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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-06-01, Page 4j • The liutonWetupRocora. Year:41,40 in Itelviratre Viitv 1$92 EDI2"01?141 1VOTES. Montane State has .11 ealoon to .every eighty inhebitants. The. plallet Mere is said to be' thirty miles out of its orbit. This may account for tbe Grit warriors in the Ilouse being; So erratic. Japanese auctions aro conducted on a plait which gives dee to nous of the noise and confusiet ,which at- tend such sales in Caned. Each bidder writer] his name and bid upon dip of paper, which he placers. iu a box. When the bid- ding is over, the box is opened by the :Auctioneer, end tho goods de- clared the property .of the higheat bidder. Duriug tun mouths of the cur- rent fiscal year the customs duties collected in the anninion have averaged less than 18 per cent. The Dotniuion imposes lighter burdeus upon the people for cur- rent expenditures than the Mac- keuzie goverintiont imposed. Sir John Macdonald was right when he said the National Policy would be a readjustment, not au iucrease of duties. It has been proposed that a Board comported of Judges should it rrauge the redistribution of seattel Grits and Tories agree to this. tut the Grits oppose a Coinmission com- posed of these same Judges to iu • vestigate charges made against a member of. Parliament. If the Judges are considered impartial enough to arrange the bountlarits of constituencies without fear or favor of eitLer party, they aro equally reliable in'other matters. List year Newfoundland pur- chased $1,300,000 worth of Can adian produce. Of this total nearly half a million represented pur• chases of flour and over a quarter of a million the value of animals and their products sent to the Ancient ,Colany. Tho recent rupture of commercial relations between the the Djrniuiou and tire Wand threat- ened to destroy this trade al together. The news of last week, that the tariff war is at an (lid, is, therefore, cause for satisfaction. Associate Justice Harlan, of the United States Supreme 'Court, in a lecture before the law class of the Northwestern University, iu Chi- cago, said in reference to juries : "The first law ever entered by the Plymouth Colony on its records," he continued, "was one recognizing the right of trial by jury, Some men to- day speak lightly of this kind of trial. They say it is too • tiresome and ' troublesome, anclAkey_are in favor of_ displacing this feature of our govern- ment with something else. Those rnen,1 am free to say, are not imbued with the true Bpit of liberty. 1 would dispense 'ith almost any other feature o our goyernrnent rather than this It is semi offi lolly announced that the office of Lieutenent-Gover- nor of Ontario was filled Saturday by the appointment of Lieut -Col. Hon., Goo, A. Kirkputrick, M. P. for Frontenac. This appointment will be highly popular from a social as well as a political standpoint. The dignity and impartiality with which Mr. Kiikpatrick filled the high office of Speaker is well re- membered, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, who is a daughter of Sir David Mac- pherson, has always taken a fore- most place in society affairs. "Gerrymandering does not pay," says a Grit journal. "The Gogern- anent that is brave enough to man• fully create a tribunal for the fair redistribution of constituencies would gain more seats by its virtue that even the most vicious gerry- mander could win". And the same journal would be among the first to declare that the tribunal so „created was the mere "tool" of the creator as it and others have done in the Royal Commission of eminent judges created to investigate and report -on the Caron charges. Dr. McDonald, M. P. for East Huron considers Soaforth a more important town than his own boom- ing one of Wingham. Probably the Doctor has email hopes of ever again repreeenting his present con- stituency and is insinuating himself 100 the 0904 graoeB of We 109P10 of. Southlit1T011 ii111 p'/.41)1/1 of 8uPPlalltiog 1\ICKillen. If D. AlcDousld in Ilia dikorderly speech in the House had said that Clinton was the moat important commercial centre 'in Huron nu. provided with 4 Government Post - erne.) building, he would have done justice to both Wingham and See - forth and to his own acquaintance with the county of FIuron. Hun. J. C. Patterson gave his first sessional diener in the House restaurant Monday night. Covera were ordered for fifty. Many of the leading- manufactur- ers of England have refused to make any exhibits of their wares at the World's Exhibition to be held in Chicago.. The Leeds Chamber. of Commerce have approved this course. It would be useless for them to exhibit in the face of the prohibitory tariff legislation of the United States. 'rheouly advantage of their doing so would accrue to the United States whose people would get pointers in runnufactur• iug without ping to England or importing British workmen. Earl Gray has written letters to theLondon Times protesting against Lord Salisbury's protection views. Ile calls the British Premier's pol- icy a retaliatory one;.but it is merely a policy uf self defence, of self pre- servatiou. Britain has as much right to protect herself against com mercial invasion by people of the United States as she has to protect herself against a military invasion. The manly course for Britain and other portions of the Empire is to guard their own interests first. The United States is doing this, and their right to do so no one min logically deny. A gratifying development iu the volume of exports continues to be shown, the trade returns for the ten mouths ending 30th April showing a total of $89,435,793 for this year, as against $77,452, 314 for the pre - coding year, or an increase of $11, 9S3,479. In April the inerease was $230,053. The volume of imports also shows.an increase, though the • duty colleted is less. For the Month the goods entered • foir con- sutuption were $7,975,200, against $7,660,456—an increase of $314, 744? In the ten months the figures were $89,879,146, against $89,490, 399—increase, $385,757. The duty collected was $16,059,722—a de. crease of $2,941,149. Lest Friday was the 113th anni- versary of the birth of Thomas Moore, Ireland's greatest poets and sweetest singer. As a song writer Moore still stands, if not the first, at least with the first, of song writers ellssnations._ His_ songs., have made themselves wings of melody and echo in every language where mustc and feeling abide. •Sad, sweet, and plaintive as the last rose of summer itself are riC1110.of Mcore's songe while others carry ue io regions of romance and have been sung By moonlight in the Persian town, Along the streets of Ispahan, as well as by the Irish emigrant in Canada who recalls the vale of Avoca, sweet sInnisfallen, Glenda - lough, Killarney, and Glongariffe in Moore's songs. 411111•••. --_- CURRENT TOPICS. TAXES ARE LIGHTENED The imports for the month of A pril, "enterered for consumption," were valued at $7,975,200, and the duties paidson them amounted to $1, 479,533.52. This is at the rate of about 181 per cent. The average rate of duty paid in1878 was 14.03 per cent. So that apparently the duties now paid are higher than those paid in 1878 by nearly 41 per cent. But it must he res membered that in 1878 the revenue did not meet the expenditure. The deficit was $1,128,000. There was little use in boasting of a low rate of customs duties if we were corns polled to borrow money for current expenditure. And it is worth Dot- ing that the present government is forced to levy higher duties than it would levy if the Mackenzie -gover- nment had paid its way as it went. We aro now paying the Mackenzie debt. But the actual duties paid in 1878 were higher than they appear to be, because large quantities of grain which merely passed through the country in transit for Europe •were "entered for coneumption," though they were not consumed ttte ttr th eA0AtrY At AM pain aow paamea through itt liotia, and it ,ittnut entered in our trade, returns. Thus the imports of 1878 were itn' properly swelled to the extolt of about $1,(000,0QQ, If allowance be made for that, we shall lind that the rate paid in 1878 on pods act, ;tally entered for consumption was nearly or quite 16 per cent. 16 we hear in mind that this 16 per cent faile 1 to meet ordinary expenditure by more than 61,100,000, and if we bear in mind that our present res venue meete current expenditure and !twee a large surplus for re- payment of the debt, we shall find that. the people are now taxed more lightly than they were taxed in 1878 for the actual current expen. ditures of the goverrnnent. —...•••• • - — THE RELIGIONS OF THE PEOPLE. • The Department of Agriculture for the Dominion has issued a bulletin giving the religions of the people. The figures for the county of Huron as divided into Dominion electoral districts are : HURON EAST. Populition, 18938; consists of Blyth, Brussels, and Wrioceter villages Wing ham town, Turnbarry, Morrie, Rawiet and bney towashipA. B4ptiste.... 525 Roman Catholics 480 Church of England 2 993 Methodists 6 114 Presbyterians 7,191 All others 1 673 HURON WEST. Population, 20,C21 ; omelets ot Gorier- ioh, and Clinton towns, towehips of Etat and West Wawanosh, Ashfield, Colborne and Guderich.. Baptists Roman Cathoitc• C lurch of E ,gland Methodists Presbyterians All others 191 1 951 3,428 7,123 6,548 779 HURO s SOUTH. Population, 19,184 ; conosists of Sea - forth town, Hayfield yillag' . Hay, Hull rtt, McKillop, Stanley, Tuckei smith townships. Bet2tiets Roman Catholics Charch of E.g1ud Methodists Presbyterians All others -. • -. 151 2,288 2.068 5,154 7 141 2 332 MY SWEETHEART'S FACE. A pretty thing in II a0:per' s June Monthly is "My Sweetheart's Face" and the following word picture :— My kingdom is my sweethearts lace, And the -o the boundsries I sr e : Northward her forehead far,. Blyond a wilder neas of auburn hair; A rosy cheek to east and west; Her little mouth The sunny south. It is the south Mat 1 love best. Iler oyes, tw3 crystal lakes,' Rippling with light, Caught Hun the sun by day, The stars by night. The dimples ru Her cher ks and chin Are snares which Lowe hath set, And I have Ldlen in. THE LOST SOUL. He had promised his dying mother that ho would never enter tavern or gatneing house. But the temper came; he yielded; he gamed and ho drank till laid on a death.' bed, and smitten with the drunkard's delirium. He thought that devils were crowding in, and pointed to the door, he cried, "Keep them off! sit.e.ep diem. ALM " Then he toremed at a gaining table with devils. He , played, and lost all he had. He played again, and staked his soul: Yes, he staked his soul and lost it. Then in agony he cried, "Yes, 1 will play one more with you ; you have my soul and I must win it back." Thus did he 'rave in his 'agony, till death smote him, and ended the raving, but not the agony ! That was only the beginning. A lost soul after terribly realizing his position, is described by Shakes- peare as saying :— "But that I am' forbid To tell the secret of my prison house, I co1,11 otde untold,whoee lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy warm blood; Make thy two eyes, like stars mat from spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks t, part, And each particul r hair to stantron end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. But this eternal blazon must not be To the ears of flesh and blood." NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BR[EF. erintendent 1erellt0o. of the Tor. euto waterworks, presented grandpa Hamilton with a greoddiitighlov. syn May 9 the wifq Qt Heflin" r)r agree Ilemilton, who i n 8913 Qf $6141.114- tendeut Hamilton, presented grand pa Hamilton with a grandson. Gil May 13 the wife of George A. Hamilton, who •le a son of Superin- tendent Hemilton, presented grand- pa Hamilton with n granddaughter. Here's a glees of pure water to the little Hamiltons I—Empire. —A return presented to the Dominion house of commons shows that for the ten yerrs from 1881 to 1892 stitb Intercolonial spent $2, 531,000 out of lucerne on iron brids ges, snow *Ikeda and other itnprovee ments. —Fire on Sunday morning caus- ed $100,000 worth of damages to business houses at Brigham City, Utah. —Samuel Young, a veteran of 1837 died in Thurlow township dn Saturday, aged aeventy-eight. —Percy Leaper was drowned, at Orillia on Monday night through the capsizing of his canoe. —L. 0. David has been appoint- ed city clerk ef Montreal in succee- filen to the late Mr. Glackmeyer. —Fresh anti-Christian distur- bances have taken place in Manchu° and in the district bordering on Lokin. — George Kavanagh, twenty-three years of age, was found dead in the woods at outh Yarmouth, Ont., Tuesday afternoon. He had been killed by a falling tree. —On May 6 the wife of Charles W. Hamilton, who is a son of Sup - —A Michigan paper says : Sans ilae, as well as other counties in . eastern Michigan, has had o 140011 many settlers from across the border in Oanada,but the tide of emigration now seente about to turn in the other direction. Capt. Holmes has returned here frIgn Toronto, and is busy arranging the preliminaries for a colony of farm- ers who are about to leave here end is settle in the Saskatchewan Val- ley in the Canadian NorthAvest. A number have already gone from here. —The inquest into the death of Julie Ann McRae, the domestic Who died suddenly at' the Leeson Honse, resulted in a verdict that the girl died from the effects of an abortion, We. Let -son testified that shortly before the girl's death she confessed that she had taken medicine to bring about an abortion. Her last words were ; "Don't do anything to Billy Menary ; he was not to blame." The evidence bf Dr. Henry as to the statements made by the deceased was to the effect that William Menary had advised her not to do so, and she was sorry she had riot heeded his advice. —issuguet Lehmann has reported to the registrar of vital statistics at Chicago, the birth of his 25th child. They were married in Christiania, Norway, 27 years ago. At that time Mr. Lehmann was 28 years old and his bride 19. Bret child was born a year after their marriage and died at the age of 2.1 yeare.. Each year succeeding gave them another child, and each in turn died before reachiug, its third year. Fritz, their latest and 25t1i child, is thus the only one they have, and the fait' mother said : "We hope little Fritz will live, for we are growing old." FOR THE PEOPLE. s Piles of New . Light Prints, latest patterns. Piles 'of New Delaine Prints, black ground with grey and heliotrope patterns'. Piles of Fast Colored Challies, only 50 worth 8c. Piles of Fast Colored Challies, only 8c worth 10c. Piles of Fast Colored New Carnation patterns. Challies 15c worth easily 20c. Piles Fast Colored Flanneletts only 5c worth 8c. New Black Silk Grenadines medium price. New Black Grenadines low price, New Muslin in Fast Black in lovely Check and Satin Stripe ; these are popular. New White Check Muslin only .5c. New, Black Silk untearable gloves (2nd lot). New Fast Back Cotton Hose. Some beautiful things' in New Dress Materials received this week. Every lady intending purchasing a new dress should see them. Last Friday MrosJohn Linton, of Galt, laid a complaint egainst Angus McWhinney of assault upon' her daughter, . a child .of about nine years. McWhinney, who, is a cars pouter, was at work in tho new building erected for ?Ir. J. M. Irwin, and a number of children wore playing about the tlice. Mc- Whinney, it is said, ordered them all out except this one, whom he told to remain. The other children then went to Mrs. Linton and told her about it. She went at one° to look for her child, but found the doors of the building locked. She than started to find the constable, but as he was engaged on the inquest, she did not succeed in having Mc Whinney arrested. A warrant was iasued some time en Friday, but when the chief wont to execute it, he fouud the bird had flown. re has been—treCia°d-by Eire." lish judge that a promise of marriage does not depend on words, but "may be given by the hand, for example, or the wink of an eye,cr a thousand other modes." A' young- woman had a drawing master whq gave her every reason to believe that be loved her—short of retying so. He wrote letters on the "celestial joy" 'of those who can "pour out their Houle to each other; " spoke of woman as ''a helpmate to man, not e toy for an hoar," and frequently wrote "Oh, Jattie !" Aft r r two yearn be broke off the acquaintance, and later wrote to the lady's solicitors : 'If you have a letter of mine where in direct marriage is stated, irres :speedy° of my • position or her posi-. tion, I am willing to see further, but you have not." However, fol. lowing the judge's instruction, the jury gave the lady £100 damages. —George W. Swygart, an old resident of South Bend, Indiana, reported to be wealthy, was the yietim last week, it is said, of the old and faded gold brick game. He paid an alleged Indian, it is said, $7,000 in cash for two alleged gold brick weighing seventy pounds. On Sunday three sleek looking men and a dashing woman arrived in the city. One of the men met Swygart or. the street and accosted him. He said he was a nephew from the West, and told Swygart all about tine family. The old man bit, it is artid,and the two became fast friends in a few hours. They dined to. gather and the old man told the sharper of his riches. The latter hinted at a remarkable^ bargain in gold bricks. He knew of having met an Indian who had them and agreed to meet him here Thebricks were worth $21,000, but he had in. fluenced the owner to part with them for $14,000; a sure chance to clear $7,000. The deal was made, Swy- gart paid the 67,000 and now realiz a the swindle. • GILROY 4"k 0 ISEJ110}1. Are vehicles of the greafrest convenience to ladies with childrs-n who are not old enough to ride a Velocipede or BicyPle. Do you need one? Then we would Eke to show you our assortment, and we are sure it will be to your advantage as we buy from the best Manufaurers In Canada and get the closest prices while our advances are slight. Express Waggons & Bicycles Are a necessity in every home, Don't facet us when you are buying, Wd COOPER & CO.