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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1895-7-12, Page 4TEE s,A.ND1'.Ris & DYBR, Prop. TR RSDAY, JULY 1.1t10895 EDITORIAL NOTE'S. In 1.891, Canada ported to Great Britain, 11,852 tons of hay,yalued at. '4150,291. ` In 1894, we exported 175,- 559 tons, yalued at 81.,700,409, ''Free trade as they have it in Eng- baud"would reduce the prices of wheat. and oats in Cztnada, at the present, gime just 15 cents a bushel. Notwithstanding free trade, Queen. Victoria can still get credit at the eor- .rocer >�r to 1 Y Toronto; Globe. Yes, the Queen is pretty well fixed. But there are several millions of her subjects in England who can't get credit at the corner grocery. Adam Smith in his "Wealth of Na- tions," says:—Whatever tends to di• minish in any country its number of artifices and manufactures tends to di- minish its home market—the most im- portant of all markets—for the rude produce of the soil, and thereby to still further discourage agriculture." According to a return prepared by the Goveroment of Sir Oliver Mowat, the assessed value of its laud in the Province of Ontario increased 865,000,- 000 from 1881 to 1892, while a return. presented recently to the Imperial Par- liament by Mr. Shaw Lefeyre, shows that during' the same period, the assess- ed yalae of its land. in Free Trade England, decreased $$58,000,000. The Massey Manufacturing Company of Toronto, is to put up an extensive addition to its premises and go largely ants the manufacture of bicycles, the works to employ three or four hundred men. Heretofore bicycles have been imported into Canada in pieces, and put together here. But the Massey Com- pany will make the entire machine. Tally one more for the late, lamented, discredited, dead and gone N. P. Speaking of the terrible commercial depression in Great Britain and the United States, the Montreal Star says: Thanks to the good sense which has kept us commercially independent of all the world—so far as a moderate tariff will accomplish that task—we have not suffered from the financial storm that has raged outside of our barricades as much as we might have done, had our dykes been down." An English paper referring to the' trade question, in a recent issue said: t'Free trade, half a•century ago, was the panacea for all human ills. Under free trade everybody was to be happy, healthy, wealthy and wise. To even now hint a word against it is considered h l of byo0 rank blasphemy t he older school political thinkers. But the young men everywhere are asking themselves if we have not given thedrug sufficient experiment; or, at all events, whether the surroundings have not changed and the conditions altered to an extent sufficient to render a new treatment advisable." Dr, Montague made, what he doubt- less thought, was a•remarkably strong point in favor of protection when he said that the principle had been en. dorsed in the English House of Com- mons. "The "endorsation" turned out to be merely a resolution against the importation to England of the manu- factures of foreign prisons. This was not quite the same thing as affirming the abstract principle of protection.— Ottawa Free Press. It is precisely the same thing. The free trade theory is that every man is entitled to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest, without restric- tion whatever. The resolution of the British Commons was a• distinct rever- sal of that policy. .41.11114601 THEY GIVE FAIR BARGAINS TO. DAY. 'The National Policy of earlier times which was to keep us all from buying things and spread prosperity and abundance among us in that way, is never beard of now. There is an occa sional wail for leniency in dealing with something which will make out manu- factures able to give us fair bargains 4.00 years hance.-The Globe, The Giobedon't seem to comprehend environments, . Never in the earlier times orany time did the National Pol icy hoop any one from buying, things, Every possible eomfort and necessaries of life required by the people has been produced at home, the luxuries for the use of the rich, not produced here,and esehich the common people could do with out, being taxed, The idea of protec- tion has not been lost to view, but is as prominently before the people, and in as much favor as ever, There is no waiting for leniency dither, The Globe say sneer at the manufacturers to its frill content, but tbeyare giving coa- snrner'o fair bergaine for their money. With parrot like persistency The Globe enquiresif the National Polley has made the people rich, meaning thereby that it itas enriched the manufacturers at the expense of the people. Will it kindly mention the names of any in- dustries the proprietors of which have been made rich by the National Policy Comniunioiition, Grosse Isle, Quo, To THE EDITOR Ol' TAB ADYoOATa It may not be amissto furnish your readers with some information about the government buildings no this quar- atine station, and the uses to which they are severally put. Besides the commodious places of residence oceu- pied by the, Medical Superintendent, and his two assistance at either end of the island, there is first of all at the West end a suite of buildings fitted up for the accomodation of immigrants and passengers who come across the ocean and need to be quarantined and subjected to a process of disinfection, There are (1) a large and commodious building for saloon onpassengers—with berths, washrooms, dining room, largo Sitting room, and every facility for resting and recruiting similar to what they would have on board the best ocean vessel, (2) the disinfecting build- ing, constructed ou the most approved scientific principles, in which 'provision is made for fumigating immigrants' clothing, trunks. &e; and also the most complete arrangement forgiving show- er baths at any temperature, where a dozen persons may all be going through their ablutions at the same moment., each in his or her own room off the cor ridor, and where you can get a most delicious shower bath by means of metal pipes through which is turned on by the, engineer in charge—thus purifying and invigorating both body and mind. I had it from the best au- thority that in many eases you would scarcely Isuow the immigrant ten. days or a fortnight after leaving their ship, owing to the marked change visible in their person from proper ventilation and bathing. Then there are (3) separ- ate buildings for intermediate and steerage passengers, in which quite as good care is taken of them as on board ship; while, attached to all three build- ings reserved for passengers who are not sent to the hospital, a cooking ap- paratus and hot water and cold by means of long iron ranges furnish ali the necessary domestic comforts of eat- ing, drinking, sleeping, and social re- creation. Provisiou is thus made, if necessary, for supplying the daily wants of several hundreds of people. Of course, all sick immigrants are, sent to the hospital at the other end of the island, where no possibility of trouble from infection can arise. But the most interesting building to my mind is (4) the Laboratory, in which provision is made for detecting germs and microbes with the :Host modern apparatus and all the necessary appliances to practice the.science or art of bacteriology. Set - done, however, -is this required—ex- cept in cases of cholera, typhoid fever, measles, smallpox, or some other,. pre- vailing'epidemic.. The process for de- tecting and examining under the mic- roscope latent germs or microbes is something wonderful to a non-profes- sional. I was just told the microscope used here is capable of magnifying the microbes 1800 times—so that after hay. ing, by a chemical process which I shall not attempt to describe, ascertain- ed the particular form or species of bacteria, you can distinctly witness the living animals that work such deadly havoc en the human system. The microbes theory is one that has at- tained great deyelopement within the last 15 or 20 years. Koch, the celebrat- ed german physician and physiologist, discovered the bacilli that cause con sumption; and, when taken in time, he claims that the remedy applied in the shape of tuberculioe has proved to be sueecessfui in staying the ravager of that fell disease. Iu like manner a wonderful discovery has lately been made by M. Roux, a French scientist, to neutralize germs, of diphtheria—a thing which has hitherto proved be- youd the ordinary skill of physicians; elthough'the serum which is employed as an auti-toxine has proved very cost- ly and not easily attainable in a pure form. It would seem, however, that medical science is only in its infancy; and the time may come when "'the thousand ills that flesh is heir to" may be so far neutralised as to lengthen human life to correspond in some de gree to the age of the early patriarchs. On the eastern end of Grosse Ilse, be- sides the suite of buildings appropriat- ed to the officials and their families, there is a large brick hospital with drug store, office, corridors, sleeping apartments, and all other needful ap- pliances for nursing and healing sick immigrants. Various officials are here in charge such as the steward, who speaks several European languages, his assistant (a Norwegian,) an orderly, rook, nurse, laundress, &c. This year there is little to employ those officials, owing to limited immigration and the health record; but they know not the moment when their services may be re- quired,botb night and day. To facilitate comaitlnication,ampie provision is made for tele„ raphicand telephonic messages not only between different parts of this I live, Ivir. Marriott, after waking from island but between the island and Quo- his morn`ing's slumber discovered the theft and with all speed followed the .fleeing thief to St. Marys but as yet has failed to tiacl any track of him, Partn- ers, beware of men on bicycles looking for work, the oiling, the teingi-nph or telephone f'uliils its aifice to the anuihiltitio,. al time and distance. .A. signal is ;elven, and the doctor with his stair of men detailed for that service are soon 011 hand to board the incoming ships, Lately, as many as ton and twelve yes eels have been reported and boarded by the stair within 24 hours. As I happend to be in Quebec on the 24th of June, anniversary of St. John the Baptist, I had an opportuuity for the first time in my life of witnessing a R. C. public processiou. The day was fine and the weather most propit- ious—it was. a gala day in the city— business was almost suspended—thous ands of people repaired thither from all the surrounding country—they came by steamboat and railway --flags and bunting were hoisted on public and private buildings—the chapels attd streets were decorated profusely with evergreens—and .everything betoken en high holiday. After they had met for religious services in St. Sauveur chapel, the procession marched through the principal streets, headed by mar- shals on horseback splendidly caparis- oned, with costly .banners flying; while a largo number of societies, preceded by . bands of music, walked .ed ul double col- umn. „ u n. Amon � others, were men dressed in antique style, and drawn by horses and carriages,—to represent Columbus, the discoverer of America, and Jacques Cartier who sailed up the St. Lawrence in A. D, 1535; while in a couple of oth• er carriages, in course of the procession were pretty little boys with curly locks and dressed in white, having beside them a young innoeent lamb—intend ed to represent John the Baptist and our Saviour! The city fathers, trades unions, Papal Zouaves, various nation al and benevolent societies brought up the rear—including butchers and bak- ers and eaudlesticli makers ;—in short the lame, the halt, and the blind were there to swell the . procession, which took nearly an hour to pass any given point. This was followed by a monster meeting near the Parliament buildings, to witness the unveiling of a statute in memory of General de Levis who fig- ured in the early history of Quebec, and whose lineal descendant (the Mar quis) was present from Prance to give eclat to the proceedings. Public ad dresses were there given by the Gover- nor General and other persons of dis- tinction—all in French. The whole pro• ceeding took from 10 a. m. to about 2 p. m.—by which time visitors and tour- ists, as well as those who formed the procession, were pretty well "played out." I could not help thinking to my self, what trouble and expense people will go to in order to make a ' dumb show! But I must close this rambling epistle. Meanwhile be thankful . that you live in a free country, where.: you enjoy the unspeakable blessingsof ci- vil and religiousliberty. ale Yours, etc., July 8th, 1895 H. Douglas Steele: •111... NOTES AND t`?O11ZIitEN`TS,; A remarkable achievement la barn - raising is recorded -in the Berlin Yews: A large barn belonging to. Mr. 'Knorr•;' who lives near'Roseville, was d'esttoyed by fire a short time ago. On Jufise' 10 about 40 neighbors went into the woods and swamps to get out timbor and re- build. On June 14 the timber was all on, the ground, and .on. the 19th the closed barn was roofed and entirely closed. The recording steward of the Queen's Avenue Methodist' church, London, has been officially notified by the president of the Conference that with the consent of the chairman and secretary of the London district, and to meet tom re- quirements of the work, after a care, ful reconsideration of former arrange- ments, the stations have been so chang- ed as to place Rev. Messrs. Geo. Dan- iels and G. A. Wilkinson as pastors of the church and missions for the .pres- ent conference year, Rev. A. Cunning ham has been stationed at the Hamil- ton Road church. Beware of Thein On the. 17th day of June a man astride a bicycle rode into the premises of Mr Geo. Marriott, a respe.;ted farm er of Blanshard and asked for employ• mens. Mr. Marriott was at the time needing help and readily engaged the man to work for him for wages at 81.6 per month. After being in Mr, Mar rime's employ for a few days he dispos- ed of the bicycle to a St. Marys man for the sum of 825, placing the same in his pants pocket. Next day, while, en- gaged on Mr. Marriott's farm hoeing potatoes, the roll of bills got for the bi- cycle became wet from the sweat of the laborer and was taken from his pocket and placed under the shade of a large potato plant. The proprietor's dog, taking in the situation became finan eially hungry and seizing the roll took therefrom a $2 bill and began eating it. The bill wedging in the cur's teeth caused him to cough vehemently, This drew the laborer's attention and rush- ing to the spot he secured the remain- ing X23 of his pile. Brooding over the less of the $2 bill the worthy laborer rose early on Tuesday morning of last week and quickly dressing himself in a suit of broadcloth, (the proprietor's best clothes) and taking the oast off bi cycle suit under his aril fled from the premises with the sreed of the locomo bec,as well as with certain outlying sig- nal stations that report the approach cif ocean Vessels coming up the diver It is amttsing to hear the telephone mes- sages in French or English —caruied on by men and worsen, from house to house acid from one place to another. If the Chaplain happens to be out of wood, or coal oil, or water, all he has iii do 18 10 set the telephone in operation �, 1 andY yon can sayact Robin- son" • Before oJ Tobi i son" your message is rsponded to and the want supplied, Sorin cacso of sick- Seaforth: Counterfeit 25 cent pieces are in circulation, one of our merelni nes having reecived two during the post Couple of weeks. The -S• are a splendid s glance but on a „steed Ia � ' tion n . e imitation, b c, to fraud is easily detectable. Our mer chants should be on the lookout for nese, or the approach of a steamer in ` them, 041. A Dr'eadf'ul Accident at, Criliw's. Road` Station.. APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.. Twonty..ilve Killed and irorty Vounded—. A Bear ]and Collision With Two Trains of Quebec I'ilgrints— 'he Wounded Con- veyed to Levis. South Queboo,July 9.-1 dreadful acci- dent ogourred at. Craig's Road station at 3.45 a.in, A pilgrim excursion from Sher- brooke was being run in two s, o ioxis. 'Pito first section stopped at Craig's. Road to gross an up -train, when the following seotion ran into the rear of it. The en- gine ploughed through the Pullman and first-class cars. So far as caii bo ascer- tained there aro fifteen killed and about forty wounded. 'mo driver, Peter Mc- Leod. of Richmond, and Fireman Dick Perkins, of the colliding train wore kill- ed, and their bodies so far have not been found. Ten passenger cars and engine are wrecked, '1for some. The track. 1be blocked t x bo w time. As time goes by the wreck and its ter- rible consequences grow more and more appalling. Tho death roll has now swell- ed to twenty -ave, while the number of in- jured has not been exagorated in former dispatches. The wounded aro scattered far and wide among the residents, and it will be hard to arrive at any definite list for some time, The trains carrying the pilgrims wore made up of residents from Sherbrooke, Magog, Windsor Mills and surrounding parishes. A special train from Levis, with rail- way officials and wrecking crew and doc- tors, arrived early this morning, and have done groat service in their respective spheres. A train was made up about 9 o'clock; and the most of the dead and wounded were conveyed in ib to Levis. Craig's Road station is a post settlo- nrentin Leiis county, Quebec, on the Beaurivago river, and a station on the (x. T.R. It contains one Roman Catholic church, four stores, saw, shingle and lumber mills, three cheese factories and one express oilioe. Its population is about 500. DOINGS IN MONTREAL.' Murderous Attack un an Abbe at Acton— His Assailants Escape. Montreal, July 7. — A strange story comes from Acton, a small village on the Grand Trunk some forty miles east of this city. On Wednesday night the vicar of the parish, the Rev. Abbe Duhlty, was stopping at the priest's residence, which is removed from the other houses in the place. The only other occupant of the house at the time was an aged priest, the parish priest, .Abbe Benin, being absent. Late on Wednesday night the vicar heard men trying to gain admission to the base- ment. ' He ran to the basement with a carbine, and npticed two tramps — a middle-aged man with long beard and a younger inan,both strong and powerful— entering the basement. The priest warn- ecl the burglars to retreat, but without effect, and, pointing his rifle at one of the burglars, • he .pulled .the trigger,which fail- ed to respond. Then followed a, thrilling hand-to-hand fight between the two burg- lars and the priest. The bravepriest broke his rifle over his iissailants. Then he seiz- ed a poker, and drove it into the neok of ' the ,yonngost_ burglar, who fell to ,the ground,'bleeding freely. The other tramp pulled out a dagger, and attempted to stab the priest, and in the desperate struggle that followed the priest received two stabs in the breast, piercing his soutane, shirt, and scapulary, and inflicting a slight flesh wound. Then the younger burglar, who had revived,attacked the priest with a bar of iron. The latter seiind the man by the throat,but at this time both the vicar and the tramp fell to the floor exhausted. When the priest recovered his senses the two tramps had disappeared. The coun- ty was scoured for the would bo murder- ers, but without success, Tho report'of the Montreal Fire Com- missioners, issued on Saturday, shows that the losses by fires during the past six months in this city amounted to $159,458, and the insurance on the properties de- stroyed to 2701, 817. MANITOBA MATTERS. Cat Beat Used in a Sausage Factory—Hud- son Bay Railway to Ile Built. Winnipeg, July 7. -Tho city health offi- cers discovered a sausage factory where cat meat formed a largo proportion of the iugredierits. The proprietor pleaded guil- ty to the charge of keeping filthy quarters, and was fined a small sum. 11 is not known yet whether the matter will be further proceeded with. Miss Mary Drcwe, formerly of Toronto, and who had been musical instructress here for three years past, died at the Gen- eral Hospital on Friday of paralysis. The funeral services took place to -day. Contractor Pnley,who has been handling the survey of the Hudson Bay road, stated to your correspondent that the survey is now completed as far as Lake Dauphin, about 125 miles; also that the immediate work of the construction of the road would be commenced. From hisremarks your correspondent was given to under- stand that the road would be built whether the Dominion Government grant- ed. aid or not. Nine tramps under arrest at the Police Court had about effected tin escape from the cells on Saturday morning when Sorgt. Munroe appeared on- the scene, just in time to put a stay to the proceedings. The Result of an Angry Shot: Hamilton, July 8. -Troubles amanita to pour in on James Wall, the lotelkeeper who shot young Neolon the other ni.gat. First he was arrested, then the License Coahmissioners transferred Wall's license away from hire and now the bailiff has taken possession of his place, •J3lg iti4ul on a Smngglcr. Quebec, July 5. —Tho Government boat donstanco has captured off the Seven Nandi a smuggling vessel containing 510,000 worth of contraband goods, The captain and crew will bake close on $3,- 000 as the rodult of the captttre, coo Advantage Over the Rebels. ,Madrid, July 5 ---Tho Minister' for the Colonies, Scher Abaracrure, pias arranged with the Hank of Spain to advance the fronds with which to prosecute the cam.' paign against the insrtro'etits in the Island cif Ceiba. IN AND •OUR OWN MAKE . SEE THEM, STRE ! Have decided 'to give special bargains this week SCREEN DOORS SCREEN WINDOWS. We have them . Varnished; Oiled or Paainted. .. Something new in these Goods! T MILK CANS (VERY STRONG.) CREAMERY CANS with , the Latest P Ta p s. �xlx_ CORN ! It is going fast. If you need any, be sure andit at once, Also a large assort CORN, get�.•. C ORN ! ment of seed potatoes. H. BISHOP & SON. Blyth: Mr. Benj,Quinn and a party' o their cab f friends vn from o ere thrown on Monday eveuln,,m , whileabout to cross the Maitland river west of West- field They drove up an embankment which caused the cab to upset. No one was seriously hurt but the top of the cabwas completely demolished. Seed Corn, AND Potatoes. LIME, Whand Grey, Prices ite away clow=n. First Storehouse at the G. T. R. Depot. JOSEPH COBO@ EDICK, Exeter. Doctor What isjood for cleanskg the Scalp and Hair, I seers lb have Pried evveryth g and am in despair Why Mrs R. the very bestthii0 its PALMO TAR SOAP iris spiendidFor Washig c rile (lead irPreventsdryne55 thus puts an end to Dandruff and Freshens the hair nicely. 25 s FORA LARGE TABLET To Smokers To meet the wishes of their customers The Geo. E. Tuckett and Son 00. Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., have placed upon the market A Combination. Plug of . "T & B smoking. Tobacco This suppliesa felt ton fe t want, giving the consumer one 20 cent plug, or a 10 cent piece or a 5 cent piece of the famous "T & B" brand of pure Virginia Tobacco. The tin tag "T & B" is on every piece. ook'sCottollRoot COMPOUND. A recent discovery by an old physician. Successfully used monthly by thousands of Lattice. 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, Woo nosubstt• tute, or inclose 51 and a cents in postage in letter and we will send, sealed,'by return mail. Fulleealed particulars in plain envelope, to ladies only. 2 stamps. Address The Cook Company, Windsor. Ont., Canada Sold in Exeter by .T. W. Browning, Druggist Ask your Druggist fol ;T:10 ' M;.ria Lanma FLORIDA WATER A DAINTY FLORAL EXTRACT for Handkeeether, e..,.; :. �d Bath. FOR TWENTY-FIVE YE113. THECOOK'SEST FRIEND IND I LARGEST SALE N CAISA'S,.. In Ifte Fasflion In The World! Pack away that winter snit, that it may do for next winter. Buy a Summer suit And be in style now asci next year too. It costs no more to look well all the year around, and wear sea- sonable clothes. "'Tis not ' the clothes that make the man, but they help," If you will give us a call we will surprise you both in prices and quality. IIEHTI K$IGHT. Ono door North of Browning's Drug store. NOM W. G. Bissett's Liyery 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. LUTZ r. Proprietor Of THE CENTRAL DRUG STORE -FANSON'S Block Family Recipts - Prescriptions Carefully Prepared, Drugs. Patent medicines, Perfumes, Toilet Soaps, Hair Brushes, Combs. C. LUTZ, Druggist. MILEY & SOLL .Are showing special line for the next two weeks in PARLOR TABLES, CURTAIN POLES, AND PICTURE I OUL n{IROS, S. GIDLEY Y iA.. 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