on percentage or so much per sale. All business promptly attended to, -George Eiliott, Clinton I'. 0., re- sidence on the Bayfield Line. • 38 44.4.4.4•441444.4 YEARS* EXPERIENCE ATENTS /*Atte Mertes Dastotite CoPYRIORre Anyone *ending a Sketch and deserfOtten mai teldg ascertain our opinion tree Whether an gentian Is pi6babignatentableor Foniniuriice. is strictly confidential. HANN on Patenta :ant tree. Oldest mgorecy for secur ng patents. Patents taken through Munn .!& Co. receive iseciasottur, witheust charge, In the stieNtific ,ilnitrican. 14bandalelY illustrated Medd?. tinytostfite. eidation o any atienuao journal. Terme. Eg a ear: four inenttui. 13014 bled seveuhialars, 361fliesesieNew yolk 125 st..wpihivatou.irt.Z. • LIPPliiitOTTS MIONT140t. AGAZIN . A FAMILY LIIIRANY • Th. BOW In Current Literalum Ceatitail$ NOVilLit Ycistof MANY *MOW OTONSktt AND *Welk* ON TIMELY TOMS ilitEcto poi vomit Mt 41444 coot oNO 00NYINOtbil1'OPHO** cook atoms** countettiltoi itOr FOR SALE BY 'W. IL IIELLYAR • •• 'CLINTON, ONT.. -TIME TABLE -7 - Trains wili arrivci acid et.pett front Milton station as follews. • ' BUFFALO AND GODERIMI DIV, Going Zest: •0.22 a. in, 7.33 a, m. it .44 It Going West 41 4 440, 41 IAONDON, HURON Goiag South CI Go:lee North 8.18 p. in. 5.20 p. 111, 11:10 p, ni p. m • 6.40 p. 10,47 p. & BRUCE DIV. 7.47 a. al. • 4.23 p. 51 • 1.05 ane 6,35 p. m. • • ruti. SUMMER SERVICE /ARE temente* nrvitoon. -,Steamers leave Sarnia 3.30 p.m.„ Moaday, Wedlieaday.,and Friday, for Sault ste. Mires, Pert Arthur, Pert Witham and -flututh---yridaratearner tieing • through to raduth: „ 0201tolleat Wet & IstAettAt inv.-Steen- era leave Collingetted r.3tt 0-.M.,Otven Sound tr.so Tueedtwo..,rbereeiys and •Satur• days. Tuesday and Saturday dearness gs through to fieteeisse, nerscisy stearaey, accommodating but, 0 Ottkortgen*• lid6lt to Soo only. I SMITH *MAC DIV.*Por Perry gated, bytta inlet. French Rivet and iciest-11ov, steamer leaves Coaiowood te;30 ails, Mondays end Fridays Patti& gizterf 5 PsittrAnd Mee"-, Steeettitit leaves. ,Petiatitite e48 ,.nu, for vette Bound and essy Porte at tkittfri eel lidentlidikt kilt irelte.use pia 110414, With Edged Tools • ey titAlltY SETON RICHRIKAN *stow or "Ties Sewire," Csiser.","sfreisi Ileasesilssi is Another," the e*-seee; Cesturatifillo** 115041. ley HARPS*. ' fro ER QT#11111te if. made a Itttle tne'reraent of the hands. ;•. "No," he went on, "the iooner you ffP the better." "I do net .1110 leaving you." Pev• , Misted Jack. . Sir John laughed rather testily. "That Is rather absurd,"' he said. 41 am accustomed to being left. 1 MVO always lived alone, You will do we a favor if you win go now and take your passage out to Africa." , "Now -this evening?" "Yes. At once. The dame close about half peat 61 I believe. YOU Will just have time to do it before dinner.", • Jack rose and went toward the door. He went slowly, almost reluctantly. "Do not trouble about me," said Sir John. "I am accustomed to being left." e He repeated; It when the door bad eloeed behind Ids son. The fire Was low again. • It was at. moat dying. Te daylight was fading every moment. Tbe cinders fell to- gether with a crumbling •sound, and a grayness 'crept into their glowing depths. The old man sitting there made no attempt to add fresh fuel. ' • "1 am accustomed," he said, with a half cynical smile, "to being left." • • and that there was nothing left.new but the gray reMainder Of the evening. She was wondering now why it had all eorae, whrthere hal been 401 daylight at all; „Aheve these thoughts she won- dered why the feeling was still In her heart that Jack Meredith had not gone out of her life forever. There Was no reason ",*by ehe sliould ever meet. him again. He waif, so far as she knew, married to Millicent Chyne more than a Year'ago, although he had never seen the announcement of the wedding. He bad drifted into- Loango and into. her life by the merest accident, .and now CHAPTER XXV. id HEY tell me, sir, that Missis Marle-that is, Missis Dur - novo -has gone back to her . people at Sierra Leone." • ' Thin; spoke Joseph to his master one afternoon in March., not ect many years ago.. they were on board the steamer . Bogamayo, which ''good vessel • was • pounding (limn the west coast of Afri- ca at her befit speed. 'The captain • reckoned:that be would be ancloired at Loango'by half past or 8 o'clock that evening! There were only ,,seven Pas- sengen; on beard,' and dinner had been ordered an *Jur earlier for the On. • venienee of ttlI concerned. •Joseph was • Packing his master's clothes in the' spacious cabin, allotted to him. The . groat" that she ex,etattnect. • owners of the steamer had thought it the sfralaelne plateau bad been Worth their While to make the finder a ' finally abandoned them was no reason the sitniaelne as comfortable as cit.. cumstances allowedThe noise of that .. why any of the original finders should . .great drug, haddirected toward the . come to Loango again. . .; . • west coast of Airiest that floating seura And the creepers ' were pushed aside of ne'er-do-weildorn. .whiCh is ever on by „one wbo knewthe method of their the alert for some new land of promise. . groveth. ' .A. hillier. glory of moonlight "Who told you that?" asited Jug, e fell on the Veranda' floor, and the man for a moment Of whom she Was thinking see. 'drying his banes on a towel • , td he- . . through .the open porthole toward the : tr n . . , "One of the stewards, s-; - a ma- • • "Yfere her. ; . our she exclaimed the hospital . . • that. was laid up at Sierra Leone in •exes.e. . • • ." . k - She rose, and they shook handsar, Jack Meredtth palliest i.... my steed looking at each other for a before going DA deck.. He looked out ,. few moments, and a thousand Ibingii that had neer been said seemed to be blue shadow on the horizon which was Africa, a country that he - had never un.dweerset°°d- ear,you come?"nthsee' e.seed seen three years before and which had all along been deetinett to hifluence hki ahruptly. • ivbcde life , - 'to.tell you a story." • ' ' '. ' ' ' t She looked •up With,. a sort of half • "It was the best thing.she could do," ' smile, as if she enspected some pleas - he said. "It is to be hoped that she „will- be happy." . . ,,:tectelianti* thee ofwdhrilreth she had not yet de - 'Ye, sir, it is She deserves it, if e LetA...1ong story," he eitplained, "which that goes for anything in the heavenly reckoning.' She's a fine woman; a good- - has not even the merit of being emus- wentan that, .sir." • ' . .. Inge' Please'sit down again." . *. • I She obeyed hint. ' •!:res''' ' . ' •, The' curtain of. ban leaves and J eph-whir-folding-a-shirt-verre ., . flowers ' had fallen, into p ace again. fullY. ' ' : . - *. ' . The hadowed s. ' tracery ,.was on ' bee ' "A bit dusky," he said, smoothing dress and on the .floor once more. - Out the linen folds. reflectively; "but I He stood In front of her and told her shouldn't have minded that if I 'had been a marryin' man, butrin not." • Be laid the shirt in the portmanteau and looked Up. • Jack Meredith bad gone on deck: • . . : • • , . , • -While Matinee • and Imelyn Gordon Ms story, as Sir John .had !suggested.' Ele • threw no rimiatiee Into . it, . at- tempted no extenuation, but , related the plata, simple facts of the twit .few 'years with the semi -cynical suggestion • of humot that was !Sometimes his. And were :still . at dinner that ' same even,. the cloak of pride that -had fellen upon Ing a messenger came, -announcing-the' • his shoulders made him hide much that • -eirrivellerthe Ilegamayo hithe-roadte was good, while he dragga-a-rward Thin new had the oryeet of curtailleg • his own 'sbortconiings. She . listened the meal. . Maurice ttiordeci was liable • •Itt silence. At times there hovered*. to be called away at any moment thus , refund her lips a smile, It usmillY came by the arriv.a1 of a steamer. • It was whenhe represented himself in a bad not long before he rose from the table and lighted a. cigar preparatory to 'gee Ing down to hikoffide, Where the Cap- tain ot the !steamer was by this time probably 'awaiting hlin. It was a felt moon, and the glorious 'goldenfight Of .planation, but only a. 'story; a very nib equatorial night shone through the' lame story indeed, which gained noth- high. trees like a new dawn Hardly Ing by the •telling. , And he was 144 star was viaible; even those of the the hero of tt. ' ,.• southern hemisphere pale beside the tame about as Wise old Sir southern 'moon. ,• .7Ohn Meredith had*predicte& it is not • Maurice Gordon crossed the • npCil our . baldness to reoord.- what Jocelyn epee* of miltiyated garden and plunged said: Women -the best. Of them -have Into the black !shadow ot the forest. mine tbings in their hearts Which ban His footsteps were ' laandible. Sud. only be said 'one* to one person. Men lotleat: be ran almost into thearme ,ef a eneontnoprtzrtitheemth;em down; pictures. can- "Whis the deell is that?" bi e cried. The lame story was told to the end, "Meredith," *may/emita voice. and at the end it .was acCepted. When "Meredith -Jack Meredith, is that Sir John's name Was mentioned -When evu?" • , • the interview inthe library Of the ;tile bleWed," ex.nitained. .•togUerciltedL4ondno-Jn achkousteW twheasilutbtriereilOY! Maurice. Gordon, shaking .hands; "like; ...a small lace pocket handicerthief, and wise glad: What brought yoU out. here again?"' ' , • • at no ether time. The plate was Wiped clean, and It ..alincist seemed that "Oh; Pleiteure!" retelled Jack, *tut his Jocelyn preferred it thus ' with the face in the shade. • . ori adratehes upon it Where the Writing "Pleasure?Totrvecolne to the wrong bad placesfor that HoWeeer, Ill let yeti beee. • — Maurice Gordan did not come beck find that out for yeerseit 000n to the • ein an hour., It Was tlearlj 10 o'clock bungele'cr' 111 be back in leSs tbab e before they heard• his footstep on the hoer. Yottli find Jocelyn on the vetane gravel. By that m32(3,-3.0064,4 had da.'t • . ' heard the *bole BM*. She had asked When Sfaurlee lett her Jocelyn went , one or two questions which aomehow out into the veranda. It was the be- ginning of the hot season, At midday cast a different light upon the nail*. the Min on his JoUrneY northward lie tiVe, and she had hate:led to the. MI - longer east a..shadow. 'Jocelyn could - astalt.13-thvieitlismiale .ograveiud Sgue whoSe ver.d not go out in the daytItne at thin peeled . ot the leer.. rot' frail, air she. bed tO edge had =)nroThrdaingintoo.gaWinh.°86froinkmayl: rely Open a long, dreemy eVening in the dente; • veranda' .•• • , •, Deeteuee she loved him she toOk his She eat down th her "Mil Vattir stay- and twisted it and turned it tO while the Moonlight, red and glowing, a shape of her own liking. ',./liotti made a pattern on the floor Mid on her items which be end considered tth- whlte dress With the •ehadoWs of the tta creePer6'' nt'4 sen was *ell lend that. °°trifie:tgsheherni)asagtitied°ified"ifitellathttiencoeSr;ntehre- night, rising.and falling like' the breath ; stones upon which the edifice Waft loceion Gordon felt into a revede. I bitti:litiXei.nost athestotamet:ritogoht: ugobl: of some huge sleeping ,dreattire, • Life was say dua nt Leafigli TtIPPe was toe ranch time for thought ariltoo— helloed what be had After 'told, .and Muth that he related she those te little to think ebettte Tide girl had only 1 eteeitteebeesose see loved hint she the Platt azid b°r pelt "al all Leehl* 1 perteived motives where he assured prised in a few ,knonthe-the fett her thee, were meoe; see reeoenised bktbeee.e.thetetielellakbe "fest. keeetLoaSthe tette a circumstance where he *7-"' — ''"4"""` .11 1 0 * took the 'blame to hirneelt-heettuie kwil" thinkt4it that bet nt. wkil Mb. kilted Wm. She tnidittairted thet 44.1,7/40.4 44.1 '.1114 ,s,16* , the put was gook that he could not light, and there was a suggestion of su- perior wisdom in it as if she knew srinething of -which he was Ignorant. He was neeer humble. • It Was not a confession. It was not even an et- • have noted differently: that she would not have had it otherwise-becawe she loved him. nA lid who shall say t at she watt e wrong? Jack went out to meet Maurice gots don when they beard Ms footsteps, and as they walked back to the bowie be • told him. Gordon Wart quite holiest ab4)"114-hiet. ped." be oak), "when I ran against you in the woods, that that Was why you had Oeme back, Nab. - lug eould here given me greater hap - pints*, Hang It, I an glad, old ellapiw They sat far JAM the night strrang. Mg their 'Ives. Jack was nervousle anxious to get back to England. go could not rid his wiled of the picture be bad seen as he left hie father'e presenee to go and take blo passage to Africa -the pletere of an old man sit- ting' in a stiff backed chair before a tlytrig fire. Moreover, he wae afraid of Africa, The irritability of Africa had laid Its hand upon bini alftost as soon as be had set bis foot upon Its torrid strand. He was afrale of the climate for Jocelyn; be was afraid of it for himself. The happiness that tomes late must be firmly held to, Nothing IDESt bo forgotten to !secure it or else it my slipbetweenthe fingers at the last inomt• Thafsetyho havesnatehed happiness late in fife 'can tell of a thousand de - tans carefully attended to, a whole ex- istence laid out in preparation for it; of health fostered, !linen pleasures re- linquished, days carefully spent. Jack 'Meredith was nervously armee- hensive, that his happiness. might even now slit; through his fingers. Truly,, olimatic influence la a strange and wonderful thing: It' was Africa that had done this, and he was conscious of It. TIQ remembered Victor Dur. novo's strange outburst on their first meeting a few miles below Eisele on the Ogowe river, and the remembrance only made him the more anxious that Jocelyn and he should turn itheir:backs upon tbe accursed west coast forever. Before they Wept to bed that night Iwas all, arranged. Jack Meredith h;d carried his point, Maurice and. J celyn were to sall with him for Eng- t, land by the first boat. . Jocelyn and he compiled h telegram to be sent off first thing by a native boat to St. 'Paul de Loanda. It was addressed to Sir John Meredith, London, and signed "Mere- dith, Loango." The 'text �f it was; 1 bring aceeivn home by first boat.• ' ' * * * * * • And the last words, like the first • must be of an old man in London. We found him in the midst of a brilliant as - A SURE CURE. Abou Ben Had'eni-inag hie tribe increase - Awoke one night from a deep dream 0,f peaee. He rolled him over, and his form he eased, fle fixed his pillow -then, behold, he sneezed! He coaled his forehead with a pillOw. slip; He Bai4: "ity jingo 1 I have got the grip!" • •He called -WO household angel quick-, ly carne, i With lamp. n hand; a good and port- ly dome. She gave him, harks, she gave him boneset tea, But naught relieved his fearful mis- erect. She gave him stuff that made poor Abou MVOS, • Then. Tubbed him down, but still he suffered yet, She gave him pilis and squills both • thin, and thick, And etill her patient .was Most awful sick. And mit poor Abou die? 0 fearful thought! She got some whiskey and she made it hot, She ailed up Abou to his noblethrott, And made him fuller than an alley goat. He rose and dressed himself -he left his bed, And then he painted half the city red. • L'Envoi. • • Next • day beneath the .xnagtaterial 'crest Abou Ben Had'era's name led • all the Qiibe FroWnoe paid' for*eirtiatinal' ,141111"Befitind paSidl*IT'1.66wha ileliel)wtinceBruBdnewwairk $I.: Nova Scotia $2.13, Ontario $2.31, Briti;sh Columbia $2.75, and Manitoba $0.%. Inspection * Farce. He did net blame the fathom of families any more than the Govern. ments, tor all Governments hate been greatly at fault. He denounced the school inspection as IWO, end then, took up the question of public librar- lnieso,retenItuowl thhaautthuereahWouliinsoompeathingtrio, 1,ent at St. Jean Baptiste Day Mehra., time. We have not, he said, a single public librarY, ee to sneak, in this province. yvleile Ontario has 480, Massachusette, 624; Connecticut, 225; Rhode Island, 99; New Hampshire t 924.1 i0 90 n Vermont,IcampI, g 111,19w, which ud hi:4e w e Ycn ork, He referred to the Protestant edttcar; centlyemade in this province by the recegeemel lay and clerical leaders of their separated brethren,. and he maintained that the majority -in this province was !still more in need of such a campaign than the Prote.stants. Public Scandal. Referring again to the question of teachers, he said that the salaries had: only yn so reduced tlahyatruaytetachehreergweir4e. the province, and no wonder, for they only received $262 a. year. He said he Was an uncompromising adherent a the uniformity of books. The different series of books now in use in this pro- vince made education too expensive for the people's means. In Toronto books cost 25 cents a year, while in Montreal the first year they cost 81.11; • the second year, $1.12; the third year, „$1.34, and the fourth year, $2.26.. This was nothing less than a public scan- dal. .4. . •••• . ••• rest.• -The Khan. •MAPLE SUGAR FOR WORLD. • • LAWYER'S SHARP PROTEST. ' Refuses to Be 'Subdued By judge teid • Throws Up Cam R. A. Bonner, of Winnipeg, the lead: ing criminal 'lawyer of Western Can- ada, caused a startling sensation in legal circles last 'week by .withdraw- ing from, the prosecution of the fa- mous "grain oonspiniev case because of' a sharp reprimand from the sitting judge, Mr. Justice Phippirs, one of the members of the recently appointed Ap- peal Court of Manitoba. Mr. Bonner 'was retained as Crown prosecutor in the ease and the :preliminary hearing at the police court during 'the past winter occupied many weeks, but ac- cording to the ruling of the magis- trate, failed to. secure any startling evidence of a conspiracy,. but, never- • theless, the case wassent up for trial before a judge. AS is his habit when dealing with witnesses in criminal cases, Mr. LBonnar attempted some- what to crowd a witness and to use rather stronger language towards ;him • than the judge deemed fit and proper. His lordshipintimated that the wit- nesses were not brought to the court 'to be insulted. (The witness in ques- tion had been called by the crown.) `"I have examined. hundreds Of wit- nesses,” said Mr. Bonner, "but never tahemosrmsdta,leitiern one than the One 'on . . Would Inflict 'Penalty. The storm burst. "If things are re- peated," declared the judge. "1 shall have to inflict a penalty' you will not, forget." • Mr, Bonner suddenly stopped exam- ining the witness and Sat down. He • left the court in a few Minutes, tie:nigh it wassiirly. in the afternoon, and the ease waaseproceeding. Next morning when court opened: he was, not pres- ent, but Attorney -General Campbell appeared and informed the court that .Mr. Donner had withdrawn from the: sate and refused to continue the pre- secution. ins lordship saidthatin ac- metdance with the rules of the Lew Society, Mr. Bonner could be punish- ed for breaking a contract. Speaking to the Attorney -General ' the judge said, "For some time past" have seen witnesses in the box blackisuarded. That is the only Word 1 can use to express it. While:1r was at the bar, and. as long as I am on the bench I con- sider it is the duty of the presiding judge to protect the witness." The case was enlarged to allow of time to infittifet new counselforthe prosecution. We leave htm lying Min on hts solemn four post bed. • seinbly. , We leave Min alone. We, leave him' lying stiffly. on his solemn 'four post- bed, with his keen, proud. face turned fearlessly toward his Make' er. ' His lips are still. They wear a smile which even in death Is slrghtly epees'. On the table at his bedside lies a submarine telegram from Africa. It Is unopened. ' THE END. • e .etudson Bay Route. The Hudson' Bay route as one of 'the great channels of the world's 'freight traffic is a possibility suggest.. ed by A. P. Low, the director of the Geological SUrvey of Canada, who has recently made an expedition through that region. The success of the western Canadian wheat fields depends, says Bradstreet's, on cheap transportation, preferably by water. The further popu- lation penetrates into upper Saskat- chewan and Alberta the longer the rail hauls and consequently the slow- er •its development. All that is waled to open' Hudson Bay to commercial uses is a line of rails to carry freight to one of its porta. At present the Hudson -Bay Compe.nY and the &within Fur Com- pany have ships that make its small trading porta a few tinteil a year. On the. score of` distances this Hudson Bey route has much to offer. Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan and an important town on the Canadian Pacific; Railway is just as near Churchill OD 1•111d6011 Bay, the point proposed for a Pert, as it is to Fort Jai= on Lake Superior, and a, thousand miles shorter than the -die- taeifee from Regina to litontrearsit the head of sea navigation on the St, reivrrenee. " The distance from Churchill to 'Liven:ono/ LB tiniest the Bartle as that from Montreal to Liverpool. Hence theta it a saving of distance of -one thousand *miles of rail or water car- riage in favor of this northern route, Autontobiling, it is said, has quick- ened the Market for furs and made the quest of them even More zealous than usual this year. 'The whale fish - cry also UuppertErtwe shipe 111 Hudson Bay. Flour for utse of dwellers at the ports on this waterway new reaches them from Winnipeg by way of Liver.; pool, but 'if steel toile were thrown across the plains to Churchill, it would: open a direct trade route to the werld. Large areas of wood pulp and •merchantable oruce would be tapped; ,Iron ores and 001)Por bearing rocks have also hein hatred in various places, besides c valuable Mica mino. It nays to advertise, we know. The cheapeat way is best. hilt tell your wife*and the will go And tell it to alefelt. Winter Season Closed'. . The winter port season of 1908-7 was brought to a close, recently with the sailing of the 0 P. R. steamer Mont- real. Owing to exceptional conditions in the West, the amount of freight outwards has .not been anything like the total for last year. - • Total freight valuation was 519,- 385Z,800; grain handled 3,349,162 bush- ela ; 117 steamers arriving during the past season represent a total tonnage of $456,432, as against 113 steamers with a tonnage of 389,036 last year, and 102 steamers with a tentage of 366,737 in 1904-5. Live stock !shipments this year show a decrease from those of the season ' of 1905-6. Cattle shipments particular- ly fell off, Shipments of horses were about the same, one less having been sent this year. The total number or persons landed here this winter was 30,025, and ' of these C. 11.. R. steamers carried the greater majority. During the season C. P. R. steamers from Liverpool, 'London and Antwerp landed in John 24,032 paesengers, against 6,- 804 last year. . *Not more than 2,516 were destined to the 'United • States. In 1904-5 the CL P. R. brought to St. John 12,271 persons, so that last season's traffic Showed an increase of 4,533, while this year's,eontinued increase amounts to 8,682. Most Allan Line passengers' were landed at Halifax. e. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF GUEBEC. Canada Produces 18,000,000 Pounds of This Commodity Every Season. The season of maple sugar making has now closed, and the year's her - vest is pretty well on. 'the market, for it is is product that passes almost im- mediately from the producer to the re- tailer, and . then into the .hands of the consumer, ; Canada is the Principal maple Su- gar.producer of the World, her harvest being about one-half of •the entire out- put. In quantity that harvest tanoseets annuallyto about eighteen million pounds, possessing a value of $1,800,- 000; •The Province of Quebec leads in this industry with an average 'yield of 13,000,000 pounds. Ontkrio is second, but far behind, with 4,000,- 000 pounds; about 300,000 pounds are made in the Maritime Provinces, but practically tone in any other parts of Canada. • ' Dependent on she Weather. • • This industry is eery largely de- pendent on weather conditions. When favorable -there is a kirge flow of sap, and if properly handled the farmer is well paid for his investment of labor and capital.' The, season just closed was a long but rather broken one, haying, been interrupted by. heavy snowfalls and severe • Omit. However, on the whole a fair quan tity was Made of very good quality . . How to Obtain It. But the point of interest jest, no to city people io how to obtain puke) maple sugar and maple syrup? • . The adulterating of 'these articles is • rainpant, !Isis shown by the results of the analyses made last year by the . officers of. the Department of Inland • Revenue. In all 26 samples of sugar were analyzed and only 11 were found to he:genuine, doubthil and 12 were . adultereted..eThe record with respect to Maple syrup was worst. still, Here. 85, samples were exaritined„ 22 were found te be genuine,pure maple ay- . rup, 2 were pronouneed doubtful, in 8 bases adulteration Was declared, and . 53 . were upon analysis Anted he be • adulterated. The 'highefit perceethge of adulterated -nalltrilee was secured : in Toronto and in Montreal.. . . NO doubt Pure syrup and sugar are to be had in Montreal, probably. the • best guarantee the purchaser can have .of genuineness beingthe name and • address of the maker on the label on the .can of syrup or on the package of sugar. But large quantitiesof adulterated sugar are being sol(1,. The writer purchased inthree different up- town groceries cakes of sugar said by the sellers to be absolutely pure, • and yet' each one was so adulterated. that thepresence of ordinary brown towel:: sugar could be detected by the • ' A Wholesome Delicacy. ' Maple sugar ia a luxury enjoyed by almost everyone, •for perhaps no other. ferrn of sweet is quite so . pleasant, and certainly none are more whole - mime; Good maple sugar is, therefore, always in "demand, and i alwaysaims anands ahighprice, but the consumer objects to paying fifteen dents a pound for a Mixture of =vie su- gar, of which a large part is, common • brown cane sugar worth three or four cents a pound. The result of all this e .is to giye the maple sugar trade a bad name, and in the end it will tell both on producer and trader,' for the public will learn to let maple sugar alone; • Duty of the Department. But there is a law to meet these eases and it is the duty' of the in- lazeRevenue Department to enforce' it. in the first ;place means arepro- vided for 'the protection of the mer- chant and jobber, the "Adulteration of Foods. Act" gives a fortn of war- ranty 'to be signed, aid forwarded with each shipment of syrup or sugar - by the producer or manufacturer, who actually cane and labels the goals, so that in ease ink officer of the inland Revenue Department purchases a can of syrup or a caked sugar for analy- sis, and finds the Same te be adul- terated, the merchant Or jobber can hand *0 this officer the "form' of war- ranty" signed by the manufacturer, and he (the merchant) ie thereby re- leased*froni all responsibility. Should the stherehant not ,held the .forth a warranty he is liable to a fine should the goods be found to be adulterated. Pure Maple sugar or pure insole syrup Means the product of the maple tree, and nothing else, and he Who, sells a compound calling it pure Ma- ple is liable to a fine, unless protect- ed by a warranty AO that the adnIter, MO can he found. . It is permiseible ta ecu a "com- pound," but itmoat be sold oS Ouch. A can of ayrup, part of Maple and part of Cane sneer, must bear the word, "eompound," and such word MOM be pleeed on the two of the. abel in as conepieueue type ars are printed the other words of the label. Now it tvottld be well for 'whole sago fanciers in Canada, and they ;ire found in every' household, if this 'Adulteration, of Vol4a, Act" Watt het* ter enforced, and in the end it would be Well for the hottest trade ma. pie sugar and maple syrup. • Sharp Criticism On Teachers' Salaries and Other, heath's's!. • A good deal of comment has been caused by Mr. Angels' attaek upon the flzebrie schools: Zia number for St. Louis iaid: "The average salary of the 4,100 female teachers this province ia $119, while in Ontario it is •$$48.. an. a word, if Quebee only pays half the amount to her eleineu. Utry teattterfi of what in paid in the other provinces, he contended that there was but one result to follow. He Maintained that these teachers were getting lest) to-day,In fad, than they were twenty years age. There are tatiehere, he said, in the County of 1 Charlevoix who receive the miserable pittance of $70, a year, $90 in Harnett. tuaka. $87 Vtilek 397 in Itimouski, and $90 isy Temiscottalit. At a matter of feet, the Irete Militias were doing better for their 'Aachers than old eountiea like Berthiet, VAaeomption ales .eihise dissertate stemonol Agesieteeet