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Wednesday, April 12th. 1893.
BURNED TO DEATH IN JAPAN.
MR. JOHN A PREII.Es LOSES HIn LIFE IN A
HOTEL FIRE.
A USEFUL CAREER CUr slioRT.
A newspaper has been received from
Yokohama, Japau, containing particu
lars of the burning to death there of Mr.
John A Peebles, formerly of Ilamilton,
and who was well known and highly
respected from oae end of Lhe Domin-
ion to the other. Mr. Peebles, it will be
remembered by old residents, was one
of the most valued employees in Messrs.
D. Maclnnis & Co.'s wholesale dry goods
establishment, London, for many years,
ami subsequently did business for that
firm in Winnipeg, being almost the firs.
representative of an 'nntario house in
the North west. Mr. Peebles after
wards became connected with the firm
of Messrs. Stobart, Eden & Co., of
Winnipeg, and in time was taken in as
a partner. IIe was offered and accepted
the position of maneeer of the I-Iudson
Bay Company's stores in Winnipeg. Dur
ing the great boors in real estate he rr, t
with reverses, and left the Northwest
for Japan. For many years he acted as
buyer in that country for Canadian
wholesale houses, notably Eaton's, of
Toron to.
The Japan Gazette contains a column
about the tire in Yokohama, in which
Mr. Peebles met his death. It took
place at 4 o'clock on the morning of
March 8th. The building burned was
the annex of theC.ub Hotel, and besides
Manager Peebles at the time the fire
broke out there were sleeping in it Mr.
John Herring, Mr. Mu lgett and an
officer of the United State, steamship
Petrel. The fire broke out in the front,
bedroom, in which the naval officer
was sleeping. Jumping from his
bed, the officer palled Mr. Herring
to assist him in putting out
the fire, but when they returned
to the room everything was ab-
laze. They immediately, awoke Mr.
Peebles. and they had to bolt for their
lives. Mr. Mudgett had a very narrow
escape. These men and several servants
who were in the annex escaped with
barely anything upon theta. Nothing
having been seen or beard of Mr. Peebles,
a gang of men were set to work to
rummage among tate ruins, in the ex-
pectation of finding his remains. At
about 1.55 p. m. their search proved
successful. 'I'he body was found lying
face downwards on the right side, and •
was utterly beyond recognition as that
of the man who a few hours before had
appeared in such robust health as Mr.
Peebles had been. It was found direct
ly beneath the bedroom, near the desk
in the sitting -room of the hotel. One
supposition is that he had reached the
bottom of the stairs and then turned in-
to the office for some purpose or another,
while another is that, he fell with the
floor of his bedroom. An inquest was
held and a verdict rendered in accords
ante with the facts.
Mr. Peebles was about 50 years of age,
and leaves a widow, who is a daughter
of Mr. David Hawkins, and sister of Mr.
Geo. Hawkins, of London.
Deceased was son of the late Mr. Mat
hew Peebles, who fair a great many
years represented West Flamboro, in
Wentworth Township Council, and
brother of Mr. C. II. Peebles, grocer,
MacNab street, London.
In their bereavement, the relatives
have the sympathy of a great many
friends here and throughout this section
of 0•atario.
SOME QUEER ADVERTISEMENTS.
Babies taken and finished in ten
minutes by a country photographer.
Wanted—A female who has n know•
ledge of fitting boots of a good moral
character.
For Ssle—A handsome piano, the
property of a young lady who is leaving
Scotland in a walnut case with turned
lege.
To be Sold—A splendid gray horse,
calculated for a charger, or would carry
a lady with a switch tail.
A lady advertises her desire for a
husband "with a Roman nose having
strong religious tendencies."
A newspaper gives an account of
man who was driving an old ox when
he became angry and kicked hint, hit
ting his jawbone with such force as to
break his leg.
After we become annexed to the
United States throe will be great work
for McCarthy. In some States French
is almost entirely spoken. German is
the strong tongue in many sootions.
In several parts of Dakota and Minne
sota Norwegian holds its'own against
English. And now the Arizona Legis-
lature has passed a bill compelling the
teaching of Spanish. flow world all
this suit the English of Canada?
S't[,i,UO: %T, PICTURE,
On Maple street, about half way betwea.
Pollee Hoedqunrturs and the 'l'ribcuu
ulhee there was a oue-story tumbiwduen
cottage which was ae eyesore to the street.
Next un the east was a tine dry•goo Is store;
next on the West Was a jewelry esbahilstt-
meta. Thu owner and ueeepaut of the
tage ami ground wits an olti spius+et, sell
she refused to sell or lease. You will find
such sp .te in every city, and the public re-
joice when the nig beaded owners are tine •
iy gathered to them fathers.
As "the criminal repo; ter" on night duty
on the staff of the Tribune I had taken n•.-
tice of this old rookery—associated it with
the uncanny and with acts of lawlessness.
In going to and fro I had passed it so often
between 7 o'clock in the evening and 2
o'clock in the rimming that I knew the
routine of its solitary inmate. Few people
ever saw her. I had passed the house a
thousand tinges before I caught, sight of her.
!ler evening ptogramme was about as fol-
lows: As 1 passed ou my way to Police
headquarters at 7 o'clock there was a light
in,the wing or kitchen part, and the old
woman sat at a table reading a book. Her
shadow was thrown on the curtain very
distinctly. I could even make out the
spectacles on her nose and the corkscrew
curls in front of her ears. I could not
make out what sort of book it was, but,
supposed it to be the Bible. At 8 o'clock
she picked up the lamp, carried it across
the room, and wound the clock. 1 did not
always see this operation, but often
enough to know that it was the fixed
routine. She returned and read till 9.
Then she looked to the doors and windows
and went to her bedroom, which was off
the kitchen, but on the • ether side of the
house. By twenty minutes after 9 her
light was out and the place given up to
aileuce and solitude. I never saw a door
open or a sash raised in the two years 1
was watching the place. Doors were al-
ways locked and the front curtains at least
always down. Now and then of an after-
noon I happened along when agents or
beggars knocked, but none of them ever
received a response.
I think every night reporter has his
peculiar hobby or mystery. He is more or
less a detective. He is more or less a
philosopher. He catches more or less of
the romantic of his strange life. This old
house was my hobby. In imagination I
explored the rooms and noted their con-
tents. I had a mental photograph
of ,\lies Weaver, tho old spinster. l
had rubbers break in. I had her com•
nut suicide by hanging herself. I had
her murdered, and chuckled to think what
a "scoop" I had on Briggs of the
Courter. Had that old house been sold
and torn away to make romp for a
business block, I should have regarded it
as sacrilege- He d I passed and missed the
light, or found u door opeu, or discovered
Miss Weaver on the front steps, I should
have been thrown into that mental and
physical condition known as "broken.
up."
Things"had run along without the slight-
est change for two years, when I received a
sudden stock. I left Police Headquarters
at 10.30 o'clock one winter's evening to re-
turn to the etfiiee. As I walked up the
street, fully expecting to find the old house
dark and deserted, I came to a dead halt
aid rubbed my eyes. Was there a light in
the front room or was it the reflection of a
conflagration somewhere on the north side?
It took me it minute to make sure. The
room was lighted by a lamp—something
unprecedeneed in its history since I began
my observations. Net only a lamp there,
but two persona as well! I instantly identi-
fied the shadow of the old spinster. The
other was that of a man. They sat facing
each other, with the Lamp beyond them,
and their shadows were thrown on the
white curtains like pictures from a magic
lantern. Miss Weaver sat up very stitHy.
The rnao bud a careless attitude aad occu-
pied a rocking chair. It was a dark, wet
night. I had rubbers over my shoes, and
they could not have heard me halt in front
of the house. What meant this innovation
—this penal offence, almost ! The idea of
that room being lighted—of Miss Weaver
being over an hour late in going to bed—
of there being u man in the house ! Well,
I was simply knocked out. I stood there
winking and blinking and feeling indig•
want over the break in the routine,
when the man passed her something.
From the shadow on the curtain it seemed
to be what is known as an 'official" enve-
lope. She received it, took out a paper,
glanced over it, and handed it back with a
shake of her head. Then the matt seemed
to argue. He made many motions with
his head and hands. He set with his left
side to the window, and as he gestured with
that hand I noticed a stiffness of the arm.
His shadow showed a long sharp nose, a
high forehead, and a large head. I figured
to mysell that he was a short, thick•
necked man, with a bald spot on his
Crown.
His argument lasted about five minutes.
Then he got up and walked about, and I
lost his shadow, though hers remained as
before. From her gestures I argued that
she was considerably excited. By and by
he came over and stood directly iu front of
her, and as ho talked he struck his left
hand with the envelope held in his right.
She ah000k her head and waved him away
It seemed as if he was making an appeal to
her. 1 lost his shadow again for a couple
of minutes, and she half faced about, as if
he was talking from the opposite side of
the room. She finally rose up, shook her
head in a decided way, and just then an
ambulance cause rushing past, and I drop-
ped my mystery for something more prac-
tical. I did not pass the house again that
night. At 5 o'clock next afternoon, when
1 turned out of bed • and picked up a
copy of an evening paper, the first tying
I saw was a sensation with half a dozen
top heads. Miss Weaver had been found
dead in her rookery, murdered by a
burglar, The discovery had been made
about noon. People noticed that the front
door was open, and the unusual circum-
stance caused a policeman to investigate.
The body of the woman lay on the floor in
the parlor. There had been no struggle.
A knife had bees driven into her throat,
and death came swiftly. She was fully
dressed, and the lamp on the table had
been turned out. On the floor was found
an "official' envelope, but without contents
and unaddressed. rhe paper said it was
the work of a burglar, but there were no
traces of breaking aril entering, nor had
anything been overhauled or disturbed.
The key was in the lock of the front door
on the inside. The door sagged, and who.
ever had gone out that way had not pulled
it shut, and the wind had blown it open.
The murderer had not washed his hands in
the house, left his knife or any other arti-
cle behind, nor was there a cluo to be pick.
ed up by the detectives.
I alone held the clue. No one else had
even noticed the light in the parlor. No
one had seen a man enter or leave. I had
not seen this, but I knew that a man had
been there, Those who argued that the
crime had been committed by a burglar
were wrong. The murderer was not even a
stranger to her. That evening when I
went down to Police Headquarters I found
that two or three dttfermit theories had
been advanced, but the one on which the
c.htef hail put hie hest man was that of bur.
Slaty, A Lean h.td efl'Q.uted 411 rRltre'we, nut
WIC uuttld ell.' he, not tvub.nly 11,y, way
"1 Lite trout w•
door and ia•;oru b u c.U... Tile
'. 1 woman was sul'poaed to keep money its
Life hUUse. fine Wal, 111 U7t lntve 61n,w,i
wnere to find it, as nothing wit:, .diad a bed
It was believed that the ne.ney had been
taken from the envelope, but tile (utter was
luuked ,,putt us • I flu s;ighteat value ae
a clue. It was shown to we when 1
.Asked to nee it. it was a white one,
ou poor stock, and showed cousideruble
wear. •
1 could havo given the detective a big
start in the rigut diruutiou, but I utaiu-
taiued silence. I proposed to work ous
that case myself for the "scoop" them was
in it. Who was the man whose shadow
1 ;tad seen on the curtail'? No cabman
had driven hien there from any of the de -
mite. No one had seen him enter or leave.
fns postman had not left a letter aunouuo-
lig that the stranger (to me) was to call.
Nu messenger boy had carried a note—no
telegram had been delivered. I did not
believe the man was a atrauger to Miss
Weaver. Indeed, he meat have be an old
acquaintance or a relative to have gained
admission to the house after nightfall He
mus the murderer—the roan whose shadow
1 had seen. That was the envelope from
whieh 1 had seen her take a paper.
\What relatives did she have ? A
brother in Califurniat was found to he
the nearest one; and it was' a fort-
night before he carte. Meanwhile I
was at work. I first visited the hotels
to see who had arrived and departed that
day. 'There were many strangers, but I
had no luck until I found the name -Charles
Andrew's." He had nut given his address
and had only taken supper. Tne c.erk re.
membered that the man had no baggage.
Tile porter remembered that lee had asked
the way to Maple street. The 'bus driver
esti picked nim up at the L. and G. depot
on the 4.30 train. I returned to tne hotel
and said to the head waiter :
"Un 'Thursday evening a stout man, more
or less bald, with a long nose and an arti-
ficial lett arm, took supper hero. Please
Mel out who waited on bun."
In ten minutes I was talking with the
waiter. He remembered the roan heel -use
he could not hold his fork or spoon in his
left hand which was enc.,sed iu a glove.
'mut was my "shadow roan." I learned
that he was about 30 years of age, had
Mack hair and eyes, wore a Gandy goatee,
anti looked sons liwhat dissipated. He
had come up from the West, but how far ?
1 hunted up the conductor of that Thurs-
day train, and, after thinking awhile, he
said : •
"I think I remember the man, hut his
ticket had been punched by the conductor
on the other division."
The two runs took in 420 miles.
"Charles Andrews had come more than 210
miles, comprising the last rut, but how
much more ? On the first run there was
tarty -nine stations. I might have to in-
quire at every one of titent. I went up to
the managing editor with my case and got
leave of absence for ten clays. Adairavule
was the first town un the other run. 1
spent two hours looking about, and to
three different. citizens 1 said :
"I come here to see a man. 1 had his
name written down, but have lost it. I
thick it was Watson or Watkins. He has
an artificial arm and is somewhat bald."
No one knew such a man. I tried at
Hopewell, at Smithville, and at Davisuurg.
\Vheu I reacted Cook City, a town of ;CCO
people, I wise about ready to throw up my
job. I had not inquired for "Charles
Andrews" anywhere, because I believed
that to be a fictitious name. The town was
three:quarters of a toile from the station,
and 1 got up with the driver. After a bit
of talk I got around to put my question,
cud he promptly replied ;
"Why, you mean Sam Taylor, who runs
the Eagle Hotel"
-That's the name—that's it, of course.
How Stupid in me to got mixed up sit !'
"I've heard his creditors were going to
shut hint up, but I durum. He's a mighty
slick fellow, Sant is, and may dodge 'cut
some way."
The Eagle Hotel was more of a saloon
and gambitng den than a hotel. 1 dropped
around there after dinner unit sew the pro-
prietor. The instant 1 saw him d felt sure
he was the man. 1 played a game of bit.
Bards with a hanger-on and made a few
cautious inquiries. I found that Sam Tay-
lor was away from home a day and a night
at the time of the murder, but nobody
knew where. He had come;hoine "tight,'
and had been in that condition half of the.
time since. He had been very anxious to
get the Chicago papers every day, and had
evinced extraordinary interest in their con-
tents. 1 was working for a "scoop," and
must work alone. I took Sant 'Taylor
to his room upstairs and boldly charged
hint with the murder. I found envelopes
there which matched the one spoken
of. I told him the woman had
written his name and address before she
died, charging hien with the crime. I
made him believe men saw hint eu.er and
leave, and inside of an hour I had his con-
fession in writing. 'Then I trade him
realize that it was better to return with
me and give himself up, and at 7 o'clock
thae evening we took the train cast. \Vc
reached home next forenoon, and I took
the man to my room at the Tribune office
and kept him there until 4 o'clock ?text
morning. Then our forms were ou the
press, and I could safely turn him c ver to
the police. There was a great outcry with
threats of arrest, but I had figured fur a
"scoop" and got it.
And who was Sam Taylor? He wets
Miss Weaver's nephew. He came to see
her in hopes to raise $3,000. She was
worth about $80,000. The paper he handed
her that night was a note he wanted her to
endorse, and when he found he could get
no assistance from her he murdered her in
the heat of disappointment and anger. He
was hanged long ago.
st, Geyser Creek.
A California man is engaged in perfect ing
a very ingenious device, which he expects
to become one of the chief attrai:timn of his
native town when it is completed. It is a
great clock, the figures upon the face of
which can be seen at some distance, and 11
worked not by means of the ordinary cog-
wheels and other appliances. but by a gey-
ser which spouts near by. The geyser has
heen studied carefully by this inventive
genius, and he has discovered that it 1b
bite and rises every thirty-eight seconds its
regularly as clock -work would require.
Every time it rises, a lever so arranged
that it is reached by the water is set in
motion, and tne clock hands are Icy it
pushed forward just thirty-eight seconds.
It will bo when completed a most interest-
ing machine, and will rejoice in the distinc-
tion of being the only one of its kind in the
world.
Time and Money.
A couple of bachelors were talking about
their forlorn and undouble condition.
"Well," said one, "I should have mar-
ried long ago ; but I haven't had time
enough to think about it."
"Time?" echoed the other. "Time?
Well, if the adage is true that time is
money, then I haven't had enough time
Either," and they went on their lonely
ways dejected and rad.
GOOD OLD•FA$HIONED REMEDIES FOR
CHILDISH ILLS.
wen -Tested Remedies Harmless Yet
Helpful Teas and ISalstims for tete liuby
—Catnip, Peppermint and the Pungent
Producer of Tears.
Except for culinary purposes the com-
mon herbs .are but little used in the
modern household, but it would be well
to give them the place of many of the
drugs admiuiatered to our little ones.
There is no doubt that so far as possi•
ble, the treatment of infant and childish
ills should coneisa in regulating food
and habits to suit the child in question.
But this is often a tedious process, the
result of which the young and inexperienced
mother waits impatiently while longing for
some alleviation for her small sufferer. To
allot; the knowledge of the use of a few of
the herbs on which our grandmothers plac-
ed their reliance would never come amiss.
True, the day has gone by when these
formed the entire materia medics of these
"home physicians," but the virtues of these
well-known plaits are the same now as
then. In this dayofquaok medicines,syrups,
balsams, cordials, etc., the old plan is cer-
tainly worth a trial, and if its merits were
better known it would doubtless be more
generally adopted.
It is of the greatest importance to call in
a good physician at the first symptoms in
she child of a serious illness but in the
home where there are restless little ones
liable to meet with accidents, catch sudden
colds, and be subject to the thousand and
one ailments common to childhood, the
mother will find a few tested honte reme-
dies of inestimable value.
11IDDEN POISONS.
Most of the modern nostrums are narcot-
ics in some form, however much they are
culled "purply vegetable." Purely vege-
table they may be, but so is opium, yet
certainly it was never intended for child-
ren. To the tired another, longing for a
night's rest, after her day of housework,
braiu-work, and baby -tending it is perhaps
not strange that the temptation which lies
in the disguised narcotic is hard to resist.
She thus secures sleep for her child, at the
expense of a puny, nervous baby, while she
tries to overcome evil by evil, by a more
lavish use of the drug which caused the
trouble. If these hidden troubles are once
discarded, careful study given to herbs as
home remedies, and their various medicinal
qualities once thoroughly understood, many
of the disorders whicn make our little ones
peevish burdens instand of a constant joy,
would soon be remedied.
TESTED CURES FOR COMMON ILLS.
Use catnip tea in place of the opium
nostrums, and it will soon prove its value
as a sedative.
For young babies troubled with colic
nothing brings up the wind and soothes the
screaming child better than anise tea, weak,
slightly sweetened and given in small
spoonfuls until relief is obtained. I)o not
use essence of anise or anisette, but the in-
fusion of the simple herb, which it is as
well to wash in bulk, putting into a
strainer and allowing cold water to drain
through it, then spreading upon paper to
dry.
Sage is also useful in colic, as a safe-
guard against suspected cold, care being
taken as to exposure afterward. The virtues
of sage are seen, too, in its effects upon a
stye, which will soon disappear after a
lukewarm bath of it.
SPECIAL VALUE OF PEPPERMINT.
The uses of peppermint are so many and
so well known that I will speak only of the
way in which the powerful oil is used in
Michigan, where so much of it is distilled.
The essence is safer, and it is better in this
case to get it rather than the herb. In the
West it is considered a sovereign remedy,
and especially is it esteemed as a gargle
for a sore throat; tieing in hot water on re-
tiring to break up a cold; and as a liniment
for swollen tonsils, neuralgia and even
sprains. One touch of the cork from the
oil bottle upon the bridge of the nose and
beneath the nostrils will insure easy breath-
ing for the night in influenza.
YARROW, ELDER FLOWERS AND IrOPS.
As a weak tea yarrow is invaluable
in persistent bowel troubles, while it
quenches that intolerable thirst which
is so often present. For a weak and ail-
ing child a bath of strong yarrow, using
roots, leaves, steins and blossoms, is very
strengthening.
A warm infusion of elder flowers is
gently stimulating to a weak stomach;
given in small doses, say a wineglaseful for
a year-old child twice or three times a day.
The inner bark of the elder, shaved fine and
boiled down in cream. makes a very healing
salve for burns and abrasions.
Hops hold a worthy place on our list, and
their uses are manifold. An infusion is an
excellent sedative for "children of a larger
growth," and the dry hop pillow will
prove no less grateful to the restless baby,
while his older brother, screaming with
the pain from an ulcerated tooth, will
find inunediate help from a small bag of
hops dipped in vinegar and placed between
his cheek and a hot-water bag or hot flat.
iron.
ONIONS FOR CROUP.
Onions are almost a specific in croup, and
are always to he had. When that unmis-
takable respiration calls the mother to act
promptly, let her quickly cut them in
pieces, stow, fry, boil or bake, with, if
possible, a small bit of pork or lard, and
place a bag of them at once, upon the little
one's cheat. Now, let, her have a large
onion etit in thick slices, sugar placed be-
tween each slice, and as soon as the juice
begins to flow, she has ready one of the
best croup syrups. It is quite as effective
as ipecac in ordinary cases, and in large
doses will even prove emetic. It loosens at
once. Care should be taken to protect the
child from drafts, as onions open the pores
of the skin.
In a case of real croup a physician should
be called is quickly as possible, bat the
"croupy cough" so common to some child-
ren Indy be quickly relieved by this means.
And many ailments not serious enough to
require a doctor, but making the child un-
comfortable and restless, may lie quickly
cured by these simple remedies, intelligent-
ly used; and the feeling of perplexity and
helplessness which every young mother has
experienced will soon disappear if the mind
is well stored with a list of thoroughly test-
ed home remedies.
Cold Night for Sluste.
Maiden (whispering) — Ie that you
George.
Serenader (who hao been blowing love
music for the last half hour)—Ah! At last,
my darling, 'tie you! Yea, 'tis your own
George.
Maiden (still whispering)—Well, George,
won't yon go away ? Charlie Bonds is in
bore and is about to propose, and I'm afraid
your mesio disconcerts him.—Life.
A County Grit 0ty8:
The stook chow held on Tuesday (in
�dOtlrrseii, will 11[14 l onvinee some of our
Tory Iriends that the McKinley bill
does nut effect the p1 ices of our horses.
Some fine stook was shown but no
buyel8 could le found The market
for the t bass nl hutees we have is in the
States and that is gone. Yet they will
"11r►,h 1 for the N. P."
1'�tu horse fair in Clinton on \V. -dura -
day Inst was a success, The McKinley
bill did cul seriously affect the sale of
good horses. Mr. John T Audereou, of
the Bayfield Lino, revived front Mc.
Mellott $330 for a heavy draught tears.
Several other sales were made et fruul
$9251 to $300. • A pair of very peony
wiutured 2 year-old steels that a man
could almost early on his back, sold
fur $45. These prices are uut tie bad,
better iu fact thea partieans are will-
ing to concede. Femme will not, at
all events, gr umble at such good prices.
" GOD SAVE IRELAND."
(To the Editor of the INituess )
Sin,—Just cow, when the cry of
"ILutne Rule" for Ireland is receiving
no much etteution in this country front
various classes of the oowmuuily, and
seeing that so :natty able arguments are
beiug advanced in its favor, it might
prove interesting to draw the uotiee of
the pnbiic to the avowed and expressed
sentiments of a few of the principal
leaders of the Irish people on this
important matter. One euuet be
acquainted with the Irish US a people,
be familiar with the tllannSI'S and cu, -
toms of the country, and know from
experience something of thea. every
day lite, before he can give a com-
petent upiu uu as to the wants or re
quiremeute of that noble, generous but
impulsive race—the Irish. And if
there is oue thing above all others that
wakes the heart of a loyal Irishman
sick (I mean a native of Ireland) it is
the frequency with which Canadians
and Canadian -Irish, who never saw
the Green Tele in their lives,. slash their
opinions to the front and oaarlaor for
"the liberation of the Irish people."
Oue would think frotn the spirited
writings of some people that the one
thing needful to make Ireland happy,
great, glorious and free, was the pass-
ing ut M r, Gladatone'e Homme Mule
Bill of 1803! In this, however, they
can easily be excused, their ?utterances
betrayiug such complete ignorance of
the real position of affairs as to evoke
sympathy for them rather than ridicule.
8Ulltta4 buin•jtfu.ittueu-t ebeorroliborla
and over isgajn, in proof fel'' theirrhp
corky end at present. they ere but j^"9t.
lowing the tnechings of .their dead
leader, Changs Stuart Pei 'tell, w•hg
said that while they would willingly
accept holey rule from Mr. Ghttietune,
es being the juet and legal right, still
ltiahmee most ever keep in mind the
fact that a grand and glt•tiuus fntute
was in store for Lein, n8 a free end rn•-
dependent nal ion. 10 concl05t011,
pet mit me to *email that the Ulster•
men ere equally as determined in the
preservation of their lives and liber-
t.ies—ihey have alae better men, more
money—and lark—mole arms than
their opponents ; but let us hope that
such foolish' ess as to flue British.
bayonets will be averted and that some.
"provincial legislature" or other
scheme clay be devised which wilt
satisfy all pertics. As much money aw
poesihle will he, or may he, forwarded?
to Ulster from Canada for legitimate
agitation, but we are trot going over to
fight for there,, nor send then) tnoney
for gunpowder t' The: e• will be not
war.
Ar.Ex. GEO. ELLiS.
Montreal, March, 1803.
Mr. Editor, I am an Irishman, a
pure native born, an Orangeman,
although connected with• some of the
Oldest Cstholie families of that
country, and having lived for many
years in the North and South I claim
to know—to put it modestly—just a
little bit about the feelings of the
people on both sides of this moment-
ous question.
It is said that Ulster has nothing to
fear from the estals.lishmeut of a
national parliament in Dubliu--that
Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Red-
mond, etc., etc., are still loyal then,
and do not seek to separate Ireland
from the British crown, hat are merely
intent on procuring for the Irish the
mauagement of affairs.
Now listen to Mr. W. O'Brien, M.
P., in Wexford : .
"When our complete programme is accom-
plished, landlordism would vanish front the
county, and the soil of Ireland would be
free, its people owning no master but the
Almighty, and owning no flag but the green
flag of an independent Irish nation."
And again at Tulle, County Cork,
Mr. O'Brien says:
"We would be unworthy of our forefathers,
we would deserve the scorn and contempt of
those who conic after us, if in this day of
dawning hope and power for the Irish race,
we ever faltered or flinched until we have
banished the twin demons of landlordism and
English Rule forever from our shores, and
until we pima upon the highest pinnacle of
Dublin Castle, the flag of a redeemed and re-
generated Irish nation."
Now, Canadians, Irish•Proteetants,
Home Rulers, is that etrong enough 1
If nut, listen to Mr. W. Redmond, M.
P., at Gorey County, Wexford :
"We do not desire to have anything morn
to do with kings and queens, for the only
style of government to which I.tishmen could
look for freedom and prosperity, was one
which would be democratic and republican."
And again, Mr. W: Redmond at
Bohernabreeua, County Dublin, said :
• "I believe it is our duty to God, as well as
to our country, to do all that lies in our
power to overthrow the domination of
England."
One more from Mr. Redmond. At
Dundalk, we havo him _saying that
"he rejoiced that •in their resolutions
they first declared their unalterable
determination to be satisfied with
nothing that England could give, so
long as Englishmen rulecftethem end so
long as the English flag took the place
where,the green only ought to float."
The advice of Mr. lIealy, M. P., at
Kilkenny, was "lot the people tall
aside all personal dissensions and
let them have one enemy only—and
that enemy the British Government."
The celebrated Michael Devitt told the
interviewer of the Pall Mall Gazette,
when asked bow be proposed to deal
with the Protestants of Ulster, "Leave
them nlcne to us and wo will make
short work of those gentry !"
Mir. Editor, the firm belief of the
Protestant population of Ireland is that
these gentlemen will keep to their
word and threats and carry them into
execution the moment they obtain
legislative power. These men have
CANABA; S FU7'TiRE.
Mr. Erastus Wilmot has proved con-
clusively that Canada is bound to come
to the front within a few years- ae the
great producer and exporter of agri-
cultural products.. In a letter to the
Chicago Tribune, which appeared in
that journal on ;afarch 12th, 1893, be
pointed to the fact that the United
States would e0an require to import
food supplies. Hitherto England has
been the great market for Canadian
grain and farm and dairy commodities,
and in that market our principal rival
and competitor has bean the United
States; hut wi:hiu no long time it
appoare that the republic will cease to
compete with us in this trade, and will
itself require to import food for its
people from Canada. Mr. Whiten
says :—
"Conditions have been greatly changed
by the facts that there are no more
states to be taken in; that a'land
hunger' is prevalent within the borders
of the union which cannot be appeased;
and by the question of food supplies for
the population sure to steadily increase'
until it reaches over aahundred millions,.
which makes it imperative that outside-
regions
utsideregions should beoonsidered."
Under these citcamstancee, it is
foolish for us to perplex ourselves un-
necessarily about our trade relations.
with the Americans. A reasonable
solicitude to place those relation'a upon
a favorable footing is needful and be-
coming, but the absurd proposals plat
forward by Ur.. Wimati and his
sympathizers become groteeque when
the situation is• considered. The time
is coming when. the United Statee mast
buy the products of Canadian fietda
and farms. The imposition of high
duties then :will simply add to the
price paid by the American consumer.
Then, as irsgards the question of the
American tariff, M'r. Wiman declared
recently that protection was doomed iu
the United States; that "if the demo-
cratic victory meant anything, it
means free raw material and reduced
cost of living," that the great need of
the futttrze for the Atnericans will be
free raw material and cheap food sup-
plies which Canada can best furnish.
This is additional proof of the inevi-
table increase in the demand for Cana-
dian farm products, and the correspond-
ing rise in the value of Canadian farms.
Let us not dispair, then. There may
have been some slowness in our growth
hitherto in numbers and some back-
wardness in tho condition of our farm-
ers; but their day is coming, and it re-
quires only patience to witness the ap-
proach of an unprecedented prosperity
for them.
Dr.Sproule,the energetic chairman of
the Agricultural Committee, has bad
au interview with Hon. Mr. Angers in
refereuce to the boat method of pro-
tecting the interests of the export cattle
trade when the first shipments of live
stock arrive in Britain this spring.
It has been deemed best to retain Prof.
Mc&whran in Canada to carefully
watch the shipments, and Sir Charles
Tupper has been authorized to employ
the best veterinarians in the mother
country to represent Canada at the pro-
posed autopsy on the first lot of cattle
arriving there. Dr.Sproulo,Mr. Smith.
of,South Ontario, and bihor gentlemen
have taken a lively interest in the
matter and their services will doubtless
be appreciated by the farming com-
munity.
—John Medd, son of councillor
Medd, Weet Wawanosh, who has
recently taken a diploma at the College
of Veterinary Surgeons, Toronto, le
now locate:I in our village and has
opened an office in Dungan Lien.
—Miss Potts, the teacher, enjoyed
her holidays with relatives at Saltford.
As a teacher at Dunlop ebe hap
given general aatisfaction and will
have four candidates for the coming
entrance examination in June.
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