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THD LEADING NEWSPAPER OF HURON COUNTY.
FORT Y-4EVEl;T11 YEA- R.-2508
GODEKICH, ONTARIO, CANADA. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1895.
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D. lloGILLICUDDY, EDITOR.
HAS THE NATIONAL POLICY MADE YOU RICH? IF NOT, WHY NST?
THE DOINUS AT OTTAWA
Whitt is Clothe On et the Capital r
Imes. Farther Parilrwlae' about d•e.er'.
.rbeesl.s ler the York \•esleaIlea-
T e 'fort se Nl It 1 p Wady
mad Orem. wait Node.
Ties *Iss•t C0rrespeadeaoe
OTTAWA, March ; t i. Sonia of
my triends who hare read the mow of
" How Footer made himself solid u fork "
..d hu deal with the Fredericton & St
Marr'. Bridle Company accuse true of trytsg
to lights, his crone by /madam srt•to
that mak• hs motion • • .r even
facts pe more
dloreputable than we bate seen them.
To the 'horse 1 plead milt!, but there are
exuousung otreumet.ocee. 1 hod regard
for Easter's physical condition 1 t.hougbt
the single shot 1 tired capable of dom. the
work tor the present f.ir it :a his poliuc.l
and int his earthly ..mer we aim to de -
g irth.
Tyr Minister of Ramos kms homsel( ad-
mitted that bo is imbject te " mumeots of
*nehmen' and while 1SNOW ha coral con
dittos was capable of stands( many shocks
I had fear as to his physical ooudtuoo I
might he held r.apousible for serious ow
ae.Ioasoes If 1 did net administer his midi
came IS homeopathic doses.
He has new bed teas to digest the first,
so we will rows him •nether.
The $300,000 loan to which I referred is
my last ismer r by so mew the osiy •td
tae Fredericton t St. Mary's Katlw.y
Bridge Co. has rowed from the .evere-
meat We lied soother item of $.30,000,the
particulars of which y..0 wall tied on page
k' of tho last public meows.
The soeount so far steads *300.0001...;
or -,1100 interest ea de.•ul : 130.000 paid
outrwht to rho eempany se • loan by Mr.
Foster In 1889.
rot what r Use Frdodrwtoa k St Mary.
Railway Company tete which we
lied so muth yew stoney dropped' Don't
look surprised et what i am paw to tell
you. The property of the celebrated rem
pray eeteuts of a railway tura and one-tenth
mdene : • bridge scree the Si. .lobes
Riversome rolling stock. The winds
oo.cu., realms stock sod all, only oast
$419.586 se sewn Fy the amt report of the
Maoists of Railways, cage 439. This re
the company the (icemen's'!, has been ad-
•ancasg $.390,000 of your nosey ucludug ft
interest Loom $300.000; bo... 530,000: se
cumulated stores it60,000 which will be
172.000 an .Ian next. Yes, $390,000 of your
mosey advanced and given on a aetunty
whose ongt•al Dost was osly $419,586.
Itus is oddities to the mosey pulled u
Irem Mr. Foster the mummy bats raised
an addtuotal sum of *50,000 by boodleg
them bridge and railway. The trsu.ecuon
show• 'bat, taken the ted given nut of your
pockets. uelediog interest, and the •meant
raved on the both issue. the company has
Milt the bodge and railway, purohs.d
✓ olhn, stock and Ind • surplus of *20.414 I.
their rote without puttas their hand• an
their owe pocket for a dollar of their own
money.
1 think I've made the story clear enough.
What 1 wish to improve anon you s1. facto
reatitW to the um that as belag male of
your mosey whack' ts. Government tells you
as taken out of your money for revenue pur-
passe oily. What rot in face of the evi-
dence before us ' Was 1154.reevy's haul for
revenue purpose*: Curran Itridn total • id
a more of other raids am the treasury that
.re recorded ora the arils of i'srhansut'
1 as, they were for revenue purposes but
not to the advantage of the State, but to the
profit of the Go.erament and its pet
friends
1s 1878 taxes fns revenue purposes was I v
$17.841,938 ; in 1893 it was 'Berthed le a
$29.321.367, as loan they told you whet '
you were paying your taxes tett the
.mount was required der revenue purposes
Foster."' dicker with the Fredericton and
` to Mary's Railway Bridge Co. bas given
Mu • little insight into whet the Genre -
meet's idea is of Mistime for revenue our -
mad Maw* yen. farms ea similar ues-
ailaon&
But you have so vote u f ork.
COST OF RIDEAU HALL(
What Mormon sal Per 1 ne Wept big■rag
ea Ottawa.
Attentio. has frequently been balled
u the oilstone of The Canada Farm
fru' San to the groaner/ extravagance of •d-
muetrataos and lertel•tt . at Ottawa sad
the seed of strangest meow. of anatomy
to lighten the border's thus imputed oe the
taxpayers. To a,..•oo.plab thus object is is
fact one of the moon remoras fur existence of
the 1'atrous of ludustry repre...taug the
people who •uetaia tM Ind and support by
their toil the privdeg.d othcial stases
Partyism and the system of rowardur ,..l-
ar workers awl thank end -this adherence
to the Government won oomfortable berths
at theblacex •
pr posse a respaabla for muco
or the ..it lint apart from ileo there is an•
ether cause why the industry .f themoony
u so heavily mere sighted with u.aioten-
awch of useless, superfluous or overpaid of-
ficials.
The (.overoor /:worst cost the taxpayJer,
of /:•nada for toe feaacial year coding Jess
30, 1893, )set $98,070. His otbcal 'Wary
fixed by the 13rotrh Nertk America set and
therefore blond the eostrol of l'ariiaateat,
e $48,6h6 In •dditaea to this, the maaie-
tsa•am of Rides. Hall, his official re•tderace
IS $25,000 ; $15,238 being spent to •'re-
purs, lanituro, etc.: an atom which occurs
with unfailing regularity every year sone
tames greater, soaetlmes lees The official
pertain sod balls given darasg the smstoo
appear to :avoir• ooasiderw►.• wear s.d
tear of furniture, and ea the Incoming 01 a
new oocopant of course • complete new out•
at r aeos's•ry. One curious circumstance
in this 0.00ecuo0 is that so far as the
Public Aomunte are oot:oorned there
sever any tram of what booea.r of the old
furniture. It mast sorely be worth we -
this' No doubt at forts a very eub•
stiatisl perquisite for some of les lordship's
sustaioen. The bwlanoe of the sccoust for
mantawece is made up by the sum of $8,-
000 'Month*" for fuel sod light ' Thisk of
bow the free meat he kept going and the
gas Saner tit Rides.' Hall to consume as one
year enough to provide twenty ordinary
fascism with every aeoee..ry of Ifo. ?sup-
pose we pus Hr F:zmlleocy'• gas or electric
light ball at $1,000. That would leave $7,-
000 for coal, or rough at the currant rwtsJ
boor. of $5 per 100 to bay ham 1,400 tone, -
over 3; teas per day, summer and wither
'.•rely Lo 4 Aberdeen es '•a warm iso," as
the Irish here at, u every seise of the woe*.
The .ov.rsor (sneral's secretary's Whim
also oasts the per $10,503 tor salaries and
11,375 for 000tingesues, 121,878 an all.
As Ms i:ov.nur General's official Jouster.
compra.ed to patting his signature to the
acts parsed by Parlainoot and eroding ea
• otaeiooel dispateh to the Imperul I:eyera-
meat, tolling them olbci•lly what they
have already learned from the newsp•pets,
the absurdity .f keeping ay ouch an este►-
Iubmmt with • number of clerk. and ma -
outman s sufficiently obvious. Among the
hinter atem. under this bred u a $3,000 sal•
aro for his secretary sod $3.000 for .den de
camp. So tar as th. real bower of the
oen0try 11 macerated the whoa thing corns
ba run by • $20 a week stenographer. It as
not necessary to •num. that the aecretery,
aides de camp, clerks, etc,, are idle. Prob-
ably they sre kept 'rawly busy, making sr-
otogemests for reception* sod Wood.,
answering appeal• for sub•cnptions •.d
looking alter the Govsrsor's per -meal af•
fain. However, thus may be, at is Ont the
kind of strews that the country should be
called open to pay for.
A. woman/ before the, Governor I imersl's
salary of 148 666, as fixed by law, and so
mg as British co.weettoo obt•ias we must
pay tt it n not necessary te argue the
rrtio0 es to the value of his sen -toss or
whether the honor conferred on us by the
rondos.. of • British peer in our midst as
ear or cheap at the pries, because that u
oleos the broader question of British eon
action, which dewed. ou other and more
mporant co.iderstious. So long as we
remain • colony we must awiwain • repre-
sentative of Imperial rule and pay the
salary regarded se .4rqu•t• to the main-
teasos el Imperial dignity. But them is
so rem* why we should do more than this
why we should in addition find him •
O ,501100 and pay bis housekeeping expenses
r es lavish • rate, or, in foot, do asythis to
esp up the tr•ditiea that a Geverser r
bound so entertain liberally and lime in •
yle of prodigal oetenoatian at the meth -
try's threw Riders Hall and all the cx•
teas .ad oentisgawei•e, seereteries and aides
• eamp, n-turniobngs and repainngp
s80.ld go. Lie the GovcraorGemersl how
asd kw.p hatsssif, tiring souk help se b.
meads out of bar 118,666, amid heap matt
oompsey ea be sees It or w afford without
w 'mptid ob'igaties M give waters and
e • .and oosteselen paradises ewer -
u nitise te genie .h•sep.pe end weer out
espies •e the pubis mosses.
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poses
I have so doubs 7ou Ones luesti00 your
solve* and ask " R Imre ie my moue going
to You bear et tke Mlpi.ter et Final
swag t0 Eastern every year dor eo te bormw
• few million dollars more ; yen ksolff yeat
duties have been :sore.. 4 to ouch propor-
tion, 'het eixty•four per oast. is eseuelly
taken out of the peoples posses through
the must en beam mon tame was taken out
of you L that way by the Liberal Govern-
ment in 1878, and why do you submit
to it!
Whoa this len. e! $.380,000 was pprre+mmled
be Fester's freed. in York the MLisM of
nesse* sok a trip to loads' •sd ile•Md •
leas of four million pounds inertias. On
that Tera you aro sow paying interest bet
Yee receive se isa+r.st for the slice Fostmr's
pet bridge aompauy tot out .t it
For a nulas1nt tan to page 31 of the lath
public memos and there you will led fiat
ie the year the leas was made there *es •
deficit of $810,031 on the treasury. Ad
yet you wander at t.ores.ed usatithe end
deficit&
if tum Oot.ramst looked .heat a little 1
do not doubt that they would Md Imeaanm��
other eouMiteweiee• apart frees York,wbick
world agree to return a member es seppeet
Fester .ed ib mileages open the tams
r,udltlets end terse that bm been ram•
stayed te make Park .oW ems the (ievam•
men&
(leder what eategery or cies weald the
history of this Li'nibas deal be retarded
The evidence Y Brom, nM oireem.tea-
tiat it le prnIdle peperty and will all be
Sala by e./slastt to the ppm i have L•
dimmed L the .':sial bare 8.Oha. 1 .hal-
Sege Oentrd1eW.. (MAWS, L the
tieversment Were* will teen be asking you
to ebb them.
Belem pdedping them Tour vote =arm*
them
to *spiels this NUM deal et ..
Desk yen hew' is Cob of bridge sod
r0Uwy, MUMS Omernmou/ .kd tad i-
terat WeeM tat stmt
o f Full Seth= eM tDgatMmen• Meese
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MARINE NEWS.
Twenty years years ago the bast* mow-
ed L the Atlantis trade were only 220 fres
L length : the meow Menu, each as the
Campania .ad Tntoeis. are 600 test limn
A short time 1t was claimed that the limit
e( length .as remised L the (lmpsin th-
sense the harbors gesM net sesteis bats
e( any greater laegth. New Mr. Glyn*, of
the M.senv Deck Beard. prwpses to lagfa
these decks se se they will eentain heats el
1.000 feet length. The bolos womb M ex
pMed to ores the *sera in three and • W/
do
Durkee as. year three thousand three
hundred ad forty -esu whips, el 7,660,000
Mons wood threaeh the Sees ...al, yWdhg
$68.0X0,000 is dam. 3.0011 et the ships, or
901 per asst., pamd through by Malik Al
ie the a icaelbty of the vast , he disk
ssmbsrwd 2,406; Dermas, 271: Pvsem\ 310 :
Dots, 178; Asser.-H..g ur*s, 71: hallos,
67: Norwich.. 60; Ottsmss, 34; Sptmw,
20: Reis. 94: Peringsses, 10: Rgyplast,
6: Animism. 3; Bslgle0, 1: Branham 1; Jep-
son* 1.
The .Move 'Imes of the Igedisg navel
oem�.Jas.
its$ end u envoi, t. MM. was1
Brn-
�(1•ril • I l`�r �`► VaNM
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FACTS FOR THE FARMER.
i By a Second Mortgage Patrol'
levitated m11k t as.N be MN la Nf•1e
emir hoot ado ado, is Del mat -ease start
has Elmore. •bout t'..adlaa
Marley able the labium.
Isom the Canada Warmer: Sas.
THE Toronto World (protectionist)
published the follow's* disgiratsh u its sib -
too of not'•turday eight :
"Bud.lo, N. V., Marsh 2. The effects t
the ohmic* t the terid law Moon.. room
'Baric(' with tech sseceodlog womb's re-
port. The trade with Cement, which under
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toe alenaey t*w nor watt sa*eat tete w
I*IDIlc•oce, se lumping *head with tremen-
dous Woods, Note ithetandang the reduc-
ed duties the February customs odbotsose
toss are 189.000 t slow of F•brtary am
year, or pearly 35 per Dent greater, mad
up praacu,.aaly of barley, cattle, hems and
form product*, lmportauosa of which kayo
fairly doubled."
Mr. Haycock was right when be said re-
cently that the l oa rtes tet toe Usaud
more, through the 1\ also° tariff did stere
IoW the l'an•dun termer at one stroke 'has
the Inanition Parn•mant has dope sem no-
body knows when. We have boos trying
to get reciprocity ever some 1816, and the
abort term of 11 from 1854 to 1866 was •
perfect god -mod. Sar John Maedooald pro.
nosed to get itu 1879 with the N. P. We,
five 0Jlu/ne, were to mem fifty. He pre-
mised to get 1t at the general electro. of
1891. He had abandoned toe notice of
emnroe, ma4 was gwug M try oesotation.
A' •matter of fact he had no Lomat or
desire of bringing the eegotiltione to •
suoceestul :sue. The protected manufac-
wrers, who supfly the (:overnmsot with
rots and money to buy vow, do net like
the thought of reciprocity. They are •tread
we might have to make ooeoesaioes to the
American manufacturers which would mean
cheaper factory goods for the Canadian
termer : and obeapsw our oombises sad
mosopolule abhor Their whole essay as
directed te uaIDtuaoog the 4.overomest
which holds the farmers 10 the grip of tho
tariff law while they CO through bran.
flee of the bogus trim rallied at Chet time
was that if there were reinproclty a inane -
tures we should have to discriminate
-orthinat the Mother Country. A preemie
lot the N. P. ben°hearis car. about
Briton ' But what is the mouths of the
word dsertmtwu.o in 1ta commercial sense!
If Cameda, without obtaining any favor is
return, were to rive the Americana thwart',
realher nark.' which ebe domed 1
lfaganddomed and F.a,ltehmen, th.t would be
diastmiwuoe. But if, on removing favors
or advantages without the American market
in return, elm were to etre Amerlcanst•yore
or mimeses a her market which she
d.Naed to Eaglr►men, 1 can't for the life of
me se where the disortmuation or hostility
would Dome :a. It would be an up -and -up
bargain of which nobody oould ammonia.
England herself enjoys favors from other
countries to which we have no sham.
Whet is ths difference a principle between
the Mother Country tt*1Usg • favor from It
turoIgDSl from parucaFmhos in which the
coney is excluded, .d tho aclo.y grants(
• favor to • foreign.r in return for valuta re-
ceived from perucapstoo in which the
Mother Calamity is *minded ' A farmer L
Kent has bean.. A man in Detroit has
shovels and hes. They agree to exchange
them to their mucus.' profit. The tanner
say " Take my beam. • without .slung
them at your toll gate, and i'll teke your
implements without softies them at mica"
The! is the bargain. Now, by what right
.hall an F:nglubmoo or • Frenahmas or raj
other outsider say
to the two parties
" Hold on, good friends. if you from Chat-
ham are going to remit your tolls on the
ankee•s good, you must wit them o0
mane, and you Yankee fellow moot treat my
beans precisely as you treat the Chatham
fellow's. If you don't, i'll get upon the
beam tops see proclaim to the world that
yew are both dscriatin.tmg against me."
What would the sower he' it would be,
(:.t up nu your home top and be Mewed.
Can't we have • little deal of .sir owe as
• eighbors without isoludiag you ' Whet
de you take as for l'oo't Too maks mos -
wren' treaties with others from which we
are ex.Isded ! 1t'. • poor rule they woe%
work both ways ""The tootles that we L
Caned. night not to 1517 any mown .f
s.mm.rci•1 indep.ndaeoe, that wan ought sot
W Nk• any arrewgemtst for ear own rood
to which persons L F..gaad are may to
take .s.eptl.e, o the old, old story of ool-
ongs' yar•iage. W. are sot a fres
when we eases do what all free poop do
-promote oar ewe well-brng le every
• wsileW. way.
Mr. N. Clerk. Wallace is Not well pleas -
.d with the growth nl our triode with lief -
4.1w He sad the tier Grated Master
would prefer to ems Comedian far... n bad -
• with A.Mrela and South AfrM.. Then
would set be meth money in it, but there
would be a keep of glory ad glory ie the
.tag for the farmer Nowadays. "Trade
within the gag" ay keep him per during
life, but he sae die (free of dut 1 L the
ksewledge that he has kms truly that
Mr. Bewail has been Lte •
oesepsei...f St Michael, St George sed
theli e.mLg eta dragon, end that bah 1.
and Welke* are drawls( $7.000 •ear. and
pus. q.isitswhith ls about $6,000 'mere
then either maid earn at ray ether remit -
able jek. Te mark his disapprobation el
their btimaey wick Bufn3o, • wreathed
place .f lily '160,000 people lying .pperlte
the 1 1.g beehive of Tort Rris, Mr. Wa-
les* key killed t4e trade whisk the farmens
el the Niagara psMenle skirted when the
treeest detyes heck milk was rNeelt+
be the Wilson 4411 lest Augtst, IPy Ys
�k5pl. ern pet eof taring the ata No
dtNM he wanes l have the mit shipped
every merms% ievesing Spies. Mtbsrn, .54 £.JI. i, hoseswhar•1
Omni -
dim iso impley ft eart ita~irg�the dab-
MBed Tombs" theme ber0`tn rine
who would sot have be.0 obi. to arum •
1 mollies of the boot wove torn ('aseiiiaet,
but tor the persat ora. with which th0.
Porous and l:rits have run doors Ohl be-
loved Country. ISee 1lantagui. orations.)
1 How any farmer witbiu the shadow of
Brock • mooumest and the memories e(
Lundy's lane, bold sell froth milk or eyes
butt*rntdk to ileo Buffalo fursigu.e* would
be am.,prehea.i►,e if we did not k•ow
that l'aw.Lw are being tedoctrwad with
the uopatnotic theory that it pay to sell an
t the dearest as at pays to buy in the cheapest
market.
! Thwham'dha' collimate of the Mail and F:m-
I pito have lately btu converted to proiso-
tsoars, but its oumnercal reports aro still
bneet, and those of Saturday, March 2.d,
throw some light ea the state of the Buffalo
..r►ai. It u evident that the wenn hog
u set . protectlos1t, for t►e Amerteaa duty
oo lave hop is ooly 20 per that, ad valorem.
whereto the I'an.diao duty is • tent and •
halt •pound; let the woe of Belot were
.ctu•Ily higher at Buffalo on Saturday than
.s Toronto. At T mato, the highest price
for !amts was $4 75, while at Rotolo they
touched 16. Lore cattle were .Ise higher
at Rotolo, and se were eggs, poultry, but
ter, Moue .cd barky. lis fact, there rw
te hove been • general cos.piracy .mosg
tarsi products to da•creds the N P. and 15-
sourate I:mart on farmers to demand reet-
pro Ity.
h, .p$.syss if w pomp.r. paces
to the Babalo papers nil- those given by
the Monetary Times, of Toronto, the plan
to wreck the N P u eves more palpable.
The Yeses of .11 the trod trade is pig mos
and bar iron. Their soot reguases more or
lees the price of leery article from • needle
M • binder into which iron .rd steel enter.
Thus coat .1 • road No. 1 foundry pig aron
at Buffalo a $10.50. The coat of • too of
Nova Seotu pig area of the same yuel1ty at
Toronto is 417. At Buffalo, oommoo bar
Moe sells a $20 . los; at Toronto the price
1432. With them factors te work with we
tan frame • proposition of interest to farm-
e rs which no o0.ra successfully challenge,
to wit, that what Ontario wants is not
trade with Australia by means of vessels &ad
Wise subsidised at her expense so muck as
• t.ir sed honorable reciprocity amassment
with :he 65,000,000 English speaking people
at her own door whereby she eoald exchange
her commodities for lmerio•n commodities
of another clam
Take . eoscrete case. Tim grade of bar-
ley which sold in Toronto m .-Saturday for
42 cente would hats brought 60 in Buffalo.
A hundred both* sold at Toronto would
bay at Termite rime seal . third toss of bar
:ren for 'monsoons. The same .1santity
oo.1 be ezcbarigd at Buffalo for three
teas. Which is the better market for the
Cr radian fainter '
Try another example. Four -point gel.
warted hove wire sells at Toronto st whole -
.ale as $2.87 1 2 per 100 pound.: at Buffalo
it ie $2. A hundred bushels of barley at
Tomato would buy $42 worth, dor fourteen
hundred weight and • half. A hudred
bushels at Buffalo would buy $60 worth, or
30 hundred wriest.
According to the trade returns we import-
ed in 1893 Ameno,5a .001 oil of the value of
$438,000. The duty pad was no Ian than
$430,000, or prsctieally 100 per mot. There -
tore, .t Toronto this oil oould not have
been bought for less thou 2.000,000 bushels
of 42 tout barky. On the ether hand at
Buffalo when 60 oast barley prevails and
the oil pas no duty it would hale oust only
720.000 bushels. The imports from the
*tau. amounted to .bout one-third of our
entire mueomptiou. The Iu,0 per cent. duty
of coarse whaled the Canadian oil mss to
arge us op to the hilt for their two•th,rds.
t u we to figure out roughly what we
should have saved in oil alone if we had
Moo in • position to get our entire supply
L the States by examiner( barley for It.
(:o through the entire list and at tells the
east1 story, that tor want of reciprocity the
Ontario farmer is luring motley out of Mt►
•
pockets -
I am net opposed to trading with Aus-
tralia. I would trade with the planet Mars
If it were pemtble. But 1 put tt t any
rational man if there n any rota in propos-
ing to .paid a million • year or soon steam
skips and cables to boom traffic with the
other tide of the globe, to whieh in 1893 we
e mit only 430 worts of farm prodso1--pro-
bably • two -rowel calf for we Australian
,iarnam when right .lo.gside of m there
is a tar largor, richer nod more profitable
market to whisk we can have free moms
w ithout the expsediture of • shilling if we
are prepared to rive as well as take!
I em by the papers that fireman mottos *
heisg aid dowel at Victoria from Australia
at 33 menu . pound. When the Inst train-
load of it scats for ()Mario, let us farmers
get together and celebrate. i for one in-
tend to hoist the Old Flag over the loam -
company ineumbranoe which thatches ray
.odoet &bode, and I wool" urge the Welland
farmers to get eat their used milk -ow and
heat them with ebbs till the echoes of ,dor
rejoicing roll serene te Buffalo and .fright
the Gaited States Our keiAM, both
Onuses and (:nen, should most the train in
• holy sed perform appropriate mercies.
It ie highly probable that we .hall have .o
this, to semi back to Australia in the shape
et (:radian tam products, bat oro .•u at
least i1) the sae with geed sound loyal
w ttsenta. 1 don't knew what the rate or
oastiment is to Sydney in oar -lead lots, but
we mt*t...i them esatethleg, er they will
my we are queer proteetseutmts to bones •
trade that is all one way
How would it do to ship the whole (i44 -
net out ,hest and try to ria this mesh ef-
hriug ementry ea the prmoipls of oemmea
sons! Lawrenos Oliphant u ane of hie
books, says the Salman of Turkey seed to
have • pompous feel sheet hie premises ter
both. W. have been trying the same device
Only re a mere sumsoous scals and really It
is sheet Mme te abeam w
Athlete hese dor se her home es the
12th -a---- es. Webers divines. es the
V1► sit . ra ed and highly .dasemed red -
dent, is the /fess. .f Mia 1O1shad1
1iewa, rebel mf the late Risard Beewr►
Hemmed ha" noshed the *deemed see •f
$9 yens rad 6 end bath eases te
M en • relief. efbr • end painful 'h-
are The rem_M.. sow in Obi [ls-
senibs tt nnermy.
OVER THE HURON TRACT.
The 04.411 Ir 0m the Lo01111 lull.
A Weekly Digest or lonely few• eery ed
up is Mori Everybody Mb and
rose flipped ale 4..4,..ed
Irises every went...
('4)NSTANCE .1 no. Britton bought
.lobs Clerk's farm, this gives him now 300
acres.
Ethel .1 C. Hedonism and family 'stead
loosing for Muskoka this week, where Mr.
HsRarrto has purchased property.
Itrusseb Ammo Bros have their mill
Winter,
with I thus r
aid well ',00hed 1
raga
1 •
haring homers 800,006 and 1,000,000 ft
Stools • A. Dunkin, of thus township.
sold a fine heavy draught gelding, tine
years old, to T. Berry, a few Jaye aro, tor
*120.
Blyth : ('has now., of Morris, purchas-
ed the private remotions) of .1 -Maks J. F:.
Tuner, situated on Ihoeley street, for over
11200.
Klippen .lames Cooper, who has such
wide 1•mm for the breeding et .hep, matte •
$400 eels M the Animism buyers from 1V a.
cwMrls - -
•Tuckenmith : Th. contract for budding
the sew Wool has Limo let to Mows.
Welsh .rad Cudmore, of H•aa•0, their
Moder et $850 (ring the lowest.
Brussels: Messrs. Kirkby & Parker ship-
ped . car load of horses from this station for
the Legli.h market on Wednesday last, this
being their int veotuas to this lane.
Kippers Roby. Melo, of this plan, has
returned from tondos, where he was under
the treatment of Dr. Mcl..11an, for cataract
on the eye, and is sow Tory much boiler.
Blyth : last week • railway detective
was here hush, up sew property whaoh
was stolen out of one of the can at the
station lately, but oould get no track of it.
Tuckerumatb : Masora Ms,teit.b & Allan
aro boy killing and shipping fat stock sod
poultry. There is mon money in fowl sw-
ing than any other brooch of farming at pre-
sent.
Morris : We use ufo/med that Jansen
Belly, 7th line, has purchased the old (.00 -
man farm on the 8th lion. The price is
said to be $4,200, the farm eonaining 100
•CIVIL
Wieghem • Between the culvert at the
foot of Currie'. hill on the road to White-
church, and the crossing b.t*sea the Kent
block, and Exchange hetet, W iugh•m,thetre
are 206 patch holes.
H.ne•11 lames Haar, of the 'model' road
near this ri11•ge, has sold his .10 acre favi
to his neighbor, Robert Molars.. We In-
herit Mr. Bair tetedds buying • 100 acre
forst in McGillivray.
S•atorth E. C. Coleman, of Seaforth,
has disposed of ler Wilkes bred stellate,
Terra natio, to Mr. Henry of St. Mary.,
for the sum of $600. This le • splenluA
mime! and the prise as • mod ono.
Hohmesville : lie understand that the
oentrset tor the erection of the .hew few
tory has been awarded to Mr. McKeon.,
of Chinos, who will proceed with the
work .t the earliest possible ceovenience.
Swley : Mr. M.Farlan* has sold to •
buyer from Wisconsin, 32 of last year's
iamb, thoroughbred Shropshire., half rams
and half ewes, getting the snug kgure of
$15 each for the rant., and $14 for the ewes.
Farquhar : Willum Moodie, who has
been • tenant on D. M.Nich•d's farm for
the lath 5 years has pareha.ad the farm for-
merly owned by Out au Henry Perkins, on
the 5th coo. reborn*, paying $5,500 for the
Mine.
MoKillop . Mrs. William Johnstoo,e( the
5th e000senien, McKilbp, r lying very low,
rad it is feared she will not recover. Mn.
Jehne►on has thea in failing health eine"
New Year's, and nothing teems to give her
s'reng'8.
'Nino ) 1.en Sp.rks, 'roe ,d th. &Jest
an i most highly reepre.'ted maiden,' of the
Weems line, due.( at hie resident-. 00 Wed-
nesday, of heart failure He was between
65 and 70 yens of age and leaven • and
:age family.
V.rea Andrew Duosan, of th' place,
made • good sale of thorobred Shr hits -
downs. He took • ear load to London -Itrt
work, realizug • fans Spire. fur th• rime:
ye
he ales sold • horfor $120, and refused
1.300 for hi. handsome 'river, Back .lack.
West Whwanoeh (:serge Howitt has
leased the term of Mn. Knight for • second
tern,. . Wm W11eou has rented Ma 200
acre farm ma the fifth to Mr Isms, for •
term ..f yeah ('has. 31.i.., cattle dea-
ler, h.s hnwyht tit" hundred acre farm
which he had ren:&O for the tort fine years,
tor $1,800.
Kippurs Th. many friends of William
('editions, who has been doing beetsrn oe a
large who in the preening of hay and "hip•
p• nit of it to the old country for some year,
*4* he entry M learn that Mr. Cathleen
will be the loser of nearly $6,000 through •
men he had doing Witham for ham L she
old essstry
TO CURB DROPSY.
♦ New TrewtenenI 'bet Mews Item tb. •Id
0Mtebode and te tevsr1Ms i.eeseals.
M, -Imam, (let, Mork 11. -Dropsy
dee in the ajeny ld oarsse erne 'Lo-
wder el the ktii.y. rn
1t is sen" of Iia
symptoms of Bright's :hes stn and inrie•tm
an elvesetd stage el the dieenee. One
reams why l raids Beset e( dropsy prime
fatal ie that a wrong mason of trea1wero• fe
followed. 1f the trout be rentovm rb- .t t-
ea•. *,11 diesppasr. Mare the holm,' all
tight sad dram, will on. This as the pies
'allowed by He& lamest of Oki. Mies M
the ease of his Iwttesn year +M see, lithe
had dry siege he was an Sian' Mr.
Lamont gave W boy Dedd'. Kole- y Pule
and he is now thoroughly eared 00.1 1tag
and hearty.
Jake 1 . Fraser, of Primes w centadt
V1 IamMon to th. I/bent ietereat, haw -
r Ian witted by a begs *vent en
•f'lera.
DISINFECTION.
*a Madrid Met all .beaid Seed nM
irs.erve,
This reliable article has been famished
u. by W. C. hoods, druggis, this town.
la view of tho sanitary daagenn of the eem-
iog spring it would he well for the prudent
resident to give It sews heed.
I. lhetulecttoa of yard, .elan, draw,
privy vaaln, etc., rata:
(sI CIlorld. of liar, hoz. is 1 gal. ul
*0141.
tbl Pure carbolic acid, 4oc. in • Fallon of
water :The crude acid ray be wham
toted in double .,ua.caty. 1
(cl Corrosive sublimate and per.eaahamate
of potash, 2 drachms of oath as 1 p11th
of water. Use either of these with •
sprinkler 2 or 3 oaths • week while
seeded. lir use
Idl Chloride of lame sprinkled around dry
- -renewing every day or two while
n eeded. This is mush recommended as
both cheap and effective.
2. Disinfection of woolen 0r cotton cloth
a•) Itstrucuoo by bre if of tittle value.
(►I Boahnv 1n water for at lett half an lJlevel•ud mw to the fifty-fourth Congress
hour and to secure the impeachment of President
)cl lmmersioo ter 4 hours as • solution of Cl...land us the ground that he violated
corrosive sublimate, I dr. in 1 gallon of law in making that _ontract with foreigners
water
)d , Immersion tor the ears length of time
for 18. last sale of bunds. As the story
u • solution of 1 oz. pure c•rbelte aced comes to me, the plotters fire that the re-
m 1 gallon of water. penmen sad populists will all vote for is -
potshot's' ; that Inc .[leer democrats will
due wjtbo.t deny, tmmedumoislattOmoed mostly do Meuse, and that • oomsidersble
from the sick room of possible. •umbos of ether demner•m will join them
3. Ui.tuloctten of garment. of wool ebbebsamuss they would lake to em Mr. Stevon-
would be injured by boiling wither or diaim-
son President. No names are bang mem-
would
solutions. F:utber of the following : fisted in ccesecnoD with thus plot, but my
U) Exposure in • mutable place to • nor- ufors•a1 unmated that •prominent demo -
rent of steam for 10 minutes.cmtie Senator who bitterly end openly
t►1 F.xpmure to dry haat •t • temperature'
Preach at Cleveland daring the
of 230 degrees F•hresheit for two late semen of l oagrem was palling the
gsobrw wires. The .boas .tory sound. highly im-
lei Whoa oeoveai.n.se tie either of above baba. but its mature u utak as to tasks
do net oust, expose to sulphur fumes ,•• weriioattse at this stage impassible i
for 12 hours, ►annev the Foods ea • hots. It u gtveo for what it is worth.
cord siret.hd •eros the room. Tbo .dmtnstrats. has • tariff problem
4 Disinfection. of the persons of purees on head that may prove Tory troublesome*
and •tt.°u before it u solved. Certain Eurep.an owna-
Ial Solutio. of cblorissted .oda 1 part, tri.s thee, apparently by • present rtoi
wear 9 laapert& •rr*ng.mset, shut eat Americana meats and
ab) Carbolic acid (pure) one tablespoonful cattle, alleging the existence of dither"
is 1 gallon water. which is stoutly denied by ofcials of the
(c) Corrosive Sublimate 1 drachm in 1 Department of Agriculture. There ie a
gallon of water, law under .h, h the Seor.tery tad ma
Either of .bone may be used for the hands Treasury can order tho collation of a ten
.ad face but great caro u s•ocneary for the per cent. eddittol duty spin everything
third. The torr should be rubbed with • brougeam
ht t thus country in vessels lying the
weak solution and •ttentoou given flag the .g of either of three nations. The admin-
..ils, etc. lueuad of either of them a geed 'strobes does bot, for several someone, wish
e mbolic soap may be peed for the whole to take advantage of that b* ; tat ewmo-
body. thing has evidently got to be dos., and
5. Ihu•feelioa o1 the dead . 5000.
F:nvebpe the body to • .hent well mewed 'j`h.c wee no variation this Tarr L the
up and saturate with one of the following : mental 0o01ea1 between the oh•armas of W
(•I rrwivo sublimate 2 Ars. is 1 hos House 00111(w en appropriations and the
of l'owater etranking member of the oppesities partly os
Oa) Carbolic acid, pro, 4 oz. an 1 gallon that committee, over t►. •moaal pre=
• water. prated by the Int and several prewdtng
(e) l'bloride of lime 6 oat an one gallon of
water.
6. 1)uinfecuen of room.
Fuottr•uon with sulphur le the best and
cheapest method. 1'.. sulphur 3 Ib.. for
1,060 cubic feet of air (pato. Close the room
up as lightly as possible and leave tor 12
hours. Thom open the windows from the
enwde, as them sulphur tum.s aro very
poiso.ous, and air thoroughly.
To utak. the sulphur bun mon freely
moisten with alcohol and have stripe of pa-
per running through the heap.
To avoid danger of setting Sr. to the
house, have the sulphur i0 an area ran, ele-
vated slightly above the surfer's of some
water u • tub by • couple of bricks.
POLITICAL. NOTES.
FROM 11‘ El; THE BORDER.
N•W'S Notes i' om Waahlf gtO*
A (tdoeaptrar' to Impearb President Cleve.
tend Wow to Ceti Lees wish Lore -
pea■ 4 eestele. that Ot rrteala•
ate sealed American Cause.
Drum dour Ressler t'orrespendcat
VI/T \I: 14aN, March llth.-
Whi a lieu I.ot Clevelad is shooting
disks an attempt is Bing mad in Wash -
Liken to c •oto:* • plot which, d tu000mful
promisee to give him moaiderable Would. is
the Dear future The attempt appears to
be in the whupersog stage putt sow, and
may or may too get any further. A•oord•
lag to the lir:- •hat has leaked out about it
the plot •Ira io coowltdate all of the anti -
Major C. N. Spanner, ('omerveive nomi-
n ee an Froulesao, has retired.
The Patrons of Kppemll have nominated
Jobe l:berry for the C.mmose.
Marquette Liberals have nemiwted K,
H. Moyers, M t'1'., for the Commaso.
U'Alten McCarthy is an.000ced to spook
at Orangeville on Tuesday, Mont 19.
The Conservative nomination for North
Vow has both offered to Judi* McHugh.
T. R Flint, M. P., was .ominetsd by •
strong I.iber•1 ce0V15ti00 in Vermouth. N.
8.
Joseph McCoy, of Wllohwrg, has bees
n ominated se the Petrus oadld.t, for Both-
well.
P. 1i. Float, M P., was nominated by .
strong Liberal eonventi00 in Yarmouth,
N.S.
G. G. King, ex M. 1'., was nominated en
the Liberal osditlate tor Qseuo. County,
N. B ,
Major Thomas Beattie was somanat d se
Om Conservative osndidate in Loads. Ian
sight,
Dr. Christie, the prow* Liberal somber
for Areonteui, was mats .tmiaated by the
liberals,
John Charlton, M.P., will &Ostrom two
m•Misg. les Centro Wellington on Monday,
Marek 18.
Charles b.irhairn, M.P., was somL•ted
by the Conservatives of South Vsamb is
Saturday.
Jame' Mdiy, of h •1la.eburg, has bra
ao.ineted as the Patrol oas4idat. for
Bothwell.
(l. (:. King, ex•M.P., was 0.4154.4 se
W Liberal o.did•M for Qasen'. County,
N.11., Thursday.
J. W. Sharpe, ('osservetire osadidate for
the Commome for Bothwell, has withdraws
from the menton.
Hr. Christie, the present liberal mombr
for Ar$e.sail, was maim somiraud by the
Lbersle Tkseedey.
Dr. 1 Waters, of Cb►o..rg, was semi-
n etod b the Liberals of West Nertiamber-
bad. He seeepted.
North Waterloo IAbiente will meet as
lOmirs on Mae\ 14 t sa5L•t. • sesdi-
date fes the l lessens.
J. W. 8bmepo, O.ssor..tirs essdsdats
fee the Cdsamons fee Bes\well, less with
dream from the sennet
Tha .eseervsMve a syosti.s se Nexis
0imcee, whim\ vase Ther.l\y at 8as,ser,
woo 'spewed loy the lebewere el Mr. Mo-
Oaetiy. A double see of dime were dea-
the eirsighe
esigeersith
furlir pr hr t wanks
Congresses. The cont.rtonte were Chair-
man Sayers and F:eprwnt.ttve Hesdersoa,
of Iowa, and although the drp•rity is sot
so great ea at has boon at the glom of ether
(iegreesee • glance at the heart* gives be•
low le ,.8- *st to convince that at is great
enough to rums • doubt as to the •storey
of the m.xim,"igures de mot 11•." Felbw-
tag are the totals given by them peittiosl
cewt..tent* of appropriatiooS made :
Henderson's
figures. figures.
Slss('on e1,'1to,o80,109.94 $988,417,183.M
52nd " . 1.0.'7,104,547.92 1.071.104,547. fig
53rd '• . *.),338,64l 04 990.338,691.00
it will be noosed that the figures three se
to the appropriations male by the last two
Cosgrees's. Moth of which bar. home demo-
cratic, but differ to the exteet of .1 tourty-
.dd million dollars as to the Fifty first,
which *am the Ent I'oslreen to be wopuarly
knows as the •' 8tlh..o dollar Congress," •1-
tb..sh the repuhncane have always claim-
ed that the figures rows. b, Mr. Heed r.oa
obese ere the only correct oxen.
While tore as absolutely nothing apes
whish to her • predietioa as to which way
the Supremo t'ourt will decide the pssdime
case involving the oonetitutios•lity of the
a0oo,etax, !herr a much criticism •moth
the lawyer, no 1. the poor showing the
Government has mode in its arrumeete i•
favor of cortatution•lity,whew viewed 'tem
• strictly legal standpoint The •rgumet►
will be cner'ludsd this week, but • dec*ioa
say mot be h.ndel down for some tins -the
gnomes vary from nee M throe weeks.
The Amerman Hi- Metallic) party, mon
oommonly keown as the silver party, bee
opened headquarters and ie Dow •ppsr•.tly
welds* to res how the anaw.aesmst of
the tel party end the suggestion that es-
R.prvw•uttee Sibley he made its presi-
dents! osedidste will be reserved by the
mutiny. The .flyer mss is the Other pet-
tier here. r s rule, fought thy el pre.osao-
ing fie r age rt t8. •.w party ; they, too.
are evidently wutieg to..sertain whether
to. sew party will develop the
prwdtstsd by its probes'0 before tits
ri
aide The heti silver rase speak very
sh,htugIV tet the new party, *8i.► they 1.
.bre to be oohing more ties aa attempt to
hewn the ('residential esadibey .f Beetater
GinorsR. At the headquarters er the new
party the claim is wads that it will •t sees
•boor► the populist party .ed that
eil..r republicans wad Aem.e1RM *411
it b..fnn the nett s{s tion to en.ur• the
steatitic m1 a President.
THE EDITOR'S TABL- E.
H•kE'ek���•a1wR-Among till the
feeler', ennouseed for early pa ties in
the meter flee. sees le awaited with •
H.ab.r .urieetty than the Torsional Rath -
wain,. of Js, el Are, d wale\ the Ire L-
d•hment will miser le the April Rakes rad
Harpers The ally merit ss • noble life.
MSS isms to e• ender Oath, the eery es.
which somas to as hem the when rated,
Jeans... biography -although It deals with
• 4wl•m ..reefer wjew
ere (like the el im
ti. feed -. Mod) se an ineospabMle *dere
mast he the wiekd.st .f e..teriee-•r RM
I w recorded se lee... 1t is Meese, L
the ems . asd, us ler the pigeons 151..b
Igoe. hes. hems added by .w whole *tamed
te hey. bees "her page sol swsel rag,"
thew pert see Rom NM heed al "the
mon ell Ilse Sesstbr meardn•
writers • b Nr td's