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The Exeter Advocate, 1898-4-29, Page 4THE e,trxwricatie teas. 1--1. Sanders, Editor and. Prop T: URBEAY,.- APRIL 28, 1898, THE COMING J'!d:i I icITE. The friends of prohibition have at test succeeded iu thwarting; the purpose et' the i nrierr eiiiiistrT to aaecorepany titter g.'eu: a:ata= with revenue problems i:nleelated to diteoncert the voters. A tiZAacus oz the Liberal party deferring to the clamor that lead been raised voted tiler th eieehletilt' should be a straight ere), and that it will a,eordiugly be. - Nene however, beanie in mind the fu- tility of carrying tlebiscitea in .the :eremites, as was done by handsome majorities iu Oi tarioeaud Manitoba, it na felt to be desirably; that the Premier" t t.tiel tette the people into his cnnfi- ..mer e ,cud tel us just what kind of a prohibitory ect his will pass if the peo pie ask for one. The Montreal Star eitt useitig this phase correctly observes that it would be greatly iu tbe public saitere'r-.t if at least an outline of the en ri -ad l=rtiliiiit:iota measure were le Pert' the elteetors when they go to the Bo is on pkbiseIte day. It ei Riot fd to; atilt .the people of Canada to vote is the eialle ran ro itn rtant a questieu. The fair inter s the tue;t'lves had been for some time milting with disturbing =depth 1v cions the ;teem in whWh the rlues- e , a to :,getet: open the plteliireeitt' .. 'est; tele th Creek haeiiu ttiou ,of at :-ea et some of the Ministers to attach di red taxation t' prohibition prompts wig a r'esi'n v eether the 6ubsequeat eigislatuau witi ba squarely based on She re'sutt of the popular voting, It is uot toe Branch lei ask that the Government tell the eouutry just what ,t.,, ,S . r •^ a t. 1. one eases . ,ear Th t:: o , of the cis. s in teleit a ,,e, ae 1c..dttm would be better teem a ph bisei; ; but teat, of course, end ca; few a :ii;iler enter of veer ,age than the Government has yet ehnwn. To aetuaity bring down the ;ill it would introduce to parliament as a ; e,vt'rrlment measure in case a ma- jority of votes were policed in its favor, would 80 hopelessly limit its chances to squirm after the vote that no one looks 'Air so much frankness. But in view of the uncertainty with which the min leterei have thenselves surrounded the e matter, they should certainty bo will- ing to make a verbal tetatemeut in eon. neetton with the pleblseitdr bill, indict ug the eltief features of the measure eve the success of which they will %take their political existence, if the plebiscite carries. Then, too, we should be told what will be the attitude of the Government a the prohibitionists get a majority in the Dominion as a whole, but fail to carry* clue or two of the prow ieces. This is so possible a result, that oue often gears it predicted, and we should know what then will he the program of the ministry. These are salient questions the answering of which should serve to t hear the public mind for the voting No reason can be given for not answer- ing them, except party exigence.. It may be inconvenient for ministers who are meditating . some masterly man oenvring topledge themselves in advance of the vote. Only a straight forward government with a straight- iorward purpose would care to do so But still the ministers, if compelled by public opinion to "speak now," may comfort themselves with the reflection that their pledges have never given :hem much trouble up to date. rides be the suow slides. every fall and Tia .:lids} starts in A blue smoke of snow far np the mountain side, and 01110161.1901:6 ,PCSSIMS:14MLNI CANADA'S DUTY. Canada's good wishes towards the United States in this crisis have a -purely intellectual basis in this coun- try's beliefthat the Republic, irrespecec tive of its motives, will serve humanity goy restoring peace to Cuba. Canadian heads incline to the side of the United States, beeiause. the United metates is right, but Canadian hearts are embittered by the memory of so much United States meanness to Canada, that this country is not even now a great admirer of the great Republic: It is the duty of Canadians as human 'beings to sympathize with the United States as against Spain, and duty is s leasuro loot tinny p , but Canada is laboring hard at theuphill work of wishing well to a country which has shriven to do evil and not god to this a young nation, TII.E A WI+ UL SNOW SLIDE. Canadians east of the Reeky Moun- tains are happily ; upacquai.oted with 'death in the form which came to those gold seekers who were oe ea•whelmed the snow slide in the Chilkoot Pase. Trave'l'ers on the trails and on some of the rail te'ays in the interior of 'I3rit- ish Columbia are t my too familiar spring. acres of earth, rock and forest all come don u in a tierce sweep of its mighty eurrent. There has prohabebi a beeu a anew slade in the Chilkoot Pass twice a year for t euturies, but now at last there are people in front of the slides - and the :northern land will not cease to write sad records of death from this ceruse. NOTES • ND COMMENTS. Ta . The Government's statistics of the number of births in the Province of Ontario during 1897 show the propor- tion of the females to he very much the larger. The Toronto dobe makes a caleu-1 lation which shows that in the recent Ontario eleetioe contest there were. polled 215,041 Liberal votes, 208,436 Conservative and 9,995 independent votes That shows 2,790 more votes. against than for meat. It is time for a change. From the annual report of 1897 of T. F Chawberlaiu,iuspee•torofgaols and prisons for Outario, we take the fellows ing with rtrfarenee to the Godericli gaol; Prisoners committed during the year, hay 'ei i ea. � ret36t•a r i o t timelier t, til nt.d At tit) ,r time. tie; nruitaber of rtecommittals, 22; ttrtalcost of maintaining gaol, $2,417.77, The Carpenter Toil Road Company' which owes all the roads leading out of Hamilton on the east where they are lit for bicycling upon, id taming of dopas ing tolls on. Licyclists and making a test ease in the courts. Mr. John Moodie, jun , may be prosecuted for riding his harseheas 1"nriage through the King street toll -gate a few days ago without his paying toll. The best description of the true state of .alter:re at the lelcudylet ie to be found iu the official xnport of the Mounted Police Commaudent at that paha. The report shows that the ex pease of warltileg the claims is so great tit>x, teven the Anil payiug aues do not g p1 n' e more thau meet it. It could coil the ardor of malty a t u sentry enthusiast to read thie report. The Christian (1uardian,looking into the salaries of Methodist ministers itR Canada, !ludo that 460 of them are paid less than $500, 803 receive be- tween $500 and 1,000, 185 get from $1,000 up to $2,000, while only 10 re- ctelvt+ $2,000 or over. About of the whole it finds as existing on salaries falling between $500 and $1,000 and 9-11 are under the $1,000. A new disease has been discovered among the pine trees of Ontario. Tho disease is something in the form of a scale, and was diseoverd by Dr. Brodie. The disease is a, scale insect, which moves about a quarter of an inch in 24 hones, and differs quite materially from the insect pest which was found about a year ago. The Realte prevails in some of the states of the United States, and it is believed that it was brought in from there in nursery stocit. ?tlarria e, according to Dr. Schwartz Berlin, i f 1 sirs is the most important factor .a , tip t in lougevity. Of every 200 persons who reach the age of 40 yrs. 125 are married mud 75 unmarried, At 60 yrs. the proportions are 48 to 22; at 70 yrs. 27 to 11 and at 90 years 9 to 3. Faty centenarians had been married. The doctor asserts that the rate of mortality for h sbareds aud wives between the ages of 30 and 45 years is 18 per cent., while that for unmarried persons is 28 per cent Get married. " A peculiar matter is exciting the farmers around Zurich. From some cause quite a number of fat and other cattle have recently died and their cw- ners concluded that the turnips , on which the cattle were fed had some thing to do with the mortality. Exper- iments seemed to bear out this theory, and some of the turnips were sent to Provincial Health Officers who after experimenting with them ma Guinea. pigs, concluded that the turnips were not at fault."—Hensall Observer. ardy t overs The C. R R. are equipping a Iarge number of their passenger cars with wide vestibules on the folding principle, the result of which, when in use, will be to convert each train into a contin- uous structure enabling passengers to pass from one car to another without going into the open air. One great ad vantage of the system wilt be to in crease speed, as the resistance of the atmosphere will not exert its force up on the ends of the cars: The vestibule will be unfolded as soon as the train has left the station. . There is great fear that the cherry crop in Western Ontario will be destroy• ed this season. A new sort of scale has been discovered on many of the trees of the various districts, It is not the San Jose scale, but something similar, say those who have examined the trees that have been attacked. Every effort will be made by the department of an rieniture to prevent the spreading of the scale, and do away with it entirely. Se far it has only :been noticed on cher mit trees. Farmers should he on the look out for it, The Grand Trunk Company have issued an order whereby all engineers, conductors and trainmen have 10 pro - side themselves with standard watches, viz: Seventeen jewelled, adjusted to temperature, etc. The mon have un- til 18th to get them. A local in- spector will be appointed at the ter• minal, whose duty it will be to inspect the employes' watches every week, and a certificate sent to the Superintendent of Time. Anywatches, now carried by the men, which do not come up to Inc requirements will have to be laid aside., The company do not care where or from whorn the watches are bought so vttth death, swift and terrible, which long as they pass inspection. Deposits iu Government savings banks for March totalled $e3e,000 and the wi:Wmwaise3s7,00J. TUE „Lt;w sertelee The new issue of Canadian stamps is not meeting with the approval it was fondly hoped they weed. The ob- jeetieue to them are of imeortance awl numerous, but ehiefly clue to the color, the difference between some of the varieties appearing to be slight, when viewed in a hasty manner. In making them dark, the authorities did not count on the ease with which dist honest persons could obliterate post marks by simply rubbing the stain in to the color. Then, again, there is the abseuee of numbers to denote the value, which has already been .cited as cans ing confusion in Lower Canada and when reaching foreign post °Mee•s. A number of business mei) and others having a large cumber of letters to mail have frf queutly found themselves stick the stamps on upside down, and being loyal British subjects, do not like plat ing her Majesty's picture in such a position, If the maple leaves on the lower corners were replaced by numer- als it would be better and give the stamps a decidely neater appearance. These and other facts may induce our Postmaster general to change the pre sent issue for a new one, probably when the rate is reduced to two con's lis stoCCeSS in gaining revenue out of the jubilee issue may still be fresh in his memory ated form a further incen tive to change. Anissue of newspaper and periodical stamps may come tate use, similar to the 11, S. stamps,. Prohibition IIain. As the plebiscite will soma liesubmit- ted to the ratepayers for approval, or disapproval, we may expect that tbe in- terested parties will use the papers, as a medium of conveying their views to the public. I see an article in last week's 1 xpot•i-or, evelently .copit d from the eioutreat Star of Feb.15th, one item being left out. The following are the statements: "Before Prohibition there were in Melee seven distilleries and two •--now ri sall gone. . brew 1 e C l o Al the cf• feet the law had on them was to drive them into soma.. outer state—not to wipe PL them out. Again that there is net one twentieth as much sold in Maine now as before prohibition, and riot one bun dredth as much sold in Portland now as before prohibition." Would it be reasonable to expect as much sale of liquor in Maine after seven largo din tilteries and two large breweries were driven out. These institutions were run not to supply Maine only but to supply all the United States, Canada and other foreign countries; hence the great sales in Maine. These distiller res and breweries are doing lust as ex- tensive a business in other localities as they did in :thine, So far as the trip ing of them out of Maine is concerned, it is no substantial gain to temperance, so long as they still exist. The writer of the article ill the Montreal Star and reproduced in the Hume" X' xpositor of last week, forgot to state the amount now bought and drank in Make. It should be the aim of temperance workers to strive to eradicate the evils of intsmperanee by working on the hears,as from the heart all evils come. . It is the suppressing of the drink habit they should seek to accomplish, and this, says Dr. Talmage, can only be accom- plished by a determined resolution of the individual. with the help of God. The papers referred to, state that the constitutional amendment in . Maine, carried by a majority of 77,045. Neal Dow's bwt,rn to statement gives it ars 47.057, a dttference of 29.988, but this is but a small exaggeration in compar ison with many other statements put in print by so-called prohibitionists. Results of License and Prohibition : The number of arrests in 1898 for drunkenness forever (1000) thousand of the population, Maine having been un- der prohibition, up to said date, over 50 years, the full benefit of the law should be apparent by results. Population commitment per 1000 Portland, Maine, 37.000 59 Montreal, Canada, 235,000 10 Hamilton, Canada, 52,000 7 Ottawa, Canada, 48,000 5 Gardiner, Maine, 6,000 , 35 Berlin, Canada, 8,000 1 1 have the material to give you many more comparisons with a like result, but let the above suffice. N. Dow did say in evideuee that the jails, alm hoes es and asylums, were the only buildings in Marne Comparatively empty, but these buildings are, particularly asy- lums, s -lums, fairly occupied. In 1893I un- derstand there were over 1500 insane in Maine When this state of tbings, in Maine, was pointed out to N. Dow, he admitted the fact, but said the fact remains the bamo, that drink is the cause of all these evils. The Union League the. authority for the article ite the Montreal' Star and Expositor and for that part that states that there was one huudred times more solcl in Portland before pro hibition than now, then we might conclude "that there must havebeeu one hundred times mor,- drinking than now, and one hundred times more com- mitments than now: Commitments now thirty nine to every 1000, :conse- quently out of every 1000 of the 87, 000 of the population ef,Portland, 3,9CO are arrested for drunkenness. Some- thing must be wrong with the maths tnatical bumps of the. Union League, The cornmitments for rh uukeuness in Portland, Maine, for 1803 was 1443. This certainly is a bad showing; for, prohibition city. With res and to the statement made, that since N. Dow's death little dogs begin to bask." I do not think such hang uaege, under existing' eircuinStasic es, will aid the temperance cause in the least, neither do'1 tbinl: in'n's penned by a gentleman, or ra 1. hriStain., C, Peourr. Beware of Preael•vatives. iu Validate' up the dairy industry of Ontario two things bete) beast taught and argued, uumely, purity at:d high quality of products and economy of produetion. Whatever sets back •ibis great industry maty, have tenet in the € past few years .can be traced to a neg- lect of one or the other of these import. i aut points. 'The cheese industry of On-- tario is now fairly well established, arid. the anotia' pro1iue;tion of a large amount of welt made, whole milk ehettsa of uniform quality has given Canada 't ,ontrolling :influence in the i i•itieh cheese markets, Our creamery indus- try is now rapidly devetopitag, auci it is of vital impartauee that the strictest at teetiou be: paid w the turning out in an economical wanner of butter of uni- formly high ni-formlyhigh qualitl, pure and unadult- erated. This industry will, if properly conducted, assume very large propor- tions, since the average Consumption of nutter is int,eh greater than that of cheese, and the -British imports of hilt - ter greatly exceed tb.ise of cheese. In the British markets our butter meets in competition sitnitar goods from Ire- land, Denmark, France, the United States, Australia and Ment Ina Den mark has attained a ehfeef place by studying the requirements of tate mar, key, and now pre=ducts nearly ail of her eereamery export butter from pastern. ized milk or urea to, with the use+of Spee IAA ese , a ferments. h out of the countries' eapartiaag to Great Bruton • A.rstralia in particular—it has beeinue a practice to use some kited of preservative " is butter malting. Sometimes this is ad deli to butter as a suit; setnetimes it is added to the milk. "Theses preservatives are sold under various *tames, suell names As pri'st+rvaiette, pieeers•atinr•, presenvites, being favorites. they ii e nearly all mixtures of buttock ace/. Tie increasing use u£ these preset)v eaves has alarmed the British consent- er, and most radicel measures are' 1tow proposed to exclude ail butter in which traces of thrste preservatives are fuuted The British public has become alarmed the press is actively discussing the matter, and public officials are laoev On Woe e, the out o butter on u for to sou h u t adulterated It must be carefully nnteu that all but ter made from nitre or r r to f rn et. it u anything but common Bait. has been added is adulterated The butter pre ducers of Ontario trust make no mis take. The use of any of these 1reseery atives is datagctrous to the dairy meter terests of this country Eveerythitte possible should be done to discourage the use of such sutsstauces. and the press should as far as possible prevent the advertising of them in this count*. Ontario has a reputation for precencing'I pure dairy goods of high quality, That reputation must he maintained, arid. every person interested in the dairy business of Ontario should assist in pre• venting these " preservatives " from getting a foothold in this Province " An ounce of prevention is batter than a pound of cure." We have a repute tion now for making pure butter and. cheese. Help to maintain that repute. tion. Do not advocate preservatives. Do not advertise preservatives. Do not use preservatives. Jong Durn>JN, Minister: af' Agriculture for Ontario, Toronto, April 15th, 1898. His Head Cut Off. Ann Arbor, Mieh., April 23.—Wm. Kirzey, colored, of Colchester, Ont., was run over by a Michigan Central train just east of this city, between 10 and 11 o'clock last night.ht. The headless body was found on thetrack by two o sac. Ann Arbor boys, the bead being found some distance away. No one knows whether the death was aecidental or suicide. Au inquest is ordered for Monday. Inspector Alexander n e Dead. Although it was known that Mr. Wm. Alexander, Public School Inspec- tor for Perth. was seriously i11 with typhoid fever, the announcement of his death Tuesday morning came as a ter rible shook t'o his many friends in the county and the deepest regret is ex premed over his demise. Few' men were better known or more highly res- pected He had been ill only two weeks, and, when stricken down, was busy preparing for the county promotion ex aminatious. Deceased was a com- petent and courteous official, and was beloved by teachers and scholars alike throughout the county. For 27 years he held the position of Public School taspector, and gave entire' satisfaction. He was a consistent member of the Methodist church, and a staunch Cone servative in polities, and was con- sidered one of the strong men of the party. A wife,' three sons and one daughter survive him. A Little Boy's Brave Act. The children of Joshua Currie, .who I� lives on the 12th line, East Zorra, had a narrow escape from a terrible death early on Sunday morning; About 5 o'clock in the morning, Mi. and Mrs Currie went out to milk, leaving their three children asleep in bed. While the parents were engaged in milking, a neighbor noticed that the house , was on fire, and gave the alarm. By the time -the people reached the house it was found that the approach leading to the upstairs where the children slept was cut off, and it was impossible to reach them. By (lint of much shouting the eident of the three- children, a young lad, was a.weltent,d, and he suc- ceeded in saving the lives of the other two, by literally throwing them out of the window: His own life he saved by jnmpiilg, Downstairs an organ and a bedstead were saved and that was all. The house was ae femme one and burned very rapidly. "ho loss on the house and contents, would be , about $500. There was an insurance of $100. t dneoe e4tetatiltis 1111M.1 1.1 m11,0I0 lith1fill1PIIat111111 I,IIIItyU1IaN ru Ctiy A\'t; - ibiePxeporatioui"ts, s- iillil tinl:"leTOMICad Recluta- 1 the Stouts ar4.13owels of Promotes DigeSii011,Cheefui- ii ss and Rest•Con tui RS neither Onium,Morphine 1lorMialeral. "OT N 4i Q'TIC. .insun,tax ..1.,1- tksire Seat • eCanicogitadv. N.:77..# bed 0=W Sear ,, trag e,e8F/sivr;' AVcleetRemedy for Cementite - tion., Sour Stomach,Diorrhoria, Worins,Goitvulsions,Feverisht- mtess and Loss or SLEEP, lac Simile Signature of Ra m QRJ .. TF -: a. THE AC—SIMILE �ICINd URE ;. IS ON THE wRAPPER OF EVERY 1309'E OF EXACT noel' OF WRAPPER. 1 Cestorie is pot up is one.size battles only, 11 act sold in bulk, Don't allow anyone to sata wl ofaentto ,es orsr:m. to th a# ',lea, as good" and"hilanwer every peel, am" Jes5•'8ze that you got 0 -A -8 -T -0•8 -I -t?, ;bo fa: aeagero of �`�ree:a• wrap* A. Mee eSeeteettes „Tie Cook's Cotton Soot Compound Is successfully used monthly by over 10,000 Ladies. eafe,effectual. Ladies ask your druggiet for Gees Crhs. lest Coe- �,,sQ� Take no other, as all ?,fixtures, pills and Coo - =two.. $tions are dangerous, Fria., No. 1,;i per box, No. 2,10 degrees stronger, $3 per box, No. 1 or 2, mailed en receipt c! price and two etamnps The (leek (lu npaAy Windsor, ons. 'Nes. 1 and 2 sold ana recommendedby all responsible Druggists In Canada. "~ o o 2 sol 1 in Exeter by J, `y Browning, Druggist. The Latest News in Brief. William Moss, aged 50, was killed in the (a, T. It yards at Hamilton. A daughter of Mr, Thos. Peuningtou Colborne, fractured her arm by a fall Saturday. Gilbert Millow, a retired and weli•tn do farmer, hanged himself in the bush at Hillsburg. Flour has advanced 25 cent a hued red et Loudon owing to wheat being held for speculation. The two•year•old son of Mr. Allan, barrister, ll e �o rn •avood diedpresm u - ably from sating strychnine pills Robert Conner, of LidsaY, walked ed into the arms of an officer as be was leaving a building which he had bur glarized. Work has beau cnmmenced on the first factory to use electric power do velot,ed'on the Canadian side of Niag- ara Falls. The languor so common at this sea- son is due to impoverished blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures it by enrieh- ini the blood Ferdinard Rogers, a Portland farmer. was dragged against the handle of a plow while driving his horses and re tesived fatal injuries. Mrs. Mary Sloan, of Hamilton, was given carbolic acid by her daughter in mistake for cough medicine. She is in a precarious Condition. The first fatal accident in connection with the reconstruction of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, ocsurred,John Briton falling into the river and drowning. The body of a man named Meyer, of Bridgeport, who disappeared three weeks ago after a quarrel with his farnily, was found iu the Grand' River. Andrew Davidson, an old man, and G.T.R. flagmen at Port Hops, walked in front of au engine and was struck, dying in two hours. He was partially deaf. Lorenzons t v a1'- See London ba tff went to seize an organ at Mrs. Mer garet Piper's house Someone poured boiling water on his head: Mrs. Piper was arrested and bailed. Mitchell: Mr. Henderson. and 'Miss 12aggie, daughter of John Whyte, were united in marriage et the residence of the bride's father, on Wednesday, Rev, W. A. Bradley olbeiat ng> ' Brucofield Mr Scott's residence had as very narrow e seape from tire one day last week. It was fortursately dis- covered in 11(00; to prevent a serious conflagration, Colin, Blaine, Owen Sound,' has had his neck dislocated for the fourth 'tithe. The first accident was cansecI by a sack of flour falling on him, the'sebon'd'hap petted on the lacrosse field` at Winston, the third was the result of a fall receiv• ed while checking ears last fall, and the forth last week while stopping over a coil of rope. ' POI! Infants and Children. The far alsaaturoaf is ovoeGD y e -see weeper. per: LUST TO RAND ALolo! POTATOES, 'my PEA S�edPrS, Mixd �. Bishop & 3o!. EXETER Ghost at Goderach: estmlooneasaramtscreassrasor Some of our agitat- ed erste are itat- P h ed over the appearance of a " ghost' in our midst. The ,spectral visitor' 1118818 the east end of 'the town in par, titular, but is is said to have made a trip on one :night to the south end. It appears between ten o'clock and mi night, and is awaited by a large nttm. her of the boys, whose efforts to cap-' tore it have so far been futile. It 'will, hardly do to attempt to 'create any doubts as to its being a genuine dis- embodied spirit, but it seems to be hardly of: the orthodox variety. It - stead of gliding, it rues in a very hie-. there -al aia1,11er, ai/.d it is s'iid to we a. fedora hat. A nice little legal, gun ,siert might arise if the ghost's hat we to be smashed over its head scene night' by some person affected tither by fright or by curiosity. WVhet her a ghost can or cannot be hurt in an .earthly eoevi,' or whether it could or could not sub- stantiate atlaim for damages ioflcned by a human being, are :gtteslions for tile: seit.ie...inent of which carr 'legal Friends might find it difficult to secure precedents,