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a 1pd ia>w% 1Tutil. the toleeta h.
',Veiled rQ1 the system, there earl
"71a xio Cora for this loathsome and-
' serous malady. Ttlerefere, the only
embalms treatment is: a thorough coarse
Of Ayer'ii Sarsaparilla -,-.the hest of all
ilgeod',pnritieVt, d'he.beeper you begin
- *am better t delay.la dangerous.
'~Tires treiabledwith catarrh for over , Captain Jacques. and theentire
'twoyesie, I, tried various remedies, crew of the schooner Goodall wreck-
-and was treated b a number of ph si- ed in Thuudee Ba last week ar-
idttes, but received xi9 benefit until 1 y :
v, to flake flyer's Sarsaparilla. A raved at Bayfield Dec. 1st., in an
torr bottlee of tbls m@dlc%ne cured m0 of open boat after a most thrilling ex-
*hia t otrblesornd complaint and corn- p g
telt' restored. my 2
-TJasae . perienco. The Captain says they
d m�i$o1nlan'aKills, N.0. abandoned the schooner on Wed;
"!' - • *linen Ayer's a..rsaparillawas res nearby; the entire crew of four men
-acliaed. eto douded to bt itsrefficacl.'IHaving - and a woman cook getting into ono
tried se- many remedies, with little ben- boat- They shipped without food
wat,rhadnofaith that auythingwould and frith only two pairs of oars,
=to me. Ibecame emaciatedVern loss which were soon broken
est appetite and -impaired digestion. I , leaving
';[md nearly -Yost the aenae of smell, and the crew to the mercy of the storm.
any system lcnraged whderanged. rrd urg a Ou reaching Layfield they were near -
sue to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and re- is famished, and wore so badly front
,3eflee me to persons whom it had cured bitten that their garments could not
e catarrh. After taking halt a dozen be remoired trithout causing severe
3wttles of this medicine, I am convinced g
*het the only sure way of treatin this pain.
mbatlnate disease is through the blood:
--••Charles, E. Maloney, 113 River at.; The story of their ride of over
Unveil Mem I00 miles across the etormy surface
of Lake Huron is one which no
Ayer's Sarsaparilia,language can adequately describe.
From the moment the Goodell was
abandoned until their boat struck
the beach a half mile from Bayfield,
they wore every moment in danger
of being swamped. The water con
tinuslly washed over the boat, and
The Huron News -Record but for the conetaut necessity of
bailing it out the five people must
111.50 a Yest--$1.26 to Advance. surely have frozen to death. The
-- - labor of keeping their little boat
Wednesday Dec• 9t1r, 1891. afloat sufficed to hoop their blood iu
circulation although it did not keep
their hands, feet, faces and ears
MANY VERSIONS. from being frosted.
fried, Ash. . I do. the •sen for the.
lolglit of my suouey.l' 'This story
warl[tlowrt in Europe ill the four
-
(serail century,
0I4TI9IZLNG GLADS;TONE.
Wain eamatteer YIf oE0Us 5 co1I
- T-I'11t.garrY INELUUENgE.
STX DAYS IN AN QI'E. N BOAT. Birtn.iirgjioru, England..-.-biasgnio
hall was crowded to ,the evening.
FEARkUL eurtentstQs ORSW or' Lord Saliabury aryl party wort) re
A f3PROGNER 1WHFOKEP 1N A GALE, ceivod with great ontihusiasrn on
entering the hall. A resolution ex
presarng confidence in Lord Salis-
bury wae passed by a rising vote
amid' prdlenged cheering and the
singing of "For He's a Jolly Good
Fellow•.". During the progress of
his address he deed these express-
ions :--
Home Bute in the hands of the
Gladetoniaus appears to me like a
nasty medicine in capeulea of gela-
tine for the electors. While I can-
not admit that it is our duty to
ignore the gigantic issue before us,
I em also auxious to disclaim any
intention to abstain from English
and Scotch legislation because wo
are threatened by Irish agitation,
If I read aright the political history
of the past two years the great
towns will support us on the ques-
tion of Home Rule. Some persons
said that the Horne Rule bill did
not exist. That is uncharitable.
I believe two exists, one for the
Irish and the other for the English
supporters.
THE UPPER HOUSE.
It is quite true that a reform of
the House of Lords is worthy of dis-
oussiou, but any echeine modifying
the structure of the House of Lords
would certainly diminish the power
of the Commons. It will not occur
yet. Mr. Gladstone's menaces aro
unworthy of his great position, be-
cause it is contemptible to menace
without the power to execute his
mouaces. He cannot menace
the house of Lords • with-
out a revolutiou, and he cannot
have his revolution ou limited
liability. If ho imagines that the
people of this country will allow
him to sot up a revolution, to do -
liver tho'stroots into the hands of a
mob, and to expose to all the
hazards of a revolution the vast con
mercial and industr•is1 in terests
built up in a long period of peace,
lie mistakes, as he has often done
before, the real fooling of his coun-
trymen.
THE ORANGE, NOT THE GREEN.
Turning to Ireland, Lord Salis-
bury said that in that country two
great influences were prominent,
blackthorns and priests. Nothing
in modern history equalled the in-
fluence of Archbishop Croke and
Archbishop Walah in the recent
history of Ireland.
PR=PARIID Br
`fir. J. 0. Ayer St Co.; Lowell. Klass.
c ileo $1; .lx bottles, $5. Worth t$5 a bottles
Most of the jests which have been
-current in England for centuries
are known also throughout Europe.
-Students of folklore assure us that,
to a far greater extent than is goner -
ally understood, these jests are of
Asiatic origin, many of them having
',Game front as far east as China and
"japan. Some of thorn are thous
and of years old, and who made
-them first is a question that can
never be answered.
There is the well known story of
the impudent Irishman in a coffee-
house, who looked over a gentle-
erian's shoulder while ho was tvrit-
ino'a letter, and when he road, "I
;leave much more to say to you, but
a fellow is looking over my shoul-
der, and reading all I write," cried
-out, "Pon my soul, eery, I haven't
read a word!" This story is found
in the Baharistan (Abode of Spring)
-of Ja!ni, the last' of the groat
die, d'erstau poets of the fifteenth cen-
%Wry.
The story in the "Wit and Mirth"
of John Taylor, the water pont, of
Mae countryman in London who
rind to take up a stone to throw at
ez savage dog, and finding there all
ratumed hard in tho ground, declar-
esd that these were strange folks,
Tadao fastened the stones and let
Qooso their dogs, was told in the
thirteenth century by the illustrious
Persian pont, Sa'di.
Mr. W. A. Clouston, in the
Aeiratic Quarterly Review, traces a
1'amilar tale, from the ancient Hin•
•,doe collection, "Ocean of the Rivers
. ref Narrative," through various ver.
isioue, in many centuries and langu-
ages.
The Hindoo tale is, in brief, as
foliates: A rich man ,said to bis
treasurer, in the hearing of a musi-
cian who had entertained him,
'Give this man two thousand panes."
,The treasurer said, "I will do
so," and went out. The minstrel
--aeked him for thoae panas, but was
srefused, and on appealing to the
rich man, he received this reply
"What did you give me that I
should make a return? You gave a
short-lived pleasure to my ears by
playing on the lyre, and I gave a
mhort•l.ived pleasure to your ears by
promising you money."
Tn Gladwin's "Persian Moon -
Shoe," a poor poet recites verses in
praise of a rich man, who promises
him a quantity of grain, but later
mays to him, "You are a blockhead!
You delighted me with words, and
pleased you in like manner. Why,
Alen, should I give you grain V'
Lucian tells of a philosopher who
complained' to his pupil because hie
Fees were eleven days in arrears,
and was thus anawored by the
youth's uncle : "Pray let us hear no
afore complaints of the injustice
you suppose you have had at our
frauds, since it simply amounts to
this : We have bought words of
you, and, till now, have paid you
in the same coin."
In "Jacks of Dover, his Qneet of
1uquirie for the Poole of all Foolee,"
English jost•book of the sixteen.
century, there is a tale almost
precisely like the IIindoo narra-
tive.
A Japanese story says that Iiisa-
hero, a person of economical spirit.,
Stook lodging on the side of a mar-
ket for cels. The appetizing odor
of fried eels entered his dining -
room and seasoned hie bowl of rico.
The man with the eels presented
hie bill for the odor of the fish,
giaaburo laid the. money nsked for
on the bill and began to chat trail
":+s=eeeehlinee-Whonethe..man,- Wee about. to-
t tYcave, Kisabnro put the money back
into his pocket, •replying to the
swan's remonstrance, "You ask 1)1e
tek payment for the smell of your
The general trend of thoir peril-
ous voyage was to the southeast but
in the puffs of the wild gale which
raged continually it aoemed to them
as if they were driven first in one
direction and then iu another,
They were able to make the Cauad-
iau coast line, but they were not
observed from shore and without
means to propel or even guide their
boat they were compelled to trust
in the mercy of providence and
pray that the gale that had driven
them so far would hold in its direc-
tiou until they could reach the
land. The most intense sufferer of
course was the woman, although she
born herself with remarkable forti-
tude, and though soverly frozen
was tho first to show a desire to
leave Bayfield for home.
The schooner lies on Big Reef,
some thirty miles below Thunder
Bay, and according to Captain
Jacques, must be a total loss. He
says he expected heir to go to pieces
every moment as they launched
their boat, and ho sayrs he can hard-
ly tell how they got away from the
wreck, euch was the fury of the
gale. I -Ie tried to signal for help
by burning a part of his dock load
of lumber, but the great breakers
that washed the vessel quickly ex-
tinguished the flames.
A CHAPTER IN LOWLAND
SCOTCH.
I. COR. 13 -Luse comment/it ; and it
canna be rooscdowerheic'h. Pahl
ance a bairn.
1. Gin aiblius I be apeakin' wi'
the tongues o' man and angels, and
am wantin' luve, I am nae mair nor
a soundin' brass, or a jinglin, cym-
bal:
2. And gin aiblins I hao the
meed o' foretellin', and ken a' the
mysteries and a' the Lear; and gin
aiblins I hoe a' the faith, e'en to gar
mountains flit, and hao na luvo, I
am but naething.
3. And gin aiblins I morsel oot
a' I hae intill hungry mous, and gin
sibling I gie up my body to the
lowin' fire, and hadna lure, I am
nane the better.
4. Love drees lang. and is kind
and canuie; luve lana eel'-seekin',
luve vaunts no iteel', isna upliftit.
5. Demeans itael' discreet, seeks
no aye• iter ain, isna, gion to flytin',
casts up nae byganes.
6. Joys na ower wrong, but alang
wi' the truth is blythe,
7. Tholes a' things, lippens a'
things, leuks forrit to a' things,
drees a' things.
8. Luve bides aye : but gin there
bo foretollitf'e, they sal be ondit;
gin there be tongues, they sal gie
ewer; gin. there be lear, it sal
dwine awa.
9. For we ken but but in a pairt
and we prophesie but in pairt.
10. But when the porfete and
complete has come, than a' whilk is
in pairt sal bo talcs doon.
I1. When I was 'hut a bairn, I
apak as a bairn, I esteemed things
as a bairn, I thoeht as a bairn ; but
neo boin' a man, I line puttou awe
bairn -like things.
12. For noo we see bat as in a
koekin'•glass, a' dimly ; but than
clearly face to face ; noo in pairt I
hon, but than sal I ken e'en as I
mysel' hae been clearly kont.
13. But noo firm bides Faith,
Hone and Luve, thao three; but
Luve, is aboou them a' 1
Th.3 correctness of the maxim "noth-
ing. aucceodi liltsenaceas." le, well.. exam•
pl!tied is Ay+r'a S•araparilla. The moat
suooesaful combination of alteratives end
tonics, it always succeeds in curing dies -
emus of the blood, :rnd hence its wonder-
ful popularity.
Mr. Morley talka of the Irish
spectre stalking in parliament and
taking the majority by the throat.
He may bo nssured, if he has his
way, that the spectre will he as
lively as ever, only his garments'
will be orange and not groan- Mr,
Gladstone demanded that if we
yr -,,.-•<, �,.:..-,1111- 1 yen
he
would d get $2- cents for ibis extra
No.3 .barley. In 189Q all the bar -
1}1y expo rt from 044ada was
valued at 46 r=ants, What has be-
come of the free trade conteution
that the oansta'trler pays t.11e duty 1
But lastly, it may be pointed out
that. the `Igrie3 beyo never told
thie gentlowan t -het be could get
better prices iu Great Britian for
NO. 3 six -rowed barley .t hen he
e9ul.dd get is the United States.
What they du say is that Canadian
farwore cart get remunerative prices
for two -rowed barley in England -
better prices than they have suc-
ceeded of late years in getting in
the United States. What is certain
is that prices of barley afo now
higher in Canada than they were at
this time last year, or at this time
in 1889.
SUICIDE WITH A RAZOR.
A WOMAN OF STRATFORD GRIEVES FOR
TIM LOSS OF A DAUGHTER
AND KILLS HERSELF.
The wife of Mr. James Martin,
Ontario street, Stratford, cut her
throat with a razor about 4 o'clock
on the afternoon of Dec. 2, and
died from the effecte of the self-
iuflicted wound. Some time ago
Mrs Martin lost a daughter by
death. This unfortunate event uns
settled her mind, and, being aware
of her state, her family have watch.
ed her closely for some months past.
In the morning ahe went to see her
daughter,. Mrs. John Hillman, who
lives near her, and while there,sucs
seeded in getiing possession of Mr.
Hillman's razor, which she secreted
in her clothes and carried about
with her all day. At four o'clock
in the afternoon she' and her son,
James, were taking a cup of tea,
when she said iihe was going outside.
After she had been gone 10 or 15
minutes, the sou went out to sec if
everything was all right. He walk•
ed pant the door of the House of
convenience two or throe times, and
hearing no noise opened the door.
A ghastly eight met his gaze. There
ley his mother, with a large pool of
blood on the floor. IIe lifted her up
and found that she had cut her
throat with the razor. Dr, J. A.
Robertson was called, but when he
arrived the woman was dead ; in•
deed, she must have been dead when
her son found her. The gash in•
fleeted by the razor had severed the
windpipe, down which the blood
flowed, preventing respiration. Mrs,
Martin had lived in Stratford about
twenty years, having comp to that
city from Woodstock, where the
family settled after coming from
England in 1854, Her husband,
one son and two daughters mourn
her unfortunate end.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
would not recognize the justice of -Germany sends 130,000 caner -
his claim, lee at least should re- ice to America every year.
cognize that it was inevitable. -It is stated that no less than
With the greatest respect I fling the 30,000,000 of people are starving to
adjective back into his face, The death in Russia,
inevitable is on our side, not on his.
The course of the world's destiny is -A stamping machine has been
with us, not with him. We are invented that will stamp 24,431
moving with the stream, he is loiters an hour.
battling hopelessly against it. -About 15,000 tons of iron and
We aro certain that the coming brass wire are yearly manufactured
elections will decide in our favor. into pins in England. The New -
'We shall exhibit the same tenacity, hall works ;at Birmingham make.
or more, than our opponents ex- 10,000,000 pins a day.
hibited, confident of seeking the -After a brief and unaccountable
goal we must infallibly attain. and illness, a horse in Sherman, Mich.,
strong in faith that we shall pursue died. The stomach was opened,
what we believe to be the path of and in it they found a half bushel
empire and justice, prosperity and of Band.
peace. -It is said that revolutionists in
Chinn number 4,000,000 men and
that the Imperial troops are
BARLEY. thoroughly inadequate to cope with
A buyer of barley who lives near them.
-The purchase of 8,000 Texas
London says he is in a position to cattle in seventeen train loads cost
"dispute the Tory aaaertion that for Dave Rankin, the cattle king of
coarse products like barley the Tarkio, Mo., $212,000 besides the
British market is just as good as freight expense of $30,000.
the American." He goes on to say _-The English papers give
that he has 10,000 bnshels of No. harrowing accounts of the condition
3 extra barley. For this he can get of things in Raseia. Nearly 30,-
82 cents a bushel in Buffalo. The 000,000 persons, or six million
freight will cost him 31 cents and households, are afflicted by the
the duty 30 cents. This will leave famine, Allowing each household
him 48} cents net. His argument of five only a dollar per week for
is that if the duty were removed he food it would tako $80,000,000 to
would get 78} cents instead of 48}, provide for them during the next
and he wants Mr; Carling to do it three months of Russian winter.
for hint. The chief difficulty, however lies in
It way be pointed out to this the want of transportation facilities.
logical gentlemen that he had better The famine -struck region. covers an
carry his grievance to tlio Uuited immense area. There are few rail -
States government which imposes ways and most of the oxen end
the duty of which he complains, not home are dead or dying.
to the Canadian Government which
is endeavoring to make a Healy by -While John Crawson, Samuel
which he will secure free entrance Weatherly, Richard Specht, Frank
of his barley to the United States. and Robert Minn and Robert James
Further, it may be pointed out six farmers living near Knoxville,
that if he has complaint to make Tenn , werehunting in the mountaina
agair'tat any Canadian party for yesterday, they discovered a cub
failure to secure free entrance for playing near a cave. They captur-
his barley into the United States, ed it and were departing when the
it is not the Conservative party, mother made her appearance. A
which is now trying to secure a terrible hand to hand conflict follow -
reciprocity treaty, but the Reform ed, the hunters finally retreating to
party, whose members unanimously the cave, where they came in cone
voted against reciprocity in the last tact with the male boar. The an-
seaeion of parliament, and whose inrals attacked the hunters, who
leaders have repeatedly visited the were terribly lacerated and tern bee
United States to induce the author- fore they could bring their Win-
ities there not to make any treaty chosters into play. James was
%villi t.11o. Coupervaure .ounrivIrp.t., ught,,lay,-,t114-axother shearesaxidese
of Canada. badly injured that he will die,
Still further, it may be pointed Weatherley'a right arm was torn
out that it does not by nay means from the socket and Specht's ono
follow that if the duty were removed eye was gouged out.
LQY4i4 ESSEX. CANADIAN NEWS HOTSease-a.
ItESOI�UT'roR '4855 R IIY Tiin west r • Nol't1 • ate e t I? t pk a11d 1►T•iuuseota
femora ceutinue t0 teka•up land is
the Oauadian Northwest.
- A
Bad event was the demo of
Rev. rather Lamont which occurred
iu Irishtown teat Wednesday. Suf-
i'oring from painful disease which
he burn with the, utmost patience
and fortitude, he at laps succumbed.
His teachioga tivo after him. Mild
and unassuming ho commanded the
respect and esteem of everyone with
whew he came in contact, Proteat-
apt and Catholic alike. He was
nearly eighty years of age, Most of
them being devoted to the service
of his Creator.
00145PM. C'
THEY ENTER EK OTEST AGAINST
- ANNEXATION TALK -TEM OOUN^
OIL 18 ntrAN11fOUs.
At the session of the county coutt-
eil held friday the following a'e-
solution was moved by Ex -Warden
11 intemute, seconded by Or. King,
reeve of Kingsville:
Whereas certain persons of more
or less proreinonce within the
county have recently ontered into
an agitation for annexation t0 the
United Staten, we, the members of
this council, representing our loyal,
free and enlightened constituents,
desire to place upon record our fun
belief and conviction that no court •
try on oerth possesses a better
system of government or more ad-
mirable iuptitutions than our bo -
loved land, and while desiring to
live in peace and friendliness with
the great country lying to the south
of us, we hereby repudiate all desire
or intention of becoming identified
with it, preferring to remain uuder
the glorious flag beneath which
our country has become great and
progressive, and to retain our exist•
ing conditions, which have secured
equality and justice to all creeds,
nationalities and conditions of men
under its influence and operation,
loyally to their Queen and country.
The only difference between them
was that this political horizon ex-
tended further than some others.
• b'Ir. Wintemute said that the int --
pression had gone abroad that the
county of Easel. was in favor of
annexation to the Uuited States,
For himself he was proud of his
couutry, and would sooner change
his eoligion than his nationality.
While he was a liberal in politica
he was not a partizan. He believed
that the trade policy of the Conner•
vati1e party had driven many poo•
ple out of the country, and the Re-
form press for political purposes
had, he believed, greatly exaggcr•
ated the evil offecte. The Warden
had identified himself with this an-
nexation movement and given it an
importance abroad that it was not
entitled to. This was n grand coun-
try, whore we enjoyed the greatest
religious and political freedom. He
had the greatest confidence in the
future of his country and saw a
great future for it if we wore only
true to ourselves,
Dr. King coincided with what
had been said by Mr. Wintemute.
This question was above and bo-
yond mere political parties. Refor-
mers and Conservatives were almost
unanimous iu favor of retaining our
own nationality, He was very
much pleased with the loyal ring
of Mr. Wintemute's speech.
Mr. Coste said lie was a French-
man born, but at the age of 25 years
had taken the oath of allegiance to
Queen Victoria, and never had the
slightest cause to regret it. He
had travelled much and in no courts
try, not even excepting Great Bri•
tain, did people enjoy greater lib'
erty. We were more democratic
than the people of the Uuited States,
and enjoyed more real liberty as
distinguished frotn mere license.
Their constitution was not so sensi-
tive to public opinion as oa--s.
Their government remained in
power for four years, -no mutter
what change took place in public
opinion by reason of the acts of the
government or otherwise. In Can-
ada a government could not exist a
day that was not in accord with
public opinion. He mentioned
many other instances to show how
inelastic American institutions were.
The motion carried unanimously
by a standing vote.
-Richard Power, M. P., for
Vtraterford, the Patnellite whip, is
dead at the, age of 40. He was
married a week ago.
-A man is Vienna 70 years of
age, believing he was called upon
to sacrifice himself, hammered
seven nails three inches long into
his skull.
-Lord Salisbury emphatically
denies that there is any trnth in the
story that a Jesuit priest in diguise
was found in his household acting
as an emissary from the Vatican,
-The Chinese Government has
acknowledged its inability to pro-
tect the Christiana and missionaries
in the insurgent districts and coun-
sel flight as the only possible means
of escape.
-The Brazilian Government has
dismissed the papal nuncio and
given the Vatican notice that it will
tolerate no ecclesiastical interfer-
ence in politica.
-There was a blizzard, accom-
panied by a heavy fall of snow, at
Norfolk, Va., last week. Sleighs
were seen on the streets for the first
time in many years. `
--Mr. O'Hara died at Merrick-
ville, near Kingston, a few days ago
at the age of 108.
-E. C. Beware, Grit M. P. for
Digby, N. S., has thrown up the
penge%ledva ated his at, Mr.
Bowersowers is the third�� Necove &alien
Grit to resign.
--Mrs. James Martin, of Strat,
ford, committed suicide with a razor
-Mr. Howes of Glencoe, black.-
ankh,
lack•Swish, left his wagon shop for a few
minutes. While he was away an
elderly man, Archibald Leitch of
Dilwartin, entered and sat on the
forgo. Being under the influence
of liquor be fell auto the tire, which
was amoulcleriug, and being unable
to extricate himself was badly burn-
ed on the right arm and shoulder.
Mr. William Mouro, happening to
enter the shop, pulled the unfortun-
ate Leitch out of the fire, . Dr.
MaeIntyre was summoned, the flesh.
being half consnmed it is doubtful
if the injured man can recover.
-Au exchange says : The
Orangemen of Biddulph have been
accustomed to have lectures deliver-
ed every 5th of November at the re-
sidence of Joseph Hodgins, to
which neighbors for miles around
were invited. This year Rev. Mr.
Handers, (Methodist.) and Rev. Mr.
Shaw (Episcopal) of Lucan, were
invited to lecture, and ou the even-
ing promised arrived ready to open
tIte meeting, when they learned that
the usual old time "hop" was to fol-
low their remarks. The ministers
held that such a proceeding was not
in keeping with the occasion, and
refused to go on without a promiso
to the effect that the dance would
not be ctrriod out. After a long
consultation those high in authority
decided that the speeches could be
dispensed with more easily than the
dance, so tlio ministers departed,
leaving bohiud many who would
rather have heard the lecture.
-Bulletin No. 11 ou crops and
live stock in Manitoba during the
past season issued by the Manitoba
Department of Agriculture and Im-
migration isagratifying one,ehowing
that in Manitoba the wheat yield is
over 23,000,000 bushels. Count-
ing in rho territories, the aggregate(
will not bo much below 30,000,000
bushels of wheat for tho Canadian
Northwest. The estimated yield of
wheat for Manitoba is 23,191,599
bush„ against 14,665,769 last year,
an estimated average per acre 25.3
bushels, as competed with 21-1 bus-
hels last year. The bulletin says
the wheat crop has undoubtedly suf
fared from frost to a considerable ex-
tent, but just how much it isinipos-
sible at present to . determine.
Some correspondents ostitnato the
damage in their localities as low as
two per taut,., but in the aggregate
thole will be,ae near as can be doter -
mined from reports, 40 per cent,. all
the way from No. 1 hard to chicken
feed.
-Daniel Whale, of Mitchell, a
former Toronto hotelkeeper, who is
now serving a life sentence for kill%
ing his wife, has made a confession.
Whale's confession in effect is that
on November 30, 1890, he had an
altercation with his son-in-law Bel-
den, and hatter threw him out of the
Ro3 al hotel. Some days after, dur-
ing the course of a quarrel, Mrs.
Whale had twitted him about being
thrown out of the hotel. He said
he became very angry, and told her
that if she ever mentioned the mat-
ter to him again he would kill her.
On the morning of the terrible trage-
dy Mrs. Whale again mentioned the
affair to hint in a sneering manner.
Being under the influence of liquor
he became so enraged that he seized
an empty ale bottle and struck her
a powerful blow on the head.
This was the blow that drpve the
skull in and finally produced death.
He then threw the bottle behind
the wood pile in the yard, wbere it
has been found since.
-The estimated product of oats
in Manitoba is 14,792,606 bushels
against 9,513,433 bushels last year,
with an average of 48.3 bushels per
acre against 41.3 last year. The
estimated product of barley is
3,197,875 bushels against 2,069,415
bushels Nat year, with an average
of 35.6 bushels per acre over 1890.
The estimated product of potatoes is
2,191,982 bushels, slightly under
last year's yield. Regarding wheat,
the bulletin says there is every
reason to believe that, contrary to
the usual result, the threehcr's yield
will be greatly in excess of the esti-
mated yield by crop correspondents.
Absence of suitable help has been
the bane of the farmer this season,
says the bulletin. In almost every
township there has been a dearth of
farm laborers, and the inconveni-
ence end loss arising from this
source has been very great. The
large number brought into the Pro-
vince on farm laborers' excursions
seen to have been but a drop in
the bucket, and it is safe to assume
Nat twice as 'many co 1i TiiiVd
found employment for the three
months or more from the beginning
of harvest.