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h is about titrje we discussed Fall.
(?vercotats with you, as the cool evetr•
ings and frHsh u>ornings will cos>pel us
to adorns ourselves with heavier cloth-
ing. You know our record in the past
regardieg these seeds, and we hope to
do better in the future. Come and ins
/aria our Fall Overcoats and Suits, as.
we know y00 will he pleased. They
are all our own make, and we can show
you both the goods and trimmings in
the place, which usually satisfies roost
people as to quality. The style and
finish will speak for themselves. Now
fur the most importaut item, the price,
and who is in it with us 1 The Great
One Price Clothing House.
TH4S. JACKSON,
Huron St„ - Clinton.
Me Huron News-Recora
1.50 a Year -51L25 in Advance
Wednesday, Nov. 8th 1893.
11I0BT AND at9?ONG—A DIFFL'R-
£NCE.
•
!Tux CLINTON NEWS -RECORD has
come out this week with a handsome
new chess and is in every sense hand-
somely made up. As a local paper THE
NEWS-RECOaD is an excellent one and
stands well to the front among the
.° local journals of Ontario.- Politically I
-THE NEWS -RECORD says in its editor-
ial column this week: 'We do not en-
, dorse every act of the Conservative
Government.' We would like to know
what that act was and when it was
conceived, perpetrated or enacted." -
Mitchell Recorder.
We do not know that we are called
upon to go into detail. What THE
NEws-RECORD Said last Week, among
other things, was this:-
* * * * * * "We do not en -
dorso every act of the Conser-
vative Government. But the agree
with the general policy of that
Government. It is one founded on the
broad principles of Canadianism-by
THE PEOPLE and for THE PEOPLE. Our
.support will always be given to the
British -Canadian Party in preference
to a Jesuit Opposition, and we would
- not even withold our support from the
former and thus assist the latter to
power."
Our extract is worth repeating. It
gives our views in a nutshell, and the
masses of the Conservative party and
many • Reformers agree with us. The
late Sir John A. Macdonald once said: -
"I know that in the long career of
political life I have made many mis-
takes, that the Government. of which I
am a mean/air has, of , course, made
• errors and been guilty of omission as
well as of commission; but I can hon-
estly say that the desire was • good and
the motive good."
- And as Webster puts it :-
"Let our object be our country, our
. whole country, and nothing but our
. country."
That was John Macdonald's object
and it is the object of Sir John Thomp-
son and the Conservative party. In
disagreeing on minor matters we do
necessarily denounce the Conserva-
tice Party. We endorse the general
policy of the Government and give it
our support because it is is THE Cana-
dian party and has done and is doing
more than the Opposition for the
development of our immense and grand
resourses. There is not, to our mind,
very much good in the policy of the
Opposition. But that will not deter
THE NEWS -RECORD from pointing out
"mistakes" or "errors" by the party we
support. The Recorder is an indepen-
' dent Reform journal. Our motto is
"Independent in all things, neutral in
nothing." To:answer the bold question
put to THE NEws-RECORD by the
Recorder we do not know that we can
give a better answer than reproduce
the following, in the same column,
• from our cotem.:-
' • "Some of our readers protest that the
Recorder is furnishing ammunition for
the Conservative organs to fire
at the Liberal party in general,
and Mr. Thos. Ballantyne in particular.
Why do our readers not read and inter-
. pret the Recorder for thethselves? As
we claim a resonal>le liberty for the
press, we cannot prevent, our Conser-
vative contemporaries making capital
out of our utterances by putting their
own constructions upon them. Nor do
we hold ourselves acconntabe for any
of their constructions. The Recorder
is. Liberal, from its peeling to its core,
.and could not be anything else. But
it is independent of any party machine,
and * * * claims the privilege of
doing a little of its own thinking, and
•of exercising its own judgment as to
what Liberalism is and what it is not."
The difference is that the Grits object,
to the Grit Recorder and the Grits ob-
ject to the Conservative NEws-REooitn.
13ut of course it is a well-known fact
that Conservatives are more liberal in
their views than Reformers. The Con-
sfervative Party always stick, by what
is right and acknowledge what is
wrong. The Reform Party always
Stick to what is wrong and never ac-
. knowledge what is right. And the
Recorders position shows this to he the
Case. To otherwise answer, or in the
Words of our cotem., "to do so just
now would be premature."
-Robert Reid, B. A., Of Varna, hae
hill High School Been selected asC Tond he salary is timelier $650 kk-
OUR NEW DRESS'.
It is not the intention of THE NEws-
RECORD to say Very much about its
new dress of type. As our readers are
aware,we are not in the habit of saying
a great deal shout ourselves. But we
have received a number of enquiries
about the stake of type we are using
and are liberally complimented hy
friend and foe cm the very handsome
appearance of THE NEWS -RECORD. To
impart the desired information, it is
quite in order that some particulars
should be given, Practical experience,
to our mind, is the very best teacher.
We have been in the newspaper and
printing business for about a quarter of
a century, and have•a practical knowl-
edge of the business from "devil" to
editor-in-chief. We have swept the
office, made -"pi" and distributed it, set
type and distributed it, made up forms,
justified and locked them up, placed
theist on Gordon treadle and hand
presses, and run fast steam presses of
various makes as well.. The makes of
type we have handled in those years
Were the output of American, Cana-
dian and British foundries. Our ex-
perience then should have taught us
something. We learned that the
best and •most durable type in the
world to day is that manufactured..by
MILLER & RICHARD; of Edinburgh,
Scotland, with a well -stocked ware-
house in Toronto. Their type is made
from a peculiar composition that out-
wears all other crakes. For instance,
a few years ago THE NEWS -RECORD
put in a newdress of type from another
foundry and it is worn out. We have in
our.office now MILLF.tt& RICHARD type
that was placed in the REcOED office
in Blyth in '77 or '78 and it is superior
to the type bought many years after
and which we have been compelled to
throw away. Tills NEws-RECORD to-
day is printed from MIr.LER & RiCli-
ARD'S British -Canadian type because it
is the hest and most durable. Exper-
ience and the expenditure Of money is
the •hest possible proof, and to supple-
ment this the greatest circulating
papers in the Doiitntion exclusively use
the same make of type. It is clear cut,
hard, and has the composition to wear
well. And' the paper on which THE
NEWS -RECORD is printed is also of a
superior quality. It comes from the
fatuous ]:Hills of_ Barber Bros., George-
town, a. firm that have a grand reputa-
tion for gond goods, and straight,
honest business dealings. Publishers
will certainly make a mistake in pass-
ing either houses.
CURRENT TOPICS.
The editor of the Windsor, Ont.,
Review, has been visiting friends in
Ohio, and has made a contparioq of
prices which farmers there receive for
produce and pay for supplies. On the
whole, the Canadian farmer is the best
off.
At the assizes at Winnipeg last Fri-
day, Leblanc, charged with the murder
of an old farrier named Wilson from
Gilford, near Barrie, Ont., in a Winni-
peg alleyway, was found guilty with a
recormneudation to mercy. Sentence
was tvithold until the trial of his pal,
Riley, who was the, real murderer,
Leblanc merely standing hy and having
a share in the money taken from the
murdered man.
The Rev. Canon Dumottlin, rector of
St. Jalnes'•Uathedral, Toronto, was a
witness before the Royal Prohihiton
Commission the other day. In his
.evidence he declared himself opposed
to prohibition as an "unwise and un-
workable" invention. He _said there
had been drunkenness among the Jews,
Greeks and Romans, but none of these
nations had ever attempted to enact a
prohibitory law, nor had the English
people either, although so much had
been said there of the evils of the
traffic. The underlying principle of
law was to strengthen a man to resist
sin, and force should never take the
place of moral suasion, except in the
case of criminals or insane persons.
To forcibly restrain others was to run
counter to the Divine provision of
man's free agency. No such law was
attempted with regard to any, other
sin, as, for instance, adultery .or mur-
der. :,,jjn sppeaking of sin, he referred to
excess)ve drinking ; he did not consider
model to drinking a sin, but excess of
any kind was a sin.
tff a Jt r aPe4k4
Ills Whenit earl that tate late. SW
file 414/Ott Wes4 i(tritl 111 /Walt
1tlslt
otr. iAllil°l� xlore*W R ' ,t tic/ pclttlo 444.
The >tolnjet>3t's of St. Tlioriia,e liayst
pronatlnte4: against Si nd'ley funerals,
and ..have) asked the cemetery board •
that a bylaw he enacted refusing to
allow interment iu the cemetery on
Sunday, except in cases c4 tified as
necessary by the medical health officer.
As a result of an interview between
Hon. Mackenzie Howell and the Ansr
tralian Premier, a conference is likely
to be held shortly hi Cahada, with the
purpose of advancing trade and cable
communication between Canada and
Australia_ - —
The Rev. Father Hamon, Jesuit, sas
an exchange, in the course of a lecture
in Montreal on Monday week said that
the time had come when Raman Cath-
olics roust take up arms and wage war
for the defence of what is most dear to
them, their faith and morals.
Satan, the highly "seasoned" editor of
the Goderich Signal, is ready and will-
ing to Consign the editor of THE NEWS -
RECORD to the' 'bottomless pit." Fortun-
ately there must be two to a bargain,
and of course we have no desire to
bargain with his Satanic Majesty of
our contemparary. His journey to
hades, we are led to believe, will be
without the company of even one of
the many sinful grit writers in this
section.
• Mr. Tarte says the Glol)o is nothing
but a supporter of the Government on
the Manitoba school question. Mr.
Tarte forgets, though, that the Globe
can change. In 1885 it, like the whole
Grit press and party of the Dominion,
was a supporter of the Government as
an advocate for the execution of Louis
Riel, and the day after the law was
carried out because the fierce assailant
of the Government that wa-r responsible
for the act. If Mr. Tarte has patience
he may have the Globe on his side
again 111 as few days.
The Mitchell Recorder has, been
worsted and given the following from
Goldwiu Smith to its temperance editor
to wrestle with: -
"The clergy, in denouncing all use of
fermented liquors as criminal, labor
under the awkward necessity of hold-
ing up as a model of character One who
certainly did drink wine and introduc-
ed its use into the most sacred ordin-
ance of His religion. The attempts to
make out, in defiance of the lexicon and
of unbroken church tradition, that the
wine of the New Testament ment is syrup,
can, by no impartial scimitar, be treated
with the slightest respect"
News from New Zealand states that
an electoral act has been passed by the
Legislature of the colony giving the
franchise to all women over 21 years
old. It is believed the women's voting
power will strengthen the Conserva-
tive party, who oppose the revolution-
ary projects in regard to land holding..
The temperance party also trope to get
aid from the women. It is expected a
large proportion of the Ivn:nca trill ap-
pear at the polls. If the experielncnt is
successful it will probably be adopted by
other colonies. Of the (IOS,039 popula-
tion in New Zeland nearly one-half are
women.
The following are extracts from the
Methodist appeal which has been issued
and sent throughout Ontario : "That
whereas, the importance of the issue is
so great that we should be willing to
lay aside our personal opinions and
predilections, and unite as an electorate
in one solid body at the ballot box in
favor of prohibition, on the 1st of Jan-"
uary, 1894. And whereas, oux church
has been always abreast of public opin-
ion on the restriction and prohibition
of the liquor traffic, and has not hesi-
tated to declare,. on all suitable occas-
ions her profound convicti-,5us of the
evils entailed upon society in its civil,
political, educational, molal and relig-
ious life and activities by this licensed
trade in alcholic liquors. And we
would further request the Itev. Dr,
Carman, general superintendent to
issue a pastoral letter on this subject,
addressed to the churches in this prov-
ince, with a view to its being read by
the ministers to their congregations.
Satan always lies. The Bible says so,
and people do not ask any stronger
proof than the Word. Our lying
cotem., the Goderich Signal, the only
blackguard journal in the county, is at
it again. Recently it has applied to
THE NEWS -RECORD such choice; lan-
guage as "knave," "fool," "smutty
organ," "Bari" "blackguard," etc., etc'.
Our "gentlemanly ," "Christian," "truth-
ful" and "highly seasoned" cotem.
Says:-
• "And while we are on the question
of the prize list, why did TILE NEwS-
RECORn y ottng man on the 27th of
September, steal a portion of the prize
list of the Northwestern show from
the Goderich Star without giving
credit to that journal? Whets the fresh
young fellow who runs THE NEws-RE-
conD goes to the bac/ place where all
liars go, old Satan will- have to hang
hint up to dry tuitil he gets seasoned, as
in his present condition he is too green
to burn."
The "old fellow" always deceives and
we have grate doubts for the future of
Signal readers if they believe all that
paper says. THE NEWS -RECORD took
the prize list from The Star and gave'
due credit. Preceeding the North-
western prize list on September 27 we
said
"THE NEWS-REconn is indebted to The
Star for the following portion of the
prize list."
The "seasoned liar" of the Sig-
nal should now acknowledge that
he deceived his readers. Brit Satan al-
ways sticks to a lie, and is never "to
green to buirn." We rejoice that we
are not in such an awkward dilem-
ma.
Tho 1`1°sw "3I't r1I 8nntTotto.-riug tla• the
V4010404t/le,• spays taut tba
tutee- (l4.vertn est s11QUid a;et 41114 1y•
,
and provjda r000th afar a o41)14.'tip
HO4014)P1 wit , 1?ox'hape,, t v1Qw Qt ate .
corttuoutttion to d'salpaii.
A traveller, recently returned from
the Holy Land, says that part of tie
way to the fount of Olives is desflgitr-
ed by advertisements of Dublin stout,
and bands play dance mush:Sundays in
the Garden of Gethemane.
There is plenty of matoritil for good
candidates in tho Conservative interest
for West Huron in the Local. In ad.
dition to Capt. Beck we have also heard
mentioned the names of Mayor Mc.
Taggart; ex -Mayor Doherty, John
Ransford and D. Cantelon of Clinton.
Mayor -Butler of Goderich, James Con-
nolly of Goderich township, and 3. M.
Roberts of Dungannon. Any one of
these gentlemen would make a worthy
representative.
The interesting features .of the evi-
dence before the Prohibition Commiss-
ion, Wednesday, were contributed by
a clergyman, who thought that pro-
hibition under the prevailing senti-
ment would interfere with the liberty
of the citizen ; by a banker, who
thought that prohibition would im-
piove financial and commerical condi-
tions; and by it physician, who thought
that prohibition MIS impracticable,
and that the moderate use of liquors
was not injurious.
Orange color placed before the editor
of the Goderich Signal produces about
the sante effect as a red rag before an
infuriated bull. All of which means
that the "Satan editor of our cotem.
will be mad -yes, real mad -next 12th of
July. The Orangemen are talking of
calebraating right in front of the alleged
"Fenian," you know. He has already
counnenced to ridicule what he terms
"Orange shouters." Will the brethren
of Goderich kindly have a little care fur
the safety of tho "wild loam" of the
county town.
Ridketown Standard :. By an act of
the Provicial Legislature passed about
two years ago the granting of bonuses
by municipalities to industries was
made illegal. The act was hailed with
delight by the province, as the bonus
business had been worked to such an
extent that it was nothing short of a
huge farce. More recent events will,
however, have the efforts of almost
entirely nullifying the good done • by
the anti -bonus act. The town of
Stratroy, represented_ by Hon. er. «-:
Ross, and the city of Hamilton, repre-
sented by Hon. J. M. Gibson, have each
•sectu•e(1 :a special act enabling tht'ni to
override the anti -pontis act, and now
conies Brantford, represented 1)y Hon.
A. 5. HaIdy, with a request for similar
legislation. The. fact that all these
specially favored municipalities are re-
presented by cabinet ministers is signi-
ficant. Equal rights to all, special
privileges to none, sh nrld never be lost
sight of by our leg, t:at islatoand the
Mowat Gover•mtient ha(1 better repeal
the act against bouusing or refuse to
grant any exemptions from its opera-
tions.
WEST HURON PROHIBITION
CONVENTION.
' From our own Correspondont.
• A large and enthusiastic conven-
tion ot temperance workers was
held in the Methodist chut•cth, Auburn,
on Nov. 1st, 1893. Shortly :after 1 p. nl.
the meeting was called to order by Mr.
F. Metcalf. Mr. .1. H. Tofu, P. S. I. for
the riding, , was chosen chairman and
Mr. B. Lawrason secretary, Mr. Fred C.
Elford, of Holnlest'Slle, was appointed
assistant secretary. The following
delegates from their respective Intlttici-
palities were present :-
13t.vTtt -Dr. Ferguson, F. Metcalf, W.
Irwin, H. McQuarrie, Rev. G. Buggm, Mr.
Bentley, Rev. Mr. McLean, Bliss Walker.
AsUFII L]> -NUL Duff, J. Campbell, Mrs.
Bennett, &lies Stephenson, .1 Crozier, 11, 1)1.
Duff, J. Bennett, Rev. Mr. Rogers, Miss
Hiles, T. Audelson.
CLINTON.-Eon. J, W. • Holmes, Robt.
Holmes, 1. McMatb, J. Stevens, F. Bol -s,
Mrs. Andrews, sibs. Noll, Miss Monte, D.
Tiplady, Rev. W. McKinnon, Miss Graham,
H. W. Israel.
Coi.nolesa.-A. Shepherd, Rev. W. Moss,
I. Lawson, H. Horton, J. IE.•t•ton, A. Ileddlc,
J. Clutton, S. Linfield, A. Kcrneghan. Rev.
W. Tr,ibadeau, Mrs. Thibadeau, Mr. 1'•stersou,
Mr. Snyder, A. E. Alien, Miss Allen, 1-1.
Snyder, W. Robertson.
GoEi.ulcH ToWNslur.-Rev. E. A. Foir,
E. C. Potter, F. C. Mord, J. Rapson, R.
Davidson, J. Mc Brien.
Gmnstucm.-Mas. Morton, Mrs. McKay,
Mrs. Sneath, Mrs. Leach, lbs. Blake, 5. 1'.
Balls, C. Blake, G. Acheson, D, lIeOilli-
cuddy, T, Neftel, J. A. Reid, J. 13. Atkin,
Mrs. Atkin, Mrs. W. Cantelon, Mrs. J.
Adams, G. W. Black, J. C. Rei I.
NCLt,at i.—Bt Lawrason, T. Cole, J. Knox,
J. l3. Bruwu;'J. Wilson, M. Braithwaite,
Addie Crisp, Maud Mogridge, 0. M. Kilty, A.
Mclinowland, Rev. Mr, Baugh, Mrs. Baugh,
Rev, J. A. Hamilton, Bev. Mr. Henderson,
Mrs. Henderson, 'Rev: Mr. Wilhelm, J,
Hoare, R. Leach, Geo. Askn•ith, Isaac Law-
rence, L. Erratt, S. Blair, N. Webb.
WEs•r WAwANOS I. -C. Girvin, Wm.
Baily, 3, A. Mnllough, J. Moreland, R. K.
Miller, Miss Whyard, W. 1•V. Scott, Miss
Ratcliffe, Dr. McLaughlin, R. M. Cummings,
J. Mole, D. E. Munroe, D. Fell, Mrs. Fell.
EAST WAWANOS,r.-R. Somers, G. Jenkins,
Mrs. Jenkins, Miss Sturdy; A. Currie, W. J.
Currie.
Wlarasat.t.-John Neelands, Rev. S. Sel-
lery, F. G. Spading, D. Gordon, S. Well..
wood, D. Sontherland, R. Elliott, W. Fleuty,
J. Carr, A. Kelly.
It was decided not to take collections atany
publics meeting, and to assess towns $20,
townships $15; Mullett and thslerich town-
ship being partly in other ridings it was de-
ciried to assess them one half, $7.50 each.
The following were appointed congeners for
the different rnunicipalities:-
Ashfield.-H. M. Doff, Dnngannon ; Col-
borne --J. Stewart, Benmiller; Goderich Tp,
-F. C. Elford, Holrnesville ; Blyth --Rev.
G. Bugggin, Blyth ; E. Wawanosh-S. Well -
wood Wingham ; W. Wawanosh--Dr. Mo.
Langhlin, Auburn ; Hallett -J. Wilson,
Auburn; Goderich, Clinton and Wingham aro
already organized. The following officers
were eleotod:-Prosidont, F. Moloaln, Blyth ;
a
4TH$ MORE
t•�MI'N(_.
HT1 'one' f
**oar a Indy than else of the C,*S orf0.,
TIL,476.1rs to be leen at this stere, They are zuodel '
of beauty and fit most perfectly, rlien they cost o,
little. '
THE DRESS STI/FFS
offered by this store are the very Newest and Latest.
things to be found anywhQre. We have scanned every
available sample in order, to lay before our people only ,
what we are SUI o is choice and we believe we. ire sliow
ing one of' the richest and choicest stocks to be /seen out
side the cities.
MEN'S & BOY'S O.L/EROOA TS
are here in great abundance at every price and make
and it takes very little /money to buy here.
MEN'S & BOY'S SUITS
Every conceivable color and makes. Drees" the very
lowest.
GILROY & WISEMAN,
R. 8., Dr. Ferguson, Blyth; Treasurer, W.
H. Irwin, Myth. These with the resident
ministers of Myth. and presidents 01 town-
ship associations will Rem the executive
The advisability of bringing in outside help
was left entirely to the discretion of the execu-
tive. Dates were fixed for township conven-
tions oud it was decided to hold/ mass meet-
ings in the evenings at these conven-
tions, to it addrest;ed by speakers pro-
vided by the-exetntive ot the W. R. A.
After the usual votes of Jltaulcs were passed
one of the most enthusiastic meetings ever
held in elle ',Mina was brought to a close.
Itt the evening n nuts meeting was held in
the church. Addresses were, given by F.
Metcalf, J. E. Tom and 1). McGllheuldy.
Appripriate musical selections were rendered
hy the efficient choir of the clinch. Shortly
after ten o'clock the meeting was brought to a
close by the vast audience (the church was
packed) singing "God save the Queen." The
benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr
Henderson, of Auburn:
0 UR 0WV OREA 7' NOR7'11WEST.
The Review of Reviews for Novem-
ber has a splendid aarticIti on the "Possi-
bilities of the Grest Northwest" by S.
A. Thompson, who sets forth in facts
and figures its wonderful possibilities.
The following is a short extract from
what he says about
THE CANADL,N NORTHWEST.
An effort has been made by some
comparisons to aid the reader to under-
stand the immensity- of the American
Northwest, I3nt if it be difficult for
the avertaga reader to comprehend the
vastness of this portion his own
country, it is still more diad-
cult for hint to - get an ade-
quate understanding of the almost
illimitil>]eorea of the Canadi;ta North-
west. Few persons realize that before
tho purchase of Alaska, Canada was
larger than the United States, but such
is the . fact, for the territory of the
Dominion is 3,470,302 square iniles, while
that of our country was but 3,025,000.
The area ' of the ten Northwestern
States, as has been shown above,
is but 859,235 square miles, while
the area of the organized prov-
inces and districts (corresponding to
our States and Territories) of the Can-
adian Northwest aggregates 1,245,305
square utiles as appears front the fol-
lowing table :-
Manitoba 73,(x10
I{N1,vaatltl 00,000
Ass inibola 95,(100
Saskatchewan 114,000
Alberta100,090
Athabasca 12✓,()09
British Columbia • 311,305
1,245.305
This is nearly fifty per cent. greater
than the area of the American North
west, but still beyond these provinces and
districts lies an unorganized territory
with an area of more than sixteen hut-
clred thousand square.nsiles. But area
is not the only thing to be considered
and the reader must be left to struggle
for himself with the meaning of these
almost incomprehensible figures.
The Canadian Northwest falls natur-
ally into three great divisions. The ter-
ritory lying between 11uclson's• Bay
and the great chain of inland lakes in
the valley of the Mackenzie River, ex-
tending front Lake Superior to the
Artic Ocean, is wooded, mostly rocky
sand swampy, but there are some areas
of good land, merging finally, into"what
are known as the barren grounds
in the extreme northwestern ppor-
tion, northwest of Hudson's Bay.
Second, the great stretch of fertile
plains, part prairie and part wooded,
lying between the great lakes above
mentioned and the Rocky Mountains.
tnd extending from the international
boundary line almost to the Artie
Ocean. Third, the Alpine region ex-
tending from the Rocky Mountains to
the Pacific Coast. As has been said by
Mr. Erastus Wiman, in "The Greater
Half of the Continent :" "In Canada,
including the great lakes which encircle
it and which penetrate it, and the
rivers of enormous size and length
which permeate it is found more than
one-half of the fresh water of the entire
globe." There are no more than ten
thousand miles of navigable rivers in
the Canadian Northwest -navigable,
that is, not merely by canoes, but b
steamboats. The supplies for all th$
Hudson's Bay Company are carried llffyy
water from Winnipeg even to points
beyond the Rocky Mountains and the
Artie Chicle, and the aggeragte land
transportation over theortages is only
one hundred and fourteen miles. It
is possible to go by water from the
mouth of the St. Lawrence through the
great lakes and down the Mackenzie to
the. Artie Ocean, a trip of more than
six thousand miles, in which less than
one hundred and fifty miles will neces-
sarily be on land. Thr great lakes of •
the Canadian Northwest are second in
size only to the largest of the ggrreat
lakes on the international boundaryr
Great Bear Lake is one hundred' and ••
fifty miles in length ; Athabasca Lake,
two hundred and thirty ; while the
Great Slave Lake is more than three
hundred miles. long and has an average
width of fifty. The Mackenzie river is
described by Archbishop Clut as a
deeper, wider and grander river than
the St. Lawrence, and it furnishes with
its tril)utries more than twenty-five
hundred miles of navigable waters.
A LANKA, •
Alaska, the third and last division of •
the Great Northwest, has an extreme
length from north to south of eleven
hundred miles. Zhe most westerly
point of the mainland is twenty-five
hundred Miles west of San Francisco,
and the most westerly island of the
Aleutian chitin is more.than thirtry-five
hundred utiles west of that city. Its •
area is 577,390 square miles, of which
23,890 is insntalar, and it has a total coast
line, including islands, of 20,3(14 miles.
The southren coast is mountainous.
The highsst mountain on the coast is -
the great volcano, Mount St. Elias,
which marks the turning point in the
boundary between British and Ameri-
can territory. The principal feature is
the valley of Yukon, one of the great
rivers of the world, which rises itt
British Coltunbia and, after a course of -
two thotisaand miles in a general west-
erly direction, falls into Bering Sea. -
The northern and western coasts are
low, and the - inn ediate valley of the
Yukon for more than a thousand Miles
from the sea has an elevation of less
than six hundred feet. The river i
navigable in the summer for this • dis-
tance by snutil steamers to Fort Yukon,
which lies just upon the Artie circle.
More than two-thirds of the territory
is still unexplored for scientific and
economic purposes, and it is mainly the
coast that is known.
Sununerbi11.
The first load of goods and the first
mail 1>y rail arrived at this place last '
Friday evening.
Mr. J. E. Tom, L P. S., visited the
school here in his official capacity on- .
Thursday (foreuoou) the 2nd Inst. •
Our merchant, G. M. Kitty, had a •
break down while returning with the -
mail and a load of goods on Friday eve-
ning, the 13rd inst. -
The standing of the pupils of the
public school Isere for October is as fol-
lows: 5th ('lass :-Wm. E. Miller, Emily
Jordan, Winnie Thompson. 4th Class:'
Mabeln m. Mair, Ethelbert Mcllveen,.
➢ a el Shepppard. 3rd Class Frances
Oakes, Mabel Huck, Annie Wright.
`2nd Class :-Vinie Woodyard, Stewart
Hill, Annie Lawson. Sr. II Part :-
Olive Hill,Jane Wright, Earnest
Grainger. Jr. II Part :-Minnie E.
Kilty, Jessie Murphy, Ethel Huck.
I Part :-Louis Johnston, Mabel Garvie,
Lillie Butt.
Two delegates from the L O. G. T's.
here attended the West Huron
Plebiscite Association meeting at Au,
burn on Wednesday the lst inst. There
were 124 delegates altogether. The en-
thusiastft was unbounded and augurs
well for the cause /which they have
undertaken to carry safeto victory.
We hope West Huron willgive no un-
certain sound in this matter when
voting day conies, but will show a large
majority in favor of prohibitory legisla-
tion.
Brussels.
ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER
FATALLY INJURED. -A very serious
accident happened at Brussels Satur-
day last about 11.45 a. m. Three men
-Phillip Anent, Richard Hingston
and Neil Milloy-were engaged taking
down a dry kiln on the site of Ament
Bros. stave factory, recently destroy-
ed by fire, when without a moments
warning the wall collapsed and Hings-
ton anMalloy were caught under the
fallen timber. The former fortunately
fell between two joists and thereby
escaped with a badly braised shoulder
and back. Milloy was struck on the
head, and it is feared his skull is fract-
ured. He is in a semi -unconscious state
at the time of wiring. Henry Wilbee,
Mr Ament's father-in-law, was watch
ing the men at work, rind was,pinned
down by the wall. He only lived about
an hour after being rescued. He was 70
years of age and highly esteemed. Mr.
Ament escaped by a hair's breadth.
-It is understood that the reason,
Thanksgiving Day is fixed two weeks
later than usual is due to the fact that
petitions were received by the Do-
minion Government from different
political bodies asking for a later period
to be chosen, as farmers were general/
busy in the earlier part of the month,
and if a later day were selected it would
he observed more generally in the rural ,
districts