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EL:DICKSON', Bster Soli -
„LA • altor of Supremo Court, Notary
•Pahlic, Conveya neer. Commissioner, Jse
bttoeytro Crean.
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U • P. S, Graduate Victoria ultimata ty;
offi ce and residence, Dominioaa Labo
tory .Exe ter .
RYNDMAN, coroner for tae
0ounty of Huron. Office, opp.mite
Carling Bros. star A, Exeter.
D RS. ROLLINS
Separate Ofilcas. Residence same as fernier.
ly, Andrew st. Offices: Spacktnan's
Main st Dr Rollins' same as formerly, north
door; Dr. Al1109” same building, south door,
I. A. ROLLINS. M. D., T. A. AMOS, M. D
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SURVEYING.
FRED W. EARNOORB,
Provincial Land Surveyor, allti. Oivil
EiNTG-II\TEMlnaa MTC_
Office, Upstairs, Samwelta Block, Exeter.Ont
VETERINARY.
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Established I n 1863,
HEAD OFFICE WATERLOO, ONT,
This Conipany has been over Twentv-eirh
years in suceessful oper Won in 1Vestarn
Ontario, andeontinues to insure against loss or
damage by. Fire, Buildings, Merehannise
Manufactories and all other descrietioas of
insura.ble property. Intending insurers have
the option of insuring on the Premium Note or
Cash System.
During the past ten yeara this aomeany has
issued 57,096 Policies, covering property to the
moult t.of 840,872,038; and paid in losses alone
S709,752.00.
Assets, aS/76,100.00 consisting of Cash
in Bank Government Deposi bine the unasses-
Fed Premiam Notes on hand and in foraa
\Valance, M.D., President; 0. M. itorime
Secretary- I. B. }Ricans, Inspector. . Citga
SNELL. .Agent for Exeter and vicinity
lire SION NEAPAOHE and Neugalgia
Id 20 1511NOTEO, also Coated Tongue, Dizzi-
ness. Biliousness, Pan in the Side, C,onstipation,
Torpid Liver, 13a5 Breath, to stay cured also
regulate the bowels. VERY RICE 71::$ rAhls,
pitica os: CENTS AT DRUG STORES,
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
tHECOOWSBESTFRIEND
LAAGEST SALE 141 CANADA.
/obi; Ople who liked paiiit,ng bette
bread and d zneaN Was it sawyer.
1UStakes in Cover -Growing.
Our first and most eeriotts miatake
clover growing is that site do not gr
enough ot it. Too often timothy is us
instead, because the seeding does not c
eo meoh. The Metter of seed oost eau
too many farmers te deolde against the u
Q f door. Just now we eau see trou
ahead for maim o arrnere—that are breit
ing a rotatien on account of the low pr
of wheat, and coosequently making t
gaps wider between clover crops, writ
John M. Jamieson in Country Gentlerna
In the ed they will be sufferers' to a grea
or less extent. This year most of us ha
failed to get a satiefacttory stand. Som
instead, of trying to improve what they h
by keeping the weeds down and allow
it to make a strong growth before winter,
have planned to get all the pasture from it
they could, besides permitting the weeds
to steal the moisture and. strength from the
aoil that the clover should have had, by
pasturing. Many plants are destroyed by
weeds, many are smothered,
Weakened in growth...a...0".
We canneantndersta,nd why it is so, b
clooitatriere abused titan any other crop
ass the farm. This is true on a vast
majority a farms, and that, too, on farms
that most need its complete development.
On many stock farms with the number of
animals kept it appears to be a necessity to
pasture the stubble fields after the wheat
is off. Solite seasons this °eat be clone with-
out detriment to the clover, but we do not
believe it is a safe rule to tie to. It is a
question if the farmer had not better send
his stock from home to ranted pastures,
and give the clover full opportunity the
first season of its growth.
This fall, pasturing of young clover is
usually too close, leaving nothing to pro.
tect the plants during winter. When there
is a strong growth, if not pastured, it
should be clipped, as it is a mistake to al-
low a heavy growth to [settle down over
the roots, since this often smothers the
Plants. Any person interested in the mat-
ter visiting the seed merchant's store will
soon learn that too many farmers are care.
.lese as to the quality of send sown, They
buy without carefully examining the
grades before'them. When they have the
seed they have no settled time as to sow-
ing, observe no rules as to the condition of
the soil, but rather try to strike a happy
medium of all the sayings of those they
may talk with.
Every farmer should study to know the
conditions best adapted to his own soil,
and have' a law of his own and not be
governed by the rules of -others that farm
by signs. In this part of the country many
are giving their attention to the growth of
seed. Sometimes weget a fair crop of
seed i
the year the seed s sown. The season
• being favorable, after the wheat is harvest-
ed, the clover comes on very fast. We
have knosvn two bushels per acre from
this growth. Such a crop usually excites
the grower and leads him into mistakes.
If this crop is followed with a good one
the second year after sowing, the grower
reasons that it will do well the third. And
just here he makes his mistake; the nature
of the plant handicaps his expectations,
and he finds during the summer when the
clover should make a fine showing, that it
has all nearly disappeared, and a growth
of weeds coming on instead.
Last spring farmers that made calculations
in this direction attributed their failure to
the March freeze. 1 have no doubt that it
did. hasten the demise of the naturally
weakened plants, and left fewer of them
than there would have been without the
freeze hut without the freeze the crop
would have been unsatisfactory.
A few days ago I passed over a field
from which a crop of hay and seed had
been taken. The third growth for the
season was ten inches high, and as
fine a growth as ever we saw; 'such as
would lead the inexperienced to believe
that the crop next year could not fail to
be a good one, but the owner said he
would take no risk, but will plow the field
for corn. This was rich bottom land. In
the same field we passed over Emma uplan
from which the first, crop had not been cut
Although it had been an anueually favor
able season for seed development, ther
was very little seed perfected in this. Ha
tne first crop been out and 'allowed to li
on the ground to act as a mulch, retaiuin
the moisture, we believe a gobd crop o
seed from second growth would have been
the result.
Another mistake that hurts producer
in two or three way—the price paid by
mapy local buyers is the same or all grade
of seed. Some growers take advantage o
this and throw on the market filthy seed
which comes back to the farm to increas
the weed product of the iarm. In th
deal but one man is benefited, while score
may be injured. In this connection the
action .of one seed dealer in our county
seat is to be commended. All seed brough
to his store is recleaned, and the farme
paid the stipulated price for such seed.
This is as it should be.
ice. Cove
obaff,
the Whole With inobes
NervouS gorses.
in Finely bred, intelligent horses are often
Ogg very nervous. They are O,uick to .notice
ed quick to take alarm, qniek to do what
gsg steerne to them, in nu/Monts of sudden ter -
tea ror, necessary to eacape from poesible
harm from something they do not unders
ea
nis stand. That is what makes them shy,
bolt and run away. We cannot tell what
ice awful suggestions strange things offer to
their minds. aught we can tell, a sheet
of white paper in the road may seem to th
es nervous horse a yawniug chasm& the open
front of a baby carriage the jaws of a
ter dragon ready to devour him, and a man on
a bicycle some terrifying orb of a flying
110 devil without wings. But we find that
e, the moment he becomes familiar with those
ad things, or any other that affright him, and
ng knows what they are, he grows indifferent
to them. Therefore, when your horse shies
at anything, make him acquainted with it;
let him smell it, touch it with his sensitive
upper lip and lools °basely at it. Remem-
ber, too, that you must familiarize both
sides of him with the dreaded object.
Be Merciful to Your Animals.
"ts'ee'lif nattitatatese.nt at the oold
winter wind pumping water for farm ani-
ut mals that have no protection from the
weather as they huddle together at the
trough, we know of a roan that has missed
one opportunity to put a few boards to a
good use. Four poled will -answer for
posts, and old and broken pieces of boards
will answer to enclose two sides, and to
roof an enclosure about the pump that will
pitted from wind and snow in winter and
front sun and rainin summer. Four or five
poles and two or three dollars' worth of
cheap lumber will make an eftective wind
break to shield the animals as they stand at
the trough. This muoh protection will be
a great gain and will pay for the boards a
score of times before they are worn out.
If the trough is roofed, so much the better;
and it will cost only a little.
STORY OF A NECKLACE.
The Czarina Receives a Rope of Pearls
from the Shah of Persia—It Formerly
Belonged to CailierIne the Great
A despatch from London, says ;—The
young Empress of Russia at present is
occupying a great deal of "society's" time.
We have been hearing some very pretty
stories of her kind heart and benevolent
instincts, and the manner in wfiich she is
alleged to be twisting the Czar around her
fingers is described as perfectly delightful
from an English standpoint, With all her
graces and virtues, however, Alexa.ndra
Feodorovna has a woman's lode for finery
and trinkets, and she is giving evidence of
an intention of indulging it to the utmost.
She had just given a Copenhagen jeweller a
truly regal order nor a diarriond coronet and
annecklace of Oriental pearls. The coronet,
which is to be framed of Greek crosses and
worn in the Grecian knot of her hair, will
cost $240,000, and the neck lace will be
worth $340,000. Besides the rich jewels
which belong of right to the Czarina,
presents galore are pouring in upon the
young Empress. The Shah of Persia sent
her a superb pearl necklace which has quite
O history of its own. In reaching the Russian
capital, says a society tattler, this necklace
only returns to its original home. It
originally belonged to Catherine the
Great, who was so fond of it that she
used to sleep with it around her neck. But
greatly attached to it though she was,
Catherine for some reason or other gave it
to one of her two Orloff favorites,who took
it first to Germany and then to Paris with
him. In the French capital he met with
that extraordinary adventurer,St. Germain,
the magician, who went into the best circles,
was a great favourite with the King, and,
in fact, ruled the court society of the day.
This brilliant charlatan, who used to assert
that he was more than 1,800 years old, and
had known the Saviour in Jerusalem,bought
this necklace from Orloff; and sold it to the
Persian envoy. Thus it found its way to
the land of the lion and the sun, whence
it is now returned to the land of the bear.
Will We Be Shipbuilders Again?
Canada was at one time the greatest
shipbuilding country hi the world. That
a was in the clays of wooden vessels. Now
the best vessels are built of steel and
e nickel. Canada should produce these
d cheaper than any other country. An un -
e prejudiced source, The London Ecanomist,
f says; "Canada will eventually control the
shipbuilding industry, and this from a
remarkable fact of only recent realization
a It is now practically proved that steel
mixed with from 3 to 5 per cent. of nickel
8 it double the strength of ordinary steel,and
f as it does not corrode or take on barnacles,
, ships constructed of it willpossess the very
e great advantage of never requiring to be
e scraped. Moreover, as ships of nickel -steel
May safely be built much lighter than
ordinary steel ships, their engine power
and consumption of coal may be safely
t keduced Without diminution of speed, in
e short, according to this writer, such steel
seems bound to supersede the ordinary
article,and probably also all ether materials
in present use in ship construction,and this
being the case, the nation which is in a
position to proctuee this metal must noes.
amity control the shipbuilding industry,
For the present, at least, there is no con-
siderable supply of nickel outside of
Canada,which, in fact, possesses nickelifem
ous pyrites without limit, the entire bleak
region extending from Lake Superior to
Labrador 'being rich in it. It is declared
by experts that the Dominion eau supply a
million tons of the pure metal annually, if
necessary, for an indefinite period."
Packing Ise.
Select a dry piece of land as near the
well as possible, so it will be handy to wash
the ice for use; dig a cellar the desired size
—mine is ten feet by twelve feet and six
feet deep—ceil the walla with two-inch
plank, stone, or brick, so that it will not
cave; put a good roof over the top to keep
it dry, and have an open door in each gable
so as to give free circulation of air.
Now comes the most important part—the
fieor. (If the ice house has not a good
drainage the ice packed in it will be gone
about as soon as the ice in the mill pood).
Mace a two•inch by four -inch scantling
edge Wise on the bottom of the joints ; on
them place boucle with a space of two or
four inches between each board ; on top ef
thia floor place aboon four inched of strasv
when it is pressed, mid you are ready to
commence fillitig with ice. The ice should
be placed withia six or seven inchea of the
walls arid the intervening tmace filled with
chaff. Flax chaffs beat, lint if it catt not
he had finely cut, wheat chaff will d%
If a man ma his own ice he mu cut it
iri long (mhos so they will lusts& the space
deaired, arid then divide them into smaller
cakea, putting each piece so it will fit in its
proper place, If thio oannot be done the
erevicea should be well filled with Chopped.
And So It Is.
It was MI olcl-fashioned "spelling-olass ;
that is, the little girls were standing in a
tails:, spelling and a defining," and the
visitor was lotoking
"Jewel'," mid the teacher, and one little
pink-oheeked maid spelled it correctly,
and then gave the definition, "Gem."
011 that word it happened that the
teacher departed from het usual custom
"Ilow does a gem look?" she asked.
a What is a gem b"
The little girl did not knew. The entire
tilas looked punzledn Finally one lassie
• brightened, and raised her hand triton -
pliantly. When She was called on she al-
most sang oat," in the excess of her zeal:
"A little cake baken in a gem -pan l"
At least 41.44,000ma worth of British
property iii always oa the Sea.
PRE FIELD OF 001111E11,01
&nue Items of Interest to the Man of
Business.
The gold reserve in the United States
Treasury is about $77,900,000.
Canadian .Becurities in London are firm
with advances in some oases. Canada 3
per cents. are selling 99i, British Columbia
3's at 98, Montreal 3's at 86, iv1ontreal,
30 at 93, and Toronto 3n's at 94.
According to the Board of Trade returns
for 1894, British imports from Canada in-
creased during the year £489,000, or
nearly five per cents 08 mompaged with
1893. The inereases include sheep £230,000,
cheese 4100,000, eggs £17,000, ,ftah 4290,000,
and wood £350,000. The dmireases include
butter £100,000, wheat 4270,000, and
metals £4,000, Exports from Great Britain
to Canada during the mine period, comparea
with 1893, 'declined 21,300,000, or nearly
28 per cent,
• The imports , of Manitoba wheat from
Buffalo, to whinh point ooneiderable quanti-
ties'were'brOtight-d&Wn iron& Port Arthur
in bond before. the close of lake navigation,
cause considerable comment among the
trade. It is stated that action may be
taken on the part of Canadian holders of
Manitoba wheat to enforoe the payment of
15e per bushel duty on this wheat coming
fromBuffalo.
The sugar business has not increased In
volume, and both buyers and sellers appear
willing to wait. London reports indicate a
lightly weaker tone, while news front other
points is not encouraging. Willett & Gray
hate issued a statistical review of the year
making the consumption of the United
States 2,024,648 tons, against 1,905,862 the
previous year, and 1,853,370 tons in 1892.
The domestic production was 305,800 tone,
foreign cane,1,554,528 tons, and foreign beet
150,796 tons. American refiners melted
1,891,482 tons, of which the Trust handled
about 77 per cent. Independent refiners
increased their output 41 per cent. over
their production in 1893, while the Trust
lost 5 per cent. The difference in price
between raw aud refined averaged 8nc. per
pound. •
The stock of petroleum becomes more de
pleted each day in the United States, and
prime advance in proportion. The quota-
tion has reacfied $1, and an unusually
large amount of business was transacted
for this quiet market. Reports from the
field show an exceed of deliveries over runs
of nearly six million barrels during the
year 1894, against about five millions the
previous year, and a balance of over two
millions the other way in 1892. 'Net stocks
at the end of 1894 are reported about seven
million barrels, against over twelve million
a year earlier. New wells have been pushed
rapidly to meet the growing demand, and
3,756 were completed during 1894, against
less than 2,000 in 1893. Although the ex-
ports from. Nest. York for the year were
5,159,512 gallons smaller than during .the
preceding year, the totaloutward movement
from the United States was 28447,154
gallons larger than during 1893.
The wheat market closed strong on Satur-
day night in New York, and since then the
tone has been irregular, although prices
have not changed much either -way. Every
rumor from abroad caused some slight fluc-
tuation, and as the Berlin new has been
especially uncertain, the prices bobbed up
and down in sympathy. But nearly every
day the previous day's closing price was
regained before buisness ended. Thoman's
estimates were circulated on Wednesday,
and cs.used -some shifting. He puts the
amount used as fodder at less than fifty
million bushcls, which is below the general
belief. Previous predictions were between
seventy- five and one hund red million bush els,
and as these figures were not intended to
include the considerable amount of wheat
used every year in this way,the estimate
of less than fifty million bushels ia supposed
too low. Reports of vieible supply did not
show the expected decrease of over a million
for the week, which disappointed the major-
ity of traders, who were counting on still
higher' prices.
Wholesale trade at Toronto shows a
slight improvement in some lines, but
there is apparentlyslittle in the situation
that warrants any permanent appreciation.
The outlook as viewed by many is not
Without its favorable signs, but the import.
ant drawback is a lack of confidence and
the great discrimination with respect to
credits, Better things, however, are ex-
pected as a result of this general cautious
policy, but it may yet be some time before
the better state is attained, The general
stocks of merchandise are compo.ritively
small throughout the country, and mer-
chants are buying only from head -to -month.
In some oases retail merchants are taking
advantage of the discount offered for cash:
Prices as a rule are low, and it looks as if
the price of wheat is not out of proportion
when compared with many leading lines of
rnerchandise.... Money on choice collateral
is easy, with -offerings plentiful. There is
great difficultyia finding secure and profit-
ble investments, and the coming annual
statements of l, -n companies are, in conse-
quence, looked forward to with much inter-
est. lt is likely that their pronta will be
smaller for 1894 than in the past years.
The discount line at,banks is being reduced,
while the rates for prime paper is unchang-
ed at 6 to 6A- per cent.
The United States boot and ,shoe market
is unsettled, for, with increasing unanimity
tvanced prices which manufacturers demand.
uyere decline to give oniera at the ad -
Where compelled to take small lots for
immediate needs, some advance is paid,
but in no grade or quality is the desired
advance metspij orders nearly ea large as
actual, and there' seeme to be a gen will dis-
position of buyers to out down purchases
as far as they can, until tney tine whether
the advance will be maintained. At cur-
rent prices of leather, manufactures say
they cannot realize any profit, without some
advance, but the question retnainS whether
the Leather Trust is asking more than the
marhet warrants. The teat 10 the actual
demand at prices which quotations for
leather require, In wax and kid boots and
slime ordera fall off, and are extModingly
small in split and oil grain shoos especially
because Southern buyitig hes been largo
and apparently beyond Act LID41 00080mption.
In wax and grain boots and shoes orders
are few, and name of the largest Maim fedi
timers have Work only for two greeks,While
in Some qualities of beogana orders aotually
given at old prima have been cotintermand-
ed, owing to the dencient demand, while
higher prices are asked on new ordera.
Slime shops have orders until May, but
ethers enly for two or three weeks. Ship -
minus front Boston, wording to the Shoe
& Leather Reporter, were 83,575 cages
against58,010 last yeartaud 76,745 in 1893,
and shipments from 13ostoo last Year were
616,015 oases to Missouri, 535,813 to New
York, about 325,000 each to Ohio and
Pennsylvania, 285,000 to Il1inoi5,245,000 to
Tenneasee, and. 180,000 to 'Maryland, or
2,513,840 to seven states,ancl only 1,090,675
to all the rest of the country.
A NEW F001) SUPPLY.
The Cultivation of Rabbits on a Ifierafie
Scale Onrers Remarkable Advantages.
In the way of furnishing a food supply
for the future, and especially for the poor,
the rabbit industry, we are told, offers re-
markable advantages. To cheer up the
readers of Malthus, who are apprehensive
of starvatimo for the race in the dim and
distant future, writers have desoribed the
wonderful possibilities in the way of a fish
supply, and others more recently have sug-
gested the manufacture of food `by chern-
istry oat of the elements round about us
in the air, the water, and the earth, Now
manes another writer suggesting the out.
tivation of -rabbits on it large scale, and
explaining the advantages they present in
point of economy. The article runs as
folio we:
"The rabbit supplies in many ways the
requirements of the poor man's food. The
poor maa can easily raise them„ for they
are cheap to keep and their propagating
power is most extraordinary. Pennant
has calculated that one pair will in four
years time if all the young ones are kept
alive, have multiplied into 1,274,840. A
INTERIOR oP RAABBIT
female rabbit casts young ones eight times
a year: if she casts seven at the average,
she bears fifty-sixall told in a year. Let
us say she bents fifty per year and esti-
mate each at ten pounds; she produces five
hundred pounds of meat in a year. As
many poor people could get the rabbit's
food free of cost, they could practically
get a few hundred pounds of meat for
nothing. The rabbit skins are worth some-
thing, when prepared. Under various.
names twenty million rabbit skins are ex-
ported yearlytfrom Australia to London.
London alone uses every week half a mil-
lion 'rabbits, most of which .comes from
Belgium. Belgium earns yearly 50,000,000
to -60,000,000 francs [510,000,000, to 512,-
000,000] on rabbits ; France, 400,000,000
francs N80,000,0001"
The author next describes the various
breeds suitable for food, and recommends
the Norman rabbit, bred in the neighbor.
hood of Cherbourg and Rouen, as the best.
In South France and Spain they raise the
Angora rabbit, whose hair they cut fre-
quently and spin into a fabric they call
cashmir. A cross between the Angora
rabbit and. the Russian rabbit producee a
fine stock and still better hair than that of
the original Angora. Of the manner of
raising the rabbits we aro told:
"No success can be had in rabbit -raising
on it large scale unless one scrupulously
attends to the cleanliness of the animals,
their feeding by strict and regular rules,
the separation of the two sexes till they
are fully developed. . . . The rabbits can
he reared in iso.ated small pens or in large
houses, built for the purpose. But under
all circumstances the animals kept for
breeding must be isolated, the males and
females in special boxes of about one and
one-half square yards bottom surface, and
of an inside height of about one yard. . . .
The disagreeable smell so often observed
around rabbits comes from lack of clean-
liness. . . Special nests must be prepared
for the females; the males do not need them.
Our illustration shows a stable on a large
scale. . . . The natural food for rabbits is
vegetable; almost all refuse from a vege.
table store is sultablet In the spring when
green fodder is scarce, the rabbits eat car-
rots and other roots. They must never get
onione."
AQUEDUCTS LINDER RIVERS.
The Mersey Tunnel and the New Sewage
Alain ruder the Seine.
The new sewer main of Paris, which
crosses from Olichy to Asnieres underneath
the Seine, was formally dedicated rec.ently.
It is the first portion of an enormous en.
terpriae which will take away all the
sewage of Paris from the waters of the
Seine. The work was begun in 1889, and
will require fourtenn years or more to
complete. The difncalties eiacountered,
especially under the river proper, were
many and took a long time to overcome.
The river forming its bed in remote titnee,
upheaved the soil for a considerable depth.
'Crevices filled with alluvial matter, quick-
sands, calcareous rocks, conglomerates and
very hard silex were met within a few fees
of each other. The machinery employed is
similar to that used in America with great
success at the St. Clair tunnel. As quick
as the hydeaulle tunneling shield advanced
the Mtge iron rings forming the tube were
adjusted. The length of the tunnel under
the Seine is 1540 feet; its diameter, 8 feet
6 inches.
Another Idgt'y interesting subaquatic
structure is t h 4 .t..,aav tunnel', eorinecling
Liverpool with lb ie 10,660
feet long, 20 fe,-; end nearly 2 feet
high. The di- g I4 performed bya
sewer as long tai tittlitel itself, ortaing
in a •pit on either 5/t, where from the
water is railed by pampa hafing a capacity
of 6,000 gallons per min -z te. The ventilation
is very effective; a dust eonneoted with the
main tunnel by elan tin she its iea,ds to a
sarge fan Wheel above, which driabwosh all
antolte, gars, etc., on s. --enel, vshile
at the same time
Liked His Chureh.
Little Tidy—"I like (air church better
than any other,"
Fond tilother--"Bleas his heart I Why 1"
Little Boy—"We are always changing
tniiiistera, and every tithe We elian,ge: there'
Moat generally three or four Sinicays when
there isn't any ehurch."
Childroo Cry for Pitcher's Costoria)
for Infants and 'Children.
"Castor's la so well adapted to childrenthat
[recommend Inas superior,to any prescription
'Mown to lee." ?T. A..AUMIER, MA),
111 So, Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"The use of Ca.storia ' 01 so universal and
its merits so well }mown that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse ia Few are the
intelligent families who do not, keep Castoria
within easy reach,"
°Amos idaurra, D. D.,
• New TOrk City.
fate Pastor Bloomingdale ReformedChurch.
Castoria curse Calks, Condi/Wien.
Sour Stornach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
Kills Waarms, gives sleep, and promotes di.
g 'on,
Without injurious medication.
"For several years I have recOmmended
your ' Castoriat' and, shall always c,ontinue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results,"
EDWIN F. PARDEE. M. Dfl,
"The Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Ave.,
New York City.
Tart ODN'TAIni COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STROUT, NNW TONIC,
rasa:art
aa......101•1•••••••••••
OUR CHILD
y ry UNACCOUNTABLY LOSINO FLESH
REFUSING TO TAKE ITS FROD
LISTLESS AND DEBILITATED
• EgdROINIORTY
YOUTRY
SLR WONDERFULLY -
WHAT
WOULD
HE
DO?
JUST SPEND HIS FOUR QUARTERS FOR A BOTTLE Or
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS AS ALL SENSIBLE PEOOLE
DO; BECAUSE IT CURES DYSPEPSIA, GONSTIPATION,
131410USNESS, BAD BLOOD, AND AIDID DISEASES OF
THE STOMACH, LIVER, KIDNEYS AND BOWELS.
SeverePaift in Shoulder 2 Years
Cured by"The D.W.Nienthol Plaster.
•
My wire was afflicted kr two years with asevere pain under the left ghoul ier and through to the
&art ; after using many remedies without relief, she tried a "D.& L.: Menthol Plaster, it did hawed&
and owing to this rare hundreds of these plasters have been sold by me here, giving equal satisfaction.
J. H. SUTHERLAND Druggist, RIOCTJOhno
Sod Everywhere. 25c -each.
11=11111MIMMilusillif .V=1116
• ' THE PORT OF MONTREAL.
The BusinesS of the Port Was Very Un-
favourable During the Past Tear.
Last year was a depressing one for the
port of Montreal. Not only did the ton-
nage of sea -going vessels arriving at the
port fall off to the extent of over four per
cent. as aompared with the previous year
but, as is well known, the business was an-
protitableAnd companies have liquidated
or sold out. The inland or river and lake
tonnage also decreased to a still greater
extent. it must be remembered, however,
that the preitious year was a remarkably
favorable one for the port. This accounts
for the extreme contrast in the exports of
grain this year as compared with last, the
total shipments being when measured by
bushels only somewhat more than one-third
of those of last year. Our exports of butter
have fallen off one.half, too. This it a
serious matter from the point of view of
the agriculturist as well as of the shipper,
for the decrease in our butter shipments
means a like decrease in the butter produc-
tion of the country. Batter might be one of
the most profitable and economical of
products for export by Caniada. If well
made and shipped fresh and sweet, by good
transportation methods it would bring high
prices in Great Britain. The exportation
of butter robs the land of little of value ;
very much less than the exportation of any -
other product that can be named. Hay
shipments were small, as they should be ;
the export of hay is extremely uneconom-
ical ; it ought to be manufactured
into butter and cheese for export.
The shipments of cheese have been
very large; it is to be hoped that the
increase is not accounted for by American
cheese being shipped this Way, branded as
Canadian cheese. The exports of animals,
both horses and cattle, *bat especiatly
sheep, have increased greatly this year.
There has been a large increase in the ship -
wants of flour, which is the more satisfac-
tory in view of the decrease in the ship-
ments of grain. The great increase has
been in the lumber trade, which has, it ita
underatood, been fairly profitable as well as
largo this year. It is to he hoped that
next season will cihow an improvement over
the past one ; the recovered activity in the
United States should have a beneficial
effeet on Canada,
A sligtht Mistake.
He wan tying to spread himself over
three seats in a Chao atreet car when a
hustler came aloxig and seized him by the
knee rind gave him a, whirl whichtnot only
faced him about bot landed him on hands
and knees on the floor.
" W-whaz abet fue ? " stammered the
irtarf, as he picked hitriself up.
"X wanted a seat here," was the reply,
" Shay," said the first alt a quiet arnile
stole over his face, ''X'ott thought I wash
soldeep, you?"
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CONVICTED BY MUTES' TESTIMONY.
Justleo Maellahou Inflicts Another Heavy
Sentence Upon a Pickpocket at the
Assize Ilibart.
A despatch from Toronto says:—The
stern justice which Judge MacMahon is
meeting out in the Assize Court to men
whose records tell of their determination
to live by the proceeds of crime was the
subject of very favorable comment in police
and detective circles on Taesday. William
Blake, wha was tried on a' Marge of pick-
ing the pocket of Miss Phenix,a deaf mute,
was found guilty at the Assizes.
The evidence of Miss Phenix and also of
her escort, William Green, who is also a.
deaf mute, was given in the language of
their class, and interpreted to the mart by
Miss Green, a sister of the male witness.
The process was somewhat long but was full
of interest tO those in the court room.
Blake, who is 60 years of age, hay.
ing served three terms previously,askecl for
mercy for the sake of his aged and almost
helpless wife. He said he had served 13
years in Her Majesty's army, and was an
honest man until five years ago, when hi
was driven to crime by drink and poverty.
The wife was in the court room,and created
A sensation by interspersing her huahand's
words with hysterical pleadings. Pass-
ing a sentence of five yeara upon the
prisoner, His Lordship drew attention
to the increase in the crime of popket-
picking from 23 in 1893 to 14 n 1894,
and exptelsed a determination to pass
sentences which would have a deterrent
effect.
The Machinery of Warships.
The mato features of the engineering ol
the new shipthat England ie putting afloat
as the result of her recent naval scare may
• be brietly summed up. It is not found
advantageous to carry the steam above 155,
poundit pressure per square inch. This is
the limit of preasutie carried.ist the present
time in theroyal navy in eylindriotil boilers,
but is exceeded in other types, It is found
that the limit of pressure for the water -
tank type of boiler has bon reached, and.
anything beyond this loads to leakage and
general lowerieg of boiling efficiency. Till
machinery of all these new draft built under
the royal defense aot, is arranged: in six
Water -tight compartments, All the engines,
aro twin serews, and the twin ()lighten are
ranged abreast, while the boilers are etoked
athwartehip. In seine recent loog-distance
emitters the coal consumed, With inchiced
dratighl,, itariect from J,81 pounds to 2,23.
pounds per itidicated horee-power per
hour.
Miss Aona Parker, of ,Wilkeribarre, Pa,,
Walked six inflect through two feet of most
tit Persona, where she was to be married to.
Samuel Collenbaok. Sho borrowed a dry
getvo and went to the church with hes
lover and was married.