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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-09-12, Page 6• l�. Ce tlemaf'" . IMO ,for ierlt reaide.t ba cenne * set e lelettniete idea in, A .neleiui. t98 + wife 1! t 20 Years. past, line .vife. and 1. helm used Ayer'gt Ila1F rigor, and we attribute to lt.the dark hair which glie and 1 now have, while hun- dreds of our acquaint - awes, ten or a dozen years younger than wo, are eithergray-headed, white, or bald. When asked how our hair has retained its color and fullness, we reply,' Icy the use u! Ayer's hair Vigor—nothing else."' "In 1868,.my affianced was nearly bald, and the hair kept fall- ing o u t every day. I "';j.e ,°G•,. +a.'1'J R `+'Ai.}� Induced hertouse ,dyer's flair Vigor, and very soon, it not onlyebecked any further loss of hair, but ,iraluoed an entirely new growth, which Inas remained luxuriant and glossy to this day. 1£ Can recommend this preparation to all In -need of a genuine hair -restorer. It is all that It is claimed to be."—Antonio Alarrun, IlaetrOP, Tex. e • .AYER'S AIR VICOR TheH uron News-Reoora 1.5 0 a Year -51.26 In Advance. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 1894. Yon look with pleasure and surprise Upon my charming dresses ; They're old ones dyed with Diamond Dyes— I'm glad my work impresses. tefIf you mail this verse and notice and 25 cents in stamps or stoney to WELLS & RICHARDSON CO., Montreal, you will receive Our Home, Canada's new monthly family paper. for one year ; also illustrated book on "How to make Mats and Rugs," and one pack- age of Ink Powder, for making 16 ounces of best black ink. air Mention this paper. Owing to the stook the sun has not been at Dolgeville, N. Y. • e from bush fires seen for a week • SIRS.—My baby was summer complaint, and would die, until I tried Extract of Wild Straw the first dose I noticed the . better, and now he i fat and healthy. Mrs. A. London, Ont. very bad with I thought he Dr. Fowler's berry. With. a change for s cured, and Normandin, There is nothing to prevent anyone concocting a mixture and calling it "sarsaparilla," and there is nothing to prevent anyone spending good money testing the stuff;. but prudent people, who wish to be sure of their remedy, take onlyAyer's Sarsaparilla, and so get cure The grand council of the Ca Mutual Benefit Association of Ca met at St. John, N. B., last week 325 delegates in attendance. holic nada with GENTLEMEN. -1 have used yo Yellow Oil and hare found it unequa ed for burns, sprains, scalds. rheuun tism, croup and colds. All who use i recommeng ic. Mrs. Hight, Montreal Que. 11- a - Green apples, Little 'b Fathere'IKer ode, Mother's joy, Undertaker, Coffin stnall, Cholera— That was all. RELIEF IN SIX HOURS.—Distressing Kidney an Bladder diseases relieved in si hours by the • NE GREAT SourH AIMERICAN KIDNEY CURE." Thi, ne remedy Is a great surprise and delight to phy sic inn eon account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in the bladder, 1y'dneys, back and every part of the urinary pas 'I B in male or female. ft relieves retention of wets,and pain in passing it almost im mediately. If yon want quick relief and cure this is our remedy. Sold by Watts & Co. and Allen & Wilson Druggists. , Bailiff Burns tells the story of a London townsh!lijpig that has develop- ed a taste ''for grasshoppers. The bailiff says it is a Sight worth walking to the country to see when his pigship is chasing the hoppers along the burnt up roadside. A— SHILOH S VITALIZER. 1) Mrs. T. S. Hawkins, Chattanooga Tenn., says : "Shiloh's Vitatizsr 'SA VAD 111Y LIFIL'.' I consider it the best rentedy for a debilitated system I ever used." For Dyspepsia, Liver or Kidney trouble it excels. Price 75 cts. Sold by J. H Combe A Wisconsin farmer has ten acres in blackberries from which he peoduces over $600 worth of fruit per acre. Farming in Huron might, by following this example find in a comparatively new industry a greater source to pro- fit than they do now in the production of cheese: DEAR SIRS.—I have been using Bur- dock Bitters for Roils and skin diseases, and I find it very good as a cure. As a dyspepsia cure I have also found it un- equalled. Mts. Sarah Hamilton, Montreal, Que. Well cleaning has hteen all the go this dry spell, a great nrat,y of the wellshere:age naveng given out. Soft water iQ,fry soiree commodity. "Send me $5 worth'V4illiariis' Royal Crown Remedy and Pills to Winnipeg. I used several bottler when in ea - forth, and know the gttrbd of it." P. KLINTHAMMER. Manager Northwest atholic Review" 818 pitm BEST AD RTISEMENTS. litany thousands ' unsolicted lettere have s f reached th�nanufacturer ei o Scott's Emulsion itf"om those cured through its use of Consumption and Scrofulous diseases! None can speak so confidently of its merits as those whet testtit. a:I$x noir. In his oblige. at I!1'ew Scotland Yetele 'pat Inspsotor:Murphy, Vida of the tipe- oiala told ori to keep watch aver the att- arolti4ts, He was eniroseed is the per, ural of a large. of iciel looking deaument, when he wasinterrupted bj' theentrance Of two of his prinoipid aubordinatee, De- teettve Sereeaitel IguliigQtt and Magee They liad come to ingtift•i! ti lip had' diiy orders to give them before they left the "Yard" for the night. "Ah. boys," eels! the Inspector, look-' ing up, "1 was just going to seutl for you," "Mu;e work, sir?" asked Mulligan, "Aye, and hot work, too,". {iuiweeea the luapeotor, with it signitio,tut ehake of his head. "I have pet received word from the French police that Lucien Miusnte, Louis Roche. and Jean Lerat, who disappeared from Paris some weeks ago, are reported to be iu London." "Miastne, Roche and Lerat," repeated Diulligan, thoughtfully. "They are the fellowe who were tried for that Notre Dante aren't they?" "Yes, and who should have been hanged for it," replied the inspector. "The church was Pull of people—wo-, men end children chiefly—and scores of them were killed or injured. One fam- ily—the Comte De La Targe and hie wife and two daughters—who were sit- ting just where the +• bomb exploded, were simply wiped out. I believe at this moment that tate only representa- tive of the De La Targe family ex- isting is the son, who, at the time of the outrage, and now. for all I gnaw, was serving with his regiment in Siam." "If that son ever meets Miasine,Roclte and Levet there'll be trouble, I expect," was Mulligan's comment. "Yes; it was reported in the French papers that when he heard of the result of the trial he swore he would have the blood of his mother's murderers yet, I dare say, however, lie soon cooled down. At any rate, he has• meds no move, and that's seven months ago. But to busi- ness. The Frouch police tell me that Miami), Roche and Lerat are said to be here for .the purpose of committing outrages in revenge for our surrender- ing that ruffian Marquis. They say, too, that they are well supplied with money, though where it comes from is a mystery. If that's the cases the sooner we get on their track the better." The Inspector'paused for a moment and searched among the papers en his desk. Then he handed to the detectives several photographs. "These," lie said, "are portraits of the three ruffians taken when they were in prison in Paris. Look at them well, and see that you don't forget the rascals' faces." The two detectives examiued the photographs closely. An anxious aud prolouged consultation followed. When it was ended midnight was far past. The two, detectives left the "Yard" and turned down the dark awl silent embankment, The diffloultiee and re- spousibilities of the task that night tom• nutted to them lay heavy on their minds. Neither of the men spoke as they walked slowly along, loot in anxious thought. Suddenly Mulligan stopped and caught Magee tightly by the arm. At the same instant there was a brilliant flash of reddish light about two huudred yards in front of them. The next gigteeleatelseggie AN EXPLOSION DOWN THE STRE= second a tremendous report almost deaf- ened them. For a moment the two detectives were too dumfounded to think or act. Mul- ligan, (however, quickly pulled himself together. "The anarchirc;e, by heaveu 1" he cried. "Come, Tom, w -v may cutch the scoun- drels yet." Wi tout an instaut's hesita- tion the two ni dashed off at break- neck speed long the embankment toward the spot where the explosion had taken place. , As they neared is they slackened their pace and kept a sharp lookout, so that nothing might escape tl'etu in the darkness. A second later they observed a dark mass lying hud- dled up ou the pavement. They ap- proached the abject warily. It was the body of a man, A moment's examina- tion showed then) that he had been kill- ed by the explosion. His right arm was blown simply to fragments, and hie right side woe a bleeding mass of flesh and bouos and clothes. He was quite dead. Detective Sergeant Mulligan struck a light and examined the dead man's face. '"rhe chief hero of the Notre Dame explosion has exploded himself. The Lord be praised !" Subsequent investigation confirmed the detective's theory. They felt no doubt that the Ulan killed that night was the redoubtable anarchist Louis Roche and that he had perished In the premature explosion of the bomb ire wag carrying while ou his way to com- mit soma diabolical outrage. What the outrage intended was and how lie had become possessed of the bomb—e'hich from the fragments discovered about the scene of the explosion experts pro- nounced to be of excellent, workman- ship—were not known for some time. At length, however, another communi- cntiqu was received from the French police, which threw light on both these points and on many ethers besides. From this communication it appeared that among anarchists in Pa is it was said that the outrage intended was no- thing leas than the blowing up of the Houses of Parliament, or, at any rate, of the Clock Tower. The bomb had been prepat'ed by a person passing among the nnarohiste under the name— assumed, no doubt—of La Revanche. This poison was reported to be a man i of some wealth, and at the same time a ftkilled chemist, ,and he was devoting both bis time and money to the o:tuse of anarchism. He appeared to be knowu personally to few of the brethren—in- deed, for purposes of ,safety, he mixed little with them, living in rooms in the Walt KiiiItst Loddon, where be prepared Uie liott►ba,',t d ineeting pror,'eaeetl inter' abuts Nnly, ft`etn'tit 1e to. Lime to order, to• plait outrage$ . u4 provide.theta with the Motion of +Darning:. thein out, I►ijxsute, Lerat aud fire ante. Roobe; were •hle.eapeoini iatftnatee and .lug chosen ia' ytrument3 ter netecting )tial nialignlittt jurpoees—in sista lie had created sumo. ealousy iu tnatttahtst* clrolee by refusing to ,plat.e oeitffidence in any others but, those., The tooutmuulcation concluded by stating !that the misadventure by twhictt Louis Roche httd lost ilia life had not the slightest degree discouraged La Revanetiie And hit assoclntes, and that another attempt at outrage iuigl zt be ex- peotee at guy moMent, -.Accordiug• to .the rumors circulating among the null - taut anarchists in,Yaret this` would pro- bably take, the form 01 au exi3loeiou at Woolwich Arsenal, or at some of the government doulre tu•de, On receiving this coinmunication Iu- speotorMurphy had another consultation with his subordinates, "'Phis," said Magee, when the Inspec- tor had stated the effect of the French police's Communication, "this is tt new developn'eut iu anarchism—the• gentle- man anar•ai"ist." "1 was thinking," said Mulligan, "that when we're fortunate enough to trace Miasme and Lerat, we should not arrest then—only shadow 1110111. Li Revanche must meet them some time or other, and when he does we could shadow himi until we discober where Ins bomb factory is, theu we *night catch the lot." The inspector lay back in his chair and reflected. While he was doing so a messenger entered the room and handed Milli it telegram. He tore the envelope open and glanced at the message. Then he whistled. "By Jove 1" he exclaimed; "they are going it. Just listen 1" " 'PORTSMOUTH, 11.20 p. nr.—Ex- pioeion iu harbor. No injury to person or property. No truce of perpetrator of outrage. Send officer to investigate.' "What do you Wink of that?" "Looks like ;Mother bungle," said Mulligan, quietly. "Faith It does," answered the Iuspe°. tor, "but it may put us du the track of the rascals. Mulligan, start you by the flret traiu and wake searching iu• guides." Mulligan did start by the first train, and did make searching inquiries. Tneso inquiries resulted in It•pretty cer- tain opinion that, as he said when the telegram was received that at Southsea a foreigner ou the night of tee explosion had hired a email rowiug boat and that boat had not been returned. He discovered further that fragments of a rowing boat similar to the one hired pad been picked up outside Portsmouth bar• bor. On showing to the oivuer of the missing boat the photographs of Miasma aud Lerat, that pershu, atter some hes- itation, identified i\litisiue as the for- eigner who hired the pout. From these facts Mulligan drew the conclusion that Malone had made an attempt to blow up the dockyard or the shipping in Podemeutit harbor, and had perished by the premature expinsiou of the botub. And tliis conclusion was shortly after. ward confirmed by advices froni the French police, These were to the effect that autoug Paris anarchists it wire stat- ed that the dockyard was the object of attack, and that since the attempt. was *nada Mias"ne had been missing. It was added that much dissatisfaction ex- isted regarding Lt Revanche and his skill ne a bomb maker, but that, as he alone among Lolidou anarchists possess. ed funds, he still contrived, in spite of his successive failures, to maintain hie position. Inspector Murphy had not very Ione,, to wait. Some three weeks after tilts conversation, he received word of au attempted outrage at Hampton Court, The inhabitants of the palace were awakened about midnight by a tremen- dous explosion. The guard turned out, and, after cousiderable trouble, discover- ed the dead body of a mutt iu the gar- dens. Evidently- he, like Roche and Miasme, had been "exploded himself," as inspector Murphy palled it, when at. tempting to blow up Hampton Court. On the Inspector examining the dead than, he had no difficulty • in identifying Lilo as the third of that terrible trio of desperadoes—Lerat. Every one of them then had perished by the same menus as they had used to' murder the innocent congregation of Notre Dame. The detectives were still engaged in investigating the circumstances connect- ed with this explosion when Lspector Murphy received a tnysterious note. i1 ran as follows: "All is discovered. Met La R.vanohe take cure. He thinks the bus escaped, having tied from London. But the arms of the brotherhood stretch far. Tell him—your agent provocateur—that he is uow in as great danger as the was its Belgrave road. The avengers of blood are after lulu. Ile shall perish. ANARCHIST." "Hello!" cried Inspector Mnrphy whet' ho had read the *note; "the third failure has been too much fur them, and La Revanche is now to be blown up himself, More power to their elbow, 1 say." "Bel grave road," said Mulligan; "that's where lie hung out, appat•eutly. Surely with such a straight tip as that we should he fools if we failed to lay hands on Lira. Half an hour later the two detectives were in I3elgrave road searching for the lodgings of the missing M. La Revanche. They soon discovered them, too, though the mune he had passed under with itis landlady was not La Revanche, but Montagnard. The lady gave' a very particular description of him, and stated that the cab which tools away hint and his luggage went to Victoria. He had not taken all his luggage, and what the had left behind demonstrated his idet- tit3 with La Revanche. It consisted of several uncharged bombs, a large bottle of sulphuric acid and the materials for compounding an explosive powder of great strength, Evidently he had left in'e hurry. To Mulligan was doligated thhe fluty of tracing the missing man. The task was no easy one, and fur more than a month his reports were not altogether satisfac- tory. He had traced La Revanche to Paris, but there for a long time lie com- pletely lost sight of him. One morning, just after Inspector Murphy had reached his office at the "Yard." the door opened and In walked Detective.,Sorgeant Mulligan. Though entirely unexpected Ira wee received by the Inspector without the slightest indi- cation of surprise. "Well, what'd up now?" Murphy ask- ed, in his quietest way. "Oh, I've flniehed the job, sir," repli- ed Mulligan. "Found La Revanche?" asked Murphy. Mulligan nodded his head. "Had him arrested?" asked Murphy. Mulligan sloolc his head. "Failed to establish his identity r asked Murphy., la a tone; of disappoint., ttttttttd . "1191.1 lard •iono trotible over that," 'refilled l~lulligun,t'but14t the end he ad sleeted. i1 himself,'t "A. i ted i . h i. if' led the its* dm t t .in � ?., qr. sp.color: ''And prttyhy lid aha Y4rQnch ¢o'terntnenti ietitse .to arraBt liiin?'" "*because he's the young Comte de It Targe, Whose father, mother end two sisters were murdered by Roche & Co. at the Norte Durno Explosion, The inspector looker{ eteadtly at Itis subordinate for a. ntotnent; then he whietledto relieve his feeliuge. "W but are they going to do with him?" he then asked. "Decorate him and send hila back to his regiment in Siam," was the answer. --London Truth. A SUBURBAN EPISODE. and afterward ex lulu ,t9 1►lltll liie` mley take .1n. tila politest• manner p ialblq. Pool' fellow, ho, le r,tlter litiadions' • .. tliink. '"Wha4 tun r cried Sue gleefully,. clapping hell lianile togethor, ' • And the two. girls beetled aboutwitlt skillet, gridiron and coffee strains, while Mr. Mitrkleltani set vie►vitiiw„ Ire fire and wondering what Gibbs ou dl'd possibly have meaut by talking about "art old woman 1" , Ten minuteeatterwards he found hire self seated before a table, whereupon was spread a rich repast, "Thin is very nice, indeed. Lizzie!" said Dlr. Markleham patronizingly, "I ani glad t9 see that you are such a good cook," And he striegbt►vay proceeded to do. the best of practical justice to her ef- forts ; for the long wulk thud giveu ad- ditional zest to an appetite which was not poor at any time. "A very nice supper, Lizzie!" eatd Mr. Markleham, refolding iris napkin aud placing it the table ere he drew out a cigar from his pocket case. "Pin glad you like it, sir," said Lizzie smilingly, "and I hope that when you become my neighbor at Laurel cottage you will oftenddrop. lino suchanother." "Eli!" cried I11ts , tarklelutin, starting back. "Ain't thiui Laurel cottage?" "No, sir ," Miss Wyman answered de - 'ninety. "You're in my house, and I am Elizabeth Wyman, your future neighbor, very happy to 'nuke your ac- quaintance, even after this unusual fashion." "I - I beg your pardon, Miss Wyman," gasped our hero, turning scarlet. "1 don't see how I came to snake such a ridiculous Mistake ? What an a rehear donkey you crust have taken me for 1" , And a cold perspiration broke out round the roots of his hair as he recalled the off -hand manner in which he had addressed his supposed domestic. "Pll go," he uttered, hulking a dive toward his hat, and dropping the un- smoked cigar on the floor, with a cauu- tenanco of sualt misery that Lizzie Wynuut's womanly pity came to the res- cue. "You will do no such thing, 11r. Markleham," she said. "My brother will be here presently, and you shall stay and spend the evening with us, and learn to laugh at your own mis- take." So Mr. Markleham stayed until Tom Wyman came home from the city in the evening train; and as lie after wards said, "he never spout a pleasanter eveuiug in his life." For ten years Hugh Markleham had peen a wanderer upon the face of the earth. Financially speaking he had been successful, but fur all that period of time he bad been literally homeless. Now be was procedding to a honte of his own, first road to the left beyond the bridge," mused Mr. Markleham to him- self, "and the first house. The directions are plain enough, I urn sure." And he repocketed his memorandum book, whereat Moses Gibbs, the house agent, had jotted down sundry items re gurding his new purchase. He paused half hesitatingly in front of a low wicket gate, hanging by nue hinge, from witch a shrub -grown path wouud up through untrimmed woods to a oue•story dwelling. "Nonsense 1" he tnuttered to himself ; "it cau't be that sited of a lace. 'A desirable cottage' was what Gibbs said. 'situated in the midst of a charming grouuds.' And, by Jupiter, this is the very spot." He swung open the gilded iron gate of a pretty little inclosure, whore the graveled paths shone whitely in the twilight, and evergreens skirted the path like tall old monks wrapped in serge • cloaks. Here and there a rustic seat of twisted maples; and the cottaee beyond —a low•eaved, piotureeque affair, with verandas on every side—exactly met our Peru's ideas of the "desirable caun• try residence" painted in such glowing terms by "Moss Gibbs, Esq., real estate agent. Ye" ••s, Yes," soliloquized Mr, Markle - ham, as he strode up the path, "I shall be as uutnfortablo as possible here. But what's this? A fire burning its I live! Well, this is thoughtful of Gibbs," His countenance expanded into broad smiles as he pushed open the door and entered a pretty room ou the left of the main entrance hall, carpeted in Brus• eels, and curtained to con espond, with a glowing lire of coal cast ruddy reflec- tions through the whole room, and a cushioned armchair stood close to the velvet rug. "Gibbs told me there was furniture in the house, and an old woman left in change," diottght Marklelmun, sitting dorsi in the Busy chair, and expending his chilled fingers to the blaze; "but 1 hadn't any idea of such snug 'quarters as this! Well, well, there is sonuithiug in R house of one's own, after all 1 And ne u•spapers and books on the table 1 Gibbs is a jewel! He told me I should like the place, and I believe Ire's deter•- inined•to snake me fall its love with it ut firht." Mstt.eigMarlcleham leaned luxuriously back among the cushions and, strangely enough, his thoughts went back ten years ago to the days when he was a preux chevalier among the pretty girls 111 Carristowu. "Papaw 1" he ejaculated aloud. "What a true saying it is, that there is no foul like au old fool! I do believe that there's something suggestive of matrimony in *hie comfortable little room. Why, Tut over forty, if I'm a day. As Mr. Marklel►ain sat there, basking in the warmth and coziness of the scene, the door of an adjoining room opened and two ladies carne hi, their faces glow• Mg with the frosty wind. "Why, Lizzie," cried the shorter one, stopping suddenly in the very apt of lay. ing her Iur•bordcred hood on the table, "there is sotne one in the parlor 1" "Nonsense 1" said Lizzie, who, al- though she was eight or nine and twenty, was exceedingly rosy and fair to look upon, and a little saucy uose -slightly turned up. "The alt and the crickets may be there, but who on earth besides ?I" "'But tell you I saw frim," said Sue, gripping her cousin's arm; "A great big, tall man in youeseasy chair, sitting staring tato fi" '•Fiddatle, t1 ks ret" cried Lizzie. '"There, let go of toy arm, I'll go :and see for *myself. " And she marched courageously intc the 100111. Lizzie Wyinan had expected to behold nothiui; 1110t•e than a situdow. Seeing a veritable specimen of the genus home, slue paused a little abruptly and stared at the new comer. Mt•. Mtu•kleluaur stared equally hard at her. Moses Gibbs, Esq•, real estate and insurance agent, 1,841 mentioned an old woman. But our hero recovered his self-possession almost immediately. "'I suppose you're Mary Ann," said ho affably. •"No, sir," said Mies Wyman,still sore - "Oh, "I'rn Lizzie." '•Oh, Lizzie, ei.? Well, it's just the same. I dare say you d.dn't expect me just yet Y' "No, sir, I certainly did not." said Liz• zio, beginning to wonder whether or not she tedreauiing, "It'ass all right, no doubt," said Mr, Markleham, "Things look very nice and comfortable here, 'Lizzie, my girl, and now the next best thing you can do will be to toss Inc up a little bit of supper, and be quick about it for I'm half -fam- ished. And, Lizzie, you might send the other girl out for any little trifle you may want in the culinary department. Of course,though," he added, as he drew out a bill and extended 11 towards the aetonislued damsel, "'I shan't expect to keep two girls as a regular thing, al- though I must hunt up' a man to take care of the horses.. Now run along, and make haste. back Lizzie Wyman" retreatedupon Sue Baring, scarlet with suppressed mirth. "Sue," she cried, the instant the door was safely closed, "I see it all 1" "The man is an escaped lunatic, isn't he?" cried Sue. "Nothing of the sort!" said Lizzie' energetically. "He has only made a blunder, Can't you see, Sue, it's the old bachelor who has taken the place next door?" "Olt-{t•it 1" aspirated Sue, with sparkles of amusement beginning to Dome into her eyes. "But, Lizzie, what are you going dodo?'' "To oaok him the nicest supper I eau more women Thea 1mIatt. Statistics prove that taking the world as a whole the number of men and wo- men are about equal—Ute best arguutout against polygamy—but this relationship varies greatly when individual coyutries are cousidered. According to ',last estimate of the world's populatio made up from the censuses in single States. Norway and Scotl,und are the •countries with the greatest relative number of women. In these countries there nru to every 100 men respectively 107.5 and 107.2 women. The excess of women is also large in Sweden', there being 100 5 to every 100 men; in England, where there are 106; in Dem -nark a itis 105 1, and . in Switzerland e ith 105.6. The. countries of the North in general shorn a larger proportion of women. Of the lands with a more temp.•rato climate, Austria has 104.4 women to 100 men, Iiungr ry 101.5 to 100, uud France 100.7 to 100. Further towards t:.e South men be- come the mote numerous. Spain, almost alone of the Southern Europeauu cuuu- tries, numbers more females than orales, the proportions being 101 to 100. Rou- mania, Servia, and Bulgaria are more masculine, so.to speak, were being for every 100 rnen reIpeetively, 96.4, 01.8, and 96.1 women, In Italy the percentage is almost equal, tate relationship being 99.5 to 100 iu favor of the women. In the United States, say the autlioritIes, tike older States show a small excess of women, and the new ones an excess ofmen. There are in the Atlantic and Eastern States 100.11 women to 100 mea, while in some of the Pacific and Western Status there are only 69,8 women to 100 nten, lo new countries there is invariably an excess of men—a fact natural and easy. of ex- planation, The promised laud of wo• men is still Australia, where evon in the oldest colonies the stronger sex far out- numbers the weaker. In Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia the relationship is respectively 90,6 84.9, and 92,1 in favor of the duan. In West Austialia there are only 67 women to 100 mete It India, to every place ex- cept the Government of Madras, the men outnumber the women. Chicago luler Oueau. MU, ns St m Bartle. One oat a.dese, His GRrid.T • nen • ' p39mp 7 curie where all ethers fall Coughs,, Croup lire Throat, Hoarseness, wl:eoplag Cougu and Asthma, For Consumption it fie n9 rival• bas cured thontiai'tds,and 'Rill can TOT/ lit t kenin time. Sold by Druggist* oh a tiva,-. antee, T'or it Lame Beek or Chest, use 8&lLOli'9 I3ELLADQIVIlA'PLAST&W.25c. fes lee es sewn lamp ut.atnrrn? This 14E4 wit remeclyf6¢nfir teed to curd you. Woe, 60 ct9; ennegtgr Sold by J. H. COMBE. Gossip tells of a fanner not a hundred miles from Plattsville who allowed his pigs to•become so fat on his neighbor's peas that he did not know then) and drove them into pound, when as. he thought, they had trespassed on his own premises. IIHRUIuATI,II CEDED IN A DAY, --S.11111 America. Rheumatic Cure, for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 8 days. Its action upon the system .s remarkable and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately die appears. The first dose greatly benefits. 75 omits 8015 by Watts & Co. and Allen & Wilson, rimiest. An exchange says that washing dishes causes chaps. That's {right. Lots of chaps are on the lookout for girls who ain't afraid to wash dishes. Dr. Low's Worm Syrup cures and re- , moves worms of all kinds ip children or adults. Price 25c. Sold by all deal- ers. Mules in the Mince. It is a common affair for mules to be imprisoned for years in the limitless night of the alines. Our acquaintance, "China," had been four years buried. Upon the surface there had been the white ofthe seasons,the e a lender marchp of snows had changed again and again to the glories of green springs. Four times had the earth been ablazs with the decorations of brilliant autumns. But Chin:t, and his frieuds had remained in these dungeons, from which daylight, if one could got a view ftp a shaft, would appear a tiny circle, a silver star aglow iu a stable . Usually wskyhen brought to the surface, these animals tremble at the earth, radiant in the sunshine. Later they go almost mad with fantastic joy. Tne full splendor of the heavens, tae grass, the trees, the breezes break upon them suddenly. They caper and career with extravagant mulish glue. Once a miner told nee of a mule that had spent some delirious months upon the surface after years of labor iu the mines. Finally the time Dame when he wee to be taken back into the depths. They attempt- ed to take him through a tunnel in a hillside. But the nlenloly of a black existence was upon him: be knew that gaping mouth that threatened to swal- low him. He had all the strength of mind for which his race is famous. No cudgelling, could induce hila. The men held conventions and discussed plans to budge that mule. The celebrated quality of obstinacy in him won liberty to gam- bol clumsily about on the surface. After being long in the mines, the mules are apt to duck and dodge at the close glare of lamps. but some of thein • have been known to have piteous fears of being left in We dead darkness. They seem 111011, somehow, like tittle children. We met a boy once who said that some- times the wily way he could got his resolute team to move was to run ahead of thorn with the light. Afraid of the darkness, they would trot hurriedly after him, and so take the train of heaver ears to a desired plans,—McClure s Magazine. A man regards his newspaper much as he does his wife—something to find fault with when he feels cross and something he never approves of. A LOON To HORBEMEN.—ORO bottle of English apavin Liniment completely removed a curb from my horse. I take pleasure in recommending the remedy. Se it acts with my sterious promptness in the re- moval frotn hones of hard, soft or calloused lamps, lood epavia, splints, curbs, aweeny, stifles and bpraine aiEouas Irons, Farmer, Markham, Ont. Sold by Watts & Co. and Allen et Whson, Druggists. Notwithstanding the constant and prolonged howl of hard times and crop failures, picnics, camp meetings, fairs and the like have had a larger at- tendance this year than at any prev- ious time in their respective histories. • Ayer's Hair Vigor tones up the weak hair -roots, stimulates the vessels and tissues which supply the hair with nutrition, strengthens the hair itself, , and adds the oil which keeps the shafts soft, lustrous, and silky. The most popular and valuable toilet pre- paration in the world. Last Sunday Rev. Joseph Edge, formerly of• Clinton, gave at Goderich the first of a series of 'four sermoris,pn the book of Jonah. '•/{!, GOLD DOLLARS AT EIGHTY CENTS.— An announcement to sell gold dollars at eighty cents would not sleet with a response unless backed by a reliable mime, It is the name and the con- fidence of the public that makes the success. This is exemplified by HuM- PnREYs' SPECIFICS which have stood the test of more than forty years, and are valued by these who use them far above gold dollars, and well they may be, for while gold is useful, it will not always buy health. HUMPHREYS' SPECIFICS, these Golden Treasures, cannot be mentioned where even a few people are assembled, without one or more standing ready to vouch for their true worth, and to unfold tales of almost miraculous cures. If you would enjoy and preserve good health, use HUMPHREYS' SPECIFICS. A Doc- tor's Book free by addressing. the HUMPHREYS' COMPANY, NEW YORK. Tilbury West claims to have the low- est municipal rate of taxation in West- ern Ontario. The rate will be less than 10 mills on the dollar. The Brtice Reporter says of Mr. Rightrnyer and the salt industry :—Mr. Rightmyer came here from New York City and built these works to manu- facture salt expressly for the American market, and not, for the limited Cana- dian trade. He has .paid over one hundred and sixty thousand dollars in gold in duties on salt made in these works, shipping principally in bulk to the packers of Chicago, to such firms as Armour & Co., Fowler Bros., Hutchinson, Kent• & Co. and A. J. Latham, agent for the Syracuse Salt Association, and Elkins & Wheeler, agents of the Michigan Salt Associa- tion. But chiefly to P. D. Armour, one of the greatest off -hand business men in the world, who would say to Mr. Rightrnyer after:they had agreed on the price : "Charter your v,sels, and send on all the salt you can,T ).ke; dump it down here, and we will take care of it." But when the price fell so low behind the American tariff that shipments could 110 longer be made with profit, Mr. Rightmyer turned his attention to the Canadian trade which was then in a very depressed condition. Immediately after the last general election, when the late Sir JohniA. Macdonald was again returned to power on the basis of "protection to home industry," Mr. Rightmyer re- sorted to Ottawa and continued there during most of the session, and having obtained favor with Sir John and his cabinet he secured valuable legislation in the interests of the Ontario salt manufacturers. After which he was requested by salt men to get up a deal and lift the Canada salt business out of the slough into which it had fallen. This he accomplished by buying up all the output of the Ontario manufactur- ers at a certain upset price, and, herr, selling it again to the trade` , a ssocin reasonable advance. .After a g with himself the late Dr. T. T. Cole- man of Seaforth, as partner, under the firm name of L. Rightmyer & Co., and engaging hie son, E. O. Coleman, as accountant and bookkeeper, er, and another large and influential manufac- turer, John Ransford of Clinton, as secretary they opened a central salt office and conducted the Canada bust ness for a period of about two'years, both successfully and with profit to the. firm and all concerned.