HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-7-16, Page 3OUR OTTAWA LETTER
THE LIBERALS HOT TO KNOW
WHY SIR CHARLES HAS
NOT RESIGNED. ela
Hardy's Day at Last --Laurier in Montreal
...How Things Go at Ottawa -How the
Diens Take It -The Quotidlen on the
School Question -The Trade Question.
Now shall you find,here in Ottawa and
throughout all the land, men vigorously
denouncing and *defending the course
that a certain septuagenarian politician
has elected to take. With hot and bitter
Words the Liberals demand to know why
Sir Charles Tupper has not accepted the
veedict of the people and has not sent in
his resignation. To which the Conserva-
tive replies that the Prime Minister has
both precedent and reason on his side.
He has precedent, for did not Alexander
Mackenzie wait for twenty-nine days
before he tendered his resignation in
1878? And, say these loyal adherents of
a defeated cause, he has reason, because
the time for the recounts has not elapsed,
nor will elapse until Thursday next. I
find in Ottawa that the looal Liberals
are so much overjoyed at the unexpected
• victory of their party that they spend
not much thne in denouncing Sir Charles.
But in Montreal and Toronto the men,
who shortly will be the followers of the
Government, are vastly enraged. Sir
Charles must know of the strictures of
• his enemies, the Liberals, but he never
has been a man who was amenable to
criticism. In his own judgment he has
• the utmost confidence. It was only yes-
terday, the day after his seventy-fifth
birthday, that I encountered him in the
corridor of one of the departmental build-
ings. "I am, as you seo, in excellent
health and spirits," said Sir Charles,
who always uses the most exact English,
"The events of the past few weeks have
had no evil effect. I have just retprned
front a conference with thereGovernor-
General, in the course of which I gave
His Excellency the first official notifica-
tion of the turn that events have taken.
His Excellency agreed that the Govern-
ment would be justified in transacting
the large amount of work that the ex-
citement of the elections suffered to fall
into arrears. His Excellency said that in
justice to ourselves, we cannot afford to
leave office with any business unful-
filled." And Sir Charles resumed his trot
down the corridor; a trot which, for the
first time reminded me forcefully of the
gait of the Little Premier, Sir Oliver
Mowat
Hard y's Day at Mast.
And of this Little Premier we bear
that he is soon to wear the pseudonym
no longer. Arthur Sturgis .Elardy's day,
long expected, has come at last, The
Commissioner of Crown Lands is to be
the head et the Government of Ontario,
vice Mowat, translated. to. Ottawa. To
fill the vacancy caused by Sir Oliver's
retirement Hun. W. 11 Balfoar, Speaker
of the Legislative Assembly, is to enter
the Cabinet, while J. R. Stratton, of
Peterborough, is mentioned as the most
likely candidate for the post of peesiding
officer of the Assembly. Sir Oliver, it is
said, is to lead the Liberal forces in the
Senate. A week ago Senator Road sue -
climbed to a brief illness, and it was
said that the Conservatives would fill
the vacancy thus created -the only va-
cancy in the Ontario Senatorships, Sir
Charles Tupper assures me that the Gov-
ernment never had any intention of fill.
ing the vacant seat. It is well known
to the outgoing Administration that Mr.
Laurier desires the place for Sir Oliver,
and to Sir Oliver the appointment will
go. Already there is a little rift within
the Liberal lute. Senator Scott for years
has been the leader of the Opposition in
the Upper Chamber. His friends in the
Capital have worked stremmusly to se-
cure for him a place in the new Cabinet,
but they have been told that the claims
of other aspirants aro too weighty. Mr.
Scott is an Irish Roman Catholic, and
in previous A.dnainistrations the people
of that extraction and that faith always
have had a representative in the Cabinet.
The untamed orator, Charles R. Devlin,
of Wright, Quebec, is rnaking a strong
canvas for the place, but he has rivals
whose claims are being urged by men
with the indispensable pull. The chances
of Senator Scott's getting the ,-place are
nil. Mr. Fitzpatrick, who will sit for a
Quebec riding, is Devil's most active
opponent
Laurier ill Mon treal.
It is contingencies like this that are•
bringing sleepless nights to Wilfrid Lau-
rier, the premier that is to be, Since the
day of the elections Mr. Laurier has not
visited Ottawa, nor will he come here
until he is commanded so to do by his
Excellency. To tho Windsor in Monteeal
have flocked scores of faithful Liberals.
Some have gone on their own account;
others have made the journey in order
that they might the more thoroughly ad-
vance the cause of their nominee to the
Cabinet. In his private parlor, with the
faithful though defeated Israel Tarte on
the one hand and the astute jim Suth-
erland on the other, Mr. Laurier has
welcomed many a visitor. To the inquir-
ing and able gentlemen orthe press who
have called on him the Liberal leader
has presented an aspect of polite taciturn-
ity. His lieutenant Sutherland has
. been more talkative. His it always has
been to adjust the differences which have
arisen from time to time in the ranks
oa the Liberals, as they will and mutt
rise in any political, or rather, any
partisan body. It was with this duty in
his mind that Sutherland delivered him-
self thus on Saturday last
: -
"There are men with excellent claims
who, nevertheless, in the nature of
things, cannot be, provided with port-
folios. Sectionalism, unhappily, has to
be taken iuto account Mr. Laurier, hew -
ever, has a pretty good notion of the men
he can depend upon; but I know for a
fact that no places have yet been as-
signed. If Mr. Laurier were called upon
at this moment to fman an A.diniuistra-
- tion he would not be in a position to do
so. That is to sea, he could not name
his Ministry offhand to the Governor-
General. He has simply had all the lead-
ers of districts and provinces around
• bim; there has been a general consulta-
tion, which bas cleared the way for the
ultimate formatio u of the Cabinet. He
• has been quite candid with his friends;
has' asked thele opinions; and for the
past few days it may bo said with truth
that we have been having a family coun-
cil. But I can assure you, all reports to
the contrary notwithstanding, that noth-
ing definite is yet known as to the posi-
tion of any naan in the new Ministry."e
Row Things Go at Ottawa.
As I write, early in the week, there is
no indication of the time when the new
Premier shall assume office. The old
Ministers hold daily Cabinet meetings.
The Governor-General, none too well
" eae
pleased at being oompelled to eschew
the delights of the salmon -haunted Res
tigouche, drives about Ottawa in a
cab, for his own carriages are at Quebec
And down the corridors comes echoing
the sound of hammer on nail, as th
personal belongings of the Ministers ar
boxed up by their private messengers
The meetings of Council must be of th
most completely routine character, for
the Premier daily assures the correspond -
exits that he has no tidings for them. The
Liberals eagerly await the report of each
day's meeting, for eaoh day may be th
last before their culminating triumph
From the ends of the country a few new
members stray in, and stray up to the
main building, there to pick out theix
seats in the House. Already the names o
the Conservative leaders have been trans
ferred to the desks at the left of the
Speaker. The elder Tupper and George
Eulas Foster will be together in adversity
as they were in the days that precede
the Government's fall. Caron, still the
Conservative leader from Quebec, sits to
the right of Sir Charles. He will be in
Opposition a more important man than
he was when in power. It was only on
Friday last that the ex -Postmaster -Gen-
eral and Sir Charles had the interview
that brought about a complete resump-
tion of friendly feeling. Slime the days
of April last, when the immaculate
knight was ousted that room might be
made for the unsuccessful Millen, there
has been no strongly -marked feeling of
mutual regard. How signal was Caron's
revenge! Wilma Desjardins and Angers
all were defeated, while he, the outcast,
carried Three Rivers triumphantly. In
the days of his adversity no man oould
have behaved more pluckily than did Sir
Adolphe. I met him the day after the
new Cabinet had been formed. I knew
that he could ill afford • to relinquish
office, and I expected to detect some acerb-
ity in his remarks, I was wrong. "The
Administration has been reconstructed,"
said Sir Adolphe, "and I have no com-
plaint to make. I am still a loyal sup-
porter of the Government, and au out-
and-out believer in the policy of the
Conservative party. I shall go into Quo -
bee and do the best I can to aid in the
return of the Administration."
How the Bleus Take It.
, Since the night of June 23 I have
found no Conservative who takes the
Government's defeat so much to heart as
do the Bleus. These Frenoh-Canadians,
many of them ultramontanes, pinned
their confidence to the Churoh. Now,
even to myself, an English-speaking
Protestant, they speak vehemently of the
"treachery of the bishops," as they term
Ib. Than Emanuel Tessa sometime ed-
itor of Le Canada, there it no better
known French jouenalist in Canada. He
was still indignant when I met him in
Montreal the other day. "It was the Mon-
day that did it," said, he., "On Sunday
the priests were with us, the Conserva-
tives. On Monday I know that nine -
tenths of the parish priests in Quebec
received notice from their bishops that
they were to swing around. And they
did awing around."
"But," said I, "what was the reason
for their ohange of front?"
"It was simply this," returned Mr.
Tasse. "The bishops saw that the cry
'Give us a French Premier' was going
to carry Quebeo. They decided that, at
all hazards, the Ghana must be on the
winning side, and they countermanded
their instructions to the cures I do not
believe that they ever were thoroughly
with the Government: Their mandement
was a milk and water affair. In place
of telling the French-Canadians to vote
only for the candidates who would sup-
port remedial legislation, why did they
not tell the people to oast their ballots
for the candidates of the Government
that had attempted to pass a remedial
bill and that stood pledged to inscribe a
remedial law on the statute books?"
These are the opinions of a thoroughly
representative Frenoh-Canadian. Mr.
Tasse says that his English-speaking
partymates are justified in denouncing
the people of Quebec. Laurier, he asserts,
will not be able to keep his Government
together for two sessions. There are too
many French, he says, and the internal
bickerings will be too frequent for it to
be possible for the Liberals to retain
power. All of wbich opinions are Mr.
Emanuel Tasse's, and not mine. I give
them because I know they will bo of in-
terest to the readers of these independent
letters.
trhe Quotidien on the School Question.
It may be remembered that in this
correspondence last week Mr. Laurier's
latest announcement concerning the ever
recurring subject of the Schools of Man-
itoba a -as mentioned. The Liberal chief-
tain had Fetid that the matter would be
settled on the floor of parliament. The
Quotidien, of Levis, a Liberal paper, pub-
lished the other day whatpurported to be
the outline of Mr. Laurier's plan of ad-
justment "His intention is," says the
Quotidien, "to obtain at Borne the ap-
pointment of a Papal nuncio who,
with Sir Oliver Mowat, Mr. Greenway
and Mr. Laurier, will form a conamiseion
of inquiry and draft a remedial bill sat-
isfactory to all, which will be passed
within six months." I venture to doubt
the authenticity of the Quotidien's in-
formation. The intension of the repre-
sentative of ally foreign power, whether
national or ecclesiastical in this or any
other Canadian case, would set the coun-
try ablaze. Mr. Laurier is too astute and
too well advised a politician to make any
such error. Personally, I believe that
Mr. Greenway will arrive at some settle-
ment with the new Premier. When, in
February last, Messrs. Desjardens and
Dickey and Sir Donald Smith visited
Winnipeg, Premier Greenway offered to
do either of two things. He would secu-
larize the schools completely, or he
would allow the trastees to set apart a
certain time for religious instruction
after school hours on specified days of
the week-. The idea was that in school
Sections peopled largely by Roman Cath-
olics, the parish priest would be allowed
to give religious instruction on ono or
two of these days, while the Protestant
clergymen might choose the remaining
periods. There exists little doubb here in
Otiawa that Mr. Greenway will renew
this offer, and that Mr. Laurier will ask
parliament to accept it. That, I think,
te what he meant by statiag that the
&been question would be settled on the
1100r. o parliament. Certain irreconcilable
Baena Canadians would vote against
Accepting Greenway's offer. Every Eng-
lish-speaking Protestant in the House,
irrespective of party, would support it.
These gentlemen would. say, "The Pre-
mier oe the province says he is satisfied;
the Government of Canada. is Satisfied;
by adopting this settlement the question
is forever removed from the arena of
Federal politics, for, once we pass this
bill, the matter is beyond our purview."
True. there will come a strenuous pro-
test from Archbishop Langovin on the
one side and from D'Alton MoCarthy on
the other. But neither from his' Grace
of St. Boniface nor from the ettuely op.
•
0
ponents of sectarian schools will the
Laurierear
s Government have aught to ex -
peat. Their protests will fall on deaf
The Trade Question.
And what of the trade quest on? Un-
questianably there exists in the manu-
facturing community a certain feeling
of unrest, a feeling that lafr. Laurier is
doing his best to allay. The other day
be wrote to a Toronto firm assuring
them that "the tariff will not be incon-
siderately tampered with, but due consid-
eration will bo given to all interests.
would like also to impress upon the bus-
iness connnunity that no hasty .ohange is
to take place and that no opportunity
should be lost of developing trade In
every direction during the coming sea-
son." Whaewill Sir Richard have to
say to this? The old knight has an-
nounced repeatedly that the National
Policy --otherwise, Protection -must be
wiped out. But, when parliament meets,
Sir Riehard may have experienced a
change of heart -or he may not have ex-
pressed the sentiments of the new Gov-
ernment. As I have said before, Sir Rich-
ard wili enter the Laurier Government
as Finance Minister, but he will not re-
tain the position long. It is undetstood
by him that if he so elect, he can bays
the High Commissionership. And if he
decline, he will become a private mem-
ber of parliament. William Paterson, of
Brant. is the man upon whom Laurier,
Sutherland and Mowat have settled as
the second Minister of Finance in the
second Liberal Government of Canada.
Reward Declined.
In the dying days of their supremacy
the Conservative Ministers sought to re-
ward, in some way, two or three of their
faithful adherents. It was then that
Robert Birmingham, the man. whoni
Sir John Macdonald set at the helm of
the Conservative ship in Ontario, was
offered the post of superintendent of the
Rideau canal. Mr. Birmingham, from
mixed motives, declined the offer. A
well grounded fear ,that the incoming
administration might demand his resig-
nation gave the first ground for his de.
eigi0/1. Also, had he accepted this situa-
tion, which is worth but twenty-four
hundred dollars a year, he would have
been compelled to relinquish the Cerand
Secretaryship of the Orange order. From
the faithful followers of William the
Third Mr. Birmingham receives fifteen
hundred dollars a year. He elected to stay
by the Conservative ship. He knew that
is resignation would please his erstwhile
friend and present enemy, Clark Wallace.
He knew also that the Liberals would
have Touch pleasure in demanding his
resignation as soon as they might come
into power. Therefore it was that the
astute Birmingham preferred the bird in
the hand • to the problematical two in the
bush. The history of the Grand Sallee-
tary will never be wribten, for it will
die with its subject. To Canadians it
would make most interesting reading.
Should he desire, Robert Birmingham
could tell us of that inoident in Ottawa
when he. Sir John Macdonald and the
late C. W. Bunting discussed the Mail's
desertion of the Conservative party. It
was at that interview that Sir John fin-
ally became the absolute dictator of the
ministerial organization. The Empire
was edited from Ottawa. The editorial
writers were constantly in receipt of in-
structions from the powers at the Capi-
tal. The Mail had never been such an
organ. Christopher W. Bunting always
knew his own mind and always carried
out his own views. It was not this char-
acteristic that caused him to alienate
himself from the party. The Empire
never took the Mail's place, and the
Mail, since its return to the post of
chief Conservative organ has been in-
effective and 'weak. Virtually, in On-
tario. during the campaign that has
passed the administration had no organ.
The Liberals were much better provided
.for.
Laurier in Command.
It was early this week that Sir Charles,
summoning his carriage, drove out to
Rideau hall and there yielded up office.
Not three hours had elapsed before Wil-
frid Laurier, who had been waiting at
Montreal was summoned to Ottawa. As
I write, the comporation of the new min-
istry bas not been settled. Mr. Laurier
has asked his Excellent*, to permit a pro-
rogation of two or three weeks atter the
sixteenth inst., the date originally set
for the summoning of parliament. The
request has heen acceded to. Meanwhile
the Conservatives, well-nigh ninety
strong in a House of two hundred and
thirteen members, go into the fight with
much confidence. Undoubtedly they will
present capable opposition. Against
them they will have rangecl a strong ad-
ministration. The battle that this session
should bring forth shonld be one fit for
gods to witness.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
France proposes to follow Italy's
example and tax the income from the
Government bonds.
Amerioan ebony is one of the heaviest
weeds known, weighing 83.18 pounds to
the cubic foot.
The Bank of England has ' 1,600
officials on its rolls, and 1,000 clerks. If
a clerk is late three times he receives a
warning, and the fourth time ho is dis-
oharged at once,
Lander, Wyo.,• a town of nearly 2.000
inhabitants, enjoys the distinction of
being the furthest removed from a rail-
way of any incorporated town in the
United States.
Gen. Sir John Adye, in pleading that
old soldiers should be employed in the
postal service of Great Britain, says that
about 15,000 men every year return from
the army to civil life at an average age
of 26.
Cincinnati wheelmen are making
strenuous efforts to have an ordinanee
passed which shall regulate the sprinkling
of streets. It is suggested that "a path
three feet wide shall be left at either
side of the street."
A Metal Varnish.
To varnish iron and steel, dissolve ten
parts of clear grains of mastic, five
parts of (=umber, fifteen grains of sand-
raeh and five of elemi, in a sufficient
quantity of alcohol, and apply this var-
nish without heat. The articles will not
only be preserved from rust, but the var-
nish will retain its transparency, and the
naetallio brilliancy of the artielee will
not be Impaired.
'A. Race Refresher.
To refresh the face when tired and
weary after a days' outing or traveling
it is a mistake to plunge the face into
cold water, which really acts as an
irritant whereas tepid water produces
quite a contrary effect. After vvatiting
off the dust on face and ears a little
buttermilk, or, failing that, rose-water
dabbed on will heal and whiten the skin
and take away all feeling of irritation.
EVENTS IN HAMILTON.
Christian scientists at Work -A Buffalo
Man Wants His Money.
Hamilton, July 9. -As the funeral of
R. J. E m bury's eightanonthsaold eaild
was about to take place this morning, it
was stopped by an order from the Crown.
Embury is a painter, who lives at 118
Hagason street south. The reason the
funeral was stopped was becatise the child
had died without having reoeived any
medical assistance. Four days ago the
child was taken with cholera infantum,
and, instead of procuring medical assist-
ance, the parents, who believe in Chris-
tian Science,called in Charles E. Wilson,
the need of the Selentista here, He and
other colleagues went throngh the usual
formula, of prayers, eto , in the presence
of the sick child, but they had no effect,
and the infaut died on Tuesday after-
noon. The Crown attorney has in-
structed Coroner White to hold an in-
quest, and a thorough investigation 'into
the matter will be made. •
Work on the T. H. & B. spur line 15
progressing rapidly,and Contractors
andanelmdtIs.ngles have at work 250 Men
do t
Nothing definite has yet been done
about appointing a successor to City En-
gineer Haskins. Mayor Tuckett and a
number of aldermen favor the promo-
tion of Assistant Engineer Barrow.
A. J. Brown, the Buffalo man who
' won $1,750 from the foreign book at
James' track on Saturday, will return to
the city to -day to collect the $1.000 still
duo him. He says if there was any wire
tappine.°he had nothing to do with it,
and isdeterinined to get his money.
This morning ex -Reeve Marsball and
Mr. G. M. Young, trustees of school Sec-
tion 6, Barton, turnedthe first sod for
the new sohool-house to be erected on the
Caledonia road, about three miles south
of the mountain brow. The building will
be of brick and stone, and will cost
$2,500,
NORTH ONTARIO.
Recoua t Dere] opmea ts---Frand !tient Bal-
lots Discovered -Major litc61111.vray 'Will
Not Defeat]. a Protest.
Whitby, Ont., July 12. -The North
Ontario recount developed much more
exciting incidents than simply the pre-
siding judge's ruling as to ballotsmarked
non the oblong spec°, of whieh there were
not a few for both candidates. .As the
mount proceeded it was discovered that
the ballots had been tampered- with since
the official cuunt at Beaverton, on July
6th last, when Returning Officer Thos.
Taylwdeolared Major McGillivray's ma-
jority over Warden Graham to be 1. In
five polling subdivisions ballots that on
election night had been counted for Mr.
Graham and so certified by the deputies
and scrutineers had disappeared, and
others marked for Major McGillivray
substituted. The fraudulent ballots were
not initialled, nor had they been folded.
Judge Burnham rejeeted these spurious
ballots, but as the genuine ones that had
been marked for Mr. Graham were not
of course in evidence he could do nothing
but report the vot ) fax Major McGilliv-
iay 2,344, for Mr. Graham 2,384, rejected
ballots, including the 21 fraudulent ones,
36. Major McGillivray expressed a wish
,to resign forthwith when the fraudulent
ballots were discovered, but his (lounge',
Mr. A, B. Aylesworbh, dissuaded him.
Upon Mr. Dalton MoCarthy, who was
for Mr. Graham, annouucing that a pro-
test woula be entered against Major Me-
Gillivray, the major said he would not
become a defendant in such an action.
A GIRL'S SUICIDE.
Tragedy Near Oshawa -The Victim Took
Powdered Saltpetre.
bshawa, July 10. -Mr. and Mrs. Hogg,
who resides on the Thomas Weston farxn,
lot 12 oonceesion 0, Maridesa, about two
miles northwesb of the village, went to
visit friends near Cannington, leaving a
domestic, Miss Nellie Bowboy, aged
about 20 -one of a number of girls
brought to Canada by bliss Rye some
years ago -in oharge of the house.
When they returned in the evening they
found the unfortunate girl lying on the
floor, suffering terribly. Dr. Hall, of Lit-
tle Britain, was sent for, and when he
arrived the girl was in a comatose state,
and it was with difficulty she could be
aroused. In answer to the doctor she
stated that she had taken a large dose of
'elate, but the symptoms did not indicate
that the salts had been used. The doctor
pressed her to give a clear answer as to
the medicine she had really taken, when
she confessed she had taken powered
saltpetre, which was kept in the cup -
boatel with the salts. When asked why
she had done so, she replied that she
wished to end her life, as she was no
good, and tired of living. She died about
12.30 the same night.
Freight Agents in Session.
Kingston, July 10. -The Committee
on Classification in connection with the
Freight Agents' Association. continued
its session this morning. and the Com-
initte on Bureau Freight Inspection also
held a meeting. The ''onneral session was
commenced about 1 o'clock, when reports
from the various committees were pre-
sented, recommending certain changes in
the wording of varions shipping forms,
etc. At 9 o'clock this lamming the dele-
gates visited the penitentiary, and a few
of them went through the locomotive
works. At. 3.30 o'clock this afternoon
the steamer Empire State took the en-
tire party down to Clayton, Alexandria
Bay and Ganneoque. The excursion
wound tip the session at which every
railroad in Canada was well represented,
and many of the American roads. The
delegates while here were entertained by
the loeal freight agents. They stopped at
the British American Rotel.
The Collins Bay Rafting Company is
building a large barge nt the bay to be
used in connection with the laying of
the intrate pipe for the Toronto water-
works system. The barge will be com-
pleted abonb the liith inst.
4 The B g lit Man.
Detroit, July 9, -Detective Baker says
the police have a complete and unhreak-
able chain of circumstantial evidence
against Frank Ashley, charged with the
murder of James larigee. An effort 'will
be made by the prisoner to prove an
alibi through his relatives and friends.
"We Can show every tnovement Ashley
made from 8 o'clook on the eight of the
murder up to the night of bis arrest"
says Capt. Baker. "Ho boasted to sev-
eral before committiug the °Mine that
he was going to shoot Magee, and there
is not the slightest doubt that he is the
guilty man.''
Accidentally Hilted.
Quebec, July 9.-aWhi1e driving to town
on the Cimeleslayarg road late last /tight,
Mr. Louis Julten, bead of the firm of
Julien & Guay, tanners, was accident-
ally killed.
RHEUMATISM'S VICTIMS
AFTER SPASMODIC EFFORTS FOR
A CURE USUALLY- GIVE UP.
There Is One Medicine What Has Cured
Thousands After other Medicines Had
Failed --A Released Sufferer Adds His
Strong Endorsation of This vroaderfai
Remedy.
From the Trenton Courier.
What an innocent sounding name ham
rheumatism, and yet how terrible a real-
ity to the thousands who suffer with 11.
Doctors agree that rheumatism results
from poison of and deposits in the blood,
but as to just bow they can be reached
and eradioated, it would seem that their
knowledge fails. The usual treatment is
a long series of medicines which may
give texuporary relief, but do not our,
and then the patient 'usually gives up,
thinking that there is no medicine that
will cure him. This is a mistake. Rheu-
matism is not a necessary evil, and
because one is growing old • it is not Im-
perative that one should accepb rheuma-
dam as a natural accessory to advancing
yeahe
There is a remedy for rheumatism
despite the general belief that it cannot
be cured -a remedy that has cured thou-
sands of the most severe oases. A noted
instance of the truth of this assertion
which has just oorae to the knowledge of
the editor of the Courier, is the case of
Robert Franais, Esq., formerly of Tren•
ton, now retired from business in Rat
Portage, Ont., and still residing there.
He has been a victim of rheumatism for
over three years. Last winter he visited
his friends in Trenton and was then con-
templating a laslt to the south in searoh
of relief from his constant foe. He had
to use a staff in walking and went at a
slow pace. This Christmas he was here
again on a visit to his friends, sraarb and
erect and without the stick or the sor-
rowful look of a year ago. His friends
and acquaintances all accost him as a
new man and oongrathlate him on his
healthy, fresh and. active appearance in
contrast with a year ago. He has cheer-
fully and gratefully given the following
statement of his efforts after a ours.
"My home is at Rat Portage, Ont,where
for years 1 was engaged in business and
where I still reside. For three years I
have been a great sufferer from rheuma-
tism. I tried several highly recommend
ed remedies to no purpose'as I continued.
to grow worse till it was difficult for me
to walk. I was for thirteen weeks 0011 -
lined to my bed at home and in the Win-
nipeg hospital. I was then induced to try
the Mount Clement Springs. I took six
courses of baths of twenty-one baths each
without any seemingly beneficial result.
I read of several cures in the Courier
from Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale
People, and friends who used them with
benefit to themselves urged me to try
them. I did so mid after a short time I
felt an improvement in my oondition. I
have taken twelve boxes in all and my
improvement has been continuous and
satisfactory, so that I need the cane no
longer and I have increased my weight
from 140 pound e to 175 by the use of
Pink Pills. I am not entirely free from
rheumatisiti but I am a new man, one
thousand per cent better than I was a
year ago and I attribute my health en-
tireln to Dr. William's Pink Pills."
Dr. William's Pink Pills strike at the
root ofa the diseaeo, driving it from the
system and restoring the patient to
health and strength. In cases of paraly-
sis, spinal troubles, locomotor ataxia,
sciatica, rheumatism, erysipelas, scroful-
ous troubles, eto., these pills are super-
ior to all other treatment. They are also
a specific for the troubles which make
the lives of so many women a burden,
and speedily restore tbe rich glow of
health to pale and sallow cheeks. Men
broken down by overwork, worry or
excesses, will find in Pink Pills a certain
cure. Sold by all dealers or sent by
mail postpaid, at 50e a box, or six boxes
for $2.50, by addressing the Dr. Wil-
lim's Medicine Company, Brockville,
Ont., or Schenectady, N.Y. Beware of
imitations and substitutes alleged to be
"just as good."
IVIarried.
"Emily," said old Mr. Tibbetts,
sternly, "who was that young man I
found kissing you at the door lad
night?"
"It was Mr. -Mr. Lippincott," stam-
mered Emily, in a faint voice.
01(1 Mr. Tibbetts glared at his
daughter fixedly for a moment and then
a softer light shone in his eye. In both
eyes in fact
"B'George" he cried, slapping his knee,
"he's well named tool"
Ideal Summar Resort.
Kill tyro birds with one stone. Spend
a pleasant summer holiday at Oakville
and get rid of the liquor or morphine
habit once and. for all at the same time.
It will cost you a little more than. if you
go to an ordinary summer resort, but
probably not half as mnch as you would
spend on liquor in half the time. "Lake -
Meet." with its fine house, shady
grounas, water front and excellent
board, is preferable to most hotels, and
you can leave your liquor curse behina
you forever when your holiday is over.
For fall paxtleulars aad ess Manager,
Lakehurst Institute, Oakville, Oat.
Dyspepsia and Iudigestion-C. W.
Snow & Co., Syracuse, N.Y., writes
"Please send us ten gross of Pills. We
are selling more of Parmelee's Pills than
any other Pill we keep. They have a
great reputation for the cure of Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint." Mn. Chas. A,
Smith,Lindsay, writes "Parmelee's Pills
are an excellent medioine. My sister has
been troubled with severe headache, but
these pills have cured her."
Laying Down the Law.
New Servant Girl tat the house tele-
phone) -No, the master isnot in, and he
and the mistress cannot come to your
house next Sunday, because I am going
out myself.
Are you a sufferer with corns? If you
are, get a bottle of Holloway's Corn
Cure It has never been known to fail
Not a Word.
Laura -Mr. Custer sat alongside of
me on the train to -day and he never said
a word all the way down to the city.
Lillian -Then you didn't ask him to
open the window for you?
There oan be a difference of opinion
ma most subjects, but there is only one
opinion as to the reliability of Mother
Graves' Worm Externiinator It Is sate
ewe and eireotual
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
TORONTO.
Toronto, July 11, -There were quite
80 loads of offerings In the market this
morning, and trade all around was terri-
bly dull. Fax anything but the best
butchers' cattle prices were weaker, and
the demand, both for shipping and ex-
port cattle'was light. The laest prate
paid fax shipping cattle was 3%o, and no
one seemed to care to buy at all.
• The recent bad break in the 01(1
Country markets has quite demoralized
the shipping trade. In butchers' cattle
the little really choice stuff here sold at
from $3.12% to $3.50 per 100 pounds,
but ordinary good cattle sold at 82.71
and 8e.80, with 83 as the outside figure
for loads. Plenty of good- stuff to -day
was hard to se11 at $2.50, and inferica
dragged ab $2 and under. A list of sales
'would be of no public), interest; in fact,
the market was in sticD bad shape as to
be scarcely vvorth reporting. We had
about 1,250 lambs and sheep. Lambs
were overstocked and weak, at from
$2.25 to $2.75 eaoh. Sheep sell at from
24 to 2V,,e per pound, with 3e for extra
choice ewes; a few more of the latter are
wanted. Caleas were much too plentiful,
but sold weak at from $1.50 to $4 each.
There was a small run of hogs here, and
in consequence prices for choice "singers"
were a shade better, and 4Mo per pound
was the top price; thick fat are worth
34c; sows, 3c; and stags, 20. Stores are
not wanted at any price.
PRODUCE.
Eggs --Supplies to -day were almost ex-
cessive. There was free offering,and only
lair buying. Prices were unchanged, but
heavy. Five -ease lots were quoted at 94
and single eases at 9aeo.
Potatoes -Stocks here are light, and
prices to -day were better. Bulk lots of
Southern sold at 70 to 75c per bush.; 11 -
peck bbls at 81.50 to 82; and Candiaans
at 75 to 800 per bushel. Car lots of old
Ontarlos, on track, are worth 20o per
bag'and small lots out of store 30e.
Poultry -Turkeys are quoted at 9 to
12e per pound; geese, at 7 to 8o per
pound; chickene, 30 to 60o per pair, and
ducks, 60 to 80c per pair.
Hops -No change. Choice 1896 growth
are quoted at 8 to 9o, and wind blown
samples at 5 to 60.
Apples -Quiet and easy. Country lots
are quoted at 5cfor evaporated,and 3o for
dried, delivered here.
Dealers sell small lots for 33eo for
dried and 6e for evaporated.
Beans -Dull and easy. Scarcely any
demand. Hand-picked white offered at
700 per bush, and ordinary at 60e.
Maple Syrup -Five -gallons tins sold at
70 to 750 per imperial gallon; gallon tins
at 80o; and half -gallon tins at 45e,
Honey-Nuraeraus applications for
bids are being made by holders of new
honey. Dealers quote 734o for 60-1b. tins,
and 8c for 10-1b. tins.
Baled Hay -Prices unchanged. No.
Ontario, on track here, is quoted at $13
to $13.50.
Straw -Easy. Car lots of oat straw on
track are quoted at $8.
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Supplies of butter of all kinds
are large, and prices, while no lower,
have an easy tone. Present quotations
are: Dairy, tub, choice, 11 to 12 '
Xo•
low grades to medium, 7 to 9c; large
roll, 11 to 12e; pound prints, 12 to 130;
creamery, tubs, 15c; pounds, 15 to 16e.
Cheese -Dealers are now quoting 684,0
fax new June cheese, and are selling at
7Xo.
BREADSTUFFS, ETC.
Wheat -The local market was easier
to -day. Red wheat sold at 61c west, and
white offered at 1330. Manitobas were
easier. One lot 3.500 bush, afloat For
William, sold at 5734o. Car lots. g.tt.,
via Sarnia, were quoted at 65c, Toronto
and west, and 66e, Montreal freights.
The United States Government report on
the crop, issued this afternoon, gives the
condition of wbatar wheat at 75.6, as
against 77.9 on Jnne 1st, and spring
wheat at 93.3, as against 99.9 on June
1st.
Flour -Quiet; straight roller middle
freights west is quoted at $3.10 to 83.15.
Millfeed-Demand quiet. The mills
aro selling most of their bran and shorts
locally. Demand from the east is practi-
cally nil.
Peas -Steady. There were bids to -day
at 35 9o, afloat Monteal, and. 480 east.
Car lots, west, are quoted at 45c.
Oats -Continue very dull and weak.
White sold west to -day at 18c, and mixed
at 17c.
Corn -Quiet and easy. Yellow is
quoted at 28e asked, Chatham, and
mixed at 27c asked.
Barley -Nominal.
Rye -Nominal.
Buckwheat --.Nominal.
Wheat, wi iite. per bush. , ..8 00 $ 69
Wheat, red, per bush 00 69
Wheat, goose, per bush.- 48 52
Peas, C0111111011, per bush48 50
Oats, per bush......... . . . .
Rye, per bush
48 48
Harley, per bush..... • .... 31 31
Buckwheat 86 40
Ducks, spring, per pair. 40 99
Chiekeus, per pair 40 60
6.1.1teletstee'r.priri 111 06 08
-)ib. rolls, „,,• 11 13
Eggs, new laid 9 10
Onious, per bush. ... . 30 30
Turnips, per bag, by foad15 20
Potatoes, per bag.- .. . 20 25
Potatoes, car lots.-- 13
Beans, per bash 9 1 Beets, per bag .300 31005
B 5
Carrots, per bag, by load20 25
Parsnips, per bag 40 50
Apples, per bbl
Beef. fares
)83tetelr.'hisitilSsar00
Hay, timothy
... 9 0500 07
13 00: 15 0003
1 75 2 00
lambs, carcase, .. 3 00 6 00
' 'Pel03 4
l). lb 04 no
Dressedhogs 5 00 5 .50
East Buffalo, July 13. -Cattle receipts,
3 ears; nitu•ket opened quiet, but all
were sold at ttbout steady former prices.
Vends and ClaiVeS WEITO in moderate sup-
ply, and told at full strong to dinner
prices; fancy' selected veal% 84.60 to
84.75; good to choice, $4 to $4,50; 0020 -
mon to fair, $3.25 to $3.85. Hogs -Re-
ceipts. 30 cars; market slow, and 10 to
15 cents lower; good to choice Yorkers,
33,50 to ;.:.:3,66; mixed packers' grades,
$3.40 to 93,15; heavy bogs, 98.80 to
33,35; common to fair, $3.65 to 98.70.
Sheep and lambs-Reeelpts, 1,600 head;
market for lambs strong and a shade
better; with sheep of all kinds 10 to 15
cents higher; yearling lambs, 92.50 to
94.70; spring lambs, ehoice to prime,
9(3 to $6,35; culls and conanaon lambs,
$3,25 to $4; good to choice hand weight
wetherst 94 to 84,50; fair to choiee
mixed sheep, $3.65 to $4; culls and cox -n-
inon sheep, $1.50 to $1.70; export eWes
and wethers, mixed, 94.25 to $4.-101 ex-
port wethers, $4.40 to $4,50.
The Infanta Eulalie of Spain is being:
elaborately entertained in London.