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The Clinton New Era, 1890-01-17, Page 4littinntstiVit L•O•tni netts. Ya •-J W Irwin. ]r 1?ttainless--,J tw Dego); B. Ru albeit y bride; -•-D 110Kwen. to•rent—W Moffatt &genet'—W Jackson Auuual=--J Bemis —P Adamson bE-0 0 Warthin Sir John pissed Iiia'Nth MileatO OA Saturday teat. While eph one •differ ill to• the propriety of, 'hie, lite Writsit, we CO believe 'tb*t f eve j biS Appenonta can wish him. "tneny.bappy returns of tileday," • The [ ondon Free Press speaks of the 'depreciation of farm lands in the States. It is not necessary, unfortun- ately, to go that far, to And a big depre- ciation -in . •the'jvalue of those lands. A man in a position to know, stated the other day that "he could go cc to oreditera—Mtonanning & Scott , Skill4iguee'e notice 'AIRnning & Scott Mate J Apgn/-..Manni=00.,8catt • filitton jeW ! through the township of ,God'erich and m1' buy nearly every farm in it at 85 per Dent less than it was held at a few years ago." FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1890 Canada's Trade. It has been our contention that the 'trade of Canada with the United States must of necessity increase yearby year and this being the case, we believe it would be wise to remoye as far as pos. vibe all restrictions between the two countries. The following figures, from the official •returns for 1889, will show how our trade with the United States fa growing larger every year, and that with Great Britain less :— The aggregate trade with the United States amounted to $94,059,814 in 1889 ''''---compared with $91,055,913 in 1888 and 0713,866,437 in 1878. The exports to Great Britain in 1889 were $38,105,126, and to the United States, $43,522,404. The imports from Britain were 842,- 817,389, and from the United States, 850,537.440.• The exports to the United States increased by about a million dollars compared with 1888, while the imports • inoreased by over two millions. The exports to the United Kingdom deoreased from $404084,984 in 1888 to 83 ,8 in 1889. The imports from SotreaG Britain increased by about one million dollars last year. The average rate of Customs duty Collected upon British goods imported last year was 22.3 per cent. while the average rate upon the imports from the United States was only 14.3 per cent. or 8 per cent less. • When it was last year pointed out that the average duty levied on Eng- lish n -lish imports was. greater than that on United States imports, and there was, consequently, a discrimination gfsinst Great Britain, there was a great outcry by the restrictionist press that this was not so. The figures this year show a differ- ence of 8 per cent in favor of the United States. What have the super - loyal papers to say about that ? Our gregate trade with the United States 1888 was $11,000,000 more than with Great Britain ; in 1889 it was $14,000.- 000 more. In the face of facts like these these who say that Great Britain is our beet customer, must know they `-"are stating what is not true. POLITICAL PROSPECTS. Although the writs for the Local Elect- ions will not likely be issued -until some- ( time after the house has sat, the choice of oanadidates will be made before that time. Some time ago it rumor was started to the effect that Hon. A. M. Rose would not again be a candidate in the West Riding, and this rumor was -gather encouraged by parties who ap- ently bad an ulterior object in view, a emphatically contradicted at d the contradiction holds 1. If the Reformers of West • on are desirous that Mr Ross should remain as their representative, he will assuredly do so. And we know that we are voicing the sentiments of the Re- formers of this riding when we say that '7's he will be the unanimous choice of the next convention. He has been an able representative, is, a source of strength to a strong government, has a record that will stand the closest investigation, and in all probability will not be opposed by the Conservatives, who admit the hope- lessness of a contest. In the East Riding "Honest Tom Gibson" is also likely to be again the candidate. All that has been said con. oerning Mr Ross, can be said with equal propriety concerning Mr Gibson, even ito the statement that no opposition is h4iltely to be given him, for, notwith- standing the fact that a Conservative candidate is in the field already, it bas e -•been hinted that he will withdraw be- • a *' fore the day of election, the canvas so far made not having developed as well as ant' ated. e South Ridfng we predict that 'Mr Bishop will again be the oandidate also, providing, of course, that he is willing to stand. The objeotion is be - K.!, ing urged in some quarters that Mr. • Bishop promised at the last nomination to retire at the end of the present time. I4 we remember rightly Mr Bishop ;r -made no such declaration. What he 'did say was that "he would retire when Gt.the time was up, if the electors wished him do so," or words to that effect. Even 'it Mr Bishop had made the rdmark at. 'tributed to him, we see no reason for his retirement, and we are confident he _akin get the nomination, if he desires it, an assurance that his course has been ticceptable to his constituents. ho'uld our forecast come true with reference to these gentlemen being the 'Candidates in the three ridings—and `."'trio aro pretty sure it will—their election '•-opposed or otherwise—is a fcregone conclusion. There is not an available candidate on the other side who can get "I anywhere near them, and this is admit. ikedpy even those who have no love far rife Mowat Government. ' In the improbable event of Mr Bishop t*t again being a oandidate, the name ;Metfrequently mentioned is that of la. Y. McLean, of the Seaforth Ex - iter. It goes without Baying that he ti, good man. He could not publish s`piper, well, second only to the New EllA, unless he .was, and he would be e eOtbd by as large a majority as any - We call the attention of tho Signal to the news telegraphed from London, os Tuesday, to the Mail, to the effect that Mr Doherty's agent at London had sent to Clinton five skilled piano makers,aud that Mr Doherty was about to greatly enlarge his factory and com- mence the manufacture of pianos at once. How does that strike our aim - able contemporary. Senator Pugh of Alabama insists that if all restrictions upon commerce be- tween this country and the United -States were abolished the Americans would reap no benefit, while the Can- adians would have a market of 65,000,. 000 opened to them in return for one of 5,000,000. How does that tally with the oontention of Canadian restriction - its that under unrestricted reciprocity our industries would be swamped by American competition ? Seaforth CREAMERY ASSOCIATION. — The fifth meeting of the Ontario Cream- eries Association was held at Seaforth on Monday in the Cardno Hall, and extended over Tuesday. There was a large attendance, and every possible arrangement was made for comfort and convenience of visiting members and the audience. The President, D. Derbyshire, opened the convention. He was thankful that they bad forty-three creameries in operation in the Province, and that fancy butter had been made in most of them. He was pleased that the quality had steadily advanced. He would urge the Convention to con- tinue the thorough inspection and in- structed teaching in each creamery in the Province, thoroughly testing the milk and explaining to each patron of the creameries the importance of keeping stock exactly suited for but- ter -making. Among the prominent gentlemen present were noticed John Hannah, Seaforth ; John S. Pearce, London ; R. J. Graham, Secretary and Treasurer Ontario Creameries Association ; John Sprague, Amelias - burg; E. Miller, Parkhill; Hon W.D. Hoard, Governor of Wisconsin; Wm. Laidlaw, Blyth ; George Watt, Hul- lett ; Walter Cunningham, Hullett; A. H. Musgrave, Whitechurch ; J. S. Roberts, Seafottb; D. D. Wilson, Sea - forth; R. Govenlock, McKillop; R. Charters, Tnckersmith; R. Leather - land, Tuckersmith; J. Aird, Seaforth; J. C. Laidlaw, A. Wilson, A. Strong, Geo. Sproat, Tuckrrsmith ; Ira Moi- gan, Metcalfe; Aaron Wenger,Ayton ; J. N. Zenkann, Wellesley ; Captain Carrs, Smith's Falls; A. Wark, Lamb - ton. The President introduced Gov- ernor Hoard, who, he said, was the greatest man living to talk on dairy subjects. Gov.Hoard gave his lecture on the "Dairy Temperament in Cat- tle." His lecture was illustrated by several large life-size crayon sketches of some of the most noted dairy cows in America from the Jersey,Guernsey and Holstein breeds. It was a clear exposition of the necessity, on the part of the dairy farmer, to pay a great deal more attention than he has been doing to the art and science of breeding and producing a more pro- fitable cow for cheese and butter mak- ing purposes. He satirised the dairy cow of Canada and the United States producing, as he said, only about 3,000 lbs, of milk a year. The net earnings of the Canadian cheese factory cow was only about $26 a year. This was one of the chief reasons why there was so little profit to the farmer in it. he nominating committee made the fowing report, which was adopted:— resident, D. Derbyshire. First vice-president John H annah ; second, Aaron Wenger. Directors, John Croil, Ira Morgan, T. J. Miller, John Sprague, Robt. Philip, James Davies, David McRae, WGWaI- ton, J S Pearce, E Miller, F A Weldon, A. Wark. Leeburn. Mrs H. Relton has gone on a visit to relatives in Goderich township. A great many children ' and also many older persona of the neighbor- hood are suffering with severe colds or influenza. As many as twenty were sick in this section and it was feared the school would have to be closed, but many are now recovering. DEATH.—Many of our readers will be sorry to hear of the death of Mrs Jefferetln, which occurred at her resi- dence in Goderich on 'Monday morn- ing last. She resided in this neigh- borhood for about two years previous to moving to town,and was much re- spected by all who knew her. Her funeral was largely attended, several fromithis neighborhood being present. It is our sad duty this week to chronicle the death of Katie, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawson, in 'her thirteenth year. Although she has been under the doctor's care some time her death, which occu red on Tuesday last, was rather uneipected. Her pleasant face will be missed b her companions in school, Sabbat. School and also in the Band of Ho. of which she was a member. funeral on Saturday, notwithstanding the bad weather, was largely attended. The whole neighborhood sympathises with the afflicted family. The old adage that trouble never comes singly comes to our. mind, as it is only two weeks since Mr Lawson lost his barn and all his implements by fire. We have received a very elaborate description of the city of Denver, wherein the various inatitutione and enterpriaea are written up in attract- ive form. Among the real estate agents referred to is the firm of Flem- ing & Crawford, the last named being an old Clintonian, who appears to have done well in the west. l i w oa Vontxatl ..gr1.culltura $oeiety. The annual Mooting sof the Uullett` Branch Agriculture' Society was Meld an Thur/day as zit the Cousin Chamber bore. A. large umber of the tnernbwa and odicer8 wereprei;ent. President Manning was in the chair, and aiuongat those present were not, iced, Farmers Jas. Snell, D. Tipady, J. McMichael, W. J. Biggins, 11. Donkin, W. Snell, P. Cook, J. Lind- say, J. Cornish, and M.eesra Stewart Plummer, J. Ranaford, J. Blaokatl, A. McKenzie, Geo. E. Pay, Reeve MaoMurchie. J. Harland, J. Reith. W. Coope,, D. Cautelon, O. S. Doan, W. Coats, and others. The Secy. Trees, Mr W Jackson, presented the annual financial report, duly audited by Messrs J. P. Tiedall and Mr Coats, auditors for 1889. The President, in speaking to the report, explained that about 875 had been expended upon permanent im- provements in building sheds, and that about $1C0 was carried forward as paid membership fees for 1890. The real balance in hand, after paying interest and all expenses, was about $150. The prize list last year, espec- ially in the horse and cattle depart- ments, had been greatly enlarged and this had caused an increased expendi- ture of over $100. With the entrance fee reduced to lb cents, the amount received was $577 as against $500 in 1888. He hoped that the low fee would be adhered to. The Clinton Town Council had contributed $150, the membership from Clinton, $90, and the donatiJns from the merchants and others amounted to $190, mak- ing a total of $430, which was a good showing for the town. It proved that the town was anxious to make the society a success. In regard to the future there were several mat- ters requiring urgent attention. The grounds and buildings must be im- proved ; the prize list tt.oroughly re- vised; the question of judges consid- ered ; new features introduced ; and a hard working go-ahead Board of Directors elected. Messrs Plummer, McMichael,Rans- ford and others briefly referred to the various points brought out, and fin- ally they were referred to the ibcom• ing Board. According to by-law the President nominated font d e Mr P. Cantelon jr., as one of the auditors for 1890, and the members selected Mr J. Harland. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows.—Pr esident—A,H. Manning; Vice -president --J. John- aton;Secretary and trea firer—W,Jack- eon; Hon. directors—J. Whithead, W. Doherty, D. A. Forrester. T. Car - ben, W. W. Ferran, M. McTaggart W. C. Searle, W. J. Biggins, N,Rob- son, A McMurchiy, W. Wise; D• irec- tors ' i-1 jrneford, M. McEwen, John Lindsay, as. Snell, Geo. E. Pay,` 3r. Bleck-all,4as. Reynoldsrn. G. Plum- mer, Wm. Coats; Auditors—John Harland, and P. Cantelon. Entrance Examinations. Ei The following is a list of those who wrote auccesslully for admission to High Schools ; WROTE AT BRUSSELS. Ferguson, Annie 564 Hislop, Lizzie - ..598 Hislop, Susan - ..558 Kendall, Lily E _ ...447 Kelly, Minnie A. R 436 Mason, Mary .. ,...397 McDonald, Minnie 584 McKenna, Catharine 477 McNair, Rebecca 453 McNair, Jane F. 604 Smillie, Mary' ..,..633 Smith, Jane 371 Sperling, Mary. - .422 Stewart, Maggie C 419 Wilson, Kate.... 424 Barkholder, Thompson405 Cantelon, David. 398 Cook, James,... 513 Miller, Thomas ....512 Morrison, John W 555 Newcombe, Robert 413 Smith Alexander .432 Sperling, Richard. 508 Recommended McRae, John .389 Shaw, Colin 384 WROTE AT SEAFORTH Bell, Jennie.., 405 Boyd, Matilda 381 Broadfoot, Maggie C 375 Bullard, Sarah 421 Campbell, Jane ..453 Keys, Annie E 460 Lynch, Katie .401 MartinJessie Mason, Ruby E -388 McGregor, Minnie 462 McIntosh, Maria.. 394 McKinley, Ada 382 Ross, Annabelle 554 Strong, Birtie 467 Brownell, William 461 Miller, Joseph 367 Rose, John F 401 Recommended. McDougall, Daniel 391 WROTE AT WINOHAM Allen, Elsie ..439 Armstrong, Mary 447 Blackwell, Emily 401 Caaluk, Rebecca 460 Cottle, Emily 409 Craig, Bella 437 Dawson, Agnes 409 Edgar, Alice 406 Jacques, Maggie ...425 Jacques, Ida M .430 Kew, Mary .369 Leckie, Charlotte 373 Lou ley, Ellen ... 424 Rob neon, Ellen Stevenson, Annie L..*...488 Stewart Maggie. „461 Farrell, Robert .440 Funaton, Freddie .464 Gibbons, Michael 425 Gillespie, Gilbert .434 Perkins, Frank 420 Pollock, Franklin498 Powell, James I „389 . Robinson,' Arthur 368 Wright, Henry -:.485 McKillop. NOTES.—Mr Thos. Lockhart left troy Denver, Col., last week. Messrs. Jno. Keer and Wm. Govenlock left for Toronto University after spend- ing the holiday season at home. Mr Goo. Dickson has crone to Chatham Business College. The Literary So- ciety of No. 4 will this week discuss the advantages of country life com- pared with life in a city. Mr Jno. McFadden, who taught in Winthrop school last year, has gone to Toronto to take a course in one of the medical Schools. Mies Annie Simpson has engaged with the trustees of the school section which has lately been formed between Winthrop and Leadbury. Mr Jno. McIntosh, who formerly had a blacksmith shop in Beachwood, has gone to London where be has obtain,• ed a good position in the foundry the McPherson Manufacturing 'Rio NotAreueTho Cooly, Tl a Obeicest Sl eal,i.*ugs *rolnll our Comity Egebotuges Bolls mills, Rippers, brave recently been said to Mor4can Bros., of that place. Orr John MoNeviu has leased the male. Lott Bros., liver�9mm. en, Bruseels, have dissolved partnership and the buisness ie now under the control of Levi Lott. Mies Aggie Bell, of Kippen, had the misfortune to fall andbreakher leg while alighting from a waggon one day last week. On the 2nd inst., while a son of Mr. Wm Spain, of Seaforth, was wrestling with another boy, he fell and broke his left leg just above the ankle. Another of the pioneers settlers of Exeter in theperson of Grace0udmore, relict of the late Samuel Cudmore, died on Sunday last sit the age of 78 years. The other day Mr Wm. Sanders, of lot 16 con. 8, Stephen, had a hog die which turned the scale at 700 lbs. This is supposed to have been the largest hog in the county. A rumor was circulated in Morris to the effect that Mrs C. B. Harris, of Algoma, formerly of this township, had died of heart disease. We are pleased to state that Mrs Harris is alive and in the enjoyment of her usual health. There died on Sunday the oldest resi- dent of the village of Wroxeter, and one of the oldest inhabitants of this section Mrs Margaret Dunbar, mother-in-law of Mr Geo. Darnard. Mre Dunbar was a native of Banffshire, Scotland, and died at the ripe age of 93 years and 4 days. We'congratulate Mr A. MoD. Allan, of Goderich, on his appointment to the position of outside manager of the Im- perial Produce Company, of Toronto, a position which his business ability and tact well qualify him to fill. This com- pany is formed for the purpose of carry- ing on a brokerage and commission business, noting between the producers and the consuming markets of both the United Kingdom and Greater Britain, including our local markets. Mr Allan was the chief promoter of the company. We are sorry to have to chronicle the death of Miss Lexy McRae, of Ashfield, which occurred on the 23rd alt. Miss Lexy was the youngest daughter of Kenneth McRae, Lake Road, and al- though her death was expected, it was g a sudden when it came. pLexy was a favorite amongst those who knew her, and they will miss her and sympathize with her bereaved parents. Her death was the fifth in the family within three years, and there are only two weeks and a few hours between Lexy's death and her eldest sister's, Mrs Wm. Kempton. We are sorry to record the death of Mrs John Woods, of Goderich township, who died on the 30th ult. Her remains were taken to Orangeville on New Year's day, it being her mother's request to to have her buried with her friend's there. Mre Woods leaves a husband and three small children to mourn her loss. She was a woman who was high- ly thought of, and her kind and affect- ionate manner won for her many friends. Much sympathy is felt for Mr Woods and sorrowing friends in their sad afflic- tion. ♦ • NEWS NOTES The thermometer was 34 u below zero at Antigonish on Friday night. A Kingston dealer held 6,000 hides for three years expecting a rise in price. A fifteen -year-old girl in Hamilton charges her step -father with an, offence under the Charlton Act. It is claimed that the population of sNew York city has increased 400,000 during the last ten years. A New York manager, has offered H. M. Stanley $1,000 a lecture for fifty lectures to be delivered in America. Buffalo has over 660 miles of railway track within the city limits, and claims to be the greatest railway centre in the world. While attempting to escape from a burrr�ing building, Mrs Gorman, of Little CrElg street, Montreal, fell from a win- dow and was killed. The death is announced of Mr Wm. H. Miller, of Lucknow, for a quarter of a century a resident of that village His ailment was lung disease. Bell Boy, the phenomenal young trotter, valued at 850,000 was one of the 35 horses burned to death in Macy Bros stables at Versailles, Ky., on Saturday morning. The Bell Telephone Co. of Canada, having heard that certain unauthorized parties are getting out lists of its sub- scribers for the sake of advertisments to be obtained through thislmedium, has copyrighted all its Subscribers' Direct- ories and will prosecute any infringe- ments. The local Grand Trunk train from Actonvale to Montreal was approaching St. Hilaire on Monday morning, when the cars were blown from the track. The conductor, breakman, mail clerk and three passengers were seriously wounded, but no one was killed. Some of the cars took fire and were burned. One day lately as Mr G. Morrison, father of Mr Hugh Morrison, lawyer, was coming Out of the new Presbyterian Church building at Luoknow, he slipped and fell, breaking a couple of his ribs, as well as receiving other injuries. The old gentleman has since been confined to bed and is in a very low condition. Mr David Creighton, M. P. P., the general manager of the Toronto Em- pire, is to be again opposed in.North Grey by Mr James Cleland, of-Meaford. At the last election Mr Cleland was ceily beaten by eighteen voteA, and as Ml Creighton is now a non-resident he will have to hustle to retain his seat. John Hoar, aged 71, one of the oldest standard-bearers of the Reform party in West Durham, eland a class leader in the Methodist church of which Rev. ) I. S. Matthews is pastor, was buried on Friday. An unusually large number of old pioneers of this county have died this season, one of the oldest being Mrs John McLaughlin, aged 90, mother of Dr. J. W. McLaughlin, M. P. P. for West Durham. Reports from all over Ontario tell of the havoc made by Monday morning's gale. Buildings of all kinds were de- stroyed. The walls of a factory at Niagara Fall's were blown in and one of the fifteen girls working inside was se- verely injured. Other injuries are re- ported and many narrow escapes but fortunately no fatalities. Tho velocity of the wind at some places reached 90 miles an hour. The Queen has completed her pre- paration for six week's sojourn at Weie- baden by the advice of her physicians, who recomend the waters of that resort as a panacea for the troubles with which her Majesty is affected; It is stated that her Majesty had lately ex- perienced so mnoh difficulty in l000 - motion that she assented to the trip only when assured by her medical ad- y!.1>ilt the treatment pel,toribed im- necessary as a mesas of av- plete helplessnbss. J MI r STARY1 . 'Celestials, Terrible Struggle for Ex.. faience. In course of researobee for the latest and yells* information about the in- terior condition of China, I have lately come across with an article in .Japanese paraijishinpoor the Times (one of the native,papers issued in Tokio). The paper is dated, June 11, 1889,, and the article contains aome astonishing facts even of China. They most appealingly illustrate the danger of over -population, and the evils of maladministration, which may result in the moat direful de• moralization of humanity as actually demonstrated in China. Deeming the article to be of more or leaeJ interest as well as importaao to ithe reading publio,I made it into English. It reads thus: For several years past bad orops and other calamities have been reported of Shantoong province, China. To -day the scenes one meets with throughout that mouutainoue region are past sad- ness. Inhabitants ave no food to est ; no clothes to wear. Can it be believed ? they exchange their babies for food! One might ask how this came about. Well, China is one of the most extensive empires of the world, but unlike other nations every inch of its great territory is, so to speak, teaming with its tailed race and in consequence no where on earth is the truth of struggle for exis- tence glaringly realized than in China. And nothing can present uglier specta- cles than where men and women have become slaves ofjhunger and cold. Be- sides, China is still glorying in her old regime, which, in short, means that the nobles and the riches are wearing out the blood and cream of the nation in their thoughtless, wanton pleasures, nay wicked feasts ; while petty officials, like pestilence, go about raking bone of its meagre flesh and spreading sorrow and misery among enslaved multitudes. Even in days of peace and plenty it is not at all seldom inChina that men and women die of sheer starvation! men and women who, ruined under tyranny and drKen out of their homes, die cold un- lamented deaths on roadsides and in forrests. As for those !who go about all but naked, in the depth of freezing winter ; they are everywhere. Speak of moral depravity of Chinese ; of the shameless cunning; of their cheats and their slipshodness. But who knows not but Chinese, as well as the rest of man- kind, are born, bestowed with senses of shame and virtue. It'isthe keenness of their life struggle which prematurely wears out thq*r better qualities and transforms theta into what are so not- oriously known as characteristic to Chinese. What virtue, what morality can grow out among a community such as lower olastes of Chinese from ? Well, to come back, the strong and healthy go about picking up sticks and scraps,with which they build fires in street corners and lanes, and can thus brave the in- clemency of winter. As for aged and weak, nothing but icy pillows of stones and damp beds of bare gronnd,await them ! and very often they are seen huddled together under a bower of kindly trees and dead with staring eyes looking out of a now shriv- elled skeleton, into the vast expanse of heaven l Poor lightless stare, looking still for food and warmth ! while its soul has already returned to its ethereal home of yonder azural l In some places again inhabitants are so poor that whatever their trades and professions have formerly been, they are now changed into a tribe of resident beggars. Some of them will hop about after every traveller, saying: "My Le rd! But turn your kind eyes," pointing to their swollen hands and bleeding feel frost-bitten here, ulcer decayed there! Heartless mothers apply knives to the eyes of there little daughters, — the "precious blossoms," rich men call 1 Why ? simply to arouse passers' pity for the little ones. Some, with a business turn of mind put up large attractive posters here and there announcing the sales of their children. The bills may probably read: Our boys and girls are special breed surpassed by none !Girls have faces of blushing buds and wait not many years to bloom Iwhen they can be— Good stock I great bargain!" And slave buyers come round ; the ham- mer is knocked down and a little brother is hence whipped away to the far north; while a little sister goes her southern route to far, far distance where she will grow up a living toy of rich man's law- less pleasure. Then highway robberies and man - slaughters are nothing remarkable in the Celestial Kingdom, and need no special mention here. Mention has al- ready been made of sending children to butcher4' markets. But mothers who havel still humanity enough to have no heart to see her babe ripped open by a relentless cook's knife and cooked in a QLove, have yet no means of feeding the little things, and with tears put them on the grassy cradle of the roadway, leaving them to the tender mercy of chance that some errand of charity may pick them up. But the babies thus deserted are so great in number that charity itself generally shuts its eyes on finding one, and in consequence most of them die. The dead corpses of these babes, together with others, are so great that towns and villages have their regu- lation that their head elder should send ont carters, who start,lout early every morning and go along picking them up through different streets. When the corpse waggon is full it is wheeled away to some hill sides or shady places, and there they dump away the whole con- tents promiscuously. Of course neither an officer nor doctor accompanies this unconieatable funeral, and it is said that not unfrequently the dying are buried with the dead. We hear on reliable authority that even in Nangking city the number of deserted children is not below 9000 in a a year! This means 24 to 25 deserted children a day, all the year round! Such sickening, such revolting savagery —we do not know what to say — is a matter of stupefying surprise to us in Japan and we would sooner doubt the veracity of our/correspondent than be- lieve it; but that the facts are so utterly inhuman even beyond the dictate of idle imagination, besides those who are well travelled through China say those scenes are not at all uncommon over there.. It is no wonder then that in a famine pressed district, such as Shan- toong, the humanity has gone down so low as to exchange human babies for food! Dominion Parliament met yesterday. It is rumored that the ozar is insane. The rrinoess of Wales has the in• fluenza. Prof. Robertson, of Guelph, has been appointed Dominion dairy commis- sioner. Thomas Kane has been sentenced to be hanged at Toronto on February 12, for the murder of his sister-in-law, Mary Kane. The provincial election in Berthier, Que., Wednesday resulted in the re- turn of Mr Dostaler, the Mercier candi- date, by 318 majority. La Grippe or Influenza can be cured by using Cases Syrup Tamarac Gum, accompanied by doses of 2 gr. Quinine Pills every four hours. Cures 'every time. Sold, at Jas. H. Combes' Drug `l Store. !y. , rpm CULT ATiqlz. 'o the ,i ditor qf the Vitae* Xete , 'r0. Pa+4u Sing -This is the seaS0n of the year when our frui .growjng friend/ bave Rome leisure time, and I have no doubt but that an expression of opinion through thecolumns pf our paper may be profitable to some of your readers, on the best methods of growing fruit to obtain the best market price. The gaeetions to be answered are, what kinds 4f apples are the beat to plant for market, how to plant, how to culti- vate, how to keep the tree free from inseots, how to prune, and what time of the year it should be done, and the best method of doing it; should large limbs be out off, or on what principle should pruning be done; can it be done by any person ; should large trees be grafted ; is it profitable, and will the tree succeed and grow. Will some of your readers give their views on +hese questions, or on growing small fruits of any kind. A FRUIT GROWER. THE POOR AND CAUSES OF POV- ERTY. To the Editor of the Clinton New Era Dear Sir,—Be so kind as to accept this letter as my thanks for the space you gave to my firet letter to you. It was No. 1 venture, This is No. 2. If you give No. 2 a like space, Noe. 3, 4,5, or more may come upon you like so many bees, not to sting you or your readers, but to store up honey for the poor and needy. But yoar kindness, goodness and patience must increase more and more, not to increase the poor, but to fill their heart with gladness. For lover 25 years I stood a siege for my attempt to write and print. Some said I took a stand and would rather die than give it up. I took a stand, and have chosen poverty as part of the cost, rather than surrender to the be- siegers. My stand up was for a new ero ; not for the Clinton NEW ERA, but for a New Era whose "knowledge shall cover the earth as the waters Dover the sea." It shall be a universal Reform• er. It shall reform the literary, the so- cial, the religious and the political cir- d os of this whole world. Under its reign the poor shall have a home, and they shall be clothed with the beet of robes and fed with the best fruits of the earth, and the stranger shall be no more strangers, the rich no more rich, the prisoners no more in prison. Sure- ly such a New Era is worth standing up for, even stand a siege of 25 or 30 years. I am now more bent on hold- ing fast to my stand up than I was in the past years. Is there not a great need for such a New Era ? Now, there are many ways that seem right to men ; "but the ends thereof are the ways of death. "Such is the traffic of strong drink. It counts tens of thousands of victims of the poor in its trail. Yea, hundreds of thousands of the rich are in its trail. Therein many of them come to poverty. Therein are wounds, bruises and endless woes for all its vic- tims, for both rich and poor. The wise, rich king Solomon testified against strong drink, saying : "Be not among wine bibbers, or among riotous eaters of flesh, for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man in rags. Wine isla mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Who hath woe? Who bath sor- row ? Who hath contentions ? Who hath babblings? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not then upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things ; yea, thou shalt be as he •that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth on the top of a mast. They have stricken me and I felt it not. When shall 1 awake I will seek it yet again." There are that make themselves rich by the traffic of strong drink, 'but their riches shall take wings to themselves and fly away. Then poverty, yea, death, is the wages they have. There are some who think it right to make themselves rich in this way. This delusion shall pass away by the light of the coming New Era, with all other delusions and evils that now abound on earth. I will write no more in No. 2. There are other causes of poverty and other classes of poor. I know not how many more let- ters I will write. The reception given to No. 2 will open a wide door or lock a door forever to A STRANGER. CANADA'S COMIC PAPER. Grip begins its thirty -forth volume with the New Year which means that this brave little journal has celebrated its seventeenth birthday. When we say—as we can without hesitation— that its ability both literary and artis- tic has been kept up to uniformly high standard throughout this long period, and that to -day it is as bright as ever, we mention a fact exceedingly credit- able, no only to the conductors of Grip, but also to the Canadian people, with- out whose appreciation and support this phenomenon of journalism would have been impossible. We call it a pheno- menon advisedly, for so far as we are aware, there is not another country of Canada's age—certainly no otherColony that can boast of a sixteen -year-old Comic Journal. Grip has well deserved its success. It is not merely a clever and amusing paper, it is also a recog- dized power in Canadian public life, and a power which, we are glad to say, is always on the rtght side where ques- tions of moral principle are concerned. It ought to be a pleasure to every Cana- dian to contribute to the success of such a journal,—and the most practical way of doing this is by subscribing. The price is only Two Dollars per year. Sub- scriptions should be sent direct to. Grip, Toronto. NE WS NOTES. Tuesday afternoon Peter Knapp, a well known citzen of Listowel,{died very soddenly. A rupture of a vessel of the heart is the supposed cause of his sud- den death. Mr Knapp spent last season in Manitoba, where he purchased a farm of 380 acres in the neighborhood of Ver- den, and was making preparations to re- turn to the Prairie Province with his family tl is spring. Deceased was a bro ther-in-law of Mr George Hess, M. P. P., and was a prominent Mason. A Vienna despatch says:—The star of Bethlehem will again be visible this year, being its seventh appearance since the birth of Christ. It comae once in 315 years, and is of wondrous brilliancy for the space of three weeks; then it wanes and disappears after 17 - months. It will be a sixth star added to the five fixed stars In the constellation Cassiopea while it remains in sight. The blizzard in Kansas and (Missouri has ceased. No lives were lost. In- tense suffering is reported in the desti- tute districts rn the western counties of Kansas. There are over forty oars of provisions at Liberal, but] that is fifty to seventy miles from the starving peo- ple, and nobody le willing to take chances of freezing by hauling the freight in waggons. 1 I AIblirnq. Ilerso. -'Mj1 W1U o;t .giu4day, 1110 1.9t11,slit aharch, On undayIfell1gi!,t day the wind WAS so atrt tag lifted the rOQf off'M`r U.ko'n. barn owl aloe the roof off'Mr,M.orrislr's A.& There is a 19t 91 0i4n l ittlIttnitt here at preenpt., . BORN eeoo'On of,,thwiffAir G Clinton, x 1 AusTIM—At $ingsbridge, A.n De0 32r the wife of Mr I'. mit*, 4#, 4.414ter. ROaINfiON. ,-At Goderiob, op ti}q 8rd Jan., the wife of Mr Jas. Raitertsoniotat .y daughter. NORTON.—On 29th Deo., the wife -of: A. Horton, Leebnrn, of a son. MARRIED MdLEOD.—MoDONALn.—TIB Aeb#eild,. on the 25th Deo.,MiesCa$eieMQDenhld,• daughter of Rev. K. McDonald, to Mr John McLeod, of Chicago, Joax8TON.—MaL>.Art.•—In Aehfiejt3,:an tale 25th Deo., Ellen McLean, daughter Of Donald MoLean,Isle of Skye, to Wnif Johnston, of the same plane, all .of AeJD(. • field. CUNNINGHAM,—MOLAUoBLIN.—At the residence=bl; the bride's mother, 10th• eon, Grey, on the first inst, by the Bev. D. B. McRae, Mr Hugh Cunningham to Miss Maggie, seoond eldest daughter, • the late Wm. McLaughlin, all of Grey. WATTS.—WUITINO.—At the residence of G. Whiting, brother to the bride, on Deo. 26, 1889, by Rev. Mr Cartwright, Mr John W. Watts, of Bossevain, Man., to Mies Annie L. third daughter of Mr Caleb Whiting, of Workman, Man., formerly of Brussels. DONAxnsoN: MCMILLAN,—InJ Sea - forth, at the residence of L. L. MoFrul, e; Esq., on the 8th inst., by Rev A. D. McDonald, Mr John Donaldson, of • Winnipeg,to Mary A. MoMillan,daught- er of the late Mr Lachlan McMillan, of McKillop. MCDONALD--McDouoALL•. -In Lucknow on New Years Day, by Rev. A. Mousy, Mise Cassie McDougall, to Mr F. L. McDonald, both of Luoknow. DIED LAweoN.—In Colborne, on Jan. 9th, Catherine Elizabeth Lawson, second daughter of David Lawaon,aged 12 years, 8 months and five days. MOLEAN.—At Belgrave, on the 7th inst Jane McLean, sister of Mr Hugh Mo- Lean, of Blyth, aged 36 years. Judge McConnell, of Chicago, grant- ed the application for a new trial in the ease of Kunze, but refused it to Cough- lin, Burke and O'Sullivan. zr1ru;idly grits emeuts' IERVANT WANTED—GOOD GENERAL 1.3 servant. Apply to MRS. J. C. GILROY, Clinton. 4,„;‘,T RAY HEIFER—CAME INTOSUBBCRIB- 1J ERs premises, lot 15, con. 8,Stanleysome time during the fall, a yearling heifer, red and white. The owner is hereby notified to prove property, pay charges and, take it away. D. MoEWAN, Brucefield. T%TOTLCE.—I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE .1..1 that I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by Christina Worthington,my ust cause ort'provocat on. as she has LE.A.WORTHIGeft me without TON. Chicago. NOTICE. The Couuoil of the corporation of the County of Huron, will meet in the Court House, in the town of Goderioh, on TUESDAY the 28th January, 1890. P. ADAMSON, Co. Clerk. FARM TO RENT. — ONE HUNDRED acres, being lot 23, con. 4, Stanley. It is in a good state of cultivation and well fenc- ed. It has been under grass for a number of years, with the exception of '10 acres. It is well watered with a neverfailing spring. Buildings good and a good orchard. Will be rented on reasonable terms; possession given by 1st of March. Apply to `VILLIAM MOFFATT, Lot 23, Con. 3, Stanley. Bruce- field'P.0. '1m tf IN RE JAMES ANGUS, AN INSOLVENT.. The stock of the above named Insolvent, consisting of general Groceries, Crockory, &c., amounting to 8930, will be sold by Pub- lic Auction,in the premises,Clinton, at a rate on the 9, on Wednesday, •the 22nd inst., at 11 a.m. Stock list may be seen at the office of the undersigned. MANNING & SCOTT, Solicitors for the Estate, Clinton In the Matter of James Angus, of the Town of Clinton, Grocer, an Insol- vent. The said James Angus bas made an As- signment of his estate pursuant to R. 9. 0, 1887, Chap, 124, to the undersigned °for his creditors. Creditors are hereby notified to send in their claims duly verified, as requir- ed by Statute, on or before the 20th day of February, 1890, to Manning & Scott, Clinton, Ont., Solicitors for the Estate. And uotice is hereby given that after the said date, the Trustee will proceed to distri- bute the Assets of the said Debtor among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which notice shall have been given, and that be will not be liable for the assets or any part thereof so distributed to any person or persons of whose debt or claim he shall not then have had notice. A. H. MANNING, Trustee. Clinton, Jan. 15th, 1890. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAM) WELSH, LATE OF THE TOWN OF CLINTON, • IN THE COUNTY OF HURON, DECEASED. Pursuant to Chapter 110, R. 8, 0. 1887, no- tice is hereby given that all creditors and others having claims against David Welsh, late of the,Town of Clinton, County of Her- on; who departed this life on or about the 26th day of February, 1889, are requested to send by post prepaid, addressed to Manning & Scott, Solicitors, Clinton, Ont., on or be- fore the 20th day of Feb., 1890, a statement of their names and addresses with full par- ticulars of their claims ant! eculrities"(if any) held by them; and that after the da last aforesaid the Executors under the Will . of the said David Welsh will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the parties entitled thereto, regard being had only to the claims of which notice shall have been received as above required, and the said executors will not be liable for the assets or any part thereof to anyperson or persons of whose claim or claims nnotice' shall not have been received by them at the time of such distribution. Dated this 16th day of Jan., 1890. MANNING & SCOTT, Solicitors for the Executors, ALEX. WELSH. ROBT. WELSH, A. H. MANNING • G. T. R. TICKET OFEICE If you are Travelling North, South, East or West, call on the undersigned for all information. W. JACKSON, G. T. R. AGENT. HARMS' RURAL ANNUAL for 1890 72 PAGES. 240 ILLUSTRATIONS. Containing Articles of Interest and Value to all Growers of Farm and Garden Crops, Fruits, Flowers, etc. WE want one �tAreader of every familyil ofbere the RURAL ANNUAL for 1890 a Ito will be sent num If you want the best of Beads, Plants, Roses deo„ we hope to get an order from S1fPH RABBIS FIR -SD CCQ., O Moroton Farm, 13,1611260 t1o:, N.V.,