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The Huron News-Record, 1893-03-15, Page 2)yer's P iils Are compounded with the view to general usefulness and adaptability. 'ahoy are composed of the purest Vegetable aperients. Their delioato auger • coating, which readily dis- selves in the stomach, preserves their full medicinal value and makes 01= easy_to 'take, either by old or young. For constipation, dyspep- eta, biliousness, sick headache, and the common derangements of the Stomach, Liver, and Rowels ; *leo to check colds and fevers, Ayer's' Are the Best Unlike other cathartics, the effect of Ayer'e Pills is to strengthen the excretory organs and restore to thorn their regular and natural ac- tion. Doctors everywhere prescribe them. In spite of immense compe- tition, they have always maintained their popularity as a family/ medi- cine, being in greater demand now than ever before. They are put up both in vials and boxes, and whether for home use or travel,, Ayer's Pills are preferable to any other. Have yon ever tried them ? Ayer's Pills Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer d Co., Lowell, Maes. Sold by all Druggists. Every Dose Effective Tie Huron News-Recora 1.60 a Year—$1.20 in Advance • .. - w _ ala.. • •t' Carried from 6,444,000 t9 14,0001000 per !annual. Not inueh evidence of stagnation here. T111I SIXODUa. Turning to the exodus, the Minister said, unlike the ex'.Finitnce Minister, he would not guess at the figures. He would give those which were published in the Census Returns of the United States,'and it might be depended upon that they were none too unfavorable to the American Republic. Sir Richard had no foundation whatever for the figures he was hawking around, except in the promptings of his own gangrened imagination. And it was the basest act of treason that a Canadian public man could be guilty ot, to spread abroad statements intended to discourage our people at home and ruin our good name abroad. Instead of the milliuns of Canadians which Sir Richard talks of as being in the Unite(! States, the latest American Census taken in 1800 showed the number to he 973,752, of these 712,- 368 were t.het'e in 1880, and of that num. her '2'2-,000 had gone chiefly when the LlOeratls were in power and refused to encourage Canadian labor to keep our people at home. Ldok at the different results under tate two systems. Be - -twee') 1870 and 1880, when there was no fostering of national in,tustries a total increase of $222,3.27, or an increase of 45.4 pt r cent while from 1880 to 1800 there was only all increase of 36.7 per cent. Population for 100 years had been to a cc:tain extent leaving us and going to the Unitid States. The time w'ai near at hand when it would cease. 'Pile United States has their available lands now taken up ; cure are just bee gin ning to 001110 into favor, and our industries would extend and grow, and employ our own people. To aid in Ouse directions was the policy ot the ;overnment, and they would not bo di•t .ufhed in their determination in that direction by either the growling trod grumbling of pessimists at home or the jealously of for- eigners abroad. The rousing cheer that met the :l[inister's announcement was poor comfort to the men who have hoped that the Conservative party in the house were breaking away from the landmarks of the past. OUR OANA1. INII'ROvI IEN'rs. l'he Minister iu closing referred to the great canal improvements that had been undertaken by the Government. Ile was glad to announce that in three years these would be completed and then the.Uovernment would he enabled to reduce the burden of the people another $2,000,0011 per year. They were administering the government of the country economically ; they would con- tinue to do so. At the 'same time it was their duty to develop our resources, le sea that the Dominion was not be- hind in the means and methods of modern commerce i to strengthen the ties that hind the provinces together, and to Make ourselves not tributary to but a growing and successful rival of our American neighbors in all those peace- ful pursuits ot which a free, industrious, intelligent British people way be justly proud. As the Minister concluded the house rang with hearty applause. DR. SPROULE SPEAKS. Dr, Sproule, M. P., made a capital speech the other day, which was full, as his speeches atweys are, of valuable facts as to the trade and commerce and industries of the country. We present a few of these facts : The Opposition say that the National Policy has Dot increased the number or earnings of the workingmen, but there had been made in 1891 $165,769,637 worth of manufactured articles more than in 1881. Somebody roust have had work in these years and earned a large amount of money. The facts were that as compared with 1881, in 1891 the number of hands em- ployed in the workshops of Canada allowed an increase of 112,930 opera- tives, anti the number of industrial establishments for the same period showed an increase of '25,845. What about the prices of what we buy ? 1Voollen goods have beeu re- duced in price 45 per cent since 1878 by the competition produced by the National Policy. Cotton goods for the same reason have been reduced over 60 per cent as every farmer knows. 'then look at the other side? '['o the men and women employed in making Canadian goods, on Canadian soil, for the Canadian people, $40,333,000 more than was paid in 1878, was paid last year alone. Wednesday, :Waren 15t11, V49:1. 'I'HIE HURON Nls jl ;S' -RECORD. A Live Local 'and Family Weekly Journal, Issand Wedat+! day Mornings. Orriea.-Brick Block, Albert Street, North, Clinton, Uut. Tsau.-,. •-$1.50 a year, 01.21 in advance. 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Fauns, houses or town property, for sale or to rent, stray stock cud similar advertisements nut exceeding eightlinos, 01 for ll:at month and 50 cents for each following mouth. Advertisements without definite instructions in• variably inserted until forbid cud charged accord. ingly. Transient advertisements in all 011501 10 be paid in advance. All contract changes must he received at the office not late than SATURDAY NOON every week. A. Si. '1'GUD, Publisher. OUR WEEKLY LETTER FROM ()WAWA. (.Jontintied from last week.) OTTAWA, 'Tuesday, 28th, 1893. INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY. The Minister then touched upon the Intercolonial Railway, and he compared his management with the management of the road under the Liberals In Mr. Mackenzie's time the road was 714 miles long; its deficits were as follow., : from 1874 to 1875, $281,000; from '75 to '76, $243,000; from '76 to 77, $507,000; from '77 to '78, $482,00,!; and from '78 to 70, $716,000. That was brilliant manage- ment. What are the facts to day ? The Government is managing that rail. way, which is now 1,175 miles in length, and it will not cost the country $50,000 r. year. As the Finance Minister had stated, the loss in operating it for the first half of the present, year was only about $2,000. DEBT OP TIIE COUNTRY. As to the debt of Canada, the gentle, men opposite were just as responsible for every dollar of it as the members on this side of the I-Iouse. I[ow was the debt made up ? First of alt, before Con federation the provinces olvetl certain debts. '!'hese amounted to 8109,430,146. Could Sir Richard Cartwright point to any objection he had raised to this being assumed by the Dominion ? Afterwards, the Dominion allowed to the different provinces $30,743,392; could Sir Richard Cartwright point to where he or his associates had raised any objection to that? 'Then $43,011,351 wasexpended on the Intercolunial R til• way, that we had to complete because it was a part of the terms of Confedera- tion, and the lion. George Brown had said, "Better complete` fifty Intercol- onial railways than prevent conledera. tion." Then for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway the Govern- ment had contributed $61,977,948 ; add these together and they amount to the sum of 8246,000,000. 'l'hat was larger than the whole net debt of Canada, but, it must be remembered in addition to these the Government out of the revenue had been enabled to expend the enormous sunt of $193,000,000 in aiding railways, in construction of public works, in making improvements in navigation of rivers and harbors, or corn• pletir,g canals and developing the out- lying provinces. No country under the sun could show a better record and the gentleman froth South Oxford, if he woutd only express bis candid opinipn, would stay the same. THR RAILWAYS AND THRIit TRADE. Taking up the subject of the railways and their carrying trade, it was surely an evidence of our increasing commerce to know that since the Conservative Government had conte into power, necessities of our trade flail required the construction of 8,500 miles of railway. while the tonnage of freight carried had inerease d from 7,832,000 tons to 23,000,, t00, and the number of passengers itself. Last year,. the Canadian Pacific paid dtreot.ly to ins employees the enor. 1510115 $unt of tea millions of dollars in wages. ' Where is the roan wile will say that this gooney does not go into the pookota of other artizans, and the farmers for supplies ? d11LL'r1A OIIANORS. For some years it has been the cus- tom of the Militia Departmet.t to call out without previous notice such of the country B.lttalions as they had decided to give Damp drill to Sometimes the ehurtauotioe made it dillioult for officers and men to prepare property for vamp. 'rite lion. Mr. Patterson has decided that the system should be changed and has had it done. Hereafter the Depart- ment will give notice some months in ad vance. This change will be popular with the country voluutoer companies. It should be safd that the llon. Mr. !'atter. son has thoroughly mastered the affairs of his Department, and when tate esttm ates of the same were before the house his full and courteous replies to enquiries were especially noted. '!'here is no more generous, kindly and upri.;ht u►an in public life in Canada than the Hon. Mr. Patterson, and he is deservedly esteeu.ed upon loth sides of the house. 11R. M0W.\T'S 11111'Rf•:s. The Doctor read some of Mr. Mowat's figures for Sir Richard, - here are some samples --"Ruin to the farmers''! says Sir Richard,-1I'he farmers are fairly prosperous" says Mr. Mowat "and here are the figure. to prove it." Value of farm buildings in Ontario in 1832, $132,000,000; in 1880 8192,000,00). Value of farm implements in I8t(2, $37,0.10,000; in 1889, $51,000,00(1. Value of the stock in 1882, 80,000,000, in 1889, 8105,000,0 0." A 11001) STORY. Then 'he Doctor told a gond story. What was the policy of the Liberal party? It reniintled him of the old plaid who prayed tinder the apple tree for a hue'+ band. "Whoo ! whoo 1" answered a sleepy owl, and then the old maid thinking it was the voice of providence answering, joyfully replied, "Anybody at all so long as it is a men." The Liberal party didn't care what policy they adopted so long as they got into power. The house laughed heartly and Sir Richard got mad. Altogether the Doc. tor's speech was one of the best he has delivered in the house and was warmly received. :MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Mr. Boyd, M. P. for Marquette, showed in the house on Wednesday that binders .cost in 1880 in that province $275. They were poor articles that today could not be given away. At the present time they pay $140 for a first-class binder. "They are," Contin• ued Mr. Boyd, "Canadian binders and we are glad to be able to send our money to other provinces of Canada rather than send it out of the country to benefit foreigners." C. P. R. WAGES The people of Canada are constantly told by the Liberal speakers and press: '• You have been bled to build the Cana- dian Pacific liailroad, and it gives you no return." here is a whole reply in TIIE CIIOLERA. The Government are bound that Canada shall have no Cholera next sea, son if it can be prevented. The Depart- ment of Argieu.ture are prepru•ing to protect every weak point, and the ut. most caution and care will be observed to prevent infection. The most etfec, tive apparatus will be employed for di0. infection porposes wherever immigrants or tnerchanuise are landed, and no step necesssary to protect the health of the country, will be neglected. The people may rely upon tate most active and watchful policy upon the part of the Government. 'tilt: CLOSE Ole Tors DEBATE. The galleries were filled on Tuesday night last to hear the closing shots of the Budget tight. The people were amply repaid for their attendance. The lion. Mr. Laurier spoke after dinner. 1[is speech was a pleasantly delivered essay, well constructed but weak in argument. The Finance :Minister re- plied. We have no space here to describe his t bort. 1t was by common consent one of the greatest spe_ches that the Conaulian Parliament has ever heard It was indeed the advent of a per - Let Waterloo for the Opposition. They Molted like pigmies besule a giant as the 110n. Mr. Foster -small in stature but mighty in arguments -stood up and 1.11 the force of ireesistible facts and logic brushed them aside one by one. First Ite completely answered Mr. Laurier, then he demolished Sir Richard; next he cleared away the sophistries of Louis 1[enry Davies, and lastly he spanked the man from North Norfolk till he looked like the 1i:static bull that faced a run- ning locomotive. It is universally ad- mitted that the Opposition have .not had such a riddling for ys ars. 1 f their supporters in the country could have heard it they would undoubtedly have been more than sorry for their leaders. defeat that had enveloped their party from, Marquette to. the eel; was enough to make any political party feel that total extinction was impending. They said their hands were t[uii, so they were, their halide were tied when Mercier was ousted and the money supplies stopped. Mr. MoLennau. urged upon Mr. Laurier to say whether he was willing to accept a treaty with the United States that gave the Americans control of the Canadiau tariff. 1 -le paused for a reply, but Mr. Laurier only smiL.d. Neither he nor Sir Richard ever want to answer that question. It is getting down to particulars that they always try to avo d. The Opposition claimed that people left Canada because of the high tariff. "Then," asked the speaker, "why do they go to the United States where the tariffis twice as high?" Sir. McLennan dealt lengthily with the condition of the farming industry in Great Britain, which is a free trade country. Between 1883 and 1887, according to the best authority in the world—Mulhall —far(tling lands have decreased in value in Great Britain to the extent 01 $1,- 036,600,000, an almost incredible and certainly an astounding sum. This means 8130,000,060 per annum at $7 per acre. British farmers find the raising of grain un- proti able and are stopping it. '1'ueyfraise less per year by 8,000,000 bushels than they did 40 years ago. here is the ovitlene. of au agricultural expert given before the Royal Agricultural Commission in 1886 "The present as c angered with ten }rare ago would show on an average that the lend - lords have loat 30 per cant., the tenants 60 per cent., and the laborers 10 per cent. Forty pe: cent. lose on farms, which are chiefly arable; secondly, upon fauna which are half pasture and half arable, 30 per cent. Un hill farina, where ,t is all moor or vase, 20 per went, That is with regard to the landlords. ll'ith regard to the tenants, iu first case chiefly arable farms, capital ordinarily lust, and no income as a matter of fact from the faint, On the first class, the chiefly arable ferule, the ten- ant's loss is 40 per cent ; second elites, 2.3 per rent, and very little income, and on the third, 10 per tela, and very llttte income. Wages have fallen 13 per cent from what tarry were ten years ago.' reseseI1(N. The speech will be given notice on these letters hereafter. The Govern- ment majority was 54. There were a number ot absentees. 310. EDGAR'S COMBINE. Mr. Edgar having made a speech in which he found fault with the combines, Mr. Smith, M. P. for South Ontario, retorted that Mr. Edgar was a promin, ent member of the most iniquitous coma bine in Canada,the Ontario Law Society; and he had better cast out the mote ft•otn his own eye before he tried to remove that in his brother's eye. TIIE P. 0. DEPARTMENT, The Post Office Department is one of the most importent departments of the government of Canada. It is important not only because of the fact that upon its wise and business like management depends to so great an extent, the successful handling of business operations in every part of our I own country and with every other country in the world,but because two of the large expenditures which are neces- sarily made in connection with it. 1t is very satisfactory to compare its man• agement now with its management under the Liberal Government. In 1873, when the Liberals took office we had 4,518 post offices in the Domin- ion. 1 hese post offices cost per annum $1,553,000; they earned $1,406,000. During the five years of Liberal rule,the nuniber ot' offices increased to 5,378 and the -revenue to $1,620,000, while the ex- penditure increased to $2,110,000. That is to say,the expenditure increased i 437,- (.00, while the income increased only 8214,000 or in other words, each post office caused to the country a loss per year ot $93. '!'hat was clearly the result of bad and extravagant management. Since the Conservatives took charge again in 1878, it will be retnembored the North Nest has been opened up by the C. P. 1t. and in consequence hundreds of offices -the mail routes to which are exc-eedingly costly- have been established. Indeed the whole North West has been given most ex- tensive and satisfactory service; and yet look at the result of good management ! Tho number of offices at present is 8,288- an increase of 2,910 offices as cotnpared with 1878. The expenditure is 84,205,000 and the income is 83,542,- 000. The total loss is only $663,374 per year, or only 880 per office -$13 per office less than under the Liberal Government. 'Thus is saved to the country—notwithstanding the immense cost of North West routes and splendid improvements everywhere, the sum of 8107,744 per year. MR. M'LENNAN'S SPEECH. Major 1t. R. McLennan, M. P. for Glengary, made a capital speech upon the Budget. He has a splendid prat• tient mind, and always gives the [louse facts that have been well thought out and arranged to prove his contentions. Re is a thorough Canadian, proud of Canada's position and thoroughly loyal to her institutions. He therefore speaks with no uncertain sound upon the anti -Canadian policy of the Opposie tion. Dealing with the statement made by the Opposition that there was unrest in the country, the Major Reid lie didn't wonder that unrest disturbed the soul of the sten opposite. The gloom of Leslie's Carriage Factory. BUGGIES, PHAETONS, CARTS AND 1V GONS-all of the beat worts* manship and material. fa5r All the latest styles and most modern improve- ments. All work warranted. Repairing and repainting promptly attended to. Prices to suit the times. ge'14:AACTORY-oornor I'Iuron and Orange Streets, Clitltun. THE HUB GROCERY 1 657-y —0 - '.Te have closed our financial year 1st of February and find that it has been a year of fair prosperty to no. We wi,.h to render our beat THANKS to Customers for their patronage and will always strive to win your con- fidence in future, by giving you GOOD COODS as cheap as any other !-louse itt Town. Our Stock of CHINAWARE, PORCELAIN AND STONEWARE, Daaling with the subject of tax ,tion he sootril the statement rf the Toronto (;lobe And thawed that the taxation of N w York tithe was crtut wot(s. '1 here la a direct taxation aeeortlinl1 to the (;Fobs, in that State, of $132 per annum cm 200 acres ; $125 on the 150 acres 4.860 on 90 acres. 'rhe farmers of Ontario know how much direct taxation they have in the provinces of the Dominion. But if our provinces Were states they would get no federal rnloaidy; they woull have t, build tl eir awn canals and public wit ke, and a thousand thruge all by direct taxation. moerueess IN 111E UNITED STATES. Fortunately the census returns of the United States give the mottg'Lge figures. It had cost r6 million dollars to cellect these etetisties. They were each as showed the American farmer to be Ruing in no garden of Eden. Here aro the speakers words : "I base my calculation upon the Auteri- ca), census. which costs Horne millions to prepare. The murtgeee debt on 1st Janu• ary, 1890, in Alabama WM; $39,027,000 or $26 per head ; in Iowa, 8119,034,000 or $104 per head ; in Illiuuie, $3S4,299,000, or $100 per head. It will be reniembsred that Iowa and Illinois are situated in the very heart of the United States, and are considered to in• elude the beat farming sections in the country. Kansas, that country whose circulars contain portraits of some hon. gentlemen opnosite, ha. a debt of $235,248.000, or $170 per head, or $850 for every family of five, or a mortgage against every 4.77 the whole papulation of the state. 1Vhen [ speak of a mortgage of $S.30 against au) fancily, 1 do not wean against each family mortgaged, but against every family in the state. Those five statee had,on letJanuary 1890,realestatemortgages amounting to 8906.669,00, or an average of $83.80 per head eubjert to an interest charge for one .year of $67,505,000. I have not time to go over the statistics of each state individually, but I will rend to the House a statement covering the whole Unit- ed States, prepared by 51r. Porter, the census commissioner. Ile says in Extra Census 13ullentin No. 3: A small army of 2,500 special agents and clerks hue been employee to make an abstract of every mortgage placed on record in every county in the United State', and thea the agents of the Census office have as a matter of fact overhauled the re cords in every Ptato and territory. They have travelled on horsehttek and on foot through the meet sparsely -settled districts of our vast domain in search of mortgages and have done their work eo industriously and Po thoroughly that we have now on file in Washington ns a result of their labour, the abstracts of 9,000,000 mortgagee.' "There , ate about 12,000,000 families in the United States. Cu,nunentis uueceesary, AMERICA N (Ira N IUN. Dealing with the subject still further, Mr. McLennan quoted an extract from General !Weaver's letter of acceptance as a Preeiden• fiat candidate. "The p•'nple are in poverty ; their sub- stance is ,being devoured by heartless nlonepoliets, trusts and money sharks ; labor is largely unemployed, and where work is obtained, the wages are for the most p.rt unremunerative, and the pro• ducts of labor not paying the cost of pro- duction. This is a matter of serious con- cern to the whole people," Further, the :1,neriracr Farmer, a leading agricultural juutual, says, in its last issue ; "The farmers are fest being reduced to the condition of serfs, and the American workingman is becoming the American slave. Such is the position of the Ameri ran farmer in the highly favored and advan- tageously situated western states." Mr. McLennan closed with a glowing description of Canadian resources, and tom• pared the picture drawn by Americans of the American farmer with the true condi- tion of the average Canadian farmer. He was heartily cheered. 610. PATERSON, OF BRANT. Mr. Wm. Paterson, M. 1'„ of Brant, is hard to please. He livor in Brantford. He le doing a prosperous business --a bueineee which has trebled since the introduction of the National Policy --and all around him are proeperous businesses, many of them established since the ea.ne date and main- tained by the same policy ; and yet he shouts that the fiscal policy of the Government is ruining the manufacturers of the country. It is amusing to listen to his statement and then look at the progress of the city in which he IiICP. Ito pop,ilatinn in 18S1 woe 9,616 ; its population in 1891 was 12 733 In 1881 the number of manufsctnrinq establishments in that city was 140 ; in 1891 there were 210. The clpital invested in 1881 was 81,028,000; is well assorted (and 014 We have a large Import Order coming from E11gluud) we will offer them at Close Prieto; to make room. GEORGE SWALLOW Clinton. Hoosier Steel Frame Grain Drill. There are more Hoosier Drills of our manufacture in use in Canada than of all other kinds combined. Cre.��,�����������,�����,�!!�a";fir 06h ^•'1115-'�.larm,A rtes II, ad�t� CirtJ.A.ItAN'.1?flu3 3I) TIIE IIEST DRILL btfADYiI. Pelf, et and instantaneous regulation of depth of hoes iu all kinds of soil. THE ONLY I'ERt'EC'T FORCE 1?1'.1'.D in use. '1 he tbnrungh equipment of our factory with the latest improved labor saving machinery and a 1,. ee1y ioereuse.I output emit bh s us to trim' the Ile, Hier Drill and all other implements of our rnauufec- titre at. pi ices low,r than ever bvfrre• For catalogues, miles and terms, s e our local agents throughout the country, or send to our office. NOXON BRCS., I 'F'G. CO. L'D, INGERSOLL, ONT. E. BOSSENBERRY, Zurich, 0. C. WILSON, Seaforth, and L. BEATTY 'Varna, Agents. 745-41-eow. in 1S91 it was 83,231.000. In 1881 its far'tories employer' 1 306 persons and paid $433,00,9 wages ; in 1891 its factories em- ployed 2,1.83 hande and paid. $1,031„000 in wages The products made in 1881 were worth $1,931,000 ; iu 1891 they were worth $4,`.'.50,000. When Mr. Paterson can grumble in the face of such progress there is no nee in trying to please hits, Ile is grumbling like tho'e around him simply because he is out of otlide. Tlllt LATEST LOAN 1N ENGLAND. The facts in connection with the ,mall loan which M r. Foster recently made in England should be most pleasing to Cana- dians. '!'here is no place in the w' rl t where th progress and pr-spe.t'ity t f a people is so bei n v ecru irr•r, d as anon the English money market, at hen a loan is a.lt••d for. This I'.00 was on!. ed at :3 per cent, only and yet tlte-e wtvr t.liure to take over throe times the oinouut at that small inter est. S'r Piehard's letters to the English press or his speeches in parliament are pow- erless to ruin our credit at home. Ile triad it; but failed. LOAN C'OMP'ANIES. R -'cent returns of the Loan Companies of Ontario show that the sums becoming due on mortgages in 1S80 and remaining unpaid --was eight and three-fifths per cent. In 1891 it was only two per cent. That is a very significant fact. On notes the unpaid sums "due in 1880 wa.4 per cent; in 1892 only a fraction over one per cent. This is another very significant feet. TOE CIVIL SERVICE. The Government are introducing a hill in regard to the Civil SSrvice. Its provisions are principally to make the daily bears of service longer and provide more effective methods whereby the useful, industrious memhere of the service may be marked and rewarded, and whereby those who do not prove good or faithful officials may be dis- covered and dealt with as they d'iserve. TIB EI(ANCHISE ACT. The Hon John Co;tigan on Monday intro duced a bill to amend the Franchise Act. Tho main p Ante in it are: First,to reduce the coat of printing by doing away with the printing of the preliminary lists; second, to pt event any chance of stuffing the lista with omnibus declarations. hereafter each non-voter who wishes to go on the liet must rnaku a Personal declar'ticn. The act provides, boavel•'r, that in the case of a person who is ah•ent from the cnnetituency the declaration may be made by another. The declarations under the new act for the preliminary Het must be in by August let. The bill hal ouly been read the first time and mo(lifi'atiooe of it or further amend- ments to the act itself may he made yet. CANADIAN. "I have used Ayer'e flair Vigor for a number of years, and It has always given me satiofectiee. It is an excellent dressing, prevents the hair from turning gray, insuree its vigorous growth, and keeps the scalp white and clean." -Mary A. Jackson, Salem, Mass. SIIILCW'S Cores Consumption, Cougfar, Croup, Soro Throat. Sold by all Druggists on a Guarantee. Fe r a Lame Side, Back or Chest Shiloh's Porous !Planter will give great satisfaction.—a$ cents. SHiLOH'S VITALIZER. Dore. T. S. Hatvkins, Chattanooga, Tenn. swat "67tfloh'aVitalizer 'SAVED DMT' LIFE.' cottsidrrr'ii thebcatt•emedeforadebti:itatedtnrstrm I ever used." For Dyspepsia, Liver or Sidney trouble it excels. Price 75 eta. ILO ti'S ` CATMTIF REMEDY: Hero Try' this 'Remedy. 11-, will pnsltivelyrelieve Cure you. Pricefocu'. Chis Injector ler its Pueceeeful tree teem • 10 furnished free. 1t oo::tlier,t;hIloh'elte,r,tvlten aro sow cera a ,fua. at:f.e11:J give settte:Ai:Joel. HONEST HELP FOR MEN PAY NO MORE MONEY TO QUACKS. A sufferer from Errors of Youth, Nervous Debility and Lust Vigor, avas restored to health in such a remarkable m;umer, after all else had failed that he will send the means of cure FREE to all fellow suf- ferers. Address, with stamp, MR. 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Thos. Neflans, Aarlock ; Robt. u'idillan, Sea - forth ; S. Carnocban, Seaforth. John O'Sullivan and Geo. \tanlie, Auditors, Parties desirous to effect insurance or tr.nuv- net other business will be promptly attend- ed to on s,,plieation to any of the above officers, addressed to their respective post offices. John Gunnirrgllam, GREEN GROCERS, :-: :-: CONFECTIONER AND Canadian Express Agent,, ALBERT ST.. CLINTON. Fresh addles and Bloaters. Oysters constantly on hand. Also some Canadian Cranberries, cheap. REFRIGERATORS. • The undersigned is making a specialty of Refrigerators and is prepared to build and place these ecessary articles in private and business houses in all parts of the county Large or emal built in modern style nt low prices. Less ice, more dry, and colder than any other made. Call and Seo me or write to .1. 1)A5')IEN'I', 41-743 Clinton, 'int.