The Huron Expositor, 1891-09-11, Page 147
4-th and 5th,
lifa
e °11
he novelties of
ess and Mantle
gs, Readynudet
extend a genet.
ie s the store it
a see the neW
.ntles made to.
Style, at 'fair
AUL,
nenes aiwayo do,
iolting and thane -
will see a fino
and their work,
r no competitor fn.
8UcededjjMo.
arie, who refused
so that he could
rea. The case erne
cierich• ia4sprin
then given in
a by Ste. Maido
ihich thia week
it with costs.
las Watson hat
Queen streak to
Bind H, Taylor,
of the Standard
• last Saturday,
ito team against.
ate was success-
titizen succeeded
oals„—There are
e voters' list• of
were entered *
f of the conserve- .
Dickson, on be-
-Brussels is surto
t• ion this year,
eels against ths.
e hard, however,
than they have,
taxation will be
ail meeting, and
bout the same-
notwithstandinin
vinter, and will
r.—One week of
the harvest of
his locality an&
sfied. All they
a to make their
lect of, building
block of brick
Pugh, brick and
Lth, Malcolm IF
Vork hos been -
has the contract
is atwork.—A.
o his new hoter,
tered in it in la
1;reparetioni ars.
er fall Fair,and!
tu it will he end
;tractive shows
e mem-ben' list..
'lions are betk,
sr. The exhib.
seaters- some of
emount up to a
war gotten UP
club betweenips of Stephen
-
reat attractioa.
ion thee Edioetie
bited by a flea-
iibition will be
abody who halt
Id not miss- thil
id has. also been
now needed to
fine weather.
Smith Ieft on
, Michigan, to•
Karcher mind
e two months
on Wedneeflor
r, Wisconsin. ---
[es. H. C.Dosn,
eranddaughter,
• KaT1911/.---11-
Hay township
-
day last to con
-
itch question,
and the goes
-
d, but as Do'
was postpone&
zeti from here
it Exhibitibn.
and were vrefl
tupson has pur-
. George
by new goods.
is, and hope-
;netomers said
Miss 13, Jameery openly/FF.
Trier to her re- -
iiss B. Repoli -
her jammer
riday WSW well
a to Sayfield,..
time. --114V°
roll* is *muff'
Ihurch durW
J.
GILROY•
I /V 'T CD 1\1"
A wo derful success se ; far
bits heenj our Dress 11aking
Departmeint. We had no: idea
vilien wq began that we iwould
be kept sa busy, it being so early '
in. the season, and ladies notinauch
y•et on th'lookout for Fall :Dress
and Mantle Wear. Yet the fame
of our Mr. Kenney, of Detreit,. as
most st lish cutter and fitter and
•finisher, had spread more rapidly
than we ?mild ever have exp cted,
and the garments that we have
turned out have such a very decid-
ed American air and style about
them that to see theii ha been
enough to attract ladi s t our
place that never came t us lefore.
We have the testimony of every
lady who has had garments made
by us that nothing approaching
them in cut, finish, style an4 com-
fort has ever been turned Out in
this section, and 'doubt if anything
like them can be seen in any city
in this country, and this it3 why
we say that our new department
has been, such an unqualified suc-
cess. The is no shape or style
of a Cloak, Jacket, Mantle, Wrap
or anything in the line of Ladies'
Wear that our Mrs. Kenny is not
an expert at cutting, finishing and
fitting. We have never had an
alteration of the Most trivial nature
since we began, all are delighted.
•J. O. GILROY,
CI.41sTTON.
• Travelling By Rail In The Old
Land.
SI HTS AD SCENES IN
AND A OUT NEW
•ILORK.
riv amen YO
LE
• WALL STRE
TILE Eire/m:011.J
TER NO. V.
T AND 'CHANGE.
A walk throu h the busiest par of
Bro clway bringsj you to an old chu ch
sure unded by burial ground fil ed
witij ancient t mbe and headstones.
Thi is old Trinity Church aud open ng
opp eite it is a narrow, but clean nd
w11 kept street, (something unusua in
Nesyorli),lined on each side with fi e,
massive buildin 8, conspicuous aming
which is the United States Sub -Tr as-
ury covering the spot where Washing on
, wee inaugurate Most of the ot er
buildings contain bankers, brokers, nd
barristers' offices; almost exclusively. It
is a very quiet, lunobtrueive street, nd
atrafriera might pass it a dozen time in
a d y without npticing it, and yet ip is
one of the most ;widely known and Ieat
baited streets in the world. Is calls on-
dinuously for More space in the news-
papers and causes indirectly more w ld,
delieious joy and more crushing di ap-
pointment and sorrow than any o her
titre t, probably, in the world. To c me
to the point it is W,all Street, knewn
familiarly among business men and
spe ulators as "The Street." Here one
rna l
bush up against millionaires, bank
pre idents, railroad magnates and
apoleons of Finance," and nnver
w it. You may be knocked against
have your pardon begged by a man
can, by two words, throw out of
k thousands of his fellow beings' and
om-
, Or
t of
any
nnis-
(Written for Tux ExPosrroa.)
Come with me, reader, and we will
take a ride on the Old Country railroad.
We must first seek the booking office,
not ticket office, mark you, and book
ourselves and we must decide1 hetber it
shalt be first, second or third ' or there
is a separate booking office for each
elan, and even three classes of refresh-
ment remits at the station. We are
democratic and will take third class, of
course. Indeed I was told the only the
nobility and crazy Americans travelled
first class. The rates are, ree ectively,
a penny; one and a half pence and
tippence per mite. The carriages are
not more than half the size of ours and
• are divided into compartments,each hav-
iug two seats running the full awidth of
the car, for the doors are at the aide.
Each third class compartment holds ten
persons but the others are seated for a
less number than that. I soppose Mr.
Canadian, you think this compartment
idea a splendid one for the seclusion it
ought to give the weary traveller. Well,
once I had that opinion, but hpon two
occasions I had opportunities or study-
ing the subject. One was on I my first
journey from Glasgow to Edinburgh. It
was a fine day, lovely weather for Scot-
land and I was alone in the I compart-
ment, a veritable railway i Robinson
Crueoe in a strange country synth no one
to expll: to me the surrounding sights.
That w more seclusion than I wanted
and I moved a resolutien in favor of the
Canadian' railway carriage. A few days
later I inade the same jouraey in the
opposi
to be g
that af
our
1 1
kn
all
wh
wo
pul them down from the safety of
pet nce to the anxiety of povert
while could pay the National De
Canada and still be a millionaire
times over. Oe you may even be
taken for such 'a man yourself, though
you can say like the Country Editor:
"The pants of a rich man bag at the
pookets ; those of a man of genius at the
knees. We wish it to be distinctly
understood that ours bag only at the
knees." Surely this is enchanted land.
It is the —very shriue of Mammon, and
too often is written above it in letters of
,fire that alas, too late, burn themselves
into the crushed and writhing victim's
brain. `f Leave hope behind all yp who
enter here." It used to be said that all
roads led to Rime, so all those offi
Wall Street arh like; the radii of a
they come to I a single point, an
,point is the Stock Exchange, situa
Broad Street, but having an entre
Wall. Here is the stage, on wh
acted many a brief, but stirrin
drama. I had often read about th
York Stock Exchange and I tho
had formed a pretty good ides of
was like, but the first time I enter
visitors' gallery I was almost et
with astonishment. The genie is intense-
ly feacinating, ildly exhilarating,
bewilderingaiven uaddeuing,the elusive
prize, wealth, quickly gained with the
power it brings to wield ana inonld
men's lives and fortunes; the alter ative
; ruin, sudden, swift and sure.
; The building itselt is shaped vvi
stem towards Broad Street. Entering
from Broad Street we turn to the eft,go
upstairs and find ourselves on the South
gallery. Across from he is s other
gallery for visitors; at the Broad treet
end of the stem is the private allery
and at the other efid sits the President
cin a raised platform with the Secretary
On his right, and a little below hi I . At
Ivach end of the top of the T is set in the
all a clock eupposed to be alas lutely
orrect, for a second may' mean t e loss
Or gain of millions of dollars.' It might
be the second in which some one's (neon
would totter or his heart cease o beat
from the intense nervous and ;iental
strain. The building is large, hi h and
airy, consisting of one large c
beautifully finished and decorate
the floor, along the walls are
telegraph operators' desks, tele
direction. Every inie seemed
ing to Scotland's great seaport
ernoon. The train wicacrowded ;
mpartment contained its full
share o ten able bodied pereons, a cos -
re collection too, let e tell you.
t hand neighbor, a drummer,
hat happy state in the bountiful,
of American speech full.' He
mopoli
My rig
was in
brevity
attempted to sit on my knee. tid became
quite i
that I
pany.
not oc
was le.
again
the co
derir
bagga
brasse
syste
venie
lebel
the la
up at
dignant when I. timid y told him
id not belong to the reilway room -
When he at last got anent he did
upy it as other people Would. That
s seclusion than I desired ; and
• voted for the total abolitiOn of
partrnent plan. But I am wan -
and we forget ta check our
e. Not " check,"dear bless me no,
are unknown here; the checking
would be altogether too con-
t for Englishmen.; , We must
ur baggage and be careful to hide
t one, or our belongiogs may turn
'outhampton instead of London.
Ios
go
.rec
th
he
sol
an
wh
ti
op
an
oft
Aa
ch
ar
tot
1111
th
fin
lie
t
pa
of
the
few
wo
ha
offi
nor
of
es in
ircle,
that
ed on
ce on
ch is
life
New
ght I
hat it
d the
nned
Tlae orter will put it in the van and
may expect • e few pendiee for his
troub e. Every one in thie land expects
a tip. A guest leaving a hotel must tip
the hole staff from landlcind to boots
and °braider himself fortun te if he does
not
gees
do tii
the
valu
deati
ba
ave to remember tie remaining
s in the same way. Aeshilling will
e parter and pennies for boots. By
ay, people in 'England put more
on a penny than we; 'do. At his
ation a traveller meet claim his
ge at once and either take it away
cer posit it in the parcel xenon at two
pence per package for twenty fbur hours,
with an additional penny fin 'each ad-
ditional. night it remains there. There
are few if any level creesings in the
ry. Even at static)
the tracks on small o
InCanada, a -tramp
CO=
cros.
i
gea.
os passengers
verhead brid-
caught steal-
ing ride is pat off the tra 0 ; in England
t
th the
EAFORTI-1, FRIDAY,
EPTEMBER 1
1, 1891.
• McLEAli BROS. Publishers.
*1.50 a Year, in Advance.
all or a part of Ms deposit; if it
a up he instructs his broker to sell,
ves his deposit baek and pockets
argin between •he price at which
ought and the rice at which he
So -you see he 's not really buying
selling stocks, bia simply betting on
e her they will r ee or fall. Scorn&
es such a. I man' wil keep enlarging hie
e
ratiens until he as great railroads
codporations an er his control, but
ner he is Satisfied onmke a fair living.
a rule a ;man who will gamble, will
at to make a sure thing and so raids
inade on different stocks. An opera -
whom we will call Jack, by some
ans get8 ri, rumor started to the effect
the Eastern Atlantic railroad is in
cial difficulties. The rumor is pub -
3d , as al fact in the morning -news-
re and men who have large amounte
oney at stake fear it will bust up, so
want to sell. The stock drops a
points, and Jack sets his agents to
k buying up all they can lay their
ds on. Next day the rumor is
jelly denied, the stock rises to its
al price, Jack puts some thousands
oilers to the right side of his bank
account and men call him shrewd and
far
wir
the
of
On e
ges
the road. I Then a lot of liana fly up,
and a sharp cheer breaks out just as the
bui
lar
Th
str
sil
Th
Se
ter
fri
an soon the great building is deserted
Some leave jubilant and in high spirite
over their success; others crushed
beneath their misfortunes, ruined finan-
cially and perhaps almost ruined physi-
cally.
THE WANDERER.
,
NOTES .,FROM THE QUEEN
'CITY.
•
•
, TOM:INTO, September 7th, 1891.
f
he ' arrested and fiued..I Locomotives
ire named instead of numbered and the
ligu d of their whistles is 'harp and
00411.—P. Q.
seeing ibenause they didn't see the
s work. But notice, the hand on
clock ie written a couple of minutes
hree. Suddenly a rush is made for
of the standards, men shout and
iculate and elbew each other out of
amber
. On
fficee,
hones,
glass covered; tickers, each sv.th itr
basket of thin paper strip, on wh ch aee
cabalistic chaltactera indicating the state
of the market, the ruling prices of tech's,
etc., and benohes on which the m mbers
may rest wilen not actively e gaged:
Ranged over fhe floor ere wooden stan-
dards bearing the name of some railroad
or other cor oration, and around these
standards the buying and selig takes
place. Scattered over the flo r, now
here now there are the o raters,
whilst messenger boys in their ne t, gray
uniforms, flit about like _sober colored
butterflies. The din is sato riding
Now it is a great, noisy hum, anon i
bursts forth in a loud, sharp chee . One
could lean on Ithe gailery rail an1 watc
the scene for ioura. • Here he may stud
character an1 the influence of th
passions on t e human frame. He ma
see a man standing apparently solid an
indifferent, suddenly seem to b electri
fied, hie nerves tense, his limbs quiver
ing, his eyes ablaze, arms gestinulating
his voice pitched high, his wor s seem
l
ingly jerked out. Just as qui kly hi
arms will drop as a messenger b y hand
him a telegr m, a sly smile Will com
ti.
over his face, he will tear the p per int
minute piecee and carefully p ur the
down his nei hbor's neck or throw the
into the air sp that they will co
on someone's; head and shoulde
fall of snow. Although the
hours on 'Clienge are only from
to three p. en., the business s
on a man, and mot of the °Tiara
silvery hair. Another very n
thing is that nearly all the men ha
large heads. A man with nolbraine
" not in it" oh the floor of 1he Sto
Exchange.
. Of courts° there are men who put th
money into stock as a simple in estme
expecting nothing but a fair Ireturn
Interest on their capital. But the us
modus operandi, as I underet nd it,
about this : A man goes to a brok
and asks Min to buy $100,00Q of sto
for him, depositing simply a ereenta
of this .amOant.i Thi next d y. or p
haps a weCk or two later lib price
that stook 4hanges. If it goeI down
1
I
ding is filled with the noise of a
e gong beaten very energetically.
President rises and gives three
kes with his gavel, then raps for
nce, and business ceases in a moment.
President changes hie codit, the
retery puts away his writing ma -I
als, the operators hunt out their
nds or partners, the crowd pours ou
me dow
es like
worki' g
ten a.n .
oon tel s
tors ha e
oticeab e
18
ir
t,
al
is
r -
of
as
4
The street -railway franchise for exact-
yrone year has kept the public watching
itg devious course, uncertain, seeking an
wrier. On Tuesday the suspense ended
and Mayor Clarke finally handed ov
the system, lock; stock, and barrel. T
names of the °deers are G. W. Kiel
William McKenzie, EL A. Everett, and
C. C. Woodworth. The new company
pledge themselves to subttitute electri
Hy for horse -power in a year's tim
Transfers are allowed, and besides the
six tickets for a quarter which passen-
gers formerly were allowed, eight are
now given of a separate color to he used
from 5 o'clock to 6.30. All the excitieg
incidents leading up to the city's period
of control will soon be forgotten. The
company hold a lease practically for V
years, and under the management of
Mr. Woodworti , a Rochester gentleman,
e
and the presid ncy of Mr. Kiely, former
part proprietotwith the Hoia Frank
Smith, we an iook forward to a satisfac-
tory service. '
A PUGNACIOUS EX -ALDERMAN.
1 HOW i8 it that some men forever seem
oomed to walk the earth, treading n
ther's coat-tails as they pass? E
Alderman,E. A. Macdonald is always
hot water. Off -colored charges were the
outcome of his late law squabble and its
premature end: This was only a fit and
proper continuance of what had beep.
And now the man-who-would-be-Mayor-
oncee, has got in hot water over the
ownership of Chester Church. Inthis
defence he falls foul of the Rev. H. M.
Parsons and threatens, in return for
charges made by the clergyman concern.
'ing himself, to bring the other before
the Church tribunal to answer for con -
duet unbecoming a minister, a Chrietian,
or a gentleman. - If this sort of thing
goes on the ex -alderman must make ar-
rangements to get his lawyer's work done
at wholesale rates.
, THE OLD BOPS.
A pleasant affair took place on Sator-
day at the grounds of historic Upper
Canada College. Invitations were iss ed
to all the "old boys" available. A
game of 'cricket, the Queen's Own Baud,
and a banquet in the evening were the
• features which attracted outsiders. To
the especial guests it meant much more
—a laet farewell to the old buildings end
grounds On King Street. Some of the
old boys who turned up were Judge
Kingsmill of Walkerton, the venerable
Rev. Dr, Scadding, Toronto'e historian.;
Col. George T. Denison, edtmilius Irving,
Q. 0.; D. B. Reid, Q. 0.; Col. New-
bigging, Nicol Kingsmill, Q. 0.; J. C
Rykert, ex -M. P.; the Rev. C. E.
Thornpern, and C. Ridout. An Upper
• Canada College Association was for ed
and a committee appointed which wilI
arrange for a grand inauguration cele-
bration when the new home of the old
school is opened on September 15th. ;
THE CATTLE BUSINESS.
Aldei•man G. F. Frankland, president
of the Dominion Live Stock Association,
and otherwisetermed "the Beef Baeon,"
is exerting himself to keep the Govern-
ment from allowing American cattle
entrance into this country for shipment
to England. He headed a deputation to
Ottawalast week and found out that the
authorities were about won over by the
prospect of tremendous slaughter -houses
at Three Rivers, Quebec, and the in-
crease traffic to be secured ovee our
;
railwa s. Alderman Frankland id now
ont with a manifesto calling for assist-
ance ha showing the Ottawa officials their
error. The Baron says the gradually
developing trade with the mother
county muot terminate soon after the
latter knows American beef is being
sent. Native cattle have a reputation
for freedom item disease which Ameri-
can animals lack. Mr. Frankland
doubt e eyhether the Trifinvian ity's
gain Would recompense the who e or
partial destruction of our cattle trade.
An immediate decision is to be given at
Ottawa.
A DEAD DISAPPOIN MENT.
— When the census retu ne were made
known this week it was as with a dull
thud. The enumerators Cor this munici-
pality had not better a vertise them-
selves very much. It might .be danger-
ous. Citizens who were not called upon
are eending in letters to the papers and
are making anythiog but a joyful noise.
Toronto's population is giyen as only
181,220. Where have the thousands
wandered to since Alder an Dodds took
the census two years ago? It is hard on
a city to have to go •ack to knee -
breeches after feeling the importance
accruing from the m re pretentious
substitutes. Taking th se figures it is
found that Toronto has dded 100,000 in
the last ten years. Peferriug to the
4,823,344 people which he returns give
for the Dominion, a pro inent Board of
Trifle man is authority for the statement
anucks in Uncle
anada, Chicago
for es many of
To the exodus
buted the con -
returns of the
that there are as many •
Sam's country as in
itself furnishing room
them as does Toronto.
across the line is attr
fessedly disappointing
Ottawa census man.
THE GREAT AIR.
Busy men run to an fro at the fair
grounds. Chaos is ev ry where, but
Manager Hill's eye ca already see law
and order evolving be ow the horizon.
AS usual preparations are being made
for those objecting to all stork and no
play. Mr. Mayer's p rfotming horses
are on their way from Boston, and the
scenery incident to the pyrotechnic rep-
resentation of the Pa is siege is being
put into position. Th fire -works man
can be relied upon for a tremendous
" fiz and go -bang" each night, for
money much and to spare has been
given him. The bench show is down for
September 14th to 18th, and all the
entries are in. Everyt
greatest exhibition on r
Hotel men are perfecti
ments to receive the
visitors to the fair wh
tunate as to attend
Saengerfest will be abl
selections second hand
Edison's phonograph.
FOR CHI
The Elm -street Me
Tuesday evening co
gathering to bid adie
ariee who start for
4th. The members of
the Rev. V. C. Har
Hartvvell, B. D., D.
0. Q. Kilborn, M. D.
M. D.
HOME A
• S. H. Blake, Q. C., has just return-
ed from his annual en
air at his pleasan
Murray Bay. The gr
first-class health, but
take the wind out o
ward's sail, as regards
fashionable head -gear
A SURPRISE A
A regular old-time lacrosse match
was played on Satu
Torontos and Monte
sands of ladies an
attended thought it a
ing points to the
cord in Toronto.
g their arrange -
many. Those
were not so for-
amilton's recent
to enjoy the beet
as groutd out by
A.
hodist Church on
stained a large
to five mission-
hina on October
the little band are
, D. D., G. E.
tevenson, M. D.,
and James Hall,
AIN:
ounter with fresh
•country house,
at lawyer looks in
shows a desire to
his brother Ed -
the wearing of un -
a little less t an a tenth of an inch long.
In the spring the female deposits from
four to six eggs in a cavity bored into
the crown of the root. In a few days
the eggs hatch and the larva at once com-
mence their hidden journey adown the
principal roots of the plant. They feed
upon the inner substance of the root, and
fill the channele which they excavate
with a saw -dust like excrement. The
larva becomes full grown late in the
summer, whdn they are about one eighth
of an inch long. The body is whitish
and the head yellow. They then change
ain the roots of the clover,
s adult beetles, usually in
autumn. They generally
L 11.0UND.
to papae w -ft
and emerge
the early
day between the
alers. The thou -
gentlemen who
"old-time game"
partly because of tl.e good play and
partly because the lo
in getting three ga
nent's two, and gre
surprise, be it add
team came, here flu
string of victories.
A BRANCH
, Eddy, whose esta
across the river from
the country over, ha
here for the disburse
feetured articles. T
Hull cover an area o
the most extensiv
Canada.
hyberuate io a cavity within the root of
the plant.
From the ye history of the insect,
the mode of estroying it becomes ap-
parent. As; the beetle does not reach
maturity until about the month of Oo •
tober, it is plain that if the clover is
ploughed under in late summer,the plant
must decaei before the beetles reach
maturity. ;Within the decaying house
ecomes a tomb, • the larva
he remedies sometimes re -
are, it seem to me, wide of
For instance, it is stated by
aye written upon the sub -
o better remedy is known
al team succeded
es to their oppo-
tly to- Toronto's
d. The Eastern
hed with a long
which thus
must die.
commended
the mark.
some whe
ject, that
than to plough the infested Beide in the
spring of the third year of the clover.
This advice is of no use whatever, for
the reason,Ifirst, that the common red
clover on Which the insect is moat prone
most soils a biennial, and
hen the third year comes,
little or no clover to plough
second, although the insect
to prey is
therefore
there is bu
under, and
does attack; the crop during the season
of the firet cutting, as stated in the
'letter quoted from above, its attacks
are more destructive the next year. So
that, if the ploughing is not done till the
following epring, a well fed crop of
matured insects will be ready to march
to another field to commence again the
work of destruction. Besides, it is not
spring ploughing as much as early
autumn ploughing that destroys the in-
sects.
Some authorities recommend pastur-
ing after the first 'cutting until the close
of the season. This ale° will be of no
avail, for the eggs are laid in the crown
of the plarit before the first cutting, and
the larva are burrowed deep enough to
be out of harm's way before the time of
pasturing.
It is
pasturing.
apparent that the first
cutting ofithe clover Cannot be seriously
affected, as the larva deposited by the
beetles aro not far enough advanced by
the time of the cutting of the hay to do
any serious damage. If the clover is
turned under before the second crop
matures the larva are destroyed. It
follow., therefore, that there is not the
slightest necessity for abandoning the
growing of clover for a term of yearn in
in any legality in order to get rid of the
pest. SOme have advised that this
should be done. Clover may be grown
every yeanibut it must also be sown
every yeer, as we get only one cutting
so long ae the insect gives trouble. The
regular rotation may in this way be die-
turbed, but it is disturbance that is not
attended, with serious consequences.
Indeed it may prove helpful in some
localitiesas it will tend not only to
destroy veeeds where these are abundant,
but it will improve the land through the
ploaghine under of the second growth of
the clover. 11.t may also render it neces-
sary to grove timothy by itself, but this
may readily be done. It is, therefore,
easily poesible to keep this troublesome
insect at hay.
• THOMAS' SHAW,
Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, let September, 1891.
marvel. Five years ago, after the great
fire, there were but two houses standing
there, while to -day it has over 13,000 in-
habitants. Their streets are well paved,
they have a complete system of water -
of a horse power. It is so small that it
can easily be coveredwith the case of a
22 calibre cartridge, being two-thirds
smaller than the famous Waterbury
engine that attracted so much attention
works e and tho street cars are run by at the Centennial.,
I
el—A Virden dispatch says the Ogilvie
;:ggest sawmill in the world Milling Company, made a shipMent last
eitTrihcetyb.
has been erected at Ottawa, by J. R.
Booth, and is DOW almost ready for
complete operation. It has 13 band
saws, with a capacity of 900,000 feet
daily.
—A MorSreal young man travelled in
the hold of the steamship Celina from
Glasgow to Quebec and was without
food for twelve days. His physicel con-
dition is alarming and his mind -is wan -
dr ee 8—riideBeg,
nucr ge sl a r as
bout Paris station. The
have been pillaging private
housed of Mr. Andrew Aikin and Mr.
Lewis Maus were entered and ransack-
ed but no money being found the burg-
lars consoled theinuelves by eating up
the best provisions they could find.
—The -entire right leg of James
Greenwood of Chippewa was found in
Niagara River at a point between Queen-
ston and the Falk. The man was miss-
ed last Week, and a persistent watch for
his remains has been kept below the
Falle. •
—Rev. -Mr McDonnell, of St. Andrew's
Church, Toronto, returned last week
from a six -month's holiday, and a spec-
ial service of praise was held in the
church Friday night to mark the event
and the pleasure of the congregation at
hie safe return, Fully 1,200 people
were assembled on the occasion.
—The Sarnia Salt Company boring at
Sarnia has struck es fine bed of salt at a
depth of 1,540 feet. The bed is a very
large one. The coMpany has bnilt docks
and buildings and has good shipping fa-
cilities, and the find of such a fine bed
of salt adds greatly to Sarnia in-
dustries.
—At the pigeon shooting tournament
held at Hamilton recently, Mr. James
Wheeler, of Paris, carried off a number of
good prizes. Mr. Wheeler and Mr.
Wayper, of Hespler, the champion shot
of Canada, tied at 14 out of a possible
15 birds. Mr. Wheeler is said to be one
of the best shots in Canada.
—In the little village of Beachville
resides a Mrs. Thompson, who, a week
ago, celebrated her 104th birthday.
She is in the enjoyment of particularly
good health, her sight, hearing and
speech are good, and she is cheerful and
• happy and good for ten years yet.
—Thursday evening, last week, the
barn of Mr. Thomas Robison, of Olden
township, near Kingston, was struck
by lightning, and with its contents
destroyed. It was nearly new and
Was worth $1,000. Two barna situ-
ated a short distance from Cape Vincent
were struck by lightning and deetroyed,
and a horse and cow in an adjoining
field were killed during the same storm.
—The following game may be killed
between the dates given below: Deer,
October 12th to November 20th ;wood-
cock, August 15th to January lst ;
hares, September 1st to March 15th ;
geese, September 1st to May let; part -
*ridge, snipe, rail clover, ducks and all
abet fowl (excepting geese), September
1st to January let.
--There is considerable talk to the
effect that the people of Kingston, (Sir
John A. Macdonald's constituency), ir-
respective of party prejudices'will ten-
der the nomination for the Dominion
Parliament to the Hon. Edward Blake.
M. Blake has already declared himself
as opposed to the Liberal platform, and,
sitting as an honest independent, he
could wield a power of inestimable value
to the country in its present crisis.
—Mr. W. L. Graham 34 years old,
and one of the most prominent and en-
terprising of London's merchants, died
Saturday morning. His death was due
to rheumatic fever, brought on, it is
said, by lying asleep a few minutes on
the ground at Port Stanley, just after
bathing in the lake on a hot day. He
leaves a widow and four young children
besides father and mother and a large
family connection.
—On Sunday a party of fast young
men from Brantford drove through Par-
is ,conducing themeelves in a diegraceful
manner. One of the drivers ran his
horse against a telegraph post, smashing
the buggy, and leaving it in front of
Capt. Cox's residence. Another one
drove recklessly until his harness was
used up. They should have beeniarrest-
ed and confined in the "cooler" until
reason returned.
—John McCowell, the Hamilton in-
ventor who shot himself ten days ago,
arid who is still lingering between life
and death; is much to be pitied. His
story is a sad one. About 15 years ago
he saw on exhibition an automaton
celled the "Little World," •corn-
peieing all manner of moving figures.
McCowell resolved that he would make
a "small world" which would eclipse
the one he had seen. For over 13 years
he worked continuousty night after
night when his regular toil was through.
Two months ago he had the satisfaction
of seeing his wonderful piece of mechan-
ism finished. He put it on exhibition,
but the patronage was small and MeCow-
ell's hopes were shattered. Finally his
reason left him, and while in a delirious
state he shot himself twice. The phy-
sician in attendance thinks there is no
hope for his recovery. ,
—Mr. Thomas Tioknor, of Parkhill,
has succeeded after years of labor in
completing a marvel of mechanical in-
genuity in the smallest steam engine in
existence. The "Little Jumbo," as
this miniature contrivance is designated,
is a perfect model of a steam engine,
complete in evety detail, and works
with the accuracy and ease of a Corliss,
and performs in miniature the same
work as the most massive engine ever
constructed. Its 'dimensions are as fol-
lows: Diameter of cylinder, of 1-16
of an inch ' • stroke, 1-32 of an inch;
weight, ofa grain; bore of cylinder
.3125 of square int& ; revelation .1760
per minute ; bores power, .12496 part
HERE.
lishment at Hull,
Ottawa, is known
opened a branch
ent of its menu -
e match -works at
165 acres and are
manufactory in
The Clover oot Borer.
To the Editor of Tux Hu ON EzrOSITON..
SIR,—I have rem ed a letter from a
farmer in the Count of Oxford who
asks information re arding an insect
which is preying upon his clover. As
this insect haa not b en at work very
long in this country, t is well that the
farmers be made aeon ainted with it, and
with its modes of w eking. Although
happily it is easily di covered when we
know the way of d ing this, it may
•work serious injury t the clover crop
where its habits are n t understood.
The writer of the etter referred to
gives his obeervations in reference to the
insect and its work in the following
language :—" I notic d that cattle while
pasturing on the econd growth of a
first crop of clover h d pulled up a very
large number of the ante by the roots.
I set to work to exai4ine the plant and
found the root in a 1ry, diseased con-
dition; and in openi g up the root, I
was surprised to find the cause of the
trouble to be insect lie. I discovered
within the root num ere of little mag-
gots in different stag
in two or three insta
were a tiny little bug
lay e the eggs which
I even went to the tr
of the ground clover
looked fairly green a
amazed to see them
this insect pest" -
The insect thus de
edly the Clover -R
way in which it inju
described in the lett
roots are eaten to
that much difficulty
the second crop o
enemy is European
W&8 brought to t
years ago. As earl
ing trouble to the f
State. Since that
its ravages into th
and to a limited
operating during
• Province.
The clover root
is a small, hairy, • b
I
s of growth, and
ces housed up as it
which I presume
rod uce the maggot.
•able to cut out of
roots that as yet -
d healthy, and was
fairly alive with
oribed is, undoubt-
ot-Borer ; and the
es the crop is well
r. Sometimes the
so great an extent
is found in mowing
the season. The
in its origin, and
is country several
as 1878 it was giv-
emcee of New York
ime it has extended
• adjoining States,
extent it has been
(went years in this
rer when matu ed,
ownish black beetle,
-5
Mondayeof three cars of No. 1 hard,
this seasoo's crop. Threshing is in
full min, and the grain is turning out
fine.
—Fire on the farm of Mr. D. Rooney,
farmer, of epean, near Ottawa, a few
days ago d stroyed his residence, barn
and harvested crop, as well as his farm,
implemente. A. valuable stallion perish-
ed in the flames. The loss was heavy
and there was $2,200 insurance. The
orighopf t
' —Mr. al
York, suff
day. Th
and Islands, having their trunk sent to -
Bay. The trunk was seen
oard the steamer St. Law-
layton, and since then all
has been lost. It contained
of jewelry, etc.
—Thureday night the barn of Thomas
Robson, Olden township, near Kings-
ton, was struck by lightning and with
its conteots was destroyed. It was
worth $1,000. Two barns situated a
short distance from Cape Vincent were
struck and destroyed, Hilton Finkle,
Newburgh, had a horse and Jas. Sewell
a horse and a cow in an adjoining field
killed during the storm.
—Miss Mary Stewart, who has for
some time past been keeping house for
her father,Thos. Stewart, of Maple
Valley, a 1 ew miles from Shelburne,
Grey county, was found drowned in the
mill pond Friday. When the men came
home for dinner they found that dinner
had not been prepared and Mary was
missing. A search was instituted with
the result that her body was found float-
ing in the mill pond near the house.
It was supposed to have been an acci-
dent.
—Rav John McNeil, the celebrated
London , preacher is in Toronto this
'week. Mr. McNeil is one of the most
powerful preachere in England, and has
been instrumental in doing much for the
furtheraoce of true religion during his
short mibisterial career. He began his
ministry in Edinburgh only six years
ago, and moved to London in 1889 to
fiil the pulpit of Regent square Presby-
terian church. He lost his wife a few
weeks dine, and is now on a brief visit
to this country.
—Scene at Toronto police court "Dade an' oi didn't tell him to dhrown
hiself, an' if oi did he wouldn't, for he
nivver does phwea I tells him, yir Hon-
our," said Kate O'Brien, as she testified
against her husband, Daniel O'Brien, an
old pensioner who was charged with
non-support Of Kate. The pension re-
ceived on quarter day was evidently
melted, and the ease was dismissed.
The old eouple was married over thirty
years ago, when Dan's regiment lay in
the Portobello barracks, and now, as in
days of fore, they melt the pension and
then querrel.
—On Tuesday morning last week Mr.
George McKay, who lives some distance
north of Rydal, Bank, Algoma, was
making splinters to kindle the fire -with,
hie little two year old boy got out of bed
upstairs and came to the head of the
stairway to come down. He tripped on
the stairs and fell to the bottom. As
he was falling his father jumped with
the knife in his hand to catch the little
fellow. The knife struck the little boy
just below the rips and made a deep and
dangerous wound from which the en-
trails protruded. Medical aid was pro-
cured as soon as possible, but very little
hope is entertained of the poor boy's re-
covery.
—Prof. Penton, of -the Agricuitural
college, with his bride formerly Miss
Harriston'of Richmond, Virginia, re-
turned toGuelph on Monday 31st ult.
Prof. and Mrs. Penton spent the night
with President Mills, and were next day
arranging matters for taking posseseion
of their own house. About 9 o'clock in
the evening the boys at the college, in
order tO show their appreciation of the
professor, with his pleasant and agree-
able lady from the South, made a very
hearty demonstration in front of Presi-
dent Mill's reeideiace, after which Prof.
Penton addreeeed the young gentlemen,
introduced them one by one to Mrs.
Penton, and at the request of Mrs. Mills,
invited them into the house to partake
of refreshments. The whole party en-
joyed themselves and were made perfect-
ly at home.
—The property known as the Sylves-
ter farm, lot 2, concession 3, North Ox-
ford, containing 100 acres, has been sold
to Mrs; John Brown, of Ingersoll, for
$6,600. Mr. Brown has also purchased
the Ruddick foam, North Oxford, con-
taining 100 :area, for $5,800. Mr.
Brown is one of the heirs of the late
Thomas Brown'who recently died in
Australia.. Mr. John Brown has already
received $24,000 with more to follow.
He is settling his sons on good farms,
and will no doubt spend the remainder
•of his life in peace and plenty,
—A shocking affair has just come to
light at Petesboro. About two weeks
ago a 2-year.old child belonging to par-
ents residing in that tows was taken ill
with fits. While in a fit the old-fashion-
ed ierriedy of putting the child into a
pan of warm water was tried. The
water was not enfaciently warm, so the
lid Was taken off the stove and the pan,
with the child still in it, was raised and
placed on the stove with_ the intention of
heating the water. Immediately on being
placed on the stove the °Mid commen-
ced to writhe in agony. The women
attendance deemed it the result of the
fit and paid no attention. Finally a wo-
man entered the room'and seeing what
was going on, snabehed the child frova
the pan, when the skin peeled from its
body and @tuck in large pieces to the
bottom of the con. A physician was
sumnicned, but the little sufferer died
In a sbort time.
Canada.
Montreal had a $15,000 fire last
Friday night.
—The steam yacht Albatross, worth
$100,000i has been wrecked near the
coant of Newfoundland.
• —Four members of the Roth Opera
Company were upset into Hanilton Bay
a few days ago, but were rescued after
being fifteen minutes in the water.
—Wm. Bonter was helping kill sheep
at Marmora, Hastings county, when the
knife slipped and cut out the young
man's eye.
—Mr. Melvin Turnbull, of Dresden
caught his foot in a frog on the Erie &
Huron Railway at Wallaceburg on Fri-
day. He was run over and instantly
killed.
—Mr. John Brunel, of the Inland
Revenue Department, is dead. Mr.
Brunel wos a well-known cricketer some
years ago, beirig one of the beet players
of the Ottawas.
—The Toronto Children's Aid Society
held its first meeting on Friday, and
decided to open an office at 32, Church
street, aud engage in active work on be-
half of neglected children.
—A Manitoba farmer, named Har-
rison Webb, was &telly shot Friday
last by his brother Genius. The quar-
rel arose over binding wheat. The
prisoner has been committed to Bran-
don gaol,
• —The 1 body of Fireman Coueh, of
Point Edward, whose train fell into the
Burlington Canal Sunday night, the
30th nit., was found, Friday last, three
miles from the scene of the accident.
,—The corner -stone of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Miesion Church in Brant-
ford was laid Friday. The work is
under the auspices of and supported by
Zion Presbyterian Church.
—The oody of a woman, believed to
be that of Susan Kerr of Maidstone,
Essex County, was found the other
morning in the river at Wyandotte,
Michigan.
—Hon. G. W. Rose Minister of Ed-
ucation+ and Mrs. Ross have returned
from their six weeks' trip to Manitoba,
the Northwest Territories and the Pa-
cific ceast. Mr. Ross expresses him-
self greatly impressed by the magnitude,
• vastnels and capability of the great
Northwest and the Pacifio °Oast. Ile
says: The City of Vancouver 15
e fire is unknown.
d Mrs. Graves, Albany, New
red a material loss the other
y left Albany for the Thous -
Alexander
safely on
rence at
tree° of it
$600 wort