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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1893-02-03, Page 3LAND OF THE WHITE FROST. A VISIT TO NIAGARA 1rALLs IN THE WINTER. • It is many years since the winter scenery. at Niagara Falls has been so atttactive and picturesque as it ia.this month. The fantastic frost formation on the trees and evergreen bushes is of extraordinary richness and beauty, the ice bridge that spans the usually seeth- ing river is uncommonly thick and firm, and the huge mounds of ice which rise in front of the falls on the Am.eri, cam side seems to be higher and mote imposing than ever before. The rush of visitors to the Falls since the holi- days has been unprecedented for a. winter season. Special trains have been. RUN FREQUENTLY ' frons near -by points, and .special cars have carried tourists from far -away cities to this scene of Jack Frost's most impressivelandlmost dainty handiwork. There was a snap and a tingle in the atmosphere last Sunday morning when three special Wagner cars rolled into the New York Central station 'at Nia- gara Falls with a party of gentlemen and their wives. Two sleighs, abundantly provided with buffalo robes were in waiting at the station, and, as the guests of Chas. 'W. Miller, the merry party started for the usual sightseeing drive about the falls. Though the air was nipping cold it was dry and invigorating. The sun shone brightly on the crisp snow, giv- ing to the landscape the appearance of glistening pearl. Crossing the bridge to Goat island, the excusionists were unable to see the huge cakes of ice tumbling over one another, but borne steadily along by the fierce current, to- ward the brink of the falls. The fam- ous ice bridge—or, to speak more ac- curately, ice jam—below the falls is caused by these cakes of ice becoming wedged in the narrow gorge and freez- ing into a compact mass. On' Goat Island the party were whisked through the white forest at a speed that warmed their blood and kept their ears and noses from freezing. Near the brink of the American falls were beautiful grottoes of frost stalactities formed by the bending branches of the snow - weighted trees. Here the snap camera , fiend is regularly stationed. One of the "-. eculiarities ofsightseeing at Niagara the winter is the necessity of con- tent motion. The keen atmosphere requires that. But a few minutes, therefore, was spent on Goat island. A rapid drive across the lower suspen- sion bridge took a tourists into Canada, and they enjoyed a most agreeable ride to the vicinity of Table Rock, where they were enabled to , OBTAIN A FAIR VIEW of portions of the great cataract. In very cold weather the spray is so thick that it is difficult to get an unobstruct- ed view of the falls from the river banks. Returning from the Canadian side, the sleighs made the rounds of Prospect Park,4where the frost formations are particularly extensive, varied and en- chanting. It was observable that the number of visitors in Prospect Park was very large. There were hundreds of sightseers on foot, David Isaacs, proprietor of the Prospect house, which P is the only hotel open at the falls in Of the winter, directed the sightseeing tour of the New York party in a very agreeablemanner, and subsequently en - t ertained them at dinner. He remark- ed: "It would be a good thing all around if the people would not come here in such large numbers on Sunday. We cannot take care of them all as well as we would desire. It would be well if they would distribute themselves through the week." After dinner half a dozen venturesome ones started out to cross the ice bridge. They failed to equip themselves with wate- proofs, and consequently were drenched by the frost into human icicles. But they stuck to their self-imposed task, crossed and recrossed the river, stopp- ing at one or two of the elixir -of -life huts in midstream. They climbed the highest icemound, and some of them narrowly escaped sliding off on the falls' sides. Then they returned to their luxurious cars and boasted of what they had done while they thawed out. - Ayer'sFs Are better known and more gener- ally used than any other cathartic. Sugar-coated, purely vegetable, and free from mercury or any other injurious drug, this is the ideal family medicine. Though prompt and energetic in their action, the use of the pills is attended with l only the best results. Their effect is to strengthen and regulate the organic functions, being especially beneficial in the various derange- ments of the stomach, liver, and bowels. Ayer's Pills are recommended by all the leading physicians, and druggists, as the most prompt and effective remedy for biliousness, nausea, costive- ness, indigestion, sluggishness of the liver, jaundice, drowsiness, pain in the sitie, and sick headache; also, to relieve colds, fevers, neu- ralgia, and rheumatism. They are taken with great benefit in chills and the diseases peculiar to the South. For travelers, whether by land or sea, Dyer's Pills are the best, and should never be omitted in the outfit. To preserve their, medicinal integrity in all climates, they are put up in bottles as well as boxes. " I have used Ayer's Pills in my family for several years, and always found them to be.a mild and excel- lent purgative, having a good effect on the liver. It is the best pill used."—Frank Spillman, Sul-, phut.; Ky. Prepared by Dr. Jae, Ayer ac Co., Loi .Maes.- by,pll Di'uggneta.verywher Every Dose Efo fire A RICH FIND A watch -case manufactory, which for nineteen years had occupied the same building in New York, moved recently into newquartere. Knowing how eas- ily gold wears and rubs, especially as it is tandled by workmen, the firm used to save every bit of dust and all the sweepings of the three floors they occu- pied and extract the bits of gold lost in the rubbish. This practice was quite expensive, but it paid very well. - When the manufactory was moved the firm took up all the boards in the three floors in order to save the gold - dust that had not been gathered up in the sweepings. The boards were of or- dinary pine, and were reduced to ashes and the gold extracted therefrom by a chemical prose No less than sixty- seven thousand (Alava was found. Just think of it! AlthouE h every possible precaution had been taken, sixty-seven thousand dollars worth of fine particles of gold had been groundlinto the cracks and grains of the wood. This, was the largest find of the kind ever known, al- though the practice resorted to by the manufacturers is by no means uncom- mon. An account was given a few weeks ago of Uncle Sam's treasure train that brought solmany million dol- lars of gold from San Francisco to New York. When the money was counted it was found to be all right—as far as number of coins went—but in that journey the rubbing together of the coin - caused the loss of two thousand dollars. It was a total loss, for the particles were so very fine that they could not be re- covered. TRAINMEN EXCITED Az,nexnAr.F Jan. 30.—There is a good deal of excitement among the members of the looal lodge of Railway Trainmen over a pe- culiar case that happened at Gravenhuret. It appears that a member of the lodge nam- ed Samuel Murray was disabled while en- gaged as a brakesman, and for several years lay helpless at his home in; Gravenharet. He had lost all the power of his limbs and had all the symptoms of kidney complaint coupled witha complete collapse of his nerv- oue system. His case was given up by seven or eight prominent doctors, and the Grand Trunk Railway paid him his total disability claim. His total disability claim was passed by the local lodgehere, and sent on to the Grand Division. The strange part of the thing comes now, Murray has been dompletely restored to health and states that he does not want the money, while the lodge members here claim he is entitled to it and should have it. Murray was cured by using Dodd's Kidney Pills. NEWS NOTES Rev Father Culleton, of Raywick, Ky., is said to have renounced the Ro- man Catholic faith and married his cousin. Minards Linament is used by physicians The Birmingham chamber of com- merce by a vote of 73 to 61 passed a res- olution in favor of Canada offering pre- ferential tariffs to Great Britain. bob, Mange and Scratches of every kind on human or animals, cored in 30 minutes by Weolford's SanitaryLotion. This never fails. Sold by Watt's & Co. Druggist. Z. Leplant, who was a messenger for Merchants bank at Windsor, on Depiember 16 last, when $2,500 mysterionel disap- peared, has been arrested in Detroit at the request of Detective Carpenter, of Montreal, charged with stealing thermoney. If, when crossing a railroad track, you see a train approaching at thirty miles an hour—get out of the way as soon as pos- sible. When threatened with chronic rheumatism or catarrh, take Ayer's Sar- saparilla persistently and patiently, and the danger will soon pass away. W. D. Grand, the well-known horse- man, has rem oared permanently to New .York city. He desires a wider field for his labors than is presented in Canada under the present system. No flowery rhetorio can tell the merit of Hood'slSarsaparilla as well as the cures ac- complished by this excellent medicine. Rev. Leroy Hooker, formerly of the Metropolitan church, Toronto, is said to have been received into the presby- tery of Chicago, and will take charge of the Fifth Presbyterian church there. Pale and sallow girls and prematurely 1 aged women should use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; they come as a boons for all those ills which afflict the female system. Build up the blood, restore ell attered nerves and con- vect sallow complexions into rosy cheeks. All dealers or by mail, post paid, at 50c. per box, or six boxes for $2.50. Daniel Bannerman, proprietor of the Bannerman house at Crystal Falls, Mich., has been converted. He has shipped all his ,liquors to those from whom he purchased them, and has de - dedicated his tbar room to the service of God. English Spavin Liniment removes all bard, soft or calloused Lumps and Blem- ishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Ring Bone, Sweeney, Stifles, Sprains, Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs, eto. Save $50 by use of one bottle. War- ranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by Watt's & Co. Drug- gist. Frank Henschel, a St. Louis clerk, shot and perhaps fatally wounded Alice, Bruce. on Tuesday evening, and then killed him- self. No cause is known, other than that he was a slave to the cigarette habit. When Baby was etek, wo gave her Caetorla. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became lYliss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. S. J. Henry and C. J. Bend, Bleeping ear conductors running from Toronto to New York, were naught at the Falls Thursday with opium in their possession, and they were looked up on the charge of smugg ling Rebecca Wilkinson, ofBrownsvalley, ind. says: "I had been in a distressed condition for three yearefrom Nervousness, Weakness of the Stomach, Dyepepsia and Indigestion until my health was gone. I had been dootoring constantly with no relief. I ?}ought one bottle of South American Ner- vine, whioh.done me more good than $60 worth of doctoring ,Lever did in my life. I would advise every weakly person to nse this valuable and lovely remedy. --A trial bottle will convince you. Warranted by Watts & Co. Druggist. Children Cry for Pitcher's. Cseterta. ti THE CLIN TON NEW ERA B Our Stock of Furs is now Complete for the (tom ing season.. Everybody knows, that no two Sets of Furs are exactly alike, consequently the first choice is of importance to buyers. ANEETS. Having made arrangements with a large Manufac turer for ,our supply of Blankets this season, we are in a pokition to offer better value than ever before. Our Customers will save the Wholesale Merchants' profit. Robt. Coats & Son, Clinton, Kahn's Perfection Wafers A RAPID AND POSITIVE REMEDY FOR THE ABSOLUTE CURE OF ENorvous Disorders and Debility, Spinal Exhaaation, Bad Complexion, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Physical Decay and General Weakness. Also KAHN'S PENNYROYAL WAFERS for sale by LT-A.1./1333S H. 00MB E EVERYDAY TRAGEDIES. "The tragic and the metaphysical are in reality inseparable. Let us take a familiar illustration," writes Walter Blackburn Harte in the New England Magazine. "The tragedy of the Bala- clava charge is not in the roar of ar- tillery, the confused mass of wildly galloping horses, thundering madly along, unbridled or riderless, the cries and clash of arms, the forms upright or swaying in the saddle, the blare and din, sooty clouds and the fire and sinell of gunpowder. All this makes a fine picture; but the tragedy lies in the mind of each individual rider, who has risked his divinity in this hideous in- sanity of war. Too many writers seem to think that tragedy consists solely of murders, accident, suicide, flood, fire, slaughter, and the rattle of musketry. These things may be either the accom- paniments or the cause of tragedy, it is true; but the tragedy itself is inva- riably in the mind of the actors or on- lookers. And there are the tragedies of quiet, ordinary -life. There is the tragedy of noble purposes defeated. Tragedies are taking place every day between actors who do not move out of their chairs. Every 'doctor's office, every lawyer's sanctum, every court of law—every house in a large city has been at some time the scene of a tra- gedy. 'All houses wherein men have lived and died are haunted houses.' A man may live a life filled with tra- gedy and never go to the wars or get shipwrecked; indeed, he may never leave his study, his house or his garden. All this is, of course, obvious; but one would not imagine it to be so from a constant reading of the criticisms on the fiction which goes behind actions and discovers souls." WHAT DALTON McCARTHY SAYS D'Alton McCarthy's declaration that he can no longer support the trade policy of his party, and that he goes to Ottawa to oppose it, has met with the approbation of his constituents in con- vention assembled. The stand taken by Mr McCarthy, and backed in one shape or another by many other public men who have hitherto indorsed the policy of high taxation, affords strong evidence of the disintegration that has set in among those who have been a solid unit against the Liberal policy of an aggressive movement towards the emancipation of the people from all trade restriction. Mr McCarthy con- fesses that the so-called infant indus- tries are still fattening at the public crib, and he thinks they should now be willing to stand alone. He should know that the effect of so-called "pro- tection" in all countries is to weaken rather than to strengthen the "in- fants." In Canada the "infant" of 1878 to -day professes to be even more in need of the bottle than it was thirteen years ago. The long-suffering people, however, are aroused, as Mr McCarthy has found out, and the days of the combine and the combine Administra- tion will soon be numbered. The feeling of Mr McCarthy's con- stituents may he gauged from the fact that when Mr Porter, ex -M. P. for West Huron, tried to propose a resolu- tion of confidence in the Government, he could hardly get a hearing, and when he said McCarthy had been a traitor to the Old Chieftain, they al- most ran him out of the hall. And this in a Conservative convention. REAL MERIT Is the character of Hood's Sarsaparilla,and it is manifested every day in the remarkable cures thiemedioineacoomplishee. Druggists say: When we sell a bottle of Hoods'Sersa- parilla to a now customer we erasure tosee ,}rim -back again in a few weeks after more, —proving that the good results from a trial bottle warrant continuing its use. This pos- itive merit Hood'e Sarsaparilla possessesby virtnreofthePeouliarCoinbination, Propor- tion and Process used initspreparation, and by which all the remedial valued the ingre- . dipnts needle retained. Hood's arsparilla is ns Peculiar to Itself and absolutely uneq. nailed in its power as • blood ptlrifier,andai3 a tonic) for building u, ho weak and weary, end glviugnerve th. The Detroit News reporter, who is hunting the annexation boom in Ca- nada, is authority for the statement that the Toronto Mall will come out flat-footed in February for annexation, and that the New York Sun will fur- nish the sum of $200,000 to put the pa- per on the best possible financial basis. We shall see what we shall see • Scott's Ernulsion of Cod-liver Cil and Hypophosphites is both a food and a remedy. It is useful as a fat pr.rducer. and at the same time gives vital force to the body. It is beneficial in CONSUMPTION because It makes fat and gives strength. It is beneficial for SICKLY CHILDREN because they can assimilate it when they cannot ordinary food. It is beneficial for COUGHS AND COLDS because it heals the irritation of the throat and huilds up the body and overcomes the difficulty. "C & UT7ON, '—Be,vare of substitutes. Genuine prepared 1 ; Sror.t .t Brnvne, Bolleviflo. bold by all druggists. title. and $1.00. WHERE ARE YOU MO VI NO TO? We are going to Chippewa Co., Michigan, near Sault Ste Marie. Why do you go there ? Well, we have five boys, we have sold the farm for $5,- 000. We can buy 640 acres between Pickford and the Rail- road Station at Rudyard, and have a good farm for each of the boys and have money left. What can a renter do there? He can buy a farm on five years time, and pay for it with one fourth of the looney he would pay for rents in that time, and own his own home. Is it good land? As good as any in Huron Co. Ex- cellent for Oats, Peas, Wheat, Clover, Timothy, Potatoes and all kinds of roots. Prices are as good as any on the lakes, owing to the near'ness of the mines and lumber woods to the westward, What class of people live there They are nearly all from Huron Co. You meet there so many old neighbors that you can hardly be- lieve you have left home. I want to sec that land. Who has it for sale? Inquire of • Save a .Dollar jig—THAT'S RIGHT. Then why sit Inth,e can get the celebrated,' ROCK Which is equal to American at the same price oil. We have just received another car of tins raplp• i ' and you can get it either at our new store in the Block or at our old store in the Brick Block., Try. it and be convinced, STOVES AND HARDWARE,' AI ren STC:LIJN 1 Is coming and all good housewives will want the veTy best for the holiday cooking. N, HORSON. - CHINA Will lead the trade this season, having a special consignment opened out, suitable for the Christmas trade, comprising a fu Choice New FRUITS—Figs, Dates. RAISINS—New Val Stalk, New Sultana, Layer, Blk, Basket. New Prime G. Bbls., Half Bbls. and Cases. Fresh PEELS—Citron,,1: Orange. Pure SPICES, EXTRACTS and ESS Try our Fragrant and fall Flavored New Season's TEAS. Special V Moyne, Congow and Japans. One trial will convince of the folly off called Tea sold by transient tea peddlers, - CHINA, CROCKERY and GLASSWARE—We have an." ment and are making special drives in these lilies. The low priceate, Se We are now talking Christmas Goods and we think we have somethin goods we have Hanging Lamps for the dining room, parlor and librar of the finest Parlor Lamps in town. CHINAWARE in all varietie of style•, Toilet Sets with Slop Jar. You want to see our Fancy Goode to'dppreeiatei' suitable for Christmas Presents. Onr new FRIIIT has arrived—in Rarsin��Re( GROCERIES {Connoisyenr Clusters, London layers, Vale'giittaa and fine offstalk ValenciaQ. In CURRBI': have the Vostere in oases, very fine; Patras in bbls. In FIGS we have'.the0 ]lb and 201b boxes and the natural Figs for cooking. PEELS—Lemon1,Or Citron. We think we can supply the wants of the most particular onsbonpbi4 to snit the holiday trade. a -M30 SW.A.LI.,OW RUMBALL' 5 L� FAC Huron Street, Clinton. We have on hand an assortment ofLsple:'did BUGGIES. CARRIAGES, &'V AG Which we guarantee to be:of first—class material an0 workpa s I you want a good article>at the price of a poor olio; call and; see+ BRUCEFIE WE HAVE HAD OUR OPPORTUNI And have already sold three times our usual quantity of W%ollen•C dads ' To do so we bought heavily at close prices. NO W'S YOUR -OPPORTUNITY We have still a large stock on hand and instead of -holding them until':i� }hQDTy weather is over, when you cannot use them. WE. DROP THEM; A!J ONCE to slaughter prices. A stock of NEW LONG BOOTS t6'kje' cleared out at once at prices that will astonish you. \ - J, M0INTOSH CORNER STORE, 1 BRUCE FIELD Adams' Emporia TO MY PATRONS—I desire to thank you for the liberal,sttp have given us the past years. Our business has inerouggtt outer previous year, and hole that this year, by fair dealing.aud kind strict attention to business to outstrip all former years. • In' Ode better accommodate our customers and also ourselves, we have termined to enlarge our premises this summer. We have still aIt supply of # W INT EJP G-OO18 f Which wo wish to dispose of at reasonable prices. ° , AVM P1VIPORIUM,. LONDESBORO