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THIR'rir FIRST YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,700,
SEA.FORTH, VRIb Y, JULY 13 1900.
MeLEAN BROS., Publishers.
1 $1 a Year in A,dvanee.
The $4,50-s
resp
grist
wide
price
isa(
abou
#4AAAANyvvir"
it is intended for tliie man who wants'to aprlear
t
ctable when he comes into ton with a load of
or other commodities in the handling of
he would completely' ruin a good suit. ; he
$4,50 is within- the reach of everyone, the cloth
lass of material whaeli will stan -a -deal df knock -
the colors, of course, !are vari d and you will
at respect. We have Sold
if
at
the
ny,
suit your own tast in th
- many interesting values1 at times, and we doub
ever anything which afforded the same amount of
isfac,ion to the purchaser; as this line,..this is ni3Ot
first season for. it, in facit we can point 'you to in
cust mers who.have worn the one $, .50 suit :or
years
_ year,. steadily, surely that is .suffici nt guarantee
the clurability of the goods, we are not, here to
that we do not make a little on the suit, we do,.b
is very little, and selling 1 50 suits
'quire such
ave ever experienced -in the
nt. A.brisk demand for the
r grades of cloths has been characteristic of ost
ases. We are between seasons so to speak the
of the spring and su rimer ordered trade ver
t will not be long before the fall !cloths i t�
\arriVe, so that any one w io has a desire for !so in('
"slighter than they, have at present wo. inay s
us rich, yet should you r
• 1 glad -to sell you.
This year 1 as been the best we
orde .ed clothing departm
bett
pure
bulk
and.
our
of
say
t it
would not make
tT a suit we will ife
.
is
begi
net
ay
suit
g ti
mak
thro
re s
t 'de
theri3 are a few nice patterns -left for 81.1Darfier
hart
ngs
and. as a speciall induceinent we are offerir. ese.
han some goods made to order at $12 a suit.
a little thing but it means lot that ourown
oierallsiat 75o and. $1 ar all sewn with linen
out !the ordinary makes t the same prices a
1
with cotton, this little difference makes a vas
imptovement in the weal, of- the' overalls. I
There are Inaaiy prices in boy'f; knee pants in the mai
yet it appears the peop19 want he lineswe show
own, make at 50c and 65 in preference to any •
i,
a
line-,, the sale of this lin is stleady growth, and
goods merit the popular ty. i
The cut -il,ows a two piece sq-ift f )1. boys. The p pular
are' $2,'..52,59 and $3, '
Clothiers
On the Wrong Side of the Eitre,et,
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A HURON
TIONS I
IRL'S • OBBERVA-
OLD LONDON.
1113 NO, 11.
A DAY'
DNAlt Ems T
first thing the sg
t. find his wey
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SIu4T118111/40.
11,-I suppose about the
neer in London dome is
Vfootatialtar
wasn't the first t ing I did, bet certainly
among the first I hope yem will net think
I am about to inflict • letter "shout tombs
• your.readors; beeauae I
ell about them, even if I
However, as there may
g bite on •the way' to thp
er begin at the beginning.
on myeelf that day and
e right train and a bus
bbey. Those who have
op oi a London bus ean
my saying it is a fine way
to see t eity. The first time I got on one I
enjoyed it ever b
When 1'stepped
me say " hold on•
had the warniug.
I got to the neon
rather steep, I ge
finally got into a
ing I started out
mounting to the
driver that 1 mig
koew I war on
nig paid the fair
'lector a penny a
itolthe Abbey.
then paid : " T
thought he Was r
three peace wain
hand him anothe
began to smile an
Ma am," and the
meant, and eons
. I found out after
poaed on, only h
for going to the
yards from tho
snob a lovely -m
and monuments o
couldn't begin to
wanted to do so.
be some intesehti
Abbey, I had bet
I wont up t� Lon
managed to get t
that passed the
seen and been on
certainly endorse
much Meer I got gented.
n I heard a voice below .
tight," and it wee well I
or the bus started before
step and as they are
e a sigh of relief when I
eat\ However, the morn•
yaklf/I had no diffidulty
op and got right near the
t ask my way. Of course
penny bus, but not hav-
)(store, I handed the c0n-
d told him I wanted to go
e looked at me !a minutes_
nose pence ma'am." I
ther taking me in, but
t inuch, so I Managed to
penny. By this time he
again said ' Three pence,
I began to realize what he
quently paid my money.
ards hadn't been im-
d td pay an extra penny
Abbey .gate, about 100
0 -penny corner. It was
ming, and after thi no
one need over tell me -it always rain in
honcian. There h one thingthat has been
i
surprise to me nd that s the bit of
green end flower to be found even i the
most crowded th roughfaree. There a e so
many old church s with a Square of reen
turf, some of the the
taller buildings a
have a few feet o
'perhaps a flower
on the walla. T
most caoes, a go
andconaequent
• though they ma
than It score of p
• Riding to the
Cathedral, along
through Menai°
many recent vie °ries have been celeb ated,
Trafalgar Squar and Netson's monu• ent,
and the Houses f Parliament. Such pro.
oession up one s de of the street and clown
rays,
they
you
ugh, I
but as the bus you are on stops you soon'
spy out the wel known policeman wi h his
hand raised ,. hat means that one s'cle of
the procession ust stop, and in a most in-
eredibly short t me the tangle is strai htetia
ed and away w go again. I was so afraid
I would be too ate for my appointm nt at
the Abbey that I did not see som well:
known sights ti at have since become quite
femiliar. Who a we go e ineide the A bey I:
was told I inus say Oh I" at' ever thing,'
bukalidn't even wait to say Oh I sa some!
place that the uildings in Canada th t were
evsr 50 yearn o d were rare, so yo will,
understand lid I felt to see a bi ilding
crumbled and ecayed with age, t was
time for the gu do to take tourists t irough
the chapels so e joined the crowd. The
guide wore a g! ivn and had a most cli nified
and impottant dr about him. I di want
to hear -Whet h said abut the mom ments,
tombs, etc., so managed to keep el se to
Lo an-
e and
rng in
rd the
to be mentiooed the familiar
and Lediee of histori fame,
was in a very very oh place,
hich were _mice ale e raell
ith gold and eilve ornot
now all bleek and grimy
orne of the monumen i have
f the metal as far up as the
d roach. pne with spend
, but days 1 okin ab ut tide
and as I bought an Abbey
for a
The
every.
lptured
)rices
I AN PA: Cj-F-1
'Will tun Home. Seekeib' 60 duet excursions to he Oanadian Nort
. •
•
return Fin (.14 '
\Vinni 11, toloraine, Antler, .flgovjtn, Dinseartli„ ',..loosen in, I
8Avaxi. Rivtn, $28,. Regina, li\looeja Yoikton $30. Piince LAJ1icrt,
Dyer, Edmonton, $. 10, . °lug .i un 19th, returning un
til
20th. (Alt rail or S. S. Alberta.)(king July1130 returningLuiltil
her rail only.) Going aly 17th, ifetuqing until lptem
(All Ian m S. S. Alberta.) ,. r
ti-ithuyncing MONDAY-, jrj 11 tli, Ike Otpadian- Pacific
ilyea the I uipetial Limited," will -run DAlt.X VetwEen Toronto a
eunver, malting,the inn in 96 hours., Leaves TO-ront8 at 1 P. m.
O. P. It. boats will leave Owen
conw.neing -May lht, fm tit
ts.-41,,1 at this office for all woints
boat.4. AlAo ocean tickets via Monti
n alinott hidden by
out them, but even hose
.048 at the front or
ed, and always a Mid
iese old ehurehes hes
d living attached to
y are kept open,
not be attended by
epic
bbey we pained St,
LudgateHill, the St
House Square, whe
side,
ivy
, in
hem,
even
more
aul's
end,
e 60
ehe othert-eab•
carts, and even
meerned so ho
would think yo
, hansoms, buses,
bicycles; Sometimes
dowdy tangled that
would never get thr
watching the carriages driveipast. It was
just the time for tho afternoon outing and
•the people and people'many like ourselves,
wer• jthere
ust to see the splendid hones,
ne carriage' and their gaily dresseeteoc-
'cupente. The parks here are ;certainly a
joy to the people: Kensington gardens,
Hyde Park mad St. James park are all ad-
joining, sad you can go for miles on green
gran, past miniature lakes on which some-
one is alvrays having a boat ride, while the
swans, dusk' and goslins afford a fund of
lamseement tor the little onet4 and often for
the big ones too. I must not forget to
spook &bent the flowers. In ail the parks
the Rhodendrons are now in bloom and the
great beds of .flowers there are something
worth seeing. There are hewers in .11
allades, from a delicate mauve to a deep red
and 'some ot the shrubs lhok like small
trees. I don't think I ever isaw such fine
horns and; they stepped along as though
they were somewhat conscious of the actinir.
ation they were causing. I didn't Wish to
be any of the people I saw in the carriages,
even the best looking, but on
empty carriage passed and
kind of a wish to go for a d
not get tired watching the
e pr twioe an
then I had a
rive. We did
eople, but the
time would pass and we felt we must move
,on. I had a laugh afterwards *hen I re -
;membered the first thought whentI got up
'was, " My I I didn't know these gloves
!looked so shabby." ,
When we left the park we took a bus
+along Piccadilly street in Order to reach
'Regent street and do some of: the shops.
Here we saw a very .different elites of
people, hue 1 do think that on the *hole
'the bee oecupants looked much happier than
'those in the carriages. The Men had an
alertness about them that was 'wantitag in
their more fortunate, or 'unfortunate
brothers, and although the rinnen might
look a little careworn, the; expression of
litheir faces oould change sometimes and
ithey didn't look as though they had seen
:everything in life that wee Worth seeing,
'7fell, we did the shops and looked at
'pretty things till we were tired. The
Regent street shop?, which are the most
:fashignaltle, do not have opening days as at
.horne, for they are rather proud of their
!exclusive fashions and do not want them
'copied by i a less fashionable horn°. You
don't go in and leek abodt unless you lie -
tend buying. Of course, here as elsewhere,
if you want a good thing aad that of the
latest fashion you must pay for it.
By the time we had done the shop
windows it seemed time for ,S, cup of tea,- so
on a bus we got again andiawity to Oxford
circus, which, by the edaa is only the
meeting of several streets Unit we would
call a equare. I used to WO at the
virtues of a oup of tea, but I' am beginning
to think there is something in it after all,
Anyway, it was surprising .how refreshed
wo felt after the one we had, and we again
took a bus for Liverpool street elation. It
'seem that no matter hoe, often I go along
the same route I alweas see something new
billet in of note. Thenvenin I speak of I
noticed, that is underatandingly, for the
firet -time, the Griiii h'i which marks 0
,place where the ''Temple Ber" etretche
norm the etreet, and 'the hepreeentation o
the lame in a little wooldetnereh on ono o
the shop ledges.' I wonderthere are so fe
railway aceidents as there aro, when
realize that Liverpool etreet station is onl
one of the many id the city and each time
go in and out ecems to'. Ito at a differen
enttro'nee. I have gotten quite used to th
little toy affairs I thought the trains a
first, und, although I ann always imaginin
myself being left or going the wrong way,
have 'never done BO yob, • If I can't get
satisfactory answer from the guard, I jug
'ask Immo one in the car and the policema
never fells one. I have a great admiration
for the latter official, for as a rule he is Rue
a stroug, well built and dignified indh
vidual, arid to see hfin Manage a -crowd
However, I have already spoken of that an
it is time to gob off on thetrain. Se"McL.
iwal at
lam iota,
Oalgary,
August
Septem-
16th,
•i
veil ant
id Van.
Sound Tuesdays,- Thursd ay.s Satin':
Soo and Fort William.. Throng ,tickets
Vest., either iail oil via oar m, gnificent
ti and Elder Dempster IStdamsh p lines,
Telegieele and money order business respectfully solicited.•
him en he herr ed from one ehapel
other. He eve ild stand in the cent
eurvey the peo le as they 'came wet
and when alt'. ere around began hi
say. Itombe f `Henry VII., Erlw
Confessor, not
names of Lerd
made mo feel
The figures,
white, many
mentittion, ar
with ago, and
been, tripped
relic fiend. cou
not only hour
historic place,
guide, (a pape. one) I intend gem
day just to p ke around by mytel
".Poets' corn r," no well known to
one, elm mon merles, slabs and se
•
R. J.. MACPC
C. P. R. AGENT, Seaforth.
0. 13RTIIUNE, Agent for Merchants and Berlin Mutual
Fire Insurance Ooropinies.
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-OF ALL THS -
BRITISH GEN
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In South Af
Printed in colors, at 15e, 25e
PICTURE ER
Made any .size
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nd 35e erten.
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were used and the coin Was diseovered
about four inches above the stomach. Tbe
doctors then had little trouble in effecting.
its removal. The boy claimed the coin and
now has it. He comes from Gilmour,
Hastings county.
-During a terrific thunderstorm Satur-
day afternoon, Myron Early, the 13 -year-
old son of Peter Early, of Bleuheim, while
visiting on the farm of Mr. Wardell, near
there, was struck by lightniug and in-
stantly killed.
-The Ontario Government has issued
plane and specifications for the cold storage
buildings for whieh the Government will
give subsidies. It is estimated that a
building auswering the Government's re-
quirements can be put up for $210.
-Captain J ames Clarke, a prominene
citizen of Brockville'was found deed in his
bed at his tesidenzeSunday afternoon. He
was able to be around that morning,
although he had been in poor health for
some time. He was 73 yeart. of age and
getting a free pass and all ex engem paid, so death was due to heart failure.
as to prevent any change being made. The -In the latest Damson newspaper to
most important question befolte the country hand it is prominently announced under a
to day is, whether are the rai way managers "scare heading that the supply of whiskey is
or the electors of the countryJ going to rule running loiv and that the:price per caint has
the country? The Toronto joard of Trade
- have the advanced from $30 to $60. Scrangely
to -
enough the shortage is attributed to the low
-*tate of the water in the river.
is eepeeted that England will send
her troops to China by the Canadian Pacific
Railway. The Canadian Pii3ifi0 Xtailway
officials say that it would be poSsible to
send ten thousand troops front Liverpool to
Shanghai by this route within a month,
For health reasons alone, the route would
be preferable to the Mediterranean route.
--The emigration , returns just issued
show that the number of emigrante sailing
for Canada from British ports daring the
month of ill1130 were: English, f,449 ; Irish,
94; Scotch, 211; and of other nationalities,
4,725. The total number of emigrants to
Cenada for the six months ended 30th of
June, was 24,930.
-About five o'clock Friday efternoon,
while Mr; William Meaden, of Riohmond
street, London, was going home i he was
overcome by the heat and had to be con-
veyed to 1 his home, where he died about
half en- hour later. Deceased was 01 years
of age arid a respected citizen of London of
27 years' etanding.
-Franklin MeLeay, the well known Can.
adhere actor, died in London, England, on
Friday of last week, of brain fever. Me-
Lea,y was born at 'Watford and was edu-
cated at Woodstock college, afterytarde at
tending Toronto University. He was
-
looked upon as one of the coming great
actors.
-During the proceedings of the Mani-
toba Woman's Christian Temperance Union
convention at Portage In Prairie the other
day, the announcement that the prohibition
bill had passed the third reading in the
Legislature was received with the singieg
of Praise God, from whom all blessings
flow."
Pembleton, of Ayr, aged
about 24 yeara, met with a sudden death
Saturday morning about nine o'elock. He
Was engaged in ehovelling bran at Geldie's
mills, in that village, when by some weans
he toil into the bran shute and wae
smothered, His absence was soon noticed
and every effort made to rescue, him, but
before able to do so life was extinct.
-The two little daughters of William
Brown, aged five and eeven, were drowned'
in the Murray Canal, near Brighton, Thurs-
day afternoon of last week. The children
went out after dinner and not returning,
search was Made for them. Owieg to _the
actions �f a, dog which had been with the
children, search was made in the direction
of the canal.
-A distressing accident ocourred at Al-
vinston on Friday, in the stave and heading
works of the Sutherlald & Innes Company.
About ten o'clock, the head jointer, a large
wheel about six feet in diameter, running
ae 1,2(i0 revolutions per minute, burst,
throwing fragments weighing 200 pounds
over five hundred yards, tearing the mill
roof and sides to pieces and seriouely in-
juring 4 number of workmen.
is making a desperate effort
Government build them a ralroad to Col-
dingwood that is not wanted
cart wants a third wheel.
is more control over the rail
got, that their strong opposi
the country getting 12 year
province has had to pay the
all the national irnprovem
building and improving the
building the railways. The
costly public works has rob
benefits we aught to derive
graphical position of being n
Neither the Mowat, Hard
ernments have 'ever given
concern what kind of eervica
of freight the ,railroads give
whereas Theimas Greenway
years tor his province for I
Hugh John McDonald is ren
until a rate of 10 cents per
obtained from Manitoba to
and Duluth. As soon as the
cate gets in working order
carried from Fore William
seven months in the year, at
half the rate now charged fr
when the 10 cent rate is got
liam and Duluth, Manitoba
be carried to the seaboard le
than from Stratford. This s surely oheap
enough to satisfy a province
from this province a great d
plus apital, as w611 as OUT-Ei
the s ape of young men
there. This is a question th
Lo think over, as it is a matt
figurete of statesmen, military herocii,
authors and n usipians, would take inc
age to mentio • • Some of the old banners
that had bele god to the knights were so
old end tette ed they looked like rags hang-
ing 'from a po e and yen evenifor th.Ee, 0110
hatratkinch of reverence.
I Every day t 12.30 _since the war n Soue
'Afriea.11-tarte ,there has been a. service
prayer; for th soldiers. This began jot
after enew,ere through the chapels and we
took redlifetivi h_the rose of the sightseers, is
no ed to go about during a sot -
vice: Th,eela ter only lasted a half hour,
bue.weettatmo aimpreasive one. Ta k Omit
'A throat, mine see nod afl
lump before he half hour was up. It was
so still and q iet ehat the clergyme, a's voiee
paid those of he singers sounded fir away
add yet so el er and; diseinct not a word
could,he mire ed. There were two soldiers
giteing just_ cross front ,us ; one walked
quite lame a d the other looked pretty pale
and thin. edging from this and thtir
attention to he kerviee we conchn ed they
had been in outli Africa and knew only GO()
well the dangsre to which their country.
t a lump ioeten
'men were ex
sees some oia
sent home ei
going up in
horse artiller
was dressed
'evidently s
what worn
but he was c
show off in 1,
in from hi
Ladysmith
after. -
We were i
with Ito
nd oue .
matter ho
luncheon
Beck in gha
grand in it
'when the
dows do n
down and
was Buelrin
in London
looking, 110
architeetut
we went th
quite near t
through w
Hyde Park.
iesed. Nearly every day one
of the regulars who has been
furldugh. The other night
ha_ train, one of the Royal
soldiert sat appetite us. He
Lathe khaki suit, am it hecl
good itervice, for it ‚.me some -
(1 hie boots were decidedly -sp,
rtainly juatified id w.shing to
ie well known coetume. Jun -
alk he was at the relief of
nd was ordered home soon
tither loth to. leave the Abbey
Very, but it was luncheon time
nnot live on antiquities, no
• interesting they are. After
walked around in front of
Palace, which is nob art all
utaide appearance. Of course,
ueen is residing there, the win.
t have one blind up, another
o c rtains to be se in, but it
ham IPalace. The big houses
re v y plain and substantial
Fete ea whatever to elaborate
I deal ns. Passing the palace
ough part of St. James' park,
e gat that the Queen drives
en sh is at the palace, and into
Her
AlTew Pertinent Facts,
DEAR EXPOSITOR,--jb hi strange that be
ter results lin,ve.not been pbtained from t
able manner in which yeti heve advocate
the appointment of railway commiseione
to guard the various interesta of the cou
try. It seems " petty hei become the mat
nese let many for the gale of the few." T
peiople are not only mad, but have bee()
blind to their own pecenary intereats,
well as that of the Gnarl'.It is doubtf
if there is one Conservative `fernier out
a hundred that would oot be willing
secrifice $100 to $300 perannum, ticeordi
13
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teethe amount of his rop, in freight rates,
to neinstate his party inlpower eonce mor
Sir Charles Tupper kpowe this and has co
etituted himself champion of the railwa
and will not allow any Governmeet inter-
ference with their management, Which is
simply a bid for their`vote and influence 'n
the coming election. If he sueneedsin g
ting back into powev, the two ,Yankee ma
agora of the Grand Trunk Railway a
the Canada Pacific Rallsvay will becoine t
virtual rulers of this greet. Doininion.
It is surprising thet two railways that
the people built, largelY with their oim
Money, should -have grown into two lar
wealthy, soulless corporetions that can
ford to import two Yankees et a yearly s l.
more than a
hat is wanted
aye %eye have
ion prevented
ago. This
ion's share of
nts, such as
finals, and in
cost of those
ed us of the
rem our gea-
r the market.
or Roes gov-
ourselves any
or what rates
thie province,
fought for 12
wer rates and'
wing the fight
100 pounds is
Fort William
Connor syndi-
grain will be
to Montreal,
lees than:one-
m Ontario, and
to Fort Wil -
rain will then
a lower rate
t.
10
hat has taken
al of our sur-
rplus labor in
ho have gone
farmers ought
r of bread and
but+ to them and to the peoviace. If To.
route wants a road to Collingtvood, let them
build it out of their owu pocket. AlthOugh
the tirade and navigation returns show a
wonderful increase in the trade of the coun-
try, it is daubtful if old Ontario is tnuch
wealthier than she was twenty. years ago.
If the increase of her share in . the national
debt, also her mortgage indebtednems and
the deprecation in the value of farm lands
and in that of town and city property,. be
81t813 the ruin of the milling industries, was
deducted from the present great prosperity,
there would be little left to her credit.
The dairying business is credited with
being one of the direct sources of wealth to
this province -indirectly it is not so. The
drudgery of milking cows early and late,
wet and dry, Sunday and Saturday the year
round, is driving more young men and
women off the farm than anything else.
The result is there are hundreds and thous-
ands of farmers who are better able to farm
than they ever Were, but not being so able
to do the work, they are forced either to
rent or sell out, as help cannot be got, and
if got cannot be used profitably. It is only
farmere who are young and able to work
and who have families whose labor Can be
got for their food and clothes that can hold
their' own against Manitoba competition
and railway discrimination. We are told
the Lent helps them who help themselves -
in this case the farmeni deeerve to suffer if
they don't do so. For.linstanze the medical
profession has a government detective in
their employ to see that no one Mom rnedi-
eine for pay to cure any of the ills of life, -
if caught they are both fined and imprieon-
ed. But streuge to nay tho law governing
the carrying trade of this Dominion is • left
entirely in the hands of a few railway of-
fficials to do just as they please -130 wonder
they exert such a wonderful influence. It
is not long since the Grand Trunk found
fault with being taxed too high in Stratford,
although their property NVt18 not assessed at
more than half its value according to the
assessment of other city property. They
mysteriously 'succeeded in getting a reduc-
tion of $600 a year for ten years, which had
to be made legal by a special act of Nadia-
ment, Thin favor was granted at a time
the city had inereased its liabilities by guar-
anteeing the bonds of two industries for
$60,000, and at the time theworthy mayor
was engaged in shipping oats to New York
on a lit cent rate, when they were being
carried from London, the same distance, by.
Michigan Central for 11 center. This is a
fair sample of how this whole province ia.
being robbed. Yours truly,
Jews PRiNGLE, sn.
Straeford, July 2ad, 1900.
1-
ary of $50,000 each, to nitroduce the Arne
' can methods of railroadieg, which consi
of enriching themselves by hook or by cro
et the expense of the coantry.
The net profits of the O. P. R. lase y
was ten million dollars. The late preeide
who is reputed to have become a inilliona
many timeeover, having no further need
a paltry salary, very kindly mice his gr
influence in favor 'of a poor- lad he brou
over from Milwaukee smile years ago,
his euccessor. The fact that two railw
can afford to pay such salaides out of
labors of the people, it is o Weider
country cannot afl'ordto1 pay over $8,00(
year td the Premier of this great Domini
Sir John MoDonald wee Premier for
years aud died poor, and so did Sir J
Thompson. dir Wilfrid Laurier is,
poor and is likely to continue se, wher
the late freight superintendent of the (er.
Trunk --quite a young man, became
wealthy that he could afford to give u
salary of $15,000 to go fruit growing
California. The reason the Premiers
all poor was because they were poorly
and closely watched, and had to obey
law, whereas railway officials are well p
are not watehed, and ate not welted to o
the law, There is nothing to preveu
freight superintendent ,givritg cut rates
large shippers and dividing the profit.
is because railway offieials aro allowe
break the law in giving cut rates,
asses and other favouts that gives t
such great power with individuals, car
redone and governments. When Sir John
A. McDonald's Royal Commissio ers
biought in their report in favor of the ap-
pointment of railway 1 commiseioners, the
railway managers at once sent free pass.s to
the members of the Torento Board of T ade
who were getting cut rates, to eire late
arnonget their friends in the oeuntry. The
result was that hundreds of men saw
we got chairs andsat we that never would have done BO only
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Canada.
force of Boers by whom they were far out-
numbered. Corporal Morden and Private
Kerr continued fighting till inortally wound-
ed, continued to fire, and held their ground.
On June 18th a party of the first battalion,
under Lieutenant Young, when operativg
Iv/Ali a force under General Hutton, to the
northwest of Pretoria, succeeded in captur-
ing two of the enemy's gun., and brought in
a herd of cattle and several prisoners with-
out losing a man."
-A party of tourists, who are going
through Ontario by teach from Niagara to
Montrealaregistered Sunday at the gossitt
House, Toronto. They consist of 'Captain
J. J. Phelps and wife, the Mines Phelps,
Miss Roe, Mf. and Mrs. Ira H. Woolsen
and Mie Kier Mitchell, all of H-ackensack,
New Jersey. They left Haekinsack about
a month ago with a meek and four, and
had come to Toropto by Way of Niagara
Falls and will continue eastward, stopping
at the principal towns on the route between
Toronto and Montreal. They will then
strike southward into Vermotit statetOn
the way west they passed through the lake
region in New York state, In lead Captain
Phelps journeyed around the world In A
schooner yacht, the Brunhilde.
-An exceptionally severe storm Termed
over Chatham and vicinity on Saturday
afternoon. South of Chatham much have°
was wrought, The barn of Cornelius
Thompson, near Bleuheim,, was destroyed
by lightning. His son was injured by the
shock. The family were attending to his
injuries and did not notice that the barn
was in flames until too late. Heroes, eattle
and implements were destroyed, The house
of Hector MeLeod, in the same distrieN was
struck and partly shattered, William ,Sno-
belin's barn, 4th -eoneession, Harwich,: was
struck and a side ripped out. The trees itt
the woods of John Gordon and R Morrison
were felled in a. swath four or &eras wide,
while -fruit treee in the track of the storm
were uprooted,
-A party of British papermakers, head-
ed by Mr, Clarke P. Phillipa, -chief editor
of S. 0. Phillips & Co'apublications, are
making a teem of the papermills in 'Canada
and the Ste tes. The colossal development
of the Cana.lian Sault under Mr e 'Clergue's
supervision greatly impreesed the party and
Mr. Phillips and his friends have been de-
lighted with what they. have teen in Can-
ada. They have:been constantly remarking
on the great possibilities of the introduction
of English capital to work. up- the Inernense
forests of spruce and pulp producin0iinber.
Several of the delegates have theireyee on •
tempting waterpowers and timber limits
They will certainly report most favorably of
their trip and of the immense • natural
wealth of Canada, on their return to the old
country.
-Mr. Charles R.- Homer, of the Can -
adieu Pacifie Railway at ,Montreal, has re-
turned from * trip Of several menthe in
Europe. He spoke hopefully of the finan-
cial situation in England. Mr. Homer
eta he noticed a great difference in the
feeliug itt England towards Canadians, who
are now most popular. In fact, the word •
Canadian mem to be a passport in a
quartets. The English people -were not
only particularly impressed with the offer
of the Canadians to go to South Africa, but
the feeling was universal that the Cale-
&diens had carried thenuielves with groat
credit, being repel on alt occasions to the
work demanded of ahem. As to the finan-
cial outlook, Mr. Homer found that money
is growing carder and that the English in-
vestor is open ! to purchase any firstoelass
gilt edged Canadian investment that may
be offered him.
-We are glad to note that crop prospects
in Manitoba are decidedly more oneottrag-
ingedurin the past two weeks. At:1081)140h
from Winnipeg, dieted July 9th, says:
"Manitoba farmere are now wearing happy
smiles owing to the heavy rains of to --day,
following the general downpour of Friday
last and scattered ahowers of Sa.turday.
Every portion ' of the province has been
thoroughly eaturated, and -crop prospects
have improved' one hundred per centin
coneecincime. .With the exbeption of the
places where the grainhad been blown down
by high winds before it germinated, it took
root and id now growing fine. Thii straw 2is.
short, bads heading out, and the moisture
and strength!. of the Boil will now go into
making heads instead of straw. The farm-
ers will have all the bay they waritas a re -
null' of these reins whieh is important, al
they do net depenh entirely on wheat, bingo
la for cattle raiting turd dairying as
-The county of Kent is busy eonstruot-
ing a Homo of Refuge, the twenty.tt ird in
PIrCiOneaenadian Benk of Commerce has
tho
assumed the bueinets of the Think of Brit-
ish -0131r abillaro, our,
warden of the central
prison, Toronto, who was recovering from
ar i attack of typhoid fever, has suffered a,
relapse and is seriously ill.
-Hon, John Dryden and Mrs. Dryden
left on Monday for the West. Mr.. Dryden
will speak at the national convention of
Baptists at Winnipeg.
-James Bell, a workman on .a sewer in
Woodstock, dropped dead while at work the
other day. Death was caused by heart
failure brought on by the excessive heat.
-Miss Muriel Whitney, daughter of J.
P. Whitney, Q 0,, M. P. P , leader of the
Ontario Opposition, Morrieburg, was mar-
ried at 'Billing's Bridge, (Mario, to kr.
E. H. P. Thompson.
-The new steel bridge across the St.
-Mr. C. C. Whale, the well known or-
ganiztr for the Independent Order of For-
esters, whose 0640118 illnees wo mentioned
in thee() columns last week, died in Graee
Hoepital, Toronto, to which institution he
had beep removed from Owen Sound where
he had been taken ill on Tueeday morning.
Mr. Whale was only 48 years of age.
-About 4 p. m., Thursday of lase week,
a young Mial aged about 19, named Fisher,
of Lakefield, Ontario, met with a fatal acci-
dent, It appeara that he and a companion
were stealing rides on Grand Trunk freight
trains. i While attempting to board one go-
ing weet, between Petersburg and Boden,
he fell underneath the train and had both
lege badly emashed. He was brought to
New Hamburg for me'dical treatment, but
died shortly afterwards.
-Leelie and Melbourne Stanley, aged ten
and thirteen respectively, sons of Samuel
Staid...et, of Guthrie, were killed; by light,
ring Shortly before 7 ohilock Thursday
morning of lett week. The lightning
struck the roof and running down knocked
out theseash in the stable beneath. Froin
the petition in which they were found the
boys evidentlet were looking out .of the
windovv at the storrn. Leslie was killed
instantly and Melbourne lived but a short
time,
-Mr. Thomas Marks, a pioneer of Al-
goma and a leading business man of Port
Arthur, died in the General Hospital in To-
ronto, on Tuesday lest. He came to Toron-
to from Port Arthur four weeks ago, to
have an operation performed, but died of
Bright's dieeaee, He was 66 years of age
and has resided in Algome eince 1858. He
was a native of Limerick, Ireland. Ho was
extensively engaged in railway, steamboat',
mercantile and other commereial pursuits,
and was a self-made man, havinfe come to
this country a poor lad.
-Mr. George ItIder, a well to do Holland
farrnet, was found early Thursday morning
of last week drowned in a sprin on the
farm of a neighbor named Innes. Ile had
been missing sinbe the previoun Wednesday
afterneen. AS he was troubled with heart
disease, it is suppoeed the deeeased was
seized with an attack while drinking from
the well, and being unable to lift his head
up was drowned. When found by Malcolm
Cameron, one of the search party which had
been hunting for him during the night, the
head and shoulders were under the water,
the met of the body lying on the ground.
Lawrence river at Quebec will be 4,000 feet Elder was about 45 years of age and I un
long and 350 feet above the river, thus en- married.-
abling the largest chip to pan under, misib miTiDuar: rEemodrdtchno, tehlleignriatmter trot
leg Dawson City this summer for the par- Lord Roberts, in the House of Commons,
fCoalltioawdiii7
-The Governor-General purposes
pose of acquainting himself with the con- at Ottawa, on Friday: "Pretoria, July
ditione lit the Yukon, and he will set out 6th, -I have much pleasure in, bringing to
from 0.tawa on July 20. your Exeellency's notice the good work done
-0..e day recently a small boy named by the first and second battalion Canadian
Erneet Gumpor was admitted to the Gen- mounted rifles, who have been repeatedly
era', Hospital, Toronto suffering from the conspieuous for their gallant eonduct and
effects of a Canadian 141f -dollar, which be soldierlike instbacts. During the attack by
had swallowed the day before. The coin the Boers, on the !Nod of June a small
lodged in his gullet, obstruoting that chan- party of Pinchers' -creek men of the seeond
nel so that he was Unable to swallow any- battalion, displayed the reatese gallantry
•
Perth. =Notes.
-Rev. Mt L. 'Leitch, of Knox church,
Stratford, Was recently presented: with a
handeome ministerial gown by his congrega-
tion. 1 .
-Alex, Craig, an employe in the Grand
Trunk shops at Stretford, he.a two fingers
badly crushed, the other day,- by getting
them" ceught, in some of the machinery.
lad by the name of Horace Millman,
who hived in Stratford, while playing with A
little friend, a few daye ago,wes badly gashed about the ankle by a Bee the, which his
companion was wielding.
-Mre. Henry R. Weiderhold, of Tavis-
stock, died on the 29th ult., after a brief
illness Docepaed was only little over 22
years of age, and had been merried but a
year and e,
-A very pretty wedding took place at
the home of Mr, Tunethy Pepper, of Logan,
on June 27th, when his deughter, Miss
Inez, was married to Mr. 0, &blear', of
Harriston. • The gueets numbered' over one
hunared,
-John Steinacker and Adam Thiel, both
farmers in Fullerton, have been havieg
trouble that has reeulted in a politic court
cam Two sheep and a lamb belonging to
Steinaelter were killed by a dog, said to be-
long to Thiel, Steineaker now wants $19
demages, -
-The corner stone of the new Methodist
church, at Willow Grove, Logan township,
was laid on Thursday of last week. .The
affair was a- grand muceess. Tea was served
on the grounds, awl addresses were deliver-
ed by the neighboring clergymen and ,other
prominent men,
-Mr. James Barnet, of Seience
met with an unfortunate accident the ether
day. While exercieing his horse the animal
bolted, and Mr. Barnet was thrown to the
ground, He was bruised about the a .34,
and received a compound fracture the
elbow.
-A five-year-old eon of Mr. John Wivell,
of Avontou, was attacked by a dog, the
other day, and his face wag BO badly torn
by the animal that the doctor found it noes -
eery to put several stitches in the wound.
The boy's chick was torn and mangled, and
several of hie teeth Were broken out. -
-Mr. George Hamilton, the new thunty
tteesurer of Perth, was, on Monday of -lest
week the subject, of a real ovetion by the
peopie of Sebringville and hi ti Pupils in the
publie school there, of which he has been.
principal for the peat twenty-fitur years.
The school 1101160 Was crowded and a num-
ber of the prominent men of the neighbor-
hood were present. During the meeting
Mr. Hamilton was presented with a hand -
old watch chain and locket.
for thing but fluid. Saturday morning tarays and devotion to duty, bol -mg in cheek a