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THE EXETER ADVOCATE..
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1896.
Tne Week's Comfiiereial Summary.
Thirty-nine failures, arereported in the
Dominion for last week, four more than
corresponding week last year.
Canadian stocks are quiet and steady.
Bank shares are higher than last week,
'with a fair investment demand.
.Stocks of wheat at Port Arthur and
Fort William are 1,603,148 bushels as
against 1,458,420 a week ago and only
215,622 bushels a year ago.
A further decline in the output of
flour at Minneapolis was reported last
week, only 233,100 barrels being pro•
duced, against 241, 670 the week previous,
and 147,110 a year ago.
There has been no access of activity
in general business since the quieting
down of the political excitement, but
this is due rather to natural causes,
trade being generally dull at this mid-
summer season, than to any fear of
special disturbance arising out of the re-
sults of the elections. Collections rule
on the slow side,
The total sales of real estate in
Montreal for June were 99 with a value
of $270,924.53, as against 89 sales and
$317,138.01 in May, and 85 sales and
$285,980.62 in June 1895, showing a
decline of over $46,000 from the previous
month and only $15,000 from June last
year. The total sales for the city and
suburbs are 140,of a value of $349,255.78,
against 138 sales of a value of $437.479.19
last month, and 119 sales of a value of
$144,249.09 in June last year.
There has been a moderate volume of
trade at Toronto this week. Orders were
chiefly of a hand -to-mouth character for
seasonable goods, and prospects are fair.
The feeling with regard to the future
has improved somewhat and there is ap-
parently less uncertainty than a week
ago. Harvesting of winter wheat is in
full swing in the Niagara and Lake Erie
districts. The grain is of first class qual-
ity, but the yield will be light. The
spring crops both north and west look
remarkably well. Barley, oats and peas
are all doing well.
A committee of the Dominion Senate
reports that there is in the Canadian
Northwest a possible area of 316,000 square
miles, over 200,000,000 acres, suitable for
wheat. We can see the significance of
this fact, when we know that in 1888
the whole area sown in wheat in the
United States was, according to the
report of the Department of Agriculture,
36,000,000 acres. Canada ,is destined to
be the chief granary of the world. Wheat
has been successfully grown •at Fort
Simpson on the Mackenzie river, 802
miles north of the northern boundary of
the United States. Barley is a safe crop
at Fort Norman, between four and five
degrees north of Fort Simpson, and
potatoes have been grown with great
success within the Arctic circle.
The Winnipeg manager of the Molsons
Bank, reports that the crop outlook in
Manitoba continues to improve. The
wheat acreage will not equal that of last
year, but on the whole the prospects for
a bountiful harvest are very promising.
There isless credit in the country,
consequently farmers are more prudent,
and instead of running into debt are
gradually reducing old liabilities; in
fact are in a better shape financially
than ever before. Quite a number are
carrying over a percentage of last year's
crop, something unprecedented in the
history of the country. Mixed farming is
becoming more general, and with it, the
assurance that the failure of any one
crop will not mean the im, • ,rishment
of the whole community.
Here and There.
Most men would prefer to hibernate
during the heated term.
TOPICS OF. A WEEK.
A home without children is like a
garden without flowers.
The goldenrrd and the aster are seen
along the country roadsides, a reminder
of the waning of the season.
The Important Events in a Few Words For
Busy Benders.
CA\ADIAN.
Building operations are brisk in Tav-
!stock.
There are 13 miles of cement walks in
Guelph.
London Free Library will spend $2,000
on new books.
Winnipeg has a population" of 31,649,
according to the census taken May 26.
The accounts between the Synods of
Ontario and Ottawa have been settled.
The old Presbyterian church at Mitchell
bas been converted into an exhibition
building.
High water in the Frazer River has
subsided and railway traffic has been.
resumed.
A Winnipeg butcher made $8653 on
Macdonald's election, and a grocer of the
same city $7,000,
Manitoba's crop outlook continues to
improve, and -prospects of a bountiful
harvest are promising.
The next meeting of the Sons of Tem-
perance, now in session at Washington,
will be held at Montreal,
Wheeler, the condemned murderer of
Anile Kempton, at Digby, N. S., is
writing a "true" confession.
The Hamilton police prevented the
burial of a child that had died after un-
dergoing Christian Science treatment.
Tlie grand jury at the assizes in Barrie
returned a true bill against William
Hammond for the murder of his wife.
Ottawa Connell has adopted a by-law
prohibiting bicyclists going faster than
eight lniles an hour within city limits.
The roof of the Presbyterian church in
course of erection at Palmerston fell,
killing a workman named John Whitely.
It is surprising bow stubbornly women
cling to the high theater hat when mil-
liners will charge them just as much for
a low one.
It will be important before long for
the summer girl to find out whether this
year's bathing suits aro going to be made
with big sleeves or not.
The man who whistles at his work
may have a happy disposition himself,
but he is likely to sour the dispnsitions
of all his companions in the office, re-
marks the Somerville Journal.
An old Providence gambler who had
seen better days committedsuicide because
be could not pay his landlady. This fine
sense of a "square game" might readily
be found absent in inany people of far
higher pretensions to virtue.
Dr. G. Stanley Hall seriously asserts
that crying for young children is the
chief and best exercise they get; and a
New York hospital superintendent says
that for a baby to cry ten or fifteen
minutes at a time, three or four times a
day, is really beneficial.
Real friendship should not be glass
threads or frostwork, but the most solid
thing we, know. The friend the heart
longs for Is an honest, loyal, helpful soul
that lives and feels and suffers; dares,
yet does not change; steadfast amid
good report and evil report; true in
word, in deed; tender in weakness, gen-
erous in pain.
A Kansas man who carried tobacco
and cartridges in the same pocket, care-
lessly put two of the cartridges in his
pipe while filling it with tobacco the
other day, and they exploded when the
pipe was under way. One of them killed
him by penetrating his brain—so it ap-
pears he really did have a brain,
although he evidently didn't work it
very hard.
In his Vegetable Pills, Dr. Parmelee
has given to the world the fruits of long
scientific research in the whole realm of
medical science, combined with new and
valuable discoveries never before known
to man. For Delicate and Debilitated
Constitutions Parmelee's Pills act like
a charm. Taken in small doses,the effect.
is both a tonic and a stimulant, mildly
exciting the secretions of the ,body, giv-
Sng tone and vigor.
The United States Treasury now holds
$102,221,907 in gold,.
Mrs Sarah. Voyles secured a divorce at
Hillsboro, I1L, and married another man
inide of au &our.
Mrs. Monroe H. Rosenfeld at New
York is recovering from the effects of a
five weeks' trance.
Over $250,000 gold was withdrawn
from the sub -treasury at New York for
shipment to Canada.
Mr. Arthur Sewall of Massachusetts is
the Democratic nominee for Vice -Presi-
dent of the United States.
Police of Fargo, Dakota, believe they
have James Dnnham, who murdered a
family of six in California recently.
Three commissioners have been ap-
pointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania
to investigate the Wilkesbarre mining dis-
aster. •
Tho Christian Endeavorers, in session
at Washington, on Saturday decided to
hold their next convention in Nashville,
Tenn.
Horseless mail wagons, propelled
either by electricity or naphtha, will
soon be running through the streets of
Boston.
By the explosion of a Chicago &
Northwestern locomotive boiler at Trom-
bly, Mich., one man was killed and three
others terribly injured.
Ex -City Attorney Moreland and Assist-
ant House of Pittsburg will be put on
trial. on Monday. They aro charged with
not accounting for $297,000.
Thirty-one persons were killed and
many injured in a collision on an excur-
sion train on the Chicago & Northwest-
ern Railroad near Logan, Iowa.
Three persons were killed and one was
probably fatally injured by the destruc-
tion in Buffalo of a dwelling house
caused by the explosion of an oil lamp.
One of the largest life insurance cor-
porations in New York is 'discharging a
number of its clerks owing to unusual
dullness in its business at the present
time.
A true bill has been returned at Brace -
bridge in the case of John McKenzie, ac-
cused of murdering John Scott at Severn
Bridge October last.
Manager H. G, Hunt, of the St.
Thomas, Ont., opera house, has been ar-
rested on a charge of using postage
stamps a second time.
Harry L. Noad, formerly assistant pay-
master of the C. P. R., was arrested in
New York on a charge of stealing $5,500
from one of the company's pay -cars.
A statement of the Hamilton Water
Works receipts shows that up to 188.4 the
receipts were not sufficient to pay ex-
penses. In 1894 there was a surplus of
$32,053.
Thieves broke into the vestry of St.
George's Cathedral, Xinsgton, and, after
drinking all the wine in sight, ransacked
the box containing the Archbishop's
vestments.
Archie Remillard of Ottawa. was
drowned in the South Nation River,
below the city. He was tipped out of a
buggy while crossing the river with some
coin panions.
The Toronto Suburban Street Railway
Company is pushing the work of laying
the track from Toronto Junction to
Lambton Mills and will have it done in
a week or two.
George Glendenning of Montreal is
under arrest at Chicago charged with be-
ing one of the "long and short" thieves
who have been conducting daring opera-
tions in that city
Judge McDonald at. Brockville refused
the application for an adjournment of
the North Leeds and Greenville re-count,
as he had no power to compel the pro-
duction of the ballots.
GONE TO HER REWARD.
Mrs. Youmans, the Well -Known Temper-
ance Lecturer, Passed Away on Saturday
Night.
Toronto, July 20.—By the death of
Mrs. Letitia Youmans, who passed away
at her residence, 19 Metcalfe, on Satur-
day night, an'ardent and devoted worker
has'been lost to temperance reform and
to Christianity. The cause of death was
inflammatory rheumatism, to which the
deceased lady had been a martyr for
some months, and which ailment caused
her much suffering. This, however, was
borne with exemplary patience, and,
fortified by the religious beliefs to which
she had devotedly clung from her youth
upwards, she niet the dread summons
with perfect resignation. Her death will
cause a feeling of deep regret not only
throughout Canada, but in Great Britain,
and in fact every British colony where
sho was known, either by her speeches
or her writings on the subject of tem-
perance reform.
The late Mrs. Youmans was the
daughter of Mr. John Creighton, who
for a number of years pursued the avoca-
tion of farming in the neighborhood of
Cobourg, where in 1827 the future tem-
perance reformer was born. She was for-
tunate in entering, at the age of sixteen,
the Cobourg Ladies' Academy, then
conducted by the Rev. D. 0. Vannorman,
to whose reputation as an educator the
deceased lady has paid eloquent tribute.
She remained there for a year, and then
removed with her instructor to Hamil-
ton, where the latter established the Bur-
lington Academy. Here she studied for
three years, when she graduated and
passed two years at the institution. as
first English teacher. The young lady
was a diligent student, and made quiok
and satisfactory p;;ogress. The interest
she displayed in the enlargement of the
school library, and in creating and sup-
porting a literary periodical among her
fellow -students, early gave promise of
valuable work in a more important field.
On leaving Hamilton Mrs. Youmans
conducted for a short time a ladies'
academy at Picton, where in 1850 she
was married to Mr. Arthur Youmans.
The two lived happily together until
1882, when the husband died. It was a
heavy blow, as Mr. Youmans had taken
a great interest in his wife's work, and
she attributed much of her success to his
kindly counsel and companionship.
A whole cow in Clay County, Kan.,
must be worth a good deal of money.
The tail of one chewed off by a dog the
other day cost the owner of the dog
$27. 50.
The littlest married couple in Indiana
are Mr and Mrs, Frank Shade, of Ken-
dallville. She is just three feet high, and
he is half an inch shorter. Both are over
fifty years of age.
The pelt of a white sea -otter is worth
about $5,000. One of these animals was
lately seen in the Bay of Santa Cruz,
Cal,, by two fishermen and pursued, but
the fugitive escaped.
Governor Murray, the British and
French Commodores and the eeewfound-
land Ministry held a conference on the
fishery troubles, and there is hope of the
matter being settled.
During the recent storm in St. Louis
a block of stone weighing 16,800 pounds
was blown from a flat car standing on a
railway track and carried a distance of
four feet before it fell.
Dr. J. I Perron, a prominent, free sil-
ver advocate in Council Bluffs, Ia., was
arrested on the charge of defaming the
character of President Cleveland by in-
timating publicly that "Judge Lynch
would make short work of him and pos-
sibly raise the price of hemp in spite of
the gold basis."
Thousands Like Her.—Tena McLeod.
Severn Bridge, writes; "I owe a debt of
gratitude to Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil for
curing me of a severe cold that troubled
me nearly all last winter.' In order to
give a quietus to a hacking Dough, take
allose of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil thrice
a day, or oftener if the cough spells
render it necessary.
Miss Jemima Riddle, a young girl
adopted by Mr Alex Glassford of Glenvale,
was accidentally killed by Willie Wright,
an adopted son of the same man, who
took down the gun to shoot crows
A shortage of nearly $4, 000 discovered
in the books of the late town treasurer
of Stratford has been made good by
William Lawrence, son of the deceased,
who was appointed treasurer on his
father's death.
London Inland revenue collections for
June amounted to $28,527, an increase
of $1,a94 as compared with that of June,
1895. Custom collections last month
were $29,486, a decrease of $797. Exports
for June were $39,756.
At the Assize Court in Bracebridge on
Thursday night, the jury in the case of
John McKenzie, charged with the mur-
der of John Scott at Severn Bridge last
October, failed to agree, and the case
was put over to the next assizes.
Rev. Alex. Grant, speaking at the
Northwest Baptist Convention at Winni-
peg on the school qu stion, declared that
to put religion, whether in the form of ex-
ercises or instruction, into the State
schools was to do the children incalcula-
ble damage.
The Town Council of Birmingham has
before it an offer from Mr. William Mac-
kenzie, president of the Toronto Street
Railway, and Mr. Tames Ross, president
of the Montreal Street Railway, to pur-
chase the whole street railway system
within the town.
A number of well-known Toronto
bankers and financial men, who were in-
terviewed, expressed the opinion that the
adoption of a silver standard by the
United States would seriously affect the
business relations of the Dominion with
that country, and that Canadian invest-
ments would undoubtedly suffer.
The late John Livingstone, of Lis-
towel, was at his death the richest man
in the county of Perth. His estate was
valued at $500,000. In addition' to this
Ms life was insured for $500,000. Thirty-
five years ago he landed in Canada a
poor Scotch lad without a second snit of
clothes.
On Wednesday evening two boys
named Powley, aged twelve, and McUul-
Iough, aged seven, were playing when
the former told the latter to climb .a tree
and he would show him how to shoot a
tramp. McCullough climbed the tree,
and Powley procured a shotgun, which
he fired at his playmate. The charge
entered the child's left lung. His recov-
ery 1s doubtful.
The two hundred and sixth anniversary
of the battle of the Boyne was celebrated
by Canadian Orangemen in many de-
monstrations. In Toronto a monster
parade was held on Saturday, followed
by a picnic and games at Exhibition
park. A luncheon was given by L. 0.
L, 404, at which stirring addresses were
delivered by Messrs. John Ross Robert-
son, E. F. Clarke and others.
UNITED STATES.
A century ago twostage coaches bore
all the travel between New York . and
Boston.
FOREIGN,
Penske, the German sculptor, is dead.
Dantz?g has a case of Asiatic cholera.
In the House of Lords the Deceased
Wife's Sister bill passed the committee
stage.
More than 3,000 homes have been de-
stoyed by floods on the west coast of
Japan.
A portion of Kobrin, Russia, was
wiped out by fire Saturday.. Over 2,000
persons are homeless.
A company has been formed in Berlin
to lay a cable from Germany to Spain
and thence to the United States.
A scheme is on foot to erect a gigantic
model of the globe in London, on a scale
of one -five -hundredth of nature.
Baron Hirsh's widow has donated four
million pounds to promote the emigra-
tion of Russian Jews to Argentina.
The Italian Cabinet resigned on Satur-
day, and the Marquis di Rudini, the
Premier, was charged by the King to
form a new Ministry.
The London Economist says that the
success of the Democratic party would
act like a moral and economic Dyclone on
Ameriacn trade and business.
THE SOUDAN.
MI
England Never Means to Agandon Egypt--
Lord'SalisburyUrged to Make a Plain
Declaration os the Fact.
London, July 20.—A remarkable article
in the Edinburgh Review, demanding
the frank avowal that we never mean to
abandon Egypt, probably written by Sir
Alfred Milner, is exciting plentiful
abuse in European capitals of "Parade
Albion." Lord Salisbury's equally re-
markable speech on the Soudan expedi-
tion in the House of Lords on Thursday
strengthened the belief that despite its
solemn pledges to Europe, the Govern-
ment is not concerned so much with the
dervishes as with the creating of a strong
British interest in North Africa, from
which no European jealousy can dislodge
them.
The Spectator strongly urges the Gov-
ernment to tell the simple truth, and
says plainly that "conditions have
changed since we pledged ourselves to
evacuate Egypt, and that we mean to
stay and make Egypt a self-supporting
part of this Empire." It says that Lord
Salisbury probably will not accept this
advice, because European diplomatists
urgently desire England to keep silence.
They know that England cannot, and
will not, leave Egypt, but fear that the
frank avowal of her intention to stay
would load to popular outbursts, com-
pelling war.
It is reported in Constantinople that
sixty thousand Kurds in the Diarbekir
district have revolted and are pillaging
the villages indiscriminately.
The now Shah of Persia has announced
that hereafter public offices,' dignities,
and military titles will be bestowed
solely on the merits of the candidates.
Returns of the British Board of Trade
for June show an increase in imports of
$6,650,000, and an increase in exports of
$13,650,000 as compared with June, 1895.
The Pall Mall Gazette, referring to
the Chicago Convention, says the Dem-
ocrats by their platform have placed a
premium on dishonesty and all forms of
lawlessness.
It is -reported in Paris that the Duo
d'Orleans is betrothed to the Archduch-
ess Dorothy Amelia, daughter of Arch-
duke Joseph, commander of the Aus-
trian Landwebr.
It is announced in London that after
the naval manoeuvres the Duke and
Duchess of York will go to Australia on
board the Blenheim, the fastest cruiser
in the British navy.
The British naval manoeuvres this
week will, be on a lareer scale thanhere-
tofore attempted. One hundred : and five
ships and twenty-two thousand men will
take part 3n the exercises. '
A despatch from Athens says that Russia
is prompting France to occupy Crete and
hold it against Great Britain's tenure of
Cyprus and Egypt. The British fleet has
been so strengthened in Cretan waters
as to almost blockade the island. ,
Batouni harbor has now been deepened
to twenty-six feet at the point where
naphtha is loaded. The mole will be run
out to a length of 1,750 feet, so that the
harbor may be used by the Black Sea
fleet in all weathers Russia has aready
spent five million roubles on the port
and has just appropriated 750,00 roubles'
more.
BELLEVILLE BRIEFS.
GoluiIests for l enol Scum
A Bad Heart --Chronic Catarrh
--Vanish at the Touch of Dr.
Agnew's Wonderful 'Cures.
"I tried Dr. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart and obtained immediate relief I
have taken four bottles and now am
entirely, free from every symptom of heart
trouble, and I hope that this statement
may induce others troubled as I was to
give this most vaivable remedy a trial."
writes Thomas Petry, of Alymer, Que.
You can readily verify any testimonial
quoted in commending this wonderful
discovery of modern medical ,science.
Thousands have tested its curative quali-
ties after having "doctored" for years,
and were pronounced hopeless cases. If
as a last resort it hoe proven such a
boon, what sufferings would be spared
ifwhen the slighteat uneasiness at the
he itis experienced; Dr. Agnew's Heart
C•sPe were tried.
CATARRH -="I should not feel that
1 was doing my duty did I not recommend
Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder to every-
one," writes George Lewis, Shamokin,
Pa., and think that an average of 80 to 90
in every hundred whose,eyes will meet this
is to a lesser degree affected by this insidi-
ous disease. There is only ono safe, sure
and harmless cure—Dr. Agnew's Ca-
tarrhal Powder. No case so slight that
you nen afford to neglect to use the
remedy. No case so acute or deep seated
that it will not relieve and absolutely
cure; no catarrh remedy has had so much
good said of it, and no remedy has the
high endorsetion of the medical profes-
sion it ,enjoys, and your ease is not hope -
loss while Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Cure
is to be had.
SerlouslCharge Against a Farmer ---Tramps
Accused of Burglary.
Belleville, July 20.—Leslie E. Lucas,
a young man aged 21 years, who was
taken to the hospital ten days iigo suffer-
ing from typhoid fever, died there Fri-
day morning. Deceased was bookkeeper
for Lalby & .Tones, of this city. and his
home was at Centreville, Addington
county, whither his body was removed
this evening for interment under the
auspices of his brethren of Court Dul-
madge, A. 0. F.
W. H. Johnston, a farmer, who lives
in Huntingdon township, was on Friday
arraigned before Judge Lazier on the
charge of having been intimate with
Emma Mary Ellis,a girl under sixteen
years of age. The prisoner pleaded guilty,
and was sentenced to six months in the
Central prison. The culprit is a man of
forty years of age, and has a wife and
two children. The girl is his wife's niece.
The twu tramps, Dource and Howie,
who were charged with burglary and
safe -blowing at Marmora, were again
brought before Judge Fralick on remand
on Friday morning. The evidence,
although affording ground for strong
suspicion, was not quite conclusive as to
their identity, so the judge acquitted
them.
Fight in Cleveland.
Cleveland,. July 17., -The fiercest fight
since the strike of the Brown hoisting
workers began occurred this evening.
The militia kept the crowd back, while
the non-union men were taken from the
shops, but the mob increased until it
numbered many thousands and extended
over a territory of fifteen squares. Jeers.
stones and clubs drew a charge from the
police and militia. Many on both sides
were wounded. Just how many strikers
were hurt is uncertain, but two men
who were so severely stabbed with bayo-
nets that they could not 'get away are
lying at the St. Clair Hospital. They are
Thomas McGreavy and Thomas Garrety.
Manttoba Crop Prospects.
Winnipeg, July 18.—As the season
advances, the crop reports received from
various grain -growing districts continue
to be even more favorable. Along the
line of the Manitoba and N. W. railway
crops could not be better, and one corre-
spondent says: "If the present prospects
continue, this year's crop will surpass
those of former years." The regular bi-
monthly crop report of the M. & N. W.
railway, issued to -day, is very encourag-
ing.
The Retort Discourteous.
"If there is anything that I covet,"
said Mr. Spickles' wife, "it is a good
voice. I Jtnow that it is very wrong to
be envious, but I can't help it when I
hear another woman singing."
And, as Mr. Spickles is a notoriously
mean man, nobody was surprised to hear
him reply:—
' That is perfectly natural. If you coul d
sing you'd be sitting up Chore with the
choir. where you could see what every
woman in church had on without turning
your head."—Washington Star.
May Carry the Union Jack.
Buffalo, N. Y., .Tuly 20.—A letter has
been received from Deputy -Commander
Foulkner, of Hamilton, Ont., stating
that several cantons of Patriarchs
Militant from Canada will attend the
fourth National Cantonment of Odd
fellows in this city during the first week
in August,and asking if they will be
permitted to carry the Union Jack along-
side with the Stars and Stripes in the
procession. The answer will be in the
affirmative.
Ideal Summer Resort.
Kill two birds with one stone. Spend
a pleasant summ ar holiday at Oakville
and get rid of tho liquor or morphine
habit once and for all at the same time
It w.11 cost you a little more than if you
go to an ordinary summer resort, but
probably not half as mach as you woul,i
spend on liquor in half the time. "L::ke-
hurst," with its fine house, s" acly
grounds, water front and excellent
board, is preferable to most hotels, a d
you can leave your liquor cure behind
you forever when your holiday is over.
For full pa'ticular.: add ess Manager,
L• akehurst Institute, Oakville, O.t,
Discovered. at Last.
Uncle Hiram—No wonder them binycle
fellers is at all bent over like monkeys.
Aunt Hulda—I'd like to '.now what
you know 'bout it, Hiram.
Uncle Hiram—I don't know much, I'll
allow, but they say the best on 'em has
got rheumatic tires.
Cholera morbus, cramps and kindred
complaints annually make their appear-
ance at the same time as the hnt
weather, green fruit, cucumbers, melons,
etc., and many persons are debarred
from eating these tempting fruits, but
they need not abstain if they have Dr,
J. D. Kellog's Dysentery Cordial, and
take a few drops in water. It cures the
cramps and cholera in a remarkable
manner, and is sure to check every dis-
turbance of the bowels.
Domestic Schooling.
Jimmie—I'll tell you what we'll do.
We'll play lawn fete.
Bobbie—An' I'll be the man what says
"Dam I"
Jimmie—I'm Going to tell your mam-
ma. You swored.
Bobbie—Didn't, ntither. That's what
papa allus says when mamma says lawn
fete.—Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Scientific Item.
Hicks—The firefly strikes a spark by
rubbing its wings together.
Dickson—Um! What you might call a
fire caused by a defective flow.
4111111•11., 11•1111‘
Lachine Rapids to be Utilized.
The Lachine Rapids of the St. Law-
rence are at last to be utilized. For some
time past work has boon carried on by
the Lachine Rapidds Hydraulic Company
upon a large wing dam which runs out
for more than a thousand feet into the
St. Lawrence River. A fall of water is
secured by means of this dam sufficient
to develop. at the low water season 15,000
horse power, This water power is to be
transformed into eleotricity. Upon the
dam a power house will be built which
wlil run its entire length 'and show an
unbroken interior of 1,000 fent long. The
basement of this will be occupied by the
water wheels. The main floor will contain
the dynamos, of which there will be
twelve, each of 1,000 horse power or
12,000 horse power in all. They will be
of the Canadian General Electric Com-
pany's latest multiphase type, and will
generate current for transmission to
Montreal for use there in lighting the
city, operating the street railroads,, and
in any and all other lighting and power
purposes. Apart from the fact that this
plant will exceed in interest any yet
installed, the contract for this electrical
installation is the largest ever placed at
one time for electrical dynamos., It is
also worthy of note that although it was
competed for by every prominent elec-
trical manufacturer in the world, the
superiority of the apparatus chosen kept
the order with home manufacturers, --
Canadian, Manufacturer.
FITS.—All fits stopped free and permanent-
's cured. No fits after first day's use of Dr.
'nine's Great Nerve Restorer. Free 32
trial bottle sent through Canadian agency.
Address Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Bon Voyage.
Mrs. Wills—What are you taking that
phonograph and seven cylinders with
you on the jnurney for?
Old Wills—They contain seven of your
4 a.m. greetings at the head of the
stairs, one for each day in the week.
You see, i shan't miss you, darling.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Con-
tain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials f ree.
1 Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Off.
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"To the seashore, sir," she blithely said,
"And what of joy do yon go to find?"
"I go to get everything off my mind."
I wondered if that was all. I sought
And saw her there. No, it was not.
—Detroit Tribune.
ADAMS' GINGER BEER.
For Making a Delicious Health Drink at
Small Cost.'
Recipe:
Adams' Root Beer Extraet one bottle
Fleischmann's Yeast, one-half to one cake
Sugar two lbs.
Cream of Tartar one-half oz.
Lukewarm water two gallons
Dissolve the sugar, cream of tartar and yeast
in the water add the extract, and bottle; place
in a warm place for twenty-four hours until it
ferments, then place on ,ce, when it will open
sparkling, cool and delicious.
The Ginger Beer can be obtained in all drug
and grocery stores in 10 cent bottles to make
two gallons.
The New Woman.
She disapproves of fancy work,
Crocheting she thinks horrid,
But Just the same, when things go wrong
She always knits her forehead.
Be Your Own Doctor.
Cut this out and write your name and
address plainly in ink, mail it with loo
in silver or ten one cont postage stamps
to pay for mailing and handling ex-
penses, and we will send you a book con-
taining ono hundred new and up-to-date
prescriptions from eminent Canadian
doctors, giving full directions for the
treatment of diseases common to human-.
ity. Address Mason & Co. Publishers
Room 6, Canada Life Building, Toronto,
Joys of Discovery.
C. Coloumbus and Franklin, B.,
Discovered with the greatest zest;
Yet neither one, so far as known,
Ever found a quarter in last year's vest.
Do You Fish?
If so, favor us with your order for
tackle. We can supply your every want
in this at prices as low as any house in
Canada. Write for prices, Toronto
Sporting Goods Co., 67 Yonge street,
Toronto. W. MCDOWALL, Manager.
NOTHING LIKE IT.
LL
ALADA"
CEYLON TEA
IS DELICIOUS.
Sold Only hi Lead Packets
TORN MACGREGOR, BARRIST ERAT-
LAW, Solicitor in Supreme Court of Can
oda. Money to loan. Offices -28-30 Toronto
street, Toronto.
AGENTS WANTED—ON SALARY OR
commission ; good agents can secure a.
permanent position. Send stamp for earticu-
lars. No portals. Address V1TAE-ORE DE-
POT, Toronto.
MACIWINERY OIL.
In half barrels of about 28 gallons at.
32 cents per gallon, 5 gallon cans at.
$2.00 per can; 2 gallon cans at 90 cents.
per can.
PARIS GREEN.
In one pound packages, at 17,14 cents•
per pound, 25 pounds in one order at 17
cents per pound.
Above prices freight pre -paid on all
orders amounting to $5.00 or upwards.
Our oil is equal to the celebrated.
climax oil. Why pay 60 cents per gallon
when you can get a better oil for 32'
cents per gallon. Catalogue and Samples
sent to any person sending us their name
and address.
A. H. CANNING & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers,
57 Front street East, Toronto.
The Discriminating
Public a ways
ask .for
E. B. EDDY'S Matches
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Two schools Under One management. ..
TORONTO AND STRATFORD, ONT.
Unquestionably the leading Commercial
Schools of the Dominion; advantages best':
in Canada; moderate rates; students may
enter at any time. Write to either school for
cireniars and mention this paper.
SEIAW & ELLIOTP, Principals.
T. N. U.
73
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TO ATTEND THE NORTHERN BUSINESS COLLEOl.
For either a Business or a Shorthand Course. No one .
should expect tosucce,•d without* good business Mb -
fug. Announcement free. C. A. Medlinz, Owen ScuM
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