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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1896-10-23, Page 7OCTOBER Oi won Cx oottoi. Vt• ,SEAFORTRa Remedy. le all lemma entrehat-a au stagesof ecionsa -Venint" ferrnt4 Edi of -ave, eveesrs e that senaaa er Ta zing. ie Dominion. !a-eleven...ale the 0011eke :ge from all parts, (iraduates mice eerat -upon applie• Nineipa. , FORT • r.11 ress tt Street 17 4 D RO fitTO re prepared to toves you to calf 'will not feer it 'a pleasure- 4ber of veil are Offerillg- [OE SI hi mind thati rnaces. atortb lead This.—I Will b t� Your• Advantage. Iit order [to encourage new subScribers, ,and ta save the expense of agent's 4orarais- ,lions, we have decided to gii-e Tne Eros- _ elea to Ne v Subscribers from now to the first of Jan city, 1898, for the small SUM of 'One Dol ar. Or we will give THE '5.,CaOSITOR nd Weekly Globe' to:1 new Bab. eeihers fro now untilthe First of January, e898, for he very small sum of...One :Dollar a d Fifty Cents: We thus nfrer the best local paper in Ontario and the :best city we lay in Canada for less than the Trice of aue ood paper for a. year. This is rally hard times. offerIt is • 4heaper tha wheat at 50 cents 'aabuShd, or eats at iti ents Do, not delay, if you ,desire either or both the papers; tiend in sour order t once. Remember that a one dollar bill will seeure you DIE EXIVITOR -from now until the First of January; 1898, And if this is not enough, put in fifty cents more and you will get the Weekly Globe' thrown in for the same time. We have still a few on our lists v.ho have th -evidently far etten that e price of THE j - :EXPOSITOR is $1.50 a year when not Paid in advance, or who really desire to be taxed. the long price. To all such we would say,. -that on acconat of the hard times, Ve will 1. give them one more chance. Lf they twill send us Two Dollars at once, we will .give them redit for the past year and for the corning year, thus giving them advan- tage of - the advance pay price. This very :liberal °free will not hold good for long, so -those desiring to take advantage of it had 'better not delay. But those who are still _ in arrears and who do not take a.dva,iCage of this offer, will moat positively be harged thecredit price of one dollen and fifty cents dor this present year, and if they are they mutat blame themselves and not us, as we , ,affer them a good chance and a fair Warning. Those who owe for longer than this year, :and we are glad to say there are not many, will have their papers stopped at the end of the year and their accounts placed in court -for collectioa. We mean_ what. we To the thousands who have paid.n; pallet- • -wily in advance' and who are in the habit of -doing so,. We return our eineere and heartfelt thanks. It is these who have helped us to make THE EXPOSITOR whet it is. We ap- preciate that patronage and shall do all in oar power to deserve it and to give them more than value for their, money. We would ask all our old and valued. friends throughout the county to show the liberal offer which we make to new sUbserib- -ers, at the tap of thiSarticie, to any of their neighbors who do not now subscribe for 'IKE Exeostron, and to use their influence with: themto induce them -to become sub- - • -1.: -scribere. We have obtained manY new -subscribers in this way in the past, and we ask our friends to favor us again. It Will greatly help us and will give them the con -sciotumess of knowing that they are doing a good act. McLEAN. BROTHERS, Publishers. • Morris Council. . The eourteil met on the 5th inst. Mem- 1 bers all present. Moved b Thomas Code, seconded by James Bowma. , that t James Russell be inetructed to p it a bent under Armstrong's bridge; and the, he receive $16 for the same. -Carried. O. motion ef Geo. Kirkby, seeonded by Wm. I bister, a large number of aecaunts for toe nship improve- ments were passed. As th se will all ap- pear in the anneal statement soe-n to- be issued, it is unnecessary to publish them here. A by-letv, confirming appointment, of collector, was duly read and passed. The coancil adjourned to meet again on the I6th of November next. _ Grey Oouncil. Couneil met at the township hall,._)-ctober 3 -cd, pursuant to adjournment ; members were all preeent, the reeve in the.: chair; minutes of last meeting were read and con- firmed. A communication was read by the reeve -from the Engineer. of Public ;Works re Government drain go. 1, concesiion 16. Isaac Clerk applied for repair3 to ditch on road at lot 30, concession o. Mr. Brown to attend to it. The reeve reported •having purchased a small piece of land from': Elijah Jaeklin at the hilt en side road 2, concession 2; for the stinl of i=1.2 50, for the purpose of widening the road and erecting a snow fence • thereon. The clerk was inetrutted ,to pre- pare an agreement for seme.• Application of Wileen McKay for repairs to hill on side road 5, conceesion 11, t. lot 26. Mr. Lindsay to attend to it. Moefed by William Brown, eeconded by jamesi Lind- say that Samuellel chi eorge a,nd ,Jacob Kreuter be re appointed collectorat same. eateries. as last year, provided they furnish the neecesary secui ity. Carried. Moved by Jarnee Turnbull, seconded by Archie hlislop that the reeveand• treastrer be authorized to borrow from Rachel Spence the sum of eight hundred dollars fot town- ship purpoies e until taxes are, paid. Cordell.. A number of accountwere owned and ceuncil adjourued to me e t again at Craubrook on Satunbay, November 21st. 0 Howiehold Hints. Fori lenuNG- VEGETABLES. Potatoee, half en hour, mikes small, when rather lees. Pea e an -1 aeparazus, twenty to •twenty- five miuutes_ Cabin sel tee -aver, t went y-fi nin - int% to hell an hour. - *Green eerie t weet y to t wenty - five minutes. olitomfitt beans,if vtenv voting, half an hour ; to iortv-five minutes. String hatneesif slit or eliced slantwiee and thin, t wenty-live minutes; if only snap - ed aero., tortveninutee. •• Carrot- and t u ruipe., forty-five juin u t es when young, one hour in winter. Beete, nne hour in summenone and a half, or even two hours, if large, in winter Onions, medium size, one hour. Rule. -All vegetahles to go into fast boil- ieg-water to be quickie- brought to the boil - log point again, not lit -to steep in the hot water befere boilirtg, which toughens them and destroys color and thevor. The time -table must alwaye be regulated by the heur at which the meat will be done. If the ne at sheudel have to wait fiee min - Ines far the vegetaIdee, there will be a loss of puerenality,. but the dinner will not be damaged, but if the vegetables are done, CisearE(C201=lit.I-Eti.. " I Sr et ,Wervapetioz sze fas- - cleaner sr and wait fov the meat, your dinner will certainly be the worse, yet so gonoral is the custom of over -boiling vegetab es or putting them to took in a- haphazard way; some where about the time, that very many people would not recognize the damage; they would v'ery quickly see the- sup moray of vegetables. just conked the right time, but would attribute to it some 'Alpert rity in the article itself, that they were resher, • and finer, not knowing that the fin at and • freshest, improperly-oo ked;are IOU betthi -than the poor ones. _ Whiting or ammo ia in the water • is preferable to soap for leaning windows or, paint.. . - Moisture is a great e enty of the piano, and it cannot be t o canefully 'guarded against. - i.: To remove mildew, ubcommon yellow soap • on the damage article,- cover with starch and then salt th starch on that. 11,ub well an&Put out•in th sun. .- . It is easier, to most vomen, .to do a large washing of clothing no badly soiled; than a smaller one where the clothes Are very dirty. "But the ironing I" aome oite says. Woven. underwear and lisle thread gar- ments, sheets, coarse towels, every, day night dresses and night shirts,. - 'stockings, dish towels, etc., need not be ironed. - Fold smoothly, -and put under a weiglat . You will soon beeome aceuetomed to their use unironed, andi presently learn to appreciate the fresh clean -odor these articles poesess before it is ba,nished by the passage of the flatiron; . . .. Shoe -knives maketlee best kiMien knives imagi elele for all general purpohs. They . are es eciaily adapted for peeling vegetables If you don't care for handsomely finished handles and wast to be economical, instead of going to a, hardware store and paying twenty-five cents for one, go to a shoe -find- ing shop and -gettwo for a- quarter. Here you will find the best makes in a. superior _grade of steel, the difference being in the finieh of the handle, which is plain, un- finished wood, but samipariered 'smooth. They come in several size S but a medium length is the beet for -peeling vegetables. The largest size with a much broader blade, melees the best knife for cutting bread and melee. This 'costs but twenty-five Cents and is well worth twice the money.. They :are very sharp when bought.and -will keip so a long time. . . _ * - What All Boys should Know." Don't be satisfied with. your boy's educa- tion until you are sure that he can-.---. ' Write a good legible hand. . Spell all the words he knows how to use. Speak and write good English.. • Write a good socialdetter. Add a column of figures rapidly. Make out an ordinary account. . Deduct 16 1-8 per cent from the face of it: Receipt it when paid. - . Write an -ordinary receipt. Write an advertisement- for the local paper. 1 . Write aheotice or report of a public meet- ing. . . . Write an ordinary promissory nots. Reckon the interest or discount on it for days, months or years. Draw an ordinary bank check. , Take it to the proper place in a bank to -get it cashed. , . Make neat and correct entries, in the day. book and the ledger. Tell the number of yards of carpet requir- ed for .your parlor. Measure the pile of lumber in your shed. Tell the number of bushels- of wheat in ,your largest bin and its value • at current rates. - • Tell something about the. great authors and statesmen of the present day.- . If he can &all this andmore, it is likely he has sufficient education to enable him toi make hie own way in the world. If you! have -more money and timeto spend upon) him, all well and good; give him higher English, literature, science, and thevarious • branches of a liberal or a teehnical, educe- • tion. • •, - • - . 'Gaieties. - -It was the first, time that little Bessie had ever seen a snake'and as it writhed along she ran into the house breathless with • her discovery. "Oh, mammia, come quick!" she cried. "Here's a tail wagging without any dog." • • , • -" I know what I'll do," seid . the • girl whose bashful •.lover would not propose. 'I'll go out as.a, trained ntirse.' 'But that is a profession, you knoW nothing about it,' he replied. Haven't I had six months' experiencd sitting up tit nights with -yea?' elcGinals is a male flirt.' He was taken to task by'G ilhobly, who said, reproachfully: ' You have been courting all foul,. of those • Longcoffin gide all summer ; why don't you marry one 9f them?' rdido it, Gilhooly, but I don't want to do anything to forfeit the esteem of the other three.' ' Bill Nye, an Arnetican humorist, gave to the. explorer,. • Lieutenant -Greely, When starting on his -North Pole discovery expedie eion, a scaled box, with instructions that it was not to be opened tintit . the furthese, point north was reached. It was found that the box contained grease for the -Pole. He (who has jest been accepted : 'Carries darling ! DO yon know you have made me the -happiest man in the world t.. ' She : ' Yes, Barry, but we must not b married right offenot for a long, king ti e.' He : `Oh, that's a.11 right. That just suits me, you know. I'd like to remain' tit . happiest man in the!world for a year or two.' . A -celebrated preacher deliveted a dis- course on the text, .' 'He giveth his beloved. sleep.' Observing that a large nemher of 'his . hearers were -nodding theit headsehe suddenly stopped and said :',Brethren, it is hard to realize the unbounded love which the Lord appears to have for a large portion 'of this congregation:. ' • . . • For Those not et in Bondage.' Among the weldinggifts recently 'offered to a fair young New IYork bride was dile fraught with strange nd significant purpose. It was an Melitiary sw eping-broc m, provid- ed with a long stout Iiandle, to which mein tied, with a strip_ of white satin ribbon,. a visiting -cards bearing the name end address, of the donor -a maeried lady and intimate friend of the fiancee's family -as well as the following iestractive memeranclem-" Ac- cept this trifling present., andperMit me to offer you aauggestion, the. fruit of my own matrimonial experiences, as to hoe -you may utilize it to the _greatest advantage. So long as the heaven of your wedded' life shall remitin icalm and cloudless, sweep your carpets With the lower end of my gift. Thus shall they be kept spotlese and you. healthi- ly employed. But, on the first symptom of dont cstic rough, weather, reverse the broom and make use of its.upp r end with enflinch- F ing vigor. Thus sit 11. you avert the threatening storni, and re-establish coningal tranquility antl screniti' upon a firm hind enduring basis.' . • . Laughter .a . Great. Tonid, "1 presume if we laughed snore we should all be happier and healthier," writes Edward W. Bok in the October La- dies' Home Journal. " True, we are„.a, busy anct a very practical people. - And most. of us probably find more in this life to bring the frown than the smile.. But, neverthe, less, it is a pity that we do net laugh more, thut, we do not bring ourselves to the latigh, if need be. We all agree that a good laugh ie the best kind of medicine in the w rld. Phyt ic'ans -have said that no - other fe ling works so meet' good to the entire h man botlY as that of merriment. As a dige tive it is unexpelled ; as a means of expa ding - the lungs, there is nothing better. ItJ4eepn the heart and face young. It is the hest of ,all tonics to the spirits. • It is, too, the most tinjoyable of all sensations, • A gem., , laugh THE HURON EXPOSITOR.' makes us better friends' wAh ourselves and everybody around us, and puts us in.closer touch with what is _best and brightest in our lot in life. It isto be regretted, then, that such a potent agency for our personal good is not more oftener used. It mists aothing. All other Medicines are more or less expen- sive. "Why," said an 'old doctor not long ago, " if people fully realized what it meant to themselves to laugh, and laughed as they should, ninety per cent. of the doctors . Would have to go out of business. Prob- ably, when .we get a . little less busy, we , shall laugh more. For .after all, the differ- -since between gloom an,laughter is but a step. - And.if more of ns simply took a step aside oftener than we d , and rested more, we would laugh more.. By laughing I do not mean the silly gig le indulged iii by some -women and so ma, y girls. There is no outward mark which d monatrates thewo- man of shallow mind so iinmistakablyas that of giggling. There is n4 sense in the giggle; no benefit to be derived from it. It makes a fool of the person I herself, and lenders everyone . about her uncomfortable. .. illi ut just as. thegiggle is the outcome of a small mind,the hearty laugh is the reflection of a good. ood_ laughers in the world -not more g g- hEwealthy nature. What we want 'is more • . • A Mad Auctioneer. ' • Though John Doyle has intimated at, o time or a.notherthat he would accept the office of sheriff if it were tendered him, he admits now that it has some unpleasant duties attached which he did not know of ,when he 's4e-wi1ling to. take the job. One of these is the, seizure and sale of a bird st°1*; • , officiated at a !sale of that so t on 1-1 Smithfield street, Pittsburg. When he got to the store he found a crowd of peopl in front of it, admiring an unhappy lot of par- rots. He reasoned that eaoh person w nted a parrot,sohe decided to dispose' of hem first. Be 'mounted the counter, an in- vited bids for the first choice of the flo There was a woman there who see -me de- termined to buy a bird, no matter wh t the •coat. Shestarted the bidding at $,?,,' nd it Went up quickly to -$4. From that o _ the woman. had all the bidding to herself,t ough she did not know it. • "Four dollars Pm bid," sang byte.. -" $4, $4. Who'll make it $4.25? Do hear twenty-five cents? Twenty-five cente do I hear? Will yon make intwenty-five ?" • '-'Tereuty:five," came a. voice from the . . -backgroand. "Fifty," promptly said the 'woman. - "Four -fifty, four -fifty; do I hear seventy-five? Will you make it seventy- five?" - •. "Seventy-five,"' shouted the unknown voice. :" Five dollars !" shrieked the oman, as she glared in the direction o the other. bidder.. • . "Five dollars I'm offered e fir dollars ; make it -twenty-five; twenty-five do I hear? Will you make Lt. -twenty-five ?" , "Twenty-five !" came again from the other bidder. ".Fifty !" yelled the woman, who was angry by this time. "Five -fifty, five -fifty; do 1 he r seventy-. five ?" " Seventy-five," he heard. "Six dollars !" defiantly ser amed the • woman. "Six dollars, six' dollars; I am bid six dollars; are pan all done ?" "All done, came from the corner. . "Sold for six dollars to that lady over there," said the auctioneer: "1 was determined- to buy that bird if it cost me $10," she declared, as she paid for the $6 bird. "We will next offer this parrot and this fine cage," the auctioneer announced. "How much am I offered ?" The bidding was spirited. It finally nar- rawed down to a south ' side doctor,. • a. woman who , was the one who had bought the first parrot, and the quiet hut persistent' unknown in the corner. When the figures gat above $6 the woman dropped out, and the doctor and the unknown kept it up. The bids grew by quarters until $ •was reached. •.. ' --" Eight dollars, eight dollars j who' I make it fifty ?" asked the auctioneer, wh wanted to send it up high faster than at a • twenty -five -cent gait. - "Do I hear fifty_ cents.? Make it fifty." • - "Fifty," said the doctor's opponent. " Nine doll tin," shouted the doctor, net to be outclohe by the other fellow in liber- ality. - , - , "Nine dollars ? Nine dollars ! Do I hear fifty? Who'll make its fifty? No one. wan s • it at fifty? • Make it twenty-five? Giv nee twenty-five ! • DO I hear twent fiv'e'" Twenty-five !" came from the wind, "Nine twenty-five! nine . tiventy-fiv Will' you make it ten dollars ? (The dodo' shodk his head that he wouldn't.) "Ar you, all done at; nine twenty -Eva? Sold t the gentleman back in the corner for nin twenty-fivo,"adeclared the auCtioneen But no gentleman came foretard to get hi bird. The auctioneer requested lihn le vain to coine up and get it. Several pee - sons in the corner declared that it wah'somle one back of -them who was bidding. The auctioneer grew. angry. . . " See here," he said to the unknown, " I • want you to. Milne up here and pay for that parrot, or Til attend to you for making a false bid at a sheriff's sale. :Step up lively now." •. "Step up lively now," repeated the n4- , known. - 4 i Well, I'll be dallied i" exclaimed the man in the corner. . "What's the matter ?" asked the i auc- tioneer. - ' .• I do believe," ventured the men, ' that this yere parrot, have been doing all of theft • there biddinh" - I Then the woman who bought the first Tercet was angry. The doctor laughed. The auctioneer swore. The sale of parrots was stopped, and the remaining ones ' re- moved to the rear of the store, where they had. a room to' theineelves. , The sale of other birds,dogs,ra,bbits' and so on, was taken up. The pricea were llow. The life had been knocked out of the bid- ding.-ePittsburg Dispatch. • • • An Autumn Idyl: . _The leaves are falling and soon the treels will be bare. Eenh autumn leaf as it, quits the parent stem blushes to find itself free, and down it comes fluttering to the it - hospitable ground. • The warm sun hes shone upon it through 'the e bright summer days, the languid airhas kissed it, and the breeze has set it dancing ' in the sunlight, ' e little life is over and its but nee: rat the frost has touched it with its cold flger, itli busy day is done. NO more will if hear the song of birds or the humof bees, f r sup - mer days are ended and winter come apace. Do the 1 -eves _whisper good-bye ti each Makes thousands of women suffer in silence, rather than tell their troubles to • anyone. • To such Indian 'Woman's Bairn is a per- fect boon. It cures all womb troubles, corrects monthly irregu- larities, abolishes the agonies of pe3 child -birth, makes weak women strong, and renders life worth Jiving. For sale in Seaforth by J. S. Roberts. other as they drop from the branches and sail upon the wind, theirlife's work done, and do they dream of another life which shall not be incomplete? At no time of the year are they so bright and beautiful as in autumn, when grove and forest seetn as if a sunset cloud were wrecked amid the maples. The passing of the leaf is as the passing of human lives, for human Ryes like leaves have their appointed time to fide and die ; if not in summer clays, then by the ruder wind e of fall, and to -day the red and yellow leaves ase kissing the graves of loved ones who heve one. • • The Cultivation of Hazelnuts. The hazel nut will be introduced . largely before long as a emarnercial product. There are now millions of acres hi the States of wild hazel brush; which is a shrub about as high as a tin's head. Recently a new species of hazel lomb has been discovered in the state of Washington. It grows on a tree sixty feet Ion, which, because the stem is too slender t hold itself upright, runs along the gr und like a vine. In every pod it bears two nuts in place of the usual one. Grafts have been taken from it ,for planting. In England hazel nuts are largely cultivated. When newly harvested they are dried in lofts, after which they are packed in casks with- a; sprinkling of selt. In parts of Europe they are used, like the chestnut, for making 'read, and an oi is expressed from them. • WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Distress in the Back -Disturbed slee Cured by Two Boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. BERLIN; Oct. 19 (Special) -There has !oc- curred here another instance, of the wisdom of using Dodd's Kidney in any case of suspected kidney trouble, promptly at the outset. -This was in the ease of Mr. A. E. Fergusson, who, on being interviewed, said: -"1 had been suffering for some time with distress in the back, nervousness and dis- turbed sleep. But reaclipg in the paper one day the particulars of a cp.se vety much like my own I decided to u e Dodd's Kidney Pills, and precured one b x. • Being helped by the first few doses I c ntinued taking un- til I had used two boxes with the happy re- sult of a perfect cure." • Scottish Reserve. • Mrs. M. A. Waddell Rodg r writing in the Chitta.0 uan for October of "Life in a Highland Shooting Bok," 8 mike thus of a Scotch "011ie" and, his sist r. . Their reserve and lack of demonstration were truly Scottish. I happ ned to -be pre- sent when their brother, a theological' Student and the pride of t e family, came home from Aberdeen. His ister had not seen him for a year, and ins ea,d of rushing into his arms and. Welcoming him with kisses she reached out her hand, and giving his a vigorous shake, said, " How's a' wi' ye?" Her love for.end pride in him were limit- less, yet both would have blushed and been . half ashamed had either one offered any osculatory demonstration: It made cred- ible the story of the good deacon, who after being long engaged to a bonnie Scotch lassie at laet summoned cdurage enough to say; "Noo, Jennie, dines, ye think I might hae a kiss ?" Jennie assented and the deacon said, "But.we maun first ask a blessin'." That being done and the kiss given, he re- marked, AlieJennie, butf that was undo guid and no we mime return thanks." • • NeWs Notes. -Six families of Canadians who gave up their farms in the vicinity of Montreal to farm in the outskirts of Chicago, passed through Windsor Sunday on their way back to their old home, They found it harder to make money in Illinois, they .said, than in the Province of Qiiebee. ' - -At the missionary meeting in Carnegie Hall, New' York, on Sunday morning, llth inst, $110,000 in jewelryi securities and cash were contributed by those present to carry on the work of spreading the gospel.. It was the occasion of the sermon and offering in .connection with the thirteenth annual convention of the Christian Missionary _tl- lilace, the climax of two weeks of meetings. The Rev. A. B. Simpson, president end founder of the Alliance, delivered the mis- sionary sermon. •Ib was a simple address, describing the Missionary endeavors of Philip, Peter, Paul and Berna,bas. The point that he impressed on the audience was that the missionary was not a hero: He simply was paying his debts to God. • Mr. Simpson's plea had its .effecb. Women in all . parts of the house were wiping their eyes. Men were growing fidgety; Mr. Simpson continu 1, telling of _nsissionaries who laiddovnf1iir lives in their work and of marvellous sa 'Bees to help them. After- wards ushers passed through- the audience, issuing pledge cards. It was impossible to count the money as fast as it event in, but at the afternoon meeting it was announced • that the morning collection had netted .$110,000, more than $80,000 being in cash and stocks, the rest in pledges. MR.B1SHpP'STRAVELS. All China, Except the 34rautse Country, •. Is Hostile to i'oreigners. -Mrs. Bishop, Who is perhapsbeten known, to English speaking readers as Alis Bird, has recently descri bed in a Shanghai newspaper her la testimstern j ournoy, which tot:1k heithreugh parts of the province -of Szechuen unknown to European travel - erg. Leaving Shanghai on Jan. 10 last, she traveled up the Yang4se by steanier to Ichahg and thence by honseboat 300 mules to Wanhsien, where Mrs. Bishop left the riner and traveled by chair for 300 railes to Pan-ning, in Szechuen. She was much it noressed by the beauty and fertility of the country, the size and haudsome ap- pearance cif the farmhouses being espeeial- ly remarkable. Coal was in great abun- dance. Along the roadthe people exhibited great hostility, but the officials did all they could to protect her. From Paosning she , Went by Sinstientsi through a hilly but lees -interesting country to Mien-chau, still findinn coal and salt in great abundance. On her way to Kuanbsien, in the north- west corner el the greet plain of tlieng-tu, the capital of the province, she met with very bad treatment, being attacked and. stoned by the mob. One large stone strack her on the head and .inflicted injuries from which she suffered after hcr return. The Cheng-tu plain was another marvelous ex- • ample of fertility and wealth. Mrs. Bishop says she never saw anything like it any- where.. She traveled for 11 days across tho plain and found it irrigated in abun- dance in every part. It seems that ages ago -if is not known when -a man, who has had erected t) his memory the grandest temple in Chi et, divided the waters of the Min river in s tell a way that they fertilize the whole plain and make such an irriga- tion system that there can be neither floods non drought. Knanlesien is at the base of the hills, and is the center Inc the trade of ..portherrr Tibet. Thence Mrs. Bislem went up the Min river, which Chinese cons sider the actual Yang-tse, to Wei-chau, and etueniog tip the Li -fan -ting river, reached the town of that name. • Here the authorities did all they could to prevent her from entering the Monts° country .beyond. She persisted, however, and found the Mantsze to be semiinde- pendent tribes'who pay tribute to China, but are ruled by their own chiefs. Weir . appearance is quite Cancasiao, both LaCil and *omen being very handsome. They in_ 1059 fitrOl1e_11931SQPJ-Kitilli_d_ Alli(3/4 resemble Ietnial castles. ' Di nearly every Village, there is a high, square tower. The custonis are entirely different from those of the 7.3hi1iese. The people are rigid Bud- dhists, and the signs of their religion are veryw here. Mrs. Bishop forind them lendly and hospitable, and their country, s well, indeed, as the whole tbuntry after •caving the Min, "a comleination of Swit- erlaad and Kashmir." She went up to the ource of the Li -fan -ting river, a branch f the Min, on the Tsuktishaa mountain, nd crossing a pass nearly 14,000 feet high esceuded on the Rongkai river, an Alti- int of the Great Gold 4ver. Owing oubles between the tribe S here the bridg s • n the Rongkai were broken down, a d , he was unable to carry out her intenti n ef performing the 14 days' journey down o Ta-chion-lu, on the nostroad to Lhasn. rrold and enormous quantities of nitrate f sodanre found. on this route. The riv- s are ' torrents of emerald green and of bonsiderable width and a succession of rapids and cataracts the whole distance. On her return Mrs. Bishop recrossed the plain of Cheng-tu, descended the Min to Kia -ting. and thence through fertile and beautiful country to Chung -king. Everywhere, except among the Alantsze, ' sbe found a hostility to foreigners which astonished her by its intensity. She has no doubt that the people in Szechuen do' really believe that foreigners eat children elsewhere she saw children w ing a red or tear out their eyes, and in Ching-tu and cross on green ground as a charm against . foreigners. It seems that the sums paid to the French missionaries •for their losses in the riots has increased the popular resent- ment. -New York Post. • Advice That Is Easy to Follow. A highly unconventional conference is that which Dr. Schweninger, the Bis- inarckian body physician, has been giving in Berlin. The doctor told Berlin that he did not believe much lia the vaunted dis- coveries Of modern medical sCience. He thought that 50 years hence they would be laughed at just as much as these of 50 years ago were now. He didn't believe in hygiene either, nor in corsets, which he held to be the invention of a humpback; non in tall hats, which were as effective as haviag your hair out for the production of baldness. Cut hats, and don't cut your hair, if you want to keep it, was his ad- vice. As to eating, if you had a weak stomach, it must do what it liked With you. If you had a strong one, you might do what you liked With it. The doctor said nothing about dainking, but he made it pretty plain he did not think much of regimens. You ought to be a law unto yourself. He was once, the doctor said, in a country -which he left undesignated - where S01130 sheep and. goats had nothing but flint stones to eat and contrived to get fatter on that diet than other sheep and eats in flOWOry meads. It was simply a se of what you found .suit you best. - all Mall Gazette. Thick Koss Hides the Gold. W. Sam Clark, an old resident of Ala - Meda county, Cate who went to Alaska aeveral months ago in search of a fortune, made a tour of that country, and has sent a report- to his friends. He tells of the great suffering among the men and how they long to come home. "I would not encourage any one to come to Alaska this year," says Mr, Clark. "This land of glaciers* tuts Resurface rubbed and scoured and its golden seed scattered, until every stream and brook will show 'color.' Hence the cry that all Alaska is gold, and the metal is to be found from the grass roots down, but not in quantities that will pay' to work, except in a few localities. When the quartz veins of the country are found and the gold belt discovered and marked on the maps, then it will be time enougli. for men from civilized parts to come an locate their small 20 acres in this vast lam Tho meg§ blanket, iu places several fee thick, will hide for years to come from th prying eye of the miner its golden color There is room Inc all, but gold. for few.' -Los Angeles Herald. Liberia, Not a Paradise. Six colored, men who recently arrivedin • Philadelphia from. Liberia • say that. that country is anything bat a paradise, and they a,dviso colored men not to emigrate to it. Provisions are high. Flour sells whole-. sale at $16 per barrel and . salt meat at 16 cents per pound. The only cheap thing to be bad is very:bad whisky, which is sold at 4 cents for half a pint. It is brought there by German and English traders, and ono drink is sufficient to -put the most peaceful man into a fighting humor. Napoleon's Last Official A 't. Next day -Napoleon. performed 1 his I. st official net, which was one of grat co age both phYsieal and moral. The natio al guard in Paris had ban reorganiz d, but its officers had never been thoroughly loyal to the empine, many of them bei g royalists and sotne radicalrepublica s. Their dieaffectioni had been heightened recent events, but they were noverthel se summoned to the Tuileries; the risk wns doubled' by the fact that they came armed. Drawn up in the great chamber known as that of the marshals, they stood expectant; the -great doors were tlerown open, a id there entered the enape or, acconapanied only by his consort and tjheir. child ill the tirms of his governess, lme. de Montes- quien. Napoleou anno ced simply that he was about to put hims lf at the head. of his army, hoping, by the aid cif God and the valor of his troops, to drive' the eneniy beyond the frontiers: There was silence. Then, taking in ono hand that of the em- press and leading forward hisl child by the other, lie continued, "1 truet the empress and the king of Rome t4 thecour-• age of the national guard." Still silence. After a- moment, with suppressed emotion,' he concluded, "My wife and my son." No generous hearted Frenchman could with- stand such an appeal; breaking ranks by a spontaneous' impulse, the officers started forward in a mass and shook the very walls with their cry, "Long liVO the em- peror!" Many shed tears as they withdrew in respectful silence, and that night, OD the eve or his departure, the emperor re- ceived a numerously signed address from tbo veryanen whose loyalty he had. hither- to - had just reason to suspect -Professor Sloane in. Century. 3' Personal Questions. . Personal 'remarks, even if intended to be complimentary, are often coinplete fail- ures. You nmy like plumpness, but do not for that reason say, "Oh, my dear, you grow Plumper every day," unless you are sure the lady you 'address is not drinking vinegar and taking fat reducer for the pur- pose of having a waist like awasp. • Never, above all things, tell. any two people thstt they look alike until you know exactly what their private opinion cif each' other's personal appearance tinny be: Never talk, masked, about the complex- ion, size, figure, voice or manner of any acquaintance. It is nob' good manners" to flatter, and you may offend as deeply. by a compliment as by n. criticism, althaugli ,you may think it impossible. There are so many things to talk about -for instance, the faults of others -that there is no need of beginning a. chat ,uae necessarily with any one. An inquisitiVe person on a ferryboat once thus addressed a penfect stranger: :"I say, how did you lose your leg?" - The answer Was: By kicking ; inquisitive old. men °Ver- b/lard_ " e" • After a business caroer of ten years in the Town of Seaforth, I beg to return thanks to the people gclnerally and my customers in particular, for the liberal patronage extended to me in the petit I think few have more reason to be gratefulfrom a business standpoint. DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT Is complete, consisti g of the following Ines : SERGES, in blue, blaek, cardinal, garnet, gr en and cream - TWEEDS and TWEED EFFECTS in Afferent designs; SEBAST POL SUITL. S,-Brilliantines ranging in price from 35c up. We also Lime a very fine a. sortmerto of qhevt3t Suitings in the latest colors, and a rine of very attractive plaids for Waists. CLOT ING DEPARTMENT. Our Ready-to-wear lothing is kept on the second floor. __We think there is no doubt about it that nre have the best lighted clothing room in the county. You can examine every gentle t under the very best conditions that light and room can supply. Therefore, you will see atentewe have the faxilties for showing the goods to mutual advantage. We also think we have the beat assortment of clothingoutside the large titles. Our Top Coats are spec al value. We have them in Canadian and Irish Frieze, as well as Meltons, and for style and appearance we challenge comparison. READ In Men's in serges. Ca Boys' and Vosi leading featur a splendid coll Wallaughby. -MADE CLOTHING, uits we have an exceedingly large range both in sack and morning, and fit a man from 5 feet 3 to 6 feet 4. We intend to pay close attention to- th's Clothing. All ajees from 22 to 34. Men's waterproof Coats will beea. with us. We have them from $2 up to $12.. We have else placed in stock ction of Men's Fur Coats, consisting of Coon, Astrachan, Russian Bear and NOTION DEPARTMENT Is replete, with all the best and latestgoods in Kid, Cashmere and Silk -Gloves, at prices t at will make the corner store headquarters for close buyers, and whether you purpos baying Or not please ask the clerks to show you through our Yfose, Ribbonand small iare stock. Pase call and look through our stock. Only too pleased to show goods whether you. bay o 1 ot. We are not going to say anything about Groceries. • We have got there already'. B. B. GUNN, SEAFORTII. • THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE, ESTABLISHED 1867. HEAD OFROE, TORONTO. OA ITAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS - $6,000,000 RET 1' - - - - - - - 15000=0 B. E. WALKER, GENERAL MANAGER. SEAFORTH BRANOH. A General Bank* Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes discounted, Drafts issued, payible at all points in Canada and the principal tides in the United States, Great Britain, France, Bermuda, &c. SAYINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, and current rates of interest alio ed. larIntercst added to the principal at the end of May and Novem- ber each year. Special attention given to the collection of Commercial raper and Far - niers' Said Notes. F. HOLMESTED Solicitor. • M. MORRIS, Manager. • -There are now in the Dominion- of Canada, 8,840 post -offices, nearly 1,000 of which are only used during the summer months. -The Methodist church in Simeoe was burned down on Tuesday morning, ,13th inst. An intoxicated man carrying a lant- ern was s en coming from the church shed just befor the fire'and it is believed he set fire to th place. Loss, $10,000; insurance, $8,000. EP S'S• COCOA ENGISR BRE KFAST COCOA _ • • ossesses tite following- Distinetiv Merits : • licacy of Flavor, Su riority in Quality. GRAIIIEFUL and COMFORTING to the ERVOUS or DYSPEPTIC. Nulpritiv Qualities Unrivalled. Itt uarte -PoundiTins and Packets only. -PREPARED BY- - JAMES EPP ez CO., LTD.. Homosorarinc C y5751.8:613 , LONDON, ?MAN -D. RYCIrrnan'13 Kootenay Cure. S., S. Ityckman, Dear Sir, -I hal an ulcerated leg for four yeare, treated with doctors and tried all kinds of medicines. • I-Vele:nen% Kootenay Cure. • Joel DOwsos, Esq 78 -John Si., N , Hamilton. • I. V. Fear, Che i t and Druggist, of Sea - forth has received supply -If the celebrated Wrig t's Liver nd-amach Note well that atten ion to the livercans healthy action to the kid- ney%) ure bleed,good ppetite, sound sleep, no head- ache, po indigestion. he blessing of a sure and safe livsr and s °mach trouble 1A *Rhin your nteut b .50e. prov they are worth their Weight reach. One box, (co nplete treatment) an invest - in gold. • --ioa ea. • Signs of Worm are variable appetite, itching at the nese, etc, Dr. Low's Worm Syrup is the hest worm expeller, Fel' Infants .nd The fzr,- Diameters ef • A "lc/Woman's Heart. I, Derangement of the heart and nerves in womrn Is followed by varieug disorders, smelt as Hysteria, Mel- ancholia, Neuralgia, Bletplessness, Palpitation and Pains and Ache lo various parts of the body. In such eases strengthen' the hart and build -up the nervoua svsteor by the use of Alilburn'e Heart and Nerve Pills. RA - • Found. at Last. A liver pill that is sraall and sure, that acts gently, quickly and thoroughly, that dots not grim Laxo,- Laver Pills possets these ualities, bAng composed of strictly vegetable iaxativ4 and liver medicine.% and are a sure cure for Jiivr Complaint, Constipation, Sick Headache. etc. 'Scrofula. Cured. DICAR S1RS,—After I had dectored for two years for serefula all ever my body and received no benefit, I tried a bottle of Burdock Blood Bitters, which gave me relief verv qeickly, and after ming six bottles I was completely oured. I can recommend B.B.B. very highly. Mas. A. roan, ,Toronto, Ont. Biliousness and Liver 'Complaint, Headaehe, etc.. are cured by Bur odic Pills. • No Other Remedy. No other remedy cures Summer Complaint. Diar- rhoea. Dyeenteryi etc., so przinetly and quiets pain so {prickly as Dr Fawkes Extract of Wild Straw- berry. It is a p k_t doctor for turista, travellers, eto, denly Attacked. Children ate ftan attacked suddenly by painful and danger° solic, Cramps, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Mor us Cholera Iulantum, etc. Dr. Fow- ler's Extract of ild Strawberry is a prompt and sure cure, s 11ohl8hoU1d always be kept in the house. Norway Pine 3yrup strengthens the Lungs and cures all Throat frroubles, Coughs, Colda,'ete. °• • 'She Ought to Know. Having used liurdeck Bitters for 15 yeare 1 cannrt keep from reconmending it to others. I have sold hundreds ot a/Agee from ruy store, and as I kcep ether roe Baines I ought to know which sells best. It is a wonderfolltzdiciae. ,• Hagyard's Peet -oral 'Baltain cures Coughs, Cells, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. 1, I VI ' IO01add v•vm aJeMp.areg 0 0 5 2D) I:1 8 tr/ 4—'1•° 5 0 (") Cis de 0 `•-• cp NJ 0- 0 g af o ijp o w -CD IV •••• 0 p td Ott 1---A P. 0 0 0 2., { ui 0 iv i P4-6.4 I 6,4 p p4P P P„.4 F4,..4 0 • • .a b....I 1.1 CD;- p2 I M 1:1 P7.1) 5 4-p .9) A:s 0 p sa CPq 1-14• ri- FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS UNN S BAKING POWDER THECOOKSBESTFRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. CARRIAGE p_Aaiq-ilaisTC+ BERT WILLIAMS Desires to state to the public that he will continue the business so long carried on by his father, the lata JarriCS Williams, and is prepared to do all kinds of OARRIApE PAINTING In the l...ett and most artistie matter, and on the most reagonable terms. A trial is resp2ctfully so ' • SHOP -As formerly, over L. McDonald's Car: Works, Godetich street, SEAFORTI-I. 147041