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The Brussels Post, 1899-8-4, Page 44 gig se ;lista FRIDAY, A 11 Q. 4, 1899. Epworth Leaguers. FOURTH INrERNArsoNAL CONVENTION, Indianapolis the sheeting plate tit Over 29,50o Methodists. The fourth International Convention of the Epworth Leagues of the United States and Dominion of Canada convened in Indianapolis, State of Indiana, on Thursday, 7uly 20th, and continued until Sabbath evening following. There were over 20,000 delegates in attendance and musb enjoyable and enthusiastic meet. iuge were held. No small amount of interest was taken in decorating the city, and in this lbs business blocks, hotels, pnblio budding stud private residences took no small part while at the planes of service the wor was most elaborately done. Union Jacks and Stars and Stripes floated side by side, and the colors of the Leagues and the official flags of the Convention were to be seen everywhere. Many of the decorations did service by night as well as day by the aid of inoan• descent lights shining through glasses of various colors. At the entrance to tate big tent a ]Maltese cross 10 feet square was illuminated by 225 incandescent lamps,xed, yellow and frosted and pre• Panted a very fine appearance at night. Many mottoes were displayed ; among them we noticed the following :"In to day walks tomorrow" ; "Look up, lift up" ; "One heart, one way" ; "All for Christ" ; "The eburoh shoulbe a force to work with, nob a field to work in" ; "If we ars saved to serve we should serve to save" ; "I desire is league, of. fensive and defensive, with every soldier of Jesus Christ"—John Wesley. ; "We live to make our church a power in the land, while we live to love every other church that exalts our Christ,"—Bishop Simpson. The places of meeting were a large tent, capable of seating 8,000 to 10,000, pitched on an open space adjoining the Courb House ; Tomlinson Hall, seating from 5,000 to 7,000 ; and the English Opera House. In these places three ser- vices were held each day, ab 0 a. m., 2 30 and 7.45 p. m. Several of the churches were also called into requisition for 1)e partmental Conferences, and all places of meeting were taxed to the utmost to ac- commodate the audiences that assembled. Excellent music was provided at all the meetings under the leadership of Profes• sore Excel! and Gabriel, of Chicago ; Black, of Williamsport, Pa. ; end Hemp- hill, of Waxahachie, Tex. Large and well trained choirs gave a splendid lead to the service of song which was uplift- ing. All the selections were found in the offioial program. In addition to the above there was a quintette of colored Nashville students and two lady guar. tettes. Each day's exercises opened with sun. rise meetings at the Soldiers' Monument in the centre of the city, the program consisting of short addressee, songs, prayers and testimonies. Thousands of delegates assembled and these "Hallelu- jah Breakfasts" were richly enjoyed. The discussion of controversial topics was not on the program, but practical subjects met with in every day life and work wars wisely chosen and ably dis- cussed. Among the general topics were "Methodism of to-day,"""The Intellectual Life," "Methodism, its Spirit ;and Life," "Social Righteousness," "Good Citizen. ship,' Temperance" and "Missions," Departmental Conferences were also held dealing with the Junior League, Correspondence; Social Work ; Literary Work ; Charity, Mercy end Help in Country Chapters ; Spiritual Work Forward Missionary movement. A change was made in the presiding officer at each meeting so there was no same- ness about the services. Among the nobables of the United States present were :—Bishops Hurst Ninde, Candler, Fitzgerald, Fowler and Warren; Revds. Durose, Schell, Berry, Chaplain McCabe ; i Francis Murphy, the great temperance evangelist ; D. W. Potter, of Chicago ; and Rev. L. W. Mun- hall, D. D., of Germantown, Pa, well known evangelists, together with a large number of well known laymen. The Canadians who took part in the program were Revds. Dr. Carman, Tor. onto ; G. J. Bond, Halifax ; Dr. Work. man, Toronto ; Jas. Elliott, Kingston ; T. J. Parr, Hamilton ; J. H. Hazlewood, Dundee ; Joseph Edge, London ; D. W. Snider, Milton ; H. W. Crewe, St. Thom- as ; A. 0, Crews, Toronto ; R. (Whiting, Mitchell , Jno. Morrison, London ; J. W. Graham, Toronto ; 0, W. Watch, Belle. ville ; S. J. Shorey, Peterboro' ; W. J. Sipprell, New Westminster ; J. B. Rid. dell, Winnipeg ; F. A. Cassidy, Guelph ; R. J. Elliott, Burlington ; W. F. Wilson, Hamilton; Jas. Livingston, Windsor; J. D. Fitxpattick, Toronto ; E. Crummy, Sharboe Lake; and Miee Cornish, Lyn. den ; here. Morgan Wright, London ; W. H. Moss, Dundee ; Dr. Wiimot, J. L, Hughes, Dr. 3. Mermen and Dr. Sbeph. eneon, Toronto Miss Sadie Bowes, Hamilton ; and W. 51. Herr, Bruseele ; H. Rutbven McDonald, soloniet, of Lon. don, was also in attendance and oonbri. bused several bass solos in bis urinal excellent style, One diflieulty experienced by many of the speakers Was making the audiences Bear, owing to the large buildioge and it was thebght by not a few that more good would aoorue if there were more melting places and the large getheringe enb.divid. ed. The railways did all in their power to faoiliato the going and coming of dela, gates by both regular and special trains. These Conventions are a bonanza to the railways and they know it. Friday afternoon a grand concert Was amanged specially for the Leaguere at the State Fair grounds, 7 miles out of the city, by street railway. A program of gamee and sports was also given. It was an enjoyable outing. The Epworth League was organized fa the United Stetee in 1880 and there are now 30,500 Sooletlee. Bishop Ninde ie the Presideub, and Rev, Edwin A, Schell, D. D., the General Secretary, Fort M1 1 he E. church South bout Bishop is an ler wimples p 0 d o es the Pr si tit's air upC a de oh and Rev, Dr, DuBose le Secretary. 'Thie League was organized in 1890, They have a paper palled the Epworth Era, There are 4,050 Sooiobise and 85,• 000 members, also 500 Junior Leagues, The Epworth League of Canada has 2,000 Sooiebies and 82,000 mstnbere. Rev, Dr. Carman is Preeidenb end Rev, A, C, Crews Secretary, and also editor of the Epworth Era, a hustling paper with a oircelatiou of 5,000 although only abonb e year old, Many other interesting items might be given but the space at our dispestel Is filled so we reluctantly stop, The Inter. national Epworth League Convention of 1899 and the friendships formed will be a green spob iu our memory as the years glide by. TnE whsrsrs. The name Epworth, which w:ts chosen by the originators of the league, is taken. from the birthplace of John Wesley, founder of Meth odiem. Epworth isa town in Lincoln- shire, England, and bore et Epworth rectory (his father was Samuel Wesley, an BOB - papal minister.) John Wesley was bora on June 28, 1709. Samuel Wesley was the father of nineteen children, of wtwm three eoua.Samuel, 'John end Charles, acquired eminence, frontlet Wesley, the eon, lived on intimate terms wiEh Barley, E,trl of Ox ford, Pope, Swift and Prior. Be was a high churchman, and wrote somewhat clever squibs wariest Sir Robert Walpole, tbo iS hilts and the law church preachers. John Wesley sated ter some tune as his father's °urate at Bp worth and lu Bove,ber, 1729, settled et Oxford and began to take le pupils. About the sante time, with Iris brother Chariot and others, he began that systematic course of religious life whioh led to their being termed 'Methodists" by the Oxonians. His oratory was colloquial, terse, homely end vigorous. His expressive and marled features, and intense earnestness, always coupled with sputa reasoning, en- abled ho to q amu i acquire his followersperson a ug continued lfnlus 150 of an unrivaled kind, fie continued his labors allnost to the last, but wrote January 1,1700: "1 am now an old matt, decayed from heart to foot," IIs this same year he wrote : "I do not rem ember to have felt lowness of spirits fora Quarter Of an hour since I was born," He died March 9, 17M, Charles Wesley was born at Epworth, De- cember 18,1708, and died March 2,5,17es. die published no fewer than 4,100 hynne of his own eompositlou, and left about 0,000 in manuscript. Two sons of Charles esley attained eminence as musicians, and a grandson, Samuel Sebastian, 1010.1572, was lemonsraal.s the organist Of Gloucester Cathed POST SCUM. The attest oar Co. donated $2,000 toward meeting the expenses of the Con vention and then would have a tidy bal. ante from the big business done. -0,000 pounds was the weight of the canvas in the big tenb.—A large bust picture of Queen Victoria was placed above the organ in Robert's Park church, at whioh a number of meetings were held.—Great praise was given the Central Committee for the` way all local arrangements were perfected and the "White caps" cello looked atter the delegates on their arri- val did their work admirably.—Fore. paugh d: Sehls;Bros. circus struck Indisu• apolis the same day as the Convention, no prior arrangement was made, how- ever, that this should be the case.—The next Convention will be held in San Francisco in 100L Cleveland, Matta. nooga, Toronto and Indiauapolie have been the four meeting places eo far for these gatherings. — Mormonism, the Liquor traffic, Sabbath desecrators and the army oanteen came in for a large share of denunciation.—The Chicago Tribune in reporting the proceedings of Saturday says :—"The convention seizes every opportunity to emphasize the British -American enbenbe,and at the tent this afternoon, when W. H. Herr, of Brussels, Oot., referred to Queen Victoria as the greatest living monarch the immenoe audience broke out into cheers. "Social Righteousness and Good Citizeu ship" was the topic under discussion, the afternoon being devoted to it."—Denver, Minneapolis, Washington and Richmond, Va., were wanting the next Convention but San Francisco out -voted them for 1801.—Franois Murphy, the great Metho- dist Temperance Evangelist, is seeking an appointment as chaplain to one of the regiments in the Philippines. Re has served a similar position in the Spanish• American war,—There were about 1,500 colored delegates in attendance. A few of their leading men took part in the program. The ten.yeer-old son of 0. J. Hevey, of London, was drowned on Saturday even- ing last while bathing in the Thames. A Tilsonburg young lady hue found her long lost brother through a matrimonial advertisement. They have been separ- ated for years. T. Fletcher's 4.""-_ JEWELRY STORE Another orate of diose Beautiful Souvenir Goods with photo. of Main street, Public School and Melville church. Oahl for s Souvenir before all are gone. A full stock of Ladies' and Genie' Gold Watobee always kept. A beautiful assortment of Gold Rings, made to our order, direot !tom manufacturer. Repairing of Watches promptly at. tended to and guaranteed, If you require Spectacles ask for MRS. FLETCHER, GRADUATE OPTICIAN. ALWAYS GO TO Hart's ..rt Gallery When you want the best satisfaction and a Photo. that yon are not ashamed to show your friends. We do no second• Mese work, whatever. Every Photo. that we turn out is Aridly first•olese and right up-to-date, Compare our work with othere and judge for yourself who does the bast work, Our work ie all "Brussels finished," Call end give us e. trial and I am sere you will be well pleased with our work for it ie by far the beet you San get in town. Our posing, lighting, retouching and toning is mush in the lead, Come up and try as. E. HART, ARTIST' Wetton, (flack, ilressels, Sign Of the "Heart," Good opening for smart apprentice, 880.18.841118,8085481,18818.4 OUR OTTAWA LETTER, The verya _._ 1e sub antial 'i ores a in t It a tour sE e 0u om revenue whioh :Allowed the re- dilation in dudes in 1897 end 18118 should allay the feate of to a who eseorted that euoh rednotions would Isenit in a loss at revenue auil force the (1 lvernmeut to re• sort to sones for,n of direst taxation, As It been/nes generally known that a re• dilution in protective (Intiee, no muster in what country enforced, restate in an inoret195 of retinue, the mein objection, as fur as Canada he concerned, of Betting back to a revenue tariff will diluinish. We have bit to trace the intim nue such reduotinns must have on efeetive demand to uuderelnnd why it is that an increased revenue frons imports r,sults. To do Ibis we must keep in mind two well es• tabli•hed foots, namely, that About 00% of the people are wage•earuers, mud that about the Mame proportion live up to their income. A good deal of the con. fusion whioh &errannds many economic questions might be avoided were these two facts kept in mind. With our eyes open to our enrrouudings, and lheee facts before us, a simple but logiuel explanation of the seeming anomaly is possible, We all know that niter the fielding Tariff was brought down a general soak ing down of prices toots plane. In 1808 when the preteroutial duties went into fall force thio sealing dowel pr00ese wee repeated. New inasmuch 8,5 90' of the people spend all the money they have, whether prices ere high or low, the scat• ing down wou'd immediately give rise to a proportionate increase in effective demand. To simply the increased quantity demanded would certainly re• quire en increase itt the number of per - della engaged in production and di.tribu• tion—thus decreasing the number of the unemployed. A decrease in the nuritber of the nnemploy,5 invariably forces wages to riee. We bavetherefore as u necessary re• suit of the lowering of the tariff an ouor• mous increase of the number iu receipt of wagee and an aotnal increase in the aver. age wages of those who were employed prior to the reduction. The degree to which these improve- ments in the position of the wage earners must have iufluenoed effective demand may be ,understood when we consider the simple, but not very well understood, fact that all the wealth of things podooed each year by the community represents, less a fraction, the amount of wagee paid for their actual produotion and distribu- tion. Judging from an estimate of the annual production of oar forms made by an official of the Agriculture Depart. went the annual production of wealth from all sources in Canada mast be in the neighborhood of 51,500,000,000. Now as this sum roughly represents wages paid by employers and wages paid to those who employ themselves and pay th, mselves out of the proceeds of the things they produce, it is easy to under• stand why an increase in the average number and pay of the wage earners under contract, and an increase in the purchasing power of wages generally, which a decrease in the Anse of com- modities necessarily involves, must have produced the busiuess activity that has characterized the last, and the first ten months of the present, fiscal year. The general increase in the wages and in the number of people in reeeiph of wages en• able; the c immunity ae a whole to spend more money in the purohnee of the cheap- ened commodities than they could posy sibly speed when wages were lower, wage-earners fewer, and prides higher, Imports would increase in proportion to the liter need purchasing power of the people, Aliowing for all oonditiens under whioh production is carried on it is easy to see that the Fielding Tariff must have in• creased the purchasing power of wages 20%. Assuming the aggregate annual production of wealth to be $1,500,000,000 prior to the reduction of the tariff this increase of 20% in the putehasiug power of wages would give rise in the course of a year to s demand over and above what, up to this point, had been called for of some $800,000,000 worth of commodities. The extra hands neeeseary to produce and distributethie increased quantity ie sufficient bo account for the decrease in the number of the unemployed, and con• segaent increase in wages whioh hag co. carred since that tariff was pnt in force. Thie increased demand has (rept our own engines of produotion and distribution busy beyond their ability to suppiy it, thus forcing us to increase our orders abroad. Renee the ioareased revenue from imports. A 0ARNINO AND PREDICTION. Many influences are at work under the oonditious produced by our yet exoeasive protective tariff whioh will tend to oheals the expansion of our foreign trade for the next year, and must shorten the period of our present spell of prosperity. The moat unfavorable eiroumstanoe we have to contend with at present is the rapid expansion of our protected indus- tries, and the formation of trnete and combines known to be going on. All protected msnntaoturers and their advo- cates, both in and out of Parliament, maintain that in the absence of protect- ive tariffs their products would sell for less than it coats to produce them ; and there can be iittie doubt of the truth of this contention. Thie contention of the manufaoburere being true, a considerable percentage of the total output of all our protected in. Mistrial establishments mast represent an withal destruction of the wealth of the oommuuiby. This destruction of wealth is represented by the difference between oust of production under protection and what the selling price of the same pro. tion, duots would be to the abeenpro ee of tea' Assuming the output of our protected induetrial establishments to be $500,000,. 000 for the current fieeat year, (about the total for 1801,) and the difference between cost of production and the seiticg price in the absence of protection to be 10%, the wealth destroyed by these protected establishments would equal $50,000,000 during the year, thus contracting the purchasing power of the community to that extent. Under present conditions we know the output of these induebriee to be increasing enormously, necessarily retarding the expansion of the profit pro. Muting undertakings, From which all the dieburaements of the community must be drawn. It ehouid be kept in mind that the pro. tested indusbeies are, like the Govern. Ment, the idle and indigent, a obarge on those cibizene in our midst who devote themselves t0 the production of things, whioh would sell for more than coat of production in absence of proteotion, BilUSSALGS POST dairnftionanw....... Iinowing the :Rote, it may he predicted with some degree of oertainby that our revenue on im o to for the next fiscal Yearwill showlase o aneaand trade generally lase expansion titan was ex. perIeneed dutinR the peat two years, Could we get the Can i below the pre• teotive peiu', Oar I xpaueion in papilla. tion, wealth, menntaotures and trade would bo rapid beyond the dreams of the most sanguine, (Under euoh onrdltinna, all industries would add wealth to the state, for those that did nob would be quickly Abandoned. The old Presbyterian church at Wal• lacebnrg was destroyed by fire, Mrs. Borrowman, of Toronto, died end. deuly 00 Saturday last at Winnipeg while wonting home from Vancouver. Cattle thieves are operating in Middle. sex county. Several fanners have lost valuable animals, Thee far there is no clue to the thieves. AUCTION SALE —OF— Valuable - Farm. The Executors at the estate of the late Elisabeth MoIlroy will offer for sale by pall - lie amnion On the promises oil Saturday, the 19111 day of August, 10119, n81 o'clock in the afternoon, by Charles Hamilton, suetioneer, tate foilnwi lei 1015,51,15 farm 1—The South Balt of lot number 14 in the 8th concession of the Township of Mor. ria, in the said County of Burma, containing 100 acres more or less. The bu•ldings eon - slat of a house 1t stories, with Michela and wood shed attached; barn, uith steno foundation and stables underneath 50x00• horse stable 20x80 ; hog pen, lieu house and other small buildings, All the buildings and fences 505 iu goodrepair, There is also an orchard containing 14 noses, In good bearing vatered11byThe never-failing spring ao,eek About 58 sores are cleared and In a goad state of cultivation. The balance is timber- ed with hard wood, The farm is parbicu- larlywell situated, beaus four miles from the Village of 'Myth and 7 miles from the Village of Brussels, on a good gravel rood. Terms of sale :—Ten -per cent. on day of solo to the Vondore or their Solicitors the balance to be paid in Thirty days tllers- after, when the purchaser will be entitled to a conveyance and possession. Further particulars and ooudition of sale will be made known at time of sale, or may be had from the Auctioneer or the undersigned. J. T. sA11ROW, AlA1tY ifctLROY, Solicitor for Executors, Iixeoutlix. Godoricb. WM. ('01001)1r00'1', Executor Dated. at Godoricb this 5rf day of July, 1590. PG, 4 1E99 T. Carson's /Hell water opaniet, Uan. Isis C., raved Madeline Sutolide eget 7 years, from drowniug in the Sb. Law- re0ae near C lits aton. It is reported that Mr. March anti, Premier u of O to o t e 'I be b will able to t Ir d 1, � 1 nuttttee a silt lne of 9 f 8 000 on t t . p � ha tent u operations of the lest year. STOA AT . . BREWER'S PHOTO, STUDIO Don't make any mistake as we aro far ahead of any in town and can satisfy you, We are up.to.date. My studio le open for the benefit of the pnblio 0 days in the week, holideye included, We don't Wolk on Sunday. Wo are far better than we say as we are modest and don't like to brag. Now is the time to get a view of your residence, eta. Brewer does the work, Step in and see us. Always welcome. H. R. BREWER. ARTIST, fT1WEi\ RAILWAY "The Tourist Route of America." THE MODERN VESTIBULE COACHES, PULLMAN AND DINING CAR SERVICE ARE OF -TO -DATE, Veattbule trains daily between Itamlltou, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Detroit and Chicago , and the best service 1s also via tbie route to Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Portland, etc. A great variety of tours, etnbraoiug the charm- ing Muekaka,Midland mud INipissing Santee, Georgian Bay, afaofna°, Duluth, Thousand Islands, R. Lawreses River,;Montreal. Que- bec. Saguenay hirer, Sea Coast rosette, Europe, oto, Illustrated publtoations, malls, and full and reliable information may bo obtained from any agent Grant Trunk Railway System, R. T. SUTTON, Agent, Brussels. The Western Fair, London SEPTEMBER 7th to 16th, 1899, Entries close September 0th. Space allotted on receipt of entry. Exhibits will he unsurpassed, attractions better than ever. Hippodrome, Char- iot Raoes; Cbampion Sword Contests, Imperial Jape, Famous Lady Riders, World Renowned Gymnasts and Aerial Artists galore. Fireworks each evening, "The Britigb and Americana in Samoa," and all ring and platform attractions. Special excursion trains will leave London each evening after the fireworks. Grounds will be beautifully illuminated. Send fur Prize Lists and Programs. LT. COL, W. M. GARTSBORE, PRESIDENT. J. A. NELLES; SSSOeETAIte. ADEN TWI6E We have in stock over 10 tons of the Celebrated Deering Twine—the Standard of the World. Every ball of Deering Twine is what the tag represents it to be— smooth and strong, even and long Pure Manila, 10ic. per ib. Standard Manila, . , 100, " Standard, 9lo, ra —Waterproof Binder Covers, $S.00. —A 10 inch Monkey Wrench for 25c. —Machine Oil from 25e. ,per gallon up. —A large stock of Harvest Tools, Harvest 11 lits, Paris Green, Sze. McKay & Co.'s HARDWARE. 1 �CCI'�Ig gar �a�es Last Longest and get Every Wisp o f - Hay • , They are Modern and Capable. Ask for our Catalogue "Light Draft Ideals ;" it is free. AGENTS , W. H. Humphries 86 Son, D, ..., Crus en, WALTON. BRUSSE 4.S. '1Vo also handle all other lines of Tropism:Ms. Up—m—Dalt A Choice Stock of SUMMER DRESS GOODS on (land and sold at Reasonable Prices. Grocery Department retains its hold on the Public for Fresh Goods guaranteed to be all that is represented. A call will convince the most doubtful. I. G, SKENE. Agent for Parker's Dye Works. Fresh Groceries, Choice Fruits, Confectionery, ,860,1 AT Bartliff's .erre ®•®,. Our Restaurant is up-to- date. The best Ice Cream Soda, Toe Cream and Summer Drinks •'always on hand. Call in and see us 0. 11. Bartliff. Reduced P rices This week we are offering all lines of Straw Teats at Greatly Reduced Prices :-- -Ladies' Plain and Mixed Sailors, —Children's Sailors, —Men's and Boys'I'lain and Fancy Straw and Linen —Also all Common Straws reduced in price. Lathes' Shirt Waists -- We have only a few left and as the stock is down so low we will let the balance go very cheap. foR , K 'i'MDARD ,c pArrtillig r FF= August Standard Patterns and Fashion Sheets to hand. The best and cheapest Patterns in Canada. A Fashion Sheet free to those who call for them. trachan. fiEAVEll HENN I ' Ileaaquarters for . .• Dairy Supplies Bead) -mixed _Paints Garden ante Harvesting Tools SC7'een Doors and Windows Lawn, Mowers 'rhe ttreclrvWe had nil Ittpuil. Sporting Goods 55. Bicycle Repairs Eavetroughimg and all Tinware iSuppltes. Binder Twine, the best in the market. N. F. Gerry_ Brussels Carriage Works. - o.o.— EWAlel & INNES :las now on hand and for sale the following line of goods : Buggies. Top and Open Buggies with a and $ inch wheels. In color --Black, Gress, Carmine and Natural Wood. Size of bodies, 20, 22 and 24 in. Also Jump Seat Buggies with 1 in, wheels. Democrats With two and three seats, Carts. Road and Speeding Carte, Wagons. Farm Wagons oonlplete, 2 and 2i in, tires with reelable arms si and 4 in. Wagon Gear only if so desired. Farm Trucks 27 and 8 in, tires, One-horse Wagon, with or without box, Also Grow:leg Delivery Wagon. Wheelbarrows, Wheelbarrows with steel or wood wheels. As we.handle the above line of geode by the oar lot purobasers will get the , benefit by buying from us, doz -Es, Carriage Works, Brussels, Repairing and Painting in the above lines a speoitl;lty,