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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-5-6, Page 4THE -extter Ablaorate,. Chas. Ti, Sanders, Editor and Prop THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898, CANADA'S GREAT DESIRE. Few Canadians really want to see Spain win, but a surprisingly large cumber of Canadians would like the United States to get a gentle shake up before its ultimate victory is assured There is a general desire in Canada that the United States should ultimate fly win, and yet the people desire that the victory of the republic shall be quite "ultimate." Aside from bitter memories of United States meanness toward Canada, the appalling guff of the United States pa- pers is the main reason for Canada's estrangement from the cause of the great republic. If the conflict deepens, the emergen- cy will reveal the deeper, truer quali- ties of American people, who will be the admiration of the whole world, but so long' as the noisy journals and the frothy politicians hold the centre of the stage, it is impossible for the judicious to admire a nationwhich in vainglory ions boasting finds the uoblestivoice for patrietisre.. .PROOF T!14 T THE S'- NATE S4.1. i` 'D TILE CO ( TRV. it is satisfactory to learn from the re- ported testimony of Major Walsh that he revenue from the Yukon is suffici- ent to meet all the expenditures which. the opening up of that ,region imposes ou the Government of Canada,. These figures show that the best way to make the Klondike pay for theMon- ciike, is net to alienate the resources which, are the basis of a revenue al- ready sufficient to paM1r the bills for opening up the Yukon. Rightly administered, the resources' of the Yukon will meet all the claims Which that region can develop. Sure,, Iy there aro Liberal leaders who can Sae the insane folly of Hon. Clifford Sit - ton's proposal to transfer to Messrs. Mackenzie & Mann a large area of the region which is already paying its own way. -Toronto Telegran. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Manitoba Prehibiticnists are organ. izi.n on the" Bauish the Bar" line and will press home the demands upon the local Government for the complete abolition of the consumption of liquors upon the premises of sale. This prac- tically means the abolition of all but wholesale licenses, Our attention bas been called to a new method of imposing upon the public. This time it is the rural school trustees who are selected as the victims. A certain blank book erns has sent to each board in this vicinity a catalogue of blank books and blank forms, School Act, etc., with a statement that it is now imperative, under the law, to pro- vide them with a full set of these iden- tical books and forms. It would be well if trustees would consult their 'public school inspector and nbtain sound and disinterested advice and so avoid having agents, pedlars and publishers unload their back numbers upon them at the public expense. Superstitious, proud and treacherous, the people of Spain are individually heroic, but the administrators are not honest, the military and naval leaders are not intelligent, and from the outset it was clear that the clash between Spain and the United States would be a► case of China and Japan over again. Spain is a church and state king- dom after the ancient model. The Spanish are individually more virile than the Chinese, but the Church in . Spain has become an aristocratic insti- tution for reconciling the people to their ignorance, and therefore to a Gov- ernment, which in the name of the boy king tyrannizes over distant colonies, and thrives on the corruption which leaves army and navy poor in every- thing but the willingness of soldiers and sailors to die bravely. The manager of a loan company, speaking to a London Advertiser rep- resentative ou Saturday concerning '•the trend in farm land values in that 'vicinity during the past few months, said : " The prices of farms have im proved very decidedly. We have been .able to sell more land and at better prices than was possible a year ago. Property we could not sell last spring pis readily purchased at the prices we were asking, and I think that on the whole farm values in the past few. weeks are from five to ten per cent "batter than they were last year, Good farms to -day will sell at almost as good a price as land ever sold at. Many of ,the farms we are getting now we have °no difficulty in getting rid of at the • prices we ask. It is the best year " he •added " in my experience as manager." Tour Servant and Protector. Scotch Collie dogs are remarkable for their great intelligence and ability to. .143 trained as your servants. They are •tlie`chiidren's favorite and a protection '-to any home Potts Brothers, 'Parkes- btirg, Pa., supply a large number ,and in their dealing with us they have been 'Very •honorable. Drowned in a Cistern. Thorold, Ont., April 29. -Wilde, the seven-year old and only son of Albert Booth,, was drowned yesterday in an old cistern in rear of an old unused dwelling in the outskiris of town. The little boy had been missing since about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. In the evening searching parties started out, with the result of finding the body in the well, The Sternaman Trial. Cayuga, Out., May 2. -Tse Sterna. roan murder trial will no doubt be given to the Grand Jury to -morrow, Chancellor Boyd is expected to arrive in Cayuga to morrow morning. Sixty witnesses have been summoned on the trial. Nothing can be learned definite- ly as to what the defence will be. So far it has been kept a secret. Many rumors are afloat as to the line of de- fence and it isunderstood that a much stronger defence will be put than at the last trial. A Vacancy in West Huron, Goderich, Ont,, April 28. -Mr. M. C. Cameron will be member of Parliament for West Huron but a few days more. He will within a week or more be ap- pointed Lieutenant -Governor of the North-west Territories. The Liberals have already began to organize, and it is expected that an election will be held during May Four names are mention- ed for the Liberal nonination, Mr. Robt. Holmes, of the Clinton New Era; Mr, M, C. Cameron, a lawyer in Goderich (sou. of the present member); Mr, W. Proud - foot; also a lawyer in Goderieb, and Mr. D. MacGillicuddy, editor of the Signal. It is understood that Mr. McGillicuddy will, support Mr. Holmes who will carry the convention. Roasted to Death. Montreal, May 2.-A terrible acci- dent took place at St, Isidore de Laprai- rio, whereby a girl named Eugenie Brats was roasted alive, Accompanied by her brother, the victim went to one of her father's 'fields. While in the act of removing and burning some dead leaves, the flames ignited her dress:. Before assistance arrived she was alive - loped by the dames and was horribly burned, In attempting to save his sis- ter, the brother, Ferdinand, had his hands badly burned, and amputation of both will likely be necessary. Mies Breit was 20 years of age, and was to have been married is three months' time to a young and wealthy farrier of this locality. Dragged a Mile by a Runaway Horse. Markham, Ont„ April 30, -While Wm. G. Reesor, a wealthy farmer of Boxgrove, was driving home from Markham, his horse slipped in a hole aad stumbled. The sudden lunge threw Mr. Ressor forward oil the seat and out of the buggy, and his 'foot caught between the stop and the hub, where it was held securely, He was dragged for fully a mile, the horse going at a lively gallop, to Mr. Raney's farm, where it stopped, and here he was found by Dr. Tefft, a short time after. The doctor immediately dressed the wounds and took the unfortunate man to his home. When found Reesor presented a horrible spectacle, His ankle was still fast in the vehicle, and the wheel had to be taken off to fiber• ate him. His clothes were torn to rib. bons, and covered with blood and dirt. Ressor's injuries were found to be seri- ous, but not necessarily fatal. Co -Operative Agriculture. Over twenty-eight hundred Ontario farmers have received material and instructions for conducting tests upon their own farms during the present season, These include young men who have attended the Agricultural College, successful and painstaking farmers who have experimented prev- iously, and others who are undertak ing the work for the first time About two thousand experimenters have continued satisfactory experimen tal work within the past ten years, Of this number, over two hundred have furnished good reports for at least three different years, and some for five, six, and even nine years. These little ex- periment stations form object lessons in nearly every neighborhood in the prov- ince, the influence of which can never be correctly estimated. To give some idea of this influence, I quote the fol lowing from reports sent in by exper- imenters: "I get much beuefit from my exper• iments, and my plots are visited by most of my neighbors every year. " ' "As a result of my experiments I raise more bushels to the acre and make more money on my farm." This system of co-operative experi- mental work iu agriculture, which centres at the Agricultural Colt4ge and operates through the medium of the Experimental Union, is being en larged and improved from year to year.. A study of the fertility of the soil on different farms, and of the relative merits of promising varieties of an ri- cultural crops for different sections, %ere the main subjects under experiment 011 about twelve thousand plots this year, There are, in all, nineteen distinc+ a-x- periments, which embrace the az rienl tural crops grown on about nine tenths of the cultivated land of Ontario. Th.- demand hydemand has been greatest for ex peri ments with oats, spring wheat,' peas, corn and mangels We could still furnish a number of applicants with a packet of each of six leading varieties of corn, which forms a valuable, test for farmers who are anxious to ascertain which varieties of corn are best adapted to the snit of their owearticular farms. P C. A ZAynTz, Director Agricultural College, Guelph April 80; r 1iitt11oo 15 jf'C b/,ou TO visit our local retail branch, where our rep- resentative will be pleased to explain to you the various advantages and important features of the wheelsT we manufacture this season. They are '98 Red Bird The Red 131rd, No. 1 anti Red Bird Special Brantford bicycles have always been noted for their beauty, strength and easy - running qualities. This year's models are superior to anything heretofore turned out, a number of new features being introduced, including TORON to. fNc, co. til( A NEW ONE-PIECE CRANK AXLE, A NEW NARROW TREAD, NEW DUST -PROOF HUBS, NEW WILSON BRAKE, FLUSH JOINT CONSTRUCTION, NEW '98 CHAIN ADJUSTER, NEW SEAT PILLAR ADJUSTMENT,• NEW SHORT HEAD, NEW DROP FRAMES, D1AFIOND SHAPED CRANKS, ETC. Perfect Cycling Satisfaction Will be yours if your '98 mount comes from the Brantford factory. You will get a wheel that will give you years of good honest wear, with little or no outlay for repairs. The Goold Bicycic Co.,bm11ea. Bralltford, 0111. PERKINS & MARTIN, AGENTS, EXETER. Goderich's New Elevator. Goderich, Ont., April 29. --General Manager Chas M Hays, General Super- intendent, F. H. McGuigan and E. H, Fitzhugh, Superintendent of the Mid die Division Grand Trunk Railway, arrived here last night on a special train to meet Mr. Alex. McD. Alien upon negotiations pending betweeu the Grand Trunk and the elevator com- pany. They made a survey of the grounds and finally closed upon terms as to the site, buildings, tracks, etc, acceptable to the elevator company. Work will now go on as quickly as the:Government dredges out the than • eel in front of the site, and it is im portant that the buildings should be ready for receiving grain by the first of August, The company and corpor- ation are urging the Governm- ut to proceed with their part of the work, which should have been done lone ago. The dredge is upon the ground .and every necessary appliance ready• for orders to proceed. The Simcoe Tragedy. Simeoe, May 3. -At the Assizes held here today, Harvey Wooden was tried before Justice Street; charged kith' the murder of John Smith last February, The jury brought in a verdict of man slaughter, and Wooden was sentenced to four years in penitentin re. f)o leu n - day, un - day, February 27tb, Wooden we, to Smith's home, on the outskirts 1+1 this tovin, and set his dog fighting with Smith's. The latter interfered 'and Wooden retaliated by striking Smith in the face, and as the latter turned tri go intothehouse it was alleged Wooden s5ruck him over the head with . a stick of stove wood. On the following Wed- nesday Smith died, and a post mortem examination revealed' the fact that death was caused by a blow on the head, and the coroner's jury found that the "blow was inflicted by Harvey Woo -- den, with a stick of wood. Wooden was arrested, charged with assault, and held at the instance of Coroner McIn- tosh. Later the charge was changed to that of murder Be sure you are right then go ahead, Be sure you get Hood's Sarsaparilla, and not some cheap and worthless sub stitute. Sixty -Five in All. Toronto, April 27, -Following are the election petition now on file with the registrar of the Court of Appeal: -1, city of London; 2, West Middlesex; 3, South Toronto; 4, North Essex; 5. Brock ville; 6, South Brant; 7; Monck ; 8, East Hastings; 9, West Hamilton; 10, East York ; 11, Dufferin ; 12, East Hamilton ; 13, Prince Edward, 14, West Kant; 15, Kingston; 16, West Durham; 17, East Simcoe; 18. Snuth Gree ; 19, North Perth;20, Welland; 21, Haldimand; 22 EastLondon; 23, East Middlesex; 24, Halton; 25, West Hastings; 26, Glen- garv; 27, Stormont; 28, North Grey, 29, South Wellington; 30, Centre Bruce; 31, East Wellington; 32. North York ; 33, South Wentworth; 34, North Bruce; 85 North Ren Frew ; 36, South Norfolk; 37, North Middlesex ; 38, Dundas; 39, North Hastings; 40, North Lanark; 41, e t York; 42, North Waterloo; 43 North Ontario; 44, South Ontario: 45; tallcoln; 46. South Huron; 47, East Dein; 48, West Algoma; 49, Nipissing; 50, Fron tenae; 51, Lennox; 52, South Waterlon: 53, West Victoria; 54, West Simene; 55, Addington; 56, North Toronto; 57, East' Northumberland ; 58, Duffertn, cross pe tition;59, East Algoma; 60, Ottawa; 61., Ottawa: 62, Russell; 63, Muskoaa; 64, South Wellington; cross petition; 65, South Ontario, cross petition; 66, South Norfolk, cross -petition; 67, Nipissing, cross -petition,; 68, West Huron. Tho latter was filed to -day. Of those three have been dropped -East York, North, York and Russell, Mr. Moore Gets a Letter. The following letter is rich reading and was received by J. D. Moore, of St, Marys, in an envelope post marked Port Huron. Needless to say it is from David Brown, though he signs himself as Nephew. The letter was ty pewritten. Along with his gold, brick, Mr. Moore ought to put this epistle in commem- oration of Tuesday, April 19, 1898. My Dear Sir, -I feel now the time has arrived to awake you from your dream of golden riches and inform you that you have been the victim of a - stale old game, known as " the gold brick game." It should be called the brass brick, as that is what yours are. You have two bricks of • brass worth about five dollars each, and if your friends and creditors and a few others (who do not know you any too well on account of your greedy ways) should hear it I fancy you would never hear the last of it, but would be'pointed out as an old fool that bought brass bricks thinking they were gold. My object in writing this is to saveyou from be- coming the laughing stock of your friends aiid'others. By the time this reaches von I will be many, many miles away, so changed in appearance that you would not know me if Ispoke to you on the street. Now remember these word, of advice, and it may save you mealy a dollar in the future, no honest man has to do business in the hushes (or :will do it there),. Never try to get 'the bestof a poor Indian because yob thinkhim ignorant and easy to cheat. To show you ` what the press. thinks of a greedy' "sucker" I will, send: a clipping from a daily paper which is a fair sample of what you will get if it comes out, The assayer was my partner, eo you see what` a com- pleto" sucker" you have been. I do notwrite this to hurt your feelings, for, the loss of your money hurts .you enough, but merely warn you so that you will have time to arrange matters with the bauk, and save you frons being pointed out and guyed and laughed at by everyone, should it come out. I may write you from a foreign shore, and tell you how I am doing and spending your money. Now I hope hereafter you will get along with- out loss, and remember the old saying, "All is not gold that glitters." A last gnod bye. YOUR NEPHEW. Several London young ladies were badly injured in a runaway, the bus in which they were riding colliding with a pole. Master Frank, son of Mr. Dunbar, of Ingersoll, met with a veru painful ac- cident Friday. He and another boy- were oywere playing with'a ball by the side of the road. His compel ion threw the ball to Frank and be was backing up to catch it, when a,horse coming along the street, knocked him down. Dun - ba r has an ugly wound in his head bie'h was caused, it is thought by the h,7r::r' stepping on it. 5 ASTORI A Por Infants and Children.' is ea 1444 ere cera' Cook's Cotton Root, Componai,-: Is aucoesafnlly `used monthly by over.10,000Ladies., Safe, effectual. Ladies a015 your druggist for Cook's Cottle UN Cat - 'mat Take no other, as alt Mixtures, ills and ' imitations are dangerous. 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