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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Great Bargains—Lumsden &Wilson. (5)
How to Keep Oool—Bright Bros. (5)
Changed Prices—Jackson & Greirr. (1)
Pocket Book Lost—Ifxpositor Office. (8)
To Clear—Golden Lion. (8) _
Watch Lest—John Goveniock. (6)' '
Notice to Contractors --S. (6)
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c3erFor McIntosh. (8)
F.xcursion to Toronto. (8)
Tan Shoes—Robt.' Willis. (8)
New Telephones -0 W. Papst. (8)
Binder Twine—Johnson Bros. (8)
shingles -for Sale—W. H. Whitley. (6)
Seed Wheat for Sale—D. D. Wilson. (6)
Servant Girl Wanted—Mrs. T. F. Coleman. So.
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 20th, 1894.
A Discreditable Editorial.
Occupying the first place,on the editorial
page ef last week's Exeter Times, and printl
ed in larger type than any other article in -
the paper outside of the advertisement col:.
umns, appears one Of the most unfair and at
the same time one of the most silly and
ridicdous articles we have ever eeen pub-
liehed in the public press. We do not think
it was written by the editor of the Times,
for the simple fact that he is an .experienced
newspaper man would effectually prevent
his penning mush absolute trash. It bears,
rather, the mark of some budding politician,
some embryo office seeker, whose° head is
toO large for his brain, and whose would-be
professional hatred of the Ontario Govern-
ment is greater by far than his industry in
searching out evidence, in support of his
position, which has at least the appearance
of fact.- This effusion accuses Sir Oliver
Mowat of breaking a direct pledge to the
Legislature and the people, of placing th,e
control of the liquor business in the hands
of irrespensible parties, offorcing the muni-
-cipalities to increase their taxation by what
is implied to be a corrnpt use of fueds
which should go to -the m_ unicipalities ; yet
there is not one tittle of evidence brought
forward to prove this, save the naked
statements of the writer—not one extract
from the preceedings of the Legislature, eot
one quoted word from a speech of Sir -Oli-
ver's, not one figure from the public ac-
coimts or municipal treasilrers' statements
—always and only the statements and opiia-
ions of the Solon who writes. Surely a
greater than Mr: W. R. Meredith ot Sir
John Thompson, has arisen, for neither of
these gentlemen would have the brazen
effrontery to acetue. Sir Olivet Mowat, ad -
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proved. Of, does it nnt ee ailly of .
writer in the Times to air lstosEn puerile
contradictory objections ? .
The second part of the &Ai+ quest
is a long, wandering and me' ngless d
sertation on the family cons et and the
municipal system Planned for etario by the
framers oftheconstitutionat th time of Con-
federation, ending with the follOwing cha
against the Government, repiated in t
different fotms :
" Where the municipal conneils got
from the fund when they eshitrolled t
licenses, they now get less than $1. A
rect consequence of this robbery is that t
municipal tax -payer has to pay heavier ta
to his municipal council than he would ha
paid had Mowat not put the money into t
provincial fund."
Our readers will optice that thie attac
which implies very much more than it ac
ally states, is not supported by one iota
evidence. The writer simply makes a sta
ment and we have only to say that not on
is the charge, actual and implied, groun
less, but the statement is absolutely fal
So far from the revenue of the municipal
ties from licenses having decreased in t
ratio of 3 to 1, they are to -day receivin
not only a greater net revenue from th
source than they were receiving at the ti
of the change, but they are receiviog mo
at the present time than they would ha
been receiving new had the same syste
been kept in operation. On referring
the public -documents we find that in 187
under the old act, the, municipalities r
ceived only $104,740, whereas, under tl
present act they received last year $±3,73
or $27,990 more than they would have r
beived had the old law still been in fore
and that too, notwithstanding the fact th
there are more than one third fewer- licens
now than there were then: In se far
Huron is concerned, the several municipal
ties received last year $3,932, while in 187
under the old act, they received $2,535,
$1,397 less. To come nearer home, we wi
take South Huron, which last year receive
$1,665, whereas, under the old aot in 1875
it only received $880 or $785 less. And ye
this writer with the elastie conscience ha
the audacity to say that the municipalitie
new only receive one dollar for evety thre
they received under the old act. Th
Times had better take aip some subject i
knows something about, or one conceroin
which facts are not so easily obtainable as
they are in this.
But, like Satan reproving sin, the Time
Scribe winds up with this moral reflection :
"A man who makes another steal may not
be a thief, but he is egoially guilty in a
moral sense. The Government which •does
not levy direct taxation must bear responsi-
bility when by its iniseondect it compels
the municipalities to increase the burdens of
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office without supporting it with a lar
quantity of evidence of the kind we ha
described. The first half of this astoundi
article begins thus :
” Some years ago the liquor licenses
Ontario were granted by the municip
councils. In many respects the plan wor
ed badly. It was liable to lead to immor
deals betweem members of the councils a
_ holders of licenses: Taverns were mo
numerous than they should have been, a
drinkino was indulged. in to an alarming e
tent. X remedy was needed."
This is quite true, and the " need
remedy " has been applied by the Ontar
Govermnent. In the first place, the Go
ernrnent have removed. the " liab:lity to i
moral deals between members Of the cot
eils and holders of licenses " 'by taking t
power to grant licenses out of the hands
the councils and placing it in the hands
commissioners who are independent of t
license holders and responsible to the pe
ple through their Goverment. ln the se
ond place they have reduced the numbe
of taverns or licences, as the following fi
urea show : In 1875 there were 5,418 li
censes issued, while in 1893 the numter w
reduced to 3,369 ; or, in other words, i
1875 there was one license to every 278 peo
ple, while in 1893 there wase one license t
every 632 people. These are a couple o
points which the svriter in the Times migh
have pointed out, and no doubt the reaso
he did not do so, Avis _because it would hav
spoiled his whole story. The bovernmen
have done just what he says they shod
have done, and still he is not. happy ; h
accuses them of " diminishing the people'
powers of self Government " and " aban
dolling principles." To show his inconsis
tency we quote his words as follows :
" Such. is the -action of a so-called reform
government, who shonld if they are true to
reform principles as enunciated by the great
reformer, Robert Baldwin, increase instead
of diminishing the people's powers of self
government. This is not only an abandon-
ment of minciple but an absolute robbery
from the people—retrogression, not reform.
Many Liberals in South Huron inpported it
when they voted for Mr. McLean, the ma-
chine politician supporting the present day
family compact."
Now, let us see what others, who ' are, no
tioubt,..as competent to, judge as this Solon
of the Times, have to say about the matter.
The Methodist General Confeeence of 1882
passed the following resolution : Although
" we cannot accept as righteous absolutely
-`-` any license law, yet, if we roust tolerate
" some one as the tentative regulator of an
evil till we can have it rem,ved, we must
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regard the Crook's Act as /the best hi-
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" stemma for this suppression the Province
of Ontario ever had. We would emphati-
" cally deprecate any legislation that 'WOuld
impair its efficacy, and we would respect-
fully recommend our people, where this
law obtains, to use.theitl voice and frau-
" ehise to prevent the control qf this license
" system reverting to the municipalities,
" where the industrious ward politician and
the interested liquor dealer so largely
manipulate the election." This is the
opinion of a body with no political bias, but
with the interests of the people deeply at
heart. In addition to this, we can direct
him to the resolution passed by the temper-
ance convention held in Toronto a few
weeks ago, the largest ever held in Canada.
That body passed a resolution unanimously
approving of the legislation of the Govero-
ment in these respects and protesting
against the policy of the Opposition to place
the licensing power in the hands of the
municipal councils. A few weeks later, the
liquor dealers held a convention in the same
city, and they paped a resolution to pre-
cisely the same effect. With the conduct,
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deed bea calamity. That there is • serious
danger to "the Union in the attitude ef a
large alagrewing element in the Western
States cannot be denied by any person ac-
quainted with that portion of the country,
but whether this dangeroue feeling will
spread suffioiently to really do harm, is an -
ether question, and one which rests on a
chain of circumstances of such a nature that
it may come to pass at any time, or may
never occur. The probability is that the
good sense of the people and the letting' up
of the present stress of hard times will carry
sthe country safely through any possible
trouble.
By Their Frnits Ye Shall Know
Them.
A contemporary remarks as follows : " By
the terms of the Confederation Act the Do-
minion Government has to pay co,poo a
year .as salary to the Lieutenant-Goverm•
of Ontario, and itnna,y be that when the
Province refuses to supply the " extras "
allowed to. this ornamental a-;:icial 'since
Confederation, the Ottawa authorities will
give them. , This has already been done bY
Sir John Thoinpson in the case of Mr. C. H.
Mackintosh, Lieutenant-Goyerpor of the
Northivest Territories, who was receotly
voted a salary of $7,000 a year and $10,575
for " expenses," to -be spent in giving balls,
paying for liquors, etc. Thie largely onus,
mental officer lives in a palace, provided' out
of the Dominion public purse, and costing
$60,000 ; and when this extravagant outlay
for the Lieutenant -Governor Of 100,000 peo-
ple was proposed, Mr. Laurier and bis fo
lowers naost properly protested against the
outlay, but it was carried in spite of' them."
Thie is every word true. And yet, during
the reoent elections we had tnen like Mr.
Clarke Wallace, wbo were. parties to this
wanton extravagance, condemning Mr. MolVT
et because he had not clone away with the
Lieutenant-Govennor's residenCe in Ontario;
which, in proportion to the • population, ie
conducted with very much less exPense.
In other words, these same men asked the
people of Ontario to vote .-to turn Mr.
Mowat out of office because he hod not
abolished a system which they and their
friends were perpetuating in a much more
aggravated form in.another Province. And
there were ao few Reformera so simple as
to give ear to them and Who 'allowed them-
„selVes to be led away by their hypocritical
cant to such an extent as to vote to defeat
a Premier whose honesty and ecoeomy has
been tried and proven over and over again.
the taxpayer.'"
We would just like to ask him, what
a,bout the man who, with the malicious in-
tent Of injuring his fellowmen, brands them
as robbers and _corruptionists and by a
plausibly w6ven tissue of falsehoods, at-
tempts to arouse against them the enmity
of those who, through ignorance of the real
facts, are apt to be led into etror ? The
Editor of any paper, party or independent,
Who wilfully misleads his- readers for any
purpose, whatsoever, isua dishonest man,
just, as truly as if he had been the treasurer
of a municipality and had misapplied the
fonds placed in his charge, and should be
drummed out of the profession.
In this time of financial stringency, a
statement to the effect that taxes are kept
unnecessarily high is especially apt to create
discontent, but if any of our readers thinks
that the Ontario Government has raised
taxation in the municipalities he mest,
indeed, be easily led astray, for a perusal -Of
the public documents:and of the proceedings
of the Legislature will soon *convince him
that had it not been or the Ontario Govern-
ment ond its so-called "centralization"polley,
the taxes of the miulcipalities would be a
good deal higher than they are. The gOv-
ernment has spent a, good many millions! of
dollars during the 'past twenty years in
lightening the taxes Of the people, and if the
writer in the Times will enquire into the
matter and is honest enough to admit ihe
truth when he finds it before hirn, he Oan
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easily show his readers that such is the
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case.
The Railway Strike.
The railivay strike is practically -over: t
is still operatiVe hi. some few -places, inter-
mittently, but these spasms seem to4 be its
death throes. On TueSday Debs and his 4A -
sedates were cornmitted to jail to. awitit
trial for deliberate violation of the Mime -
tion issued by Judges Woods and Grosse+
They refused bail and -will remain in prisotl.
There never could have been any doubt boor
the strike would end since Debs took con-
trol, for, though his aims may have -beeh
honeet and well -meant, he wase
raying against him law, order and the be/4
interests of the country at large, by litS
methods. Debs has probably learned, 14
many others, that the end does not justify
the means used in its attainment. Debts
was, practically, heading a rebellion. Hai
he recognized this fact and, recognizing
still pressed his cause, he might have com0
so perilously near success as to have badly'
frightened the -Government, for it cannot ht
denied that, at one time in the course of the"
strike, the feeling among a great mites of the
people of the United' States was decided14
antagonistic to the party which bed,
the beginning, the whole weight of the law).
on its side. ,But, by leading a rebellion
which he was -afraid to call by its righ4
name, Debs fore-dootned himself to • failure
and will earn only rid 'cule. We belieVea
however, that though t 's strike has ended
in. igniminious defeat, tl e danger is as great
as ever. Occasion may 'gaily arise at any
time for a renewal of ho and a great-
er and more efficient leaderethan Debs may
have to be dealt with. ne of the ereatest
dangers that the rouble is localized.
The whole West practically in sympathy
with the labor inovemen in the shape it as-
sumed in the recent stri -e, and a chance of
success would array an appalling number
against the Government. President Cleve-
land's siva and decisive action was a wiser
thing than most Eastern people can realize,
for the slightest hesitanc or weakness on
the part of the Fed r xeeutive would in -
Useful Hints.
Knoxonian„. the well known and popular
writer in the Canada Preebyterian, has
the following timely remarks, On a few sub-
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jects that created a pod deal Of interest
during the recent elections. lie says :
We have been hearing a great deal lately
about the evils of 'Popery. 9L course the
inference. sought to be drawn, is that Pro-
testantism is a much better kind of religion
than Roman Cathelkism. Naturally enongh
. we Protestants think that it is better, but
some of us are , old-fashioned enough to be-
lieve that the superiority of Protestantism
can be better shown by good lives than by
shouting at ward meetings and issuing cam-
paign sheets that might make old Ananias
turn green with envy. There is an old
authority not se Much recognized in election
campaigns as it should be, which says, " By
their fruits ye 'shall know them." Some-
times one can hardly help saying to some of
the self -elected defenders of Protestantism,
" Well, if yone life is a fair specimen of
what Protestantism does for a man, it
makes Peecioue little diffeeence whether one
is a Proyestant or a Catholic."
Thereeare feW localities in Ontario that
have not been tesoundieg with dennnciation
of Separate schools. . Separate schools exist,
because Roman Catholics think that gioing
religious education in part of the work. that
should be done in the school. If they are
wrong in so thinkieg they err in exeellent.
company. But supposing they do err—sup-
posing the schools should be made purely
secular and the very name of God banished
from every school reader, is there not some-
thing sickening in the conduct of -a nian who
savagely denounces Catholics for desiring to
have their children taught religious • truth
while ,his c4n children run the streets every
night and every Sabbath like little Arabs ?
If we ,Must have an • a,nti-Separate school
campaign every four years let it.be conduct-
ed. exclusively by men who believe that their
own children haye souls.
Retiring on Full Pay.
The following appeared a few days ago in
the Ottawa. correspondence of the Toronto
Mail :
" The House was in committee on a reso-
lution respecting the judges of the Supreme
Court. It was introduced by the, Premier,
and proposed that any judge of the Supreme
Court, who had served fifteen years and had
reached seventy years of age might- retire on
full pay, whieh is $7,coo per annum. The
present retiring allowance is two-thirds
pay, and consequently the tendency of their
lordships is to retain their seats- in the Su-
preme Court long after their prime."
It is almost needless to say that the reso
lution has been adopted, and these well paid
officials will hereafter be allowed to draw
their full pay. for doieg nothing. It is also
almostneedless to say, that while the reso
lution was -vigorously opposed by the Oppo
sition it was upheld -by every suppOrter of
the Government in the House. Had a pro-
position of _this kind been made by Mr.
MOwat, what a howl of indignation would
have resoonded ,through the land. Every
Conservative paper, as :veil eVery so-call-
ed Independent paper, in the Province,woulcl
have denounced the disgraceful proposition
in the most uniparing terms, but, as it or
iginates from Sir John Thompson as head of
the Dominion Government, not a word is
said aboutit. Where are these economists
of a few weeks ago, such as the Clinton
News -Record, the Exeter Times'and others
of like ilk ? Why are they now silent when
sowusteful a use of public money is about
being made. They might each give a, few
very useful editonials on this questiono and
when they exhaust this they might take up
the Caron bridge matter and explain it for
the information of their readers. Speak
out, brethren. Why, eVen the Mail, that
had so much to say a feW weeks ago abont
the extravagant allowances -given to Ontario
officials, is dumb on this question of allow-
inifat fed officials of the Dominion Govern-
ment to retire on full pay when they get
too old to be of any use.
It- is an iniquitoos proposition. These
men receive a salary of $7,000 a year. There
hoe no reductions from it, or uncertainties
! connected with it. It is a liberal allowance.
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wianainisionamesaninewamweenanws—
There is not one blisiness or professional
man in five hundred that can earn any such
sum. These latter, however, have to make
provision, themselves, for old age, and if
they,fail to do so they must suffer the f eon -
sequences. Why should • the judges and
those who serve the country be treated dif-
ferently ? The system is all wrong; and the
sooner it is changed the better. There are
entirely too many barnacles attaching to
the ship of State, and if they were swept off
and made to provide for themselves a good
many millions would be left in the pockets
of the hard-working taxpayer, which now
go to feed men who are too improvident to
provide for themselves, although they have
a much better chance of doing so than those
on whom they are pensioned. This. system
of pensioning public servants, no matter by
what party practised, is wrong, and should
be stopped. The Patrons have many good
planks in their platform. Here is anoth,er,
which they should adopt at once.
A FEW' days ago, in the Dominion Par-
liament, Hon. Mr. Haggart, Commissioner
of Public Works, had a:resolution passed to
enable the CanadialePacific Railway to ob-
tain a rebate of duty on iron and steel
imported for .use in building bridges to re-
place wooden bridges on the main line pf
the C. P. R. The Opposition strongly op-
posed this motion, but their effort was
unavailing, as the Government's supporters
carried it through. When will this grasp-
ing and wealthy company cease milking the
Dominion ? Why should the C. P. R.
ompany be allowed to import the material
for their bridges free of duty while the far-
iners and artisans of the country are forced
to pay duty on every article, no matterhow
dnsignificant, they use ? This is simply an
indirect way of giving this' Company, every
member of which is a millionaire and has
been made so largely by public money, an-
other large lionus. It is robbing the people
of the country to place more geld into the
over -flowing .coffers of the company. And
yet the loud -mouthed economists of a few
weeks ago have not one word of condemna-
tion for such acts of public robbery as this.
Were Mr. Moivat to make a proposition of'
this kind he would not be allowed .to luild
office twenty-four hours.
Milnillimmuin
THE legislation'of the past few days in
the Dominion Parliament has made lots of
work for the two new political associations,
the Patrons and the P. P. A.'s, if they -like
to take hold. For instance, Mr. McCar-
thy's motion to amend the Northwest Terri-
tories Aot, by which -the pewee to abolish
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separate schools would be given the Local
House, Was lost by a vote ,of one hundred
and fourteen to twenty-one. The members
for East :and South Ituroii voted with the
minority, while the member for West'
Huron voted With the majority. Agoin, the
Government have carried through the House
resolutions granting over three millions of
dollars to aid in . the construction of rail-
ways, and have also secured the passage of a
resolution granting a bonus of seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars a year for a. fast
steamship service. The first narned io in
direct opposition to the policy of the P. P.
A.'s, and the last tWo are equally in opposi-
tion to . the. platform of the Patrons. If
both these organizations enter the contest
against • the Dorninion Government, where
they have something ,to oppose, as vigorous-
ly as they did against the Ontario Govern-
iment, where there was little or nothing to
call forth their opposition, there will be a
material change in the represeutation of a
good many constituencies, especially in On-
tario, and it is Ontario that holds the bal-
ance of power in the Dominion.
THE Templar, a paper published .under
the auspices of the Royal Templars, bitterly
opposed Mr. Gibson, the Provincial Seem-
tarye in the recent election in Hamilton.
For so doing it was taken to task by several
of the Liberal journals throughout the
Peovince. In trying to justify its course it
says :
" Mr. Gibson would , have had the en-
thusiastic support of The Templar if he had
made Prohibition an issue, or publicly
acknowledged that -he would give effect to
Sir Oliver's pledge. On the 'contrary, he
gathered to his support almost every
liquor seller in West Hamilton and publicly
proclaimed that it was " a campaign of one
issue, and that a religions one. Such
cowardice deserved to be rebuked."
Just so. Mr. Gibson, if 'we recollect
aright, was elected by a majority of about
five hundred. Had he followed the, no
doubt well meant, advice of The Templar
he would, in all probability, have been
beaten by as large a majority" as he was
elected by. He would have lost the votes
of hundreds of Reformers who are opposed
to Prohibition, while the Conservatives who'
prefess to be in favor of it would have
.found someexcuse for voting against him.
At least that has been the experience in
other places. The Templar, we fearo is like
too many other so-called temperance advo-
cates. It has zeal,but lacks .discretion.
THE Clinton News -Record has not yet
availed itself of the offer which we made it
two weeks ago. It said that Mr. McLean
had made the statement that he did not
want the -support of Orangemen, and that
the files of THE EXPOSITOR would prove that
he had so stated. In reply we denied the
truthof this statement, and offered the edi-
tor of the News -Record the use of the files
of THE EXPOSITOR to make his statement
good if he conld. He has not accepted of
.this offer, and he has not the manliness to
acknowledge his error, but he has the in-
decency to keep on reiterating the false-
hood. But, .we suppose we need not expect
mech else, as, to use the fitting words of
Mr. Bishop, "a pig will root unless there is
a ring in its nose." .
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WE ENDORSE fully the following senti-
ments of our Brantford namesake who, like
ourself, is oever afraid to express its honest
sentiments, eVen if in doing so, it may take
a different view from the party leaders. It
saye : The Patrons have taken the very
earliest opportunity of expressing their
views very emphatically on two public
questions—the abolition of Government
Hoose, and the proposal to convene the
Legislature only once in two years. They
are determined that Government .House
mitet go, and then are eqnally determined.
that parliament must meet every year:-
- They are right on both points. A few pee-
ple, belonging to the releases" in Toronto,
will regret the disappearance of the Lieu-
tenant -Governor's " palace," but the
"masses" care very little about it. The
proposal to hold biennial sessions was an
absurd one even from Mr. Meredith's mien'
point of view, and it has raised an insuper-
able barrier between him and the Patrcins.
WE heamtily endorse every word of the
following from the Toronto NeWs : the
supplementary estimates submitted to the
Dominion Parliament a few days agT is an
item of $13,000 for Rideau Hall. This is to
cover the cost of a new heating apparatus,
electric lighting and fitting up of a dairy.
This appropriation should not be concurred
in. There can be little doubt that the next
Parliament will abolish the official residence
of the Governor-General altogether, and
meantime not one dollar should be 'spent on
It beyond what is absolutely necessary to
keep it together.
DOINGS • AT THE DOMINION
CAPITAL.
(By Our Special Correspondent.)
' OrrAwa, July i7th.
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Prorogation now looks as if it would not
take place until Saturday, although it was
originally fixed for to -Morrow. There is
still- a great deal pf business to transact.
It is uncertain whether the Government will
-proceed with the Franchise Bill and if they
do not it will shorten the session by about
two days. Sir John Thompson announced
that the revision of the Voters' Lists would
not be proceeded with until this bill is dis-
posed of either one way or the other.
The Fast Atlantic Steamship proposal
seems, after all, to be a rather nebulous
affair, as the Government are unoble to say
what the proposed contract will be, or even
what the proposed speed will be or what
• time will elapse from shore to shore. The
service is spoken of as a twenty -knot see -
'vice, but it appeared from the Finance
Minister's statement that an average of 18
knots only, is to be required. The public
were given to believe, and the House also,
that if they sanctioned a subsidoo of $750,000
a year, they would get a fast
service equal to the New York lines. As
the New York lines run steamers at 22 and
23 miles an hour, it is very evident that 18
knots will not even with the shorter dis-
tance be an equivalent. The Government
Were unable to state at first what connection
would be made with a Frenchport, but after
a cross-examination by the Opposition, last-
ing nearly two hours, the admission was
made that the -line would run only to Eng-
land. This brought out the startling fact
that goods sent to France under the French
treaty by this fast line would be subjected
to an extra tax, called the surtaxe d'entre-
pot,by reason of not going by a direct line,he-
pause the French tariff enacts that all goods,
touching at another European port before
entering France, shall be subjected to an ex-
tra tax of three and a half francs for 100
kilometers. Mr. McCarthy joined the Op-
position forces in opposing the scheme, but
of course it went through.
The French Treaty was the subject of de-
bate for a couple of days in the House. The
unsatisfactoryi nature of this Treaty has
been fully pointed out in this correspondence
already, and as the debate only brought out
the points previously indicated, there is no
need to dwell on it. Mr. Foster, in moving
the second reading of the Bill ratifying the
Treaty, studiously refrained from saying a
word in its support, and every Conservative
in the House, with the exception of Sir Hib-
beet Tupper, was half-hearted in his sup-
port of the measure, although upon a , mere
sentimental ground all the French Canadian
members were in favor of it, and on a final
.vote, upon the main motion, of the ratifica-
tion of the Treaty, only forty-one voted
against it. These forty-one included every
opposition member from Ontario, save the
member for Prescott.
The Colonial Conference before dispersing
adopted a resolution in favor of preferential
trade within the Empire. The House of
Commons adopted a similar °resolution only
a few years ago, but nothing came of it, and
the Imperial Federation League in Canada
has been adopting a similar resolution an-
nually for 'the last five or six years, but
nothing ever comes of it. Why ? Because
England will have nothing to do with it. It
is like three or four boys resolving what
their father shall do in his absence, but the
old man comes home, and shatters their pro-
ject with a single kick.
The Manitoba School question is to be re-
vived by the Government putting up Mr.
Kenny, a Roman Catholic member from
Halifax, to move a resolution requesting the
Manitoba Legislature to pass amending leg-
islation to modify the grievances of the Ro-
man Catholics of that Province in respect
to education. The object of this is : To
riut Mr. Laurier. and his supporters from
Quebec in a bad position, thinking that he
will not dare to Tote against such a resolu-
tion which might be regarded in Quebec as a
very proper motion. I venture to predict,
however, that they. will fail in tripping up
Mr. Laurier, who can easily point out that
the motion is sure to be a fruitless one, and
that it partakes of dictation to Manitoba?
and for these reasons, he can and ought fin;
vote against it. The resolution will give
rise to a disturbing debate, as will Mr. Mc-
Carthy's amendment to the Northwest Act,
with respect to the same subject of educa-
tion which is to be moved on the. third
reading of the Northwest Bill, unless the
Government drop the motion for the third
reading, in order to head Mr. McCarthy
off. This was done before and may be done
again.
The Supplementary Estimates for the fin-
,
ancialyear upon which we are just entering
are very heavy, amounting to nearly two
millions of dollars. Heavy supplementary
estimates are a certain sign of an approach-
ing general election, and the appropriation
of $130,000 for the Trent Valley Canal, is
confirmation strong as proof of holy writ.
Mr. McCarthy took strong ground against
the resolution introduced by Mr. gaggart,
to relieve the Ca,nadian Pacific Railway from
the payment of custom duties upon iron and
steel imported for the purpose of building
new permanent bridges on the road, to re-
place the eld wooden structures. He failed
to see any reason why the farmers and gen-
eral consumers should continue to be taxed
up to the hilt for everything they use from
aliihiad, while a wealthy corporation, nearly
every member of which is a millionaire
should be relieved of their just contribu-
tions to the revenue. However, this is an-
other sign of the approaching general elec-
tion,foi favored corpdrations may be expect-
ed to be. grateful when the proper time
comes.
Mr. T. P. Gorman, editor of the Ottawa
Free Press and a familiar figure about Par-
liament, is, at the present writing, not ex-
pected to live another 24 hours. He is dy-
ing of heart disease. He was very well
known throughout the country as the most
stalwart of grit " stalwarts.
ammemmememensea
—While Mr. G. M. Kilty, of Colborne
township, was on his way home on Wed-
nesday evening, last week, some butter
tubs he had on the wagon tumbled off,
causing his horse to spring forward with
r-
such force 'as to break' the whiffietree.
" Butler " • ran_ about .15 rods and at the
command- ; " whoa," froni his master,
ceased his ,wild parade and came peace-
ably back to • his work. No damage
was chine nave a broken whifiletree and
harness. s
lifews of ths Week.
THE OATH OF OFFICE.—Baron Russell has
taken the oath of office as Lord Chief Jus-
tice of England.
ADMITTED TO BAIL.—Judge Barrett has
granted an order admitting Erastuis Wimata
to $30,000 bail.
THE EXTREME PENALTY. —Prendergast,
.the aiisassin of Mayor Carter Harrizon,
of Chicago, - was hanged Friday morning
OLERA ISPREADING.—Cholera is spread,
ing at an alarming rate in St. Petersburg
and other pfrts of Russia.
Clamp MY LOSS OF MONEY.—Becanse he
lost $8,000, Bernard F. Gentsch, a Buffalo
man worth $180,000, went out of his mind
and shot hiMself last Sunday.
ENDEAVOR CONYENTiON. —The- thirteenth
annual convention of the Society of Christian
Endeavor cic/sed on Sabbath night last at
Cleveland, in a wave of 'Christian Enthusi-:
asm. The next convention will be held in
San Francis* California. •
FORTUNAT*—It is reported that the Czar
will pardon *large number of political pris-
woneedrsdinong.thel Occ.asion of the Czarewitch's
s
GAUDAUR OFFERS. —GaUdaUr offers to
row Stanbury, the Australian, in England
or Arnerica,:but says he will not go to
Australia. •
SIXTH VICTOIM—On the Clyde Friday,
the yacht Brristrinia won her sixth successive
victory over .$he Vigilant by 4 minutes 34
seconds.
TROOPS REITIE' WED.—The Queen on Fri-
day reviewed: sixteen thousand troops at
Aldershot under the command of the Duke
of Connaught °-
THIRTEEN -PERSONS KILLED By LIGHT-
NING.—The *pier day thirteen men and
women who wkre working in a field at Belno,
near SchwotzaWest Prussia, were killed by
THE BLACK PLAGUE -1,759 VICTIMS.—Up
to June 15th the number of deaths from the
black plague in Hong Kong was 1,759. Two
American ladies who endeavored to relieve
those suffering by the plague in Canton
were set upon by the natives on June 10th
and badly treated.
Huron Notes.
Mr. J. B. Matthews has left Clinton to
take charge (Ala training stable in Alvin-
ston, Ontario.
—Sixty-two pupils wrote at the entrance
examination it Wroxeter. They were
under the charge of Miss Robertson, of
Wingham.
—Mrs. W. O. Brockenshire of Wingliam,
went to the hoiapital at London, on Wed-
nesday of last !week, where she will hal an
operation performed.
—Messrs. Duff Sta Stewart, millers of
Bluevale, haveo been forced to drain. 'the
water out of their pond for the purpose of
stopping a leakage.
—There were recorded with the town
clerk of Clintoh for six months ending June
30th, 24 birth% 11 deaths and 12 ,mar-
riages. •
—Mr. Elijah Potts, of Detroit, an old
Clintonian, has patented a fire escape which
is Said to be vetry serviceable, and for which
he has been offpred a good price.
—The Clinton New Era states that Mr.
G. M. Pulhnann of sleeping car fame, was
employed as a common laborer on the build-
ing of the Buffalo and Goderich road.
—A son of W. T. Whitely, of Clin-
ton, the other day found a pocket -book,
which containel a small sum of money and
deposit receiptaior $1,400. He soon found
the owner.
—Clinton is this summer getting consid-
erable sport out of local a,nd scrub " base-
ball matchea. There is more solid fun, in
one match of this kind than in a dozen
league or association ones.
--Last week I). C. Ross, of Brussels, pur-
chased the tailoring and gents' furnishing
business of Schaaer Brothers, at Wroxeter,
'and has placed bis brother, Robert Ross,
there as manage*.
—Rev. Mr. Newcombe of Clinton, carried
a watch which rim uninierruptedly for 40
years. When he concluded to superannuate,
the watch, likkly out of sympathy, did
likewise, and it i'efusecl to go any longer.
—Mr. Samuel Hill, of Clinton, well
known as an ardent friend of the Salvation
Army,has shown his sympathy and good will
towards it in a enost practical manner, hav-
ing just deeded Over to the Army, Toronto
preperty worth $10,000.
—Cantelon Brothers, of Clinton, are daily
making extensiire shipments of fruit and
butter, handling at present about 100 bas-
kets a day. Mr. W. C. Searle, of the same
town, is also into the fruit business, and W.
Grant likewise.o-
-The vital statistics recorded. .with the
Township Clerk of Hullett, for the half
year ending June 30th, are as follows :
Births, 31 • marriages, 9 ; deaths, 18. The
total number recorded in 1893, was : Births,
76 ; marriages, 15 ;. deaths, 37. -
—On Tuesday of last week, Marten
O'Donnell, of Clinton, who is working for
Mr. R. Haywood, of that town, was thrown
to tbe ground by a couple of boards on a
scaffold giving way, and bad a small bone at
the elbow broken.
—A man was eited before W. F. Brocken-
shire, J. P., andi Mayor Hanna, of Wing -
ham, on Tuesday of last week, charged with
using grossly ingulting and abusive language
proven and a fine of $1 and costs was im-
ptoosead. female Oighbor. The charge was
—Considerable excitement has been
caused in Gorrie over the arrest of Alfeed
Williams, charged with robbing the safe in
the Glasgow houee, in that village, of $50.
He was arrested in Toronto and brought
back to Gorrie by Constable W. 'H. Clegg.
—The other day, while Mr. George
Youngblut, of Goderich township, was
hauling gravel into the cut line, one of his
horses stumbled and fell as he was turning
around, and broke one of its legs. The
break was so bad that it was thought best
to kill the animal, which they did.
--oln the eonteet for the silver medal
which was presented by Dr. Hamilton,
mayor of Cornwall, for competition in the
public school of Ooderich, we learn, al-
though the figures are not officially an-
nounced, that Miss Ethel Rhynas is the
winner by a majority of 7 points.
—Last week Mr. James McHardy, edger
in Duff & Stewart's mill at Bluevale, met
with a very severe and painful accident.
While edging a:. board his right hand caught
on the saw, which cut off three fingers and
split the thumbn The wound was speedily
attended to and is doing nicely.
—D. Milne, Ethel, had to kill a fme regis-
tered brood mare on Tuesday, last week, on
account of her having one of her hind legs
broken by a kick from another horse, while
in thensasture field. She was a valuable
animal and the accident will prove quite a
loss to Mr. Milne.
—While Mr. Herry Thompson, of Sum-
merhill, was pulling the tripping rope of a
hay -fork the other day, it broke, letting
him fall backwards off the load. He struck
on a piece of timber and received a severe
shock. We hope the injuries will not re-
sult in anything a a permanent nature.
—Work is being pushed ahead at a fair
rate at the big ditch in Grey township. It
will be eighteen feet wide at the bottom and
will really be more of a canal than a ditch,
with plenty of fall. There are two foremen
besides the contractor, one man looking
after the spaders and the other taking
charge of team work. Big logs, pine and
oak are being excavated from a depth of
three to six feet below the Surface. J. C.
•
JULY 20,
Tuck is installed as Cook; and does
work in good style. About 50' perm& -01',.‘
fresh meat is consumed. every day and Awn
the same quantity of bread, in addition,sin
all the other necessaries te good.
Quite a number of visitors are on thn -
gramme every day, a,nd the mettiocrefli
ing the work moving is remarked by.
The contra,ctor knows his business.
F. Manns, who has been emple
with Mr- F. G. Meyers, butcher,,,,
sall, for quite a. length of timee „,)a
previously with his brother, Mr-. Cheder
Meyers, has recently purchase& the. bug.
Mess and good will of Mr. F. G.. Me
and intends carrying on the business In
-same stand..
—Mr. James Lane, of Ashfield, sles*
to -the editor of the Lucknow Sentinel
week, a sample of exceedingly, large gaeae.
berries. They are an ow kinglish.
called the bottle gooseberry," same
nearly as large as medium sized potatoes
Mr. Lane sold1104 pounds of the lierries to
Mr. Corrigan, grocer,. of rucknow..
—Mr. Charles Howe has sold hie fain,.
lot 12; coneession 9., Mortis, to Mr. R. Is
Armstrong, of Sunshine,. for $5,000e
farm contains 100 acres, with g.00d,
ings. Mr. Howe will move to Blythe „Ifo
W. Eggert has also sold his farm, rat
concession 10, Morris, to Mr. Parr, a for- -
mer resident of Blyth, for n.,400...
— The directors of the Golfed*
Mechanics' Institute have received fine_
Miss Attrill, of Ridgetown, a handsomeaud -
valuable present to the library, ,in
shape of some 52, volumes of standard. books
on mechanical and scientific subjects. Res
kindness well deserves the thanks of ,
friend§ of the Institute.
—The " Post ".says that G. Dearlinan,
of Brussels, has what might be called En
modellarm. He has only 6.i acres. in hay
and pasture, but he has kept tedate an
average of six Jerseys, none under one peen --4"
old, and has an estimated yield of 11 tons
of hay. He expects to make one acre keep •
one Jersey in hay and pasture for twelve
months.
—Excavation is rapidly being pushed for-
ward. for the Abutments of the new iron
bridge to be erected at Wroxeter Alertly.. -
The old wooden structure has been removed.
A. 13oag had the contract and he also built
a temporary bridge below the oatmeal mill,
so people can -cross in -safety." The stone
for the new bridge was all hauled 'from Bruii-
sels quarry.
—IL Roche, of Seaforth, has six horses in
training on Brussels Driving Park track.
He drove the Harriston horse, Nimrod,"
a mile in 2.28i last week. "Surish," from
the Jewitt Stock Farm, near Buffalo, is one
of the most likely in Mr. Roche's string,
having gone a mile at ae 28 clip without
training. Fall races are under the consider-
ation of the directors of that track.
—The current statement that the pienie
party who visited Grand Bend from Exeter,. •
week before last, were poisoned by using
hellebore in mistake for pepper, is incorrect,
None of the families had the drug in the
house and therefore that solution of the .
problem is as far astray as any yet ad—,
\roomed. There is not the slightest concep-
tion as to the cause of the poisoning.
Chalmer, the contractor for the
Hullett draito was imelinton on Wednes-
day, last week, in company with Mr. John
Lasham, arranging for the delivery Of his
machinery at a point most , convenient for -
its transport into the township. He ex:-
pects that in the course of a 'couple of weeks
everything will be ready to proceed with -
the undertaking, whkh will then be pushed -
forward to completion.
—The remains of Richard Whiting, of
Mildmay, were brought to Exeter on Mon-
day of last week,'•and interred in the Exeter
ceinetery. Decea4c-1 had been a resident :of
Sharon some eighteen years ago, having
taught the Sharon school, and -hid one
child buried in the cemetery in Exeter.
He lette-es a wife and family of grown up
children, *ell provided for.
—The old International hotel on King-
ston street, Goderieh, which was purchased
by Robert Thompson some time ago has
been completely renovated, and has' been
leased to D. Currie for many years oon-
nectecl with the ll'otel business in Hnron
county, being a former resident of G-odericle.
and Seaforth. Mn Currie has fitted up the
house from garret to cellar, and has opened
out with capital a,ccommodation for the
travelling public, We have no doubt Mr.
Currie will do his share of the business in
his new and improved stand.
—Winghain has one of the oldest Odd -
fellows in Ontario, in the person of Mr. S.
13. Webb. Mr. Webb is 74 years of age,
and 53 years ago he was made an OddfelloW
in New York State. The old gentleman is
hale and hearty and is very_e,roud of his
coemection with the Order. Week before
last, when the Odclfellows decorated the
graves of their deceased brethren, Mr.
Webb marched with them to the cemetery
and took part in the ceremonies itaid
appeared none the werse of the ht:lf-mile
walk.
—As a buggy containing Meth Whitely,
wife of Dr. Whitely, of Goderich, and her
two children, -was standing in front of, W.
Acheson's residence, Trafalgar street, in
that town, a runaway team of horses dashed
down the street. Mrs. Whitely jumped
from the conveyance and pluckily caught
ber horse by the head, whilst Miss Acheson
and her friend Miss Wilson, snho were
standing next, lifted the children .out of the
buggy. Mrs. Whitely's horse became
frightened as the team dashed by and in
the endeavor to break, away from the grasp
of its plucky little mistress rolled over on
the ground, Mrs. Whitely still holding on
to the line the end of which had in some
manner become wound around the neck of
one of the little girls. In the struggle, for- 4
tunately the lines broke at the buckle and
* the child was released, but not befone Mrs.
Whitely had received a severe. abrasion of
the wrist. The escape of all concerned
without serious results was marvellous.
—The residence of Charles Lovett, sr.,
Base line, Goderich township, was the
scene of a very auspicious event on Monday
evening, of last week. The occasion was
the marriage of his daughter, Miss Annie,.
to Mr. John Scarlett, of Leaclbury. Miss
Manes, of Blyth, assisted the bride, w.hile
Mr. Robert Scarlett, brother of the &room,
acted as best man. The bride was given
away by her father. At 7:15 Rev. L. W.
Deihl pronounced the happy connote man
and wife in the presence of over one _hun-
dred well wishers. The ceremony over,
congratulations were showered with the
greatest possible earnestness upon Mr. and
Mrs. Searlett. The wedding dinner was in
keeping with the occasion ,andef a superior -
order. The presents consisted. of silver-
ware, cutlery, china, fine linen% Sse., and
were quite numerous, demonstrating the
worth of Mr. Searlett and bride. Both are
almost life residents of Huron and well
known to great many of our readers.
Along with their host of friends, we wish
Mr. and Mrs. Scarlett a happy and prosper-
ous voyage through lifes
—A little over a week ago,- a young man
named Nicholas McLean, of Detroit, who
had been in poor health since Christmas,
came to spend aefew weeks at the residence
of Mr. John Douglas, on the lake short,
near Kintail, in Ashfielit township, in the
hope of recruiting his health. He had only
been there a few 4ays however, when he
suddenly took worse and. died in n few
hours. He was a member of an Oddfellows
Lodge in Detroit, a,nd. the body was taken
charge of by the Lucknow Ocldfellows and
interred in the Society's plot in the Rinloss
cemetery, The deceased had no relatives
that he was aware of, his father and mother
having died when he was a mere hey.
There were three children in the family,
two boys and a girl, but when the parents
died, deceased got separated from bus
brother exed 8iater, and ho nova saw or
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