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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1895-2-21, Page 4THE EXPB?',11 T1 ME 8, \ The Nioisons Bank j ' wh ch in 1878.was ins °iced at 22 cents a gallon, was Imported last year (MtAlsreisitasp By ,p.euradatENT, iese) cents per gallon. Tbese are fad,' that iPticianp Capital - 02,000,000 Rest Mut 1.000,400 Head. Office, litoutreal. WOLFRat STAN THOMAS,Esee • Waimea, 4NAGE1 Money advanced to good farmers ea their Own nate with one or more endorser at 7 per cent. poi annum, ' Exeter Breech. Orien every lawfraalay, from eau, to p.m SATURDAYS, 10 eau, to 1 p.m. faurreat mace of interest allowed an deposit E. Manager. Estabiisned in 877 s. olgrax,„ • BANKER, EXtTER, ONT Transacts a genereabankingbueineee. Receivoe the Account' of Merehants and Others on favorable terms. Offers every secommodation eensistent with safe and conservative banking principles. Intereet allowed on dopes] ts. Drafts issued payable at any office o the Merchants Bank. NOTES DISCOUNTED, and lVforrarro Loma ow Norm and MORTGAGES. THURSDAY. FEBRUAHY 21, 1895. The N Benefit to the Farmer. It is sometimes advanced by the op- ponents of the Dominion Government land its Canadian policy of protection that the farmer is not. benefited there- by, but a contemporary points out that the claim that the National Policy is a help to the farming community is based on thiee grounds: First, that it re- duces the outside competition ; second- ly, by building up industrialinstitutione in cities it enlarges the home • market for clanadian farm produce and thirdlY, that it lielpe the experttrate; The truth of these contentions is proven from the official trade and nay- sgation returns of Canada. In 1878, the last year of a free trade tariff in Canada, the net quantity of oats imported for eonsum tenon was 2,071,513 bushels, of the value of $565,141, while in 1893 the importation forconsumption was only 44,264 bushels, of the value of $19,886. The Canadian farmers had under the protective systemthe benefit not only of a larger market at home,but of relief from the depression in pricesto which the open competition with American oats exposed them. In the item of wheat and wheat flour' the figures are not less striking. In1878 there were 1,519,703 bushels of Ameri- can wheat and 311.706 barrels of Amerieen flour consumed in the Do- minion, as compared with a consumpt- ion of 9,969 bushels and 34,507 barrels in the last fiscal year, and so on throughout the list, the figures in de- tail of imports from the United States for consumption being :- 1878 1893 Oats, bush... , . 2,071,513 44,264 Rye, bush 110,228 362 Corn, bush. -3,400,562 2,931,375 Wheat; bush ... 1,519,703 9,069 Flour, bbls 311,706 34,507 Cornmeal, bbls... 226,572 65,495 Lard, lbs 2,345,807 146,885 Bacon&hams lbs2,825,109 670,135 Pork, lbs 10,248,e20 3,862,546 Nor is the full measure of the gain to Canadian farmers from the protect- ive system by.any moans exhibited in the foregoing statistics. Since 1878 the urban population of the Dominion has increased by 850,000, and the mar- ket ior provisions and breadstuffs - thus created has been supplied wholly by the agriculturists of Canada, who were able, moreover, to export surplus -pro- ducts to the value of 03,786,000 in 1893 as compared with an export of only $32,028,690 in 1878. The farmers were benefited to the extent of the annual difference between these two amounts, duringthe operat- ion of the National Policy. It is true the prices of wheat have declined in the same period, but not out of pro. portion with other articles of daily con- sumption. Sugar, for instance, used to retail at lio. to 12e. per lb in 1878, under a revenue tariff. In 1805, under a protective tariff, the same quality sells at retail at 30. to 3/c. per lb. And if prices of wheat have gone dawn, prices of other articles of agri- cultural production have gone up. Taking the returns of the custom houses, it is found that the average price of the following articles sent abroad has increased as follows 1878. 1893 Sheep, per head ....$ 2 90 $ 8 46 Horses, per head.... 89 93 110 50 Cattle, per head 38 50i 72 50 Swine, per head 7 26 9 87 Butter, per pound18. 184 Cheese, per pound10} 16 Bacon, per pound 8 101 Pork, per pound 6} i Barley, per bushel59 30 Oats, per bushel 41 35 Peas, per bushel 811 75 Wheat, per bushel— . 1 22 1 23 Beans, pe i bushel.... 1 06 1 28 Hay, per ton ...... 0 50 0 50 Potatoes, per bushel 34 38 Eggs, per cloz 121? 121 An examination of these figures will convince the most skeptical that the income of the farmers has nob decreased since 1878, upon the whole oe tout of ' the farm, and it will also incalcate the lessen that in mixed farming the larg- est profits are to be reaped On the other hand, the expenditure of the agricultural °lass, that is to say the cost of living, was never before so low as now. Agricultural unplereents, hinder twine, linnber, cotten, vrollens, and clothiog of all kinds, range in price from 25 to 50 per cent, less then in 1878, svliite tee and sugar are loWer by more than 50 per eent., and coal oil, tell theirown tale. Agricultare in many sections will soon be prostrated by the indolence of the hired man, tales idles away the eglorious days when his esteemed ant- ployers are busy raising two -rowed ob- jections to the Ontario Governineut policy, and improving /Ylowat's thoroughbred stook of stattatea. x x "Weuld you really like free trader" a Liberal who WI just heard M. Laurier was asked. "Indeed I would," came the reply; "nothing would please me better than to get into the Buffalo market:" "But free trade does not mean the opening of the Buffalo mar- ket to you," What does it mean, then?" d'Ib means that we shall open our market to the Amerioans, and that the American market shall •remain closed against us." "Well, if that's it, I would -rather remain as 1 am." -Ex. x x The question of municipal insurance is being agitated all over the country and a bilI will be introduced at the next session of the legislature empowering municipalities under certain conditions to do their own insuring. Mr. Dray- ton in explaining the bill before the Hamilton Finance Committee made the astounding statement that Toronto had paid out annually for the past eight years. $500,000, while the actual fire loss paid by insurance companies aver- aged only $272,000. a profit to the companies of $2,280,000. The object of the bill was to give municipalities the power, if they so desired, to estab- lish a municipal insurence bureau. Three commissioners would have to be appointed -two by the city council and one by the board of trade -to look over the bureau. They would have a manager and secretary. All property owners would be insured in the bureau, the premiuxim to be levied the same as the taxes; but thercbuld also insure in companies if they so desired. The idea was to let the insurance run out the firat year, and then collect the prem- iums. This would•give the bureau a fund, or a guarantee fund could be rais- ed by debentures. In the bureau the property would be insured up to two thirds of its &seesaw& value. Dominion revenue and expenditure are fruitful sources of discussion on the public platform, and rightly so, for the finances of the country, no matter who may happen to be in power, cannot be too closely watched. One criticism offered- with respect to these topics is that the outlays have grown very large- ly. That there has been an increase it is idle to deny. But it is well to con- sider, Brat, how these increases are brought about, and secondly, what remedy the critics have to offer. An important factor in the growth of the public expenditure was the opening up of the North-West. We have spent a great deal in equpping that country, and we -make annual grants towards its protection and government. That we are getting our money back as rapidly ae we are ievesting it is a point that can be determined only by calculation; but certainly the Customs, excise, forest, mine, and land revenues help to balance the account. We took hold of a terri- tory that was lying waste, and turned it into a fit place for habitation. Its occupation certainly takes cash out of the treasury. The announcement is frequently made that the expenditure can be reduced. No doubt cuts can be effected, and no doubt they will be effected. Already the Government has commenced to level down the outlay upon the moun ted police, and in recent years it has made reductions in the military staff expenditure. During the session of 1893 it turned the superan nuetion system inside out, clad in- troduced a plan whereby the pensions shall be paid entirely by the civil service, and not at all by the public. It has also done what Mr. Mackenzie tried in vain to do ; it has made the Government railways pay their way. That Sir Richard. Cartwright could do better, or even as well, there is some reason to doubt. In the firat place, wore he in office, he would necessarily be influenced by that powferful wing of his party which in four years added twenty-five per cent, to the expenditure of Quebec, and forty per cent to the debt. It is a painful fact that in all the provinces ruled by the friends of the Dominion lAberals the finanees have been brought into a bad etate. Quebec is only an example. There, as we all know, extravagance was supplemqpted by stealing. In Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the Legislatures are now in session, and the budgets have been presented. Between 1882 arid 1893, it appeara the Nova Scotia delit has been increased trom $98,000 to $3,142,000. In other words, it has been multiplied by thirty. If the Dominion debt had increased at the same rate, it would stand to day at $4,500,000,000 instead of $250,000,000. The provincial expenditures have one up between 1882 and 1803 from $569,000 to $822,- 000. In New Brunswick the story is much the seine, The debt has risen from $1,228,000 in 1832 to $2,752,000 in 1803,- while tho expenditure has swollen considerably. But the greater stride has been taken by the Liberal Government in Manitoba. Under its auspiessat debt of $108,000 in 1882 has grownto $4,398,000 fn 1893, and an an- nual expenditure of $232,000 in the former year has become $1,020,000 in the latter. These vast increases, which have not been. accompanied by any growth of territory, are calculated to suggest that if the financial methods practised in the provinces should be once introdueecl at Ottawa, we shall speedily he taxed to death. Conant, WITH Tame Seale. Genex.aierra-I was covered with liver spots all oyer my back and cheat, t took three bottles of your Burdock Bleed Bit- ters arid nowt am perfectly, cured of La er CoMplaint. 1 min truly eay 1 think 13, D. D. the best medicine ever discovel ed. STUDaN.T8 ON STRIKB. Elie Trouble atVaiaity Assuming. a Sera ions Aspect. TOUONTO, Feb, 19.-1he trouble between the students of the University and the senate authorities, which lut.s been sins, merlins, for some time, and which reached a climax on the dismissal of Professor Dale last week by the Ontario Government, is becoming ORO of unusual importance. The students qf the University have in- stituted a boycott, and positively refuse to attend. the lectures until such time as they consider their rights have beau fully re- cognized. Of the 700 students registered only five were in attendance at lectures yesterday. There never was so much excitement in University halls. .A lerg,e number of stu- dents were in the lobbies, anxiously dis- cussing the situation and the probabili- ties. One thing seems certain, and that is that those who are attending lectures will not have many additions to their numbers. They are looked on with scorn and are called by the name of traitors. No ono cares to emulate them or follow their ex- ample. There was but one man at a lee. ture between 9 and 10 o clock and he was a freshman' in pass mathematics. Two men will attend lectures in third year claseics. One man will go to the classical lectures, one to fourth yeer moderns and one to third year moderns. The striae:its are making no effort to forcibly prevent students from attending. lectures. A number of occasional students, ladies from the city, who take Englisk lectures from Prof. Alexander, evidently not un- derstanding the signs of the times, were present at Prof. Alexander's lecture. All the professors are in attendauce, and wait for a short time for students, and when none put in appearance, adjourn the meet- ing. The president is iu the building, hut has done nothing, and has not even put in an appearance, but remains quietly ia his own room. Prof. Hutton is endeavoring to have the Classicel Association meet and disclaim their pert in the boycott. Only two of the entire four ye ars,wi th about fifty students, favor such an action. There is not the slightest sign of the students weakening, and from the encouragement they received yesterday they will keep up the fight with greater zeal. TOTTENHAM'S TRAGEDY. Vernier Newbury, Aged 15. Shot His Wife. Niece and Subsided. -Turmas:on Ont. Feb. 18. -Robert New- bury, a retired farmer, on Saturday shot his wife ana her niece and then blew out his own brains. The wife is dead, lout the niece willareeorde , : a.- Newbriry was a man of 75. The mur- dered woman was hie second wife, and his junior by thirty yes rs. For some time past he has been in ill -health, and at times melancholic. Ou Saturday he seemed ab sorbed and depressed, and followed his wife around as she went about her house- hold duties. Mrs. Newbury was arrang- ing clothes in a bedroom bureau when Newbury entered the room and took deli- berate aim and shother. The ball entered the back of the head, ploughed through the brain, passed out of the forehead and embedded. itielf in the wall. The woman must have dropped to the floor dead 'in- stantly. His niece, alarmed at the shot, went to see what was the matter. Newbury met her, and seeing the revolver in his hand, the girl ran into the garden. Newbury followed; the girl turned and piteously pleaded with the D.OW thoroughly crazed man not to kill her. Tears and plaintive entreaties bad no effect, and the wife -mur- derer put a ball into his niece's body. The shot took effect in the lip, embedding itself against the jaw bone. Newbury then re-entered the house,clos- ed the door, then placing the revolver to his temple,, New out his brains. He was found a minute later by neighbors, who had heard the shooting; he was then alive, but expired within half an hour. The tragedy was evidently premeditated, for on Friday evening Newbury had given his watch to a friend, with instructions to keep it until he would call for it. The murder would have been committed at an earlier hour had not a neighbor called on Mrs. Newbury after breakfast, and re- mained until a few minutes prior to the shooting. The niece was attended by Drs. Wright and Campbell, and unless blood poisoning sets in no fears of her life are entertained. TOTTENRAM, Ont., Feb. 20. -The inquest on the death of Mss. Newbury was con- cluded yesterday and the jury in a few minutes returned the verdict that Mrs. Newbury had come to her death by a bul- let from a revolver in the hands of her husband, Robert Newbury. The little girl is doing well. BALFOUR FOR SPEAKER. The Popular South Essex Man to Wield the Gavel -The New Legislature. TORONTO, Feb. 20.-W. D. Balfour, the Radical from South Essex will be the Speaker of the new Legislalure, the first, session of which will be opened on Thurs- day. The selection will be universally approved. Personally Mr. Balfour is popular with the Conservatives; his long and able service has endeared him to the Liberals; his radicalism has won the ad- miration of the Patrons, and, his position as publisher of one of the best weeklies in the province, coupled with his well-known geniality, will endear him to the press gallery. The new Legislature will be an inter- esting body. The presence of a consider- able third party, for the first time in the history of Ontario politics, will make it unique. There will, too, be widespread curiosty to see how the new factor in provincial legislation will comport itself, especially in view of the imminence of the Federal elections in which that party is vitally interested. Starving in Chicago. CHICAGO, bleb. 20. -According to it re- port made by the Outdoor Relief Commit- tee of the County Board there are 150,000 persons in Chicago who require assistance to avoid starvation ; 50,000 persons have already been supported at their homes at public expense. Marty are said to be in- dustrious parsons who have been out of employment until their credit and re- sources are exhausted. Many more are in danger of being evicted from their homes. iIe Came to Canada. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb, 20, -It was learn- ed to -day that Chief A. B. Hunt, of the fire department, who disappeared a few days ago, has gone to the home of his father in Bradshaw, Ont, Hunt was un- der indictment for having produced nat- uralization papers fraudelently, MOMS ARE NOW 0 'Voters' Lists Are Being RapidlY Pushed Through. ACTIVITY AT THE CAPITAL • Everybody'e* ceek Sure the Elections are at Hand -.ministers significent Tauc --Printers are Itusbecl-Vorma, Oen of a routica1 club -Otteara Notes. OTTAwA, Feb. 20. -At a meeting of Liberals in the hall oaf the Reform Club on Elgin street it was decided, to form a Young Liberal Assooiation in the eity. The idea of forming a Young Men's Liberal Association has been talked of for mime time past. A number of young men of Liberal ideas, but so far not couneoted witb any political association, have been approaching members of the Executive of the Reform Association and members of the Reform Club asking them to call a meeting for the purpose of organizing such a body, or rather bringing into life again the old association of this name which existed here some years ago. The following are the members of , the committee appointed to make the neces- sary arrangements for the organization of a Young Men's Liberal Assooiation : F. H. Christer, Frank Hannurn, D. H. Mac- Lean, • W. H. Barry, 'D. 13..Rochester, J. B. Reid, and A. W. Eraser. An evening paper says of dissolution The announcement of dissolution may not be made uutil after the hearing of the Manitoba school Case, or it may be any day, but the generallelief now is that it is certain.. to come before a session of Parliament. The activity in Ministerial circles goes to show that the elections are on and that it will be the unexpected that will happen tf there is a session before dissolution. Hon, A. R. Angers, for instance, has gone to Quebec to look into the political situa- tion there. Hon, J. C. Patterson is in Toronto on business of a similar character. Hon, J. A. Oulinee, Hon. Dr. Montague and Hon. John F. Wood were at East- man's Springs last night, and they did not fail to tell tbe electors there that the political fight was on. Meetings have been arranged for in Western Ontario, and the Ministers have been billed to speak there. One of these meetings takes place in Collingwood this week. In au- - dal circles the, indications all point to a general election. Another sin of an election being on is fouudin the way that the voters' lists are being rushed through. It is said that almost the whole staff of printers was to -day put to work on the lists. Everything, therefore, points to a dissolution. Temperance Candidate. WOODSTOCH, Feb. 20. -At the temper- ance convexities). yesteiday John D. Ross, of Embro, was nominated to eontest :Korth 1 otions lie bitaa riot yet accepted. Oxford in the Domi nieri e e ENTHUSIASTIC PROHIBITIONISTS. Gather at Woodstciek and Call for Straight Prohibition Voting. WOODSTOCK, Feb. 20. -The town hall of Woodstock would not hold the immense audience that gathered for the prohibition mass meeting last evening. It was a union public 'meeting of the annual convention of Royal Templars and of the Oxford County Prohibition Association, the mem- bers of which Werei fresh from the conven- tion which nomieated independent prohi• bition candidates for North and South Ox- ford. The enthusiasm was intense and rounds after rounds of applause greeted the spicy speeches and the delightful say- ings. Mr. MacKay, manager of the James Hay Company (Liiinited), presided. Greetings to tho Royal Templars were presented by Mayor Cole, the W. C. T. U., and by Rev. D. MacKay and were respond- ed to by Rev. W. Kettlewell, of Paris. Songs were given by the Crusaders and the Emeralda, two noted Royal Templar revival bands. Principal Austin, of Alma Ladies College, St. Thomas, and W. W. Buchanan, of the Templar, Hamilton, made the addresses of the evening. Principal Austin stated that he was not a pessimist but he was almost weary of the patience of some prohibitionists who in this quality would outrival Job. For his part, he wanted to arouse the con- science of the people that they would leave their old political parties for the supreme issue of prohibition, before the political leaders could count on prohibi- tion votes. Prohibitionists must teach them them that they would leave and kill the old political parties if necessary for this cause. The politicians must be taught that they would receive a, quid pro que for the loss of the liquor support. THE MIDLAND DISASTER. , Station Agent We'ighill Has His Pre- liminary Hearing. TORONTO, Feb. 20. -On the charge of causing the death of John Rigg, the engine driver in the recent Midland rail- way wreck, Albert Weighill is having his preliminary examination before Squire Wingfield. Weighill, it will be remem- bered, was adjudged guilty of negligence by the coroner's jury and arrested on a charge of manslaughter. New Charge Against Verral. TORONTO, Feb. 20.-Ex-Ald. J. E. Verret was yesterday arraigned in the police court on the second charge of consenting to accept from Otto E. C. Guelch,$15,000 as an induceraent to him and other members of the city council tervote against it certain resolution. Much against the wish of the defence theacase was adjourned until Mon- day. The Present information differs from the previous one, which charged Verral in conjunction with Hewitt of counselling Guelch to offer the bribe. Counterfeiter sent for Trial. INGERSOLL, Ont., Feb. SO. -John Palmer and Adam Ross, who were arrested here it feNv days ago for making counterfeit money, were tried in the Council chamber yesterday. F. R. Ball, Q.C., of Wood- stock, appeared for the „Crown, and J. B. Jackson for the defendant. After hear- ing a number of. witnesses Ross was dis- charged, there not being sufficient evi- dence to convict him, and Palmer sent up for trial at the spring assizes. iltudge's murderer captured. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. SO. -James B. Gentry, the actor who shot and killed Madge Yorke, the actress, in this city Sunday evening, wake:wrested by a police- man. last night at 88rd street and Col- umbia. avenue. • A. Railway "soaked.), Toitoano, Feb. 20. -The jury in F. j• Dixon's suit against the Mimieo Electric Itaihvay gave him $1,000 damages for in- juries receivedby being thrown from it car last Civic Holiday. The trial of the West Mebane election petition against the rebore of Mr. W. II. Reid, M. PP., comes off on Monday, Feb. 18. TOMOS OF A WEEK. Tlie Elopertaoln t. Euyit vsenteoliidet0.a.7ew Words r Aforden lost two hotels and a number of stores by fire ou Saturday. The report that ex -Detective Fahey is to tbocarue4letlatsioeud. from penitentiary' is without The Lake Erie & Detroit River Railroad "rnecl on 13' ridaY'. witib bwo freight cars. Fr sucis Pigeon, limb his death at Wisa uer's la Prescott on ISIonday by falling into it tub of water, La Gascogne, the long missing steamer, arrived safely at New York on Monday, Her machinery was oat of order: IL M. S. Rambler will be added to the North Amerleria squadron this year. She is it thIrd-class gunboat. Mrs, Janaes Thompson of .Camille was fatally hurt by it bullet from it rifle in the hands of the hired man on Saturday. The Good Roads Convention was brought to a close on Friday after itnum- ber of important resolutions had heen passed, It is understood that Mr. Theodore Davie, the Premier of British Columbia, arlilt ltl.sporoorNillbwe.eappointed Chief justice of t . Orange trees in Florida are probably dnsItiiirci:in ygoectl,ii.i ittsf ltsi,o.et. alli0vegetable crops and half it strawberriea just be- , . • New Zealand lins sot apart two islands for the preservation of its remarkable wild birds and other animals. All. huuting and trapping are forbidden thereon. Mr. Wm.. McKenzie, a farmer- residing on con. 4, East Williams, was struck by a G. T. IS train and killed on Monday on the track between Lateen Crossing and - Ailsa Craig. Mrs. Dean of Chatham tried to throw herself one of an upper winclew on Mon- day when she heard that her . sou George was sentenced to three years in Kingston Peniteu tiary. • - • The Public School of ,Ridgeway has been -closed on account of the preyalence of a virulent form of diphtheria. Typhoid fever is also rampant, and a number of deaths have occurred. . • Miss Anna Gould, the youngest sister of George Gould is engaged to'Count de Cas•• tellane of Paris, and the Wedding will take place in New York some timeqn the spring. At a fuaeral in Quebec the hearse got stuck in the snow and could not be moved. The horses were unhitched and the hearse with the body therein left standing in the road until next morning. The effects of the cold weather and bliz- zard in Great Britain have been severely felt, Many deaths are reported in the midlands, and live stock and game of all kinds have perished in numbers. Mrs. Nellie W. Pope was arraigned in the police court at Detroit on Thursday on the charge of murdering her husband, Dr. Horace E. Pope. She pleaded not guilty and her examination was set for Feb. 21, Mr. Samuel Lenore of Russell County became impaled while chopping in the woods on Saturday. He lifted himself by a branch above his head, but after walk- ing home in dreadful agony died from his injuries. A telephone war is reported in Niles, lVfich. The new telephone system, the , Gilliland, gives service for $20 a year. Now the old Bell Telephone Company announ- ces that old subscribers can haye tele- phones fornothing. Wheia asked as to the chances of the polling bills. or bankruptcy legislation, United States Senator Hawley said: "The ten commandments could not pass the Senate now, and nothing will go through but the appropriation bills." An amendment by Mr. Jeffreys calling upon the Government to take some action regarding the prevailing industrial dis- tress was voted down in the British House ofCommons by twelve votes on Friday, the Government majority without the Parnellites. The first annual convention of the Good Roads Association of Ontario, held on Thursday at Toronto, was it pronounced success. His Honor Lieut. -Governor Kirk- patrick, Mr. A. F. Wood, ex-M.P.P., and Mr. John Dryden,Minister of Agriculture, were among the speakers. Storms, accompanied by heavy snow- falls, prevailed generally on Friday throughout Canada. There were also high winds along the Atlantic coast, and in many parts of the United States rail- way traffic was generally interrupted, and many marine accidents are reported. At San Francisco an attempt was made on Sunday to kill I. W. Hellman, presi- dent of the Nevada Bank. William Hol- land fired two shots at the banker near his residence on California street and then shot himself. He is mortally wounded. The shots fired at Mr. Hellman went wide of the mark. A meeting of the business men of Port Hope was held on Monday in response to a call from the Mayor for a public meeting to consider the Trinity College School fire. Resolutions offering assistance were passed and the Council was recommended to make a grant of $1,000 towards the rent of a temporary building for school purposes. At Pittsburg on Friday an electric car became unmanageable while descending the Wood's Run Hill. The motorman and conductor jumped from the car, leaving the occupants to their fate. The car plunged down the steep grade, jumped the track, and struck against the end of the bridge which spans Wood's Run, 150 feet below. Three of the passen`gera were bad ly injured. The Brooklyn Grand Jury on Friday handed in a batch of Indictments against men. who cut the trolley wires, obstructed tracks, threw bricks and committed other acts to interfere with the running of cars. - The charge against them ismalicious in- terference with the running of cars. This is felony. Miss May McDonald, 'eighteen years old, the leader of a mob on Fifth avenue, was also indicted. • At Friday's session of the convention of St. Andrew's Brotherhood of Canada, at Woodstock, Ont., Canon Du -Moulin, of Toronto, delivered an eloquent acldress,in which he said that woman had forsaken the vocation God had given her in being the keen and constant competitor of man. He said that this wonerful evolution was unscriptural, and that sooner or later it must totter to its fall. The time was not tar distant when woman would be de- posed from the throne she had usurped, and be driven beak to her own domestic do- mains. Jt Canadian's Death in BUFFALo, Feb, 10, --Albert Loftus, aged 55; a Canadian for some dine resident of Buffalo, staggeted hit° it ten cent lodging house, paid for his bed and went to sleep. Ile was fennel. dead In bed next niorning and the coroner made it certificate of death for alcoholiem, WELL AND STYLISHLY CLOTHED IN THE HA.11D TIMES, Thousands of women in Canada with very limited means have found the swill of dressing well and stylishly in their homes and for the streets. These fortunate women have found out that, by spending ten cents for it Package of one of the fashionable °eters of Diam. ond Dyes, they oan re-oolor an old and faded dream and make II look like a new production. A lady reeently Unformed us that she had not purohaiied new dress materiat for a dress in three years, This same lady is always neatly and prettily dressed, become she uses, Diamond Dyes. She has several old dresses and dyes each one twice a year, and produces as good colors with Diamond Dyettato can be found in new gooda It in wonderful, Indeed, the saving in dollars that can be effected by a judicious use of Diamond Dyes. Centralia. BRIEMI.-Messrs.:Joseph Sheldon, of St. Marys, and J. Horn, of Usborne, were gueete of Mr, R. Horn of the Dufferin House on Sunday. -An in- fant of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Handford, died last week, -The roads are still in a rough state. -Miss Hodgins, of Clandeboye, is visiting Miss Violet Hodgins. -Mrs Walter Hill is very low, and her sons in the United States have been summoned to her bedside. -A large quantity of basswood logs have been delivered at the station, to be shipped to the English marlget . for broom handles. -Mr George Young and Letitia Baldwin, of McGillivisy, were united in the bends of matri- mony at the parsonage on Wednesday of last week ty Rev W 11 Butt. -The church was crowded on Sunday even. ing with an interested congregation who went to hear the pastor preach on • the subject of "Spiritualistu."-At the official board meeting On Saturday evening Rev W H Butt was unani- mously invited to return to this charge for the third year. -The Missionary meeting which waspostponed owing to the late storm, is announced to be held on Sunday next, • when 'Robt Holmes, Esq., editor of the New Era and Meyer of Clinton, will preach in the Morning and addreas the platform meeting in the evening. -The officers of the fl T of T were •installed,: last Friday evening by Past Councillor Davis. - The Women'? Missionary Society and the Epworth League will hold a union meeting on Tuesday evening when Mrs Ceyler, a late missionary on the Pacific Coast will deliver an address on mission work. -- Mr Jas Delgaty attended a meeting of the executive committee • m Clinton on Saturday, when arrangements were made for the Public School Teachers" Conyention to be held in 1VTay.-Eclgar Pym who has been at Belle Biver, is home on a visit. -Four of Sodom's R l' of T's are to meet four R T ot T's here a week from Friday evening and debate the question, "Who have ex- erted a more beneficial influence in Society; men or Icemen ?" A very profitable discussion is expected as there are sonic) able debaters on both sides of the question. ' (Too late for last week) BRTEFS . -Mrs. Hill is still quite ill. -Mr. Winer is also very 111, -Mr. Kennedy, of Eden, near Tilsonburg, is visiting his ,daughter, Mrs. Walter Fero. - Mr. Wm. Haggith, who attended the S. S. Convention at Crediton last week as a delegate gave a very interesting report of the pro- ceedings to the Sunday School' on Sunday last.- Between fifty and sixty persons attended theEpworth League prayer meeting on Tuesday evening, which was led by Misses Martha Hill and Mary Handford, -The missionary meeting which was to have been held last Sunday, has been postponed for two weeks owing to the severe storm of last week which blockaded the roads, so that not a single rig was seen in the church shed. The even- ing congregation however, was large, the people tramping across fields and over .now banks as if they enjoyed the fun .-John Barry and sister who live about a mile south of the village, had their home destroyed by fire on Thursday evening last between nine and ten o'clock. The fire originated in the wood shed and spread with great rapidity .until the whole struct- ure was consumed. The greater part of the furniture however was saved, but it was an awful night to be driven out of house and home by the fiery element. They found shelter for the night at Jas. Oke's, their nearest neighbor. -Mr. Eph. Butt, of Clinton, is visiting his brother, Rev, W. H. Butt. Sale Register. -- Thursde.y, Feby: 28, --Farm Stock, m- plemente, etc., the property of Thos Hazlewood, lot, 11, con, 11, Ueborno, Sale at one o'clock. Trios. CAMERON Amy Friday, March let. farm stock, the property of Samuel Madge, lot 18, con 6, Usborne. No reserve. Sale at 1 o'clock.' Taos. Camencee Aut. RADICAL ORANGES. ---- IIAVE TAKEN PLACE IN MEDICAL PiA0- TIOE DURING TILE Pan Paw YEARS. Ilamxisroe, Feby, 18-A radical change has taken place in the peat few years in medical practice, Large nauseous doses are no longer the rul' e the concentreted form of tablets and pills which are more easily taken by the patient. This feet, more than anything else, caused the me of the pill form of that sterling remedy, Dodd'e Kidney Pille. These pills are sugar-coated, easily carried sheet and easily taken. They require no eloohol to preserve them as a livid remedy would, and for this reason are preferable to liquid renfedies. Another important feature of these pills is that they have never set failed to cure any form of kidney disease. Mr, Peter Mahon, of Aberfoyle, a prominent farmer and Patron, was seri- ously injured by the upsetting of a load f hay which he and hie son were on nett the homestead. Mr. Mahon alighted cla hie head tied injured his spine, f'eralyslie has aet X. DO. is a tier& prolucer; thiu peoi le ehould ese It. Stock Taking. Our reputation is at stake, the - fulfilment of our word is of more value than the goods we advertise, - therefore we do nut promise to - give you two dollars -worth for.one, but we wi1lseI1 you for cash any winter goods left over—at cost price. There are other lines that depreciate in value and 'will be sold accordingly. To MY CUSTOMERS AND OTHERS : If you want winter Caps, Cloth.. Farr, Collarettes, Muffs, GloYes, and heavy underwear; Overcoats, Blankets, or any line as above in- dicated, Come along. To THE LADIES: We have for your inspection to - arrive in a few days, I think, the largest selection of dress laces, in Valencines, Torchins, Yack`o, - Olunys, pure linen Torchins, Bleat Silk laces and Gimps, plain and beaded Gimps, colored dress trim- mings, gold and silver Gimps, "Choice Designs,"—Our Prints are . as heretofore, choice patterns, and good values. 3' P. CLARKE. Bnglish• Physic' ian from tho Tight Littit HE 18 -PLEASED WITH' CANADA. Talks about Canadian People. He Says we have too. Many Pale and Hal/ - Dead Women. His experience with. Psine's Celery Com- pound. Thinks it is the Right Medicine. for building up Weak and Sickly Girls and Women, In the early part of January an Englieir physician of high standing and considera,ble- wealth, visited the prinoipal cities and towns of Canada, after a tour in the United - Stake. H ewas exceedingly well pleased with what he saw of the Dominion, and allsoke in glowing terms of the good -nature and hospitality Of our pe•ople. When asked what he thought of Canad- ians from a physiological point of view, he replied: - "Ten as a whole you have a fine, sturdy population; but there is room for improvement. You have'splendid specimens - of manhood; your women generally look healthy and vigorous, but you have too many who are pale, listless and half dead looking, such as I haye met in the United Stateka. ,o, yen! I know something about - Paine's Celery Compound; I have used it occasionally myself, and know of its being used in'England. I have recommended it to pale,. weak and run-down women and girls in England, and it has produeed very • satisfactory and pleasing results. From what I know of the formula of Paine's Celery Compound, I haye no hesitation, as a physic:dam in prescribing it in cases of general debility, dyspepsia, nervous. affeotions, kidney and liver complansolf: and general weakness. 31 "Your pale weak and half-dead women and girls have a true lite -building agent in Paine's Celery Compon nd, There is no other preparation I know of that is so well adapted for the troubles of weak females. „Impleased to know that Paine's Celery Compound is so popular in your midst: it really deserves every lino of praise now receiyed from the public.” Body Rested, Mind at Ease. That is what it is when travelling on the fast trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railwey; besides . there is no change to "kick," for the accommodations/. are up to date, the trains keep moving right along and get there on time. These - lie es thoroughly cover the territory between. Chicago, La Crosse, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Aberdeen, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Sioux City. Yankton, uouncil Bluffs, Omaha and Northern Michigan, All the principal. cities and towns in that torritory ate readied by the sat. Paul" lines, connect - bre at St, Pual, Council Bluffs toad Omens with all lines for pints in the fee weet. Write to A. J. Taylor, Canadiaft Paarenger. Agent, 87 York Street, Toronto, Ont.. for one of their new map time tables and a bream e giving a description of the Compartment Sleeplog Care, Tickets' furnished by any eoupon ticket agent in the United States and Canada. The finest dining oars in the worth are .run on the solid yettibuled, electric lighted and elearn heated trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee dr St. Paul Railway. D. C. Pilla the best ;all mind ;family on the Marktt.