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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1903-05-15, Page 1Yo - a id growing, treati niildneas ig activity in • Letat abone aboub hard tg en, and let a business. I nta. king set. k a please routapproval , &bent which etoriee to easonablenees, ne Zownesa of come and see, whore offering " Anyt'ings e." netted ail hats are thm women ur nats are a thew—that ta-etty women sdreetet ky, ktbe r day. :leas- and set- tf el -siert spells, a new hat. , a know se haw to bay e °beep, when heavieet, pehinga they neIlow, others 'nes 'of them a neUti hal you new, tonS.. • tenion and Ietimet, Floor IgsaLace Cur - all °lessee of a bet a stroke iaa new dress nor pen ials as go to ; Beni summer goads appeal t -hat appeala 41pial because ra because esarese of their eif we reconae dfl styled as trek Baines, - girl nothing adolish than h in demand. 1rd colors for ar with white. t 50,3 and 75a es$eS- aeve dress for Rene of her eew gown ire this par- k offer tedminings. v to makera thinge. htnage this observ- e your dress Lmitg, as or- ich approved, Trimmings tire. n things new o8i4ry, Para- - r, Ists, kxioves, ,Laces and (JL Cash e. dation alai - a: stick of the unfor- ar. by. The ledical aid ng investi- wAs splint- ee severely ai broken • t appreci- in,Goderich n4, of Port ranght here endent, of yr, who. was- agot and the ohurch 4 Father ded,—The rid Joseph aized here iaid's felt oreheritra th, and in I eerenaded tele, where riot " trips .he morn- tO'Laugh- ming farm. ton, which 1 nnounced 1 &crook, Tiernan, , Rev, 3. co. John riE sMoKcon, ay, Mon - and at elcome.— , on May residence <en Huron the office as mail office to - a. willing, appoint- . Alfred a presents ameal0111611111118weteetieeeseurelimillw. THIRTY-THIRD YFIA R. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,848. 1 - SE FORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 159 19b3. 7M0LE $ 2. -STORES I 50 ft. wide 1 IGO ft. long IFA AN 2 FLOO S Ground Floorl RETAIL 1 1 Upper Floor MANUFACT 1NG. is 1.JCIVM THAT'S HIS BUINESSS ovvvv+AmAAAANAAAAAAAAAAw. if a Girl is in love, that's business. IF THEY GET MARRIED That's Our Busine,M. 4-1-1-1-14++4-144-1-1-1-1-144-1-1-1-1-14 Yes, it's our business to furnish the man with his wedding outfit i and can do it to perfection. Everything a man wears is here—except shoes. Eve late style or whim of fashion is here in Clothing, Furnishings and Etats, a every price is a fair, reasonable and satisfactory one. Get the girl—we'll, the rest. $15.00 AND $18.90 The above figures are two leading prices for fine black dr ss suits, made your measure, and we give you a fit and a finish on the garment that cannot beaten if you went twice that price. And in SITITS We have the Black Worsted and Serges at At $6.50 and $10.00, Well cut, well trimmed; and. well made. These suits are really ma value. Glad to ihave you look at them. You don't need to buy beca look. • vels ise yo In other suits, we have extraordinary attractions also, and they'll fit- , yourzi)ody, fit your taste, fit your purse. $4.50 $7.50 tenediTindleor.MCOMMEISMatintilithaiOd $9.50 0 Hats, Ties and Shirts Whether you buy a Suit, Hat, Shirt it is a matter of some importance to feel and know that you are not pay your good money for something t which, when you put it on, might la and your tastes and your clothier as number, or a little behind the times. particular, if we cannot satisfy you t store, our goods, our prices and our are in perfect tune, and true step to M. of progress, we do not ask you to le of your good coin with us. We wa or Ti you t ng 01 t ' wea , el yo a bac In thi at au1 rethods musiio ire any Lt your patronage. At the same time we know we must deserve it. Our store is large, well lighted, clean and bright. Our goodS are all new, fresh and stylish—not extren4 Our prices as low, and often lower, than. the other fellows, whose goods are not as satisfactory. Our methods are fairness and squar n ss in every deal. The largest and most complete range of new, hats, hard, in all t shapes; soft in, all widths, and particular curves of brim and crowns to brim, Straws for the coming warm days—dress or sunshade. SIIIRTS L. We know what a lot the shirt has to do with your comfort and and. from a standpoint of moral necessity, as well as other consiclerat have certainly placed at your disposal the widest assortment ever show one store in these parts—the white shirt, the colored shirt, the dress s working shirt— in the man's shirt or the boys' shirt. Prices -15c, 20c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1,25 and $1.50. VYYVVVOAMANWIAAAAANYW Butter and Eggs taken as Cas 4r44 -******-44-4-44-#44-#30-0443. new it the tlemper dns, in an irt, t Greig & Stevvar (SUCCESSORS TO GREIG & MACDONALD) Johnson Bros.' Old Stand 5 Canadian Pacific Railway Upper lake steamships "Alberta," "Athabasca " and "Manitoba," wi Owen Sound at 1:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. READ DOWN. Leave Owen Sound Tuesday, ThurEdays and Saturdays at 1.30 p. n. Leave Sault Ste. Marie Wednesdays, Fridays and Mondays at 10.00 a. th. Arrive at Port Arthur Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays at 7.00 a. Arrive at Fort William Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays at 8.00 a, Arrive at Owen Sound Sundays, TueEdays and Thuradays at 8:30 a. m. Leave Sault Ste. Marie Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 1200.noon Leeve Fort William Fridays, Sundays and Tuesdays at 9.00 a. in. Steamships connect at Sault Ste. Marie for Duluth and Minneapolis, and at Fo -4 William for Winnipeg and all Pacific coast points. For further particulars, apply to 1 leaVe READ UP. GREIG 84 STEWART; Agehit Canadian Pacific Railway, Dominion Express, -Canadian Pacific RaIlw y Tel graph 00., anclflanadianiPacific Railway Co.'s Atlantic steamship se vice. 1 DANCING, ITS T ADUCERS AND US 15. A REMIND DUB Exzoarron„—True knoven sense of fairness 'Molt° discussion or contto privilege of anawering the H. B, which ,appeared your issue of laat week; on Your intelligeat readers oo ed tonotice the fact that w upon;himself to lay down t on the danoe, yet he does truth, and while he amount from ; his lofty pedestal superority with an air of a toonteMpt upon Layman's h he doles not scruple to garbl meatand try to cloud the ,up a Weak easel by employi the keave and the paltroon, ridicule and cheap flatcar= argunhent. Nothing, perha say *mild better vindicat took in regard to the goody referred to than the fact ing to your well the matter of cry, I ask the atter signed by prominently in he above topic. 14 not have fail- ile H. B. takers e eternal truth ot stick to the to look down f selfoonscious jeob scorn and mble efforts, yet hie plain atate- ruth and bolster the means of to wit, sneers, n lieu of honest s, that I could the position I goody people I that one who tsrieakh in the name of these " best " people, 1.conld;pen ach a diatribe. t is either the ispntteringe of an angry ma who has been i badlyhit or elae the produ b of an impure Engination and a pervertecI moral sense. . 3t 1 ' R . admits the first Tr tation I made frrim .he lecturein questio as correct but dernie positively thathe se ond, " the man who engaged in a round da ee either' was a fool or had criminal intentio a," was utter- ed., But that lie was my recollection of whet Was said, and I would not have quot- ed it if the lecturer had na so evidently kle0a0ed fm his subject o that occasion to titter a tong tirade agains dancing. H. ' B. knuees me of crtiereprese Wien and in- sinuatee that I have no reel) et for the truth and then prooeeds unblushi gly to garble mY stetemente. He quotes me as saying. t4 People who condemn the dance condone ailmou everything else," an retorts '1 this is a statement which is as f se as it is weak and wicked. The people who condemn dancing are equally outspok n in their bit- ter condemnation of , mi representation, lYing,Slandsr, etc., and eve y other abomin- ation, eto." Not so fast, L B. In the first place, I only referred to extremiste, Ike the lecturer in question holcould make such Intensely extravagant and intemperete remarks. In the second pl ce, while they nominally condemn theee evis, do they de- ny oaees they pillars in, the nee. I could, that were coin. lust from them? I say in m de not, and yet they remai church, but they must not d if I wished, mention offences mitte4 and condoned here e en at a time when there was Eupposed to be a very tidal Wave of religions awakenh4g, that would make H. B. blaah to the roots of his hair if saihood, but I onalities. H. at unfairness, in making the he hae a spark of Christian Will net descend to Such per B.'s own letter, in its mani Sadly a isconnts hia sincerity above claim. He eays that Layman's medioal know- ledge is either very lirnitedi or purposely stippressed. Often medical aen write from apurely medical standpoint not religious. Just eq. And often ministene and theolog,- ians wander into other fields Eueh as politica cir science, and they generall make a sorry fiat of it. A3 to their politi al sagacity I Will -tilt° their erratic an unreasonable content during the laet pro incial election campeign. As to the bread h and verility of their acientifio attainment I will cite the laconic, remark of the lete rofeseor Hux- ley : "Extinguished the logians lie as thick around every new itoience as the etranded snakes around the etatue of Hercu- les." ,B. might better h ve spared his advice in regard to the ethi s of the pro- fession, as the medical man be seem to be I tentatively hitting at is, am enured, Abu cdantly able to look aft.r his own in- terests. H. B. is not able o gainsay my medical rerterence, neverthelies. H. B. ays " Anotherisleading state- ment Layman makes is that he people who do not dance live the life of he recluse and, therefore, become morbid an vicious. This is a vicicus slander to make, and nomistake. Such an utteranCe is very Ike that of a fool ora criminal. Further he goes on to insheuete that there is more unehastity among people who do not da ce than among dancers." H. B challenges me to stand up tend giVe your readers xepat ble authoritiee es evidence on these points o indicate my poliition on pain of being ijnpeaclied as a slanderer of the virtuous. Sae, air, how he knaviehly garbles my plain tatements and then holds up the base count rfeit, tbe evi- pent product of a perverte moral sense, and impudently remarks, " his ie a vicious slaeder to make and no mist ke, etc." Here is my statement " The f rmer (that is medical science) teaches that it is not those who mingle with the opposit sex in such amuseinents who areapt to become morbid and vipious, but .-ether those wile live the life of -the recluse," Note the difference be- tween the genuine and H. .'s counterfeit. Continuing, I said : " Aga n, if the state - menu] ed these extremists welre correct, we wouldlexpeot to find greater chastity among these *sees whose religious scruples forbid their taking part in such dances than among its votaries, But common observation and the reeords of criminology dd not justify the expectation," II. B. cannotideny that this expectation is the logical inference from his own premium that the dance' leads to im- purity. I say that this exptiotation is not juatified by obsenvation or eslidence. Stand up, H. B., if yon have any eiv, idence to the contrary, as ecco:ding to all the laws of controversy the burden of proof rests with you who condemn the practice of dancing. II. B. assumes' to zidionle what he is pleased to call Layman's p yohology, but which he cannot gainsay without in the meaneSt faehion garbling and distort:ng my statements. HO untruthfully reports me as saying the religi6u3 faculty if dominated by reison and actuated by sUggeation only. Hew astute ! He goes on te say that great culture of religious faculties Only means the dethronement or reason. Stick to the truth IL B., here is ev at I said : " If we cultivate unduly ay ouch faculty without a corres ending ap al to reason to that extent rearain is dethroned, and as the sug estive faouWee are only dominated by the law of sugge tion, therefore, the mind either becomes Ai wreok or takes on the eharacter of the suggestion, hiesr good or bad, as in the catie of hypno ie. The fakirs and mountebanks, and sve4 the religious fakirs,who know all the tricks of the , trade in spiritual husbandry, know these acts end make tree of them o enrich them - elves." The above statement wi11i.ae1fbrush away H. B.'s little childish tw' !Idle about the poise of the intellect and i the safety of reason. Ae to hie sneering eference3 to the new pitychologY of Layman,1 will ehed . a ray °flight into his obtns or perverted .mind, as the case may be, y tailing him that the recent researches and discoveries in the domain of experimental hypnotism and telaphy have almost revolut onized the old science fl)f perychology, so m loh so that it is spoken of as a new science. IGeb an element- ary primer on the eubjeet, Mr. H. B., and - 4op your eenneee. The above quotation I ill also sh w how I applied the principle the reli ous fakirs who work unduly ., u on, the a votive faculties of their hear - e a by sic y and sentimental death. bed e oris, ar f 1 sophistry, impudent levity a d ntimicl tion, the glamor of music, eto., ir order to ake people thinkthey are saved ad rob t in in the name of religion. ill this si ve H. B.'S professed difficulty i regard t what I said about the "fakirs," e 0. ; Stan up H. B. and tell the intelligent ✓ &dere of E ExPosrron why so many in - at tea of as lume are afflicted with religious m nia ? 4 d why will many of them con- y rse in a 1 irly intelligent way on most o her topic* but are "off" at once when a re igious sa ject is broached ? H. B. says, tt if ro1igioit faculties tire subjective, irre- li mut are d tto, and open to suggestion." S they are, and H. B. must have been cal - ti ating the exclusively of late, or he co Id not ha 0 penned so false and unreason - ah e a letter H. B. further thinks that, ae- °circling to uy reasoning, "a waltz cr two after; the Pr yer meeting to (Zak) its effects titi w Id help o preserve reason." I will re. pl to such impudence by saying, that if HI B's letter is a nermal product of his rea- son, &nd if h s piety is up to the average of priayer meeti a g goers, which, I very much deubt, I hav nothing but contempt for the finished pro act. H. B. also thinks he has me fairly co nered on the waltz as an in. diem+ of e lacious thoughts, and fairly shrieks over it like a vulture over his prey. But ot so fast, H. 13. The waltz only has that effect in the case of those having im- pure minds, ' and "seems" to have that effect only to those who approach the sub- ject ith a mind already prejudiced and bound to find impurity, and I charge such extr mists before God and man with poison- ing the minde of young people by their un- wise utteranees. H. B. says: "And now we find Lay an relegating the whole ques- tion o the i dividual conscience for final dist) sal." Jsteo, God only is Lord of the cons ienoe, as conscience is of the mind, natt e and reason of the intellectual. and anin al faculties and desires. H. B. thinks that if I -we 0 capable of " keen analytic reas ning," 1 would see that the legitimate oono usion of, my logic would be to bow the lmighteout of his universe. Then, so i muo the woe for my logic. " Let God be true and eery man a liar." But my logli does no ,so lead to an absnrd conclu- sion, and if i did 1 wculd repudiate it as the mat ApOstle Paul has done in his let- ters n two or three occasions. I may say further, that the great Methodist ehnroh, andjwhloh I tespect, is very far from being a u it on the question of retaining the clan e in the trifles relating to eueh amuse - mens. The„fl should consult the modern oracle, H. B., who oan lay down the "eter- nal truth,"sno doubt on every phase of the subject. 11 I will say, la conclusion, that 11. B. has given the readers of THE Exrosieon his mein ire, such e no tailor under the azure vault of Hea en could have done Ib; and whil he gloa s over his literary debauch, the fingero justice writes the verdict : "Weighed ii the balance and found wanting." I HENSALL, a Yours truly, LAYMAN. ay 4th, 1903. [Ere NOTE —We have omitted two Or three paragr phs of the above letter, which may lessen iltIs fierce somewhat. But, ib seemed to us tihat they tended to extend the scope of the isoussion by entering on new grounds, and Iwe want lo avoid that] WO la en and Missions. The twen y-aeventh annual 'meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyte ran church, held at Guelph, on Tuesday, We neede.y tied Thurcday of last week was on -.of the mcst successful end moat Iargely attended ever held undtr the auapices of b e society. There were over .500 aooredidated delegates present : TEADY PROGRESS. All the re orts so far presented have re- corded satief ctory progress. - The report of the board of managernent stated that t e year had been an enoourag. ing one. All th-ough the society there had been an adv nee in the missionary study and interest. The foreign secretary report- ed that, whil the year had been marked by no steiking o remarkable event, there had been quiet, steady progrese. Of the mis- sions in Judi' it was Stated that the staff had been erne I, involving a great strain on those in the eld and the necessary closure of establiihs work. In spite of those draw- backs from n onth to month, the mission- aries had bee enabled by the divine bless- ing to send ord of much thet was cheering. Reports were given in detail of the work at Indere, Mho , Ujjain, Neemuoh and Dhar. The ourrioul un of studies in the girls' schools at I lore inoludes scripture, sing- ing, reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, wing and wool work. At the Indere hospi al the work for the year end- ing March 1, 1903, was tabulated as follows: 272 in-pa.tie ts, 3,336 new patients. 9,378 treatrlienta, 1j16 house patients, 359 house visits i 307 4najor and minor operations. OA her work at the mission is spoken of - under ,t e head of girls' board- ing school and zennana work. At Mhow the jiepariments are village work, covering 70 Magee, and school work. At Ujjain there s a school for the blind, hos- pital and ev ngelistic work; at Neemuch, an orphanag , hospital, widows' home, women's me heal work, educational, indus- trial and eve gelistic 'departments. At the Dhar hospita there have been 8,258 new patients and 2,162 treatments. In -patients numberedThe his t206r of the nine months, it was stated, aincq the return of the missionaries to Henan, t ma, was largely one of station classes in v rioue parts of the field. By those was meant classes of a week or ten days' length, or the instructfon and encour- agement' of c urch members and enquirers. The total nu ber of the members of these classes was I 4. I Tfix NORTHWEST. The report of the secretary for Indian work in tne orthweet and British Colum- bia dealt in 'etall with 23 stations. The number of b dy missionaries supported in Central Indi by the society is 17. There are also 13 pif veil of miesionarles engaged in the work. I Henan there are three ladies supported ,b the society, exclusive of the lamiesionari s' wives. A large part of the energy of the society is devoted to the work amengthe Indians in the Northwest- and British Coln bia; the work in the various Indian schoo s being speeially under their care. There are 21 Schools and missions &thong the I' diens and aleo an interesting Chinese miss on in y.ictoria. ENERAL PROGRESS. The report of, enoeurage had been one been advise Both memhe 3reased mops years, and f of the .home secretary was full enb. The year, it was stated, of great success, for there had ement in every department. ship and contributions had in - largely than for many previous wer branches had had their 2,000 Rolls Wall Paper Regular Price 8c and 10c Now 5 Ce ts Per Roll. Borders and Seilings to Match Paper Hanging Town or Country 7n P r Roll. ALEX, 11: 11 • names removed from; the list. The increase in finances had been Shared I by all the Pres- byterial societies e oept two. There was nothing but encoura ement in the reports from the auxiliaries, nd th outlook for the future had never ben m re bright and hopeful. The status Intel re orb was as fol- lows : Presbyterial societies, 27 ; auxili- aries, 700; new atiliarie , 29 ; mission bands, 323 ; new mis ion ba de, 29 ; auxili- aries, unreported or diaban ed, 19 ; auxili- ary membership, 1 2728 ; mission band membership, 7,725; yearly membership of general sooiety, 3,55 ; tot 1 membership, 23,016 ; total oontrib Mons, $52,684 The report showc1 that The Tidings had a subscription lit of 17 800. The gen- eral literature report khlw d that 70,918 leadete, etc., had been sold nd 12,235 dis- tributed free. The report tof the Ewart Training Home showed sa isfactory pro- grese. The expenditeres of the society for the year were : In I dia,-$22,171 ; Chine, $2,003; Formosa, $1,374 ; Northwest In- diana,' $15,571 ; Bri ish Columbia Indians, $3,917 ; British Oo'4itnbia Chinese, $565. To tale $45,603. RAILWAY SMASH-UP AT SI PEN., Thepaesenger tra1r going kiorth on the London, Huron & Br Ce bran4h of the Grand Trunk Railway, met ivith asrioua accident at Kippen ttatioa, on Wedne day forenoon lasb. The train Was iunning on time, and when it approached tie switch, at the scid h side of Kippen static , the e gine left the track followed by the baggag and mail oar and the [smoking oar. The e gine ran along the ties for about two hundre feet, when it sheared to the mut side ot ti e track, and, becoming deeply imbedded in Ws° road Ind, came to a stand &till almost on the brink of the embankment. The two oa s were turned angular waya on the track, h t the latit car of the train, in which meet of the passengers were, remained on the rails. Fortunately, no pernon wall the lest injured. But, had the engine gone a few feet further it would have gone over an 1 mbankrnent seven or eiklit feet high, and 't is dOubtful if the train bands or even t e -passengers would have &seeped s) well. As it Was, the ties were badly smashed, he rails torn up and twisted, and the road bed pldwed up to a depth of about three eet. There were an unusually large rum er of passengers on board. An engine an1 a couple of oars ran down from Clinten, taking the passengers and mails oi board ar d conveying them to that place, so that th y were not much ds- layed. A wreoking t ain and a gang of men frhm London and alor g the line wcra soon at the scene of the ac ident, and the track was cleared and repai ed, so that the even- ing trains were able td peso without delay. The engine and tender were badly broken up, and it took some time and a good deal of hird work to get th m pried out of the earth in which they ere imbeded and re- moved from the road ay. The oars, how- ever, were not injured in the leatt. The accident was eccasioaed by a part- ially opencd switch, but how the witch came ta be in that condition no person knows. The train going south passed over this switch aboub an hour before the acci- dent, and it had not been interfetrad with, so for as any person knows, in the interval. It is most likely, hovvever, that the switch had not been properly closed the last time ib had been used, and that it gradually worked open by the trains parsing over it, until the opening got wide enough to allow the engine tq run off the track. It is ex- ceedingly fortunate that the accidentdid not result in injury to any wean, and the loss to the company will not be serious. Mr. Paul Doig was 'working close to the track, and immediately opposite the scene of the accident when it oecureed. He notic- ed the engine leaving the track at the par- tially opened switch, and, from the appear- ance of things at the time, he was much surprised that no perapn was injured. The wreck was the centre nf attraction for pen/ pia for miles around during the whole of Wednesday afternoon, and ib is not often there is so lively a enene around Kippen station. Accidents on this branch are of very rare occurrence, and it is the only one of any account that hart happened for many yeare. Hon. David Mills Dead. This announcement startled many on Saturcley last There passed away on Fri- day night laat at Ottawa'almost in the twinkling of an eye, a grest Canadian. etates- mon and jurist in the perso of Hon. David Mille, ex -Minister of the Interior and Jus- tice Departments of the Dominion, and one of the juatioes of the Supreme Court of Can- ada. Mr. Justice Mills was present on the supreme court bench en Friday, in apparent- ly good health. He spent the evening with his family at his residence on Concession etreete one of his visitor* being his 'nephew, Mr, N. Mills, poetmester of the House of Commons. The family were chatting pleasantly together, when shotty after ten o'clock Mr. Mills suddenly took an apparent spell of fainting, and then collapaed. The telephone was immediately brought into requisition and two doctors were summoned, but before they could reach the house Mr. Mille had passed to the great beyond. In lees than five millets@ from hie attack of illness Judge Mille was no more. In his death Canada loses one of her great men. As an authority on the Con- stitution he was withnut a peer; as a par- liamentarian he had few equals ; as a jurist he was in the foremost, rank.; as a man he was of the most kindly and lovable disposi- tion. Hie end was midden ; it came as he wou!d have wishedAtI the time of the death ofoSir John Thompson he remarked to a friend that that was the kind of death he would like to die, if he had the choice; suddenly, without warning, without pain. The doctors assign hefut failure as the came of his demiee. Mr. Mille was 72 years of age. He was descended !torn Puritan and U. E. Loyalist ancestors. He was born in the township of Oxford, Kent county, Ontario, and for a great many years represented his native county in the parliament of the Dominion. He W as a graduate et the l University of Michigan and in earlier life Was ennaged in school teaching, but later n studied law and reached eminences in bie profession. He entered parliament at onfederation as IIIIP the representative of Bothwell alai held the seat continuously, with the exception of one session, uutil 1896, when he wasi called to the Senate, and was soon after appointed Minister of Justice in the Laurier Cabinet. succeeding Sir Oliver Mowat. He held that position until he was appointed a judge of the supreme court of Canada, a position he held ab the time of his death. He was also a member of the ,Mackenzie Government during its existence. He had held many important positieus and had spent an active, useful and prominent life. He was also for some years a profaner in Toronto Univer- eity. He attended the funeral of Sir 'Oliver Mowat, in Toronto, a couple of weeks ago. He is among thelast of the old guard of once leading and, prominent politicians of this country, and his death apprises us all of the very rapid flight of time and that all, both high and low, mutat pay the last pen- alty when the appointed time. comes. The remains were taken to London and interred there on Wednesday. . Rev. pr. McLean. The last issue of the Presbyterian con- tained an excellent likeness of Rev. A. Mc- Lean, of Blythe Mr. McLean was one of three who had the honorary degree ot Doo - tor of Divinity Oonferred upon him, at the recent annual convocation of Queen's Uni- versity. Dr. MoLearde many friends in this county will unite with THE EXPOSITOR in congratulating him on this well merited tribute to his worth and ability as- a pastor and a citizen. ' t - Rev. Mr. McLean g4daated from Knox College 37 years agon Shortly after his graduation he was called to Barrie and aleo Blyth and -Belgrave.s He accepted the let- ter call and was ordairied and inducted on November 6th, 1856, end has always re- mained with his prat love. Shortly after hie induction he wait appointed °leek of the Presbytery of Huron end still holds the office. In 1877 B yth became self-sustaining and was aeparabeji froth Belgrave, Mr. Mc- Lean remaining a minister of the former. He was elected Moderator of the Synod of Hamilton and London! in 1890. He has been very succesSful in dealing with the young, and during hie long ministry has been a fine example of a -faithful and, in the best sense, o! a El acessf0 minister. ! e : Canada. , —It is said that New Liskeard, the cap - i ital town of the iTemnicaming district, is growing rapidly and the settlement in the country round ablaut is I ale° progressing in the same way. 1 — The Ontario Government intend erect- ing a monument in Queen's Park, Toronto, to the memory of I Sir Oliver Mowat, and the Legislature will be asked this aeration to vote an amount for thet purpose. —John Finnegain, for 60 years a resid:nt of Belleville, diedlest Week. He was a leading carriage manufacturer for many years. Deceased was bOrn in the county Antrim, Ireland, 96 yes.is ago. —Mr. J. V. Teetzel, 1 . C. of Hamilton, has been appointed to t e high court of On- tario common pleas division, in place of the late id.r. Justice Lount.1 Mr. Teetzel served a term as mayor of Hamilton, and he was the defeated Reform candidate in the last Dominion election. —Rev. John Thompann, M. A., pastor of Knox church, Ayr, who was recently elect- ed Moderator of the Synod of Hamilton and London'still occupies his first charge," to which he was inducted in November, 1871. During the nearly 32 years of his pastorate he has mimed but` one meeting of Synod. —The Ottawa St. Andrew's Society has decided to abolish mountain dew, so far as its meetings are ooneerned. Hereafter mineral water and ginger pop will be sub- itituted for the "Whuikey ' at the quarter- ly gatherhegs. This is a gcod move, although some of the brethren may, occasionally, get drouthey. — The barns of the Mohawk Insetitute, two miles south-eaet of 13rantford, were de- stroyed by fire recentlyi There were 14 cows and 5 horses bu-ned, and a quantity of hay and agricultural implements. The fire was the work of an incendiary. A man was Been running away frorn the, place, in a southerly direction, when the fire started. —MaaRteus Pope, K P., speaking with W. B. Yorthrttp, M. P. for East Hee-tinge, at the junior Conservative Club, in Mont, real a few evenings ago, said that he had every reason to believe that there would be an election in January, and that the Gov- ernment were getting the lists ready with that intention. — Mr. EmerEon Coatsworth, Er., the vet- eran city commissioner of Toronto, died in that oity on Friday. He was 76 years of age and had filled the position of commis- sioner for over 30 years. He continued to discharge the duties of his office until with- in a week of his death. He was a native of Yerkshire, England, and was a popular and efficient official. —It is underetood that Mr. Alexander Smith, who for nine years or more has been chief organizer of the Liberal party for the Province of Ontario, will shortly resign. Mi. Smith has been contemplating this step for some menthe, and intends to enter the praetice of law at Ottawa. Although Mr. Smith was in journalism at the time he was chosen to succeed Mr. W. T. R. Pre -- ton Ete Liberal organizer he was aleo a bar- rister, and holds the V. C. L. degree. His successor will probably be Mr. James Vance. , — The new palace hotel recently com- pleted on King street, Toronto, was opened for the accommodaticn; of the public on Monday last. It is one of the finest estab- lishments of the kind 0 the continent. A Mr. Bailey, of Chicago, has been employed as the manager. The hotel is owned by a company, of which Mr. F. G. Blackstock, a prominent lawyer, is the president. The heaviest stockholders in the company ate the Gooderhame. The building has cost in cash so far $1,915,000 and the furniture and supplies $313,000 —The Bureau of Mines has issued a bul- letin on peat fuel prepared under the direc- tion of Mr. T. W. Gibson, director. The bulletin says : - " It will be surprising if the citizens of Ontario are not soon given their ()holm between compressed peat fuel and coal instead of, at present, being con- fined entirely to the latter." The data upon whichnhis prediction is made includes an estimate that peat briquettes can be made here at an actual coot of $1 a ton, and have actually been told for two succes- sive seasons at $3:a ton. The heat value of peat is plaoed at two-thirds that of coal, ` so that pest at $3 a ton is equivalent to anthra- cite coal at $4.50 a ton. —The steel plant at Sault Ste. Marie was In operation last week for tbe firat time since last December. All the departments were at wotk, frpm the converting mill, converting the pig ircn into steel, te the finishing mill, where the completed rails were turned out. ' The tun was in the na- ture of a test to see that during the winter, while the plant had been idle, nothing- had gone wrong with it, and to make sure that it will be quite ready so as to begin oper- ationa in earliest as soon as 'the blast fur- naces are supplying pig' iron. Everything ! BROS., Publishers a Year in Allivance, 4 worked tr.tiefactorily; and the run was quite as successful as would be expected had the plant been in continuous operation. The company is waiting now only for the completion of the blast furnaces to put the whole industry in operation with the inten- tion of running it continuously. Construc- tion work on the blast furnaces is nearly completed and it in stated the plant will go into opera ion about June 15th. I —A fire which for a time threatened to totally destroy the town of Minnedosa, 2 30 o'cloo d before it could be Manitoba, started on Friday afteineon atner thad swept the north side of the town and [done damage to the amount of nearly $50,- 000. The C. P. R. depot, the stook yards, the Ogilvie elevator, and a quantity of lumber cn flat cars in the yard were totally deetroyed, while the Northern elevater was only saved after the meet etreuuons efforts ili of the volu teer fire brigade. As it was, the engine house was destroe ed, and the building,hich contained a large quantity v , of wheat, Was badly scorched. The origin 1 h of the fire a a complete meetery. ; —A terrible accident occurred at 1 o Clock Friday morning, near Fort William, by which2 men employed on a C. P. R. Worktrainoral their liver,. The train had 1 been distri uting ties along the treck and Was coming back. When aboub a mile out Of Dexter station a boarding car with 20 Men on board jumped the track. The -cause i supposed to have been a broken wheel. flat ear telescoped the boarding oar which a -s overtutned and caught fire, the flames spreading oritesouewor niyeight probably s eblurtned nat'it i era at le ached th s veral wer —The w- e been 61a1ued at $ in realty ¶Ihem 86.734 ; lif $ ,4130 ; o her seour Ii nds of agents, $ o rapidly as to hamper any . Of the 20 men ort the car were rammed, the rest being maned by the shock. and then ct a sound of pain was, heard, presumed that all the twelve et unconscious when the fire ✓ m. In additicn to those killed, very severely injured. 1 of the late 81r Oliver Mowed; d for probate. The eatate is 05,340.79. of which $40,864 66 and $64,476 13 in peraortalty. are as foliose° : Book debts and nctee, $9.178.91 ; mortgagee, insurance, $32,575.64 ; atocke, oney with broker, $1,181 25 ; ties, $3 286 25 ; mrney in the ntsak, 'n87 0$02537 7;4 ;cash al oenettahanidn, 9; cash inb Aerie', $3 t,800 ; in other povinces, $5,- 9 0, mat account, but not payable $114.- 6 . Threetwelfths of the estate is g'ivert to h s eldest an, Arbhur, and the same to his 11 married daughter, and two twelfths to e oh of his lather three ' children. He as- s ris as a reaeon for epecially favoring the t ethat the others are otherwise well pro- vidAfoisnreported that Rev. J. M. Barr, Who has gained so mut% notoriety: lately With the new colony which he hae trans- perted froni England to i the Northwest, is an old Hellen boy. An old acquaintance ol 4ev. J 1f. Barr tallith° Winnipeg Tri - Jenne that Mr. Barr was 'born at Hornby, in T afalgar tcjwnhip, Halton eounty, Ontario,. is father 1 was a PreSbyterian minister, who moved from Ireland to Hornby. Rev. J M. Barr .1 nd his brother stndied for the P eaby t• ria ministry,' but aftexwarde nelican church. Some, years stationed fora time in the vil- ,er, Huron (ninety. This is not arr's first t exponents° in the est. Over 20 years agn he establitshed a o urch in the Saskatchewan country. He t ok a geocl outfit with him, but returned to 0 itario in a year or so. : • - Perth Notes. —Dr. 0. E. Smith, of Bt. Marys, has been a pointed a coroner by the Ontario Govern- ent. —The death occurred, ,on Tuesday morn. n,tg of laet week, of a very highly respected 1 dy, in the person of 'Mrs. John Thistle j .,, which °centred at the family residence, 1 t 6, conceasicn 9, Downie. She had been i but a short time, and her purring away c uses deep regret in her neighborhood, here she Was highly esteemed. :—While taking stock a couple of weeks a o, Mr, Win. blorenz, di Mitchell, injured a of his legs on a Eugar barrel. At the 'ine no attention was peid to the matter, t after a few days the pain was so intense at the suaarer was taken to his bed and a settir called in. Blood poiloning ie amid to ve set in. —George A. Mille, a well-known cabman o Stratford; died very euddenly on Mon - y of last week. About nine o'clock he .. ant to his 'Stable, and abcut an hour Edw- ards was found lying in an THICSIISCiOtte 'ndition. Medicabeid was summoned, but of no mail. Deceased was 65 years of a e. L—Eon. Thomas Ballantyne, of Stratford, 11 present a Nurses' Home to the Perth unty General Hospital, as a memorial to s late wife. The home will be near the er entraece to tbe hospital grounds, and obably in' a line with the main building. 11 e gift is a magnificent one, and is worthy the !gentleman who . represented South rth in the Provincial Legislature for any yeara!so faithfully and so well. e—In the hotel at Dublin on Saturday, hring dinner hour, the acetylene gas ap- !tratue blew up, throwing the trap door iolently open and causing a sensetioe to hose in the building resembling that pro - hoed by all earthquake. Aid. Savage, of 6ratford, Wan one of the diners at the time, Ing there On business, ;and says the feeling as interesting, but hie nerves were equal to Io completion of his repast. The datnage the building was emnparatinely trifling, —The rehord of deaths for April, IDA regietersd with City Clerk Lang, of tratford, durieg that month, was some - hat remarkable, there being fifteen, as empared with seven Itir the same month 'Et year. i The ages Of those registered ere also remarkable, being as follows :- 2, 35. 87, 67, 90, 83. 82,i 65, 20, 82, 10, 66, 5, 48, 39. i The average of these is 62, ttoile the storage for most months is below —On Saturday, 2nd inst.'as Wm. Adams, n old man !who works kr Mr. Thomas Ijlurray, neir Russelds.10 was getting off tihe Fallartni stage in Alie allay -way be • the pest office and the Hicks House, Mitehell,i he missed his footing and fell, is head strliking the brick wall. He was hiked up and carried into the hotel, where r. Atkinson dressed hie wound, which coa- • sted of a terrible gash en the top of his ead. He Was unoonecieus for fully fifteen n buttes, but was able to return home in the a t—ernO/*turtle' y evening, while driving into , itchell with her twtO daughters, Mrs. orge Henry, of Fullerton, had a thrilling experience. As they were passing the mill - yard of Meeers. Davie it -Eizerman their borne became frightened at a baby's go -carte hich was being inn Edorig the eitiewar, i the animal etartgd to rue. The buggy as upset and the girle thrown hate the itch, while Mrs. Henry was held under- eath the bpggy, Foitemately the harness roke, allowing the horse to get idear of the reand th., no doubt, ;saving the life of lady. All were more or leas Injured,and. e buggy was badly damaged. 18. 1 ned the o he was ge of Exe ev. Mr. 1