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The Signal, 1906-6-28, Page 2V, Juno fie, Sass £i Oat UUU):Klt•H. )NTAKIU. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY sr VANATTkit a HotliteTMaoe Telephone fall Na x;, Teras •f suneeriatien : rpar anent.' la wna va,. the, 30A: novo awnlha. Lie. e144 who tall to ree•eiy. Tem SIGNAI. ly t4 mall wdl easter • favor by ac- tr lag 0g 0s of 1 be fact at a. early a date as W°. When rs or addrdesired, bol h the aid and Ib.e newnew s+ addshould b kl beM even. A•yartl.lnx Plates - Legal and other .tattler odyei tswnu,lQ.'e 'i(b parttime for nrst en -ere ion sad Se put 14a. for each sub...sinew in :eft on. Mea.ured by a nonpareil Yale, twelve lines t0 un inch. Lustiness rants 01 six bur: cud luster. 51 per year. Advert iseusrnl s of beset, -t' 1. strayed, Sit • 11.1 lyes Yae•ool , mil nal Owl- w'aul ed. Hume•. for Male of to /tent. )',*rill• fur W1144 01 lu Hem, AH bier fur Male, rte., not et•r•ding eight Ilnes, Lr eswh insect ion ;111 fur 1041.410111 h, Ale for encl. sub...q.wnt mouth. Langer aalverllre- meato in proportion. Loral uWkrro in nonpareil type .se per line. Ne. notice& Ire. 1 hall tie. Annouuremenls ill ordinary readout type one sent per word. Nu notice IWO. them t.11 . Au, •L•'t.t 1101lee, for object oat wldrh 44 the pecuniary benefit of any ndi. 'dual or assort. maks.. to t, con•tdend u1 ndverli-rneent and lobs cburped accorditlgl Rate, for di,play and Nino -act adverb-.- news will be given on applle+wou,,, Address all communications to • YANAITER & Hnfuetprs0N. Ti,, S1II AI.. o,..atleh. on OODkHICR. THURSDAY. 'JUNK lar;. THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE. The Signal haus already taken terra• 'inn tt, voice the regret flint js felt by the people of 4111rrirh and vicinity of the de•ise,i,i of the United State. tine- 0rnment to Aute jt+ 4'..111111114P at this point. At the same time the United States Cunnullt.M at a number of others Ontario point.. are heirg clad• imbed. the reason given for this arliup belog the "ileal of business dour by these °Meets. For this con - dill tttt undiliun ..f affairs. the. United is itself. of 4 see. mainly res onsilel... Canada .m 4a1ay export- ing more goal then ever before in its history. but the high tariff wall erected by the United States ('ongrene keeps them out of that entente.), 1 has di- verted the trade to other channels. Canadian products, much as butler and eggs. cheese. horses, cootie, bar- ley, fruit, etc., rowwand high prices and ate in great demand --sal •11 sal that ite Melee eases United Statesgleal- era Iatwl their goods "Canadian" in onler td, trap the reward of sujwritor merit for their own coffers : but our goads are largely- excluded from the United State* by the high Gerd! and markets have lied to be sought else- Wheie. There ate indications that not a few of the prominent hominess men of the Republic apprerinte the Moate of affairs that has been 'nought. about by their own tariff legislation and would wrlronu• the estahlishnent of reciprocal trade relations Iwt wren the two countries ; hill so long has the commercial estrangement tawjl con- tinued. and 440 snrrra"ful hem carted* been in developing other inerkrts, that the snggeittion of Iw'ipnpeity ire not rlreiv..i .ole heartily in thin coun- try as it would have Vern • venni ago. The action of the United -States Government bas al:s o heal n tendency to strengthen the sentimentin fhb, country in favor of the exelu.iun of United States goodie by A high Guilt ; Iso that directly by its own attitude towards ('amide the 1•nited States ham brought About the condition,' thief have mimed it to withdraw iter r'tneular agents from This nuntl•y because of "nothing doing." Canada's trade, ).0, ham just PPglln to grow. We have our great agri- cultural reamerem, including an hu- tment* Western contrrtry white ell im fitted to snake it a nest important factor in the supply of bread for Great Britain and Europe ; we have our nugnificent forssta and our mineral wealth in gold and •laver, nickel and coal and iron th at hoe only begun to be developed. As Sir Wilfrid Laurier bat sap aptly expressed it, while the nieeteenth century was the golden era of the United States, the twen- tieth century will be Caned'.. 'iVe are receiving every year thin.eind, of good, law -,.hiding citizens f1•40111 menet. the line n whn,uw Milling in Western Canoed/I. and tither Ih,m.ands from the Old World are yearly turning to tnlr.hnres. it does.rrhi an inoppor- tune time for our neighbors.tn with- draw their cementer rrpre•entntiv,e and thereby to diviner more plainly than ever their email interest in the inrrea•ing trade. of this grow. ung country. Mo far n. Goderich is conrerned there ere .11.0 marine in- terest% whish would .Porn to make it partirnlarly ele•itable that n repre- sentative of the United Stales .houl& he permanently total 'mini here. On personal grounds Ouse our town will ble.orry to lose the United States representative here. Deering the four year, and n half of his re*idence in Ooderirh Mr. Shirley hem shown him- self to he po•se.apd of greedy t .nulitie. and ham been a creditable representa- tive of his great nation. The .roti• merit of Precedent Ho omerelf's f,mo,e declaration. that • sin man in above the law and no man im below the lbw," le one thief animates, the President's deputy here In hie dealing,. with men he believe* in elipwn.dng even-handed jeweler to all. and we have henrl of no complaint fawn theme who have had oreiminn to trammel' Muine's at1•bt. Veiled Mtatee. Consulate during bis incumbency. According 14. n Washington detpateb :be Contigs whoa* poste in this country are being .uollsbeed Ars kiting sett to the end" of the earth one to Corbin (shine, another to Mervin, a third to Arabia, end 1n nn. Mr. Shirley im slated for the Fiji Iolanda. AVP under.land that eh. teat i1 Ont acceptable to him. owing to elimatir enpditinn", and We Ulla linen. other disp oeit.ion wi11 he grade that will reengrels" more ad. equately the. meantime awl ahilitien which lee has shown himself teepow ruse. Wherever they may go, the people of G.derieh tender 41 Mr. and Mrs. Mliirlry and abutter Byron their hest w•lmhes for the futue. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. • it is quite mfr t, may that the ma- jority of people in this ennntry-rvrn of educated people--havevery little conception of the uw•falniew of a taro - logical Survey. Other cnnntr•ies have geological surveys, and a true Cama- dian 4e loath that his lamina)" should he behind in tuck a matter, but ex• artly what matter it i• or what it mutters is a question he would find it very difficult to answer. To extent. it haus been, pel h;lpv, (he fault ul the (4eulogicel Sur- vey itself that the Canadian dian public know s" little of its work and its ubjeets. Selene lflr men 44. 1101 as Al rule combine technical attainments with lousiness n,etluxls, And Ibis has 'MVO the case, fur many year., with those in charge of t Canadian Sur %ey, The a(ientifie rnind thaat novagl- nizes the uw•folnt.s of printing seel- tifie reports does rot *lwnys grant thefurther eiselnloe.s of ...wing that these repents are read. The Geolt.gieal Survey cannot be *ccu"ed of inordinately advertising iia pabli,nti0tr. '1'►i444e in the "know.' enol Ihnse w$m havenrre.s to s:•irutifir litaarir., van doubt lees keep track of the rep 411, Iwing produced, but the ordinary iu,iyi.in.l.'luot in t,lurh with motive -el les or teehtiie,1 inaitltione. fumy resit• Iw totally igr11rant of the public,uion of a 1440.44 on Apel hap" Ilse vest•y .414(.4.1 Gin. west e4411a1•t•n. hila. Not yllally weeks ago the w ienlille 4I1.114 •'l .4,.' 4CMOs' )11./MIM 11.014441 with delight a "eli.rovey' the t lout leen made in I•unnectiou '.11111,,-.rten.1 by as ['gaited Stales gee logiraIespert . The '"diseovery" had. loom -eve', been made and reported on 1wo years previously by oar own Survey. Int it had been hidden in nn uuwhntrwnurly. dry• hooking blur-hok, which, we Are pretty sure. was chucked straight into the wants -paper basket by Host of theme who received it. , 1Vhatever may have hee•n the views of the ss•veml peat lirectm•e of the Survey, it is quite evident that the lately -appointed director, Mr. 1.ow, how no intention of allowing the use- ful work bring done by his officers to wisp• the notice of the public. The piano. of Canada Is kept posted -and in a way that requires of its readers no epe•r•i*I ecientiflc aattainment/I - with ,any work done by the Survey that is likely to he of general oar MVAlfrlie in- terest, and the voluminous reports of the, Survey are at the mrr%ire of any raining nun who wi.hra particular infonual• regarding any district in which he bo working or which he in- tends to p►•11141•1•t. It will he very m(Iangi' if hr cannot find in these le- porlm some Hawful hurts, ear smut. sutte- we•nt. that may salve hire both time Hud money. Any bate tide applicant has only to write to the Survey for any published report in which he is px•rsonelly interested• and we under- stand he will terrier the 14:1111e by re- turn post. free of charge. EDITORIAL NOTES. 'rhe• 43..vr 'n1 Iola IIItYxhn'MI n bill for the repeal of the legislation of b111 wwmiem growing Iwn"imie to e•x- Mini+tel•'. This is very good Wo for na it goes and is n signal evkkiwe of the effect of public opina•n when Iirrnly and p•rsistellll• .xineseerl; but the rewunt.ry will n o t Ile satiafl,d unlrwa the repealed the •.,Pn,her' indemnity increase arrompanirw the abolition of P h e p enmi4n 5 •1 e•r-Ministers. H y wiping exit the pension preivi"ion the Government 'ubp.lantielly eiloaodvee it- s 1 If but w , hat Ab 1 It IiIc privet. member" who voted an extra $lapel session into their own p'•kets i' The Provincial genital election Walt held in Nova Scotia last w,'e•k, and the 'Liberal (ieverneneut n•n..oe- t ' •.-I by the return of thirty-four meeppxn•I r1'• out oat a Manse of thirry- right. 'Ch.•te were Only hve ('"weer• 'eativr' nerllw•re in the 1. t 11nu.i'. Thant their het ha. Ipe,., 4,nlhled iu.4y b• .1110'' 4)11114 sant 111 rnnsolnrjon to the Opposition. The Itibvrnle of Nova SrM..t hid fair to parallel the re -vont of the UINTll party of Ontario in the natter of lung cnntinwt 114P in office. For nearly a quarter of A rentlry n 1.11wer11 (invernm,nt hes been in power in the Province down, by the sea• and no signet of disirlegt-a• tion Ore visible so tar. 'floe 1Vhitnep Gavernnlent ion get- ting deeper into the mire in it. appli- cation of the .pril.'y.stene. The reg. i.trer of Ea.t Nnt•thmmbrla net haw been detente - wet on 11tttP trumped -lip charges which he vp'cifleeliy dear. and regardidg which there was 11r1 in• yeetigntion tie n'rrrinin the farts; and, to make thing% worse, re nephew of Hon. hr. Willoughby, a mem- ber of the Cabinet. ewes appointed to the plmili.n ihus made vacant. It le more then bunted, indeed.- that the vacancy vevap wt•ented for 1he exprem., perpos• of providing a berth far the Minill.o-. neplh•w. NPtolimm ix 'Ming for which the eleetot•n of On- tario hare very little nim, end the Whitney (iay.rnewnf rennet expect to prsrtiwe jt Willi 1111p01111y. In giving him artier, and powerful ail in the pleasing of the Mnhletth ob- servance MI1 through the Home. of (Lon s. Sir Wilfrid lame few is en - count eting the 5igoi i,s opposition of certain unite or l•se Influential in. termite, in hie eiwn Primitive of Quebec. The charge (heel he has been in. fluenced by the Lore'" Day Alliance is one that would certainly not in - THS SIGNAL: GODERICH ONTARIO jute the Premier In the. estimation o young hearts will he anxious until the 4owlpM of l)oturiu: but Ln Qurlae for exanrimsti„ua +sr•e over std the 111- prrjudier rain be more easily eppswled sults ale puhii1hrt!, lieere b a pathos in the sewam which throws litter 14, un till. genre. )(p .'eking 4t the hill wehol*rs by the thousands into exam- In the Ilona. a tow days ego. Bir 1VIl• inetlotes that left the fleet .kirwishes frio sold, w'ntruliuepp{ly ; 1rl'his war in the Mettle of life. The trials and nut the first liner he hart he" tr•itulations u(exaulinution time awprin like pblentous fewwe,, to for grow,, charged with submitting to outalde• test and w°luell who have wet and influences and dictation. Inst year it conquered reel difficulties. Grown was Slelretti: this W'asn it was Shearer." The attempt 4o armee the paasiens of . aerie( illt°leretire against Sir Wilfrid laun•ier has hewn made many timehi, but 10 far it ha" had little effect upon his p,liti.al sur- eens. and it i+ to he hoped it may be so for tree feature. It ie n °trail Weapon. People who - live in the e, ivy, or in town+ where a snppl• of fresh and Wholes' •l.nal.hdf • i• Iwndily nvAil- itWe, are not gre ally cone''r°wl with the r•rrlat.itns of ,ulnlle•r:uiun .end other iniquities in the pi••p.Irat- of foods : I, I the dwellers in cities, who use the greater pert of these ('.1nneed conundrums. must he sadly dist wiled by v. • of the recent diw•lomrre•s. Following aline the ('burg° horrors, a 11140.1 Slates Congressman has her,. 1.•Iling how certsiu thing" are made. The a enterec,nre of rasphr cry jam f weenie. and figs be an old slur), and the ('nngt•rs.mate tells of some ether ennrtr•tions. Honey is mall a Withtot.1he intervention of the busy be. coaling straight fronsthe glucose factory. (ironed coffer is often adulterated Willi sawduvl s tithes with bread crumbs. ('hw-ries are pie lied green. Wretched and thenrolo,-,d with 411 aniline dye. +nth as 1v m•ed in the dyeing of Cloth. A lewder odd too preserve meats bee posed of sol• phute of oro la and reel coal tar dye. Pepper sevens. are made amt of tal($*Ia cuy''4.•el w' h bempbb.Ck. And ml me. It is .lo w hoped that the Unite•ti Slates has mosiopo1y of Ihie sort of thing, un ole eontinln(, and that Canadian mail°! urerm of piepuerwl feeds 11111 11414 gen 'ear ah title. A Prayer. Door lune and )'ather of wankit Forint r our fel Trish ways! lie -4.10044••1• in our rightful mild ; In purer lives Thy service find. In deeper reverence. praise. lu-iu,ple taut like theirs who heard. Hood(' be Syri.la The gracious calling of the,Lord. Let us. like them. without a word sorbs up and follow Thee. 4) M41.11eh re.+t by Moiler' • 41,41141 of hills ,.hove, Where Jesus knelt to share w ith Thee The 'lle,e, of eternity. Interpreted by bre ! With that deep bu.h +uMl.dng all tour wool.. and works that drown The tender whisper of Thy call, .1s uul.e•lelw tet Ttn blessing fall A. fell Thy uum,n, .,ow•u. Uro,, Thy .t ill dews of q u tut no.., TIMI OHI our atriv hulls tease : T•ke (Han our .Dans the train and strew.. .1n1 let our ordered euro•, .00fes., The Immo of Thy pence. .. Driest be through the pulse. of desire Thy cooh,e,.. and Thy Nike : Let .••0111• la• Annd,. 11, hest. expire : Speak through the Mi slake. wined, and it still small %live of 1:.1111! • J. U. Whinier. FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Coiugrehensive. Toronto Star. A little Juura boy jn'Hau.ilton hes been christened Adam Iaulrier, thus lettioifa,tdrily spinning the history el the world frons emotion to the prev- ent day.. Making Room for "the Boys." St rat furl Ika.ron. rhe Whitney Government hats ,uldegl s1 emir nowty to the number of the "hoed.- of Ontario affiliate" that it now prupsew to spend half A mil- lion d.Alara in the enlargement . Of the Parliament beeilding to, give them office room. Canadian Justice. \ adstock Sentinel Review. A grope example of the promptness of (llaI'nnjustice w when it L is inR o0 d working ender sales furnished by the trial and con+:icti,n id -the thew men who held up the tinein near Kamloops, 13. C. Within twenty-five days from the time the train was held up the risen Were ready for the penitentiary, two of them to serve life eentPnr•rs. In tient time there %MP tau trials. the jury having eli'.nrreed the flr.t. time, Devine. If ie era to Ihr presence 01 a Srr•t:lli.f, who w'n. 44111x.•41•41 10 I 'skiing melt by. placing them in prison. If Wits pru1l1elt• al levied rev. It ought' In hen, gle,lr :dyer. timenrrt for British 1'otuulhia inlet h'., ,,l well its a warning to train rubbleM. Lacking in Tact. Hnealo Ex pre... The weather today must he in syn.). Mime ('Inrn ('semens, Mark Twain's path), with the wood of the great (len- brilliant daughter, war talking at At- enervative patty. This ie the dullest, Nair ('itnbntt entertnining. darkest day Ottawa has experienced "Tart," she said, "i• essential to in many moon.: it ie also the tenth good entertaining. With the mast, anniversary of the Battle of the Hal- hnopilahle .pitit in the world, one Intel on June Zird, bulbs, when the long may, without tart. only render one's period of Conservative rile -misrule, meteors eincomfortahle. Tart averts some are unkind rnnngll to suggest - hInnder'. ended. and the present Government "I on,e dined of n hens., where the took np the reins of power. One is in- ho•rr•' had no tart. Upp{xer.ile me sat cline l to ile reminiscent on such an A modest, gullet gentleman. This .w•e,s'inn, and to dwell linon the gentleman •nddenlyturned m• red a. rhanges that the past decode has wit. a Inhaler and fell into 11 horrihle fit of nes.Pd. No country coin show a het- rnnfuelen on hearing hi. belts,e may ter rend : no government has a to her hn"land : mere rredi'Ahle atattement of work , 'How inattentive you ane, bine. aecomplimheel,+and no people have Yoe mum. look After Mr. Blank Metter. better remote to il. satisfied with the Hr's helping himself to evet•y1 hing,' outcome of that memo;able day's work : the day when, according to i1 r. Fl eter's own edmiaaion in the Noose a commie of *Peke ago, Ceneda 'tepptd from boyhood to man'. e' - tate. There i• no ex'eaaion for idle lonnting : sA Sir Richard Cartwright sngely observed on one rier*Aien, le 1111411 /bees not need to have figure. gmot.rl 10 hint In prove he is proximo -- mite, he feels it in him pp•krt. Cann - Neve been feeling it in their e1o.ket' "good nal plenty" this past eeadr. and they are likely tn ron- timle the Agreeable experience for many a long day If present hK(Ma- 11one are to be filleted. Captain Bernier's Dictum. An incident of the "Arctic" inquiry to return ie moment. to thief, exhdletat- ingR subjeet in worth rwexlyding In thin roltonn. The Opposition wow vainly endeavoring to prove by the mouth ..f Captain Bernier that there was frit, t inn during the voyage between him• reef end Major Moodie. Theo Captain utI.,ly3 ;belied shin, although he ne: 'flitted that he hell never Iwrn under an officer (n a voyage before and would not do it atgeln. He bad never SUMMER SALE quarrelled with a superior °!Herr. 410 You wee," le explained to Mr. Briemitt. him iage,isi4,y', "a good sailer FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE Y AND must have three qualities : he ve a WE COMMENCE IN EARNEST OUR he as ill de . SACRIFICE SALE OF WASH GOODS 14 eking It to FRENCH MUSLIMS, DIMITIES, DOTTED SWISS, LINEN AND SILK EFFECTS, DAINTY, DELICATE SHEER FABRICS. Prices were lac, 5e and :I(k, one entire table at per Tari your choke 43(4 yard, Nash Musijpa, good assortment of patterns told .y 1•yfast, 11n mle *1 per yard I he not strung ,w an elephant, ha st tech like an ostrich,. end atnpid as an ass, so that he w everything he is told without obi for himself." Epigrammatic, hl urn and women who face the prole the point, loins of life are veterans. Scheeler* I who face the pjobleuls of an examinee Dsahug wttb Divorce Castle, time paper :(fr y g recruit's, A The proceedings in Ptu•liautent this school exeulinAtkin is n0 battle of •emiol j,, connection with the dim' Armageddon. It s..rnme' like a tee• Posed of the large and ever growing ulrnd.us struggle to the child who has number of petitions for divorce have never iefure faced a read difficulty. created nn uneasy feeling in the Examinations ale it part of life, and minds of ninny. The present method not the heaviest part or the saddest of dealing with this mast vital wetter part either. Their weight falls upon ie admittedly very unsatisfactory. A the urprepeted ehnudelows of children question which affects most closely who can travel t, .(irngth only by the very deepest interests of the 1111- 1 11P aneien1 road of celtquemt over time i. dealt with in a -Iipshod. happy - difficulty. go• eieky w,ty that snout but whoe•k the better feelings of the eOulurufity Take oe came in point : A "relief' bill putes,rl the Senate and came down to the (bnmuons. The oemmeittee threw it out 71411 so , repn•twd to the House: on motion' the hill was re- ferred hark to eoufrjttee, un the grbnnd that there had Iwrn only a bare quo present when it 11011 hero previously dealt with. AVhen the committee took it up the second time, the hill carrier) by a bigger `proportionate vote than it was tented by before, and the divorce is accordingly grantee!. iia it p oosible to cnneeive of a re free and easy way of handling a serious matter than this? No wonder there is a demand for reform, even to the extent of ad - rocketing a properly -constituted di• some eourt. Will Manage Our Own Affairs. The Seeret.wy of Mate made ,l'atis- faetnry' 0unou eettient in the Senate the other day when hr told the itm ore that no settlement in reference to matters in dispute bel Ween ('.41)11,10 411/1 the United Slates cuu11 Iw made h)• the imperial nethoritiem without refrrenrr to end the convenience of ('nnada. A lineage in then east of poet este of OIJ l'unnlr)' puhlira►tiuns unailerl to ('amdn is a step in the 4i1(14,1ireet' , and will he very nmch apptweiated by the thousands in this country who would far sooner retail the old reliable pattern frau Ihbw h of the stuff from ,wiles. the larder The Sacrificing Profession. KImg.lon lyblt- Here are we ('anadian editors, grunting our collar 1411)14 mei off on the lever that moves I h.• world, with the rid handle flying 1111 every few days, knocking out our 5''etll. laking fifty per rent. oat the Iec.11 rate for preening while the statesmen are taking Mil per rent. of their pay : h.r..we are gallop- ing up and down the earth carrying other people's ham•il.ine, hearing other peoples morrow, and taking our pay in due hills on Ht. Pete:andall for whet ? For the tune of getting the smell of new ink in our noses : for the toy of ripping open 'he familiar old exchanges ; far the plens•,re of making 11 thews day' speech every ninety days iet the note minter of the hank ; for the delectation of getting eou.plienen- t.try tirketie to church socials, end for the sweet 'atl+farti. ,1 of laving ten unptpeiler even t11 iw asked as pdI- Iworers at funerals It is a great business -- this ne.w'spa Wr,1141einesv. And reforming the world is a mighty happy diversion, aeol if Andrew• ('aenegie forgets us with. his here medal• there is -smile comfort in knowing that as we turn to the right when we finally go up we have inn• harp check paid for by the best line of tree ads ertiking that 'has ever been printed in the world. OUR OTTAWA LEITER. DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL DURING THE WEEK. r Difficulties o f Sabbath Observance Legislation --Unsatisfactory Method of Dealing with Applications for Divorce -Postage on Old Country ublications Mailed to Canada to' be\ Reduced - Reminiscences of Junei .23rd, 1898. ISpoeIal ., . ,deuce of The Siguil.1 Ottawa, Jun C',trl. After three day.' strenuous we 0u the Sabbath observance bill, the louse has le id We matter over for 1Inst r contidPra- tion until next week. Thi.. s perhsgs the mom knotty subject the nm ions has tackled. this session. Vie' . the most diametrically opposed to one to other have been expressed. On ulenelwr declares the entire Measure is an ahsuntity, another that it does not go nearly far enough : party lines are entirely obliterated. and every nlrmlwr trkee the a w• (hitt w rinp)h spent (o hint, 111' possibly that. sums moat likely In make voters in hi" 00.1 constituency. There are even t1 that the bill will ie allowed to die this ww$i0n awing t0 the dif11et111y of leaching a e0nrluailm 'a5i'fu•lory to ,d1, but 1111" iv not probable, Dr. Reid's Dilemma. Having failed r plrtrly to melte anything out of their "Aerie." melndal invPttigatjmn, the (loits•r•eaUdi•e mem- hers have lost heart and are 1101 PV en tak- ing the tro0ble to attend the sittings of the committee, two or tIII4ee ses- sions having w Ile adjournedthis week for want eif n quo , theOp- p..ition being the delinquents. They t 8011 make pretence. of fighting, though, and .it im nunored that they will bring in A minority report. It will be interrding to watch the coterie of 1►r. Reid of Grenville, who undertook to trove that more goods were purchased for the "Antis" than could ps.ibly be packed on reword, or resign 111. seat. He certainly hew not done the former ; will he stand trite to his undertaking? Wait and see. Wheat Standards. The work o f th duo• cn el w 'sn'n y., ) ml 1 n which investigated the grain -grading bproblem in the Went last year has orne fruit in series of amendments to the Orlin Insperti.n Aet. which pamee l through the. House this week un the emotion of Mr. Fisher. Under• the new Mw "4xtra ManiMdh► haul" ioe dune away with, and ,1 new• 41(1911, "Allper1/ real winter wheal," i+ added 10 the list ; the new el.,.. hive three greulem. The general effect of On changes will he to lower 1 he sanrlard .nmewhlt, the c plaint. being that the high standard met in Canada. gave the United Stats farmer an advan- tage in the foreign market. Ten Years Ago. Cause for Alarm. Cleveland l'h,indenler. The late 11r. R•onrdnnm. mf l'hilAdPl- a(o da. any. The. Philadelphia Public Ledger. nme•e) to relate this on himself : '•1 pteneheol a loitered err rnv time mild spoke. longer than wm• Hey owed . "sell•• undertaker was a man of ser- 0tn1' temperament. and ae the after- noon woe g ' g 11r he'gen to he an• xleme to be on the way to the eemp- tery. He tinnily whispered to one of my members : 'toes ynitr minister always preach as long as that at a funeral !' • Well,' Maid the Another, 'that Is a gond sermon.' 'Yes,' a*M the undertaker, "the sermon is all HEM.. and i helloes in the resurrection. Mit I'm afraid If be dries not stop pretty moon i trill not get this man buried in time,'" Eorarawtisn Time. Tanw,tn Telegram. Young beetle will he Mlnletre+l and MAKING A MORNING COAT FOR A CORPULENT FIGURE. An Art Which Only -the Rarely Good Man's Tailor -Can Master. Ute of the chief feature of the 8e•n,i-really tailoring i" that corpulent figures are dealt. with as rawily as an ordinary :ill -inch chest, and no other syttenl ha" bee•t.devis,d to fulfill these condi(ions au4 dowses t he. Semi -ready. The great secret in cutting aell coats is to .'cure the mei ures as they exist on the figure. end en no difficulty will Iw found in p tieing from the Wardrobe Seeni•ready kar¢Pnts, large or small, with this tinigde (Ilnd popular Hy the Semi -ready systekl :.2i di Mg' int suites of different sizes ft different physique types can be made one one sloth pattern. The chances a '',Li to 1 in favor of Semi -ready. In th' city and district the exclusive fran.h - for the sale of Semi -ready is bel by Messrs. McLean Bros., Grderich. t t. --- A-Great Treat. T ' Siguel how sueveeded in cum - pietist • an arrangement by which' every p1 le taking advantage of our offer will . •are the greatest treat in mauling rat, r ever offered the Cana - slum pu11111•. a Family Herald and Weekly Star o Montreal ham lately entered into n m)• irate with et few others of the lwuljr urpwnt of Eng• land and Anlrri,A by w , ich they have Mem1•'11. at n cost of $1, IMMI, twelve DPW st0ries ly twely of a world's tett ea hot•, and the ' area appear' in Thr 4, spy Herat before L' ane issued in 'hook form. Each ste is c plrlwl in et th, king true e complete mturie., that would cite eighteen dollars in l.uok form, inside the year. It is certainly one of the greatest feats in modern journalism. and only the in -newest newspapers reedit take the risk of the immense expenditure. We have mauls au'I•angements to affrr The Signal and The 'Family Herd and Weekly Star until Jan - nary let, DM, for the small ei of fifty rents, and in that. flute those taking advantage of the offer will '•- cure at. least six of the complete otorie,, not counting the many other interesting features of The Family Herald and their own1 Ileal paper. rpe r. ' n 1' present twvrlet•, of The Sigurd we offer The Family Herald for the bal- ance of the year for only forty rents. t(n►AM:riptinns should lie sent to'I'h,• Signal office. Oar ria+vs are much larger t mom they were a rent ago. The noble' Wive..,,• learned that phi. the hest pine*' in the t'rnviurc to obis in 11 1.0111meNial .dural Ion ear shorthand ,raining .student, are entering each week. All Kriel nate, get gad plitlnn.. \'rite now for eatal.gtne. ELLIOTT & McLACHLAN, Ihinrip el - HAVE YOU A CAMERA? Amateur Photography nt yns.r home. IOder nor jrt. trnr- IIon there H no experimenting , r wasting of maf'rial- and money. Isom Irani to do every step of the ninth 70111 - self. Snrrvw, guaranteed. our PIMA' in gold prize will Interest yon. Write today Correspondence Department, CENTRAL IUSINESS COLLEOL, Toronto A Great School lLLIOTT TORONTO. ONT. St Ode oat• hot. 11,11 3-11 1 nlnrnbi,. 1a.knlrhr w an and 'Innitnlni on the w e41 to \r.r Hn,r,, mut on the meat are In atlendanee tht. year. Il.tnnce is nn hlndranee to thew• who at I.h to Ret the I.e.t. Our gra.lrate. mil• ill way. .nee e e.sfel. a/ear NOWir. Ore nnsopi1aae. rwrt. 1'nmmencrnaw. NnrnoatInn. ('ealege ripen 0.11,-. yrnr. Matnineent rata livens tree, W. J. ELLIOTT. Principe!. t or. 1' noire and Alexander sits. cul°ttttttt C TABLE LINEN.• - 0i Table Cloths. lure linen satin damask. sixes 2 x 2, 2 x'25, x:( 23 x :i yards, very slightly soiled or ieutwrfect, regular Warta (�(� $3.5u and $I, 011 sale at $1.4'o, $2.511 and $3 M :at dozen belies' while mhoevelem.t Lisle Vesta 131c, et ^5w - a for ... Bee ` :i, dozen tonie hake,' fancy black cotton hoe., sixes 81, Ii, :.!tee i15, regular e quality at per. pairSC CORSETS. :MO pair.. perfect -fitting, newest model summer cwlwtm, beautifully maule and of very lessee materials, white or grey, every size, Ili to :Mi, al pee• pair 01.1C CURTAIN MUSLINS. :it . inches wide while dot Muslium, all size coin dots nod ,pray patterns, very etI-ong and fine even thread, regular 20e, at 15t>- per yard JAPAN MATTING. . - 5c New patterns and effects in ulattiigs hues(, in, wplrriat slut ttttt priers, 125e, 15e and per ) e111 at L.-birt W. ACHESON & SON To Get the General Effect of Furniture it 'should be viewed after it i. arranger! bar • 1y, and soulewhat Am jt should 1.011, in n 1110111. biles together in is store i1 in not nearly sal handalle. Yet if you will take a look et our ertistie line of real tnshogienv DAVENPORTS. DIVANS, ODD CHAIRS, TABLES, ETC., you will concede that tht•v' are beautiful. )lend them to your house and you will rave ewer them and you/ will flied the prime remarkably 1.154 - for the else. of goods. We will guarsg$ee prices iron, 10 In �t per cent. lower than the big city storm(ell- t pee .;l 11 l.• g041114. And you will get better work. WE DO OUR OWN UPHOLSTERING. SMITH'S FURNITURE and ART STORE [.Ass STREET r MEN'' FINE TAILORED GARMENTS C 'T BE EQUALLED BLACK VIOT SUITS $13.O ASPLENDID OPPORTUNIT 's yours to get a fine, black cheviot double-br • sted suit for $13.0. No matter how many gut . you may have, if you haven't a black cheviot you s iuld get one for Sunday wear and dress occasions, es. -cialll" when we offer you a suit at so small a price for . uch fine goods. The reason they are so cheap is just t 's: We got the opportunity of buying these goods no only at the old prices, but at manufacturers' prices he - sides, which means a big saving. ' Then we went to work and had them made, up' in first-class style, with good trimmings and workmanship. These suits at $f.'' 5o cannot be duplicated by :ill tileir for les'; than $2o.00. if you,ll'ant one of these suits for so little money move quicklt-. There is only a limited number. Sizes 36 to go. Fine Doable -breasted Cheviot Suits, $13.50 FOR THE BOYS Five dozen'. of Shirts, all new good), worth 75c, on sale for 50 Cents Walter C. Pridham The right place tolbuy Men's Clothing, Furnishings, etc. Good Print;ngAIys and All Ways at The Signa