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The Huron News-Record, 1889-02-20, Page 8POWDE Absolutely Pure. This powder sever varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot Unsold to competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold and// in mins. ROYAL HAa1Nu Powuaa Co., 106 all St., N. Y. swwwwtssiossintmowsW $1 \VIL.I. secure you the \VEFIKLY Earner. •-for-one-'yeas—and-1v bn*teef"Siv— John A. McDonald. Also get your daily papers at Cooper's Book Stora. The Huron News -Record $'.50 a Year—$1.95 In Advance. Wednesday. Feb. '20111, 1889 LOCAL NEWS. In and Around the "Ilub." ZOtU11 7,llli;. St. Paul's Church.—The Rev. J. C. Farthing, 13. A. will preach in this church on Sunday next Feb. 24th. As will be seen by notice in another eolutnu, the Rev. A. Stewart will address young men only on Monday eveuiug 251,11,' in the' lecture room of Willie church. The subject is one that should be pregnant with profit to young men. Neither physical nor moral laws can be violated with impunity, and yet they are, either wilfully or unwitt- ingly violated, resulting in the many specimens of manhood wreck- ed long ere the priute of life has been reached, which aro to be seen everywhere. A programme of music will vary the proceedings. No charge made. AN OLD' SAYING.—Iu answer to an enquiry we may say -that the say; ing,'i'hose who live in glass houses Shouldn't throw stones,' originated as follows :—At the union of Eng- land and Scotland in 1603 great numbers of Scotchnlen flocked to London. Buckingham -hated the Scotch bitterly, and encouraged marauders to break the. windows of houses occupied by them. Some of the sufferers retaliated by breaking the windows of the Duke's house, which had to many that. it was called the 'Glass Iloase.' The Duke com- plained to the King, and the mon- arch replied, 'Ah, Steeuie, Steenio, those wha live in glass houses should be carefn' how they fling stance.' BLACK KNIGHTS OF IRELAND.— R. B. P. No. 161 met on Wednes- day, evening last. Tho meeting was a very encouraging one. Three propositions for membership worn received and referred to the proper officer*. Sir Kt. Geo. Hanley is no laggard in his interest in the order ; bo presented the Preceptory with a pencil -sketched chart, handsomely framed. The work was executed by a young lady in her twelfth year. The gift was appropriately acknow- ledged by the W. P. and other officers and menthe's. 161 is in a very prosperous condition and new propoditione are steadily coming in. Every member should make it a point to be present at tho next' regular meeting—second \Vednes- •-day in March—at wlticli time it is expected a number of brethren will be initiated and advancements made. A POST OFFICE CASE.—A case under the Post Office Act was tried before Police Magistrate Ilouston at Chatham last week upon an informa- tion laid by P. O' Inspector Barker. B. Miller wrongfully and with wil- ful fnlschood did, on the 11th day of December last, pretend and allege that he enclosed and sent in a post letter, deposited in Ilor Majesty's Post Office in the Tow ,of Chatham, addiesse i to Messrs. Thompson & Smith, Ont., a PIM of money, to wit, 430, which money, in fact, ho did not so enclose and send. Miller ple-ided guilty to the charge and forthwith the Magistrate fined hien $J00, with the option .of 'six months in jail. This sentence will ho a warn- ing to others who make use of the Post Office for similar fraudulent. ,,purposes; the officials and elmiks in the Post. Office must be protected from such dishonest persons, who, in order to defraud their creditors, or some other evil pnrposo, deliber- ately and maliciously mike false statements as to the less of letters and money whilst passing through the mails, It is said that these bogus cases give the Post Olken officals much tioublo and annoy• Knee. MISS NELLIS, formerly of Cliuton, is among old friends in town. RURAL DEAN CRAIG will put in three daye this week at Dungannon doiug missionar3 work. Mu. A. CAvArI of Stratford, chief (ler Of this district of the Inland Revenue department and excise officer Mr. J. J. Brown, of Goderich, were in town last Thursday. BY A lapsus calami an item in last week's issue regarding the Fores- ters concert at Teeawater was credi- ted to the Times of Winghaln instead of to the Advance. MR. 1V. JACKSON, of the firm of Jackson Bros., attended the Mon- treal ice carnival and caught cold, resulting in his being laid up in the hospital there, but latest accounts are to be effect that he is out of dan- ger. "",,.TAKE HOME THINGS You BORROW is the topic Rev. Mi•. Edge will discourse upon in the town hall on Thursday evening 21st inst. Mr. Edge has spoken on the salve subject in other places and his deliverance is highly thought of. MAGAZINE NOTES.—A hitherto --trnpublished•-ehapter4n..tho• life of Edgar Allan Poe will appear in Harper's Magazine for March. 'rhe old lady who was the heroine of this early love episode of the poet's gave Mr. Augustus Van Cleef per- mission to write down and publish her reminiscences of it provided her identity should not be revealed. She declared that the portrait of the poet which is reproduced in this Number of Ilarper's was " the boat one she had ever seen, and had his expression." She died in the West in 1887, over seventy years old. IT'S A DANDY.—We have received a copy of the Carnival Number of the Montreal Star. It is a superb number, a grand souvenir to send to distant friends and well worth pro• serving in private libraries as a memento of the most extraordinary winter in the history of Canada. We cannot describe the number as it is so elaborate. Au order has been booked frotn London, England, for five thousand copies, while in Toronto and New Yoak it has created a tremendous furore. The last edition is now being run off. Tho publishers send it to any address for the small sum of thirty-five cents. CHURCH ARCHITECTURE.—Thele seems to be praiseworthy emulation in getting up plans for.the • Clinton new Baptist church. Since our reference of last week to Mr. Smith• sou's plans, we have seen another 'set of plans gotten up by Mr. W. Swaf- field. They embrace ground and basement plans and front and croes elevation, and are tinted and shaded in creditable draughtsman•like style, ;} inch to the foot. The length of the proposed building over all is 62ft. Gin.; without porch 50ft. 'bin. Extreme width 32ft. Gin. Height from bottom of foundation to top of ridge4lft. Side walls 26 ft, 2lftof which will be above ground. The basement will contain lecture room 34x29ft.,.two class rooms 13x13ft each, also wood room. The audi- torium will have a seating capacity for 300 persons. - ~ No IDLE. BOAST.— THE NEWS• RECORD makes no idle boast when it says it is the only paper in the the Riding that as a rule sets up in the office of publication all tho'nat- ter that appears in it. It is au un- deniable fact that for years we have not broken the rule. In fact the existence of a rule is all the stronger eatahlished by it being occasionally and unavoidably broken, and thus contrasting two conditions of things. Last ,week and this week, by reason of the illness of two of our hands, wo were compelled to use a few columns of selected, by us, boiler plate matter, and may have to du so next week. Accidents will hap- pen iu the best regulated newspaper offices as well as in families. Even in a temporary departure from the rule wo refer to, we do not use anyth- ing "just to fill up." All ]natter not original in .THE News•REcoRn is editorially' selected. ANNUAL MEETING of the congrega- tion of Willis church was held in t.lte lecture room on Thursday evening last week, Mr. Turnbull in the chair, Mr. Malloch secretary. Tho reports as read by the secretary showed the financial stentling of the church to be satisfactory, over $250 of balance on hand, with incroased member- ship and lively interest in the var- ious schemes put forward by tho church for the spiritual and material welfare of its people, Good work has been done by tho young people's association, the pastor is loved and re- spected as much as over, and the denomination is happily forging ahead as becomes this important branch of the church militant. Among the business taken up was a resolution to have the organ quos• tion voted on by the congregation and it tuns carried that the session be instructed to take the necessary steps to piii'clia.4e one. A somewhat heated discussion took place on the 11•+w of the envelope system of offer- ings, which resulted in the motion for the adoption of that system be- ing withdrawn. '1'Ite pith ing tees, Messrs Coats, Menzies Watt, were re elected, 1 Sehool :-. Books —AND— ? School Supplies. ? SUBSCRIPTIONS Received for all kinds of Newspapers and Magazines. 0 OHR/S. DICKSON, OLINTON. REEVE MCMURCIIIE is now able to get down to his office. LAWYER CAMPION Was in town ou Monday on his way to Blyth on professional business. • - MR. \V. ,WATSON has taken pos- session of the popular hostelry known as the Commercial Hotel, and under his management it prowls- ee to'be' kZiptup to'the old tine star*: dard of one of the bestlioeused houses in the county. FURNITURE FACTORY.—The mayor has called a public meeting for Friday evening Feby 22nd, in the Town Hall, to consider the proposal to forth a company for the purpose of manufacturing furniture iu Clin- ton a large scale. The scheme should meet with' the hearty financial approval of our citizens who have spare dollars. There cannot be any doubt that properly managed the Business would pay. It would pay as a direct investment, while the indirect advantages would be great, greater than from any other busi- ness with the same amount of capital. This business would create a demand for our native woods that are now sold as cordwood. Ash, cherry, birch, beech, maple, elm, buttornut, basswood and many other of our hard and soft woods could bo made up into articles of polished beauty and utility. Tho harder of these woods aro largely used in England for this purpo e and some of them are actually dis- placing mahogany and walnut for first class furniture. And deserved- ly so, for ntany of thein'are suscep- tibia of fine polieh and exquisitive finish whether in natural-; color or stained. By .artistic designs and arrangement of the natural wood iti contrasting and complementary shades, moat pleasing and beautiful effects are obtained. 1'heatdvantago to the town would be the employ- ment,- of labor—skilled: and semi- skilled in proportion to t•llo capital employed. And it is a business that it is possible to expand -to au almost unlimited extent. The un- doubted peopling up of our northwest and their assured leap into com- parative }vealth leaves no serious doubt that that portion of the Domin- ion will in the near future require enormous quantities of furniture. This will all have to be imported, either in the form of raw material, or manufactured. And iu . older Canada, every year finds an exten- sion of cultivated and. educated taste among tho people of older Canada and the desire and the means to gratify that taste. In no other manner do our people show their intellectual development in so marked a way as iu the acquisi- tion of home: comforts. The idea that thorn is no place like house has always been a marked characteristic in Canadians. And this feeling is Iigcoming more intensified the more our people travel. Tho old people to keep the young people at -home roust gratify their desire for need- ful and pretty if not luxurious household fittings. And they also aro taking pride, now that they can afford it, to have their "heels ont of the ashes" as well as the stuck up city folk. — ASSEMBLY NOTES. Treasurer Ross delivered his bud- get speech speaking for over two hours. 11e began hygiving a state- ment of actual receipts 'mud expeudi tare as compared with the amounts named in last year's estimates. The principal iii rease in ,ret'elt ne was that derived from licenses—some $40,000 more than had been esti• mated. This Iltereette he attributed to the repeal of the Scutt act in several counties, these 0 unties go. ing hack to tb'e license system. He looked for a still larger revenue frotn the same sonree 11,18 'Year, as the repeal of the act in several other counties seent.el probable in the none future. (.)nterio had spent over $112,600 in litigation with the I)oniinion over const it utionality questions during the pest four years. Ile claimed the Dominion eight to reiinl,urse the.province.fot'it.hie large expenditure, as the i)nminion government was clearly to ;mine in forcing the; litigation upon the prise, ince. ile regretted that no settle meta had been arrived lit of the account"; in dispute between the Dominion and the province. 'Tile trtts- di -pure. now }tiered nn n question of and interest The province claimed five per cent, compound interest, '^.:R..wa:L:aaL-':-�m�r"vw Vd�"1ua.'L4+eliuM.X.�,v;:•,u11•:,.:i REV. MESSRS EDGE and Living- stone exchanged pulpits last Sab- bath. WE are pleased to learn from our Godeirch correspondent that the alarming condition of Mr. M. C. Cameron, ex -M. P. West Huron, as depicted in the city dailies is much exaggerated. At last accounts the gentleman .was .abl.e.._to. ,attend business. A REFORMER ON RECIPRO- CITY. M•lt. JOHN HALLAM ON THE EFFECTS OF RECIPROCITY. EDITOR GLOBE:—I see by a par., agraplr in your paper taken from the Peterboro' Examiner that Mr. Stevenson, the Conservative M. P., had shipped 50.000 lbs. of wool to Boston, ,Hass., for which he hail to pay $500 duty. This is a mistake, as the duty at the rate of 10c. per lb. would be $5,000. 1 beg to take exception to the statement in the paragraph that if Canada had Unrectricted Recipro- city will' the United States our farmers would be getting 30c in- stead of 204er pound for their wool, and you must seek some other cti°nse or the low price of wool in Canada than the want of Unrestricted IIe- ciprocity. \Voola are low all over the world. England, France and Germapy are large users of lustre wool similar to what we grow, yet we cannot export a•pouud of wool from Canada to these countries.' iyl 'Because this class of wool is about the same price there as it is•here. Then who pays the duty? I have before me the American iWool Trporter, of Feby. 7th gieing the statement that Mr. A. A. Wood, of Saline, Mich., had sold his mer• ino fleeces,u n washed,laat year's clip, at 21c. per Ib., being 7c per lh. more than the previous year. Now, this wool, if it was grown in Canada and exported to the United States would have to pay 10e per ib. duty. I have bought for several seasons the wool off Mr. Rock Bailey's flock of thorough bred merino sheep of Union, Ontario, and have paid him 17c and 180 per Ib. for it.- This wool is in all respects equal to Mr. Wood's wool referred to above. Seeing that Mr. Wood's wool only realised 21c., what is Mr. Cluxtou's statement in the Peterboro' paper worth, that if we had Unrestricted Reciprocity the farmer would real- ize 30c for his wool instead of 20e? In my opinion therein agreat deal' of nonsense talked about this Unre. atricted Reciprocity, I was in Michigan a few days ago -25 miles from Detroit—and what did I find'? Goodtimothy hay selling at $7 to es per ton. I paid $21 last week per ton in Toronto market for same class of hay. Oats, '28; per bushel. I - paid 38c in Toronto market,. Butter, fresh, 20c. Poultry, nicely dressed, at 10c per Ib. Hides, 31c; to 4c. Rendered tallow, 5c to 54e, and I pay 6c to 64e here. What would our farmers have to gain under these circumstances by Unrestricted Reciprocity with the United States 1 We produce more than we can commute of this ClaAR of produce, and so do the people of Michigan, but 1 find Toronto a better local market for fork farmers than Des troit is for the district surrounding it. 1 no in favour of freedom of trade and as few restrictions as possible when (fverytlring else is equal. In my opinion, the United States are not willing that advant- age!" in tide line should he recipro- cal, and it's time our politicians gave up agitating this question and devoted their talents to the develop, went, of Canada and British civilizes tion JOHN HALLAM. Toronto, Feb. 11. CURRENT TOPICS THE 1(ANDiCAPPED AMI.01('AN FARMEiRS. If the Canadian exports of bread- stuff' to h;nglend foll oft' lnst year, so did those of the United States. The exports of,' that class of pro• via ? JACKSON'S ? Clothing House. WE ARE STILL GIVING ONE QUARTER OFF ON ALL 0111) GARMENT8_& FIIRS m + — People who are i►1 need of anything in this line should not miss the chance of getting a Cheap Coat, Best or Pants. In a short time we commence our SPRING CAMPAIGN With a stock of THE MOST SELECT GOODS. In the meantime call and See The Bargains :)- :)- -(: We Are Giving CKSON Bros THE FAMOUS CLOTHIERS: duce fol• the year 1888 was $112,- 651,877; while for ' the previous period of 1887 it was $155,528,033, showing a decline of no leas than $45,912,177. The Mechanical News, remarking on this, says :—" In these days the American farmer is pretty soverely•hustled in the foreign market. He has Russia, India, the Argentine Republic and Australia, whenever their harvests are good, crowding him where once he had a comparatively clear field ; and out of these four competitors there are generally two or three at least in good fighting trier, and able to con- tend with hien on an equal footing, if not with some little advantage. Tide does not [Hake it any easier for him to meet the heavy living and working expen,i to which our commercial arradrementa subject him ; and it need not he wondered at that he [slakes small headway to- ward pecuniary independence." SMOKING IN CHURCHES Dr. Parker, of the London Tem- ple, is bound to get people to church. He thinks that a- good many who Stay away might look in with more or less ' regularity if they were allowed to smoke during the sermon. Accordingly the worthy' Noctor proposes to start such ,services, dur ing which none are forced to smoke, but all may indulge. This proposal (las, at any rate, the champ of novel• tv, and we are not sure but that something aright be urged in its favor. There is nothing radically sinful in smoking. If there were, Heaven help many of the most protu• inent of the clergy. There is nothing also in the proceeding incompatible with the sacredness of the Sunday, for, in that case also,alas for the cloth. A rune can smoke and at the snore time read the Bible to edification. He can expectorate even in the house of God and be blameless, though hie neighbor worshippers may suffer. Sermons are often written when' the fumes of tobacco are strong, Why, then, may they not bo Frenched in a like cloudy atmosphere? At meetings of Con- ferencesand General Assemblies the smoke of the weed very.. frequently ascended' froth all outside premises and summer hooses even as sloth the smoke of a furnace, Why then might it not add dignity and wisdom, to the actual proceedings of such courts by being freely partaken of "in session" 1 By all means let the experiment bo . tried—at least let wine men take the proposal into their,'most serious consideration."— Globe. LEVI TOOK THE SCARF. Levi went down to a wholesale (louse recently and ordered a bill of goods amounting to $1,200, paying 8800 cash and giving his note for $400. Before going out he remark- ed : Aind id ushall for a brosent�y` go with a burchase like that. Sglgu e x ehmall ding to strengthen dr�aiia:" Eh 1' .. Tho salernan said that it was cus- tomary to snake a present to largo purchasers, and tendered Levi a fine silk scarf from an assortment at hand, but he did not show much enthusiasm over the present. ` Ish dot the pest you can to 1' he asked with a slight sniff of disdain. Just then the proprietor came in, and turning to him the salesman said, ' Mr. Ryan, :Mr. Levi—, stere, has purchased a big bill of goods, and he thinkslyou should make him a present. I have given him one of these scarfs, but he doesn't seem satisfied. \Uhat do you think?', `How much did ho leave with us?' ' In alt $1;200.' ' In cash?' 'No ; $800 in cash and a note for $400.' Well, make hint a present of the note.' Vitt you nntorse id, Measter Ryan?' asked Levi, excitedly. No, certainly not.' 'I)en, Measter Ryan, I guess f lakes the scarf,' and he took it. ARE YOU IN DEBT ? \1'e ask the question seriously. On our books are a large number of small accounts that aggregate a good many dollars. If yon owe't'itE Newa•Ritc�ofte 81.25 or snore, 101 invite a prompt settlttouut If you have not received your account, ask for it ; if you have received it, we ask an early response. During the last few weeks a large num- ber of a0counts have been sent out, and during the next few ;weeks we will send out many more. I'nis N1nvs•►teeottn is now better trotth $.2 a year than 81.25 when the pres- ent proprietors Look possession of it over six years age, and still the p,100 .remains at :+1.25 in advance. \1'e dislike dunning, but accounts that have remained open for two years or more must be settled. To those who pay op, and a year in advmwe, during this month, $1.25 a year —the advance price— ,vill unl} be charged; eth,raise $l•50 will he chalgcd and col 'fo these fu turrets' we say -and say it nmlidl}' pay lip and save rests. WIII'1'ELl' & '('0110, l'nl lisliei' . 1 .124. Vat,111...11ALAPAin.: