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The Huron Expositor, 1907-04-26, Page 1en t per in over tt1mg tO read d 'a hook en ruinuteie an advertise. That Thosewbo do ni he fact tbab the g on in Sea orth pro. FORTIETH YEAR OLE NUMBER., e2,Q54 TailOring and eadymade 'Clothing .e 7A.,04Est040001101444Malegiagemi•••04.44......•••......eassas• 111 FURS A.ND I FURNISH DIGS C 0 1 V•sig•Willio* SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 26 1907. n the Gold Fields of Gall- fornia 50 Years Ag6. 4.14. nom mama THE ADVENTURES OF A MoK141.00 YOUNG MAN. Ra191191...41111.1•0 (W itten by Robert Govenlock, `Seaforthe daime =Nem meow ID 333 " -tESTOTZEIN1 (Continned from last Week.) 01011111100311.61000040,0,110/000 8011•••••GE00011110 eseni Weave th dem s nun: feom evhieh adapt themselv,se so lines, down to the modish, sturdye ee at its best and price in every 4 ▪ It 50c 75c 00 Las 50c mks.... 600 gs 500 & 756 if4•000,00844.1sommammt amumaremow ezard ing .011(100 Itis not so much because ita otes that we think the Mink- ery we sell is just a little nicer. of better variety and at lower prices than styles shown eine where, but mote because of ,the favorable eomments we hear froia. pleased customers. Hats a. from $3 to $7 are worthy of Special Men • 610.6.M.M.1.....3196[5.17m411 Near Garment The Trade $5 to $1.5 4 to to • .41111111111101 They filially !got the lbean seeured and the, fight went on. I dice not stey to see any more a it althoogh I had to °pay ee foe °ney ticket. I chad to give' up work at 1st as the fever kept °returningall the time. My pant:nee. gave Me $50e. Tar my Ohara, in the. telaims and I took the sage for Sacramento, 16. Milea a- way. We Started early fti tetettm,oen- ing and arrived in Sacramento 'before d&rk. They batt relayof horses strings af 'mules fdr 'hire. A man every ten miles. - We tia.d a good deal ot goldwith ue,bett were not much afraid a rob- ber e as anyone caught stealing was 'hanged without merey, There wee' a piece at the mines celled Hang Town at which a great many had been lunged but While I was there 1 think there wee only one ease of banging. The lews were so etrict there that if the cha,rge of ,stealing 'wee proven, there was no eseape. There' was no la,w there except miners' law. There, were meetings tailed In each local- ity, .a vigilance conimittee was ap- pointed and all trines and! 'regulations were laid down. ( about the tonly one Chet landed, The other 'passengers were all earried. One ,O the passeng native, who was car ing out of 'his -pocket anythieg mita the down. Then he just took his fist and knoeked htxn down. Immediately the around os, but we ere all well arm - Whole tribe Or nati;:mtlis began to press ed. We drew our eevolvers, and aa Mere was always orne more orning ere soon �,ble to rough the crowd until we got to our! hotel. There was no 'bilis there, so we had to carry ,all oue things .ourselves, as we did not dare to let any a the native a take OUT' telontrings, for, it, we lost sight a them we would. *ever see them a- gain, They were °terrible thieves, We had oar dinner .at the hotel, and then 'went out to find ,aome way to continue our journey. We found rs caught the Ying him, steal - He did not say Beate.- eet hire from tee boat, we clear a passage t In ;regard to mining all you had to do vies to stake your claim, and leave 'your (tools on thee ground. Theo you had !to det manual labon every ten days or name one could jump your claim; There was no entry Tee. It was mueh, the same in taking up lend In 'the Sacramento Valley. All one had, to -do was to'plow, a 'furrow a- tound Whet one wahted to cultivate. There Was very ltttle. land, taken up there 'at r that tine. I .etayed all night at Sacramento and Ithen took the boat for San Fran- , else°. Tiler* were now seven steam- ers !running there daily whereas 18 months !befall:4 there bad not been one. It was a beautiful sail of 150 Miles. 'Me deck of the -steamer appeered to be just level vvith the land. I 'took 'passage on the Golden Gate from San Francisco Ito Panama: . It was about 18 or 20 days sail- for a steamer at that time. There were a- bout three hundred !passengers on; board. We lha,d a fine !nil aei 'the Pecific was not nearly so stormy as the Atlantic. On all this esti there wet not one 'pert Into which we could go so that when we wanted supplief3 we beeleolay two on three miles out and let the natives .bring us supplies in -their dug-0as. These dug -outs Handkerchiefs Ties, Etc Will Please You; ekte HODS GO. sEAFokrg ON, e..e heel on Tuesday' to agaio 4. tee `,earnegie literary. questions plans. etc., having arrived front • Reet Ireland, of Stratford. ,A.ftete leeranie diecussion the whole mate vas handed over to ee dealt, eeritbi.. :he public library board, McKillop. .e Wiono.n. - r wnteen iw1 it shoo, we sr& a cwt.. ;Jo •• "Enk,-.krt ',price, ‘12.50t0$45* V.:11ir tiVit t ti week in linf. •` Expomitor ()Mee, Seaforth.' 2053-1 teem Notes. -Mr. Oleoligielflat !Fad 0 a five year oln mere ree y e225. -Mr. Frederick WO recently. purchased a heavy draft - from John licelann, Seater -the .for it S259. -Mr. and Wee Crioug,hlin were visitors se Le or Mr. Wm. Burks, Hiober - oue last iseue.-Wedding engine. merrily once more, Thro* Inge are announced to 'take -Place te near future.-Jaznee $hea E moving to Dublin as he 118 rased a dwelling house In e. -Large consignxnents of est hoge are daily entering letielhel eieneent by the severae buyers. • 4•Fresosnomm0440•1••••••mt A SUIT YO BE PROUD OF. vomewo,040,,,,,wwwwww.00 That's the kind of a Suit your Spring Suit should be. And it's the kind of a suit it will be. if it collies from this Home of Good Clothes. The known character and the, apparent superiority of our elothing are sometimes positive haindicaps to us, be- cause people form the ,idea that such fine clothes cost more than they do, But with ail our selling of the finest ready-to-wear clothes in Canada, we have never neglected the man whose outlay for a suit is to be 1 10, 12 or 15. For instance, take this season's -great array of suits at these prices ; the variety is large, they fit 'perfectly, and they are designed by the same expert, and made the same 'work- rooms and with the same care as our clothing at half as much more money, The man who wants the best Moderate priced suit his money can buy, will do well to turn his steps towards the'store where his satisfaction is assured. Take off Your Hat LOOK AT If .A Man's headgear is always one of the most important parts of his " get up." We have a great many bouquets thrown at us for our excellent hat stook. • - We've soft hats in all the new swagger style, and Der- bies in the correct blocks. This store doesn't sell the same style of hat for every figure. Bring ip your face -long, round, ,fat 'or thin, -we'll fit It to a beco,ming hat. We're banking a big sum on our151.50 and $2.50 Hats. Never saw them equalled. -don' r1 think you have. • The manlhat passes us on hats will pass the best hat stock in town. Spring Blocks on parade, touwwwwwwwwwww~•~0 Alr'Highest price for' Butter and Eggs, 4-1-1-1-4-44+++.144efeeeleleleHelefeleeniet The GREW CLOT ING CO. East Side Main Street, one door South of t e Dominion Bank, SEAFORTB rode tile front. niule, and had twelve or fifteeneothers tied one oehind the other. They asked ten 'dollars a none for a Tide of half a day, We decided to stay at the hotel all night, and -then get a good stat in the -morn- ing. As 1 was the! only one who mild speak Spa -444,1X made a bargain with a Mall far a string of mules at eight dollars eaoh, brought them to us and we startT. There was no wagon road across he Isthmus. It was lust a mule -path and was very ceooked, es there were a great many n-" rocks to go around, ?uon the whole, a Was not tad vidihg. I carried My el on the mule. yet thought they y 'hiring 'a peek eMeelves, but it they could not ule. The 'native among the rocks they never stew of their 'baggage. as river aeout ;valise in front of Sonee of the other b would save money mule and walking t was very htet, and, keep up with, the Who drove ft got in and lot- away, and. any more of him or got to the Ch two o'm clock in the afternoe and found egood 'hotel here. We stayed at the hotel, all ni ht, and in the morning forty of us cherterect -a bottomed boat sit 'tki e cloilana each. The 'river was se halIowt in some places that the p errors had to shove the boat over the, Streems. deep water :the eying like loge os kept pepper- itie their eavolv. win like 'pouring sok. The crocca to mind it one very careful not dge of the boat, wa,tching, their p at tsome one. :When we got -into crocodiles were just in 'the water. The ing away at them ens, !but it :seemed water on duck's titles did not seem bee We than to be to sit too man The as they were just chanee to get • len :When we got ato t halt way down ,the river we ererie t road was running. finished about eight as several of us di were ,great pine logs hollowed Out. 411 among the eroco Iles at night, we left the bot and I ook the tratd to Once they brought us out six live bul- Aspintail. erre ed there a little locks. They had, three tied by the after dark. I had en very sick all hdros on each side of the :boat. They lie way down the river, so when 'rowed and the 4b10.1.000 81#93Tri to the vessel. When 'they came along side, erane was !turned out from the Mast, a rope was put melee the borne of` one of the 'bullocks end, by Using the -block and tackle the bullock was lifted clear out of the water and awung on to the deck. 'Everything Went well untti the laet !bullock was lifted, then there wan a lively time. 1 thought the toat wOuld be upset as there was nothing to' balance le on 'the other nide but finally they got a rope around, his horns. and got him safely aboard. We stopped tit several $peatiell tewns on the Way down 'but ha,d al- ways to lie out two or !three miles from Shore. At one 'place the natives came out witha load of sea turtles alive. .We 'had head so -Much of turtle soup Malt" the passengers eought the whole lot- and gave them to the cook to make soup. He made it too strong end hot one in twenty of us was able to take It Moot of it was thrown overboard. -The turtles not used, after walking around the boat for a day' or so, were alto ebrown overboard as no one wanted any more turtle .0cerp. We etopped at Acapulco, a tea uti- ful 'town with a fine, !harbour, but no Wharf.. The 'temperature wan so even there that it never varied from/ lrilitety to 'ninety-five the year 'rouni. fWe all felt it very warm on 'board hip. In fact we could not sleep in our berths so the greater number of eaaried our maeresses ont deck where we coind get a little air. One enorntng the !sailers began to wash the decks stout daylight. The paid 0.0 attention to the passengers' 'beds et all., There was soon a lively fight all paenengers Iturnin'g. tn. We drove the sailors down into the forecastle. Uvery one of the .peereengers was well armed and tharoughlYearoueed. Things looked 'pretty nerious for a a vehile but the cantain was a very prudent man. He 'got the 'passengers calmed down end told t'he -Ballets to be more care- ful in the ',future, We bad no more trouble after. thee. When we got to Panama we had to lay off two miles from the shore as there was, nO w'herr theft either. Whenever we dropped anchor about two or three hundred dug -out e came around the boat, the tativee in them yelling at the top ce -their voices. It was some time '13eldre any of the pas - &tigers wieuld verdure into . one of eheir boats. They ;would only carry three or four in one toat. I was tbe only one who could talk Spanish so made a bergain with: the outside boat to take us to Shore. We had to walk through eight or ten other -boats before we ,got to ours. It was no easy mattf3r I can tell 'you, as 'the boats Were cede begs 'hollowed out , a,led they kept rocking in the water all the time. Then the men' veho own- ed eaeh !toot wanted' to keep us as their pansenge'rs, :When we got our ,load of four made up we eiteried for , the shore. It was a flat, low sandy beach with the water quite 'Shallow Lor quite a diatallea Out. When we got near the shore we noticed about two thousand natives Standing OT1 the share. When we vet° nearer they /dished, out into the water„ met the boats and would not let them land. Each had to pay ad much to be carded to dey land on their 'backs. I saw their dodge so I got on the now' or - OUT ;boat, took my rifle ley the bar - eel and, kelet awinging it around. kept them off until our boat Tarr up ele aeldi. lienekle*. PuIbeegt .Wee where the rail - They had just en miles- of it mot want to he got to the hdiel once. My eyes were :helve eggs. 'There rpong the passenge Spring lances tenel trend Ithe temples. eome Teller. I wee night-, !but, as the ing to sail for Ne day. I ;OD up and heOped ie te wee got me to my birth; iced, Wilieh was a es the captain wou me had he known Th,e doctor at the sixbeen doll/erre When r gdt on tihip's doctor, but t leek 'people on !boa get neer me until got so much worse that I thoteelet I w darkey Waiter °five went to -bed at swollen as- big as Was a clocton a- s. He got eorhe upped me all a - This gave me n a high fever all Steamer was go York the next two or the toys on! board. They tthout being not- ooe thing for me, d not have taken howl. sick 1 was. hotel charged me board had, the ere were so many d teat he did not the, next day. I during the night midi die. ,I gave a dollars to get tee a, drink of ice cold water. I could not stay in my e be so 1 got up, (threw a bag or g ld, which I had lead .aroune my w iste on the bed, cra,Wled out hito the saloon, and kh'rew myself on o of the sofas. I eeemed to get more ain there. In the mend* paw gut aenterriber of oth- ers lying sick. T 'doetor came to me in the mornin There was* a man opposite to , whose face was as 'red as fire, I eked the doctor What the mattert ae, and! he said the- man had measles1 immediately asked WM it ehere ale any danger of me calceeng them. He buret out laughing, and told I had them as badly an touid wen tb.eml now. I have always', felt t =knit that they gee° r* on !boaad, e am quite cer- tain Wouldehave 111 had been left on the Istb It was very hot, but, LW we kept tgetting out Ito sea, the air ;became cooler. 1 was very sick 'for about .a week, but was ahl to sit up before we got to New, Torl$. found my bag 01 tgold righlb ve I was able to get into my berth gain. There was a reoung man who name was Ben Thompson', on 'boar1. I had become acquainted with hi in California and be came home wit me all the way to Harptreney. He was not much of a nurse but he loo ed, after my bag- gage and kept it all right. (To be co tinued.) ARE YOU INTEROTED IN OPTICS ? We have been king you to de- pend upon us or your optical want% Itlany-a greab any-- have re- sponded to our ;peals, But the °Oda work is never done, There are people every day who disc ver that they would likely bp the better for wearing glasse To such ive offe our experience and our facilities. tad? Are you intere John Bulger JeWeller„ - Seafte Marriage Lieenees Issued. therefore, would affect the .Bittla- tion for a long time to come. So that it is nat. only the 'present, but ithe future that has to ne provided fore Conditions in the West are try- ing enough under the most favorable cireumstances but if conditions are aggravated by st prolonged coal strike, the situation will be indeed ,eeriou,s. However, the moat ntrenu- ous efforts are oein,g put forth by the Dominion authorities to effect a settlement between the diriputing pax - :ties and if they are auccessful the threatened ealamitlee may be averted. The Burning of Ashes, .A. ehoemaker named John Ellmore, Of Altoona, Pennsylvania, professes to bave discovered the secret or mak- ing coal ashes °urn and deriving from them as good !results as from the or- dinary kinds of fuel. The prescrip- tion le to mix three 'parts of ashes e with one pert of coal, sprinkle the i " mixture with salt and water and fplaee it .on the fire. The disclosere has set people all over the country experimenting with the hope of mak- he Wellington county. Five years ce his young manhood 'were spent as large :sayings * 'their reel 'eine post office aesistant los native vil- lage. After choosing the ministry as his life work, he steidled in Orange- ville High Scitoel aed. in Manitoba College, Winnipeg, graduating front the latter In arts in 1893 and In theology in 1896. In theologY he won first claim -.honors 'and a couple of scholarehips. Soon after -gradliatioll MT. Small was called to 'Keewatin and Norman, on -the Lake oe the Woods where he lea,d already- spent fifteen months- as student missionary, and remained an minister for four years and a half, In 1902 he eettled in etuourn; as pastor of Knox 'church, Auburn, ane Sraltiee . Hill. During 'his five years in thee field 'Ulm have !been 122 additions to the membership a the ehurch, and-- the 'splendid new church at Auourn, costing $6,000, has been built and almost Ned for. Thus the mew minister of St. -Andrew's, Blytie brings considera,ble experience to help him in his new pastorate, and thkre le no doubt but the 2eal and &alley ;which have oharacterized his labors in other fields will be blessed for even ;greater good in the new and enlarged . sphere to which he has been - , Canada-OOnferenoe. The Canada Conference of the Association -held its eer nual sessfon,-In Credttort, on, Apra 18th to 21st. Bishop S. Q. Breivogel, P.- D., a Beading, Pa., preelded, The nninerical and financial sta- tistics gave clemeindicoa.tion of & suo,- atantial progress diering the paseyeer. "Progression, consistent with thor- .ough development," was the keynote of the VaTiOUS dOCII00101113# egpOtd- ally these relative ..,to the missionary efforts 'being made' in the Canadian Northwest. At thee missionary reeet- $2,700 were he eatension ot Many, in Sealorth have teeted the Mixture and some profess to have ()re- tained very satisfactory results, while others have not been so successful. Our own opinion is that the thing is a eoex and that where any xneasure oe auccess has been derived the stifles were liberally eprinkled Wine coal cinders which had not teen AMY exhausted. Sele,ntific authorities flout the idea that heat can be procured from ashesInany form and the ex- periment has even tried by the en- gineers at the Parliament buildings and at the citY buildings in Toronto and in both instances failure has been !the !result. Dr. Sheard, Medea,' Health Officer, of Toronto, says: It is more than foolish;' it Is dan- gerous. People sbould be cautioned aseto the use of salt and water with ashes. When !orine is ,thrown on a hot fire, hydrochloric acid is formeh which is one of the most rapid rust- erte known,. A very tittle a it will very quickly rust out the pipes and all the iron attaehments in gonnec- tion with a furnace. Chloride of Oil is produced instantly, end the ale an a 'heat 'reduce it to oxide of -which is another risme for rust. .e, Second is correct in his state - and he is eery 'pogitive in mak- he assertion, the present exper- elite: are 'being carried on with anger to netters, and without sav- or coal beyond, wb.ae might be d' by sifting the ashes. ei net a question of discovery or Wagon, but of poeitive scientific Weal fact. When I was a ooy we d to go up cut the roof and pour alte die _ a 'burning Chimney. That t meet- pringiple, for salt thlorilee, which does not conebustion, Allettteee is to the discovery is the et that hi every ash heap there Is it eeeteht amount. of waste coal, that he- lakotoetimed coal which hats not been Sieted out and. that,. of zottree, tliel„ a',.rey.T11!;06-reistitian.TV:411thhiegreinis"inh blowrThout into the TOadi and the whole 1 in Sunday afternoo- MaribUtea towards :this great work, The :result or the various ballots was as fellows: Be E. Burn, sec- retary, appointed, Rev, G. D. Damm, treasurer, delegate to the toterd ot missions, Rev. LI Wagner, alter- nate, Ree,, M. . ing; trustee' of North VOA College, Naperville, -1I- delegates to gen- aukee, October, :Wagner, 5. - Wa,gner, A. Y. ; alternates, 3. ; lay delegates, elite and; W. B. ernatee, W. H. H. Holtzman, 00)090 zinger were vot- loners. - Doreeh, E. M. rbriggt wtre .ore per,. E. P. Haist. eeeelved elder( lino's, G. le. Damm; epee tonfeegnce, Mil 1907, Revde. L. G. Knechtel, M. L. - Heist ane S. F. Bra. Litt and, le Bur L. J. 33reitlkaupteele Krug, °Ctiesley ; al Otto, Elmira, an4 Crediton. ' C. A. Katuth, L. helm; and Karl Kre ed license as preen, J. s. Denim, E. Graff ;and J, M. Z gnarled as deacons. L. ,Amacher, A. Ge and A. H. Plyley 'orders. The Stationing Co as follows: East Wing, P. E. -Berlin G. D. Damm; Waterloo,- A. Y. Ile, et; Hamilton, E. Eby; Toroth), D. H. :wing; Camp - C. S. :Finkbein Rainhana •'O. Hoehn and B. S. Hiecox; Morris- ton, W. E. Besse; lerthetire LoArn- atter ; ,elespeler, A. H. Plyleyj ,Niagare, A., Clemens; Gainenoro, 0. V. Braun; '-.Aroprior and Killeloe, 0. G. Hallman; 'tempt. Golden Lake, Ingham, le. F. Hoist Weet District, L. • • Induction* The Rev. J. L. of Aubure and te ducted Vito the pal drew's church, Bly lent week. Mr. Lee resided: eir. Urq peached; Mr, An addeessed. the new ter, and, Mr. Stint dressed the people. In !the evening gave a, „public :race minister, when the with a large audi o weleome was g after which acldres !resident minieters, quitiert and Dr. le pastor a St. And Small, who has be in 'his late charge paetorate et a ler congregation, =de cireurnsitances. Mr. neederator of the end Smith's Aes-v. L. Sinai Y,004 * 0 f a Pastor.' mall, A., late h's Hill, was in- torale ot St. An- il, on Thursdayea e, of Londesbcfro, bath of Kippen, ram, af Goderich, y Inducted minim- a Hensel', ad - the congrega,tion t to the new .hureh, was filled nee. An address ven to Mr. Small, es were given by and by MT, lir- Lean, the -former w's OillITOIL MT. n very successful is assuming the e and eloureihin very auspicious Small, is interim BSI= of Auburn. mittee relented Distrkt, L, le. A., was 'horn ke, A. Geiger; Gischler; Rock- . Wagner, P. E. -New Hamburg, W.13, Yaeger; North gasthope, H. Merl men ; Tavistock, IL Burn; Stratford, . M, Hauch; See- eingville, .1; G. Lite; Fullivetori, E. M. Graff, Milvertohe I F. Meyer, Mait- land, -.T. .S.. B,uro; Z ride A. D. Moh- ler; Dash.wOode L. E. H. Bean; Cald Middleton, To 'oe sir .A,. W. Sauer; Roth Medicine Het, Ji vie. C. G. Kaatz; Sieoe Nendorn O. H. Nettie Bean e' :Weteskiwin Fieldiera To be sup -` Nolthe District, S. E. -St. Jacobs, J. H mire, 3. G, Burn; iWagner e Wallace, Normanty, E. D. Bee 3, C. Morlock ; Mild,' et" IlanOVer; W. 3. . giet; Credtton, o, W. M.' Sippel, plied; Winrapeg, rn, S. F. Braun; amm ; Didsoury, villa, D. Rieder; d; Regina, 3. W. Davidson and R. Kneehtel, P. Grenzebach; El - Listowel, G. H. H. H. Leinold; ker; Walkerton, may, B. Moy- le -merman; Port Elgin, L. Wittleh; Cnesley, 11, L. Merrier; Elmwood., }J. M. Zurorigg; ,Par$l. Hr Doesche e -Thereisagain serises trouble be- twen the cOal Ituerceue ige,.British Col - =eel& and the West, and their work- men. There ha 0t -teen any decla- red strike, but thousands or the min- ers have quietly quit work, aridernost a the mines are -idle. It thisettite of affairs should continue for any length of ehrie, the .situation will be verY 'eerionte. Owinj to the scarcity of Niel in tate West durtag the past whiten, the supply of coal now held. by the railways one the minufaxtor-t ing -eattibliehments is nearly exhanet- ed, end a 3trolorige1i sessation of pro- duction at the paines would complete- ly itteoup the ralleveys, and, cause a general demoralization of busioese there. Besides thiet ehe summer months ere depended upon in whiph, Itoget out & supply of fuel, not only sufficient; fee present use, tut also for MoLEA: o a Year in Advance; x. the purchase and peration of power spraying outfits. Many associations already own and- are operating such machinee and these will receive the same aid as those organizing during 1907. The conditione under wbich the ,grants are avallaole, heve been made as simple as possible, with. the hope that a decided etimenotes will be given to the 'miner spraying et orchards during tine and coming Beasons. The ,following are the regulations toyer: ing the payment of the grants. A grant of .$50 will be enade to any five or . more farmers who unite to form a fruit growers' associationeor the purchase and operation of a power spraying outfit during the season of 1907. Those associations need not he incorporated to -qualify for this grant though 'Incorporation of co-operative associations should be obtained if the full benefits of co-operetion are de - aired. Co-cperative fruit growing associa- tions owning and operating two or more power sprayers will be eligibis to draw a, grant for each machine op- erated. The number of such aesoelation re- ceiving aesistance during the present year shall not exceed 100. At least 25 acres or fruit trees must be thoroughly skayed during the proper season with each outfit. A ree.'sonable portion of such spray- ing must be done on the farms or or- chards of each of the parties forming ehe association. Such associations, before receivin any portion of the grant, shall satis- fy an inspeeter of the Departrneet of Agricul Lure that the a.bove condi- tions tia'Ve been complied with, and shall make such reports as ellen sat- isfy !the Minister -of Agriculture. ASSOatat10112 dealrous of participat- ing in title grant must apply to the Depattment not later than the first day of May. -Canada. -The village of Steep, three from Tweed in Hastings county, was visited by a disastrous fire Monday afternoon. Two stores, one hotel, Iwo iblacksmith shops and several residences were burned -The debt of the city of Toronto is now °nearly $20,000,000 and the inter - eat on this debt . amounts to $1,2A - e00. The debt has inereaesed over ,four million donate during the past five years. Toronto is growing but Its debt seems to be growing: feeder than the city. _um Mettle Perkins Who has teen on telal at Cayuga for a week on the charge of having murdered her hus- band, ebeeph Patine, by -giving -him poison., has been =quitted by the jury, Perkins died on Christmae day. The evidence of the presecutiort was all ,ciecuenotantial and the Jury, evidently, gave the woman the 'bene - tit of the doubt, after delibereting four -hours and a half. e---Ao result of IL yoing man hunt- ing far a gets leak with a lighted match, the whole front of two new stores just erected In Brantford, were stone, Aehes- Consist. or alurneriurrin cuildin3. was 1114Ym t3r; ae'56- damaged weeee another-. ,eame tor day; on Tuesda-y., The rooms above tem stores are occupied by two or three families and they had a. very severe fright. A woman who eves passing on the -street at the time was badly cut by broken ease but she was the only one injured. -a:Joseph W. Thompson, conductor Of the special freight train on .the Grand ,Trunk whieb, caused the wreck of a passenger train near Guelph in Sep- tember lain bag been found guillY on tetharge of manelaughter at the Guelph assizes this -week. In vieW or the fact that Tilompson had been Inueh over worked, baying 'been on. duty. vontinuously from 2 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock at night and .ecreld net 'get ethe judge -sugoended eentence, allowing him out that the cost „ evaporating 1,000 ‘31it:"balanl'a county or St- J°124 Pew Hon. Pugsley, Preenierof New lerunswicla has teen requested by laOnVe, three thousand electors 'or the poonee or water trom and Brunswick, to be the Lilmral ;eon- greera F. with 'the' ash admixture spa tudelts tor the seat 10 tne House while In the emceed test, :with co -al the death of Mr. A. A. Stockton.. Mr. weal, Cameos, at Ottawa, made vacant: theinical .solettionetWas 20.62 only, it was nut 1,,t:78: term. Tele Pugsley has accepted this invitation. Sofholivw:tetrhaftro- to lot 4ortet2e1,21e0404tteesul_etlei T 'Mane t'llttt with the mixtttre of •eoil „ash chemical solution. 111 coats more then. With 'the coal dernonetrating' lois oe :The In the use .of the treated fuel. Fetrther, Mr. Merle says: found. that it was aesolutely impos- staid AO held ehe .steam with aepree- paratien of -one psie coal to three of utiles. It VMS seioteneeessery dur- ing !the TIM to E at times 'replenish the Lire with coal unmixed with ashee. iron, whtch ;you know is not a fuel, and -silica, which is -send, and from which, in its- pure - form, glass la made. The 'result of neeting this, mixture Is the fertnation of 'a 'sort Of sieg, which eould ne made very useful-, .btiltk whieka the experimenters with° the neev °fuel Will hardly :pro- duce economigally. Such elinkersovith a.' ,euffielent -amount of Iron, melte a good foundation for laying 10one:rote, nealt The engineere in ithentelone b, beg, and Custer -Os House; Teronto, they have steceedeti -with the new feel, but R. C. Property Com- *stoner:for the city of tNetonto, de - en it et failure. Two tests were, to la:impale the telative 7aittes' ar soft coal slack; mixed' with asbes and wetted with a Saline and oxalic =id setuttoe, 00 against the atraight eituminous sleek.. The ;result -Showed . _ yfrUfitxe A:relute, bq comla wintere .!tie;-:ttp, PoYil d and goes* to Ottawa, he will successor of Hon. Mr. Enter - the Dominion Goveterment,and OM Minister a Railways and Spraying FruitTrees. - The Minister al Agriculture for On- taaeo, 'has, for the past two years, had under consideration nlans for fur- ther assisthig the fruit growers of the Provitice. , Spraying has now De - come, in producing a superior grade cent railway accident on the C. P. Bon, A. G. Blair, the' well abadian poflUeian died so a few months ago the gen- eral hnpresaIon was '.that he was a coniparatively poor: man and that his estate when wenad up would not mount to more than ft.n.! or fifteen thousand. dollars' It now turns out,. however., that the Hon. gentleman had devoted his abilities to t11O ac- quirement a wealth as well as to po- litical entails- His will has teen en - lend for lin:nate, and the estate which it disposes of will amount to, about 4;200,000. t -The jury that investigated tbe re - of: trait, the most important opera- tion of the year, and while widely practised int certain sections, bee not tem given the attention that it eequires in the apple sections. -The advent :or the 'power sprayer is of such recent date that the .aOventages it shies, especially in the spraYang Of apple orchards, is not, yet appre- For many 'years the Department of Akrieeliture has been advocatingmore and 'better spraying. Demonstrations in the Ilse of hanCV and -power out- fiin, and the preparation and apple. ication of the most effective mixtures heve teen given througboet the Pro - 'time with satisfactory results. it is now felt that such information] has been sufficiently diffused tend an- other atop °forward is proposed. The lerovipcial Fruit ,Growers' As- sociation has within the past two -years assisted in organiztag a larg VUTalber of troth growing assotia- (time. One of the aims of these as- rgocistions has been the 4o-dper&tive spraying of oreharde of their mem- tenet and it is now proposed to as - stet these treet„ kindred organizations In such spra aid in 1710,W$ tune liaa .citeta. toe ater allt teethe aeseis,te04,- work. With this nister of Agricule groin the Legisla- to lbs devoted 'gretWeree. R., near „Chapleau, have given it as taeir opinion that the fatelitiee were due !to the feet that the train was lighted by acetylene gas, which when the accident occurred exploded, ea113- 411Lp-Le rapid fire which prevented nee eopaessengers escaping from: the etrars and that but for this explosion nO fatalities would have occureed through the eneident. They also re- commend that a aafer way of light- ing ears be adoptedotherwise no Vane attaches to the rarlway- author- ities as the accident was _calmed by a broken -rail- arid which no foresight ar care would -have avoided'. -A coneultation ot phyniciane have decided that the recovery of Mr. Mar- tine the well-known Temperance pan titian, and the leader or the Provine lei Conservative party' before Mr. Whitney, is hopeless. He has been 111 for a, coulee of weeks erorn diabetes, and now complications have set in, which render bis conlition so -erne. cal that his ',recovery ill not looked fore Mr. Marter and the late Speaker, Mr. Johne were very intimate friend, and ;both occupied seats in the Logi*. serne years ago, :prior to the Advent a the 'WhitnereGovernment. An R-AttrelY new .set of polltlelams is -corning to the front very reeldir its Onterlo, and few et those p1'on3inent lior gesetat's, tinee are lpftt. •