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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron News-Record, 1897-12-09, Page 4a •o ,4 . Jr Christmas r, Is Coping and everybody who sees our beautiful 1k��y� Q# halidy.. at— tractions is glad of it. Our desirable gta)ds and low prices make Christmas shop- pipg a real pleasure. We Invite You to come in and look around. FANCY CHINAWARE. BOOKS. 00000000 0906.0011111 A leading line of our Stoek 'I 'he Boys and t,lirl's Own consisting of Cups, saucers, Annual, Chatterbox, Sunday, Fancy Vases,' ugar and Cream, New HeDty books, Chums Toy Porridge Sets, Bread and But— Books, Poeta Standarfi Setts, ter Plates, )(Tater Set is, View Popular books in Fancy Bind- goocl, etc., etc. ings, and many choice volumes. •.-TOYS. eo0s►9o09 , Our entire upper flat is de- voted to toys of which we have an imrneuse stock of Dolls, ..iloeks, Games, Mechawical Toys, Tin Goods, Rockers iDoll Cabs, etc;, etc. FANCY GOODS, os0e0e9s Novelties of all kinds, Faames, Inks, Mir'•ors, Frush and Comb Setts, Manicures, Work Boxes, Jewel Boxes,Col- lar and guff Bores, Glove and Flandkerchief Boxes, etc, etc. and -Mitchell of TuE NUWS•#tECORD will be IlillaNed lustettd of Rtrtepstyer. Regular meeting of Uttron Encnrnp- ment, No. 28, I.O.O.F., next Monday evening. The regular monthly meeting of the Public 8cbool Board was held on Mon. day evening. The curling and skating rink opened on Friday evening-il I rthe lee �Qej p. oi'`l+'re(d. Holmes. The ice was in fairly good condition and theta wits d 1 urge attendance. The Literary Society held an open meeting off Friday when it remarkal)ly good programme was presented. Thep feature of the evening, however, was a debate in which only the gentler sex took part and covered thelitselves with glory. Our stores etre already selling pies. ents for Christmas ani Charley Blackstone is selling candy and taking orders for the best of oysters for the sante festive occasion, DID THE RATEPAYERS CHOOSE "THE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE ?" To the Editor of THENEws-R�•CORD. Sir,—Last week's Goderich Star treated me to a big dose of hillingsgate, but this I expected. In answer to his question about Manliness in going to Clinton, I take the liberty of send ing my letter's where I think they will cio the most good. Anyhow, I should not send thew to the Man Friday. This is it question I want to know rnyself and so does the public. Look at, the Star of February and March, 1597, and its critical editor will find it under the caption :—Re- ceipts and Expenditures, and then let him go back several years and he will find the sante thing. I have notheen trading on sympathy for years, nor ani I now, hence I still keep in ambush, but a person so sitmat: ed can see many things, and one that he and all others can see without un- der,scanding is why the Town Council should grant its funds to help indivi- dual bu'rinesses, when those whose livings are injured thereby have to help pay the piper, Yours, etc., . A RATEPAYER. P. S.—As under the benign matl- agefneut of the Citizens' Committee and its particuhtr.friend, taxes have raised from 2 to 21' cents on the dollar, will the new managers kindly inform file how long itwill he before we have to pity 3 cents on each $. R. P. Goderich. Dec. 4th. Belarave. The fullowing is the standing of the pupils of S. S. No. 8, E. W., as deter- mined by the last hi-ruonthly exiamina- tion :—P. S. L.—John Cunningham, Maggie -McCallum, Annie Walsh. Sr. IV—Allan Wheeler, Josie Campbell, Ida Bone, Ed. Walsh, Sara McCallum, Allan McBurney. Jr. IV—Roy Wheel- er, Jas McCitllurn, Maud Robertson. Sr. III—Lena Pearen, Lillie Anderson, Maitland Henry. Jr. III—Mary And- 'ers(an, Willie McLean; Hoayard Wight- miul,. Mary G;•igg, Janie Bone. Jr. II —Str_nley McBurney, Percy McLean, r,obbie Wheeler, Austin Campbell Vinny Pearen, Alice Shinn. Part II —Lillie McLean, Stuart McBurney. Sr. Part I—Ella Taylor, Lillie Pearen. Jr. Part I—John McCalluul, Bella Robertson. Huron County Council. The County council met at Goderich on Tuesday, Nov.:'i't h. The following conlninnications were sent to special committee: From Do- minion Alliance, xkking ev operation to secure further anlendnlents to Liceuse Act; from the counties of Northuni- he; laud and Durhaul, asking eo-opef a - tion to secnt•C C•el'taill alllennnlellLS to Criminal Justice Act. The report of the, County Jndge, Waren and Clerk of'the Peace, Iv talc transfer of Hensall village to County. Council division No. 3 was filed. An application of keeper of House of Refuge for increase of -alw-y for himself and matron, and lenders re- ceived ) 1. , . . ,. . cel td I y clerk 1 cc al .tad yr(ud, were sent, to Executive committee, •tud council then adjourned • to. 10 o'clock to- nun•ruw. WEDNESDAY, . The following matters came up. Presentment of grand jury. from Fall Assizes. Filed. Petition fr•oln Wellington County Council itsking co-operation tc secure aniendinent.s to Sec, 31 of high School Ai't.. Sent to speciitl conuuitte«•. Requisitions from Sheriff Reynolds for jail Supplies and increased vault account. datum. County Prope••ty Coll) l l l l tt ee. The following reports were sent to committees named: From ,jailer, to C'nttnty Pror4ity conuuittee; keeper of House of ILefuge, to thiiteonlrnittee; front County Commissioner, to Road and Bridge from Waiden'scomnlittee, to Executive. On motion of blessrs. Torrance and (loot: it was decided that all contracts for •ja.rl Supplies he let by tender ahuu- ally under the supervision of the clerl., with power to act when necessary, said lenders to he placed before the Executive coulinittee at the January session . The clerk way instructed to lay lie- forC the Council lit US next tueeting it Statement showing the funoont paid to the n)enlhers fit' the Council inch)(1- ing mileage for the years IS( i and l ':7; also I he costof all c•olurnittees for the sale• year's. A peddler's license was grp.nted to Andre VAITO, he having lost, one of his hands and being unable to follow }lis usnul occ•ilitntioh. A motion by AlcEwtin and Cook to pbavo a2 -inch gets pipe ns a railing (in all 111v bridges un tho leading rna.dS in I he cuunty, wit, sent, to the Road and Bridge c oin'llih tee. THURSDAY. A letter from .Jas. Mitchell, asking it grant. to the Huron Poultiy Associa- tion, was Sent, to the executive cont- ulitleC, A statement showing balance of Hinds at. ••rodit cif County in the Bank of Coninle ce, wits sent to special. Several «recounts were sent, to fin. :ulee. I Report of finance committee was I adopted up to clause 41. The repot t of House of Refuge cont- mittoe was laid before the council. After discussion in cornnlittee of, the whole, progress was reported. Report of conlnlittee on salaries of connty clerks in Ontario was Pead and reft-rued to coturuittve of the whole. The committee left the question for a future session. (Tu he Continued.) ee-RInduced by the use of coca, opla cotie compounds is bad, decidedly bad, The undermine heg tit AD—Ci gbMttfw- tbA constitution and, the patient is steadily growling into a worse condition—often resulting in the 'terrible slavery and misery of the cocaine and opium habit. Steep induced by the use of Hood's Sarsa- parilla does not perhaps come as quickly, but it comes more surely and more per- manently through nature=s great restor- ing and rejuvenating• channel—purified, vitalized and enriched blood. This feeds the nerves with life-giving energy and builds up the system and constitution from the very foundation of all health and lite—the blood—pure, rich, red blood. ® C oth, d S Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $L Hood's Pills easy to operate easy nL9. PROHIBITION CHAMPIONED, To the Editor of Tats Nrtws-REOoao. Dear Sir,—In tho Mail and Empire of Nov. 27 appeared a letter from the pen of Miss Clara H. Mountonstle on the tern pornnco question, and with your permission I will andoavor to answer a few of ber questions, and reply to score of her argu- ments. She speaks of temperance organizations as "facilities for the propogation of OR." '-hotbeds of evil," n "curse," and says they have a "con- rnminati"g influence" while their members are "ill-disposed persons." Now I will not stoop to reply to the above tirade of abuse further than oommend to Miss Mountnestle that porttim of her own letter which says people oughtnot to "meddle with other pact) We business instead of at'end;ng to their own and in their over -zeal defame find try to ruin well living people who fire opposed to their particular method of reforming the drunk- ard." Her statement that the Canqdian homes of the present day are what the temperance orenniza- t°ons have made thein will be accelited by the temperance people as a compliment, although not intended as such. Nowhere on the face of Ood's beautiful earth can be found a spot where relig. ion and purity p vdominate in the home to rho same extent as r the Canadiprt home. True, there are places • habitation where religion and purity are stmn• ,, but be it remembered these are the homes o drinkers and not temperance people. Like a to,- ring lion this cursed traffic fell upon those homes, touched the inmates with its wand of withering desolation, blighting hopes, withoring intellects, debasing propensities, brut- alizing appetites, demonizing passions, and defil- tng consztences. Those are homes which live been made wretched by the liquor traffic, and their inmates persons, who, had it not been for the traffic, might have lived for usefulness on earth, and honor and immortality in heaven. Can Mise Mounteastle point to me one home in Canada, or even elsewhere, that has one more joy of earth, or whose inmates have one more hope of Heaven on account of this pprofane, be- wildering, intoxicating beverage? If she can, I p-omise show her ten to one that have fewer joys or earth, and whose inmates have lase hope of Heaven on account of the same beverage. Misr~ Mounteastln says "liquor is essential tc the proservatioo of life during severe illness such as In g4ppe, inflammntion of tbelungs, eto.," and relates instances showing where persons thus afflicted who used liquor were restored to health. But it is worthy of notice that in each case men- ; oeod the liquor was mixed with somethingdk%; in one case it was in`:ed with '•soma other drug," and in I'm other w'th egg. Now the fact that thougam is of people died of la grippe during the cpiuomic, taken in conjunction with the fact that wois'.:ev formed one of the chief componeut parts of the medicine used makes it equally as sensible tc suppose that the "other drug" or the egg had rs touch influence in effecting the euros mention- ed its had the whisltey. f quite agree with lifiss Mountoostle that Re "cannot find a bettor authority on which to work for the supprossioti of evil than the word of Ood," but her at,iempt to identify- legislation against fho liquor traffic gods to •how that she has foiled fo grit -rip the situation. She evidently does not know Ont'wj at is oummonl,y called "drunkenness" is s> much a disease as is cholera, ur typhoid fever, and is known to medical science as Alco. holism or Dipsomania. Now r nA what would he thought of tho sanit,v of the man who with his Bible in his hand It old qw to theretiom in an endeavor to prove that 't cesspool in the centro of (,for town breeding eht!erit and typhus genus which were leing cun rried on the wings of the wind to rho four corners of the earth leaving death and desolation in their train. shnnld not be lo;islated against beranse such leudslnti(in world be eont.rary to the word of God. What would be thought of the sanity of suet it person, and yet what aro all the ills which cholera, or typhoid fever have ocnasionod since the advent of roan upon this planet, in comparison lith those which intox- icatingliquors hnve produced annually in Canada gleno. While cholera and typhoid rover destroy the body, and perhaps, ultimately liberate the soul, drunken- ness not only males the hody so corrupt that a demon would seurn to tdwell therein, but it blights and sn+iths, mildews and damns the soul. Another curious i'nature nonneeted w:th the arguments advanced by the npronents of prohi- bition is that while they consider it unscripturnl to legislate agntnst the cause of evil, they are quite willing to legislnte ngainst the efloct. Here is what ;Hiss Mountenstle would do with liquor traffic—the cause of drunkenness, I quote her own word•:—"I would leave whiskey as free os when fifty yonrs,, ago good whiskey could be attained for twenty-five cents agallon." She would leave it free. Here is what she would do with the offect. She would have "nn act passed to suppress the bar, and arrest and punish any man found in it public place in a state oflnebrin- tion" and have him "fined," or "sent to an nsy. him." "And let him who became intoxiented on his own premises be arrested, tried and convicted in like innnnor. " ,,And in the event of the intoxicated man doing any bodily harm to any one let him he arrested, tried. and punished for his offence as though it were premeditated." And if drink makes it man crazy. and he trills his fellowman, she wonid hnvo him "tried for murder and committed to the penitentiary for life, and if this dud not stop the evil I would try more severe mensures." Her a-gument, surnmecd up in one ward, is that the people of Cnnsda should sit with folded arms an(I witness the devnatation by this destroyer and lift not finger to stern the tide of withering desolnt, on, while the poor mornl who falls beneath its withering inflaenco must be dealt with as it criminal. Cook's Cotton hoot Compound Is the only safe, reliable monthly medicine on which ladies can depend in the hour and tine of need. Is prepared in two degrees of strewgth. No. ]. for ordinary cases is by far the best dollar medicine known —sold by druggists, one Dollar per box. No. 2 for special cases -10 degrees stronger—sold by dniggists. One box, Three Dollars; two boxes, Pive DoNars. No. r, or No. 2, mailed on receipt of price and two 3 -cent stamps. The Cook Company, Windsor, Ontario. WSold In Clinton and ever)where in Canada by all responsible druggists. 10 �a�est JecvelY We promise the best in quality, the most in quantities, and the lowest p ee to all. foopr," T' oo Store. V CLIN'TON_ rA' Capt, Trret.heway, Elgin St.,-Giode- arch, who lately returned from Hon - Tho �Iuror� News -Record duras, says Goderich !las it Klonkike la published every THURSDAdt, at I fill lie of snit lying utldet•n'eath it. Tact Nlews-RHCORD Printing House, Albert tat. Sleighing was pretty good on Friday Clintoer, Out. on which Some very large loads of 0000 vordwood were brought into town. Our Stock at present is very large, The Town Council met on Friday AD1'F,RTISINO RATES. evening. 1 YR. 6 mo. 3 )Io. 1 Mo. Election (if officet'S'� at the regular bought for cash the Biddlecomhe meeting (,f Maitland Lodge, No. T3, 1 Column ....... $d0 00 $35 (10 $20 00 $7 00 '� Column,...... 35 UO 20 00 12 00 3 01) A. F. and A. Ny I., next, Tuesday even- Column....... 20 00 12 00 7 00 2 50 nohrmn....... 15 00 0 00 5 00 1 00 The. Modelites are now Milder e:.anl- 1 Inch.. ....... 6'00 3 69 2 00 1 S5 ina.tioll for ccrtifivate,S. :f r-Spa-ial position from 2.5 to 50 per cunt, extra. You were astfiry last week in st.at- For transient advertisements 10 cents per line for trig that' Reeve Prondfoot was (In his to Montreal. the first Insertion; 3 cents per line each subsequent insertion—nonparlei measure. Protessionul enrds,not wily ill. Alr. lir B. Combo, of Clinton, Wats In exceeding one inch, $3.110 per annum. Advertise- ments without specifte direetiono will be 1ntbltshed the Circl)lar town last week. till fwb4l acid charred for acerrdhggly. Transient Will. Rutson lost his hound Roger votieeA--"Lost," "Vouud," "For sale," etc. -60 con -A fur fir.it insertion, 23 cents for each Bubseg ient it Solite. two weeks ago 111 it swatllp llE"1t' 7v IIP rand hits nut heard an L'nin of it Y g section. since. Ta. NEws•RECORD will be sent to .try address, There will lie it tea-llleet.ing in Zinn free of postage, for $1.00 per year, payable du ad- were—$t 50 may be charged if not so paid. The Chu,eb, Colborne t,ovi,tlship, on t.11e ,to to which every s.ib.ariptinn is paid is denoted evening > of Wednesday, loth D"eew- t the number on the addiese !abet. No paper dip- her. ntinued until ag srrears ore paid, except at the Nixon Stordv's new dwellingwill .,ption of the pnprietor, Shortly he fiI11She(l and tile courteous W. J. MITCHELL, Editor and Proprietor. clerk of Grodevich township will then have it cii.y ret;idence for it change. S The December SP�„ In19 npP❑ ❑PXt Tuesday. The Bayfield shooting case will come }iefore this court. it1UZ1Ul'Ctt"�611tC1't$. St. George's Wonlen's Auxiliary sent it large hale of clothing, etc.. G9 Prince At it again—O. Olson. Albert, N.W.T., last week. New fruits for Xrlrts —N. Robson. The frame honse of James McAlath, Lugs—R. R, J. Ransford. Fast street, which has seen a number Dissolution Sale—Gillroy and Wise- of winters c'orne and go, is heing pulled man dnw.t to slake wary for one of more Xmas is coming—W. Cooper iii Co. Inodern architecture. The stontt for The fatuous hatters—Jackson Bros. the foundation is there and it will not Annual mantle citrince —Hod era he lou hofnre the house is co n) )IPtct. Brns. The inmbers of Benrnillor lodge, Of interest to men—The W. D. Fair No,. 86. C. O, F., will celebrate the de- co, pari.ure of the old year by ,having a When you read—A. B. Crews. social and oyster stipper on the last The Pleasure of reading—Allan tet dap of 1897. The afla.ir is in the hauls Wilson. of an efficient, c•ominittee, so that. Gled- Xmas Perfumes—J. H. Combe, hill's hall will he an attractive spot Xmas novelties A. J. Morrish that evening. Cheap goods --A. J. Holloway. rhe Dominion government steamer Paul said to Timothy -L. Kennedy. P(II'VI arrived irlpor•I e)lrly last, Week Notice to creditors—D. A. Ferguson. and steamed out of port on Thursday in it northerly direction. As the close Season for whitefish aria trout Closed The Huron News with November (rlphtin Dunn sleercd fur Owe,) Sound -Re -,ora where the cruiser ,will winter. 1 26 it 'Isar -91.00 In Advance One of onr hest rifle shots was stun- _ rnoned last week to at tend eonrt and TucReDAY, DrcEY1RrR.9tb, 1897. show en Else why he should not, be fined for khool.ing it noivhhol's dog, hut, before the trim for trial the charge Circular City Briefs was withdrawn, hec•ause the sports- inan dvelitred that he had not Shot anv dug. We don't, know the facts it) the _ case, and It, may he that s(t)ile oth('r Goder•icb, Dec. 7. --The Off -Hand im,n shot the dog of' that the (Ing was Rifle -('Ing had a. President and Vice• not. shot, but we do know thin parents President's inatch ort Friday afterno6n, would feel nntch rnore ),,t, rase if fifty when the President's side scorded 305.„ fir it hundred of our roalning Canines points to the Vice's 257. were used as targoS hey onr Ott-IIail( Our HClub will commence practice as soon as the ice is hard Iiiflo (`lob.ockey Last week Sydney Malvoinson left t'nuuglt, so that at the first match the members way show good form. for his new homo in the fit,. West., in precPnre of n large ill m )or of Friends, who wished hilt) Speed. All So far its local politics is concerned goolf will he pleased to hPar of the Success of we are not disturbed. one, who, whether on the diamond, in The letter of Ratepayer dist week the hockey rink or hnsinesv or social raised quite a Stir in the town find the intercourse, was always a gplitleninn. ire of the Star. But it, wars a,h-va,vs thus, and Tnr NLwA•ItrcaRD must he If good wishes mean Success, then I success Is assured for our young towns - careful not. to insert another letter man, who leitvPs Goderich with the without, Hist submitting i” to the Star, hest wishes of every citizen who knew or its old-time jealousy will burst out him. 1 and -Mitchell of TuE NUWS•#tECORD will be IlillaNed lustettd of Rtrtepstyer. Regular meeting of Uttron Encnrnp- ment, No. 28, I.O.O.F., next Monday evening. The regular monthly meeting of the Public 8cbool Board was held on Mon. day evening. The curling and skating rink opened on Friday evening-il I rthe lee �Qej p. oi'`l+'re(d. Holmes. The ice was in fairly good condition and theta wits d 1 urge attendance. The Literary Society held an open meeting off Friday when it remarkal)ly good programme was presented. Thep feature of the evening, however, was a debate in which only the gentler sex took part and covered thelitselves with glory. Our stores etre already selling pies. ents for Christmas ani Charley Blackstone is selling candy and taking orders for the best of oysters for the sante festive occasion, DID THE RATEPAYERS CHOOSE "THE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE ?" To the Editor of THENEws-R�•CORD. Sir,—Last week's Goderich Star treated me to a big dose of hillingsgate, but this I expected. In answer to his question about Manliness in going to Clinton, I take the liberty of send ing my letter's where I think they will cio the most good. Anyhow, I should not send thew to the Man Friday. This is it question I want to know rnyself and so does the public. Look at, the Star of February and March, 1597, and its critical editor will find it under the caption :—Re- ceipts and Expenditures, and then let him go back several years and he will find the sante thing. I have notheen trading on sympathy for years, nor ani I now, hence I still keep in ambush, but a person so sitmat: ed can see many things, and one that he and all others can see without un- der,scanding is why the Town Council should grant its funds to help indivi- dual bu'rinesses, when those whose livings are injured thereby have to help pay the piper, Yours, etc., . A RATEPAYER. P. S.—As under the benign matl- agefneut of the Citizens' Committee and its particuhtr.friend, taxes have raised from 2 to 21' cents on the dollar, will the new managers kindly inform file how long itwill he before we have to pity 3 cents on each $. R. P. Goderich. Dec. 4th. Belarave. The fullowing is the standing of the pupils of S. S. No. 8, E. W., as deter- mined by the last hi-ruonthly exiamina- tion :—P. S. L.—John Cunningham, Maggie -McCallum, Annie Walsh. Sr. IV—Allan Wheeler, Josie Campbell, Ida Bone, Ed. Walsh, Sara McCallum, Allan McBurney. Jr. IV—Roy Wheel- er, Jas McCitllurn, Maud Robertson. Sr. III—Lena Pearen, Lillie Anderson, Maitland Henry. Jr. III—Mary And- 'ers(an, Willie McLean; Hoayard Wight- miul,. Mary G;•igg, Janie Bone. Jr. II —Str_nley McBurney, Percy McLean, r,obbie Wheeler, Austin Campbell Vinny Pearen, Alice Shinn. Part II —Lillie McLean, Stuart McBurney. Sr. Part I—Ella Taylor, Lillie Pearen. Jr. Part I—John McCalluul, Bella Robertson. Huron County Council. The County council met at Goderich on Tuesday, Nov.:'i't h. The following conlninnications were sent to special committee: From Do- minion Alliance, xkking ev operation to secure further anlendnlents to Liceuse Act; from the counties of Northuni- he; laud and Durhaul, asking eo-opef a - tion to secnt•C C•el'taill alllennnlellLS to Criminal Justice Act. The report of the, County Jndge, Waren and Clerk of'the Peace, Iv talc transfer of Hensall village to County. Council division No. 3 was filed. An application of keeper of House of Refuge for increase of -alw-y for himself and matron, and lenders re- ceived ) 1. , . . ,. . cel td I y clerk 1 cc al .tad yr(ud, were sent, to Executive committee, •tud council then adjourned • to. 10 o'clock to- nun•ruw. WEDNESDAY, . The following matters came up. Presentment of grand jury. from Fall Assizes. Filed. Petition fr•oln Wellington County Council itsking co-operation tc secure aniendinent.s to Sec, 31 of high School Ai't.. Sent to speciitl conuuitte«•. Requisitions from Sheriff Reynolds for jail Supplies and increased vault account. datum. County Prope••ty Coll) l l l l tt ee. The following reports were sent to committees named: From ,jailer, to C'nttnty Pror4ity conuuittee; keeper of House of ILefuge, to thiiteonlrnittee; front County Commissioner, to Road and Bridge from Waiden'scomnlittee, to Executive. On motion of blessrs. Torrance and (loot: it was decided that all contracts for •ja.rl Supplies he let by tender ahuu- ally under the supervision of the clerl., with power to act when necessary, said lenders to he placed before the Executive coulinittee at the January session . The clerk way instructed to lay lie- forC the Council lit US next tueeting it Statement showing the funoont paid to the n)enlhers fit' the Council inch)(1- ing mileage for the years IS( i and l ':7; also I he costof all c•olurnittees for the sale• year's. A peddler's license was grp.nted to Andre VAITO, he having lost, one of his hands and being unable to follow }lis usnul occ•ilitntioh. A motion by AlcEwtin and Cook to pbavo a2 -inch gets pipe ns a railing (in all 111v bridges un tho leading rna.dS in I he cuunty, wit, sent, to the Road and Bridge c oin'llih tee. THURSDAY. A letter from .Jas. Mitchell, asking it grant. to the Huron Poultiy Associa- tion, was Sent, to the executive cont- ulitleC, A statement showing balance of Hinds at. ••rodit cif County in the Bank of Coninle ce, wits sent to special. Several «recounts were sent, to fin. :ulee. I Report of finance committee was I adopted up to clause 41. The repot t of House of Refuge cont- mittoe was laid before the council. After discussion in cornnlittee of, the whole, progress was reported. Report of conlnlittee on salaries of connty clerks in Ontario was Pead and reft-rued to coturuittve of the whole. The committee left the question for a future session. (Tu he Continued.) ee-RInduced by the use of coca, opla cotie compounds is bad, decidedly bad, The undermine heg tit AD—Ci gbMttfw- tbA constitution and, the patient is steadily growling into a worse condition—often resulting in the 'terrible slavery and misery of the cocaine and opium habit. Steep induced by the use of Hood's Sarsa- parilla does not perhaps come as quickly, but it comes more surely and more per- manently through nature=s great restor- ing and rejuvenating• channel—purified, vitalized and enriched blood. This feeds the nerves with life-giving energy and builds up the system and constitution from the very foundation of all health and lite—the blood—pure, rich, red blood. ® C oth, d S Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $L Hood's Pills easy to operate easy nL9. PROHIBITION CHAMPIONED, To the Editor of Tats Nrtws-REOoao. Dear Sir,—In tho Mail and Empire of Nov. 27 appeared a letter from the pen of Miss Clara H. Mountonstle on the tern pornnco question, and with your permission I will andoavor to answer a few of ber questions, and reply to score of her argu- ments. She speaks of temperance organizations as "facilities for the propogation of OR." '-hotbeds of evil," n "curse," and says they have a "con- rnminati"g influence" while their members are "ill-disposed persons." Now I will not stoop to reply to the above tirade of abuse further than oommend to Miss Mountnestle that porttim of her own letter which says people oughtnot to "meddle with other pact) We business instead of at'end;ng to their own and in their over -zeal defame find try to ruin well living people who fire opposed to their particular method of reforming the drunk- ard." Her statement that the Canqdian homes of the present day are what the temperance orenniza- t°ons have made thein will be accelited by the temperance people as a compliment, although not intended as such. Nowhere on the face of Ood's beautiful earth can be found a spot where relig. ion and purity p vdominate in the home to rho same extent as r the Canadiprt home. True, there are places • habitation where religion and purity are stmn• ,, but be it remembered these are the homes o drinkers and not temperance people. Like a to,- ring lion this cursed traffic fell upon those homes, touched the inmates with its wand of withering desolation, blighting hopes, withoring intellects, debasing propensities, brut- alizing appetites, demonizing passions, and defil- tng consztences. Those are homes which live been made wretched by the liquor traffic, and their inmates persons, who, had it not been for the traffic, might have lived for usefulness on earth, and honor and immortality in heaven. Can Mise Mounteastle point to me one home in Canada, or even elsewhere, that has one more joy of earth, or whose inmates have one more hope of Heaven on account of this pprofane, be- wildering, intoxicating beverage? If she can, I p-omise show her ten to one that have fewer joys or earth, and whose inmates have lase hope of Heaven on account of the same beverage. Misr~ Mounteastln says "liquor is essential tc the proservatioo of life during severe illness such as In g4ppe, inflammntion of tbelungs, eto.," and relates instances showing where persons thus afflicted who used liquor were restored to health. But it is worthy of notice that in each case men- ; oeod the liquor was mixed with somethingdk%; in one case it was in`:ed with '•soma other drug," and in I'm other w'th egg. Now the fact that thougam is of people died of la grippe during the cpiuomic, taken in conjunction with the fact that wois'.:ev formed one of the chief componeut parts of the medicine used makes it equally as sensible tc suppose that the "other drug" or the egg had rs touch influence in effecting the euros mention- ed its had the whisltey. f quite agree with lifiss Mountoostle that Re "cannot find a bettor authority on which to work for the supprossioti of evil than the word of Ood," but her at,iempt to identify- legislation against fho liquor traffic gods to •how that she has foiled fo grit -rip the situation. She evidently does not know Ont'wj at is oummonl,y called "drunkenness" is s> much a disease as is cholera, ur typhoid fever, and is known to medical science as Alco. holism or Dipsomania. Now r nA what would he thought of tho sanit,v of the man who with his Bible in his hand It old qw to theretiom in an endeavor to prove that 't cesspool in the centro of (,for town breeding eht!erit and typhus genus which were leing cun rried on the wings of the wind to rho four corners of the earth leaving death and desolation in their train. shnnld not be lo;islated against beranse such leudslnti(in world be eont.rary to the word of God. What would be thought of the sanity of suet it person, and yet what aro all the ills which cholera, or typhoid fever have ocnasionod since the advent of roan upon this planet, in comparison lith those which intox- icatingliquors hnve produced annually in Canada gleno. While cholera and typhoid rover destroy the body, and perhaps, ultimately liberate the soul, drunken- ness not only males the hody so corrupt that a demon would seurn to tdwell therein, but it blights and sn+iths, mildews and damns the soul. Another curious i'nature nonneeted w:th the arguments advanced by the npronents of prohi- bition is that while they consider it unscripturnl to legislate agntnst the cause of evil, they are quite willing to legislnte ngainst the efloct. Here is what ;Hiss Mountenstle would do with liquor traffic—the cause of drunkenness, I quote her own word•:—"I would leave whiskey as free os when fifty yonrs,, ago good whiskey could be attained for twenty-five cents agallon." She would leave it free. Here is what she would do with the offect. She would have "nn act passed to suppress the bar, and arrest and punish any man found in it public place in a state oflnebrin- tion" and have him "fined," or "sent to an nsy. him." "And let him who became intoxiented on his own premises be arrested, tried and convicted in like innnnor. " ,,And in the event of the intoxicated man doing any bodily harm to any one let him he arrested, tried. and punished for his offence as though it were premeditated." And if drink makes it man crazy. and he trills his fellowman, she wonid hnvo him "tried for murder and committed to the penitentiary for life, and if this dud not stop the evil I would try more severe mensures." Her a-gument, surnmecd up in one ward, is that the people of Cnnsda should sit with folded arms an(I witness the devnatation by this destroyer and lift not finger to stern the tide of withering desolnt, on, while the poor mornl who falls beneath its withering inflaenco must be dealt with as it criminal. Cook's Cotton hoot Compound Is the only safe, reliable monthly medicine on which ladies can depend in the hour and tine of need. Is prepared in two degrees of strewgth. No. ]. for ordinary cases is by far the best dollar medicine known —sold by druggists, one Dollar per box. No. 2 for special cases -10 degrees stronger—sold by dniggists. One box, Three Dollars; two boxes, Pive DoNars. No. r, or No. 2, mailed on receipt of price and two 3 -cent stamps. The Cook Company, Windsor, Ontario. WSold In Clinton and ever)where in Canada by all responsible druggists. • hri tmas Perfumes' Compare these Prices and Goods with those offered in other stores in this town. Ricksickers $1 25 Perfumes at $1 00 `` 1 00 6675 ih, 75 « 5D " 50 66 40 Seeleys' 1 25 461 00 1 00 4175 All these Goods are neNy and very attractively put up. Perfume makes a most tautly and ',-'uitable Xmas Gift. We will give you these Goods for less money than you can buy elsewhere, 0 Jas. H. COMBE1 Chemist and Druggist. FURNITURE DEALERS AND UNDERTAKERS. Broadfoot, Box & Co. 'AlISTMAS NOVELTIES IN FURNITURE We have the largest and best assortment of Fancy Chairs and Tables, for the Xmas trade, that has ever been displayed in the county of • Huron, and what is still better the Prices are AWAY DOWN. FANCY ROCKERS In Oak, Curly Birch, Bird's Eye Maple and Ma- hogauy—Uhholetered in - Silk Tapestry, Silk Brocatelle, Silk Velour, Corduroy and Plush. COBLER SEAT ROCKERS in Plain and Quartered Oak, and • Plain and Curly Birch. RATTAN ROCKERS in Sixteenth Century, Empire and Enamel finieh. RECEPTION CHAIRS in Curly Birch and Quartered Oak—Up- holetered in the very latest coverings, ROMAN AND DUKE OF YORKVCHAIRS• These are the two styles of chairs that are cresting such a sensation among the lovers of Fancy Furniture. Don't fail to see them. FANCY TABLES, MUSIC RACKS and al: the latest Novelties in Furniture. Come and Bee what we have to offer. We consider it a pleasure to show yon our Goods even if you don't buy. Buy your Furniture trout us and save the profit of the ordinary Retail Dealer. Broaldfoot, fox & Co., .T. W. 41c1>tidley. 31anager. Night and Sunday calls for Undertaking answered at residence of 7ur Funeral Director, J. W. Chidley, King street, opposite Foundry. Wit In conclusion let me say that if the people of Canada would rid the country the curse of the 10 �a�est JecvelY in drunkard's drunkenness they must rid the coon- (,� , try of the curse of the drunkard's drink. There r' • hri tmas Perfumes' Compare these Prices and Goods with those offered in other stores in this town. Ricksickers $1 25 Perfumes at $1 00 `` 1 00 6675 ih, 75 « 5D " 50 66 40 Seeleys' 1 25 461 00 1 00 4175 All these Goods are neNy and very attractively put up. Perfume makes a most tautly and ',-'uitable Xmas Gift. We will give you these Goods for less money than you can buy elsewhere, 0 Jas. H. COMBE1 Chemist and Druggist. FURNITURE DEALERS AND UNDERTAKERS. Broadfoot, Box & Co. 'AlISTMAS NOVELTIES IN FURNITURE We have the largest and best assortment of Fancy Chairs and Tables, for the Xmas trade, that has ever been displayed in the county of • Huron, and what is still better the Prices are AWAY DOWN. FANCY ROCKERS In Oak, Curly Birch, Bird's Eye Maple and Ma- hogauy—Uhholetered in - Silk Tapestry, Silk Brocatelle, Silk Velour, Corduroy and Plush. COBLER SEAT ROCKERS in Plain and Quartered Oak, and • Plain and Curly Birch. RATTAN ROCKERS in Sixteenth Century, Empire and Enamel finieh. RECEPTION CHAIRS in Curly Birch and Quartered Oak—Up- holetered in the very latest coverings, ROMAN AND DUKE OF YORKVCHAIRS• These are the two styles of chairs that are cresting such a sensation among the lovers of Fancy Furniture. Don't fail to see them. FANCY TABLES, MUSIC RACKS and al: the latest Novelties in Furniture. Come and Bee what we have to offer. We consider it a pleasure to show yon our Goods even if you don't buy. Buy your Furniture trout us and save the profit of the ordinary Retail Dealer. Broaldfoot, fox & Co., .T. W. 41c1>tidley. 31anager. Night and Sunday calls for Undertaking answered at residence of 7ur Funeral Director, J. W. Chidley, King street, opposite Foundry. Wit In conclusion let me say that if the people of Canada would rid the country the curse of the 10 �a�est JecvelY in drunkard's drunkenness they must rid the coon- (,� , try of the curse of the drunkard's drink. There �J is no alternative and unless the country destroys rho tragic, the traffic will destroy the country. Yours Truly,Clinton, Sto"re. Dec. 4th. C. M. BEZZO. HolidayLOG Gifts ®. Are what you will soon be buying. Our Stock at present is very large, but we are still increasing it in the several departments. We have We wantlogsthis win bought for cash the Biddlecomhe stock ata tory rate oil the :); ter of ALL KIND S. which places tis in it position to give you prices lower than else- We are prepaired to where, not merely the shadow on paper. The reputation which this St.nr- has always held for the high ay the HIGHEST quality of the Goods sold, will still be maintained. CASH prices. It will , pay you to bring your A. J. GRIGG logs to us. Successor to R, & J, RANSFORD J. Biddlecombe, Stapleton Salt Works, j CLINTON. AShoe Talk. Every person who Floes not have to pity storage on his n)oney is familar with the dif , cult problem of inaking is Small income answer the requirements of these advanced titles. Foot- wear is one of the unfailing necessities, and it costs a. good deal in the course of it, year --if ,.. you get the wrotig kind. We don't keep the wrung kind. ' Not that we are more honest than the other dealers, but out, ,- r long experience has taught its t' ' how to avoid being "stuck" on A c {k poor goods. 3 This knowledge is necesq:111- Ily of benefit to our custonler•s, IWN'Llige, the cheaper it Shoe first can huy the; cheaper it can afford , to sell. ,-('beat)" doesn't mean pool- if ool'if it did,quality,however, forhr "chCal." l1t'shoes wonid not ti'•" ` _ zw^ rttii,trr;' :' e"t-`� rr. .'�"C, .t " ) }..• to ,� We keep no poor quality goons,,,, no matter what, the grade. she �r The celebrated makers of "` •m""" J. D. KING & CO.r J. & T. BELL: JACKSON & JACKSON, The Noted Shoe' Dealers, CLINTON. a I