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Largely Due
been taking
ho recently
i% studying
.noisi affairs
conclusien
6liart econo-
discs fro us
ized inces,
suffering in
7 degree, to
is die the
7 e, money is
ties. With
two causes
y decided :
"that the
y root and
seaters that
r experience
nt evidence
eight hours
uld be all
good day's
tydid not.
ie, in favor
they should
a day there
do a good
he average
tat on the
,y, and the
n speakieg
of agricul-
the trades
going a feir
disastrous
e m ploy ers.
ng to trades
om cf con-
y to employ
es a trades
used to con -
allow any
company.
the conse-
r
ous strike,
ral strikes
unions en -
and others
her officers
des union
ides. This
el shearers'
reat strike
D R July 4,
n returned
held out,
the leaders
During the
ething was
1 cause of
e claim of
f contract,
eat power
des unions,
vhich they
•e, in fact,
and sought
'he number
epidly, and
roaching a
the strike
heir point.
rfere with
5 unions if
their claim
red. Since
wetty com-•
has enor-
's earnings
risen. In
men, with
asters, and
and idlers
nded that
iern to do.
energies of
tive works,
tel. That
it stands to
f long con-
tr. That is
They bor-
mid borrow
of course,
capital of
ring city,
Old rot be
bus system
very many
character
t all Canada
cate that at
people who
during the
O primary
ed in this
'cmpetition,
moously with
ing in To -
would this
hen existing
occasioned
bark on the
the novice,
to a whole-
ith one or
be encour-
-fryer pay for
good for
rd to stop
from these
e business
in the face
first stock
for many
• so many
lesalers and
small new
out of all
ulation and
Wefind
s class very
cities; and
fact that
how many
support.
good busi-
a for a few
de fruits in
1r succeeded
iperous ; and
ntly no suc-
firms.
sfortnne that
ge his voice."
"14o* sir •
in when we
hg on an Era.
bed withers
.1>
—
Jukt Received by
V mstone Bros,
at the
ViiNCHArill
lita;rbie & Stone
WORKS
A fine Assortmeut of
Granite Monuments
of every style. Also a large amount of
the
BEST NEW _YORK MARBLE.
We are therefore prepared to furnish
Monuments and Headstones at GREAT-
LY REDUCED Prices.
It will pay you to call _before placing
your order.
VANSTONE BROS.
Dim
WHAT YOU Kiri SEE, ASK FOR ;
Carpets,
Stair carpet.
Window Carpet.
Window Holland.
Lace Curtains, 40c. to $5
per set.
Art Muslin, bleached and
colored.
Tabling.
Cretonnes.
Salisbury Cloth.
Verona Cords.
Printed Challies.
Wool Delaines.
Pink and cream Cashmere
and every other shade
Nuns' Vailings.
Net Vaings.
Navyand brit DressSerges
Lawn Victorias.
-Lavna checks.
;Bkoise stripes.
Flanneletts—P7 patterns.
Shaker Flannel..
Carpet warp.
Weaving warp.
Black Dress Silk.
Black Sateens.
Velvets and Flushes.
Brown Holland.
Valises.
Lunch Baskets.
Churns.
Butter Trays and Ladies.
Washtubs.
Crockery.
Glassware.
Hardware.
Patent Medicine&
Top Onions.
Potato Onions.
Dutch sets..
Garden Seeds
Brushes, all kinds.
Washing Soda.
Whiting.
Raw Oil.
Lye.
Turpentine.
Castor Oil, by the lb.
Stone Crooks.
Earthenware Crocks.
74/Dr Pans.
Milk Pails. itv
Wash Boilers.
Tea rattles.
do copper.
Dish Pans.
Felt Hats, just to hand.
Straw Hats for 500 heads.
Lace Frillings.
Ties and Collars.
Top Shirts.
Dress Shirts.
Scissors.
Knives and Forks.
Spools.
Teapots.
Canned Goods.
Plow Lines.
Bed Cords.
Marbles.
Wire Clotheslines.
Baby Carriages.
Croquet.
Spices,
1
IN THE FLOWERY IDSGDOIL. be no • doubt that the difference betiveen
the well filled and creditably equipped
Interesting Leiter From a Canadian Lady Australian courts and those of Canada, will
nisei 0 R ry to China -Characteristics have an injurioue effect upon our desire
°Tine peepie_Dimealliea er Learning for supremacy in the British market. After
the LaDguateentering the Canadian section of the Ins1 tie
.
tute through handsome porticoes from the
The followin,g, are extracts troth tromal private 1 Cape Colony Court the difference becomes
letter from Miss 'Hastings, a missionary nal marked, and but for the display made by
China- to a friend in this city. It is dated
Knei-iang, Feb. 18th, 189.3.:— .
I suppose you will want to know seme-
t hing-abetit myself and the strange people
among whom Lein living.: I cannot say
strange cometrygbecause the shy is as blue
and the grass as'green, and the flowers as
bright as in Canada, and did not God make
them a'I? But certainly the people are
very different. -In the first place they
talk - a very difficult language, and when
we first came here, we did not understand
a single word they said, but now after
months of hearci. study, we can make out
a good deal that'is said and can also talk a
little. We can tell our woman to sweep,
and to wash clothes and to "fetch and
carry" for us, and what is even better, we
can talk to them a little about Jesus and
how He died toga_ ve us from our sins.
It strikes us -as very strange whenever
we go into a home, to have the women ask
if we smoke. Of course we say no, and
then the women smoke themselves, and
what is much , worse, very very many
smoke opium, which is even mote hurtful
than the liquor habit at home. And then
this dreadful opium has such power over
its votarit s that though they may want to
break off the habitthey find it almost im-
possible to do so.
The little c'iildren we find very interest-
ing. Do you know, the mothers carry the
little ones on their backs ; they tie them
on and go about doing their work ; some-
times we see quite little girls carrying the
little babies in this way. Most of the gills
have their feet bound when they are about
six years old. This cruel custom causes
them a great deal of pain, and they often
• cry for hours together because ot it, but
after a while the feet become numb, and
the pain ceases and they manage to go
about on them, but they never are able to
walk as fast or freely as we can. Many
old women have te.use a stick to help them
along. The children are also very fond of
play. The girls have a game in which even
the mothers sometimes join. You know
what a shuttlecock is and how we beat it
into the air with a .bat ? Well, the Chinese
girls have a shuttlecock with a, flat bottom,
and instead or a bat use the side of their
little feet. They, beat it up quite fast, and
often keep it up quitea long while, quite as
long as we could with a bat. It looks e ry
funny to see them doing it.
"You would think the houses rather
strange ; they do not build upstairs rooms,
though many houses have a loft which they
-reach by a ladder; downstairs they do not
lay wooden floors, but simply make use of
the ground, and in winter this is very cold
and damp. Then they do not have stoves
or fireplaces, but also a sort of firepan in
which they burn charcoal or coke. They
do not build chimneys to their houses, but
when the fires are lighted the smoke must
go out of the door or from a hole in the
roof.
We are not able to walk about very free-
ly because the Chinese do not approve of
ladies walking on the street, so whenwe
have to go through the larger streets, we
must ride in a sedan chair, which is carried
on the shoulders of two men. 1 do not like
this at all, as I would very much sooner
walk, but we are obliged to use them some-
times. There are some horses in this part
of the country, but the streets of the cities
our two Western _Provinces' would be dis-
graceftil.
Prince Edward- Island, that garden of
the Atlantic, is hardly represented; Nova
•Scotia a.ndNeweBro.nswick have merely' e
few exhibits left over from the Colonial Ex
bibition of 1880 ; Ontario has an excellent -
mineral display the vast fishing interests ot
the Maritime Provinces together with their
great mineral -wealth, their apple growing
and dairying interests are hardly visible to
the most acute observer; the manufactures
of Canada are not displayed at all; while
the famous timber resources of Quebec snd
the beautiful scenery of the Dominion
generally; are barely outlined to the
ordinary visitor. -This is all extremely
regrettable. At the -opening of the
Institute there were at least _ 300,000
people _present, and there were probably
half a million wrsons in the streets
discussing the building and what it
contained ; great numbers are visit-
ing it every day ; and at the Prince of
Wales' reception there were 20,000 of the
representative people of Great Britain pres-
ent. Eminent men from every cernereof
the Empire arida Europe were there, no
doubt curiously observing the variety of
products from the different and distant
parts of the British realm.
It was therefore veateaenfortunate that
Canada as not well represented. The
Provinces in whose hands the matter lies
must awake to its importance and recog-
nize that such an exhibition—permanent in
character and appealing especially to a vast
and sympathetic market --is of greater im-
port than even the desirable display of our
products at the great but transient Fair in
Chicago.
WE KEEP EVERYTHING, AND SELL CHEAP,
a
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FIRE AND STOCK
Insurance Agent
Ne-VlEtC)2K3WrFZ.
REPRESENTS :
Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Perth Mutual Fire Insurance Co. -
Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Mercantile Insurance co.
Etna Insurance Co.
Give John Call.
PETER IIEPINSTALL;
Fordwich.
General Insurance
Agency.
Call and get your Will made.
Or call and get
Dr. WWord Hall's Hygienic' pariphlot: Ida*.
nelous Triumph Over Disease Without Medi.
clue," at half former cost.
Or ANY INSURANCE, either on villege or farm
farm property. -
Or any writing you require.
Or a loan on real estate at the.loweSt
THE LIFE OF A RUSSIAN STUDENT.
Some Rules That Govern School Life in
St. Petersharg and Moscow.
Nowhere in the world is the student
subject to such a strict, searching and rigor-
ous discipline as is the student in a Russian
University.
From his entrance into school the boy of
ten or eleven years of age has to go through
a log and tedious process of training, the
-nature of which tends more to fit him for
army service than to fill the professor's chair.
In the preparatory class the boy is taught the
names of the royal family in order, and the
names of the entire dynasty in their rank
and order. These he must know by heart.
Next comes the way to render honor and
to salute all military officers should he meet
them or speak about them. Here also he
must learn by heart the Russian national
anthem, " God Save the Czar." Next come
marching and the various military com
mands. An account is kept of the physical
developments of each boy, so that when
he is sixteen years old -it may be seen by
his physical progress if he is fit for the
army service.
At this time the scholar receives a pass-
port of " identification" and a book contain-
ing the rules and regulations which are to
govern his life in the institution. The
discipline the Russian student has to under•
go may produce one or two results. '1 he
student may be made obedient or abjectectly
slavish, or the rules and laws by which he
is governed may give him food for reflection
are very narrow and the roads outside are and create a natural aversion to the author -
merely footpaths, so they do not use carts lilies.
at all ; besides the country is hilly and Here are some of the requirements :
Often we have tie go up and down many Each student must wear a military uniform
steps in passing through the city streets, with brass and nickel -plated buttons, which
so that carts would be useless, and they have to be polished every day ; each student
cannot even use the barrows like they. do in must also clean his own shoes ; mustache
the cities on the coast. When we were iand beard are not allowed ; hair must be
Yang-cheo I had a number of rides in a
clipped close; Brooking and carrying -a cane
-
bairow. It was very funny indeed. Two are forbidden, as well as the use of any
intoxicants whatsoever. While walking to
sit on together and in getting off you must
and from school the student must carry en
be ready to alight at the same moment, for
his back his knapsack filled with books,
if one jumps offflrsb, first, the other is likely to
be -tipped overThe barrow hasonly one weighing in all e.bout twenty-five or thirty
.
wheel with a seat on each side and as there Pounds. This he must do in all kinds of
are no. springseit gives you a good shaking weather. The student can not attend any
social or public gathering or entertainment;
ne. neither can he go to the theatre or concert -
The city where we are living is over 2,000
hall. He mustnot be on the street after 7
miles from Shanghai, the seaport where we
first landed, and it takes nearly three -m. He must not read any niwspaper
months to get here. "'ravelling is very whatsoever, or any books but those written
by Russian authors and approved of by the
slow end we do not journey at nights. We
censor.
Any one observing the violation of any
ot these rules may demand the student's
passport and return the same to the author-
ities, for which -the informer receives a -re-
ward, while the student is punished by
being locked up tor twelve hours in a dark
r°15Sieneret soeieties, or organisations among
the students are not to be dreamed of ;
neither are students permitted to gather
into groups. Two may eonverse or speak
with one another, but three together are
not allowed. A young Russian who says
he attended one of theseinstitutions is au-
thority for the statementthat there is al-
ways among the students one spy in ten.
The same person declares_ that when a spy -
makes an unfavorable report, the student
reported against suddenly disappears. In
the year of 1885, he affirms, -there were
twenty-one disappearances in- the St. Pete r s -
THE IMPERI INSTTUTE. burg University, and double that number in
Moscow. If inquiry is made for the miss -
'Canada Should Wane IV and -Display Her
-Resources. -
If Canadians really mean business at the
Imperial Institute they cannot too soon -ex-
hibit their intentions by practical demon-
stration. A magnificent opportunity is
a,fforded Canada to place its products and
resources permanently before the people of
the -United • Kingdom and incidentally to
give them prominence inahe eyes of visitors
from all parts of the Empire and the world,
• BUILDING VIATERIAL.
sucyi A s_
Painth, Oils, Glass, Putty Wrought, Cut aid
'Wire Nails, Spikes, Tools of all kinds, in
great Pi Ausi on at
carry our beds' witntus and when on the
river sleep on the boats, but when travel-
ling over land we stopem the native inns.
In our room there would be perhaps to o
wooden bedsteads and sometimes a table
and two chairs. IrN e had to spread out
our own beds and make ourselves as com-
fortable possible. _
Tho Chinese New leer was on the 17th
of Feb. Then the people shut up their
stores for several days and have a big holi-
day. Every night for about a month they
let off fire -crackers. If you. lived in China
for that month you would not want to hear
fire -crackers any niore. Beside this, we hear
the beating of gongs in the temples and
houses by which we know they are either
worshipping idols or ancestors. It makes
one feel quite sad sometimes as we think
what all the noises indicate.
Ian or Henry':
• Ford -wick -I
416.
Hardware Store,
A full stock of all kinds of Hardware. No
need to go to the "big towns," for we have
everything. Come and deal at a first-class
house, where goods are way down cheaf . Immense line of
ALABASTINE for the walls, in all colors.
. Tinsmithing and Repairing a Speciality
FEIM1111=1.
An elegant stock of
aBOOETS
AND SMIO
P. H. SHAVER'S, GORRIE,
• Something choice in
,Gents' 'Walking Shoes,
Ladies' Lace Boots,
Boys' and Girls'
Boots and Shoes
ing student, the inquirer will be told that
the young man was considered a ;dangerous
subject to the community and was therefore
removed out of harm's reacts.
The teachers, professors and directors of
universities are appointed by a body select-
ed for that -special purpose by the Czar
himself.
Many parents, knowing the risks and the
dangers their boys are subject to while in
a Russian university, educate them abroad.
as well as in the public press. The Domm-
The young man sent abroad for education
ion voted $100,000 towards the erection of
is looked upon by the authorities as a
the Institute ; the High Commissioner and
dangerous subject, full of liberal ideas and
his staff have done all that is possible to
opinions concerning public problems.
obtain a good exhibit ; the officials in aharge
,
of the Canadian department are courteous
,
.and well-informed men, thoroughly in touch Canal System of France.
*
with the interests of our country; the co
,• In France railways have never been per-
operation'of the Provinces is absolutely nec-
mittecl to purchase and throw out of use or
essary and has been promised. Yet onl
Sr otherwise to break down competing cabals.
Manitoba and .British Columbia—according More than $300t 000 000 has been expended
to -the Canadian Gazette—are creditably or , by the state for the enlargement and im-
even passably represented. ,provement of its inland waterways within
Of course the desira
bility of having a the present century. The perfecting of the
good showing at the Chicago Exhibition is vast network of the canals and rivers made
,
partly to blame for this negl ceitsnavigable has, however, been the work of e`
igen, but
resuitsamay be none the less deplorable. the present republic, which'has spent $2-€0,- i
Australia has a splendid exhibit, and as the 000,000 in facilitating by these means the I
first year in any great enterprise has an im- trausport of heavy goods throughout the
t,
P. gspiNspAry, portant influence on its future, time can interior of the coantry.
7,
I hate the choicest leather in stock and make a speciality of ordered work.
feet fits guaranteed.
EPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE.
F. H.
ii vort
MOVING TO ?
We are going to
IT InEx ItAT AL
Co., Michigan, near Sault
Ste Marie.
WHY DO YOU GO THERE ?
Well, we have five boys,
we have sold the farm for $5,
boo. We can buy. 640
acres between Pick-
ford and the Railway
station at Rudyard,
have a good firm
for each -of the boys
and have money left.
What can a renter do there?
He can buy a farm on five years time
And pay for it with one-fourth of the
money -he would pay for rents in that
time, and own his own home.
Is it good land ?
As good_ as any in
Huron Co., Excellent
/or Oats, Peas, Wheat
Clover, Timothy, Po -
toes and all kinds o
roots. Prices are as gdod as any on thelakes,
lakes, owing to, the nearness of the
mines and lumber woods -to the west -
'ward.
What class of people live there?
They are nearly ell from Huron Co.
You meet there so many old neighbors
that you can hardly believe you have
left home.
I want to see t_hat land. Who has it
. for sale? Inquire of
E. C. DAVIDSON
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
MONTCOPAERY.
FORDWICH, Ont.
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t1calars.
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Money to Loan on Farm Se.,
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AND -
SASH AND DOOR FACTORY.
H. S. SMITH & CO.
-as AVE fitted up the Wroxeter Planing Mill
"with new machinery throughout and are now
prepared to furnish
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Only first-class
se Furnishings.
MATCHING
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