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Clinton New Era, 1894-06-29, Page 7THE LOCK TUMBLED TO HIS TOUCH J• M. Hill, the Manager, Wins a net by• Opening a Safe In Five litigates. Phil Milligan, a well known liquor deal or, has ordered a brand new double deck burglar and fireproof eafe with three sets of double bolts on it for his saloon on Broadway, and thereby hangs a tale. To look at the big safe which has for two years past been doing duty in Milligan's place one would neversuppose that a new one was needed. But oge is needed, though Milligan never knew it until in a reckless moment he boasted About his sate to J. M. Hill of the Standard theater, and the latter contemptuously palled it a paste- board box. Then Milligan got hot. "Do you mean tti say you can open that safe of mine?" askeet'Milligan. "No question abo it, my boy. I can open it in five minutes," said Hill. "You're. raving, Hill. You're crazy," said Milligan excitedly. "Don't you know that's a modern safe, and .no one but my- self knows the combination? Great heav- ens, I'd bet'any man on earth, unless he was the company's expert, $1,000 that he couldn't open it." "I won't bet you $1,000," said Hill, "but jest to make it interesting I'll bet you 8100 and wine for everybody that I can open that safe in five minutes." "You can't do it; you can't do it in an hour," almost yelled Milligan. "Boys, drink your wine now. I've as good as won that bet. Why, Hill, that's a latest pat- tern of look, and it's simply impossible for any one without a knowledge of the combination to open it. Come, I'll give yon a chance to get oat of that bluff by paying for the wine." "Bluff, eh l" said Hill. "I'll show you Rhether i@'@ a bluff or not. The bet goes, e')een't it P" COrtainly." la `Well, time me," cried Hill, and throw- ing off his coat and hat he got down on his knees on the floor and began working at the lock. For three minutes be worked, first turning the knob one way and then the other. The crowd stood aroi;ind and watched. Four minutes passed awayjand still Hill worked. • The cold sweat Stood out on his brow, and he worked like a Trojan. Four minutes and a half passed, and Milligan was smiling a broad smile, when there was soddenly a sharp click. Hill sprang to Ms feet and with a yank pulled the door of the safe open. "What did I tell yon?" he cried trium- phantly. "Well, I'.m dinged, Hill. How did you do it?" said Milligan. "I know a thing about safes," said HilL "Evidently," put •in Hopper, and then all hands stepped up to the bar, and for the next hour drank nothing but wine. Milligan paid the bet with a crisp $100 bill, remarking as he did so: "Hill, it's worth $100 to know that you know the combination of my safe. I'll get a new one and bet you $1,000 you can't open it in a quarter of an hour." "Give me an hour to study it in, and I'll take that bet," said Hill. The sporting men aro now all anxiously awaiting the arrival of Mr. Milligan'a new safe. Hill says he is going to make Milli- gan live up to his offer, and an exciting time is expected. Hill's knowledge of locks was a revelation to his friends, but when they ask him about it he simply smiles and says, "A wise man never tells all he knows."—New York Sun. Where Hustling Ie Unknown. Besides the climate and scenery of the Bermudas, so much in contrast with the countries of the north, there are ease, quiet and content everywhere, so pronounc- ed as to put -the busy -American iii -at ease until after a few days' sojourn he, too, drops gracefully into the pervading con- servatism of the place. No railroads, no trolleys, no factories to disfigure, obstruct or endanger. None of the hnstle or bus- tle or'toil'of our progressive states. Ber- mudans do not know what it is ;to fret or hurry. There are time and plenty for ev- erything. Itis early to begin business at 9, and at dusk or night there is no need of shopping. "He that riseth late must trot all day" is all very well in our coun- try, but in Bermuda, "He that riseth ear- ly gets nowhere." Few hours of labor and long hours of rest is the motto that rules all, and the negroes are quite in their element. Here the ainbitions of the busiest minds must subside, and bewildering distraction must give way to a restful sans sonci. Nor is there here any of the abject poverty and misery which are so nakedly and painfully manifest among the poorest of our states. With a climate at all times pleasant, a soil capable of rendering three crops an- nually and surrounding waters alive with a wondrous variety of fish, the very poor- est have always a "sufficient for the day." Whether it is these elements of natural advantage or the moral influence of the churches, found in every considerable set- tlement, that go so far to settle one's nerves and make life as a day dream here, it is difficult to determine, but certain it is that no northerner can visit these is- lands without feeling that they indeed are well worth seeing and well worth know- ing.—Donaboe's Magazine. Walter Wellman's Family. I know the Wellman family very well, and consequently I am very fond of them. There is the wife, a brave little woman, though we never realized quite how brave before, but almost allowing her stout soul to fail now and then when she thinks of the long absence and the chance of danger. But that is not discussed much—the dan- ger, I mean—for Mr. Wellman has planned very carefully to return. • He is going to come back all right. Then there are the little girls—the five, Ruth, Rose, Ray, Rita and Rachel—I believe they have 'named the baby Rachel—all with their bine eyes, and their gold colored hair, and their careless dances, and their laughter that seems to ripple down from the second floor of the Clifton—you know of the Clif- ton at Thomas circle—into the flower shop, and the candy shop, and all about the neighborhood. The Wellman family first thought of summering in northern Nor- way—at Tromso perhaps—whither the expedition sets out, but later it was thought best that Mrs. Wellman and the children should stay in Washington.—Washington �Oital. Showing the Way. The' policy of showing the way rarely pays at sea, particularly if there is more engine power in the chasing boat, and it makes defeat unpleasantly conspicuous. The Messageries Maritimes boat Polyne- sian once dropped her pilot at Suez while the orient line Opbir was in the canal. "Give my compliments to Captain Ruth - von," said Captain Boulard of the Poly- nesien, "and tell him I am going to show. him the way to Australia." But when the Frenchman reached Syd- ney ho was greeted, to hie amazement, with "Captain Ruthven's compliments, and he regrets that the French mail should comp to Australia by so long a route." The Ophir was 8% hours ahead.—I,ention Million. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE, NEw Yorn , June 24,—The marriage in Ottawa, Ont., of Mr Hayter Reed, one of the officials of the Canadian Government and Mrs Grosvenor' P. Lowery, of this city, had all the ele- ments of romance any novelist could desire, as material fura work of fiction. Seventeen yearn ago, in the town of Cobourg, Mr Reed, then a young busi- ness man, and Miss Kate Armour, eld- est daughter of Judge Armour, met, loved and became engaged. The match was favored by the families of both the young man and the young woinan. The date was set for the wedding, the cards were out, when the young couple quarreled, parted and the wedding was abandoned. A few years passed and Mr Reed married a Canadian lady, while Miss Armour became the second wife of the late Grosvenor P. Lowery, the well- known and able lawyer of this city. Coming to New York to reside with her husband, her handsome presence, vivacity of manner, and charming hos- pitality, as welhas her husband's as- sured position soon won for her a host of friends, The third act was the death of Mrs Reed about two years ago. The fourth was the death of Mr Lowrey in May, 1893. Mrs Lowrey returned to her girlhood's home at Cobourg to pass her period of mourning. Last winter, while on a visit to Otta- wa she met her old lover—he a widow- er, she a widow. Time had softened, if not removed, the former barrier be- tween them, and the old affection re- turned. A second courtship followed. Mrs Lowery came on to the wedding of her stepdaughter, Miss Virginia Lowrey, to Mr Frank Pennington Ball in this city last week, and returning to Ottawa was married to her first love on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Reed will reside permanently in Ottawa, and'so ends this latter day American -Canadian romance. TIRED,, WEAIK, NERVOUS Means impure blood, and overwork or too. much strain on brain and body. The only, way to cure is to feed the nerves on pare blood. Thousands of people certify that the beet blood purifier, the best nerve tonic and strength builder is Hood's Sarsapar- illa. What it has done for others it will al- so do for yon—Hood's Cures. Hood's Pills cure constipation by restor- ing peristaltic action of the alimentary canal. Mr Wiman has been sentenced to 5a. years in State prison. Minard's Liniment the best Hair Restorer An attempt was made the other night to burn the Dominion hotel at Stratford. Oily waste was pushed under the floor and burned. A time- ly discovery saved a houseful of guests from a possible awful death. Minard's Liniment is the best. The Montreal Street Railway Com- pany on Tuesday morning disposed of all its horses except 155 kept for gen- eral purposes. The original number was 1.500. The stable employes are reduced from 185 to 19, but the dis- missed ones will have other employ- ment found for them. A HEAVY END OF A MATCH. "Mary." said Farmer Flint at the break- fast table as he asked for a second cup of coffee, "I've made a discovery." "Well, Cyrns, yon're about the last one I'd expect of such a thing, but what is it." "I have found that the heavy end of a match is its light end," responded Cyrus with a grin that would have adorned a skull. Mary looked disgusted, but with an air of triumph quickly retorted, "I've got a discovery too, Cyrus. It was made by Dr. R. V. Pierce, and is called a "Golden Med- ical Discovery." It drives away blotches and pimples, purifies the blood, tones up the system and makes one feel brand-new. Why, it cured Cousin Ben who had con sumption and almost reduced to a skele- ton. Before his wife began to use it she was a pale, sickly thing, but look at her;' she's rosy-oheeked and healthy; and weighs 165 pounds. That, Cyrus, is a discovery worth mentioning." Young or middle-aged men, suffering from premature decline of power, however induced, speedily and radically cured. Il- lustrated book sent securely sealed for 10c in stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. POWDERS Cure SICK HEADACHE and Neuralgia in 20 MINUTES, also Coated Tongue, Dizzi- ness, Biliousness, Pain in the Side, Constipation, Torpid Liver, Bad Breath. to stay cured also regulate the bowels. ,VERY NICE TO TAKE. PRICE 26 CENTS AT DRUG) STORMS. rboalft 1 AI WAYJ w#I` -1( acs. The Shittor4 r;o°° Equdfro: any)Mporred. ' Tal(a My Advico-and.9 llsisroRcyetGn`tlis, 10 ,bene 5 MoKe ror " aatcm-`o&torrac. Pleo's Remedy for Catarrh Is the Beet, Easiest to Use, and chooses CAT/kcisk:riek F fiord lip D"regglete or tent biyl'loll. If9c, � , t. ZlazeltlAalgribi 1'w THE CLT NTOfi NEW ER A>. THESf9OWf3ALLWtAGON RIT.'CIlElt ; sumpsPAX' EAD&SHOULDERsQVE ALLOfIIERS .MALL WA"ONCO TGEOIt6EONT This is one of the best Farm Waggons manu- aotured, having been on the market for CO years, and being very strongly built, while at the same imp adapted to all kinds of work, and is noted or its lightness of draft and easy running. Those who have used them will use no other, while the price at which it is sold is no, more than would be paid for an inferior article. The undersigned is sole agent for this neighborhood, and the wag gon may be inspected at any time at his shop OLIVER JOHNSTON. BLACKSMITH ISAAC STREET, : CLINTON WASHIN(ii- MACHINES. Mr B. Coles manufacturing tor'eale a Patent Washing Machin called the ' Magic Washer" which is offered at a very low figure. They can be seen at his residence, Isaac street. B. COLE. Clinton. LIVE HOGS WANTED—Live Hoge from 150 to 200 Pounds. D. CANTELON, Clinton • 8eaasiller Nursery FRUIf AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN PINE, - The latter of which we make a specialty. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, The above ornamental trees and shrubbery will be gold at very low pricee, and those wanting any thing in this connection will save money by pnr chasing here. Oeders by Mailwill be promptly attended to. Address, JOHN STEWART. — Benmlller. • J. L. STEVENSON, —THE LEADING— UNDERTAKER —AND— EMBALMER. A FULL LINE OF GOODS KEN i11 STOCK ThebestEmbalming Fluidused Splendid Hearse. ALBERT ST.,CLINTON Residenceoveretore. OPPOSITE TOWN HALL DO YOU WANT A First-class Step or Long Ladder ? A Handy Wheelbarrow? A Splendid Churn, or anything of like nature? Then call onlW. SMITHSON, a shop, No.7 Frederick St., or E. Dinsley Will be atlDineley's cornerevery Saturdav afternoon - PUMPS : : PUMPS If you want a first-class, well -made pump, one that will give you satisfaction, send your order to the undersigned. He will dig and clean wells, and do it at the closest prices. He also handles a first-class FORCE PUMP JAMES FERGUSON Opposite Queen's Hotel - High Street, Clinton Clinton Planing Mill —AND -- DRY KILNI Tho subscriber, having the very latest improved machinery, and employing the most skilled work- men is able to do work in his line in the most satisfactory manner, at reasonable rates and on the shortest notice. A trial solicited FACTORY NEAR G.T R. STATION, CLINTON THOS. MoKENZIE ROBERT -:- DOWNS, CLINTON, Manufacturer and Proprietor for the best Mwa !Hill Dog in use. Agent forthesaloand appli- cation of the tarPIEFIER PATENT AUTOMATIC BOILER CLEANER. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and app ed on ehlrtnotice Boilers. Engines. and all kinds o Machinery repaired . expeditiously and In asatisfaetory spanner Farm implements manufactured" and repaired Steam and water pumps furnished and put In positipn. Dry KIlus fitted up on application Charges moderate. City BAKERY OPPOSITE FAIR'S MILL. Tho undersigned having bought out the bakery business so successfully oarriod on by Mr Win. Young,will continuo the business at tho old stand He wilendeavor, by supplying a first class arti- ole, to merit the liberal support of the people Bread delivered anywhere In town. Wedding Cakes, Fruit or Sponge Cakes supplied on short notice. Bli.,ECEWZ H, ` CLINTON City Bintchi i Shop SMITH'S I.3LU LK, OPPOSITE THE .POST OFFICE, CLINTON The undersigned having opened out in th e Ai Block, desires to state that he will keep on band toe very choicest Meats. Having no ex- pense outside of himself, he is in a position to sell at the very olosest prices. Ile will at all times be prepared to pay the highest market price for Export Cattle. LIVE HOGS always wanted 'for export. Give him a call. ROBT. FITZSIMONS HURON ST. BUTCHER SHOP I desire most coralally to thank a,. -those who have favored us with their patronage since I commenced in business, and to enure them and the public generally that we are in better shape than ever to cateer to their wants, having added aninproved refrigerator and other convenienees at our shop. W HEAT.LE7i & SCRUTON Clinton MEAT Market BUSINESS : CHANGE. The undersigned desires to intimate •that he hfil bought out the interest of Mr Couch, in the butchering business lately parried on under the same ofe thURD e'o d stand,Caand truHe stsby continue th e gihing- closest and most careful attention to the busi- ness, etraig6htforward and courteous treatment to all, and handling only choice meat, to merit and receive a fair share of public patronage. All orders caretully and promptly filled JAMES A. FORD . Central Butcher Slop Subscriber desires to thank the public general- ly, for the patronage bestowed upon him; and at the same time to say that be is now in a bet ter position than ever to supply the wante of all. As he gives personal attention to all the details of the bueinese customers can rely on their orders being promptly and satisfactorily filled. His motto is "good meat at reasonable prices." Choice Sausage, Poultry, &c., in season. Cash paid for Hides, Skins, &o. JOHN SCRUTON, Albert St., Clinton. Flour and Feed Mores Flour, Feed & Seed Store The undersigned having formed a partnership, desire to intimate that they will keep on hand the very best FLOUR and FEED Of all kinds also the choicest variety of Clover, Timothy & Small Seeds Which will be Bold at close margins for caeb. SALT also kept on hand. They will also keep a choice variety of all kinds of TEAS which con- sumers will find to be excellent value. HILL & PROUT, HURON ST., CLINTON. CVOK'S FlouriFeed Store BRAN & SHORTS In large or small quantities. OIL CAKE and MEAL OF ALL KINDS. 10 pounds Choice Oatmeal for 1 bushel of Oats. D. COOK, CLINTON. BANKS The Molsons Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliament,1855, CAPITAL, $2,000,000. REST FUND, - $1,175,000' HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL: J. H. R. MOLSON President. F. W. THOMAS,.... General Manager. Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts M- aned, Sterling and American exchange bought and sold at lowest current rates. Interest al- lowed on deposits. • F'AR1V1>f 1ReS. Money advanced to farmes on their own note with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re- quired as security H. C. BREWER, Manager. (CEO. D. MCTAGGART. BANKER, ALBERT ST, - CLINTON. A genera' Banking Business tH ansacted NOTES DISCOUNTED )Drafts,issued. Interest allowed on deposits. FA.RRA.N & TISDALL BANKERS, CLIAI TON. OE T Advances made to farmers on their own notes at low rates of interest. general tanking Business traneaoteo Inter allowed on deposits. ire Notes bought J. P. TISDALL, Manage THE COILED SPRING Wove Wil#e Fencing. 1UIII1IIII A�tnr��r� Meesre'Stanley and S • are Agents fox\ the Aberfence, which is 'aimed to be the beltr�feencccing wirema ..,{�' . tared of the kind ► J,.Gilif4EJ� & ST t,r , Plato grillErAiinrMINI n To our oustomers who have helped us to make our last year the best in the bisiory#et the firm, we tender our beat thanks, and amenia thorn we will will apare,no efforts to not only retain their trade, but to give them even better value for their money or produce than heretofore. We have just closed the purohaee)ell ONE CAR LOAD OF SUGAR Direct from Redpath's refinery (without doubt the best Sugar produced in Canada) which. we will sell by the dollars worth or by the barrel at prides that cannot be beaten. TEAS, COFFEES, CANNED GOODS, FRUITS Andteverything pertaining to a first -plass trade as low as the lowest. We believe we are within the mark, when we say our BLACK TEA at 50c a lb. beats the town. We have bad a large Bale of CROCKERY lately which has diminished our stock somewhat, but have a nice assortment arriving which we will be pleased to show intending purchasers. Call and get prices before buying. MCMUItI tAY & WILTSE, N'earPostOf ee—CENTRAL: GROCERY—Tolephoi a 40 �'eloomo SIrkgislicaratilisl,illoBow Glean' T'� . Amo ' We offer full lines of Scrubbing Braehes, Stove Brushes, Shoe Brushes, Whitewash Brushes, Self -wringing Mops and Mop handles,. Patent Brooms, &c., Whiting, Peariine, Sapolio, Washing Soda and Mashing Crystal. SOAPS—Sunlight, Sunbeam, Home Stveet Home, Surprise, Wide Awake, N. P., Viotor, 0. K. Electric, Dingman'e, Amonia, Niagara, Standard, Century Soap. TOILET SOAPS—Pure White Castile and Oatmeal Bars, Heliotrope, Baby's Own, Home Comfort, Carbolic, Tar, Sulphur, Master Mechanics will remove bat' and grease *•om the hands. CROCK1PIRY—During April we offer Toilet Sets, Dinner and Tea mete at greatly re - diced prices for oaeh. We cannot be excelled in the quality and flavor of our TEAS, either in Black, Green or Japans. Special outs in Teas and Sugars lin qinaitities. Cann- ed goods, Pickles, Spines. Hams, Bacon, Lard, Cottolene, Oatmeal, Cornmeal, Flaked Peas, Flaked Hominy. We continue to offer special inducements to Dash purchaseca N. ROBSON, Clinton. CLIN'ivON. Sash, Door & Blind Factory : S; S. COOPER, Proprietor : : Owing to my increasing business, I am building an extensive addition to) my premises, arfd also putting in one of the latest improved Patent Dry Kilns, and will then be in a better position than ever to fill all orders entrusted to me. We prepare plane and estimates for all kinds of residences, and execute contracts for the same on short notice, and in a workmanlike manner. We manufacture to order and also carry in stook all kinds of Window Sash, Door Frames, Blinds, Lumber, Lath, &o. Persona who intend to build will find it to their own interest to see me before sodoing. S. S. COOPER, Clinton THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD.. • • THE OXFORD'. • That will burn COUCH WOOD and COAL ... Equally ,Well... the GRRDUAII :: Will do tt : : Has the Largest Oven. OIL GAS COOK STOVE without wick. Makes and Burns Its Own Gas From Common Coal Oil. NO DIRT, NO HEAT IN THE KITCHEN. Cooks a Fami:l.' Dinner for Two Cents.. IS A FARMER'S STOVE P Is Everybody's Cook Stove. see It. The GURNEY FOUNDRY CO., Ltd., TORONTO. s NERVE BEANS ppooNEIIVE BEANS aro a now Ms. Nervourery s that tho worst, and Miss Maopod�ei• restores the weakness of body or mind caused by over -work or tho errors orOtt 1001.1.00.01.06111*ce ' eienof youth. This hewed; b':• Solutely cores the most obstinate races when q11 nthet VUNATatmnTe nave failed even to Niltove. soldeydrug• 4141per'peckngo,orair for $g,or soot b aiai,on "two by addrssingTHE JAMES siEDICiane 1ifO.. Torox•u.Oat. W tsforpamphl.". Soltsold by "iii , . col.ibe. ody ataliseartitAsteams Backache, Dropsy, Lumbago, Bright's Dis- ease, Rheumatism and all other forms of Kidney Troubles, we are backed by the testimony 6f all who have used them. THEY CURE TO STAY CURED,.By all druggists ists or mail on receipt of rico go cents. Dr. L. A. Smith & Co., Toronto. ALL THc WOMEN Aro healthy some of the time some women are healthy all the time, but all women are not healthy all the time unless they wash with a • SEWARD :: WASHER We warrant the Seward Washer to cleanse any febrle that soap and water will cleanse. Now ie the bine to wash your carpets and laoc ourtafne. Grit a Seward Washer, manufactured by J. T: SLW.ARD, : Clinton, Ont • 0 S WA117TED w evefy+ toil lu odutulit. SAFE PLEAS A.NP THE GREAT RELIABLE BLOOD PURIFIER 1, 1114,4 ..\'‘i ''/-' .'{ 'e ; j BRISTOL'S SARSAPARILLA CURES ALL. Taints of the Blood. /95 CERTAIN NERVE BEANS ppooNEIIVE BEANS aro a now Ms. Nervourery s that tho worst, and Miss Maopod�ei• restores the weakness of body or mind caused by over -work or tho errors orOtt 1001.1.00.01.06111*ce ' eienof youth. This hewed; b':• Solutely cores the most obstinate races when q11 nthet VUNATatmnTe nave failed even to Niltove. soldeydrug• 4141per'peckngo,orair for $g,or soot b aiai,on "two by addrssingTHE JAMES siEDICiane 1ifO.. Torox•u.Oat. W tsforpamphl.". Soltsold by "iii , . col.ibe. ody ataliseartitAsteams Backache, Dropsy, Lumbago, Bright's Dis- ease, Rheumatism and all other forms of Kidney Troubles, we are backed by the testimony 6f all who have used them. THEY CURE TO STAY CURED,.By all druggists ists or mail on receipt of rico go cents. Dr. L. A. Smith & Co., Toronto. ALL THc WOMEN Aro healthy some of the time some women are healthy all the time, but all women are not healthy all the time unless they wash with a • SEWARD :: WASHER We warrant the Seward Washer to cleanse any febrle that soap and water will cleanse. Now ie the bine to wash your carpets and laoc ourtafne. Grit a Seward Washer, manufactured by J. T: SLW.ARD, : Clinton, Ont • 0 S WA117TED w evefy+ toil lu odutulit.