The Clinton New Era, 1896-07-03, Page 6July 3, 1893
'I' 11 E i 'LI NTOON NEW ERA
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MOST FRAGRANT
MOST REFRESHING
AND RNDURINO OP ALL
PERFUMES FOR THE
HANDKERCHIEF,
TOILET OR i
BATH.
ALL DRUGGISTS, PERFUMERS AND
gc.NERAL DEALERS.
The Ladies' Home Journal for July,
-an artistically attractive and inter-
•estin r issue --opens with a sumptuous-
ly illustrated article on Joan of Arc
and her home, by Emma Asbrand Hop-
kins, who entertainingly writes of the
childhood and religious life of the
Maid. Articles on seasonable dresses,
millinery, needlework, and various to-
pics of general and household interest,
and the usual departments are also in-
cluded in the July Journal -which is
eaeually complete. No feature of it will
appeal more strongly to lovers of the
beautiful than the cover -by Maxwell
Parrish -printed in rich tones of brown
and green, on buff paper. By the Cur-
tis Publishing Company, Philadelphia;
one dollar per year, ten cents per
opy.
DON'T WAIT FOR THE SICK ROOM
The experience of noreasens and the
public breves that taking soott's Emulsion
produces an immediate increase in flesh:
at is therefore of the highest value in wast-
ing Diseases and Consumption'
Mr J. P. McConnell, of the Shoe and
Leather Journal, Toronto, has just re-
turned from a lengthy business trip on
his wheel. He tells of a rather re-
markable experience in the vicinity of
Wiarton. That part of the Province
is just now suffering very much for
want of rain, which they have not had
for weeks. In the train of the drought
Chas come a plague of grasshoppers.
On the way to Hepworth these insects
fairly covered the road, and the wheel -
man left behind him a streak of crush-
ed bodies. Finally he had to stop and
clean out the dead insects from the
chain and sprocket else he would have
been stopped by the clogging of the
mechanism. The townships of Keppel,
Albemarle and Amabel are the chief
sufferers from the plague.
VALUABLE POINTERS ON LIFE IN-
SURANCE.
"Benjamin Franklin was not only a phi-
loscpher, but be was, in a sense, a finan-
cier, although he never joined the million-
aire ooterie. Benjamin always talked
horse sense though. He said: It is a
,strange anomaly that men should be care-
ful to insure their houses, furniture, ships
and merchandise, and yet neeleot to insure
their lives, sorely the most important of
all to their families, and far more subject
to loss."
"whimsical women often oppose the in-
surance of their husbands' lives, just for a
freak, or from pique, or to be odd. When
the husband dies uninsured they do feel
rather odd, surely. It would have been
better for them to feel even, now! wouldn't
at?
"Create a competence for your old age,
if you oan afford an endowment. But do
not neglect a straight life for your family,
ander any circumstances. It will be sin
Int for yon to do so."
"Yon should gauge your lite insurance in
a000rdance with your yearly earnings.
Life insurance profferg protection to the
maximum income, the minimum income,
and the moderate one as well. Let not the
wealthy man despise the insurance day of
small things, tier the poor one think the
-prize of life insurance beyond hie reach."
Praise is due, of coarse, to the man who
'keeps his life insured, even for a nominal
sum. 'Half a loaf is better than none.'
But the man who deserves the fullest
praise is he who keeps his life insured com-
pletely and fully.
^!It is a mighty good idea to get your life
insured, but we can tell you a better one:
Keep it insured. Don't miss a premium '00
your life.' "
Chtueee Get a Good Bargain.
D. W. Burnett is the owner of a piece of
land on the American river, near Salmon
Falls, in El Dot'ado county. The river bed
there, for 100 or 200 yards, had never been
mined. Some Chinese tirade him an offer
to lease this land for mining purposes for
two years, offering to pay him $100 for
the use thereof. This was declined. The
Chinese were persistent, though, and af-
ter bartering for awhile Mr, Burnett told
them they could have the land for the
time stated for $150, one-half to be paid
in advance and the balauce at the end of
the year.
The offer was accepted, and Mr. Bur-
nett
urnett was congratulating himself on his
bargain and considered the $75 to have
Come into his possession easily.
He was not long in changing his mind.
As soon as the lease was signed the Chi-
nese began to work. A force of 18 or 20
men were employed by them. A wing
dam was built and a wheel and other ap-
paratus put up there, the cost of which
was not over $400 or $500.
About three days after it was rumored
that the mine was producing $1,500 a day.
An investigation disclosed the fact that
the heathen had Bent away $8,500 worth
of dust within a week after they began
work. Several thousand dollars' worth
of dust was also disposed of in Chinatown
and handed over to one of the Chinese
merchants hors. -Folsom Telegraph.
OPEN AS DAY.
It is given to every physician, flic f a-
mide of Scott's Emulsion b net i et t rc 1,
but no successful imitation has ever bean
offered to the public. Only years of exp a -
ienoe and study can produce the best.
The policy which in suitable to a man of
Limited income; to one of moderate means, ,
and to another in affluent oironmetanoee, is
one of those issued by the Confederation
Secure particulars of this advantageous
form of investment insurance, or of any
other of this suoeesefulcompany's excellent
plans, by addressing Israel Taylor,Clinton,
agent for Seaforth, Clinton, and Godericb
SURE AND SIMPL]JjP11OTECTION
FROM COLD.
(Good meals and warm clothing are of
vnote value -if you haven't got them -than
anything else. World wide fame seems of
small account if you are hungry or the
wind is whistling through your body. So
any new feature which makes comfortable
Clothing possible for every one is of more
real importance to ns than the discovery of a
new planet. This explains the great popn•
larity of Fibre Chamois, an interlining
made from pure spruce fibre, which gives a
,perfect healthful warmth without adding
weight or bulk. The reason is that it is an
absolute to no condnctor of either heat or
•
n
cold. The rawest winds oan't get through
.the -clothing lined with it, nor will it let the
1lstural heat of the body escape. So that
it ensures comfort in all weather, for a
trifling expense.
What She Said
Mrs. R. Peek, E. 15th street, New York
City, visited Canada last year, and had the
good fortune to pick up something whion
not only suited her, but her neighbors also.
Wrighting the manufacturer of Nerviline
she eaye:-"I bought three bottles of Nerv-
iline while in Canada and treated my
neighbors to some of it, and all think it
the beet medicine for internal or external
pain they have ever need." Nerviline
deserves snob a eetrimendation, for it is a
moat powerful, penetrating, and certain
er ie y for °Pali#101 alikindd. Take no sab-
etlt lie. •
tt ,r ..;C d�astifiet iteiacfi
THE OLt ST LIVING LANGUAGE.
Evidence That Mexico is the Cradle of
Primitive Man.
In the first place it was obviously neces-
sary to find, if possible, a key to the hier-
oglyphics in which the mural inscriptions
are written, and to the solution of this
problem Dr. Le Plongoon directed all his
efforts, says the Review of Reviews. For a
long time his attempts In this direction
were futile, and it was only after the most
prolonged analyses of the characters that
he at length stumbled upon a clew. The
discovery Dame about in this way: He
happened to observe that certain signs
carved upon the walls of one of the build-
ings closely resembled those of the ancient
'Egyptian alphabet, with which he was
familiar. This led him to seek for -further
points of resemblance, which he also
found. The next step was to determine
the language of the inscriptions Know-
ing how excessively conservative are the
aborignes of Yucatan in all respects, Dr.
Le Plongeon inferred that probably the
language spoken by them at the present
day might have at least some affinity with
that of the mysterious writings on the
walla. To satisfy himself on this head he
devoted himself to a patient study of the
living tongue as spoken by tho fierce and
warlike tribes known as the Quiches, who
dwell amid the fastnesses of the moun-
tains in Guatemala, and who have main-
tained their independence againet all ire
vaders. These tribes are the direct de-
scendants of the ancient Mayas, and, as
Dr. LePlongeon discovered, they have re-
tained the ancient lan,ruage of their an-
cestors in almost its pristine purity.
The Maya language is one of the very
oldest tongues known to us, quite as old as
Sanskrit, if not still more ancient. By giv-
ing to the mural characters the same
phonetic value which they possess in the
language of the Quiches, the doctor found
that they formed very inte'ligible words
and phrases,and he quickly then perceived
that the language of the inscriptions was
identical with that still spoken. by the ab-
origines. The construction of the entire
alphabet followed and with that key Dr.
Le Plongeon has succeeded In fully de-
ciphering these hitherto incomprehensible
hieroglyphics. The comparison of the
hieratic ablphabot of the Mayas with that
of the ancient. Egyptians _reveals a sim-
ilitudo which amounts praotloally to tdent-
ly. Dr. Le Plongoon furthermore points
out that there exists a singularly close
resemblance between the grammatical
forms and the syntax of the two tongues,
many of the words and characters} having
a precisely similar meaning in the two
languages. Stranger still, the initial letters
of the Maya names for the various objects
which ooneltute the Egyptian alphabet are
the very letters so represented; ,froje this
it would seem, therefore, that both of
these people acquired the art of writing
from the same source or that one of them
taught the art to the oher.
Dr. Le Plongeon turned his attention to
the few known MSS, of the Mayas whioh
escaped destruction at the hands of fanati-
cal Bishop Lando, who accompanied the
Spanish Invaders. These MSS. aro written
on sheets of parchment prepared from deer-
skin, in the colored characters of an al-
phabet which is supposed to have been
formulated after the invasion of the Na-
haults in the Carly centuries of the Chris-
tian era. The Mayas are also known to
have made a species of papdr from the bark
of the mulberry tree by a process similar
to that employed in preparing the papy-
rus. Ot the extant MSS. the most impor-
tant Is that known as the Troano MS.,
which is in the British Museum. It is a
very ancient work, dealing mostly with
the subjects of geology and history, and
It le furnished with numerous illustra-
tions. This Dr.Le Plongeon has succeed-
ed in translating, and from it we learn
shot in ancient times the Peninsula of
Yucatan was called " Mayax," meaning
(he "first or primitive land." It gave its
same to the whole empire of the Mayas,
which extended from Tehuantepoo on the
Porth to the Isthmus of Darien on the
south, and thus comprised all those coun-
tries which today constitute Central
Amerioa. The two chief cities were Umal,
which was the city of government, and
Chiohtn-Itaa, which was the great metro-
polis and the center of the ancient Maya
eivtlizatlon,whithercame men of learning
from all parts of the world. In the illu-
strations of the Troann Ms. some of these
visltors are depicted as bearded men like
the anloont Assyrians. The ruins of these
cities still exist,and to then' Dr. Le Plon-
geon devoted his chief attention.
DANGEROUS WORDS.
SomebodyWill Trip You Up on Therm If
You Don't Watch Out.
It is getting to be pretty hard to catch
people on "transpire" and "perspire," but
there are a few other puzzles left in the die-
tlonary. With little judgment and good
management a man ought to get a few
bets out of the three words, desiooated, lurid
and reeking. Ask almost anybody what
"desiccated" means, and he will say:
"Why, chopped up into little bits, shred-
ded." He will be astonished to know that
it means nothing of the kind. Anything
desiooated is thoroughly dried. The way it
has come to mean "chopped up" is worth
noting. There are only two or three
things in commeroial use to whioh the
name is applied, such as desiccated codfish
and desiccated cocoanut. Those are shred-
ded, but that was done in order that they
might be well dried. It Is useless to try to
catch a Latin soholar on this, because he
knows the origin of the word. Lurid is an-
other word that the Latin soholar is likely
to know, but most of the rest of mankind
has the notion that it describes something
brilliantly red and yellow, glaring, low
and vulgarly sensational, as a lurid melo-
drama. The less blaze thorn is to the fire
the more lurid is the conflagration. The
more dull and cold and sullen and dark
the sunset Is the more lurid it is. Lurid is
the color of smoke, ghastly, grayish -yel-
low. Lurid flames are those choked with
smoke. But people who read about "lurid
flames" think about the brightness and
not of the smoke. Hence the misuse of the
word. When it comes to reeking the Latin
scholar is as likely to be astray as anybody..
Reeking? Why, reeking means something
dripping, or that has moisture oozing from
it; slippery with some foul substance, reek-
ing with filth. Oh. that's easy.
Ask such a confident one what is meant
by
No flame did flash or fair blue reek
Rose up to show me his plane.
He Is stumped by that. How could Jean
Ingelow call anything "slippery with foul
moisture" fair and blue and expect it to
show her where "her first love, her last
love and love with the true, true heart"
abode? When one knows that ' reek"
means smoke, then it is plain enough.
Then one sons that "Auld Rookie" doesn't
moan that Edinboro' Is such a slimy, stioky
place as it is a smoky town. If a horse's
flanks reek with miosture, it is because
the air is frosty and the perspiration
streams. By good rights crisp is a word
which is mis-applied, though the diction-
ary has capitulated to common use, instead
of stinking up for the old root moaning of
the word It is absurd to he able to apply
the same adjective to hair and a cookie. A
ne¢ro's wool is crisp; so is a flat, brittle
cookie orisp. Really the word means
"curly," Waves are crisp; lettuce is crisp
when it curls up, but a radish is never
"crisp," no matter how much tho seed
catalogues may say so. A cake which is
firm, and snaps into bits is crl -r, but that
is a secondary meaning. The trouble about
the word is that if you tell the waiter to
"crisp" your breakfast bacon, meaning to
hove it only slightly cooked, just enough
to curl it up, ho fetches it to you fried to
death in flat, brown chips that are brittle
enough, but are far from. being "crisp" in
the right meaning of the word.
He Was Misunderstood.
An American in Paris Is desirous of
seeing an interstate and international node
of manners accepted by his countrywo-
men. Attired in the latest London clothes,
yet dreaming of the stars and stripes, he
encountered two of 1118 fair countrywomen
at a sharp turn on a hotel landing. And
as he backed against the wall, lifting his
1iAt with whatever of Gallic grace and
Yankee aplomb he could muster at suoh
accidental notice, he heard one of the
ladles who had passed him eoornfully
mutter to her companion, "That'd just
liko p'renohmon; always trying to'fiiri with
t.3,66 N'
lC"rinoo Bismarck is ill ezcflenb health J1
M *sem, find take° driyerl and walks
*VCry' flay.
Iu Mr, Laurier'sfoliowing in the new
Parli;tment are 37 French-Canadinn
members our of a total c f 117 or the! e -
abouts. The proportion is less than
the proportion of French-Canadians
in the whole population of the ihnn-
inion. Of the 48 fcllowers of the Lit -
eral leader elected in Quebec ten ,ire
British -Canadians.
OUR MAIL
Our mail
brings us every
day dozens of
letters about
Burdock Blood
S,
Bitters. Some
m merchants who want to buy
t, some from people who want to
(now about it, and more from
• 'oplc who do know about it be-
..ause they have tried it and been
L!. -cd. One of them was from Mr.
i;illan, B.A., 39 Gould Street,
r run to. Read how he writes:
C'a:NTLEMEN,-During the winter of
'192 my blood became impure on account
,t the hearty food I ate in the cold
v'.•nllies. Ambition, energy and success
,,r,00k me, and all my efforts were in
lin. My skin became yellow, my bowels
-came inactive, my liver was lumpy and
.0: d, my eyes became inflamed, my appe-
ile was gone, and the days and 'eights
,:issed in unhappiness and restlessness
For some months I tried doctors'
and patent medicines of every description,
but received no benefit. Being advised
by a friend to try B.B.B., I am glad to
have the opportunity of testifying to the
marvellous result. After using three
bottles I felt much better, and when the
fifth bottle was finished I enjoyed health
in the greatest degree, and have done so
from that day up to date. Therefore I
have much pleasure in recommending B.
S. S. to all poor suffering humanity who
suffer from impure blood, which ie $'
beginning and seat of all diseases.
J. GILLAN, B.A., 39 Gould St., Toronto.
MENALLAGES
may be cared. We
treat all sexual dlsor,
dere of men. Four out
of five who suffer nery
ousnes9, mental worry,
attacks of " the blues,"
are but paying the pen.
alty of early excesses.
The dread alarm of
Impotency, the exhana-
tion of Spermatorrhoea,
=ybeCURED
In
aria confident* at
moderate *Vane,
etaultat ottl~ fru sealed boolt, U 1'$R titer
•1I.410100A4'
1 MEDICAL C is a ffalk lIgt
Our Manufacturing Interests.
What a Hamilton Manufacturer
Hate to Say.
Ur. James Brayloy speaks for the
public good.
THE PROPER POLICY.
Our representative i.lterviowod Mr. James
iirayley, of Ilamll:on, at his Whoa, 88 King
�� 11ILIm Street. kir lirayley is an enterprising
business man, and one of Hamilton's foremost
manufacturers. His goods, Saddlery hard-
ware, punches, dins, oto., are known from
IIa;ifax to Vancouver, and stand very high in
:he estimation of tho trade.
Mr. Brayley said: "For years I have been
troubled with gravel and weakness of the
kidneys. I had to stand up and clench my teeth
when urinating, so intense was the pain. The
pains around my loins whore almost intolerable,
and I felt as though a oat were being pulled
down my back by the hind logs.
"I went from bad to worse till at last I could
not urinate at all, and had to be operated on.
I bad no confidence in anything, and made up
my mind to sutf-r torture to my dying day.
R"adiug the tes.hnouy published by the Doan
Kidney Pills Co., I saw a s1Lnllar case to my own,
And, being in constant agony, decided to give
thorn a trial, and g a a box of the pills from
Spaokman's drug store, at the corner el Aleriset
Square.
"It did me no good, so I got another, and
another, until I had taken four boxes, and was
about giving up when relief came. I continued
to take them till tho pain loft my back, and I
am now as limber as au eel. Instead of getting
up a dozon times a night I never get up more
than once now. The urine is now perfectly
clear and has no sediment of any kind,
"I am delighted 10 testify in behalf of Doan's
Kidney Pills, as they cured me after the last
m y of hope bad fled."
Dr. TAF PS ASTHMALENE LI IR ES
ASTH M A so at you need
SIT UP all night gasping for breath tor fear of
suffocatf"^. Send your name and F [� F E
DR. Thai ',rill mail
trial bo G.�
7E ST.. W.
1 CURE FITS!
Valuable treatse and bottle of medicine sent tree to as
Snorer. Give Kprere and Post Wilco addreo, S. G.
j232.00f, M.C. 185 We Lac:aide Wee Tomato Ont.
,
R I•P'A-N•S
The modern stand-
ard Family Medi-
cine : Cures the
common every -day
ills of humanity.
IITf]B 0-1�OCMI
A Snap in Crockery
We have just received a shipment of DINNER SETS from Ent land, and con-
sider. that they are the best value for the money we have�ble
to offer. Just think of a Fine Gold Spplashed Decorated 97 piece s -for
ne
lli7.50. 112 piece inee of Tea Sets from $2 uet for p to $5,50. and Toilet iece tSets for atla price e have
suitthe
times.
WOODEN WARE -We are going to give a Washtub worth $1 and a Wash-
board worth,25c, the both for $1 Cash.
t -A -F() 4WA LALst,
CIA nta it
L
TILE BEST
PHOT'OG RAPHS
ARE
TAKEN BY
H O RACE FOSTER
SHREWD- BUYERS
Watch the market and buy where they can obtain the
best value. That is why so many pecple ate buying
their Groceries from us.
GIVE US YOUR ORDER.
We guarantee every article we turn out, and deliver
it with a nice„ turnout.
uO-LE COOPER '& CO,
Farm produce taken as cash. -Telephone No. 28.
,LaklidA'amaitt
Cooks Cotton Root Composed
Manufactured b y h
Cook Co., Windsor, Ont.,
and Detroit, Mich., is the
only known safe, reliable
monthly medicine on which ladies
can depend in "the hour and time
of need." Every lady who reads
this is requested to inclose two post-
age stamps, with her address, for
icee
Hardware and
Tinware
We are now back in our old store, and will from
now give low prices on all kinds of Hardware
and Tinware. Give us a trial.
HARLAND BROS.,
HARDWARE MERCHANTS, - - - CLINTON.
OPENED OUT AGAIN !
I beg to announce that I have resumed business at the old stand,
and would respectfully solicit a continuance of the patrc.nage so
generously extended to me in the past.
The stock, which is all of prime quality, and well assorted, has been
bought by me at considerable reduction on cost, and my customers
may rely upon getting the best goods at bottom prices,
N ROB8ON, - Clinton,
Seasonable
Goods a
Fancy Oak, Mahogany and Rattan Rockers
Upholstered in Brocatelle, Plush and
Tapestry, to suit the purchaser.
and full particulars, which we will
send by return mail in plain. sealed
envelope.
An old physician, 33 years con-
tinued practice treating disease° of
women, has charge of the office, and
can be consulted by letter or in
person. Address our main office
THE COOK COMPANY,
Boom 3—No. 263 Woodward Ave.,
Detroit, Mich.
I3' Cook's Cotton Root Compound
is sold by all responsible wholesale
and retail druggists in the Dominion
of Canada and United States for Oise
Dollar per boa
z
rr
CHAIRS
We sell thein as cheap as possible, hut they are
ro
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made right.
JOSEPH W CIIIDLEY
FURNITURE DEALER AND UNDERTAKER.
Clinton Planing Mill
—AND—
DR.Y R.ILN!
The subscriber, having the very latest improved
machinery, and employing the most skilled work-
men is able to do work in his line in the most
satisfactory manner, at reasonable rates and
on the shorteat notice. A trial solicited
FACTORY NEAR o.T R. STATION, CLINTON
TAOS MOKENZIE
You Want a Plough.
I ani an
agent for
the Floury Plow. It took the medal at the
World's Fair, Those who have used it not onl
like It, but say they don't want any other. 11
won't cost anything do look at it, and 1f I can sell
you one you'll never regret It. - ALBERT
!SE)ELEY, deneral Blacksmith, Clinton.
PLANTS! PLANTS! PLANTS
DR. SPINNEY & CO.
ALL KINDS OF FLOWERS.
Geraniums, Fuschias, Begonias.
Annuals—Asters, Petunias, Verbenas,
Stocks, etc.
CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWERS, CELERY.
Al nut 500 boxes of Tomatoes, many new kinds,
snob ss Child's Picture Rock, New Imperial,
Early Loader, Ruby and a number of others,
all of which I will sell cheap. Call at the green-
house, Huron Street.
J. OUN INGIEIAME.
THE DEAD SEA
The Old Reliable Specialiste.
89 Yraria Experiwfros
is the treatment of the Throat and Lila
TMu,bles. C.itarrh,'Asthma, DvonchWa,
Nervous, Chronic and Special Dir -
neeea a meal and women.
of ,CeliforLla, or Mono Lake, gives to tho
world what le known, as Mono Lake salt
a Galtreared from tbe,t►ate simply by
evaporatipon. It iii a rsmeby anti ante fear
oqtarrh, Balt lihauifa, Daffdt1"rf, flkin
Diseases, Bhenmatialii, Dyepepsin.' dte. -
25o a package, Or eatnple fres en applloa•
tion At
LPN dt W1Lfl0Yt, Dittig its'
Hay 1 -Stir ;Agent f;of t 11nto
Lost U.IWVed d e bKledne9ermanenBled-
cured-Gleet, Gonorrhoea Vartcoceleattla
stricture cured without pain. No cutting.
Syphilis and all blood Dlseaseir cured
without mercury,
tog sea Suffaa�n� the affects of
youthfid fclWes or indiscretions,
or any trembled with Weakness, Nervous
D.b&Dty, Lou of Memory, Despondency,
Attendee to Society, Kidney Troubles, or
any dwase of the Geeltal•Urinary Ot-
r(aana, ean here find safe and speedy ewe.
Charges reasonable, especially to the
poor. CURES GUARANTEED.
fiddle-AgedIgen—
tions of the ladder. often accompanied by a alight smarting or burning semsatioe, ani
..1 he of the system in ■ manner the patient cannot account for. There are many
c tit this difficulty, Ignorant el the cause. The doctor will guarantee a per=
f.. t - :...n all curb caves, and healthy restoration of the grotto -urinary organs. Con
free. Trona ,::,able to call, can write full particulars of their case sad have
toed,.‘nc •len' ho ernre.a, with 1,11 instructions for use. Mention this Pala whoa
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9 a. m. to 8 p. M. Sundays, 9 to 11 .
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