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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-07-25, Page 4A s crt C _ - ; F 4 • - • THE if URpN EXPOSITOR. • •••., A JULY 2't5t 18n •_ • •• • •• L i NEW ADVERTIENIEXTS. , Holman Liver Pad ---The Medical Hall. Eclipse Engincs—W. & T. Haggert. 1 Voters' Lists—Tow of Seaforth. Proclamation—Joh 'Beattie, Mayor Dissolution—Reid Barton. , Notice—Peter Adarnsona Insolvency Notice—Robert Gibbons. Notice to Farmers—, Wm. T. Dorraue Boots and Shoes—Ji. B. Jamieson. Clearing Sale—Durican & Duncan. *to SEAFORTH, JULY -25, 1879. I The Centsohdated aaik: Considerable uneasiness has for so lee time existed in the minds of the pub ic concerning the sonnduess of this n- stitution. Various' rumors have be a in circulation, whiela had the effect of arousing the suspiicions of deposit re and customers of ithe bank. The tion of of the Directdrs hi decreasing tit e capital stock, the 40e• figares at whi h its bonds were qu ted :in the mon y market, and the _refusal, in many 'n - stances, to do business even with re - lex customers, have, no doubts been t e principal causes cif this distrust. It . will, therefore, be satisfactory , to all n- tereeted, now to learn that in 'so .far as ... the actual solvency of the bank is con- ; cerned, and its ability to redeem all its obligations, there is not the ! slightest ground for alarm. A. very thorough in- vestigationinto itslaairs hasi recently been made by three competent persons e appointed at the instance of the share- ': holders. The repOrt of- these gentle - en will be found in another coluixn. It discloses the fact • th,at'althaugh tie -• ,• ' Management has beeneof the Most ds - graceful and repreheitsible ' charact the institution is s in in a position o redeene. its obligatii las, and hate a fair surplus to the good. The inveetigation, however, was not made a moMent too soon. We deubt if there are Many in- stitutions in Canada that have been - 1 ! more grossly • mismanaged than the Consolidated Bank. The agencies have all done a good biisiness, as will be seen • by the report, while the leases in connec- tion with them. thavelieen comparatively trifling. The Whole ' difficulty arose with the head office. ' t 'fifact, ever since . the -amalganeation Of 'the . oid Royal e Canadian with the Citizinie ,Bank of Montreal, centering the manage- thent in ., . that city, the institution seensttie have a f been run in the interests an , ea the , benefit of a few Montreal speculatere. The shareholders have been robbed:ha: the redaction of their stock,the agencietf- stinted. in funds, and the customers: cramped and, embarrassed., sintply that funds might be furaghed thee scaley leeches. As a result of this policy over a !million of dollares have been lost at . the head office, the t eredit of !the con- cern nearly ruined,and. its business all - but destroyed. The management not only permitted this foss and, destruction to go;on., year after ' year, init in. order that the robbery from the head office might be completed, they wilfully de- ceived and misled the shareholders and the public by pretending that the difft- , oulties all arose in connection with the agencies, and they thus kept attention centered on them, Trhell it 8110,11id have been directed to the fountain head. Thie is not a creditable state Of affairs, and the Directors who either through design or neglet permitte' it, are de- • : serving of impeachment. They etre, in fact, not many steps a,bov their breth- ren of the Glasgow -Bank. Were it the shareholders only who were Made to suffer through- this mismanagement, - the public would liot have so much cause for complaint. Butnuocent peo- ple, customers of the baIn , have been most harshly dealt ' with solely on this account. Many business men ande manufacturers, whe :had been doing business with the bank for' years, and whose paper was irreproaphable, were - shut down on without a day's notice, and were not only refused money with which to carry on. business, but were •refusec1 renewals, and Were, cense uent- ly, very seriously +embarrassed. Or a -n institution to treat its customelrs in such a manner, and at a • tithe cl de- pression sucb. as this is,. is, to say the least, heartless, if not trirainal. ' Had such treatment been k—ndoi ad necessary through naisfortune, none teould justly complain, but when it was tharesult of mismanagement, the guilty parties can- not be too severely c.ensuredt - In this town, where the 'Consolidad 1 -_lank and the Royal Caualian beforeit, tlid a - very large and profitable busitness for years, the result of this miamanagemelit has not been so severe y felt, on account of an agency of another baulc having recently been established here, and many of the victims. of the old bank Were afforded relief by the netv. Had it not been for this fortunate I circum- stance, the recent policy of the Con- solidated would haVe been ruinous to some of our best business men and calamitous to our town. We are in hopes ndw, however, that this bungling and mismanagement, which has proved so nearly fatal to the bank and ruinous to the shareholders and customers, will be' stopped once for all. The -recent disclosures have open- ed the eyes of the proprietary and the public, and the prospeats are that the Montreal "suckers ", will be at once and forever shut off. New blood has . - , been infused into the Directorate, and a competent and honorable manager, in the person of Mr. Archibald Campbell, has been placed at the head of the in- stitution. Under these circumstances, vte may fairly anticipate a more honor- able and prosperous career in the future for the Consolidated. With judicious management, public confidence will soon be restored, and. its financial basis strengthened, and the sharehold- ers may yet obtain reasonable divi- dends on the stook left to them, and the public mind will not be again dis- tur ed by rumors of failure, and its customers oppressed by unjust and un- reaisonable restrictions and demands at , a time when liberal and judicious treat - meat is most required.. i JIM, AMMO —1– . hat a Difference it Makes. ' Just now this section of the Reform prees is making a'dead set against the PaCific Railway scheme; and,their vid- lent articles on the subject are being re- produced by the three or four 'Liberal' journals in England, which makeabuse of Canadaand things Canadian a specialty. Both political parties are pledged to build that road. Twenty- five, million dollars have been sunk in or will be sunk in it when the sec- tions now under contract are finished. All admit that it is a work of national necessity. Without it the Northwest can never be colonized, nor the union of these Provinces thoroughly com- pleted. This being the case, it is nothing short of criminal -for Canadian Journals to seek to hamper those pub- lic servants who happen to be charged with the responsibility of constructing it, merely because they also happen to bemembers of a Tory Government. There should be a limit to the ferocity of Party warfare, and we submit that assitults on an undertaking of the mag- nitiade and importance of the Pacific Railway are outside the code." --Toronto ilf ' it. ili I ear, hear! So say we all of us, but at at a difference it makes with some people whose ox it is that is -being gored. The moralizings of our Toronto friend 1 soiind very nice, and coming from a dif- 1 ferant source migh be quite proper, but fro the Mail are rather out of place anhi inconsistent. Who does not re- m mber what the ourse of that jour - was a few Ye rs ago, when Mr. 1 , Cartwright went toI England to borrow I radney for a similar purpose. . With 1 inch less grounds for fault-finding than th Reform journals have now, it de - t , no noed the schetine of the then. Gov- rirnent as a fraud, told the English 1 ; eapitalists that the man who was pre- , t seriting it and w1 ho wale Finance Minis- ter of Canada was indompetent and a ; bungler, and that if they advanced him money it would be lost to the people of the country. While it was engaged in this not very creditable task with the , :Viety of preventing a political opponent , i • , sitoneediug in the English money mar- ket,tit.did not have so great a regard i ! for taticredit of Canada as it has now, i 'arid itiilears of retarding the progress of the entertaiee for which the Money was wanted wer6"made subservient to party hatred. Any ;person who will recall the conduct of the .11fail in those days I a will scarcely be able to refrain from smiling at the hypiieritical cant it now utters and of which the above is a fair sample. The tre1atment accorded Mr. T upper and his Ischeme by the Reform press is generouS and considerate when compared with ,Ithe abuse whieh the Conservative press heaped upon Mr. Cartwright under similar, circum- stances. Besides this, the scheme of the Reform. Government was fair and_ was fully known to every person, whereas the preSent scheme is partially hid, the Government having taken to themselves powers whiclathe late Gov- ernment never evep thought of assUra- ing, as, for instance, the location of the, road through British Columbia. At the last session of Parliament the Govern- ment asked for and received power from Parliament to adopt such routethrough British Coluinbia asthey deemed meet, without f urther i eon sul ti ng Parliament. There is a strong suspicion, which 1 seems to be well founded, that for the 1 purpose of securing the political sup- port, of the British Columbians, the Government inend abusing the confi- dence reposed_ in them by Parliament, by adopting the! longest and least prac- ticable pate 'at an enormous additional expense to the country. The Reform press have most strenuously protesteci against the Government attempting such an abuse of power. More than this the have not done, but even ,this has proven sufficient to raise the ire of thecvirtuous (?) and consisteht (?) Iliad, and induce it to cry -that the credit of the country is being injured. If the credit of the country is likely to be in- jured, and the progress of the Pacific Railway impeded, the 'fault does not lie with the Reform press, who have ut- tered the warning, but with those who have threatened to sell the interests of the country and tbetray the confidence reposed in them1 by Parliament, merely to gain the favor of a greedy Province and secure the support of its represen- tatives. Our contemporary might kindly think of these things before it again i undertakes to lecture its betters on moral ethics. • Cure For Sro.all-Pox. A correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury writes to that journal as fol- lows : "I am Willing to stake my repu- tation asit public man if the worst cases of small -pox cannot be cured in three days simply by cream of tartar. This is a new and never failing remedy. One ounce of cream of tartar, dissolved • in a pint of boiling water, to be drank cold at short intervals. It can be taken at any time, and is 'a preTeentative as well as a curative. It is 'known to have cured in London it thoutand cases. I have myself restored hundreds by this means. It never leaves a marks never causes blindness, and always prevents tedious lingering. 1 meemamieemeemsasemen Items Political and Otherwise. —From the brief telegraphic reports which reach us, it seems that the mem- bers of the Canadian team are giving an excellent account of themselves this year at Wimbledon. The Prince of Wales' prize, one of the highest boners, has been won by a Canadian, Mr. John Gibson M. P. P., and doubtless the other members of the team will each do something to distinguish himself. Suc- cess such as that of Col. Gibson will give a, needed impulse to sharp shooting in Canada. —Mr. Richard White, proprietor of the Montreal Gazette, publishes a small law journal called the Legal News. It is a useful publication in its way, and probably has frota 100 to 150 subscrib- ers, almost exclusively among the,legal profession. It is of no value as an -ad- vertising medium, yet. Sir Charles Tup- per, Miuister of Railways, advertises for tenders for steel rails and for con- tracts for sections of the Pacific Rail- way in its columns. The advertise- ments in question cover "One whole page. of the News, and Mr. White imakes a neat thing out of it. The idea of ad- vertising among laWyers for tenders for steel. rails, or anything else, is pre- posterous. The dbject, however, is not to advertise, but to fee Mr. Richard White for the support of the Gazette. —Many Ontario farmers who are abdut to spend hundreds of dollars and endure the hardships and uncertainties of life in the new Province of Manitoba, are not aware there are 200,000 acres of land within two days' journey from Toronto open for settlement. The Gov- ernment has placed no less than 238,- 026 acres of laud on Manitoulin, Barrie and Cockburn Islands on the market. The land is offered to settlers for a nominal price, one dollar per acre being the highest. It is represented to be of excellent quality for farming purposes, heavy fields of hay and promising crops being reported from sections of Mani- toulin Island now under cultivation. Farmers with limited means would probably do better by taking up new laud. nearer home than by risking their whole capital in a Manitoba ven- ture. - —The report made by Secretary Schurz, regarding the experience of the -United States Government in their efforts to induce Indians of the Western plains to 'settle on and cultivate the land, comes at an opportune moment. Some bands of' the most warlike and wandering tribes have been taught agri- cultural pursuits, A number of Sioux are successfully dultivating their lands in the James river valley, Dakota. They have their Own horses, their own tools, and are self-supporting. Each head of a family possesses 160 acres, allotted by treaty stipulations. These Indians aro reported. to be doing well, and they have accomplished for them- selves ivliat is the object of any peace policy—settlement ou the land. These results , accomplished with the war- like Sigma afford hope , for the success of the efforts of- Dominion Govern- ment tt train our Northwest Indians to become peaceable farmers and stock - raisers. —There is th,e prospect of a new en- terprise being developed in connection with the cattle trade from Canada to England. The export of fat cattle must soon close for this year, as our supply will be exhausted, and as grass- fed animals will not suit. Store cattle, however, might be shipped to Ireland, where there is abundance of pasthre and scarcity of stock. The principal difficulty in the way.of developinabthis new branch of trade is an Order-ine Council which provides that each ani- mal shall have a given space on ship- board. It, therefore, costs as much to export a lean animal as one prime condition for market. It is contended that store cattle, being less valuable and of smaller size, do not require so much space, and that by ourtailing the space a reduction could be obtained in the ship- ping charges. The attention of the Minister of Agriculture has been called to the subject, and efforts are being made to have the Order -in -Council amended, so- that this trade may be commenced during the present sea- son. —The Ca-natla, Pacific Railway scheme will probably be received in England with less tvarmth than those who have gone to present it. If the railway were a, purely commercial af- fair, the money to build it -could probe- bly.be got on the market - But instead of being a commercial affair it is a political affair, its inception haying been designed with the object of keep- ing,British Columbia in the Confedera- tion: Free grant lands may be had in any quantity in the Western States. Pe land is represented as being better, t e climate more agreeable, and the facilities for getting to market greater, than is the case in Canada. The re- sult is that it is difficult for Canada's immigration agents to compete against American agents with any degree of success. When you pat a price of $2 an acre on the Canadian land, you handicap your immigration agents and drive immigrants away. If the hum. - dead( millions of acres of farming land[eur Government professes to pos- sess are ever to be improved and set- tled. upoit, they must be given away, not sold. —In speculating on the probable re- sult of the Letelher embroglio, a con- temporary submits the following per- tinent queries: Will. Sir John Mac- donald succeed in bullying the Marquis of Lorne into being the instrument of striking a blow at the autonomy of every Province of the Dominion? Or will Sir John perform the juggler's feat of gracefully swallowing the sword sup -r posed to be hanging over Gov. Letellier's head? Will the Queen's sen -in-law illustrate the doctrine of self-efface- meut and enroll himself among those declared by Scripture entitled. , to in- herit the earth? Or will he tell Sir John Macdonald that he sees no reason to alter his former views; that the Pro- vince of Quebec, as shown by every re- cent election, is not dissatisfied with the conduct of Lieut. -Gov. Letellier; that it would not do for a Governor- General to set a precedent which prac- tically takes away from each Province the right of provincial self-government; •..•.•- • that Sir John Macdonald obtained his majerity, not on the Letellier question, but on an important trade question; - and that he, as Governor-General, would not consent to Lieutenant -Gov. Letel- lier' s dismissal without at least first subneitting the whole queStion to the general body of the electorate in a gee- eral !election. • —The new Canadian four per cent. loan,ha,s been fully subscribed in the London !market. The tenderers at the official minimum of 95 per cent. will receive about 90 per cent. of their teu- ders, and all the tenders above 95 will receive the full amount bid for. The loan hast been made on most favorable terms fo Canada. —it will be news to our readers to learn th t TUE EXPOSITOR belongs to the " ha d shell Grit" branch of the Reform Press. But the Mail says so, says always true? n our innocence we were not and. isn'i what the Mail aware that two branches of the Reform press existed, but the Mail says that they do and we suppose that, also, must be true. We dare say it does sur- prise our big brother not little that there shbuld be sufficient independence among Reform journals tp differ with each other on aity question, no matter howitrivial. It is not accustomed to thatsor1 of thing in its own ranks. In- depeade ce of thought i not tolerated there. Conservative journals never differ in opinion, they -all meekly and obedient y follow the leader of the Bell Weathe . Hence the surprise of the organ that difference of opinion should exist atciong Reform journals on a minor q estion, in which no principle is my° ve —the •English journals are printing severe atticles on what they call the subhme presumption of the Canadian Govrnr11ont in asking the British Gov - eminent for a loan or guarantee in con- nection ith the Canada Pacific Rail- way. ¶ijhe Manchester Examiner says it must ot be wondered at if the recep- tion of he Canadian Ministers is a great de 1 more hearty than the recep- tion of their scheme, and that while they will meet With hospitality, their welcpme can scarcely fail to be tinged with some little -Contempt for their political sagacity. The Leeds Mercury laughs I t the idea of Canada askirg for money, and echoes r. Baxter's advice to the effect that thj3 Canadian Minis- ters had better go b ck and revise their tariff. The upshot of the Mercury's article ie that the Imperial highway idea will not take, t at the distressed Englishman clause s it very thin one, and that the " thr e gentlemen will find the pseudo-pateotic fever in Eug- land, wonderfully c oled down under the collapse of Lord Beaeonsfield's Eastern Policy, the inglorious •en- counter with Cete vayo, the big war bills, and the appro ch of the general election i pretty much to the eame effect as we have already writ eu. cons His the daiii he Letellier cese is now under deration of the Governor-General. ecision is dell& expected. When golly is over, what will the Toronto s get to quarrel about? News of thp Week. empNr.—An old woman named Ann Birchen, 74 years of age, fell from a,fo rth story window in Detroit, and was I1dl1d instantly. PTAiN DROWNED.—Steamship Laug- shit -which left New York for Belfast lastl Saturday morning, returned, hav- ing ost her captain overboard, off Fire Isla, d, Nisw Yonx AND ERIE.—The Erie road,has decided to build 1,000 more cars to be used in increasing their quota in the Erie and Pacific Dispatch fast freight line. OIn MANUFACTI3RE.—The Harrisburg Car enufacturing Company are mak- ing hirteen eight -wheel freight cars a day for the New York Ceutral and Can- ada Southern. A PARRICIDE.—W/31. J. Trenisky, Poli h soldier, under arrest for as - Boni , was charged by his . step -mother, Mrs Engleshard Weber, with murder- ing is father five years ago. DANGEROUS WEAPOW.—Thos. J. Hu- bert! a Detroit student, received the ents of a self -cocking pistol, which had. under his pillow, in his itch the other morning. He will con he sto die. G 11MAN FESTIVAL.—Fifty thousand. Gernans attended the opening of the Ger an national feast at Sheulzen Par , New • York; last Sunday. The -teas continues throughout the entire 'wee. H RVEST IN MINNESOTA.—The wheat har est has commenced in Minnesota a wee earlier than usual. The grain is i an average condition, andthe crop will probably amount to 47,600,000 bushels. RAISING FIGURES.—A gang of rowdies at Birmingham reeently secured over $10,)00 by the familiar device of " rais- ing ' genuine checks by taking out the fig es by a chemical preparation and inse ting larger ones. • ADDRESS TO PRINCE JERO3IE.—Prinee Jerome Bonaparte has been preseut- ed Oh an address from leading mem- bers of the party in France, to which he has 'made a suitable reply. His re- marks were well received by those who heard him. RAILWAYS THAT PAT.—Two year ago the 'lipid transit receipts of New York wer3, about 01,000 each day. Now the °ley ted railways are earning 015,000 daily, and Cyrus W. Field predicts that in a year hence the average daily re- ceipts will reach 025,000. MURDERER HANGED.—Napoleon Bona- parte (colored) was -hanged at Sardis, Miseissippi, on Friday last for the murder of Tom Butler (colored) com- mitted 071 the 6th of last August. The execution was witnessed 7,ter orod. of 3,000, principally negroes. Thej condemned man addressed the as - sem lage, Warning his hearers against evil tempters. .. YELLOW FEVER.—A large number of new, cases of fever have been reported at Memphis, and the citizens are leav- ing in great numbers by every train. Quarantine regulations have been es- tablished at St. Louis. Washington city has forwarded to Memphis 1,500 tent, and rations for 10,000 for 20 day, to he used in aid of the sufferers by yel- low fever. TTING BULL AND HIS FORCES.—There other Indian excitement in the t, from the belief that there is er of an attack upon the army by of Sitting Bull's hostile Indians. ng Bull himself is reported to be efully inclined, but is urged to hos- by his ',aids. The immediate is a We dan 4,00 Sitt pea tilit cause of the offe e is said to be the recent preparatidrii made " by General Miles to patrol the border more thor- oughly. ABRIVED.—Sir Garnet Wolseley has arrived at Fort Darnford. A large body of Zulus has surrendered, and the sit- uation now is very reassuring. FELL IN.—A portion of the roof of a new roundhouse, which is being built at Buffalo, fell in on Saturday, injur- ing twelve men, one of whom died on Sunday. WINDLETON MATCH.—The shooting match at Wimbleton still goes on. In a match between 16 Canadians and 16 Liverpool volunteers, for the silver cup, was won by the former. LADY YACHTIST.—Miss A. E. Fazak- erly, a L ondon lady, owns a steam yacht, the Violet, in which, with three female companions, she is making an extended tour through the north of Europe. THE ZULU WAR ESDED.—The Zulu war is over. .k private and unpublish- ed thessa.ge from Sir Garnet Wolseley \yea received. at the War Office on Wed- nesday, enquiring which regiments are to be sent home. A BAD ENDD7G.—A woman, supposed to be Mrs. Bell Odell, waitress at Odeen's varieties, Detroit, suicided the other night by drowning. It is said her maiden name was Sharp, and she was a natilye of Amherstburg, Ont. RUOBIAN IMIIIGBATION.—The steamer Mosel brought over to Ne tv York on Sat- urday 600 steerage passengers, mostly Russians. The gussiaus represent over $100,000. Sixty families have 213 chil- dren. - They are a remarkably fine look- ing class. Tun Sal:4521011 IN IRELAND.—The grind juries of Westmeath aid Mayo, call attention. to the serious agitation against the payment of rents, and the increase of intimidation. and law- lessness. They recommend that the Executive be armed with increased. power. GREAT DRODOIIT.—A despatch from Greenville, South Carolina, says searce- ly any rains have visited the upland counties of South Carolina in eight weeks, and it is believed that the early planted corn will not yield one-eighth of an average crop. Cotton also suffers much. DISHONEST CLEBK.—Fred. Fleck, clerk in the Workingmen's Savings Bank, Pittsburg, Pa., was given a blank check signed by the cashier to fill out for the amount of a small bill owed by the bank. He drew $1,000 on the check and decamped. He is respectably con- nected. Caoes.—The crops of Michigan for 1879, though somewhat above the aver- age, do not equal those of 1878. There is it greater acreage, but less aveyage yield per acre. The indications are that in grain the straw will be less and the berry larger and plumper than the average. YELLOW FEVER 0/4 BOARD.—The brig Shasta, from St. Domingo, arrived in -great distress at quarantine, 12 miles below the city of Philadelphia, last Friday morning. Of nine men on board, seven were down with yellow fever. Four deaths occurred on board in Jane, the captain beinabamong the number. The Board of llealtb took every precaution to prevent the spread of the.disease. STEAMER WIIECKED.—The steamship State of Virginia, 2,500 tons, from New York for Glasgow, went ashore on Sa- ble Island itl a dense fog on Saturday, 12th inst. She had 136 on board, crew and passengers. The purser, first offi- cer and. nine men came in one of - the ship's boats to Port Bickerton, west of Came. They then proceeded to New Glasgow. When landing the passen- gers on the island, four women and five children were drowned in the surf. The followina Canadian passengers were saved: °Miss J. Carlochan, Niag- ara; Duncan Campbell, London, Ont.; Asa Hall, Woodstock. The vessel left New York on the 10th inst., and be- longs to the State Line of steamers. The cargo consisted of 101 head of cat- tle, Aradrican produce and general car- go. A number of cattle which were thrown overboard to lighten the steam- er got safely ashore, and part of the cargo was also washed ashore. A pirate steamer visited the wreck on Sunday morning, and carried off a large portion of the cabin furniture, including the piano. The vessel is lying with about nine feet of water in her, but is not re- ceiving any great damage. The surf is so high that it is very dangerous and. slow work landing the cargo. ZULULAND AFFAIRS.—Sil! Garnet Wolseley's appointment has put new life into affairs. There is great indig- nation against Lieut. Carey and others for leaving the Prince Imperial when the scouting party , was attacked by Zulus. However, it is acknowledged that Prince Louis gave orders as if he was in command. Not a single shot was fired. The Prince's body was found 130 yards from where he attempted to mount. The unfortunate youth. lost his life through a Woolwich saddler's supplying brown paper instead of leather wallets. No one can envy the feeling of that English trader, who startlingly illustrates again the reasons why English goods no longer command. the markets of the world. Three mile'§ from the disaster, Lieut. Carey met the English staff officer, and told him he had been shot at and feared the Prince Imperial was killed. " What did. you come here for if you didn't expect to be fired on ?" asked_ the officer, who, pres- ently realizing that the plucky French Prince had been left to die without an effort to save him, burst forth:- " By , sir, you ought to be shot, and I'd like to do it," The death rate araong the British officers in Zululand is heavy, in many cases the dead beingvictims to indiscretion. Lord Chelitasf4d. is re- garded with pity and contempt only. He makes up his mind one minute only to alter his decision the next. „ The Conservati-ve Leadership. Sir Charles Tupper's name isllOW and then mentioned in connection with the Conservative leadership,and it is known that Sir Charles is strengthening him- self in the various Provinces by getting hold of the Conservative press. Sir John Macdonald has frequently refer- red to Sir Charles as his successor, and. has done everything he could to pro- mote his popularity in Ontario. Sir Charles is an able and a clever man, and. is probably one of the best public speakers in. Canada. His weak points are that people have not the fullest confidence in him, and that he has not the power which so strongly character- ises Sir Sohn Macdonald of drawing • men to him. He lacks personal mag- netism. The only rival at present to Sir Charles is Sir Leonard Tilley, a man of higher character, and one in whom the people have more trust, al- though perhaps his-elainas from a mere party point of view may not be so strong. Sir John Macdonald, of course, cannot live for ever, and there will have to be an end to his leadership sometime; so that the question of his successor will have to come up in the natural order of things. But the likeli- hood is that Sir John will hold on to power as long as he is able to do so. He has often been likened to Lord Beaconsfield, and in some respects, that of personal appearance probably more than any other, he does resemble Lord Bea-consfield.; but there is a greater similarity between the late Lord Palmerston and. Sir John. Sir John is not given to the stage thunder and red'fire that Lord Beaconsfield de- lights to indulge in, -while he possesses Lord Palmerston's faculty of studying men and moving them to his own ad- vantage, like figures on a cbess-board. He always keeps in view the necessity of building up and strengthening the supports by which he keeps himself in power. He frequently refers to the time when he will have to go hence; and the last time be was in Toronto he told his hearers at the Amphitheatre that he was getting old. and weary!, and it would not be long before his bones would be laid away in this fair city that he loves so well. But this was all done for effect, and with the purpose of creating sympathy. Sir John has no intention of laying down his bones, and until he does lay down his bones it tatty be taken for granted, that he -will not lay down the Conservative sceptre, but will continue at the head Of his party until the end.—Toronto Telegram. The Consolidated Bank. A committee representing theeehare- holders of the Consolidated B'ankl, con- sisting of the Rev. dames Green (Chair- man), Messrs. J. H. Joseph: and E. L. Bond, waited upon the Directors of that institution the other day to obtain. further information in regard. to its as- sets. Their report of the interview is as follows : To the Committee of Shareholders: We have, according to your request, interviewed. the Directors of the Bank this morning. We beg to inform you that we were met with open friendli- ness and. candor on the part of the di- rectorate, and every information given us that we desired. In view of the multifarious reports in circulation, we cannot but think that any information of a, certain nature must prove satisfactory, though it may not be as encouraging as you could de - That information has assured us, without doubt, that there have been no actual accrued bad debts made by the Bank since the amaual meeting or the 10th of May last. It is a fact, bewever, that in the re -valuation of securities since that time cousiderable reductions have been made by the two new direc- tors then appointed.. These have 'gone - over all the aceounts of the Bank; and not only by their personal knowledge of business, but by the aid of the in- spector and the new manager, 'have carefully scrutinized each Recount and pruned th-erefrom everything that could in any way be coasidered at an doubt- ful, and though by this process they. have considerably reduced. the Bank as- sets, yet there is an unquestionable capital left. The two directors went over the accountsand individually made separate rnenioranda, and both arrived at almost the same conclusion. Both agree that there -will be a proba- ble loss in the branches of $316,000, and in the city of $1,101,000, making a total of 01,420,000 to be deducted from the assets, as laid before the last ann,u- al meeting. There is a slight difference of opinion between the Directors and the General - Manager as to the amount to be al- lowed. for contingencies, to place the Bank on a perfectly sound basis. The Directors name 0103,000; the Manager. says $253,000. If we take the mean of these sums, say $175,000, and. add it to the estimated loss, we then have a total of $1,595,000, which, taken from the capital and contingent fund of the 10th of May, will.leave an Undoubted capital at the present time of 01,428,000, or the contingent fund. inclusive, $1,603,- 000, equal to fully 75 per cent. on the present basis, and, without the contin- gent fund, 68 per cent. on the reduced_ capital. For the above figures we hold the statements of the Directors end a certified letter by. the General Man- ager, Archd. Campbell, Esq. JAMES GREEN, 31 12E11 Bop,j°SE11 MONTREAL, july 18, 1875. Alleged. Dastardly Outrage. Bich California Widow the Victim of :Illercenary Friends—She is Drugged and Spirited to an insane Asylum,. 'Te Hamilton Times of Saturday hist says.: Considerable commotion pre- vailed at the Great • Western station yeSterclay afternoon on the arrival of the 2:20 train from Toronto. A lady of 1 good appearance stepped from the cars , and was immediately surrounded. by a number of getitlenaen who were also passengers by the train. A reporter of the Times happening to be on the platform, noticed the flutter of excite- ment and made inquiries as to its cause. He obtained the following par- ticulars; On leaving Toronto the lady referred. to was unceremoniously hustled into the car, and. watched. carefully by two parties, who represented. to the passen- gers that she was insane, and that they were properly cred.entialed to convey her to the asylum in Hamilton: The unfortunate lady appeared. to be per- fectly sane, and. protested frequently against the outrage which was being perpeteated upon her. Her protesta- tions attracted. the attention Of the passengers generally, especially that of • two American gentlemen, who, on hear- ing that she was being unfairly dealt ' with, interested themselves on her be- half. One of these was Mr. R. W. Higgins, a wealthy gentleman travelling weet on business. He having heard her story, and being fully convinced of ; its truthfulness, persisted. upon accom- panying her to her destination—the asylran on the mountain. Upon arriv- hag there, he elicited. the bellowing 1 facts from the lady That she was possessed of a large amount �f property 1 in Montreal; -that she was persuaded by her false friends to dispose of a por- tion of this property witl_ the thee they would invest the proceeds f benefit. Having complied with their request, they refused to give her tiny. thing, whereupon the threatened to stitute an action to recover her rights. Ithnisorodbejrectto tPhreeyv,8evnkt ilheershaceet:P 8 as niT'er. Ing retOtoyainsiatitleognfi., nCie=aallha=eerStiiilnelZu riesniZetiecl house for the space of three or four days, during which tnne she was oat - with noxious drum and narcotici. -Case plete nervous prostration restated. Saat attendant, she states, was a abysiciaa of very questionable reputation, alid the same man who accompanied. her hithee While she was lying in the -conditioe described, the " doctor " had the lteces. sary papers prepared and testified telly two other physicians, doubtless honor, able men, but who were yrobably acquainted. with the previous circuit - stances, Mr. Higgineebefore he left the city, wrote the foltowing note to the Hon. Frank Leland, Anaerican Conga A lady teacher from San Francisca was taken by force from the city ot Toronto., whither she came to visa friends, and is now in the Lunatic lum in this city. The whole mattes' seems 'shrouded. in a mystery, although she VMS committed by the written cona. mitraent of three doctors, who, we (the passengers of the train) think, were in ,some way meluced to sign. the eatimit. raent. She taught school the Grain. mar School, teaching Frenebtnnj etc.,) and is a graduate of McGill Col- lege, Montreal, The suspicions of the pa-sseugers were greatly aroused that something was wrong, and consequent- ly I, in company with another gentle- cmaanninssatwituhteerainnteongthuieryAstyhlautm.willif sayeta_ isfy yourself that she is properly where she is, it will greatly eomfort our minds. R. D. Hieolas, On behalf of the passengers. jtlileYni18; turned On ated. -oat that the lady is really insane, but she suc- ceeded most admirably in hoaxing a large mtneber of the passengers. - Sunstroke. Its Causes, Prevention and Treatment. Statements of Assistant Sonitow Su. imrintendent Janes. Several fatal cases of Sunstroke hav. ing already been reported this season, and there being danger of many moreil there be much hot weather during the summer, Assistant Sanitary Superinten- dent Janes was applied to recentlyfor some information on the subject of prostration by the heat. He said that the term sunstroke, or insolation, commonly applied to all cases where _persons -were seriously overcome by the heat of the weather, which sometimes occurred. at night,but that it was especi- ally likely to take place when one wag exposed to the direct rays of the ma unless there was something to eool the system by occasioning rapid evap- oration from the body. The &ter the air was, the more free was this evapo- ration, and therefore the danger of pros-, tration was greatest on. sultry days, when the air was filled with moisture. Sunstroke was often sudden, its effects being a congestion of the brain, and perhaps of other internal organs, to- gether with general nervousexhaustion. The MOM strength and. vigor a person possessed, the less likely he was to he prostrated in this -manner, and there, fore old people, children and persons of any age who were in or wearied, \vete especially liable to be affected by sun- strcke. Persons who had been drink- ing much alcoholic liquor of any sort, or were in the habit of -doing so, were else particularly exposed to this danger.. As to the precautions to be observed in very hot weather, Dr. Janessaid that the priucipal safeguard against injurione effects from the heat was moderation. in all things—M eating, in drinking andin exercise. .Of course it was -desirable to keep in the shade as much as possible, and. men who had to work in the sun should. keep a cabbage leaf or wet &Ili on the head, inside the hat. As•to diet, there were no particular rtiles, except that persons should. eat what agreed. -witb them and was easily digested. The appetite was usually not so keen • in sum,mer as ill winter, s.na. there wasless need of meat or fat. Ice-watercouldbe taken moderately without danger, but . when taken in large quantities it was very injurious, as it was likely to -cheek perspiration too suddenly and -cause too sudden a reduction in the temperature of the stomach. Cold tea, was an ela cellent summer drink, as it was stimu- lating and really quenched thirst. If s person was in the habit of taking al- coholic beverages, claret was as cooling and healthful as any. In regard. to the treatment of persons overcome by the heat, Dr. Janes retexted to the following cheular, which WAS prepared by tbe Sanitary Committee of the Board of Health several years ago:. Sunstroke is caused byexcessive heat, andespecially if the weather is ,gy.” It is more apt to occur on the second, third. or fourth day of it liege& terra than on. the first. Loss of sleep, worry, ex-often:lent,close sleepina moms, debility, abuse of stimulants, predispose to it. It is more apt te attack -those working in the sun, and especialy be- tween the hours of eleven -o'clock bathe morning and four in the afternoon. On hot days wear tlain clothing. Ea" as cool sleeping rooms as possible. Avoid loss of sleep and an unnecessaral fatigue. If working in -doors, and where there is artificial beat—laundries, etc. —see that the room is well ventilated. If working in the sun, wear a light hat (net black, as it absorbs heat!) strawetc., and put inside of it on the head a wet cloth or a larae green leaf; frequently lift the hat front the bead, and see that the cloth is wet. 1)o not check perspiration, but think glut water you need. to keep it up, as per- spixation prevents the body from being overheated. Have whenever possible an additional shade, as a thinumbrells, when walking, a canvas or board cover when working in the sun. When ranch fatigued do net go to work, but be e. - cased from work, especially after 11 o'clock in the morning ouveryhot aays, if the work is in the sun. If a feeling of fatigue, dizziuess, headache or ex- haustion oacurs, cease work immediate- ly, he down itt a shady and c•ool place; apply cold cloths to andpour coldevater over the head and neck. If any me is overcome by the heat, send inmiediateltr for the nearest good physician. waiting for the physician give the per- son coffee, if able to swallow: If tbo skin is hot and dry, sponge with orpour - rirB ep- PriSif i&g . -e5e e 25 - j'iU H1 froifl the , lige, of II4 , -:„ lithe owz_t, *el uaTa nt a4r fritel t° wid dcslrcd. - sa Oti the flulLestolen tt, and ru-114 I 111436°Ine 1 *as obtaine in the 1 *Brussel% womb, for IA wake, givilil :- culled a rel fOrIP-54- 1' tithe youbl bias of 09_ wbo saccea the reside . in anilett, ' ziornitig, th inenea Iron] . 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