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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
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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.
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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
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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....
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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.... _..
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11'
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•
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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