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Tering of nub, ,Ii4thos : '
Lu/ per ern In wlcaurr. •
ix rent h., .ills• ; three month., 4.'k•. '
Subscriber: is 'hu fall to remit) Tui 8i1MA1
regulaia: by mail .111 confer a Vitt or by area
qualnting a, of the fart MI w. early a dame a,. •
When as cluing.• of aldose la de -i nil. both the
old tout 1 hr ucw .clan•.. Should be tot ell..
Adr•rtliin iiatN ' .
a
1 1 alai otlu•r +malar uat)rti.rinesif ;' 111i•
Iter lbw for 14*t in+rrllun ;nnd :Y• par lire for
ea..•h vnbogIwnt taws ion. Mem-total by a
nolgmr•II scale, twelve lint's to an in,•h.
HII.{Ihr.- cont. of .ix Ilse. aid hater. 15 seer
year. .
IAdcrMlsduroe. of I.o..t, En 1, 811.4)1v1. b11 -
tial ion. yea,1111, sail oaths). %1'aat4 4, Hon t• Vase
Sale or to !tent. Farm- for bole or to Krnt.
Articles for Sale. rte., not exceeding eight
lilts. Xie each il.wirtiol :11 for fir -1 nautili.. Ie
for eau h .ub ositieul month. urger ,ulvertisf•
1tien1- In proportion.
Loral notices In nonpareil type :x• per Ione.
No tootles• less than 2.1e.
1 tlnuoumxeurnls in ordinary re.uling l yet. oar
sent per word. No nut ire les. than t*•,
Any. spatial nil ice. 1140 uhj.o•I of which 1. the
pecuniary benefit of any jou)), ideal or m wx•i•
a•{011, to 111 role.i4,n.I 1111 aut.rliwitienl anti
t) he ehArge41 accenting!).
.
i Witte. for di.pla>' and .00(04)') u.lecrllr•-
.lel». will lie Frit rot on at.td MNtl.ny
Adam-- all ronuunnir - to
\'.%N.ATTFft & ItOIIEItTS1/N.
Tits: 8 s,u.
14.411 ich. Zhu.
Ie(UKR11 •H. Ttjl'KSI)A1'. 4117. 8.
there no way of Is idggingg over the gap
for the :benefit efit of tenth sides Y"
"Monne of the 1014(11 priers Isla in
Winnipeg natty prove interesting.
California peache.4. iu :al -pound rases,
$135 ;• l'al,fornia lel iu rase of f
trays, twenty-five 1181111(114 of fruit,
$I:Ii pear rase ; California Tukay
grapes, 'Jill rents ler pound. or 90 cents
Iwr tray of 3 to ti penman ; Montan.'
cral)Ipp lea, $2.440 per 45-po I box. or
75 cents per pail. Grapes are put nn
in trays, four to the case, 't he saute as
pl s. Peaches are all wrapped, as
fur IMvut1, w'hirh sell for 43 to $:4.2.4
per flit)•-(1*.)nnd lox. Ontario apples,
*3.25 tee 9:4.7:o'per barrel for XXX.. ac-
cording to the variety. Slate are toe-
ing sold for $1 and $4.221: : Ontario
IM•4tllty.
twaar•s, 13aan•tlrtts and Flemish , .
ea -cents awe. 17.p 1 Casket ; Ontario
grates, Black Rogers itnd De'awnre,
Il cents for reneged ten•pou11d bask-
ets : Ontario plums. green gages and
other varieties, 1111 .ruts. feetISpound
Iwskets,"
Another front-, in the situation is
tbe'•al) Ma ran a of British '('olemilLia
fruit in the %Vinnipeg nuu•ket.' •'Reit•'
isle Columbia is copying 4'alifoildet
meal:1*Isa111I at larger quant ity of their*
fruit is appearing year by) year, and in
stem 1 umlaut mg shape." This is A
T•ompelition against which the tariff
I* nee- pnrteetion for the F:a.dern
glower. The only thing for hint to do,
if he wishes to find a "mule( for his
surplus fruit, is to improve the system
of getting his goods tee the consumer'
• at a distance.
THE FRUIT TRAQE.
4 -
S • time ago a local fruit -grower
eompiained tee us that the tioverament
was not giving sufficient protection to
-I Me fruit -growing intereMtei to enable
\thrid to keep, a Manitoba and West-
ern market amt of , the hands Of the
-.Trilled N
Frs - 4.11. On
States ell( Il
suggesting that -1 the {sasteri earn
ndi:ul grower went a ghat fruit to the
We*1 as was suplilietl int California
thele should Ite nee difficulty in disk.,-
\ ing of it the truutrkaahlr statement Was
mule its reply ,1 hat the Westerners
\ a prejudMt Canadian
ice ag1i81ltdian
fruit and would not take it unless the
California fruit were kept out *tithe.
mli•ket. As a r 'iary on this'
peen lar contention an'art hie in The
Tiros 1 New•s from it. -Winnipeg
'ttt'tw'ps dent is enlightening., Hr
Ray* that. idle there has been some
inlptroveme in the 1Mime 11f the
Ontario fruit telling the . Manitoba
market "it is 111 y plain truth tee say
that) fat 4110 u1ABh of it was a sorry
spectacle when it reached there."
PI s that once w 0 *'Byatt same -
thing arrived in % "'niip'g with
whiskers 1111 there like ., a patriarch.
and 0) many eashe fru i nn w.hirh
large express charges had wii paid
Waw sill fur litth• (re. weals 8I lately
unsaleable because of its,rondil
'•If the Ontario fruit -grower. 1
only see the i•untempt in which tit
greats are held ley fruit men heti' tit
would either park them hat,' or atop
shipping them In NV,o iip'•g. 1n the
Haat ponce. the llepiu•1 brisket is nee
package t0 ship pi in. Piked up
one on another four fret high in a ear,
the lower ones crnxh down and smash
the fruit. They rnnnot he Stayed to
preventmotion. and. in 0onvep llenc'.
the fruit in thus- not relished 'kilts 1
about and is ruined."
Everybody. he ways. mh11it,4 that
(`aalipirniat fruit is not as good HS
Ontario fruit, and yet leVumipeg is
fill 11f l alif,ruid Itemies inti solids
and grapes.' Teeeaster iv that the
California fruit is properly {Markel for
ahipmentanl reaches the tnarla'rt in
good condition, while itis' Ontario
fruit often does not.
it Wnuldirrtainhe he unfair to the
W estern people to keep tout the Vtlitr(1
States fruit for the Iwneflt of the
Ontario growers under Chen Bondi=
tions. indeed, the R'e'sterner. could
Hear nit a good rase for the 44,4111 re-
mission of the deaths now Onward.
We refire t0 IwlieVe' that our fruit -
growers As It class are 5o otter Iy"5rlflslr•
as to demand that their brothers Mel
'deters and suns and elaughte l•. in the
Nest 'holed N..0191111,4 10 t he Alter-
atives of buying unsound fruit, piy-
in_. excessive price(' ,for 1'alifoinif
frui or doing without fruit nito-
eirth'r extracts, (loin the
get h,•
Rome
Art idle are •lforest ing:
•
"Every bo of the l';rliforuia fruit
has the 1111111' 1 the grower on a hand-
aome kiwi in let as: large enough to
he _Wen half sal arrow; the street.
YRIIT e4 1realx/llllrll 11,1,4 ha ked all N1•/•
the name of the g Wer (1p anyhIly
anhe 11asket4 of .4) aril, fruit and
fres idled to nnd it exce cone*. Asked
• Vin. 1., the 1111411H 111e o111) attempt at
an :4 I.tover he got was that. 'onet110 •4
tit • frit[ did not arrive in mat. the
sit 1;, • that the grower would ikee to
• • his Hanle ulon it. Dr tnt•i..
In•o01e think their fruit 1111•inass •4th
xl 4:1.111111 is s*tisfnelory After that
111 re 11 ion ? Apples 11.1ve. hewn 1*•rte
,lain the ye.11s en which 1111' Frail
11 ks Art was not in fetter. The Act
baa . ,born Ilnyer,4 a standard to judge'
h. and intiitlteu.i•Iv facilitated the
le I oiling of g(SMl' t.' •
r
iN r ,' in 11ne''w•rly all the blame
.1 '• . In11 rest en the. shippe lent ton the
se leen, wipeeially 1h.. system of eon-
,.
'4ir114 goods on commission. As long
a e tralilornhr fruit was handled 1111
r' nmiooion thl•fewa" Ile sane '1IM
.i• •11y. though not as. tweetltalalted eh
v, i:4, Ofih1Tirof1•1lt now. , Rut if so it
top 10 the shipper to ohaltt{gQ'e the !Is-
le and by forming associations like
the in 4'alifnt•ni: 411 get thele• stuff to
la lrke in the heel 44114, not Only ns
.•1(8)115 /115•/4.•111 1.11nNilto11, lot nest
' -- lnmerm ply. 4)ntnri,I grel,arrs have
ell heard to 111111111111111 that NVeatern
tiV. theot lot/ -re growers ought to
I.• il mu it great deal richer
1 have ti‘, few who, ler. elm pothilely
1.)14Ary. ail; mil tor 11111. or two
progre.sive gr.mets all 1111411/1.1111 441
mangitrate now met teals. hough that
woniti help very moult. I `1111111. Ille
11 OW down of hig lot. to consign
ment Mit in bad abets. has t deney
to bring down the whole market, and
with twristiable font the good uff
ennnot be held over till the new t
rights itself.
•The altatation in et mit alien appears
to rut outsider to be this, : The %Veit
want,. lots ot fruit. tool is Willing to
lom-4n, Is owning It at wham that WM*
to the West ritlie Monody cheap. Is
BRITISH POLITICAL CHANGES.
x+mirr• H.ilfour's anununc0uwpt of
the •construction of his Cabinet ab
Ohml . Hied and overshadowed by
another hieh marks the further -dis-
integration of leis following. ' The
Ihike:of Ih•t Mahle• hats resigned Iris
office. finding
ate himself wait the attacks 1111
Great Hritnin's )...I' • • 11f free imports.
The Duke of Ie•von. 4 ile was almost
the 41441'Mali of Weigh remaining in
the. Cabinet Jitter the tea ant resigna-
tions, and his secession i. a heavy
blow rte the atrenunted M inlet Mr.
Balfour. ' in it letter to Drown ire,
shows it considerable deg'r'ee of n -
cern over the loss of the noun who
he tennis the most distinguished mem-
ber of the Government, Ranged
against hire on the trade question
are now. besides the Duke Of Devon-
-10e. such men as Sir MiBhneljlicks-
Heae.11, Lord (4otw h(•n, Mr. Ribehie',
Lord George H 'Iton and Other
who have he:n of the nest pominenr
in the l.'nioniat )Marty. , The recon-
str.Itctdd'abinet is admittedly weak.
and it halt triathlons t' 's ahead.
The easy-going Prettier steins to
leave lawn c ple•tely victimized hr.
the conning of Chamberlain. "Mirthful
Jew" . kept himself oat of the way dur-
ing the discussion of thennpopular•.
Education Act. and by hist rrsrgnat'
at the present juncture he will escape
n certain measure of responsibility in
connection with the revelations of.
are Office Me p•teney in the prole-
1 1 ' en of the war which he hiilaelf
hr u_ ht on. To emphasize his Repara-
tion 141 thew' matters which have
forting t the Government into load
(odor, 1 o ipitates. on his (w5)1 ini-
tiative 1) •'ith(nit the assent of his
Mipister•ial ( ratgnes, t tariff oontro-
verity, ' upon gals unsupported by
fact ori lis orad it necessity. He has
snc,w4dled in dr: w•1 the nation's Itt-
tention tae this pie 11r 'ince, grid even
if 1e fails he will 1
than if )10 had stayed
1111)111**Ilte f(1 Aollak•1-
0 000084' ('1)80
the .Minis-
try • lid' l.haredl their it w (ing fat•.
If he w -ins, he will be tit, un isfputed
head of the new regime, ru 1 • ahfed
J111. w111 knee r'ralizeel his nit ion
to he Pretnirr of Weal. Britain.
EDITORIAL. NOTES.
The Opposition is hard pressed when
it resorts to the inlp ilitiln of bogus
petitions upon Parliament.
"Jew". Martin nays he is ort of poli-
ties for good. A'nd many on both
sides of the political cent* will agree
Wahl' ,
One of the• Old lfInntalf Liberalism
has.plssed awn y'in the death Of Sena-
-tor 1.anderkln, TOM+,4'i•urrel tothis
home tot 11 .ea On Sunday. The
1)to'Ult was 111111 44 the MOW genial 11f
Melt and had a large circle. of add-
. III',4
The t011hle• HI the NIH/ *48•1114 to be
over, see far aft the men thrown nit of
rtripl.iyInent atxl concerned. 1'nder a
gnnrantee• front the Provincial (iov-
e•rnmrnt the 'Maks have paid the
den's 55•ages, and a great many of
then" have left the. town In take!,
posit ie eloewhrr•.
Mr. 4 handsel gin is an aloe pleader:
and displays a great deal of skill in
hr employment .1 n popanhir falncy as
as e'elitical Whitson. hit hill Manifesto
on, u• tieferv'nti'1 tariff question joist
issues in (it•ewt Britain emitting
alninda t•videnee that he is Hoy -
thing but kern trksornr, •
'Me Brills trithimititt i•leetionit hove
fieovertiment, Miller the Premier
e 'lip of 51r. Me !trifle. \Thin *AA the firat
1'11'0 ion held iti I be I'M 411C
1'1,1%11114' 011 strict party lth. and the
re011It. it la NINA. Will 11 11411./114`1.
Andrew l'at•tiegle toport to
have offered the town of Mt. Ma
negotiations for the Holleeterl grata 'A,
Were 11111 Mi. Ciirnegie's agent marl he
would not consider notch n mmall
holed to get rid of hia llll mat thrt he im
•e pelleil 'tempt any amt. of prop -
The ktAn.ntent mute by 14Ir Thome.,
hanglinesey nod. the (1. I'. It. this
r rook' have employed bean 3,4110
to *ow ntnee men In the .Weet awn
they IM obtain ia only one more
rood{ of a lea yams ago, when
thousands of emelt sought eiy)lu5•ilcit
in vain. Happier Butes now prevail
lit
Canada.
1'4e apprehensunn with which 1)11
foreign nations view the puadbility,o(
England adopting protection for her
iudim4ttr•lewi should help to cowries'* the
workibgeney of Great 13t-itain that it
is in their ifiterewtr to do AO.— OHM*
Placket.
Ota the 4(1110 prineipde the appre-
hension with which everyone views a
mad dog should he sufficient warrant
few .ever) cnuilir 10 (Mlieve that it
• 1,111d hest serve it4 Own iitereNt1 h)'
developing rabies, It Is it Iepular
fallacy • that we are helped ley m1(tt het•'o
ad5•rr•sity. i
The annuUneenent of a preliminary
tote of $21),IMM1 for a breakwater at
GIMIr•rich harbor has been rle'ri5-hl
with pleasure by our townspeople.
It sl •s that the liovel•Imlr,t iepeig-
IIi7.es tioderich's important position
in referent* to the transportation
question and is ready to to whatever
seiln necerlu►ry to keep our harbor
up to the top notch of efficiency. The
soul which has 188',1 placed in the es-
timates le, of (0110)44', only fur a e011-
mWlceilrnl of the work. On(eatartrd
the money will be forth( g in dor
time for the carrying of the project W
completion.
'Why should not met of our y ger
business filen occupy the seat in the
town retuned which is now vacant ?
A great deal may he alone within the
ne;t few years for the advancement
of the town's material interests, and
three• is re 4)m at 1'he council board for
a young alai of energy and h»4iurt1
ability. Among our ye huger me•r-
rhants are such 111011 gag H. E. H4Mdge•n.l
(Osage Porter, A. U. McLean, II- . J.
Al•hesln, Oswald Sturdy, N. I). Roug-
vie. and probably others whose names
du not IMcir to us at the' mniuPnt,
who alight give a portion of their
time to the servisW of the 'tinnier
polity. Think it over, gentlemen.
Old Grimes.
I)111 Urinoma is dead, Hutt good old man,
5yc.haU never we him aeoro;
He used to wear a lung bla)k .volt.
.111 buttoned down before.
H heart was open t. the eta)
ft feeling. all were true:
His II Wa. 011(4• iurllned to grey
Hew, • it in a gneue,
11Ten•'or heard the voice of polio,
Hi. bre- 41h pity bhr.wd;
The large. to d.hyad upon ha. cane
From {,try turn'.1.
Eked word- he )t bad for all.
Ht' Iowa- no base • ...torn;
4 ere. were dark it , rather.411411...
1.-1.401.1• wa. ayuhlln
He livrxl'aitPeare•wi(h w mankintt,,
In hicmd4hip he wws tri
-
Ili.. had pocket hole. Ind.
Hit pit ta1011os were blew.
i-nleartweL the -In whhi. earth
He heed 14(s•urely o'er,
-.and never wore n mho( boo(. ,
For thirty years W more.
Hy(.g1oa1 oke lirfiHe1 i. now art mat
Nor 410. ml -fortune'. frown
He wore a double breasted trait,
fhe.(r1.. ran tip awl -dotes).
He modest fur ria .0111(11i40 find,
Audpo) it in dessert;
110 had no outlive in hi- maned.
Nor rurite•, on hl. .hart.
Hk owls/biter- he did not ab.t.e,.
S% 11 440 1,,hle and'g ay ;
Be wore large hlscklr. on lila shoe,
Arad 0hangwl them every day.
HI. knowledge. hid from rouble. gnu•\-
He dM not brine to view.
Nor made noise town meeting dgya, \�„
..1s many pmlele ,to
Hi. worldly. he never threw•
In treat to rtane', chance-, t.
He lived lea iced.
hi- brother. dol )
In easyelm..... amts.
long a r
K K p Iw lween.l>tpwan nnd the third
um the fiat, %hi(•h la 11111.11W11 1dmltry.
The figures below ell
low the export
trade. ten yearn ago, that at Ili.' J)144'.
reul time and the percentage of ins
crease for tile dt'eutle :
ear $1115,atalitw 1 Y14,011.074 1114.X)
u. 84.4(&7as I47,0at, LS. Wall
" Itr.1 sewer , site 1tai,75.5 1.111Y,01,107117.4.1
In Ioiit of yolultae, l'anidla stands
on the list as NO. 12 1111) It is to he re-
memtwrcd that her population In only
about that of the State of Penns)•1-
5•anht. Her per capita export t•1u1e.
as far 1101 can 1w determined by avail-
able reports, now exceeds that of any
other c try, with lite exception of
the Netherlands.
Thele is h At the 11)184)40(11 tinge
4.4,40(4 iudienles that Caliendo has
"struck her gni," and is not merely
enjoying a temporary spurt at n place
whirl, cannot. be maintained. Reports
show that she (mutilates to week,. an
influx of 'omits far beyond that
of preceeding yells. Her nunuIial
condition is d, her i11eh15Lr•i(40 are
generally uu'tive anal pespwnns and
lire future is full of emdouraageiarnl.
THE WEEK AT OTTAWA.
Death Invades the House and Re-
moves the Member for East Bruce.
Exposure of the Petition Campaign Agaenst
Ow Transcontinental Railway Oppo11t.0n
Members Present Pat mons with Bogus
Signatures -West Huron's Member on tn.
North Pole Expedition.
18pebd eorropondenee of The sigaal.4
Otttw*. Oct. ard•—"is he Midst of
life we are in death." No for Many A
year has that funereal ph)1uw Iwei
shockingly true than least Thurs-
day evening, when with less than 115•e
huur,i wa•11ing Henry Cargill, of East
Bruce, after having delivered it w)tie•-
what A tet ngst'eh in the Hous• of
('4 s me the iutnigemenl of the
Iiitereoh 111x1 Railway, and apparently
in the best of health, was lying a
corpse in the apartments of the ('perk
of the House.
Mr. ('au•gill, after resuming his twat.
got up and walked, to a side thew of
the building to et smite fish air.
Jost as 4,P re:whed the door he felt
dizzy and fell, but Mr. Ross, the House
of l' ' postmaster, who w•a14*
near by, caught hitnand assisted hila
tee a chair. Another fainting spell
came on amp the medical M. P.'s in the
chamber were at one* s 1, but
(hl•i l• 11ir1141r►ti were in vain and
at 111:40 the• scat for East Hrlacebecame
vacant.
This ought to (nusvt smiling attempt
to improve the ventilation of the ('onl-
m0ns chandler, as it is ver)' likely the
vitiated air wes the Hirt came of Mr.
l'at•gill's illness.
11(1.4l'S PETITIONS.
For Ili., pant two weeks or more
petitions etg.lin44 the passing of that
transconlineutalrailway hail have
Caen pouring 61411 PArlianient and dr-
Ilires laying the proceedings ronsiele ably.
\ That these lief itions were circulated at
the in+laConservative of the party
managers it did nut take the Minis-
ter•ta114ta hong to find oit. but nothing
•as said. a1.4 jt W4114 legitimate polities.
, it the fart that nearly every portion
of the Itenninilnl wa* represented i4
he adverse petitions, while (he project
If has been w1 enthusiastically re -
1,1 'w1 by the (ountry, mused the Lib-
eral n look into the matter. As a
result Mr. March. M. 1'• for Bagri.
bnaigh he question up in the Howie
and in plc '11 English charged the Op-
position w• h presenting Magus peti-
tions, And 1It gave the information
he had regard his own comity. He
Was infol•nuel • gentlemen w•h4lel0
agneasappeaedl.e the petit' that
bey diel not even 804 the precious
mint, to say nothing of 4uhw•rile
in it. - • Mr. Talbot gave Kindler
teat tions re'gardin the county of
Ikirche•grrr. .lean fete Morin, the
easy-going AI. P. for heater, in his
explanath.jl said be k nothing of
the; origin Of the petitions. 11ey were
handed) to hitt by a i•unatltii tot a few
days previous who staked hien ) ple-
aent thecal, nmol Without even look gat
thrum Mr. Metriur naked the Ham to
listen to theprayers, oafthe pet It lone_
HP disclaimed any guilty knowledge
• THE OP)OMUTloliHANK.
The., undisturbed by anxion. cares,.
His peaceful moments ran:
And everybody ...hi he MA.
A fine old gentle'
A. N. (reene,Itl1111-Fol
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES..
Th. Table. Turned.
London Advertiser.
It is heel to Irpleas a unite when
Mr. ('haills't•lain speaks of "the eco-
nomical
conomical advantage 4)111 opponent.; en -
y in the shape of cheaper IAtor.18
protectionists of the United
Stares and Canada are always plint-
g te the "cheap labor" of England
)1 for high tariffs. How do
he tables turned?
So •e Pe• -1e Will Shen Any Old Thing.
• 1., dun Ad vertiwo.
The p it.io against the Grand
Trunk i , iflc contract, which are
pouring in n 1.111' se 1.1. l'
vi
have leen et ince I by the politi-
0• e. -and air ant. be ,,,ken aeri-
onsly. A forme ma) 1 of thin city,
then very impute wax , rd that he
could get every 111 on 1115 and
Rice 1 stasis vi "thin • Bed•tlin
,area to sigh n 'let i11 1 to i VI' 11411
(the mayor) hanged. , r w• the
wager.
*, 14.in'• Fiscal POI,
Toronto Star.
It looks; As thongh Premier ' foot.
not believing in the prim•iple of lrO-
lecfi4ln, wen• 0'41111 to carry tot a
blank eartr•ielge tariff war with p
tee'tionist billions that will now hall
r•nrt•idge every tune•. They mean
business, They h,lieve in it ; he .1wa
nor. Can he, make ,l Nnfflr'nl show of
tome to cause !mat ilit ids to rend•? Or,
once started, will (heat tithed(' Ise
something 1)11)01• t11/1n blank cartridge.
:111(11, 1111re in the fight. carry the tariff
ware to the logical cuttl•hsinti of an
illogical flea',1I T4)li.'- ?
EIlbir for the Dominion Nouse,
Seaton h Es posit or.
We. have it on good nithnritt• that
strong preemie la being brought to
bear on 14,-. 11. Killen% M. P. P. for
South Huron, to indite,• hint, when
the thew r s, to resign his aent in
the Legislature and IM•r • n 'smell.
date for the Dominion Parliament in
the newly -formed coned It»en,y of
Sorel ll 11(11 -nn. There in no.10ihi. that
Mr. 1i11M•r weenld le•, h)• long (olds, the
strongest r•andidtte the ('ons•rvnfiver*
could bring out. Hot if he he Wise 110
w•Ill nut 1)11 the principle that •',l bird
111 1 h hand is worth tato in 1410 hush,"
nnd remain where he h. In A Domin-
ion, Cts compared with n Provincial
elwetinn, \1r. Eisler w'Oulel 4(1ae n MR -
. .f from 1101 to ILS in libslcrirh
township mad would lenge against hint
nwjt'rily of 73 111 1101 in, MrKflhlp
and it i5 not probable. thni 4,P would
mnterinll% iota-hd• his vote in Hie
nt),.,-, )1111111041181414,,4 His nuejnrity m
the last Prlvtnrinl election was !k'k
The -.wisdom of the wirier. we think Prospects (0, IM 0. ►. A. txt•n•1on to Dote.
apparent.
4urnrlel)• tender kiln elf) 4,P , roes as at.t•d by President M.ughn.11.
The Conservative! want to be able
to Ray to the electorate, " Parlia-
ment was flooded with petitions from
farriers and workingmlen, let the,
Liberal Government turned them
down : would not even Innen to
them," rte. They worked the peti-
tion game aura's+fully in1879, Int the
'ample have since frowned considerable
of -the clap -trap bug ice of the ('onner-
vatt•,•
}marry of election times and will
not lea carried off with any Reich
1 Wndd1e,
THE POLAR FXPRDITION.
(',1p,. Bernier's perennial appeal',o
Patrhament for assistance in his North
Pole expedlition camel up this week.
teeing introduced I y Mt.. Charlton in n
strong plea for a (ioverninent grant.
*luta lend 11e A suitable craft." was
the stistance of the plucky adven-
turer's plea. Mr. Charlton
at( ft 1'11pt. Hor•nier's qualification, for
e ha -taking. He had r andel
set arrow, the Atlantic when only
teem years old : hod 1na41,' (101')
15) t n11nt1*ntic tripe and in all that
tinW h el IHere,'e0l11P to grief. That.
Char on considered, w3.4 the kind
of an 111 411 11 the Pole..
Mto Hell, o Pirtnn, and Mr. Hendrr-
R.m, 0? 1t.4lt0n, tavol•ed the scheie,
ft i/tl.. 14 011.0MKM1.
Mr. Hol PM the rose and said that
even nt the ink of ' ing the only dis-
senter he w• 11d op - the project.
From n getter point view he volt -
tended that it. we Ind hen rte' tot 1,1
Connell', in regal to i '*tion es-
pepinlly, to breve i prw-Ii Cwt that
the North Pore WAS 1 Canada As II
WAR, We were outrage ittaly mist tiler -
stood abroad. iHitherto ('apt. •1-
l)lI't, who 15,14 sitting beside me 111 the
gallery. hal thought. things were i'661n-
ing his way tot Inst and hi,\ R1liliig
emu n1191111111' (4reoppd when hisAKheaie
Naas opposes! by 31r. Itonnes. Mr.
l'li.tae (Winnipeg) also sat on it.
Parliament hal other thing. 11141r1•
'birth», to ntterpl r0 than Polar ex
pod i t ions.
Mr. Gorillas. ridded Mr. 1101100 for
his "materialism." An he called it. Ile
endnrsld the idea of Camila R getting
II., the Pole nt-mt.
Mr. Ihrfr(dainc hinted That the
(apt.lin's importunity would at Inst
prevail. 14.
"NOT UNLIKELY."
Canada at the latian.
An interesting 'wheelie!, is preaented
by 4.he Canadian DepaHment of Trade
and Commerre. Canada ite ahem n to
Montreal. (h-toher 4. flit Thomas
Mhaughnemay. rereavelent rd the C. I'.
R.. returned Ina, night from A trip of
inspection over the e reiny's lines POI
far weld nit Vietoria In the emir.* of
an Interview with The filIttle ellitrea.
NAV, ontaf tipped the re st. of t.he world pondent nobly he mold thwt, one of the
in Ote tate of export. trade inenrouse aveleteat dinicultiesi the C. r. R. had
dining the last ton years. Japan fol. toe -ordered againat In the Weitt was, Ita
Iowa ow A el1101P iseennel, hot there lk a Itlattility to Wet enough workmen end
Inlorerte. He felt safe in saying that
during this year they could have em-
ployed from : OMM) to 3,011 more men
than were available ; that tummy more
men could have been lined In run•
aaructarg new linen anal to making � iru-
pro5'0iIWt le. t1 lhe4a• already taint.
Al) of their construction work, he
said, wait behind owingto this d1$-
culty. R'hrn staked if the l'. P. R.
eontrtuplattd buildiug a branch from
r point on its western Ontario
Ilnrs, prestmethly liurlph, to((toletteh,
Nie Thuuuts salt that it was not un-
likely that a line wooed 1w isn't in
the interest of the C. 1'. R. up thtvugh
that aectiuu of the Prlviuee in the
near future.
••Will it ;r ect with itrai11rart•y-
ing vessels nom LI'ort \\ illiam anti
Punt Arthur?" !lir Thum1JtN WAN
asked.
"Ntele aline,"heanswered, "would be
intended to Nerve v'nr' interstate..
It need not iweevun•ily be it grain.
1111'1.ier at a11."
Sir Thu11las was asked, if the 1'. P.
R. carried grain over its 1111411 line
during the winter months. "Yeti," he
allawered. "Lost winter We ntrrleet a
considerable t Iw -*,,oe (wean
vessels needed it."
1)ld you carry it on A )Mtying
heals?"
"Well, to use a slang:explo sitnl, we
were not hankering after it, anti 1 04811
way that we earried it re cheaply
than it 11as been cattiest of late even
in Parliament. If the politicians
could su•eetod ugly put their theories
into prac ire they would slake phe-
nomenal successes as railway men."
Of the l'. P. R,'s improvements and
exteiai11ms in the Rest, Sir 1'hoiaas
said that they were being pushed 111
completion as rapidly as pos*ible.
A mitmd.•1.tanding ,a* to lite Nig-
HineaOee of the term -ready-to-wear"
leen to a wring iulpreasion heing given
in our write-up last week of Mr. Mc -
Kim's millinery display. "Remaly -to -
wear" he applievl to hat* t ' w1 by
the nutters, of which Mr. McKim hits
50111e very neat at'Ie4, whereas the
IIi*IPIN dencri ell 111 hint week's I44I49'
Were would of the art lstiv }}mMhi•tiunn
if Mus titter tltnith'N hands.
Ayer's
To be sure, you are greying
old. But why let everybody
see it, In your gray hair?
Keep your hair dark and rich
and postpone age. 1f you will
Hair Vigor
only use Ayer's Hair Vigor,
your gray hair will soon have
all the deep, rich color of
youth. Sold for 60 years.
1 bin new over • .la •.a 1 ah
• telex. (laws) basil of l 1.1)
wouNNr\ M a
r tee •eery er ,•s• •• 11.. AM .4* •
gra? War 15 it. all au la doers Hair Tiger
ear. R. 1. 100,7*.. a.etae, Was.
111 • . beetle. .. 0 a1e500.
• Imo` for
Lowell Non
White Hair
Wall
Paper
1
Wo are determined to clear
out our stock of Wall Paper
this fall, and have some,
Steamtempting prices to.offer.
Laundry
W. Acheonon
Harvest -Horne
Sale of Autumn
Goods
FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY
:BUSINESS, AUGUST 10 AND 12
We are simply overloaded with goods in a< dozen de-
partments. Simply tempted to buy too much to secure bet
ter prices. What e11so to do but unload ? We will do so at
a rapid• pace at these prices for 2 days. Hefted our list care-
fully.
Flannelettes
MINI yards of heavy Se•utc4, HAunei-
etteat, 31 to 11 inches wide and in a
,mttgniflc'ent new choice of patterns,
14 beautiful weft cloth and war-
ranted Goat colul4. Regular I.2¢,• a
yard, Saturday and Monday at per
yard 44
Dress (foods
14) yards of :Id inch English Venetian
or broadcloth suiting, fine finish and
splendid weight. In navy blew and
Nock only. Our reguku• $1.(N a
yard valor, a1 )ear yard 75c
2.101)Scotch *Targe rtan IRpure gsnlpM,rtea
wool. Tartan rugs in n dlru•n 111 the
hest clans and plaid*, suitable for
shawls or wraps or cape*, aloes(
' IIIde,4 Mlctalde Reside. Regular peke
$:41 iG and .4.41) etu•h, ± days mita-
VA/
Ladies' Wrappers
no only, lode's heavy print wra41pe114
fast rnlolse and in good style and
wr11' tilting K1r lletl a, io•st n•gwlar
$4.101quail! )•, at each
Men's Underwear
Oil .barn mien's extra heavy Wool fleerr.
lined shirts and drawers. Perfect
good.' and finished the best in every
particular. Heir sgtoda y at special
314. Saturday and Monday, at IM•,
garment ........ .
Lace Curtains
40 pain 1.f white Nottingham lace cur.
Mins, 418 to 45 inches wide and 1ty
yards long Wald pattern* and
strong, datable eln•ttite. Rpewi:al
-iw'w goods. Regular value 41,111, at
I*0 Pair - 75•,
Lathes' Jackets
Our showing of stylish Coate this rea-
son is twat value We have ever had.
Ntvleo perfect and vit./UM idly 210*
t.rttre than ever heft**. Ranging
fent $5,111 lee 4141,444.
W. Acheson
'PHONE 714.
Patterns all in
111,111 ,481 Mai Y renew,
STURDY &
•
RV GKNERAi. APPOINTMENT
0
Grocers, to 'their 1Mjesties .thePablic
REST sum:.St/CARE.
GODERI('H.
DUNLOP BROS'.
During July and August we offered
�i iM•r cent. on. We now offer one-
, I Off. or Rid per rent, What thea
aha trmean? Just this -
lir 'tier for 11.144 e par roll,
�)re
lie 10 e "
1110 , 7 c
gee 1. ..
4 q. ,.
I 11
Pled
Sr 11 14
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lent from le
laie
per y
T4RMN SPOT:('A
H.
TICKETS and EXPRESS MONEY
risgst.s St., Nest ria` Edward betel.
Having pure-ha/we! an up to -
date storm laundry plant and
engaged the w?vires of n prac-
tical man with city exjwrwnre
at the hnsin4ss, we are prepar-
ed to do all kinds of laundry
work plonptly and niat[afar.
tori)}•.
A share of your patronage is
Ganda rolled fior and dooliv•
DUNLOP BROS.
Take Time by tie
Forelock
ANI) LEAVE TOUR
ORDER FOR
A New
Fall
Overcoat
\„„„f,- ��
DUNLOP
THE TAILOR
Weal, Street. next door
to Bnnk Of Montreal.
The 20th 0404137 Brand (of 11/1.11.11 .11i1/4
few bell and winter -14,yr411 do yole will loe counted amongst
the 111/loy Admirer, of in releIrrated brand of men's fine
tail, gai Melds. TheYensta A little More than othero.
hot then t...11 get better rteak, better trimmings. bettet
makes they retain their shape and they 1•11T.
PRIOE8 810.00 TO 820.00.
ALSO OAK HALL CL,OTHINO
111 1111'11' price goods t lois tild emtbshic el0DINTIN ix better
than ever thin Neilson, their mine mid overenats are rer-
PRIOE8 1110.00 TO 11104.00-
1('.. yonr intermit, to see oar clothing.
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