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COMMUNICATIONS.
Quite Ready for the Fray.
.lo the Baiter of 8‘1114 PORT,
In anticipation of rho Iles and vile abuse
!)oleo the editor of rho "Budget" says he is
going to heap nu me this weak I bog to say
I ellen be quite tweettrad to attend to him
the following week to any way the drown -
stances of tho Wino linty rogntre.
Brissoln, A0(4, 20,'831. P. 0, 110GIBili.
SiI1'PORT 1143)111 ENT/31 10111:4111.
Tn the ll,litor of Tun P03T.
1)u,. -.I1 1101011101 sone of cur towns-
men tiro under rho impression that It they
havometlly t0 spend they aro sure to got
better value for it in larger and fur away
towns. (lne,naso experience, at leant, n0t1-
tradictsthioth0ory, 03,1,0 I bought macer
and vest from Bose Pros, and prompted by
some remarks made lie to whether I gat
right value 1hundred at tho establishment
I Vali in the habit of denting with in Tor-
onto end discovered to the satisfaction of
myself and ot1er0 that what I Hail bought
Hem Slow' for,10.00 could net be purchased
1n the pity for less t11au (310.310, and things
that I bought at Mr11e1100 13 res. wore found.
to cost about a (±1411 3,l oto nt the retail
ntnrenin the any. I certainly do not Melon -
ata Limb Boss liras, and Btrnohnn pros, aro
the most reasonable tradeoutnn in Brussels
but think it cermet to infer that they aro a
0Peeinlol of oar local merchants its n whole,
for what they do the other ulna"n ulerob nn is
eon Sud must do, aunt no douLt aro doing.
There in n0 reason than to purchase (no
long as it its retailed) outside our own v111•
age. 1 have hoard of people saelifleing in -
103,00t to nentimant Wild sono/dorm' it mid
dling given, but to aaeriftce both interest and
sentiment must bo foolish for by Cha above
it appoar0 that iutoest and acutim out alike
dernnnd that we should srlppm't aur local
trade In everything no for as possible.
Yours, A11ISTOTLI':.
Brussel: , Aug, 20, '08,
11AN1roIoA 'ritIP,
To the Kantor Of Tun Pos'r.
Btu,-Therais00 man more to be !,[tied
than the Mau who rends and ,noes nob !mow
what be 10 reading, Hud lir. Young and that
tlorndnir elan read lay letter of the Seth of
Jima more carefully they would have seen
Mat had v0 r ieren00 to too settlers or
their 0hantios in Manitoba or the North.
w0ot T"rritery, It was to those who had
Mime op tiovornmont land and wore not
there that I referred to when I said the
O ov3lnment laud hid boon taken up dvo or
Bit. years ego and had not been Improved,
excepting in a few cases a small sod but is
Inuit or lour or ave mores broken now grown
over with .grass and weeds. But 00 those
gentleman hnvo taken it to thou -Mayon, so
let it Le ; it will apply to all, which I will
allow bye and bye. Mr, Youug (ten the Caro.
duff fellow should call a mooting of them-
selves end decide which ono has lio.1. 23,0
one na130, "That all Mu honwetunel land in
S.W. Manitoba and S.M. Assinobointt Lae boon
taken up," and the other says. "That any
Ontario farmer who 11110(s of doming to
this uuuutry will fled an7 anttuut of drat
clans laud open for entry." 'There is ono
more question (caked by Mr. Young l.1 Ida
letter. Be 044'0 ; Notwithstanding rue
comparat(1'0 worthlessness of the laud t1t0
(look ponds and the long distance from mar-
ket,bre tend Mr. A, all the same solootod
laud. why was this? I mil) tell him, 1
was not selectinglam') for myself. I Intro
no intention of going to 110ulto3a or else-
where to live, lam going to romaiu here. I
have to take cern of tho l3runsel0 llndpof
man who inthreatened with having the ribs
kicked from his 310011 bond for publishing
lies, I wan selecting !and for four others,
three of them had ,Sade appliention in
writing to boo elating 1fiuioter of t10 131100i -
or to allow ilio to }Inner 1,113[) 111 Manitoba
or M e Northwest Territory and have home-
stead nun preemption entries m(td0 in their
0((0 Ocr 113001001000; the fourth ono came
Wong to see for himself. illy inetraottono
Were to g0 to hraultob(t and rho Northwest
Territories and also Dakota before I took up
any land. After satisfying myself in luari-
3 tuba and the Northwest Territories my
cuminwlon and I st0rtee off to see Uncle
Jonathan's domain In Dakota. We drove
around tho west end of Turtle afewtalu un-
til bre 00018 10 a place eaDOd Bottinoau, a
stean village at the one of a blanch 11t10 of
railway r3, 0 up from the main line o1 rho
St. Paul,1111unettpolls k Manitoba railroad.
The village Of 13ottl00a,, and settlement
around it aro chiefly made up of people who
Onme from Manitoba, originally from 'On-
tario, The Trcanurer of the county of Rot -
Hum Is one /for Anson front (the township of
Bre), Sud used •t0 live 110111 13x000010 I Was
Mush impressedwith tho difference batwmn
)1ottfneee and whiskey town called Dolor -
eine, In 13ottinean thele is net any snob
thong no whiskey or other drink sold, neither
le there any pin0o or appearelaea toy so do•
in', but instead thorn aro two largo churches
built in the vfilag0, a railway station house,,
that would do credit to ally town and two
andel eIovetor0 put up by the railroad camp.
any. Will 100. Young or his Oarnduff friend
tell us how ninny ohm'ahen there oro 101)01-
araino 4 I did not see any during Rao seven
er eight times 1 was there neltho0 dictI nee
a clergyman or lawyer in tt nor hear toll 01
olio. lint instead they ma three whiskery
houses which I will taper]10 at another time.
I remained ell night in Bott(noan ata first
elan hotot(minus the whiskey) and to the
morning called upon Chu Laud Agent, a
I gentleman, tree, liftable mud hind, willing to
give all none/teary infnrmu lion, nob like our
Government chalet who try i0 make you
feel their importance when they gab a
, Mimeo to tend at rho public crib. Next
morning w'a started on south 40 dirootod to
see Cha vacant lend of Dakota and got loot
V p3, t1(0 pralri0. Alter wandering around for
130010 talo 100 mono upon two shanties 00•
onpied by two young men from 9ataxio.
They Mooted 110 the way to a place Dulled
Willow Ofty, auntaining niuo or ton hooses,
bat en out way there wO canto to a plaoe
;
wlldto a Mr, Atkinson lived who had moved
to Dakota last melte from Morris. He had
110011 my third nearest neighbor, no two
, had Crouched a part of two summers through
Manitoba and the Northwest Territorial) and
1 ,leo Kansas and through thio place in Mani-
( to1atlatMr, Young calls the garden of
Manitoba" but after all halms settled in Da -
1 .,rota with his Cannelton family of throeU one
and throe daughters, although au Ile isth-
mian himself. This is tho way that the nit.
0d States of America has inoroa0od from
thirteen millions to slaty millions of 11001(10
wale in the name lle'tod of 11010 the Doom-
f0,1of Canada has only 10000med from two
mieliou0 and a lent to live 01111i0ns. The
110op10 of Canada axe, taxed to pay Y00 the
1 bringing out hero of alot of 770010109g people.
i fore the etreet0 of London, Liverpool and
010010here to replace the 0nnatlin110 who 20
id the United St(tes. \Vo tool' up land in
Dakota and theoo four Osundiune hayo gone
to settle 1n Clio United Staten, We t oneht
13h0pres1110030 in .Dakota 'wow) vouch bettor
Allah in 11tni601/a or rho Northwest. We got
.and within throe 011100 of a rnilwtty station
and to say tho !oast His as goon land es is
in Manit"60 or too Norihwoat etul le u01
broltee lip with p0ed polos although there
1100 1310113100 where hay grows,
110131±12.0 A1t14371)0130,
1lorris,A1(9,14, 1080.
P.Br17.1 m laotlottor published in Tu
n
f hay
pernorofhtyes1s1tom fgiyars0 0assi0ri I,1.
Washington Lettsr.
(Prom air Regular Oorreepeedent,
W±01113101011, A01'00110,1888,
In many of the districts the Congress.
(meal candidates aro yet to be nornieated,
ne t0 eating out this long Maiden
1 mb0 1(13
and g 6
of Congress feel anxious abort their af-
fair's at borne. The problem that per.
plexca Mott. of them (s whether they can
make ttlo01 by 8ttaying herr} to (tend to
J
6611.6.42.911.112.600
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 188d.
the duties they are abeam to perform, 01'
by going !none to look after their iuteroet
there. It is always uncertain what may
be going on at home while they are here,
but if they go "10 look after their fences"
they are amused of neglecting Choir duty
at Washington. There will be hard lights
in all the atom districts this fall, and in
some that are not close, Tho Republi-
cans intend to get control of the next
Home if by any possible moans they can
a000mplish it, The Congressional me -
net will bo searoely loss exciting than
that over the Presidency. The campaign
will have to bo ohiofly on t10 tariff Issue,
those 111011 W110 aro renominated ping be.
fore the people in their districts o11 their
record in ±1110 1011te01, and the now Men
on their deolnratione on the subject. Some
of the men an the ways and m0a110 0011-
mittco are going to have a hard fight of
it. A striking feature of the campaign
promised is the c-ffert to bo made to de-
feat the leaders on 0(1011 eine the House -
Mills and .Heed. Democrats seldom get
'any comfort from tho contemplation of
the results of a count 111 Maine, and the
Democracy of Toxon is not seriously
thquestioned. This acids an interest to t10
ing. Mi'. 1,111110 says, that it in gener-
ally understood to be the case, that the
fight on him has already bogen in his
dfetriot, and "substantial aid" is being
furnished by protectionists residing oleo -
where ---the same who, as it eves charged,
contributed to Mr. Morrisun'e defeat after
his vain efforts to pass a tariff bill. They
hardly hope to send a Republican in Mr.
Mills' place, but it would be a victory
07011 to matte te consitlerebls reduction (11
his majority, It is the Prohibitionists
he m210t look out for. At the last elec-
tion he got 17,1001at00 spinet 11,837 for
Rankin, Prohibitionist, The ,Bopnbli-
0048 will endeavor to radium his majority
joot an low as they can. Troop le, of the
4th cavalry, gay with waving plumes of
yellow, rode up to the Baltimore end Po-
tomac depot at 2 o'olook yeoterday. They
mane from fort Meyer to aot as escort to
the remains of Cion. Sheridan hem the
depot to St. Matthew's church. Captain
H. W. Lawton, the tall Indian fighter,
was in command, and Lieut. C. P. Elliott
VMS with him. They were ordered 10 bo
at the depot at 2 o'clock. When they ar-
rived they learned that the funeral train
would not get in before 3 0'010031. The
troop rode to a shady spot of Missouri
avenue near the station and there dis.
tnounted. The bright plumps, clanking
sabers, and jingling spurs attracted a
Large crowd of spectators, who formed a
oirol( about the troopers. Meanwhile a
caisson from the Washington Barracks
arrived at the Motion, It was drawn by
four horses each ridden by an erect mill,
loryman. Lieut; Bennett, of the 3rd
artillery, wee 111 command, The mason
was posted on title street, at the 001001' of
Pouusylvallia avenue, and, like the troop
of cavalry, attracted to crowd. A plat-
form was erected on it, and this was
draped wftii American colors and wide
fettle, of black crape, The caisson was
used 110 the bursa on which were borne
the remains of the dead soldier when
they arrived. The er0ival of the soldiers
attracted many people to the neighbor.
hood of the station, and the streote
through which the procession moved on
its way to the church were crowded,
Senator Palmer has been very muolt an.
noyed at the general circulation of an
expreasion,33alsely attributed to him, to
the effect that in hi0 opinion not more
than half it dozen Senators had premed
their seat0 by the too free use of money,
or by the employment of money i11 ex -
ems of legitimate expanses. He says ho
never made use of any smolt expression,
nor of anything in the least kindled to it,
Senator Palmer says, moreover, that he
was not seen by any reporter of the pa-
per which published the alleged interview
containing the Oxpres0iun. Ho Was very
much surprised to see published what
purported to bo an interview with hila
that was obtained without his knowledge.
Senator Palmer 0ay0 he could not point
out any Senator who was not properly
elected. He dons not believe there aro
any of the kind. There will be a flutter
among the gay young officers of the Navy
who have found shore duty in Washing.
ton so agreeable for a few pare past,
when they read the order of Secretary
Whitney, calling on the board of bureau
ehiofo fora Hee of their assistants who
may be sent to sea without detriment to
the service. Itis one of tbo unfortunate
features of being in the employ of the
Government that the employe cannot be
his own master as to titne, place and oo-
eupation ; but there are so many con.
pensating advantages that few revolt
against existing conditions to the point of
resigning ofidoo.
General I'd event.
George Weber, the German historian,
is dead.
Russia is expected to support Turkey's
view of the Ma0sowah question.
The ohildren'ajubilee tribute amount-
ing to 310,000, hes been pre0entecl to the
Q1100n.
A shark of the man-eater 0peoi00,
weighing 400 pounds, was °Light on the
Hudson, River, at Cornwall, in a tlargoon
net.
There aro ewe 01111f10wer stalks of nn.
tural growth at Rochelle, Fla„ one of
whi0lh has 1,000 and the other 1,183
biome and buds. Pilo stalks caro about'
ton feet high, with branches roacbiug out
about ilk foot.
South London is to have a new under-
ground ±1iltioad. It is being bthilt sfxby
feet under ground. Passengers 1ar0 to
reach it by hydranlic elevators to carry
fifty peewee et ona0. The, tunnel (e be-
ing driven l31y rho use ,ef a 013001 shim'
slightly larger than the iron rings of
Which the tunnel is to bo constructed,
The steel onion ha0 a knife edge, and la
driven forward at the tato of fifteen fent
per day by .hydraul(0 rants worked by
band,
1t is elated that the order0•in-Council
providing for the rebate of la dents a ton
on freight coming through the Welland
Canal as far ea Montreal will be allowed
to 001naf13 thio Mitten, bet that the crave
Will net be repeated nett you,
Base Ball Tournament.
The old Favorites pool First IP fare.
On Thursday of last week the boa
ball tournament wee held on Viotoria
Squaro, I3rueoele, according to announce-
ment, and at±raotod a large attendance.
On the arrival of rho visiting clubs, viz.,
Palmerston, Listowol, 'Wroxeter and
Gerrie and Blyth, lots were drawn to de.
aide how the teams would be matched.
Tho result was Listowel vs. Blyth ; Pal.
1110101on vs, Brussels; the Unions of
Wroxeter and Gerrie drawing the bye.
enrolee/4 VS. 13±111(1,
Umpire Musgrove stalled play for 111e
first game shortly after 1.0 o'olonk a.me
the "Grand Central" team going to bot
tvlth Dudley Ifolmes in the box and J.
Emig11 behind the bat for Blyth. The
game watt a procession, however, the
nine from the mat being too !heavy for
the Blythit00. Holmes did !lie work re-
markably well cull wall very well sup-
ported by the oatohor but the field, with
the exception of W. Shaw, played a
ragged game and the result wan that
Listowel had 10 rums and Blyth 1. at the
close of the 7±11 innings when time was
culled, .7. W. Shaw saved a complete
abut out. Mills and Powers, as pitcher
and aateher, played a good game. Blyth
was strengthened by Dudley Hotline, of
Goderiolh, W. Potter, of Morris, J. W.
Shaw, of lemmata, and W. ehaw, of St.
Marys. Ligtowol team Wan oomposed
of six player's from Guelph, viz., Powers,
Mille, Mollroy, Blakey, Gibbs and Load -
or, and only throe Listowel men in the
club viz., 1V. Hay, Lillieo and Snider.
The following is the 000 0 :
1xsxbwer.. It. 0. 1Lsru, It. 0.
Powaro, c 2 3 Symons, 3 b......... 0 2
Mollroy, 811 1 4 Holmes, p••....,,..., 0 3
Illakey, 1 3, 3 2 W. Shaw, 331..,,. ,., 0 2
Gibbs, a h.......,1 4 S. W. Shaw, 1 31 1. 1
W. Huy, el 3 2 i.lmigh, u. 0 3
Lintel, rf............ 0 1 Darla, of 0 2
Loader, s s 0 3 Hodgins, lt............ 0 8
,11111x, p 3 1 W. Bluish. rt 0 3
Snider, 11 S 2 Potter, a s 0 2
Total,..,.... ,..19 21 Total 121
Innings- 1 9 3 4 6 0 7
Ligtowol 1 3 0 0 0 0 0-10
Blyth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0- I
n tilOSIlr,0 )a. rdL't1:nn'rox.
After dinner a splendid match was
played between the "Echoes" and the
"Stars." The bones team played their
Ow11 men but the visitors were reinforced
by Bennett, the curve pitcher of Fergus,
Tobin end Filey, of Stratford, and, per -
chalice, a few miters. Palmerston snored
in 111e 3n1 and 4th innings, making 1 and
3 runs, respectively, the other 5 innings
could be totalled in 0. Brussels nine
played their usual game, the very first
hit, by re. Brook, being a home run.
Bennett's pitobiug was rather puzzling
but it was well matched by the steady
work done by Grower. The "Echoes"
won by 5 runs and an Innings to spare.
The more book gime the lfolloWing par-
ticulars
1110091100, 11. 0. PALM: MTax. It. 0.
1r'oek, d.., 2 1 Tobin, so 0 3
J.1os0, 2 31,........2 2 Knowles, xf 1 2
D. Roae,1 b 1 2 Skint, a 0 2
Currie, 11.........., .1 3 10"o 00, P 0 3
Browny. p..,..,,..,,.1 3 ylumuhroy, 1131 2
J, Stratton, se,,,.,, 0 3 Willis, 0 b1 2
7, Stratton, 3 b... 0 3 ltlny, if 0 9
Halliday, rt '0 3 Dattorsoy,2 b 1 1
Gerry, of.,.,,,, ,,.r2 2 Hall, at 0 3
4 21
otnl 010 Total,.
Inufng0- 1 2 9 4 5 0 7
Brussel IS 2 0 4 1 2 0 x-0
Palmerston 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1
0100011110 70. W10011T11n-OOBOI11,
A great demi of interest centered around
this game, which was commenced im-
mediately 001 the conclusion of the one
between Brussels and Palmerston, for
two remota. One was the Guolpb-
Lietowel ootubiuntion was quite confident
of "doing up" anything on the ground;
their opponents, a good team any time,
had W. Paulin and II. 1±LcHardy, of
Owen Sound, with thorn, and, lastlyy, the
wiun010 of this mato31 would play Bras.
mels club for 1st money. Lietowel got
8 runs the let innings and added 2 more
in the 2nd, while the "Unions" could
only show 1, but the new battery for
Listowel, Blakey and Leader, Wan not
doing satisfactory work and the "Unions"
bad tied the more at the end of the 4th
innings. Snider got a home run in the
0th and Gibbs followed the good example
in the 7th, making the total 7. The
"Unions" were blanked in the 8th and
things looked a little bleak at the opening
of the 7th with 3 runs to mance to win
tae Mille and Powers held the points.
Ballantyne got to 1st, Sanderson helped
hint to 2nd and took 1st and McLaugh-
lin's heavy (strike let the two base rnu-
tler0 over the home plate and again tied
the score. Me/lardygot hie work in and
brought MoLaugblin in, winning the
very closely oontoeted game, with no men
out 111 the 7th innings. Score
Leseowar„ 1i. 0. "UN cite," 11, 0.
Potreo, 1 b..,,3. 2 Sanderson, a,,.,,, 2 2
Mol)xoy,8 b 1 1 1(0131,8h110, as.., 1 2
Blakey, p 1 2 Mo23rdy, 1t 0 11
Gibbs, 2 1) 1 3 A, rauliu, l b....., 0 3
May, o f 0 3 Nash, 8 b.,,..,...... 0 8
Liam, 01 0 4 VV. Paulin, 2 31 2 0
Loader, 0 1 0 Johnston, 01 0 3
Mills, 0 0 •i FoL, tf 1 2
Snider, 11 1 4 f)nlreyt}nntyno, al 2 1
Total 7 21 Total 0 18
Linings- 1 d a a s 0 7
°!itone' 0 1 1 8 0 0 3-8
Ltstowal2 2 0 0 0 1 1-7
"00110130" vs. "t inns."
The final tie was played by the above
mentioned clubs to deoido who should
tante the 050. Owing to t1)0 afternoon
boing well spent it was agreed that fivo
innings woolsl decide the email. Not.
withstanding the feet that Mussel's had
"downed" the Wroxoter-Gorrio team
twice before this season a fresh interest
was menifeetod owing to the plasma( of
the Owen 8omhd player's in their nine,
but our boys leered themselves out for
business and the result of the match
proved that they aro worth ;100 cent0 on
the dollar overt' time when good ball
playing is required. en the 1st innings
Sandereoln soornd the only run for their
aide ()w(ng to an ov02±1row to 2nd baso
tem the oatohor. In the other fang in -
mugs the "Velem" 800100ly teiteh0d 1st
hate and vent out in the one, two,three
\ o r
m'do. The whitewa8h business did not
work on the home team end they pound-
odeta 1( runs in 010 four inning's, Noble
Clarry, Dave Rees (11114 Jim Roes being
credited with home buns. Nine to nue
and a spare innings was it bad beating in
live .innings. This is the score :
"Retina." 12, 0. "Vetoes" 11,0
Brooke. s 1 Snntlaxaml,0 , p
t
d, Ross,3 h 1 3 Mo3aug711iu....,. tl
71. Ross, 1 h.- S 1 Mollnrd3 se...,.. p
0urria, 1f.,3, 1 A. Paulin, 1 31 0
(irnwar, p. 1 1 Nash, a b.... ., n
J. Stratton, as. D 3 14', Paulin, 2 h..,.,, 0
h'. Btretteu, 3 b... 0 0 Johuetnu, r 1 (1
Halliday, rf......... 1 1 Oomph, If 0
0erry,ot `..1_11 Bailout}nu. ef..0
Total ......... 0 13 Total. 1 1
lnuinge- 1 s :l 4 0
"1loloon" . 2 1 2 4 x-0
"Unions" ......._...,1 0 u n 0-1
)011111110 TOWNSHIP VS. t11111r,
This event did not come off owing, we
believe, to the Sou -appearance of the
catcher of the latter With. The 910.00
is still hold by the Committee and may
be competed for yet before the season 10
over. A gond many were disappointed
at not witnessing this game an it was ex.
p001ed to be a good 0110.
The prizes were awarded an follows
/eraseols, 1st, 050; \Vroxelor-Gorrio, Ind,
030 ; Listowel, 3rd, 92e,
11N11,00. •
7110 people of this locality never got so
mach baso ballbefore for 10 cents. --
Sanderson, the clever mailer of the
"Unions" Was banged about a good deal
in endeavoring to hold MolIardy's errata
curves. -Umpire Musgrove d(1 his work
tve11 and stuck to it all day but smut of
his decisions were a little of the "(rank"
order. -$63 were the gate r000ipto. "1'he
total receipts amounted to 9103.03.-Tllo
Band was in attendance all clay. -.A. Me.
Intosh, of the Grand Central Hotel, Lis-
towel, who secured the six Guelph play_
era, was mom*, out of pocket. -Brook
had not one passed ball, -Jas. Ross did -
excellent work taking two very peculiar
"flies." -If the "Unions" beat the
Guelph -Listowel team 8 to 7 and no one
out in the last (wines, and the "Echoes"
defeated the "Onions" 9 to 1 and an
innings to spare, bow badly could Brea.
sell beat Listowel ?Brussels was the
only club playing their own men. --Pal-
merston and Blyth should have had a
chance to play off with Listowel fur 3rd
prize, -Tho Palmerston nine wee, 700.
sibly, the second best team o3, the ground.
Bennett was a groat aequisitipn to thein.
-The "Echoes" have won evlry match
they have played this season, some six
or seven. Outside batters can't get on
to Grower's pitching. -lone very neat
double playa wore made duting the after.
noon, -There were between 1,000 and
1,200 people on the park during the day.
-The Committee managed all the de.
tails fn it roost satisfactory manner, -The
"Echoes" gave their opponents 9 "white.
washes" out of a possible 12 and in their
10 innings at the bat they secured 1e
runs, "It's wonderful stow We do it but
we do." -The beet "kicker" on the park
Woe Powers, of Guelph. -Noble Gerry
headed the batting record of the day with
!runs and no outs.
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The Dominion Cabinet.
There has been a good many changes
and alt01•ations in the Cabinet lately, so
the following list of personnel thereof may
bo found useful and interesting:
Premier and President of the Connell,
Right Hon, Sir Sobn Macdonald.
Minister of Public Works, Hon, Sir
!hector Langevtn.
Minister of Finance, Hon. George E.
Poster.
Minister of Railways and Canals, Hon.
John H. Pope.
Minieter of Customs, IIon. Mackenzie
Bowell.
Minister of Militia, Hon. Sir A. P.
Caron.
Postmentor•General, Ron. John Hag --
gait.
Minister of Agriculture, Hon. John
Carling.
Minister of Inland Revenue, Hon. John
Costigan.
Ssorotary of State, IIon. 5. A. Chapleau.
Minister of the Interior, Hon, Edgar
Dewdnoy.
Minister of Justice, Hon. J. S. D.
Thompson.
Jliutsterof Marine and fisheries, 11011.
0. 11. Tupper.
Without portfolio, Hon. Frank Smith,
Ron. J. J. 0. Abbott.
By provinces repro(sntation in the
Cabinet is as follows: Ontario, five -
Sir John Maodonnld, Mt', Bowe11, Mr.
Carling, Mr. Haregar±, 11fr. Smith ; tico.
bee, five --Sir hector Langevin, Mr, Pope,
Sir A. P. Caron, Mr, Umpteen, Mr,
Abbott; Nova Scotia, two-ii'Ir. Thomp•
am and Mr. Tupper ; Noty Brunswick,
two --Mr, Costigon and Mr, Foster;
Northwest Territories, ono -Mr. Dowd-
ney.
Tho Stretford baso ball club defeated
the St. Mary's olub at the latter place by
0, more of 44 to 24.
A shingle mill bus been emoted. et Hog
Lake, near bladoo, with la Oana0i±y for
turtling out 40,000 shingles per day.
B. J. Tefft, voterinery r alrgoou, of Port
Elgin, died suddenly about 7:30 Saturday
evoniug. He had been splitting wood
and wont into too house to rest hmisel.f
on a bed, when be expired in it few
minutes. Ho had been in good health
up to within two weeks, when he oom-
plainod a little of fooling unwell,. Ile
was 78 yoare of age.
Tho Montreal Ilagli011 printers hold a
very snooessful picnic and games at tit.
Melon Island on Saturday, The type.
sobbing match for English 711111ers tone
butte) was won by W. A. Bell, of the Wit -
nese, svho set 1,080 eine ; 5. Gannon, of
tho Witness, 1,838 ens, being second.
The French printers' mail wee won by
J. Dollaire with 1,881 ems,
Rev. W. Hayhurst, of Waiteoebnrg, ad-
v0r±fives a religious freed who is vermin-
bulating through the colones of Essex
and IKelnt, Said franc! is "operson about
811 yoer0 of age, rather melee the med-
ium! height, setueWhat thick sot, olein
shaven, long black stair, calling hhneolf
an ev11ugel(0t, and trailing from 3iciti
hon. Beware of lino . 1[e 10 not what
e pretends to be 1 The ehiokons or
South E00011 just now will lied ft endue.
ive to their candy to take their Kenna)"
in an (altittldin0u0 petition.
.Ll,. Trip T12rougll Egypt.
Dr A. d. 1t'n"NAL0, A Pa11111:a 1(111130330,110;
(Concluded front last issue,)
Egypt is One of the most ancien
countries in the world ---not only one n
the m00tancient, but neo of the mos
interacting 139 well. With its pyramids
temples, obelisk's and tombs with gram
figures, there is euilicient food for though
and careful consideration, Let me veals
Ana of thetheGaza pyramido. There er
three of them about (:elan (13111,0 out o
Cairo, At that (labium(labiumthey look lice
smalllnnhnds, -batt na yon advance to-
ward them they 1001e like largo cones
with stela up the side:;. The area of the
boo of mull py uwlid is about ten acres,
and the height about 000 feet. You an -
mod the outside by steps. There are
three genes getaway with you -one
•,oca h1 fr.ed with a gndlo around yon,
11e holding the other end, the other two
guide( w'alltiug by your side. 1'1lo4'1 pre.
cautious are taken to prevent Olio fallnlg
should he become dizzy. The sone pre.
molted lire is unspeakably grand. In
the distance you see the ('0)11s of the
ancient oily of Tliebes, and Cairn, the
rlt(allal of Egypt, which, won from such
height, look very beautiful. 0n all
sides, us far es the. eye can carry you,
1';gypt's fairest charms and richest tree -
Maria, in the form of rich, beautiful
scenery, lies open to the view, The
pyramids are trot solid, but aro made up
of rooms. Perhaps there would bo sev-
eral of these chambers in each. In order
t0 get inside of the pyramid yo" have to
start at the base and descend, like going
down tho cellar of a house, about twenty
feet, then yoyouasceud until you come to
a largo chamber. All this time we were
led by a guide, who held a light, of course,
for it was very dark; the air of the
chamber, too, was very bail. These
chambers are supposed to be the tombs
of the Ancient Kings. Wo went through
all these Members and then returned to
the light of the day, glad to leave the
city of tho dead, content to leave it as we
found it -shrouded in deep and impene-
trable mystery, But as we stand before
these silent monuments of those long
dead a feeling of nave and admiration
comes over us -admiration for the archi-
tectural power of those who now bio there
sleeping quietly, awe for the cameo of the
greatness of the work. In the eastern
front of each pyramid teas 0. temple, pro-
bably for the purpose of holding funeral
rites. Some of these chambers, toe,
when you would enter with a light would
sparkle with the brilliancy of diamonds,
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ft
I will now, speak of the sphinx. It is a
large stone figure, and has the face of a
woman with the body of a lion. It
immures from the ground to the top of
the head 05 feet, and perhaps 250 or 300
feet long. Originally the sphinx was a
fabulous monster that had a woman's
head and a lion's body. She used to get
by a roadside and proponntl riddles to
pa0sera-by, enyon0 who could answer she
allowed to pees, but those unfortunate
ones who could not alio killed. It was
to perpetuate her memory this stone
figure was built. Why they made her
out to be te woman, or whether tbore
was anything personal I don't 11110w.
I hope I may never have anything to do
with a 3Otnatt sphinx. This one in
Egypt is quite harmless though, in quiet
majesty she site and with her sightless
eves sho views, in quiet disdain, all poor
human mortals who stand before her.
The next tbing of importance was the
temple of Ipsambnll, which is situated
on the west bank of the Nile, about 500
miles from Cairo. On the front ellireeme
Taping the oast there aro four large
figures, representing two Icings and two
queens. The Icings are very large -being
.90 foot high and 12 feet wide from hand
to hand morose the body. The queens
are not so high, being only CO foot. At
the entrance to the temple there wan a
large portico with massive pillars sup.
porting the roof. Those pillars are tail
carved in beautiful figures, heads and de-
signs. From this you outer by a large
doorway into a hall, on eaoh side of this
Hall there are more pillars 80 feat high.
Them pillars are carved with the heads
Of 111011 and animals so natural that you
would almost expect to hoar them speak
to you. On the other side of this hall
there are two ]urge rooms, probably 100
foot long by 30 feet wide. All these
roams arosoulpeured in images of various
kinds -warriors in their 031ariot0 and
painted in all onlora, archers and bow-
men with 111eie largo bows and arrows
apparently making a charge on their
enemies. All these wore life size and a .
peered natural. As yen pass along the
Hall you conte to two large doors, one
leading down stairs and the other up.
After leaving this hall, whittle runs east
land west, you enter ono running at right
angles. To your loft hand is a door ;
palming through this you stand in whet
may bo called the heart of thio temple,
for it is nothing else than the chamber
of the Gods. In the metre is a largo
alter, upon which the offeror would place
his offering -it may heave been acme.
times to human being, who can tell?
Behind tbo alter is the (thief god sitting
on a raised throne with steps leading up
to it, On each side of the chief god am
two smeller one; they aro all stone and
Made lifo size, and look very natural.
Of these gods it may well be said, "lreyes
have they bet they 000 not, ears but hear
not, mouths but speak not," Yet for
ages the Worshipper woold bow clown to
these bits of stone and perhap0 oven lay
down his life In order to get thee happi.
ness which they required and multi not
get. The grandeur of this temple i0 bo-
yond my feeble powers to describe. Eacil
chamber has its own poouliar'itioo, its
Own b0an17, too rich envying, the colored
aurae anti 'rah sculpture, All showed
traces of superior knowledge in the 0111 of.
arclliteeture.
I will close this already long 81.1 per.14* rambling talk with a description of
Thane, the eneielt oap(tal of Egypt,
sitnatecl about 500 miles from A)0xatldrie,
It le dike some of the paper towns of the
alenitffba boom -.-cot meth left but 110)111.
it this city thore are stili to be teen the
ilhls of the. temples :Karnak, Luxor
thand
ornish . 1 wto speak of Reenak for a
Number 6.
little while, jest In ,:how you who !rind
Of people those early 1•.gyptiaus were.
The temple Karmic 1314x104), with a
massive 4tnne 0003, is supported by 134
p(Ilors, or oolnn,us, arranged in rows of
10 each. These pillar's are nearly 0 fent
in diameter and about 4:3 feet High, some
of 3110111 are 72 fret high. ,fust think of
it building with a roof 72 feet high.
There le no roof on this temple 1(0111 as
far as I could see, but all is ruin and
desolation. Every eurfuee i covered
with picture,' of guile, hero(, m:,'( hero-
b,
ero-
paints,! id ouctl b,it;ht ounce,
Tj>s whole buid.ling 1)111 upwat•�is Of
12,00,1 feet in length. Then there was
an avenue of sphinx's, or carved pit:tures,
for a mile, and a half heeling (nen this
temple to another part ef 13 .Curl tv11e1, it
was fleet built it must Hate bees. a grand
sight, but rvnv It 11 it hee.p 1,1' rains.
Wheat youtitin1 that a'nnr "t <b'r.a 0(110(:
of 1 apt l'afe 31,'011il. , 40 •0
13. t:., that in tip+ work , , 1 ,i) n1g the
pyramid some :138,00.111. l (('"3' 33311(110)'.
oil for 20 years, we 1011.11 tisk oartiehen
the question . -what kind of 1, •.31111,. were
these Egyptians? A wer9 fn u'eard to
their religion. They worshipped various
gods. I have with nm theSeelabrnn, or
sacred bug, which Wein a common object
of worship. It is bard to nnderstaud
110W Snell nn intelligent people could
worship such au article as n bug, but
such is the case.
Now for home. Nn more wxkiog
boats up the rapids, no more uuilorm,
but home, sweet home. I wont down to
Suez through the great canal; saw all
there was to be seen, and got on board of
the East Indian troop ship Janna, at
Port Said, started for Portsmoutlh, I11ng.,
from there to Loudon, thence to Liver-
pool and thence took the steamer to Now
York. I had a good time messing the
ocean, and when I remelted New York I
weak through the principal streets and
then tools the train for home (Rrnssele) ;
afterwards I went up to Winnipeg and
wont out with the troops to put down
the rebellion in the Northwest. I will
not recount all my adventure's 10 yon in
case I might have nothing left, bet some
time again, when I have more time, I
may telt a longer talo. In the mean-
time I can be found in the employ of the
C.P. It„ Port William. A, G, MOD.
Crops in Ontario.
Atama.0 Report of the Bureau of itatistiea
The report of the Bureau of Statistics
for August gives snub intereetiug par-
tioular0 (cording the condition of crops
in this Province. The report f- bused
.upon returns from 733 cerrespondeuts.
The ecreag0 of fall wheat fs tame from
the asssesm0nt rolls, while all other areas
and statistics of lire stook are cutnpilod
from formers' returns wader date of June
25111, 1868.
1a11 wheat generally was considerably
injured by the unfavorable weather of
April, May and part of June. The yield
on the whole is below) the average.
Reports regarding spring whoet are
more favorable than for some years past.
The only injury it has received worth
mentioning has been from a slight droubh
in a few places. Upwards of 80 par cont.
of the reports are favorable, The area
sown, however, shows a decrease from
481,821 acres in 1887 to 387,850 this
year.
Barley is reported good as regards yield
and size of berry,
Oats have given a satisfactory return
in 1310 Western Lako Counties of Ontario,
and in a largo pertain of the West Mid-
land group. iReports are •lnfavorablo
from the East Midland and lit. Lawrance
districts.
Comparatively little rye, is grown in
Ontario. On ,the whole it has proven a
good crop.
Peas are reported good all over. The
presence of the (gen bug is reported only
in some of the Lake Erie Counties.
Corn is a better crop than for Dome
years past, wbile most encouraging re-
port is given to beans.
Roots and fruits aro fairly good.
Peril'. County Notes.
The charge of fraud against A. 1\I.
Fisher, License Inspector of North Perth,
preterrod by Themes St. John, was die -
missed. at,tno Stratford Police Court Fri.
day.lex. Cavort, Collector of Inland Rev.
mule, of Stratford, and Officer Dingman,
of Palmerston, seized an illicit still in
the to11n831i13 of Minto, the other day, in
full operat10u ; also a quantity of grain.
The owner 1100 arrested, and sentenced
to be imprisoned for five months, and to
pay a penalty of $400.
The Listowel Banner says : "David
Leslie, of the dib concession, Marybore,
has a four year old horse whd has for
two yore been in the habit, whenever
thirsty, of walking deliberately up to tho
pump mthe yard, grasp the pump handle
in 1110 teeth and pumping till he brings
the water, and then masking a few strokes
and drinking alternately all he is satis•
lloa. If any cue of tbn other horses
0honld 0000mpally him he will pump
enough for both.
Monday night's Counoil meeting at
Stratford ended hi ht lively scrap between
two of the Aldermen. The olochia light.
hlg contract wan under discussion, when
a motion was made to confine ±1m Aim of
the amperes to nine -molt, AIB. Gibson
objected, saying that would give the eon -
tenet to the Royal Company, which Ald,
Gordon wee championing. He added
that ho could see through 111e whole little
gene. ' Aid, Gordon---You'ro a liar, Gib.
son, if you say so. Ald. Gibson jumped
for Ald. Gordon's throat, and Aid. Gor-
don
oridon seized the water pitcher and swing.
ng it aroan3, said ho would smash Gib-
son if 11e matte another move. AM. Gor.
don finally said 110 would 011tagh Ala,
Gib'san'sugly mug, and teen clinched and
01 hill head down on t1(0 table. Several .
Haws were amok, but 110 the )men were
a
1.10. a nu blood was d1' t n. The a '
o o av h �' n)
Y
ncl Council and a number of citizens
(owed themele, but rho tight was noir' -
nterfered with until two Mende were
ong11±;
a