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VOL VI. NO, '31:
CLINTON', HURON COUNTY, ON., WEDNESDAY JULY 9, 1884.
WHOLE NO, 294
PRESS 0214.VIONS.
Owing to the scarcity aod high
price of beef cattle in tide county. it
is reported that the Senile Initehars
have been compelled to got Chicsoo
dreesed beef; and that one of our
„butchers lia.s already fouled it con-
venient to supply Ins customers from
this source. -Canadians
From a number ef inquiries The
Journal a Commeree learns that
there appear a to be a grOWing
picion o and dislike to the credit
systei . among a considerable por.
ties of the community, and that
those who are in a position to avail
themselyes of cesh purchaees do eo.
Hence the increueing business of
these stores 0101 pay cash for
count' y produce, and receive cash
in return for the goods they :tell.
Mouton Times :-Another statta
ment-that French. Canadiane are
flocking into the States at the rate
of 2,500 per week. -is equally silly.
2,50Q a week weulti 4.17,000
year, or 1,750,000 in ten yeara-,-
more than equal to the entire popu-
laden of the province, with the
• natural ecrease by births thrown
im!- Yet agitelect ..has agone._ ens*
creasing popelation at almost as
.rapid a, rate as theother. provinces.
The News -Record, Hamilton Spectator :-The Times
.'• o• . Clinton. 010 has lately been publishing articles
• De'eember, 1882.
eYSINESSDIREOTORY
gettitotrw.
EDWIN KEEFER
Late of Toronto, floor Graduate Royal College
. . ef Dental -Surgeons.?
Coats's Blook, OlintOn. •
All WorkItiiglstered. , Charges Ifoderate.
Go &&&&&
11.
Wedital.
Da. IttlitVtl. maw, rtettentery 'street, im.
- nesteolgea'g'4.1Ltirige'lrolttialg°:erad.':irLiiik, Ruron
. strest. oaks hours from 8 ILA: to.e 01.: •
. oiraon, Jae. 14, tut.. Isa •
•MANNING I& SCOTT,
.Garristers, Solieltors, Conveyaneers, Sto ..Com-
. nilstIonfirs or. Gntarlontid Manitoba. • ' •
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ear PtflOO—.1.0:lITS. HALL, tataartassa
Clinton, lilny 17i1,, 1882: 9,6
D. A. FORBESTBB,
pool es; tat ao an, Kb, SIT It AXON, a:
'61 ali..V?ItA t AGRA Pff" .11odey to Logn.
. Office, Beaver -Block, Clintona ...V22tf
CIEAGEtt & MOILT01.1, 110;rriste1s,..1.0.06 ;Cod
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.4jIi unl Wingluini.soaps, Jr., tioderielL
A. Murton, Winglaitm. ' 1-1Yi '
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RIA AMON:3 JOUNSTO:1; Law C,nialialr,31.11(1
West: Street, next
• dyer .to Post Oilled,•Goderieli, Ont. 57. ..
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1) C. TIAYS, Solicitor, ...fit,. Mee, cornor ot
Square:and West street, oseraetteesseaas
store. ototterreaaoot. •••- • M. •
sr atelier tfi lend, at lowestrates of totarest.'
dAMPI014, Attsoney, Solieitor 111
114 Chancery; Conveyancer,. aid; Office.over'
•
Jordares limp,. Store; the rooms formerly Ewen.
• Vied to Judge -moss.
ttar Afiy ainotint:of moneY- to,loan lowett
• rates of lutenist. •1.4y.
calculated to make people believe
that 'real estate in Hamilton has
lately fallen off in value about 30
or 40 per cent. .1t does not say so
but it bunts up a few cases of pro-
perty sold at lower prices than its;
wners set upon it, and display
these in . such a manner that people
aloroadhelieve, Hamilton to be de-
caying So far as the, influence of
the I'lmes goes that sore of thing
injutds the city, Of course, the in-
jury of the oity is what the Grits in
the Reform party deeire.
Every season, in the pleasantJune
weather, the delegates to ecolesiasa
. .
tical gatherings swoop down on some
one placte•or other. These delegates
are mighty host, and to many
households are More terrible then)
en army with lottithers.s One of the
delegates at the Niagara conference
'voiced the feelings ,of his associates
en this qeestion , when he said.
"delegates wished to feel that tit: y
were perfectly .welcarie when they
entereal a home; but as things are
now managed under the billetipg
system they are not often elite of
this," The billeting •system also
frequently imposes:on •bouswives an
:takeout cif extra work for. which
•they have not the physical stamina.
.-St. Cat herines .Tottioica.
Autioutering:
s H. W BALL,.
A :tante:vim ,for Gurnn County. Sales
..tAt tfilidett to In anY pars of GM Coituty,
dress. OrilciS to •Goetuticirt': O. V-17. •
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. Thea-"Parsion in. politics" has dom.
moidtabeen sneered at as a qslt •opt
of Water, thoUgh It is cliffieult to see
..why. • An educated Chrietion. is. a.
desirable unit in•eny political 'body,
however bad. to politician he maybe..
Christianity and the -partizan., spirit
st,hi1ji dubs oppouents, asauelo
mendacioue. and • dishonest. centioe
'dwell together; there .can be no • he'a'
itatioto emopoiit 'good .citizens
must "O." And .se wis a., healthy
sign that the niipistry is. awakening
.itathe mite of party politicsa-•which,
it was yery truly said et the recent,
presbytetiati. Assembly, ..art'ilestrika.
'lug. at. the. root Of 'our . young . ma.
tion." • Isit't . one moment. teo•.stion
have' 'ethical teachers made public
protest against. this crying evil.
Igo 'goad work, no noble purpose,
can be attained at the expense of
truth and honour; no pure minded
man is forced to attribute base
motives to all Who think differently
from him; no true.patriet -will put
party before. alte welfare of .the
state, Or even justify the useof
questionable; means to aitaiii what.
may Seem .a good end. Justice
•twist be done, though 'the -leavens
• .ClIAS. •
A ouriosteen; land, ioie. Mid insitrimui agent
Myth. Sales attended in towiridid country.,
10 yeasonalile terms. .A list of farms ad village •
tots fur sale. Money to' loan menial estate, at
low rates of interest. 110011'am:0 effected ed tOl
atttset-. of. &Overby. Notes 1.11d debts collected.
oessotteeratses, arm Has >11 emanersion. name
samtateekasatem tem sae.
Myth. Dec..16, 1880 •
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Teterifturg;
J. E.. BLACKALL.,.
Veterinary Surgeon,.
Graduate of the Ontario IrcierinarY College, To.
ronto,Amvillit opened an ollice Clinton, is
prepared to trett all diseases of tioniiistic
animals on the most modern prin.
• eiples. All operations carefully. .
. • • performed, mid ealls prompt..
ly attended to hv thiyi or '
• masa Pees inoderabe.
°valeta -18t door West. of Ken-
, .
fietly'S Hotel., Clinton, Ont. y-17-,
NsTittlm
the Boston coeserystorr of 1110kliO, will t11.10
**linked n.uuttbor of perils oti the organ bp piano.
Itattletilar attention given to those who •wisli to
roWinilliett prtlifflitrstyle f -ployint4. at' rest.
deacon( to. e, DtvI8,fl0i4Z the ert..e.ea eat...tom • 88
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�LiNTO
Life Size Portraits a Specialty,
eraito,
L 0, L No. 710,
• CIL.X1V TON',
Meets eneonn inotreAv of every
month. Hall unstairo, opposite
the Town Hall. Visiting brethren
1St
0 alwaya'niatle weleo '
• A. An, W. M.
r. A NTELON, &rev. 0, ny, J.
sr.
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Vaoonte.
• /1C.INTON Lodge, No. 84,
kj tarots every PrIday, on or atter •the full
moon, VlettinK•bretliron eordially invited.
j 1180atIl1ttTI8t, W. 1 to V08TUN5,..8sc.
Clinton, Jan, 14, 1881. 1.1
TO 1011,011ANTS:
HOW tc) Sell Goods
TALK TO
ORM, THE GREAT CLOTHIER, AND DRY -GOODS DIAN:
aNable souls ,
Still find the base tabu:ain't; and tins good
s full of glory," '
It is itnpOssible to dispute the truth
of the • overture presented to 'the
• Assembly "13y engendering and
fostering spirit of strife and bit-
terness in connection with political
issues it set ionsly disturbs the exer-
cise of the love and good will that
• ought t� prevail in a•Alliristian
land."• Our public •priots are daily
• witnesses to the justice of this state
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moot Without the .exetise of the
man who, in die heatei a discuseion,
• expresses himselftoo strongly, tlalse
'would bo•guidmcdirtiotiliesitato
attribute the basest' of motives,
couched in the language of the pot,
Ithitee'S th MeV afp6fi On fa'
That the creatures of either party
are occasionally guilty of practices
• which deserve hearty condemnation
is one of the inevitable results of
the extremity to which partizanship
lota degraded polities. 'Until an
era of public morality is inaugurats
ed, the beat men of the nation will
naterally refusal?) take part or par-
cel in its councils, and unecrupuloua
bidders for place and power will Con-
tinue to engage vile tools to do their.
dirty %yolk. • This ja not an evil
iliftrbelongs exclusively to one party:
lint it is unreasonable to auppose that
eeetion of the community- which calls
itself Tory --though heaved knows
why -hi ewayed by baser moral
motives than those who are for some
oecult reason known as Liberels.
Neither party efirl hope to do cl•edit
to itself until it la prepared to .do
jnatice to its opponents, and though
14r. ;McDonnell shoWed in his open.
lug remarks to the „Assembly that
ho is not so free .litt he supposes
from the reproach a partizanship,
be struck the right cord/ when he
seid : "They wanted to see a pat.
riotic spirit, one which looked to
the interests of the country, and not
simply to the interests of party, a
charitable spirit, whiell he supposed
meant a Spirit that would permit a
Man to be decently fair in • lie esti.
mate of what his Opponent atiitl, and
not elinoat invariably colour ancl
misrepresent him whatever side be
TM?.
toe
4
articular !
AND THE REASON IS NOT FAR TO SEEKT!
BY
GOODS is the Ininet in Ike Conn
10E8 ONE
THIRD
THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN CANADA,
And as
Very
ssorted
ranch.
• Biing along your Butter and Eggs !,
BOTH TAKEN AS CASH' .
Highest Price Pai
many Goods of same quality given for $2 by us
as can be bought from anybody else for
RETIRING FROM BUSINESS THIS YEAR IS THE REASON WHY.
JOHN
ORA!
Ilimexat1011 and indePelidellee
ARCHDEACON DIXON Ht./OUNCE:8 THN
CARTWRIGHT CRAZE F110H 1,110
1,0141PIT,
In accordauce with the request of
the U. E. Loyalist committee -there
was a, church parade of the artillery
brigade when in camp at tielpla and
about 150 marched to St. George's
church -on Sunday, at 13 a. m. The
church was crowded, but abundant
space was reserved for the troops.
After the usual prayers, ,Arch-
deacon Dixon preaehed from Dent.
xxxii., 7,: "Remember the days
of old, consider the years of many
generations, ask thy father and He
will showthee thy elders. and they will
tell thee." Having described the inoi
dents connected with the text, the
preacher guyea description of the eco -
06 of the U. E Loyalists, As Moses
and Aaron weet forth with the Israel-
ites so clergy of the Englieh church• ;
who ceidd not frame their lips to
utter prayers for any ruler save
"their Sovereign Lord King George,"
aza-ve-up- their -Ironies -and -went forth:
with the people" into the wilderness,
foldarfOL
• suetaind by the chivalrous idea of
living and dying undet the Rea
Cross of England. Having dwelt
On the,reverent line we should cher-
ish for these gallant spirits -,for the
true glory' of a country rests not on
its trade and opulence, but on the
nobility of Spirit that actuates its.
Payout))
pro ::joAtelel.thier all ye people,. and give
ear all ye famish of the world,
llop 'bitters will inallo yo tv won anti
It obeli cure all the people anti
put sicknees and suffering noder foot,
farialilyBlee tahic°1k1:aoir ‘ysio'st.11iiiiavwe4eBnritrli5ittl':
illoseatei or Liver Complaint, for liop
Bitters will core you.
4. 0
pQ0r 401,4j wand,til4oevaiobige. aht,evrleilbittsoriotill.
for bilious, nervous and khvematio ,
1. Clestme me with /fop Bitten,
and / shall ixaverobust and hloominupon diseeee and
6. MW disease
let the worst come,/ am safe if k
Hop .nitk
aWt year7rt, ell.,lfireakogi oet wilF1 aanstli lecoi trr:eosjd::aViya notiTolituetl.'
8. He that keepetik hia bone*
from netting froat Itheurnatistrx and
Neuralgia, with; Hop Bitters, sloatla
vrplie9Bes,,IYfT•rebc°1111gehaaStirlturhbefutAltru,soerrYesstIPPetl..
blood poisoning, yet Hop Bitters voill
remov43 them all.
an140,14014•Vharrtolonstrmaire tchoernrep, ifattienhtlaa,
who desfreth not health and mai
Ilop Bitters and is made well.
11. Let not neglect to use Ifoo
Bitters bring on serioua Kidnea and
Liver complaints.
12. ;Ceeto thy tongue from being
furred, thy blood pure, and thy
• stomach from indigestion by using
Hop Bitters.
• 13. All my pains and aches and
disease go like the MIA" before the
wind when 1 use Hop Bitters,
14. Mark the matt who teas 71 arty
dead and given op by the doctors
lawfetlelr. using Hop Bitters and beet:meth
nu
urinary trouble,essfogeneral1:IIopd teYr's
15. Cease from worry.ing29a2147
restore you.
,
ionabitants. But, be said, we can:
pot close our eyes to theafact that
there are some among • us so loat to
the feelings of loyalty and clevotioth-
' that characterized the UnIted Em-
pite men of old, • that, like Issachar,
are crouching. between two
burdens, indipenderice 'end ennex-
ation, and who. would choose -the
Mean libnot and contempttions
• ing of bowing to either yoke, seeing
the rest' is good,and.the land plea's.
ant, e,nd to enjoy the supposed gain
and a fancied exemption from a pos.,
sible troulle, they would .erase the
lion from our loyalbanner--desert-
ing the standard oi Judah, the lion's
vilielp and the 'blessing of the sceptre,
and the hand on the neek of his en..
Bub God forbid that the
land of our birth or of our fore-
fathers' gravea should be taro from.
our Memories .through the sordid
meanness of a craven' fear or a rest --
•less !desire for change: „Independ-
ence is the craze of, some, and one
public mari at least has insulted the•
graves of hi a forefathers by its 'ad-
vocacy. 1. cannot fipa language
to express the contempt With which.
such an idea E hould be received.
What does it really mean 1 -the in-
dependence Of it child: But let. 118
lookat it frcim. the :low pktne ,of
materialistic. expediency. It is dif-
- ficalt enough to protect ..our rights,
backed by the:might and • power of
Eugland, -. but Wet should have no
right whatever if the idiotic' dream
, of independence were tealized..ThOS
we have as or heritage the most
aaluable fisheries: lo the wOrld, but
hew would our rights be respected if
they Opposed any obstacles to. the
rapacious demands of our neighk,orid
Tyro.. r biro. nionhers on the banks
would etfeatually decide our 'claims.
we have in course o( erection one 'of
the most •magnitident, railroal.enteta
prises:the world ever sawate bind
the Maritime Provinces to the Paa
Suppose. the real. autocrats
and governors Of the Republic, the
great railroad niillionaires, decided
that their twin roads required . all
• the future Pacific iraffic,l how lopg
would out rights be 'permitted to
stand in their way? Backed by:
.Eitgland's naval and military forces,
the invasion' of Our country by Veto
ian pirates • in 1866 was connived at
•to'catch, the 'Irish vote, Make tat
"Independent," amt. if we did not
low. downas aleyee, giVing Up Mir
• tighte of s.elf-governMent when tits.
mended to suitathe exigencies mares-
quit:talents of our neigatbdrs; we
• should .soon have o,ur imbecility
forcibly. impressed upon us. .1. need •
not dwell on the taxation that would
be required to keep up .e.yen, a' petty
navy and a little army and en lit.
depenaent government,. tied .rninis-
kers to transact, our diplornaey which
would only be regarded with coil-
temptuoue indifference by our neigh-
bors, so long GS it did not Militate in
"iaraegreli-
'Before we cliSCIMIR indePendence we
should ,be :strqug enough to walk'
alone and stand alone, and be able
to do something atom than than ear -
Vire through the toleration of ad
jacent powers. At the close the'
preacher made an earnest appeal to
all to cherialt tho good heritage of.
the noble deeds of their ancestry, te
remember the days of old.. .
• TILE WEEK'S DOINGS
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CANADIAN:
• Arkona Ont., had a$20,000 fire.
• Twenty.five miners were killed in
a British•Columbia opal mine.
Mr., A. G. Hodge, of Toronto,
wee -elected President of the N. A.
Caledonian. Associatioe.
Bush fires prevail along the'
Mississippi and other tributaries of
the Ottawa. It its Said, that an area
of land 14 miles long and 3 miles
'wide has been burned over.
'tie 'anticipated that the 'STOAT -
West will export 4,000,000buehels
et wheat at least by the Q. P.
should frost net blight the fields,
which is imprebitble, as tio farmers
are said to have got the seed in three
weeks earlier than unto!.
The 77th and 12th battalious that
put in annual drill at Toronto nearly
came to an earnest sot to on thelest
day. The 77th boys wanted to "fiek"
the 12th boys, and the guard had to
°beige open' the kickers with fixed
bayonets beftre they would go to
their tents.
Nowe has reached Canada of tgo.
death of Lieut E. F. Simpson, of the
Thirteenth Hussars, a young, gallant
and promising officer who was liter.
ally butchered at Herber, May' 29.
The deceased was it brother of A, G.
'Simpson, manager of the gad End
Molson's bank in St. Thomas,
• The annual statement of the
13atik Of Commerce is considered
ni every respect satisfactory. The
neb profits, eleven per cent in an
admitted twelve in on ths of depression,
when no bank escaped losses, are
• coneidered a good criterion of the
judgmonetlisplayed by the manage.
ment
tures in the United States is that
there are 350,000 esteblisbuients
employing 6,000,000 hands aod$4,-
500,000,000 in capital, and with an
annual product worth $8,000,000,-
000; which itt $2,000,000,000 more
than that Of Great, Britain. .
Tli'e House committee on Foreign
Affairs has 'agreed to report the res-
olution expressing the Hentiment of
the House as favorable to the nego-
tiatioo of a reciprocity treaty be-
tween the 'United States and can, -
oda. ,
Clara. .Vromato • the young lady
who o.ocidentally swallowed it piece
of cheWing olunt while attending
school at Logalisport;' Ind., a triotith"
or -ac) ago, died from the effPcts at
her houth in Kokomo one 'day last
week. The gom lodged in her
stornach causing inflammation. Olte
died in great agony,
In Louisiana Legislature the
memorial of J. Madison Wells was
filed asking the impeachment of
1.)i4triet Judge, W. T. Blackburn, of
Rapid Parish, cliargitig, him with
burglary, ballot box stuffing, pack-
ing a grand jury in fayor of his
brother vi.1%wits charged with rape,
lynching Young °ea other crimes.
It lies over,
President Arthur has veteed the
• General. Pitaohn Porter Bill, and
• the Howie has passed it over his
veto. This removes the stigma of
cowardice• which has been hanging
over the General for years.
The best eatimate upon manufac4
imxsn-roiurm,
Mr. Laboueltere's :minden of the
Franchise till diffality is to create
a sufficient number of Liberal Peers
to overcome the adverse majority.
Influential IrisloAtnericans have
urged Parnell to issuo an address CO
theIrish votera in Almeria& requesting
them to Ruppert' Maine in the
presidential contest in the hope that
big eleetion may result, in fomenting
difficul tide between Brigland aud the
United Stabs, Parnell has as yet de.
elined to accede to any request of
Ibis nature.
Orictio Cdebratiotio
rily 1st, The Ortingenin
Newry eelebtated the Anniversary of
the battle of Boyne Hills., 13onf1res
were lighted in Valenti parts
prooession,. preceded by • bands,
marched through the streets carry-
ing an effigy marked through -"The
traitor Lundy." wh nth 'was afterward'
,
hurtled, The policedisperiad a crowd
of nationalists which was stoniag
the procession.
•
• Snbnterged Sleepers.
SLEEPING CARS CONTAINING FORTY
PASSENGESS PLUNGED INTO A RIVER
• -L.-AUT NOT A SINGLE LIrE SACRI-
VICE%
IA railroad diaaater of ia tl tilling
and remarkable ottaracter occuriInii
Alit 'Virgin a '11 idland Ratiftotir near
Lynehbuitt, Va , last week, The
Witaltington and New york sleep-
ing cars were precipitated fron'i a
bridge into the James River, and
yet strange to relate not a abigle
life was lost. The eecape of forty
or Mote 'persons from death Was
altnost miraculous, and the scenes
while tlte rescue was being effected •
from the submerged Cara was excit•
ing'beyond description. The train
was the itiorning express to which
the through sleepers Loin New
York and Washington had been at-,
tached and loth 'were well filled
with passengers. Hien, women and.
children. All went well until
reaching a point about two inilea
north of Lynchburg, where there itt
it heavy down grade. 'Phe enginocr
fountl that the epeed of the train was
,repidly. increasing, though be had
shut off steam and applied the air
brakes. To his surprise there was
no perceptible diminishment of the
train's motion, and it at Moo became
apparent that through some defect
in the brakes, they were not operat-:
ing, The speed of the train increased
with eaelt revolotioe Of the wheels,
and during the r1111 to the river, tt
dikeston of uperly two milesthe
train swept along at the rate of more
than a mile it minute. Home. of the
passengers were alarmed, hut none
were prepared for thethnilling epi -
Sod(' which- wee soon to follow.
Upon reaching the bridge the engine,
tender, and baggage ear kept the
track, but the smoker 'swayed so that
it struck the girdera, throwieg it
front the Mack and- eattsing the care
following to do the, saute. The
trucks of the smoking car tore the
sleepers away for a distance of more
than 100 feet, and when the heavy
sleepers reached the place the
strength wan insufficient for their
support and theywont crashing
through into the river. The water
into which the cars Plungedwas ten
feet 'deep, and the terrified passen-
gers were orcou es° imprisoned like
,40flf4...ill a Paullflt [hp -stifled
screams for aid as the water roae
around them voe.iatiful in the ex.
.tretpea -but there •- Wee apparently -
little room to hope for their reicue.
Conductor William Ring was
and
ttwhro°wrnibsfrborno' aPlen,baut ft°r1t1izhig htaltde
peril of the passengers lie went
promptly and heroically to their aid.
Procuring an axe, and with one or
tWe other persons be swain to the.
submerged cars and smashed in the
ventilators at the top of the cars.
By this time the water bad reached
that point and the struggling pas-
sengers were clinging to upper,
berths and the bell ropes to keep
from drowning. The screams of the
women and children wereitirhe(itrovt,reittledd-
ing, One by one the htt
pessengera weed drawn through the
opening and helped ashore until
all were gotten out aafelv
Among tile many thrilling incid.
olltS Was that experieneed while res.
• aning the cltild of Mrs, j. S. Pardee.
The terrified woman, while in AG up%
par berth, Whidi Was fast being
flecaled With water, omitted her two
months' old baby through a window
and held it there untilat was regaled,
alt uninithibtl of her own danger.
The itereic woman was then rescued
herself,
All the resale() pagge)tgOrS were
brought to the city and were being
awed for at the hotele. Old rai1• .
rad men :say this escape was elle Of
• the most remarkable that hat ever
been reeorded in the history of rail.
road disasters. All trains will be
Tlelayed for two days,
Cireunvittinees• Alter Cases
The, LendOn Advertiser says• :-
Might we ask the 'News why it is
so very anxisius to have S Mn: Blake
declare lainielf in favor df the jai.
mediate independence of Canada?
Why does it not ask Sir Soho Macs
donald to do sof Is it becauee the
Neum has gleater expectations of Mr.
Blake than of Sir John 1 • s
• By way of reply,. let us tell a
little story.
"AO deo," said a newly married
wife te bersbasbaed,i ,4!liew is it that
you hay° become So different ju
your behavier since 'our mertiagei
Yoe usetiatcipay me -far Incire atteitt,
ion and ' try 16 anticipate my
every wish. But now you have
grown careless and indifferent."
• 'My loye," responded the husband,
"Did you ever See a man run to
catch it carl"
"What a foolish question," said
the lady, "of course 1 have.
"Well did he keep on running
After he bad caueht 11 1"
Sir John has caught the car. Ile
is settled down ciiinfortably in office,
Mr. Blake is atill nitthe run. '
• Fatale the standpoint of the prac-
tical politiciaO ,thereis no reason
why Sir John should take up Ins.
dependence. He has achieved his
object without it. His career ie SO
steady run that he Could not hope to.
educffite his party up to it in time to
achieve the glory of having Mom.
plished its
• tut Mr. Blake has every ineem
tiVe tO take up the question. He
needs it policy. HO ought to feel
the rieceaaity, of vindicating hia rep.
talion for boldness and backbone.
Being out of Offide without any
immediate prospect a kttainiog it,
• he has nothing to 10Se and every• .
thing to gain by the adVecitey of In.
dependence,
That is Why we hate Appealed to
Mr. Rialto rather Om to it John.
/1 Sir John were twenty years
younger, and out of office, WO WORM
ledto bitily and probably nett itt
rein. But oiroumstances Alter oases.
Toronto *Votes,
, .
• Our Wool Sopplies.
So much has been said • of late,
rtra
need of protecting then,, or other,
wise, both in the 'United States and
Canada, that some fact:: in regard •
to the sources of wool eupply may
be of general interest. A • large
American woolten manufacturer has
been recently lecturing in Boston,
'and among, Other things he said
"Those partsof the world which
grow wool in excese of constnops
tion are few. Europe has 66 sheep
'to eyery• 100 Inhabitants, the Units
ed Statee• 76, and Canada 77;
None of these coentries supply their
own needs. Where, then; does the .
weed' coMe front.? • It ,comes first
from South Africa, Which has 980
sheep to every 100 inhabitattia,
second ,frenn Australia salient rLhei4s -
• is an average of 2,402 sheep
eCery 100 i1511:0.n
bitants,- and, thirdly
'front the 'region of the :Bayer Plate,
wbicli 2
The great agricultural interests Of
the last ntentioned countries consist
insheep growing and wool raising
In Canada such lines of industry
have-not 'usually been found profit-
able, compared to nosily •other
branches of agriculture• . • '
According to the. offia1 Trade
Returns of lest year there was int- •
ported during the year into Canada,
pounds of weol 'valued
:for .home consumption,09,8820,30,6841,3,
,108. This was of . the free of duty ,
clasi, being fine; wools stich as
are but little grown 'in Canada,
Besides that there was imported of
WOOrs, StIeli as 'the Leicester and -
combing wools, generally -produced ,
here and payitig an import duty of
three ceots 'per pound; 17;687'
pounds valued. pa,$7,081,„,, • The total' •
amount of wcjhb impottations' ac-
cording to the above figures was
nearly five thousand tons, Valued at
over two million aollere, •
' During the year there were im.
ported into the DOminion of woollen
• goods, of *.cloths, •,carpeterallannela
told the like, 10,229,158 pounds, •
yeltted by ths -ithportera at about
that nany dollars, or in exact fig- .
Ides tit $10,202,901.
• Durbin' the saute year there was .
exported 01 wool of Canadian pro- •
auction, to the extent of 1,375,572
peunds, the estimated value of.
which was $280,550, anti of "wools,
lens" -the total value of the export! .
is pat down dt b_utL$31,296. •
It Will be seen by comparings the
-above iiguree that though Canada
has the reputation of being one, of
the finest sheep growing' countries
in. tho • world it is still very largel• v
depetidentIon other countrtesofor Ilil
Wool supplies, and for ite mandato.
tured woollen goods. a Theae figeres
ought to furnish good Sobjects for
the careful. Consideration, of those
who advocate home produotion. to
thCfullest practicable extent.
Physiologietqs Curiosities.
, We speak • of tattoo persons as
tender.heartAkI; but as a matter of
fact, • every tom la...literally, very
hardhearted, the heart being a very
tough muscle, HO insensihie that moo
would not' feel it if it coati bo
aeizecl and hold in tho grasp of a
giant. The heart, is no more the
seat of our affeetions than is the
stotnach or liver.
It Causes 10 usort) , pain to cut a
nerve, or the brain, than tis pare
one's nails, Largo portions of the
brain may be lost without any iro.
pairetent of the intellect,
An entire hone rosy be removed,
and, provided the periosteum (the
membrane which cover (t) is re.
tained, tho bone will grow again, as
good as before,
•• ,
• A now neNe may be reoonseructed
with a flap talreu from some other
• part Of the body,
A person dying front loss of blorol
• ratty be restored by injecting blood
front Another rerbon'a htidys,
• •
Pious points.
.,
Johnny Bird, a jobbing gardener,
weal day -at :Avow . at: Buncle afar aka .-.. sassasso saa.,
house gardett, avlion the itev.
wirisl1 Minister, Wile had been
visiting ,at the ;homes Stepped'inre-
•
the garden beside hint, and, wishing
to improve the occasion, reroarkail
that he, never saw weeds growing
hut he Was forcibly reminded of sin, •
"Oh, I mak) ma wonder," replied
Johnny, "But ye see, sir, if they
werena there I would Liao precious •
little ta dee; and as for you, had it ;
tio.been foe sin you wouldna have
been needed ave." •
Auld Robin Pringleof Kilwin.
ning-a droll charactera-havitig Lao
:tented lain:self from the kirk, Dr,
Campbell, who enjoyed an occasiottal
"crack" with "Robin," called Sonia
time afterwards and expressed Ilia
surmise at Ida continued abactme
from "holy ordinances." The dna.
tor said --"You know, Robert, that
1 raise ia to form part of the employ''.
ment of the church ahoy°, awl yo's
ought to rejoice- in our Unproven
psalmody am 1108151101041 noble end."
Robert replied- "101proved tnnt.
sAnse, doctor; nono 0' our &whom
sang thee turtee, klitl if ye wial mart,
role 0' them yonner (pointing hie,
wards), man, doctor, the godly coVo
entioters wad a' tin 001."
• When 1t the first banking trait"
section mentioned in the bible 1
When Moses gave a cheek te ?bar..
milt en the bank of the lled Sea,
Ntlthe the two noblemen firat Meo.
tioned the Parion rig
Tree end Lord Presetve Velnit
the sttaigheat mon itt the Bible
Joseph, bemuse rharoah, Made
ruler of him,