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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1898-09-22, Page 7L 1r THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Nitros RECORD PrintingUHRoDeYAlbTBE CULLICILibroom., 4C11133. -b• ADVERTielk.tl RA'i E0. 1 Column1 Yr. 6 Mo, 3 Mo. 1„219, Coluutu EW 00 135 00 $20 00 7 O 35 00 20 00 12 00 3 00 Column 00 9 20 00 12 00 7 00 2 50 OOIUWD 00 5 00 1 00 Inch 0 W 350 2 00 1 25 Position from 25 to 50 per cent extra. cot. ransient advertisements 10 cents r for the first insertion; 3 cents per line each subsequent insertion— nonpareil measure. Professional cards, not exceeding one inch, $5.00 per annum. Advertisements without spec- ific directions will be published till forbid and charged for accordingly. Transient notices --"Lost," "Found," "For Sale," etc. -50 cents for first in- sertion, 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. THE NEWS -RECORD will be sent to any address, free of postage, for 1.00 per year, payable in advance - 1.50 may be charged if not so paid. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted by the number on the address label. No paper discontin- ued until all arrears are Maid, except at the option of the proprietor. W. J. MITCHELL - Editor and Proprietor. ssirJpecial THE MOLSON'S BANK Incorporated by Act of Parliament 1855. AFITAZ - - EST '$ 2,00O, 000 $1,500,000 Head Office, - MONTREAL. WM. MOLSON, MACPHERSON, President F. W-OLFE1t:TAN 11101v1AS, Gen. Manager Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts Issued, Sterling and American Exchange bought and sold. Interest allowed en Deposits SAVINGS BANS. Bit:Test .allowed on sums of Si and 'tip, FARMERS. Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers. No mortr gage required as security. 11. C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton. Ge D. McTAGGART, Banketfi, ALBERT STREET, - CLINTON A General Banking Business Transacted. Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued. Interest Allowed on Deposits. RELIABLE HARNESS Much in Little lie erpeoleny true of Reed's Pils, for no meds. Dino ever contained so great curative power in so small space. They ate s whole medicine od's nes chest, always ready, sl - ways emotent, always eat. Isfaetoryi prevent a cold or fever, sure all liver Ills, Sick headache, jaundice, constipation, ete. 25e. The only Pins to take with Rood's Sarsaparilla, 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 oqt the above business, we intend io.onduct it on the cash principle, and will supply our customers tvith the best meats at the lowest paying prices. Ford & Murphy. Live Hogs Wanted. Highest Market Price Paid. D. CANTELON. Clinton GEO. TROWIIILL, Horseshoer and General Blacksmith Albert Street, North, Clinton. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. Woodwork ironed and first-class material and work guaranteed. Farm implements and Machines rebuilt and repaired. TO THE FARMERS! Study your own interest and go where you oan get a-ZILOspan was..-mrI.OR CLINTON - ONT Fire, Accident and Life Insurance Coninnanjes and relating o aeinformation several of the oto in,urance gladly given. General District Caent Money to Loan Confederation Rates 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, Office in Perrin's Block, Rattenbury St. Night calls at Office attended to. , CLINTON, ONT. M. D. C. Dl., McGill ; M. C. P. S. 0., Ont. Late Resident Physician to Royal Victoria hospital, Montreal. Office—Dr, Dowsli•y's stand, Rat- tenbury St. Night calla at Clarendon Hotel. Dr. Shaw, Office—Ontario Street, opposite English church„ formerly occupied by Dr. Apple- . en. DENTISTRY. Dr, BRUCE, Surgeon Dentist. OFFICE—Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Clinton, Ont. Special attention to preser- vation of natural teeth. N. B —Will visit Blyth every Monday and Bayfield every Thursday afternoon during he summer. DR. AGNEW, DENTIST. Office Hours, - q to 5. At Zurich the second Thursday of each month. VETERINARY. J. E. Blackall, VETERINARY SURGEON AND VETERINARY INSPECTOR. Office on Isaac Street next New Era office Residence, Albert St., Clinton, LEGAL. Scott & McKenzie, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC, CLINTON AND BAYFIELD. Clinton Office—Elliott Block, Isaac at. Bay field Office—Open every Thursday —Main street, first door west of Post Office. .Money to loan, James Scott, E. Ii. McKenzie. E. Campion, Q C - Solicitor, - Notary, &c., GODERTCH, ONT. Dame—Over Davis' Drug Store. Money to Loan. M. O. Johnston, Barrister, Solicitor, Commissioner, Etc. GODF.RICH, - ONT, OPPrcr—Cor Hamilton and St. Andrew's Streets. W. Brydone, \arrister, Solicitor, Notary Publi e, Ste Blit NKR BLOCK, - CLINTON, I manufacture none but the beet 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 Bel!, Harness Emporium, Blyth, Ont The !ieKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Farm and Isolated Town Property Only Insured. OFFICERS: George Watt, President, Harlook P.O.: Jas. Broadfoot; Vice- Pres., Sea'orth P.O. : W. J. Fhagnon, Seo'y Treas., Seator h, P.O. ; Michael Murdie, Inspector of losses, Seaforth. P.O. DIRECTORS: James Broadfoot, Seaforth ; Michael Mur - die, Seaforth- 0ennre Dale, .Seaforth•- Gteo^gge Watt,TiiirTock Thomas . iTnys; Steaforih; Alex. Gardiner. Leadbury ; Thomas Garbutt, Clinton; John MoLean, Rippcn. AGENTS: Phomas Neflans, Hare:elk; Robert, McMillan, Seaforth and James Cummings, Egmodrille, Parties desirous to effect insurance or tran- sact other business will be promptly atten led to en application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post offices. Grand Trunk Railway. Trains arrive and leave Clinton Station as follows : Buffalo and Gode.rich District :— Going West, Mixed Express " " Mixed " " Express Going East, Express " " Mixed London, Huron and Bruce :— Going South, Express 7,47 a.m. .t 1,. 10.15 a.m, 12.55 p,m, 7.05 p.m. 10.27 p.m. 7.40 a.nr 2.55 p.m. 4.35 P•m. GoingNorth, " . P.m. 100.1155 a.m. 6.55 p.m. ,4 cc cc M. C. DICKSON, W. E. DAVIS, Dis. Pass. Agent, G. P. & T. A., Toronto. Montreal. A. 0. PATTiSON, G.T.R. Agent. at Clinton. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone sending n sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention is probably patentable. Communica- tions strictly conddenttal. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without Charge, In the Scientific .Imeriran. A handkomety Illustrated weekly, Largest cir- culation of any scientific journal Terme, 28 a year; four months, e1. Sold by all newedenlers. MUNN & Co.3otBroadway, New York Branch Office. 425 F Ht.. Washington, D. O. SOVEREIGNS AT 15 SHILLINGS APIECE. As the result of a wager a number of sovereigns were exposed the other day for sale at 15 shillings apiece in the window of a London store. Only one customer appeared, and he, after ex- amining the money, destined to huy. A somewhat similar rase occurred some yen rs ago when sovereigns were offer- ed for sale at 1 penny n.piene on Lon- don Bridge without one being sold. --ewe- 1 A DIPLOMATIC PHYSIOGNOMIST. Snorky Whalen—Yes, lady; dough poor, I wuz once agreat face render, an' I know dat it's only han'sum what - men wot gives. Knowin' dat, I never approach a house unless I sees a real hen'sum women in de winder, Mrs. Tookin—\Vhnt awonderful gift) .Tust wait a. moment; i want you to try some of my pie while I am l000king you up some change. SIGN LANGITAGE. Dow did Eleanor announce her en- gagement to the family? She just wiggled 1 he finger that had on the diamond ring. HINTS FOR THE FARMER. SHOEING AND FITTING. This subject of fitting is so broad. and covers so many different points that it is impossible to treat it fully unless unlimited time and space is giv- en to the consideration; therefore we will for the present, confine ourselves to but one feature, viz., the hind fit- ting, and in conjunction with the sub- ject also treat, in a passing way, con- formation and the necessity of study- ing it when attempting to fit a shoe, says a practical horseshoer in the Horseshoer's Journal. In shoeing a horse any intelligent man will, before starting the operation, first study the conformation. He will look first at the limbs, and then the position the fee occupy toward the limb. Then folio ing up his subject he will look at th position the feet occupy on the ground. He will find some limbs, I mean the lower portion, for this is our main point of observation, with long drawn pasterns, hound or curb hocked, oth- ers short in pastern and straight hock- ed. Some feet he will find long toed and low heeled, others the reverse, with a short, stubby toe and upright heels; again he may find the long -toed and low-heeled foot to be wired or dip- ped in. Then to the position. We will find some toeing out, some occupying a straight or direct position, and some, though the case is rare, decidedly pig- eon-toed. Here are three distinct po- sitions that the feet occupy on the ground. It may be asked, what has the limbs or their conformation to-do with the shoe or its shape? Simply this: A shoe properly adjusted will serve the Purpose of sustaining the flexor lig- aments according to the demands of the case. For instance, the long -toed and low-heeled foot will, as a rule, be found on horses with long pasterns, and as may be seen in many cases, the same kind of conformation in the lower part will generally be accom- panied by a bowed hock ; this is a com- mon case, and is, to some extent, to be expected when the general line of con- formation is considered. Now, in such a case, it will be noticed that many fit- ters will shoe with a long outside mule- ahaped heeled shoe. The practice is a wrong one unless other conditions de- mand. If we find that the long -toed, low-heeled foot. looks straight ahead, we should, to be correct in our prac- tice of fitting it, resort to the extra length on both heels, and not on the one heel alone. The latter method is. injurious, inasmuch as it tends to throw the foot out of balance by forc- ind undue strain on the interior liga- ments of the leg, and also creating a tendency to friction on the joints of the foot hones. But when it is toun that the toe is long, and heel low, an the foot looks out after the manne in cow -hocked horses, than we can, wit justice to the place, apply the ion outside heel to the shoe, turning o nailing it outwardly ail much as th case may demand. Now, in the case of the straight-pasterned and direct - looking feet, the plain necessity is t follow the lines of the foot and kee the heels of the shoe regular an even, neither being longer than th other. We will notice, in all such cas es, that the limbs and feet occupy d rect lines from the hock down to th very point of the toe; regularity o conformation is marked. The foot i not too long of toe, the heels, are mod erately high and symmetrically shaped the pasterns are short and well knit and the hock is straight ; 75 per cent of such eonformntion calls for an even heeled shoe. In interfering, this. kin of conformation will generall.y,:Jie loan to strike almost centrally otiAbe foot while in the other cases mentioned i is toward the heel that the damag will be drat,. be applied fi>g the fait lin. the spring 1501 Pounds 4f nitrate of soda should be broadcasted:. To insure a good catch of clover, there ebv11Id he applied in the Pall, in addition' to the fertilizer for the wheat, 250 pounds of acid phos- phate. In the spring at least 125 Pounds of muriate of potash per acre should be broadcasted. By following this plan all that can be done to in- sure a catch will have been done, and the nitrogen gained by the clover will be worth twice the cost of the miner- al fertilizer applied for the clover. • BURR KNAPP'S FARM FURROWS. Stick to the farm. Better coarse clothes than empty stomachs. The best things are free. So live as to get plenty of them. If the meat spoils, think no more of it, but eat bread. Some young men must scurry over the world like a box in search of its lid, before ti : • ,an bit upon their calling. L - . y is the man who is con- tent to alk in his father's shoes. Mon is a good medicine, but not a .. e -all, Less strong drink ; more hard ohi:iir. BELLEVILLE BOILER ON WARSHIPS Too Much Coal Consumed, Toro ('rent Bleat in Stoke Hole WWI Breakdowns. The recent experience of the British Cruiser Terrible on her voyage from England to Gibraltar and back, and the later failure of the two sister cruis- ers, the Diadem and Europa, to realize the speed intended by their designers, has brought the boiler question in the British Navy again to the front. These vessels are fitted with the Belleville water -tube boilers, which gave so much trouble in the case of the cruiserPow- erful, during what was expected to be a record trip for a warship between England and China by the long route round the Cape of Good Hope. The mat- ter is the more important because so large a proportion of the more mod- ern ships of the British Navy is fur- nished with these boilers, that their proved inefficiency discounts to every great extent, some experts say to an alarming degree, the real war value of the magnificent collection of vessels composing the British Navy. But the trouble is not alone in the defects that appear to he inherent in the boilers themselves. There is the extravagant consumption of coal, nearly double that on the ships fitted with ordinary boilers. If the cost were the only question involved, this would not be amalter of so much consequence provided the results were adequate, but it is the quantity required to produce what so far have proved to be inade- quate results, that has to be taken into account. To keep ships fitted with this particular type of boiler fully sup - d plied with coil, the capacity of coaling d stations will have to he increased; that ✓ in its turn, especially in war time, h augments the risk of a fleet being g crippled through the captures of col - ✓ Tiers, whose number would have to be e increased. Then the steaming radius of a ship is seriously diminished through the extra consumption of coal o without equivalent gain in speed, which P is now admittedly proved in the case d I of those vessels having the Belleville - e Iboilers. There is, besides, the excessive beat, 1- generated in the stoke boles of the e ships fitted with these boilers, so great indeed that, as is the case in the Dia- s dem, the Eurnpri and others, the fire- d t e CLOVER AFTER WINTER WHEAT. Failure to get a " catch " of clover after winter wheat has frequently been a source of great annoyance to farmers using the old standard four- year rotation, especially in those sec- tions which have been cropped for many years. This failure has been as- cribed to many things, generally a lack of water, or the probably imagin- ary disease known as clover sickness. The usual practice in the four-year rotation is to apply a heavy top -dress- ing of farmyard manure to the corn in the spring, with, perhaps, a light application of well -rotted manure in the fall in connection with the two to five hundred pounds per acre, of commercial fertilizer. This is suppos- ed to answer, not only for wheat, but also for the clover and timothy crops to follow. So long as a good clover crop can be secured, a good timothy crop is sure to follow. If the clover fails, the timothy' fails also, and the rotation is brokep with the result. of several years unprofitable work to get the .soil into good heart again. It is clearly understood that the hulk of the farmyard manure goes to the corn each year, the wheat receiv- ing the remainder supplemented by commercial fertilizers. Now it should be perfectly clear that the corn and wheat. substantially exhaust manure and commercial fertilizer, and the clov- er must make out the best it can. If the soil is very rich naturally, the clov- er will make out well ; in the long run, however, the soil becomes poor and the clover fails. Most farms in the East have already reached this stage. The importance of making a good catch of clover being admitted, we na- turally seek n method by which there will he no bit or miss about the mat- ter. We all know the importance of the mineral fertilizers in growing clover, and it is quite probable that the rause of so much failure is clue to a defieiency of potash and phosphoric nnid in the soil immediately after the rnnlurily of the wheat. Farmynrdman- ure contains its nilrngen, potash and phrtsphorie acid in much the same pro- portions as are requiredby the whent crop itself. iI sInnds to reason that if the wheat is not above the average, it has suffered from innk of plant food; such being the case, what fertilizer is left. in the soil for the clover which follows? Clover needs no nitrogen fer- tilizer' but it requires as much phos- phoric+ acid as the whent, and two or three times as much potash. Farmers will find it pays them to fertilize for their plover, in which case t he timothy will look out for itself. The mineral fertilizer can very well he nppiied in the fall on the wheat, (hough a 1op-dressing of seventy -fleet to 125 pounds of muriate of potash per sere in the spring will prove ef- fectual. The acid phosphate can safely be applied in the fall with the fertil- izer for the wheat. A gond fertilizer for wheat is, per nose, fifty pounds of dried blond, 300 pounds of acid phosphate, and Heventy- five pounds of muriate of potash, to • men become thoroughly prostrated. Nearly every attempt so far to getup the steam required to bring out the full power of the boilers, has had to be given up, either because of thedan- ger to the ship, the engines or the -men in the stoll e hole- -. -_,-, e The importance of this boiler ques- tion becomes the graver 'when the dif- fering conditions of working ships at trial trips and in war are taken into account. In the one case the trials are conducted with picked firemen us- ing handpicked coal; in the other the work will be done with ordinary crews with ordinary coal. The only explana- tion afforded of the persistence of the British Admiralty in continuing the use of the. Belleville boilers in its ships is that the officials committed to them dare not acknowledge Their error. As this error is persisted in in direct op- position to the recommendations of their own Boiler Committee, it would appear as though nothing short of a national disaster could stir the British public to recognize the danger involv- ed, not only to British commerce, but even to the national existence. TO AFRICA BY BALLOON. French Aeronaut's Scheme for the Explora- tion of the Dark Continent. MM. Dex and Livos, the French aer- onauts, who recently submitted their schemes for exploring the Dark Con- tinent by means of a balloon to the French Academy and the Smithsonian Institute of Washington, which bod- ies are stated to have approved of the plans, have now, in conjunction, with M. Hourst, the African traveller in- voked the aid of the Paris Municipality in support of the great undertaking. They do not profess to be able—and in this they are in accord with work- ers in the same direction—to construct a complete dirigible balloon; but they believe in the practicability of their scheme, assuming the air currents of tropical Africa, are fairly regular, at least at certain seasons. The balloon they intend to const ruct is to be 92 ft. in diameter, with a capacity of 406,- 184 cubic feet. It is to be made of silk and rendered gas -proof by an eight- fold coat of varnish, so much so that, according to a calculation lased upon experiments made at the Mendon Aer- onautical institute of the French nr- my, only a very small quantity of gas will be lost per day. The ear will be in two storeys, connected ley a rope ladder the upper storey providing liv- ing and sleeping ncrommodal ion for six travellers, the lower being reserv- ed for the apparatus used in manoeuv- ring the balloon. Another smaller car, anchored to the balloon, is to serve as a means of communication with terra firma, and to he lnwere.d when the bal- loon has been anchored. The sum of 15,000f. for which the Paris Municip- ality has been asked is intended for preliminary triols, as the cost of the actual journey through Africa, itis hoped, will he defrayed by rich mem- bers of the committee for Frenob Af- rica. THE DISTINCTION. The ilrlinister—Tt is should not he trying ing nt, your age. His Bon --Oh I well, the lilies of the fiel a shame that you to earn your ltv- father, consider d. i'hey toil not, neither do they spin The Minister—But it. they can afford EVER TACKLE A' r t 0 AN OLD MAN'S PRIVATE CIRCUS IN A CANADIAN BAY. A Reward of $100 the Balt Which Lure, Strangers lnto Attempting a Feat Beside Which Billing it Trick mule Seems Simple -Struggles ofa New 'Worker. A stranger wandering through the beautiful country near Chatham, Can- ada, would sooner or later find his way to a deep bay that reaches up from Lake Erie, It is an attractive stretch of water, famous for its game fish, white moose and deer are not distant, 'though not known to the great world, it is a familiar resort for many lov- ers of nature, who find it the central point of a series of lakes which st retch away for hundreds of miles, inviting the visitor on and on into the heart of the great Canadian forest. But it is not only the game or the beauties of nature that attract at- tention at Grand Eau. On the edge of the bay at a certain point a man well known to the surrounding country has built adefence in the form of asquare out into the water, which is hereabout four feet in depth. Across the inclosure extends another fence, reaching just above the surface. The object of this fence is the source of much speculation to strangers. Some at first think it is acowyard that has been overtaken by the rising water, while others be- lieve it to be some kind of a fish strap. One day estranger who had visited Grand Eau in search of the black bass for which the locality is noted, came upon the inclosurei late in the after- noon, and, euriouts, he stopped and be- gan to wonder what it could be. Aft- er examining it well, he walked along the front until he suddenly saw THE FOLLOWING NOTICE: $100 REWARD.—One hundred doll- ars will be paid to any one who will lift one of the sturgeons in the pen Over the fence into the other side, There was no reason given for this curious announcement, nor was there a house in the vicinity where inquiries could be made regarding it, but a man's name at the bottom of the pla- card indicated that the reward would be forthcoming if the feat should be accomplished. As the stranger glanced from the sign and the inclosure to the land side, where richly wooded hills stood out against the blue sky, he saw a boy 'ap- proaching, who quickly came at his call, "Is that a joke?" he asked„ point- ing to the sign. No, sir-ee," the boy replied; "it's dead earnest." "What does it mean, anyway?" con- tinued the stranger, again reading the notice. "Dunno," said the boy. "All there is to it is that if you put the fish over you'll git the money." This seemed an easy way to earn $100, and the etrangor, who was an athletic young man from northern New York, determined to earn it, "Just watch my clothes, will you?" he said to the boy, as he slowly lagan to undress, "Certain," the boy answered, grin- ning, and he climbed on one of 'the posts that formed the corner of the water yard, where he settled him- self as though expecting a treat. .The stranger presently climbed the pen fence, on which he stood, and looked around. The water was very clear, and moving slowly about were several large sturgeons. As he looked seven passed ip review—large fellows, -weighing-at-least- 1213 -pounds -each -,_The. first thing to do, he thought, was to catch the sturgeon,—an easy matter in so small an enclosure. So he carefully slipped inside the fence, where he stood a moment, amazed at the tameness of the fish, which did not appear to no- tice him; then it flashed through his mind that perhaps they were accus- tomed to being experimented upon—it was an old story to them. Slowly he moved out into the water until waist deep, then, as one of the sturgeons came swimming slowly toward him, he spread his feet apart, the fish pass- ing directly beneath them. As its sharp nose and head moved beneath him he reached down and GRASPED THE FISH. The next moment the boy nearly fell from his perch in a fit of laughter— the young man had entirely disap- peaned, The instant he touched the fish it rose beneath him, lifting him from his feet eau' throwing him hack - ward. As he rose from the water, greatly astonished at the rudeness of the at- tack, he saw that an old m'tn had join- ed the boy, holdin,g nn to the fence and laughing so heartily that tears ran from his eyes. The young man was not discouraged wilh his first at- tempt, and the presence of the two made him still more determined to The Iffpper OP me Proppev? There are cough medicines that are taken as freely as a drink of water from a dipper. They are cheap medicines. Quantity does not make up for quality. It's the qual- ity that cures. There's one medi- cine that's dropped, not dipped— Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.' There's more power in drops of this remedy than in dippersful of cheap cough syrups and elixirs. It cures Bron- •chitis, Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cough, and all Colds, Coughs, and affections of the Throat and Lungs, Agers Cum ectorai Write to our doctor 'on anydisease In confidence. Address, Medical epartment, J. C. AYER CO., Lowell Muse, Place the eturgeon Op tete other gide of t he fence. Re now conceived the plan .of corner» Ing a fish and seizing it by the head. and at onceproceeded to put It into operation. he sturgeons had bete e excited and were moving rapidjy., Oct his way to . the corner two ram.. ,}i,'t0 him, and, coming from behind, threwr him off his feet so cleverly that the old man and the boy broke into peals of laughter, As he picked himself up another sturgeon bumped into him, scraping its rough hide against his legs. Say, mister," said the boy on the post as the young man made for the fence, "did you ever go to acircus?" The stranger nodded assent. "Ever ride the trials mule and git $its?" "No," shortly. Tho young man bad climbed upon the fence and sat looking at the big fish some minutes before he again entered the fenced arena- 'Phe sturgeons had quieted down and he waited until one ;came hy, then seized it by the head and lifted. There was a rush of wat- ers and man and fish disappeared, re- appeared and went plunging along now out, now under, snorting, puffing splashing—a most remarkable sight. The young man finally got on his feet and staggered up to the fence, holding the struggling fish firmly be- tween his legs; and the boy on ,the post saw that he had one hand in the !stur- geon's soft, toothless mouth. For a second the fish was quiet, then as its captor gave a tremendous lift, it plung- ed forward, seer'ing to the two specta- tors to climb over the young man, who, losing his balance, fell upon his hack, while the sturgeon swam calmly away. As the stranger's eyes appeared above the surface they rested on the old man holding on to the fence, almost doubled up with -laughter. "Why, you'te not going to give it up?" he said, as the young man slow- ly waded out. "Yes, I am," replied the stranger shortly. "Who is that?" he asked the boy, as the old man disappeared through the trees. "Why, that's the man that'll give the $100 to any one that'll put the fish over the fence. That's his enjoy- ment—seein' folks tackle the stur- geons. Every man and boy within fifty miles has tried it," added the boy, as he dropped from( the post, see- ing that the, show was over "but the sturgeons are all that side of the fence," HER EXTENSIVE DOMAIN. Some Interesting Figures and Facts About England's In►uteuse 1'ossess1o104. From the latest statistics publish- ed it appears that the British Empire extends over 11,334,700 square miles, of which only 121,481 are in the small islands which are the home of the Unit- ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- land. Queen Victoria is ruler over 400,000,000 people, and only, 38,800;- 000 of them dwell within the confines of the United Kingdom. In 1897 the re- venues of Great Britain and her colon- ies were about $1,425,000,000 while the share raised in the United Kingdom was only half the amount. India, Australia, and Canada are, of course, the richest of Britain's posses- sions, In the provinces of India the Queen's realm extends over more than 1,500,000 square miles of territory, and through her Viceroy she rules 292,000,- 000 people. The Canadian possessions cover 3,470,257 square miles, and the Canadian subjects number nearly 5,- 110,000 souls, In Australia the Queen has 4,235,250 loyal subjects. It is the largest island in the world—about 3,- 175,153 square miles—equalling in size the United States, including Alaska, and being twenty-six times as large as the little Britain that rules it. The rest of Great Britain's colonial possessions are not, territorially, so inportant. In the English and Irish channels.are the,'Isle--of Man', Jeisey and Guernsey, in the Mediterranean are Gibraltar, the Maltese and Cyprus islands; in the Gulf of Alden is a group The germs of consump- tion are everyw here. There is no way but to fight them. - If there is a history of weak lungs in the family, this fight must be constant and vigorous. You must strike the dis- ease, or it will strike you. At the very first sign of failing health take Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypophosphites. It gives the body power to resist the germs of consump- tion. 5oc. and $i.00, ail druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto. of dependencies; in the Indian Ocean are Ceylon and a few minor islands; in Asia are India and the Strait Settle- ments; in the Asiatic archipelago are Hong Kong, North Borneo and Lahuan island; in the Pacific the British flag floats over ,New Zealand and the Fijis; on the American continent, besides Canada, Britain holds sway over New- foundland, Guiana and Honduras; in the North and South Atlantic are a dozen such islands as Bermuda, Ba- hama, Jamaica, and Barbadoes, and added to all these are the millions of miles of British territory and the mil- lions of British subjects in darkest Africa. The smallest of Britain's for- eign possessions, lout at the same time one of the most important is Gibraltar, which includes only one and nine - tenths square miles, and is the home of 26,000 people, THE PROOFREADER'S NEMESIS. What's the matter? inquired the foreman, as he entered the sanctum for copy and noted the editor's bleed- ing nose, swollen forehead, puffed red eye, and tattered, dusty coat. Fall down stairs? No—only that, replied the editor, pointing with his finger to a paragraph in the paper before him. It's in our account of the Crapley. Smith wedding. It ought to read, Miss Smith's dimpled, shining face formed a pleasing contrast with Mr. Crapley's strong, bold physiognomy. But gee how it was printed. And the foreman read, Miss Smith's pimpled, skinny face formed a pleasing con- trast with Mr. Crapley's stony, bald physiognomy. Crapley was just In hese, continued the editor, throwing one blood -streaked handkerchief Into the waste basket and feeling in his pocket fors a clean one, and he—but just send that fool of a proof-reader int here! There's fight left in me yet. A POSITIVE QUIETUS. Minister (who has just come from sick patient's bedside)—I've given reli- gious comfort to the invalid, and I fancy all he requires now is agood, sound sleep. Nurse—Oh, if you would only bring your last Sunday's sermon and read it to him. LEADING UP. Minnie—Have you and Charlie agreed upon terms of peace, yet ? Grace—No; we haven't got any fir- ther than a protocol. He brought a box of candy last night, and I told him he might come around Sunday for the purpose of discussing the matter. GLAD SHE WENT. The Husband—My , dear, did you -get -_-. - any good from the sermon to -day? The Wife—I did; I am fully convinc- ed that I might be worse than I am; The Clinton News-Heeord Sas it staff of experinced news reporters, who cover the ground well, and give "All the News That's Fit to Print." 1 The News -Record is the largest newspaper published in West, Ilurob, and has special features not possessed by a number of them. Every SConservative Should be a Subscriber. ® Clinton News-Reeord. ONE GIVES RELIEF. Don't Spend a Dollar for Medicine until you have tried You can buy them in the paper 5 -cent cartons Ten Tabules for Five Cents. Inn port is put up cheaply to granny the universal pre.ent demand for a low pHim. If you don't find this sort of Ripens Tabules At the Druggist's Send Five Cents to Twa RiPANS CHaMICAT. COMPANY, NO. 10 Spruce St., New York, and they will be sent to you hy mail; or 12 cartons will he mailed for 48 cents, The chances are ten to one that Ripens Tabules are the very medicine you need. taxa