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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mr The neu. e haween ,he parenthesis, er each
one, devotes the pegs of the paper on which the
advertisement will be found.
House Wanted -W. H. Willis -8
Chcnce Groceries -3-P. Dill -8
Reliable Jewelry -4-4. F. Daly & Co. -8
Farm Hand Wanted -J. Pattereon-5
Estray Mg -R. Barry -5
Saturday Specials -Richardson & McInnis -8
Palace Resteurant-2- W. J. Clerk -8
Boots 11. Willis -8
Seed Potatoes -A. You.ng-8
114 Winery -Moss, Mart in -8
The Cool Place -W. Piekard & Co, -b
New Goodz-O. W. Papst-5
The Right of Citizenship -R. B. Smith -5
Plain Facts -McKinnon & Co. -5
Selfishnesa-Greig & Ma.cclonald-1
Clothing-Hodgens Brothers -4
Tan Shoes -R. Willis -5
G. T. Ree -W. Somerville -8
15 Deeigns-Alex. Winter-
:- Taints -Sine & Murdie-8
Wire Fencing -Reid & Wits n-5
Spring Furnishingse-E. McF
Notice to Creditors --R. Ada ns-5-
Farrn for Sale -John Moir -
Bull for Service-Morman C rter--5
Farm for Sale -De MeTavish 5
Farm for Sate -R. McVety 5
Mangold Seeds -A. *Verlag-
, Caution -G, Geitzmeyer-5
Lidiee-R B. Smith -8
Auction Sale -A. Ingram -5
Wanted -G, E. King -8
Portrait Painting -Miss Star n-8
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SEAFORT11, FRIDAY, May 12th, 1899.
The-. Dominion Parlia inent.
There is not much of interest to note from
the Dominion. Capital this week. The Bud.
get debate was brought to te speedy and un-
expected end Iast week. Mr. Foster replied
to the Finance Minister ; he in turn was re-
plied to by Sir Richard Cartwright ; Sir
Charles Tupper then took up the cudgels
for the Opposition. and he was replied to by
Hon. Mr. Paterson, Minister of Customs.
After a conple of guns of smaller bore on
each side were beard frem, the debate wa,s
dosed, the Oopoeition trot manifesting any
disposition to continue it. It was the short-
est budget debate on record, and this faet is
the hest evidence that ewe be given that there
is little in the financial management of the
Government to find fault with, and that the
Opposition, finding they could not make any
political capital out of contiouing the de-
bate, wisely decided to dose it rather. than
show their own weakness and the strength
of the Government. In other sessions the.
Budget has always. been the subject for the
big debate,of the session, ancl,during which,
almost every member who caa raise his
voice made a practise of airing his eloquence.
But times change. ,
The House is now struggling with the
resolutions proposed by the Minister of
Railways providing a million and a half of
dollars for the purchase of the Drummond
County Railway, which is now; under lease•
to- the Government and is beinirun as an
extension to the. Intercolonial, bringing it
to Montreal. The Opposition are vigorous-
ly opposing this proposition; not because the
road isnot required in the public interest,but
beoause, they say; the Government propose
to pay tO0 much for it. •
The redistribution bill, the most anxious-
ly looked for piece of legislation of the Bea-
n, has not yet been permitted to see the
lioht of day, and no pereon outside the
charmed Government circle has any real
idea of what it will contain, further than
the bland and smiling statement made by
the Preraier to Sir Charles Tupper, that he
hoped it would be found to be so fair and
equitable that even the leader of the Op.
position would not find it necessary to ob-
ject to it. The Opposition press and Op-
position correspondents at Ottawa have been
busy for several days giving their readers in.
ormation concerning its contents, but their
stimates are, evidently, based on the reclis-
ributions merle by their own friends -when
hey were in office. Anyway, it is sefe to
ay that/they do not know anything more
bout it than any of oar readers do, as it is
at at all propable that they would be the
rst to be taken into the confidence of
embers of the Government on the subject.
The Pacific Cable Scheme.
Negotiations have been in progress for
everal years for the purpose of establishing
eiegre.phie connection between Australia
1
asid Canada hy means of a Pacific cable.
These negotiations were carried on between
he representatives of the'Imperial Govern-
ent and the GoVernments of Auetralia. and
anada, and had at length gained such form.
hat AuStralia had agreed to pay four-nintha
, .
f the cost, and apportiheing England and
anada the other five -ninths, to be divided
etween them. It wae agreed . also that
tech of the eountries should have an ine
terest in and responsibility for the mainten-
anee of the scheme in peoportion to their
Original contributions. Australia, and Eng-
land were supposed to have agreed to these
tre- rine, the only stumbling bloCk in the way
being the Canadian Government. Latterly,
' owever, great pressurel has been brought
o bear upon our Government to induce
hem to carry out their siare of the condi-
lions. At the present ession of Parlia-
ent, therefore, the GOV mama have given
Vona asking for the nece eery appropriatioo
t
°tiers of their intention o introduce resolu-
, enable them to uni e with the other
iOuntries natned in the carrying out of the
s' nem. No sooner was this done, how-
: er, than word was received from the 'm-
edal Government that they would nOt be-
e me partners in the enterprise, and. that
t ' ey would only contribute a fixed sum of
0,000, and that the colonies must bear
a the responsibilities. he announcement
also made that the rea n for this course
o the part of the Horn Government, is
t at they have already gi en a monopoly to
a private company of all the business be-
t een Hong Kong and England ; that this
mpatty, being composed of influential
ll glish capitalists, is using its influence ,
,
.
with the Government to 1:oevent them from
taking any tte ive part in the carrying out
of the colonial enterptise,
i.
corn titer wi h their com
erabl portion of their bus
This actio
lauthorities is
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the scheme fo
Australia wo
ear. rying it ou
;
end without t
Government:
dissatisfactio
It is, howeve
The acheme w
• two and three million della
of comparatiVedy little
here, as our corresp ndenc
trillium colonies is ve
feta the scheme has
Oess but for patrioti
that it would have
etill further unify a
and in this way ten
has tnly beeniurged
the Imperial Fede ation
1 practical 'poi ticians who
capital out of the jin e feeli
ple. It will e a go
it ici now hurl d and
we may be hankf
given so good a loo
visionery and oolish
terprise.
Direa T xati Unnecessary.
Government receipts front the sale and
lease of minin lands Lin Ontario amounted
to $80,411.13 for th first four monthe of
the current year, es gainst $36,063.70 for
the corresponding p rt of '1898. For the
remainder of the year a further gain of
$100,000 is expected from the same femme.
That is the revenue from mining lands is
exiiecte'd to be $150,060 more in 1899 than
it tvas-in 1898. Also; in spite of' the Ding-
ley duty, there was a big e t of lo e last
winter, and coltra,cte have een ma e by
Michigan liMit holde for t e rnanuf cture
of these logs in Georg an BaY ntills. here-
fore the revenue from etum age duo i will
be far 'beyond Mr. Harcourt's estimete.
Thus, there wag no 13 ed for the $300, 00 of
direct taxes the Governinen has impOsecl.
s it would ,.be
any for a consid,
nen.
on the pa t of the Imperial
ikely to throw _a damper• on
the presenN as Canada and
Id not enttain the idea of
on their o responsibility
e partnership of the Imperial
It has, alsO, created mut
in certain Canadian girder'
a real God end to .Canada
uld cost this country betwee
s, and would
. .
dvantege to u
withi the Awe
y me• gre indeed. In
at been urged for busi-1
-reasons, as it was held
strong tendency to
d cemeut the Empire,
to Imperial unity. It
y a few visionaries of
lass and a few
esired to make.
gs of the peo-
d thing for Catiada if
ever feSurrected, and
1 that! we have been
hole to gee out of a'
but Mighty costly en'.
The above is from ther T ronto Mail. It
will, we are sure, be a source of satisfaction
and gratification to the people of Ontario,
that the resources of the province are likely
to prove so much More prolific tha was.
expected. It will ,also be gratifyieg to
know that the ceuse- f thiS unlooked for
increase in the reven e, is the increased de-
velopment of the mi eral resourses of the
province. It is alp rue, as the Mail says,
thatif the revenue; fr m minerals and !Um -
her continues iri ae ordance With present
expectations, there wit not be speeittl.peed
of the $300,000 to be aised iey ehe new!rev-
enue bill which . w s passed last session.
And, had the Goveiln ent be n able to. for
tell this unusual and nexpe t d increase in
the revenue a fe mo the ini advance, they,
would --not, in all prob bill% hav-e provided
for new revenue. ut, in view of these
facts which th M '1 hal Stated a ove,
what beeornes f it contention an of
the contention of the Opposition in
the Legislature that the nereased axes
were rendered neceeeary y extravagent
t
management on he part of t e Government,
and not by failin revenue .n other quar-
ters ? Accordi g to the Mail's present
statement, it is ow made p. sin that these
accusers of h Governrn nt were wrong.
This, however, i nothing relw, but it ii nob
often they are le to eiwn uP to their error
as hones ly as t e M il does in the above
1
extract.
B ilding Up False Hopes. }
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' The g od peo e of the Quee n City- aro
nothing f not a, bitious. They neveri let
an oppor unity o advance the intereets of
the city lip, pa ticularly i those interests
are to b advan ed at the e pense of ther
people, They ould have no scruple in
draining the exe egners of oth the 1::1.1 in-
ion and rovince dry, and vfould still look
for new ictims. They are now in que b of
large propriations from the Domi ion
Governm nt for the deepeni 3g and improv-
1- I
'that, are asking the Geyer tnent to -sebsi-
ti
ing of T routo ha,bor, and in addition to
dise or build an air line railway from ol-
lingwood to Ton:into, so.tha that city ill
secere a share o 1 the shipping trade f,rom
the Northwest, reed will not be aide tracked
for Ottawa and Montreal., A couple of
weeks ago, as Hon. Mr. Tarte and other
members of the Dominic) - Cabinet ere
on their way to Br:tuff° d, to atte cl a
political demonritration t ere, they ere
way-layed at Toronto by the President of
the Board of Trade and o her gentle en,
who entertained them a luncheon. Of
course, at this luncheon the e was mental as
well ati physical refreahme t. ' The ge tle-
men of the Boar of Trade aid their w nts
I
before the Min eters, ant Mt. Tarte re-
plied. As to the nature o hiS reply our
readers can judg from the following c m-
rnents made upo it by the Toranto 8 ar.
It says :
" President I emp's lutcheon at he
National Club wi I be wit ess against Ir.
Georgian Bay. ivest d of mieisterial c n -
t
Tarte onless he fulfil a acit promis to
aid th'e air line etwe n T rept° and he
tiguity and offici 1 re icence, Mr. Tar •e's
words seemed to lean that the Governm nt
would not balk a au e -pencliture of $3,0 0,-
000 on the project."
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The Mail and other Toronto papers 's em
to take a similar iew of Mr. Tarte's re-
marks. But, hatever impression r.
Tarte's speech le t on the ininde of those
who listened to i the spee h ae reporte in
the Toronto papers does no give -grou ds
for the indulgence of lane' auch reseate hollers
as the Owe, or as these same papers in-
dulge in in their editorial &tannins. ' r.
Tarte is a very Polished ae well as a,v ry
courteous gentleinan. If he has to say " o"
to a-requeet, no Matter lictw nnreasona le
the reqnest may he, he always says it in he
softest and least Offensive Manner. In his
reply to the Toronto Board of Trade m g -
nates, when they asked hiin to grant, he
modest sum of three million dollars, to c n-
struct an' air line railway tie c tweet r -
while he eulogised their schenie and dwelt
1
onto with the Georgian BAY, it seems to us
from reading the report of his remarks, that
in grandiloquent phrases about the \benefits
it would be to th country, d especially
to Toronto, if car ied outi he Ade no !etch
promise as that mputed ifo him by ,he
i
e
i
Star, rer anythin'g that could be cons rued
into such a pro4ise. Hie aim seemed tt be,
simply to tickle the ears of his audtence
and lea e them in good humor fwithout in
any wa committing himself orthis Govern -
molt t aid their scheme. ' it Would net be
well, t orefore,i'for the Torontb people to
bUild heinselVes uk. very inUch on the
a trengt of the ice things Mr.1 Tarte said
to them in his fter dinner speech. They
had given himself and his colleagues a mag-
nificent reception, and .had enterteined
them te the best they had, and, under these
.
circumstances, Mr. Tarte is not the man to
out them off short, and to -tell them what he
might in truth have done,. that their request
was preposterous. Even if Mr. Tarte should
feel dispoeld to corroborate the views of
the Toronto people in this matter, it is uot
at all likely' thet the Government would
back him u or that Parliament could be
got to give its assent to assist any such
scheme. A air line from Collingwood to
Toronto wo Id, no doubt, be a benefit to
that city, b t the rest of the coentry have
noluterest i it;whatever. If ib isrequired
private enterpr se should build it, and, if
private enteripri e will not do thia, it is not
much required. The Grand Trunk now
have -a read ran ing ,between Collingwo od
and thee city, and if there is a paying tradiei
to be done between these two points, that
conipany may well be left to look after their
own intereste in the matter, Bven were
the Governmen t give the amount. of
money the,y are eske for, or any money at
all, they tiould eim ly be subsidising the
Grand Trunk and ai ing them to/ ,do a work
which they should de for themselves. Can-
ada has already done entirely too muoh of
this sort of thing, awl the sooner the De -
minion Government 4
of aiding roads that a
their., own work t an
thent, the better or
and feel the count y
iscontinues the polioy
re better- able co do
tho people are to aid
their own popularity
hich they represent.
1
That F oral Wreath,
'The oronto M il says :
TIM EAITRTII EXPOSITOR 'has received
no coal ine‘; ye it can be as mendacious
as the lqbe. It represents the late Min-
isters as ordering t wreath for the funeral
of Sir John Thom SOD, and refusing to pay
for it until sued. Nothing of the kind
occur/act A florist wanted to charge these
gentlemen $2,000 for a wreath, or about
$1,400 tpo much. ' They refused to submit
to extortion, and t ey were right: When a
proper bill was pu in tIld account was wat-
tled. . 1
The representa ive for West Huron in
the Dominion Par lament, who is on the
spot and knows w ereof he speaks, in writ-
ing to his journal the Clinton New Era,
says :
In connection Vii h the wreath pf flowers
ordered by the late Cabinet for -the funeral
of Sir John Thomp on, the Mail (dere the
explanation that C e reason that the wreath
was not paid for be ore, was that the price
was excessive. Th 'price may have been
high, but that w s ot the reason. The
florist offered to m k a seetlement, but all
the Ministers rem iated responsibility, and
it was only when t e matter was taken into
court that Mackere ie Bowell generously put
his hand in his pee e and made a settle -
",sympathetic" en u h to let hirribear this
ment for POO, an t e late Min stry were
expense ' alone, so the credit gocs to him
only. • 1
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s and Coilnments.*
Editorial Not
The North Waterloo bye-eleetion will
take plaCe on Tu sday, 23rd key. The
battle is a ing the e now; but ii.esday has
always bee a luck day for the Ontario
Government and t e charm will not likely
be broken i the e se of North Waterloo.
Seven la ge .saw mills in Bay City, erne
ploying 501 men, a d having an annual out-
put of 100,1 op,000 eet of lumber, are closed
dovin be a se they cannot get Ontario logs.
The other t n mills in Bay City. expect to
run only fi e mont s for the same reason.
The Ont ri law h s hit Michigan -hard.
- The n on, B gland, correspendent -of
the Torent Globe eems to think that, the
next getr 1 electi n there may be fought
on the free rade i sue, and that matters
seem to be haping that way. He says :
" I have marked upon the rapid-
ity with bile, opinion veers and
changes nt day, and theugh pub.
lic opin ad no opportunity to
question, the Govern-
usly near to being com-
e which is certainly net
express
ment seems deuger
mitted tti a Princip
free trader"
al ea.dy r
which p
t thalweg
on has
self on Wei
The Athericans a
coffee drinkers in t
Frank G. Carpente
p4per corresponden
over thin s iu. Bra
growing nd expoit
the Amer cans last
Op0o0u n- dpso u
Eurc;Pe.
pounds a
United S
coffee du
to about
of the A
with lara
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The pu lie are no
result the escape of
have on t e fortune
man who as been- t
in the N panee ba
that on a count, of t
Holden, t e trial of
takelplace s °illy i
Fined. o ton has
tim of eir u stance
tried forot, i offenc
jury dig, re d. If
ds of ; co
ore than
The coma
nually fo
ales. Th
ing the pa
87,000,00
erioan o
Ale
onlY be co v eted on
and Hold n, and in
punished v ile they
next thin t it.
does not em ju
upee thei wn co
crime of s hi h Pon
s deeply
also two
went unh n -and it
condemn a 'dog o
therefore, P nton h
trial shou d e allow
he can be onvicted
these rase Is well a
the fittin unishme
he should b allowe
innocent, has alr
and even flguiltY h
ished alth egh he m
inside of a prison eel
are recap tired, no c
shown thorn. On.
they have already m
the severest punishm
out to thena It wo
outtage to ese the ev
e said to be the largest
e world. According to
, the well-known news-.
, who is now looking
el, the greatest coffee
ng country in the world,
ear consumed 636,000,-
ee, being 10,000,00
was consumed in all
mption is now ver 50
each resident of the
amount spent f r this
t tee years Demounted
per year and the bulk
ffee trade was done
speculating as to the
axe and Holden will
of Penton, the youiig
ied twice for complicity
k robbery. It is said
e absence of Pare and
Penton, which Was to
Toronto, will be post -
certainly, been a vie-
. Twice has he been
and twice has the
onvicted at 'all, he can
the evidence of Pare
hat event he would be
would go free or the
hile this may be law, it
Moe. These men are,
fessions, guilty of the
n is charged ; they are
dyed villains as ever
would be a crime to
their evidence. If, -
s to be tried again, his
d to proceed, and if'
ithout the evidence of
d good, let him receive
t, but if he can not
to go free. If he- is
ady been persecuted,
has been severely pun-
, .
y never again aee the
. If Pare and Holden
nsideratiOn should be
he confessions which
de they should receive
nt that can be meted
ld be little short of an
dente) of any such vil-
i
lains to convict' any man, and it -would be a
much greater outrage to mitigate their
sentence or allow them to esoape punishment
on account of any evidence they may give
against Ponten.
Negotiationi have been in progress for
some months with a view of securing the
amalgamation of three of the largest loan
companies in the Provinee. At the last
session of the Legislature; ri bill was passed
giving permiesion to th e companies to
a algamate. It 110W t1IF
C minittees appointed b
• mpanies to arrange detai
After numerous meetings
o negotiating, the represe
arid to their -companies
mmittee has been disaolv
mg to any understanding,
iiarrialgarnation has been d
quill of the companies inte
thine to run business on its
formerly.
It is stated that, Hoe. J.
miesioner of Crown Lands,
White, Deputy Commission
leaVe at the end of the mon
inspection to the Lake Te
0
s mit that the
the respective
s cannot agree.
d a great deal
tatives have re -
that the union
d without com-
nd the proposed
.olared off, and
ested will con -
own account as
I. Gibson, Corn-
ucl'Itir. Aubrey
p, will probably
h on a visie of
iiscamingue dia.
kid. The territory comprised in this dis-
trict elongs to the Province of Ontario,
and i at the present time Without the con-
fines f oivilization. A good deal has been
said bout it lately, and it has been des-
.. oribe by some who have explored it as
being very fertile. At the last session of
the L gislature, also, a grant was given to
assist in the construction of a railway
hirer h it. The object of Mr. Gibson s
.
ri i to get a personal knowledge of ts
a ful ess and value that he may know t e
e te in future how to deal with • it, T e
ri will occupy about three wee a,
ne week of which, at least, will be spent n
ravel ing in canoes. This action on the
a t of the Minister is commendable and
1 redound to the benefit of the country.
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he exodus has at length terned towards
a ada instead of being away frem it, as
a the case a few years ago. That the
o c energetic policy of the Dominion -Gov.
e n lent, together with the improved con -
d t one of the country, are largely to be
c edited with the chan-ng there is no doubt.
S r Richard! Cartwright,• in- his excellent
s eech on the budget, --ga,ve the following
i teresting partieulara,-which go to prove
e correctness of this position. He showed
that the importation of settlers' effects bat
y ar amounted to the value of $2,8504000,
ti e increase in homestead entries had in-
cr ased from 2,400 in 1897 to 4,800 ) last
ar, and the arrival of 32,702 immigrants
cording to the official returns), the me-
'ity of whom were remaining in the
atry. 0. P. R. land sales4n the west to
utel settlers amounted in 1895 to 55,000
es, in 1896 to 66,000 acres, in l897 to
,000 pores, and last year -to 242,000
es, o more than five times what they
M nitobit & South -Western Railway- had
rifi
re fiv years earlier. Land eel s of the
al o inor aged from 5,C00 acreg in 1895 te
10 ,000 acres last year, or t enty-one
ti es, f m all of which he gathe ed thee
th incr age of the population in he last
th 'ee or four years would be d uble or
tr ble w at it had- been of late.
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he bl omer costume for lady bicycliste
se ms to be a live question in England at
th pre ent . time. The Rational Dress.
L ague, f which Lady Harberton is presi-
de t, is powerful organization, and is said
to have onnected with it members from the
1 •
est f millets." This! league is pushing
th agi ation for " kniekera" for lady•
cy lists. The -president of this society, it
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wi 1 be r membered, had.a wayside landlady
su mon d before a magistrate a short time
ag because she refused ito serve Her Lady-
sh p wit refreshments in the *ordinary re -
fl.( aliment room of her hotel while arrayed
in bloom rs and when on a bicycling excur-
si n. T e magistrate had the good sense
to dismis the case and commend the land -
la y of t e hotel for her action. The eos-
tu e qu stion has again been brought into
pr mineriee by a reference to it by Lord"
Sa isbury in a speech which he delivered
re ently at an evening banquet. The
P emier ade referenca to the- " ungraceful
ap ,earan t of the cycling skirt and ' ration-
al ,' vvhi h aria so inartistic that they should
be relega ed et once to a place low and
rm." This reference of His Lordship to
ir tre eared fad ham raised the ire of
ny of the knicker-wearing lady bicyclists,
particularly the meiribers of the Ration.
less League, and they promise to make
ot for him at the next election. All this
uld seem t iedicate that all the light -
e ded fema es are net confined to the
IT ited State or the colonies. _
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he WomaeS' Foreigu Missionary Society
.of he Presbyterian church held their 331d
am ual meeting in Woo'dstock last week .
It as one of the most lareely attended and
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MO t successful that has; been held in the
int rests of the society. , The bounds of this
soc ety are confined to the western district,
ine uding the Province Of Quebec on the
eas , and British Colombia on the west, and
work which has been done shows what
est and sincere efforts in any • direCtion
accomplish. The ob'ect of the society
christianize the_wo len and children of
otter
ally.
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can
is t
he then lands, and in t is way to
the r condition socially a.nd intellect
Th s tar their work has een confined
cip Ily to Indi , China, nd the Ca
No thwest. wenty years ago they had a
me bership o only a few hundreds, and
the amount raised did net exceed five
tho sand dollars. The siociety' now has a
me bership of 21,000, being made up of
642 local auxiliaries and 320 mission bands
Last year the 4mount raised by the society
vengelization purposes reached the very
ectabie sum of $45,513, being an in-
iie over the previouis year of $1,300.
society has two auxiliaries among the
ans of the NorthWest. Mrs. Big
nder, wife of the well-known chief of
name, is president of one of the auxil-
s, and last year this ,auxiliary contrib-
$28 to the,work of the society.
-----r- ,
e insurgent hordes rif Aginaldo in the
ippines etill continue to furnish the
ps of Uncle Sa,m with active 'and ample
loyment. ,Fighting still continues, with
for
res
ere
Th
lad
Th
tha
iari
ute
Phi
tro
em
nr; A isible signs of abatement. No sooner
are he Filipinos defeated and routed and
dri en back at one point than they spring
up s vigorous and as full of fight as ever in
som neighboring section:. Thousands have
bee killed and captured, but there are
still hundreds lof thousands left. At every
poi t, before they are driven back, they
ma e a fierce resistance, and although they
can ot stand long before the force of the
Am rican soldiers, they rarely fail to inflict
neve e punishrnent upon them before they
reti e, and many bright, brave young
m ricans have fallen victims to Filipino
ebull ts, and thousanda mere have succumbed
to j ngle fever and hardships and privations
inci ental to the conducting of a campaign
in s ch a dountry. Ari an instance of the
bad ilavoc being wrought upon the Ameri-
can room it ut stated that one regiment,
the ebraska, who entered the campaign
over 1,000strong now has only 375 men left
at t e front, anethis is o a sample of
many others, Ib Is now offici lly inflow:tee
that all the volunteers are to be returne
home as-repidly as transports an be secure
to convey them, and that the are to be re
placed by regular soldiers.
News f the ei3k.
Joni' BONNER, BAIL -John 'Eon er, on
of the be3t kno n newspap r w iters in
America, is dead et his home in Sa,n Fran -
!dace, aged 70. e was an ed toria writer
Poi marked ability, and as a writer of 'his-
torical events held high rank. e was
formerly an editorial writer on t e New
York Herald and Harpers' Weekly, and for
five years represented the Herald i Paris.
He made a fortune in Wall street, but
failed. He came west and did ,editorial
work on nearly all the leading papers of the
coast. He was a. native ot Quebec.
AFRAID OF His THRONE.-Newa comes
froneConstantinople of a new break in the
harmony of the Sultan's family circle. Abdul
-Hamid has long been intensely jealous of his
brother, urad V., whom he dethroned and
succeeded and now this suspicious -fear
that Mura Khan may eeek to regain his
throne see s to have come to a new heed.
Fearing t at an intrIgue was on foot in his
brother's ousebold, the Sultan has 'forcibly
separated from im his • tiro daughtere,
whom he has method off to high court dig -
interim
RioirARD HARDING DAVIS WIDDS.-Riek-
ard Harding Davis, of New York, the well-
known writer, and Miss Cecil Clarke,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall
Clarke, of Chicago, were married at St.
Gabriel's Chapel, Marion, MaSsachussete, on
Thureday last. Rev. Percy Browne, of
Roxbury, Ma.seachuseets, officiated. A
unique feature of the wedding was the de-
parture -not of the bride and bridegroom -
but of the guests Mr. end Mrs, Davis re-
maining at the 'Clarke cottage for their
houeymoon. Later, the Clarke family . will
return to Marion, while Mr. and Mrs. Davis
will go to Chicago for a short time. ,
Huron Notes.
-Mr. Thomas Willis, r., of Eire er, nar-
rowly eseaped serious inj ry the eot ier day.
It appears he wae doing some see ing for
his son, James, in Stephe , and in leaving
the team for a few seeon s, they started to
run away With the seede Mr. Willis tried
t� stop them by the use a rail, but the
iduriated beasts took no notice of the
weapon, and ran into h m, knocking him
down and inflicting sever 1 bodily bruises,
ahd he narrowly escaped ith his life.
-Thursday morning of last week, the
bank barn on Joseph Feu knees; farm, west
of Ethel, was destroyed b fire about one or
t o o'clock. The fice wa first noticed by
r. McCall, a neighbor, ut the roof wait
all ablaze then, so that n thing was saved.
The loss is a serioust one and includes a
span of horses, six or. ei ht head of crtetle,
hogs, grain, hay, etc, T ere is an insur-
ance, but not sufficient to cover the loss by
any means. How the fire occurred is a
mystery, but has every ppearance of in-
cendiary or else by tetra p.
-The following stati tics are gleaned
from the. Grey townshi assessment roll :
Total number names on roll. 1,131 ; acres
fall wheat, 4,734 ; births 83; deaths, 31 ;
children between 5 and 16 years, 820, 7 and
13 years, 445, 16 and 21 years, 276 ; No. of
wee, 64,937 ; No. of acres cleared, 34,786 ;
value f real property, $1,717,850 ; value t
1
,,,,T1 aPi ra131'gry8a°rpiiiltr olEu daPi olrof°. the f act that his son, who is
is 'relcovery , was considered improbable.
pending' four years there he moved to
Since, when he met with a severe accident,
Until the beginning of 1898 Mr. Robinson
sem to fail, and was frequently confined to
the house, and from the time, a fevv months
could take his daily walk, apparently in the
best of health, but; from that period he was
iived in retirement, having withdrawn from
the firm of,Buchaelan & Robinson in 1890.
'a boy only 18 years of age, has shown• un -
carried the mails for the Government when
-At the patriarchal age of 80 years and
months, William Robinson, an old reg-
ent of Goderich, departed this life on Fri-
day, 28th ult. The last nine years he had
for six weeks work.
it was almost impossible to get anyone to
undertake the service, and was paid $700
ing the winter he purchased a dog team -And
upual pluck and energy in the west. Dur-
iingston, but after a short stay there tray -
lied to Uncle Sam's dominions, settling at
nd when 20 years of age located in Canada,
t Ottawa, then known as Bytown. - After
he deceased gentleman was born in Bar-
oldsWick, Yorkshire, England, in 1819,
in farn ly, 3,243 ; No. of cattle, 7,637 ; N
of sheep, 3,482; No. 'of hogs, 2,424 ; No. 1
dogs,' 33; No. of bitehee, 8 ; No. ef perso
mad pe sonal property, $1,724,050 ; No.
hOrges,11,858. '
i peHrtyer,e $116e,2w00a8; mvaalrureiedof.a.nrde
-The Belmont, Menitoba, Star, of Apr 1
21st, , Says : "Thursday morning's expres
brought back to our midst two who hav
gained the good will of this town and dis•
t ict, James Bolger and bride. Mr. Bo -
abouta year ago, working with Mr Thynn
i
g r who is a son of James Bolger, a farmer
o 'Walton, Ontario, came to this tow
aei a mason during the summer. In the fal
h bought out the butcher shop then owne
b G. B. Sexsmith. Mrs. Bolger is a daughe
t r of George Tumoth, a farmer, in the
✓ einity of Whiteehurch, Ontario, and a sis
ter of Alex. and George Tumoth, of Obi
town, Mr, and Mrs. Bolger have our sin[
cere wish that their married life may be full
of happiness." ,
' -On Monday of last week,' a telegram
seas received by Robert McKay, 8th conces-
sion, Grey, containing the sad, intelligence
of the death of R. A. Fairbairnr his brother-
in.law, at Secramento, Californta • Of course
the particulars are not given, ith the ex -
and will be remembered by a good many,
ception that he met his deat in a well.
The funeral took place on T esday. Mr:
irbairni was a former resident of G-rey,
although te has been away for a good Many
years. H was a carpenter and builder, and
was an industrious and straightforward
man, and highly esteemed. His wife was
Miss Jessie McKay, daughter of Mrs. Robt.
McKiy, 8th eonbeesion.
-Mr. John Little, of Silver Corners, in
Grey township, was in Listowel last week,
and received through the customs a box lit-
erally worth its weight in gold, as it con-
tainecl seven nuggets of gold, two of
which wcire large and -fine specimens and
the others smaller. They were tient by his'
son George from Skagwaye as a present to
his sister at home. Mr. Little is partieu.-
fi've of his children were born. About 1858
I,
be returned to Canada, and settled in Gode-
rich. 'I
B. R.
Conveyin
, amount o
farm see
yenned f
limited a
At honie
week. S
_
Bruceileld.
rooms, Brucefield, Notary Public
er, Fire and Life Insurance agent. Any
money to loan at 6 per cent., on ftrat-dass
rity. Mortgages drawn and money ad,
e of expense to the borrower. Also a
ount of private Millill at 6 -per cent.
every morning and Wednesday of each
rieral good farms for sale. 167
&Medi -Mr. Nicol, of Brantford, preach-
ed in the Presbyterian church last Sabbath.
He will. also be here next Sunday. -The
farmere are all through seeding in this lo-
cality, land they are now wis ing for rain. -
It is etpefted that our crea ery will com-
mence operations next week. A first-class,
practicel +Ian has it in oharg and no doubt
he will do' a large business. r, Scott has
just reeenily received anoth r corusignment
of corn. This makes nine car loads handled
by Mr, Scott this season, and it was all sold
to farmers for feeding purposez.-Owing to
the *tease of trade Mr. Snyder has had to
erect an addition to his shop. What with
harnesS and bicyoles, John does a rushing
trade. -Our merchants all report business
brisk. -We are pleased to luote that Mr.
Jamieson is again able to be around, al -
One
Sev
MAY 12, 1899
S AND BaYS' CLOTHING SALiftft
AT THE
RNeR STORE
FOR TEN DAYS
hundred gen's Suits to be sold at $5.50.
nty-five Boys' Snits, 3 pieces, for boys' from 10 to 14
yiears of age, all -wool, Halifax Tweed remember, coat,
v st and pants, for $2.50.
Ire• no hesitation in saying that thf3se are th'e best value
or shown in Seaforth. 'We bought from a mant. --
ctl*er the entire range at a price.
I
We )-1: fliv13 best Prints at 81-0:—full size, and a Cotton at
.,5c that are trade *inners.
OME WITH THE CROWDS TO
GUNN'S A
SE_FORTIL
th ugh it 1 omewhat weak. He conducted
pa t of the s'nging in the church last Sab-
ha 11. -Joh 1 MeMann, • Seaforth's veteran
,ho se Wye ,,, was' In this vicinity this week
loo ing aft r snine!lorge-hea,vy horses, - He
su ceededi i ,p rchasing- several good ones.
• - rs. 'Mc ay and children, ef Baltimore,
formerly SP ceowan, is visiting with
her moth r, on tbe 2nd concession of Stan-
ley, -M te Gra arn has the stone work cern-
ple d fo hig I rge barn which he is erect -
by ightei g la t summer. -Mrs. Fraser,, of
ie
tin to t e th place of the one destroyed
the 2nd nces /OD, St ley, is at , present
visiting f enda in Sarn a.-Messre.Thomeon
and Spar w have com enced the seasdn's
work wi the road m chine in the town-
. .
ship of S ale k -Mr. antes Baird, of St.
Paol, itt re t peesen visiting his grand-
father a, 9 ot eir friend in this viciety.-
Mile MO, tt, cif Stanle is at preeen, etay-
ing with' er gieter, Mr . George Jel. r I, in
the villa ,
1
Eno w
mers aro d
;ON
Mr God rey ,,icholson has moved to .God-
ertch, hi on taki g charge of the farm. -
Mr. Wm. clopp, a, ent for the New Wil-
liams' se mg lame !nes, has disposed Of a
lot of ma fin a t is season. They are- a
geed rnac inel,--Mtes Phemia, Maxwell, who
has been siting at Mr. Charles Wilson's,
has retnr d heme.-Mr. Justus Mellick is
busily enRged J011 his new barn whi h be is
engaged Mir. D vid Bender for this nmmer.
erecting this etmer.-Mr. Wm. uby has
Mr. Ruby has got a good man. Messrs.
Geiger and Nicholson were off on an ex-
citing fox hunt one night last week. They
succeeded In getting three, and feel proud
of their auecess.-Mr. John Eckstein passed
!through ;here selling the Page wire fence.
John is a hustler and will no doubt do well.
BUROli,ARS AfiROA D. -On Thursday even-
ing of last week burglars broke into the
post °thee of this place, opened the safe,
and carried oflf ten or twelve dollers in pos-
tage stamps and email change. They also
entered D. S. Neust's general store, which
connects! with the post office, and took sev-
eral sufils of clothes and some jewelry.
Three enspieiouralooking characters, sup-
posed to:be the gang, were in town the day
previous, all dressed in dark clothes, one
carrying, is arni in a ding, The other two
Bold small wirel articles. The authorities,
however; were not able to get any evidence
gainst t em, and who the burglars are is
till rn stery. Fortunately Mr. Faust,
the p stir Deter, ie not in the habit of lock-
ing h's s fe,a4 he never leaves any Valuables
'n it xce t his books end a few stamps, and
he s fe I as oot loo -ked on the night ite
nes om Had i been there'd', no doubt it
oul ha 'e been lown open and destroyed,
s th burglaa's h d, e idently, come pre-
ind y thern.i ii
are to do the buein ss if necessary, a
hise and other a ticles eying been left be -
Bi iski3.-Mt. . S. Faust has received
or frqm his eion Alfred, to the effect that
e s maid on boa d the vessel at Seattle, on
he Oth April,. ta ing passage for Alaska.
t w 11, therefOre be some Cline before he ie
ear frorn again. He intends prospecting
nd woeking in he , mines this summer.
klf' many friend will unite in wishing
imi umpa of gol and good health. -Mr.
oh Veielker, for erly of Dashwood, hi -
en leaving for orth Dakota next. Tues -
ay. _On his way he intends to lay over for
fe days in So th Bend, Indiana. He
xp ts to remain in Dakota until fall. -:--
is Atinie Hess ill leave in a fe days
or , outh Bend I diatia, where she ill re-
ide :in fnture. ---M r. John Heberer, M in.
edosa, is here vieiting his brother Jacob
nd ,othler relatives. It is sixteen years
ince he left here. He lives close by where
he Indians caused trouble last year. He
lire the countey well. -Mr. Fred Hess, sr.,
as constructed a granolithie sidewalk in
ro t of ;his residence. It is a great im-
ro ement to the appearance 9f that part of
he village, and is creditable to Mr. Hess'
ast and enterprise. The trustees will al -
1 w him the price of what a plank walk
o Id diet. It would be nice if • other
ro ertY ownets would follow his good ex-
rn le. -Mr. Philip 'Rauch had a valua,ble
o die/of milk fever a few days ago. -Mr.
a id Gottschalk hes moved into Mr. Got -
1 ib Mc4ner's brick block, where be intends
t, c rry on a eonfeeionary business. He
as een in Loedonifor a few days purchas-
i g a stock. -Mr. Conrad Volland ban pure
c asled Mr: Ab. Geiger's fifty acre farm on
t e Eabylon hoe, and has started to uild a
c urehes in the: forenoon. -John Gals r has
bowie On it.---Thuraday being As nsion
day, there was -eervice in the several
gene to the Northwest for the sum er.-
14 iss Moir is the guest of Mrs. J. Pre ter. -
A r. J. F. Shatter had a narrow esca e the
o her day. He was hauling manur when
o e of the horses became ugly, and i Some
anner he _fell on the tongue betwe n the
h tees. Fortueately the animals s opped
hen spokento and Mr. Shetler e griped
ith only it few scratches.
'Atm
ore have
h.
is. --Most of the far -
finished seeding.--
ol
0
0
Brussels.
OLD PIONEER, GONE. -On Saturday last
vid Knight died, after a few weeks ill-
s of general decline and heart failure,
d was buried on Tuesday. The funeral
very large. , Mr. Knight was one of the
est settlers in the south of Morris, and
ing the itult bat one f the earliest settlers
Morrie still left that part, and one
er in)Bruesels. W refer to Peter Mc-
.
McDonald, who lives -on the homestead
farm, and Robert Burns, wha lives here.
They are all that now remain. Mr. Knight
came here from what is known as the
Scotch block, in Fag -timing, Halton eountye
where he eaised a large family, who are
now scattered over America. Two of them
died in Michigan, two are in the North- -
west, and four daughtere and two sons are
in Ontario. Mr. Knight was an upright
and straightforward man in his dealing's,
and was an elder in the America,n Presbye
terian church, In politics he was an ardent
Liberal.
NOTES.-Seenuel Rurges, another pioneer
of Brussels vicinity, had an apopleaic stroke
on Saturday laet, and has been between life
and death ever since. He lives on the farm
adjoining the village, and was in town fixing
a house he owns, and into which he was go-
ing to move, when he was etrieken down, -
Our cOuncil are asking for tendere to put in
a tank, sewer and wat,er pipes for fire pro-
tection, and are also preparing to build
granobthie sidewalks on Main street, from
the bridge south to the southern' boundary
of the corporatiott.-Fermars are. about
through with their seeding The fall wheat
looks fairly well,but wante rain badly. -The
Red Letter Day entertainment was given in
the town hall on Tuesday, by local talent,to
a fair house, although the attendanee woe
not as good as the entertainment deserved
Janies Mahaffy has been awarded
the contract for carrying the mai% between
Fullerton and Mitchell.
11111H1., _
•
'sem an
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TO
+6,
heir*
astrient *OA
x„-CIVArebt 11
xr. R
,;44 Lena .3.012e
w York te en
r• &brick,
and build)
otarded.
•-The home of D.
tkekm, was destroyed
tag of last wee
David Tho
ilitsr twenty years eg
vititiog his bro
that tows! and
,410sily elsewhere.
' ....While a lady fro
*train at Strati
she fell asleep,-
,seene person *tole he
ealaideket.
The hoere
neer blotherwe
Adam on Sabbath
sob 'Wag eamPl
ifirtn_er atiumge was
• The Mitchell to
*at -it is the wish of
tows to run at la
e'er eXpect thief
they.Sh0111d
WIIITif for
, -North 1
abo
1.4th he was atta
- us Ceara were,
death. He w
k. lie pal
his friends
a wife and
n• arew
ident on
ately res
then a -severe
-en, rib. R
a while deliv
- of Well:tee, MI
' wbile he wa
- Of the Veal
'4fitit the plow,
- lag the ankle jo
e following are
r tile township
I age, 460 ; nu
value of real
of days statu
n, Alas ; •
-of 'tattle, 5,21
umber of hog
; number of
of orchard,
tat, '4,933. ...
o births than
has &creased 2
--On Friday evenin
- lost one of its old
of James Drum
suffering fro
and a week
striciten with paral
owned ooescionsnees
Dew rallied, and gr
died friday evening.
latistfaCentrie Pert
1853 -he emigrated to
si Queen e bush.'"
yolliotOr for Mentingt
Oiearing Out the Clothing.
I •
We want to clear out the balance of the
Wiseman clothing at once, and have eut our
reduced prices still lower in order to do so.
On Saturday, May 13th, we will put on sale
what are left of boys' and meu'd suits, all
marked at prices that are less than half
original figure, lees by far than the cost at
the factory. No man wanting a 'suit for
himself or his boy should miss seeing the
lot, for we will clear this stock at prices
that are lower than any regular dealer eau
go to the factory and buy the goods for..
This is the way we are goiug to sell it
Nine_only naen's suiti, made from fine all-weol
tweeds aid worstede, dark colors. sack coats.'lined
with good Italian cloth, well made and trimmed
throughout, grods that carne from one of the best
clothing faetoriee in danada ; sizes -87, 38, 39, 40 and
42 ; Wiseman prices were Sli, $12, $13 and $14, your
choice $5 98.
Merr's good, strong blue terge suits, size 37 only-,
well made and trimmed, Whereon priee 843, ours mai
Eleven only boys' tweed suits -coat and pants --
sizes 24, 25 aBit 1..6, made from a 1 -wool tweeds sad
sereres, Wisemarepriees $8 to 83.75, your choice
Three only boys' fine worsted euits, bebt goods in
the Wireman stock, extra- good lininga and well made,
Wiseman prices $5.50 to $6.50, yoar choice 88,26.
BARGAINS IN MEN'S GOODS.-Merr's furnish.
ings e selling here at a great deal less than regulor
prices.. These are .onie sample values :
Heovy seamless co' ton socks. dark and light colors,
10c. blerr's fine merino socks, heavy spliced heels aad
toe, regular 20e goods, 15e. Men'e dark blue and
white check working shats, Wiseman price S5c, onr
price 25e. Idea's fine cambric ehirts in dark sad,
light colors, good patterns, attiched and cletiched
collars, regular 75e, our price 50e. Men's fine bow
and four-in-hand ties, special 12/c. Men's four-in-
hand bow and knet ties, dark and light eolore, Wise'
man price 30c, our price 19c. Men's -beet quality
knot, bow und four -in -band ties, dark and light c01 -
ors, Wiseman mice 50o, our price 25c.
OUR HAT VALUES, --We are .giving the greateet
value in Felt Hats ever given In Clinton, the
Wiseman hats must be clewed out at this stele, that
is why we have made prices like these;
Boys' soft felt school bats in blacks, browna, learnt
and DIWYB, regular 60o, your choice 15c. mews bard
and eoft felt hats, in blacks and browns, Will:smart
prices were $1.60 and $2, our price 50e. Men's fine
fur -felt Fedora Hata, all good shapes, lined and un-
lined, in blaeka, dark and lilrirt browns, Wiieman
prices were /2 and 82.50, our price 81.18.
BLACK DRESS GOODS FOR SKIRTS -Four lies
of Blaek Dress Geode that are just the thing for mule
ing separate skirts for wearing with shirt %valets, all
priced at a good deal under value. Thirty-six ineb
black orepon, regular price 60c. our price 2.6a; 44.
ineh fine figured dress goods, bliick only, good SIM
original price was 60e., new price 35e ; 44 -inch block
figured mohair, heavy thread, small pattern, or
price 80c, our new price 50c ; 44 -inch, qualipy b
figured lustre, small pattern, rich gib/my finish, orig.
inal price was 85c, our price 07.c
HODGENS BROS.
DIRECT IMPORTaS,
CLINTON, - ONT.
Selling the Wiseman stook at the
Wiseman store,.Clinton.
and .1) a:e.ti nt y tThe
The tallest woman
/Wing, of Gorm, Miss
faoirateastiatoorard KillS:sasth Cti
B°11amfeasures. Th8i8leet",b4ighi:C
6001. ents ar
hly res
ss
amixement of bet fend
ri* vie) g e el et Tyueei arrrseks'13ealatinht
'about her height, be
-NA used to tease her,
-wed that it was wo
liarnutri'm eirene and m
took another view of
•onough mooey to lift t
lather's fsrm, and reti
TEE
failWbeitinew), Standard
Wheesperburael,,-
per
per
y per imabei, - -
4: -laths 1, loom;
o.i
BS*, tab
t Avaper
flour, per „,„
inieeper1.03 The -
Wag,:
titiat4;._ rIusii: (ner,r4:
ialCitelall) per bend,-
• iffteedPer,eeed.tiong)..--,
Woodpereord (short) - •
per beg....
or Beed...„,,
'fflawilby
ilPerk per too
'fallinr# per .;
Dairy M
TORONTO, May 9th.--:
Stanneged. Deliveries k
here limited, and vain
The quotations are As fi)
I -to 10e ; large TV
pound prints, a
and boxes. 17 to
1ga Cheese -There is
lag. Prices are steady -
Midst about We for
te,liky., Deliveries ver
limited. Dealers were
3.40,
MONTREAL, May 1
tie stook left is firmly b
--There ia -a fair deman
lei to 16/e. Eggs -Tb
abahout for straight
o for etdie, *meg
realize but these a
‘e *ten. On the other ha
stock have been heaid of
lava, N. Y., May
- cheese at tbe Utica, Bo
- Vero ae fantrWe 4 Large
- large colored, 873
; small colored,
284 at ; email
et 9e.
LITTLE IrALLS, ."‘
les of eheeise -were 192
At gie, 3,214 boxes o
-colored at 9e ; 20 packa
16 to 17e.
Toronto Pota
e inarlret is quiet.
are quoted. at 80e
e sell at 90e.
*be% clined$ ;
eairjeeeeiE:Visti43Argfi8lrinangte°dett,r:Mkinettete
. LIVERPOOL, May fith.'
nere are steady. Ameri
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