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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1889-02-15, Page 4• &Ole - - ._.. Harriston,- �.. • Welliil lou Te last twenty-five years probably. not BarvA A, Loc4twood, the "WOrnatt's 10 uanrian.• ir tr schuss' dSent.) ti0a, On Tl slay and Friday of Lust. » H more. than half it ani ion students .ave t; week the. trains on the. 0 I. It, were :used out a our schools. wititit good .pees}dental election lecteredin Niagara On Thursday and l+riday the 7th dela ed b the. mow .rrifts.---hiss M, p g ugha t • there being recent) on "itt Mt�rriege aFitilare? and 8th Inst,, the . North Welliugtoia Catupbcltykthe mt' c.f S• S IC' o' 9 I , kerhaps ae of E ,l 1.-, Teaehers' convention was held here 0 I ClI t was vtab. fro. a. perhaps trillion more with a stnatte She n initnised the evils of theand was well attended by the teachers Glenaunriu on Suturc1fy,--•Mrs. Me- pIngi4 4 j ( ll}� RtYltka candidate in the recent tee our FRIDAY, FZB. 10, • 1889. DtTlf'FF.,RIel IN INDIA. No British representative in Canada raver won. the affeetiona or good will of the,Qanadian people to, perhaps: even as great an extent as did Lord utfer' in. His. dipinwatie shrewdness, his cautiousness, his wide acquaintance 'WLth.pttblio affairs, his thrilling eloqu- enceehis• geniality ofdisposition all combined to render him an especial favor Ito with Cavi dian people, His opinion carries weight and his utterances are full of interest wherever expressed. A recent address on the extent, re- sources, development, government social oonditio.is and prospective future' of India is worthy of notice.. We submit .a few facts gleaned therefrom : India is au Empire equal in size, if Russia be excluded, to the entire Gin tinent of Europe, with a population of 240,000,00 seals,, composed of a lar>e number of distinct nationalities, pro- fessing various religions, practising divers rites and speaking different languages. The census report says there aro 106 different Indian tongues, not dialects. The most patent peoul- iarity of our Indian gismos is its ttiv'ision into two rnighty political communities—the Hindoos, number- ing 290,000,000 aud the ?Lahommed. ens 60,f100,000, whose distinctive characteristics, religions, social and ethnological, it is unnecessary to mention. Among thein are found,. all the various stages iaf-oivilisa tion tbrough : which mankind bas passed from prehstoricages to the salary and the balance ,for maintenance present time. At one end of ing. Consequently it may be, said that of a population of 200,000,000 only a very few thousand cn.ty be considered to possess an adequate qualification for taking, ,an intelligent American lattity, in the matter o from their respective .sections, '.tae Kinney and children left forher home divorce, and considered that though I t�reside.nt, :41 r, j, A, Gray, of Green- i