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GENERAL MANAGER
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THURSDAY, MAY 7th, 1896,
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TAXATION AS IN ENGLAND.
Mr. Laurier's policy of Free Trade
AS they have it in England means also
taxation as they have it in England,
since in the absence (if a customs
revenue the public treasury must be
supplied by direct taxation as it rs ap-
plied in Great Britain. The following
clipping from a London paper throws
some light upon the subject and is sub-
nnittetl to the serious consideration of
the Liberal leader :
f'Josepli Richard Langan a. boot -
maker of Laburnum street, Kingsland,
was summoned on Thursday, at Wor-
Ship street, forkeepinacarriagewith-
out being licensed for the sante. The
excise officer said that he saw the
defendant driving on the day for which
the summons was taken out -as far
back as May last -and the second seat
was occupied by Mrs. Langan. The
defendant said he used the vehicle for
the purpose of business only, to deliver
g„ziads, etc., and his name and address
were painted on the trap. Mr. Dennis:
--It is not permitted to go out about
it1 a trap to collect orders,the Act says,
the waggon, cart or vehicle in the
nature thereof must be 'solely' used for
the carriage of goods. Mr..Bushby said
the Act was certainly very striugent.
Mr. Dennis :-He bad his wife with
.bins on this occasion, and that cer-
tainly is not 'goods or burthen.' De-
fendant (laughing) :--I'ni sure the
Morse finds it burthen. But my 'wife
i 4. artof my business, I must take her.
alit takes ladies' measures. Mr.
Bushby :-I don't see how I can get
edit of this stringent Act of Parliament.
see the penalty is 420, but I will re-
duce the fine to £3. Let me advise
you to have a waggon or cart or ve-
hicle for the conveyance of goods or
burthen only, and don't take your
wife. (Laughter.) The Derendant
laugubriously) :-But I must 1 (Loud
ughter) Mr. Bushby : Then you
must take out a license. Ail pleasures
must be paid for. Three pounds now
and 2•r, cost, or twenty-one days. De-
fendant :-And I can't take out xny-
wife without a license 1"
It is. well, adds the London Free
Press, that the electorate should know
what Free Trade means to the British
taxpayer. Many of the hundred (Ur-
ea assessments he is subject to have
been already given. He was formerly
taxed for his window light, but this
has been transferred to the house, in
addition to the rents and municipal
rates generally. It is in reality a
license for wvhichhe has to pay in order
tl have a shelter for his family, the
tame as if he kept a public house. The
British ratepayer is taxed for his gun,'
tbr• his servant, if he can afford to
keep one, for being born or married,
Mid after he is dead the tax gatherer
levies upon his estate. He has no
privilege that he does not smart for
thirough his pocket. As seen from
the above proceedings in court, he
ermot ridein his business Carriage
for the purpose of taking business
orders. That is deemed equivalent to
keeping a carriage for pleasure, and
eYery such carriage must pay a tax. A
hnsiness "trap" can only be used to
Convey goods, not the man or ' any
member of his household. As the
Learned justice remarked, "All pleas-
ures must be paid for."
Mr. Laurier has been seeking to de-
oeiee his fellow -citizens regarding this
matter. He says in effect, "You are
praying ander the tariff system more
taxes than you ought to pay. You
would escape this burden of taxation
by adopting 'Free Trade es it is in
._02:gland." He must know full well,
l owaver, that under no system can
Such rates as are needed to carry on
the .Government be escaped. They
newt be paid either directly or indir-
, . eptly. And the British taxpayer,
while more heavily taxed than. the
Canadian, for the public revenue,
• Kids: his home market invaded by
goods "made in Germany," "made in
ilfrance," or "made in Belgium," while
hhas to forage for new markets the
whole world over for his own maani-
fietures in competition with all these.
THE rrEW OARINET.
The following Ministry was sul'luit-
tea to his Excellency the Governor,
General Friday afternoon by Sir Char-
les Tupper, and were sworn in'by Mr.
J. J. McGee, Clerk of the Privy Coun-
cil, before Lord Aberdeen
Premier and Secretary of State --Sir
Charles Tupper.
President of the Council -Senator A.
R. Angers.
Postmaster General -Mr. L. O. Tail -
Ion.
Minister of Marine and Fisheries -
Mr. John Costigan.
Minister of Railway`s-Mr. John G.
Haggart.
Minister of Finance- Mr. George E.
Foster.
Minister of Public Works -Senator
A. R. Desjardins.
Minister of Justice -Mr. ` A. R.
Dickey.
Minister of Militia--Lieut.-Col. Tis-
dale.
Minister of Agriculture -Mr.' W. H.
Montague.
Minister of the Interior --Mr. Hugh
John Macdonald.
Minister of Trade and Commerce -
Mr. W. B. Ives.
Solicitor -General -Sir C. H. Tupper.
Controller of Customs -Mr. J. F.
Wood.
Controller of Inland Revenue -Lieut
Dol. E. G. Prior.
Without portfolio••-SirFrank Smith,
Mr. Donald Ferguson and J. J. Ross,
ex -Speaker of the Senate.
Very significant indeed is the dif-
ference in the course pursued by Mr:
Tailion and that of Sir. Oliver. While
'We former steps boldly into the Fed -
fray andresigns the Quebec
remiership, Ontario's. Little Premier,
i:th characteristic caution, hangs on
.hie °Meeand its emoluments ; nor
r.�ild he letgo unless he sees there is
ething bigger and niore certain
Sir Oliver is.wise in is
„Ottawa. ih
oration. He knows there is little
pe of his friend Laurier gaining
er ; but to be prepared for any
ssibilities, hewill, as the Globe
4 it, "Throw himself into the.
paign;" so' as to•be "in it" should
re perchance be a chance at ()t-
wee taking care at the ..same time
to drop the substance in grasping
ra sha low.
CANADIAN TRADE' RETURNS.
The trade of Canadathis year shows
a marked advance. For the -first nine
months o>' the frseal, year, which are
just completed, the exports were $92,-
044,548, as against $83,223,495 for the
same period last year. • This is an in-
crease of $5,821,053, and it is specially
encouraging from the fact that nearly
all the increase is during the last three
months. Our imports also have ex-
panded. In the first nine months of
the fiscal year 18:11-5 they were $78,-
4441,5%),
78;4441,5%), whereas for the first nine
months of the present fiscal year they
were $34,152,231. The increase of hu
ports during the period were ° $5,705,t
764.
5,705,-
i64. Altogether, the increase in the
aggregate trade of Canada during the
nine months was $I1,5'26,817 over the
saute time last year. There is always
a falling off in trade when a change of
fiscal polis is threatened by a general
election. But those who engage in
commerce evidently realize that the
Liberals are not to have an opportunity
to meddle with the tariff.
NOTES AND COMMENTS:
The Liberalpolicy :of ''Free Trade
would decrease the value of every bit-
she) of wheat grown in Canada, because
it would destroy the home market for
grain.
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Our exports of manufactures have
doubled since the Liberals ceased to
govern Canada. Here are the totals:
1879, $13,037,205 ; 180t $27,215,091.
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When the Liberals took office the
expenditure of Canada was $19,174,048;
when they left office it was 824,455,382.
So much for their profession as econ-
omists.
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In 1.877 Canada exported 3,550,093
bushels of wheat, and in 1891 our ex-
ports of wheat were 14,180,252' bushels.
This answers the charges that • Protec-
tion has paralysed our industry.
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Canadian farmers received in 1873
$12,700,507 for their exports of animals
and their products, and in 1894 they
received $3I,881,973. Is it any wonder
that they retain a policy that thus
developstheirtrade?
t + +
In Free Trade England, which Mr.
Laurier desires to copy, how fares the
farmer ? Lord Salisbury answers this
question in his recent speech at Wat-
ford. "I cannot forget that the great.
est evi with which we have to deal -
the most terrible drawback to the pro-
sperity of our country -is the fearful
condition in which agriculture now
stands." Yet Canadian Liberals want
to put Canadian agriculturists in the
same condition.
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The farmers in the Crystal distrct of
Manitoba, according toa telegram from
Winnipeg, are getting- about eight cents
more per bushel for their oats than the
farmers a few miles south of them in
North Datoka. Free Trade would al-
waysbring the value of produce down
to the level of the lowest market.
The agriculturists who know their own
interests do not want Fr.se Trade.
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TE EXET ,B TIMES.
O YOU
interests lie in the direction of tariff
revoluting and free trade.
x
' Our sales to Spain were )$900 in 1874,
and $56, 274 in 1891. This seems to in-
dicate that Protection has developed
trade.
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A well known Ontario Government
official and politician, who, resides up
the Soo•.line, says he has pledged him-
self not to drink liquor of any kind un-
til Mr. Laurier is returned to
power. He will be an abstainer for
life.
"Don't be afraid of the National
Policy". said Clarke Wallace during his
visit to Montreal last week. "It will
come out all right at the next election.
The Liberals will not get into power.
We, who take a strong stand against
the Government on the coercion of
Manitoba, will be back in great force,
and we are not free traders or tariff
reformers. As for myself, there is not
the slightest danger of defeat," '
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West Durham News: --In 1878 the
farmers ;of Canada succeeded in get-
ting into the American market about
$12,000,000 worth of their products by
paying into the treasury of the United
States a duty of $1,000,000. In the
same year the American farmers sold
in our markets nearly $]5,000,000 worth
of their products without paying one
cent into the Canadian. treasxiry. The
Liberal policy to -day is to bring about
a siinner state of affairs again; Farin-
ers, what do you think about it?
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Guelph Herald: Neither the aver-
age manufacturer, the farmer, not ar-
tisan classes are appealing, to the
« i ,'
Liberals for thangesrn the taaraft'
other than..g ie
those�vlti
.Ix will tend to
make their interests more secure by
preventing a ruinous competition 6f
foreign surplus products. It is only the
Liberali
oliticans'wbo are agitating
l>
the subject and striving by misre-
presentation to convince these various
classes of the community thattheir
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Manitoba affords another example
of Liberal financing. Mr. Greenway
took office in 1888. The expenditure
then was $520,000. For last year it
stood at $880,000, an increase of $370,-
000. The debt during these years has
grown from $2,229,000. $4.500,000. In
a word, it has doubled. For their im-
mense liability the people have rail-
ways which they were told were to be
competitive; but which, as it turns
out, are not, under the Iaw as passed,
required to be so. • .The liability thus
produces no return. But Quebec,
under • Liberal rule. gives the most
pregnant example • of Liberal financ-
ing, for the reason that the men who
did the damage there are the men who
are hoping to control the Federal
treasury ere long. The Liberals in 1885
found the Province with an annual out-
lay of $3,0.88,000. This they raised by
1891 to $5,9,000, They found a net
debt of $I1,389,000,and increased it to
$2t,,0t0 in five years. Mr. Taillon,
is already observed, has hauled down
the expenditures, and has reduced the
debt by three millions in roundfigures,
The direct cousequence of Liberal rale
in Quebec is universal taxation -a
taxation reluctantly levied, but levied,
of necessity to meet the peenlations of
the candidates for Federal office to-
day.
A. .13 -pound German carp was
•
caught at Simeoe the other evening.
For the next five years Wtalkerville
will be lighted by gas at $1,300 a year.
Queen's hotel, Wallaceburg. has
been bought, by T. F. Hinnegan for
$10,000.
E, Hennecker 'was seriously hurt by
falling froln a barn near Blenheim.
Bars in Woodstock are closed at
10 o'clock, instead of. 9,30 as hereto-
fore. • .
Water in the inland lakes and
streams is higher than it has been for
years.
An Ameliasburg man made more
than 1,800 pounds. of maple syrup this
season.
The Port Perry Standard Iost, $1,850,
above all insurances, by therecent fire
there.
In March $17,000 in gold bullion was
produced by the Sultana and Regina
Mines.
From the Sandwich hatchery this
season 72,000,000 whitefish will be dis-
tributed.
Derangement of the liver, with .con-
stipation, injures the complexion,:in-
duces pimples, sallow skin. Remove
the cause by using Car ter'$ Little Liver
Pills. One a dose. Try them.
John Campbell, of Seaforth had the
top of the second finger on his right
hand taken off while working in the
furniture factory..
The autograph letters 'testifying to
cures made by Ayer's Sarsaparilla and
other preparations are kept .on file at
the J. C. Ayer Co.'s, office, Lowell,
Mass. They are from all over the
world and are, cheerfullyy shown to any-
one desirous of seeing then(.
A pian who gave the name of John
Lewis, and who said he was an iron
moulder, was arrested . early Friday
morning, in San Frandiseo, while at-
tempting to strangle an abandoned
waren 411 an alley. The police be-
lieve Lewis may have strangled • the
other fallen women who recently were
murdered in that city.
The Latest News.
Brussels butchers are licensed.
Walkerton has a gold cure elui>.
Snakes are unusually plentiful dais
season,
Midland will enforce the curfew by-
Iaw.
Rey. S. Acheson, Rippe+n, takes ten -
mile walks.
(lollingwood's water is hardly fit to
drink.
Iinck.ta•xes he Peterborough amount
to $3,000.
Collingwood will spend $10,000 for
new sidewalks,
In London the electric earl kill five
dogs a day,
Galt has -voted $4,000 for market im-
provements.
Chatham is again troubled with
ineendiary fires. -
'A fine new planing factory is in op-
eration at Clinton.
Orillia has a fine . cadet and bugle
corps in operation.
Transient traders in Kincardine
mist pay $200 license fee,
Livery license at Ston fville has
been reduced from $15 to $5.
It will cost $12,000 to run the Berlin
Public schools this year,
In June I2+) boys and girls from Eng•
land will come to Iialifax.
The contract for the Perth house
of Refuge is let at $11,258.
Hon. T. W. Anglin died in Toronto
on Sunday afternoon.
David Henderson of Acton will run
again in Halton in the Conservative
interest.
The Conservatives of South Victoria
have nominated Dr, Vrooman of Little
Britain.
Tho Reform Association of South
Huron met at Brucefleld on 'Wednes-
day, May 6.
Robert Hodgson of Toronto was run
over and killed by a train at Oshawa
Saturday evening.
Joe Martin, the horseman attacked
at the Woodbine last week, died at
midnight, Monday.
Chief of Police MeVeity of Ottawa
has been dismissed from his office and
talks of running for Mayor.
Mr. W. H. Bartram of Loudon has
signified his willingness to accept nom-
ination as an independent candidate in
East Middlesex.
Sir Charles Tupper will begin speak-
ing in Manitoba this week. The first
meeting will be held in Winnipeg on
Friday evening.
Sir Charles Rivers -Wilson. who is in
New York, speaks in a hopeful tone of
the business of the Grand Trnnk Rail-
way of which he is President.
The Reform Association of West
Huron will meet in convention at Dun-
gannon on Friday, May 8, at 2 p. in. to
nominate a candidate for the Com-
mons.
While T. H. Hayhurst, was sing-
ing a solo in an opera performance at
the Grand. Opera House in Hamilton a
woman pointed an empty revolver at
him and snapped the trigger.
Harry Ems was committed for trial
.at Niagara Falls on the charge of
causing the death of Minnie Minchin
by an illegal operation. The evidence
against the prisoner at present is very
indirect.
The Grigg, family seems t9 have
struck luck. Richard Grigg, of In-
gersoll, has been informed that the
Grigg family are the lawful heirs of a
large fortune in England, amounting
to $450,000,000. Effort is now being
Made by the relatives • in the United
States to secure the Money ancl have it
legally divided among the different re-
latives which will make Mr. Grigg, of
that town, possibly the richest man in
Canada.
The J. L. Hudson Company, clothiers,
of Detroit, Friday morning notifiesi.
all their creditors that the company is
financially embarassed, land desires an
extension of credits. The company
has branch stores at Sandusky, St.
Paul, Grand Rapids, $t Louis, ()leve-
l= d and Buffalo, but the three latter
exeunt in any. way affected. A state-
ment issued by the company gives
assets at $1,271,840, and the liabilities,
$518,154.
Thorold is asking for tenders for the
mposition of chief of police, with a
ultifarious array o1 dtitiesistipulated.
The -officer is to ring the town bell,
repair the slr,a
eavai,lks, crossingsand
streets, operate the road Inaehine,
oversee the street work, look after the
cor�oration tools
, the health inspector,
ankeep the erossings and walks clean
from mud and snow. He is to consider
himself on duty at any hour of the
day or night, and will be ''allowed the
munificent stipend of $30 a month. •
Huron County Notes.
Fishing in the boats has'contxnenced
at Bayfield.
On Sunday a few icebergs were seen
from the Goderich harbor.
G. Farquhar, of the 5th con.,Hullett,
finished seeding about . 35 acres on
.April 23rd.
Over ten thousand dollars worth of
grain is lying in the Kippen grain
houses.
Mrs. Patrick Johnston, of Stanley
has rented her farm to Wm Johnston
for aterm of years.
The Seaforth bowling club has or-
ganized with James McMicheal, tas
president, and Alex. Wilson, sec.
R. McMordie, of Kippen moved his
old residence to Hensel' last week. It
has been replaced by a Handsome new
residence.•
The assessor of the town of •Clinton
has just completed his work,. snaking
his returns in population the •same as
last year 2151.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Carter, of • the 2nd
con., L. It. S., celebrated their china
wedding -20 years -on the evening of
the 13th of April.
Mr. Millson, associate pastor of the
Methodist church, Londesboro , passed
his first year examination at 5t. Marys
last week.•
Mr. and Mrs. William Allen, of
Egrnondviile celebrated their golden
wedding on the evening of the 17th of
April.
Seaforth will celebrate lith of May,
but the right place to visit is Exeter.
Tho sports here on that day dantiot be
excelled.
Jas. Johnston, of West Wawanosh,
has purchased the 5.) acre farm ad-
joining his own property from Messrs.
Ferguson Bros. for $1,800.
A very pleasing event took, place at
the Catholic Church, Drysdale, it being
the marriage of Miss Sarah A. Hagan,
to Mr. M. I3rr en, of Parkhill.
W. Sterling of Goderich township,
has a fine maple bush on his farm, and
from some of the trees he this year got
as much as seven pails of sap.
John Coulter, sr. of East Wawanosh
is no afternoon farmer; he clipped his
sheep and sold his wool on tlx 18th ult.
the yield was 180 lbs. from 17 sheep,
which is an excellent clip.
For a number of years Harold Whitt
son of Mrs. Whitt, of Clinton, has
been totally blind in one eye. He
recently underwent an operation on
it, and has recovered bis sight • entire-
ly. .
There died at the residence of her
son-in-law, Wnr. McLinchey,•of Stan-
ley, on Wednesday, the 22nd ult., airs.
George Erwin, relict of the late George
Erwin at gripe old age. •
Mrs. Mary Jane Church, of the
Goshen line, Stanley had the misfor-
tune to lose her purse, which coutained
a considerable sum of money, while at
John Leslie's store on Friday last..
Last Saturday night, as Thos. Cour-
tice of Holmesville,was playingfootball
with the Clinton Collegiate. team,
against Goderich Collegiate team, he
had the misfortune to have the small
bone of his leg broken just below the
knee.
James Chesney of Tuckersmith, has
been confined to the houee for two
weeks or more with a sore leg, which
has caused him a good deal of pain.
The doctors do not seenx to know as
yet what the ailment is.
Mrs. Delgaty has resigned the posit-
ion of organistof the Methodist eletirch
Centralia, which she filledwith success
and credit during the past four
months.
Miss Bessie Ross, daughter of Mrs.
A. Ross, of Clinton, who is attending
the McGill University, Montreal,. has
Passed with first class'honors flu Philo-
sophy, also first-class honors in Gener-
al standing.
The death of Robert McMillan, je.,
son of Rouert McMillan, of Roxboro,
McRiliop took place last week. Abotit
two years ago Mr. McMillan had a, very
severe attack of la f>Igrip >e, from which
grippe,
he never seemed to recover, and which
finally affected his lungs and put his
entire system, out of order. '
'We understand that an effort is be-
ing put forth to make Bayfield eircult
of the Methodist church self-sustaining.,
This is certainly a move tr.the Light
direction, and should meet with the
cordial support of the members and
adherents on the circuit.
--r4le— gets—
gets-ray
If not, now is the time to start.
We have a large assortment at very low prices.
Also a full line of Screen Doors
Don't fail to see them.
and Windows
MEA. -1\T
Parties building, be sure and get prices, we will make it pay you.
istioii.& San.,
P. S.—Clover and Timothy Seed still 072 han,d .
.Fre Protection
To the Editor Exeter Tames.
SIR. -This is a matter which has not
been discussed seriously for some time,
until the last few days, when a re-
presentative of a Steam Fire Engine
Co., caused a petition to be presented
to the Council requesting them to
take the question of further and bet-
ter protection intotheir consideration.
I don't know what has been the re-
sult of such action, but I am inform-
ednothing decisive has been adopted.
This being the case a feiv words may
not be out of reason regarding same.
I think every one ndmits we should
have some better system than we sport
at present, and that wheu once the
Council is convinced of thebestsystemo
to adopt, it should have it carried into.
effect as soon as possible,
I understand two if not three pro-
posals are mentioned viz, (1st) a
steamer with tanks as we have at
present, only enlarged or lxew ones,
(2nd) a water system, using hydrants,
etc., and pumping tho water from the
river, and (3rd) sole water -works for
drinking and all other purposes, get.
ting water from springs in the vicinity
or artesian wells. Now it seenis to me
before discussing the question at all,
the Connell should get an expert's'
opinion as to whether all or any of
these systems are feasible, also pro-
bable costof each, and having regard
to the insurance rate, the dearth of
drinking water in the summer and its
impurity, looking to the future as well
as the present which would bo under
the circumstances most advisable and
beneficial for the town. Of course if
any one in town feels capable of giv
ing the above information and can Cori-
vince the Connell of his ahilityto judge;
he would confer) *mat flavor on' the'
townspeople by advising th eutlet:once.
We are well aware too many have ri-
diculous ideas on this matter especial-
ly as to the probable cost and no doubt
the expression of their ideas have de-
layed any action being already -taken.
I must say I don't approve of the
steamer system if either of the others
are feasible and I ate informed by per-
sons fairly capable of'jndging that the
second proposal could be carried out
very effectually and at a reasonable
cost, the boiler and pump necessary
could if deemed advisable, be run iu
connection with the electric light
system, and thus reduce this part of
the expense, there being unlimited
water at that point.
A system of this kind would greatly
reduce;the insurance rate, the water
could be used for street purposes(witlx-
out regard to wind) as well as all
household purposes, except drinking,
in fact would pay for itself and also
be a very great improvement to the
town.
Yours Truly,
FIRE -BUG.
Seventy-four members have been
added to the Parkhill Methodist.
church since Rev. Mr. Mills become
pastor lust July. Mr. Mills is an
eloquent, earnest andiorcible preacher
and his labors have been greatly
blessed.
The plan of closing the stores every
Saturday evening at 9 o'clock, which
was worked so satisfactorily in Clin-
ton during the winter months, was
disregarded on Saturday evening last,
and unless a new arrangement is made
for the summer, the whole thing is
likely to fall through. Nine o'clock is
too early in the evening to close up
during the summer.
darting, cutting pains are ter-
rible. You are hardly dick
enough to keep in bed, yet
you are unable to go to work.
It is severe suffering in every
place and all the time. This
is Neuralgia. It is chiefly
caused by malnutrition,over-
work and nervous exhaustion.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod-
liver Oil, *ith H Ypp
o has
..
phites, . feeds the exhausted
tissues and strengthens the
nerves. Opium and similar
drugs mayquiet tin to -da y
gp Y
only to have it return again,
for • theset drugs weaken.
Scott's. Emulsionermanentl
P Y
cures because it feeds and
strengthens.
sco r7 .5 EAnasioN has been rnrlorsrd, by the
,nrdinu t afessio# for twruty years. (risk pour doc-
tor.) 'This it because it is. always palatable—always
arfo m—ol:Uhyl contains the purest Morcottias Cod—
t,t' •,• Oil nod Hypoplwspb,trs,
'ul up in so rant and $r.00 sibs. The small site
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such( a enough too,rrejour cough or beipyour..baby:
ifeWants Others To Know.
DEAR EDITOR :
Please state in your valued journal,
that if any sufferer from Nervous
Debility, Seminal Weakness, Lack of
Energy and Ambition, Lost Manhood,
Night Losses, etc,, will write me in
confidence, I will inform him by sealed
letter, free of charge, how to obtain a
perfect cure. I ask for no money,
having nothing to sell. I know how
to sympathize with these sufferers and
am only too glad to be able to assist
them. I promise every one absolute
secrecy and as I do not, of course,
wish to expose myself either, I do not
give my name. If you desire to get
well, send stamp and address simply.
P. O. Box 388, London, Out.
Mr. John MdIsa.•ie, of the 15th con.,
of East Williams, father of the young
women whose sad death was chronicl-
ed two weeks ago, died of heart failure
early Sunday morning..
The following officers were appoint-
ed at the annual meeting of the Park-
hill Reform Association ; Dr, Caw,
President ; A, A. Mactavish, Vice -
President ; John Hamilton, Secretary.
`''The Seaforth assessment returns
show total real estate, $582,895; total
personal property, $59,900; taxable in-
come, 810,700; total population, 2,411.
The total population shows a decrease
of one under that of last year.
The assessor's roll for 1896 for the
town of Goderich shoals, real property
assessed $990,055, personal $53,375, in-
come $32,870, a total -cif $1,085,800. The
number of births . were 413, and the
deaths 27. The totaal;pol.>ulaatipn is 3,-
766, and the school'ppeutation; 800 be-
tween 5 and 10, 423 between 7. and 13,
and 223 over 16 and under 21. Of live
stock there are 231 horses, 185 dogs and
182 bovines.
Jas, McWilson, who was drilling a
deep well on W. J. Wilson's farm near
Greenway, struck a strong vein of gas
down about 120 feet. The gas is so
strong that it flows out andwhen a
match is applied will burn up several
feet and make a loud report and then
go out. Mr. Wilson decided to go no
further into the rock as the gas would
spoil the water. Ile intends to have
the strength of the gas tested and try
to light up the whole village.
The waste of vegetable matter in the
soil by cultivation makes the phosphate
less soluble, and if the 0o11 becomes en-
tirely destitute of vegetable matter, the
phosphate will do no good whatever, If
glover is sown with each application of
phosphate that will keep up the supply
of vegot.ble matter in the soil, and it
will also supply nitrogen as its roots de-
cay after being plowed under. There
would be no complaint of phosphate mak-
ing the soil less fertile if clover seed were
always sown with it.
Marsh hay is the very pest material for
the winter mulch for strawberries.
"Atlas i Atlas'?" queried Mr. Hungry
Higgins, looking up in a puzzled way from
his last month's paper. "Who is Atlas 1"
"He was the feller that carried the earth
on his back," Mr. Weary Watkins ex-
plained..
"Earth on his back 3 Hm 1 We are
them kind of fellers ourselves." -New
York Evening Sun.
ARE You ONE
Of those unhappy people who are suf-
fering with weak nerves, starting at
every slight sound, unable to endure
any unusual disturbance, finding it
impossible to sleep ? Avoidopiate and
nerve compounds. Feed, the nerves
upon blood made pure and nourishing
by the great blood purifier and true
nerve tonic, Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner
pills, assist digestion, prevent constip-
ation. 25c.
INITGAR, SALE,
l ar tic .g2, Partin
Under and by virtue ofthe power of sale in a
curtain registered mortgage,nrado to the Ven-
dor and which will be produced at the time of
sale. there will be offered for sale by
Public Auction at the Hotel at Limerick, in
the Township of Stephen, by Henry Either;
Esq. Auctioneer, on SATU.DDAY THE 23RD
DAY OF MAY, 185Fi AT ONE O'CLOCK, P. M.
the following valuable lauds and premises in
one lot, that is to say Lot No. 8. in the 14th
Concession of the Township of Stephen, in the
'County of Huron, containing byadmeasure-
ment one hundred acres be the same, more or
less. This is a good farm with good buildings'
and in a ggood, state of cultivation.. Good -gravel
roads lead. from tin:lands to le Iding local mar-
kets.. There is a'firstt' Clays gravel ppit, cm: the
farm. The property vrillbe sold subject to a
reserved bid and inns, to a mortgage securing
the sum of el4UO earl interest at t5 per cent. for annum on which there is due about 483 for ar-
rears of interest..
TERMS OF SALT:: -Ono half down, and bal-
aged in twenty da s•after tho dayof sale,or
arrangements hepayment obalance can
bo made to suit purchaser.
For further particulars apply to David Turn -
bun, or kt. i3, Collins, Exeter; (Amt:,' or the Yei
dor's. Solicitor.
T. M. BEST, Vendor's Solicitor.
Exeter, May 4th, 180G.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S PHOTO
GIVEN AWAY BY THE MANUFACTUR
BRSOS DIAMOND DYES,
The manufacturers of Diamond Dyes
are sending their elegant full sized
cabinet photo of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria to thousands of families on
this North American tontine(.
The happy arrangements made with
the publishers of rlur Home, Canada's
popular monthly paper, are as fol
lows :
"An elegant full cabinet photo (from
a recent copy taken by .Royal com-
mand) of Her Majesty Queen Victoria;
a four page pamphlet giving dates of
births, marragees and deaths, and
other items of interesting and useful
information relating to the Royal
fanxily, and but few people have access
to, Six Diamond Dye Dolls with six
extra dresses; and a card of forty-fiye-
samples of dyed cloth, showing colors
of Diamond Dyes, seat free to every
man, women and child who will send
in 25 cents in money or stamps for
one year's subscription to Our Home, a
paper that thousands declare to be
worth a dollar."
This wonderful offer cannot last
much loner, as the stock of photos is
being rapidly exhausted, Hundreds of
correspondents write us about the
premiums, and say the photo is well
worth 50 cents.
1'lease•note : Our .Dome for one year,
cabinet photo of the Queen, ander
premiums, promised above, all for 25
cents. Address %yells & Richardson
Co., 200 Mountain street, blontreaL
P.Q.,
The Albion building Goderich is now
up to the' 2nd landing.
Wm. Flannigan, of Seaforth has dis-
posed of his hotel business .to Donald
Forbes, of Hamilton, who takes pos-
session at once.
D. J. Devereaux, of Chicago, son of
John Devereaux, sr., of the I•luron
road, Tuckersnxith was married in
Chicago on Wednesday, to Miss Aggie •
Cowan, of Warsaw, New York, and
formerly of EgmondvilIe.
For the successful Treatment of
all Diseases of the Kidneys and.
Urinary Organs,
o
de
Bright's Disease, Diabetes and -
Paralysis, and all. forms al;
Blood Poisoning.
ilIs0
df7 These Pills are put up in large wooden -
boxes at SO gents. Sold by all Druggists end
Dealers—never by count or in bulk, and never
under any other name than DODD'S KIDNEY.
PILLS.
The Dodd's Medicine Co., Toronto.
Gentlemen -A new medicine called"
Dodd's Kidney Pills has been recommend-
ed to me by my physician, and, by his
advice, I send one •dollar,the price of two
boxes.. Please send them. without delay..
Yours truly, ANDREW FILK1NSe.
Canton, McPherson Co., Kansas.
News
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The undersigned has concluded to•:
sell his stock of Boots and Shoes, Har-
ness, Rugs, Robes, ' Bells; Whips,
Trunks, Valises, and all other articles -
too numerous to mention.
For 20 ')ays,
For Cash. We give you the profits:-
Team Harness $ 22.0o and up
wards. •
Single Harress $8,0o and upwards
.Childrens Boots 25c: "• "
Cow Hid " MP, 3.00, 1-Iand made..
Kip, Skin " . $3,50,
Sleighs $i.00.
Goat Robes , ,.
$5.00.
Como alongand we_will -give you
your money thanyou can get
more for v
anywhere else. We mean business -
when we quote prices. This stock is
clean and first class, reliable goode we
offer. you. Remember we are the solo
agent for the Galt Saskatchewan
Buffalo Robes. See trade mark on all
htese goods. ' Beware of 'inimitationn...'
Repedring promptly executed,
Tohn
ter ,e
FL A.,'x
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