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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-11-22, Page 4T ' Teter twoicate. !MOWS 1E-EEGTiOh ANITER'S & OYER, Prop, TI (IRSDAY, NOV 22nd, 1894. QHAS. TMTJ PER ON CANADA. It is well-known that our High Cont. iesioner in London, Eng,, has lost no apportuntty of speaking a good word ler Canada, and of furthering in every ,y possible the interests of this Do- minion, It is .needless to say, that with Sir Charles Tupper's intimate knowledge of Canada's resources, and all that relates to'` i:lrer conirercial trade and financial standing, he is qual :Wed beyond many others in England or in this country to accurately weigh the economic conditicu of the Dominion.. For this reason we rejoice to learn by recent cablegrams that aur high Com- missioner has been lecturing• before the Geographical Society in Edinburgh 'upon the resources and rapid develop - intuit of Canada since the era of Cora federation. The volume of trade dur- tng those twenty-seven years has been something phenomenal, as the statistics produced by Sir Charles am- ply show. For example, the increase .of trade (which of late has been largely with foreign countries) since 1377 had reached 90 per cent; while, during •tine past financial year of 1893-94, trade had reached its highest point since con- federation, Notwithstanding the tem- porary interruption in trade with the United States, owing to the McKinley earriiT,—and in spite of the general de- pression of last year both on this con- tinent and in Australia,—Canada stands to -day on an equal footing of ?snancial soundness with England her- self, as the last Canadian loan abun- dantly testifies. In fact, as Sir Charles Tupper brought out in his lecture in Edinburg, the McKinley tariff which was the occasion of much political grief has "proved a blessing in dis- guise"—because it led our government and people to open., up communication in trade with foreign countries, and. has made us more self-reliant and in- dependent of the neighboring States One great secret of Canada's prosperity has been the sonnde'ess of our banking system, as compared with that of the American republic; as we all know, not one chartered bank in Canada broke down during,the recent financial col lapse, while there were scores of banks in the U. S. that went into liquidation Then look at our untold wealth in mineral and other natural resources, in the numerous and inexhaustible deposits of coal and iron, not to speak of our nickeland gold mines. In fact, when we consider the area of British North America, constituting as the Dominion of Canada•does the last por- tion of this Continent,—and embracing within it every possible variety of nat- ural resources, in soil and timber and fisheries and mineral wealth ;—when we consider the present expansion of grade and its future development un- der a fast Atlantic steamship service, and a sub -marine Cable between Van- couver and Australasia, (which is now being contracted for, and for which there is to be called together au inter - colonial Conference), we foresee in the nearr future such an enlargement of trade and commerce between this and, foreign countries as to justify our High Commissioner hi his laudation of Can- ada McGillivray: Mr, Eli Dowker and family, of the 5th con. left this week for Homer, Mich,, where he will go into business. Hibbert: Mr. Thomas Leeming has leased his farm, being west half of lot 25, Concession 11, Hibbert, containing 50 acres, to Mr. Samuel Hanna, for a term of three years, Goderich tp: James McMillan, has 400 bushels of white elephant, potatoes -which are monsters. Six of the aver- age large ones weighed 11 pounds, and one combination tuber touched live pounds. Clinton: Robert Hall, who worked in the Doherty Organ Factory a few- 'ears ewyears ago, was killed by accident in Toledo on Mondav or Tuesday of last week. He is, we believe, a native of HulIett. Particulars of the sad event :gave not reached us. Goderich: At the Court of Revision Reid by Judge Toms last MVIonday even- ing nearly 160 appeals on the town voters' list were disposed of. M. 0. oItnston, for the Conservatives, applied ase add 68 names and strike off 33, sac- eeeding with 42 of the former and 13 ot the latter. W. Proudfoot, for the ;reformers, applied to add 18 and strike off 38 succeeding with 14 and 18 re - sweet vet e- s eetivel v. Goderich: Patrick Welsh, of Wawa - nosh, charged trainer Jenkins, of Pol- bhy's livery, with stealing money from ham. The evidence of Welsh was that he had been drinking a good deal and down in the stable, and that Jen, loins abstraeted the money from his. ppeket during that firnei but as he was 'by no means clear in his story, a. par' otwhi clx wasdi rectly co►itra4ictr:d by another witness. The P, M, dismissed the Charge, The 4iberal Candidate Elected by 800 Majority. Mayor Essery was literally. buried Tuesday under an avalanche of votes so overwhelming that the "oldest in, habit remembers nothing like it. In the distant past there was a time when the Conservative majorities used to be in the same neighborhood, and on one occasion Sir John Carling was elected by over 1,200 majority. .But never has a candidate had such a combination opposed to him' as that which marched to the polls against Mr. Essery. Not only was there the Liber- al party, but the machine temperance element, the saloon and tavern keepers and the"solid vote." And that was not all. In no campaign in this city, excepting possibly that of 1b74, was money used so lavishly. The Toronto papers say that at least $20,000 was here by the Mowat Government and its friends, and that amount is not thought to be wide of the mark. Impersona- tion and plugging were very general, and from every ward nearly every sub -division, the Conservatives have re - reports of the most barefaced and frag- rantous attempts, many of which were successful, to sob anti -Hobbs' mon of their votes and poll bogus ones for the candidate of the saloons and temper- ance A number of pluggers were brought in from Hamilton, and about 100 came over the Grand Trunk and Canadian. Pacific Railways from Wind- sor to do service in the cause of purity. Mr. Hobbs was elected by exactly 800 majority. His friends were as much surprised as were his opp:nents at this unexpected result. Even his most san- uine supporters did not look for more than 200, and everyone who made an estimate of this size accompanied it with a number of"ifs." In only four divisions in the whole city did His Worship secure a majority, and the total in these four only aggregated 48. An analysis of the vote yesterday shows that 425 more were polled than in June last. At that time Mr. Mere- dith had 8,273 supporters and Mr. Hobbs 3,136—a total of 6,409. Tues- day Mr. Hobbs' friends numbered 3,817 and Mr. Essery's 3,017—a total of 6,834. In 1892 Mr. Essery ran for Mayor against Col. Garishore and the figures were:—Essery, 2.875; Gartishore, 2.410 —a total of 5,285. In 1893 His Wor ship contested the Mayorality election with ex Mayor Taylor and the aggre- gate votes polled was 4,785, divided thus:—Essery , 2,451; Taylor, 2,305. It will thus be seen that the number of votes polled Tuesday was phenomenal- ly large and came within about 1,200 of the total available vote. AN IMPERSONATOR BR - T TOTIME. 0 OR OIIGII A gross case of impersonation was attempted in the first sub-eivision of the Second Ward. • At 11. o'clock a young. curly headed man—an entire stranger; apparently to every person about the booth, as was also the party accompanying him—presented himself as a voter and entered the booth, "1Vho are you?" was the usual ques- tion put to him. "'William Gilling," replied the stran- ger. William Gilling! You are not Rain Gilling," Gilling," interrupted the Conserv- ative scrutineer. The fellow became wrathy, but the bluff did not work. As it happened, William Gilling was known to the Con- servative scrutineer. He is a porter at the Bernard House, just across the road from the booth. Just wait a minute and we will bring Mr. Gilling here," said the scrut- ineer, and a messenger was quickly despatched to the Bernard House. He was fortunate in finding Mr. tilling without delay, and the latter presented himself at 'the booth. The would be per- sonator was evidently very uneasy, meanwhile. The Conservatives instructed Deputy Returning Officer J. D. O'Neil to have the stranger arrested, and an officer re- moved him to the Police Station. The man who attempted the persona- tion gave his name to the police as William Gilling, and refuses to admit anything. At this same booth, James "Milligan, a portor at the Hodgins House, and. a Conservative was impersonated by some person brought to the polls in a rig driven by Dan Sullivan, a Grit worker. The Conservatives protested, hut the vote was admitted, and later when the real James Milligan came he was permitted to vote, In No. 4 Ward some unknown man voted for Mr. A, R. Proctor, a well- known Conservative, who was absent from the city, in the sixth sub division, and Mr. Sidney E. Smith, of the fourth sub -division, had a Hamilton man try to vote for him. The Conservatives had the fellow arrested on the spot, but he escaped from the constable and was hurridly driven away by a Grit heeler. ANOTHER NEW WRINKLE was introduced into this contest by the Liberals to take the place of "pigs' feet and beer." It was the "Hobbs' Relief Fund," and was used principallyto in fluen.ee and' intimidate Conservative electors when they came to the polls. On Monday evening hundreds of voters found parcels of grocers or envelopes with money inside their doors, which bad been left there by Grit healers Then every elector at whose home "re. Fief" Was left was sworn when he cattle to the polls if he persisted in voting, and in a number of cases the "bluff" worked capitally from a Hobbs stand- point. One well-known Essery man had money placed in his hand at his house on Monday evening by somebody, and he was promptly sworm by the Liberal scrutineer. "Are you sura you receded nothing far your vote?' h3 was asked by the Grit. Yes; some of yell fellows left some money in my wheelbarrow, and it is there yet," the elector replied, and he put in his vote, --F ree Press. Around About Us. John Fenton, who seduced the young woman Jessie Match, who afterward died from poison administered by un- known hands, Is said, to be still work- ing at Londesboro, Clinton: Henry Knott was eating sausage the other day and some hard substance, supposed to be a piece . of bone, stuck in his throat. Although the aid of a physician was secured the obstruction has not been removed and he eannot swallow any solid food. Goderieh; On Sunday night the storm caused Pridham's sign to fall and strike a young woman with such force that may prove fatal, her head being badly hurt. She was just re- turning from divine service accompan- ied by a male friend, who carried her: into Wilson's drug store, and a medi- cal man summoned. The young wo- man's name is Webb, and lives at Salt - ford. Clinton: The eighty head of cattle shipped last week by the Messrs. Rans- ford to Britain were a yery fine let. When taken off the grass they were weighed and stable -fed for 41 days by David Carter and Charles Mason under the direction of foreman M. Glew. The feed consisted of cut corn stalks, hay, pea meal, oats and wheat. Of those re weighed the gain each in the 41 days was 150 pounds. Wingham: One night this week, Mr. Geo. Green, of this town, killed some chickens for table use, at his hen- nery in Lower Wingham, and brought them home in a basket, leaving them in the summer kitchen. Mrs. Green being busy, they were not cleaned that night and the next morning, on going to prepare them for dinner, one of ' the chickens hopped out of the basket ' and ran around, though its head being cut clean off. Mitchell: The creditors of Mr. J. A. Watson met on Friday last and were so well satisfied with that gentleman's financial position that they unanimous, ly gave him an extension of time, and the business is going on as before The assets are some $8,000 abovelia- bilities, besides a life policy for $5,000, which he, unsolicited, gave as security Mr. Watson refused to accept any coin promise, feeling perfectly satisfied that he will be able to do, as lie has always done, pay 100 cts. on the $. S`tratfor'd Herald: -"I1 transpires that Strathroy is the place where the outbreak of small pox referred to in the Toronto World the other day oc curred. From a drug traveller who visited Stratford, and who was in Strathroy, only a few days ago, it wa,s learned that the dread disease had broken out in town. The disease was brought to the town by some one Who had been visiting in Windsor and ,•7)e trait. By private letter the Herald is also informed that three cases are re ported in that town. Precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease, and general vaccination has been ordered, Wingham: Mr, E. C. Clarke has re ceived the appointment of general or- ganizer for the Canadian Order of For- esters in the Maritime Provinces, with headquarters in St, John, N.B. Heex- pects to leave, with his family, in the course of a few weeks. Mr. Clarke has been connected with the Order from its inception, and is thoroughly acquaint- ed with all details in connection with its workings. At one rime he held the position of High Vico Chief Ranger, and we feel sure he will be successful in the position to which he has been ap- pointed. His many friendt in 'Wing ham will be sorry to lose him, as he is a citizen, and during his residence in town he has been honored by his fellow electors w.th positions at the Council and School Boards. Our Clubbing Offer. The ADVOCATE is anxious that its sub- scribers should have the advantage of the Agents fees on city weeklies and with this end in view we have arranged with the fol- lowing papers to be clubbed with the AD- VOCATE. . We will furnish the Anvockre and any of the following papers at the price set opposite: Free Press.... . $1.76 Advertiser 1.70 Empire 1.75 Gl nbo... 1.65 Witness (Montreal) .. ( ) 1.75 News (Toronto) , . , 1.75 " DAILY 1.75 Mail 1.75 Star (Montreal) 1.75 Farmers' Advocate .. .. L75 Farmers' Sun (Patron).... ...... 1.50 With the exception of the Daily News the balance of r894. will be given free. ARTS AND ARTISTS. Fra Bartolomeo was the intimate friend of Raphael, and is believed to have finish- ed many pictures planned or sketched by the latter. Gainsborough has rarely been surpassed in the technique of his art. It is ram to find one of his pictures cracked or im- paired. Zamfleri was the son of a shoemaker and , himself followed that calling. He was the ugliest man of his time and badly de- formed. Masaccio was originally named Maso, the addition to the name being, by way of reproach for his negligence and sloveli- ness in dreg. Oreagn.a's Last Judgment, now in the Campo Santo at Pisa, was, in the four, teenth century, deemed the greatest pia Lure in the world. Pordenone's saints were deleted with se great a display of muscle that it was com- monly said all his holy men looked like prize fighters. Tinteretto's real iialne was Jacozo Ito. busti. He was called Tintoretto from being the son of a dyer, the word Tinted having that meaning. OVERROP N E. i B Windsor castle has been used for a royal residence seven hundred and eighty four years, The results of the recent expedition to the polar regions prove that north of sev- enty-five degrees the ice over the whole surface averages six thousand feet in thickness, The highest spot inhabited by human beings on this globe is the Buddhist elois. ter of Iianle, T'hi.bet, where twenty-one monks live at an altitude of sixteen thou- sand feet. In a ton of Dead Sea water there are one hundred and eighty-seven pounds of salt; Red Sea, ninety-three; Mediterranean, eighty-five; Atlantic, eighty-one; English channel, seventy-two; Baltic, eighteen; Black sea, twenty-six, and Caspian sea, eleven. A man in Germany recently bought one. thousand cigars and had them insured against fire. Then he smoked them and demanded the amount of his policy from the insurance company. The company re- fusing to pay it, he brought suit and got a verdict. According to Power, a foreign chemist has devised a sensitive paint which is yel- low at Qtdinary temperatures, but turns bright ted on reaching ono of two hundred and twenty degrees. It is suggested that this paint may be used advantageously to indicate heat from friction in ma- chinery. One part of the wedding ceremony among the Babylonians was very signifl- cant. The priest took a thread from the garment of the bride, and another from the garment of the bridegroom, and tied them into a knot, which he gave to the bride. This is probably the origin of the modern saying about tying the knot in re- gard to marriage.—Jewish Messenger. FOWL, FISH AND SERPENT. A boa -constrictor, which lives in the Adulaicle zoological gardens, caught its fangs the other day in a rug. Being un- able to disengage itself. it proceeded to swallow the rug, which was seven feet by six in size. A sturgeon weighing 1,440 pounds was caught in the Caspian sea two weeks ago. The head alone weighed 22S pounds, and the fish furnished about 120 pounds of roe for caviare. The fish was sold for 8,160. The most formidable check to the in- crease of serpents and venomous insects in the tropical regions is the abundance of ants which, attacking in thousands, will kill and devour animals often of consider- able size. There is a mystery about the method of motion of condors that has never been ex- plained. They have been seen to circle to and fro in the sky; half a day at a time, rising and descending without once flap- ping a wing. SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS. Experiments are now being made with compressed hay for paving blocks. The bay, after being pressed, is soaked in a drying oil, which, it is claimed, renders it indestructable. A new alloy has been invented by a Paris manufacturer, composed of silver and copper. It has great strength, and will resists sudden den orlong sustained strains. The low price of silver has lately made such an alloyr practicable. Great success has been obtained in Bel- gium with the ammonia process for sink - in," shafts through quicksand. The prin- ciple is that of freezing the quicksand by an ammonia freezer similar to that used in making artificial ice. A new thermometer for registering ex- treme heat is composed of a liquid alloy of sodium and potassium, instead of mer- cury. The boiling point of this alloy is about 1,100 degrees above, and its freezing point 12 degrees below zero. IN SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. The students at Princeton college have abolished "hazing." Viceroy Li hung Chang has established at Tientsin an imperial medical college, with a staff of western (English) medical men who assist native Chinese in teaching, A four years' graduated course is re- quired and a well-equipped hospital has been built. The degrees of bachelor of medicine and of master of surgery have this year, for the first time in the history of the Scottish universities, been conferred on women. One of these young women, : who ranked third in a class of sixty-one members, stood first in her class of zoology, prac- tical chemistry, anatomy, history, physiol- ogy, surgery, medicine, pathology and midwifery. MEDICAL SCIENCE. A.burning gasjet is unhealthy in a bed - ch wilier, because one gaslight gives out ai much carbonic gas as two sleepers. Sir Andrew Clark, general physician in the largest London hospital, says that seven out of every ten persons taken to the building owe their 111 health to drink. Dr. Roux, of the. Pasteur institute, claims to Kaye found a cure for croup. It consists in the injection of serum from the blood of a horse that has been inoculated with the cultivated microbes of croup, Dr. Goriansky, a Russian physician, claims to have found that the juice of raw cranberries given freely, pure or diluted with an equal part of water, is an excel- lent means of relieving thirst and vomit- ing in Asiatic cholera. ABOUT PEOPLE IN GENERAL, The mother of Gen. Boulanger, who died in Paris, was ninety-two years of age. The salary and expense allowance of President Casimir-Perier are '$240,000 per year. • George W. Cable has named his summer ' home at Northampton, Mass., "Stay - awhile." The once famous court violinist, Enrico Masi, died in Rome a few days ago. He was at one time a member of the well- known "Florentine Quartette," The Confederate Women's Monument • association has been organized at Rich- mond, and a charter is to be obtained. Voluntary subscriptions toward the mono- mentnow amount to six hundred dollars, GOLDEN GEMS, • The feet of truth are slow, but they never slip. Golden opportunities do not travel by a time table. There are men who like to' speak well of others—on a tombstone. 7f seine people had money enough they cullvex themselves , cs to death w in is a elan who s o d something A gen 1 does s etli ng that others say cannot be done. • There is nc way of getting children to be good like showing them how.—Ram's Horn. 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J SNELL Furniture! - Furniture! .Furniture 111 We have moved back to our old store again and have the finest stock of Parlor, Bedroom and Din- ingroom Furniture in the town, at prices that can- not be beaten. Elegant new bamboo goods just coming in. . . . See our beautiful new warerooms. We are bound to sell if good goods nicely displayed at very low prices will do it. S. GIDLEY & SON, ODD FELLOW'S Block E�elcr Iluifier _ Yu(' The undersigned wishes • to inform thegeneral public that he keeps constantly in stock all kinds of building material, dressed and un- dressed lumber B. C. Red, Ontario, High. Land and Pine Shingles. Special notice is drawn to B. C. Red Cedar ;which is acknowledged to be the most durable timber that grows; especially for skiing. les. . 36 to 40 years. It is said by those know, that they: will from 36 to 40 years in climate. Julies. Willis, •• who last any Lumber Merchant