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The Clinton News-Record, 1898-05-19, Page 96 TIM e I 'TO?l' 11E1VS-11EVOlti Ispubllsi ei every THURSDAY at TIP' NEWS liNco,in Printing Home, A,tbert i; Cniixtl.-itoma, 400X21 . ADVItItTlei..0 nd'1 ES. 1 Yr. 6141o, 8 Mo. 1 11 I1 Column .,,,,,..$U0 00 835 00 820 00 0, Column.,,. 33 00 20 00 12 00 :i Column..,...,. 20 00 12 00 7 00 2 Co.uatn..,...., lo 00 0 t.0 5 00 1 Inch........... OW 350 2"0 1 te&Spoclal position from 25 to 5( per cent ex ti For transient advertisements 10 e'en per Incifor the first insertion; 3 een per line each subsequent insertion .nonpareil ttceasure. Professional card not exceeding one inch, $5.00 p annum. Advertisements without ape tfio directions will be published ti forbid and charged for according) Transient notices—"Lost," "Found For Sale," etc. -50 cents for first i eertion, 25 cents for each aubseque laser tion. • THE NEWS -RECORD will be set to any address, free of postage, f , $i.0o per year, payable in advance "* %1► b0 may be charged if not ao psi 7C ate en... it% every ,aril scripti la paid is denote y the number the address label. No paper disconti sed until all arrears are paid, exce at the option of the proprietor. W. J. MITCHELL. Editor and Proprieto THE MOLSON'S BAN Incorporated by Act of Parliament 1855. CAPITAL REST - $2,000,000 $1,500,000 Read Mee, - MONTREAL. WM. MOLSO'J. MACPHERSON, Presider F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Gen. Manag Notes Issued, andAmerican discounted, d']IAmsEons x pant bought and sold. Interest allowed on Deposi SAVINGS BANK. Interest allowed on sums of 31 and up. FARMERS. Money advanced to farmers on their o notes with one or more endorsers. No mor gage required as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton. G. D. MCTAGGART Banker, ALBERT STREET, - OLINTO A General Banking Business Transacte Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued. Interest Allowed on Deposits. CONVEYANCINC. John Ridout, Conveyancer, Commissioner, Etc. Fire Insurance. -_i Real Estate Money to Lend. Office—HURON STREET, CLINTO MEDICAL, Dr. W. Gunn, Much in Loittie Ia especially true of Hood's Pills, for ulna over contained so great curative so emelt space. They aro a whole ^ a t ti' 0 n cheat, always ready, al- is ways etlletent, always eat- III et. cr all lA N notated power t maaedlc1t. rs r q Ls Isfaotury; prevent a cold or fever, cure all liver ills, �laS s sick headache, Jaundice, constipation, etc. 251 Tile only P1113 to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla II GO TO THE Y" u1 Unign Shaving Parlor kt For first-class Hair -Cutting and Shaving. d, Smith's block, opposite Post Office, J. EMERTON, Proprietor. Clinton CENTRAL BUTCHER SHOP, r• FORD & MURPHY, (Successors to J. W. Langford.) (Having bought out the above business, w intend to conduct it on the Dash principle. ani will .upply our customers with the beet meat at the lowest paying prices. Ford & Murphy. Live Hogs Wanted, .t is Highest Market Price Paid. to Le D. CANTELON. Clinton, Removal of Night -Soil. The undersigned wi,t 11 kderbrke the remove. of Night Soil and thorough cleaning of closet. n on short notice and at re.ttonablo rates. Al b refuse removed out of town. ROBT. MENNEL, GEO. TROWHILL, ' Horseshoer and General Blacksmith Albert Street, North, Clinton. JOBBING A SPECIALTY. Woodwork ironed and 1(rbt-olas4 material and work guaranteed. Farm implements and . machines rebuilt and repaired. TO THE FARMERS! Study your own interest and go where you can get RELIABLE - HARNESS I manufacture none but the best of stook. Beware of shops that seU cheap, as they ' have got to live. C ill and get prices Orders by mail promptly attended to. - John hell, Harness Emporium, Blytb, Ont R. C. P. and L. R. C. S., Edinburgh. Office—Ontario Street, Clinton. Night calls at front door of residence on Ratten- bury Street, opp. Presbyterian Church, J. L. Turnbull, M.B., Toronto Univ, ; M. D. ; C.M., Victoria Univ. M.C.P. & S. Cnt, ; Fellow of the obstetrical society of Edinburgh. Late of London, Eng, and Edinburgh hospitals. Office—Dr. Dews• ley''s stand, Rattenbury St, Night calls answered at Office. Dr. Shaw, Office—Ontario Street, opposite English church„ formerly occupied by Dr. Apple- ton. DENTISTRY. Dr. BRUCE, Surgeon Dentist. OFFICE—Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Clinton, Ont. Special attention to preser- vation of natural teeth. N. B —Will visit Blyth every Monday and Bayfield every Thursday afternoon during the summer. DR. AGNEW, DENTIST. Office Hours, - 9 to 5. At Zurich the second Thursday of each month. VETERINARY. J. E. Blackall, VETERINARY SURGEON AND VETERINARY INSPECTOR. Office on Isaac Street next New Era office Residence, Albert St., Clinton. .P.1.1pnesmet.tlEntr1 LEGAL. 3. Scott, Barrister, &c, ' ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, CLINTON. Money to Loan. B. Campion, Q C., Barrister, - Solicitor, - Notary, .&c,, GODERiCH, ONT. it FF10E—Over Davis' Drug Store. Money to Loan. M. O. Johnston, Barrister, Solicitor, Commissioner, Etc , GODERICH, - ON r. OFFtcR—Cor Hamilton and St. Andrew's Streets. W. Brydone, Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, &c„ f FFICS t ) l 13.LOCK.f - cuSi f eCN. The News -Record Is Not Excelled As an Advertising Medium. KITE TELEPHONE. i1 1 Perfect ('mmmunicntton Iletween Ships In the British Navy. The English naval authorities have just tested with great success a sug- gested novelty in the way of com- munication at sea which promises to render obsolete the present method of signalling. Commander R. G. 0. Tupper, of the Royal Navy, experimented with a "kite telephone," 'Che kite used was I of the regulation sort, except that it was minus a tail. It was six feet long and three feet wide at the broadest point. In place of the tail the kite carried two lilies, one of which was re- tained on board the Daring, the in- structional torpedo boat destroyer, from which the experiments were con- ducted. With the wind between the two lines referred to, it was found that the kite was so easily managed that it was no trick at all to drop letters or even a hawser into another ship, and itt this way establish coimmu,nication. Following this experiment came one with a wire. The end of the wire which the kite bore away from the ship was dropped upon the deck of H. M. S. Dauntless, where it was secured by the electrician of the ship and at- tached to a telephone apparatus in waiting. The other end, which bad remained aboard the Daring, was al- so attached to a telephone, and as soon as this task was completed, the two ships were in perfect communication. The kite remained suspended, secured by two lines, for more than four hours, during which time communication be- tween the Daring and the Dauntless was uninterrupted. The experiment that. was made by the officers of the Daring and the Dauntless had another 'valuable re- sult. ft showed that it is possible to arrange for a new system of signals from one ship to another that would he greatly superior to any flag system which could be conceived. If the tele- phone wire can be arranged in this manner there ie no reason why tele- graphic communication cannot he made in a similar fashion. In this case an of orator aboard the"` flagship could carry on a conversation with his fellow operator aboard one of the fleet. wilt - out difficulty. As a means of signalling the kite is firmly believed, not only by naval of- ficers 'vat by those of the army, to be fraught with great importance when the future is considered. It is of course very much easier for a signal to be seen that is elevated to a consid- erable height than one which may float at the top of the mainmast or he waved from the summit of n, hill. eaves thousands of Lives. Four yeara ago Jaeeb Dewltta, of Hay Island, was dragged to the verge of deaf) by dreadful heart disease. Kb Was ten u t le. It`r m 'cigarette iqpoante* ten one t6 a b keb perp t111eat will He procured Dr. mewls este JO Heart, ed 10 aithfq lyr, pn • relgll 218 evade, And Iles to to yhltn a gr remedy _' as re0. r. lever Ills a0 HINTS FOR THE FARMER. BAD ODORS IN BUTTER. My experience would Lead mo to hunt the cause, making sure that there is no decaying matter from which the milk ooufd absorb the odor. L would look to the cement floor. if there is one I once had trouble, says a writer, that arose from such a floor, and I never knew the cause. The bottom of the cellar was pure white sand up'in which was plac- ed a layer of gravel, then cement. I noticed in skimming, the milk was not in a healthy condition. I bad every cow milked separately and the milk set in shallow pane. Found the milk all right when fresh. Had entire cellar floor scrubbed every day. It was use for milk and butter alone. Still th cream was not right. The walls an ceiling were well whitewashed. I fel sure nothing lurked there. If it wen on, I knew it must spoil a gond butte trade. Thinking it might be the floo whi^h had been laid only a few niontb down i went on my hands and knee hunting that peculiar odor. At ahou tered an blob or thereabouts. With the knife cut the lower end of the out - ting to a uniformly tapering edge, to match the taper of the cleft when op- ened with the chisel, leaving a bud at the base of the wedge. and that side of the wedge slightly thicker than the other. Insert the wedge of Lha cutting into the cleft so that the bud will stand on a level with the top of the stock, and the scion should lean a little out- ward on the side of the stook in which it was inserted, so the growing layer between the bark and wood comes op- posite to the growing layer in stork, and nearly parallel with it, the slant- ing outward making it sure that the two growing layers cross. and thus cer- tainly secure contact, If the stook is small. one graft will do, but if one and one-half inches or more in diameter, then two—one on either side—should be inserted. Sometimes, three or four scions are inserted in a very large stock by making cross clefts. The cleft in steak is held open with the narrow d blunt chisel as a lever inserted in the ,'cleft in the centre Of the stook. After I the scions are accurately and firmly d 'set, press clean. damp soil carefully and tfirmly with the hands. all around and t , over the junction of the scions with r the stock, so es to exclude the air. 1 never tie or wax my grafting of this r. kind, and sueceed with about 00 per s, cent. The wax is not nearly so congen- s ial to the vine as is the darnp soil, and the height of a milk pan I noticed i slightly, right down on the floor i was more preceptible, vet not. so muc as in a pan of milli. Had the milk at tracted that odor and absorbing it art ed as a reservoir? I at once went t work on that floor with a strong so lution of white lime and water an with a bronco made every inch of tha cement floor as white as a new ceiling This repeated several times mode th milk all ria>ht. Not being a scientist cannot explain what species of haeteri was killed by the lime. Can some on explain? At nn•ither time it was found by setting the ,xtilk in separate pans that One eow spoiled the milk of seven others. The co v was a fuel -blond Jer- sey of a noted butter herd and consid- ered a good one. The cream was think and yellow, but the skim milk looked like water with a small amount of in digo and skim milk mixed in Th taste was worse than the smell. Tha sow was given a long leave of absence Have known of other instances wher results were the same. Once th cream of one day's milk of sixteen rroo butter cows. running in summer tim or red top. blue grass and white clove pasture, with spring water to drink, and fed a little bran night and morn inn properly temnered, refused to tui off butter at all although ii was cbu n ed for six hours, All that eonld he ea thered from it was a little white greasy foam.. givinir off the worst smel f ever found. Before and after thi the cream yielded the nmol nmennt o god butter. Nothing in the surround in,Ts was changed. Now. will some sri entist. tell us what became or flint but- ter fat and what canned this decom- position of the cream? much less liable to start decay. Finally t heap lco;e soil about the Brion until onlv top eye of eavih is left at the top of t the mound of soil. This grafting in h place should be done just as the buds - begin to push in stoat in spring. and - when bleeding' has about stopped. The o soh ne should have been taken earlier, - before bleeding began and kept dorm - d ant in cold soil. tl e T a This is a fungous disease which at- e fects.the heads of wheat ani is quite prevalent certain seasons. It takes the form of mold and causes the wheat to ripen prematurely, the kernels being shriveled and worthless, Late -sown fields and those which lack vigor suf- fer most. Vigorous growth and early blossoming are the chief safeguards against the disease. SCAB IN WHEAT, e d e r n 5 f WHY ORCHARDS ARE FATTING. Experience is one of the most pot- ent factors in our development. It brings facts and causes to our view better than possibly anything else This pointt is well illustrated in my mind by an illustration of practical va- lue. An orchard on my father's farm and not an old orchard either. says a writer in Farmers' Advocate. seemed to he failing, and produeed brit little mer- chantable fruit. There was something wrone. This failure, or partial failure, was not due to insects or lack of ears in the usual sense. It never occurred to ns that perhaps there was a lacking fertility in the soil. At the same time, we were growing wheat, adding man - NO TROUBLE TO FIND THE KEY- HOLE. Novel Electrical App! lances lit the Reuse ora Kufrah) lion. An electrical engineer in Buffalo has recently fitted up his house with a great variety of novel electrical ar- rangements. If he arrives home in the night after the usual lights have been tuined out be has no trouble in finding the key hole in the front door, for as soon as he steps on the porch floor at the top of the front steps, lights on the porch and in the vestibule are aut- . omatically lighted. After be gets in and closes the door these lights are ex- tinguished and those on the first land- ing of the main stairway are lighted. If he desires to light the hall, the bath- room or any of the bedchambers before going further, he opens a secret panel • in the vestibule and turns the proper switch. When a caller arrives and rings the bell members of the family who may be in any part of the house can speak to him without leaving the room where they are, and if they wish to admit hili can do so by merely pushing a but- ton. Should burglars try to enter the i house their efforts will poi, only ring an alarm bell, but at the same time the electric lights on the porch and in the vestibule flare up and expose him to the gaze of the occupants of the 'house and the l.o'ice. The temperature t of ea.'h loots in the house is controlled t , by electric devices 'which can be set to any degree wanted. The use of elec- t ri•ity has done away with a stable and' • in its stead. provided himself with an i elect i iv carriage, which he keeps ready i for use in the basement of his house. An in:lined cement pavement leads to this carriage morn from the street, and when the carriage is not in use it is !connected to the wires in the house and is automatically recharged ready for !service again. In the kitchen all the icooking is done by electricity. and 'there is besides an electrically driven knife sharpener and coffee grinder. in the dining room the tea or coffee is 'kept bot by an electric heater. and for midnight suppers there is an electric ehafing dish. In the bathroom there is an electric shaving water heater and a big electric heater for furnishing hot water for the bath. The current for this is turned on by the turning of the spigot and shut. off when this is closed. One may use as much hot water, as may be de- sired without exhausting the supply for the next person. in the sewing room a pressure of the foot upon the treadle of a sewing machine sets an electric motor at work driving the machine. in the smoking room an electric cigar lighter is at hand and the women's rooms are provided with electric curl- ing iron heaters. The laundry has its share of electric appliances; in the form of elect rically heated sad -irons. tire and even commercial fertilizers to get a maximum crop. We had used every method in the development of the ,field crops, but perfectly neglected the orchard. Not, intentionally either, but because we thought that it was not necessary and that an orchard had an easy time of it anyway. But soon after I went to college, I studied plant growth„ chemistry, etc. My eyes were soon opened. I soon realized that the depletion of the land by the fruit trees is more serious than by annual crops. for this fact: Plant foods are looked up for many years in the trunks and branches of the trees, while a large part of the fertilizing elements in the common crops is returned to the soil each year. Besides the fruit taken off removes plant food that is seldom if ever returned. It has been estimated that an acre of apples during the hear- ing season will remove about forty-nlne pounds of nitrogen, thirty-eight pounds of phosphoric acid, and seventy-two pounds of potash, the value of whish would he $12, at the average prices paid for fertilizing material furnishing these ingredients on the market. Is it any wonder, then, that the orchards are failing? Taking from the soil that amount of plant food each year. it is only natural that the time soon comes when one gets but a partial crop. In ten years the amount of plant food re- moved from the soil will amount to $120. Now, for the orchard land to be kept in perfect bearing condition, these fertilizing elements must be re- turned in some form. We know the value of clover, cow peas, vetches, crim- son clover, e,to., in adding nitrogen to the soil. Fruit trees require humus. Plow up the orchard and sow clover thr n keep the orchard clean rind clear of weeds anrd ineeots. Humus d8 ad:!ed. and at the same time an abundance of nitrogen is supplied to the soil for the use of the trees. It remains then only to use phosphoric acid and potash, which can be readily obtained in the form of acid phosphate and muriate of potash; an average dose of these would he about 800 pounis of the former and 200 pounds of the latter. it would be better to apply the potash and phos- phate before the clover is sown as they will assist in making a full crop of clover, which meant the absorption of larger quantities of nitrogen and the whole. mass turned under will improve both the physical and chemical condi- tion of the soil. TO GRAFT OLD VINES. Provide a sharp hand -saw, pruning knife, or strong po,ket knife, a mall- et, a two-inch chisel, a half-inch cold chisel, or a strong, blunt, half-inch chisel, a spade, strong, well ripened, three or four-eyed cuttings of last sea- son's growth of the varieties to be grafted, and a flat basket or berry - picker's carrying ease, in which to car- ry the small tools and cuttings. With the spade says T. V. Munson, clear away the soil around the collar of the vin, . to three inches below the sur- fs.: a vine horizontally he surface. With 1 if sharp, t by el, FROM FERRY ENGLAND, ITEMS OF NEWS BROUGHT BY THE MAIL. Lathered Frew Many Points in the '1"ght Little bland - flatters or More Than Panning Inlerent. The will of th k late Wm. Singleton, of Edgbaston, who died last November has oeen proved at £72,984. The death occurred recently of Lord Charles Lennox Kerr, sun of the sixth Marquis of Luthien, He was bern in 1814. The will of th, late Lord Berwick, of Attingham Hull, Salop, who died last November hos been proved at 138,822 gross. E. J. Halsey has been unanimously re-elected chairman of the Surrey Caun`y Council. Lord Ashoumbe was re-elected vice-chain:dare The funeral of the Fite superintend- ent of the Criminal Investigation De- artment, John Shore, took place at Norwood cemetery recently, Mr. French has been appointed to the chief aenuy of Lord Penrhyn'4,,, Welsh estates, in sui•cession to the IIS n. Sackville -West, who has retired. Lord Carrington laid the foundation stone of a new Liberal club at Black- pool, and later was the prin•ipal speak- er at it large public meeting. On March 10, Admiral R. Coote, C. 13., died at Arden, llulwicht after a long illness. '1'h1. late officer was born in 1820 and .had as brilliant record of naval service. An extensive scheme of harbour de- velopment was incu,uruted at Llan- elly lately, when the first sod of a large floating doves was cut, which will accommodate the largest vessels afloat. It has been decided to commence the erection of a new Jenny Lind infirm- ary for si:k children at Norwich. The charity was origin tted some 50 years since through the munificence of Jenny Lind, A rare visitor to English waters has been caught off the Lincolnshire coast. between Skegness and Gibraltar Point —a file -rack aunfish. '1'h• creature weighed nearly 15 cwt., and was over 7 feet long• Addressing the grand jury at Bir- mingham Assizes recently, the Lord Chief Justice strongly urged magis- trates to use more largely their dis- cretionary powers in granting accused persons I:ail- The value of the estate of Lord Sackville Arthur Cecil, half brother of the Premier, is sworn fur probate at £240,398. 'lie exeou.tors are A. J. Balfour and Lady Margaret E. Cecil, sister of the testator. 17, Nottingham 24, and Wolverhamp- ton 1T. 'Phomas Anderson. 40, miner, was sent for trial, recently, charged at Castleford with thi murder of his two sone by throwing them into a reser- voir. At Todmorden, on the 3rd inst., John Ilitehin, a laborer, was sent for trial) charged with attempting to murder a young woman by throwing her into a canal. George Williams, a submarine diver, has been remanded at Southeark po- lice court, London, charged with the murder of Wilhelmina, his wife, by shooting her at Dockheud. Arthur Pewstone, of Woolston,.South- ampton, was riding a bicycle duwn hill, without a brake, near Romsey, when he ran into some cows and was thrown on his head and killed. A two storey warehouse belonging to Messrs. Smith, Edwards & Co., in Queen street, Liverpool, was destroyed by fire with 2,800 hales of cotton. The dam- age is estimated at £20,000. At Birmingham Assizes recently 1 Lucy Roberts pleaded guilty to forg- ing the name of Joseph Chamberlain to an order of hosiery, and was sentenc- ed to five menthe' imprisonment, C. Coppard, of Perryman's farm, on the high road from Ilurwash to .Bright- ' ling, was driving home recently when the carriage was upset and he was ithroe on hie head and killed. A woman named Emma Berry died 1 on March 1 at Sunderland, as a result of terrible injuries received by the ex - pin, -ion of a paraffin lamp uhi'h she was currying from one room to an- other. At Carmarthen, Time' by D. Wil- liams, 38, a poacher from I.lundovery, was sentt'need to live years' penal ser- vitude. He ea.; charged with attempt- ing to murder Constable Mitchelm•,re, A woodman name 1 Lobley committed suicide at Armley gaol by hanging him- self by his belt in, his cell. Lohley had been sentenced to five years' penal servitude for setting fire to the farm premises of his father-in-law, Benjamin Kirkman, ons of the grave- diggers of Louth cemetery, dropped down dead. He was in the act of get - tine. a shrivel to dig a grave when he made a remark to a fellow -workman and dropped dead Into his arms. While workmen were preparing the slip in Portsmouth dockyard for laying down the new battleship Formidable, All red Maker, a labourer, fell from a derrick, 60 -ft. high, and was kiiled. The death is announced itt Chatham, at the age of 84, of Arthur Dickens, an old quartermaster of the Royal, Navy. He accompanied Sir John Ross's expedition to the Arctic regions, and WW1 with the Baltic fleet during the Crimean war. Some workmen engaged in excavat- ing at Bury, recently, uncovered a large copper bell, beautifully chased and evidently very ancient. The hell weighed alout a hunrrred weight and a half, stands 2 ft. 6 in., and is 2 ft. 7 in. in circumference. The fu4eral of the late George. Mul- ler took ranee, at Bristol. It was of a public character, thousunds of people' of all classes crowding the streets from 10 till 1 o'clock, when the long string of sixty carriages passed through the city to the cemetery. On the church towers flags were hung half-mast hi;h, and hundreds of orphan children folowed the procession to the Beth- esda chapel. An epidemic of measles is raging in many of the villages of West Herts. At. Rickmansworth several deaths have occurred. Almost every house at Ab- bots Langley is said to have been vis- ited by the malady. In the Queen's Bench Division, Lon-, don, recently, Mr. Jinks apainter, \-aye awarded £500 damages for per- sonal injuries sustained through a team tolling on him from a window in Burleigh street, Strand. By order from the Admiralty over- time on all new work to the extent of three hours a, day is to be com- menced in Portsmouth dock yards. Most of the men in the yard will he winded in this order. A deputation from the Life Saving Society waited on the committee of the London School Board recently and urged that all scholars should be aught to swim and render aid to hose in danger of drowning. In addition to the extensive manoeue vree or troops of all arms to be held nWilts and Dorset in September, it s proposed to muster at large force of cavalry and artillery for manoeuv- res on Salisbury plain in July. A horse attiched to aha,nsom cab, which had been left unattended, took fright in Regent street, London. A man named Adams, whe attempted to stow the horse was knocked down and fatally injured. The governors of Queen Anne's Boun- ty have made their annual distribu- tion of surplus funds in grants to meet benefactions on behalf of poor bene- fices in England and Wales. The Bounty grants amounted to £57,100, In consequence of the strong local opposition, the Brighton Underground Railway bill has been removed from the list of bills referred to the com- mittee of the House of Lords of which the Duke of Richmond is chairman. The annual rate of mortality of the 33 great towns of England' and Wales for the weekending March 12th av- eraged 21.1 per 1,000. The rate in Bir- mingham was; 21, Derby 18, Leicester AN EDITOR'S PENSION, There is a rumor that Mr William Mutford will shortly resign, the editor- ship of the Daily Standard. the leading conservative organ of this country, says a London letter. IIe has been re- ceiving a salary of $25.000 a year, and I hear that it is the' intention of the proprietor to allow him that same sum as a pension. Mr. Mutford is about 65 years of age. He is a bachelor and is credited with having refused knight- hood and a baronetcy. He began life on the Standard about 33 years ago as a junior reporter and succeeded in not, only becoming its editor, but mak- ing it a moat powerful and wealthy or- gan and perhaps the most respected newspaper in all the British realm. ')'here are some people who state That Mr. Sidney Low will be Mr. Mutford's successor, but, he will not receive so large a salary. Mr. Low is the son of a naturalized Hungarian citizen, THE POPE'S PENS. The Pope does his private writing with a gold pen, but his pontifical sig- nature is always given with a white - feathered quill which is believed to come from the wing of a dove, al- though persons who have seen It, say it roost ,have come from a larger bird. The same quill has been in use for more than 40 years. It serves only for important signatures, and is kept in an ivory ease. AT VARIANOE. I do not believe in rings, declared the amateur politician who was calling on his beat girl. 0, she pouted, as she twisted her engagement finger. 61 is a Good Thing to be rid of, because bad blood is the breeding place of disfiguring and dangerous diseases. Is your blood bad ? It is if you are plagued by pimples or bothered by boils, if your skin is blotched by eruptions or your body eaten by sores and ulcers. You can have good blood, which is pure blood, if you want it. You can be rid of pimples, boils, blotches, sores and ulcers. How ? By the use of Agers Sairsapariiia It Is the radical remedy for 11,11 dis- eases originating in the blood. Read the evidence : "Ayer's Sarsaparilla was recommended to me by my physician as a blood purifier. When I began taking it 1 had boils all over my body. One bottle oured me."--BONNRR Clivi Wesson, Miss. "After six years' mitering from blood poison, I began taking •Ayer's Sarsapa- rilla, and although I have used only three bottles of this great medicine, the sores have nearly all disappeared."—A. A. MAN- N1Nti, Houston, Texas. DIDN'T LAST. I thought you said it was a case of love at first sight. 1,, did ; but she soon got her second s ght and weakened on me. 1 Fat is absolutely neces- sary as an article of diet. If it is not of the right kind it may not be digested. Then the body will not get enough of it. In this event there is fat -starvation. Scott's Emulsion supplies this needed fat, of the right kind, in the right quantity, and in the form already partly digested. As a result all the organs and tissues take on activity. 501. and $..00, dl druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Cheocist., Toronto, Grand Trunk Railway. Trains arrive and leave Clinton Station as follows : Buffalo and Goderich District :— Going West, Mixed io,15 a.m. " " Express 1.03 p.m. " " Mixed 7.05 p.m. " Express lo,27 p.m. Going East, Express 7.40 a.m, 2.55 p.m. 4.35 P•m• ,1 /1 11 " " Mixed London, Huron and Bruce :— Going South, Express Cr?!ng „ Going North, 11 11 7.47 a.m, 4,30 p.m. 10.15 a.m. 6.55 p,m. M. C. Dlcxsoer, Dis. Pass. Agent, Toronto. W. E. DAVIS, G. P. & T. A., Montreal. A. O. PATT1mN, G.T.R. Agent at Clinton. The 11cKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Farm and Isolated Town Property Only Insured, OFFICERS: George Watt, President,Harlook P.O.;Jas. Broadfoot Vice- Pres., Searorth P.O. : %v. J. ehannon. Secy Treas, Seater' h, P.O. ; Michael Murdie, Inspector of losses, Seeforth. P.O. • DIRECTORS: James Broadfoot, Seaforth; Michael Mur - die, Seaforth; George Dale. Seaforth ; George Watt, Hariock ; Thomas E. Hays, Seaforth; Alex. Gardiner, Leadbury : Thomas Garbutt, Clinton; John McLean, Kippon. 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The Clinton News -Record PiIas a staff of experinced news rreporters, who cover the ground well, and give "All the News That's Fit to Print." The Newts -Record is the largest newspaper published in West, Huron, and has special features not possessed by a number of them. Every SConservaitive ehoufd be a Subscriber. Clinton News-Reeord. ONE GIVES RELIEF. Don't Spend a Dollar for Med icing until you have tried You can buy them in the paper 5 -cent cartons Ten Tabules for Five Cents. mu tort 1a put up ek.aply to gratify t>!• nnlver.al putout d.maid for a low pilaw If you don't find this sort of Ripans Tabules At the Druggist's Send Five Cents to Tett RtPAtrs CeiaMrCAL COMPAt v, No. to Spruce St., New York, and they will to sent to you by mail; or se cartons will he mailed for 48 conks. 'rhe chances are ten to one that Ripens Tabules are the very medicine you need. 1