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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-8-21, Page 2The Signal ■ ri saws° BY aiY THURSDAY HoMOO ns, D. eloshowevenr 'Tllliltdl►v t sl t, _t 1, 1902. IKI. .Ahliem t•111'l'I.AI'I41h. In Ilial there were 1.701.000 people la Deland. In 1901 the number had fallen to 4,4514,t00, R dcv.renWe of about 5 1-4 per °cub.-• • While Limos are a million fewer people In !re- ined than there were a century ego, dense/ the hundred years. the Inhabitants of S.•otlaud have almost trebled. lrhdwneu continue to mi- grate in lee tined g numbers from the In 114 of their birth. On the curer ban'', there le u slight effort made. by Iwwigrattou from ether purtlum+ of Ila United Kligdotu to redrew lies Latour. The number of renitent 1 ug- iiiihmeh has Increased by 3.3 per (•ept.. wed that of Scotch:nen by 10 per cebt., whin there are 15 per cent. more foreigoerr. If the lions of (relaD.f are quitting their country 6eruneers are beginning to appro....- Lite the tutvautugne of the Island. The precede mitlissed lu Cheam. tables w likely to continue. A country with a fruitful &oil, a wild and (linable cl-aate, a Large este)" of the beet grasiug laud in the world, flue riv- err. noble harbors, anti a long and indented coast line, will nut be al- lowed to become depopulated, in apita. 4 ao_b.l_41(diarhaw:a_and the . xat tions of landlord•. While IanJ- lonie nbd tenants are et fowl, while as diieontt•ftid and dieorganistd peasantry are drifting away from their nuthe *dores, energetic t'olou- i,te lire coming In from outside. There Is too much "earth hunger' in the world for Ireland to ba left half empty. 1f the "(heaters of the Irish people' flu not put thetoselve's en the alert, the Ionsion Standard satyr, they may ,flat, before many years have parsed, that the Irish pople have under e a tory re- markable change. Anew-un'1, ,the IMP, A peaceful -'plantation' of the four Provinces may tate place. It would, viseuredly, 'he no b.ul thing, at leant from tbe'English and Imperial point of a view, if a further infusion, of active Anglo -8a ton blood were to -revive the decayed Indust - tripe nal Invigorate the laugu`k1 ug- • rlwlluro of frrlan 1. But we Llould ranter Sec the Irishman work\\Cwt hie owe salvation: The ('t•lt shout, he able to live, as well a9 the Eng- Ilxbmen, or even the thrifty Sad. ' l'OMK AND wh:1.10 1'.. A Nebraska man, Thomas B. Hord. had bought a biped of 48.000 acres of lanai, 75 w lets worth .of_ ltrglaa, for n wheat faros Teat, Is fish the klnl of fanning wh.uh Ir tousidered moat b,'uefic,al to the tsiuutry, but it will help to keep the railways and the implement (artories bury, besides supplying a goal deal of employment ui other ditaetk,rW. ('el. Davidson, of Duluth, Premi.kslt of tho company %Welt mold the land to Mr. fiord. es- timate. that 100,000 farmers from the Western States will Nettle lu cattail* during the next five years, LIlei he wantts Canad.ade to uuder- st.anil that this migration Ir not to b.• attribu'ed to any diesatistaotluu with the United elutes' and Ite in- st'itutluns, but ,nerely to a derlrc on 'the part of the Imtiigrante to ncqulre cheap land aryl better their tem/Mon. We do not tbuk Were 1s any danger of a mistake being made regarding the motives of the new - cower'. When Mr. Sim oe was LleuL- l;uverllor of Upper Camila, 1791- 98, he gut an idea that every Imd- grunt. from New York or l'enneyl- rt.na to this Province war fueplrel.: by a preference' for mortanlMaal to republican Inrthtutrons, but ilia Thio dN 4u Rocbefoueauld forused a t1U- fereut opinion. l explalaing the lei- gratioll of there days Just as Col. letvideon explains the present mi- .ttrut:o.l. In the nineteenth century, :titer the war of 181L'-14, there we. tt sort of snare Meet too maty ul Il " sllantd Dome Into the coun- try. and for a time it wad required that an app:kant for land should take the oath of allegiance to the King. But experienoe proved that p op:o who wen, bora tit the fatal :Oates 5tiOn b'ean,o as, goof lane .:Lane am the nails me of this' ouuntry and 1i.v'u Is, now no alarm Mem. the settlement u( Lotted Stater citi- t.'n. un the laude of Canada. One hundred thousand farmers, with their families', engaged In th. production of grain and cattle 0. Cot Northwest, will be very weloomi curtomen for our merchants ase muanufacturers, as well as liberal coutr'ibutors. t0 our customs rev °nue. They will pay their way an. b' a blessing to the Dominion, for they are already expert in the meth ode of prairie (arming, and, man for tants, are worth more than any un ea:rants we could get from Europe. 111/W UVN t.ANt:lOttle eIIANGM:S TOW EaghIah 1 tliguag,s id n w.aeler. Composite as 12 ie, ant 41raawing Irom ell others the rich/ova au 1 vigor which sire dianide 1 to make it the In uguage of the world, it Is still insuf- ficient for the needs of the people who Sty they 'peak it, but ottoman hardly he acid to have begun the rludy of it. If anyone doubts Oust let him rend a popular maitre novel or glace uvtr- the etralµ[e awl oonfuoing mar/ .,( J-lrgnu In the sporting ptg.w of the tinily prepare. Let hlm analyse lbs etery of one of Utoso refined society he otlons, "a firtic encounter." or Inrse the thrilling narrative tai tire struggle between the Blffume ant the Bully Coke for the iaseball pennant. 11 he has ever "innugurratecl" moll an Inquiry, or Indeed ".ionated" any thought to the suhuJ.ol, evidence with- out' stint has do,ubtlee5 "prcelpitalei Itaeilf upon him" to make him wander that, their.. as It is, our English Inn- enage has ear viv'al the dully maw gling (hot It melt/moms at the bandit 01 those who should seek to purify and rtrr'ngthen It. Its resisting power 11 as prone tie It. power of asrlmiln- tkii. 1t grit here a few useful wonln ; n torrent of slang Is repelled. And, by ibis way, there are few new things In ..king. Neatr& all Chu "smart" things of tbo cute up-to-date5re are to 0. fusee' In the lingo of Ilse slums and lrulhete three or four hundred 'ears ago, and many a youth and midden would blow* did they ksa,w whirler c•.mo the along word. they prattle. 1-ut some worie.10 chi Ingo their mean Inge through lime. Circumetaucrr, t:nn•., the cbnnges due to the pro - green of so I.;rutlon-oven the igrtOr- un•a• of men-rumet:mer lend to giv- ing to a word a meaning which was a:.tnown to Its earlier hl,'tory The wool "let," for trletan e. which we naw use irk the sense of "permit,' had at one time a praclscly uppouite alnaneng-to prevent. it Is no urea In the ghost wine In hamlet: "Cellars! ins, or by Heaven! _ 1'11 mike a ghost of him who lets me:" Meaning. "who tries to prevent, or It mien. me." lather exn rep es nett not Melting. The intellectual prise ring 1rIIows have recently glvnn ns 1 l.'• terns, "to hart,''., 'which is uesw tautly struggling for a place in de- cent verbal company. It meann, strangely enough, "to worst," and it is little wonder that goal usage puce up the bare against it. Rel whet led un to think of thio matter laid now was the report of a Jmlge at Joplin, Mo., holding that toluene() la "a taresnity of Ilfe." Jop- lin, it seems, IN tryino to rompl Its re r. b tuts to keep th tr stores 00.s 1 innm10ay The law permits the neo ties of lite to be sold on that /bay. De :rig the trial of a tart ease Ire won proved that a grosser 11ar1 molal ch4rwiAj, tab.sao. His attors., inumeIlately rallied the point thnt Mewl"' tobne n erns as new.tty of 1:fe, are the ('curt m,ntainal him rent mil the man had a right to keep he.. "torn open to mil that Indlepen- uable commodity The word. "nevem- miry" and "r,ereer'Ay" are evidently .haring (not to Mlaneri Jndielal elr ole/. nt IPast) In the proems M meta- morphose'. Name of ne, neenstnnod to readfll( the United States preen, hose ream to the ronelnslou tient the words "Jnetkw" and "liberty" heave likewise* Ingres:0 by the an- ao.eismenteof that pro:sgs. matter sr to glom their side the best sial of flea arguwsut. lf, fur exnuap:s, at Ir desired to stow that under it Lurie sy'stew uur exports are Largely etereasizg (toil that we are gaaeug the lead of all other cum - tem, whet more 'sutural than to keep rows uuptesaant facto in the background anal to throw °therm to the fruttt in bold relief, altering tlwtr form, perhaps :n sue' wow us, to make them misery to the sweet- en' reader au entirely diffsreut tw- pr•sru,u than that whlch it gained by won` cetreful tautly 1' The true pcsrtlww who ovally bolds, the ideas We work., for justifier such action on the grovel that hie view it right, all oiler views are wrol►g, and that the true meaning of the 1Ogures In quurlion lu given only by 'stating them Just ea tic has stated theta. Uut • • • when Government Wil- mot lead thewselvre to those who with to promote distinct poltieal c,bjllcte, the prareure of Immediate 4dlw.nwe upon them almost inevi- tably heaviness greater than human gesture can bear. The truth ►a that too much can hardly he said of the helnonsnea of the crime of garbling Government figures. The Government Is the only ell-embrnelug agency we have gath- ering accurate, trustworthy stntlr- tlos on all subjects. To falsify these Le am bud as to falsify the tnouey uwuod by the Government, and could 1t be as readily deteotod, should be vlsite.l with penalties, as severe. jf anything, such frauds are more hrhoua In their character than the taxes of awuterfeit paper, bemoans :hey may remelt In betraying the na- tion into governmental policies which, to wpask only from the oommerc/'►I He, result In a .vastly larger de- struction of wealth and a vastly larger transfer of property without compwnwatlon than any which wool.' flow from the false Lome of money. 11 may vertu a slight sin to per- vert ft -germ for pnrtlann empower Iq order to mat the needs of the mo- ment, but the etandnr.l of official honor which will permit re resort snob methrsM 1e of a ly pe which, if applied In commercial teatime - :long. would epaelily lend the indi- vidual Who was guided by It iaehind iron hers. \n1 them words are none too etroltg. Thee senting out of false Og- ees' to bolster up a system which rote the earners to enries the rusts, which in return contrtbut••e 'o huge corruption funds to de- !much o-istuch the electorate, and thus per- petuate the evil which could not live I month were the people alive to its fleets,. and free to cant It off, le a •rime ngalnut the people of the na- tou, beside which mare counterfeit- ing Is trivial. :011'1 NF.Ast, AA 51.4911•111314:114.10 _ The Bate war W :loath Africa has Neon coffee enamel'. both In men and ,suchen, blot in comparison with the tt of the War of the Rebellion in the United tetatee, Britain eseap- r>,1 uY . The latest estimate 1s, that April 1, 1902, the Itrltirh Armyad port by (loath 21,451, mim- ing In S Pr irotierr 9,565, sent IlOme no ttpYaltde 71,248. a total low of 1611,264. Mid an expenditure of OB25,- 000,000. Ilse losses of the Union army were 98,0149 killed in, action or diel of wounds, and 184.650 by die ease .w accident. There Is no accur- ate record of tiee number of those who were wounded or of thou who were taken prisoners, but there were 1:1,7t1L' prisotitere burled at the pri- rtxe at AndernonvWe and 12,137 at 1•Wilsbary, N. C., besides those at s4outlaern prisons, at Richmond, Fior- .rtee, Co.lumble, and other pointe. As the uorthern dead were 280,7:39, more than thirteen times as, many as that of tlo British army, we may wifely mummies that those sent home ad wonal.•d er invalid.. were prar- ly in the wuue pro/ortion, and the ,halls at two prlaons alum were ...early threw tuner as many as all the Brltirh taken prlsousera. For cost o ((our years anal one month the ,k•bt of the United States increased nearly •2,700,000.000, da/pIte heavy war taxes, or from $1.91 per capita to $78.135 per capita. It will (lo the pre.ent gem -ration' no harm to re- tail tlwte facto' when they are NountDig the looses and emit of later .t 1111 leakier wars. teeth n n'eorl warmly lnet►(ies the bowel of Own Piaui, that et British victory would ,mly be gained at a Ions in Mood .end treasure which would "stagger h unman It y." VAbel FYONO S-IA'1'IMTI('N. 11 bag berg bon suspertel that the plartisarw* of the United "Oaten tariff eyttem have followed n rege- lur plan of doctoring eGilleties to make n showing for It, but never is fore have we noticed so strong tet artalgnrm'nt of the fraud air ap- pear...1n the New York Jewrcel of ('ommrnc, the leading non-politloal ointment/LI papier of the country. ' ndoor the heading "Man,itarturul Government Statlen.•.4." It openly rhnrgee 111nt the 1toveruno•nt de- partment dectore the figure.. to 'mike whatever .Ilowleg will tank« ill.. Case for the tariff neat Iaresent- :.5.0', 1t drteiera. that "there lot no morn eerl(rnt crime against the Pub - lie (to env hnthing or the Internet.. of arleneen which require accurate rommercissI returns) than the pub- lication of etalletles that have peen doctoral. it la bad enough when two (hsyr'rnment Moreaus, disagree radically In their returns, for this threwe n eletet over the work of bulli 1a the minds of all men who have not Inv..tigaled the situation ret eufflcicntl,v close range to know einetly how reliable the different mala of returne are. lilt when( It np- paara that stall/tWe do not tern out ✓ ight, either because they state farts which fall to Ault the views of the party In power or because they eon - ley nnweloome truths, the situation km Indeed most unfortunate," Con- tinuing the Journal of Co,nmeree mays: Perhaps tt dope net *nein tern wester for permits with an Inlenaei partisan Mu 80 10 repre.Pnt th• 41444-1•*44 •*O6aNa* CURRENT COMMENT ♦N` The Canadian Manufacturer wants. Canadians to mark all their praluctr u Wade in Canada. That ad a gout idea ; It Is, moreover, a guarantee Unit the maker 1s confident of hie Shanty to hold his own In oompetitiou with the work. The Tomtit° ISowe ,s1 '•ts to the elimination of Latin from the school ,earhers' curriculum. There le wncb be said fur the study of Latin ,y those o_•• are to teach English. l'erhapia lu no other way can they es readily ,acouire u thorough untk•r- •lauding of a very large class of Englb.i wenld. if Nil• Minhiter of This Northwest reapers are whir- ring. tuU.rewite es*tl Ir 'wiling for do- lomite use at $u a les, Iii New York. We may hese to burn wu(al Chir whiter. The steamer hselgw'kk, pnrohared for war purpowao by the United Stator for $450,000, was sold re - mealy for $52.000. Humor has It that Oen. Kitchener le to uupltulate to Cupid. Lowloni gift of a ser, l.'e of plate will some In bendy for Ute Lady Kitchener to be. Vlotorla Is talking of reducing the number of legislators from 95 to 56, and Counolllors from 48 to 28. It feels overguverued. Those. hoer generale are having u jelly time lu England. 'Choy ,ire inutih hotter tns i(+l than aro wavy of the men who (ought to sub,lus OHM". A Dotrolt womsa Ir ruing a saloon- keeper for making a drunkard of her 16 -year-old buoy. She treks $5,00MI dam- age,. Tile case id attracting a grasp deal et attention, as, 11 involvett u reel Iwp,rtaut principle. Manituba's wheat ,Sop is ert1, mated at 50 to 65 million bushel.. The harvertiug of much a crop he a great tack, but it means a lel of money moist In the eouutry. Thu farmer teed' us, all. British opinion a sold to favor Halifax cr 8yrinr•T al the terminus of the fast Athantlr line. Ig there iso- ta, :y to pal In a word for St Joliet %Watt .1'I Hou whip nr- 1•ir eo. The prophets of 0' 01* to 111A Milt( nc0alkl be glove n rear pond a along with the Canadian Tory (Akira who mei to prophesy that the coun- try would go to the buoy -wows if the Liberals were returned to power. The Eoottleli Amcriean, Na'w York, is Just entering on Its 48th year, and it grow/ younger nal morn y(gorour with the yearn. It Is a weloome vis- ltor In the homes of thousunis who lova to real of the land they or their fit theca left to oume to the Nrw World. --t-- Wheat \\'heat crop rep, irte flow 11. -r - many, France 5,15.1 Hungary are mu h ntore pruwlalug thou they were a month ago. In+telUI of se large deficiency In the crops there, they will be. fully up to the average. It seer to be a year of plenty to most land... Paterson, N. J., ham been the were. of No much anarchism's and strike Lfive of the lead- ing• of rete that h es(1- ing fire insurance compaoiee have withdrawn from business' there. An- archy Is a foul weed that cannot be too early (.r thoroughly extir- pateti. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, Mays the question of tariff refudlon cannot bre much longer delayed. The Ite(obllcaes of his Mate are wak- Education ham yielded to the s"pnr-._dee Inn, Siad ,Pse clamor against Latin in taarllen' course we think he 'mile a inlstake. The ptbI 'ALL TERM et/Ike however, Indicates that -ix Trl- Igdir her grades must still take 1,' L/STUN/ they went 4lbing woo "I tilt lie - Gut tis Marion, Ind., they (armed what they call "a ell r•fi," to wide,' wily membeirtm MONO* T. .ire, 1, isms. ,•retain unions ore to ba acini Uowmerolal and Bbertha.d, e,lbuu;th t t Is W br un)ere,5 risenable. B..d for Journal. 'oats mal rnt•r at •pl time. lh.e.11. That will be very far hong a Chriotsan Church, but il' 11.agINOP, ees b., iery ouch better than no cit _ ,.t all. Perhaps when it rec.-Iyo_ touch of Ilan who said "Come We all ye who labor" its doors .,pen Wider. A. t. MCINTYRg, wee. The United Rtatee patters, w favored by a high protaotive t •.11:1gt, that goals alt oh compete :0,000 Harvesters Onto. have leen Import.,I In1V a n t e d In M.eltoba sod quautbNaa so Una* 1 tattled AO N. c Gnedi.. Nerlhwe•t I'hcle die's caslonls out of $CO,( FARM LABORERS' (MN). Just how they know this EXCURSIONS ,kr not gay, but they n41k.' It 011 he run to for that they anal more utwtruclom ration. In wt In the wn or Importers 5. Toronto n �INNIPEti ( y {totter• to Ttxrnto • 1, Ilia- soa pluck the fat Yankee rnisalloNorth J 7 es geeDt North of21lu the fullest extent. r 0n 10 and $1O +dwell J a.o. There mat have been an ugly linea. IMkets to Wlsnlpeironly 1 he Bold bot each person percher Lng among tis. protect onirts In H will h, Jornl•hed with a 000900 on baud fifty yeurr ago, for the (loh,after•uch Per•onhNb•se hired Winnipeg to work u . +arm labo-N don Times printed a letter un loot later than An,u.t Sat. 1932, rtwill bt Iren to 12tH, 1852, staling thnt e un 4etraesrfrom poWianatlotlIOanr (fanedlan nomination day for the. North \teao &teflon In peg anitobs or Misled a ..t or SouoNorthwest wickalsire election, Nir Hobert YltinnlWpe9. but th 55w.51rt beyoNnd MOore was twice attnoked ret (he ,p, It.tsv.a or Yorkton. tun by ruffians wearing proteettn oerlplving with °conte ena ed Int butl(ate, and with hifa• prrsery IMar•a which .511 be rives p.r ser• of o5e wsy 910 ticket., pe/155. In one Inatome le was eared a will homier -0i to etartlna POWS else huallord, and In ChM other It tame lout. on or her -re Nov. 30th, Oo t� CCmoot of 158. farmer. Had It not been for CKKTAU M A11* AKt',snn CLA*4 •re n.4 rood oe " Iatp.Nd Limited" llaesMy assastatree, in the opine Pr IS 11 not not lt,. holden to pr_� the forties, Wt itob.rt 1'8.1 w?r'hutnmedatlon on Tou 1st Can. ewriata ly have been killed. )1I for rsmphletg '.g fall parties - Ian toren • near'*. agent, or to The Milano limber artisulsal5. NOTnAN, Amt, Oen. Ps,. Art, Cho rot tnke kupily to the prg 1 K as Street an,easTweets. of compulsory arbitration of dif o« tt IDetMrtlanw mere. We have alway. detested W..I stress, , il.dseloh. idea of the mekl:ing of tete puhll4.- _ the privet.. relit Oman of en4pkt.,cy`,• `,, ,,yy ``,,,, and employe!, but in the ease of row tN�tar�MMt1bMr*4r. way dlspete. we think the pre may well entre a right to lot 15r11u R E The publin owns the f noelk.P the ptddk that 1. diu•o aI y the kibur troublaw on en Tway. gsesati,rn Ui by .Mont IA not. l thinit whether the ',Mole ehrntld III n rel, 5Ct to interfere, but low IR to enforce Its will 10 .10 Juctlee guilt e,taaa. WA tainted. we 4Mo we clearly how thn1 Is to be ,b but a wny may be found It t never ,lo 1.0 nay to it man that mnwt wart for it rsllwny, if iP .t nal wish to de no for any rot hut we might sip (hat the r4nnalt of work are Intra and then If man won't nsnept, others who to M inn might be given a eha11 You can buy cheap Candies as well as the best of . CHOCOLATES and BON BONS at BALMORAL CAFE BEDFORD BLOCK t III. of WI, to who k In A.51on live .11.11 the' lots pu, of ; the or Mortal I118 for t Su lake All ark) ob,neNt IDS wli rely bl. y., Ste rk5 F.so MCe- c'tt111e, lee Ines "Cron- brevery Per'out iso t bt S -- int' IS led- $11011 - jos It and psi ail hnll- hev too trig plyt- e=iel it mom to Em tit. wIdt as ohel%IN55 not Emier. Mere )(Or west he nn •5me geed of Fan The IrkitY Ise oho r- noa1 Refn.ek- Wa are Ion, leeare- pad sh n the of are 'Int rigs .ng Two the -* IA In the year ending June 30, Do fewer Hut. 648,743 Immigrants lued.'d In the United States. That Ir urarly 9-10 of 1 per aeut. of the population aca,rding to the recent rearm. It Ir a record year. Cawadlans and Australluus keep up their owe ciliate' sot d as, a meaur of defence, but tile; (are not shouldering any hugs unUltarlrw, thank you. Oliver Wendell Holme., son of the post-physloiau, Ir now a judge of the United Steles. Supreme. Court. He le said to have inherited ouch u( his father's genital and geniality. Judge I>}aeaulay, of the Yukon, Moine Mr. How saw thing's In that region tl.ruugh blue goggles, and that his prwlwlstle forecast le not only uowarrauted, but likely to lure laritlnrs to Ualladlaur. Buffalo la having trouble with the gar oomiraity over charger for the me of metal's, aunt proceedings by iujuuctiou are threatened to stop much chanter in future.l'ome to tbluk of 1t, the groom* who would make a charge for the use of the scales or wt•aruraw he uwd wg11W speedily brooms unpopular. CLnaallan women retia 10 basis tba best of it in numbers walla the age of 85 it reached. The cen- sus returns sow that at that age the figures of survivor. were: Malar. }'re x5 A, 8th ,,,.,, 481+! 4,ual'JOer. lou to 94 l,:i;,6 1,554 b5 and over 423 588 On amount. of the migration to Moulteha and other causes, there its u mrarclty of farm labor In Uuturlu, and the farmers are ready to try every- talus -sluing deuce. There Is one (hut we heard of a while go. Imams(' of cutting the corn, retak- ing 'It and feeding it to his hog*, a fanner turned tlo hog'. Into the corn- field Irl September, letting them do their cnvu harvesting. Nine of It WOO wasted, lite hugs throve well, and the next year u much better crtq, 4 corn was raised on the m►me.land. A western cougrwsnman tello this dory on himr.•I1, stiplllatusg that bas tut shall not bo used: Het was el - toted, after a hard fight. and tele- graphed to his faintly : "Now you 44/11 µ.lot 1110 house red.": When bo rene0'1 home the next evening he found that 110-5 kung had la►°n lila at bin word and had covert'( every- thing -louse, fence, hencoops. been and even trews -with a Coat of ear - mine. By way of rubbing 1t In they' ellargel Wait *leo for the job, hitt he reit wo good over his ..overed that 11e, ptid the money. UuIte1 Slates Internal revenue re- turns show (bat au timer of depot". stun there le a decreer() in the C011- .umptton of epulis anti an increase In beer. Fewer cignrr and more cigarettes are used his hard timer. The use of smokuig and chewltlg tobacco increase.] Aljlltlf (liming the, hard limen, as, that of be.•r did, while the urn of spirit.. and cigars was tilling stf. There had beau u further Increure with the growth of papule - Lion and .he improvement of burl nem, halt the increase In tea years -lute been considerably below tan M- oralise In population. It ie puulhk- Mutt there has been a decrease In the rhewlug habil. Undeterred by fear of the Grand Army of. the I14pu110 vote, the Buf- falo Ex'pra' , a Itepultcean paper, ale- Clares that the plain fact told by the pvtskrn office figures of the Unitel Neatest In ane of gigantic frauds. No one meow to be able to say wiw the fraudulent pensioutrs on We roll are, hot their number mut* be appalling. The census of 1690 ehowed that there wero then 1,054,07:1 veterans of the Civil War nitre ami 145,470 widows That includwl the rlaserts'rn, who were shown by the provost marshal's report to uusnb•r :551,397 men at the close of the war, and the survivors of Cho 12511) 90 -day men. .Ind 1t watt twelve yearn ago that We count was Model During Pitch of them twelve years there Lars been drooppetl front the rolls on na- eount of deaths front 25,(100 to 35,- 0110 unmet.. linnet' on the comas oT 18(N), theme cannel now las living more thttn about 850,0011 mul.U'rs and widows of the Civil Wnr-co'int- lug everybody -deserters. 90 -day men and all. Yet there are 999,446 pen.loners.on the rolls, and the. Com- misrioner estimates a further in - arson( of 10,010 during the seeing year. "Deice et decorum est." Take a moan who dcww not know how to swim, or who has not it•t.l u swim. (Or several years, and ilei id the 511a1n w110 will venture into deep water nal take p"rilo.s rl k•, that the 'overtonr+e.t 411.4w or *wee- nier /,et a rule revolt*. - Dui fah, 4'ons- merc•Inl. That ie /stability the 0.10.:e u7 main✓ drnwuh.ge. There are pe'.ple who Will (011 you that expert melt -timers err• more frrg,wntly victims than those who cannot nwlm. That Is, pewhnp'±, the remelt of the ••nn•lsss. or Imaginative rcp stere' ria of ndding aw a finishing leach Poch nnan of drowning, "He watt nn ex- cellent swimmer." To may that ex- pert *swimmer,' are mole alit to drown thou Hem who cannot ,,,.1111 04 no silly on to nay that an expert markwnlnn IN more likely to Me* the lnrget than he who is it mor shot. The n.dion 1* nerounled for by the o.esplonal drowning of n «stammer, which romatimp. n•auitn from recklse.ne.., from inj ilea re- rrtvP.t In the water, free( connote, nr pt hnlwllon : by the sr.•,Ilting of Pspculnr-a.. In .wlmming to 1 portion who ,An bor.-1, keep hiue•elf afloat for n fpm rhinwtar, and to plain fsMpho,si. Don't let It prevent your learning to awls, THE MARKETS Toronto Warmers' Market. The receipts of grain on the e'lect market here to -day were light. The offerltlge of butter, pantry, t+Ipgv1 alai grde1p stuff were liberal. (Jatr weare ' retrad , 400 blu;jlrle of okl selling at 414 to 50k+, area one load of new at 450. The receipts cot and straw were light, there www a good demand, and the market war "lead/. 15 loads of few hay selling at $1l to $13, and three loads of old at 4117 to *Ie. One load of draw' sold at 4111. Thu receipts of dressed hogs were light, there we. a fair deemed, and the market was steady. at $9.50 to 1{10, 'Wheat, (til, 83o; new, 75e. Oats, oil, 48 to 50e ; new, 4543. Hay, timothy. oil, $18; new, $11 to $13. Straw. $11. Butter, poral rolls, 18 to .31e; crocks, 16 to 16t•. Kgs, new laid, .180. --Toronto Cou airy Predates. Butter -The receipts are large. the demand for choice goods Is fair are1 the market W steady. Some doe pound roils are constU,7 forward and tlwy besio 15 to 16u per pound. Creamery prints 19 1-2 to 20 1-2e; sonde, 18 1-2 to 19c; Dairy tc)o and path, choice. 15 to 16e; medium, 13 to 14c ; culls, 12 to 12 1-2e. Eggs. Tho receipts are very lair alsl there Ire a good demand for Oils ttws of the ywr. Tlw market te steady at 15c for the ordinary rel of good, freta gatllered..tssck. (S'ea- a:otwlly a trifle more Ir obtaintai for deleete1 enroll lute, but the above tar the ruling prow. Seconds are quoted at 121-2 to 13e. lbuttry-Tile nree:pt■ are fair. TI•e .8- ae,id M not good for this sea- roa. t:h4dkwss aro quoted at 50 to 75c, hems at 400- to -50c._ docks. at 110 to 80 and turkeys at Bo to tae. Potatoes -The offerings ars fair. Prieto nee steady at 411 to 5085 a D isiel, according to 4E414'. i Ousted hay -Tile market W rt.tady at 1<9.5(t , $10 a ton for neap hay on track boeta+ atld ill for old, ltnlat straw W steady. Car lots un *reek here are quoted at 95 to $5.50. reroute Ole. stout" Wariest. L a port ..ttle, o►obos, par owl du medium do uowa Beeeher. cattle rMk•d bntakar; melt, e*Moe bol rhes' *auto, tale do 00elm05 do bulls ,....« ✓ erden. abort -keep...,....... du medium stinkers, til 10 dW lbs Roll.., export, ......., MI eh row., emit Shoop ewer, pet rot Sheep, buck., per cwt MLNyV• bM1ehera'. cant Lamar. Spring. ...:h 1 alor,,, per cwt dug* choles. par awt....... , Maga light. par amt. Mogo.f.t. per cwt.... ..... 53 73 W It 33 5 t to 373 3 3u to 4 to 350 to ase 1 on to 300 373 to tau 3 at to 1 tee Y Y. to 3 :3 .73 to 3 ti 330 to 4 341 .I Oil to 3t• 4 45 to 3 3m ZS id to SO W 33o t• 3G 2 S to 171 3 N to 300 4 30 to 4 :S 3 /0 to sow 73.1te uuo 7 121 Lu u to 7 135 to 0 e0 11,ea41/g Wheat flarkrt.. Following are the taming quota- tions at irup..rlant wheat centre. to- day : ('ash. 1 hr. New York 721-4 Chicago 70 66 3-4 Toledo _.. ,,,,., 771-8 701-2 Duluth, Na 1 Nor. .. 713-8 613-14 1: 1 /'horse Markel•, B411rvllk•, Aug. 16 -There were of - (tool to -day 2,475 white and 81(0 sa,lorel . all soil at 1.5-e to 9 11-16c. ('uwnusvllle, tjuP-, Aug. 16.-Thdrly- four factories offered 1,471 hazes of thaws• : 17 creature ti o:fere(1 1,521 boxes butter. Butt:'+ sold at 181-2 and lar . cheese at 9 1-2 to 99-16o. Canton, N. T., Aug. 16. -There were offered to -day 2,114 twins. 11,08:1 tube butter. Cheese sold at 9 1-4e., and butter at 20 3-9c. Watertown, N'. ''., Aug. 16,-0.i the cheese board to -dao 3,3.'12 !sited Of cheese mid at 9 3-8 to U7-1943. for large and 9 5-e to 9 13-16 for small. Ilrlllea Cattle Market. London, Aug. 16. -Live eat IP, in.tnr, at 13 to 14c, drewde.l weight ; refrigerator beef, 12 to 12 1-_c per pound. - Mead 1s' on rrade. M d.ismmer dullgesa IN more or Irma mak rig Itself felt in who:P,ulle trade (little*. at Montreal. Many illy mer- chants aro away holidaying on they asl:ully are during the dogdaya, and at co,wlry trn.IP !Nitres the ho11- day Semon is uffeetlag trade 1n very mw•1: the meanie way. BUe,ien' In Toronto tine week has uhowo the effe:t of the gown' 15011.18ying which he prevalent now among city and country pier Rants. Travdlerd, lar, hate been taking holidays, alai that hair hof the effe(•t of keeping «town orders, Trestle conditions at Quebec continue to slow up favora- bly nnl the outlook is encouraging. In Hamilton' there las been a goof trnshe ger the Rummer months. The wholeenhera are Duty mak. no 1111p - ma eta to the West anti other parte of the country and look for n eou- tlnlud gaol demon.' the next nouple of month.e Velum' of staple gaols continue firm. Paynients are very fair for Mrgaut, At Winnipeg there has been a steady expinnion In the demand from provila•l.l trade centres. In Loudon there lira[ ta'en a steady de - mend for etnple goals and travellers luno been inwy taking cedes 1111 Olio week when the holiday senu.ul to making Itself frit. At Pacific ('oast po nte, there I.. a steady demand for fall gocaha and the outlook for Diet - nom in generally considered bright- er. Ottnwa wholesale trade Is moderately active.. CANADIAN LAD'v HONORED. Awarded Medal by Mina tot Public Service In ludl., The following it a clipping from the ('tlrbatlun Treasury, published Ip ..Arming the Wrenn lion honors the King -Emperor tutu conferral on Mast Margaret Norris. 11 D., of the Anier9oan Presbyterian Min'lon, AI- Inbnbad, the Salem I Hsnl Ineinl, for public uervice In lndin. Dr. Norrie rendered valuable parvbe DI the (government and people, without poy. dnr►ng the resent outbreak of pingo', having charge for several month. Of the wome•n'e And chl!dren'e twv'tlon of thes pintom ramp." f)r Norris' Is a ('nre.dlan. Rh' e;seet three year' of liar metrical course nt the Ontario Malieal College for Women, Toronto BIDS FAREWEI_l. TO IRELAND, Marl (7.41 gee sIgnaUar. H•1:remenl by Cei•waony at t/ublin t•..tle. imblin, Ang. i8,-})sr1 (Cadogan, th. retiring 1sa ai-Llentenant of Ireland, and Newton.' Cadogan formally maid farewell to Ireland to-4*y. Ths event. whk'h wan na'nmpanlnd with eonaldernhle ,erem„nv, took place In the throne room ret Dublin ('acti.. \ nnmte'r of loyal solareN,ww were pre.enteil A large gear(' of honor tinder eemmand of the Deka of (on- nanght lined the route to the rnll- way matlon. The lg„arl or 1)ndl.y, the *ncePwl- leg Lord-I.leotenant, will a•wnm. Ono* without delay, The Signal n rl`srdlsaan 17111IY THUIt$hiY 8088189 ant n• Ye111441CUDOT. 11L•e4114.1 of a•Iwwrtpu„a, Dna month, in Sill 0011.... Thro., mouth.. 85a 0m• mesa " /g r a Ir ad•er1Lrug M..v. IAg.l Sad utn., •a.eal ad. ,... , W. rig Ua4 t,. d-•1514 fur •r^b .,. b.mtua5l i..entu, at �'• a nm, nil •. 55•. '' 5 •/ B, oar• Garda of da hue. and ,..J•r py w seer Ad.,.rll-e/nents of list, bel uat1uns tree out. .ylta..,l.s,. N,nt.q u, Be.ta... Chance. Wa„bd not er.•,d,00 limes p^ roll, 51 per wuut5,. novaeon 155• and Vara, oo s.ler sol .toad 1111*.... it fur 11+., m ,rein., n, a,.r 6.•q went mouth. Lora r ado,' to A*y apeulal ■oil.. the 01^a5 or W5,5,5 1. ly•. promote (Aa aw'unl,rr honest •1 .a) 1, d viS Yl N coattail,. l , be ares. der, 4 an 4.1 vert W trent .ad hiarga5 &o,y,r•I a Iy. Local sott. w le uonmeeil tip• ,,s,•,,,,ot pd word. uo pollee km Lina 13o. 1.oe.l ■ul5o.r isel. nary r•ad In, trl.,v. roma per word. No nasi Ina ter 1•.•. II„1a y,,,• Hulloed for churches ►ad other reli•Isu* rag b.ae•ol•at WtIWtlew, half ant.. ech•rrltsr• ohs fall M rornly. Tug sm.,( regularly br nt•51 will o"nf.r a fain- L, .. quote,,,.55 u• of the epos Il Y •Sri, a glia porit-,l•. VI Are a ebony' of addr... 1. 4.,:,.,d. Obi o4 and the Sow &ddr.w should Le -p..4 ea►Illah is *aura, J.,. 1w Touren. of (raided, 5', ►,,. 5,,•a tap pointed 1woa1 teras.ilinr Agent fur 04.1... !hips or 0alrlel'. r'olboroe, Aeaa•Id slot Yr a w auosh. lex.ai pwUnnatsa ores the district .+ sys pinpuwsred to reales whscripnnu, 4 yo, gloom £L All sem wt lMtioae Mt.( le addressed D. MWII•LicU11U1,, gbpkep. Cali* _ 'Ti. tttlieli uM Tllt(l*LiDAY, AUCI. 21. I:Mr_. Tla*YWLLIR, GUID&, •RAMD T*VA[ RAILWAT, •ultra add Vol SM.... , au awl trpram Man lad tapr.aa. Moll sed noires Mixed.... _.. Dtr•rae, 11' "elle• • w•sa fr - i Hart 113pa D*AT11T/tY, M• NICROL$ON• L.D.a.,r DaiTAt eerl..ret, floors* opposite w. M..l Oslo% Hold P5111ap, Grows .M Wiese Wort • Spoolaltr. ■ 7euJ azwartweo. IM. ART , DD s Lr, I h.TOTAL ML /• Sargon Latera &lel wpr•r' t u.oe 4 ler all dental opereUn,a 1'r. -•r. et 1'. •! as rat ural Meth a specials y. cern , 'a. 8'4.4 s4 awl weuare lap stalsoL iatr.,.es as, Nie Telephone Na 85. "•3' IIA t'3,7, X. D.i).!i.. 1..15 8 n li'sr.41 e Norman,. raca'eeu,r to hr. J Y 1454 hull. Mont apt est m•th,el• ie sit denary, meas01 to u."d,•ru dent l•try, 5uaa5'db.y I•,, 0, ntlu inlay oirerill Ions, Ind Pr.,a a ,1, 1141.1;, work leoh has Kola ,o.4 la p, mist,, ,5YTmf.,ii l.;lld 1„ pi.w,rtAnal"ln,suT- teeth. In on.w (.arm, Ny ,s•ru pl.,1 1.) br Turnbull. • *•OTic a -'w8. TNOI I VUf.I:'1,•v.n .\ drntleta. will Air our .,eh•....1 , •,t,;r.. p.m. Ordere.l'•y■ from Mey 1e a''teh•r tg elusive. . MIan.•.1. II. \n n•,. .,.. uuAreh,tinyeth,Lt1Y or.l- 1101nt _-. .• LieiaL F i aisploN, 4C,- HAKRISTLIa &4 .• nus, Notary. &O. I)laee es MI/P..0.WO, H.11. sluare. linder5 * ( 0. .11.03854108- n.5 Nlat+'1 4s, W,1• .t 50 1 • •:.r•. t nrnn,/• Mune . a, 9.41 • ran. tHan.a: • e-. Hwmtlsan oo511 k.,5.t n4.._ • reeta. Uudertrh, U. 1. .54 111ROUDPCoOT a H4YC RARItI*TRS55 I abettor.. nota+ ai public, leer -hare 1111.14 *.mile• Court. kc. °Aloe:N it0t .t sert doer Stens. e(dnu. Privete Ven& to lead s assail rale• of lntereet 91 W. PMOUDI'OOT. e. a'. 1111, IIckPYeON a HARROW, I*Altl:l'l, It.. Atkin. yd, wullciton els . 11ud.•n, h. K. 1. INctin•en- Chez!** narrow. 1.1.8 1)1111.11'1401.T. K,C., BAItilI+Tklt, CDG • . her. Notary Public. etc. sfmce ca.t-Ns t'ourt flume pore. Honey to loon 41 Ion rater of interest. !`IIIAlt. 8110111 - BAIRRI/ITKic Mfs to biter, notary and osa,Va•ssr: tales ,e Hamilton street oppose.. the a OWN Hetet, no/Prick. Private reeds te lad mortgages at I per vont. f twelet. nitwit rite ~Ws& . *AAV . . •.'.• n....,., AM.' 1• 4 • reYwuk.i,.n• 5,,s, .,•,,,.g •a4 tarrying feetrn'Mnre• o1 esu. amd.'1 - • •a el• time. d.p..dUm,s us, rains. drela•,r.,•, .. -. 5..+'1. 6.1 1n •af M'tiM. .alt •r er"'•,dl„r 5 Cha NINO Court .f J uNa., ah• teen o1 I prof for 0111arle, sr in any a•uaty or home (Joest. 5511 le meatless serafulsr sr,d Mu,sar executed. Ne•M•ace sad P. 0. edema g5aaoa, 0s i. Mal LOAM, AIM 4311111HAIrCL `,40NISY To LEND -A LARGE .s11ot ST 171 rf Drirete f,mda for Intp,tw,•td al io• e.5 roto.. a,sl cape •.s en 15r4 mi*.., mt rigs.,• Apply to la.•k Imam k narrate. AU(:TION KKRINU• I il0MAN OUNUMY, AUC'TIO:IEEIL,&M'_- Valuator, 0o4NIcb, Ont.Sai.s' ..ncndA M In any p*ti-ef sbs e..My Cr0)18 RNO OLNIHAL A1' '„a and peal Valuator, Urdarl h. •. . •,• lad had g„a6lderabl• experl.nty • 1•• •a^ Uonwlag'rad•, h. u ,u a p•.Ill.,14,054:17,11::: eh..". wltn Moro'tgb .aU-Mr Inn (nL..aa tntnut•.1 b blm. lhdnns 1 pertnn'. Hou1, or •eat by 51555 U' bb *.i In ed erleh !'. 0.. earsSS,iII 551• 404 W WII MOS, ('Duly Aartlnwwr, 41 lrC"u nuss4tAss uorsaaa. Wa ....mea► Yadarte14AMB. gourn 00sk AIR1A18i11u THE CZAR DISHEARTLMI:I) Aaxloue to Abdicate:--.WIIL_21!d Phyd- ,al Power" Rellleig. Aftsenw, Aug.. I8, -A report in cur- rent di the hl sheet offte'in I rirele• Haat the ('lan Ilam per:,ratly '71" - premed to ire Intimate 0111 0111 .14" 5, deities lei ab51!rnt Tfi Trevor brother. (Iron.' Ont., Tho n-'.lrh !1lbehnei .\ Iota lido ivitr•1,. Tee I's 1r .045.51 :bsta.ut ..la. nxyts Lal Prat nouth, doll If elle does not present the 5't•Ir vett, an heir, his d,rlsina to idol/tate will probably herons« ir- revrev,bM. HIe Mnjeety 5s u.It1 to bite 119._ moot' ntta'riy imsbetrtenel at the in- ternal corset ion of the ru,u,try. He Iain neither iv ill Ianver mor 0114' col ttrea th to eoMend with th'' O tte -Ilion, and with the ("polo! re' trogr..stve entourage by which he iw nurronnded, LOST SAVINOS IN BATiIINf. M, narcosis and )lurrn,vlag N„d,.i Its. e,v.rrd Them by Insley. forts, "Ig 17 M Ocoee, too jot tell) Il rllrltslle story ,.l 15.5eor, a fnmt•u• model .4 the A, ,.l -tole idr, Ilene( Arlo. 11 (grrome !talked 111111 (Mown le hie reentry place. and one day ho(h 1V,ret bnthing. unlso.rr rarrl,•1 Ihr .n'Init• of n lifetime, fifty 5house iel franr1A In a tin lean, w-h;eh h'.11,1 not rem trio round hie nark When he snore Mat of the water the bo[ wits gine` M (femme neat 114' 41ved rspenIedly Anal at the end of half an hour the 5507 Wad round. The ono elite too' Mal; Snaked by the writer, pmt he attend 'hem ant In the eon on the- bank IMbank and sdana(f.d to dry them