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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1899-04-13, Page 701INTON NEWS.111040 _ Ti Publipeed every TIIIIREWA.Y at Tam "wa-ln00an Priatien House, 'Albert Ott • 011-ril.to,fle 42)313.1bs eeeeem arreturderee RATIOS. " 1 XA eel°, • 3 Mo. 1 M: ',Solemn,. ...sate let gee tee *se oe ol 9 ('enitee„,....,„ sem. ., ge 00 . 1U0 a 53 • 9 u) 6 '1 us I 001alaa....0..... fai VO:: 12 00 I 00 .3 PA, Inelle ...,,.. 699 2 GO 3 g' Var§peciat pctanion from 45o 54 eer mad extra. nor tranelestt Advertisements 10 cents Per line tor elle firat iesertion; 3 cents Per line ettoli sub.sequene inserttone-, nonpareil measure. Frotesoional Cards/ riot exceeding one inch, *5.0() per ,anutune Advertisements without speo, 4fi° direetlons will be published till, forbid and charged for accordingly. Transient notices-,'Ilo,st," "round," , "For Sale," eto.-50 cents for first ea- ster,tion, 2$ cents for each subsequent ,inoertion. • THE NEWS -RECORD will be sent ' to NV address, free of postage, for 31•00 per year, payable in advance- ' 1,1'4° may be charged if not 00 paid, ' he date to whioh every subscription ' , is paid is denoted by the number on the addreas label. No paper discontin- . ued until all arrears are paid, except at the option of the proprietor. W. Jf. MITCHELL. :Editor and Proprietor. MOLSON'S BANK .0,...siate4 by Act et Perliemant 18557 • r Caerier,,,$2,000,00la RIM $10500,00 end Office, MONTREAL. ItumsON, IttACIeHERSON, . President, OLFEReTA.N allOsiAS. Gen. Manager otes discounted, Collections made, Drafts tied, Sterling and „American Exchange ught and sold: Interest allowed on, Deposits ' 1 • SAVINGS BANK. - Interest allowed on BliMB of 111 and up. • FARMERS. Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or more endorsers. No mort- gage required as security. O. BREWER, Manakin., Clinton. • G. D. McTAGGART, • Ban.ker, . ALBERT STREET, - 01.41TON ••••••••=•• One Dose Tolle the 'tom Whenyoer head teshes,..itn4 you feel biDops, conoti. Voted. and out of tune, with year otomach sour and no eppetite, iuot hera Petdcart of .041nid". PllIs And take a dose, from 1 to 4 pilla Yoh will be surprised at how etisliY they Will de their work, cure your beaslaehe and billousneos, rouse the liver andmake you feel happy s wohwommitv.imi Agricultural COMMON SENSE PRUNING. As spring comes on, it mouth to many :persons that their orchards Aced prun- ing, writes H. E. an Doman. For years 'met their crooked, bushy tops, intergroWil with waterspouts in many eases, terve heen mutely' appealing for 25 tents. SOldbyallmedleinedea ers. attention, and now they shall have It. This is the resolve .of the raan who has • reng neglected doing anything with T E - his orcherd more than to' get as Mliell 0 1111 • mmerton out of it est possible with; an eipendi- ture of little or no • cares fie May . PIE LEADING. BARBED, . • have nieliet well enough,/ but he has . Smith's block, opposite I's* Office , wee mistaken- in hits ideas of prof. . ALSO table orchard Management. ' keg for Standard Life Insurance Co • In doing the long neglected pruning, 10 18 not wise to go about it rashly, Bead Office for (tensile, Montreal. Insurance In forre. - swoop° To make up for neglect by trying to do Investn e ta canada ' 18,500,000 at one time what/ should have been Establiahed1825. The chi reliable and favorite . . done from time to time for several CENTRAL BUTCHER SHOP years oak impossible.si Wheat a nunabeeof bra.nches haye. grown fora FORD .86 MURPHY,. . long time 'where they. should not haVe (successor", 4.24r,Langford.) been, to out them. away all at once is Having bought out the above business we intend to conduct it on the cash principle, 'owl a mistake kb think that the more we will outline our customers with the test. meant 'out a tree .tllet better it is for -it. Re- nt the lowest paying prices. , - . void 4 ivtarphy. member, sthat every Cut or 'Wound of . , - tree. It may 'be beneficial; in the end oftena severe shtick (to the tree. 10 18 any kind is a -stroke at the' life Of the GEO. TROW11111, it . . . y not be. The main thing to do is to use cm ,s bout the llorgeshosr and Ehineral Blacksmith , • naman "" a - . , matter De not.etthink that severe .. , , "ell strewwQrthl, crkiton. . . ,prening is always needed. It may be . tie, but there is danger of doing 000 JOBBING 4, .SPECIALTY; : ,• `194ticohii 9Q It • Those who have radical Woodwork ironed and first-elass material n° , and I man as 3vell aar, and work work guarantee& Farm implements aad ant notions, are apt totut too severely: machines rebuilt and repaired. . So-called 'professional tree pruners are very likely to be of this character. • . , : . They often . cut unmerciful. . They TO THE FARMERS! wit to show something, done, so, they make plenty of brush; just as some . Study your own intermit and go where4 doctors do whosgive medicine of some 3,011 am get • . ersind to, their • patients in all cases ' 4 ',either any is needed or not, lest they RELIABLE - HARNESS 13'e' thought Inattenttve. I would • rather risk almost any man of. ordinarY • the • • goo sense in my orchard with a Se -w mairufaeture none 13ut best of stool 'simple • instructions about pruning Beware et gimps that melt cheap, as they , Orders by naafi pro/ROUT attendede John Bell. out evenly- noand continuously, to allow . out limbs to cross each other or , "farness EmPorittM. Mirth. OM otherwise interfere: Train to a round, ua ire 1- F. evenly, balanced heads Great care should be used to know the habit of Interest Allowedlon Deposits, Insurance Coinpa ards.ceezeze ' haw, got to Call. and 'get • IN • than one of these tree carpenters. The principles of pruning, as I hold them 'are head rather low, to have a central stem, with branches that come A General Banking Business Transacted: The.. t Notes Discounted. Drafts issued. • ... • • • ' • " • ,./ , ,0LIN'fON - .,',' . - -• , ONT• • B,ire. Atudd•r:"-L ad Life Inatienloo • 'Treretacted, litisen s several ot thh beab .., COMattai0a and any information ,relating hi -Insurance gladly given General . District , . 4.gent for the Confederation Life Insuronce 'Co. Money to Loan on Reasonable Raters Office -Palace block, opposite Market. CONVEYANCI John Rigtik. Conveyancer, eComthissioners Etc. • • , -• _Sire Insurance. - .. Real Estate. Money to Lend. - earth variety, these are:of up- right habit being headed lower and �J. out batik on stop to prevent tith tail growth, and those of drooping or • spreading habit being treated exactly :Farm and Isolgted,- Town . Property the revere% Do not cut off all the . • Only Insured. twigs along the main branches, for e • • . - they 'aro needed 'to shade them aed • • • • sometimes bear considerable good fruit, especially in ' case of the peach. No OFFICERS: • S. .B 'McLean Presidomt Stepan P: 0 • stumps should be left, but the --cuts Thomati Frazer. yfee-pr sident Bruceiteld P . W. J. Shannon. Seey-slreas.. 'Seatorth P. o.; been .proved by careful experiments . made exactly at the crotches It has Thomas E. Hays. Inspector of Losses, Seatorth that it does not pay to coVer small meteeTeRe; - vvounds with anything to ptoteot them . 'cysts Broadfoon, Seatorth ; John 0 Grieve, from _the 'weather while they are .heal - Winthrop: George Date, Seatortb: Thomas E. ing. Large wounds, such as are .over Hays, Seaterolt; Jamas ICvana. Beachwood ; an Inch in diameter, should be oovered field; John R MoLean Kipper'. James • John• Watt, Harlook, Thomaa Frazer, Bruce- with any common paiat, which is cheep Office -HURON STREET, CLIN'I'ON MEDICAL • general, early sowing is best, especially if the grimed. is heuved or helleYrollib' ed with treat, as the *teed will be well covered and thus protected from the late spring frooto. If sown Intel the ground should be harrowed. even At iL . is in wheat, with a light slope -toothed or MUM= spike -toothed harrow, ao both the wheat and the clever Seed will be greatly benefited by the operatitin. Sow plenty of seed -10 lbs to the acre Janet too muoh, and if you do not har- sroovnw, ngit 47111 Pay to sow at different timefe some early and some orate Where clover sown lest spring is Much lifted, or "spewed," as a great deal of It is this spring, the best treat- ment is to reseed the ground heavily with a Mixture of red clover and orim- son olover seed, and sow in/on it some good brand of ccommercial fertilizer at the. rate of 260 lbs to the Acre. This goodwiU ssoempuoricio,yaertomsatatunrde eaten% cbaeusreeatdhye to cut along with the red clever not frozen out, s It will also bring ferward the young red clover and give it 'stir - Relent vigor and growth to eerry it through the next winter and sew() a heavy crop the next year. Wherever there is'a field with spots of poor soil on the surface, special pains should be liked to BO onrush them before seedie to clover so as to seottre a good steed and a heavy' growth. NEW ZEALAND RAILROADS; ' Travelling ,There•Ole Slow and Very Air grannies to an American. ... New Zealandei steam railways are owned and operated by the Govern- ment, • Compared with our railways, they* seem like toy railroads and men "Playing train." , The rcsionrotive' is 'Sneer and smell. The .engine •driver bides two load blasts of the loom°. Use's whistle before starling, much like a steamer. A large haes),..b.011 it the stations is loudly rung prior to the shrieks Of the loconietive's whistle: dTohlern gtuhaerdp;itteotenedsnAtir.,;_,, an, dwaaalky;:_:.up,latt:de your seats -everybody ,take seats," in- stead of "all aboard," after which he blows‘a pocket whistle signal, and the train *darts, but does not so mush faster . than a horse's' slow pace, est- cept down grade. The train- stops i the bush, and you think an axle is broke: en, or something is :wrens, probably "hold-up," which they call a "steek ao;',' but no the stop is merely to let the guard apply the brakes. Why d MARKETS OF THE WORLD, • F4083 fel I 0 1 Oh •44 in the Leading ilifarts. Toxonto, April 1. -We had a total of 50 loads on the ele,rket att the weetern cattle yarde here to -day, including 200 hOgs, 200 sheep and lambs, and a `few calves and milkers, Wo bed e . fair toweled of business fee an off -day, but trade was not go brisk' as it has been lately, and both buyers and metiers were inclined to hold over for the regular market to- morrow. Ae result all the stuff held was not sold. " There' wao no actual change' in Ole rates for shipping Pattie, and prices ranged frern 4 1e2 to 50 per lb., but thee% is a Onteleinsystowards weakness, and should we have it heavy run of cattle On Friday it will be intensified, and lovrer prices will prevail. Blabber's' cattle is steady at from 4 to 4 1-2o for choice stuff. Loads of fine hutchers' cattle sell at about So per lb,, and this kind are in good 'der mand. Secondary cattle is a good sale if- -at about 3 1-2 to 3 3,413 Par lb., and inferior *mils demi to a little over 70 per lb. We had seine good buto - terse cattle here to -day. Stockers were easier at from 03:50 to $3.75 per Cwt., and for a few choice sseiolneciotiijoyn.s. palaseueh as 0,90 was Omat- Export bulls are wester at from •4 to 4 1-4e per lb. • Bulls are particularly weak in 'England, just now.. , aolltioeipes ateo-euettoyier_of the leading trens- Fifteen, cattle, • average 1,100 lbs., sold et 4 3-4e, and ten dollars -over. Seven butchers' cattle, average 780 lbs., sold at 4e Per ib, ,Twenty-two cattle, average 1,080 lbs,,. sold at OM per 'cwt.: . NU:Lateen cattle, average 1,100 Bass sold at 34.8.5 per cwt. Twenty-three cattle, mixed butchers' cows and rough stuff, 8014 at 33.95 per pert. A hied of shippere, average 1,150 Ibis sold at 464.80 per cwt. 1 -lo, 1;020° lbs., sold at 4 A load, average 1,200 lbs„ seri at $4.65. per cwt. A Load, e 900 lbs sold at .4 1e4c, aad fleet dollar's over. • Owing to She light run of last Time - a day and to -day yearling lambs are, a. _ little .clearer. The eange ie from. 5 to 5 lelc, per lb., with 5 1-2o, for a few extra choice. More are wanted. 0 'There LS no demand worth speaking they watt the brakes applied' after al:tiepins 'Well, you see,. there is ab of us a 'ight down -grade, not very Muck, butenough to requirebrakee and the solitary guard could , not.apply all the brekes enough, so they await ten minutes for him to ordo spew, is almost tiraliyt IA4)2478114 are unknown, and the locomotive has no belL but must always whistle, The .eeilway carriages have e plain square flat board seat against the sides of the ootich, lengthwise. Some have a leather cushion,. to, sit upon. A few late coaches have six to eight nar row ;eversible seats. A Emitters'. step high' up, made of one pieee of board aids the. passenger to enter. Baggage - checking is unknown. You paste a abet on your baggage, they. gather it up and talte it off at your destination and you Must claim it in the gen- eral scramble before reams one helps himself to it. Letters posted in a mail ar must pay from 4 to. 12 cents extra, according to their destination. No =inertia at night or on Sunday. Live took cannot travel on Monday or Fri- day. The cars, for horses and cattle: are called carts; other freight cars are ernaed 'waggons.. They are built like pecking cases, and have no opening, xcept the missing roof, the ,door °loa- m; tightly, They are scarcely One- ourth the size of our ears. ' There; are no trolley cars in all of N Zealand, t it t d' ation of 60,000 in Auckland and other Owns alneest as large. They nee 'bus- es chiefly, and a feiv'horse Oen called 'trams." - On time days and other vents the 'buses quit their regular routes, and carry people fronr the °en- . re of the teird to the raees and events, of at present for spring lambs; the weather it too cold. They are nomin- ally vvorth from- (03 to $0 ;each, , Sheep are unchanged Wrenn 8 to3 1-2c, per lb. Bucks are worth Prime 21-2 to 2 3-4e pax lb. ' • . A tew•geste veal' calves are Wanted. We had no change in the hog market to -day, but Mr. Harris' coinplains that far too :many light hogs • are 'beteg brought in. , The top price for "singers" is 4 3-8o per lb.; light are only worth, 4c; and heavy E • g over 33-40. . . . Sows axe fetching 3e per 113. - Stags sell at 2c per lb. Stores are- not wanted. s Following is, the range of otirrent eitotations:- s• Cattle. ' Co_nnolly. Clinton, . - and as good as *WAX (a' anything else 1 ' AGENTS;for is purpose. If these ideas are rea- forth : James Cumming.o. Egmondyille. J, W. little or need to secure the advice of th- Robt. Smith, Harlook : Robert, Bea- sonably well followed there will be an expert to show any sensible man -John C. Morrison, auditors. • how to do the work well. Yee: Holmeaville P. oo; John Govenlook and . Parties estrous to effeet insurance or trati- . sact other business wilibe promptly attended ' • . . • to on application to any of the abo 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 Win. Graham (Successor to Dr.-furnbult) Licentiate of the Royal College of Physic- ' • ians, I-ondoti; Eng. Office and -Residence, •Perrin's Block, ately occupied 6y Dr..Turnhull. • Dr. , Shit*, Offic.e-Ontario Street, opposite English urc „ fortnerly occupied by Dr. Apple' tom DENTISTRY. Dr, BRITOE, Surgeon Dentist.- OPPICE-Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Hilton, Ont. Special attention to presdr. ration of natural teeth. B —Will visit Blyth every Monday and - yffetcf every Thurstlarafternman during 0 summer. AGXEW DENTIST. ilice.adjoinIng Foster's Photo Gallery - ()Tee Boars, S, a tiutich the second Thurnday of each • month. VETERINARY. • lilackall it Ball, eterinary Surgeons. Government Veter inary Inspectors, - Vflice*Inaac Street,Clinton; Residence,' bert Street. LECAL. Scott 86 IffelCenzie, lia.RRISTERS S0LIC1' CLINTON ;$,N» nArrIELD. MUM Office -Elliott Block, Isaac, at, 'field. Office -Open every Thursday -Main street, first door west of Po.st Office, Money to loan. es Scott, lifoRenste, err, . =am., rr Notary,. kc, GOLIERICH OP 770ver bavls' Drug- Attire. . Motley to Loan. It 'ertihnitt011i Solicitors ComitilibliOneis Etc GODERICH, ON PS. ve o eters addressed to their respective post oilloce - • -------. Grand Trunk Railway. Trains arrive and leave Clinton Station as • ..• • follows . Buffalo and Goderich District Going West, Mixed. , ro.is a.m, 46 44 Express • p.m, Mixed ...... 7.0.5 p.m. Exprese zotzy pan. Going East, Express . . 7.4o a.m LI Mixed 4.35 P.m* " . . .. • zss p.m. London, Huron and Bruce t- ' Going South, Express . . . . vi.ey a.m. 4. 4.25 P.m. Going , " aan. 6.ss p.m. M C `DicgS014 'W. E. DAvre Dis. Pase. Agent, G. P. & T. A„ Toronto. Montreal, A. 0. PlyrTisolt, G.T.R. Agent al Clinton. THE VEGETABLE.GARDEN. The vegetable garden should receive more attention than is • usually t • given' to it Isy most farmers, who Are apt to think it is beneath' their matice , Shipping, pets cwt. $ 450 46 560 Buteher, choices do ... 4.00 . 450 Butcher, med. to good ... 350 880 . Butcher, inferior 25 40 Sheep and Lambs. • ' Ewes, per cwt. $ 00 3 50 Yearlings, pee wets,. ..... 4 •50 5 25 Bucks, per cwt 2 50 2 75 Spring lambs, each.: 00 6 00 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each 25 00 45 00 Calves, each 2 00 10 Of! Hogs Choice hogs, per cwt 4-00 4 37 1-2 Light hogs, per owt -3 75 4 00 ,Heavy hogs, per owt 300 3 75 • LAST 'WEEK'S RECEIPTS. The receipts at the western cattle market last 'week were 1,846 cattle, 409 sheep and lambs, and 3,883 hogs: The weighing fees arnOunted to a and give all their atteneion tattle big f fields of grain, a good deal of the Pro- ceeds vtrhieli Must' go to buy feod for 1 the family, while it .three ' Or four t dollars'. worth. of vegetable eeed are bought and the garden properly oared for the' result will be a geed many dollars' worth of the most wholesome food one oata obtatn. It will not only save buying a good deal of food, but there should be some extra vegetables to take toStown to ex change for groceries. Early peas and string peas, green onions and „tome - toes,* all find a ready market ilof good quality, and tiet Much time need be expended in growing them. a 50p vit:g. If the family is large enough so that Exg g help need not 'be hired, one acre Of ,b vegetables, such as 'sweet potatoes, onions, Hubbard squash and tomatoes, ", will be found to pay better than a dozen acres of grain. A man is not getting manna.% from a Timor Wass his, land as he sbould When it only leaving the residettial section without service. CATCHING A ROGUE. --e- • mew it' Leaden Surgeon Brought One of Thous to 11114 Senses. • Ina great city like London there re maw; impostors, who make a busi- ess Of am/eating to publie 'syratiathy y shaniming. tiekness. -Not only do hey pretend to be crippled or blind, lit they also feign epilepsy and other iseaseii, and are taken to publics 'me - net; Ina state of asset:tied tinconselousS e88. 4.t, • • One of theee impostors was carried COPYRIORTO Anyone sending a sketch and desetiption may quickly atoertaln our opinion fret whether an Invention 11 probabirpatentable. Communica- tions strictly conedential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Meat agency for securing patents: Patent/I taken through Munn & co. receive sseciatsotico- without charge, in the Sdelitific ° A handaoraely illustrated weekly. Largest air - maiden Of any pcientiflo iournai, Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1., Bold by all newsdealer, • Brandt °Meer.. et.. Washington, A. MUNN & C0,361BroadwaY,NewY91.rk • A. NEW TIGHT. Piteinoraenori, the cause of' whioh has not • yet been satisfactorily ex - pained, was deseribed at a recent tneeting of the scientists. Disks of loaf sugar were mounted on a' lathe and rapidly rotated while a hammer played lightly against them. An al-. most continuous radiation of light wet thus produced from the sugar. It was shown that the light did hot arise from heating of the sugar, and it la believed to be caused by some change taking place in the sugar orystals, l'he mit of crystallization is known to be sometimes acesumanied by Welled of • light, The practioal bearingof these experiments is on the questioni of the possibility of obtaining artificial light by Methods aa yet Untried. Symptoms brings him in returns Orie6 a year, and 'then not much More than enough to pay for the bills accumulated' while the crop is growing. There should be something coming Wail the time aside front the Prineipal crops, and 'vege- tables are a great help in this direc- tion. But then!, are furthers who do not 0 know one variety of a vegetable froin fl another; when they have prepared the m soil for planting they go to this seeds - man, or perhaps to the grocery store where they generally have it box of d seed. to ecu,.andask for a paoketof beet seed, a quart. of beans, etc. When e' asked what variety of seed they want, „ they do not know and tire at the mercy ‘` of the seller, who usually gives them what he is most arixious to get rid of n1 The result will doubtless be a garden in of some sort, but not the garden that In pays. th Most vegetables have several varie- ties; swim are early, medium and late ti and such vegetables may be had in „auctession. Some varieties ere also moch superior to others, and it IN an eecellent idea to have a little exe perinient gatden of one's 'own. Plant ti iiitt11 lataket of two or three Serie- ties of each- kind of' vegetable ‘desired, end the kind that yohl like best and that doesbest in your loeality you eon safely pinni in large quantities the next time. The large Reed catalogues may be studied with 'Much benefit. You can learn a good deal about vegetables and garden malting from them, and YOU Will do well 'to sena to the publishers for you teemed; it seems more trouble to sit down and write what you want, but you are pretty auto to get what you want, and goodi fresh seta 1 00, When yon Send to headquarters for them syhile tt Iota heedsMan is often `Just out" of the kind you want, and you, hare to take What you earl get or go wihout, SOW PLENTY OP ctovng, SEED. The farmer who would keep tin and 'rev be increasing the fertility of his and cannot well Now too Much olover med. As the seed Is generally a rather expeneive article it beeolnes an mportant, itud In 401310 Seite0110, eutturevitat &Mtn* • Problem. In into a hospital from a poliee-van and laid on a sofa: in -the examining-reom, The resident surgeon had a keeh eye, and watched the patient closely."As the apparently' unconecious man was deposited on the sofa a few pennies fell ut of his pockets and rolled en the oor. The -patient opened his eyes and ade quit* movement to ,tecover the coins. Then he bethought himself and re* back, , - The doctor, aceustomed to deal with ueb pretenders, turned to an atten- ant clod remarked: "You melee, probably, how Hine the an is, and how heavily he Is breathe g. It is a had ease and needs- !m- ediate and HAVere tree tnient. Feteh e battery." here was a sutipicious tretebling of le patient's hands' and the loud breathing ceaseel. When the battery wee produred the doctor added briskly. 'Ile, Searcely breatheii. YOU intuit be quirk. Let him have the full power ot the bolt:Wry. Half a charge Will ' not tinswer the purpose," ! The patient by t his time had °Pens ' ed. his eyes trent oheer terror, and be- fore the wires were well in hold he had found his voice. Sitting bolt ime right ott the sofa, he shrieked; "Let Me go, / beg of you. '3'here is nothing the matter With inc. X am may a poor hort of humbug, that tries to make a few pennies by shamming. Turn off your batteries and let me go." The patient was dist/tweed after be had picked up the coins which had fallen under the ado. oir if erti Deserts. , urn +teener nt the head and feet -parts far - 3'.;t toren the heart. Ode. ilainiltell and. St. Androtee ' m. -ed 1 t tnt tem strongly...poi/Hey theer t inI h Ir ") gotta ttbent by tin enlarged stemeeteethen Street.,.sitiggivii ht let mettle the veitis inaanies the :ed.. Wet, kithitya °router pada where their est teeny t eir e VariattA diseests do arise. Teep...ig ,pithte Cult fot frovlied inliewArdal ., Bone, ,,,,,,t Rele,r.4 li removev the cease. It never 0 r, Stoiteiteof; Notary 'Pehlift 8ton :.x * nitatitede Oilidg wegtetes ,r fca eitenuserY%eak* • i Ia b) have boa rurelii the lett three months. i .atdrugistobymall 00 .i, per hex or a,bret for BLOCK, 'CLINTON S. W.110WARO0 ti %doll' It., 7048t4(lIs cvty1,eigt tHSST RAPID FIRING GUNS. 'The Vienne Ileichetvehr states that, although the tieeret has hitherto been Well kept, the "M. 1888" rifle, which has until now been in tote in the Ger. man array, in being rapidly replaced by a new rifle of improved type. The new weapon is of eoratevehat smaller caliber, ie Wight's.' lighter, and, being cadet to handle, Can be fired more rapidly thttn the rifle at present in use. The whole German army is expeeted to be armed with tha ifew rifle, whioh attr. Partee$ any at prmient in liervieo lit En.. rOPe, by th$ haal 013114$ Year. $107,84. • Milwaukee, April 7.7 -Wheat -No. 1 Northern, 73; No. 2 do., 71 1-2e. Rye -- No. 1, 56 to 57e; No, 2, 56o. Barley -No, 2 47 1-2o; sample, 400o 40-1-2e. Toledo, Aptil 7. -Wheat -No. eash, 74 5-8e. Rye -No. 2, clash. 57c. Clover - Are you frequently hoai:SeP Do you have that annoying tickling in your throat? Would you feel relieved if you could raise somethingP Does your cough annoy you at night, and - do you raise more mucus In the morning? Then you should alwayi keep on band'a bottle of C s herrg .ciond seed -Prime cash, old, 'LON new, nanh and, April, 111400, bid, Minneapolis, April T. -Wheat - No. 1 Northern, April, 70 14o; May, 70 1-2 to 70 8-40: 0.14Y, 71 7-lio; on traok, No. 1, Lard, 71 8-80; No, 1 Northern, 70 3-4e; No, 2 Northern, 68 7-83. Fleur -First patent*, 048,90; second do 83.50 te $8.60; first cleave, 3460 to #2.10 Duluth, April I. -Wheat No. ba sh 78 I id. ' ere, yeah. 70 1.4o; No.. 2 Northern, 60 3-4. 704. 3 -ie; July, 71 3 -to; No. 1North* P Buffalo, April 7,-eSpring wheat ',- DOH* weak; No. 1 Northern, 81 3-4o-, Winter wheat -Unsettled; No. 2 red, on track, 74 to 76 1.-2.3 bid. • Corn - Weak; No, 2 yellow, 89 1-4e; No; 8 yel- low, 38 0-4c; No. 4 yellow, 380; No. 2 corn, 38 1-40; Nct, 3 corn, 37 3-4e, Oats -Dalt and easy; No, 2 white, 33 1-20; No. 89 white, 32 3-10; i3 , 29 2uel an!larwiZ17; No. Teon°tentir, offer- ed at 63o. Flour -Quiet, may, Detroit, April 7, -Wheat oloaed :-No. 1 white, (lash, 73 3-4o; No. 2 red, °ash, 74 1-4o.; May, 75c; Ally, 730. ;. • PLEASANT PROSPECT, Astronomer. . Say the Moon, IN tietiing needy ft is net Fall, 10 aPPen yet awhtle, but many astronomers are pre- paridt for the fait of the moon at a dice. Cant date, , . . • It is probable that eventually the moon will be drawn Well within the sphere.of attraction of the earth. At present she is just far enough off to be kept in tow, so .to 'opeake and to vebtrl round and retract us enwell as spirt himself. But when the inevitable time comes, and ;she is. drawn far into the attrac- tion radius, she is likely to be pulled right down and fall cinto• the earth, for her attraction is, Of coulees much weak- er than outs. She is in mere danger of this atone tines than anothereand the danger is increasing gradually but surely. It may lie 10,600 or 15,000 years yet, but When she does fall there writ certainly be a terrific bump, and the whole system of the earth will be badly j°11tteisci. calcu-iated that, taking the most dangerous epodh of the year into con- • sideration and her eonsequeneposition, she is likely to fall on the northeastern part of Europe and will entirely wipe Russia and Europe, from -the map. Tidal waves and all sorts of horrors Will ocettr, and the fallen moon ;will' probably tarok up. The entire cli- mate of the. world will be altered, and England probably be more or leas: improved, according to the scientist. : A FUTURE POSSIBILITY. . In a ;recent clapaage case the defe- dant, a railroad corporation, asksa new trial because the fair plaintiff flirted with, the tail. If this sort of thing . lteeps.cin there will have to be twelve plied men in the jury box. • you have a weak throat you cannot -be -too -I -- careful., You cannot begin treatment too early. Each cold makes you more liable to another, and the hat one is always harder to cure than the one before ft. - ir.httAstberriotttertiiiisife prioetts Nip tron Oft Help at Hand. If you have say complaint whatever end dente tit* best medical salvia* youcan poo- ibly obtain,. write the docket freely. You wili receive a PtollPt reply. 4.aarosa, DR. AVER) 1,0We Ma% Children should always increase in weight. Not to grow, not to increase in iiesho belongs to old age. Present andluture health demands that this increase in weight should be steady and never failing. To delicate Scott'S Etnulsion brings richer blood and firmer flesh, Better color comes to the cheeks and stronger imuscles to the limbs. The gain in *eight ia substantial; it comes to stay. ISCOTT5"1..13110ndWSNIr, Chaletrathisistsggiqatreato. CANNOT COUNT THREE... nritona Rae, of People Oteeovered In the • Murray Islands. An , expedition recently sent out from England to. the Murray Islands has brought some interesting informa- tion about the .ielanders, Thee& Pei - inlays people, it appears., cannot count higher (WA two, "Neer: is their word for one and "nets" for two. When they want to say three they say Soneetwo" netat-nets, and when they Want to say foul- they say "two - twos nets -nets., • Higher figures than these they ex- press by means of their bodies. Thus they began to count from the little finger of the left hand and proceed- ing thenee to the other fingers, tbey successive*. reach the wrist, the arm, the shpulder, the colter bonethe °beet, the right shoulder, the •right arm, the right wrist and fleetly, the fingerii of the right hand. In this way they can count as high as thirty-one. • Wheri. they want to express a higher number than this they can only use the world "gaire," which signifies' many. This andient Method Of count- ing, however, is :fast disappearing, thanks to the -strenuous efforts Which . the English are making to feach the islanders the ordinary rules of .ariths 'natio. Ethnologists therefore are especially glad that information about this ancient method of counting has come to them just cis it wile on the point of. disappearing toeever. " • . ,A., THEORY. What/ makes all- that noise in the radiator I 'inquired the neevoue•inae. L don't know, answered the chilly. friend, but suspect it's so cold that its teeth are chattering. . ' . Rheumatic Torture South American Rheu- matics Cure Ouree In 1 te 3 Days. Solomon Woodworth, of Hope. well Hill, NB,, is rescued from a deplorably helpless condition, induced by the agonies of rheumatism. Mr, Woodworth had contracted rheuma- tism of the severest form and In a very short time was incapacitated for work -for weeks he could get no rest -suffered the roost violent pains in his , arms and shoulders -grew worse and felt he could not live, so terrible were his sufferings -his arms became per- feetly _helpless. Ile began taking South' Anferican. Rheumatic Cure --,- after ttie second close he experienced (great relief and at the end of three hours every vestige of the pain was gone -the use of his hand and arm returned gradually and he feels eke- gether like a new man and to-dayre- i owes in a cure which he proclaims almost a miracle. South American leheumadcr Ctire cures in 1 to 3 days every form of rheumatism and neu- ralgia. Do not suffer longer -it will relieve in six hours. • Smith Aillerleall Nervine soothes the nerves and cures all tonna of ner- voesness. ' 0011th American Eidney Cure cures only kidney diSeases-relleves in a few hours. ' 12 &f,...• • For sale by Watts 86 Co Clip.ta* • ONE GIVES. RELtEP. P on't Spend a Dollar for Medicine until you have tried , You can buy them in the paper 5 -cent cartons TeW Tabules for Mire Cents. %hi' pot la tee et. Onsets to pour the ereverwai proems dinned ttI tow Resta If you don't find this sort of 'Ripang:.Tatitjle4.. At the Druggist's Send Oise Gents to Tint RIMS'S' CHIttildhi, C0I4P4NF, NO, NO rut* fit, New York, and they will be sent to yes by mail; Or tene will be mailed for 48 cents. Thev dances tiell tett te 0at Riettho.'nhaleli ete the Very medicine you lea. h'4011rw"- °Ike ••4* 1