The Brussels Post, 1904-8-4, Page 1Vol. 88. No, 4
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New Advertisements.
Looel—I, 0, Richards,
leer tale—Elijah Pease,
For ease --•Simon Grant,
Farm for sale—James Sharp.
Youthful eyes—Mae, Fletcher.
'Pother wanted—John Dunbar.
Interesting items—J. Ferguson & 00,
Notice to oreditore—A, B. Macdonald,
fixstart On,
Clitr ton.
Leon, Gram—Daring the last ten
daye the temperance workers have been
actively engaged in oanvaeeing the town
in favor of lama) prohibition, and at the
pennon meeting on Monday night, they
preeented a strong petition signed by 286
municipal aleatoric (being e majority of
thane who voted at the Iagt Osamu), ask.
ing the 000noil to peen a bylaw ae provid.
ed by We statute, to be submitted to the
poople'ile January next, end to pot the
same in taros it the element eo decide at
that time, The 000noil granted the re-
gneot, and the campaign i0 on. It le
understood that the adjoining maniac•
polities are.also discussing this matter.
eelytlo.
On0nan0Ttor.—Next Wednesday will be
Blythe) civic holiday when the following
program will be carried ont ;—Base ball
snatch, Blyth vs. l3rnasele, at 10.80 am). ;
Menem' trot at 1 00 p, m., ie which all
the speedy horsee iu the vicinity will
enter; tug•ot•war between Hal'ett, Morrie
and Bast Wawanoeh ; relay rases, toot
races, &o. At 4 p. m. bneollell match
will take plane between Detroit and
Whig/mei. Wiogham Oitizene Band
will tarnish mein during the day, In
the evening a grand (conaert will be given
in Induetry Hall. Will. McLeod, of
Seaford', the famous amnia entertainer,
and other outride talent will furnish the
program.
VV et Ir.on.
Mise Ethel Lyle McLeod is vieitiag et
Lietowel.
The hum of the threshing machine
will soon be beard.
Turning heading is on the progam
at the MoDouald mill.
Mies Amy Armetrnng, of Harrieton, is
viefting Mies Mabel Benuett.
Oar night watchman bee recovered and
is able to be on hie monde ono more.
Mies Maude From is spending a few
)tt emonthhs in Seaford). Ole will be greatly
lies Lily Fraser has returned after
ding two weeks with her Meter Susie
Mrs, Albert Bodgine, of Lime.
The old barn on the MoDonald mill
°party ie being torn down. It ie said a
ew residence will be erected on the site.
Gordon McDonald will be one of the
anadien Foot Ball team going to St.
L•taie to try oono'nsione with the beat
tinkers obtainable there, Our Walton.
len will give a gond account of himself.
The Quarterly Oommnninn services wag
held in the Metltodiet church last Sabbath
morning. Rev. Mr. Baker, the new
pastor, gave an intereetiug and suitnble
dieoouree. Baeineee meeting was held
on Monday.
%V rr,xast ear.
Mint Georgie Howe le on the sick list.
Amon Gotten returned from Kaneko -
on Saturday.
R. Tbompeon, of Ernasele, spent Son.
day in the villege.
Miss B. Deane, of Galt, is the gaeet of
Mies J. Davidson,
R. Wendt, of Mildmay, spent Saladay
with his brother, J. R. Wendt.
Mrs. Jae, Orr, of Wingbam, is renew•
ing acgnaintenoee in the villege.
Mies Meickle, of Galt, was the met of
the Misses Allan for several daye.
Mieeeg Belle and Annie Elliott, of
Chinley, are guests of Mrs, 0. Smith,
The Cement walk on the East side of
the Main street was oompleted tale week,
Frank Sanderson, of Toronto, is spend.
ing hie holidays under the parental roof,
Tdre. Oliver Smith entertained a large
number of pang people on Monday even-
ing.
S, Hamilton, of Toronto, is emending a
two .week,' boliday at his Gema near
here,
Rev. L. Perrin and daughter, May, left
on Thoredey for Detroit for it month'e
vacation. Rev. Mr. McDonald, of Tree
water, took charge of the 'fervent; in the
Presbyterian church Sunday.
Youthful
Eyes for
the Agecd
,When print blura
and reading is ants+
possible at an Incon4
traction( distance.,
eros nped help.
Our II -asses restore
the v7slon of youth.
1i1;•swal '• Flsat+alter
Srtiweestlf1C oa,ad
Gerr„l:*7.t . Y9p.ixt:iafla
Iti`tt este peieS
Mies Carey ilea returned to Berlin actor
two weake Rant with her unote, J.
Brethatter.
Owing to the eerioug illness of hie
tether, Byron and bere, eimmooe, of
London, epentlast week here,
Nell el.
Mies Nellie Laird le vieitiag at Jarmo.
100A0,
lf. Cameron, of Lietowel, epent Sete
day with friends here.
Mee. Andrew MgLtnie, who has been
ill for a week, ie Improving.
Gid. Zietnau, of Toronto, is visiting
Ins aunt, Mre Hananld, here this week.
Mies Eva Imlay spent Snnday and
Monday with frieude on the 16th Grey.
A few from tine locality will see the
West, going by the first Harvest ex.
c11 rwinrt.
While splitting wood last Friday Rno.
Dilworth had the miefortune to out the
little toe of hie right loot.
Quarterly meeting next Sunday at
Ethel, service beginning at 10 80 et. m.
A large atteudanoe is expeoted.
Mr. Stevenson, of Stretford, and Mies
Myrtle Dobson, of Mitchell, were vieltore
at R. 0. Davies' for a few days this
week,
Mr. and Dies. Mitohall, of Millbrook,
who had been visiting their eon, George,
here for a few weeks, left for home on
Monday.
Alf., Athol and Wesley Henry, child-
ren of 0. le R. Oonduotor Henry, Lon•
don, are holidaying here with their pale,
I. M. Henry.
Bob Gibson, oar popular blacksmith,
leaven 10 a few days for. the Waet, Bob
will be missed on the Foot Ball team,
We wish him euoceses.
Prof. Mann gave an open air concert
on the lawn Of G. G. Imlay last Bator.
day evening nn the bng•pipee, It attract.
ed quite a large crowd.
Reepberriee, enn.boonets, old straw
hate, cotton gloves, vaeeline, cold cream,
lemon jnioe and a dash of rouge are the
most popular things daring the last two
weeks.
Jno. McCartney, of the firm of Longe.
way & MOOartaey, met with a bad aoai•
dent Wednesday morning while using a
scraper on the big drain. Itappeare one
of the bails broke and flew striking him
on the ankle breaking it, This will lay
Mr. Mo0artney up for some time,
Last Sabbath eveuing Rev. 0, R. Wells
began a aeries of Bemoans on the "Beati•
codes." Neat Sunday evening the sub
jeot will be "Poor but rich" and tbe text
Matt. 5:8. These dieooureee promisee to
be of anuene' interest and all interested
in one Lord's teeobinge ala arged•to mien
none of the eeriee•
The Listowel Standard of feet week
says :—"The choir of Christ ohuroh
drove to Ethel on Tneeday, where they
epeot the day picnicking in the beautiful
grove along the river bank in that
vicinity. The families of the rentor and
wardens and a few others went aloog,
and all had a very pleasant opting, re-
turning about 9 p, m."
Wm. Cooper, our well known thresher,
bag purobaeed a new traction engine of
the J. J. Case make in Racine, Wie,
It arrived her on Friday and ie a Meaty,
The wheels are eighteen inches wide and
does not ebeke bridges at all although
being much heavier, them his old one.
Wm. Buttery, who leas run the game
kind of engined is Manitoba, will beanie
engineer on thio one. Mt. Cooper ie
fortunate in securing Mr, Battery Re he
to a firet.olaee man.
The 141111 road ie the oentre of attrac-
tion for both old and young as our enter.
prising grain merobant, W. E. Sanders,
ban parobased a gramaphone and ie giv.
ttig eeleotione to hie numerous friends
every evening, Lot Tuesday night
when we retarued from the Kmoardiue
exoartion be gave a large (crowd a nam
ben of oeleotione on the gramaphone
whbeh was very mnoh appreciated. We
undereband he is prepared to give oleo
bions at concerts or garden parties fur a
email charge.
ree.v,
Several cattle were killed by lightning
last week in Grey,
Many of the farmers are getting Fall
wheat ground ready,
A new traction engine was brought
itorne last week by Wm. Cote, 7t11 con.
It was bought in Seaforth. We wish Mr.
Cole moon.
Mee. Patriott and Haze! and Frankie
Vincent, of Bothwell, aro holiday vieltore
with Mrs. Jno, Ltvingebon and lamily,
East of Brussels.
The /MO load of iron . for the new
bridge on the 121b, known as the Betz
bridge, came to bond tide week, Ib wee
teamed from Mitohell,
James Cotnmingo, 14th con , butende
t'uilding a bank barn and has the stone
hauled for the touafabiou, fie has made
a big improvement in the farm.
The running of the 0. P. R. through
the Southerly portion of Gtny Wet' baa
been kept in the baokgronud owi"g to
the land being low and road a000mada.
tion inferior or wanting will prove a
benefit.
The driving mare belonging to D. K.
Livingston had one of its front loge book.
en in the bush a few weeks ago and
although everything has been done to
help the beast the propitiate of her
recovery are not very cheering.
Aa Thos. MoFadzeen, 10th con., was
driving to .Brussels on Wednesday atter•
noon he had rether an exciting experience.
Hie driver stumbled on the toed and in
go doing brake thebitin iia mouth. The
beast frightened set off oa the run,
lending the driver cot of the buggy neat
Brueeele cemetery and oontinniug the
mad pane until brought to a midden etop
by striping the pumpat tbe Centrai
Hotel in Emote. The hemmer) and
buggy buffered eomewbat but the been
got off without much damage. It might
Wily have been worse.
800000 DnttImn,—Leet Friday Wm,
Smith, it well known aid highly esteem•
ed termer teeidett of the 16th Co,,ndied
at hie home in Toronto. Re teaks stroke
at 11 a, m. and passed away at 180 lo
the attetuoon, Mr. Smith was in hie
71st year, In addition to hie wife de•
coasod id ettretvod by 4 eons and -6 dattgh.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904
W.H.KERER, Propl
tele, John and Mies Lottie being reel•
dente of Grey township, The aubjeot of
tbie notice removed from here to Torun.
to roar years ago. Re Dame to Grey in
1862 after a abort eojourn iu Totter.
smith. Ilia former home was at Brion),
ton. He was a member at the Moho-
diet aharoh and was an upright, honer -
able man, The funeral took pleoe on
Monday to Humbervale cemetery.
Byropothy and regrets were expressed
over the Budden demise by old neighbors
and friends in this !acidity.
Gaudio AWAY IN Yoo,H,—On Friday
July 16th death entered the home of Jae,
A. Frayne, oarrying away their daogh•
ter, Florence, a bright little girl of 12
years, A oomplioetiou of ailments
brought about the fatal reeutt. Nada
received by being ran over by a btayo'e
on June 17th may have bad somotbiug to
do with It. She was a patient sufferer
for nearly a mouth, medical skill being
powerless to ward off the grim moon.
ger. The funeral took plane at 10.60 on
Sunday morning, and was largely attend
ed by eympatbeiiu friends, The floral
telbutee were very beautiful, the League
and Sunday School Rending a handsome
wreath. Ono of the prettiest and yet
the suet teething thing uobioed on snob
an ocoaeion was the =robing np of the
members of her Sunday School class,
seven little giris dressed in white, each of
whom dropped fiowere on the coffin and
then eat down an a seat user at band.
Mush sympathy ie expressed for the
bereaved parents who feel their lose
keenly. lbfr, Prayne was a format
reeide00 of this fo0aliby, being a brother
to Councillor Frayne, and Me demise of
their daughter will be regretted.
Niter rtw.
Jno. Manning ie home from bio trip to
the West,
Master Harold Hall, of Toronto, ie
visiting hie grandparents, James and
Mao. Hall, 6th line,
Mrs, Will Lowry, of London, in visiting
relatives in Morris attd tooaiity. She
may return to the Forest oily this week.
Mrs. Robt, Bloomfield has sold her
farm Lot 10, Con. 2, Morris, to I, Ferrand
of the same township, the price being
08,000.
Onne.—Once more, the home of James
H, Brandon hes been 'needed with
sorrow. Itis only a few weeks ago that
a thirteen year old eon was borne to the
tomb. At that time 'Mr. Brandon him,
self wan in failing health and gradually
grew weaker until Thursday, July 210,
when death closed the earthly wane.
Deneaeed was among the early settlers of
.Morrie toweehip, and had seconded in
making for himself a comfortable home
where one stood the unbroken forest.
There were five brothers two of whom
have now passed the bounds of time ;
three are Left—T. 5, Brandon, Treasurer
of the township, J. A. Brandon, of East
Wawttnoeh, and Rev. W. J Brandon, of
Allentord. Deoaaeed was twine married.
In the first family there were two eons
and three daughters—two of theee, Mre.
Lind and Mts. Allison, removed last
Spring to the Northwest where the two
sons also reside. The eeoond family be
still at home. Deceased wee a member
of the Methodist oharoh and when visit•
ed by the Roe. Gundy and Bnrwasb,
expressed himself as ready for the
(change aweeting.him, and when the end
Deme it wee peace. He will be remem-
bered in the vicinity as a kind, obliging
neighbor. The funeral took plaoe on
Saturday, Rev. Dr. Gundy concluding
the service. A quartette of the Metbo.
diet choir, Minim livid and Homutb,
Messrs, Morton and Greer, conducted the
einging. Deceased was 60 pewee of 'age.
The berate family have many eympathie-
ere in the hour of their grief,
Juane mato we .
Mrs, L. Brown is Improving nioely we
are pleated to hear.
Mrs. Jno. R. Miller in away vieitiag
with friends and retatioos at Toronto.
Obae, Harris had a oow kilted on the
Srtd line of Morris by lightning last
Wednesday.
We are sorry to hear thab Dire, Geo.
Balmier ban been under the doctor's
care but we hope she may Boon be con.
valeeoent.
Bare. John Wileon, of Essex Oo,, and
ber danghtere, Mimeo Mary and ,leabe!,
are visiting frieude in this part. They
will return to their home next week, ae
Mies Wileon teaches in Woodalee, Ont.,
SucausatuL.—The anniversary of
Victoria Hall was celebrated on Wed nee.
day evening and resulted an did he pre.
deoeeeore in a moat eaocessful ieaue.
Considerable pains bad been taken in
fitting up the groaide with mottoes each
ae "We'oome," "Clod gave the King," Ste
end the praotioai welcome exceeded the
shape of well spread tables and bannete in
the attentive waltere who saw that the beet
the lend meld afford wee at the disposal
of the large crowd. After supper the
opening of the Hall doors was eagerly
awaited as it was a foregone conclusion
that seating it00omniodatioti would be at
a premium, The oharge of the famous
Light Brigade paled before the.onslaugbt
made on the door keepers, There ie a
gong entitled "The gate ajar for me" bat
Wednesday evening a Sermon's etreugth
wae almost a enmity union yon were.
willing, lilte Hnropatkln, to tenant and
talk about what you intended to do. By
and bye, however, all who could be seated
were, those who had standing room stood
and the balance took in the situation at
the windows. On the North aide of the
Hall a platform had been built oateide so
that the lest fortunate eonld get et near
as poseible to enjoy the good tillage pro.
vided. The program wag an Quotient
one and was attentively iietened to and
very heartily appinnded, eu aro being
unmerbus. 11 was as follows ;—Piano
into, "The Glbeon girl," Mien Ina
Bryant ; hnmaroaa song, "Sight seeing
in the city," Jas, Fax, Toronto ; idale
quartette, Tennyeon'e "Crowing the
Bar" by Mesere. Strachan ; inetrumental
trio by Nleoern, Reptile and MoVety and
Mies Bremen); tong, "Mr. Pee•'tvet," Jae,
Vex ; duet, "Scott who' hap," Mint Tay
lot and Mr. Gibson, of Wroxeter; piano
gold, "Arloquin et Columbine," Mies Mar.
nary Stteoltan l solo, "Sea -tide," Miee
Joaeie Stranhan ; song, Jae. Fax ;
inetrtmental, Meseta. Bryane and ldnVet
and Mina Bryan; eolo, "Rory 0' Mere,"
'
Mies Maggie Taylor ; song, James Fax f
sglo, "March of the Cameron men," Mr,
Gibson ; National Anthem, In print the
above muoioal bill of tare doee not Dover
meth space but with the (Moertn' re.
opon0ee to well merited emotes the hours
aped by quickly before God gave the $lug
wee lustily and patriotically Bung by the
large audition. The Iooab talent per-
formed their parte admirably while Air.
Fax was ae funny as ever and appeared
as many we three timee to encores to
some of the swage. Many a hearty laugh
was indulged in Wednesday evening even
by very Bober looking people. W. H.
Kerr, of Tile POST, woe abaixman, Be-
fore the oonotueion a hearty vote of
thanks was proposed to all who aided in
the annlvereary, by W. E. Bryant) and
B. Snell. The floanofal proceeds amount.
ed to abont $100 and a nest balance will
be parried to the treasury when the
necessary expenses are paid. If you ever
want a good time go to Jamestown. J.
H. Kerney, of Braasele, was in oharge of
a refreshment booth that did quite a
bneineee.
GALICIA'S COIL KING.
THE WONDERFUL CAREER OF A
CANADIAN ter AUSTRIA.
Ile Pounded a Town and Ilio Business
Ile Developed Beeps 11 in It Flour.
lahing Cendttloe—Siteieli or lite Llfe.
The following sketob will he read by
people of thio locality with considerable
interest se Itir, MaoGarvey was a former
well known resident. He had to do with
the sinking of the first test salt well in
Benaeele and operated a dray bueioees
prior to the incoming of the railway :—
One of the moat emitting fignree in
Atlatrian industrial life is a Canadian.
Of this same CanadianW. H. Mao.
Garvey, it can also be said that he is the
most successful oil man in the Galician
Province) of the Austrian Empire ; be ie,
in fent, often oiled the oil king of
Galiois, end there is certainly no other
(claimant for the honor. Physically, he
ie a giant possessed ot tfreieee energy,
and his reputation as a large•hearted and
generous master is great, both amoeget
the ()urine inhabitants of the oil field
e
and amongst the merohante at Vienna.
The story of hie nano is quaintly num-
marieed in the following illuminated ad-
dress whioh has just been presented to
him in Vienna on his sixtieth birthday.
Sir.—Sixty years have passed since yon
fireloaw the tight of this world at Hunt-
ington, Canada. Blessed by the Lord
with health, the gift of a strong spirit,
and the virtues of a deeply Peeling heart,
you need these gifts of Heaven for the
welfare of your native country, Canada,
until a good fate guided you norms the
000411 to our country, wbiob yon °hose
for your new home,
When you entered Galician lands
nineteen years ago a new period began
for the home oil industry. To par ex•
pertenoe, your energy and your inbelleotnat
powers, whioh brought the Canadian
drilling methods to Galicia, and adapted
them to the tectonic =editions of this
country, also to your ingenloaeneee, oar
induetry, owes the prosperity wbiob it
bas gained.
The enterprise founded end guided by
you proved to be a full emcees, and kept
a leading position in the oil branch, Yon
have never ceased to oars for the whole
oil industry. You beoame the friend and
protector of the email, even the smallest,
oil producers and refiners ; you were the
adviser and promoter ot the good of every
single workman, and you become the
benefactor of one country, Galicia,
Oar hearts ere thankful in remem-
brance of the hour of your birth, of your
expioite, of your restless energy, of your
care of the welfare of our iuduatry, and
thousands, whose tears you have dried,
and whose welfare - in life you have se.
Dared, join in the desire :
May Heaven grant you henceforth and
for many years to owns to remain oar
W. H. MaoGarvey.
A deputatiou of ten of the leading men
ooneoted with the oil bneineee in Galioia
ravened to Vienna for the pnrpose of
ereonally conveying the birthday oon•
ratnlationsof hie numerous friends. To
bene congratulations -and they were
xpreated in most fel-ketone language at
he informal gathering in Vienna—they
dded several tangible tokens of their
rest affootian end esteem for the honor.
cl veteran of the oil indnetry ; these
eluded a, beau' dully designed album in
cabinet with the eddreee of whioh the
hove la a copy, Ineide the elbow ere
aintinge of the Mariampole refinery, the
ret dwellieg and Mao of the firm of
eetro, Bergbeim & MaoGarvey, and
Mr first flowing well in Galioia. The
ft is abeoluteiy unique in oo0neotion
ith the commercial side of the world's
I bueinees, while an a work of art it ie
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01010 t0A0 AND IIIA T0w0• .1
In the petroleum world the writer baa
only Oome sorose One town whioh owes
itsexietenoe to, and le supported by, a
single petroleum company, That town
le Mariampole,. whioh depeude for ice
exietenee oo the Gnlizieebe Kerpathen
Petroleum Aetiengeeellohatt, Mr. Mao-
Garvey's company. The nearest plane is
Garlioe, a poor little market town, which
liee two miles away (the terminus of the
small railway whioh passes through
Mariampols) at the foot of one of those
bhiekly•wooded bide whilst' ate a tealnre
ot the pioteees ne landaoape 00 Galicia.
Mr. MaoGarvey gave Mariampole fie
name, just as he gave it the railway
dation, the poetoffioe, the refinery and
the machine ahope, Not far from the
refinery gates are the large and well.
appointed 0flloos of the eompany—the
principal building's in the town—while on
the fiat egrbouitueal land half a m11e away
is the company's model dairy term. It
f0 9oareely credible that each an import.
ant iudnetry no than width exists in
Mariampote should Sonrleh in laugh a
remote spot. et'hie ie duly a 0ma11 pant
of Mr. frlaoGarvey's hueineee i isle
numerous oil tieido, refineries and work.
shops are scattered all over Austria, and
be de at the preeont time engaged to ex
ploration work in virgin regions wbiah
should osmate a eenettinn when discover•
les are -made by hie loyal Canadian
managers, come of whom bays been in
his aervioe for nearly a snore of years.
1100000 tooppe or 100 teems,
Mr, MaoGarvey, the eon of Edward
MaoGarvey, was born in Hnntlugtou,
Canada, on November 27th, 1848, The
MaoGarvey levelly at one time lived M the
North of Ireland. In 1867 they moved
to Wyoming, Ontario,' where Mr. Mao,
Garvey started hie baednees career, In
1866 he removed to Petrolea where he
wee elected Mayor in 1878. Iu 1870 be
anted ee Warden for the county of Lomb -
ton and was a oaudidate ton Legislative
honors. Although be was beaten by his
opponent, T. B. Pardee, the eteotion nes
eplted in a considerable gain of votes for
the Conservative party. A thorough
Ooaeervatiye, Mr. MaoGarvey has always
been ready to fight for hie convictions.
Efe bas never failed to ebow bimeell a
00neeientioos and generous opponent,
and throughout hie politioal career be
bae never made use of any questionable
means to snore an advantage even in the
beat of a polftioal fight. The love of fair
play displayed in politics hoe been a con•
spinoons feature in his many industrial
struggles in Austria ; Fairplay is part of
hie butineeo oneed.
mom Fon OIL IN IDa000,
In 1881, appoiabed Manager of the
Continental Oil Oompany, Limited, he
started to drill for oil in Hanover. In
the management of tbie concern he be-
came aseoodated with J. S. Bergheim, hie
grout friend and enbaequent partner in
the Galioian eoterpriee, Unfortunately
the results obtained in Hanover did not
coma rip to the expeatatione, and on the
suspension of the work Moen. MacGar•
vey and Bergheim preceded together to
Roumania and Galloia with the objeot of
studying the petroleum bneineee of the
two countries, Io 1888 they founded the
oonaern of Dlessrs. Bergheim and Mae.
Garvey in Galaoia. Although started
with a small capital, the bneineee rapidly
developed, and in 1887 they were in a
position to proceed with the erection of
the Mariampole refinery. The laminae')
comprising a number ot doh oil fielde
and the refinery wee afterwards acquired
by the Galizieohe Karpetben 'Petroleum
Aatiengeseltsohatt. The (company stead.
sly extended the sphere of its influence,
and ie now considered one of the beet
organized and reliable petroleum
baeinesees in the world ; its fame ex.
tende beyond the borders of the dual
monarchy.
SHE DAMMAM DRILL080 000TE00.
The Canadian system of drilling woe
uokoown in Helices, and even in the
other oil fields of Europe, until Mr.
MaoGarvey introdnoed it about twenty
years ago. Having a man of Mr.
MaoGarvey's stamp ae its exponent, it
did not fail to take firm root, end still
oontinaee to be the ouief system employ.
ed. Besides the Canadian methods
of working he also introduced Canadian
and American business methods, and hie
euterprieee have been the traioing•grotind
of many able business men engaged in
the petroleum indnetry in all parte of the
world,
Mr. MaoGarvey often visite London •
come day, I ale able to say, he hopes to
arose to Canada, in whose oil fields be
still takes the deepest interest.
WAR IN THE BAST.
A despatch from Genera! Karoki gives
details of Imo distinct engagements, 00
curring eimultaneonely, during the whole
day of July 81. and part of August 1, for
the poseeaeton of important positions
some twenty.flve miles Haat of Liaoyeng.
The Japaneee eaooantered desperate
resisbouoe at both pointe, but finally
parried the day. They captured some of
the enemy's field gone, Retold says, and
on tide point, end Mee in regard to ties.
naltiee, he promisee farther detaile. The
poeitione captured are named by tbe
Rueeiane Ikhavaen and the Yangze Pasa,
Knropatkin admits the Japanese "oacap
ation" of these positions, and says the
Russian loges were heavy, It M said
that there is now only one position
capable ot defence between Knraki'e
Eastern force, as it le called, and Liao.
yang, for which place the Japanese Gen.
eral is striking fn the hope of cutting
Kuropabkin'a oommunioatione with the
North. There de no news from either
aide of further fighting nroand Haiobeng
and Simotoobeng, the Southern end of
General Kuropatkim'a line, where a fierce
019000meu0 took plain on Sunday, al•
though General Kuropatkin says there
are indioatioae of a turning movement
against Raiding. In this, heAdds, three
Japanese divietone are engaged.
$n nnoeloial deepnboh from Tokio
reports that after three days' fighting the
Japauese have captured Shantaikow, one
of the important defenooe of Pork Arthur.
This ie` thought to be identioel with
Sbwangtailt'ow, a position of greet natural
strength ten miles North of the actnal
fortreoe of Port Arthur, and on the rail-
way line to Kinohow. Thie report indi-
suttee that the Japanese are not 0o near to
the fortress as recent stories alleged, and
that General Stoma, the commandant,
undeterred by hie defeat at Naneban,
doee not propose to await behind the
walla of the fortress the onset of the Jape,
There ere no (Waite of the fighting in
this quarter.
The Rawles Vladivostok ngdadeon hue
ramified that port in eafety after its eco•
easeful and daring raid off the ooaet of
Japan. The Admiral in command reports
thee; the British Mead knight Command•
er, and e German steamer of 1,000 lone,
which - was aleo oaptared, were mink
Noma) they had not eaffioienb (coal bn
board to take them to Vladivostok. This
report rosy satddy the Ruselan Govern.
most; it le Dot likely, however, to pre.
vent Britain, at least, from pressing het
()emends for oomplebe oaten.
3. S. Robertson, Seorotery Nationat
Saiitaeium Assodiation, Toronto, hes
neared the nam of $400 from the $aladte
Tea Company towarde the Muskoka Free
Hoopibal for Ooosnmptives,
Lord Dundonald sailed for Liverpool
on the Tunisian, after having been enter.
tained at 00 informal luncheon at Que-
bee.
There was a senting aoofdent Tuesday
morning at Shakespeare gold mine, neat
Webbwood, on the Soo branch of the 0.
P. R., Beet of Sault Ste. Marie, The
dead are six in number as foliowe: Mine
Captain MaoMillan, "Soo ;" Mine En
• ;
ginner Peter Reid, Little Current
Miners John Walbere and John Dieby,
Webbwood, Peter Grant, Marketay, and
one unknown. Few parti0ulare are to
hand regarding the aooidenb, but it is
known to have been the remelt of the men
entering the mine shaft too soon after an
explosion. They went down before the
tames diepereed, and were thee suffocated
by gat, The Sbakeepeare is a new prop.
arty, opened up last year, owned by Soo
and American oapitaliets, and the richest
gold propene, in New Ontario.
THE PROVINCIAL FRUIT, FLOWER
AND HONEY SHOW.
Great arraegernenbs are being made for
the Provincial Fruit, Flower and Honey
elbow ib is proposed to hold in Toronto
daring the eeoond week in November,
It will be the biggest show of the kind
ever held in Canada.
The varione Association interested
inalnele the Ontario Fruit Growers' Ae•
O 00iatioo, the Ontario Bee Keepers' Ac.
e tiolation, the Toronto Horticultural
Society, the Toronto Gardeners' end
Florists' Association and the Toronto
Electoral District 800iety,
The two big rinks on Ohor(ch street
have already been secured for the parpoee
of tbie exhibition. The fruit and hooey
exbibibe will be shown in one rink, while
the flowers will be on view in the emend.
A display of machinery and implements
used in the cultivation of fruit and flowers
will be made in an open piece of land
between the two rlske.
The prizes offered for the floral section
alone amount to over $1200. The prize
list ie already in circulation. The Fruit
Growers will expend over $1000 in their
part of the show. Money has been
reserved to provide for the collection of
representative exhibits of fruit from all
the Counties in the Province. The fruit
wi.l be kept in oold storage.
A series of big meetings will be held at
the time of the show. The Fruit Gem-
ent' Aseooiatior will hold ice Annual
Ooovention ae will sled the Bee Keepers'
Association, There will aleo be a Meet-
ing of delegates from aft the Horticultural
Soofebiee in the Province, as a result of
whioh it is expeoted that a Provinoial
Hortioulturel Association will be formed.
Cheap ratan have been seonred over all
the railroads.
It is expeoted to make this Show rival
in its way, the Provincial Winter Fair,
held at Guelph. The management ot this
show will be largely in the hands of H.
B. Cowan, of Toronto, Provincial Super.
intendant of Agrioaltnral Sooiotiee, to
whom any requests for information may
be sent,
Summer School
and E. L. Convention.
Commenoing with next Monday even•
ing'e eervioe the Summer Sobool, nudes
the direction of the Wingbam Die/riot
Epworth League, will open its sessions in
the Lakeside Park in the town of Ilio.
oardine and will oonbiune daring the
week aonoluding with a roneing rally on
Sabbath, 14th inst. An able staff of
outside evokers hoe bean secured in -
eluding such well known gentlemen as
Rev. Dr. Henderson, Associate Mission-
ary Secretary, of Toronto ; Rev. Dr.
Jaokoon, ot British Columbia ; Rev. R.
W. Woodworth, of the Manitoba Con-
ference; and Rev, Dr, Stepheoean, the
enthusiastic and praotioal exponent of
the Forward Mistionary Movement.
The nabjeote dealt with will be largely
along Bible study and Missionary lines
and by address, ilinetration, dieoueeion
and song will elucidate these all-impor-
tant eobjeote in the ohoroh work of to
day. Ohina. Japan and the Indian fielde
will be dealt with very fully. There will
be forenoon and evening sessions, the
atternoone being devoted to pleasure acid
reoreation.
Friday the Annual District League
Convention will be held and the rapier
bneineee of this organization gone through.
The Exeootive has arranged an interest•
ing program, In the evening of that day
there will be a Sacred Concert iu which
the beet mnainal talent prooarabte in the
Diolriat will take part. APatriotio Ad-
deo') will also be given by R. D. Cam.
eron, of Looknow, who is en able and
plenaing speaker.
On Sabbath Rev. Dr. Henderson will
preach morning and evening in the Meth-
odist chetah and a Sabbath school mase
meeting in the afternoon will be address.
ed by President Beaton and Rev. 3, E.
Hunter.
Arrangements have beep made with
the railways for eedaoed tare ae totlowo
—Persons attending will purohae° a
tingle dot olase one.way ticket to Kin-
cardine and be mire to ask the agent at
the darting point for a standard oerlili•
oats. If there are 50 delegates or up•
ward, attending the Sumner School who
have thane oertifloates the retutn trip will
be made 9 o? the Bingle fare, but it under
50, rade will be 9 the regular single tioltet,
The enticing of the certificate is a prime
ne0000ity.
Oopiee of the program may be enured
how K. 3. Beaton, Whiteohurob, or W.
H. Kerr, Brunie.
38 weather ie web or too 1001 for ant.
door gervioes arrangements are made for
conducting them indoors.
In the regular genies of Praise the
Canadian Hymnal will he need and
where available peewee are asked to
bring thio book along with them,
Every Iipworbh League ie earnestly
Urged to Bend an many reprosentetives as
poeaible and (08 as many deys of the
school as will be OOnveaiont ae this le the
rat near by opportunity of attending
to gathering Of thio ohnradter and its
eontiinanoe for another year will largely
pthose
anneiosm of til' es moat
indetimendatelyon eheonneathrd with ohurnh work
in the lootlity sought to be remind.
( 11t'lit'i 1 difAli:ti.
Summer School next week at Kinear.
dfpe,Aug,8tc1.1.
R'v, Mr, littahie dt,agonreod last
Sabbath moraiug in Melville gtturob oo
"Temptation."
Next Sabbath Rev, J. E. Hunter will
Denney the pulpit of the Methodist
oberoh, Bruesee. The pastor will be at
Durham.
Canadian Methodists will ba intereet, d
to learn that et Briti.•h Consul lute been
located at Ohenta, China, lettere 0o many
Canadian missionaries are at work.
Last Sunday evening ,Mr. Powell
preached a special discourse to young •
ladies in St, John'e (March. Mies Violet
Cooper one the line solo "Foon to Fan,
Mouthy Missionary day in the Metho• '
diet Sabbath School next Sandey after.
neon. A paper will be given on Nita-
moat and Rev. 11?r. Banter will addrene'
the pupils,
Rev. F. B. Never, one of the moat
prominent of the Nonoontcrmnet preach•
ere in England, is to make a three
months' praaohing tour through the
United States, ander the direction of the
Northfield Methadone.
In Edinburgh a aeries of Gospel
lantern serviette has been iu programa for
the past nine menthe, They have
attraoted a great deal of attention from -
non charah•goere, and will probably be
made a permanent irratitution.
Word has been received from Pomona,
California, of the death of Mrs, Chown,
mother of the Rev. Dr. Chown, in. bee
86th year, The interment will taste plane
in Kingston. Rev. Dr. Chown was Dail- '
ed borne from hie Summer 010a110n by
the announcement,
The receipts for the varinae Presby.
feriae mission funde to the I. nob of July
allow a heavy increase in the
Foreign Miseion Fund, compared with the
same period last year ; but there is 4
noticeable falling cfi in the eontribatione
to the Home Mienlon Feud.
Thirty years ago the Central Metho-
dist oberoh, of Stratford, Ontario, in-
sured the lite of a memhor a0 security
for a mortgage of seven thousand dollars.
He just died, and it ie (nand that in that
period the church paid the sans of twenty.
four thousand dollars in premiums, more
than three times the fete value of the
policy.
The total number of Japanese Christ•
inns in 1902 was 129,10.4, of whom 48,000
were Proteettente, 26,000 Greek Oathotioo
and 55,824 Romeo Catholics, In ad•
dition to these are theeRands of ohitdren
who are not fnoindeti in the reports of
Protectant ohurchen, 00 that the total
number will easily be 200,009 for the
whole empire.
Dr. F. E. Olatk, father of the Christ-
ian Endeavor movement, lute returned
from bis fourth arouud•tho-world tont to
the interests of the 000fety. Be was
absent six months, and attended oonven.
tions°in Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia,
South Attica and in England. The
British national convention held in Lon.
don wee a gigaut-lo gathering and was
attended by delegates from all parts of
he world, There are in Britain now
,415 affiliated Societies, with a member-
ip of 220,000, and it M estimated that
time 12,000 attended the London
meetings,inotuding the London delegates.
The Globe's Ottawa correspondent
aye •—"Modern methods are being
dopted by Rev. G. F. Salton, pastor of
he Dominion Methodist ohoroh. Mr.
altos bas just returned from a trip to
nrope, and has announced a aeries of
unday evening sermons on "Master•
ieoee in Art," beginning next Sunday
ith "Christ in Art." The piotnre oon-
idered will be the Trani -figuration, by
apbael. Atter the servies a reproduce -
ion the painting in ice original (colors
ill be displayed on canvas in the Sun.
ay school room." Rev. Mr. Salton wag
a former pastor of Brunets Methodist
huroh.
The venerable veteran missionary in
he New Hebrides, Rev. John 0, Paton,
. D., has recently reached the allotted
pan of fourscore years. Hie eightieth
irtbday was observed in a editable way
y the Foreign Mission Committee of
e Presbyterian Church of Vtotoris
netratia. In the address which Dr.
atop made on this mutation he spoke of
is life work in the South Sea Islands,
nd alluded in an humble and grateful
ay to the bleeaing of God upon the
bore of himself and other missiontrieo,
nd told of the woneerlai changes which
ad taken plan in these islands dating
o lifetimo,
,Last Sabboth manning the pastor gave
very appropriate discourse in the
ethodiet ohnrah from the text "God
rbid that I should Riney . gave in the
Das, tee." The Commttnion aervioe
flowed, a large number being in anted.
o n, Rev, El. B. Kellineton, M. A.,
elated Rev, Mr. Cuneus, In the even.
g Rea. Mr. Keliingtou preaebed from
Se
John 1 : 12 18. It wee a well piaaned
d fovea:ally sermon and bore
t the record already setabliahed by the
varend gentlemen s0 a good sermonizer.
be quarterly fellowship meetiub was
noted by the pastor at the oo0ole-ion
the preaching aervioe.
Alt the Offioial Board . welting of the
ethodlet ohoroh, held Tuesday evening,
very eabintaotory report of the page
ares work was presented, The pastoris
lary was placed at $825. W. 11. Kerr
s eleoted representative to the District
eating, Rev. J. H. Oliver, the wall
own Listowel divine, was invited to
each the-Hareest Boma monotone on
bbath Oot. 2 and delivers hie popular
tura on the following' evening. It wee
entedo0aly agreed to taiga 0400 this
11 toveduoe the debt 0n tho Parsonage,
Paean.; Committees were appointed
tl the middle of November set as date
payment, The oberoh le iu good
ant and a peesperone year le, confident.
expeoted, Oven 9100 in band to apply
cttnnsb dobtto whioh 11 in expeotod
Other $100 will be added before Jen.
1, Phi0 will put it down to $1400,
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