The Huron Expositor, 1898-07-29, Page 44
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 29th,;
1888
The War. /
After suffering tbe destruction of their
fleet, or the best part of it, the slaughter of
them brave mariners and soldiers, to say
nailing of the great lose entailed upon them
in other ways by thepresent war opera-
tions, the Spanish authorities' have decided
to ate for peace. The following official
statement was given out at Washington ani.
Wednesday
• ” The French. Ambassador, on behalf of
the Government of Spain and by direction
of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs,
presented to the President this afternoon at
the White house a message from the Span-
! bah Government, looking to the termination
! of tbe war and the settlement of terms of
peace." -
The action Mich the United States Gov-
ernment will take in reference to the official
request for peace on the part of Spain, is
not yet known. It is likely, however, that
a cessation of hostilities will be declared,
agoeamong all olaeies, and the American
soldiers neem to be suffering severely from
y
disease, although they: are now very much
more comfortably provided for than they
were at first, but they are now suffering
from the hardships which they had to en-
dure in the early part of the campaign.
Yellow fever is very prevalent, but it is
said to be of an unusually mild type, and
although many are sink, there have been
few deaths. The reports seem to indicate
that the entire Shafter army will remain at
Santiago -in the mean time until all traces
of yellow fever are obliterated, lest should
they return to the United States, tihey
might spread the disease there.
On the whole, prospects tor peace are now
brighter than they have been since the
opening of the war, and it is likely that
tbere will not be any more serious fighting,
although large forces ot American troops
will have to be kept at their present posts
until a'permanent peace irr arranged, and
that will, necessarily, take aome time.
and that negotiationa for peace will be im-1
mediately thereafter commenced. What -
demands the United States will make on
her unfortunate rival, it is impossible to
predict. It is altogether likely, however,
that Wain will have to give up all control
over Cuba and Porto Rico, and permit the
.Americans to have a coaling station on one
of the Philippine islands. In addition to
thie, of course, there will be a War indeni-
nity. If Spain is let off on these conditions
she will fiave nothing to complain of.
In the Mean time, General Miles has land -
ea a large force of men, infantry and artil-
lery on the island. of Porto Rico. He has
taken the harbor and Spanish fortifications
-at Guanica, where he has landed his troops.
He is ilipported by a portion of Sarripson's
fleet from Santiago., The Spanish made a
weile resistance, but Were soon silenced and'
driven back by the guns of the fleet and t he
superior American forces. The Spanish flag
*wastaken from the fort and replaoed by Old
Glory, and now the American army are in
full and updisturbed possession osf the har-
bor and, villaee. If the peace • proponitiona
do not a once atop further hostilities,Miles'
forces will at eince proceed to take poems's-
ion of the. capital city of the island and thus
gain full possession.. It is - most probable,
however, that Miles' army and fleet will )e -
;main where they are -now until the result of
i'..the peace negotiations are made known.
A large force of American troops- were
landed at or near Manila last week with a
view of aiding Dewey's fleet, which bag
been lying in the harbor there for several
weeks, to take possession of that City. Re-
ports say that this has already been done,
but this report Iacks confirmation Pie
time of writing. Another report id to the
effect that all the European powers' 'except
England have had a conference and have
decided that no matter what the action of
the United Soates may be, the Philippines
mnst remain in the posseasion of Spain. If
this report is correct, the action of the
powers may cause trouble, as no matter
what disposition the Americans may deter-
mine to make of their Philippine 'conquest,
they will notcare, now in the flush of vic-
tory, to be taken by the theoat, as it were,
by the other powers, and thus be forced to
take their hands off Manila. It is in the
settling -up process that the greatest danger
to the peace of the wosid lies, and it will
take cool heads on die Part of the American
statesmen to's-a-arrange affairs as -to satisfy
their own people and steer clear of entangle-
ments with the other European powers.
General Shelter seems to be placing
things into tolerably good shape in Santiego.
He h getting food supplies for the thous.
ands of starving people there as rapidly as
they can be procured from the United
States. But the people were in such ter-
ribly deetitute circumstaaces, there were so
many to be fed and so little to feed them
with; that the problemn was not an easy
one, but money will overcome_ many and
great difficulties, and the Americans have
lots of it and are using it with a lavish hand.
Indeed, it must be said to the everlasting
credih of the American nation, that they
have treated their prisoners of war, and
the people who -have fallen into their hands
throurgh oonqueet, with unprecedented kind-
ness and generesity. Instead of showing
resentment to their fallen foe they have, in
every instance, treated him with' respect,
a and have heapekapon him everywhere the
greatest kindneas. In this respect they
have shown the fruits of a high civilization,
and hart set a noble example to ether
European nations under similar circum-
. stances. The poor unfortunates who have
fallen into their hands, also, seem to ap-
preciate this treatment and acknowledged.
it with a surprised gratitude. Business lias
already been resumed itt Santiago, the city
is being cleaned up and put in as sanitary a
condition as posaible, and both Spanish and
Cuban citizens appear to be _more pleased
than othersvise at the turn affairs have
taken. The only dissatisfied people are the
Cuban officials and soldiers. They appear-
ed to think that as soon as the Americans
bad captured the city and provinee they
should have handed over the reins of gov-
ernment and everything else to them to do
they pleased. And because General
Shatter teemed. to do this, bat preferred to
retain control hinnelf, Garieia, the -Cuban
geeeral, and his fellow officers are in high
dudgeon, and have withdrawn their troops
to the interior of the ielacd, and refuse
longer to ee•operate with the American
The Blind will not Bee.
The Seaforth Exrosrron takes exception
to the &Nee eomment two weeks ago on its
declaration that, " as vet it bas not been
proven that there are either spoilsmen or
spendthrifts in the Liberal party. Its re-
ply is first tbat it did not in the past con-
demn the Conservative Government for ap-
pointing "-M. P.'s into fat offices' and
therefore it ought not to 'be ' °ape:tad to
blame a Grit Government fordoing so now.
Second, that the Star cannot , show that any
" deals " have been put through, and that
not a corrupt sot. hoe been proven against
the overnment or any member of it. It
yr;
ma be COSS THE 'EXPOSITOR believes the
members:of the present Governmentetre the
embodiment of political honor, who- would
scorn to consider anjemotive but that of the
country's good, without reference to party
and personal ends. If so, Our guileless con-
temporary differs very- much from such
other Liberal exponents as the Huntingdon
Gleaner, the Montreal Witnees, the Dundee
Banner, the Bobeaygeon Independent, and
others we might :name. ell THE EXPOSITOR
says it did not condemn the appointment to
government officers of Tory M. P.'s in tbe
past, we must take its word for it ; but if
there is anything Grit journals and Grit
members have denounced, bpth in the
House and, out, it haebeen this very thing.:
What does THE Exrosrron think of it ;
THE EXPOSITOR has read the denunciation.
by journals of its own party. of the Yukon
deal, the Montreal harbor tele (declared by
the Witness to be a -waste of money for the
benefit of political land schemers), the gold_
dredging leases given out secretly to party
friends the harbor dredging contracts
awarded to relatives of the ministers, men
in some cases who have nota dollar's worth
of dredging property, and the dismissal of
'tory office holders that their jobs may be
filled by clamorous Grit applieente. THE
,j4;XPOSITOR has partizan " theek ". enough
to deny all this, or say every event was as
righteous as the moral law, but the facts
are so strong as to call for repeated warn-
ings by Liberal papers whose record for
political honesty and consistency THE EX-
POSITOH will never be able to emulate.—
There is * great deal of sickness at eanti-
the Montreal harbor works, and perhaps
other matters have begin adversely criticised
t , .
by Reform journals. But these adverse
criticising do not make these transactions
deals " and " jobs," as the Star wishes to
make its readers believe. For instance, the
v1ontreal Witness strongly approved of the
Yukon bargain, While it as strongly con,:
damned the. Montreal harbor transaction.
Now, taking the Star on its own evidences
Witness
the Wits
which time
will it prance say
wan right and which time wrong. As to the
gold dredging leases, which the Star says
were given out secretly to party friends,
we do not know anything about them ex-
cept what we have seen in the Mail, the.
Star and other such authorities. Charges
of wrong doing in any such direction have
never been made in iParliament that we are
aware of. It they have, will the Star please
furnish us the data.
- Two weeksago, it will be remembered,
we asked the Star to point out even One
instance when either itself or any other
Conservative paper has censured a 'Conser-
vative Government for appointing members
of Parliament to offices in their gift. We
further asked it to point out any " deals "
that'either Messrs. Tarte, Sifton or Blair
hid been getting through " that 'would
justly entitle them to be called " spoils -
men " and " spendthrifts'," as the Star bad
designated them. We also asked it to
point out one corrupt act, Cat has been
proven against either of these gentlemen or
any other member of the Laurier Govern-
ment, since they assumed office. The
above is its reply. We might well leave it
with our readers without further comment!
If this im the.best the Star can do in reply
to such explicit challenges, it ie ricarcely
worth continuing the controversy with it.
We only now ',refer to it to show how weak
the case of our; opponents is when they are
cornered up and brought to close quarters.
When allosfed to,indulge in generalities and
bombast and abusea they can make a big
noise, but that is, really, the extentof it.
THE EXPOSITOR is sufficiently " guileless'
to believe the present Governmente collect-
itrely and individually, honegt, and desirous
of , advancing the beat interests of the
country whose affeirs they have been ap-
pointed to manage. We are justified in be-
lieving We until the contrary is proven.
Has the Star in tbe above article proven
them to be dishonest or neglectful of the
interests of the country ? We are not re-
sponsible for the opinions of other papers,
and we would not be justified in asking our
readers to condemn the Government on
such evidence. But that is what the Star
ie doing. THE EXPOSITOR • examines into
matters for itself. We have examined into
these charges preferred by the opposition
journals like the Star, Itgainst the Govern-
ment, at heist as closely as the public docu-
ments and the discussions in Parliament
would permit, and we have corns to the con.
clusioh that they are baseless and false.
Before we leave this point, therefore, we
again ask the Star to subm it its proot that
in the Dominion Government. If it can not
do so it must rest under the charge which
it has brought upon itself,. of bearing false
witness against its opponents.
We have frequently declar ed ourselves as
to the propriety of appointing members of
Parliament to public positions in the service
of the state,but we shall do so again just for
the edification of the Star. The tact of a
man occuping the position of a member of
Parliament should notbe a bar to his being
appointed to a public position if he is other-
wise entitled to it and capable of efficiently
discharging the duties pertaining to it•
This is also the view held by the Star when
its own friends were in office, but now that
they are in; the cold shades of opposition
and the appointments go to the --other fel-
lows, it professes to have changed its mind.
Our positiondn this respect is not inconsis-
tent with the principles and platform of the
Liberal party. For, while individual mem-
bers of the party and certain newspapers
have held and still hold different • views, as
they have a perfect right to, we are not
aware of any resolution of other document
adopted by the LiberaFparty, either in or
out of Parliament, laying down any contrary
principle. If }the Star knows of any, we
would be greatly obliged -to it for pointing
it out.
It is quite true that the Yukon bargain;
RUJ'R,ON EXPOSITOR
hag and feeding
is the correct one.We
have aome t4the oonolusion that the best
breed of begs for the fanny export trade is a
oross of a Tumoral boar and Yorkshire
sow. The food for the first four months of
the pig's existence would make really very
little difference whether it be corn or
smaller ' grains. flowerer, front four
months:up to the time it is marketed,. say
for six months, we are of the opinion thea
the use of corn should be discontinued en-
tirely and the animal fed on peas, barley or
crushed oath, with a fair proportion of green
e of the opinion
re sego We W P
vegetable food
that the weight of hogs should not !exceed
200 pounds, nor do we think that more than
six hop should be fed together in a pen, as
then there is no crowding among tbem at
feed -time, and it is necessary that the ani-
mal should be given all the comfort possible.
We have seen some very flue hogs raised in
dairy alistricts, and we believe that On-
tario is singularly ularly fortunate in this respect,
having such a large number of dairy farms.
These always bring good, healthy pigs with
a very fine quality of meat. The Canadian
hog -raiser is away ahead of the American at
present, at least in so far as the English
market Is concerned. The Canadian singed
Wiltshires`command a very high premium,
and rank almost equal with the finest Dan-
; ish bacon on the London market.
In conclusion, we agein.give the Star the
challenge to point out WEN ONE corrupt act
that hs►s been reovere against any member'
of the Laurier Government since they as-
sumed office. THE EXPOSITOR is not
under any obligation to any Government
or any member of any Government, and is
just as free to oondemn wrong . doing by
either the Dominion or Provincial Govern-
ment as the Star is. And if the Star *ill
point out the proved -wrong doing we shall
aid it in condemning it. If it can not -do
this, -it should -have the decency to hold its
peace. Thus far, in its liberal use of
abusive epithets to its eolitical , opponents,
it„does not seem to have any better +jnstifi-
4ation than malevolence and spite, the
legitimate fruits of political bigotry. When
the Star manfully accepts the very plain
challenge we have given it, we may again
•
have a word with it. Until then, however,
it is not worth while wasting time and
space noticing its quibblingsand contortions.
We shall leave it to the tender mercies and
perhaps the ridieul.ot ,its readers, who we
are sure, are entirely too intelligent to be.
influenced by such pabulum as it dishes up
to them in the above paragraph.
The Constable Vote.
The Montreal Herald, which may be con-
siderered in some measure, as representinfi
disinterested opinion, makes the following
sensible remarks concerning the election
constable vote which is now so deeply agi-
tating the Conservative press and poli.
ticians of the like stripe. It says :
Hon. A. S. Hardy is Aiming the country
• some of that fighting qpality for which he
has been celebrated ever since his entry into
politics. It will be remembered in the last
general election in Ontario• the result was
exceedingly close so close in fact that tor a
short time the donservative leaders enter-
tained some hope that their party had been
successful. As it turned out, Mr. Hardy
came through with a small majority, large
enough, however, to warrant him in contin-
uing in office for another term of the Legis-
lature, unless the •bye elections should re-
sult adversely. In tbe eager canvassing of
the prospects for election petitions some in-
genious Conservatiee evolved the opinion
that constables employed by the Crown to
preserve order at the polling booths were
disqualified from voting, although for thirty
years they have been voting, and no one
ever before challenged their right to do: so.
Their is just a possibility that on purely
technical grounds the courts would be ob-
liged to sustain this opinion and to :decide
against the constables having the right to
vote. The act under which the elections
are held contains a section designed to limit
the expenses of the candidates, so that they
may not be able, by giving employment to a
large number of persons, to bribe them
under the excuse of legitimate employment.
Persons so employed are not allowed to vote.
Plainly it was never intended that persons
employed by the Crown, and especially
those employed for the express purpose of
preserving the peace should be disqualified.
Tee issue has been raised, however. and the
ground taken tbat all are disqudified from.
voting who receive payment for services in
connection with the election " frOm any
person whatever." Deputy returning officers
and poll clerks are specially stated to be en-
titled to vote, and the omission of refer-
ence to constables applies equally to the
case of persons who rent buildings for
public meetings, or -who derive profit in any
other way from -the ordinary process of an
election. No one can consistently argue
that the performance of such services should
disfranchise a citizen, as without them our
elections would be an impossibility. _* *
in grappling promptly with the difficulty,
given fresh evidence that the confidence of
the people in his ability and sagacity is '
amply justified, and Liberals everywhere
will weleseme this demonstration of the fact
that he poesesses, to a marked degree, that
element of courage which is so essential to
successful leadership of men.
Editorial Notes and Comments.
‘" My generals are all wounded and I have
hot a colonel lett," wailed poor old Toral as
be surrended Santiago. If csolonels were al
that Toral needed the United States coul
have lent him a few and scarcely missed
Mr, John A. Ewan, the Globe's war cor.
respondent, thinks it was a mistake to put
a big man like Shaffer at the head of the
American forces at Sentiage. Whereupon
the Ottawa Citizen remarks : " We don't
know about that. Shatter may bele° big a
man to fight; but he is also too big a man to
run." Mr. Ewen says Shafter weighs
over three hundreel pounds and is _seriously
afflicted with gout. Under these circum-
stances he is not likely to run far with the
thermometer registering over a eundred in
the shade.
JULY 29, 1898v
as member. That is precisely what Ir.
Herd : and hie friends propose . shall . he
Hardy
done—they
e n't trust the High
Cour
t
Judges, to whom only a few weekago the
referred the question of constable, voting.'
the absurdityand disho esty
of
grasp
Star's statements we need o ly say
that Mr. Hard'and his friends Mike no
such proposition, All they pro poa is to
prevent the danger amen whose votes have
been unquestioned by both parties for
thirty years from being disfranchised
„through any obscurity in the 'act, The
a' d
.afar
proceed
thereafter n
is will
trials le
of
e
will be conducted in precisely the same
manner as if this legislation had, not been
enacted. Suppose the deputy•returning
officers, who have the appointing of the
election constables,appointed Conservatives,
would the Star now he clamoring • to have
their votes thrown out, even if the law per-
mitted it ? Come now, Mr. Star, answer
fairly and honestly.
The Farmers' Sun says : Some of the
Conservative newspapers ate attributing
the increased price of binder twine to the
removal of the duties by the Liberals. If,
the Liberals are to' be held responsible for
the increased price of binder twine they
The Toronto Telegram says " New
Brunswick Conservatives have wisely de-
cided against the theory of no partyism in
provincial affairs, and in deciding to run
provincial contents on party lines they have
taken the first step towards the political
purification of their Province." This ie all
very true, although it is strange doctrine
for a professedly Independent journal to
preach. It is often said that there is no
need for parties in the Proeincial Legisla-
tures. This like a good many other
theories sounds all right, but it won't
work °tit right in practise. Partyism alone
will insure honesty and efficiency.
The St. Marys Journal,, Conservative`
though it be, is not so color blind that it
can not recognize a good thing when it sees,
it. It says : The report of the Provinciai
Inspector in road making, Mr. A.W. Camp-
bell, lies before us. It is :a doegolut re-
pleth with just the information the 'termer,
the town councillor and the municipal
officer requires. As we have,said repeated,
ly the appointment of a Provincial Road In-
structor was orie of -the wisest and best
moves our Ontario Legislators made in late
years, and although we cannot endorse
many of the acts of that body, this is one
which has met our heartiest approval. Not
only have we been satisfied with - the crea-
tion of the office but equally so with the
appointment of tlie incumbent. Mr. Camp-
bell is a wide awake, energetic, capable
officer. He has worked like a Trojan since
his appointment and in a few years,
with the experience and knowledge of the
requirements ;'of the various parts or the
Province which he is acquiring by persistent
personal effort, he Will be a valuable man to
the Province at large.
The Hensall Observer puts the matter
straight as follows : Much fault has • been
found with Hardy for calling the Legisla-
ture to make legal the votes given by the
constables at the last election, but he would
be.a natural born fool were he not to avail
himself of this chance to save his Govern-
ment. We think Whitney would do the
same under similar circumstances, if not he
is not the able man we believe him to be,.
and don't you forget it.
At the meeting of the Masonic Grand
Lodge held last week, at Toronto, the fol-
lowing officers were elected : Grand Master,
E. T. Malone, Toronto ; Deputi Grand
13
Master, R. B. Hungerfdrd, London ; Grand
Senior Warden, Henry Rush, Pet rboro ;
Grand Chaplain, Rev. H. 8. eldtthewse
Newmarket • Grand Treasurer, Hugh Mur-
ray, Hamileon ; Grand Regiatrar L. 11,
Congdon. Dunnville ; Grand Secredtry,J. J,
Mason, Hamilton ; Board ef General Pur -
Semi, M. D , Brantford ; Benjamin Allen,
Toronto • A. R. Hargrift, Coboutg. Mr.
W. J. Miooney, Stratford, was appointed
District Deputy for district No. 4, Huron,
and Mr. William Irwin, Listowel, for dis-
trict No. 5, North Huron.
The Pork and Pig Business.
There is a good deal of discussion among
breeders and feeders as to the most profit-
able bteeds of pigs to raise, and the best
feeds with which to fatten th,em so as to get
the best results in the market. As might
be imagined, there is quite a differenee of
opinion on all these points. Some advocate
one breed and some another, whitest -time are
favorable to the feeding of corn with other
grains and others oppose the feeding of }corn
in toto. However, it is gratifying to learn
that our pork is not only holding its own in
the British markets in competition with the
products of other countries, but is coming
rapidly to the front. With care on the
part of all concerned, we anticipate that in
a very short time our. pork will occupy as
good a position in the old country markets
as our cheese does, and be as actively'. sought
after. When this is the result, an addition-
al very profitable branch of husbandry will
be opened to our Cenadian farmers. As
those who have to supely this -market direct-
ly, the pork packers, ere the most likely to
be in a position to know what` the require-
ments of the markets are, it would be the
part of wisdom for our breeders (I n d feedere to
go as nearly as possible by their directions.
With the intention of adding to the infor-
mation of those engageddn the pig raising
and feeding buainess, as well as encourage-
ment for them on the strength of the very
favorable position which their product has
already acquired in the British markets, we
by Mr. Armonr, the head of the great Ar-
mour Packiug Company of Chicago, in a
letter recently received ' from him by the
Ontario Department of Agriculture on this
important subject. Mr. Armour Says :
It was, however', a revelation to us to see
the splendid condition and fine appearance
of the Canadian•hogs, and we feel very sure
that the Canadian system of careful breed -
should in all firirners receive credit for the
splendid crop of wheat. They: are just as
responsible for one as for the other. The
truth is that the.increase in the price of
binder twine is not owing to the removal of
the duty, but in spite of it. It has . been
brought about by causes with which . the
tariff has no connection. It bas been almost
solely brought about by a combination
which has cornered a large portion of the
raw material used in th; manufacture of
twine. The rise in price is not confined to
Canada, but is general over the whole con-
tinent. It is only a ooineidence that in
Canada the increase in price has oeourred
shortly alter the removal of the duty. Had
the duty been kept on it would have been
easier to corner twine in Canada than it is
to -day, when twine can be shipped to and
fro between this country and : the. United
States, without restriction. . To =deal with
the present situation we must consider
other questiona than the tariff.:
Te special correspondent of the Globe,
writing from Dawson on Jane 22nd, says •
that the people of the Yukon are commenc-
ing already to fear a famine in that country
on account of low water in the rivers and
the consequent difficulty of gutting enpplies
into -the country. The price of' flour is even
now twice as dear as it was last year, being
worth $24 per 100 pounds. She also says :
" The first fortunate arrival with fresh eggs
found ready purchasers for them -at $18 a
dozen. Oysters sold for $1 each, potatoes
for $1 a pound, but prices are ,down now
and eggs can be bought for $3, oranges for
50e'to 65c each. Newspapers still command
a good market and bring 50e to $1 each." ,
It will require pretty rich finds to 'keep up
this sort of thing long.
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TO BE CLEARED BEFORE THE
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The whole lot put, on s table and
Price to be 10 cents a yard
for your choice
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of samples of
gimEmcppi ifipTs
Colors : Grey, Brown and Black
And we are going to sell them as we
bought thent,. that is a great
deal below their
real value
Come in. an examine them .
_and we will ask you a price
that the smalhiess will sur-
prise you.
The Toronto Telegram • remarks " It
was bad for Mr. Hardy that the general
elections ewe on when Ontario was sick
and disgusted with the Yukon bargain."
The Yukon bargain had as much influence
on the Ontario elections as the man in the
moon. Besides, the people of Ontario were
neither " sick " nor " disgusted " with the
Yukon bargain. Most of them thought it a
very profitable bargain for the counery as a
whole.
A bill which has recently passed the New
York State Legislatute provides that in
Greater New York no teacher shall receive
salary of less than $600 a year, less ,than
$800 after ten years or less than $1,500
after fifteen years' service. The tralaries of
the principals are made relatively higher.
While we know the people of this province
are not prepared to indorse legislation of
thiskind, there is no doubt that the teach-
ers are largely under -paid, considering the
very great importance of the service that
should be rendered. The Woodstock Sen-
tinel Review says : " A few months ago in
a neighboring village there were over one
hundred applicante for a public school posi-
tion, the remuneration attached to which
was $250 annually." And this is not by
any means an exceptional case. The ques-
tion naturally, arises : Are we eafeguardin g
the interests of our children in giving them
over to the care of those who do not con-
sider their services of more value than is
represented by that for which some teachers
are willing tolwork ? Would it not often
be better to enconeage better men and wo-
men to enter the Profession by the offering
of larger rower& for capable service ?
As a sample of the nonsense which some
of the Opposition papers get off, we give
the following from the Goderich Star of last
week : " To grasp the absurdity and dis-
honesty of the plea on which the Legislature
is called to meet on August erd, imagine
Mr. J. T. Garrow sitting as judge for the
trial of the protest against his own election
The Cubans and the Refugees.
Mr. John A. Ewan, the clever war cor-
respondent of the Toronto. Globe, who is
now with the American troops at Santiago,
and where he has been since the invasion of
Cuba, has not a very high opinion of the
Cubans. In his last letter to the Globe he
paints the following rather sad picture :
It is no exaggeration to say that after the
battle of J uly 1st the Spaniards enjoyed a
greater popularity in the army than the
Cubans did. After the rack of the town of
El Caney the latter stood very low id the
esteem of those who had coin*, from- across
seas to their rescue. The universal verdict
was that they were not worth the powder
that was being burned ' on their behalf.
They, or rather those of them whom we see
at Siboney are a- poor, nerveless looking
race, to whom even machetes and guns do
not impart a warlike aspect. They are; in-
deed, the mixed Spanish-Americans who
have made so utter a failure of government
in all of Spain's former American posses-
sions. Any sober-minded man who looks at
them realizes the contract that the United
States has assumed in undertaking to settle
their affairs. If the island is managed like
a territory it will be an inferior degree of
liberty to that whiel Spain professed to be
willing t? confer. If she hands it over to
the inhabitants to do whatever they like
with it, the process of deterioration which
has been going on for a long time will be a6-
celerated. As it is, the people are on the
-thin borderland between civilization and
barbarism. In the commie, districts thou-
sands of families posseu none of the pro-
ducts of civilization except a few cotton
rags which might be dignified by the name
of garments. The children go perfectly
naked, and many of the:boys, even up to
their fourteenth year, wear nothing but a
breach -cloth. Full grown men wear nothing
but a pair- of tiousers. The garb ot the
females is less in many_ cases than modesty ,
demands. In their homes, if palmetto huts'
can be called, such, cocoanut shells and
gourds take the places of plates, howls, and
other domestic utensils. I have not seen a
cow on the island. I have not seen a wagon,
except a United States army wagon, any.
where. A people in this stage ot civiliza-
tion would readily slip back into barbarism.
The process, I am told, is going on in Hayti,
where, after a century of negro rule, canni-
balism is beginning to be heard of in the
faetnestes of the Wand.
It is said that 16,000 refugees came out of
Santiago the day before the second bom-
bardment opened. A great number of them
took refuge in El Caney, and the whole
place was swarming with them. The beet
families in the place were represented
amongst them, although, of course, a great
proportion wad evidently the scum of the
town. There is no food to spare in Santi-
ago, and of courbe they brought out none'
with them. They immediately became a
charge on the American commissariat. As
that body is already more than burdened
with the task of providing for the American
soldiers, famine immediately appeared -
among these crowded masses of women and
children in El Caney. Over the scenes that
ensued it is best to draw the veil. Some of
them were not creditable to the_ American
soldier. Jewels and trinket!, and favors
still more precious to womanhood, were
openly traded for hardtack and canned beef.
It is a subject that cannot be referred to,
but has to be put down on the list of ;black
villainies that run hard on the heels of wet.
It might he mentioned here, in closing,
that everywhere the colored troops have
borne the palm for steady, disciplined, effec-
tive valor. Their notions of soldierly morals
are decidedly inferior, but, in action their
officers declare that finer troops cou'ld not
be found anywhere, and, in this judgment,
officers of white eegiments concur.
Come with the orowdzi
Perth Notes.
—Mr. C. M. French, of Mitchell, attend-
ed the Masonic grand lodge in Toronto last
week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood, of Mitchell,
have gene to make a visit with their son at
Douglas, Manitoba.
—Mr. Charles Hinz, son of Mr. John
Hinz, of Logan, has gone to Reston, Mimi-
toba, to viait bis sister..
—John Ruthie, an old Perth pioneeredied
at Burnside ls,st week. Deceased had been
ailing for some time.
—James Dunbar, of Morningdale, suc-
cumbed to an attack of Bright's Disease on
the anniversary of a day whieh it had been
his won't to celebrate, viz., July 12th. Dur-
ing his illness he was visited almost daily
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THE CORNER STORE, - MN ME I= Seaforth.
by his faithful rector, Rev. T. G. A. Wright,
B. A., of Miebank, and died in trhe full
hope of a glorious resurrection. His funeral
cortege of sorrowing friends and neighbors
consisted of seventy-four rigs, which goes
fifth anniversary of their entry on married
life. , Mr. and Mrq. Robb, who were . at-
tired in the costumes which they wore on
the happy occasion twenteefive years ago,
were the recipients of congratulazions from
to show.the esteem in which he was held. many friende from Stratferd and ebiewhere,
The bereaved family have the entire 'qui- as well as numerous appropriate, presents.
pathy of the community in their sad afflic-
-Rev. W. A. Bradley, of Mitchell, it at-
tending the Niagara Bible Conference, which
meets at Point Chauteuqua, N. Y.
—Mr. and Mrs. eS. Harris, of Munro,
have gone on a trip to visit their many
relatives and friends in Manitoba.
—Mr. John-Reynett, freight agent at the
switch. St. Marys, has been appointed to
act as substitute of the agents on the road.
—Manager Preston of the Stratford Mill
Melding Company, w'ho ia ill with typhoid
fetter, is much better, *1 hopes are enter-
tained for his speedy reebvery. -
—Joseph Pearn, of- Anderson, has sold
his 100 acre farm, on the erd line pf Blau -
shard, to James Stephen, of -Andereon, for
$5,500.
—A Gilbert, of Millbaele, who underwent
a critical operation on the remaining part of
his arm in the General Hospital, Toronto,
recently, is slowlY recovering.
—Mr. Charles H. Trini and his mother,
of .Mornington. have arrived home atter a
three months' jaunt through British Colum;
bia, Washington Territory and Oregon.
—Wm. Lupton, of the Gore of Downie,
went to Brandon, Manitoba, last week, via
C. P. R. Mr. Lupton will spend some time
in the Prairie Province for the benefit of
his health.
John Byers, who is Carrying on a
successful drug business hi OA -Ville, visited -
his parents in Mitchell tor a few days lately,
when his little brother, Clarence, returned
—Mr, Leslie Brooks, son of Mr. . James
Brooks, of Mitchell, who has been working
in Toronto for the past four years, - at the
jewelry business, hes accepted a similar
situation in Stratford.
—Mrs. (Dr.) Parker, of Brace Mines,wher
has been visiting her parente at Sebring-
ville for some weeks past, returned home
last week, accompanied by Mr. Theodore
Parker, who wilevisit Mackinac before re-
-A tittle son of Mr. Thomas Annie, of
Zion, came very near being killed a short
time ago. He wael waiting in a buggy outt
aide of the house for his father, when the
horse ran away, injuring him to such an ex-
tent that sixteen stitches were required to
bring the cuts together en his head.
—Some months ago Mayor O'Donoghue -
of Stratford, offered a silver medal, to be
pretented to the candidate obtaining the
highese marks at the entranceexaminations.
The prize bas been won bir Stewart Leitch,
son of Rev. M. L. Leitch, who received a
total of 908 marks: The lad is only 12
—Henry Jacobs, carpenter, employed on
the reconstruction of,Knox church, Strat-
ford,' met with a bad accident a short time
-ago, when a large ladder fell on one of hie
arms. At the time it was not thought that
the member bad been seriously injuted, but
a medical examination showed that it had
been fractured.
--News of the death of Mr. Wm. King,
second son of Mr. James King, of Stratford,
has been received from Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
where deceased was employed as waiter in
the National hotel. Consumption is -said to
have• been the cense of death. Decesered
was about twenty-five years of age and un-
married.
—Notwithstanding that Sunday night,
July 17th, was the hottest of the year, the
Meehodist et nrch, Mitchell, was crpwded to
the doors to hear Rev. H. N. Casson, of the
Lynde, Massachusetts, Labor church, preach
an eloquent, interesting and instructive:
sermon. His suhjest was " Social salve,
tion," and his text, " God made man in
His own image."
—What might have proved a fatality oc-
curred in Mr. Wm. Dougherty's barn last
weekeat Millbank. While in the act of
moving the hay fork from one mow to an-
other, it fell to the barn fioor, where Rod.
Serachan had been standing. His eye
ught sight of it in its descent, barely in
time to enable him to dodge his head, but
not soon enough to remove his foot. The
result is a badly lacerated ankle.
—While Master Lloyd Deem, of Mill-
bank, was engaged with several playmates
in playing the game ot " throwtng the
fork." He threw his mitther's carving fork
over his head, intending to strike the
ground perpendicularly, instead of whict it
penetrated hie ankle to the joint. The lit-
tle sufferer has been in extreme pain during
the two weeks ainee the accident. At pres-
ent the doctors are debating whether or not
to remove the foot.
e —It is reported that Mr. Wm. Schoen -
hills, son_ of ler. George Sehoenhals, of
North Easthepe, is with the Thirty-third
regiment of Michigan, at the front, Mr.
Schoenhals left home four or five years ego,
and has been heard from very seldom since
teen. " Bitty," as be was ILDOWIF by his
chums, eta beg strong fella*, and would
make it pretty hot for any Spaniard who
got into a scrap with him. His many friends
in North Easthope bope that he may come
through the war uninjured.
—Mr. Wm. MeTilerish, of North East -
hope, lost a valuable horse under peculiar
circumstances, not long ago. The farm
hands were busy drawing hay, and in order
to things as cool as possible, the front
and back doors were kept open. A number
of horses were pasturing near the front
door and a dog chilled eone of them into'
the barn. Seeing the back doer epen the
animal made a dash to get out; and fell
heehi over head about seven feet, breaking
his neck. The horse Wu a good one, and
Mr. McTavish's loss will be considerable.
—The handsome brick cottage owned
by Mr. C. M. French, of Mitchell:has been.
sold to Mr. John Jefferson, who intends
retiring from farming, and moving to Mit-
chell. The price was $1,800.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Guest, of St.
Marys, have left, for the iummer, to visit
friends and relatives at Sernia, Minneapclis,
in Dakota and finally in Manitoba, where
their daughter resides.
— Charles Dingman, formerly of the
Stratford Herald and the Gananoque Jour-
nal, has completed neigotiatione for the pur-
chase of the fine book and soatimiery binsi-
nue of C. C. McPhee, of Chatham.
--Miss Mary Hendry„ daughter of the
late James Hendry, of Mitchell, was mar-
ried a few days ago in Chicago, at the resi-
dence of her mother, to Mr. Burt F. Eleott,
well7to-do resident of that city.
— David Walks, of the town line. near
Anderson, has sold his #ne 100 acre farm to
James Moore, of Kirkton, for about $7.000.
This is a fine farm, and contains splendid
—The Sons of Scotland, of Cromarty, are
trying to form a camp in the village, for the
purpote of keeping alive in their memories
the stirring scenes of the land of the tartan,
the plaidie, the kilt and the heather.
—A few of the member% of the Stratford
Humane Society, with M r. J. J. Kelso, of
Toronto, went to Mitchell, one evening last
week, and helped to organize a similar so-
biety in that town.
—The E. Pauline Johnson entertainment,
held in the opera hon -se, Se Marys, the
other evening. WM attended by a fair-sized
audience, and her hearera were delighted
—T. A. Brown, music teacher for the
city schools, Stratford, has resigned his
position, he having obtainad a situation in.
the Ottawa Normal school. The public
school board decided , not to engage a new
teacher for some time.
—A very pleasant event took _place on
Saturday evening, July 16th, at the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Robb, of
Stratford; when they celebrated the twenty?
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