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The Clinton News-Record, 1898-06-09, Page 8�, 1, .. . l Rj i t g� , w NQ",S 44VD .CAC -t1zS, N V* 14MI'.�A kt4F . i o n• �• IWRI littl0iter . TH, 11SPAT ,at, on r „ .. N vVa It>5t?t?l(n i'rlRtIn# Ilou.sa, ,q,lbert tit., o l The Rtisala'tts are: befits n4 time In f.ttur$e fully halt for 11040th in 1110 +. r " F p2tt and prfll?RX 101; to improve �*+ X!.'�i. I;r4elne 611 lflgeAtsd tgod tM4. Ie%g in tAr 10awelf l&y i . y ►yid, produ9@1! blflonepeAt+, tarpld livero rt}d1 the territory of about, e81?t hllttd#ed avvxa aa;4ai ;147X9, square miles in the LWA-tuag peAla- 1 Yr 6 to 9 Mo. t bio suis which they now hold in usufxuat . u u,,..,.. 20 ou• f7 tri froM China. 'Admiral VUbABS011,:o0ml tit iso 005 00 $. t , 1 i a a h u ., 1 S ljii , UO 36 U 20 s �: U s d tl Issued r a. tP t. ,1l � u n ' lrtku a .dl<n a ci>~ � 2 �p a m r&;Uo gttttp,,,,„ ?0 Ql1 12 AU' 7 0 5Q _.... ds, ,�?+umit........ I6 W a W 5 Q roo ,,trop *nd tanto, aoRtsdpros,iaztlatiatz Matin# that the die- .. , Zt! q , 2 ! Qh.*..r•..... 64U 3 5Q - a>D l tongue, rink 10ftehe, In: triet• under Russian jurisdiction ex- A.Wf4M, Ial i. I r ant etctra. a - ,. . j?oN 1lAgtratlli .`ltOGlt. Pe.. Q P �• - twmslh ale, $00+ r rills ,. d a :n ' e \Y a r 'halt t a lin t t I.aae df;; ram t f P s E' r t n .. . o ranr the first its omits 10 cents twiloonlopallrn anitali Itr l late. for fila first insertion; 3 cents rerplta,eapilyaaAthQr9gab) + fi _ - AX its •between. Polantlenl and Pi -tau -Wo in filter :1x40 each subsequent insertion^- rr'epar4ii P7-0. Road NI G►., Lo1/e11, ko9 latitude 89 deg.. 25 min. N„ but that;, ?tall&rely ►�: 4 j# D. Professional cards, +bite only uIs to ro-1o. ril1L ]t 'R >3#WKwtDa3�► .rot +ex , , one. inch, $5,00 per �_ _ unimportant cases. are reserved, at the . r...,.,... 14n.44M, Advertisements without spec- " discretion of the Russian officials, to Iffc direottans, will be published till -� GO TO THE the local Chinese authorltiett, All the forbid and charged for accordingly• harbors, including Kin Chau, at the 'rraasleni: no ti....-"'�oat," "Found," • �"' sale,"' eta. --50, cents for first in- t(}q head of Society Ray, on the west side a llottliml 25 cents for each subsequent Union Shaving Parlor of the peninsula, are included in the .K tlnae "on, area ds$oribed. fart Arthur, as has b EWB-UCORD will be sent For first-class Miir-Cutting been officially announced by the Rua- t-. y address, free of postage, for and Shaving. $06 per year, payable in advance- clan Government, becomes a"purely ' B *X,"f ,may be charged if not so paid. Smith's block, opposite Post Office, Clinton, military port, and has at present a aha .date to which every subscription J. EMiRTON, Proprietor. garrison of 3,000 men which will short- 1 "tis ptiid •fs denoted by the number on ly be raised to 5000 by the arrival the addreas label, No paper discontiil- /t �{ xted until all arrears are paid, except CENTRAL BUTCHER SNOPa of reinforcements direct from Odessa. at the option of the proprietor. A number of six-inc.h quick -firing guns W. J. MITCHELL. FORD MD B,pgy, have already been mounted on the bat - ,r 'y Editor and Proprietor. ferias defending the entrance to Port f (Successors to J. W. Langford.► s - Arthur, and a guardship patrols the Having bought out cbe above business, we entrance to the harbor at night, Heavi- • TH M Q LS Q N S. NAM K intend to conduct it on the omeh prinoiPla and f g.,, Incorporated by Aot of Parliament IBM. will au ply our customers with the best meats er guns and large quantities of war at the lowest paying prices, material are being sent out from Rus- :. Ford & Murphy. 1. - �---- t sia on the vessels of the Black Sea vol- , (CAPITAL - . $2,000,000 unteer fleet and on French steamers, 1. Rltsr" $i,5oo,00o a nutnber of which have been chart- "% .�--� Live Homs Wanted Bred by the Russian Government for Head o111ee, - MONTREAL. a `'the occasion. The whole military k ^Whl. MOLSON, MA.CPHER80N, President force in the Russian limits of the Liao - .. . "�1�T$ FOR 1. ­ .��. - ­ ..... 0 I 11" 1F, , I �1. �, 1. THE II)FAafa BACON I169. •.,. vrootable bQg3 raisiltll'in• tht& year of grace! 1858, is not gene in the pea. n. There are, two reef o,Qng tigainst:,peat feediug,either equally st;rRng.r!retp.QA. i s i feeding a4 present. pr co. s not - i . pro fitabl'e; secondly, rien feeding makes. too Hauch fat, for the mason Abat it precludes exercise, .the deaidelatum, fox,4 an bacon anti hates. The re viflitoff thereforei and the needs of to -day, •are a lean but fleshy, hog, rEABed As cheap- ly as possible, Tw.0 things,. then, are necessary to this enduniimited .Pas- ture crops and the right breeil of hog. With regard ,to the first; anybody knows that hogs can be raised about one-third cheaper on good pasture than in a close pen, and that from Ap- ril to No'Vember is the most profitable period for graving and fattening and, further,. this is the period of the grow- ing season when it is possible to have green pasture crops growing during all this time. With regard to the kind of bacon hogs, a great change has come over the palates of the consumers of bog products in the last few years. Fat pork is no longer wanted, not even in the lumber camps. What is wanted is mild cured bacon, with not more than one and one-half inches of fat on the back. In order to get this kind of bacon, the lazy, quiet, and easy keep- ing Poland -China, Berkshire, and Dur- on -Jersey must stand aside, and the more nervous and irritable, and natur- ' ' tang peninsula is to be brought up ally I harder keeping," improved York- - gradually to 20,000 men who will be shire and Tamworth, take their plane, Highest Market Price Paid. su parted eventually by 50,000 more, Farmers are naturally. loth to make p Y this change.. This is not to be wonder - 3D. CAN TELON. Clinton.nton' distributed along the line of the ed at; but the laws of the markets are transmanchurian Railway, with the as stringent as those of the Modes and army of eastern Siberia as a reserve. Persians. But the hog -raisers, particularly Removal of Night -Soil. This last. fame is about to be increased those of the corn states, may make The undersigned wiiiundertake the removal by an additional brigade of riflemen, this change very gradually and in of Night Soil and thorough cleaning of closets and other augmentations are contem- expensively, and this is dame by simp- on short notice and 'atreasonablerates. All ly cragsing the Poland -China, Berk - plated. shire and Duroc-Jerse with males of Berk - refuse removed out of town. Y ROBT. MENNE14 _— the bacon breeds, as improved York. shires or Tamtvoi'th.� GEO. TROWHILL, The partial adaptation of Ta -lien -wan to military purposes has necessitated Romeshoer and General Blacksmith finding larger accommodation for CONCERNING GOOSEBERRIES. commercial objects elsewhere. `-this No horticulturist should ignore Albert Street, North, Clinton, the Russian authorities believe can be obtained at bin Chau, at the head of gooseberries, for antler good culture JOBBING A SPECIALTY. they will succeed on a variety of soils Society Bay, about forty miles north Woodwork ironed and Rrst of%s material albeit, as in the Case of the currant, and work guaranteed. Farm implements and of Port Arthur, and engineer officers i the beat results are obtained on a'i machines rebuilt and repaired. are at present engaged in making sur- strong, rather moist, well -drained veys of the locality for the purpose of clay loam. As to the cultivation, it securing a site for a railway terminus should be thorough, but shallow, Ow - TO THE FARMERS near a good anchorage. In order that ing to the fact that they do fairly well Study your own interest andgo where there may be no future trouble on the you can get subject the Russian Government has in partial shade, says a writer, the acquired by purchase all the town pro- ! gooseberry bushes can often be cul - acquired -HARNESS I tivated advantageowyly between young RELIABLEperty at Port Arthur and is taking orchard trees, When set in a regular over possession, so that the construe- field, however, they should be located I manufacture node but the best of stook. tion of the necessary accommodation Beware of shops that sell cheap, as they about five feet apart each way, or in .have got to live. Call and get prices. for the increasing garrison and of the rotes six feet apart and four or five Orders by mail promptly attended to Government arsenal and workshops mfeet distant in the row, There are may proceed without delay. At Ta- lien-ttan new fortifications have al- several different ways a training John Bell ready been begun and plans prepared them, but, generally speaking, the Harness Emyorium, Blyth, Ont bush form is by far preferable. As a i for the construction of a dock which rule, however, little pinning is re- v^ - will convert the southern port into an MANCHESTER -CANADIAN LINE. important naval base as well as a milli- aluired during the first three or four ___+ tary station. years, excepting to head back the From Montreal in Summer and fit. John, strong new shoots and remove a few v.1m., in Winter. of the less vigorous ones for the pur- The prospectus of the new titan- At Wei-bai-wei a British officer was pose of developing fruit spurs all along gbeeter-tCJanadjan freight; line proves , appointed, immediately after the ar- the canes. In other words, all that that the_9ompa.ny is an extremely pow- . rangement for its cession by China is required is to remove superfluous erf.ul ane. Its capital will be 215,000,000, was completed, to confer with the Jap- branches and -check growth sufficient and it will operate fire steamers sail- anese commander on the evacuation of to keep the bushes within bounds — Ing direct from Montreal in summer the palace, and it'is intended to replace- "civilized," you might say, Like the 0urrant,,the gooseberry may be start - and. St. John, N. B., in winter to Man- the last Japanese detachment by a re- ed from cuttings, or by mound layer- chester by way of tbe'canal. Three of giment of British -Indian troops. On ing. By the latter method the old the .ships now in proce'0s of construe the departure of the Japanese, Che -fu, plants are headed back to induce the tion'for the line have a carrying capae-- to the west of Wei-bai-wei, will be giv- formation of 'strong new shoot, near the surface of the ground. Than, late ity' ok 8,500 tans; •A probable result en up by the British as a rendezvous in June or July, when the new wood of the direct line will be a great in- for their China squadron, of which the, hos become somewhat hardened, a crease in our share of the food supply headquarters will be permanently' at mound of earth is built about the of Lancashire, p,erhapS' the most thick- the ]atter place. ..stool," the earth being heaped up ly populated portion of Great Britain four or five inches deep above the bas - outside of tike naete,opolitsin district. _ es of the shoots, When fail arrive, this is removed, the rooted shoots out ..In estimating the probable increase of- WHITE LEATHERS. off and planted at once in well-prepar- trade following upon the establishment ed soil, or, if preferable, they may be of the direct l ine it must not be sup- tiedin in bundles and treated ' as cut, Cowhide. Calfskln, and t heepAkln, and lite posed that Manchester will receive by tinge, until the fallowing spring. Pro - the canal route only the supplies that raps to which They Are rliledy Put. vided care is &xercised in removing now go to Liverpool. from the St. Law- White cowhide has long been used shoots during the winter, however, ranee. Up till the present time Man= propagation from the same plants for various purposes, though its place may proceed indefinitely from ear tc chaster and the great consuming papa- Y I y ; lation of which Manchester is the cen- has now been- taken to a considerable year. In regard to the best varieties, tre has had no more interest: in the con- extent by dither- and cheaper leathers. owning, Smith's Improved and Pale sumption of Canadian wheat and cattle It is useU, a'or example, in making sus- Red are the, most valuable of our na- than of American. But with ships pander tips, and its ase in making tives, the Downing being much super - bringing Canadian food stuffs up its for to the other two in size and ;qual- bolovedf canal, while American food military belts is familiar. For this ity. There are also some excellent sltiuffs are stall landed at Liverpool, .purpose it is made up with the flesh European varieties, most noticeable of Manchester will eat its fill of Canadian side out, and the belts are whitened as which are the Industry and White - products, knowing that the canal will occasion may require with chalk or smith; and were it not for their being benefit;so susceptible to mildew, these wodld pipe clay. be very valuable, in that they have the BELIEF IN UNLUCKY HOURS. White calfskin is more extensively advantage of a great variety of col• Oommon as is the superstition tlLit 'aged than white cowhide. White calf oring. As it is, however, one will bf is used for fine and costly work in on the safest side to use natives only, Friday is the most unlucky of days, book binding, it may be for gift books, and especially if he is growing goose - and thirteen of numbers, the belief in and sometimes for prayer books. White berries for market. unlucky hours is equally .widespread calf is also used for suspender tips. on the European :Continent and in More extensively used than either white cmvbicie or white calfskin are FALL VS. SPRING SETTING. the East. Gambe'tta was so .firmly the -white sheepskins. White sheep- I think all prominent berry Browere convinced •that certain hours of the skin is used also for suspender tips. day are lucky and others unlucky that and for covering trusses and other will agree on this: That a straw, ltd would never commence any import- articles of metal, apd for the trim- berry plant to do its best in fruiting wings of shoes. It is used for book- must bave a root system reaching ai ant undertaking or start on an im- binding, especially for the binding of least a foot in every direction tbrougl portant journey without consulting a medical books, in which use it is first famoiis reaile'ir of cards as to`the aus- sprinkled with a coloring material the flail from the plant. These litth picious hour, and President Faure, ,which gives it a mottled appearanne. hair-like roots, says a writer, react Who, was prudent enough to select a much further from the body of tb( lucky hour for starting on his recent - -plant than one thinks. It is impossibl( you.rtfey to Russia, is said to share Gamt)etta's superstition. President I LOA'CIATG DOCKS. to take up such plants and shake out Carnat ,was less credulous, and Be- In very early days ships of any size ,the earth without destroying a great looted .an unlucky hour for startinger part of. these little rootlets whirl on the jourpp,. to Lyons, where he was -Bre docked by grounding them at assassinated by Caserio. The super- high water and then waiting are the food anti drink gatherers fol stition is so common In Paris that for t'he tide to recede, work, the plant. 7b prove this to be true cards tastefully embellished and eon- being proceeded with until the tide select ttvo such large plants wbicl taining a, list of "hours to be avoided" again rose. This method was improv- appear to be about equal, and fron are extensively sold. ed upon by hollowing out a berth or one wash the oarth all away from th( - �... �-...- %mall basin, and then, when the water roots by forcing a jet of water again VALUE OF A SPANi'SH PESETA, was down, a temporary dam would be st the soil around the plant, and tht made across the entrance to the basin other take up its carefully as you cal The Spanish peseta is nov equ[va- Y lent to about 15 cents in gold. where the ship lay, so that work could and shake out the earth. Nov care go on uninterrupted by the rising tide, hilly note the difference in' the con - - -- 11 This was the origin of the graving ditian of the roots, You will find At dock, the Pssential factor of which was the main roots and the largest lat the existence of the rise and fall of erals on both plants; but you will fin( I 11 MI. ., the tide, said it is due to the absence a ,ouch larger number of fine roots or tide that we ow heoriginalt- of i e t floc 1t t .ter washed u 'the plant. that how v iilg dock; 111 the time of Peter the Now these two plants arb ., Gut• of th+ Great the captain of a• British ship, ,,it in the all, one with all 'its root; VW'P' finding that his vessel in C�tonstodt with it, the other With part of tben 'IN: G ;: I .- harborwits, 1n want of docking, and left behind; we must get them boat that, cueing to the ahsonc+a of tide, the again in the grou"ll somewhbre, will L. GI then ortbddox method w6B impractic- the little routs all sopa,rated ihroug) �# .i title, obtained a hulk ,called the Camel, the soil sa mu( -,h better than t.hP; I'" :. cud, &omplotoly removing her decks were before -.so much better than Gat . n And internal work, out off orae end and or Nature could do itr-that they wit f tt it with a aro. a the' ea bd g it n b csh ive no so much better yield t.hal 'N t3 , ed ilia ship Idside the hollow bull of what they would if left where tho; it kWk I�Iw11iAflltt�' lasrt;i EV&D %V ONM AO- the Camel, closed the gate, and pumped were enough to more than to pay fog MilfilAlPIfSM� 00 •• the water frttrh 'iia interior. all tbis expbnee of mdvibo thaw. I3ov Orb Agge1' �$ �A ant '... .... ,,K _. many of my rcadors think they ar, U 9 . ' - C011b 'COrNiIs 1�nT.: , n task I goal to this 86' 0AN'To. Mrs. P6 SOWS, ihMingly-'three of CIIJINEA h`t1WLS. mt. jogI�to Clastoit, werchatit,. tllkaa6arre, dict glt'N I went, to 80bd it with have a grrI #A ;- of tilno a tit t hai+u Dora r i -k 7"he,d obit da mitt 6e� tvtlll Ttnri vn t, y � tlopod ttdttt tl�ei hu ?ands to fanrpd telt tdttar on, . dhdg affil, New. ,� tl lei 1 if ale a rocittted, V row ttlllttihood av, at tit .16at XV6 f6 -d'" A Out$ .1n. Dr. i.1 it IS S�loe, sF "lA ,o"Ufi _nJAW i Yip ,: . noir 1.10ha is oa tvotild IikB tobll l:le fourth, t , farm, fro 5 t, .1 ItldVn x Oita" atttr. i►fy. rkla ld I r har~e had thelia, oil ho fit noir i>li limadth aril 60 Itt hod fl`66 fritlh meat, titan, Afm tip tfe, 061trodly+'.--''Oh,• ho, I I hi Ili{ '111! It gate tb110 , .'aft ! 2GII ill a fldek, sayti a tvritPr. The,, . .,ould�l•t le'ttVte the wahildre'll r . , . 1 , iI . I I !, i,. ` _ _ !b afi6aiQ... . . – I iii. u 1. tie -X10 trottible 'tvllatever, lay their F; WOLFRItbTAN 7 HOMAS, Gen Manager ail l t'SoA taRllHt�t t1 Ci: I Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts a t , sued, Stek1lug and American Exchange Toough t and sold. Interest allowed on Deposits `F A9'".a'Fvltar..e Aft F"tao..r lis MAN' Night Have ``t W "`!,,SAVINGS BANS. 1kvn hrrt"It"J. Interest allowed on some of $1 and lip. t e.� FAItMERA. Money advanced to farmers on their own 'notes r with one or more endorRers. No wort Wage required as seourlty. k H. C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton. ",-"- -1 'G. MCTAGGART, ,R �' '• -..f _. Banker, • w. e ht a d that and a h n ra' h ;r broods, a . S< , . r , ) ALBERT STREET, - CLINTON 1. z r—_ tt ~$Con's fall, when they. bring their chicks A General Banking Business Transacted. 1 Notes.Discounted. Drafts Issued. , r Interest Allowed on Deposits. :. ' CONVEYANCING. phitl ftp trees I The little_ ];seta look. much like that size. 11 ' , John Ridout, t fl' � . I, - -' Conveyancer, Commissioner, Etc, t r---" ' Fire Insurance. . . Real Estate. i Money to Lend. The eggs are considered the Acbest of all eggs, and kAep well. We lint them Office—HURON STREET, CLINTON the work of the digestive up to use in winter; anti two years I. "`"` ` MEDICAL. ' . {. 1111 °� Dr. W. Gunn, rr - R. C. P. and L. R. C. S, Edinburgh. ", 1C."', Office -Ontario Street, Clinton. Night I'll". calls at front door of residence on Ratten- r�: bury Street, opp. Presbyterian Church. , '�" ished, thanked his neighbor. for the can take Scott's Emulsion. „..: , Dr. Turnbull, • E ,,.,. — _ — t x .` J. L. Turnbull, M. B., Toronto Univ. ; LEARNING THROWN AWAY. U.D. ; C.M., Victoria Univ. M:C. P. & S. ' Ont, ;:F'ello%of the obstetrical society of f' dinburgh. Late of London, Eng, and f� i,`,` Edinburgh hospitals. Office -Dr. Dows- , • Iry's stand, Rattenbury St. Night calls " answered at Office. " `s ' 4� ed, "and you would better remain for Buffalo and Godericb Districts— O' ` r: t Dr. Shaw, r v y6 . '� OMee-Ontario Street, opposite Englis Lr�,,?I', church„ formerly occgpied by Dr. Apple. , , r ,%` ton. "`. DENTISTRY. ed his watch, and felt sure it had been „ t' ' Dr. BRUCE, s - � . ;.� Surgeon Dentist. 11 OFFICE -Over Taylor's Shoe' Store, , Clinton, OuL Special attention to preser- - vatiod of natural teeth. ' ' N. B --Will visit Blyth every Monday and yi Bayfield every Thursday afternoon during 1.1,11 the summer. - ::,3 DR' AGNEW, DENTIST. ` Office Hours, - g to S. h. Toronto. W. E, DAVIS. G. P. & T. A„ Montreal. and a horse fifteen years old. The A gold watch was produced and at At Zurich the second Thursday of each >� 1::, month. " . ,1 --m e VETERINARY. "t _ __ J. E. Blackall, "I see we are going due west," he f fir. VETERINARY SURGEON AND remarked. . VETERINARY INSPECTOR. Office an Isaac Street next New Era office 11 �LEGALr Residence, AlbertSt., Clinton. boy. "Were you ever here before y" ' Farm and Isolated Town Property J, Scott, Barrister, &c. visitor's unknown acquaintance at the ,; ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, CLINTON. er there." . '"You Money to Loan. , , , I I u . . E. Campion, Q C., ,,r � , $Amster, - Solicitor, - Notary,. &c., Star y" "Why there are the Pointers point- GODERICH, ONT. George Watt, President, Harlock P.O.* - Ja W. J Broadfoot, vice- Pres., Seaforth P.O.: Ws OPFIOte--Over Davis', Drug Store. evidence was strong enough to convict Money to Loan. .---- ..:. . II I ---___ ,. M. O. Johnston, DIRECTORS: • -Barrister, Solicitor, Commissioner', Etc., solute faith in his innocence. He GODI:RICH, . Orrr. ' , � {�!>:rC =kk Btre ;lt0n St, Andrew'4. , , and maker, and ascertain whether, by any [chance, two watches had been marked W. Brydone, �„ . . .rrister, Solicitor, Notary Ivlihlic, &c., a . 06r ICu. . , ,, cit K! '. ...C'tN'1LOIC lEAC�Ett i3M. 11- -R o Ne" rd • �� 11 W �i SCa 11 a is Not . Iva Ej xe0-111ed had bays and apparent canals and so how it by •Aa &a " sact other business will be promptly attended to On appllcstion to any of the above officers Adt Averti letter. The pawnbroker, when the ed,i coir ,t • Y L611 - 17 a,- a, "That is the name of the man, who 'NCE .. . "�1�T$ FOR 1. ­ .��. - ­ ..... 0 I 11" 1F, , I �1. �, 1. THE II)FAafa BACON I169. •.,. vrootable bQg3 raisiltll'in• tht& year of grace! 1858, is not gene in the pea. n. There are, two reef o,Qng tigainst:,peat feediug,either equally st;rRng.r!retp.QA. i s i feeding a4 present. pr co. s not - i . pro fitabl'e; secondly, rien feeding makes. too Hauch fat, for the mason Abat it precludes exercise, .the deaidelatum, fox,4 an bacon anti hates. The re viflitoff thereforei and the needs of to -day, •are a lean but fleshy, hog, rEABed As cheap- ly as possible, Tw.0 things,. then, are necessary to this enduniimited .Pas- ture crops and the right breeil of hog. With regard ,to the first; anybody knows that hogs can be raised about one-third cheaper on good pasture than in a close pen, and that from Ap- ril to No'Vember is the most profitable period for graving and fattening and, further,. this is the period of the grow- ing season when it is possible to have green pasture crops growing during all this time. With regard to the kind of bacon hogs, a great change has come over the palates of the consumers of bog products in the last few years. Fat pork is no longer wanted, not even in the lumber camps. What is wanted is mild cured bacon, with not more than one and one-half inches of fat on the back. In order to get this kind of bacon, the lazy, quiet, and easy keep- ing Poland -China, Berkshire, and Dur- on -Jersey must stand aside, and the more nervous and irritable, and natur- ' ' tang peninsula is to be brought up ally I harder keeping," improved York- - gradually to 20,000 men who will be shire and Tamworth, take their plane, Highest Market Price Paid. su parted eventually by 50,000 more, Farmers are naturally. loth to make p Y this change.. This is not to be wonder - 3D. CAN TELON. Clinton.nton' distributed along the line of the ed at; but the laws of the markets are transmanchurian Railway, with the as stringent as those of the Modes and army of eastern Siberia as a reserve. Persians. But the hog -raisers, particularly Removal of Night -Soil. This last. fame is about to be increased those of the corn states, may make The undersigned wiiiundertake the removal by an additional brigade of riflemen, this change very gradually and in of Night Soil and thorough cleaning of closets and other augmentations are contem- expensively, and this is dame by simp- on short notice and 'atreasonablerates. All ly cragsing the Poland -China, Berk - plated. shire and Duroc-Jerse with males of Berk - refuse removed out of town. Y ROBT. MENNE14 _— the bacon breeds, as improved York. shires or Tamtvoi'th.� GEO. TROWHILL, The partial adaptation of Ta -lien -wan to military purposes has necessitated Romeshoer and General Blacksmith finding larger accommodation for CONCERNING GOOSEBERRIES. commercial objects elsewhere. `-this No horticulturist should ignore Albert Street, North, Clinton, the Russian authorities believe can be obtained at bin Chau, at the head of gooseberries, for antler good culture JOBBING A SPECIALTY. they will succeed on a variety of soils Society Bay, about forty miles north Woodwork ironed and Rrst of%s material albeit, as in the Case of the currant, and work guaranteed. Farm implements and of Port Arthur, and engineer officers i the beat results are obtained on a'i machines rebuilt and repaired. are at present engaged in making sur- strong, rather moist, well -drained veys of the locality for the purpose of clay loam. As to the cultivation, it securing a site for a railway terminus should be thorough, but shallow, Ow - TO THE FARMERS near a good anchorage. In order that ing to the fact that they do fairly well Study your own interest andgo where there may be no future trouble on the you can get subject the Russian Government has in partial shade, says a writer, the acquired by purchase all the town pro- ! gooseberry bushes can often be cul - acquired -HARNESS I tivated advantageowyly between young RELIABLEperty at Port Arthur and is taking orchard trees, When set in a regular over possession, so that the construe- field, however, they should be located I manufacture node but the best of stook. tion of the necessary accommodation Beware of shops that sell cheap, as they about five feet apart each way, or in .have got to live. Call and get prices. for the increasing garrison and of the rotes six feet apart and four or five Orders by mail promptly attended to Government arsenal and workshops mfeet distant in the row, There are may proceed without delay. At Ta- lien-ttan new fortifications have al- several different ways a training John Bell ready been begun and plans prepared them, but, generally speaking, the Harness Emyorium, Blyth, Ont bush form is by far preferable. As a i for the construction of a dock which rule, however, little pinning is re- v^ - will convert the southern port into an MANCHESTER -CANADIAN LINE. important naval base as well as a milli- aluired during the first three or four ___+ tary station. years, excepting to head back the From Montreal in Summer and fit. John, strong new shoots and remove a few v.1m., in Winter. of the less vigorous ones for the pur- The prospectus of the new titan- At Wei-bai-wei a British officer was pose of developing fruit spurs all along gbeeter-tCJanadjan freight; line proves , appointed, immediately after the ar- the canes. In other words, all that that the_9ompa.ny is an extremely pow- . rangement for its cession by China is required is to remove superfluous erf.ul ane. Its capital will be 215,000,000, was completed, to confer with the Jap- branches and -check growth sufficient and it will operate fire steamers sail- anese commander on the evacuation of to keep the bushes within bounds — Ing direct from Montreal in summer the palace, and it'is intended to replace- "civilized," you might say, Like the 0urrant,,the gooseberry may be start - and. St. John, N. B., in winter to Man- the last Japanese detachment by a re- ed from cuttings, or by mound layer- chester by way of tbe'canal. Three of giment of British -Indian troops. On ing. By the latter method the old the .ships now in proce'0s of construe the departure of the Japanese, Che -fu, plants are headed back to induce the tion'for the line have a carrying capae-- to the west of Wei-bai-wei, will be giv- formation of 'strong new shoot, near the surface of the ground. Than, late ity' ok 8,500 tans; •A probable result en up by the British as a rendezvous in June or July, when the new wood of the direct line will be a great in- for their China squadron, of which the, hos become somewhat hardened, a crease in our share of the food supply headquarters will be permanently' at mound of earth is built about the of Lancashire, p,erhapS' the most thick- the ]atter place. ..stool," the earth being heaped up ly populated portion of Great Britain four or five inches deep above the bas - outside of tike naete,opolitsin district. _ es of the shoots, When fail arrive, this is removed, the rooted shoots out ..In estimating the probable increase of- WHITE LEATHERS. off and planted at once in well-prepar- trade following upon the establishment ed soil, or, if preferable, they may be of the direct l ine it must not be sup- tiedin in bundles and treated ' as cut, Cowhide. Calfskln, and t heepAkln, and lite posed that Manchester will receive by tinge, until the fallowing spring. Pro - the canal route only the supplies that raps to which They Are rliledy Put. vided care is &xercised in removing now go to Liverpool. from the St. Law- White cowhide has long been used shoots during the winter, however, ranee. Up till the present time Man= propagation from the same plants for various purposes, though its place may proceed indefinitely from ear tc chaster and the great consuming papa- Y I y ; lation of which Manchester is the cen- has now been- taken to a considerable year. In regard to the best varieties, tre has had no more interest: in the con- extent by dither- and cheaper leathers. owning, Smith's Improved and Pale sumption of Canadian wheat and cattle It is useU, a'or example, in making sus- Red are the, most valuable of our na- than of American. But with ships pander tips, and its ase in making tives, the Downing being much super - bringing Canadian food stuffs up its for to the other two in size and ;qual- bolovedf canal, while American food military belts is familiar. For this ity. There are also some excellent sltiuffs are stall landed at Liverpool, .purpose it is made up with the flesh European varieties, most noticeable of Manchester will eat its fill of Canadian side out, and the belts are whitened as which are the Industry and White - products, knowing that the canal will occasion may require with chalk or smith; and were it not for their being benefit;so susceptible to mildew, these wodld pipe clay. be very valuable, in that they have the BELIEF IN UNLUCKY HOURS. White calfskin is more extensively advantage of a great variety of col• Oommon as is the superstition tlLit 'aged than white cowhide. White calf oring. As it is, however, one will bf is used for fine and costly work in on the safest side to use natives only, Friday is the most unlucky of days, book binding, it may be for gift books, and especially if he is growing goose - and thirteen of numbers, the belief in and sometimes for prayer books. White berries for market. unlucky hours is equally .widespread calf is also used for suspender tips. on the European :Continent and in More extensively used than either white cmvbicie or white calfskin are FALL VS. SPRING SETTING. the East. Gambe'tta was so .firmly the -white sheepskins. White sheep- I think all prominent berry Browere convinced •that certain hours of the skin is used also for suspender tips. day are lucky and others unlucky that and for covering trusses and other will agree on this: That a straw, ltd would never commence any import- articles of metal, apd for the trim- berry plant to do its best in fruiting wings of shoes. It is used for book- must bave a root system reaching ai ant undertaking or start on an im- binding, especially for the binding of least a foot in every direction tbrougl portant journey without consulting a medical books, in which use it is first famoiis reaile'ir of cards as to`the aus- sprinkled with a coloring material the flail from the plant. These litth picious hour, and President Faure, ,which gives it a mottled appearanne. hair-like roots, says a writer, react Who, was prudent enough to select a much further from the body of tb( lucky hour for starting on his recent - -plant than one thinks. It is impossibl( you.rtfey to Russia, is said to share Gamt)etta's superstition. President I LOA'CIATG DOCKS. to take up such plants and shake out Carnat ,was less credulous, and Be- In very early days ships of any size ,the earth without destroying a great looted .an unlucky hour for startinger part of. these little rootlets whirl on the jourpp,. to Lyons, where he was -Bre docked by grounding them at assassinated by Caserio. The super- high water and then waiting are the food anti drink gatherers fol stition is so common In Paris that for t'he tide to recede, work, the plant. 7b prove this to be true cards tastefully embellished and eon- being proceeded with until the tide select ttvo such large plants wbicl taining a, list of "hours to be avoided" again rose. This method was improv- appear to be about equal, and fron are extensively sold. ed upon by hollowing out a berth or one wash the oarth all away from th( - �... �-...- %mall basin, and then, when the water roots by forcing a jet of water again VALUE OF A SPANi'SH PESETA, was down, a temporary dam would be st the soil around the plant, and tht made across the entrance to the basin other take up its carefully as you cal The Spanish peseta is nov equ[va- Y lent to about 15 cents in gold. where the ship lay, so that work could and shake out the earth. Nov care go on uninterrupted by the rising tide, hilly note the difference in' the con - - -- 11 This was the origin of the graving ditian of the roots, You will find At dock, the Pssential factor of which was the main roots and the largest lat the existence of the rise and fall of erals on both plants; but you will fin( I 11 MI. ., the tide, said it is due to the absence a ,ouch larger number of fine roots or tide that we ow heoriginalt- of i e t floc 1t t .ter washed u 'the plant. that how v iilg dock; 111 the time of Peter the Now these two plants arb ., Gut• of th+ Great the captain of a• British ship, ,,it in the all, one with all 'its root; VW'P' finding that his vessel in C�tonstodt with it, the other With part of tben 'IN: G ;: I .- harborwits, 1n want of docking, and left behind; we must get them boat that, cueing to the ahsonc+a of tide, the again in the grou"ll somewhbre, will L. GI then ortbddox method w6B impractic- the little routs all sopa,rated ihroug) �# .i title, obtained a hulk ,called the Camel, the soil sa mu( -,h better than t.hP; I'" :. cud, &omplotoly removing her decks were before -.so much better than Gat . n And internal work, out off orae end and or Nature could do itr-that they wit f tt it with a aro. a the' ea bd g it n b csh ive no so much better yield t.hal 'N t3 , ed ilia ship Idside the hollow bull of what they would if left where tho; it kWk I�Iw11iAflltt�' lasrt;i EV&D %V ONM AO- the Camel, closed the gate, and pumped were enough to more than to pay fog MilfilAlPIfSM� 00 •• the water frttrh 'iia interior. all tbis expbnee of mdvibo thaw. I3ov Orb Agge1' �$ �A ant '... .... ,,K _. many of my rcadors think they ar, U 9 . ' - C011b 'COrNiIs 1�nT.: , n task I goal to this 86' 0AN'To. Mrs. P6 SOWS, ihMingly-'three of CIIJINEA h`t1WLS. mt. jogI�to Clastoit, werchatit,. tllkaa6arre, dict glt'N I went, to 80bd it with have a grrI #A ;- of tilno a tit t hai+u Dora r i -k 7"he,d obit da mitt 6e� tvtlll Ttnri vn t, y � tlopod ttdttt tl�ei hu ?ands to fanrpd telt tdttar on, . dhdg affil, New. ,� tl lei 1 if ale a rocittted, V row ttlllttihood av, at tit .16at XV6 f6 -d'" A Out$ .1n. Dr. i.1 it IS S�loe, sF "lA ,o"Ufi _nJAW i Yip ,: . noir 1.10ha is oa tvotild IikB tobll l:le fourth, t , farm, fro 5 t, .1 ItldVn x Oita" atttr. i►fy. rkla ld I r har~e had thelia, oil ho fit noir i>li limadth aril 60 Itt hod fl`66 fritlh meat, titan, Afm tip tfe, 061trodly+'.--''Oh,• ho, I I hi Ili{ '111! It gate tb110 , .'aft ! 2GII ill a fldek, sayti a tvritPr. The,, . .,ould�l•t le'ttVte the wahildre'll r . , . 1 , iI . I I !, i,. ` _ _ !b afi6aiQ... . . – I iii. u 1. tie -X10 trottible 'tvllatever, lay their CIROUMSTANTIA.L RVIDRNCR, ail l t'SoA taRllHt�t t1 Ci: agtfe an' ►tests avhich they mv,ko in the ,.,.„% y .p CQ4:ri�0 oil, ;rms and ivhoat .fields, we often `find- A9'".a'Fvltar..e Aft F"tao..r lis MAN' Night Have ploin Intr pests with from three to seventy- 1kvn hrrt"It"J. y cmoot 4Jgcst it., ti q eft $ Piled off top 9f each other. ; A receat incident to London .serves tbot the t , It kl< Set$, the Stolnach. p Pratte, some of the netts we t%Wo part : to Prove strQp,l;est ehairl of circuxuAtantial evidence may be de- ' , Knowing, these things, we pt the wife; and leave some for them Ito raise their young. They sit, festive, have di Csted the oil in • w. e ht a d that and a h n ra' h ;r broods, a . S< , . r , ) i r ex- t A r I us e A, tar a e can c . the me e mulsion of" Ctad- ok4,a_ Oo trot see them until late In the changed cpmments with swell -dress* ~$Con's fall, when they. bring their chicks sd 6404gOr who sat by his side, and liver Oil with Iiypophos- w t 1lailge, t3oxtletimes as many as t en Y in a flock. Such chirping, suQU flying used hie soul apera•glaas freely. Midi In 5; that i5a We have way the performance the stra.ngAr phitl ftp trees I The little_ ];seta look. much like that size. remarked; " ' broken it up into little glob - partridges when about They are splendid meat to fry or roast "I•have been here several times, and ulesl or droplets. or for potpie, and'to enjoy :,& breast of fowl, one slhould eat a guinea, fowl, know the hest features of the show, I Advise you to'wat6h closely with your We use Ina.chinery to do The eggs are considered the Acbest of all eggs, and kAep well. We lint them glass what is now gaffing on in the far - the work of the digestive up to use in winter; anti two years tbest- ring. It is one of the most in - and obtain the ago, when illness aa4 death in the, teresting numbers of the programme." organs, you family made me forget the eggs until June, found The advice was followed. The vlei- effects of the digested the them just as good as when put away• if yyou try guinea for watched eagerly the performance in the distance, It fin- gond oil at once. That is why you fowls, you are sure to have eggs and and when was fowls for your table, and no trouble ished, thanked his neighbor. for the can take Scott's Emulsion. to get them. hint, saying that it was well worth la, and $i.00, all druggists, — _ — seeing. The stranger;' assented, and SCOTT ,, BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto. LEARNING THROWN AWAY. after momentary delay left his seat, , _ How a Profewwr of Aotronomy flamed a saying thatt he would not stay to the end as he hat seen the show' several Grand Trunk Railway. Name for himself. times. , Some good men are naturally such "It is your first visit here," he add- Trains arrive and leave Clinton Station as follows : teachers, and so full of benevolence, ed, "and you would better remain for Buffalo and Godericb Districts— especially tovurd the young, that they the last fiat, which is the best of the Going West, Mixed ...........10,15 A.M. cannot help spreading wisdom wher-avenin" g Express.......... 1.03 p -m. ever they go. Nevertheless, a certain Not long afterward the visitor miss- ,t �� Mixed............ 7.05 P -m• amount of preparatory instruction is ed his watch, and felt sure it had been „ t' necessary to make it possible for stolen by the stranger while the opera. some of the wisdom thus scattered glass was in use,. The police at Scot- Going East, Express .......... 7.4o a.m. tr 66 It .......... 2.55 P -m• land Yard advised the victim the.next 14 t.. Mixed... , ........ 435 P•m- abroad to take root, That the seed day to advertise for the watch, and 1 London, Huron and Brace f— may fall on stony ground is proved also to open negotiations with sever - i Exprass a.m• by a story which a gent leman, who al of the largest pawnbrokers for its Going South, ......... 7.47 recovery, leaving with them a descrip- went hunting fax into the interior of tion of it. In the course of a week ......... 4.30 p.m - Going North, ..1o.i5 a.m. Nova Scotia, tells in a letter to the he received a call from one of the if .6`r ......... 6.55 p.m. Country Gentleman. pawnbrokers. M. C. DICKSON, The hunter was carried sixteen miles "This looks like your watch," re- Dis, Pas,,. Agent, at night. h a boy sixteen years old marked the dealer, "but I can't believe B Y that it is." Toronto. W. E, DAVIS. G. P. & T. A„ Montreal. and a horse fifteen years old. The A gold watch was produced and at A. O. PATTISON, G.T.R. Agent at Clinton. ride was tedious, and the boy -driver I once identified. It corresponded ex- icas inclined to fall asleep. The hunt -j ingwatch. It bare liin a designwiththe of e m ss er therefore thrru_•ht to interest him' same watclimaker on the inner case, The McKillop Mutual- Fire in something, I and also the number and date. "I see we are going due west," he f "I am certain that it is mine," was the "Descrii,e the man I lusu aDCB Company. remarked. response, "How do you know that V asked the K -ho hat pawned it." This was done. The desciiption 1 boy. "Were you ever here before y" tallied quite closely with that of the Farm and Isolated Town Property "No, but there is theNorth Star ov- visitor's unknown acquaintance at the Only Insured. er there." . '"You circus. have boughtit from the pick- , , I I "H,-.iit's the North w do you know pocket," he added, "and must help me OFFICERS: Star y" "Why there are the Pointers point- in having him arrested and convicted." The pawnbroker admitted that the p George Watt, President, Harlock P.O.* - Ja W. J Broadfoot, vice- Pres., Seaforth P.O.: Ws Ing to it," evidence was strong enough to convict MurdiShanae. see t roof- Seafor' a P.O.. P. haat Margie, Inspector of losses, Seaforth. �. "What Pointers?" the magi, but added that he had ab- DIRECTORS: The hunter explained, and told the solute faith in his innocence. He Seaforth; bfioh; Mur, James Bth. bo how to find the North Star. Then y i asked the loser to write to the watch- S die, Seaforth: George Dale. Seaforth ; f4eorge George he pointed out two of the planets. The; boy seemed wide-awake now, and the maker, and ascertain whether, by any [chance, two watches had been marked Watt, Harlock ; Thomas E. Hays, Seaforth; Alex. Glardiam Leadburqq� Thomas. Garbutb, hunter went on to give him his first with the same number. Clinton; John McLean, Kippen. AGENTS: lesson in astronomy, telling him how Jupiter was thirteen hundred times as This was dime, and a reply was re- oeived, stating that, by accident, two Robert fond McMillan, Phomas ndJNella s. s Cummiik:ngs, 8eafortb and James Oammings, Egmondvl�e, large as the earth, and how Mars watches had been marked with the showed changes of seasons -bow it same number and were exactly alike. parties desirous to effect insurance or tran- had bays and apparent canals and so how it by One of them had been sold to an Eng- lishman whose name- was given in the sact other business will be promptly attended to On appllcstion to any of the above officers forth, and was supposed many to .have intelligent inhabitants. letter. The pawnbroker, when the addressed to their respective poet offices. He discoursed a long time on the wood- name was repeated, exclaimed: 11 RS' ers of astronomy. "That is the name of the man, who 'NCE A -hen, after his hunting, the stra.ng- pawned the wptch because he was er returned to the town where he had hired the conveyance and the boy, he penniless l I knew that he could not be a pickpocket." .,. found that the people seemed to have Nevertheless, the innocent man would ,Y; I a certain buritorous interest in him. It i have been convicted if he had been ) d,. ,- 4COF was so evident that he was the objeot hastily arrested: The circumstantial of some curiosity or joke that he mado evidence would .bave been regarded as inquiries, and finally found a man conclusive. (IRKS N'9' who could toll him. "Why," said this informant, "you've made a reputation foryourself .r A clergyman from Hackensack, N.J., l• dee. Anyone sending a staetoh and ddidit9tton�imay great around here." stopped at a View York hotel for din- jiiventitonie D b Dfy oatentdp inion m ocommtinlccl�p�. H(tladbookonF tenN "In what ways" "Oh, the kid that drove you to ner, and with it drank three small glass- The have been tionestrictl eontlTentlpal. softfree.,0�teat,. eficy fon ecurit��r atente atents taken tiiroii h Elaitnn Bc t o. redefve _over --the other night came back the next day and told all the 'setters' at the es of claret. wine must very exhilarating, for be became so up- roarously jolly under its influence that speelalnotke, witbonto�ia Wye; in the ' Scle" fit 1herica"0 hotel that of all the liars he ever beard you were the slickest," he awoke the next morning in a police cell. $is con Pe .tion has dismissed B B A baudsoinely Illustrated weekly. Largest, culation of any sclentitfpp 11oFFttrnat., Terme, iS a "What lie' did I tell him?" The boy said that you pretended to know the of miles to the sun, him; and this slut blow has made him vow that bereafter, his strongest bev- ear,- fotlr montbd. $1. 9o�Itrpyall newsdalete. )ar CO3t61B,oadway. New-YWrk number erage, will be weak tea. �„ob omoo. = V at. Washington, D.7f. and that you pointed to a star that ' youwas called Jumpter, and that ,said you said it was thirteen hundred times bigger than this world, and that you The Clinton Nows-Beeord pointed to another star that you said was one where folks lived like we be. . "'Ob,' says that.•boy, 'you just ought 10as a staff of experinced news to hear him I He's a peach 1 Old Has- kins ain't in it with that feller for' ,reporters, who cover the ground •"I lyin.' I tell you he's the biggest liar Scotia. I'll hem out to well, and give "All the News in Nova point 11%at's Fit to Print." you when he comes back."' The boy had Pointed him out, and ' he was at that moment enjoying the reputation of the champion of all the liars' who had ever come to Nova Tbe'News-Record is the largest Scotia, newspaper published in West •-' H,urop, and baa special features PEACE AND WAR. not possessed by a number of A survey of the Powers of Europe them. shows that from the beginning of the century to the end of 1,896 Turkey had. experienced 37 years of war and 59 of ►;very SConservattive Peace; Spain comes next with 31 years $bcrmld be a Subscriber. . of war and 65 of peace; France with 27 years of war afid 69 of peace; Rus- sia, 24 years of war and 72 of peace; Italy, 23 years of war, anti 73 of peace; . Clinton News-Beeord. England, 21 ,years of war and 75 of peace. Austria-Hungary, 17 and 79; Germany, (exclusive of Prussia), 13 and 88; Sweden, 10 and 86; Portwgal, 12 and 84 and Denmark, 9 and 87. '=-----•• •--`"--."--"=- . •� _ _ -- I Care, .. ,I,st Co9 1AW 1 ,. I ONtin., I A, - and you cure its consequences. These are some of the consequences of constipation; Biliousness, loss of appetite, pimple9,gour stomaeh, dept'ession, coated tongue,night- • marc, palpitation; cold fe6t,debility,div i ziness, weakness, backache, vomitilig, ' 1 jaundice, piles, pallor, stitch, irritability, i nervousness, beadaehe, torpid livor, heart- ' burn, .foul breath, sleeplessnrigs, drowsi- ' ness, hot skin, cramps, throbbing bead. Al sf 1 Are a intra 1 $we AN. ]fir iiatflaoll iy, l,/�,r A.yer"d mills hte 'a dpm1fie for ' • Dr, il i tall dIsm . t of 46 11,0. r, titomslob, and bowels. I 'tI sugared fiord 09941141611 whlel at, I e'umed au&b an obitth16% form that I fristgd' I .. it would o4iJ66 a dotjpdgtli df the bk* & After vainly ,tr-ylb$ vatiout ttemedlo 1116. ' gall to take Ayot''o 11101, T*O M96N WKfad a &delplete cam" D. $tlll10Seco, go. "Por fight yearn t via Alhkw with con9tipitiott, wh1oL Iltsaamd' so ting thAt rho: dodhit &bald do tio' wrefbt III& Thai :l > . 'bogati to take Ayettspillft, and *atria "the I i)wola t-ecbt&'ked tboir ieato'raI•ltatlon, i wm. % DaLAUCL"f'!', Dbkka4 OAL A trill' AWL i'l'/Ar MA, ONE GIVES RELilEF. Donit Spend a Dollar for Medk411q.- until you have tried , 0%P ,s. ! f ,11 tnu +1. * ., . a,+ 1 t. r iii I I - iWar M1, ''il'ou can buy them in the papeir 5 -cent tartans 'ten Tabules for Five Cents. tl'et. ao" is bni up &"pV to tint* tM etuvaml pN"nl d0a.A4A tot a torr wes If you don't find this sort of . , aTabukl.�001 � 'At Dry st �. 1 the Sbnd F1r6 Gbrit o 'I lett Ikt*Ax9 CHI MICAL Od10PAN'P, Na. 114 irticd sit. N'to btlt+tn'd theywill be scut to you by inrill Qr ll 11tie�lvili be MAW for 4teot!t. The cli-Ancer are ten t11 one that Alpanr Tabules aro fhb very' fAttlichid you itaed. .