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The Huron Expositor, 1897-04-16, Page 2*BICYCLES Amp WATCHES rock OLIO 40AP it put Miring the Year 1 89T• Per full particulars see advertisements, or apply to LEVER BROS.; LTD., 23 Sefirr Ste TONIITO BEAL' ESTATE FOR SALE. MIARMS FOR BALE. -,The undersigned has twenty r Choice Farina for Isis in East Huron, the ban- ner -County of the Province ; all sizes, and prices to suit For full information, write or call personally. No trouble to show them. F. & SCOTT, Brussels P. 0. 139141 • 0300 wilt buy 10 acres of land. .11 cleared and rp fenced, orelead, good frame house and stable. It is composed of part of the soutlreast corner of the south half of lot No. 25, concession_ 7, Morris, miles from Brussels. For particulars apply to A. RASLAM, Belgrave, Ontario, or E. O. DUNFORD, Brussels, Ontario. 1529'4 WARM FOR SALE. -100 acres, in the township of X Grey, near Brossele. There hi on it nearly 60 acres of bush. about half blaok ash, the rest hard- wood. A never -failing goring of water rune through the lot. Will be sold at a big bargain. For particu- lars. apply to MRS. JANE WALKER, Box 219, 1470 1G1ARM FOR SALE. -For eak, lot 6, concession 12, _X 'township of Hibbert, containing 100 acres of good land in • good state of cultivation. Well fenced ; good brick_house ; g•ood bank barn and out buildings ; 13 acres of fall wheat, and ploughing all done; 2 good wells and 2 never failing springs ; 85 sores cleared ; 'posse,ssion at any time. For further particulars, apply to PETER MELVILLE, Cromarty C1011FORTABLE ACE FOR SALE -For sale 1„) cheap, the farm CO° undersigned in Harpur hey. There are betw n-88 and 30 acres, all cleared, drained and in & good ate of cultivation, There is good frame house, barn and driving shed. Ms within a miliof Seaforth, and is admirably adapted for a- market gardener or a small dairy farm. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, ISAAC MILLE& MIOR SALE.-Lioensid Hotel property for sale in X the village of Egmondville, these quarters of sir acre of land, good orchard and barn, everything in good repeir. Tha haw has alfrays done a good business. Also for sale or to rent one new brick bowie, with one quarter an sore of land, good stable, every convenience, ill in the village of Egmoadville. For particulars apply to J. DALY, Egmondville P.O. or to T,DALY, Seaforth P. 0. 15224-1. I1ARM FOR SALE, 100 ACRES. -Being lot 18, X concession 7, township of Grey, one mile west of Ethel ; from Brussels. Ninety-five acres cleared ; free of dumps and etones ; well upler- - drained and fenced with straight fences ; goodbrict house and good outbuildings ; 25 sores in fall wheat and 50 sere* seeded down. Will be sold cheap and on easy terms. A. McKELVEY, Brussels. 1527t1 'VARY FOR SALE. -For sale, lot 36, concession X 2. Kinkel', containing 100 acres, 86 cleared and the balance in good hardwood bush. The land is in a good state of cultivation, is well underdrained and well fenced. There is a frame barn and log house on the property, a never -failing swing with windmill, also about 2 so -es of orchard. It is an excellent farm and is within onS mile of Whitechurch station, where there are stores, blacksmith shop and is six miles front Wingham and six from :Luckno churches. There is a school on ths opposite lot. it -with good rinds lesding in all directions. This e - sizable property will be sold on reasionable terms. For further partioulan apply -to JAMES MITCHELL, Varna P. 0. 1495-15044f -DOR SALE OR TO RENT ON EASY TERMS. - X As the ownbr wishes to retire from business on account of ill health, the following valuable property at Winthrop, et wiles north of Seafoith, on leading road to Brussels, will be sold or rented as one farm or in parts to suit purchaser: about 500 acres of splendid farming land, with about 400 under crop, the balance in pesture. There are large barns and all other buildinv necessary for the implements, vehiclet ete. Mb land is wall watered, has good frame and brick dwelling houses, eta. There are grist and saw mills and store which. will be sold or rented on advantageous terms. Also on 17th, con- 43ession, Grey township, 190 acres of land, 40 in paeture, the balance in timber. Possession given after harvest of fann lands ; mills at onoe. For par- ticulars apply to ANDREW GOVENLOOK, Winthrop. Our -direct connections will save you • time and money for all points, Canadian North West Via Toronto or Chidago, Pritish Columbia and California points. Our rates are the lowest. We have them bo snit everybody and PULLMAN TOUR- IST CARS for your accommodation. Call for further information. Station G. T. R. Ticket Office. Train Service at Seaforth. (frank Trunk Railway. Train. leave Seaforth and Clinton stationne follow' : Genie Eon - Wellington, Grey and Bruce Goma Noara-. Passenger. London, Huron Goino Noire - Centralia Brumfield_ _ Winghara arrive COM SOUTLH- Beigrave- Londeeboro Brumfield Landau, (arrive) 10.09.A.m 2.0 9.13 9.44 10.20 11.10 5.80 6 08 6.37 7.02 9.18 6.57 - 0.80 6.07 9.44 6.18 • 9.68 6.83 • 10.15 6.66 11.10 8.00 7.16 4 CO 7.47 4 30 8 06 4 60 8.24 6.04 R 38 6.16 PRAYER FOR RULERS REV. DR. TALMAGE CALLS THE NA• TION TO ITS KNEES. IIe Gliveis Many Reasons Why We Should Pray for; Those In Authority -411s Plea for thie High Tide of National Pros- Washiesgton, April 11. -This discourse of Dr. , Talmage, delivered before a snighty I throng, , goes forth from the capital, ',calling tbe nation to its knees. Before beginning his sermon Ihe Tel - mage *ado au elequent appeal for American aid for the suffering millions of India., Eighty millions are affected by the famine, and unless gener- ously eames to the rescue' millions of lives wfil be sacrificed. His text was TimothY 1, "I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, inter- cessionES and giying of thinks be nude for all men, for kings and. for all that are in authority." That! which London is to England, Paris to France, Berlin to Germany, Rome to ItEily, Vienna to Austria, St. Petersburg to Russia, Washington is te the United States republic. The people 'who live here see more Of the chief men of the nation than arty who live any- where else between Atlantic and Pacific oceans. If a senator, or member of the house a representatives, or supreme court jestice, or secretary of the cabinet, or representative of foreign nation enters a publiOassembly in any other city, his coming and going are remarked upon, and unnsual deference is paid to him. In this caeital there are so many political chieftains in our eheurches, our streets, our halls, that their coming and going make to excitement. The Swiss seldom • look lie to the Matterhorn or Jangfrau or Mont Blanc, because these . people are use to the Alps. So we at this capital. are so accustomed' to Walk among moun- tains .4 officials and. political eminence ahat they are not to us a great novelty. 4Morni4g, noon and night we meet the giantsi But there is no plae,e on earth where the importance of the Pauline injunction to prayer for those in eminent place gght to be better appreciated. At this t e, when our public men have be- fore them the rescue of our national twee- sury from appalling deficits, and the Cubatn question, and the arbitration questien, and in many departments men are taning important positions which are to there new and untried, I would like to quote mfetext with a whole tonnage of- emphasis - words written by the scarred missionary to the young theolo- gian Timothy, "I exhitrt, therefore, that, first 44 all, supplications prayers, inter-* cessions and giving of thanks be 'made for alli men, for kings and for ail that are in iauthority." Reasons for Prayer. If I leave t.be time and do not forget some df theraa before I get through I will give you four or five reasons why the people4of the United States ought' to make earnest and continuous prayer. for those in emiitent place. First, because that will put us in, proper, attitude toward the successful men of the nation. After you have prayed. for a pan you will do him justice. There is a bad streak in human nature that demands 1113 to assail those that are more successful than ourselves. It shows itself ies boyhood when the lads, all run- ning te get their ride on the back of a carriasge, and one gets on those failing to get bn shout to the driver, "Cut be- - hind rf Unsuccessful men seldom like those Who in any' department are success- ful. Tile cry is, 'He is a political acci- dent!" or "He bought his way up!" or "It juea happened so!" and .there is an impatient waiting for him to come down more rapidly than he went up. The best -cure foe such cynicism is , prayer. After we have risen from our knees we will be wisbing the officialz good instead of evil. Ne will be hoping for him benedic- • tion rather than malediction. If he makes es mistake, we will call it a mise take lestead of/malfeasance in office. And, oh, how Much bappier ise will be, for wishing ono evil is diabolic, but wish- ing one good is saintly, Is angelic„ls god- like! When the Lord drops a man into depths beyond which there is no loWer depth, he allows him to be put on an investigating committee with the one hope of finding something wrong. In general assemblies of the Presbyterian church in conferences of the Methodist church';, in conventions of the Episcopal church,, house of representatives and in senate of United States there are men always $lad to be appointed on the com- mittee of malodors, while there are those enlio are glad to be put on'the dem- rnittee en eulogiums After you have prayed,; in the words of my text, for all that are in authority, you will say, "Bretheen, gentlemen, Mr. Chairman, excuse me from serving on the commit- tee of Malodors, for last night, just before I prayed for those in eminent position I read that chapter in Corinthians abo;ut charity which 'hopeth all things' and. 'thinketh no evil.' " The committee of malodors is an important committee, but I here ;low declare that those are incom- petent for its work who have, not ire spirit of conventionality, but in spirit of earnest ithportunity, prayed for those in high position. I cannot help it, but de like a St. Bernard better than a blood= hound, and I would rather be a bum- ming bird among honeywnekle than a crow swooping upon field carcasses. Perplexities of Public Life. Another reason why we should pray for , those be eminent place is because they have suCh multiplied perplexities. Thai city at this time holds hundreds of men who are expectant of preferment, and United States mail bags, as never before, are full of applications. Let me say I have no sympathy with either the uttered or printed sneer at what are called "oftice seekers.'? If I had not already received appointment as minister plenipotentiary from the high conrt of heaven -and I had at ray back a family for whom wished tO achieve a livelihood, there is no empleyer whose service I would sooner seek thap. city, state or United States government. Those governments are the promptest in their payments, paying just as Well in hard times as in good times and during summer -vacation as during winter work. Besides that, many of us have been paying taxes to city and state and nation for years, and w -bile we are indebted for the protection of govern- ment, the government 4s indebted to us for the honest Seaport we have rendened it. So I ;wish success to all rnest and competeet men who appeal o city or state or nation for a place to work. But how many men in high place m city and state and ;nation are at their wits' end to know.what to do, when for some places there are 'ten applicants and for others a hundred! Perplexities arise from the fact that citizens sign petitions without refer- ence to the qualifications of the applicant for the places applied for. You sign the application because the applicant is your friend. People sometimes want that for which thet have no qualification, its we btar peoWe dug "I wapt to be an THE HURON )SITOR ter• ial possible for angethoott-bOars waits ing tobe tient to foreign palaces se -ent- bamadors, and men without arty business qualification wanting to be consuls to foreign ports, and illiterates capable in one letter of wreoking all 'the laws of orthography and eyntax, desiring to be put into positions where most of the work is done by correspondence. If divine help is needed in any place in the world, it is in those places where patron- . age is distributed. In years gone.by aw- ful mistakes have been made. Only God, who znade the world Out of chow, could, out of the aeowded pigeon -holes of publio men, develop symmetrical results. For this reason pray Almighty God for all those in authority. God to the Rescue. . 'iliere are the vaster perplexities of our relations , with foreign gov-ern- ments. For directions in such affairs the God of nations ehould be implored. The demand of the people is sometimes eso heatedi so unwise, that 'it must not be beededi Hark to the boom of that gun which, sends; from the American steamer San Jacinto a shot acrons the bow of the British merChant steamer- Trent, Nov. 3, 1861. , Two distingeished southerners, with their secretarial and families, are on the} way to England and France to officially enlist ' them for the southern Confederacy. After much protest the commissioners, who had embarked for England and Franee, surrendered and were taken to Fort Warren, near Boston. The. capture Was a plain invasion of the laws ea nations and antagonistic to a principle for the establishment of which the 'United States government had fought ia other days. However, so great was the excitement that the secretary of the Uni- ted States navy ,wrote 0 an applauditory letter to Captain Wilkes, comnsa,nder of the Sen Jacinto, for his "prompt and de- cisive action," and the house of represent- ativee passed a resolution of thenks for "brave, adroit and eatriotic conduct," and the millions of the north went wild with enthusiasm, and all the newspapers and. churches joined in the huzza. Eng- land and France p otested, the former demanding that un ese the distinguished prisoners should be surrendered and apology made for iesult to the British flag within ten days Lord Lyons' must return to London, taking all the archives of the British -legation. War with Eng- land and France seemed inevitable, mid war with England land France at that time would have neade a restored. Amer- ican nation impossible for a, long while, if not forever. Then God ; came to the rescue and helped the president and his- seoiretary of state. I Against the almost enanimous sentiment of thelpeople of the noith the distinguished I Confederates were surrendered, the law of nations was lifted tee strike the baps the worst dis avoided. There came another crisis within the last two yeara when millions of people demanded that ' American war vessels sail int!) Turaish waters and stop the atrocities against the Armenians. The people at large have no idea of the isree- mire broeght upon our government to do this reslathing. Missionaries and othee prominent Americans in and around Con- stantinople assembled at the office of the, American legation! and demanded that our minister plenipotentiary cable to Washington for 'United States ships of war, and they suggested the words of the cablegram. Had our ships gone into those waters the guns of foreign nations, everlastingly jealous of us, would have been turned against- our shipping, and. our navy, within a few years become re- spectable in backward in' do want cou lion's paw was not eagle's beak, and aer- ster of centuries was owe1, would have crawled disgrace. The proposition to d. not be done was mercifully 310t. Winer it, but itiod miner gets a genutne letter that he does not make reply. Every gonuine- prayer is a child's letter -to his heavenly Father, and he Will &IMO it, and though. you may get many letters frOm pout before you respond, eome day you say: "There! I have received ten letters froM my daugh- ter,'and I wilt answer them all now and at once, and, though nbt in just the way that she holies for, I- will do lit in the best way, and though the asked me for a sheet of music, I willtiot give it to her; for I do not like the music opokent of, lent I will send her a deed to a house and lot, to be hers forever." So God does not ' in all cases answer in the way those who sent. the prayer hoped for, but he in all cases gives what is asked for or some- thing better. So prayers went up from the north and the south. at the time of our civil war,and they Were all answered at Gettysburg. You cannot make me be- lieve that God answered oily the northern prayers, for there were just as devout prayer's answered south of Mason and ixon's line as north of it, and God gave what was asked for, or - something as much more Valuable as a hedge and lot are worth more than atiheet of music. There is not a good -and intelli- gent man between' the giu of Mexico and the St. Lawrence river who does not believe that Wel did the best 'thing psis - Bible when he stood this nation down in 1865 a glorious unity, never to be rent until the waters of the Ohio and the Savannah, the Hudson and the Alabama, are licked. up by the long, red. tongues of a world on fire. Yea! Goa. sometimes se- wers prayers on a large scale. In Worse predicament nation never was than the Israelitish nation on the banks of the Red sea, the rattling shields and the clattering hoofs of an overwhelm- ing host close after them. An army could just as easily wade thrdugh the Atlantic ocean, from New Yoak to Liverpool, as the Israelites could have waded through the Red sea. Yee need to sail on its waters to realize how big it is. ,difow was the crossing effected!? By prayer. Exodus aka 15: "And tbe Lord said unto Moses Wherefore criest thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward" -that 'is, "Stop praying and take the answer." And then theewaters began to be agitated and swung this way and that way, and the ripple became A billow, and the billow climbed other billows, and now they rise into walls of sapphire, , and invisible trowels mason them into fIrmnese, and the walls become like mountains, ,tcipped and turreted and domed with cragEL of crystal and clod throws an invisible chain around the feet of those mountains, so that they are obliged to stand etill, and. there, light before the Ismelitish army, is a turnpike, road with all the emerald gates swung wide open. The passing host did not even get their feet wet. They passed dry shod, the bottom of the ,sea as hard as the pavement of Pennsylvania avenue, or New York's Broadway, or London's Strand. Oh, what's', God they bad! Or I think I will change that eind say, "What a God we have!" What power puts its hands upon astronomy in deshua's time and made the sun and radon stand still? Joshua x, 12, "Then spake Joshua unto the Lord." , Prayer! As a giant will take two or four great globes .and in an astounding way swing them this way or that, or hold two of them at arm's length, seethe Om- nipotent does as he will with the great orbs of worlds, with wheeling constella- tions and circling galaxies, singing easily star around star, star tossed after star, or sun and moon held . oul; at arm's length, and perfectly still, as in answer to Joshua's prayer. To God the largest -world is a pebble. The Right Thing. There will not be a year between now and the next 20 years when those who are in authority Will not need the guid- ance of the God of nations. God only can tell the right time for nations to do the right thing. To de die right thing at the wrong time is as bad as to. do the wrong thing at any time, Cuba will one day be free, but it will be after she has shown herself capable of free -government, To acknowledge Cuban independence now would be to acknewledge. what does not exist. The time May come when the Hawaiian islands may be a part of our government. But it will be when they have decidedly expressed the desire for annexation. '11'11,11 national affairs there is a clock. The hands of that clock are not always seen by human eyes. But God sees them, not only the hour hand, but the minete hand, iand when the hands announce that the right hour has come the clock will strike, and we ought to be in listening attitude. "The Lord' reign- eth. Let the earth rejoice; let the multi- tude of the isles be glad thereof." You see there are always in places of authority unbalanced rnen who went war,• becauee they do net realize what war is, oe they are designing men, who went war for the same reason that wreckers like hurricanes and foundeeing ships, be- cause of what may float ashore from the mans. You see that men who start wars never themselves get hurt. They nea,ke the speeches aed others make the self- sacrifiees. _Notice, that all those who in- stigated our civil evar never as a conse- quence, got so much as a splinter under the thumb nail, and they all died peace- fully in their beda. I had two friends -- as thorough friends as old men can be to a young man -Wendell Phillipe and Rob- ert Toombs. They', were not among those who expected aeything advantegeons from the staife, but took their positions consiedentiously. They both had as much to do with the starting of the war be- tween the north and the south as any other two men. A million brave northern and southern dead were put in the grave trenches, but tile two illuatrious and honeit Teen t have mentioned were in good health long after the ending of things at Appomattox, and if those *ho advocated measures recently that would have brought on war between our coun- try and Spain or England or Turkey had been suceessful in bringing on the whole- sale murder they themselves would now have been above around, as I hope they will be, to celebrate the -birth of the. twentieth century. If God had not inter- fered, we would have had three wars within the last two years--swar ..with Rngland, war with Spain, and war With Turkey, this last joined by other nations transatlantic. Te preserve the peaceful equipoise which !such men are disturbing, we need a divine' balancing, for. wbich all good men on festh sides the see ought to be every day praying. A. 111Ighty Service. Again, prayer to God. for those in au- thority is our onlY way of 'beina of any practical service to them, for the most part, an lei:pertinence. They have all the facts as we cannot have them, and and we can be of no help to them except through the supelication that our text advises. -In that!way we may be infinite re -enforcement. The mightiest thine you can do for a man is to pray for hi.1;1. If the old Bible be true, and if it is not true it has been .0ie only -imposition that ever blessed the World, turning baraar- ism into civilization. and tyrannies into -republics-I sair if the old Bible be true, Ood apewers fleeter. You may get a let- • Righteous Selfishness. Another reason whywe should obey the 'Pauline injunction of the teat and pray for all that dee in authority is that .so very. much of ' our own prosperity and happiness are involved in their doings. ° A.selfish reason, you say: Yes but a righteous selfishness, like that' whiele leads you to, take care of your own health and preserve your own life. Pros- perous government meaes a prosperous people. Damaged •government. means 'a damaged people. We ell go ep together or we all go down together. -When • we pray for our rulers, we pray forourselvee, • for our homes' for the easier gaining of ;' a livelihood, -or better prospects for our children, for he hurling - of these . hard times so far down the embankment they can never climb up again. Do not look at -anything that pertains to, public inter- est as having -no relation to yoneself. We are -touched hy. all the events in our national histoiy, by the signing -of the by the sniall hip, the Half Moon sailing compact in tie cabin of the Mayflower,. up the Hudson. by the treaty of 'William Penn. by the hand that 'made the "Lib- erty bell" sound its first stroke, by Old Ironsides ploWing the high seas. And if touched by all the events of. past Amer- ica certainly by all the e events of the present day. Every prayer you make for Our rulers, if the prayer . be of the right sta.mp and worth anything; has a rebound of benediction for your oWn body, mind • Another reason for tibedienoe to my text is that the prosperity .of this coule. try is coming;, and we want a hand in helping on its, coming. At any rate / do. It is a matterof honest satisfaction to a. soldier, after some great battle has been fought and soMe greatvietery won, to be able to say: "Yes, I *rani thetei I was in the brigade that atormed thcee heights. I was in that - bayonet charge- that put the enemy, into flight!" Well:, . the day will come when all the financtsltpolitical and moral foeti of this republic will be drivee back and driven down by the prosperities that are now "on their way, but which conie with snow tread and in "fatigue dress" when we want them to take "the double qiiick." 'By our prayers We may stand 'on the snotentain top and beckon them oh, and show. them a shorter cut. Yea in answer to our prayers the Loid God 61 Heats may _front the high heavens ecommand them forward swifter than mounted troops ever took the field In 1872 .Holland was astailed. Her peo- ple prayed mightily. The ships of her 'enemies waited or the high tides on which to come t int- In answer tie the prayers offered the- tidee as never before, was detained 12' hours, and before that 12 hours had passed a hurricane swooped upon the enemies' ships and destroyed them, and Holland was thaved. If_ God detained the high tide in answer to -prayers, will he not hasten it in. -answer to prayer? Surely it has been low tide long enough. May the .Lord :hasten - the high tide of national welfare. ' American citizens, our best hold a on God. We have all seen ' families in prayer and churches in prayer. What we want yet to see is this whole nation on its knees. - Words of Webster. The most of them are dead --those who ie 1851 moved I in that proceesion° tbat marched from the city hall of Washing- ton down LouiSiana avenue to Seventh. street, and thee through Pennsylvania avenue to the north gate of yonder capi- tol, to lay the Cornerstone of the exten- sion of that capitol. The president, who that day presided, and solemple struck' the stone three times in dedication, long • ago quit earthly seenes,and the lips of the i great orator of that hour are dust, and the grand master of that 00CASIOn long 4E0 .1nd denim the seteere and the. letel and are pluntb wItti'vaileffe, for l'he teat time, he pronoluiced oornetstone well laid. But what most intereste me now is that inside that ooMerstorte, in a glass jar, herMetioally sealed, is a dominant of national import, though in poor pen:. rnanship. It is the penmanehip of Daniel Webster, which almost ruined the pen- manehip of this oountry for Many years, because many thought if they had Daniel Webster's poor penmanship, it might in- dicate they had Webster's genius. The document reads as follows: - ,"If it shall hereafter be the will of God that this structure. shall fall from its base. that its foundation be upturned and this deposit be brought to the eyes of men, be it then known that on this day the nation of the United States of Amer - lea stands firm; that .their constitution still exists unimpaired and with all its original nsefulness and glory, growing every day stronger and stronger in the affection of the great body of the Amer- ican people, and attracting more and rnore the admiration of the world, and all here assembled, whether belonging to public life or to private life, with hearts devoutly thankful to Almighty God for the preservation of the liberty and the happiness of the country, unite in sincere and. fervent proyers that this deposit, end the walls and arches, the domes and towers, the columns and entablatures now to be erected over it rnay endure forever. God save the United States of Americ,a! Daniel Webster, secre- tary of state of the United States." A New Consecration. -That was beautiful and. appropriate at the laying of the cornerstone of the ex- tension of the capitol 68 years after the cornerstone of the old capitol had been laid. Yet the cornerstone of our republic was first Leith in 1776, and at the re- establishment of our national govern- ment was laid again in 1865. But are we not ready for the laying of the cor- nerstone of a broader and higher -national life? We !have as a natibn received so much from God. Do we not owe new consecratiem? Are we not ready to be come a better Sabbath keeping, peeee loving, virtue honoring, God worshiping nation? Are we . not ready for such a, cornerstone laying? Why not now let it take place? With long procession of prayers, moving from the north and the south, the east and the west, let the scene -be made august beyond comparison. The God. of nations, who hath dealt with us as with no other people, will pre- side at the solemnization. By the square and the level and the plumb of the ever- lasting right let the cornerstone be ad- justed. Let that ,cornerstone be 'the masoning together of the two granite tables on which the law was written when Sinai shook with the earthquake, and inside that conerstone put the Ser- mon on the Mount and a scroll contain- ing the names of all the men and women who have fougbt and prayed and toiled for the good of this nation from the first martyr of the American Re:volution down to the last woman wbo bound up a sold- ier's wounds in the field hospital. And. let some one. worthy to do so, strike the stone three dines with the gospel ham- mer in the name of God the Father, God the 'Son and God the Holy Ghost Then let the building rise, one wall laved by the Pacific ocean,"and the other washed of the Atlantic, until its capstone shall be laid amid the shouting of all nations, bee that time as free as our own divinely founded, divinely constructed and divine- ly protected republic, the last throne of oppression having fallen flat into the dust, and the last shackle of tyranny been hung up in museum as a relic of barbaric ages. The prayer that the great expounder wrote to be put in the cornerstone at the extension of the capital I ejaculate as our own supplication, "God save the United States of America!" only adding the woyds with which Robert South was apt to 'close his sermons, whether deliv- ered before the court at Christchurch chapel or in Westminster Abbey, at anni- versary, of restoration of Charles II or on the death of Oliver Cromwell amid the worst tempest that every swept over Eng- land: " To God be rendered and abscribed, as is most due, all praise, might, inajesty and dominion, both now and- forever. Some Indian Girls. Among thejndian girls at the Crow agency school in Montana are the follow- ing: Clara, Spotted Horse, Edith Long Ear, Kittie Medicine 'Tait Lena Old Bear, Clara Bull Nose, Blanche Little Star, Nellie Shell -on -the -Neck, Mary Old Jack Rabbit, Bertha Full Mouth, Katie D mer, Fanny Plenty Butterflies, B ie Crooked Arm, Martha Long Neck, I bel Lunch, Flay Hairy Wolf, Alice L ey Hawks,' Beatrice Beads -on -Ankle, .Leuisa Three Wolves, Anna Medicine Pipe, Maggie Broken Ankle, Sarah Three Irons, Ida"Wrinkle Face, Jessie Flat Head Woman, Lottie Grandmother's Knife, Minnie Nodieet-Bear, Daisy Young Heifer. Smashed Proverbs. Never cry over skimmed milk. A child can leed a colonel to a bar, but probably ten men would not ask him to "It is never too late to men," she said when the clock struck 1 and Georgeewas still ist the club. Attar you look a gift horse in the mouth you will see there is no use to lock the stable door. Better count your chickens before they are enatehed--athe darkey's hew. is just before dawn., • -On Sunday morning, 28th tilt, Mr. John Moore, ef Boston, Peel county, went to the barn as usual to do his chores. While throwing down feed for the stock out of the mow, he fell to the barn floor, striking his hesd on a stone. His wife waited some time for him to come to breakfast, and then went to the barn. When she found him he was still -breathing, but died in a few min - Scott's Emulsion is Cod.. liver Oil prepared as a food. At the same time, it is a blood maker, a nerve tonic and, an up -builder. But principally it is a food for tired and weak digestions; for those who are not getting the fat they should from their ordinary food;.for chil- dren whom nothing seems to nourish; for all who are fat -starved and thin. It is pleasant to take; at least, it is not unpleasant. Children like j.t and ask for more. MINION APRIL 161 1 4100. • CAPITAL, (PAID UP) 1,1,5001 81,500 SEAFORTH BRANCH. A general banking business transaeted. Draft* on ell parte, of the United -Great Britain; and Europe bought and sold. Letters of credit issued, available in of Europe, China and Japan. Farmers' Sale Notes collected, and advences made SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits pf OneDollar and upwards received, and interest allowed at highest rates. Interest added to principal twice each yesr-at the end of June and No notioe of Withdrawal is required for the whole or sny portion of a deposit. R S. aliNS, Solicitor. W. K. PEARCE, It is poor economy to buy cheap Tea, and use twice rid not get half as.much satisfaction as from a good. one. 6 6 DELL CEYLON TEA is a good one and sure to please, In Lead' Packages, 25c, 400, 50c and 60c, FROM ALL LEADING GROCERS. E PLA CANDID STATEMENTS FOR THE PEOPL We are placing in stock some of the nicest and most fashionable that it will be your privilege to Eee outside this store. We have made eiaborate preparation for the Spring trade ; and are now in a position 0 Goods, which for value, we defy comparison. We are showing some ful things in Dress Goods and Trimmings • our Embroideries and Laces, Iv found to exceed anything you, have seen 'before. ' We imported direct through agents all Our Table Linens, Towelling pron Linens, from the Brookfield Linen Co., Belfast, Ireland, so that e ables us to offer you Linens at prices not hitherto obtainable. - I - Our Ladies' Vests Are models of beauty and in them we can please the most fastidion .1 Ladies' Underwear. A We intend. to make a specialty of Ladies' Blouses, Wrappers and 1U Wear ready to wear. iready to Wear Clothing for Spring •To hand:and in this department we are bound. to know no opposi Every Mam Youth and Boy cordially invited to call and. look thrbUgh our ing, we think the magnitude of the stook willisurprise those who fir in habit of buiing,Where small stocks are kept NI Grocery Department. Our Grocery -Department is complete with the latest in everything, an ,under the direction of Mr. James Purcell, who will be pleased to welcOme and all to the brightest and lightest Grocery Store in this County. I Our aim is to make this store to the County of Huron, what lVla Field's is 0 Chicago, Wanamaker's to Philadelphia, and Timothy Eaton Toronto. Our advertising agent, Professor Golding, will Probably call on o week and,will show you literature that will pay to carefully peruse. B. GUNN SEIFOR tine _ CANADIAN BANK OF COMMER ESTABLISHED 1867. HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO. CAPITAL. (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS 118 B. E. WALKER, GamInsr. MAssuin. SEAFORTH BRANOH. A General Banking Business Transacted. Farmers' Notes discounted, issued, payable at all points in Canada and the principal cities in the United States, Great Britain, Frame, Berixtudat SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, and current rates of alkowed. IIIWInterest added to the prindpal at the end of May a ber in each year. Special attention given to the collection of Commerdal Paper and =vs' Sales Notes. . HOLMESTED, Solicitor. M. MORRIS, Ma 1 9'7 FURNITURE 1 We f:'utve started the„New Year with as fine a line of Furniture wis to see, and at prices that will astonish you for cheapness. All ou are lwarranted to give satisfaction and we extend to you an invitation mil inspect our large stock of Bed Room Suites, Parlor Suites,Sideboa tenn Tables, Dining Room Chairs, Centre Tables, Hat Racks, W Chi °niers, Bamboo Goods and Chairs of all kinds. When we know We please you in quality and price. " Give us a trail." Undertaking Departmen Our Undertaking department is complete in every respect, ana purChaee from first-class manufacturers only, we Can guarantee to satisfaction in all its branches, as we have an Undertaker and Era fifteen years' experience, and any orders we may be favored with shall the very best attention. Don't forget the old stand. P. S. Night calls attended to by militia at our Funeral Direc sidence First Door East of Drs. Scott & Meleay's Office : or at Dr. 0 Old Office on Main Street Seaforth. BROADFOOT, BOX & CO., Main. Street, Seaforth, Porter's 0 Jut retp pay vellt*109- he Apply AA I VIO APO vetessairie vinacies eitionit Wolk to ; WAIMEA *00 * BORT ther elit Lot attegge end ea& trine the is btil is learn' seisse idsc ;hi 00 teli otai et odium at tem ta it Kt