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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1895-1-24, Page 4! e erAbt-lotette\ SANDERS (Fe DYER, Prop. TB (ifi,SDAY, JAN, 24th, 1896. C URBENT EV E NTS, Among other items running through the daily papers we novice the foliose - 1 Newfoundland is ina hopelessfinan- eial condition, anct it is not unlikely she may apply for admission into the Do- rninieli. This is as it sllould•be, Every British Colony on this North American Continent should be a golden link in the chain of B. N, A. federa"ion. 2. The Liberal Conservative organ- :izations. in Oetario are unusually ac- tive. West Huron, Lennox, Essex, and ether constituencies are all on the qui •sive in view of a general election after the next meeting of Parliament. 3, 13y the way, a Patron M. P. P., named Tucker, has been disqualified by the courts for corrupt practices in «treating" electors during his cam- paign. This was not a good example to set, for one who came out on the role of reform. A monster petition to the Governor and council is being circulated at the instance of the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic Church in favor of Separate Schools in Manitoba. This we presume, is following up the report- ed decision of the Privy Council in England lately reversing the judg- ment given against the R,;,C. minority in Manitoba by the Supreme Court of Canada. 5. Trouble has arisen at Honolulu ever the Hawaian annexation to the 'United States. A rebellion was headed. by the Royalists, with the result of twelve killed and several government supporters wounded. Two hundred of the former are under arrest. 6. A meeting of the Cabinet was held at Ottawa on Friday last, when the French treaty was under consider- ation, 7. France is in the throes of politi, cal dissolution. The President who suc- ceeded Carnot, who was assassinated has resigned—and France is without a Cabinet. Will the wheel of fortune dash Republicanism to the ground and restore the monarchy? S. The Armenian massacres in Asiatic Turkey, which have lately been brought to light, are such as ought to awaken the European powers to the necessity of:protecting the Chris - tains of that country. Twenty pillages and more have been desolated by the Kurds, under orders from the Sultan, and nearly 10,000 human beings horrih ly massacred and mutilated. The "sick pian" should be summarily dealt with. The treaty of Berlin agreed to in 1878 guaranteed the protection of Protestant Christians, but its terms have been 'basely yiolated. THE Political Notes, reavelnent,. a.nd would: humbly asSuie theta, if the knowledge that en empire weeps, and the greater half of this North American 'continent mourns his loss, would iii .any measure assuage their grief, the balm is theirs," British. Gram Trade, . London,. Jan. 21. -Tile Mark Lane Express, in its weekly review of the British grain trade, says:—Euglisb wheats have fallen 6d and foreign. 3d Cargoes of California have brought 24s 9d and. No, 1 Manitoba 25s. Flour has been firm, the best English product averaging 15s 5d, Corti and barleys have *been steady. To -day English wheats arca weak; foreign white wheats dropped 3d; flours, English and Ameri can, fell 6d, and barleys also dropped 6d. California cheap malti,,g barleys brought 22s to 25s; fine malting 3'9s to 84s; fiat corn dropped 6d and round corn 3d. Linseed also dropped 6d. Beans and peas are steady. MR. HUTCHINS, M. P., EY DOM D. At a meeting of the Liberal-Consarr at'ives of the township of McGillivray, county of Middlesex, held in the. Town Hall, McGillivray, for the purpose of electing officers a d selecting delegates to attend the Liberal Conservative con vention. to be held at Ailsa Craig on the 9.9th inst., Mr. James Marr was unanimously re.elected president and Mr. Geo. Sanders, secretary and areas urer. Moved by Mr. John Patching, second- ed by James Miller, "That a vote of thanks be extended to W. H. Hutchins, 141, P., for services rendered; and we ledge ourselves to :<ive him our hear- ty support should he again be the ehoice at the general covention to he held at Ailsa Craig on the 2ilth itist," W. H. Hutchins, William Stanley and others addressed the meeting which ivas a very representative and enthusi- astie one. The annual meeting of the West Hu von Ltbe•ral-Conservative A.ssociation was held in the Ton Hall, 0Iinton, Friday, A large attendauce, notwith- standing the heayy snowstorm raging, show,d that there is no lack of enthus- iasm among the staunch supporters of Bon J. Cl. Patterson, The election of officers resulted as follows: President, €alit. Joseph Beek, Saltford; first vice- president, Dr. Case. Dungannon; second '.rice -president, Peter W Seca; Bel - grave; secre..ary treasurer, James Mit- chell, G ode rieh ; Executive Committee•-- Godericb, Dr, 1-lnimes, E. Campion, R. C. Stays, R. Radcliffe;; Goderich town ship, 3 Beacom, C. Nesbitt; Clinton, A. M. Todd, 13 B Kennedy, D. Cantelon; Blyth, John Wilford; Ashfield, John 'Whitely, Thomas Dalton; West Wawa WW1. Robert Medd; Wingbam, R,- C. Snarling; East Wawanosh, Peter Scott. Vice Presidents were elected for each pulling division. It e as moved by Dr, Freeborn, Clin- ton, seconded by Mr. E Campion, God erich, and carried unanimously: "Re- solved that we, the members of the Lib- eral Conservative .association of West Huron, at annual meeting assembled, i41 the town of Clinton, desire to ex- press our profound sorrow kr the irre parable loss sustained through the un - ;lowly wry death of our revered leader, tin John Thompson, soft Right Von. Jn P r i. C. M. F., and ~,wish to convey toLady Thorne - Sen and faritily our sincere and heart - lilt sympathy. in this their hotir of be Smallpox at Guelph. Guelph, Jan. 20.—A case of smallpox broke out here on the 18th inst, Tho patient is Willirm Schwartz, who some days before came from near St. Thomas where he is supposed to have contract. ed the disease, to attend the dairy school, under the control of the . Agri- cultural College. The dairy buildings are situated a quarter of a mile from the college, and its students board in private houses in the township near Guelph. The sick man had mingled for several days with the studetts at the Dairy school. On becoming to sick to work he consulted a Guelph physician, who diagnosed the case of smallpox, and sent Schwartz to the Smallpox bospital, where he is isolated under the case of Dr. Whitelaw and two nurses, Mangled at the Crossing. The Lehigh G. T. R. express ran in- to a horse and cutter, which was being driven by Mr. Robert Hagyard, of Paul street, London West, at the Hyde Park crossing of the Grand Trunk a little before four o'clock Friday morning, and mangled the driver and horse iu a frightful. wap, and smashed the cutter into kindling wood. The express is timed to arrive here from Sarnia at 4,02 a. m., and was renning a little be- hind time. Engineer Walker was en- deavoring to make up the couple of minutes before reaching the London de pot and rushed past Hyde Park Sta tion like the wind, going probably fast- er than fifty miles an hoar. Before reaching Hyde Park the usual long whistle given when entering a yard was blown, and again a couple of sharp toots were sounded at the whistle board for the side crossing just beyond. Both the engineer and his fireman were on the lookout before reaching the lat es spot, and the fireman was ringing chs- bell. Neither of them saw any ob struction until they were right on the crossing, when a man driving a horse in a cutter appeared just in front of them, driving from the north. The station thus shut out the view of the engineer, and also of the man in the cutter, and as the latter had a cap drawn over his ears it would. have been difficult for lam to have heard the noise of the approaching express. He was fairly on the track when the lo- comotive struck him The man, horse and cutter were hurled by the shock, audaltghted about forty feet down the track. The engine was at once re- versed, but the train had reached the heavy grade and the speed at which it was going prevented a stop being made until a quarter of a mile from the scene of the accident. Couduett,r McIntosh seat a brakeman back to the scene and a sickening sight met his gaze l'he body was mangled in a frightful way, and one of the hands were am- putated. His face was cut and gashed The horse was also badly cut and both undoubtedly met death instantane- ously, The remains were gathered to- gather as well an I carefully as possible and on an improvised stretcher and covered with a couple of pieces of coarse canvas were brought to the city Friday afternoon on the 2 20 train They were at once taken to Ferguson's morgue, where a post mortem will be held. The deceased leaves a wife and and child in London West. WAYS TO GET RICH. The road to fortune is paved with print, er's ink. Shekels and sense are necessary in ene- eessiul advertising, Get eomething people want, advertise it wisely and it is sure to pay. The best advertising will not create a demand for that which is not wanted, Success iu business is paved by the type- setter and Made smooth by the printing press. Brevity is the soul of defeat in. some ad- vertising. Grain won't grow to fruitful- ness the day it is planted. The advise of a bishop to a young preacher applies equally well to an adver- tiser; "Have something to say. Say it. Stop." The men who fail and go down in obliv- ion belong to the class who never adver- tise, advertise occasionally or only as they think their trade will warrant. There may be a doable meaning in the rnisspelled sign iu South Brooklyn; "For Sail—A, sloop yacht of forty-five tons. Apply to owner, Third avenue, Bay Ridge." An advertisement should tell the whole story in the least number of words, care- fully selected and easily comprehended. The display should be adapted to the med- ium used. To catch the eye is the first requisite in an advertisement; what follows should be so well put together as to excite the reader's interest and claim his attention to the end. —Printer's Ink. Goderich: John Pletzer, the old man r charged with an unnatural offence in Blyth, was up before Judge Toms on 3louday last. His counsel deemed it wise to again change the plea, which nad been "guilty" before the magis- trates' trial, and was afterwards changed to"not guilty" • The crown agreed to accept a plea of indecent as- sault, rather than go into the disgus- ting details. and His 1"onor imposed a sentence of sir months' imprisoument at hard labor. A petition in the priso- ner's favor has beeu quite largely signed, but in view of previous eveiits to his history their sympathy was sad- ly out of place, 4itchell: It is reported that the young man who assumed at:the begin- ning of the year the carrying of the mails betweenMitchell aud Atwood has got himself into serious trouble. Some days ago,while in Mitchell, he inibibed too freely, and left the town without the mail bags, He had one passenger, a. little girl of thirteen summers, daugh- ter of Mr, John Merrytield, of Palmer- ston, who was on her way to visit her uncle Charles at Stonkton. When on a lonely part of the road, it is alleged, be attempted to take improper liberties with the child, but she, fought hila off and 'finally succeeded in jumping out of the covered sleigh, and was of er- e ards r-wards picked t.p by a friend, and taken to her uncle's. A warrent was issued for her assailant's arrest somti days af- ter,and lie was taken # %� to stowt,l htit tvea . have not heard the result of the trial. If guilty he should be-gtcienn a dose of the cat. PROGRESSIVE WOMEN. Queen. Victoria greatly dislikes a visitor who is shy and colors or looks agitated when addressed. At the finish of the in- terview the queen generally bows slightly or offers her band, and then turns a little to one side to save the very trying neces- sity of an entirely backward exit from her presence. The empress of Austria has her hair shampooed once a month. . It is still beau- tiful, luxuriant and perfectly black, and when let down touches the ground as she stands. and she is tall. It is said the hair wash requires forty eggs. and the other in- gredients are obtainedfrom no less than twenty mysterions bottles. One of the best-known figures in Paris is ?dme. Yoer, who, upon the death of her husband, a reporter for the French press, took up his work and has conducted it with marked enterprise. In her rounds she is accompaniedby a great white poodle called "Tee Doctor, who permits no one to trifle with his mistress. One of the authorities on decoration in England is Mrs. Coinyns Carr. She is the wite of a successful theatrical manager, and to her ideas on stage decoration .and costume he owes much of bis success. Mrs. Carr has designed dresses for several of Mr. Irvings' plays, and is almost always Miss Terry's chief counselor on wardrobe matters. POULTRY POINTS. As soon as the old hens can be spared for market they should be fattened and sold. This ought to be done before the hens begin moulting. Light, nutritious and easily digested food is what confined fowls require to do well, but under no consideration should corn be fed exclusively. If disease appears and obstinately resists remedies, it is better to begin with new stock than to breed from those that have been sick a long time. Mark the pullets that you went to keep as soon as you know which ones they are. Then there will be no danger of their being sold or eaten by mistake. The hens, should always have somewhere to dust. It will aid them to rid themselves of lice. If a spoonful of insect powder be the dust, better.aaded to tis , all the better. Chickens should not be allowed to go on the roosts until they are ten or twelve weeks old. If allowed to roost too young their growth and appearance will be injured. A small box of charcoal kept where the hens can have access to it will arrest dis- orders of the bowels from overfeeding. Ilse it freshly burned and break it into reasonably small pieces. CHURCH AND CLERGY. There are 5550, 000, 000 Lutherans in the world. Bishop Foster has been attending an- nual conferences for fifty seven years. : d The Methodist Episcopal church south had an increase of nearly 40,000 members in 1892. The Presbyterian church is agitating the establishment of a "temperance Sabba`h." The third Sabbath in September is suggest- ed. Amanda Smith, the colored. Methodist evan=gelist, says there are just two things in the Bible: "It shall come to pass," and "It came to pass." The Swedish Lutherans in. America have over 1,100 students in their three colleges at Rock Island, Ill., Linasburg, Kan„ and St, Peter, Minn. FLASHES OF FUN. She—Are you going to any balls this season? He—I am going to three balls to- morrow.—Syracuse Post, "I'm going to become a professional prize-fighter." "What I Why, man,, yon haven't the slightest command of language."—Chicago Record. Clara—Were there any marrying men down at the beach this summer? Cora— Fest there were two ministers and a Jost - ice of the Peace.—Yonkers Statesman. Cresar was a lucky /nen, He could go around where he pleased and his wife never asked any annoying gneetions, She was above suspicion. —Boston Transcript. "What was the tronble overat the We men's Clab yesterday afternoon? I never heard such talking" "Oh, it was the first whist patty they've had this fall." -Gjii. cage later ocean, "'When horses aredone away v�lrt a iy the Emmy Boarder, "what will betonr• of the people who Want to ride hobbies?' "Thnt`seasy," answered the Cheerful, Idiot, "They will ride the Wheelie itt their heaCia" DANCING AND DANCERS. Gallini, in his "Travels in Africa," de glares that the people of the west coast are exoeediugly fond of datloing. He once tried to tire there out, but as long as he could raise hia hand to his, violin they con- tinued. to dance, awl he was forged to dee 81st. One of the moat famous early ballet daeoera was Mlle. Maze, who, being ruined by Law's financial schemes, dressed her- self in her finest robes and committed suicide publicly by jumping off a Seine bridge at noon in the preseuoeof thous- ands of people. Maria Taglioni, the danseuse, was the. daughter of an Italian ballet master. She was born in 180.4,, went on the stage in 1822 and continued her appearanpes in public until 1847, when she retired. Her greatest suooesses were in La Bayadere, La Sylphide and La Fills du Danube. Heine's ballet, ''Mephistophela," dis- plays "Faust" tempted by a female Mep- histopheles, who exhibits to her victim the most celebrated female danseuses of anti- quity, including "Salome," the daughter of "Herodias," while David is also repre- sented as doing a pas seul before the ark, The ballet traction is said to have been revived from. the . ancient models by the famous Duchesse du Maine, who took a well-known play, had music written for it, and set the oharaoters to act it through from beeeiirniug to end without speaking a word. It was extremely popular, and so establiahed a fashion. ACROSS THE SEAS. The manuscript of Tannhauser has just been sold to a Leipsio amateur for 10,000 marks (2,500.) In the Marquesas group the recent ab- solute prohibition of the sale of opium has increased at once the demand for liquor. The forest land owned by the state is in Germany 33 per cent. of all forests; in Scandinavia, 15 to 20; in France, 10; in. Switzerland, 4, and in Italy, not 2. The Eaglish postmaster -general has just announced that private cards with a half penny stamp affixed will be accepted as postal cards within the United King- dom. M. Schneider, the head of the great Creusot foundries, was married the other day iu Paris. Creusot has ,grown in sixty years from a village of 500 inhabitants to a town of 80,000 people—larger than Krupp's town of Essen. Russia proposes to connect the Baltic with the B1 ack Sea, according to recent report. The rivers Dneiper and Dwina are to be joined by a canal; surveying has been begun at both ends of the route, and Chersou is spoken of as the harbor for the canal on the Black Sea. Newspapers in Russia were forbidden some time ago to make any reference to the dresses woen by the empress on state occasions. This was done because one paper by mistake reported her as wearing a dress which at that time was completely out of fashion. NICKNAMES OFTEN HEARD. Henry VIIL was called Bluff old Hal, from his rudeness and coarseness of speech. James Boswell was nicknamed the. Bear - leader, from his association with John - 800. • Cobden is called the Apostle of Free Trade on aecoant of his labors in that di- rection. John Calvin was the Pope of the Refor- mation, from his influence among the re- formers. Louis Bourdaloue was called the Des- mosthenes of Divinity, from his rare elo- quence. Aristophantes was the Father of Com- edy, because he was the first Greek satiri- cal writer. c Walter Ariosto was the. .Scott of Italy, becanse of his skill in the line of historical romauce. John Selden was the Walking; Library, because of the amount and diversity of his knowledge, William Hogarth was dubbed the Juven- al of Frriuters, froth the satir;cal character of his works. FRUIT BUDS. Doesn't your orcoard want manuring? For apples and pears autumn planting is good enough. Albitros or white snots among huckle- berriesand blackberries are hardly rare euungh to deservemuch fuss to be Made over them. The complaints of the authorities about zinc fond in America dried apples, seems to be "mach ado about nothing." The English walnut may be a semi- tropical fruit, and not entirely hardy, But it flourishes and bears well iu pro teeted spots, especially in the the suburbs of cities, as far north as western New Yurk and lower Canada. Corn stalks cut in pieces two feet long (whole or split), set around the tree and tied top and bottom wipe willow or binder twine will stay on for three years, and pro- tect the tree from sou -scald, borers, mice and rabbits. At least this is what one of our contemporaries says. SOCIETY'S WAYS. _lIasl lle sold 1 If they have . to be sacrificed. The following lines must be sold to maks room for our large spring shipments. Heating stoves, wood and coal cooks. (We have a large assortment) . Axes, cow chains, cross -cut saws of all kinds, lanterns and lamps. We have decided to sell them for the next threeweeksat a sac- rifice. Partiesneeding any of the above named articles will do well to call and take advantage of of the low prices, 'r. BISHOP & SON, Exeter. ook'sCottonRoot 4 COMPOUND. A recent discovery by an old physician. Successfully used monthly by thousands of Ladies. Is the only perfectly safe and reliable medicine dis- covered. Beware of unprincipled druggists who offer inferior medicines in place of this. Ask for Cook's Cotton Root compound. talcs no rubel- tate or inclose 11 and 6 gents in postage in letter and we winsend, sealed, by returnmail. Funsealed particulars in plain envelope, to ladles only. stamps. Address The Cook Company, Windsor, Ont., Canada Sold in Exeter by .1'. W. Browning,Druggist Ringlets for women and whiskers for men are announced as among the fashion- able possibilities of London's near future. The stovepipe hat is shaking on its pedestal. It began to disappear in the circles of British business, The great heat in London has worked a revolution. Fashions may come, and fashions May go, but the (Armond furor abates not. The sparkling little stone holds its fascination as of yore, and maintains its high value. In Austrisu society it is the custom to teike a partner for only one round of a B. this means ladies end. gentle- men y gen men change partners five or six tinges In a single dance. To be photographed mobile you doze in e corner of your pow at Church is rine of the latest terrors, The lrodak has made its way into the pulpit, Ati Irish clergyinan the other Sunday during the service took i salmi shot of hie tloilgrllgativn, Kirkton, . Written on the death of Rhea Fer- guson, only child of Dr. and Mrs Fer- guson, of Kirkton, who died on Jan. 12th 1895, Soft, -soft came the whisper— Rhea eome home to me, Angels shall guide thee to Heaven, We now must part from thee. Sad, sad was the parting.— Ohl so sad, we cannot tell Yet we know that God knows alt things And true He doth all things well. Sadly we miss you darling, Yes, miss you at eventide; While you raise your little voice, In a land so fair and wide. Though the parting is 8o hard, Our home doth seem so still: We do not wish ) ou back darling For it is not God's will We did love you so truly, And would have kept you here, But Jesus called for our darling And you could die without fear. Christ shall comfort thy parents, Now you have folded your hands, Softly your voice is singing again, Along withsweet angel bands. We will keep up our trust love, For the Lord is watching o'er all, And when ween ter the gates of pearl; On your mother's arms you will. fall. You would not have us weep dear, So we shall dry our tears, We shall soon meet agaiu darling, It shall not be many years. Sweet were the daisies you gave me, Just a few short mon hs ago, And now along with the daisies, You lie rieath the beautiful snow. You have gone to Jesus. Rhea, We shall agtin meet you there, We will g,ttner flowers again darling, In that land of beauty rare. A FRIEND, Sim Fax and the 11Teditons, We Live in a wonderful world, All the wonderful things that we hear; Have you beard of the manifestations, That in London to Fax did appear. In London here's quite a sensation, With it Yankey, I'm told, that pretends; For the small sum of one dollar, lie can show you your departedfriends. Sim Fax said he would'nt believe it, Unless he had seen with his eyes; When Mandell said. here's Mr. Murray, He thought to give Sim a surprise. One night at the house of McRoberts, Thi: bold Yankey medium, he said; He coul i translate Sim Fax to a spirit. If he gave him two taps on tie head. But in this he was sadly mistaken, His folly had reached its climax, And the judge fined nim one hundred dollars For tapping the head of Situ Fax. Judge Elliot has no use for spirits, To judge by the papers' report;•. If he had any fancy for spirits They must be a different sort. From the one poor foolish Randell, Had with him that ill-fated night; When he wanted Sim: Fax for to see them But Sim could'.nt see without light. Just fancy a light to see spirits,. If one only stops and reflects, As well might the spirit have answered, To wait till he'd look for his specks. They told him a right would be fatal, Ur might have a fatal effect; A hint if Sim Fax lit his taper It was death that he might expect, And now Sim Fax is the medium, knd runs the whole show it is said; Poor Randell among the departed, Himself and his spirit has fled. McRoberts is near broken hearted, And London has met a great loss, For two ruling spirits, departed, Jack Randell and old Mrs. MMose. W. W. Revteneox, Mooresville, St. Marys: While Mr. Wm. Rogers, of Lot'ft & Cu's establishment, here are ransferring a consignment ' of dry goods from the street to the store the ' other day. he slipped and fell, but felt no serious results, and continued wore all day, He consulted a doctor, and rottud that his injuries were worse that he anticipated. So serious, indeed. were they that they .proved fats.!. Dir Rogers wasa son of Mr, Thomas nog- fu's, and a member of the First Presby. tenchute Theresa are people who understand one another at once. When one soul meots an- other it is not by pass word, nor by hail. ing sign, nor by mysterious grip t at they recognize. The subtlest freem onry iia the world is this freemasonry oft a spirit; , -Edward Eggleston. A .0. . J. FINE GRADES OF Hen's Trousers AND Fall Suitin gs. Itis one thing to cover up your 'body. Robinson Crusoe did that with goatskins. But that time is past. It is not neces- sary to clothe yourself in any unsightly garb when you can get clothes that fit you like bark, to a tree 'and at prices consistent with the times. Call and select from a big lot of choice pieces. We will make it worth your while. flFTI KIllT. The Fashionable Cutter and Fitter W. G. Bissett's Livery First Class Horses and Rigs. SPECIAL RATES WITH COMMERIAL MEN. Orders left at Bissett Bros.'Hardware Store, -will receive prompt attention. TERMS - REASONABLE A TRIAL SOLICITED. W. G. BISSETT C. LUUTZ. PROP Fanson's Block Exeter. Family Receipts and Prescriptions, Carefully prepared. A' complete stock of drug's patent medicines, Drug- gists' supplies, perfumes, toilet soaps, hair brushes, tooth brushes, combs and all articles to be found in a first-class Drug Store. DR. C. LUTZ, Druggist. Furniture! • Furn -.. iters I . I!! Furniture 1 I t! We have moved back to our old store again and have the finest stock of Parlor, Bedroom and Din- ingi oom Furniture in the town, at prices that can- not be beaten. Elegant new bamboo Foods just b coming` in. . . . See our beautiful new w ar e r o o m s. We are bound to sell if good goods nicely displayed at very low' -rices willdo'it. S. GthLEY & SON, , ODD FELLOW'S Block