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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-8-20, Page 4Established 1877. E. S., O'NEIL, BANKER, EXETER, - ONT. Transact s ae en er alb anhin eh us in ee. Receives the aeoounts a niercbants and tbers on favorable terms. tfOe re or ery accommo datiet consi sten tient foancloonserratirebankinaprinoSPies. Inveeer clout icterest allowed on deposits Graftsissuedpayable et saly offiee of the VerthanteBank, NOTES DISCOUNTED, Lt MONEY TO LOAN ON N'OTES AND MORTGAGES :COW IMIMBICIIMMIMONNIC Vile. attn. `Elmo. 'HURSDAY, AUG. eetb, THE HARVEST AND DEBT PAY NOTS AND COMMENTS, Tete estimate is made that the cost of the inveatigations by the Privileges and Electiona committee this season will reach a figure between 865.000 aud $75- 000,, Housecleaning comes high, but then it is a necesseey process at times. t A comparison of the price of farming machinery before and since the ina.ugur- ation of the National Policy shows an astouishing reduction in price : 1879. 1890. Mowers $ 85 $ 45 Self -binders $225 to 250 8100 to 120 Reapers. 100 65 Horse Rakes30 to 35 22 to '27 Seed, drilla., 90 65 Top buggies... 100 to 125 60 to '75 Farm wagon60 to '75 45 to 55 t f IF the depreciation in farm property across the line goes on at the rate it has ft.a. the past ten years. another decade will see farm lands sold in the best parts of tbe Union at such low figures that INO. the eheapeet -cheap - fanners - prodae- cheep- country- to- live-in- annexationist New that the abuutlanee of our har- can pitch his tent amid the impoverish - rest is bleed deubt, and its eable went he longs for. The Amerman cen- value certain to be high, it may :he wellsua sleeve that in the State of Ohio farm lands have eay depreciated. 857,000,060 4 Eriii verd Pr two to fanners as • • tw past ken yore. :in .II 0, • G la one o to their ai4pvs51 of crop proceed& We tire me without justifying evidence when we ainriu that there are few farmers in Canada free from debt. As a general rule the hoelee of country storekeepers ere crowded a ith aceounts with farmers that are never settle& There ie 4 con- bArtilee of debt kept up, more or , and the iiggregate of these keeps niercheut constantly short of money, ,1 that the whelesale housee and banks are to -day eerrying the bulk of the re - le taiiera in country places. The farmere R re not able, owing to theze debts, to deal freely, to the best advantage, and na eeenomy roneires. To both parties these etere debts are 4 heevy burthen. The retailer who rs aluaya short in Iiiii aymente, who relletril his notes as reg- ularly as they mature, is at the mercy ef the wheleeelt,r, he has to tale what vials they elieseee to press upon him, and at rtes which cut into his profits. So also the fanner cuatoraer,:he and his family, are drawn mere and more inte teirchaeing.sueh georls as they do not really re.quere or desire, because they do not feel Independent in:dealing with the tradesman to whoa they are in debt. All these vicioue and dangerous relations can only be put on 4 healthy and safe footing by the farmer paying his debts. Thhi year ought to see a great clearance f thee old store debts all over the eountry. If this mule the harvest will de a splendid service to the whole busi- ness of the country, every interest will feel that it has been enriched and strengthened. But if the harvest simply finds money for new purchases of land with a mortgage accompanient, or for new, and all but needless costly imple- ments, er for barn extensions that might he dispensed with, or for gifts to child- ren, more out of pride than prudence, or for ostentatious wagons and teams, then so far as the farmers are concerned, the abundant harvest will have only added a fresh fink to his fetters of debt. The breech banks in smaller towns could do great service in pressing this policy upon their customers. Bankers with wholesaler's accounts, ahould give them distinctly to understand that their country credits must not be increased because of the good heaTest, but that now the farmers are able, they will be expected to pay off their old debts, that the retailers will have to stop renewals, and that their own and their customers notes must be paid as they mature. It will we fear too readily be forgotten that although this year's crop is good, it does not raise the whole of the last four years up to a fair average. A bad harvest this year would have been a serious digester. Every dcdlar then of the crop proceeds is mortgaged in some form. If all the obligations created by the deficientharvests of past three years were paid off, there would be no balance left for new expenditures, much less for any kind of extravagance. We strongly urge that debt paying must be the out- come of our bountiful harvest, if the country is to reap the full benefit of this bounty of Proridence. —Journal of Commerce. tire proereaelVt‘ eeettons of the I. mon. There is the kind of progress there— bawds—that Cartwright would like to intreduce among the farmers of On- tario. speeulators as old Hutchinson was at Chicago a few years ago when he pro- moted a wheat corner, He seemed to make much but he is now almost penni- less. Wheat speoulators and growers have the world to contend against and they want a free market to compete in and must have it. t t Me Ontario Bureau of Industries has issued a crop bulletin, 'Which, briefly summarized, makes the following fore- cast: Fall wheat a very fine estimated to reach 20,800,000 bushels, as compared with 14,300,000 last year. Spriug wheat above the average; yield 9,000,000 bushels as against 7,600,000 last year. Barley a good crop. Oats good. Peas exceptionally (rood. Hay and clover unusually light. 'I' Roots fair. 4ses )ipeipal.es light. Small fruits an abundant * * * IT will be grateful news to those who cherish any affection—and it is to be hoped that there are few Canadians who do not—for the old system under which England has attained her proud posi- tion in the world, and who are jealous for the reputation of the royal family, to learn that the numerous reports con. verning the Prince of wAtee financifa difficulties are utterly without faunae - tion, Ana that His Royal Highness could within twenty-four hours pay, olY every obligation that he is under. This at leaetis the statement made by Mr. Stead in his Review of Reviews, and on the authority of a thoroughly reliable informant. Commenting on the fact 'Mr. Stead says: "Such an assurance given to me teethe very highest author- ity. will be read throughout the empire with pleasantsurprise. It is hardly too much to say that almost everyone be- lieved the opposite, nor would I have printed the above statement if I had not received it from one who was undoubt- edly in a position to know, and who, as a gentleman and a man of honor is capable of misleading the public." * * * Tam; are now upwards of twenty- five applicants for the county elerkship, almost every rmtnicipality being repro. seated in the list. As to the time at -which the appointment shall be made it is not yet known; but it is probable that Mr. Holmes, Co.* Treasure; will conduct the business until the Decem- ber meeting,. This we would judge to be a Wise doing The cost of calling a special motile; would be fully $500 and since it is linowo that the county is not suffering anything, with matters in Mr. Holmes' hands, it would be folly to call a special meeting for the selection of a clerk only. Among the names of the applicants we learn of that of G. W. Holman, clerk of the township of Vs - borne, and from what is said, generally, we are inclined to believe that ISIgHol- man will fill the position. The county clerk should be an educated man and a man well versed in municipal drake— one who can nike pare in educational matters, as the late Mr. Adamson did, as well as successfully perform the du- ties devolving upon the office of county clerk. Mr. Holman possesses these functions, and is in other respects highly qualified for the position; and if the council make the appointment from merit Mr. H. will surely be the favor- ite. leeeirreex years ago the 16th of Au- gust, the initial number of TIIE TZIES was iesued, hence ue celebrate with this number the nineteenth anniversary of dile journal. When the Tame em- barked upon the journalistic sea, in Exeter, the town Was small, and the success of the venture was anything but promising. Since then we hare both grown and prospered, and despite the underhanded efforts of Opponents who possessed more enterprise than stability, WO have kept apace with the steady and solid growth of the town and to -day THE TIMES is conceded to be one of the foremost weeklies in the Province, with a circulation surpassed by few. We have time after time returned. thanks to our supportere, and on this occasiou would ask our increased circle of patrons to accept our utmost gratitude for the encouragement we have received and the support which has been tendered us durum the past decade. We have held political and other opinions not in necord with many, but we may be ardoned for thinking that they have cot generally, if not always advanced in a manner will& has secure'd for us the honest friendship and a goodly share of the support of our opponents. It is true there are narrow-minded people in this world, people whom, if you hold and advance opposite opiniona to theirs, will erase you from thea list of business friends. These are of no value to anyone, and the less you come in their contact the better. Our aim has been to do all possible to advance the best interests of Exeter and our constituency of readers. We admit we have fallen short in our ideal, but will continue in the future to work on the same lines—not for any particular part of the town, but generally—let us hope more successfully. Our endeavor will be to give our patrons as good a local paper as can be aflorded by the support reeezved and will continue to make im- provements as rapidly as circumstances will permit. We again return our sin- cere thanks to all our friends. THE Federal revenue for July was $2,528,601 and the expenditure $,345,- 027. The basis of another Conservative Government surplus has been laid. *1* t‘A. Rural Teacher," writing to the Toronto Mail, complains of the low esti- mate which the general public places upon the eervices of members of his pro- fession. He asserts that they are paid .4. 4- 4* + The reported shortage of the world's wheat supply is leading the Fanner's Alliance of the United States (whose wheat crop is likely to be considerably above the average, and to yield a surplus of about 200,000,000 bushels) to talk about cornering the market. Thus they hope to get evem with the professional speculator and ringster, to whom they ascribe all their want of prosperity, and to enrich themselves ab a single stroke. A. circular sent out by the Alliance an- nounces that the shortage is exceptipn- ally great, that all Europe will require to import, and that the United States is the only country that will be in a positionto do anything towards satisfying the great demand. It advises the farmers to hold back their grain, assur- ing them that by so doing they will be able to force the price up to at least $1.85 in New York. There can be no doubt that the etelliance, if ever it in- tends to work the game of forcing prices, could not have a more favorable oppor- tunity. In Russia grave deficiency exists. In India a serienni anxiety prevails over a considerable portion of the country. Madras Rajupatha and the Punjauh are the worst sufferers. There is drought in Bengal and the need of more rain is urgent. Bombay alone promises a good harvest." Thus America's principal competitors are threatened with a deficiency, and may themselves be obliged to import. But will it pay the Alliance to adopt such a course? That they have the legel right to withhold their grain few will deny- Iii this matter there is no law to compel them to place their goods upon the market within a specified time. They may sell or not sell as they choose. But let them reflect that by Beizingupon the present opportunity to force prices they -will forfeit the respect of that large portion of the community, who were disposed to sympathize with them in their trying lot. It is our desire to see the farmer, above all others, prosperous, but we prefer to see such a thing brought about by natural means combined with industry and frugality. A wholesale corner like that proposed can and will have no permanent effect on prices. It may boost them for a time, but the collapse is bound to come and then there will be a right down smash that will carry ruin in its wake to thousands. That is the story told of every, wheat corner engineered by speculators and it will be true of this one, engineered by at a scarcely higher rate than chat paid to domestic servants, and then esks, "Do people expect to get exact scholar- ship, culture and polish, all for three or four hundred dollars a year. If a man wants a good horse or a good piano he expects to pay a good price. Why should not the same rule hold good in regard to teachers." That there is ground for the accusation implied in these sentences is too painfully true. Only the other day the school board of an Ontario county town advertised for a male teacher holding a second class certifi- cate, and stated that the salary for the four months beginning September ist would be—$180; 832.50 a month to a man whose literary qualifications must have cost him at least tveo or three years' hard work (to say nothing of the expenses of living meanwhile) after the time that the majoriey of boys bid good- bye to the school room. Better be a hod-earrier than a teacher in said county town. And yet there is reason to be- lieve that this case is not so exceptional that it could. not be easily duplicated. 18 18 not to be wondered at that so fe young men take up the teaching pro- fession with the intent et making it their life calling. Children Cry frn: Pitcher' s castoria GOSSIP FROM OTTAWA THE WESTERN MEMBER AND THE CHORUS GIRL - Little Episode Whieli is Reported to Rave Ended in a Fisticute Bout in a vacant Lot• -•The Printing Bureau Scandal. OTTAWA, Aug. 17.—The Printing Burette scandal will start this week. It is admitted now that it will be elicited thet, an official who had a great deal to do with the 'Durum received large commissions from them oe purchasea made by him. Other aecounts will be called for in regard to the plant and Makhaltilieler [story afloat is in regard ts envelope machines, involving a Toronto firrn who are said to have come clown handsome. One of the members of the committee has come into possession of the itenar,y oI the head of the bureau, especially in To- rontoi Haw many days he was there, whc entertained him and where and a lot et other information. Tim amsumit Axn TnEt AcrnESS. The arrival of an opera company in town was hailed with delight by. membera oi Perliament last week, who betng from home and not members of the Scandal Commit- tee, were dying of emit One member from Western Ontario who takes the beef question under his wing and coutinutik urges a high tariff to encourage home pro. teetion met at hie table in one of the hotels a charming but portly actrese, On a night when she was not in the east be bought whole box at tho theatre and said lie would meet her there after theperformance began. But the arrangement lenheto,uotatneral wheu he preileetee himself at the appointedhour he was confronted by a burly actor, who saki he could not outer, The member pro. testeel that he had hired the box, but wAS told that it made no difference, he could not enter. One word led to another until the two Adjourned to a vacant lot to determine supremacy with fists, After rolling in the mua a few times they were separated by friends. The Member retired in disgust and now takes his meals at another table. The Board of CivU Servio Exauduera has been eontludiug for some time an investigee time iuto certain irregularities in con- nection with Civil Service examination for the Postoffice Department. To-dass three mail clerks confessed that they had ob. mined beforehand copies of the examination papers. It is not known yet how these ad - vanes eoplea wore obtained, as great este is numbed at the Printing Bureau. The clerk who is alleged to have furnished same of the papers is at present out of town. It is reported that John A. Wills of To. route, formerly of Ottawa, has been appoint- ed chief mechanicAl engineer of the Public Works Department in place of John R. Ar. It is said that Thomas McGreevy will not attend the sitting of the House toenorrow in answer to the motion of Sir joins Thew - 1. 501ir Charles Tupper is expected to leave England in a few days for Ottawa. He will not enter the Ministry. t t "Is the temperature of the earth growing colder?" is the question that science is asking these days, and to which she is inclined to give an affirmative answer. And net without seeming good reason. For not to press the consideration that for the past four or five yeara both the summers and winters have been growing colder. es- pecially in Europe, there if the fact that the northern limit of the inhabited or inhabitable areas of the world is now much further south than it was in past ages. This has been conclusively es- tablished by the researches of toodern explorers who have found traces of human occupancy hundreds of miles north of the most northern homes oc- cupied in that regime to -day. The pre- sent line of human occupancy skirts the North American coast line from Behring sea to a point some distance east of Cape Bathurst, cuts through the lower part of Prince Albert Land and Boothia, and then, turning northeast, ekirts the northern shores of Baffin's Land to Lancaster Sound. North of this line, above which no natives are known to exist, are abundant traces of .the ancient habitations of the Eskimo. Hunt, the Portage la Prairie farmer charged with shooting his hired man, has been committed for trial. Mrs. John Gray, aged 21, a recently married Montreal woman, usea coal oil to light the fire, and died in great agony a few hours afterwards. A dog bit a Port Hope constable the other day. The constable is all right, but the dog died from blood poisoning, and :the owner wants the constable shot. The Manitoba Government bas is- sued another crop bulletin which says the prospects for a large crop of wheat were never better in the history of the Province. In the Salisbury -O'Brien case at agreement has been signed by which O'Brien promises to pay Ms debts and costs into the court on Lord Saliebury'a undertaking to facilitate an appeal to the House of Lords. The Allan Line Company have com- pleted arrangements with •the British posto ffice authorities whereby,: they will resume the carrying cf the mails between Great Britain and Canada. The arrangement went into force on Monday, it is stated that the Government proposes to regulate the space for sheep exported to the old country. At present there is no regulation, and there are complaints of overcrowding. lt has been the habit heretofore to put 40 sheep lil the space occupied by foto steers. CRO3SED THE OCEAN FOR HIS LOVE. The Oranddaughter of Sir Charles 'raj peit gloPes Wit1A a Toting Englishman, KINGSTON, Aug. l8.—Quite a romance attaches to the marriage of Christian Ham- ilton Grey of Abbeywood, Eent, England, and Miss Sophie Tupper Cameron, daughter of Major-General commandant et Royal Military College, and granddaughter of Sir Charles Tupper, which occurred on Friday last in St. Paul's churele A lawyer, olergy- man and two cabmen were the only wit- nesses Miss Cameron some time ago met Mr. Grey in, England" where he was a eivil engineer, but the Major General objected to his becoming the husband of bis daughter, and. Miss Cameron was forthwith brought home to Canada. But the ocean that divided the continents could not separate their loves, .!tIr, Gray 40011 took ship for Canada and began ar- rangements for the marriage. Last Friday Miss Cameron quietly left her home and came down town, where a cabman met her. .A block away Mr. Gray was picked up and the two drove to the church where Rev. W. Johnson united them in marriage. Mr. Gray settled a large annuity upon his bride. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are at the Hotel Frontenac, Major-General Cameron has been notified oi their marriage, but whether the stern parent has relented or not cannot be learned. NIL Gray is about 30 years of age, refined and edueated. He refuses to state his arrange - meats for the future. His father ig interest- ed in electric lights in Kent. 'Killed Going HOMO at Itecosto TtlItono, Aug.18.—Mimico Was the scene of a fatal accident at noon _Yesterday when express train No. 0 from Hamilton struck and instantly killed a SO11001 giii, Edith Bedding. It was the first day of school after the holiday's and the children had just been dismissed for the noon hour. Some of them ran noross the rails ahead. of the approaching train, which does not pull up at the neighboring station. All got safe- ly over except the unfortunete child, who was only eight years of age. Fell to ills Death. Merseplete, Aug. 18.—While a young French-Canadian, 16 years old, named Arthur Girard was driving an expresswagon down German -street this evening he sudden- ly overbalanced himself, and falling to the ground broke his neck. He died almost in Mantle,. A Fatal Spree. TORONTO, Aug. 18.—Joseph P. Nipegon was taken charge of on July 14 and locked up in No. 5 Police Station. He was suffer- ing from delirium tremens. On Saturday morning he appeared in the Police Court and was remanded till the 20th. Yesterday afternoon he died in the jail. Fire in Montreal. MONTREAL, Aug. 18—The Montreal Blan- ket Companya works, situated on the canal bank at Cote St. Paul, caught fire this even- ing, resulting in the total destruction of the picking department, a two-story brick build- ing. The loss will reach 85000 me CRAMPEL, MASSACRE - The Story Told by a e1.Wito Was in the Service or lieu Said, Rents, Aug. 18.—The Freneh African Committee has re:civet news of the Crampel massacre in the shape et' a telegram to the Colonial Under Sseretary, which saye that Leasto, service of Teen Seed, reached M. Tiseurat Nt El Conti]. ou May 23, and narrated the massacre of Btu Said and Crampel. While there, be said, a parte of Mussulmau travelers arrived and °tiered their services to Tier trrat as carriers, but in reality they had come for the purpose of mutalering hint They had intended, to welt till Lebout ar- rived and to hill both the white men, but being recognized they attacked Tisearrat and killed him with their knives. The fate of Labout is untiertain, and no ROWS of bila has beeureeeivel common ant Drenthe of Ieyboweki expeditien has pu41o31 41%0, and will establish a post 2O0 kilometers from Guboughi on Creamers route. A Missing Yacht. Heeneeme, Aug. 18.—Although no fur" ther traces of the yacht believed to have been lost on Sunday of last week, some arti- cles from which were found on the beach near Stoney Creek, have yet been discover- ed, there is goodreason to fear that a yacht was really: lost and that some tmfortunates perished in the seething storm that raged that evening. Mrs. F. Burrows, of this city, who spent the day at Bronte, saw from her uncle's house, enough to satisfy themost incredulous that the story of the lost yacht has, unfortunately, a basis in fact. Murphy Was Milled . KINGSTON, Aug. 18.—Yesterday morning a, gang of double -trackers were walking on the G. T. R. track between here and Collins' Bay, about a mile and a half from the junc- tion, when they were overtaken, by a con- struction train, They all got out of the way except one man, James Murphy, who was struck by the engine and received in- juries from which he died in half an hour. Deceased was about 45 years of age and hailed from somewhere near Ottawa. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS - Prints Prints t • —AND— Summer Muslins AND Dress Goods We will offer all the above men., timed lines in stock —AT COST PRICE— For Cash Only, From now until the end of Sept'r. We will positively sell or offer for sale all our stock of UEN'S FALL AND WINTER Treed Pants and Vest's At terribly reduced prices. There are just re, pairs of these Job line of .lien's Lace and lluckle Shoes at $1,00. Don't tail to see these goods, tor we will sell as we advertise. Yours Reim., -14.1 J. P. CLAItVki. liONDNSED From Various Sources Illiroug. out tile lkistriet. --- Report says that at the North Middlesex °bees° factory, Liam, the Inopect,or bad one ef the Biadulple Township oilicials sum. moiled for thimnaing his milk, For eald /*Oleg° he paid five dollen aud coots. A ealuable Mare belonging to Loris, of Grand Bend. fell late a well ea Sunday evening but before help (meld be soared to extricate henlife was When. It is enema ad that foul air emend lier death so sudden- ly as there were ouly eight feet of water in the well. You hardly realize that it is nacaloine, when taking Carter's LittleLivet Ella; they are very small; no bad agate; all troubles from torpid liver are relieved by their use. Growth or iteet RootSogar to no Bonus- 1 1 am aequainted with the above name0. lady, and can certify to the facto as stated. —Henry Wade, Druggist, Kingston, Out. Seneneteneietere King at, Eingetonesays: "I was afflicted with chronic rheninatioin for years and used, numerous medicines without meccas, but by the use of 6 bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters 1 was entirely cur\e'Ca'a*;egret to announce the death of Joe. Francis youngest son of ,N1r.Patrick O'Con- nor, of Hilbert, which took place on Satur- day after:emu, 1st inet. Decetemea bad been ailing for sera° time bask, and his death was not unexpected. His foneral,on Sunday afternoon, was attended by a large amours° of friends, who followe him to his last resting place. The use of calomel forperangments 01 the liver has ruined many fa fine constitution. Those who, for similar trtobuebirlese , fibleaiele° Ayerfs Pills testify. to etyrieinet thoroughly remedying the malady, without,. injury to tho syatem. If you are nervous or dyspeptic ry Oar- ter's Little Liver Nerve Pills. maple makes you nervous, and nervousnc s makes you dyspeptic; either one renders you miserable, and them) little pals cure both. Olastwa, skins: 18.—The gteater part of yesterday's tintoolt of the House was taken up by the Governments and fairly squid progress was made. The principal measure under diSCOSSiOn WAS the ques- tion of the bounty on beet root sugar, the debate eventually resolving itself i tit° one of free trade and protection. The attendauee in the House was \Try Elba, u1tuVmonhels beingbegniled away filen UnitVament ary duties by the circus. The question is now frequentls being put as to when prorogation will take place. Mr. Laurier is credited with having st ated that' he sees no reason why members should not beleaving for tisseir homes two weekii from Wednesday or Thursday. A bulletin on sugars, syrup.: awl molasses will shortly be issued 'by the laboratory branch of the Inked Revenue Depertment. It contains the results of the analysis of RIO samples by Mn F, W. Babington, assistant to the chief analyst. The white eranulated sugars were found to be praetagilly pure, and yellow sugar were also found to be genuine. The only adulteration detected was in syrups, three of them being found to be mixed with the starch of glucose. The Italian piarvest. Roam, Aug. 17 P11 - Italiansharvest re- ports indicate this years' crops will equal those of 1890. Recent rains have greatly improved the Indian corn crop, which pro- mised to be good. An abundant yield of wine from the grape crop is also expected. Ross, Aug. 18.—There was an active de- mand on the grain market to -day, especial- ly for rye, which advanced 2 to 3 francs per 1000 kilogrammes. Wheat and flour advanc- ed 1 franc. VIENNA, Aug. 18.—The grain market was firm to -day. Autumn rye advanced 70 kreuzers. BUDA PESTII, Aug. 18.—An active grain market prevailed here to -day. Wheat ad- vanced 60 kreuzers. LoNnoss, Aug, 18.—The Berlin corres- pondent of The Times argnes that the danger of distress owing to the advance in grain has been greatly overrated by free trade agitators. Tho Reichsanzerger says that winter sown rye is estimated to produce 82 per cent of an average harvest. Feverish activity prevails in the shipping of rye at all Russian ports. Eight thousand tons have left St. Petersburg useight days. Mixed rye and wheat flour was offered for the first time on the produce exchange to, day in large quantities. The mixture is much cheaper than pure rye flour. .BERtass, Aug 18.—Owing to the excessive price of rye the Government has decided to use wheat in making bread for the army. The Reichsanzeiger announces that at a cabinet council to -day it was deckled that no necessity exists for a reduction of the duties on. corn, but on the contrary it was more neceesary than ever to adhere to the policy announced by Chancellor Von Cap- rivi in the Lower House of the Prussian Diet on June 1 last. The Chancellor then announced that the Government had decid- ed to maintain the corn duties saying that the existing tariff must remainuntil.at least new treaty negotiations with other nations were arranged. This decision created much dissatisfaction at the time. Cuxuacio, Aug. 18.--4t is said that, net one Chicago man has made a cent on the wheat market and there are few who have not lost more or less during the excite- ment. Many now have their entire fortunes at stake and are buying and sell- ing at the same time to protect themselves. New York are reported to have made the most money. One prominent broker held that it was "farmers' market." The ad- vance to the farmers, he said, bad been over 20 cents a bushel. Opinion among dealers anti brokers is unanimous that heavy buying by foreigners is at the bottom of the present flurry. Another Toronto Drowning. • TORONTO, Aug. 18.—The second drowning iteciclent in the vicinity of Queen's Wharf inside of a month, happened at the sandbar off Queen's Wharf yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock. A man by. the name of Goodchild, aged 20, and living on Shaw street went in bathing, and being unable to swim, when be reached deep water went beneath the surface. Before he could be rescued life was too far gone for him to be restored. St. Clair Tunnel, POINT EDWARD, utit., Aug. 18.—The St. Clair tunnel will be opened Sept. 49, that date to -day having been fixed. Disaster in Hayti. Pone Au Praeoz. Aug. 18. —The river St. Marie has overflowed. To slay a bridge over the river was swept away and 20 lives lost. RiOtillg in China. TIENTMN, Aug. 18.—The Ministers of the Foreign Powers have increased the pressure which IsAs been placed upon the Chinese Government, insisting upon the punishment of the rioters and of the officials who neglected to afford protection to foreigners and to the latter's property. The foreign ministers do not demand a peouniairy in. clemeity having already settled that point, and s amount with the local authorities. They have Discovered it 1 "What ?" 'Vita Ore, which is warranted to mire Diplithetia or any Throat trouble, Dyspepsia or Female Weaknesses. Put up by the Vita Ore Oom- pany, Box 89, Belleville.—ag6m3 Mr. .1. A. M. Aikins, barrister•at-law in Winnipeg, will apply to .Parliament next session for a bill of divorce from his wife, Mary Bertha Aiken, now of the State of New York, on the ground. of adultery, desertion and bigamy. Edward liandcook, of Toronto, who was sent for trial by Pollee Magistrate Denison on the charge of murdering his daughter, made an application Monday through his counsel for bail. The application was vigorously opposed by the crown. Judgment was reserved Cardinal Manning, in a letter just made public,:denounces the employ- ment of lotteries and raffles at bazaars for works of charity and religion. The Lord's works, he says, ought td be done in the Lord's own way; Christians must not encourage lower motives.. The murder of the young won2an Handcock, near Toronto, for which her father is committed to stand his trial, on suspicion, had no sooner quieted down a little than an ex-hetel. keeper named Daniel Whale, residing in Mitchell, :is chuffed with killing his wife on Tuesday 11 th August, and committed for With Whale is.worth about $50,000 and is about sixty years of age. Mrs. Whale was found with several marks of violence on her per- son, the blood flowing from a wound in the back of her head, and blood spattered about the floor, on the walls and over the victim's clothing. The evidence before the nor jury was sufficient to show f� and to connect the husband w "JUST -- as GOoD,"—Say some dealer , try to sell a substitute preparation when a customer calls for Hood's Sarsaparilla. Do not allow any such balsa statements as this induce you to buy what you do not want. Remember that the only reason for making it is that a few cents more profit will be made on the substitute, Insist uponhaving the best medicine—Hood's Sarsaparilla. 11 s Peculiar to Itself. If the ladies would abandon cosmetics and more generally keep their blood pure and vigorous by the use of Ayer' s Sarsap- arilla, naturally fair complexions would be the rule instead of the exception, as at pre„, sent. Pure blood is the best beautifier. Who Poisoned the Cakes? PARIIRRSOUlta, W. VA., Aug. 18.-1V . Henry lVfallonee, of Grafton, her neice and five chilcli•en are lying very ill from.eatinge poisoned cakes. Mrs: Mallonee made the cakes yesterday. In her absence from the house some enemy, it is' believed, attempted. to kill the entire family by putting arsenic, in the dough. Tare of the children, it believed, will die. There is no clue to the prepetrator of the crime.