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GODERICH, ONTARIO, CANADA. THURSDAY, MARCH K, 1894. D. MCGILLICUDDY, pROPK
THE PITH OF THE NEWS. r tsasiuss t sip a•y. a° oltospre and *1.-
frtuirr alliance (o,tweet Hort. and F'ranaa
I.iY11 MIMS tPOm SYerywhere.
t.r ieteei Rowed alike animas algae Wawa
foretell, rr .eated larlef bra•
ibis of Naas Heiser! of
was formed and the cenventiuw signed
during the Franco Humian fetes which
took place in Pala
l'anada's trade and navigation referent
blow that the exports in 1093 were valued
at 3114,811030, se compared with 3113,-
983,375 in 1019, an aerates .1 8I.64.It75.
TM total ihiports were 9129.0;4.260, as
outpsred with 8117,406,066 in 1492
On Tuesday night burgles entered 1) .
house of Henry tin -ratan. tr..a.urer of
lee liantuta Legislature prorogued ou Exeter town/thee �eurar county. at S.•,,
Thurelay. field, Mich , shot lira liiermat dead,
im Friday wa. the 18th anniversary of clubbed her husband ipso insensibility and
tie ,,,rouati.'n ,•f the Pepe. got away with about 31,090. which war
The Sate bank et roekti:l.•, Selin. ,tddeis to the bed ou which the victims
county. Kir -.-. has !ailed. slept.
1 w.et,,:nleren were lynched at 1oua• At Pittsburg, Pa. ou t1'edueselay night
talo Mime .\rk.. un Monday night Pitcher McNabb, of the Baltimore hese
Ilattnlion 1'1:y Council on Friday night ball 1 lub, fired three shut% into the heal
reduce/ the number of shop licenses W 90 and uvek of Lamm Kellogg. a minder ail
B. t.. Dun .t Co. report 49 !allures in
&noels the iw.1 week against 4, lent Year.
The work of tebnildiuit the Woodstock
°tete Horne will be commenced at MAO.
Henry Chapman Ford, • well known sr
tial..liel .ns Wednesday at San Frani:a ..
The largest opal in the world iti said to
dare been foam,' at the opal mines at
Jame+ tainond, nn. of Niagara Town
ship• beet known fruit growers, dud tea
Frn1.t.
I.' it euinen' were fatalh irijured by All
SA. I e. • : In 1 c0111r17 tsar 1 'tikesb.tre, .
1'a. ••u Friday.
,,•-n. Jubel .1, Emile an Attenem%("*1
federate veteran .Led at Lyttuhbartl, Va.,
141 Fr:397-113V/IT-
J_ 'i Moore. f. rnoerly ct %Vdteederwn,
retat.iitted seatdr by haug*ng at Milton on
fhora.ley. a** rtiu►g.
Ipder. i1 Teem Council Iso redo .d the
a6rrher of shop licensee to two and cut off
tura boat Berbera
Jahn tterberry. a;teel::'-', d:e.l et Newark.
N.J, T'iuraday ..t hirecwughe, aft et thir-
teen
hinteen weeks o! oneerinit.
MAI Fre-le-rue. Isle, l.l. 11.. a cel.
brat-d.Amerkati librarian, died at Evans
lou, ill . on Thnrsday.
The Frs.er river. at \t'eatmineter. B:('
is to he bridged with a *teal structure awl
'UMildif a wawa dollars.
atety vlctittua of -yellow fever are being
tnr tory day- at Rha de Janeiro. The
new Par, whir .b0 .daily.
no:steamer -' tarda, which wiled ft'•m
Tar nisi. Wash., on - needay f.,r ('hie,
..
: oft u
carr sol de l
deported
f.wtdcri it.loor dealers and batwen or
gaited • Lrareeh of the Publiatael'-Pro
to tee, Oeroria1I•.0 out Friday night. ---
A
\A dpt:,•ii from Sha.gbat nays that 450
teen w.:r allied moped,. by an explosion
.th • coal mine is the Province of Shang
.Tru :
A en.•b , •f 990 mean made an um -et -eve
l.: attempt W lyntch A c..l.r.d mutdmraa at
Sten iebarg. swat :+.•muton, l'a.. oo Era
day
At t..arl:.le, 1'a. on f bureelay Clam Say
lar.oarh• f,atig*st for the murder '-f I'u•
lir- • "seer tleorg. Martin at Carlisle on
Apr . Lt.t.
I' Scheer, teller of a Minneap t lie
1 a•„ i, te confer.e•b that in the poet few
y,•--1- :.e Las stolen 3123,10.) from the in
sretution.
.. t'elintta derp•tch says that the Abwrs
reeet.ty anrnlulatr.e tiro entire S.poy
guard of :1.. at Venda:, near the Chinese
tremor.
A ;;lis. bomb was tense' in front of •
,d6,r .0 Prague ori Walue•1day. •
f bnre•.) fuse was attached (0 nue end
.d the :moil..
Willie 1)hi., of Slumps., 23 years of age
wail ran otter anal killed in the \test Shure
yaw/oat Rutalo, where he has been week
tog a. braks.tuan.
1. Ryan •xplomon at the Retanno Chemi
cal Works at Tbotp.tu's Vont, near
Pa''.14o', , N.J , oo Friday, Levi Ivies
es. Mown b atone
A Halifax law firm. acting for • synth
.^at. of C*nslian and Amenca capitaia.t.,
kis hooded about 730,090 acres of Nova
itteele Babes leede
Tbrre are 46,600 men and 9 906 women
and girls out of employment in Brooklyn,
or a total of 54,676 Of thew 19,973 are
In destitute circumstances.
Noss Lena Sanyo, aged eighteen, was tan
OTeT and killed while walking ou the G. T
H track about bolt a mile east of delle
Ricer ou Wednesday
•Sohn r. ,m,,,,,,,::. a convict et the peel
tenttary from Loudon, bas bean nlassrt
Ha to t 1 yetis of age. I )ttweil was .ell
tetra' totwo years for grain stealing.
The private baking Grin of Mises, War-
lock .t Co„ Victoria, R.C., closed lis doors
nh Friday. The liabilities are 3444,900,
and the amnia are given os 3610,310.
The United States Treasury statement
1. r the eight months of the present fiscal
year -bows that the experelltnre for that
l.erb..l has Wen $4),000,000 greater then
the reve'ass.
A minister*. meeting baa been held in
Poston to promote anent to the
rewarding off the Unit j �!t4) en that
*n acknowledgment of Clod will appear in
enwn.etinti with It.
'hney Latan, • oolor'od phblanthropi.t,
has just diel at New Orleans, last ins an
estate veined at 3400,000. 4eg0.51. are
male to charitable ia.titntions for both
white sad colored people.
Canada's total trade with (treat Britain
decrease' during the year ending lane :10,
1'19:1 ley 59,6216,000. Inn aggregate trade
filfi, false United Stales increased during
the same period by over 310,100,000.
No neon., r.d.etlon will be made in
lodes this year. Only Si. Aldermen ant
of eighteen attended the meeting *1 the
L•em(un ('ity Council called for Wednerd.y
nifht to adopt • reduction by law.
Th^ British and American Industrial and
Financial Invsetment Syndicate of New
fork hr off rre.d Sectelary Carlisle sixty.
Am mote per tones for 16,000,000 of the
silver hellion now in the United 'states
Tvu..ury.
The public debt statement of the Unite!
HMO* will show IN gostor•l balance
alightly lees thea $196,300,000, as ilesinet
M4,11r1.00) February 1 lest and the Tres
8ri 9fi [hat X100,933,033, elplaat N4, 36.
nes F•brttuq 1,
th. 81. pMawhare tioerr....d.t of The
the Alves hedge theatru•st company, and
two duets tbnou,b bis uwu head. The
woman eau handle recover. Iter right
usu. is Mn.. Ito,-kwell, and her huebend is
at a.nette, Wash.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
queen Victoria .peaks ten !anrneges
fluently.
DeWitt, with a papulation of 3',0,000 has
1,14e polka.
The gold cons ot i:rest Britain tontine,
one twelfth alloy.
Egyptian children are never washed until
they are a year .1.1.
1ookkeepere an l..rmany receive from
4100 t e 3'. )0 a year.
.Australia harbors un. species of kangaroo
noTer thal a rex.
In M•shmnaland when tem babies ale
born faith are drowned.
The blood rase is fantod only in Florida is
an are* tit -ratites is diameter.
The I j'u.y's farce ire waliprpei has bright
blue ground -Sprinkled s alt white oars
lfata°• has 218,(00 people and 1, sun
police wbu list y ear node 12,094 anemia
Nearly a thou/rad different colored sew.
tog cottons can be ootained in treat Brit-
ain.
Tie word "d•ady ' was time used in Eng-
land in • poem by l•alloway published In
1745)
The Russian Government will shortly ex
tend the circuit in which Jews are freta to
seta le.
The Emperor of (:hie., who es ;3 tears
old, is sow stuelyiag the English sad Ft -each
languages,
The mune c1 the man who lights the
statue of liberty in Washiegtou nightly is
lir An.enca
The -population of Italy is very dame.
there • being- peepla to every ware
sada of territory,
A Fres -h Serrate s ballet
from
the eye of • child without destroyi./ the
.iprht .•f the optic.
During the year ending November A� ei.
eaa railroads killed 3,31`) parsona and crip
pled 2.000 others.
A middiipunan in the Cnit.1 States nary
rec•avm pay a.Wvalent to that of • beaten
ant in the Briteh nary.
A library of 3,000 volumee devoted solely
to the theatre, collected by Baron 'f.ylur,
hes leen dispersed in Pero.
The wine cellar of the House of Common.
i. 100 feet lone, an.i generally contain.
•hmrt 315,003 worth of wine
A Span'.h rnuucuu has devised • system
of musical nol•tmu by which the Warts and
flat system 1• done away with:
The British Museum possesses an iron •x
heats of 1370 years 1l. 1' , the oldest .uthea
bested mon implement kpowa.
The sapphire which adorn, the summit of
the English crown is the sante that Edward
the Confessor wore in his ring.
A Dopper chisel has been taken from the
famous mound of lachish, in Syria, wbkh
dates back to shoot 1500 R. C.
A piece "f iron was found in an air pas-
sage of for 1:rest Pyramid which may have
leen then oases s 3,700 years B. C.
The dress bill of a certain English titled
lady amount. to 37,400 for oats year, and
her hat bill for six moths to!l900.
THE DEATH RECORD -
Di NLl1P-Aa old'r.sidest of Goderich
township passed away on Feb. 26, in the
death of Mtn Agnes 1)onlop,relict of the late
John Dunlop. Deceased was • native of
Kilm.r000k, Ayrshire, Scotland, and cafes
to this . •y settling 09 Mt 19, eon. 2,
Goderich township. lour soca, Jobs,
George, Hugh and ,lames, and four dough
tare, Mrs. Crawford, Godericb, lira
Msr'gsret Coalesa, Port Huron, Mr. Swett,
Kastve.n, Asa., and Mrs. David Orr, (lode -
rich township, .aryls
COBHR-TLartd•y moralise of last week
.t 5 o'elork, the spirit of Annie, beloved
wife of Ephraim (;.bar, of Ethel, was called
away. The decease) was the eldest dagh
tar of leo. Chittkck. Bellmore, and was unit-
ed in marriage to her bereft husband es
Deo. 27th, 1988. She heti been all singes
last June, a had cold developing into sea•
sugnotleA, end she gradually failed despite
the best •tisgqtl.a fiat e•.wlai Le gis-be
Siam Sbwdar aha 14.d Nis in an •acosecioes
eta,,. Mn. Coker leaves two little deligh-
t's., Al sad 21, yeas of alto, to bib care( for
by relatives.
1.• W SO N. -The A berdeee t So otla•d
Frew Press says : " 1►r. Robert lawees,
imaposter Ornerwl of Hospitals, died at 4
Cambia Maas, Aberdeen, yesterday, at the
advanced age of 79. l..peetor-e.es.ral
Lamm, who was • graduate of Edinburgh
lleher'sit ..d • I.toentlate of the Royal
College of Sarmenns, altered the army as
s•sittant surgeon in 1843, besane s.rgoo. is
1842, wrr.oa mayor in 1854, deputy inept et-
er.gos�+1 is 1866, isepsetor steal is 1868.
asd retired on bah pay is 1863 Deesaeed
was premed .t the M rssiag sad distraction
of the tortilla native M•adiage town of
Sab•* e. the (141111bla in i95... and served
is eh. (Masai darker 1864 and 1865, for
which he got • medal and clasp for S.b•Mt
pet, 4th glass of the W.djidie. and Turkish
molal. H. received the degree of 1,1, h
feign his Alun. Mater, and • year ago suss
sppnt.Md nee of the h ower•ry physicians to
1.6 Queen." ihesooed was • brother of ear
Sonar bw•egnas, Waiter Lames, and as
sale of David Iciness. llesbp..sd Capt.
A. Lawaen d this tows
OYER THE HURON TRACT.
The Grist trom the 11.3esl MW.
• weekly Nigeel N C..•sy News Marred
■p se Nit Lreryb.dy risk sad
rata' clipped and /tradesmen
!rasa Leery berthas.
Hayfield Sarnnel Beattie and family re-
move' to Brussels on 1Vednesday last.
Teuton Air. teem of Whitemouth,
Man , u here on • veil to bid fatter in law,
Jos %Vhitaks d.
Grey . The trustees of S. S. No. 9 have
et the c,otract of buildiug • brick school to
no. Cober, of Etbel.
(Tinton : Jos. Smith anti fancily, late of
.aderieh township, left here on Wednesday
Feb. 28,. for Verden, Mao.
Exeter Ma. Salton, only daughter of
no. Trucker, of Easter, dud niece
'eery, Ilrusmla. died at Oshewa on Sat ufrday
f last week.
Ethel We an pleased to notice that •
ittle daughter has .come to the parsonage
t Princeton, the home°( Rev, Edwin Lee,
fromarly of Ethel:.
s. \V
cerium : Air. 11 Cooper has sold
her property on I rinaley !creme . ac, oss the
ri�ek, to Mr. Currie, of (.o.lench township,
for the sum of 31300.
('Buten . Mnrna
- Hugh Mcl)l.f has •
book of poems, in maneseript, that was
written by her father, in 17'39: it is wolf
written and in an excellent state of pres.rv•
a,
Attic
Hullett : Mie F:..1. Snell, eldest d•ugh-
er of .las. spell, doubled her right hone utt-
er her the other day, whits trying to red in,
sleigh. and almost broke it : it was &,..,�1-_-
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ren sprain.
Retracts )taster in Chancery Malcom.
eon, of 1,eiench, wee In team on l'hurs.l.y
of last week ,n connection with the offering
of'the woolen tactory for sale. The prop-
erty was not sold.
l.he.ton I)r. Turobull recently under -
west aw-..peratmo on onset has toes loran fa-
rrowing 0.11, end the fact has hese se sore
*hut it ie with ditheulty and pain "hellos is
able et get around.
Clinton 1) Malloy, who ha resided in
Clinton for nearly forty years, irthis week
moving to Iter oit, aa.wmpaoiryl by his
daughter Hattie, where they wend making
their home in future.
Harlock Mr. Parson, of lf`arlock, had
the misfortune to break hiateq. He was
ant'ated loading Camber at the mill, when
one of the stick, fell anti struck his limb.
breaking it below the knee.
Clinton Yesterday it was fifty-three
years sine. W. Smithaou started to learn
hie trade with the late W. Shipley, and he
lean leen at work ever slues ; he an justly
lay cl tines to being the -oldest mechanic in
town-
'tel .tat•Seturday George Key* had
thea bone broken tit nuc of he legs
He was if:fieig anal. of the horses to water
and*1. crnahhrrod-ajainet the gee post. He
will be • prisoner 104-4010 time owing to
the a -eldest.
(:rey on Wcdeevday evening of last
wren about seventy! -five young people as-
sembled at the teeidenoe of -Samuel Holmes,
2nd con. Grey, theceeaseina bettor the mar
riage of Moss leasie i1olme.i to.lohn Mickls-
john, of Molesworth.
Brunelle St. John's church in this
Mao. was flll.l to overflowing last Wednes-
day morning to witness the narriage cere-
moty between James Humphrey, of Toren -
.0, and Miss Maud, daughter of P. Tnomp-
sot, a well known resident of Renown.
Seaforth , George Baldwin had the mtg.
fortune to break his collar bone at the *aat-
i.tg rink the other night. Ile was turning
• corner while going at • goal speed and
hi foot slipped, giving him • bad tall. He
'twig censn1uenee,to take an enforced holi-
day.
Seaforth : The 33rd Battalion Band con-
osrt an Thursday evening of last week, was,
we are sorry to learn, not • success tina°-
°tally, the boys losing some money on the
vesture However they are riot diseourag.d
et, and intend holding a ball in the near
Iuturo.
Nay A sad death occurred on the Par
Line, Hay, on Feb. 14, when AbeF.,young-
est son of Thomas Consit. passed away at
the early age of 3 years, 3 months and 7
days. The trouble was infiammateon of the
stommach, and the little fellow was ill only
.hut • week,
Acumen The residence of Mrs. Duncan
rotenone, Alexander street, was the scene
f • anion of hand• and hearta oa Warbles
y moraine. Feb. 28. The groom, Floyd
. Thomposs, merchant, of l.ivinnton,
esteem, came to claim Miss Kate Fargo.
eta as kis bride.
Hills Grego The contract for the .rec-
oil of the new Presbyterian church in this
tare was awarded to Robert 1'atter.ws, of
small, for 31,180.. The onngreg•tion esp-
y the brick, *lose sad sand, mod the con-
tractor sup:pli.s all the other material and
ow all the work.
Hwy : A sad death matured aro the Par
lee on Fe. 14th, when Attie F. Itoosit-, the
°anim*t soon of 'Phoma. Coaeit paradg
way at the early age of 3 yeah, t.estb
e nd 7 day. Th. trouble was iafiarnation of
the stomach, and the little fellow was i11
only about a week.
Huree : According to • retina broorht
own to the Local Howe, on Mond• the
total fees and .gnolutions of the Huron
Registry egos for 1893 were 116,926 O6, and
the net massae of the Registrar, $2,194.78
hi* i* not an excessive amount, wham his
ability for errors, me , is considered.
Ethel rapid woe another victory ea
Wednesday evening ot last week at tha
residence of David Milne, • well known re*
'roost of this locality, whets Andrew P. Mc
Kee.ol Wallace tnwaship,and Miss Alrettn,
allest daughter of the hest soul hostess,
wen united in the holy estate of mann
many.
Sealorth ' Peter ('ooper, • resident of Rees.. Ltd., 43 `bott•51 Tomato. anden
.
M ..tai. View, California, who ie at pees- will rerave by post • pretty paints. free
eat visiting relatives and meads in this from advertising, and well worth frati•g
district. mated reewtly that in ova plaice This is as easy way to decorate your hegns
when as worked, ant al w seen employed. The soap is the hest is the market sad i
ebbe were C•madi..., and from /loons. le all anly cost le, ionage to *sod is the
beet. 1t Ila bees *mid that me stater wrapper*, it yes lease the ends apes.
whew Ina mar answif he Sado a gaol thou Wrim your state eardally- ly
there is sure to Ir a Seuteihncan squattd I THE LATE DR. DOUG LAS. if"). want
nu 1h. Part of many, h. d.r.d 1)R. �t ACKAY OF FORMOSA.
down beside It ; this is getuag w be &he_ to establish • sa•hoo under the auspices of
equally true of Canadians. ' the Methodist church that might wetter
Zurich Peter \t'oolel bas lust returned the gluon of ignorance and dtapens* the
borne from • big viuUg trip to Ssafortb Melmorial Servtos In odorloh•'light and glory of truth and salvation. Aad He Preached In Knox
mltChurch.
andTuckersh,where hes had sot bran,as•swardmthelifeleewasadmsred,notoo-
for the last twenty six years. His first
home waa In Tuckersmith and he finds •
g ood many changes have takeu place epos
bis boyhood. lie was war°Ily wekomed by
everybody who knew him, and warm hand
shaking was the order of the day. He hail
the prrvdsge of 'rayon( a tu.lin which is
over two hundred years old, and also the
pleasure of taking • taste of ten year old
Scotch whisky. II• saw and tasted some
pears and apples grove on Itis birth pland,
on trees planted '7 years ago, when that
part of the country was a howling wilder-
ness He had • grand time and found all
his friends well and in goal spirits.
Egmoodville . For the third time in
about eight months death has called for •
loyal one from the Houston home in this
Tillage. !'int the aged parents were takes
sad oh Thursday, Feb. 22, after • protract.
ed and at tante • painful illness b.w+w-wirlt.
('hrsnau fortitude, Mary, the eldest of the
two unmarried daughters, was called to
pip those 'who had so lately gone before
She had been ailing for some months, with
vitality steadily declining, but strange to
say, could never relinquish the hope of re-
covery till au hour or so before ,i..,.rh.
McKillop : lamesticintosh, of the 2nd con-
cession of MICK;llop, about three miles tram
Se•forth, met with • painful accident ou
Thursday of last week. i1. was .hopp:n.r
in the woods an I when felling • tree the,
butt slipped off the stump and falling came
down on Mr_diel.ateah'a.loot.-.bruising-assiL
smashing it it • fearful manner. He has
mace had to have one of hu Loco amputated.
but he medical attendants hope they will
he able to save the fa 1, •Ithonyh, some
ander the most favorable ctrcunota0oea b
will likely fie laid up a Ions; time.
Huron - The report for the licenser for
the Province ,h.,wa that *bile there were
164 liquor liceuses in Huron io 187n, e.,.
number was reduce,' to 102 in 1892, and
hum 37 shop bosoms -in 1875, the number
droioyrd to 5 m 1892. The amount received
by tho Ridings se their propnrt'on ot the
license tee was, Emit Huron, 1126 19 : Moth
Huron, 82435 62 ; West Huron. 32637.61.
Winghant : The (:rand Trunk Railway,,
net finding enough work to *u•rent it keep
ing the freight train on that has been mak•
ing a daily trip between !-+sena and Wing -
ham, announces that, hereaftar, the train
will leave LVingham every Monday, Wed-
nesday and Friday ; and leave Landow every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Hellen : We are sorry to noon' the
death of Mrs. ,Sohn C•rbert, which occur
red on Friday eight last, after • short ill
elves. Deceased was vary highly esteemed,
and her husband has the siocere sympathy
of a11. The remains were interred in the
H. C. cemetery, of which church she was a
member.
AMERICAN NOTES.
Uncle Sam has a Chinese paper.
A female centenarian at llrek6e!d uses
tobacco.
An Arkansas man extracts saltpetre from
cot wowed.
Lumber to the value of 420.00O 4 cut each
year from Arkansas forests.
Seen Maine, with a population of over
6,003. experienced but ooe fire last year.
Skim grafting ti cure blemishes on horses
has been tried successfully in Lancaster,
Ps.
Axtell earned 3170,000 ad fees up to
Jas. 1, 1894. He cost his o 3106,-
000.
The Merrimac Raver is said to move more
machinery than any other stream in the
world.
Austin. Tessa, has • traperabundanee of
males, while H atop has many superfluous
women.
Thirteen hones won $21,725 on the grand
circus• last season. and not one 01 thorn won
first money.
Minnesota gets • revenue of 91,500,300 a
y ear from the groat earnings of the railro.o:•
in that State.
San Mattege County. Cal , h.. 100,000 io•
habitants, without there being one single
female criminal.
The Shaker community at Shirley, Mass ,
has just celebrated the 100th anniversary cf
its establishment.
There are two mountains in rower (dal)•
tonna that are estimated to contain 1,000,-
000 tone of pure alum.
A shoot tint* ago the Empire State express
ran from Albany to Syracuse, • distance of
148 miles, in 151 minutes.
ter+. J. C. Newell, w. A., el %seta aired
Mrtas•11.1 1 bomb. remota. a Mems
ries median .t relate tae• alrpaul.
ed a 1lelbellatt- I.neL
ly by his own church,but by nti the churches
for his integrity, his honest end fearless,
straight forwuduces In enuuctatlug the I A Iaree 4.soresalla6 LtNeaed 1.116r rasa.
pr.00lples he hell so dear. Cee,tho mighty ea* newcomer,- elk Nero of Twea:
1►uuglaa ha. left his murk and spirit on the it'Twe Wean Asweagss the t ata.
hoe of nugtous elocution. Though dead,he see-t'br*.slasblrm reewea.a.
speaks to woof what can to done with •
weak- body by • great soul. For the
The Rev..1 F.. Howie, p1tlMat of N.rtb- greaterper/{ of bin wtirs Idr hr, was Pr:o
dead asto his body, than wive. Ib•pre 1 At the request o(a ou ober of our readers
at. Methodist church held • maisrMd stir ie( his tight for 10 to 12 yeas, and of ha who were unable to obtain extra copies of
vice last'abbat6 evening for the late'Ceo. f physical •treegtb for more than tate, that last week's issue, we reproduce the sermon
Douglas, i). D., 1.. I.. 1)., principal of number of years, yet he was iu labor more
the Methodist 'l hrulogicalt'ollege,Montresl, abundant than many who possessed r1
There was • large oongregatton present nal their faculties in a v iaoroua condition. He
the service eau eminently interesting was t°•:usuit to study, lecturing. preaching;,
throughout. The choir sang a suitable 'I'roe, a *dime family which he loved. w
anthem for the occasion. The Hen. .1. c. tenderly, and a wife w hose one great work
l'attersou, Minister of Militia, was in the was to care for *od assi.t him in the ardu-
ouoKreratoa,and ',premed himself a. wet ous dut,es of his many obligations and calla
pleased with the entire service The fol- that we!`e nmstantly ptesstngt thcrosrl,..
lowing is r short synopsis of Mr. Howell's Ono& him, were great Lvbp. to hon in lise
sermon bated on Heti. 11 •1 "Ile being
dead yet apeaketh.'' After giving • brief ac
couat .t 1►r. Dimities' early lir, removal
If an Scotland to Montreal when only1 e ie • of age, his early education, for *etch
he was o.leLteel to Rev, Wm. Itlscu, fres.
hitense mtnistcr of 1.spr•irie, `I auks up
tee neer from the ray, hos attewlrocc at •
ticthediat Sebbeth oohed and coot -cram
ander the ministry of the Isle lire. \t'm.
S.,uti.•, hie call 14. th. )1.51110 he Iti.ni.'r y and
,lnolieri * training at the 1t'..kean Thai;
'stood 1 olh•ge, ILch.nntt,l, Fug , his ,nu -
•i crow Isu r nu 11.e sal.n.l ei Itereeeia,
life work. To look upon him in new 01 hu
physical infirmities would c•11 forth ones
pity indeed. But it would not be long
when he undertook the pulpit far the
pulpit was his throw., before you would less
sight of the bodily infirmities and le rapt ur-
ously carried •way with the suLlime
thous/14s that would burn, clothed as they
were in the most chaste and eleguut Jonas.
ile was a marvel for many y e ars ni this re
apeet. - It has been the sou,erof Huey Trow
he could ae.•ompltah so much with en, h •
weak and feeble environment around hu
great soul. Sacs the Hoy. •Ism. Ikrttglaa,
%Vote Indies, his return to 5lnntreal, his hie eldest brother. "1 cementer him the
hea'mi heeds; fail l lit the 1\est ludn'e, hu utw,tt wotxlerful man of *bum I lave heard
p.v'oral work in !tlot•tteal, Kingston, Tor- er read. Thirty years ago 1)r. Ibeersrtr
onto, and Hamilton, and his special useful- Stetter,' the eminent 1.10,.,0 specialist and
sacs as Principal of the :Montreal Thculogi•
eel College for over 10 years, sod whirl
largely owe 1 its establishment and success
to hos able and devoted services, his declin
in:, health, marvellous vitality, his pwth.tio
Christian experience and triumphant death
tin !tette-day afternoon. February 10th in
the 60th year of his age. The preached de-
velnp el the following pointe
is it tree that liver speak after death or
rather that one ceases not to lire to in-
fluence though the body lies mouldering to
the tumh Yes it to true. The speaker
allowed to what way Abel, Abraham, Moses
I)aruel, the apostles, the mimes and the
worthy of all ages were still living in nu
fluence for good, making the world better
for their having live( in it, bet how also
Vic influence of evil and wtcknl mea still
the first doctor oho correctly diagnosed his
disease, gave hits sive years to live at the
outside. Yet for theme ninny yetis he had
been Irving oo, sightless and witlout tea liar
of any kind in his extreuceties, neither
hauds nor test. A part only of 'what
t:e was and what he has dee, was known
to the world, bit that pert has wade
neo one of the best and meet hon,. e.1
oleo of hes g.o.eatiou. Say. the Mont-
real Witness, " Few tncu knew better
than Dr. Douglas the strugglev and tempt-
ations of studeut life. and Iew were better
qualified or more willing to inspire and
help than he, whose own life was a commie
nus struggle and brilliant conyaest neer
ditfi-:uluce almost unsurmountable. He
lived abreast of the titre and hence was
prepared to take advanced ground on the
ex -mead a power fur evil after the bodi:y living questione of the .lay. He was a
death of .ugh parsons. liut to return to the stroug advocate of temperane a and prohibi•
•pbject before us. 1)r. I►ougis. speaks to uoo, He tool high grand as • lecturer in
ui as to what can be done by one if he tut behalf of sue dal purity. fro l►t„.reet as+idu-
mprore the opportunities of his early ously wnh voice and pen for thaws reforms.
years. Ikwhtlaas his family and natural lie denounced the opsunt teense In an open
advantages were circnmsent.ed and meagre better to the press, and in the last reaeral
yet he made the most of them in the conference of his own church, acd demand
acquisition of ao education, trade and oil its suppression. He was one of th.
early equipment for futyre us.tulnese, strongest and woe ucswervtnq adveecate. o1
He do' not sit down and idle away hon tone. 'he milts of the I'rotestaut nunorlly In the
He did Dot become duuouragedbecau.enature 1'rocmc. of liueha. N'hen Ma funouv
or family thrift ha•1 not thrown wide open Jesuit Act was passed by the l,Iu.,1wc legal. -
their lap ot ppleuty for ho present enjoy- tore, 1)1' I �,uglas deouumced a anti its nut l:
meat. No' No : Kut with pluck and real or, Mr. Mercser, m thumdermg tone*, nod,
of praiseworthy proportion he made the as :unmated before, he took a leading part in
octet of the oppor)Jtntties at• his disposal. the establishing of the F.tual (tight ,rove•
wonder success crowned hu commend- stmt. In • word, he took • vers active part
able efforts. He speaks to all,•ud especially in everything 'hat ameliorated the condition
t o the young men of tuday,as to the imp*r- of humanity. Hut Itis lite work mover. Hr
taco of not ouly pulnstaktng has gone from the conflict and suffering of
improve-
ment of early opportuoities,whethermeagee inotality to the reward and rest of the diet
or otherwise but also of an early couvenion ter Lend. Says Ih. I)ewart, " 1t is not
to GA •lid of an entire eonacrentu°, to the too much to say that ha death has removed
from the activities earth the most eminent,
great work of life. One need but to note
the treading of all hs energies to hs great highly eeeeeme,l and eloquent minister in
Ids work -his humility, his self abne.auo°, the M. thudi+t church in this country. We
his indomitable p eraeveraoes,he fearl,ssness shall see his manly form among us no mere.
is denouncing wrung and contending for His great, kindly heart shall throb nwnwre
the right. He bed the oourage of hie with sympathy for sorrow or indigna
c,nvictions attd to make them known Von at wrong, and his eloquent voice e for
He is worthy lull imitation herr. He
evermore, evermore to be sur: te our joy
ever mere in the silence of death." An 1 as
speaks to us of the early and fondly cherish- Dr ('Arman says, " Though dead he l,veth
el principles of Protestantism- He held on
to the old lines - bleeped was bold to stand by the and bled hope of remains, in the city
f ,undauon stones of the reformation. leaswhere there .14.11 be no mote deal. t:m•
a Scvochm*n and knowing most of the arug- shrined•rn nee memories, glowing in our hie
g es of the eureo•nlcu and successful tory, quickening in our mevementa, upheld-
w.•rk d• u•• by Knox and hie coati. .ng m our aims, d uiding to our iont0-
iutors an l the libellee, civil and religion,, stow• hu •pot b.
sostallgw►th w in one march
trot followed, lioudlas always desired to into conflict and in Christianity's widely ex
stand by tl.e grand old pnuciples of the tendeai ampugns for the suhjug•ti n of the
•be
forefathers, by which be-ffeved the work the world to righteeusnaes, reason and re
.•f th' church could be best a000mplished I131O°- We cannot better honor the olapat-
1\ bile ch*r.telde he was not • latitudin- ted or pay • loving tnhate to his grist
arias While he lived in the midst of a worth than by faith)°Ily emulation his life,
numerous population of another church, he
and loyally snpporung and furthering on to
'wished to be true to the best interests of 'rester woes! the i titntion and work he
the Protestant minority, sod hence stood so auspiciously began • work of hie brat°,
out b•''d and strong for their rights, civil •work of his heart, a work to which more
.. wee as relig.ons. Heoce he speaks tow than to any oiler he consernted his devot-
ee
though d ad in tome loud and clear on tate powers of soul and .f .ction. That it
subject of ',oil rights to all and favored may be so is the fervent prayer of note of his
pnrilage* W none. 11, stood out on the admirers, ad that one darrolitily wishes the
broad platform of a brotherbood in civil whole church would nay. AM and Amen.
rights an! an enlightened cttireasbip as
generous and large as the great heart of THOUGHT IT WAS A FAKE.
1 cod. `one may have thought him • little A Leiser. frost ■ rragnlaeN al.glew nal
narrow -too ant pokers a,d advanced for A Mawy it seep later al 1. Cre►laadv
he tines, yet wan he tot prnpetic and Teta 1■ 81. Ow■ ward.45.44'.atdwey
sow AA ,ome do not into the uture, and
/Ills Agate.
hence jedpad it but wisdom to cry halt on "1 would consider it a favor if you would
cativo bow. The future will reveal allow me to add my testtmonul to the m•ey
wk ther he saw with prophetic eye or not. hundreds you no doubt have in praise of the
One thing must be admitted and that is wonderful cures effected by Ikdd's Kidney
that he was sincere and meant all for the fills.
best false et of the citizenship of the land "i have Leen • groat buffeter from kidney
he loved so moth. He hal the courage of troupe and sciatica for the last 15 years,
his , esvictions and whether his thoughts and have paid out hundreds of dollars to-
wers is hameny with those of the " pow. treatment, but to no erect. Seeing your
ere that be" or with those about him he pills advertised 1 thought it was a (eke to
fearlessly tittered them in language clear (et'h the poor unfortunate, and took no
sod with • logic that could not be misnn particular notice of it Bat when 1 saw the
dentnod. Moine would say that he was in testimonial of lir. Rose, • well known phy monntanpus districts. The population to-
adrenee of his times. That may be so or sense of gond stooling and where !sputa• day is of three dtatinet clamor the Chinese:
set, still we will do well to be as strong tion i am well agnainted with, 1 inquired of the aborigtmes of the plans, who are civil
and told .1 he in the principles we hold my druggist it then were any in enc v,cinity I vel L. and th4•bonginies of the mountains,
dear to the best Interest* of the ten Nom who had been coral by this FI. masa e 1 'Y
ma°,lssents. Though dead he speaks to w
of • well turned and well grounded religious
attrition. For more than 20 years of his
life he was the principal of the Montreal
Theeing*re.l Tol)eg'e. In fact it owes its et
inteoce more to the thought and emery of
Ik 1Meglas than to any other. Aed ewe
its owr•si.atinn he has tree the principal,
fester tether and eo.ervstor of its inter-
eMs •ndwawk. Snores o1 young men have
received et the last Batas the foetid sties
pwneiplee o1 • liberal and dv.aeeal literary
acid theological tnisi•g trader the spirit
earl hand el the iuts.arla) ligands, they
have imbibed lemma and thought such as
will largely help to maks their fitters • sac -
ems is this world 1 ■ that great +,!'
lis, where there ba • great religions etw Rt.
New York has a oomp*wy which insures
landlord's their rents against loss either by
bad Waste or empty koese t
One hundred miles north of Key West
is the farthest part south in Florida that
mow has ever been known to fall.
At Mobile William Rrown, • negro who
gains to he 103 yssn old, recently secured
• license to marry • colored maiden of 60.
Nearly ten per cent. ot the yield from this
year's cotton crop in the South is from cot•
tamed oil, once thrown aside as melee re-
fuse.
A resident of Chisholm island, �.0 , dor
ion the ()etnher .term saved 35 ramose as
the waters were sweeping them past his
door
The Kanner t'oart of Appeals has decided
that . telegraph company s • common oar -
rhe mad is auhiect to the inter state coax
meets. law,
Herman H. Arm., of Utah, Minn., who
has slept mart of the time for 16 years, has
suis awakesal, and is apparently in a nor
mal slate.
Mary M.(.ow••and /dory Abearo.d Sum-
mit, N. .1 , beat 1eorge Brown .l that town
with their fids for tdlisg al•nM..e tale@
shout them.
new 1. seta '• asslsaal' rimers.
Sand 25 " Sashed. Soap wrappers
b.•ria the wends (" Why !Mem • tt' oma.a
Look S.ONI Than • Man '•) to lave
delivered by Her. I)r. Mackay, of Formosa,
to Knot church Sunday' before last
There was a large congregation in Knox
church eunday, February 2e, when the pul
pit war occupied by Iter. 4.. I,. Mackay,
I) 11., the celebrated uusainwry who for the
part twenty-two years has ilex oted hi+ life
to the effort of l'hruttant:wg the ('hetes.
and Ualgysn population 0l the Island of
Formosa. 'lite auditurtum of the church
was tilled. and there wits a larger attend -
sum In the gallery than •t any me•tinrsince
the close of the limiter 1'rorsl.•y rettval ser•
viers Islet yeaF
Fount; behind the pulpit was a wiry•
looting man of nteditmt height , wit li a heavy L.
dark brown bead, a high and bread fore-
head etth a good.orertng of strong ':lack
hair on the heat c,e.pt where a small bald
pitch was v uthie at the rear M the apex of
the dente of the rkulh The 'rye was
dark and luminous, and, when the spe..k.r
warmed to his aubiect, ,vhihil,d strong
Clashes which at tauus hail an electrical
cllcct 11)5)1. the congregation. Hip ..*t was
the convent tonal black flock -coat and dark
trowarrv, but that *as all that was ,eovea-
ttonial snout him, for hTi_di,u)w' warl�- /-
departure Ironn the firstly, second) , Itnhly,
and tenthly that u too often touted in the
r anafisn pulpit. The sermon was A „om-
1 to vt e
LLna toil T h kH aa{t n,Oa
X
01. hY.
p Lary. nor
e vprneear, sided by • map of Furrow, as.l
* pointer such as school tem:here nee its the
puunatics for purposes of ilii: ? .t on ; the
whole l,'it.g rue.S•rge.1 with • r. agwus ter-
ror ao�l an abiding faith in the power of
CAM to accomplish ail things that bre asked
for to the name of Jesus ('hetet, His S•.n.
Stith appeared to be' the pereinality and
methods of lir. Msckey, the lameal niesn o-
ary ea Formosa from the Presbyterian
church of C
tt
Canada. �I
The service opened web a brief initiatory
prayer which was followed by • .hurt het
fureetul commentary upou the first verse of
Plaint Ixvii :
Oat be meteifnl unto as, and 1.L.s+ es : and
cause Thy face Wahine opo° w.
The Psalmist, the speaker said, was a
measianary, although he was' net Renee ally
suppo.rd to be one. /cod be me tii,ful to nti,
had another meaning. !Entrant God '•pay"
me, and the phrase shower' eh. superiority
of (Sod aid the tpleriority of man. I. -t us
be real : !et ua hive no slam t let u. w,r-
ihip t•eai in stacerity and truth. Let each
mie r 1 us my.' God pity ti►: no, ..t. for
ptty for wane nor else. Whe. we -think w0
do not used t:od's pity u the element when
w,• need it most.
The second part of th4 terse, "and h,.as
w," also demanded expianatwq. "Item"
and ''glory- were cammeely- u..d, but did
not always get their full 'felo i -...r-. Io
this case let "help' lie subaIitutcd for
"blas" Everyone should ask for 1..l e ,
help, for we were all sadly in need of it.
And cause his face to shine upon us"
There was something cheering Mann the
'nn shining the morning, and in the text
the Psalmist asked the Lord to cheer sum.
Many of you have wetted your hartker-
chiefs with tears during the past few weeks
Of mouths, and you are in treed of GA a
cheer : well, then, ask t ;oa1 1.41•, cheer y.,.nr
heart up. And Ga} will
do aa1 youll
acp, away your tears, and lift tip year
heart on gratitude and praise to the lewd of
Lords. Let the prayer of one and all be :
God pity, help and cheer me : ask for the
three blersiogs from (.a1. For thin. i• a
(foil, said the preacher eat fleetly, no matter
what so-called scientists may say to the con-
trary -for
m-trary-for only the fool says there is wo
Gal.
The choir and cvngregatton sing. "+ill
Hail the Power of Jean's Nemne. .
nor: *xauo..
"Aad Jeew, casae sad .palls alts them, say
ing. All pow., h given unto me in hea•r,i and
in earth. Oo re, therefore. and tra,-h alt na
tions, baptizing theta In the name of the ret14-
er, and ot the boa, and of the 11 o1y lib -•-
Matthew xtrllr 1119.
It was this ,command, said the preacher,
after resoling the text, that sent me to one
of the faroffcorners of the earth Indo the
work of the Master. When .)esus stye
"Go then let every one determine wi h•
hamlet' what is his duty. it is • c-otnles
thing to hear people talk of " Home'' and
" Furman " missions There should he no
such eistinctinn, for the loll's work is In
every part of the globe The message is
to h the 1.o sped to all Hie creatures.
that message took the speaker to For-
mosa.
The foregoieg was the prelude to the ear -
mos, sad after the singing of the lath Para-
phrase the preacher continued in part
The island of Formosa s 250 miles from
North to Month and tome 70 miles frnm Emit
to West, and was originally inhal iced by
Malays. leer 200 year. sig•. Chine," pintos
took ppsseeeion of the island ad merle set
clement, and in tino time caused the •b ri
giniee to take to the inland sed more
who have not been reached f the civilizing
over several remarkable cures in Kievan. 1 process Before his advent in Formosa idol
and amongst others • lady whom 1 knew worship was universal and the knowledre of
1 consulted her htub.°d and he verified the' the Tree trod was unknoao.. L 1'hiooee
statement. 1 at once preeara.l aux boxes I dodders, carved in camphor wood, was
which I found gave in. relief 1 had not felt - here exhibited by the preacher. that bad
in years. 1 took ax more boxes and am 1 been worshipped tor over 100 yews.
am now able to kick the hat nR • masa and which had belonged to • man
heal teeth the kg i mold hardly drag .loops , who lead been • sorcerer, and who
.1
and my back feels e,00, •. a Ward' 1•d carried a knife which he heal ea
' 1 wooed oon.t ler I was doting wrong t.l rectally sharpened to take the life of " the
you and the public if i were not to aline dog of a mserianery ' Afterwards the power
my name to appear in teatimes rf (14, f the inrd hal changed this man's basil,
worth of Dewld's Kidney Pala, sad forH.r, ; and he and his wits Bird lemma devoted
I will brehappy at any time to asa*R say Christine A tablet, another objeet of wee
one who wrhos to writs me with regard to' ship, woe also imbibed The Chitties ba-
the above. Sincerely years. sieve that every .an has three wets, and
J. N Rau s w non, that when he dim one of them goat 1•
Kinnstea, Jaa. 4th. salt ry Isepeeter. Hader, nee to the crave sod tb fiber ipme