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Thegoa)paigt Afar/eMago at West Lerne
Iraff destitoy04 by holy Thursday gigot,
Hugh' AfeTherseno'faimeri, et 1;400411,
• *sum wait IMO b J! ting whiltnd
• flgM ow499,t.
Mr Wohael gleming, banker, of Sarnie,
$4.40Pat .14404 .5% Ho was mayor of the
Own for tWe aeare,
•Potate begs and tureip thee ere devast
ating eeepa p Prima) Edward Islend
Veymere are SO elog tu "Oise over again,
TwO narrow eficapes from death by bun
big are TOPOrtedfretO HA -Milton. Children
‘p laying With matches caused both.
•Ve40 ZTOYee, a 13ellevil1d baker, wa
'. drowned by the titeetttng Of a boat near
' tbet City diving a equall on Prieley after
• *004
At HollY, Ark., a 110g/0 named Julien
11.0010Y Watilynelied by a mob because he
brtitelly assaulted his tieven-year.old step-
eleughter.
• .,
4Dlaring the silt months ending June
BO, 7,870 bannigrants arrived at the
• gOat,real agency, against 4,354 br the
• same period last year.,
Pr C
114TS 4)17 S141P" TALXS FOR frif•E'FARXERO
ORDINARY ria.Tin latOEIR SO
81° TRAT ti*I•tr 41717t5111 F'°U11. TgN 14911$8 INORK•A DAY PAYS 1341", -
POUNDS.
•TgA/THAN FOURTEEN.
Probably no blalp that enters the har•
-
bor. of Philadelphia is mit e dreaded b
v
)"
Itaisiorterk Vheseptya•A Profit et
Piny Per Cent -Notes on the C
Live Stook -To Loosen the Work
the sailor man than the lEarn lic
steamer Unionist, awing to the fact
that she is nearly alive with rats.
Tb..CdVPIR40. Of. tIle.se 411,141,41P Aili'2,3t all
, the luxurfafisea life, and every effort
to rid the ship of the plague boo proven
"futile. Tiure on board the Unionist
dread to sleep, as frequmtly they aro
" awakened bythe prioking sensation of
a number of rate running over any por-
tjoo of the body that may be exposed,
and thus theltancisome ship is render.ed a pest liole by the rodents.
Pilot Kelly: who came up in charge
of the Unionist, maid he was very tired
after walking the bridge all day on the
lookout while she was eorning up the
river,and when she rassafely anchored
he turned in for a geoid night's sleep..
About midnight he was awakened by
the blowing of a ship's steam whistle,.
and on rising in bed he was horrified to.
find himself surrounded by rate, eyery
one as large as cats. Many'had nibbled
large. holes in the quilt, while others
jumped around on the floor, gnawing a
large -piece of lred they had some way
gotten from the pantry. Kelly was
• frightened, and it takes considerable to
scare a pilot. He walked the deck the
rest of the night, and could not be in-
duced to go below.
Capt. Neate, the commander of the
Unionist, is at his wits' end to know
what remedy to adopt. He always
carries his wife, and the conditions
were such that he erected on deck
a wooden house, in which they both
live nearly all the time. Not long ago
he adopted a plan to smother the rats
by means of closing up all the hatches
and burning sulphur throughout the
entire ship. By this he succeeded in
getting rid of a few thousand of them,
but a few weeks later the ship was as
thoroughly infested as ever.
The rats on board the Unionist are of
a peculiar kind, and the climate here
seems to agree with them, as they
have developed in size rapidly. Some
are actually as large as fair-sized cats,
and have weighed as much .as four
Pounds. They are of a rare species
never seen in this country, and are
not. Neate thinks they are the pure
East India rat.
The Unionist, for some years previ-
ous to being chartered by the Earn
Line Steamship Company was engaged
in the India trade, principally between
Pondicherry, the French settlement of
India, and Marseilles,carrying peanuts,
and it was in this way that the rats
were first gotten on board at Pondi-
cherry, they being very fond of pea-
nuts. After this the Unionist went
from England to all parts of the world,
but the rats in t,he hold had some cargo
ti gnaw at, till now,and confined them-
selves to that portion of the ship, never
entering either the cabin or the fore-
castle.
Since January the Unionist has been
ataying coal to Cuba and reloading
with iron ore, and the rats being un-
able to subsist on either commodity,
have forsaken the holds and have in-
vaded the cabin, The sailors have all
got news of this and it is next to im-
possible to get a crew to go in her, as
the rat, above all things, is what Jack
leibsta-fraid-of.-Pfriladelphia-Recorci
• ,&InImber of farmers in Nelson town.
• sbip, lialton county, have been swin-
dled by two men who claimed to repre-
Sent a Toronto wholesale firm. .
,
•
Noble Kinney., a young 'man from
Buffalo, formerly, it is said from To-
rtutto, committed suicide by jumping
into the Niagara River below the falls.
cieorge Herald, son of the late Rev
JriMee Herald, formerly of Dundas and
Port Arthur, was killed by a train in
argnette Co., Michigan, the other day
•.1Krt.Q. P. Bishop, assistant teacher in
• gdowel High School, has left for his home
AelhellViPe. He will not return after the
Selitlaye, as he has resigned his position.
• At Dublin, Thursday, Patrick •Mc -
was fined a sovereign for de -
trying flowers that had been placed
ri the grave of Charles S. Parnell.
ir Joseph Hickson, olsairmen of the
P.Febibition Commission, stated on Thurs.
aY,that he expected the repert of the com-
enission worild be laid before Parliament
•liefere the close of the next session.
Boyd, Conservative, was elected
aeclamation Friday to represent
Aarqtzette in the Commons. The '.'n.'alloY" was caused by the resignation
-of lir Watson.
The Evangelical Alliance, of King -
On, has laid information against
,litmere of steamers for infringing the
aW Which prevents them leaving port
• with excursion parties on Sunday.
A gang of robbers held up a Missouri,
eases & Texas, Railway train near
„Adair on Thurstlay night, and stole
hetwen$0-0 rind$760 e,00,0rom the
express car. Sdveral of the train
"---thands and pa,ssengers 'nitre, wounded.
k.?
' 'That was a noble' peroration which
.01adstone uttered in Las first speech to
the electors of Midlothian. "Let us go
orward, he said in the good work we
es in hand, and let us put our trust,
in squires and peers(cheers)and not
titles or in acres; I will go further
Sind say, not in man, as such, but in
Almighty God, who is the God of justice,
and who has ordained the principle of
.
V,' right, of equity, and of freedom, to be
utdes and the masters of our lives."
HOW SfIE MA.NAGED IT.
• A young couple in a Lancashire village
had been courting for several years. One
ay the young man said to the young
,worasen----
? '"Sall, I canna marry thee."
"How's that?" she asked.
"I've changed my mind," said he.
., "Well, I'll tell you what well do," she
'..gaid.. "It folks know that it's thee as has
.4.:Vert me up, I shanna be able to get another
, Chip, but if they think I have given thee up,
;thins I can easy get another chap. So
,- we'll have banns published, and when the
- wedding day comes the parson will say to
"th-4-1-Wilt --thistr-taTe--this- womaresto-
: be thy wedded wife ?` and thou
pay, 'I will,' and when he says to Me,
Itl'It thou have this man to be thy wed.
nishapd ?' I shall say, "1 winna."
,'The wedding day came, and the minister
id to the man :
'‘.Wilt tbou have this woman to be thy
dded wife ?"
'I will," answered the man.
•Then the parson said to the woman :
• "Wilt thou have this man to be thy weds
.decl husband?"
; t'I will" she said.
Why, you said you would say 'I win ma"
11
thee then," answered the young woman.
e young man said furiously.
GO/ know that, but I've changed my mind
' QUEEN VICTORIA'S CROWN.
,if Queen Victoria were compelled to
Wear the beautiful crown of which
she is so worthy all the time, she
Would be a woman greatly to be pitied
and never to be envied, for that mag-
nificent affair weighs nearly two
linonds. It holds more than 3,060
precious stones, more than 2,700 of
evtich are diamonds. The golden
hiikel band holds two rows of pearls,
the lower having 129 and the tipper
II2 of these treasured stones. Between
these bands in front is a large sapphire,
and behind is a small sapphire -small
only when compared with the one in
fi'ont -with 6 seal smaller ones, and 8
enterg,lfin,', 'Between the sapphires fore
tffid aft are ornaments containing 286
thannorlde. Surmounting the band are 8
satlphires above which are 8 diamonds,
and 8 festoons which hold 160 dia-
Motids, and in front, set in a Maltese
Cabse cOmposed of 75 large diamonds
LS the atingnificent ruby given to the
Mi.& Prince in 1867 by Pedto, King of
lattitile, and which was worn by that
MOW)* naonarch Henry V. on his
helmet at the battle of Agincourt. In
addition to these, three crosses con -
tinning 386 diamonds are set around
the tipper pa,rt of the crown, between
Width ate four ornaments each hold-
ing a ruby in its centre, and contain-
ing reetteetively 84, 86, 85 and 87 dia-
&Made. Firom the crosses rise four
arelies cOmposed of oak leaves and
ecOrril, the oak leaves containing 728
liainonds, and the a,eorns--32 in num-
ber -de each of a single pearl set in
at§ eomposed of diamonds. Sur-
tieriniting the arches,is the base of the
VW& Which anrineunts the whole. The
Mae, or itionfid, is His tailed, contains
ditiMonds, and eros -the
Mniening glory of 01 this tnagnifidence
ItOge takiliire Alia 112
aftitholidts: .:1`he wilder 151dad tipbn it
by ;61pertki is £800,000, Although It May
one'cithild buy ft for
Offir0 that ainount, -i!4;
CRISP AND CASUAL.
The cost of making a $1 bill is about
32-10 mills.
The largest pyramid in Egypt is 438
feet high.
The mean height of land above sea
levet is 2,250 feet.
No fewer than 629,898 people named
Muller are now living in Germany.
In Chicago the price of beer and pure
water are now very nearly the same.
Twenty words per minute is the
Average. at which longigaod is written.
Creede. Col., had its first initHiago-
last week.
The New Testament was first print-
ed in Irish in 1602.
Grasshoppers contain formic acid
worth sixth cents an ounce.
Captain Alvin Hall ' of De'ering, Me.,
has a pair of mittens made from his
wife's hair.
Every pound of coal contains a
dynamic force equal to the amount of
work a man woeld do in one day.
A cubic inch of gold is worth,' in
round numbers, $2.10: a cubic foot,
$362,380, a cubic yard. $9,797,762.
One of the most interesting sights
along the Rio Grande is to see a regi-
ment of Mexican soldiers taking a com-
pulsory bath.
There are over 2,090 tons of silver
bars, 55,000,000 silver dollars and $35,-
000,000 in gold coin stored in a Phila-
delphia Mint.
The well that proniptecl Samuel
Woodworth to write "The Old Oaken
Bucket" is still kept in good condition
at Scituate, Mass.
The region about the Dead Sea is one
of the hottest places on the globe, and
the sea is said to lose a million tons of
water a day by evaporation,
The first wheat raised in the new
world was sown on the Island of Isa-
bella in January, 1494, and on March
30 the crop was gathered.
The exact physical center of the
United States is the stone at Fort
Riley, Kan., which marks the grave
of Major Ogden, who died of cholera in
1855.
In China the cobbler still goes from
house to house, announcing' his a,p-
proach with a rattle, and taking up
his abode with the fainily while he ac-
complishes the necessary making and
mending.
There are three places known where
green snow is found. One of these
places is near Mount Hecht, Iceland,
another fourteen miles east of the
mount of the Obi, and the third near
Quito, South America.
One day this week a prospective bride
and groom from Parkhill were in Strath-
roy and called at the Front street Meth.).
dist parsonage to be married. While the
ceremony was in progress the minister re•
calved a telegram from Parkhill, stating
that the likely bride was the sender'a wife.
The telegram later nroved a hoax, but it
worked considerable indignation.
Children Cry for
'pitcher's 0astoriti4
Wife. Shaer and rsaughter on the
' Adam Anee, master of the State
of Indiaute, eve : "I aid convinced
gme of the greatest inietakee, ferment
is in trying to work too &any hours
day ; better and morii eittistactory r
will follow from 10 hours per day th
trying to work 12 or 14 Soma I a
certain but eight hours, when we ha
!hinge systematically arranged, wi
better than the longer day. The
saved from physical labor, •if devot
intelleetual, moral and sepal culture
make as much money, aside from the gr
and nobler aims of life. The quoit
worthy of the moat careful investigation
of every giange in the State. A geed
part of each meeting ohould •be devoted
to developing a method or eystem of
the work of the hone% to lessen the work
of the wife, dauehter and sister. The
work in the bowie ehould not be longer
than on the farm, and as far as possible
the drudgery and unpleasant part of
house -keeping should be overcome by
,system, conveniences and laborativing
crevices. The grange is the first and
only areat order that has recognized the
abilities of women and placed her in all
things on a plane of equality in all re-
spects to men. Our tirne, thought and
labor should be equally given to aid her
in making her duties leas arduous and
more cheerful and pleasant, and to sur-
rounding the home with the refining in-
fluences of culture, education, music and
flowers. Then he will ,ever bless the
day she joined the grange, and her work
and devotion to you and the grange will
add to your prosperity and the happiness
of the entire household. Her eatnest
work for the grange will cause it to pros-
per as never before, and will make it a
grear power in the land."
Over
are of
of the
. llt eht3AFileg$ of fertile mil inert-
rariu, tahlYlearbile its despoliation. What in-
ducement is there to maintain fertility
range when the crop of a singioaear will bti'y as
that much fertile land as it agrown upon?
make Hieh prices ter leed ese thereferp helps to
64011 good farming. They Melte it necessary 'to
&suite grow on few acres witat Used to be grown
an by en great many.
m not
vo ell
11 be
Mere
ed to
, will
ander
ion al
ON NEW Z
'r 0 10,40r haproTeMetit, is dellecl Qs! 1,0111
Ysii• G14,100400 soil ex atistioa' 4gpm
til, ttto TOO In be
,Ydnun ;Agora tarmore have uttered Isegait
wttli it* that, elani when 'the
farmer*. one whe left the 'Apt to sconr9l..
neW and fertile soil: If a sYlitem of sire,
fullYosaviog tinware and free/Went ieseditig
with clover had been adopted at the first
it weeld have been mueli easier to reteiis
fertilitethan it cap be when loot to restore
Iflaking Pork Cheaply.
An instance of successful feeding at the
Minnesota experimental station is given as
follows : Fifty-four pigs were farrowed on
the 15th of April. As soon as large enough
they were turned with the sows in so 80
acre lot, where there were temporary sheds
for shelter. Here they were fed liberally
with sereenings, sometimes cooked, and
when not cooked well aoaked and fed sweet,
and in September a little green corn. When
weighed at 2i months old the pigs weighed
41 pounds, and had cost (including feed
for sows) 50 cents per head, $1.25 per 100
pounds. The screenings cost 30 cents
per hundredweight. During October
they were fed cern on the cob and
alops made from screenings meal, and
after that until ,Tannary 25th nothing but
corn on the cob and cold water. Frorn
then until March 14th, when they were fed
shelled corn, either bailed or soaked. Up
to December 25th the total cost of feed had
been $147.88, and the pigs then weighed
11,300 pounds, and had cost (for feed) $1.30
per 100 pounds, and at that time could have
been sold at 3i cents, or at a total profit of
$249.92, Up to January 18th the feed had
cost $204, and the total weight was 13,380
pounds, having then cost 31.53 per WO
pounds, and could then have been sold at n
cents, giving a tetal profit of $296. Upon
March 14th, the cost had been 8280.40, and
and the total -weight wit's- 15;820, -tne co
per 100 pounds then being $1.77. They
sold then at 4 cents, bringing $032.80, or a
total profit of $352.40. At any time they
could have been sold at a profit.
Farm and Live Stook Notes.
Milk that does not readily part with
its cream is better for market.
When you grow mutton you compete
with your neighbors; when you grow wool
you compete with the world.
The poultry -keeper who has a generous
milk supply has a better "egg -food" than
any patented compound he cao buy.
The price at which a farm. will sell for
is regulated by it e nearness to market, and
the quality of its neighborhood roads. To
increase the selling price of your farm, work
-for.goocLrodis.._
In selecting a coaeh stallion to breed to
don't be fooled with the fact that he is im-
ported. Many poor horses have been im-
ported. Choose i hina for individual merit
as well as pedigree.
Give the restless boy a piece of ground on
which to raise popcorn or some other
special crop next year, and offer him at pre•
mium if he exceeds a certain yield. hen
help him sell it when prices rule highest
and you have won him for agriculture.
Good roads are a profitable investment
in any part of the country, and after the
harvesting season is over it will pav to
make some plans to grade, plow and (Irain
them, to get them in good. condition for
winter. A great deal of farm work can be
done early in the spring if the roads are
good, but, better than all, strangers will be
more apt to buy /arid in rural districta
where well -kept roads, are a specialty. The
value of property is always enhanced in
such district's.
To kill fungus growth in the cellar, pour
two ounces of sulphuric acid over one ounce
of common salt. This generates hydrochlo-
ric acid. Close ail the doors and windows
closely, and do not allow any of it to escape
into the rooms above, and do not enter it
for 24 hours. Then ventilate from the bot-
tom to the top (this gas is heavier than air,
and settles to the bottom) without remain-
ing bong in it, anti if possible without enter-
inf it, as one cannot. breathe this acid. It
ki Is all vegetation.
The Javas are not bred extensively, but
they are hardy and vigorous. They
greatly resemble the Plymouth Rocks in
size, but are black (though the white Javas
and mottled Javas are also distinct breeds)
and may really be termed black Plymouth
Rooks. But, for the prejudice against black
breeds, the Java fowl would hold a high
place, as it is one of the hardiest of breeds
and adapts itself to all climates. The hens
aro excellent layers n.nd setters, and as
mothers they are very careful and success-
ful with their chicks.
Attending the sal2s and noting how low
pure-bred cattle sold -all being rated at
what there was in them foe beef purposes -
and after many years feeding and experi-
nientieg with all grades of cattle, Prof. J.
W. San oorn declares that a large percent-
age of pitre-bred cattle are srperior only in
form, and are inferior for moat production
as compared with common cattle. He
joins with the farmers, and says they are
not fools, nor so far out of, the way in their
judgment as to the real practical value of
the pure breeds. "The error has been
large y on the side of the breeders, and
the good time for which they are hoping
will never come until 60 or 70 per cent.
of -the females now recorded are swept off
from the herd hooks and out of the
breeding lists with a heavier per cent, of
bulls."
Like individual character the farm never
rernaine the same for any long time. If not
imptoving It . netessarily , retrograding.
_
The Great Armies of Europe.
The ablest and most interesting military
writer in the United States, and one of the
foremost of our time, is Col. Theodore A. -
Dodge, U. 8. retired list. Col. Dodge
spent the winter in Europe making a per-
sons! study of all the great armies, and the
results of nis observations he contributes in
an interesting article to the July nutnber of
The Porton. More than 38,000,000 men
stand ready for battle in Europe, and the
nobleist work of the world is perverted to
ignoble uses. Europe, as Col. Dodge
show, has never been so perfectly prepared
for wet. as now, but he reports that there
has never been a time when soldiers were
so loath to fight, and hedoes not look for an
early outbreak of hostilities. In reviewing
the several armies of Europe, Col. Dodge
frankly declares that the F;nglish cannot
now claim to be a military power. In
fact, England has had no war for nearly
eighty years that is of more importance
than our conflicts with the Indians in
the West. Incidentally he remarks that
the self-gratulations of the English about
their army is a curious national trait.
They think; for instance, that the charge
of the Light Brigade at Balaklava %gots an
unprecedented feat. The feet is that lees
than 37 per cent. of those that rode "into
the jaws of death" perished, whereas in our
own Civil War more than sixty regiments
lost in some one engagement more than 50
per cent., and'one regiment lost as much
as 82 per cent. On the sea, however, Eng-
land's power is still great.
The greatest danger that Col. Dodge seesj
to the peace of Europe is in Russia's rest -
Joe pushing across Asia. The Asiatics have
a liking for Russia, whose autocratic gov-
ernment they understand better than the
government of England. Russia does not
seek war, but she will not rest from her sly
encroachments eastward, and this may pre-
cipitate a general conflict. The Russian
army, by the svay, is one of the best in
Europe in a great many respects.
Co!. Dodge devotes much space to a de-
tailed comparison of the French army with
the German army, with much praise for
both, but with a tendency to give the most
compliinentary word to the Germans. He
declares, however, that the French army
was never in such good condition as now,
and that under Napoleon it was at no time
as thorough/it. sound.
One treacherous factor in the whole pro.
blem is the absence of any great commaud-
ing military mind dna as there was in
Europe, of course, before Von Moltke died;
for in modern warfareinore than at any time
in the past is the ability of great' military
genius the decisive factor. .Col. Dodge
,deciares that Germany is hampered by the
loss or the shelving of her great men, and
she does not know when the Kaiser may
fail her. This fact is recognised, if not
openly spoken of, everywhere in Germany.
. These. atidanany otl ler . interesting. obsers
lotions, which are the result of Col. Dodge's
study on the ground of his long acquaint-
ance with most of the leading officers in all
the European armies, make hls essay of un-
usual interest, not oaly to the military and
political student, but to the general reader
as well.
The Foremost Living . 1.3nglialt Noveliet.
Mr. Sharp, the langlish autho
and critic, who recently made a visit tor
the States, has written a personal and
critical, article about Thomas Hardy and
his novels for July Forum, in which an in-
teresting picture is drawn of the foremost
living English master of fiction. "No one
can approach English fiction critically,"
says Mr. Sharp, "aud fail ta perceive that
Thomas Hardy is, at his best, one of the
most remarkable novelists whom England
1 -as produced."' • Then follows- this picture
of his home:
"Mr. Hardy resides in the heart of the
'five-countied Wessex.' His borne is a large
red brick house built after his own designs,
situated on the rise of a long upland sweep
to the eastward of Dorcester. A vast per-
spective is before one from almost any of
the windows of the house, rolling downs,
acres of arable land and pastures, upland
ranges, and dark belts of woodland, with,
valleyward, the white gleam of the Froom
meandering among the dairy lands and
through and past ancient Dorcester."
And the following estimate of the larger
significance of his work is given :
"But Hardy brings honie to the reader
a sense of profound sadness. Without ever
unduly obtruding himself as the theologian
or. the philosopher, he touches the deepest
chords of spiritual life, and. having wrought
his subtle music therefrom, turns
away -
with a loving, sorrowful regret at all the
by-play of existence beneath such dim
darkness behind, above, and beyond. Yet
to speak of him as a pessimistic writer
would be misleading, because inadequate.
He does not preach pessimism, for he has
the saving grace of having no 'ism' to sup-
port or exemplify. He is tolerant and pa-
tient, seeing a.t once the good and the
weakness in all. La a word, the pesaimism,
of which so many complain is a revelation,
rather tho.n an exposition."
The Wife nf,l)r Color L. Kifborn,
41c4; MI inintry. et, tA0 .l'ilothodist
ili
elAreli, h 'dledof vhOlera at OliehTth.
ehlna. as wavt. daughter a
prof, IasJ ,ewler, a ueep's flollege,
fold left KlOgetou lu A,upst. last,
E.44.44( fozvq, 91" TKE
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SAN PEAMOISCO, OAL,,
LOUISVILLE, EY. NEW WORSE, Sq.
l'roleOgaonal and utittr Taub
MANNING & SCOTT,
Barristers, Solicitors,
CONVEYAlof:ERS, &C.
,
Commissioners for Ontario and Manitoba
OFemB NEXT Doolt To N'Eor ERA, CLINTON.
J ONE Y TO LOAN. MORTGAGES
•of Bought. Private Funds. C RIDOUT,
Office over J Jackeon's Store, Clinton.
la-ONEY TO LEND IN LA.RGE OR
JUL Small mums on good mortgage security,
moderaterate of intermit. II HALE, Clinton.
A BEL S. WEEKEs, CIVIL ENGINEER,
IA. Provincial Land Surveyor, Draughtsman,
etc, Office, up stairs iu Perrin Block, Clinton,
Ont.
D APPLETON - OFFICE - AT EMI -
L/ ocrioe oa On term Street, Clinton, op-
posite Euglisb Church. Entrance by aide
gate.
T1E. R. ELLIOT, M. D., L. R. U. P.,
-L/ Edinburgh, L. C. 5.. Edinburgh, Lben-
tiste of the Midwifery, Edecburgh, Dffiee 51
Brucetleld.
TIRS,GUNN & GIBSON, ( -/FICES 'ONTARIO
_L-eStreet, e few doors East o Albert Street, W.
GUNN, R. J. GIBSON.
•,•• • DR, J. W. SHAW, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON,
uc e r, ete„ office in the Palace Block'
Itatteebury St. formerly occupied by Dr. Reeve.
Clinton Ont.
The Opal.
The cause of the opal being deemed an
unlucky gem is probably due to the nature
of the stone itself. The irridescenee of
the opal is caused by innumerable minate
cracks, which reflect the light from a thons.
and surfaces and so induce the play of
color. It sometimes happens that, from
no known reason, the creeks enlarge and
the atone splits into a number of pieces.
A valuable opal has thus been known to
become utterly worthless in a shert time,
and of a beautiful gem only a thimbleful
of fragments remains. Stich accidents as
this have probably given rise to the idea
that the opal is unlucky to own, and the
superstition growing, the idea becatne
fixed that this gem brought miafartune to
its possessor. ---St. Louis Globe -Democrat.
Wanted to Feel Richer.
The colored person always sustains hia
actions by a moral philosophy which seems
entirely satisfactory to him. An old dar•
key called at the local Keeley Institute the
other day. -"Yon are n3t a drunkard, aTO
you, uncle ?" asked the doctor in some sur-
prise, scanning the old fellow. "No, sah ;
I nebber tooked no rho' ole Kentuck than
would make me feel good, but I'se aired of
being pc' so long, an' I thought mabbe yo'd
give an old man a few of dere gold shots, di
I'd fed richer, ate den aotiarieg his *eke)
Feegoitig babe's -deseint ob this chuteli,
td get rid 6f dis yet thieketchabit,"
-.-Chioako inter -90m.
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ITh STANIelIRY, /GRADUATE OF THE
1.1 Medical Department of Victoria Univer-
sity, Toronto-, formerly of the Hospitals and
Dispenearies. New York, coroner for he
County of Burrell, Hayfield, Ont.
A. 0. U. W.
The Clinton Lodge, No. 144, meet in Biddle-
combeHati-on the tat and erd- Fridays in each
month. Visitors cordially_invited.
R. STONEHAM, M. W. J. BEAN, Recorder.
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!
We can Make a feW good loans from prieate
funds at ow rates and modate expcnseer.
Terms made to sui t borrowers.
AIANNING & SCOTT, - - Clinton
J E. BLACKALL VETERINARY SU1'3rEON
tf • HonoraryGraduate of the OntarioVoterinary
College. Treats all diseases of domesticated ani-
mals on the most modern and scientific princi-
Om. Office - immediately west of the Royal
Hotel. Residence - Albert St., Clinton. Calls
night orday attended to promptly.
MRS. WHITT, M. 0. M. S
TEACHER OF MUSIC,.
Plano, Organ and Technic omor Musal developer,
for use of pupils. Rooms at Mr. A. Cook's,
Albert Street, Clinton.
R. AGNEW,
Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Haw Graduate of the
Toronto School of Dentistry-.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painlese
extraetion cf teeth,
Office in Smith's Block over Emerton's Barber
Shop, Clinton.
6V -Night bell answered. ly
DR. TURNBULL.
J. L. Turnbull, M. B., Toronto Univeraity, M D,
C.M., Victoria university, M. c. E' & S., Ontario
Fellow of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh
late of London, Eng„ and Edinburgh Hospitals.
Office ---Dr. Doweely's old Mike itattenbura St.
Clinton Night • Ils answered at the same place
STh DICHINSON, THE OLD & RELIABLE
-1-1 Auctioneer stillin the field, able and will-
ing to conduct any sales entrusted to hire, and
takes this opportunity of thanking his patrons
for past favors. Ale° Chattel Mortgagee closed
and rents collected. Charges moderate, D
nroirresoe, Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron. Residence Albert Street, Clinton.
frt G. BRUCE, L. D. 8., DENTIST, GRADU-
1.. ate Royal College of Dental Surgeons of
Ontario. All operations of modern dentiatry
carefully performed. Anresthetics administered
for the painless extraction of teeth. Office
Keefer's old stand, Coats' Block, Clinton.
Will visit Blyth profession illy every Monday, at
USSOG'S Hotel.
nR WORTFIINGPON,-PHYSICIAN SUR
A-, Gem A °coacher, Licentiate of the College
of Physician, and Surgeons of Lower Gamma,
and Provittela Licentiate and Coroner for the
County of Huron. Office and residence. -The
building formerly oecpuicd by Mr Thwaitea
Huron Street. oonton. Jan 11. 1870,
J. T. WILKIE, SIIRGEON, DENTIST
efoldstheexolusiveright for the county tor the
Rurd probesa of administering chemically
pureIntrogen Monotide, wIneh tbe safest
and hest ardent yet discovered fo the pain-
ted; extractiou of teeth. Chariots oderate
esthete:Mon gliaratiteed. Oflides E MOTT'S
33LooK4 twer keanati Wallet She , Miro
street,Clintota •
o
IN Bmnigs iivrr4xtti.
NOSE OTHER CIENUINE,
Thq Central BUTCHER SHOP
•
Subsoriberdesiree to thank the public generals
la, for the patronage bestowed upon him; and
at the same time to say that he is now in abet
tor position than ever to supply the wants of oll.
As be gives personal attention to all the details
of the businees customers eau rely on their
orders being promptly arid satisfactorily dlled.
His motto Is "good meat at reasonable prices."
Choice Sausage, Poultry, Ate.,
In season.
Cash paid for .Hides, Skim, dui.
JOHN SCRUTON,
Albert St., moon.
MoKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
FARM & ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY
INSURED
OFPWInts.
D. Ross, President, Clinton; M. Mu die, Vim)
Pres., seaforth; W. J. Shannou, &ley-Treas.
Seaforth ; Juo. Bannab. manager, Seaforth.
DIRBOTonS.
Jas. Broadfoot, Seaforth ; Gabriel Elliott,
Clinton; Geo. Watt, Harlook; Joseph Evans,
Beeehwood; Vhos.Carbet, Clinton ; Alex. Gar-
diner, Leadbury ; M. Murdie, Seaforth,
AGENTS.
Thos. Minium, Harlook; Robt. Sea -
f orth; 8 Carnochari, soaforth; John 0 Sullivan
nd Geo.Murdle, auditors.
Parties desirous to effect Insurances or tran-
sact other business will be promptly attended
to on application to any of the above officers
addressed to their respeoitve offices.
GEO, D, *TAGGART,
BANKER,
ALBERT ST, - CLINTON.
A general Banking Business
b ansacted
NOTES DISCOUNTED
Drafts issued. Interest allowed on
deposits.
FARRAN TISDALL
BANKERS,
CLINTON. ONT
Advances made to farmers on their own
notes, at low rates of interest.
A general Banking Business trandtoteci
Interest allowed on deposits.
Sale Notes bought
J. P. -TISDI.LL
The M.olsons Bank.
Incorporated by Actof Parliament, 185b.
CAPITAL, - - $2,000,000.
REST FUND,. $1,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL.
J. R. R. MOLSON Pres.
F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Geeeral ldanager
Notes r"...wounted, Collections made, Drafts
i81,thell, Sterling and American ex-
eiznge bought and sold at lowest
current rates.
Interest allowed on deposits.
FAA:11013EG rt, It3
Money advanced to farnieriron-theirown note with
one or More endorsers. No mortgage ream d
security.
II. C. BREWER, Manager
January 1es7. Clinton
HURON AND BRUCE
!Jowl •k Investment Co'y
This Company is Loaning Honey or Farm
Sectsriey at Lowest Rates of Interest.
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MORTGAGES - : - YURCHASEL
SAVINGS BAITE.. BRANCH.
3, 4 and 5 per Cent. Interest Allowed on
Stbdr°1
Deposits, according to cvmount and time left.
OFFICE -Corner of Market square and North Et
1148A3CE HORTON,
MAN AOR
ENDERTAKING.
The subscriber would intimate to
the public) generally that be has
added to his business that of
UNDERTAKING,
And is prepared to supply all fun-
eral necessaries at short notice
and in a satisfactory manner.
Coffins, Caskets,
ShrondS, &c,
CARRIED IN STOCK.
He has also purchased a first-class
Hearses and oan therefore meet all
requirements in this line. Night
calls answered at residence, Isaac
Street, Clinton.
JOS CHIDLEY
17ndertaker and dealer in
Furniture, Clinton.
A'000K BOOK
FREE
By niall to any lady selidl4usher pest °filet
Oath*. '14111si Richiniten &
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