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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1896-11-5, Page 44 • '1 H E 8I0' .a L : :JQUI•; i l ll;11.- OAT.- THURSDAY- NOV. 6, 1891. She Oita r rvmasnaa EVERY THURSDAY MORNING see t•. aeatIMA t'Va T Mee of Peale/Wes-8 sad ls, Neethareet Aodeetek, Ontario. p�� rereas se esb.eo1pet•• t Th s ..i�adraw? !1 It 7filefie One year, . _ I a Lank N T... Label. TOW label le a mantissa receipt of the data ealloh you Are paid up. gee that It la sot a nod to rush fors amour. w a Piastre of address to desired. hots Om el' and the sew addrew •honed be levee. Viet was sat.. Loral sad wiser casual adven,e.to.ars, !a° pee 1. sem for flet 1neeetion. and t crews pee loos for each sshsegoest Iosertlos. Msatnrsd by a els •. pared ante. B•.ei .sus cards of sly Ilwre earl under Mist yY•, •tvewtlsementt s/ last, you Minoltnws Nereus*. A'• .te•ie se a•ear St, -isms (')'.nr-e Wanted e.•-••••tlll e 11 .. a..ap.re•ll. tl per ren -••e,. ^ -• . en tial. a•.41 P'5 -ma •wi slats. sot 10 stets 4 t l•n..- SI for eras soon/h. One. per wit •ecus at mond*. Ines-. ade.e, fa proportion Ary aprlel notice, aka °Meet of which 1s to rna.ote the pecnn(.ry heneftt of tier ta.l1- vtdc. 1 or wonipsny, ro hem ooswdered a• aA verthernent and charted aerAr.t, nv'y. Lona* notices in nonpareil type oils ,oast yard. ronotices ler thea 5'.e. (.kcal notices Is ordinary reeding type two °•rota per word. No settee for len Sias Mc. Satiate for churches wad other religious and benevolent lnetItarlosa calf rats, eabe rlher who bit to receive TWO S..wat r..eularly by mall. will c infers favor by ec- qp� h os of the ot at • early an date es act Psbltsimee Settee. 1. C. dem Tonne', of Oodertch• hes been ap pointed Local Travelling Arent for the town ohms of Ooderich. Colborne. Asbtle14 and Wa. wenerh. Loral postmassen over the district ate also empowered to roc, re auhsorfptlona to Tey glottal. All communloatlone mr.er be addrssaed 10 U tloOlt. !CUDDY. Tem f elepbsss Oal I *1 9odaeloh On il90R1(IOH, THURSDAY. NOV. THE LOCAL MAIL CONTRACTS - THE attention of the Postmaster General has been called to the meaner in which the ;tail contracts have been let in Huron in recent years and in- vestigations are now *wing made. in ode case which has been investigated, it appoint that a copy of the notice calling fcr tenders was issued on Dec - 13, 1(94, returnable Jan. 25th, 1895, for carrying the mails between Ben - miller and Goderich. To what extent publicity was given to the notice does not appear, and one tender only was recetvetl, that of W. M. MOBBING, for the sum of $98,50, the sureties being W)LLIA1f VANeTONg and Jo*gpH NAtc*Ll. This tender was received by the Department on the loth of Jan. 1895, being in ample time, but the contract was not awertle-d to Mo*kiNtr. And for this reason : On the ith of Jan., 1895, the following letter was received by the Postma.ter-Geoe- ral Ottawa, Dee. 28, 1894. My dear Sir Atwtrnz,-1 would like you to renew Mr.Jov,er,te� Monona+ itesm(Iler mail contract, if be ie carrying oat his pre- sent cataract to the estidaction of the Ile- partment. Very faithfully yours, J. C. PATraas.N. To which Sir Artoipaa replied se follows: /Maws, 8 Jan., 1895. My dear Mr. r rrsauov,_1 have mach pleasure an informing you that. in a000re l awe/ with the reoomm.sdstion contained in your letter of the 28th ultimo, I have sather;zed the renewal of Mr. .1. MILLISti,1 scintraot for the mail service betwsso 1(ta- miller mad (:o.terich tor • further period of four years. Yours faithfully, Arwttru. P. ('aloe. Later we find that an agreetrent was entered, bearing date the 25th of February, 1R95, between Jog ATH An Mauna and the Government for the carriage of the mails in question from the lett of April, 1895, for four years, at $150 a year, $51.50 per annum more than the tender sent in by MonetNn for performing the same service is it any wonder, under these conditions, that Postmaster_ Geheral M t'Lneit takes exoeption to the deal, and says : " !hider the oireumetaaes it is pada/ay claw Chet the treoseotio*. rr tarried oataT the lot. (ioverameat, was ac unproper eats, sed 1 Imes directed the caseellaid s of the contract, add the calls, for saw tenders." That is it ape..imen brick of the let- ting of mail contracts in this part of Canada under the late regime, and there are others : Take the station service at God. - rich. Tenders were doe to he opened on the lath April, 1894, for a con- tract to begin on the first of July, fol- lowing, but the Department did not open the tenders, as the wishes of the Hon. J. C. PArrallsow regarding the service were not known. On the 30th of April Mr. PATraasoi reoommended the renewal of the former oontraot,and this was doses notwithstanding the foot that there was in the Depart- ment epartment an offer from W. J. Zoete for $175, or $25 leas than the rate of the (entreat There wove threw other tender all shoat the amount of the contract figure* That is a oeneise presentation of the facts in this nese, anti the opinion of the Pssamesta• Omura! exposed on Ont, 110M, 1611 T1111 be mewled, when M when a n I Peed scarcely say that 1 am cancelling this contract and inviting tenders, which this tnoe will be opened." Theft there is the (sod- rich and Luck now mail. In this case when tenders were opened on the 'lith Apri', two equal offers were found, from TeotfA§ SWILts and JONATHAN N'IIT. On the recotanuendeti°t of Mr. Parrahaotl, to whom the facts were referred, the contract was award- ed to hie Wear, although, we are in- formed. he was dead and buried at that time, and the contract was coon - tinned by the former contractor, Jan. MVILL1N, notwithstanding that �tttwai tender was an equal amount to that pot in in WEST'S came. in this case, also, instructions Met be n issued that the contract toe termiuuted and new tenders invited. In the sere ice between Kincardine and Pcrt Elgin, the contract was made without any tenders being call- ed for, Joie( GgsTLaa having had a pull on it since 1889. This contract has also been tenuivateri be the Post- ma■ter-General, and the service will be rut up to public competition, in- stead of being given as a perquisite to a political heeler. Everywhere one looks the same crooked system Seems to have been in vogue under the. old Administration, and it is little wonder that the Post (Wiice Department fell behind about a million dollen annually. it is time for a change. SNAP SHOTS- --The worst thing. that Hamilton has to contend with are the toll rose's and the politics of The Spectator. —If the mining prospets in Al- goma pan out as expected, the popular air will be " Old King Coal is a Jolly old Soul." —A man whose name was GCILLIT had a Government billet, as post- master in Cobourg town, and it Bow seems the billet may be taken from GCILLRi and that hell be turned down. —Canada was never so prosperous ar when it had reciprocity with the the United States and a '• depreciated greenback " on the other si•ie of the line. The election of BRYAN as Presi- dent would blue helped Canada. —Dr. G. Cote i.as made an assay of the alleged coal found at Sudhure, and says it is ea near an approach to lo high Valley anthracite as it is passible to get. That settles it. If Dr. Cote doesn't know another coal when he meets it who should. —Talking about heredity in parlia- mentary art a� mentary representation, the DIMAt'L- tlalw fauwily of St. Maurice, Quebec, hold first to on in Canada, if not in the world, a- menthe's of that family represented the constituency continu ously for one hundred and five years up to the last general election. -The scientists say Ontario has no coal, anti the miners end specula- tors in Algoma claim that that dis- trict is underlaid with anthracite. A Hamilton nun is of opinion that the new discovery is carbonized pest. The Toronto World has burned the fuel and wys it is in some respects superior to anthracite. Ting Stu,Ai doesn't tarn a straw whether it is anthra- cite or carbonized peat so long as it can be used for fuel. —Our esteemed contemporary, The Star is anxious to know if Till SIo- NAL is still opposed to the practice Of Ministers travelling in special cars over the country, as it was when the Conservatives were in power. The question is a straight one, and we will give an equally straight answer. We are opposed to the principle, and Ile - sire to see the evil abolished. And now we will ask a straight question of our contemporary. f s The Star in favor of the Hon J. I. TARTU travel- ing in the " Cumberland," on public business today as it was when Hon, J. C. PATTltIMON used the special car to bring his familv to spend the Sum- mer in Gotlerich a few short years 5(0. —The action of the Government in appointing Police Magistrate) 145Anu, of Ooderich,a commissioner to investi- gate the charm in connection with the recant post -office appointment at Cobourg, has been approved of in every quarter. The manner in which the investigation was eondected proved that the commissioner was de- termined to exeeeiae his powers in a most imparWi manner, and that the judicial c areecter of the enquiry woeld he thoroughly maintained 9n this paint, The Sentinel -Star, Nie votive organ of Coboarg, says •• Mr. Mamma, a barrister of (loderich, was the enmmiasioner, and he seemed to he fair and impartial in his seadaot oi On can." We soagrstalate the Oeveraesat sit raving eseurad so e .anent an alisar b diasrarge the ditties tee have bees oath- . Ysr. AUTUMN JOTS. lase IFse ee ere ghat ae1uaes Jae ♦ that PM cooling rryh meg sa tr speed fee are ase may .mos tett a ur(.rmew timet Bat We laws we sprayed Wlaws A Pawed the green. ..i tloai gree. Twday we nosy devetup. brawn Ir .on.Llus up the feage• ut seem Of actuate heves, ea/nettles whets The euslon, rale will reach 1n mala. Whin we wbo try to guide It then Tear up the sod with yells of pals. Tbr wanniten of the leafy limbs Mem wing and nee to pans ut.ksowa, ♦sed now or here election hymns rowel -joys" that .In Ott ester aloao. The r n,t.4.•r in it we bw•rht Iowa fall r..r ulster teethe. W kept then well. Aad sow It pimenta thew all With met toed .amegold rawpbur gook, SUSANNA MORTON. If there was uoe thins in all her fti- perieaty that Susanna Morton wens be artily tired of It was the evident and continuous purpose of mankind w pw'ntlt her to remain • spinster. True she had been one so long It would seem that she should have be - Lome accustomed to It; but by same .:range fatality wpmen—that is, the majority ut women—never accept theft lot in this Christian spirit which has won for them the endearing title of the gentler sex. And Susanna Morton had put up With It as Iund as she was going to. Four wag,years bed parsed her by, and the had submitted gracefully, but each year less gracefully than she had done the year previously. and there were ininnente In the last of the four when she became almost desperate. Now that • fifth had come her mind was made up She would take the reins of Cupid in her own hands sad drier that harum-scarum little rascal in a manner to suit herself. She knew her l•",d points, one of which was that size was thirty-five years old or there_ abouts. and possessed a Poise and lea - ince no man who was booking for a real sensible woman as a wife could afford to disregard. In addttbn to this she had—what men seldom dl.- regard—a comfortable fortune. It was this fortune that had been the real stumbling block in the ma- trlmenlal path ut Susanna, and not SOY lack of attractive qualities In her p•oneeeslon, for she was net homely, nor was she anything but charming. The fortune_ however. which was hers from her sixteenth birthday. had de- veloped in her s fear that men sought for her money and not for her- self. and, never having fallen In love with any of her oourtlers she did not And It difficult to resist advances, be- llevtng as she did that men were rrher- cenary, as a rule. and that sante day the one man in all the world for her would appear and claim her as his own. However. he did not appear, and he continued not to appear, until Su- sanna had reached an ago and a firm- neoa of character. to put it mildly, hen her fnrt•tne would have to be at least doubled to make her as at- tractive as she was at twenty. Thls knowledge had come to her gradually, but was none the less force- ful on that account, and she was de- termined not to let this leap year pass without results of a lasting character. of the men in her train there were per -hare half a down w -bo were eligible and any. one of whom wound have made a husband any woman could be proud of. But they were merely friends; not a man -jack of them had ever suggested such a thing am ma- trimony to her, and possibly this was w by she liked them. 86 perverse is the nature of woman. Among the half dozen was one who found the greatest favor In Susanna's eyes, the others taking their poeltions after him in regular gradation, and this one Susanna selected as her vic- tim for leap year. resolved t.1 try all the otters in case of failure in the Brat Instance. Truly, Susanna war a desperate spin- et er. And no less .pry. for in the course of ase first call t n the new year she began her operatlona. But It was a dreadful task, and the evening parsed without a single sten taken forward. The effort bad been made. however, and courage always come with effort. Whenhe carne again she was so wrought up over the work before her that her eyes sparkled and her cheeks glowed In rosy color. lie was ten years older than she, and always assumed that bless -my - soul se, la affected by elderly men. •'(th. thank you. Mr. Culver," she twitted, "I'm sure you only think so. 1 k uk just as 1 always book." rif course. It Ise Susanna, only .lightly more sows He amile•d but there was t hat teff the tune which had the ring of insincerity, or at Least stirs • real and ',wive), slnverfty, which 1s very nearly the sante thing, ono wh:ch n.ade Su.anna despise the flat- tery of men that so far meant to her rn dtowoluti,n M the continuity of her , Vest.: t..nel. She wee good-natured •be,ut It. hew- er. t, and let Mr. Culver ph on with whatever he had to say, for If there wits any man who could make Battery any we r.- palatable to her than any an hat Hut ritmwast soonman was ore . and rwhCulver. nh. had fixed hlrneelf comfortably In an easy r -::ale with which he was familiar he seemed to have tore. then whether Susanna In•.ked like ■ feight or a fairy and began talking about all eels of things, tie people do who tale for tie - mere sake of talking. At alt events, that's the way It pre- sented Itself to fturanna, and the 1.., the spirit ..t desperation slowly cr,e;. Ina over her. Sha took a lona breath for encouragement, and tent*, iv, it, turned the iyrl.ieet of r..nvereatii r upon rhe moot 'recent 'ridding w11:el had ra'eurred f* their Merle. "What a parr of forge 'they were and are," said Mr Culver. 44ntb.let.ta ly lo marry on nothing but his salary. and that net told enouah f..r two.- -nut they are happy." argued P'...- tth 1 suppose ao hit Culver unwll- thitly admitted. It takes fools to fie happy; wise people know- to.. much." "Are you els.'" questioned Susan- na. nervously, for she felt that she was home-hinw herself at this point upon a wnknew., sea. -I'm old enough to be,- ?fr. Culver frankly rwspnnded, tier Mr Q hetes ate eras too welt know, to tee Mohd, and tee gredt to be had wader a asshel 'isn't there soothing ssowwh•ye Ghent the odd Sammie bras` theNgp"tr huatheti a. Tart Iti est r els r *as, awe "AJIr and ter e7ea twtniist 'Ta lours a case of: "Standing with reluctant tett. Where the all), seasons noel!" Mr. Culver assumed a more serious air and there was a smile un his is • when he replied; there was rather a shadow of regret: "Tee, mum alannan," h. sett! "f ?a tot stand reluctant. for 1 think If I had been more of a tool In one ares:! I wotald have been less of a foul In an- other. That is to say, a man Is a fool to waste his lite minister ea I have duns." This was the suspicious moment Susanna had been seeking. She would no.w lead right up to the matter and And a listener to her proposal "Why don't you marry. Mr- Culvert' aha aakrd, with dervotneus. "You aro not town wise to consider the question, 1 hope," "Certainly sot, MW Susanna." he smiled. "fare been considering It for ins years." "Then you ought to stop considering 1t and pop M."sa_IS*ghrd and Mr. Culver also. '•1 hardly think P1! ever do that," to. sa.W, seriously. "1 wouldn't kn.rw hose to go about it, t0 make my case half preventable. I've (leen myseif UP. you know, as a bad loft." "Some of these new women will be charging down on you s.mte of these days. teaching you the newer doctrine that women have the right to sal whether you have the right to do as you please with yourself. In other word.. some one .4 them w111 capture you In melte of yurself." "loot much. they won't,'. asserted Mr. Culver. with a great show .4 courage. "If there is anything I don't want to marry It's a woman with fool- ish motions of that kind." Susanna's heart went down to her shoes on the Instant. Here was an insurmountable obstacle In her path. and with Mr. Culver holding to such an .•pinion, what good would a pro- ;,.•oai toe from her, even if she should master up courage enough to make to Th.• thought made her mute for a molt, and in that minute a new scheme came, one that had been there 1�.-!.r••, tiro, but had gone weyol gather- ing while she was beating about the Gush with the new woman Idea "1 think myself they are horrid." !de said, with an effort to swallow some- thing that would not go down very easily. "But there is the leap year privilege. All women, new and old, can Naim that, and you mustn't for- get that !his 1. a leap year." - "I had forgotten It." he said, mov- ing his chair Into the far corner of the fireplace, but still not so far,away that h. was out of the pheasant ln- jluencr of Susanna's nearness, He sat there for an instant making himself shiver with terror, and then he nil/wed lack, ttbssjbly a little nearer than be - tor•. -Forewarned is forearmed." she said; "and now that 1 have told you of the dangers ahead i hope you «111 profit t•y my advice." 'Ilk I'm not afraid," be asserted, to A good voice. "I'm just waiting for that sort of thing. The custom of tradi- tion, whatever you may can it. is an .old-fashioned one. ani only an old-fashioned woman would think of it. and that is the kind I want. So none of them had better try it unless she means buatnese." Surely no Mer ut.ening could be pre - tented to a young woman in her mood than this, and Smetana gave herself a shake and took another long breath. The time had come, and she was not the woman to lose tie glorious an op- portunity. "Mr. Culver," she began, In a firm voice and with great earnestness. "I have for a long time been thinking you ought to marry and 1 hare even gone so far as to select just such a w urease as I think would suit you. I have had two or throe consultations witch her, and she Is willing that I .hould present the matter to you, be- muse [ know you m well, and you will understand It better from me than *1 eh. should present it herself." When she was about to proceed fur- ther with her remarks, Mr. Culver showed signs M real anxiety and arose to his feet. "Mtge Susanna," he exclaimed, "don't way another word. Really, I cannot listen to ft.•' "Rut I must say It to you," she In- sisted. because, as it seemed to her. that was the proper way to conduct a successful courtship, and now that she had begun It she moot decidedly wished 11 tto be successful. '•1 ten you i won't hear it. This Is entirely unexpected, and i am sure within, In my conduct has ever war- ranted you In broschdng this subject to me." Mr Culver was very evidently In earriest. and Susanna almost choekled to herself. for this was tare very way town. women acted under the clr- -umstance. in which Mr. Culver was placed. An it needed now was a Itttie more coaxing. and Susanna nerved herself for the final pop. "Perhaps you ham. not thought so," she said In her softest voice, "but to me there has ewer been a desire to ay to vnu what 1 am now saying. Ma Culver John.- and Summon cam• very close to him, nntwithatanling she was be nervous she hardly knew what to do. ".Hold on, Susanna, hold on," he ex- claimed. "Confound Its" (that shocked her, for she knew no girls ever talked that wav under such circumstances. however much she mope have thought it). "1 don't watt yob to be talking in any other woman's interest. Theme 1. nein, one whin la the world that 1 want, and—and—and—" Mr. Culver was getting nervous himself now and Susanna gaape'd. "And -oh. Susanna," t' • seed. desperately, "don't you knew th at woman h you? Toa Susanna, 1,en't you know it la your - Mr. Culver taught Sweertsa'a two hands In his and looked into her eyes with such a ,pleading. pathetic, In- tense dneegIty that all her plans were c••ryumed like straw in • nerty blase and ahs tempi, fumbled Into hi. arms and let Mia MMh the proecoml .he thought she had begun in stash a masterly meaner. And lir. Cnlrer finished It with glit- tering awcssse tare& to the Whet at Ytas tannases Martha, aMaster.-.rso- toa Traveler. Mesh se s Peonetwwt rsvesdee. John Warwtek the est paten wptele- terltd.wt of the Sadisnd r*1lwsy et Ras - ism. «he also tussah. was the in- meter MN. at the. • ~ 11. last sa COBEIICR B9ACAfN CEJTIE. JAMES ROBINSON. '1 E intend to make our new Fall that is, if low prices have anything you know that we are squeezing of compression point, that it is passible to to our prices. Our new Stoak of Dry Goods move rapidly, to do with it. We want to have prices down to the very lowest give them. We point with pride MANTLES and CAPES now in stock. We ask you to compare Quality, Style and Prices with any store in Uodirkb. New 'DRESS GOODS Again we lead in the Newest, most Stylish mai Ihs UMW Designs of the mason. Many exclusive patterns. TWEED EFFECTS Again we ask comparison in Quality and Prices. Fall and Winter Novelties, are overflowing with Style, Merit and Attraction. You ignore your rightful advantages if you omit to the advantages offered by the great Mande, Dees* Goods and Linen ho se o rich. J.A.S. ROBINSON Oorner Weete"et and Square. LUBER FOR SALE. i OO TO YATES The Ooderich Lumber Company (Ltd)! rust bas for sale at the Harbor and at the yard on the G. T. 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