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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1896-01-17, Page 3, 1896. 500.0Q0. SOO, 000. SEA:FORTH. the United State% vailable in all parte v.ances made on same unerhieheet current- a,nd December - deposit. ‘..e.ARGE3 ACf6ents Xinciast s as sat ass* ech- in the aii Affee- :Throat & 10. lea a 6meme 2 fr..,,r fail wear Pi neglige wear,. ec at. umbrellas rettn071. entire ... yes reafort ,Ifeekla .lity to A) foot.. !!, rR atter,. niee a • the. rad College E • y thing -Al • .1001 re- _ ur- ore nts ng Oler eaf r h JANUARY 17,1_896. TH1 IMPORTANT NOTICES. MO LET-CoInfortable brick house on George fit, The Eat* of T. T. COLEMAN. 1468-tf T J. hieKENNA, Dominion and Provincial Land ejn, Surveyor, Member of %Aram:dation of Ontario Land SUrveyors, Dublin, Ontario. 1386-62 frOWNSIIIP UNDS TO LOAN. -To loan on farm property first mortgage, township funds. Ap- ply to JAMES MURRAY, Trees ire, Tuckersmith, Hensel' P. 0. 1462 tf _ TALLION OR SERVICE. - The istandard bred stainer), Wilder Lee, wil. stand for the im- provement of tock at his owner's stabile in Hensall. T. J. 13EIrRY fleneall. 1457-tf QUARRY TONE. -The undo -aliened has for sale at hs qtarry at Cranbrook a quantity of choice stone, suitable for corner eta ea, sal atones and °ridge stone., Will be sold a reasbnable prices. GEORGE BAKER, Cranbrook, . 0. 140841 1-01IN BEAJTI Clerk ef he Se ond Division a) Court, qowtv Commissio er; o Huron, Con- veyancer, Lan, Loan and Insu anew Agent. Funds enveeted an to Loan. 0 ce-Over Sharp & 'livens' store, Main Street, Seafo th. 1289 MENDERS 'WAN TED. -Tend rs for the erection of" L a brick residence will be r ceived by the under- signed until February let. Pia s and specifications can be seen 00 Lot 7, Coricessier 10, IA. R.S., Tacker - smith. HUGH McMILLAN, C iselharst P.O. 1465x2 -8 300 -Private funds to loan at -lowest $ 500 rates of interest in sums to suit 8 700 borrowers. L ans c n be cora- V.,000 pleted and 84 oney advanced 81,500 withiil. two dap. pply to R. - 82,500 S.11Ars, Barris r, & .,Seaforth. 125 ESTRAY NO _ -1STRAY EWE AND LAMB Came into the prem. 4 ises of the undersigned, ot 25, Conceeion 10, llibbert, about th middle cf ovemb r. The owner can have the same by provin propetty and paying charges. JOHN RICE, Croma ty P.O. 1463x4 BUL RVICE. BULLS FOR S hand in liar a -limited number cash at the time o fuming if necessa RVICE.-T e uedeirsigned brie on urhey, a w 11 bred bull. to which f cows NNW se taken. Terine-31, service with the privilege of re- . ROBE T TORRANCE. 1463-4 BULL FOR SER ICE. -Th for service during t thoroughbred Dur ern bull, " from H. Plumstee , Clinton. cows $3 for thoxkoughbreds, returning if necestary. Pedi application. JOHN BENNE cession 17, Lot 1, Grey. undersigned will keep e coming season, a Major Booth," bought Terms -$l, for grade with the privilege of ree may be Been on T, Walton P. 0., Con - 1466x4 STOCK FO SALE. EWLY OALVED COWS FOR SALE. -The un- dersignedrhas for eale on Lot 10, Concession 3 Stanley, three gond young cows, one newly calved and the others to calve in Ap il. They are all good grade oows and firat'class ninkers, and are in good condition. Prices right, and, time to suitpurehasers. WM. A. ROSS, Brueefield. 1463x4 -DULLS FOR SALE AND BOARS FOR SERVICE. -For sale ei ht of the bost Short Horn Biala 7 to re 7 .1N1 7 ; be found in the provinc aged from 7 to onths. Prices, ternie an i pedigrees right •, r asonable offer refused. Aso for service- a hue aglish Berkshire and an I proved Chester Whi oar. ,Terms- $1, with 4rivilege of returnih AVID MILE, Ethel, Ont. , 1463 BOARS FOR SERVICE. FIAMWORTH BOAR FOR SERV10E.-The uncle L sfgned will keep for se vice, at the Brupfie mese Factory, a thorouelibred Tamworth Boa ith registered pedigree. erme, $1; payable me of service with privileee of returning if nece ry. HUGH McCARTNEY, Brucefield. 1405-tf `MESTER WHITE BOA FOR SERVICE. -T j undersigned. will kens for eerviee on -Lot i oncesaion 3, Ilibbertea r gistered Chester Whi 3ar - Teri:Las-St, payable] at the time of servie ith the privilege cf return rig if necessary. T RC ELADY. 1464-5 )IGS FOR SALE AND FOR SERVICE.- T undersigned, breeder el Large English Bei Lires,haa for sale boars ant sows in farrow. He v, so keep for service the st.ea boar Gladatone, pi Lased from Mr. George Gre-n, of Fairview. Tern .Si payable at the time of ervice with the privile ' returning if necessary, if booked $L60. JAM: ORRANCE, Lot 26, Cone Eakin 6, McKillop, Si ath P. O. 1465-5i AUCTIO SALE. ‘TieRESERVED AUCris 'N SALE OF FAI J STOCK AND SEED tRAIN.-Thornas Brom uctioneer, has been instru ted by Mr. Robert Ar along, to sell by Public Au tion on Lot 1,Coneessi , Hullett, one mile east o Kinburn, the Brot [eclat -Farm, on Wednesday January 22nd, 1896, o'clock pan., the followin property : -Farm Stoi -Twelve head of.fat cattle eady for market, 1 c a calf, 4E.pringr'7chives, 6 w 11 bred Leicester ew 0 store pegs. Seed Grain. 400 bushels seed pe art Crown and part Golde Vine • 700 bushels oa art Siberian and' part Lincdn ; also about 20 te f good hay and a small qn ntity of straw. The c ir• 21•P all in first•olass eond tion and the grain is 1 11 0 EVER. SHOULD K r I FAMILY OW T.HAT Is a very remarkable remedy, I:11 °tit for IN- TERNAL and EXTERNAL use, and won- derful in its quick action to relieve dietreas. PAIN-KILLERI 19 S. sure cure for Sore Throat. (to u trh s , Chit le, Diarrhoea, ysenteren CraMDS e €1101117ra, and all Bowel Co plaints. • • ' PAIN -KILLER m• on Ze at k. es, as, te, OS at - of the very best quality, the Eared was all imported from Mr. Rennie, of Toronto, la teed clean and will be r home eith them. All will Terms. All surns of $5 and amount 6 montlan credit wi approved joint note. A di annum will be allowed for ROBERT ARMSTRONG, BROWN, Auctioneer. t spring. It is guaran- ady for farmers to take e sold a ithout reserve. ncier, cash ; over that be given on furnishing count cf 7 per cent. per eh on credit amounts. Prc prietor ; THOMAS 1465-2 Popular Economy is one of t and one of the best means Men is by buying -your goo beat vallte for your rnoney 'et We cah g� i Our Groqery stock is co We have' the latest impro all our currants are thoro stones and sand. Our ne can't be beat; good cooki nice light coffee sugar, 26 1 40e per gallon ; Redpath' lines too numerous to me't repreeented are return 1 As we have decided to giv we are giving the biggest quality and supply of fre as usual, roast beef an beef from 40 per lb. up ; equally as cheap. Is TUE BEST rem. etty known for S e a - Siektiessa Sick Meant else, rain in the Batelle or Slide, Rheum tieht and IS earithria. PAIN -KILLER is fiEQuEsTioNABLV the ZEST LINIMENT MADEL. It brings SPEEDY AND r PERMANENT RELIEF In all casea of Bruises, Cnts, Sprains, Severe Burma etc. PAIN -KILLER ia the well ' tried a n d trusted friend of .tho Mechanic, Farmer. Pi:titter. Sail or, and in fact ell classes wanting a En diciiie always at hone. and SAPP. TO DSE internal y or externally wan curtairity of relief. BeWare of imitations, ako none bit the genuine "PERRY DAVis," Sold ever where ; 250. big bottle. el main roads to wealth, f! travelling in that three- siwhere you can get the eind we feel justified in Ithe best passibe plete with cbeice goods. ea fruit -eleener out, and y cleaned and free from urrants at no pee pound gl raisins, 6 lbe for : for $1 ; table eyrup at oods and ma y abet on. Any good nO sus and satisfanti n given. up the crockery business bargains ever offered in town, everything in the c oekery line must go. Our SEF6RTIII CARO' AGE WORKS, best Buggi s and Wagons The My stock of Carriagels is ery complete ; all hand made, under -our own supe vision. Don" 'buy foreign factory -made buggies, whe you ean ge better tnade at hone, and as cheap. if ot cheaper than the work brought in from outside nowns. Why ; spend your money in building up riva towns and injure your own, when you can do bet er,at home. ; Call and see me and be convinced. , All kinds ot blacksmithirg• and repair1ng promptly and satisfactorily done. - ' A full steel: of Cutters pf the best iriaterlal and lateet ett lee, which will be !sold cheap. I ROBB h meats are up to he nark stakes from 7 to 10e boil pork and pork cutItings BROS. SEA ORTH. J. C. Sm th & CO. A General Bankh Farmers' notes di Drefte bought Mt Interest allowed o g "business "transacted. counted.• sold deposits Lewis IVIDopald SEAFOILTH.. 1480 ARK Oi REFUGE FROM RifEUMAiliSM. adol.""'"^ - TySTINCTIVE FE TURES OF KOOTE N A i-006. Itsl! applicatirm to a wide range of 4 iseases. 8o0 cured in 6 months in two cities. Th potency of the new ingredient combination curing Hemorrhage f the Kidneys. startling cures of Locomotor taxia and Blood Diseases. restoration Of sight , and hearing st through the effects of paralysis. removal of all trace S of mercurial isoning from the system. Its cures of Chronic Rheumatism. • • • • 1 Its Th 'fr 1 Tb 'RITE OR PAMPHLET OF STARTLING CURES S. S. rYCKMAN MEDICINE CO: HAMILTON, ONT. Visit to t HI VILLAGE HOME. e 4:tertiary Residence of the Venerable Senator Morrill. Special Oorrlesponkleneoll STRAFFCRD, Vt., Nov, 19.-A crisp morning recently found no on a train of the Central Vermont railway en routo to Sharon. This is the TIOareSt station to the little village of Strafford, whet() the "father of congress," . Senator Justin S. Merrill, lives. Al quick drive by way' of a bridge below the town brings me to the double I row of whito.00ttages and stores and to 1 the little hotel at the end of the single en Street. A. three-quarter buggy .and a moth eaten colt aro hitched up for me, and, with brief instruetionato "follow the tele- phone lino," I stert for Strafford. My animal was as deliberate as a justice of the suProme court of the United States , until we reached ; the brow of a hill, the : dropping off plape. Then • he. suddenly I struck into tho. rnost astonishing trot, SIR rniLIP CURRIE. .Aemenian. throwing his logs, in all directions and tians, and Eogland's spokesman 1 carrying stony roa ter. Do ing • aro grazed th hung the flocks of past the stagocoa looking passenge able 'wit South Sbaron. Bnoephalus took the ini- He had come to :a termini:is- my destination or some other him very -littler-4,-and he drew door of the village inn. He had hod the latter half of his journey water the time of tie first half. door steed hospi ably open, but . as empty. . An inhabitant who ing infoemed. merthat the inn d "gone away somewhere" and e to the road which led to. Mr. house, tWo miles farther on. ad acrose the hill from. Sharon • Strafford skirts for la time the of a tiny stream which pours its e cascades over big bowldere. • do the &nee throngh part of the and in Places where they no Ion - tang the eead they aroh above the am and magnify:the plash and its waters. ' : nd then the little river broadens daashuts .off its eourse, and you To Farmers of pana*0- Severed kinds of wire fences have been placedon he market,' none of which have proton entirely sat- sfaetory ; but in placing before you, ou CHAMPION STAY WIRE PEN we do so coinfidently, believing that w E, have over- come all of the objections that hay been raised _against wire fences in the past. It is compiled Sf any desired number of galvanized steel wires, placed at a suitable distance apart, upon which are placed two half-intrh half -round steel bars, eine on each side of the wired, with groove between to fit tightly on the wires, a d bolted with four bolt e h ldiag shem firmly toge her -and preventing the wir ing ap or d wn. It le also arranged th of heat and cold in expanding and co wires are thoroughly controlled by', tig the fence cen be kept taut at all se:Lions at the rate of 5 per Pent. per •aainum. SALE INOTES di cod unte., or taken for collection. OFFICE -First loor north qf Reid & Wilson's Iferdware , 'tore. SEA ORTH. TO F An ekeellent opportun erswi h small capital w farms, or stock ranches, and fe res, in the Distri Terra, ries, on easy t cattle, horses, sheep and in the nietriet. The un matior oranswer enquir II. W. C. MEV 1151 21 RIVIERS. tyls now afforded to farm o desire to obtain improved with . irrigation, buildings t of Alberta, North West .trns.. The raising of horned pigs is rapidly developing ersigned will furnish infor- m Address Q.C., Calgary, N.W.T. s from slid - t the actions traeting the ' toners, and of the year. All we ask is an examination of its merits, and we are eatisfied you will decide it has no equal. Menu - lactated by EDWARD LITT & CO., Rostock P.O., Out. R. B. SCOTT, Seaforth, Is agent for the sale of County and Town- ship rights. 1459 4_4-1 SI Engl Trc well. IICRON swelseMmimmerimorillimair 1 PHILIP JUSTICEt RUFUS W. ECKI-IAM-. WODEHOUSE .1. and's Embassad and His Long D Career of the Able Lawyer Called to the. r at Constantinople Sop same Court Tench. ' plomatic Ca.refer. ' 1 rty years of -dip emetic training have fitted -Sir Phinp Wodehouse urrio, 1 K. C. B., or. the V o r 37 ini ioetaut post ho no v nem- • pies as Brit em- bassador to Tur- key, and "ti.st at present ho l is ono of the most talked of diplo:niets in the world. r Eng - eland is load ng the groat demonstra- tion the powers are • maki )g to compel the 11-: porta end to tor of Chris- : t Con- ed sublina to put an the ,slaugi the buggy, bounoing, over the stivatinople is consequently a porso n the steep hill wo flow, swing- 1 31 and is a son of ethe late Raik in a way• that threatened disas- usual importance. Sir Philip was nd • corners, where the wheels 11 He was educated at Eton and border of steep banks that over- t e diplomatic service at the ago stony brOok; through scattering a torn in eito foreign office. Ho bons and yellow 'billed .clacks; a dent lover of •diplomacy in all it heavy cad fashioned Concord f rms, and soon made a reputati h, with , its _grim faced driver s rewd, quick, efficient employee ut under tho hood and its single co:. In the difficult arts, of ci seeming lonely and uncomfort- tin. Presently We stopped at tiative. whether concerne up at th aceompli In one -q The in the inn' was pas people h directed Morrill'Ther to South rooky be rniniatu iToruf3rens sh ger over little str tinkle -o Now where a find a s wmill just beyond. There is not enough ator for the flout mill, and its busy ra tie responds to the puffing of a steam e glee. Abov and beyond all are the bills, slope after slo o, and behind you the long stretch of abru t road. Vey do have bicycles in Vermo t. I saw one, but I think that the owners push them up the hills and carry thorn d wn tho farther slope, for the road- way is inch too rough for coaster] The load between the upper and lower parts o Strafford village has its ups and down, oo, and the "river," as the natives call th tiny stream, flows beside it, but not so picturesquely. At the end of an hour d a half from the time left Sharon came to the upper village of Straffo d and drove past a brown house alinost lost in the trees. The house -it is almost a 'pink, but they call lt brown in Seraffo cl-was Senator Morrill's. Here he has lived for nearly 45 years. 'When he sold hi stare in lower Strafford and retired frem a tivo business, he bought the piece, 'of gro nd on which this house stands, and himsel planned and superintended the constr Wen of the building. It is odd el lefly in its Gothic windows and sharply pointe roof. Within itis a typical coun- tr bo o -roomy and comfortable. When Mr; M rrill built it, it was customary to sleep .n the ,ground floor, and the senator's own r ,om is on the first floor of his dwell- ing. one story wing added to the orig- inal bi ilding contains the senator's "den." le library fills the book shelves that line t e lis. At one end is an open fireplace, here a cheerful wood fire burns every reo ni • g, for Vermont nights are cold., Th " en" is lighted from above through' p nes of colored glass and from windows a the end and sides. Here Senator Morr rill Isp nds the greater part of his time. He is ale nstant reader, and the greatest mis- forth] e which has come to him of late, yeas is a trouble with his right eye,' whi h interferes with his reading by arti- fen I light. He keeps abreast of the times In a 1 mportant matters, is a diligent stu- dent of newspapers and magazines and has lot norm of the mental vigor which made eim a leader in tariff discussions 4 years go. He bears his 85 years remark ably ell and be will soon return to Washington refreshed and invigorated by his lif in the country. A. W. B. Back -Ache, Face -Ache, Sciatic Pains, Neuralgic trains, Pain in the Sidon; etct Promptly Relieved and Loured by The "D. 84 1.." Menthol Plaster Having used your D. & 1. If thee Piaster for revere pain in the back a841 lumbago, I unhesitatingly recommend sa e as a safe, aura and rapid remedy : In fact, they act like magic. -A. LAPOINTE, Elizabetlitovrn, Ont. Price 2.5ce DAVIS & LAWRENCE CO., LTD. a Proprietors, MONTREAL. A Workshop on Wheel , F4. TAYLOR : ., e cutler and Tcr Celebrat- ; Grinder . 1 From Sheffield, Paigland, • Vi'll be here for a Short time to do Iall kinds of Ktind- i4 and repairs. Razors, Tailors', Sheep and Garden Shears, Scissors and all kinds of wOrk done by Steam Power. Ail kinds of St es sharpened, erose -cut saws gummed and sharpened ; skates' hollow.ground, 10 t cents per pair.; Umbrellas and arasolit neatly re. 'paired and old ones bought. Stan next to Stewart's Blacksmith Shop, Main street, Seadorth. 1459-tf , 1 , , to ipgii,) PA1113 tio.pi cuRE5 fal ere' TARiiead 5ore5 1,1(eAfiri° soAp 1E0)710)I5 I et, pAAKCS 4._.SKIN ' ,SOFT ASS - '1f L WWI: ' 141 \t ' 5g Away With the Toothpick. Awile ago I sought :to condemn thsi publi use of the uapkin as a bib in hotel dinin rooms and restaurants. Now PIII going to cry out against serving little quill tooth Joke in a wine or egg glass after coffee or desert. It is an abomineble Qua - Om, of w ich not a few first class hotela have long 1een guilty. No lady or gentle- inan ever t kos ono. The mere suggestiot Of such things is repulsive to refilled poor bn)10. As well might toothbrushes be erved. The vory thought of such thing& naident tolgastronomy is repellent to th ultueed person, and elthough some me d women do take and use them it is all ronr. Why should hotels furnib ethem? by tempt people to be vulgarDee knows, we have enough without expectin hotelto make recruits! And sueh el gantlfr dreised ones tool -Hotel Mail. 1 In wiss and German farmhouses, where the baking takes place once a fortnight or aorta ly a fairly long intervals, such a thin as uilpleasantly stale bread is almost un own. It is put away in a peculiar manner, which tends to preserve its fresh- ness. Spr Oki° flour freely into an empty flour sack, and into this pack the loaves, being carefInl to have the top clusts of two loaveS touChing. Where they have to lie bottom to,bottom sprinkle flour between them'. Tie up the sack and hang It up in an a ry place, not against a wall, but so that t can swing. The day before the loaf Is Waintod take it out, brush off the flour and tend' it in the oell r overnight. In this 4vay bfeadetbniains dible for three or four wceks'. o Keep Bread Fresh. 0 a 0 8 1 lit 1 a of un- iorn in s Cur- ntered f 20 as was an varied n as a of the boring d deciphering diploniatio mess ,ges he oved an adopt, and it is said thatl in this ork at least he was the most brilliant erk the foreign office had ever erniployed. He was attached to Lord Wodehouse's ecial miseion to the king of DenMark in 63-4, and: assisted as protocolist at the uxembourg conference held ieLidon in 67. In 11374 his abilities led to his being emoted to the office of senior blerk of as foreign office, and two years later he companied Lord Salisbury as s o his special mission to Constant In 1878 he was made Companio 1,•ath, and was secretary to the veplal em- bassy during the Berlin cones evhich t rminated the war between Ruesia and urkey. From 187860 1880 he wad private °rotary to the Marquis of Salisbury, and 1882 he became assistant undersecre- ry of hate for foreign affairs. • Three yeers thereafter he eves made ight Commander of the Bath, and in 889 became permanent under4ecretary fjor foreign affairs, an office he held under he strong Conservative regime of Lord roisbury and the Liberal rule of Lord sebery. For four years he Was the guiding spirit of the foreign office, it is Eland, and then very recently Premier Salis- hury oonoluded that the best diplieniat ob- tainable should be sent to Turkey to rep- resent, England during the negetiations that looked toward the dismembeement of the Ottonian empire. That he cities() Sir Philip Currie forthis post of reeponsibil- ity is the highest compliment the veteran diplomat could have received. ' °rotary uople. of the - His Apol Ky. " ou ought to have apologized to the lady for stepping on h r foot,!! said his mot er after the caller had gone. "I did' " answered Wi lie. "V -told herI I was sorry be couldn't keep herefeet:out of my way." -L ndon Tit Bits; Thf) Contemplati e Angler. U der his sycarnol's tree, with the sou' d of t e clear river dove in our oars, witl the dclor of tho May flowers freshly aroundus after this gentle shower, and in the sight of these meadows, gold and sil- ver, the oVerflowing of 'nature for the de- leCtation qf all quiet and contemplative angers, We do welleigh that our life is so mu h in Walls and so little here.-Izaak Wilton. . • . - !came •de Cesti has been arrested in Perion a charge of having obtained one . milli n francs, by fraud, from the late Max Leb udy, the young millionaire, who re- cent y died from typhoid fever, contracted whil serving his three years' term of con - seri tion in the French army. HOWARD WAS HOSTILE. Career of the Correspondent Forbidden to Enter Armenia With Relief Funds. Telling the truth about Turkey has its drawbacks.. William Willard Hoeirard, °or- respOndept of the religious paper edited by Dr. Talmage, has ascertanned this fent to Tree Ileckhem nullity, of which Rufus W. Peckham, s just now e conspicuous a member owing to htis receet nemination as associate ustice of the United Statm supremo cour , has ilong been famous IA New York st te as e, family of able law- yers. The fa her and namesake of...Rufus W. Peckham was asupreir court judge of the state nom 18e9 unti 1870, when he , n was elevated o the ibench of tho court of appeals. Th eo years late he Was lost et sea on the ill fated *Jill° ce Havre. JUs- tice Peckham's brother, W calor H. Peek - ham, was dis int atitorneyI oi New York city in 1884, ind inf1894 Wee nominated for the TJnites Statds supeenne bona, but was rejected by thet senate atter a trorig fight, led by Senate) s HillIand Murphy. Rufus W. Peoleha , like his lathe': and ()table career as a ju- brother, has had a rist. He was born i Jelbany Nov. 8, 1e38, studied law with 1i father and at the RUFUS W. Albany Law school.. the bar when he 'Prior to entering up attended Albany aa college graduate. H of the firm of Peck W • W. HOWARD. his cost. He visited Armenia:some tirde ago, coed upon his return to tho United States told what be saw. His ,artioles Areerican newspapers assailedboth the Mohammedan religion and the Turkieh government, but despite this fabt he eller- ished the idea that he could retUrn to Ad- atio Turkey and distribute to the suffering Armenians $12,000 that had 11)een raised for their benefit by Dr. TalmagO's paper. He aitenipted to do so, progrissed As far as Djeulfa, Persia'but was notIallowed to enter Asiatic) Turkey bemuse ef his hos- tility , to the Turkish governinent. He was several timee driven back from the frontier by the Turkish autberities, and finally concluded to return t4 America. Dr. Talmage was to have 'followed Howard to Armenia to aid in the distribution of the funn, but the Turkish government's unfriendlinees to Howard and the declara- tion of Mavroyeni Bey, Turkety's minis- ter o the United State, that Ttirkey could not guarantee the great clergymen safe con uct through Asiatic) Turkey to Van, led lin to abandon the enterprise. ' The mo ey contributed by Christian people, ho ever, will he- dieteeibitted by the relief co midee in Constantinople. oward is a native of Iowa l and is 36 yea s of age. He is a graduate of Harvard colt ge, and has devoted his Ofe to news - pap r work and Levet() sportsifor a num- ber of years past. He went to ngland in 189 and 1894 as the championlof the New clk Canoe club and won aumber of ere Habits races from British c noists. He Y spent six months in Armenia, and has Wri ten much concerning the perseoution of er unfortunate people. - Wear Paper Clothin*. Japanese soldiers are bein0 dressed in paper clothing. The shirts and trousers are all composed of specially prepared pa- per of a yellowish color. Thej are bound with llnen binding, and are partly pasted together and partly sewed with a machine. When the clothes, which are velry durable, are worn out, they are throwrl away and replaced by new. ones. Journeys to Iceland'. Iceland is preparing to com ete for the tourist business. An associati n has been formed at Ralkjavik to spread formation about the island, and the althnag has de- cided to buy a steamer to est Wish direct communication with Englan4 for mails and passengers. I PECKHAtiff nd .Was ridnaitted to as 21 years of age. n h1 legal studies he dem, but he is not a e beeame a member am Tremain a d practiced his profes ion f r many yeas n Albany, attaining livery bigh rank 4 tie bar. Ho was elected district attorn y of Albany county in 1889 a dws later cdr- poration counsel of tho ity. He took a strong interest in politic ,eev s active in the local affairs of the De can (ley and wed conspicuous as a loader ofthe ilden forcee In the national coneenti ns Of 1876 and 1880. His legal eruditi n also procured for him many notabile ca es, end in 1881 he was successful agabist George F. Ed- munds of Vermont in th4 bank tax eases, argued before the dnited Stites suptexne court. In 1883 he was chosen a jestice of the New York state supreme coutt, and hree years later was elected to the court o ap- peals an office he h s held for nine year5 with credit to himself and profit t the state. His salary as United States su- preme court judge will be $10,000 a year. CLARK WAS "GEORGE HARRIS." One of the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Charac- ters Still -Alive, but Poverty StrIeleren. 1 Break Up a Cold in Tirne usiNa PM -PECTORAL The Quick Cure for COUGHS, COLDS, CROUP, BRON- CHITIS, HOARSENESS, etc. MRS, JOSEPH NORVTICR, of 68 iSorauren Ave., Toronto, writes : " IshotaPectorai has never failed to cure iny children of croup after a few dosee. It cured myself of a long-standing cough After several other remedies had failed. It 'has also proved an excellent cough cure for my family. I prefer it to any other medicine for coughs, croup or hoaraenesa." H. 0. BARBOUR, of Little Rocher, N.B., writes: "As a cure for coughs Pyny-Fectoral is tho best selling medicine I hate; iny cus- tomers will have no other," Large Bottle, 25 Cts. DAVIS & LAWRENCE CO., Lrn. i Proprietors, triorane.r.. Lewis George Clark, tho jrototye of George Harris, One a the pro inent ()hat - eaters in "Uncle 'tom'e Ca in," is said to be living in Lexington, Ky., paesing the closing days of his long career in ab- ject poverty. He iS 84 year of age and very &Wile and is cared foif mainly by charitable colored people w o know his ritory. Clark was born a slay in 1811 a,nd belonged to Thomas Canada of Madison 'county, Ky., who, accord g to Clark, treated his slaves inhufnanly, and once gave a slave named Sane Pat so many lashes across the back that he died from his injuries. Years later Clerk told Mrs. Stowe of this incident, and Peat was one of the many negroos whose experiences the novelist used when she created Uncle Tom. - In 1836 Canada died, and Clark was bought by his son, young Thomas Canada, who was a model masten He paid $1,250 for Clark, but agreed tp give him his free- dom for $500 and &levied him to earn much money for himselfl Clark bad paid $170 toward purchasing his freedom when young Canada died, and the executor of his estate refused to credit -the slave with that amount. This uninst treatment an - Cruelty to Men,' but Not 4nimal�. Curious features at the Dan ury (Conn.) fair included a monkey who dodged rub- ber balls thrown at him. An gent of the Humane society interfered in 1ehalf of the monkey', and a colored you h took his elms. PRICE'S .to ethnourbesseelaroal II bit. Yillsatnbdo nauk;enrirldsynestg•officures.ocket n Tablet TOBAC-OUREee7 Grairanteed. $1.00 a box. drugging. Sold by Lumsden & Wilson Druggists, Seaforth, . . THE . EYESIGHT. S. Roberts, Graduate of Detroit Optical Institute also Chicago Ophth- almic College, is prepared to fit all defects Of Vision Astigmatism, Hypermetro- pia, Myopia, PrestYopia or any compound defect. Intelligent people have given up the idea of buy- irtgi ordinary common spectacles at a conntenbecause they see well with them. It may be that only one etre is brought into use, while the other may be so strained as to result in blindnees. If Your eyes are aleak, or sight poor call at J. S. ROBERT'S Drug Store and have them tested. Does the print Ilur or do the eyes tire when reading? Do the eyes ache ? Do the eyes water? Are they sore or inflamed ? Tlaese symptoms point to defects in the tetraction, or .tne lunacies of the eye a and can be perfectly cor- Prratelepadg'hes than all other causes combined. Thous - you have headache.? Eye strain causes more ands of people are suffering who do Dot realize that eye strain is the cause. All these cans can be cured ith glasses that are made to correct the error in the .0es. The eyes of children should be carefully tested. many eases the defeet in the eyes is shown by various symptoms, such as inability to see figures on a blackboard, holding the book close to the eyes, blurring of letters, crossed eyes or eyes turning in, blinking, watering of the eyes and particularly bead- anhe. In many cities the child is accused of being dull or stupid, when the fault IS in the sight, and can be corrected with glasses. 11 3 ou are wearing glasses at are not satisfactory, bring them to me. In case of disease, you will be recommended to the ph,ysieian at once for treatment. 14t3 LEWIS GEORGE CLARK. gered Clark, who ran away, reaching Chillicothe, O., in safety. ltrom Ohio he escaped into Canada, but returned to Lex. - Wigton in 1842 to aid a 'brother to gain his freedom via the "undergro rad railroad." 111 1845 Clark received employment fromf Mrs. Safford, a daughter of Lyman er, at Cambridgeport, Itfass;, where Clark became acquainted with i Mrs. Stowe and her husband, and toldthc. novelist many' tales of slave life. Clark ays that at the time "Uncle Tom's- abini' was written Mrs. Stowe was a co onisti and not. an abolitionist, and that be had many argu-: ments with her about the uselessness of her plan. After the war Clark Lived in Oberlin, O., and in Detroit, a d was placod on exhibition iu. nearly every dime intise- um in the country as the prototype of Cleorgei Harris. In 1891 and 1892 he trav- eled with an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" troupo, andatacted considerable attentIon as he "original- and only" ,Ha is. He leiVed of moneyland bought a littl house, which he rents, but the ten4its arf shows ely , vnci ie sleeps in a loft in the poores41f Lexington's negro .qUarter. children living, bele hOnli ;1 any dispositionlo help him I • Unanswe bl ° Who can refute a sn erfm,18tnits ionrtieopeennsdet ent of prdbf, reason, a gu and may as well be us:d against i ts and try_t_h_a_s against false ood.-0. Si mons! MIARRAGE -ISSUE THE HURON EX SEAFORTH, NO WITNESS LICEN ES AT- 03ITOR OFFICE ONTAMO. S RE6JilltED CURETHE oftr THAT BEST icH H Simil LOH'S 2.5 eta., 50 eta. ande) C $1.00 Bottle. One cent a close. R E It is sold on a guarantee by all druggists. It cures Incipient Consumption and la the best Cough =4- Croup Curet For sale by 1. V. FEAR, Seaforth. JUST A 1NORD • • -ABOUT- HARNESS see. eve We are giving the best value in har ness ever offered in Seaforth, made by skilled workmen, and only first-class material used. Repairing promptly attended to. Bring along your old collars and we will make them work. Light harness a specialty. - M. BRODERICK Corner Main and John Sts, Seaforth. M. Robertson - Leading Undertaker SEAFORTH, ONT. Undertaking wareroonas op- posite A. Cardno's Confection- ery Store; Residence, 116 North Main S. In connection with the under- taking business'cabinet shop will be conducted for Furniture Repairing. LOW PRICES AND Prompt Aention A feature of Both Branches. THE FARMERS' t I/Age 1 7 n g '7 t Wm! /122L, jm, Witar/1.11 rl; -=" *am Our direct connections will save you time and money for all points. Canadian North West Via Toronto or Chicago, British Columbia and California, points. Our rates are the lowest. We have them to suit eveiybody and PULLMAN TOUR- IST CARS for your accommodation. Cali for further information, Station G. T R. Ticket Office, Train Service at Seaforth, Grand. -Trunk Trains leave Seaforth end Clinton etatioee se follows: Opiate Waist- Paseenger - - ... _ iPaseene•er.- _ 9- 4 i Mixed arinn_ - Mixed Train onto EA - Passenger. - - - -. Passenger -. - Mixed Train_ _ _ BEAFORTIL 1.07?. M. 9.05 r. 9.30 6.20i'. x. 7.48 A. 2.53 P. IL 545 P CLINTON, 1.23 x. 9.22 lax 10.15a.m. 7.05r. M, TM. A, M. 2.25 r. M. 4.20?. sa. wellington, Grey and Bruce Go IX G NORTH -.Passenger. Mixed. Ethel 3.00 P. N. 6.80 rese. 9.00 A M. Brussels.. . . .... Bluevale Wingham... Goma Sortn- Wingham..n. Bluevale Brussels . Ethel.. _ • 3,13 9.43 9.45 8.27 L57 10,10 3.87 10.07 11.20 Paaaenger, 6.2.3 A.X.11.20 a. X. 12) r 0.14 11.35 805 6.t0 11.59 9.00 I.C4 12.14 r.m, 9.30 London, Huron and Bruce. Genie NORTH-- Londos, depart- -- Exeter- - laa 41•0 fol, ale He n San a.* 0.11. faa .01 0.01. aia Iiipperi. - CrintOn e -e -.ores Londesboro - - Belgrave -- Wingham arrive- --- - GOING Myth. - Londesboro.,e. - - Canton,- -, - Exeter' - - London, (arrive) Passenger. 8.05LIL 4.301sr 9.22 6.00 9.37 5.15 9.44 6.20 9.62 15.28 10.12 055 neee 7.14 10.38 7,23 10.52 7.37 11.10 8.00 Passenger. 6.35)elt, 3.25P.X. 6.60 3.47 7.03 4.01 7.10 408 7.30 4.28 7 49 4.46 7.57 4.13 8.06 4.58 3.25 6.12 9.45 A.M. 6.25? 55 The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. FARM AND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED. OFFICERS. Geo. Watt, President, Harlock P. 0.; W. J. Shannon, Seey-Treaa.'Seaforth P. 0.; Micheel Murdie, Inspector of Losses, Seaforth P. 0. DIREOTOBB. Jae. Broadfoot, Seafortb ; Alex, Gardlne , Lerele bury; Gabriel Elliott, Clinton; Joseph Evars, )Beechwood: afurdle, St: ifortn ; Thera. Garbutt, Clinton; Thomas Fraser, Brucefield, AGENTS. Thos. 'Cellist's, Harloek ; Robt. McMiIlsn, Seaforth James Cumming, Egmondville ; Johi. McLean Eippen. John O'Sullivan andGeorge *rale, aucli: era. Parties desirous to effect Insurances ar trona. act other business will be promptly attended to ou application to any of the above officers, addressed tO their respective post ofiloes. "OR TWENTY -IX YEARS DUNN'S BAKINC POWDER THE COOKS BEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN -CANADA* 0 0 1130100 10 NNIS Elipking - House, (In connection with the Bank of Montreal.) 1,0GAN & CO.; BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENTSi OFFICE -In the Commercial Hotel buildi ing, next to the Town Hall.. A General Banking Businees done. Drafts issued and cashed. Interest allowed on depositai MONEY TO LEND On pod notes or mortgages. ROBERT LOGAN, MANAGER. 1053 CUSTOM SAWING, The undersigned will have his portable saw mills at Francis Coleman's, Hills Green, and at .1. Idakii?s, Varna, early in the spring, when he will be pre. pared to do all kinds of custom sawing at the loweit rates. Bring along your logs. • 1465x3 JOHN DOIG, Sippen; tor McKillop Directory for 1595. JOHN BRNNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin P. -0, JAMES EVANS, Depuy Reeve, Bowl:mood. DANIEL MANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood. WM. MeGAVIN, Councillor, Leadbury. WILLIAM ABOHIBALD, Councillor, Ler.dbury, JOHN 0. MORRISON, Clerk, 'Winthrop. SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Winthrop. WK. EVANS, Assessor 13eeohwood. CHARLES DODDS, Otillector, Seaforth. RICHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inspector, Lead t %try. - - F4-1. 1 11 0 EVER. SHOULD K r I FAMILY OW T.HAT Is a very remarkable remedy, I:11 °tit for IN- TERNAL and EXTERNAL use, and won- derful in its quick action to relieve dietreas. PAIN-KILLERI 19 S. sure cure for Sore Throat. (to u trh s , Chit le, Diarrhoea, ysenteren CraMDS e €1101117ra, and all Bowel Co plaints. • • ' PAIN -KILLER m• on Ze at k. es, as, te, OS at - of the very best quality, the Eared was all imported from Mr. Rennie, of Toronto, la teed clean and will be r home eith them. All will Terms. All surns of $5 and amount 6 montlan credit wi approved joint note. A di annum will be allowed for ROBERT ARMSTRONG, BROWN, Auctioneer. t spring. It is guaran- ady for farmers to take e sold a ithout reserve. ncier, cash ; over that be given on furnishing count cf 7 per cent. per eh on credit amounts. Prc prietor ; THOMAS 1465-2 Popular Economy is one of t and one of the best means Men is by buying -your goo beat vallte for your rnoney 'et We cah g� i Our Groqery stock is co We have' the latest impro all our currants are thoro stones and sand. Our ne can't be beat; good cooki nice light coffee sugar, 26 1 40e per gallon ; Redpath' lines too numerous to me't repreeented are return 1 As we have decided to giv we are giving the biggest quality and supply of fre as usual, roast beef an beef from 40 per lb. up ; equally as cheap. Is TUE BEST rem. etty known for S e a - Siektiessa Sick Meant else, rain in the Batelle or Slide, Rheum tieht and IS earithria. PAIN -KILLER is fiEQuEsTioNABLV the ZEST LINIMENT MADEL. It brings SPEEDY AND r PERMANENT RELIEF In all casea of Bruises, Cnts, Sprains, Severe Burma etc. PAIN -KILLER ia the well ' tried a n d trusted friend of .tho Mechanic, Farmer. Pi:titter. Sail or, and in fact ell classes wanting a En diciiie always at hone. and SAPP. TO DSE internal y or externally wan curtairity of relief. BeWare of imitations, ako none bit the genuine "PERRY DAVis," Sold ever where ; 250. big bottle. el main roads to wealth, f! travelling in that three- siwhere you can get the eind we feel justified in Ithe best passibe plete with cbeice goods. ea fruit -eleener out, and y cleaned and free from urrants at no pee pound gl raisins, 6 lbe for : for $1 ; table eyrup at oods and ma y abet on. Any good nO sus and satisfanti n given. up the crockery business bargains ever offered in town, everything in the c oekery line must go. Our SEF6RTIII CARO' AGE WORKS, best Buggi s and Wagons The My stock of Carriagels is ery complete ; all hand made, under -our own supe vision. Don" 'buy foreign factory -made buggies, whe you ean ge better tnade at hone, and as cheap. if ot cheaper than the work brought in from outside nowns. Why ; spend your money in building up riva towns and injure your own, when you can do bet er,at home. ; Call and see me and be convinced. , All kinds ot blacksmithirg• and repair1ng promptly and satisfactorily done. - ' A full steel: of Cutters pf the best iriaterlal and lateet ett lee, which will be !sold cheap. I ROBB h meats are up to he nark stakes from 7 to 10e boil pork and pork cutItings BROS. SEA ORTH. J. C. Sm th & CO. A General Bankh Farmers' notes di Drefte bought Mt Interest allowed o g "business "transacted. counted.• sold deposits Lewis IVIDopald SEAFOILTH.. 1480 ARK Oi REFUGE FROM RifEUMAiliSM. adol.""'"^ - TySTINCTIVE FE TURES OF KOOTE N A i-006. Itsl! applicatirm to a wide range of 4 iseases. 8o0 cured in 6 months in two cities. Th potency of the new ingredient combination curing Hemorrhage f the Kidneys. startling cures of Locomotor taxia and Blood Diseases. restoration Of sight , and hearing st through the effects of paralysis. removal of all trace S of mercurial isoning from the system. Its cures of Chronic Rheumatism. • • • • 1 Its Th 'fr 1 Tb 'RITE OR PAMPHLET OF STARTLING CURES S. S. rYCKMAN MEDICINE CO: HAMILTON, ONT. Visit to t HI VILLAGE HOME. e 4:tertiary Residence of the Venerable Senator Morrill. Special Oorrlesponkleneoll STRAFFCRD, Vt., Nov, 19.-A crisp morning recently found no on a train of the Central Vermont railway en routo to Sharon. This is the TIOareSt station to the little village of Strafford, whet() the "father of congress," . Senator Justin S. Merrill, lives. Al quick drive by way' of a bridge below the town brings me to the double I row of whito.00ttages and stores and to 1 the little hotel at the end of the single en Street. A. three-quarter buggy .and a moth eaten colt aro hitched up for me, and, with brief instruetionato "follow the tele- phone lino," I stert for Strafford. My animal was as deliberate as a justice of the suProme court of the United States , until we reached ; the brow of a hill, the : dropping off plape. Then • he. suddenly I struck into tho. rnost astonishing trot, SIR rniLIP CURRIE. .Aemenian. throwing his logs, in all directions and tians, and Eogland's spokesman 1 carrying stony roa ter. Do ing • aro grazed th hung the flocks of past the stagocoa looking passenge able 'wit South Sbaron. Bnoephalus took the ini- He had come to :a termini:is- my destination or some other him very -littler-4,-and he drew door of the village inn. He had hod the latter half of his journey water the time of tie first half. door steed hospi ably open, but . as empty. . An inhabitant who ing infoemed. merthat the inn d "gone away somewhere" and e to the road which led to. Mr. house, tWo miles farther on. ad acrose the hill from. Sharon • Strafford skirts for la time the of a tiny stream which pours its e cascades over big bowldere. • do the &nee throngh part of the and in Places where they no Ion - tang the eead they aroh above the am and magnify:the plash and its waters. ' : nd then the little river broadens daashuts .off its eourse, and you To Farmers of pana*0- Severed kinds of wire fences have been placedon he market,' none of which have proton entirely sat- sfaetory ; but in placing before you, ou CHAMPION STAY WIRE PEN we do so coinfidently, believing that w E, have over- come all of the objections that hay been raised _against wire fences in the past. It is compiled Sf any desired number of galvanized steel wires, placed at a suitable distance apart, upon which are placed two half-intrh half -round steel bars, eine on each side of the wired, with groove between to fit tightly on the wires, a d bolted with four bolt e h ldiag shem firmly toge her -and preventing the wir ing ap or d wn. It le also arranged th of heat and cold in expanding and co wires are thoroughly controlled by', tig the fence cen be kept taut at all se:Lions at the rate of 5 per Pent. per •aainum. SALE INOTES di cod unte., or taken for collection. OFFICE -First loor north qf Reid & Wilson's Iferdware , 'tore. SEA ORTH. TO F An ekeellent opportun erswi h small capital w farms, or stock ranches, and fe res, in the Distri Terra, ries, on easy t cattle, horses, sheep and in the nietriet. The un matior oranswer enquir II. W. C. MEV 1151 21 RIVIERS. tyls now afforded to farm o desire to obtain improved with . irrigation, buildings t of Alberta, North West .trns.. The raising of horned pigs is rapidly developing ersigned will furnish infor- m Address Q.C., Calgary, N.W.T. s from slid - t the actions traeting the ' toners, and of the year. All we ask is an examination of its merits, and we are eatisfied you will decide it has no equal. Menu - lactated by EDWARD LITT & CO., Rostock P.O., Out. R. B. SCOTT, Seaforth, Is agent for the sale of County and Town- ship rights. 1459 4_4-1 SI Engl Trc well. IICRON swelseMmimmerimorillimair 1 PHILIP JUSTICEt RUFUS W. ECKI-IAM-. WODEHOUSE .1. and's Embassad and His Long D Career of the Able Lawyer Called to the. r at Constantinople Sop same Court Tench. ' plomatic Ca.refer. ' 1 rty years of -dip emetic training have fitted -Sir Phinp Wodehouse urrio, 1 K. C. B., or. the V o r 37 ini ioetaut post ho no v nem- • pies as Brit em- bassador to Tur- key, and "ti.st at present ho l is ono of the most talked of diplo:niets in the world. r Eng - eland is load ng the groat demonstra- tion the powers are • maki )g to compel the 11-: porta end to tor of Chris- : t Con- ed sublina to put an the ,slaugi the buggy, bounoing, over the stivatinople is consequently a porso n the steep hill wo flow, swing- 1 31 and is a son of ethe late Raik in a way• that threatened disas- usual importance. Sir Philip was nd • corners, where the wheels 11 He was educated at Eton and border of steep banks that over- t e diplomatic service at the ago stony brOok; through scattering a torn in eito foreign office. Ho bons and yellow 'billed .clacks; a dent lover of •diplomacy in all it heavy cad fashioned Concord f rms, and soon made a reputati h, with , its _grim faced driver s rewd, quick, efficient employee ut under tho hood and its single co:. In the difficult arts, of ci seeming lonely and uncomfort- tin. Presently We stopped at tiative. whether concerne up at th aceompli In one -q The in the inn' was pas people h directed Morrill'Ther to South rooky be rniniatu iToruf3rens sh ger over little str tinkle -o Now where a find a s wmill just beyond. There is not enough ator for the flout mill, and its busy ra tie responds to the puffing of a steam e glee. Abov and beyond all are the bills, slope after slo o, and behind you the long stretch of abru t road. Vey do have bicycles in Vermo t. I saw one, but I think that the owners push them up the hills and carry thorn d wn tho farther slope, for the road- way is inch too rough for coaster] The load between the upper and lower parts o Strafford village has its ups and down, oo, and the "river," as the natives call th tiny stream, flows beside it, but not so picturesquely. At the end of an hour d a half from the time left Sharon came to the upper village of Straffo d and drove past a brown house alinost lost in the trees. The house -it is almost a 'pink, but they call lt brown in Seraffo cl-was Senator Morrill's. Here he has lived for nearly 45 years. 'When he sold hi stare in lower Strafford and retired frem a tivo business, he bought the piece, 'of gro nd on which this house stands, and himsel planned and superintended the constr Wen of the building. It is odd el lefly in its Gothic windows and sharply pointe roof. Within itis a typical coun- tr bo o -roomy and comfortable. When Mr; M rrill built it, it was customary to sleep .n the ,ground floor, and the senator's own r ,om is on the first floor of his dwell- ing. one story wing added to the orig- inal bi ilding contains the senator's "den." le library fills the book shelves that line t e lis. At one end is an open fireplace, here a cheerful wood fire burns every reo ni • g, for Vermont nights are cold., Th " en" is lighted from above through' p nes of colored glass and from windows a the end and sides. Here Senator Morr rill Isp nds the greater part of his time. He is ale nstant reader, and the greatest mis- forth] e which has come to him of late, yeas is a trouble with his right eye,' whi h interferes with his reading by arti- fen I light. He keeps abreast of the times In a 1 mportant matters, is a diligent stu- dent of newspapers and magazines and has lot norm of the mental vigor which made eim a leader in tariff discussions 4 years go. He bears his 85 years remark ably ell and be will soon return to Washington refreshed and invigorated by his lif in the country. A. W. B. Back -Ache, Face -Ache, Sciatic Pains, Neuralgic trains, Pain in the Sidon; etct Promptly Relieved and Loured by The "D. 84 1.." Menthol Plaster Having used your D. & 1. If thee Piaster for revere pain in the back a841 lumbago, I unhesitatingly recommend sa e as a safe, aura and rapid remedy : In fact, they act like magic. -A. LAPOINTE, Elizabetlitovrn, Ont. Price 2.5ce DAVIS & LAWRENCE CO., LTD. a Proprietors, MONTREAL. A Workshop on Wheel , F4. TAYLOR : ., e cutler and Tcr Celebrat- ; Grinder . 1 From Sheffield, Paigland, • Vi'll be here for a Short time to do Iall kinds of Ktind- i4 and repairs. Razors, Tailors', Sheep and Garden Shears, Scissors and all kinds of wOrk done by Steam Power. Ail kinds of St es sharpened, erose -cut saws gummed and sharpened ; skates' hollow.ground, 10 t cents per pair.; Umbrellas and arasolit neatly re. 'paired and old ones bought. Stan next to Stewart's Blacksmith Shop, Main street, Seadorth. 1459-tf , 1 , , to ipgii,) PA1113 tio.pi cuRE5 fal ere' TARiiead 5ore5 1,1(eAfiri° soAp 1E0)710)I5 I et, pAAKCS 4._.SKIN ' ,SOFT ASS - '1f L WWI: ' 141 \t ' 5g Away With the Toothpick. Awile ago I sought :to condemn thsi publi use of the uapkin as a bib in hotel dinin rooms and restaurants. Now PIII going to cry out against serving little quill tooth Joke in a wine or egg glass after coffee or desert. It is an abomineble Qua - Om, of w ich not a few first class hotela have long 1een guilty. No lady or gentle- inan ever t kos ono. The mere suggestiot Of such things is repulsive to refilled poor bn)10. As well might toothbrushes be erved. The vory thought of such thing& naident tolgastronomy is repellent to th ultueed person, and elthough some me d women do take and use them it is all ronr. Why should hotels furnib ethem? by tempt people to be vulgarDee knows, we have enough without expectin hotelto make recruits! And sueh el gantlfr dreised ones tool -Hotel Mail. 1 In wiss and German farmhouses, where the baking takes place once a fortnight or aorta ly a fairly long intervals, such a thin as uilpleasantly stale bread is almost un own. It is put away in a peculiar manner, which tends to preserve its fresh- ness. Spr Oki° flour freely into an empty flour sack, and into this pack the loaves, being carefInl to have the top clusts of two loaveS touChing. Where they have to lie bottom to,bottom sprinkle flour between them'. Tie up the sack and hang It up in an a ry place, not against a wall, but so that t can swing. The day before the loaf Is Waintod take it out, brush off the flour and tend' it in the oell r overnight. In this 4vay bfeadetbniains dible for three or four wceks'. o Keep Bread Fresh. 0 a 0 8 1 lit 1 a of un- iorn in s Cur- ntered f 20 as was an varied n as a of the boring d deciphering diploniatio mess ,ges he oved an adopt, and it is said thatl in this ork at least he was the most brilliant erk the foreign office had ever erniployed. He was attached to Lord Wodehouse's ecial miseion to the king of DenMark in 63-4, and: assisted as protocolist at the uxembourg conference held ieLidon in 67. In 11374 his abilities led to his being emoted to the office of senior blerk of as foreign office, and two years later he companied Lord Salisbury as s o his special mission to Constant In 1878 he was made Companio 1,•ath, and was secretary to the veplal em- bassy during the Berlin cones evhich t rminated the war between Ruesia and urkey. From 187860 1880 he wad private °rotary to the Marquis of Salisbury, and 1882 he became assistant undersecre- ry of hate for foreign affairs. • Three yeers thereafter he eves made ight Commander of the Bath, and in 889 became permanent under4ecretary fjor foreign affairs, an office he held under he strong Conservative regime of Lord roisbury and the Liberal rule of Lord sebery. For four years he Was the guiding spirit of the foreign office, it is Eland, and then very recently Premier Salis- hury oonoluded that the best diplieniat ob- tainable should be sent to Turkey to rep- resent, England during the negetiations that looked toward the dismembeement of the Ottonian empire. That he cities() Sir Philip Currie forthis post of reeponsibil- ity is the highest compliment the veteran diplomat could have received. ' °rotary uople. of the - His Apol Ky. " ou ought to have apologized to the lady for stepping on h r foot,!! said his mot er after the caller had gone. "I did' " answered Wi lie. "V -told herI I was sorry be couldn't keep herefeet:out of my way." -L ndon Tit Bits; Thf) Contemplati e Angler. U der his sycarnol's tree, with the sou' d of t e clear river dove in our oars, witl the dclor of tho May flowers freshly aroundus after this gentle shower, and in the sight of these meadows, gold and sil- ver, the oVerflowing of 'nature for the de- leCtation qf all quiet and contemplative angers, We do welleigh that our life is so mu h in Walls and so little here.-Izaak Wilton. . • . - !came •de Cesti has been arrested in Perion a charge of having obtained one . milli n francs, by fraud, from the late Max Leb udy, the young millionaire, who re- cent y died from typhoid fever, contracted whil serving his three years' term of con - seri tion in the French army. HOWARD WAS HOSTILE. Career of the Correspondent Forbidden to Enter Armenia With Relief Funds. Telling the truth about Turkey has its drawbacks.. William Willard Hoeirard, °or- respOndept of the religious paper edited by Dr. Talmage, has ascertanned this fent to Tree Ileckhem nullity, of which Rufus W. Peckham, s just now e conspicuous a member owing to htis receet nemination as associate ustice of the United Statm supremo cour , has ilong been famous IA New York st te as e, family of able law- yers. The fa her and namesake of...Rufus W. Peckham was asupreir court judge of the state nom 18e9 unti 1870, when he , n was elevated o the ibench of tho court of appeals. Th eo years late he Was lost et sea on the ill fated *Jill° ce Havre. JUs- tice Peckham's brother, W calor H. Peek - ham, was dis int atitorneyI oi New York city in 1884, ind inf1894 Wee nominated for the TJnites Statds supeenne bona, but was rejected by thet senate atter a trorig fight, led by Senate) s HillIand Murphy. Rufus W. Peoleha , like his lathe': and ()table career as a ju- brother, has had a rist. He was born i Jelbany Nov. 8, 1e38, studied law with 1i father and at the RUFUS W. Albany Law school.. the bar when he 'Prior to entering up attended Albany aa college graduate. H of the firm of Peck W • W. HOWARD. his cost. He visited Armenia:some tirde ago, coed upon his return to tho United States told what be saw. His ,artioles Areerican newspapers assailedboth the Mohammedan religion and the Turkieh government, but despite this fabt he eller- ished the idea that he could retUrn to Ad- atio Turkey and distribute to the suffering Armenians $12,000 that had 11)een raised for their benefit by Dr. TalmagO's paper. He aitenipted to do so, progrissed As far as Djeulfa, Persia'but was notIallowed to enter Asiatic) Turkey bemuse ef his hos- tility , to the Turkish governinent. He was several timee driven back from the frontier by the Turkish autberities, and finally concluded to return t4 America. Dr. Talmage was to have 'followed Howard to Armenia to aid in the distribution of the funn, but the Turkish government's unfriendlinees to Howard and the declara- tion of Mavroyeni Bey, Turkety's minis- ter o the United State, that Ttirkey could not guarantee the great clergymen safe con uct through Asiatic) Turkey to Van, led lin to abandon the enterprise. ' The mo ey contributed by Christian people, ho ever, will he- dieteeibitted by the relief co midee in Constantinople. oward is a native of Iowa l and is 36 yea s of age. He is a graduate of Harvard colt ge, and has devoted his Ofe to news - pap r work and Levet() sportsifor a num- ber of years past. He went to ngland in 189 and 1894 as the championlof the New clk Canoe club and won aumber of ere Habits races from British c noists. He Y spent six months in Armenia, and has Wri ten much concerning the perseoution of er unfortunate people. - Wear Paper Clothin*. Japanese soldiers are bein0 dressed in paper clothing. The shirts and trousers are all composed of specially prepared pa- per of a yellowish color. Thej are bound with llnen binding, and are partly pasted together and partly sewed with a machine. When the clothes, which are velry durable, are worn out, they are throwrl away and replaced by new. ones. Journeys to Iceland'. Iceland is preparing to com ete for the tourist business. An associati n has been formed at Ralkjavik to spread formation about the island, and the althnag has de- cided to buy a steamer to est Wish direct communication with Englan4 for mails and passengers. I PECKHAtiff nd .Was ridnaitted to as 21 years of age. n h1 legal studies he dem, but he is not a e beeame a member am Tremain a d practiced his profes ion f r many yeas n Albany, attaining livery bigh rank 4 tie bar. Ho was elected district attorn y of Albany county in 1889 a dws later cdr- poration counsel of tho ity. He took a strong interest in politic ,eev s active in the local affairs of the De can (ley and wed conspicuous as a loader ofthe ilden forcee In the national coneenti ns Of 1876 and 1880. His legal eruditi n also procured for him many notabile ca es, end in 1881 he was successful agabist George F. Ed- munds of Vermont in th4 bank tax eases, argued before the dnited Stites suptexne court. In 1883 he was chosen a jestice of the New York state supreme coutt, and hree years later was elected to the court o ap- peals an office he h s held for nine year5 with credit to himself and profit t the state. His salary as United States su- preme court judge will be $10,000 a year. CLARK WAS "GEORGE HARRIS." One of the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Charac- ters Still -Alive, but Poverty StrIeleren. 1 Break Up a Cold in Tirne usiNa PM -PECTORAL The Quick Cure for COUGHS, COLDS, CROUP, BRON- CHITIS, HOARSENESS, etc. MRS, JOSEPH NORVTICR, of 68 iSorauren Ave., Toronto, writes : " IshotaPectorai has never failed to cure iny children of croup after a few dosee. It cured myself of a long-standing cough After several other remedies had failed. It 'has also proved an excellent cough cure for my family. I prefer it to any other medicine for coughs, croup or hoaraenesa." H. 0. BARBOUR, of Little Rocher, N.B., writes: "As a cure for coughs Pyny-Fectoral is tho best selling medicine I hate; iny cus- tomers will have no other," Large Bottle, 25 Cts. DAVIS & LAWRENCE CO., Lrn. i Proprietors, triorane.r.. Lewis George Clark, tho jrototye of George Harris, One a the pro inent ()hat - eaters in "Uncle 'tom'e Ca in," is said to be living in Lexington, Ky., paesing the closing days of his long career in ab- ject poverty. He iS 84 year of age and very &Wile and is cared foif mainly by charitable colored people w o know his ritory. Clark was born a slay in 1811 a,nd belonged to Thomas Canada of Madison 'county, Ky., who, accord g to Clark, treated his slaves inhufnanly, and once gave a slave named Sane Pat so many lashes across the back that he died from his injuries. Years later Clerk told Mrs. Stowe of this incident, and Peat was one of the many negroos whose experiences the novelist used when she created Uncle Tom. - In 1836 Canada died, and Clark was bought by his son, young Thomas Canada, who was a model masten He paid $1,250 for Clark, but agreed tp give him his free- dom for $500 and &levied him to earn much money for himselfl Clark bad paid $170 toward purchasing his freedom when young Canada died, and the executor of his estate refused to credit -the slave with that amount. This uninst treatment an - Cruelty to Men,' but Not 4nimal�. Curious features at the Dan ury (Conn.) fair included a monkey who dodged rub- ber balls thrown at him. An gent of the Humane society interfered in 1ehalf of the monkey', and a colored you h took his elms. PRICE'S .to ethnourbesseelaroal II bit. Yillsatnbdo nauk;enrirldsynestg•officures.ocket n Tablet TOBAC-OUREee7 Grairanteed. $1.00 a box. drugging. Sold by Lumsden & Wilson Druggists, Seaforth, . . THE . EYESIGHT. S. Roberts, Graduate of Detroit Optical Institute also Chicago Ophth- almic College, is prepared to fit all defects Of Vision Astigmatism, Hypermetro- pia, Myopia, PrestYopia or any compound defect. Intelligent people have given up the idea of buy- irtgi ordinary common spectacles at a conntenbecause they see well with them. It may be that only one etre is brought into use, while the other may be so strained as to result in blindnees. If Your eyes are aleak, or sight poor call at J. S. ROBERT'S Drug Store and have them tested. Does the print Ilur or do the eyes tire when reading? Do the eyes ache ? Do the eyes water? Are they sore or inflamed ? Tlaese symptoms point to defects in the tetraction, or .tne lunacies of the eye a and can be perfectly cor- Prratelepadg'hes than all other causes combined. Thous - you have headache.? Eye strain causes more ands of people are suffering who do Dot realize that eye strain is the cause. All these cans can be cured ith glasses that are made to correct the error in the .0es. The eyes of children should be carefully tested. many eases the defeet in the eyes is shown by various symptoms, such as inability to see figures on a blackboard, holding the book close to the eyes, blurring of letters, crossed eyes or eyes turning in, blinking, watering of the eyes and particularly bead- anhe. In many cities the child is accused of being dull or stupid, when the fault IS in the sight, and can be corrected with glasses. 11 3 ou are wearing glasses at are not satisfactory, bring them to me. In case of disease, you will be recommended to the ph,ysieian at once for treatment. 14t3 LEWIS GEORGE CLARK. gered Clark, who ran away, reaching Chillicothe, O., in safety. ltrom Ohio he escaped into Canada, but returned to Lex. - Wigton in 1842 to aid a 'brother to gain his freedom via the "undergro rad railroad." 111 1845 Clark received employment fromf Mrs. Safford, a daughter of Lyman er, at Cambridgeport, Itfass;, where Clark became acquainted with i Mrs. Stowe and her husband, and toldthc. novelist many' tales of slave life. Clark ays that at the time "Uncle Tom's- abini' was written Mrs. Stowe was a co onisti and not. an abolitionist, and that be had many argu-: ments with her about the uselessness of her plan. After the war Clark Lived in Oberlin, O., and in Detroit, a d was placod on exhibition iu. nearly every dime intise- um in the country as the prototype of Cleorgei Harris. In 1891 and 1892 he trav- eled with an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" troupo, andatacted considerable attentIon as he "original- and only" ,Ha is. He leiVed of moneyland bought a littl house, which he rents, but the ten4its arf shows ely , vnci ie sleeps in a loft in the poores41f Lexington's negro .qUarter. children living, bele hOnli ;1 any dispositionlo help him I • Unanswe bl ° Who can refute a sn erfm,18tnits ionrtieopeennsdet ent of prdbf, reason, a gu and may as well be us:d against i ts and try_t_h_a_s against false ood.-0. Si mons! MIARRAGE -ISSUE THE HURON EX SEAFORTH, NO WITNESS LICEN ES AT- 03ITOR OFFICE ONTAMO. S RE6JilltED CURETHE oftr THAT BEST icH H Simil LOH'S 2.5 eta., 50 eta. ande) C $1.00 Bottle. One cent a close. R E It is sold on a guarantee by all druggists. It cures Incipient Consumption and la the best Cough =4- Croup Curet For sale by 1. V. FEAR, Seaforth. JUST A 1NORD • • -ABOUT- HARNESS see. eve We are giving the best value in har ness ever offered in Seaforth, made by skilled workmen, and only first-class material used. Repairing promptly attended to. Bring along your old collars and we will make them work. Light harness a specialty. - M. BRODERICK Corner Main and John Sts, Seaforth. M. Robertson - Leading Undertaker SEAFORTH, ONT. Undertaking wareroonas op- posite A. Cardno's Confection- ery Store; Residence, 116 North Main S. In connection with the under- taking business'cabinet shop will be conducted for Furniture Repairing. LOW PRICES AND Prompt Aention A feature of Both Branches. THE FARMERS' t I/Age 1 7 n g '7 t Wm! /122L, jm, Witar/1.11 rl; -=" *am Our direct connections will save you time and money for all points. Canadian North West Via Toronto or Chicago, British Columbia and California, points. Our rates are the lowest. We have them to suit eveiybody and PULLMAN TOUR- IST CARS for your accommodation. Cali for further information, Station G. T R. Ticket Office, Train Service at Seaforth, Grand. -Trunk Trains leave Seaforth end Clinton etatioee se follows: Opiate Waist- Paseenger - - ... _ iPaseene•er.- _ 9- 4 i Mixed arinn_ - Mixed Train onto EA - Passenger. - - - -. Passenger -. - Mixed Train_ _ _ BEAFORTIL 1.07?. M. 9.05 r. 9.30 6.20i'. x. 7.48 A. 2.53 P. IL 545 P CLINTON, 1.23 x. 9.22 lax 10.15a.m. 7.05r. M, TM. A, M. 2.25 r. M. 4.20?. sa. wellington, Grey and Bruce Go IX G NORTH -.Passenger. Mixed. Ethel 3.00 P. N. 6.80 rese. 9.00 A M. Brussels.. . . .... Bluevale Wingham... Goma Sortn- Wingham..n. Bluevale Brussels . Ethel.. _ • 3,13 9.43 9.45 8.27 L57 10,10 3.87 10.07 11.20 Paaaenger, 6.2.3 A.X.11.20 a. X. 12) r 0.14 11.35 805 6.t0 11.59 9.00 I.C4 12.14 r.m, 9.30 London, Huron and Bruce. Genie NORTH-- Londos, depart- -- Exeter- - laa 41•0 fol, ale He n San a.* 0.11. faa .01 0.01. aia Iiipperi. - CrintOn e -e -.ores Londesboro - - Belgrave -- Wingham arrive- --- - GOING Myth. - Londesboro.,e. - - Canton,- -, - Exeter' - - London, (arrive) Passenger. 8.05LIL 4.301sr 9.22 6.00 9.37 5.15 9.44 6.20 9.62 15.28 10.12 055 neee 7.14 10.38 7,23 10.52 7.37 11.10 8.00 Passenger. 6.35)elt, 3.25P.X. 6.60 3.47 7.03 4.01 7.10 408 7.30 4.28 7 49 4.46 7.57 4.13 8.06 4.58 3.25 6.12 9.45 A.M. 6.25? 55 The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. FARM AND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY INSURED. OFFICERS. Geo. Watt, President, Harlock P. 0.; W. J. Shannon, Seey-Treaa.'Seaforth P. 0.; Micheel Murdie, Inspector of Losses, Seaforth P. 0. DIREOTOBB. Jae. Broadfoot, Seafortb ; Alex, Gardlne , Lerele bury; Gabriel Elliott, Clinton; Joseph Evars, )Beechwood: afurdle, St: ifortn ; Thera. Garbutt, Clinton; Thomas Fraser, Brucefield, AGENTS. Thos. 'Cellist's, Harloek ; Robt. McMiIlsn, Seaforth James Cumming, Egmondville ; Johi. McLean Eippen. John O'Sullivan andGeorge *rale, aucli: era. Parties desirous to effect Insurances ar trona. act other business will be promptly attended to ou application to any of the above officers, addressed tO their respective post ofiloes. "OR TWENTY -IX YEARS DUNN'S BAKINC POWDER THE COOKS BEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN -CANADA* 0 0 1130100 10 NNIS Elipking - House, (In connection with the Bank of Montreal.) 1,0GAN & CO.; BANKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENTSi OFFICE -In the Commercial Hotel buildi ing, next to the Town Hall.. A General Banking Businees done. Drafts issued and cashed. Interest allowed on depositai MONEY TO LEND On pod notes or mortgages. ROBERT LOGAN, MANAGER. 1053 CUSTOM SAWING, The undersigned will have his portable saw mills at Francis Coleman's, Hills Green, and at .1. Idakii?s, Varna, early in the spring, when he will be pre. pared to do all kinds of custom sawing at the loweit rates. Bring along your logs. • 1465x3 JOHN DOIG, Sippen; tor McKillop Directory for 1595. JOHN BRNNEWIES, Reeve, Dublin P. -0, JAMES EVANS, Depuy Reeve, Bowl:mood. DANIEL MANLEY, Councillor, Beechwood. WM. MeGAVIN, Councillor, Leadbury. WILLIAM ABOHIBALD, Councillor, Ler.dbury, JOHN 0. MORRISON, Clerk, 'Winthrop. SOLOMON J. SHANNON, Treasurer, Winthrop. WK. EVANS, Assessor 13eeohwood. CHARLES DODDS, Otillector, Seaforth. RICHARD POLLARD, Sanitary Inspector, Lead t %try. - - F4-1.