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WEDNESDAY. MARCH llth 1890.
lt. W. Grand Orange Lodge of
Ontario West.
t*RAND MASTER J. L. HUGHES' ADDRESS
IN FULL.
A STRONG EQUAL RIGHTER, HE PLEADS
FOR JUSTICE ON THE MANITOBA
SCHOOL QUESTION.
The Grand Lodge was opened at
London at 2.30 o'clock on Tuesday by
Grand Master J. L. Hughes, of Toronto,
who delivered his annual address:
GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
To the officers and members of the
RightWorshipful Grand Orange Lodge
of Ontario West :-
I sincerely regret that the Manitoba
school question, which formed the sub-
ject of my address a year ago, is still
unsettled. I regard it as a national
misfortune that this question should so
long continue to be a source: of discord.
All true Orangemen sincerely desire to
promote the unity of the people of
Canada, and they must deplore the in-
troduction of sectarian issues which
destroy national harmony, and prevent
the hearty co-operation that should be
the distinguishing characteristic of
Canadians of all clashes and creeds.
There appears to be no good reason
why this question should have ever
been forced upon the people of the
Domiuion outside of the Province of
Manitoba. I am of opinion that the
Legislature which passed the law that
caused a grievance to the minority
should have tried to find a reasonable
remedy for the grievance when its
existence was pointed out by the Privy
l.,onncil of England, the highest court
of appeal in the Empire. The refusal
of the Manitoba Legislature to provide
a. remedy has forced the question on
theattention of the people of the whole
Dominion; and the most unfortunate
feature of the case is the fact that in
the discussion of the question passion
and prejudice have been appealed to
more frequently than reason and jus-
tice. If any body of men should take
a. calm, dispassionate view of this and
similar questions, that body is the
great organization to which we belong,
and whose interests we have gathered
together to promote. We justly claim
that we exist as an institution for the
purpose of promoting civil and relig-
ious liberty, and we should therefore
he ever on our guard lest, we be betray-
ed by our feelings into acts towards
which we would properly regard ata
tyrannical if perforined agatiust our-
selves. We should never forget that
freedom is as dear to Roman Catholics
as to Protestants, and that tyranny is
as odious in Protestants as in Rornan
Catholics.
A brief statement of the crit cumstan-
ees that made it necessary for the lase
to he dealt, with by the I)oininior, I'ar•-
liament will aid us in arriving at. it wise
conclusion in regard to the question
and to our duty under the unhappy
circumstances that threaten even the
peace of our beloved country.
1. When the fathers of (Confedera-
tion were engaged in the patriotic task
osit
f framing
the cBritish the
1 c tttatstatr s
Ls c f Quebec, ledhy
Sir William Dawson and other dis-
tinguished men, strenuously objected
to the pi uposal that education should
be placed fully under the control of
Provincial Legislatures. The ohjeel ion
was made by Protestants on behalf of
the Protestant minority of Quebec. it
is presumptuous for irresponsible out-
siders to say that the schools of the
Protestant 'minority in Quebec are in
no danger, when the Protestants who
resided in Quebec, and who were ,it
the time of Confederation the guard-
ians and managers of these schools,
and therefore realized perfectly the
exact relationship between these
schools and the Quebec Legislature,
insisted that the supreme control in
.educational affairs should he exercised
by the Dominion.
2. The clause of the British North
America Act (Sec. 93, clause 3), provid-
ing for the right of appeal by minorit-
ies, either Protestant or Roman Catho-
lic, from Local Legislatures to the Do-
minion Parliament, was written hy Sir
A. T. Galt, the representative of the
Protestant minority of Quebec, on be-
half of Protestants. Sir William Daw-
son, writing only last week, said : "I
assure) you that we would have felt it
altogether unsafe to go Into Confeder-
ation without the guarantees given to
us, and that we jealously watch these
from year to year, and, in some direc-
tions, would like to see them enlarg-
ed."'
3 For nearly twenty years the Ro-
man Ca olics of Manitoba were en-
eournged by the law of the Province to
establish Sejiarate schools.
4. In 1800 the Manitoba Legislature
passed a law, of which we as Orange-
men heartily approve, doing away
with Separate Schools.
5. This law was regarded as a gtlev-
ance by Roman Catholics, and on au ap-
peal to the courts the Privy Council de-
cided that the Roman Catholic minor-
ity of Manitoba had a grievance, under
the British North America, Act, and
the Manitoba Act of 1870, by which
Manitoba was admitted to the Domin-
ion.
0. The Legislature that caused the
grievance Is the proper authority by
which the grievance should be remed-
ied. its act did the wrong to the min-
ority, and it is therefore morally, as
well as constitutionally, responsible for
the undoing of the wrong.
7. The decision of the Privy Couucil
by the established order of procedure
is not sent direct to the Local Legisla-
tuile, but through the Dominion Gov-
er nment.
8. The Dominion Government for-
warded the decision of the Privy Coun-
cil to the Government of Manitoba, and
asked the Legislature of Manitoba to
remedy the grievance it had caused.
9. The Government of Manitoba re-
fused to carry out the decision of the
Privy Council, and suggested a Coin-
inission of Enquiry. Sir. Williams,
Dawson very properly characterizes
the position of the Legislature of Mani-
toba as "morally untenable." Manito-
ba created the grievance, and it was
clearly the duty of Manitoba to remove
the grievance. The Manitoba Govern-
ment simply ignored the decision of
the Privy Council, and said the minor-
ity had no grievance.
10. The Dominion] Government re-
plied, urging the Legislature of Mani-
toba to accept the responsibility right-
ly given to it by the Constitution, of
undoing the wrong it had done, and
intimating that unless justice was done
by the Legislature of Manitoba the
Dominion Parliament would be asked
to provide a remedy and remove the
grievance, whose existence had been
so definitely recognized by the Privy
Council.
11. The Manitoba Government again
declined to act.
This made it imperative that the
Parliament of Canada should provide it
remedy, or leave a minority in one of
the Provinces of the Dominion without
it remedy for a grievance established on
the authority of the highest court in
the realm. If the grievance exists,
loyal and liberal Canadians dare not ask
what minority is aggrieved. Protest-
ant and Roman Catholic rights must
be sacredly respected by both Protest-
ants and Roman Catholics. Prot-
estants, and especially Orangemen,
should demand equal rights. Sir
William Dawson says : "Hitherto,
when any grievance has occurred we
have found it possible to obtain redress
from our own local authorities."
Should Protestant Manitoba be more
illiberal than Roman Catholic Quebec?
We are told on the authority of Sir
William Dawson, the leading Prot-
estant educator of Quebec, both in
university and public school affairs,
during the last, forty years, that the
Protestants in Quebec have had their
grievances remedied by the Roman
Catholic Legislature of Quebec with-
out the necessity of appeal to the
Dominion Parliament. It is surely
discreditable to Protestantism that a
Protestant Legislature should be the
first to refuse to do simple justice to it
minority by carrying out a part of the
British Nor th America Act, the founda-
tion on which our Dominion was con-
stituted, which was written by a Prot-
estant to protect Protestants.
It is impossible to justify non-inter-
erence by the Dominion Parliament in
Manitoba, and justify the right of in-
terference in Quebee, without violating
the essential principles of equity.
Roman Catholics should never he
grantees special privileges that are de-
nied to Protestants ; but it is equally
subversive of true freedom to refuse to
Roman Catholics the constitutional
rights inccorded to Protestants.
We, as Orangemen, are opposed to
Separate schools, and are hound to do
all we can, constitutionally, to free
our country froni them ; but we are al-
so unalterably opposed to tyranny.
We weaken our influence in favor of
liberty if we allow our prejudices to
blind us. 1t is a pitiable thing to see a
body of ]nen bearing the banner of free-
dom, and using the weapons of despot-
ism. i earnestly urge all Or angemen
to stand for "Equal Rights." and to de-
cide that the Rornan Catholics of Man-
itoba should receive exactly the same
trerttrnent that should he accor.led to
PtWestin' ts under similar circritnstan-
Ce'a.
1 sincerely believe that the highest.
)tiro of every roan who has the best in-
terests of the Dominion at heart should
be to have this question settled in a
manner honorable to the majority in
Manitoba and just, to the minority. It
is not atall necessar y to re-estahl ish Sep-
arate schools as they existed before
181). The (soverninent. of Manitoba
should retain control of all schools in
the Produce, and it, should insist o1. it
uniform standard of teachers' examin-
ations, on rhe power to prohibit. the
use of text -hooks of which it (Iisap
proves, rind on the inspection of all
schools by inspectors appointed in con-
formity with the general school law of
the Province. Perfect, justice luny be
done to the Roman (lut.hol10 ini0ori t.y
without, giving to Roman Catholics as
Roman (:atnolics the right of levying
and collecting taxes. in cities and
towns the "Poughkeepsie plan" adopt-
ed in 1lalifax, Nova, Scot la ; St. ,John,
New B.ui nswick ; and Windsor, Ontar-
io, would give Roman Catholics as
much local control of their own schools
as they should desire, and would still
preserve the national system of educa-
tion from disruption, and avoid the
error of placing public money at the
disposal of any church organization,
Protestant or Roman Catholic. This
system afterfair trial gives setisfaction
to hath Protestants and Roman Catho-
lies in Halifax, St. John and Windsor.
1 t is therefore r easonable to suppose that
it would give general satisfaction in
Manitoba. If adopted this would set-
tle the vexed question in cities and
towns. The same system may he ap-
plied in the rural districts by the adop-
tion of the Massachusetts plan for the
consolidation of rural schools by which
about, twelve rural schools are consoli-
dated into one school district under
one Board of Trustees. It has been
found by experience in Massachusetts
that one school of eight rooms built in
the centre of such a district, will fully
accotnrnodate the pupils from twelve
ordinary school sections. The money
thus save,d in salaries for teachers and
in school sites, school buildings. care-
takers, allowances, etc., fully pays for
transporting the children from the lim-
its of the district to the school at the
centre in large covered vehicles.
The plan has many adeantage'.
ac
Among thein are the following;---
1. A well graded eebodl is substituted
for twele ungraded schools.
2. Teachers can do more successful
work.
3. Pupils attend school more regular-
ly.
4. Even little children are safer on
their way to and from school than in
ordinary rural school districts.
5. Country children lose tbeir awk-
wardness and self-consciousness,
0. More and better apparatus can be
provided. as only one set of each kind
required has to be bought iustead of
twelve sets.
7. All the newer departments of edu-
cational work can be introduced more
easily into one good school than into
twelve schools.
8. The moral training of the drive to
and from school is excellent. A boy
must respect the rights of others or
walk,
The system has given unbounded
satisfaction in Massachusetts, and I am
persuaded that in Manitoba it would
not only have the advantages specified
above, hut the greater a vantage of
making it possible to adop a Pough-
keepsie plan in rural districts. It
would not only protect the rights of
Roman Catholics in Protestant dis-
tricts, but the rights of Protestants in
districts in which Roman Catholics are
in the majority,
There are outer ways in which the
Legislature of Manitoba may remove
the grievance of the minority without
sacrificing the school. system which
it adopted in 1890; and I think this R.
W. Grand Lodge should express the
hope that Manitoba may remove the
grievence of its minority as the Pro-
vince of Quebec has dune, without
making it necessary for the Dominion
Parliament to interfere in local educa-
tional affairs. Such a course would
most quickly restore harmony
throughout the Dominion. if the Mani
toha Government wishes to appoint a
commission to aid it in arriving at it
just decision in regard to the course
that should be pursued there is no rea-
son why it should not do so.
IMPERIAL INTERESTS.
At the centre of our great Empire,
the development of events during the
past year has been most satisfactory to
Orangemen. The British I'ar•lianaent
is no longer dominated hy a faction in
fayor of Horne Rule for Ireland. The
tecent elections have given a Unionist
majority in the House of Comtnons so
large as to remove Horne Rule front
practical politics for years, if not for
ever,
It is equally cheering to note that
the Rt. Hon. Joseph' Chamberlain, Sec-
retary of State for the Colonies, has al-
ready given practical evidence of his
intention to bring about closer trade
relations between the Mother Country
and the colonies, and to promote Im-
perial unity under the British flag in
all parts of the world.
I think it desirable that this R. W.
Grand Lodge should express its high
appreciation of the unity of sentiment
in favor of peace between the British
Empire and the United States, that
was nianifasted by the great body of
the people of both countries during the
recent trouble in regard to the Venez-
uelan boundary. V4 e should also ap-
prove, in the heartiest possible way, of
the resolution passed by the Dominion
Parliament, assuring the members of
Her Majesty's Government in England
of the devotion of her Canadian sub-
jects, and of their willingness to share
the responsibilities of the Mother Land
and the other colonies of the Empire in
case of war.
A HEAVY MORTCACE.
How a prominent farmer quickly
lifted It.
A mortgage has been described as an
incentive to industry, a heavy mortgage,
as a sure sign of ruin. The last is particu-
larly true, for if a mortgage is allowed to
ran it will eat up the farm. In this con-
nection Mr. Henry Fowler, of Huron
writes : " From my boyhood scrofula had
marked me for a victim and it seemed as
if it had a life mortgage on my blood. I
suffered fearfully with sores, and know-
ing my condition 1 have remained a single
man. Doctor after doctor prescribed for
me, and finally a Toronto specialist told
me bluntly that my complaint was a
deep-seated, incurable, blood disease.
Sarsaparilla I knew was a good blood
medicine, and I sent for a bottle of the
best. Mr. Todd, the druggist, sent me
Scott's Sarsaparilla, and I have stuck to
it. It has lifted my mortgage, for to -day
I am free from those horrible sores, my
eyesight is not blurred, my tongue is not
furry, and I have no irritation. I look
upon Scott's Sarsaparilla as a marvellous
medicine when it will cure a life long
disease in so short a time."
Scrofula, pimples, running sores, rheu-
matism and all diseases generated by
poisonous humors in the blood are cured
by Scott's Sarsaparilla. The kind that
cures. Sold only in concentrated form
at $i per bottle by your druggist. Dose
from half to one teaspoonful.
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rIiflonest flaIer$!
The following iter) iv goinfx the
rounds of our exchanges : "Five na-
tives of Bruce county now hold seams
in the Manitoba Legislature." This re-
minds ns of an incident at, an election
meeting held in Portage i.a Prairie
soon after the ('anaulian Pacific had
been constructed through that town.
A government speaker was dilating on
the virtue of the Macdonald Govern-
ment. and the statesmanship it display-
ed in building the C. P. R.. and in an
eloquent outburst he asked "Where
would we all be if it hadn't been for
the C. P. R.?" A squeaky voice in the
hack of the hall piped out "In Huron
and Bruce.
DOCTORS AND FLY BLISTERS
FA I L,
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RHEirMATIC ('rrRE RELIEVES AND
HALF A BOTTLE (:TIRES.
Robert. E. Gibson, Pembroke's well-
known merchant : - "I eontraoted
rheumatism in very severe form in 1880,
and have suffered untold misery each
spring since. I have repeatedly applied
fly blisters with hut little success.
Doctors whom 1 consulted, likewise
failed to relieve. I was induced to try
South American Rheumatic Cure by
Mr. W. F. C. Bethel, of the Dickson
Drug Company. The first dose gave
'natant relief, and half a bottle cured."
As a cure for rheumatism this
remedy is c4'r fainly peerless - Sold by
Watts & Co.
A Special Feature Adopted in
Their Business.
You TurstinglyAsk For Paine's
Celery Compound.
The Dealer Often Gives You
a Common Substitute,
As the sun rises in the east to brighten
and enliven the day, so the mighty
fame of Paine's Celery Compound
spreads from day to day, giving com-
fort and gladness to all weary, sick
and diseased people.
All popular and fast selling articles
are imitated from time to time. Li-
quid preparations, using the name of
"Celery Compound," are on the mark-
et, and are often dishonestly foisted nn
the unsuspecting customer, who asks
for nature's great healer, Paine's Cel-
ery Compound.
There are, unfottunately, too many
dealers who work this miserable decep-
tion, actuated by a greedy desire for
large profits. The imitations and
worthless medicines pay such immense
profits, that Paine's Celery Compound
is held in the background, simply be-
cause it pays a small profit.
It is positively cruel to thus deceive
the trustful and confiding customer.
The sick and suffering who ask for
Paine's Celery Compound, knowing it
to he the best, and their only hope of
cure, should.never be treated in such a
heartless manner.
If every intending purchaser of
Paine's Celery Compound but examine
the bottle and outer cartoon, he or
she will certainly avoid deception.
The genuine Paine's Celery Compound,
"the kind that cures," has the "stalk of
celery," and the name "Paine's"; all
others are frauds and deceptions.
While the late Hart A. Massey was
alive he was included in that class of
citizens whom the Reform press unre-
servedly sat down as robbers. Now
that he is dead and has left some three-
quarters of a million dollars to he dis-
tributed among various re:igious, phil-
anthropic and educational institutions,
it will he the duty of the Grit press to
advise these institutions not to accept
the bequests. How can a religious in-
stitution consistently devote to the
glory of God the ill-gottco swag of a
robber.
A GENEROUS OFFER
(Published by Request,)
Dear Mr. Editor: Kindly inform
your readers that I will gladly send ab-
solutely free to any sufferer from ner-
vous debility, sexual weakness, night
losses, weak. shrunken parts, varicocele
and the results of self-abuse, full par-
ticulars of the means by which I was
permanently restored to perfect man-
hood and sexual strength. I have
not hing to sell and want no money, hut
will be pleased to explain in a private,
sealed letter, how I was cured. As i
send this entirely flee, each applicant,
lutist enclose a stamp for reply. I). G.
Owen, Box 264, Picton, Ont.
The Kincardine ltevipty has a plain
talk to subscribers and says:- "At,
different times we have sent notices
to subscribers in arrears showing their
exact inclehtedn"ss to this newspaper
and the amount that would set, them
right on our hooks if t hat amount
were in our hand.. These accounts
were not sent out for fun. We have a
hundred other ways of having fin't.hat
tickles us far more than that,. They
were sent out so that (li" publishers of
this paper would get what, rightly be-
longs to tis. Sour- 84411, 1114' looney
along at once. They have our sincere
thanks. Ot hers came and told us that.
tinges werP hand and they would like
an extension of time which was readily
granted. A few paid no attention 1o)
the matter at, all and these are the men
we are idler•. Sonne of there will hestr
of their indebtedness front another
sourrr, for we have placed their ac-
counts in other hands. We are giving
the others More t.i111e to respond to our
call. All (.hese arronnts will he enter-
ed at$i.5(1a year ANI) TE) EY WiEJ
BE (IOLLE( 'FE1) TtN)."
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A Great Old Age.
Etienne Chatelaine, a pensioner of
the war of 1812-13, died the other day
at his home, near Curran, Ont., at the
remarkable age of 109 years. The de-
ceased man was born near Conwall,
Ont., but lived most of his life on the
farm where he died. He was a remark-
ably healthy man, and until seven
years ago, when he cut himself badly
with an axe, was never known to be
confined to the house with sickness.
This accident impaired his activity con-
siderably. He was a great user of to-
bacco, and, although he daily used a
large quantity, it never seemed to hurt
hirn. It is said that fully 275 descend-
ants survive hint; one of them is a
granddaughter, 28 years of age, belong-
ing to the Grey Nuns, Ottawa. Hi
wife is over 90 yen.rs of age, hnt is still
quite active and enjoys excelent health.
They have lived together as man and
wife for it longer period than the allot-
ted span of human life.
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NEW FRUITS and PEELS. ----We have already disposed during Holiday season of over
four tons and still have large stook on hand, different brands selling cheap as to quality.
CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASSWARE AND LAMPS. -We have got to make room for our
Imported Goods and we have reduced our prices on Dinner Sets, Tea Sete, Toilet Sets,
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VISCOUNT DE FRONSAC'S VIEWS.
In a letter to the Boston 'Evening
Transcript' Viscount Forsyth de Fron-
satc, member of the Cc uncil of the
United Empire Loyalist Association of
Canada, and at resident of Moutreal, ex-
presses himself in this patriotic style :-
If you will permit 'fair play' in your
columns, I would like to give contrary
evidence to your correspondent in his
'Re -adjusted Europe' letter of Saturday,
February 8th, in which among many
miscalculations he imagines that Eng-
land will give 'Canada in exchange for
an alliance with the United States.'
In the first place, it is against the
policy of Britain to give territory for a
mere alliance. No British territory
has ever been yielded without a fight,
as the Yankees know from their 1770.83
experience, and it was only yielded
then because France, Spain, and Hol-
land, together with the League of the
North, joined against England, and
Russia stinted up the insurrection of
Hyder Ali in British India. Britain
then gave up part of her American
territory and turned on her enemies.
She stripped France, Spain, and
Holland of most of their colonies,
ruined their navies, and locked Itussia
up in frozen seas, from which she
has not yet escaped. The same calami-
ties will befall any power, should
any power offer to disrneruber
the British Empire. No statesman
111 England will ever be bold
enough to offer Canada in exchange for
an American alliance --Canada, the
most loyal of the British dominions,
the keystone arch, as it has been call-
ed, between England and India. Be-
sides, Canadians have it government
and a policy of their own, which must
he reckoned with. If the declaration
of the Canadian Parliament in regard
to the United States interference is not
enough to open the eyes of the stupid
annexationists in this country, let me
tell who the Canadians are. They are
not the riff-raff of Europe for the
riffraff come to the United States.
They are the descendants of the French
nobility, officers and soldiers and hon-
est pioneers and their families of the
French epoch ; the descendants of the
38,'11X) United Empire Loyalists and the
flower of the American people of the
epoch of 1776.83; the descendants
of the families of officers and
soldiers of the British army dis-
banded on Canadian soil, and the
families of sturdy Scotch, Irish,
English, and Welsh yeomanry -all full
of the traditions of glory and majesty
of the British Empire, of the flag that
has breasted the battle and the breeze
;or a thousand years, of Old World
idents of honor and chivalry.
A Township Council
W iugharn, Feb. 27th, 1890.
Question. Would you kindly an-
swer the following question in the next,
issue of the weekly press:
Can a township conned he held re-
sponsible for damage done to vehicles
in going through plteh holes on public
roads, they her ng almost, impassable,
or who has a right, to fix the pitch
holes ?
A N ()LI) SUBSCRIBER.
• Answer. ---A township or any other
corporate body could hardly 1)e held
responsible for pitch holes, or deep
mud holes, in a road, and any damage
that alight accrue therefrom, unless it
could he shown that the neglect was
wilful, and that such pitch holes, or
had and unsafe condition of the roads,
were the result of palpable negligence
on the part of the municipality, in
keeping their roads in a passable con-
dition. Through sudden snow storms
and excessive rains any road may he
made impassable for the time being.
Bridges may he swept away, and roads
cut, into deep ruts, or piled deep with
snow, and made dangerous for traffic
and impassable, hut municipalities are
not responsible for this any further than
through a clear neglect of statutory
duties
1ni case of snow storms, the statutes
provide that pathmasters should clear
out, snow drifts, and use reasonable ef-
forts to keep th e is rads passable. Coun-
try roads are often in had shape owing
to the negligence and indifference of
roadmasters, but, as these men are not
permanent officials, any neglect on
their part the township could hardly
he made responsible for if roads were
not cleaned out. -London Free Press.
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Manufactured by T h e
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and Detroit, Mich., is the
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'4"
and full particulars, which we will
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envelope.
An old physician, 35 years con-
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THE COOK COMPANY,
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e.
rir Cook's Cotton Root Compound
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For several weeks the Montreal Her-
ald has not allowed a day to pass with-
out asking Sir Charles Tupper how he
'made his money. Last week, instead
of the usual query, the Herald printed
an apology to Sir Charles for having
published a letter insinuating that he
had got some government money dis-
honestly. And now, it is to he hoped,
the Herald's hitherto insatiable curios-
ity has been satisfied,
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The undersigned having heen re,,tored to health
by simple moans, after suffering for several years
with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease
Consumption, 1. anxi,.us to make known to hie fellow
snfferers the means of cure. To those who desire it,
he will cheerfully Bond Ifree of charge) a oopy of tha
prescription used. which they will find a surecure for
Csnsnanpfun, Asthma, Catarrh, Rrotrarcht.tis and
all throat and Lung Maladies. Be hopes
all cuff, rers will try his remedy, as It is invalu-
able. Those desiring the prescription, which will soot
them nothing, ant may prove a Teasing, will ple4�ae
ad droaa,
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Brooklyn, New
Yolk.
Why should those turbulent house-
holders of Lowe township he relieved
of the expense involved in compelling
them to pay the taxes which they
owed, but. refused to pay? The people
of the whole country, who pay their
own taxes, should not be obliged to
hear the expense of collecting taxes
from people who can pay hut, won't.
if these Lowe farmers find that they
can indulge in the fun of resisting the
tax -collectors and breaking their heads
without any cost to themselves, we
may expect, a recurrence of trouble in
the rebellious township.
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lheseDella illustrate the use and val-
ue of Diamond Dyes in coloring any
thing from a cheese cloth to a heavy'
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t() 17Sf',
Forty-five Dyed samples of cloth andel
Book of Directions sent, free. Address:
Wells & Richardson Co., 200 Mountain.
St., Montreal.
The annual meeting of the Toronto.
Presbyterial Society was held: last
week. it was reported that the sum,
of $5,500, in round figures, bad been
contributed to the General Missionary
Society of the Church, and more than
3,001) pounds of clothing sent to the
mission stations in the North-West
for distribution among the needy
there, during the past year.
Thousands have tested the great
building -up power of Hood's Sarsapar-
illa and have found renewed strength„
vigor and vitality in its use..