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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-3-14, Page 4THE elteiVC A L te ) SANDERS eeDYEI Peep.. THURSDAY, ; CAROR 14tht 1895 • T,IRE•TRADF SITUATION. Everybody will agree that w°e in Can. 'aide have been passing through e most critical period of vote mereial depression "tat while it is well for us to face bold- ly the linaocial trouble, we have only to look at other countries to leave that talar position is net to compare for one 21roineni to the depression elsewhere We. find that ill the neighboring states su million men are utiemployed; That valents distress among millions of fami- lies, from v high 110 class is eecepted sinless it be the inilltnitair'es. The same i' the cased it) England and outer parts of Great Britain What has "free trade ,as t"nEngland" done fee the people of aliat cntietry? It has reduced the price ttf agricultural products, and brought • the nn -'-t : to mitt to tIl d t5 e f the Earn t i., com- munity, It has lessened the demand for manufactured articles for the want of means to buy and it has brought sore distress to thousands of artisans ,aid laborers and their families. There are, according to an eminent authority, iJ ouseeds of peiple on the verge of. ttarvariori; while there are many more who would not be rauked as paupers or etousidered dependent on public charity, These are the real sufferers. It 'is all "Sery fine to talk of free trade making tine necessaries of life cheap; but, if peo- ple are thrown out of employment, what avails cheap food or cheap cloth- ing if they have not the means of pro curing a supply? So far as the farm- ers of England are concerned. free im peetation from foreign countries has telly aggravated their case, -by cut- ting down their price's, and depriving them of a runlerative home market, mad throwing out of cultivation mil - hens of acres of arable land that form- erly produced grain. Lots of young snen are rushing from the country in- to the towns and cities, to obtain a liv stag; this of necessity has iuduced great- er competion and reduced the price of labor all round. We say therefore that a policy of "free trade as in England" weuld bring matters in Canada simil- ar to what they are now in Eng -laid British manufactures, as well as Brit- ish agriculture, are handicapped by the free admission of foreign manufactures and foreign farm products. • Under the 3nf:-handled policy of free. trade, Eng- land has to contend German and other European manufactures on the one lerand, and by Amen' .an supplies of food eicoducts on the other hand. Thee look across the border, and see the result of went industrial revelations in the meeghbortng states. The history of strikes among the miners and railway employes of that countryhas resulted, an actual starvation to thousands of people, and in distress to millions more -in closed mills and• factories, in the reduction of wages to the employed aid in the dismissal of thousands, in general distress among the farmers and artisans and laboring people. Now if we in Canada should he, blind smough to introduce unrestricted reef Iprotaity into this country, -we must be weepared to share in the commercial depression of our neighbors in the United States. And if we should be, cajoled into adopting the system of '--ret trade as in England," our .posi tion would be even worse; for while a certain amount of freer trade relations with the United States might prove beneficial to us, a system of free trade would afford to a young country such hours no outlet of reciprocity; -but, as it [as worked in England, it would reseal] distress to artisans and. laborers 'chile it would be destruction to the ;Lrsospects of Canadian farmers. THE PHYSICtANSHIIP. We have heard that Dr, Cambell, of iSeaforth, is an applicant for the situat- ion of physician to the House of In einstry about to be established. From what we know of the Doctor, tee would lay that a better man could not be hound in this county for the position The Doctor is a graduate of the McGill 9edical College, Montreal, and of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburg Scotland, and besides he has repeatedly 'visited the large hnspital.s of Philadelp- hia and New"tiork for the purirse pf eeart,ing what was to he learned in .the healing art. aid posting himself in the lure improvements. He has been a quarter of a century in practice, hence he bee a Float deal of experience in treatment of disease. He is well sown to he a kind-hearted humane tma'r, Arid we would say that 911,o, poor ei the Count,v would be safe under elle hftrei of such a ph sieian, We hope the tnav get the situation uation MANITOBA SCIIQOI.. QiCSTION. This long delayed question is now un- dergoing dieeussioe at Ottawa before Che Federal Government. The grout.d ori which a Bearing is beteg rented, wasthe last decision of the Im.periel 'Privy! Couneil, by which it wesdeclared eoinpeteet for the .Federal Govertlmeet to levestig::rte the claims of the Re 0 minority in Mau itobafor Separate schools: Should the Cabinet. beof opinion, after beerier, both sides of the question, that there are sufficient grounds for acced ing to the demands of the Manitoba Catholics; -it will be in order for rhe governnreut to gist: the Manitoba Legis- lature, which is now Irl session, to so fat alter or amend the Provincial Act of 1890 as to accord certain rights to the minority who claim to be aggrieved, As we understand tel argument K f Counsel, it it not asked to repeal the Provincial Act of 1890 -but, i,i view of the Privy. Council's deoisiou, the R. C. minority asks onconstit Iuinnal`grounds to provide some remedied course of legislation by which tee Catholics o llaeitobr, may enjoy* the same rights and privileges as they did from the time the Province entered confedera- tion Mail 1890-a period of twenty years, Should the Manitoba Legisla- ture decline to interfere, and still stand, upon the legislation of 1890, it will then be in order for the i+.ederel Government to apply to the Dominiou Parliament for remedial legislation. We sincerely hope for the sake of peace that the Manitoba Legislature will take the constitutional coni se of yielding so far to the minority as to sanction separate schools, as they are legally sanctioned for the Catholiea of Ortario and for the Protestant minority in Quebec. THE PATRONS. Patrons in the Legislative and Pat- rons on the hustings seem to be two distinct characters, if we are to judge from their recent vote in the Legisla- tive Assembly, when they vnted to a man with the Government of Sir 'Oliver Mowat in favor of maintaining the fee system It will be within the memory of every elector that this is one of the patron planks, namely: the abolition of the fee system and paying officials by salary, and it wss publicly proclaimed by them upom every platform, yet the frrst opportu..ity presented to them in the House of putting their principles on record they deliberately swallowed their avowed principles and voted for the system at present in vogue. Their ex planation that they were ,waiting for the Fees Commission's report is lame and unsatisfactory, inasmuch as they the Patrons, are notresponsible for the report in any way, and should the re port favor fees they cannot now, recall P their act in voting forthe system; and on the other hand should the report of said commission favor the abolition of the fees system the patrons will be in a worse predicament tban ever. It only lends proof to what seemed ail along apparent, and that is, that the Patrons are in league with the Reform party. Tuis is a good warning to Con- serative Patrons to beware of their act ions during the coming campaign. BUSINESS FAILURES IN CAN- ADA. (FROM BRADSTREET'S.) We present to -day to the Canadian business public a statement of the fail ures in each province of the Dominion during the year 1894. Its preparations has involved much patient work, but the facts brought into prominence will, wethink, be of sufficient interest and value to business mon generally to jus- tify our Iator in placing them clearly in view. The statement, as will be seen gives the number of failures, together with assets and liabilities. The prin- cipal cause of failures in Quebec and Ontario was lack of capital, the num_ bee of business men failing for this rea- son being in excess of thnse failing for all other reasons combined, Business men are now devoting themselves more closely ode y than in recent years to their own affairs, the failure through outside speculation in 1894 being com- paratively few. Iu Manitoba, lack of capital was the prevailing causeoffail- ure; in Nova Scotia lack of capitaland incompetence; in New Brunswick, in- competence and lack of capital; and in Newfoundland, disaster. Failures Assets Liabilities Ontario 786 $2,955,356 $6,444,210 Ouehe�c ' 704 2,678,315 7,333,432 Manitoba 68 423,104 783,878 Newfoundland 22 4,146.950 6,260,650 P. E. island 7 31,050 49,250 N W Territory 12 87,100 67.432 Nora Scotia 111 300,333. 560,412 New lerunswick 90 931,977 1,634,803 British [ u ot , C mbtaG 4 595,851 329,.193 "Dungannon and the intelligence of the people in that section should net he gatiged by the narrow-minded Grit Who "stopped the Globe" because that paper was for a short,titne issued from the Empire ollice. Such people bteluug Its the etnquisitiou Reek" euanbCt' and are Miele in brain power atttl.tn many other respects, Reformers or Conser- vatives have po use' for such bigoted followers. Uhntton N Reeottt. Their Annual leetiug. '1!ite iSoutk Haven Conservatives in Oonuc,ii A Omni Meetinz With svtir- ring add rte; SO4 front tee Letuter•- 'x'iuteiv Ifea+olutienn. gassed,. The annual meetill of the South Huron Conservatives was hod at the: Queen's `hovel Godearich on Tuesday afternoon lrtst., t he attendance being fat 1v rcpresentattve' The election of officers resulted as. follows: W. J. ehauttou, pre idetit; I+2 u 0, Coleman, Vice -President; (Uen E. Jackson. Secretary ; Executive commit. the -Messrs. 'I' E Hays„): S. Roberts, 1)r. Bethune, @; E Cresswell, Helene stead, 3. .1 Irvf us, tl'. Bleat, l),. VVeis-- millcer, J. 0 Morrison,, S. fleeter aiid the a fficereef the assoniation. No changes were made in the town- ship vice pieaidettrs British Grail] Trade, Loddon, S'Iiirch 11. ---The Mark Lane EN press, in its weekly rex law of the British grail] tiice says: I,ta 1i 51 leheals hese advat, eel 5d Ftnckgn wheats have been firm. Oregon futeh- irtg 25s and California 24s. Curt h. is rallied Od, mixed American selling' at 20s 6'1. Barley and oasts are held for an advance: To -day v'a.luee have hetet supported. English wheats are slaw In foreign wheats California is quiet 'rhe. demand for American• winter and spring flout has heed fee 3d advaiece Barleys are firm. Cottonseed is in buy ers' favor SPORTS. George Gould's expenses this season for the Atalanta and Vigilant are estimated at nearly tour hundred thousand dollars. Perhaps the best hide shot at the present day is Lady Eva Quite wife of Capt. Wynham, heir presumptive to the earl of Dunraven. , Biuycliet Zimmerman's great snocessis said to be clue to hisabnormally large heart, which is declared by the doctors to be two inches longer than the aver- age. Sir Agnstus Harris has got a new lease of the old Drury Lane theater in London fur seven ye.trs, and the historical play- house is; therefore, sure to see the next century. A granddaughter of Jobn C. Calhoun, the southern . statesman, • has jest made a success in France, playing in French with a French company the role of "Hernione" In Raciue's "Andromaque." • STARTING IN LIFE. Diocletian, the Roman emperor, was born in slavery and obtained his freedom by service in the army: Luther's father was a miner, and the future reformer often earned a supper by singing in the streets. . James Madison was very fond` of his books and at an early Y age acqu iced a high b reputation for learning. Horne Tooke was fond of stating in his father's poultry shop, and like$'to :be in. trusted with the business Zachary Taylor was bronght; up on a farm. He was very thirfty, and soon had a stock of property in calves. - Chaucer's boyhood was passed in 'a wine. vault, where he was required to wash bar- rels and clean wine casks. . Liszt was driven to the piano every day. For over fifteen years his daily,, practice covered ten to twelve hours. WORK AND WAGES. A Persian cook can earn $3.22: a month. A weaver in Germany receives 60 cents a day. A native painter in India earns 40 cents a day. Farm laborers inBeigium receive 46 ceuts a day. A mule driver in Morocco earns 10 cents a day. A. thrasher in Turkey can command 40 cents a day A Mexican mason earns from 75 cents to $l a day. Mus c teachers in Hamburg are paid 21 cents an hour. A boss mason in Ceylon can earn $3.20 per week. Policemen in Saxony receive $261 a year as salary. A railroad conductor in Turkey gets $27 a month. MISSING LINKS.' The earliest Greek inscriptions were written from right to left. In Italy thirty out of every 10,000 peo- ple die by the knife of the assassin. "Psntata Punch -Up to Date," reads a sign in the window cif. a New York res- taurant. The yearly contract for supplying coat to the Grand Trunk has been. awarded to Shipman of Detroit and the Erie R.R. Co. -Saturday's Gazette contains a proclama- tion further postponing Parliament from Monday next until Monday, March 25th. The trial of the West Durham election petition against the return of Mr. W. H. Reid, M. PP., comes off on Monday, Feb. 18. The Good Roads Convention was brought to a close on Friday after a nttm- bee of important resolutions had been passed. It is understood that Mr. Theodore Davie, the Premier of Brutish Columbia, will soot. be appointed Chief Justice of that province. Orange trees in Florida are probably destroyed, also all vegetable crops and half a trillion quarts of strawberries just be- ginning to ripen. New Zetland has set apart two 'Wanda for the preservation of its remarkable wild big s n d adother animals All hunting add trapping are forbidden thereon, Mr. Wnt, Mckenzie, it farmer residing on con. 4, Blast Willienns, was std tick by a G. T R. train and killed on Monday on the traek between Liman Crossing and Ailsa Craig, GATHERINGS OF SCIENCE, Waster iscomposed of oxygen and cirogen iu the proportion of one volume of the former gas to two volumes of the lat- ter. Nobird eau fly backward without turn, tug.. The dragon ily, however, eau do this and antetrip the swallow in speed. If a min who weigh* 168 pounds were. proportionately as strung as a flyiue beetle. of the coekchafer family, he would be able to push along level ground a wdglit equal to 181 tons. Dr. Jules Rochard, in a paper read be, fore the French academy of medicine, says than prussic acid ie among the active prin- ciples that pass into the smoke of a cigar undergoing combustion. The little black spots on the end of the snail's horns are the animal's .eyes. He can see with them very little, but they. serve to distinguish for hien light front tlar'kuess, and enable Itittt to observe 00- j, ors at a distanoe of an inch. or two, SEVERAL SMILES. His Proposal, -He (ittdtgnantly)-I don't, propose to he sat ou by anybody. She (kindly) -Then you ahouldu't have pro- posed. -Detroit Free Press. "Haven't yon broken yonr engagement with Harry Summers, yet?" "No," re' e lielthefairearlassh 1 t e raised her h u p _ t d to seem asolittite, "Iain still 111 the ring." -Wash ruget u Star. Potts-IInw did you like the new tenor that .an; in 1) •bson's opera? Letts -oft, he is a total White; you can understand every word he eines.-Inter Ocean. Dutusgnizzle -How would you define the word "crank," Skinignllet? Skiwgul. let=A crank,my dear sir, isa specialist in sotuetkilug that you take no interest in.. N.Y. Herald. Ped you read in the paper," said the milkmen, "about a person that put paris green in a family's mtlk?" "Maybe," sad the cook, "they got tired of seein' their milk blue. "-Washington Star. FUNNY ADVERTISEMENTS. A little store in Philadelphia has this sign beside the door: "Coal, oil, wood, milk and other notions," There lately appeared an advertisement in an English paper for an editor of a first- class journ+el, it being expressly stipulated that "he must be a practical man of the world. No one who has graduated at Ox- ford or Cambridge need apply." The following advertisement appeared in the Birmingham Daily Post: "New Reli- gion. -Young gentleman is founding a new religion, which issure to become popular, and desires a lady of means to assist him in the work. Address—." A. London detective agency advertises, for the benefit of those contemplating ma- trimony, that it will supply details as to the "social position, past character, future prospects, general habits and temper of the intended partner for life, in order to make marriage a success." LITTLE THINGS OF INTEREST. Dakota has a 30.000 acre farm. e New York has a woman cobbler. The Indican population of Arizona is s . giveout as beang36 777 In Saxony about 70 per cent. of the 'workingmen earn lees than $150 a year. A laborer in Washington had his voice destroyed by being overcome with the beat. Only native or naturalized citizens are permitted to work on the streets of New Bedford, Mass. The first inhabitants of the far north 'did not employ dogs, but diew their wal- rus -rib sleds themselves. A typewriting, firm in New York says that on an average thirty plays a week are sent to their office to be copied. The 470 -carat diamond t m td from the South African mines, of which 270 carats are being taken off by the diamond cutters of Antwerp, is almost ready for sale. FADS OF A SEASON. • Among the newer popular diversions in the line of athletics is that of walking' backward. French women are much affecting red this autumn in gowns,o bonnets, and even hosiery, shoes and gloves. The portiere poles of rooms arenow often swimming ones or cranes, which per- mit of adjustment at different angles' One of the latest French fashions is to have the corsets and silk petticoats mateh exactly; this has a very pretty and finish- ed effect. The genuine Turkish coffee table is a very picturesque object. and ha4 been cop- ied by our manufacturers. It is now len. eraiiy found in our shops in various heights where it is sold either for low tables or for stools. SOME NEW MAXIMS. A bad day does not always begin with a 'dark morning. A doubter is always a dodger and hider from the truth. Sweetenedoi so n will s n w 11 kill as quick as that which is bitter. Many 'very good-looking ,people are de• formed on the ineide, The darker it is all around, ns the more our )ieht is needed. More good advice would be taken if it were given in a good way. If some permits would laugh more thole children would weep less. That roan helps the thief who does not put his money in a safe. bank, -Ram's Horn. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Hairpins are heated to a temperature of 400 degrees in the process of manufae- tare. A.ecording to Thessalietr legend the first horse was miraculously bronglit forth by. Neptune i.triking fl ruck with his trident. 1'o ferns. soma idea et the largeness of the earth one may. look upon the land- seape from the top of an ordinary church steeple end then boar in mind that one must view 900,000 similar Ittedsoapes to get an eppreeximat.ely correct idea of the size of the earth. American Pattern STEEL Cheaper than in Toronto, Havingpurchased before the advance, ware ;. e prepared to sell nails cheaper by the ked than they can be bough lit Toronto by the car load. Glass. Imported G'r ass Having struek'et rock -bottom" on glass bybuying �in a large Y �' ergo e import order, we can quote the lowest figures, Hinges, Locks, Eavetroughing, etc at closest figures. �a � e 1�1 a want more room. Don't furca+t that we are making a special run on Lanterns, Cow Chains, Cross -cut Saws. Axes, etc. They must be sold and will be sold, Also stoves, (woad or coal) will be sold ttt a sacrifice to make room for our spri t' Shipments, II. BISHOP & SON. P. S. lied Clever, Timothy nod Aisike Best sample at lowest prices. EDS FOR 'SALE AT THE EXETER CREAMERY. ''ed and ikIsike Clover and timothy Seeds, selected and re -cleaned at Priaes to suit the times. A call Is Solicited. JOSEPH COBBLEDnCK, Exeter. -,tom 1 �h• v� uS N�t! Si pAIMo t acrc5 -TAR icj pf 5OAp wpm* 111. /AAKES SKIN SOFT AND Weds 25a c' Don't But It Oft The necessity of a spring medicine is universally admitted. This is the best time of the year in which to purify the blood, to restore the lost appetite. crud to build up the the entire system, as the body is now.peculia>I•ly susceptible to benefit from medieie. The great popularity attained by Hood's Sarsap- arilla, owing to its real merit and its remarkable suzcess, has established it as the very best medicine to take in the spring. It cures scrofula, salt rheum, and all humors, biliousness, dys pepia, headache, kidney and liver com- plaints, cattarh, and all affections caus ed or promoted by low state of the sys tem or impure blood. Don't put it off, but take Hoed's Sarsaparilla now. . It V.' ill do y'oy good Huliett: Mr, John Clark has sold his farm of 100 acres, being, lot 6, on the 7th concession, to Mr. John Britton, for the sum of5000. Mr Batton n vow has a fine farm of 300 acres. Mr. Clark is going to Manitoba, and will have a sale of his farm stock and ,implements on the 19th of this month. People Make honey by Using Diamond Dyes. In every section of Canada, Diamond Dyes are blessings and enable people to save money and make money One user of Diamond Dyes says:- " I have been using your dyes for sev- en years. I can only saga they are the best on the market. I have made as high as $34 a week in dyeine, and I could not give satisfaction unless I used Diamond Dyes, I would not he with- out them, for when I am without Dia mond Dyes I consider I am without money." Another user says:-" My wife has thoroughly tested the Diamond Dyes, and they are better than any we have used. She ust'd-them according to di rections, and we have washed the goods in strong soapsuds, exposed them to the piercing•wiuds of our cold winter, and afterward to bright snnlight, and they retain their beautiful color." Ask your Druggist for Nsa 11rra..: duan 41.1e. FLORIDA WATER . • A DAINTY FLORAL tXTRACT For Handkerchief, Toilet And Bath., A Fittin_lileal EINE GRADES Oli' ILnn e' s Trousers AND Fall Suitings. It is one thing to cover up your body. Robinson Crnsoe did that with goat skins. But that time is past. It is not neces. sary to clothe yourself in any unsightly garb when you can get clothes that fit you like bark to a tree and at prices consistent with the times. Call and select from a big lot of choice pieces. We will make it worth your while. . , . 8ERTU XNIGIIT. The Fashionable Cutter and Fitter W. G. Bissett's Livery First Class Horses and Rigs. SPECIAL RATES WIT COMMERIAL MEN. Orders left at Bissett Bros,'Hardware Store, will receive prompt attention. TERMS - REASONABLE? A. TRIAL SOLICITED. W. 0-. BISSETT CDTTRAL DOG STE, C. LUTZ. PJOP 4s Fanson's Block Exeter. Family Receipts and Prescriptions, Carefully prepared. A complete stock of drugs patent medicines, Drug- gists' supplies, perfumes,. toilet soaps, hair brushes, tooth brushes, combs and all articles to be found in a first-class Drug Store. DR, C. LUTZ, Druggist. Furniture! Furniture! ! Furniture t ! ore .-I We have moved back to our old store again and have the finest stock of Parlor, .Bedroom; and Diri ingroom Furniture in the town, at prices that can- not be beaten. Elegant new bamboo goods just coming in aeol See our beautiful new Warerooms. We are bound to sell if good goods nicely displayed at very low prices. will do it. S. GIDLEY & SON, ODD FELLOW'S Block