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THE HUIRON EXPOSITOR.
NEW ADVERTI§EMENTS .1
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Seaforth Flax Mill—Sohn Beattie.
Bank of Commerce—A. H. Ireland.
Farm for Sale—Robert Diqcson.
Newfoundland Doe Lost—A. Thompson
Tenders Wanted—john O'Sullivan.
Note Los—James McAuley.
Beets and Shoes—Thomas Coventry.
To Milk Haulers—R. Gray.
. Legal Card—J. James Kehoe. -
• Costume Cloths --Hoffman Brothers,
Estray Sow—John Thorapson.
Notice—john Burgess: —
Farm Hand Wanted—Wm. Murdoch.
To Farraers—M. P._Hayes. .
A Wonderful Cure-eCharles_ Woods.
New Goods—Smith & West.
Stoves—John Kidd. ..
Notice of Meeting—J. Laut, Secretary.
Bla,cksmithing—Thomas Mellis.-
Spring Goods—Thomas Kidd.
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judges have used their powers of ap-
pointment to these offices for their own
advantage. They have, in fact, sold
and bartered them to persons who gave
the greatest amount of consideration in
return in the, way of going security, dis-
charging debts, &c. We do not think
this has been the general practice, but
it has been done. When such facts
come to the• public ear, the usefulness
of the judge guilty of the act is to a great
extent destroyed. Like Ctesar's
they should be not only pure, but above
suspicion, if their jndgments are to be
respected. After alJ, the judges are
only poor clay like the rest of human
beings. Their income is not very large
—they generally lose a great deal of
rnoney by accepting the honor. They
have to live in accordance with their
position, and fwd it pretty hard to make
ends meet, if depending upon their
salaaiek. It is a wonder that more • of
them do not take advantage of cireum-
stances under their control to assist
them pecuniarily."
County .Councils.
SEA -FORTH, FEBRUARY • 2,7, 1880- In discussing the usefulness of the
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Huron Salt."
• At the recent meeting of the' Oatari
Dairyinen'sfAssociation held at London
, a very important and intercating ex
periment was made. It Was determin
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ed to test the respective m ilts of th
various etas now in use for chees
• curing pueposes. A number( of cheese
cured with Canadian and Eleli-dish sal
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were produced and were thoroughl
tested by competent and disintereste
judgee appointed by the association
As will be Been by reference to arothe
• coluninithe cheese ciared with Gana.dia,
aalt was proved to be the bestin ever
test ; the first anet third -pfiies bein
I awarded to • cheese -Cured with sal
manufactured -by Messsrs. Coleman. ,
Gotdulock of Seaforth; the second • t
Messrs Ransford, of Clinton, and th
fourth to Higgins' English. Dairy :salt
It Will also be seen• that even the, you -
2,10N dairy salt of Moisrs. Coleman &
Giminlock was proved to be better
than the very best English Dairy salt•
This should put a stop to the mischiev-
ous contention that has been put forth
for some time that Canadian salt is not
as good for dairy purposes as English
salt; and sh.ould restore confidence in
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our own native article. The • salt
interest is one of the most important in
this Province, and as the manufacture
of dairy products is gradually extending
and i's likely to continue to extend,
the 'universal use of Canadian salt
for the • curing of these • products
would naturally enlarge the •mar-
ket for our salt, and consequent-
ly all interested in the welfare of the
eountry should endeayor to encourage
AS Use instead of throwing obstacles in
the way by -creating a prejudice against
• it in the minds of dairymen and the
consumers'• of .dairy products. ' If
Canadian salt was inferior to' English
San we would he sorry to recommend
it. But in view of the last and other
ests, we think there need now be no
doubt on this score. That the ,Canadian
salt interest has been seriously- injured
by the prejudice which has been created
• against it there is ec, - doubt._ This
cent test, however, should do 'mach to
remove his prejudice and restore it
once more to. 'the confidence of, at least,
our own dairymen. It is much
cheaper than Euglisb salt, and if it is as
good or better, we Cannot see why any-
one should, hesitate to use it. It is
gratifying at any rate that this test has
been made, a,nd its, result cannot but
be eminently satisfactory to every true
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Canadian. It nosvrenaaies for our salt
manufacturers to take advantage of the
position in which the result of this test
places them. In the first pleat!, it is
their duty to press.the - advantages Of
using their article upon those requiring
salt; and in ,. the second,place they must
keep up the:quality of the article to the
highest degree of perfeetion possible,
mad dispose of none that is not what it
isirepresented to be. By these moans
they will soon evercome any prejudice
that has'been engendered aaainst them.
ert County Council the Stratford
• Beacon of lest week says : •_
O "Every meeting of the county Coun-
• cil makes it more evident that the con-
, ' cern as now Managed, and as it has
-• been inauaged for years,- is au expen-
_• sive'farce. The other week we again
e had 29 able-bodied men kickiug 'their
heels around the Genii ty buildings at $2
e per day, aaid on Saturday forenoon when
s they met to claim their pay for the
t day's work which they didn't perform,
, all the real service they had to show
for the mouey squandered during the
P- five day's session could have been done
.. by any six business men in one day, and
✓ done better too. As a matter of fact,
n all the real work was done by Mr.
• Trow and three or four others; the rest
Y simply looked on voted on a few
g trumpery resolutiofis when called on,
t and drew their pay and mileage when
the proper time came. The farce cost
" the county several hundred dollars, and
O Wei lia,ve at least two more exhibitions
e ere, similar kind in store before the end
• al the year. We speak by the hook
when we sty that many of the more
intelligent members of the council feel
and acknowledge that there -ought to be a
hange, that the Council is absurdly
1 rge, event if such institutions should
cit be entrely abolished. We all know
Onwil ing even good. men are to
ote them elves out of office, and it is
reetly to he credit of sorhe of the beat
men MTh- county -that they candidly
acknowled ee their number should be
lessened."
While e are free o confess that for
intelligenc , integeit and ability, the
County Ceuncil of H rou will compare
favorably with any si ilar body in the
Province we must also admit that the
above -pen and ink sketch of the Perth
County Council will apply with equal
accuracy to our owncouncil, respectable
and intelligent though it be. The fault'
does not lie so much with the councillors
as with the system and circumstances.
The system permits the existence and
recognises the usefulness of such a body,
while circumstances have removed to
other spheres the work which this body
was created to perforin. In this, as in
every other similar case, th,e evil will
work 'its own cure, nut it may take
• some time.
Seri sible.
Most of the _Couservative journals, as
well as many of the Opposition mem-
bers in the Local Legislature, strougly
oppose the clause in the new Division
Court Amendment Act, which removes
• from the County Judges the • appoint-
ment of clerks and bailiffs, and. vests
• this p -Ower of a,ppointmentin the hands
of the Lieutenant-Guvernar 4e Council.
This Opposition is instigated by the
fear that the change will increase the
patronage and power of the Local Gov-
• ernment. This in itself, with some, is
sufficient to induce them to oppose any
measure, no matter how beneficial it
might otherwise be. They view every-
thing from a purely partizan standpoint,
and as they know that their party has
no chance of gaining the political - as-
cendency in Ontario for at least •inany
years to come, they aro anxious that
the powers of the Local Government
should be kept as limited as possible.
We are glad to know, however, that all .
.our CoUServative friends are not im-
- The Currency Question.
[CONTRIBUTED. f
Amore: the corridor • ruMors is one
that. the Government contemplate.with-
drawing from the banks of the country
I thearight to issue their notes or bills as
a circulating medium, and to establish
a National Bank of Issue, probably
utilizing the machinery of the Bank of
Montreal. It is claimed that it is for
the maturing of this scheme that Sir A.
T. Galt has remained in Canada to
act!as an irrespadlible finance commit-
tee, supported by a permanent offieial
attached to the principal neonetary in-
stitution of this Dominion. -
It would seem from the -above, by an
Ottawa correspondent; that we are go-
ing to have a resuscitation of Sir A. T.
Galt's famous hardmoney scheme of
'66. Mad as the Rag Baby *scheme is,
it would not be nearly ee mischievous
in itis immediate effects upon the com-
mercial and agriculturai. interests of
the country as this schenie of Sir A. T.-
.-Gelt's would be. But we "cannot be-
lieve that Sir John Macdonald would.
ever submit such -a measure. He can-
not- have forgotten the strong .and wide-
spread indignation eyeith;lwletiele it was
received in '66, and hawelkileminiously
it was abandoned in the face of a per-
fect storm of oppositian Jrom both the
House and the country. We must
await further developments before -g671
ing into details. Meantime we may
say of the Government, if they do in-
troduce such a measure, that it will in-
evitably lead: to their defeat, and in so
fur it will be good, as ha.steniug the ad-
vent of. wiser . men a to power. (211j711;
(INV? rult perdere (leant -law."
"You're another!"„is the only de-
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fence Made by those Reforin papers
• which consider the items of the bills
- paid by the Province for the Lieuten-
i ant -Governor's Nortlaweslaru trip, mate
; ler of public interest. The tu. eitoeue
; argument is a poor one at best, but is
specie eeridiculous and hypocritical in
the ineuths of those. whose only reason
for existence, as a party, is their as- s
, slimed .superiority to their predecessors r
in point of purity and economy.—l'0- c
ronto
breaches of economy and propriety on
the part of their own political Meads or
leaders. We ask our big city brother to
poiut ont one single instance wherein it
failed to endorse the conduct and ac-
tions of the leaders of the Conservative
party. It can't -do it. Ever since its
first inception it has not hesitated to
defend the most glarieg -a.cts of extrava-
gance and mid -administration practised
by its political leaders, and yet it has
the, unblushing impudence to advise
Reform journals as to the course they
should pursue towards their party.
The fact that the Reform journals have
unanirnoasly condemned the expendi-
ture incurred by the Lieutenant -Gov-
ernor's party is the very best proof that
the Reform party have a right to
claim "superiority”- over their oppou-
e,nts for "purity and economy." Who
ever heard -or knew of the Conservative
press exercising similar independence?
It would be largely in the interests of
economy and of the couitteeye if. they
dared exercise the courage t� do so
occasionally.
asseeea
The Ontario Legislature—Notes
From the Gallery.
(From Our Special Correilponclent.)
MUNICIPAL TAAATION. •
One of the best speeches I have ever
listened to in the Legislative Assembly
e. --and I have heard 110t 9, few good. ones
—was delivered this afternoon by Mr.
Ross on the motion for the second read-
ing of Mr. Mowat's bill to amend the
law respecting municipal taxation and
exemptions. Mr, Ross labors under
some disadvantages as a Speaker on ac-
count of the quality of his voice and the
rapidity of his utterance, but in „these
respects be is rapidly improving. On
the otheeehand, for intimate acquaint-
• ance with the working of every part of
the municipal machinery, and for capa,
city to grapple with the financial pro-
blems connected. with the whole com-
plicated system, he is without a rival in
the House, while heeis now a match for
the best in the clearness' with which he
can stateand. illustrate the most ob-
struse points. Of cburse, his long train-
ing as an accountant and municipal
treasurer, has given him great iadvan-
tages, but he possesses what eateh
tredeing never ca,u confer on me). one—
an originality of conceptiou and Mae-
pendence of mind which enable hiin to.
penetrate beneath the surface which
others are content to skim. His speech
to -day reminded one of the style in
which such a question might be argued
out by a journal like the New York
Nation, or a treatise maker like Bon-
amy Price or Professor Fawcett. is.' I do
not, of course, mean to place him oh an
equality with these eminent writers on
finance, but I must say that in spirit
and manner of treatment he approached
them more nearly than he did to others
who spoke en the subject to -day. The
problem of municipal finance is, of
course, not completely solved by this
measure of Mr. Mowat's, aed if a fairly
satisfactory solution is ever to be reach-
ed, it must be sought for, as Mr. Ross
indicates, by an honest effort to grapple,
as he did, with principles, instead of
depending on what ia adnaittedly
a temporary compromise. The most .
valuable part of his remarks had
reference to the very vexed question of
ersoual property as a subject for
unicipal taxation. Nothing could
e more hazy than the popular idea of
vhat constitutes "personal property,"
rid this prevailing haziness is reflected
n the present law. He defined per- I
onal property, for taxation purposes,
o consist of articles in themselves valu- t
ble and of such a nature that their
alue can be readily assessed, as e. g, 8
attle, implements, or Merchants' °
becks. Articles representing value,
uch as notes, mortgages, debentures or
ook accounts are not "personal pro-
erty " in the same sense, and they
•hould not be taxed at all, partly be- le
a,use they really represent property "
hat is sure to be already taxed. in other .
ands, and partly because the effort to
ax them is sure to lead to endless com- t
lications. On one point in his remarks ?
any will differ from him. He held tax on income, provided it could be
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fairly collected, as the most equita,ble
tax that could be imposed, "because
there is no better test of a man's a.bility
to pay than the amount of income he lel
earns." Really, in municipal taxation
a man's ability to pay should not be the s
basis on which the amount he is requir-
ed to pay is idetermieed at all. He °
should, for mnnicipal purposes, be ask- r
ed to pay according to the benefits he P
has been brought down -and—much to
the 'disgust of hotel keepers and property
owners down town—it has -been de-
cided to moye up to the Queen's Park.
The disadvantages resulting from mov-
ing so far from the railways and
wharves are offset by the fact that
the present site can be sold for more
than half enough to cover the whole
outlay on the new site, which has been
given by the city for nothing. The
Government propose also to sell 80
acres of land which they control in the
western part of the city and which IS
valued at $2,000 an acre. In this 'Way
the cost of the buildings will be,, met
without any ultimate expenditure out
of surplus or any appropriation out of
revenue.
Toronto, Feb. 24.
Doings at Ottawa.
(From our own Correspondent.)
There has not as yet been any busi-
ness 'of importance transacted by the
Dominion , Parliament. Most cf the
time So far has been taken up by en-
quiries and.motions for returns and im-
promptu discussions, which:have sprung
up on these. The Government have
not yet ,submitted any of their measures,
but it is expected. that the Financial
S tatement will be delivered uext week,
after which we may expect more lively
times. As your readers will perceive, it
takes considerable time at the() com
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mencement of each session for 'mem
hers to get into working order. The
information, however, that has been
gained thus faaand the discussans that
have been indulged in, have been gen-
erally of a useful character, so that the
time thus far spent has not been wasted
by any means. One of the most im-
portant questions, that has received an
airing this sessiou was that relating to
the
ONTARIO BOUNDARY AWARD.
As your readers are. no doubt, aware,'
arbitrators were appointed by the Do-
minion and Local Government of On-
tario,to determine -on the uorthern and
western boundaries oE Ontario, a mat-
ter which hes long been in dispute.
All the obtainable information was
placed before the arbitrators, and both
sides were well and ably represented by
counsel. The arbitrators were Chief
justice _Richards, on behalf of Ontario'
Sir Francis Hincks for the Dominion,
and Sir -EdIvarcl Thornton, British
Ministet at Washington, was -the third
arbitrator. Until now no objection has
been raised against either the personel
or the mode of appointment of the ar-
bitrators. Over a year ago they gave
their award, which gave to Ontario a
largely increased territory.. In order
for the award to become lav it wasne-
ecssary that it should be ratified by the
()n.tario Legislature and the Dominion
Parliament. The Legielature pronapt-
ly passed an Act ratifying the award,
and it was expected the Dominion Par-
liament would do the same at its last
session. This was uot done, however.
The Government failed to submit the
necessary measure for the purpose to
Parliament. .When reminded of this
()Mission, Sir John gave as an excuse
that he had mislaid the papers relating
to the award, and so the matter passed.
This seseion, as there- were no visible
signs of any movement being Made by
the Government; MretBlake asked the
Government wheth.er or not they in-
tended submitting measure this ses-
sion ratifying the award. Sir John re-
plied. they did not. Mr. Mille, therefore,
gee% notice. that he would introduce a
private Bill for the urpoae. No
sooner was this doue than the Govern-
ment put up a private me ber to move
or a conenittedto be a.ppp uted to en-
quire into the particulara upon which
he award was based. On this motion
a discussion ensued, which threw con:
iderable light upon the ta dy conduct
f the Government. Sir John -com-
plained that the Boaed. of Arbitrators
only contained one lawyer, nd that the
Dominion arbitrator Was ppointed by
n order in Cotmeil instead of by Par-
iament. It is somewha significant
hat these ebjections wer not sooner
discovered. No person -ev n seems to
nsinuate that Ontario ha got more
han its just share, but all seem of the
pinion that it is entitled to even more
erritory than the arbitration awards it.
he ,motion for the com ittee of 'en-
quiry was carried, of cour. e, and -thus
the matter has been stave off for the
present.- There will be mo e about it,
()Weyer, when Mr. Mills' b 11 comes up
or final discussion. It is more than
uspected that the Quebe supporters
f the Government are. eterminedlee
pposed to Ontario getti g her just
ights, and that Sir John are not ep-
os° their will, and that t e investiga-
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derives from municipal expenditure, t
and if Mr. Ross will amend his muuici- t
pal philosophy in this way, he will make
his doctrines more valuable. I have
only to add that after some criticism of ,g
the usual kind from the Opposition, eu
the bill passed. its second reading with- °
out a division.
DIVISION COURTS.
The Government bill, amendiug the n
Division Courts Act, has been, in its a
progress through the House, not only a
amended, but very much enlarged. The 0
proposal to confine the extended. juris- a
diction to debts between $100 and. $200, a
ascertainable by written contracts, has k
been rigidly adhered to, in spite cf pres- e
sure brought to bear with View to get' a
book accounts included, but in many w
ways the working of the system will be ti
changed, and these popular courts will
be made to afford better protection for w
the suitor even if this boon is gained w
at a little extra cost. The great inter- a
est taken in. the system is shown by the In
amount of time spent in discussing w
the details of the Bill in ComMittee— si
an amount f greater
au will be ex- in
pended on the Judicature Act, which,
yMie way, will not be passed this ses-
ion, as Mr. Mowat seems inclined to
°cast portions of it in a more popular
Erection with a view to enablitig many
motions now made at Osgoode Hall to
e made before County Court Judges
nd local masters in chancery. I may
ing committee has been appointed. for
he sole purpose of staving bff the nutt-
er' and thus give the overnment
onger time before they a e forced to
ive a decision. adverse an unjust to
ntario. The end, howeve is not yet
y any means.
CHICKENS COMING HOME • 0 ROOST.
The chickens of the Gove nment are
ow coming home to roost. Two years
go, encouraged by the then Opposition,
large number of the woi nag men of
tfrawa waited upon the lovernment
nd demanded work to kee themselves
nd families from starving. Mr. Mac-
enzie replied to them tha, the Gov-
rnment could not afford th m aid, but
s a mark of his person:1 sympathy
ith the sufferers, he; gave he deputa-
on his own check kir a, la ae amount.
Yell, the workingmen of Ulm& aro
orse off this winter th ever they
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ere before, and a few_ days ago they
gain made application -to e Govern-
ent for aid. Of course he answer
as the same as on the pre ious occa-
on, minus the check. T e working
en were very much disp eased! and
passed resolutions denounci g the Gov-
ernment and the National IThlicy, and
declaring that they ha.cl be:n deceived.
by both, and asking their fellows in
other parts of the Demi ion to do
likewise.
' wren a.gain, brother; wrong again. b
Beforni- papers do not attempt' to de- a
dd. here that the Attorney -General has
hued, With this narrow, selfish. spirit. -
The Exeter Timrs, in discussing the I
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question, makes the following sensible
and.pertinent remarks. .It says-:
"An excellent feature of the bill re- •
speeting Division Courts now, before the
Local Legislature, is the proposal to
vest the appointment of bailiffs and
clerks in the Goverumenainstead of with
the County Judges, as at present. This .
step we consider was uecessary to pre-
serve the purity of the Bench. In ;
many -cases throughout the country the ;
fend the expenditure referred to. They .
have no desire to defend it. on the
contrary;- they condemn it as eettabgly
as their brethren of the Coas&vative
Press do. But, what they do, and
what they have a right to clo, is to
point out the inconsistency of the Con-
servative Press in so 4rongly condemn-
ing this expenditure on the part of Re-
fornaers, when they do ,not hesitate to
justify and condone much more heinous
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ntroduced this session a number of
minor measures, all containing what \
are popularly known as "law reforros."
ColEectively the amount of reforming
done in this way will be very consider-
able, even without including the pro-
gress made with the Jedicature • Act, c
which has been read a second. time and
half discussed in Committee of the
Whole.
PARLIAMENT 13TRLDINGS.
The Government scheme for the t
erection of new Parliament buildings r
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FALLEN rintot
In rep13.- to Mr. Blake, Sir 'John
Macdonald has annoueced that the
Nortliwest Land Cornmjssi�n scheme
vhich was to provide funds for the con-
struction of the Canada Paci c Railway
had fallen through.
SENATOR MACPHERSO,..
Senator Macpherson has so far re-
- d froin 1318 recent illness as to be
able to return to Toronto.
THE PRINCESS.
The Princess Louise, who was , more
everely injured by the late. a,ccident
han was generally supposed, has now
ecovered sufficiently to leave he
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FEBRUARY 27, 4880.
ing to the school laws ? If not, I shalt
prosecute- them. 1 Zan prove every
statement I have made about those
eight schools, as I intend to lay b»
fore the Board of Education the school
reports of 1874 and 1879, with the mine.
ber of register pupils with their stand-
ing in education, and to see whether
the truetees can take the law in their
own hands -to hire second-class teachers;
at $500 and place them in a third-class
school. By so doing they makeus pay
from $2 to $4 per register scholar more
than any other township under Aire
Dewar's inspectorate, according to the
school report of 1879. If this William
McConnell's prayers are as badly mixeli
as his figures'a listener could not tell
what place he was trying to get 'into.
With truth on my side,'I can. laugh at
Satan's rage and face a frowning world.
• Rental..
A GRAND 1CTORY FOR
N SALT.
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SEAFORTil 01 MES OUT AHEAD.
At the annual weeting of the Ontario
Dairymen's Asso iation, held at Lon-
don last 'week, f lir cheeses were in-
spected with the view of .establishing
the curative qualities and permanency
of the following makes of dairy salt,
viz:
Coleman & Gouinlock's Fine Dairy.
Coleman & Gouinlock's Common Fine
Dairy.
Ransford's.Patent Dairy.
Higgins' Eureka.
The cheeses were made hi the Kin -
burn Factory on the 22nd August 18,st
k
by Professor Arnold, assisted by other
experienced cheese akersfrom various
factories. These four heeses were pre-
cisely the same in every respect, except
• as to the salt used. They were made
on the same day, at the same time, by
the same parties, from the same
amount of curd taken from the same
vat, and each contained the same quan-
tity of salt. The judges, five in num-
ber, were selected by the Association
and were all experts. They had no
previous knowledge of the mode in
which the cheese was made, nor did
they know which of the respective
cheeses was cured with any of the par-
ticular salts to be tested. Each judge
examined the cheese separately and
gave his report. No fairer or more im-
partial mode of making a test could
possibly be conceived. The test re-
sulted in the following awards:
lst, Coleman & Gouinlock, Seaforth,
Fine Dairy.
2-nd, R. Ra,nskird, Stapleton, Patent
Dairy. ,
3rd, Coleman 6..7 Gouinlock's -Common
Fine Dairy.
4th, Higgins' English Eureka.
The following is the analysis of the
respective salts:
• COLEMAN 85 GOUINLOCKIS.
By Professor Ellis:
Chloride of sodium .98.737
• Sulphate of calcium 1.156
Chloride of magnesium _ •016
Water .328
Chloride of calcium •
Sulphate of sodium "
Sulphate of magnesium
Total
RANSFORD'S.
By Professor Croft:
100 289
Chloride of soilium98.12
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Sulphate of calcium 1.80
Chloride ' of magnesium trace
Vater - .50
Chloride of calcium —
Sulphate of sodium
Sulphate of magnesium
Waste .08
100.00
By Professor _Nott.
Sulphate of sodium 97.820
Sulphate cf calcium 1.482
Chloride of magncsiuni.... , . .122
Water 480
Chloride of calcium
Sulphate of Sodium
Sulphate of magnesium ,097
100.001
Insolublc 3fiatter '- .025
100 026
From the forego ng analysis we might
reasonably expect the result obtained
by the committee f judges, as it will be
seen that the Seaf rth salt is one per
cent. stronger th u Higgins' Eureka
and has less of oth r matters contained
in common salt. The result of this
tet should remov the prejudice that
has existed agains the home article
and which has bee propagated mainly
by salt agents. T at such a prejudice
should have arisen however, is not sur-
prising, especially in view of the fact
that the English p ople were similarly
prejudiced against heir own salt, 'until
Dr. Henry, in 1846 proved by analysis
that it Was ouly prejudice. Up to
that time the English people used
largely of foreign alt for curing pur-
poses, but since th u the home salt has
been ha almost universal use. We in
Canada will, we fa cy, enjoy a similar
experience. Part 81 it -we have had,
but the more pro ' table and pleasant
part is now to come
News of the Week.
, Deem—The wife .f the famous Boss
Tweed, the New York jobber, died at
Paris a few days a 10.
BANISHED.—The ountess Pani1,-lady
in waiting to the C arina, was'banished
last week to Arcliagel, being charged
with Nihilism.
CAPTURE -OF .No Riots BURGLAR.—
Charles Adane.sahe • otorious bank bur-
glar and desperado, has been arrested.
for attempted murd r in committing a
burglary in Boston.
PARNELL IN DET OIT.— Parnell was
received in Detroit di Saturday quite
enthusiastically, an on Sunday addres-
ed a large meeting t the Opera House.
About $1,000 was su • scribed.
APPEAL FOR AID. Wealthy citizens of
New York are makiig an appeal for aid
to the colored peep] 3 who have recently
gone into Kansas fr.ra the South, and
who are said to be i a destitute con-
dition.
ENRAGED I1USH31E. .—A mob of 500
men attacked four b 3 iliffs and a force of
policemen sent to a arm in Waterford
County, Ireland, to I -strain cattle for
rent. The police we e overpowered and
the cattle recaptured
EXCPrEmENT.—The excitement over
the attempt- to blow up the -Imperial
family of Russia con inues at fever heat
in the capitals of Europe. It is now
ascertained that ten en were killed
and sixty wounded..
TIIT GOVERNOR OF A.T.A.L.—Sir Pom-
eroy Colley; Private ecretary of the
Viceroy' of Imlia, ha been appointed
Governor and High Commissioner of
Natal, and command r of the troops in
the neighboriug dietrict.
Bunaree One—Mo day afternoon in
Cleveland 1,500 barre s of ,oil escaped
from a tank and ran 1. to an adjoining
creek and thence to t e river and took
fire, causing great al rin and malting
great streams of fire. _ •
YELLOW FEVER.—Advices from Rio
de Janerio of the 3rd inst. state that
eight or ten persons are dying in that
city from Yellow fever daily. There is
also much sickness aniong the people
engaged among the sh pping.
DIED.—Wm. Reber s, a prominent
horse dealer, while driving in Central
Park, New York, on unday morning
was struck with par tlysis, and died
Shortly afterwards. Ie was 77 years
of age, and was worth 580,000.
TRADE; STRIEE.—La or troubles. - are
assuming alarming. pr }portions in St.
Louis,Mo. , Already t •e wagon makers,
cabinet makers, irass. finishers,
moulders and wood Inarvers are on
strike, and the teamsters, painters, tan-
ners, tobacco rollers s one cutters and
stone masons, store p rters, pressmen,
A
varnishers and jOurneyman tailors ire
all organizing preparatory to striking.
There is a genera disquietude prevail-
ing, more or less, in all branches of
labor.
Slow BLOCKADE IN MINNESOTA.— On
Friday and Saturday of last week, ow-
ing to a severe storm the St -Paul, Min-
neapolis and Manitoba line of railway
was blocked at Rolette. Several
Canadians were on board.the 'trains.
DIPHTHERIA RAGING.—Diphtheria 18
raging in Central Russia. It has car-
ried of since November, 40,000 persons
in the Prodinces of Charkof- and Poel-
tana alonein the neighborhocia of
Walki whole villages alnaost died out.
SILK MANUFACTURE:—Owing to po-
litical disturbances, the failure of crops,
and other causes the silk trade of Lyons
is unusually dull. Thedemand is limit-
ed .to modest qualities and modest
°tilers, and the weavers of Lyons are
largely employed on mixed. stuffs.
THREE TI3IE8 A MURDERER.—Frank
Larose, hotel -keeper, twelve miles south
of Pembina, is charged with poisoning
his wife, who belonged to a family
named BOuvelles, respectable half-
breeds of Winnipeg. Mrs. Larose was
the mother of twelve Children: -The
alleged motive for the -crime is the
desire af Larose to marry another
woman. -Larose formerly murdered a
man on Lake Superior, and escaped
before his sentence was completed. He
is suspected. of murdering an infant
about three years ago.
• RUSSIA AND THE CZAR.—Another das-
tardly attempt was made on_flie life of
the Emperor of Russia on the 17th inst;
by blowing up thepalace. A quantity
of gunpowder and dynamite was placed
under the diuing-room and fired off at
the hour it was supposed the Imperial
family would be aesembled at dinner.
Fortunately on that day 'dinner had
been delayed half an hour for the ar-
rival of Prince Alexander, and. it was
owing to this circumstance that the
Imperial family escaped a fearful death.
A perfect reign of terrorism exists in St.
Petersburg at the present thne. The
Nihilists threaten to burn the capital,
and the foreign population are. in con-
stant apprehension of an uprisal, 111,
which their lives may be sacrificed.
The excitement is intense and many
distinguished families, have expressed
their desire to leave the city. The -
Government, however, refuse to grant
the necessary passports. Even in Rus-
sian official quarters a feeling of dread
and macertainty prevails, . and it is
feared that in the event of trouble the
military cannot be depended upon to
put down any insurrectionary revolt.
Postmaster -General's Report.
From the report of the Postmaster -
General just issued, we learn that the
Post -office establishment of the Do-
minion comprises 5,606 post offices.
The number of new post office e estab-
lished durirg the year was 228„ In the
Northwest territbries 49 new post offices
were put in operation, and 44-1 rrailee of
new post -office route. The postal' rev- 1
enue for the year Wag 81,539,363.68, the
expenditure, S2,167,266.35, an increase
of 856,900.95 over the previous year.
The value of the issue of postage 1
stamps, etc;, was $1,481,209.05, of i
whioh Ontario contributed $88,3,562.82.
There was about six millions of dollars
issued in money orders, and about two
millions deposited in theSavings
Banks, there now being about three !
millions and a half in these Savings
Banks.:
•
Tollowing are the reaeipts as well ;
as salaries and forward allowances,
Interestmg Eperiments •in
Cheese NI-aki-rtg.
At the annual meeting of the OR.
tario Dairymen's Association held last
week in London two important and
teresting experiments were rciatle with
the following results:
CANADIAN AND ENGLISH SALT.
The committee appointed to judge
cheese salted with different salt pre-
sented their report, awarding prizes as
follows: First prize, Coleman and
Gouinkck's fine dairy salt, 2d, Ran
ford's patent salt, third, Coleman:- dt
Gouinloeit's COMMOil salt; fourth, Big
g g-
ins' En lieh salt
SWEET AND ACID CITRD.
• Messrs. McPherson, Robertson and
Podmore were appointed to judge be-
tween two cheeses which were made on
Auguet4th, 1879, at the Black Creek
Factory. The -cheeses were made at
the same -time from the same vats. Arr.
Arnold IllaCie oxie on the sweet °mai
principle, and Mr. Ballantene's cheese -
maker made! ;the other on the -acid.
• principle. After being absent some
time the reportwasbrought in by Mr.
McPherson. After carefully exatrdning
the two cheeses, the committee came to _•
the conclusion that the cheese made by
Mr. Arnold was •a better cheese, and
e one that would bring a higher price in
the market, being of finer texture and.
having a better flavor.
-
Drucefiel• d_ Graveyards. •
Mn. EDIToll.,—Sir: Permit me to
make a few remarks in your worthy
journal on the -above subject. Some
time ago two Committees were appoint-
ed at a meeting held at Briteefield for
the purpose of draining and etherwise -
improving said grounds. It is well -
known that neither of the burying'
grounds are fit for such a purpose. One
Committee at least made an estimate
of the cost of improving the one near _
Brucefield at something like 8180. I
think the other, when examined proper- !
ly, will cost considerable roore. Now, _
* there is a strong' feeling rising in the
minds of the parties interested and
others not interested- as yet, but resi-
dents in the locality, that the best thing
the committees could do under the cir-
0-
.
•
in this localitaa.
OFFICE. REVENUE. SALARIES AND
• ALLOWANCES.
Amberley.. $207 87: ....... •••?-'68 00
A.ua3b,ae
urind. .... - - - .
B
Beeeltwood. 24 76. 10 00
Belgravo...... .. . . . . 208.74... . . .. 58 00
Belmore •200 73•........ 62 00
BBaennidnolier ........ 4107 0521: : : : .. : .. : 120 (0)00
Blake. • • 84 42... .... - - 18306 0000
Bluevale
1120 2 9
13131Tefield .
Bushheld .. .. ..... 15 20
Carlow........ ...... 111 00- ... 5100 0000
Centralia. . .... ..... 273 2765 00
Chiselhurs•t .. . .. ..... 35 98.
cColinnsttoaint te. .. ......., . '1:317054 09731.,(1.(6) 0000
3310 06 1172 00
Brussels i 90 00
Crediton 212 10 ....... g5296 4)90000
Cranbrook 255 00........
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Cromarty .. 162 19.... ..... 52 00
Dashwood .. ... .... 147 15...... , 30 00
Dr,ysdale .... 52 75 . 2 00
Dublin
Dungannon .. . ..... 332973 8084,....... 164 00
Ewan/idyllic ........ 260 76........ 8989 0909
FEoxie.ate:i.e.h..... ..... ... 2305315 8641 .
• Ethel ...... .. . . . . . . 179 56,........ 36 50
FFoarr:ehear.. .. .. .... •85 00.
Elimville.... ....... 3655 8363....... 122.000 0
602 2 2 0000
68 00
Goderich 1736 00
Gorrie ...... .. .. .. .. 4848591 4181, 118 00
Goshen.. .... .... .. 31 06 16 67
Grand Beml........ 122 56„.. 16 00
Rarlocr. . .......... 21 00....... 10 00
Ray• 130 18, 18 00
HHIlieennostliG•ini..t.:e.n............ .. : .. .. 412111 4280 : : : : •12800 5050
11011neSville .... .... - 4822 48473... • •• • • • • 231:)62 009009
Jamestown , 91 13 . 20 00
Lliainketaleitli..-........... 99 47
Kippen.............. 143 92....,... 59 00
129 28........ 30 00
Leadbury.. • . .. .... 70 31........ # 0 00
Listowel .. .... . . .... 3026 32. 914 00
mLoitnedheellsborough
Lumley... ... 30 40.....„.
LLuocelhialloswh::::............:: 3113g1568.11 00798437:: ... .. .. .. .. : 10 00
71166 0000
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Npoilli:
Port Albert .11.
Moincrieff.... .. ..... (1575 7807........ 10 00
Mo,lesworth .. ...... 1:0363 0984
:83(1 0099
Porter's 11111........ 36 63 12 00
RodgervIlle........... 128 15
St. Helens.......... 164 21........ I 68(0i 0990
:veTaarfioltafirt.• hii... . . .... ... 3809 14. 1214 00
ISItritalirtaon 121071 6179., ....:. 2086 0000
84 00
Wingbana...... „. .. 9070 -35
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Winthrop.- ... - .. — 128 31
Winchelsea.. .. — .. 17729 5465 ...... .. 2529 0000
18 00
Wroxcter.... .. .. .. 191 22;132 00
Zurich.. : ..... .... 197 03 1718.01 0000
. .. 172 24........ 72 00 !
430 36,•...... 182 00 1
cunastances would be to re -consider tosehe
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t e
matter and callanother meeting of th
and others likely to be interested, an
discuss the matter thoroughly. 0
thing is certain; the money that w
have to be spent in naeantime
improving the -said grounds would mo
than purchase suitable grounds othe
-wise; that is to say, if it could be g
to suit the minds of the people, thin
it ought to be tried. have been a
tending funerals for over thirty years a
both places, and I am free to state that
at least one-half of theral—any fello
creatures—were pladed, if not in water,
the next thing to it, just aCcording to
the state of the weather. I hope, Mr.
Editor, if a meeting is called, that all. *
the parties.interested will do what they
ought to do, -viz., to make an effort to
see their dead in a dry bed.--Cotr.
The Seed. Wheat Question.
294 37 ,112 00
former letter I have been called both
Mn. Emron,--Sir Since writing my
Granger and seed wheat dealer. I
am not a dealer in seed wheat neither •
directly nor indirectly at the present
time, nor am I a Granger, only in so
far as I sympathize with them in their
efforts to rid themselves -of that pest of
society, the amp.rincipled agent. Ac-
cording to intimation, I will, for the
benefit of those interested, give some of
the modes adopted by the sharper in
seed grains. He gets say 1,000 bushels
of wheat, :which is worth from 60 cents
to $1.25 per bushel. He then sends
out to different localities agents, whose
business it is to lie and. deceive, for
which services they receive a good -com-
mission, abont $1 per bushel for all
sold at top prices. I,know one honest
man who refused the- •offer of $1
•Tnckersnaitb. School Board.
Mn. Enrron,—gir : 1 see by THE
EXPOSITOR that William McConnell al- t
. lows that the statements Mr. Dewar t
laid before the County Council are
fallacious in regard to our schools, ill ;s,
stating the cost in Brussels per register as
$412; salaries, $1,950; scholars, 485. t
I have got a true statement of eight
schools, which can be proved by men ha f
each section; the register scholars per
school are ee, making 410; teachers'
salaries, 83.560 ; cost per head, 88.09.
Look at these figures, Williana McCon-
nell, with your ten schools and eleven
teachers and three assistants for three
months: The school act states they
get $I per day, or 820 per month,
. making— 5180. Subtract that from
84,695, which leaves 54,515 to be di -
aided between 11 teachers; average,
$110, against his false stateinent of
I $390. Have the trustees acted accord -
per
bushel connanssion for his influence' in
inducing his neighbors to bay . rice
wheat at $5 per bushel. 1 a,m pleased.
to know .that at least ,orie refueed to be
bribed t� :swindle hie' neighbors out of •
their hard-earned .gains. I need • net
-occupy much space to show- the profits
made on grains at the Variotts. prices
and commissiott3,,. as they vary, for
coin -Missions from 25 cents to $1 per
bushel and selling prices from t2.50. to
$10 per bushel. Suffice it to . say . that
1,000 bushels costiiig $1.25. per bushel
and allowing 25 Cents for freight and
shrinkage and $1 eoromission, leaves. a,
profit of$7,500, or 1,000 bush-eis of the
famous Russian :Siberian wheat, Bold. at
$5 per . bush -el, -costing --cents, with
.same :charges :and conanaissions, leaves
a profit of $3,150. Siipplesing that only
hall these profits were made, is it not
alarming to -think that ha a prokssedly
'Christian country persons should be
robbed in such a wholesale laanner,
and, worse th.an all, when we eonsider
that the .article is of sach inferior
quality. Another . nioae is to give seed
on shares, and arn este a :-
any farmer would be eilly enough to give
he use of his land and labor of tilling
he soil, harvesting, threshing and pre-
paring for market, against the seed.
which werth. about !-$2, per acre for
good seed. 1 an told on good authority
that mixed shipping wheat has been
bought out of the store houses in Sea-
orth and. resold for seed. tvheat. Twill
10-
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uwei on the reports which were
ventilated pretty -well last spring, how
by some mysterious power Lost Nation
wheat was manufactured out of two
year old. Pyfe wheat, as 1 don't know it
for a solid fact, but I hear that a case iS
going to be tested in court, and I hope
that if such a heinous crime has been
comnaitted, the guilty party will meet
his just deserts. And now, as the far-
mer has the remedy in his own hands,
I advise hina to rid himself of this cla.ss
of sharpers. When any one of them
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