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The Indian prayer-eneetinge in the
.„ 09114trX art? Pit her At Oittelar admix-
tur0 ot buperetition an devotion. A
, dellia dressed to silk clothes, with
' Ondlell itl3 each aide, a good bit of
11001 work about it and a riution tied
etit,its waist. It rests on the table.
ileltt Or ten Indian men stand
aroun4; One has a large drum, which
be bate continually. The women
*it on the floor, while the men sing
prayers to tbe .t.tint, the women re.
oponding. They commence praying
bout 7 or 8 o'clock and keep it up
or three hours. Then the women
th their little children kiss. the rib-
bon; asking favors of the saint. The
men geihroughtthe ceremony. The
saint is then locked up in a box, and
dancing commeuces and lasts the
rest ef the night. Frequent potions
of whiskey are imbibed by the men,
coffee and wine by the women. When
the men become too drunk to dance
longertbey retire to their hammocks
and sleep until sober.
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BUSEI FIRES.
4OTTRIUTM*INt:..0,1*,..
A1tkg1i*se irk ,11' 0,1. of time 40.1
000 inhabitants, the capitol of the,
province an4 .41)MinerCial tvoter of
oxcart Atria iin,o , tha. hot one
'sews)) aper 41111 G 1,, I )ne name,
itis a badly priottd sheet ,if about
twelve or fif'.eer, Liee i, the .i'.
Adel paper in evtr sense, bvit.g not,
only the mediunk rr ceromunieating-
Offieiril witceo, htio a s olkweed, euited
and published by the local govern
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Meat. It ba l so telegraphie news,no
local news except of an official char-
acter, no reporters and no advertiee-
meats ; so it can hardly be called a
newspaper. Its publishers have a
novel way of getting ,subseribers.
Every .goverument official, from tbe
highest to the lowest, is a subscriber;
not because he wants to be, but be•
-cause he is compelled to.
There is no giving of chromes or
"inducements for clubs." The pub-
lisher have a far more effective way
of swelling thekir subscription list than
by any twit Waste of money. It is a
very simple way, too. It simply con-
sists of deducting from all official
salaries, including those of subordi-
nates dawn to the lowest clerks, the
amount of the annual anbscription.
He may take the paper Or leave it.
But he has to pay tor it; anti. as there
are a vast number of officials, lerkser
orgreater, the editor has the most
enviable position. He need never
fear that terror of impecunious Amer-
ican editors, the irate subscriber who
stalks into the sanctum and issues
the terrifying mandate, ''Stop my
paper," because his name was men-
tioned or not mentioned as the case
may ; or has he any ortbe old an-
noyances of dependence on "our
esteemed subscriber," which makes
life a burden to editors iu less favored
lands. His is indeed a happy lot,and
oris to make many a harassed western
"we" grow green with envy.—Boston
Elerald.
Buokingham, Que, Sept. 30.—Both
sides of the River Lievre, from Buck-
ingham to High Falls, are on fire.
Propertyin the vicinity of Donaldson
Lake is in great danger. A house and
two barns are reported burnt. Fences,
cordwood and ° timber are burning in
all directions. Ross Bros.' and Jas.
McLaren & Co's lumber yards are in
great danger, Their men are fighting
the fires. Wells and creeks are dried
in the country, and their is no water
in many places to put out the fires.
Pembroke, Ont., Sept.. 80.—Bush
fires are raging on almost every side
of us. A dence smoke has pregailed
for several days, causing great incon-
venience to navigators of the Upper
Ottawa. The Upper Ottawa Towing
companies' boats have been tied upi
and the line boat to Desjaachinb has
not left on a regular trip for several
days.. Farmers coming here report
terrible fires in all directions. Many
of them are attributed to the careless-
ness of hunters, while some of the
damaging fired have been:caused by
farmers clearing new land. The
damage to fencing and the hay crop
will be immence. Much valuable
pine is reported on fire on the north-
ern and western districts,and to -night
Messrs Booth & Gordon's limits are
reported to be burning. About five
o'clock rain began to sprinkle, and it
is hoped that some heavy showers
• will come before morning. At times
the smoke is almost suffocating.
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OOTS1.810ES.
If you want anything in the Boot and Shoe line, call on CHARLES
CRUICKSHANK. He has everything from the herieat
Fainters Stogo, to the Finest ladies French
Both imported and of his own manufacture. No shoddy goods kept.
Ordered Work a $peoialty.
Now Goods just Recd Call on C. Cruickshank, the Boot Maker,
ALBERT STREET, BR/CK BLOCK, CLINTON
HEADACHE BILIOUSNESS.
"Wheneverl feel out of sorts, bilious,
my liver not workinwright. orracited with
a headache, 1. take Dr.Obase's Liver Cure
Therapia more real benelit from one dose
of your Liver Cure than in many bottles of
some 12113diOine5.— John McNasser. Bond
Haiti. For sale by Dr •Worthington.
Ladies Only.
The complexion is often rendered un-
sightly by Pimples, Liver Spots and Yel-
lowness. Theite it is well known are caused
from an inacti3e Liver and bad blood. Dr -
Chase's Liver Cure purifies the blood and
whole system. See recipe book for toilet
.ecipes, hints and suggestions on how to
eserve tbe complexion. By all druggists
• TIPAY HAD GOT USED TO
BABIES.
'Ray,' said a woman wearing a
• faded yellow dress as she came out of
a Western Dakota house which stood
rear the road, as we drove up, 'you
didn't see no young ons down the
road, 1 'reckon."No,"Couple of
mine missing again, I guess,' and she
surveyed a good sized Bock who were
playing around the house. 'Or, hold
on, I guess there ain't either.' And
she began singling them out with her
Ar.gas, °raying. ‘01.41. iwn,k1..r.o—atv:13.1
Still, you brats, till I count you—
four, five—come back here, Opbelia,
till you're counted—six, seven, eight,
and two at school makes ten, and the
baby '',,is eleven, and two in the field
is thirteen. All right, atranger, there
are all here ; I 'lowed two or three
of them-haelit out, -but the cells -kir is:
correct.' 'You have a large family,
madam."Lawks, family till you
•-•-ian't rest. And, sir, do you know
for a fact, genlemen, when the fust
one, Sheridan—he's out in • the field
ehucklin' corn now—when he was a
baby what d'ye think me an' the old
man used to do to him.'. 'Give it up.'
'Uscd to wake himup to see him
laugh. Yes, sir ; regular thing every
time he went to sleep. Sometimes
one big fool of us an' sometimes the
otter would sneak up an' chuck him
under the chin and say, 'Wake ut, 00
tootsy, wootsy, an' laugh oo cunnin'
'ittle laugh for oo papa.' Didn't
never wake up any of the other
lwelve. Well, not hardly any stran•
ger—we know a powerful sight mor'n
we did. Here, Washington,quit hur-
ting yer little sister or I'll give yer a
• switchin you'll remember till yer 100
years old.'
PERTH NEWS.
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Big Reduction in the price of our Change f Business
Watches.. Every boy in the kind
must have ohe of those
The new County jail at Stratford
will be available for use at about Nov.
lst, next. Nineteen persons are in'
carceratei in the old jail.
A peculiar sad death occurred in
Mitchell on Monday. At about ten
m. Mrs Gibson Mahaffy was:taken
ill with maternal pains, and in two
hours both mother and child were
dead. Three doctors were in atten-
dance, and all that was possible was
done for the unfortunate woman, but
to no purpose.
The Mitchell Advocate says :—We
-regret to learn that Mr F Holland
.and family intend removing from
Mitchell. Mr Holland came here
about twenty-five years ago, and dur-
ing that time experienced dark days
as well as days of prosperity, but no
one could ever say but that his desire
from first to last wes,,to act honestly
and uprightly with all- nsbn' He has
•rented a grist mill in the flourishing
town of Ingersoll, and will leave for
there shortly, and we are sure he will
carry with 'him the hest wishes of
every man woman and child in Mit-
chell,
.0n Saturday last two young men
from the 14th con., of Elma, J Ham-
mond and S. Adler, passed through
Atwood going to Listowel, leading a
r„. four 7car old bul1. when about
a mile south of Atwood the animal,
without the least provocation, or a
moment's warning,turned upon them,
tossiug Mr Hammond in the sir, the
sametime striking MrA. knocking the
latter spinning into the ditch. Mr
H. then fell to the road, tbe infuriat-
edg`aninial pinning him to the ground,
WAMICI-11i1S FOR/ $2 5
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R W COATS, Clinton,
THE RESTLESS
ANt SLEEPLESS JEWELLER
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The undersigned begs to notify the people of Clinton and vicinity that he
has bought the
HARNESS BUSINESS formerly carried on L Newton,
And that he is prepared to furnish
Narness, Collars,WhIps, Trunks, Valises,'Buffalo Robes, Blankets
And everything usually kept in a first-class Harness Shop, at the lowest prices.
Specie attention is directed to my stock of Dour HARNESS, which
I will make a specialty,
REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
By strict atention to business, and carefully s.tudying the wants of my customers, I
hope to merit a fair share of patronage. Give me a call before purchasing else-
where. REMMBEER THE STAND—OPPOSITE THE MARKET
NEW
New Furniture : Stock
u Opened out ELLIOTT S BLOCS.
I CR BEDROOM SETS, PARLOR SETS,LOUNGES,
NEXT DOOR TO THE CITY BOOK STORE, CLINTON.
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SIDEBOARDS, CHAIRS, &c.,
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE STOCK OF
COA,CODRI 11.PiTh STOVES
OF THE BEST MANUFACTURE AND LATEST PATTERNS.
Also an immmense stock of LAMPS of all
descriptions, from 25c. each upwards, in-
cluding the CelebratedRochester Lamp, for
which we are sole agents.
Also COAL and WOOD FURNACES.—
Sole agent for Harris' Celebrated Furnace,
manufactured by Gurney & Co., Hamilton.
FULL LINE GENERAL HARDWARE
• LI.INPICCNT
To scramble to his feet and rush upon THE Numxione HARDWARE AND S COV.h.1 HOUSE.
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the maddened brute and strike him a
heavy blow with a club, was only the
work of an instant for Mr A., which
had the effect of backing the brute
off Mr H. who betore regaining his
feet struck the animal:desperate blow
with a clubs which he ,wasin posses-
sion of, knocking out an eye. which
no doubt saved hie life. A lively
time ensued, which ended in the de
feat.of the bull. Then they proceeded
on to Listowel where they arrived
without any Wilier trouble. The
boys have reason to congratulate
themselves on their narrow escape.
As it is, with the exception of a
good shaking up, they sustained no
serious injury.
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.
It has been commonly said that the
cold -water poem, 'The Old Oaken
Bucket' was inspired by a glass ot
brandy. A writer in the Boston Her-
ald affirms the truth_of the story, and
tell it as a personal recollection. Sam
Woodworth, the author, was a prin-
ter, and was employed in an office
in Chamber street, 6 York. One
day he dropped in Mailer barroom,
in Franklin St.. to get som brandy
and water. The liquor was e cellent,
and Woodworth remarked thdt it was
superior to anything he ever tasted.
'No,' tai 1 a comrade. 'there was one
thing that you and I used to drink
that surpassed this.' What was it,'
asked Woodworth,dubiously. 'Fresh
tiering, water that we used to drink
from the old oaken bucket that hung
in the well, after our return from
the hay field on a sultry day in sum-
mer.' The rhyme of the phrase, The
old oaken bucket that hung in the
well,struck Woodworth at once. and
a picture Of the well at his boyhood
home came to his mind. Within a
few hours he had completed the
poem.
QITEER FACTS AND HAPPEN-
INGS.
New Orleans has a band of about
fourteen members that are all news-
▪ boys.
An Iowa lad of sixteen named Allen
Harp, shot himself over tbe grave of
a pet dog.
The four children of Dr W. A:
Gordon, of Chester, Ill., were born
in different years, but the birthday
of each fall upon the 22nd ofJulv.
An East Texas, Mich., man kicked
his wife about and killed her canary
because she would not say he was a
brute. He then killed hissclog be-
cause he would not eat the canary.
Nelson D, Cromley, of Waterloo,
Wis., transferred 00,000 worth of
property to Emily 1). Arndt., a spit.-
tualistio doctor, because the spirit of
his dead wife through a medium told
hint to.
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DETECTED- THE DODGE.
A PRISONER WHO SHAMMED PARALY-
SIS SEVEN MONTHS FOUND OCT.
Jackson,11lich ,Sept.30.—A strange
ease came to light at the prison to-
day. Levi M. Brett, a convict sent
up in July,1886,from Osceola county,
three pare for Weeny,- began -seven --
months ago to develop symptoms of
paralysis. He would suddenly fall to
the ground while at work. and could
not eat•for long periods, all of which
ended by his taking to his bed. The
muscles of his face became rigid, the
eyes fixed and he ceased to eat or
apeak only as food was fed him with
a spoon. He was apparently deaf and
could not see. Thus matters went on
until a few days ago,and in the mean-
time physicians from all parts of the
State bad examined him, and all pro-
nounced his malady paralysis. Dr.
Williams a few days ago became satis-
fied that Brott was feigning all hie
symptoms. The Doctor called the at-
tendants into the hospital and told
'them, in the presence of Brott, that
the case was a peculiar one, and that
the convict could not live beyond a
lew days, anyhow, and that the next
day be should proceed to chloroform
Brott, saw the skull and see what the
disease was. The doctor then left,
and very soon Brott began to move,
and callinz the hospital attendant to
him he told that official that he bad
been shamming from the start in
order to get a pardon, and did this for
sympethy. Brott was rooted out of
bed, and two days later was at work
in the paint shop in the wagon con-
tract, and has been there since. Dr.
Williams says he bas beard or one
similar cat,e in this country but only
one.
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ANA A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF THE VERY BEST MADE; FURNI.
TURE AT REASONABLE PRICES.
The CcIcliliald ARGUS Splack & Enlms6s
• THE BEST IN. USE
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V. URANUS Sp3ctacics and Eyellapcs at Cost
CALEDON I A Mineral Water Aerated.
eiA_31JES 11. CON113k1,
CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST. CLINTON, ONT.
-GE-NTRAL GROCER
TCS. 4011.1144.41E.YY. .
TI.Q.ESIEV.iii • Old .4-41a,vici.
The subscriber has bought out the Stock of P. Robb, consisting of
GROCERIES CROCKERY GLASSWARE
Which, being .bought at low rates, he is enabled to offer at the very clos-
est prices Patronage respectfully solicited. All orders
promptly filled. Rooms to let.
!defilers If your (blighters are in 111
health. or troubied with a nalenesS that
seems incurable or if they stiffer from Reno
rel norvousness,tangor, weakness.
or joss of oppotito, procure at once a bottle
of Johnson's Tonic Bitters and yon will not
regret the outlay. The Tonic and general-
ly strengthening effect of this medicine is
truly marvenons. SO ets. and so. per bottio,
at Worthington's Drug store.
H. R. WALKER, CLINTON.
VAIE SHOVE
MONUMENTS WHITE BRONZE MONUMENT CO
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Our material is endorsed by lead-
ing soien-tiats as being practically
•go imperishable. :It cannot absorb
moisturaefs, eoatneda cboythensenfeerioltly iss not
Sand for Designs and Terms to
To be had for the asking.
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trictly Pore Spices
AND TIJE 0 I) RELIABLE
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S. PALLISER & CO,
Children Cry for,
Pitcher's Castoria;'
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OLIVTOZT.
CLINTON.
FRESH ARRIVAL OF
N EW FALL GOODS
JUST RECEIVED ONE CASE OF THE LATEST
English and American Styles
of Hard- Hats.
ALSO A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
AMERICAN NECKWEAR, REGATTA SHIRTS, WHITE
SHIRTS, SUSPENDERS, &e., &c.
CALL AND SEE US, IT WILL PAY YOU.
G. GLASGOW, Smiths Block, Clinton.
Clinton Refreshment Rooms.
BITSINFISS CHANGE
C. COLE having bought out the Refreshment Rooms of Mr. J. Anderson,
desires to intimate to the public that he will continue the same in all its
branches. He has just added a fresh stock of Confectionery, &c., which will
be sold at lowest rates.
FRUIT OF ALL KINDS KEPT IN SEASON:
OYSTERS KEPT IN Time SEASON AND SERVED IN ANY STYLE
FRESH CAKES IMPORTED DAILY FROM TORONTO.
Itiir TOBACCOS, CIGARS, PIPES, POUCHES, &c., .1?ce.
Close attention given to business, and all oiders entrusted to him will be,
promptly filled. A trial respectfully solicited. Remember the stand, next
door to the Grand ITnioa Hotel.
C. COLE, - — CLINTON.
1.....meseassewewwww.
Wools and Yarns.
A LAROE IMPORT ORDER NOW TO HAND OP TfIE FOLLOWING KINDS
Berlin, Zephyr. Crewel, lie, Fleecy, Pompadour, Gobetil and
Andeluslan. Peacock Saxony, Baldwins Bee Hive,
Peacock and Barker Fingering.
TAMOSHANTERS, HOODS, CAPS. &O.
DON'T MISS US
W COOPER, Beaver Blockl
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