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•ARROW 1t OARROW BARRISTERS.
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T. O.rrow, Q.C.. Cheese Uerrew, DIAL
t)RILIP MALT, C.. BARRLMTER.
1 iteaeKor. Newry ata Otlee hast
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Cow 'masa 04..1.
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1. Lwow/saw. DU'DLIT HOt.1fi10g
//'RA& 1111A0111.- BARRISTER. �Q1.
• taker watery are enevenuesr. Dammss�s
00 Hamtitee street epsnslu the ('
Hotel. o•1ci. Private tend• to Leel
d•s
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. eat., Wed Rotate aad Morey femme
At�l'Met., Only *1st -el.., aomw ale. reyewwled.
1(osey le Wad en atr.tpl.t leans. at 10 otsei
rote d'street 1e an wily
y to mit [M
Mrrower. Ores: emcee any
fres[ meam
west arose0.derfa, Meat
O. WA RP. CONY Ste., ANi.
•Jsessonnelener for teeing aad reoelvl,
r•o.vMsanow of bell. .elfavl. or attires,
clout depeadoes or solemn decl.r.l Inn. 1s de
.o.eerniwg sty *ellen, .wit e0 prs..rd1m In
Me 114.11 C..aart of Justice. t h. Peva of Appeal
for °ataen, es+ III any ('eentl or Mvelee
Coact All bsan,eeass oarefolly and premptie
*muted, ItwWenes *ad 1'. 0. address -len
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LOANS AND II11IIRANCO. -
T' N. LEWIS. BARRi.1TTv1t, SOLICITOR.
• Notary. Proctor Maritime Court. When.
Alto° street.
J. T. NAVT*;L-F!R*, Lim AXI) AG
• diem i oarsennt; el lowele.
Once: . north aL as//M.t ta
um elederte1. 1J
My TO LEND -A tAROR AMOUNT
d Pleven Funds for hivestmeet at low.
est rate
trotes M semen
Oanowt-o4.. awa
rtgwge
tvely
Atttotioneer.
THONItItit
MAS
OOstt.. Speelsl A01 +ottte fivTeesu
to fears ed farm stock sales. Sale 15eaded
min any pert of t). meaty.
1rA111BAo1.0,10' .
we tial,"'
A 111011144y tar Teetkeehe.
31511 white wait or aper*ao•U, two
Parts, and when milted, add anrboite
mid crystals, use pa#t, and okloral hy-
drasnt crystals, two parte; rttr w.tl
nnt11 diesolvd. While still Hebb]. ler
+ ai bIli eotton wool aid i1krw them to
dry. When regnlrad lar hale a Cl MO
aerie Oso bs mimed Off mad dd shy
warmed, whoa it odea be 1111D
a1(7. -IrN1
M1 i iti ample
m.tbn4 ki Peas very peat.
Hem NN Asew'ered Nen.
CHHADM AHD ENGLAND
The 'mice Osniide Hu Rendered
fully Appreciated.
A Prominent Brockville Iiusluese
Mlsapays*Trlbutr tuthe(lood work
of*Canadlaslsetltutloe In'F:ngl.nd
(Front tete Brockville Reminder.)
Our of the wort .uoxeeesful business.
mem to Brrrkvlllo le Mr. T)wamr
Nappy, tits well known Pertly street
grocer. Mr. Nappy s at Englishman
by birth and the suer !1e has
achieved In beanneee here has en-
abled him fur rums years part to
tuake au annual holiday trip to the
Motherland. An a casual ew)versa-
Murt with some [tamale In the Bank
of Montreal, recently, Dr. William?
Pink P111r happened to be mentioned
and Mr. Nappy lUil that It the pills
effected maty curer am marvellous as
one that had Dome un.er her motto,,
he was not surprised that they were
ro frequently the `theme of conversa-
tion. Asked later by a reporter of
the Recorder to give theetory, Mr.
NAPPY readily consented to do ro,
and we give It practically In he own
worts. "Don't be disappointed
whip I tell year that the Cure did not
occur In 'this country," mid Mr.
Nappy. Aa n matter of fact 11 tic.
eurrd In England and came under
my ob•ervathm on the occasion of
two bets made to that etruntry.
During the ettytmer of 1 1 I* J paid a
vkdt to my old home In England
and while there vartte1 Wtlllnm Led.
ger, a relatloe of mine thing at 45
F7tewllllam stmt, Doric/toter. In
Ledger's family Wail a little girl,
Lilly, about ex years of age, who
war absolutely helpless with what
the doctors said was fejt. Altus'
dance, but really seemed tome more
like paralydm. The child wait one of
the most pitiful sights I ever saw ;
more belples than a new born babe.
ole could 501 move a single limb,
and 1f the head were turned to one
ride or the other it remalred In that
manioc until someone changed It.
tete poor child hail to be feat and
looked after lute an Infant, and as
111. doctors heti not been able to du
a.ytheng to relleve her, recover: was
not thought portable. Indeed. 1 raid
10 the chlld'a grandmother that 1
ineige4eie -cater eeset•le ere ed at. e
relief not only to the ckild, but to
its parents. This was the condition
of the cb,11 wbea I lett for Gonads.
Again is the summer of lei I made
a holiday trip to Ragland end to my
amazement when I vieeted my friend
Lodger I found Lil1,/ as bright and
attire a child as one would find any•
where, with ebrolutely no trarn.ot
the trouble that lad made her a
brlplesm..bardea the year before. 1
toll ter ppreata I had never ex-
pected to Cee her alive again and
aeke•1 what bad effected Iter cure.
"Dr. Williams' Pink Pills," sal•! the
(ether. He further said that 're-
tuning from etrk one ■:pat, eke
found in the boom a I:ttle book deo-
Ion
e♦Iota during th.day,
"IOt tltt?r lte lleeldafi ttti • Mkt
them is Lally % ease. Atter supper
las bought- soma of the pi11s aad gave
the tir.t 1. the clad that sight. Ie
'a few days they aawjhey were help-
ing ter, so 1 La less theta two months
there .is. not a child is the neigh-
boncnol, br.glter, healthier or more
active. i .have beard s great deal
rsaoern.ng what 11r. Williams' Ptak
9.11e have done in this country, but
ilia cans oonaWg under my own tib
nervation is a■ mar a miracle as
we ran lo..h for Ia these day.. and
shows why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
are ao mnr4 talks( about every -
*here. -
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills ere just es
velulble in the ear- (i[ ch`.leren as
with nitrite, and puny I:ttl Dare
w-oul1 soon thrive and grow fat mil-
der thin treatment. wh:eh has ap
pgnal for buildtter up the blood and
giving renewed strength to brain,
body and nerves. Sold by all dealers
or seat post paid a1 1100 a box or
six boxes for tom, by e,ilirerehg
the the Williams' Medicine Co.
Brockville, Oat. Do not Ise persuaded
to try aomethiag else said to be
"just as good."
.' And le Shia the Drat, time it hsist
"0ap t, gtnseillbei. Or Weer
f�i' I2ige " ' ewe 1014
Yoe liennir^
Ile kedeate t
Mmes is hoe •
let" ire 0a
trod *No t
werera1l w
tib4g."_.m.
0''
*see baro
A. Uab,oke■ Rule.
"Look at that bicycle," exclaimed
the woman m Nue Identified It In the
clunk morn and saw that It had beau
knocked about badly.
Yea'm, I've been lookin' at It," was
the !tumble reply of the official.
"It'n all smashed to pieces."
"And It was dooe on this line"
"Well, what do roe propose to do
about It 1"
"Ill report It to the foreman,
ma'am, and hell report it to tbv sta-
tion master, and the station master to
the general manogsr. and the general
manager to the board of directors,
and some day, three or four years
hence, a lawyer will call on you and
went to know why you eldn't travel
with your bicycle In n properly mane
case. That's our routine, ma'am, •std
wo never deviate -not even when the
guards forget to leave us • *tee of
the sfachlne."--P.nch.
Are There Old Ages ?
It has loag been a popular belief
that the earliest tgh_b'.tants et the
world possessed imoredlble strength.
were of large eel ant lived to a very
great age. Arid atm* those days there
have been quite marvellous) stories of
inetanoee of iongevit that bays been
lege More or lecredited and perpetuat-
ed from year to year. Marisa Darwin
obtained allble reoorda on loses-
vity, but at�aabmitting them to
htvesttgatiso had to met aside most
of tle.aary remarkable haw tied hod
tett nal/ a very few that old be
seompted: He forded that Dearly all
rested en tradition and that the evi-
dence of them was of no sei.ntifie
rvalos whatever. BIe found 0 remark-
ably Madame ey to make "a
g ond Rotor:' on the part of those who
thought that they were relation fact..
Professor Mushy attempted the
salve UM IC tllv.atigetlon, with tie
eeM lihmllllt.
Way She Wept.
A good story l. told In the Blrming-
kem (Eng) Daily Mall of the (leper -
Ws of ono of the reservists for the
Wet, showing the meb111we cnnfidaenee
which a Britlsh soldier' wife ha. In
the prowess of her epodes. As her
te*hwnd left In the train from Snow
8111 'toting it woman man to he seen
*vpingebttterty. Fullmp
01 ttsa/ty,
• byre
tin bean ler tried to epnat words of
eomfrrt to the grkf-.trlck.n wife,
ithen its was met wltb the following
f "Olt, it ain't 900 I'm trop
tp *thio ; It's them poor Bore
P. o•1Mnkltr' of. 0111 le wueh a ter -
ran (ellen re starta." We saying
ten, woman *tar$ 'l Mf home. •hmi-
derleg at tbn dire tate that &welted
oar •01111•+ Is Shall Atria.
illattylpt Ustimoo1 ems DIglithwrl•.
The laes.l Witty, will
meet *beat t midi]• •[ etbruarl.
tact the *meet date )las tett yet bass
eldest on,
TO. NIICROBES.•
TO FLAVOR TOBACCO.
0. Clarke Nuttall, writkeg 1a the
Contemporary Review ea tobacco
microbes, says; �Igrtlssatatioe has
always been 'nuked upon as a very
important nage la the prepbratiob
et tobr000, but, it bacteriologist* are
right, even greeter berms must be,
laud upon it, for it Is the keystone of
the whole and of paramount import -
ant's. As • prel:mlaary to It, the
brown leaves ere sorted aad made up
into bands or small bundles, con-
taiaiog perhaps from six to tun leavea
apiece. All them separate bundles aro
collected and pled up Leto great
heaps or solid stacks -a •took 004-
taining lomstimea •s much as fifty
to of tobacgo. Directly the, ataoks
are completed termination b.g..na
encouraged by the warmth and mois-
ture w4h:n, and aow, too, begins the
production of aroma and flavor. And
this M the work of the bacteria which
inbebt these heap•, fug It is con-
clusively shown that them stacks are
the homes and breeding places of my-
riads of bacteria -la fact, a complete
i t
flora U fungus life Is to be flwnd
within them, for side be side °nth' the
bacteria are members fCOM tlig,1J
other parts of the great group' of
fungi, of which the microbe lib la
only a small section. At the time
the coodit_oas of lite are highly fav-
orable to the welfare of this flora,
and the growth and development of
all it• members been apace. And fer-
msotatioo !it the outward and visible
sign of the stirring of growth and
increase within and its direct out-
come. For as the germs develop food
is a neoee•Lty to them, and they cea
only obtain It from their Immedlete
environment, hence they draw nour-
iahmettt from the leaves comprising
the tobacco heap working meanwhile
subtle changes In them, and, at the
sante time, ta•tucing Heat little -under-
stood phenomenon, heating. Why to-
bacco, hay, eottoa and other vegetable
matter ahoutld "beat" seder •ia'lar
cireumatanos its at ppresent very
vaguely explained. We know, how-
ever, one tact about it -it is due to
the agency of fungi (among whiob
we incluwle bacteria), for it las been
clearly proved to the ease of cotton
waste, for instance, that if the vege-
}}table matter de &ter:I:sed S0 that
tanto t uP is no 0st:ng;I ntro•1u.cce
germ Lle end at ono*, given the pre-
game of oom�gen, we have heating. This
is, bowed. et present a phenomenon
which presents •lmoat a clear field
for research. But in the case of to-
bacco heating is carefully obeoked be-
fore it Magpie. very far by a cont:nu-
oua turning of the stack :Heels out and
"•i.des tato middle,' no temperature
t>fber than 00 degrees Fahrenheit
befog allowed.
A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.
"Now, a certain runount of special
study of gree particular lacteal&
and the effects they bring about in
the tobacco heaps has already been
made by s German banter 1st. k:
oachaland. but he has proalded little
rvrittetr Ihrtirmhtlon T* Vitae Thiw-
tigator•. It was he. however. who
lien drew Rttenteon to the remarkable
face that the reel flavor of tobacco
1. not Inherent In Itself. but l .lee
to the microbes engaged In this fer-
mentative promo. lie went further
even than this. fie male Interesting
and pmggsatice experimental with these
bacteria ; he peony& for and ex•
aminal the germs which he • fouwi In
the fermenteng 1 1 of the linen
Welt Indian tobacco. Wheal° famed
for Its delicate aroma throughout
the world ; ha isolated and cultivated
them and then he introdaoed the
lame hacteria Into heap+ 0f inferior
(lermen toberea, which was in course
Ot treatment, and the result he ob
1.10.1 wee both striking and extra-
drdLnery. The poor (Lerman tobnotoo
to remote from the flavor of the bent
West Indian. became transformed m
U by magic Into toba000 of a very
Afferent quality. Practically a mira-
cle had been performed. for to great
was the Imppreoovement wrought that
the prior tobacco could scarcely be
datingulmhed from the bet. and es011
oonnoteeurs and experienced smok-
er' of tree finest native tobacco fatted.
to distinguish it m the merino' 1n-
rerkr (Lerman- And yet all that had
been done was to Introduce a few in-
tlalte'Lnal germ• 10 work out their
Development la their own manner ;
the came seemed quite disproportion-
ate to the effect.
" A nateht has been applied for in
Germany for the conversion of to -
rearm upon these lines. and we are
threaten i w.th a revolution In to-
bacco manufacture If they prove work-
able If taw flavoring of tobacco Is
Welly a matter of the presence of ner-
t•ln species of bacteria It follow., that
the path to emcees and wealth Ile,
in the furtherance of scientist: knowl-
edge of germ life and in the power to
appreciate It and utilize It to the hest
advantage. Tale patent of Dr. Sachs -
land Is the first practical step that
pas been tabes In the application of
earter:ology to tobacco culture. and
t
IS not dlfflcult to foresee great econ-
omic changes. If it Is trolly po•elble
to detect and Isolate theme bacteria
which are said to induce aroma and
then cultivate them In ouch a form
that they can be exported from a
imported at will into distant coun•
trice, it follows that the almost ex-
clusive monopoly which certain dis-
tricts have of producing the finest
tobaccos w:lI he eternality Imperilled.
More than that, there w:11, with the
abolition of the monopoly, be a great
fall In price. (mien the Cbaneellor of
the Exchequer, In hs search for new
and fruitful sources Of income, turns
his attention to btutwla no a taxable
commodity. And. further. there s
'pace f upon us the. following reflection:
It has yet to be proved that only upon
tobacco leaves wit the bacteria Mar-
sh. May not other leaves prove to be
%hotoet equally eerviesabl.? There 1.
a wide field here for exp`sriment In
the direction of nsbbage as a balls
for new operations 1s the best to
harms.
There 1., however, owe oorMpworthy
peculiarity about bacteria whtcli haft
beech dtmovs.ld to nxl•t In connee-
tine with their habitat, and that 1.
that In any particular twenty cer-
tain specie• appear to 1M Indigenous
and are apparent(/ Dot found else-
where T111eee are known as'meal have
etrts" end their Influence bias b.et1
well Illnatrnted In the r•searchee and
experiment+ eon the queetlon 0t the
ripening a fifteen. In the proteges of
ripening raw nerd Into cheese It Is n
well 4135 ithItih04 fact that Me-terle
are nec,vwary factors, and, altlrongh
Meese In (.neral own he mad.. almn•t
any whore, yet nertein kinds of three,
are Needier to nMtnln Incalltle•, wed
all nttempte to lank* them kin& tire -
where lave invariably en far remitted
In retinae. Tbls le dawn to be don to
the feet that. In w+Mltl n to baetsele
gement' to all chprtsnolpernlng, there
eltvt them "local" b•et.rta, wheh
ale. find their way lotto tun 0110 and
develop during the elevate MpeIn
R.
end It. le their 'slimmest wh1Mn la re -
'possible for NMcharastsrtrttie of the
chanes of etre Metelist.I
T11t wire* LOCA"PR1b.
"n r wen all probates teat to
tobatxo we shall stud local bacteria
at work, am well its the uulgultous
klndr of microbes that control feriaeu-
tanlWn In general, though at Present
luvp0Wgattua Is only In au elementary
utate. And In them( perhaps we rune
Hutt a remain for the well-known ea-
prirdOtsneee of tobacco culture. It her
often been a perplexlog yue.tlon why
the same varieties of tubae.° grown
In adjacent dlstr ctm and under the
Cantu conditional of climate, oultlte,-
tlou and manufacture should vary 10)
00110(1 In flavor and quallty,a variation
whirls uo fertilisers+ on the moll teem
able to touch and remedy. 'There
mart b* come hidden agency at work,
some enure at peanut unknown.
It may toe remarked In passing that
the quantity of nicotine In the plant
leave.' Is by no means a test of qual-
ity, and the good/tem of tobacco 1s
nos dependent on a high percentage of
nicotine; indeed, the moat delicately
flavored varieties are those which con-
tain a relotively small quantity of
it Fertilisation -the work of the
bacterlu-greatly affects the pro-
portion of nicotine In the leaves; in
one expel:imestt 11 was found to be 70
per crept. leer at the end of the pro.
coo than 1t was before It. 1t may
yet prove that theme local bacteria
are one of the greatest safeguards of
the monopoltsta and exercise an en-
tirely ooiu rvative Influence In any
place. though. doubtlas. as experi-
ence In bacteria culture progreeeve
these defftcultls will be overcome and
meant be found whereby the varte.
Mee to which the peculiarities of any
giver toba000 are due may be trans-
ported saUmfactorfly to new parts
as easily as theme bacteria which are
responsible for the general fermenta-
tion.
"At the peasant moment active re-
search l In program In several dr
relations with a view to a better an.
dbrrtandIng of the problems Involved
1a this question. and It he confidently
expected that these investigational will
greatly further the oendon of
tobacco ferwentatloet "'ewe
growers and curers alike work more
oe lam by rule of thumb; for the
mast part they have. no idea of the
fundamental prince lesunderlylog
their work ; they certainly bave no
ounceptklrt that myriads of lnftniteml-
nwl living organlowe are oo-ooppteer�atlug
• tela 't rerM SO 'Med' Rebore: 138flnb' Veal'
are comparatively In the dark as to
the why and wherefore of their ef-
forts. But now that the hint Is given
In which direction light may Ire looked
for. and the bacteriologist has real-
ised that the eluchiat!yn of tobacco
fermentation comes within Its pro-
vhiee, Illumination of the matter 1.
not far-off. Already roma local tees
in which toba000 growing and curing
le an established Industry have awak-
ened to the importance of eclentiilc
arvestlgat'.on. and are taking v irorone
i mmure@ to further It. In the }Fonda
agricultural college and experiment
station, at Lake City. a laboratory
specially for this purpose wag Com-
pleted last last year, and definite
work Iran Leen began under the super-
trbtendrnce of Dr. ?Stockbridge. The
first crop, of tobacco grown under lie
diem -thou of Arlene wee harvested last
autumn. but It he too early yet for
eay definite reseraroh to have Laken
place or for any Inference 4o be
drawn ; !n fact. probably throe three
years mast *lap., before -reelable cxon-
eluslvss ran be obtainee, ns, of mime,
the result of pp aingle year's work fnr-
nI•bus Inmuffk•I.mt data for rduiptrl
saw.
anil only on a long aeras of et-
periments can a proper theory be
bared.
FLORIDA'S INTEREST IN IT.
"The whole question ie one of very
great Importance to the people of
Florida at this time, and Mile 1.4 pro-
bably why they are taking such en-
ergetic .teem in the cause of 'scientific
research. Within the last few yearn
some 40,000 Cubans have Nettled
there, most of whom are skilled grow-
ers and curers of tobacon, who have
been driven out of Cuba by the un-
happy political coalition of their na-
tive country. They have been 'pe-
dally attracted to Florida because
Um hummock Landis there poems soil
very dmllar -to that of tae beet to-
bacco -producing d1.arlette In Ctiba, and
they em';rated with the hope that
they would be able to continue their
old occupation In their new home. To
their delight they now find that to -
Maw grown and cured In Florida' le
little, If at all, Inferior to that of the
best Cuban, se we may probably an-
ticipate a bright future for the cul-
ture of tobacco In that !teat.. In-
dee(1410 1897 no lee than 160,000,000
of.a1(tars were produced In Florida and
put upon the market as Havana', and
they apparently gave every satisfac-
tion to the purchasers". But as the
Secretary of Agriculture points out,
both American anti Cuban curers are
ignorant of the princlplen whlrh
underlie and govern the production of
tobacco flavors, pnd hence there is n
great element of chance In the whole
Industry. To remove this uncertainty,
or at any rate to lemon it, the labor-
atory at Lake City hen tern equipped
by the Department of Agriculture,
and great hopes are entertained of the
issue of the labors of Dr. Stockbridge
and his asustanti."
Asterlo's Death Record.
The monthly report of the Provin-
cial Board of Health for December and
the returns of the health record of
the Province of Ontario for the year
1899 were Issue4 yeeterda . The total
number of deaths reoorded for iacem-
ber was 1,343, an Increase of 842 over
the previous month. Out of this num-
ber there were 20 deaths from scar -
'stints, 42 from diphtheria, 3 from
metals, 6 from whooping cough, and
157 from con.nmptlon. The total num-
ber M death' for the year 1889 was
28,429, showing a decrease of 2,764
front the record of the preclling year.
Flgnrae of death' from bontagloue
tilentere for the last two yeark ern am
follow*:
1898. 1899.
elowrlatlne ....,..- 174 213
ftlphthorta -. ... 887 867
tfennls -. .. ,.. 84
Whooping cough ", ... 10"
Typhoid ............... 759
Tubs/tenons ... 1,1'91
48
90
s81
2,816
Temp.. In the British Arita
No tower then 6,000 soldiers at pre -
seat serving ha South Africa, mays
the Wesiesiaster Gasette, are mem-
bers of the Army Tempe/mem Mao-
clel'on, at the council et which Lord
Methuen, though nM en abstainer,
la a member, ■ nd tide large number
done not by any means include all the
teetotal ruddier.. Both Lord Roberts
sen Lord Ritohener set enthuaiaatle
la advocating trmperaaee among the
rank aad Isle of the army. and the
pregnant mails in then dime:tlen of re-
cast yells is lel great measure tae
to their Leon.....
Mary Correa en aged squaw. wee
fogad demi ret Barrlefleld. Near the
body was it basket rontwining two
bottles half full of whskoy.
Mere then 1E.000le are en
tarty employed 1n the oven.
London these.
Mee
FRENCH CANADIANS
Whose Loyalty Kept Canada
a British Country.
HONI IR.TARrf8 DEFFNCI
With Regard to the Calling of
Parliaapnt.
WANTS PEACE AND FRO3PERIiT.
.1t the Nherbrouke uuw000ituu meet-
ing. lion. Mr. Taros spoke as fol-
lows: W have batr.t today a gout
many thugs about loyalty- During
the hurt taw (auuthr the loyalty 0s+
the French-Panned/ow ham been as -
railed to a degree Uuat 1 thought wo
wuukl never know 41 this o°uutry of
ours. I thought that the French-l'an-
artlnn minority lu Canada hate given
In the put wfflrlent evt.tettce of lar
devotion to the British crown. (gear.
hear.) MMLr, permit me to ray that
when In 1775 my French felluw-
countryweu took up arum In (*lento
of the British flog In thin couutry.
they had not much. after a11, to
thank England for then. France
had been defeated; the Wrench minor-
ity was not treated thea as It l
now ; but nil the lame. they took
up army In defence of the flog. (Ap-
p11tuae.) I may add. and f am rup-
ported by Enmesh hletorIans, that If
the French m.norlty had not betune.i
as It sad, the BrItlrb flag would not
be floating tostay over title coun-
try. (Hear, hear.) In 1812 the same
thing war repeated l French Canad-
lalhr fought, bled and died for the
Crown. Permit me to say. with all
the enemy 1 can put into my words.
sod I Meow what I am talking about.
fur I am the son of a F'rencl-Cannd-
lan farmer. that the French t'unad-
kanr have no derlre. no wish to
chaugt' their alleglunce. (Cleere.) But,
ell.. 1 know why that cry has been
esidised: taut I append" Dere to nerErfg-
Ish frlewls of both political part)
I am speaking on the roll of therein
ern towurhlpr, that It, to ruey be
fore a mixed population. My kt51lbdi
friends are here to stay ; 1 hope they
will stray. and Incretare In numbers.
44 JimasmiJwhetie.areents'r bore to
stay. We cannot get rid of each
other, and there w no sermon for we
to get rid of each other. We be-
loug to the suite great Christian
family, although our blood may be
different ; the lived we adore 1v the
rums, and the country we Joie ale
the same. (Cheery.) do we hate to
I1%e in peace, amity and harmony..
t
IIA O1.00ltt IN 1 r.
Noir len. .ferob Bright Assimilated
lite Death.
le a recent letter to the New York
Sue. El:a beth (lady :Baotou, writes:
"Kra Jacob Bright, in renouncing
to friends the death of her d.stin-
g uiabed busbaud, one of the great
rtgliah reformers, and a member of
Parliament tor many years, without
the usual emblems of gloom, sets e
example for the commonotenseap
a of emerina to follow. le pure
white per, without the tradittonal
black border, la headed with a laurel
wreath and a glprety testing sun, •
prophecy of the higher life to come,
with the following statement:
Jacob Brecht,
Entered the Land of Light,
November 7t1s, 1809- Aged 711 years.
The recip_ent of a black -bordered
letter is alwaye ppprers+d with a tran-
sient aent:ment of sympathy and pate.
'Do we not ell have sorrow* .aud dis-
appointments of our own w thout Cs-
ttppgg burdened with the troubles of
dmtiQeraf I knew en American lady who
•
was so deuous of doing the right
thing on the death a her hialeind
that Che made a journey to our me-
tropolis to inquire of an Engltuh her-
nessmeker tlt4,�e�((yle fur the aqui -
meat tit her ea/lege, herniae. dinar'
man. footman, horses, and deg, as her
huabead was English, and she wish-
ed everything ((one accordsng to the
custom of hs natirve land. As he was
expected to trot demurely under the+
coach, the doge Dollar was wound
with a black libbers', with • large
bow oft the back. The wde,•draped
in the deepest black, wore a loog,
double crape vel that touched the
ground, which style requ!red should
be kept over the face during the first
year of widowhood; a most uscom,
Portable and unhealthy fashion. Tim
mournful figures always call to mind
the lame in Wesley's hymn :
'Hark 1 from the tombs • doleful
cry-
Siunera, come view the ground
Wtere you must ahortly lie,'
The Bright& belong to a religious
sect tolled Friends (or Quakers), who
never change their dress for these
habiliment• ed .foe.
Little ('lassies.
-Tis-wesi..dreatInteetititlg -to-a Lai
tle lost Sr it battle won. -Welling
toe.
Silence never shows Itself to a)
great an advantage as when It be
male tate reply to calumny and de-
famation, provt+led that we give no
JI1e, Ducaelq>I..1p1. theui.-Aaldtson.
Tear/ aro the ever enduring proof
of humanity. -Schiller.
Good sense and good nature are
never separated, though the Igoor
ant wdrkl has thought otherwise.
(lomi nature. by which 1 menu bene
ftcencu aryl t•andor, Is Ule proauet
of right reason. -Dryden.
He w n 1001 who cannot be angry:
but be is a wise man who will not.
-Seneca.
Those with whom we can appar-
ently become well acquainted In It
few moments are generally the most
difficult to rightly know and un.
derrtand.-Ha tie.
He who rightly understands the
reaeonablenee and excellence of
charley will know that It can never
be excusable ter --waste any of our
Money hx_pridp and folly...--WUllaul
_..r+-..
It Is the cause, not the death,
that maks the martyr. -Napoleon.
Between levity aad cheerfuIneer
there le a wide dlmtlnctlon ; and the
mind which le most open to levity
1. frequently a etraager to cheerful -
nes. -Blair.
Nothing ran be more unphlkos0phl4
cal than to be positive or dogmati-
cal on any subject. -Hume
There are no perfect women in the
world ; only hypocrites exhibit tui
defeetr.-Union de Lenc:oe.
After a king experience In the
world. I affirm, before (fat, I
never kuew_ n rogue who wan not
unhappy. -Junkie.
General wafering W the fruit of
g eneral miebehavk0, generally din-
meety.-Carlyle.
It is rertnln that there la no
other passion which does produce
such contrary effects. In so greet a
degree. But this may be said for
love, that if you etrlke,,4t put 0f
the aoul, Ilfr would Le Iaeipkd, rind
our being but half aiilmnt..l.-.1dN11
son.
A DAN(;EIt. t;M ('IRY.
lu 1896 the majority of the ele;;torr
of unmade entrusted the reins of office
to,a party _phlcli had chosen us+ 1tr
louder a French-Canadian_ 1 moue more
tutu the oplortunit% of thanklug tee
great Liberal party of Canada for the
generowlty nod liberality they'' sari,
credence of then. (Cheers,) They 1000
great ream, becntee in Uma* of cable,
whets the public mind Is DOS Jest as,
dW lam and wilier as it ehoaid abiay'e be,
It 14 rosy to rnlse In 1007 part Of't3w
country the cry of "A Freta-(:ana-
dbn1 1 mime initialer." The ery lou
been erased., I am sorry to say, hitt It
luso ret succeeded. (Hear, hear.) Four
elections hy nmhantntlon to -day prove
that 1t has not. 1111010 twMm :as. ,Cheat
in certain parte of the country meta
rertnln newspapers. They may 1 nm n
dleleeal man, 1 nm not disloyal ; 1 nm
Ito n1 to the Brltl..lt Empire, l ani lion!
Pottle cora., 1 say It before yon, but 1
ane niro 1. am loyal to thea country
of oar.. (Cheern.l I echo the entional
sentiment littered to my friend, lir.
McInto•h, "('dneda for the Cnnadktnr."
I nm loyal to my country, and with-
out (war/! any 1 am loyal to ilei'MN+
and my hkxxt. (Hear, hear.) \1.1 p4l-
Llora has been n.eallerd, and will IA ns
mailed before Parliament, 1 hope, and
thaw4li I have no tlmq to -day, I chal-
lenge my frlendm on the outer stile to
Inrlte dtl.cn*slxn on the posltlon I leave
token.
A 1'olce-They have got tiro beet
man In their party right here on the
Ida (form.
Yr. Tarte-ile Is not it bad man ; 1
did not may he wee; ?have peen wore°
tl he. i saheb to Cod he could im-
prove hies ways n little, but he Is not
n had man.
EXPLAIN`; 7118 ATTITI'UE.
1 repeat that I believe that any
country, and especially tills,xuntry,
before engaging In any new policy
should consult Parliament ani the na-
tion. 1f I have committed a crime In
washing that Parliament he called 1 um
guilty of that crime. I am et (Ism be-
liever In the people. We live fought
anti hied to maintain and win our
princlpleaa, and I say without limi-
tation that I would Five liked toner
the example of the English notion
followed to thle patter. 11111 i do
not object to this re -sentry helping
England : I quite nnlenwtand that the
destiny of the French ('anadian/1 la to
remain under the British (largo (('heerv.)
You are not for annexation. i nm not
for annexation. 1 am In favor of the
prwnt *tate of affairs; there la no
moral to change; but my desire
wait that Parliament he called. My
clews have not prevailed, that le a11,
and I stand here to -day taking my
full responsibility fur everything done
by the Government, which I believe
wee the het thing thtlt could be
dome. I wish that peace may be
axon estatgsherl to eolith Africa, a.
It la here. We hare not yet pas.d
the moment when we cease to shake
each other by the hand and exchange
wleh.R for pence and prouperlty. I
w1.h that peace be e'tahllahed ; i wish
that the flag Ot England be earned
triumphantly to the goal which is
being mimed at. (Cheers.)
Protectloal.te Squeal.
flermnn whole/elle menu f actu rers of
clothing at n meeting In Berlin the
other day deplored) the greet decrease
In the export of their goods to for-
eign countries. Thi. they attrlbetes
to the thigh customs duties Imposed
hy foreign Governments, eepe•cially
hy that of the I nitedl States. -They
lamented the fact that thin decline In
trade would throw thommode d Oer-
man working men and women out of
employment and mouse musts muffering.
Of c oursg these clnthing mnnafnetnr
ere nre %hit .i dl0nre ns nuttht{. to see
that foreign tariffs nre only the
come In principle, and 1)1141 ee the
mime effeets, as the German tariff,
and that they cannot reassembly ex
Cether rrmntrtv'e toripen their
ream free to than, while they keep
their own tight clam('. What le far
more rswi'nt1,1, thew m*nufarturere
Mud ren Ilse that those mnntrl..
Mold not, were their mnrkcta ever Iso)
Open, Rs thine of Britain are. hnry
freele from a rnrmtry that will not
hu) from them. Reeiprnrlly In there/ -
Renee of all rnmmertn, for tent* be
tween nation* In Its final outcome le
empty tarter. -Montrone Witness.
"'Thal* de tee appear to bre new and
bine.- remarked this tart:. "1 think
111 (alb sow." Thereupon he nA
anarbed itM 1000 canceler with gnat
('olden Thoughts.
�No °•omnia b elder than she who
demes hermit f,utltl+we. The Window
of a treble is generally blacker than
the trouble itself. Then world 1R full
of beauty, arrl if we did our (Intl
It would be full of love. Frith will
not make the atm rhe sooner, but It
will make the nicht seem mhorter.
Prayer le the panne of our mplrlts, the
soul of meditation. the rest of our
cares We elmtl be called upon to give
eat amount not only of our idle
words but of our idle enema. Did It
ever occur to you that while charity
hexing at home It s frequently abroad
When called upon ?
All the street car linen In Troy, N.
Y., are tIed'up by a strike. •
The wife of Hon. John Hnggnrt
died In the hospital at Montreal.
DOCTORS SCORE A TRIUMPH
inside Membrane of Eggshells
Used for Skin -Grafting.
RESULT WHOLLY SUCCESSFUL.
New York report Witi his left
Arm, left shoulder Wade and loft side
of the collar bone cut away by the
surgeon's knife, Edgar (;. Uurbutt, of
No. 201 Marcy avenue, Itrooklyu, left
Hum reentry Hospital, j o*terdny worn
Ing, Curl 1t 441't much wonder that
the doctoral there, who say he 1.1111110
muay a year, are prowl of their work.
J,utt's trembler came about lu the
.int eat woe prrible. A fall from u
b.cy01e, a alight Enrolee, to which be
paid Do attention, and theu-almost
111e whole of hb left rhe, from the
shoulder down, became helplorr as If
It had been purnlyzed. Every atteu
thio w•ur glteu to the sick man, and
all the skilled artifice of modern sur-
gery was brought to bear upon till.
injured members.
In the end It war the toner covering
of eggs, used in the plaoe of human
skin for grafting purposes, that
brought about her recovery.
one day, two years ago, Garbutt
fell from his bicycle. He landed ua his
left arm. When he went tome mud ex-
umlued
his arm Ile found It slightly
ant -need and discolored. Ile applied an
ointment to 1t, and gave It no more
heed.
Three weeks later lie was attacked
with acute palm, la the spot where
he bad noticed the bruise, Nast above
the elbow. At first he gave 11 elec-
trical treatment. Then he went to the
fust Graduate Hospital, and remained
there for six week', with itis arm vet -
cased In plaster of pare. `['here wen
no Improvement. He consulted a sur-
geon connected wlth'tlte Newey Hos-
pital, and to that Inetltutlon he went.
An operation was performed ou the
Injured arm, but necrorbe had pet In,
and a second operation was netxmssary.
in Ma the entire arm was removed
from the rocket. But even yet the
knife of the surgeon had m)1 Inter-
cepted the disease, that was spreading
Kteelt gradually over the patient's en-
tire left side.
A derl'dve step was then taken.
which deprlve.t Garbutt of has shoul-
der blare and part of hie collar bone.
Po far the work had been 51ttxtera•
fol. but It was necessary to furnish
-new 'sofa us+ flee' pidie0nt. 111e wile.
-nephew and one of his employs, (t-
fere(l skin (woes their own bodies to
to grafted on Garbutt. But one of ten
rurg0au (tail heard of the use In Eur -
ow of the memhrnne of the shell of
ego. for 'such Nemeses. rend. upon hL+
.i. gentbrt. It was tree.. The graft-
ing proved a enema..
There have been only five such op-
erntlsnw, including the One on Gar -
;butt. recorded M the medical world.
Two of them were performed In Parte.
one in tkotlndl, and another In New
York.
WARI)F:N9 FOR 19414).
Some of the County - Heads ('hosen
Yesterday.
Waterloo Jaaele- -h_ Hallman, of
Petersburg. ,
Norfolk -J. D. Dalton.
Teterboro -Joseph Forster; North
Monaghan.
I)u(ferin-Pelntiel Owing, of No. 3
DI Y IIIIon.
Brant -Scott Davison, of Pares.
Leeed. and Grenville -Andrew ('arents,
of Oxford Township.
Front'nnr-William Miller, of Pal
mervtrn Town.hlp.
dantnrlo-Jams, (1. Umphrcy, of
Druck 'my"MAI ip.
Lambtm-M. D. ('ameron, of Ennis/ -
titian.
'--finrooe-Dr. Itonlna, of Exeter.
Hematite's -James Clare, of Hunger-
ford.
Elgin -David Moore.
'Witco -Wright* Worth, of EmglJee-
igg1'Ictorin-J. A. Ells.
Kent -Jilin Davidson, M Thamra•
vIlle. .
llnldlmand-Thomas Hasaard, of
Haldlmaad. -
lllmooe--W. H. fiamIlton, of Norte•
wsenga,
Peel -Robert Jolineton, of Caledrn.
Wentworth -No choice.
Perth -W. F. 4andersm, of Blanch
nal.
Llmnln-W. H. J. Evanm, of Nlag-
nrnon-the-Lake.
Oxford -Mr. Murray, of 1)rumbo.
Wellington -J. A. Henderson.
Brune --P. Cummings, o[ leaugeen.
tetormoot, Dundas and Glengarry -
Thor. 8, Edeverrlm, of Iroquois.
Prescott and Rummell -J. Juenisee, of
Rockland.
Renfrew -W. J. Johnston, of Arn•
prior.
Carleton -Ben. Rothwell, of (Houma
ter. I
Lennox and Addington -Thomas
eymington, Napene.. -
Mr. Adolphe Mandl). e.11tor•In-
ehdef of Le Journal, pruned away
very suddenly at Montreal.
Some people believe what they hear
and doubt what they see.
TBE IMPORTANCE
OF TME LIVER.
Its Functions and Influence Over Other Organa
of the Body -Dr. Chase's Treatment
for the Liver.
No organ In the 'human body has a
greater Influence on the general health
Iban the liver.
A torpid, sluggish liver leaven pois-
onous, morbid bile in the blood, which
upsets the action of the whole syetetn.
There le Indigestion, fullness, fermen-
tation, flatulency, and oppreaelon In
the stomach.
The tt)ngno I* rooted, the head
arhav, and there In lore of sleep, de-
pmel n of eprints, and spell. of Maxi-
mum nedl wenknell.
The 1xrwMa nre rrnetlls►te,l and
loose M, tarn*, and griping mina nre
( regime t,1
The akin tells of the poisoned state
Of the blood, by Dlmples,-101111111114..
and liver sprite.
In sympathy with the 11ver, the
kidneys' heroine .logged and Ineetivei
the url*a highly colored, and than.
are polus Its the heel, and molar alt.
lett sho,I4er Made.
0hortnemn ret breath and palpltntlon
of the heart rend derangements' of the
atenwtrn*I funrtkwts are mitring the
eympteomo of liver enmpinlnt.
Tan, .houid not cxp.ot to find all
those avip1.m. In Cay one ewe, hitt
If Ray of them are present. It Is titian
to take prompt action to rolleva the
erpglrgn of them emitted entre-err . -
The liver mud More ardetanee
7111 promos of restoration will be
hastened 1f the kidneys am Also In-
vigorated and etrengthpne.I.
Both the.. filtering Oltenia aro alattee_..
ed on ,directly and promptly by 1)r. '
t'luiae'e h idaeyaldver 1111s.
It s through the liver and khfnerr
nlone that the blood Ann he freed of
all Impurltine, and the morbid matter
which o)Ilictr there when On liner is
deranged.
Many a suffering man, many a d1e-
.px.ndent woman. has been cored of
the above dlmtrn..dn`` ailments by the
nee of Dr. ('hns"'e Kidney -Liver I'I110,
the only remedy that ha. a combined)
action nn both liver and kidney,
The wlwlo.n of dor. ('hate In prepar-
ing this wonderful remedy has ton
{moved In seems of thousand. of mutt
M romptknttdl dkseasar of tisk )Ivor
anti kidney re which dnnld he reached
by no other miriade.
YOU 40 not require faith to he mord
bn
y Dr. Char's Kl.tney-Liver PHI.. Tb.
first dose will help )es,, and n re*
heves at meet will pndtively cure the
meet w0rer.• envy or Ilv.•r mmplalnt
or kidney dlseare. One pill to dos'. 2A
event■ n box, et all domfer., or pnetpRld
hy letmeneen, hate ♦ ('o., Toronto.
Creep, bronchitis, ,Hanle aad yeah
nre pr.wnptly mired bre m.t0o,' few -
trite reseslr, Ih ('ha..'. Fayette et
I.Ittaerrf end Thrp eth', to menta e
bottle Famlly etas, throe Neter am
mach, SO sesta