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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1898-07-21, Page 9T.iUB 01.ItTO1 NEWS -RECORD Is published every THURSDAY at Two NSWs-Itrwoan Printing House, Albert St., E91iati bcsach., t• errs ADVJ Lt1rs1A(i RAIDS. Column 1Yr. 6 Mo. 8 Mo. I M o Column Column pi)00 t35 00 %20 00 37 00 E 00 2 00 7 00 2 50 Column 16 00 9 1.0 0 00 1 00 Inch 600 3 50 200 125 Special position from 25 to 50 per cent extra. For transient advertisements 10 cents per line for the first insertion; 3 cents Per line each subsequent insertion— nonpareil measure. Professional cards, not exceeding one inch, $5.00 per annum. Advertisements without spec- ific directions will be published till forbid and charged for accordingly. Transient notices—"Lost," "Found," "For Sale," etc. -50 cents for first in- sertion, 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. THE NEWS -RECORD will be sent to any address,- free of postage, for $1.00 per year, payable in advance - 1111.5O may be charged if not so paid. The date to which every subscription Is paid is denoted by the number on the address label. No paper discontin- ued until all arrears are paid, except at the option of the proprietor. W. J. MITCHELL. ' ' 1 . 1 Editor and Proprietor. THE MOLSON'S BANK incorporated by Act of Paillament 1855. CAPITAL - $2,000,000 REST $I,500,000 Head Oftlee, - MONTREAL. avlif. MOLSON, MA(`PHERSON, President F. WOLFERSTAN 7 HOMAS, Oen. Manager Notesett:counted, Collections made, Drafts Issued. Scaling and American Exchange bought and sold. Interest allowed on Deposita SAVINGS BAN/t. Interest allowed on sums of 31 and up. tI , , , ! • FARMERS. Money advanced to farmers on their own motes with one or more endorsers. Nu mort- gage required as security. H. O. BREWER, Manager, Clinton. G. D. MCTAGGART, Banker, ALBERT STREET, - CLINTON 4 A General Banking Business Transacted. Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued. Interest Allowed on Deposits. CONVEYANCING. John Ridout, Conveyancer, Commissioner, Etc. Fire Insurance. - - Real Estate. Money to Lend. Office—HURON STREET, CLINTON MEDICAL. Dr. W. Gunn, R, C. P. and L. R. C. S., Edinburgh. Office—Ontario Street, Clinton, Night calls at front door of residence on Ratten- bury Street, opp. Presbyterian Church. Dr. Turnbull, J. L. Turnbull, M.B., Toronto Univ. ; M.D. ; °C.M., Victoria Univ. M.C.P. & S. Cnt, ; Fellow of the obstetrical society of Edinburgh. Late of London, Eng, and Edinburgh hospitals. Office ---Dr. Dows- ley's stand, Rattenbury St. Night calls answered at Office. , Dr. Shaw, Office—Ontario Street, opposite English church„ formerly occupied by Dr. Apple - on. DENTISTRY. Dr, BRUCE, Surgeon Dentist. OFFICE—Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Clinton, Ont. Special attention to presers vation of natural teeth. N. B —Will visit Blyth every Monday and Bayfield every Thursday afternoon during he summer. DR. AGNEW, DENTIST. Office Hours, ' - - '.'to 5. At Zurich the second Thursday of each month. VETERINARY. J. E. Blackall, VETERINARY SURGEON Ain VETERINARY INSPECTOR. Office on Isaac Street next•New Era office Residence, Albert St., Clinton, LEGAL. J. Scott, Barrister, &c. ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, CLINTON. Money to Loan. E. Campion, C., Barrister, - Solicitor, otary, &c,, GODERICH, T. OFFICE—Over Davis' Drug Store. Money to Loan. M. O. Johnston, Barrister, Solicitor, Commissioner, Etc., GODERTCH, - ON I'. OFFICE—Cor Hamilton and St. Andrew's Streets. W. Brydone, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, &c,, OFFICE : BEAVER BLOCK, - CLINTON The News -Record Is Not Eneelled As an Advertising Medium. Constipation ftause.l ik the Meknes, in Ni.e world. D the a .tt d food too long to the bawd and produce/ bl1louenere, torpid liver, bad) 00 _i'8 genion, bad taste, coated tongue, sick keadaohe, amnia, ate. Wood's P111. ewe constipation and all It. results, easily and thoroatbly. Ise. All druggists Prepared by 0. I. good A Co., Lowell, Itryes The only Pills to take with YOod'e Baslaparilla itis GO TO THE Union Shaving Parlor For first-class Hair -Cutting and Shaving. Smith's block, opposite Post Office, Clinton, J. EMERTON, Proprietor. CENTRAL BUTCHER SHOP. FORD & MURPHY, (Successors to J. W. Langford.) Having bought out the above business, we intend tp conduct it on the cash principle, and will supply our oustomere with the best meats at the lowest paying prices. Ford & Murphy. Live Hogs Wanted. Highest Market Price Paid. D. CANTELON. Clinton. ' Removal of Night -Soil. The undersigned will undertake the removal of Night Soil and thorough cleaning of closets on short notice and at reasonable rates. All refuse removed out of town. ROBT. MENNEL. GEO. TRO'YHILL, Horseshoer and General Blacksmith Albert Street, North, Clinton. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. Woodwork ironed and first -plass material and work guaranteed. Farm implements and machines rebuilt and repaired. TO THE FARMERS! Study your own interest and go where you can get RELIABLE - HARNESS I manufacture none but the best of stook. Beware of shops that sell cheap, as they have got to live. Call and get prices. Orders by mail promptly attended to. John Bell, Harness Emporium, Blyth, Ont TRITE SAYINGS. Silence is the pantomine of truth. Selfishness is a suicidal mania in man. Slanderers cannot buzz long without biting. Cities are the tombs of nature. the cradles of art. Fate can tie a knot, but only folly can knit it. Fools are too unique and bizarre to be classified. Patriotism begins at home, but does not end there. Conceit is superior to small envies and jealousies. Life is a crazy -quilt arrangement in flesh and blood. We suffer more from the devil with- in than without. War is organized murder; death Is its proper penalty. All dread the hand-to-hand conflict with gladiatorial life. Heaven trusts us with intellect but puts irons on our will. Temptation is a spy upon our vir- tue;, to be shot at sight. Children are naturally ungrateful— God's children especially. The experienced handle Life cautious- ly—they dread its fangs. It is hard to be imagined how simul- taneously we can love and hate. Agricultural SELECTING DAIRY COWS. In selecting s Prof. a dairy cow, say Haecker, we should „try to obtain an animal with a dished face, prominent, lively eye, long body, deep through the middle with thin neck, light shoulders, prominent hip -bones, high pelvic arch, thin thighs, with high arching flank, giving plenty of room for a good ud- der, which should extend well forward, and well out and high behind, giving long and broad surface attachment, to the body, with good-sized teats, well placed; the legs should be short and clean, and there should be ample heart and lung room. It may be interesting to explain what is meant by certain of the points named. For instance, why do we call for, a dished face in a cow t This is the reason. The dishing o'l the face is Caused by the prominence of the eyes on either side. A large. full eye is one of the several signs of a strong nervous temperament. By a strong nervous temperament we mean a large supply of nerve force, and this is one of the most necessary things a cow must have if she does large dairy work. Another good indication of the nervous temperament Is a strong, rug- ged backbone, rising well above the withers, with the ribs set well apart. Such a backbone., taken in connection with the appearance of the head and general lean appearance of the cow, is an indication of an extra large mar- row, which shall furnish an abundant, supply of nerve force to the mammary organs of the cow. in speaking of the " pelvic arch " is meant the strong rise of the backbone between the hips and the setting -on of the tail. A pronounc- ed pelvic; arch is decidedly a dairy point. We often see it recommended that a cow'should have a straight hack from the horns to the setting -on of the 'tail. This " straight. hack " business canes to us.from the Shorthorn breed- ers; it is a beef outline, and is never found in a good dairy cow. Indeed a straight back would be a hindrance to the performance of the milk -giving or- gans. The organs of maternity are con- tained in the pelvis. Milk -breeding and milk -giving as we want them in these days, are simply a large capacity for maternity. We want the modern dairy cow constructed, shaped, formed, and endowed, physically and mentally, for the large maternal work she must clo if she is to bb of any profit to us, and as an indication to that end we call for a pronounced pelvic arch. The points of good dairy rows form a broad, and, as yet, but little explored field, especially by dairy farmers, who, of all others, ought. to be deeply inter- ested in its study. Experiments have been made to as- certain what kind of cheese is hest ad- apted to the small house. dairy. The Gonda cheese, made of new milk, seems to he the most satisfactory. This cheese has for many years been. made in Hol- land, but by a somewhat different: pro- cess from the one used here. While fresh from the cow the milk is aerated. When it has stood long enough to lose its 'animal heat, warm to 9(1 degrees F, using sufficient rennet to cause co- agulation in from seven to 10 minutes. Let stand from 15 to 20 minutes, then insert the front finger at an angle of 45 degrees until it touches the curd. If on withdrawal the curd breaks clean across, with few or no bits attached, it is ready to cut. Divide with a knife until the size is that of an average wheat kernel. Stir gently five minutes, then gradually increase the heat un- til 100 to 104 degrees is reached, con- stantly stirring as the temperature rises. Drain or dip off the whey, leaving the curd firm but not too dry. Press by the double handful firmly into the hoop, until full, then put on cover and press lightly an hour. Remove from the press, and put around it a hand of cloth long enough to lap a little; and of sufficient width to cover two or three inches on each end. Cover top and bottom with a round cap,' return to hoop for 24 hours, with increased pres- I sure. The Gonda cheese is ordinarily three Inches thick and 8 inches in circum- ference. A simple lever press can be constructed of a hardwood stick, 10 feet long and four inches in diameter, one end fastened under a cleat against the wall. The cheese, band and end cov- ers should he dipped in very hot whey or water before the cloth is, applied. To salt, the cheese, make a saturated solution of brine, and float the cheese in it from five to eight days, turning every day and sprinkling a little salt Nature is formless and valueless un•' til reflected in the soul of man. Our ideal moments are our beat ones; our practical moments are risky. God teaches socialism; man elects to study individualism at his peril. Gratitude is in inverse proportion to the benefit—hence our ingratitude to God. What we learn with our sweat anrt our blood is worth our ink. improved experience is worth what it costs, misimproved experience what it will bring. We are well aware that Death is ang- ling for us, yet we swallow his sweet baits With a rush. There are more spoiled men and wo- men than spoiled children—only. we do not hear so much about them. SHE WORKS iN THE SLUMS. Mrs. Heloise Durant Rose is the au- thor of several plays that have been acted in London and New York, and has also written a volume of short poems,, a novel of New York life and many short stories. Most of her works have been published in England, where B130 took a diploma as 1 rained nurae for her mission work in London slums, ITC1I1NG KEEPING VtAWL1NG STINGING SKIN DISSAUB RIMMED BY ON■ Ar• PI.IOAWON OP Dr. Agnew's Ointment, 33 CENTS. Mr. James Gaaston, merebant,Wilkesbarre, Pn. n•rlten ;—For nine years J hese been disfigured with tetter an bands and face. Bet at last 1 have found n euro In Dr. Agnew'a Ointment. My skin Is pow smooth and soft and free from every Mem. Mb. The first application gave rellef,----3u, over the top. After removing from the brine turn once a day the first month, or if kept two months twice a week, and once a week the third month. The curing room should be cool, a little dampness will he beneficial than oth- erwise. During the midsummer months the making of this cheese requires less labor than butter meking. The process is simple, the product gond. FEEDING PIGS IN S1IMMER. Summer is 1 he time to make pork. Making it in winter requires ton much food to keep up the animal. heat. if hogs have plenty of grass in sum- mer and about, half the corn they, will eat, they will fatten rapidly, and my belief is that three pounds ca.n be made on less grain than ono pound in cold weather with a hog in a close pen. The grass is cooling and loosening and coun- teracts the feverish properties of the corn, Hoge will never melt in summer, however fat, if they ran have access to water and mud to lie in. Mud is very had for hogs in cool weather. It ahaorhs too much animal heat. Milk is cooling as a drink, and almost indis- penaahle in raising pigs. KILLING THE CURRANT WORM. In small gardens and yards where only a few currant: bushes are grown the worms are now stripping them of their foliage. Allhough the fruit is in many eases ripe or almost so, the rav- ages should be chocked at once so that the plants will have an opportunity to recruit themselves for another sea- son's work. Possibly the best thing to apply is hellebore dusted on the leaves in the eaTly morning while the dew is still on. An old pepper box or a bag made of cheese cloth will answer. Or the poison may be put on as a spray. Dissolve one ounce of hellebore in three gallons of water. Spray the second time 10 days after the Bret treatment. DEEPENING WELLS. The dry season Is the time to )colt after the farm wells. If they nre low and there is danger of their going dry, clean out and deepen until convinced that an adequate supply has been pro- vided for. See that, the pump platform is perfectly tight and no iaeepage gets through it, If the upper eight or ten feet of wall are of brick or stone. lay in cement, so that contaminated sur- face water cannot reach the household supply. Much sickness can be traced to impure water. Special attention ought to be given to having it pure. WEEDS IN SMALL GRAIN FIELDS. If fields of small grains are infested with noxious weedq, •give them special attention after harvest. Before the weeds can seed in the stubble ground turn them under by plowing three or four inches deep. When the young plants again begin to appear keep them down by going over the field with a corn cultivator or any other implement as often as necessary. Care- ful treatment of this character will soon rid any farm of the most persist- ent perennials. MORTALITY IN MODERN WAR. Statistics that Show 19th Century Warfare Less Deadly than of Did. The copular idea that modern war- fare is more deadly and bloody than fighting was in the past, says the London Daily Mail, is not supported by available facts. With armor plated ships, twelve mile cannon, Maxim guns firing 1,000 shots a minute., and maga- zine rifles with a range of three miles, war now is undoubtedly scientific, but to parody a well-known phrase, "it is not bluggy." In the days of hand-to-hand' fight- ing, when missiles were employed but little and the contest was derided by sword -play, the vanquished were gen- erally almost annihilated and the vic- tors suffered enormously. At Cannae 40,000 Romans out of 80,000 were killed; at Hastings the victorious Normans lost 10,000 out. of 60,000; at Crecy 30,00o Frenchmen, out of 100,000 were killed, without reckoning the wounded ; while at Bannockburn 135,000 men fought and 38,000 were : illed. But the mortality in the Crimean war was very slight, when the number of shots fired are remembered. It is estimated that the British troops fired 15,000,000 shots and killed 21,000 Rus- sians, or 700 shuts fur every death. The French fired 29,000,000 shots a.nd killed 51,000 Russians, or 590 shots for every death. FIRST O1?' BREECH LOADERS. In the Italian campaign of 4859 rifles were used on both sides, and the num- ber of casualties at Magenta and Sol- ferino was 99 per 1,000 eomhatants. The 'Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1 was the first in which breech -loading rifles were used, and, strange as it may seem, their introduction only corroborated the foregoing facts that scientific war is less deadly than na- tural. Thus the invention of gunpowder reduced the proportion of killed and wounded among the troops engaged from about one-third to between one- fourth and one-fifth—from 330 per 1,000 to between 250 and 200 per 1,000. And the adoption of breech -loading rifles diminished it to about one -ninth 11 per 1,000, though that is greater than the mortality in the Franco - Austrian war. :Military authorities now hold that, rapidity of fire is more essential to success than range and precision; marksmanship, indeed, counts for little in battle, and modern arms are certainly less deadly than ancient. . FEW KILLED OUTRIGHT. War does not increase the mortality among soldiers so greatly as one would expect. In South Africa, in 1879, 64 per 1,000 British soldiers died or were killed, while in Egypt, in 1885, the death rate in battle averaged a trifle over 1 per 10,000, in 12 years of small wars 1,396 British soldiers were killed out of 92,650 engaged, a shade over 1.5 per cent. The returns for the American civil war were got out with great care, and they showed that the total deaths during the five years were 160,623, and averaged 70 per 1,000 of the force engaged. In the Franco-German war the mortality was 50 per 1,000 of the troops engaged dur- ing the seven months. Official statis- tics show that,116,812 German sol- diers were wouded. Of these, 99,566 recovered, 11,023 died in hospital, and 6,223 on the field of battle. It ap- pears that a soldiers's lower limbs are most frequently wounded. Of the cases treated in the German hospitals the wounds were distributed as fol- lows: Lower extremities. . . . . . . 43,952 Upper extremities . . . . . . . 33,914 Chest and back.. . .. .. . 11,435 Head. . . . .,. .. 11,041 Abdomen. 4,554 Neck. , . ,.. 1,922 These figures show that very few Men are killed outright notvadays, and that the wounded generally recover, whereas in the days of the sword and lance men were killed outright or fin- ished off after the battle was won. In fact, there would be more slaugh- ter in a battle between the ancient Britons and the Romans, armed re- spectively with stone axes and short swords, than between two mndern armies equipped with magazine •rifles, smokeless powder unci powerful art,il- lery; the question would he settled just as satisfactorily and with less ex- pense, for it rosts £J,400 to slay a man in modern warfare. P 3rd edition BURIED TEE GUN METAL. A curious story is told in the Bri- tish War Office. Some years ego a workman was engaged in casting me- tal for the manufacture of ordnance at the Woolwich arsenal, when he lost his balance and fell into a huge cal- dron containing twelve tons of mol- ten steel. The metal was at white heat and, of course, the unfortunate man was utterly consumed in an instant. The War Department. authorities held a conference, and decided not to pro- fane the dead by using the steel in the manufacture of ordnance, and the enormous mass of metal was actually interred and a Church of England cler- gyman react the burial service over it. HE WAS PUZZLED. (1 'hat man its a puzzle to me, said the physiicinn, though'tifully. 1 have- n't the tfacirntest irten whnt be is worth. What difference does that make 7 Why, f don't know how much to charge hint ifor my services. ff he is iinside rtf n hundred thousand 1 wnnt to make n reasonable chaty;e, as a proebicinV physician. bit) III he is worth more than that the proper 1 hing to do its to call myselif a specialist and make the price to suit. AN EVIDENCE, I believe he thinks more of her money than he dons of her. Yes. He always had such good taste. SLAV VS, MILO -SAXON, RUSSIAN VIEWS ON THE UNITY OF THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE. The Greatest Conflagration In the World's illlstory is Predicted—Power of the Orthodox Church In Russia. The London Daily Mall's correspond- ent at Odessa presents some considera- tions from the Slav point of view up- on the suggested confederation of ,Eng- lish-speaking peoples by means of an Anglo-American alliance. Many pro - pie have been looking forward, he re- marks, to a desperate fight between the Slav and Anglo-Saxon races for the world's supremacy. Mr. Chamber- lain's recent speech was like a brand east into the burning. 1 have had a conversation, the cor- reepondent states, with a high Rus- sian military authority, and he ven- tures to prophesy that the next five years will see the greatest conflagra- tion that has ever been witnessed in the world's history. 11is words strike home. "We can never," said be, "see Great Britain at the head of any coalition against us. The Slav race will stand up as one man to combat the preten- sions of the Anglo-Saxon, and under this name, mind you, I include the Germans, to rule the world. After distinguished diplomatic and political victories such as we have achieved in the last. decade, we could neverlag in the race in which we mean to win shbuid it cost us our last drop of bIcod. "We are weaving such a network ar- ound India that when we choose to draw the meshes you will be strangled out of existence, for once you lose your prestige in one part of the globe, your vassals all over the world, who are only waiting for the signal to rise up against you, will annihilate you. With our railways we have spanned all gulfs that might have served our enemies in a crisis. You cannot bridge the seas, and there we have you. From the Pechili gulf to the Dardanelles, nay, to the Adriatic, the territory thereby bounded is RUSSIA'S HERITAGE, and she will barter it to no nation for a mess of pottage. "We are nearing our destiny, and must reach it ere long; 200,000 troops and Tal Lien Wein, an dten timmes that number at other points. This will give you a slight idea of our onward march, and we have not reached our goal as yet." With reference to the self-confidence of this military view, the correspond- ent proceeds to explain how the Slav system operates. First and foremost in the process of unification of the vast multitudes of diverse nationalities over which the Great White Czar holds sway undoubt- edly comes—strangle as it may seem— religion. Some will call it coercion, whatever the proper term, it comes in the cloak of the Orthodox Church. The Russian "Tchinovnik"—he is ubiquitius, and scarcely anything is done except at the instigation of the Government—no sooner plants himself among, let us say, the Samoyedi or the Bokharans then he erects a cross and fetches a priest to sprinkle the ground with holy water. This being done, the next thing to follow is the church, with ita ornate Eastern architecture and scintillating golden domes, which is to inspire the inhabitants of the country with awe for the mighty Rus- sian Emperor, who speaks, by God's grace, through the Church to his chil- dren, wherever they may be. The "I'chinovnik" may only get his thir- ty roubles, £3, per mouth, but his per- quisites, or peculations, as we would be inclined to call them, amount often to ten and twenty .times this sum; he is not badly off. Consequently he oc- cupies, with the power he naturally wields, as an administrator of the State, and the respect he commands as a representative of his Imperial Ma- jesty, an important and influential position in whatever society he chooses to move. He becomes in time elects ed president of the commission ap- pointed to construct the barracks for the soldiers who invariably follow in the wake of the priest, if they have not had to clear the way for him, as sometimes happens. The "Tchinov- nik" gets a bosom friend of his to ten- der for the work at at fancy price, and then they divide the spoils between them. The Czar and his ministers are cognizant of these abuses, and oc- casionally an example is set by some flagrant offender, who has exceeded all possible bounds, being exposed and cashiered; but things again assume IMPOwitaGir 411100111.1100, hen Ague Shades You you can shake the Ague by using AYER'S AGUE CURE. It is the one certain and infallible cure for that depleting disease. It has been tried in many countries and under various conditions, and has never been known to fail. An old veteran writes:— "Yon may be interested to know my ex- perience many years ago with Ayer's Ague Cure. The year before the war I was in Kansas. Some twenty of us were engaged in fanning, and suddenly all were taken with fever and ague. We tried almost everything without getting any help, till at last I sent to the city and procured a bottle of Ayer's Ague Cure. I recovered at once. The others fol- lowed my example, and they, too, recovered. Every one in camp took the remedy and was cured by it. I went all through the war, have lived in thirteen different states of the Union, and have never had the ague since." 0. B. SMITH, St. Augustine, Fla. There's only one thing to get for ague: Get AVER'S Ague CNN. the even tenor of their way, and the State continues to be 1 ROBB.ELI Uta T AND LEFT. Naturally axe position of "Tohinov- nik" is much coveted, and the natives commence to think how they eon man- age to have a share of his pickings. As only "pravoslavnie" or those pro- fessing the Orthodox religion, are eli- gible as candidates for publio offices, in the service of the State, except in particular oases, as in the telegraph service, where Germans, Lutherans, are admissible, it follows that all those of other than the Russian faith who are excited by cupidity or ambition to aspire to a post In the Government de- partment must change their religion before they can be accepted. Thousands and tens of thousands, for various reasons—greed of gain or out of social considerations, or to get their children admitted into technical col- leges, universities, etc., where the per- centage of scholars and students of the Russian persuasion is overwhelming -- annually change their religion and be- come orthodox Russians. And so the assimilating process goes on, and the empire becomes welded to- gether into one solid mass. The Gov- ernment and Administration is one see- thing mass of corruption, and yet this Colossus moves on and grabs here and there, taking a slice of this and that part of the world's surface to satisfy his ravenous appetite for territorial ag- grandizement, and we are powerless to atop him. We make counter moves, and he in- creases his armaments and sends fresh troops to threaten any position we may take, thinking thereby to paralyze his action. Every fresh movement he makes seems to add to his strength and lend him a new lease of life. We feel his far reaching influences in all (harts of the globe, and try to possess our souls in patience, for we know not what the morrow may bring forth. If, as it is stated, an Anglo-Saxon alliance is effected, then the Slav race from the Vistula to the Volga and be- yond will unite as one man and make common cause to combat with all their mightthe new coalition. "You have no patriotism," said a Russ to me, "it's only interest." Well, if the much talked of alliance becomes a realized fact, the patriotism of the Slav race will be aroused, and we shall see whether it will win the day against so-called British, or will it henceforth be termed Anglo-Saxon interest, INSECTS AND MUSIC. Tarantulas do not dance to the sound of the violin, but let the people they bite do the dancing; (scorpions, how- ever, enjoy fiddling, according to the Quarterly Review, and lizards go crazy for musio of any kind. As for ser- pents, the boa constrictor and python are senseless to melody, but then cobra is fascinated by the flute and still more by the fiddle. Polar bears enjoy the violin; so do ostriches; wolves will stop in the chase to listen to a cor- net; elephants are fond of the flute, especially the upper notes; tigers, while appreciating violin and flute, cannot stand the harmonica, while the musi- cal seal shows no emotion on hearing any instrument, not ,even the bass drum. A FAMILY AFFAIR. A wealthy 'widow was about to mar- ry a widower whose sole possession consisted of a family of small children. On the day set apart for the happy event a friend of the prospective groom met one of his children, a little girl of six years, and, to see what she would say, he accosted her with: Where are you going, Mamie, all dressed up so fine? I'm going to a wedding, she said proudly. Whose wedding? was his next, query. Mrs. Noble's, replied she. And who is Mrs. Noble going to mar- ry? Why, said she in an astonished tone, don's you know ? She's going to marry us? After coughs and colds; the germs of consumption' often gain a foothold. Scott's Emulsion of Cod- liver Oil with Hypophos• hie willcure not u re ever y. case; but, if taken in time,. it will cure many. Even when the disease farther advanced, some re-' markable cures are effected.' In the most advanced stages it prolongs life, and maker the days far more comfort-, able. Everyone suffering from consumption needs this' food tonic. goc. and 34.00. all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto. Grand Trunk Railway. Trains arrive and leave Clinton Station as follows : Buffalo and Goderich District :— Going fest, Mixed " " Express Mixed. Express Going East, Express „ 1. „ " " Mixed London, Huron and Bruce :— Going South, Express Going North, tI M. C. DICKSON, Dis. Pass. Agent, Toronto. W. E. DAVIS, G. P. & T, A., Montreal. A. O. PAT'1'ISON, G,T.R. Agent at Clinton. 10.15 a.m. 1.03 p.m. 7.05 p.m. 1(3.27 p.m. 7,4o a.m, 2.55 p.m. 4.35 p•m. 7.47 a.m. 4.30 p.m. 10.15 a.m. 6.55 p.m. The llcKiilop Mutual Fire Insurance Compaq. Farm and isolated Town Property Only Insured. OFFICERS: George Watt, President, Hariock P.O.Jas. Broadfoot Vice-Prea, Jcn'orth 1'.0.: i1V• W. J. Shannon. hec'y Treao., Seaton h, P.O. ; Michael Mardie, Inspector of )oases, Seaforth. P.O. DIRECTORS; James Rroadfnot, Seaforth ; Michael Mur die, Soatorth: Geor is Date. seaforth ;• George Watt, Har;ock ; Thomas 11. Hays, Seaforih; Alex. Gardiner. Leadbnry ; Thomas Garbutt, Clinton; JohnMol,ean, Kippen. AGENTS: Thomas Notions. Harlo-ilt: Robert McMillan, Soatorth and James Cummings, Egmondville, Parties desirous to effect insurance or tran- s tet other business will be promptly attended t 1 on applimttion to any of the above otncere aidressed to their respective post offices. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE . 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