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XPOSITOR.
APRIL 17, 189
FRUIT FARMS
IN MIOHIGAN
$1. to $5 per acre
WITH TERMS TO SUIT
TO ACTUAL SETTLERS ONLY.
50)000 ACRES
in Mason, Lake, Osceola, Oceaiaa and
Newaygo Counties.
W.M.N.••••
Cream of the Fruit Belt
One Mason County Fruit Farmer offered
$4000 F0R1895 CROP
. . ON THE TREE.
THOMAS R. LYON,
140 DEARBORN SaTREET, CHICAGO
1478-13
Ten Thousand Farms.
Why Michigan is Preferred.
•
Opportunity to get a Horne.
The superior advantages of Mehl -
van fe' or forminand. fruit raising are
known to all the world. That there is
no better state in the union in which
to secure a comfortable home, with the
means of making a livelihood and
eventually of acquiring a competence,
is proved by official comparisons with
other states.
In the first place, consider her loca-
tion. Surrounded by the Great Lakes,
the climate is tempered• to a degree
eminently p_leasant for man and rightly
Conducive to the growth of the most
valuable productions of the Temperate
- Zone. Here no cyclones sweep across
the land, to destroy the results of
patient. and hard labor, and often add
the horror of :death to the visitation.
No floods occur, to wipe out -the home
of the settler and send him and his
fondly fleeing for their lives. Here he
can rest secure.
The agrietdture of the state is prob-
ably of a more diversified character
Than in any other portion of the conn -
try. The Lake:, Huron ,• shore is the
plum hat of the world, and the same
may be said, of the Lake Michigan
share as to the ' peaches. 'Central
*Michigan farms are the admiration of
all visitors. verywhere the land is
well watered by small lakes and rivers,
and everywhere it is well timbered. Its
fertility is shown in reports made by
the Department of Agriculture.
- While in the impertant crops of
wheat and Corn Michigan ranks very
high in points of yield per acre, the
state is peculiarly adapted to the
cultivation of small fruits and. berries.
Immense quantities of these are ship-
ped annually from her fauns. The
business is at once very pleasant and
highly profitable.
. As a stock -raising and dairy- state,
Michigan has a leading place. The
rapid profits of cattle -raising are well
known,: and at present this business
offers inducements worthy of prime
consideration.
In value of principal crops per acre,
Michigan stands next to. New York
and above Ohio and Pennsylvania ;
and in value of all crops per acre, she
leads many southern states whose sup-
posed advantages have drawn to them
so, many northern farmers.
The value of Michigan land, as
cated by the value of the crop from it,
exceeds the averages of California,
Oregon and Washington..
Timber for building is abundant and
cheap. Michigan has a greater variety
of natural woods than is po5.sessed by
anyfother state in the United States.
The farmer is not put tp the great ex-
pellee of boring artesian wells or digging
great ditches to irrigate his land.
RaiiwavL facilities are excellent.
Michigan is the great lighway of rail
and water transit. -
The settler does not have to leave
church and school behind him in order
to obtain a home of his own. These
privileges—they should be considered
necessities—meet hina ot every hand.
He does not have to leave relatives
and old friends far away. He need
not go thousands of miles into a strange
country, where mails are few, and
where he can hope to seldom or. never
again see the beloved faces of old
friends or neighbors.
The opportunity of acquiring a home
in Michigan should be worth a great
deal mare than in less favored locali-
ties. To live where_ the land yields
more ; where tornadoes or floods never
e ; where. churches and schools are
at hand, is better for everybody. This
might well cost more.
But it costs less.
The best laud in Michigan can , be
bought at exceedingly low prices and
on, small and. easy payments. The
choicest locations are in the market.
He who haA a farm has independence,
and it is not necessary to add words
here to the nany arguments which are
summed up in "Get a home." Every
branch of agriculture, horticulture,
stock raising, dairying, fruit raising,
gardening, can be suited In Michigan.
She has the best that is going.
.A line to any of the firms whose
addresses s around. this article will
bring ciuiiLers.fu1l imformation as to
locations, valnes and prices.
Those who write for information
may be assured of courteous attention:
1478-13
EGGS! EGGS! EGGS
For hatching, from pure bred White Leghorns and
Black Minoltas). My Legaorns took ls'i and 2nd
-Prime at Goderidh, Olintoo and Seaforth Shows last
tall, and those birde are in my breeding pene now.
Ny lilinorcas won a large share of the prizes at the
above shows. They aro grand, large birds and pure
In color. Theae are the great egg producers, and
are bred from the beat stock in Canada. Eggs only
$1 per Betting. Aleo, a few colonies of bees and a
/till tine of bee keepere eupplies.
WILLIAM HARTRY,
147i1 Opposite entrance to Beattle's grove.
Know What You Chew
5
Plu
Is free from the Int flows colo
The more you use f it the
you Me It.
Ts= GEO. E., TUCKET de SON CO., Tr*
' HAMILTON. ONT.
Int.
tte!
VETERINARY.
TOHN GRIEVE, V. S., honoecifereas=te of 0 tarlo
tl Veterinary College. All 1 of Do es&
animiths treated. Calls promptly attended and
allergies mode! te. Vete rinary Dentistry m sp laity
Office and reit once on God nob street, one door
Aar of Dr. Scott's office, Seafevith. ' 1112t1
Gb H. G43B,
dentists, Honor Org of Ontari Vet-
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentinate
li;, Toronto Coll e of
veterinary den
erlaary College, Honor member of Ontario Veterin-
ary Medical Society. All diseases of domestic, • imals
skilfully treated. All calls promptly attended to
day or night. Dentistry and Surgery a spe ialty.
08100 and Dispensary—Dr. Campbell's old ffice,
Hein °tree!' Seaforth. Night cells answered tip the
office. I 141 52
-.LEGAL
itir G. CAMERON4ormerly of Cameron, olt &
aal_. Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor, God rich,
Ontario. Office—Hamilton street, opposite Col • rne,
Hotel. 1 52
TAMES SCOTT,Barrister, &o, -Solicitor for Mel -
e) eon's Bank, Clinton. Office — Elliott 13 oek,
Clinton, Ont. Money to loan on mortgage.
151
R8. HAYS, Barrister, Solioltor, OoriVeyanOe
Notary Public. Solicitor fo the Dom
Bank. Office—Cardno's block, Main 3treet, Seal
t eney to loan. 1
and
on
rth.
35
Ivi Agen:S: commotandylosnoeefr, t'oetST takinw Inamstdi
oe
vits,
aonveyancee, &o. Money to loan at the towel* tee.
IL Mosaisost, Walton.
T m. BEST, Barrister, Soiloitcr Notary, &e.
. Office—Rooms, five " doo_re ncrth otCommerola
Liotel, ground floor, next door o C. L. Pallet e
$ewelry etore, Main street, Sea orth. Goderich
onte—Cameron, Holt and Came n. 1115
ri ARROW & PROUDFOOT, Bo eters, Selloltora,
.60., Goderioh, Ontario. J. T. GAkOW, Q C.;
Wu. Pa0IID7001. 880
ItAMERON, HOLT & HOLMES, Barrtatert So -
Bettors in Ohanoery, &o.,Gtoderich, Ont' I. 0.
Itiaos, Q. O., Pump. HOLT, Dumat Hoax=
HOLMESTED, sucoessor to the late firm of
r . McCaughey & Holmested, Barrister, Solicitor
Conxeyancer, and Notary. Solicitor for the Can
adieu Rank of Commerce. Money to lend. Farm
for sale. Office in Scott's Block, Main, ,Street
3eaforth.
DENTISTRY.
w.
El W. TWEDDLE, Dentiet. Best rubber es
12 . 86. All other work at correspondingly
prices, and the best workmanship guaranteed.
—Over Riohardson & McInnis' shoe store, Sento
1
tea,
low
films
h,
69
DR. BELDBN, dentist; best rubber plates
set 64, gee for painless extraction of teet
teeth extracted25c. Special attention given to
preservation of the natural teeth. Office—over
son Bros., hardware store, Seaforth. 1
re.
750,
the
ohm.
61
nit. IL S. ANDERSON, graduate Of Royal Co
of Dental Surgeons, Ontatioi D. D. S., o
rotate University. Office, .Market ' Block, Mi
Ontario. 1
AGNEW, Dentist, Clinton,
JLA). visit Hensall at Hodgens'
every Monday, and at Zurich
second Tlauraday in each month
lege
To -
hell,
02
will
tate'
the
1288
lKINSMAN, Da5ntist, L.
ii. Exeter,Ont. vini be at Z
at the Huron Hotel, ONLY on
e-- LAST THURSDAY in each month,
k_ i 1Murdook's Hotel, Hensel!, OD the MUT F
"h: each month. Teeth extracted with the
;ain possible. All work firet-olaturat liberal r
[ 0
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rich
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MEDICAL.
Dr. John McGinnis,
Hon. Graduate London Western Univeialty, me giber
of Ontario College of Physicians and Surge ne.
Office—In the rooms over Mr. Jordon's new s re,
next door to Tam Exeosrroe, Office, Main street, 'ea -
forth. Residence—Formerly occupied by Mr. Vi m.
Pickard, Victoria Street, next to the Catholic Chu ch
arrNight calls attended from residence. 1453x1
DR. ARMSTRONG, M. B., Toronto, M. D.
Victoria, M. C. P. S., ()aerie, successor to
Elliott, office lately occupied by Dr. Ellett, Bru
6eld, Ontario.
r.
e -
A LEX BETHUNE, I M. ik, Fellow of the Ro
College of Physicians a d Surgeons, Rings la.
Successor to Dr. Maeldd. Office late1y. acoup'ed
oy Dr. Maokid, Hata fitree Eeaforth. Reside ioe
—Corner of Victoria Squa,re, • house lately ocoupi
ay. L. E. Dancey. 112
D E. COOPER, M. D., B., L. F. P. and
rtj, Glasgow,&o, Phyeicl n, Surgeon and
eoucher, Constance, Ont, 1127
DRS. SCOTT
OFFICE, Goderich &roe
Church, Seaforth. RESID
Grounds..
J. G. SCOTT, M. D. C. IL, (A
M. 0. P. S. 0.
a. MACKAY, Me D. C. M., (
C. P. S. O. •
DR. F. J. B
Late resident Physioian and
5ral Hospital. Honor gradu
member of the College of Ph
31 Ontario. $27OFFI0E.--Sa
by Dr, Smith, opposite Publi
Telephone—No. 46.
N. B.—Night calls answered
MACKAY,
, opposite Method
CE, next Agricultu
n Arbor and Victori
rinity,) H: T. M. C.
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O.
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R ROWS,
urgeon, Toronto G n -
e Trinity Universi y,
sicians and Burg ne
e as formerly occup d
School, Seaforth.
138
from office.
Air r, C. DEWAR, M. D., C. M., F. T. M.
Member of ,the College • f Physiciansgand S
goons, Ontario. sum:singer to Dr. Campbell. Ofti e
and residence, that lately occ pied by Dr. Catupbe 1,
Main street, Seaforth, Nom. Dr. Dewar has boug t
my practice, galvauic battery, eto., and is proper d
to treat all who may require is services acoordi g
to the latest and most scientific Methods. I ha re
much pleasure in heartily recommending him to
people as a man of ability, 1 aiming and experien e
piofeseion. Joint CAMP*ELL, M. D. 1466x52
AUCTIONE RS.
OHN H. McDOUGALL, Licensed Auctioneer f r
el the County of Huron. sales attended in • 11
pr4rta of the County. Terms teasouable. From M
Dougall's long experience as a dealer in fa
st ck of all kinds, he is specially qualified to jud e
of values, and can guarantee satisfaction. All orde s
le t at Tint EXPOWOR office, or at his residence, L t
3, Concession 3, 11. R. S., Tuckeremith, will e
pr mptly attended to. 1466
WM. IVII'CLOY,
ctioneer for the Countiee of 'futon and Pe
103 Agent at Hensall for the Massey -Hands Man
!a�turing Company. Sales promptly attended 4
3harges moderate and eatisfacUon guarante
Orders by mall addressed to Heneall Post Offioe, o
left at his residence, Lot 2, ConOeiftn 11, Toe
tramith, will receive prompt attenfdan. 129641
CARRIAGE
BERT WILLIAMS
Desires to date to the public that he will continue
the businese so long carried on by his father, the late
James Williatns, and is prepared to do all kinds of
CARRIAGE PAINTING
In the beet and most artistic manner, and on the
most reasonable terms. A trial is reepeotfully so -
Bolted.
SHOP—As formerly, over L. McDonald's Carriage
Works, Goderich street,
SEAFORTH.
1410-tf
DAN DUNN'S OUTFIT.
13Y JULIAN RALPH.
iThere were other camps on the line of
t 'is work, and it is worth while to add a
word about their management and th sys-
tem under Which they were maintaine • In
the first place, each camp is apt to b the
outfit of a contractor. The whole wok of
building a railroad is let out in con mots
for portions of five, ten, or fifteen "les.
Even when great jobs of 70 or 100 mils are
contracted for in one piece, it is custoinary
for the contradtor to divide his task and
sublet it: But a fairly representative bit
of mountain work was that which I found
Dan Dunn superintending, as the factotum
of the contractor Who undertook it. [I
If a contractor acts aa " boss " hi self,
he stays upon the ground; but in thish case
the contractor bad other undertaki gs in
hand. Hence the presence of Dan Dunn
• his walking boss or general foreman. Dunn
is a man of 'means, and isehimself a con-
tractor by profession, who has workecL his
way up from a start as aalaborer.
The camp to which we came was a ort -
able city, complete except for its la k of
women. It had its artisans, its profess onal
men, its store and workshops, its sejt of
government and officers, and its police an,
its amusement hall, its work -a -day and
social sides. Its main peculiarity wad that
its boss (for it was like an American ci y in
the possession of that functionary also) had
announced that he was going to move it a
couple of miles away on the following un -
day. One tent was the stableman's, wtth a
capacious " corral " fenced in near by for
the keeping of the pack 'horses and mules.
His corps of assistants was a large one ;
for, besides the pack -horses that connected
the camp with thenuter world, he had the
keeping of all the " grade -horses," so called
—those which draw ;the stone and dirt
carts and the little dump cars on the false
tracks set up on the levels near where
"filling" or "cutting" is to be done. An-
other tent was the blacksmith's. He had a
" helper " and was a busy man, charged
with all the tool -sharpening, the care of all
the horses' feet, and the repairing of all
the iron wprk of the wagons, cars and dirt
scrapers. Near by was the harness- an's
tent, the shop of the Ieather.mend�r.I In
the centre of the camp, like a low cit del,
rose a mound of logs and earth bearing on a
sign the single word " POwder," but con-
taining within its great sunken chain er a
eonsiderable store of various explosi es—
giant, black, and Judson powder and
dynamite.
More tremendous foreis used in rail oad
blasting than most persons imagine. in or-
der to perform a quick job of removing a
section of solid mountain,the drillmen, after
making a bore, say, twenty feet in depth,
begin what they call springing" it b ex-
ploding little cartridges in the bottom o the
drill hole until they have prodnced a on-
siderable chamber there: The average
amount of explosive for which they thus
prepare a place iaforty or fifty kegs of giant
powder and ten kegs of black powder; but
Dunn told me he had seen 280 kegs of Week
powder and 500 pounds of dynamite used in
a single blast in mountain. work.
Another tent was that of the time -keeper.
He journeyed twice a day all over the work,
_five miles up and five down. On one jour-
ney he noted what men were at labor ii the
forenoon, and on his return he tallied t ose
who were , entitled to pay for the se ond
half ofethe day. Such an official knows the
name , of every laborer, and moreover, he
knows the pecunious rating of each man, so
that when the work -men stop him to order
shoes or trousers, blankets, shirts, tobacco,
penknives or what not, he decides upon his
oivn responsibility whether they have suf-
ficient money coming to them to meet the
accommodation.
The "store ", was simply another tent In
it was kept a fair supply of the article in
constant demand—a supply _brought from
the headquarters store at the other end of
the trail, and constantly replenished by the
pack -horses. This trading -place was in
Oharge of a man called "the book-keeper,"
and he had two or three clerks to assist him.
The stock was precisely like that of a cross-
roads country store in one of our older
States. Its goods included simple medi-
cines, boots, shoes, clothing, cutlery,to-
haft°, cigars, pipes, hats and caps, blankets,
thread and needles, and several hundred
others among the ten thousand necessaries
of a modern laborer's life. The only legal
tender received there took the ahape oor-
I
ers written by the time-keepe. for the
re
an in charge of the store was not requ red
o know the ratings of the men upon the
ay -roll.
The 'doctor's tent was among t -
he rest, but
im-
l' in the saddle.' He was nominally e
is office might aptly have been said to, be
ployed by, the company, but each man was
" docked, ' or charged, seventy-five cents a
Month for medical services whether he eVer
eeded a doctor or not. When I was in the
amp there, was only one sick man—a heumatic. He had a tent all to himself,
.siad his meals were regularly carried to
him. Though he was a stranger to every
Man there, and had worked only one day
'efore he surrendered to sickness, a purse of
about forty dollars had been raised for him
among the men'and he was to be "packed"
to Sproat's Landing on a mule at the com-
pany's expense whenever the doctor de -
vc eed it wise to move him. Of course in-
a
t
lidism of a more serious nature is not in
frequent where men work in the paths of
-
slliding rocks, beneath caving earth, amid
felling forest trees, around giant 'blaots and
With heavy tools.
Another one of the tents was hat of the
',' boss packer." He superint nded the
transportation of supplies on the pack
trail. This "job Of 200 men,' as Darin
styled his camp, employed t irty pack
horses and mules. The pack trains con-
sisted of a " bell -horse " and by, and six -
horses following. Each animal was rated!
to carry a burden of 400 poun s of dea,d
weight, and to require three quirts of m al'
t rAene ottihrneersoadfficaiay.
lh a ,
bitation waa the "st re
man's " tent. As a rule, thee s a store -
Man to every ten miles of c nstruotion
Work: often every camp has one. The
store -man keeps account of the distribution
of the supplies of food. He issues requ i -
tions upon the head storehouse of the co41
peaty and melees out orders for each day's
rations from the camp store. The cooks
sci nce
1 cience is '"knowing how."
he only F•ecret about
cott's 'emulsion is year
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of science. When made in
1
large quantities and by im-
proving- methods, an emul-
sion must be more perfect
than when made in the old-
time way with mortar and
pestle a few ounces at a
tiMe. This is why Scott's
Emulsion of cod-liver oil
never separates, keeps
sNeet for 'years, and why
every spoonful is equal to
eviefy other spoonful. An,
even product throughout.
in other ernutsions you ere liable to get
nunevenbgi—either r:retnderdose.tlos.Gatzha;
le solmon-cAllered wrapper.
are therefore under him, and this fact -sug-
gests a mention o! the principal building in
the camp—the mss hall, or "grub tent."
This structure was of a size to accommodate
two hundred men at once. The tables ran_
the length of the unbroken interior—tables
made roughly of the alabs or outside boards
front a saw -mill. The enehes were huge
treei trunks spiked fast 4pon stumps. There
waii la bench on either si4le of each table,and
the places for the men ere each set with a
tin cup and a tin pie pla e. 1 The bread was
hea, ed high on wooden letters, and all the.
con iments-ecatsup, vin gar, mustard, pep-
per and salt—were in cans that had once
hel conclen ed milk. Thelcooks worked in
an pen -end d extension at the rear of the
gr e t room. The rule iis to have one cook
and two "c ettees " to each sixty men. ,
,.
hile I wp,i a new ar ival just undergo-
ing ntroduction, the men, Who had come in
fro work, and who had "`washed up" in
the ittle cre,eks and at the river bank be-
gan to assemble in the "grub tent" fer
supper. They were especially interesting to
me, because !there was every reason to be.
lievo that they formed a asssmbly as typi-
:
call f the human flotsam of the border as
ever was gathered on t e continent. Very
few weii what might be called barn labor-
ers 4 on the eontrary, thy were mainly men
of igher origin who bad !failed in older
civi izations ; outlaws frori the States;
men who had hoped for a gold mine until
hop Was all'but dead; men in the first`
flus of the gold fever; ne'er-do-wells; and
here and there a working man by training.
The ate as a good many other sorts of
men do, with great rapidity, little etiquette
and just enough unselfishness to pass each
othe the bread. It wes noticeable that
they seemed to have no tine for talking.
Cert inly thy had earned he right to be
bun ry, and the food wee good and plenti-
ful.
D n Dunnts tent was just in front of the
mess tent, a few feet away on the edge of
the iver bluff. It was e llttle "A" tent,
with a single cot Ion lone side, a wooden
ches on the ether, and 6. small table be -
twee the two at the farther end, opposite
the door.
' Are ye 1 oking a my wolverines ?" said
he. " There s good ien among them, and
some that ain't so good and many that's
wore. But railroad ng is good enough for
most of 'em. It ain' too rich for any man's
blood, I assure ye." ,
•Over six feet in height, broad -chested,
athletic, aid carrying not an ounce of flesh
that could be spared, Dan Dunn's was a
striking figure, even where physical strength
Was the most serviceable possession of ev-
ery man. From never having given his per-
sonal appearance a thought—except during
a brief period of courtship antecedent to
the establishment of a home in old Ontario
—he had so accustomed himself to unre-
straint that his habitual attitude was that
of a long -bladed jack-knife not fully opened.
His long spare arms swung limberly before a
long spare body, set upon long spare legs.
His costume was one that is never described
in the _advertisements of city clothiers. It
conaisted of a dust -coated slouch felt hat,
which- a 'dealer once sold for black, of • a
flannel shirt, of homespun trousers, of socks
and of heavy "brogans." In all, his dress
was what the aesthetics of Mr. Wilde's day
might have aptly termed a symphony
in dust. His shoes and hat had acquired a
mud -color, and his shirt rind trousers were
chosen -because they originally possessed it.
Yet Dan Dunn Was distinctly a. cleanly man,
fond of frequent splashing in a camp toilet
basin,—the Kootenay River and its little
rushing tributaries. He was not shaven.
As a rule he is nbt, and yet at times he is,
as it happens, I learned that on Sundays,
when there was nothing to do except
to go fishing, or to walk over to the
engineer's camp for intellectual society,
he felt the unconecious impulse of a -forgot-
ten-training, and put on, a coat. He even
tied a black silk ribbon linder his collar on
such occasions, and if no one had given him
a good cigar during the week, he took out
his best pipe (which had been locked up be-
.
cense whatever was not under lock and key
was certain to be athieni in half an ' hour.)
Then he felt fitted, as h would say, "for a
hard day's work at loafipg.
If you came upon Dan Dunn on Broad-
way, he would look aa awkward as any
other animal removed from its element;
yet on a forest trail not even Davy Crockett
was handsomer or More picturesque.
His face ie reddish brown and as hard -
skinned DA the top of a drum, befitting a
man who has•lived out-of-doors all his life.
But it is arfinely moelded face, instinct
with good nature and soine gentleness. The
witchery of quick Irish humor lurks often
in his eyes, but can gaickly give place on
occasion to a firm, light, which is best read
in connection with the broad, strong sweep
of his massive underjaw. There you see
his fitnees to cominand small armies, even of
what he calls " wolverenes." He is willing
to thresh any mai who seems to need the
operation, and yet he is equally noted for
gathering a squad of rough laborers in ev-
ery camp to make them his wards. He col-
lects the money stich men earn, and puts it
in bank oe sends it to their families.
"It does them as much good to let me
take it, as to cheek it over a gin mill bar,"
he explained. 1
As we stood looking into the crowded
booth, where the men sat elbow to elbow,
and all;the knife blades were plying to and
from all the plates and mouths, Dunn ex-
plained that his men were well fed.
." The time has gone by," said he, "when
you conic' keep an outfit on 'salt pork and
bacon. I It's ;is far gone as them days when
they say the Hudson, Bay Company fed its
laborers on rabbit tracks and a stick. Did
ve never bear of that? Why, sure, man,
'twas only fifty years ago thet when meal
hours aerie the bosses of the trading cone-
PittlY
oulcl give a workman a stick, and
point 4at some rabbit tracks and tell him
he'd h ve an hour to catch his fill. But in
railroading nowadays we give them the best
that's going, and all they want of it—beef,
ham'becon, potatoes' mush, beans, oat-
meal, the choicest fishand game right out
of the woods, and every sort of vegetable
(canned, of course.) Oh, they must be fed
well, or they wouldn't stay."
He seid that the supplies of food are cal-
culated' on the basis of three and a half
pounds ojf provisions to a man—all the va-
rietiesoof food being proportioned so that
the total weight will be three and a half
pounds'a day. The oe,ders are given. fre-
• quently nd for small amounts, so as to
econom z in the number of horses required
on the ek trail. The amount to be con-
sumed 1 the horses is, of course, included
in the 1 ds. The coet of " packing " food
over 1 g distances is more considerable
than w u d be supposed. It was estimated
that at unn's camp the freighting cost
forty d 11 rs a ton'but I heard of places
farther i the mountains where the cost was
double ti t. Indeed, a discussion of the
subject I ought to light the fact that in
remote I ning camps the cost of "packing"
brought 1 ger bottles up to the price of
champa a At one camp on the Kootenay
bacon w selling at the time 1 wee in the
valley a hirty cents a pound, and dried
peaches lletched forty cents under compe-
tition. 4 we looked on, the men were
eating fr h beef and vegetables, with tea
and coA e and pie. The head cook was a
man tz1aiji d in a lumber camp'and there-
fore ran high in the scale of his profes-
sion, E ry sort of cook drifts into camps
like these, and that camp considers itself
the most f rtunitte which happens to eat
under the inistrations of a man who has
cooked on steamboat - but a cook from a
lumber ca p is rated almost as proudly
"Ye Wo ld net think it," said Dunn,
"but s�nie of them men has been bank
clerks, ,a d there's doctors and teachers
among 10M—everything, in fact, except
preachers I never knew a preacher to get
ese-ta_.
Springtime
A healthy coni Aim of
the kidney is the best
safe -guard against all
the ills incidental to the
season. Tone the sys-
tem' by using.sook
DODD'S
Kidney Pills
The best blood purifier
on earth, and the only
'Absolute Cure for all
diseases of the kidneys
ordan's NEWStore
into a, railroad gang. The men are always
changing—coming and going. We don't
have to advertise for new hands.The woods
is full of men out of a job,and out .of every-
thing—pockets, elbows and all. They drift
in like peddlers on a pay-day. They come
here with no more clothing than will wad a
gun. The most of thent will get nothing
after two months' work. You see, they're
mortgaged with their fres against' them
(thirty to forty dollars :for them which the
railroad brings from the East,) and then,
they have their meals to pay for, at fiveadol-
larS a week they're here, and on top of that
is all the clothing and shoes and blankets
and tobacco and everything they need—all
charged agin them. It's Just as well for
them, for most of them are too rich, if
they're a dollar. ahead. There's few of
them can stand the luxury of thirty dollars.
When they get a stake of them di-
mensions, the most of them *ill stay no
longer after pay-day than John Brown staid
m heaven. The most of them bang it all
away for drink, and they are su to came
back again, • but the 'prospe tore' and
chronic tramps only work to get lothes and
a flirting acquaintance with foo , as well as
money enough to make an affid vit to, and
they never come back again at a . Out of
8500 men we had in one big w rk in Can-
ada, 1500 to 2000 knocked off ey ry month.
Ninety per cent. came back. T ey had just
been away for an old-fashioned runk."
It would be difficult to draw j a parallel
between these laborers and any lass or con.
dition.of men in the East. T ey were of
every 'nationality where news of gold mines,
of free settler& sections, or of Iquick for-
tunes in the New World,had penetrated. I
recognized Greeks, Finns, Hungarians,
Danes, Scotch, English, Irish a$ Italians
among them. Not a man exhibiled a coat,
and all were tanned brown, a4id were as
spare and slender, as excessively hard work
can make a man. There was i4ot a super-
fluity or an rnament in sig t as they
walked past me not a necktie, a finger -
ring nor a watch ain. There were some
very intelligent faces and one or two fine
ones in the band. Two typical old-fashion-
ed prospectors especially attracted me. They
were evidently of gentle birth, but time and
exposure had bent then and silvered their
len& upkempt locks; Worse than all, it
had planted in their faces a blended ex-
pression of sadness and hope fatigued that
was painful to see. It is the brand that is
on every old prospector's face. A very few
of the men were young fellows of thirty, or
even within the twenties. Their youth im-
pelled them to bleak away from the table
earlier than the others, and, seizing their
rods to start off for the'fishing in the river.
But those who thought of active pleasure
were few indeed. Theirs was killing work,
the most severe kind, and performed, under
the broiling sun, that at high mountain al-
titudes sends the mercury above 100 degrees
on every summer's day, and makes itself
felt as if the rarefied atmosphere was no
atmosphere at all. After a long day at the
drill or the pick or shovel in such a climate,
it was only natural that the men should,
with a common impulse,seek first the solace
of their pipes, and then of -the shake -downs
in their tents. I did not knotv until the
next morning how severely their systems
were strained ; but it happened at sunrise
on that day that I was at my ablutions on
the edge of the river, when Dan Dunn's
gong turned the silent forest into a bedlam.
It was called the seven -o'clock alarum, and
was rung two hours earlier than that hour,
so that the men might take two hours after
dinner out of the heat of the day, "else
the sun would kill them," Dunn said. This
was apparently his device, and he kept up
the transparent deception by having every '
clock and watch in the camp set two hours
out of tirne.
With the sounding of the gong the men
bega,nto appear outside the little tents in
couples. They cape stumbling down the
bluff to wash in the river, and of' all the
pitiful sights I ever saw, they Presented one
of the woest; of all the straining and rack-
ing and eihaustion that ever gave labor to
men, they exhibited the utmost. They
were but .half awakened, and they moved
so painfully and stiffly that I imagined that
I could hear their bones Creak. I have
seen spavined work -horses turned out to
die that moved precisely as these men did.
It was shocking to see them hobble over the
rough ground ; it was pitiful to watch
them as they attempted to stiaighten• thei
stiffened bodies after they had been ben
double over the water. They gained erect-
ness by slow jolts, as if their' joints were o
iron that had been rusted. Of course the
soon regained whatever elasticity nature ha
left them, and were themselves for the 'do
—an active, muscular force_ of men. Bu
that early morning sight of them was no
such a spectacle as a right-minded man 'en
joys seeing his fellows take part in.
NUE END.]
—Mr. George Frohman, rancher and
miner, of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is visit-
ing his old home at Guelph, after an absence
of fifteen years. He says that, notwith-
standing the richness of the mines there,
work is scarce.
- —Lloyd's silver medal has been awarded
to Captain Numan, of the steamship Aidar,
who, when his ship foundered, refused to be
taken off, in order not to leave an injured
man. He went down with the ship, but
managed to hold on, and to get on the bot-
tom of an upturned boat, from which he
was afterwards rescued.
Rhe.urnolismcure(.!
_ The jointe woeld swell &good deal
Saadi were exceedingly painful. Some-
times it was so bad that 1 found it
almost Impossible to work. You will
' remember that 1 obtained a box of
powders from you on the 25tit at 9
• ;PC I ni wattcri htokingelirrinfmdouewrwitpo:nwdnedoklullerepaiY1r:i aanwndatel
reolocka The two powders which I
P°1#1L1 Yi we a Lewis, egararY, Alberta.
ea, ble of doing Aida* work. Yours
1 BY
TEMPLETON PIN
These pow
ltiseansatEasa.
Sold in leafort
LI. DRUGGISTS, OR
POWDER CO., TORONTO, ONT.
rs are a positive care tor
earaigia, gelatica,La Grippe
by J. S. Roberts, Druggist
-.4=--earts • •
Headquarters
or everything in the Grocery business
Ammi----Choice and
AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRiCE FOR CASH OR TRAM,
• Choice butter and eggs wanted, for which we will pay the
highest market price.
M. JORDAN, Seaforth.
This will not be the case with. an animal
whose blood is out of order. When a horse is
all run dawn he needs a tonic the sameas a
man. Often he cannot have complete rest.
Give him
• Dick's Bload Purifier
,
Jand note how quickly he will pickup. His whole
••(..- system will be invigorat4d. His digestion will
be strengthened so that all the nourishment
will be drawn from the food an less of it will
be required. Dick's Blood Purifier drives
out Bots, Worms and 14 -parasites.
a
Tor p trietoottgeneral stores soot poet on receipt of 80 ets.
Dick & Co.. 9.0. Boz 482, Nfootreal:.
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DIOYOi:� S.
The enormous demand for wheels the last two years, 'and more than ever this year
has been the means of starting new factories all over Canada and the United States, slur
no doubt many of them will never, and other& will take *ars, to make a first-class 1111-.,
chine. Why risk your good money in an unknown wheel ? The temptation for agent*.
to push new wheels is very great, as the value is unknown to the public, and nice looking
wheeleibeing innumerable, the prospect of large_ profits seem easily obtained. But titles
looking wheels are not always high grade, and the incessant rattle which is soon develop- -
ed, and wlikeh no amount of oil will relieve, makes the purchaser only too glad to sacrifice -
half what it cost him in order to exchange it for a really first-class wheel. Avoid this-
ailemma, and purchase a wheel of known quality from known dealers. We have been *up -
this business,almost since the trade commenced, purchasing for cash. We have had the.
offer of almost every agency going, and can assure inten;ding purchasers that we have -
accepted those wheels which the experience of past years has proved to he reliable, and
-
which we have no hesitation in recommending as the bestivalue for the money in Canada.
See the white rim "Hyslop," see the Brantford "Red Bird," see the well tried "Fleet'
see the "Spartan" or the "Crescent" Don't mind what other agents say about prices.
Get OUR prices from OURSELVES. They range from $40 up, and we can and will give
-
you lower Prices on the best wheels than other dealers are giving. Call and see tha-
wheels, and get our special cash prices.
LUMSDEN & WILSON,
BICYCLE DEALERS, &c.,
SCOTT'S BLOCK,
SJi _ZILPTOIRETTIE,
MAIN STREET
a • t' 4 Shit' :;,• jt.:PJ-k .77-: 4 ,v`zr4r. •
- -
,3d
'31
'
1 i •
Consider Your Feet
—the -work they do—how much they toil
and troffer, Clothe them in klidry sh.oes,
which give ease and comfort to them. Why
load -them down -Mill -Ili ting leather shackles
when you can buy the most foot-fittharetx)t-
, wear irk America for the soma vice asothe
hlor ralssvariety? Here la e.ehoe made by
thei famous Goodyear Welt procpss which
conpidere the. form and inclinations of your foot
whIehyields W its eccentricities and hielps It to do i
duty. Made from best imported,^eamskin—biae*
tan. Stanaped on the sole $3.00, $4.00,:$5.00 per paitt
The Slater Shoe (for Men.)
heateeseeste _ - _ _ e ester
L
w&IND .
70j1W.
ROB
ERT WILLIS, SOLE AGENT FOR
SEAFORTH.
THE
CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE,
ESTABLISHED 1867.
HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO.
CAPITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS 1661000,000
REST - - - - - $1,200•000
B. E. WALKER, GENER&I. MANAGUR,
SEAFORTH BRANCH.
A General Banking Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes discounted, Drafts
issued, payable at all points in Canada and the principal cities in
the -United States, Great Britain, France, Bermuda, &c.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, and current rates of interest.
allowed. ErInterest added to the principal at th4 end of May and Novem-
ber in each year.
Special attention given to the collection of Commercial Paper and Rea-
mers' Sales Notes.
F. 110LMESTED, Solicitor. M. MORRIS, Manager.
01\71'.
Spring term opens Tuesday, April 7th, the best
for a business or shorthand educatim Our tuition
idter the next term. Getyrour training now, and be
that will be ready in the fall,
SHAW & ELLIOTT,
1485 PROPRIETORS.
time of the year to enter
rates will be increased
ready for the situations
P. McIATTOSTI,
PELNCIPAL.
1250
Our lands
-.-ounties in .
to the leadi
,opportunity
profitable
very low an
"For furthe
1
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Far
ituated
'blebs, "1
.Gogebie and
along the fin
R., Flint It
Harbor & N.
a /adieus. R.
-the FAMO
BELT. Her
td to growin
wheat, oats
and marke
prices on 1
Here is an o
-to seture p
-terms, as Of
portuulty.
•Address
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tion of wheat
and livestock
hardwood 1314
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We (free foi
onnties -of
leabella, Glad
Tosco, Gsooda
fruits, vegetal:
churches and
.-adiass to come
terms easy.
PITT-
DO YOU
We Mier le
farmhig lands
most adVaDta
low, terma oas,
and tnarketh
anther partice
J. & G. W.
5010
01
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-Churches, sett°
3fy lands are 1
Weyford, Ora..
and Grand Tra
10DatiOn are in
ries. wheat, re
land at very lo
For further
50
Faro
Situated G
morency comet
and rallroade. )
acres, Price 51
easy payments.
tunny to pine
highly advanta
eall an or Narita
{4ratwiek,
-10 Newberry
Supe
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Ter sale
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Situated
Along the line
, for sale in 16
from 151-25 to SI
-churches and ;Et
climate ant
of fruit.
For further pi
The Buekk
1478-18