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To> permit yourself and fami ly to ■
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With sickness when it -e#» be prevented'
and cured so easily
.With HopBittuis! I!
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“Trouble!'’ from indigestion, co much'
so that I enme nc<:r losing niy
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And digestible,
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“And the only way I ever got"
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I lay in bed and _ ____ * _
• Could eat nothing I "A
My sufferings were so that I called two'
doctors to give me. something that would
stop the pain ; their ’
Hfforts were no good to mo.
At last I heard a good deal
, “About yoiir Hop Bitters !■
; And determined to try them."
Got a bottle—in lour hours f took -the
contents of ■
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Next day i was out of bed, aiid have m.t
seen a
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Hour, from the SAnre cause linco.
I have recommended it to hundreds of
others. YouTiave no such
“Advocate as I am-/—Geo. Kendall,
Allston, Boston, Mass. ..- ,.....;
, Columbus Advocate,-Texas, April’21j78S.
Desr Editor I have tried your Hop'
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complaint. Tlie best medicine I ever
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“Hops” in their name. . 332-6t
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ties, in - connection with some of its
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NORTH-WEST PAPERS.
The returns asked for by Mr, Blake
and laid before the House show that:
On the 26th of January Sir David
Macpherson made a report to the
Council that it was desirable, with a
view of settling the claims of the
Halfbreeds in Manitoba and the
North-West who would be entitledr
to land had they resided in Manito
ba at the time of transfer, and. asked
’authority to obtain an enumeration
of such persons. An Order in Council
granting to Sir David the authority
asked for was passed on the 28th
January, and on the 4th February he
sent the following telegram to Lieu
tenant-Governor Dewkney : — <
“The Government has decided to
investigate the claims of the Half
breeds, and with that view has direct
ed an enumeration of those who did
not participate in the grantjunder the
Manitoba Act. No representations
received recently.” AA.
By an Order, in Council "
. ; THE COMMISSIONERS '. *
were authorial d to grant (1) To each*
Halfbreed.’head ofte family resident
in the North-West Tenitories outside
i pf Manitoba,previous to the 15th
July, 1870, tfie lot cr portion of land
of which lie is at present in bonn fide-
occupation to the extent of 160 acres
and*if the lot occupied is of smaller
area the difference to be made up to
him by an issue cf scrip redeemable,
in land at one dollar per acre ; and in
case of each Halfbreed head of a
family who resided outside of Manito
ba previous to 1870,who is not at pre
sent in bond fide occupation of any
land, sqrip be issued redeemable in
land to the extent of $160 each. (2)
. Each child of a Halfbreed head of a
family born before 1870 to h’aVe the
lot or portion of land sf which he is in
occupation to the extent of 150 acres,
an cl. i ftlie ar ea" S'TETsT.bt" ,’is less ” tlie”
T1IE WEEK’S DOINGS.
CANApIAN.
Theo. Menardof Quebec, for bit
ing off a comrade’s nose, was senten
ced to onb year’s imprisonment with
hard labor; t o
The Grand Jury, at the Elgin Ab- i
sizes held in St Thomas last week,
returned a true bill against Mitchell
for manslaughter. Mitchell, it will
be remembered, killed McIntosh for
being too intimate with his wife,and
the coroner’s jury returned a verdict
of justifiable homicide,
Thu large tannery of Warren, To
bey & Co., of Collingwood, was tot
ally destroyed by fire last ’ week.
The cause of the fire is firmly ^believ
ed tn" be incendiarism. This will
throw some 25 men out of employ
ment. The loss is estimated at from
$40,000 to $50,000 ; insured in dif
ferent companies for $27,000. At
the time of the fire th^re was over
$20,000 Worth of stock ready for
shipment.
Eleven weeks ago Sayab Pilcher,
a sipiple-minded young woman 28
years of age, left her home in Mount
Forest, and although her friends
searched diligently for herj no trage
of her whereabouts could be discov>
ered, As the girl, was in the habit
of stealing away without sufficient'
clothing to protect lmr, it was feared
then that she had perished from th?
cold, which waSteo severe at that
time. On Thursday the body of the
Unfortunate young woman.. was. ac
cidently discovered in a field near
Holstein, by two young men. 'When
found she had neither shoes n<5r hat
oil HJtTiad both tied up in a bundle
with Rome other things which she
had with her.’1 The nig'lit after she
was missed one- of those severe
storms which were so compion.' this-
winter set in, and having discarded'
her hat and shoes the cold overcame
her and she sank to rise no more.
MILLS VERSUS' MILLS .
The Hon. David Mills charges ‘some
of the Tory press’ with saying things
which are “not true.” We suppose
the Spectator isrmeant, or at- least
included, teince it pointedly asked
Mr. Mills why the claim's of the half-
breeds living outside of Manitoba*
»were-not settled by the Mackenzie
government, if those claims were so
just and so easily disposed of as .the
btilfbreed journals now- pretend. To
this Mi< Mills replies :
The. halfbreeds of the plains were
not- settled-.doAvn . u[‘.on.„.tbe lands
during Mr. Mackenzie’s regime, n.0r
wajjythere a settlement of the white."
population within -2t)0 miles of any
Jands wherwthey had located, with ■
.the'.single exception of .therlialf-'
breed settlement in the neigborhodd
of Price Albert. -
There is no need to complicate the
matter by lugging in |tbe..,white_^set-!.
tlements. The half-breed sympathiz
ers say that'the half-breeds who are
now in rebellion have.been.on farms
for a quarter of a century ; that they
cannot'get patents for the land on
which .they have for such a" length of
time been settleci •■-and hence ‘that
• they have good reason, to rise in arms.
To this the. Spectator replied, .Well,
why did you not' isshe the patents
yourselves ? ‘And then, with amazing
.^feoatftry-^jb-e^. fFqAL^ayid^ijjllx
turns round with tlie assertion that,
excepting that at Prince Albert’ there
Were no iia.rUbreed set'lTelffG'^te^11"^^
Church of England Temper*
ance Society. p
Cheap Wheat a Blessing to
Farmers.
perfectly with his moderate brethren
that they had,a right to take their
glass of wine. He believed in” the
language of the Apostle Paul, which
made unquestionably
A TOXAL ABSTAINER -------
of him* He beiteyed in the literal i
power of tbone words, “If meat
uiftketh my brother to offend I will
eat no meat whilst the world shall
last." (Applause). If drink made
him, the speaker’s brother offend, he ;
would take no drink while the world
lasted. That was bis platform this
evenitigY.ft platform that he felt be
could call ’himself a moderate man
*and stand upon, and yet speak with
all his powers of heart, and voice for
the total abstinence pledge of this
society. The whole question ap-.
peared to him, so far as our assault
upon tlH’ateecrihly.Al£grA{lUlgteiD^teP
settle itself 'on- this point. “Does •
this tlrink make my brother to
offend 1" He took the suffrages of
intellectual manhood, religious" hu
manity, and put the question to
them' pluni^and^ilain and'got a
unanimous verdict from every rank
and elassof men, thatifone sin above „
all others made them to offend, it
was this very siri against which the
society was so nobly banded. It he .
went to revelation, the great voice
of God, lie saw this written in start
ling characters .that, like the blazing’
letters on Belshazzar’s wall, spoke
forth the. doom of God anew on how
many of our brethren : “No drunk'
ard shall enter into the kingdom of
God.” He’ did not think be was an .
extreme mail or talking rashly, or
that he was making any statement’
that was not borne out by absolute
facts when he said that revelation
gave 'its awfuf ban against -a sin
against which the ban of iheXUiurch'.
and medical profession and the
growing political spirit of the world
had' been given., lie w,as simply
'giving utterance to >
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that warranted them, in being .met
to speed .the-; cause in the name of
God..- (Loud applause.) On whalt
othergreat'topic could t-lieydr aw
together, such a verdict? He bad
been glad to hear the Bishop of To
ronto sayrthnt--t-lris temperance' rpr-i
“ganization was one'oh whose boards
< members and representatives of all
ages and denominations 'could .wil
lingly nieet. Thank God that they-
”'lrad another • society besides the
Bible (Society in which all could
unite on a common platform. They ’
-were-broug-ht-:tc>gHtlifixJjyra_c.Q,lXHlLon i
woe, a wot- that struck Presbyterian'
.and.Methodist, and ChurcITof Eng-
land, and Roman Catholic ■ alike,
that left none untouched- and none
nnscorched, and drew- them ^together
plause), because there was no other
topic of .tlie ,day on which such a
■sufiage and unanimous verdict could
~t>e~gUt~a'S ’uir t-h-e-q-uestioH-o-f-tl.w-d.PS-,
olatiiig influence and sin against
which this society, was banded,to
gether. He-liimself felt- that if lie
could, by giving up -what would
never have harmed him,-save a man,
child, boy, friend or foe ; if he could
do that,, well might he surrender
everything . and’ be thankful to'G.od
for the opportunity of, doing so.
: One’of the-saddest sights. thaVcpuld
a be seen was not often seen in Canada,
though, frequently’ in olden lands,.'
that’wa.s-a woman lost to every
’ feel.’ng -of sliatne and humanity.
But he spoke .to . men who . mufit
know they had.infl.uence,over.frieiids
of theirs who. were., going astray'
-from this most cursed of sins.
They might be dear friends, nay,
brothers. He. coulfl hardly flatter
himself that all who heard him
were total abstainers, but lie would
. to God tliat lie CbUia make every--
- "one of‘ them 'such. For from each
one would go fort'll aii infitfence on
■their fellowlnei)' whose power it'
. was impossible to realize, not only
-now^-but .jntelfe
the.city of the . living oGotC”It'was’
marvellous what the power* of ex
ample.coul'd do, 'how tenderly' it
could appeal to the most degraded
drunkards. It was not ft hard
thing..to get- men to sigh the pledge.
They*, jvere friends 'who would get
men fo do so,..but ten times greater
friends if they would sa.y,'"Brother,
I will stafid by you if you. will
"Stand by me. Go and ,
SIGN THE'PLEDGE;
and J: will sign it ;J. .'will watch' you
and walk with you?’ in closing he
would urge on' lhepi finally to throw
;in tlieir.“lot.with .the:society Jany-
way. .Tf they’Woujd note.U'kftethe-
total abstinence pledge take the
other, for it/would be a step in the
right direction. But he would-
spouer they would totally abstaim
The. Kunwakpublic meeting of the
Church of England Temperance
Society of Toronto was held in that
city last week. The attendance was
Very, large. Ilis Lordship (lie
Bishop of Toronto, President of the
Society, occupied the chair. Ac--
cording to the report at the last
meeting of the Synod in June, there
were 52 branches of the Society in
operation in 48 parishes iu the
diocese. The total membership was
5,615, of whom iio less than 4,445
were abstaining members,(applanse,)
while the remaining 1,170 were
temperate members. There were
also reported 24 Bands of Hope
with an aggregate membership of
2,629 members.
- . REy. D. J. macdonnell’s address.
Rev. D. J. Macdohnell on coifiing
forward was received with loud ap
plause.* It gave him’great pleasure,
lie said, as a member of the com
munity to’be. present and nay a
word of congratulation and encour
agement to the. Society oyer which
His Lordship presided. Tempers
ance had always been the business
of the Church., Though it was quite
true, it was' only recently that it
had been made a matter of special
organization wiihiih the church.
He liked, however, for* himself to
. insist upon the position that the
Church in all . its branches was a .-j -great temperance society, (Loud ap>
plkuse), that.every Christian pons
gregafion by virtue of its constitu-
.■tion,„ was an organization to-fight
teg ai a s t—ii itemper aiuce—as_wel.l__as.,
ditainoo to be made up to him iu. I “8""8t ‘i"' /.“’“f
t hear). Theoretically the Churchscrip redeemable in land at one dolte rocognized that in-
.p&r acrer--anct ..eacli,Halfbreed_child. j,eil)perance-was-a-siri^b.uJt.i'f-Da.usIvJb.w.
who is not an.opcupant of land, to re“--l j{,an[i|y admitted that too often
ceive scrip .redeemabl.e. ill.Jlaj}d.to the. t|,pre had been very little direct
.amount of $240. It was1 further ord-- effort.,.to„resist the influences which
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of intemperance, - botli within-the'
.Church atid outside its bodies. He
rejoiced in the objects'of their work,
and ne was sure -, te
T.1IE COMMUNITY REJOICED • .-.
in it. - He knew’something of wiiat-
-had —been—done—by—tlj-e-—’Mother.
Church of England Temperance
$oeiptyy and lie knew the whole
Christian public in Britain rejoiced
in the. work which had-prospered
abundantly from year.to: year: 'Ho
which the Chairman had called ate
I tent-ion. They had among them
.those who- used it temperately and
those who entirely abstajimd’fruur
“Jlusticus" in Witness.................
I have seyn a good many people
who seem to think that an extra
large crop of wheat,, if it brings low
prices, is really an injury to Can
adian farmers,, and during hist\
autumn the agricultural editors of
several Ontario journals were yery
profuse in their expressions'of sym
pathy and commiseration .for tho.
the misfortune^ of Canadian Agri
culturists because wheat was plenti
ful and cheap.’ Very few well in
formed, practical farmers were silly
enough to beljp these sympathetic
gentlemen in their wailings as they
have long since learned that a boun-
tiful crop of wheat, even if prices
are low ia a great source of thank--
fnlness” instead of sorrow to the
farming community. .
Recently f while pursuing ‘th(?
.census returns of 1881, I ^was sur
prised at how large a proportion of
the farmer- jof the Dominion’ either
grow no wheat at-all as a regular
crop, or only- grow enough to supply
their own families, wholly or par
tially, with bread-. In -1880° there
were only thirteen counties-in the.
whole ’Dominion, eastward frpui j
Toronto, that had over'twelve thous
and acres of land growing wheat,
while a greater-num her of counties
had less/ than one thousand acres-
under this crop.' I think that it
may b<$ safely assumed .that more
than ofto balf of the farmers in the
Dominion dp-not-rftise any wheat at
all, or only on rare occasions, -while
of those farmers who grow wheat’
regularly much the larger nuijfeer
~<Ib~'lio'tTilT'g^^
than is .consumed at .home, and very
many of them not even that. It-
thus appear that fulfy three fourths
of o’uf' farm ers" h ave -n o ca u se w 11 a t-
eyer to mourn because wheat and
flour are cheap, In addition.to the •
above' th ere; are f rom ^ ti fteen ' to -•
twenty per ceilt. of. Canadian faim-
ers, who, though they raise more-
wheat than they, require for home
use, yet the quantity, sold is not so
great as to make'much difference to
them whether prices -are high’ or
low,.but it.makes a great difference.,
if-tire-crop-is-n—good-ooertor jn' that
. - case. Abey:Jjayjg„iJiore_tban ,t \yice^asj
much for sale as’ would be the. case
were the yield a small one. - Let’ us
suppose that a well-to do farmer is in
the. habit of sowing seven'acres with
= ^vfTTOt^amltelra-t^telre^yitdetein-a-ih=er-«
diuary year is 12 bushels per acre—
.which is. considerably above, the
average production in most of.the
‘ "'pTOV’TiTCUs in life 'Jjom-tn-i'ee—h-e-w-i.ll-
have an average crop of eighty-four
bushels, and will require more than
halt' of it for liome use. If the year
is favorable for whe^it, be may have
eighteen -bushels per7'acra, or one
hundred and twenty-six bushels in-
all, but instead of having only forty
bushels' for salp,- he will sell over,
eighty bushels, 4s he will require no’
more -for home .use . that whoiv tlm
crop is an average one, or a very
poor ou.e wlfeD*the yield is less than’
.eight bushels per acre. ' If wheat is
worth $1.^5 per bushel when there
is a'poor crop, $1 when there is an
average- Crop, and ,-75 cents when-
there ..-is a superior crop., such, a
farmer? as the above w.buld . realize
from -1^..wheat sale as' follows •' 1°
the poor year he would selF^Fwelve;
bushels at $1.25, receiving $15. In
an average year be would sell forty
“b'usii'etelat $l/teece'ivnig ’fpr: it $4'0.-'
while in a good year he would have
.eighty bushels for sale at 75 cents,
which would give liim $'6’0, 'or’five
'dollars niore than the other two
-y garKteftiwift meiL-, JEcfil’&hly. US-M.IYML,
five per cent., of Canadian^farmers’
are in ^he'babit of raising such large
quantities -qf Wheat, that their cssh..
receipts for a-good crop with low
prices, Such as. iii’ the ptest year, are
'materially less thap when ’ there is
an average crop with average prices;-
and they, must have very, small souls
to begrudge tile cheap loaf to so many
of their friends, and neighbors.
“l
small door at the side bearing the
legend, ‘Gentlemen unaccornpanted
by ladies not admitted? ” The’Sun
says':” “This reversal of the custo- -
tnary warning to ladies unaccom-
•pariied' by^gehtlenfen is pxplained by
a glance into the cosily-furnished”.A
apartment to which ?the small door
opens, especially during shopping
hours. The'interior is “connected .*
with' the adjdiiiing saloon,' anil te T
often, crowded -at ;such times, with
ladies enjoying- cland®>tine refresh
ments.” It adds :'/Singly, in pairs,
a nfim groiTpS of"tli reeror four, • they----
qaeupy little mahogany tables,-with '
t-lijeir glasses -befoia... them,"' white
Aome are indulging in cigarfittes.
The glasses mostly'contain beer, b.ut
there, is a sufficient mingling of
stronger beverages to indicate a' A
trained habit.on tho part of the fitir
drinkers." That this one fa^oon .
is but a sample of others; ahd thiit. .
drinking women is an evil of large ■
• and increasing pr.qprjrtlons will ap-
-peai-the-s t&temeiri^ofmi e=ef«s5-i»e=
the. .proprietors to a Sun reporter,
to the affect that “there are twelve
or fifteen saloons with side accotn- '" i
modatioiis for lady-tipplers,' like |
burs, on ClTis avenue, fietvv.een T^nfrFi-
un'd Thirty-second streets, and time J
are others scattered all over tip
town according to the demand.^ In I
tachment -our afternoon , trade I
would be apt to go a begging,’ Yes,. I
t.hey come at night, too.;, but we ? I
• are mighty circumspect wbft’we ad-1 I
mtb after dark,..and would sooner? I
they would come at .such times un- I
der escort. Butp taken altogether,. I
htdies’.custom is very desirable?' -. I
■ O' ’ . ' ’ - ’■
THE SCOBE-OF THE'ENQUIRY
by. the Commissioners should be en
larged and tiiat they should- be em-
powcred.not only, to enumerate the
Halfbreeds resident in the ■ North-
West, outside of Manitoba, previous
■ to-1870; but also to report, f'i’bm tiiiie
to time the persons who are entitled'
to. be’dealt with under the Dominion
. Lands Act,, and ’also the extent to
which they are entitled ; the enquiry
'which was added since 1870.
. The Commissioners wore also in-
fcmm^]>lia.Kin rnfei'erre.to the, claims
I
AMERICAN.
Mrs. Anna Steinrifle eloped with.
John Irwirv ^)er ■ husbahd’s negro
coachman, -Steinrifle is a-wealthy
Memphis physician.
Last week Kansas was struck by
a'cyclone' and The^ heaviest- down
pour of rain for eight ytiars. • Con-'
eiderable damage, was done.
■ The' loss of'cattle in Southwest
Florida, the past-winter is reported
greater- f,!ia°n in any previous year ;
?ot>e stock-raiser estimating- his loss
at 2,0'00 head.
■ Lizzie; atifl Amanda .-Hamilton
'.land Kate Simpson died at N01-^1'’
rop, O., o.ri Moiiday- niglifr after"e.at-
jng canned fruit. Other ni.emJb.ers.
of tlie Hiuiilton family are ill. .
Francis Copeland ana.. Frank
XVatsbn;'stockmen, bad a dispute at
a,'lrorse rft’ce hi Indiaii Teritory,- and
~begp.n -slrrroti-rrg—ateTiaehr-otri1 er—w-teh-
Winchester rifles. Both were kill
ed. . . ■ ■’
. Ktrs. .John Sullivan, of Cincinna
ti, while grossly intoxicated, nursed
her infant,' which was seized- with'
eonvUljitons and died shortly after-
wardjr with every.sy-mpton of .deliri
um tremens.
W.m. Darling and Charles Peck
ham’, boys of 19 ; clandestinely mar
ried Maud McAlii«ter, aged..15 aiid
El-la Jones, aged 17. teTlie quartette
■ belong to Brooklyn, -N. Y., and
were "Frequenters of 'a' skating • rink.
The boys have no means to support
the girls, an'd. the parents will in
stitute divorce-proceedings; •
A. -M. Cannon, the only . leading..
Mor.nion now visible to .the -public/
says : “I am sorry on account of
the country. I know ’the Edmunds
law is unconstitutional, but„-wlien it
passed I told my children I would
live wfitl.iin the laWv and had my
rooms fitted up purposely to do so.,
.With me it was no sacrific to stop
cohabiting with my wives as .-they,
are'fiir'past cliil?l”’bearing,-an<.V”We-'
beli%ve"in marrying only for the
purpose of procreating and making
an earthly, tabernacle for-myraids
of spirits waiting to fill them, bift I
could be .torn to pieces before' I
would a've up’One jot of my relig
ion. If I was called upon to marry,
a young-wonjan to-morrow I would
do so. I'would not pledge myself
to live within tile Edmunds law for
•any power of this world. - Polygamy,
is our religion and we will iieVer give
it up. ■ . •
’ BRITISH—FOREIGN.
--- The ball-at .Ouhliii ten honor. of
the Prince and 'Princess ,0f ' Wales
N»as a gr^at success.
teTlie opinion in English aud Rus-
siajnliplomrttic ciicles is that p.e"e®
'cann’ottexe maintained -betwe.en the
two coutiTrjes.
The j’iwie^teays the only thing
clear is the-rfebqsfity of hurrying
and'of active
“NoiltTi west”t’erri‘torles at’"aIt ;at’SO'llite' -
a date as 1878. • Mr, Mills cannot see,
apparently,that if such were tho case
there would be no.hall breed* settlers
to be-dissatisfied,since those atjjrince
Albert have recei ved tbeli"pKTeiit§7tnd
-those who were m Manitoba in 1870
had their share’of the 1,400,"00 acres
in addition to the -^fftrins on' which
they had settled. . .....
"■ But, just as we reach that conclu.-
sion we. are met by testimony made
public by the Hon. David: Mills, ivhicli ■
tells tlfe Hon,David Mills that .what
.,he says is not true—that there were
several half breed settlements in the
Northwest territories in 1877. In part ’
III. of the report we have an-.account
of the visit of ’Mr. A* L, Russell, land,
surveyor,-to various settlemen’ta-/ At
Prince Albert he'reported about 100
' houses? the .tettiers'vbeihg '‘princi-'
pally English” b.ut he reports “Eng.-.
’ DBfiT’Iialf’breed, and Indian settlers ”
At St. Laurent “the settlers are
French ■half breeds, yiUi.a pqpufe^
estimated by Perotendre, their spir-
itual/Rdviser, at abou.t400a” lie adds:
“From conversation with the priests,
and many of.tlfese hospitable pe.qpte
I infer.that they are .desirous of hav
ing their claims surveyed so soon -as
possible.” At Duck lake, apart from
the whitesxahd a few Indians, “there
are not over 50 settlers, principally
French • halfbreeds.” At Foul A la
'Corne these werb^In'dians, as well as
a few English apd Halfbreed settlers.”
All along the twelftn\feri'ection line,
“settlers’ improvements were met
with,”''but vte'are not toftL whether
the settlers were whites r half--
breeds. ■ ' ’
7 tAYejr^greftethat the H6fir~Davffij
Mills should tell us now that the re\
port tpade by the Hon, David Mills
in 1877 was conspicuously inexact.—
Ould-Lreland To-The Fore
J^l Makki is said to be the name of
the second False Propbet of the Sou
dan. He has risen against the first
El Malidi. Tim Tobin has been
tevoridheiin’ fur a long toiine phat
ivver had becum of the Oirisii shoe
maker, Larry Mackey, who yust to
peg an the Botes df. uavvy brogans
"in a tiaok alleysn ouliTDdifegal, but
racently ho resaved ft lether statin
that the sanie El Makki is none other
than the fqjne Oirish iiy Larry Mas-
kay, of Donegal.—Stratford. Tizer,
It mav be added that El Makki’s
title is ‘Tiro Mudir of Dongola/
Dougolft is an important place in
the Soudan, and that when Larry
Mackey, of.Dotiegal, Ireland, settled
in the Soudan, he brought with him
the uomenclatureof thel ‘gem of ,’tbe
sayj’ and by a very slight corruption-
of Donegal we haye Dongola. He
has also changed from-being a Saxon
hater to an ally of the British. The
British oughtetotencourage Irish am-
egration to the, Soudan. if it can be
made to appear that the.opinions of
a1! going there would be changed as
much as those of Larry Mackey, ,ex»
cobbler of Donegal; now El Makki,
Mudir of Dongola, and one of the,
most powerful nnlitary supporters of
the British in the Soudan, Before
leaving this subject it may be men*
tinned that Larry Mackey is not- .the
only ono-ot the name \Hio left Ire*
tend... .for. hte.ammlapM ». The Irtehu
American, Bonanza Mackay,, the
wealthiest man in the ‘World whose
daughter married an ItalianJC'ount
the other day, may bo eited as anot-
aLio example. c <■. ,
preferred by squatters other, than
Halfbreeds, the evidence in all such ■
- cas'os be taken and assurances given
that all claims. ~Wili ’’receive prompt"
’and liberal consideration.' Each’
Halfbreed who satisfies the Gommis-
.Sidneys', of the ■ genuineness of his.
claim is to receive a certificate . to
that effect, In cases of persons claim-•
ing lands as heirs of Halfbreed’C.such
claim ants s hall sustain their cases by
such evidence.as m.ay be
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
Halfbreed in others are to be recog
nized equally with Halfbreed fathers,
and in-view of. the exceptional' con-
- dition of theedttatry previous to-1870 ___j _______ _______s
an illegitimate child of a Halfbreed it lest some would be ledinto danger,
head of ft family shall be allowed to (Applaush). Others of them hated
■participate in aiiy grant made upon intemperance, and yet felt; that God
i oF tLs Flrtiviniitt<eir>Ti£ji's I meant that as-.fap as possible the)
<'‘*If‘aHMfbreed has been in o’ceupft- [ should use all things’tliat could’ be
W of a pared •of-M’ since^0rM’‘sHd,^ mQdergtely..
undex-tlmlcircumstances which if he 9p ®our5*e w‘aaa e te 1,11 s^n
,-x • u, u ten i- phcity in being extreme, but the, were a wlnte sett er would enUtle-lum wer^ n0e a)TOys, tigMi.
to-agraut under. tbeh(Hnostwaa<Ua.uSpJ,p|re..g9(..(;ty..(j;(,„1,()t.,a.|te_1[leT,|)£wjs.
Commissioners, are; u tion of ah extremist.... Continuing,'
to. allow each halfbreed |)f) . each branch of the
claimant the .land occupied’’byhim Christian Church would be compete
under hoffiestcad provisions, and in lefi from time to‘‘time to devise..
------------------- ] BETTER METHODS OF GRAPPLING '
-with this • evil . of . intmperanc.e. ’
---------,. .... r , / Simietimes the.colours in which it
■ 'The DeinoralizingnBas® - painted might’ be Too dark, but
ISiifiker. ” ? he.thought it was a little difficult to'
. . ----- -sv UH® colours whic'h were tooj dark..
. In our opiijion^the base^burner has I j£ft refHrred to another great
much to do with the increase in de.vjl- c.,use—senseless, social usages',.such
ment arid hurnjjjg coal has; been tlr\ jis treating. ,He^>vas glad, to nee a
main cause of the widespread of;bad- LVqry marked improvement, iti this
ness; AVhen.-ithe base burner came reH^^ct*-, Tlmy should dispose of the
on to the carjiQl life bucksaw wenH fruitKij saurces^of nitemperaifce by
hence, and the viciousness of youth measured moral and measures legal.-
immediately gathered headway, that He would >ml touch upon the legal
had.previously'been kept, underby measnrea, wh.oh Were, good He
■ that wholesome, and energetio res-1 f dote8 wl)ia, mTOt b„
trainer. The modern base burner is I . . . .. . .; .
a thibg of beaiity, but it will not be a
joy forever, it is a nickleplated de
moralizer of the basest kind, Tn t.ho
good old times when ft boy was at the | “gej'f.c0utro| an(; ‘ loy.e.” They
wood pile you could be sure he wasn’t uhould encourage . counteracting,
anywhere else, And .as long ite you agencies, and in that manner drive
could here the wheezy old saw- keep- out tlie evil,
ing time to. his* puffing you feel an '
^absolute' certainty youi* .child was
nbt wearing out.shoe leather oil,, the ,'u ,,
road-teperdition. • The saw was sei- peculiar ad vantage of the 0.H.T.S
dom'sliftqi’enod for fear of wearing '
out the teeth and making it easier (
fol- the bdyr ahcl titete was a soothing 1
consolation in.Ncfiowing that the
amount of exercise‘to be drawn out
of a cord of tfood unaej • these, con
ditions would be fully up'te .the max
imum, The longer jt took-ted dis- |
sever the stiaks the longer the boy
would be out of mischief, and famil-'
iesable to keep up more|jthan ohe
fire had a riioddrately sure thing, in
roaring their boys ,fo manhood iti
mofal safety and muscular soundness.
No effeminate dudes in those times.
While the boy was wrestling with the
woodpile, cursing his fgte and resolv
ing in his’glodmy soul, to bo a pirated
you could tee) sure thaf hO wasft’t
robbing somebody’s orchard, and
learning to be a politician. If vfe
would bask in the sunshine of abso
lute true goodijoss the good pld eord-’
wood days must bo restored,
liquor. Some were'no doubt in
fluenced by- very strong, .considera
tions; influenced by the’existing state
of affiiirs, ardund them- in this,
city And Province: influenced by the
great difficulty which they knew a-
a large number of people found in
u.yilig these things, in moderation in
fluenced- by " their, desire, to put
•temptation:as far.as possible out; of-,
the reach of others who were striv
ing against this vice, and had re
solved that abstinence should be
■ tlieir rule, (Applause). He.-had
noticed that the large majority .of
the society had adopted the position:
of total abstinence. .(Applause).
They would have nothing to do with
head of ft family shall be allowed to | (Applaush). Others of them bated
meant that as. far as possible they
- Too ill ven Water. .
Last week a water spout or cloud- .
burst, five to twelve feet high/'rolled - ’
down Medicine River.' Kansas, and I
over low lands east of the city carry- , ■
ingdOatJiih its wake, ■ Several whole
"-families are known to bedrownedzRe» - I
souing parties found men women and I
children, clinging to trees, wj.th noth- I
ingbut night clothes to protect them I
—some /without any .clothing, what- |
ever. ■ Three attempts were made to I
' rescue parties beyond river, but teach I
.boat "in<- turn- was • swamped, . Five I
bodies have been recovered. James I
J^bb-h,ljl!u‘1°h*'er' nnd niece .were I
washed away wftb§th'e7r'Koni'er’'*Mr8." I
Harris and. daughter, aged 11 years I
were found drowned. G. W. Paddock I
wife and -four children; ate thought to I
be drowned. ‘Frank. Shippeler put I
. his wife and .child on his roof," ■ His ■
House-went down and he Was knocked ■
off by a, projecting limb and $wam H
ashore several miles below;. The fnteB
of his wife and child is unkno'wn. TheB
water-spout was similiar to the floodB
reported in Minnescah Riyer. . .B
Additionalparticulars state that!
early on the,iiio;rnibg of.the.21su, thel
flood came down, streams quickiyl
overflowing bottom lands. lOJeefcjJ /.I
dozen houses were entirely destroye<»
and many occupants dropped or savH
ted only, by' clinging-to the branch?®
of.trees, • In cam'p'sTlnTlmTTbttolns®
were .ten or fifteen emigran’t wagon®
.filled with families. Not half of thes®
have been found. North oi hei'e er®
tire families, were, drowned, .an®
others had miraculous escapes. Th®
streams were so high that no con-fl
rnunication could be had with tli^H
eaStr*?“A'relief party was out-all'niglfl
picking up unfortunates. Hundrecfl
of'cattle were drowned and ma ny pi'b'.^B
ruined, ilundreds of dead anima^B
also line the banks of ETm Uree^B
Four wagons containing “mofeiBB
have not. been hoard from, Lt
thoughtalT"perished. No news h^H
been received from the country belo^H
It is. feared serious loss of' l^H
has occurred there. The Court Hou^l
at Medicine Lodge has been tu
into a mbrguo. pt her points hi
vicinity wore flooded, but no less
life is reported, Relief nmasc
have been adopted and several th-
sands Have already been stibscribi
PEDDLIHQWAGGONFpRSALE.
FIT FOR D^Y-GOODS-OR- GRO'OERY- busi-.
ncss,-.In good order ;■ only been in use two"
'seasons; .Appl.v’ to » ,u. ■ ■■ ;■-<
‘ . • R. GOATS X-SON.
' sfRinton, March 25th, J885. ■ '■ 331 , ’. • -
TFARM for sale.
HE subscriber offers fo’r sale his farm, being
lot 60, Bayfield concession, Goderich ..town
‘ship, emi'faining ItifFltiireA (actually llo)( ivliont'
lOOjieres cleared' yQd free fri>iii .stuiiyis. - Good
__ _ _______.. ...... _'hc fhrnr is one-oLtheteest-
in the county of Huron. vUwut five miles from
Clintoh.’ Half cash, balaube on easy terms.
Apply oti tho premises, or at’'The News-Record
- 'office, or addresste . , ~ - JACOB SHI-teUAW
326 Dm-.. • ClintmiP.O.'
■ ... te -----------• -’ ’'
------: 100.acres cleared itqd free from.,stumps. • Good■_ ' <f»rih'lmilclmgs;"tlTHrihieresbf'6rehirrd?lindlgood
H. W. ESA ILL., water-Good clay soil. The farm-Is cme-df-the-best-
A UCTIONEElt for- Huron .County. Sales at-
rv tended J,o in. any pars of the County. AU-
cress ordorslto.GouF.acCH P. O. V-1,7.
■ ililAS. MAMll/i’O,, ' ■.
A UC'HONEER, land, Irfan ancl insurance agetit
/V Blytli. Sales attended iii town and country,
>n rctisoiiitble terms. ' A list of farms and village
lots for sale. Money to loan «ti real estate, at
low rates Of interest. Insuranctl effected on all
classos of property.. Notes and tfohts collected.
Goods appraised, and sold on commission. Bank?
rupt-stocksboUghtaiidsold.-
BLv6h.dlcq.J«,.188O.- . ... .. ■'
r HOUSE AHDJOT FOB SALE?/
TTlilE undersigned offers for solo his House and L- Lot-on Queen street, Clinton. The house is'
newly built; six rooms, throe upstairs and three
dou-h; hard and TOflrWfctorv-gWod-cellar. Situate
in rising and healthy ; locality, Terms easy.
Apply on tlio premises or address Clinton P O.- :
■ 327-tf - • . ' ..JOSHUA .HAMNER.
addition to give him liis scrip for $160
or $240, as the.case might be. ;
FOR SAL’E.6
Burner-
J. E. BL-AOKALL, ■
Veterinary Surgeon,
Graduate of the'OHtario Vcter.inarv College, To-
ron'to, havlhg opened all office in Clinton, is
prepared to treat all diseases of domestic .
animals on the'most'modern’prin
ciples. Ail opei-fttiojis carefully, •
performed, and wills prompt-
|y attended 0.hr<l»y or ,
night. Fees moderate
■ • ’• ■ ,. Office,—1st door West of Ken-
, ned.y’s Hotel,,Clinton, Ont. V-17.
JN THE village of BELGRAVE, the dwelling"
__house and store occupied by me.; The site is
one of the most desirable in the village For busi
ness. There is a gqpd stable, onthomies, arid an
excellent soft water cistern on th & premises, • The
lot comprises J of ati acre. The buildings tire
Tn good roparr^,''Wifl7bo HbTdu;<'l^eap7~as’tli^^.'pro-■
prietor is giving upjbusih'ess; Termsoast. '
' Apply to' * . ■ •
. 'WM. DUNCAN ■
5-11-tf. . Belgrave, Ont.
much to do with the increase in devjl-
•«
Photographers
"CLINTON.
Ipifo Size Portraits a Specialty.
HURON STREET,- CLINTON/' '
W. H. COOPER, Jr.
Miiniihicturcr Of arid dealer hi all kinds of
Marble & 'Granite for Cemetery
Work at figures that defy eompetltlon .
House’to Rent'or for .Sale.
rpwo ESTORY BRICK HOUSE oh Victoria-St.,
1. Occupied at present by Mr, John Robertson.1
' It consists of 3 j?.ood larjjo rooms down stairs and
Refroshtiioiit'routn In front, recently Used ns a
Restaurant, and .7 good-sized rooms up s’airs,
summer kitchen, cellar, stable, hard and- toft
water,’ami quarter- acre lot. For aiij further
particulars, apply to'WI \V. FARR AN nr JAS.
' BIGGINS, the owner. 330
■ TO-LEX___
Stable and driving shed. Apply to
GEO. R7LEVAGOOJ1, Organ Factory-
Clinton, Match 31st, 1885, • 383 tf
WANTED.
G OOP GENERAL SERVANT Whhttfd. ‘ Ap-
H **P ®R8, iteKVB, opposite Temperauac
April 1st, 1885. 335 i '
>
Also manufacturer of the Celebrated
Artificial Stone Inr Building, pur-
poses 'And Cemetery Work, whichmust
be seen to be appreeiiUe4.-~A.il work
warranted to give siiHaliuflion,.
G1RLS WANTEQ.
ANlS cImmbortrmkl and one dining room
V girl, immediately. Good wages will
be paid. Apply at the Omnhuoroidi TlotdL
J,AMES MOORE,
327-tf, « . ; Proprietor.
preparations for w
diplomacy to secure
The Russian reply tK the' coiii
mnniciition Rent to De,Gierktehrough
Sir Edward Thornton aft.ei' th
ceipt of Lumsden’s supplemeni'ary
report has just been receive^ De
Giers replies curtly that Russia de
cline's to enter upon any further,
discussiou of the PenjJeli .incident.
They should all by tlieir personal
.example and personal^ influence"
teach the intemperate •selfipqntrol.
They could sum.it up in the "words,.
“Self-control
TO THE PUBLIC.
i
I
r rave AMofoted mil nonERTfrOiWoN,^
•- | (jcnerAl Ajreiitof tho Uolorich Marble Works
tor tho Cfonntv of Hmrtm,
NEW
BOOT.&JHOE STQR
IN PERRIN’S BLOCK.
'Hand-made -work, sewed and pegged, at
prices to suit every purse. The best work,
lowest prices, and ■satisfac.tien- guaranteed;
As I have first-class city, workmen em-
ployed, on tire • satfsteirdp'-U « wnmty. ■
•tflive me»call. • • /
Air Erom six to twelve hioftthf? ovedit
on good, reliable men.
■ ii n v a rm u
-t
.. The- Model- Wife.,;. In an old
sermon, as quaint ns it is''ancient,
entitled “The Rib Restored” preach
cd by Richard Mfggott, afterward
Doan of Salisbury, tim preacher says
of 'a good w'te J “A help she must be
in her family, being not Only a wife,,
but a housewife; not a, .field wife,’
like Dinah; worn street wife, _ like*
Thomar, nor a window wife, like Je
zebel; but a housewife.” Another
man of quihs, and quirks sftys: , “To
be or not to be, ;ST>o should bo like
three things; and yet shn should not
ho like 'those three things. rt Eirstv
sho should he like a snail, always
keep Within her house; but she
should not ho like a snail ahd carry
all she haff upon her Lack. Second
ly, 4she should be like an ficho, to
speak when she is spoken to, but she
should not be liku an echo to always
; hayo,.. tho.Jaa5J word. Thirdly, she
sbotild bo Hke a town clock, always
koop,time and regularity;hut she,
should not be like a town clock to
spOftk SS'loud flhat jill the town may
Leaf hdr,
> In giving , his daughter 475(1,Mfr
the Dukn of Bedford gives
half a yntu’sittftowo. ■ ...
dean Carmichael’s addrers.
Itev, Dean CarmicbftBl, who was.
, deceived with applause-, said that one
1 was its dual,pledge; it gave a wide
1 opportunity for gentlemen to-speak
I on tlie temperance question' from _
-totally/dillereht standpoints. . Jt
| euabled the most extreme man you
could possibly get in the shape of a
total abstainer to tell out his mind
plain, clear and distinct,and enabled
the most modenito man who could
be got to stand oft the R’ame plat
form and state his views with equal
clearness and distinctness, He
would like to explain hyi own posi
tion a« a total ‘ abstainer. (Ap
plaiise)- Much as -ho admired
everything that had betm said by
Mr. Mttcdonhell with regard to ex
tremists ftud moderate people, that
gentlemen had never in the course
of his remarks touched him, * Why i
’Because he was h total abstainer
who believed he had a right to take
j his glass of wine,, although he . did
not <lo so. ' He felt that? he could
stand orrthat platform anj’distinct*
Jvely and definitely plead for total
abstinence with the fullest power of
K/MMXHi- hm.lung«,"ftnd the warmest feelings
her about I nfl u^sori ho took
; that position was that he agreed
Stealing Real Estate.—Mr, Ap
pleby, Gaoler of -Belleville, Ont.j
has charged Benjamin »atid James
Stewart With the larceny ‘of ft hoiisft.
The house is in Milltown, and the
defendants are charged-* with having
sold it to George and Alexander
Anderson.jwho took it down and re
moved it to Sliannonville. *, . '
There’s-No Muckle IN Him.—Two
ministers forgathered Recently, At
both their churches the election of
-elder's liadjust been made. Says Mr.
B- to Mr. C., ‘Wiiat kind of a man
have you got’? ‘Oh, hes not a very
bright specimen,’ replied O ;,/ahd
what like is yours:-” he asked; in re
turn. ‘Oh, just about tho ordijiar,’
‘Man, our conversation reminds me
of a story that 1 heard about two Ed
inburgh ministers who were exchang:
Ing opinions of their -newly elected
elders to each other. Mr. Buitrtrson,a'
noted wag, replied as to his man —
‘There’s no muckle in him; but-ye
maun 'just build the dyke wi’ the di
vote, ye can get.’ Messrs.fi. and C.
iudulge in a quiet chuckle. B
...•...... .
«Miss-^—iCaft. Lhave thoexquisite
beatitude oftescorting your corporal
system over the space intervening
betweoivyour parental domicile and
tho adtfieojereated for the worship of
lheSupreme Being after the diurnal
luminary has weeded behind the
western horizon?”'
‘Thanks; I am going -with my aunt;’
By the use of Buokinghatne*s Dye,
the whiskers may be made ft perman
ent, natural brown, or black, as de
sired.
■ The Russian Navy.
It must not be assumed that the
Russian navy is by any tneans con
teinptible. The principal' .reliance
of the Russians for promotion of
tliffir- ports will be upon .forts and
torpedoes, but their sea-gding. navy
is one of considerable fighting power.
The unattached navy consists 01
four turret ships, eight cruisers, and
one circular iron-clad. There total
tonnage is 90,4'26, they . .sa.rry 130
gates 79,426.. Some of them are
very formidable vessels. Three of
them are Alike, each benig descri-
guns, afidglieir horse-power a’ggre-
.bed as follows : 15 ib'16-ifich. armor
ut the water line ; 13 guns, six of
them 12-iiicli and seven 6-incli ; 9,
000 hdrse power, and 10,800 tons-
displacement. . It is said, however,^
that six of the most, powerful vessels
were not completed at'the end of
last year. Flow far from completion
they are we are unable to Buy.
The Baltic fleet consists of four
ihrnqlail, frigates,averaging .about
5,000 tons, with armor from 4| to
7- inches thick, and carrying fl inch
and 8-inch guns; those,floating bat*
terjes carrying mostly 8-inch guns;
four double turret ships, with 4j
inch armor and two 9-inch gun,
each ; seven'single turret monitors
of no great power ; a large number
'of liglftly armored or unarmoted
vessels ; and ninety torpedo boats.
The Black sea fleet consists on
6no cirbular iion-clad and two mon
itors of little power, a few minor.
Vessels and fourteen torpedo boats
There are also ft number of smate
ler vessels in Siberian waters, in the
White sea, in tlie Caspian and’ the
Sea of Aral.
The first or unattached , fleet is
the only one tbaV is really fortnidss.
j able.
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Tho A-nslraliftirt I'orcg In th^ firn?,
find tho 85 deg/or so brSuakim ‘o
n-ti-uiit after tho Auetrftlian mid.'
mor.1' Wo have not hoard that i
hiivo.naked for blanko;teyof, as •
countrymen wo an id to do In » p
reputed to bo hotter than the
. Sea. ,. .
Nothing is easier than fault fit
No talent, trft aelfdenial, no bi-J
no ohai'ACter are required to sot J
tho grumbling buainess. But t
Who are moved by a geftUiue rd
I' to do good have little lime for
muring or cotuplftiftt. ■ m. "
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